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'TIIn j\rAIIA DAILY 3311. : ; ,1 YIA3 ' , APHIT.J 7. 1iti ; , - l3
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l/ TRAINING t t TlIg t YOUNG IDEA
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' lLe ont Progress in the } ? suite ! choo18 Out-
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OVER FIFTEEN MILLIONS hI SCHOOL
. Thr " , \I of I'ohhlcal 1'lrth.luhlt In 81hool
:10"8 Jf"l"t-l'rohlhlllJ Married
Women Al TcneilerA-Bducn- I
r to",1 Notes ,
Wiiam T. larrls , llnlc Stats commls-
stoner of education . contributes to the current -
rent number of Harper's In article on "ne-
cent Progress In the Public Schroh , " ( Iar-
, lculrl ) ' the public school of the United
. I Stales which he nsserts . are at the present (
time a more Important factor In the welare
i of the country than ever before. Mr lar-
rls says there were enrolled In nil the
lchool" of the United states : : , public ( and
private ellm/ntar ) ' . s/contary and , higher tn
the year ISDI about 15,500.000 pupils , This
Juth r InluIes all who aUurell nt any
1mI In the ) 'er for any period , however
ahort lint the actual average attendance
.r'1 for cacti l"lpl did nol exceed ninety days "
t alt\lgh the average length of the school i
1 Hsslon was Ii : : Sixty-nine pupils were en- : I
rolled out of each 100 of the pOllulatlon be- '
tween the ages of I and IS years , .t this
rate of attendance the entire population Is
18tn ntenrdncp tle entre populaton I
TPceh'lnr on an a\'eraJe a little less luau
tour and ! on -ha1 'cars' hchoolnK of [ 200 ,
j 1" days each In some slates this average :
falls as low as two ) ' /ar8. aul In others I ,
) , a rises to nearly seven years ( as ! In Iassachu- '
setts ) , .
- . + Out of this entire number deduct the '
prl'ato and IUrolllal school of all kinds ,
u ' secondary , higher and schools
elementary . Ee\onrary hlther
for art . industry and huslnCss , for defective
classes and , Indians , and there rennin over
13.COOOOO casses for the Ilullc school enrollent ,
or nearly SS Ie cent of the whole
In the tW/lt.four years since 18iO the
attendance on the public schools hal In-
creasCI from less than ,000.000 to $1 : , OO-
, have increased , sume . -
, 000 The oxpelilure3 ha\o Inertase,1 lom.-
what more , naumly ' . frol $ G3OOOOO to $ IG3-
100.000 per aunuui nn increase from $1.G I
per callt to $2,4i To account for this 11ro-
rata increase of 50 per cent In the cost or
. , . the conunon schools ) ana must allow for a
alight increase In the average length or the
school term , and for the Increase or enrolment
, ment from less tmn li to more than 20 per '
cent of the population , lint the chIef items
of IncrcllM are to he found In teachers
i' wages and the cost of expert anpervlsion.
\ These account for more than two.thlrds of , '
s the fO per cent whie the remaining one
, sixth Is due to Netter nl1\aratus amid more
commodious school Iml lnts ,
l The trnRformaton of [ mil Ilternte llula-
, " ' _ 101 Into n Iollliatol' , "tt reads the dally
newspaper , ail perforce thinks on national
. Jo\\'spaller )
. . . good
- and international interests , Is the great
nccol.'shcd ly the Public school srsten
thus far. It must be borne In mind that the ,
enrollment lu school of one person In every
fnrulment
live of time entire population of [ the country
: result for the
I , means the same
south ns for the north , the Gulf
states In fact , enrolng nearly 22 .
1 per cent of theIr total population . color.II' '
1 , - , mad white , and the south Atlantic 20.iO i
while the north Atlantic and the western ,
I mountain : and Pacific divisions enroll 18 I
. having much smaller ratio of i
4. # , per cent a 1uch smaler
children or school oHe. In a reading Ilopula-
tlon one section ulierstanda the motives of I
I tha other , and this prevents political dlffer- . :
wide for Solution -
ncci from becoming too wlre part
1uton , when one S cton cannot any longer
accredit the oilier with honest and patriotc :
" + , motives , war Is only a question of lme . ,
That this general prevalence of elementarr
9i education Is accompanied : hy a comparative (
1eglcl or the secondary and higher courses
( study Is evident from the fact thaI out of
. tins number of pupils cm oiled more than
nlnelr-slx In every 100 arc pursuing elc-
montary studies ; less than three In 100 are
. , ' 1 secondary studies In night schools acade-
meM and other Institutions ; only one In 100
. Is In college or school for higher studies
r It Is poor comfort to know thaI the proportion -
portion of 11pls In grades above elementary ,
6 IM compared with time while population. I I
of , allhoughm In
, , larger I lime nations Europe alhough
rr some partculars the Instruction may be
( I uperlor to our own.
. POLITICS IN THE SCHOOLS
r' , "Whatever other motives may Influence
parents , " writes Robert Grant II Scribner'n .
"thero Is no doubt thaI many arc finally dc-
terred from sending their boys to a public
, conviction that the education
lehool 1y time convicton elucaton
offered to their sons In return for taxes Is Interior -
orere
erlor to what can be obtained ly private con-
a. 'act , Though a father may be desirous to
Have his boys understand early the theory of
' ' democratic ( Iualy , he may well hesitate to
let them remain conmparatlvely Ignorant In
lE comparteIrnoranl
order to Imprcss upon them this doctrine. In
( tlls age when HO much strpes Is laid on the
I importance of giving one's children the best
' education possible . I seems too large I price
to pay Wllr.ler all . should a clUren ! send ht ' s
boys to n .eho : 1 provided by the stale I bet-
ti 'er schools exist In the lelghborhnoll which .
t- lie can afford to have tllel attend ! There
/ fore , I the state Is desirous to educate the
sons of Its leading citizens I ought to make
. lure that the public schools are second to
i p rene In the land . I It does not I has only
. . , itself to blame If they arc educated apart
Iron the sons of the nmsses of the population ,
, r' : or Iv I I al answer to quote the Fourth
of July orator , that our public schools are
, ' , 6ecoII to none In the world ; for one hal 4n1
. , . . ! o In\esl nte to bo con ' luced that , bath I'
regards Limo methods or teaching and as re
Bards ventilation , many of them all over lime
countr Ire signally Inferior to the school l
: S It shouhl be , anti the Icho01 , both public
and prh'lte. as It Is lit certain localities. So '
long I school hoards and committees . iron
. " * . Atlamitle to the i'aclfic ,
" i'h the Atant Pacile mire composed
' , . or polllcat aspirauta without
/ „ mainly oroltcal wihout expe-
, , r ! rlenee In educational maters , and who seek .
Jr , to serve as I first or second , step toward the
- white house , our puhlc schools are likely to
I s remain only pretty 1001. "
f , : ' MA1tW WOMEN AS TEACIIIRS.
Having arranged to regulate everything
else 1\lhln the boundary of the state , time
legislature of Illinois Is seriously considering
8 measure , designed to prohlhll the employ.
meat oC larrl"1 women a8 school teachers ,
111 1 reaoning , deliberative body tlre would
be little doubt or the early ) ' death of this alI )
. like legislation . bul . It Is evident the leglsla-
r „ taro lacks the saet ) valve oC cOlmon sense ,
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; for the measure and Its author are recflllng
J , _ f broadside or severe erllclsl "oc the
.1.000 teachlrs In the city schools , " sys the
Chicago Tlmes.ltrhl. "shout 400 are mar-
rlll WOlel , In nearly all cases they are
" 'olen who resigned their positions when entering -
tering upon the marrle1 state , and returned
to them at same subsequent home when home
duties had ceased to require thEir exclusive
- , attention . their own children being either
-j ' need or during school Ioura
beyond care 11urlnl l lr or
t toeing tlelsel'es In school In school hours ,
These woven . falling In no duty of mother-
ibo < or wifehood In their homes , carry IntG
the schools a matured Intuiton as to the
'm ' , . treatlenl of ehl\lren , I justice . I wls.lol and
! 1 loyalty to chlhlho which wleholl and
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motherhood alone can give.
"To rob the scloJls oC Chicago of thin
'nestlalll service would be a stinging
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bIoI II the first place It ! would I absolutely -
lutely Imposible for the 10arl of Education I .
to tl the Places DC these 400 x.erlence.1 ( .
teachers with te3chers of equJI'nilo or of
4 d comparable exp'rlenca unless they should
J"lso salaries to so hlll a figure as to induce
: \olen oC experience und unmarried-iaeking ,
> thmerefore . time motherhood value In teaching
, _ I. -to I\u Ul1 their posiions In other clues all
r coml here to take limo \acated places , ' .
"Clitaugo taxpayers are already taxed t 10.
"rhloo laxlders lre alrad ) : to
time amoult oC $8,000,00 annually for the
support of time schols , The salaries Ilsll
Ixllerlene ! are fully II ) to those paid In. .
oilier largo cities . and no Increase along the .
Jllgleot 110 will 1) tolerdtel. , It would he ,
, moreover an cxtraordlnary Ihlng to e"llel
frol the public schools of ttw city teachers
; who have peen mothers , a If 10tlerhoOI
were I sttgnma. Instead of being as mankind
reYreut ) laid I. a Ilor ) ' . I would he' '
dnfamols to tell tie children of Chicago as
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1 they would bl told In effect , tlal their
mothers , by reason or motherhood were until
lor time duty or a teacher. " :
I'ItlVATI : GIFTS TO CO.I.I ( S , i
Statistics relatl'o to I'rlnto gifts to stars I
1 \nlver.lll' . have bon collected ly the :
Record . a Ilullcalon or the Uullrly of I
0
MlcMgan : Compared \ll the munificent
gifts by wealthy Americans to prIvate Insulations -
lations . these private endowments did not
make I striking Iho"ln . The total for tba
Unl"erlty oC California II fIRhty under
$2,0.600 , but this includes the J.lck ob8erv-
tory enIowlent of iOOOOO , tJeslts the
gift of a science hall by John S. Pillsbury ,
and sCholrhll's and prizes the University
or Minnesota has received lithe all except
from the state , The University of Ohio , at
Columbus , has received slightly In excess of
$100,000. Donations reeeh'c by the \Ist
VIrgInia university Include the addition 10
the university or n seminary for young
WCmrn , and nn academy which can hardly
be classed A part oC a university's equip-
menu. E-en with theM Items , time total Is
only I little o\'r $51,000 , Wiconsin reports
$51.(00. of which $50.000 represents nn ob-
ter'atory amid , time rest n library and fellowships -
.
ships , The University of Michigan's total of
private gifts h nearly $500,000. amid of this
$ Z9OO was glsen 1) ' the city of Alum Arbor
for n hospital . Indiana ulh'rslty retorts
that with the ! xcepton of faie very SIIH
gifts . her donations have been eonfnNl testate
stale and national appropriationa . and $50,000
from Mnlro ! county In which the university
Is situated. . The Record , camlcntn/
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these reports speaks of the possibility or
greater generosity tn future on the part of
Indl\\luals , I Rccountn for the poor showlug
In the past on three rOUIHls--II'ert of
many of time western tales through the
formative period at their de\elopment. lark
of conflenc , II the Ilstltions ntrlbutell to
their Ilrltrment , lime CCUSI Iy mel oC
\\calh II older states that private assistance
was not lec\lel\ .
: NEW GAS PRCDUCl
In Ilumln"nt , .f uront "ltnn from nn
1 . ' 'nnmll feint If VI , 'W.
Time astonlshlnl announcement mare
at a recent meeting of time Society of ChemIcal -
Ical industry , says the New York ' 'inures . that
a Ilowerul Ihlllnatll ; gas could ! he mRnu-
facturel , by a newly discovered method lt a
flluctOI uf nearly one-third of the present
rest or taN , Sho\II \ the dlsco\elY prove as
practical as clammed It wilt rlvolutolize the
Innuracturo of gas
Factories are being erected and It II ex-
peeled that gas made by the new process ( ' will
he on sale In the near future
The new illuminant Is called acetene. ) I
has been known to the chemists for years ,
hul the Illculy of Its manufacture prevemmted )
theta ( vomit ItlzlnJ I , I I Is the lowell gas
In time I series of hydrocarbons and Is usually
manufaeturoll l hy pasin ! n stream of hydrogen
through 1 globe , In which the electric air Is
) fdleej hetween two earhon Ilolnts , hut by
this t methOI the gas II made In minute
Iuanttes only and serves for cxperlnlntal
purposes In the laboratory all lecture room
1 remalnell for 'r I Wlsln to discover a
mrans by whIch the gas oulll he produced ,
In sulclenl Iluanttes for practical purposes
Mr I , Wison discovered the method hy mere
accident , lie was \\orldnl In his laboratory
with nn electric furnace . endeavoring to form
al alloy of calcium from some of Its com-
pounds , when he noticed that n mixture of
powdered lme and anthracite , ender the influence -
luence of the electrical current , fused down
10wn
to I heavy semi-metalc mnss. This snh-
stance was found nol to 10 the one sought
and I was thrown Inlo a bucket of wlt r.
'rhe strange results which fo\owed its
contact wih the water Inulellately attracted
Mr 1Vllson's attention , A Has was given off
whose characteristics seemed to be its pene-
trtn ! and disagreeable ollor. On applying
a light : lr. Wison round that the gas burned
freely with a smoky , bul luminous name.
Here Mr , Wison became Interested and
Inlneilately began his In'csUgatons , He rev
pealed the elrllcnl ( and found thaI the
mixture ho ] had cast Into the bucket was a
substance called Caclc ! carbide . contaIning
forty parts ly weight of calium ali twenty-
four parts by weight of carbon Al this point
Prof Venahle of the University of North
Carolina took up the matter. and II was there
that experiments looking to the utilization or
acetylene as nn Illuminant were first carried
out. l ' : xerllents soon proved that a pound
or this calcc carbide would yield 5,3 cuhlc
fel of acetylene gas , which Immediately gave
It commprelal value ! . and n company was
f01111 m to manufacture gas on a large scale
From an economic point of view . thi gas
Is of great value , for It has been found that
It can be generated In a house as It Is needed
by a very simple apparatus. This would undoubtedly -
doubterly . le a boon to famies Ivhl ! In the
Perhaps the most remarkable quality oC the
gas Is the fact thaI It can be Illulfell by
pressure and put In cans thaI can ho tapped
wen the gas Is ne : . A very simple deviea
has been which the
arranged by pressure of
time gas will bl regulated while changing
from Its Iqullcd condition and then pass
Into thc various pipes.
Acetylene Is R most powerful mumlnant. I
15 dazzling In the brightness and stEdastncs
or Its nIme , and when compared with the ordinary l-
nary coal gas Its superiority 15 wonderful , the
later appearing dim all flickering. ! There Is
no dark center to the flame as Is the case
with the ordinary ga3. The lumlnanl Is
somewhat peculiar , viewing IL from
peeulal' \Iewln ! a popular
p" I lt of view , In that II gives only one-half
the healng power of Limo ordinary gas. I is
also Impossible to us ; II In the ordinary
burners for they are to large but this apparent -
parent fault has been easily overcome by constructing -
structng burners mhich admit n smaller
amount Dr gas.
I has been propose by promoters of the
onterprlse to do away with gas pIping throurb
the streets , for they say that lall C:1 In
made containing the necessary chemicals by
which time gas can be generated and consumed
on the spot. This method lay be n solution
to the en lighting Ilroblem , to which the ele-
vated and surface railroad authoriies ha\'e
devoted considerable attention of lat ( The
cost or the gas Is dependent upon time cost of
the carbide I Is said hy the Company which
Is about to place the carbide on the market
thaI If the substance Is sold at $50 a ten the
gas can be furnished al 50 cents per 1,000
feet . which will give light equal In amount to
that given hy the ordh1ry illuminating gas
or course this would not represent the actual
COlt of the acetylene , which has nol as yet
t. ' n decided but time cost Is sure to be only a
snmail < proportion of the cost of the ordinary
jaK , II has been found that when the gas Is
passer through a tube heated to redness that
bemizol . the substance which Is time foundation
of the anlino colors , Is produced I'en I this
feature alone would servo to make tie dis-
co'ery one of great value
Mr. Adam or the Boston Gas company oC
Boston says : "Time question DC tie greatest
Importsnce to gas manufactlurs Is as to
whether acetylene can be used to Increase the
lumlnatln ! power of cOlmon coal gas "
Prat l IWIOtt. the chemist of the C lS' lateI
Gas coml'3n , amid a wel known authoriy on
gas , says : " 'he subject at this calelul car-
bIde would be of the greatest Interest to gas
uiamfaclurers. .
'Ihe gas cannot only he obtained In the
gJfeOUS and Iqulfe1 states hut also a a
solid. The latter Is most luterestng , for when
cast upon the fl flee of liquid mercury II had
the effect ff freezing " that element to n solid
IUfS , and tIlt rmometer placed in Its mast
registered a fall of 18 .1elreees below zero on
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the Fahrenheit l scale
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IlJIIWS / / , ( ' I.'u11 Jl'S JtWT.
Stole a l'rearlmrr'a luur . and /hol time
1'rearher w 1.1 lie Followed Thri
J NNESSI , Od" , ' \1)1 G-Threl of time
Dover train robber are still al liberty' . One
has dlsI11 'eare. mil Is supposed to lave died
Cram the elects oC wounds reeh'cd at the
hauls or United States marshals Thursday.
Ills body I believed to have been secreted
ur buried by his pals ,
Last el'cnl11 the remainder of time Hang escaped -
cap d from the brush where they were surrounded -
rounded by a nUlber or deputies amt made
their way to the house of HcGolrcy , a
Uaptst preacher , and demalilell tlelr sUl'pr ' ,
After oltalnlng I thEY robbed the preacher
of his mom y and valuables , took two of his
best horses and rode awa ) ' , After lime robbers -
her lad gone : Ir , Gotrey moun led another
horlD and started In pursuit of tn > outlaws ,
Ills body was found this morlnl about five
miles from his home . rldIN with bullets.
Time farmers have organized a posse of
about 100 and wlh deputy marhals are glv-
lug the outlaws Il close chal They are now
In the Gloss 10untalns. where good hiding
places can be found I the posse can locate
them there II not the slightest doubt but
they will he stung UII to the nearest tree
Mr. Gofry . leaves u wIfe and several
-a-
'I hlll" . I' . " 'l4 . Boron Dead. ,
CO.U1 US , 0" , April G-Thomas Uan
home , chaplain with General Thoma during
the war and later challlain In the rel'lar
army . died hero tea ) aged H.
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'VE PLACE ON SALE TOMORRO ' , - . , ,
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O'y - It : , , . 1. ; T01\ORRO'V :
Bed Room Suits at. . t. t. ; . . . t , $1 'r',65 ' ' Latet l DeslQls I CaPItt 1 I eton Ingrain . : . . . . . . . 15c
larlorSultsat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Li . . .i5 : - ' C - Extl'a 11Ca1'y Ingrain . . . . , , . p . , . . 29C
Je"vel G aSOllne S toves All wool lnrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ISc
Upholstered Rockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,25 . Japanese J Matlgs. Ingsain. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13c
Bed Lounges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 7'35 t _ e - I \Vc also carry a complctc { line of Vcvcts ,
_ , . _ I Body Brussels , ? lOqllCttCS , Axminstcrs
Brssels lloqucttcs , etc ' , all
Thc above prices . of course , arc SPECIAL , c b- ° ° ° - - o I in private designs so when you buy a car-
for they arc cheaper than dealers can buy 'them : " ' - _ { pet fl enl 15 thc patcl { will not bc dl plcatcd to
But as we al'c ncw Corers here we must make t 4 i - tiI ; yomlcighbol'3. . \V c are thc originators of thc
you SPECIAL INDUCE IENTS , and how can 4 idea in Omaha. The prices named above arc
we do this better than br naming you EX- t . , for the very best of their respectivc kind and arc
THEMEL LOW PRICES ? In fact , wc have _ , = _ offered to bait \Vc
\ _ not offclcd you as a . do not resort
y . 4 ' m = , to such mcthods.
CUT 'TI-IElI IN rr\V . - . - - - - .
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Bear mil mind our goods acre not bought for \Vc positivcly } show the handsomest title of
the installment trade , Thcl'c are no better I "
g0 0lSthan1VC carr ) while ou prices tHC , , dLU I at B a b y C a rrla O. es.
in many instances , 100 pcr cent cheaper than 1
sonic charge for shoddy. . f 1 t Ever brought to
Gasoline St oves. > : ' ' s" , ' Omaha , and as for / l : , % r : ; i
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I-Iere I I is t I 1e cc I e b rte d IJries wc wi save . ' . , ' , ; .
4 Jeel J Gasolne Stovc. = - = ' - - 1F _ . - = - - - - - - - - } - l- you from 30 to 50 - - . ' - = '
ABSOLUTELY l per cent \Vc have , tlaim
4L Honest Goods ,
and HOle t Prices
SAFE them in white and
ACC1 DENTS IM- For everybody n Square deal. gold ) reed and rat-
, POSSIBLE. Ifou buy Prices the lowest Possible tan , combination
M1 -,3 any other 'OU will rev , ' ' '
l1L'161Yte'
you
dI19It - f + , . ) wil Evel'y article as lepllsontecl. meal I- amid 1 th cup1101- ) 1 ; t , ' I r
Clctt 1 ] ' 1) , . cmeI b er . a . . , I Illl ( +
cheap gasolne stove is C our t eo us S a 1 esmon , stcnnn's b arc . 1 an
v an invitation for thc cor- CASH OR WEEKLY PAYMENTS endlcss vanety. ) : , , , I _ 1
, ; ; , o ll er. Just ] slick a pin rv ,
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' „ lo ° - Satisfttction Guaranteed
here and watch accidenst SatIsfactIn Send for our new
, J from cheap l stoves , YOUl1 Money's ' WOI'th 01' YOUI' Money Back Baby Carriage b cata-
BUY A ] ] EVE L. lo tue . mailed free. -
Omaha Furnzture . ' : and Carjet Comi5any ,
I. m . 12TT ami 121FARLVA111 STREET.
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UNA ' 1 WED BY ROYAL pml
Anecdotes of American Ministers at Various
foreign Courts , I
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RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OW DIPLOMATIST
Soumeot time OrigInal " 'I'H In 'hleh Amcri-
can Ildelcndcnco Cuffed lonnrchl,11 :
Etiquette und Escaped . with
n 'hole 11.le ,
COlrlght. lsn
1 has been my experience during a public
career of many years to be attached 10 or lu
collie way associated with many of the prln-
clpnl consulates and legations of the United
States all over time world and now , when
ago has incapacitated le for further usefulness -
ness II Is my greatest enJoymenl to recall
time strong character und vigorous patriotism
or many men with whom 1 have served . and
to reflect with amusement upon the odd
antics of some of our envoys. I yield to a
request for tome "Anecdotes of the American
Minister Abroad " without malice or intent
to offend. Some of the gentlemen and some
or the Inclllents to which I refer may bl
recognized , and If so . 1 hope they will do me
the justice of accepting the assurances of my
most dlstngllshe,1 , consideration.
A ROYAL SHAKE. )
During the first Cleveland ( almlnlstrntm ,
a naturalized citizen of the United States wa ,
sent as minister 10 the court of the country I
In which he was horn and spent his boyhood !
as a 11easant. lie was a man of emlneut respectability -
spctallty and learning . but had more
brains than mamuiers and cultivated a con-
tempt for refinement and the custom of polite
soelel ) ' . When he was presenting his letter
of credence to the king of the nation to
which ho was acerodlttd he boldly stepped
up to his majesty and offered to shake hands
In limo American fashion . Time king who Is
af geltl amid good a sovereign
IU ever fat upon a throne and
Is famous for his democratic mnnners
amid broad views . was taken completely
aback 1) ' thIs assurance hut not wishIng to
offend , the American , minister , good naturedly
rcspoluled to the advance. Then the court
was uvelCOle wih astonishment when time
minister offered his hand to the queen but
she followed time example of her husband
mid graciously extended her royal Immmd. Hut
the end was not 'et. The minister. Instead
of making his bow ant passing along , lS ho
was expect to 10 , and In accordance with
Limo etiquette governing such occasimis . Insisted -
slated upon stoppIng for a Ito com'era-
ton with the royal family , all this Is about
what ho salt-al least this II what he says
thaI II' said-for ho tells time story with
great gusto to hula democratic and socialistic
Irln.ls al home :
"Your majestes , " said he , "I was born In
this country as a peasant almost wihin sight
of this palace , and your lajestles were even
then on the throue I went to America un
elltrant lad , amid when I was still very
'oung mare a vow thaI I woulll sore Bone
shako hands with 1 king , I have more than
carrie out nay voiv. 1 have shaken hands
with the queen also , Thnt will be geol
flows to tel lY peasant mothcr HI\1 your
majesties have not suffered any . disgrace , I
mm iso 1m king In my own country . . and wllh
that time tinned States minister passed on
"here was 1 great sen.aton al court , and
the prime mllister was Inclined to ask for
the rc:1 of the offender , as he believed , ho
hall Intended to Ilsul the king and queen
hut the later were nol of that ollinlon They
)
arguo,1 , that 10 Insult was Intended . hut I
simply a little display of [ brag < doclo , and
selC.gratfcton from 1 man who Matt no
sense of propriety ' ' and no Imowledge of limo
etiquette of a court And It turned , out to be
50 ,
SNUUmm A CA1tiINAL ,
Iurlng ) the frt administration , of President
Cleveland our mlnlsler 10 Italy was a gemi-
tenln from Ohio , who was wry learlwJ amid
nn' l'ceentlc , lie showed his cOltelpt for
appearances hy renting apartments over u
dairy stable for his residence and by wearing
his old clothes seven dan In the weel One
at his most striking characteristics was a
violent preJullce against the Catholic church I
A \enerable American baker In Home , who I
had wen In time habit of glvllg dinners on
Thanksgiving day once Invited , among other I
guests . a cardinal who was famous for his
Interest tl and alecton for the American j
residents of lome , lie hall lived In time
Unied State long enough to Ilcme thor-
oUlhly Aumerlcanlzed . and there was no man
moro popular or beloved . 1
\opular 10re hllol'ed In the Amneri-
ran colony than he . 11 so happened , huw -I
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'
/\'er. that he was lbtnlned that e\nlnl. anti
did not arrive until \ the dinner was half over.
When he entered the rOOm every one as usual
arose to give him 'n cordial greeting . and all
the Catholics 111esfnl knelL to kiss his rlnt ,
The American minister , who Fat al the right
or the host arose from his chair with great
dignity and looked upon the demonstrations
with manifest contempt. Then , as his host
returned to hIs seal a't 'the table the minister
made a dignified bO\I' and remarked :
You must excuse , mo sir ; 1 caunot permit
m'sel to sit at a table "lh a Iaplsl priest
Good , mlghmL "
Then to the astonishment of every one
) present he cfferet his I arm to his wife and
left the room.
STUCK ON TID CONSTITUTION.
Another man who onto hell an honorable
position In our diplomat : service was a very
eccentric character from u western state
who ] had limo greatest admirton for the comi-
stllutlon of time United Stales , and could re-
peat almost the whole of It from memory
lie once hired a loll at the capital where he
was 1\lng. and In\lted the prominent ofihclais !
and leading stat.sm , . , of the cOlntry to ls-
ten to an aldre3s upon the merits of that
\enerted Instrument. Whenever he met a
man of any Importance on the street In the
shops . on a railway train or a tramway , at
dinner parties or other social gatherings or
anywhere else he selected the constitution
as I topic of conversation . and endeavored
to con\'ince every one who would lsten to
him of the superiority of our fOrm of gov-
ermnenl over thaI of any other 1IIIIn , 10
was n man of fuont speech and prodigious
memory , as well as patriotism , but of no
prldo In his personal . Ills
appearance. Ils gar-
menls were usually of limo ready.ma variety
and solecled wlhoul regard to fit. Ills trou-
lers were generally too short and his sleeves
were usually too Ion ! That lie wore white
btocklngs und low shoes was only tOG al'-
parmmt but his habitual lack ot a e"lrl collar
was concealed by his long beard " , He gener-
ally carried : "pot-bollletl" umbrella . whlcll
he never opened . but grasped drolly In his
hand whenever he discussed time constitution .
and with II made time most violent Iestures ,
A yonngrnan from the United States who
.
brought letters of Introlucton , to elm amid
made the legaton his headquarters ' . took tar
liberty to sell home a very graphic deacrlp-
ton of the old entemn'l peculla IIIes .
which he illustrated with sketches that those
who knew him recognized as true to I fe ,
The parents cf this youth thonfht ; the comm-
munlcaton so Irlghl and Interestn ! that
they gate II to the editor of n /eWhl'3por. '
and It uPP.lred 10 print , illustrations and
all. or course Rome one snot a copy ' lit the
minlster. In fact he received several and
recognlzlnl the authorship , ! mmellat'ly ls-
sued , u bull of excommunication agaInst time
offending youth lie also wont so tar ni to
have a circular Ilrlntl11 whIch was mailed to ,
all of time \merlcnns In town advising them
of the assault the dignity of the
assaul upon 11lly repre-
sonlatlve of their ! o\ernmcnl. and , forbidding - ,
ding them to harbor or associate with such '
an Impertnonl rascal ,
But most of the lmerlen colony did nut
look upon the publication au seriously as
he did , and Instead of Ilffel'ill ! oslrarisnm I ,
time nulhor nomad himself quite a thin. 'rho
newspapers were passed arolII from bourse
to house with grout hmusernerlt . and time article .
telI was copied Intq two or 1mrae ! of the
local papers . IUCI ! 10 the tllemay of the
American minister . "few 'IJ'j ' utter the
publication of the , o.trlelal R beautiful
woman from New 1Jeeey , who was the recognized -
ognized leader cf , pie AuelJcan colony , maul
whose husband was n wealthy merchJnt at
IhB capital , Illt& < time Imllertncnl young
American to a , llnnlr party glen
In honor of an English lord
then \1 llnl the ountr ) Hearing o this
fact the mInister called , al her hOlse the next
mornllg to enter hI § protest and renlomm-
strlnees , which were ! severe that when the
husband came hOln " for his luncheon hf
foutmd his wife In . ,
fOlnl tears Iearnlng the cause
at [ her distress , he. , etzoJ a levol'l and
started for the Pnlell , Slates legation. Whie
on the way Iw met dn influential American
lenUeman , whom I Ito . asked to accompJn
him as I wlLness of svJat ought occur , for he
announcell his Iletermlnaton tll compel the
minister to apolllZl 01 Ida jimmies , or to shoot
him through the heart . The friend , all11re-
hlnlJn ! a tragedy . accompanied time indlg-
nanL husband cn his 'I'a ) " , but succeeded In
persuading him noL to demand the apology
"palOH'
In plrbOn , but In writing . tO ( lot a record ,
might Il made.
Accepting th3 suggestion , the two gemlle-
ml'a went to the club instead here a proper
demand was "rltI , and the friend startle
whom IL to time Iqcton , lie described to the
uinlster the furious 1IIIHna"n oC the hus-
band and advised him that IC he did not males
a prompt apology ) ' It woul probably COil him
his 1t The minister asked , a little lime lu
think time later over , and . dlereton being
the bet r part of valor took the frt train
for u neighborIng seaside resort to conceal
.
IlmsNf ! ! In a hotel until he could decide what
to do , After a few da's' refectlou he tele-
.
graphed for the nearest United States consul
and sent him to the capital with n carefully
frame aJologr , which the Infuriated husband
accepted and l1blshcd , not only In the news-
papers but on large illustrated sheets . which
were posted on all time lea wals and fences
of the capital ,
A FAREWELL IIECEPTION .
Some years ago a genteman who had
represented the United States In cite of
the southern republics for many years was
I'ocaled. anti as ho had aeeelted ! a great
deal of private and ofcial hospitality during
his term of otle , thc American residents
advised ) hll to snake 5010 I'etur therefor
before his departure lie promptly aclmowl-
e'lge,1 , his obligations . selectEd time Fourth
of .Iul ' as the late , and routed n slatng
rInk thaI would accommodate several thon-
sand people , lie weal to Limo minister of
war aid the mInister of of marble and borrowed -
rowed J lot of fags for decorations and a
lot of sailors to put them up , lie hired
the best band In the countr and endeavored ,
to get fort-four American ladles to receive
with him as representatives of the several
states of this great union. Hut there were
not so many lit Limo town. Therefore he
leclded to have only thirteen ladies to as-
slsl him , and asked them to dress In cos-
tumes symbolical 'f the original colonies
11\latons were sent out by the thousands ,
Everybody throughouL the entire republic
was Invited , and the newspapers every day
contained columns descriptive of the plans
and preparations for this great fiesta.
When time evelhl came the population or
time city all turned their steps toward the
I skating rink , and those who did not lave
invitation cards to present at the door stood
outside In the surrounding streets cheering
the great men as they drove uII In theIr car-
rlul03 amid seolng nl the Un0lJlar 1)011-
tcians , The crush finally became so great
that the ammo In charge or the door had to
send to police headquarters for I 1latoon to
drive the crowd away. There worms a charge
ali I rusts and I crush In tie mol ; women
and chlllren were trampled upon : heals
were battered by the official batons , and there
was I narrow escape from a serious riot
Inside the rink several thuuenll ladies and
gentemel promenade the concrete floor to
the music of time miiary band In Ilnor of
limo men and time day and the American eagle
There was no ann II the door to receive
them except the usual ticket taker of time
rink , who Insisted upon ordinary folks show-
Ing their cards of hlvltatlon . al.
though olllclala of time
omclA1 tle government
and other equaly1 known l people -
ple I were a mlter without hesln-
lion . Undcr thl far end or time great roof
upon platform five or six fe"t high sal his
excellency . the American nmhdster lie wore
his uniform as a lrlrudlcr general of volunteers -
teers , lie sal upon a throne-liico chair covered .
ered wih red Illush. His feet rstell upon nn
Inorlous tiger skin and above his head was
dra\ed In graceful festoons the thirty-two
foot fag of the Iegalhon. Around him , stand-
lug while he occupied his chaIr , were thirteen
ladies , dresseml In costumes as above
lalles drelsll COttumeo smug-
Sil-
kmsled . who looked very luch embarralsl' .
as Ir they regretted having agreed , to participate , ) -
pate In the porforuauce Al the peoph'
passed hy this platorm In Ilfcesslon the
American minister nodded , gracious In re
sponse to the salutes of his guests amid when
limo crowd had thlnled out sUlclenty the
rest "f the fight was spout In dancing , The
Indies who represent , h the tiirteen colonies
went home as early as possible , but the mln-
later Icmalnld mill Eunrise and said he
never hall such a good - thnt In his Il' ,
JJJ..t'ISr UI'I-LII' rJ" Jlfr1inUf.
\n.I"II"1 Cly ( 'un"I"I..1 and li IIIJIet
, \"llnltrll Iv the "nlrl' ' ' ( ' 'art ,
TOPglA . , April G-Tho eelebratc.1 ! Sumner
county hypnotic mlrller C'U Was decided 1) '
limo supl'ome court today , and Anderson Gray ,
, limo man who planned limo murder of
! ' Thomas Paten , was convicted oC mlrder ,
'On May 5 last I Thomas Paten was shot and
killed near hll home In Sumner county hy 1
man named Thomas McDonald , On the
trial of [ the case It was : ho\n that time mur-
, ter was planned hy a man namo,1 Anderson
( iray , who hy the "hltuence" ho possesses
over 1Iclonaid ) persuaded ' him to 1,1 , Paten ,
Time supreme court now acquits : lelonlld ,
limo man who did the fheotng , ali convIct )
AIIerson Cray who planned time murder
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1,111' ' UWlnu lilJJoln , t 111 'iS
QUICY , I" , April G-Por some time
time land owner In the Indian Crave drainage / - ;
age district have been refusing to pay the '
excl "I'e taxes levied I ) the lollholJes ,
AI the result several stilts have followed .
folu\el.
'hl suit of the people ajallst Charles Web-
leI was a test case alI a dlclbl n has hlt I .
rendered IIY Judge Bllnn/y , ! r , Wllllr i
owns IGO acres of land ! . .nd the bOdIJld
tax agalm.t him was $2.lEH. Judge 10lipy :
mar holds : , that $1,56G can Lo collected , but I
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lEATNG SCHOOL BULDINGS > '
Some Figures that Set Members of the
Berd of Education to Thinking ,
AMOUNT PER ROOM NOT UNiFORM
J IOlmOII UUT.r'ncIS Iii Huldln ! . or Limo
Snmo Nuuuherof Itoommis-igmuormmmmce mind
l xtr.'IJancl of JUlitr Commcnted
Ol-Chlof Bnglneer I'lun.
Among the new features Introduced In the
last annual report or the Board or E ucaton
Is I table which ludlcatcs the manner In
which each school building In the city Is
heated and the cost of mainlalnllg II through
the ear. These figures
) fgures are interesting In
several respect . chief of which Is the wide
divergence which It shows In the expense of
heating different buildings. In cases where
two buildings arc almosl exactly alike the
expense per room for healng lit ole Is 100
per cent greater than In another I developed .
\oloped that there arc only I few buildings
In thin city In which limo
llo expense of heating
approaches uniformity and In mauy cases the
Ilferelc Is so marked as to suggest n
serious extravagance.
The two largest schools In the city are the
Lali and the Kelam. 'fil Lake which cal-
talus sixteen rooms , Is heated by direct steam
frol two IloUers nt n cost or $30,98 per romp.
The Ielom. wih seventeen ruonis Is heated
with eight Smead furnaces and costs $7G,8
per runm or nearly twice as much } as Jhe
Lake. 'rhe Kelam Is considered the mast t
extravagant buliding In limo city and u 10
adequate excuse has been advanced for the
uhnorlll cost of heatng I.
'hcre are tWI fourlcen-room buildings , . limo
Long amid the Mason , here the dlfrerenco Is
not so great hut Is nevertheless enough to
oecllon remarl I costs $1 , f per reel
to heal the Long school and $3 .95 per room
lt per the lason . , belnK a dllerenco of about $10
' 'hero are six twelve-room buildings In
which the variance per room Is about $21.
'he Iaeile heads lime list wih $60,32 per
room : Cummenlus , $ GO,18 : Central . $53:17 : ;
1"Orna\'I , $50,89 ; Park , $ 8,23. and Casteilar .
; 5,20 , Three of these , the eOllenlus ,
Centrnl amid Castelar , Ire among ! the new
hll"ln I The cost for 1II1nK In the
hvel'e-rooms buiidings aggregates cnnsidcu--
twel'e-rOOI bulllllll IggregateH consllel'-
ally higher than the overage In time city.
DIFFERENCES I VlmY\'I H
The Wehster , an eleven-roum building ,
costs $3D,11 per romp , or materially lees th.1
the most ccononUcal of the '
schools 10st cconollc31 tweh'O-fJUm
Al 'llnl dlfiererco Is noticeable II the ten-
room schools , Al Wulnlt 11 the rooms are
heated al un expense ( , of $ H.31 ouch . whie lt
the 1,0tlroll time cost t rlns up to $ flD
Time nlne-rool schools tel I simiar story ,
limo three 111IIIS , : costng us follows :
1.lneoll. $ GGOG ; Omnll Vlev $5U9 ; I.eaven-
'mcrtti . $8,21 The eight moots nt the Cuss
school are heatell at an annual 1 expe'lllre '
of $ IZ ! : u $45.20 each , At the Bllcrof time
III Id advanced , , 60110what , time cxpelle per '
rows hell ! ' 5'G ]
II time slx-romp buildings the range of
eXIensl Ii : still greater. 11 this case there
Is a difference of fully $10 between the most
econ mleul mat time nest eYtra\aHalt The
Snralota expends $ D53 per room , This Is
lUl taly explall'd hy lelherH of the board ,
\ho any , that during last year limo hulrllH
was mal31ed hy janitors who were not
fanllIar with time hot air
familar wih III ystem and burned
nearly twice as much coal : as WiH leC08Sar ) ' ,
At CCltrl1 Park , howe"er , the expense was
very pearly lS great us at the Saratoga ,
ImounttlV to ' 3188 per rectum , Url < lp Rrllol
was heated for H5G3 and Franldln for $51.40
There Is also nearly 100 per celt difference II
the fcur-room aehool , 'he Ua\'llport costs
$60.22 ; Cllon ll , $119 ; DUIont , $14.65 and
Forest , $30.1'2 : , 'he Forest sl'hool ) 18 heutcd
hy stoves , which accounls for Its being chl1per
than most of the other schools ,
Wher only ate or two rooms mire heatCI
time expense "lrlC like a weatlmercock on u
March mornlmg . 'he Windsor heals two
rooms lt al expense of $ IG,21 each while
at Fort Omaha and , West Side the slme nmum-
ber of rooms are heated aL considerably less
than ; 10 ! , One rom nt the I ekerml behool
coats $43 . whlo iL the Pleasant ! I simiar
room requires / an l'XPIliure of $137,03 I 18
claimed that ut the Pleasant school hard coal
was eel \ last whiter mud that the lavish
hess with which II was shoveled Into limo tur.
.
race accounts for the Ilrodigious bill which
was turned In.
DUE TO XTn.\VAGANCI ANCg , on iGNOL1-
I seems to bo the general opinion of the
lemlels of the board that while some of the
differences Indicated nay he accounted for on
the score of varying condltions . inexcusable
extravagance or Ignorance Is
extr\aganco Ignollce respolslblo for
the greater Ilrton of it. One factor In time
mater Is the fact that tlmere are about a
dozen different systems of heating In use In I
the schools. Time hoard scents to have dl-
II-
vided Ul the contracts among several drums
without any effort to decide which system
was the cheaJlest and most efficient and stlclc
to It. The Smead furlaces efcient In stele
several of the large schools all the expanse
eXI
of Ilnnlng them averages about $70 par
rom , The Fuller & Warren system Is used
In two of the most ( xI1elsl'e schools and also
II two of the most economical. As I rule the
hot air system Is found to le considerably
more expensive than steam
In dleomssing l the mater I membr oC time
cnlmltee on buildings and property who has
HI"c' the natter
' mnler of heatng u good deal or
attention said that In his opinion II was poor
economy to leave the maier entirely with the
hoard . He believe ] thaI achier engineer
Ihould be engaged who should spend tngneer
time ! In looling after time hfolng In the
schools. I would bo his business to be familiar -
milar with ul the systems and to advise limo
heart wblch was the mosl economical and
elllclent. ( lie should nlw see that all the sys-
tCns In use were kelll In good condition and
that the jllors 1rforme,1 , their condilon they
slmould. There W/S no lueston huh that a
conslderahh
Ilrcentago of time waste was duo
to the carelessness or Incomllltenco of Jnnl-
tora , : lalY : at them knew 01 little about I
heating pLuml when they were hired as they
did abort the Creek testament , Consequently the
they were obliged to experhnmml al the
ohlge ( xilerllelt ex-
l'enMe ' of the city and In some cases these
ciy II fll tbeo ex-
pelhnEnt proved very expensive. In thg
Kansas City scimools a chief engineer had
hemm eum iieycl for time past six years and he
had saved time city five tlmea the nmmmnt of
Dula Salary every year , it mm-as hone that the
board looked Into time a 1 uestlon o 1 testing n
little further mmd It It was not causlderel ad-
vleablo to hire an olilcer for that particular
purpose then care should he lakmi to get
moro elhlclent jaldlors mid keep them under
moro rigid surv'elllnnce ,
CO,111'1:9'ION IN i'ILRI'Jiov'lY ,
lirancb of the eihnmtagl Company Formed to
Inenmdo Nebrmisium.
ST , LOUIS , April 6-Time St. Lords branch
of limo Standard
Telephone conmany was organized -
ganized two weeks ago , witht u capital of
$5OeO,000 amid enibntcimg u dlstrlet covering ;
the SluteN of Nebrablm , lcansas and Missouri
ur its territory. The directors of the conm-
pemiy mire : 1V. If. Tlmommpsom , president of the
flmallc of Conunercc ; R. S , llrooks , F , Sanuel
Cupples of time 'tipples Woodenware
company ; Fdwln Mallhmckrodt of Limo
Mallbmclirudt Chmnlcal works ; George it ,
Carpenter of the Nallonnl Lend tour
puny ; i , 1V. Martln , vice presldemmt
of time Slnnmous nardivare conpany ; Judge
Osarge A. Mudlll , president of time Union
'frost comnpmumy ; Ii. lr.uhatn of the ( lruham
Paper conmpahy ; Claud Vlelha of Allen k
Vieths ; Br. I\'Illlatn \ 'I'aussig , president of the
St. Louis 'L'ermnlnal company ; George lelgh-
ton , president of time Ilrldgo amid licaclu
MNrufacturhmg company ; IV. F. ilixhy , vice
prebldent of time Mlssmmry Car couupany ;
lorln F , Jones of Warren , Jones k Oratz ;
Jolni Scullln , president of limo Wiggins Icorry
company , and 14dmvard 1V. Colt of time National -
tional 'l'ubo meorka ,
Itehraded Ills itny to Hnvn It lnm ,
CLINTON , Ia. , April G-August Swmuson ,
ss'hu on March 30 cut off Lila 7-year old son's
head svlllu a hatchet , was dibcuvere8 last
night coolly lea uing up against time city haul
buliding. Olllcera arrested bun. Ito said he
mild riot want timenu to take time ch/lit / from lulmn
ammd so he killed it. Afterward be paddled
a'roas the Mlbslsshppl anti went to 1)e ) Iralh.
lime mm-Ill he takemi before the comrnissloners of
hmaanity ,
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nebr.ISin [ ( ' , ela Ouu of thu OI1lorrm ,
OILAND ILA1'IDS ' , April G.-The American
Repubilcau College Leagno congress elected
1. , N. Vaughn of Chlcago umilverslty presl
dent. C. ii. Cusanda of llarlmaum ) emltege , Cal-
orado , was elected turd vice prtaldent and
R. I5. Jolmmaon of Nebraska second flee lures-
IdeuL MUmeapolls was Nelectcd as time ptaeo
for time next annual conveutlon ,
1'ronmhn'mut IInrsemnau I uhdly Injured ,
( i1tAN1) 11APIDS , . April G--Oocrgo
ltobblmue , the will known Imutsemanm who was
clmrged with selling t1mo race between Nelson -
son and Alcryon al Hartford , Cmuu , , ! rm 1890 ,
was tmrawn out of lute carriage last evenhmg.
lie cannot recover ,