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Fkii , , .Notury Public H Ik tlio railroads rcfuso to deal justly H with the producers of Nobrnslca , they H will have themselves to blatno if vigori H bus lugnl munaurcs are tnkon to bring H thorn to terms H Poit seine unaccountable cause , re- H ports of the bar banquet failed to state H that members did "ju&ticc to the feast " H I'ot'haps thoi-o was no room for it disH - H fiontiiifr opinion on this point M Dici'AUr/rmt Su.corr avers that ho is H not ns bluclc ns lie is painted A brief H intorviotv with the statesmen who nro H mourning the loss of their salaries H wouldPconvinco him of his error H Al.Tilouou the fires huvo been drawn H In the county hospital , the commission-1 H urs posbuss nmplo fuel to inako the temperature - | poraturo exceedingly warm for fraudu- 1 lent contractors Dtiro they apply it ? H * * Senator Puttioukw adds his voice H to the denials of destitution in South H Dakota and produces a crop of statistics H to show that the farmers nro rolling in H plenty Goncrously disposed people H should govern thomsolvcs accordingly H Tin : reign of hoodlumism in the 1 house must be put down and law and | nrdor established , " exclaims the St H Louis JleiHthlic Speaker Rued and the H republican majority are dovotlng their H best euorgics to that end 1 TlIK corabinod dollcioncy of the two | collapsed banks in Now York amounts to | thrco hundred and thirty thousand del | lnrs If this sum roprosctits the avu.il- H ublo nseots.of the Napoleonic flminciors , H it is safe to say that their term in jail | will bo exceedingly brief H Tine comraUtco nulccted to audit the J accounts of the Irish National League H of America have completed the task H lOvory dollar subscribed was properly | uccouutod for and disposed of in accord H ancc with the wishes of the donor The H report of the committee disposes of the | wild mid * reckless charges of oxtrava- H gtinco unddeliciencics , und proves that H the trust reposed in tlio treasurer was H liouostly and satisfactorily carried out H , TllK supreme court ol Now York dc- H cidos , that the authorities of the state H liave power to compel railroads to abandon - | • don stoves in passonifor cars and sub H Htituto steam boat It scorns incredible H that nny corporation should resist in H court a reform demanded in the Inter H est of humanity The destruction of H life und property by the deadly car , H Htovo iu last months wrecks will cost H the companioa more than the equip H .inont of their passenger trains with H steam heating apparatus H Tin : senate solcct committee on H Pueillo railroads has agreed to favor H nbly report the debt extension bills J Considering the inako-up of the com H luittoo , this action is no surprise It is i H interesting to note , however , that while i H the iLnlou l'ucllio will bo required to i H pay up in llfty years , at throe per com , , H the Central l'aclllu will bo allowed ono i hundred years ut a lower rate of in- H torpst It is quite evident that Leland 1 H . Stanford did not go to the seuuto for his i M health H Tiik unuunl statement of the Chicago i H ll\ji'lingtou & Quincy railroad shows B that the not earnings ot the company H last your were ton million two hundred I B ua nine thousand dollars In round 1 H numbers the capital stock of the cotn- H Piijiy amounts .to sorcnty-sis millions 1 Tho-not earnings for the year represent t H a fraction over thirteen per cent inter H est on the capital stock , fully ono-hult t H of which is fictitious If half the water H was sque.or.ed out of the stock it is safe B , to say that the earnings would pay | llftoon per cent on the actual capital invested • H vested und the bonded debt And this1 i | is ono of the corporations which cannot H * nlTord to rcduco frolcht rutos on No- H bntsku grain , so as to louvo the farmer1 | aoction hand wages for tbo labors of the SOMEWHAT llEASSUWXa The tolcgram of Chnlrmnn Walker of the ' Intorslute Conitncreo Hallway asc socintlnn to Governor Thayer , Informr lug , him that the report was not correct which stated that the Trans-Missouri Trafllo association had given no con sldoration to the question of reducing corn rates , Is somewhat reassuring , It appears from the authoritatlvo statement mont ot Mr Walker that the subject was very thoroughly cousidorod by the association , that no conclusion to dlst miss . it was reached , ntid there is a hopeful suggestion in his assurt nnco that unanimous action wits taken in a direction of which the governor Avlll bo duly advised There will bo great Interest on the part of the people of , Nebraska to loam the nature of this action , and it is to bo hoped the nsjocli titlon will not long delay the lnfornm1 tinn Mcanwhllo nothing will bo lost by keeping up the agitation for such relief to the farmers ol Nobrnsita as It is obvl1 ously In the power of the railroads to give As to the dlnicultlcs in the way , which Chairman Walker refers to as serious , wo can concolvo of none that are insurmountable If all the managers of railroads In Nebraska will unllu upon a plan ot relief and honestly observe its terms The controlling idea with the managers appears to bo that the price of grain to the farmers is not alTectod by the transportation charges , but this is so obviously absurd that its assertion cannot bo regarded as any thing t else than a subterfuge The railroads _ roads cannot justify a refusal to relieve - liovo I the situation In this state by any such specious argument The appeal to the railroads in i this m at tor is made under the pres sure . of an extreme necessity The in terests of a million people , the pros perity of every department of business , the welfare of the state , are at stake If the I rallroadH give the relief that Is asked it is not to bo doubted that every interest in Nebraska will bo benolittod ; if i they refuse it , increased business de pression 1 and moro gonornl hardship und privation are inevitable It Is in the 1 power of the railroad managers alone to say which of these conditions shall prevail , and the people hope for a prompt I decision THE I'ARLIAMESTAUV BATTLE It is believed that the democratic minority i in the house of roprcsaiitativc3 will i not rouow this week the lillibustcr- ing ] tactics which thoyomployod during most of last week It is not to be sup posed that they will wholly abandon obstructive , methods , but it is said that some of the leaders have become con vinced that the tactics thus far pursued will not bo npprovofl by the intelligent and impartial judgment of the country , and that it will bo necessary to resort to some moro defensible way of attempt ing to defeat the will of the majority The great majority of the people desire that congress shall proceed with as lit tle delay as possible to the considera tion of the very important business that demands attention This the re publicans , who , being in thq.inajority in congress are responsible for legislation , are anxious to do The democratic policy , speciously claimed to bo justified as a defense of the rights of the minor ity , though what thc3e are , othoi * than the right of obstruction , no ono of the minority has defined , alms at retarding legislation and nullifying the rights of the majority It is es sentially revolutionary In spirit and purpose , and however strongly it may commend itsoit to the approval of parti sans , it must condemned by nil who believe in the sound American princi ple , absolutely necessary to the preser vation of our political system , that the majority shall rule If the democratic lcadors in congress do not now sco the mistake they are making in their at tempt to contravene this principle they will not fail to discover it when the people plo shall again have an opportunity to pass judgment upon their conduct The truth is that lor the last ton year3 the majority in the house of rep resentatives hns bcou unable to control its deliberations , and much of the record ol the lower branch of cougross during that period has been a reproach to the intelligence of that body nud to the country Under the rules of the last four or live congresses not only was i the minority enabled to obstruct and defeat legislation , but rt moro faction was enabled often to nullify the will of the majority Of course when the rules are such as to en courage this state of affairs i it is natural that advantage should bo , tulcon of thorn , whether the minority no republicans or democrats It Is there fore no argument against thodoterinl- nntion of the majority of the ' present house to remedy those abuses by re forming the rules to say that republi cans , when 'in the minority , have taken advantage ot the opportunities offered them by bad rules Because for toil years the vital principle of majority rule has boon sot at doflanco it by no moans follows thut such a revolutionary \ nud daugorous condition is to bo i maintained forever The republi cans believe that the time has como to assort the principle which Is the very corner stone of our political syslom , and 1 they propose to do it They will accord I every ju3t and reasonable right to the i minority , but the minority cunnot con trol It the democrats in congress huvo discovered this , and have wisely con eluded to nccopt the inevitable and sub mit with such grace as thov muy to the only suto principle in a republican gov - ernment , they will avoid a popular con domnatioit which otherwise they uro , certain to incur THE VOSTfOXED LEASE Tn deference to public opinion as cx- pressed in the concurrent resolution unanimously passed by the senate , See rotary AVindom has decided to defer ac- lion ou the removal o * the soul llshorios lease until the twonty-llrat of the pros out month This will aiTord ample time for congress to pass the bill introduced by Senator Plumb , or some modified form of that moasurp , by which an end shall bo put forever to the Alaska mo- nopoly The only thing in the way -of this legislation is the possibility that the house may not bo in a condition i to go on with j ouiiness before he date now flxod for action on the lease 1 expires , and in that cvont the socrotnry of the treasury might not fool called upon to tnnko a further postpone mctit It is not doubted that if the house 1 Is prepared to do btislnoss before the t dnto for acting on the bids there will bo no dtfliculty in passing through that t body n measure putting an end to the t seal flshories monopoly The public discussion of this matter has 1 served to bring out moro elenrly the character of the monopoly , and the moro carefully It Is considered the stronger must the conviction become that t Senator Plumb did not exaggerate when \ ho said of the existing conditions that t they are againBt the interests ot humanity 1 nnd against every other conf sldonition which can appeal to the people plo | of the United States It- has boon shown , however , that they have boon made 1 to nppoar outlroly satisfactory to certain < congressmen who have fallen under t the Influence of the Alaska com pany \ the recipients of free transporta- tlon 1 on the company's ships and of generous | banquets nt the tables of the company i nnd its aeonts These gentlemen - mon i are the ardent dofondorsof the monopoly - nopoly i , and have not hcsltatod to mis- roprosonttho i facts regarding the revenue - nuo i received from It by the govern ment : For oxatnplo , it has boon stated that i the Alaska company has paid into the i Uuitod States treasury two million dollars i moro than the government paid for I Alaska , or ever nlnomillion dollars , whereas the amount paid into the treas ury by the company is less than six million dollars Moreover , it has boon shown i that the company has not kept full faith with the government , in consequence of which the treasury has not rocolvod a considerable sum of moocy that should have been paid to it Public sentiment has decreed that this monopoly shall not bo contlnuod The legislation under which it was created was a mistake , ovoa if not , as it has boon assorted to bo by orainont lawyers , unconstitutional The duty of congress is plain , and a general popular demand will bo denied If there Is a failure - uro to pec form it _ Alt the glowing reports about the condition of the now county hospital , its readiness fornccoptnnco and the solon did character of the work , " are intonI dod to mislead the public and relieve the contractors Every examination made aads to the mountains of ovldonco that the job is a tottering monument to incompetency Inferior material and botched workmanship are visible every where For thle wretched structure over one hundred thousand dollars have been paid Regardless of common busi ness methods the commissioners have permitted the contractors to draw on the building fund beyond the usual limit Ryoti & Walsh have worked up a claim for extras amounting to fifty thousand dollars Amono the regulations adopted by the board of public works for the guid ance of bidders for sidewalk contracts is the significant clause requiring an aflldavit that no member of the com mon council , board of public works , head of department or bureau or em ploye therein , or any ether olllcer of the corporation , is directly or indirectly Interested terested" m tlio bid Judging from past experience , we take it that the contractors affidavits are made with a montul reservation The • 'Gcntloinun's ' Aflnooiatlon " Chicago Trlliuiic The "Gentlemen's ' Association is now composed substantially of nine parts gentle men and ono part association Knew Only Hih Autourupli St , Louts Globc-DemiicriU. It is stated that faftor Mr Urico's olco- tlon as senator "no was presented to tbo inorabers of too legislature in person " Pre vious to that time , it Is to be Inferred , they had known bun only by the handwriting on his checks Tlio ( ircatenc and Meanest , Vtrtitnta ( Aep ) Wntcrprfse The question of tiunuug a site for the worlds fair is Bhcrtly to do decided nt Washington Our people would prefer see ing ono of tbo big places of tbo west get it to having it go to Now Yorlr thut greatest and meanest of American citlos - As Understood in tlio South Jtull/iHflpolIs Jbiinuil , There arc twenty-eight concessional dis tricts in tno south which have negro ma jorities , and yet twenty-sovon of thorn are represented , or , ratlior , misrepresented , by democrats who deny thorn political rights Vet tbo United States la reputed to have a government of the people . llic ICxtrndltloii Treaty Huston Herald Although , as wo have paid , the treaty might be a trifle mora comprehensive if an agreement on political offenses could be ar rived at , it would bo , In its proposed form , an iuiuiDuso Improvement on tbo treaty now la force There is uo reason why It should not bo approved by the senate , and the de partment of state will deserve to bo con gratulated on haying brought , in this re spect , a long dispute to an end , I'OLIl'IOALi IOINTS Chicago Mows : Iowa's ' legislature.is now suffering from a second stroke ol paralysis , It would bs a good idea for the people oftho state to club tbo poor thluir to death aud put it out of its misery Philadelphia Record ( dom ) : There nro 1 perhaps about ten thousand white rufllans , mlscmefniukors and blatherskites among the millions of whlto people In the south whosu | deportation to Contrul Africa would bring permanent tranquillity to that region Minneapolis Times ; If this Sunday crusade - sade licctis up It will soon bo so that a man will not be ullowod to wear a wblto shirt on the Sabbath day on account of the work ho will necessarily have to do in gutting a largo | collar-button through a t > mall bulton-liolo. Keokuk Gate City ; Well , after the ox perlenco the pcoplo of Iowa are having with the democratic bosses up ut Desjvlolnos tbey will bo satisfied to mash that party back into another twenty years of powerlessness [ The people lose inonoy and good government every time they invest ia it Philadelphia Press : Ex-Prosidont CIovo- lands totter to the Tailors convention in i Chicago reveals a gay and festive spirit of ' solf-conscious Ignorance on the tariff issue which is at once amazing and amusing , What tbo gentleman failed to tell the tailors [ on that question is all wool and a yard wide Pittsburgh Commurclul-Uazetto ; The party is pledged to tno passage of a tariff : bill us speedily us possible , and none Knnw better than the republican leaders la con * gross Hint it would not only be a direct be trayal of the publlo oonlldenco but political [ suicide as well , to trillo with the Imperative j demand for lopislatloo Washington Post : Uishop Turoorof At- lanla , one of tlio most respected prelates of f the A. M. Vj church , uoubts very much whether legislative enactment can bridge the chasai that God has made between the i racoIt , N trun m the good bishop says thntCtOrlhaa [ ! nude Uifl chasm , but God also mBuo the rivers ( " Ho made them to bo bridged " Atlanta Constitution ; Importation Is no remedy for thoihegVo problem for tbo slmplo reason that It ill Itapractlcnblo from every I , , . 1 9' ' vi0Wl Til * ! results ot It cannot bs foretold Hotvo rfcr , much the political south might bo pleased with It , the Industrial south would opnoso it { fer it would doprlvo this section of the cheapest nnd best labor that can bo found - ' . * 8TATI3 ANJ ) THIVKITOKY Nebraska Jotting * . The Ord Oddfellows bnvo reorganized II M. Dotrlck bns assumed char go of the York postofQco ' Superior Is to have a wholesale harness inan'ifacturlng house with n cash capital of cl5,000 , The Hod Willow county farinors' nlllnnca will hold nn adjourned mooting nt Indianola February 15 John Hyde of Clear Crook Custer county , has j , lost his reason nnd has been sent to the Lincoln Insane asylum lied Willow county prohibitionists will meet nt McCook next Snturday to elect dele gates to the state convention North Platte is snld to have six male rosl- dents who club their wives but only ono wlfo wlw pounds horhusband Iho Adams county prolnbitlontBts will hold ] n convention nt Hastings next Satur day to prepare for the campaign Seventy ears will bo required to transport the ] machinery for tlio Oxnnrd sugar plant from xvow Orleans to Grand Island J. D. Cogswoll's ' drug house nt Holdrego una been closed by creditors , with llabllltlos of $1,200 and nssots nmountlng to $1(100. ( A company of orphan boys from tha east will arrive at Nelson February 14 for the purpose j ot finding homos with farmers Au Intorostlng programme has boon prepared - j pared for tlio- meeting of the Central No- braskn Teachers association , which will be hold ] nt Edgar February 8. As tbo result of a quarrel among the ofll- cors ot the Ilnnk of Commerce at Grand Island j nnothor bank will soon bo started in that olt.v backed by capital from Omaha and Salt Lake City Two cases of glanders are quarantined at Goring ' Notice was given to the state J authorities nnd the usual answer was ro colvod , stating that nothing could bo done , no i appropriation having boon made for that purpose Two handRomo but giddy Holdtogo girls looked , too long on tlio wino whan it was rod und i made such a ilisgracoful exhibition of themselves ' that the authorities were com pelled to run them in , " nnd the pollco j Judge ttnod thorn fl and costs At a mooting of the ofllcers of the agri cultural < soelotlos nf Chase , Hayes Hod Wil low 1 and Hitchcock counties , hold at Cul- bertson , the following dates were agreed upon , for the sovcral counties to hold their fairs in 1S90 : Hitchcock county , third week iu Scptombcr i ; Hod Willow , fourth week in I September ; Hayes , lirst wcok In October ! Chase , second week in October Nollgh township and city , together with five other surrounding townships , In n dele gate ! meeting Saturday pledged themselves to vote bonds to G. W. Wattles , n capitalist from Kansas , to put in a sugar plaut there that will work up 200 teas of hoots per day Mr Wattles has a 100.000 interest in the Medicine Ledge , Kan , sugar plant , nnd is to erect a factory at Nollgh with a capacity us above loiva Items Ottumwa is working up a boom for the coal palace ' Charter Oak and • Denlson want telephone connections It cost Sao county $3,177.41 to support her poor last year The levy for bridges in O'Brlon county this year is over $ J3,000. A commercial club has been formed in Ot tumwa with ISO members The Iowa Vnlloy Farmers ' club will hold Its annual meeting at Alden February 13 , 14 and 15. " , , A Jefferson county man furnishes free lunches to all huntera'whowill ' shoot rabbits on his farm Eating smutty cornstalks caused the death of thirteen bond of cattle belonging to James McMonaman , a Plymouth county farmer S. F. Prouty of Pella has shipped over twelve hundred carloads of walnut logB durintr the past flvo years to Euglaud and Germany John Dunaway , a fifty-two-ycar-old resi dent of Monroe , pleaded guilty to incest with his daughter and was scutencod to eight years in the oonitontlary A Warren county farmer has just finished digging potatoo3. Out of 400 bushels takoa from the ground in the past few days only flvo bushels were found to have boea frost bitten Hov Albert M. Smailoy of Ottumwa has received a call to the pastorate ot the Con gregational church at Sixty-fourth and Howard streets , Chicago , at a salary of S3.UO0 n year As a result of the Brooks-Murpby scandal at Lenox , in which Miss Ada Murphy was accused of improper intimacy with Banker Uroolts , the girls mother , has become hope lessly insane and is now an inmute of the Mt Pleasant asylum A youth nutnod Lawlo9s , living near Clior- okoo , became so indlgnaut when asked to bring In a bucket of water that ho flred two shots from a revolver at his father Just to remind him that ho wasn't ' to bo trifled with The bullets missed their marK , but tbo duti ful son warned his father tnnt if bo repeated tbo offense hotter aim would bo taken next time The Coon Haplds Reporter has chnngod bauds , nnd the now management announces tbut "behoving that the existing liquor pro hibition law as at present administered in tbo state of town , has utterly failed in ac complishing the purpose for which it was in tended , this paper will advocate the system ot hied license as against that of prohibi tion " Tlio Two Dnkotat A flouriug mill is to bo built at Boulah la the spring A tariff reform league has been organized lit New liuffaro W. S. Bo won has assumed charge-of the Yankton postoftlce The bill locating tbo North Dakota state { fair at Grand Forks lias passed tbo senate A Grand Army post has bcon organized at Minnesota with a membership of forty-five A frco reading room and library will bo established by the Deadwood Young Men's Christian association In removing sawdust from an ice house at Deadwood the other day a workman picked up a nugijgt of goldworth , $23. No ono will accept the position of post • master at Big Bottom , Lawrcnco countyand thoofllco may bo discontinued Ex-Govornor Church has removed from Huron to Tacoina , iVush , , where ho will engage - gage in tbo real estate buslnojs ' PlanB for the now Presbyterian church at Hot Springs havoibccii acccptod by tlio trustees The building is to bo ot cut stone | and when completed will bo one of the hand * somest church edjllccs in South Dakota Tbo roportB oftlio regents of the univer sity of South Dakota shows n list of thirty ouo protestors , Instructors and employes , with an aggregate ' , ' salary of f3TC90 , The i estimated expenses'for 1890 Is put at (10,450 , Ueforo the grand Jury of Fall HIvor county adjournoil I ut Hot Springs the ether day , n vote was \aken \ upon the question of abolishing the grand jury system The vote \ stood fifteen forjUbolisbiug it and one for continuing it An effort will bo made in the spring to have tbo railroad extended from Wlutowood to the Hay Creek coal mines It is claimed I the coal deposits on the creek are largo i enough to supply that ontlro section nf coun- try , and that the coal is equal to any soft coal ' in the world During tlio women's raid on the saloons of Hatton , Traill county , about two weeks ago , au old man named Peter Lomen , who was ! in ono of the saloons at the time , was struck on tbo bead with a hammer by ono of the In ; furiated women and his skull fractured Ho is expected to die from the elfocts of tbo blow , * HOOK KKVIKWS Old Cnlifornian Days , " by James Steele , ' is a brief but graphic sketch of the golden 1 state The author presents a succession of churming pictures , sharply drawu , and l framed in thu glowing colors which bud and l blossom so profusely in California The story Is divided Into thrco parts the old time of tbo missions , the Amoncan romance of the Argonauts , and the distinctive period of the boom Perhaps In no section of the union lias the rurgrossivo side ot American chnractor been so strongly shown ns In the almost complcto extinction of the Spaniard In ' California To Junlpero Sorra a devout Franciscan monk , belongs the credit ot ex ploring I the country and founding the famous chain of missions , the ruins of which ore now objects of lncronslng interest to visit ors Sorra wn * fifty-six years old when ho sot out from Moxlco in 1707 , with a nnrty of sixteen persona , for tbo then comparatively J unknown country The party reached San Diego In flvo months , and nt once began the work of converting the Indians , founding missions nnd onjoylng the fruits of the earth in t abundance During the succeeding sixty five ' years eighty thousand Indians were brought ' Into the church These natives were most profitably employed in tbo missions ) sions nnd attached Industries extending from San j Diego northward 700 miles The won dcrful thrift ot the padres nnd their success in i making the lndlnn slaves toil in their vineyards brought the missions to a point ] , early In the century , that the products i netted a profit of fj,000,009 , a year And when the Moxioau government mont i confiscated the spoils In 1831 , the vnluo of < livestock nlono ' was pJOMVIOO . Of nil this ' toll nnd struggle nnd sufforlng , naught but 1 the rulus remain , There were no re- suits ! Scarcely ono hundred of the Indians , llvlns In wretched huts and wnndorins through the state , still llngor ns ovldonco of tbo thousands who grcotod Sorra when ho laid the foundation of a fntod civilization , Yet nround the missions of California Is nn ntmosphoro | which all the winds cannot blow away i , which Is unique iu American life , and , of which tbo ruins seem to afford the only i taste Tlio forty-nlncrs , a distinctive California class < , no longer form nn element oi coast life ' The sand and grit which oun- bled them to forsake their homes and bravo ' the rigors of a trip ncross the plains ' or isthmus or round tlio torn , has petered out and the few remaining linger around , their old haunts , grizzled mementos of ' the old time which tried men's souls " He is misplaced in these times , but in his dny , the writer truly says "ho was the repro- sontatlvo , of that sturdy valor which Is now decaying , in wealth and luxury ; of that courage - ago , which then regarded danger and dlf- nculty ns Inoidonts of dally life , and of that magnanimity which grow from the sharing of n common lot There will be no moro of him whllo tbo world stands " Tlio boom period is au iucidont of yesterday - day , too recent to detail , though its results are visible on every nand , The volume is well printed nnd bound , and liberally illustrutcd published by the Bol- ford-Clarku Company , Chicago Under the title , FootPrints of Christ , " Iov William M. Campbell clothes In new colors the boyhood ofJosus ; his character istics , labors , lessens , methods , nnd tbo striking scenes that made up his busy life are so dopictcd as to awaken new interest in the Hero of the Hovolalion The authors ' style is a happy combination of vigor and simplicity The book is presentnblo in ap pearance , admirnblo in spirit nnd excellent In moral tone and teaching Published by Funk & Wugnalls , Now York Notes Looking Forward , " a papor-covored sketch of the worlds fair hold in Chicago , comes from the press of F. T. Neely The fact that Chicago has not yet secured - cured the fair does not prevent the na tives from gleefully contemplating the profits A translation of Tli Bontzan's ' Expiration tion , " a delightful story of French llfo and manners , is published by Welch Fruckor & Co , Now York They also publish Edith Sessions Tupper's story of social serpents , "By Whoso Hand ! " The reader is supposed to solve the conundrum , The Penn Publishing company has issued Bovoral small , yet valuable booics , among tbcm the "Haudbook of Pronunciation and Phonetic Analysis , " by John II Bochtcl The Elocutionists ' Annual , " compiled by Mrs J. W. Shoemaker ; ' • rabteaux.Uharados nnd Pantomimes , " mid a frcih crop of jokes gathered by Henry Firth Wood GRADY'S TWO DISAPPOINTMENTS The tinst Foot Race nnd the Failure ) ol' His Herald George Cassiti of Atlanta says in the Constitution : While Grady was in college at Athens the university base ball club came to Atlnnta to play us a garao of ball Grady was the fastest runner in college , and I could beat any body in Atlanta Charllo Collier told Grady , on a visit to Athens , that there was a follow iu Atlanta that could boat him running Grady worried about it a good deal , and when the Athens club came here ho came alotig , too , for the express purpose of boating mo in a foot race Ho came straight from the train to where wo were playing ball , out in Decatur strcot , near Oakland cemetery , and wanted to race then and there "I never saw such an impetuous fol low Ho kent on bogging for a race until I was obliged to run Some At lanta follow loaned mo a jiair of low quartered shoes They wore run down at the heel and too tight for mo , but I couldn't back out Wo ran 100 ynrds , and it was decided thut Grady boat mo two inches and a half Wo immedi ately arranged for another rnco next day I was confident that I could beat him I had on my own shoos that day and I felt like running Wo tried another 100 yards on the lot where the now capltol Is now , nnd I beat him flvo foot Nothing would do Grady but wo must try it ever next day A big crowd gathered out near the old bar racks to see the deciding race I beat him again about IIvo foot I novcr saw a fellow ho keenly disappointed 'You'vo got the wind on me , ' ho said , lets make it olghty yards ' I had to agree , nnd thut time I beat him about three feet Lots make it sixty , ' said ho as soon as wo stopped , Ho kept nn begging until I had to run again That time I beat him about a foot 'You've still got the wind on mo , said Grady , lets try fifty yards ' Just at this point some Atlanta follow - low wanted to bet with Grady 'I haven't ' got a cent , ' eald Grady The talk about the bet shut him off , and ho juBt put on his coat nud started for town like ho didn't want nnybody to see his disappointment It was a long time then before I saw him ngaiti About six years ago I was in a meat markoton Poachtroo street with n friend when Grady walked in My friend laughe 'd as soon as ho saw Grudy , Henry , 1 ho said , pointing to mo , 'Do you Know that fallow ! ' George Cassin , ' said Grady quickly , and shouk hands with mo "Wo talked for some time about our race , and Grady 6tiid finally : 'Do'you know what two tilings hurt mo most in all my lifoV 'I know ono of thorn , wild I. 'Yob , ' ho said , that race was ono of thorn The ether was when the Herald wont under ' " A Hlovo Usnd as a nod , In the north of China the climate is qui to cold , and Micro are no stoves or liroplacos in the wuysldo inns , says a correspondent of the Pittsburg Lcudor In soma of the gonornl rooms nro small charcoal braziers , but the bedrooms , which are very scantily furnished , con tain neither stovu nor bed In their place is a brick platform , long enough for a man to stretch himself at full length upon , and raised a foot or two from the Hour , with an opening in the side Into thlfc nporturo the servant pushes a pan of burning coals , and when the bricks are thoroughly heated the traveler - olor spreads out upoa them the boddlng ho has brought with him und lies down to rest on his stove An ICssentlal ( Jnnlity Time : Customer ( getting shnvod ) ! You are a catididato for the common council , nro you not ? " Jlarber : "Yah , I vos " Well you ought to got there if you are anything like this razor " " 'Vo it " "Vyr * pooty sharpV" "No ; It has n big pull " BBVMB B Bl LINCOLN I I NEWS AND NOTES , The Stnto Industrial Homo tor Un- fortunnto Women REPORT | OF THE SECRETARY , Tlio Trouble Which tins Hxliloil tlo- IIctciI to Bo Over Grmulpa Ilurrus Ordered to Answer to Cotitotnpr , Associate Board of Charities Lincoln , Neb , Fob 2. [ Special to Tiik Hkb ] ] During the past woelt Tub Bkr mnde mention of tlio annual session ot the . Womnii's Assooiato Clinrltios , hnvlng the management i ot the State Industrial Homo for | unfortunnto women located nt Mllford As the meetings were hold behind closed doors , exact reports ot the proceedings were difficult i to obtain , and , as a matter of course , much i was sent out to the public press that was not exactly true The recording secretary , Mrs Bond of tins ' city , was soon tins morning by Tim Bcu correspondent i , and besides her formal report port | , which is given below , many intorostlng facts wo ro obtained which are here epito mized The law provides for but twjlvo mcuibors of the board of trustees , but this number was Incronsod to sevoutcon Inst spring , though the change has not proven ontlroly satisfactory ' Ot the twonty-slx children born ut the homo four have boon placed in good homes , ono was still born , thrco mis carriages , ono wns sent to the Homo of the Frloudlcss and sixteen remained ut the homo on December 31 , 1SSD. Tlio homo hns resolved - solved to take care of its own children in the future and not attempt to send them to the Homo of the Friendless Ot the inmates twenty-tbroo were Americans , four Ger mans , ono Swiss , ono Swede and ono Bo hemian Their ugos ranged from 11 fteen to thirty , the nvornge bolug twenty years There are twenty-nine unmarried girls One of the widows had boon abandoned by her husband , another had boon twice u widow nt nineteen , the ilrst husband having com mittcd suicide Ten of the girls were or phans , ten half orphans and ton bad parents living outside the state Improvement in the morals of many of the girls is noticeable Mrs Perkoy , the superintendent In her annual report said : "I am pleased to bo able to report a grout change , morally , m some of the girls Some who came ad dicted to the use of bad lauguugo , after hav ing been under tlio inlluonceof the homo for a few weeks , express u desire to quit such habits und bo pure iu speech Some wbo know llttlo of the bible , now say that they read a portion of Gods word dally , and often express n desire to become Christians In deed their very countenances show moral Im provement , while others are slow to learn , and no doubt it will take moro than a year to work any permnnent change " Much complaint is made concerning the plumbing and the disposition of the sowngo , und the ladies bono thut the board of public lands and buildings will correct this auuoy- anco at an early day The homo hopes to become como a training school for th so unfortunate girls and lit thorn for the duties of lifo Spe cial attention will bo paid to housekeeping , laundry work , cooking , table waiting , dress making and such ether kindred Industrial pursuits The troiiblo which has existed in the management is believed to bo over tiow , and harmony is expected In the f uturo The following report of the proceedings of the associate Charities during its two days session wus prepared for Tin : 15ii : : by Mrs M. Isabel Bond , the recording secretary The annunl session of the Women's Asso ciate Charities for t.ln > 8talo of Nebraska , convened at the state capitol January ii'J , and continued iu session until the 3Uth. A lull utlendnnco of - members was reported , roprosontlug Grand Island , Omaha , York , Seward , Mllford , Falrbury , Tecuinsoh nnd Lincoln The business of tbo annual meeting was to teoeivo reports , elect ofllcers for the coming year and the transaction of sucb general miscellaneous business as should como up for consideration The report ot the treasurer of the associ ate charities showed the balance on hand of the appropriation of $31,000 with which to build the south wing to the Mllford homo und maintain the present branch to bo $ 1(1- ( fiWUS , making an expenditure of f 14,413,8:1 , : on the south wing , which is nearly complete , and iu ofllcers' salaries and iu current ana in cidental oxpeiiBus The superintendent of the industrial home reported thirty Inmates rcceivod since the opening of the home , May 1 , 18S0. She also reported the umouut of work done , improve ments on morals andalirm disposition on the part of a majority of the inmates to lead a bettor llfo The physician reported twenty-six births and that the general health of the inmates was good There bus beou but ono death and that was an infant About two months ago tbo house committee - too employed a dressmaker , wbo is to in struct the inmates in cutting , lltting nnd making dresses Her success has bona such that the board voted to rotuln her two months longer ou an Increased sulury The committee on rules and regulations recommended the printing in leaflet form of 100 copies of the rules and regulations to bo furnished to the State Women's Christian Temperance union hcadauurters and request that they be mailed to each state , district and county goflicor of the Women's Christluu Temperance union in Nebraska > Tbo president , Mrs Angio R Newman , read her annual address which contained many valuable suggestions , but for the rea son that a copy wus not left with the secre tary it cannot bo Inserted in this report The lollowlug ofllcers were elected : President idont , Mrs , Gurtrudu M. McDowell , Fair bur.v ; vice-president , Mrs Dr Curscadden , York ; recording secretary , Mrs M , Isabel Bond , Lincoln ; corresponding sccrotary , Mrs N. V. Harlan , York ; treasurer , Mrs Dr LatU , Lincoln , Mrs Angio F. Newman , of Lincoln resigned - signed her memborsbip on the board of trustees of the Industrial Home at Mllford . A motion was made not to accept the resig nation , but as she insisted , - Mrs Dr Freda Lankton of Omaha , was elected to tlio va cancy Mrs Gilbert L. Laws tondorcd her resig nation as a member of the board , nnd Mrs Watson B , Smith of Omaha was elected iu her stead On recommendation ot the board ot publlo lands and buildings the services of u resi dent physician were dlsponsod with Mrs Carascaddun nnd Mrs Harlan of York were uppointed the auditing commit tee teo.Tho majority of the standing committees were reelected The board of associate charities meets the last Wednesday In each month The next regular meeting will bo hold 1'obruary 2il , lbJO ' CITV NEWS AVII NOTES Donations for the South Dakota sufferora nro being received by Shaw & Shaw lu the Potvin block They must bo hi by Tuesday evening the relief train over the Elkuora wilUcavo Lincoln Wednesday moraiug The attorneys of Hov , Father > I. A. Ken nedy , who was bound over to tbo district court of Fillmore county under the bastardy act , recently began proceedings to abuto tha action , the child iu the case having died The prosecution opposed this move und a hearing was had before Judge Morris In ono of the state library rooms The court has taken tbo matter under ndvlsomcnt The state university oratorical contest was held last night J. B , Fogarty of Gretna , a member of the Dollan society , ro colvod the highest marking , and will repre sent the Institution at tbo state oratorical contest His oration reviewed the lifo and public services ot Charles Stewart Parnell Edward Farmer won , second place und will be alternate at the state contest The February term of tbo dlttrict court • will begin on the 10th , The docket has oightceu ciinmal , SCI equity andU431aw cases The ststa university will bo twonty-one years old February 15 , and the charter day exercises will Include au address by Presi dent Uhumbcrllu of the umrorslty of Wis consln Subject : The Coming of Age of State Universities " The Woman's Christian association will hold a kirmyss at tlio Exposition building February 10 to 10. A feature of the affair will bo a dally supper by the ladles of the various churches as follows ; Monday even r ing by Episcopal Indies ; Tuesday , CongrorniVV tionats Wednesday , Presbyterian Thurs < ; dny , Methodists Friday , Baptist ; .Snturday , < Lutheran nnd Free Will Baptist ladies ' B Grandpa Btirrus has boon ordered by the f . M federal court to appear before its barntU - jk-4 _ o'clock Monday afternoon nnd show canso h why ho should not bo committed for con J H tempt .ylfl'flW - The assoclatos and subordinates of 1) . K , y - - K Thompson , late superintendent of the B , Si f ' H M. , yesterday presented him with n line paly H of Hold glatsos and nn elegant mahogany r/- H cliiiing chair H Gonornl A , V. Cole of Hastings , Major KVBj John C Watson of Nebraska City , Colonel H1 John G. Bonnoll of Lincoln and Lioiitotmut , ' H C. J , Bills of Falrbury have gouo to Un-Ui- H Inglon , 1) . C , to attend n mcotiug of the - Kffl | National Utinrds association BBBK Dr Quinlnn , grand oxaltrd ruler of the H , Elks , Is exported tn the city tomorrow , nnd ' KfH the Lincoln Elks will banquolt htm In the ' BBB nftcruoon The Lincoln Elks will Institute B a loJgont Hustings February ' J B The Irish-American club will give a danc- M ing party r.t Tumplo ball Wednesday evening B STOLE ANOTHER CHILD H An Intclllirnnt Ulepliunt Asmiajjon BMH Her GrloT In n Novel Wny " * 0 flBl * A ro in ark ably Intelligent olophnnt V R working on a now b rid go iu Ceylon , says B Murray's Mugazino , had ti young ono to V B whom she was perfectly do voted It H tiled aud she became Inconsolable For < H | > morly the gentlest ot uroatures , she ! grow irrltablo and even dangerous ' 'H Ono morning shohroko the chain which H conlluud her and escaped into tlio for - H'H HOne - Ono night , about ten days after her H escape , the officer who had boon in H charge of her wont out to Ho iu wait for H boars ntut pond in a jungle at some dis- ' H ' H As ho and his untlvo attendant were H returning , early in the morning , the , _ _ _ | uativo silently nudged lum , aim they V i Hi saw in the dim , gray light an clophatit * BmE with her calf making their way toward > _ * the camp They both sprung behind a H trues , and , when the elephants had ' B passed , the tiutivo insisted that the Holder elder ono was their old friend H When they reached the camp they H found that the truant had indeed ro * - B turned , and had gouo from one person , . . H to another , touching each with her " > * * . IB trunk , ns if she wus exhibiting her H adopted child , whioh she had ovldontly B- bogged , borrowed or stolen during her H absence H Her good temper nnd usual docility W roturuod at once , and her owner blessed } the good fortune which enabled her to m\ \ steal a child VV Tlin Couuo HIvor of To dny K From an article under the above title KV : in the Fooruary Century , by ono of MVh Stun ley ' s former ollicors , wo quote the Hi following : "On the Congo there nro no flBj beasts of burdun , there existing merely fl _ 'i ' a manual transport , the porters being Bi the natives of the Unkongo tribe , in- H ! habilaiiug the cataract regions Iu Hj physique these men nro slight and only Hj poorly developed ; but the fact of their Hj carrying on their head from sixty to Hj one hundred pounds weight twenty aVB1 miles a day for some times six consocu- 1 tivc days , thoif only food being each Hj day a little manioc root , an our or tno Hi of maize , or u handful of peanuts , pro Hli nounecs them ut once ns mon ot singu- - fl _ ( larly sound stamina Small boys rVt MbWbi eight or nine years old are frcquontlyX 'i HI mot carrying loads of tweuty-liyo H _ pounds weight " H Throughout the cataract region tlio H general accepted money currency \ H Manchester cotton cloth made up into hK pieces of six yards each The Europeuu H' ' cost of the cloth paid to these natives B : for transporting n load to Stauloy Pool H ; from Ma tad i , including rations , amounts H at the present day to So for a load of V sixty-live pounds Five years ago the B cost was only one-third of this amount ; M but it bus increased on account of thu MVMV opposition of the various trading houses I B that have established stations at Stan B luy Pool for thu Ivory trade ou thu upper VMVJ A Clover Invention PMH Ata llttlo dinner iit a Now York res- 1 tauraut ono of the members oftho party BlB , fished out from his pocket an ingenious ) _ contrivance , which hobaid considerably _ lessened the miseries of lifo for mous- B tached men says the Pittsburg Dis- B patch The affair has a steel shank bfl _ about three inches long , which faslouod mbB by a spring to tlio hundlo of his soup Jfl H spoon The other end of the shank -JS l B ! supported a silver guard , which lifted ' ' bB his long , heavy moustache and hold'it BB out of tbo way while the con ton Is of the Bj spoon wore emptied into his mouth A BB touch of his llngor ou the bundle end of H the shank lifted the whole affair to ail H upright position , if ho wished , so that H the guard was not "in the soup at all HVMf When in place it was not connected 1 with the bowl of the spoon , but was M hold by the shank about an inch from H the edge BB The Wny It Works BB Philadelphia Inquirer : Customer H What is this watch worth ? H Jewelry Salesman That onoV That's H a very handsome watch Solid gold , B eighteen carat cases , vdry heavy , A1 H movement and warranted to Keep per ' BJ feet time Wo have moro demand for Bb that kind of watch Bb Well , what is it worth ? " _ "Wo uro selling that watch at $90 , - - 77'1 H and there is no pro lit iu it at all , Hut , ' \ J | It Is such tin oxccllont article that It jBJ rocoinmonds business " _ ' V our _ -i = - | Ninety dollars is toomuuhmoney for BJ mo to lay out at once " BK "Q , you want to pay cash ? " BJ Certainly " Bl "Wo can tot you have that watch for B $20. I thought you wanted it ou our in * BJ stallmont . ' ' plan BJ Immigration snrt Kducatinii B In those states which have the lurgast BJ naturalized votu und in which this hus BJ boon a potent factor , there uro mora BJ churches , moro libraries , moro schools , ' BJ bolter schools , and moro general Intel BJ ligenco than are to bo found in thou BJ Mutes where the people are not only j BJ American-born , but uro the children of I BJ Amerlcun-bnrn parents , writes Judge BJ John P. Allgold in the February Forum I BJ As u rule , the poor umoug the iininl- t J grunts have moro education , are moro f H industrious , and moro used to coutiuu- \ H ous hard work than uro the poor among 7 H native Americans , and consequently B they goncrully succeed in making ullv- • . _ _ _ , BJ ing , while the latter frequently fall Jr BJ OMAHA I LOAN and TRUST CO , < I Subscribed * guarantee ! Cjpltal , $300,000 H paid In Capital 35O.O00 M lluys and sails Mc-ks ard bonds ; negotlatui m commercial paporrocelv : < 'satdoxtHnite tni tst BB acts us traiixfer agent and trusteu of corpora tlons ; tatbscharge of property ; collects rei'ls ' < BB Omaha Loan Trust Co SAVINGS BANK ' I S. E. Cor 16th and Douglas fitrootal I , Subscribed & guaranteed capital , ' , , .3100,000 | H /.labilityof stockholders , 200,000 ! fl B Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits f H Loans In any amount made on Cltv fc , . Ifl Farm Property , and on Collateral > v I Security , at Lowest Current ft ate s. ' X.Arifl I'ltANJC J. I.AWI1K. Cashier ( c * H Omcxus : A. U.Wyman , president ; J.J.llnnvn , . . . B vies president ; WT Wyiuan , traksurdr Dtnr.cnms : A. U. Wymsn J. II Millard , J , J. llrown , ( luy C. llnrUm I' . W. N i > U , I ho . / - , , Kimball , Ueo , II Lake ) B