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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

At the rate the council charter-mall
ing committee is progressing the charter
revision bill will be ready for introduc
ton about two weeks after the legisla
ture will have adjourned. The people OF
Omaha would like to know just what
changes are proposed in their municipal
government some time before the bill is
passed upon.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Tho esteemed goldbug organs work on the
idea that the smaller they think a man is
the more space thcy give him on the edi-
torial page. -World.IIorald.
We had not had our attention called to
this bcforc.i NComr to think of it, how
ever it is thr only explanation of the
slathcrs of editorial space which the
newspapers of the United States be.
slowed SO rreclyAduring the campaign on
one William Jennings Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

NJ. Nobel the inventor of dynamite who
has just d.ed was a singulariy gentle and
mtld-mannered man.
The American people have just one ques-
tion to ask Major Girujeda, and that is. how
he prOnounces his name.
Queen Nictoria's coronation ring is never
out of her sight and is worn by her every
evening. 1t is band of gold containing
cross III ruDits surrounded by white bril-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

1t is estimated that the available school
funds for the coming year will be from
$1,000 to $4,000 less than last year
from liquor licenses alone. Taxation is
already so high that no additional bur
den will be patiently borne. VIII the
new Board OF Education pare down the
deficiency by genuine economy or will
1t retrench by cutting down the school
year and lengthening vacations still
further?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

The people of the west will be gratitied
to hear of the Improvement in the con
dition of Senator Warren of Wyoming
and of the prospects for early and com
plete recovery from his serious illness.
Wyoming could i'll afford to spare the
services of Senator Warren at this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Our amlable Bryan contemporary
feigns surprise mt the admission that
the editor of The Omaha Bee has been
in the habit of contributing toward the
campaign funds used to promote the in
terests OF the candidates he is support
ing. Nobody ever heard of the editor Of
the WorldHerald contributing to any
campaign fund of his own party or any
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

The present is as good IL time as any
to get II clear definition of the powers of
congress and of the president in regard
to the recognition of the belligerency or
Independence of Cuba and with refer
ence to the international complications
which may arise from such recognition,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

The momentouS question of the hour
What will be the attitude of President
Mckinley to the free distribution of
seeds by the Agricultural department?
Until his policy on this subject is an
nounced no president can ever hope to
enjoy the confidence of the political
farmers in the national legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Secretary Carlisle contents himself
with the treasury statistics in this years
report without soaring high on fanciful
predictions of Wilson bill revenues. MI
Carlisle this time leaves all the fore
casting TO be done by the Agricultural
departments weather bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

The Kentucky state democratic com
mittee has come TO the conclusion that
discretion is the better part of valor
and that it will not pay them to pursue
their contest of the election of the twelve
Mckinley electors last November. This
removes the last yestige of hope of the
men who bet that Bryan would carry
twenty-three states.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

After those Bostonian resolutions de
nouncing him Mr.. i. IIopkinson Smith
should consider himself in the same
category in literature as the actress
whose diamonds have been stolen in the
field of dramatic art.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

The present attorney for The Board of
Education cannot be ccnsurcd for his
craving for reappoiutment, but the board
will be wastefully eXtravagant if under
existing circumstances it fails to abolish
that useless Office.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

'ilpbe-lDetnOCfat
Every vote cast al the recent election for
other candidates than Mckinley might have
been combined against him and still his
majority would be over zoe GOO and his
electoral majority not much reduced The
iusicnists have exhausted all their poasibil-
tics and fall far short Of controlling half the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

The adoption by the Real Estate eX-
change of uniform mortgage and deed
blanks. obviating the necessity of the
copying into the records of vast quaint
ties of printed matter is Il reform which
will be appreciated by all concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Perhaps Senator Cameron has not yet
given up all hope of being his own sue
ccssor in the senate and relies on his
prominence in the controversy over
Cuban recognition to carry him back
into favor with his Pennsylvania con
StituCntS
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

~ - " - - fThhN =
Chicago Inter Ocean.
1aTling Havana npWspap

ITTVIEW TWTtI VVUUn.
The snarling Havana newspapers, edited
under the censorship of Wcyler, have stolen
Napoleon's nation of shopkeopers" sneer
at England and applied it to rs. We could
afford to laugh at this ohildishnoss If some
of our own people were not making them
selves equally ridiculous
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Such reckless mismanagrmcnt rs has
been exposed by the failure Of Il great
Chicago bank would bring any institu.
tion to ruin sooner or later, either in
good or bad times.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Lorimcr's bill is worthy Of approval as to
its principle, aud worthy Of enactment In
SO far as It may be found to harmonize
with the constitution. The people OF the
United states would be glad to see both the
boycott and the blacklist dumped into in
nocuous dcsuctuic. They are two Of kind,
end of such a kind rs this republic does not
hcsIra and viii not nnIinnIlN IulNratc.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

our esteemed free silver contemporary
is eXulting over the rcpurtcd discovery
of gold in paying quantities mt Calhoun.
Thee must he a mistake somewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23
Thc Trur nuty of Congrcss.
Philadelphia Ledger.

'''a.iN'' 'tili'' if'''s.''
II congress would at once provide the
government with sufficient revenue it would
do a much wiser, a more statosmanlikc.
a more patriotic thing than to pass resolu-
tions which are. az the least menaces OF
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

The historic front yard at Canton is
being rcsoddcd. while Prysideut-clccl
Mckinley temporarily receives his con
stitucnts in other front yards in Chi
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Red tape in the local management of
the exposition should be reduced to a
minimum. There will bo enough UNI
avoidablc official delays at Washington
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

the value Of the holdings In those sections
much greater tnau 1t would We under ordi-
nary circumstances II is an idea that might
be copied TO advantage IN many other parts
of the union, and an enterprise In which rail-
road companies whose lines run through
long stretches Of uncultiyatcd land might
properly and prontably engage.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23
M war IN Dcncits.


The senators who are most persistent In
their efforts to involve us In war on account
OF cuba are these who have refused to pass
any law to make the revenues of the gov
CrnmCnt equal to its ordinary expenditures
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Make your cabinet gucsscs now. Only
n little over two months remain in which
you can indulge in this harmless pas
time.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

other party-.IA, World llcrald's con.
ncction with campaign funds has always
been reverse proceeding.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Totals az
Less deductions for uusod and returned
copies L. ~
Total net gnIas Gi7, $50
Net daily average. q 5Sj
GEORGE H. THSCHUCK.
Subscribed IN my presence ami sworn to before
mo this lst day Of December, lN'G.
y. =. FELL,
(Scal) Notary Public
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23
RHYMES or THE TIMES.
Christmas Rose,

Christmas Rose.
Augusta Prescott.
He told me ter bring yer desc, Miss.
Not give 'cm ter no one but YOU
| axcd him ter SEN his card along,
EZ all der gentlemen do
But he shook his head ana SAID no, MISS
Desc Christmas flowers" sez he,
''Can talk out plain ter her, my boy'
Better nor you or me-.
So | brought der flowers right ter yer.
Loaded down from me head to nrc toes
And yer'll find der message from III
In der heart of Christmas rose.
"No Suntu Claus for Me-"
Mrs. Thomas O'NeaL
No Santa for me,
My stockings are old,
Neither candies nor nuts,
Nor yet apples they'd hold.
How I wish ! had new ones
So big ana SO tight
They'd hold lots of things
ON "A cold Christmas night.
believe III just hang up
These old ones and see.
If Santa. good Santa II
Take pity on me.
And what If he'd give me
New stockings and boots,
For me they'd be better
Than candy and fruits.
Wel I'll hang you up gently.
Dear stockings so old,
For often you've kept
My poor feet from the cold.
And I'll go to my bed
In the corner so low,
For Santa III he coming
with joy through the snow.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

Chicago POST What is a green Christ
mas. sister Madgc?"
"a green Christmas? II IS the time when
one box of candy"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23

.rutwuno EVERY MoeNrNo.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23
TIE OMAHA DAILY BEE

T.. nosnwArEn Ea.'or
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
Events of the Coming Year.

The coming year will be period memorable
in the history of the world. it but a part OF the
pIans of the United states Government and
European nations is carried out. In the United
States there will be the liveiieSt presidential
campaign ever held. and the Fifty-fourth Cen
eress now in session. will furnish exceedingly
interesting debates on the tariff and financial
questions until June. There will be several eX-
citing state elections and many great political
speeches. Everyone will watch with interest
the progress of the Venezuelan Commission
inoujrv. the results of the wars in Cuba. in
South Africa. in Turkey. and the outcome OF
other complications now arising in the Old
| World.
1t is a remarkable coincidence that at the De-
ginning of year of such rich promise OF stirring
news the greatest metropolitan newspaper IN
| the United States--the st. Louis Republic
should reduce its price to $500 a year. or to less
| than two cents a day. This low price now places
| the Repubhc within the reach OF everyone.
Those who wish to keep posted on politics.
trade national and international affairs during
1886 should at once subscribe for it Oh these easy
terms. in addition TO taking their own local
paper.
Newspaper readers who may think they can
not afford to take metropolitan daily paper
should at least subscribe for the "Twice-a
Week. Repqlblic-104 papers year-fOr only
S1OO a year. 1t contains the best Of everything
that appears in the daily.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
Modernized Proverbs.

NV SON. follow not i'll she footsteps of the
loafer and make no pattern of the example of
him who is born tired. for verify say unto you
their business is Overstocket and the seats Oh
the corner ratings are all taken and the whit
fling places are all occupied. II is better to saw
wood at six bits a cord. with cOntentment. than
To whittIe in a IOating match and clss the gov
ernment.
NV son. while thou hast yet left in thy skull
the sense of a jaybird. break away from the
cigarette habit. for 10. thy breath already stink
eth like unto he goat Oh a rainy day. amt thy
whole appearance is less intelligent than a
stere dummy Yea thou art Il cipher with the
the sum knocked Off.
NV son, set not a hen in the light of the meen
lest her progeny shall be born near sighted:
neither set her in the dark OF the moon, TEST
they find not their way out OF the egg. To- IL IS
better my son to let hen select the birthplace
of her own offspring herself amt bring them UP
in the pursuit of life liberty ana happiness un-
der her own constitution and bylaws.
. NV son. when thou goest forth in the holy
! calm of the evening to wean a calf. selze MN
/ kindly but very firmly. by his OF ear and ms
playful tail. and brace thyset to resist ms strns-
! giles when he shall be seized with temporary in
| sanity whereby he shall seek to knock out the
| bottom of the pail by center rush with his
nose. Yea. an unweaned calf is several kinds
/ of fool.
| NV daughter bring not the gray hairs Of an
| aged hen in sorrow to the grave. by deceiVlng
her into bringing forth discbedient family OF
unfilial ducklings.
No my son. warts are not produced by Coz
tagious exposure to a hop-tOad. The wart
microbe is concealed in the constitution of every
boy and is a wise provision OF nature To
strengthen his faith in the miraculous, such as
taking the wart away by splitting on split bean
and burying it under the drip of the house IN the
| dark of the moon. and the like OF that. Yea
verify warts are very useful vegetables.
MY son. look not upon the fiat tobacco when II
eiveth its strength in the plug for 10. wher
thou hast taken a swad into thy mouth. fer
vent sickness shall arise in thy department OF
the interior, and thou shalt gag and spew Ike
unto hired man, when he hath overloaded hi:
stomach with boiled OK neck and cabbage
Oklahoma Republican,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
MINNESOTA PRISON STATISTICS.

Secretary Hart. of the State Board of Cor
rectiops and Charities. has just completed his
annual census of the jail population of the state.
and for the purpose of ascertaining the exact
ratio of increase or decrease in the number OF
copyicts has also included Il statement OF the
population of the state prison and reformatory
The remarkable thing about the statement III
general. is that while other states of the Union
have been showing a steady increase in prison
population proportionate to the increase IN pop
ulation of the state. Minnesota shows an actual
decrease since 1885, To give better idea OF the
proportion of prisoners who come from the
cities and the country. the prisoners from
Ramsey Hennepin and st. Louis counties have
been placed in separate department from those
! who come from the country In the following
synopsis the Jail and state prison convlcts are
also separated:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
State Board of Corrections and Charltles

State Board of Corrections and Charities,
The regular quarterly meeting of the state
Board of Corrections and Charities was held
Jan. 30th in the office of Secretary Hart AT the
capitol There were present GOV. Clough See
rotary Hart and Messrs. Folwen. Maginns ana
Rich The session was short and devoted ell
tirely to routine business. after transactlhs
which the board made an official visit to the 81.
Paul workh0use.
The secretarys report advising the count!
commissioners of Carleton and stevens counties
not to build poorhOuseS at present. was concur
red in by the board. The committee on Jals
reported in favor of the construction OF Jalls
with sheriffs residence attached III Martin'
Pine and Pope counties. The committee rec
commended that the iails be built on plan
similar to those erected recently i'll Blue Earth
City WOrthngtOn and PlpeStone. Ihese JAMS
are nrst-cass in every particular ana the aver
age cost of each was $4,000. They contain elght
! cell rooms. 7x7 and sXS feet square. The cells
are made of fire and tool-proof steel anu the
! floors are constructed of kasOta limestone. In
| each there is bathtub in the prisoners cor
| rieior and the cells are supplied WIFE elthel
steam heat or hot water heat that may be
| turned Off and on during changes IN the weather
| The sherif1's residence has eight rooms and al
office.
| Following the meeting, copies Of the Mime
! sofa Bulletin of Corrections and Charities foi
the quarter ending Dee. 81. 1898, were dlsttip't
| ted among the members of the board. This pook
which is issued in pamphlet form. is edited ant
compiled 10y Secretary Hart. 1t contains re
! ports and many useful suggestions on charitable
| wOrk-St Paul Pioneer Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Last week one of the gallery boys started
down the dollhouse stairs to refill his water-can,
and being little behind with his work he
thought to gain time by descending the stairs
two steps at once. The result SO far as a RAPID
descent was concerned, was all that could be
desired His feet slipped and he came down the
stairs with the velocity OF a toboggan rushing
down steep incline, and the large tin water-can
followed close second. The loud and unusual
noise attracted the attention OF Capt. Alexan-
der, who called out rather sharply. "What are
you doing, sir?" Coming for more water, If
you please meekly replied the prisoner as ne
limped towards the bydrant.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

For the information of the new arrivals VINO
come here from week to week. we wish to say. II
YOU want to send THE MIRROR to relatives or
friends. YOU will he allowed the privilege pv
complying with the following rule: SEMI 10 TINS
Office your name register and cell bsimoer. also
full address of the person to whom you desire 10
have THE MIRROR sent. DO not write address,
cell number or any other matter Oh your paper;
keep them perfectly clean and place them III your
cell door every Friday evening. Those VINO GO
not send THE MIRROR away will confer FAVOR
by sending them to this Office.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
Grace Congregational.

Corner 18th and Laurel streets. Rev. J. IL.
ALBERT. pastor. Sunday services, preach,
ing 1880 a. M and 7:41 y. m. Sunday School
ll:45 Il. M Junior Endeavor 800 =. IN.
Christian EndeavOr $50 p. m. Children $
Mission Band the second Sunday OF eacii
month at 300 D. m. Mdweek and Prayer
meetings. Wednesdays 7:45 y. III. aides
Aid Society. Thursday afternoons. Ladies
Missionary Society. the last Friday OF eacl
month.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
Methodist Episcopal.

Third street. opposite l'ittman House. ke| I. a;
(HESSN pastor. Services at lObja. IN. and
$50 y. IN. Sunday school AT II IN. JUNIOR
League at 400 p. m. Epworth League at $3.50
d. m Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
az 7:;0 Pastors class i'll Bible Study. Friday
evening at 30. Ladies Bible Circle. frlday
al 3:oOp. IN. Mrs. 5. +. Slocumb. teacher.
Pastors residence. 5..3 y. Second street.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

The following party of ladies and gentlemen.
under the escort of Asst. Deputy GlennoB, made
a tour of the prison on the 3rd: }. G. Shea.
Mamie Kelly Clara Mcdonald. F. }. Kelly.
w. S. BranstOn, W. K. Mcdonald, all of st.
Paul: LOttie l.. Gill; of Owat0nna. MIMI, Mrs.
NJ Bresauer, of Minneapolis. Mrs. A. W.
Eckart, of Drummond. Wis. Miss Shortall Miss
Ollie Shortall. and Gertrude McCallan. of this
city.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Prisoners received since last report: John
Dillon. grand larceny second degree. sentenced
Oh the reformatory plan. from Ramsey county.
Horace Dodd manslaughter first degree. fifteen
years: Paul Torinus and David Goss each to
serve two years for grand larceny in the second
degree. The three last named we're sent from
itaSca county.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Average school attendance for the week past.
15a This is the highest number in attendance
during the present school session.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Keeper Stiikey escorted the following party
through the prison last week: Mrs. W. W.
Bannister. WinOna. Mimi. Mr.. Adolpn Neuwald.
Meneinnee. Mich, and Mrs. William Moritz.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Professor Bass has accepted the position Ut
instructor of the prison choir. to fill the vacancy
caused by the removal Of MIS- Clara Gish
Ewing to her new home at Mankato.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

The following gentlemen. escorted by Deputy
Warden Lemon. made tour of the prison last
FRIDAY: c. NJ. Nelson. Sevat Erickson. r. +.
Eritton H. p. Eckman. w. NJ. Compton. all of
KassoD MIMI. and Mr.. r. o. Hall. OF Duluth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
Vbau}auqua.

There WAS full attendance at the regular
meeting IF the Pierian Circle held Sunday |
afternoon in the chapel. After the adinIttanee
of three new members the following attractive
program was rendered:
solo and Choru>.
u atheen $50. ....................P ierian Quartet
Paper.
Elements % \ationa! Defense. .......... CLASS
Paper
VIII to DO .............. ............ Glass
Paper
pependencle> Of Man. .....-.-....... CLASS -
Paper.
The Tyranny of Man..,....- lass
Paper.
The Turkish Question ..........- lass Is
Paper.
Minds of Celebrity ..... ........ ......Class
Paper
Vocal Duet.
! Iuniata .......... Members OF Pierian Quartet
The critic in his comments spoke OF the care
fui thought and effort shown III preparing the
papers and praised their uniform excellence.
! After an informal discussion and the traIsac-
tion of routine business the meeting ter minated
, X. H. ". d.
Ca.',
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
CHURCH NOTICES.
Prison Chapel.

Prison Chapel.
Services i'll the Prison Chapel at 800 O'Clock
every sunday morning. Protestant ana
Catholic services every alternate sunday.
Rev. H. H. ALBERT and Rev. Fr. { oR'"RAN
cildplaiuS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Next Wednesday is a legal holiday III Mime
sofa and will be observed as such at the prison.
Int what the program will be we are unable t.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

I've got to have something to fill out this
column WITH said the foreman OF the Spike
town Blizzard poking his head into the editorial
sanctunl that all there is about It, I've run
in all the dead ads and all the catch lines ana
smcued everything ont till there isn't even
piece of wood reget left in the office. and I'm
short vet half a dozen lines or more
Whereupon Editor Clugston sat dewn and
wrote as follows: Owing to the crowded state
of our columns this week we are compelled To
omit several interesting communications now
standing in type. Friends will please hear
with us. Advertisers must be accommodated.
| Until the pressure Oh our columns mas eased up
correspondents will please write briefly ana
cenfine themselves to simple statements OF
/ fact &C Chicago Tribune.
| Among the arrivals last week WAS prisoner
! who had evidently wasted considerable gray
matter in studying ont plan to outWlt the prls-
OIL officials Before conducting the prisoner to
the bathroom he was searched and the contents
of his pockets placed upon the dollhouse keep
er's desk. Besides other small articles was a
niece of thick plug tobacco which the receiving
officer thought was Suspiciously heavy. ana inns
caused him to examine it carefully. The
Il
through each of the four corners of the tobacco
the pins being skllfully hidden from vie" eN
the outer leaf of tobacco. This discovery might
have alarmed a more timid man than the re
ceiving officer. for vino could say that the IN
nocent looking plug was not new-fanglet
Internal machine designed to lay the prison II
ruins: Perhaps the receiving officer neve
thought of Internal machines: at any rate ~
gave the tobacco vigorous twist and cut o.
the floor rolled four big. shining silver dollars
When the prisoner was again brought into TN
dollhouse and his trinkets handed to him. b
asked for his tobacco. Tobacco is only issue
on Sunday said the cehou>e keeper. hut.
persisted the now nervous prisoner. Il had
piece in my pocket; will You please give m
that OH carelessly replied the Officer
"you'n get fresh piece Sunday: threw you
piece away" The prisoners face heightened
but when he reads this he will be cons0ed b
the assurance that his wealth is deposited in III
office to his credit.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

MI James Eiwel. of Zumbrota. MIMI. was
shown through the prison by Chaplain Albert
last Friday
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Mr.. II. A. Van Campbell aud son. OF cannon
Falls. Mimi. were visitors at our Office ye>ter-
d1N.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06

Nom Frank Whittier and Il party OF friends
visited our office one day last week.