TIIE DAILY HERALD, PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1667. &l)e Hattsmontl), Dailji C)cratt KNOTTS B B O S., Publl8hors& Proprietors. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For ISuprt'ine Judge, SAMUEL MAXWELL. Vor University K-niits, DU.JII. H. DAVIS, DIl. UEOUGE KOI5EKTS. For Judjiexof .Second Judicial itrlct, HON. SAMUEL M. CHAPMAN. HON. ALLEN W. FIELD. REPUBLICAN COUNT TICKET. l''(r'l'r';iv.iir'r " D. A. ('AMI'IJELL. FrCl:rk IJIKD CIUTCHFIELD For Recorder WM. II. FOOL. I 'or Judge CALVIN KUSSELI.. For S;iieriiiltnd(!t:t of rublic Instruction JIAYNAKI) Si'INK. i r Sheriff J. C. EIKENliAllY. KOrClorkof district Court H.J. STUEIOHT. For (' u:ily JV.iiiiniHsinncr CJEOKOE YOUNG. For Surveyor A. MADOLE. For Coroner 1IENUY IKUCIv. The Republican State Platform. Tliy rumihliiMii iiirtv of Nebraska, while ewvr careful of property rights, and holding no yuip.-illi V with tlmse who would with the com luuinat diTide. or with tlio anarchists dentroy. reasserts its determination that me gre:it rail way corporations of this t;ite winch Hold re lations of closest, interest to the people shall La the fairly paid servants of the sta'e and not Us masters. T h work of lejriil;ttlT control in lilt state and nation snail continue until a.l ctuaeof complaint of exorbitant, rates and inijiKt diflcriiiiinution in favor of individuals 1 localities i-Uall ce:isu to exist. Assumii K the ifsoouslbilit ViWlilch fairly beloiiirs to it oi havini; originated all legislation looking to railroad eiilroi ami llie creation ot tuose ill bim:iW oO'oi nun-ion .wiiicli have) been eu ablrd to t;rapiI with corporate power, the re publican pari j will see to it t hat y a: 1 needed uiimrilwinrnis i power uiesu commissioiiH, na tioaal and siat-. shall bn armed for battle and i.vietory. JIiile favoring sueh canire in l!i cwnstitatioa of this elate as will permit the railroad commissioners to be elected by the jopl. It herftby voices its confidence in the exist in,' board vl transportation, ami coiniiiouds Its Hurts to omain tor iNeurasaa tne same tariff of rates for freiicht and carriage of pas euurtrs as is accorded to neighboring states luniariy circuiBsianceu. it is grossly unjust tij it irrrviou wrong that Nebraska should par uior for the transportation of her products u J tne caiiiaKi of bur supplies than hrr neigh- bur. lwa. Minnesota ana Dakota, wiut its t ot) tallea of easily constructed and cheaply maintained lines of railroad and the renuhli- n mt this state will not cease tuir efforts at 11 all wrongs bo righted. Wt reaflirui our aittierance to the. American syntem of tariff, under which, with its broad protection of American labor, our country lias prospwrM bvond any other, as the business of the country now demands revision, the re puoiicaii, alive to the demands of every mate rial iniPrst. will see to it that such reyixmn Khali be made at tho earliest ractical day. condemn the action of the democratic ma jority in eoncress in that after repeater, wedges of tariff reform, it Im.s utterlv failed while bavins a larne majority in the house of i epretBfatiTtH. wiiere tarilt bills must origi nate, to bring about aueh reform, which must ome freia the party that has et been the friend uf the American laborer and producer The grateful tlia.iks of the American people aro due tu thoce who defended the union in t lie Ute war an t we are in favor of providing suitable pensions for soldiers and Kailors who were disabled in its service or who have since, without taelrfault or vice, become objects of public er private charity and to the widow ani orcna"" or hump who n-u tn if defense. Wo heartily sympathize with the anbition an. i c-il.iru ot the patriots of Ireland in their endeavors to obtain for their country the blexsings or iree institutions and IocaI self iroverument. We recoirnize li Charles Stew art rarnell and the lit. lion. William E. il;id- stone worthy champions of the fundamental principal oi tne .Declaration of indepen ilance. We eoademn the action of the president in his attempt to return the troubles won by kravsrv on the field of battle. We condemn tho narrow, intolerant and par tisan action ofthe democratic party in exelud img from the privileges of state citizenship the kaif miUloa people of Dakota, olel yon the un manly and ladufensible ground of a difference ia political views. Mot content with their ef fort to exclude the negro from the elective franchise, they now seek to proscribe an intel ligent, presoerou and patriotic people because of their political opinions. We view with alarm the abuse of the veto pewer py the president of the United States, A power from tho use of which England sov ereigns nave abstained for two centuries; a power uaea uui six times aiirmg tne nrsc lorty years of oar national government, a power by the people intrusted to the president for the purpose of preventing hasty legislation, hasbv tk present incumbent of that oiliee been nsi-d to thwart the well ascertained will nt the peo- iic ami to lesisa mcir repeated aemaniis. lie Las, In one-h'.f of a single turni of offlce, uoetl the power more times than all the predecessors ouioiuen. jienas sought by all the prece deuted ase of extraordinary power, to consti tute hinuelf a co-ordinate branch of the na tional legislature. He ha frequently exer cised this "one man power" by tho cowardly uitriiuu oi iu- povKei veto - dv wnicn import ant measure have been defeated without inv reason being given for withholding Its ap- The graml lodge I. O. O. F. in ses sion at Lincoln, reports 145 active lodires in the state with a membership of 5,875. The compromise nrhich has just been made with the railroads reduces the coal tariff sixty cents per ton from Chicago to Nebraska points. Coal consumers are now watching for the benefits but they will have to look a longtime before they receive them. The New York Mail and Express has made a canvass of tho larbor party in Brooklyn, and f jund that out of3140 labor Votes CUSO, over four fifths, have hitherto supported tho democratic ticket As that party is particularly strong in New Y'ork, where Henry George is a candidate fer the leading office-to be filled in the coming election, the democratic chances for victory in that state are very far from being flattering. S. S. Cox is a new competitor for the chairmanship of the "Ways and Means committee. He is one of the oldest and most experienced members ofthe popular branch of congress. lie is also one of the most pronounced and aggressive free traders in that body, and is in harmony with the dominant faction of his party and R. Q. Mills, of Texas will have to look clwse for his laurels. Although Mr. Cox has never held many important positions in the organization of the house, he has been more than once an active aspirant for the speakership. Wh have been asked several timea lately on what day the flection occurred, and when we answered the 8th of No vember borne seemed to be surprised that it comes so late. As thero seems to be tho impression that the election occurs on the first Tuesday in November. Gener ally they do, but the law in each state says, "the first Tuesday after the first Mon day. "jThis year it means the second Tues day in November, on the 8th day of that month. November begins on Tuesday, so that it will require a whole week to fill in tlio l erpiircinent of "aft-T t!ie first Monday." Tlie November elections can not occur later than the 8th nor earlier than the 2nd of the month. Seckethkv Bavaru is beyond question the most serene and self-complacent ego tist that ever held portfolio of tha state department. In his'efforts to organize an international commission to settle the fisheries dispute after the United States senate had plainly oxpresed it3 most em phatic disapproval of such a commission he has g:ven to the country an exhibition of all which has never been exceeded by the political mountebanks of the dem ocrtic party. On January 13th, 1880, Senator Fryc, of Maine, introduced a resolution in which strong grounds wro taken against a coniinisiion. After a long and heated debate, in which tho whole question was reviewed and dis cussed in all its various lights, the reso lution was adopted by a vote of C to 10. But notwithstanding this plainly and, in fact emphatically expressed dis approval of international commissisn Bayard had proceeded with the organi zation of such a body. Ouzett Journal. .Thehk is a strong probability that the merchandise trade balance, which has recently been heavily against the United States, has now beguuto turn in its favor. The preliminary statements of exports for S .'ptembcr of the following classes of domestic products, to which, for pur pose of comparison, are appended the ex ports of the same classes of commodities for the corresponding month of 188(J, arc here 'iven: September, September, 18S7. 18SI5. Cotton $13,830,592 Breadstufis 11,091,132 Provisions 7,545,838 Petroleum 4,013,189 $7,190,903 14,284,058 7,129.913 4,SC5,223 1,009,315 Cattle and hogs C, OS, 300 Total 37.092,051 $33,9S0,3G1 Thus there was an increase last month of over $3,000,000 in the sales abroad of the five most important classes of Amen can exports. This was due principally to the great expansion in the shipments of cotton. In all the other items, except provisions, there was a falling off in the month, as compared with the same month last year. The artificial maintenance of prices of pork in Chicago at a higher level than would prevail if the law of supply and demand were permitted to bear sway is undoubtedly responsible for the decline in the exports of that product In the months of April, May, June. July and August, taken together, the aggre gate imports exceeded exports to the ex tent of about $G2,23G,000, or an average of nearly $12,000,000 a month. In Sep tember, however, it now seems probable that exports once more exceeded imports. Notwithstanding; the fact that the coun try in the five months named bronght abroad more merchandise than it sold, it imported nearly $4,000,000 in specie more than it exported. This proves that foreign investments in American indus trial enterprises have been heavy in the past few months. Qlohe Democrat. Uncle Sam After tho White Caps. Front the Indianapolis Journal. There is rumor that the depredations of the "White Caps" of Southern Indiana will be brought bef ore the Federal Grand Jury, which convened on Monday. All efforts to convict the outlaws at their homes have proved futile for the reason that in nearly all the countries where they operate they have control of the courts, and it is well known that during the last month an effort has been made to get the cases in the United States court. Gov. Gray and District Attorney Seilers were recently in consultation about the pro posed investigation, and the governor. in the strongest terms, urged that the rederal court take up the cases if there was any section of the law under which it could bo done. Statutes were careful ly examined by the two, and an old sec tion was found providing for the punish ment of KIu Klux, in the south under which it is believed the outlaws crii be triad. If any doubt should arise about the constitutionality of that section, there are other sections covering the cases of the "White Caps," and there seems to be no doubt about the Federal government having the power to administer law in the case. The law-abiding people in the counties where the depredations have been most frequent are anxious that the Federal court should give them protec tion, and have volunteered to give the district attorney all the assistance in their power, both in securing evidence for in dictments and conviction. The Federal officials have nothing to say about what will le done, but there is ground for be lief that witnesses from the complaiuing counties will be summoned to appear be fore the grand jury next week. MY OF ATONEMENT. THE MOST SOLEMN EVENT IN THE JEWISH CALENDAR. Frayer oud Fasting' for Twenty-fonr Hours Ancient Sacrlflclul Ceremonies. Solemn Closing Sorvloo Wearing Ver itable febrouds A Very Curious Custom. In this ttmo of materialixtlo thought the average American can hardly understand, still less can he appreciate, the awe and rev erence with which the Day of Atonement ia regarded by the Jew. It U the most sacred twenty-four hours in tho calendar of the Hebrew. Into the minutes of that day are woven the splendors of his ancient temples, tho pomp and ceremonial of the Mosaic rit ual, the sadness of a nation without a borne. The Jew was not contemned und a wanderer when that snored day was instituted. By orthodox and reformed Jews alike this day is held in reverence. Evory one of tha Hebrew fulth will observe it by fasting and pruyer. The time of this service is the tenth day of the seventh month in tho Jewish cal endar. The day is significant It is tlio tenth day to signify tho com pletenefcS of the atonement; it is tho seventh month because the month closed the festal half of tho Mosaic year, and thus, in a senso, formed its Sabbath; it is the tenth day of the month, because, say the wiso men, on that day Adam tinned and rejonted, Abraham was circumcised, and Moses came down from the Mount and found his peoplo worshiping the golden calf. Tho day thus set upai t is strictly and solemnly kept. On it, and on it alone, is there a fast enjoined. The Jew is expected to "afflict hii soul" ou that day, which means fasting in addition to re pentance and humiliation. THE ANCIENT CEREMONIAL. Tho ancient ritual included a ceremonial of Oriental magnificence. The priests were dressed in pure white linen, signifying sim plicity. Two stoats were furnished by the peoplo upon which were cast lots one lot for Jehovah and the other for Azazel, tho namo of a bad spirit living in the wildernoea. Ono of theso goats was killed as a sin offering after tho priest had slain a bullock; then fol lowed that niiigular ceremony of sending the living goat into the wilderness. A man ap pointed tho year before led the goat uway into a district front which there was no re turn path. The idoa of this procedure evidently was that the sins which had symbolically been laid upon tho goat did not return. The man who had led the goat could not re-enter the camp until lie bad washed bis clothes and himself. The high priest then took off his linen garments, washed himself, put on bis usual d reus and burned tho fat of tho other goat upon the altar. Since the destruction of Jerusalem tho Day of Atow-mcnt has not been observed with such imposing ceremonial. But yet it is kept up. In place of the sin offering there is the expiatory prayer, in which thero aro many beautiful passages. Tbe modern ob servance of the day consists of a rigorous fast, boginninj a sunset and continuing until tbe next evenlnar at 8 o'clock. Not a drop of wnter nor a morsel of food can be taken in that time. This observance is bind ing on every Jew, except those who are too ill to risk the fast. Tbe synagogue services begin about sunset and last several hours. Thoy are resumed tbe following morning at 6 o'clock and' continue until sunset. Tbe services consist of a set ritual of prayers for forgivenness, expressions of contrition and promises of amendment. Selections from the law and prophets aro read, and addresses upon the topics of the day are made by the rabbis. The music for tbe day is pitched in a tone of special solemnity. A striking feature of the service is the memorial of the dead, so called, in which not alone the names and virtues of departed members of the con gregation are mentioned, but tbe fact of their departure is used to point a lesson of morality, and their memory employed to in cite tbe pious emulation of those who mourn them. In many congregations very large collections are taken up for benevolent pur poses. solemw closing: service. The closing service, which begins just be fore sundown, is pitched in a still higher key of solemnity. The synagogue is then crowded to its utmost. Those who have gone out dur ing the day for air it is very wearisome sit ting in a crowded room for twelve hours; be sides, tbe effects of the fast are beginning to be felt return encouraged by the knowledge that the close of the service is near. The re sponses are louder. The rabbi ascends tho steus of the ark to close its doors, which have been open all day. Tbe whole congre gation, standing, repeat the Shsmang or He brew declaration of faith : "Hsre, oh, Israel, the Lord our Ood is ono." Then follows the repetition of tbe people's cry upon Mount Carmel in Elijah's time seven tunes: "The Lord be is God." Tbe doors of the ark aro closed and a single blast is blown upon a ram's horn, which dismisses tbe coogrega tion. Tbe article used in the service which probably comes tbe nearest in resemblance to the one used in Jerusalem before the Jew hung bis harp upon tbe willows is this ram's born. It is just such an instrument as that which Joshua and bis band blew upon when the walls of Jericho fell. Some little skill is required to blow it. It emits but one note, and that of a peculiarly weird and mournful character. Following tho custom established by tho priests in tho early history of the cult, it has boen the habit from time immemorial for the men to wear the veritable shrouds or gar ments intended to be used at their burial. Tiiis practice, however, among the wealthier Jews of this city has fallen into disuse. Among the poorer congregations the white garments aro still worn. But rich and poor alike yet cling to the little white cap which is worn on the Day of Atonement. A very curious ceremony in connection with this day is practiced by strict Jews. On tho dny previous to the Day of Atonement each man takes a cock and each woman a ben, and swinging it three times around the bead they each exclaim: "May this cock (hen) L-9 my atonement! This cock (hen) shall go to death that I may go into the lifo of the blessed with ail Israel. Amen." The fowls aro then killed and given to the poor, or else kept and their value given. A highly cultured rabbi, when asked this morning if he made any preparations for th fast by eating a hearty meal, replied there was a time in Lis experience when ho did so, but be had found that such a course was in jurious. Now he eats only an ordinary meal. But an acjed clothing dealer on Chatham street pursues a different course, ne eats all that ho can bold and says bo suffere uo ill effects from so doing. New York Bun. Itefnsed to Co-operate. Little Julia is in the habit of saying "amen" to the grace Lor papa asks r.t table, and aha usually says it heartily and with unction. But she failed to say it altogether at break fast a few mornings ago, and sat looking gloomily at the table, which had rather less on it than usual, and nothing that Julia liked. Borne one at table asked why Julia was silent. Full." she said with a flno scorn. "I don't think I'll say amen for such a breakfast as tins. 'wjBoston itecoro. THE MERRY CORPSE. What a jolly life the corpse must lead In the grave so calm aiul cool. Scorning the triflt-s poor mortal need. And pitying thi nauf anil fool! Lying Bt rest on eartlj'a fair bruaKt Ho battle of life to w iu; Fate's storn l Lest u a merry Just And time only makes him trrin. What Joy he iiinlj wlicn the rushing wlm!3 Sing gleefully o'er liis head I But the damp, co!J ruin ho never ruinds What u rare life !;ul tU dead I liis wants, tht.::,rli Rimplc.'hu has at baud. And all on th-j bojt of terms. While the fines t fare at liis command He serves to liis guest, tlio worms. Careless of heart, and fancy free, I'd give all I Liivo just u corpse to be. Lifo. PAIR OF DANCING TURKEYS. Dovlco of a Cruel but Ingenious Ilar keapor to Attract Custom. In a saloon on IVankford avenue a reporter saw, tho other day, two turkeys dancing to the strains of an orguiiiette. It was a strungo sight to see the ungainly birds bobbing up and down, first on ono foot, then on the other, then up with both feet, circling and wheeling around each other, cbasseing and changing sides, keeping perfect time with an orguinotto turned by the hand of tho larkecjer. All tho onlookers w ere mystified, whilo tho barkeeper grinned and raked in tho nickels which were paid over the bar by tbe amused crowd. Though the turkeys apparently kept timo to tbe music; the reporter noticed that they danced on when Um music stopped, robing first one foot and then tho olhur, and as they warmed to their work their steps grew faster and faster, tho musician raising bis st. ed to keep up with tho jumping birds. The tur keys, while going throtiKh their performance, wtre confined in a w ire cr.o at tlio end of tho bar. Tho cage was about three feet sq:iaro and five feet high, and tho floor of tho cago was thin sheet iron. The roportor, filter tho crowd went out, in vestigated tho d-iuciiig turkeys and discov ered the method 1 y w Inch thoy were taught or rather compelledto move. Ho found that the plan was ingenious, though cruel. They were made t d.inro by means of fire. Underneath the i hcvt iron csyo floor there was a shelf set, leaving a sjiice of about throe inches, into which was fitted tvu iron slide. When tho r.iun wanted tho turkeys to dance be would cjuietly get a shovel of live coals from tlio kitchen siove, distribute them over tho iron slid.) and u!p it into place uu der tho shout iron cage floor, ami in live min utes tho turkey fandango would ba in full blast First ono foot would be raised, then the other, and so on, tho pace quickening as the heat increased, until tho birds would be going as fast as thoy could lift their fes.1, and they would keep it up until tho lloor would cool off again. "They know wl.at's comhig now us soon as T 1 a r . . i . i x ue&ui to tooi wr.n ljo siiuc," said tLe Oar keoper, "and they begin tu danco without waiting for tho fioor to be hosted. Il's a good card for tho place whilo iL lasts, but I guess tho novelty will soon wear cii". I'm getting tired of ifc myself already." Phila delphia iNows. Kudcness of liio Traveling FnbHo. Tho other day ui dinner tha conTorsntion turned upon tho fuifish rudeness of a portion of tbe traveling public. One of tho persons at tbe table related this incident: Kome months ago the p&snx.'rs on a nisrht train on a branch railrond were kept awake by the loud and incessant conversation indulged in by two men sitting at one end of the car. There were no sleeping cars attached to tho train, and ono of tin men in the course of their wearisome babblo remarked: "It seems to mo that a ro:id which dcesn't furnish sleepers ought at least to. fit up their cars with head rests, such :is you ilnd on some of the eastern road:-." AV hereupon a voice at tho other end of the car replied: "Head rests wouldn't help much in this car so long as those two men down jit the other end keep on talking." The passengers roared with de light, and ono of the two offenders bristled up and declared he'd talk just as much as he pleased, but protty soon quiet reigned. Th passenger who so n?atly administered tbe needed reproof was i.d ward Evtrett Hale. Now York Tribune. Maufacture of ISru.iscl I.aro. Brussels lace is celebrated all over tho world, and we must not fail to visit one of the places where this beautiful and costly lace ts made. Here we ;;ee a number of women, very quiet, very n-.ctly dressed, and in some cases with wonderfully delicate and soft look ing hands, although thpy aro all plain wcrk ingwomen. Each is busy fashioning the deli cate pattern of a picco of lace, and it is said that each women has a pattern of her own, which she always makes, and wbi.-h, perhaps, descended to her from her mother and grand mother. Some of the women are working on cushions, with pins and bobbins, and scruo are using needles and the finest aud most deli cate of thread. Wc are told that Oils thread i3 all mado by baud, and it is so delicato that it has to bo spun in damp cellars, because in the dry upper air it would break before it is finished. There are old women in Brurels who bavo spent nearly all their lives spinning in cellars. Frank II. Stockton in St. Nicholas. Nature's Seed Eewiitg. The woody melou-shcped fruit of the sand box tree of the West Indies is made into a neat box by sawing off the top and scooping out the seeds and is used in Barbadoes for holding sand. When, however, tha fruit is allowed to ripen on tho tree, it bursts ex plosively, scattering the Sfeds over the ground. An expeririicntinjnatura'Lst recently sought to preserve a specimen of tho fruit by drying carefully, but it exploded with such violence as to destr y the box containing it. Arkansaw Traveier. Xcw French Coinage. Tho new French coViage i3 being carefully designed in hppes thnt parliament will sanc tion tho alteration directly the chambers re assemble. Nickel will definitively rcplaco bronze, and every rs-.in will show the amount of its value in largo, distinct figures on either Bide. Tho obverse will bcr.r the effigy of the republic with the dr. to, and on tbe reverse will lie the national mottc: "Liberty, Equal ity, Fraternify.'" Foreign Letter. Doctors in tlio IJussian Army According to Tho Fravitelstvcmiyi Vcstnik the Itu&stan army has 2,S03 surgeons, CC2 veterinary surgeo:;1-, and 3,4j5 felJshers (medical assistant:-). Tho strength of the Rus sian army on a p-ace footing is said to bo about 800,000, so that lh3 allowance is about ono surgeon to every COO men. Public Opin ion. ' Pho Ain't Uuilt that Way "I sco by tbe panr," s.iid Scrucrgs, "at least by a headline, that a woman buot at Coney Island." "Well," said MufT?, "I'll venture to say, from what I know of tue sex's marksmanship, that she didn't bit it."' Philadelphia Times." i.ife 13 one long waiting time, . So the learnt :! pcet.-. tell; All things con-,3 to bini who waits At a popular hotel. : -.... - . - Tid EMa. . (DIf I For the lu'.xl lew weeks choice of lots in South Park J"a be had for si 50 Purchaser may pay all in cash; or one half cash, the other half in one year;" or, one third cash, bal ance in one and two years; or '2f cash, remainder in month ly installments of H; or, any one areein to construct a residence worth $L',.rOU and upwards w ill he given a lot With out further consideration. TOW IS THIS TIMS to select your residence lots, even though you should not contemplate building at once. One visit to South P1' will convince the most, skeptical that it is t he most desirable residence locality in the citv. and we will add, that the most substantial class of buildings ol which Plaltsmouth can boast for the year 18-7, are now being constructed in this handsome addition. Beautiful Shade Tress around, and through the entire tract. Any one desiring (o c-nstruet a cottage; or a more preten tious resilience in itoiilh Parle, can examine a large selection of plans oi'lhe latent style of residences by calling at our oilice. Anyone, desirin;-- to examine nropert v with a view . O 11 to purchasing, wili be driven to the park at our expense. South Pari; is K . .; l)r;;i tliic; fori hs ol u mile l'roiii tha pcra House. It can I'c re-c-hi 1 eoiiveiil'.'iidv !y eilluT C!mt:go or Lincoln Avenues, or south on 7th tirtut. CALL ON nanam o OV233& CASS tfiUfir rl 0 K TAPLE AMD FANCY FLQUE. FEED; w e MAiif: ii':;oai,ty M. Have anything yo.i v.-.mt irom a v.- CARRIAGES FOR always kept ro.':dv. Cahs or tjdit cnrri;fo; mil i,nov, nd evcrv.Li, -g fr it:,U iurnL-U,! on AovltL s "S MIS r TN r. jorm a. oavieS: CO. 3.7.'. & PRO vis mm. of um: chodita-.v B. MURPHY & CO. T.n.scrww---ywc?, :r :,. ,rn f..,?. u . L , ""PLEASURE MiS & 8U W U iCfc, ;4v