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THE DAILY 33EE
Entroii.
MOUNINO.
TKHMB OK StmsCHM'TION ,
Pally nnd Sunday , Ono Year. 110 00
PI * month * . . . r > no
Three immlh" > 2 5 ?
Pundny liu- , Ono Yrnr ' 200
Weekly lice. Ono Year. . . . . . ' 1 00
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Washliigtuii , 013 rourtccnth mrccl.
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pany.
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that tlio iR'tuiilrlroiiliiUoii of Tin ; liAii.vlIKi !
for the wouic endhiR I'uliruury .7 , Ml , was as
.follows : . . . .
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Monrtny. nilirmiry 2. 8J.087
Tursday. rclirtiary II 85.0S8
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CKOKOK II. T/CPCIIUCK.
Sworn to lirfnro 1110 nml nuliscrlliod In my
presence this Tth day of I'obrunrv A. I ) . 1891.
W. 1C. KIJHT/ ,
Notary 1'ubllo.
Bin to of Nebraska.
County of Doiighi ! ! ,
Ccorgu II. Tzichuck , being duly iworn , de
poses ntul siiys that ho Is socrulary otTiiKltKK
ruhllsliln ? ioriiany. | tliiH Ilin actual average
dully clri'iilutlon of TUB DAII.V HKE for the
month of 1'olimnry , 18' ) . lli.Tiil copies ; for
March , ISJIO. L'U.btS coplca : for April. IS'.W ' , 20.1C.J
copies : for May , 1890 , 20.1K ) copies ; fur Juno ,
18UO , M.Iifll copies : for July , 1800. SO.MJ coplosj
for August , 1RH ! 0.M ) copies ; for i-cptomhor ,
IbOO , : .K70 copies ; for October. IC'M. ' 20,702 cop
ies ; for Kovt'iiibc-r , Iff * ) , 23iio : copltu ; for Oo-
conihor. li-OO , 2J.171 cojih'S ! for.Iaiinury , 1801 ,
28.4M coolcs. ai'OlKlK II. TzscilVCK.
HTTorn In lioforo tne. nnd aiihscrlbcd In my
presence , tliiH Ulstdny of January , A. I ) . . 1891.
N. 1' . Kiir. :
Notary Public.
SKOHHTAKY BfjAiNK ifl not saying
much , but his works speak loundor than
words.
CONOHKSSMAN1 JUIIKV SlMl'SON has ro-
movcd , or rather covered up , hla chief
title to fame. Ho is now wearing socka.
IP the Omaha hoard of health could
convert its ngitatlon into cash what a
high old sanitary time wo should havo.
CONGitKSS may probe the depths of ,
the silver pool and smother the sounds
therein , but it cannot whitewash the
TUB opening of the February term of
court showH that jury service haa lost
none of Its potent charms for the pro
fessional.
SKNATOIITAL elections by popular vote
would bo a deeldod improvement ever
the monotonous contests prevailing in
various stales.
Tun recent snow storm servos many
useful purposes. Among others , It proves
that Boreas 1ms not taken up permanent
quarters in the east and abroad.
IOWA enjoys the unique distinction of
having courts , commissioners , and the
public nt largo working1 in harmony in
the matter of railroad regulation.
IT remains to bo soon whether the
council will oncourngo competition in
electric Unlit and power , or strengthen
the grip of the present monopoly.
THK present revenue law as construed
by the courts gives an Importance to the
assessor which the wide nwalco tax
dodger will not bo slow to cultivate.
THE flro traps on block 86 will not bo
missed. A sufficiency remains in the
vicinity to proclaim In varnished tones
the amazing enterprise of the owners.
TUB attentions nnd favors showered
upon the Sioux ambassadors in Wash
ington tends to show they are entirely
different from the tribes that recently
emerged from the cotillion in the Bad
Lands.
DEMOCRATIC congressmen imbibed a
tuddon dislike for appropriation riders
on discovering that two parties could
play nt that gatno. As a consequence
the free coinage rider hastily dis
mounted.
TUB calm which
surrounds the sena
torial contest in the
stnto of Washington >
does not Imply a want of change in the
situation. The members nro simply en
deavoring to discover the amount of
change there is , or was , in the contest.
THE overcrowded docket of the Doug
las county district court is a forcible
plea for nn increase in the number loof
judges. Double the present number
of judges would ho taxed
to clonn up the
docket in n. year , without considering
any now cases.
THE truth is out at last. According to
Blr Charley Ttippor , the McKinley bill
waa a conspiracy "prompted by un
worthy raon in our own land for the pur
pose of handing ever Canada to the
United States. " It is
now in order for t
Count Crlspi of Italy to charge his rH
dial taking off to the ovll influence Hof
the tariff bill.
HONKST nets never spring from evil
motives. The so-called investigation 11of
Pension Commissioner Raum waa con
ceived nnd carried out in a spirit nof
mallco. Itraa not to bo expected that
these who inspired the Investigation
would exonerate the commissioner and
condemn themselves. This explains the
vlndiotlvonoss of the democratic minority -
ity report.
TUB civilities of legislative life in No-
braaka have not boon marked with an
abundance of chivalry ? but what was
lacking In elegance wns touohingly
made up with brevity and expressive
vigor. This is to ho regretted in vlow
of the ndvnnco of eult in thu Colorado
capltol. "Liar " " "
, "blnckgunrd" and
"coward" lend nn nlr of truth and nn-
live freshness to the pleasantries exchanged -
changed by the statesmen of the
Rocklos.
TTMK TO CAM , A ttALT.
The frnmer § of our present constitution
were mortally afraid of tnx-ortlorn. They
thcrcforo llmlto'l the number of oxooucnl
live olncor and built tv high fence
around thorn by Inserting n special prothe
vision forbidding Iho legislature from
creating tiny ofllccs In addition to these
mimed ! In the constitution. Dut this
hcdgo did not keep out the Intruders.
When \ the supreme court declared tlmt
n bonrd of rnllroad commissioners would
boUK nn Illegal body , whether appointed by
UK governor or elected by tlio people ,
until tlio constitution shall bonmciidcd ,
tin rnllroad managers whownntedto
prevent < n , imixiinum rate bill induced
the legislature to whip the devil
around the stump by creating n
sol of deputies who were
to constitute the railway commission ,
while ostensibly the flUte ofllcore woro-
expected to net us commissioners. This
wa the first instance in Nebraska when
tin tall began to vrng the dog nud It haa
been wigging it ever since.
Mho 1 the cTiraol that first got In his
nose , then introduced h's ' hump nntl
finally got Into the Inelosuro bodily , so
the tax-caters have boon working their
way through the constitutional hedge
until ) wo shall bo overrun by a grentur
liurdo of bogus state olllcoholdors than
bus ever got on the pay roll of any state
in the west.
Wo alromly have n labor commissioner
who is on the payroll as deputy to the
governor , nnd wo liavo a deputy for the
deputy commissioner. "Wo have a state
oil inspector , who is also deputy to the
governor , and a whole crow of deputies
to the deputy. Wo have had a state
veterinary deputy and wo have
had a state pig innoeulator. Wo have
a state board of pill-making supervisors
and wo are to have a state bo\ard to look
after the ' health
peoples' and incidental-
ly to wood out the quacks.
Wo have bank oxnminora and deputy
bank examiners , and there Is room for
an insurance commissioner and several
deputies.
On top of this wo are to have
a board of funeral director inspec
tors who are to see to it
that tlio patrons of the pillmakors and
doctors are duly nnd scientifically pro-
Borvcd in brine. Wo shall presently
have nn irrigating ditch inspector , a salt
water tester and n retinue of ofllcials
who will watch ever us and Iceop us out
ol trouble from the cradle to the grave.
But really , isn't ' it about time to call a
halt and devotoa little time of the legis-
luturo for tlio protection of the tax-
THEY LIVE Ul'TO TUB COXTItACT }
Whatever Judge Doano's decision in
the union depot case may bo , it Is evi
dent from the records of the depot company -
pany , put in evidence , that wo are not
tcSI have a union depot , but a passenger
station for the Union Pacific nnd . B. &
M. railways and possibly the Missouri
Pacific. 7 It is now patent to every in
telligent citizen that the Union depot
company < is practically under the abso
lute control of the Union XJacIllc and
Burlington roads.
If it is to the interest of those roads to
exclude competing companies from union
depot privileges they can readily do so
by exacting tolls upon several million
dollars of water injected into depot
stock. Or they may simply plead that
there is not room enough to accommo-
duto moro roads.
Will the Burlington allow the Rock
Island 'to share its depot privileges in
view of the fact that the Rock Island
intends to become a very formidable
competitor , not only between Omaha
and Lincoln but between Omaha and
Denver11 !
Will Jay Gould allow the Rook Island
to enter the Missouri Pacific territory
so long as ho can prevent It by keeping
up the embargo across the bridge and
monopolizing all the space in the so-
called union depot ?
Viewed from this standpoint what
prospect is there of the Union depot
company carrying out its contract with
Omaha ?
DR1VK OUT TUB L011UY.
The present legislature ia beset by a
lobby as aggressive , insiduous nnd un
scrupulous as any that over bosoiged
the legislative halls at Lincoln. Men
who for j'oars have done the disreputa
ble work of corporation cappers are at
tlio state capital ready to engage In the
nefarious business of debauching the
lawmakers. Ex-tnembora of the legisla
ture , presumably hired and paid for
their precious influence , are there insid
iously laboring , by methods with
which they are familiar , to promote
legislation not in line with the interests
of the people or to defeat that which Is.
This motley gang of trained lobbyists
and discarded politicians hang about the
hulls of the legislature and the offices
and bar-rooms at the hotels , keenly
watching for any opportunity that may
offer to ensnare the unwary legislator ,
and prepared to do any sort of dirty and l (
dishonorable work to accomplish this.
The processes nro nu morons , and none
is too disreputable to bo employed 10y >
tboso unscrupulous hirelings of the cor
porations.
The duty of the legislature is to purge
the halls of legislation of these men.
They cannot bo driven out of Lincoln ,
but they can ho kept away from the
floor of either house. They cannot bo
prevented from harrasslng members on
the streets and at the hotels , but they
can bo shut out from approaching members
bors when la the performance ) of their
duties. The legislatures of other states ;
have found it practicable to deal
with the lobby so as to reduce its
|
ovll influence , and ' the honest
men in the Nebraska legislature
cnn do so if they will. It ia necessary to
so stigmatize these men that no self-
(
respecting member of the legislature
who has any regard for his reputation
will associate with them. Companion
ship under any circumstances with inI'd
confirmed lobbyist should ho regarded
as prima faclo evidence of a corrupt nnd
dlshonnst purpose.
Another matter which may properly
bo referred to in this connection Is the
practice of managers of stnto institu ;
tions of going to Lincoln to labor with
legislators for appropriation i. These
Individuals should ba glvon to under ) .
stand that when they have reported
what they deem to bo the requirements
of the Institutions under their control
tboy have done their whole duty la this
particular , nnd that lobbying on tholr
part for appropriations will not bo tel
erated. All Information that may bo
called for by the legislature It is tholr
duty to give , hut It Is not necessary that
they should spend weeks at the state
capltol In orilor to do this. The matter
Ig within i the authority of the governor ,
and ho should not hosltnto to oxorclso
It for the correction of a practice
that has grown to bo offensive , and if
allowed to continue may become a serious -
ou abuse.
But ] the important thing to bo done
is lo I drlvo out the lobby , or nt least put
a chock upon its influence and Its oppor
tunities for mischief. Whoever shall
undertake this task nnd carry it to suc
cess will have a strong claim to the gratItude -
Itudo of the people of Nebraska.
IUVK suws.
The negotiation of nn agreement with
Brazil . under which it Is expected there
will bo a material increase in the demand
from that country for our products , and
tlio favorable outlook for like agree
ments with tlio countries south of ui has
stimulated the demand fora government
policy to encourage the construction of
steamships for the carrying traao. It is
urged with renewed energy that what
ever treaties or arrangements the United
States . may make for reciprocity In trade
with the other American countries ,
.
the results will not bo satisfactory
until wo linvo our own facilities of trans
portation. It is of no moment , It is said ,
what . the Inducements that Urazil may
give us to bring our products Into her
markets ' , itls no innttor how she may en
able us to cut our commercial rivals , if
wo ' continue to depend on foreign con-
voyancos. < j Wo must have ships that
will run on fast time and make frequent
trips.
. All this is plausible. It Is presumed
that nobody questions that it would
bo very greatly to the advan
tage of our merchants and manufac
turers if they could ship and ro-
colvo merchandise in American vessels
sailing directly between our ports and
tboso of tlio countries south of us. They
would doubtless save both time and
money , and a very largo part of what
they would pay for freight would re
main in the country and bo expended
hero. The amount annually paid to
foreign ship owners for the transporta
tion of merchandise to and from the
; United States is a largo drain. It would
bo j very satisfactory if it could bo kept at
homo. The matter of time is
nlso important. It is stated
that in the Brazilian trade
it takes twice as much time to obtain
invoices from tills country as from Eng
land. Our minister to Brazil says it is
idle to expect increase of trade with a
country from , which it takes fifty to
seventy days to got a reply to a letter.
Expedition is a vital factor in the busi
ness of today , and our inability to compote
pete with England in the matter of time
in our trade with South America is man
ifestly a severe drawback. Wo should
undoubtedly be able to remedy this with
fast steamers owned aud managed , by
American citizens.
Thcso practical considerations clearly
show tlio desirability of having our own
moans of transportation , but when the
question is asked how these are to bo
provided the only reply that receives
any attention is , that tbo government
shall encourage ship building by a pol
icy of liberal subsidies. Suggestions of
nn abandonment or modification of ex
isting laws which do not permit Ameri
can citizens to do business with foreign
nations in vessels carrying the , ling
of tbo union , unless built in this
country , are given no regard. Nothing
but government subsidies will answer
the purpose of these who are clamoring
loudest that wo must have now ships ,
and just now they are pressing their
views with a vigor that may bring suc
cess. There is a subsidy bill in the house
that lias passed the senate , and the
former is being urged to pass it. If some
of the western representatives who have
thus far boon unwilling to contravene
the views of tholr constituents can bo in i-
duced to support the moas uro the pres ij j-
ent congress may commit the nation tea
a ship subsidy policy the ultimate cost
of which cannot bo computed with
any degree of certainty , but which there
is reason to npprohond might bo so
great as to offset the benefits to bo ex
pected from the South American trade c3 ,
The United States ought to have ) S
for its foreign qommorce. Perhaps it is
necessary to the fullest development of
that commerce that It must have them.
But there is a wiser and safer way 1.r. ; 1.o
secure them than by the subsidy policy ,
which once entered upon may continu
ally indefinitely a steadily increasing
burden upon the people.
If anything were wanting to confirm
tlio wisdom nnd justice of the acts of the
Iowa railroad commissioners , it is fur
nished by nn unbroken chain of victories
in the highest court of the stato.
The latest act of the commissioners to
receive judicial arproval was their right :
to make "joint rates" ever two or moro
roads. The railroads contested this
right and selected the Burlington , Cedar
Ilnpids & Northern , an almost entire
state road , to make the
fight- The case
was finally taken to the state supreme :
court , whore the power of the commis
sion was affirmed.
The decision of the court is important
in that it clears away technical obstruc
tions to rate . " cn
regulation. "In our opin-
foil , " says the court , " 110 facts or dis
tinction of principle exist which deprive
the state of authority and power to
establish joint rates. " In effect the do-
clsion holds the railroad commission 0is
vested with discretionary power lo ad-
vance joint rates when found too low dto
compensate the carriers , and to lower
rates when too high to do Justice to the
shipper , Justice to both shipper and
carrier demand such regulation and ad
justment of separata charges as will dbo
reasonable.
Although the court was not a unit in
the position taken , the decision is In uc-
cord with all previous rulings. The
right to rogulnto rates ever any news
road having boon afllrmcd , it follows
that the commission may in its dis
cretion exercise like power in adjusting
rates between glvon pninU ever two pr
more intersecting and connecting roads.
A WASHINGTON dispatch to the Phlln-
dolphin , J&cord says there id something
of a rayotery connected with the death
of the poUnl tlflHrrnph bill. Mr. nould
\vns In Washington the day before tlio
motion waa latdion the table by the com-
inlttoo , but h6 'W'na too nick to seo' the
postmaster gdnoral. WhoChof ho waa
too ill to aoo aoWobody else , remarks the
correspondent of the Ilecord , is In a matter -
tor of conjoctjTr'o. At any rate a few
days before tb ylglt of Mr. Gould the
commUtoo voted not to lay the bill nsldo ,
and in view of this fact the notion
in tabling the bill on the day
following the vlsty of Mr. Gould nt the
mtlonal capital naturally suggests a
suspicion thnt somebody was soon by
him. The failure of poUl telegraphy
in the present congress is very much to
bo rogrottcd , but the issue is not dead.
It Is simply postponed. The time Is not
far distant when the public demand for
cheap and olllctont telegraph service ,
under the public control , will bo mot.
As it Is , the rejection of the plan pro
posed by Postmaster General Wnna-
maker may prove to bo , ns the Philadel
phia Prcs.i observes , the most unwise
stop which could have been taken In the
interest of existing telegraph companies.
THE do cislon of Judge Wakoloy prac
tically ties tlio hands of the city council
actlncr as a board of equalization on
assessed valuations. In other words , the
council must follow the rules laid down
hy the supreme court for the govern
ment of county boards of equalization.
Neither the council nor the county
bo can legally altdr the returns of
as : without going through the
form ' of a trial. No matter how glar
ingly unjust may bo the valuations of a
precinct , compared with others , the re
turns of the assessors are final unless
individuals fllo written protests. The
power thus vested in the assessors has
boon grossly abased. Favoritism and
discrimination ia conspicuous in tlio as
sessment rolls , and the proper authori
ties are powerless to remedy the ovil.
Comparatively few taxpayers will file
written protests n gainst low valuations
PI to boar injustice rather than
ca tholr neighbors before the board.
Even if protests could bo had , it would
ho impossible-for the boards to equalize
the assessors' lists in the time allowed
hy law. The rulings of the courts om-
pliaplzo the necessity of radically cluing'
ing tbo revenue laws and giving boards
of equalization discretionary power in
the matter of valuations.
J. H. OWHNUV , the silver pool wit
ness who distinguished himself for what
ho did not know , .insinuates that a Ne
braska congressman flashed a roll of bills
under his optics. ! "I had not boon in
Washington an hour " ho "
, says , "lioforo
a Nebraska congressman carao to mo and
said : 'Owonby" , if before you go on the
stand you manage to forgot what you
know of the silver pool , there will bo
$2,500 in it for you. ' " The public is left
in the dark asto.tho name of the Nebraska -
braska congressman , nor Is there any in
timation regarding the outcome of the
deal. There are three Nebraskans in
the lower houso. If either of them ten-
dorcd ' , hall a , yeac'a [ sahjry fpr an equiva
lent' in silence , proof should bo forth
coming. But the force of the 'story is
impaired by Owonby's assertion that he
spurned the ollor.
AND now wo are to have another
chapter of the Powors-Boyd contest
with the usual variations , This time
the senate is to wrestle with the concurrent -
current resolution. It goes without say
ing that the corporation managers , the
jobbers and their cappers in the lobby
are all heartily in favor of keeping up
tbo light , which , if it is brought to a
focus , will consume about all there is
left of the session. And the sagacious
and demented loaders like Burrows will
persist in playing into tbo hands of the
corporations ,
THE failure of , the , postal department
to afford Omaha adequate help for
handling the business of the postollico is
inexplicable. The volume of business ,
the low per cent of receipts required to
pay carriers and clerks , confirm the justice -
tico of the demand for an increased
force. Our representatives in Washing
ton , as well as loading cltl/.ons , should
unite in a vigorous protest against the
shabby treatment of the city by the post-
otllco department.
THE proposed division of Douglas
county into legislative districts will isof
course receive the unanimous support of
the doraoc/nts. It is in accord with ,
Governor Boyd's urgent appeal for the
selection of presidential electors by con-
grctsslonal districts , and no genuine
party man will run counter to the advice
1of
vice of "tho first democratic governor of
Nebraska. "
As an impartial referee In the contest )
between the heavyweight prophets of
evil , Wiggins Foster nnd Dr. Gnpon ,
THE BKK awards the bolt to the city
physician.
It'H Jjiy's Gams.
Salt Etilce Times.
Judging from thq abolitlonof the construe-
- -
tlon department iu Omaha it looks as If the
Union Pacific undar Gould's ' innnacoment
Intended to pursue 4 policy of masterly In-
activity.
j r.
No Doodle Goini * Arounil ?
llenn ltfcr. ) JinirnaZ.
Great indignations expressed In Carson
on the shart-slgbtodpcss of the railroad com
panies In having our passes run out so mon
after adjournment of the legislature. They
expire March 23. Had they ( jivon us a few
days grace wo tuljrtjt tinvo struck a game aud
loft more money hero. As it is , wo will have
to rustle or walk * ri 4
They Were Adopted , Too.
riittdtltlpiita-Prcsi.
The Introduction of resolutions In the Nc-
braska senate denying tliut It Is the desire eras
Intention of that body to pass radical meas
ures on the subject of interest and mortgages ;
is an opportune movement. The only thim ;
to bo regretted Is that there should lie any
causa for such action. It Is undeniable ,
however , that the platforms on which the '
farmers' alliance carried aomo of the western |
states lust Nuvombor , and the utterances i of
many of these it clecled to odlco , have tended
to unsettle values In that neighborhood nnd ( I
to mnlto men unwilling to trust their money
in states the legislatures of which are en -
trolled hy that organization , No ter
misfortune could happen to the west than i to
frighten nwny capital. That section ads
money as much m It does the strong arm i of
the pioneer. These two factors of progress
co hand In hand , nntl the Nebraska nanato
wlso enough to rccoRnlto the fact early.
For Church IMcmhors.
llrtuc ,
_ busy mnn ,
countliH * ntnrsl
awful swear.
Not I'ny Ktioiigli.
Chicago TrUiunc.
Wanted , Immediately , at WnshliiRton , D.
C. , to take charge of my finances , a first-class
man , to whom a tenth-class salary will bo
paid. UNCLE SAM.
Another 1'opo Than Col. Hob.
St. Mint rionter-l'rtJti.
The pope thinks ho knows fornn of ( jovorn-
mcnt bettor than n republic. Never mind.
The next pope Is likely to bo an American ,
with practical experience on the question ,
and ho will know that republics are best for
both church and people.
Tor Mexico.
Chronicle.
The free rene Is a standing nuisance which
will } perhaps remain unnbatcd until Mexico
becomes a part of the United States. The
latter event may not happen soon , but the
manifest destlnurliuis are ull IIrin believers
thnt the people of North America will one
day ilud It to their Interest to live under ono
Hag , and something Is bound to como from
thu bollof.
* -
With a J-print : Porno.
Ifcw 1" * rfc IffraM.
The proud little poet with poem In hnnd
lair ;
editor's
to the
THUSto
Walked up
The meek little poet , sans poem , sans price ,
Vamoosed
sniu ,
down
tbo
slippery
stair.
A LlTTfsK OJP KVEU\'TniAG.
A woman of Oil Ulty , Pa , , recently paid a
dry goods dealer for a clean whlcti she said
she stole from him sixteen years ago.
Mrs. Llady Is the richest dressmaker In
Now York. She is said to bo worth about
$1,000,000 , mostly Invested in real estate.
Prince Bismarck's present hobby , accordIng -
Ing to a German interviewer , is n little wren
which flies about his room and oats out of his
hand.
Durlntr the late war Now Hampshire con
tributed to the union nrmy ono in every ten
of her poDuIatlon , including men , women and
children.
There Is "balbrigRan" hosiery inado In va
rious countries , but the onlv genuine conies
from Ireland nnd is marked near the top with
a tiny stocking.
The numerically smallest reliaious denomi
nation discovered by Porter's census takers
is thnt of the Schwankfeldinns. There are
10t > of them and nil dwell In Pennsylvania.
In IbOO $380,090 worth of fondants nnd
cream chocolates were sent from Paris to the
harer.-.s of Turkey nnd Egypt , and > 0,000 ( )
worth of perfumery and fuco paints took the
same roau.
In parts of Scotland If a pedestrianon first
seeing a now moon , will stop Instantly , Uiss
his hand threo'tlmcs nnd bow ho Is qulto sure
to find something of value within the next
thirty days.
Marmaduko Watson has been a school
teacher In Philadelphia for fifty-four years ,
during thirty-flvo of which ho has been a principal
cipalHo has now retired to enjoy a well-
deserved rest.
, G real qunutltics of buttons nro now made
from potatoes. Ttio tubers are turned Into
pulp and hardened with acids , and thereafter
the stuff is cut up and treated as In button-
making with bone , etc.
The portrait that is to adorn the $3 treas
ury note which the treosurv department Is
about to issue is that of General C. H. Mo-
Phcrson , who was killed nt Atlanta shortly
before Sherman began his march to the sea.
There is ono aspect of tlio proposal to
shorten the course at Harvard to three years
which has not been touched upon except
casually , savs the Crimson , and thnt Is the
effect which such a change would have on the
athletic and social life of the students.
Chief Engineer Sowoll of the White Star
fleet , considers himself the greatest traveler
thnt overlived , because during IKS connection
with the company ho has sailed 818.-IOO nau
tical , or 941,000 standard miles , nearly four
times the distance between tbo earth and the
Paris has a landlord who does not object to
children ; in fact , the more of them ttio tncr-
rior , be thinks. His apartment house is on
the Kii3 Gribot , nnd only married folks with
children are received as tenants. When a
birth occurs In tlio house the mother receives
from him 10 francs , p fowl and a supply of
coal for the winter.
JESTS.
Washington Post : The man who knows
when to lay down his hand in a pokergaine is
passing clever.
Texas Siftlngs : A man without hands can
never feel well.
Shoo Recorder : Bllllardlsts , Chinese nnd
actors are lost without their cues.
Lowell Courier : Ladies can defend the
wearing of corsets on economic grounds
there Is less waist.
H'rtd/ifnulmi / .
Since for every Indian nation
Waits but dreary devastation.
Give them sure though senile slaughter
Cigarettes and soda water.
Texas Siftlngs : "Laugh and the-world
laughs with you , " doesn't always hold good
when you laugh heartily at your own story.
PittsburR Chronicle : It never reduces the
size of a hill to file it.
Gorham Mountaineer ; You lght a match
to matte it burn , and you burn a match to
make it light.
Utlca Observer : The man who pays his
rent has to hustle , nnd the man who does not
has to keep moving.
Now York World : Lymph may kill a pa
tient now and than , hut consumption never
takes a recess.
Now York Herald : "I am qulto well
pleased with my son-in-law , " said old Airs.
I'lckaflaw. "My Inllui-nco over him is great.
Ever since I have bcoa at his house hu has
stayed down town at work until 10 and 11
o'cfosk nt night. "
Elmlra Gazette : Ono reason why the law
yers in a will coso won't prophesy any out
come is because tboy all ox poet an Income.
Puck : Brown Was that boy Rolng up the
ladder or coming down , when ho fell * Little
Johnny Prom tlio way ho looked , dad , I
guess hu was coming down.
Ham'M Horn : As n rule women have poor
memories , hut they never forgot the people
who say nlco thintrs about their bonuots.
Baltimore American : The winter has
been remarkably dull so fur us ( lunrrols
among baseball men are concerned. ho
loss of many thousands of dollars has con ri
vinced some of these people that they cannot
control the earth.
A'O OSK OlMt.CTS.
Ifiitlonalttt.
No one objects I Lot all men have their fill
Of any pleasure : think , speak do their will ;
But nut while others starve to Toot the bill.
No one objects to power I Lot men bo.
If that's n pleasure , lilnira on land and sea ;
iiut not wh'ilo others slave in misery 1
No one objects to riches I Let men hold ,
If Unit's ' n pleasure , countless sums of fold ;
But not while others die of want nnct cold ]
No ono objects to pompl Lot vnln men throw ,
If that's u pleasure , gold away ftvshow ;
But not while others half-claa naked go I
No ono objects to prldo nncostrlal pride.
If that's u pleasure , let it stalk and stride ;
But not while common sense must "stand
aside I
rnniT TTTP PTITPMIHIMI
rROM THE STATE CAPI1AL ,
SoTor.il Cases in the District Court Stricken
From the Dockot.
FIRED A SHOT INTO A PASSENGER TRAIN ,
A YOIIIIK Farmer Arrpstotl on n Seri
ous Clmrcc Set Flro to tlio Jail
Agnhi Lincoln Odds
nud Kudu.
Ltxcor.v , Nob. , Feb. 10. [ Special to TUB
Bsn.J The bottom fell out of the criminal
docket of the district court yesterday after
noon with considerable of a thud , The case
against Charles Wcnthorby , who was under
Indictment for nibbing Nellie Uoborts , but
who failed to show up nt the lost term of the
district court , was ordered stricken from the
docket , with leave to reinstate whenever
rood cause wus shown. The case atralnst A ,
P. Bninn was similarly disposed of. JJaum
jS an old soldier who was arrested for peddling
hooks without a license , and who appealed
from the line imposed by Judge Houston.
Albert Chali , who stole his unclo's horse
and ran nwny , was also discharged. Tlio
prosocutlnir witness long ago departed , and
Albert has boon in Jail since last July.
The ease against Fr.uik Williams , the tin
horn gambler who was charged with gam
bling under the statutes , which makes It a
felony , was also allowed to go free , his ball
hnv'ing been forfeited at the last term of
court. Kichnril Fltzslmmons , father of the
young man now serving n term in the peni
tentiary forklllitig n young fellow at Wnvcrly ,
who was bound ever under a peace warrant ,
had the cnuso stricken off the docket.
Nancy Webster U another suppliant for
dlvorco today. Nancy's marncu life has not
been of loin ; duration , and according to her
petition not exactly a bed of roses. She was
married to Charles Webster , n farmer living
In the north part of tlio county. In Wnhoo ,
on Juno 18 last. She says that Charles , soon
after their marriage , began a course of harsh
and cruel treatment , and threatened to wound
her and her children by her former husband
on several occasions. On February 0 last ho
threatened to kill her , nnd on the following
dny for fear ho would i-nrry his threat Into
execution she took her family of little chil
dren and left him. Shu says thnso acts of
cruelty were done without any provocation
on her Dart or of her children.
John Wall , who was accused bv M. M.
Catlin of whacking htm over the head with a
fence rail , and who declined to pay the line
Imposed upon him by the police Judge , pleaded
guilty to ubsnult and battery , and paid the
line of $1 and costs assessed.
Willie Uobu.tho jail breakerwas arraigned
on the charge of stealing Henry Buri-hum's i
watch from his pocket , pleaded uotgullty and '
trial was sot for tomorrow.
Tom McOuIgan , who was accused of lay
ing open his colored wife's head with a knife ,
pleaded guilty to assault nnd battery instead of
standing trial for assault with Intent to'Uifl ,
and was given thirty days in the county jail.
The wife refused to testify against tier hus
band , claiming that It was all nn accident ,
and the county attorney did not care to risk u
trial on the lliuisy evidence.
TWO XOTEtl CAST.S DISMISSED.
The case ntrainst Charles F. Hammond ,
charged with criminally assaulting hh 14-
year-old daughter , was dismissed. Soon
after Hammond's arrest the girl mysteriously
disappeared , nnd nothing lias been heard of
her since. Another noted case In which the
defendant was discharged was that against
W. H. liiekard , the DoWitt Justice of the
peace , whom the coroner's Jury decided was
guilty of adultery with Mollie Morford , the
young woman who committed sulcido last
summer.
SHOT INTO A CAU.
A young former named John Hanson , who
lives about half a mile west of Bushman
park , was arrested this afternoon on the
charge of malicious destruction of property ,
although the complaint tuny bo chnngcd io
ono of a much graver character. Superin
tendent Ulgnall of the B. & AI. is the com-
plainnnt. It appears from the story relntod
in Justice Cochran's court that about two
weeks ago Hanson , who was carrrying n re
volver , jerked it out as n passenger train was
passing nnd fired at ono of the coaches. The
bullet wont crashing through one of the win
dews , but fortunately no pcnon was struck.
No reason can bo assigned for the strange
action on tlio part of Hanson. Ho excuses
himself by'claiming that the discharge was
purely accidental.
SIT : FiiiB TO Tin : JAIL AOAIX.
Mary Bri ! ; s last nipht made another at
tempt to flro the city jail. She was confined
iiv a cell opening out Into the corridor in
which a steve is placed. Her cell door was
tightly locked , but the steve door was open a
few feet from the cell , She tied n piece of
paper to a string and retaining hold of ono
end of the cord throw the paper end Into the
stovo. When It became ignited she drew it
in | , , and sot lire to the woodwork of the coll.
When Captain Miller rushed in Mary was
lying 1 , on the cot. and it was not until she was
unceremoniously dumped onto thu floor that
she would show any signs of life. A few
buckets of water quenched the llarncs , but
the ilromon , whoso rooms are Just above ,
were nearly suffocated by the smoke. Mary
was removed to another cell whore she cau't
reach flro.
STATE IIOUSB NOTES.
C. W. Moshor filed his bond for $10,000
today with the secretary of state as treasurer
of the state relief committee.
The Farmers' lumber company of Atchison ,
ICas. , has Illod its articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state.
om > s AND nxns.
Harry Wj Stone asks judgment against
Charles Stuart nud William B. Seal for
$ J,054.9S. Ho says that Stuart owes him that
amount , but has absconded to uofr ud credi
tors , and tlmt Seal was n party to the con
spiracy to defraud the plaintiff. The debt is
for money avnuccd and notes indorsed.
W. B. Howard , in answer to the petition of
James Law to clear his title to a lot in Sun-
nysidc addition , assorts that ho had entered
Into an agreement \vith the former owner of
the proportv , Mrs. McLemaa , whorchv ho
was to sell the same and to have balf tlio
'amount of protit that was realized. Ho found
a purchaser but Mrs. McLouian refused to
sell , and ho thereupon illod the agreement in
the recorder's ' ofllco , which is worth 8350 to
him , said agreement being llled before Law
bought the property.
Nellie Npwsuin , charged with shooting
John Taylor , was arranged this morning in
the district court and pleaded not guiltv.
The morning was occupied in thu distinct
court by thn trial before Judge Field and n
jury of Henry Mohr , charged with shooting
his wife while in a drunken rngo because she
refused to give him the family purse. Mohr
was tried once before , nnd the Jury fouud
him cuilty of shooting with intent to wound ,
but the court granted him a now trial on
points raised by his counsel , J. C. Johnston ,
The prosecution had Just finished nt uoon.
James Kyle of Mill
precinct , called as a
Juryman , failed to ebow upvhen the panel
was culled , aud the court Issued nu nttacn-
ment for contempt. Ho will bo brought In
tooxplidn tomorrow morning.
George Slado , living nt Eleventh nnd A
streets , fell in his atablo last evening , breaking -
ing his leg. Ho wus assisted to the house by
his wife , and the Injury wus afterwards at
tended by Or , Hatch.
The bra department was called out last
evening to Thirteenth nnd Q streets to SUK
due the bluzo caused by an obstreperous
gas
oline steve which had exploded. Very little
damage was dono. 10a
Thu Tuesday Kvcnlng club entertained n
number of friends ut the Hotel Lincoln lust
evening Tlio lltprnry exorcises consisted of
rend In ITS from ISIIinbolli Harrott Urownlntf ,
followed by a comedy skolcli , "A Oulat Fam
ily , " An elegant Itinuli ntul dnticlng wouiul
up the OVIMIIIB' | enjoyment. . . .
Mr. Koblnson of I'unnmn precinct , father-
in-law of County Commissioner Thotniw J ,
niclcson , dlcil Sumlnv from the effect * of n
fall from tlio roof of hi * houso. Mr. Dlchson
Is lUtciidlnif the fiiunr.il , Mr. Koblnson WM
qulto ' nit aged gentleman. ,
n'PI The first ntitiunl orntoilcnl contest took
nlnco nt Collier university laM , evening. 1 bo
cohtostntiu were A. 1) ) . Hnrmoti , I'nulUoM
nnd J.V. . lllcluii'll. Mr. Hlolnioll was the / /
winner , with Mr. ( Joss seeontl. /
Hilly Trnflloy , the best cntchorln the West- , *
crn.association last year , put his ntimo to a
Lincoln contract lust evening. Dnvo Uowo
left this morning for Chicago to nttuiul the
meeting there Tlmrsilny called by President
ICrnutliofT.
A young domestic In n South Lincoln fam
ily win tnkeii suddenly III yoUonlny , her
mistress not knowing what WIVM wrong. A
doctor \vus called , but before ho arrived it
child was bom to the girl. It wui dead
when the doctor nrrlvcct , nnd nn examination
showed that , no violence hud boon used. The
Klrl refused to tell who was the fattier. She
is recovering.
Henry Adbover was arrested last night
while raising n rumpus in a dUonlorly IIOUMO
In the bottoms. Ho him u gun , which ho tit *
tempted to use on Ollleor Harry , hut got
arrested for hN trouble. He puld $1 nnd
costs this mrtniint : .
Angellno MuGownn died n petition lit the
district court this morning against , her hus
band , Alberts. McGowan.
J. O. D.iy , whoso homo Is In Ottnmw.i , In. ,
went Into 0110 of the numerous pawnahom
this inorntntr , so ho tells thu tiollco , anil when
ho eonchtded his huslncs tiOKilgently depurtod
without his valtso , I'onUilnliiB 11 lot of cloth-
Ing.Vhon ho went back the proprietor told
him ho had not been there before , had left no
vnltso , nnd must bo a victim of a too vivid
Im.iglmuloti. .r. O. Is ondenvorlni ; to flguvo
the thing out to hU satisfaction.
AltOllT It.lWJI.tKKIltl. 1 < Htt tf
Illinois and South Dakota.
Jimri ( Hitmen Jjim-ell ,
'Twould save whole cart lo.uls of fuss , an" "
throe or four months' o' Juw
If sotno lllimlHotis patriot should back out
and withdraw.
They're HnfK
San lfnm isco J2x unincr ,
The assembly has adopted a resolution
praviiip congress to pass such lok'bUtiou us
will ofTi'etuuily put a stop to the iuiinlKr.itIon
of thu Illiterate nnd unassimllativo climes of
Europe. The mcniuors of the assembly , bolni ?
already hero , c.iu contemplate laws of that
kind with furtltuto.
Anil Covers a Multitude of Sinn.
2''cc iiiit I'rtbune ,
When the members of the legislature voted
to pass the hill appropriating pay for their
own services before they passed the hill for
the rcllnf of the drouthy section they were
simply conforming to the time-honored
maxim that charity should he ln nt homo.
This Is doubtless their Justification.
_
GonoriniM to
Klkn ( AVu. )
The railroad faro from Elko to Cnrsou is
$17.70 , making the faro for the round trip
S35.10. A sleeper berth from Elko to Kcno
costs ? ; ) , or fit for the round trin. Ono meal
each way on dining carat § 1 costa $2. Ex
pense over night at iteno , say $ 'J , or $ li going
and coming , making the total cxnenso for
mileage and OXPOIIRO gohifr to and returning
from the capital fill. 10. Then add f2.V0 ( ! for i / '
_
necessary drinks on thorouto _ , and wo have n
grand total of $75. The members of the r
legislature from Elko allowed themselves
$17.r > for mileage , nnd the question arisen ,
where docs Unit extra $100 come in )
THE LiENTKX SH.YSOX.
Its Observance by the Oliurolica In
Prayer and V ,
Today Is Ash Wcdnesdnv , the begin
ning of the Lenten season nnd especial serv
ices will bo held in the Episcopalian , Catho
lic and Lutheran churches.
At Trinity cathedral services will bo hold
at 8 aud 11 n. in. and at : : t ( ) p. in.
During Lent the Episcopalian clergy will
conduct a noonday service of prayer nnd In
struction each week day In the reception
room of Boyil'a opera houso. The services
will begin nt li ! o'clock promptly , and will
last but twenty minutes. The first of these
services will bo held on Thursday , Dean
Gardner ofllclatlng.
In the Cntholio church services are held
daily. The fast of Lent obliges all who have
attained twenty-one years of ago , Children
ovc-r seven years are bound by the law of ab
stinence.
Every dav la Lent , except Sunday , Is a
fast day , on which it is forbidden to oat
more than ono meal nnd to eat llesh meat.
A light collation is , however , per
mitted in the evening , at which the
usual kinds of food may bo used ,
but not llesh meat ; and a cup of teaorcoffeo
In the morning. Flesh meat Is permitted ut
every meal on Sundays , and Dy special dis
pensation once a day on Mondays , Tuesdays ,
Thursdays and Saturdays , except the second X
nnd last Saturdays of tent. Tlio following
persons are dispensed from both fast and ab
stinence : The sick , the convalescent and
dolieata women United States soldiers. In
Held or In garrison , are exempt from the law
of aostlncnco. The following persons uro
dispensed from the fast but not from nbstl- V
notice : Persons outraged In bard manual
or bodily labor of an exhausting nature ; per
sons of delicate constitution , and all these
who are over sixty years of ago. I3y dis-
pensation granted August ! 1 , 18S7 , these ex-
empted from fasting on days wh ion moat ,
eggs ; and Inctnclnia are allowed to all , can
partaho of thorn ns on Sundays. Tlio use of
lard or drippings Is permitted lu cooking
every day.
for particular dispensation recourse must
bo had to the pastor of thu congregation or
his assistant.
The time of performing the Easier duty of
confession and holy communion commences
on the Ilivst Suml.iy of Lent and ends on
Trinity Sunday.
During Lent Hov. Lloyd will hold religious
services nt tlio Druid Hill passenger depot ,
Grace mission , ovury Thursday evening.
THE COUNTY ItOAD FUND.
The ComiiilsHloiiorn KeCiinc to IJIvldo
It ivltli the City.
'The county commissioners held a brief
session yesterday afternoon.
The committee on roads submitted the fol
lowing report , which was adopted :
"Mr. Chairman Your comiultto to whom
was referred the communication from the
city council of Omaha in regard to a division
of the road fund , would respectfully recom-
inond tlmt name bo Illod , owing to tlio fact
that the statutes do not allow of such action ,
nnd until the statutes are modified at UiU
session of tno legislature , the board cannot
comply with the reijuest of the council. "
The request of the council was that the
city bo allowed 50 percent of the road fund
for expenditure within the city limits.
The chairmen of the hoard and committed
on roads were instructed to go to Lincoln
and look'after the road fund matter.
The Mcgcath matter will bo heard at 10
a. in. Saturday.
State jlnnrtl of I'linrinnoy.
The state bonrd of pharmacy mot nt tha
Mlllard yesterday and held an examination
of thu applicants for certificates as pharma
cists. About twenty applicants presented
tumnsclvos for examination and an all dny
sosslon.was hold. Last o veiling Iho pharmacy
'
hoarii'left for Lincoln , whom uu examination
will bo held today.
Highest of all in Leavening Power TJ. S. Gov't
, . . Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE