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BiROSEWATEB. Editor.
IOWA has n bill before her logiala-
turo abolialiing whipping in the public
schools.
MAKCII has conio in like a lamb.
Wo may look for the lying before its
closo.
NKW YOUK has 280 employes in its
city civil engineering department.
Omaha has four.
MAYOII Bovn deserves nnd will re
ceive all credit for the fearless manner
in which ho enforced the law on Wed
nesday.
STOCK and produce gambling has re
ceived another sot-back in the opinion
of Judge Moran , of Chicago , who de
cides that ' "option , contracts" are void
and cannot bo enforced.
MB. TILDJ-.N will remain an availa
ble candidate for the presidency on
the Bourbon ticket as long as his in
come remains at 8200,008 a year which
sum ho received last year from his
Michigan mining interests alone.
DURINO the first fifteen days of the
present month the treasury depart
ment will bo called upon to disburse
$33,000,000 on account of interest
upon the public dobt.
TWELVE applicants are after the
official'shoos of Postmaster Pearson ,
of Now York. If efficiency and a long
record for valuable services in the
postal department.count for anything
Mr. Pearson's plaao will not soon bo
vacant.
TUB Kansas City Journal , in dis
cussing paving , rises to romvrk that
it limestone wore .the only paving ma
terial available it .would prefer to
trust to providence and good weather
rather than to endure the slop and
dust which are equally a nuisance.
DDUINO the past six yean nearly
23,000 miles of railroad have .boon
old under foreclosure-toicovor a nom <
inal indebtedness of $7 ,000,000. .It
is safe to say that fully .half ot this
amount represented money pocketed
by construoticn rings and , tock gam *
blors.
OMAHA architect * predict more
building of handsome business houses
and residences this year than over.
Brick and atone will work wonders in
giving , * metropolitan appearance to
our streets , which must , at the same
time , bo rendered p& sable by.durablt
pavements ,
TIIE immigration of the year ,188 ]
' was the largest in the history < of the
country. Moro than 720,000 wore
added to our population and founc
homos in the various states of the
union. The outlook for the curronl
year is still more remarkable. Ducing
January 18,489 immigrants landud.ot
shores as against 13,314 for the BOIUI
period in 1881 , Should the uorni
rate of increase bo maintained durlnj
the remaining months of the year ,
wo shall add over , a million to oui
population from , foreign countrie
during 1882 ,
NEDEASKA liu statesmen , and ti
spare. She has , r. f-xct , so very man ;
of them that at the lust congressiona
election she made dunce of ono in thi
hope that congress would admit bin
on the theory that tko population o
the btato was increasing greatly , am *
that under the now apportioning ! !
Nebraska would hava .an addition ti
its delegation , This .action is not
justified , as the politicians cf the -tat
fancy , because the apportionment bil
gives Nebraska two instead of on
/congressman. It isn't possible , how
evet , tliat this brovbt member shouli
be admitted ; otherwise , each a tat
having an increase could claim a show
ing in advance of the legal date. I
will probably prove among the hard
ehips of political ambition that th
brevet statesman who has boon willinj
to take this contingent role will hav
to content himself with the shadow
now that the aubitanco has come
The bestowal of compliments is muc
easier than the granting of favors -
( Chicago Times.
The'now apportionment gives Nc
braskn three instead of two congrese
men , but this won't help Val'a littl
scheme to ring in Tom Majors as con
gressman elect on the worn-out an
exploded contingent game. The be
towal of an empty compliment by
state isn't always followed by th
granting of favors by congrom.
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A MONOPOLY TAX
Ono of the creatcst monopolies in
the country Is the combination con
trolling Iho manufacture of friction
mutches in the United States. This
combination has boon enabled for
novorftl years past to break down nil
competition , and hold the field to
themselves by the assistance of the
one-cent stamp tax , which the gov
ernment imposes upon every box of
matches manufactured. Last year
three and a half million of dollars
was paid into the treasury from this
ono source alone. Several efforts have
jcon made to obtain the repeal of the
, ax but without success. It now
turns out that the stump duty is ro-
Jiincd on matches because the manu-
'aoturors are opposed to its repeal.
The arguments used for the continu
ance of taxation on their own product
s that their business has boon "nd-
justed to the existence of the tax , and
; o remove it would compel them to
close up their factories and drive them
nto bankruptcy. " The real reason
[ or their objection is that the tax operates -
orates to maintain thqir monopoly of
the match manufacturing business.
Under the rules governing the sale
of match stamps a purchaser of fifty
dollars or less may secure credit of
sixty days and a discount of five per
cent , by giving bonds , while the pur
chaser of five hundred dollars worth
is favored with a like credit and ton
per cent. r duction. Before the tax
duty was imposed the only capital
needed to carry on the business was
the amount invested in materials and
machinery , and small establishments
were operated all over the country.
The duty called for a largo amount of
ready capital and at once drove from
the field the small factories , leaving
the business in the hands of a few
monopolists. The manufacturers are
well aware that the repeal of the
match stamp tax will bo followed by
the immediate establishment of a num
ber of small factories and the breaking
down of their monopoly. And this is
the true inwardness of their objection
to the repeal of the law.
There are no good reasons for thp
retention of the tax. It is a tax laid
on a necessity , not a luxury , of life ,
and on this account falls more heavily
on the poor than on any other class.
It is excessive in its rate , amounting
to nearly ono hundred per cent , on
the cost of manufacture. Moro than
all it fosters a monopoly against pub
lic policy and prevents competition in
n business whoso output directly con
cerns every consumer in the country.
It ought to bo repealed.
THE BEG , in its account of "tho la
bor trouble , " as it designates ycstor
day's riot , states a fact which is thor
oughly characteristic. After the rioters
ors had driven honest laborers from
their tasks , and thrown the vehicles
and implements of a contractor into
the river , and while on their way to
do greater outrages which the city au
thorities had to suppress by force , the
gang stopped in front of TUB BEE of
fice and "serenaded" that concern ,
and then proceeded to the
railroad' headquarters. At this
point ono of the loaders > cried
out : "There ( pointing' to the
"BEE ) is our friend ) " They then
appropriately proceeded to whore em
ployes of the city were at work , and
lompelled them by throats and force
, o stop work , and resisted the city of-
icials who sought to keep the poaco.
The report in THE BBE shows only too
ivoll that the riotous law-breakers
f now their man when they pointed
with pride to Hosowator as their
1 If riond. " Republican. .
TjiEBr.Ehaa never boon ashamed
to acknowledge its friendship for the
laboring olossoc , It has done so in
years past when it cost something to
take a position in favor of men who
were hounded by .the monopolies , and
abused and slandered by UtO brass
collared editors of the railroad organs
in Omaha. That friendship served
both The Republican and Herald a
very good turn some aix years ago
when a 'band ' of men , enraged at the
Hoarllois abuse which those journals
were pouring upon their efforts to ob
tain living wages , narrowly escaped
doing serious damage to the offices of
both the morning newspapers. For.
iita consistent friendship to the labor
ing classes in Omaha TUB BBE has no
Apologies to .make. On the othoi
kand it expects no praise. It hag
never sought to build up its own for
tunes by flattering the powerful or bj
a lick-spittle policy towards men of
if wealth. Ia | columns have , been al-
* way's ' open to all classes , rich and poor.
If labor has appreciated the course
ouricied by TUB BEK , it has boon be
cause this paper has always boon out.
spoken .on every difficulty in which
laboring mon were concerned and hoi
given both sides a fair hearing. In sc
far as Omaha workiuginen have en
deavored to hotter their condition
without infraction of the laws or interference -
torferenco with the rights of others ,
TUB BBB has endeavored to assist
them. It has never failed to counsel
compliance with the laws , and its advice -
vice in times of trouble hoi boon
sought and taken because it wat
known to bo dictated by f riondly sou.
tirnont and sound judgment.
THE administration is said to be
heartily supporting the liberal move ,
nient in Georgia. It remains to be
soon whether the liberal movement in
Georgia will heartily support the ad
ministration ,
PORTRAIT OR CARICATURE ?
Mr. Elaine's eulogy of the late presi
dent has awakened various criticisms. '
On the ono side it is pronounced an
incomparable portrait of the lifo nnd
diameter of General Garfield , faultless
in taato nnd glowing in ever living
colors. On the other hand it is charac
terized ns the portrait of n warm nnd
intimate friendship tinted by the par
tiality of personal sympathy nnd
biased by party associates nnd politi
cal affiliation. The St. Louis Repub
lican declares that ' 'had Mr. Blaino's
portrait been presented to the public
two years nqo it would have
bucn regarded as nn amiable
caricature provocative of laughter
rather than serious criticism , " nnd
nskfl ' 'what has
, transpired during
thcso two ycnrs to justify n complete
revisal of the popblnr verdict ? " It
adds that had General Garfield boon
all that Mr. Blnino would huvo us believe -
liovo ho woo , ho would have boon
animated by acclamation at Chicago
Mid neither Grant nor Blnino so much
us mentioned thoro.
The verdict of history frequently
iffurs from that of contemporaries.
Partisan feeling , personal jealousies ,
ho thousand and ono petty likes nnd
islikes of friends nnd enemies tend to
ondcr impossible a clear and accurate
udgmont on the character of living
talesmen. In his lifo no man was
inoro maligned or underestimated
ban Gcorgo Washington , and sue-
ceding generations have accorded to
cQcrson , Hamilton and the two
Idams , a prniao which was domed
, hem while living actors on the stage
f American politics. General Gar-
old wna a man of singular modesty ,
'he struggles of his early youth , the
uccecses of his maturing manhood ,
iis gallantry on the field of battle and
iis untiring energy on the
leer of congress , prior to his
lamination for the prosidonoy
were never used by him as a means of
Toating capital for his own political
dvnncomont. 'Known only to his
'riends and associates , his singularity ,
pure and strong character , shrank
rom vulgar display and ostentation
find contented itself with fulfilling
hose duties domestic nnd political ,
devolved upon it in the privacy of his
homo nnd the halls of the national
egialaturo. The nomination of Garfield -
field for the first time turned the full
, ight of publicity upon his record and
itammonts ns a man nnd citizen of
; ho republic. Throughout the try
ing ordeal of n fierce nnd bitter
campaign ho grow in favor
with the nation. Then , and only
hen , the American people became
aware of the faithfulness and bril-
iancy of his long and arduous public
: aroor , of his niontal attainments , of
his moral heroism , of his magnificent
public record in a period when the
[ reateet and most important logisla-
ivo measures were under discussion
n the halls of the national congress ,
of his uncompromising fidelity to pub
ic trusts , and of hia broad and on-
ightened views on every question of
public policy. And it was this revela
tion which , slow to come , but all
the more effective when thrown
on the canvas of public' judgment ,
which carried him on a wave of popu-
arity into. the preaidoncy as the
chosen executive of the American na-
n. Slow to arrive at a verdict , be
cause the materials for that verdict
had never boon crowded into public
notice , the country was none the loss
hearty in its praise of a man who had
fought his way nobly to the front
rank of American statesmen by sheer
force of character , against which the
arrows , of partisan rancor and ma
licious calumny fell harmless. A
tragic and heroic death but rounded
off the tale of a manly and noble -
blo lifo. Sympathy joined itself
to administration when brought face
to Xaco with the patient endurance of
the dying president , and past ani
mosities were forgotten in the pres
ence of a hero martyr whoso life , had
boon cheerfully laid down in the ser
vice of his .country.
Posterity will accord to the lifo and
labors of President Garfield a glory
which wo of the present may bo slow
to givo. His public career will be
contrasted and judged by , the light of
the trying times in which ho fought
and battled for the principles of a
sound political and ocomical policy.
His speeches filled with the results
of long years of scholarly research
and arduous study , and focussed by
an intimate knowledge of the necessi
ties qf the times , will bo referred teas
as the soundest and most Toliablo ex
ponents of the best public opinion of
his time , and the true nobility of hia
motives and the sweetness of his dis
position will bo dwelt upon as making
up a character which * ill ahM oc
cupy one of thu ! i u& piutniuont
niches in the American temple of
fame.
IK Judge Joro Black's opinion "the
democratic party can only win in 1881
with a man who has always been a
democrat , true and consistent one in
whom the business interests of the
countrv have confidence , " Norfolk
Virginian.
Judge Black's description doesn't
fit Samuel J , Tildon , whoso principal
roccommondation nowadays seems tc
bo that ho can walk up six flights ol
stain and balance successfully on the
t tp of a stop-ladder.
TJIE University muddle refuses to
clear itself * After all the controversy
which the star chamber action of the
board of regents has occasioned , the
people of the atato demand n full nnd
comprehensive statement of the
grounds for the dismissal of , the four
professors who nro backed by the
nearly unanimous sentiment of the
students of the institution.
UTAH'S census has just boon com
pleted by the conus bureau at Wash
ington. The inhabitants nro classi
fied ns Mormons , Gentiles , Apostles ,
Josophitos , nnd Doubtful , Of the
Mormons there are 120,283 , about
40,000 of whom nro over twenty-one
ycnrs of ngo , while 40,000 nro less
than nine years old. The number of
Gentiles is given at 14,150 , of whom
n little inoro than one-half nro over
twenty-one. There nro 0,988 Apostle
Mormons , 820 Josepliitcs , nnd 1,710
craons classified as doubtful. Of
ho whole number of Mormons 37,000
TO of foreign birth.
True Anti-Monopoly ( Policy.
Tobraaka Sign * ) .
What nro the best means to be used
n speedily nnd promptly effecting
nilroad legislation that shall control
iorporntions , nnd compel them to bo
ust to the people ? This question is
lurtainly' first in the mind of every
'nithful , earnest anti-monopolist. That
it cannot bo done by organizing a now
party until many of the present ndvo-
: ntcs of the measure nro consigned to
ho grave is certain. To organize nnd
iquip a dominant party in this repub-
ic will require unknown years of
nbor and an expenditure of untold
millions of money. This can bo done
and will bo done in time , should there
bo no other alternative. Wo believe
we can accomplish the great object in
view in less time nnd nt loss expense
nfinitely by standing solidly together ,
is ono man , and demanding of
both great * parties the redress
of our wrongs. In pursuance
of this policy wo would hold
the balance of power , and could on-
"orco our demands by continually do-
'eating candidates put up in opposi
tion to our views and electing those
who favor them. The impression is
forced on us , and wo cannot shako it
off , that the mon who are vociferating
nnd plunging about so furiously in
trying toorganize a new party , instead
of taking the easier nnd shorter road
to success , desire office for themselves
more than they do the success of the
measures they profess to advocate.
Wo are not n member of the Farmers' '
Alliance. We could not bo if wo so
desired , not being a practical farmer ,
which is one of the conditions on
which eligibility for membership is
based. But wo stand as tvo have de
clared from the first opposed to the
oppression of corporate powers , espe
cially of railways , and wo fepl free to
advocate the policy that will pufc the
people in full possession of the object
sought at the least expense , delay and
trouble.
The strong point for bringing sue
cess in the anti-monopoly movement
is the adoption of measures that will
secure the greatest number of votes
for the anti-monopoly issue. The
Farmers' Alliance at present as an
element of strength taken throughoul
the republic is small compared with
the immense- numbers who favor the
great issue outside of it , and who wil"
vote for it ; but it must bo remembered
od that these who labor outside ol
the alliance may have a choice as to
measures , means and mon. In thii
county the alliance will cost one-thin
of the whole vote , but it 'the ' measures
adopted by it are unwise , will it bo
able to cast that vote solid ? We
nnsworno. While the alliance is in
the minority it should move carefully
feeling its way at every stop , and se
cure-by judicious action the co opera
tion of every anti-monopolist in th (
county If this course is taken ant
carried out success is certain ; other
wise failure and chagrin. If the
alliance has a few men who for the
sake of notoriety or other reasons , desire
sire hastily to resolve n thing that wil
utterly preclude the possibility of a
compact combined action of all the
anti-monopoly elements of the county
the alliance will bo compelled to si
down on all such. If any should bo
so unxious for official honor that the ;
lose their mental equilibrium and become
come an element of weakness rathe
than of strength , lot the alliance give
them to understand that office hunt
ing is not ono of its objects , and the ;
will quietly subside. We are not sur'
there are auchbut designing mon crooj
into the best organization
and sometimes by the haste and im
prudence of such men their bos
efforts nro thwnrted. We fool sure
that wo voice the sentiments of the
largo majority of the anti-monopoly
element of this county when wo sa ;
wo want our standard-bearers to bo ii
the coming contest the ablest , mos
trustworthy men in the county
whether they belong to the alliance
or whether they belong to the repub
lican or democratic party. The soono
the difloront elements composing th !
great movement loaru to advise an <
take counsel together before makin
important movements , or outlining
policy which they cannot recede from
and which may work harm , the bet
tor it will bo for all interested.
The Salt Orook Metropolis.
Corri'sixmJcuce of Tin liii
ANMIANI , March 1.--Ashland i
still in the thriving order. A groa
many improvements are talked of , am
property is changing hands freely
Dr , Linington will build a large brie
block this summer , which will contai
two large store rooms , and a fine pub
Ho hall , with atajo and all nocessarie
for the accommodation of troupes ant
the public. Quito a number of dwel
ings are now building , and severs
inoro thought of ,
Salt Orook is on a small boom. Th
Platte river bridge is Hearing oomplo
turn.
turn.Wo
Wo need on alliance hero , to thor
oughly organize and unite the farmer
of this portion of Saunders county
Who will lead in the preliminaries ?
0001 DENTAL JOTTINGS
CALIFORNIA.
Ollvo growing la becoming An important
tildttlon to the fruit growing Industry of
* ) i Angeles.
Ten thousand dollars worth of Dutch
'lot Chinatown wai recently , burned by
he upsetting of a coal oil lump.
OrohardUts of Routhern California nre
Igglntf up the Riim trees. They run sixty
ictof roots In eight yearn , greatly exhaust-
ng the Roll , ,
The office of county clerk of Humholdt
ounty Is more than self-nustnlnlag. 1'or-
lerly It was a fee offic < , but ulnco the law
VM changed , innklng it salaried , the foes
ollccted amounted to o er $2 , 00 more
linn the salary hltico the change.
It tin * been darMcd to try the electric
i ; > ht in Snri Jnso for one month , The
owcr light will bo iisa.l instead of fifty
iiht ; ( ( ! < s lamp * , for which the city paid
3 per li mp monthly. For the electric
ght the city will pay M much as thu gas
vould cmt which it rupplants.
OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
W-mhlnijton territory Is frco fiotn debt ,
nd h a a surplus uf $10,100 in hvr trcas-
iry.
iry.Tho
The Oropon improvement company hixs
luting the past your purchased 1 ,800
cren of land in Baker county , on the line
of thoO. It. ft N. Co. , located In 1'owdcr
ItiviT \ alley.
Unmtilla county has now eighty-two
orvnnlred school districts , including
about five thousand school children. These
districts are aoAttored from ono end of the
county to the other nearly 153 miles.
On Pujrot county there scorns to bo quite
a demand for cattle suitable for logging
work. One man recently refused $1,000
or nine ho\d. Several parties have Font
tgonts to Oregon to aeo what can ho hod
n the cattle line in that state.
There i mi ! to nn excitement at GrayV
Inrbor , W. T. , nbout gold. TJiey nro
akiog out 823 per ton washing black
iand. They liavo struck a lead eighteen
nches tidck , running back , into the I each.
Vhout twnty cUims have been taken ,
nd nil expect to make fortunes.
MONTANA.
The Northern Pacific has reached the
loaebud.
Butte now claims a population of be-
ween 7,000 * nd 8,000. ,
The Masons of Miles City are abont to
build a hall 24x60 feet.
Contracts for aoyenty-two electric lights
lave been signed in Butte.
The Original mine nt Butte has eight
eet of high grade ore on the 200 foot
Shields is the name of a new postofHce
.established on the Yellowstone , in Galla
tin county.
It is expected that n colony from Iowa
will settle in Montana this summer and
jo to stockraising. .
A hotel containing live hundred rooms
an I costing $150,000 is to he built in the
National Park.
Marysville , Lewis and Clarke county , is
.he next Montana mining camp that
promises 1 1 boom.
It is estimated that there will be nbout
1 ,000 whites this summer in Clark's fi rk ,
whether the treaty separating it from the
3row reservation is put thiough hy con
ress or not.
IDAHO.
The Utah & Northern company will
irect BUOW eheds in Beaver Canyon.
A snow slide from Prospect mountain
recently blocked the channel of Wood
river , and the back water oveflowed _ the
valley , doing great damage , but no lives
were lost.
It is reported that this id the severest
winter in Idaho since 1876. The stock is
.uttering . very much for want of food , nnd
t is feared that when the thaw comet that
many of them will stick in the mud and
die , as they will not have sufficient
strength to extricate themselves.
NEVADA.
In the "downcast" mines of Virginia
Dity the drippimr water has frozen into
iciclci , 700 feet below the surface , while
the ' 'upcast" shafts still send up clouds ol
steam.
The four railroads in Nevada the Vir
ginia & Truckee , Caraon & Colorado ,
Eureka i ; Palisade , and Ruby Hill col
lected in 1881 , for carrying freight anc
passengers , 81,010,030.
A company with a. capital stook ol
530,000 has been organized to light < eno
by electricity. They will employ water
power , and nave contracted with the Edison -
son company , of New York , for the erec
tion of works.
A Comstock miner writes complaining
of the extort onata prices naked for fuel in
that city. His monthly housekeeping ex
penses , for himself , wife and three chil
dren , amount to $90 , of which 928.75 was
for wood and coal.
The directors of the Eureda & Colorado
River railroad met at Evruka on February
20 , and resolved to suspend work on the
roud for one year. The road is to form
part of a transcontinental road , and for
this reason , it is claimed that tbo Un.on
Pacific and Central Pacific have raised the
freight rates on all construct ! , n material
to double first-class rates. This is the ap
parent cause of the temporary eutpeneson.
An Austin man hot that he could lift a
ban el of beer with his teeth. A small
piece of rope was tied about the barroll ,
and he stooped over and took the bight be
tween his jaw * . He gave n good lift at it ,
but at the very point of nud.ess the rope
slipped. Worse than that , it caught his
tongue and snapped his jaws together in
such a way that about an inch of the end
of hU tongue was bitten clean oil and
dropped on the floor.
UTAH.
Burglars and piekpjckets are numerous
in Ogden.
A family of live persons named Teckett ,
were killed by a snow slida In the Big
Cottonwoud canyon of Utah , recently ,
Mary Ellim Hurst took the strychnine
rmto from Salt Lake City to tha undis
covered land , ) u Washington's birthday.
WYOMING.
The San declined to shed its rays on the
legislative excursion.
A young man named Sullivan has been
arrested in Kawllm charged with com
plicity in the eafo robbery ,
Diphtheria is still raging in the upper
part of Swoetwater county , and teveral
little onei hare died from itsellectsin
Lander ,
Laramie hod another sensation last Sun
day. Emunuol Getber was struck with a ,
stone match-box , in Ills saloon , the Friday
previous , and died of hia wounds Sunday
morning. Henry Morten , who throw the
mi lle , IIHM been arrested for murder.
The Denver ( tiSuwOrlcauj grade U com
pleted to Knit Pueblo ,
Theie were 79,000,000 pounds of freight
delivered to Denver nwchauts from the
Union Pacific freight depot during the
mouth i f January.
The strike in the Iloblnaon mine at
Leadvlllo Is said to be immense. The ore
1/oJy U from 12 to ID feet in thickness. It
is an oxydized ore of galena and iron ,
and averages by nine different ran.
doui testa G3 ounces in ullver.
The surveyors of the Burlington &
Colorado railioad ( or the Chicago , Bur
lington & Quluoy ) have located the line
fruiu Denver to Boulder , tha party being
now just outside of town. They make the
distance even shorter than the Denver &
Western only twenty-six miles to the
capital , { Boulder Courier ,
DAKOTA.
Three new townships were Uken up la a
ilngle day by land hunters at the Grand
Forks land office.
Dakota sold over two million ncrca of
and last yo.ir , and added cevcnty-fivo
.hounand persons to 1U popolullon.
The engcrnou to get hold of the land re-
rntly opened for settlement near Grand
b'nrto continue,1 ! to increase and the land
office is blocked by n crowd that Is occa
sionally dl'orderly.
Fargn'a clcctrio light project U moving
rapidly. Trio work is advancing right
along. The tower h to 100 feet high and
.lie llrlit is to be cqtinl to to that of 20,100
: * ml cs. Also n large number of latn | BRIO
jelngorderoi for business houses.
"YOUR TELEPHONIC EAR. "
How Constant TJso oftho Phones Acts
Upon the Hearing ,
riilli. nocord.
"You are not dnf in your left oar ,
nro you ? " asked a reporter of n well-
known ( rantlpman with whom ho was
about to begin conversation , when the
newsman was requested to move
around to the right sido.
"Oh , no , " replied thp gentleman , "
but that is my telephonic oar , and it
Buonia to mo that it has become almost
uaolots for nny other purpose than to
listen to telephonic messages. "
"It is your what oar } " said the re
porter. "Telephonic oar ? What is
that ? "
"Sinco I have been using the tele
phone , " continued the gentleman ,
"my hearing has become decidedly
acute in the loft car , BO much BO in
fact that I hear with distinctness
when holding the instrument several
inches nwny. I incline to the belief ,
however , that my hearing , save for
the telephone , is not BO good. "
With thcso facts in his possession a
Record reporter waited upon Mr.
Hnnry Bentley , the well-known expert
pert and scientist in electrical mat
tors.
tors."I can hardly credit the statement , "
said Mr. Bontloy. "I have practised
and experimented with telephones
for Bomo years in fact , before they
were handed ever to the public but
did not find that their use had the
least effect upon my heating. I have
stood before the telephones and sent
and received messages until my head
buzzed , and it has been with great
difficulty that I could got nslonp at
night after experimenting , but my
hearing was , very ncute. Indeed , it
seems to me the more I use thorn the
better my hearing becomes. The con
stant practice calls nil the muscles in
to play and trains them. Now , there
are the 'barkers' up in the exchange
room.Ve call these persona who sit
before the owitcli boards and make
the connections 'barkers.1 Their cars
become trained to such calls ns 'con
nect 48 with 02 , 'good-bye , ' and such
talk as that , day after day , but I have
yet to hear the first complaint from
nny of them that it has interfered
with their hearing. There might be
this in exceptional cases. The ear
may become trained to detect the
slightest sound in the phones on one
side , say the left , while on the other
it may not bo so acuto. Then , again ,
Bomo persona claim they can hear
better with ono ear than the other ,
and this may not bo developed uuil
they have constant use of the tele
phones. The instrumonts'have hard
ly been in service long enough for
any peculiarities to have developed
themselves. It must be remembered
they are but recent inventions. Every
one I have soen'can hear just as well
with one ear as the other the sounds
in the phanea , and it has Hot affected
their eenoral hearing. "
The Superintendent of the Bel ]
Telephone Exchange had not noticed
anything peculiar with any of the em
ployes , the barkers especially. The
latter position , however , is a very un
desirable ono because of the monoto
nous duties , and young ladies fill the
places. They do not remain long
enough in it to sacrifice themselves tc
snrvice , preferring the perils of matri
mony when the opportunity offers.
Ex-Aiuitant Postmaster.
CINCINNATI , O. , Sept. 2 , 188.
H. H. WARNER , & Co : SIRS ]
have used your Safe Kidney anc
Liver Cure for chronic dysentery ,
contracted while in the army , with
the most happy results.
fob 28-dlw JOSEPH H. THORNTON.
Teaching Children to Think. -
New York T. Ibuno ,
The new methods of instruction in
the Boston primary schools have ii
the past three years worked wonders
tno only drawback being the want o
time to enable the teachers to acquire
the needful knowledge and skill
These methods are in effect those o
Quincy methods which teach child
ren to think rather than tp merely re
member. Naturally their introduction
mot with opposition from the tribe o
cut-and-driod teachers principal ! ;
from the grammar masters , who stuv
the supervision of the primary schools
taken from them and given to three
supervisors skilled in the now work
The Boston Herald says ; "It wa
supposed by many of the masters to
bo necessary to keep their gramma
schools filled , in order to retain thoi
rank and salary and the full quota o
teachers for their schools. The con
sequence was that in many cases pu
pils wore hurried away from the pri
mary to the grammar ( schools before
they were properly prepared , nnd retained
tainod in the grammar schools roue )
longer than the regular gramma
school course contemplated. " There
is a movement in the School Board to
place the supervision of the primar ;
schools again in the hands of the
masters a movement which , it ia to
bo hcrfrtily hoped , will bo unsuceess
ful. The day of note-teaching , of av
nni ; < "i nnil porcpuHt'Co , in pai Rim
n tail n i f , 11 iut MI of t , i h
era will npt Bdtk to cultivate memory
at the expanse of every other faculty
of u child's mind ,
DO NOT BE DECEIVED ,
In those times ot quack medicine
advertisements everywhere , it is truly
gratifying to find ono remedy that is
worthy ot praise , and which really
does as recommended. Electric Bit
ters , we can vouch for oa being a true
and reliable remedy , nnd ono that
will do as recommended. Thoyinvari-
bly cures atomach and liyer complaints
diseases of the Kidneya nnd Urinary
difficulties. Wo know whereof wo
speak , and can readily say , give them
a trial. Bold at fifty cents a bottle by
Ish & McMahon (3) ( )
HOUSES
LOTS !
For Sale By
FIFTEENTH AND DOUQL&S 818 , , .
178 , Itouio 3 rooms , full lot on Plcrco no -
Suih trcct , $1C50.
177 , House 2 roome , full lot on Douglfts near
20th a root , $700.
17B. Beautiful rnsldtnco , full lot on Can roar
10th street , 312,000.
174 , T o homes and J lot on Dodro near Oth'
street , ? l K .
170 , Hoii'o Ihreo room' , two clojctfl , o'c. , half
lot on 21st cAr Urtwo street , fSOO.
172 , One nndono-liilf story brlik house an
two lots on Douglas near 28th strict , (1,710.
171 , Housa two rooms , wcllc tern , stable , ate
full lot near Tlirco nnd 13th Btro t , $050.
170 , Ono and one-half story hou < o six rooms'
d Mill , lull lot on Convent street near St.
. .r > ' lucmic , 81,8M > .
No. 170 , HOUJO three rooms on Cllt ton street
mar shot lower , 8325.
No. 1(10 , Ilnuso nn'l 33x120 feet lot on
strict near WclwU r itroot , g3,6CO.
No. 1CS , llouso of 11 roon . lot 33x120 feet on *
10th m r Hurt ttrcct , $5,000.
No. 107 , Twoetory house , 0 rooms 4 cloeets , .
peed eel ar , on Ibth ttrcol near I'onplcton'o *
? 4IK .
No . 105 , New house of 0 rooms , half lot on
Inrd 11 ar 10th street , $1,850.
No. 104 , Ono and ono hl ( atory hnusc 8 rooms-
on IBth street i car Leaver worth , $3,600.
N. 1U1 , Ono and cm-halt i-tory touse of 6
rooms near Hanscom Park , 81,600.
No. 158 Two houses 5 rooms-Mich , clcsctectc
on Hurt street near 26th , $3,500. "
No. 167 , house 0 rooms , full let on 10th direct
near Lca > enworth , $2,400.
No. ICO , House 4 largii rooms , 2 closata
hall aero on Butt strcoi near Dut'on , 81,200.
No. 155 , Two houses , one of 6 and ono of i-
rooms , on 17th street near Marcy $3,200.
No. 154 , ThrcohouBtS , onr of 7 and two of 6
rooniB-each , and corner lot , on COM near llth.
atro-t , $5,000.
Mr. 153 , small house and full lot on Pacific-
ncar Ivth ttreet , $2,500.
No. 151 , Ono atory houee 0 rooms , on Leavon-
north ncir ICth , $3,000.
No. 1 > 0 , House thioo rooms and lot 02x116-
near 26th and Farnham , $2,500.
No. 148 , Now house of eight rooms , on 18th
strctt mar Ixavcnworth $3,100.
No. 147 , House ot 13 rooms on 18th street
near Marcy , $5,100.
No. 140 , Homo of 10 rooms and IJlots on 18th'
street near Marcy , $0.600.
'No. 145 , House two largo rooms , lot 67x210 foa
on shorn an a\cnuo (16tli street ) near Nicholas.
Si,600.
No 143 , House 7 rooms , barn , on 20th street'
near Lcavenwortb , 82,500.
No. 142 , IIou o S rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 1CU >
street near Nicholas , 81,875.
No. 141 , IIoil o 3 rooms on Douglas near 26th *
street , 8 50.
No. 140 , lort'o hou'c and two lots , on 24t
near Vurnliamstreet , 88,01.0.
No. IbO , 1U use 3 rooms , lot COxlGCJ feet , on
Douglas ucar 27th street , 81,500.
No. 137 , House 5 roomi and half lot on Capita
acnuo near 23d sirect , 82,300.
No. 130 , House and half aero lot on Cumlug '
street near 24th $850.
No. 131 , llouso 2 ro , ins , full lot , on Irani'
nesn21nn'rcet. 8800.
No. 1H9 , Two houses ono of 0 and ono of i-
rooms , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street ,
82,500
No. 127 Two story house 8 rooms , half lot on
Webster near 10th § 3,600.
No. 126 , llouso 3 rooms , lot 20x120 feet on
26th street near Doucrlas,8075.
No , 125 , Two story house on 12th near Dodge *
street lot23xGJ feet 81,200.
No. 124 , Largo house and full block neat"
Farnham and Ccn ral srect , fS.OOU.
No. 123 , House 6 rooms and largo lot on Saun--
dcrs street near Barracks , $2100.
No. 122 , House 6 rooms and halt lot on W ob- -
ster near 15ih street , 81,600.
No. 118 , House 10 rooms , lot 30x90 Jock on >
Capitol avenue near 22d street , 82,060.
No. 117 , House 3 rooms , lot 30x126 feet , on
Capitol avenue near 22d 81,600.
No. J14 , House 8 rooms on Douglas near 26th- >
itreot , $760.
No. 113 , House 2 rooms , lot 66x99 feet on ,
near Cuming itrcet , $760.
No. 112 , Urick house 11 rooms and half lot on.
Ciss near 14th street , $2,800.
No. Ill , House 12 roomsonDavenpoit | near
20th street , $7,0 0.
No. 110 , Brick house and lot 22x182 feet on
Cocs street near 15th , $3,000.
No. 108 , 1 argo house on Harney near 18th-
strcct. 83,500. . i ;
Ko 109 , Two houses and 36x182 foot lot our
Casi near 14th street , 83,600.
No. 107 , House 5 rooms and halt lot on lout ) '
near 17th strict , 81,200.
MO.100. House > nd lot 61x198 feet , lot on 14lb.
near Pierce street , $600.
No. 116 , Two story house 8 rooms with 11 lot *
on Steward near Saundt re street , 82,800
No. 103 One and one half story houselO room * . ,
Webster near ICtli street , 82,600.
No. 102 , Two houses 7 rooms each and J lot CD
14th near Chicago. $4OiO.
No. 101 , House 3 rooms , cell r , etc. , 1 } lots OD
South avenue near Pacific sireo' , 81,650.
No. 100 , House 4 rooms , cellar , etc. , ' half lot
n Izard street near ICih , 82,000.
No. 99 , Very large home and full lot on Har <
noy near 14th street , $9 000.
No. 97 , Large house ot 11 rooms on Sherman >
avenue near Clark street , make an ofler.
No. 06 , One and one half s.ory house 7 rooma *
lot 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , on Sherman avenue - -
nuo near Grace , $7 ( lOO.
No. 92 , Largo brick house two lota on Daven
port street near 19th $18,000.
No. 90 , Largo house and full lot on Dode'
near 18th ftroit , $7,00i.
No. 89. Lance hiuno 10 rooms half lot on 20th <
near Calliornla stree1 , * r,600.
No. 83 , largo house 10 or 12 rooms , beautifulJ
corner lotonCass mar i0th ! , 87,0001
No. 87 , Two story house 3 rooms 6 acres eland <
land in Saundcrs street mar Barracks , 82,000.
No. 86 Two stores and a rtslutnce on leased
half lot.ncar Mason and 10th street , $800.
No 84 , Two story liou'e 8 rooms , closets , etc. ,
wlihfi acres ol ground , on Saundcrs street near
Omaha 0rr.icks , 82 600.
No. 83 , House of 0 roo-rs , half lot on Capitol
avenue near 12th street. 82,500.
No 82 , One and ono halt story 1 ouse , 6 rooms
full lot ou Pierce near 20th street , 81,800.
No. 81 , 'l ° wo 2 story houses , ono of 9 and ono
0rooms. Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000.
No. 80 House 4 rooms , closets , etc. , largo lot
on 18th streU near White Lead works , $1,300.
No. 77 , Large house of 11 rooms , closets , eel-
lir , eti. , with IJIoti n Farnham near 19th street ,
I3.0CO.
No. 76 , Oceani one-half story house of 8 rooms ,
lot 00x8) fiut on Coisnear Hih street , $4,600.
Ho. 75 , House 4 rooms and basement , | lot
101x132 f iet on Marcy near 8th street , $076.1 w > 4
No. 74 , Large brick house and two full lota on
Davenport near 16tn street , $15,000.
No. 78 Ono and one-half story house and lot
86x132 feet on Joelson near 12th street , $1.SCO-
No. 72 , Largo brick houee 11 rooms , full lot
on Dave port near 16th street , 85.0JO.
No. 71 , Largo hou-e 12 rooms , full lot on Cali
fornia near 20ih street , 87,000.
No. 65 , Stable and 3 full lots on Franklin street *
mar Saundcrs , $2,000.
No. 61 , Two etory frame building , store below
and rooms above , on loucd lot on Dodge-near
16th ttroet , (800 t
No. t)3 ) , Huuie 4 rooms , basement , etc. , lot
03x iOfeet ou Ibth btriot near Nail Work * .
1,700.
f o. 62 , New house 4 rooms one story , full lot >
on Harney near 21st street , 91,760.
No. 01 , Larg house 10 rooms , full lot on Bur
near 21st street , 85,000.
No. CO , House 3 ro ms. half lot on Djvenport
near 23d atreit , HIWO.
No 69 , Four houses and half lot on Cans near
13th atrutt 82 600.
No. 68 , House ot 7 rooms , full lot. Webster
near 21st street , $2,600.
No. 67 , houio of 6 rooms , lot 60x140 feet on
21t street near Ut. Mary's avenue. 83,000.
No. 68 , Ilouko ol 10 looms , full lot on Califor
nia near 2l t ttreet , $ J,600.
M , Hi' ) ad loitn , two fi'll I ti on 10th.
( .t i I Oil 1'vjl JOUJ.
No. J9 , Urlck house 11 rwna. full lot on Farn
ham ii'or 17th street , $6,000.
No. 48 , House ot 0 rooms , half lot on Paclfl
near 9th street , $3,000.
No. 46. Largo boose with full block near sho-
tower , 82,000.
No. 45 , Largo house 7 rooms , closctf , etc. ,
18th btrcot near fork , $3,000.
No. 44 , House and full lot en Chicago near
21st street , $5,000.
No. 43 , House and two lots on Chicago nea
22d street $7.600.
No 37 , House of 8 rooms , H lots or. } 9th ucar
Nkholon street , $ jC50
No. 36 , Two 2 story brick houses with lot
44x132 feet on Chicago near 18th street , (6.60 \
each.
each.BEMIS
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
15th and Doagla Street ,