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Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
ap,eric,n association.
Tho National League.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Result of to-day's
game: Li.r1
Washington. ..Ot6 4 % 0 o 3 Q
New York. k......1 a O. 6
Base hits-Washington 10, New York 10.
Errors-Washmgton 3, New Y York g. Batter
ies-Keefe and; Ebright: keefe, Whitney,
Crane aud Brown.
BosToN June Result Of to-day's game:
Boston 80. .....3 0 0 l 1 0 o. z
Philadelphia. % 0 0 0 0 l 0 0 / 9
Base hits-Boston Z. philadelphia 8. En-
rors-Boston l, Philadelphia 65. Batteries
Bennett and Clarkson, Casey and Clements.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Dry Goods Merchants Fail.

New YORK, June 1.-Frederick Almy, Otto
Van Arnim and Theodore Lamson, COM
prsing the firm of r. Almy & Co., dry goods
commission merchants. have made general
assignment without preferences. Liabilities.
$3.50 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Dcs Moines II. Denver o.

was very rocky on the part of the visitors,
both for the battery and in the field. The
home club played steady game all around.
Umpire Forces decisions were very rank,
and both clubs and audience were much dis
satisfied. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Central City High School.

CENTRAL CITY, Neb, June 1.-[Specia! to
THE BEE l-Commencemen exercises of the
high school were held in the Grand opera
house tonight, The graduating class con-
sisted of Charlie McEndree, Anna Harris,
Mary Patterson, Lizzie Patterson Fred Rat
cliff, Elsie Patterson and Anna Mcpherson.
The programme, while necessarily lengthy,
was interesting, and the house was we'll
filed.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02

clusion that they can push their cases "a we'll
and that they stand as good Chances OF pre-
ferment at their homes as In Washington.
and there will not be much personal solicita-
tiou hereafter.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Sentenced TO the Pen.

YORK, Neb., June 1.-TSpecial Telegram to
THE BEE. lin the district court this morn
ing Pete johnson, a oolored man, was SEN
fenced to two years and six months in the
pen for forging and passing an order. John
sentence in Jail for stealing, and was very
troublesome customer in the Lincoln Jail last
winter, where he served q sentence for lar
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
struok n Vein of Silver

SrRrNovIEw, Neb., June 1.-fSpecial Tele-
gram TO The Bee. THE parties who are
prospecting for coal in the northern part Of
the county, near the Keya Paha river, claim
they have struck vein of silver ore, ttSrty
inches In thickness Some samples Nave
been sent of 70 be assayed.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
A RnifI Horse Thief.

GRANT, Neb., June 1.-TSpecial Telegram
TO The BEE Under the very shadow of
the district court, n horse was stolen last
night from j. p. Donnelly No trace has
yet been found of the thief.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Fairmont commencement Exercises.

FAIRMoST, Neb., June 1.-[Special to The
BEE. The commencement exercises of the
Fairmont schools were held in the opera
house, yesterday evening. There was but
one graduate this year. Miss Winnie Cubbi-
son, who passed an unusually good final ex-
animation. An address by Rev. Ralston, of
Lincoln, was "A feature of the exercises.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02

witnessed the game OF ball, to day. between
the Genoa Indian club and the York nine
The game wns close from the start, and the
score was Ia 10 10 in favor OF Genoa, with
one inning TO spare
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
100000 Fire.

WINNIPEG, June This morning. in
Basseva, in Lower Manitoba, fire started in
a blacksmith shop and swept away a dozen
buildings. The loss is 100000, on which
there is practically no insurance.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02

Home runs Mahoney, West.
Bases stolen-By Schellhasse 9, Frye.
Double plays-HeuRle, unassisted; Han
rahan to Hcng&.
Bases on bAl ~ BY Duke O, by Klopf g.
Hit by pituhehsS West Curtis, Schellhassc.
Struck out BY Duke 9, by Klopt 5.
Passed balls t-Dugdale T.
Wild pitches k,Klopf l, Duke 1.
Left on based minneapolis 5, st. Joseph Q.
Timc-9:OO IL
Umpire-Hutiey.
Sioux City 12, St. Paul q.
ST. PAU, June Sioux City won 20
days game ensRs.i The local team had more
hits, but the work of Reilly aud Tuckerman
Offset this. Score:
}Gli -
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Total

Before the audience dispersed, "Senator"
Morgan mounted the stand and stated that it
was only the indiscretion of the bicyclers in
allowing Broncho Charlie to enter the race
that wrested victory from them.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
NEWS ABOUT NEBRASKA.
A Man In Prison to Shield His
Thieving Brother.
eLAiR's PosToFF,oE MIDDLE.
Coming to Identify the Murderer
Hayden-Proposed Railroad FIX
/ tension--A Bold Horse Thief
Base Ball and Crops.
To Shield His Brother.

NEBRASKA CRY, Neb., June 1.-[Special
Telegram to The BEE. lit now develops
that Jim Rainey, who is serving a sentence
in the county jail for wholesale stealing, is
innocent, and that he is serving for guilty
brother, rather than let his parents, who
live in Cass county, know he had been ar
rested He had just arrived in the city on a
visit the night before his arrest and had
never been here before.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Genon 10. York II.

STRoMsBuso, Neb., June l.-[Special Tele-
gram to THE Has Two thousand people
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02

Minneapolis Z, ST. Joseph 4.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, June duke put up
too many pulling curves, and West hit the
ball over the fence just when it was needed,
bringing in three men with him. Klopf
pitched good game. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
BASE BALL.
Standing of the Clubs,

SCHhUfHR OI t1fe CIUDS.
Following is the standing of the Western
association clubs up to and including yes
terday's games:
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
Games Postponed.

HARRISBURG, June 1.-The Indianapolis
and Pittsburg ball teams are laid up here in
consequence of washouts. They were to
have played at Pittsburg to-day.
New YoRK, June 1.-The st. Louis Brook
lyn game was postponed on account of rain
CHICAGO, June 1.-The Chicago Cleveland
game was postponed on account of wet
grounds.
MILWAUKEE, June l. The game scheduled
here to-day between Omaha and Milwaukee
was postponed on account Of rain.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
st. Louis Races.

ST. LOUIS, June To-day was the open
ing day of the summer meeting Of the st.
Louis Jockey club. The track was in fair
condition. Summary:
Mile dash. all ages-WheeIer T won. Mol
lies Last second, Kermese third. Time
las. INN
Seven furlongss all ages Mirth won,
Entry second, Redstone third. Time
1:3lH. L.rr
won. Callentc second Cassins third. Time
-2:39&. ~
Five furlong dash, all ages-Bridgelight
won, Tudor second, Gardner third. Time
1904. GuG !
The steeple chase was declared of.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
HUMOROUS.

If quiet demeanor constitutes re-
finement. the most refined people are
to be found in the cemetery.-A.chison
Globe.
The inventor of the barbed-wire
fence got his idea from the autograph
of a Russian Prince travelling in this
country.-M T. Sun.
Don't you think it extravaganza,
Henry. to pay $50 for diamond ring
for your wife? mot at all; you seem
to forget how much shall save on her
glove bill. Boston Transcript.
"a foul tip" Kissed the ex-ball
player, present hotel waiter, as he
picked up the quarter left by pa
tron on the table and found it to be
made of lead-Binghamton Repub-
Hcdn.
In Iceland it is the custom for ev-
erybody to kiss everybody else he
meets. 1t requires a good deal of skill
in Iceland to meet only the people you
would really like to see.-Somerrille
journal.
-Winks-"What a sad, anxious
face that man has" Jinks--" Yes, l
noticed it. He has strained. haunted.
afraid-l-wOn't- ca:ch-the-train express
sion. guess be works in the city and
lives in the suburbs" Philadelphia
Record.
After having listened at a Thanks
giving dinner to Jones' stale jokes,
Smith said: Il say, Jones. the Thanks
giving turkey is luckier than we are. !"
Jones" what way?" He isn't
stuffed with chestnuts until after he is
dead. ''-Teras Sittings.
Lady" And what does your
father do?'' Little Girl-"Oh. papa
is a DOCTOR" Lady" Indeed! / sup
pose he practices a great deal. does he
not?'' Little Girl -"Oh, no. He
doesn't practice any more. He knows
how now -Harper's Young People.
Young girls in society should re-
strict themselves in their indulgence
in marsh-mallow drops to three pounds
day. This suggestion is not made SO
much for the welfare of the young
ladies as for that of the young men in
society who furnish the supply. which
rarely equals the demand.-Harpers
Bazaar.
Jones" Hello, Smith. Congrat-
ulations! hear that you are engaged.
But, between friends. old fellow. l
don't see how you plucked u? courage
to do it, Smith" Well, you see, we
got to talking politics. trusts. rings.
ETC., and drifted right on to the matter
before we knew it"-Buylington Free
Press.
-"What did the doctor pronounce
your ailment?' inquired the wife.
with a tremor of anxiety in her tone
as she came into her, husbands sick
room. "He pronounced it as il it were
spelled bronkeetus," exclaimed the in
dignant Bostonian. strengthening him
self up in bed. land requested him
at once TO make out his bill and go.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
THE GIRL HERSELF.

twas not her bonnet 1t is true,
Twas not her bonnet, nice and new,
That fixed my idly rowing eye {.
That summer day, As she passed by.
can not tell you how twas made,
can not tell the ribbons shade,
Nor Just the color of the wreath
only saw the face beneath.
noticed not her dress the while,
Hit were made in latest style,
With Grecian folds, ana closest ut,
Or furbelows adjoining it.
II may have been Of dimsy wear;
do not know, I do not care;
For all my thoughts that ~ 1ndered Wide
Were conferred on the girl inside.
o, she was sweet from head to feet! -,
Tho prettiest girl upon the street!
Depending not on outward dress
To emphasize her loneliness. J
Though many another maiden owes
Her chief attraction 70 her clothes,
This one, though we'll supplied with pelf,
Would have no rival to herself.
Ifyou should meet this maid by chance
You'd give her more thaa passing glance,
And note, perhaps, with some surprise,
Her perfect mouth, her lovely eyes;
But oh! warn you not 70 lot
Your heart escape its bounds ~ yet;
She's spoken fOr-the charming off!
I'm going TO marry her myself!
-yosephiRs Pollard In n. r Ledger.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
INCH AND OUNCE.

The Derivation Of These Two Standards
OF Measurement.
As the Jews had q mystical rever-
ence for seven, and the ancient Welsh
and Celts for three, and the Greeks a
perfect philosophy constructed out OF
the harmonies of all sorts of numbers.
SO the Romans fell back upon a scale
of-or. more properly, upon scale
with a base of-six. Accordingly, as
they divided the pound into twelve
ounces, so they also divided the foot,
which was the standard of lineal
measure, into twelve sections. and
they called these sections unciH. too.
But how did they get the inch orig
inally? it may be asked. Rather. how
did they get the pound? for that. and
not the inch, is the unit There seems
to be no precise information on this
point. They would divide any unit
into twelfths, and prevailing notion
was at one time the linear uncia was
really the original, and was then
transferred as a name to a weight.
This, though plausible. is hardly the
case. Sometimes, especially in old
books, written when philology was not
what it is now. it was the fashion to
derive uncia from the same word in
tn. Greek, because, after the revival
of letters in Europe, the admiration Of
tho Greek became so great that when
ever similar words were found in II
and some other language it was al.
ways said that the other language Dor.
rov;ed them from the Greek. This IL
very far from being always SO, and in
the present instance the very reverse
appears to have occurred. The ounce
is literally the twelfth, and thus We
see at once the sense of speaking of an
ounce of land and an inch of milk, just
Is of an inch of q mans will or an
inch of interest for money on q loan.
Il was always the twelfth of unit
twelfth of an hour; twelfth Of .
iugerum. that half-acre which the two
oxen plowed in q day; twelfth Of Z
sextarius, or equivalent to our pint
twelfth of the entire hereditis
twelfth of the principal lent on time
when It was money at usury-that Il,
over eight per cent
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
Which Man Felt the Worse7

..You look depressed. said one club
member to another. II am depressed y
was the reply. II went home last
night slightly under the influence and
my dear little wife would not say q
word to me this morning. / feel pref
ty badly, / can tell you"
ssCrickety!'' commented the other.
II wish my wife would do likewise.
But when I go homo tired and
troubled you bet I catch it Why,
she'll almost talk my head of and
she'll follow me all over the house
lecturing. Not talk to me! Why,
that is just what want her to do. You
are the luckiest chap know. "-Dcsvss
Nesoa
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
BEATING A LAWYER.

1t II Done by Farmer Who Believes In
Treating City Folks Fairly.
"You newspaper fellows" said a
Taylor township far mer to a reporter
the other day, ''have had SO many guys
and gags at cider that the majority of
people believe we add half water in
every case"
Don't your" innocently inquired
the scribe.
mo! you blame numbskull, we
don'tr'
But IL"
"Oh. of course. you thought SO, but
you fellers amt expected to be too
smart in the top-story. However. !
was going to tell you about a lawyer
in town. He wanted barrel of cider,
but he was terribly afraid of being
cheated. He engaged me to bring in
the juice, and in order to keep me
straight he said:
Nov, then, when the cider comes !
shall test it with lackadaisial. and il
there is any water in it I'll make you
sweat for swindling."
Ibid he say lackadaisiaf!" asked
the reporter.
Something like that. 1t made me
a bit mad, and so / planned to fix
him. l brought in cask holding
forty-eight gallons. Thirty gallons
were we'll watered and the rest cider.
left it at his house, and to-day
called at his Office to get my money
And he went for you?"
81 Hardly. He gave me half a dollar
extra, and said it was tho first barrel
of genuine cider he had had in ter
years. "-Detr0I Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
BUSHELS OF SCORPIONS.

Ugly Spiders More Than Pleatifal n Loo
Angeles County, Cal
'.Bushe!s and barrels of scorpions
can be raked in down about Po-
mona" remarked William Stinler.
Of that vigorous Los Angeles County
town. He spoke of them "a though
they were apples or oranges, fallen
from the trees
"You go out there" remarked he.
land dig three or four inches in the
sand and out will come your scorpions.
Sometimes you will get half a dozen in
q place. Once they strike the air they
get cross and sour. and If you coop
three or four of them up together you
will get magnificent fight There 10
no let-up to a tarantula when once he
gets started on the war-path. 1t means
that either he is to die or his enemy is.
ut has been raining down there, and
the rain always brings out the scor-
pions. You may not know there are
any around, but get good shower or
two and you will find enough to
brighten you
"A scorpion never brings forth more
than one lot of young. As soon as
they are ready to begin eating they
burrow. like Larvae. in the back of the
old one, and actually eat her alive.
This is strange thing. but it is true.
I have seen it done many time in the
five years that 1 have lived at Pomona
and vicinity.
"a scorpion is a very repulsive thing
to look at It has ten legs, shriv-
eled sort of appearance and wicked
little eyes. Its color is light yellow.
Besides the ten legs it has a couple of
terrible claws. Its sting is in its tail.
and the quickness with which it can
use it is one of the most wonderful
things in nature.
despite the large number of the re-
pulsive things in certain sections of
Los Angeles County, however, the in
stances where men are stung by them
are comparatively rare. do not know
of a case of death from this sting, al.
though it causes terrible pain for a
few hours. When they sting each other
it is sure death, but they will fight as
long as life lasts.
'There is about the usual supply of
centipedes and tarantulas in Los
Angeles County. They, like the
scorpion, are seen oftenest during the
rainy season. Eastern people have a
great horror of them, and old-timers,
in fact, do not go hunting for them,
unless they keep at good distance
"A Digger Indian who came down
from the tin mines last Friday had his
left hand tied up in sling, and it was
swelled very big. He had been bitten
by a tarantula and was suffering great
pain. A Pomona doctor fixed him out,
however, and he is getting along all
right.
people in the tarantula section are
fighting shy of them now, as they are
of such reptiles generally" = San
Francisco Examiner.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03

Il e, accordingly. o much Of . mis-.
take to say that the primary meaning
Of the word 10 alinear. which is to say
that it comes straight from the Greek
into the Latin and thence on to us. The
riddle is plain enough when we get to
the true origin Of che word-a twelfth.
Once, indeed. Il used to be said that
the true origin was that the word
meant thumb breadth. because its
equivalent. pollex. in linear measure,
was often used in its place. But this
Is not the case. Some of the old Latins
themselves, moreover. thought, it
meant literally the unit; but even this
will not hold beside the proper signifi-
cation of the twelfth.
The pound weight really never di-
vided by inches or ounces. it was di-
vided by twelfths. by halves, by thirds.
by fourths and by sixtha And here.
again, we see what a convenient base
system of twelfths is for division
compared with a system of tenths,
which could only DO divided evenly in
two ways-by two and five. For seven
ounces they use the literal seven
twelfths; for eight ounces they said
two parts-that is, two thirds; for nine,
wanting fourth, which with us reads
like q roundabout way of expressing
three-quarters; for ten, wanting q
sixth; for eleven, wanting a twelfth
Boston Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
THE GIRL OF TO-DAY.

An Ugly Picture Drawn by . Disgruntled
and Tilted Scribbler.
The girl of to-day is raised up in the
parlor to be an ornament. and nothing
more. She knows nothing of the kitch-
en-; the place is q death-trap to her.
She knows nothing of the art of cook
cry, and never proposes to learn the
art, except circumstances force her to
it; as, for instance, she marries some
young blood who turns out to be poor.
or than q church mouse, and therefore
she has to do withouta cook; then she
goes into the kitchen, and with a good
deal of grunting and finger-burning,
manages to scrape up a meal barely fit
for dog. Our girl belongs to the par
lor. You can always find her there
when she is not lying abed or shooting
through the principal streets, flirting
with drummers or flashy-dressed
clerks, who live miserably on a salary
of $500 a year. Her education consists
of a few lessons in grammar. Latin,
music and drawing. She contemplates
nothing. A year after she graduates
she remembers nothing but her school
flirtations. As a musician she is a
nuisance. She studies music not as an
art, but as an accomplishment. The
result is that she not only succeeds n
numbering music. but the poor victims
who are often compelled to listen to
her are made sufferers too. She can
dance, she can firt, she can make love
as no other girl in the wide world can;
but when have said that / have said
all that can be said in her favor. She
is beautiful, charming and always in
teresting; but she is an ornament, and
you can make no more of her. IT you
can afford to build fine house, fur
nish it with rich and costly furniture,
keep horses and carriages and groom
to keep them in order. by all means
marry our girl. She can spend your
money as the girl of no other country
can. She can play Queen to perfec-
ton, and will not only master your
household affairs, but master you. But
if you are poor. don't do it. You can
not help falling in love with our girl.
but study the expense you will be
forced into in case you make her your
wife; if you see you can't we'll make
the race, can't keep her and the hired
girl too, then take my advice and mar
ry the hired girl.-M. Y. Graphic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03

Margaret Dolan, the author Of
John Ward. Preacher" Is an Ameri-
can lady. about thirty years Of age
She was. Born "a Pill burgh. and is the
wiferof q Boston gentleman. Her first
appearance as an author was in 1884,
when she contributed . few poems to
the leading magazines.
Countess Tolstoi. wife of the Rus
sian novelist and reformer, does not
sympathize with her husbands ex-
treme religious views; and it is said
threatens. if he attempts to carry out
his plans of selling all that he has
and giving the money to the poor. to
ask for an official investigation of his
sanity.
1t seems that the poets are fond OF
making fine speeches tosMaryAnderson.
When Oscar Wilde was in this country
he presented Miss Anderson with
volume Of poems in which he had
written: From q Poet to q Poem"
And now Tennyson has written several
new pieces for her and calls her q
perfect poem"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward. author of
Robert Elsmere." the most popular
book of the day. lives in Russell
square. London. near the British
Museum, in q house full of books and
flowers. She is described rs ''a won
derfully. charming person. slight and
moof rvro cof,,l l., q .p,,>o I'D v,nv,o,rao<
and with q suggestion in her brilliant
face of her uncle. Mr.. Matthew Arnold
Miss j. E. Harrison is reckoned
one of the most profound archaolo-
gists in England. Miss Harrison has
made a speciality Of the interpretation
of the pictorial record of the Greek
vase, and has lectured to large audi
ences at the South Kensington Museum
on this subject The proceeds of these
lectures she has given to the British
school at Athens.
In his volume of professional REM
iniscences Colonel Mapleson. speak
ing of lima di Murska, says that she
travelled with monkey. two parrots.
an Angora cat and Newfoundland
dog. The last always dined ut the
table with her off plate laid for
him. and he never dropped a morsel
ON the floor or even on the tab!e-clOth.
Such excellent manners might be OBJ
served with profit by many who have
had better opportunities for learning
the etiquette of the table.
Mrs. O. c. Converse, of Water
bury. Conn.,, is an old lady of seventy
eight, who had hand in the educa-
ton of two Presidents of the United
States. While teaching school in
South Bend. Ind, Benjamin Harrison,
President-elect, was one of her pupils,
and she taught him his alphabet
When teaching in Ohio, James A. Gar
field. then fourteen years of age. was
one of her scholars. He had been
driving horse on the tow-path. and.
his boat being frozen In. he devoted a
few weeks to her instruction.