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THERE'S raualo In the nlr. The colored
people of Omaha propose to gtvo Man
ager Tom Boyd a moonlight aorcnndo
next Monday cvonlng.
Ir la altogether too harmonloua and
nnanimona among the paving contraolora
of Omaha jnat at prcaont , and It bogina to
look aa It a pool had been formed.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE FIELD , of the
United Stbtos supreme court , is about to
begin writing hla racmolra. It la hoped
that ho will not omit hia recollections of
hla relations with Hnntington and the
Central Pacific syndicate ,
Now that the editor of the Herald haa
undertaken to appoint an adjutant gen
eral for the army , the oocrotary of war
should at once honor the requisition.
The acrvicca of the editor of the Herald
In the regular army entitle him to a
commanding position In the assignment
and promotion of nrmy'oflicora.
TUB BEE'S little atory about Senator
MandorEon rebuking flnthoifotd B.
Hoyoa for allowing ono cf hla housea In
Omaha to bo occupied ns a saloon , loads
the Chicago Times to remark that the
ox-prealdent la having a hard time of it
In trying to live up to hia temperance
principles. The Times predicts that hia
hens will begin to lay egg-nog pretty soon ,
p-rhapa.
Is THERE any compliance with the
building ordinance , and if not , why not ?
Buildings are going up everywhere , and
wo do not believe that a single permit
haa been obtained. Furthermore , tro do
not balievo that the least attention ia
pa'd to the requirements of the ordinance
In regard to the manner of constructing
buildings. If the ordinance ia not to bo
enforced wo cannot understand why it
vaa passed.
TUB outlook for the wheat crop In
Ohio la not of a very encouraging
character. The secretary of the state
board of agriculture , who haa made at
inspection tour of the southern pait ol
too state , reports that not a single field oi
Trliest was seen in hia travels that premIsed
Isod a full crop , while thousands of acrei
are entirely killed and baing plowed np
The estimates of corrospondenta of the
beard , It la believed , have not boon over
drawn. The Injured belt extends f urthei
north than at first supposed
In various other elates the prospect li
rather gloomy. This la particularly the
csaa la Kansas where It la reported thi
wheat crop la almost a total failure
and will not average moro than from foni
to six bushels per aero. In Missouri thi
condition of the winter wheat crop Is no
any bolter. According to the report o
the secretary of the board of agriculture
tho'yiold will not be quite seven bushel
per acre. It Is estimated that 27 po
cent of the winter wheat acreage hasbeei
plowed np. In Nebraska , however , wi
have hoard no damaging reports concern
Int ; the spring wheat crop , a larger acre-
aga of which has boon planted than ! i
Any previous year.
HAIISIAN , democratic candidate for congress
l ! in the second district in 1882 , called on tli
president to protest against George H. Trac ;
bcinft appointed postmaster at Wilber , 01
April 27 , and commissioned the next day
llannnn gays Tracy is a republican , and ask
that the appointment ba revoked. It ia trui
Tracy was well indorsed by the republicans
but ai tbat is not unusual it did not nttrac
attention at the time. The president hw
elaiteJ inquiries among loading Nebraski
democrats as to Tracy's political record-
[ Washington letter to Omaha Herald.
What a long tail our cat haa got. Har
roan , domocratlo candidate- congress
Indeed ! Was there over such an exhibi
tion of sublime cheek. That fellow Har
nan waa put up by the political bosses ol
the B. & M. railroad manager !
M a 'more dummy to help Jim
Laird through throe years ago ,
Out of the 20,111 votes caal
Harman received a pitiful 3,000 , while
Hooro received 10,012 againat Jim
lahd's 12,083. In other worda , by bo.
coming the cat's-paw ] of the republican
railroad faction Ilarinan carried oft"a
fraction over 3,000 railroad democrat *
and thus pave Jim Laird the election by
a plurality vote. Wo do not know sny <
thing about tbo merits of the Wilbut
pcMoflicc eqnabble , nor do wo know any
thing about Tracy , the new postmaster.
Wo do know who and what Harman ia ,
and If the president la going to mate an
Inquiry about Nebraska democratic poll-
ticlana ho better look up Har man's
record. The idea of a follow like Bar
man poelng ai a congressional candidate
and would-bo patronage-broker on tbat
account , la enough to make a horse
laugh. If the candidate who did run for
congress on the domocratlo ticket list fall
should bo consulted It would bo moro In
keeping with political usage. Captain
J. II. Stlckla received nearly 18,000
votes In the second district , whete Ear-
man , In 1882 , on his bogus run , only
polled 3,000 votes.
OMAHA'S TRADE TERRITORY. '
The excursion of Omaha business men
to Portland Is undoubtedly a very pleas
urable trip for tbo oxcnnlonists , but
whether it will In &ny way prove profit
able to the business interests of Ihisclty Is
questionable. Omaha once had a business
men's trip to Galvoiton when Iho Mis
souri Fnclfictvos completed to this city ,
and It waa generally auppotod that wo
would ro p some material advantages
frcm the excursion. Several yeara have
passed , the Galvcaton excursion haa al
most been fcrgotton , and the trade of
Omaha haa not bconbonefittcd ono dollar
thereby. Kaniaa Oily , however , lua
built up a big trade along the Missouri
Pacific and Its conthern connootiona
reaching clear to Oalvcston. Aa It haa
been with the Galvoaton excursion ,
ao It will bo with the Portland excursion.
Portland ia a city nearly as largo as
Omaha , and ila trade has btcn captured
almoat entirely by St. Paul. Portland's
traffic ia handled almost wholly by the
Northern Pacific railway. In order to
secure any portion of Iho trade of Port
land , and the North Pclflo coast , via the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Short line ,
the wholesale merchants must compete
with the dealers of St. Paul , who have
the Inaido track. Wo have neither the
number of the wholotalo houses nor the
amount of capital that St. Paul haa , and
therefore wo bellovo It will bo a very dif
ficult thing for our mordants to build
up a trade in a territory controlled by St.
Paul and the Northern Pacific railroad.
However , wo do not consider thla a
matter ranch to bo regretted , for If our
merchants will turn their attention to
territory nearer homo they will find all
the business they cm handle. If they
can secure the bulk.of the trade In Ne
braska alone they would bo well repaid ,
and could very well gat along without
Beaching out into distant states and terri
tories. Nebraska now has a population
of about 800,000 , and will very soon have
over a million. She is rich in ogclcuUutal
resources and 11 vo stock. Her cities and
towns ate growing rapidly , and now vil
lages are everywhere springing Into ex-
Is'.onco. In every quarter a wonderful
development is going on. Strange as it
may aoom the northern half ol
this great state , which is being
rapidly settled up , Is > most as foreign to
Omaha as Is the city of Portland and
the state of Oregon , yet our business
men go on such dlstat excursions as thai
to Portland before they vl-ilt their own
immedlato and n glccted territory.
Could Omaha eecnro the trade of North
ern Nebraska it would provo moio
profitable than an > trade they could pos-
elbly obtain by Innumerable excur
sions to points thonsanda of miles dis
tant. Wo would suggeat to them that
the first important step to bo taken by
them if they wish to build np Omaha's
trade is to secure what naturally belongs
to Jmaha. To do this a personal effort
must bo made among the merchants o !
the vnrlouj towns. Superior induce
ments must be hold out to them , and
satlefactory shipping accommodations
- muet ba afforded. To do this wo must
have a direct railroad of our own reach
, ing Into northern Nebraska. No more
important enterprise can be engaged IE
than such a railroad , and the sooner it li
built the better it will ba for this city.
The project should at once bo taken uj
and carefully considered in a thorough
and buslnoaa-llko manner by our board
of trade. We are confident that onougl
capital can bo secured to build the road
and wo believe that if the right mot
take hold of the enterprise it can be
started within the next six months 01
within a year at the farthest , and com'
plotod within three years. Meantime il
is to bo hoped that our merchants , not
withstanding the unfavorable conclltlor
of northern railway connections , will d <
everything in tholr power to attract thi
trade cf northern Nebraska to this city
THE INDIANS AND THE WAR DE
PARTMENT.
The secretary cf war lies oxprecse
the opinion that the trantfer of th
Indian bureau to the war deparlmen
might provo advantageous on the score o
economy. This may ba trao , although
wo question it. But such a trausfc
would not provo beneficial to the Indians
The war department once had the con
trol of the I ndlans , and nndor Its admin
latration the conduct of the Indian barest
waa not by any moans satisfactory. The
parmanont establishment cf soldier
in the immedlato vicinity of the Indian
will not In any way ba conducive to their
advancement In civilization. Tbo ex
amplca set by the pokor-playors , th
wbitky-drinkers , end the reckless andlaz ,
characters that are found in th
regular army could not bo other
wise than demoralizing upon the
Indiana. The regular army soldiers wil
hardly do for moral instructors , school
teachers , and civilizors among the ret
men. The experiment has boon tried
and has proved a failure. It should nebo
bo attempted again. The regular army
l not Intended for any tuoh purpose
but ( or a national police. The great ma.
jorlty of Indians are now peaceable and
semi-civilized , and under the present sys
tem are gradually Improving their condi
tlon. If the proper steps are taken they
can eventually bo mido self-supporting ,
but wo question whether Iho war depart
ment with the regular army ns its agent
could ever accomplish that doilr-
able rojult. It Is time that
some of the Indian ogents are
not what they should bo , yet there are
among them a few excellent men. The
experienced ogents who have given satis
faction should bo retained , the poor ones
should bo removed , and the salaries
should bo fucrossad. The requisites of a
Crst-clais Indian agent are Lones'.y , Intel.
Igence , bnslnesi taot , and courage. How
It can be expected to secure a man
posse-slug all these qualities , to manage
an Indian loiorvation , remote from tbo
surrounding ! , comforts , and advantages
of 'civilization , for the paltry sum of
$1,500 a year , ia something wo cannot
nlto understand ,
COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
A libel suit of moro than ordinary in
terest has boon Instltutad in Now York
City by Knox , tbo halter , against a com
mercial agency , from which ho demands
$20,000 damages. In his petition ho al
leges that the agency , conducted by
Messrs. Brook & Wallace , printed and
circulated a statement that "Ho ( Edwaul
M. Knox ) la a figurehead for hla father ,
who has no standing whatever , " which
waa followed by another publication that
"Ho ( Edward M. Knox ) la fast , is a poll
tlclan , and ia doing business on the
money that should have gene to his
father's creditors. Ho squandered $40 ,
000 of hla father's money , and married a
Brooklyn concert-singer. " The plaintiff
assorts that the reference' to his wife
means that ho married a woman cf low
calling. The defendants answer that the
llegcd libels were published without any
malice , and that the papers containing
tiom were distributed only among their
nbscribors , who were bound to keep
horn secret.
Judging from the character of the
tatemonta made by the so-called com
mercial agency ono naturally concludes
hat It ia a sort of a bhck-malltng con-
oin. The proprietors certainly have
; ono out of the accustomed and legitimate
ath of commercial agencies that are con-
lucted upon recognized business princi
ples. Even If all that ia charged la true ,
ta publication , although intended to bo
cept aocrot among the subscribers , can
not bo considered otherwise than a ma-
loloua personal attack. No respectable
or responsible commercial ogoncy would
inrauo such a course. It stvora very
much of revenge for a refusal of patron
age. There Is a limit byond which com
mercial agencies cannot with any decency
go , and the defendants in this caao have
certainly gene boycnd that limit. This
s not the first Instance of the kind , how
ever. Other Bo-callodcommorcial agencies
iavo done the same thing , and have out of
revenge attempted to ruin merchants by
; ho publication of false , damaging and
malicious reports. Such agencies , how
ever , are generally started and controlled
by adventurers , dead-beats and black
mailers. The consequence Is that considerable
siderable- prejudice is thus from time to
time created against the entlro system.
This Is unfortunate and unjust , because
an honestly and carefully conducted com
mercial sgoncy is a business necessity ,
and such an institution , having a repu
tation for reliability and responsibility ,
should have no difficulty In securing the
patronage of business men.
THE Iowa democrats are mad. Their
loaders have boon snubbed by the admin
istration in the appointment of an un-
knonn man , Charles L. Williams , a :
United SUtes marshal of the southern
district of Iowa. Mr. Williams , who hat
been appointed In epito of the united
efforts of the entlro congressional delega
tion in behalf of Edward Campbell , at
old wheel horse of democracy , Is tad ! tc
be "presumably from Iowa. " It wonle
seem that there Is aomo doubt as to Mr.
Williams being an lowan. Judging froa
some of hia endorsements the lowans art
Inclined to think that ho hails from Wai
street. Among the recommendation !
, filed in his bobalf are numerous papori
from Wall straot operators and bankers
and railroad attorneys , as well ns frorr
other prominent men. The probability
' is that all efforts to have the president
revoke the appointment will provo futile.
The only recourse the democrat ] non
have is to appeal to the republican sena
tors , Allison and Wilson , to have Mr ,
Williams rejected by the eonato. Bn
the Iowa senators may refuse to take i
hand In any Kilkenny cat fight.
Gov. WAKKEN , of Wyoming , wrltoa t <
the chairman of the committee oi
woman's suffrage in the lower house o
the Maosachusotts Irgislaturo tba
woman suffrage has not lowered tin
grade of public officials in Wyoming , nnc
that ho haa yet to hear of the first case ol
domestic discord growing out of It ,
Governor Warren , however , docs not saj
that woman suffrage has elevated the
gride of public cfliololj. That it has no !
lowered the grade Is probably because II
was imposclblo to make it any lower than
it has been. So far ns domestic discard
Is concerned , wo imagine that Mr. War
ren knows but very little about what li
goiug on in the housohoulds of Wyoming ,
Thohutbuids of the women who go tc
tbo polls and otherwise participate in the
political broils and qnmels are undonbt
odly a subjugated class of individual !
who do not care to ventilate- their domcc-
tie differences In the hoariog of Govern
or Warren.
THE Bsongorfost that ia to bo hold at
Lincoln next month promises to bo one
of the moataucoassful musloil events ever
known In the history cf the ttato. It
will commence on the 23d cf Juno and
will continuo for five days. The various
musical societies frem the principal cities
In Nebraska , Iowa , and Kansas will be in
attendance , and the programme through
out will bo ono that cannot help being
attractive. The citizens of Lincoln are
exerting themselves in every possible
way to make it pleasant for the thous
ands cf visitors that will bo present dur
ing tbo festival. Wo hope to see a largo
attendance of people from all patts of
Nebraska , and there probably .will be aa
the railroad rates will ba reduced for this
occasion.
Abiah Hayoe , aged 71 , of Elizabethtown ,
[ ndlaua , wao married to Mien Aurella J.
Mlllon , aged 17 , of Harrison. Iho all air was
very quietly arranged , and not a ilngle mem *
ber of till family knew a word about it until
the- man drove home with hli bride.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS ,
The pending negotiations between
Ilnaiia and England nto by no means con
clusive of peivcs. The concessions made
by Gladstone and his ministry , which ate
regarded as mcst humlliatlng to England ,
have emboldened Russia to mtko now
demands which oven Gladstone would
not dsra to yield unless ho is bent on a
peace at any price policy. Mr. Qlad-
slono la a man of peaoo , It la true , and
the ptosanro of Britith capitalists may bo
exerted In opposition to a great war , but
oven cowards will fight when they are
driven to the wall. It would certainly
bo poor statesmanship for n government
o allow itself to bo drawn into a wnr
1th all the advantages on the side of the
momy , If war under such conditions
onld bo avoided or postponed with
onor. But England would fight
ndcr jnat those conditions in Afghan
tan if war with Russia should
o declared to-morrow. Moreover , the
ofonsos of Russia and the influence of
thor European powers would tend to
m ko Afghanistan the only battUfield for
3ino tlma at leas1. The British Ironclads
ould not do much harm on the shores of
ho Baltic , and they might bo excluded
'rom the Black BOB. An Inclination oa
ho part of Turkey to open the Dar
danelles or to ofler only feeble and formal
resistance to the passage of a British ( loot
might bo chocked by throats from the
tontlnont. Some days &go it was reported
hat England had already reached a oatta-
'actory understanding with Turkey ra-
gardlng this important matter , but newt
: t is slid that Austria's Intervention has
ihecked all negotiations in that direction.
The chances are , then , that England
would bo forced at the outsat to do all
icr fighting in Afghanistan.
From the fust It lus bom plain that In
a fight near Herat or ia the northern
part cf Afghanistan thj Brltljh ftrcoa
ivonld contend nt a great di.-udvantage.
The Rnts'aa ' outposts are within covonty
miles cf Herat ; Iho British troops are
about five hundrjd mi'es ' distant. The
Russians would find no difficulty In seizIng -
Ing Herat , and they would then. In all
probability , await the slow ndvauco of
the enemy from the south. Intrenched
upon the northern boundary if the
country that separates the dominions
of the czir from those cf the qucon ,
supported by great bodies of troops near
at hand and well supplied wito food ,
they would allow the Anglo-Indian
forces to work tholr way not th ward
through a region devoid of supplies in
which the Afghans might provo moro
dangerous enemies tbau the Russians
The Russian railway Is now so far ad
vanced toward Mcrv that tbo engineers
hope to reach that city next spring. A
telegraph line accompanies it The Rus
sians could bo rapidly reinforced frcm tbo
Caspian and also from the garruons of
Central Asia.
If the Afghans were faithful rllios of
the Brlthh ho forc-s of the empire could
raach ncn I hi mountains and strike the
Russian on the disputed territory. Tne
attitude of the Afghans must cause many
an Englishman to curse now the policy
that made thorn secretly or openly hos
tile. It must also direct the attention of
England to the policy advocated by
Napier , who hold that England should
await the advance of Russia on the banks
of the Indus , the noithwcetern frontier
of India , in this way forcing the invader
to fight at a long distance from his baec
of supplies , and compelling him to submit
to the very disadvantages which must
hamper Etg'and now if she strives tc
march to Herat. )
The Gladstona ministry have escaped
ono of the dangers of tSe week. Lord
George F. Hamilton' ? motion of amend
ment to the war credit bill ( practically a
motion of cenauro ) was defeated by a vote
of 200 to 2GO. A most bitter personal
. attack was made on Mr. Gladstone , lo
which ho was accused of sacrificing every
thing and everybody to save himself.
The government made no frank defence
but merely announced that an agree
ment had been reached with Russia io
regard to the Afghan boundary which
, was entirely satisfactory to both England
and Russia and also tj Lord Dollerln.
This WBS a shrewd way of telling the oppo
sition that a vote of censure might leave
them lu the position of having censured a
. government that had secured terma with
Russia which the country would approve.
It had Its effect , aa the vote shows. The
Iruh members sided with the conserve
tlves , and the majority was entirely made
up of liberals. Until uorne resnll
tuat may bo regarded aa permacocl
ohall bo reached in tha controvorsj
with Russia It ia not probable that the
present mlnis'ry ' can bo deposed. Tlioj
may be incompetents , as the tones allege ,
but the welfare of the country demaudi
tbat it have a government , and patriot
: ism Induces irany to support it who , litho
the coast was clear , would ghdly asolat in
tumbling It from power.
Aflor the $55 000,000 shall have boon
spent for nothing and Russia , undeterred
by bluster or BupplfcatloD , shall bo found
to have maintained her poaltion and tc
bo , for tuo time being , in a tractabk
friiBO of mind , a vote of censaro may
hnvo a very dill'orcnt ending.
It will help to reconcile England to po tee
that the annual budget of the year shows
a deficit of 15,000,000 , and that the In-
carne tax must be nisod to eight psnce
in the pound , besides heavier taxes on
ale , boer , and whisky. This deficit must
bo duo to the military operations in
Egypt , for it Is too soon for the vote of
an oxtta supply for the postiblo war in
Afghanistan to enter Into the accounts.
Paltry and futile as have been the
operatijns on the Upper Nile , they
have ccst England heavily. The expense
la the fine providence has impcsad for the
assault and bitter/ committed on Arabl
Boy and the Egyptian people , Had bo
baon left In control of Jl'gypt , theto would
have baon no English responsibility for
the Soudan , no sending of Gordon to
Khartoum , no expedition under Gon.
Wolseloy to bring Gordon , no waste of
lives and money in skirmishing with the
Mahdl.
Lord Wolseley has not gained much
glory in the Houdan , but unleas ho can
shift the i expansibility upon hla subor
dinates for the atrocities which the British
troopi have committed there , ho will go
back to England with tbo reputation of
being one of the most cruel and raorcllots
soldiers of tbo age. We take it for
_ ranted that the terrible tales told by
the cozmtpondents now returning from
thei Soudan are not exaggerated , for
Eogliakmtn would hardly alandor
their own troops , and the worst
that has leaked out In London i
llkdy to bo within rather than beyond
the truth. If this premise Is correct the
British have cut down palm trees and
filled up ancient wells purposely to ruin
oates and make the deserts they have
traversed utterly unlnlabltable. No
Arab wanior would ho guilty of tuch
devastation as that. Not content with
tbia , the British oven forced the natives
to do the work tf ruin , flogging them
unmercifully _ when they objected
to committing atioh Infamous
deeds. Hm'dea thns striking at
the lifo of the Soudan and entail n ; untold
misery upon women and children dependent -
pendent upon the dcatrcyed well ) , Lord
WoUoley or hla officers ilforod rewards
for the heads of several natives and for
ho body of Oliver Pin , the Frenchman
upposcd to ba with the Mahdl , a proceed
ing rn n level with the tactics of savages.
'n all the fighta of the two campaigns on
bo Rtd Son coast aud the ono up the Nile ,
hu British took ccircely any prlsonora , a
'act which I oils its own story cf butchery
n every tiold they wen If those bar-
laritlea were lu a moasnra ptllfatcd by
, ho doaponxto nature of the intlvoopposl-
ton and the straits to which the Invaders
were sometimes reduced , there is noth
ing : to mlt'gUo the Infamy cf the last at
tack upon a small force of Arabs near
Suaklm. The abaodotinunt of the Son-
dan had been practically dcc'ded npon
long before Gen , Graham's early
morning onslaught upon Tokoal
'ant wock. The Arabs were only
i few hundred strong and were
paworlots to causa tbo British' much
harm or mskosorioua roslstence.but Gon.
Graham led out an ovorwhclmning force
by night , stole up tn the unsuspecting
natives and made bii onslaught whllo
hey wcro aMhoir morning prayots , spies
jiving the signal. In this way It was
easy to kill a largo part of the
natives , but the killing was
nearly aa contemptible aa inur dor.
Considering tbat the result if all the so
horrors has boon only the laying waate'cf
wide areas , the death tf thousands of
bravo men and the sowing of aaods cf
marchy and feuds throughout the Egyp-
Ian Soudan , Gladstone- may wiill recoil
'rom ' tbo whole Sjtidan question. It has
been the curse of hia administration and
has loft a stain upon British arms and
British statesmanship which yoara can
not efface.
Although attention la still fixed on the
lomowhat Improved but by no moans sot-
led relations cf Russia and Great Brit
ain , wo should not vholly , overlook the
position of ptrtlcs and the course ol
events In Franco , which ia fast approach
' ing the tharp tent of a general election.
In what way are the prospect ) of repub
licanism in general , and of the moderate
or opposition sectlcn In particular , likely
to bo ullcctad by the overthrow of M
Ferry and the accession of the Btisson
cabinet ?
However efficient M. Brieson may
have been aa the chief presiding officer
of the camber of deputies , his fitness for
the tack of government has yet to bo do
tennlnod.
The tendency towards reccllon has un
questionably been checked , and thocausu
of republicanism in general bean materi
ally helped by the cessation of hostilities
in Tonquin , and of the cevero driln
which tuo war canaoo upon the treasury.
The treaty with Annam , made some
eighteen months ago , has been formall :
ratified by the chamer of deputies , ant
peaca between F/anco and China haa no
out only been signed , but i
likely to bo undisturbed by a see
end Langson incident so long a
Gen. Camponon remains minister of war
Moreover , while the Brieeon cabinet ho
had the good senco to evacuate Formosa
and abjure the scheme of extorting a
pecuniary Indercnity from China , it ha
at the tame time managed to buy very
cheaply a reputation for dignity aud firm
nees lu the matter of the JJotsphor
, JSyyptien Notwithstanding Lord Gran
vlllo's admission that England was re
sponsibla for tbo suppres ion of tha
newspaper , M Do Freyciuot demanded
and obtained an apology and reparation
The gravity of this incident was overestimated
estimated in some quarters. It could no
Indicate a purpose on the pirt o
Franco to side with Russia in the even
of war , for tha government had jus
acknowledged In the plainest way th
nation's inability to sua'ain tin cost of
comparatively trivial contoat in Tonqnin
No French statesman will commit th
folly of embroiling bis country In a En
. ropuan quarrel so long as Bismarck'
, ultimate intentions remain Inscrutable
The peremptory tone assumed by M. d
Freycinet simply meant that he hai
caught England in a tight place , and wa
resolved to make the most of It , bavin
taken measures lo assure himself that th
Gorman chancellor would survey th
operation with cynical approval.
Austrian diplomacy rejoices in Eng
ia'd humiliation. Austrian statesmo
are in a happy frame of mind. The ;
imagine tfcat they aljtio caused Euglau
to reiiounca the Idea c f war. They claim
that they prevented the porto , by throat
of occupying Macedonia and planting th
double eagle at Salonlca , from feigning
convention with England permitting th
tatter's fleet to pats the Dardanelles am
Inlo the Black Sea. Austria in thus inter
faring , as wo are Informed from Vienna
was simply doing tbo host of Prlnco Bis
marck , who all through tholato unploaa
antucsa appears to have played a very
questionable- agilnst England.
Ono thing England must have learncc
from lior recent experiences , and wbicl
she will deubllesa boar In mind : Among
nil the great European powers shu ha' '
not n single friend , for oven Italy wonlc
bayo refused to give her asiatanco : be
yond occupying a port or trro on the Rcc
i-cn , and Turkey would h&vo been wors
thnnuselcis t ? her. If her ministers ate
still capable of the exorcise of common
sense they will yet come to the conclu
& ! on that a solid friendship with Ilussi
would bo a blessing to herself and the
world at largo.
The course of politics in the Dominion
cf Oansda the past winter cannot bo reassuring
assuring to the conservative ministry.
The struggle over the franchise bill ir
the Dominion parliament grows In Ira-
portanca with every week that it Is pro
longed and its c-.nsrqucncoj threaten to
bo serious , The opposition become con
stoutly moio determined , and there h
no doubt that they have public tcnti-
ment on their sido. So bitter is the feel
ing in Ontario tbat predictions were freely
made at an indignation mooting in To
ronto the other evening that the province
would withdraw from the confederation
lather than submit to such a despotism
as the Tory administration seeks to es
tabllsh. But Sir John Maodunald Bcems
as bent ai ever upon strengthening his
party by placing the absolute control o
the voters' lists In the handa o
"revising barristers , " whom ho will him
self appoint , and by giving his Indiat
acorits tbo power to bring the fgnoram
rod mou under their direction to the
pella and cist their tallcts ia favor of the
p-ovcrnmont. The premier must consider
Ills prospects for tbo next election desperate
perato , or ho would not ventura to pro-
peso tuch n measure , as Indiscriminate
inate- Indian Buffrago at a time
\vhni Iho rebellion in the notthrresi
hai aroused a hoitllo f cell eg towarc
the savage ) . Certainly there ought to
bo little chance of Sir John's socuiiug anew
now leaao of power in a fair division at
the polls , for ho has brought the govern
ment into desf erato ttraltg , and is forcec
to seek a lean In England of $00,000,000 ,
which" is nqulrjd for immodlato use.
> on if ho succeeds in his attempt to
) ush through the franchise bill , there
mist ba Independence enough In the Do
minion to throw off the yoke.
Ulnck tlAok'i * Still Hunt ,
Tne Chicago .lYcuu in a few Hues on-
Itlod "Logan inO s County , " tolls how
'Black Jack" played his quiet game !
I seen John Lonn { ? t'other day
Whllo I was out a plowln'
An1 ha oimo rldln" ilown our way
Amillin'nn' n blnwiti' ;
Ho called aside my neighbor Brown ,
An * from their cnrclei prnttlo
I CAtherod ] > RMI hcd come down
Ter Cues ter buy some cattle.
At last Ihpy cot tor tnlkln' wnr
Of slavery A cnss'd oppretnion.
An' what they went ter fihtlu' ( ? for
When we uns joined tcceialon ;
It ( truck mo thtili a kind o' queer
That they thouM talk of battle
When Lofran'B only business hero
Was that of bujin' cattle ,
Well , then election coma Along
Au'pass'd without much notlu'
Wn thought our candidate ta itrong ,
Thar wnrn't no UBO u' votln1.
But , goihl thet day nt 4 o'clock ,
From ont'tho brcah mi' timber ,
The radikols befiun trr ( lock
An * knocked our party limbnr ,
An' thar stood Logan at thor polls
An' tvhtchoi the pot n bilin , '
Encourngin' thorn sncakln' souls
With Ills deceitful emilln' ;
Wa knew thot wo'd been euchred then
By his mtaloadin' pruttlo
Wo BKW hnw ho had bluffed us when
Uo talked of buy in' cattle.
Iho democrats of crniul old Casa
Are grieved beyond all tellin' ,
An' mnny a bourbon breast , nlaal
With honest rugo U Bwollln' ;
We'd oughtor guessed the critter's game-
When , jest nforo the battle ,
Thot tmlllu ' bowlln'
, Logan carao
Ter Cftss tor buy eomo cattle ,
"War in the ClouilH ,
Tbo wnr ballon is coming !
This terrible en-ginu
Will cruch our foes to powder ,
Uowevtir they combine.
When o'er n town It hovcrc ,
That town will catch n chill
AB it scrcnrriB in nir , fir'd by General Thnjcr
Just llko our own en-gil.
This bold bnllo-m will carry
Great chunks of dynamite.
When the gallant fee is slo i > iiip
Twill swoop tight down at uight ,
Ono boom will roueo the enoroia ,
Another clear the town.
And the llttlo coon In the big balloon
Sluill never one a como down.
What need , then , for an army ,
Or for n big mwot ?
Our gods of war shall sail aloft
And rooet upon n treo.
When foreign fees ciy "havoc , "
And send tholr Hoots our way.
Cur big balloons ehull ecattor soon
Their tp.ua upon the spray.
[ Lam ,
Welcome Greeting.
Now Iho farmer gives lo spring a wolcomi
greeting ,
And adorna with caat of green hlagardei
gate
So's the dude who brings hia "dorter" homi
from meeting
May ndorn hia Suudny coat , and cogitate
On whether the old man Is such a confoundoi
tucker as he takes him tn be.
[ St. Paul Herald.
Jjovcly "Woman's Melancholy.
When n lovely woman would be jolly
She very seldom flics to drink ,
Tn drive away her melancholy
.Shu ruihos to the roller rink.
NEWS PAPER OUTFITS.
TO
The Western Newspaper Union , n
Omaha , in addition to furnishing a ]
sizes and styles of the best ready printet
sheets in the country , makes n specialty
of outfitting country publishers , bet
with now or second-hand material , sell
ing nt prices that cannot bo discounted
in nny of the eastern cities. Wo handl
about everything needed in a modcrat
sized printing establishment , and ar
solo western agents for some of the bos
makes of Paper Cutters , Presses , Hane
and Power , before the public. Partie
about to establish journals in Nobraski
or elsewhere nro invited to correspom
with us before making final arrange
mcnts , as wo generally have on hane
second-hand material in the way o
typo , presses , rules , chases , etc. , whic !
can bo secured at genuine bargains
Send for the Printer's Auxiliary , a
monthly publication , issued by th
Western Newspaper Union , which give
a list of prices of printer's and pub
lishcr's supplies and publicly proclaims
from time to time extraordinary bar
gains in second-hand supplies for news
paper men.
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION ,
Omaha , Nob.
JVoIthrr Ono Tiling Nor Totlicr.
The girls might as well ba in cloisters
Who'ro dreaming Jove's ro-iy-hued dream ,
For the season' * too late now for oysters ,
Too early , jutt yet , for ice cream.
[ Boston Courier.
Universally Commended by Phys
icians , Dnigyists and Chem
ists Everywhere.
WE hate obtained satisfactory results from the
mo of the Cutlcura Remedies In our own fam
ily , and looommerid thiru beondany other remedies
for dlacasc'S of the skin and bbed. The demand ( or
thorn grows at I heir merits btcomo known.
MAL111LLAN & CO , Druggists ,
Lairobo Pa
Y ur Cut ! uri. tlomodioi sell well , oipcolally the
Cut'cura ' Hoap. I ecll mure Cutl < ura than of any eth
er three kinds of 6k In medicines 1 carry , and tboCutl-
cura So > p sell to my best cl > si of customers. My
lady cuatomcil win ouy no other.
II. K SAMUr.L , Prugflst ,
_ D n\lll , Ky.
Our or In'.ona nil the subject of thti Cutlcura Uora-
dlea are forme < doni the rxpicsilonsof your custom ,
era , to dotallwhlchwould ba to wrltoa volume. T. or
tell inojo icadily than any oth < r tbo I remedies.
I ! \UN4lJVH 1'lIAltUAUV ,
7i5 Fulton tit , lijoultlyn , M , Y.
Your Cutlour&iteaolfcnt Isas'i ijnrllJowltli ui
and never have ] known cf a B-I gio instance vhtro
ltd'dnot Rho entire uit'slaUloj , Your Cutlcura
boip speaks ( or IWolf , aiU thiao utlrg It unco wll
take no other. It OUTlKIUUtf ,
Druggist , Htnta Uarbatu , Cal ,
Yout Cut cura Po p oui'i bo beat. W * hno ( been
hindllngyoiir Cutlcura Iteumllta fortoicul jeaig
and would net be without them tmlur nny consider
atlon Hli. O.r.JUUjuNfciillO ,
J'cx.
We have Bild ) cur Cutlcura Itcrnodlm for the lul
floj cart , and uo medicine i n our cliche , glvo bet
ter f attraction , Tr.rjliavo a steady ! ) the jcar
round. MsCOHUICK & BOYNfON.
l.ts , Mckeisjn , Kin.
Cut lour * Remedies htve agi otter nle and give
better all ( acllon than any ottur dollar rctnealbH to
thoicaiket. DUDli'S I'HAUUAOV ,
Cincinnati , Olilo.
We re idling an oEOruouiquartity of vcur Cull-
curai > ripaiatlom , 0 0 All LIMvtl
Druggist , Orecnxlnt | , N. Y ,
CuTici'KA HKHOMBVT , the now blood purifier , and
imuitA anJ tuncuiu boir , the ( 'Oat ekin cured
and beautiflm. aioeo'd uterjttlic.ro. 1'rlco , C'umwiu
jbOAP 2ioHtsoHBiT ; , $1. I'ro iedby the
Potter Driii ; and Chemical Go , Itoutun
Ecod for "How to Cure turn
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roit
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AND BAD IU.OOD ,
$1.00 aJBottle.
H.IL WarneriCo.'RochesterN. Y.
W.T. Hudson , of llrowncv.tlc . , Alft.mikomfflilaxit
that four bottles of n arner's Tlppcoiiion , tlio best ,
cured him of a case of blood poisoning oltwetity
jears' standing.
rou
SPilUC & SUMMER
WfiAKNEU
oo
/ / . H. Warner & Co Rochester , N. Y
Rev Wm. WaUoi , Watortown , N. Y. , report ! thai
his wife Is tmlobto 1 to t. tlurough tor.oof the Fjstam
and restoration ether strength , taWarnai'd 'ilppo-
cano ; , thobo < t.
Booking perfect restoration to licnllli. full
muiilinml and MOXIIII ! vl ) ortvtllintit
Stnninclt IrnpKl''K > should pond forTroa-
tlaoon the ItliiiHtnii Itolii * . YOUHR uion ami
others who suffer from iirrvoimanil ] iliyiil-
ciil tlulilllly , ctiiitiMtt-il vtlnllty , pio-
riiituio UrlIiiK , Vurlrorolr , Vc. , nro
Specially bcnoCtotl by consulting lln contents.
thBC-ascsof the Pinntitlo Glulld , IChlllcyi
nutl lllniltlcr ofloctiinlly cured Endorsed
liy tbonnanda will liavo boon cured. Adopted
In Hnspltala nnil l > y 1'liyslclnnn In 1'uropo ami
America. Seilod Ti catleo fi oo Adilrvxa
HABSTOH REMEDY CO. or Dn. H. TREBKOW ,
4G Wool 14th St. , Now Vork.
C3.0A1UTAL PIUZE.SUO.OOO.
"ire do hereby certify that wt sttpervist the ar
rangetntntsfor all the Monthly and Scmi-Annua
Draunnyt of the Louitiana State Lftteru Company
and in person manage and control the Drawiiyji
theinselvei , and that the same ate conducted icith
honesty , fairness and in good faith toward all par
ties , and we authorize the company to use thil cer
tificate , mth fac-simiUi of our signatures attached
in itt advertisements. '
COMMISSIONERS.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION. 7
OVER. HALF A MILLION DI iTRlBUTKD.
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Incorporated In 1803 fcr25years by the leglsUturo
lor educational and charitable purposns with
capital of gl,000OtO-ti which a rcbono fundof over
{ 560 000 has slnco btcn added.
By an overwhelming popular vota Its franchise
was made apart of the. present utato constitution
adopted December 2d A U. 1879.
Ha grand elnglo number drawings take place
monthly.
It never scales nr posti ones
Look at the follov.it K dlsirlbution.
181st Grnud Monthly and tbo
EXTRAORDINARY SEMI-ANNUAL
DRAWING
In the Aeadomv of Miielc , Now Orleans , Tuesday ,
June 10,1885 , under the pureonil ruroiilalon ant
management of Gen. G. T. BCAUHXOAKD , of
Luulslaia , and Gen. JUUAL A UAIILN , of Virginia.
CAPITAL PRIZE , $150,000
ffSTNotico. Tickets are Ton Hollars only.
HRVCB , § 5. HWliB , § 2. aontha , 81.
LIST OP 1 > R1ZK8.
1 CAPITAL PUIZK OF. eir.o.coo 11 o.oco
lOHANDPIiiXhOF . . 60.100 60,0O
1 do .10 20.COO 20,000
2 LA.UGE \UZr.i 1 \ OF . . 10,000 23,000
1 do do . f'.COO 0,000
, . i.ooa 20.GCO
fil 1'rlios of MO 25.COO
100 Prizes of yon BO.COO
200.1'rlzoa of : oo 40.CCO
000 Pr zta of 100 60,000
1000 Prizes of 10 66.0CO
100 AiTroiiinilloiiPrlzisofJiM ) SO.roO
1UO do do 100 10.100
100 do do 75 7/10
2270 PrlzoB , amounting to 8522,6(0
Application for ntes to clues rli'.i Id bo inadeouty
to tbooflloa c ( tin Company In New Orleans.
For further Information wrlto rlfarly giving fu
addrcBH. POSTAL N01KS , F.ipross Honey Orders , or
Now York * xtbauge In ordinary letter , Currency
by Kxprcss ( all sumae > t 5 and uywarda at our ei-
pcneo ) ddroibtd ,
M. A. DAUPHIN ,
Or M. A. DAUPniN , Hew Orlcani. La.
607 Ho ; en th .St. , Washington I ) . 0.
Vako P O. Monov Orders payable and addrosi
ItcgUUied Letters to
NEW OULKANS NATIONAL BANK
Now Orleans , I. .
H , S , ATWOOD ,
Plattsmouth , NoL.
Breeder of thoroughbred and high grade
Hereford and Jersey Cattle ,
Ami TU'roc < ind .Torsoy Hod Swine ,
Seventeen ynars Kxperionco ,
DR.G.W.PANG3LE
. . .
Uciderof UUesBei of lien anl Women. Klcclilc.
Magnetic nd llerbillit I'll jtlcUn Now locate J ot
121U OougltB Bt Oma > a. Nub , up ttalrx.
A correct illivnoil * Klvtu vlihnut anr uxplanttlon
frcm the patient. Consultation frto utolliof.
/ Treat the Following Diseases.
Catarrh fl tbo IIea < ) , IMsrnsci cf Ibe Kjo n-J
Ear. Heart Dlseatu. Liver Couiplili t , Kldn ) torn-
t lamt.NcrvomDebliltv , Menial D < ] iromlcn. I 'jo
Uanhood , Dlabel * , llrlght'ii I > l i fO , 8t Vltu
Uanco. Ilkeuniit'tm , P.ralj l , VthltCi fcHClllru
Scrofula , Kover Hoic.8 Oancon and Yuinoii lemov
ulwlllinuttho knife , ortbedrawirtf cf a drop o
b'ood ' , Woman , with ttr do Icate u K DJ , Ilcbtcred to
Health , Dropsy Cured W thour lnfliK , BpetUI
Attention Given to Piliato nd Vinmal bltoMoi of
II Kinds. TM Wcrrrs Hem. ltd In two or thrco
lioursor NoP-y , JIoraiBoriholdnor Pllci Cored oi
No CluiKei Made , . , ,
'Jhoeuwhnare alllUted will rate llvi till liuu.
cf dollar.b )
llerbil Uullcmes
I fc T po ltl roraedjr rjr Ilio iHre dlidit ; by la
aio Ihoaiftuilf of cfticiol tU wn/it kind B > idc/r fnu
uadlDVh4Vtfbtf n cured. In < t J ) ottronKUiurr4lti
; n lueincur.UKt I win > n41 WBOTTLI a PllKB
trrtlb rwlih VAI.UAIlI.lkTKClTISlii > nJhl > dliou.