OMAHA PAUA J ftE-FRIDAY , AUGUST 29 , 188-1. THE OMAHA BEE Omaha Offlco , No. 010 Fftrn m Kf. CAnncllUlufr. ) Office , No 7 I'cnrl St , Street , Ncnr IJrorulwny. Kew YorlcOfllce , Koom 05 Tribune Building. rnMItb.nl ertrjtrornlag , except Sondi } < The tal ) Monday morning dally. IRK * BT MAIL Oat Tear . tio.03 I Thrco Uonlhi . fJ.CO BlxltondU . . . . R.M | One Month. . . . . . . . . 1.00 Per Week , 6 Cents. tin WKIKJ.T BII , rur.t.tsnKD BVHT WIDHMDJLT. ruins rojrriiD. DaeYeir . $2.00 I Three Month * . ( CO ill Months. . 1.00) ) Onoltouth , . , . 20 American News Company , Sola Agent ; , NewsJcal- Ml ID ths United SUtoj. A CoramnnleAtlons rotating to News and EdllorUI Biatleri should bo addressed to the KDiroa or Tin En. AH Baslncw Letters and Remittances should be uddrcised toTimlUn Pmusmxa CoMrAnr , QMAIU. Drafts , Chooki and 1'ostoITlco orderi to bo made pay. able to the orJor of the company. SHE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS' ' B. nOBBWATE.R Ell tor. A. II. Fitcli , Mnnojrer IXitlr Circulation , P. 0. Box , 488 Onmhn , Neb. Tn13 campaign proven wlmt women can do in politics. LAMB fcols as if ho had been attending a sliccip-slio.iiiiig convention. THE market quotations of firecrackers remain unchanged , notwithstanding the Franco-Ohincao war. Till : fusion that ia doing hero and there may cauao considerable confusion before the campaign is over. Tun question now is whether Jim Laird will hanc on to Diwos" coat-tails , or Jim Dawos hang on to Laird's ? AH long as Omaha is misrepresented by railroad cappers and bull-dozers in state- conventions aho will always bo ignored. THE recent performance at Boyd'a opera house has produced enough "lush kickers" to form a first-class ballot troupe A FEW more such days as yesterday Trill put our immense corn crop beyond nil danger. Corn Is king In Nebraska and Iowa. TIIE Douglas delegation , under the magnetic influence of John M. Thurston , was a big cipher as far ns .achieving any results arc concerned. IF any man in Douglas county ever ext , t > octs to got a state oflico , ho will either Jiavo to move out of the county or have Thurston removed to the remote end of the Oregon short lino. WIIY didn't Fred Nye see that the poultry interests wore protected in the zopnblican platform ? The aggregate valve - vo of poultry in Nebraska is more than that of the wool interest. HON. FRANK RANSOM , who two years ago was squarely nominated for attorney- geuoral , and counted out by the notori ous Brad. Slaughter has again boon slaughtered in about the same manner and by the same influences. THE republican platform prated about civil service reform , and the republican party of Nebraska puts np n man for at/ tornoy-gonoral who is utterly incompe tent and has no moro fitness for that place than ho has for chancellor of the ntato university. GENERAL EMOUY UPTON , who is au thority upon the subject , aaja that the cavalry force of the Chinese empire amounts to 87,000 ; infantry in tho'field , 195,000 ; Infantry in garrison , 320,000 ; to tal , 602,000. The army is deficient in tactics , their drill being a moro burloeque , and they are equipped with inferior arms. ED\YAHI > F. MCDONALD , who was nom inated for prcsidtntial elector , hnn de clined the honor as ho cahnofc vole for Cleveland under any circumstances , because - cause ho consideru him mentally , politi cally and otherwise unfit for the olllco. And on the top of all this ho predicts that Blalno will carry Now Jersey by 204000 majority. THE high llconso eyatom Is worlsitij Tory satisfactorily in Illinois. Be. fore the Harper law wont intc effect IllinoU had 13,000 ailoour , This number has boon roducei to 9,000 , nearly one-third , including thi worst places , having boon closed up. Ii Chicago there has boon a dooroaso of 551 saloons. The average license , bofon the passage of the Harper bill , was $52 and the revenue to the state amountci to nearly $1,000,000. The prcson liceneo is not loss thin $500 , and ia soim W places moro , and the revenue amounts t more than ? 4COO,000. This is mud bolter than prohibition , which moans n license , no revenue , but frco whisky an Ho responsibility. TUB ro-nomination of Governor Davrc liy acclamation ia especially grateful t tlio Jtvpubllcuu and it will bo ratified t the polli ) ai heartily aa it was iu the coi : venlion. Omaha Republican. To the fag-ends of the republics party who vote as they are dictated to I John M. Thurskm and Captain Phillip and to the peculiar constellation of ligh fingered gentry who have gobbled up million acres of school lands , tlio ronoin nation of Governor Dairea will cloubtle 1 > o very grateful. But if the nominath & ratified at the polls as heartily as was in tbo convention which recoivi Governor Dawoj' speech of acooptanoo ailently as they would a funeral sonno vo fear that the 4th of November w be A very chilly day for tha Govern und his admirers. 2727:7REPUJILICAX TICKET. The ticket presented by tlio republi can elnto convention to the suffrages of the people of Nebraska is not such as wo can honestly commend as a whole It is not the product of the republican party nor even of the majority cf the conven tion , although eanctioncd by it. The candidates , with one or two exceptions , do not in nny sonno represent the high order of intelligence , approved ability and experience in public affairs which are demanded from executive state ofliccrs. Indeed it ia conceded on all hands thatif , this were not n presi dential year this ticket would bo snowed under by 10,000 majority. The evil qcniua of railway monopoly haa again wielded its baneful influence in forcing upon the party candidates who have shown a lamentable want of executive discretion , and candidates who are known to bo utterly unfit for the responsible duties woioh they are to as sume * Under the leadership of John M. Thurston , of the Union Pacific , and Cap tain Phillips , of the B. & . M. , the con vention was literally whipped into blun ders , which the republican masses will never condone. If the railroads of Ne braska , whom these political bosses rep resent in republican conventions , must dictate who shall bo exalted t'J the posi tion of governor , auditor , attorney general , nti'l ether state of fices they should at leait have the decency to put up men of brains instead of dummies nnd small-bore poll- tiding. If the ropublicul patty has ab dicated in favor of the railroads itohould not invita disaster by asking the people to ratify a choice that would reflect on their intelligence and self-respect. There aro' wo are glad to say , two or three names on the state ticket that all classes oE republicans may join in supporting. Of those candidates , as well as tlioso whom wo cannot commend , THE BEE will take occasion to speak at an early day. _ _ _ _ _ _ FALSE CLAIA1X. The domocraticstump orators are claim ing that the democrats have done moro in congress for the soldiers than the re publicans havo. This is an absurd and cheeky claim in the face of the fact that the democratic obstructionists are respon sible for some of the most important pension legislation. General McPherson - son , secretary of the republican congres sional committee , proves conclusively , if any proof is needed on this matter , that the democrats have in almost every ins tance arrayed themselves against any measure tending to benefit the union soldiers and sailors of the late civil war. Going back to 180(5 ( , MoPhorson shows that the republicans sustained and the democrats opposed the provision in connection with the fourteenth amend ment to the constitution "that the validity of the debt incurred for the payment of ponalons and bounties for services in Kuoprcssing the rebellion shall not bo questioned. " The republi cans ratified this amendment by n party vote , and put themselves on record at the start as intending to maintain their position on pensions and bounties. When in the second session of the forty- fifth congress the bill for providing for .ho arrears of pensions came up , the democrata voted against it. During the late session of congress the republicans proposed an important amendment to extend the provisions of the Mexican pension bill so that they should also include - cludo Union noldiors and widows. On this question the vote was , yeas 31 , all republican , and nays 27 , all democratic. On the final passage of the bill four dem ocrats voted with thirty-throe republicans in favor of it , and two republicans voted twenty five democrats against it , the vote having boon 37 ayes'to 27 noes , The bill wa& taken up in the house on the 2d of July , five days before adjourn ment when filibustering was re sorted to under the leadership of Gold smith W. Hewitt , a democratic repre sentative from Alabama , to prevent con currence in the amendments of the sen ate. This fillibustering was participated in chiefly by the southern democracy , and as n result of it no action was taken , nnd the bill remains undisposed of. Thus it will bo soon that the democratic minor ity , in the days immediately following the war , can claim no credit for early I pension legislation. The majority ol their party voted in opposition to the arrears , bill , 'and for the failure of the pension legislation recently in the house the responsibility is clearly with tin southern wing of the parly. BANK failures nnd robberies are no1 confined to this country. Such thingi occur elsewhere , but In no country d < the thieves escape so easily as they do it the United States. In Franco they troa bank thieves as criminals. One of tin directors of the burated bank of Lyons o Loire has boon sent to prison for fivi years , and in addition hui boon fmci 20,000 francs and deprived of his civi and political rights for ton years. Th manager was sent up for five months cm fined 8,000 frauci. The ether director were fined in various amounts. Some o these directors not only did not profit b ; the failure , but were losers. Is over the in less they were punished for nogligonc in not exorcising a proper vigilance eve IS , the affairs of the bank , which woul it- have prevented the robbery and failur a of the institution. A small section c French justice ougtit to bo imported iut E8 this country for the benefit of diahonot in bank officials. Ih this connection th it remarks of the Now York Mull and Yv'j ud jtrcta are very timely : as What the country needs is the hoav n , fining , if not jmpmonmont , of some c the worst offenders among our ban ill directors who net do , only not direc ior but do not try to find out what the bin's officers uro doing. There are eon kinds of official negligence that are moro aggravating and moro injurious to the intercuts of bank depositors nnd share * holders than the boldest and most open robberies. LONDON , with Its population of1,000 [ 000 , hkca precedence of nil other great cities in its list of periodical publications , which number nearly WOO. Theao have an annual circulation of about 1,017,000- 000 copies. Paris , with n population loss than 2,000,000 , , Issues I55IJ periodicals , and those have an annual circulation of about 1,100,000,000 copies , so that in fact the citizens of Paris are moro liber ally supplied with daily nnd weekly provender than their British ncighbars. In fact , it is estimated that the journal istic products of Paris amount annually to almost one-tenth of ths entire issue of the globe. Now York nnd Brooklyn , with a population nearly equal to that of Paris , produce 587 publications , with an annual circulation of nbout 515,000,000 ; Berlin produces 53G ; Vienna , 482 ; Mad rid , 253 ; Brusnol3,233 ; Rome , 1213show- ing a gradual diminution until St. Pe tersburg is reached , with n population of GG7I03 ! , and a newspaper issue of 103 , and Moscow , with a population of G01 , 1)01) ) ) , and only 57 periodicals. VEIIMONT holds her stale election on next Tuesday , nnd will give the uaual re publican majority of 20,000. Although the Vorinontcrs were disappointed bo- cauao Edmunds was not nominated for the presidency , they have become recon ciled to the party choice , and remain an loyal ns over. There ore no "indepen dents" in that state. TIIE Bartholdi statue people appeal to the people of the United States for 8125,000 with which to complete the pedestal. If money is not forthcoming within thirty dajs-work will cease. Why don't Dome of the FNow York millionaires contribute this needed money , and say no more about It ? WHEN Bon Butler was a member of congress , ho was at the same noting on a committee before which there was im portant legislation affecting the Ur.ion Pacific , of which company ho was the paid attorney. The anti-monopolists ev idently had forgotten thntlittlo fact when they nominated Mr. Butler. THE most absurd thing in the proceed ings of the republican convention waa the insertion , by the brass-collared editor of a paper owned by the Union Pacific , of a plank to regulate railroad tariffs and rail road management. THEUH are a good many offices in Ne braska to bo filled this this year , but the supply was not sufficient for the demand of the republican convention. About every ether roan in that convention wanted an oflico. The Piltsburjj Sunday GMia an nounces that it will no lunger uu-jport Cleveland , but will glvo aid nnd comfort to Butler. J'hiladclphin Record , Now that Bon has got the globe , what moro does ho want ? Tin : tearing up of the Sixteenth street pavement should have been postponed until after the state fiir , which begins next week. It is hoped , however , that Contractor Grant will havo' the work completed before the fair opens. TIIF. Germans appreciate the efforts of Qhurch Howe in their behalf in the re publican state convention. TIIF. imbeciles , nincompoops and small potatoes are well represented on the re publican ticket. IT was a cold day for the Germans and Scandinavians. LONII LANE waa not lout ; enough to got there. THE Hwearing train was pretty well crowded. * As USUAL it vrns the state against Omaha. T1IK TAVKIiVE 11OUII VBl'O. A. lfuifcioim Mini In KntriiHteilVltli the Vote Power , John Swhitan's Paper. Both houses of the New York logiela turo , 'at the last session passed a bil limiting to twelve houra the daily worl of the drivers and conductors os the home cars of of the street railway corporations nnd this bill was vetoed by Goy. Cleveland land because it was "class legislation ; ' because if the men "work fewer hour they must receive loss pay ; " and bocaua "it does not prohibit the making for an ; number of hour's work , I think ; and i it does , it is an interference with the em players' ns well as the employes' rights.1 t Surely , it is late in the day for any mai to put out such claptrap as this. If 1 * was "class legislation , " the statute booki are full of it. The eight-hour law o congress is of that kind ; BO is tin ton hour law of this state ; BO is the pro * cut lion law ; so is the proposed law ti protect working children ; so are man laws , national and state , than wo couli uivo the title of in this paper. "Inter foronco with the right of contract ! " say : Cleveland. So are the factory laws o England , whore contracts are moro sacroi than creeds ; so are the factory laws tha have been enacted in half the states o this union ; so are the nntl usury laws ; s are the anti-Chinese laws of congress ; B are moro laws than Olnvoland could roa < during his whole term of oflico. "Fo we hours of work , leas pay , " says Cleveland though ho ought to know that it is a fundamental damontal law of political economy tha wages for such labor are increased , if i aflectod at all , by a reduction of hourt since a reduction of working tim makes an additional demand fo laborers. It was argued by Karl Reube in this paper last week that "wages ar regulated , not by the number of workin ' houra , but by the competition , the auj ply and demand of working liauda ; the ' wages , the market price of the arlic'o labor , will rise with its increase. " If Cleveland hnd known anything at all of this great quoitlon , or of the facts brought out by modern experience ) , or of the wngos nnd the hours in the principal industries of Now York ( repeatedly given in this paper ) ho would never have put to print BO flippant n veto in the In terest of the street railway corporations Tl it vote , like the ether , shows to what subtarfiigcn ho will resort when nny workingman's bill is brought before him. Under his management ho must dis approve nil such bids , whether pasiod by the state legislature or bv congress the national eight-hour bill with the rest of them. Hod Bwlndlcrp , Kansas City Journal. There is n swindle perpetrated upon the people , to which farmers are especi ally victims , which should bo put a atop to. Wo refer to the lightning rod ped dler , the wuroa ho disposes of and the manner in which ho puts up his light ning rods. Wo start out with the declaration that there is not ono in ton thousand light ning rods put up correctly though nearly every farm house in the wcat has its cop per lightning rod , steel or iron attach ment , ornamcntad with spear heads , brass balls , or vanes. A lightning rod , too , when not properly put up is n great deal worao than none at all. It is well , then , considering how many farm houtcs have such attachments , that the people should know how they are jeopardizing their lives nnd property by keeping up the means of n sudden nnd dreadful vis itation , or buying the moanu for such a disaster by purchasing rods from light ning rod poddlara and allowing thorn to put them up. It is well to have a house protected against a sudden stroke of lightning by moans of n rod , but it'o of the first Im portance to know how to put the rod up ns a moans of mfoty nnd not as the way , or avenue , to invlto certain destruction. A lichtnlng rod should have wires con necting with all the motnlic surface or part of n roof , and should bo run into moist ground with n motalic base of , at least , ton foot of oquaro surface. There are no need of the glass insulatois that poddlara sell along with their rods , for a rod with proper ground connection nnd projecting above the highest point of a house , can bo stapled along the side of the house without fear of the electric current being deflected into the house. The current socks the best current , ana that is afforded by the lightning rod properly put up. Houses surrounded by troeu , or having higher buildings in proximity , nrd safe so safe that lightning rods can bo dis pensed with. But when a house ia iso lated , or occupies n commanding site , it is safest to bo guarded , with lighting rod protection , but after the style and man ner prescribed above. All farm buildinps in a prairie country like Kansas , lor in stance , are exposed and should bo pro tected. Ono house is as much exposed as an other when isolated , or not surrounded by trees or some moro commanding ob ject than the building itself , and the lia bility of the house to bo struck can not bo divined by any pretended electrician or anybody else. Wo have hoard of vendors of lightning rods presuming upon the ignorance of the people by assuming to discover elec trical currents in the vicinity of their houses. The method of these charlatans is to walk over the land with a crotched hazel bush or stick in his hands , and when the npox of the divining rod turnou earthwards , then a powerful and dang erous current is said to bo discovered , which , if not connoctes with the upper regions by n lightning rod , invitua an electrical dischnrgo jeopardizing thuhouso in the event of un electrical disturbance in the atmoaphor. This is all nonaonso. All houaos are are liable to bo struck , but isolated ouea are moat likely to bo It is proper and good ncnso to protect nil houses by ono or ns ninny lightning tods as passible , but each rod should bo sunk into tin ground several foot , and into moist grount at thnt. bTATE JOTTINGS. Cumins county luta a good fruit crop this year. year.A A Grand Island firm is ( hipping green com to Colorado. Bo.itricu li s brightened up under the influence - enco of the electric light. 'Hie Dodge county sent contest be ivocn 1'Vemont nnd Contorullo will bo Bottled Sep tember let. Tlio editor of the Genoa Enterprispattomp- ted Biilcldo Inst.weuk. It was his lirft gem in tlio campaign. > ' Iturglnra raided the Btoro of / . G. Smith , in Fremont , Satiaday night , /ml made a haul of 8175 worth of clothing./ Ilov. S. H. Henderbon , pai jrof tlio M. K. church nt Hauling * , fell fjftm n bridge at Crate , last Monday , rcctiwrtg serious injur " ies. / Thos. Itiggs , the Frtmont barber who thrr.itened to annihilate Mayor Cleland , bus hud his gory thiist sit Ded by being bound over to tlio grand jur , ' ; Mrs. Urian Farr/f Uciitrlco. illed Buddcn- ly at her homo laa Tuesday. Death poaed to have boa\ caused by heart i Shu wns nbout Ityyoars of ago , Grpeloy counM will hold a special election oalction Septeiyoer 8 , to vote on a proposition to haw SlU.lHV in county bonds to pay out standing road aud briJgo fund warrants. They hav ? aw.mled a contract at Hastings for the oroeiion of eight businets house * , 22 by 80 , Uvv Hones in height. The Trust and Loan company are putting up the build- inge , The p. k M. railway has opened for busi ness wveral stations on ! tn new Concordla branch , which N built from Odell in thij ktito to ConcprUia , Kan. , a distance of 72 niflcs. All of tbo btatioca named nro In Kansas , f The corner-stone of an Kpiscopal mission rnmch was laid at S.uiteo agency a fuwdaja * inea witb .Mamnic ceremonies. Deputy ( , r4iid MantortillforJ , of Canton , D. T. , had cliargo of the omcUi'n. The electric light company of Lincoln has coiitiacttHlfortwoiixty-horBO power enginus and two steel boilers and other fixtures to put the plant In first-dais tlmpo. An eogluo and boiler hou a will ba built at onco. Ir ; ,1' 1''oss. "f Crete , baa made n frco gift of lOTacivj of l.ma adjacent to the city , to the Nebraska Sunday School assembly association , on condition that § 10000 bo ' 'IS'/i'Jftl10 ' M' ° atioii. TJia land ia valued at 90,000 , riiol'lattsiiioutli Journal reports that Dr. L Upton KMieclfully declines the chair priiiclplosaml pratticolu tlio state university , toniered to lam by the board of regent * last I'lUUy. lie has also resigned hi * duties in the Omaha medical college. ? ° 'itJacUfortIl ' ° Wncoln wator-works have i been at , and a Iwnd of § 20,000 has been mada ami bijmeil . for thu comi.letiu . , , of tno worlrs by lecemlH.r 15 , and falling to do the work by that date tlw builder forfcito 850 per day thereafter until all is done. One YoorLws , lu jail at Pawnee City as a train wrecker , attempted suicide on the 21st uj Hanging himself with strips torn from his u u clotlie.1. . When diieoverod ha waa Iiuen- ir rftsuwiUted.COUr8 ° ° f * " hourhe ww'd ' y rftsuwiUted. 0 8 ; J1'.9 P,11011 ' leader ay : Rev. Father Tar. ? ! , , np 1ijifr"1ndM tant pastor of the Ko. t i S " ' cl'Vrcl1 ' at thU place , met with 'Usurious 1 accident last Thursday in attempting - the western train. Ho was thrown on the platform nnd badly bruised. D.in Foley , the man shot in llio head at Tac'tfnii omo two weeks ngi > in getting on lic-Iy nt Dakota City. Smco tbo broken ills of skull that prrifod un nnd In his LrAlii lavobscn removed the pfttalytU has left his imbs nnd his recovery now ii assured , Thci o a'o now eighteen dally papers in the tale. Crela has the joungnst nml Nebraska Jity tha oldest. Omaha 1m ] five , including mo Gctm n ; Lincoln three ; Nebraska City , Motttmouth and Frfmont two each ; Grand Wand , Hasting" , ISoalrica nnd Crete one A sneak thief pot into the residence t ( MM. joJman in Lincoln latt Ftidny night , nml tumblrd into that laJy's chamber before Mio vas fully itsleep. Mrs Godmnn gared at the trangn apparition for n moment nnd then shnt "If her mouth BO loud and long that the ineak skipped. Ho did not know it was oadod. .Tndgn .InmM Tufts , who first located In S'iobrM in 1807 , ( lied nt that place on the 7th , aged 55. At ono time In represented Jakotn , Dlron nnd Cednr counties in tha ter ritorial leoislainre. Ho lef e the ntalo in 1800 , going to Dakota , \vhero ho was elected to tin eghlaturo and w.-w chosen speaker of tin louso. Ho afterward went to Idaho , where ic was also ppcaker of the hon e , nnd later vent to Montana whcro ho filled the Kama po- tition. Later ntjll ha was secretary of Mon- , am > , nnd on relinquishing that place ha went east , whrobe pa'Mid the greater portion of lis time until ! rut November , when bo return ed to Niobrara to die of consumption. 1'rcp.irations for the G. A. II , Reunion nt Fremont nro progressing rapidly. The Tri- juno says the tents aru larger than w s antici- [ ) ated , taking only fourteen to a block in- itciw of twenty.accorditig to the original slip- position. They present n pretty and pictur- ustpio sight with the 1'latto jn t beyond for a background. A fort which will bo known as Fort Donchon has been erected on this aide of the rintte , snd is located about 000 foot south of the camp , and west of that line of COIUBO on the river Imiik. A now liberty polo fiftyfectinhcighthaHbccn raised , and tha Stats nnd Stripes , for which the gallant Me- 1'hersan gave hislifa on the battle field , floats proudly nt its heal. The wood is being saun in steve lengths aud when it is nil piled will make a mountain of oak by itself. Fifty tons of hay is already In stuck and five bundled more can bo procured if teedad. "Where nml How IVo Kcmombcr. M. Allen SUrr , M. D. . in Scionoa Monthly. If , now , wo talco models of four brains , nnd on the first mark out the location of the various nroas connected with the various aonsory organs as determined by the anatomical connection of the white nerve threads ; on the second mark out the Ipc.itinn of the various areas which physiologists have shown to govojn various sensory organs , on the third mark out the various areas whoso disease produces disturbance of action in the various sensory organs , nnd loss of mem ories of perceptions by thoao organs ; and on the fourth mark out the various areas which wither after discaso of the various eonsory organs wo shall .find that upon all four brains the areas belonging to any organ coincide. Wo may therefore conclude - cludo that each class of sensations and each class of memories has its own definite area of the gray matter on the surface of the brain. Memories of objects seen are located in the posterior part of the occipital region. Memories of sounds hoard are located in the lower lateral part in the temporal region. Memories of motions in the limbs , and of touch in those limbs , are located side by side in the central lateral region. Memories of speech are located in the frontal region. It is therefore a mistake to speak of memory as a single faculty of the mind. It is really an assemblage of distinct memories which wo possess , each kind of memory being as different Irom the others both in its nature and location as are the different organs of sense through which the original perception camo. Ills Imclr. "Did yon over play fnro ? Well , ' . should nay I did , " romnrkod n passenger in response to his companion's inquiry "Now I'll toll you of the wonderful istroak of luck I had the very luafc time I tackloi the game. That was last \vuok , in a place on couth Clark street , Chicago Most wonderful thing. After playing nl around the lay-out tor awhilu 1 struck the queen , and what d'yo s'poao thu olc lady did for me ? Well , sir , eho came out twelve straight times a winner nml ] was on her every time and doubling my bet every turn. Wonderful , wonderful wasn't it ? " "Wonderful is no name for it , " roplioc the ether ; "but what puzzles mo ia how a man could have thu nerve and good sense to drop the gauio after striking such i winuor. How have you managed it ? I must congratulate you. " "Congratulate mo ? What for ? " "Why , on your luck in playing on a card twelve times winner , doubling your bots. " "That's the CUBS of it. True , the queen won twelve straight times , but ' . was playing her to lose , you sac ? Doublet : my bets after every loss clear up to the limit nnd coppered 'em. Dropped § 010. Say , can you lend mo a quarter ? " Smoke Seal of North Carolina To bacco. A. Tcrriblo Machine , Chicago Herald. "You didn't know I was an inventor , did you , boyal'1 ' inquired a drummer o : his companions on a P.inhnndlo train. "Woll , I am , though , liavo got a big thing , too. Got it right hero undoi my soat. It boats the Ivncly motor nl to piocos. Do you BOO this little box1 What if it isn't bigger than n hnt box1 1 tell you there's power enough inside ol it to blow up the boiler of the locomo tive ahead there or knock this train from the track. It's powerful and no mistake , and dangerous to handle. Killed twc men in Indianapolis only last week. Not long ago it tackled a big clothing house in Philadelphia nnd absolutely ruined it. A week before that it wrecked a otoamor on Chesapeake Bay. The pilot had been experimenting with it for several months and finally got careless. No trouble about power power enough to knock the earth off its axis. The trouble is to apply it. Now I'll take the lid off nnd show you ; oh , you fellows needn't jump off the train. I know how to handle it , and there ain't any danger. " "What do you call it. " "It's a storage battery , the moat per fect and powerful storaco battery ever constructed. Iliad it made in Now Jor- soy. Before taking the lid off I'll turn the box over nnd show you como back here ; I toll you there's no danger ana show the lubol. " The box was turned over , nnd on its bottom the trembling drummers saw this inscription : " 2 qts. N. J. applo-jack. " Who Una Cold Fool ? The poor fellow whoso blood docs not circulate vigoroujly , whoso liver ia half aaloep , whoso stomach is in poor order , and whoso digestive apparatus has gone back on him , can never make his foot warm until ho puU his stomach , blood , liver and digestion into good condition. Ho can do this by the aid of Brown's Iron Bitters. Of this prince of tonlca , Mr. W. 0. Fuller , of Montgomery , Ala. , eaya , "I took Brown'a Iron Bitters for general debility and am greatly im proved. " A VOODOO HOOTOH'S \VORK , lie'Sets.i CrowdJoT NCRPOOS to Work Burled Treasures. STAIIUSVILIE , Ga. , August 24 , In Tune of this year n negro came from Aln- jam Montgomery , ho saya to a neigh- jorhood nbout nine miles south of Cov- ngton. Ho worked a short time ns A day aboror on the plantation of John Dukes. Jo soon mndo known to the negroes on the place and in the neighborhood tint ho had been directed to this place by \ spirit to find 17i bushels of gold , that i ad boon buried by n band of robbers about 7o years ago. lie said the place was on a branch road nbout 100 yards be- owtho Oovington aud Monticollo road , and nbout 10 miles from Covington. lie ircmiaed the owner of the landono-fourth if the gold. To negroes who would as- i-.t him ho would gtvo n liberal haro. After much praying , many incantations , and much ceremony he ( selected the precise spot for ho digging. Ho cat near by with an open bible , beneath which ooveral horao shoes wore placed and a white rock hid on the open pages. Ho neither spoke nor allowed any ono of the laborers to speak within a curtain distance of the ex cavation. The men are working night and day with great earnestness. The ex cavation is about 10 foot square and nbout 20 fcot deep. The dirt is lifted nit with n bucket. The men are not nl- lowed to chow tobacco or stop work during the time allotted to the work lest it may cause the had spirit to overpower the good spirit under whoso guidance they are working. Tills bad spirit nas it in his power to move the gold if nt any time ho gaiuo ascendency of the good spirit. The man has infatuated so many negroes that there are many standing ready to fill the pieces of thoao who nro tired. The excavation is 'about six feet through washings from the field ; then soft rock is struck , which continues as dorp us the excavation has boon mado. The disintegrated rock has no appear- unco of over having boon disturbed. The faith in the Voodoo doctor seems to blind them to the foot thnt had any gold over boon buried there this rock would show signs of disturbance. The owner of the land forbade them working longer , but they untreated him BO earnestly that ho consontcdto letthom go deeper. They are willing to go 80 feet deep if the doctor says so. This portion of Newton county was settled about 05 years ago. There is no tradi tion that money was over buried hero nor that it was infested by a band of rob- bors. The grandfather of the present owner of the land Bottled the lot upon which the excavation is being mado. There are ether families in the neighbor hood who have lived there continuously from the firat settlement that never hoard of money being buried. The voodoo dee doctor is a black negro , with high cheek bones and retreating forehead. Ho goes barefooted , and with his clothes very much worn. Ho appears to be about CO yoara of ago. llo has never lived in the county before so far as is known. ATTENTION , SMOKERS ! AH csntcstants for tlio 2. " > premiums aggregnt- ing above amountollereil by HUcknairsUur- bam Tobacco Co. , must observe the following conditions on which the premiums are to bo awarded : AH bti s mu ° t bear our original 03ull Durham label , U. S. Itevenue Stamp , and Caution Notice. The bass must bo done up securely in a package with name and nddress > f bender , and nu mbcrof bags contained plain ly marked on the outside. Charges must bo prepaid. amtestrloieaXmvtnlierSOth. Allpack- nges should bo forwarded December 1st , nnd must reach us at Durham > io later than Decem ber lath. No matter niicro you reside , bend your package , advise us by mail that you hnvo done so , nnd state the number of bags sent. Names of successful contestants , with number ofbags returnedwill IKS published , Dec. 23 , in Uoston , Herald : New York , Ifaald ; Philadel phia , Times ; Durham , N. C. , Toliacco riant ; New Orleans , Times-Democrat ; Cincinnati , 7.V qutrer ; Chicago , Daily Ketrss San Francisco , GironMe. Address IJLACKWELI.'S DURHAM TODACCO Co. , DURHAM , N. c. Every genuine package has picture of Bull. X3-Fea our next announcement's * HAMBUBG-AMEBIOAN K * , ols.ot Ooaaa.3pa.ixy. DIRECT LINK FOR ENGLAND. FUANCE AND OEKMANY The steamships ol this well-known line are built ol Iron , In watertight compartments , and are lurnlsh- ed1tn every requisite to make the pasaigo both jale and agreeable. They carry the United States and European mails , and l ave Now Yorha Tlmre- daj s and Saturdays lor PI ) mouth ( LONDON ) Cher bourg , ( I'.MUS ) and IIAMHUMQ KUoa : First Cabin , Sf.S . , ? 5 and S76. Steerage , $20 Henry I'undt , Mark Hauscn , F K. Monrcs.M. 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CLARK , Oen'I H.ipt. OEO. U. 1UCAFFOIID , Ain't. Oral. Pa Agt. Claanlcal , Bdentlflc , Commercial and Art Depart ] menu. Both eexvs admitted. Tuition low , , ingclieap , Ustot society. FuUy equipped laoulti XfTAddreu Jor partlcuUrs , Rer. W. W. UaribA D. D. Pjejldent. orProt.0. U. DM Itleto , Sooretau tbo Facultr BeUeruo , Neb , Jy .mo tab THE MERCHANTS U 033 * Authorized Capital , - 01,000,000 Paid-up Cnpitnl , - - 100,000 Surplus Fund , - - 70,000 BANE1NQ OFTICK I „ A' , W. Cor , Farnam ana 12th Sis FEJUCK MrornT , President. I SitcliK. IKxmg , Y-P UtN. 13 , WOOD , Cuhlor. | Lcruni QUASI , A , nmscroRsi Frank Mnrphy.fUmuel K. Rosen , B c. P. WcoJt Ohatlea 0. UoWl , A. I ) . Jono , Lather Drake. TfMisict ft OcuctU Banking Buslnrsa. AUwSo hkvaany BinUnjf buslnon t tranuct ro Invited call. No tru'.tor ban1 br < o or sxall the tianatctloa , It will rccolvo out CMcf jl Attention , and no ptomle * tlwaya courteous treatment. I'.tra particular attention to business for ptrtle * teil Img out > ld 3 the cliy. Etahingo on all the ptln- alpal oltUj ot the Unltol Stitoj at very lowoot rt . counts ol Utnko and B nkcra tocclvoJ on laror ormi. olOerttfleato ol Deposit boating 6 pel Ota ail : lls Foreign Exchange , Oonnty , Otl ratnamt UHITBD STATES OF OBiAHA. S , W Cor , Farnam and 12th Sts , Capital , - - 8100,000.00 r O. W. HAMILTON , Pros't. Q. 3. CALDWEL1. , V. Pros't. M. T. BARLOW. Cashier ! ) DIRKOTOR3' ' : 3. S. OALDWKLI. , Q. F. Sumr , 0. W. HAintToir , M. T. BARLOW , 0. WILL HAMILTON. Accounto cotlcltoH , ami kept out * Joct to night chock. Cortlflcntou of Dopoolt Isauud pnv ablolnS O and 12 rnonthc , bearing Intoront , or on domnnd without In- torost. v Advancoo made to customers en approved oocurltlooat mnrkot rate of Intorost. The Interests of customers are c'oooly guarded and every facility compatible with principles of oound banking freely extended. Draw olght drsifcn on England.lro- land , Scotland , and all parts of Eu rope. Sail European Paosa o Tickets ; COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. Unitecl States Depository 'i OF OMAHA Cor. 13th and Farnam Sts. The Oldest Banking Establishment in Omaha , JUCOKSSOUS TO KOUNTZK BBOTHSBS. GrsanUed In 18B8. Organized no a National Bank In CAPITAL .tSOOOOO PttCKFrxfl S15O.CO0 EI1U7TOB3 Rzuun Eoruna , President. JOUK A. Cr.aiuimjM , Vluo President A GIOTUS Koo.vrzs , 2J Vloo Picaldent. A. J , I'OPl'LHTOn. F. n. DAVIT , uuhiir ; 77 tl. U:3rcun , AssltUci Cashier. B TrausiL",31 j ; < ineiM b.Mittlnsr bualiAj. Inuce time rcttlQ xtc3 bearing Interest. Druwa drafts on Baa- Kranclsoo tail principal cttlei In the Cnltid States. Also LonJoti. Dub'.lu , EJlabiueh nd the citlcaol tbe continent ami > 'uro [ > o. Cor. I8th aud Douglas Sts. Capital Stock. - - - 3150,000 Lability of Stockholders , 300,000 Fje Per Cent Interest Paid OE Deposits LOANS MADE ON REAL JESTAZM Ojeaoears to ZDlx-ootors JA11E3E. BOYD Pro nt kH-HKNNETT yico 125.'i \V. A. PAXTOX Managing Director jonNE.wtmuu , .cU CHAS. F.MANDERSON , THOS. L. KIMBALL , j. w. aANKirrr , MAX MEXEU , HKNHY PUNDT. E I , . 8TONB. ( SUCCESSOHS TO JOHN 0. JACOBS ) UNDERTAKERS ! a ths olJ Btand 1117 Inruam street. Orders by giaph solicited anil promptly ntteotod to CHARLES RIEWE. UNDERTAKER , j - AND DEALER IN Melalic Cases , Coffins. Caskets , Shrouds. ETC. , ETC. , 1OOO Farnam St. , - OMAHA , NEB Telegraphlo orders prompUy attended to. Telephon No , 821 , H , K , FUHEBk DIRECTOR AND EMBALMED 111 North ICth Street Omaba MCCARTHY & BURKE , 18 14TH STREET , BET. FARNAla AND DOUOLA8 JA , H. PEABOUY Jtt , jj. PHYSIOIAM & S0RGEOKF , Residencei No.1407 Jones St , Offloo , No. 1500 Far. nam St. omoo hours 12 in. to 1 p. m. and Iroin2 ta B p. m. Telephone lor olllce 87 , residence , 125. IBON AND BLATE HOOFINO. 0. SPECHT , PEOR Jill Dongln SL Omaha , H b. or Galvamzea iron Cormcaa ] OTDomtt Wlndow , Flntals. Tin , Iron and BUU ItpoflnjriSpeobfi Pateit MetaUlo akTUzhtrpaUnl adjusted l atchet Bar and Bracket Bhelring. lam b nnenl agent for th above line ol goods. Ire Oiestlngi reaolng , E lu Udee , YermdM , Iron IU ,