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editorial inntti'r sliotild bo addressed toilio
lldllorlnl Department.
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month of April. 18'.K ' > . 204 copies ; forMny.
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Notnry I'ubllc.
Q'HE DouKltw street grndo ordinance
lias been resurrected niiil passed. The
hog back will conio oft.
TUB governor senator of Now York Is
permitting his corpulent rival to do nil
the talking. David Bennett Hill is a , re
markably shrewd politician.
Nisw YOKK police are on their mottle.
They propose to demonstrate to the Lon
don guardians of the peace that no Jnck.
the Ripper can escape detection and nr-
rcst on this uido the Atlantic.
CITIZENS who have boon afraid Undo
Sam wns living n trlllo beyond his
moans are assured by his secretary of
the treasury that while the old man has
boon a bit gay ho will not exhaust his
limk account.
THUS far the Chicago & Alton has
not experienced bankruptcy from the
nntl-commlssion boycotters , but some of
her competitors are actually squealing.
The power o the coupon ticket agent Is
not yet broken.
DiSHOCKATlC jokes about Grandfather
Harrison's hat were nuvor so stupidly
flat as now. General Harrison before
the people honors his ancestry and vin
dicates his own reputation for tact , ability - .
ity and statesmanship in the speeches
ho delivers on his tour.
PERSECUTIONS in the name of religion
nro a relic of the dark ages. "Nothing
more distinctly proves that Russia Is a
century behind tlio progress of the world
than the efforts now being made by that
absolute monarchy to suppress dissenters
'from the Greek church.
SAN FIUNCISCO gave the president a
most extravagantly enthusiastic recop-
'tion. Nothing has equaled the display
of fireworks , street decorations nnd
harbor lights since the reception to
General Grant in 1879 , and nothing in
this country has ever oxcollcd that dem
onstration.
TIIK less said about the Forakor
Bjwoch at Cincinnati the bettor. It wna
a blunder for which the loaguo.lsnot
responsible and ( his Is the most charita-
bio construction which can bo placed
upon it Whether Fornkor intention
ally uttered the offensive sentence or did
BO unthoughtedly is n matter of compar
atively slight importance. Whether
Forakor likes or dislikes the president
Is of no public Interest or Importance.
TUB colored troops who saved General
Forsytho at White Clay crook during
the Indian troubles are to bo rewarded
for their bravery by n transfer of Colonel
Henry , then in command , and ono troop
to Fort Meyer at Washington. This
action on the part of Secretary Proctor
is to bo commended , but the utmosphoro
of Fort Meyer will nevertheless bo
sharp and biting for the black soldiers.
Fort Meyer Is south of the Potomac
river , and Washington society and sen
timent broivthoa a great deal of air from
Dixie's landing nnd thereabouts.
AMERICANS with their free schools ,
ana in many CHIOS iroo test DOORS , win
bo surprised to know that just now the
parliament in England is in danger of
being prorogued ever the question of
cutting off the tuition fooa in the public
bchools of Great Britain. They will
likewise wonder that there should bo
anything short of unanimity upon the
proposition. The denominational
schools supported by voluntary aid are
alarmed lost free public schools shall
cut off some of tholr pupils and re
sources end this explains Jtho opposition
in the house of commons.
SKNATOII RE.VQAN of Texas has ro-
slgncu Ills scat in the senate to accept
the position of railroad commissioner of
Toxas. The American people will regret -
grot t'aisactlnn. It takes from the upper
house of congress ono of the most stal
wart , nblo and fearless champions of the
people. During hie entire sorvlco in
congrosa Senator Reagan's career has
boon honorable nnd otllclont. Texas
will search throughout tb a length and
breadth of her vast domain in vain for rv
successor who can stop into his place and
fill it with thosnmo integrity , Independ
ence and etntostniuishlp that liavo char
acterized Sonutor Reagan's Incumbency.
TUB irAIlKHOUSE MATTRll MhliS ,
Referring again to the subject of pub
lic warehouses , which cannot become n
hackneyed topic until wo have estab
lished here n larpo grain nnd provision
mtu-kot , it la well to remember that a
grain exchange Is not a bucket shop anil
a provliiloii exchange is not n gambling
device. Men may invest and stjoculato
without gambling In real estate , grain ,
provisions , or any other article which
pcoplo buy and soil. It Is very common
to denounce all transactions in gralnaml
provisions , sold to bo delivered in the
future , us gambling.
There is no article of coramorco which
possesses a vnluo upon which cash is BO
readily available , nsldo from certain
classes of bonds and securities , as grain ,
provisions nnd similar articles essen
tial to life. The man who buys city
lots or farming lands expecting
an advance triny bo disappointed ,
not only in his hopes , but find
it impossible to realize on his invest
ment oven at a heavy loss. It is not so
with grain. It may decline , but It
always commands a price no mnttor how
much the market may bo glutted. In
other words grain Is Ulways saleable for
monoy. though real estate is not.
The question of futures Is also mis
understood. It is merely the oppor
tunity for gambling. The actual future
is a delivery of goods and as legitimate
as the bargain to deliver a growing
crop at harvest at an agreed prlco. In
no ether way could grain buyers and
Bollors have the present use of money
for trade- except by buying for iuturo
delivery nnd soiling that delivery at the
tlmo of the purchase. Dealing in
options and futures , as conducted on the
boards of exchange whore products
are cornered and speculators nro
enriched or Impoverished , nro abuses
growing out of the system , but
not the system itself. Men will specu
late , for the same reason that they will
risk money In what are termed legiti
mate occupations for the hope of gain.
Mon will bet on horse- races , but the
breeding of rnco horses is not an evil.
So because mon gamble In grain wo
should not cosiso to raise and store and
sell it.
The speculators will make the Omaha
exchange sensational and Interesting ,
but It is the warehouses which will
make the market. Tt is the substance
which Is sold. It is the probability of
nn advance or decline which mukos the
buying and soiling speculation. Wo
want the exchange , wo want the busi
ness incident to both and wo want the
money In circulation -which is repre
sented by the grain and provisions in
the warehouses. Wo do not want the
ovlls of exchange gambling , but these
are Incident to the legitimate business
which wo do want and must bo expected -
poctod in consequence.
A ma DEAL TA
According to eastern advices , which
appear to ho trustworthy , the country
will probably hoar before a very long
time of the consumation of ono of the
most extensive and Important railroad
deals that has over taken place in the
United States. The conviction exists ,
so it is said , in circles in Now York
where such matters are discussed , that
the recent visit of Mr. Gould to the wet
was not designed to bo wholly a pleasure
trip , but had a great deal
to do with some scheme of con
solidation or business of interests which
might bo to the advantage of the Mis
souri Pacific system. The view there is
that Mr. Gould's solo purpose Is to do
something which will benefit that sys
tem , and that ho is prepared to make al
most any deal that will advance its in
terests. This' opinion appears to find
warrant in the latest reported interview
with Mr. Gould , who Is quoted as saying
that ho still has confidence in a south
western consolidation of railroads , but
that it will take a little tlmo
to formulate it. It has boon
understood for a your or moro
past that ho has had a plan of this na
ture in his mind , but whether it Is any
nearer consummation now than when ho
first conceived it perhaps no ono but
himself is In a position to say.
An indication that something of moro
than ordinary Importance Is in prospect
is uuggostod by the fact that for two
months past the auditors of all the great
railway systems have boon very hard at
work and have worked not only Individ
ually with their own corpora
tion's account , but have also boon
working In conjunction. Railway mon
o.in form but ono conclusion from this ,
and it certainly appaars rational , that
this work can have had only ono object
in view and that was the using of the ro-
aulta of it as a basis for consolidation ,
fusion or some ether comp tot welding ol
the various Internals. Ilonco railroad
circles are said to bo loo'xing for some
extraordinary developments In the near
future , and they nro not beguiled from
this idea by the pretense of the eastern
railroad magnates who have recently
visited the west that pleasure was
their primary object. When the Vaniler-
bill party returned to Now York Mr.
Dopuw endeavored to make It appear
that there was no serious purposes in the
western journey , but nobody doubts that
it had an entirely practical object.
It Is altogether probable that the rail
way giants are wrestling with ono cf the
most momentous problems that has ever
engaged tholr attontlon. The agree
ments they have entered into have not
proved satisfactory , and they doslro
something of a moro binding character ,
something that will bo moro effective In
preventing the practices to which Mr.
Gould refers in his last interview. The
tlmo booms propltuous fur pushing
schemes of consolidation , and with the
favorable outlook for the transportation
interests the .expediency of establishing
the strongest possible suf cguards against
the demoralization of rates is obvious.
Some highly Interesting developments
in railroad affairs before life crops of the
present year are harvested U very prob
able.
ins rosiTWN CLVAKLV
Nothing could bo more gratuitous or
unjustifiable in view of the most recent
utterances of the president than the
persistent assertions of the anti-adminis
tration press that ho is not in full sym
pathy with the policy of reciprocity and
la disposed to chock nnd restrict the
operations of the state department with
respect to thai policy. In almost every
speech made by President Harrison to
southern audiences lie referred to
reciprocity with the countries of
South and Central America as prom
ising the most gratifying results
to the agricultural and manu
facturing interests of the country , nnd
heartily commended to popular ap
proval as a moans of extending the na
tion's markets. No reasonable man
could ask a stronger endorsement of that
policy than the president gave at Gal-
voston. "If you nro content , " ho said ,
am not , that the nations of Europe
shall absorb nearly the entire commerce -
morco of those near sister republics
that llo south of us. It is naturally In
largo measure ours , ours by neighbor
hood , ours by nearness of accost , ours by
that sympathy that binds a liomUnhoro
without a king. " As If to refute the
assertions that ho was not favornblo to
reciprocity ho said : "Tho provisions of
the bill passed at the last session , lookIng -
Ing to a roclcroulty of trade , not only
mot with my official approval when I
signed the bill , but with my zealous pro
motion before the bill was reported. " It
was practically and os3ontlally an ad
ministrative measure , by whomsoever
suggested , and In full and complete no-
cord with the views of the president
then and with his views at tlila tlmo. If
ho had put any chock or restriction
upon the negotiation of reciprocity
agreements ho would not have told the
people that "tho arrangement with
Brazil Is not likely to abide in lonosomc-
ncss much longer ; that others nro to
follow , and that as a result of these trade
arrangements the products of the
United States , our moats , our breadstuffs -
stuffs , nnd certain lines of manufac
tured goods , nro to find free or favored
access to the ports of many of these
South and Central American states. "
There is not the slightest ground for
assuming that President Harrison is not
wholly and heartily in sympathy with
the policy of reciprocity so far as Amer
ican countries are concerned , and this Is
as far as the legislation of congress was
intended to go. What views ho may
have regarding commercial relations
with Canada no ono is authorized to say.
This government has not invited nego
tiations upon this question , but the ad
ministration has signified its willingness
to listen to whatever wroposals the
Dominion government may dcsico to
submit , and a time has boon named at
which It will do this. All that is
known is , that it will bo tone
no purpose for Canada to propose
a now commercial arrangement on the
basis of the treaty of 18-34. This admin
istration will not waste any time in dis
cussing propositions fo'r an exchange of
natural products alone , and as the
Dominion government as now organized
will probably not have anything moro
comprehensive than this to offer , It Is
not unlikely that both President Harri
son and Secretary Blalno regard with
no great interest or hopefulness the pro
posed negotiations. But as to American
reciprocity the president la fully com
mitted to it , and will undoubtedly con
tinue to give it his earnest and zealous
support.
TIIK secretary of the treasury his an
nounced a discontinuance of the redemp
tion of 4 } per cent bonds , and this fiiyt
stop in the preparations for mooting the
largo obligations of the treasury soon to
bo taken care of will doubtless bo fol
lowed promptly by others already de
cided upon or in contemplation. Secre
tary Foster in n late interview says the
department will oxoorionco no difficulty
in providing for every demand upon It ,
and that there Is not the slightest occa
sion for any doubt or uneasiness on this
score. The country is disposed to repose -
pose full confidence In the secretary of
the treasury , who Is a practical business
man entirely competent to appreciate
the importance and the difficulties of
any financial situation likely to bo pre
sented. Ho has a somewhat moro par-
plexlng task in hand than did any of his
predecessors for a number of years , but
ho may bo expected to master it advan
tageously to the government and the
business interests of the country.
THEUU is altogether too much truth l.i
Captain Furay's charge that there are
thousands of holes in the asphalt pave
ment. It Is also apparent that some ono
Is neglecting his duty in connection
with the paving question. Poor material
cannot bo up to the specifications. Who
permits poor material to bo placed in
the street by the contractors , and who
accepts the completed contracts on behalf -
half of the city ?
OMAHA'S police force makes a good
showing in full uniform at a parade. No
citizen would suppose the great , husky
guardians of the peace are invalids. It
is a surprise therefore to learn that dur
ing last year the average tlmo lost on
accountof sickness was nearly forty days
per man. The aggregate was 3,500 days.
Possibly the force is rocrultod from the
hospitals. "
WHKNEVEII Russian ambassadors at
Constantinople bocumo arrogant and
talk in warlike tones , the Importrubablo
Turk takes the oholor out of tlio Musco
vite bully by sneorlngly remarking that
ho Is a very sick man , but there are sev
eral European doctors who know how to
brace him up for any style of knock-out
selected by his adversary.
K is something wrong In the
coroner's ollico when the inquest upon
the body of n man who died Monday In
the Webster street depot Is not hold until
Thursday following. Where the coroner -
onor keeps himself on the occasions of
his Buddon and prolonged disappear
ances continues to bo a mystery.
A POMCB force of about ninety mon
which loses It,500 days in a single year
on account of sickness needs the Intelli
gent attention of the board of fire and
police commissioners fully as much as the
city physician.
DR. GAPBN must bo content with one
salary. Ho will not bo appointed com
missioner of health at $2,000 per annum
until after ho has boon legislated out of
office as city physician at 82,400 per
annum.
EIGHT hours is now n day's work In
any department of the city government.
Theoretically , { 1& Is a victory foi- the '
labor reformers : " practically , it Is inequitable -
equitable in l y-csutts. The laboring
man employed diiii private business tolls
nine or ten or 1horo hours to earn the
money with wliifj $ i to pay tlio wages of
these supported from the public treasury
who work but oiglU hours. And half of
thotn are taxoatord who are on the pay
roll ns ponslonoW !
SICUETAUY : N6'mE has solootod three
non-rosldonts t'o ilotormino the question
of a boundary arm between Rosebud nnd
Pine Rldgo Indian reservation The
people of South Dakota aro' wondering
why nobody in that state was doomed
capable- passing judgment upon the
controversy.
Pitisu : > KNT HARRISON has faced bullets -
lots fearlessly , but the California bou
quet throwers were too much for him.
They burled him under a volley of roses
at Santa Barbara and drove him into
the friendly shelter of his Pullman at
Fresno.
Tin : present jury in the district court
is an expensive ono. It olthor acquits
the accused or disagrees. When it is
finally discharged good citizens will fool
that nn obstruction to justice and the
enforcement of law has been removed.
Tun weekly bank statement shows the
reserve bns increased $2,05-5,000. The
banks now hold $0,075,000 in excess of
legal requirements.
Points on (
Kcw l"or/c Sim.
Don't ' pivo a girl n pot name by which It Is
nn Impertinence to cnlt any woman who Is
not nonrly related to you or bound to you by
the closest tics ot friendship and intimacy.
Broti 'it DIstrcKH on Themselves.
Milwaukee Vvenina inxromfn.
Hard times wore duo to causes with which
politics mid the llnnnclnl policy of the ROV-
crntncnt had nothing whatever to do , nnd
tlio chief of these pauses wis "sky-rocket
speculation in real estate. "
o
Afraid of Intelligence.
IVilh/Wuhla / I'rcsi.
'The ConimerclalAdvertisor | of New York
frankly says : "NothinR bores n New York
politician so much ivs a speech , especially if
It is a good speech. " No doubt Mr. Harrison
Is boring tneso "Now York politicians"
dreadfully.
Ildbbe I ol' Their Tlmmlor.
Trrntnn Oazdtc.
The abounding orldences that the republi
can party tuid the south nro really making
up and clasping hands over the bloody chasm
deeply disgusts tbo Bourbon politicians.
Nothing'would re.UIy fill them with greater
dismay than to BOO the bloody shirt burled
out of sight.
That New , Sectionalism.
Mwrat IlaltUail't CoiT i 5iitiiice.
Now the wcat nnu south nro summoned by
the cranks to iiinko war upon the cast- with
the grand theory that the government must
take possession of everything and confiscate
nil fortho benctlt'of these who have tolled
only in talking , and saved nothing but the
fooleries of all ages.
Mob.
J'urft Ttmts.
Some of the worV qld railroad war horses
In the domopratlc party are crying most
loudly against Governor Boyd. Can It bo
that tlio railroads foci that they have boon
Injured by the votol Such a thing Is at least
possible , and thcra in no other reasonable ex-
palnatlon for the outcry made by tha rail
road wing of the democratic pariy.
Political iicscrvcs.
I'Mladelvhta Ilectml.
There wcro 4515,000 registered voters in
Now York who did not think it worth while
to vote at the lost election. Like men who
rcsldo in the neighborhood of a dyunmito
factory , political parties iu the Empire state
live in dread of this storcd-up energy , which
may at anj' time bring about explosive re
sults. The act of registry is an indication ot
dangor. The pcoplo take the trouble to cock
their guns , but do not always think the game
worth the powder.
Reciprocity DMlueil.
New York 2rbune. (
Qonuino reciprocity Is therefore an exten
sion and strengthening of protection , because
it operates to secure larger marltots for pro-
Uucts of this country with which homolndus :
try already supplies It nna at the same tlmo
does not abandon or weaken the protection
of any Industry which protective duties are
designed to encourage. It is a broad and na
tional policy and looks to the welfare of tbo
people us a whole , and in that respect also is
exactly In harmony with the system of pro
tection ,
Kl'.ht ' ort ol' Frn
Aeto Yi\rl \ ( KHIL
The con fedor.ito veterans of the Third
Georgia Survivor.1 association have received
"a hearty welcome In this city. They have
fraternized with the union veterans of the
Hawkins iCouavos. They have boon ban
queted In the Now York style to their hearts'
content. They have been token to various
theatres by Uay nnd at , night. They have en
joyed the speeches of sundry ready orators ,
ns well as the strains of the music , nnd they
have seen the sights of the city and its paries
from thn open carriages that were nt tholr
orvico. Wo trust that theio confodoiMta
veterans from Georgia have had a pleasant
tlmo during the several days of tholr stay In
Now York. While they have boon thus wel
comed hero this week , two bodies of the
union veterans of Massachusetts have been
warmly wclconiecj Baltimore by confeder
ate veterans. It ifsjlways agreeable to got
reports of such iicU\onts. { \
SKItKASKANKWS \ PJU'Elt XJEIFS.
The Battle CrooqJ3nterprlso ! is four years
old. , , , . ,
The StrUton News and Trenton Hoglstor
have cousolliluteaiM-
George T. VaWllormonlon has sold the
Leigh World and will sock a new location.
Crete is to huv6 ? . { { ' now alliance paper'with
Mrs. 1)M. ) . Viros'b'f ' ' 'Friend ' in editorial cou-
trol.
Goring is to tfavo a now alliance organ ,
the Independent JJtiion , with A. F. Snyder
of Wyoming , ns tJofpdltor.
The Columbus Tejfcirram , ono of the bright
est llttlo dallies UiJtho state , celebrated Its
secoud birthday lust week.
The Omaha Swedish Tribune appeared the
past week in a'aljTw dross and greatly Im-
Eroved in nppoaranco. The Tribune has
eon in the Held for flvo years and it grows
better with ago.
D. li. Carpenter , editor of the late defunct
Hendloy Hustler , ljunbury Nuws , Bartlov
Enterprise and how many ether papers , will
commence the publication of an Independent
Journal ut ludlanola.
The Bauvor City Tribune has started in on
IU sixth year as uprightly as over In spite of
the dlscouragoiponts of tbo past season. F.
N. Mcroviu knows how to make a good local
paper and ho announce * that ho Is there to
atav.
The Oakdalo Journal , successor to the late
lamented Pen and Plow , has suspended pub
lication. With its dying breath it exclaimed
in the languoRO of Editor K. E. ICephart :
' It is not with regard to animosity , neither
amiability , we do this , but on account of the
vorv-hara tlmos caused by the past season's
drouth. Whoa wo undertook to herald the
principles of tbo Journal wo did it with the
expectancy of a dIsconUnual In the near
future , but as wo have did exceedingly well
wo cannot lay tiny blame upon the poopto ,
The country and farming community not
being flush with the 'almighty dollar' somc-
what makes n hi tut run co , but nevertheless ,
our attention nnd labor is called in other
Holds nnd wo simply and plainly disfranchise
the 'stick' nnd 'rule' that alone has progressed
this western country , and especially Auto-
lope county , to Its vast populated civiliza
tion.1 '
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PA 9S JXG .Tfilti TS.
oinu
"Put on your veil,11 her mother cried ,
"Or you'll your beauty wreck ;
The winds your face will freckle o'or. "
Quoth the malden , "Lot 'om frock. "
Now York Recorder : "Do brutes have n
language ! " asked the president of the Mill-
villu lltorary circle at n recent meeting.
"Do they I" replied the secretary ; "you
ought to hear my husband when ho loses his
collar button. "
Now York Herald : "I Imvo Just discovered
why dead men tell no talcs. "
"Well , why ! "
"Thoy leave that to obituary liars. "
Philadelphia Times : "Storo robbed last
night. "
"You don't say. What wns taken I"
"Nearly nil. In lact the only thing not dis
turbed wns tl"o watchman. "
WostShoro : Gentleman visitor ( to bust
girl's llttjo sister ) Your sister lots mo kiss
hor. JNow , won't you lot mo kiss you ?
Llttlo sister ( loftily ) No. I don't lot nil
the irontlemcn kiss mo ns sister docs. Thoro's
n great UllToroiico In people , you know.
amr.
Citps Oil Item.
'
The landscape all around us
With greening beauty greets us ,
And the bacillus that downed us
Is receiving its.qutctus.
Indianapolis Ham's Horn : No man ever
finds out how hard his Wlfo is to plcnso until
ho begins to build n houso.
"Poor Brown , ho's lost all his monoy. Aw
fully hard up. Met him in the street. Told
mo all about it. "
"How much did you wont to borrowJ"
TUB TIlnUMOMHTF.lt I'l.ANT.
The countless buds ore long will burst
And flowers from the earth peep out
And oven now the mercury bulb
Is sending up its bllvor spout.
Now York World : Wo foot up. in the
penitentiary census , -11,000 inalo felons and
1,800 foinnlo entirely too many women and
too few men. .
"All who beilevo Hos are weak , " says some
ono. And yet there are n great many strong
men In both political parties.
Now York World : "How much of the
Lucky mlnodoyou ownl"
"Tho hole of It. "
Now York Herald : Bricks with straw
will bo much worn by bibulous gentlemen
during the coming summer.
Boston Herald : "That folbw over there
must feel uncomfortable. "
"Why ? "
"Ho tried to shut the car window for tlio
lady In front of htm , out couldn't do it. After
ho gave it up the lady tried and succeeded. "
Now York Recorder : Wilson I suppose
you have paid the last Sad rites.
Brown ( thowidower ) Yes. Everything's
paid except the tombstone man's bill.
Soinervlllo Journal Even the most con-
coltcd of men may bo pardoned his good
opinion of himself if ho remembers what his
mother and neighbors said about him when
ho was a baby.
ODDS AMD f\DS.
A homo for broken down bachelors has
been founded in St. Louis.
Kentucky has spent 199 days nud ? 200,000
in framing u now constitution.
The yinld of quick silver in California since
1813 has reached a total value of 370,500,000.
The much talked of Siberian railway will
soon bo begun , the condemnation of land for
tbo first section having taken place.
A favorlto toilet mirror Is a ever glass
framed in chased silver , with the monogram
on the back worked in blue enamel.
A negro preacher of Waynosboro , Ua. , Is
circulating n subscription paper in order to
ralso money to buy a sot of fulso tooth
A Lancaster , Pa. , man recently received
S50 through the mall , -with n letter stating
that It was stolen from him forty years ago.
A llttlo' boy living.noar Lexington , On. ,
though hardly four years old , can spell from
a book almost any word and pronounce it ,
and can road as glibly us many n child twlco
his ago.
Moro than ono-fourth of the pcoplS-cf the
United States now llvo In cities of 8,01)0 ) in
habitants or more. The urban population Is
sot down as 18,3ir : .070 , or ! KU2 per cent of
the total (02,022,250) ( ) .
Secretary Tracy , in adopting the name of
Macnlos f.-ir ono of the now gunboats to bo
constructed ut Bath , Me. , is said to have
selected it because "it was at Machias that
the first naval engagement of tha Revolution
occurred. " A coed many members of the
first class In United States history would
slip up on this in examination.
Jltf.A AXIt M'OJIKS.
Miss 'A. P. Rodgers has been appointed
overseer of the poor in Boston.
The empress of Germany sent outfits for
nil the children born in the lylne-ln hospital ,
Berlin , on the same day us the youngest
prince.
Mrs. Henry Ward Bcechor Is between sev
enty , and eighty years of ago , her complexion
is ns dellcato as that of n child and her dark
eyes and abundant snow white hair add to
tier comellhoss.
D'Ornon , the man who sot out from Paris
to walk on stilts to Moscow , didn't go all the
way. The police on the Russian frontier
wouldn't lot him proceed , and , after vainly
trying to pass them , it commenced to D'Ornon
him that lio'd hotter dismount. Ho is now
with an ordinary circus in Prussia.
It is the intention of the managers of the
Sherman memorial exorcises , which are to
bo held nt tbo Broolclvn academy of muslo on
May 7 , to muster in Chauncoy M. Dopow ns
commander of the now provisional post of
the Grand Army of the Republic. It will
bear the name of William Tecumseh Sher
man.
Tin : * : AGII : SCKKAIIS.
Kcic Yinll Sun.
I am the American Easlo ,
And my wines Hup together.
Likewise , I root. high ,
Homo may sit on her
Seven hills nnd howl ,
Hut she cannot
Sit on Mo I
Will aho plenso put that
In her organ and grind HT
I am mostly a bird of poaco.
And 1 was born without tiutli ,
But I've got talons
That reach from the storm-
Beaten coasts of the Atlantic
To the golden shore * of the
Placid Pacillo ,
And I use the Rocky Mountains
As xvhutstones to xharpon thorn on
1 never cackle till I
Lay an egg ,
And I point with pildo
To the eggs I'vo laid
In the last hundred years or 39.
I'm game from
The point of my beak
To the star-spangled tlpj
Of my tall fonthurs.
And when I begin
To scratch gravel ,
Mlndyouroye.il
I'm tliu cock of the walk ,
And the honblrd of the
Goddess of liberty ,
Tha only gallinaceous
E plurlbus unum
On record.
I'm nn eaplo from Ea lovlilt > ,
With a scream on mo that makes
Thunder sound like
Dropping cotton
On a still morning ,
And my present addres3 U
Hall Columbia ,
U. S. A. I
Seal
THE HAISII TRAINING SCHOOL ,
Contract Lot and the Corner Stone to bo
Laid on Juno 0.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SHEEDY TRIAL.
Kxpcotcd to Occupy Two or Tlireo
" \Vooks I'ropiiHcd Now Clttlt House
for Lincoln-Oilier Capital
Olty News.
LINCOLNNob. . , April 20. [ Special to Tun
Bin.J The contract for the building of the
Hnlsh manual training school uni been lot to
Stevens Brothers of Lincoln. It will cost
$15,431. TliU , however , does not Include the
excavation and several ether Items. The
cost of the building when completed will bo
$00,000. The building will bo 12(5 ( feet long ,
00 foot wldo and four stories high. It will
bo finished In Kansas City pro sod brick and
trimmed with Dakota sandstone. Chancellor
Crolghton declares that It will ho the finest
building for Its purposb In the United States.
Mr. IlaUh proposes to furnish It with
the best modern machinery throughout ,
and to endow the department In
addition to Its equipment , so that Its main
tenance will not bo a burden to the univer
sity. The corner stones are to bo laid J uuo
0 , 1601 , nt which tlmo Mr. Halsh will lay ono
nnd his wlfo the other. Bishops Warren ,
Newman nnd Fowler will bo present and do-
llvor addresses. All the b.irb wlro mon In
the state of Nebraska who have heretofore
been the customers of Mr. Halsh will roculvo
special Invitations to be present at the laying
of the corner stone , nnd Juno 0 will bo a
*
great day for the Woiloyan. Commoncoinont
will occur on the 10th , at which time Bishop
Nowraan will deliver the principal address.
The military department Is making extraor
dinary efforts to make tholr evolutions ono of
the most conspicuous features ol the attrac
tions on I ho 'Jtli. '
Tim smii : : > r TUI.U , .
The trial of Mrs Shosdj nnd Monday Me-
Fnrland , tlm supposed murderers of John
Shoedy , Is set for May , and will bo liable to
engage the attention of the district court for
two or three weeks. The county attorney
has endorsed the names of about soventy-
five witnesses on the Information. The defense -
fonso will also have n largo number ot wit
nesses. The names of ir > 0 jurors have been
drawn , nud it is believed by members ot the
bar that there will bo 'WO or100 Jurors ex
amined before n jury is obtained. The empanelling -
panelling of the Jury will therefore bo n long
and wearisome task , and it Is. possible that
that preliminary action will alone occupy
nearly n week's time.
Tin : rossini.R aovnitxon.
Lieutenant Governor Majors has loft the
city and as far as can bo learned without fil
ing his Intervention claim to the gubemn-
tlonal position in case Boyd is ousted. A
gentleman who is evidently conversant with
Major's plans says that It. was the Intention
of the bluo-shlrtod statesman to quietly lllo
the papers without making any publicity
about the matter and that lie was nstoui.shcd
to find his intentions heralded in print. The
gentleman further state * that Majors bns not
pot the documents In proper shape yet for
filing , but will Imvo thorn In n Cow days. Ho
will return about the middle of the week.
The lieutenant governor does not show much
of. a disposition to talk about hU course in
this matter.
matter.wn.i
wn.i < HUIMJ A ct.uu HOUSE.
As predicted in Tin : Bunovcr n mouth ago ,
the Union club , Lincoln's foremost social or
ganization , has decided to build a spcndid
club house this soason. A week ago a special
committee , with C. O. Wlicdon ns chairman ,
was appointed by the club to receive propo
sitions from parties having available silos
'or sale or from these who might desire to
julld n club house on along lease. Lastovon-
, ng the members ol the executive committee
met nnd considered seven propositions vtilch
wcro presented concerning the sale of
-rounds nnd the erection of a building.
3omo of the best sites in tlio city were of-
iercd. 1'ho members have declared , however -
over , that they merely wish to purchase n
situ and will build their own club house
Lhcrcon without having any outsldo stock
holders connected with it. The moaabors
will therefore erect a SSO.OW ) building. The
structure will bo the first one erected in the
state for club house purposes. Ttio present
quarters of the club nro in the Zohrung
block. The club is now twelve years old nun
comprises some of the leading professional
men and capitalists In the city.
A 1IIKU MO.NSTltOSITT.
R. D. Spslts has in his possession a queer
looking bird that is evidently nn owl mon
strosity. None of the local naturalists over
uuard or read of the llko boforo. It was cap
tured by a man named Foreman on the Blue
river near Seward nnd presented to Mr.
Spelts. The bird has the oycs , Dody , appetite -
tito and habits of an owl. It sleeps during
the day and is wide awuko at night. It cats
rats , mice and fresh meat nnd is of decidedly ,
pugilistic inclinations. But there resemblance -
lance to a bird ceases , as it othbrwlso has the
face of u monkey. The mouth is largo , lias
no bill and the choaks , chin nnd other feat
ures are the counterpart of Darwin's ances
tors.
A ONB-i.r.ancn ritAun. -
Dr. A. S. Mnnsfcldo of Ashland writes to
the chief of police that a oiie-legpred man is
making n tour of the state soliciting aid for
somebody of something on the strength of a
loiter of recommendation purported to bo
signed by Mausfcldo. The doctor declares
that tno man is fraud and the letter n
forgers. Ho thinks that the fellow is ono
James Place , who lives in Ashland.
Tiir.v wKtic MAunxni ) .
The member * of union No. Tl'of the
Brotherhood of Painters nnd Decorators of
America nro very indignant ever the false
statement made in a Lincoln morning paper
in regard to the memorial presented to the
workmen in the various shops. The mem
bers of the union declare that on April 18
thov simply mot nnd declared that in keeping
with the law recently passed and to take
effect in about suven weeks that eight hours
shall constitute a day's work.
OIIHOX wixs.
A series of low suits which have appeared
in both Lancaster and Douglas counties for
the past ' vcar or two , respecting the title to
KiO acres'of valuable land In the outskirts of
this city , west of nnd adjoining Lincoln
Heights , was settled last evening outsldo of
the rourt room. During Lincoln's rnnl estate
booming period n syndicate composuJ of half
a dozen mon , Including one or two Boston
capitalists , purchased this tract , nirreclng to
pay 8100,000 therefor. Attorney U. A.
Gibson of this city was a member of
the syndicate and paid his share of
the tint payment , but It appears
that the others failed to conio to timo. Tlio
original owners of the land , Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Merrill of Now York city , fore
closed last September , bidding in the
proportv ut about gyj.OOU after it had liccn
appraised by the sheriff nt frUO.OOO. Mr. Gib
son nt once commenced suit against Mrs.
Morrlll her husband having died suddenly
alleging that ho had entered Into n contract
w Hereby ho was to got a deed to forty ncros
of land upon paying his proportionate share
of the original purehnso pricu. llo tendered
tha balance duo to complete the contract , but
it was refused by Mrs. Morrlll , and hcnca ho
cMmtmnifod suit to obtain prHsesslon of the
forty aero * . Previous to this Mrs. Morrlll
hnd'hrought suit against Mr. Gibson. Mrs.
Morrlll nas boea In the city several days , and
lust uvmilng a settlement was effected
whereby Mr. Gibson received a deed to 120
acres of the land , which , on account of IU
claso proximity to plnttoa additions , Is sntd
to bo worth $1,000 per ncro.
I'ATnUllCIIS MILITANT.
In response to nn Invitation from tlip Patri
archs Militant of York , n number of member *
of Canton l'"ord No. 'J of this cltv , yesterday
denned their gorgeous chnpcnu.s nnd shining
swords nnd repaired' in n body to the 1) . & M.
depot , where tho.r > bonrded the trnln for the
Athens of Nebraska to colebrnto with tholr
York brethren the snvonty > second anniver
sary of Oddfellowshlp in America , Thd
chuvallors were under command of Contain 4
Tyler nnd Lieutenant R. C. Hnlett With
banners Hying thormarohod Into York nnd
were received In the most hospitable manner.
Afterpartlclputlng In nn excellent programme
prepared by the York fratornlty the cheval
iers returned Into last night.
ODDS AND ixi : > s.
Ills excellency , Governor Boyd , will rovlow
'
the university oadoU batalllon'Monday aftOT-
noon on thn state campus.
It Is reported that several business firms ,
employing many pcoplo In Ibis city , nro milking -
ing arrangements to nlro hands bv the hour ,
thus evading the eight-hour law. which Is
soon to become operative. No dissatisfac
tion tins been expressed so far by the em
ployes of nny such men.
IlTKItA It V XOTKS.
The publication of "Campaigning With
Crook , " by Ciptiiln Charles King , wtllbo
resumed by Harper & Brothers , on or about
May | , isilt.
During the first three months of 1S01 Book
Chat has reviewed 123 now American nnd
Lngllsh books , announced now books nnd
endorsed 1,1114 magazine articles contained In
over 250 of the lending American and foreign
periodicals. In addition to this it has chron
icled the publication of 111 French books ,
0 * German , 2J Spanish and 103 Italian books.
Mr. Traubel , who for the last twenty yean
has been on terms ot great Intimacy with
Walt Whitman , contributes nn article to-thfi. *
May number of the Now Kiiclnud Mngazmo ,
iindor the caption of "Walt Whltnnn at
Date. " Mr. Traubcl's constant companion
ship with the distinguished poet has enabled
him to gain n clear and nccurato insight into
the characteristics of the poet and the result
of his observations Is very pleasantly related
In his articlo.
In the May number of tno Century will
also bo found n brief series of papers 'by the
late Goorun Mlfllln nnlliw ITnltiwt Mtiitoa
minister to the court of the czar , in which
nro described the timmiHIecnco nud luxury of
the court of Nicholas I. Mrs. Margaret
Watts Hughes will have an article on "Volco
Figures , " with explanatory notes by Mrs.
Herrick. Mrs. Amelia GOTO Mason will
contribute her final paper on the "Solons of
the Kmplro nnd the Restoration , " nnd Mr.
E. G.Whlto will furnish a paper on "Pioneer
Mining. "
Sir Kdwln Arnold , the English poet nnd
traveler , is presented by portrait and biographical -
graphical sketch to the readers of April
BoolcNcua , Tno Boston Letter , with the
reviews of now books nnd the miscellany nro
newsy , bright , and well done , and with the
"Notes , " and illustrations mirror even-thing
of Interest to nusy pcoplo In the busy "world
of literature. A p.igo headed "University
Extension , " announces that the May num
ber will bo broadened in u scopu to embrace
information sought by many regarding this
movement In the United States , its past ,
present nnd future.
Mr. F. Hopklnson Smith , who spent some
time at Solla ami became acquainted with
the state of affairs in Bulgaria , has written
nnd illustrated n lively article under the
title of "A Bulgarian Opera Bouffo. " At
the time the paper was written the political w
situation had an clement of humor in it , uutf
the days of trouble which the article pro-
dieted have como almostslmultaneously with
the nppoaranco in the May Century. The
Illustrations Include portraits of Prince
Ferdinand , his mothnr , Princess Clementine ,
nnd the prime minister , M. StnrabolofT.
The Cassell Publishing company havo/in -
press a humorous nnd romantic book by-Jdlm >
Bell Bouton. It Is entitled "TheKnchuntod :
un Authentic Account of the Stranpo Origin
of the New Psychical Club. " If hiilf Its as
tounding pretensions are true , the favored
members of that association nro much to bo
envied. For they have the power of repro
ducing , nt will , scenes mid occurrences from
the works of the world's truly treat novelists
nnd poots. The condition indispensable for
these extraordinary feats to stand on the
places identified with tableaux which are to
bo conjured up by faith nnd volition.
In the forthcoming May Century ox-MIn-
ister John IJlgolow will furnish n remarkable
chapter of secret history lu an article en
titled , "Tho Confederate Diplomatists and
Their Shirt of Nessus. " Mr. Blgolow proves
In his paper by authentic documents how
the cabinet and agents of the southern con
federacy were banied in their attempts nt
negotiations in Europe by the important
place of slavery In the southern constitution.
Ho publishes Interesting 1 tiers from Secre
tary J. P. Benjamin to Slldoll & Mason , also
from Mason to Benjamin , from Do Leon to
Benjamin nnd from A. Dudley Mann to
Benjamin , with other documents.
Ex-Secrotury Thomas F. Bayard is preparing
paring nn article for the May
ivorum on the power of the
United States to enforce treaties
violated with n state's jurisdiction. The
same number will contain nn explanationini
the now commonwealth of Australia , by/Sir -
Roderick Cameroon of New York , probably
the best informed man In tlio United State's
on Australian subjects , having been knighted
by the queen for eminent services to Aus
tralia by promoting trade with America , In
this number will also appear the lint of it
series of articles by General Francis A ,
Walker on the census. The title of another
timely article will bo , "Reciprocity ; Why
Southward Only ) " by Mr. Roger Q.'Mills.
Amongst many ether good things promised
for Frank Leslie's for May is n now nnd nd-
mirahlo portrait of the Hon. James G. Blalno
nnd a well written article by T. C. Crawford ,
the able Washington correspondent , setting
forth officially Secretary Blalno's views ,
labors and plans upon the Important subject
of reciprocity between the United States and
Latin America. " .Tolhi Maggs , Barbarian , "
n new serial story by Scott Campbell , Is com
menced hi this number , which ulso contains
among other Illustrated articles , "Going
Abroad , " by Frederick S. Daniel ; "A May
Day in Japan , " by Norma Lorlmer ; "Tlio
Sandwich Islands and Their Volcanoes , " by
Edward Spring ; "Tho Wonderful Firohoat
Now Yorker , " by Frederick M. Doy ; "A
Robin Paper , " by Nelly Hart Wood worth ;
"Elephant Sport lu Ceylon , " by MacMnhon
Chiillinor , and "Tho Ocean Telegraph Cables
of the World , " together with several short
stories and pooins by Joel Benton -
ton Douglas Sin J on and others. ,
Mr. Bolf , the editor of the Ladles' Homo
Journal , recently gave nome interesting
liguros relative to the manuscripts received
by Ills rnagnzlno during 18'JO. Owing to Its
departments and peculiar character , tlio
Journal probably receives moro manuscript ; )
than any nrigailnq published. Mr. Hole says
that ho received at his ofllco n total number
of ID.'JOri manuscripts. Of these 2,230 were ,
poems , 1,7-K ! stories and 11,170 miscellaneous
articles. Of the poems GO were accepted ; of
the stories , only 21 , and of the articles ) , of
which latter , however , ever UIX ) were solic
ited articles. Thus it will \ia \ Been thatof tlio
entire 15,0i)0 ) manuscripts only -11)7 ) were ac
cepted , a t HI In over ! ! pur cent. Deducting
from this the DUO accepted arllclcswriltcn at
tho"editor1 solicitation , the net percentage of
unsolicited manuscripts accepted is bioughl
down to 107 , or n little moro than 1 per cent ,
Statistics such us these show how much
utter trash Is being written , and tliu
number of persons wrltinc who ought to bd
employing tholr tlmo at something ulso and
bolter. _
To n H.'ioo.
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Thou uoitr , delightful shoe ,
Thou hast contained litr dainty sole ;
And , therefore , my heart , too.
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