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Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
NAMING THE BABY.
4 Question of Great Importance
Taken Into Court.
Albany Law Journal.

ENlbtAlg "a Jbllllils
The question as to whether the naming of
the baby belongs, as a matter OF right, to the
baby's father or to the baby's mother is
raised in a queer lawsuit originating in East
kill, in the heart of the Catskill mountains.
The plaintiff is Ole Halverson, a Swede, who
cultivates a small farm on the mountain side.
Ho has sued for damages Rev. J. G. Remer-
ton, a German Lutheran minister of the
same place, and the pleadings set forth the
GLOWING state of facts: Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
version have a son of tender years. The
former desired the boy should be called
Oscar, after the present monarch Of Mr.. Hal
verson's fatherland. Mrs. Halverson dislikcs
tho name of Oscar and was determined that
the baby should not be burdened Herewith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halverson took the baby TO the
clergyman to be christened. Mr.. Halverson
requested the minister to name the child
Oscar, but Mrs. Halverson had already talked
the reverend gentleman over. and TO Mr.. Hal
verson's surprise and indignation the boy
was christened not Oscar. but something
else, whereby Mr.. Halverson suffered serious
disappointment, loss of authority in his
household, liberation of feelings, etc, for
which he prays damages. The clergyman's
defense is that he christened the child in ac-
cordance with the wishes OF it's mother.
whose rights in the premises he considered
paramount. The case brings up a novel
question in jurisprudence, the decision OF
which will be regarded with interest in thou
sands of families throughout the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

1t is an easy thing for the calamity
bowler to say that the evidences of pros
perity forcing themselves under his very
eyes are local only. They are local in
every locality ard their sum total goes
to contribute to the general prosperity.
The calamity bowler is having Il hard
row to hoe.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Doane college deserves congratulations
on having celebrated its t~wenty-tifth an
nual commencement exercises. which en-
titles 1t to be counted among the old
established educational institutions Of
the state. Doane college is enc Of the
strongest denominatioInl colleges in Ne.
hraska, having kept pace with the
growth OF the state hy tho expansion Of
lis facilities for Instruction and the
adoption of educational methods.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Iowa silverites Of various shades and
colors profess to have agreed upon a
fusion state ticket. But as none of the
elements appear to be perfectly satisfied
the prospects are good for there being
rs many tickets as usual in the field be
fore the time for filing nominations shall
have expired.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
How Smokers Are Fooled.

The cold official figures relative to the
consumption of foreign cigars cannot be con-
soling 10 those who pay for the imported ar
ticle. In 1896 only 36, s55, $50 cigars were i'm
ported in a total consumption OF Abs, 49,
GA. Twice as many cigars are made from
imported tobacco as are imported-that is,
less than rs, 900, 900. This means that less
smoked in 1896 were foreign made or OF for
eign material. The Cuban war has not re-
duced the quantity of cigars imported to the
United States. But cigars are not the only
homemade goods with which American peo-
pie are fooled.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

The silver senators made n strenuous
effort to have the duties on silks reduced
in the new tariff bill. This Of is
only another example of their undying
love for the plain people who wear
anything but silks and satinS and object
to being taxed on them for the support
of the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

No flibuStcr can be convicted in a
Florida court of having hostile designs
on Spain unless he is actually captured
by the Spaniards in warlikc operations.
In that case, however, the Florida courts
are not us u rule allowed to exercise
jurisdiction over him--at least not till
the Spanish authorities have finished
with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Hailstones as big as n mans head are
again making their appearance in ia
vored spots throughout the country.
But little things like that will never
excite wonder in these ena-of-the-cen.
tury days. If they can't attain the size
of n small airship this year they might
as well remain hors concours.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Notwithstanding the numerous Charlie
ltosses who have turned mp from time
to time in all parts of the world, the
fathe.' of the original Charlie Ross has
had 10 end his days without realizing his
hope of recovering his long lost son.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

The Union Pacific pioneers will hold
their annual picnic this year as usual,
but we may be certain that precautions
Will be taken to make a recurrence of
anything like the Logan wreck disaster
an impossibility.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Perhaps it may he pertinent TO ask,
Why is it that readers Of the World
Herald have been compelled TO wait until
now to Learn anything from that sheet
about the corrupt Casey. BARLEY deal eN-
posed months ago in The Bee? Is it pos.
siblc Casey and his friends have accom-
modatcd the owners of the World.I Herald
with money, too?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Although applications for space at the
exposition are coming in at a lively
rate from intending exhibitors, there
need be no fear that there will not be
room enough for all displays which de-
serve place. The buildings can be en-
larged if necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
Armour & Co. are erecting their nam

Armour & Co. are erecting their a
moth meat-pacismg plant at South
Omaha as a pure matter of business.
They feel sure they see an opening TO
make n large Investment of money with
a promise of substantial returns, When
shrewd and experienced business men
give such evidence of their confidence
in Omaha and Nebraska it is time for
the calamity howlers to take "a back
seat.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
TIE lee ON TRIMS.

All railroad ncvsboEs are
supplied with enough Bees
10 accommodate pas
scnEer who wants to rcHh II
newspaper. Insist upon hnV-
ing The Bee. III yon cannot
yet II Dee on u train from the
news agent, please report
she fact, stating the trnin ana
railroad, to the Circulation
Department of The Bee. The
Bee IL for sale on all trains.
INSIST ON HAVING THE DEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
Pushing a Terrible Bill.

Chicago T~lmes-HeraId.
The mosquito seems destined to take a
more important place than that of furnishing
photographers with subjects for ridicule. 1t
will be remembered that one played the
chief role in an accident insurance suit In
Kentucky not long ago, and now another has
caused a man to go insane in New York City.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

John l.. Blair is said to have started
out from a farm with nothing but the
clothes he was wearing and worked his
way into n fortune estimated at over
S%O0,OOO,OO0. The Barney Barnatos are
not all located in South Africa.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

All Americans, of any college or Of no
college, may feel a legitimate patriotic
pride in the triumph of American over
British methods rs exemplified in the
Cornell Yale-IIarvard race.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

fifth of the Jubilee price. The trouble
is that the American does not appreciate
the cheapncss of good American news,
papers until lie goes abroad and has to
pay twice the money for an inferior
foreign paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

The London undertaken who laid in a
stock Of 1000 collins in anticipation of
the fatal casualties attendant upon the
jubilee festivities is entitled to sym
pathy in his rude awakening to the IN
certainties of human life.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Think of the London papers charging
sixpence and n shilling for their special
jubilee editions. II is safe to say that
these special numbers do not equal in
artistic beauty or attractive reading
matter the average Sunday editions of
our metropolitan newspapers, which
never sell for more than 3 cents, or a
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Subjects Of King Ak-Sar-Ben III who
are invited to meet him and swear al
l%egiance are obeying the summons with
becoming alacrity, rightly considering il
ineXpcdient to disregard the commands
OF so mighty Il |potentate.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Our navy will have to be Immediately
strengthened by the addition of n mum
possession Of Hawaii, so we are told. OF
course all the shipbuilders and naval
supply merchants are wild for annexa-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

If the foresight of the political fence
were only half as good at its hind
sight, what n mint of money it could
AXE in from thieves and crooks who
have escaped its net.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

the consolation that nc power on earth
can compel them to rejoice over the
queens jubilee if they do not feel so
inclined,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
PARTIES LEAVING Fon THE SUMMER

Parties leaving the city for
the summer can ave The
Bcc sent to them regularly
by notifying The Rec busi-
ness Office in person ~ by
mail. The address will be
changed ny often ms desired.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

If the other Nebraska crops turn out
proportionately as well as the output of
Nebraska strawberry patches we will
have Il surfeit of fine fruits, vegetables
and grains his year.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

What is most calling 10 the free trad
ers is that they cannot discredit the new
converts to protection i'll the south by
calling them carpet baGgers.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
Starting 81 ..FIame."

PhlIadelphia Times.
Perhaps it's as well for the girl graduate
who thinks Of setting the world on fire to
compromise as soon as possible on merely
striking a match.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

The people who are most anxious for
Hawaiian annexation are the people who
expect to make a %pecuniary profit out
of its Incorporation into the United
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Lots of things happened during Vic
toria's sixty-year reign that every one
should remember as well rs Il few things
that every one will do well to forget.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

His Great Popularity with the Men in
His Department.

Troy Daily Times.
One of the very best discoveries which
President Mckinley has made since he as
sumed office on the 4th of March was his
assistant secretary of war, George ID. Meiklo-
john of Nebraska. Mr.. Meiklejohn succeeded
an official who had made himself personally
unpopular to almost every man in the sery-
ice who was connected with the War de-
the messengers there was a united DISPOSE
ton to show resentment toward General Doe.
Just why this was so never could be under
stood exactly, but the Wisconsin gentleman,
who was the second to hold the office OF
assistant secretary of war since it was re
stored, was certainly the most unpopular
man in an official capacity in the War de-
partment. Mr.. Meiklejohn, on the other
hand, has made himself so popular that the
old martinets and the bureau chiefs gener-
ally simply swear by him. AS one OF them
said today: Every man in the army l.,
trained to give loyal support to his superior
officer, but there is a great deal of difference
between an official loyal support and a sup
port accompanied by a keen sense of respect
for that superior. Mr.. Meiklejohn has taken
hold of the duties of his office in a manner
which shows conclusively that he is a man
tact as well as executive ability. AS a con-
sequence the War department today is in
better shape than it has ever been, and /
am satisfied for one that President Mckinley
could not have made a better selection than
he did make in appointing George d.. Meikle-
john to this very important office"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
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Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Cornell has exalted its colors over
those Of its rivals. which are crimson
with shame and blue with dependency,
respectively.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Debs says free silver is dead. Re.
marks as to DebS' condition, however,
are withheld for good and sufficient
reaSOnS.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
Two Great Inventions.

There is only one invention of modern
times that has got closer to'the people than
the bicycle. That is the printing press.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
VIEWERS Invisible Foe.

GIObe-DefnOcrat
The rate at which Weyler's troops are dy-
ing renders quite needless the cultivation
of any new forms of disease in the starvation
camps,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

The extra session of the Texas legis-
lature has finally adjourned and con
gresS is once more alone in its glory.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

That truce between Greece and Turkey
must have an elastic frame.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
Decidedly So.

Philadelphia Times.
This Is the period when men entirely SEN
sible to other things begin to be more or
less off in the matter of vacation.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

What an appropriate jubilee gift that
arbitration treaty would have been!
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
There's
No Use
Talking

A we'll made suit is
worth its price, and
o ur ready-tO-wear
garments are better
made and Of better
materials than those OF
the cheap "made-to-
measure" tailor.
Our best suits are
from BIS to $26, and
we have mighty good
ones from a bout $S or
$40 up; with bicycle
suits from $5 to $15.
Cheaper goods than
these are inferior eth
err in materials or
workmanship a n d
when you Der
that la Dor and Innings
cost more than the
cloth, you can UNDER
stand why our cloth
ing at fair prices is SO
fine.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Nonkers S~tatesmsn: Mrs. Church-Dld
you ever catch your husband flirting?
Mrs. Gotham-Thut's the way l did catch
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27

Chicnao Post: III a man should under
take to kiss you by force he remarked,
after looking at her both admir!nrly and
thoughtfully for some time, what would
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-08

es across the neighboring levels.
Pixies Peak, which rises like a senti-
mel from the surface of the earth, casts
shadow which frequently extends for
hundreds of miles, and for this reason
1t could be easily picked out from the
moon at distance of 200 miles.
Cultivated states could be picked out
from the uncultivated regions, and the
advance Of the seasons could be
marked on by the orderly succession of
shades OF green, yellow and orange
The large outlines of the continent
would be clearly apparent while arti-
fetal geographical lines would not an
pear.
There would be nothing to mark
where Canada ended and the United
States began. There would be nothing
to. show where one state ended and an
other commenced. .... H.
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! The Moon Is Now 200
: Miles from the Earth. !

From the Nelu York Journal,
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The great Yerkes telescope has now
brought the moon within distance Of
200 miles of the earth. That is, looked
ut through the enormous Yerkes tele-
scope, the biggest on earth and just
completed, the moon looks exactly as
it would if it were seen with the naked
eye at a distance of 200 miles.
This means that if you stood on the
tower of Madison Square garden and
looked at the moon at about Washing
ton, you would see it as it appeared a
few nights ago to President Harper, of
Chicago University, when he pro-
Gained the Yerkes telescope ready for
business by taking the first look
through it. Previously the Lick tele-
scope in California had been the larg-
est in the world.
Now the Lick has been entirely
eclipsed by the new Yerkes telescope
The latter takes in rs per cent more
light than any instrument ever before
used, and it brings all the planets near
er to the earth and paves the way for
astronomical discoveries such as were
never before possible.
The Yerkes telescope cost hundreds
of thousands of dollars. It is so enor-
nous that the mere grinding of the
object glasses Was more than it's origi-
nal purchasers could stand, and these
remarkable crystals lay at Cambridge,
Mass, for years waiting for some mill
ionaire to come along and finish them.
The latter appeared in the person of
Charles T. Yerkes, Chicago's street
railway king, who bought the glasses,
had the telescope finished and present.
ed it to Chicago University. 1t has
been set up in magnificent observa-
tory at Williams Bay, Wis, far from
the smoke and dust of the western me-
tropolis, and in country where the
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A Georgia Princess.
A Touching Tale.


When Vivekanandi, the Hindu
monk, visited Chicago during the
Worlds Fair, he was greatly delighted
one afternoon to learn that the Inter
national Beauty show" on the Midway
Plalsance contained an East Indian
princess. He lost no time says the
Chicago Times-Herald, in visiting the
show. In one of the booths was a
dusky damsel, arrayed in East Indian
costume, and prominently placarded
as charmer from the land of the
Gangees.
Vlvekanandi addressed her politely
IN Hlndustanee, and for his pains was
rewarded by stare of blank astonish-
ment. Then he tried Cingalese with
no better success, and also the several
allied dialects of the interior provinces
OF India. At last the dusky beauty
spoke in sheer self-defense:
60 way man." she said, you mus
be crazy!'
Excuse me-" remarked Vivekanan-
al, in faultless English, "but will you
kindly tell me where you were born?"
Use born in Savannah, an Use dun
lived in Georgy all nah life," she. said,
'"but yo' can't fool wild me, if YOU is
stuck up no'thern niggah!" And he
didn't try to do so.
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atmosphere and the conditions for as
Economical work are exceptionally
good.
Professor Barnard has been secured
from the Lick observatory and presides
over this unequalled astronomical es-
tablishment.
Looking at the moon through this
exquisitely built telescope, President
Harper expressed his admiration of it's
mechanical perfection when he saw
brought out before him in clear outline
and detail its craters, valleys, dry river
beds and extinct volcanoes. He like
wise scrutinized the curious dark green
patches which for years have puzzled
astronomers in regard to the surface
of our satellite and which many have
believed to be forests or prairies where
vegetable life exists. .- "
These patches were more clearly
seen in the Yerkes telescope than was
ever before possible with any other in
strument, and their careful observa
ton, now that it has come into syste
matte use in the hands of experienced
astronomers, is likely in the near FIJI
ture to develop some surprising results.
Thus, for instance, it is possible that
some new light may be thrown upon
the theory that the moon is inhabited
and that instead of being dry, dead
body it is in reality peopled by a curl
Gus race OF men and animals. whose
bodies, in accordance with the theory
Of evolution, have conformed to the
peculiar conditions existing on the
moon. It is known that no such atmos-
pheric conditions as those OF the
earth or Of Mars exist on the moon,
and If it maintains any kind Of animal
life it is presumed that It must be
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would appear as bright green spot in
the center of a great mass Of brown
buildings.
The Brooklyn bridge also might be
observed, as it would cross a bright
background of shimmering water
New York at night would, of course,
be easily observed at such a distance.
1t would be quite possible for an OBJ
server on the moon supposing it to be
at distance of 200 miles, within
which the new Yerkes telescope brings
it, to pick out Broadway at night, il
Illuminated as it is by succession of
electric lights, signs and lamps.
Other points about Greater New
York that would be seen at such a dist
ance at night would be the Statue Of
Liberty, where there is an electric
light of unusual power; Sandy Hook,
now supplied with searchlights of great
penetration; He'll Gate, where another
great light has been set up for the
guidance of mariners; the Highlands
of Navesink, whose twin lights can
now be seen with the naked eye twenty
miles at sea; Fire Island lightship, the
Sandy Hook lightship, and the row of
electric light buoys which marks the
entrance to the harbor for a distance of
three miles in the lower bay.
Chicago, New Orleans, St. Louis,
San Francisco, Cincinnati, Philadel-
phia, would each appear during spring
time as brown patches in the surround
ing landscape of green and yellow.
The great lakes would seem like patch
es of silver.
The prairies would look like emer-
aids. The Bad Lands of Dakota would
appear as great stretches of sienna. I'M
relieved by any verdure.
The Rocky Mountains would catch
the eye by reason of the perpetual
snow on their SUBMITS. A mountain
by the way, is an object which cannot
be so clearly observed from above us
as it can be close at hand. The reason
for this is that it would be foreshort-
ened when seen from the moon. while
looking at it sideways it would make
a big indentation in the sky line.
At evening the shadows cast by these
enormous eXcrescences would stretch
for hundreds of miles like black patch
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quite different from anything known
to us.
But just think for a moment what
the earth would look like if seen from
the moon through the Yerkes telescope.
mere is on the moon a certain noun
TAIN we'll known to astronomers for it's
nelght, and which all agree is the loft
lest pinnacle on the surface of the sa-
tellite.
II the Yerkes telescope were sta
toned on this mountain and turned
upon the earth the picture which
would be presented to the observer
would be one Of astonishing variety,
full of life, movement and color. New
YORK city, with the bay, rivers and the
surrounding country, would be clearly
apparent at this distance, if the atmos-
phere were perfectly clear at the time.
there is no limit to the distance at
which an object can be seen with the
naked eve under the proper conditions
OF atmosphere and background. We
see stars and planets millions of miles
away.
Rockets and lights high in the sky
have been seen at an astonishing dist
ance. A heliograph or flash mirror in
the hands of United States engineers
engaged in the work of triangulation
has been seen distance of 1870 miles
from mountain top in the Rockies.
Now, then, if a small piece of glass
no larger than the cover of an ordinary
book can be seen at 100 miles, how
easy would it not be to see the whole
city of New York at distance of 200
miles?
The earth as seen from the moon at
such distance would be an enormous
globe, presenting an astonishing var
iety of color. You would first observe
the snow caps at the north and south
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NAMES OF WEEK DAYS.

Sunday (Sun daeg in the saxon)
comes from the sun, chief object of the
Saxon's worship.
Monday, or Moons daeg, was given
over to the worship of the moon.
Tuesday, or Tuisco's daeg, was SO
called in homer of Tuisco, the son Of
earth and deified father Of the Teuton-
ic race.
Wednesday belonged to Wooden, the
great god of war.
! Thor's daeg was named for Thor. the
eldest son of Wooden and Friga. the
bravest Of the gods.
Friga's daeg was dedicated to the
wife of Wooden. and Saturday or Sac
ter's daeg was called after the god
Saeter.