THBDAILTBEE
Editor.
TO CORRESPONDBNTS.
Oc CccrmiY rsieyns ire will always b
uleued to hear from , on ell matters con-
aected with crops , country rollttct. and
on % ny dbjcet waat jrer of eocera.1 later-
4wt to the rccple of our Etato , Any infer-
mttioa ccnntrt ? ! withthe election , and
rUtlneto ficods , accidents , ew. , will b <
orc < i. All inch oommnnlcattoai
null bo lirief as powlble : and
( hey lanrt. In ill eam b trritton upoi
, ne rid * of ( ho hect onlr.
potmoit.
tffovtoxmf c ( candidates for oflee-
whether made by fell or friends , acd
Vhetaerts notices ; or communications to
de Editor , are ( until nominations are
made simply personal , and will be charged
u ftdTtTtaf emeats
&UL Nuts or wanrH , in fall , mast in eaci
'And tevery c e aocompany any commiui'-
cation of what nature soever. His is nol
titraand for publication , bat for oar own
ttaelMtion and M rroof of good faith.
WKbin oeeire any contributions wnatevc
f a literary or poetica. character : and we
7U ! not andertake to preserve , or to re-
rerre tha tame , in any case whatever. Our
JSufl Is ( aQciantly large to mor than mp-
pir oar limited si > aoe intuit direction.
All Communications should be addreesod
ta S. S08EWATER. Editor.
THE Lincoln Journal baa en
larged to an eight column per page
Journal. A creditable Improve.
aa ut.
THE Slonx City Jqgpia ) baa again
enlarged , and now Domes to Its
readers aa a thlrly-two column Jour
nal , presenting .in evqry reapeot a
metropolitan apoearancs. The peo-
2 6 01 Sioux Gity have reason to be
proud of ita very excellent exhibit
The appearance of a paper is a euro
Index of the character and enter
prise ol the community that supports
it.
REPORTED monthly reductions ot
the national debt in sums of tbr e
or more millions , ara no certain evi
dence of public economy. Huoh re-
ceductlong In the national debt
might possibly ba brought about at
the expense ot public enterprises ,
and thus entail greater commer
cial losses. While the national
Credit shoal d be upheld by prompt
payment of the Interest , it is hardly
Juflt to exact cf the generation that
Las risked life and sacrificed com
mercial prosperity to save the nation ,
the payment also of all the national
debt and thus transmit to posterity
all the , blessings without
wt r-aorlflco.
DEMOCRATIC legislators are very
bnay at this time studying political
statistics. Wherever a congression
al district has any Democratic votes
to spare , it is modified by reduction
and the surplus Is hitched to a.Ue-
publican dletrlot. It Is by this
iind of gerrymandering that
tbo Democrats of Ohio ,
Nevy Jersey and other States , where
they now control ths legislature ,
expect to eOeot again in the next
Congressional oaajp.ilga and secure
a decided majority ! n the National
legislature. This manifests some
ol tbe purity -which animates tbo
honest Democratic party of honesty
ud reform.
THE Sire. R. B. Hayes Temper ,
auco .Ledge created a great deal of
noise beoauia the President's wife
did not bounce the hostess who pre-
elded over B dinner on a steamer
during a recent excursion. It now
turns out that the real fraud in the
cass Is the Mrs. Hayes Temperance
Xiodce. Ita membership is found to
consist of two persons , both of
whom are reporters of Bourbon
Journals. They have been furnish-
ang tbe local Journals with false re-
pork , and misinforming the public
gsnerally by manufactured items of
the proceedings of a presumably
enisling temperance lodge. 'Ibis
is a sample of Items coming from
Bourbon and anti-Hayes scandal
machines.
THE first Jiving letter 'ilotated to
amsoh' ' " itn a vi-w t. < transmit-
tl" > u tuo worJa and voice of tbe
w.is sent Monday b7 Mr.
ot Philadelphia , to Dom
Pedro , Eaparor of Brasil. Mr.
Boaoh , who baa Just completed the
organization of a new steamship
line to the Brazilian Empire , took
ooouion to send a congratulatory
message , accompanied with a finely
constructed phonograpn as a present
to the Emperor by his Grat steamer ,
Which left Philadelphia yester-
day. The dispatch announcing the
vent says , the phonograph was
charged b&fore Hi departure with the
delivery of an address from Mr *
Boaoh to the Emperor , with compli
ments and congratulations in view
of the establishment of the new
line. This la the first Instance of
the use of the phonograph for such
s purpose.
MBW TO PREVKKT XI LI , EXPLO.
Ths Bolentlflo American of the
4lh IneL , teproducea an article writ.
ten by Professor Mo Adam , ot Eng
land , on the subject of flour mill
explosions , This article is very
plausible , and if the opinion of the
Professor Is correct , then it can not
be a very difficult matter to provide
of such terrible
gainst a re-occurrence
rible accidents aa that Minneapolis.
These explosions , it Is claimed , re-
suit from the eudden exposure of
flnelyjjground particles of flour in
a very dry eonditlon with tbe
tbe air , which in the evsnt of a
resulting in explosion. With
regular periodical ventilation that
could carry off the aooumulat-
? lag powdered Sewer in the rooms
pjf before it becomes dangerous , and
providing at the same time that elec
trical condaotorsoonneoted with the
earth or a stream of water , be dls.
trlbnted through the factory to carry -
ry off tbo electricity aa fast aa tl
the friction wheels develop It , tla
it is doubtful if any each
accidents oouldjpogeibly occur. In j *
view of the risk- involved in large
flour , 'establishments the various
remedies should ba thoroughly test
ed , aad , U successful , no flouring
mill ot any largo capacity should be
conducted without proper precau.
tiooary proyjsjonaagalnet accidents.
a AVERAGE S'ilOUUM.
The city council , which meeti
this evening , will doublleea bavi
the sewerage Hvhjact place < l befon
it. From previous reports , tin
report of the committee In favor o
emptying our eewera upon the Mis
Bourl bottom is foreshadowed. W <
hope , howeverf that the city conu-
ell as a body will not commit t <
grave a blunder as to adopt suet
plane. In the first place , the df ]
has no authority to empty the filthy
p worage upon the Iota and etreet <
which extend upon the bottom m
more than they can do so on th (
upper plateau. In the second place
tie sanitary iniereats of the citj
would be greatly impaired aud en
dangered by such a course. Again
u Is well known , or at lea&i
it should be , that it will
ba many years before any other than
the business portion of the city can
be provided with sewerage. Wow ,
under the Phillips plan , which was
thoroughly canvassed , all thai
would be p.fecessary after completing
the mala towers to dralu Farnham ,
Dwglas or any other of our main
Business streets , would be to build a
eewerlnthe alley down to Ninth ,
where It would intersect with the
main eewer running down to the
river below the bridge. Thus , with
the city divided into sewerage dls *
trlots embracing a tier of blocks ,
each street could secure sewerage
whenever the property owners on
that street might desire it. On tba
other hand , how wilt the new
saheme operate ? In the first place
the plan is devised npon a wrong
principle. It IB based to overcome
a legal difficulty of taxat on rather
than to meet the requirements of
the city for drainage purposes.
It is well Known that the city is not
In a condition to admit of sewerage
construction under the law regulat
ing general assessments unless the
taxable valuation is raised. Now ,
to overcome this difficulty , the ad
vocates of the new sewerage de
parture propose to build the main
sewers byepeotal taxation , aud to
accomplish this under tbe law they
propose to divide the city Into two
great sewerage districts. THE UEB
has always been , and is now , an ad.
vocate of public improvements. We
want sewerage , and want it begun
this year , but we believe it can and
should be done with a view to the
main object : the proper drainage of
the city and future ready means of
building "branch sewers , rather than
making permanent plans for over
coming temporary legal restrictions.
Tbe main bus'ness ' part of the olty
wants sewerage as soon as it can be
bad , and If the city is divided Into
the requisite number ot email dis
tricts nothing will prevent the early
construction of needed sewers when
ever such districts will ba able to
[ my for them. If tbe city is enl
llvided Into two districts , tbe ds !
.ant outside portions nf each wil
Uways put their veto on such effort
md the improvements will only b
) otulblo by compromises through
imnibus bills. That is to eay : "I
rou will vote for my street , I'll voter
or yours , and not otherwise. "
tonif BROWN ANJ JEFF. DAVIS
Kansas proposes to send the
tatue of John Brown to adorn tb
collection of stoneware in tbe old
tall of Congress. Mississippi ough
0 send the image of Jeff. Davis to
itand beside it , and if that is refused
ir makes a commotion , somebody
> ught to go lor the figure of th
lOHe-thieving miscreant with i
ledge-hammer. Davis was no more
if a traitor than Brown , and Brown
truck the first blow of tbe rebellion
-Morgan ( Tenn. ) Dispatch.
The difference between the two
nen ia slightly misrepresented by
he writer of the fofe olng. While
bbn Brown , without hope of re
rard , fought for a principle in the
aterestof down-trodden humanity
ud staked his life in the cause ,
tiff Davis labored for personal
ime , and lot tbe cause , for which
a had pretended to fight , take care
F Itself , while he fled like a coward
anealh a woman's ( petticoat when
roughl to face the con
iquenoes. Had ho , like
Dhn Brown braved the danger to
is last , and faced the consequences
ke a man conscious of having per
irmed what he believed was rlubt ,
9ff Davis would be looked upon
ith respect , and his memory be
lerlsued with feelings of sympathy
? en by bis enemies , just as Is that
' Robert E. Lee , ti tone wall Jack-
in , and many other confederates
hosj manhood shrunk from
ion disgraceful flight ,
tfo while posterity will ever oher
b John Brown's memory as that
1 a martyr to a principle , it can
jver condone the cowardly note of
ich a traitor as Jefferson Davis ,
rown's worst enemies may con
mn him as a seditious fanatic , but
avis' best friends can only say of
elr hero that he was a great man ,
issessed of a cowardly spirit.
THE republic of Switzerland , with
i area of a trifle less than 16,000
uare miles , which is about one-
'th ' the area of Nebraska , has , ac-
irding to leporteof thebwisa Mlll-
ry Department for 1877 , an
iny of 120,000 men. The
fantry numbers 94,200 men ,
e artillery 16,4DO , the engineers
400 , and the cavalry 2,600. Tne
mdwehr consists of 91,900 men ,
whom 78,300 are infantry , 8,000
tillerp and 2,400 cavalry.
This republic has an existence of
larly five centuries , it la pro-
sled by nature with its high Alpine
nges , hence tbe cauee for main ,
ining BO large a standing army is
comprehensible. The fact that
vitzerland is in the midat of na-
> ns that abound in art , science , lit-
aturemakes It barely possible mat
e great cost of a useless standing
my and defects in the laws of the
vern nenr , are some of the palpa-
3 reasons that Bwltzurland is be
ad the age in almost all branches
Industry that characterize a na
n's progress.
The total valuation of Hall
unty , 11,712,733 , averages over
35 to each inhabitant ,
?
TH MAGIC CITY.
Stock - Raising , Out-Fitting am
Eai'roadmg the Basis of Its
Prosperity.
Notes of a Trip From Oheycnm
to Laramic.
Luramie , Wyo. , May 3. Chey
ennp , the capital of Wyoming Ter
ritory , largest olty between Omabi
and Bait J > > ke , and well known it
history and to the early pioneer ai
tha "M.iRlo City of the Plains , " atil
rapidly Improves Andtotheoas
ual observer Ho growth seemi
quite aa mysterious ae it daei
maglo. For a simple glance at hei
ooarse , barren bills would at oac <
satisfy one that th ? soil is not pro
lifio. Tben wbare is Its eouroe o :
supper , ?
In the first place Cheyenne got
Ita ' 'etart in the world" at the tim
of the construction of the Union
PaciQo railroad when It scoured and
maintained the terminus of that
road for nearly one whole year. AI
this time people from every ollme
and country flocked to uheyenne ;
town lots sold at fabulous prices ,
and buildings sprung uplike mueh.
rooms
As the road stretched along on HE
western course It sought a terminus
further on , and much of the business
activity of Cheyenne was trans
planted thither. For a while Obey ,
enno languished nna almost died ,
bat by a renewed energy of its most
substantial business men , it again
revived and haacontmed to prosper
to the present time.
At present the principal means o (
support of Cheyenne are two. First ,
the vast stock interests which center
here ; and , second , as an outfitting
point to the Black Hills. While the
latter may be regarded ae temporary
ry , the former is permanent and
profitable.
For although these barren plains
refuse to produce the various crops
of the husbandman they readily
bear a spontaneous growth of rich ,
luxuriant grass to furnish food for
millions of horses sheep and cattle ,
and Cheyenne may be considered
to be in the heart of one of the
finest grazing regions in the world.
Toe railroad trade of Cheyenne is
also quite extensive , for besides the
Union Pacific passing through east
and west , having machine and re
pair shops here , Cheyenne may be
considered in some respects as the
terminus of two other roads the
Colorado Central and Denver Paci
fic both extending southward.
Another important item which
adds to the business of Cheyenne is
the immense amount of Indian and
military supplies it furnishes to
northern pouts and agencies.
Cheyenne , although first com
posed of the most rude kind of huts
and houses , now contains a large
number of very handsome and sub *
Btantial buildings. It is well sup
plied with schools , churches and
other public edifices. The city has
already acquired considerable
wealth and continues to Improve.
From Hurd & Calland , contractors
and builders , and J. E. Tuttle ,
painter , we learn that a large num
ber of new buildings will be erected
the present year.
While you are at Cheyenne you
feel the first real exhlleiating breeze
from the mountains. As you leave
Cheyenne you can eee the tall sum
mit of tiong's Paak , far to the lelt ,
and the long range of the Black
Hills of Wyoming to the rifilit.
Passing respectively the stations ,
Hazard , Otto , Granite Canyon and
Buford , where we see the Twin
Mountains , two peaks in the Black
Hills , lift their rocky head ? above
the barren waate arouad them , wo
arrive at
SHERMAN.
Tins is the highest point on the
Union Pacific railroad , and when
the road was completed here was
the highest railroad point in the
world.
The train stops here for about ten
minutes. We don't kuow whyunless
it la to give the passengers an op.
portnnity to get out and pick up
aome relic from the celebrated turn-
mit. Al least , the passengers seem
ed to think so , for ns soou as the
train stopped they all rushed out and
sommeuced scouring the ground for
something we don't know what ,
twit wo presume for anything they
sould get.
This same performance has been
repeated so many thousand times
that it is needless to say that rare
ipeclmeus are not lying very thick
in the landing at Hberman. Your
jorrespondent got off to get his little
pebble with the rest , and away in
; be outskirts he managed to find
lomethidg he took for a rare upeci
Ben of gold quartz , and naturally
lupposed he baa strucK a bonanza.
But , upon further examination , the
gold" In the specimen proved to be
.hat inevitable ising glass , and again
le was disappointed.
.Resuming our ride , about a half
nile weat of Sherman we pass
Reed's Kock , " so called from one
) f the engineers who laid out the
oad. The rook is a high , massive
) oulder , and on its face is stamped
hat inevitable patent medicine ad
vertisement , "Plantation Bitters. "
fwo miles weat of Bherman we
iross Dale Creek bridge This
nidge Is built of iron , and seems to
> e a light airy structure , although
eally very substantial. It la 650
eet long and 180 feet high , and is
wnsldered one of the wonders of
be trans continental route.
As we leave Dale Creek bridge
re behold , to the left , that most
teautlful grazing region of the West ,
THE QBEAT LAKAMIE FI.AINS ,
me hundred miles long and forty
niles wide , and comprise over two
md a half millions of acres.
Gliding over the plain ? we pnss
Pie biding , so named from the large
imount of railroad ties kept in store
lere , which are obtained from the
Mnmond Peak mountains which
.re in full view at this station. Har
ley , with its simple side track and
ectiou house ; Bed Buttes , so named
rom the red color of the rocks or
mites near Fort tiaunders with ita
oldiera and log buildings , and land
t Laramie. GU&TO.
leatb ol W. , . u'Rrlen. the Call-
forma BUlllonarv.
W. L. O'Brien , a member of the
anklng firm of Flood & O'Brien ,
f San Francisco , one of the bonan-
a kings , died at ban Rafael , Call-
jrnla , MaySd , after a lingering
Iness. He was a bachelor , and
lie disposition of his Immense es-
ite , estimated at from $15,000,000
J $20,000,000 , la unknown , but
jme time ago it was announced
lat with his partner , Mr. Flood ,
e Intended building a magnificent
otel for poor worklngmen and
omen in San Francisco. .Little ia
nown of Mr. O'Brien's youth ex-
; pt that some 20 years ago , when
D active , industrious and thrifty
oung Irishman , he established
Imself in business as a restaurant
id saloon keeper , near the Ex-
lange , In San Francisco. To-
Jther wJth hfg partner , Mr , Flood ,
ho soou became popular with ih
operators in stocks , and with th
points derived fronrthem besan-1
speculate In a modest way. Hie gain
were large , and ho soon bccami
known to be one of the boldest operators
raters on the Board. It was no
until 1872 , however , that he madi
bis great success. In that year twc
mine = < , the Sides and the White < 5
Horphy , which had been workec
with varyinc : success , were purchas
ed by Jamea 0. Flood , W. JLi
O'Brien , John W. Maokay and Jas ,
G. Fair , anti united under the name
of the Consolidated Virginia. Tht
stock of the two old companies was
on the market and waa bought up
at extremely low prices. Of the
100,000 shares , worth at parSlOO.bnl
which were bought at much lowei
rates , Flood < fc O'Brien se2ured
62,000 shares. The following yeai
they struck the Comstook lode , the
value of which is estimated ai
$1,800.000,000 , and the stock of tfie
company rose to S36D per share
These events maneKlood & O'Brien
the money kings of the Pacific
coast. They established the Bank
of Nevada , which waa stronger even
than the Bank of California. Hals-
ton , their rival , committed suicide ,
their other opponents yielded and
ever since they have ruled the
financial de * tlnlp' of two states.
tO VE'A J > VUOK 1,0 jT.
A Chicago tl Idonr Uoes AH III * Way
toDeadvrood Ur a Hnibaiitl.
A correspondent of the Ohloaeo
Times , writing from Deadwood ,
tells the following story.
Mrs. Scoville , of Chicago , a young
widow eudowetl with a marrying
propensity , last summer rdvertised
through the medium of newspapers
for gentlemen correspondents with
a view to matrimony. Tom Moore ,
of Ueadwood , who was at the time
employed in dish-washing at the
Ousters house , seeing the advertise
ment and no doubt think
ing there was a oliancd to
better his fortunes , answered the
advertisement. The correspondence
was continued during several
months , in the course of which pho
tographs were exchanged , but the
too anxious Tom represented him
self to the fair inamorata as the
proprietor of a first class Dead wood
hotel. With this understanding the
pair closed the bargain aad agreed to
match. Mrs. Hoovllle packed her
trunk and took wheels to annihilate
the distance between herself and her
unseen lover. Arrivmg at Dead-
wood.her affianced husband met her
at Welch'u hotel , where they had
tholr first Interview , during which
Tom let the cat out of the bag and
confessed he was only an
employee of the hotel. Airs. Sco
ville waa greatly disappointed and
mortified , as she also waa in
straightened olrcumstaucesand was
compelled to leave her trunk in the
express oQlce for want of funds to
get it out. At a second interview
she declared the management off ,
and was on the eve of engaging
herself to a hotel as chamber
maid to raise the wherewithal
to return home , when the busi
ness men of town , learning the o.r
cumstanoes and liking Mra. Sco
villa's appearance , which is that of
a cultivated lady , chipped in and
presented bcr * rith & sufficient sum
of money to piy her expenses to
Denver , where she represents hav
ing frlenda.
Her Grand Snbliino KYtimpIa to til
Molhcru or ( he World.
Courier dos stats Unis ,
Iu the French chamher , in eulogy
of Quean Victoria , Monsieur Martin
iNedandsaid :
* * "She has doue other things ,
bnt you would laugh too much if I
( old them to you. " [ Voicee : "No
no ! Tell them ! ]
M. Martin Nadaud It will be
permitted me to eay , me , an old
.Republican , who cannot be susplc
ioned of royaliam , that after being
mounted upon the throne , she tits
rendered another B2rvlrej and it
would be wall that that service
might be rendered to France by our
French women of the higher classes ,
Mother of a family of nine child
ren , Bbe has euckled the wholenine
or them I [ Tremendous laughter on
the Right. Applause on the Left ]
Hold ont Yea , she has suckled al
nine of them !
il. Robert Mitchell Yon cannot
however , ask that of the Alarehal
MaoMuhon I
M. Martin Kadaud I have only
EI word nioro to say. When she
knows that there are noble ladies
who abandon their infants to nurses
ahe will not receive them at court.
Ihst grand and sublime eximplo
bears iti fruits. Mothers and chil
dren find themselves the better for
It , and it would bo better that we
forget less In France these maternal
md humane precepts.
Holler to Him t j mle HIM Vng.
Washlng'on correspondence Raleigh ( N , 0. )
Observer.
He iivps in the "Western Dis
trict " Yesterday he called at the
Eouse to eee General Vance. He
modestly communicated his wishes
to the iloorko ppr."Havo you a card ,
sii ? " he gruffly growled. "Cards , "
tie eaid , thoughtfully , mechanically
running his band in the rear pock
sta of his coat. "No , Bir , I don't
jarry'em. " "Where are you from ? "
inquired ffae d. k , "Worth Cnro-
hua , " was the prompt answer ,
'Well , how do they uo in Ninth
Carolina when people go a visiting ? '
' Whythey ride up to a fellowa fence
ind holler to him to tie his dog , and
they gets down and goes In , " was
he laconic reply. The doorkeeper
Immediately dispatched a page to
Mr. Vance. He found that his BUD-
) osed verdant constituent had got
he best if a House doorkeeper.
Girls , Ilero'i Tonr Opportunity.
ijratnse Standard.
Women are wanted sadly out in
) rogou , and a great many of them
vould be very acceptable. There
ire at least 150,000 disconsolate
bachelors west of the" Rocky Monn-
ains who are pining for female eo-
liety , and who are waiting with
ipen arms and hearts to welcome
lelpmeots to that land of milk and
joney. If a girl hasn't the money
vith which to pay her fare to Ore-
ion , all she has to do is to send enter
ter credentials to the Governor of
he State or the mayor of Portland ,
, nd if they are approved a free
icket will be furnished , nnd nhus-
mnd as peen es she reacbea her
loint of destination.
Labor-Baling JlnchJnery
chnse t .
iynn Correspondence Xew York Herald.
In 1855 there were 80,000 more
boemakers in Massachusetts than
here are to day , and yet the value
f the products o the various fuclo.
lea is $70,000,000 greater peran-
um , to-day , than it was then.
'here are machines for sowing , eid-
cg , lasting , heeling , pegging , buff-
ig riveting , crimping , edge setting ,
yelettmp , blacking , and other mi-
ntn ! of the shoemnklng business ,
nd no less than seventeen different
iventions are now actually requir.
i for any large boot and shoe fao-
_
The insane Hospital at Mt. Fleas-
at , Is eo overcrowded with patients
lat the Board is at a loss to know
hat to do with the new ones con-
antly arriving. There were 865
imatea at lost accounts ,
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
\ A roof of zino coated sheet Iron
> says the Polytechnic Review , doei
cot crumble as doea sheet tin fron
the repeated contraction and ezpan
sion produced by the changes o
temperature. In Vienna nnd Prague
the manufacture of this roofing ma
terlal is a crowing indnitry.
Tl * year 1877 showed a very con.
elderable Increase in the production
of ooooon silk in Francs over the
preceding year , vl : In 1878 the pro.
duct was 2,306,000 kllogrammesbu1
last year it was 6,788,000 kilogram *
mes. Bnt this Industry has yet to
struggle hard if it is to attain ia
France ita former condition , when
the annual yield of cocoons was
over 25,000,000 kilogrammes.
An Italian chemist , Paeai , pro
poses to substitute for the tanning
bath in the manufacture of leather
a eolution , in water , of perohlonde
of iron and common salt. Hides
may be tanned , according to this
process , in from four to six montha.
Moreover , the perohlorlde of iron ,
being a powerful disinfectant , does
away with many objectionable fea
tures of the tanning business ae
hitherto conducted.
A process of engraving on glass
and crystal by means of electricity
has been discovered by M. Gaston
Flante. The process consists in
covering the plate to be engraved
with a concentrated solution of
nitrate of potash , put in connection
with one of the poles of a battery ,
and in tracing the design with a
fine platinum point connected with
the other pole. M. Plante employs
a battery composed of fifty or eixty
secondary elements.
In an establishment In Oakland ,
Cat. , the e'ntrails of sheep are used
for making very serviceable belting
for machinery. First , the entrails
are cleaned and soaked for a few
days in brine. The prepared mate
rial is then wound on bobbin'swben
it is ready for working up either in
to ropes or flat belts. A ihree-quar-
tera-inch rope of this material is ca
pable or bearing a strain cf seven
tons. The material , furthermore , is
very durable more than twlee as
durable as hemp.
The leather covers of books in
public libraries suffer very much
from the action of the combustion
products of coal gas. According to
Prof. A. H Church , velluui appears
to be unaffected by this cause ; but
calf is much injured , and Russia
still more PO. Most damage ia done
to the booka In the upper shelves of
the library , where the heated pro
ducts of combustion are mostly con
densed and absorbed. The sulphur
of the gas is the principal cause of
its destructive Influence. Analysis
of watery extract of leather injured
by this cause showed that sulphuric
acid , free and combined , was pres-
< iut in the proportion of 8 42 per
cent.
cent.Books
Books taken from circulating 11
braries for the use of convalescents
may easily bacome the vahiolee of
contagious diseases , and it ie much
to be desired that some effectual
method could bo devised of dialn
feotiug volumes which have been eo
used. Until this is done circulating
libraries woula do well to caution
their patrons n alnat the dauge
and to request that the books be no
used whera mioi diseases exist. In
these days of cheap publications 1
Is eay to obviate this peril by pro
curing for the sick low-priced vol
umes , to ba destroyed after they
have been perused
The directors of the Paris Expos !
tion of 1878 intend to repeat , on a
large scale , Foucaulc's famous pen
dulum experiment , showing the ro
tation of tbe earth. The pendulum
to be euspsndsd in the Champ de
Mara will ba about 660 pounds in
weight and 220 feet long aud will be
so hung that the points of suspension
can freely move , thus permitting
the pendulum to swing in one plainer
or nearly so. The specta'or will no
tice that Mia pendulum changes Its
line of o , ii" ti < ja as regards the floor
beneath , b H it he understands the
questions to bo answered , he will
know that it is the floue , and him
self with it , that is carried round ,
while the pendulum continues to os
cillate in one plane , or nearly BO.
Tne Blfgit of feet.
St. Lanii Post.
Tim Brown , n colored boy on the
farm of Mr. Warren Gentry , of 8t
Louis county , Alo. . is the possessor
of a most extraordinary pair of feet ,
They measure 22 } inches. The fee
Is of the ordinary African typo , not
malformed in any way , the instep
being very low and the bottom flat
Tbe heel is enormously long , ex
tending brick from the foot at least
four Inches , bnt the toee arc not un
usually lengthy. Tim Is 17 years o
age aad was born In Chicago. He
wears a Ko. 24 shoe.
U hat n Totccrtntr Fabric
la ft f vjt ra depleted of vitality and irregu
lar in lU filiations. It is only ladloioaa
ami p-ompt medication which c n save it
from a. epeody and total collapse. Tha tonto
and regulating properties of Hontettcr'a
stomach Bitters particularly adapt that be
nign medicine to revive physical vigor and
reform those bodily irregular ! ies which
are a oaitier to ita psrmanent restoration.
Uillloasneis and constipation aie totally
overcome by it , and the digestive activity
nnd thorough assimilation which it pro
motes have the offset of increasing blood.
The bitters are also an excellent do'ergent
of tbe vital current since they oommani-
Bats a healthy stimalaa to the bladder and
kidneys , which are the most important
channels for the escape of its impurities.
Pare , agreeable , and of botanic origin ,
thorough and prompt , bnt never violent in
Its action , the reasons tor the transcendant
ponularit/orthis medicine are both cogent
ana appreciable.
READ THIS CARD FROM
Oak Hall , Boston.
SUITS SEiVT brluiL or EXPBEss
Bend to Oak Hall for new gOide for self-
measurement plain , simple and accurate.
Perfect St and Bttisfaation gaarantoed.and
iwonyy-five per cent tavedl OAK HALL.
the New England hequarters for Men's
Boys' and Children's Garaontf , ia the old-
Ht estibllrhel Clothing House in America !
HAMMOCKS-
Wo are importers and dealers in Ham-
nooks , py the bale or at retail t Price t3 75.
FHE BOSTON SHOOTING SUIT.
took first priie ( silver medal ) at Kt. Louis ,
> ver alt comuetitort ; made only bvO. W.
j.mijons A ton. Each garment stampedll
: ent by mail rr ojcproa ? to any addresa. A
omplete snit SIS. Illustrated circular with
'amples ' and rales for self-measurement
lost free.
Enclinh Xuebv Footbatlt , Military Ooodt.
m\tt Trmatri. Sand Uniform * , AOM Ball ,
md Bieyela ijuitt. Address
S. AV. SIMMONS te SON.
Oak Hall , Boston , Mass.
maBd frUktne
C. SPENS , Jf. „
SWEDISH PHYSICIAN ,
DonglaH and 12th St.
Omaha , , - 3Ve"braslcn.
Mrs. Dr. Johnson ,
CUBES
TOBNS , BUNIONS
And faffrptcing ffailt. RKtumatitm. Pa-
rali/tii , tor aim. tte. < te. icith-
out fa\n.
IOOM 1 , JACOBS' BLOCK , ISTH ST. ,
REFERENCES : A. WrUht. Chaplain
! maha Marracks.
Jin. E. C. Brown. Omaha.
Mrs. llickman , Milliner. Omaha , and
mny others.
LEGAL NOTICE.
b ITKeaif JUiiy Concerns
Taken up by the under igned Aoril 75th.
SIB. one bay borje , about 8 years old. one
ark bay howe about 9 or 'Oyearsold.white
iddle marks and white fore-fett ; branded
i shoulder. Now at McArdle i'recinct
sHion 27 , T. 15. K : 12. Owner can have
ime by proving properly and ping til
ASilUd UEHL.
maldltftwii
BANKING HOUSES.
PRANK MURPHY , BEN B. WOOD
President. Cashier.
STATE BANK
OF KEBBASKA.
Cor. Farnham & Thirteenth Sis.
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Capital , $100,000.
Transact * a general banking business and
sells drafts on all the principal cttloi of tbe
United States and Europe.
Boy cold dust , government , city , county ,
and staU securities. ang3tf
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
eALDWILLIAMHTON&GO
BANKERS.
transacted
came as that of an incor
porated Hank.
Account * kept in cur
rency or gold subject to
sight check without no
tice
Certificates ! of deposits
issued payable in t2iee ,
six and twelve months ,
bearing interest , oren
on demand withontinter-
est.
est.Adv&noas
Adv&noas made to cua-
omera on approved ae-
ouritiss at market rates
of interest.
Buy and cell jold , billa
of exchange , government
State , County nud City
bonds.
Draw right drafts on
England , Ireland , Scot
land , and all parts of En-
rove.
Sell European F&ssaKa
Tickets.
COLLECKONS PHOMPfLY MADE ,
aurlu
V. S. DEPOSITORY.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF OMAHA
Core * ? Faril < em tat TMrfetMh.St * .
IWOBTAKA.
( EUOOaUOBS TO IOCSTIB BSOI. )
Xslabllthed { n 1856.
Drgsniied as a Nilional Sank August 20 , 1883
Capital and F07sr _ $350,009 , ,
Specially authorized by tbe Secretary of
rreasnry to Receive Enpecriptions to the
OFFICERS AND DIREoTO 8 :
Burma * Kounln , Prest.
upuftutKountH , Viet Prut.
H , W. rate * . Caihier.
A , J Popfleton. Attorney-
Jno.A. Crnghton.
f. S. Davit , Ait't C < u\r.
This bank receives deposits without regard
o amounts.
Issues time certificates bearing interest.
Draws drafts on Han Francisco and pripol-
> sJ cities of the United States , aljo London.
Jnblin. Kdinburg and the principal cities of
be continent of Knrope.
Sells paiiage tickets fnr emigrants In tht
[ ara n line. _ ootUtf
VARRIAOB FACTORIKN.
MaadimDer & Daily ,
Carriage Manufacturers ,
MATERIAL AND WORKMAN3IP THE B23T
12EPAIIHNG
TV ALL KINDS OP WAGON AND OAB-
KIAQB WOBK.
L6th St. , cor. Capitol Av. <
OMAHA.
Octllyr
J. SIMPSON ,
3ro.rrln.ee
853 A 255 Dodge St. Omaha , Neb.
KtCarviBtt and Suppi'i en Hand. scp29
MAQI8TEROFTHE DEPARTED.
UDWARD KU-EHlj ,
ff agiater of the Dop&rtod
No. 4G8 10h ( B.I. Firthim aid
Will by the aid of gnardian spirits , obtainer
or any one a view of the past , present and
nture. No fees charged In oases of siok-
i ) anrlB-tf
the
amphlet Describing the
Cumulatiye
3EA1TH LIFT I
he only Health Lift ever male whose use is
GUARANTEED !
o euro disease or purchase money refund *
co. .
Sole Propr'etors and Mcnnfaolnrers.
14 tad 226 East Washington SL , CHICAGO ,
_ iap3dl7
HAS. M. D1NSMOOR , A.M. : M.D.
Hoioeop lliist and Electrician ,
FFICE ( Day & Night ) 202 FAIIJT. ST.
Opp. Sr nd Central Hotel , Omaha.
All professional calls promptly attended
. Office hours 8 to 10 a. m.s 2 to 4 aad 7
6 p. m.
DrDinsmoor has been a practitioner of
edicine for twenty-sevenyears. and rnc-
ssfully treats NASAL CATAHRH , Throat
id LOB ? Disease : , and all chronlo affectIons -
Ions ; . vitaliiing Bath Treatment for ner-
us complaints and diseases peculiar to
> men *
Sonsnltation. personally , or by letter ,
Amp encloied ) free. apiOty
where.
JJU\jV A1111
PHV3ICUH8 AND BURGEONS.
% a w , BOBBINS , M. a ,
HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN ,
Offlco and Bealdenee :
305 Capitol Ave.
_ J9dlyr
Dr. Emily R. Bobbins ,
GENERAL PBAOTITONEB ,
L of Phiitdeluhls , , haj locaUd at
No. 305 Capitol Ave. ,
Office honrt. 1 to 3 p. m. Calls attended at
all hours. _ J n9d9y
8UKGICAL HOOMS.
! Van Camp , M. D.
Dispenses his own medecines , and besides
regular practise , makes specialities of D -
fiWJnents and Diseases peculiar to women.
nstnl * . Piles snd otaer disease ! of tha IUo
of Tarnkm and Mth
Street , first door to the right , up-jtairs. He -
dence. ISth Street , first door south of tht
Second Methodist Church. Omaha , Nebras
ka. Address Lock Box 304. ianSldiwtf
DB A. S. PENDERY ,
Consulting Physician ,
EAB PERMANENTLY LOOATHD HIB
MEDICAL OFFICE ,
83 Tenth Street. - OMAHA. KIBBAKI.
OOerlng his servloes In all departmests of
medicine and surgery , both in general and
special practice , acute and obronio diseases ,
Can be consulted night and day. and will
visit all parts of the city and country on re
ceipt of letters or telegrams. i2S-tf
MKS.J. E.VAHDEKCOOK , M. D.
OMAEA . ! f J3RA8KA.
Residence and offlw No. 203 Dodge street ,
North side. bet. 12th and ISth. marl-tf
V. H. CO2TMAIT. BS. D. .
Physician Surgaon
241 rinlin Clrcet.
Tor ProfWilonaJ Harriots TkrMPeDari
rlslt tat linn ?
LIKE AXI > TIRE INSPKAHOE.
"
C. T. TAYLOR. 8. J. HOWELL
Taylor & Howell ,
Good INSURANCE ipts ,
Reprtttnt tit following RtlialU f\re , Marine
and Lift Innirana Companitj ;
Lancashire , ol Manchester $18 00 000
Phoenix , of Hartford . . . 2 SCO COO
Niagara , of New York- . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 BOO COO
Howard , of New York . 1 COO 000
London Ing. Corporation , estab.
1720. London. England 15 000 000
LaCalsta Qonora'e. of Paris . 6 000 000
Hamburg , Bremen , of Hamburg.
Germany . 8 600 000
American Central , of Bt. Lonls1 875 000
Manufacturers' Fire and Marine.
of Boston _ _ 1 300 000
Mobile Underwriters. Mobile 1 200 000
Traders' , of Chicago . 812 OCO
Shawmnt , of Boston. . . . . . . - GOO 000
New York Life , of New York 85 000 000
Active Life and Fire Agents Wanted. *
Offlco Cor. 14th and Donglaa , OMAHA.W b
M. R. RISDON ,
BENEE'L IITSUBAHCE AOElfT ,
REPRESENTS :
Royal Canadian , ( Capital ) . . . _ . . 000 000
IVestcheater. N Ydo 1 000 roe
Fhe Merchant ' Newark , N J. . . . . . 1 000 OCO
Sirard Fire. Philadelphia . . 1 eon COO
Northwestern National 900 00
31ens Falls , N Y 900 COO
British America AisnranceCo. . . . . . 1 200 COO
Noithe/n Ins. Co , of New York 4ft ) 0 0
feb213m ] umnhn , Nebraska.
FE ! INSURANCE
Honorable adjustmenta and Prompt
Payments.
Over $09,000,00
Insurance Capital
Represented by
M. G. McKOOtf ,
Boom No. 2 Creiehton Block.
MOTELS AN B RESTAURANTS.
CEM'ML ' HOffl ,
OK ABA .
The largest nd best hotel between Colca-
9 and San Francisco.
Opened BOTT September 30 , 1873.
NpSOtf U 0. THRALL ,
Proorietor.
VIBTROPOLITAN
OMAHA , JMEBB.
" Ira Wilson } Proprietor.
The Metropolitan Hotel is centrally loca-
ed. and Is first- class in every respect , hav-
Dg recently been entirely renovated. The
nblio will find it a comfortable and home-
Ike house. znarftl
HOUSE
Gorier Maidolph.St. ud Fifth-Av. ,
paicza REDUCED TO
S.OO and $2.50 Per
Located in the Business Centre.
onvenient to all places of amusement.
legantly fnrnithed. containing all modem
arrovements. passenger elevator. Ao.
J. 6. OUMSlINQB. Proprietor.
0. F. On- . Chief Clerk ( late of Qanlt
OOlft ) RAlBtf
IATI8NAL HOTEL ,
J. A.FEDEWA , Proprietor.
or. tb and P streets. LINCOLN. NEB.
GOOD STABIES and STOCK YARDS
or the accommodation of the Travelling
Pnbllo.
TKHM8. Two Meals and Lodging. 73ct .
ngle Meals , 25 cents ; Lodging without
eals. 25 cents ; Two horse stabled and
irnlshed all feed. SI ; Two hours furnished
ty and stabling. K cents.
IVE ME A CALL AND SEE FOR YOUB-
SLF. augSdtf
TOWKSEKD HOUSE.
Salt Lake City , UT.
. T &WWSESI > . Prop'r.
mylSdimo
United ! Slates Hotel ,
BEAiH STKEET , BOSTOK.
Apposite Boston and Albany R. R. depot. )
BARNES. QILL & CO. , Props.
S riilf ! if
j- SgggS g2
i als ilgi IS
* aSfiHo * 5
a P *
5l5 ia3SoJSfiISi 3 ?
) Sm aSJC-pCtfc * *
BC-5 'viip'i ! ? *
Meat Market ,
SHEELT BKOS ,
! lo | t itt Brit rtara e-fljm BartBt ? isa frtKB ? e
Cftl , fattH13 , 9tf&nt tnt > U > tnt
= : KSttri w Battraa tlitrt-
OTtI
MAX MEYER & BRO
AltU ) J tiff UUP ? !
Jfobfceni of Watclie * . Clocba and Jewelry.
AGEMVTHI f OR X > EHXjXjI 8 JBXIO8 * SHOW
MAX MEYER & CO. ,
ITS and iT4 Faraliain Street. Oszaba. Ifsbraaka
WHOUBAU DBALIBS IB
Tobaccos JPipes
9 , ,
ooo.oe.
AXfJCJElA Jtr
? OR TEX mw . Ai.iaa >
KB al > et 8telBWft7 , Emsrsoa u4 Parlor Qem Pianos , MOSOB HJULI
Eato7f SboBlBger ud Bardett Organs.
VlcUn BtrtarBi * 4ul0. VloIIni. QnlUrf. Jlatw , BTMI InstrameaU. and
COAL DKAL.EK8.
Pratt & Towle ,
AJTTHBAGITX HID BITUMHrOUS
COAL !
OFriCS 108 Thirteenth-St. . Omaha. Nab.
leantilyiiig Fayoriies
OUR PEB80N8 AND OT7H HOMES ATTRACTIVE.
A.dornlnar Wonder of tbe "World. Harmless , Ea lly
A.pt > lled , and Effective.
fra tVton Toibttai Improve , enriches , and beautifies complexion . . . - . .SOc
: auh"M Branlfa * .Sru/uint-Tinti.powders.cooIs.beantifies / face and arms 25o
parkhng SraiiKan Brilliant Cleans , beannfies and preserves the tteth2Se
'rarifvan ' Ettreyador Cleans the head and hair and cures dandruff- . . . . . . -Z5o
Jranlian CoeoaCrtyn Dresses , increases and preserves the hair- . . . . - . . . _ SOa
. Iranlian Toiletin * Sotrp Combines all snperiar toilet prop ration- . - . „
, Irariltan Hovtt\old Soaj > Tha favente family cleaner and beantiCer rioe
, Inlliant Laundry Soap "Tha Queen of the Laucdry" . . ,
. Iranian nu\an Oives permanent poll > h to Jtwelry. metals and glais . 25e
frdfilian Oil PolM Renews and beautifies furniture and all wood work . .
liraiilia * 'StlfrJttinn jStow Pol k Uxcels in time , n e tne83 and bYaut y - lOo
Sranlianlmptrial Zmiament For accidenU. emergencies , and all clagies of pains
and aches. Warranted unequalled , and should be within immediate reach of every man
woman and child. 26450c. For further particulars regardinc these truly extraordinary
articles , obtain free from your dealer our twenty-rase pamphlet , or addreu
2DD febS6m BRAZILIAN BrflLi I.NT CO. . 44 Lake Street , Chicago
Dealers In Monnmento. Head Stones. Grates , Furniture Work. Plnmbers' Slabs ,
eto. Scotch Granite Monuments Imported. Marble , Slate and Iron Mantles always on
hand. Superior Materials and Mechanical finish guaranteed. Designs and prices fur
nished free of charge. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
Boor West of Pestdce ;
OMAHA , - NEBRASKA.
CHICAGO SHOT TOW3R COMPANY
UAOTJFAOIDBEBS O ?
EWBLATCHF0RD&C6
, , , ,
MANUFA02 VEERS OF '
Lead Pipe , Sheet < fc Bar Lead ,
Blocls : Tiuf Pipe and Sold or ,
70 North Clinton Si. , Chicago.
ang 22 wed Iri men Aw 1st
HOTKtS.
FRANK H. MEYER ,
ATLANTIC HOTEL ,
OMAHA , NEBR'SKO.
COR. IOTH & HOWARD STS.
Rooms all refitted and newly fnrniihad.
Board by the day or week. Sample room.
Charges reasonable. ianl9 ly
oozz
HOTJ8E.
NIHTH ST. , COR. HARNEY.
A. B. Banker , propr. Day board (8 per
weekc boirdand lodging M per week , and
good unfurnished rooms (2 per month.
mar 3 IJT
BUPQLAR PROOF &AFEB.
O.
Manufacturer- Flra aad Burglar Proof
Vault Doors. Jail Work , &e ,
Cor. 14lli and Jacbson BU ,
uRepalrlnit of all kinds promptly done ,
febiedljr
SKIN DIIES8EK.
MAX MONVOISIN ,
PURTAXKER ,
485 TENTH ST. OMAHA.
fe l 8m o
FITS EPILEPSY
Falling : Siokaossi
Permanently cored no humbug by one
nontuiuirn of Dr. Goulard's Celebrated
Infallible Fit Powders. To convince sofier-
in that these powders will do all we claim
'or them , we will send them by mall , post
laid , a free trial box. As Do. Goulard Is
he only physician that has made this dis >
iase s special ctudr , and as. to our knowl-
> dge. thousands nave been permanently
inrel by the use of these powders , we will
raarantee a permanent onre in every case ,
ir refund you all money expended. A'l
nnerors should give these powders an earl ,
rial , and be convinced of their ourativ *
lowers.
Price , per large box , 83.00. cr four boxes
or CIO.&O. sent By m6U to any part of United
Itatea or Canada on receipt of price , or by
xpress. 0. U. D. Address.
ASK A KOBBI1V8 ,
SM Fulton Street Brooklro.B.
vHa * t CentcnnUI Kzpodtlan fa
w fifing qvalktet ad txaSfU * md latUitj oat
Irr cf mefoting and favjritg. Tb * best ( obtoc
rtr nude. A * oar bias nrtp tr dra rk Ji clcmL
iltaied on Interior good * . M thtl Jw-Jmon't Bat f
t ereryjln ? . EoM by in dulcp E wl for uapte
M. to 0. JL JACUOK A Co , Sfrs. , Ptunlrarg , V
)23-2tewAwly )
W. BILEY'S
UPHOLSTERY
A D
IVIATTRESS FACTORY ,
> 14 TWJ3JLFTH STBEET
Between Farnham and Douglas.
Keens on hand , and makes to order , all
Inds of Mattresfes. Mattresses of every
esoription cudo over as gcod t new.
ofas and Chairs re-upholstered.
Cuts. Fits , makes and Lays all kinds ol
irpetg and Oil Cloth" ,
nrnitnrs Repaired. Cleaned and Varnish-
1. and Cnalrs Caned.
Makes aSrecialty of Flue and Plain Wln-
iw Lambreinlns. On sale , the Wentworth
BntennlaJ Bed-I'ottom. Beetinuie.
nt.Repairand Re-cusilon Billiard table * .
SttlOT. .
JrtnS.A. CKA.1TA CO.So.Ji
1
CARPETS.
249 Doual < u-St. . OMAHA , a KB.
BovlldJtwlr
FAKMIBG LASD9
Fans ! Free Hoies !
- ON THB LINB OJ TH1 -
Union Pacific R. B.
A LAUD GRANT OT
13.000.000 Aorea of tbe
Best FariiD & fcal
UI AM5RICA.
8OOOOOO In Nebraska ,
IN THE 8RBAT PLATTB VALLJY.
TH Garden of the
- TOR 8AL3 -
Sin n\m \ iiiTjBirr
Ten years' credit , interest only 6 per cent.
free Homestead * for actnalsettlers.
Ihe beat location for colonies.
Soldiers entitled to a homestead of 160 MTM ]
Tree passes from Omaha to purchasers o
railroad lands. Descriptive pamphlet * . *
prithwcUonal maps , and
THE PIONEXH.
handsome Illnitrated paper containing
the homestead law. mailed fr to all parU
Jf the world. Address. L. BURNHAM ,
Land Commintcner U. P. JlaSrocui.
Onaha. tito ,
SCALES.
DOWH WITH HIGH PBICES
Uhicago Hcale Co. ,
68 A 70 Went Monroe St. ,
CllICItRO. III.
Four ton hay scale > $31 : old price , 8160.
Ill other sites at a great reenetion. Al
tales warranted. Bead for circular aad
ricalii : .