By F. M.-KIMMELU
Do elections elect ? f A
DHOP the election bill. '
PASS a free coinage bill.
GIVE us the Australian ballot' '
system.
THEKE are 2,048 Alliances in
Nebraska.
THE income of Undo Sam is
a minute.
CHICAGO is agitating the ques
tion of a new postoffice.
THERE is very little in our poli
tics just now that is heroic.
THE Omaha Bee is still "stuck"
on the Hon. ( ? ) E. Itosewater.
THERE is plenty of money in the
country , but it is in too few hands.
THE Norfolk News describes
Omaha as "the Kilkenny of the
west"
MEASURES are on foot to clean
out the pension agency rookeries
of Washington.
THE state legislature convenes ,
Tuesday. Here's to a long and
acrimonious session.
SOME laws , like macaroni , cease
to command our respect as we
come to know how they were made.
FREE coinage is a plant of slow
growth ; but blossom it will , the
gold bugs to the contrary notwith
standing.
DR. M. H. DAUPHIN , for twenty
years president of the Louisiana
Lottery company , died Sunday , at
New Orleans.
THE annual report of Attorney
General Leese is creating consid
erable comment , mostly of a favor
able nature.
JANUARY 8 Jackson's day
will be observed with more than
the usual eclat by our bourbon
brethren , this year.
PERHAPS it is not so much that
wealth is dangerous as it is that
poverty is distressing and degrad
ing.
THE election bill has a boome
rang attachment which may have
to crack a few congressional nod
dles yet before they drop the un
popular measure.
THE winter corn exhibit will be
held at Lincoln , January 20th.
The state board of agriculture will
be in session at that time and have
charge of the exhibition.
IN speaking of Wade Hampton's
successor-elect the Dem
- , Hastings
ocrat says : "The successor of Sen-
atorWade Hampton in South Carolina
lina is Colonel J. L. M. Irby. He
is a gentleman , a democrat and a
farmer. Good for S. C. " And
the Democrat might have added ,
* 'a two times murderer , " but it
didn't"
THE Western Union Telegraph
company has issued an order mak
ing a reduction on rates for mes
sages of from 30 to 40 per cent ,
on business in Kansas , Nebraska ,
Colorado and New-Mexico. The
reduction went into effect yester
day , and will apply principally to
non-competing points. This is an
act of justice which has long been
delavecL ,
THE latest thing in the way of
trusts is a grain drill combination.
The manufacturers of harvesters ,
of threshers , and of drills have all
foirned leagues within the past
few months for the purpose of reg
ulating their output and controll
ing prices. It may be that the
Farmers' Alliance has not come to
stay , but it is likely to last as long
as the conspiracies entered into by
the protected industries to deprive
the farmers of the rights and the
benefits of a competitive market
AGREE ON , ONE POINT.
NEED OF MORE MONEY IS
, APPARENT.
Interests Certain to be
Carefully W ushod.
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WASHINGTON , Dec. 23. It is
quite probable ; that during the
present session of congress a bill
of , some character will be passed
for the purpose of increasing the
circulating medium. The precise
nature of such < a bill cannot , as yet ,
be , determined in view of the fact
that a number of such measures
are already pending. The advo-
cat s and supporters of these sev
eral measures , while differing upon
many points , are nevertheless in
substantial accord that legislation
affording financial relief is what
the country now demands. Such
deiaauds come from different quar
ters , and the precise nature of the
relief desired is in some instances
pointed out
Primarily the object sought is
an expansion of the circulation. It
is proposed by many that every
body who has silver bullion shall
be able to exchange it at the treas
ury for coin or paper dollars.
Objection to this measure is
made by many upon the ground ,
among others , that the supply of
silver is practically unlimited and
that holders thereof are exceeding
ly willing to dis'poseof it at a price
below that which the treasury
would stamp upon the bullion.
This fact , in connection with the
fact that American producers have
no protection against an influx of
foreign silver , in vast quantities ,
would , it is argued , render the
measure entirely useless in so far
as it aims to increase the quantity
of currency. It is also insisted
that another effect would be a wide
separation between the value of
gold and silver , a result which
seems quite probable.
Under such circumstances there
would arise perplexing questions
in connection -with the paper del
lar. Would it maintain its value
or would it depreciate ? Any con
siderable depreciation in its value
would be followed by a corresponding
pending decline in the price of
silver bullion. Many cogent reas
ons are given for the belief that
the practical effect of some of the
measures now pending before con
gress would be to force upon us a
depreciated paper currency. It is
contended that unlimited free coin
age must result in sending gold tea
a premium.
While these and many other
questions upon this subject are
now claiming the attention of con
gress , we may hope that some wise
measure may be adopted tending
to promote a feeling of confidence
throughout the country.
Certain it is that Nebraska is
fully prepared to take care of her
own interests. Her representation
in the United States senate is a
sufficient guarantee that her
material interests are reasonably
safe so far as that branch of con
gress is concerned. It is fortu
nate that , at this particular time ,
such men as Senators Paddock and
Manderson can be permitted to
voice the wants of Nebraska. The
wisdom , experience and courage of
these men have placed them prom
inently before the country as leg
islators of great ability.
The three men who now repre
sent Nebraska in the house of rep
resentatives are also fully equip
ped for the consideration of any
financial or other measures pend
ing at the present session. It is a
matter of no little regret that they
are to soon surrender the positions
they have so ably filled.
One of these men , Hon. G. L.
Laws , of the Second district , was
elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Hon. James Laird ,
who so long and so ably represent
ed that district. The soldier and
the homesteader always recogniz
ed him as a valuable friend. His
successor ( Mr. Laws ) has nobly
carried on the work. His ability
as an executive officer and his
friendship for the frontier farmer
were fully demonstrated during his
career as register of the United
States laud office at McCook , Neb.
There , as well as here , he has ex
hibited the same indefatigable in
dustry. As a member of three of
the'most important committees in
congress he has given abundant
evidence of the fact that he is the
right man in the right place. Out
side of his congressional duties he
is also a most faitlif ul and effective
worker for his constituents. When
he has business matters to look af
ter before the pension office or
general land office it is sure to re
ceive his personal attention. He
evidently dislikes the slow and un
satisfactory manner of transacting
such business through the.mail ,
but goes in person and confronts
the man whom he wishes to inter
rogate. ' With his characteristic
jerk of the head 'he emphasizes
each sentence until his hearer is
thoroughly impressed with the
idea that the man is intensely in
earnest and that he is armed with
a knowledge of all necessary facts.
It has been truthfully said that
when this man leaves his post at
Washington , Nebraska will have
lost one of its most valuable and
efficient legislators. Journal.
LUCK OF A NE'ER-DO-WELL
The Early Life in Illinois ofOne
of the New Congressmen
from Nebraska.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
. I was talking to Judge Payson ,
the other day , about some of the
astonishing things of the last elec
tion. "A few years ago , " he said ,
"there lived on a place of forty
acres adjoining that of mine at
Poutiac a man who was known
throughout that part of the country
ne'er-do-well. his
as a - - Though
farm was hardly larger than a truck
garden , it was more than he could
attend to.
He planted his crops in the
spring , let the weeds grow up in
the summer , and there was noth
ing to harvest in the fall. In the
morning , at noon , or at night ,
whenever they were any loungers
about the corner store , he was
among them. Shiftless and slow
at all other things , he was a glib
talker. He would tell yarns and
talk about the problems of capital
and labor , though he took no active
interest in either. While he was
discussing these problems at the
store his wife was stuffing old hats
and odd articles of discarded cloth
ing in the windows to keep the
cold winds away.
"In due time a mortgage was
foreclosed , and his forty acres went
at sheriff's sale. Gathering up his
family and the few goods and chat
tels remaining to him , he moved
on , and was soon forgotten by his
former neighbors. He took up his
home in Nebraska , and resumed
his old habit of lounging about
and talking of capital and labor.
The present member of congress
from the district within whose bor
der he took up his residence was
elected by a majority of about
0UUU.
"When the formality of nomin
ating a man to run against him ,
this fall , was gone through 'with ,
there was no one who wanted the
honor of being beaten by him.
They did not have time to spare
for a hopeless canvass. But my
neighbor had the time , so they
gave the nomination to him. Thus
he found himself with official war
rant for talking about labon and
capital. His voice was strong and
he was in his element. The 4th of
November came and the men in
that district cast their votes. When
those votes were counted it was
found that my ex-neighbor had
been elected to congress by a
majority of over 10,000. He had
made a gain of about 16,000 votes. "
THE east opposes irrigation of
western lands in the arid region
because there are already enough
farm lands in the country , and
that more would cause overproduc
tion , to the great detriment of
eastern farmers. If this is true it
is sad. Kearney Hub.
BOTH Nebraska and Kansas are
in a fair way to relieve themselves
of the grievous burden laid upon
them by the school book trust.
Legislation may be expected this
winter in their respective assem
blies looking to a solution of the
problem.
THE ministerial association of
Lincoln have offered to do chap
lain service to the coming legisla
ture gratuitously , the regular sal
ary to go to western drought suf
ferers.
A DAILY edition of the Hastings
Democrat is promised at an early
date. A spicy , newsy paper may
be anticipated. The weekly is a
sufficient earnest of that.
DOINGS AT A DISTANCE.
Is England about eighty-seven pe r
re directors of public companies.
THXKK is one society of boys and girl *
in Ssgland to protect animaln which has
orer eighty thousand members.
PKABL Ashing is still carried on in th *
fiver Tay , in England , aad come valaa-
ble jewels have lately been found.
IT is the purpose of a company oi
capitalists to rua a steamer on tke Sea
of Galileo , for which they have obtained
a concession.
JACOB'S well and the plot of ground
surrounding it hare been sold by the
Turkish Government to the Greek
church for four1 thousand pounds.
A DISTRICT in the central provinces of
India is being ravaged by a pack of
wolves , which have killed forty cattle *
watchers , who wore chiefly youths of
both sexes from eight to sixteen years
of age.
A SMALL estate in Lincolnshire which
sold for thirty-one thousand dollars in
1870 and has since had two thousand
dollars put into additional buildings ,
brought ten thousand five hundred dollars
lars last week.
A GERMAN Lieutenant-Colonel has
been deprived of his commission be
cause in a recently published work he
advises the public not to go to church ,
which he says is an antiquated institu
tion not in accordance with modern sci
ence.
THE rate of wages paid to firemen on
ships sailing from London is 3 I5a per
month on voyages up the Mediterranean
to Australia and New York. To the
Capo of Good Hope , Natal , China and
India it stands at from 3 15s to 4 per
month.
Nor long ago South Africa had to im
port all the coal she used , but now she
mines all the coal she wishes for her
own use and exports the surplus. The
reason is that the coal fields of Natal
have increased their output to a remark
able degree.
CLOCKS are out of favor in fashionable
Parisian drawing-rooms ; they suggest
the hour of departure to visitors too
openly. Still , as it is inconvenient not
to know the time , fashion sanctions an
old watch hanging on the wall , framed
in an artistic drapery of antique bro
cade. The watch ought to be a family
heirloom , the more old-fashioned the
better.
THREE young soldiers near Warsaw
returned from a debauch with blood on
their clothes and the statement that
they had beaten some one they did not
know. At the same time a sergeant in
their repiment was found murdered ,
and the three soldiers were tried , con
victed and shot within twenty-four
hours. The next day another soldier
surrendered as the murderer.
KINGS AND QUEENS.
THE Queen of England's savings in
round numbers are 58,000,000.
QUEEN MARGUERITE , of Italy , is fond
of smoking and is said to have declared
that her cigarette is more essential to
her comfort than any thing else in life.
Ex-KiNG MILAN , of Servia , is going to
descend upon London in search of a' '
wife early in the new year. Perhaps
he may continue his journey to Amer
ica.
QUEEN VICTORIA spends the two hours
from eleven at night till one in the
morning in reading or writing. Despite
her late hours for retiring to bed she
is an early riser.
KINO HUMBERT of Italy has declined
to ask Parliament for an allowance for
the Prince of Naples , heir to the throne ,
who has become of age , because the Na
tional treasury is in a depleted condi
tion.
tion.QUEEN
QUEEN VICTORIA is now unable to take
any walking exercise , and is more apt
than heretofore to get chilled when
driving. She regretfully acknowledges
that she is able to do less and loss every
year.
QUEEN EMMA of Holland , who will be
regent during the minority of the
Princess Wilhelmina , ha ? greatly en
deared herself to the Dutch people by
her domestic qualities. She has been a
most attentive nurse to "her husband ,
and is a singularly wise and devoted
mother.
THE Queen of Italy is exhibiting a
tendency toward stoutness , a state of
things that is most unwelcome to her.
To ward off this increasing corpulence
she spent the greater part of last sum
mer in long and exhaustive mountain
tramps , which reduced her weight but
used up the royal ladies who attended
her.
ART TREASURES.
A GENUINE portrait of Columbus ,
painted by Lotto in 1501 , has , it is
claimed , been discovered.
THE Accademia delli Belle Arte of
Venice has bought from the Pericoli
family of Home four paintings by Carlo
Crivelli which came from the d'Aste col
lection in Genoa.
THE drawings of one of the most fa
mous Japanese artists , Hokusai , now
dead , have been brought together by
the London Fine Arts Society and
placed on exhibition under its patron
age.
age.AT
AT Cahors , France , a series of frescoes
in good preservation has been found in
the roof of the cupola of the cathedral.
They represent St. Stephen being stoned
to death , with a circle of eight prophets
about the central figure.
THE famous Hindoo god , Lingham , is
now owned by an English gentleman
named Spencer , who paid thirteen
thousand dollars for it at an auction
salein London in 1888. This curious
relic stands but twelve and one-half
inches high.
GERMAN papers report that a "Ecce
Homo" in oil is now on exhibition at
Stuttgart , which is giving rise to a lively
controversy. Some connoisseurs main
tain that it is the missing "Ecce Homo * ' j
painted by Albert Durer in 1512 , while
others stamp it as a spurious production.
ACCORDING to the Vovay ( Switzerland )
papers , a bronze statue of Neptune , in
fine repair , has been found near the
church of St. Clara. In 1777 the work
men on the restorations of this church
unearthed a marble altar dedicated to
Pan , the woodland god , or rather to a
Roman , equivalent of that deity.
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Closing Out Sale
DRY GOODS ,
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LESS THAN COST.
14 Ibs. Gran. Sugar , Grand Island , $1.00
18 Ibs. New Orleans Sugar for 1.00 ( I
1 can of 2-lb. Corn , .10 /
1 can of 3-lb. Tomatoes , .10
1 Ib. Plug- Tobacco for .25
We Sell GROCERIES Cheaper Than Anybody , and
Save You 25 Per Gent.
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Cash Buyers and Sellers.
What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
and bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Uastoria.
" Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children. "
Da. G. C. OSOOOD ,
Lowell , Mass.
11 Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
for distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children , and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums-which are
destroying their loved ones , by forcing opium ,
morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats , thereby sending
them to premature graves. "
DB. J. F. KDJCHZLOE ,
Conway , Ark.
uastona.
" Castoria is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me. "
H. A. ABCHZS , M. D. ,
Ill So. Oxford St , Brooklyn , N. Y.
" Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice with Castoria ,
and although we only have among our
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merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it. "
UMITKD HOSPITAL AND DISPKMSIBT ,
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