Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-29
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Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The London Times says the French arr
very fond of horses. Yes, very. Pari
ordered 1000 tierces of horse meat from
Oregon this year
The Chicago College of Dentistry hopes tc
receive by the will of the late DIR. Thomas
W. Evans of Paris "a sum above the mil
ion dollar mark" to assist it in it's educa
tlonal work.
Secretary Cages order that treasury
clerks must pay debts for all necessary
family supplies" has started a furious deba e
in Washington as to whether liquor is q
necessity or a luxury.
Joseph jefferson was once saved from
total bndGess by an operation performed
by DR.. George Reulng of Baltimore, ard lie
has just presented the physician with a
painting done by himself.
According to the New England Historic
Genealogical Society of Boston, only twenty
1iEe families that came to New England
from Great Britain were entitled to bring
ermorial bearings with them.
Massachusetts, has received this year
SAL 80 from the collateral legacy tax, and
there is still more than month of possi-
bilities for the increase of the sum. lie
fourth part of the liquor license fees
amounts to ,941 in the same time.
The first sem-annual account of the exec
utOrs of the estate of the late James G.
Fair shows receipts amornting to $3.50, 900
surplus of $4,000 escaped is mystery
about which the executors are dlscreetly
silent.
Less than two years ago a man and his
wife in Baltimore borrowed $50 from loan
company pledglng their household goods as
security They have already paid $500 in
terest and owe balance of $49.j0 interest.
The courts have decided that they will have
to pay back the principal and total Of $l35
interest TO save their furniture. That loan
company must have a Klondike in the Druid
City,
Lieutenant O'Brien, the foe OF Captain
Romeyn with whom he had violent en-
counter on parade, resulting in charges
against his superior officer, and the famous
Atlanta court-martlal of last winter, has
resigned from the army. The resignation
was forwarded to the War department. at
Washington. Lieutenant O'Brien was admit
ted to the bar in Massachusetts, before he
entered the army, and VIII return 10 that
state to practice his profession
Mr.. L. G. Powers, labor commissioner OF
Minnesota, writing TO the Independent,
makes an instructive computation OF the 10
creased value of this years crop. From all
available data" he says, 1T seems probable
that the farmers OF the United States VIII
obtain for their crops OF 1897 sum that will
slightly exceed the average for the seven
years 1883 to 1894. If they realize this sum
the gain for ten Mississippi states on the
nine staple crops just mentioned VIII be-
when compared with 1896. about $3.50 600 900
and for the nation S400 600 900. For all the
crops and live stock this gain will approx
mate about twice these figures As compared
with 1896 the farmers OF the United States
have an Increased income sufficient, If con-
centrated in the persons Of those now having
mortgages on their land, to pay OF all the
farm debts resting upon the agricultural
holdings of the nation. 1t Is a sum that VIII
enable the farmers to purchase and pay for
twice the farm Implements and machinery
now owned by them"