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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1874)
HE OMAHA OFFICIAL FAPEM OP THE REPUBLICAN PLATPOEH. , by its party The Republican ESEAS , uomi- thirteen - s the i for the past yt-ars courts of tbe Culted nant political organization Uber.y-loving ihe allied itself to has States , rtconl acd has > u > B'le a world of tbe , masses challenges all history and which Invites scrutiny , uivjulty , aud elevating i establishing tory for a parallel on a firm in basis -a. govoruuient by For the people ; " and the p'ople the , Its several ac.s in preserving WIIEKEAS and streugt truing a common Union , In promoting ami of to the flag government allegience mon hare passed into history n i elicited this republic n 'entiment of the Republic ited th apprpval of tf tbe age , ther fare we , the representatives the Bepubllcan party of Jfebrisi a , in convention assembled , do resolve as roilowg. viz : tion 1st. That nil honest latxjr should be protected , and receive its lust reward ile-ilre that the credit 2J. Ihat we earnestly lU.iutaiueJ , ahall be Cm ly of our government inJuiirtil interests the commercial and order that in by terests of the country mav nut suik-r injury in any fluctuations in values or by iuipuiriug irevallsiu confidence whuh now drgre * that medium which we regard to ur circulating be based -pon d stant dsy , hops will , at no of the ' luoney nietalic currency , tha rec'gnlzal world. that banlclre. under a So. That we national believe systrm , Fl > oulJ be free , well-guarded aud economy in all departments jmd we counsel rtfonn reduction service , auia of the public partments and as debt in fuch a way the public of tion thout imposing it bo dot e w may rapidly , as . the Industries of the country. burdens upon HC-ountsbility demanl a rigid 4th. That we the ol of oiSdal duty on part the diw harc in Xati.-nal , whether State or , oiSce-buldora nil constituents lor , speaking and thu s delegates sympathy rep'esent we di'avow any wnoui w officials , in whatever uishonest public for with , or . be employed. ever capacity they way and appreciate 5th That while we recognue advantages derived by the | > coplc from a tbe demand of railways we well-regulated system rendered highways tlioulj be rubservicnl that these public to the public good. That while we hostility toward railroad corporations dlsav.w nay d teruimUion to resist tions we proclaim our oppressive lawful means all efforts to impose by transporta-lon tolls. - or extortionate must be to be Just fitb. That taxation , imposed all clashes of property ; upon oquMly demand iucli National aud State we therefore will compel lai roads and all other legislation as or tax the same proportion corporations U > pay Individuals. M is imposed on exerciM ) of ( he favor the pro , er 7th. Tnat we . conferred upon tha uatiunal go\ern. powers commerce tbe constitution to regulate ment by and to tlib end we recommend the State * , between e tablisb and operate mend that I be government railway from the Missouri trscW doubla rate a Atlantic seabord. rivet to tbe tequest that our Senators 8th. That secure we the eiruoitly passage o ! Croun-.e's Hall- road Laud Tax Bill. amendment of the favor the 9th. That we , providing onstltutlon of the United states rtbe election if Preid nt , VIca President , federal - Senators , and all other United btati-s by the direct vote of the people. officer * enacted by lav the unwritten 10th. That in of his Country of tbe Father example tb tb < Presidential re-election to the r declining a incorporated thovgh It w tarrn , is ai controling as and ought porated in tbe national constitution , bevioUted. never to Indian Quater so-cal ed the p.-ouent - llth. That t neSts cither dian policy h i hu d to aCbrd to tha frontii r settlers to the Indians or protection l diuand tbe transur . therefor. : tlers , and we War De- tbe management of the Indians to tbe partntnt. of apportionment thtt favor tbe 12tb. we of tbe cnatttuont through State repreaentatlvrs constitution at the earliest practicable a new fundamental with our present day consistent eubmlssion to the and that we recoiumeud law , the direct vote of tbe people - * Ip - * a separate An n.tIfutInn artt- li voted upon , tbe qufts'tians < "Local Option , " and license. 73th , That we approve the acts of Cop cress the rights o' all citizens under protection Which put when they the National authorities of tection assailed by hostile legislation , or by the violence are whether or , open olence of armed associations In ecretandln view ol the recent outrages * , the eulorcc- nd the southern bUtes. we dein mentol the laws that these r gbts may bo securely and wherever cUd whenever and amply.prot curely of all do however , disapprove , ever invaded ; we cured legulMlon , lor tbe unconstitutional evils v. bich any of the disorders of society , or in our land. prevail of and most cor in favor 14th. That we are Nebraska Slate. Immigration to our dlally invite thatltsvastagricul braska Deeds Immigration , crJ , and manufacturing resources tural , ml to with urea sufficient an be developed , may snd Massachusetts , mace ten States as large as we g ve a fertility , cell unsurpaa < ed for tbe dowu-troadon rnaxscs welcume to hearty that ; h y them of the old worldand assure shall be secure U their lives , UU-rty and proitr erty , and free to hoU and express their religious . without restraint. and pollt cal opinions ious of J5th. That , relylux upon ib. Intelligence the people of our young uni rro perout com monwealth , which is soon to tnLo high rank in tbe great family of States , we hereby renew allegiance to the pirty which we represent our of conditions und call its tlasso4 , aud upon men to unite wjth us in j erpetuatin ; ; tbe bl is- with covtrniuent in accordance of free ings which actuate and tbe cberlsbedi principles control the great bodr of our neoole. REPUBLICAN TICKET. Fo * Uember of Confess , IXBENZO ) CHOONSE , of Waihington county. For Member of Congress ( contingent ) PATRICK O. HAWE3 , of Douglas county. STATE TICKET. For Governor , S11AS UAIUSER , of Webster county. Tor Secretary of State , JIKOKO TZSCHUCK , of Sarpy county. For Trcssurer , JOSEPH C McBKIDE , ot Coital county. . , For finpcrlntendent of Public Instruction , J SI. McKKKZIE , of iiernaha county. - For State Prison Inspector , NATHAN S. PQHTEU , pi Dlxon county. For Attorney General , GEORGE H. ROBERTS , of Ilarlsn countr. For District Attorneys , First District-CJ. DII.WORTH , of Plielps county. Second District W. J. CONNELL , ol Douglas county ; Third District SI. B. IIOXIE , of Collix county'1" ' For Hepre4intatlve of Uie 25th District , JOHN W. BARNES , ofjCaa cjuntr- COUNTY TICKET. For State Senator * , JACOB S. SPAUN , WILLIASI F. SWEE6Y. . * For E prcseutatlves , JOHN M. T1IUKSTO > . P.ENJASIIS II BARROWS , JACOIt WLIDKNSALIi ; JOHN BAUSIUR , KPHUIAM D. PKATT , JASICS SUC.VRTHUR. For County Commissioner , VALENTINE L. THOMAS. For nperlnt < * ndcnt ot Schools. , JOHN RUSH. OwixtTto the election to-day , our editorial matter ia iiecessarily neg lected. : life a Warfare. TUere would seem to be an Incu rable variance between the life which men covet for themselves aud that which they admire moth ers ; nay , Iwtween the lot which they would choose beforehand , and that Inwhich they glory afterward. The aim which God assigns to us as our highest Is , indeed , the direct reverse of that which we propose to our selves He would have us in per- pelual conflict ; we crave an unliro- ken peace. He keeps us ever on the march ; we pace the green Bed by the way with .many a sigh for rest He throws us onj a rugged universe , and our first care is to make It smooth. Jlin resolve Is to demand of us , without ceasing , a living poweiV-a force fre&h from the spirit He has given ; our * , to get into such settled ways that life may almost go of itself , with scarce the trouble of winding up. Every way He urges our reluctant will. Ho crows the thistle and the hedge.but "expects us to raise the olive and the corn , having given us a portion tion of strength and skill for such an end. He leaves in each man's lot a thicket of sharp temptations , and expeetsblm , though with bleedIng - Ing feet , to pass firmly throughhav- Ing given him courage , conscience and guide dix-ine to sustain him , lest he faint And , after ail , In spite of their wills , men are , In their inmost Tiearts , on the side of God , rather than their own , lu 'this 'matter ' " " " Jfartincau. NEBRASKA SKETCHES. The Valley of tfle Hem-aba. ( Correspondence of tba BEE. ) HUSIBOLDT , RICHARDSON Co. , 1 KEB. , Oct. 10th , 18 4. J The Valley of the emaha has been very noted for its extreme fer tility , but we were quite unprepared met our for the fccenes which here view. We expected to see log outs predominate as houses and dug we traveled westward up the valley , but we were agreeably disappointea , for there is not in .Nebraska a district where orchards , groves , and fine residences are more numerous. "We saw plenty of log houses now used for stables , and root houses that once their former inhabitants were dug outs , but habitants are now occupying more cozy quarters This shows true pro gress. The mushroom days are past , and the hardy pioneers are begin ning to enjoy the fruits of their toil. The corn here is , however , this year an entire failure. jSfrasahopperdand drouth combined have left nothing that will pay for picking. The wheat is an average crop. Oats are rather poor. Fifteen miles west of Falls City , on the Atchison & Nebraska rail road , is the village of Uawson's Mills. Four years ago there was not a house hcrenow ; there is a neat little town'with three general stores and a drug store in course of erec tion. Buildings are going up every where , and the enthusiastic villa gers told us they would have a city here yet. Hosford & Chitteuden are the pioneers of the town , and keep a general assortment of goods , inclu ding everything marketable. Mr. J. L. ifead is the postmaster , aud as jovial a gentleman as " , ever fetamped a letter. Ho keeps ft store also , wljere he retails'everything you pan think of , jokes included. Mr , E. B. Webb has just oppijed yp a neat lit ? tie store , and Js getting a fair share of uustora. "The Village Black smith" Is Mr. Paniel Tyuorand we should judge by his massive arm that he had swung the bledgo for many ft year. Mr. J. B. Wade is a wagon maker , who , like a true pioneer neer , has for some Uqie past been content to live In a shed puilt on to his shop , but now he is erecting ona of the neatest cottages. In town. All otler trades are as yet unrepresen ted , aud to young men wishiug to go to work for themselves , we say , "Go Wi5t ( young man , go west , " tp Dawson's Mills , and "grow up with the country. " From here we went went on up the valley to Humboldt. which is an important business cen ter of this part of the country. It is situated in the western part of Rich ardson county , and on the line of the Atchison & Nebraska railroad. Its water-power , which is too little valued , could , if properly utilized , run half a dozen manufactories in addition to the two flouring mills now In operation. Within one mile pf the town theie are quarries of fine limestone , which has been used extensively , ijut there is enough left to build a dozen , cities. The Humboldt High School is considr- ed to be one of the best conducted educational institutions in the State. Prof. 8 , P. Boyd , A. B. , with five as- sistante , constitute the faculty. Humboldt has one of the greatest architectural curiosities we have seen anywhere a sort ot Noah's Ark. It is of massive proportions , three stories high , but it looks as if it had been originally a one story building , and then , as 'everything ' else progressed , it took a start and "pfrewup with the town , " a story at a time , each addition quite the reveise In shape and appearance from the one that preceded it. In side it is as curious as on the outside. Mr. W. H. Ktearns is the Noah of tliis ark and he has aix stores or de partments in the building. In one place he sells groceries , in another clothing , and so on to the end of the list , even including the drug business and a watchmaker's shop. There are two flouring mills here , one of which , the Humboldt Mills , is run byJoeGlasser , a former Oma- hainn. His miller is Mr. K. H. Spencer , a man who has been thirty- two years in the business and has the name of making better flour than can be produced in any of the fourteen mills on the Nemaha river. "Spence" IS a uenius and is one of Dee Miller's "old settlers. " Ho once owned the entire tract of land south of the U. P. depot , which is now the princely domain of theKouulzes. He also had a half interest in the Plattsmouth town Bite ; but he con sidered a few corner lots in Bellevue worth more than Omaha or Platts mouth , which then had but little existence excepting on paper , so he traded and the result is that Mr. Spence Is rich in nothing now but reminiscences of the past. That , however , was a mine to us , aud af ter listenlngfor an hourto the "ways that are da k and tricks that are vain" of the old time politicians , who kept Nebraska's capital on wheels in order to fill their pockets , we oame to the conclusion that the politicians of to-day are honest men compared with those ancient legis lators. R. H. Spence could have thrown much light on that famous libel question and It is a pity that he was not a witness in the suit. One of the best general stores In town is that of Frazler & Labal. Their place of business is too small for the immense trade which they have. Captain Enoch is the agri cultural man of Humboldt , and he also keeps a first-class boarding house and Is fond of telllngjolly sto ries of the old times when he was a captain of a company of Indian fighters. Mr. F. W. Samuelson Is one of the rising men of Humboldt , and has the reputation of being one of the shrewdest men in Richardson county , and we believe it Mr. Samuelson is a hardware merchant and banker , aud if he Is not before many years one of the richest men in this part of the country , it won't be on account of somebody having fooled him out of his money. Mr. M. E. McDowell keeps a good res taurant , confectionery , &o. Mr. E , F. Buser is the photo artist who catches the shadow ore the substance fades. E. F. Patrick , M. D. , practices his profession , and is also agent for the Florence sewing machine. He told us that ho had all that he could at tend to , and judging from what we saw we should say he had. The doctor Is a genial gentleman , and ought to have a good partner to as- slsthlm. .Doctor , how about that bill at Minis' ? The principal dress-making and millinery establishment is kept by Mrs. A. P. Smith. Mr. John Klossner repaired our saddle and done it well , consequently" , we be lieve him to be a good harness- maker. Mr. beth W. Beals-is one of the leading men of-the county , and will undoubtedly be a member of the next legislature , as , ho has the nomination of the Itepublioan garty. Mr. Beals is ajustice of the peace , real estate agent , and dealer In agricultural implements. Mr. _ \y. W. Turk is. a druggist , who keeps a large stock of medicines , but we took more interest in his cigars. They are good. Mr. J. M. Brock- man keeps a grocJetySstore , where he docs a lively business. Acker- man & Houston are catlle , dealers and butchers. Mr. H. HK _ Smith keeps a general store. He is a genial , clever gentleman , ami-has a host of customers. Mr. E. P. Tucker has a vast quantity of lath , shingles , doors , sash , building ma terial , &c. , constantly on hand. His trade is large and constantlyou the increase. Earley , Sherer & Stone are also extensive lumber dealers , Shaving houses in Humboldt , Salem and Atchison , Kansas. The best assortment of furni ture we have seen in this coun ty is kept by Mr. C. M. Whitcomb , who has just moved into an elegant store on the west side of the public square. We are stopping at the Humboldt House , kept by Mr. C. J. Tinker. It is quiet and homelike , with very leasonable charges , which is a mat ter of importance these hard times. There is a good livery stable attach ed to the house. Humboldt has two good elevators. One of them especially , merits our attention. It was built by the Humboldt Patrons of Husbandry. The arrangement of the machinery is the most perfect that we have ever seen , and reflects great credit on Mr. X > . IV. Sowle , who designed and superintended the construction of everytning about it. The cost of the building was only $4,000 , although it has capacity for 20,000 bushels of grain. Mr. George G. Start , the manager-is.a gentleman who has had many years experience in handling grain. - V Humboldt looked as it is by erie o the richest and best cultivated farming districts to be found agy- where , it is certainly highly favored - ? ed , but unfortunately for Omaha , almost the entire trade of south eastern Nebraska goes toj3t. Joe. Jsow if Omaha had direct railroad connections with the country , the present state of affairs would be re versed. The Trunk railroad is being built , but that alone will never bring to Omaha the millions of money which flows from this rinh county ; but let the capitalists of Omaha with theli usual energy and fore sight , take hold of this matter and build a feeder to the Trunk road. When suoh a road Is built , running from Kansas City to Nebraska City or Brownville , then this territory ( the richest in Nebraska ) will trade with Omaha , its natural market. Politips attract very little atten tion here outside of a few office seekers. A reform candidate , the Rev. E. B. Sterlin , advertised the town and sent drummers to bring in a crowd and then rung his little bell repeatedly and by eight o'clock got twenty-three men to listen very impatiently to a raging denuncia tion of everything in general and Roberts in particular. There was but little attention and no enthus iasm , and the only one satisfied with his sentiments was himself. Some one told us how this same Revrened gentleman had allowed politics to getiutohis muscle to such an extent that in a neighboring town he made an attack on the Rev. J. H. Griffiths , who unceremonious ly denounced the political preacher. Humboldt has a tip-top Brass Band | I , and as its gentle notes which are now floating in at my window have a tendency to woo the drowsy god , wo will bid you al } good njght , ant , } retire to our virtuous couch. HANGER Oar Teonmssh Letter. TECTJSISEH , Neb. , Oct. 15 , ' 74. EDITOR BEE : Tecumseh has been in a muddle , politically , for some time , and as the town has not been overrun with po litical meetings- the voters of the town and county around have not felt that interest politically that many others have , notwithstanding it is a Republican county and will poll a heavy Republican vote on the 13th of October. Persuant to ap pointment ; General Roberts aud Colonel Vandevoort arrived on the evening train from the south , when they were welcomely received and notice was soon given that they would speak at the Court House. At an early hour , notice having been given through the county , many from the country came in to hear the champion speakers and the much persecuted1 General Roberts. When the time arrived the speakers repaired to the hall , where the seats were filled and the Deoplo eagerly awaiting the hour , when Mr. John Wilson was called to the chair and introduced General Roberts , who opened his speech with that pleas-i ant style with which he is usu ally accustomed. He was not Ion ? ; however , in telling the people what his mission was , and the Issues of the day. He made that Impres sion upon the voters which will tell the day of the election. We had one of his best speeches , which was heartily received by all who were present. The Colonel followed In hs | usual pleasant manner , and brought to bear some stubborn facts , which would Induce the voters on next Tuesday to vote the straight Republican ticket. The speech was very pointed , seasoned occasionally with a few of those social jokes , which kept the audience eager to hear the conclusion. The speeches were truly Interesting , and gave good satisfaction to the audience , notwithstanding the fact that the speakers had become almost tired out by the tedious and fatiguing campaign. ADD. Telegraphic Luxuries. The telegraph In this country Is a luxury that only rich men and cor porations can aflbrd to use. For or dinary business purposes the rates are too high. The dispatch eats up the profit The great drag on the newspaper enterprise of the country is the expense of telegraphic com munication ; and this mill-stone is kept fastened on the neck of the young giant by the Press Associa tion , which endures the extortions of the telegraph monopoly only be cause It can indulge In the luxury of a smaller monopoly on Its own account. But while wo are sweating and groaning under the burdens of tills bad system it is refreshing to know that its operations are confined to this country. On the continent of Europe telegraphing Is very cheap. A day or two ago we gave Mayor Medlll's testimony as to the tele graphic system of Germany , where the lines are owned and ope rated by the government Mr. Smolley bears the same testimony In regard to the telegraph system of England. The ordinary rate for a press telegram between two places in the kingdom used to be a shil ling for twenty words , address free. After the government took the tele graph lines under Its control it re duced the rates to a hundredcwords for a shilling. The whole of Pro fessor Tyndall's address , occupying eight and a half columns in the London Timcsr was bent to that pa per by telegraphjj'at an Immense cost , " we are told. But this feat , which that paper celebrates as "one of the wonders of journalism , " cost about $50 m gold. The same ad dress sent through the cable to this country would have cost us about $2100"in gold. The Herald has often paid $500 , and sometimes twice that sum fora simple cable'dispatch. Some of the tribune's dispatches during the Franco-German war cost still larger sums. Even our local telegraph bills often mount up to a height that throws the boasted enterprise of the London Times into the shade. The Chicago Iribune paid some $600 for its telegraphic copy of Moulton's statement. This shows the crush ing weight under which our Ameri can journalism struggles to main tain itself. The telegraph monopo ly doubles the price of dispatches , and its exactions are supported by the Associated Press , because it is also a monopoly and can practice a little extortion on its own account. And the press of the country put up with the infliction out of sheer tim idity , and the fear that any effort to throw it oft would be followed by a withdrawal of telegraphic privil eges altogether. They dare not even advocate the purchase and op eration of the telegraph lines by the government , as in Germany and England , lest the double monopoly shall grind them to powder as wheat betweea the upper aud nether stones of the mill , These facts and figures , given in one of the Associated Press papers , tell their own story. They show the necessity for breaking the telegraph monopoly by putting this whole business in the hands of the govern ment , where it belongs. This would reduce the cost of telegraphic com munication three-fourths and treble Jhe telegraphic business of the coun- foy.--Tliis would reduce tbe tele graph from a luxury , which only rich men and great corporations can afford to indulge in , to a great com mon convenience anil public bene fit. AW Yorfr Graphic. Economy for the Winter. ' tha Now Yorfc Tribune ) The end of September a year ago inaugurated one of the most curious reforms which ever took place ! iir our social history a reform based at first on neither a reason nor a principle. Every man began to economize before he felt any lack of money , not because he held econo my to be a virtue , but because he doubted his neighbor's ' financial cre dit , just as now he does his religion , and for no better cause. Not know ing what business or speculation to trust , he resolved to button up what ever money he might have in his pocket , am } by all means possible to keep it there. Economy was for a while literally the fashion. It was the proper thing to have "Invested in the Northern Pacific , and to find it expedient to contract. " Now , when the general distrust and con traction have made the evil a reali ty , and economy a necessity , we do not practice it with such complacen cy and airy grace. Just at present , when the summer holiday Is over and the heads of the firm or family are planning the winter's campaign , U the time which they take to decide how and where the pinch and tightening shall be made. In most cases the object is to make it not where it will be the least felt , but where the n.oxt door neighbor will not find it out. Brown Sliding his shelves full of goojs which sell too slowly for his needs , retains his ornamental platoon of salesman , but docks the number and pay of his hands who work out of sight. His wife cuts down the wages of hersemptress , dickers with the washerwoman oy er every week's bill , but drives as usual in the park behind her blooded bays and liveried footmen. The same system of petty scrimping and ill-judged expendi ture runs into every class and grade. The master carpenter's wife , pro nounced among her neighbor's ' as a generous housekeeper and ( on the basis of her dress aud parlor fur niture ) "a perfect lady , " finding her allowance cut down one-half , turns off the poor woman who has sewed for her , and buys her underwear readj-mnde , saving enough in this way to treat herself to a Parisian' winter dress , a mass of course cloth , gaping stitches aud tawdry bead- work. The sewing woman In her turn is driven to these ready-made clothing shops , and will make for the rest of the year calico wrappers at 25 cents for each , and other gar ments In the same proportion. The female employesof the mills recently - ly closed or running on half time crowd the doors where this work is given out , glad of this poor chance to escape starvation. The other chance which offers itself to both sewing woman and mill-hand , de cent , faithful domestic service , they turn from as involving a loss of caste. The cook or chambermaid at Brown's , or even the carpenter's house , is , paid at nearly double the rates of "sales-ladies" in the smaller shops. The sales-lady lodges in a garret and lives on starvation diet , while the cook lias at her disposal all the comfort and delicacies which her employer can command for him self. The motive in this madness lies in the much abused name of "lady , " and it is tills motive which accounts for the hundreds of womed driven , by their own show ing , to the brothels of New Yorkfor bread. This appetite for vulgar dis play aud struggle for sham position has served the Tribune and all other social mentors as a never failing text for years in thels crusade against the shortcomings of ourJialf educated classes. It was apparent enough in the days of lavish ex penditure , but it is oddly more no ticeable in the recent attempts at economy. The man who when in Europe flings his money about to the amusement and gain of all shopkeepers , and when at home. dares not dispute an extortionate biH for fear of a suspicion of pover ty. is the man who in the ' hard times coming this winter will dock the wages of his workmen to spend the money In opera or ball tickets. Anv appeal to him would bo wasted. When wealth IH held to bo the sole qualification to rank or respect , we are not likely to be willing to betray our lack of it. There Is a class of rational and cultured men and women whom it may be worth while to remind just now that the saving of money is not sometimes the best humanity or economy. We fall to see the wis dom of discharging workmen or servants whcse wagea would amount to hundreds during the winter months , and before the winter Is over subscribing thousands to bene ficial societies or soup-houses. Nor is it better policy to deny ourselves suddenly the comforts and luxuries upon the manufacture of which the majority of city operatives depend for their daily bread. The remarks , of course , only apply to the wealthy class ; but there are none of us who shouldi not carefully consider how our small surplus funds could be ex panded in wages rather than in alms. At an eating house in. Fort How ard , on the Chicago and Nortuwest ern railroad , the following sign Is hung up : "All meals taken in this hall will be seventy-five cents , re gardless of ntre , business , sex , na tionality , politics , religion , or previ ous coiiOiUott of servitude. " HONEY FOE THE LADIES. Camilla Urso , the violinist , knows how to draw a bow. A Boston girl had ! | aian arrested for "winking at her" in a Htreet car , and he proved that "he had been blind 22 years. A. "The honeymoon is all very well , " said a prudent belle , "but what I want to see beyond that is the prom ise of a fine harvest moon. " A Troy woman got all ready to elope with a young man , but finding that he had been eating onions for supper , she went back to her hus band. "Dear me ! " disconsolately said a rude young girl , "I've forgotten my handkerchief. Fortunately I havn't a bad cold ; but I havn't anything to flirt with. " Bus to kiss. Re-bus to kiss again. Blunder-bus two girls kiss ing each other. Omni-bus to kiss all the girls in the room. Bus-ter a general kisser. E pluri-bus unum a thousand kisses in one. There lives in California , Santa Cruz county , a Spanish woman who is the mother of twenty children , none of which are twins ; and in the Pajaro valley an American who has brought up a family of twenty- one , Recently two elderly Scotch mai den ladies of a believing , faithful , aud rather superstitious turn , being from the Heelands , were startled out of their senses owing to a reve lation made to them by an old gen tleman traveling in the same car riage , as to the history of an air- cushion which he carried on his lap with the utmost anxiety lest any one should touch it. "That air-cush ion , " ho said to his fellow passen gers , in a voice husky with emotion "contains the last breath of my dead wife. She expired in a fit im mediately after "blowing it out I beg ladies , that you will not meddle with it , " Jennie June got a hat that turned up on one side and her husband criticised it so severely tliat she wore her old bonnet when she went 'to see the "Sphinx , " audio ! it was the only one there. Everybody had on a new hat , and everybody had it turned up high on the side. Said herhusband , "Good heavens ! have allithe women gone crazy ? " "les , " 'replied she , meekly , "and why can'tl go crasy too ? " "My dear , " said he\you ( may ; if would be ridiculoua'to'be ' the only sensible woman in the world. " So here after she is going to wear her gray felt , turned up on one side , in peace. BANKING 1 J. H. 3IILI.ARP , President. | > Cashier. NATIONAL BANE , Cor. Douglas and Thirteenth Streets. OMAHA , - H TSEliflASKA. Capital 1 . . . . .I J200.00000 Surplus and Profits Su.OOO 00 AGENT SFOR THE UNITED FINANCIAL STATES. ANf DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY FOB DISBURSING OFFCEU3. THIS BANK DEALS in Exchange , Government Bonds , Vouchers , Gold Con , * * | fl ULLIONand G OLD D UST\ \ # * And sells drafts and makes collections on all parts of Europe. B"Drafts drawn payable in gold or curren cy on the Bant of Califoruia. San Francisco. TICKETS FOR SAI/E TO ALL PARTS of Europe via the Cunard and National Steamship Lines , and the ilamburg-Amar'can Packf'O ? i. U.S. DEPOSITORY The First National Hank Corner of Farliam and I3tu Street * . BAmHOESTA IN 5EBSASKA. ( Successors to Kountze Brothers. ) ESTABLISHED IN 1858. Onranlzed u a Rational Bank , August 26,1863 Capital nud Profits over - $250,000 OFFICEES AND DIRECTORS : ECREIGHTON , A. KOUNTZT , President. Cashier , H. COUKTZE , ir. w. YATES , Vice Pres't. As't Cashier. A. J. POPPLET'OX , Attorney. The. Oldest BANKING HOUSE IN N11RANKA. Caldwe ! ! , Hamilton & Co. , Bnsiness transacted same as 1Iir.t of an Incorporated Hank. Accounts kept In Currency or HeM subject to sight check tri1 limit no tice. tice.Certificates Certificates of Deposit Issued pay able on demand , , or at ( lx 'd dali- bearing interest at six percent.wr \ annum , and available iu in all parti- of the country. Advances made to customers on approved securities at market ruins 01 interest. Buy and sell Gold , Hill * of Ex change , Government , Stele , County , and City Bonds. "We give special attention to nego tiating Railroad anil other Corpo rate Loans issued Tvitliin the State. Draw Sight Drafts on England , Ireland , Scotland , and all parts of Europe. Sell European Passaee Tickets. COLLLECTIOSS PKOSIPTLY SIADE. aulU ALVIN SAUNDEKS , ENOS LOWE President Vice Presdent. BEN WOOD , Cashier. SAVIITCS X. W. Cor. Farnhani aud 13th SU. , Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ . . . _ . . . .8 JOO.OOO AuthoriiedCapltU . 1,000,000 jVvEPOSITS AS SMALL AS ONE DOL-'l. I \J lar sece'Ted and compound interest alI I | lowed on the some. I Advantages OVER Certificates of Denosit : WHOLE OR ANY PACT OF A DE- THE after 'remaining in this Itent three months , will draw interest from d.te o ! depos it to'payment. The it-hole or any part o' B de posit can be drawn atfan ' - aug2 li EDWARD KUEHL. JIAGISTKR OF IE DKPAIiTED. Ko493 lOth Bt , betweea Fan&am & Harney. Will bf the aid of guardian spirit ; , obtain tot any one JL new o2 tne put , present tm fu ture. No fen charved In caaei cf ilcknesi. Furniture Dealers Nos. 187 , 189 and 191 Fainkam Street. 3VC L.-EC . . 3ST3E MILTON ROGEBS. Wholesale Stoves TZSTWABJE and T22T 1TEB.S' STOCK. - SOLC WESTERN AGENCY FOR - STEWART'S COOKINa and HEATING STOYES , THE "FEABLESS , " COOKING STOVES , CHARTER OAK COOKING STOVES , All of Which Will be Sold at "Haaufaclurers' Prices , With Freightjaddcd. . ap2'.tf I Fosrt Calhoun Mills. IFIEIEID & Manufactured ivitli Great Care from Ihe Best Grain. General Depot , Ccr. 14tn < & IDodgo Sts , . . . CL.ARIC. may 9-ly. W. B. . OTVT A-g3T A. PITCH , FELT AND GRAVEL ROOFER , Anil manufacturer of Dry and Sntuwted ltoonnK'and Sbeuihlng'.Felt. ALSO DEALERS IN -Roofing , Pitch , Coal , Tar , Stc. , Btc. in any part of Nebraska or adjoining States. Office opposite IthelGas Works , on ROOPiNG . . 12tln treet. Address P. O. Box 452. r C. F. GOODMAN , WHOLESALE DRU6GIST , > A.ncl Dealer in. PAINTS , OILS ASTD WINDOW GLASS , * < - _ Omalia. Nebraska. J.MU. IMI. j IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES and LIQUORS , Tobaccos and Cigars , No. 142 FAKNHAM STREET , OMAHA , NEB. Old Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty. WS-AGENT FOB THE ELDORADO WINE COMPANY , CALIFORNIA.-63B ] uiy2iy . 3 = oirtoi-'ei k.lo , of Omaha ; ShirJ Factory. CHlELES H. PLATZ ilanufacturer of MILLINERY , Ladies' and Gents' NEPTUNE , or FISII.FLOWEKS , Kica Oraamenta for Ladles. OEDERS PROMPTLY FILLED1 216 Douglas St. , Visclier's Bloclc , Omalia , Neb. > GreatWestQm"i WestQm"i . ' ' V. Business i College. OMAHA , NEBRASKA. JGSTSend Stamp for Circulars. G. R/RA.THBTJN , Principal. SAFES ! Celebrated Diebold ; Nerris & Co.'s ( Late Diebold & Kienzlc ) FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF , Have the best record of all , not One Lost in the two great fires in nhirSl also reserved the contents in every instance at in SSfaace . iSS also at Central City , Col , and at all Independence. the test without failure. All Sizes for Sale and Made to Old Safes TaLken in. ALSO VAMS , IMMt AJtD"BaiAI.I. LOCKS. 33 S. COVBB.T , General Agent , Chicago. * < i E STBVJPS Agent , , , , : sia TJalrtoexitix St. , OmaJ * . * * * MAX MEYER & BROTHER , OMAHA , NEBRASKA FARMS ! FREE SOMES Un Uie Line of th Union Pacific Railroad A. Liid Oraat of 12,000,000 , Aorta of tba boat FAHUIHQ and MUTEBAL Laada of America 1,000,000 ACUFS IX NEBRASKA IS THE GREAT PLATTE YA.LLE THE QABDEH OF THE WB3T HOW FOB BALE , tbe 41t degree ol Noith Lit DnltedStaUs on * central ot the These lands are in the portion , acJ for ln itiide. the central line of the reat Temperate Zona o ! the American . Continent er { rowing and stock raiaini ; nnsurptused by anjr In the United SUtw. . and ceanaleat to oirket tha& oa elvin. nore OHKAPEB IB PRICE , mote k-rorabla tanas be found 1 * twlioia , FIVE and TEN YEARS' credit giren with Interest at SIX PEK CENT COLONISTS tad aOTHALBETULESacaahny oaTea Yean' Credit. Land * at the t as nrlce to all CTSEDIT PUBOHABEB3. A Deduction TEN PEK CENT. FOU CASH. FREE HOMESTEADS FOB ACTUAL SETTLERS. * * ifl the Best Locations for Colonies ! Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead i 160 Acres. to of , with new maps , pnbllsueJ In English , German , Sand Send tor new Deacriptlre Pamphlet " , i. vifiS * > tJD . JV v Address - and Dan" > i , mailed free everywhere. Land Commissioner U. P. U.K.CO , ( hnaba. Seb. ulyi-Mar ! i A. B. HUBEKMANN & CO. , WATCHMAKERS , ! OF JEWEL BY" S. E. Cor. 13th & Douglas Sts. WATGHES & CLOCKS JEWELRY AND PLATED-WARE , AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. Dealers Can Save TDIE and FREIGHT by Ordering of Us. ENGliAVING DONE FREE OP CHAJIGE ! ISTALL WOODS WABRANTx-J ) TO BE AS REPRESENTED.- ian3t-t/ 8 C. ABBOT ! S. C. ABBOTT ifc CO Booksellers DEALERS IN Ho. 1.88 Farnliam Street. Oinaiia. Neb ! i'nbllshera' Agcnta for School Mook3 niwl n GEO. A. HOAGLAND , olesale Lumber OFFICE A D YARD COR , OF DOUGLAS AND 6THSTS , , U. P. R , R , TBACR , ILsTIEB , anlltf WM. Bf . FOSTER , Wholesale Lumber , , WINDOWS , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , &C Plaster Paris , Hair , Dry and Tarred Felt. Sole Agents for Bear Crook Lime and LoubvUle Cement OFFICE AND YARU : 1/"WT A TT A XT I ? D On C. P. Track , U-t Farnhnm aud Doutlat S a.T UJji A. H A. , iN Hi 13 aprttf N. I. D. SOLOMON , OII.S AITD WI1TDOW GLASS , COAL OIL AND HEAD-LIGHT OIL OMAHA - NEBRASKA _ _ FAIBLIE & MONELL , BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS , Stationers , Engravers and Printers , ITOTAHIAIi AITP I.ODCS SEALS. MascMc , Odd Fellows and JLnighls of Pythias TJ isr i IF o : e , IM : s. LODGE PROPERTIES , JEWELS , BOOKS , BLAXKS , ETC. , AT BS-EASTERN PRICES AND EXPRESS.- © ! 1 * te Str-oot. - 3M-A-03.A. : . jNTOEiaa. ARTHUR BTTCKBEE. C E.PE2TTBR , STJIIi AND DEALEB IN W CQ ' I iY. Y. a. < . I For Yards , awns , CeBCcterlea CIiaroIiWroil ( ; 4HapablIcSPark'j ' , Offitc and Shop 1 O1VT ATTA llStrecj bet. Fainhamacl Jt homey f \JUJLmJLJa alprtU.