Omaha daily bee., 1895-05-06
PEOPLE and THINGS.

Kansas must look to it's laurels as the
cyclone state.
The marked increase in the number of
presidential "favorite sons" may explain the
perspiring temperature of the season.
Loring F. Tyler of Boston left S15O,O00,
eight wills, and two contestants for each.
The lawyers will see to it that some of the
heirs get left also.
Called together to pass needfu laws. the
patriots of the Missouri legislature promptly
defined their position with regard to the
Nicaragua question.
Having squeezed $50 100000 or there
abouts out Of the oil squirt the Standard Oil
company should fence in and roof commo-
diOus pasture for sheared lambs.
There is a great rush of gold seekers to
the Rainy Lake region of Canada The ad-
vance of summer will tend to make the re-
turn journey reasonably comfortable.
Enthusiastic admirers of Missouri point
with pride to a cash balance of 81 1923, ,S14 80
in the state treasury on the 1st of May, but
neglect to mention that the legislature is in
session.
Susan B. Anthony does not care conti-
mental what basis of currency we have, so
long as the women Of the country get their
rigntful share of it," The men are with
you, Susan.
A New York lady is made defendant in a
suit to recover $500, the price demanded for
bonnet was $53, but the lawyers have added
a few artistic trimmings to the bill.
A, j. Blackwell, a rich and erratic Indian,
who owns the cities of Blackwell and David
City, in the Indian Territory, has decided to
build temple in David City to cost $500 900.
He wishes in this way to perpetuate the
Indian religion.
the Austrian government has levied a tax on
cats. The tax is not intended to restrict
feline sorees, but to replensh the national
exchequer, and suggests convenient mode
or relief for governments troubled with per-
nicious deficits.
Senator HOar utters patriotic howl against
the unpatriotic hunters who assail the bald
eagle of ASnebumskit. Soar on, Senator, sail
in! Action, not words, is needed now.
Snatch the gunners badheaded ere the en-
blem of liberty perishes amid the soughng
pines of Asnebumskit.
flashed over the cable A New York Herald
cable contains a paragraph from the Euro
pean edition announcing that many surprises
await us in heaven" How the information
was obtained is professional secret but it
Is safe to bank on the assertion.
A few clever women in Chicago, deter
mined to profit by their knowledge of their
sex, hung a huge curtain on the wall Of
the club room, with a plaCard stating that
fine of 20 cents would be imposed upon
every one lifting it, The treasury is waxing
fat from natural curiosity.
About twenty-five of the survivors of the
steamer Sultana met in annual reunion at
Defiance, o., on Tuesday. The Sultana is
the steamer that was burned on the 25th of
April, 1865, a few miles above Memphis,
with about 1000 union soldiers on board.
Not less than 1.SO0 lives are supposed to have
been lost.
The suspension Of Kate Fields Washington
was not entirely due to the shattered con-
dition of the publishers health, but rather
to insufficient financial support. Miss Field
has accepted a position on the staff of the
Ontsago es-Herald. The announcement is
gratifying to her admirers in and outside
the ranks of journalism.
A member of a New York grand jury in
addressing the court at the conclusion of the
jury's labors, pointed out the growing in
difference 10 honest toll conspicuous in all
cities. Two-thirds OF the young men ex-
amined by the jury were American born and
educated. what makes most OF them Grim
inals," he declared "is the lack of trades.
The young men Of today, regardless Of posi-
tion or station, all want to go to theaters,
ball games, etc, and do anything but hard
work. All are looking for soft snaps as
they are called. This is deplorabe when we
see many young American citizens, who
should be a credit to us, before the grand
jury to answer for a crime. | am satisfied
a state school of trades would enable a goodly
number at least to learn to work"