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THE DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY APRIL 8 , 1885 THE DAILY BEE MARA Omn Ha. BU * * jtiw YOK Onrum , Boon Tsauini BBOD- ma , n tTtry mertdnj , Ml/ Monday morning dally ubU nun IT KAIU. . . . . . -I10.CO I Thr Month * . I J W . . ; - 1.00 I On * ntB . - 1.00 B , rubUhied ererf W dne d y nuu , rormm. On T ar , wUh premium.- . . . * J ° $ Ont Tear. wHhtrit premium. . . . . . . . * * Bli Month * , wltbonl premium . ' On * Uonlh , on UU1 . " oouisroiniixci I All OommwieHlon. relating to Kn 2f4' ' * atteis ihould b addrwwd lo Ihf Esrtom Of mi Bu. UTTUJI AH ButoMi Utter , nd adArecMd lo Trn Bw Puiu m DTarUCtieckl and Port offlooordtn to b t > U to th etdei ol the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props , K. HOSEWATKR , EDITOB. A. H. Filch , Manager Dally Circulation , T. O. Boi , 88 Omaho , Neb. _ AT the List session of congress Mr. Oox had the salary of the minister to Turkey roleod to $10,000. Ho had no idea that It would over banofit himself. Ho now goes to Turkey to draw that salary. That la why ho laugha. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND says that his appointment of Pearson as postmaster of Now York was an acknowledgement of the services rendered to htm by the liberal preao. Mr. Cleveland believes in paying hp debts. FRANZ AUT , ono of the boat known and moat popnlor song wtitors , haa "climbed the golden stain.1' Ho was the author of "When the Swallows Homeward Fly , " n song peculiarly ap propriate to election day in Omaha. THE Now York Zri&uiic uaya that a good many of Mr. Cleveland's nomina tions wcro no moro of a surprise to the politicians than they were a nuisance to the now papon , aa it Is hard work to pro- euro accurate biographical details about mon whoso chief charastorlstic la their obscurity. OUT of the 125 appointments made by Cleveland daring the special session of the sspnto , there wore only two , no far as is generally known , given to Union soldiers , Col. Vilaa nnd Gen. Black. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says that "this la probably a very fair proportionate recognition of the hglp given by Union soldiers to the democratic party In the last election. " IK view of the faot that the St. Louis Globe-Democrat artistwas - -was recently stabbed for illustrating the members of the Texas legislature , it strikes 113 that the Denver News Is rather a bold shcot to commit a similar outrage on the Colorado rado legislature , as thcro are probably as "bid" mon In that assembly as there are in that of Texas. Wo venture to say that the JVews' orlist has flad high up Into the mountains to escape the temporary wrath of the gentlemen whom ho lias carved In wood. ONE of the first things trio city council ought to do is to provide for the hying of flagstone crosswalks on the streets that are paved with the rough and sharp- pointed Slonx Foils granite. This should bo done at least on Farnam street. The crossings in their present condition are painful to persons wearing shoes with thin solos , and this is particularly the cmo with ladles. The expense of this much needed improvement will not be very heavy , and the work should bo done at onoo , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE action of the law-abiding citizens of Philadelphia In preventing , by legal .proceedings , the Sullivan "McCaffrey match from taking place , Is certainly to bo commended. The so called box'ng ' match was to bo carried on to n finish , that Is to say , until ono or the ether should bo exhausted cr otherwise "dono up. " It was clearly a prizs-fight , the encasing - casing of the tuts in gloves bolng merely an evasion of the law. It is high time that the lovers of law and order every- trhoro should follow the example cf the PhlladelphlanB. The public has already ' contributed too much to the support of prize-fighting brutes , whoso so-called ex hibitions of the manly art are not only demoralizing but frauds , Intended to ob tain money by false pretences. DiKTiticr ATTORNEY ESTELLK , who lives In Butt county , should make Omaha his permanent homo and headquarters dur ing his term of oilice , unless ho his already done so. Ho certainly cannot properly attend to his duties In a city of sixty thousand people unless ho is a resi dent of the city. Nino-tenths of his busi ness Is In Omaha , and it is here that his services are mostly required. However , this is the last terra of diitrlct attorneys In Nebraska , as the last legislature abolished ished the oflico , and created the oflico of county attorney , whoso duties are almost identical with those of the district attor ney , while his jurisdiction Is limited to the county. This is an Improvement ever the old system , particularly in such a largo county aa Douglas. AMONG the bills passed by Uio las1 con gress was ono providing for a rotlrod list for enlitted moo. This Is certainly a most excellent measure , as It will give to the onllsttd mon who have served nearly ; all their lives in the army something to , look forward to. Bolides tbii it will have a tendency to make the common aoldior more contented with his lot to know that If ho torvea the required num , ber of years ha will ba pensioned In his ! old Age. So far about forty applications 0 have boea made to bo put on the list. Thcro ore in the army sixty-five mon who j A have served thirty yean continuously. How many there are who have served > thirty ye&n , Imt not continuously , la not known , T11E CATTLE MEN. The Wyoming Block-growers' asiocia- tlon , now In sonskm at Cheyenne , points with prldo to the fact that during the twelve years of its exlttenco It has Increased from a membership of ton cattle owners , with a total of 20,000 head of cattle , valued at $350,000 ( to a membership of 400 stock- growers , with a total of 2,000,000 hoadof cattle nnd other property , valued at $100,000,000. This is Indeed a remark able showing. It indicates that cattle raising la ono of the most important aa well as ono of the thriftiest industries of the country. The vast grazing plains that formerly were unoccupied except by the buffalo and the antelope , and whoso nu tritious grasses wont to waste year after year , liavo boon utilised and converted Into wealth-producing regions. They bavo proved moro valuable than gold mines , and they are capable of producing moro fortunes than all the mines of the country. Wyoming is essentially n cattle growing region , and always will be , as its lands are unfit for agricultural purposes. Yet that territory c n afford to depend upon ether sections for its agricultural supplies so lone ; as it continues to grow wealthy I from the grasses of its vast pasture fields. Omaha naturally takes a great interest in the welfare of Wyom ing , aa that territory Is tributary to this city to a largo extent nnd ought to bo wholly DO now that wo have stockyards , slaughter houses and packing housae , and are establishing a cattle market. The cattle groweri of the Wyoming association find conaidorablo fault , an justly ao , with the misrepresentation that are made from time to tlmo by th press concerning cattle-men. The ; maintain that inasmuch as they havi built up the only Industry practical ) ! upon the arid , sandy prairies and croatcc millions of taxable property , and riake their lives against the Indiana who they first started in the business , the ; ought now certainly to be treated wit duo consideration. They are constant ! charged with obstructing and provontln by force and violence the settlement o the lands by the farmers. In answer t this charge they truly state tha about eighty per cent of their lands ar wholly unfit for agricultural purposes hat ton per cent Is mountain andean yon , and that tha ether ton per cent I being taken np by the settler vithon1 any objection or Interference ) onihei pirt. The people of the west know tha this statement ia about correct but the eastern critics , who knoi little or nothing of the wester : cattle regions , are continually fighting tin cattle interests on the ground that the ; are opposed to the homesteaders. So fa as Wyoming is concerned every ono woa of the Missouri knows that anyone wh would attempt to become an agricultural in at least nino-tenths of that tcrrltor would bo considered a fit subject for lunatic asylum. As to the claim that th cattle-growers ouzht to piy coinothinc : for the uae of the lands which they oc cupy , they naturally make reply tha they are willing to do eo , but they ask how are they to reimburse the government mont , when the government will noltho sell nor lease the lands to thorn. They are ready at any time to have thof o matters tors equitably adjusted , as it would b advantageous to them to have an end pu to the agitation which continually annoyi and unsettles their business interests At present the cattle raisers of th plains era technically trespassers on th public domain , and it is but natural that they should bo desirous of acquirin some rights and privileges which won ! give them como show of permanency In their various locations , particularly in regions gions where the land is adapted for n ether purpose than that of grazing. Per haps the beet way to solve the problem is either lo soil or lease the grazing land and to do this legislation will bo nccas nary , but whatever Is done In the way o legislation should bo to protect the in torcsts of the public as well as of privati individuals , The question Is a sorlcu ono and should bo carefully considered The cattle industry is altogether too 1m portant to bo crippled by hruty and ig norant legislation. THE office-seeking democrats , whocom plain that President Cleveland is alto gcthor too slow In ousting the republicans cans , have been figuring on the uumbe of appointments that ho has made so far , They find that all told they number only 125. Of those , seven wore members o : the cabinet. Thirteen on the list o : thirty-two mlnhtors have been changed ; and only seven consuls out of a possible 192 have been appointed. Five now as- Distant secretaries , besides ono to fill vacancy canted by death , and six heads of bureaus have been named. Among the sixty United States marshals , and of the corresponding number of United States district attorneys , only two or three changes have been made In each class. Fifty-eight postmasters bavobeen named oat of the three thousand who come within the presidential appoint ment. But these complaining demo cratio statisticians , If they will only continue their Investigation , will Bnd that Mr. Cleveland has made as many appointments as any ether presl lout during the same length of tlmo. If they frill only have a little patience all ho boat offices will bo distributed. Al- hongh there are not enough offices to go onnd , yet there are a great many good josltions yet loft. There are still open- ngs at Brazil , with 'a salary of $12,000 ; t the Argentine Republic , with 7,500 ; at Austria , with $12- K)0j ) at Belgium , with $7,500 , ; at Bolivia , with $5,000 ; at Central > Lmerica , with $10,000 ; at China , with 12,000 ; at Hayti , with $5,000 ; at 1,1- erU , $5,000 ; at Paraguay and Uiugusy , rlth § 5,000 ; at Spain , with$12,000 ; at wltzsrland , with $5,000 ; and at Vene zuela , with $5,000. There will bo no Immediate change at Madrid , because Mr. Foster ia atill intrusted with the re lations relating to the treaty recently withdrawn from the senate. The mis sions at Pokln , Vienna , and Brussels are held by Now Yorkers who are moro or lots in favor at conrt. ORIGIN OF ARBOR DAY , The question has recently been asked by various papers through out the country who it was that originated the luca cf Arbor Dy , or , as it is sometimes called , tree-planting day. The people of Nebraska generally know , or at least ought to know , that the honor belongs to Hon.JJ. Sterling Morton. It was in accordauco with his suggestion that the Nebraska state agricultural society In 1872 designated the 20th day of April In that year to bo observed as Arbor Day. It was claimed that on that first Arbor Day 12,000,000 trees were planted In Nebraska. Since that time the day has boon designated each year by the governor in a proclamation. The result , accordIng - Ing to the bcs * , authorities , is that Nebraska now has 250,000 acres of cultivated woodland , and her example has been followed by Kansas , Dakota , Iowa , Minnesota , Pennsylvania and other states that were once well tim bered , but whoso forests have been well- nigh exhausted. At the meeting of the American Forestry Congress , In 1883 , a resolution was adopted recommending the ostabllehmont of Arbor Day In nil the atatoo and In the provinces of Canada , and a committee was appointed for the purpose of bringing the subject to their attention. This action has secured the adoption of the custom in several states , and Mr. Eggloston , of the forestry bureau of the department of agriculture at Washington , who properly credits Mr. Morton with originating A rbor Day , says that there Is reason to believe that In a few years its observance will bo estab lished throughout the entire country. THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. The man whom President Cleveland appointed as minister to Russia is a man without a country. Like the infamous Jake Thompson , the rebel General Lawton - ton never applied for restoration to citi zenship , and therefore is an alien. His rebellious spirit has never allowed him to take advantage of the amnesty law. A confederate who has lived in this country for twenty years since the lost causa was buried and has not oven asked to be re stored to citizenship in the re-united na tion is Indeed an ungrateful person and a rebel still. It won't do for him now that a lucrative and honorable oflico Is thrust upon him to claim as ho does , that ho was pardoned without any application on his part by ono of Andrew John son's proclamations. If Mr. Cleveland still insists on sending Law ton to St. Peters burg , it strikes us that the man without a country ought at least to manifest his gratitude and relieve the president from further embarrassment by manfully applying at once for restoration to citi zenship , which is a mere formal matter. It would certainly bo establishing a bad precedent to have thlo country repre sented abroad by a man who is not a citizen. It would simply bo giving a premium to those whoso persistent dis loyally and hate deter them from asking for the removal of their political disabil ities. There are two cissies of confeder ates the unrepentant rebels and the reconstructed rebels. It is but duo to the south to cay that the former class , which includes such men as Lawton , is not very numerous. WITH ono exception , and that not a not able one , tap democratic newspapers of Now York have commended the action of President Cleveland In re-appointing Mr. Pearson as postmaster/of Now York City. Tha paper that objects la the Buflalo Times , whoso editor claims to have "dis covered" Cleveland and puihed him to the front. This rampant editor says that it IB time for an anti-humbug cruaadoagalnst the "further encroachments of the so- called reform associations , composed of dudes , therorlsts , aristocrats and fanat ics. " AS" the Buffalo Times man is seek ing the appointment of public printer , it is anapostod that ho has become con vinced that his claim is not likely to be recognized. , Hence his wrath , which rather amuses the Now York Evening Post , and other representative papers of the independent element. IN a largo number of cases of pension claimants great difficulty has been expe rienced in finding the comrades or commanders whoio testimony was nec essary to support the claims. To assist such.claimants a special division was created a year ago in the pension office , under the name of "Army and Navy Survivors , " for the purpose of opening and maintaining a record of the residence of every veteran whoso whereabouts could be ascertained. The record now embraces 500,000 names , and circulars of Inquiry have been directed in 945,000 cases , It Is proposed to obtain , if possi ble , a complete record of 1,350,000 or- saldlera , and until this Is accomplished the work will bo continued. This fea ture of the pension oflico will prove of great service to veterans who are really ; entitled to pensions , but as yet are unable to produce the necessary proof. IT now transpires.that Dr. Bandorhnd , rw tor of the Presbyterian church la Washington whore President Cleveland i lias become an attendant , was a rab'd ' Blame man , and during the campaign rvas very outspoken in his denunciation f the democratic nominee , being almost u emphatic as Dr. Ball In his opinions ' ind utterances. When , therefore , Mr. Cleveland recently put in an appearance it his chnrch ho was considerably aston- j tt , shed , Tha plucky clergyman , however , di says that everybody knows his senti ments , and ho shall not retract anything ho said , but that ho can't refuse to receive - ceivo the president or anybody else who wants to come to his church. Mr. Cleveland no doubt will be pleased to learn that ho can't bo barred out ftom attending dlvlno service. WKSXEIIN NEWS , DAKOTA , Thirty-seven sttiifents are on the rolls of the Flora university. The assessed valuation of Hitches count ; for 1884 was $1,037,611. A single Black Hills firm has ordered over 100,000 , pounds of barbed wiro. Edmunds county has 1,600 vacant claims , nnd Mcl'henon county 1ms 2,000. There nro claimed to bo nosrly or qtiltoIlOO fnrmeri alliances In Dakota and more form ing. ing.Tho The Episcopal college building , at Sioux 1 nils , ig nonrlng completion , Its proportions are magnificent and Its architecture hand- BOino. An artesian well is being put down at Coo- pcretown. and a depth of100 feet has already peon reached. At H85 feet pas was found that burned freely. 1'elltions ore being circulated and numer ously signed In the Black Hills counties ptayjng fur annexation to the territory of Wyoming. The prces of the Hills country ore not favorable to the echemo. It Is an ill wind that blows no ono good. It now appears that tha Indian upriiing in the baikatchowan country is turning many In tending Manitoba immigrants toward the moJe peaceful prairies of Dakota. Business ig steadily Increasing at the Yank- ton postolhco. The tales of stamps for the quarter just ended were § 05 In excess of tha sales for the provioua quarter , and § 500 In ox- cecs of Iho coles for the same quarter In 1884. 1884.A A Mr. Beoeher , of Poland , Spink county , enjoyed personal interview with President Cleveland , while In Washington a short time ago. Mr. Cleveland expressed himself as favorable to tha early admission Into the union of Dakota , anil ho said ho saw no reason wh wo bhould not be speedily bo made n state. WYOMING. Laramie claims the title of the "Gem of th- - Rockies. " The jims are numerous thoro. The oil wells at Asnen , in Carbon county , are beginning to attract increased attention. The governor haa Issued a quarantine proc lamatlon against contagions cattle and Texas pilgrims , Cheyenne has raised the $2,500 necessary ti BO euro the annual encampment of the Cole rado G. A. K. The reports from the ranges wo all good Fewer dead cattle than ever are to bo see along the railroad tracks. It is considered a very dull day in C onno when ono or more irrigating ditch com1 pany's are not incorporated. Twenty thousand Now England trout an. 3,000 rainbow trout were planted in torrlto rial streams the past week. Cheyenne claims to bo the Mecca of hoaltl seekers , whew "dry air and beautiful drives abound , but no reference la made to the cloud of sand sailing promiscuously in that vicinity The territorial treasury is flush , containin § 38,000. There was an overlap of twent conte in favor of the outgoing treasurer.whicl was unanimously " ' appropriated to "aet'ernup for the auditing committee. Bill Baker is the tall kicker of Fort Fetter man. In a recent exhibition of his ped.a prowess ho kicked out ono of J , B , Wood' eyes , nnd danced .1 Highland fling on hi prostrate form. Both were howling drunk. TheRawlinsTribunoreportathoGraffOilCo are taking active steps to place the product oi their wclla on tha market. The company has applied to the Union and Central Pacific fo : special rates , and the first named has agreoi to take twenty five barrels a day of the pro duct of the well for its own use. Tha Conti nental Oil company has also olforod a gooi figure for fifty barrels n day , to bo dollvere at San Francisco. It will bo seen that almost the entire product of the first well haa already been spoken for. Should the English compa ny decline to conclude the negotiations now pending , the GratI company will at once pul on n train of about fifty or seveuty-five oil ; tank wagons between Ilawlins and Dallas , ea tablisliiup refineries at one end of the route , and with bull teams haul the oil in and shi it from here. COLOBADO. It ia said ex-Senator Hill has sunk at leasl $100,000 in Denver newspapers , Douglas county commissioners offered SCO : to the person who would first strike an artes ian flow of water. At the last mooting of the Aspen cit. couucil appropriations for the ensuing year of § 39,500 were made. The camp in" becon ing quite metropolitan , Four colored women attacked a Denve : constable and batterud him with hammere , flat irons and razors. The coona wore jailei and the constable sewed up for repairs. Tha Denver , Utah & Pacific road will e * tend their line up the St. Vrain cannon as soon aa possible , where they have purchased sorrn of the rtono quarries , and will put a largi working force on at onco. The Colorado legislature is made up aa fol lows : In the senate there are six miners , ei : stockgrowers , five merchants , ono banker am eight lawyers. In tha house there are li : miners , nmo stock-growers , three ranchmen fifteen lawyers , six merchants , two hotel men , and one each ol the following : Banker , sur veyor , editor , real estate dealer , brewer i mechanist. COASTERS , There ore 70.0CO tons of ere in eight In thi Belmont mine in Montana , The deficit in the accounts of the treasure : of Lewi" andlClark country , Montana , Is be. ' tween § .18,000 and $40,000 , Block tin , in paying quantities nnd nf BU porior quality , has been discovered in th Cascido rungo , near Quartzville , Uro , Catfish are BU numeraus in Owens river tha' ' whole families camp on the hank and pngli for bullheads , while the young onea make mudhalls and thrive amid the uprouting grais , A movement Is en foot amoug the principal merchants of Portland , Ore. , to establish a fruit cannery th-ro on a Inryo scale. It I : proposed to r iso from 520,000 to $30,000 , tc carry out the plan. Nogalcs , which now contain * abont 1.20i Inhabitants , Is built across the boundary line between > Mexlco and the United States , about one half of the town being ia each of the ro publics. Besides being beleagured by California lions end overhung with a perennial fog , Monterey teroy has some fishermen , who , one day last went , caught a jowfieb , eii feet in length and weighing 300 poundi. Ita scales were an inch square. H. B. Luckhe.of North Buttegutter county Cal. , shows a single stool of barley , picked From among his growing wheat , which con tains 121 utalks.and la over five feet in height. Ihe barley ia ic full head , averagior 85 grains to the head , making the enormous production of 10,285 gralna from n single head. The eleven surviving ostriches which were latched at the ( arm of Anaheim , C l. , six or light months ago , are growing fast , and have til the promise of inakinpr fine birdt , They lave already some valuable white wing foatli- . deveral of the females " " ru. are- now "setting , md the incubators will begin their part of the vorkintwo weeks. Frozen lie tj , The great dread of beekeepers In the lorthern stilts Is loss in wintering. Cvery cold ' winter especially If the cold BOer'e and long continued brings itrrluei and death to hundreds of colo- ilea , As very few winters have equalled his one in severity , so probably the pres- ' nt losi will be without parallel. Already bo cry is heard of the entire loss of 'hole aplariee. As I have long argued i the Tribune , the cellar is the only sure : reventive against such disaster. This Inter will vindicate that position. Ex- > initiation of bees dead of the cold and Isrrhu-a , under varied conditions , made ; he past few days , have given Interesting esults. Ono largo aplaiy , whore the boos wore fed only sugar syrup In clean combs list fall , bnt whore the bees woio left out doors , though troll packed , has not a live bcp. E.xatnhnllon shows the Intel tines moderately distended with Indigested sogir syrup. The syrup seemed not at all changed. In this case there was not the least appearance or odor of the usual dlarrhwa. CM checked vlUltt ; diges tion was chocked and the life-fire wont out. Might wo not say that these bcoa actually froze to death ? That they would have remained halo and strong In a good cellar , there can bo little doubt. In another apiary bets all dead I find the look and odor of fatal dUrrhcu * . The faces are , swarming with bacteria and loaded with pollen-grains , The pollen-grains In the hive ate precisely like thcso In the bees , In size , form and markings. Thcso boos wcro wintered in a cellar whore the thermometer marked 20 ° for some days. Very similar was the condition of bees dead of dlnrrluu ! * left unprotected on the summer stands. These boo * , stimulated by cold , tried to punch up the vittl-firo by undue eating , especially of the hearty' nitrogenous food , and as boos do not void excreta in confinement , thoy. become loaded wlih In digested matter and died of dlarrhun. Had these boos boon kept in a temper ature of about 45 ° F. , they would have eaten very little , and with no evil re sults , Could they have flown from the hive they would have unloaded the Intos- tiaes and escaped death. If they had had only honey or sugar syrup , the irri tation would have been less , nnd they would not have died so soon , if at all. I have also examine ! some boos , said to bavo had only sugar syrup , bnt which did considerable brooding In February , bnt which are now all dead. Many of them show no pollen In the Intestines ; yet the bacteria , the diarrruulio odor , and the distended bodies all show diar rhoia. Some of thcso bees have pollen ; think all have nltrogoneons matter I tncir Intestines. The bacteria , thci brooding , and the ados of putrofactson all sustain this assertion. Some of th bees may have eaton brood and the jell ; food of Inrvio bees and so would hav taken nitrrgon without eating th pollon. The apiarist who sent thcsi bees said they had no pollen Yet they did have , as both Dr Beal and myeclf found some of the boot quite distended with the pollen-grains , Comb from the hive sent mo showed con stdorablo pollen at bottom of cell when examined with microscope. Very llkel ; those bees may have gathered flour o meal and stored it on inarm days quit late in the fall. I have known bees t do this. Our own bees , wintered in the collar , seem very well ; are small , bright and giv not the least Indication of diarrhoea Upon examination I find almost nothln in their intestines ; a little light colored mucus-like liquid la all. Those boos hav probably eaten not more than thre pounds of honey or syrup in all winter The conclusion , then , ia that , to wlntoi well , boos must , In our long , cold winters tors , bo kept in a collar whore the tern poratnre may not vary much from 40 dog F. ; and that they are safest when f ' only tbo carbhydrates , though in just tin right condition pollen does no harm. [ Prof. A. J. Cook. SOUTHKHN UNXE1UUIISE. Tbo Development of the Iran He BourceH of Alabama , Correspondence Now York Commercial-Ad vortieor. BIUMINOIIAM , Ala. , April 2. To northern man who travels In the south the most interesting features of this sec. lion are those that relate to its grown ; nnd entorprho. Wo have heard a grci deal of late regarding the "southern iron. " A paragraph or two In regard t It may bo of interest not only to the iron producer but to busines men at th < north. Birmingham and vicinity nooma [ to b the most dlsadvantageonaly situatedpoin In the south for the production of cheap iron ; there are seven out nf eight stack theao and at the neighboring points o Okmoor and Wheeling In blast to-day Thcro furnaces are constructed upon thi most approved plans , and ao money ha been epared to make them fully up to the highest northern standard. Each fcunaco ia equipped with Whttwcll ovens , fine engines , abundant boiler capacity and every other necessary and aprovorl appliance. The chief advantage at Bir mtugham , and indeed In the whol south , Is the cheap ere which Is easily mined and abounda In almost Inexhaustible haustible quantities. The vein In thii vicinity lies vertical in Red Mountain , from twelve to twenty feet in thickness , and costs delivered at the furnace- from 90 cents to 81.12J per ton. It takes about two and ono hulf tons of ere to the ton of iron ; the ere yield Ing oa on average of 40 par cent. Thi ere is red fossil , and is of two kinds , hard and Eoft. The Heft contains from 48 t < 52 per cent , metilic Iron , about 11 pei cent , of silica , and nearly one-half o ono per cent , of phosphorus. The hard ore yields from 28 to 84 per cent , and from 20 to 25 per cent of lime. Th irregular character of the hard ere Is th cause of much of the unsatisfactory working ! of the furnaces , making them difficult to handle and produce a uniform quality of Iron. COAL AND LABOR. To this last objection may bo added the Inferior quality of the coke. Thi coal from whtch it is made does no equal that of the Oonnollsvlllo district in Ohio , nor of the soft coal district In Pennsylvania , and the coke produced therefrom is much lighter with higher per cent , of sulphur and ash. It re quires two tons of this coal to mann- fuc.tiro ono ton of coke and from 3,800 to 4,100 pounds of cnko to make a ton of Iron In pigs , Tbo average price delivered t the fnrnaco coke ovens each furnace makes Its own coke , the ovens being at the furnaces Is about $1,25 per ton. In tho'csse of all except ono furnace , that situated at Wheeling , the coal and ere Is brought from six to twelve miles , the limestone thirty miles. In regard to labor , there does not eccm to ba much If any advantage here. The labor is colored , chiefly , the places of the engineer and other skilled positions beng filled by white mon. They pay common labor 80 cents per day with a proportionate advance as paid by northern furnaces for keeping , ailing and helping. This labor , however , is not ai efficient or reliable as thai ob tained at the north , and therefore the lilforenco In wages may perhaps be In 'avor of the north. TUB COST OF FKOIH7OT10X , With the possession cf those facts , the est of producing a ton of Iron can be ntelligtntly figured , when It It remem- ered that the items of repair * , rclinlng ' nd ether neceuary expenses are very rear , owing to the short time thsur - naoo remains In blist without rollntng. The last Is the result of the variable lime' ' In ere * , which gives rlso to repeated * c f ] folding. With possibly two exceptions from three to eight months is the avorsgo llfoofallnlnij. The last , however , wil na doubt bo remedied by longer experi ence in working their ores and by the n . usl methods of purifying the inferior grades of coal before coking. A consorv- atlvo export estimates the cost of making Iron at six or eight of the furnaces in Al abama at from $12 50 to $13.50 per ton. This would represent the cost of all Iho grades. The aim ol the furnaces In Alabama Booms to bo to manufacture as largo a portion of fonndty iron ns possible ; the mill Iron bolng uiod by plco work * , etc. , in a mixture with Lake Superior ere Irons , by rolling mills. The Irregular work of the furnaces makes the product of No. 1 foundry small , a great porpor- tlon being No. 2 and the mill grades. Iho character of the iron , which is cold , short and weak , makoi its uo preferable foe lijjht castings and ether grades of foundry work. These gradss bring a comparatively low price , and the profit * lethe the furnaces is therefore much lets tfeln It would bo could they mnku a uniformly high grade of Iron. Here , again , the drawback is want of uniformity. HELPED BY THE KAILHOADS , ft Much of the ( ucoBB of Ihcso mines Is duo to thoco-oporatlonof the railroads. The two trunk lines centering In Bir mingham nro giving the furnaces there very low rates to northern polntj , $ ; i.75 per ton to Philadelphia and Now York , abont the same rate to Chicago , with pro portionately low tariff ! to all other desir able shipping points. In addition to this , they haul the ore And coal from the various mines at a very much lower coot to the furnaces than paid at any iron manufactory point In the iiortb. The rollrondj can afford to do this , for they local trafllo in freights that Is worth no ticicg THE IMMEDIATE rilOSl'ECT. There seems to bo no doubt that Blr mingham and the vicinity is destined t bo a very Important factor as on Iroi producing district of the United States whllo the Burcst methods of workinj these ores succotsfully are not fully mattered torod , nor the best results from cokin this coal obtained that are possible. It 1 but a matter of time until both are accom pllshod. Whllo do Bessemer ores hav as yet boon discovered in any quantity li Alabama , and the manufacture of steel i therefore Impracticable , yet the demand mand for this coarser grade of pig Iron will necessitate better railway accommo dations to the iron valleys of Ponnsylra nla and Ohio. There appears to bs n present danger to the north from the Alabama iron bocanso the distnnco Is too great for the trans portation of pig iron. But if the south ern railroads should make still moro favorable vorablo ratop , or if the trial of flat boats on the Tennessee should bo found a sue COBBB theoo mines of Alabama inigh have a decided brush with the northern Iron centres. The uamo thing might happen also if Ilia quality of tlio coke and therefore of the iron , should sudden ly increase for the hotter. .EWSPAPEIl OUTFITS. TO rUBLISIIUUS. The Western Newspaper Union , a Omaha , in addition to furnishing al sixes and styles of the best ready priutei sheets in the country , makes a. specialty of outfitling country publishers , botl with now or second-nund material , soil ing at prices that cannot be discounts in any of the eastern cities. Wo handle about everything needed in a moderate sized printing establishment , and are solo western agents for some of the bcs makes of Taper Cutters , Presses , Hani and Power , before the public. Parties about to establish journals in Nebraska or elsewhere are invited to correspond with us before making final arrange ments , as we generally have on ham' second-hand material in the way ol type , presses , rules , chases , etc. , wliicl can be secured at genuine bargains , Send for the Printer's Auxiliary , r monthly publication , issued by the Western Newspaper Union , which give ? a list of prices of printer's and pub lislicr's supplies and publicly proclaim.1 from time to time extraordinary bar gains in second-hand supplies for news , paper mon. WKSTKKJT NEAVSPAVEK UNIOX , Omaha , Neb Death damn lollerll lclf. DKS Mcisi8IowaApril 7 , The wife of ox State Senator R. C. Webb , died after a long and painful illnesa this afternoon , aged fifty- nlno years. Sim ( ma been a reeidont of thi city about twenty vears. SCROFULOUS GflXTAtilOUS DLOOD , Scrcfolous.lnhcrltcJ and CnntKlnua BAD , wlthLoHi c.f hilr , CJI mlular Swelling , Ulctroua 1'itchco In the Throat anil Mouth , Alucuie- ci , Tumors , Carlmmloi , IXctchea , Bores , Scurvy , Wistlng tf the KldnejB unj Ur.norv Ordain , Dropsy Hrmemin , Dobllliy , Clironlollheumatlam , ConetljiQ- tlon and Plica an j mast dlataeen aila'iig from an Impure or lm ) > ro\erlehod condition of the Blood are eiKodlly cured riytlio Cuticura Itonolvent , the new liloo ! i'urlfler , Internally , aealstcd bv Cutlcun. the great Hkln Cure , and liutloura Soap , nn oxnultlto bkii BcitUlfler , externally. ALMOST INOUEDIBM3. Kiun BovNToN,867 Washington EtioetB < Btcnaiyt ; I hue boon allllcicd for one y ir and nine month ! with what the doctors ralldl ruplt. 1 was taken with dreadful pains In ( he head and body , my feet became eo swoiltn that I waa perfectly belplem eoros broke out on my body and f -o , rny appttlio left mu , I cou'd ' not eleep nights , ! lost fifth , and soon beoiino ia wretched that 1 longed to die. 1'hyilclai a failed to help me My disease dally grow worse , my tuller- tags became terrible. The eruption Increawd to great burrowing , foul emelllnir lores , t.om wlilch B ro < l Jlch matter constantly | K > ureJ , forru'ng cruataol gicattolckneia. Other tons appeared oa various parts or my body , and I bccatno eo weak Out I could not leave my bed. In this erudition and by aailoo of a ul ! known phjilclan , 1 began to mo the Cutl- cura Kemedlee , ana In twel > o weeks wu perfectly cured. MOIIK SO. J.AUKS K. IticiurtDHON'j Custom Hona , New Orleans on otth. i ) : luWOBcrofiilrmi UlctM brokoouton mv body until I was a mass of corruption. Every thing known Co the medical faculty wts tiled In vain. I became a mere wreck. At timea could not lift my bands to my head , could not turn In bed ; was In con- ( tant pain , and looked upon Ufa as a curir. No re- lltf or euro In ten years. Ia IBbO I beard of the Cull. cura llemcdlts. uisrd them , and uaa perfectly cured. bworn ta before U. H. Oem , J , I ) , Ciuutoiui , Sold by alldiuirglat ) . I'llce Cutlcura , ( Oc ; llcaol. vent. ! .C6 ; BMP , 6c. Prepared by tbo I'ormt Ultra AND ClIKMICAL Co , Ugston , MlSA. fund for "How to CuroBkln DUeaacn : " JIKAD3,1'lmplci , Hough Tauucd and Oily BLACK tibia , ute Cutlcura Soap. St , Charles Hotel , 3 STUEET , BET 7th and 8th , . , LINCOLN , NKB Mr * . Kate CoaUy , Proprlotoreta. MTNowly and elegantly furut&bed. Good lamp ! * 'Oomj on Brut floor. -f l.f.0 to ft per day. Bpedal ratti tfveD jceiabcr * dibs tt Iftoatiu * . DOVlO-lm-iii , ACE EVERYTHING KNOWN IN1VCIASS OF GOODS , AND ARE SOLD AT PRICES TO SUIT AIL CLASSES. Their Superior JEfer- its are well Inwivn , tJte world over. In point ojf Dnrtibility , Conven ience and Economy of Fuel they arc absolute ly the finest and Jtcst tJiat can Jte made. EXAJIINIi THE "GAKLAiYD" LINE 1IEFOIIE M AKIXO A PURCHASE. SOLD EXCLUSIVKL LANG & FOITICK , 318 mil 320 South J3th St , near Farnam. YOU CAN BUY AT TIIE Union Tea Co Silver Lent Japan Tea at 40c , 5c : , OOo , 70o and SOc. Oncolcied Japan Tea at GOoCOc , 70o andBOc. Powder Tea , 403 , BOo , 003 , 70c , 80. Hcjcn TaittfUjaonTco , ntEEc , 40c , COc , 00,700 r naM Otloa Tea at 25c , 400 , GO , SOc , 70c , 800 uuSL English Breakfast Tea , EOc. OOo 70oand Me. Dust Tea , 25c or 6 Ibs for SI. Also a combination Coffee , fresh roaetod , that beats all competition , 35o or 3 IDS for Si. A full line of Coffee at IGo , 18o , 20c , 22e. 25c , EOc , andSSopcr Ib. Pure Spices nnd Baking Powder. A Trial Urdor ia nil We Ask. Mil DOUGLAS ST. BOYD'S OPERA HOUSE. Friday E colnpr , April loth. GRAND CONCERT BY THE Celebrate ! 4th V. S. Infantry Hand , abtMfd tij- the' Omaha Grlee Club , U if Jttid M tftChjunborlain will alto appear ID ixiceoca Iquirtet , and duct Sevcrnl aolm wlU bo rendered by mcmberaof the Uand. Cornet aolo , Prof. Joe. N < nottl. Saxophone solo , Thoa Van Osten. Xylophone solo. Cha' . Stohlc. _ rnon-tluir-lri 1512 Douglas Street. Conies again better than ever. Look AVomana' Teble Grain , Button § 1 00 Newport 85 " " " Polish 8G Mens' Button Shoo 1 70 " Cnlf Boote , pond 2 60 " Whole Stock Kip Boot 2 00 And then wo have our Choioa Kid Button Bo-it U 75 Former 1'rico ! i CO It is known all over the city at J512 DOUGLAS ST. T. Omaha iationa 0. S. DEPOSITORY- J. H. PfllLLARD , WMDWALLAQ President. ' Cubic $500,000. Flro and Burglar Proof Safes , For rent at torn I to 160 eiaonuu Nursery Stock ! For priced catalogue of the I'OUONA NUItSKIU K tddreei , H , 0 , llaytnond , Box 290. Omaha , N b. furxry ftrounda altuaUd ImmodlaUly north of th netltute for the Deaf md Dumb. Contracts taken r tree planting. A. JKAJLI/SJU. / Merchant Tailor 310 South 18th Street , 3 DOOHS SOUTH OF FAK.YiM. Uiloiiop ; it ) Ml IU branchne.