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Telegram-herald., 1889-11-30
no Wonder IL RrnEe.

Lady of the House-You're late to-
day.
Iceman-Yes'm; I'm around alone ITO
dfy. Ny assistants laid up in the hos
pital.
What's the matter with him?"
'He was taking the bill into a house
yesterday when the tongs slipped, an
the bill fell on his leg an broke it
Life.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-30

Book Agent ~ Going from books &C
q babies, madam, that's fine yoang-
ster. Allow nc 20 congratulate you.
Young Woman Sir, that baby is not
mine.
Book Agent repeat. madam. allow
me 10 con cratulate vol.-Iudrc.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-30

Nurse Showing new baby 70 proud
father who is premaurcly b4ld and
wears false teeth l-H0w Like his pa,
Herr Baronl Your very image.
Raron-Aou think SO?
Nurse-No hair. no teeth-ilst Ike
the Herr Baron '-BcUazc.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-30

Cordelia (who had been sent out to
''shoo'' the hens)-It's only wan O. tn
divils Oi cud get me grip an, mum, but
he's tn MISUNDERSTANDING
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-30
HIS FIR5T-BORN, AND HE WAS IN.
USED TO THEM.

Cannarty ITO the nurse)-Sorra, sorra
sorra tn day!
Mrs. BerrlCan-What's wrong, sor?
Cannariy in agony Of despair III
kid has no tathe.-Judge
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-30
- - nlaEno-is.

Poet-Can you ten ne The causo Of
those pains nave in the lers2
Doctor May I ASA " here sou 1--we?
poet-In an attic room. sir.
Doctor-TLen the pains are room
attic. Five dollars. piease.-E. Y. sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
no EIJRDpE RY RAIL.

Sir Edward Watkins, the great Eng
lish engineer, recently declared that he
can tunnel tho British channel, and
that through trains will soon be running
from London to Calcutta. The trains
may not stop there, but continue on
around through Asia to the Behring
straits.
Eight or ten years ago BEE attache
first conceived the idea OF railroad
communication between North America
and Europe. Sufficient statistical in
formation was obtained concerning
Alaska in this country and Siberia in the
Russian empire to warrant the opinion
that railroad through these sections
of the world could be made self-sustain-
ing from the start. The salient points
were presented in pamphlet of fifty or
sixty pages to the Russian authorities
and n correspondence continuing
through several months resulted in the
car requesting an audience with the
protector of the scheme. Alexander is
said to have been greatly pleased with
the idea of railroad in Siberia con-
Meeting with this country. He could
see that its tendency would be to
settle Siberia, many portions of
which are valuable for agricultural and
other purposes. Obstacles presented
themselves at the time, and when the
trip became practicable the car was
dead. The matter therefore rested.
The proposed route included the I'm
ion Pacific and Oregon Short line to
Portland. From Portland it was in
tended to construct line to the mar
rowest point in Behring strait, bridge
the channel and continue the road
through Russia into Europe. 1t was
understood, and partially agreed. that
the Russian, government would
build the line in its own
territory, and ontribute its
proportionate share toward the con-
struction of the Behring straits bridge.
Sufficient capital could be procured in
this country to build to Alaska. Dur
ing the past few years the project has
been seriously discussed and Its practic-
ability thoroughly demonstrated. Sew
eral wealthy men have given the SUBJ
ject considerable consideration and Rus
sia is said to be willing at any time to
enter into the work.
The time may yet come when an
Omaha man may take the cars and ride
to Paris, London Or any of the Europ-
can capitals without change of cars. 1t
will no doubt be source of pride to
local residents to know that an Omaha
man first conceived the idea of an inter
national railroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

country. But q great reform can be
effected by n uniform marriage and di-
vorce law "a national law is essential
to the moral health OF the country.
States cannot cope with this
important Aauostion because of their
inability to unite on u uniform
law. Itis certainly within the province
OF congress TO legislate on this subj ect
and protect family ties from the grow
ing evil OF marital freedom. Provision
should be made for the future welfare
of the country by placing restrictions
on divorce hnd prohibiting divorced
persons from marrying again for pc
riod OF say one year. The marriage
age should be advanced, and all per-
sons authorized to perform the cere
mony should be visited with severe
punishment for violation of tho law
The granting Of divorces should be linn
tied to courts established for that pur-
pose, and complete records kept OF all
marriages and divorces.
a system of courts under federal con-
troll would largely diminish the scandal
lous divorce business, which in many
states has become n mere matter of
costs. without regard to morals. 1t
would prevent the disgraceful marriage
OF mere children by ministers too
anxious for money, strengthen family
ties and elevate the marriage relation
above the plane Of sentiment and pas
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
HITS AND MISSES.

The coffin shop still holds out for coroner.
MIR. Gurley is made chairman of the county
committee. Mr.. Gurley is noo-do.
The county treasury has been burglarized
again. This time 1t was pred open by Inter.
state Vaughn.
The Chicago police have discovered that
Tascott was cats paw. This explains their
purr luck in running him down and captur-
ing the reward.
There was i time when the democrats were
the only Bourbons. Judging by the conven-
ton it looks as if the republicans of Douglas
county have forgotten everything
Holzhay, the Wisconsin terror, is cultivat-
ing large crop of lead by defytng the
authorities. He evidently intends TO make
his taking off as sudden and dramatic as
possible.
Mormon elders have suddenly discovered
that the climate of Tennessee does not agree
with them. A mob of masked men armed
with hemp has a distressing effect on the
health of polygamous preachers.
Every roustabout and yellow dog candi-
date who has ever been repudiated and
showed Under by the republicans of Omaha
will be at Hastings as a Representative re-
publican for the metropolis of Nebraska.
The Industrious frebug challenges death
when he carries his torch into Helena. The
few melancholy pines which dot the suburbs
of that section have been the means of ele-
waiting his tribe in the past, and their
strength iusures long years of usefulness as
a means of involuntary suicide.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
MARRIAGE and DIVORCE.

Nations are communities of homes.
Every inspiration and sacrifice springs
from desire to protect to the hearth
stone. The ties which bind mankind
to country or nationality have their be-
ing IN the home. it matters not where
man or woman journeys, how far dis
tant business or pleasure may take
them, or how great the attraction other
countries or oJher climes may possess,
they Invariably return with surprising
JOY to the spot hallowed by memories of
childhood or domestic happiness, utter
ing the immortal words of Payne,
: There's no place like home"
The home is the foundation OF gov
ernment in all civilized coun-
tries, without it governments and
people would rapidly degenerate
into the barbarism OF the dark
ages and the lights OF christianity go
out in a bosom OF immortality. The
first and most important duty of a gov
ernment is to protect the home, to
make domestic life question of seri-
Gus moment, not OF sentiment, n ques-
ticn of caution and common sense, not
of impulse.
The diversity of marriage and di-
yOrce laws in tho states have become a
scandal and disgrace. They have en-
couraged and legalized the union OF
youths, or youth and old age, and bred
misery, misfortune and suicide. The
courts daily tell the story OF disrupted
homes. OF scattered families and broken
hearts, largely due TO the laxity OF the
laws. This deplorable state of affairs
is not confined to the United States.
1t is prevalent throughout the civilized
world, and presents startling co1-
trast to the happiness of the mar
riage state in semi-barbaric countries.
''In India, with its two hundred mill
ion inhabitants" says Sir Edwin Ar
mold, in recent lecture in Cambridge,
there never occurs marriage OF in
clinatiOn, yet there are more happy
marriages in India, more happy homes,
more pure domestic relations, than in
any other part OF the worlG.
We cannot accept the light OF ASIA to
illumine our path to domestic happi-
ness To make marriage a matter of
barter and trade, as in India. is repul-
sive, neither Is il desirable that the old
world custom Of parents forcing child
rem into marriage against their will for
pecuniary ends, should obtain In this
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
AN IMPORTANT VISIT

The delegates TO the conference of
the three Americas, who have started
upon their tour Of the country, will be
in Omaha, if there is no disarrange-
mont of the present programme, Octo-
her 26 and 81. A committee of citizens
has been appointed to arrange for the
proper reception and entertainment of
these distinguished visitors, and it
seems timely to suggest that this COM
mlttee should promptly effect all neces-
sary arrangements, and not leave them
to the last few days before the arrival
of the delegates. 1t is desirable that
on this occasion Omaha's hospitality
shall be OF character to make the
most favorable impression upon the vis-
itors, and that the arrangements shall
be such as to omit nothing that will en-
tertain and interest them. AS their
trip westward will end here, we should
endeavor to send them away adequately
impressed with the energy. enterprise
and spirit of the west, while at
the same time showing that we
are capable of as generous hospi-
tality as any Of the older commu-
mites they will visit on their tour.
They will see elsewhere many interest
lug things not possessed by Omaha, but
they should receive nowhere more
cordial and hearty welcome.
1t is not only due to the high charac-
ter OF the foreign delegates to the con-
gress that they should everywhere re-
ceive from our people the most distiu-
guished consideration, but 1T is due to
ourselves. The plan Of the congress
originated with the United States,
and the objects it is intended
to subserve are OF supreme
interest to this country. AS has been
pertinentlv said by Mr.. w. e. Curtis,
the representative of the government
in directing the tour OF the delegates,
the South and Central American coun-
tries are not seeking our trade, we are
seeking theirs. 1t is therefore mat
ter of the first necessity chat we shall
demonstrate to the official representa-
tives of those countries that the United
States, with it's practically unlimited
wealth, resources and variety of man
factured products, can supply
all their material wants, and
that while seeking their markets for its
manufactures it offers them great
and rapidly growing market for their
raw materials. These visitors are men
of high intelligence and influence in
| their respective countries, and their
representations to their people will be
accepted with uuquestioning confidence.
| That their observations will tend to
greatly increase the respect of their
| people for the United States, which is
| the first essential step to enlarged
| and closer commercial relations,
| cannot be doubted. 1t is there
fore most important that every
community visited shall heartily
attest its appreciation of the event, and
while extending Il generous hospitality,
provide for enabling the visitors to see
| the very best it has to present.
Other cities along the route arranged
| are preparing to do this, and it is not
| too early for Omaha to begin prepara-
tions. 1t will be better to have all ar
rangements made week in advance of
the event than to crowd all the work of
preparation into the last week before
| the arrival of the deleDatoS
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

order to establish the right OF its en-
joymcnt, and that is work. a man is n
member of sick association only so
long rs he works; he gets benefits
for such accidents only as occur
while he Is at work, the PEN
sion system requires period OF contrI-
buttons which are paid only while the
man works. In order to get his insur-
ance, OF whatever sort, man must
work, and this iuseparable connection
OF work and benefits, remarks Professor
Taussig, is relied on by the Germans TO
prevent those demoralizing effects
which threaten every effort of good will
and charity for the poor. Whether or
not the German scheme is altogether
wise and beneGcont a longer trial of it
will demonstrate.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
The saline Lands.

Commissioner Steen put the Saline lands
of the state on the market to-day at 10
o'clock There was a rush for them, TOO, in
fact, a surprise party for the depart nent of
the comm issioners of public lands and build
ings. 1t appears that the low appraisemenu
put upon them by the commissioners of Lam
Cas- ter county acted as an impetus for lively
bidding. There was no lack of farmers who
wanted to have the lands. Indeed, BANKERS,
capitalists and business men generally
sought the right to control them for a stipu-
lated time. rhe wisdom of the late legisla-
ture IN providing tnaJ Il cash bonus upon the
appraised valuation would secure coveted
leases became apparent before the first quar-
ter fell under the hammer One quarter sec-
tion was leased for 81 900 above ITS appraise-
ment. A NUMBER of other. quarters went at
corresponding figures, and but few went for
the vaIues placed by the appraisers. The
money raised by this sale goes iuto II special
fund-the Saline Land fuud-and as soon as
a sufficient amount accumulates in the tire as
urer's hands the same shall be invested in
registered school district or municipal bonds
and hold AS a permanent Saline fund says
the statutes of 1899
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
AN effort is TO bo made in the German

AN effort is TO be made in the German
parliament, which will meet next
month, to secure the repeal OF the pork
and beef duties which amount to a
prescription OF these American pro-
ducts. 1t is understood that Minister
Phelps has been instructed to ask the
German government to remove or
modify the duties on American pork
products, and there is reason to expect
that his appeal will find support from n
large body OF the German people, who
in consequence of the exclusion OF
these products eat less meat than
formerly and pay more for what they do
eat. The effort in this direction will,
however, be vigorously opposed by the
agricultural interest, and as Bismarck
has always assiduously cultivated the
favor of this interest, its wish will
probably prevail. But the government
is certain to hear n stronger demand
than ever before for the removal of re-
strictions which deprive tens of thou
sands OF people of a regular supply of q
most essential part of subsistence and
enhance the cost of meats to the whole
population.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
Drift of toiitiCs.

Notwithstanding the state and congress.
ional conventions are fixed for Hastings,
this city IS the center around which the pol
itcians of the Second district circulate. The
probable result of the conventions is the
chief subject of conversation. Deals and
ordinations are alleged by this one and
that one that tend to shadow the real situa-
ton. 1t is patent that Norval stock is up
for the supreme judgeship. He is talked
more here than Judge Reese, who is the in
structed choice Of the uelegatlon from this
county. DR.. Smith, of Fillmore county,
ranks first for the regency from the Second
congressional district, and l.. j. +. knight
from the third. If talk indexes anything,
these gentlemen will be nominated on the
first ballot But the congressional fight is
the bothersome problem. Laws will not
have a solid Adams dceg CATION, and as CON
ventlon after convention is held in the Sec
ond district the operator sitting at
the end of the b. & M. wires
has quit clicking the legend.
"Probably for Laws" A number of tie
ups are said to have been made, but there Is
really nothing in them. The respective can
didates are banking upon their individual
strength in n remarkable degree. Webster's
lightning rod Is still in sight. Harlan is
hopeful. Hastings makes preteusions. Nc
Pm heeley and Baker have their friends,
but it is said that they are on the skirmish
line to make the winning man, thus hoping
to make themselves for something else.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
Mrs. Dr ltuhbins DcadN

The mystery surrounding the death of
Mrs. DIR. Robbins continues to be the subject
of conversation, especially in the vicinity of
Eighteenth and n where she lived aud died
A post mortem examination was held last
night between and 10 O'Clock, attended by
Drs. Winnett PANE Crem and Shoemaker
They report that all tho organs wera in an
apparently healthy condition, and they saw
no cause for her death. The stomach, liver,
kidneys and the neck of tho uterus were
taken away for further examination and
chemical analysis.
Mrs. Ro0olns is said to have died from
uraematic commissions. These are produced
by the presence of unire in the blood and
this is caused by disordered kidneys. which
refuse to perform their proper functions.
AS the examination showed the kidneys TO
be apparently healthy, this makes the death
more myster GUS than before. There is also
something OF mystery surrounding tle
holding of the autopsy. Probably every
newspaper man in town cnleavorel yester-
day TO find out when it would take place.
One man was in the Itobblng house w en-
the physicians wera there ready to begin the
work, ana yet he was told that it was not yet
known just when it would take place. and it
was not until ABOUT midnight that it was
known that the autopsy had been made.
This has caused much comment among the
people, not but what the physicians making
the examination are among the best and
most honorable in the city. but because tho
people can not understand tho necessity for
this profound secrecy.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

THE railroad commissioners of Iowa
recently prepared statistics showing
that in that state alone, with 5000
miles of railroads, 352 brakemen were
killed or injured in 1888 on account OF
the use of the common link and pin
coupling and tie hand brake on freight
cars. Practical safety brakes and
couplers have been Invented and may
be readily obtained. yet the majority of
railroads continue to disregard appeals
to humanity just as they delayed the
adoption of substitute for the death
dealing stove on passenger cars until
compelled to do so by law.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

JOSEPH PULITZER, proprietor OF the
New York World, has crowned his many
deeds of generosity by establishing
sixty collegiate scholarships for poor
boys, who are to be selected from the
public schools of New York. Mr.. Pulit-
2er's special object is TO help the Door.
Having worked his way from tho foot of
the ladder to the topmost round, he
knows the struggles and hardships of
poverty and the almost insurmountable
difficulties which deprive the children
OF the poor of IA liberal education. THE
rich can help themselves" says Mr..
Pulitzer in explaining his motives and
purposes. MY injunction against
fayoritism must therefore be con-
strued as admitting favoritIsm to the
poor. But it is not the aim of this plan
to help people for ordinary none y-mak-
ing purposes. College education is
not needed for that. There are nobler
purposes in life, and my hope is not
that these scholarships will make bet
ter butchers. bakers, brokers and bank
cashiers, but that they will help TO
make teachers, scholars, physicians,
authors, Journalists, judges, lawyers
and statesmen. shall be happy in
deed if it should even in the smallest
degree relieve poverty, aid the cause of
education and lift into higher plane
of citizenship, and usefulness to the
state children of the poor, who, in
spite of talent, without such education
and great hardship cannot compete for
the nobler prizes Of an Intellectual ca
reer." Mr.. Pulitzer's generosity gives
him prominent position among the
public benefaetors of the country. 1t is
broad, comprehensive and liberal, and
confined to a class where its benefits
will be sought and appreciated. The
gift is the impulse OF noble heart, a
credit to the founder and to the profess
sion he so richly adOrns.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

THE concluding letter OF tho highly
interesting series descriptive of the
political and social life of the countries
of the eastern world, by Mr.. Frank G..
Carpenter, is printed this morning.
These letters have constituted most
interesting feature OF the SUNDAY BEE
for year past, and have given the
reader n better idea than could have
been obtained from any other source Of
the institutions aud customs of the
Orient, and of the characteristics and
social habits of the peoples of
the eastern world. Not only is
Mr.. Carpenter one of the most en-
tertaining OF correspondents, but he
has no superior rs careful and intelli-
gent observer, while his industry in
hunting instructive facts, and his fac
ulty of finding them are proverbial.
Mr.. Carpenter has in reserve great
deal of valuable material gathered in
his extended travels, and we expect to
be able to announce at an early day an
other series of letters from him of the
most interesting character.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

MBER of interesting government
centenaries have recently passed, +,
attracting but little attention. Sep
tember 26, lTS9, the department Of
state was organized by the appoin tment
of Thomas jefferson, its first secretary,
who held the Office a trihe over four
years, being succeeded during Wash
ington's second term by Edmund Ran
dolph. At the time OF Jeiferson's ap-
pointment Samuel osgood, OF Massa-
chusetts, was made first secretary
of the postoffice department, while
Randolph, of Virginia, who was
afterwards transferred to the state
department, was created attorney gen
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
Companions in Misery.

Dcnuer NslUs.
The Kansas City Times very properly sug-
gests that in making up the route for the
members of the great commercial congress
of American states IA nations somebody has
blundered. The route includes Omaha and
not Kansas City, and the Times truthfully
says that "Kansas City is toc much the rep
resentat've of American growth to be left
out of the calculation" There can, however,
be no true appreciation OF the United States
gained by these South American representa-
tives that does not include tour of Colorado
and a visit to Denver.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

THE eleventh census will soon be
taken. The work connected with the
census of 1880 covered a vast field, but
congress has added to the labor of the
new count by ordering an inquiry in
relation to the statistics of the indebt-
edness of private corporations and in
dividuals. Taking the large increase
of all kinds Of business interests and
industries in the country since 1880 as n
standard, it will easily be seen that the
work about to commence will be far
greater undertaking than any former
one in this direction.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06

eral. Alexander Hamilton, the first
secretary OF the treasury, was appointed
September IL, 1889. September l2,
1889, General Henry Knox was con-
lirmod rs secretary of war. These five
officers constituted the first cabinet.
The navy department was not organized
until 1898, during Adams administra-
tion. Tho 26th of September was still
further distinguished by the condrma-
tion of John jay, OF New York, as tho
first chief justice of the supreme court
of the United States. Thus 1t will be
seen that the 26th OF September, 1889,
deserves an honorable position in the
dates of important events In the history
OF this country.