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Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Grand Army posts OF this city and
state are protesting against the action
of railroads leading to st. Paul, where
the national encampment is to be held,
in refusing to give the usual thirty-day
limit on excursion tickets to the reunion.
This protest is becoming general and
may result in he abandonment of st.
Paul and Il relocation of the encamp-
ment at Il city reached by railroads
whose managers are more literally dis
posed.d The Grand Army people do not
propose to be trihpd with.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

AS was naturally to have been ex
pected, employees of the county antago-
pay. Tile pruning knife, however, must
be put In mt some point, and high-sal-
aried clerks cannot expect perpetual
immunity. The salaries Of public off
clals and employees should be liberal.
but when they are out of all proportion
to pay received for similar service in
business houses, their reduction be-
comes II matter of public necessity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

The Retail Dealers association has
very properly been organized for the
promotion of their special interests.
They will operate on lines not antago-
nistic to the Commercial club. but not
In conjunction with the jobbers of the
city. They see trade feeders opening
up to them which the jobbers do not
care to acquire, and will start n cam
paiSn for business which will supple
ment the creditable work already ac-
complished by the Commercial club. 1t
is but another lusty agent for increas-
ing the trade of the retailers of Omaha,
launched under favorable auspices, and
must prove of great benefit to the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
A FEAST AND FAMINE POLICY.

If the public schools have any friends
in this city their friends should see to
it that the children of Omaha are not
robbed of one months instruction each
year under pretense of economy and
retrenchment. "He who steals my
purse steals trash" says Shakespeare.
But he who robs the growing genera
ton of boys and girls of the opportunity
to secure an education robs them of that
which no one can replace. There Is
nothing gained for the teachers or the
j~anitors by shortening the school term
except an extra month for idleness. If
our financial condition eompels us to
reduce the teachers and janitors' fund,
why not insist that the teachers and
j~anitors serve ten months for the pay
which the board has allotted to them
for nine months? BY such a policy
their earnings would be precisely the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

in sums Of less than 500 into postal money
orders, payable TO Themselves. Within a year
they draw the money and redeposit II In the
same way. Instead OF drawing interest they
have to pay about 3 per cent, but they are
absolutely certain that their money Will be
forthcoming when they want t."
Superintendent Joseph Il, Schlossman OF
the money order division says this Is a way
Of saving much resorted to, especially by
foreigners and workingmen.
The government by all means should put In
operation a system designed primarily to fur
nish savings banks to the people. as several
other countries do. There is actual need
among the people Of moderate incomes for
such institutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

The school board has sued eX-Treas-
urcr Bolln and his bondsmen for $4,000
u|naccountcd funds. In the finance
committee estimate of $4,000 as the
extent Of the treasury defalcation only
$4,000 was included as due the school
fund. This means therefore that the
minimum figure for the shortage must
be increased by mt least $4,000, and
that the defalcation cannot possibly fall
short of $4,000. All of which goes to
show that The Bees reports of the city
treasurer's populations were never eX-
aggerated, but were all along of the
most conservative character.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
LOOKING ON THE SUNNY SIDE.

-
Chicago Record; Don't some of those old
songs haunt you?'
mo; rye never murdered any of them"
Chicago Tribune: Harry" asked the
young mans fair, but mischievous cousin,
looking at the smooth outlines OF his YOUTH
ghost?'
And then. as If to show the utter ground
lessness of her insulting conundrum.
Wash!nst9n Star: "chimmy." said
"fbStT won o,eL Enow W WY ,es : qf gi IF in %nn los.
son at night school. De equator is an
imaginary line around de cart"
who put 1t dcrc? Great Brltnin?"
Cincinnati Tribune; Yabsley-I saw
another one Of those stories about a man
losing his watch and not finding 1t for two
years, and when he did find it It was still
run ming.
Mudge-wcl,. know I found an old
and 1t was still running.
ious ceremonies of those barbarians are
quite shocking, don't you Think" asked
Civilization.
Very answered Statesmanship. 1--WE
surrey are shocked $1,000 ounces worth. at
the lowest estimate"
Cincinnati Enquirer: The cannlbal king
held his jaw with one hand and writhed in
agony with the other.
ner,' he said, when he was able to speak,
ri leave the hearts to somebody else, and
that goes"
Chicago Tribune: This, ladies and gen.
tlcmen,'' said the dime museum orator.
leading his auditors over to the next plat:
Bagstock, who was not only born. without
arms. but Is also deaf and dumb. The
great grief of his life, ladies and gentlemen,
is that he can neither say anything nor can
he saw wood"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

The last time HaScall was in the
council he cast the vote that made
Howell, n democrat. president of that
body. The next thing he IAN for
mayor OH the populist ticket as n
dummy to beat the regular republican
nominee. a year later he tried to get
he republican nomination for ward
now succeeds, by, grace of the vote of
Il democrat. But that won't prevent
from swinging the lash over the
republican minority in the council from
now on. ,l II
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Every elector who has attained the
age OF 30 years and has for two years
been Il citizen Of the United States and
of this state is qualified to hold the
office of governor of Nebraska. There
are quite Il few republicans in the state
qualified for the office who have not
rs yet announced their candidates. for
the republican nomination. Now is the
time to speak out.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

City folks will not as Il rule take much
interest in the good roads meeting in
the court house February f.. But the
subject is one in which every retail
merchant in Omaha is vitality interested,
rs must be obvious to every intelligent
citizen. There are 600 miles Of country
roads in Douglas county. The i'm
provement and maintenance of these
highways should be the concern of every
citizen of the county.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Massachusetts people to the number Of
1900. 600 have In the savings banks of the
state the neat sum OF s44o ,0o0, 900. or an
average OF 1000 for each family. AS the
deposits are Increasing more rapidly than
at any time since 1878. the thrift of Mlssa-
chusetts may be pronounced satisfactory
Globe Democrat.
What better argument for the estab-
lishment Of a postal savings bank sys-
tenn could be adduced? If private
savings banks a effect such a result
In Massachusetts, perfectly safe postal
savings repositories in which the peo-
Pile would rest implicit confidence would
work wonders with those who might be
but are not now savings bank patrons.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

And now the minimum treasury short
age has risen to $4,000. And yet
the World-H Herald two days after the
Bolln embezzlement vas made public
proclaimed in bold black letters that Mr..
Bolln is an honest man and neither the
city nor the bOndsmcn would lose a
copt
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Several European powers just now
wish they had some kind of n Monroe
doctrine to fall back on that would
effectually prevent Russia and Turkey
from becoming so friendly a to
threaten the peace of their neighbors.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
A Call for SaIine's Sage.
Nd = York gun

Somebody in, Omaha has written a purple
panegyric of Hon Charles F.. Henderson,
sometime a senator in congress from Ne
braska. and has declared that Mr.. Henderson
may be a sable steed in the st. Louis conven-
ton. May be" 10 a good saving promise in
the mouth OF a prophet; but II the Nebraska
republicans trot out Mr.. Henderson. the Ne
braska democrats can do nothing less than
issue a greater son of glory, the Hon. Tobias
Castor. There is nowhere where the name OF
the Hon. Tobias Castor is not as common as
air and commoner than good drinking water.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

President Weller's committee appoint
ments for the Commercial club for the
ensuing year will strike the average
business men as Il very appropriate
selection, The work Of the club must
be carried on almost exclusively through
Its committees, and the Importance of
a wise assignment of members to the
different committees Is not to be under
estimated.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
want Postal Savings Banks.

No stronger argument for the establish
ment of postal savings banks by the govern
ment could be given than that found In an
article in the news columns of the Record
yesterday. The people want the postal saw
ings banks. and even now are trying to make
the postcfice answer their purpose. An OFF,
Ger in the department said:
People who don't know to what bank to
intrust their savings are putting their money,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

That little Duncan-Lemiy council
manic election contest resulted in the
assessment of some $1,000 costs on the
unsuccessful contestant. Who is going
to pay for this fun? Certainly not Mr..
Duncan.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
A SeaFcBlIght In Jersey.

pI' dUT ] TVITVV TTtSS,
New Jersey has 2 governor who promises
to be a shining. Light in contemporary his
tory. For the FIRST time in thirty years the
state is under republican administration, and
at his inaugural Governor Griggs said that
he would veto every law that had not some
positive ana convincing reason to Justify its
passage, He is d! Young man with a good
record and a great opportunity, New Jersey
having rejoiced for many years in a con-
sp!cuously corrupt government. As a rising
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

The story is brought from the 18TH
mus that employees on the Panama rail
road are threatening II strike because
they have not been paid their overdue
wages. This, too, in a country where
the silver standard prevails. Is it pos
sible that free silver coinage does not
cure all the ills Of labOring men and
wage workers?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

1t is a curious fact that while Great
Britain looks the world over In vain for an
ally. Russia has a choice of every country
in Europe and Asia, including Great Britain
itself. Mr.. Bulls reputation as a partner
is that he alwaysiexpect 100 per cent Of
the profits. ygT
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

We are told the city will proceed
against the bondsmcn of eX-Treasurer
Bolln when the expert accountants shall
have finished their labors over the books
mite.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Mayor SutrO of San Francisco takes
the attack upon him by Coils p. Hunt
ington as Il compliment. Huntington
never attacks any one who is not stand
ing In the way Of his numerous
schemes. He would not turn upon
Mayor Sutro unless the mayors cam
paign against the Pacific railroad debt
funding bill were telling upon congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

without subsidy, What James j. Hin
has done fortSt. Paul might have been
done for Om3lial long ago and can he
done yet If our men of means will put
their shoulders TO the wheel. They
have it in their power to solve the rail-
road rate problem and insure for Omaha
superior facilities as n distribution cen
ter FOR the Whole transmississippi re-
gion north of st. Louis.
The timex for action is now
at hand. Omaha is at a turn
ing point where the opportunity is
presented for making secure upon II
firm and lasting basis all the invest
ments already made and for forging
ahead with many projects that will at
tract capital and employ labor. The
question is, VIII the men who have
most ut stake in the future of Omaha
help themselves by helping Omaha?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

There is more presidential politics In
the different schemes for republican reor-
ganization Of senate employees than
many of the senator's would want to adj
milf
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Indianapolis Journal.
The Monroe doctrine is not of such press
ing Importance as the adding OF four or five
millions Of money monthly to the revenues of
the treasury. but the senate seems not to so
understand 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

chicago Tribune.
A conviction may be boring its way
slowly through Senator Ben illman's skull
to the effect that no man can touch pitch
forks without bsing stuck.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
OrnitholOEfcri

Chicago Record.
We hate puns and we disapprove of slang,
but still a long personal acquaintance with
Pastor Crane, who is coming to Trinity
pulpit, prompts the unequivocal statement
that he is a bird.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Total SIS. $50
Less deductions for unsold and returned -
papers 'f'
Net sales. $40, $40
Daily average 10, 7DJ
GEORGE II.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence this 81 day OF january, 1896.
lSonlO n. Z. FEII. Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Unless the Venezuela boundary COM
European tour of investigation pretty
soon the chances are good that Justice
Brewer will be on hand in Washing
ton when the Nebraska maximum
freight rate cases come up OIL appeal
before the United States supreme
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
STATEMENT or CIRCULATION.

George u. Tzschuck. secretary of The Bee Pub
fishing company. being duly sworn, says that NE
actual number Of full and complete copies OF the
Daily Morning. Evening ana Sunday Bee printed
during tho month Of Dncembcr. 1895, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31

Chicago Record: Don't some of those old
songs haunt your"
mo; I've never murdered any of them"
Evening journal., 1896-07-16
phenoI Dressings.

The medical experts report several mis-
haps from the imprudent use of phenol
dressing which were recently brought TO
the attention OF the Paris Academic de
Medicine In one Of the cases quoted in
Paris cook, after wounding her thumb In
cleansing pane Of glass and after keeping
1t dressed two days with n per cent solu-
ton of phcnol, found that the second joint
had become quite black, but ina spite of the
acute pain she continued 20 apply the so
luton. Tho caustic action was go rnpid
that four days from the beginning the sec
ond joint was black and shrunkon, and
subsequently dropped off The Herald s
foreign medical correspondent, comment
ing upon this result, says:
The only means of protecting ourselves
against accidents OF this nature is TO be
woll aware that strong carbolic solutions
are not the only ones 20 be suspected; IA
phcnol dressing I'm 40, 80 or even 100,
kept around flnger or toe for one, two or
three days may causo more or less complete
modification Of the whole or part Of it, ut
any age and without any pathological pre-
disposition, because the fact OF being shut
In by an impermcablc wrapping gives 10
the dressing dc7cco Of caustic power
which the concentration a the solution
would IN no way lead us TO expect New
York Herald
Evening journal., 1896-07-16
Mues stnnai.h ana John Alden.

Captain Miles Standish, the man not Of
words but OF actions, did not capture the
Puritan maiden Priscilla, but John Alden
did-aftcr awhile The first wife Of Stan
dish-Rosc-had died JAN "a, 1921, and
after this unhappy arms length eourtship
the captain married Barbara, the younger
sister of his dead wife. When he made
his will, he left his property 70 his widow
and four sOns-AlexaRder, Miles, Joscas
and Charles--and 60 his dnughtcr Lora.
John Alden married Priscilla Mullins,
and the next generation of the two families
internarried, and from them and the chill
dron who married otherwise have desoendcd
a great army of American people who are
glad thcy are Of Puritan stock, and ospc
cially that they are Of the Standish and
Alden strains On the konnehoc they
have family association Of Standishcs as
well as in Massachusetts, and In New
York. In Androscoggin, Franklin, Ok
ford and Cumberland counties we are con
stantly running across people who arS
proud that they are Standishes or Aldons
10 give n list OF each descendant or 20 men
ton every family would I'll a series o
bOoks.-IcWiston Journal.
Evening journal., 1896-07-16
Eseh M. own rImeplsee.

There is a we'll known gentleman in
business in Main street who possesses a re-
markable power, which is also Of gront
service to him. lie can go for hours at a
time during the day without looking at q
timepicce, and when asked what time it Is
he can tell within five minutes the OK
act position of the hands of the clock. He
always allows himself a margin Of fivo
minutes on either side Of the exact time,
but as "A general rule be can tell the time
10 tho exact minute or within ono or two
minutes of &C.
This power of time telling resembles
that possessed by the famous Ruho Field
of Missouri, who died some years ago.
Field could be awakened from his sleep
ct any hour Of the night, and he could tell
the time 10 the exact minute
He was also mathematical prodigy.
Though he had rcycr received any school
ing to amount 20 anything in mathcmat-
les, he was able at a glance TO solve the
most abstrusc rIoblcms.--Louisyille Com
mercial
Evening journal., 1896-07-16
Women In CInhs.

1T Is 50 like women" said clubman
recently, ito take club rejection of them
selves or one of their friends so much to
heart. In a mans club the matter is
viewed much more philosophieally. A
man Is put up at a club. If he gets in he
is plcased. II he doesn't, he dees not re-
sent IL except under unusual circum-
stances. His rejection does not neces-
sarily imply anything deIogatory TO his
charactcr-simply, as the editors say, that
for that particular club he Is not avail
able. But women go all to pieces over
such q happening My wife recently pro-
posed a woman at club OF which she Is a
member, and the name was turned down
by tho board of admissions. Whoreupon
my wife bit her finger nails Off in despair
at what she considered an awful thing
not only for her friend, but for herself
The particular club referred to Is very
conservative 1t has certain fixed rules
governing It's membership that no one has
right to disregard The applicant in
question did not respond to the test cstab-
lished and was therefore not eligible.
That was all there was of H. 1t all comes,
/ suppose, from the extremely personal
point from which women look at every.
thing New York Times.
Evening journal., 1896-07-16
roeAcco aopnIsrlcArloNs.
All Tobacco Treated with "sauces" I
Adapt rhen. 81 varying raates.

All Tobacco Treated with "sauces" to
Adapt Them 80 varying raates.
All tobaccos arc treated with sauces be-
fore being made up into their commercial
form. 81 this means they are favored in
various ways, so as 70 adapt them TO the
tastes of consumers The tastes of con
sumers vary In different localities. and TO
make his goods 70 suit Is the business of
the manufacturer Each manufactures
has his own secret recipes, which are
handed down from father TO son. Tastes
differ even among people of various occu-
pations. Miners, for instance, want very
strong tobacco with scent and flavor
which another class would not relish Out
door workers in general like stronger to-
bacco for smoking and chewing than in-
door folks
All tobnccos, in fact, are doctored.
Sometimes 1t Is done in an ilegitimate
way, for tho purpose OF deception Ordi'
narily, however, it Is honest and even nee
essary. One object of 1t Is TO make the to-
bacco keep better without such treatment
It would become like so much dry leaves,
the aromatic properties passing of Niter
is added TO smoking tobacco In order to
make it burn we'll The leaves intended
gum in order that the plug shall have the
requisite consistency and sweetness. Mu-
oilaginoss substances in small quantities
are added to cigarette tobacco SO that the
PARTICLES may hold together and not fall
out of the paper wrapper. Some pipe to-
baccos are heavily charged with perfumes
by treating them with essential oils Of
rose, yerbcna, citronelle, bergamot, cassia,
musk and catochu.
IL Is not true that cigarettes are COM
monty charged with opium and other in
furious drugs However, they are favored
with essences Of various plants, such as
vanilla, stramonium, coffee. valerian and
tea Occasionally a few ten leaves arc
mixed with the tobacco. These llayors arc
matters of fancy, and women particularly
select their cigarette with reference II
them Scarcely plant that will yield an
agreeable flavorlng escapes employment
| by the manufacturers Of tobacco Among
those most used arc the lemon the orange
geranium, sassafras, thyme, nnise, mint
and cinnamon. Honey and maple sugar
are utilized for sweetening. A dococtior
OF hay is sometimes applied to smoking
| tobacco.
The basis Of "sauce" is nearly always
some spirituous liquor-usually rum
Sometimes wine Is used. Glyccrin Is {
common ingredient More or less molasse
enters into the composition of much plus
tobacco The rum preserves the tobacc'
and adds to the flavor OF the plug. Tn
plug trade for tho United States navy ]
large, and It is required by the govern
ment that the tobacco furnished in thi
shape for the use of it's sailors shall con
tain no foreign substance except n limito
percentage OF licorice. Saltpetor Is some
times added TO smoking tobacco 20 max
it burn better. Tho tobacco leaves m
dipped into the sauce or else sprinkle
with it.--Boston Transcript.
Evening journal., 1896-07-16
FLOWERS AS FOOD.
The Aztecs Used TO Isevel In Cooked Pump
KIN Hiossorns

KIN blossoms.
A dinner OF bunch OF rosebuds would
hardly be called feast, and we should
most likely be inclined TO think ourselves
trifod with If we WNope asked to dine upon
the large growing blossoms of pumpkin
vine. But in olden times some Of the
American Indians, notably the Aztecs, es-
teemed these flowers, when properly cook
ed great dainty At the present day
the natives Of many parts Of India depend
for food upon the blossoms OF the cassia
tree They do not even need TO cook the
flowers, but mike good meal OF them
raw, just as they gather them up under
the trees from which they fan In great
numbers during the night The American
Druggist describes the blossoms as sweet
and sickly in odor aud taste, Sometimes
they are dried in the sun and are sold In
tie bazaars as a regular acticlc of diet
The trees are so highly esteemed that the
threat Of cutting down their cassla trees
will generally bring an unruly tribe to
terms.
Thisis hardly to be wondered at when
1t is understood that single tree will
yield from 900 TO 400 pounds Of flowers
The Parsecs cook the flowers and also
make sweetmeats of them But, after oll
We are not qulte ab nDofty 20 smile at the
flower eating propensities Of these strange
peoples There is one flower afforded by
our own gardens that finds q place freely
upon our tables. We are apt to look upon
the delicious cauli1ower as cabbage, but
it is the flower heads and flower stalks
that we consume in the caulinower and
not the leaves, as in the case of the cab
bage. He who eats caulinower isa flower
eater as truly as the Parsee.
Nobody would be inclined to deny that
smoked fish and smoked meat arc agreea-
bic varieties in our bill of fare, but few
perhaps would feel ready TO plead guilty
to a taste for smoked flowers. And yet,
when we give to the Glove its well earned
place among our ilavorlngs, we are max.
ing use Of a smoked flower bud. The deli
cate, peach colored buds grow on small
evergreen are ruthlcssly pluckod from
the ends of the branches before they have
had time to expand Afterward they ar,
dried in the sun and then slightly smoked
over a wood Gre to give them the brown
color we are familiar with. Youth Com
| panion.
Evening journal., 1896-07-16
Storm In KentnoIsx.

CINCINNATI, July 16.-Covington and
Newport, Ky, had storm of wind, rain
and lightning Of unusual severity. The
wind attained a speed Of 40 miles an hour.
The rain came in binding sheets that
oyertaxed the sewers in the lower part of
the city and flooded the streets. Opon
electric cars, in spite of curtains, were
washed out and the occupants drenched.
Business was practically suspended In
Coyington the roof Of the Ledger tobacco
warehouse was blown of and $4,000
worth of tobacco ruined. Tho West Gov
lnton Opera House roof was taken off, as
also were the roofs of several dwellings
in Newport The mercury fell from 81
to &C.