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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31

Association flunf.
An overlooking pot of boiling pitch and
resin was the cause of small blaze in the
yards of the Omaha Brewing association az
its plant on Sherman avenue at o'clock
yesterday afternoon. A pot, almost full o,
the combination, which is used in beer kegs
was boiling when one of the workmen threw
in another pailful of pitch. This was mo e
than the pot would hold and the mate.ia!
oyerhowed portion fell into the fire be
meath the pot, setting fire to the material as
itlflowed over the brick hoor.
An alarm Of fire was turned in and the de-
partment quickly responded Before it ar
rived the entire interior of the shed in
which the blaze occurred seemed to be on
fire. The flames were speedily subdued, but
the heat had been so great that scme of the
sheet iron forming the roof of the shed was
destroyed Fortunately, the sides, roof and
floor of the building were all of brick o.
iron and consequently the damage was not
great number of beer kegs were partially
burned. The entire loss will be covered fully
by 800
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31

The Board of Fire and Police Commits
sioners held arspecial meeting yesterday
afternoon to hear the protest against the
issuance of a license to Gustave Stepp
who proposed to run a saloon at 22Si
North Twentieth street opposite the Coli
the license was granted. Liquor licenses
were granted 10 the following: Martin
Simanek, 1922 South Thirteenth street
Thirtecnth street; Fred III. Krug, 1886 Vim
ton street; Matt Hammond, 1921 Farnam
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
would shoot Her Darkey Lover.

Stella LOWS, a petite White girI about
10 years of age was arrested last night
at the corner of Twelfth and Douglas
streets while,.widy waving a revolver In
the direction of stump Garth, a jet black
negro who Ipas dBaking rapid time down
the street When taken to the station
Stella said that stump had been her
been trifiing rwithdher, She said she would
have shot him if he had not shown such
marked sprinting abilities.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
MEXICAN FREE COINAGE DOLLARS
RObertson's Suit Wherein He RecOS-
niZes Sound Money.

nizes Sound Money.
Joseph A. Robertson has brought suit in
the district court to recover from William
j. McGavock and r. r. Price '23, 200 MeXi-
can silver, 9027 thousandths fine" alleged
to be due him on account of promssory
note on which he was surety for the defend
ants. Robertson alleges that the defendants
borrowed ,750 Mexican silver" from the
Bank of London and Mexico in the City of
Mexico, agreeing to pay 12 per cent inter
est. He also alleges that he signed the
note as surety and when 1t came due he
was obliged to pay it. He alleges that the
amount he was compelled to pay was "23 200
Mexican silver" which, he says, is equal to
$13, 900 in United States money, and he wants
his money from the defendants
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31

inkling Of the reign Of vice, they had not
expected that the condition was so serious.
Whether It was due to this publication or
the fact that some life had been instllled
into the force there was a noticeable change
upon the part Of the patrolmen in the busi-
ness portion OF the city. Instead OF lining
up at the bars OF saloons or stationlng them
selves inside Of the theaters, the men were
upon the streets and all night long they
kept people moving on, instead OF allowing
them to congregate on the corners and in the
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
PRINCIPAL TorIo or DISCUSSION.

People Talk of the Condition of
Policc Annirs.
The story published in The Bee, detailing
the manner in which the affairs Of the police
department are being conducted and the
futile attempt being made 10 close the dives.
gambling houses and questionable resorts Of
the city, was the topic under discussion upon
the streets and In the homes Friday night
The FOUNDERS were not in the least sur
prlsed, as they were vel! aware of the con.
dition that existed. Reputable people now
ever. we're shocked. While they had an
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31

OMAHA Jan. 30.-To the Editor oil The
Bee Give credit where it belongs. The
man who reformed the fire department Is the
present chief. who has run it since he came
before this board was in office, and now they
take the credit in their report for leaving
well enough alone as they found 1t.
AN EX-FIREMAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
FORECAST or oTODAY's WEATHER
Partly Cloudy in Nebraska, with
Light Local SHOWS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O-Forecast for
Sunday: ',''
For Nebraskd and Kansas-Partly cloudy
with light local SHOWS; south winds
warmer in the western portion.
For Missouri and Iowa-Partly cloudy
probably light local SHOWS; warmer in the
eastern portion; southerly winds.
For South Dakota-Partly cloudy; warmer
in the eastern portion; soulherly winds
For Wyoming-Light local SHOWS; slight
changes in temperature; south to west
winds.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, Jan. 30-Omaha record of rainfall
and temperature compared with cor
responding day of the past three years:
1897, 1896. 1895. 1894
Maximum temperature. 80 AZ "a q
Minimum temperature >. 20 39 &C /!
Average temperature 20 a. p
Rainfall ..................... Il Il II .0l
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for the day and since March J.,
1886:
Normal temperature for the day.. /!
Excess for the ay..............,..,.,....-
Accumulated excess since March H.. 10.
Normal precipitation for the day. .02 Inch
Deficiency for the day....,...,..... .H inch
Total precipitation since Mch l. 1906 inches
Excess since March l;,."..:... 5lS inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1895. II 5inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1895. l526 inches
L. A. WELSH. Local Forecast oaiclal
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
Three Mnrderers usenpc.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Jan, SO,-In a jail
delivery at Fayetteville last night three
muTderers. Walter HIT Ben Williams and
William Taylor. with three other prisoners,
escaped. ]. Koon and William JaCkson1
two mlsdcmeanor prisoners returAtd and
notified tho 1aller OF the escape.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31

For several days about that time a gang
Of shoplifters preyed upon the merchants
sud a large amount OF goods was stolen
Not a dollars worth was recovered, nor was
there an arrest made. The shoplifters came.
robbed right and left. packed their plunder,
shipped 1t away and left the city without
even having to buy a policeman a drink.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

trunks in his disordered little room ard
still with no apartment engaged. It
also found him meek as we'll as miser-
able. He went downstairs and knocked
on the door of Mrs. Hodgson's little
room on the ground floor. There was
no answer. Harriet came up from the
kitchen to say that missus was maxi.
ing the other gentleman's omelet. But
she was authorized to open the door
and to offer him chair.
He waited in vexation, longing for re-
venge, longing to show up the mutton
pie interloper who secretly adored
omelets in his true colors. Finally
Mrs. Hodgson entered, flushed with the
successful outcome of work of art.
REALLY, Mrs. Hodgson," said the
professor, affably, II have been so busy
and to get room requires deal OF
looking about, doesn't it?" She did
Lot say whether it did or not. IF it
would not be too much trouble-would
you accommodate me again?"
II haven't a room left.''
"I'm-I'm sorry!"
''There are hotels, professor"
"Mrs. Hodgson-Mrs. Hodgson," h.
burst out, tragically, twill you not gc
on making omelets for me forever?'
After little blushing and parryiue
she said that she would, and put tho
seal on her acceptance by immediatel,
giving the base interloper weeks no
| tice.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01
PjTH AND POINT.

There is only one part of a man that
feels better on Monday than it felt on
Saturday, and that is his corns.-Atchi-
son Globe. ~
-Teacher-"Give an example of the
use of the word 'contagious?' Pupil
-"Street cars are not contagious. They
are hard to catch."-Boston Transcript.
-"De trouble bout er mans maxim
reg'lar practice O. tindin' fault" said
Uncle Eben, sis dat he gifts mo- an mo-
expert in is business, de demand fob
lis goods gifts less an less."-Washing-
ton Star.
-Gadsby-''I suspect they've got q
baby up at Norris house." Watkins
''What makes you think that2" Gads-
by-'Oh, nothing in particular; only I
haven't heard him brag about his dog
for a day or two."-Boston Transcript.
Over Styx.-"Socrates," said Solo
mon, "you are known as a wise man.
What really did you know?'' "Noth-
ing," said Socrates. "And that, my
dear Solomon, is my only reason for
saying that I&knew as much as you did. -
-ddrpefS s baZar.
The men-haters say that when girl
lights her parlor fire stated evenings,
and curls her hair, that she is going on
''wolf hunt" They claim that she
is likely not to get anything in the
roundup, and that if she does get any:
| thing, it will be as useless as wolf."-
Atchison Globe.
The Doctor-'sMrs. Brown has sent
for me to go and see her boy, and ]
must 60 at once" His Wife-"What is
the matter with the boy?" II don't
know; but Mrs. Brown has book on
What to Do Before the Doctor Comes,
and must hurry up before she does
it."-Household Words.
| -Flannigan-'I met a man last week.
and, bedad, I'd have sworn it was your
SELF" O'Toole-"And wasn't it?" Elan.
nigan-''Never bit! But he was your
very image, barrin' he was a trife gray
I suppose, now, ye haven't such thing
as a twin brother a few years older
than yourself f?"-Tit-Bits
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

out to his chop and disordered desk, two
strange trunks in the corner Of the ST
ting-room reminded him that he had
not yet engaged another lodging. Mrs.
Hodgson came in. She hoped that his
luggage was packed, as the other gem
tleman was coming in an hour. The
professor did not reply. Twice he lifted
up his cup of tea and set it down with
out drinking. :"
"Then I may take it that you are
ready?" she asked.
mo. As matter of fact, I've been
so busy that haven't had time to look
about much for a place. If you have
small room that I could have only
for . week it would''-he spoke with
great reserve-"be in the nature-ah--
of an accommodations"
It happened by mere chance, as Mrs.
Hodgson was careful to explain, that
this was possible. Harriet was sent to
help him carry up his belongings. When
the wreckage left by the wayside had
been collected, and everything he pos
sessed was piled helter-skelter in the
little room on the third floor, the pro-
fessor concluded that he would make
no attempt to put things to rights for
so short stay. He heard a cab draw
up in front of the house. The new lodg-
er must have come. Prompted by a
curiosity possibly inconsistent with the
| dignity of the author of Isaac Newton
and His Compeers," he went to the
| window. He stepped back in surprise
None other than his mutton-pic friend
was to be his successor in the drawing.
room floor. His misery was increased
! the following morning when he saw
Harriet taking one of Mrs. Hodgson's
works of art in to the one who had
sworn that omelets were the enemies OF
mankind.
He now fairly hated chops and con
descended to ask Harriet for an omelet
for to-morrow's breakfast. She brought
him one-of her own making. He was
on the point of telling her of some
thing that was not to be spoken o+
lightly. But he sighed instead. A work
Of art was not to be expected from
such as Harriet.
He did not go to the museum ant
strategically contrived to avoid :
meeting with the base interloper all O.
the week. Once he had to wait at tht
head of the stairway while he saw
Mrs. Hodgson help the interloper or
with his overcoat-convincing proc
that a man who ate mutton pies woult
stop at nothing. Though he became
the terror of the landladies of Blooms
bury, Saturday found him with strang'
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

the door 80 hard an fairly to make the
flower pots tremble, but Mrs. Hodgson
only smiled. She had recovered her
dignity and her faith in her art, despite
sour criticism. The professor deter
mined never to forgive her now. To
prove it he ate voraciously of the mu-
scum mutton pie for luncheon. The re-
suit was indigestion, which he attrib-
uted TO the omelet.
He was rudely awakened next morn
ing by Harriet, who was sweeping and
dusting in his sitting-room. Hereto
fore Mrs. Hodgson had made it point
to attend to this herself, doing it so
quietly that the professor was never
disturbed. However, he had his chop
for breakfast; and everything else, even
to the overcoat lying on the chair where
he had thrown it the night before,
was as he had requested.
After ransacking the drawers of his
desk and paving over the disordered
papers on top of it in i vain search for
his notebook, which contained the
fruits of three months researches, he
was anything but reassured by hazy
recollection of having nodded over the
notebook on the previous evening and
having carelessly laid it on the chair
at his side. This had happened before;
but he had always found the notebook
on his desk in the morning.
'Did you see book on the floor?" he
cried to Harriet, when she had answered
the fierce ringing of the bell.
'You-you said anything on the
floor"
"Find it.! Find i'll" he thundered.
'Don't dare to come back without it."
Poor Harriet's face burned as she
went downstairs, for she knew, if the
professor didn't, that the refuse wagon
had called some fifteen minutes ago.
The professor paced up and down, with
anger in his heart against Mrs. Hodg-
son and her omelets, until there was a
soft knock at the door, which he recog-
nized as Mrs. Hodgson's. He presumed
she had come to apologize for what she
would doubtless call ''an unfortunate
accident" lie would let her know in
plain terms that hers was the worst
conducted house in London.
"Come I'M" he roared.
"Your book, professor" she said,
holding it out to him. Though Har.
riet had found it on the floor, picked
it out of the rubbish, thinking could
do no harm, anyway"
"Er-ah! Thank you!"
"And have let the room for Satur-
day." she went on in a voice which he
thought was assumed to annoy him.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01
Presidential Peculiarities.

Lincoln was the first president of the
United States to wears full beard. Lin
coin vetoed three bills. Cleveland in his
first administration vetoed 27S. Lin
coin, Jefferson, Van Buren and Polk
were not church members. Jefferson
was an atheist almost up to the time of
his death. Lincoln was deeply reli-
gious. OF all the presidents signatures
Lincoln's is the smallest. In his in
augural address (arst term) Lincoln
used the letter ''I'' 43 times. Arthur
used it only once. No other president
used it so frequently as Lincoln. Lin
coins birthday is a legal holiday in
only five states-New York, Minnesota,
Illinois, New Jersey and Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01
A WOMAN'S LAUGHTER.
1t Is More Like. a Child's Than
Mans.

Women do not, as a rule, laugh at
jokes. They generally laugh to reward
the teller Of a good thing, and not for
mirth at the thing told. In this way a
woman fulfills most definite duty, for
she laughs even when the story does not
come off we'll. Her laugh would not be
SO temperate or so punctual if it de-
pended upon sense of humor. It is
somewhat between a child's laughter
and a mans, but most like a child's.
At almost every stage of his early years
a child laughs for mere movement, and
not for comedy or derision at all. A
little humor there may be in the earlier
sense of the word. He laughs at the
humors and antics of rather elder or
rather more enterprising child; but al
ways from gayety and for interior rea~
sons of abounding breath and blood.
Granted that a woman has a small
sense of humor, she still owes her laugh
to the humorists-even to the unsuc-
cessful. 1t is positive debt. If she
were held to the duty of criticism it
would be otherwise; but; as it is, she is
committed to nothing. Her laugh is
no evidence in the connection of humor
and wit, and it is but just that in this,
too, public opinion should relieve her of
responsibility. For nothing but an ex-
pccted silence or a half-hearted smile
should be held really answerable. If
she were to enter upon the way of criti-
cism she would be more or less unready,
it might be necessary to explain things
to her, which confessedly would be very
dull.
Besides, the laugh of judgment and
criticism is apt to be, on fit occasion,
also laugh too much from the heart;
it takes deeper tones, and is no longer
the treble note, undrowned. No; men
who invent the jokes may laugh at them
the open laugh of appreciation; women,
if they would be kind, must be more i'm
partial.
A feminine laugh, too, has to be dec
orative, and so should be the laugh of
gayety rather than of humor. There
can hardly be question as to the
sweetest laugh to be heard among ma
tions of women-it is surely the French
woman's. She has the softest warble
of all. If doves were not so serious,
they might remind us of Partisan WON
en- laughing together. The italian
laugh is happy enough, but it is not
quite so independent of the subject of
laughter; it has jollity all its own. 1t
is somewhat uncivilized, but needs No
civilizing. But its principal character
istic is the contralto tone proper to the
woman who is to the last somewhat OF
a peasant. The laughter of English
women is too various for any brief de-
scription. For English women laugh
not according to their race, but accord
ing to their caste, as caste has lately
been revised and redistributed. It may
be said. that in caste also the treble
note, the ready, the immediate, fits uE
to its own place-the top-and is audi
BILE there, for all its splendid quality
n. Y. Advertiser.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01
''Er-ah! Very Well!"

"Er-ah! Very well!"
His friend observed that the museum
mutton-pie on that day was especially
good. The professor ate heartily of it,
but was soon feeling so badly that he
concluded to devote the remainder of
the afternoon to searching for rooms.
After climbing the stairs of seven diff
ferent houses, he began to speculate
upon how in the world landladies were
able to let such miserable, ill-kept
apartments to anybody. At one place,
in a moment of Observation-Disclosures, he
actually asked if the cook could make
good omelcts. When the landlady said
"perfectly lovely omelets!" he told her
abruptly that he wouldn't think Of
| taking her rooms. It was on his
tongues end to add that the making of
olnelets was not an art to- be spoken of
! lightly, when he remembered that this
was the very expression Mrs. Hodgson
had once used. He determined never
to utter the word omelet again. Weary
and cross, he returned to his rooms. In
| the morning, noisy Harriet robbed him
of his sleep, and he went into his sit
ting-room to face a chop and disor-
dered desk again.
| "Shall we have our customary NUT
ton pie? the tempter asked him at one
| o'clock.
81 have an engagement to-day,
was the reply.
The engagement turned out to be il
a little restaurant on Greae Russell
street, and before he realized it thu
yearning of his stomach had put re
guest for an omelet into words. A flat
creation, without the slightest individu
ality, overdone on one side and under
done on the other, was placed before
him. -, ~$ ~
q ''Don't you Know" he exclaimed fret
fully to the waitress, shat an ome]e
is work of art not to be''---here b,
stopped abruptly. "But I will eat-th
thing" he added. A.zz$ sEs IS s.~.
! On Saturday morning, when he wen
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01
The Mlnister's Mlstalxe.

In rural parish in the Mearns, tho
other week, an Aberdeen divine, who
had driven over in hired vehicle; oc.
cupied the pulpit. Only one person at
tended service, and the minister apollo.
gized for the length of his discourse.
His audience ssignified his approval OF
his preaching, and the minister contin.
ued. Guess his consternati ton when he
discovered his audience consisted of his
driver, who had been engaged by the
hour! Edinburgh Dispatch. 4s.3
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Spring cleaning need not necessarily
be made the drudgery it is if properly
done. Paints, floors, hard walls and
windows may all be cleaned without
rubbing, by wiping over with strong
suds made of Ivory soap and hot, soft
water, then rinsed and dried. A room
thus cleaned will be fresh and sweet,
with no unpleasant odor Of strong
soaps or cleaning fluids.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Reforms Need More Than q Day
10 bring them about, and are always more
complete and lasting when they proceed
with steady regularity to a contamination.
Few of the obseryant among us can have
failed to notice that permanently healthfu]
changes in the human system are not
wrought by abrupt and violent means, and
that those are the most salutary medicines
which are progressive. Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters is the chief of these. Dyspepsia,
a disease Of obstinate character, is obliter:
ated by it.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01
ChanEe of Fashion.

She had been looking at herself in the
glass. II suppose I'll get used to it"
che said, 'tbut after what We've been
through in the last few years these
tight sleeves actually make me feel inn
modest" London Figaro. 4. S#
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

We could forgive the man who knows it
all # he wouldn't insist on telling it all
N. Y. Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Your friends may not know much, but
they know what they would do if they were
in your place-N. 7. Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

'*Great Scott, Eph! what's the number of
your boots?" |"Two, sab; one fob each
foot. sah.'
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

'"Tommy, who was Joan Of Arc?" asked
the teacher. "Noah's wife," said Tommy,
who is considered great at guessing
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Genius may be swift, but perseverance has
the surest feet.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila.. PA.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

There are some women who are reminded
that they are superior creatures every time
a man takes off his hat to them.-Atchison
Glohe
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

'"rhey say people who live together get
to look alike.'' lis that so? Well, just in
the interest Of science, let's try it. .-Chica-
90 Record.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Opportunity makes short calls. When one
is out it leaves card and moves on.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

I could not get along without Piso's Cure
for Ce9sumpti99. It always cqres.@Mrs. l1s
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

A cold-sore and stiff All right again.
st. Jacobs Oil did it-cured.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never siclen, weaken or grippe, l0c.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

He-"I love you better than my life" She
considering the life you lead, cannot say
that I am surprised. Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Just try l0c box of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, finest liver and bowel regulatormad
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01

Limp and lame-lame back. St. Jacobs
Oil cures it promptly, surely.
The Worthington advance., 1897-04-01
"Star Tobacco

-. As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. It is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-22
WHIP AND SPUR.

Seven hpoks cash in at Oakley each da ?.
The F-iar has heeI, retired for the season.
Clifford goes in the stud at McGrath
lana.
Desperate finishes have been the order OF
late a. oakley.
Banquo II is tie most successful horse Of
the FDrt Erie meeting.
The Point Breeze outlaw running meeting
begins next Saturday.
The Pacific Coast Jockey Club has issued
its stake announcements for the season Of
1S97-9S This club holds forth at Inele-
side track, aud its secretary is F. ii Green.
The Fort Erie JocEy Club meeting will
he brought e close tomorrow. Unde.
the able management OF Andy Mills, the
Meeting has been most pronounced sue
cess
1h recent years winter racing in California
has becoI G very popular, and now some Of
Tie best horses in the country are shipped
there at the conclusion OF the Eastern and
Middle West meetings. Running races on
the coast are pretty important affairs
now.