I
THE DAILY BEE
WHEN that new bridge across the
Mi-ourf IB finished , Omaha nnd
Council Bluffs won't have to wait for
a bridge of ice to join in ne.ghborly
Intercourse.
PEESIDENT HATES has been bitten
by the expiring Pone * flea. The
president ehould ask for an Introduc
tion to Tibbies. This remedy would
either kill or cure.
'SOUE reckless correspondent h-s
been endeavoring to tell the junior
editor of the Republican something
be didn't know before , and gets hit ,
reward Itf'a half'a column of very
thin -mush-and glue. Experience Is
the beat teacher on such matters.
AK exchange says "one of the me at
senseless and vicious fashions now
popular is 'the French heel , ' located
along toward the center of the female
foot. It k particularly injurious to
the eyes. " The editor fails to explain
whether the wearer or watchful be-
kolder Buffers the injury complained
el.
THE contest over the speakershlp'of
the next house Is growing lively. Five
candidates are in the field1 , Frank His
cock of New York , John A , Kasson
of Iowa , Thomas 6. Reed of Maine
Julius O. Burrows of Michigan , and
J. Warren Kolfer of Ohio. Thi
friends of Mr. Hiscock claim that he
fetds the field with 71 votes already
VroBbad and nearly enough in sigh
to secure ou-nnajority. At. Conk
ling's support , it Is understood , wil
be given to HUoock's candidacy.
THAT prince of extortioners , the
Pullman Palace Oar company , should
sot be permitted to escape when the
people take In hand the regulation of
the railroads. Illinois Is just now In
vestigating tha matter and the senate
committee on corporations has recom
mended , the passage of a bill regulat
ing sleeping cars. When it ia under
stood that a Pullman oar pays for the
eost of construction in a year anc
arm tea per cent a month ou the la-
vestment ever afterwards , it looks ao
if sleeping car fares might bear s lit
tle reduction.
Kuc&is legislators are determined
to do something'with the railroad
question at the present session of the
legislature. The anti-monopolists
demand the appointment of a railroad
eommmittee whose duty it shall be to
investigate the condition of all the
railroads in the state ; the cost of con
struction , the rolling stock , the coat
per mile of carrying passengers and
freight , and all the running expenses
of each road. They will have the
power to send for peraDPS and paper * . ,
and bs fully accredited and equipped
so as to make all possible disooverias
as to the transportation business of
the state. On the report of this com
mission , it ia proposed to base i.
railway bill
is gaining for her canso
strong sympathy among the English
masses and even bolder advocates
among the English statesmen. One
of the most remarkable speaches of
the session was that delivered last
wjaekby the Hi. Hon. Mr. Co Won , the
liberal member of parliament for New
Castle. Mr. Cowen is reputed to be ,
after Gladsone and Bright , the most
finished orator of England. In a
scathing speech of two hours length ,
he took Issue with tSo ministry on
their coercloniill , denounced an bit
ter terms English methods of dealing
with Ireland and told the house of
commons that in all Irish history
ana * all her efforts to obtain
a fair share of rights -English sub
jects tthat nothing has ever been
granted by England from a sense of
justice , but that every measure of re
lief had been extorted by agitation. :
Thfa charge as conin ; from one of
liberal leaders shows the effect of the
Irish agitation on English society.
Mr. Cowen is one of the ;
rising statesmen of the nation ,
a Ban whose soundness of
jadirment and clearness of perception ,
commands an audience wherever his
vobefa heard. In making this grave
charge against England's Irish policy
be oaly affirms the judgment of his
tory , but his mere affirmation will
wy weight throughout ths ranks of of
Ms party , and in the heart of every
jvit aad justice-loving Englishman.
8l 0xa effort * will be made In con-
gr w by the democrats to rush
through an apportionment bill before
the cmioo closes. The bill now under
consideration by the committee fires
the nuaber of members nnder the
new appointments at 31L A substitute ry
will be tried , making the number 319 ,
whlch.lt U claimedwfll largely benefit try.
the tenth. A correspondent of the
Pioneer /YtMssya that It is not certain -
tain , { however , that either of these
ratio * wfll be accepted ; but that of
firtllf tie number will be fired at
307 , which will be an increase of four
teen over the present number. This
will deal fairly witi the south and the
aorth and also giro the three leading
tales New York , Pennsylvania and
Ohio an increase of one member
web. It Is well to bear In mind that :
these three states represent
nearly
one-tblri (15,000,000) ( ) of the
population of the country ,
and they can not afford to
to bo deprived of their due proportion
of representatives. There is also g
another very important fact in their
favor , that nearly three-fourths of tie the
public revenue are collected and paid
In those three great statesamd * when go
it is considered that before the naj.t
decade stub questions as the tariff
nuaace audcotmuerce will eutur lurgo-
ly into legislation , everv one ot which
is closely identified with the innres's the
Ctliesan'atcs , it ! a not likely Hut
t
to snv curtailment of bo
branch of tie of
be pro- datcs
V\\&r ® - there
STATE MSDIOA.ljBSGUIiA.TIDN.
Tha medical bill , introduced by Mr.
R. W. Montgomery , h a atep iu tap
right direction. While in several
particulars it fiili is our opinion to
meet the requirements of the case , yeS
on the whole it is a commendable ef
fort to remedy a crying evil rth which
our people must deal for their own
protection.
The state has mais other lawa for
the protection of the public , bat none
more important than the sabj ct
now before the legislature. Nebraska
is flooded with caarla tars and imp3sters
who ara triflin ? with the hoHh of her
citizens and peopling her
cemeteries with their vic
tims. Massachusetts and Illinois have
enacted rigid laws regulating the prao
tlce of medicine within their borders ,
aud a brood of quacks , driven from
the shelter of Boston and Chicago ,
have spreid their wings westward and
are now preparing to swoop down up
on our paople. Over a ye r ago THE
BEE fought a single-handsel battle
against the quacks of Omaha , and
succeeded In ridding the city of four
of her most successful aud notorious
bi cher . The exposure by THE BEE
of the readiness with which Ignorant
impostors could trifle with the lives
aud pocket-books of our peopla has
done much to create a strong senti
ment throughout the state In favor of
a rigid and unoBmpromisin ; restric
tion of the practice of medicine to
SUoh professional uinu < mo oultlled
by study and expsrience to the title o' '
doctor.
Mr. Montgomery's bill like the laws
of HHnoisjrad Massachusetts , compels
registration of physicians nnder oath
as to graduation and time of practice ,
making false statements , in this par-
tlcularrfelony , and punishable in the
same manner as perjury. This Is an
important and commendable feature
in the bill The mere fact that reg
istration is noceBsiry that and answers
to certain ugly questions will be required -
quired , will turn away from our state
to more congenial locations the wont
class of medical pretenders.
Those sections of the bill which re.
late to the qualifications of physicians
and surgeons hare been framed as a
compromise between the three leading
schools and a class of doctors who ,
although non-graduates , have prac
ticed medicine for years in the etate
and are thna presumed to have ac
quired the necessary experience in
their profession. We are pleased to
note , however , that from the time the
act takes effect no person not a resi
dent of Nebraska who has not received
the degree of Doctor of Medicine from
some legally chartered college will be
allowed to practice medicine In
the state. There ia no doubt
that the authorization of a
diploma from a responsible ) institution
ia the only safeguard against quackery.
It is unfortunately truj that a num
ber of diploma mills exist in the Unit
ed States whose mission ssems to bo
to turn ignoranJ charlatans ou upon
the public , bat the majority of our '
raedlOil colleges are much be'ter
schools for hying the foundations of
medical knowledge than fiva or ton
years spent in experimenting upon
patients , without any preliminary
training. Ultimately , Nebraska , like
Massachusetts and Illinios , tuil find
herself called upon to decide wl'at
schools are legally chartered and what
are frauds ou the public. Frr
the present however the qualifi
cations required by the bill intro
duced by Mr. Montgomery
suffice.
The principal defect in the medical
bill now under consideration lies in
the inadequate penalties provided for
Its infraction. Practice by an un
registered physician should be a pen
itentiary offense. A swindler who
robs a man of property valued at § 35 , $
when convicted under our laws is
out to Lincoln. What then should
be the penalty for a charlatan , who
robs his helpless patient of health ,
perhaps of life , and extorts heavy
ees by imposing upon the credulity
of the ignorant.
a
TEK growth of cities and towns at
he expense of the country is clearly
ihown by the last census. Jn 1870 we
had 184 cities with a population of "
10,000 and over ; their aggregate pop 'bni
ulation was 7,672,233 ; in 1880 we had
242 , with a total population of 11-
100 20L Daring the decade the gain
a the country1 ! population was 11- cov tan
594,188 , showing that nearly a third roc
the Increase of the cities at the ex- resi
wnse of the country is constantly be- gro
coming more marked. Thus in 1880 All the
our urban population was about one-
Ixteenth of tie whole ; in 1850 it had
grown to be one-eighth ; in 1870 it was
one-fifth ; in 1880 , one-fonrth. This
.
ncrease of city population is In the
ace of .the ruth of immigration to the
country , and of the fact that moneta
convulsions have the effect of fore- Is
; the city the
population into the coun
of
.
be
TAXING the census Is no cheao job.
Che aggregate monthly expenditure
the bureau is reported to be $74- An
123.12. of
What VanWyok's Election Means.
Fvwaee Enterprlg * .
It means that Nebraska has In the
senate of the United States two anti- such
CJnlon Pacific , and two anti-monopoly the
senators. Ssunders was elected on
that issue , and VanWyck , in the the
ace of money and influence and
power , has declared for the people
throughout this campaign. nois
It meins that we have two senators nsed
unfettered by combinations and free
act for the gocdof their coiist'iu- ' at
onts without regard to political obit-
tlons > ( becaace it require ! no each
obligations to secure tboir chcliin. etc.
Van \Vyck was the sacond chojco of tfap
anti-Pftddoclr men. and when 'he
field found that it war'a necessity to the
to some ons ua * > , favorites were ever
droppsdand VanWyck was taken up. ] I tics
Thus -aramellcd he cn sce ! f f..r ' rnu
office * or trust the best men rather J of
than the best
politicttns. Iowa
It means that throuphont
the sta'o \ \
selection wll give general satis Ao
faction. The Paddock eupporteru , it
uiat be admi led a lar o element , inlj
sore for n time , but three-fourths ' these
th republi"--s f * > - te will 1 o I b > t
gratified. If any of theothtr c.icdt- and
in the field had been sekc'td ara
would have been more or less in
bitterness. There can't be
gunat VanWyck ; he is likable and a
Favorite , whatever men may think of
his suitability. The farmers particu
larly * ill bo pleiwed , foelinjj , aa they
will ' , that they have a representative.
It means that wo "lir.vo two snnatura
vho , whatever thuir abilities ( no
doubt bat ordinary ) , have uuimpeach-
able recordF. For all Van Wyck's
promiceace in state po'itics ' , wa hare
never yet heard a word whispered
against him as a man of principle , and
we know nothing in his public life
worthy of criticim. -
Thcao are points which should cer
tainly afford gratification to tha citi
zens cf ihis young and gr Bring com-
monwe-dth. Sanator Van Wyclc doea
not pfaefi3 that marked ability whicl
will enable hitn lo cope with Blame or
Conkliajr , Sherman or L > a.n : , but he
does now what Nebraska wants , and
ho do3 know how to secure for his
atito ovary needed aid. Nebraska
may csngfatulate herself on the re
ault.
BLACK HILLS NUGGETS.
Lead City has but two stamp mills
left.
left.The
The Caledonia mill is running forty
stamps.
Lawrence county has a bonded in
debtedness of $365,000.
Deadwood boasts of an icicle six
teen feet long and two feet thick.
There is considerable activity In
the building line at Spearfish.
Extensive discoveries of soft flea
have been made on Battle craek.
The Salmon mine at Caster is ehow
Ing up large quantities of free gold.
The new "Dell for tne KpUcopa
church at Dead wood will weigh ISO !
pounds.
An Immense amount of land has
baen recently located on Btttle Creek
for ranches.
Grocery stocks are runnbxg low
owing to the snow blockade en th
Sidney road.
Outside of the foot hills th snow i
unusually deep , laying about on
foot on the level.
The fire companies of Lsad , Can
trPI and Deadwood have organized
protective organization.
The Deadwood postoffice did
money order business of . $279,243.6
during the yast year.
It takes forty days for a bull team
tc reach the Hills from Sidney in th
present ' state of the roads.
A placer miner on French creek ha
panned out twenty pans cf dirt , av
erasing five cents to the pan.
In mortgaging the line of the C. C
D. & E. railroad , the toll road be
longing to Fyler was put in at $100 ,
000.
The Washington Consolidated com
pany , at Galena , is sinking an incline
shaft , and maetlng with remarkably
rich ore.
The Roohford Miner says that val
uable coal discoveries have been made
In the southern Hills by Daniel Mil
lard and his partners.
The miners on French creek reporl
good prospects and feel confident o
doing well when water washes the
placers in the spring.
Tne number of deeds , to. , filed for
record in the register of deeds oflica
of Lawrence for the fifteen month *
preceding the 7th inst. was 8229.
Reports froti the cattle rnnaes an-
nounca that all tha native cattle ara
daia well , the principal suffering ba
iut ; among the Texans.
The completion of the Black Hill' '
lines of railrond to the Missouri river
lias had the effect of already si ffon
ing tlie price of town property here.
A citizen ofDcadwood , vhoyaa re
ported te have noted improperly to
wards a Load City maiden , was le
cently treated to a coat of tar aut
feathers.
Considerable excitpmont over the
recent discovery of mica mines pr <
vails in Cu-rcr and vicinity. About
ton coed discoveries have thus
( JUU U13UVeilB3 UttVtt VUUB far
been _ . _ .
beI
The I Masonic fraternity of R pic
City propose the erection of a building
100 feet lon , two stories high , the
upper story to be used for a lodge
room.
The DeSmet and Deadwood miner
under the now management , will in a
few daps bo united by a tunnel that
is being dtiven through the interven
ing space.
The DeSmet mine last year yielded 1
$000,011.97 in gold , the expenses for
the same period beine § 313,108.62 ,
leaving a profit of $286,893 35. The
average yield of the ore was $7.17i
per ton. -
The county commissioners of CUE-
ter county have just completed the
survey of a road from Custer City ta
Intercept the Pierre road near the
crossing of the Cheyenne river. It is
cut-off of about sixty miles. : '
The citizens
of Castor county are
circulating s petition to the legislature
tur praying for a bill to bond that sem
county so as to enable them to con- alre
strnet a rosd to the Cheyenne river , to
build a court-house , a jail and to fund >
the outstanding Indebtedness of Ouster Tex
county. In
New placer mines have been dls-
covered up Susan gulch , a short dis
tance from Ouster , and although bed
rock has not yet been reached , great alre pec1
results are anticipated as soon as the
ground can be worked in the spring.
the ground has been located , and
owners consider their property
quite valuable.
radi
Wy
Connection of the Mississippi and Put
Illinois. birt
D.venport Garotte.
ion
The Mississippi r'ver ' has a clear Alii
navigable line of 1,944 miles from Its nd
mouth to St. Paul. The Illinois river ucl
navagable from its confluence with non
Mississippi to La Salle , a distance Jail
220 miles. The long route to the Ves
seaboard by which alone freights can Nel
directly carried from the Upper
Mississippi valley , requires far too ere
much time to invite extensive ship Edc
ments thereon of grain and produce. Wis
indirect route , down to the mouth df
the Illinois and thence up that > irt
stream to LaSalle , thenoe by canal ) avow
boat to the lakes , is , indeed , not of
Impossible use , but it ia wholly im ' 'he '
practicable. Were there no other dif ens
ficulties to Jje overcome in the use of
a route the long towage against
stream , required In the case of
grain barges attempted to be taken up iome
Illinois , would be really insur f
mountable. Or , if basges , such as
could pass through the present Illi
and Michlgin canal were not f
, the transfer of grain from the lear
ordinal river steamboat to c nal boats ,
LaSalle for floating to Chicago , f
would be equally fatal tj attempts to nd
move extensive quantities of urain. '
. _ Taesa insuperable obstacles to
moving of produce down the nd
.
Missi.sippi to the UlinniR , ijnd through f
I linou to the Michigan cinal , will
ho opcwtiva to
prevent cny prac
usa of sucn channel
n of
com- Farley
mumcathr : batwcon 'ha tcstern halves
the states of Minnesota and of t
and the western portions of and
\\ire--s'c and lllm-ia cad the Likes. ncis
txicnt of improvement on the of
Mississippi and Illinois
rivers
, res- stnator
peclively , will rander tha uu of H.HD
n r ims. and conneclins lines
between , , h , Upper Mississippi ValU-v sena
3 tltn T1 . * _ C . Tt" T * * v " * uom
theLikes. of avail
any Tbe
e nesota.
tha touudauient.il fasts to bo kept. 1 have
mind fay whoever is In the least de- Ant
gree inclined to regard the ipiproveof
mentof the Illinois river andxthe en-1
iargement of the Illinois nnd MichFai
igan canal , as affording - promise
of mooting the demand for
better communication vrith
the eastern Atlantic ports via Chicago
and the lakes. There facts are unal
ter.iby ! established. The dntosir re
quired by a descent of the Mississippi
oinicst to Sh Louis , nnd thence up
the Illinois river 10 LaSalla and Chi-
cigo , ciunot ba rnado. It never will
bo mndo ; no matter how great the ex
tent of enlargement secured in the
Illinois and Michigan canal by Chicago
cage , or for Chicago at the expense of
thoganeral government. Nothing can
bo mora certainly true than this.
What then is needed ? Manifestly ,
a more direct connection between the
waters of the Mississippi and the Illi
nois. For thi-i , as miy be seen by
anyone who will take tha trouble to
consult a mip of the state of Illinois ,
A route has been olaarly marked out by
nature. By cutting the narrow neck
of land which separates the two rivers
along or adjacent to a line running
east from Rock Island , that desired
ahort .connection between the two
rivera Is secured. Surveys made by
authority , and estimates prepared un
der the direction of the most com
patent engineers in the servica of the
Uuitod States , have shown that the
construction of a canal along the route
thus indicated is at once practicable ,
of comparatively inexpensive con
struction and readily to ba established.
Why , then , has not congress been in
duced to appropriate the funds nece-
usary for the completion of the needed
work ? Particularly , why is this so ,
when a committee of that body-has
reported In favor of such completion !
The answer can ba given in two
words popular apathy. If , now ,
nnder the influence of the revived in
terest in The question of cheap trans
portation , those of the western people
who are really concerned in a satis
factory disposal of that question will
but arise to an earnest and continuously
iydi determined effort , the much needed
direct communication between the
diM
Mississippi and the lakes will cer
tainly : be secured.
The People and the Bailroada
CariDn ( Nor. , ) Appeal.
The Enterprise In Its role of a regu *
larly retained counsel for tha defence
in the case of the people vs. the rail
roads , says :
Senator McConnel , of Hnmboldt ,
ha introduced a bill to regulate pas-
sencer rates on railroads in this state ,
butthe Silver State thinks it doubtful
ifi the bill will accomplish anything in
that direction , so far as the Oentral
Pacific railroad is concerned. That
company was organized under an
act of the United States congress
acwl
when Nevada was a territory. That
act ! authorizes the company to charge
passenger zates not exceeding ten
ceuts a mile. It is not probable that
a state legislature can nullify or amend
this clause in the charter of the Cen
tral Pacific railroad company. It is
generally conceded that congress alone
haPa power to regulate fares on the
Pacific railroads between California
and the Missouri river , and as that
body authorizes the Union and Cen
tral Pacific companies to charge ona-
third more for carrying passengers
than they do charge , it u not probable
that tha legislature of Nevada can re
duce , the rales. However that may
bo | the bill has been referred to the
senate committee on railroads , whose
repirfc will probably determine the
question - of authority and dcclda its
Tha only defense offered by the
railroad monopolies now engaged in
the task of griudiag and crushing the
people of Nevada consists in arguing
tiio subject from a purely technics
b sis. The
question of right or
wrong , hard 'timcs and extortion , ia
never for a moment , considered by
the monopoly or ita agouti. The only
proposition which seems to scnifo the
cjrpir tirtn 'a the utter ruining and
impoverishing of Nevada by a system
of extortionate freight and pa'ssuger
nifd unknown to any portion of the
civJtzoJ world. Whan any effort is
made to remedy these evils , they only
re-.ily to any and all arguments ad-
vncud that any such attempt is un
constitutional and n violation of this
or that right which the corporation
claims to possess. The penpla who
are plundered year after year by a
rascally system of discriminations and
tiigh tariff will no longer tolerate
this axaaparating argument , whila all
about them they sea a monopoly bur
dened state sinking into decay. The
awa of right and justice have still
01113 claims , ana must be respected.
Men cannot slave away their lives ,
living seventy-five dollars to the
Central Pociflo of every hundred they bri
earn. If the people do not gat jus-
-ico from the present legislature ,
they will cease to look for it in thit
quarter , and take upon themselves
the task of "regulation. "
United States Senators.
'anFranoiico Call.
When the United States senate is
nil , it Is composed of xeventy-six
senators. OP" these , sixty-six have
ilready been chosen , including those
who hold over. Senators are still to
e elected in Pennsylvania , Florida ,
Pexas , West Virginia , and Missouri.
the ) latter state , as in New Jersey ,
caucus nominations have baen made ,
which will , without doubt , be oon-
irmed by the
legislatures of the res
pective Biases. Taking the senators
already elected , we find that three
tales furnish
eighteen senators , as
ollows : New York is the native
tate of and
Conkling Platt , her own
enators , of Teller and Hill of Cole
, Conger if Michigan , Van
ck of .Nebraska , and Mc-
'herson of New Jersey. Ohio is the
lirthplace of Pendleton and Sherman
iome senators , Voorhees , of Indiana ,
Allison , of Iowa , Plumb , of Kansas ,
Windom , of Minnesota. Ken *
ucky gives the country Williams , a No
iome senator , Walker , of Arkansas , A
, of Florida , Jones , of Indian * , cheap 0
Test , of Missouri , and Saundera , of
Nebraska. Two' states furnish four SOLD
act Vermont and Maryland. The
ormer supplies her home senators
Idmunds and Morrell Carpenter , of
Vlsconsin , and Sawyer , just nominat-
from Wisconsin. Maryland is the
irthplace of Groome , home senator , Any
avld Davis , of Illinois , Kirkwood , of them
ow , , and Davis , of West Virginia. corn
states which furnish three
enators are seven in number
Georgia , Indiana , Mas : hoaetts ,
forth Carolina , South Carolina , Ten
lessee , and Virginia. Georgia Is the
of Hill , her own senator , Pagh Ia
Alabama , and Lamar of Mississippi. to
hdiana , of Harrison , home senator , to
Surnside of Rhode Island , and Miller
California. Massachusetts , of
and Dawes , home senators , and
ngalls of Kansas. North Carolina ,
Riasom and Vance , homo senators ,
Hawley , recently elected from
'onnectlcnt. South Carolina , of THE
Inmptju and Butler , home senator ; ,
Brown of Georgia. Tennessee ,
Harris , home senator , Morgan of
Alabama , and Garland of Arkinsas.
Virginia , of Johnston , horn a senator.
of California , and Coke of
Five states are the binhplice
two senators : Delaware , Bayard
Ssulabnry , homo senators ; Illi
, Logan , himtisanator , nnrtSHtiit
Ordgou ( ; Maine , of Haer ! home
, and Grover of Oregon ; New
Hampshire , H liins nnd Bl ir , home
senators ; and P < 5nn ylvinFa , Camprou ,
licineseuatT , and McMillan of Min
. Michigan and Rhode Island
one nenator each Fcrrw and
Anthony. Scotland is the birthplace
i of Beck of Kentucky ; England , of
I Jones of Nevada ; and Iralund , of
' Fair of Nevada. The oldest senator ia
j Kirk wood of Iowa , 68 ; the young-
i cat is Grcoma of Biarylaud , 43. Saw-
i yer o ! Wisconsin and David D wis , re
Go. Harris , Concer. Wade Hampton ,
j and Johnson of Virginia ate 03
Sjclahnrv of Delaware i 64 Pu h
.vid. Williams arjGG Burnside , Far
ley and Rollins are 57 ; Grover nf
Orason , 58 ; Hinanni and F ir arc 55 ;
Pumlleton nud Sherman , CO ; Conk-
linir , 52 ; Mill r , 50 ; Biywd , 53 ; Ed-
mnndB , 53 ; Limar , 50. The aenntora
under 50 are Groome , Platt , McPhor-
aon , Garlund , Bbir Pluino nud Cam
eron. The grcaler number are be-
tvroan the ages of 50 and GO.
The American and European "Peas
ant. "
S.ocratiry'Evarts , who setAmeric.au
consul 3 in liuropo to find out how far
American workiogmon would have to
come down before they reached the
of the European labortr , has
just announced to the world the dis
covery of a greit truth. Lest wo d -
tract ia any way from this wreut dis
covery , we give Secretary Evarts" own
words : 'The peasant of Ireland or
Germany , " says our wise secretary ,
"carrying a soldier on his back , can
not compete with the American peas
ant who haa no soldipr to carry. " The
"American peasant" is a "new charac
ter in this country. We never heard
of him before. Perhaps , however ,
Smarts is anticipating that time when
American labor will have been carried
down to the European level , and the
western farmer will bo converted into
thin "peasant" that Evarta speaks of.
But passing by the phraseology lot
us comg to the fact. The inference
that Evirts wants to be drawn is that
our farmers have no right to complain
when they compare their condition
with that of the tillera of the soil
on the other side of the Atlantic.
Bat lot us see If in the way of a tax
burden our farmers are much bettor off
than the farmers of the old country.
If they have no soldier strapped on
their backs , have they not an incubus
just as great in the shape of the bond
holder and the railroad king ?
According to the report of the secre
tary of the treasury the interest on
the public debt for the last year was
395,757,695.11. The cost of support
ing the English army is , according to
the Statesman Year Book , about
S75 000,000 per annum that ia about
$20,000,000 less than we pay for our
army of bondholder. . But that is not
all. Our favored "American peasant"
has other burdens to bear. Judto ;
Black , in hia recent letter on railroads ,
makes this statement : "Just now it is
said that the railway companies
have agreed among themselves to
raise the freight five cents ptr hun
dred we'ght , which ia equal to an ex
port tax upon the whole crop of prub-
ably § 75,000,000. " And this little
sum to the amount handed over to
the bondholders every vear , atid we
have about § 170,000,000 that the
h ghly-favored "American peasant"
has to pay to a clfi-s that give nothing
in return. The soldier that the Euro
pean "peasant" carries does som
fighting for him now and then ; can
any one teli what the bondholder anc
the railroad king do for the American
farmer except rob him ?
If Secretary Everts is anxious to
know why hja "American peasant , '
handicapped though he be , by hav
ing the bondholder and the railroad
kjng on hia shoulder , can outstrip the
"European peas-mt" in tha race ol
competition , wo can inform him tha'
land monopoly , owing to the vast ex
tent of this couatry , hai not yel
brought upon us all cno evils tint , it
has itifltcted upou Europe. Lot Mr ,
Evarta nnd the class lie represents
have their way , and long biforo the
fpcjnd centenary of the republic th
"American pOTs-int" will have no
reason to think himself so much bet
ter off than hi * E'iropMn ' brother.
Spending Money In "Vain.
M. V. B. Hersom , Esq. , of Pink-
liara & Horsora , Boston , Mass. , re
ports : After v.iinly spending five
Hundred dollars for other remedies to
relmve my wife , I have no heiitation
in declaring St. Jacobs Oil will cure
Neuralgia.
Great German
REMEDY
FOR
> > , '
* NEURALGIA ,
jfaiiiiBJ SCIATICA ,
1 ! h , . rtH i ! LUMBAGO ,
BACKACHE ,
GOUT ,
SORENESS
or TOE
CHEST ,
SORE THROAT ,
QUINSY ,
SWELLINGS
AND
SPRAINS ,
FROSTED FEET
1HD
EARS ,
i.YD
SCALDS ,
OEKESAL
TOOTH , EAR ore
AND
HEADACHE ,
JLKD
All other Pak
AXD
ACHES.
Preparation on earth equals ST. JJCOM OIL as
sin , scnr , siKriz aid CIIEIP External Remedy.
tntl catalli but tha oompiritiroly trifling outlay of
CI.TTS , aid eyirf one nffering vita pun can nave G
and foltlte proof of Its olaimi.
rjIRKCnOSS M ELZTEX UKCC10ES.
BT ALL DRBDDISTS AKD DEALERS IN MEDIClflE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Baltimore , ltd. , V. S.J
3STOTIOEJ.
on > bavlaj dead anliuals I will remove
free of chirjje. Leave oHers sontheajt
r of Barney and 14th ot. , sacond door. |
CJPRLE3 SPLITT.
No
THK HEKCIVi\T TAILOR ,
prepared to make Pants , Suits and overcoats
order. Prices , Bt and vvorkmanship guaranteed
enlt.
One-Door West of nrnlcKBhante's.
BUSINESS COLLEGE , St.
GREAT WESTERN Ge
Gco.H.j athbia , Priucipal. Jon
'E3 '
HE
Creighton BlocS : , - OMAHA
Its
tienti for Circular. 111'
nSH
S
IV !
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
iSHGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
The popular demand for the GENTJIXE SINGER in 1879 exceeded tint of
any previous year during the Quarter of a Cen ury in which tlusf'Old
Ueliable" Alachine has been 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 I
For OTery business day In the fear ,
The "Old Eeliab'e"
That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Ma
chine has thio Tradt the Simplest , the Most
Mark caat into the Durable Sewing Ma
Iron Stand and embedded chine ever /yet Constructed
bedded in fche Arm of
the Machine. structed ,
EH MANUFACTURING CO.
Principal Office : b4 Union Square , New York.
1,300 Subordinate Offices , in the I/nited States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the 0
World and South America. eeplG-d&wtf
McMAHON ,
Successors to Jas. K. Isb ,
ITS AND PERFUMERS.
Dealers in Pine Imported
Extracts , Toilet Waters , Colognes , Soaps , Toilet Powders , &o ,
A ( all line ot Surgical Instruments , Pocket Cues , Trusaos auJ Supporters. Absolutely Pure
Drags and Chemical * used In Dispensing. Prescription ! filled at any bear ot the night.
Jas. K. Isli. Lawrence SIcSTahon *
SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. ,
AND BEEF PACKERS
Wholesale and Retail in
< r KI-SS ; ! MBATS& PROVISIONS , CAKE , POULTRY , FISH , ETC.
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
OFFICE CITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing House ,
Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R. R.
Qeo. P. Bemis
SEAL ESTATE
16th & Douglcu Sit.t Omaha , Neb.
This a encj does STRICTLY a brokarago ban *
DdZ3. Does notspecnlste , and therefore any ai-
gnfna on ita books aie tnsored to Its p&trong , In
stud of bain ? gobbled np by the Rijcnt
BOGGS & HILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No IfOS Faniham Street
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office North Side opp Grand Central Hotsl.
Nebraska Land Agency ,
DAVIS & SHYDER ,
1E05 farnham St. Omaha , Nebr.
400,000 ACRES carefully injected land In Eastern
Nebr&Aa ( or salu.
Great Bargains In improved ( arms , andOmai
elty property.
O. F. DAVIS. WKB8TER SNYDEK ,
tate Land Com'r 0. P. B. S 4o-leb7t (
BTROV RES8. trwis a o
Byron Keed & Co , ,
CLDR3T RSTABLU'ID
"REAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of title to all Rea
Es'ato In Omaha and Donelas County. mavlt
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LIKE
BET'V EKN
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Corner of SAUNDEHS and HAMILTOI
STREKTS. ( End of Red Una aa fellows :
LEAVE OMAHA :
630 , E:17andll:19a : m ,3:03,6:37i.nd7r29p.ai :
LEAVK FOr.T OMAHA :
7:16 a m. . 9:15 a. m. , and 12:45 p. m.
< 4-00 , 0:15 and S:15 p. in
* Tlie8:17a.m run , IcKvin ; Qmaha , and th
4:00 p. m run , leavinu Fort Omaha , are usnally
lu.iiled to full capacity with repjKr paMongers
The C:17 a. m. ma will be made from the rmt
oTice , corner of Dodio ; and 15th enrehta
Tick eta can be procured from street cardrlv
ail , or from drhcrs of hacka.
FAKE. 21 CENTS. INflUJIHN'n 8TRK CAH
EAST IHDIA
O
Of
3
dOLB MAVUPAOTUSBRS
A. W. NASOJV.
3D
: Jacob's U dc , coruer Capitol Ave. and
IKth Btreot , Omnho , KeS
BURNED . OUT ,
But at it Again.
G.H.&mOLLINS
. .
, $
to
AND
Saddlery
Hardware ,
HARNESS. COLLARS.
Onl
Stock Saddles , etc. , " llt
seco
Now Beady for Business. The ntl
Next .Door to Omaha Na
tional Bank , Douglas
Street.
S-After Jan. 6th , 1316 ponglau
, opposite Academy of Music. area
decU-tf
General insurance Ageof ,
Lon-
, Cash Assets . . . lock
WE3TCHMTRI. N. Y. , Cipltal . 1C W . o 2
MEHCnAMS , of Newark , N. J. . l.OOCioO )
MJulM nKEPhi ! < lalpWaCaPltia. . l.OoloCu o
IRjMtV3 : I'U.VD , Call'orala . - 1 *
ria a AMERICA ASSURANQEC < ? i ' <
A IK FIRE INS. C0n Assets. . . . S.
iMKRICAF CKCrKAL , Aaets . 500 t
t-t Conf Fifteenth k Douglas t : .
!
MERCHANT TAILOR try t
Capitol Ava , , Opp. M"esonc ! Halj ,
, NEB "
s-uuats-
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
CALDWELL AMILTONICO
Bujluoan trauoactud game an that o tu. iucor
pcrated Bunk.
Accounts kept In Currency 01 fcOld ea'ajo t u
tight check wlthotit notice.
CertlQcatea of dopuett Issued payable Iu lluco.
9lxard twelve months , bearing Interest , or on
demand without Interest.
Advances mads to customers on approve. ] so-
cnritl&i at markt rates of Interest
Buy and sail 'Old , bl'la ' of eich.ing O"yern-
went. StateCounty and City BonJd.
Draw Steht Drafts on Fntland , frelsrd , Scot'
land , and all parta of Europe.
Sail Eiropean Passage Tickets.
nOLIHGTICNS PROMPTLY MADE.
snjldt
u. R DEpcsrroKy.
IK mj
'IRST NATIONAL BAHK
OF OMAHA. .
Cor. 13th ana Farabam Streets ,
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IK OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROS. , )
X3TABU8BZD IS 1850.
Organized aa a National Bank , Anftot 20,16 S.
Capital and Profits Over$3QO,000
Special ! } authorized by tna Becfcfary ir Treaanrj "
to racelra SabscrlpUoc to tbe
U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN.
OF5IU3E3 AND DIKB(7TC22 (
Oxsiua Kcinmi , President.
Anansnis ROUKTZK , Vice PiMUsot.
A. J. POPPWTOJT , Attoroej
issa A. Cs'as3X3.
F. H. Dins.
bank receivesdepodt 'rftboct tegsid to
amoonU.
lasnca Urge certlOoatezbea/lng interest.
Draw ? drafts en Sin Pracdsco and priadpa !
dtlea of tha United Ststca , alsj Eondoa. , Dublin ,
Ediuburch and tha principal dtlca of tha coat ) ,
nentof Kurope.
Sells passage tickets for Emigrants IB the In.
man ue.
HOTELS.
THE ORIGINAL.
IRIGOS HOUSE !
Dor. Randolph St. & 6th Avo. ,
CHICAGO ILL.
-yr ' - f-
PRICES REDUCED TO
$2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY
Located In the business centra , conrenlent
places of amusement. Elegantly furnished ,
containing all modem improvements , passenger
elevator , &c3. . H. CD1I11INUS , Proprietor ,
ocietf
OODEN HOUSE ,
Cor. MAKKETST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs. IOTT&I
Una o Street Railway , Omnibus'o and from
trams. RATES Parlor Boor 83.00perdaj-
second floor. $2.60 per day ; third floor , $2.00L
best furnished and most comintxUons homa
the city. GEO. T. PHELP3 Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL
,
Laramie , Wyoming. WI
The miner * ? r ort , good accommodatloni- ,
nam pie room , chargca reasonable. Special
ttention given to traveling men.
11U H. C HlLLfVRD Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL , Mi
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Plrst-cl M , Kino arce Sampl * Roomi , one
from depot. Trains stop from 20 mlrmtei
hour * for dinner. Free Bus to and fron
cpot. Kates $ ± 00. $2.60 and $3 00 , according
room ; B'ngle meal 75 cents.
A. O. BALCOM , Proprietor.
W BORDKN. Cnlcf Clerk. ralO-t
Cor
UPTON HOUSE ,
Sciiuyler , Neb.
Frt < l = 38 House. Good Meala , Q-xid Bedj i'uii ;
Bvomi ) , and kin'l a.id cromnj latlij
eatment. Tw good sample rooms. Bpeai
utlon paM la cojimcnJal trarelirs.
S. MULEE , Prop , ,
Sohoyler , & eb ,
The Popular Clothing House of
M. HELLIVIAN & GO , ,
Find , on account of the Season
so far advanced , and having
a very large Stock of
Suits , Overcoats and
Gents' Furnishing
Goods left ,
They Hare
REDUCED PRIDES
thatcannotfailtopleaseeverybody
EEMEMJBEE THE
ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE ,
1301 and 1303 Farnham St. , Corner 13th.
GOODS MADE TO ORDER OH SHORT NOTICE.
PIANOS I ORGANS.
J" . S. "WIRIG-IHIT ,
CHICKERING PIANO ,
And Sole Agent Tor
ffallet Davis & Co , , James & Holmstrom , and J. & 0.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Go's. Organs.
I' deal in Pianos and Organs exclusively. Have had years
experience in the Business , and handle only the Best.
J. S. WRIOHT ,
218 IGtli Street , City Hull Building Omaha , \Tcb ,
HALSEY V. FITOH. Tuner.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery ,
BELTING HD3E , LBAS5 ArlD hlON FITTIHCS , FIFE , STcAK PaCKHiG
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HAILADAY WIND-MILLS , GHUHGi ! A3D SCHOOL 8ELLS
L L. STR&NS. 20u Farnham Streat Omahr. , Neb
HENRY HORN
iwi I w fc S Ba
, BLATZ'S jfwIiKET BEER I
In Kegs and Bottles ,
Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at BeasonabU
Pricea. Ofidce. 239 DouRla * Omaha
CARPET
Carpetings 1 Carpetings f
P PTW
11 _ L I iV
Old reliable Garpet House ,
Moe ; X'JGL.AS } s'i ' rr , BET. i ru AND ISTB
( TUST-A-SILie JSSID XoST 1.P.G8. )
"
rpets , Oll-Oioths ,
Matting , Window-Shades ,
Lace Curtains , Etc.
STOCK IS THE LARGEST IK THE WEST.
*
i Slake a Specialty of
WINDOW-SHADES AND LACE SUSTAINS
And have a Pn'l Lice ot
Mats , Rugs , Stair Rods , Carpet-
Lining Stair Pads , Crumb
Clothes , Cornices ,
Cornice. Poles , LanibreqMiitt , Cords and Tassels
IL iact Every thing kept in , . First-ClFJSs Carpet Honsa.
Orders from abroad * olicU tl. Satislactiun narantccdt
, or Address *
John B. Detwiler , ,
0
Old Reliable Carpet House , OMAHA ,