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'inerlts nro therefore of specinl intorost.
BUT 0:10 : delegate from California nt-
tended the Kansas City congress and
Ills speech was in opposition to unlimited
free coinage of silver.
'S representation at the
Kansas City commercial congress was
friot much different from that of other
liutorior Htutes it was mostly made up
of democratic statesmen.
. IK THH several stockyards do not care
, to do business for and with the Amori-
pin live stock commission company , it is
trong enough to erect yards of its own
nnd do business upon its own hook.
; A KBNTUOKY congressman promises
Iho repeal of the McKinley bill within
Jhroo years that is uomotimo after the
hoxt presidential election. With a
majority of IT/0 in the lower house it
knight bo repealed before Christmas , but
that would raise the free trade issue for
3892.
CAPTAIN PKNNISY , the military ofllcor
Jn charge of Pine Ridge ntroncy thinks
the hostile Sioux delegation should bo
given another junket to Washington
Nvith General Miles as their chaporono.
Jt is hardly necessary to remark that the
people and the interior department will
bo slow to recognize any force in the
biiggostion.
JOHN IIiTLlj will never cease to bo a
bully. lie lias now called little Vono-
'zuola to account for the murder of an
[ Englishman on disputed soil. The
( ' Hhootingof the foreigner was inoxcusa-
I'ble , although n trespasser , and affords a
I pretext England has long hoped for.
ho can now assume an aggressive atti
tude toward the weak republic.
WITH a mayor , a board of public
works , a city engineer , a street commis-
Bionor , a sidewalk inspector , a city coun
cil and an army of street employes , all
pretending to bo performing their
tlutjos and all Known to bo drawing their
salaries , there appears to bo no author
ity sufllelontly powerful to compel the
cleaning of the Tenth street viaduct.
TilK Jersey Lily has been playing a
losing game as Cleopatra , but now a
syndicate of London bloods , with Lord
Ahington at the huud
, has made up a
purse which shall keep her afloat
through tlio present season. The Amer
ican gentleman known as Frcddio Gob-
liardt docs not figure in the syndicate ,
but it is thought lie can swim in any
water where the English beauty can
float.
CLASS C in the warehouse bill covers
warehouses in which Hour , sack-grain ,
ilaxsood , grass-seed , hay , liquors , broomcorn -
corn , wool , hides , fruits , poultry , dressed
lioga , beef , lard , tallow , etc. are stored.
In other words , the whole commission
storage business is included. In talking
up a grain market it must not bo forgot
ten that those articles represent a largo
volume of trade which Omaha must also
look after.
ONK of Iho Interesting facts disclosed
by the recent colobratiou of the centen
nial of the patent system is the extent to
which women have contributed to Amer
ican inventions. Patents have boon
granted to 10,000 women , and while
many of the inventions have had refer
ence to the immense range of articles re
quired for woman's use , some of them
have been of much greater usefulness
nnd importance. For example , a Now
York woman patented a deep sea tele-
Bcopo , by which tlio bottoms of
ships can bo closely scanned
without being lilted on dry
docks , wrecks examined , and obstruc
tions to navigation found ; a Massachu
setts girl planned the complex machine
which makes paper bags ; a New Jersey
girl found a way of turning out horseshoes -
shoes by machinery ; a rotary loom ,
machinery for making barrels , lire
escapes , railroad danger signals for
Btroot crossings , Improvements on sow
ing machines , baby carriages , are among
the things which women have invented ,
and in accordance with the fitness of
things the llrst ice cream freezer was
patented by u woman.
.1 M.lTTKtl 01' COiVSC/K.VCW.
Omaha Is not famous for its cranks ,
but it htiH a. few , Fortunately the Omaha
crank is not usually dangerous. Ills ec
centricity is generally a moral ouo. f
s lii.s conscience which ( lislinguishos
iltn especially from his neighbors and
the neighborhood. Bvory one respects a
responsive conscience. Whatever ridi
cule may bo occasioned by its man-
fostntlons , o long as it does
iiot interfere with the rights of his follow
citizens with harder hearts and more
sonsn , the man possessing this exquisite
sense of right and wrong is personally
entitled to respect for living up to his
convictions , even at the expense of being
; allcd a crank , and possibly failing to do
oed to others by reason of his crankism.
Tlio case of the tnipor-sonsltivo young
man who thought It necessary to hurl a
hair through u , famous painting is
familiar , If lie wtift in his right mind
ds conscience makes of him a
dangerous crank. Ho forgot , in the
enthusiasm of his righteous indig
nation that it is n violation
of ono of the commandments to destroy
ho property of nnoighbor without mak
ing1 for it a proper recompense. If War-
blnton had merely expressed his horror
at the exhibition which shocked him and
warned his fellows against tlio domorall-
' .ntlon sure to follow a visit to the art
gallery ho could have eased ills own con
science nnd escaped jail. The individ
ual who confines his crankism to his
and his pen may boeomi ! an intolerable -
tolerable bore , but lie is generally harm-
ess.
ess.A
A reverend gentleman In this city
whoso piety is beyond question recently
became convinced that ho was commit
ting a sin by wearing a gold ring , car
rying a gold watch and chain and other
costly Dor.sonal ornaments. lie sold
tliem all , nnd announced his action to
his flock , exhorting them to plainer
dress and less frivolity. What
was done with the money
obtained is not known , but it
is presumed it wont to a good cause ,
though possibly to the feeding of a
blooded horse in tlrivng which the same
reverend gentleman takes immense and
perfectly excusable comfort and enjoy
ment. Just why it Is evil for this min
ister to wear those adornments but
proper to sell them and lot some ono else
wear them Involves a moral technicality
too intricate for the worldling.
Another divine is so constituted that
ho cannot conscientiously allow his chil
dren to attend the public schools because
the receipts from liquor licenses pay the
salaries of the teachers. Ho withdrew
his children from tlio schools , resigned
his pastorate , and will leave the city.
Ho might ascertain exactly what ex
pense is incurred in instructing his little
ones and tender the amount to the board
and thus relieve his unreasonable con
science. This would bo a makeshift ,
however , for the text books are paid for
out of the license fund. The teach
ers in his congregation contrib
ute license money to the support
of his church , to the missionary
and other benevolent organizations and
to the salary fund. The children drop
pennies saved into the Sunday school col
lection box because thn license fund sup
plies free text books and stationery.
The property owner who is temperate
escapes direct tax for the support of
schools and gives more liberally for all
good work. The churches are built
partly from the savings of the
teachers nnd partly from the savings
of the character last mentioned , The
fact is that the good brother with the
tender conscience is confronted every
where in the city with the horrid night
mare of the liquor license.
Suppose ho locates where the fines and
licenses go into the general fund instead
of the school fund. The situation be
comes more and more embarrassing-
the police protection from the wicked ,
the sldowalks and street paving , the
grading , sprinkling nnd swooping is
paid for by "this partnership with
crime. "Tlio city hall is built from it. The
very lighting of the streets will bo
dimmed by tlio spectre. Ills health and
that of his neighbors is maintained from
it. Even the national government depends -
ponds upon liquor licenses for u largo
part of Its revenue. If ho goes to the
capital and hears Senator Colquitt , a
prohibitionist , speak , ho is mot with the
embarrassing thought that his eloquence
is paid for out of the internal revenue
receipts by the whisky and boor tax.
The fact is the good man is logically
obliged to deprive himself of every
thing that contributes to modern
comfort and convenience , to the
bonellts of a free government nnd to ex
istence itsolf. There is no escape from
it except In the grave and in heaven.
Possibly the enjoyments of paradise will
bo interfered with , too , for ho must
loiivo behind him friends and relatives
whoso existence is made miserable by
the same tenderness of conscience.
The man who strives to make the world
bettor must not hold himself responsible
for the evil ho has not caused and can
not prevent. lie will bo tlio hotter and
the world less wicked if-ho takes it as ho
flnds it and makes the best of his environ
ment.
AH null lur.
lion. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska
is the recognized originator of Arbor
day. lion. 11. W. Fnrnas was governor
of the state when the suggestion was
made , and ho , too , was then , as now , an
enthusiast upon the subject of forestry.
The legislature , following the sug
gestion of the governor and state board
of agriculture , declared the second
Wednesday in April a holiday and dedi
cated it to the work of planting trees.
Nebraska's example has boon followed
by Alabama , California , Colorado , Con
necticut , Florida , Georgia , Idaho , Illi
nois , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky ,
Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Mich
igan , Minnesota , Montana , Missouri ,
Nevada , Now Hampshire , Now
Jersey , Now Mexico , Now York ,
North Dakota , Ohio , Oregon , Ponn-
sylvanla , Rhode I&land , South Da
kota , Tennessee , Texas , Vermont ,
West Virginia , Wisconsin and Wy
oming. Thirty-seven of the 47
status and territories of tlio union have
established an Arbor day.
The 17 years which hnvo passed
since Nebraska took the Initlatlvo
in the matter have been remarka
ble not alonu for the rapid development
and increuau of population within her
borders but for the largo incronso of
groveH.Stlinulnted by the popular Interest
created in tliu subject by Arbor day ,
nearly every owner of ft lot In a village
or city or a farm in the country has
planted trees on Its anniversary. Tlio
school children all over tha state have
boon enthusiastic over the subject , until
about every man , woman and child In
Nebraska can point to ono or more
growing trees planted by his hand. It is
now estimated that -100,000,000 trees
planted by hand are growing in Ne
braska. Many a farmer cuts nil his fuel
and fencing Irom n grove which ho has
scon grow from slips or seeds to saw
logs.
Nebraska should never cease to honor
tliis holiday. It Is confessedly nnd
peculiarly u Nebraska institution. All
our schools will do well to continue the
habit of celebrating the day by trco
planting. It not only awakens nn Inter
est in tlio subject among the children
but it is a lasting bonclit to the com
munity. _
AFTKll Tllllirr I'HMIS.
Thirty years ago today the first blood
was shed in tlio rebellion. April 15 ,
1801 , President Lincoln called for 75,000
volunteers , and the first regiment thai
responded was the Sixth Massachusetts ,
commanded by Colonel Edward F. Jones ,
now nontenant governor of Now York.
On April 19 this regiment arrived in
Baltimore , and wlillo marching through
that city was attacked by a mob nnd lost
four of Its men killedand many wounded.
That event had a tremendous ef
fect in arousing the north. Flvo
days before it Fort Sumtor had surren
dered , but the feeling was very general
that the outbreak would bo localized
and would not last long. Mr. Lincoln
himself boliovcd that the troops called
for would bo an ample force to suppress
it. The occurrence in Baltimore , almost
at the very doors of the national capi
tal. showed how bitter the southern
people felt , and the thoughtful people
of the north begun to sco that a great
task was before thorn. Wliou such ma
lignant onumios were found at
the threshold of the seat of
government , ready to strike down
the men who had hastened from
their homes nnd families to the relief
of the national capital , it was not to bo
expected that those further away would
bo found loss bitter and relentless. The
blood of the bravo sons of Massachusetts
shod in the streets of Baltimore inado
an appeal to the north more potent than
anything that had preceded it , and in a
briefer time than over an army was raised
before the soldiers called for by the pres
ident were provided.
Today the Sixth Massachusetts regiment -
mont the sumo organization , but hav
ing in it few of the men of thirty years
ago will again visit Baltimore , this
time to be welcomed and royally enter
tained by the people of that city. A
later generation , sincerely loyal to the
government , and as ready to defend it
as their predecessors of thirty years ago
were to attack it , will with opon-h.indod
hospitality show the soldier sons of Mas
sachusetts of today that in ( , ho
Baltimore of 1801 there is 'no
such sentiment to bo found
as dominated that city in 1801. Tlio
memorable event of the past will bo re
called , but only by way of emphasizing
the contrast of the event of today. The
memory will cause no feeling of unl.ind-
ness and elicit no word of recrimina
tion. The blood shed 30 years ago was
long since atoned for , and today the
sons of Massachusetts and the sons of
Maryland will strlUo hands in fraternal
fellowship , each vying with the other
in patriotic devotion to the union. .
Tlioro have indeed been great changes
Directed in thirty years , and Baltimore's
reception of the Sixth Massachusetts
regiment will servo to remind the coun
try that the greatest of these is tlio elim
ination of all disloyal sentiment nnd the
eagerness of the southern people to
demonstrate that they are as sincere as
the people of any other section in their
love of the old Hug.
TUK nitinsn LAIIUH COMMISSION.
Tlio condition of labor in England
mist bo serious indeed when the gov
ernment felt called upon to appoint a
oyal commission of 28 members to in
vestigate the situation and report what
can bo done to improve it. Only an ex
traordinary state of affairs could have
nduced this action , because it is In ef
fect an admission that the economic pol
icy of Kngland , however beneficial
it may have been in tlio past , is so no
ongor so far as the labor of tlio
country is concerned. Tlio labor market
is depressed , and the toiling masses of
the nation , vast us its wealth is , nro
steadily finding it harder to earn a sub
sistence and are becoming poorer and
more wretched. They have long and
earnestly protested against this unfor
tunate condition , have organized to give
more impressiveness and force to their
appeal for measures of relief , nnd at last
the government has so far given hood to
them as to appoint a commission to sock
out the trouble and propose a plan
for its removal. This concession
is made none too soon , for the laboring
masses of England were becoming very
restive.
This action of tlio government was
not altogether a concession to the do-
tiuiuils of labor ; It was taken quite as
much for political olTact. But in order
to give it any value in that respect tlio
commission must accomplish something ,
and from the character of its member
ship It is doubtful whether it will have
any practical result. Nearly all of
its members are of the capitalist
class , nnd most of them are con
servatives who nro not known
to have any sympathy with labor. Men
llko tlio Marquis of Hnrtlngton and Sir
Michael Hicks-Beech , for example , do
not inspire confidence that the interests
of the laborers will receive very goner-
oua consideration , nnd certainly they
will get no concessions from such men
that the privileged class are not willing
to allow. Still there nro some men on
the commission from whom valuable ser
vice in behalf of the laborers may bo ex
pected. Of such are Mr , Mundolla , the
great employer of labor who distin
guished himself by his successful advo i-
cacy of arbitration ; Mr. Mnwdsloy , who
IB secretary of the amalgamated cotton
workers ; Mr. Thomas Mann , the presi I-
dent of the dockers' uulon , and Mr.
Thomas Burlnnil Mr. David Dale , who
represented HngUnh laborers al the Ber
lin conference. "These men will undoubt
edly proceed wllh tlio task In hand with
nn honest ptlrjiMso to attain some good
results , but Ihfy * nro In the minority
and cannot chr/r any proposition that
may seem ( Uwgoroug to the privi
leged classes , however essential to the
improvement of the condition of labor.
NovortliolcIsJjho Inquiry the commis
sion will' mulct ) , j\hothor | it loads to any
practical rcstJltjjor not , cannot fall to
have an IntercsT , that will not bo con
fined to the laborers in whoso behalf It
will bo prosecuted. Thai such an In
quiry should bo deemed necessary war
rants the conclusion that the condition
of labor in Kngland is exceptionally bad.
A DKl'llAVKl2'ASTK. .
Tlio crowd which gathered at Broken
Bow to witness the execution of Ilauon-
stino are reported to have manifested
intense resentment at Governor Boyd
for reprieving the murderer. They had
come to attend a hanging boo. It deprived -
prived them of the exhibition to which
they had boon looidng forward for days
and weeks. Rather than return to their
farms and houses without witnessing an
execution on thopealTold they threatened
to'take the law Into their own hands.
It Is related that but for the earnest ap
peals of Judge Ilamor tlio assembled
multitude would have broken down the
prison doors and taken the condemned
man to the scaffold.
The crime of this murderer was de
liberate and atrocious. There was no
manner of excuse for it , save the
pica which his attorneys made
of insanity. Uo has boon proved
to bo sane , and the law
will take its course. Unless providence
shall interfere ho will oxpinto his crime
on tlio gallows within a month. Why
then were those people so impaticnti *
Why should they bo disappointed ?
Human beings hnvo a morbid curiosity
to sco horrible tilings. Men , women
and children look upon the sickening
sight of an execution with both awe and
interest. Tlioy gather in crowds at the
morgue to gaze into the distorted faces
of the dead. They look with something
deeper than more curiosity upon a liola-
caust of charred humanity after a fatal
fire. Tlioy delight in repeating descrip
tions of horrors which fill the souls of
hearers with frightful shapes of the
nightmare. Why this is true is a ques
tion. Ethical knowledge and research
cannot answer. Perhaps it is a
manifestation > fitjio savage from which
ages of evolution have converted tlio
man brute into -civilized being. The
instincts of tlio savage have not been en
tirely oblitorated- !
The description1' of ferocious gladiator
ial combats are road with horror but
keen interest , f Wo fancy wo could not
tolerate the dri/iltlos / which delighted
the ancients. Wo despise the Spaniard
who patronized the bull fight ; the sport
who incites , dogs. , and cocks to mutilate
each other and .the pugilists who brut
ally boat each other into insensibility.
Our laws are fnirnod to prevent such in
human exhibitions of depravity. Are
wo in earnest or do wo merely enact into
laws the sentiment
which our con
sciences dictate expecting at the first
opportunity to lay aside such scruples
and return to qur ancestral ferocity.
In spite of our boasted civilization and
humane teachings wo still have a great
deal of the wild beast in our inner na
tures. It makes its latent power felt
when a human bolng is doomed to death
at the hands of the executioner. It as
sorts itself when 'impassioned multi
tudes insist upon seeing a defenseless
but guilty criminal lynched. And this
depraved nppotiio nnd morbid brutality
goes far to con firm the orthodox doctrine
of man's total depravity.
The eighteenth national conference of
charities and correction will bo hold In
Indianapolis from May 18 to 20. This
conference has obtained an importance
second to none , and is doing a most val
uable work which interests ovorvhndv
who is concerned in social reform. Its
object is to collect , compare and diffuse
Information respecting every description
) f charitable , panti'l anil reformatory en
terprise , botli public and private , and to
.liscuss and recommend methods for im
proving tlioso enterprises. Composed
of practical and philanthropic men and
women , earnest and zealous in tlio cause
of social reform , this conference annually
contributes most useful knowledge and
niggostion for the instruction and guid-
: mco of those engaged in charitable
work and in the administration of penal
and reformatory institutions. It is un
questionable that the inlluonco of
this conference has boon very great
in the field of reform to which it ad
dresses itself , causing the removal of
many abuses and the Inauguration of
systems in connection with charity and
correction which have been of the great
est practical usefulness. In order to ap
preciate tlio value of this conference
and the necessity that exists for it , it Is
only necessary td ' Collect upon the uni
versality of thoi .enterprises to which
it gives attention , and tlio con
stant domandj" , lioro is for in
telligent study oftheir , administration
and methods. Even with the careful ob
servation of the \vorkings of. cha rity and
correction on thoipart of tlio members of
the conference , 'abuses exist , sometimes
becoming so gruv and serious that they
cannot bo concoaltul , nnd this b-jing the
case notwithstanding tlio vigilance of
'
the earnest nndjyv'alous men and women
who make upi' this conference , what
would probably rVii'iho situation If there
was no such watullful interest shown. It is
reasonable to prUsi'tmo that there would
bo a vastly groaVi'r misapplication and
waste of charity than there is now , and
that comparatively few of the penal and
reformatory institutions of the country
would bo so well managed as they are at
present. Those placed in ohurge of
those institutions , knowing that their
conduct is being watched and inquired
into , are far more careful than they
otherwise would bo.
The coming session of the conference
promises to bo quite as interesting as
any that have been hold , the programme
including a great variety of subjects In
which every community in the country
is concerned.
JUST before leaving for England
Ilonry M. Stunloy Issued an appeal to
the United States government to take
action for the suppression of the slave
trade In Africa. According to Mr.
Stanley tlio slave traders number
12,000 , and they are continually making
dovostutlng inroads into tlio Congo
state. Tlio best the Congo government
can no is to cheek their advance , because
It is not yet strong enough to drive
thorn out. The government of the
United States was tlio first to recognize
the African state , which was established
by the king of Belgium , and this
country was represented at the
Brussels anti-slavery conference last
year and is a party to the act of the
conference which was intended to extir
pate slavery from Its last stronghold.
The United States also negotiated n
treaty with the Congo stato. But tlio
senate failed to ratify cither the act of
the conference or the treaty. The
former must bo ratified before July next
or the Brussels conference will have become -
como tin utter failure , and Mr. Stnnloy
urges that n special session of the senate
bo called for this purposa Tlioro can
bo no doubt that the United States
has n duty to perform in this
matter , but whatever reasons there
were for the failure of the so nat
to ratify the action of the Brussels antislavery -
slavery conference , which has received
the approval of nil the other powers rep
resented In it , would doubtless prevail
against an extra session of the sbnnlc
for the object suggested. Mr. Stanley
states that the Congo government is ex
pected to at once declare war upon the
slave traders and prosecute it until their
murderous trndo ceases , but lie dooms it
of the highest importance to the success
of such an undertaking that the support
of the United States shall bo assured.
For this the immediate probabilities are
not favorable. But any movement for
tlio suppression of the murderous slave
trade in Africa will unquestionably have
the hearty and substantial sympathy of
the Aijierican people.
TUB rcappomtmcnt of K. Dickinson to
the supervision of the operating department -
mont of tlio Union Pacific , at an in
creased salary , may bo interpreted as a
vindication of his opinion that a Harvard
graduate is not necessarily a competent
railway man.
SKCBETAKY FOSTKU is tlio author of
the following epigram , which should find
a lodgement in every man's memory : "In
the philosophy of politics a public duty
well done is the highest party act that a
man can perform. "
WIIKK Italy recovers her temper she
will discover that bho drove the wrong
animal from cover , and her prime minis-
tor's first impulse in the presence of the
American prlmo minister willbo to un
cover.
IF SOMK of the wide-mouthed fiatists
of America would emigrate to Buenos
Ay res they could learn a gront deal by
experience of the effects of a depreciated
currency.
SulooiiH In Maine.
LeieMnn Journal.
It is said that two alleged drup stores in
Lewiston ImvoKona out or business.
No Want of Wit.
Acto Ynik 'J'rtliunc.
What a contrast between President Harri
son's com pact nud clover speeches and Mr.
lovclnnd's cyclopaedia cfforu I The "deadly
parallel" mi 'lit bo used with tolling oircct to
loint it out.
May lo ! UnnmHkcil.
Iii < tt < inii > > nUx Sentinel.
Goorpo Stark , a fireman on the C. , W. &
M. railway , died at Anderson. Ho was an
inveterate cignrotto sinokor , nnd an oxces-
slvo use of them is said to hnvo caused his
death. A short time after death his body
turned a livid green.
1'oetrj * Growil * corn.
Ifcw I'wfc Sun.
The Kansas ni-riculturalists are kept so
busy in dltcnding tlio meetings and conven
tions nnd conferences of the farmers' alii-
nnco that it is doubtful whether they will bo
nblo to find time to nttnnd to the raising of
crops this yo.ir. There must bo 10,000 nblo-
bodicd speochmaUcrs in the state , and nt
least ono-half of them can quote poetry.
Hiiro < if a Welcome.
H'anMnalnn Critic.
The president is now fairly launched upon
his tour. Ho will bo received with respectful
cordiality everywhere , nnd ho will suffer
nothing from n closer inspection by the people
nnd a more Intimate intercourse with oitUer
partisans or opponents. Ho Is a gentleman
nnd a patriot upon whom both democrats and
republicans may safely depend in any emer
gency affecting our common welfare. Ilo
goes foith among the pcoplo with clean hands
nnd with n conscience void of any intentional
shortcoming.
ISIntno Xnl in It.
l\nu \ : Yntlc Cnntlntnt.
I mot Senator 1'nilotus Sawyer of Wiscon
sin nt the Fifth Avenue hotel. Commenting
on the story to the effect that Mr .niainohnd
informed some friends who called upon him
that ho would not dec-lino the presidential
nomination should it come to him unsolicited ,
Mr. Sawyer said : "I think my relations
with Mr. lilnimi nro as close its thoio of any
man In Washington. I know tnat Mr.
niuino does not Intend to bo a candidate , unit
would not accept the nomination under any
circumstances. Ho i . perfectly satisfied and
contented where ho is. "
A t'll II , Slid II' KltS ,
Mary
In the changeful April weather ,
Playing hidn nnd seek togothm * ,
Rain and sunshine , light and shadow , through
the woodlands come nnd go ;
Now athwart the
tree-topi glancing ,
Now amid the violets dancing
In the quiet glades below.
Now the nzuro skies nro clouded ,
In n mist the hills nro shrouded ,
With the the chill of vanished winter hur
riedly the raindrops fall.
And the buds look out In wonder ,
At the tnuttcrlngs of the thunder
And the darkness over till !
But the storm swoops down tbo valley ,
And again the sunbeams rally ,
Flashing out their gay dutlniio.j in the rain
bow's uicti of light ;
To the flowers now brightness bringing ,
'fa the robin , nravoly sinplng ,
Surer fuith that all is right I
Tli OHp
Ituftun ( lliilie.
When bones they ncho ,
And nerves tlmy slmlto ,
And boos they buzz within your liMd ,
Where bells they ring ,
And friends they sing ,
What time salt tears bedew your bed ;
When pain doth rack
Your brain mid luck ,
And tingla nt each linger tip ;
O when your muo
Outreds the rose ,
'Tis then you Unow you'vo got the crip I
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
Lincoln's Now Mayor Aunounoas His Folio 7
Toward Saloonkoopars ,
MUST OBSERVE THE LAW STRICTLY ,
in Uic nUtrlut Coui't I/or er
Iti-ought Uuulc tn An-
1 A. Counter Ulnliu
Oliln ( anil K
LIN-COI..V , Noh. , April 13. [ Special to TUB
BKI : . | Mayor Wclr hold a rocoptlon this
evening at city hall , ami Invited nil the
licensed dealers In liquor to n communion on
the subject of conducting futuru business.
All the fraternity hnvo received ' 'llio card"
to a friendly chat ou matters pertaining to
the trnftlc.
Mr. Weir tin * determined on making the
saloon men walk tliu chalk line In the future.
Ho 1ms given instructions to the police to see
to It that every saloon on their respective
boats Is closed tightly nnd promptly at lOiiW
o'clock ouch night , and that there must bo
no selling on Similar. Seine of the saloon
inon who hnvo dolled municipal authority In
this matter , unions they conform to the law
In the future , will ilnd that their licenses
will bo revoked. Mr. Weir's Intentions arc
to give the men full , fair and personal warn-
In ) ; that they must obey the law or take the
consequences.
DIMTUICT rotriiT.
Palmer Way lint settled Ins grading suit
damages against the city for $100 , The side
walk in front of his property near Eighteenth
and O streets was cut away several feet , nnd
the amount of damages ho asked was SJ.OOO.
Judge Tlbbots elo.ircd up the motion dockut
a little bit this morning. Tliu defendant In
the suit brought by John W. llufur to recover
? . " > , OUO from J. W. llownmn , for false Impris
onment , asks that the case bo dismissed
because the plaintiff has failed to give secur
ity for costs as ordered bv the court.
Along about noon , Judge Hull inquired or
Judge Tibbots , "Is there a ball game
today I" With charmlnir ingenousncss , Judge
Tibbots turned to Judge Field nud re
marked : "tJo you know If there is ! " lloforo
Judge Field could reply Judge Pound , who is
a baseball fan of high degree , excitedly
ejaculated , "Thoro Is , your honors , and 1
move wo adjourn until Monday morning. "
Howard W.Clnk , the attorney who has
achieved an unenviable notoriety lately , was
arraigned boforoJuugo Tibbots this morning
and heard with complacency the rending of
the charge of embezzling n widowed client's
11101103 * . Ho pleaded not guilty and was re
manded for trial April ii' .
Charles Melson , the young man who Is
charged with breaking Into Hurr & Hooson's
safe , pleaded not guilty to the charge of grand
Inrcony , and his trial was sot for April 30.
The lidnoy-Bautn eoso is still on In Judge
Tibbets' court , and the Henry Coatsworth
company-Bond case in Judge Field's. '
KDWAIIDS WKAKnVI'l ) .
Detective Malone wont up to Omaha last
evening with a warrant in bis pockets forW.
II. Edward , tlie forger , who secured $15 from
saloonkeeper Tlornnu on n worthless piece of
paper. Ho returned in the evening with his
man. Edwards nt 11 rat denied knowing any
thing about it , but finally weakened , and
"
acknowledged that ho was" the man. On his
return here ho tried to square th& matter
with Tlornnn , but it was not to bo squared.
When arraigned before Judge Huston ho
plead guilty nnd was held to the district
court in $1,000 , bonds. Ho did not have that
amount about his clothes and will remain in
the county Jail until his case Is beard. Ed
wards claims to live in Denver , where his
father is a prominent contractor. Ho says
this Is his first oiTonsc , nnd wants to get otT
easy , but his appearance belles his storv.
TWO rums.
The Jiro department was called to 3237 P
street about 11 o'clock last night. The
premises are occupied by D. J. Drawing as a
outcher shop. The origin of'the llro Is sup
posed to bo from llro loft over after render
ing tallow , in n book room. The llamos were
oxt'nguishcd ' before much damage was dono.
The department was called out to Seventh
and V streets this morning about 10 o'clock.
The alarm came over the tclephono and was
caught at Seventh nnd D streets , and a
lively chase over the city was had for the
llro. It was in a house at 745 V street , oc
cupied by Thomas Couniham , section fore
man of the Missouri Paeilic. The lower part
U used as n .section house. A defective line
caused the blaxo , and several hundred dollars
wilt repair the damage to building and house
hold goods.
TirK IIMKZAIII ) IIKIIOIXE.
Kov. George O , Ferguson has received a
request from Miss Minnie Freeman to olllci-
ate at her marriage at the Hotel Dcllonn on
tno 2L'd lust. , when she will bo led to the
nltar by E. B. Penney of Dcnison , la. Miss
Freeman Is the young school teacher who in
the winter of 1S3S rescued her scholars nt
Pluinviow during the time of the great bliz
zard. The munoy that poured in to her
amounted to nt least § 5,01)0. ) She attended
business college here for some time after
that.
A COU.NTTIt CLAIM.
Judge flail is endeavoring to unravel the
snarl between J. J. luihotTandGona Leonard.
In 1SST pluintitt sold defendant the farm
southwest of the city known as the "Com
mercial1' farm. lie afterwards purchased
back port of it and platted it as Hyde park ad
dition to the city of Lincoln. Ho claims ( hat
tliero is now duo on the mortgage given by
Mrs. Leonard SS.aT.'i. The defense is that ,
plaintiff made false and fraudulent represen
tations to her and her agents , stating that ,
although situated so near Halt creek , tliero
never was any overflow. She alleges that ns
a matter of fact the perverse creek lias ovcr-
llowed its Dan Its a numberof times in the last
live years , and in 185' ) did it again , causing
her great damage. She asks that her counter
claim of $ 'i,000 ' for damages , sustained by
misrepresentation , bo allowed. The case was
partially hoard and then continued until
next Saturday.
A rOVI'llTV-STIIICKBX IIAIMIOA1) .
Today the 15. & M. railroad company lilod
an answer in the action tiled by T. U. H. Ad
ams and A. F , Henry , of Stamford , Harlan
county , to bavo the railroad company keep an
agent and station in the valley of which tlioy
lire residents. The answur contains tbo fol >
lowing assertions ; "O wing tutlio almost total
luck of business at Stamford the company
could not in Justice to itself and the business
ut'said point , continue to Incur the expense
of keeping an ngont nnd an open station nil
the time at said point ; that owing to the
lalluro of tlie crops lit the western portion of
tlio state of Nebraska nnd the general falling
off of business , it is absolutely necessary for
the company to curtail expenses in
every possible manner that it can , nnd
alleges the fact to bo that thcro
is not sufllcient business nt the said station
and has not been for several months to war
rant the keeping of an agent , and open sta
tion at said point ; that the agent at the sta
tion has been removed only temporarily ; that
ns soon as the business nt tlio station will
warrant it ho will ho returned ; nil prepaid
freight is now nnd has boon and will bo in
the future dolivorocl to parties nt said sta
tion and all the passenger trains stop there
ns heretofore. "
Therefore tno company asks that it bo not
required to Hoop on ngont nt said station
until by tun production of u now crop and
tno Increase of business the saico will bo
Justlj * warranted.
0 | > 1 > S AND KNDS.
.Too Williams , the follow who was treed in
J , H. Bullnrd's house , 1513 H street yester
day afternoon , was sent to the county Jail for
thirty days , as housebreaking in thn day
time Is only a Jail sentence , unless suflielont
is token to make It grand larceny. Williams
Is n very lough man. About ton days ago ho
was nrrcstod by Dotcctivo Mnlono , 'nut made
n do.sporato resistance. The olllccr attempted
to draw Ills club , but Willlaini got n hold on
it also , nnu all the choking Mnlono could do
would not make him loose his hold. A by.
slander llnnlly took the club away from him ,
Carrie Smith was a suppliant nt the pollco
station last evening. About a week ago some
unknown woman. sutToring from Illness ,
came along and asked her hospitality for the
night It was granted , but the wo.nan per
sists In staying permanently. Carrie wanted
her moved to the hospital or some other
place , nnd the stranger was finally sent to
the tender mercies of the county coin mis
sloucrs.
The fifth annual oratorical contest of the
high scnool was bcld In tuu university chapel
IhU evening. The contosUnU were Fred J
KotlnclillJ , Carl Tucker , Union Gregory ,
Ben Matthews , Dolln Cnrpontor nnd t"rnuk
Woods.
I 'A UN IM Jl.STH.
Lowlston Journal : The Mlnno-.ot.i leclv
lature may tlnnlly Vo Induced to abolish
wotnon altogether.
Atchlson Global Ifnn alligator could taltt
ho would probably declare Hint he hud n
small mouth.
Philadelphia Record ! Kdltors must
good Judges of credits , ns tlioy nro expected
to cniiorso reporters' notes every day.
Now York Tribune : KxorcUe on tno sv :
loon bar Increases the strength of a man's
breath.
Baltimore Oloboi The woman who "broke
Into song" now has a cracked voice.
Chicago Herald : The dentist should bo n
successful ollico scokor , hols always having
a "pull" on somebody.
Sommcrvlllo Journal : When a man In
hurry is trying to write with n fountain pen
ho realizes hew n man must feel who stut
ters.
WldoAwuko : "Harry Is n dnisy , " sniil
Maud.
"No , ho Isn't , " snld Kthcl. "I went to the
theater with him last night and I discovered
that ho is n mixture of rye and clover. "
Ham's Horn : Some people can trust Oed
ns long ns they have plenty of money , but
"
when tbo bank breaks" their religion nit goes
with it.
Minneapolis Times : The newspaper man
nlwuys fears ttiat nn offer of free cigars Is
going to lead up to a puff.
Puck : It was probably the man who married ,
n rich wlfo who llrst started the joke on the
dllUculty of Uncling a woman's pookot.
ICnto Flcld'n Wnshlngtonlnn : Mrs. Manly
Very Tow. faces look best in roposo. Mr.
Curry "Truo so many people sleep with
their mouths open.
Once a Week : "It Is astonishing how many
people there nro who can nffora to pay for
theatre tickets once or twice n week am ) then
want to deadhead Homo church on Sunday.
Philadelphia Ledger : Kmln Pasha has
sent word from Zanzibar that ho Is about to
visit UJIJi , n place famous fur Its Jays.
OW TO TMK MI2KT.
XelmiRkn Itcpulillcttit Ilnlopiios to
Cincinnati Start Trout Oninlin.
The Nebraska delegation to the National
republican league , which convenes at Cincin
nati next week , started for that point via the
Burlington nt 4il : : ) o'clock yesterday after yI I
noon. The delegation formed an escort for
the president of the national leairuo , Hon. J.
M. Tturslon. Each man was provided with
n silk hat and n black suit , with Prince Al
bert coat. Tlioy intend to bo the observed of
all observers , ns was the case with the dole-
gallon from this state to Nashville last year.
Tnoso constituting the party were J. M.
Thurston , president of the national league ;
John L- . Webster , member of the executive
committee of the national league ; I. W.
Lansing of Lincoln , president of the state
league ; Brad D. Slaughter , secretary gf the
state leairuo ; John Peters , Albion ; A. P.
Brink , Cedar Hapids ; George D. Meiklo-
John , Fullerton ; Andrew Grnhum , Wlsnor ;
Joseph S. Hartley. Atkinson ; J. H. MncColl ,
Lexington ; iV. A. Dilworth , Hastings ; J. P.
A. Black , Bloomington ; Tom M. Cook , E. E.
Wait , Lincoln ; ,1. H. Davlos , Plattsmouth ;
Richard Norval , Sowurd ; A. E. Cndv , St.
Paul ; H. S. Berlin , G. J. Green , Omaha.
\VINMOHS O.V WIIKAT. ' ' V , .J
Oninhu aion AVlio Have Profitably
Ctiicssod tlio Mnrkct'H Turn.
The bulge in corn nnd wheat durlnc thn
past few days has brought a good deal of
money to this city nud several thousand of
Chicago nnd St. Louis dollars are being
jingled in Omnhn pockets.
Omahu speculators hnvo boon talking
higher prices for some time past and tlioy In
vested their money as they talked with
highly gratifying results. The operations
here have boon unusually large. A Plaits-
mouth man who is oper.uing from Omnhn
held such a largo line that his brokers put It
on the market piecemeal to avoid
breaking prices. lie closed it out
yesterday nnd took his profits of fcll-
000. Another pnrty .a resident of this
county , closed out a wheat deal Saturday ,
making ns high ns Hio per bushed on part of
it , giving him n prolitof over 80,000. Another
party who bought the middle of the weel (
and sold Saturday went homo with $1,1100 In
his pockot. Any number of such cases could
bo mentioned. It Is nlso understood that n
prominent business man of tlio city , who is
something of a "plui'ger. " cnmo out a heavier
gainer than any of them.
It Is snld that while Otnnhn has boon a
lioavy winner , Lincoln , Kansas City nnd St.
Louis have lost considerable. , / '
Doyd Man the IliilTnlo.
Sheriff Boyd will civo a frco show todnv
and ns an attraction will exhibit six full
grown buffalo that came Into his possession
lost night. A. M. Webster , asthe' repre
sentative of the Wild West show , some time
ago wont to Kansas and purchased six
buffalo of the Buffalo nnd 'and company ,
agreeing to pay ? ! i,00 ( ) for the same. Ho
failed to pay for the niiimiils , but not posses
sion nnd shlpned them to Salt Lake , from
which place they were stnrtod for London.
Last night they arrived In Omnhn a id wore
replcvinocl by Sheriff Boyd on a writ sworn
out by O. A. Jones , the agent of the company.
for DWJ-IT.
The jurors who nro debating on what to do
with Joe Dwyer , the man who was charged
with having murdered John Connors will not
attend church today. Tlioy will remain
locked in the Jury room In the court houso.
Last night they sent out word that it would
bo impossible to roach an agreement. Judge
Kbtellu called the twelve men uoforo him and
after receiving the statement sent them back
to ramaln until tomorrow morning. At the
tlrno when the Jury np * > earcd before tl e
Judge 5 * ballots had boon takun , the last
standing 'J for conviction nnd . ' ) for ncn.uittu4.
Tlio I'oslinun ,
Ulilu > ltcrr.
Ho is not rich , or bright , or young ;
Yet , when lie walks the street ,
The fairest maids
Lift window shades
And listen for his foot.
And if ho .stops tlio proudest daira
Si'oms pleased -or heaves a sigh
If , walking fast ,
She sees at lust
The postman pass her by.
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