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THBDATLYBEB f. . ROSEWATER. EDITOB AXD PROPRIBTOB. TO CORRESPONDENTS. IVuooKorderire any contributions whatever of a , literary or poetical character ; indwe trill not undertake to preserve , or to re serve the tame. In any cafevwhateTer/Oor Staff is sufficiently large to more than sup ply oar limited trace in that direction. Ocx CdCKisT FBIWDS we will always be pleased to hear from , on all matters eon- uectedwUh'crop * . country politics , and _ on any euhj eot whatever of general Inter est to the pceple of our EtaU. Any information mation .connected with the elecUon , and relating to floods , accident * , eta. , will be gladly received. AH ruch communications towovcr. must b fcrief a * possible ; and tioy must , in all CMC * to written upon * ne side of the sheet Only. AjfKCtntcnntxra of candidates for ofiee whether made by self er friends , and whether as notices or communications.to the Editor , are ( until nominations are mad * ( imply personal , and will be charged as advertiiemenU , RUL NAUI or WZJTIE. in full , must in eaeh nd every cafe accompany any eommnn' ' cation of what nature sorrer. This is not Intended for publication , but for onr own -tisfa Uon and a * proof of food faith. All Communications should be addressed to S. ROSKWATKR/Edltorend gnhllsher. JIM STEVENSON zcys if elected councilman ha will pledge himself to supply the city with gas for the next two yean. JUST now it IH of very little im portance what Foster said , or what Matthews promised , but the country Is disposed to judge President Hayee by his acte. THE country NMife , and harmony 1 * restored In the Democratic camp. President Hayea has issued a per emptory order for the withdrawal of federal troops from Alaska. COLONEL WILBTJB will be the next Mayor of Omaha , and it only now remains a question of how much majority the citizens of Oma ha will roll up for him nest Tues day. KEEP it before the people thai Elms Emory is a candidate for Po lice Judge. Cut this out for future reference , for after the election he will deny tbat he ever wasacandi- date , THE Black Hills in the vicinity of Deadwood arc Infested by a gau { of cut-throatfl who make periodical attacks on stage coaches for thepur pose of plunder. General Crooi will probably take a hand in that game ere long , and the villains maj find that playing Indian ia a verj dangerous pastime. CERTAIN fire in-the-rear Repub llcane in these parts whose hind eight is always better than theli foresight , never lose an opportnnl < ty to ventilate their political wia dom by censuring the editor of th < BEE for his lack of political sagacity It may not be amiss to remind thesi political wisacres that during tb < culminating conflict with a corrup and powerful faction , the bunglinj effort of the fire-ln-the-rear - - - crew ti obstruct every rational campaigi acbeme did not prevent us fron achieving a final victory. Then , anew now , thesewouldbo leaders hav developed the most talent in die couraging their friends and givin ; aid and comfort to the enemy. THE Omaha Democracy ar thoroughly demoralized by th hopelessness of their canne. Tiiei leaders admit tbat their tlcVet wa defeated on the day It was nomic atcd , and they now propose tomak a last desperate effort to eave Chrlf Hartman by trading everybody o : their ticket oS for him. Now w hope Republicans will not be guile into eueh traffic. Mr. Jacobs is man of unblemished reputatior thoroughly competent for the DOB ] tlon of Treasurer. He would hav 'been Treasurer of Omaha to-da nad be not been cheated out of tha office two years ago by disreputob ? treachery and trickery of oertal pretended Republicans who wet bought up just before the electlo by hie competitor. On this tcoi nlone , if for no other reason , M : Jacobs is entitled to the support iu only of every Republican , butt every other honest citizen. ONE of the first steps of Becretai Evartfl toward Inauguratinggenuh civil service reform in the dlpli malic service should betheremovi of Colonel John 0. Myera from tt Consul Generalship of China. A though Colonel Myers hails froi Nebraska , we have already on a pn vioua occasion been forced to adm that bis appointment to the poeitic be now occupies was extremely il advised. Colonel Myera ia mpntaC aud morally unfit for the high pot tion to which he was elevated 1 the potent Influence of Preejde : Grant's kitchen cabinet. It is a n torlous fact , known to everybody : this section that Colonel Mye during the past few yean has bei addicted to the excessive ai habitual use of liquors , and mac of his beet friends would , if cite before a jury , be compelled to pi nounce him a crosa between a mo omaniao and a lunatic. It ia n surprising that his conduct has sea d&lizpd thepubllcserviceanddiegn withe government in the eyea of t diplomatic representatives of otb nations who have oome in oont * wjlhnlm. With all due recpect his brother , General Myers , who i a gentleman of high culture and crmy offi r of unimpeacbal character , wo must sny tl ehouM n vcr have be ente-i nbrosd by u man lost to nil neif-r-fpec * It is i 'nrj rising that United Btatea M : ic'er Reward should bo drawn ii aj rs-'na ' ! controversy with Com 1 General Myerp , and it ia lees P prtebg tl.at . the State Departnn h'/ould / , nfler mature investigati tf tbis quarrel , cast the entire bl i Coneql General Myers * . THE IXTJIilA A COMMISSION With a view of achieving a pa cific solution of the double-headed gubernatorial muddle in Louisiana , tl'3 President has organized a oom- nrsion of five eminent citizens , who , after thorough personal in- q Iry , are to devise a plan for ex- tiieatinjr. Louisiana from her pres ent political entanglement. The make-up of this commission war rants the'.belief that their mission will prove a succfcas. General Harlan is the representa tive of the native Republican ele ment of Kentucky. He is a man of uncompromising loyalty to his country and party , who knows that so long aa the color line of politics continues , the South will remain "solid. " General Hawley , of Connecticut , ia e. fearless and independent Re publican , who framed the platform upon which uov. Hayes was elected to the Presidency. Judge Lawrence , of Illinois , and Mr. Wayne McVeigh , of Pennsyl vania , are conservative Republicans whose past political experience is an assurance of their admirable adap tability for the mission on which they are engaged , Ex-Governor Brown , of Tennes- ? eels a Democrat of very conserva tive tendencies , and thoroughly un derstands the temper of the Southern people. His influ ence with the followers of Nlcholla will doubtless contribute muoh .toward an amicable agree ment of the present complication. The first eflort of this commission will be'to flud a starting point in the complicated threads of the mud dle. Under the constitution of Lou isiana the legislature is the initial power tbat creates the State gov ernment. There are now two Bep- arate legislatures in that State. Each contains a number of fcjen- ators who were elected In 1874. Each also contains a number of Representatives whose light to ceats is undisputed. The efforts of the commission will be to secure mu tual concessions from rival Gov ernors to organize a legal neucleus for a. legislature from among the members whose right to seats is con. ceded by both parties. Tbis organ- iaation is to be further perfected by the admission of a sufficient num. her of members representing both claimants , to constitute a legal quorum. To this body will be sub mitted the returns of the election t for Governor aud State officers , and these returns will be canvassed by that body as required by law , and the election of Governor and State officers will then be declared The President proposes torecognizi this Legislature , and the Governoi and State officers declared electee by it , and to immediately withdraw the troops , and leave that Govern , ment hi possession of the Slate This will be an organization in strici conformity with the State Constitu tion and laws. It only remains t < be eeen whether the rival Governors t nors and rival Legislatures of Louis iaua will accede to this proposec scheme of arbitration. Under thi Constitution of Louisiana , the Leg islature constitutes the Stati Board of canvassers for Gov eraor and other Htate officers Both existing legislatures havi undertaken to decide and declan who has been elected Governor , bu It ia self-evident that both of theii bodies are made up largely bybogu members who are not entitled t4 seats. Should the commission sue ceed in consolidating the legally elected members into ono legisla taie , the whole problem will hav been solved. SPAICKS FBOM IN6ERSOLL. His Yleits of Civil Service flefbrm You have heard a great deal abou civil service reform. I do not be heve iu carrying that to the exten that you won't allow an officer t resign. I do not believe that tha principle should be insisted upon t that degree that there would be enl ; two ways left to get out of office death or suicide. I believe , othe things being equal " , any party bav ins any office" within its gift wil give that office to the man wb really believes in the principles c tbat party and who has worked t give those principles ultimate victo ry. That is human nature. Th man that plows , the man thatEo i and the man that cultivates ougt to be the man that reaps. But we have in tbia country multitude of little places , a mult ; tude of clerkships iu Washingtor and the question is whether , on th Incoming of the new administn y tion , these men shall be all turne ie out. In the first place , they are o ieD starvation salaries , just barel Dal enough to keep soul and body t ( gether , and respectability on tt ie outside ; and If there is a youn 1- man In this audience , I bg of bin "Never take a clerkship in the cit of Washington. " Don't you do it Never do you put yourself whei it you have to duck your head and i&b in ofl your bat to everybody else. Don il you do it. Don't put your ha ] don't put your fortune I the power of another man's breatb Don't you do it ! You never wi have any manhood ; you never wi Dt have any vertebre ; you never wi have any real , square spunk ; yc 0ln oannot have it , and you will lei ln confidence , and you will begin < think if you cannot have a reguli : n payment each month of $94 76 , th ; you cannot possibly make a livic idy in this world. It will take all tl y pluck out of you. You will have live so pinched , BO narrow , and i contracted that you will have o- on smoke a pipe all the week with ti not expectation of a five-cent cigar < ot dunday. I beg ot you not to dl n- count your future ; 1 bfg of eve : n10 - young man have the courage total 10he what comes , let it be feast or let he be famine , but don't sell the g tr that fortune may have for you for irt patty salary ot ? 60 , or 570 , or $1 to pec month Don't do it. Go woe I would rather have forty acres IE land and a log house with onerooi no yes , and tbe woman I love , ai Die some lattice work over the windo iat so that the sunlight would f ; checkered on the baby in thecrad en and a few hollyhocks at the oorr EQ of the house ; I would rather ha , int that , and a nice path leading dote > in- to the epring , where I could go a hear the water gurgling ; I woi ito rather live there and die there th Sill be a clerk of any government ur- earth. Now , ail I mean by tl civtl service reform is , that if a poor devil has been so uufortuni ion as to get into that place , leave h I therd rather than to destroy eon 14 > ody else every year. EASTEE THOUGHTS. Kneeling besida her 'mid a rneelirig throne. In the dim twilight of the temple , where j The Easter buis. ecent-laden. filled the air. With sweet aroma , and the solemn long- Low chattel , floatnd through the holy place. I watched the enrtaln ? of her malting eye * . Tell their toft radiance , and o'er that fair face Stole reverent stillness , as with gantlo sighs , Sins from her sinless lips were loon con fessed. . j ( Ah , fairest saint , w r6 a 1 line out as thine I ) lien lifting her white forehead from its pillowed rest. Turning her ad. sweet ris&ge , pure with thought divine. She murmured , bending toward me as I lit , "Charles , Mn. Smith ret wears her win ter hatl" , P&rkBexamnJiti % Harpirt'far * - = = = = HONEY FOB THE LADIES. Cinderella wore a blue-giasa allp. per. Rosettes ir reappearing on new bonnets. Greenish blue is the correct thing in kid gloves. Biobon DOWB are made equate like the Maltese cross. Dark -winter colors will be worn again this summer. Victoria refuses to permit high- necked dresses to be worn r.t court. Deep pink kid gloves are fashion able the pink of perfection , as It were. The newest polonaises are so Ions aa to show only a mere line of the lower BKirt. The novelty in ladies' summer gloves will be white lace ; ralts that reaali to the elbow. Young women should set good es- amples , for the young men are al ways following them. Round hats have narrower brims and are less pronounced in shape than those of last season. Cut eteel ornaments , such ca anchors and crosses , are largely used to onghten sombre costumea. White linen shades edged with a row of Smyrna lace are the newest designs for window trimmings. The latest importations in carpets have dark groundwork with small figures , and in Persian patterns. Black eilk and velvet skirts will be worn us muoh as ever under thin lawns and organdies for summer. Little girls' summer dresses will be of dark blue linen , cue in prin- cesso snaps aud trimmed with Smyrna lace. Mrs. Bnipe , of Texas , made her husband , Hen-ry , quail before her. Who eays that birds of a feather flock together ? There IB a young woman in Boston Who feels without blue blood a lost 'un. Ho her life she doth rats In the shade of blue glass To tinge itr-this nocdla of 1'OB ton. An English girl laughs at the idea that a woman cannot lire com fortably with her mother-in-law , and advertises for some good-Iook- iug young fellow to give her u chance to try the experiment. The sweetest thing in the way ol a ecarf for young men that has been brought out this spring is a duck oi a thine in black or navv blue satin , that covers the shirt front , and falls back over the shoulders in two long , BwaUow-tails , thus taking the place of a dress coat for evening wear. Many buttoned gloves for full- dress occasions have the backs am broidered with flowers , after the fashion of two or three generations ago , aud with their revival is thai of long black netted mittens ; these last are liable ( o gain In popularity during the eummer months. Gloves open on the outside in place of tlit middle of the prim , a recent novel ty in kids , as uleo those which open with a metal spring , and close wher on the hand , so that no other fast ening is required. The new bodices are generally cuirass basques , with five seams it the back instead of three ; still num bent of the ladles appeared in shorl ones , witli a new style of skir tthich net at naught corset disflma lateurs , cuirasses , &o. Tne skirts o these innovations are short in front making the feet and ankles coneplc uotis , and the fulness unfolds iron under the arms towards the back whion ends in a very long train , i la cardinal , that can be easily thrown over the arm when thi wearer is desirous otbaviug it out o t the way. A Parisian knick-knack termei 0 "Cupid's market , " and In favor fo tbnco'iiliou , deserves mention , I comprises u pair of cardboard scales covered with gilt paper , which ar hung over two baskets , one con talning smalt hearts for ladles am the other somewhat larger ones fo ceutlemeu. The couple who con duct the cotillion distribute these t the dancers. Each couple , afterhav ing waltzed once around the circle place his or her particular heart li the scales ; if they do not weigh ex actly the same amount the pair ar separated , and the lady has to etan up in ; the } centre until a gentle man appears whose heart has th same intrinsic value 1n point c ounces. The "Folre aux Legumes , or vegetable fair , is a similar figure in this are heaps of cardboard cai rots , turnips , radishes , < to. , in plac of hearts , which , scattered am on the company , must discover the ! corresponding vegetable during th dance. DTDUSTKIAL POINTS. : e t The growing popularity of clgai > ettes among Frenchmen is show n by the statistics recently publlshe i ! by the government. In 1869 , ] 11 tons were sold in France ; in 187i 11 600 tons. The use of tobacco ma 11 be unclean and immoralbut it's ce iu tainly a patriotic habit , as the eno ? e mous government receipts from tt to sale and manufacture of the artic ir make manifest. at American hordes are making the 'g ' mark in England. Their admisslc ie to to race courses has improved tl BO native stock , and there is beginnii to to be a general demand for the : 1ft which can only be met by export 1ftn tiou direct from America. Thirt ; Is- nine horses were shipped last Oct Isry ber from Montreal , and now 1 more have been sent on from Ph adelphia. ifia The first carpet manufactory a tabliehedin the United Slates w 00 in Philadelphia , in 1751. Thece it ! BUS of 1810 , lesa than twenty yea of after , reported the whole product m , the United States in this class adw good * at 10,000 yards , of whu w , 7,600 yards were made in Philadi all phia. Tbe census of 1870 sho' ' tbat there were then 689 carpet fu icr tories in the United Htatey , emplo ve ing 13,000 persons and $13,000 0 vn capital , paying annually $4 700C nd in wasjes , and producing annual ild goods to the value of 522,000,000. an on The iron and steel industry L his been so well developed within t ny pat live years , that nothing exc < ate local spirit and a determination im ring new mines into tbe markel ae- likely to lead to the opening of ni for many years. It thought that tiib country will not want another Bessemer steel fur nace for 20 years. Other industries are not GO well organized yet. The cotton industry particularly is be hind the needs of the country. A great many new Cotton mills will be put up this year , north and south , but there is room for them all and more. The rapid inbrsade of acea&ert on thfl chain ol the great northern lakes is the feature of the lake trade during the last three years. The number employed in 1878 is report ed to have been 885 , their ton age being 190,367. The number of call ing vessels has fallen off heavily , decreasing from 2,208 in 1872 to 1,882 ; the tonage , however , not go ing down in quite the same proportion tion ; but to such an extent that there were 200,000 tons.less in the trade last year than in 1872. The change from sail to steam on tne great lakes is full of encouragement to New York. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC * Rubinstein made an immense success in Manchester. The brothers Thorn are engaged to give a series of concerts in Berlin. Herr Niemann will be at Leipsio and Cologne in April and at Ham burg in May. Dr. Mosenthal has bequeathed to the Society of tbe Friends of Music , Vienna , all his author's rights in his opera librattos , Nineteen thousand francs have been subscribed up to the present toward the erection of a monument to Felicien David. Miss Eose Kytinge closed her en gagement in Portland , Me. , on Sat urday night. Miss Fauoy Marsh will play this week. The Brussels Musical Conservato ry has adopted with success tbe plan of giving performances with com- j'ositious written by the students themselves. John Me Cullough hss Just finish ed a week's engazemetit at tbe Walnut Street Theater , Philadel phia. He will be succeeded by the Gates' ' English Comic Opera Com- pany. The practice of entire companie.- travelling about is now beginiug to find fever in Germany as well as elsewhere. During tbe month of May the operatic company from the ytadt-theater , Hamburg , will per form at the Btadt-theater , Bresian. A very unusual compliment has been paid to the singer , Mine. Tro- belli-Bettinl , at Copenhagen , the king having personally banded to her the Danish decoration "Lltterls et Artibus" a decoration which 18 all the more coveted as it is very rarely given ; especially to loreign- , ers ersMr. Mr. John H. Ciurke will soon re sume the control of the Haymarket Theatre , London , where Mr. Joseph Jeflerson has agreed to appear iu "A Eegular Fix. " It is not im probable that both of these distin guished American actors will play together in comerly , and thus re new in the meridian of their powers the dramatic compauioufbip oi more than twenty years ago. The combination will be as rare as bril liant. Gounod was leaning out of bis box at the Theatre Lyric , iu Paris a few evenings since , at the first represen tation of the "Timbre d'Argent , " ana was following the music so in tently , with hia eyes fixed on the score , which he held in his band , that the audience began watching him. Suddenly a voice in the gal lery eaid : "Tbat fellow in the bos vAnts to make us think tbat ho can read musio. " C. W. Couldock , the well known actor , has had a translation madeo : a French military drama , writter for the great French comedian rederlt ) .Lomaltre , and played bj him for two seasons with great sue eeas. Mr. Couldock calls his Eug lish version "Tbe fcjacred Trust -or The Orphans of the Battle Field. ' t Ue assumes Lemaitre's part of Cor poral Autome , a faithful old soldier f whose foi tunes and misfortunes thi piece represents in a very thrillin ? and melodramatic manner. Th < play was produced for the first timi last week at the Musaum , in Phlla delphia , and has been very well re oelved. The following is a list of thi dramatic- and musical companie now travelling through the country Kelly & .Leon Minstrels , Buffalo N. Y. ; Joseph Murphy , "Kerr : Gow , " Milwaukee , "WIs. : John T Kaymond"Colonel Bellers ; " Fran ) E. Aiken , "Maud Miller , " Boston Mass. : Levls Morrison , "TomCobb1 Providence , B. L ; George Jf. Rowe "Braes , " Richmond , Va. ; Dioi Boucicault , "Sbaughraun , " Chica go , 111. ; W. Fleming , "Cnsteram His Avengers , " New HavenConn , William Carleton , "Two Found lings. " Jersey City , IN. J. ; J. I McVlcker , Edwin Booth , Spring field , Mass. ; Jarret & Palmer , "Fifti e , Avenue , " Philadelphia ; W. I u Deutsch ( W. J. Florence ) , "Might ; ! " Dollar , " Boston , Mass. ; fi. J. Bar ? . ent ( Boucicauli ) , "ForbiddenFruit , ! ; Buffallo , N. Y. ; William Carletoi "The Catalpa Bix , " Jersey City. EDUCATIONAL NOTES. There was au attendance of 14,67 pupils at the Fhilodelpbia evenin ; schools last season. The University of Louisiana hi just graduated 30 medical stnden and tivo etudenta of pharmacy. The School Hoard of Ban Frai cisoo actually has a surplus of echo * fund amounting to $50,000. It wl probably be spent in building scho bouses. 8iy The Canadian colleges hava r- comparatively email number oi sti rr dents. At the University of Toroi ie to there are at present only 48 ref Ie dent students ; Trinity College h ; and Know College about 80. ir A young lady in Brooklyn , "po ail the certii in sessing requirements , ie cate , " etc. , advertises in one of tl iem city papers that she is prepared m pay I860 "for a position as teachi In the public echools of Brooklyn The educational and scientific i o26 Btltutiona in Eyypt are suflerii 26 from the financial embarrasamer 11- of the Government. The free scho < 11a of Cairo haye been closed , and t Hociel a- Vice-Kegal Ueograpbical an wiiioh had purposed making en < efforts to extend n- getlc explorati ira iu Africa , is on the point of disaol iraof tion. ofof tion.The of The "Harvard plan" of medi < ch education long including course EiffS study , unyielding exuminatioi ffS and salaried professorships is inu in- commended by the Telegraph iy- Philadelphia , which says it is c 100 actly what la needed in that cii 100 It adds : " The country could vc ly well afford to have fewer doctors wbat it needs is better ones , a the ' Harvard plan1 will p : ias vide. he > pt 1 lie negroes of St. Louis have ] to titioned the Board of Public Bcbo tis to place none but colored teachi BW m colored echools. They compli is that employment ts given vrh teachers over blacks possessing equal Qualifications. They insist tbat such apieference is an unjust discrimination , which has a ten. denoy to check aspirations , devel opment , and promotion. The peti tioners inake a utrdrit ? point by showing tbat the prejudices of a large proportion of the white citi zens of St. Louis are BO great that , afl ft rule , tha white teacher who are bent qualified and would do all in their power to educate and refine their pupils , will not engage to teach a colored ecbool on account of the social stigma attached to such a position. Vice-President RUesell of Cornell has ebme very excellent ideas In re gard , to the common schools. He thinks , for instance , that no one is fitted for teaching who does not feel thiU It is the most sacred occu pation , who would not give it to years of devotion ; and that geology , natural history , and philosophy should be taught to a certain ex tent in our common schools. "These cultivate , " he says , "habits bf observation ) comparison , mem ory , and judgment. Teachers iniist feel that superficiality is the Amer- oan vice , and tbat thoroughness and patience and earnestness are the characteristics which they are tonevelop. fathers and mothers must be taught tbat the education and characters of their children jus tify every sacrifice and every ox- pehse , and that those who can take them and develop them Are entitled to any remuneration which will enable them to devote their whole energies to the work. " IMPIETIES. The Eev. Rees Prichard , Vicar of Llandy vodwg , Glamorganshire , was recently tried at the .Brigend Petty Sessions and fined 30 shillings for using profane language in a railway carriage. A Carver Individual who sold clams on the Lord's day defended himself with a plea thar he "feared the clams would not keep till Mon day , and it would be better to pay the coats of court aud ocjoy a free conscience , than to palm off dead clams on an unsuspecting people , and sufler tlie pangs of remorse 1" A fatherless Dan bury boy was paring a com with a razor Sunday day morning , whoa hla mother caught him by the hair , yanked him from the chair , snd electrified him by the startling remark : ' Whnt do you 'spose your father in heaven ' 11 think to look down and eee his own sou a backin' corns with his razor ? " Iu his lecture on " 8 to 7 , " in Bos ton on Tuesday evening , Bob fnger- eoli declared his opposition to the annexation of any islands to the United States , and said : I recollect when they were talking about San Domingo , I said , We don't want it. ' They said , 'You never saw euch a climate.1 'Well , ' said I , 'wndon't want it. ' Wby , ' said they. 'It don't raise good folks. You take five thousand preachers from New England , aud five thousand pro- fesaoia from our colleges , and all the ruling elders with their families , and put them in San Domingo , and tuo next generation you will see them bare-back on a mule , the hair sticking out of the backs of their hats , with a rooster under each arm , going to a cock-fight ou Sunday. ' " Ono of tbe Methodist ministers of this city , Rev. Mr. L. , was a few days ago called upon by a German , whose wife had just died , and who requested him to conduct the funeral services. Urother L. , with his usual uibaulty , consented , of course , aud the services were held with due decorum ana solemnity. After the funeral was rJfehi forlorn widow- er stepped up Jp the minister , and the following' dialogue ensued : ( Jerman "Veil , Mr. L , how much yousharge for burying myvife ? " Preacher "Oh , 1 dj not charge any- tbmg for attending funerals. " Ger man ( smiling significantly ) "Veil , now dat is fery kiud of you. But shtop a leedle. In a few days I give you a better job as dat. " Preacher "Why , what may that be ? " German ( mysteriously } "Oh , ferj much better job as dat. I be'u goiny to get married again. How ia dot , eh ? " [ Rochester Express. REL1UIOUS. A Methodist Sunday school con gress will be held at at. Louis , Apri 910 Ritualism is on the increase ii London. Eucharistio vestment are now worn in 40 churches in tha city. city.A A German Presbyterian congre gation has been organized in Phils delpbia. The number of church member among tbe Indians is estimated n 70,000 , of whom about 30,000 ar Protestants. A memorial tablet for Bieho Cummins has been ordered froc England for the First Reforms Episcopal Church of New York. The northern and eouthernPreabj terian assemblies meet on the earn day this year , viz , May 17 th northern at Chicago , the southern ' at JNew Orleans. 2 2S As many as 800,000 pilgrims ai expected to visit Rome during tb is celebration of the Episcopal Jubile ts of the Pope. Of tbis great numbe : 90,000 will come from France. 1ol The twenty-eighth convention < the Lutheran general synod , tb 11 11ol oldest general Lutheran organize tion in tbe United States , will I held at Carthage , Illinois , beginnio May 30. Tbe four largest Congregation , j chnrchpfl In Massachusetts are tt Firstrin Lowell , with 724 memberi First in Springfield , 675 ; First i Chelsea , 674 ; Park Street In Bo IBS' ton , 600. S' ae Thirty-two missionary socleti to bave Htatlons in China , Japan an sr Slain. They employ 249' ordain * missionaries , and 25 medical ml The American societi n- bave in China 130 workers out the 274. ita The Philadelphia annual confc he once , which is tbe oldest body hey the Methodist Episcopal church , ir now in session in Pbiladelphi iron Bishop JFoster presiding. In Phil Iu del phia tbe first Methodist annu ! confeieuce in America met in 17" jal Mr. Moody's sermons have be of translated into tbe bpanish , Swe 18ch Ish , and Armenian languages. chef Swede is reading them to bis cou of trymen in Mr. Moody's church : Chicago. An Armenian edition li recently been published in Uonsta iry tinople. i nd The college ot cardinals have , is said , the following arraugeme in reference to the next papal ci clave : The conclave will meet the Vatican , and the election is be held in the Blstine chapel , ai ere steps have been taken to have t tin secrcey of the conclave protect ite from violation. DRY TOAST. If some ot these champion wrest lers were put behind a buck-saw the world would be no worse off. Some Callforuians figure in this way : Borrow $600 of a Chinaman for thirty days At the end of twen- ty-nihe days kill him'atidgstan ex tension for life . . * * JHapbleon the Wrst was perfectly satisfied if he had raw onions' and crusts to eat , but a second lieutoimit in the United States army in these days wane four kinds of soup and perpetual peace. It haa been decided in California that ft father can't make his son siipport him , and so sons will con tinue to stand on tbo corners , hands In their pockets , stubs of cigars m thnr mouths , and Q look of heroism in their eyes. The janitor of the N w Cattle , Delaware , Jail forgot to paste up the cracks of the building before retir ing on Wednesday evening : , and during the night three prisoner * walked out , and it is thought they do hot intend to return. [ Norrls town Herald. Wnen the head of the family comes borne at a shockingly late hour , deposits hla weary self on the top of tbe piano , and while gently tickling the keys with his major toe , murmurs something about the annoyance of a squeaking bed , it is entirely safe to draw conclusions. A starving "Chlnarnau , who was taken into the Cincinnati hospital a few days ago for resuscitation , at tributed his woeful plight to the fact that he had started a laundry in Louisville. He sums up his exper ience In a single Hue : "Kentucfeee two weekee one phirtee. " [ Ex change. The Philadelphia style of adver tising is as follows : "A refined gen tleman , who does not use tobacco in any form , but does have family prayers and vocal bleeslues at table , with a genteel wife ( .none others In the family ) , can have five or six rooms , partly furnished ; every con venience , under-draluage , water on each floor , and give table board to two ladies for rent ; our superior colored - ored bouse girl can bs retained , If wanted. "Aow , then , state your case , " said a Detroit lawyer the other day , an he put the five-dollar bill awny in hit * vest pocket. "Well , " began MB client , "aup- poae the man living n xt door wauta to put a barn right up against my line , coining within two feet < > ' my house ? " "He can't do It , Bir can't do anything of the kiud , " replied the lawyer. "But I want to put my barn right up against his line , " remarked the client. "Oil ab yes , I eee. Well , sir , go right ahead aud put your barn there. All the law in the ca&e is on your side. " THE GOLD FIELDS. The Big Horn Country Loominq Up An Fxpedition to Start in April. An Outfitting Point TVHIiln 150 Miles. Uest Houto , fco. . fco. On to the Big Horn. Inasmuch as the cry of prospect ors ie , "On to the Big Horn , " it is of vital importance to every per. eon who contemplates visitiug the Gold Fields to know the beat routt to take. The "Big Horn Country" haa long ciuce been regarded as the land of promise for gold seekers : hence nothing need be said now oi the country , but what Is of special importance to every one is the be&l route. There are TboaiinutlB ofSleii throughout the states and terntoripi who have their most sanguine hopei fixed on the Hig Horn , hence thi impoitance of the beat route. Thii would necessarily include safety directness and celerity. The rout : possessing these advantages must in the nature of things , be the fa vorite , aa epef d aud safety are th ( \vo characteristics of ibe age , ani c ery prudent man will conside theae fact * . There are eeveia routed advocated by which thi country can be reached , but the fact show conclusively that the mostdc elrable and practical route is froc a BayrllnH. Carbon. Connty , Wyo. Tci e Cheyenne is distant over 40 miles , Green river is 230 miles ana Evanston over 300 miles. The rout from any of these points must b tor a great portion of the way eve an unknown country , while Iroi Rawlins the distance Is not over H miles , and that over a road that known and has a beautiful oupply < wood , water and grass. There now a regular mail service on th e route 45 miles out from Rawlins t < witrtotheTerris and seminole mil ing districts where there are thr < mines now being worked by lar § companies. Sixty miles out thread road crosses the Sweetwater rivi by a good wagon bridge , this la tl only fiti earn of Importance or si ; on the route. Sixty.five miles out tl g road passed the famous "So : Lakes ; " from there it Is sixty mil to tLe bead of Powder river and fro : al that to ie The Biff Born ; n is 25 miles. An expedition of fro 8- 200 to 300 miners and prospecto will leave Rawlins for the Big Ho : es id country between the first and ten ids days of April , 1877 , headed by tl s- oldest miners and mountaineers ses esof the West. It Is desired by the of going to increase then number greatly as possible , in order to E cure safety and success in prospe * in inc. AH who contemplate goii isa to the gold fields should arran a , and go with this expedition. T o- expedition will , when ready Elre. eEl atart , select their leaders fro re. . among their OWD number , and c thus select end Men WIio Know the Country. dA dn Alt persons should go prepared n- outfittbemselves | with a saddle hoi pack horse and prospector's outl There are largo stores at Bawlh where everything required for complete outfit can be bought chef nt er than the parties could take t n- goods there. The merchants ha , nat agreed to furnish this expediti to with their provisions at the acti ad cost of them laid down at Bawlii he The committee have secured t sd fallowing special ratea over t Union Pacific railroad from Orca to Eawhas : "gin t class tickets $40 , second-clapa $32 , emigrant $25. Homes are Plenty , and can be bought at from $30 to $76. Any persdtt desiring iaforma- tlon will receive a prompt fincwer by writing to any of the following committee : Dr. F. M. SmithP. J. Foster , merchant ; Judge H. F. Er- rett ami G. Carl tira'itti , attomey- atlawEawlins , Wyoming. roarS-Sm * FUR SKIN DRE&E& . MAX. MONVOISIN. FCR SKIN DRESSER. 3 ? .A. IN" 3ST : E3 IR , . Kid glofes End Fur cleaned. Buck and Fnr gloves mada and repaired. IMlOth Bt , Shop. 15th St. b6t. Howa.d and Jackson. dee28-tf GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES. T. BlflHOLD , MAKUTAOTUSKK OF GALYANIZeu IROK CORNICE ? , WINDOW CAPS AND 8IO5S. Correspondence solicited. Estimates free. Cor.Tenth and Farnham sts. Omaha. Neb. mar29tf WINES AND" UlQUOflS. CAMMENZIND & MEtER. DEALERS IN CAIFORNIA WINES WHOLESALE AttD RETAIL. SALOON 6 BILLIARD HALL. No. 617 and 519 Thirteenth street. OMAHA , . . . . Neb. mar27tf PUBLICATIONS. 6END $1 ONE DOLLAR $1 TO J. H. PIERCE. OMAHA. NEB. , AUD BKOMVf TH For one year. Everybody reads it. feblStf REAL ESTATE AGENCIES. BVBOK EEKD , LEWIS 8. BEKD. Byron Heed & Co * . THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED Reai Estate Agency IN NEBRASKA. Keep a complete ibstract of title t all real state in Omaha anil Douelaa county. H. M. UTTLEY. Real Estate anil Collecting Agent , WISNEBNEBRASKA. . Particular attention given to the purchase and sale of real estate , renting of improved farms , payment of taxes , examination of titles * nd collection of accounts. Also has for sale 12,000 acres of choice farming lands in the Elkhorn Valley , in Cumins and ad- ioiniBs counties. Cheap for cauh , and on Ions time at low rate of interest. feb7-m COMMISSION MERCHANTS. C. BANKS & COMSISS10N MERCHANTS. DEALEB3IX PRODUCE AHD POULTRY Foreign and Domestic Fruits green and dry always on hand. 207 Douglai Sireat. D j. MOCANN& co. SIDNEY. - NEBRASKA. mmm m COMMISSION MERCHANTS Give bills of lading from Omaha , Chicago , Cheyenne , and Sidney to the Black Hills. Mark goods care 1 > . J. M. A Co. WHOLESALE DEALEBS IN floor , Grain , Groceries and FroyisioDS. Also run regular fust freight line Irom Sid ney to Deadwood. Ouster , and Intermediate points nmrl-3m FIRE INSURANCE MURPHY & LOVEXT. GENERAL INSURANCEAGENTS Capital represented $6O5OOOOOO. Lossei adjusted and paid at this office. 504 13th Str. , State Bank Building. OMAHA , NEBRASKA. ( ( -b24df odiwly J.B. COESY. LFE&FIREIHSURlirE } ! AGENT Over 860,000,000 Represented. Money to loan. Office corner 14th and Dodsro street , Clarks Block. mar21-3m M. R. BISDON. GENERAL INSURANUE AGENT , KEPKESENT8 Royal Canadian. Capital t , QOO.OO ( Westchester , N. Y. . Capital. l.OOQ.OK The Merchants' , Newark. N. J. , 1,000 , < XX Qirard Fire. Philaielphia. l.OOO.OCt Northwestern National. 900.GOC Qlens Falls , N. T. , Capital. 800,001 British Am. A . Co. . Capital , 1,200XX ( S. E. cor. 15th and Douglas-ats. Oaiaha Neb marOMf FIEE INSURANCE M. O. McKOON , Agent. ISis Room No. 2 , Creighton Block ISf OMABA NEBRASKA. is Htt'iNe ' Compinle * ! Prompt Adjustment ! Is Imperial i Northern , of London(34 000 CO Royal , of Liverpool 25 000 00 Phsnlx. of New York 2 700 00 Continental , of Now York 2 900 00 : a Germas American , of New York. . . 210000 Fire AesocUtion of Philadelphia- 600 GO American , of Philadelphia . . . . . 1 300 00 ie Penneylvncls , of Philadelphia.- 1 600 00 Nations' of Hanfo d 1 100 no er Orient * of a i'fonl BOO 00 ie Western , jf Vojtrato . . . . - . 160000 SprfngfloH. of Jpringfield Mate. 150000 te CoBnnercK" * ' ; ion. .London. . 18 300 00 ie Roger fIlliami. of Providence. la tt. I. . 50000 enm Total cash capital represented..197.000.00 m malS-eodly CONVICT LABOR TO LET. Sealed proposals will be received at the oi fice of the Secy , of the Board of PablleLan" m Lands and buildings of Neb. until Tne daj re May 15th. 1877. to let the convict labor for i term of not more than ten years. Bai rn proposals shall provide for all penitential- ezpenoes including salaries of officers , an th other help , the heatinp of the building ! be boardingand clothing of convicts , and al necessary expenses : the cost shall be estl in mated per capita for six years and for te years : the time shall be specified in th ee bid. and the contract will be let to the Ion est responsible bidder for the term of yeai as best suited to the interests of the State : th ! 6- contractors to have the use of the prito and grounds belonging thereto. Biddei 3t- will be required to file with their bid a cei tified check for the enm of ten thousand do ] Ian aa cecnrity for the filing of an accepts ble bond in the sum of two hnndred thoc Bind dollars , collectable nnder the laws ( to the State of Nebraska ; in oiso the"contrai is awarded them. .Any con tract entered ir m to shall.provida that tha general managt an ment and discipline of the convicts shall c under the control of the said board and tt Warden , and nD contract will be mad which shall rdeprive the convicts of an privileges Kranted by law. and Co contrai to will ba made for more than sixty cents p < day per capita. se Further information will be fnrnlsbe upon application to the Secretary. A Ju bids should bo endorsed on the cover "Bi < ' for Convict Labor , " and addressed to "Sei JB > retary of the Board of Public Lands ac - Buildings , Lincoln , Nebraska. F. M. 1MVIB 1 Board of Publ tp. BRUNO TZSCIIUCK. f Lands and buili tp.he GEO. n. ROBERTS , f ings State of N he J. O. McBRIDE. J braskn. ve mar2 eod marlS on isl as. a as.he he um u 'l < uit juu uuthu > 2 = d will nirtjj nj * he ha HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTERS. T. J. BEARD & BRO. , HOTJSES , SIO-ICT , -AKI Paver Hanging and Kalsomraiag i-AND DEALERS IN WAIA AND DECORA1IV53 IFJLIFIEIR , DSC .A. 2sT Q-1JST OR. . CURTAINS AND WINDOW SHADES , SAMPLES SENT ON APPLICATION. } a.rITm OMAHA. M EB. BANKING HOUSES. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANKING HOUS IN .NEBRASKA. CAMim HAMILTON SCO BANKERS. Business transacted same as that of an incor porated Bank. Accounts kept in cur rency or gold subject to sight check without no tice Certificates of deposits issued payable in three , six and twelve months. bearing interest at she per cent , per annum , oren on demand without inter est. Advances made to cus- omers on approved se curities at market rates of interest. Buy and sell c-old , bills of exchange , government State , County and City bonds. Draw ight drafts on England , Ireland , Soot- land , and all parts of Eu- roue. Soil European Passage Tickets. COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE , FRANK MUKKtlY , * PU8 ! LOWS , Pr.iidnl. Pr.iidnl.BCM. . WOOD , Cithitr. STA TE S. VT. Cor. F rnham and 13th-sta. OMABA - KBBBASKA - . $ 100.000 Anthorixed capital. . . . . . 1.000.000 Deposits as small as one dollar received and compound interest allowed on the ( am * . 6TER CE9TIFIUTU BF OiPISIT , The whole or any part ot a deposit after remaining in the bank three months will draw interest from date of deroeit topay- ment. The whole or any part of a deposit mar be drawn at anr time. au 2-tf U.S. : DEPOSITORY , FIRST BANK OF OMAHA , Corntr Farnham and ThirUenlh-Sti. it OMAHA. ( aOPCIf BOBS TO rOUKTM BROS. ) ESTABLISHED IN 1856. Organize a National Bank Angutt 20' 1863 ui Pri.lt Bitr NIMH. IRECTORSs H.Kountze.Prenisnl. I Jno.H.Crtlghbn ADfliutM Kountw. H. W. Yatei , Vlco President. I CaiMerm. A. J. POPPLETON. Alter nej. This bank receives deposits without regard to amounts. . . . Issues time certificates bearing interest. Draws drafts on Ban Francisco and princi pal cities of th9 United States , alee London , Dublin. Edinbnr * and the principal cities of he contin ent of Europe. Sells passage tickets frr emit rants in the Inmanline. ooU9U CARPETS. J. B. J > ETWKLEK'8 STORK 249 Doimlta-Et. . OMABA , WEB. novlldiwlv TAXIDERMIST. WALTER GTJSREJCHOVZW , TAXIDERMIST LARAMIE CITY .TVT.I El Contracts for embalming- dead bodie * . hnmations , preserving ; for transpcrtatloi etc. mar7-w PIPE ! , HOSE AND PUMPS. PUMPS. PIPE & HOSI Steam. Force and Lift Pump * . Iron and Brass Double and Single Acting force Pumps , Lead. Gas and Steam PIP and Fittings. Brass Valves. fl ° " . , IE.nr7ne Trimmings , etc. Wholesale and Betail. A. L. STBAHQ. oc8-6m 181 Faraham-st. . Omaha. Neb. CABBIAOE FACTORIES. A. J. SIMPSON'S CARRIAGE ; FACTOR ! Established 1858. 253and25oDod e-8t ocUS-tomatl HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. mm cranm BOTH , QUARA Th.larjert and b at hotel totwsen Chica go and Ban Francisco. Opened neir September 30 , 1873. HpSCtf OE6. THRALL , Proorietor. THE METROPOLITAN OMASA - NEBRASKA. 8. A. VAN NAMIE , Jr. , - . Proprt.Jor. The Metropolitan Hotel is centrally lo- eated , and is Bret-Mass in every respect. having recently been entirely renovated. Th public will find it a comfortable and homelike toass ma3-tf Davenport House. © nftau ) . JOHN RICHARD. Proprietor. Farnham St. Bet. 9th and 10th Sts. OMAHA. . . . . NEB , This Hotel Is New and fitted up In Neat Style. J n3-3m CALIFORNIA HOUSE. Corner of Douglas and llth streets. 031ASA NEBRASKA CHARLES GROTHE , ProprMor. . Board per day. Sl.OO. Board per week $ < .CO. The bouse is newly furnished and is the best 91.00 house in the city. feb21-d3m PLANTERS' HOUSE , { sixteenth ami Dodge streets. OMAHA NEBRASKA. TRANSIENT , SlOO Per Day. A pleatant and convenient stopping place for the traveling public , in a desirable part of the city , only one block trom Itie Po t Office and street railway. Board by tha day or week at roaionable rafof. Tablet supplied with the best in the m&r- ket and every effort used to insure satisfac tion to Elicits. MOORE'S HOTEL. IROKT STREET. SIDNEY.XEB. RATES. . -$2.00 par day. Tables supplied trlth the beat the market affords. Kooms Urge and airy. Situated opposite the depot , convenient to Telegraph and Black Hills Stage Go's. Office. feb26m THE OBlOiaA < BBIGGS HOUSE Corntr Randolph-Si , aad Flfth-A > . ( . . . ILLINOIS. PRICES REDUCED TO 12.00 and (2.50 Per Located in the Business Centre. Convenient to all places of amusement. Elegantly furnished , containing all modern Improvements , passenger elevator. Ac. J. H.CUMMINGB. Proprietor. 0. F. HILL. Chief Clerk ( late of Gault Honm t Victor's Restaurant , \t \ * FsrxhsK , bsi. ( Oik md llth Slntit , OXASA KSB. OPElf D AYand NIGHT All ratals ecrvctl to order. Attached to the above is a bar ; also a seperate apirt- ment for Indie * . Jc23r TO THE BLACK HILLS. Sidney Short Route TO THE BLACK HILLS ! THE NEW 61-SpaDi Truss Bridge OVER THE PI/ATTE RIVER , is completed , making It To the Black Hills. Tolls $2 for two-iiorae Team , and Driver ; $3 forfonr-liorsa team and Driver. 157 Ml.es to Coder , 238 Milts to lUnob , water * nd oed accommodation rood along the line. The Sidney and Black Hills U. h. mall coa-bes trav 1 ovr this rouU. carrjingClark'i C nUunlal Ejpre * . Address all mall care H. T. CLARK. Sid ney , Neb. mai27-tf MEAT MANKC.IS. Oitv Meat Market , SHEELY BKOS , fiobw Irttrfltit ttr-ta grcjtn Cirra tmtnJ(5 ( < JIdf < 9 , e&4 , floliflnra , StHc , gldtifali alt Brtta ttm | olzri4ta Mttct- nov9-tf CSbcdo 8so < U.P. R.R. MEAT MARKET Uth Street bet. California and Wtbdar We keep on hand a large supply of fresh salted meat * . Also a Urge Jtock of ficfl Sugar Cared Hama and Braakfart B. os. At tha lowest rates. WJt. ACST * KHUTIT. ma7lltf