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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1902. Tiie dmaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Pally Brt (without 8undy), One Year. $4 00 Lially Hee and Sunday. One Tear W Illustrated Bee, one Year Sunday Bee. One Year 2 00 Saturday Hee, one Year l.W Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER, pally Bee (without Bunday), per copy.. Jo Dally Bee (without Bunday), p-r week. .12c Dally Bee (Including Sunday;, per week. 17c Sunday , Bee, per copy &o fcvenln ue (without Sunday), per week. Wo jvenlng Bee (Including Sunday), per week. ' loc Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Ihould be addressed to City Circulation leparttnent OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha city liall Building, Twenty-fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago l4'i Unity Building. New -York Temp's Court. Washington fiol Fourteenth Street. , CORRESPONDENCE. 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I,. 4 2B.0A0 20.. ao.jHo 21.. ..20.BOO ..20,0.(0 ..SO.ttOO ..20,40 ..2U.890 30,.'IU0 22... 7 80.7DO 23 20,470 I 2U.B80 2i ,.20,BW ,.20,B4U ..20.S40 ..20.S30 ..2O.B0O ..20,430 ..2t),tK) ..20,810 20,700 26... 10 20,480 28... 11 21MIU5 27 12 2O.0RO 28... 1 20,580 2.. . M 28.U30 J0... 2H.BT0 81... K KO.SUO ToUI 010,083 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,790 Net total sales .98,8K9 JNet dally average 80,319 . . GEO. B. TZSCHUCK, kfnr!Cb'?hi,n.mr P'once and sworn to ii ? me M ,lBt a ot May, A. D. 1901. 8eal.) M. B H UNGATE, . Notary Public Now it Is up to Board of Review. the South Omaha The republicans of Sarpy county think Mercer has had enough. Renator Quay still appears to hare a firm (jrlp on the Pennsylvania republican machine. Three red hats have been bestowed by Pope Leo within the last forty-eight hours, but not one of them is labeled for America. , The republicans of Nebraska cannot afford to renominate a treasurer who bas, directly or Indirectly, speculated In public funds. When the Omaha jobbers petitioned for the removal of the sky parlor market they did not realize that they were stall- , ng the proposed fire engine house. A reduction of thirteen points In Omaha fire insurance rates may not be within reach this summer, but a reduc tion of four or five points seems practi cable. . Several of the very pertinent questions propounded to Congressman Mercer's champion still remain unanswered, be cause the magniloquent debater Is not a mind reader. In the minds of the southern leaders republican presidents become great and good only when they die. Senator Mor gan's encomiums on President McKlnley are a fair sample. It goes without saying that no teacher In the public schools of Omaha desires to take an enforced vacation, even If half-fare tlckets-of -leave were furnished by the school board. Now that Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas has been taken back into the Baptist church his excellency will take to water more steadily than before he .was overtaken by the disagreeable In cident, ins nuHru or Education Has sus pended its rules for the benefit of the three married teachers with husband at tachments, but it appears to be Inclined to- draw the line at teachers with pre- ylous engagements. bile the, Boers and Britons, who roade the peace compact, are frater nizing, the Boers who arranged for the surrender and the Boers who have been surrendered do not speak as they pass on the streets of Bclfontalne. If the tax bureau of the railroads, (which is now Issuing dally bulletins to the people of Nebraska, would only give us a few more figures we will presently become convinced that the railroads nave , oeen outrageously imposed upon by their own boards and should be ex empt from taxation altogether. Congressman Thompson of Alabama proposes to bury all of the dead presl dents, except George Washington, at the national cemetery at Arlington. Why the line is drawn at Washington Is not explained in the bill. He certainly (would find himself In good company at Arlington should he be transferred from Mount Vernon. The promotion of General John C, Bates, commanding the Department of the Missouri, to the rank of major gen eral la a merited recognition of vallunt and distinguished service rendered in two wars. General Bates entered the regular army In 1861,- was brigadier gen eral of volunteer In the war for the liberation of Cuba and was with Shafter at Santiago. His service In the Philip pine received the highest commendation of the commanding officers from General Ptl to Chaffee. ntrcxD trk Moytr. For morn than twenty. years the rnll ronda of Nebraska tiTe controlled the state boards that assess their property, whether the boards were republican or pnpocratlc. Whatever valuation has been placed upon the railroad property by state boards In the past has been done by and with the aid and consent of the railroads. At every session of the State Board of Equalization the railroad attorneys and railroad tax adjusters have been present to enlighten, instruct and assist the board in reaching conclu sions satisfactory to the corporations. They have never failed to impress upon them the claims the railroads have upon Nebraska for generous treatment la the assessment of their properties. In no instance, so far as can be ascertained, have the franchises of the railroads been considered as part of their taxable assets. And now the tax adjusters of the rail roads declare and advertise to the world that the railroads of Nebraska have been assessed altogether too high and they try to prove by "figures that do not lie" that Nebraska railroads have paid more taxes than should Justly have been levied upon them and far in excess of the tax burden imposed upon them In other states. If this is really true, It is high time for Nebraska to refund to the overtaxed railroads the money they have taken from them in excess of Just valuation. For example: In 1890 the railroads of Nebraska, with a mileage of 5.323 miles, were assessed $20,854,221.05. With over 400 miles of Increased mileage, worth $1,871,000, at the standard average for 1900 of $4,679 per mile, the total rail way assessment for 1900 was $20,340, 735.90. Deducting from this the $1,871, 600, representing the value of the in creased mileage, the relative assessment for 1900 as compared with 1890 would have been $24,475,135. or $5,379,080 less than the assessed valuation of the roads ten years previously. If the railroad as sessment of 1900 was equitable and Just It Is manifest that the assessment of 1890 was outrageously unjust and exces sive and, therefore, the railroads of Ne braska have a Just claim against Ne braska for the excess of assemment amounting to $5,379,080, and all the way from three to Ave million dollars more to make up the excessive tax levies for'the five years succeeding 1800. If injustice has been done the rail roads, as is claimed by the tax adjuster bureau, then the wrong should be Ighted as soon as possible. The money overpaid into the state and county treasuries for the ten years previous to 1890 should be refunded to them. If there is not sufficient money in the treas ury to do this now a special refunding bill should be passed by the next legis lature. In the meantime we submit to the studious attention of the railroad tax bureau the following figures, which do not lie, because they are engraved upon the books of the state auditor: Grand Assessed Rail- Assm't Roll. way Val'n 1890 $184,770,304.64 1891 183.1S8.2S6.28 1892 188.432.S78.71 1893 194.733,124.73 $29,854,221.06 29,265,917.80 29,339.631.00 28.674.138.00 27,939,178.60 25,423.308.00 25,424.708.00 25,681,720.70 26.108,936.80 6,104.450.10 26,846.735.90 26,422.732.39 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 183,717.498.78 171.468.207.48 167,078,270.37 165,193,736.42 167,810.764.79 169,105.905.10 171,747,693.41 174.439,095.45 These figures speak for themselves. They show a shrinkage of $10,331,300.00 in the grand assessment roll from 1890 to 1901. Juasmuch as the railroad prop erty Is presumed to represent 15 per cent of the total property of the state, the shrinkage In the assessment of rail roads should have been $1,721,885, which Is more than offset by the increased railroad mileage valued for assessment purposes at $1,871,600, but the shrinkage in the railroad assessment from 1890 to 1901 was $3,431,488.60, exclusive of the Increased value of Its extensions. More striking still la the discrepancy between the grand assessment roll for 1900 and 1901 and the railroad assess ment in those two years, while there was an increase over the preceding year in the grand assessment roll of $2,601, 502.04, the Increase of the railroad as sessment was only $75,090.49. If, as the railroad tax adjusters claim, the rail roads pay 15 per cent of the taxes of the state, the Increase in the assessment of railroads for 1001 should have been over $400,000 Instead of $75,096.49. As a matter of fact the increase of $75,990.49 does not even fully cover the Increased value by reason of extensions. In other words, while the railroad assessment for 1901 was not Increased a penny, the as sessment of all other classes of property was Increased by nearly $3,000,000. THK FAL8K CRTUF MILITARISM. Referring to the order reducing the army, tlio Baltimore .ewt nnas m a refutation of the charge made by the democrats In the last presidential cam palgn that the republican party intended to create a great standing army to main tain the party In power and to overawe the people in the Interest of the money power. It recalls the reckless declara tions of the democratic leaders In that campaign that it was the purpose of the republican party to have an army of 200,000 men, that fortresses would be erected in the neighborhood of every srreat cltv and that militarism would stalk through the land. "The republicans have been In for two and a half years," remarks the News, "since those prophecies were spread about the land, and nobody bas yet seen the walls of those fortresses arising, nor have the streets or the environs of our great cities been made any more familiar with the sight of bluecoat or khaki than they were In 1800, or 1880, or 1870, or I860., And now; we have President Roosevelt' order, under which, within a few months, the army already far below the else it bad at the time of the campaign of 1000, Is to undergo a further reduction of 10.000 men." This doe not look, our Balti more contemporary add, If aay deep laid plot wa twln.atertalod tot tn grinding of 76.000,000 freemen under the iron heel of a military despotism and It suggests that the ridiculous fail ure of the democratic leader's prophe cies "ought to serve as a lesson to demo crats in general that moderation and responsibility are much better passports to Influence and political power than are wild accusation and indiscriminate at tack." This is sound admonition, but the course of the democrats In congress and the declarations of the conventions of the party show that the democracy is not prepared to accept ' such counsel. Wild accusation and indiscriminate at tack are still the method of that party and no one is doing more to encourage this than the leader in the last two presidential campaigns. WILL TRY AHBITRA T10X The recent strike of teamsters In Chi cago, which was characterized by n great deal of violence, appears to have convinced the employers concerned of the expediency of resorting to arbitra tion In future controversies. The asso ciation of employers of teamsters pro pose to organize a board to which dis putes hereafter will be submitted and the packers are reported to be In sym pathy with the movement Of course the organization of teamsters, which has demonstrated that it is a pretty formid able body, will have representation on the proposed board. This movement, the outcome of one of the severest strike lessons Chicago has known, will If wisely and Judi ciously managed undoubtedly have good results. The grave mistake made by the packers was tn refusing to recog nize the representatives of the associa tion of teamsters, the idea being that they could break up the union. Had they realized In the first place, what doubtless they now understand, that the task of suppressing organized labor Is an exceedingly difficult and hazardous one and been disposed to submit the dispute to arbitration, there is no doubt an amicable agreement could have beep reached, to the advantage or all par ties. It is well that the experience has had the effect of convincing the em ployers that the wise and prudent policy is to arbitrate in the case of controver sies with employes, for it will rarely happen that such a course, when fairly and honestly followed, will fall to have a satisfactory result Every movement for arbitration in disputes between em ployers and employes is to be welcomed and encouraged. - V1EWH OF TflJB SClBnilSTS. Interesting contributions are being made to the discussion of the lnter- oceanlc canal question by the scientists. Prof. Hill of the United States geo graphical survey, who went to Marti nique as the representative of the Na tional Geographical -society, and Prof. Hellprln, wl:o has achieved worldwide distinction by bis daring Investigations of the Mont Telee volcano, agree in the opinion that the Nicaragua canal route Is unsafe. Both assert that Nicaragua is In the same volcanic chain as Mont Pelee and that there Is sympathy be tween the volcanoes of Central America and the Caribbean sea. Prof. Hill said In a recent Interview that "certainly no canal should be built within the Im mediate range of this chain" and he thought the Panama route preferable on account of Its freedom from the re gion of volcanic activity and Its removal from the area of seismic disturbance. On the other hand, Trof. McGee, vice president of the National Geographical society, Is of the opinion, that Hellprin overestimates the danger to either route from volcanic action and earthquakes and says be Is Inclined to think that the danger from volcanic action Is less along the Nicaragua route than along the Panama route, .by reason of various geographic conditions. Prof. Haupt, who was a member of the Isthmian Canal commission, Is of the opinion, ac cording to a late interview, that the Panama route la as dangerous as tbe Nicaragua route. He said: "Consider lng the dangers of the Nicaragua route, in my opinion they are no greater than those which threaten the Panama line. The latter route Is directly In the line of the earthquake disturbances, which have greatly damaged the Panama railroad. The Nicaragua route Is more exempt from earthquakes. Considering the con dltlons, however, the Nicaragua line Is more in danger from volcanic dust than from earthquakes and the Panama route is more In danger from earthquake than from volcanic dust, o the danger are about equal." This difference of opinion among clenttst of eminent ability and high professional standing, who must be pre sumed to be entirely disinterested, Is naturally confusing to the unscientific, who must necessarily form their Judg ment from actual facts. Those of recent happening are certainly not favorable to the Nicaragua advocate. The earth quake in Guatemala and tbe volcanic activity within the region through which the Nicaragua canal would pass are demonstrations of the dangerous nature of that portion of Central America which can be understood without scien tific knowledge. On the Panama route there, has been nothing of thl kind In late years and seismic disturbance of the past were not serious. It Is upon such actual and preeeut facts and con ditions that the public Judgment will be baaed. In view of the disagreement of the scientists, and they have very greatly strengthened popular sentiment In favor of the Panama-route. And now It transDlre that the re ported interview with Senator Millard. In which be wa represented a favoring harmony between the contending cor poration for tbe purpose of nominating a governor satisfactory to all. is a pnre figment of Imagination. The Bee learn from reliable authority that the senator disclaim any such view, and on tbe contrary, expresses himself tn favor of candidate for governor, a well a can didate for all other ut office, "who will, fabrlj anbeea protect veryj interest and represent the rank and file of the party." Star chamber sessions In legislative bodies are not In consonance with the spirit of representative government. Tbe people have a right to know whether their representatives represent or mis represent them. This applies to legisla tures, city councils, school boards and all other representative bodies. A man who travels the straight road was never known to be lost A man who wants to perform bis duty fearlessly and honestly has no need of doing business behind closed doors or screening bis actions be hind secret ballots. If the South Omaha Board of Review will do Its duty fearlessly the South Omaha tax levy for 1902 will go down from 55 mills to 25 mills. Instead of an assessment of $2,000,000 South Omaha should have an assessment of from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000. According to the official census returns the value of the South Omaha packing house plants alone exceeds $15,000,000. Another Boost (or Beet. Kansas City Journal. The Boer farms are to be restocked with American cattle. Gadsooksl And only $15,000,000 allowed, for the purpose! Hot Weather Diversion. Baltimore American. Just as the Boer troubles seemed to be settled there arises a hot discussion as to whether or not their defeat was a victory. Democracy's Savior In Sight. Brooklyn Eag-le (dem.) And so Grover Cleveland Is to speak to the Tilden club over In Manhattan, and to tell them and the rest ot the democratlo party what they should do. There are those who would not be surprised If Grover Cleveland should again date his letters from Washington, D. C Glorifying Jnne Dnya. New Tork Tribune. The longest days in the year are the most agreeable when June Is gracious. Life In the open air is the Ufa best worth liv ing, and this is the month In which to get the choicest experiences of such lite a month without peer. A James Russell Lowell wrote, "Then, If ever, come perfect days." Another Passing Graft. Minneapolis Tribune. The Pullman conductors are asking for a raise. They can't live on their salaries and the tips have fallen off sadly ot late. It took the traveling public a long time to arrlvo at the conclusion that the Pull man company waa fully able to pay Us own employes, but this action of the conductors would seem to Indicate that that conclu sion had been reached by a good many people. Unerring- Pinch of War. Philadelphia Ledger. The magnitude of the war against the Boers Is strongly shown In. the statement of the British chancellor of the exchequer. that merely to wind It up and return the British troops to their homes and the sur viving Boers to their farms will cost $200,- 000,000. In comparison with this, the $20,. 000,000 we paid Spain for the good-will she did not have la the Philippine seems trifling. . Grnelons Act of a Klnar. i Philadelphia Record. King Edward has not forgotten the host ess of the . white House who entertained mm wnen be visited tbls country over forty years ago. The especial Invitation to the coronation which has been extended to Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, who, as the niece of James Buchanan, was the mistress of tbe presidential mansion in 1860, waa a graceful act. 'Tis but a trifle, but It Is the observance of such which makes up the whole art of good manners; and good man ner are promotive of good feeling between nations as between Individuals. Good Pair to Draw To. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat A remarkable sentence occurred in the speech of the chairman of the democratlo state convention In Indiana. It waa this. In reference to the Boer cause: "There would have been no recruiting or supply station maintained by monarchy In the land of Washington and Lincoln had William Jennings Bryan or Grover Cleveland been president ot the United States." The coup ling of the names of Cleveland and Bryan In a democratic convention with a view ot getting a round ot applause is new. Per haps the next thing will be a financial oration from Grover, with Bryan holding his hat A Graelona Act. Denver Post A more gracious set It would be difficult to conceive than that credited to tho British cabinet in deciding to offer Oom Paul Kruger safe conduct back to his native land and to permit his residence there without compliance with the stipulation of tbe peace settlement requiring an oath of allegiance to tbe British crown. Although the venerable president of the ex-republlo is bent and broken in health as a result ot the terrible ordeal through which he has passed, he Is still tbe Idol of his people and could undoubtedly Influence them to the serious detriment of the new government should be be so disposed. His years are numbered, doubtless perhaps his months may be but so long as he lives there Is not a Boer patriot who would not proudly follow him, even to the death. By reason of thl fact the British pro posal receives still deeper emphasis tn It broad humanity, and Is raised above the possibility of suspicion of cheap and un worthy motive. The consummation of the act will add new glory to th emplr nd to modern civilization. RAILROADS AND THD PEOPLES. Frankness oat One Bide, Deception on the Other. New Tork World. In the statement of Mr. E. H. Harrtmaa regarding railways and the public, he urged that the time had come for mutual frank ness In the declaration ot purposes and policies. On the public's side there ha always been thin frankness. The railroads bars never fully met It with It like. Hence the distrust and dislike that hare gone so far at times as to Interfere with corpora' tlon schemes meritorious enough la them selves. There Is never any doubt la the popular mind about the vast usefulness of railways as dsvelopers of the country and as com mon carriers. Th rapid Increaaa of popu latlon and wealth wherever th steel high way penetrate Is thing open to all ays and understanding. But the mysteries of "pooling," of stock-waterlog and stock manipulation, the atealtby setsur of extra privileges on blind pretexts through these the people are disturbed, perplexed and often oppressed. They are not necessary mysteries. Tbe greater part of them are not honeat mysteries. They must disappear before there can be established that mutual frankness urged by Mr. Harrtmaa. Publicity is the medium through which to establish such a popular friendship as u, rurou at ttsir bi desert. Live Nebraska Tdwns ORD Queen of Nestling against the base of verdant hills and with the North Loup river flowing at Its feet, sit Ord, county seat of Val ley county, and without question tbe queen of the Loup country, a beautiful, bustling, healthful and happy city. From Its seat between bills and liver it looks far up and down the broad, fertile valley ot the Loup, decked with profitable farms. Your first Impression of the city Is the beauty of Its location. A closer look tells you of its other claims to beauty. There Is fine courthouse located in a little park filled with thrifty trees, with Its award well watered and neatly kept; a fine high school building, substantial business buildings ot brick and stone, handsome residences with blue grass lawns cared for with scrupulous care. But Ord's chief pride is the fact that It la city of business activity. Ask any trav eling man to name a few of Nebraska's . best business points and he will Invariably name Ord as one of them. There are rea sons for Its prosperity. It is the county seat of one of tbe beat and most prosper ous counties of the state. The farmers liv ing about It are, thrifty and successful, and It stands at tho gateway to a vast region of hilly country stretching far to the north, wherein no town of Importance can be built and from which a vast amount of trade must come to us. It Is therefore se cure In Its possession ot the key to this large Held of trade. The county seat was located on the pres ent site In 1873, on a piece ot railroad land with no houses thereon. It took Its BITS OF WASHIJSGTOJI LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Naval Constructor Hobson of Merrlmae and smacking fame, who Is seeking a soft berth on the retired list, strode into the room of the senate committee on naval af fairs the other day, loaded with documents bearing on his case. The committee was in session, but the business under considera tion did not prevent the members from siting up the formidable roll of papers which the lieutenant carefully deposited on convenient table. At last the Hobson bill was taken up. What Is the matter with you?" Chair man Hale asked the man who went Into Santiago harbor and got kissed by the girls for so doing. I am Buffering from compound hyper metropic astigmatism, retinal hyperaemla and trachoma," replied tbe naval officer. "Gracious!" ejaculated Senator Galllnger. 'Have you got all that tbe matter with you and still live to tell It to the committee T" Hobson nodded. "Then Mr. Chairman," Mr. Galllnger said, "I move that the bill be reported fa vorably. I do not know exactly what Mr. Hobson has got, but surely it 1 enough." The rest of the committee agreed with the New Hampshire statesman and Hobson left the committee room without once re ferring to his voluminous reports. Senator Dietrich of Nebraska was eating breakfast In the cafe of an uptown hitel yesterday morning, relates the Washington Post. Someone wanted to know the time. Nobody at the table seemed to possess a watch and one of the party started to call a waiter. "That Isn't necessary," said Dietrich. And then from hi outside coat pocket tbe senator extracted a large alarm clock. It wa one of those 09-cent affairs, with gong on the top. "It is twenty mtnutes after 9," remarked Dietrich, glancing at the figures on the clock. "I carry this alarm clock all th time," he explained. '"It's a great thing. If I have an engagement at 8 o'clock I set the alarm for ten minutes befora that hour, and then when I bear the gong go off I am reminded of my engagement. Then I set it for the next appointment, and so on all through the day. It's a great scheme. You ought to try it." "Uncle" Joe Cannon was chairman of the select committee which had in charge the refurnishing of representatives' hall. Among the othsr things promised the mem bers for this session was an elaborate sys tem ot ventilation by which cold air could be forced up through a series of ducts so as to reduce the temperature of the hall and make it comfortable In hot weather. Th members have been waiting for the cold air, but so far none has been felt. Tbe tem perature In the houtfe Is the same as In the senate and In the corridors ot the capltol. Congressman Watson walked over to Mr. Cannon one afternoon when there were more members In tbe restaurant than there were In the house. The Indlanlan's collar waa melted and bis face was beaded with perspiration. "Uncle Joe," he asked, seriously, "where 1 that cold air we voted money tor last session?" "Yea, where is It?" echoed Mr. Cannon ss be mechanically mopped his forehesd with his handkerchief. "I told those darned fool on tbs committee that I was not la favor ot buying anything I could not see, but they were bound to do It." "There la on feature of tbe government service that puxzles me," said a chief of division in the Treasury department to the Washington Post, "and that Is ths lack ot men stenographers." I don't see why men who have ambitions to enter government work don't equip themselves along tbls line. I do not mean to disparage the efficiency of women typewriters, for they do all that is expected of them, and more, too. But there Is a limitation to their usefulness, no matter how expert they may be. There are certain confidential relations which a superior must always have with bis assist ant, which cannot bs shared with a woman. Oftentimes we have to rely on tbe Judgment of an inferior, and are not always willing, and In fact would be afraid, to t,rust to tbs discretion of a woman. - "To my mind the scarcity of men type writers is largely due to the fact that women bav bluffed their masculine rivals, or would-be rivals, from the field. Tbe latter evidently think that the craft ha been monopolised by tha women. To tell the truth, there is no field so much open to men, as far Uncle Sam 1 concerned, s that of th typewriter, and In few la there held out such prospect of advance ment. For instance, Secretary Cortelyou Is an ex-stenograpbsr, and not so much of an 'ex' at that, for be was, and always will be, a skillful band at th typewriter. But he Is cabinet possibility and he ros from th opportunities held out by hi call ing." Th moral of this story come first. It Is: Always be polite, especially if you want things from congress. When th battleship Ohio was launched at San Francisco, relates th Nsw York World, Prestdsnt McKlnley was there with his cabinet. The official of th Union Iron works were In high feather at having the president and so many other dlstln gulshed psopl for their gussts. Representative Foss, chairman of the bouse committee on naval affairs, waa there also, and Representative Dsyton, the rank ing member of the committee. They were such comparatively small fry that they were not bidden to tha feast, snd whsa th special tug went out to ses th launch log they were not Invited. the Loup Country. name from General B. O. C. Ord. who cam up the valley at th time to select th sit rf Fort Hsrtsuff a few miles up the valley. The town was regularly platted In 1879 and from that time has mad a steady growth, with no boom and no backset to It credit or discredit. It has a population of about 1.800. It has practically no vacant resi dences or business buildings within Its lim its. It baa a splendid waterworks system furnishing an abundance of water, with a reservoir stationed on a hilt. Tbe supply comes from a spring near the river and 1 s pure ss msy be found on earth. Be cause of Its pure water end the general cleanllner of the city few epidemic of disease have come to us. We have two banks, which stand high In financial cir cles. All lines of mercantile business are well represented, some of the merchant carrying stocks far superior to those car ried In similar cities. Our creamery Is a prosperous Institution. There are no sa loons In tbe city. . Church Interests are well represented. Tho Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Christian. Unitarian, Danish Luth eran and Eplsoopal bodies have neat church buildings and prosperous organisation working harmoniously for tbe good of the .people. Our schools are generously sup ported, both with money nd pupils. Two larg brick buildings are In ue and ten teachers are employed. Th high school Is on the Accredited list With a rating of 8m point with the Stat university. Msny pupils come to this Institution from th surrounding territory. Attracted by th ex cellent school facilities here furnished. W. W. HASKELL. They came back humiliated and angry. It so happened that for several years there has been paragraph In the naval appro priation bill granting a 4 per cent bonus on contracts obtained by Pacific coast ship builders because ot the Increased cost ef material there. In other words, each Pa cific coast shipbuilder who had a govern ment contract was paid $104 for every $100 the shipbuilders In the east were paid. When that bill came up In the house this year this provision was In It, but some member on the democratic side suggested that It was time to stop giving bonuses to the Scott of San Francisco, snd not a member of the naval affairs committee rose to say word In favor of keeping the bonus in the bill. It was stricken out. Foes and Dayton remembered what happened to tbem in San Francisco. Senator Depew was riding to th capltol on an F street car when a very deaf woman, who sat next to him, asked him some questions about Washington and then apologized for being deaf. "Why don't you try electricity?" sym pathetically suggested the senator. "Well," said ths woman, "I wa struck by lightning last summer, but I don't see that It did me any good." PERSONAL NOTES. JumuuIu Miller says Bret Hart was al ways disgusted with his "Heathen Chinee" glory and always begged his friends never to mention It. Secretary ot Agriculture Wilson Is In St Louis, Inspecting work that has been in progress tor three year on the Investiga tion ot the causes and remedies for decay in lumber. Georges Leyguea, the French minister of public instruction, having reformed French spelling and syntax by official decree, is going to Issue an official French grammar, which will be the only on used la French schools. Dr. Charles F. Rand, who is accepted a being the first volunteer tor ths civil war, Is still living In Washington. Hs was also the first soldier to win the congressional medal for honor for distinguished gal lantry In action. Daniel G. Reld, the Wall street magnate, who is said to be worth about $25,000,000, Is building a splendid residence at his old home, Richmond, Ind., In which place he was born some forty-four years ago. He began life grocery boy In tbe store of a man whose eon, W. B. Leeds, Is now his partner in numerous vast enterprise. P. D. Harrison ot Manchester, N. H., Is compiling a history of battleflags of this country, especially of those carried In what he Incidentally calls "The Brothers' Quar rel," in 1861-5. He find that the number of flags now in the custody of southern states Is much less than those preserved by tho northern commonwealths, but be Is desirous ot making a complete list of them all. Members of the Washington smart set re already discussing tbe advent ot Michael Herbert as British ambassador to succeed tbe late Lord Pauncefote. The new ambassador's station In Washington, It Is supposed, will advene the prestige of th Vanderbllts la the social set and thus at tract the members of that family and their Immediate friends to Washington next win ter, as Mrs. Herbert's sister Is the wife of young Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mr. Shaw, secretary of tbe treasury, as tonishes New Yorkers whenever he makes on of his trip to that town. Th low man ha a way ot dropping In without an nouncement beforehand and with no frill after be reaches there. He goe from office to office in search ot Information ha desires and there is no bras band accompaniment to his travels. Th official who attempt to entangle him In red tap finds It sud denly cut and discover that the aecretary can get down to th merit of th csie with true Mississippi valley directness. Knocking a little ball about a green field with a crooked stick 1 supposed to be th well gam of th dsy. If If worth doing; It's worth doing right. Begin at your cloths. Begin right. 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If that's what you mean. Chicago Post: "Yes. I think the gov ernment should own and operate all trans portation lines." "Do you think the sleeping car porter would permit It?" Detroit Free Press: "I never heard of such extravagance," exclaimed Mrs. Mc Bride to her hjsbsnd. "What's the matter now?" Mrs. Fosdlck has given a beefsteak din ner to sixteen guests. Think of it I" Washlnaton Star: "You have not kept ?our promise!" exclaimed the reproving "That's true," answered Senator Sor thnni nlnnldlv. "hut It mlaht be worse. Some of my promises may be broke, but I'm not" SOPHISTRIES OP INGLE BILL. ,, . L. O. Reese In San Francisco Bulletin. Got to arguln' last night, Me'n Uncle Bill; Hadn't got so sleepy we'd Ben at It still! Vnele Bill he 'lowed a camel Was pervlded wit a hump Fer a fleas' observatory! (Never heerd o' such a chump As Uncle Bill!) "Pigs has got a squirmy tall," Bays Uncle Bill, . "So's when storms comes blowm round 'Em fit to kill, They can wrap them curly tails 'Round a rusty nail, you know, An' then go to sleep an' let The dad-burn tornado blow!" (That Uncle Bill!) "Cats Is skeered o' water, tool" Savs Uncle Bill, " 'Cause their hide shrinks when It' wet!" Says Uncle BUI; "An" a pore cat would feel awful Worried, I'm a-tellln' you! If his skin was shrunk so tight he Couldn't wink his eye nor mewl" Says Uncle Bill. "Files Is always wantln light!" Bays Uncle Bill, "Watch the next one that comes "round1 Says Uncle Bill. "An you'll see him rub together Them there little flats o' his Brag-gin' that of all the house file He's the bljrgest fly what Is!" Says Uncle Bill. "Hen's ain't got a speck o teeth!" Says Uncle Bill. "Have to 'gum If all their llfr Says Uncle BUI. "Ever see a hen a-scratchln An" a-peckln' In the dust? She's a-huntln' fer her false teeth Bound to find 'em. too, or bust!" (Oh, Uncle BUI!) "Llghtnln' bugs Is coward bugT Says Uncle Bill, ' "Like aome little boys I knowl' Says Uncle BUI, ! "'Frald to sleep without a candle Them there little fire-fly sons!" (F I'd a-had a rotten 'tater I'd a-soaked It, sure as guns. At Uncle BUI!) Sometimes ain't so mighty sure 'Bout Uncle BUI: Sort o' 'splclon he's a Josh My Uncle Bill; If he Isn't, what d'ye think Honest 'bout that rusty nail An' the pig. an' 'bout his fool Funny little squirmy tall? B'lleve Uncle Bill? V