THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : . FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22 , 18SO.
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MATTKHS and things nt the now
county liospilul arc ( rotting to bo in
to I'osti tiff. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Dt'mxo these dying days of congress ,
Grover Cleveland's veto pen is likely to
consume several bottles ol ink.
SHNATOU KKNXA has broken the
long extended dead-lock in the West
Virginia legislature by succeeding him
self.
i : are three ! "B for clti/.ens of
Omaha to keep in mind nowadiiys.
They tire : Push , Pluck and Persever
ance.
TO-DAY the young idea in our public
schools is being taught to shoot at the
traditional little hatchet of G. Wash
ington.
VICTOHIA'S speech is cut
straight in the back and trimmed plain
in the skirt , with neither u rulllo nor
ilounco.
Tun Chicago man who willed his
housekeeper all his estate valued at live
millions evidently was of the opinion
that marriage is a failure.
THKUK is joy in Dakota to-day. Well ,
the prospect of being put on an equal
footing pf dignity with Nebraska is
legitimate cause for jubilation.
OMAHA'S back yards and alleys will
bo cleaned before long or many useful
citizens will go hence in the spring ,
their last earthly impression the odor
of decaying garbage.
THE story comes from Minnesota of
the devouring of two children by timber
wolves. Certainly some carelessness is
involved in allowing children , unpro
tected , to wander in a region where
these terrible animals roam.
i punishment in our public
schools has fallen inio disrepute. Very
few cases arise when discipline de
mands it. This is quite a contrast with
the olden time when the country school
master wielded the hickory club so
skillfully and methodically.
TIIICIIK is a maniac at Ainsworth who
imagines that ho is being constantly
unrsued. It is slated that the poor fel
low has boon a vigilante , but judging
from his symptoms ho was more likely
nt the other end of the cha.so when the
vigilantes wore abroad.
AT least one modern Solomon is turn
ing in his mind the question as to
whether women have a right to marry
each other. The question is not n.
grave one. Lot them have every right
in the world and they would not be such
fools as to avail themselves of it.
Tim master plumbers ol the state pro
pose to hold a grand banquet at an early
day In Omaha. The dishes will not bo
mndo of. gold , nor will the bill of fo.ro
include frog-leg soup and nightingale
tongues , as is customary. The roiisou
is not hard to lind. Water pipes refused
to freeze or burst all winter long.
Tins cold wave which struck this sec
tion recently was so abrupt as to bo al
most discourteous. The re nro rules
whioh oven n cold wave may bo reason-
nhly expected to observe. Qno of them
is to advance by degrees and not over
whelm people UKO a snow slide on
Mount Diane.
THKendorsement of the police relief
nud pension fund bill now before the
legislature by members of the Omaha
rwtlco force will undoubtedly insure the
passage of that measure. The ofllcors
nnd men have certainly taxon u sensi
ble view in furthering the project. In
all metropolitan cities suuli a relief and
bcnoi.lt organization exists and has pro
ven of bonotlt to policemen.
' THE formal opening ol the Creche
building to-day for the inspection of
our citizens should receive the encour
agement which this worthy enterprise
, deserves. By the co-operation of many
of our philanthropic ladies in tlio face
, it of difficulties , a day nursery has been
built for the accommodation of working-
women's children. The act has boon a
most praiseworthy one , and adds an
other good deed to the works of philuu-
throphy in whioh the women of Qniaha
have so often been identified.
; ; NEW STATES.
The agreement 6f the conference
committees of the two houses of con
gress on the omnibus bill for the admis
sion to statehood of North and South
Dakota , Washington nnd Montana wa
ratified by the senate and house on
Wednesday , and the bill is now in the
hands of the president. The grntifica-
lion manifested in the house when the
report of the committee was adopted
has boon felt very generally through
out the country , and particularly by
the people of the west nnd north
west. If not bettor than had
been hoped for , the succcas of
the mensurc nlmost in its entirety 113 the
republicans desired is more than had
boon expected from this congress. It
would perhaps not bo wholly fair to
claim it us a republican victory , since
the credit of the result is certainly in
part due to the cITorts of such demo
crats as Mr. Cox and the e of his party
whom lie was able to rally about him.
There has been no more earnest
friend of the eligible territories ,
and especially of Dakota , than
the -Now York congressman , and
the work ho has done in oll'ecting
the gratifying result has been so influen
tial as to merit the heartiest acknowledg
ment. Doubtless but for his elTorts
Springer could not have boon induced
to surrender nearly every point upon
which he made an issue except tlio One
as to the time of election , and Mr.
Uarnes of Georgia would not at the last
moment have withheld opposition to
the bill.
The fate of this very important
measure is now in the hands of Presi
dent Cleveland , and his treatment of it
will bo awaited with anxious interest.
A rumor followed the adoption by con
gress of the conference committee's re
ports that the president was likely to
veto the bill , but later advices sny that
he is expected to sign it to-day. It
is hardly conceivable that Mr. Cleve
land could miiko the grave mistake of
killing this measure. It would bo a
crowning act of defiance of public opin
ion , which could only bo explained on
the ground of bitter personal and parti-
sun feeling , and ho could strike no se
verer blow at his own party , while he
would certainly consign himself to per
petual political obscurity. lie undoubt
edly has the wisdom to see these inevi
table consequences of a vetoof tlio terri
torial bill , and there is reason , therefore ,
for a feeling of confidence that ho
will give it his approval. Assuming ,
that this will bo done , the present year
will become memorable for the admis
sion of four stales to the union , adding
eight senators and live representatives
to congress. When the territories have
complied with the provisions of the bill
as to forming constitutional and state
governments , for which purpose conven
tions are to meet July ! , and the action
of such conventions is ratified by the
people at an election to be held in Octo
ber , it is made the duty of the presi
dent immediately upon ollicial notice
by the governors of the ratl-
calion of all the constitutions to issue
his proclamation' declaring each of
thorn a state in the union. The course
to bo pursued is plain and simple , and
there need bo no complications or dif
ficulties to prevent the four territories
entering the union as states in lime to
bo represented in tlio next congress at
the date of its regular meeting. From
the day this bill becomes a law the tcr-
ritorics concerned will doubtless exper
ience a fresh impulse of progress and
prosperity.
WASHING-COWS BIRTHDAY.
To-day is the one hundred and fifty-
seventh anniversary of the birth of
George Washington , and a national
holiday. The memory of men of middle
life will recall the time when tlio ob
servance of this anniversary was very
general throughout the country by mili
tary parades and other npproprsato ex
ercises. Of late years the recurrence
of the day has attracted somewhat less
attention than formerly , but it is still
widely observed , while the tendency
appears to bo to restore it lethe
the prominence it once hold
among the national holidays. In
most of the largo cities to-day
tliero will bo public demonstrations in
honor of the anniversary , and orators
will draw lessons in patriotism from
tne career of the Father of his Country.
Wo are ncaring the end of the repub
lic's first century under constitutional
government , and as the mind is drawn
to reflection upon the history of the na
tion's beginning , and Iho cvcnls that
preceded it , the name that stands first
among all the illustrious and immortal
names of that epoch is that of George
Washington. Among all Iho sterling
patriots of that time , in war and in
peace , history and the unpreju
diced opinion of mankind have
accorded to Washington the most
exulted position. If not flio
greatest of soldiers , ho yet won vic
tories outweighing in importance the
grandest triumphs of the mightiest cap
tains of the world , If not the first of
statesmen , ho still , possessed a wisdom
to which statesmen bowed , if not the
most brilliant of leaders , yet men fol
lowed him with alTcetionandconlidoncc.
WO are wont to think of Washington
as the unsullied and incorruptible
patriot , and it is really in this that his
character presents the strongest claim
to the admiration and honor of Ameri
cans. In whatever other respect men
may agree that lie was excelled by some
of his contemporaries or by others preeminent -
eminent in the history of human
achievement , in the quality of patriotIsm -
Ism ho has had no superior. lias lie over
hud an equal ? Hero , at le.ist , compar
ison must end. Thus the great example
which Washington loft to his country
men was that of the highest nnd most
devoted patriotism , and it is this qual
ity of his character that should have
chief consideration to-day. And it
ought to receive attention from every
citizen as a source of inspiration and
strength to his love of country. The
durability of our institutions and
their value to mankind will In no
small degree depend upon the ox-
lent to which we emulate the example -
ample of Washington , and danger
to our liberty will come whenever wo
begin to no"trleot or ignore his precepts.
Hut the time , it may bo believed , is yet
fur off , if it shall ever como , when the
American people will cease to honor nli
that Washington has loft for their guid
ance. Certainly there is no such pro *
out tendency , hut there appears rather
to bo a reawakening of interest in the
example and precepts of Washington ,
nnd this is the direction which the pop
ular mind should bo encouraged to take.
itKFUTED
If Mr. Hcr's. stn'.omeiit Unit ho paid tin
Omaha UKR four thousand rtolliir.i for five
articles in th.it paper turns out to be correct ,
it will shako the faith that the people now
Imvo In Hint grortt reform Journal of No-
brasltn. KiciirnciIlnli. .
Mr. Her has denied that he ever made
such a statement , anil Tun liKK makes
the unqualified assertion that no person
or corporation over paid ono cent to
this paper for any odltorals or reports
touching any topic of public concern.
THK HKI : has space to sell In its adver
tising columns , but itseditoral comment
is beyond the reach of the purse of any
man or corporation. Its reports about
prohibition in Iowa wore gathered and
written by men regularly employed on
its sliUT and their salaries and traveling
expenses wore paid just as wo pay for
regular reportorial work. And the THE
HIH : has ample means to pay its em
ployes without drawing upon the liquor
dealers fund.
1'ATlllOTISM JA * 'fill : SCHOOLS.
The quite general recognition of
Washington's birthday in the fachools of
the city by appropriate exercises , and
the decoration of the school rooms with
the national ling is to be commended.
No proper opportunity to instil patri
otism in the minds of the youth of the
country should be lost , and there is no
bettor medium for imparting such instruction -
struction than the public schools.
In the minds of thousand's of children
these exercises commemorative of the
birth of Washington have awakened nn
interest in the story of the Father of
hia County which will bo permanent ,
and which will lead many of them to
an investigation that will have its in
fluence in making them better citizens.
Its tendency is to attract the attention
of the young toward the history of
the country , and all people of intelli
gence will see lite obvious wisdom and
importance of doing this. It has been
a fault or defect in our public school in-
struclion generally that too little attention -
tontion has boon paid to teaching the
history of the United States , and still
less to infusing -the spirit of a
true patriotism in the pupils of
the schools. Within a year or two ,
however , a reform in this respect has
been inaugurated , inoro particularly in
the schools of the cast , and it has been
received with great favor both by
parents and pupils. The west , ever
ready to march in the column of
progress , is taking up the idea , and it
is gratifying to find Omaha in the front
rani ; . There could be no bettor lesson
with which to begin the instruction of
American youth in'patriotism than the
'story of the career of George Washing
ton , the foremost patriot , not only
of America , but of the world "first
in war , first in peace , and first in the
hearts of hiscountrymon.1 The simple
and appropriate exercises held in the
schools of Omaha in commemoration of
the birth of this great man cannot fail
to be productive of most beneficent re
sults. It is a departure which merits
hearty encouragement.
SOJIH interesting facts developed at
tlio recent convention of the national
ole ctric light association at Chicago.
The committee appointed to collect
statistics on the underground system
reported it had como to the conclusion
from the weight of testimony that the
placing of wires underground had
proved a failure. The city electrician
of Chicago , supported by the testimony
of representatives from Philadelphia ,
took exception to this report. It was
shown that the conduit , system in Chicago
cage , Philadelphia , New York and
other cities , had long been in use and
had proven eminently satisfactory. In
Chicago electric light wires had been
put under ground for the list.six years ,
and telegraph wires for the last thir
teen years. It would seem , therefore ,
that the committee's report was biased
and untrustworthy , and the convention
was justified in refusing to adopt it.
The electric light people evidently are
convinced that the conduit system is
the only practical one , and it rollccta to
their credit that they refused to bo im
posed upon by adopting a report drawn
in the interest of the overhead wire
monopolies.
THK : action of the house in indefi
nitely postponing Donman's bill pro
viding for the state publication of school
books was wise. Tlio author of this
measure doubtless meant well , but the
policy ho would inaugurate is not a
good one. It would not only prove to bo
very expensive , and open the way lo
large steals , but in all proba
bility the schools would got n
very poor quality of text books.
This has boon the experience of
California , and there is no reason to
suppose it would not bo repeated in Ne
braska. It is possible to regulate the
purchase of school books , the import
ance of which is not questioned , so as to
secure protection against designing or
unscrupulous punlishcrs , without re
course to .the hazardous expedient of
placing the publication of such books in
the hands of the state.
Tut : inter-state commission has just
concluded its labors in investigating
the charges brought by New York and
and Philadelphia grain men to the
effect that the railroads wore discrimi
nating in favor of Uultlmoro in the
corn trade. The commission found ,
however , that Baltimore got the lion's
share of the corn export trade for the
reason that its geographical location ,
combined with the energy and enter
prise of its merchants , made it the best
nnd cheapest port for corn shipment on
tlio Atlantic seaboard , It nqw remains
for Now York and Philadelphia to im
prove their export facilities nnd
methods if they dcslro to compote with
Baltimore on equal footing.
Fou the first tune since the opening
of the winter pork packing season , No
vember 1 , Omaha has passed her com
petitors and has tlrraly fixed her place
as the third packing center Ju the
country. The shbrlago of the hog crop
retarded the packing interests at west
ern pdlnts during the early winter
months more than nt Cincinnati , St.
Louis and Indianapolis. The gains ,
however , made by Omaha In the last
few weeks have not alone miulo up the
deficiency but have put our packing
record back to it's former prominence.
Omaha la yet some five thousand
short of the output as compared with
the corresponding time last year.
There tire stronrr indications , however ,
that the dllTerenco will bo made up and
a fair margin will bo placed to our
credit at the end of tho-season.
The scoundrelly organization of night
prowlers known as While Caps seems to
have subsided , and Missouri comes for
ward with a similar ono calling itself
the Black Caps. This nnmo is more tip-
proprale. Before swinging a , man a
black cap is drawn over his face , and if
over an unhanged reprobate was ripe
for Iho gallows it is the one who "rides
through the night to dismay or murder
the peaceable cilly.cn , Probably the
Black Caps will flourish in Missouri.
A land where the name of Jesse James Is
held in revnronce and spoken in awed
whispers would scorn to bo a proper
place for such an iniqultlous gang. If
rightly served the Black Caps would
llnd their feet vainly striving to reach
the ground.
Tins report of the Southern Pacific
for the year 1888 , under which com
pany the Central Pacific has been ab
sorbed , will open the eyes of thousands
of people to the great earning capacity
of that system. The receipts for the
year wore nearly forty-nine millions.
The expenditures including interest on
bonds amounted to forty-five millions.
The surplus of four millions is there
fore the balance lofl to pay a fair in
terest on the oustamling stock , which
has been most liberally watered for
years.
TIIK supreme court of Nebraska indi
vidually and collectively stands too
high in the esteem and confidence of
the people of this state to require any
defense tit our hands from the scurril
ous and Indecent attack of n newspaper
that has just passed out of the hands of
a receiver into the tender care of the
funeral director.
THKUK ought to be considerable satis
faction in Nebraska and in the cattle
raising states to Jearn that Kuropo
bought nearly four million dollars
worth of American beef and bacon dur
ing Iho month of January. This is a
notable increase in the value of our expert -
port of meat products as compared with
a year ago.
DAKIKL LAMONT is to have six thou
sand dollar ! ) extra pay. This is osten
sibly because his successor is to draw a
larger salary than Mr. Lnmont re
ceived , but really because Daniel has so
markedlv the happy faculty of keeping
his mouth shut that people of every
parly appreciate it.
WiTU the combined support of the
Iowa , Missouri and Nebraska railroad
commissioners to defend existing paelc-
ing house and livestock rates between
the Missouri river and Chicago , it is not
likely that the Chicago board of trade
win make much headway with its pro
test before the inter-stale commission.
THK candidate with his petition is
now abroad in the land.
Don't Mind It.
.S ( , / 'miI'lnnrcr / I'rcuf.
French radicals have nprccd to and issued
n manifesto which is mainly devoted to the
denunciation of IBoulnugcr. Denunciation
rolls off the hardened conscience of Flo-
quct's mortal enemy as water runs oft the
spinal column of a canvas-back duck.
From all appearances nothing less than a
stuffed cluu will liavn any effect on
Uoulanger.
"
Tlie Stockholders Suffer.
ISnsliDi fllnbe.
The Chicago , Burlington & Quinc.v
directors have declared a dividend of 1 per
cent. This discount is the price stockholders
must pay for the experiment of trying to
break up the organization of the Lo
comotive Brotherhood and they didn't do
it at that.
A Wurulnt ; to
KuiitHii Cltii Time * .
As long as pugilists stick to their line of
business they uro perfectly safe , but when
they yield to temptation and go to riding
about in dog-carts they incur great risks ,
Charley Mitchell is the latest victim of this
folly. In this case the horse , and not Charley
did the running. _
Noxv Try tlio Tollivcix.
/UTIIKIH Cltu Journal.
Perhaps the most remarkable revival work
accomplished of lute years is that of the
evangelists , Hnydon nnd McCluea , in Ken
tucky , who claim to have converted all the
survivors of the Fronch-Evorsolo feud. They
should now tackle the Tollivcrs.
An Example Tor Urocklnrhlge.
Ulolic-DrmncnU ,
The lour democratic ] members of the Ar
kansas logislatuni who have resigned be
cause of the suspicion that their ofllces wcro
obtained through fraud , have set a good example -
ample for Congressman C. It. Urcoklnrldgo
to follow. _ _
The Polk County Grand Jury.
That Iowa grand Jury which lias Indicted
the governor of the ptato for criminal libel
may bo nblo to ralco up u charge against the
president of the United States or the czar of
Uussla , Us power apnoarB to bo unlimited.
M. Mollne'H Nainn ARnlnst Him
Ghtcwjo iTtinti.
Mclino gives It up. Ho can not form a cab'
inct for Curnot. Molllio is not a good natno
to Uro the cockles of'tho Parisian heart. It
isn't long enough uiul k ) suggestive of a cat
serenade on a bauk Toiica
Sl'AUKH gttoai THIS WITS.
Ocean : When wo have the Hood tida how
does It get loosol
Duluth Tribune : Not without its draw
backs the toboggan slide.
Chicago Times : To Jack IClein ; Bismarck
is after your scalp. Slmvo your head.
Chicago Mail : The Hon. Jerry Rusk is a
native of Ohio. That explains bis luck in
yetting oftlco.
PHtsburg Gazette : The man who Is will
ing to give you poiutors U not to bo found at
the bench show.
Boston Post : Legltlmo has captured Mar
malade. Hyppollte will probably retaliate
by swallowing the other fellow's ' preserves.
Boston G motto t Father "You do not
push my boy forward. Ho 'is njixlous to Rd
ahead. " Einpioyor ' ndecdl Then I hop
uc will capture ono very soon. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : Now comes the Phil
mlelphla 1'rcss with the announcement Urn
n Now York church Is paying cash dividend' '
to Its stockholders. Well , in tlio long run
religion ought to pny.
Tcrrc Haute Express : The agricultural do
parttncnt has abandoned the practice of dls
trUmting pardon secils through the vnrloui
congressmen. 'Tis well. A congrcssttmi
with a lotof garden seeds distributed throngl
him is not a very inspiring spectacle any
way.
Chicago Herald : Collision between tw <
heavy truck wngons. First teamster ,
Second teamster ,
BTATH AMI TKItltlTOItY.
Nebraska Jolting1 * ,
At Bralnnrd a hod-carrier Is designated bj
the title of clerk to the plasterer.
The most pressing need of Harwell nt pros
out Is stud lo bo a hull or opera house.
The Salvation army has deserted Hcntrici
and opened the campaign nt HMtings.
The Colfax count ) teachers' association i !
to meet nt Howvlta March 0 , and nn interest
Ing programme will bo oarricd out ,
Pierce oxpeels n big boom with the open
ing of a largo cattle ranch near town ant
advent of tlio Omaha & Yanltton road.
The business men of Mend nro alive to the
neoosstty of better llro protection nnd the
raising of funds for Unit purpose is being
agitated ,
Over seventy conversions arc reported as
the result of revival meetings conducted by
Hov. D. C. Phillipsof Taluuuju , nt the Mounl
Hope Methodist church.
The ICnox Center Capital announces that
the wives of William and Conrad Kyriss both
presented their husbands with babies the
same dny. February ! ! , tlio child of the for
mer being a girl and that of the latteru boy.
Ono year nuo on February II , Mrs. Fred
Kj'iiss presented her husband with n little
girl. The ! ) d of February has thus fur been
nn eventful date with those three brothers ,
nnd judging from this little incident , in fol
lowing tlio pursuit of farming they litivo mis
taken their calling. They would make butter
mnthcmcllcians.
town.
Columbus Junction wants a normal school.
The packing house at Ottumwn is killing
0,000 hogs a week.
The bannoHodRo ot Good Templcrs is lo
cated ul Sutherland with over sixty mem
bers.
bers.The
The scarlet fever scare nt Tuma City Is
ended and the public schools have been re
opened.
Mrs. C. W. McUnde , of Mcnlo , fell and
struck on her face recently , from the effects
of which she bus just died of lockjaw.
The killing of Pctur Tiernoy , of Clinton.by
the Chicago & Northwestern roail , has cost
the company a judgment of fl/J'J'J '
A Dubuquoman has just shipped 1,100 cats
nnd 200 dogs to Dakota , where the animals
are wanted to cxtorininalo ground mlco.
The Davcqport electric motor railway pays
10 per cent on the capital stock and it costs
; ! 0 per cent loss to operate than when horses
were used.
The Muscatine Island fruit nnd vegetable
men have united for.tho purpose of t > ecuring
moru uniform Quotations on their products
nnd shipments during the coming season.
Dakota.
Mica is again being shipped from Custer
City.
City.A
A Canton man has a three-headed calf with
five logs.
The gamblers have been ordered out of
Aberdeen.
A cheese factory would bo a paying invest
ment at Wcssington.
A lack of llax seed compels the Yunktbn
011 mill to close temporarily.
Minnchaha county fanners are holding
their wheat for SI per bushel.
It is rumored that u company will bo
formed to develop the coal lind near Yunk-
ton.
ton.The
The two-story school building at Oelrichs
was destroyed by lire , entailing a loss of
Tlio Dondwoocl city nail will bo three
stories high instead of two , as at iirst con
templated.
The Wutcrtown board of trnilo is malting
arrangements to establish u woolen mill in
that town.
n Fifty AVatcrtown young men have aban
doned the use of tobacco as the result of n
sermon on that subject.
Two hundred people are engaged in horse
breeding in the Black Hills and there uro
fully 110,000 on the range.
The citizens of Ruby Basin have petitioned
the commissioners of Larunuo county not to
grant liquor licenses in that county.
Spcarllsh has a genuine boodle alderman ,
who is accused of drawing his yearly salary
of $21 dollars three mouths in advance of the
expiration of his term.
The ; Schoolboy and the Flower.
A schoolboy passed by n meadow once ,
A meadow with struums and Howc-rs ,
And the look in his eyes was u far-off look.
And the book in his bund was a learned
book
Indices of budding powers.
The schoolboy halted beside the mead.
And reflected long did ho ,
With his far-away eyes on a pansy blow ,
With his wonderful book on the sward be
low ,
With his mind adrift nt sea.
Then ho knelt nnd piuckcd the blosson fair
And hold it long to his heart :
"I'll look for the life , " was his curious cry ,
"For I suruly can lind the llfo if 1 try , "
And ho plucked the flower away.
Not In the calyx the llfo was found ,
Nor yet In petals of gold ,
And ho plucked and plucked in futile essay
Till the poor little pansy was piuckcd away
With its secret all untold.
The schoolboy stood in the fragrant mead ,
The pansy stem In his hand ,
And u wondering look came over his face
As he looked at the pansy , devoid of gruco ,
Then ho sidd : " 1 understand.
"Tho secrets of life n pansy's nro
"Kro tnc llfo itself has fled ;
But who that seeks pcuco would go out into
Htrifo ! .
And who that would garner the secrets of
Ufa
Would glcnin among fields of dead ? "
ll'If/Jrim / M' nucc Cool ; , F. L. S.
TllO lilltC CoilHIlI JllClHOII.
Minn. , Fob , 10 , To the Edi
tor of Tur. Hen : It mayjbo of Interest to
your readers if you have not already 111611-
Honed the fact , to know that the late Bon.
Julius L. Juilson , the American consul ut St.
Paul DoLoando , on the southwcxtern coast
of Africa , was from Omaha. When 1 was
pastor of the First M. B. church in your city
Mr. Judson joined 'that church , and. was li
censed by the quarterly conference of the
First church ns n local Methodist preacher
1111 } shortly afterwards went with Bluliop
i'aylor as n missionary to Africa. Bishop
i'aylor stationed him at Kablnda and about
six months ago he was made the American
: oimul and stationed at St. Paul UuLoanda.
Mr. Judson was born in Gconrla , und when
lie was about fourteen years old his master
used him for training bloodhounds and for
two years ho did nothing but run from the
liounus. The muster would give him two
liourn start and then lot the hounds on his
track. Bo showed mo the scars on his limbs
ivhero the hounds had torn the Hush whoii
[ 10 was caught by them ,
, When the war was over ho went to the
: ollcgo for colored people nt Washington- .
J. , and graduated. He could read Latin and
Uruck with facility and mudo a good speech.
I very greatly rcurcat hut death.anil 1 have
.bought homo of your readers might bo in-
; created in this brief notice. Yours truly ,
U. N. McIUio.
Quito Another Figure.
Drake's Magazine : Miss Jowsbcrry
'Your wife dieplays u rare flguro in her
: ailor made dross. You are to bo envied ,
Mr. Paulsby. "
Mr. Paulaby "I was not to boonvlod ,
vhon the tailor displayed hisliffuru tula
norning. "
TIIK COUNTRY'S PATH 1211.
A ( Jiiict Observance of the Usua
Aunlvor nry ,
The observance of Washington's birthday
annually becomes loss general , anil ns n
holiday It Is falling into the same class with
St. Yalontlno's day and holidays of a ainulat
character , the observance of which is con
fined to n very limited number.
So fnr as the observance of to-day goes ,
the birth of the man of the lintchct and revo
lutionary war fnmo will bo moro noticeable
In Washington than in nny other city of this
great nnd glorious country. Congress will
not bo In session and the publln oftlcos will
bo closed. This Is true of the government
ofllces nil over Iho country , ulsoof the bunks ,
but as to other observances they will not bo
notable.
In some smaller places it Is UIP cuttom for
tlio young people lo array themselves lit fnn-
tusllcilretm nnd parade the streets of Iho
village , holding high carnival the while.
.lust what was the origin of this Is hard to
guess , .hist why a fancy dress parade should
bo chosen lo commemorate the birth of the
noble- Washington U beyond ordinary ken ,
but the fact romnlnsthut In the some places
'tis done , nnd ns it furnishes amusement for
the boys nnd girls it is nil right enough.
Then thuro Will be throughout the coun
try tlio usual number of balls und affairs of
the kind which the American people nro wont
to innkt- any extraordinary day un occasion
for. Mistress Martha Washington will ro-
colvont Innutnorablo church socials where
tea and sandwiches will bo dispensed by
pretty girls in the dainty costumes of "ye
olitcn tymo , "
In Omaha the government ofllces and tlio
banking houses will be ? closed , nnd tlio post-
olllco will be opened only from 1'J to 1 o'clock.
In the way of cnlcrtnlnmcnl the Creche
will hold n public rcocptlsn from U o'clock
until fi. In the oveninc the state master
plumbers will give thulr annual banquet nt
the Murray. Judge Tourgco will lecture ut
the Y. M. C. A. hull upon the subject , "Oivo
Us n Host. " The Crcighton Guards literary
society will give an entertainment in the
Wcaro block.
lo the Anniversary.
The members of the Little Pitcher club ,
No. 8 , nt the Furnam street school , cntor-
tnincd their parents and friends wilh a pa
triotic prograinmo yeslurdny afternoon. The
event was In honor of Washington's ' birth
day , yesterday being chosen for the
exercises because there is 'no school
session to-day. A largo number of
persons wcro present nnd enjoyed the event
greatly. The exercises wc'ro held In Miss
Unssott's room. The original programme wss
greatly abridged so ns to give Miss Ander
son , the elocutionist , longer time for her
readings and roeitatlons. Among the feat
ures contribulcd by the children wen- com
position by Marie Valentino , recitations by
Charley Uclwollur , Frank Thompson , Will
Hiincy , Oeorgo Chapman , Max Tro.stlcr ,
Pearl Woseott and Hess Kowlo ; n medley by
Hnttlo Ciuly , composition by Sam Burns , ten
patriotiu sentiments by Kate Preston , and
letters from Girnen Matteson , who is in Cali
fornia , and Mabel Taylor , who is in Florida.
Allco Andrecsou offered n prize for the best
solution ol u geographical puzzle , which was
won by .Icssio Ootlso. But the vote of the
school Uosi Towlo won a handsome bouquet
for being the best declaimor.
The exercises were very pleasing , and
each litllo participant was awarded a gunur-
ous round of applause.
Miss Anderson consumed nn hour in deliv
ering a number of elocutionary selections.
Among these recited were the "Bolls. " "Al-
zimt Ann , " "Thanntopsis , " "Death Bridge of
Tay , " "Sleighing in the Country , " and
"America's " These
Conversion. displayed
Miss Anderson's varied powers to a good ad
vantage. She handles dramatic , comic , or
dialectic selections equally well , and has n
voice unusually clear and resonant.
At Ijttko Street School.
The pupils of the sixth , seventh and
eighth grades of the Lake street public
school gave an Interesting entertainment
yesterday afternoon in commemoration of
Washington's birthday.
The school was handsomely decorated
with llaj-'h and llowers. while the blackboards
were gay with drawings by the pupils.
The programme included recitations , vocal
and instrumental selections. The address of
welcome , an original parody on Hiawatha.
was delivered by Miss Mollie Cnrimhy. Ono
of the most interesting features ol the enter
tainment was the formal presentation to the
school by nine of the boy pupils ot a largo
United States Hag. Master Frank Ilnskell
inado ' .ho presentation speech and did film-
self great credit.
- Alter the entertainment the many visitors
present were given nn opportunity to visit nil
ihc different departments of the school and
Vnspcct the building.
aiANDKUSON'S VIKWS.
They Include an K.\i > rcsslou Coucorit-
Injr Kort Oinnliii.
Senator Mundcrsou arrived in Omaha from
Kearney at 8 o'clock yesterday morning , and
was driven to the Millard where , oven ut
that jcarly hour , n number of men were waitIng -
Ing to see him.
The senator complained of fooling very un
comfortable from loss of sloop and the ef
fects of n Bovero cold contracted
nt Lincoln. Ho put in a day nnd
night conferring with friends ut the
capital , went thence to Hastings , thence
to Kearney , where ho attended n Grand
Army encampment in the evening. He got on
the train after midnight to rjuc.li Omaha.
In order to bo back among his senatorial
colleagues next Monday , ho left for Wash
ington at ! ! :45 : yebtcnlay afternoon. While
here , every minute of his time was devoted
to receivingcallers. . A perfect stream of
men Went In nnft out of hl room -all day At
noon , ho went out for nn hour with two or
thrco frlciuU , nnd on returning to the hotel
found a parlor full of constituents wailing lo
see him.
In ha ty reply to n few Inquiries , the scnn-
tor said tiuit , nsyct , ho had not urgtM nny
appointments by the now administration.
I'p to date the president elect hail
'lind Ills hands full of cabinet
matters , inaugural address ami
other necessary preparations for Inking his
seal on IhoIHi of March.
"And , bv the way , " continued Mr. Man
derson , "imutpurnllon day will bo the
Itrcntest event of the kind over witnessed in
this country. Preparation * for It are being
completed , nnd on the most elaborate scale.
" 1 cannot say anything i\s to the location
of a silo for the new government building.
My Obligations censed when the nppropna
tion nnd order for Its construction were secured
cured , nnd 1 don't want to bo bothered about
Its location. The treasury department , 1
presume , will send n good mini out hero to
look after thai mutter as noon ns the bids
have been received , nnd he will settle it so
tlml work can be commenced ns soon ns pos *
slblo. "
When the subject of lhr > removal of Iho
fort was Htiggosled , Iho sennlor manifested
POIIIO Irritation , ns though recent develop
tuents had been inurli against his pleasure.
"The Bellevue site recommended , " ho said ,
"would necessitate new legislation , an nd
tlitional appropriation , ami was entirely out
of the question. " lie stems to thinit that
the antipathy shown by army officials hero
against votno-vmi ? the forl nt nil had much to
do wilh recommending a site so complotolv
nnd pronouncedly contrary to the require
menus ns stipulated In the net.
"lo you think congress will l.old an extra
session 1"
"Xo , I nm satisfied It will not. Slneo the
question of admitting- the territories lins
been disposed of there is nothing before the
body demanding nn extra session. "
Ou the subject ot cabinet appointments
the senator declared thai ho knew no moro
than any other citizen. Hvory thing given
out relative thereto Is nothing moro than
mere speculation. Bo could not , or nt least
would not , say whether ho bollovod Thurston
would have n place or would not.
The new mlmlnis\ratlon \ will no doubt make
n great many changes. In order to carry out
tlio poiidost of his party nud conduct
government affairs in nccoulnnco with
his high moral convictions , it will bo
necessary for Mr. Harrison to surround him
self , nnd especially in tlio cabinet , with
slrong men , and that is what ho will do.
The senator manifested n desire not to sny
very much ns to wnnt ho will do for nsplr
mils to ollicial positions. Regarding the
Omaha poatmaslershlp ho had nol interfered
In any man's ochnlf and said that ut Wash
liiL'lon there prevails n sort of guiicrnl con
sent courtesy or unwritten law that the
rcprosentntivo shall control the np-
poinUnent of all postmasters in his district ,
oxrupto the one nt the home of the United
Slates senator. That is provided the repre
sentative is in accord with Iho adminlslra-
tlon. Ho intimated that when they roach
tlio iippolnlmg of n United States marshal
for Nebraska the delegation from this stnlo
will delonnlrio who he shall be.
Mr. FarrliiRtoit Wntito.f : !
Hiram Fnrrington , n young man who cnmo
to this city a few weeks ago ati'l ' wont into
the employ of W. J. Canon , a tailor , mid do-
cmnpc.il , after taking a pair of opera glasses
und n gold ring from the room of n man
named Moycr , will probably bo brought buck
to Omaha on n requisition for trial. The
stolen Jewelry was pawned withSoniienberg ,
n Douglas slroot broker , Fiirrlnglon , it is
claimed , securing ? S on the property. Mr
Mayor and a policeman recovered the ring
and opera glass , after Meyer had followed
Fiirriiigton to his homo in Michigan and ho
cured the pawn ticket.
The pawnbroker , it is said , will mnko nn
effort to get Farrington back to prosecute
him ,
Angostura Bilters are Iho best remedy
for rqmovinf , ' imliirestion. Ask vour
clruggist for the { genuine , prepared by
Dr. J.G. B. Sioaert&Sons.
The Champion Faster.
All the to-callcd fasting persons have
undoubtedly been knocked out by a
Ilnrlom young man named Hiram Vnn-
duscn , who concluded to-day his fifty-
third day without food , and is still
strong and hearty , working twelve
hours a day. If this is true his is ono
of the most romarbable cases on record ,
lie said :
' It was December 20 that I first com
menced lo fust. 1 had been sulToring
with headaches , and was moro or loss
troubled by my stomach' . After two or
three days of tnlaljibstinonco from food
I felt so much bettor that I concluded to
keep on wilh the fast if it did not
weaken mo. I continued my work as
usual , and soon became convinced that
I did not need any food whatever , and
so my stomach was given a long r 3t. "
The young man's friondh nay they
have of Ion tempted him with'choice
viands , but ho declined to oat. ICacli
of them accused him of cstting secretly ,
but this he denies.
Modern Kdi
Philadelphia Record : Timelier ( ge
ography class ) "Very good. Now
children , to-morrow yon must all bring
small bottles of sweet oil with vou. "
Head Girl "What arc they for. "
' To lubricate your jaws , my dear.
We are to begin on the lakes of Maine. "
FRISCILLA spinning , long ago , sighs as she thinks how soon her linen
Will lose its glossy luster , when the wash it once or twice has been in.
She docs not know that in the soap the evil lies that makes her suffer.
Its great excess of alkali , which cuts the fiber , makes it rougher.
Our modern maidens need not sigh since IVORY SOAP has been invented ,
Containing no free alkali by which the ruin is prevented.
For linen washed with IVORY SOAP in snowy beauty'll ne'er diminish ,
Hut always , while it lasts , preserve its pristine gloss and lustrous finish.
A WORD OF WARNING.
There arc many while soaps , each represented to be "just as good as the ' Ivor ;
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable r > '
of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon gelling it.
Copyright 1UG , If Procter U timnbl * .