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THE atalo of Beatrice ia atill for
Paddock.
WHEM chain lightning strikes Lin
coln next January it will have ita
choice of twenty-one rods , eo fir aa
h s boon already reported to thu
public.
HAVE wo any jury fixora hanging
around the ( Jnilod States court ? Cer
tain pirtics in town are cfforlug to bat
that the Hull jury will never bring in
A vordict.
THE senatorial currycombs nro now
on the market for ealo at reasonable
prices. Experience has proved that
there is ouch a thing as being groomed
to death.
Giiimcii HOWK is coming up ni a
candidate for doorkeeper of the houtc.
Ho would sooner bo a doorkeeper in
the house of the Lord than dwell in
tonla of iniquity.
MASHACHUMKTTH , in the language of
Bob IngcMoll , may bo ratieQed wilh
Benjamin H. Brotvater , bat the grand
old commonwealth la not aatisQcd
with Benjamin F. Bailor.
THE senatorial candidate who hain't
always boon the oimon pure and only
original Nobratka unti-nionopolist
ought to bo otufTcd and put in A ( jl&na
CMO aa a genuine political curiosity.
AH chairman of the Mississippi
river improvement oammiUJc , Sena-
ator Van Wyck can buomo very use
ful to Nebraska , aa well as the pcoplo
of the Missouri and Mississippi val
leys.
MAUO.XK , Riddlobergcr and Rcpu-
diation acorn to have dropped out of
public notice. No party can afford to
nhouldcr dishonesty and go baforo .ho
people handicapped nith tuch tx
weight.
THE editor of the Jtpullican in
heavy on the challenge but iio isn't
particularly anxiouo to morition tint
clullongo to the editor of this paper
in which tbo anti-monopoly qucntinn
was thu subject proposed for debate.
TUB man at the helm of the Sioux
City Journal is said to bo the coming
dark horse for United Slntoa marshal
of the tiew district of northwestern
Iowa. That will compensate him for
hia valiant cffcrtu on behalf of Jim
Wilson.
WK are gratified to Icuru that Mr.
Valentino's garden nass bureau at
"Washington has determined to Bond
out hereafter socds that will grow.
Mr. Valentino has also induced the
ooinmitsionor of agriculture to cut
down the ten crop , and the committee
has omitted from itj appropriation the
amount allotted for tea calturo.
IN Chicago the electric light com
panics aio compelled to lay their wires
underground. In Omaha they are
erecting unsigh'tly poles in the busi
ness cuntor that must sooner or later
become a public nuisance. It would
have boon greater economy to have
those wires permanently placed In underground
dorground pipes.
THK next legislature will bo called
upon to reform our justice courts. In
the meantime THE BEB propoios to
make it warm for the crowd of shysters
and pottlfoggors who oarnjthcir living
by peddling out justice to the highest
bidder through corrupt collusion with
unpriudpled justicen. Every day
bring * to light some now piece o
judicial rascality committed undo
protection of the law and cngineoroi
by attorneys whoso uauuu are on th
rolls of the district court. Of th
twelve justice * courts in Omaha fully
ouo-half have a bid reputation , Sev
eral arc notoriously run for the profit
without the elightott regard fur decency
cency or juitioa.
The constables are on a par witl
tbo justices whose oourta they aorvo
Their disregard of the law in th
making of arrt'tts and the oorvico o
papers are no flagrant aa that of the
court in Its decision of caset. Both
judge id constable nro made lustra
raeutb L oppressing the poor and th
court bid niei A inure macbiao for th
collootioit oi doubtful claim * and th
extortion of money from dtfendonts
matter needs ud ihall
ft Hjoroufth ventilutlou.
SHAH CIV/I. SERVICE RE
FORM.
The first stop towards a reform of
the civil service was the passage by
oongrcsi of the tenure of office act In
1807. This act WM passed by a con-
grasa three fujflhs republican to pre
vent Andrew Johnson from removing
republican office holders at will nd
appointing in lhair nto.id democrata ,
or Adny Johnsonitovcpubliosns. Thia
waj about the only eubslantial meas
ure to check the unjnst exorcise of
the appointing par/er in odmiaistor-
ing the covorimont on pawonal prof ,
oroncea find spites rathur than on the
Jofiotnonian idea o ! compslctjcy and fi
delity to public triiflt.
1'ractlcally the tonnro of ofllco bill
was a "pood enough Morion" for the
opponcnta cf Andy Johnson. They
defeated ilio removal of Sranton as
socrntary of war , and saved the head
of many an offios holder , bnt in the
main the spoils ayscom , an it is called ,
continued untl thrived.
Ao an experiment , congrcan in 1871 ,
orontud r. civil service nomrnicsion
headed hy George William Curtis , who
clrow up an olnborAto system of ruled
for entrance into the civil service.
Theao rulas were only to apply to
thousands of clorku deputies and po
litical ntrmll fry , while the poailiona
of iofluenco and power wore left
aubj.'ot to the caprice of the
chief cxooutlvo and his cabinet. In
other words , poor devils who applied
for a thousand dollar clerkship woru
to bo subjected to cx tain tlons in
political economy nnd other studies
that have no possible rolaticn to their
duties , while the collectors of the
ports , the $ ( ,000 posimaatora , the
heads cf departments and baroaue ,
the foreign ministora and consult ,
were to'bo removed and appointed in
the old fashioned way. The civil ncr-
vice commission wna a failure and the
law bccatuo n dead letter. During
the administration that favored and
created thia commission the arbitrary
division of publlo cilice among the
victors who carried thu primaries ,
conventions r.ud logialnturcn was
more flagrant than nt any period dur
ing the his ory of the country. The
sham civil ocrvIcD reformers who part
their hair in the middle , raised a
tremendous howl r.ll over the land in
f Aver of reform. Their cry WAS taken
up by all political portion in ' 70 , and
every national platform made civil
earviuo refurm the key noto. Prosi
dant Lfayeo took up the refrain in his
iniiugur.il. Ho laid down the dec-
rino that the president alone was ro-
ponslblo to the people for appoint-
moult , that henceforth congressmen
nd senators nhuuM not ' inter furo
n appointmcnta aud . annouucoil
hat competent and honest public sor-
vnnto would bo retained in cflize , nnd
hat dlahoucst men would bo disrcltccd
without regard to congrcomonal Influ
ence. Ho declared that "hu who
orvcd hia country bust aorvcd hia par
y bssr , " and that federal ullicos should
not bo made the reward of partisan
orvica to the folloirnra of political
e.tdoro. The c magnificent promiacs
vcro followed by the choice of a cabi
net that waa known to bo committed
o the Qeorgo William Oartis schomu
f civil scrvlco reform. Within Uo
weeks afLor Hayca wao seated in
ho oxcaativo ohair , Carl Schurz
wa5 rcquoiftid TO draft r.
ilan of civil norv-co rsform that would
arry Mr. Uayoa * plodjjea into ciloot.
ilr , Sahurz not himself at work , but
ho plan , if it ever was completed ,
win pigeonholed. The only outcome
if the high Bounding professions of
Mr. Hayes was Executive Order Ne.
1 , forbidding federal officials from Ink-
ng part in political convention : ! ,
: .iko Curtis' elaborate achoino of civil
uorvice reform , tha' , order romaiuod a
dead letter. It was defiantly violated
jy every ollico holder froai the cabinet
down to croaa real postmiatcra.
9rom the moment llayoa set foot in
the white hence totno dnv ho left it , his
career aa an executive gave the lie
direct to his profeoalona aa nn nidenl
ndvocat j of reform in the civil ser
vice. For the mo it part hia appoint
munta wore made at the instance ol
congressman and senators or as n re
ward for personal and partisan eer
vice. Men notoriously inoompotenl
and dishonest were kept in the publii
service because their backers in congress
gross protested against their removal
Star Route Brady was retained ai
second assistant postmaster genera !
through Senator Morton'a influence
and because ho was n valuable man in
carrying Indiana. Score * of promlnon
officials whoao record was notoriously
bad continued undisturbed in over
section of the country , Carl Sehurz
that reformer of reformers , had surveying
voying frauds going on under hi
iioeo while hu was modelling with aom
of the ps ty clerks in the interior de
partmont. In ouu breath ho de
nouncud congressional iuteifdronoo a
an outrage ami thu next niouiont ib
out patronage to oonatora and con
f > ri' uioo , In our own ttato , Sohnt
appuinted eumo of thu worst frauds t <
roipotiHib'o positions in land ofllco
because they worn bioVoil bycongroBs
men and ho retained in thu oflicc
of eurvoyor general a man who
was at the lived of a corrup
ring , broauee tJio nmutors didn't wan ,
him removed. Full of promisus mit
uiijli aoucdiui ; profeaiiotn , thu Haves
civil service reform administralipi
kft the civil service in a'worsn ntatn
if anything than it wae at the cluso of
thu seodnd. term of Grant D
Aud now wo have another vpaam of
ham civil lorrico reform just to ap-
jease the popular wrath aqalnst boss-
sm , corporate monopoly rule and
) ther nbnsoa from which the people
uvo suffered , Every loading poll *
iclan In nnd out of congress it clam-
iring for civil service reform bnt nome
mo has as yet presented A rational
chome that will conform with our
ystom of government and remedy its
worst abuses without trammelling the
ambition to which every American
itizon hu a right , nnmoly that of
iconpying positions of honor and
rust ,
The very first thing wo must rocos-
nlza If , that the president hao tbo
ircrogativo to nuke the moat import
ant appointments in the civil ncrvico
Phis power hocxcrclsas inconjnncti n
ith the Dcna'o of the United Sta'.tn
which sharea in parfc at leatt the ru-
ponstbillty. In the next ptaco tuo
iroaldcnt in the very nature cf things
annot have u personal acquaintance
with every man who nsptroa to a proa-
donlial appointment. Ho tntnt
ako the advice c > f nor.iebody ,
and it is eminently proper thp.t
10 should consult the accredited rep-
oaontrxtivoa of the puoplo rather thtn
intsidcrn who nro nut responsible pr
who might dotiro to become a broker-
go in patronage. For instance , how it
s possible for the president to know
whom to appoint na collector of inter
nal revenue for Nebraska , or aa re-
oivor of public moneys , or aa United
States mmha1 , unless ho consulto the
accredited roprccunUtivco of Nebrna-
t ? Again , the people of all the
tatcs are o 'HMcd to their proportion
if the public patronage , and they have
an abnndanci of material compotant
inough and honest enough to fill it.
Any system that would ignore locality
, nd create a ciril-ofllco holding class
wonld bo about aa dangerous as a
landing army.
All the proposed reforms , BO far ,
all to reccgnizn the practical oido
f the public Borvicj None of thorn
would rid in < f the worst abuses of
ha present system. This was effect
ually shown when Mr. Sjliutis was
; ivon the powjr to apply his own re-
brm to his own dopartmont. What the
country w.tnta ia a civil nervico that
will insure tenure duriri ; n 11 red term
of ycara to every honest and
competent ofl'ner , nnd.tho removal
rom office of every dishon
est and incompetent inzo , no
whether he ia bnokod by ihu whole
cougrcaa aud ttiu pruiidont himself.
The country profura it rosponsibiu gov-
ornment. Thu president should bu
iclcl responsible for the appointment
of cabinet < ilicsra , heada of bureau ? ,
'oroigu minatory , territorial officoro
and comniisMauorB who ore anppotcd
.o represent the whole country. Con-
{ ruosmon and sanntors should bo held
rospouaiblo for federal cflhora in their
diotricta and states. Cabinet cfibors
aud heads of bureaus ahould bo held
responsible- their ohlofaof divisiona
aud clerks who are appointed under
tbnm. It la all rubbish to waste time
in doviair.g themes for examining
tty employes while Ignorance and
ocimo otalka nt the head of the column.
[ ' . i nu out gooua ehaui to praio
ibont civil ourvico ruform so long in
them is no rusponsibility anywhere ;
eo loii as thu president can blame
ho congreusmcn , nnd the congrcsa
inon can hide under thu cloak of an
imbecile civil nrrvicw reform.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S euggeetion
.hat thu constitution ba ao cincuucdaa
.0 permit a veto of separate itcnui
of bills appropriating money , ia ro
a wnrm approval from tlu
It coutainu the real remedy
against log rolling jobs liku the late
aud highly flavored river nnd harbor
hilla , and it would concentrate the
final responsibility for such frauds in
so conspicuous a umuuur upon the
members of congress voting for their
passage over the veto as to prove an
effectual bane to their ouccoss. It
would alao give an added reapouBibil
Jty to the president himself. He
above nil other ofllco holders
hna the whole country for hia
constituency. Hu ia not only
bound ton promotion of the intorestii
of the whole people , but he is amuim
blu to their united judgment. He
do OB not fool thu atrosa of local de-
mandu aa the metnbora of congreas do ,
and as a rulf , ho would only
strengthen himself by a firm oxorclao
of the power entrusted to him. Sev
eral atatea have tried this plan and
proved ita etlisaoy not only In defeat
ing many unwise appropriations , bul
in making legislative bodies more pru
dent in proposing them.
Experiuucu has proved that an
amendment to the national constitu
tion In any point which involves < a
radical difference of opinion upon
matters of public policy ia
difficult matter. JVuident Arthur's
proposition , liouf.vjr , id of u kind it
would not divide political opinion ,
mid it is a question whether it woulc
meet with material oppcsition out of
co'igroiH ituolf. The consent of ti
thirds of the mumbora of each house
it nuceeeary , t > f or which It would b
aubmittcd ( o thu k-gialaturod of the
invent stutuM for thuir approval
There is little doubt that wort ) thai :
three-fourths of theao would ratify thi
notion of congress.
THUKK more nppropriatlon Wlla are
ready for the housu. The apear of
the late elcoUpn Is ttili' hajingit'a ef.
'tot upon Ootigresa ,
Nebraska and Kftniaa.
fit. txmU Kejinbllctn.
There are tuoh contradictory reports
about the operation of prohibition in
Maine nnd Vermont that it is not easy
to tell , at this distance , what the facts
are , except that the weight oi testi
mony indicates an Increased amount
of drinkine ; bnt In Kanaaa the west
ern state ffhorp the prohibition expe
riment has had its most exhaustive
trial , the facts seem plain enough.
Three years ago a majority of the
pcoplo of hat atato were undoubtedly
in favor of prohibition , now they are
not ; and the reason probably la that
prohibition has not diminished drink-
inc. It is staged that in Topeka , the
cspihl of thu atatu , with a population
of only 15,000 , there are 170 salonna
although , if thu law were carried
out there would not bo ono ; ana what
is true of Topeka ia true , probably , of
all the towns in the state except those
whnro public opinion is intolerantly and
actively opposed to liquor selling. In
Nobraikn prohibition doc a not pre
vail , but a rigorous high licenei > tyr-
tnm docD , and the rffrctiit ) touuco
thu amonnt of driukine , i.ccurn orderly
ami wnll conducted nr.lojns , rid the
Btuto of u good deal of disorder and
turn in u onnoidfirablo ruvenus to the
Hoh'ool funds. The city of Omahi has
twice as largo a population ns Topnkn ,
hat it takeo only 90 aaloons to supply
its wants. It i * tie wonder , in view
( f thoio facts , that .whilo the people
of Kansas are disappointed nnd dis-
nitiaGcd at the reaultn of prohibition ,
the people of Nebraska are more than
tatitfkd with the working of their
license ayntom.
amount of Government buslncas that
laa boon lott at looau endn during the
> .i t fnw years indicate that it ia high
imo for u general Bottling up. The
irst and perhaps most important dis
covery of the advantage taken of the
prevailing negligence waa in the post-
office department. There , it was as
certained , a eot of rascals Had wormed
themselves into responsible places itnd
were stealing themselves rich right un
der the noaca of presumably honest
nun , who ought to have detected them
n months , if not yean , before. In
.hia connection the power of Herbert
Spencer's remark in reapect to the
manner in which wo regard the con
duct of our political institutions be-
cornea evident. Ho aaid' that wo arc
apt to assume that everything U'ii'1i'
on light until wu have discovered '
, t in going on wrong , whercau
should aaiume that every thing iagoii.t
on wrong until wo have sitisGed out-
aelvra that it is going on right.
Carelessness was also revealed lij
; hn conduct of the treasury and navy
departments , and potty pilfcriuga had
comoito bu looked on aa matters of
counj > , und even regarded by somu as ,
merely thn injojinniit of honest per
quisites. Thu investigations which
ivoru held nnd the rMukuuug attend
ing the atar route indiotmmita caused
t/ 'i'.t'- ' i-'jravsmcnt. The vuion
cf officials aa to titles to properly was
greatly cleared. And thcru was laxity
n cougrcas aa well aa in the executive
departments. Things were Buffered
to pw In in oaay-goicg Tay all
r.Uju , wiuu interested parties
worked thuir little gamea unpcrccived
and with qreat euccnas. Wo got no
tariff revision , no method of coantfng
the electoral vote , no relief for the
supreme court , no bankrupt bill , no
repeal of silver coinagu , and no half a
dczeu other important thicga which
good ctatcamsnohip7onJd have pro
vided for uj. Tlieru scarcely could
liavo bsen n moro nppropriato aorjjou
for the puoplo to have called thoaUen-
tion of public mon to thu real situa
tion.
tion.In
In keeping with the condition of
other business was that of the gov
ernment and the land grant railroude ,
and the report of Secretary Tailor con-
taina in const quonco nome very inter-
eating reading. A doci'lou of the
uptemo courc some ycara ago declared
that a failure to coinploto a railroad
for which u Innd grant haa been con
ditionally given within aapoc fiedtitta
doeo not involve a forfuturo of thu
grant until congress declares it for
feited. Now , there are a number of
* nts which should have been tbuc
declared forfeited lo-jg ngo in order
that they might liavo been thrown
open to BHttlemont. Aa it was they
remained tied up BO that they were of
no account to anybody , nnd ao they
remain now. Congress totally neg
lected ita only with raapcct to these
lands and to the people who would
biivo inuilo vuluablu use cf HOUIU of
thtni. It in now asked for legislation
which should have been unnoted long
ngo.
ngo.Thingn are ut loose enda alee with
rcuccct to the land grants that have
buon earned by the roads. The pat
ents have only been iauod for a atunll
pnrt of the amount given , the result
being that thn roada are relieved from
paying local taxes which they ought to
pay. Mho secretary's report pointa
out that out of a grant of Boron 12- ,
000,000 acrea belonging to the Union
Pacific , it haa pnlj | taken out patenU
for 2,000,000. The Central Pacific
has taken out patonta for less than un
uighth of what it ia entitled to , and
ao with the Kansas Pacific , Denver
Pacific and other roada. What is
needed ia a law compelling those own
ers to enter Into the legal ownorahip
of their property If they are going to
accept the gifta at all , and assume the
burden whioh other property owners
assume for the common benefit , The
game of the companies ia to permit
their land to remain uupatontod , aud
hence untaxable , and to."grow val
uable by the lapao oi time and the
settlement of the country , thus obtain
log all tha advantage of publio pro
tection * nd the enhancement of
values" without contributing to the
exp < T83 of improvement. In locnli
tica whore tKci r ada r wn moat cf the
hnd , the few ooitlt-rj on other und
have to bear the total cost of all that
is done for that particular section.
Several r-tilrimda thus acting have
bron completed for twelvH yoara , and
Mr. Tdller thinks it ia h'gh time that
corgrcssrca doin aoruethini | to give
the complaining tax-pa } era thu relic'
they aiuk , and it must bo admitted
t hut the u quest hu makes ia
able.
In the opinion of the soorotary of
the interior , this whole subject of
the pabiis Unda needa careful
oonaldoratlon. The lavishnosa with
which the publio domain haa been dii
tributed has piveu riae to erroneous
ideas respecting publio property which
ought to bo corrected. The abuee of
the pre-emption and homestead lawa
calls for their repeal or revision. And
oft
aa to those railroad grants which have
ftn
not bson earned in contiqionco of &
breaking of the stipulations as to time ,
ilt is important that both the roada nnd
the ; pcoplo should know what ia to be
done nbout it. Thnro is ouch a tro-
mendoui quantity of unsettled boat-
nees < f this nature that we c.tn scarcn-
ly expect the present congreas to mnku
much imprcioion on it. The principal
value to bo derived from the situation
la to Impress future statesmen with
the importance of attending to bust-
nets as it cornea up , nnd not to permit
it ; ( to accumulate as it has been accu
mulating in this oonntry for the last
few years
Combining Against Carlisle.
Sp < clal to The Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON , December 10. A
curinus report ia in circulation to the
effect that Randall has withdrawn
from the candidncy for the speaker-
ship , nnd j-rcp tes to lend liia Btrenp'h
to Blackburn as ( tgiicst Carlisle , iho
story gooi that Rind all , who wants
the presidency moro than ho docs the
apcnkcrahip , thinks thnt ho wonld
hurt himself by opposing Carlisle , and
propoeoa to kill two birds with one
atone , defeating Carlisle with Black-
horn , and at the csmo time through
B'ackburn ' shaping the courao of legia-
lotion in the hoceo HO BB to ndvnnco
his own prospocta for the presidential
iitimirmtion in 1884. This otory is
cbnaldcrod rithcr wild. A friend tf
Mr. llandoll nald to-night that while
that gentleman would doubtleca be
Clad to kill off Chrllalu with Black
burn , hu did not think ho had nny
intention oE withdrawing from the
race in order to bring about thia re
sult. Thli gentleman thought Mr.
HandiU'o present ombition , whatovcr
hia hopes for the future might bo ,
waa to get a good grip on the jpoakor a
gavel again. Hu added that llau-
dall's policy waa to conduct a very
wary still-hunt , anying and doing as
little ns possible till after the adjourn
ment of the apeakorship caucus next
December. Thia gentleman did not
think that it would hurt ; Randall in
the south to beat Carlisle , and thnt
being conceded ? ho could not see but
what the apcakea'a chair brought Mr.
Randall nearer to tha presidency than
a Boat on the floor of the house. All
the mon on the democratic side who
consider themselves possible candi
dates for the ppeakerahip next winter
nro exercising extraordinary c.wtion
aa to thuir nets and utterances. There
N an impression among thoughtful
ini on the democratic aide that the
vcrso who will brush the others
d take the prlzo will bo Rp
> > \ N. J. Hammond , of
. . . quiet member who ia gen-
li ) . . .naidered ono nf the soundest
lawyers nnd finest parliamentarians in
the homo of representatives. Representative -
sontativo W. S. Holman stretches"his
iiamo off thu list of candidates lor
f poakewhip of the next house. Hin
friends have been prtRiinc ; his uatno ,
but hu thinks bo can bi" t servo hii
country ns the great objector on the
floor
Tto Question Settled.
Austin ( Tcvaa ) Sifting ! * .
Peter Tag ia ono of the moat con
ceiled men in Aintin , although ho has
really no CXCUBQ for it. He waa once
u. member of the Tcxai legislature ,
and ainco then ho imagines he knows
it all , so to hpcak. A few evcnlnga ape
ho w.ia present at a httlo tea party ,
and the aubjuct of perpetual motion
came up for discussion : "Lulics nnd
gentlemen1 aaid Peter , putting his
thumb in thu arm hnlcn of his vest ,
und throwing liimaolf back on hia dig
nity , "it's not worth while for yon to
try to Bolvo ; hut probUm. I tritd to
mtiko oomalhing out of it when I wau
a mornbir uf the Tens legislature ,
and 1 failed , so what nso is there in
you worryicsr vnur b < " > da about it ? '
* Lydia E. Piukham'a Vegetable
Compound atreugthona the stomach
and kidneyo ard aids digestion.
Wootorn Union V/cnlth.
Special Dispatch to Tils DUE.
NKW YORK D.cambor 13 At the
moating ot directora of the Weatorn
Union Ttleftrnph ccmpany to-day the
quarterly civideuda of li waa de
clared , payable January 16th. Ru-
ports show the nut revunucR for the
qnactor ending December ! ! lat , par
thlJy estimated , $2,159,000 , which ,
cdded to the anrplna on October lat ,
given S-i 817,097. Daduetiug Interest
un bunded debt , iiinkiug funds and
thn dividend juBtdcc'jrcdlutkV < antur-
plunof 83,490,447. The resignation
of Goo. F. Biker aa director was
ccivnd and r.ccopted and Dr. Lowber
Welch , of Philadelphia , wua elected
to hia place.
one dime got a psckaga ol
Diamond Deu at the dru giut'y.
They color anything tba simplest r.ut
\mtit desirable coloru.
* # * "Bottf r bu wise by the nilsfor-
tuncio of ( itlu-rn than by your owu. "
Toke warning in time. Avoid quack
nostrums by which thousands annu
ally pariah. Ueo only such remedies
ns are demonstrated above sunpicion ,
foremost among which ia Kidney-
Wort. For torpid livrr , bowels or
kldnoya , no other mm'y equala it.
It ia sold in botn dry > > M liquid form
by all druggists.
*
METROPOLITAN , , , iEL , OMA.
HA , NliU.
Tables supplied with the boat the
market aiiords. The traveling publio
claim they got bettor accommodations
and more general uatisfoction hero
than nt any other house In Omaha.
Rate , $2 pur dav. anc21tfm
SLAVEN'S VOSKMITE COLOGNE
Mode frorr the wild flowers of the
Mil FAMED YOSKMITE VALLKN
It is thu most frA7ir.nl oi pcrfum t
Main1 fact a rod b 11 , K , SI't\en , Pun
Ifmi'visco. For . n m Om .1,3 l < y W ,
J. Whitiihonsu . .ud Kennuio
HAS BEEN PROVED
> hr LL'RESl CURB for
DISEASES.
Cod 1 1 lama tuck or a dUorder d urine
Ir.dlCAto Jiat you arc a vkOtimP THEM DO
_ HOTHEPlTATBi aw XimiEY-WOUTat
r onto ( druteUt * roacniaccd it ) and U will
tpccill y ovcroomo tli clll < i fl ttd. rectors
hr ltiiy notion taallUieor : n > .
to your tcz.iuchM pain
uul wt&knctiMM , KIONEV.WOaT U uniur-
{ ouodultwill act promptly and ulely.
EiUjcr 6 z. InooBUnoooo , rcteaUon of
utiua , brick dut or ropy dtpoetu , and dull'
drafting pain * , all ipeadlly ytoid to 1U our1 1
Uvo power. '
GOFFEE AND SPIGE MILLS ,
Boasters and Grinders o ! Coffees and Spices , Manufacture-is of
IMPERIAL BAKING POWDER
Clark's Double Extract ? of .
BLUEING , INKS , ETC
H. 0. OLARK & CO. , Proprietors ,
1403 DnnoliiR Strnpt. Omaha ,
1108 and 1110 Haraey 11. , OMAHA , KEB.
McMAHON , ABERT & CO , ,
ruggists ,
1315 DOUGLAS STREET , OMAHA , UEB.
Hellman & Co
WHOLESALE
1301 and 1303 Farnam St. Cor.
OMAHA , NEB.
L. 0. fiUNTlNGTON & SON ,
DEALERS IN
trBSF3 ( ? l&ffl l Fi sT * " * o
rUiiibj Wu L r'l.L.iitf cc
204 Korth Sixteenth St. , - - OMAE4 , MBB.
1005 Farnam St. , Omaha.
HIMEBAUGH , MERRIAM & CO , ,
Proprietors , Wholesale Dealers in
Mills Supplied With Choice Varieties of Milling Wheat ,
Wealoru Trad * Supplied with Oats and Corn
at Lowest Quotation ! ) , i lth
prompt ehlpmerita. Write for priced , g
9 I
MANUFACTUIIKHS OF
Carpenter's Materials ,
ALKO
Sis , OoOSS , BUNDS , STAIRS ,
Stair -/failings , Baiuste s , Window
and Door Fra-res , Etc.
fc'iret-clMi fiotllUea for the Manufacture of all klndt-v of Mouldlngr , Pan \ag and
.
. ,
m it chin if a .Sjicclilty. . Order. frvro the country will te prninptly.txirtittd. .
Btdrrsiillcoi-.iijuiilca'i ' nsto A. Ai'OYJlJ , ProjirlEtot
CT. O.
BUGGY AND SPRIHG-V/AGON IVlANUFACTUi
HORSE * HOEING GENERAL BLACKSMITHING
an 316 FifteenthStrwit , between TJarney aud Famam.