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    THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA , SATITKDAYT , JANUARY 26 , 1884.
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THE Burlington ily refused the invita *
tton to walk into the parlor of the Union
Pacific spider.
1A llrAm paper says the Omaha Bolt
railway is being run on wind entirely.
This is an insult toCol. % Hnnlon , general
manager.
IOWA has organized a prisoners' aid
Association. Nebraska- does not need
any. Our prisoners generally dig out
without the aid of outsiders.
TIIKIU : is no probability of Governor
Murray , of Utah , being ro-appointod ,
His Kentucky record has boon brought
up against him , and ho cannot survive it.
TUK graveyard insurance business is
getting a little too numerous in Nebras
ka , and it behooves the state auditor to
investigate and ventilate some of thcso
concerns.
TUB Virginia senate has politely re
quested Mr. Mahono to resign. The great
roadjustor will probably politely invite
the Virginia senate to go to a hotter
place than Richmond.
POOL COMMISSIONER Vining will not
have the pleasure of regulating the trafMo
on the Burlington system. Vluing's fiat
will only pass current in the Western
Trunk Line association.
Tuc house committee on commerce has
finally yielded to the persuasive eloquence -
quonco of the railway magnates , who will
now endeavor to talk Mr. Reagan's inter
state commerce .bill to death.
THEIU ; is a good opening for a now
bank at Loadville. Eight months ago
there were four banks in that city , and
within that period three of them have
closed their doors for the last time.
THE Second Adventists definitely an
nounce that the world will como to an end
I on the 4th of next November. This is
t-
probably the reason why the Second Ad
ventists do not trouble themselves about
the tariff revision.
TKKKE is aljustico of the peace in
Davenport who considers his reputation
worth $50,000 , and aaks the Davenport
Gazette to como into court. "Wo should
like to BOO the Omaha justice of the peace
who wouldn't part with his reputation for
ono-tonth of that aunt.
WHEN the members of the supreme
court of Nebraska cannot find a flaw in
the proceedings of the trial of a murder ,
they writa letters to the governor implor
ing him to commute the sentence of the
cssassin , for fear there might have boon
uomo testimony against the poor follow
that was liable to misrepresent his
motives.
ONLY three weeks ago the officers of
the defunct First National bank of Lead-
villo published their quarterly statement ,
which represents that institution to bo in
perfectly sound condition. The sudden
collapse of the bank shows that the con
cern must hare boon a wreck At the time
the January statement was published ,
This fact completely upsota tiib claim
that our national banking ] aws are BO
perfect that it is almost impossible to
conceal the real condition of any national
bank for any considerable time. '
TUB marriage of Frederick Douglas u
this late day , at the ago of 73 , woult
naturally create some surprise , but -when
it is announced that ho has married
riod a white woman of the sami
ago as his daughter , surprise becomes
comes intensified with disgust ,
shows that Vrod Douglas , with all his
sturdy and sterling qualities , that have
given him such prominence among his
race , has degenerated iu his dotage , and
lost caste both among whites nnd blacks.
The woman he married must either bo
'
' Booking an unenviable notoriety by this
union , or clso has sold herself. In any
case it belittles Fred Douglas iu the esti
mation of all who horotpforo had great
reupcct for him.
BBSATOX VAN WVCK never loses an
opportunity to stop impositions upon the
people through greedy officials. When
tbo bill to create a territorial govern
ment ( or Alaska came before the senate
he made vigorous objection to the proviso
vise that the United States marshal
eliould bo paid partly by salary and
'p&rtly ' by fees. lie declared that United
( State * nanhals depending , upon foes
liable to unrest people upon the
pretexts in order to create feus ,
he insisted that the policy of the
government n justice to the people
should be to make the marshal n salaried
offiwr , 'The oanate adopted Mr. Yan
" n Wyok'a auggcfstiou , and a precedent has
, tiiw been established which should bo
n
ever the oountry.
T1IK STAGNATION OF TRADE.
Wlu'lo money is easy , farm products
abundant , and manufactured articles of
all lands plenty , there is n stagnation of
trade. Tha businos * situation is certain'
ly A peculiar ono , under the circum
stances , and is somewhat of a puzzlo. A
similar state of affairs hns not occurred
within the memory of the oldest mer
chants of the country. It is explained ,
however , by the fact that there is an
ever supply of nearly everything , and
the consequence is that prices are low
nnd the demand nnything but brisk. The
winter is half ever , and clothiers , dry
goods merchants , nnd boot and shoo
dealers find themselves loaded down with
stocks which they have been unable to
dispose of , nnd they nro now endeavoring
to unload as fast as possible by offering
goods at remarkably low prices
in fact , at n sacrifice. The
loading clothing dealers say that
trade has not been what they expect
and in the line of overcoats alone they
yet have nu immense supply. It must
bo that the people are supplied for the
present with about everything they want ,
and hence the stagnatien in trade. There
has boon but very little demand abroad
for our surplus of broadstulla and pro
visions , and the result is an accumula
tion in our own elevators and ware
houses. The British markets are being
supplied with wheat from India , thus
putting us to the necessity of finding
some other market for ono of our prin
cipal exports. Until this is done our
wheat will not command n very high
priceas wo raise a great deal moro than wo
need for homo consumption. Our farmers
will have to do as our manufacturers do
cut down the product for a season or
two , and thus create a scarcity which
will bo followed by n brisk demand.
Ono of the main causes of the oversupply -
supply in farm products and m manufac
tured articles is the improved machinery
which now does the work instead of men.
Farm machinery has boon the means of
increasing the capacity of producing
broadstufis , and the work of a single
farm that formerly required the labor of
numerous persons is now done by ma
chinery. So it is also in manufactures.
The solution of the over-supply problem
now is to create a demand , and so far
the only way to make a demand is to
gauge the production so that it will
bo in keeping with the wants of the
pooplo.
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
NKUHASKA OITV , January 24th , 1881.
To the Editor of The Dec :
DBAK Sin : That the Reform school at
ivcr.rnoy sadly needs reforming , is evident
dent from a communication to Tun Bii :
'ccently ' , But it strikes a man up a tree
h.it our glorious young state has no re.
'arm school at all. Witness the follow
ing circular :
KEAKNEY , Nob. , January 9,1884.
County Judge , Otoo County :
DEAU Sin : I am directed by the
pard of public lands and buildings to
give notice that no moro children can be
ocoivod at this institution until further
notice , or until the building now being
iroctcd can bo occupied.
Respectfully ,
S. 0. MULLINH , Superintendent.
The question naturally arises , by what
authority said superintendent issues such
ii notice ; and , secondly , by what color
can ho refuse to receive children ad judged
k > bo sent to said school ] It is generally
upposod youthful culprits are thither
lent to effect a radical reformation ol
iharactor and by learning a tradc ( ? ) on <
iblo thorn on leaving said institution , to
earn an honest living and become respect
able citizens. But your recent correspon
dence dispels this fond illusionand makei
ono think thoroform school is not designer
'or any such purpose , but as a sinecure
'or favored individuals. What shall we
do with juvenile offenders ? Keep then
n county jails ? Send them to the poni
tentiary'f or turn them loose to the
njury of the community , anr
their own destruction ) This is a matter
of great social importance and the whol
conduct of said institution demands
thorough investigation. Fancy youn
children being upnt to bed in those rooms
with insufficient covering and lot rui
around half clad , and half shod , in the
cold of such a winter as this. Bah
Amidst the multifarious appropriations
* s there no monpy to bo found to clothe
shoo , and furnish bed covering for these
poor unfortunates ? If there is not , for
mercy's sake lot them return to the
several'counties to which they uovoralli
belong and disestablish that miannmct
'institution so that if wo cannot reform
wo bp not criminally guilty of judicia
cruelty. Yours , oto. ,
THOS. 0. MOJIOAN ,
County Judge.
This is a torso aud pertinent inquiry
The official organ of the state board o
publio lands and buildings , in n recon
issue' , assures the people that the bean
is well satisfied with the present management
mont of the state reform school , but i
the board cannot provide the ways am
means to take proper care of the inmate
of the reform school the people are no
satisfied with the board. Tha
a commonwealth like Nebraak
cannot accommodate juvenile of
fenders , because the funds voted by th
legislature for .that purpose have bee
misappropriated , is certainly a hutniliai
ing admission. There never lias bee
any difficulty to find ways and means t
provide the atato officers at the capito
with furniture aud supplies , whether the
legislature ninko an appropriation or no !
but when an emergency arises in u stat
institution like the reform swhool , th
etato board is suddenly paralyzed am
helpless. _ '
Timmanagoruof the Burling ton railroai
have finally broken off all negotiation
looking to the combination of their ays
torn with the new Union Pacific pee !
The longer they talked the wider the
differed upon the question us to how
fair division of the traffic west of th
Missouri could bo made between th
Burlington and the Union Pacific and it
allies. The interest of the Burlingto
was manifestly to remain outaido of th
poll and take its chances on the trans
Missouri trafficY 'heu this concluaio
was reached the conference was at one
Wo shall now h&va BOOIO compotitio
> otwcon two great railway systems west
f Iho Missouri. There need not nocos-
arily bo a war of rates , which in the end
s nmro disastrous to the public than to
10 railroads engaged in it. But there
will bo bolter accommodations for ship-
ore , and fairer treatment all round ,
'ho natural impulse of the people will bo
, o patronize the road that remains nut-
! do of the pool , and the Burlington will
tart with that advantage in its compoti-
ton for patronage.
OTltKll LANDS THAN OUltS.
Parliament will comono on the 5th of Fob-
uary a'.id tlio sesaton promises to bo ono ol
nlvoraal Intercut. The measure by whlclitho
beral party proposes to stand or fall will belie >
lie extension of the franchise which will place
rolnml on the eamo footing an England and
cotlnml. Whlfo the great majority of lib-
rain , under the load of Ghamborlaln , will
nnist upon making this the lending Isnuo ,
Hr. Herbert Qladalono and a small faction of
Im llborali arc opposed to making a govern'
nont question of it. This faction would pro-
or to drop the subject for the present
n cane the bill is rejected by the
.oiiso of lords rather than force a
Ifieolutlon of parliament In going before
ho oountry. w bother the views of the prom ,
cr are reflected by his son , it Is difficult to
incertain , The preponderance of sentiment
n the party is In favor of a more decided
ourse , and ft Is difficult to see how the liber
als can avoid standing or falling by it when
ho measure is once brought up. There is a
> rospcct of a considerable contest in the com-
nons before the measure assumes the shape lu
which * 'it ' will bo transmitted to the other
louso. A certain class of liberals will join
the opposition and endeavor to have Ireland
ixcludod. Whllo the Irish parliamentary
larty , under the leadership of 1'ar-
mil , will do what they can to
obstruct matters at every turn. Such
a least Is the present Indication. Those com-
lined forces will bo able to effect delay , if
lothlng oho. To complicate the situation of
a redistribution of seats will also bo brought
n. The present mission of the liberal party
vill not have boon fulfilled until It has se
cured the equalization of franchise and rcpro-
ontatlun , and the removal of all causes of
nut complaint , arising from discrimination in
awsvith respect to Ireland. Whether Mr.
iladstuno will be able to accomplish these ro-
orms depends1 a good deal upon his physical
condition. Ills political life would not bo appro-
irtately rounded out if ho did not lay down
ils management until these things are accom-
> llshod. If a dissolution comes this soeslon
m the franchise extension the return of the
ibcnils to power is almost assured. The only
tioug point the conservatives can make will
10 on the blunders In Egyptian affairs.
The situation In Kgypt continues very crit-
cal. Khartoum has hocomo the most impor-
; ant city in the world to the Gladstone cabi
net. Whether Its garrison is saved or massa
cred , it is the center of political interest of
ho hour , and it apparently Involves the life
ind death * of the English Ministry ,
toports are contradictory as to the
chances of the city , but their general pur.
> ort is gloomy. Below tna frontier fixed
> y the English cabinet there are scattered
13.000 soldiers and as many thousand
civilians. Six thousand camels at least would
required to relieve them , and a dollar for
every cent the kbcdtvo can afford. Several
small garrisons south ot Khartoum have al
ready been cut off , and the mahdi is reputed
; o mossacro freely. The Kilo is blocked both
north and south of the doomed city. Hosts
jf Arabs are swarming toward it , and Inside
it good half of the population believe In the
juahdl. "Who shall help us ? Wo are desert
ed I" are the words of a letter justtbceivod
from the town. Baker Pusha , at Suakim , has
almost as momentous a task in rescuing the
farrlson and the women and the children of
SInkat , and the prestige of the for
eign government which is involved in
their fato. General Gordon , who in
iprhaps the most competent British
ifficor to handle Egyptian troops , has boor
lispatchid to the scat of war , but it Is feared
ho will come rather late.
The change of ministry in Spain is an event
of considerable importance , as it probably
points to u change both in the homo and for
eign policy of the government. It Is the re
sult of the division of the Spanish liberals , on
whom the king has lately boon relying , into a
cries of shades or groups , who crnnot bo gof
; o agree. The Into ministry of I'osado Horr-
eras was composed of what is called the Dyn
astic loft , or In plain English Monarchical
IladlcaK Dut it had to accomplish the
almost Impossible task of keeping on good
conns with , aud securing for the crown the
Htipport of the radical or republican radicals ,
rho klng'H speech at the opening of the seslon
was made to favor not universal suffrage
exactly , but apian of slightly limited suffrage
produced by the Sagasta cabinet In 1882 ,
which would have created a total of S 014OOU
voters , while real universal suffrage would
have created a total of 3,050,000. The differ-
oncQ between the two fiiruros was so slight
that the minister thought it was not worth
preserving , and ho accordingly declared for
the latter , thus alienating the liberal centre ,
under Sagasta , who will not hoar of a great
extension of the suffrage even in the moderate
form pi In ted iu the kiug'u speech. The acces
sion of the coiibei vutlvcs to ofiico in Spain Is
hold , curiously enough , to hotter guarantee
radical and republican quietude than the suc
cess of Ssgasta's filemu who , on account ol
their lukowannnoss , are moro fiercely hated
than open opponents. The army in uneasy ,
but Alfonso has the reputation of being a man
to risk every thing and to shoot first.
Chinese diplomacy la after nil not suited to
the peculiar atmosphere of Europe. Accord
ing to a German newspaper , when the Mar.
quls Tseng was told that the French expected
to make China pay a war indemnity , ho de
clared in a vein of sarcasm that China was hoi
yet on the road to Sedan , In Germany not a
little amusement was created over this neal
allusion to the exaction of a war Indemnity
from Franco after Sedan. Outside of Gar *
many it woa thought that the Chinese ambas
sador had uttered a smart but undiplomatic
response. Prime Minister Ferry , however ,
has taken the matter so seriously that ho ha ;
written to the Chinese legation tw ask if the
Gorman report of the Marquis Tseng's remark
U authentic. The reply to this application
for Information U far moro diplomatic than
the original cause of offence. Hut the Chinese
ambassador does not disclaim the authorship
of the reference to Sedan , He did not think
that hla communication to the German editoi
would bo made public , and therefore he could
not hau forenoon that ho would wound the
fcuU-cuteein of the French. "All the same , '
however , the French smart under this sting
and the oidy oxcuao of Its author Is that I
was ghon In a confidential communication ,
The latent dispatches from the west roost o
South America , under date of January 11 !
contain two brief pieces of Intelligence whlcl
artnery significant to anybody who keeps tin
run of affairs in that region sufficiently to Interpret
terprot them. The first U that the Iglesla
government of 1'ern has withdrawn Its cominis
tlou of mlnl > ! tor to the United States from
Senor Vlllena , who arrh ed hero i\ few w eeks
ego , aud has conferred it upon Sonor.Elmoro
wlio was delegated u ? minister to the Unltei
States by the O&Merou government of Peru
and was Officially received by 1'rebtdont Ar
thuron October IS , 1H31 , and has coutlnutu
o\er f-lnce to be treated in that capacity a
Washington. The second In that Don Nicholas
llerolu , who was dictatot of Peru from the tl ma
uftha fight of President Praito In Do'omb < > r
1880 , till after the capture of hlma by the
Chileans ) in January , li-81 , and the setting u |
of the Oaldoron goveinmant a few weeks later
and than abdicated and followed Prado , is 01
hU Way hack to hU country upon a ttoame
which loft Southampton , England , laxt Tim 1-3
day. As no steamer for the United State
left .Southampton on that day ho doubtlct
has taken pamau-o by way of the Straits o
Magellan to Valparaiso , uud hU arrival a
Lima will occur early lit March If ho choose
to go there forthwith , or at Valparaiso ho ma >
select his own tlmofor the purixwo , unless th
Chileans interfere with his iiio\uwontii.
Wo interpret the o two pieces of Intelll
genco to mean th t , that Plcrola Is
pen a belief that a * foon as the national
Mombly which Igleslas has summoned to
meet In Lima at the beginning of March to
atlfy his treaty of peace with Chllo shall have
onoyhat work the tlmo will In ripe to foment
a revolution In the Peruvian capital which
hall put Iglcsias to death or flight and again
abolish constitutional government In Fern
and reinstate Piorola as dictator upon the
ulns } second , that Igloslas who , by common
: onsont , is about at honest a man as there Is
n public life In Peru , though by no moans so
[ Utckwlttod as most of the politicians of that
country , has disassociated himself definitely
rom the Piorollat of "national" party with
vhich over sinso his establishment In Lima
10 has been slowly severing an intimate con-
leccion. and now looks mainly for support
o the "constitutional" party , of which the
jaldaron government , that practically
lorlahod with the capture of Aroquipa by
ho Chileans , was the representative. This
iltuation of affairs concerns the United State *
n various ways. Among the most obvious of
thorn , It may hurry a decision upon the claim
> f the Igloslas government to recognition at
Washington ! for President Arthur scarcely
can continue to treat Senor Elmoro as 1'or-
ivlan minister , now that ho has accepted a
commission from Igloslaa , without thereby
ccognlzlng the government which ho under-
> akcs henceforth to represent ; and as the
> thor foreign powers confessedly are waiting
or the United States to take leadership with
regard to recognition , it may precipitate an
icknowlcdcmont of the authority of Igleslas
> y them all. In his transfer of his diplomat-
o commission from Villona to Elmoro , under
hese circumstances Igloslas displays moro
hrovvdnoss than has distinguished most of his
ransactlons.
The second session of the fifth parliament of
ho Dominion of Canada was opened with a
pcoch from the throne represented by the
[ ovornor-general. Compared with similar
tate papers , the speech , so called , is rather
dull. ' ! ho governor-general regards the com.
mercial initiation of the dominion as , on the
vholo , stable ami prosperous , although , to
udgo from reports , a largo proportion of the
icoplo of the dominion think otherwise ; and
> ho Internal Fisheries exhibition In London Is
alluded to an having boon a potent and effect-
vo moans of makinp Canada's resources in
, hi3 direction widely known.
The speech deals Iu flattering terms with
the government's pot , the Canadian Pacific
railway , and the promise is made that the Pa
cific coast will bo reached before the lapse of
, hn o moro Tears. It is suspected , however ,
, hat financial matters in connection with the
company are by no means satisfactory. It is
also stated In the address from the throne ,
, vith apparent satisfaction what the figures ,
lowover , belie that the number of immi
grants who resolved to remain within the Ca-
ladian borders lost year was proportionately
n excess of that of previous years. It makes
no protest against pauper Immigration , of
which Canada , according to all accounts , has
vltogothor moro than Is desirable or the coun
ty can afford. The speech , on the whole , is
not an embodiment of profound wisdom or
originality.
Pope Lee XIII bids fair to earn a high
reputation us a statesman as well as an able
spiritual head of the Catholic church. While
the negotiations between the Vatican and the
Prussian government are going on so satisfac
torily that in a short time the world will see
the relations of Gorman Catholic clergy tote
to the German empire once moro placed upon
a footing mutually beneficial. Ills Holiness is
endeavoring to aroube a revival in this coun-
tryjwhioh may have effects of the greatest
importance to the church at largo. Viewing
the constructions which are to be convoyed in
the November plenary council in Baltimore
merely from a secular point , they show high
and enlightened purpose.
In llussia the clericals and the government
are at each other's throat again ; the nihilists
liavo given up the printing press and now em
ploy the hoktograph ; the murderers of Sudel-
kin have probably escaped , and while the czar
and bis ministers are trembling In their skins
the general populace of St. Petersburg is de
scribed as going gayly to the. theaters , as the
Parisians did during the regime of Robes'
pierro.
Immigration is a prominent topic of conver
sation in the Argentine Republic , for which
it promises do much. Last November close
upon 9,000 immigrants and passengers landed
at Buenos Ayresandthe'arrivalsof the eleven
months then ended footed up 65,000while for
the whole year a total of 76,000 was promised.
This la the largest number ever known to ar
rive. "Half Italy. " says a correspondent , "fe
emigrating to the Plate , and the class of emi
grants is much superior to those of former
years. About 30 per cent of the new arrivals
are young women , a healthy feature in immi
gration. "
Tim Girl I didn't Wed.
She's trim and true and tender ,
Her eyes are soft and blue ,
Her merits are not slender ,
Her faults a meagre few ,
Ho walks in fields Elyslau
On whom her smiles are shed
Oh. dear , to Memory's vision
In the girl I didn't ' wed.
Her eyes has Love'a own glim in :
Her voice Is soft and low ,
A boss good thing m women ,
As Shako said long ago.
I call her tresses "Titian. "
Yet some would call them rod
I scorn such small precision
With the girl I didn't wed.
It sets my heart to boating
When I recall the scone ,
The first dear day of meeting-
She said she was sixteen.
So she must fctill bo youthful ,
Though several years have lied
For she was pretty truthful ,
Was the girl I didn't wed.
Why did I lose this treasure }
All , that I may not toll ;
But pondeiing this at lelture ,
I think it's just as well
She took a grayhoord hoary ,
With one tooth in his head
Ifo tells a different story
Of the girl I didn't w d.
. [ Puck's Annual ,
EDUCATIONAL ,
Indiana university bos dropped Greek ant
Latin.
Of the seven Russian universities , Moscow ,
the largest , has -700 students.
Small school districts in Connecticut are
being consolidated in order that bettor teach
era can be employed. Sixteen towns have
already abolished the old time "district" sys
tern ,
Moscow , with its 700,000 people , had onlv
5,000 school < hlldron and St. Petersburg , with
a population of 860,000 xouU , had only
1,000 , But the latter has gained of late
years. The government spends moat of its
money in the western conntriei. the Idea being
HS much as possible ta Russianize those pro
vlncoj. The Tartars are in general fur aheat
of the Russians in elementary knowledge
They are taught In the mosques , and boast
that they have no children under 15 who can
not reail and write. >
Tha entire expense of the public schools of
Chicago for thu year ending July , 1877 , wns
f HiM5.M. At the lost meeting of the board
of educttiou the common council was asked to
appropriate the modest sum of $1,521,257 for
the support of the schools during the current
year. Of course the number of children has
increiwed. In 1877 the total enrollment was
53MJy : , while It Is now , as reported at the last
meeting of the board , Ii7,398. These figures ,
however do not show thn number of pupils
who uttond school during the entlro dav. No
Jess than 15,25.1 attend school but half the
tlnie ,
The University of St. Andrews Unotalono
i honoring American cholar hlp. Dr. Charlej
Waldorstelii , a member of the junior year of
the class iif 1875 nt Columbia-collet , who has
betiij deliverinjf , during his brief visit to New
York , Hires lectures ou Gieok art aud nrclueo-
ogv before the Columbia Alumni association ,
U the newly elected director of the Fltzwllliam
Art museum , Cambridge university , England.
1 cere were clx compntltora for thu place , left
yacHiit by Prufwsor Sidney Colvlu'a transfer
to the BrltUm museum , and the cry against
the choiceofaforeigner was raised in this
ewe a4 with Mr. Lowell.
The Sapranurato school teacher * have
adopted the plin. of luvvir. . ) ; scholars bring
copies of til9 daily newtpaprtt , and
* ng them about the location of placer glren
n the telegraphic Items and other news. The
ichomo Is worthy of general adoption , 0,1 It
'ncrcapcs the internet of the pnpil In h/ )
itudios , nml gives a wider range of informa-
lon than can bo acquired from text books ,
tint perhaps ono objection to It Is that it pro-
itipposoi wide and accurate Information on
topics of current interest among school teach-
era. n supposition not always berne out in
eallty , especially among the class of Instnic-
ors who limit their work to the heartntr of
ocitations and who never venture out bf
ho range of the text books.
The Oiled Occnii.
i'ow York 1'ost.
The patented system by winch Mr.
Shields , of Perth , smooths the broken
aurfaco of the sea , is at the present mo
ment being put upon its trials : \t ( ho
f'llranco ' to Folkestone Harbor. The
chairman M > t directors of the South
stoi 11 railway company have granted
, ho uao of their pier to Air. Shields ferris
ris experiments. On the eastern aide of
the pier , where the entrance to the Imr-
) or is situated , a luadon pfpo a thousand
'cot ' iu length 1ms already boon laid along
.ho bottom of the ooa. The pipe is fur-
lishcd with n scries of iron branches
about two foot in length And some seven-
; y fcot apart. Each branch terminates in
a vnlvo and a brass roao like that of a
watering-pot. The main leaden pipe is
connected at its shore end with a , iorco-
lump placed on the pior. By moans of
; ho forco-puinp oil is driven through the
widen pipe and out of the small perfora
tions in the roses. The oil then rises in
minute globules to the surface and rapidly
spreads over n wide area. On Monday
morning n brisk easterly brcczo and a
strong title made it rougb enough to cause
Borne hesitation as to sending the paten
tee's steam barge out of the harbor. For
the first time , therefore , the virtues of
the apparatus vrero tested. Some fifteen
or twenty gallons of the cheapest rock oil
[ ( id. per gallon ) were speedily pumped
, nto the troubled waters. The effect was
magical. In half an hour there was not
a sign of broken water. "
This ought to bo of interest to the
Standard Oil company.
Extremo'i'ired Feeling.
A' lady tells us "tho first bottle has
doiio my daughter a great deal of good ,
her fqod does not distress her now , nor
does she suffer- from that oxtrcmo tired
feeling which she did before taking
Ilood Sarsaparilla. " A second bottle
effected a euro. No other preparation
contains such a concentration of vitalizing ,
enriching , purifying and invigorating
properties as Hood's Sarsaparilla ,
My Neighbor and I.
M. Quad In Drnko't ) Traveler.
I am mad at the man on the southwest
corner of the block , and ho is mad at me ,
and it's all ou account of nothing at nil.
Wo bought a mantel and grate just alike
and costing the same price. We had til
ing just of the same pattern , laid down
by the same man. For five years wo wore
like brothers. If I had a sick horse , I
consulted him. Wo went over to his
house to play old sledge , and his family
came over to my house to play croquet.
I'd have turned out of bed at midnight of
the darkest nightyouever sawand walked
twenty miles through the mud thirty feet
deep , to bring a doctor in case of sickness ,
and I'm certain he'd have done fully as
much for me.
In an unfortunate hour mj [ brother-in-
law from Chicago paid mo a visit. He Raid
the mantel was very handsome and the
grata a perfect beauty , and added :
"But you want a brass fender. "
"No ! "
"Certainly you do. It will bo an immense -
menso improvement. "
A day or two after ho returned home
he aont mo a brass fender from Chicago.
Ho not only sent it as a present , but paid
the express charges. Some ono told the
man on the southwest corner that I had
a brass fender.
"It can't be ! "
"But ho has. "
"I'll never believe it ! "
"But I've seen it. " ,
"Then ho is a scoundrel of the deep
est dye ! Some folks would mortgage
their souls for the sake of showing off a
littlol"
When this remark was brought to mo I
turned red , clear back to the collar-but
ton. I called the southwest corner man
n liar and a horaothiof. 11 said that his
grandfather was hung for murder and
that his oldestbrothcr was instate prison.
I advised him to sell out and go to the
Cannibal islands , smd I qflbred to buy
his house and turn it into a soap fac
tory.Tho
The usual result followed. He killed
my cat and I shot his dog. Ho complain
ed of my alloy and I madia him put down
n new sidewalk. Ho called my horse an
old plug , and I lied about hia cow and
spoilt a sale. Ho got my church pow
away by paying a higher price , and I de
stroyed his credit at the grocery. Ho is
now maneuvering to have the city compel
mo to move my bam back nine feet ,
and I have all the arrangements inado
to buy the house next him and rent it to
an undertaker as a coflin wareroom.
19 UNFAILING <
AM ) l.
llpileptte
Sjxum , Falling
Sickness , Convul
sions , St. Vitus Banco , Alcoholism ,
Opiam Eating , Seminal Weakness , Im =
potency , Syphilis , Scrofula , end nil *
Nervous and Blood Diseases.
CSTTo Clergymen , Lawyers , Literary Men ,
Merchants , Hankers , Lndlrs and all whoso
sedentary employment causes Nervous Pros
tration , Irregularities of the blood , stomach ,
bowels or kidncfg , or who require a ncrvo
tonic , nppetlzci'oi utlrnulent.A'amarifan Jftr-
rinc muvaluawe.
ant that over sustaliv
ed a slnKtng system ,
| 1.DO , at Druggists.
Tha Dn. S. A. RICHMOND
MEDICAL CO. , Solo ProSt -
, St iqseph. Mo.
tar tp tnni > 'uii < uno wUrmurv < MO mumi ) , da )
Coal
BARKER & MAYNH ,
, E , Cor , I3lh& Fainam StsOmahaNeli , , )
AND
GONNELSVILLE COKE !
STEELE , JOHNSON& CO. ,
Wholesale Grocen
II. 13. LOOKWOOD ( formerly of Lockiruod & Draper ) Chicago , Man-
nger of the Tea , Cigar and Tobacco Departments. A full line of
nil grades of above : also pipes nnd sinolcers'articles carried in
. stock. Prices and samples furnished on application. Open
orders intrusted to tis shall receive our careful attention
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & * RAND POWDER CO'
L !
JOBBER OF
IK'
EASTERN PRICED DUPLICATED
1118 FARNAM STREET , . . OMAHA NEB
P. GOODMAN ,
OMAHA'NEBRASKA.
J .
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
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IJ K/JUlJ.JUL AiMl | A AU&iiULUj
SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , PLASTER , &C-
STATE AGENT FOR AIILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY.
Union Pacific Depot , - *
DEALERS IN
[ SPECIAL'NOTICE TO
Growers of Live Stock and
WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
It Is the best aud cheapest food for etock of any kind. One pound la equal to three poundo of corn
stock fed with Ground OU Cake In tlia Fall and Water , Instead of running down , will Incrcaflo In weight ,
and bo In good marketable condition la the spring. Dairymen , aa wall at others , who use It can tortify to
its merits. Try It &nd judge for yoursch eg. Price $25.00 per ton ; no charge for sacks. Address
, WOODMAN LINSEKD OIL COMPANYT OmanNab. .
Double and Single Acting Power and Hand
3 I
Engine Trimmings , .Mining Machinery , ! Bolting , Hoao , Brass and Iron Fittings
Steam Packing at wholesale and reioil. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHUROE
AND SCHOOL BELLS.
Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omalia Neb ,
or
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AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC
CIGMS.TOBAGCOS.PIPESsSIOEWiBTIOLES .
PROPRIETORS OP THE FOLLOWING )
CELEBRATED BRANDS :
Reina Victorias , Especiales , Roses in 7 Sizes from $6
to $120 per 1000.
AND THE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE CENT CIGARS :
Combination , Grapes , Progress , Nebraska , Wyoming and
Brigands.
WE1 "HTTTPT TH A "IPT ? 1 ? A G'P'BPT lVT
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8END FOR PRICE LIST AND SAMPLES.
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LEIGHTON & GLABEE ,
KBuccrasona TO KE.VNAIUI DUOS. & oo. )
DEALERS IN
Paints , Oils , Brushes , Class
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