THE DAILY BEE
E. BO3EW ATSR ; E DITOB
PADDOCK'S fifty votes on the first
ballot didn't come to time.
THE bill placing General Grant on
the retired list has been adversely re
ported on by the house committee on
military affairs.
THE Senate yesterday passed a 1 " 1
allowing § 100,000 to Ben Hollldy :
This amount will be sufficient to pay
the expenses of a ncmber of Hollidtys
for Ben.
EPEAKIKO about water , the nic.it .
expensive is that of the newly coi -
Bolidated telegraph lines with thi'r
capital stock of § 80,000,000. Ti o
market value of this water is aboLt
$30,000,000.
TnELouisville Courier-Journal saj i :
J 'There is nothing mean about Kei -
tucky. She freely gives her grc. t
men to her neighbors. Lut Mend : < y
Oullum , Kcntuckian , was inauguratt d
for a second time as governor of Illi
nois ; Tuesday , Crittenden , Kentuck
ian , was inaugurated governor of Mit-
sourl ; Wednesday , Churchill , Kot-
tuckian , was inaugurated governor < f
Arkansas ; Hawkins , Kentuckian , is
soon to be Inaugurated governor t f
Tennessee , and Murray , a Kcntucl-
ian , and Blunders , Kentuckian , are
in the gubernatorial chairs of Utah
and Nevada. Orders fcr more of the
same kind promptly filled. "
THE New Orleans Picayune accounts
for General Hancock's defeat by the
fact that the representatives of the
party in nominating convention rs
aembled failed to recognize the fact
that co man who habitually wore a
mustache was ever elected presi
dent of the United States on the
democratic ticket. The presidents
from Washington down to Lin
coin had closely shaven taoes. Van
Buren alone wcro a little patch o
whiskers under cither ear. None of
thorn ever carried a hair upon the up
per lip. One strikes bearded mou
when the republicans como itto
power. Lincoln , Grant , Hayes and
Garfield would have been denounced
by the Roman writers of the Augus-
tin age ega ns barbarians.
TiiBNew York Board of Health have
prepared an elaborate report upon tlo
origin and spread of diphtheria and
the means to be taken for its preven
tion and repression. Iu nine esses
out of tvory ten whore diphtheria
originates in a town , pre
viously frco from the disease , defcs
tlvo sewerage or nncleanliness on the
promises are found to be responsible
for the outbreak. The dumping o'
lopa and refueo in the yards , decay-
ng garbage around kitchen doors , iu
ulliciont plumbing and general no
sleet of the laws of health are power
ful influences in generating and dia-
geminating the germs of the disease.
It ia now certain that diptherla ,
like typhoid fever , is a germ disease.
The membranes of the throat are the
eea1. of a fungoid growth , the germs
of which are thrown off from the
filth and uncleanly surroundings.
Wherever diptheria breaks cut in a
- tMVJ. . . i. -u _ , uonij , JJQ ontireiy
"fsohted rora the family and noish
bora. Dipthoria ia infectious and
spreads itsBlf with deadly rapidity by
msans .of the air exhaled by the suf
ferer. An instance is recorded of
forty-six deaths occurring iu a village
In New York duo entirely to the pub
lic funeral of a child who died from
the disease. The board ot health of
Now York City , in view of the dan
ger to the public , have passed an or
dinance making It a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of $250 to hold a
pablic funeral over any person dying
from the disease. If isolation of pa
tients is rigorously insisted upan ,
diphtheria may often bo confined to
the place of iis origin and much lots
of human life avoided.
RErKKSENTATIVE McLLEK , of Dong-
1 county , has introduced the follow
ing bill Into the house at Lincoln :
A BILL
for * u act to prevent and punish the
evasion of the exemption laws of
the state of Nebraska.
WHEUSAS , It has become a common
practice for persons in Nebraska to
assign and sell claims against clerks ,
mechanics and laborers , citizens i > f
Ihii state carnioR wages herein to per
rons residing in other states , for the
purpose of avoiding the exemption
laws of this state.
Tfteretoro ba it enacted by the leg
islature of the state of Xdbraika :
SEC. 1 Tnat any parson residing in
this state who eball sell , assign < r
transfer any claim , account , not- ,
judgment or dtraand against any
clerk , laborer or mnchanic residing in
this slate , and earning wages therein ,
to any person who is a resident of any
other state for the purpose
of depriving such clerk
, laborer , r
mchanicof the biuefit of any of the
xomption laws of this state"shall be
doeaed Kuilty of a misdouieanor , nd
on conviction thereof shall be fined in
ny sura not exceeding one htiudre.l
dollars and bo imprisoned in the c in-
won jail not exceeding three months
This bill was framed in the in
terests of tbo laborers , clerks and
mechanics of our state who have botn
systematically swj.idle-1 by tax titl
sharpers and note shavers through the
aid of the United Slates
courts and ti e
S-HTiisheo law . The homestead and
exemption laws of Nebraska were in
tended for the protection of her
poorer citizens against the greed tf
unreasonable creditors. These laws
have become practically inoper.v
"ve owjng to the pian
iwopted of aligning claims to
parties in low * a d bringinK suit in
the United Statei courls. By the pro
vision , of Mr. Mullen's
bill
, such
assignment or eale of claim , for the
purpose of < jvadto ? our state laws Is
made a criminal offense , to be pubi.h-
ed by fine and
imprisonment. Some
meuumnrtbe t ken to prevent the
"belting of the
devil arouod the
stump , which ha. wrought injustice
and oppression to Nebra.kanB entitled
to the protection of the laws. The
present bill Beems to be the most
pr&ctical measure of relief thu. far of-
ed for public approval
COMMERCIAL FROSPERITYr
The records of the failures of the
act year and ta comparison with the
itatistics of preceding years indicate
, he great commercial prosperity which
our country is now enjoying. The
clearinghouse statistics published a
few weeks since and prior to the re
ports of the commercial agencies , re
veal - tbe fact that tbe business for
L880 was the heaviest overdone in the
United States , and it now appeals
From the report of failures that it vras
also the mott successful.
From the statement of Messrs.
Dun , Wiman & Co. wo learn that the
total failures during the year were
§ 4,735 as compared with CG58 , in
1879 and 10,478 in 1878 , the amounts
involved being § 05,752,000 in 1880 as
compared with § 98,140,000 in 1879
aad § 234,383,000 in 1878. In other
words the failures of 1880 were only
two-thircsas numerous as in 1879 and
less than half as numerous as in 1878.
The western states lead the remait-
der of the country in the small nun-
bar of failures in proportion to the
amount of business traneac'ed. The
report shows only cno concern in 235
[ a the west unable io mset its engap < *
mints , while in the middle states
oae business in 161 baa been untvu-
caaaful , and in the south one in 131
Tne Pacific coast has suffered heavily ,
one concern in every 72 having failed
to fulfill its business obligations.
Thesa yearly reports reflect with
admirable accuracy the commercla
condition of the country. Theyindi
cite not only the increase of genera'
prosperity , but also that sounder bus
iness methods are being pursued b ;
our merchants. Money is unusual ! ;
plenty and goods are being bough
moro and moro largely for cish am
less for credit. The speculative
crazs is confining itself
to the eastern states , while
western business men are restricting
themselves to legitimate commercial
transactions. The volume of currency -
rency is estimated to ba fully one
third greater than it was at this eea
son two years ago. This is a grea
aid to a ca-h basis of business trace
actions. As long as we are able to bt > ;
and cell for cash the general solvency
and soundness of the business com
munity can be depended on.
So JIG interesting suggestions to
American wool growers were msde '
tha recent convention in Washington ,
Tha resources of the western statei
for wool growing are unlimited , but
are unfortunately not taken cdvau
tage of. Mr. McKcllan , of Australia
who is visiting this country to look up
a location on which to place Auitra
lian sh'cop , sats that in Australia ard
Now Zealand they can raise a doz1
sheep to the acre by cultivating
suitable crops for them , while in the
United States four and five acres
will barely suffice for the sus
tenance of ono sheep. Our trouble
seems to bo that too
little attention is paid
to the necessities and demands of the
flock iu sheep raising. To the larger
fbcks 110 time is given to the im
provement of stock , and beyond prs
tursge their wants are not recognized ,
Tioru Is a great loss among American
sheep duo to scab and foot-rot , and
little or no attention is paid to thi
medical demands of the flock , if , in
daeJ , RcientiGc knowledge ia no
wanting. Sheep raising , like othei
industries , must be reduced to a stn
dy , if not a science , before it can t <
nude highly or even comparative ] } '
successful. Australia
now stands n
tha head of the sheep raising coun
tries of the worldbuf with the cquit
able climate and the enormous ranges
there is no reason why the United
should not lead the world.
Stalwart Fiction.
The American.
It was under Mr. Hayes that one
section of the republican party began
to define itself as stalwart. In the
time of introducing a more tolerant
policy towards the south , some very
pronounced republicans felt them
selves alienated from sympathy with
'ho ' president , and were anxious tha
he should pursue a more vigorous p. 1
icy in the defense of tbo colored
voters. In the circumstance ? , this
sort of dissent was legitimate enough ,
and the public began to distrust it
only when they found it so much as
sociated with strong convictions about
the distribution of offices in the north.
When Mr. Hayes refused to place
the official patronage of certain
northern states at the disposal of the
principal republican congressman of
those stales , It was found that a great
deal of indignation about these offices
cloaked itself in the garb of distent
from the prealdart's southern policy.
Personal loyalty * o such leaders aa
Messrs. Butler , Conklfng , Cameron
and Lojau tha readiness to wear
their collars mid run their errands
dubbed itself , to the public ainusa-
ment , stalwartism. And the funda
mental doctrines of the stalwartism of
these giwtleiuiu was that she republi
can party was so far exalted abavo
Ten Commandments that , like "tho
king , " it could "do no wrong. "
At this present moment there h but
little difference of opinion us to Mr.
Hayoa' southern policy. Tha parly
as a whole h.ive jjivon that policy a
solemn and public approval , in its
resolution app'oving the general con
duct of the present administration.
Bt t stalwarrhm is as vigorous ss
ever. In losing its cxcuso for exis
tence it has uot lost it motive , for
whatever cant it may talk about the
south , that motive in to bo four > d in
the offices. The stalwarts nro mem-
bsrs of great political associitious ,
uuder personal leadership , for the EC-
quisitiou of as much power and pip as
leiders and followew can secure by
their joint effort ! . In Mr. Grant's
time the exittcnce of these associa
tions inside the party was
fostered by their having a mon
opoly Under Mr. Hayes they were
held together by hunger and hope.
How will they fare under Mr. Garfield -
field ? That they have special claims
on the new president , some cf their
organs have the impudence to asrcrt.
They almost reckoned every republi
can vote cast in a county where Mr.
Conkling spoke as a personal present
to the candidate They now depict
INIr. Garfield as mourning the misrep
resentations which are current of his
personal relations to Mr. Conklinp ,
and qu3\e him as saying that only
mischief makers have
sought to cre
ate a coldness between him and the
eenator , who , at the opening of the
campaign , refused to call on him , al
though they were stopping at the
same hotel.
These stalwart fictions appear and
reappear in so many independent
quarters , as to indicate a general
agreement to whistle all together to
keep stalwart courage up. This pro
ceeding is necessary , for in Mr. Gar-
field's hacds lies the power to break
up these associations inside the party ,
and every in his past record indicates
his readiness to use the power. They
are already weaker than they were
four years. For four years Mr. Hayes
has been sending offices in the other
direction. There is already a great
body of republicans , with the advant
age of official experience , have
either never worn the Sena
torial collar , or who have put
it off foraver. Tnis policy of prefer
ring independents and proscribing
stalwart ? we believe not to embody
the highest wisdom. It was , indeed ,
Grantism under another guise , for it
repeated Mr. Grant's fundamentul
blunder of taking a faction of the
party and not the whole party into
consideration. But it did some good
in making the senatorial triumvirate
feel the weight of the oppressive max
ims they had acted on in the previous
eight yeara , and ia weakening their
personal following.
Our belief is 'hat Mr. Garfield will
pursue neither Mr. Grant's policy nor
tint of Mr. Hayes in this matter. We
look to see him ignore all line ? within
the party , as neither of these two
gentlemen have done. It is indiffe
rence , not hostility , that will give
factions the coup de grace Wo have
had twelve years of factional distribu
tion of patronajo under the republi
can party , and they have been years
of growing dhscntlon. Lat us have
four years ofrula which thall know
a candidate > n\y \ as a republican , and
after that ask "only as to his integrity
and capacity , which shall receive
fran'dy recommendations from
senators and representatives as
trom any ono else , and which shall
accept dictation frdtn no one in mak
ing the final selection. Let us have
these from a man who can make his
subordinates feel that they enter the
public eervice , not to represent any
leader or to servo any faction , but to
attend to their duties and restore the
credit of the party as a whole by the
excellence of theic administration.
That , and that alone , is the pollcj
which will dissolve the rings insid3
the party , and make their factions'
allegiance to a senator or a represen
tative ss barren as it is servile.
It is the vice of all party organiz
ation that its selfishness tends to
"strike ! n" and to destroy the party's
own life by breaking it into subordin
ate factions , each moro eager for its
own success than for the prosperity
of the pirty or the prevalence of itn
ideas. The higher a party is in is
primal aims , the greater the services
it has undertaken or performed for
its country or for mankind , the moro
this mischief of factional Ellbdivisioi
will prove when once it gathers head.
Opplimi corniptio pessima. We wil
owa it to Mr. Garfield if the tenden
cies already working so powerfully for
the destruction of the republican party
are not allowed to. precipitate its ruin
TUB North American Review for
Februiiry 13 the literary phenomenon
of the month. First we have an earn
est siid patriotic article by Genera
Grant ; advocating the Nicaragua
canal project. Tne genial AuiocrU
of the Breakfast Table , Oliver
Wendell Holmes , follows with an es
say entitled , "The Pulpit and the
Pow , " written iu the best spirit of the
Christian philosopher , in which he en
deavors to show tha need that he bo-
liovea to exist for a revision of the
prevalent theological creeds. Under
the quaint title of ' "Aaron's Rod
in Politics , " Judge A. W. Tourgea
emphas'zss the obligation , Im
posed upon the republican party by
the Chicago platform , of making pro
vision for educating illiterate voters.
James Freeman Clarke mikes a valu
able contribution to the discussion of
the authorship of Shakespeare's plays.
The grave evils that may result from
the partisan character of the United
States supreme court are pointed out
by Senator John T. Morgan Thp
sixth of Mr. Charnay's papers on the
"Ruins ofiCentral America" is devot
ed to a cleccriptiou of the Pyra-nids
ol Comalcnlco , which must rank among
the stupendous monuments ever crec-
tadby man , Finally , Walt Whi.mtn
writes of "Tho Poetry > f theFuturo.1
The Roviesy is sold by booksellers gen
erally.
American Railroads In Mexico.
Chicago Tribune.
The buildinir of the Atchison , Topeka
poka & Santa Fe road to Guaymas , on
the Gulf ot California , and the eflorts
now being made to obtain concessions
for railroads from El Paso and Austin ,
Texas , to the City of Mexico , have
failed to arouse , wo think , so great an
interest in the United States as the im
portance of the subject merits. Even
the statements of General Grant ,
strong as they arc in favor of extend
ing our railroad system into Mexico ,
have created little moro than a pass
ing interest. Ho studied the subject
on the ground , and has certainly
spoken within reasonable bounds.
So great , however , is the
ignorance of our people regard
ing Mexico and its capabilities for
tnde , and no adequate idea of the ad
vantages wo shall derive by railroad
connection has been arrived at. We
do not hesitate tossy that , when the
roads we have mentioned are comple
ted , we shall not only find st once a
capital market for our manufactures ,
but ono susceptible of enormous devel
opment. We assert , with equal cer
tainty , that no other country in tr.e
world , noi oxcapting our own , will
then offer such rare advantages for
the enterprise of our citizens and the
cmoloyraent of our surplus capital.
Theto two assertions appear extrava
gant. They are not to , but are fdlly
sustained by the facts.
By Iho "Memoria del Mtnistro do
Gobernacton , 1879 , " the population of
Mexico is said to be 9,036,777. Much
more than half of these are Indians ,
among whom , as yet , no idea of im
proving their condition exidts. The
Indian requires but little more than n
few yards of cotton cloth for clothing.
It is housu is of the most primitive de-
fcriptinn and needs nothing tha im
nediato surroundings do not furnish.
HU food , principally diied meat and
corn-meal , is obtained with little exer
tion and la 3 cish , and , it may be
or.id. ho is almost ignorant of the
products of other countries. Even
f this ignoraKca did not exist , tbe
.exorbitant prices at which imported
articles are now sold place them be
yond his resch. It wtuld be difficult
; > say just what proportion of the
ilexicnn people are purchasers of
c-re-Rii merchandise. The estimate
has been made by those best
qualified to judge that at least two-
thirds make no use of foreign articles ,
and yet the average annual importa
tion of Mexico is in the neighborhood
of § 30,000,000. Undoubtedly the
completion of the roads in question
must , year by year , largely increase
this amount. They will , by cheapen
ing transportation , lower the prices at
which foreign articles are now sold ,
CUUBO a greater mingling with the
people of the world by those of Mexico
ice , increase the intelligence of the
Indians , develop on their part a de
sire to better their position in life ,
and create among them new wants
heretofore unknown , which can only
be supplied by importations from oth
er countries. The probability is al
most a certainly that but a few years
will elapsp after these roads are built
before the entire Indian population
can be counted on to the extent of
their means as consumers' foreign
products.
If we except the growth of sugar and
tobacco , Mexico can never become
our rival in any branch of trado. She
produces a large amount of raw
material of various kinds , but she has
neither the coal nor water-power to
permit her manufacturing them , In
those tnings constituting the main
elements of our wealth she can in no
sense compete with us. Her soil is of
incalculable fertility , but her climate
is such that grain can only be raised
to any extent by irrigation. The
precious metals constitute much the
larger part of her export trade , and
the deposits , especially of silver , are
perhaps as rich as any in the world ;
but she has neither the capital , nor
skilled labor , nor enterprise , nor
mining intelligei.co sufficient to
develop them. Iron ore of ex
cellent quality is abundant , but ,
in the absence of fuel , can only bo
worked to a limited extent. In fact ,
we have no cause to fear Mexican
rivalry in any of our leading indus
tries , except , as wo have stated , in
the production of sugar and tobacco.
The district of country suitable for
the crowth of the former is more ex
tended than ours. The clinnto alao
is better , and it is probable that when
Mexico is more fully developed and
ier labor system better organized ,
tier sngsr crop will be largely in excess
oi our own product ? . In the quantity
of tobicco which Mexico will be able
to produce , It is believed she can
never equal us. Her tobacco , how
ever , ia far superior to ours in flavor.
It equals that of Cuba. As yet
tobacco is raised in comparatively
email quantity. Tlio lauds outtauiir
for its growth , however , are much
larger In extent than those now culti
vated , and its production is , there
fore , susceptible of considerable In
crease ;
13ut , besides its importance as a
market for our products , Mexico af
fords ua another hdvantago of incalcu
lable value. It offers at our very doors
and of the best quality , many of the
most important articles used in commerce
merco and trade , and which wo ar
now compelled to seek from all part
the world. No country equals her it
the great variety of Its productions
and none so capable of growing them
of such generally useful quality. Be
sides these , she produces many others
of iraportanca wnich < Mn scarcely bo
found elaewbei-e. Her connection
with us by rail will place all these va
rious products at our disposal , and we
shall be able to obtain them at greatly
reduced prices. Their production it
is true , is yet in ite infancy. It will
bo for our industry and capital to de
velop and control it. Rsilroad com
munication onca established , no other
country can for a moment compete
with us in getting po Session of this
trade.
Although Mexico produces so largo
an amount of gold and silver , she is
still greatly in want of capit.il. Her
cold and silver are sent abroad to pay
for her imports. Mexicans who suc
ceed in accumulating ; wealth are usu
ally forced to live in other countries
to avoid forced exactions by eomoono
or the other of the political factions.
Scarcely such a thing as a banking
system exists. Little is known or
understood of commercial credit.
Business of every kind is conducted
on small capital and in the most prim
itive manner. Much of this has been
due to the instability of the govern
ment and to the turbulence of puliii
cal aad military leaders. The gov-
ernraent4 however , diving the past
few years has become more perma
nent and secure. Evidence is afforded
by the recent peaceable and quiet In
auguration of President Gonzalea that
pronunciamentos in the future will
scarcely ba possible , and that security
for the investment of our capital tuey
reasonably tots expEcma.
The commerce of Mexico has here
tofore been principally with the
United States. England , Franco and
Germany. 'Of late years , we have
succeeded in obtaining about two-
thirds of it. Our succesa has been
in spite of many disadvantages , not
the least of which was the antagonism
and dislike felt for us by the Mexican
pacple. This feeling , however , has
almost diaappearod. Mexicans now
understand that the interests of both
peoples imperatively demand warm
sympathy and clocur business connec
tions between them. We cannot
doubt the wisdom of this concession
on their part. It ia enormously to
their advantage , an i still moro so to
OUM , that wo ahoiiid aid in establish
ing these relations by every means in
our power. Having this object in
view , wo regard the completion of a
railroad from the United States to
the City of Mexico as second in im
portance only to that of the Union
Pacific.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
The new rolling mill at St. Paul ,
Minn. , is completed.
Several flouring railla iu Sherman ,
Texas , end vicinity , have been chang
ed to cotton mills.
The Edgar Thompson steel works
of Pennsylvania have recently re
ceived orders for over 80,000 tons of
steel rash , principally for new rail
roads.
Four manufacturing corporations in
Lawiston , Me. , representing § 4,000-
000 of capital , have declared divi
dends this month aggregating § 180-
000.
000.Tho
The new Pjvonia elevator in Jersey
City rests on GOOD piles driven into
the water and soft earth. The eleva
tor occupies an area * , superficially , of
CO by 300 feet , and is 155 feet in
height.
A cotton factoryto cost about § 350- ,
300 , is projected at Jacksonville , Fla.
The loctticn has been chosen , and the
capitalists interested are at the north ,
selecting machinery and making ar
rangements to begin work.
The business men of Keoknk , Iowa ,
lave formed a stock company to start
* vegetable and fruit canning factory
n that city. At a meetine , December
2d , to organize , § 5,200 was subscribed
; ow. rds the enterprise. The capital
itock cf the concern ia to be § 10,000.
The Marsh Harvester manufactory
at Piano , 111 , is being removed to
3hicago , where a large building has
jecn erected for the purpose. This
will take 300 hands with their faml-
ies from the former placo. At Chicago
cage they will employ 1000 hands.
The Icdianapelis rolling mill , in the
) res < = nt year of the company , rndlng
November 30 , turned out 22,327 tons
of rails , which ia 3840 tons more than
were ever turned out of the mill in
any ono year before.
The Portsmouth steel and iron
works turned out a iteel ulate recent-
y measuring 150x70 inches three-
eighths of an inch thick. It wai of
homogeneous steel , and is one of the
largest over cast in any of the west
ern mills.
North Carolina is to be congrat
ulated on the fact that her handful of-
manufacturers in I860 have increased
to s'xty-five cotton factories , with
125,000 spindles ; 250 tobacco fac
tories , and numerous machine shops ,
all running on full tima and often
overworked.
The Erie company are about to in
crease the capacity of their shops at
Salamanca. Considerable
new ma
chinery is being added , side tracks
are being put in , and other improve
ments are being made. The working
force is to ba increased by the addition
of 100 hands.
The Phoenix Iron company , Phil
adelphia , is now running its works
dsy and night on sixteen iron bridges
or the Mexican Central , a largo
iridgo and treatlework to span the
larlem river for the New York Ele
vated railroad , and thirty-seven spans
of double track bridges for the Phil
adelphia , Wilmington & Baltimore ,
and four 150-feut spans of double
tnck bridges for the Boston & Maine
railroad.
The manufacturers ot agricultural
mploments in the United States have
doubled during the last ten years ,
[ n 1850 this industry gave employ
ment to 5361 hands. This year it
jives employment to 40,680. Ohio
eads off , employing 10,248 people in
.his branch of manufacture. Illinois
rollows cloaaly with 8000. New York
lext , with 7237 , and then Pennsyl
vania , employing H few over 3000.
Twenty years ago this class of manu
facture was confined to New York and
the New England states.
THAT FROZEN PIPK.
TUB QOEER HABITS ASDVORBINOR OF
THE PLUMBER
Detroit Free Press
Whena plumberplumbs a new house
ho makes provision for the freezing of
the water pipe at soma point under the
house. It ia always at some point
which can be got at by opening a trap
door and crawling lees than half a mile
through the darkness. You begin the
winter with the feeling that yon will
neither borrow nor lend a pail of
water , but will stand ready at all times
to sympathize with a neighbor who
gets up in the morning to find his
jrijM * " dry HH ° - kpna IiL.a3 this
feeling bsgins to put fat on your ribs
you KO home to dinner to ba met by
the cook with the remark :
"I guess the water has all run out
of the river , for I can't get a dron to
Cook with. "
You turn the faucets this way and
that. There is hope that she doesn't
kuow how to draw water , although
she haa been in the house for three
yeara. There is a sighing in the pipes
as if they had met with some gtos
sorrow in their depths , but no watei
appeafs.
Under the circumstances , it take
i r minutes to coruu to the con
fluty '
cluaion'Uiat the pp : = frozBn B ° m ?
where. Ten minutes mpro sp- . "
deep reflostion will convince you that
the C'lilty ' poirit is uuder the addition ,
where the pipes leave the grotiad to
enter the kitchen.
All you need to do is to get a can
dle , a himmer , a nail , a pine stick , a
hot. flat-iron. After you have crawled
under and bumped your head on the
brick columns and raked your back
on trio joists and barked your kneea
on the old iron hoopsj which always
take up lodgings under a house , you
put the flit-iron to the cold water
pipe. It is no use to try to iron the
wrinkles out of a water pipa. The
most you can do is to heat the pipe ,
and no man was ever known to per-
nisi iu that idea over ton minutco be
fore adopting the other. Take your
hammer and drive a nail into the
.water pipe. By driving next
to the floc-r and close to the ground
you can toll if the pipe is frozen be
tween. The nail holes are easily
plugged up with pine. When you
have come cs near as may be to the
frozen sp it , hold the flatiron on the
pipe and settle down for ten minutes
of meditation. You won't have trav
eled down memory's lane over half a
mill before something will happen.
The pipe will burst exactly on a line
with your eyes , and you will have
cause to wonder all the rest of your
life how a gallon of water could have
collected at that one point for your
benefit.
Sorno men can close a burst in a
lead pipe by uao of a hammer. You
pin'l- , and so you , must crawl out
for raga , crawl in to wind them over
the spot , yell for string , whoop for
the water to be shut off , and crawl
out with icicles hanging to your eara ,
and a racing desire in your heart to
shed blood. And yet , when you come
to shake your fht under the plumber's
nosa and offers to lick him for two
cents , ho kindly replies :
"Burst it , the pipe , eh ? Well , I'll
send ix man there the first thing next
week. "
Peoria National Democrat : There
is no medicine in the world tnat
? qual3 Sr. Jacobs Oil. Thousands oc
testimonials nre received daily from
responsible p irtica who speak in com-
inendablo terms of it. In a later
issue the same journal remarked : St.
Jacobs Oil is something no family
should ba without.
Arnica Salve
The BEST SALYB in the world f oi
Oats , Bruleen , Seres , Ulcera , Sail
Uhonm. Fever Sorea , Totter , Chapp-
oil Hands , Ohilbliins , Corns , and all
kiada of Skin Eruptions. This Salve
ia guaranteed to give perfect satlafac-
tied in every case or money re funded ,
Price 2 ceuln per box. For sale by
Sdly Ish & MoMahon , Omaha
Great German
REMEDY
UK FOR
NEURALGIA ,
SCIATICA ,
LUMBAGO ,
BACKACHE ,
GOUT ,
SORENESS
OrTUE
CHEST ,
SORE THROAT ,
QUINSY ,
SWELLINGS
ASD
SPEAINS ,
FROSTED FEET
AMD
EARS ,
AKD
SCALDS ,
GENERAL
TOOTH , EAR
HEADACHE ,
AND
All other Pains
J13D
ACHES.
No Preparation on earth Mulls Sr. Jicoas OIL n
a SAFE , SCBE , sijcru ; nd ciirjir External Remtdj- .
AtJjal entailj bat the mr.ratirelr trifling onUof
SO Cz.fTS. and T ryon jaflenng with j > iin c n hiti
cheap nd positlre proof cf its cluoi.
DIRECTIONS IS EiETES laSGCAGES.
SOLD BY All OHUOniSTS AND DEAURS IN MEDICMt.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Baltimore , 3Ttl , , U. S.A.
G. JACOBS ,
( Formerly ol OUh ft Jacobl )
No. 1117 Farchum et. , Old Stand of Jacob Glf
OKD I * fir TKLKaiUPO SOLICITS
3 ? . R. IllSDON ,
General Insurance
PHCENIX AS3lirun.Cs. . J Ion-
don , Cash AsseU . " . ' S5.107.1S !
VESTCHCSTEK , N. T. . Capital 1,000,013
THE MERCHANTS , of : i8wark.N. J. , 1.0W.OO
QIRAUD FlUKPb-iladdphiaCapItal. . l.OOt.OOO
KORTUWESTIRK NATioxALcap-
Ital * . . . * * . . . . . . ' ' " ' ' POC 000
FIREJ1CN-8 FDND'ci'iiornia ! ! ! . . . BOoW
llHITlSn AMERICA ASSURAKCECo 1,200,000
ITEWA iK FIRE DiS. CO. , Assets. . . . SoO.OCO
AMKRICAF CESTHAL , Aleetg JOO 00
S t Cor. c Fifteenth & Donstlas Bt _
OMAHA , NKB .
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded that of
any previous year during tha Quarter of a Century m which this "Old
Reliable" Machine has teen before the public.
In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431,167
Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales last year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day 1
For every business day In the year ,
The "Old Bebable"
That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Machine
the Simplest , the Most
chine bos this Trndf
Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma
Iron Stand and em chine ever yet Con
bedded in the Arm of
structed.
the Machine.
T !
Principal Office : & uare , New York.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the United States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the 0
World and South America. seplG-d&wtf
Successors to Jas. K. Ish ,
Dealers in Fine Imported
Extracts , Toilet Waters , Colognes , Soap3 , Toilet Powders , &o.
A full lire of Sunrlcal Instruments , Pocket Cased , Truss's 9.111 ! Supto-'r-e. Atxwlutely Pur *
Drugs and Chemicals uccd in Dispensing. Prescription * 811 < l a : any hour of the night.
Jas. 1C. Isli. ! , : nvrc : 'c HIc3Iahon.
orST TEST-JEST
SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. ,
gf i
Wholesale and Retd'i in
FRESH 3SJSATS& PROVISIONS , GAB5E , 1'OHLTRY , FISH , ETC.
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
OFFICE CITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St , Packing House ,
Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R.
Cures naJ never tlisap"
points. Tlioworld's great Pain-
Rbliovor for Man and Boast.
Clioap , quick and rolio bio.
PITCHERS CASTOiiZ
is not JTarcfltfc. Children
grow fat uponMothers like ,
! in < l Physician recommend
CASTORIA. It regulates the
Bowels , cures Wind Colic ,
allays Fevcrishuess , and de
stroys Worms.
WEI DE MEYER'S CA
TARRH Cnro , a Constitutional
Antidote for this terrible mala
dy , ty Absorption. The mait
Important Discovery since Vac
cination. Other remedies may
relieve Catarrh , tliia cures at
any stage before Consumption
vets in.
Geo. P. Bemis
STATE AOEHGY ,
15th cfr Douglas Sis. , Omaha , 'Neb.
Ibis agency doea STRICTLY a brokarage busl-
neaj. Docs notgpeculate , and therefore any at-
gains on Its books aio Insured to Ite patrons , In
stead ot being gobbltd up by the agent _
BOGGS & HILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
Ho IjOS Farnham Street
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office Noith Side opp. Grand Central Hotel.
Nebraska Land Agency ,
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1505 Farnham St. Omaha , Ntbr.
100,000 ACRES carefully selected land In E-isUrn
Nebraska for Bale.
Great Bargains In Improved farms , and Omaha
dty property.
0. P. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNYDER ,
late Land Com'rTJ. P. R. R -eb7tf !
BTRON RISD. LSW18 KXXD.
Byron Reed < fe Co , ,
CLDMTISTABLIS'ID
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real
Batata In Omaha and Douglas County. mayltf
A. W. NASOIV ,
ID E IT TI S T ,
Ornci : Jacob's B ct , corner Capitol Ave. and
16th Street , Omaha , Nob.
THE MERCHANT TAILOB ,
la prepared to make Pants , Soita and overcoats
to order. Prices , fit and workmanship RuaranteeJ
to Knit.
OnerDoorWest of OrntcSshaub's.
10Iy
Machine Works ,
J. Hammond , Prop , & Manager ,
Tbe most thorough appolnte-l and complete
Machine Sbopa and Foundry In the state.
Castings ol every description manufacted.
Engines , Pumpa and every class of machinery
mads to order.
order.pedal attention glren to
Well Augurs , Pulleys , Hangers ,
Shaftins.BridRC Irons , Geer
tnttiug , etc
Planatornflw Machlncrj-.ileachanlcal Dracght
nUodols , etc. , neatly executed.
av St. . Bar. 14Mi nnrt 16t.h.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE
BETWEEN
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Corner of SAUSDER3 and HAMILTON
STREETS. ( End of Red Line u follows :
LEAVE OMAHA :
30 , * 8:17and ll:19a m ,3:03.5:37and758p.ra.
LEAVE FORT OMAHA ;
7:15 x m. . 9:15 : a. m. , and 12:15 p. m.x
1:00,6:15 : and 8:15 p. m.
The 8:17 a. m run , leaving omaha , and the
:00 p. m. run , leaving Fort Omaha , are tunally
o ded to full capacity with regular passengers ,
Tbe 6:17 a. m. rua will be made from the poet-
See , corner of Dodge and 15th inrehta.
Tickets can be procured bom street cardrlr-
re , or from drivers ot hacki.
FARE. 25 CENTS. INCLUDING STRE CAB
ja-tf
EWHKIHC ' 'Jub-.li.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
IN NEBRASKA.
GALDWELLHAlViHTONiCO
- Btwlnocs transacted same as that o an Incor
udratod Bank.
Accounts kept In Currency or gold subject to
eight ch ck rtlthout notice.
Ccrtlflcatcn ot drpoalt Issued payable In three
nix and twelve month ? , bsoring Interest , or on
demand without In tores i.
Advances made to customers on spfJOvoJ so
curltle ? nt mark" ! rates of Interest
Buy and sell gold , bills of exchange Govern
ment , State , County and City Bonds.
Draw Sight Drafta on England , Ireland , Scot
land , and all parts of Europe.
Sell European Passage Tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
aufldt
U. S. DEPOSITOEY ,
FIRST 1ATIONAL DANK
OF OMAHA.
Cor. 13th ana Fornbsm Strceta.
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROS. , )
BSTAinsniD m I860.
OlganLrod as a National Bank , Acgut 20,1843
Capital and Profits Overg300,000
Specially authorized by the Secretary or Treasury
to rtcelre Subscription to tbo
U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN.
OFFICERS AND DIBECIOH3
Hnuxn KCUSTZI , President.
ACOOSTUS KOUBTZH , Vlco
n. W. YATSS. Cuhl&r.
A.-J. Poprwroa , Attorney.
Joan A. Cn'iairro > .
F. H. DiYia , Asa't Ouhlar.
Tail bank receives deposit vrlthont rejirt ) to
amonnts.
Issues tine certificates bearing Interest.
Draws drafts on Son FrandEco and prlnclpa'
citloa of the United gtateo. alsj London. Dublin ,
Edinburgh and tbo principal cities ot tha contl
nent ot Europe.
Sells passage tickets for Emigrants In tha In.
man ue. nrjldtf
HOTELS.
THE ORIGINAL.
Cor. Randolph St. & 6th Ave , ,
CHICAGO ILL.
PRICES REDLVSD TO
$2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY
Located In the business centre , convenient
to places of amusement. Elczantly furnished ,
containing sll modern improvements , passenger
elevalor , tc J. H. ODMMINO8 , Proprietor.
rclClf
: N HOUSE ,
Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs , lowat
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus * o and from
all trams. RATES Parlor floor $3.00 per day ;
second fioor , $2.50 per day ; third floor , J2.00.
fho best furnished and most commodious honee
In the city. OEO.T. PHELPS Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming ,
The miner's resort , good accommodations ,
arge sample room , charges reasonable. Special
attention given to traveling men.
11-tf H. C HILLURD Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Flret-cl B8 , Fine are Samp ! * Room * , one
block from depot. Trains stop from 20 mlnutet
to 2 hours for dinner. Free Bus to and from
Depot. Kates 92.00 , g2.EO and $3.00 , according
to room : s'ngle meal 75 cents.
A. U. BALCOSf , Proprietor.
W BORDER , Cnief Clerk. mlO-t
UPTON HOUSE ,
Schuyler , Neb.
Fltst-clasa House , Good Hcala , G xl Bedj
Airy Rooms , and kind and accommodating
treatment. Twngood sample rooms , flpecia
attention paid to commercial trarolers.
S , MTT.T.KB . . , Prop , ,
ali.tt Schnyler , Neb ,
The Popular Clotliiiig House of
M. HELLW & 00 .
Find , on account of the Season
so far advanced , and having
a very large Stock of
Suits , Overcoats and
Gents' Furnishing
Goods left ,
They Have
& R * '
OE ;
that can notfai I to please everybody.
*
EEMEMBEB THE
ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE ,
1301 ami 1803 Farnham St , , Corner 13Ii. (
GOODS MADE TO ORDER M SHORT NOTICE.
IANO
S. "W'IRIG-BIT ,
ACEKT nil
FOR UH
And Sole Agent for
Hallet Davis & Co. , James & Holmstrom , and J. & C
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Go's. Organs ,
IJdeal in Pianoa and Organs exclusively. Have had yeara
experience in the Business , and handle only the Best.
J. S. WRIGHT ,
% 1816th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha , Neb.
HALSBY V. FITOH. Tuner.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
Steam Pomps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery ,
BELTiHC HOSE , BRASS AND 1ROH FITTIKSS , PIPE , STEAK PACKING
AT WHOLESALE AND 11ETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS
A. L. STEAN& , 205 Fnrnbira Street Omaha , Neb
'S I
In Kegs and Bottles ,
Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Beasonablt
Prices. Office. 239 Dongla . . Omaha
GA
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Carpetings I Garpetings I
8. DETWILER
. . ,
Old Reliable Carpet House ,
1405 DOUGLAS STREET , BET. 14TH AM ) 15TH
{ "FlSyT1 A 'RT.TPiTT'FTn IIET 18QS. )
Carpets , Oil-Cloths ,
Matting , Window-Shades ,
Lace Curtains , Etc.
MY STOCK IS THE LARGEST IN THE WEST.
1 Make a Specialty of
WINDOW-SHADES AND LAGE CURTAINS
And have a Full Line of
Mats , Rugs , Stair Rods , Carpet-
Uning Stair Pads , Crumb
Clothes , Cornices ,
Cornice Poles , Lambrequins , Cords and Tassels
In fact Everything kept in a First-OIass Carpet Hoim
Orders from abroad solicited. Satisfaction Guaranteed
Call , or Address
John B. Detwiler ,
Old Beliable Carpet House , OMAHA. '