Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1895, Page 12

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The Omaha Tammany, with its rami fications among republican dervishes and dark lantern democrats, can only Dbe dislodged from power and place by the union of all classes of citizens who desire to purge this city and county of taxeaters, barnacles and thieves. Mr. Collis Huntington, who has just returned from a pleasure tour through Turope, has annexed the North Caroling® railvond his Southern Pacific and South Atlantic octopus. There is al ways a good deal of business mixe with Mr. Huntington's pleasure excu sions. to for that order court directing We are still waiting of the United States the receivers of the American Water Works company «to proceed with the necessary improvements in their plant. The work should have been under way months ago and could have been fin- ished by this time. Francis Joseph, emperor of Austro- tes his G5th birth an- toda, If he survives three will celebrate the jubilee of niversary years he his accession to the throne, which, for GO0 years, hast descended in unbroken lines of succession to scions of the house of Hapsburg. The Dbicycle craze is charged with the responsibility for a marked decline in savings bank deposits and street receipts, The shop givls and type- writer girls ave paying for their wheels on the installment plan and travel from their homes to workshops, stores and offices on the whe But in spite of this revolution there has been a falling off in marriages of 25 per cent under Cleveland and low tariff, and what shall we do with our girls? We are not in the least surprised to Jearn that there is a slim prospect of an enrly hearing of the complaint filed by the Omaha Commercial club with the Interstate Commerce commission. On the contra we should have been very much surprised if the commission 1 dispensed with its summer vaea- tion or made any departure from its well known methods of procrastination. It I8 exceedingly doubtful, even if the commisison had decided to give the romplaint prompt consideration, whether we should have anything to crow over. England is awfully slow to adopt an new fangled ideas, but she does manage to eatch up with the procession in the long run. The metrical system of weights and measures, which is now universal on the European continent, is to be made compulsory all over Great RBritain by act of Parllament, and the act is expected to go into effect within two years. It is safe to predict that the United States will follow England's example before the end of the cen- tury, and the next generation of Ameri- cans will wonder how people could be 8o stupid as weigh meat by the ponnd, coal by the ton and measure brandy and beer by the quart and gal- lon. In the sublime language of Brother Jasper, do world do move, The Bee Is asked to assist the down- trodden women of Nebraska in securing the enactment of a law that will en- able married women to own and con- vey one-half of all property, real or personal, that may be acquired by the joint labors of husband and wife after marriage. The Bee can see no objec- tion to the enactment of such a law by the next legislature, but it has gray doubts whether it can be made oper- ative. It would certainly be very dif- ficult to ascertain what property_was ac- quired by the joint efforts or earnings of a married couple durlng a period extending over t. fifteen twenty years. Then there might be serions question as to class of property or wealth acquired in such a partnership, For instance, how much or what part of the profits derived by the husband from Dbanking or speculative invest- ments would his wife be entitled to, if te. had provided her with all the Inxuries that wealth commands and she lad never done a day's work, but had spent his money freely in foreign travel, at fashionable watering places and pleasure vesorts with a retinue of servanis to wait upon her and a car- viage always at her command? Such things have happened in some well regulated families, and o sowe that or Wg_f. | and Abraham Lincoln, {of liberty, the THE PAGLE, NOT THE DAT. The republiean party is the party of free speech, free press, free soll and free men. [ts eardinal principles were inspired by the love of freedom and hatred of tyranuy and oppression in any form. Its highest aim has Dbeen to secure equal rights to all men and to protect every man on American soil in the full yment of civil and re- ligions liberty. is is the republican creed, as tr Wl practiced by the founders of the party. This was the reed of John €. Fremont, Chavles summer, William Lloyd Garrison, He ace Greeley, Williom H. Seward, Zach Chandler, Salmon P, Chase, Ben Wade This creed was ated on the forum, preached and promulgated by boldly adyo from the pulpit the pross, tepublicanism and not of darkness, victories were achieved of debate and on the battle- fields of freedom, aund not in chamber conclaves by dark lantern the child of light Its triumphs and in the open is sassing of defenseless reputations. In the language of Senator He whose republicanism no man dare call in question, “The American spivit, the spirit of the sirit of equality to maintain itself in a fair field and a free contest against all comer Do not compel it to breathe the damp ma- fial atmosphere of dark places. Is pecially let no member of the repub- lican party, the child of freedom, lend his aid to such an effort. The atmo: phere of the republic is the air of the mountain top and the sunlight and the open field. The emblem of the repuly lic I8 the eagle and not the bat.” The question of the hour for Omaha republicans and for Nebraska repub- licans is, Shall the eagle be dominated by the b Shall oathbound politi clubs, composed of men of all partie whose meetings are held behind closed doors and whose membe are sworn to exclude from positions of honor and the spirit < able trust and from all public employment another class of citizens, even though they Dbe loyal republi by reason and only by reason of religious hiasname the candidates of the party in advance ¢ its conventions and dictate its p forms from the councils of sectarian proseription and disfranehisement? Lot every loyal republican who loves his party and holds the principles of lib- erty and equality dearer than all things firmly resolve to put an end to star chamber misrule, Come what may, the eagle, and not the bat, shall rule this city and state. else SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. It is unusual that an election of a speaker of the Iouse of Commons should cause even a ripple of comment, and it was only because there was dan- zor of breaking down an old and ac- cepted precedent that the re-election of Mr. Gully to the speakership was at all worthy of more than passing notice. IPor more than a century and a half it has been customary to re-elect the speaker of the last house, regardless of his politieal persuasion, unless he volun- tarily withdraws. It had been rumored that Mr. Balfour was determined to have Mr. Gully turned down and elect to the cership a member of his own party. When peaker of the How of Commons vetires from his office he is raised to the peerage. The program was to make Mr. Gully a lord and thus effectually bar him from the speakership. But the opposition which this provoked among the liberal leaders induced the binet to idon the thought of any such action, To the Ame n mind, accustomed it is to the spirited canvas and the hot and often protracted campaign for the office of speaker of the house of rep sentatives, the election of a member of the party in control of the louse seems the most natural thing in the world. But to the English mind the election of a partisan speaker would seem almost revolutionary. When first elected the speaker Is, of course, a member of a party, indeed, Mr. Brand, elected in 1874, had been a party whip, but on his way to the chair he Is supposed to drop all party ties and afiiliations and be perfectly fair and impartial to each and every member. But, strange as it may seem, the English speaker was once a most partisan officer and in the United States the speaker was less than a cen- tury ago, at least in theory, an unbiased and impartial officer. 7T present status of the speakership in both coun- tries is the result of their own peculiar political growth and development. In the days of the Tudors and the Stuarts the British speaker was a mere creature and spy of the King, Again and again members of the House were sent to the star chamber and to the tower at his instance, It was no un- usual thing for this offi whose duty it was to enforce the rules of the House, to be charged with violating them most outrageous! This was in the days of the absolute monarehy. The respect due to the King, who ruled as he pleased “hy the grace of God 1 to his tool, On the we find ker com- plained “That Sir BEdw. Herbert chal- lenged him on the Stairs; that he popped his Mouth with his Finger in Scorn or again T Mr. T. T, in a loud and violent Manner and contrary to the usage of Parliament, standing near the Speaker's Chair, eried, ‘Baw! in the Speaker's Ear, to the great Terror and Affrightment of the Speaker and of the Members of the House, Even as late as the end of the seventeenth century the character of the British speakership had not changed. In 1694 Sir John Trevor, speaker of the House of Com- mons, was adjudged gui of a high crime and misdemeanor for accepting a bribe of £1,000. The speaker of the time of the absolute monarchy was by no means an impartial or nonpartisan offic Although apparently elected by the House ho was practieally ap- pointed by the crown and was the crea- sped ture of the king and the tool of the royalist party. With the rise of Parlimmentary gov ernment there was also a change in the character of the spenker. The raising of the speakership to its present plane of dignity and honor is due almost en- ure not well regulated, 27 to 1761, four times re-elected to the office. Onslow set an example of fm- partiality and fairness, for which the English speakership has since been a synonym, and his lofty conduct had its influence on those who followed him. Today the office of speaker Is one of great responsibility, as well as honor, but it is almost devold of political power. That the British speaker is not a political officer is in no way re- markable. 1lis duties and functions are confined to his acting s spokes- man for the House and to the regulation of debate and the general enforcement of the rules. e has none of the cle- ments of the power and patronage of the American speaker, e appoints no committees, nor n he forward or delay bills or control the order of busi- ness or determine the e of a bill in assigning it to a particular committee. e is in no way a party leader. The | fact that the Parlinmen develop- | ment in BEngland has made the leader of the majority party in the House the prime minister and has given the con- trol of the business of the IHouse to the cabinet no doubt prevented such a de- velopment in the British speakership as has taken place in the United States. But, on the other hand, the develop- ment of the speakership of the hous of representatives, . although unigue to that body, is merely a natural and logical outgrowth of our form of | liamen yvernment. Our early speakers w merely moderators and not political officers. The early houses were small and there was no need of delegating functions to committees or for the checking of debate. The speaker was not a political officer be- cause e had as yet no patronage or political pow But as ear 1794 he was given the important power of appointing committees. In 1790 Hamil- refused permission to speak as ary of the treasury to the house. Any approach toward cabinet govern- s thus nipped in the bud, and the of the majority were necessarily members of the house. In 1811 Henry Clay, the leader of the whig majori was elected speaker, and, although pre- siding over the house, he did not.drop the character of a party leader. Like Onslow in England, Clay's long term as speaker could not fail to make some marked impression on the character of the office. I'rom the time of Clay there has been no question as to the politieal character of the Ameriean speakership. The membership of the house of representa tives increased five-fold and with it the committee patronage, the power result- ing from the recognition of members asking for the floor, from the power of the commitment of bills, and by his position as chairman of the committee on rule: The powe nd influence of the American speaker has become such that John Iiske calls him the most powerful officer of the government ex- copt the president, and Prof. James Bryce in his “American Commonwealth™ speaks of him ad “the second, if not the first, political figure in the United States, with an influence upon the for- tunes of men and the course of domes- tic events superior in ordinary times to the president’s, though shorter in duration and less patent to the world.” Viewing the case of the election to the British speakership in the light of historical dovelopment, the failure to re-elect Mr. Gully would have been as illogical as for a republican majority to re-elect the democratic speaker of the last house. It would be almost a revolutionary act, certainly an act op- posed to the custom of the British con- stitution. It i3 highly improbable that even were a partisan speaker of the House of Parliament elected that it would immediately change the charac- ter of the office. With the present in- ternal construction of the House of Commons and the strong influence of custom the speaker and bis party would zain nothing in political power and the office of speaker would lose its ancient respect and dignity. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. The conference to promote Interns tional peace arbitration, held at Brussels the , did not accomplish much of a very practical character. Its most interesting action was declaring in favor of the creation of a permanent inter- natlonal court for the settlement of dis- putes by pacific methods, the president of the conference having been instructed to ascertain whether two or more go ernments were prepared to take the initiative in establishing such a court. This idea has been advocated with a great deal of earnestness by those who think the time has come when all inter- national controversies should be scttled by arbitration, but those people who look at the situation in an entirely p:ac- tieal and unsentimental way cannot re- gard the plan as practicable. Possibly two or more of the smaller European governments will be found favorable to an international court of arbitration, but it is entirely safe to say that none of the larger ones are. The great powers could not be induced to leave to the deter- mination of such a tribunal, Fowcver able its membership, issues vital to (heir interests and welfare, and for the settle ment of minor differences such a court is not necessary That all the European governments are not averse to the principle of inter- national arbitration, however, is shown in the recent action of” the IFrench Chamber of Deputies In unanimously adopting a resolution favoring the arbi- tration of all disputes between the United States and France. This expres- sion of the legislative branch of the French go ment, understood to have been suggested by the minister of foreign affairs and to which there was no oppesition, is at least significant of an earnest desive to maintain friendly relations with this country. It is an advance which the American people will undoubtedly be disposed to favorably respond to, if our government can do so without any danger to its policy respect- ing the independent countries of this hemispher The United States has done more than any other nation to promote the arbitration of international disputes and its efforts will still be directed the advancewment of this principle, But while Europtan govern- to | tend States and other Ameriean coun tries, they fgel) differently toward each other, ov at any rate have no such tehdency toward arbl tration as would induce them to submit the more seriolfs of their controversies to the decision 6t gn International court. The idea of such a tribunal must be re- garded, therefdre, under existing cir- cumstances, as altpgether visionary-and tmpracticable, “Mhe questions that threaten the peace of Eurdpe will not be settled in the way proposed by the Brussels conference. UNIFORMUTY IN STATE LAWS. There will shortly be held at Saratoga a convention of general interest, com- posed of commissioners appointed by the different states of the union to congider and report upon such measures as will to Dbring about a uniformity of ¢ laws touching certain vital com- mercial and domestic subjects. The coming conference will be the fifth for this purpose and it is announced that about thirty states will be represented. Having its origin with the Bar associa- tion of New York some five years ago the movement has met with the hearty support of the legal profession in most of the other states, the sentiment being very general with the more intelligent lawyers of the country that there is ur- gent necessity for greater uniformity of e laws to certain matters, particularly of a commercial char- acter. It is urged that the diversity of laws and of legal decisions is em- barrassing to busin tween citizens of differ sueh social questions as arise out of ma and divoree, the making of wills and the inheritance and transfer of property, work not only confusion but wrong. The aim of the movement which it s the purpose of the conference to pro- mote is, among other things, to make the formalities attending the executions of wills uniform, to assimilate weights and measures, and to make the mauner of acknowledging and e transactions he- nt states, and in all - written instruments the me throughout the country. It is also re- rded as desirable to correct the di- vergence that now prevails between the laws of the different states concerning corporations. While some states strictly limit corporations in the issuing of capi- tal stock, maintaining it unimpaired and Kkeeping their indebtedness below the amount of their paldup eapital, with other restrictions, other states leay them practically free to do as the) please in these matters. It is urged that if 1 the states could be brought to adopt some common requirements as to the organization and management of corporate property,sthe protection of in- vestors a frand would be pro- moted and otlicr good results both to the corporations and the public at- tained. This movement has already had a good effect, and: while progress toward uniform state legislation not ey pected to be rapid it is confidently b lieved that in the course of time the result in view Wil be attained. Cer- tainly the movement ought to command the earnest attention of the legal profes- sion in every state, but it also appeals to the interest of the general public. 1t concerns particularly the business men of the country, to whom uniformity in commercial laws would be of g benefit, while all good citizens should desire such uniformity in marriage and divorce s s will better protect so- ciety from conditions that now bring reproach upon it. THE CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION LAW. « The irrigation law of California been several times sustained by the su preme court of the state, and so favor- ably has it been regarded that it has been made the basis of similar legisla- tion by other states. It was, therefore, a very great surprise to the people of California when the United States eir- cuit court recently pronounced the law invalid, on the ground that its provi- sions p in conflict with the federal constitution. The case under which the constitu- tionality of the act was tested was one affecting the assessment of land in the Fallbrook irrigation district, the com- plainant in the case asserting the in- validity of the law upon the grounds, among otheps, that it provides for the taking of private property without due process of law, contrary to the provi- slons of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, and that the use for which such prop- erty is thereby authorized to be taken is not a public use. This contention was fully sustained by Judge Ross of the circuit court, who held that the operation of the law was for the benefit of specific individuals, and the interest of the public is nothing more than that indivect and collateral benefit that it de- rives from every improvement of a use- ful character that is made in the state. “It is extremely plain,” said the court, “that the legislative purpose embodied in this act cannot be vindicated on the plea that it directly conduces to the general welfare of the community. * * * The effect of drainage Is to cause a more plentiful [h‘(n!ur' than the land would yield in its unreclaimed condi- tion. In this resulf the owner is di- rectly interested) the community indi- rectly only, and it is a perversion of legal terms to ealli the enterprise, on account of such" cdllateral advantage, a public on 1t was the view of the court that an irgigation district is not a public agency; bécause every person within such district Is not entitled to the use of the water, 5o provided upon the same terms and conditions as every other person, but bnly those persons who happen to own land in the dis- trict. , If this position is sound and the higher court sustains it, its effect will be to invalidate the irrigation acts of other states based upon the California law, and thus a serious blow struck at the development of Irrigation In the west, which would come to a halt be- cause It would be impossible to induce capital to invest in this sort of enter- prise until the was new legislation of established validit The fact is there must always be more or less un- wents may be well disposed toward ar- Hrely to Arthur Ouslow, speaker from |bitration of disputes with the United certainty in connection with state legis- lation regarding irrigation, and un- doubtedly the mattor will have to be dealt with ultimately by the general government. There Is very strong oppo- “sllhm to this idea, but it will probably be found the ouly practicable way of (solving the irrigation problem. The Chicago Inter Ocean, which did nore toward inoculating sap-headed re publicans with the virus of fiati General Weaver and all the other ram pant greenbackers together, and which more recently has been a convert to the free silver 16 to 1 fallacy, raises the cry of “American bonds for Americans.” That sounds very patriotic and eateh- ing, but from a business standpoint it Is decidedly idiotie. In the first place America would not profit by the invest ment of her surplus capital in United States bonds. Every dollar so invested would be locked up, when Americs should, if possible, keep all her surplus funds in eiveulation or have them invested in American enterprises in factories, warehouses, tramways, ote. In the next place the purchase of United States bonds by Amerieans for investment operates as o disadvantage to American taxpayers. Government honds are exempt from all taxes and | the owner of bonds not only beats his city, county and state out of the taxe which he would have to pay on an equal amount of money, but he is en- abled the hy ownership of bonds to shirk taxes on other taxable sceuritios under pretense that he has converted them into United increase of the national debt sirable, but if we must issue bonds to keep up our treasury v ve or to meet running expenses, the sale of the honds to Buropean capitalists is certainly more desirable than thelr purchase by Americans for American coupon clip- pers. States bonds. An is not de- Up to date Prof. Pearse has not clined the position from which Dr. M de- ble was deposed at the instance of the howling dervish faction of the school hoard. A §1 an may know that he will rattle avound in a $3,600 place, but it would be expecting too much of him to refuse the job. It is reassuring to the taxpayers of Nebraska to know that there will be no deficiency in the penitentiary appropria tion. Land Commissioner Russell is paying the bills out of his own pock “I"alsehoods the Chiic Chronicle—that evidently has veference to the daily contents of the Omaha Hitel Baled and Pressed” is ption of an editorial leader in the Roya Caleago Caution, Tribune. Emperor William refuses to cigars but those made espec He must have had a friend ning for alderman. smoke any Iy for him. who was run- t Water, nocrat The discovery that aluminum crumbles to pleces in salt ‘water will make it necessary to greatly modify the calculations as to the future usefulness of that metal. Bvidently, the world is not going to dispense with iron and steel for a long time to come. Municipnl Refor New York World, Tha street car lines of Toronto pay the city $800 a year for each mile of track, be- sidos 8 per cent on the first million of gross receipts, and 20 per cent on all receipts above three millions. Their fare is only 4 cents for grown persons, and they give a half-rate to all who attend school, irrespective of age This looks like the millennial reform which will_come in some other cities when they get honest politics and common sense admin- istration. Profits e Redressing Chinese Outrages. Denver Republican. Neither the United States or Engiand should hes'tate in demanding redre juries inflicted upon the missionaries of these two countries in China, There should also be a demand for measures that would prevent such outrages in the future. China must be made to do its duty, and the time may not be far distant when it will be recognized that this can be accomplished only by partit'oning for in- its territory among powers capable of maintaining modern governments, Cost of Indinn Warfare, Buffalo Commerclal, It is impossible to determine exactly the amount of money expended by the govern- ment during its existence in fighting In- dians, but a_conservative estimate makes it more than $1,000,000,000. The government has also spent during this time about $260,- 000,000 in governing and supporting these charges of the nation, and is at present dis- bursing about $7,000,000 annually for this purpose. It would appear that it has cost about four times as much to fight the red man as to pension him off. e & of Knee Boston Glo If society is so taken with/ the bicycle and golf ideas of leg upholstery that it will re- quire every man to wear knee breeches shortly, as the fashion editor announces, then society’ may be congratulated heartily’ upon being caught knowing what it is about. No art is so wise and skillful that it may add by dress the least to the power of the beauty of the naturally developed human body; but all art is wisest and most skillful when it re- solves only to help the naturally developed human body to express its beauty with the most freedom. —_—— w Mexican View of Bl Raton Reporter. The bloomer dress is a pair of trousers, very baggy at the knees, abnormally full at the' pistol pockets, and considerably full where you strike a match. The garment Is cut decollete at the south end, and the bot- toms tied around ankles or knees to keep the mice out. You can't put it on over your head like your shirt, nor around you like a corset, but you must sit on the floor and pull it on just as you do.your stockings, one foot at a time in each compartment. You can_ easlly tell the right side to have in front by the buttons on the neckband. s Light for the Foggy East. A Physician In the New York Sun. To the Editor of the Sun—Sir: Now that corn,on the cob has appeared on our dinner tables, may I suggest that it should be eaten from the cob, and not cut off, or if cut off at all, to ba cut with a dull knife. If the knife be sharp enough to make a clean cut of she grain it will also cut with it the ligneous substance in which the grain is im- bedded and this substance s as indigestible as sawdust and is quite as irritating to the stomach and bowels. In biting the grain from the cob, the woody substance is left on the cob, the teeth pressing the grain from its bed, rather than taking a part of the bed with it. The Co Brees en. e ———— e People Who Hux: Richmond Times, The men who make the world move think little of the misfortunes of the past. Their faces are always turned to the future. They are always on the lookout for opportunities to improve their condition and they know that improvement must be the result of labor by them. They know that If there was more money than any populist ever dreamed of, they can get none of it unless they labor to produce something to exchange for it, and they know there is an abundance of money in the world to negotiate all the transactions necessary to exchanging the fruits of their labor for the fruits of other men's labor, which is the only useful function that money can perform. n than | | whiek w OUT OF THE ORDINARY. There are 13,000 distinct varleties of post- aRe stampe, Castle KL, Mo, has thres citizens, brothers, named Allle, Elihu and Elidad Frank, whose combined hoight Is exactly twenty-one feet, A snake fourteen feet long has, according to report, been stealing ducks, geese, chick- ens, peacocks and other delicacies from a farm at Cold Spring Harbor, La I The must costly torab In existence is that erected to the hammed. The diamonds and rubles used in the decorationa are worth $10,000,000. Sam Wilkiuson of Washington, Ind., has only five children; a brother in Kugland has thirty-two; a sister has sixteen at 37 years of age. His grandmother had twenty-two. The perpendicularity of a monument visibly affected by the rays of the sun. On every sunny day a tall monument has a ular lean from the sun. This phenomenon is due to the greatest expansion of the side on which the rays of the sun fall. John €. Hancock of Hancock, Md., who has only his left arm to shoot with, the right having been lost in a carriage accident, has killed this season with his hotgun 209 squirrels, rabbits, 217 partridges, 62 pheasants, 28 wild turkeys and 35 woodcock. Of wild ducks he has shot 23 mallard and 7 redheads Captain Matthews of Hen lightship, off Rhode Island, one day recently while fishing caught a mackerel which had a rubber band fastened around its body The band had probably been around the fish about a year, as it was sunk into the body about half an inch, the flesh being completely healed around the band Founder Bradley's baby parade at Asbury Park on Saturday last was the big success it and Chicken is every r. Over 700 cherubs of one sort or another were in the procession and the hearts of some 25,000 papas, mammas, rel tives and friends swelled with pride tots passed along the way. annual baby parade at babics in old and its life, Union county, New Jei roads profitable, the increase in tions having been marked this total assessed values for 1895 an increase over 1894 of $1,359 The most conspicuous gain was made by Summit, which stands at $1,866,000, an increase of $416,000, or over 25 per cent. Westfield advanced $216,600 to $1,448,600, and Plainfield, Cranford and Union had substantial additions to the assessed value of their property. A little girl at Belleville, N. J., found her- sell in a pecullar and trying position a d or two ago. Picking up a 22-caliber car- tridge which she discovered in the yard, she put it into her left nostril. Then she could not get it out and in alarm she ran to her mother, who worked for three hours over her and then sent for a doctor. He was afraid to use his forceps, because it might explode the cartridge. Finally he fnduced her to snuff cayenne pepper, which caused her to sneeze the cartridge out, to the great reliet of all. VETERANS ON L Mrs. Nancy Cooper of Dover, familiarly known as Grandma Cooper, ¢ brated her 100th birthday on the 7th inst Relatives and friends flocked to greet her and she stood the strain remarkably well, According to the best informatlon obtain- able from the records, Chief Little Pipe of the Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin is now on his 108th year. His mother died three years ago at the age of 120. The old man is still in robust health, stands six feet high, ls very erect, weighs 180 pounds and is as athletic as a roebuck . A man who claims to be a direct de- scendant of Pocahontas of Captain John Smith fame is living in Newark, N. J., and celebrated the 99th anniversay of his birth on the Tth inst. He was born in Maryland and his mother’s name was Boulden, which was the name of the man who married one of the daughters of the chief. Mr. Glenn— such is the nonogenarian’s namc—preseryes his faculties wonderfully well and every few days he takes a walk abroad. In 1832 he was stricken with cholera in New York and nearly died of the disease. He has voted at every presidential election since 1817. Mrs, Lucy Alexander, a colored s the It was the sixth Asbury. One of the the procession was but ten days this was the proudest moment of y, has found good tax valua The 'S STAG Mo., woman living at Des Moines, Ta., is said to be 119 years old. She #s a native of Virginia. She cannot read or write and is a widow, her husband having died when she was 102, Mrs. Alexander lives with her son, Thomas, him- self 64 years old. She is perhaps five feet six iuches tall, of full African blood, or nearly so. Her countenance is furrowed and seamed, but her eyes sparkle as in youth. Indeed, she uses no glasses and is able to thread her own needle. Her hearing is un- impaired and she yet has one tooth perfectly sound. She says she has had good health all her life, and, aside from an occasional attack of neuralgia, does not experience an ache or pain. Her voice is deep and low, and soft. R L RSONAL AN HERWISE, It takes a pretty sharp pen to produce that tired feeling. When the storm subsided it was shown to be largely a matter of wind. Comptroller Bowler clings to the bellef that ho is a greater inan than congress, Strange as it may appear, when persons work themselves into a white heat they sud- denly cool off on touching the hot end of & poker. It the United States desires to chastise China for its treatment of missionaries, the contract should be let to the Japs. They have their hand in. An Englishman who left his patriotism at lome says the railway cars of Russia are the most comfortable in Burope. They are built from American plans, The mayor of Chicago essayed to give the mayor of New York some rustic tips on re- form. The reply of the latter is said to have curled the former's mustache. Speaker Crisp's father and mother were actors, and his elder brothers as well. One of the speaker's earliest recollections is seeing his father pley Armand Duval to his mother's Camille. Ex-Congressman Bourke C ckran announces that he will have nothing more to do with Tammany. Tammany made a similar an- nouncement when It turned Bourke down. Honors ar2 even. A brace of burglars were caught, tried, con- victed, sentenced and landed in the pen, all within four days after ralding a residence in Philadelphia. Justice makes an occasional spurt in the City of Holmes. A Kansas City woman has applied for a di- vorce on the ground that her husband called her a “jay.” The failure of the city to take a census during the recent excursion period provoked much domestic irritation. General A. P. Stewart, the confederate commander, who broke the union line at Chickamauga the first day of the battle, is seriously ill at Chattanooga, and, as he is nearly 80 years old, he is not expected to re- cover. With the death of James Bunn the noble race of Shinnecock Indians ends. The old man died with his face to the sun, which, as he died, rose over the Shinnecock hills on Long Island, the ancient home of his once powerful race. Twenty years ago Charles H. Wright, then a boy, was sent by his mother to the village store at Fox Lake, Wis., to buy a clothesline. He falled to return until a few days ago, when he appeared with the clothesline. Also a wife and four children. The Tobacco Journal emits a roar against bicycles, claiming that the growth of the wheel craze has wrought great injury to the trade. Just how is not explained. The loss, if any, is probably confined to bicycle sport ing circles, in which quarter masticating the rag s Increasing alarmingly “Lige” Halford, who has been talking to the Young Men's Christian association out in Denver, doesn’t like Raphael's conception of the Christ. He thinks it doesn't show enough character. He prefers the conception of Mun- kacsy In the picture “The Trial Before Pi- late,” which he pronounces satisactory and ideal. Marion D. Van Horn, ex-mayor of Denver, whose death Is announced, was an Ohioan by birth who served his country with distinction thegughout ths civil war, rising from the ranks to the position of major *“for meritori- ous services” In various engagements. He was mayor of Denver two years ago and for refusing to do the bidding of the spoils- bunters incurred the enmity of the dervishes and was by them branded “a traltor.” as “a The deceased was & hotel keeper, and left a moderate fortune, memory of Mo- | LEARNING AND WEALTH, Dotroit Free Press: If there s any truth In the intimation that the resignation of | Prof. Bemis from the department of polti- cal economy at the University of Chicago was due to & lack of harmony between his teachings and the economic views of the founder of the university, the usefulness of this great institution fs in peril. Mr. Rocke- feller has tha right, probably, to insist upon having political economy taught in his unt versity to accord with (he views of the | Standard Ol company. He has a right, also no doubt, to insist upon his own standard of religlous or theological views, because in a sense he “pays the freight.” Only he should understand that a great independent university cannot be built on such lines. Doston Globe: Prof. Bemis of the Chicage nniversity has been removed from his place. The supposed reason is his manner of at tacking monopolies and his alleged radieal ws on economics. However this may. be, t ase of the university has been naturally prejudiced by the fact that the great Stand- ‘.ln\ Oil magnate is fts leading financial | backer, This is one of (he serions features of tho system of the personal endowment of colleges by men like Rockefeller and Armour, | Bven though Standard OIl influence had noth- ing whatever to do with the removal of Prot Bemis, a good part of the public will per- sist In thinking so. Standing at the win- dow of the royal residence in Berlin, Em- peror William is almost within hearing of the professors of the royal university. But he would no more dare to muzzle the opin- fons of one of these professors on economies or government than to tamper with the supreme court. It is an old and sacred tra- dition that the head of author A learn- ing shall be untrammelled. Still, on the whole ur educational system is better than the Kuropean, even though it may be oc- castonally open to the exercise of unware rantable power. IS S DLASTS FROM RAW'S HORN. The wisest men have never in any age been the best men, Saul, the son of Kish, was a_ big mule driver, but he made a very small king. he devil would never get another soul It hg couldn’t make black look white When the preacher knows his bible <well he won't have to pound it to keep peopls awake, The man who talks to the biggest crowd is not always being watched the closest by the angels. Planting a grain of mustard seed may be more far-reaching in Its results than finding the north pole. It is hard to find a man who will preach the same gospel on a salary of $5,000 a that he did on $500. If putting on our plug hats would make us all as big as we want to be, world would be full of glants. The difference between a wise man and a fool, is that the wise man knows that he only the knows little, and the fool thinks he knows much, Sam Jones says, that what some men call pastoral work is little more than taking care of a plug hat and looking after a ministerial reputation. HOT M Chica As you make your bed 5o you must lie about it. Boston Courier: The angler may forget his lines, but the amateur poet never. Somerville Journal: You can very scldom find a business man who is a hero to his office boy. jalveston News: It is next to impossible to tell whether otic or hungry. Nashville American: Just as scon as Editor Campos took charge victory began to perch on the telegraph wires, Denver Republican: First it was the stone age, then the bron: age, then the iron age, and now it is the mortgage. Texas Siftings: No one laughs harder at a poker joke than the man who wants the by- standers to believe that he understands it. Atchison Globe: A woman never becomos 20 tired of life that she cannot throw a great deal of enthusiasm in her voice when talking about bargains Somerville Journal: There's no doubt that the woman who wants to climb up the ladder of fame can get up a good ueal easicr if sbe has bloomers on. demiag gues are patri- Indianapolis Journal: He—My aunt was kind enough to tell me that you only loved me for my money. She—She was wrong. I married you for your money. Harper's He—You remember that good ook Marken you jilted last summe She—Certainly 1 He—He will be here tomorrow. She (firml Well, he'd bette me another chance this summe Philadelphia Record: Nell—So she's going to marry him on only two weeks’ acquaint- ance. That's strange, isn't it? Belle—Not at all. It would be strange If she should marry him after knowing him longer. Te; Mrs. Young—John, did you hing that piece of dress ou this morning M Young 5 my tim was too precious, but (tri- umphantly) I've bought enough thing else to make a whole gown! Life: She—Have you eve He—Yes, of course. Did practice on a nice girl like of some= 1 another? think I'd Browning King's Monthly: Shopper—Is the color in these stockings fast? Salesn Oh, my, Genuine old maid's wedding. Tlustrated You never hear of wol 5 nig_off with their employers’ mon rl-Not often; but when it does happen they take the em- ployer, too. Somerville Journ Weston—Do you think a young man can safely marry on $10 a week. Baston—Well, that depends a good deal on how much the girl's father is worth. Detroit my child, “what have your cheek? “Mamma!" N Falling upon each other's neck, their tears mingled, while the daughter explained that the lotion she had used was warranted not to injure the complexion, Tribune: Innocuous—*My child, she exclaimed, in sudden fear, you done to bring this blush to Detroit Free Pres fmportant epochs in a woman's life, the_observant bachelor. Name them," replie: “Before she {s married and There are only two " sald Miss Glddey. after. Town and_Country Journal: Jones asked wife: “Why Is a husband like dough? expected she would give-it up, and was going to tell her it was “‘beca: woman needs him,” but she sald it was because he was “hard to get off her hands TING HER KNOW. Chicago Record, He loved her with a bashful love hat yet remained unspoken, Por every time he tri speak He found his cour *I cannot tell my 1 “Howe'er much I And s0 he wrote it on a card And asked her if she'd mail i% et BUT A DREAM, Written for The Bee. I thought I saw you come along the gawten path, With déwy, purple pans I thought you wore a dre and by The garden g stand; in you hand, s of misty white, thought e, 1 1 saw you But it was a dream. I thought I saw the shining of your golden hair, I thought I felt your lips against my cheek, e I thought I felt the pressure of your dainfy hand, I thought I heard you softly, sweetly speak; ut it was a dream. I thought I h SOnE Trat told me you and I should n I thought I heard you whisper loved me, and That 1 alone possessed you loving heart; But It was a dream ard you sing a long-forgotten v part, that " you for 10! the mists came down between us, you and I, And you are hid beneath the grass-grown sod, While 1, grope blindly on amidat the clouds and ‘dark, I thought yoi were a gift to me from Godg fiut 1t was & dream. WILLIAM REED DUNROY.