Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1889, Page 4

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Bworn to betora mo and s ea In my Presence this ird day of 9. Tig pharmacy dvug clerk more than it does the pro- prietor, is manifestly unjust The now unde ideration should Mfully weighed. CoLORADO has stuck a knife into its live stock commission. T ntennial state cannot afford to pay thousands%of dollars to support useless tax That is a hint to CLIFF Dw three feet in height are to have been seen in the wilds of New Mexico. By all means send the census man among them— Now Mexico wants to bacomo a state. Now then if there should be ence between Amer and Germany over the Samoan af at Berlin, Ben Butler is just the man. He wduld cower Bismarck simply with his ey confer- A TRU as a cat. 1 evidently has as many lives Despite Judge Barrett’s re- cent crushing decision in the case of the New York sugar trust, its certificates are in active demand, and large profits {for the year are anticipated. TIirAT a a number of public institu- tions of the state have been poorly man- aged has long been suspected. But now that it is given out that certain public buildings are badly constructed, it adds the last straw to break the tax- payer’s back. BunrNING and hanging legislators in efflgy is an innocent amusement to ex- press the contempt of constituents. But hanging in effi omechow, is not half as effective for securing honest legis- lators as a ballot in the hands of a voter on election day. T bill in congress for the opening of the Sioux reservation is again hung up in commitsce, due to the obstinate desive of cortain members to engraft their amendments, It locks therefore as if the bill were doomed for this session unless the difliculties can be satisfac- torily compromised. THE railroads of Towa ave haste to adopt the schedule of drawn by the lroad commissione The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City road was the first road to ofticially rec- ognize the decision of Judge Br and tho others ure swinging into line. Can it be possible that the millenium of the railroad question has been reached and the lion and the lamb will lie down together in To: making Burlington, it is reported, will run its vestibule train from Chicago to Denver by way of Omaha, in order to compete with the Union Pacific’s su cessful enterprise. By all means let this bo done. But high-style traveling in high-toned cars demands essentially first class depotat this point. In what- ever light it is viowed there can be no escape from it. Omaha must have a palatial union depot and that specdily. THE legislature of Miunesota is about to appropriate one hundred thousand dollavs for the purchase of seed wheat for those farmers in the state whose crops were destroyed by frost. It is more than likely that some measures of relief will also be oxtended by the peo- ple of Dakota to the unfortunate settlors in that territory. Happily for Nebrasku, her magnificont crops evenly dis- tributed over all sections of tho state have brought prosperity to its four cor- ners with not a single appeal for state charity due to erop failure. T communication of the judges of the supreme court of the state to Gov- ernor Thayer and by him submitted to the legislature, setting forth the neces- siwy of increasing that judiciary, should mot pass unheeded. It is of the highest importance that the business brought Defore the supreme court should be dis- patehod with promptuess as well as abil- ity. But the incrensing volume of new cases and appeals brought before that tribunal, it is claimed, makes it impos- sible for the present number of judges to dispose of the business of the court with the desired readiness, For that reason the three judges of the supreme ocourt united in an appeal to increase the number on the bench to five, The logislature will undoubtedly pay most respectful attention to the communica~ tion and then—do as it thinks best, VALUE OF FARM CROPS. An inquiry as to what has heen the result of the crops of last year, in ac- prices obtained by the farmers for the products of their lands, is important in attempting to draw conclusions to the husiness situation, the prosperity of the farme and the ability of the great body of the people to pay their acbts and gratify their wants. This may not be. aconomicaily, the truest test of th year's influences upon the public wealth and welfara, but it is a practical question to which an approximately accarate and definits answor can be given, and upon which depends the prosperity of the farmers and their ability to contribute to the activity of the spring trade and prepare for the noext harvest. Taking the year 1887 as a basis of comparison, the showing more fa ble than has been generally The crops of corn, wheat and three great is decidedly ora- supposed. hay, the sources ot ricultural wealth, have each considerably led those of the provious year in rmeney value to the producers, The report of the statistici of the department of agriculture on the crops of last year shows that while the wheat crop was smaller by forty million bushels than that of tho previous year, it has commanded an average farm price throughout the country exceeding by over twenty-five cents @ bushel the price in 1857, The valuo of last year's erop to producers is therefore greater by nearly seventy-four million dollars thun the crop of the previous year, On the other hand the corn crop was greatly in excess cf that of 1887, and the average farm price is stated by the statistician to b2 ten cents lower, but still the aggr value of this crop to the farmers has been wer for st year than for the yout thirty-one mil- - erop of last year In oats the larger yield of 1888, between forty and fifty million bushels, been more than offsct by the dec e in farm pricc and the aggregate value to farmers wa less by five million dollars than that of 1887: The farmers, however, have gained sufticient from the increase in value of rye and barley to offset the loss on oats, while buckwheat having yielded a ler crop than in the previous vear has commanded @ corre- spondingly higher price. Tl tisti- cian of the department of agriculture computes the aggregate ue to pro- ducers of the five principal corcal crops at the average farm prices, for 1883, to be 81,304,000,000, azainst $1,195,000,000 1 1887 Thus the farmers of the coun- try realized from the sale of their cercals produced last year over one ox- Lion dolis The b was unusually has, £my hundred million dollars in excess of the previous year, while the abundant hay crop bias been an an additional source As to other of augmeuted revenue. farm products the comy yield of last year, and the reduced pric have n less profitable to farmers than for the previous year, but taking the whole agricultural production together there is ample evidence that its aggro- gate value for 1885 was very materially greater than for the previous yeur. Nebraska’s sharve in this increased prosperity has been derived chiefly from corn, the crop of which in 1588 was fifty million bushels lavger than for 1887. The aggregute valuc of the corn, wheat and oat crops of this state for last year is given in the report of the statistician of the agri- cultural department as being forty- eight million dollar quent them GERMAN S MILITARY ESPOINAGE A young military attache of the Ger- man logation at Washington recently made inquiry at the navy department about the guns of the war vessel Nipsic, now in Samoan waters. Itappears that the official to whom he applied naively told him thatv the guns are of marvelous power and destructiveness. He was in- formed that they could project a shell ninetecn miles, or clear a any or- dinary island in the Pacific ocean, and that the was invulnera- ble to the usual methods of na- val attack. He was told, also, tha the United States is abund- antly provided with vessels of this de- ption. The oflicial was right in endeavoring to bamboozle the military ropresenti- tive of Germany, whose inquiry was under the circumstances somewhat im- pudent, but it is by no means certain that the German was as badly fooled as was intended. There is a reasonable presumption that he did not expeet to get the information he asked for, and that his inquiry cloaked some other (¢ sign which was perhaps satisfactorily accomplished, 'But the wcident is in- tovesting as indicating the military espionage carcied on by Germany in other countrics. It is very probable that the German govern- ment is fully informed regarding the military and naval cstablishments of this country, just it is of those of European governments, The system pursucd by Germany in order to obtain information regarding the military strength, preparation and resources of other countries is said to be incompara- bly the most completo and elaborate that has ever been organized in modern times, There i bureau for thisspecial work, and the most intelligent officers in the Geeman army are employed in this service. When an officer is de- tailed by this bureau to proceed to a foreigu country and await orders he assumes u disguise and unother name. His identityQis lost, and he is not permitted to make himsell known even to a friend. Arriving in the country of his destination he makes himself and his mission known to the German minister through dispatches and is assigned to duty under the of- ficial commissioned to obtain wmilitary information, Such agencies the Ger- man government maintains in every country whose military condition it de- sires to be' correctly informed of, and the war department at Berlin is con- stantly in receipt of intelligence re- garding all military affaivs in other countries which it is important for that department to know of. Un- doubtedly far less attention has hitherto been given to the United States than to the countries of Europe in this particular, but it is entirely probable that sinco. the Szmoan issue became threatening the German gov- ernment has been busy obtaining infor- mation regarding tiie strength of our navy, the condition of our coast fenscs, and such other knowledge in this line as it was deemed desirable to get, It may be that satisfactory infor- mation regarding the guns of the Nip- sic was lacking, but if so it is quite probable that it has been supplied, not- withstanding the effort to mystify the young German officer by the naval offi- cial. To the accurate knowledge of our resources may be chielly due the peaceful professions of Bismarck. de- COoNGRESS having the bill providing for the incorporation of the y gua Canal company, it is prob- able the measure will be promptly ap- proved by the president. That done, it i Ly that the company will immedi- proceed with the enterprise, which will requive about four years to complste. The bill involves no outlay on the part of the government, it being simply for incorporating the company, thereby giving it a unational recogni- tion and to some extent a governmental protection. The bill provides, also, certain conditions in the in- terest of the government. Tho American Panama company having been dissolved, there will be no home influence hostile to the Nicaragua project, and there is every reason to ex- pect that the projectors will have no difliculty in disposing of the stock and obtaining the money necessary to con* stract the canal, the cost of which it is estimated will be about sixty million dollars. The company is composed of men of ability and wealth, whose faith in the enterprise as an investment s shown in the fact that they have not asked a dollar of the government. The feasibility and at commoreial im- portance of the enterprise are not ques- tioned, and there is now mo worable promise that within five years Amer- ican energy and money will have con- structed a water highway botween the oceans that will eventually prove to be onc of the most valuable aids to the commerce of the world ever supplied by mun, PAss Foice of New York city, the organ » prohibition party, has seen fit to misrepresent the operation of the high license law in Omaha, which it calls the oldest high license city in America. It points to the fact that the city supports two hundred and fifty saloons to a popu- lation of one hundred and ten thousand, and on the strength of thi conclusion that crime and disorder ar on the increase and high license failur If the Toice would mine the statistics of the liquor traffic in Omaha before the pa: e of the Slo- cumb law it would not rush into reck- less statements. In 1881, just before the passage of the high license law, there were two hundred and forty saloons in the city of a population of forty-five thousand. In 1889 there are two hundred and fifty saloons and the population has more than doubled. The liquor traffic to-day is under munic pal control, crime has been iessened and law and order provail. So much can not be said of the leading cities of prohibi- tion To and it is fanaticism on the part of the Voice to mwalign our city on false testimon T of th A ROW is brewing at the legislature over the junket of the committee on pubtic lands and buildings which has just veturned from visiting state institu- tions at Grand Island and Kearney. It is ¢ d, not without good cause, that committee has been altogether too h in piling up its expenses. Mem- 's not only traveled as nabobs, but surrounded themselves with clerks, rel- atives and friends who were entertained at the state’s expense. If this be true it is scandalous and demands investiga- tion. Itis hard to sce how the business of inspection can be attended to when the trip to public institutions is made a holiday jaunt. If extravagance and a high old time generally are to be inau- gurated by the committee on public lands and buildings, it should promptly be nipped in the bud. The legislatu cannot wink at and condone this reck- less waste of the people’s money. The committee on public lands and buildings has been in the past a very rich plum to be plucked, and it is high time that the abuses which have grown out of it be brought to a sudden close. LINCOLN advices res d at a late hour state that Messrs. O'Brien” and Specht will begin the performance of theiv duties as legislators to-day, thus displacing Mes: Movrissey and Fenvo. To the gentlemen retived to private life the lesson will be a severe one. Mr. I'enno has not been obtru- sive. He was probably a passive in- strument in the frauds which resulted in giving him a temporary seat. Not 0 with the other man. He has been profuse in his boasts and defiant of justice, relying upon the backing of monopoly and his own polit- ical masters for the vetention of his place. The democrats of Douglas county played a bold game. They lost, because they deserved to los Now there will be a loud and pro- longed howl, and in the tumult, loudest and longest will be heard the voice of Mr., Morrissey proclaiming himself a martyr. But he is nothing of the sort. THE strong partisan spivit that has all along been shown by the democrats in congress with regard to the territo- vios ready for admission was displayed in an aggravated form on Wednesday when it was decided to report anoth omnibus bill for the admission of Ari- zona, Idaho and Wyoming. None of these territorios is at present in a con- dition to he admitted, and the proposi- tion to give them statehood is clearly intended to obstruct the admission of the other territories which are entitled to be made states. The injustice of such a proceeding must be apparent to everybody, and the purely partisan mo- tive behind it is equally obvious. — Tue press of Colorado is very much aroused over the attempt to force through the legislature of that state a local meat inspection bill, It is pointed out with considerable warmth that the proposed legislation if carried would briug about a most oppressive wmonopoly sses in favor of The people of to pinch the working cle a few local Hhy Colorado are to-ddy relying for their meat on the dressed supply fud- mshed from Qmaha and Kansas City cheaper than ean be supplied by the local butchers, To keep out this dressed beef from the state would react well upon the cattl < of Colorado. Their market av the beef packing centres would' Be restricted, and the law, if passed, would leave Colorado cattlemen in gy hopoless predicament. It is safe to pradict that the legislature will not lend its aid to the adoption of of such an unconatitutional and danger- ous me grow \sure, nd Mre. | have bheen allowed the fleeting vleasure of Hon." written their names, Now they will drop the unde- served title, but for its brief they should be duly ought to thank the le, kicking them out in the Mr. Morrissey's plea for himself will start fow te Ho is so munifestly unfit for the responsible work of o rep- resentative thativ is a wonder that even by the connivance of the democrats he serves, he should have commended a showing of votes. Where now is the fabled $10,000 of B. & M. boodle? M M SSEY nno before seeing They ators for not beginning. Tite council should delay no longer in instituting an inquiry into the merits of the vitritied brick-block for paving purposes. There is Tikely to be consid- crable paving done this scason on resi- streets, and proper anxious to find a good substitute for the wooden block. A fortune is awniting somebody who ean 1nvent or discover a cheap, durable and nou-absorptive pav- ing block. denc holde Tiue work of constructing the city hall shall be commenced and carried forward, says the ordinance just ratified, without unnecessary dc This indi- cates that within ninety ys the sound of the trowel and the click of the stone chisel will be heard at Eighteenth and Farnam, Britain’s Inconsistenoey, Louis Post-Dispateli, in is working very hard to sup trade at Zauzibar, but t wr are ot treated as bad Great Bri! press the slave —~— ng Against thy Crops. ew York World. The weather bureau is to remain in charge of the war department. The new depart- ment of agriculture will have to run the rops accordiug to weather furnished in the wterest of our arwy’s maneuver: Fond Wives' Proh-cies. New York Morning Jowrnt, Mrs. Harrisou, it is said, always had au idea that her husband would bo president. This is very interestinz. But, then. it must be remembered other ladies have had the same idea with respect to their husbands who did not become presidents. A Warning.to Dakota. Kansas City Jowrnil. A little speck of waris visible in Dakota over the selection of the capital cities of the two proposcd new states. We trust that all such questions will be settled amicably. Let there be no “Kangas county scat wars” on a much larger scalo in the Dakotas, S Very Common Hero. Phitadelphia Novth Ameriean. A Munich chemist claims great credit for having discovered a process by which nickel can be decomposed. Should he ever en grate to this country he can go to a bar- room and see how readily a nickel can be turned into a drink of cheap w! i Professional Jealousy. Chicago Times, Mark Twain was admitted to the floor of congress the other day with the distinct un- derstanding that he was uot to crack any jokes., Theuaverage congressman is as jealous of his ability to be funny as the paid humor: ist is jealous of the fellow who is funny for nothing. e cuse For Him. Chicago Herald., A Milwaukeo preacher is to be brought ha- fore a committee of his chureh for buying chewing tobaceo on Sunday. “If guilty it should go hard with him. There is no r sou why preachers should not buy enough finecut on Saturday night to last them until Monday morning, No The Ohio nestful of possibilit all along the line, does the Ohio man him McKinley, Butterworth, Foster. Xer, Sherman—he has a look of expectation on his mobile features which indicates that if the object of bis desire doosu’t come his way presently he will know the reason why. It is safe to say that the Ohio man isn't going to be found occupying a rear t when the performunce begius under the big republican tent. New York Commereial adve # Rattle his bones over the stones He's only o pauper, whom nobody owns,” s the old ditty, but now a crown prince has had the fate of the pauper. from Vienna to the London Times s ! the copper coffin in whict Prince Rudol('s body was placed when it was to De trans- forred from Meyerhog to Baden, was so lurge that the hearse provided could not cou- tam 1t, and it was ne 'y 10 use the hearse i which the bodies of paapers are conveyed, “Seeptre and crowa must tumble down, says James Shirloy, “Death lays his icy hand on kings,” Uit is not often thata hauglity Hapsburg takes his last launt in a pauper's hearse, 7 A Bgotest, Owmamy, Nob,, Fel To the Editor of Tae Bee: Two yesl$ ago a pharmacy bill passed both houses of the state and became alaw. Said bill required druggists aud as- sistants to pay $1 each year to defray the ex- penses of the board of pharmacy. House roll No. 9 of the presentgegisluturo is to amend that pharmacy bill, te whole gist of the amendments being to raise more money for the said board by tdsiyg proprictors &2 per vear and ussistants of cierks #3 per ycar. There are over one tHdusand druggists in the state. Kach drugglst has one or more assist- ants. So a fair estimate would be 2,500 drug- gists and assistants in the state. The law says that the board shall meet four (4) times a year, and it is but fair to presuwe that $2,500 would be ample to pay the entire ex- penses of the board, and leave a balsuce to enable them to have su annual banquet, but when this board of pharmacy endeavors to et a bill through the legislature to create a find of $5,000 or ¥0,000, and that by taxing @ poor clerk who gets & salury of from 330 to $60 per_month, more than his employer 1s taxed, it is my opinion that there is an injus- tige. 'One dollar & year is sufficient, and I hope that the members and senators at Lio- coln will squelch the houss roll No. 9. DiruGaist. Aungostura Bitters, the celebrated appetizer, of exquisite flavor, is used all over the world, Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, sole m'f'vs. Ask your druggist. INTO DAVY JONES' LOOKER, Fifty-two Sailors Drowned by the Sink ing of the Glencoe, Loxpox, Feb, 7.—It has been ascortained beyond a doubt that the steamer which sunk in the collision off Beachy Head Monday night was the Glencoe, belonging to the Glen lino of Glasgow. The Glencoe was bound from Liverpool to London. She had no passengers, The Glencoe was a three master, iron screw steamer of 1,901 tons, It is learned that the crew of the Glencoe num bered fiftystwo men, including twenty-three Chinamen, The force of the collision be. tiveen the two vessels was so great that the foremast of the Largo Bay was jerked out and fell across her deck house, erushing it. A wild tempest wns raging at the time of the lent and snow was falling 8o thickly that it was impossiblo for the lookout on either vessel to see tho lights of the other until the collision was_ inevita ble. The Gl to cross the bows of the ay, ran at full speed into the bar ten feot of her bow. The Lay ) havo sunk had she not heen provided with water tight sections, w of the bark saw riothing furthor of the steamer, but could ke out her crew struggling in the wator. It was impossible, however, to render them any sistance, ail of the Lurgo Bay's boats having been smashed. The wind blew with such force that the sails of the bark were torn into shreds and a boy was carried overboard The bark weathered the storm until rescued and towed into Cowes. - KEYA PAHA V They Are Makiug It Very Hot Cattle Rustlers, ¢, Neb., Feb, 7.—[Special to Tie The northeastern portion of Keya county hus suffered to a considerable extent the pust year from the depredations of cattle thieves. The number of cattlo that have been stolen in that time is variously es- timated from 150 to 230, Stock wouid be al- lowed to run on the rescrvation, and when the “round up” eame the cattlemen were if they got 50 per cent of the whole number. This state of affairs could not always last, and the total disappearance of quite a bunch of cattle a few days since brought about what has long been predicted, the formation of a vigalance comuittee. Your correspondent was informed by one who 18 acquainted with the particulars of the ation, and he stated that already the one hundred and of detormined men LANT For Nonri Ber Pahe organ membership was nearty fifty. It is composed who intend either stopping this particular style of stock ralsing or hang every cattle “rustler and also to give suspected men a chiance to adjourn to a more congenial clime. The fact that the “committee’ mean busi- is amply demonstrated by their actions ringview last Wednesday night. At that time A. J. Maupin, of Fort Picrre, Dak., was in town. He was suspected of being pretty posted about the reservation “stock arket,” and the “committee” wanted to in- terview him as to how he came in possession. of a bunch of stolen catt munch sent in that 3 ited, but the “cow punche rodent as larjze as one of his half-moon branded steers and declined the invitation and unlimbered his *45" for action. At this juncture auite an amusing incident occurred. Among th hojhiand gathered in the rear of the b hop for a_quiet til at the tiger was a prominent business man of Springview, who resides fourmiles in the country. When the “hostilities began™ he suddenly recollected that he had a pressing engagement. He didn’t stop to cash his chips, but made a break through the bacle door. Hair sprouted on his bald pate wheu he dis- covered himself looking down the cold, un- feeling muzzles of a dozen double-barrelled shotguns, ““Hold up your hands,” was the stern com- the leador, and_ his hands flew ra like ercised lightning on the ch. Ou_inspection he was found. to be the wrong man and given his liberty. went under the wire at his rural r u exactly eight minutes and a quarter from the time his hands came down. Another call was made for Maupin, and he was assured by the committee t he came along with them pea would not harm him himself up. A sc two other parties, named F cle and Clay, but they had ot wind of the ruction and cone v After a scarch for t ittec” took Maupin and went to some place on the Keya Paba river where, after subjecting him 1o a vigorous “pumping,” he was given a certain lengih of time t the country and warned o Itis undersiood that scveral other men have also received a polite invita- tion to emigrate or stretch hemp. It is no fault of the officers here that this “committee’’ is forme The cattle are stolen outsice of their jurisdiction, aud while 7 make it hot for offenders i 'the county re powerless to stop thieving on the reservation. It wasonly a few months ago that Deputy Sherifi Roby killed an- alleged cattle thief for resisting arrest. AFFRONTED, rturn, AGIIN i s has just unwarranted outrage committed by Portugese oflicials to an American whaler and her captai ‘The in- cidents complained of occurred last October, but the American has not until now been able to communicate 4vith his friends. Early in the month med the whaler Mary Frazer, Captain Lapham of Edgerton, this state, while cruising near the Azores, landed the members of her crew at Caldilas Pico, of which place the meu were natives. While ashore Cavtain Lapham was asked how much tobaceo hie had on board the bark, and he replied, innocently, that he had eleven boxes, containing 100 pounds, possibly more. Captain Lapham rovarned o his vessel and cruised about, awaiting the return of his men from the island. He was several wiles off skore whercan armed erew boarded the Mary Frazer and declared that they must be informed how much tobaceo was in the captain’s possession. The captain upon investigation, said he had cleven boxes, weighing 200’ pounds. Onc of the sailors on the Mary I'razer informed the Portuguese ofticials that near Flores, some of the tobucco had been sold by the Americans, Cap tain Lapham explained that the sale was made on the high scas, fur from that it was none of the busine uguese officiuls. The avwed then left the bark. It was not the Pa uese gunboat Acor sc Mary I wanued her with armed men, and towed her into tune harbor of Fayal ptain Lapham has been a prisoner,or prac a prisoner, over since. A bond was doema nsure his rance when wan g unable h the bond | 0 18- The civil pro eous. First the Mary Frazier was by the customs officials, who b fulse manifest Lad been given by Cabtain Lapham, and a fine of $300 was imposed be- cause of his sale of tobacco on the high scas. The place of seizure was off the Azores, some ten miles from Pico. At tempts'to settle the matter thus far bhuve failed, An appeal to the officials at Lisbon was sought by the United States consul, but it was of no avail. Permission to appeal would only be granted on a deposit of $7,000 in gold. The consal saw no other way than to let the local officials take possession of the bark, and then to scek redress through the government which he represents. ‘That hie bas now done. At the last accounts Cap tain Lapham was still on the island without. means, reached here of an land. - High Crime at Stuart. Srtusnt, Neb, Feb. 7.--[Special to Ber.]—The quiet and orderly town of art was rudely awakened from its serenity and faith in all maukind last Saturday by the arrest of cue of its respeeted and peace- loving citizons, on the terrible charge of “Betting &1 on election,” the complainant being the democrat who lost the doliar. His heavy loss had 8o preyed upon his mind that ho must have revenge or grow prematurely gray. But as the defendant bad numerous friends at hand the case was dropped with out being acted upon, and the worthy demo crat “cut and run,”’ leaving the citizens to sleap and to dream of “‘man’s inhiumanity to man," AN INDIGNANT OFFICIAL. He is Tived of the Public's Lack of Sense. “If people ever would learn to have sense, it would save both themselves and the post ofice officials a lot of trouble,” said Assistant Postmaster Woodard yesterday. “‘Look at this, H is some ono sending a bottle of medicine to Detroit and paying 10 conts postage on it, and yet the rules of the vico say distinctly that no Ass or liquids 1l go through the mails unless sccurely fastoned in wooden or tin cases. This one is done up in pasteboard, and an attempt to o1 the stamps would smash it to pieces, ilod it will howl because it won't receive it, and yet cent There's another man will wonder why a 1ot of sample butcher knives vever reached his customers, He just wrapped them up in and mailed them. Why, the points of knives were sticking out 'half an inch, and you can_imagine how they would leave any mail matter that might bo in the same sack with them. They went to the dead letter office. “There is one other thing that may be of use to forcigners residing 1 this country,” he continued, handing out a small box § an't send anything of ‘salable value’ e friends in the old country by mail If they post them we mail them to New York, but the packages are examined there, and then eithier sent to the dead lotter oftice or returned to the sender. ‘This box was re turncd to us because the sender’s name_and address was on it, and we will send it to hun.” The box contained a valentine, throo cheap brooches and a letter, and_was ad dressed to Schleswig, Germany, but it is destined to be the letter that never went, PROFITS. Miture B TOOK Tk An Agent for a Fu buke “The sooner these gentlemen learn that they cannot invade the sanctity of a home one of the most sucred spots on earth—the better for all concerned,” said Judge Berka yesterday afternoon, as he fined Matthews, of the Ferguson Furmiture company, £5 and costs. The facts of the case ave as follows Mrs. John Smith, the wife of a car driver, purchased a mattress and somo chairs on the installment plan from the Ferguson com pany. The bill amounted to $10.55, and of this amount she had paid §.50, leaving a bal- ance of § As the latter was a few days overdue, Matthews, on behalf of the com- vany, took forcible possession of the furni ture, and removed 1t from the premises, leav ing Mrs. Smith nothing but the floor to sleep upon during the recent cold snap. 1t was also alleged that he used undue foree in the removal, slightly injuring Mrs. Smith, A warrant for his arrest was issued, and he returned the furniture, at the same timo try- ing to induce her to withdraw the charge, it had gone too far, and he was flned as In giving his decision the judge said that the signing of these leases or chattel mortgages gave the furnituve uen no right to remove the goods, except under due pro. coss of law. 1f the purchaser fails to keep up his payments, it gives the seller no right to seize the goods unless by procuring o writ of roplevin, and the purchasor can prevent their removal until such writ is procured. the leases stating that the pur- all interest in the goods in the event of non-payment, is null and void, and the luw provides a way by which the seller can obtamn redress without assuming: the powers of court, justice and jury. A Bad Father, John Clark is the father of a little gir whom, 1t is said, he is endeavoring to train us a thief. He is a worthless good-for-noth- ing residing on the bottoms, andshe, through the kindness of some charitably disposed people, secured a situation as nurse girl with Mrs. John . Boyd, of 517 South Twenty- hird strect. Wednesday afternoon she left alone i the kitchen, all other doors being locked, but her _father came, and ing one ot the windoivs, lifted the child in, She at once collected a quantity of clothing, linen, groceries, ete., and handed them to b father, but was seen by a neighbor. A w rant has been issued for the man's arrest. m Re- The clause chaser waive Raised the Rent. Justice KKruger devoted yesterday to hear- ing the suit of Douglas vs Thurston, and lis tened to twenty-six different stories told by us many witnesses, ‘The facts, however, dre these: A man named Wind leased the prem- ses at the northeast corner of Douglas and Fourteenth streets, and sublet the basement to Thurston as a barber shop. Wind, how. ever, threw up his lease, and the owner of the building rented it to James Douglas, who at once raised the rent on Thurston r rofused to the ine Is by his lease from Wind, has accordingly brought suit to'e him, Pay Ior a Finger. Lola Pickett, of Stuart, Guthrie county, Towa, entered suit in the United States court yesterday for £5,000 damages against the Model steam taundry of Omaha. On No- uber 9, was ordored to clean on mangle, which, it is alleged, was imprope; constructed, and while doing so had her had 80 badly crushed that one finger had to nd as been unable to - since. MRS, HARRISON KNEW IT, She Felt Certain That General Bon Would Get There, Russell 13, fHarvison, whilo here on his way oast, told an interesting story toa friend with whom he had er in conversation, s a Chicago special to the New York Herald, “Mother has always had an idea, as long as [ can remember, " said the young man, “‘that father would some day bo president of the United States. When he was defeated for re-election to tho senate she cheered him up and told him his chancas for getting the presidential nomination were betteroutof the senato than in it, and mother had an idea, too, that father would be nominated here by this convention. Father was never san- guine, bat mother stuck to 1t, though wo all foarod tho Gresham movemens would kitl father’s chances. “When at last the nomination made [ don't think mother was sur- prised_a bit, and she told father ho needn’t concern himself about the eloe- tion at all, as he would go to the white house just as sure as he lived. Mother didn t pretend to know anything about politics, but she wouldn't ‘give up her iden that father would be president some day. S0 you see, she knew more about it than most of the politicians. e Al iy ivolous Liditor Childs. The following puns are taken from a singlo issue of the Public Ledger of recent date: George Augustus Sala is said, by a Paris coveespondent, to have had his ambition as a painter cut short by hayv- ing it pointed out to him that ho had painted one of his figures with six toes, This was in his days. Max O'Rell (Paul Blouet) has entitled hishook on us *Johnathan et son Conti- nent.” This is owing to Mr. O' Rell’s imperfect knowledge of French, It is Johnathan and his brothers, not his sons, that run somuch to this continent. “Uncle Sam and his nephews” would O'Relty be about the thing. who is buitding the great tower (alvendy up over seven hundred feot) for the coming Paris exposition, says he will look for no better monu- ment—it will bo the height of his bition, as it were. It should be the “Biffelutin.’ A defaulter in Indianapolis has turned over to his employor a stock of ice at English lake Stark county, Indiana. Mental troubles are hinted at in the case, but, considering the nature of the season, there was method in this Stark madness. Arvabi Pashais getting old fast and breaking down in his exile in Coylon, it is stated. He is not Arabi the blest. S Samoa on an Egg. Dick Worsham, of the western part of this county, had on exhibition in this city a hen’s which was po- 3 ed and was an object of at curiosity, says a dispatch to the Globe Democrat from Mexico, Mo. Upon one side of the ghell of the egy, Wwas which was of extraordinary size, could plair be discerned a number of war ships at sea, apparently peacefully gliaing along upon the water’s ealm surface. Three vessels are plainly vis- ible. Turning the egg gradually over, a seaport comes fully into view, som what resembling the harbor of Apia, The similarity is striking indeed, and the Samoa matter at once enters the mind upon beholding the egg, which is the product of a hen that some German neighbors of Worsham’s brought over from the old country three yoars ago among a lot of other fine poulivy. Tho extraordinary figures upon the shell are thought to have poculiar signif cance just at this time, when a war is imminent between the United States and Gemany After the curiosity of this communi has been satisfied the strangely ced egg will be sent to vd for mspection. Wor- 310 for it. To Get a Registered Letter. A Swede who knew nothing of the Enghsh language went to the govern- ment building to-day to get a rogis- tered lettor from the postoflice, says a New York dispatc Several hunared applicants for positions in the postal service were crowding into the room where the medical examinations of the civil service commission were being conducted, and the Swede somehow fell into line. When his turn came he was ushered into the examining room. T doctor was in a hurry and did question him, He was'put on a scalo and his weight taken; put under an up- right and his height recorded; his outer clothing was removed and his body subjected toa severe thumping; he was made to draw long breaths and given further excrcise beforo the ex- amination was finished. *“*What's your name?” asked the doctor. The Swede presented the notification card sent him hy the registry department. An inter- preter wis summoned. A few minutes’ conversation revealed to the Swede th fact that a mistake had been mad thought the postoflice authoriti striet and supposed the medical exam- mation was the custom of the country, He was conducted to the proper di- vision, "Twere Well Done, were it Done Quickly. Every reader of these advertisements mecans to try Ivory Soap, but neglects to buy some. So we suggest you telephone your grocer zow to send you a cake, One cake will do to start with, A WORD OF WARNING. 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