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Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07
staR GeneraIs seIected.

1t was stated at the War department
today that the president and Secretary
Root had agreed upon the general officers
who are TO be members OF the general staff
Of the army. Owing to the absence Of
General Young, who is to be chief of the
stan when he becomes lieutenant general
of the army, Secretary Root decided not
to announce the names until next week.
1t has been said the general officers will
be Generals Young, Corbin and Bliss.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07
Manila Bishop Named.

The papal delegation today received noti-
hcation by cable of the appointment Of
Rev. T. w, Harty Of ST. Leo's church. St
Louis as bishop of Manila. The appoint
ment was made by the pope and has been
accepted by Father Harty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07
Money for Militia UnIforms.

Secretary Root today took the initial
step toward carrying into actual effect
q portion OF the provisions of the Dick
militia bill when he signed the schedule
providing for the apportionment among the
states OF Si,OOOOoO to be expended on new
uniforms for national guardsmen. The
militia bill provided an appropriation OF
S2.ooO,OOo TO equip and generally reorganize
the National Guard OF the country and
place II on a satisfactory footing.
Since the passage Of the bill in March
officials OF the adjutant generals once
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07

Fly Net Sale
CHarness Dept.
We have a few odd nets left over
from last year, some damaged, some
slightly shop worn. In order to clean
these out of stock will sell them at
exceptionally low prices. For example
viii sell a heavy cotton corn express
net sixty lashes. fine bars, at d.26
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07
Examiner Resigns.

Chief Examiner Serven of the Civil serv-
Ice commission today rendered his resigna-
ton to the president and 1t was accepted
the president announcing his intention OF
promoting Frank X. Higgins, chief Of the
examining division OF the commission, tr
the position. Mr.. Server surrenders the
position for the purpose OF resuming tn,
practice of law
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

were begun a year ago with the intention
OF being continued five years. In the feed
ing experiment the farm furnishes the ami
mails, feed and labor and builds the yards,
sheds and water tanks according to plans
furnished by the Experiment station. The
station determines the different lines of
feeding to be followed. divides the cattle
Into suitable lots and details a representa-
tive to take control of the work. Al the
completion of the experiment the data OBJ
tanned is to be arranged by the station for
publication and the cattle returned to the
control of the farm. Similarly, the data
secured in experimenting in field work will
be compiled and published.
1t quite dumfounded the kaiser's men to
learn that the farm includes 1850 acres,
divided into subfarms of 800 acres each.
They were intensely interested. not only in
the character of the 500 steers and 400 hogs
now fattening. but in the methods of
production, the objects of the tests now
being made, the feeds used and in every
other point about which there might ap-
pear some mystery. The three tests now
in progress have to do with acclimatiza-
ton, light and heavy rationing, and supple
mentary feeding, and about these the Ger
mans asked so many questions that A.. E..
Cook, the head of the ranch. had to call
three managers to his assistance in order
to keep up with the fusilade. Later Mrs.
Cook distinguished herself by serving a
genuine American farm dinner in a man.
moth granary-in which arduous task she
had the assistance of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety.
From Odebolt the Germans went directly
to South Omaha, there to be entertained
most royalty by the packers and others
personally interested in showing the per-
lection of American industrial methods,
under the leadership of Manager w. ]. c.
Kenyon and other officials Of the Stock
Yards company. Prominent citizens Of
South Omaha and of Omaha spread a bit
OF oratorical dressing on the meats and
viands served in the Exchange building.
and a careful inspection of the packing
plants was made by divisions of the visit
ing delegation.
Coming over TO Omaha late in the after
noon the visitors were first shown through
the w. r. Bennett store, then through the
Bee building and then through the city
hall. at which latter place they received
civic recognition by Mayor Moores.
And then-to the brewery! Gottlieb Storz
had early extended an invitation to visit
his great plant on Sherman avenue and IL
was while there that the local German
Americans had their best visit with the
late corners from the Fatherland. After a
lunch. for which the brew flowed most
freely, n spigot was driven In tn oratory
vat, also. and the merriest of merry toasts
were given, the dearest of dear old German
songs sung and the pleasantest OF German
pleasantries exchanged. The visitors were
TO have left at $50. but It was naO before
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

to the hog yards. The Germans breed
forkshires almost exclusively, believing
that the meat of a white hog is more pal
atable than that of a black. Because of
this, the college people were called upon
to answer questions covering the whole
life and treatment and advantages of each
of the several breeds on the farm. The
sheep and horses also received careful in
spection. Samples Of all the farm ma
chinery had been drawn up in line and
these were of special interest to the for
eigners, there being some Of the imple-
ments whose purposes were unknown to
them. These had to be operated to make
their working more comprehensive.
After a drill by the college cadets the
visitors were b%anqueted at the %institu-
ton, and addressed by a number of prom
inent lowans. The party was unanimous
in its admiration of the college and sent
Secretary Wilson a most complimentary
telegram.
The minuteness and t~horoughness of the
inquiry there was due in large measure
to the fact that Germany has no institu-
ton conducted along such lines, and in all
probability the school will be one of the
topics most deliberately reported on when
the visitors have returned to their homes.
That this will be beneficial to the school
and the state is not to be doubted. Four
of the visitors are travelling on commits
sions of Emperor William to investigate
American agricultural and stock raising
methods for him, and the other forty are
interested in agriculture in Germany and
have come along at their own expense,
though by invitation of their emperor. All
are members of the German Agricultural
society, a association OF land owners
numbering 1900, scattered over many prov
inces of the German empire. The char
acter Of this organization is much more
largely educational than are those of the
United States. Each year a fair or ex-
position is held in some of the German
provinces so that from time to time each
profits from its lessons. The society each
year sends a delegation from its mem
bership to investigate the crops, conditions
and methods of some foreign country. An
annual bulletin or year book gives the
results or conclusions of their investiga-
ton. All the trips are made purely in the
capacity of private citizens, each gentle
man, except the emperor's commissioners,
bearing his own expense and each con-
tributing a personal expression to the pub
lication above referred to.
From Ames the visitors went to OdeboIt,
Ia. there to visit the Brookmont farm. The
Agricultural department had selected this
place for them because 1t is there that
there is now in progress a series of CO.
operative experiments IN feeding and field
work, under the direction of the Expert
ment station of the Agricultural college.
These experiments which now seem destined
to be chronicled in a German book, circu-
lating widely through the German empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
ATTALA COUNTY LYNcHERs.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
 The result of the trial at Kusciusko. Miss of the habeas corpus case of the Attala county lynchers will encourage Governor Longino, who has at last been able to do something in the way of pun ishing lynching and thus checking this form of lawlessness.
 Governor Longino announced in his in- augural message that he would labor earnestly to break up mob violence which he has brought disorder and Injury to his state; and he has carried out his promise faithfully. Some slight improve ment has been brought about in the number of lynchings in Mississippi; but the governor has failed in his many pre- vious efforts to punish this lawlessness, which he believed would have the best effect in stopping lynchings. It has been almost impossible to secure indictments and quite impossible to secure convic- tions.
 In the Attala county case, however far more had been accomplished than ever before The lynching was without the
 
 disapproval on the part of large major- ity of the people of the neighborhood. the negroes in the case were lynched for a minor offense for which lynching has seldom if ever before been awarded. That public sentiment was against this law lessness was shown in the indictments A decided step forward. But indictments are not convictions and it was feared that the witnesses would not be willing to testify In the case. When the matter came up in a habeas corpus proceeding there was some hesitation at first; but this soon blew over. and the testimony ems refused to release the lynchers, and they are now prisoners in the Kosciusko jail awaiting trial at the March term of court.
 Even if nothing more be done. this long imprisonment would have a salutary ef- feet, and convince not only the prisoners but a good many others that lynching Is dangerous practice. The belief pre- vails however. among those who heard the testimony that a conviction is possi- ble. If this prove true. Governor Longino will enjoy the satisfaction of having finally accomplished towards the end of his administration what he has labored so earnestly to bring about. The conviction will have the effect of rendering lynching much rarer In Mississippi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
GrOundhou Days.

The groundhog is a rodent mammal, states, however, it is irreverently known as the woodchuck but in all states it is a short-legged animal, of heavy build, about eighteen inches long, bearing a grizzled reddish-brown fur of little value. The creature is very prolific, and very destructive especial ly when it finds patches of clover young cabbages or beans. It is some. times eaten by mankind in turn.
 The fact of interest today is that it digs a deep burrow in which 1t lies asleep in cold weather, rarely com. ing to the surface. But if 1t comes out today, and sees it's shadow, it will return to it's burrow to remain con- siderable period-that is to say, it will stay until the winter is really ended. Today it will determine wheth- CT the rest of the winter is to be long or short. If the little creature does not see it's shadow it will not stay long in fs burrow.
 ' The groundhog is unknown outside of North America, and the groundhog weather theory could not therefore have been originated in Europe or in other lands. Tho Indians are credited with the discovery of this weather signal, and from them it has come to us, and it is retained because experi- ence shows that the groundhog is d pretty good weather prophet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Cattle Raisinu in Alabama.

The sixth annual meeting of the Ala bama Live Stock association brought out an interesting paper of Professor Soule, of the University of Tennessee on the beef cattle industry of the south. He showed how backward Ala bama is in the production of beef cat tie. Values of cattle in this state show, too, how great the need here is of inn proved stock. He went on to explain that every part of the south is well adapted to the raising of choice cat tie. He showed in short the need of beef cattle raising in the south, par ticularly in Alabama; the capacity of the south for producing choice beef cattle, and the opportunity of the south for maintaining such production.
 Professor Soules entire paper should be published and distributed over the south. He is connected with the ex- p0llultub oldllOl h4OANDlG, dlu IS understands the subject in all its re- lations and bearings. He is confident that the south, although it lacks some grasses, has other natural advantages that render it the very best section in the country for the production of choice cattle
 Alabama cattle rank at present very low per head. They bring all they are worth. AS lot they are very poor in quality, and only one farm in ten in the state is a cattle or dairy farm. In the fullest sense of the word there are very few cattle farms in the state perhaps. not 300 all told We are at the bottom, but Professor Soule says we can and should begin to work to- wards the top, which is the place na- ture intended We should occupy Cat tie raising and cotton should go on side by side, the one supplementing the other. The seed product could thus be turned into fertilizer, and one would thus aid the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
LOBBY" IN THE MARRIAGE VOW.
Brides Who Insist That 1t Be Omitted
 From the Marriage Ceremony.

From the Savannah News.
 There are strong-minded women who insist on the omission of ''obey'' from the wifes VOW in the marriage ceremony. ana of late many clergymen and magistrates studiously avoid the use of the word be- ing apparently fearful of wounding the capabilities of the bride at the altar. A western clergyman the other day said that he had dropped obey from the marriage ceremony because a man has a right to wifely obedience only so long as he deserves it." Would retaining the word secure to an unworthy husband a continuance of wifely obedience? Ger tainly not.
 Obey" as 1t Is used in marriage cere- mony does not contemplate siavish com plianee on the part of the wife with the wishes or commands of the husband. There is no obligation on the part of the wife to do that which she knows to be wrong because her husband tells her to do it. Love, honor and obey says the ritual The three specifications are to be taken in connection with each other. The woman who loves and honors a man will obey his wishes, even before they are pur into words, and it is the same on the part of the man. He will give the queen of his household precisely the same obedi- ence that she gives him--the obedience of love. 1t is the desire of each to please the other. A queen of England once told her husband: 'I will give you any amount of obedience if you will give me an equal amount of love" She under stood the word in it's highest meaning and knew that 1t would not be unbecom- ing a queen to render her husband the obedience that it was the sincere desire of her heart, of loving wife, to give. The late Queen Victoria, It is said, i'm sisted upon ''obey'' being retained in the ceremony that united her with the hus- band she idolized, because she wanted to be married as a woman. not as queen.'
 In the household where there Is real love and affection, there are no such things as commands and obedience in an offensive or oppressive sense. Wishes are anticipated wherever they may be, and obedience is yielded not through fear or because of the wording of the marriage formula, but because it gives mutual pleasure to wife and husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
LEE AT GETTYSBURG.
the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 The proposition that Pennsylvania shall join with Virginia to erect a statue of General Lee upon the battlefield of Get tysburg meets with the varied response that was to be anticipated. To those who love to think of the United States as one great, homogeneous nation, every part of which is a sharer in the glorious achievement of every other part. and who long to see this union everywhere acknowledged, the commemoration of the Confederate leader upon the field which he helped to make the most illustrous in the history of American valor appears not only fitting, but inevitable. To the perhaps large number whose patriotism has not yet attained so broad a view, out still is limited by the memory of bitter conflict, such recognition of the accom- plshed purpose of the fight at Gettys- burg involves large national eoncep- tion than they can bring themselves to grasp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Music That Will Live,

"The recent death of Robert Planquette, who had the distinction of comp osing perhaps the most popular opera ever written. 'Cloches de Bonneville, or as 1t is known in America, Chimes of Normandy has brought out many graceful and in, telligent editorial tributes" sad an old music lover.
 Sullivan wrote bright and tuneful comic opera music, but in all musical literature I do not believe any opera of its class will ever equal Chimes It had it's first performance in 1877, in Paris, I think, and made a quick hit. The libretto was at once translated into English and It has been just as popular In England and America as 1t is in France. And the lbretto Is both clever ana refined, which, of course, adds to tne value of the opera as a whole.
 Chimes is an opera that will never be shelved. because of it's perennial freshness. It's melodies are sweet without being mediocre and its harmonic treat ment musianly without being strained. No opera is better adapted to amateur performance than Chimes of Not mandy and l hope to see 1t put on the stage here by amateurs some day. It should be pre- sented for one of the charities. Those taking part in it would enicy it and the public would turn out to hear it. It would be good for run of several nights. saw Chimes in Richmond some years ago when the beautiful Miss May H9ndy was In the front line of the chorus girls. Three performances cleared over S209a for the benefit of the Retreat for the Sick.
 Referring to Planquette's death. an exchange says: Musical chroniclers and statisticians hold various opinions, owing to the acknowledged lack of positive in- formation, as to which Is the most popu- lar operetta, judged by the number of performances. Some give the palm to Gilbert and Sullivans 'Mikado,' and oth- CTS to other pieces. But the judgment of the majority would appear to favor Planquette's Chimes of Normandy
 Whatever the exact figures of number of performances might shoK, were 1t pos sibe to collect them, it Is certain that for a quarter-century. The Chimes of Normandy has been the reliance of im- presarios and singers when other pieces failed or wore out, and 1t was necessary to find something to keep the ghost walking, and that when we'll staged and we'll sung it still draws good audiences almost anywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
From a London Letter.

From a London Letter
 N MEXICAN pie, made by Mrs. W Rudyard Kipling. was the num-
 Der on the Kipling Christmas. programme this year which most charm ed the palate of the novelist and poet
 MT. and Mrs. Kipling, who. with their children, departed for South Africa on Saturday on short visit are introducing several American features into life at their recently acquired country house near Tunbridge Wells. While Mrs. Kip ling makes the pies with her own hands, Rudyard, 1t Is said, engages in the amia- ble occupation of gardening on the Amer ican plan. MT. Kipling has gone tempo rarily daft about United States seed cat alogues, receives innumerable pictures of plants, bulbs, etc., daily, and openly de- clares his belief in the superiority of American nurserymen. These cold au- tumn months he has been planting things in his commodious greenhouses, but he anticipates still more vivid pleasure a lit- tie later In the season, when he can do ors of seed catalogues first caught Mir. klpllnB eye, ana when ne moved to Burwash he applied for such picture books broadcast.
 As for the pie Mrs Kipling, being an American. knew how the real thing ought to be made. It seems that her lord and master delights not so much in mince meat as in apple pie and pumpkin. These were the dishes which adorned his dinner table two days before he went to the Cape, and four preceding his thirty seventh birthday anniversary.
 Certainly no man ever had a more do- mestic wife than has Rudyard Kipllng. This lady belongs to the Society of Amer ican Women in London, and once in two or three years she is seen in the club rooms. Some one described her on the oc- casion of her last appearance there as "a bird-like, twittering sort of a httle wom- an. with a bird-like brown dress on." It was Mrs. Kipling who demanded that the house at Nottingham, near Brighton, be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
HEWITT AND TlLDEN.
The Course of These Two Men in 1876
 Recalled.

From the Brooklyn Eagle Qnd. Dem.) about Mr. Hewitt's difference with MT. Tilden on the way to assert the latters claim to the Presidency in 1S76-7. The general tenor of all the stories Is that Mir. Tilden preferred a lawsuit to a fight and lost the lawsuit, as all the world knows That may be correct, though the idea that by fight MT. Hewitt meant civil struggle which would signify a civil war probably does injustice to Mir. Hewitt.
 MT. Hewitt, we think, was never satis- fled with the tactics or policy of the Til- den men then. He certainly had John Morrissey "called off from New Orleans, where he had assurdedly bought up the republican state returning board. Mir. Hewitt would sanction the purchase of no results even though he thought they were righteous results. Politicians who regarded him to be "a purist'' on that head he regarded to be Knaves Neither could he separate Tilden from Pelton in the remarkable series of cipher telegrams from New Orleans, Tallahasse and Co., lumbia. No more could he sympathize with the efforts of sundry men to throw out Hayes electors in Oregon and Yer mont on technicalities which would have falsifed the expression of those states. Much remains for disclosure of MT. Hewitts action in that serious time.
 It will probably be disclosed, and when it is we believe that 1t will rebound to his honor, for if there ever was an hon orable man, he was He may have come to recognize-as others certainly did that the outcome of the 1S76-7 contention was less i'll for the country than a con trary result would have been in the en- tail of circumstantial scandals that would have ensued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Weather Signs.

Many persons have an idea that weather signs are connected more or less with superstition" said an old citizen of Jefferson county, but several signs are unfailing and have, I suppose. a scientific explanation.
 'The ground hog sign, for example. can be counted on with absolute certain ty. If the second of February be raw and cloudy, day in which a ground hog could not see its shadow we never fail to have an early spring. If the day be bright so that the ground hog could see its shadow then much rough weather intervenes between the 2d of February and the middle of March.
 Another sign that holds good is the red sky; red in the morning a sailor s warning, and red at night sailors de- light This was a familiar sign when Christ was on earth and he turned it to account"