Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-03
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

Charles A. Dana is a high authority on
forestry as well as on democratic timber.
Old habits are not put aside easily The
Methodist conference met in Cleveland last
FRIDAY, and copious showers tickled Ne
braska during the day.
The new mahatma of the theoscDhists
viii, 1t is feared, impair his usefulness as
an occult medium by refusing to give his
views on the silver question
The Philadelphia Ledger hopes that Gen
eral Gomez is keeping tab on the number OF
times he has been killed, 80 that his biog-
raphers may have an easier time
Italian patriotism must be curious thing
If it is correctly exemplifed by the way the
people are sending their money to Abyssinia
and their hghting men to America.
Mrs. George Gould's new tiara, which she
has juot received from London maker cost
$4,000, and is said to be one of the finest
specimens of the jewelers. art in America.
Ohio papers express satisfaction and a
joyous sense of relief over the adjournment
of the state legislature. They give assnr-
ances. without affidavit, to the effect that the
state house was not cared way.
The late Baron Hrsch is said to have
loaned 81, 900 600 to the prince of Wales. and
the baron supplements the loan with a lib
eral legacy. Such generosity calls for a
touching" tribute from the prince.
Nebraska's yellow democratic delegation
to Chicago will doubtless provide itself with
an abundance Of indigo blues for distribu-
tiOn among its contestants. Indigo is said
to posses qualities capable of regenerating
Oldham.
Prince De Segan, arblter of elegance among
men of fashion in Paris, is Ga years old. He
Is famous for the cut of his clothes, for
the cutting of trees to make bicycle path
in the Bos de Boulogne, and for the width
of his monocle ribbon.
1.-THE faithful men of lever" place near
the North Sea coast of Germany, according to
their custom every spring, sent this year to
Prince Bismarck 1O1 plovers' eggs Tor his
birthday. This is the twenty-ffth successive
year they have made the present
The owners of the elevated railroad sys-
TEN in New York propose double-decking
the road, If permission is granted, and erect
ing wings on the first deck for bicycle paths.
People on foot and in carriages must con-
tent themselves with the earth in that sec
ton
Fearing some of the plunder might get
away after putting the price at 70 cents a
hundred, New YOrl's Ice trust requires its
drivers to make returns on the full weight
Of ice taken from its depots. In other words,
the patrons must put up for the summer
ehrinkage.
A New York statesman of legislative cal
iber, being annoyed by the attentions of a
lobbyist, kicked the offender out Of the sem
ate chamber. Then the kicker apologized 20
the chair for having violated the traditions
VI Inc scI'ale' vi cou'se suci thtulhiui
apology was promptly accepted.
There is pending in congress a bill de-
signed to annul relic of monaTchical times
embedded in the laws Of the District of
Columbia. This law gives father the right
to will his child, just as II it were a piece
of property without regard to the rights
of the surviving mother. In fact, the
mother has no title to what Is, in a ma
jorty Of cases, her dearest possession. The
proposed law remedies this cruel injustice
and gives each parent equal rights to their
children.