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THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OFFICK No. 014 ASH 010 FAtmst ST. NKW YortK Omen , lloou C3 TWBONK Buuu rtiMshfd ci cry morning , cept Sunday. The onlj ilonaajr morning dally published In tlio et&U. T nvi BT MAIL Ono Ye r $1001 ( Three Months $ 2 HO BlxMontM 6 00 | Ono Month 1.00 The Weekly Bee , Published every Wednesday Trniu , rostrAiu. Ono Your , with premium f 2 CO One tear , withoutprunhim 125 Bit llnnlni , ulthout prowum t 76 Cno Month , on trial. . . , . . , , > . 10 All Commimlcatlon * relating to News and Editorial tnattcra should be addrc cd to tha Emroa or Tin Bin. Busmst Limxits. Alt BaslnMJ letters nd nemlttances thould be vldrcnoJ to Tim Bui ! runusntxa COMTAST , OMAHA , 9raft9,0heckl and Voat olHco orders to bo made pay able to tha order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Pim Ii ROSKWATEU , EDITOU. A. II. Kiteh , Manager Daily Circulation , Omaha , Nebrnskn. THE candidates for county oflicos are beginning to connt noaoa. Ir Is a little early yet , bat the politics ! bird Is already looking for worms , j NEBRASKA , democracy Is very unfortnn nto ia having too many bosses and too few votera.p MR. KEILEVT la allll minister to Ans trh. As a lone-rango minister ho has never had an cqaal. WR shall got rid of a low cost-mills tha ! fall when the number of jas tloos of the poaoa is reduced to throe. Tunpostmistor of Kearney If ho keeps gittlne oorUfioitoi of ohiraotor will soon IIAVO a surplus , and perhaps vrlll bring In a bill of damigai against Uncle Sam. WIIJSK Mr. Ocz presantod his creden tials to the anltan of Turkey , his excel lenoy paralyzed the American vrlt by re marking , without ovcu crickipg a smile , that It was an unusual thing to see a Sun not In the oast. SOME of the justices of the poaco.whom the people of Om ha will retire this fall , are preparing to blossom forth as pawnbrokers - brokers and Insurance ngonls. Severs ] I * I of thorn actually propoao to hang out ashlngloand proved to bo fall-dodged larryers. HENBY WABD BEECHEB la nearly sovouty-tivo years old , and the probabili ty Is that this will ba hla last year as pastor of Plymonth church. In that event , it is said that his congregation I trill put him on the retired list with a tegular salary as long as he lives. * THE Nebraska G. A. R. reunion a1 Beatrice , September,7-12 , promises to be the moat Gucneasfal and enjoyable affair of the kind ever hold In the state. Beat- rloa Is 0113 of the moat boautlfal little cilia J In the woit ; and hsr enterprising I I oltizms are leaving nothing undone that trill contribute to the success of the reunion. THE most reckless expenditure of the publlo funds in this county is the enor mous bill of expenses for feeding the in mates of the county jail. One thousand dollars per month ii a heavy tax , anc Bomo way should ba dovlsed to reduce it. It la abonaczifor the sheriff , but the tax-payers arc groaning nnder the bur- doa. A LINCOLN man is credited with hav ing demonstrated to himself and a vera clous newspaper correspondent , by means of Bciontifio apparatus , that the human soul exists beyond the ehadow of a donbt. Now lo this Lincoln psyoholcgut 890 if he can discover a corporation with a soul nis resaarchoa will not bo complete un'ois ho does it. POSTMASTER GENERAL VILAS , who In observed from the Nebraska census lip ; arcs that Omaha Is now a city of 61,831 people , has come to the conclusion tint wo need mora letter carriers. Etc lias accordingly ordered the fcrso to bo Increased by the addition of two carriers Bcfoio ho goes out of oflico the growtl ot Omaha will necessitate a force doubl that now employed. THE next brigadier to go on the n red Hat ia Gen. Nelson H. Davis. HI retirement takes place on the 20th ext < xt month. Oo ) . Roger Jones Is In th Uno of this lunor , but as ho bta yet ton of aotlvo eervkc , it is the opinion qu a number of army ctliolals tha Otn. Absalom Balrd , who ii a colonel bhonld have the promotion , as his retire went ii only three joara off , and uolcc promoted now hla chances of bjcomlog a brigadier will bo very tllra. IN dlecnstlog the proposition to narrow the residence streets of Omaba wo s'atci ' that the lot owiata en cno fildo of Tvren ty-thitd had been glvcu e'xteen ' feet while these on the other had been given only four feet. Wo are corrected by one of the lot owners , who informs us that instead of being given four feet , the lot owners on bls sldo cf the atrctt'.had four feet taken away from Ihem fcr the benefil of these on the other sido. This makes ( hocisoamoro glatlrg ] piece cf I IF Iho council expecti to enforce its eidowalk orders in the business enter It o n make no exceptions in favor of any lot-owner , If thara Is any exception it will naturally be recorded as favoritism , rmd parties who ara willing to ley sub- et < n.If\lBdovrelka ! will IO'UBO to comply vrlth the orders. To exempt lot-owners on the mere prouiiso that tboy Intend to erect costly buildings next year Is absurd. A cued ttoco tidenalk will keep. It will nc t ( jo to ptccos when the premised boild- Ing it erected , MR. MORGAN. Postmaster Morgan , of Kearney , is hardly of sufficient Importance to mon opolize all tbo tp&oo in the Nebraska daily papers for a month or two , His ctso Is now in the hands of tha poatoffioo department , and the responsibility for nla retention or removal rests entirely with the pjstmaslor general nnd his as sistants. All the letters and cartlGcatos from ox-postmasters and personal ftionds , and patties who wonld as leave sign a patltlon to hang Morgan as to retain him , can have no bearing on the question at Isano. ( .Mr. Morgan was an unfit per son for the place at the outset , booause ho was disttuited by a very largo major ity of the patrons of the Kearney office , and did not have a record for integrity of vhloh anybody could be proud. But that is no longer the Issne. If Mr. Morgan had attended strictly to the duties of his office and made an officiant postmaster , there would have boon no occasion for any remonstrance or aprialn ? against him. While ho cannot bo directly hold responsible for the crlm Inal conduct of his deputies , ho is re sponsible for the wretched service and gross negligence in his oflico. The BEE had saver * ! cases of complaint against the Kearney oflico before the exposure was made by the special agent who dis covered the theft of registered letters. One of the complainants was Mr. Wil liams , the lessee of tbo city circulation of thla paper. Mr. Williams had for more than a week written n letter oaoh day to hs ! wifa , who was visiting In Kansas for her health , but not a letter wso delivered to hr although oho made dally inquiry at the poatoffico. Failing to hoar from her husband Mra. Williams came homo before her health wia fully restored. This was very aggravating t both Mr. and Mrs. Williams , but a mention was nnda of it by the BEE. A the same tlmo ii e-fTcrdod proof that th Kearney postoffics was mismanaged. Mr , Morgan may not bo to blame personally , bnt ho Is responsible , and if ho canno manage the offica and employ compoten subordinates ho should go. Political ! ; wo have no fight to make on Mr. Morgan The office belongs to a democrat , and hi Is good o"ough democrat for ua , if ho wonld only discharge his duties satisfac torily to the public. THE RalLWAY IN CHINA. Another attempt Is to bo made to build a railroad in Ohiaa. It will run between Taken and Tang-Choir , which ii a point on the Hoon-ho river , twenty five miles from Peking. This IB as near Poking aa the Chinese government wil permit a railroad to como nntll it has hac a fair trial. This road la to b a built nn dor English dlrostlon , but with Chinesi labor and Chinese money. Upon thi success of thla enterprise aud the over coming of the prejudice of iho Chinese against thi ] modern innovation depondi the extensive Introduction of the railway system into China. The Chinese , whll admitting the utility and advantages o : ateam , not only in railroads , but as a motive tivo power for all kinds of la bor-aavlng machinery , objeok to the Introduction of steam on account of thi vast population in that country. Thi population must have labor ; and labor saving machinery and the consequent cheapening of labor are things whic' they have so far avoided. They claim that labor is not over abundant , whll there are millions upon millions of labor era who work for a mare song. The prio paid for labor , they say , is too cheap now , and railroads and machinery wonlc lessen labor and further cheapen its prlci and wonld throw millions out of employ ment. It must bo admitted that the pro judlcos of the Chinese nro based upon very plausible grounds , and wo vontnn to predict that the railway will find It i difficult matter to make much hoadvraj in that country. EVERY tlmo the Chicago & Nolhwcav. crn wants a donation of right of way i : Omaha wo are assured that the companj proposes to erect a grind depot here , an will in the near future bring its train into the city.r Such a templing promts induce ! the council two year ago to give that road vain a bio franchise ! . Instead of a magnlfi cent depot , the company erected a vor ; ordinary ntation-houto. Now wo ar assured that we shall not only get a meg nlGoopt depot , bat the road will at u distant day Improve its facilities in Omdia. Before the council votes AT any moro right of way Ib should oxno something moro substantial than vagn promises. The right of way through on streets and thoroughfares is a valuabl franohuo and no such grant should b made without ou equivalent in aome form tbat will justify the concession. Omaha Is to bo grid-ironed with ralli and Iho attoots are to bo blockaded there should bo otjeast a fair return for thi privileges granted. Wo have already hat enough costly oipsrlonoo in snob mat- tori , and shou'd go slow hereafter in granting rights cf way without due com p ncatlon In some form. THE number of rascals going into office seems to bo greater than the number coming out , The list of nscali turned into offioa U dally increasing. The dis covery that a convicted embezzler vita recently appointed a postmaster In Maine his been quickly followed by the an nouncement that In New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Weal Virginia , and In sev en ! other states , men are in oflico who ara charged with defalcations and other offenses , Among tLolatett appointments of rascals is that of an Ohio man lo an Indian Inspectorship , who during the war Joserted the union army and entered the : onfederato service. Tbo records of the vac show that only ouo cflhor first ought on the nnlon sdo ! , and then went > yer to the enemy. The Cleveland Leader charges that this newly appoint ed Indian inspector from Ohio , F. 0. Atmslrong by name , is that man. If this is true , ( ho administration has either made a grave mistake or else has aga'n been Imposed upon by designing politicians , A traitor to his o ; n- try Is bfd enough , but an offi cer deserting from either * tdo and joining the ranks of the enemy , after the opening of hostilities , is ton times worse than'an ord'uary traitor. Such a man dosarvod to ba shot , and never ought to have been parmlttod to live to bo ap pointed to u ; ; office under the govern ment which ho co basely betrayed. Ac cording to the Cleveland Leader Aim- along was appointed to a second llonton- ancy in the regular army in 1855. In 1859 ho wm promoted ono grade , and commissioned as captain in 1801. Ho took part with his regiment In the first battle of Bull Run , July 1 , 18G1 , and two days l tor loft hla company on fur lough. Tivonty days later ho resigned , and at onoa joined the confederates. In the tobol ajrvlco ho roaohod the rank of lieutenant colonil. "Turn the rascals out. " THE cyclone seams to have broken loose this year from its favorite haunts In the west. So far the west has not had a cyclone this season , while the cast has had several , and the south now records ono of Croat sorority. In Charleston and vicinity damage to the extent of $1,000- 000 was done. JOHN RUSSELL YOUNO , late minister to China , Is not to return to journalism. Millionaire Mackay is to put him at the head of some enterprise In NOIT York city. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ JUDGING from the length of the platform - , form and the ground covered , Tra should * think that the Iowa republican conven- tlon was loaded for boar. THE Iowa republican platform is a little overdone. OTHER LA.NDS THAN OURS. During the prevailing lull in British politics , following the adjournment of parliament and the junketing tour to the coast of Norway by Queen -Victoria , the Prince cf Wales , Gladstone and other luminaries , there Is a good deal of quiet agitation as well as speculation In the Eu&Ilsh metropolis , Great significance is attached in diplomatic circles to the pres ence of members of the Turkish embassy In full force at a banquet given by Sir William White , and hopes are exproiso d that the negotiations with Tnrkoy wll lead to a successful issue in splto of Rus old's efforts to prevent such a result , is represented that Prlnca Bismarck , wh by the sultan Is still regarded as maste of the situation , has expressed himself a hplng favorably inclined to ward Sir Honr. WollFa mission , declaring that Gar many would not oppose a direct nnder standing between Turkey and England on the Egyptian question. Russian dl plomacy continues prating about the In stability of any arrangement made vrlt ! Lord Salisbury's cabinet. Against this however , the porto has recently receive moat positive assurances from Musnru Pdsha that the British government , Ii thoroughly in earnest , and that any set tlemenc now made will be respected bj both parties. Sir Henry Wolff has ver > full powers , and it Is said that Brltls concession may go to the length of a join occupation even of certain parts of thi Delta. Sir Henry Wolff's mission in th porto is admitted by all European authorities to be one of great import anco. Baforo ha departed from Londoi the object which he intended to acooni' plish was fully described at homo ani abroad , apparently in order that the wily diplomats who represent Russia an Franco In Constantinople might not b taken by surprise. Ho has not got ou of quarantine and is probably making hi propositions. If he gains what he ha bacn sent to procure hla success will ba strong argument In behalf of a no method of huallag shy diplomatic duck with abrais band. Mr. Parnell has exploded a bombshol ! that is likely to seriously embarrass an cripple his now alllo ; , the tories. Mr , Parncll demands an independent Irlo legislature consisting of cno chamber not the Grattau parliament tbat Irish on thnslants sometimes talk about and pending the attainment of that object wil sack to obtain from the British parJu ment as ninny concestlona as ho can get , The Irish leader does not vol ! his purposi with unncceDsary words. He epsaks ou cleatlv , and boldly , and hopefully. "I wo USB judgment aad mcdoration , " hi sftjs , "wu shall see the two English par tit a competing to tettlo tha Irish qnts tlon. " Mr. Parnell Is altogether too hope ful and ( anguine. His new departure , in atead of causltg both parties to comptt f jr Iho Irith vote , in or out of parlia ment , ia more likely to alienate mcr thoroughly the British people and Isolati Parnell and his followers Into a party by themselves. The tories will never dare to risk Inevitable do'eat by an open alliance with a secession pirty , and 1 their leaders wore reckless enough U take such a risk the chances are ten tc ono that they wonld be snowed nnder b , an overwhelming vote at the next oleo tion. At this distance Mr. ParnoU'a programme appears to us as the greates blunder of his life. The risks are all on hla aide , and failure will be a serious set-baok to the causa of Ireland There Is baldly an Englishman , whatever bo bis political opinions , or how great soever his dulre tbat Ireland should have a larger measure of her right than ever bafore , win does not stop short when actual separation , the repeal of the union , comes in tight. National pride , politi cal oxpsdlenuy , the question cf national dcfonc ? , every po elblo consideration that can weigh with England , refuses to even Hatoa to such a proposition. Lord Salis bury can go 110 farther than Mr. Glad stone In thli direction. Division of the uropiro would seem as Impossible to bethought thought of by the erratic Churchill as by 3lr Charles Dllko. On this point there a no division of opinion in England , and 10 d ffdioaco cf party. But that Is what Mr. 1'arncll'a programme seems to oon- aia as the next object to ba fought for. The earning French elections are likely o bo preceded by a very exciting cam- nigu. A uavy coamber of deputies la to o chosen early InOjtubar , and the power iiloh that body fieri a in the ttato and ijon tlu country is of a character as to waken the interest of all Frenohuaou as o its formation. The deputies are chosen for A term of four yoais , and the chamber In Its.'lf exorcises a power qnlto aa gtont aa that of the British house of commons. The deputies virtually desig nate the responsible cabinet ministers and In this manner actually dlctato the policy of the government. There la a higher body called the senate , bnt , unllko the senate of the United Stater , it aiserts no co-ordlnato or controlling authority. It is moro like the Eogllch honso of lords , an ornamental body. It Is because of this that the Ftonch olootois are manifesting so much Interest In the character of their popular representatives. Another thing , lawmaking - making assumes a wider range In Franco than In the United States. French arti sans and laborers look to the national legislature to keep them In work , while the small agriculturists expect legislative remedies for any misfortunes they may suffer , either through bad cropi or cattle dlsoaso. The foreign policy of Franco also enters into the cholca of deputies , and the question will bo which of the candidates can boat ba trusted to iccuro such alliances for Franco as will strengthen her power and promote the national pride. All these things operat ing together teed to challenge the atten tion of all classes aud clothe the prelim inaries ond'tho election Itself with un usual Interest. Mr. Jules Clemoucoan has a reputa tion as a serious politician to loso. Wnon ho backs up Henri Rochoforl'a frantic demand that Kngland shall bo hold ac countable for tno death of Oliver Pain the fact indicates either that M. demon- ceau has lest his head or that Rochofoil gives expression to n popular foellcg thai It would be Imprudent for a radical poli tician to oppose. Even If Pain had been a French citizen in good standing the fact that ho took service In a foreign ntmy not In elllanco with Franco would have deprived him of all claim to the pro tection of his own government. Bui ho Is not a French cit zen In good stand ing. Ho is an ccciped convict. When ho carried his powerful intellect to the assistance of tno Turks and pot hlmsel captured by tbo Russians , the Rusolan cf ficer In command offjicd him to tha near est representative of Franco. That functionary promptly nnd properly re plied that ho h&d no Interest in Pain and no use for him , and Pain In consequence languished for some time In a Russian prison. If It bo true tbat popular feeling has forced M. Olomenooau to demand vengeance npon the slayers of this use less and absurd person , the disclosure ol the popular temper thus made Is no ! choiring. The anti-German demonstrations in Madrid have widened the breech botwosn Spain and Germany very materially , and served to rekindle the embers of French hatred of the latter nation. The effect of those popular outbursts of Indignation over the seizure of the Carolines is , how ever , - not likely to do tor Bismarck from his grasping policy , nor much less pre cipitate a war between Spain and Ger many. Bismarck's colonial policy is an open secret. Germany is now seeking an outlet for her surplus population in colonies in'tho eastern hemisphere. Sha has found a Ldgment on both coasts of South Africa. Her vcbsols look sharply after Corea and the Japan seas. Her explorerj are always ready to carry her fUg along the shores of Papua or Now- Galnea ; and now , according to the car- rent reports , they have taken possession of the Caroline Islands. The Carolines have hitherto attracted very llttUi attention , political or commer cial , u Th'ey ' comprise many scores of lit tle Islands/ / ; ' situated uot far from the equator , mainly between 4 ° and 10 ° north , and between 144 ° nnd 1G2 ° east from Greenwich. The croups extending still further eastward , as far as 180 ° , are uomotimes included among them , but are more properly hold to bo separate groups , known as the Marshall , Gilbert , and Elllca islands. North of the Care lines are'theLadronos , , and to the west are the Pelow islands ; while south , jast beyond the equator , ara New Guinea and its accompaniments of Now .Britain , New Ireland and tbo Solomon isles. It is thus evident thatGeimany , in an- nextnz the Carolines , would establish heraelf in a very interesting part of Poly nesia , with Holland France , Spain and England as near neighbors , and perhaps not welcoming the now comer with eny profuse expressions of delight and hos pi- tallly. Indeed , Spain's disgust and in dignation have become onttptken. Thcsa feelings are not duo so much to the mere proximity cf the Caroline Islands to tbo Philippines us to the fast that Spain al- nayshildsoma sort of clilm ever ttio former , and , above all , to her recently inacnnced intention of speedily occupy ing them. It ecems to h&vo nettled Spain that Germany should choose her Polynesian possessions above these cf other nations for encroachment ifter having so recently paid conspicuous honors to King Alfonso. But probably Germany did noc consider Ihoca honors-as bindinc her to keep away from Tfhntovcr la'nd or islands Spain might cltim , Ptrhaps it may yet turn out that the anxiety of Spain to ocupy tbo Carolines was not developed until Germany had made proparatlouo to take them and tholr nominal ownership nnder the general Phllllpplno sway la perhaps regarded as like iho national authority which Portugal has claimed ever the mouth of the Congo. The valuecf the Islands would hardly scorn to jus'.lfy any very sanguinary quarrel about them , Aa la well known , Henry of Batten berg , tho' German prince , who has jus been added to the llstcf British royalties la viewed with much dlefavor at Berlin end also by uoma members of the queen's own family. The reason of the dislike , however , Is not so well known , and some light is thrown on thin point by a Pati correspondent's letter. Prlnco Henry' * cousins , uncles and aunts , and some oi his other relatives seem to tavo boon more or los ; disreputable , but after all they have hardly been worse than the relatives of the other royal nobodies ol Europe ; and the husband cf the queen's youngett daughter personally Is said to be a rather nisa follow. Moreover , for a German prince baforo marrlfge , ho had a fair Income § 050 a jear , There Is a tumor that tha tlx northern itatea of Mexico are secretly contiderlrg t preposition that they should unitedly icoeue-from the rest of t o republic. It i catd that discontent with the rraiugo nont of tbo finances ot the republic is .he came for the movement. Especially hey resent the plan to assume the Eag- ish debt again , in order to secure freth airs fioinKcghnd. The : o may be a frag- nentoE truth m this report ; bat it is ouo rhicn needs strong confirmation from me authentic quarter. It falls in so ix tally with the wish of the little knot of .nuoxationlsts . on our Mo of tbo frontier hat it Is not nncatuaal to eiupoot them f inventing the story. They have x.ot h-jwn si lauoU sonipulotlty in deallnu nth news on other occasions ai to lift torn above the suspicion. Each rtuccjiiira rcpirt from the dis tressed republic of Peru pretcnts n moro gloomy view of her condition. The In ability of tbo government of Igloelos to suppress the rebellions fActlon command ed by Gen. Ciccres necessitates contin ued exactions npon commerce to main tain the military forcj necessary for iti own protection , and prevents a return to poicefnl Industry. The country Is Im poverished and unable to do anything to resuscitate Its industries , and foreign commerce is paralyzed by the burdens npon shipping and Imported merchandise. The exaotlons put upon trade to sustain the government threaten to exhaust and extinguish almost the only Bouroo of revenue. It Is difficult to tco any way out of this gloomy and distressing situa tion , which was brought abont by the sh encounter with Chill. If the remarkable story oi Consul Lewis from Sierra Leone Is true , there soerns to bo a vigorous civilizing or scml-clvlllzlng force operating In the interior of Africa which may not ba without effect in con nection with other Influences In the pro cess of opening up the Dark Continent to trade , Primarily the redoubtable Samudn , with his army of 100,000 men , is engaged in reducing the pagan tribes by the persuasion of force to the Mohammedan faith , bnt Incidentally ho is breaking down their protective systems and making outlets and Inlets for trade and communication from the coast. Ho scorns also to bo bringing predatory trlbos Into Bubjootlon and introducing a sort of law and order in the depths of heathen ism. But heathenism teems to have its devotees with the eplrlt of martyrdom in thorn , BS witness the behavior of the king of Soollma with hla family and chiefs , who burned t omselves in tha "power homo" or is It powder house. ? rather than currcnder or bo converted. But it ia a little singular that tlu first news of Samudu'a proceo jlogs should appear in the rupert o : * the American consul to the atato department. ODD3 AND "When I was In Now York a few days ago,1' enid a prominent busimaa man of this city , "I p.iid aialt to Greenwood onnotcry , which ta probably the most beautiful burial place in the world. Millions npon millions of dollars have been spent in beautifying it. It Is a forest of monuments. The gates to the csmotery cost'$100,000 alouo. The approaches preaches to the comotcry are lined on cither aide with matblo shop ? , nnd I venture to en ; that tbo aggregate of monuments iu atoc would bo Biiilidont to replace the , ontira num bar in the cametory. While walking throug' the cemetery , where I spent over half a day , I came upon a nuguiScont mausoleum granite having upon It the name of Tliomaa 0 , Durant. I looked Into the crypt but no body thoro. Tbia costly mausoleum was built by Mr. Durant when ho had mi lions at hia command , but whethar ha wi have enough money to pay his funeral ex pensoa end to have his bidy place J La a caskel corresponding 10 the mcgnificonco of the torn' that is waiting for him , remains to bo seen It strikes us that tbo safest way for a incn t do is to die first , and have bis tomb bui afterwards. The money that Is invested i Durant'd mausoleum might ba of great EC : vlcQ to him at present , and to his heirs uftoi wards. " * # "I went up into the New York Mutual Life Insuranca building , which is the finei business structure In America , " continued th same gentleman , "and while walking the hall Ia the fifth story I obeervid a pUii sign upon one of the doors , which attracted m ; attention. It wap < C. A. Arthur , Law Offica , Stepping inside I inquired for Mr. Arthur , I waa told by ono of tbo clerks tbat ho wai out of the city. The question , 'What ehal we do with our ez-presldento , ' otidontl , does not interest Mr , Arthur , aa ho is tblo tc bake care of hinsolf. " * "On ray way cast , " said the same jen ; tleman , "I stayed a day or two in Potroit.aii while there I took particular notice of tb pavements in tbat city , They have thorough1 ly tested the various methods of paving with wood in Detroit. The Nicholson , tbo rouni block , the equare block , cedar , and pine , cave all proved fall urea. Tbeso wooden pavements for tbo firs year or two are serviceable and pleasant tc drive ever , but they soon get full of ruts am aoles , and become rougher than streets pave with cobbh-stoncs. Perhaps if laid on a con crete biso they would last longer , but ) money is to be expended for concrete then as ihalt ia perhaps the beet material for the sur face , particularly for lavel streets. CKhei pavements can ba used on the hillsides , # The street tlgua in Oiraba are not only 'ow and far between , but thoao that remain ook as if they had bcon on a protracted epree , For instance , at tba corner of Farnr.ni aud Tenth , the Parnam street elgn on tba lamp post has been switched around on Tenth , and .ho Tenth street tign has got around on Faruaint Wo need tn entirely new sett street elgne. We are confidentially informed tha1 .hat . b'g find of Jewelry -and other goads in .he basement of Smith's utoro has dwiadlod down to a very insignificant affair. Sam tforsa , however , waa nerved with fivi rarnishoe processes In behalf of Sraitb'd crcdl oor-j. Each garnltbment ncttod Mono twi dollars , making a sum total of ten dollarr , which is probably moro than the va'ue ' of tb } ig find which has caused such a fitlr nmorjg ho creditor ; , who have been put to extra expanse ia the chape of attorney's fees and legal advertising. * * The young roan who comes down every rooming with bis boots neatly polished wltli ( lis own nrtlstio hand feels like kicking every bootblack who asks him if he wants a thine It doesn't matter bow neatly tha polishing baa been done , the bootblacks will shout " hlne" at yon. * "What does that offija , the surveyor icneralehip , about wbidi there is so much talk In the newspapers , amount to ? " atked a lew resident of Omaha of an old-tiuie polltl ; Ian. "It used to b } a fat oflio ? , " replied ; he politican"but it does not amount to much now. It was created In 1807 , when Hitoh- : ock was delegate to congresi from Nebraska. DtttbcDck , who was a threwd politician , eaw tbat his chance for a second term waa rather illm. 80 bo Introduced a bill creating the ( dice of tumyor-goceral of Iowa andNebras- ia , uud locating tba oflico at Platttmoutb , BO hat it would ba near tha boundary line of the wo states. The bill paesed , and when Hitch- ock'd term WM cut , President Jobnton , whom 10 bad tuppoited and befriended , appointed ilm surveyor-general. Hitchcock held ha cuiveyor-generahhip until Grant tuo- etded to the vieMoouy. [ .Gen , Thayer , who MB tben senator , Nebraska having become a tate , lud all the Johnsoultea dacspitated , nd Hitchcock was omoog the victims , Dr. jlvicgstone , of Plattfmouth , succeededIlltcb- ock as uneyor-general , ile had been col- nel of tbo Firtt A'ebrntta rrgimcnt and had ought under Gin. Tiajer. Atw mouths afterward Bltchcock became senator , tnccsed- Ing Thayer , and Livingstone was removed by Grant. It is eaid , howevnr , that the came of thii uncivil service removal WAI the refusal of Livingstone to give a contract to a man by the name of Richards , who bad A letter from Grant. This , however , la questionable The truth It that Hitchcock was under obligations to llsss Cunningham , who , aa a mombsr of tha state senate , nnd as its president , rendered vatnablo ssrvics to bun , nnd helped to tnnko him senator. Boss Cunningham was appointed surveyor-general , and ho made the most cf n good thing. Within the first two years over § 100,030 was expended for surveys In KobrAska. Cun ningham's ambition w s to become senator himself nnd ho came very mar It nt ono time. Had not Judge Dundy performed the act of Samson , nnd crushed his enemies under the pillars at the tame time bo crushed himself , Cunningham would have tuccooded , Cun ningham WM n sharp , shrewd follow , but ho waa so notoriously corrupt that ho became tha subject of Investigation by grand juries nnd the Interior department. Ho finally con cluded to resign in favor of John 11 , Clark , cashier of a Lincoln bank. Clark continued the tame old crowd in oflico , Mott oftbem were deeply in debt t- > him , nnd ho simply managed to ( got back the campaign money which ho had advanced them during the ( can- torial contest. Ills duties wtro performed nt thirty miles dlstanco , by tending the pay roll once n minth and drawing hla sslary with the tame regularity nnd dispatch. When Schurz. as secretary of the interior , inquired into the affairs of the surveyor-general's oflico , Clark finally resigned , nnd was tuc- ceodcd by George It. Smith , When Smith took possession of the office the bulk of the surveys bad bosn completed , and there WAS but very little patronage nnd plunder left. StephencoD , who tucceeded Smith , was n member of the legislature that elected Mnn- derson to the senato. Gardner , who now holds the office , will find it very hard picking outside of hla salary. " Judge Hascall , white entertaining n patty of half a dozen or moro interested lis teners , nt tha Wabish corner , the other u\on- lug , with Home reminhcensca ot the early days of ICausaa and Nebraska , incidentally men tioned a feet that would hardly bo baliovod ex. cept ly persocs who have teen n big Missouri steamboat sail over tha bottoms up to tbo Union Pacific chops nnd tnko on a supply of coal from the railroad coal-houto. He said that in the spring of 1833 n Missouri river steamer , named the Financier , went up the Ka\v river in Kansas to Fort Illley , n distance of 150 mlloB , eometlilrg tbat was noverjlono before or since. The Financier , however never got back to the Missouri river. She got stuck , and tbo high water went down so rapidly that she waa left nigh and dry. The same ipiing.tho El PABO went up the Platte river In Nebraska at tar as Fort Kearney , which Is 190 miles In n straight line from tbo Missouri river , but much farther by water. The El Paso bad better luck on the Plattb than the Financier did on the If aw , for Bho returned in safety to the Miceouri. Ssvoral steamers had gone up the Platte during high water for some considerable dlstanco , each spring , for several years , but none ever went up so far na the El Paso , The boat that went up the farthest was enti tied to the deer borne , and the El Paso captured them znd carried them ever afterwards. WTJSIOAU AND miAMATIO. Lawrence Barrett opens In St. Paul Mon day night. Modjeek * will Bail from Liverpool for Now York city September 5th , Madame Pattl is at h" r castlfl in Wales.and will remain tnero until Novembar. A late cable from Lcndon cays : "M - pleion baa engaged Minnie Hauck for Amer ica , Homy Irving is tmveling Ia Germany , and drinks beer because it's ' quite English , you know. " Mr. Frederick Bryton nnd his company left New York to begin their tour of the general country. Howard P. Taylor's play for Mica Flora Moore has been christened "ADiummer In Petticoats. " Bartley Campbell is to rewrite one of his old play * , "The Orphans , " and produce it the comintr season. Edouard Bemenyl , the violinist , is doing n tour of China. He is much appreciated iu tbo land of the tom-tom. P. 8. Gilmorp , the famous conductor , was lately presented nt Coney Island with a gold medal set with diamonds and emeralds. It is now iiraclicnlly settled that "Lohen grin" will ba producer ! In Paila during the coming winter ut the Opera Comique , A play called "Protect Our Diughters , " founded upon tha late London scandal revela tions , is shortly so bo produced in Vienna , Mies Auuio I'ixley will open her season In Buffalo on the 31st met. . In n new piny writ ten for her by Fred Mmsdtn and entitled "Elly. " Minn Mnry Anderson will act Koialiml In "As You Like It , " r.t ilia Stratford-on-Avon to day in behalf of the Shakeepjare Memorial fund. fund.Tbb Tbb New Chicago mtircum Is to be reopened Monday , September HUi , nnd It Is the inten tion of the management to give a thirty week's eoaton of light opera. Madame Nilsscn , in company with the violoncellist Adolph Fischer , will begin a con * cett tour In Norway. Sweden and Denmark on Iholib Inst. nt Borgen. Tbo musical congress nt Antwerp , which waa to have taken place from August 6th to August llth , ha ] boon postponed until the 10th to the 25th cf September. The novv farcial picco entitled "A Tin Bol- rl'er , " depicts the eufferlcgs bestowed upon the humau race by tbo plumbera. It has made a great hit In the eattern states. A ballet pantomime entitled "Niagara F lh" hai ) been written. The great cataract will Lo presented nnd other romanticBcenna , The hackmou wt 1 alio appear iu plctureequo charges , Duiing her engagement nt ( he New Yotk Grand Opera housci in Novpmbar , Mils Mogittn Mitchell will present , for the first tlmo In tbat city , a new pUy called "Maggie the Midget. " Laura Mooio , tbo young American girl who [ t week carried off the grand prlza forslng- Ing at the Paris ccniervatolre , ban been co- ; ur d by KJmund Geron to play Carmen In the Madrid Theatre Royal , A. O.Babbelis the name of n mcslcal irodigy tbat I ) astonishing Chicago with his ) imio pluying. The man who lives next deere ; o one thinks that Babbel would be an p- iropriate name for many piano players. Mr. A , II. Oarauwn , who la one of tha Severest an J most Industrious of American > l ywrfihts ! , will have several dramas before he nublio this eeason. One o' these will he n c day he has written for Mhs KOBO Cofihlan , fbfeb , by the way. hai been confounded with lardou' * "Andrea " It Is , however , totally Itfferent from Sardon'a play , Mile , Rhea , who lm > , with her omlablo uanacter. Mr. James W. Monusey , been em- Joyed during ttie just week In getting her nmpmy together , starts out on the lout day f tuo predtnt month upon her fourth teaEoa i Amf-ric * . Her route ban been laid out firmigh tbo Uuited States up to Juno 21'.b , nd after that she will tall Immediately Lr luitralU , to be abient ponslbly for a year. Xwo Thunday night Judge Salden raairlad a 1 ! lohemlan couple , Jcaouh Kowalln and , nno ! Jch % . Judge Wuia wnftcd CUus 0 ts aud ulU P ( oH Into the Jandi ) cf matrltcu- H lalbller , Tuortday night. The cojeuwy Ma r.oi formed In hla tllior , THE BEST THING OUT A FOB Washing & Bleaching In Hard or Soft , Hot or Cold Water. SIVILI LABOR , Tiim and BOAF AMAIUIOMT , and gtrea nnlreri U tl8j cllon. No family rich or poor should be without It Sold by ill cioeen. lliwAfc * of Imitation ! well rlo- Blgnel to ml l d. PIURLIXH Is thooiLT BAH Ub iKln ; compound Md nlwuyi bean the bovo Ijm- bcl nd name ol JAME3 PYLB NEW YORK. Nortolk'a Iniquity , Fremont Herald. Norfolk la up In arms and has ap pointed a viglUnoa committed to imp- press Dr. Sohwonk'a bocr p.ardoti don , which has boon running on Sunday with out license. Sohwonk la the man who was "Insnltcd" beciueo Van Wyafc was Invltod to deliver tbo addrois nt the Nor folk fair. Mary ( ami BS\OD , but dlenllied ) Jobnny I atn surprited tbnt you nhould nay "too provl- om. " It's nmiflhty. Johnny ( ago 1 six , but precocious ) What should I s j ? Mary ( loftlU-agy ) "tnko timn by the bangs. 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II RESPONSE TO MANY and repeated request ? cf rihyab'ans ' , pharmacists and other ) with whom Hie Cutloura Remnllca have be'omq the Ejnonyuio of all that la Ullolent , reliable and Megant in I'omestlo n-eclclnal pro- , paratlong , we lave compounded and now "offer to the public tbo Cutlcura I'.istor , 'coutalQlrg the osccntUl properties of ' , Cu tcura , combined with the choicest -it , immMiMt. extracts , gums and btleama nt reojut pna > m\ry and BlblohUtjiy At druggists , 25c ; five l.r $1,0. ) , milled free. v-lh Potter 3rug & Chemical Co. Boston. Western figent 710 South 8th t.Cmaba , ' clephone 002. Oo ro j.ondenco solicited NEBRASKA OMAHA. .NK13RA3KA. AID UP CAPITAL JBFLITd MAY1 , Wi f , W. VAJ19 , A. 15. TOCZALW , President , VIca President. C.V.MonsB , JNO.B.COLLIHB , Luwia W. H. B. Hughe. , OaBhior. DiNKiNo omoc : Tlio Iron Bonk , IOK , 12th AN FARHAM STS , 4 General Banking Busi ness Transactea. 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