. /-1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.-WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 10 mi. " * 'l .Ml 7 THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA PUDLI6HINQ CO. , PHOPRIETOR8 010 harnham , bet. Oth and lOlh Streetl. TKHMS OF SUUSCKUTION : opy 1 year , In kd\nnc ( postrntilftO.K .nonOn " i' . . . . , ! f..OC months " " . J.OC RAILWAY TIMEfTABLB. TIXR CAHU ClllCinO , KT. TAVL , MUt.NtArolm AX OUAIK R.UUtOAD. I.fnve Om hNo. . 2 throujh jx mcr ( , 11 * . in. No. 4 , O.tkl.Miil pnictKcr , 8 JO v m. Atrhe OnmhaNo. . 1 , through i V ) cncr ( , 3 p. m. No , 3 , Oakland inttcncur , 4:10 : | > .m. LXAVIS9 OMAHA KAST OR 80L1H FOUND. C. , II. & O. B A. m. 3:10 p. rn. < C. & N. W. , 0 n. m.-3:40 p. in.1 O. , U. I. ft I' . , ( I n. ni. 3:40 : \ \ m. K , C. , St. J , i U. II. , S n in. c.M : p. la , Artho tt St. Louis at C:2j : a. in. and 7U : a. ui. HKST OB n. & M. In Neb. , Through , 8:35 : n. ra , n. & M. Lincoln KrclRht , 7:00 : p. m. U. I' n , 12:16 : p. m. O. & n. V. for Lincoln , 10:20 . in. O. & It. V. for Osccola , 0:40 : ft. in U. P. freight No. B , 6:30 ft. m. U. P. ( night No. 0 , 8:16 : ft. m. U. P. trck'ht No. 7 , 6:10 : p. in. emigrant. U. P. Irclirht No. 11 8:2fi : u. rn. ARsivixo rnoii KABT AXC WCTII. C. II. h O. , 5:00 a. in. 7:25 p. m. C. k N. W. , 0:46 : ft. m. 7:25 p. m , C. H. I. &P..DI6 : ft. in. 0:0 : p. m. K. C. , St. Joe & 0 II. , 7:40 n. m.-fl:46 : p. m. W. , St. L. & I1. , 10 : 6 ft. m. 4:25 : p. m. ARRtVINo'rilOM till ! MT AND BOVtltHUT. O. & 11. V. from I.lnosln 12li : ! p. m. U. P. Kxprcm 3:25 : p. in. n & II. In Neb. , Tluoush K prcss 4:1B : p. m1 11. li SI. Lincoln Frcijlit S:35 a. lu. U. P. Freight No. 101:40 : p. in. No. G 4:25 : p. in. i'.mlgr.int. No. S 10:50 ) > . in , No 12 11:35 o. in. O. & U. V. mlxml , nr. 4:35 : p. m. ] fiURMI. 'Nokraska Dhitlon ol the St. Paul & Sioux City H > vul. No. 2 Icnvci Onihhft 8ft. in , No. 4 lea\cn Oinih.t 1:50 : p. in. No. 1 arrives nt Omaha Rt 4:30 p. m r * * No. , 3 nrrhcs nt OnuhA at 10.45 n. m , TIHINS r.r.rxrrx OMAHA AND Lvavo Omaha nt S.OO , 0:00 : nnd 11:00 n. m. ; 1:00 : , 2:00 , 3.-00 , 4:00. 6:00 : nnd 0:00 : p. m. Leave Council ItlulTrt.it 8:2u , 0:25 : , 11:25 : a. m. ; 1.-2C , 2:25 : , 3:25 : , 4:2fl : t:25nml : 0:25 : p. in. ' fjuiiftaj H Tlic iluicniy lca\cs Omaha at 9:00 : tnd 11:00 n. in. ; 2:00. : 4:00 niul 6:00 : p. in , Lcaici Council Illuffs at 9:26 and 11:25 : a. ra. ; 2.-25 , 4:25 : and 6:25 : p. in. Opening and Oloilnc of Malls. ROUIR. Orit.t. CLOflR , . m. p. m. ft. in. p. m. " Chicago &N.V . 11.00 0:30 : 4:30 2:40 : Chicago , I. & l'a lfic.ll:00 : 0:00 : 4:30 : 2:10 Chlcasro , U. & ( J . 11:00 n.-OO 4:30 2:40 Walioah , . 12:30 : 4:30 : 2:40 : Bioux City nnd 1'aclflc. . 11:00 4:50 Union Paclllu . 6X0 11:40 : Orr.aha&H. V . 4:00 : 11:40 II. &M. In Neb . 4:00 : 8:40 : C:30 Omaha t Northwestern. 4SO 7:30 Local math for State of to\\n lea\ bu t once n day , \lz : 4:30. : A Lincoln Mall li al o opened at 10:30 : n. m. Olllco open Sundajn from 12 m. tel p. in. TUPS. F 1IALL I' . M. Business Directory. Art tmporlum. U. ROSE'S Art Emporium , 1610 Dodge Street , Steel EnKra > lngs , Oil Palntln a , Chromes , Fancy Frames. Framlni ; Specialty. Low 1'rlcci. BONNEK 1309 Uouiclas Street. Good Stiles. Abstract nnd Real Eitate. JOHN L. UcCAQUE , opposlto Post Ofllco. W. H. BAUTLKTT 317 South 13th Street. Architects. BUFRENF. & MENDELSSOHN , AKCniTECTS , Uooml4 Crcighton Block. A. T. LAnOE Jr. , Room 2. Ciclshton Block. Doots and Shoes. JAMES DIVINE & CO. , Fine Boots nnd Shoes. A good assormont of homo work on hand , corner 12th nnd Harnoy. TIIOS. EH1CKSON , S E. cor. 16th and Douglas. JOHN FOUTUNATUS , COS 10th street , manufactures to order good itork at fair prices. Repairing done. Bed Springs. J. F. LARRIMER Manufacturer. 3517 Douylasst. Dooks , News and Stationery. J. I. FRUEIIAUF 1016 Farnhara Street. Butter and Eggs. McSHANE & SOHHODIU | : , the oldest B. and E. botiso In Nebraska rstablMiod 1875 Omaha , CKNTHAL RESTAURANT , MRS. A. RYAN , southwest corner IGthand Doljjc. Ucst Board for the Monoy. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Meals at all Hours. Board by the Day , Week or Month. Good Terms for Cash. Furnished Tlnnm Supplied. _ \ . Carriages and Road Wacom , WU. SNYDF.U , No. 131h 14th and Harncy Streets Civil Engineers nnd Surveyors. ANDREW ROSUWATEU. CrulKhton Block , Town Sunejs , Gnulu and Sowvrago SjBtLma a Specialty. _ Commission Merchants , JOHN O Vfll , LIS.llll DO < IKO Street , D B.4EEMEH. . For details see larfo advertise- mcnt In Ijftllv and Weekly. Cigars and Tobacco. WEST & riUTSCHUR. manufacturers of Cigars , and Wholesale Dealers In Toixiccos. iW5 : Douglas. W. f. LOIIUNZKN nianuficturcr Cornlco Works. WoUrn Cornlco Works , Manufacturers Iron Cornice , Tin , Iron and tilata Roofllni ; . Orders from any locality promptly cxtcuted in the best manner. Factory and OlL'ca 1310 Dojgo Htrctt. aaltanlzc < l Iron Cornices , Window Caps , tie. , manufactured and put up In any part of tlio country. T. B1XHOI.U 410 Thirteenth btrcct Crockery , J. BOKNF.il 1309 Dou ua street Good lino. Clothing and Kurnlshlng Goods. OEO. It. 1'ETERSON. Also Hats , Caps , BooU , Shoti , Notions and Cutlery , 804 S. 10th street. Clothing Bought. 0 .SHAW will pay hltchcst Cafh prlco for second hand tlothliiK. Corner 10th arid Varnham , Denllits. DR. PAUL , Williams' I'lock , Cor. 16th & Dodge. , Drugs , Halnts and Ulls. KUHN & CO. ' Pharmacists , Fine ratio DooJi , Cor , 15th and Doutii * ktrcets. W. J. WHITEHOUf E , Wholesale & Retail , 16th t. O. 0. FIELD , 2022 N ( th Hide Cumlny Strttt. M. PARR , Urutk'lst , jntn and Howard Streets. Dry Qoods Notions , Etc. JOHN H. K. LEMMANN i CO. , New York Dry Good * Svoro , 1310 and 1312 Farn- turn vtrvct. L , C , Enewold ftlso boots and shots 7th & Pttiflc. huruuure. A F. GROSS , New and Sjcond H&nd Fiiriiltiire uid kto\va , 1111 IJOUCIM. lll.'hcat cash pries paid for second liana iruo'is. J. 1IONNER 1309 Douru tt. Fine goods , A.C , Fence Workt. OMAHA FKNCi : CO. OUST , FRIES & CO. , 1213 Jlarney St. , Imiiroio. od Ice Jtoifs , Iron arid Won < | Fences , Onico lUllliiKi , Counters of Cine and Wslnut. Florist. A. Donagliue , plants , cut flo vn , tuods , Ixxiucts ttc. N. W. tor. Ifith an I Uou > la treeU. r-onndry , JOHN WKARNE SOHS , cor , 14th A Jackson sU Hour and Feed , GHAUA'CITY MILLS , 8th and Farnham 8U. , WeUhsni llroj. . .ropnttorn , Urocers , Z. STEVENS , 81st between Cumlnff and Irard. T. A. McSHANE , Corn. 23d and Cumin ; fitrcets. riatters. W. L. PARROrrE & CO. , fjM Douglas Street , Whohule Eiclunhtly. Hardwaie , Iron and Steel , DOLAN & LANOWORTHY , Whok-uJf , 110 and 16tb street. A. HOLMES corner IGtn and CalllornU. Harneis. Saadles , Ac. MISthSt. ht Hat and Donnet Bleachers. Ladles jet youi Straw , Chip and Felt list * done up t north-can corner Sotntwnth snJ Cnplto Atcnuc. WM. DOVE Proprietor Hitelj , CANFini.nIIOUSEOoj. Canfleld.Mh k FurnK'xro DORAN HOUSE , P II Oio1. 818 Famham St , SLAVEN'3 HOTEL , F. Shvcn , 10th Strtet. Southern Hatcl Otis. I limd , h & L xvcnworth , ron l-encinp ; < Thd Western Corniro Works , Aitenti ( or Ihc Chtmplon Iron Fence &e , , ha o on lisnd 11 kltul ot Fancy Iron Fences , Crestliigs , FincAh , lUxlliiiRi. ct.1310 Uoiliro strce. npl'j Intelligence Office , MKS. I.IZZIK UKNP 217 10th Street. Oewellers , JOHN BAUMKU 1314 Farnham Street. Junk. It. BERTHOL1) , R.\n and Mtital. Lumber , Llmo and Cement , FOSTER & QUAY corner tith and Douglas Sin. Lamps and ulniiwaro. J. I10NNER 1SOU Uiiulwi St. Good Variety. Merchant Tailors. 0. A. LINDQUEST , One of our most popular Merchant Tailors Is n- celvinir the htptt dcslgm for Spring and Summer Hoods for Kontlcmon'H vear. StjIUh , iluraklc , nnd urlecs lowascnr 215 13th bit , Millinery. MRS. C. A. KINGKK , Wholewle nnd Retail , Fan cy Cloodfi In grratnrlcty , Xtphjrs , Crtnl Iloard , Hosiery , Glo\c , Corsets , kc. chmpcst llou o In the West , I'urtlui c K O 30 per cent. Order liyMall. 115 Fifteenth Stu-et , Physicians an I Surgeons , W. S. ainilS , SI. D. , Iboui No 4 , CHghton lllotk , 16th Street. _ P. H. LE1HEN111NO , J. 1) , Stamnlo Block. C. L. HART , M. D. , \c and Ear , opp. postoHico Ull. L. B URADDY , Oculist and Aurlst , S. W 15th and nuntnm Stx. Photographers. OEO. Iir.YN. 1'ROP. , Grand Central Onllcrv , 212 Sixteenth Street. near Masonic Hall. First-claw Work and Prompt- 11 ess ginrantccn. Plumbing , Oas and Steam Fitting. P. W. TARPY & CO. . 210 12th St. , b t Farnham and Douglas , Worn promiuly attended to. D. FITZPATR1CK , 1400 DouKlog Street. Painting and Paper Hanging. HENRY A. " > srER3. 1412Do lfo Street. Planing Mill. A. MOYER , manufacturer of saoh , doon , blinds , molding * , ncwtU , olustcre , hand rail * , furnishing scroll sawing , & < : . , cor. Dod o and ttth strecU. Pawnbrokers. J. ROSENFELD , J22 10th St , bet. Far. & liar. ' ' Rctrlcrntor [ , Can'tield't Patent. , C. F , GOODMAN llth St. bet. Farn. & llarney. Show Cnio Manufactory. , 0. J. WILDE , Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of Show Casis , Uprleht CakC3. a . . 1317 Ci a St. FRANK L. GERHARD , proprietor Omaha Show Cas iiinnufactdry , 818 South 16th ttreet , uetvvccn Loiucnworth and Mnrcy. All goods warranted nrst-cl.us. Qtovcs ana mwaro , A. BURM ESTER , Dealer In Stoves and Tinware , and Manufacturer of Tin Roofs nnd all kinds ot Building Worl. , Odd Fellow ' Block. J. BONNER. 1303 Douglas St. Good nnd Chcp. . Seeds. J. EVANS , Wholwle and HcUll Semi Drills nnd Cultivators , Odd Frllons ilall. Shoo oiorcs. Phillip Lantr. 1320 Kirnn.im nt. , bet. 13th & 1 1th. Second Hand Store. PERKINS & LEAR. 1410 Douglas St. , New and Second Hand Furniture , House Furnishing Oomls , ic. , bought nnd gold on narrow martrns. Baloons. HENRY HAUFMANN , In the new brlik Mock on Donglni ) Strnot , has Juet opened a most elegant lli'CJ II.ill. Hot Lunch from 10 to 12 c\ cry day , FLAliNCKY , On Fanihnm , next to thn II. & M. headquarter * , ha.s rc-opciivd a neat and complete cstabltahinont which , barring FlKb. and Mothertihlptnn's Proph ecy , u 111 bo opened tor the boju with Hot Lunch on and after present date. " Caledonia " J. FALCONER. 070 ICth Street. Undertakers. CHAS. RIEWE , 101'J Farnhara hot. 10th & lltd. P. PEMNEIt , S03J Tenth street , between Farn- ham and Hnnicv. locs good and cheap work. 09 Uent Stores. HENRY POIILMAN. toys , notions , plctuies jewelry , &c. , 613 14th bet. Farnham and Douglas P O. ItAOKim. I''ITi Farnhain < < t Fnni-y Ono.l * Sioux City & Pacific St. Paul & Sioux City EAILROADS. THE OLD RELIABLE SIOUX IC1TYJ ROUTE S.OC5 MILES HIIOUTEIl ROUTE rnon OOUNOIL BLUFFS TO ST. PAUL , MINNEAPOLIS , DULUTH OR BISMARCK , and all points In Northern low a , Minnesota and Dakota. This line U e < | uii | | > til w'tli the improi cd Wcbtlnghousc Automatic Alr-hrako nnd Miller I'latfonn Counlea and Duller ; and for SPEED. SAFETY AND COMFORT Is unsurpassed. FJcgant Drawing Room and Sleeping Cam , ownid and roiitrollni by the com pany , run through \VIT"OUT CHANGE between Unloii Pacillo Transfer uepot at Council BluIId , nnd St. Paul. Trains leave Union Pacific Transfer dcixt nt Council Bluffs nt fi-15 p. m. , reaching Sioux City at 10:20 : . in. nnd St. Paul at 11:05 a. m. making TEN HOURS IN ADVANCE OF ANY.OTIIKH ROUTE. Returning , learc St. Paul at 8:80 : p. m. , nrri > lng at Pioux City 4:45 : a. in. , and Union I'.icIllcTraiH' i dc ) > ot , Couneil Uliilfs , at 0:50 a.m. Bo urc t at your tickets roailla "S , C , k P. II. II , ' F , C. HILLS , Superintendent , T. E. ROBINSON , Missouri Valley , ia. Ant. Uri Pun , Agent. J , H. O'UIrt AN , Pawugcr Agent. nouncll IllnCfi , lows. SO ? . 3C.OT7XES PAPER WAREHOUSE. CRAHAIVlTAPER CO. 217 and 219 North Main St. , St. Louli , KIIOLMAL * DULItaa IK- BOOK. i nnnrpQ IWRITINOJ NEWS , f r/Artno i WRAPPING , , CARD BOARD AND Printers Stock. JCTCash paid for Rapi and Paper Stock , Scrap Iron and Metals. Paper Stock Warehouse * 1229 to 1237 , North Sixth ktn-ct Notice io Nou-Roslilout Dofoudnuta K. D , Lanofull name unknown ) will take no- tleo that hu has been sued by Dudley M , Ntecle , Samuel R. Johiitun and Sanford W. hpratlln , 10- partnvn , doing butlniiu under thu linn name of btuilo , Jolinson It Co , lit thu District Court of Douv-lai county , Nebnuka , to rteoitr & , OSl. ' ) , and interact from Ottoinr IX , 18oO , due them on a pramUiory note Uaririg data April " 0 , Ib7b. AIM lliat an attainment has huu made on certain fund * In thu Fint National' bank of Omalia , Ne- bratka , bclonirin ; to ) ou and w tilth the said par- til * alx o named > eek to obtain to apjily In ] iay- laentof thcirbaldeUlin. You are rcqulrul to answer said petition on or Kfore Monday 1 tlie 22d day of Augunt , A. D. 1&S1 , WAIIUEN awrrzLEit. Vt4t. . Attorney for Pltlntlff. jot. K. ctiKKsox. o. J. n tar. Glarkson & Hunt , Successors to Richards & Hunt , ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW , S. HthStrtet Om ha Neb. ABJUT MEXICO. The Country , the Olinmto and the Inhabitants. .Soiuo Noteworthy Tilings Hint Moot a Traveler' * Eye The Rnilrond System. Corrvfpnn < ! ence Vhtt.vlil } > litn Record. At the present thuo , when tlicro is BO much excitement nnd enthusiasm in this country in regard to Mexico , any reliable information nntl stale- mont of actual facts cannot bo other wise limn desirable. So much has been written in Howory praise of that Eldorado that the writer determined to proceed then ) . The following gleanings are from personal observa tion nnd information obtained from others long resident in the country , and are thoroughly reliable : 1 landed at Vorn Cruz , that hot-bod of yellow fever , a eity that this dis ease did not leave lost ye.ir after it died out as usual in the colder months of the year at Now Orluans , Havana and other infected ports of the West India islands. Vera Cruz is the ter minal port agreed upon * in the recent concessions secured by General Grant from the Mexican government , for tbo Moxic.au Southern railroad. Leav ing at midnight , wo proceeded to the City of Mexico , by the Vuni Cnm it Mexico railway , it distance of 2)3 ! ) miles , through the wildest and grand est mountain scenery yet traversed by rail. The journey consunica about sixteen hours. The ascent to Orizaba is about 8,000 feet , and then the train moves over a lovely and fertile plain , continuing into the City of Mexico. But how- was this fcrtilu plain utilized ? Not a blade of any cereal growing on it , nothing but plantations of the pulque , or maguey plant , an immense de scription of the cactus , which after four years growth yields a semi-milky fluid much prized by the natives for its intoxicating qualities. It is fer mented , alid to a novice has an offen sive smell and disgusting taste. An inquired taste must certainly in time bo had for it , judging from its great popularity. These pulqilo plantations yield far' moro profit than would any description of grain or ordinary farm produce , and BO it monopolizes the land to the exclusion of everything else. An idea of its importance maybe bo gamed from the fact that there tire special trains run daily for its convey ance to the city. All along the ronto through the elevated plateau natives are to bo seen' whoso condition for the most part bears ample testimony to the inebriating properties of this drink. They were collecting the juice , superintending its fermentation end tilling hoiiskins , in which it is car ried. The skin is removed from the animal entire , and when full resembles the living animal , the extremities of the legs being tied with fibre obtained from the same plant. One startling feature of the journey , 8ignitic.int of the state of the country , is the fact that ut each station a com pany of mounted soldiers stand mmrd over the train , while for additional se curity a body of military accompanies each train. At thu dilforent stations u. number of Indian women offer for sale to the passengers small burnt- clay images and relics of the Aztecs dug from the graves of their ancestors ; also a variety of fruits oranges , ba nanas , chiiinioyaa and edibles cooked in the fashion ot the country , promi nent among which is the "tortilla , " a corn cake baked in fat. It is a long , fatiguing and extremely dusty ride , and yon arrive in the City of Mexico in the evening of the second day , cov ered with dust , thoroughly exhausted and crampud from sitting in the con fined English coaches , locked in be tween stations , while the train is winding its way over frightful chasms , where you can look down from the windows thousands of feet below until aiaht is lost in the misty distance. There are no conveniences. It was torture to us men ; how the ladies of the party must have suffered none but thenibelvcs know. Leaving Vera Cruz the temperature is tropical , but as wo ascend the mountains the cold becomes intense. Not ex pecting any such change of temperature - ture , most of our party had allowed their overcoats to bo stowed away with the rest of their baggage in the lug gage van. And hero vo were Hindu acquainted with the aptness of the iiativo officials to discipline ; upon no account wcra wo allowed to take our eoats out. This railroad was constructed by English capitalists , and completed in about ten years. It cost $10,000,000. Upon SL'0,000,000 of this it pays n dividend of pur cent , per annum ; upon the other § 10,000,000 nothing. This road quito recently , I am in formed , has been purchased by Ameri cans , and will form part of the new American enterprise. There is only one passenger train each way per day. The faro , first class , is 91(1 ; second , $12 , and third class , $8. Th obMffM for freight are exorbitant , in some case * amounting to as much as 70 per ton , What the prospects are for' thu now roads , in the matter of patronage and dividend , running , as they will , through a country wln > ro nothing is yet produced , is dillicult to conjecture. The land , I am in formed , is not adapted to the growth of BUgur-cnno or coffee , two of the commoditicii largely advocated , The bolt where these can bo profitably grown is confined to a lower , hotter icgion and nearer the coast , called Sierras Callontcs , Insecurity of life is ono of the great drawbacks to settling in Mexico , .It in not hafo for u person to move outoido of the city of Mexico unless going with a party well armnd , not alone with revolvers but with repeat ing rifles. Kvery engineer who goes out in thu field is thus equipped , but even then they are sometimes waylaid and murdered , or , at least robbed and maltreated by thu hordes of bandito who infest the outskirts of the princi pal towns. It will take yoara to make Mexico a pleasantly habitable country for any but those of lawless proclivi ties. Immigration to the country will now do for these who like frontier life , but not for people seeking quint homos. The government ia powerless to correct the evil for the chiefs of the present bandits may bo in power them selves any day. Walking on the sunny side of the street in the City of Mexico the nun's rays nro so powerful ai to nml > o it un comfortably hot ; crossing t the shady side produces a decided chill , Mhilu the nfr itself is so oxtmarly dry and possesses such ft capacity fur absoib- ing moisture that ix person beconiinc oicrheatcd on Iho sumij Rit > ] , aa tjlu perspiration absbrbed from tl,0 hody so rapidly that frequent oohu ntv ju. evitable , while noumkiaaiid rheuma tism nro very coiiumni , ai are all the class of kindred mnladipo proceeding from the same came The rarillod condition of thontinoipluMo from the high elevation also lm s , mething to do with the uncomfort.it > ' , , . chilly fuel ing experienced. 1 li.no w mi my heaviest winter under , Intlijng and heavy winter overcoat , sm-h us 1 used in Now York with the tluM-inoiuctcr down to zero , and ln\i-ri-d with cold in the City , , f Mexico , while all Iho time tin- thermometer provokingly indicated c.ti Fahrenheit. Nearly every American 1 know Hud'or- cd more or less from the same causoj and there was no reined , fur not a stove , nor any means f.r , . producing artificial heat , exists in the uholo city Another remarkable etlect produced from the high altitude is the inabilty to perform unusual oxercisu ; rtninim ; up a few stops causes a shortness of breath nnd difliculty m respiration. The natives do not seem to mind it. or at least have become HI accustomed L ) it that you will see them crowded upon doorstops at early iliwn and late of nights , mnllling up thuir mouths in a u retched scrap of old carpet or sack , cut in the poncho shape , so prev alent in the southern luti- Ludes. So much real misery is not to be found in the nlmlo coast region of South Aineuca. 1 have traveled through Hrar.il , Peru , Chili , Ecuador , Arenc2uela , I'mti-d Status of Columbia , and all through thu West India Islands , and I never met with so much abject poverty as m the City of Mexico. The inhabitants seem to liavo fallen to such it depth of human degradation as to have lost all hope of any better existence , or to buliuvo that there could bo anything different. Can wo wonder , then , at their bandit life ? I do not remember of seeing it aoggar , as such , in Mexico. There wcro thousands nil around you , but : hey asked for'nothing. The sanitary condition uf the city islet lot favorable to health. The site bo ng lower than the surrounding lakes mperfect drainage is the result. Water can bo obtained anywhere in the city by digging a few feet in the { round. Were it not for the high el- ) vation it would possess all the re- juircinonta for a lirst-clns.i yellow fever vor district. Of coursu this valley : ould bo drained , and many proposals mvo been submitted to that effect. Iho amount of land which coulct bo ccoverodwould bo about TJ,000 acres , laving a value at present prices of about § 100,000 , but it would cost about five times that amount to drain t , and hence the delay. The population of Mexico is about 9,500,000 , three-fifths of whom are Indians. The City of Mexico is esti mated to bo the homo of 225,000 , per sons. The mortality , compiled from statistics extending over a period of tun years , is very nvuiily distributed throughout the four seasons , averag ing about 4 per cent , of the population | ) oraiimunor about 0'dOO , deaths from all causes. The average duration ol lifo ia 2C.4 years. The most frequonf and fatal diseases are pneumonia and dmrrhuia , which carry off fully one' half of those who die : next come pul monary consumption and typhus and intermittent fevers. About 3,000 died from smallpox from Iho year 1800 t < : 1872. In thg year 1870 there averaged one death pur day from bronchitis , and the samo. from whooping-cough , April is the warmest month , the temperature rising to 00 Fahrenheit , the minimum temperature showing 48. December is the coldest month , ranging from iJO to a maximum ol 72. The general yearly average if 01. 01.The The total annual imports into I\lu.v ice , reduced to the standard of Amur * can gold , amount in gross to § 10,010- 000. There in , however , considerable contraband trade carried on all alonjj the American frontier , particular ! ) across the Itio Grande. The value ol goods smuggled into Mexico has been computed at about § 1,000,000 pei annum , and there n probably a mil' lion and a half of Mexican silvci dollars smuggled out of the countrj each year. Travelers are not permit' ted to takeulli them ovei § ! ) ! ) .0 ! ) in Mexican silver. Any ac unlucky as to have over this amounl will have the whole confiscated , am there in no remedy. The law permit ? its seizure , and the Mexicans are nol slow to act , taking it by force. Tin average exports fiom Mexico for i number of years lmn not reached $25 , ' 000,000 , and this is mostly io oagh dollars. Quite a trade is Rpringingui all along the coast of Yucatan in Sisa hemp. The principal port , or , rather open roadstead , where this is taken it 1'rogrcso ; thu plant w called hone ( [ lion. The hemp costs thuro from ( Ij to ( U cents per pound. It is of tin. same family as thu pulque plant be fore mentioned. There is still anoth er plant of thu same species called pita , yielding a stronger and bettor clans ol fibre than the henequun , This tradi wili increase the exports , but gonorallj speaking , nothing is now "exportei from Mexico except silver. Ameri can drafts last February were worth t premium of 20 per cent , in the Oilj of Mexico. Mexican dollar * a Havana exchange fur American g h at 90 cunts , while in Now Yoik thej are worth but about 85 cents , There is a great amount of romanci about Mexico. The repoits as to tin great wealth of that country are great ly oxagqoratcd. The amount of woil laid out by the United Statun to 1 executed in Muxico , in the mattur o railroads , amounts to over § 100GUO , , 000. It will bo curious to obsorvi who will muko and lose in this specm lation. ' WOMAN'S TUUK FIIIKND. A friend in need is u friend indeed This none can deny , espcciall whoi assistance is rendered when one i eorely afllictcd with disease , more par ticulary these complaints and weak nesses BO common to our female pop ulation. Every woman should kno\ that Electrio Bitters nro woman's tru friend , nnd will positively restore lie to health , even when all other remu diea fail. A dingle trial will ulway prove our ussoitian , The are pleaa ant to the taste and only cost 50 cent a bottle Sold by lull & McMa hon. (1) ( Rnilronil Right * nnd Almno * . Tho' railroad papers are falling swiftly into line to convince the pub lic that the ground taken by ono or t\u > railroad magnates during the past few months , that ownership in rnil- roads ir procUoly like ownership in any prixato busmcisj that the mangers \gers of railroads have no more re straints than the managers of a gro cery store. This theory is not only contrary to law , but it is a direct in- suit to the intelligence of the people. To admit such a "proposition is to as sort that it is possible for a combina tion of wealthy mon to deliberately tnd persistently ruin individuals anil communities , to build up the Mnvu uid destroy the independent man ; anil that there is no redress. When i state grants a charter to a railroad company , what is given up ? The state in oiled nays : This company is icreby given the following privileges : The light of way wherever it may iloaso to run its track. The right to enter any man's premi ses , to go through his lawn , between lis house and front gate , or cut oil' ho corner of his barn , or to destroy lis garden , by paying thu market value if the laud nnd such damages as it nay inflict upon structure.1) . The right to destroy the business of ill teamsters along the line of road. The right to crush out all stage and vxprcsn lines. The right to crush or drive away ilacksmiths , wagon-makers and various ) thcr mechanics. The right to crush out prospoious mulcts andconcentrato , trade in great cities. The right to locale towns , which carries with it the right fo crush other owns and compel the people to pur- fclwso new hniiH'H and places of bus- ! . less from thu railroad company , Thu right fo protection from law- cssncss , and the ritiht io collect dam- iges in e.isii of loss of property hrough mobs or ntrikes. These are only a part of the privi- ogcs granted by a railroad character. So other form of corporation has uch privileged. DOPS any ono sup- Mso the fmvgningnvfl tlio free gifts of i statul Not At all. They are simply > art of the terms of an implied con- ract. In conaulcration of thu foru- ; oing and ether privileges thu railroad sompauy is bound utidor that law to ho following : To perform perfectly the duties of a common carrier. ' That includes the duty of dealing jy A precisely as B is dealt by. To deal by ono town precisely as > tlier towns on the same line are dealt by.And And as states have often , and always egally , restricted banks and interest o a certain per centago per annum ; so thu railroad , which draws its pat- onago from the entire community , s by the same rule public )0licy restricted from charging nero for faroa and freights than will , 'ipld working oxpunsoa , repairs and u 'air interest on the actual cost of the road. What more than that is exacted s an infringement upon a well catiib- .ishcd law and is robbeiy of the pub lic. The itbiiBou which have grown up are due to thu ignorance of the people ple touching their manitcat rights , and to their carelessness. And so , little by litth' , railroads have boon permitted to watur their stocks to represent from throe and live times thu original cost of the roads : to evade the payment of quito two-thirds of their honest taxes ; to discriminate against individuals and commu nities ; to charge rates on freight which absorb all the profits of the produces ; to rival stage lines and sad dle trains in fares in short , to become - come cngincs.of terror and oppression whc.ro they wore intended for blessings. Through their ill-gotten gains they have corrupted legislatures and con gress ; they have judged in every state who are bound to them ; somu of thu mumborH of the supreme court of thu United States aio not above suspicion , and now in the pride of their power they have struck at the fountain-head of public opinion , the press ; and in every state are ready and gifted pens , daily through thu journals , flooding thu country with railroad special plead- mg.s , disguised in the form of edito rials. If these cormorants wore wise they would not forget themselves ; would nol forgot that behind legisla tures , congress , the courtw and thu press , the pcnplo are watching and waiting , and dcflpito thu efforta Io keep ifiom befogged , they are slowly being educated up to the point when they will fully understand their rights , When that time contra it will bo bad for any who may bo in the way of public opinion , whether they bo higher or low. Kldnoy Complaint Cnroil- U. Turner , ltoche ter , N. Y. , wiilcHt " 1 hi\o lict-ii fur over a year iilijcct to HcrhtiH disorder uf thu kldiioyx , urn ! often unable to attend to IJUHIII | > HH ; I iiioonrcd your JlrimnuK Itioon HinriiM , nnd was lelieuil liefdiH half a hottlo wan uwd , J Intend to continue , : w 1 fuel confidunt that they will entirely enrn me , " 1'rlco 81.00 , trial H/.U 10 cciitH. auK7-eixllw. FACTS THAT WK KNOW. If yon are Hiilloring from a severe cough , cold , iiHtlitmi , bronchitis , con- Hinnption , Ions of voice , tickling in thu throat , or any affection of thu throat or lungx , wu know that Du. KIVII'S Niw : DirfcoVKHY will give you immediate roliuf.ro know of Jam dreds of CIISCM it has completely cured and that where all other mcdicincii had failed. No other remedy cat nlio\v uiiu half as many purinanon CIIIUH. Now to give you Hatisfactori pi oof thai Ir , KINCI'H Niw : Dist.-ov IHYill ; euro you of Asthma , Urnn chilis , Hay Fever , Consumption , So veru Cdiighu and Colds , HoaisuncbH or any Tin oat or Lung Disease , if yoi will call at J. K. JHH t MI-MAHO.V'H Drug Store you can gut 11 trial bottle free of cobl , or u tegular si/.o bottln for $1.00. jiuil(51y(2) ( ( ) PROPOSALS 1'ORHAV. ly . iil nil to Friday. hu mil d y ol Aujfuvt , A. 11 mi , at 4 o'duik p. in. , for fimiUliIni ; kluty ( GO ton * of hay ( or thu use uf tlio fire itcmi tmcnt ( fur Hiif thu Uiunvo of I lie miacnt lUcal jcar. An > Information muli l uill l > v turnUlitxl l > y J , J Oalllgaii , ililtf IIJKIIIW.T : Thu right it run. " i l to reject hny nnd all ) > iiU Knuloimi containing yrojiosiU snail bo mirk wl "Proposal * lor furuUhtng ll y' ' and be aJ drc cil tu the uuiJciilKiiul. . . J. J. L.O.JIIWETT , Omaha , Aur. ( < , Jafil. Mll ; k , A , G. TROUP , AT LAW ATTORNEY - - Tobacco from 25c , per pound upwards. " Pipes from 25c. per dozen upwards. Cigarsfroni $1 5.00 per 1,003 upwards. THE 614-616 TENTH STREET. The Largest Store in the West , ( Except Oruickshank & Go's , , ) will Re-open With a Complete Stock of I tl I l l.tl II } - M rfP..G. . IMLAH , Manager- - ; - , * , r , * M < ' ' "Leader of PopulafiPrices . . . , , , , Vi'l.t. , , * " -i * ( ii i u iitui > : i < k t M . ji.'i . . , . . J ' ! ( IK. ltl.,1' ii , - < vlj , . ' ' ' * ' I' ' v llt llfll I [ „ S- ' i\ i ah fT j rf ! ! > ' lt.ll' , > > < ( ! ' } ' , Ofi Vii i ! ! ; J 1'n * i r i ' , ; - iOi i i , 't 'n , J f i Choice Oigars I ' * U'I . Can bo obtained at KUIIN t CO.'S by Iho box lor Loss Money thnn at rr ttiiy wholesale tobacco IIOUHO , for the reason thuy Hull cigars in commotion with thuir buHinosH , without dnig any .1 oxpoiiHU to the Cigars. TRY THEM. t'f All Cigarn not oaticfactory exchanged or money refunded. A line lOc Cigar , longllavananilcr , 0 ti\ \ for 'Joe. Never has there been any Cigar in Omaha equal tothom for the money. FINE KEY WEST OIG-ABS , i From § 0.25 per hundred up. . "Atlantic" best.lOc OigarBtn Oity I t I' ' 11 * l ! ' / ' . ' III Dealer in [ Hardware , Stove Eepairer , Jol ) Worker and lannfaoturer . .ft.ir.Yic3:3xnn : > J3 Tenth and Jackso" c + c . Omaha , Neb FURNITURE , BEDDING , Feathers , Window Shades , And Everything pertaining to the Furniture and Up- Trade. A Complete Assortment of ew Goods at the .Lowest Prices. CHAOHIOTMOSaii 1210 Farn. S apr24 mon ( lisit O. H. BALLOU , IN- -DEALER - Lath and Shingles , Yard and Office 15th and Cumings Street , two blocks north of ST. PAUL. AND OMAHA DEPOT. jyl-ood-Sm ,