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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1895)
. " ; . . , . ' : " ' : ' : - ; ' ; .1 ; . Wri : T'l . . . - II . " , tT , la. . . , . ' - ' - - - - - - - - - - $ - - - - - - - - - - - " r'"w. . ( ; ' 'IE OMAIA : DAILY nE'NDAY , AlUtS' ' 1. 189r . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' BIL s nTI , TiE WAR \ SCOUT -I How lo "fit" ' OongeSmnn Wingman and ( I Served Roecrans. - ChARMING BIT OF NERVY - ELOQUENCE - ' ) Lc hut rIn ll 1r'r ) ' HI"III".I. I CUII.le.1 nlh tlllullll IIn.ur- JU,111 I I "Crlh.r" tu Curulll- A , " 11" l'riier IkiriI. - ( ( oprrhh H9 : , Ly A. S. McClure , I.lml ! ) Qeneral osecrans was accustomed to say I Oeneal ! ' and , enrs of nn ' the that the scout was eyes of his EcoutS returned one . army. Whenever Irmy. trip he was re- Important to camp from nn him , and personally to ( ulred ! to report personaly wonderful - the doubt1es to this may be referred doubtesso ful precision with which nfl hll marches and planned and executed campaigns were he was able to see. a Through his scouts lS extent of , over the whole with his own eyes In which ho was any sectIon of country operatIni. operntng With one of his scouts 1 was personaly accatnted and he was a man In many ways so remarkable that hall he received 10 book education - oven the common rudiments of eluca- could scarcely have failed to acquire tion he cou1 faied distinction In the civil troubles then upon dlstncton at his home the country. 1 met him fIrst among the mountains of Tennessee In the autumn of 18GO Going through that country on horseback 1 was one afternoon overtaken by a storm and sought shelter at his house for the night. It was one of the better class dweliings-hat Is terme.l a backwoods of dwelngs-whal . house with two double.barrelt cabin-a log Iloor , separated by an rooms on the ground leer but com- open pasageway. Jt was simplY ) forlably furnished , ant everything abut It the indicated that he was , In the phrase of Indlcatet " country , " 1rIglit sveil forehaiided. "righ wel three Ills FamIly consisted of his wife all ticatly famiy ohlllren , the oldest about 8 neaty of ' 'age " Ills wire wa a comely young year womanvlio could read anll \ rite , and had tiitled % the halt dozen thoroughly hal sl\let volumes very that comllosell ( the family library. lie could hiinstif neither read nor wrlle Il coull " said lo me , "Sally "You lice trnger , he "Saly has all the larnln' of the fambly , so she al which Is the natural Fays par , Instead of d"II , , " way Tnr' TAIT IN I.IFI , _ _ u _ _ _ 1 soon Illcovered that he was an original character. with a lulenl for humorous-and charcter. also fictItious-anecdote that 1 never knew equaled. lie regaled me with his storIes tilt ( , of the evenIng - midnight and 'ii the course e\ past Ing gave me something of his history , which 1 will repeat nearly In lila own words , us a soon afterward I took them down In my note book. lie was born on a farm not far away and worked for his father until the day he was "nad axed inc out ter 21. when , hp "uld : 11 timer barn , an' toter In' out a mule-brute as hall been In the fambly ever ' ense Adam warn't no higher nor little Sally , he sea her me , sez lie ' 'har , Dble , thar's my lasl will and testament. Tuck Il , an' go an' seek yer fortun ' " 1 heim't nary chlse , so 1 tuck Il , an' moseyed out to seek my fortun' , 1 squatted down right squar outer this Rd'nln' , hired my nlg Jake ( I awns him now ) , anti me an' Jake and the mulebruto went to work like blazes , all but the mule-brute , he was too tarried lazy lo work ; he was so lazy 1 had to hire an ox ter help 'lm draw hIs last breath , Well , Jake an' me added acre ter acre , an' mule-hrute to mulo-brute as the scripture says , tIll I had 1,000 acres and fifty lull- brutes , and then one day 1 sez to Jake , Jake , ' sez I , 'yez got a wife , an' ye knows what durmeltc ( tirUcity 1 ; ter be shore Ye has ter Ileep It seven miles away , 'an' It b'longs ter a durned 'rlstocl'al ; but what's that when 1 gIves yo Saturday afternoons an' Sundays all ter yerself. Now 1 haln't ary furlelY at all ; what shal I do ? ' . " 'Olt I wife M'ssa , ' se Jake , .tl a wife. Saddle de mar , 1assa , an' got out on a "plor'n epedltlon . Jake'l look arler do farms while you'l'n away. ' "Now , that nlg has a head longer'n the mortal law , so . 1 saddled the mar' an' sallied out . arter Salty . . He found her and the result was the doublo.harrelell cabin and as happy a family In day's journey. a might be seen many a 10W DILE "FIT" CLING IAN. Many of litbie's anecdotes were worthy of record , but 1 hflV space for but one of them , which was In regard to Thomas I. I Clngman , the godather of "Cltngmnan's I Peak , " and long a member of both the union antI conf ler".o con resses , " 00 , " lall fltble . "ye never yered how 1 fit Chingmnan . that big whig chap , over thar In western North Carolina Wel , I was just afore the laat electIon , when ye put In old 7ack for preHllent . ' The whigs they hall a big barbecue Iloln tar JoneRboro , an' Clngman an' a whole lot of 'em went Inter speech- . Ifyin' ter kill. III the course of Ciingman's sperch ho saul that Cass , our candidate , . was ' ' down ter Newborn a rigger trader way ( there was one of thai name at Newborn al that tme ) , an' was In Jail for pas"ln' counterfeit - ' ' him we'd hev felt money , an' If Ie 'Iectell ter bal him out ter nOlgerate him I cotiltln't sta/1 thet nohow , so 1 rIght up In meotlit' an' tolled Clngman he lied like blazes Wel. he stopped short ter once an' ' axed me fur my relre s , " ' ' "Address , " salll his wife , pausing In her work and looking pleasantly at lue. "Thet's so , Sally , " responded lilbie . "I tel ell ye. Jtranger , Sally has all the Iarnln' of the fsmbl , 1 guy Clngman my name and where 1 hung out , an' hare enough , just arter dark , a feler rode up here with a challenge. " iliblo accepted , and as the challenged per- son has the choice of weapons he chose son "swords mountell" at "sunutl" the next moring , " 1 hall , " he said , "a dreful smart ox brute that ( lse raIsed up for my prIvate ritlln' . The brute he don't like I spur , an' when yo nuts one Inter him he'l pich head- foremost Inter time lust thing he comes ter I bo H man or beast. In the morning I tuck out the cow horn-ye'd think GabrIel was a soundln' the last trump when 1 blows It-got out the o-brute , , tell a red rag ter his horns , put on him my wlfo's best leh'erlet fur I saddle , an' moseyet off ter the duellin' grai mi. Clngman heas thar with a second , a doctor an' a hull 'pothecary store of cuttlit' instruments , all wattin' an' ready to male mInce meat of I ) ' carcass. Soon as . $ ito reed how 1 was 'coutered he tip an' " 'jeclell tel hightin' , but 1 cOlnteJ out the terms df the dnel-swords mounted-au' 1 toiled him If ho didn't stand up an' fight lIke I man I'll port him all over the state of North Carolina fur a coward . Well , Inerl ) ' He 'eluded ter 110 I So we tuck our stands , tim seconds they gU\ the word , Clngman he put , spurs Into his horFe an' 1 put spurs Inter mln' , an' , tranger , ye'l , beter believe when , " my ox moseyed down enter his mar' , with a horn biowln' an' klverlet a fiIn' . that mar' sIte hIked out qulckl'r'n a whiny gust chasln' a streak o' liglitnin' . and she never , helt UII ) tilt she got clean Inter North Caro- line . " , This dlel 1 relate to show Ilibie's humor- I ous Iropensly , , 1cept the sIngle fact of limo elmallt'nge. the rest la no doubt the Ilroduel of hIs imaglmtatloii-wrmat hE Intended to hue done bad riot : Han. AIr . Clngman . declnell the duel m 01 the followIng mornIng as I was about to mount my horse to ride away . all the , : chlliren gather about 10 for a parting . kin-their comely mother , too , looking al If she expected no leo" 1 was younger then , than I am now and iililn't know any better . 10 1 gave her limo tame carns 1 had gIven . te children , and then t turned , to uy Goollb : 10 fllble. holdIng my han In a warm , . . grasp and with a taco u grave a a funeral procession , 10 fall : " 1'1 right sorry to . . boY ye go stranger . and ye'd better Its ) ' , np\ settle ) 'ere , I ) ' 011 , wo'l send ye ' . t r congress . fur the man a has cheek , ; pough to hIss another titan' . wife afore his i' . vc' ) face can sit any office In thIs Ilart of . the kentr ) ' . " DlLR SUTH' : SEn.ICA AS A SCOUT. . : - I II nothing mora of Bible till thirteen . ) 'ears later , when , soon after the battle often , ton river , 1 was on : visit to Getters ! noseerans I Murfreesboro Tenn . where I found hhn acting II I scout In the union arm ) ' . \ Jl cool bravery . IntImate knowl- 1gO of the country nnd acquaintance with the loyal mun of time district hail en\lel 11m to be of great servIce , no , the mlny tbrllng epelecl's ' he rulalet to me would Sill volume . 1 un rqclt : only fa much D will serve I . 1 brief epltomn of his sub s quelt hlltory. At time outlet at the accuIlcnrl ! elaton . DILlo decl.lred for tub , uniQo ; Io 1ld be be- , : leve 'In free &chool . free speech anti ! free air for all of Oo\ ' . critters , " smut In the spring of 18Gl when there were no union troops south of the Ohio , and the dIsunion fever was reigning furiously all over Tenmiestee . ho organized lOG of his neighbor Into a company of home guards , pledged to resist all attacks the on the I'cron or property of anyone of number , lithe was elected to the comman.l of this company . and It secured lila distrIct . Immunity from the confederate Nnscrlplon tIlt about the tIme that nose rans asumell command of the Army of the Cumberland Shortly before this Bible , taken unawares when at home with his fondly . \\a captured by the confederates The remainder 1 will let him relate In hits own language a 1 teak It down scon after ho repeated I to mo : IN TiE IANDS OF TI CONI EDmATES "Thoy tied mo hand ant foot , " he said , "anll toted me ' I to the military eomml- ' know'J what sian sltn' ter Chattanooga . 1 Jhat me1nt-a short prayer , a long rope , and a breakdown danced on the top of nothIng. Deter men nor tae h111 gone thct way ter the kingdom-seven of 'em within a monlh-bul 1 determIned \ I wouldn't go If 1 could help H- not that 1 objected to the journey , only to Koln' afore of SalY , Ye see , 1 hadn't been nigh ao good a man a9 Id otter be , and I reckoned that Sally-who , yo know ar' . the best woman that ever ltved-1 reckoned that she , If she rot then : 1 little ahead of mo , cotihmi sort of' put In 1 good word with the COl II Lord , an' get him to shut his eyes ter a heap of my doln's ; an' 'sides , Id feel mighty strange like imp thar without her "Wel , we got to Chattanooga , just arter ' . comml The noon of the seco'dd9Y'S tramp Hlon they hall tee many on hanll to look nrler mo tot onct , so they put mo inter a tent under guard of a \ \ hole Georgy regIment. ThIngs looked ] 'mazing squally , anti mlch IS 1 deter- mined ( ter be a man , my heart went down Inter mr beats whenever 1 thought. of Sally. 1 never Felt so afore or since , for then 1 hadn't got used ter uckln' ] at the galus every hatn't mid ) ' . 1 dIdn't know what ler do , but thlnkln' the I.onl did , 1 kneeled down and prayed ter llimn right smart 1 felled 11m 1 had no face 1m mSet flint afore Id done suthn' : for the , 11m mlet . anti that Sally's heart would bo clean ' broke If 1 went afore her ; but , lmcwsume'er I said lie know'll best , an' If It was Ills wIll ' it. That was 1 had just nothln' ter oay aKIn I. all 1 said , but I sall ! Il over and over a heap of tines , and It was might darle when 1 got off frum Di ) ' knees Time Lord yered . me , that ar' prnn , 'case T hadn'l mor'n 'got through Ilrayln' 'foro a dirty gra'back , drunker'n a member of congress , staggered Inter the tent. I reckon he thought It was his own , for he IlroPPed don enter the ground an' went tor sleep , axln' nuttier leave nor license. " It Inter head "Thei all ter onct come my what her do"-whlch was to cut his cords with time confederate's howlo knife , change coat and hat with the unconscious fellow , and coat 11sguiseli escape from time encampment tla "hls ho did , and after many adventures and hairbreadth escapes he reached the mountaL that looked upon his Imome HOW mDLE'S WIFE PItAYIiD FOR hIM. " 1 gal to the edge of the woods , " he said , "on the hill ahlnd of my barn about an hour by sun ; but 1 daren't go down fur , ye llows , the house stood In a clearln' , an' one of the varmints might be watchIng fur mc. So I lay thar tilt Il was clear darle ; then crept tcr the rear door and Istenel , An' whet do ye s'pose 1 yered 1 Sally a pray In' an' prayln' fur me HO earnest and so teuder thet 1 sol down on the doorstep and cried like a child , 1 dId " lie paused for a few moments , while some'- thing In his throal choked hIs uterance , When _ he _ vent on he said : "She teled the _ .n Lord how mich 1 was to her ; how she'd loved me Ever since ter male me lore hIm ; how she know'd more nor she loved father or mothEr , or even children : how she often tried to make me love hIm ; how she know'd 1 did love Him , that way down In my heart llm Then she said she couldn't bear tel h.we ml hung up like as If 1 was a traitor ; that she could give me up I He thought bebt , see mae tile and nol aimed a tear , I I could dlo like a mn , with a rife In my hand , a doln' suthln' fur my Ientry " 1 couldn't. stand .o tQre , so opened the door fell -upon my knees , put my arms about her la ) ' my head upon her shoulder an' sobbed out : 'The Lord has 'ered you , Sally ; I will love HIm : Ivl be worthy of the great love ye's given ter me ' ' Here again his utterance was choked and there was a peculiar softness and tenderness , In his voice as he went on : "Since that mlnnlt this earth has been another earth to me ; an' though lse lost ] everything though 1 has no home though nIght arler nigh 1 has her sleep over In the cold and the wet a scoutin' , though my house Is burned down an' my wlo an' little girls Is scattered ; though most every day Iso In danger of the gallows ; though lse been roped to a tree to die lee a dog an' a thousand bulols has yelled death In my ears ; though I'sa seel my only boy shot down afore my very eyes an' 1 nol able her speak ter him , to gIve him a morsel of -comfort or yere his last words , Ise sulhln' alers yore ( laying hIs hand on his , heart ) that has belt ( me up an' made me luck death In the face as I I love It. An' If ye haven't thet , sIr , no mater what else ye has-what money or lamb' or frlends-ye Is pore , poorEr nur I I " . I never saw , hIm again , and In a few months ho was shot down by the confederates - federates lIe entered the dark valley alone , and Sally was not there to meet him and yet can we 110ub that one was there to say I good word for him with the Lord ali that ho was warmly welcomed by the grand company of great and geol men , who , like him , had laid 10w : their lives for human freedom JAMES H GIL4MORE , ( Edmund Wke. ) , I . CONNhiIIItll'L'IlS. I Is repor'ed that James Gordon Dennet Is engaged to a Russian lay , Miionaire John S. Bates of Boston shocked the hack Day district recently by marrying his cooll Prof John Mime . F. R. S" the famous seismologist , has just married a Japanese woman , whose father Is a Buddhist priest. Young Mr , Bancroft . member of a welt known English family , has , It Is understood , proposed to and been accepted by Miss Margaret - acce.Jed caret Grlmston , elder daughter of Mr. and Mra. Kendal Time engagement I anOlnced of Miss Pauline . daughter of William C. Whiney of New York ant Almerlo thigh Paget of St. Paul , Jlnn , Time brlde-to-be Is the eldest daughter of time ex.secretary of the navy , and the prospective groom Is I real estate sitU loan agent and connected with prominent - nent New ngland } families. Here Is a little romance that occurred recently - centy In PorUand , Me lie was a clerk In , a large wholesale house all used the tele- phone constantly . At certain periods his calls were answered by I sweet voIce , which seemed to soothe his tired , worn out nerves ' and strengthen him wonderfully . He grew to listen to that voice dreamed of I , and finally H became par of his life . One even- Ing In the theater he heard I behind him ali recognized It at once For a long time ho sat as one dazed anr dared not look at time possessor of the voice for fear be would he disappointed , But bo wasn't , and now tle"re engaged. The Ioston Traveler says that a few weeks ago a Maine young man bought I pair of socks containing a note saying the wrier was In emplo'e of time KenoshmaVis ( . ) knit- thug works anti wanttd a geol , himmuband She gave her name . and requested the buyer , I unmarried to write with 1 view to matrl- mOley , The young man who found the note considered the mater In all its phases ant deehled to write to the girl lie did , Awalt- lilt ! ; the answer with considerable anxiety ho WDI at last rewarded with a curt totter stat- trig that the girl was now the mother of two chIldren and had been married four years , and the letter he had answered hat been wrilen ever so long ago. I was a " " "sock" dolager S ' " ' ' \'E AI.I , LI'I : SIILm' . . From In Anclcot EcrnJ Itook. " 'w"11,0 sheep / "the tenors shrill Utln. \ and then the church Is stIll , WhUe buck and forth the aisle 1 , len . to paM the "catching" smile , " Yo all m e sheep " the altos moan . In low and rich amid mellow tone , 'hUo broa4sr grows time merr grin . \ld nose gets further or the chin , , " , Yo all like shecim " the soprano sing ' 1 till the Ichoes wake and ring : The young folks titter alhl the rest SullimmesS the laugh In bursting chest : " ' \u i1 110 sheep " the basso growl , 'h" titter grows into a howl. AJI tler the duncon's taco Is g'eed " 'lhonder at the singers' taste . . " " ' 0 mull like sheep . " runs the refrain Anti then to muleo limo meaning phain 1 . 'r" " 1lnl"l all t"her say : "Wo till. 11. Sheep , htmve gone ash'af S SCHOOLS OF - CO1ION I PEOPLE Increasing Oost Provokes Orticism in Var- ous Quarter COLLEGE ATHLETICS SHARPLY REBUKED Ii I Jail or E.h.nt.1 .I " % 'UICI 11.1 311 r ril' . -g.llel t 1 U 1111 , Iiiiiimiit'iils -'I'.Ju'r 11.1 'I''xt luuliP- l dlentulll Ni. t es. - The proceedings of the late national educational - tional convention In Denver have been tona con\'enton variously commenled on hy several news- manifested - I'apers , Moot commemlablc zeal was tested by superintendent and teachers In their work , Methods were compared ali Im- povements suggestEd , amid very naturaly the ofce of the superintendent and teachers was mnagnifleti . All men are inclined to 110 thal-a fact which St Paul remarketl In his time . What has been most crtcsetl by time papers which have commentet upon the con- veutton Is what It dill not do. There was venton much which looked to largcr expenditure , . more costly buildings and apparatus . but economical , there was not a worl , about I management at the public schools. Th' Chicago - cage Journal , one of the papers crllcl8n ! this omission , calls attention to the last re- port ot the national COUmlssloner of etnea- tion , which snows that the cost per capita ton educatng pupils In the publIc chools has been doubled during time past twenty years. ha Time Increase has been largest In the northwestern states , and particularly tn ! those states which received laud grants for ( schools It seems that i the support of publc I the land grants , Indead of decreasIng the amount to bo raised by taxation , as was the design , have apparently ) ' Increased it. The the same paper says that twenty years ago cost of supporting the schools of Chicago was one-fourth of the entire expenditure for municipal government , while at time present time the schools require nearly us much money for theIr support as oil the other departments In al cites , says the Indianapolis Journal , the expenditure for schools has Increased eXlleml'Jo ' . This Is very larely during twenty 'ears. due In hart to the illogical relation which school boards sustain to oUter branches of the city government , or , more accurate , bE- cause the boards arc practically independent of the control or the regular city govern- , non ! Tn thos ! boafl Is given almost un- himltcil . . . . _ power _ _ nn _ to raise ali expend money. ImlE'd the boards In Indinnapohis the mayor and under him cannot expen,1 a dollar which by the council , has not been appropriated counci An engine house cannot be built without a special appropriatioti ; but the school board spEcal , ) ' appropriaton a vote , build school hOUSES and lavishly equip them. The Jayor and the boards of public works , safety and health cannot negotiate a loan for $1,000 wIthout time authority of the I council , but the school baud can Issue bonds at a high rate of interest - needed As property not terest t to IJrchase the result of this unlmled power school , resul have be' nude expelslve { by elaborate constrtmction and fnish where plainer and less costly buIldings would be better , because the Infuence of such build- teach that pimbltcmofleYcafl be 'rigs's ' . . . ' . to d. L. ' _ _ . . publc 'In mn. " nr lavlsnlY expcnueu lUlU iU . eiIe _ . . , - - - - children cumiming from hu.mble homes to such luxury to be discontented vlh their condi- ttons. SChOLARSHIP AND DnA WN , The other day while the journals of this country were titled with the news of the atimktlc contests goIng on between our various - ous colleges , and the wrangling concerning them coleges , the cheers \ hlch followed the whie Cornell crew down the harbor had not yet died out , time town nghlh papers were printing the portraits of the young men who had won the enlor wranglershills and other ' /choI18tC bettors In their great unlveultes ! hOlou . tthmely or sports" It may not be wlso or tmely ritanhike , a)3 Harper's'eekly , to suggest that men wllh trained Inlnds ought to phay a larger part II the world's economy than sprinters , jumpeu , camamnen and bail players. but it may not be taken ammmis If we say I that In giving recognitIon to the young mIl . who win s . holastc honors the Engl1h pa- . Certainly most pars are not wholly wrong. per of time ttudenls 01 a university are there for the Improvement of their minds and the estenslble object of a uulvcr'lty Is teaching The lund of the moder college challenge - Tlt , anl , the tone of the modern Inter- , collegiate dtscusslon , are beginning 10 re emble too much the swagger of profession- alisnm. A lIttle more of th:1 : spirit and these lte manuers would put 01 end to Intercollegiate sport altogether. And this would be re- grettablo. The body of the young American gretable of today hs been \'atly bettered by the athletic cent sts In which ho has engaged as athJetc a . Tne stmulaton which Inter- collegiate contests have afored to physical colegiate exerCise ha been so maked that the physl- : tal condition of the whole body of students : has bEen greatly Lmprcved. Rather than have Intercollegiate contests abandoned , we would have them extended , but they must become dice more the recreation of amateur gentemen , or they must be abandoned. There II a tendency to make the track , the bal field , anti the boat house time school t o profealonalsm , Ianners ought to be and arc fatened by generous rivalry and mar11- ness and self-respect are thereby increased. Properly conducted contests develop character - her as well as muscle , and there Is no reason why the danger that threatens should not be averted before the intercollegiate games bring about that boastfulness and that trick- cry which inevitably characterizes profession- alsm ) , and that thoroughly unsportsmanee feeling which puts the prize of vIctor above the pleasure of a fair contention for I , But all this good cannot be gained unless the athlete Is taken down from his pedeslal and put upon a level wih his fellow students. I When he goes out Into the wcrld , If ho his been an athlete and nothing else In college , he finds that many a claumate whose name ' was never In time newspJpers In youthful days I ; vastly his superior In the Important affalts of hife. Why slould , not the real student - dent have some recogniion In undergraduate days'hy should he walt until he Is a Judge on the bench to find himself on a par with his ohtl-tirne muscular dcml-god who passes his old age as a jUIIge of boat races ? E\en more Important , however , than the right of time scholar are the fine results In athletIc contests themselves that would follow - low their proper subordLaton to the real work of the umniversities. EDUCATION AND MATRIMONY , The higher education of women In England appears to diminIsh their prospects of mar- riage , ali roe higher the honors taken the less tIme conju11 prospect becomes. Of the ex-stulents of Grton , Newnham , Somerville hail , 1oloway anti Alexandra colleges to the number of 1.48 whose post-graduate careers have been observemh , I Is' found that G80 are engaged tim teachimmg eleven are doctors or medical missionaries , two are nurses , eight or nine are In government employntemit one Is 1 booleblnller , one a market gardener and one a lawyer , whie only 208 of the whole number are registered as married-only about onesevenlh of the aggregate , whIch Is a per showing on time domestIc side and In the bearing on p05terly , No similar tables \Iave been kept on this side of the water , but there Is not much doubt that they would show 1 hike result , and It must be set down l a fact that the higher a woman's learling the less use mime has for I husband. I Is discouraging to the men and generally an educational and sociological fact which Is depressing - pressing , but It has to be reckoned with and cannot be put aside or Ignored , ENDUlNG MONUMENTS. I A man may wIn widespread anti long- endurIng fame by founding an Institution of learning which shall bear his name. The cry "Cornell" was heard over England last month-It had long been familiar In the United States ; and the yeas have added luster to the memory of Ezra Cbrnelh . who founded the university It Ihaca , N. Y. , which v 8 chartered thirty years ago , and ollenetl for students In 18G8 , during the pre- Ileney of Andrew Johnson. The name of Rev , Jean Harvard of England and MU8a- ehulell bIB been commemorated for mere than two centuries and 1 hal a the foumler of Harvard college , now know a 1arvar(1 ( ' universIty. The annie of Elhu Yal , 'Dorn In' New hlavetm Conn , died : ; . . rng1and , II em- bahnei In Yal unl\rs1ty . , formerly known \ a YI11o col1ge . which enjoyed his beDefae- I tlobi lm n the frkt quarter of he eighteenth I centur . ) ' , In CalifornIa there Is Stanford I mmnI'eriity . named after I son of the late I. . . Lola Stanford ; tbvre 1a the JOlns Ihp- ) klns univeriy In Inllnore : there Is Vnn- drrblt Unl\'erlty In Trnensl ; ther. > is I Vu- Mr ( olell near 10uRhlelpsll cdUe.1 after Matthew Vassar ; thrro II erelghton unlvcr- nly In Omaha founllll by Ellward Crelgh- ton , 111 there mare many other unlvrnltes or colleges called ( after their founders or benefactors. Hev nt. Marcus Whltlan , 1 pioneer In the furthest , ntt , Is C011em- orate.1 In Whiman coUdge , soon to bo a unl- \'ersly. In time state of iVasimlngton I one cannot found a university or a college . a remlnary may serve to perpetuate his name. At hast lampton , ht las\Ichu8ets , there ( Is Wilston seminary1 namtd after its fotmntitr Samuel WII . ton ; amI there are In the cOlltr ) ' hundrlls of other Inst\ulons of the kind nan11 after their founler/ , I may be Inferred from the examples here given that the man wbo desires to per- petnato hlf memory would ca wel to es- tahlEh a university , college , seminary 01 other institution of learning , and give It his name. name.TEACmm AND TEXT BODe , In our schools It Is rare to find recitations that miY bo regardell In the light of Inslruc- ton , says Dr J. M. Rice 1 the F'orunm . In the thought studies , where scientific teaching Is pdrtcularly ! refulrell , the . Ilchanlcal tlach- ers attempt to tlo Itte..1 an'thlnK , beyolul hearing the pupils recite their lessons , eiher In their own In the words or the book or words. The progressive teachers , In additon worts. what they have to hearing the pupils recite studied from time text books , will talc laln to eXIJlaln obscure matters , to elaborate , and , when possible , to illustrate points by means of pictures , charts , anlallrtus \ of various kinds. But t Is clear that , ( even In the latter ] cear Instance , time recitatIons arc based on lessons reciatons stullel Ii ativance from the text book , so that alvance they sti mml bo regarded as lesson hearing , ! though In a mollOel forima True InstructIon will nol be obtained untl the teacher Is sub- stutell wi for the text book , ali It Is then only that the principles of teaching can be Ilrop- erIy applied . To suggest the removal ] of the text book , without recommending anything In its steal , might justly ha regarded as de- structve criicism ; but surely no one can construe my remarks In this IFht when 1 offer , as I substitute , the teacher imerscht , PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN JAPAN. The teachers In the pUblc schools of Japan are not allowed to have anything to do with politics or religion , writes a correspondent of the ChIcago Record , and theIr rel"lous be- lef Is never time subject oC Inquiry In their examination , 80me of them are Christians havll ! been educatel In the missionary , schools SOle are Catholics A larger pro- , Portion profess Buddhism , but a majorTt i have no religion at mmii. The tenlency of edu- catel natives Is to discard the national relK- Ion anti to become mnatenimmiists. Their inves- tgalons In science anti leraturo dlmon- strato to them the Imulcleney of the Butd- hlsl faith , while they do not pursue theIr s 'dle3 farenoulgim , , , t to ascertain . thee merits ! _ of outer rediglons. Ahthouglm time school 01 [ tee thinkers ! In Germany and France has sent no missionaries to Japan , Its adherents In that country number hunllrds : for everyone who ( allows Christ , regardless of the fact that miions of dollars and hundreds of earnest and able men have been devoted to the Intro- ducton of the bIble and ' the cross. SUMMER SCHOOL'OF ( TilO.OGY , The first SImmer School of Theology hell In this cOlntry has jlst closed a ten days' session at Cleveland , oj The school , modeled upon the Oxford summcr school plan , was arral ed for and superlnlended by President Charles F , Thwing of 'estern Reserve Iml- verslty , the sessions being held In the chapel of the Adelbert college buiding , The attendance - tendance from out of time city though not as large ns the project merited , was widespread. TJrlppn "tnlrs vor . rpnrpspnl".1 V"rmnnL and - - Okimuimoma . ' - being l the - extretne . regions east and west. There were also several cergymen ali laymen from Canala , The generl theme lof ! study In the sho,1 was "The Revelation of God , " which was presentell In courses and In ellle lectures There were given In all thirty-nino lectures by fourteen different lecturers The list of lecturers Included 80me of the leading theologians professors and pulpit orators of our day , ropresemmtIng the extremely liberal and time staunchly orthodox schools of thought One of the features of the school was the unity of splnt which prevailed , a unity In doctrinal discssions , , mhl al.rl diversities of subject and of treatmEnt Another feature was the posiiveness and tIme cumulath'e character of most of the teachlmig Throughout - out all the discussion , also , the value of phthosolmhy . a5 an ahl to theology was very strongly emphasized , It Is the universal verdIct that In nil respects the school was a marked success Edue/tunnl % 'utemi . George W. SmIth , for severl years pro- fe ser of history at Colgate universiy , has been elected president . of thul inatituthon. William Stuarl 8).mlngton , Jr" , of Dall- moro , who has been elected professor of the Romance languages at Amhert , spent five summers In Pari studying French literature mind philology. One of the youngest professors In the coun- try Is AlIcia n. Denuer , Harvard , ' 92 , who has . just been made head of the Greek department at Phillips Andover. He was a brllalt classical - steal scholar throuFhout his college courso. Dy compulng the statistics of English and Scotch UnIversities II a given year It was found that Scotland , with a population of 3,725,000 , tlad G,500 university students , whie England had only 6,000 students out of a pop- ulaton about six times as great. PennsylvanIa Is getting ready to put its new compulsory education law Into elect , Time first step Is to make a registry of cliii- dren between the ages of 8 and 13 years In each dIstrIct , this list to be furnished to the directors and teachers One of the results already Indicated Is that In many crowded districts school accommodatIons now pro- vided are insufficient . Mr Thomas McKean of Phiadelphia has given $50,000 to the University of Pennsyl- vania In response to Provost Harrison's ap- peal for $5,000,000 for buildings , equipment and endowment This Is Mr McKean's Second - end contributon , as ho gave an equal amount a few mouths ago. This gif Is without re- strlctions . Another gift of $10,000 was made by Mr. Richard F. Leper The law school of the Western Reserve uni- versiy al Cleveland will have a nel building large enough to accommodate 150 students , If the plans whIch have been prepared can be carried out. The whole amount of money needed has not been secured but the officer s of the school hope soon to obtain I , The school has been prosperous In the past and with the greller accommodatons for thost attending lectures the numbers may largely . tncrease. 1IUlXU ( IXnUS'I'U1" . Aluminum Coffins seem to bo the proper thing now A Pltsburg firm Is making them at rime rate of 15,000 a year Fine drawings , made .In London , have been successfully trnsmited to Paris by telegraph with the aid of the .Gray t\lautograph. Factory Inspector odlm Franey estimates the number of sweatshops In New York City at about 5,000 , and .th&'nunber : of employes In them at about 70,000 The ChIcago Trlbune.etmates that 2GOOOO workers In the United State have had their wages Increased on n average of 1 * per cent during the past niney day . For the frt time InH.overal years the large plant of the Chest Ctek Coal ali Coke company - pany at Chest Springs. . Ia" , Is In full opera- thou . every oven burning and every mine working for several full. mnontims The coqlpany has orders ahead The American Print . Works , Fall River , Mass . which were hut down for repairs , started lat Monday . and parts of the works will . run o\ertmo ta' ' catch up with timework The conventIon at Denver of the Railway - way Yardmasters ASflaton of the United States and Canada has disbanded the old organization and formed a new one under the name of time National Yardmnamitera' asaa- elaton , A new law goes Into effect In New York on September 1 , making It a misdemeanor for a raIlroad corporation or a private person to employ an ilerate engineer or a telegraph - graph operator who Is under the age of 18 years , or who has had less than one year's experlemmce A new invention has ben designed to pre- vent collisions at sea At a recent test the force from electro.magnetc colts stationed on board a vessel successfully influenced a cbem-I icaily.prepared compass stationed six Icaly-prepared compas Itatoned some , . mlel away csUimg : ' If fo set up an sOl/e - neol : veal bI f ' 'elii . Three neW cotton mills have been con- trcted for In North Car1Inl-on , at Wehilon . with 12.000 spIndles whIch wit be increased to 30,0(0. one at Maysdea. with 15,000. to be Incr"lur to 60.00 , and one at 1lsboro. with I 000 aplndlel Work Is now progress. lug on twelve mills . and addlluns are being made to a lal ) moru. PLANS FOR TiE mG snow Work at th ( State fair Grounds Being Pushed Along - EVERYTHING TO BE COMPLETED ON TIME Cithi'mi ul flit ! State . .lcll ( to , Tuln thc Ur.'nt I'urude IliaC " 'ihI lie { TIIUI tIme Streets lit XIj lt. Work goes bravely on at . time Nebraska state fair grountls , anti moro ali moro I looks as If the Inaugural ' meetng here In September next was going . to totally anti Incontnenty eclipse any II.evlols fair ever held In the state I not In the west. Time new Whie City Is assuming an air of com- pleton that Is entrancing to beholll mind the state board Is deserving of the fullest meed of praise for its hustlng qhahtties. I The members have muted time best of discrimina- ton and jUdgment In nil their work so far amid have been untrIng In their 11etermlna- ton to push things along to n finish , They are Immensely Pleased at their success. I the state board Is pleased , however , the bOlrd of directors , which constitutes the hnmedlalo local manngement , Is irrepressibly jublanl over the glorious Ilrospects for this lagnllcent autumnal jl\blee , ali each day's revolutons see It spurred on tb relewell activity und dhhigemmee. Its reward lIes In the fact that ( It Is accomplshing great things for the general people ; that It Is givIng Omaha a boost thal promises to lift 1t her bOlly and forever from the slough of despondency and hard tmes , The local board consists of Z. T. Llndse , president ; Wi n , Bennett , G. W. Kelly , Frarmk I D. Brown , Wilam Krug Oscar Pic- ard , J. E. Baum , J , S. 10ntgomer ) ' and G. N. lucks , with J. Fl Ut as an advisory m m- ber They are on the go from early till hate , assiduous and energetc In everything that Is calculated 10 alignment the prospectl of the fair and ( the fall feast all to en- hlnce the general Interests of time common- wealtim. FOR REAChING THE Gnoums. A glance outside the bustling confInes of the Whie City shows an approximate degree of push and ! acconwlshmenl , 'fhe rairoads are all engaged preparing their lines to emil from this Jolllcnton metropols In an- tclpllen of time stupendous influx of people here In September. The hitch wih the Missouri Pacific has been amiably and satis- factoriy adjusted , and this road , wIth the Union PaclOc , the mlhor Northwestern , Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha and Burlington , all have access to the groun . Everything between the fair ptple and tie railroads has been fully consummated - = summated and every line wi be In operatIon by September 1. and this means hundreds ] of thousands of visitors for Ondlma . The street railway . too , 19 on deck , and has already be- gun work on Its hue out La\'enworth street to time grounds The company Is putting In crossIngs over the Union Pacific tracks and cleallng the line for its tracks There Is to be a loop formed by Leavenworth and Center streets , the first to be completed within the next sIx wezhts and to be known as the Leavenworth street section . Time Center street line will be construcled early next spring , when a complete system of electric transportation wi have been established . There need be no apprehension entertained as to the supply of delicious water for the White City , for this Indispensable accessory has been already provided for. The water works syslem wilt consist of six large drive : . \els. two of whIch are already In operaton , located at convenient pblnts on the groulis. There will be huge Iron tanks , Into which the water will be pumped , and from which the piping throughout the enclosure will radiate The one at the fisheries buiding will be the largest of the serIes , 3S aast quantt ) ' of fresh water will be required here daIly. Commissioner LeI May Is determined - termined lo make this deprtment the most interesting of al the great display . The water obtained from the two wells already driven Is voluminous In quantty and par ex- celence In eualtty-clear as crystal , cold and refreshing. WhEN TiE GROUNDS ARE Opm' < D. Along about September 1 I Is the proent Idea to dedicate the White City and grounds to the public. For the entertaInment of the crowds that will flock there on this auspicious r crowts day a cud of races will bo arranged Theme ! races are to have the very best Weal nags , as well as several of the cracks from abroad , Sufficient Inducement wi be offered to se. cure these , as I Ie the very commendable Intention oa the pat cf the management to see lhat nothIng Is done by halves on thest . ' grounds , On dedicatory day all time bultlngs will be In the hIghest stat of finish and ready for occupancy , the railroads wIll all have com- plcted theIr lines . and each will run an ex curslon , besides the special arrangements that will bo made by the street railway people. This Is mill to be done before the grounts are turned over to the State Board of Agriculure , for It must bo borne In mind that all this expenditure of time and money Is not solely In the interests of the state fair , which has been located here for live years , but with the idea of supply Lng a perpetual place of resort , a place for eposltons , Inter- state demonstratcnl , encampments and eu on and so forlh , ad infinitum , The Omaha DrivIng Pane association Is rapidly completing one of tIme best regulation : mLe tracks In the world , not merely for the state fair races , but for annual racing sessIons - sIons , trotting and I unnlng , both ep.lng and fall. The association its spent t40COO In excess of the original ale\ance for the en- tellrlee , simply because the sloclhohltrs foresee In It great benefits to Omaha , The state board Is industriously engaged In ativertising tie fair One hundred thousand - sand copies of Buletn Nos , 1 arid 2 111\'e ben issued l , and this week 200,000 copies of I No. 3 will be distributed broadcast over the show bills hangers , Itho- ! country . , n' The _ " bIg . _ _ _ . . . _ _ bis , , _ _ . _ _ ' . . . Itho- glapns aria .oelmer UU\.e"bl.11 mnauer Wi le forthcoming as rapidly as possible . The annual passes have been sent out anti all newspapers throughout the state which have not been supplIed with an annual will be furnlshetl nail ) ' admission cards on applca- tion. There Is no dIsposItion on the part of the management to be niggardly In this re- gard. garth.ExGovernor Ex-Governor Furnas has designed a neat invitation card In silver and gold Throu/h the card are stuck two pins , the golten head of one being an ear of corn aUI the other a sugar beet , whie In the four corners are announcements of the state fair the Feast of londamln , the Nebraska parade and the coronation of King Ak-sar-ben. OUTSIDE CITIES INVITED Time Nebraska parade committee has In- vied each of the primmcipah cities in the state to furnish a float , representative of their especial interests , anti to raise the standard of timese contributions time Omaha Business Men's association offers a cash imremniunm for the two best protlumctions , $160 to time first and $75 to the second , Ioughas county not coin- peting , Time management of the Dotmglas County Agricultural socIety , accordhmag to Bulletin No , 3. in view of aidimmg in every possible way the conning state fair , has among its special attractions , the timmest clasalficatiomi and most extensive list of lmremlunma ever offered by any agricultural society In the country , east anti west , for a baby show , Time vremniumns are donmatemi by tIme Omnaima merchants and business men anti ran nil the i ay in value from $1 to $25 , and are real baby articles of dress and furniture ; baby cloaks , dresses , bommneta , shoes , gold rings , gold pins , silver cups , ( lime buggIes , bemis , etc. etc.The contest is open to the worlti , and wiii be accorded by time saate fair mnanagemmlent a pronmitment location , anmdl yery Care anmul attention will be given all eximlbitor in this special attraction , Time Nebraska Parade comnaittee In egartl to floats to be furnished by outside cities lmas so tam' heard favorahihy fronma Nebraska City , Auburn , Dawson , Grand Island , Keen- ney , Schuyler , Central City , North Platte , i"renmont t3imine1 , Beatrice lfatitmgs and i'a1i ty. Ogalalla , Nortth Platte , lug Springs and Cimappehl will be represented with an old-titmae Black hills stage coaclm soil paraphernahha , togetber with a big display In taxIdenimmy , Including naomtmtvt3 buffalo , elk , b.ack ( all deer and antelope. There will bi 100 native cowboys and a big bend of Sioux , Omaha and Winnebago Indians In time pro- ctmimiion , and altogetimer the parade wiil be a spectacle that wIll linger long In time mcmii- cry of every one so Iortunate as to witoae it , - . , - _ _ _ _ _ - - - -s _ . 1- _ _ _ -.1 W'A'- ' The'I'l YFire and Police _ Comiiiissioii . . I-las come in for its share of pubUc _ _ comment , \Vhat is of more interest to / the avcrage citizen is where to make . mittle the farthest , \Vo claim ( nut . ; money go _ _ _ _ I facts vi1I ubstaittiatc our claim ) to be the . ouly house in Omaha that , . an Furnish Your Hone Coffiplet I tt t1i lowest possible expense. Our price .tre always given on the cash basis , but i you haven't the money required to make 1' the purchac , we viIl accommodate , you by giving you tilDe to pay , ' at no advance on the . _ _ _ _ .Cash , ' . . _ : . : Prices. c - . : . . - , - . ' - . * . 4 L ' S -i ' ' ' f I ' a ' S ' . : . A i j , : , j. - H IZhI2I3rARNmT. ! - ORCHARDHOMES. _ Tue Land of Plenty The Land of Proiiiise Sure Crops Big Profits No Droutlis No Hot Winds No Cold Winters No Fierce Blizzarcig ORCHARD HOMES ! situated in time most fertile and rich vegetable and f'i'tmlt gm'oit'ing no- f glen of tIme world , 'flme 1)1111-0 where one-lmnht time emac't'gy and vet'seve- 1'OIICC i1eCeSttit'3 , ' him timis is'estern coimmitry to make a bare living , sv'iil in that glom'lous chitmante make you a good hIving , a Imotue anti tuommey In time Ummuk. here is a soil tlmut : ' 1hI raise anything almost tlmat grows nud no such timing is lemiowim mis a fmtiitmre. You mire ziot limited In time demmiatid for what you raige by atmy local markutam. On time con- ti'ai'y you Immive time mti'ieta of the World Bllyillg all you can raise 811(1 pfiyfng the highest prices for It. There Is no end to tue season or crohms. You cmiii lmave mm crop to immarket every nuonthi in time twelve If you wish to do so. You euro ( Ito mirclmltect of your own forttmmme iii this gam'den spot of time ivorith , Now is time time to go south , It lang been estlulntei tlmnt more ucopue can be ac- commamnomhiuted coinfortmmbiy in tIme south neiti laytime foundation for prosIicrity thmmua now ilvo In time United States. 20 TO 40 ACRES in that miaarvelous region w Itim lt , perfect climnmtto nnti rIch soil If prOlQt'Iy w-orked i'Ihi make you more motley and mntike it ( mister amud easier ( hams tIme best IGO micro farni In the west , Gurdeim Il'OhthCt 01'e all lmumnotmse 3leli ( and bi'Ihtg big prices all time .yenr round. Stt'ais'Lmem'ries , zmpiic'ots , plums1 iettc'hCS , 1)CarS , eat'Iy apiuies figs , or- nuges-mtll small fi'uits-mtre an eai'b' timid very profitable cr01) , 'rlimmhi'm' of time lmlgfhmcst quttl ity is nbtiwlmtimt. FUEL is abundant and costs 3'Otm uotimimmg. Cattle run omit all tIme ycar They are easily raised mind fattemmeti. Grazing Is good all the year. Nath'c rasca are luxurious nud nutrltIou. ' CLIMATE Ic time finest in tIme ltnow'n world. 'I'ime sumniem's are even in texnmper- attIre nuti m'emiflerc'd delighitftmh l' lund ani sea bt'eezemu , Time iiIghmts are aiss'ays cool. 'I'lmc wimitet's mire itmlld until short in ( itlrLtltOn. Timere are no extrt'mnes of heat or cold In ttuls favored region. Time iiaemtn tompet'tttUro is12 to (10 ( tlegrees. Time average rainfall is 50 Ine1mei , There is an abundance of rain for 'all crops. - Contra ! Mississippi offers to the Intelligent man time finest opporttimlty for bettering hula coimdltion that 'as ever offered. 'Flue health of this region Is excelled by no section of tlmls country , Time soil fotmud lucre emma rarely be eqdmtlled amid never excelled for nil good qmmnhitiea , lar1y anti aura crops bring you big PriceS , Time best railroad ( acilittca In time cotium- try bring time eimtlre country to yotm as a market. One.hmtlf the work you imow do to get nlommg will t'imt1t' yott a successful money umnlcer 0 ! ! ttflY of this Orcimaril home hautd. Work Intelligently aimd success is assured. This Is your oportunIt3' ) , 'rime 1)001)10 ) are ftk'rmtiiy ; aclmooltu eiUclent ; ncwslnpers lrogrCSSi'O ) churches hileral , 'lint enterprising comidltion othuIweIt amid lila faumily , with ! who wants to better time should investigate this matter and Ime 'vIiI bo conviuceth , Carefully selected fruit growing awl garden lands In tracts of io to o acres ' we now oTer on liberal hern1 amid reasonable pricca , Corre.spondeuco solicited. CEO. . y. ARIES , General Agent , - 1617 Fariiam St. , Onittlia , Nebraska. - - - - - - - . . . - -