THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 20 , 1.885.
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All blislno. * Icttnv nml rumlltuticcf olionld bo
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OMAHA. Drnff * . rliivic * ntul pnMoffico nnlorri
In | K > miiilo jmynUf ! to tlio onlor or tlio company.
HIE BEE rDBLISHIU COMPART. . PROPRIETORS ,
K. H03RWATHU , KIIITOII.
DBMOOIIATIC returning board.s In Ohio
nro now subjoptsof investigation. Tim
whirligig of tlmo brings sonio remarka
ble cllUllgCS.
TbAQtiiM Mir.um has refused : i govern
ment appointment. Joaquin prefers llio
civil porvioo reform of a llrst class news
paper establishment to the clastic regu
lations of a WaHhington bnroui.
TIIIWMAN will Ntuinp Now York for llio
democratic ticket. Mr. Tliurman maybe
bo nioro miccc.vsful in New York than ho
wsts rcnontly in lib own state. In Ohio
llio bloody shirt discounts the red ban-
dnna.
do not announeo Carl
Schur/'s acceptance < if Dorinan H.
Kalon'.s vacant chair in lliu civil service
conmssion. | ! It t.s plain that Solnuv. has
fnot bcon offered the position. IIo is such
an enthusiastic civil service reformer
that ho novcr declines an office , especially -
ly onu with a good milary attachment.
Tin : Now York Dftily Telegraph is the
minus of anew paper that is making rajiid
hctiilwiiv. It is a republican high pro
tection shoot , is well edited , is full of
.news , presents u handsome typograph
ical appearance , and there is no good
reason why it Hliould not succeed on its
merits as a lirst-eluss newspaper.
Tiir. principal fact of interest brought
out by l\o committee to investigate how
that $7,01)0 ) il m in favor of the water
works crept into the appropriation billis ,
that Assistant Clerk Woods wrote out a
favorable report for the committed to
sign. City Clerk Southard should make
his deputy attend strictly to his proper
business. Furnishing favorable reports
to conuuiltocmcn on appropriation items
is'no part of it.
Tun reunion of the three umporors at
ICromsiur last August cost a Hum which
will throw William Ilolman into hyster
ics of Indignation when brought to his
attention. The imperial party consumed
4,090 bottles of wine , not including 3,003
bottles of ohampagno aivl I.ri33 bottles of
liqoura. The total expense bill was about
$ )0t,09 , which was cheap after all if the
interview resulted , as reported , la a firm
nllitmcuto maintain the peace of Kuropo.
of Hanry Janv.is' novels will
road with astonishment the candid opin
ion of the editor 01 the St. Joseph On-
xctlc , whodoolares tliit tlin great intjr-
national writer is about as much of an
American novelist "us a wart on the tail
of u tadpole is a whole frog pond. " It
begins to look as if Henry's book had
been running out the life of Jesse James ,
UIQ popular favorite in old Missouri.
A HOVKUKHT is on foot in Now York to
lay a street car line through Fifth
a Venue and the wealthy property owners
nro protesting that it never . never shall
"bo done. When Jake Sharp gels in his
thus work on the board of aldarmun , aw
lie did with the Hroadway surface road ,
the property owners will discover that
protests are of mnall aeuount when
weighed In the average balance with
$20,000 A vote.
Tun water works company will not
find It a healthy move to push their claim
for damages by grading Into the courts.
There are several reasons why the com
pany should hesitate some weeks before
antagonizing a city which has given it a
generous franchise , and which has closed
its eyes to a number of failures on the
part of the company. "Let well enough
alone" Is an excellent motto to pastu In
the corporate hat.
1 Dit. LHOXAIH > BACON , that old wheel
horse of the Connecticut abolitionists ,
has thrown n ( ire brand into the Ameri
can board of foreign missions. lie open
ly charges the board with frauds , ami de
clares that a ring exists winch converts
money to purposes not contemplated by
the donors , thus depriving missionaries
of their proper support. However small
thoyoivrly contributions , Dr. Ituoon in
timates that the top heavy management
never fall to draw their handsome HU- !
arlca with unvarying regularity. The
defense made , that tlio doctor Is heter
odox , scarcely covers the case ,
1 DOUGLAS county republicans have
set nn example to the democrats in
the nominations for justieiis of the
pence. The importance of the light
made for years by the HUB to do
away with the cost mills which dlsgraeud
this city , is brought into pleasant promi
nence by the improved calibre of men
which the new la\v called out at the re
publican convention as candidates and
nominees for justice * . Without excep
tion , they can confidently claim the
support of the bar ami the people us men
o ? ability and integrity. The legitimate
protlls of the districts will bo milllulont tot
oiler n standing premium on ollk-iency.
'With three justices intend of twelve ,
them will be some judicial honor In ad-
liilnUlcring tint duties of the position ,
and n considerable increase In tiiti com-
pensuUiM. Now li.-t this democrats fol
low suit and put in nomination muii who
eftn match Mo srx. Anderson , Murka and
Ilelsluy as candidates for the popular
favor. Under well riroi'mstunei'.s tlu <
public could not In ; lliuOoor ivhuluvur
the result of the election.
Change * In IlioHonnto.
Interest , in the final rosnltof the OhU
legislative canvas is gro.aMy Increased or
.account tit the fact that I ho return o ;
Senator Sherman to the senate will dp
pcml upon republican fllrctigth on join
ballot. With the prospect of the loss ol
NPVdr.il senators within the next tw <
yearn the pnrly cannot all'ord to lose Afr
Sherman , leaving entirely out of tin
qiuislion his ahilitiis to dn anything more
than add to the numerical strength.
As at present ; ronsliliilcd the rcpubli <
ouiiH hiivu u majority < if only eight votes
including ; Mahono utid Uiddleburgcr , the
Virginia read jitstery. Tim terms of twenty
live Himnlors will expire with the close of
this Forty-ninth congress. Of those six
teen tire republicans and nine nrw tlcmo-
crats. Of the eight dmnor.ralln seats in
the senate only ono is In HoriolH doubt-
that of Fair , of Nevada. Should any re
publican with a heavier campaign fund
put in an appearance , Fair would cer
tainly be defeated. Tim republican sen
ators whose terms expire are Dawcs ,
Conger , Hawley , Hale , Harrison , Mitch *
till , Sherman , .Sewnll , Aldrieh. McMillan ,
Kdmunds , Malionu , Sawyer , Miller of
Now York , Miller of California , and Van
Wyek. Hy si-curing any eight of Iheso ,
thn democrats would reverse the political
complexion of the semite and control
both branches of the national legislature.
Fu several of the states this fall , legis
latures will bo elected whose members
will poleot senators to succeed the pro.sont
incumbents. National interest will cen
ter in those where corporation Inlluences
have for years past dictated the choice
of willing tools in the national capital.
Uoth parties share in the roproatsh. In
stead ot representing ( lie stales mid their
people a largo proportion of the senators
: mi the attorneys , delegates and agents
of corporate monopolies , bonanza mines ,
enormous aggregations of capital and
class interests. From the states of
the Pacific coast thi-ro is not a member
of the senate who does not hold his scat
by the power of railroads and mining
capital , which skillfully plays the two
parties against each other , and makes
use of cither in turn as occasion requires.
Among representatives in the .sen
ate so chosen and so belonging ,
sympathy with the interests and hopes
of the people ia out of the question.
Men who represent the interests of
monopoly do so with more zeal than
they do those of the people , because it
pays greater return in dollars and cents.
R Is sincerely to bo hoped that which
ever party secures the ascendancy in
the next senate there will bo a change
which will improve its- character as a
represeutavo assembly. As the intluunco
of the people in the United States senate
ban lessened with the invasion of its seats
by corporate wealth and power , that
body has suffered a loss in ability and
statesmanship , which makes a lament
able contrast with its glory in former
days. Money has taken the place of
brains , and the reputation of wealth hus :
supplanted that of patriotism and ability.
Popular carelessness ami neglect of
the franchise are largely responsible for
this state of affairs.
If the issue of honesty , ability and con
scientiousness desire to servo the public
as shown by conscientious public service
in the past were made tha test to which
every senatorial aspirant were put , the
senate would soon bo relieved from the
oligarchy which has for years controlled
the deliberations and clogged and re
pressed every movement toward politi
cal progress and reform in legislation.
Stlrrh ) Thom Up.
Secretary L\inar : is stirring up the gov
ernment directors of the Pncilio railroads
with a very short polo. IIo announces
that ho ia dissatisfied with the moa .reness
of the reports hitherto furnished by thc.se
gentlemen and that ho Intends to have a
change made in this respect. The Mjoro-
tary further states that under the
statutes ho will require in the future
from the government directors detailed
reports of all directors' ' meetings , with
such other information concerning the
business and management of the subsi
dized corporations as they may bo able
to collect.
This action on the part' of Socret.nry
Lamar is proper and timely. The po
sition of the government directors up to
the present time has boon a sinecure of
no use to the government whatever.
Their duties have chiefly consisted in ap
proving cooked reports furnished them
by the companies , praising the excellence
of the roadbed , extolling the nittsrnillcont
future of the property , and assuring the
country of the safety of the gov
eminent investment in the second
mortgage securities. The most arduous
feature of their official duties has been
the annual inspection trip , in which , as
guests of the corporation , they viewed
the landscape through champagne glasses
and sampled Ihoproducllonsof the coun
try in the private dining car of thu gen
eral manager.
It is high time that the annual fiirco of
a perfunctory report should ceaso. Mr.
l.nniar is to be commended for his dibit
to elicit some valuable Information on
the subject of the condition of thcui
creatures of the government. Wo
are very much inclined lo doubt ,
however , whether his success will bo all
that ho desires. The report- * submitted
to directors' meutmgsaro often nsditliuult
to unravel as those manufactured to mys
tify stockholders. Figures not only can ,
but do very often lie , especially when it
is to the interest of block jobbers lo in.ike
thorn do so. It has boon so long ttio pol
icy of the Union P.ieilio to conceal the
inside workings from the general public
that oven u change of managnment
will find it dilllcult , even if
they desire to do so , to untangle
tins snarl. The government directors
may possibly bo afforded all information
obtainable , lint wo arc imillncd to ques
tion whether it will bc as full and as sat
isfactory as Si'cn-tary Lamar scorns to
duslro. Under any circumstances , however -
over , the position taken by the secretary
of the Interior Is : i good oiuIt assorU
the ' , ' thu -
pni'jlical importance o gin-urn-
iiieni directors. They will hardly bo
"
( old after this , as Mr. Cuiiid "owe
told tlimn , that their presence Is
tot desuvd at directors' Hirelings ,
IVo .siig-'iv < : that one of this inot interest-
m ; rcsiurdif.s In uiiuloat history which
Uio directors could lake tip would bo- ;
full Cxpoxilion of the consolidation n
the ICaiiKaH Pacific , Union Paoillo atti
Denver Pacific roads by Gould ami th <
flsuo of additional .securities by tin
Union I'ar'illo ( o cover the deal. TablO ;
showing ( ho millions lost to the road am
gained by Gould personally In this no
farloin transaction would even at thl1
lali * day provu intcrestilig 1nsctiu.su uovo' '
rending , while ofllclally the govornmonl
would bo placed In possession of lU firs
information of some of the pcctillarilloi
which attended this gigantic steal
Tlio llimuoHo Troulilo-
Klng Theb.iw , of litirmah , has at las
reached the unit of his ropo. Tito fcro
clous massacres which have filled hi ?
blood-stained reign nro not llke.ly to IK
iv-pealed. Kuglixh troops are preparing
to march into hin territory and annex it
to India. Lord DufTorin , in taking thl ?
course under the sanction of the home
government , will only bo following oul
( ho earnest recommendations of his predecessor <
decessor , Lord Hlpon. Knglish posses
flion of the country was inevitable HOOIICI
or later. Hurmalx 'is the no.\1
door neighbor to India , on thu
cast , and the homo of largd
Kngli.th commercial interests. For lift ; )
years pn.st Kugland has been its domi
Dating foreign interest. The omleavor.H
of the French to secure : v foothold In Hur-
mah have always been /t-alously regard
cd , and the valuable exclusive conces
sions given lo the French bank at Man-
dalay last April was strongly resented by
llio Knglish traders , and may be regard
ed as llio In-ginning of tlio trouble. The
immcillnto cause of the war. which if
now impending , was the line of ? 100,0(1 ! ) (
a mouth which King Thebaw imposed on
an English Umber cutting company
on the Irrawadi , and which the coin-
puny refused to pay. The appeal
of Lord DuHerin on behalf of the English
government for a delay in the case , was
met with insolence on the part of The-
baw and a refusal to receive the Ilrillsh
embassy. In consequence , Thobaw will
lose bis throne and Great Britain will add
another magnificent stretch of territory
to her Asiatic possessions.
No more fortunate chance could possi
bly present , itself. The French ministry ,
torn by the results of the late elections ,
will .scarcely dispute the progress of
Hritish arms by repeating her late unfor
tunate experiences in Tonquiu. Hur-
mah , itself , is in complete anarchy , and
the deposition of the monster Thebaw
will bo gratefully received by the pee
plo. The occupation of the country
will bo scarcely disputed by any army
which Thebaw can raise , while if
any resistance was made , the garrisons
of India , lately incrcuumd on account of
the expected trouble with Russia , will
furnish ample resources lo quell all op
position. Lord Dufferin is expected to
inarch on Mandalay , the Burmese cap
ital , with 10,003 troops , gun boats , tug-t ,
machine guns and several batteries of
field artillery. Tlio result cannot bo at
all doubtful.
lu acquiring Burmah , Great Britain
will secure an Increase bf'toiritory com
prising 100.000 square miles , and
peopled with 5,09'J.OOO inhabitants ,
ricli In every resource of
eastern production and timbered with
inexhaustible forests of mahogany and
teak. By its occupation , English inter
ests in Asia are brought to a point where
Slam alone intervenes between them and
the French possessions inTonquin. This
country will probably oo made neutral
ground , like Afghanistan on the west of
India , which alone separates English
territory from Kussia.
CiiKsTNtrrs are worth | 3 rv bushel in
London. The average paragraphor need
no longer complain of hi * poverty , when
ready market for his warea exists.
TUB death rate of Omaha is small. In
proportion lo liar population it falls be
low moU cities of Its m/.o. A good eleva
tion above tid s-w.it'ir ' , excellent natural
drainage and a louation where frequent
changes in the atmosphere are the order
of the day , contribute larg sly to this re
sult. There are no m.irdhas , bo s or
mhusmatio Hwatnp * surrounding us.
Dangers to the public health mint come
from within the o'ty ' , anJ not from any
naturald'usadvantages from without. On
this account it is highly noeosiary that ,
sooner or later , anil thu KOOIW the bet
ter , more complete sanitary regulationti
should be made and enforced by our city
council. The Waring system of sow-
crago , which now er.tontls over
the business portion of the city , must bo
developed ultimitily north and south
through the outlying residence soctious.
With its oxtimsion should como n prompt
removal of thn sink * , vaults and cows-
pools especially In the more crowded
portion of O.iialr.i. Tlrjro i < i no reason
why any should bo permitted In that
part at readsjrve 1 by t'm ssw.rn < ja sys
tem. Anotlnr matter that demands at
tention is the regulation of plumbing.
With the intro luetio.i ot the water works
Omaha has been placed at the muroy of
nil rKirU a'll oji : Iitio H of wirkinn in
this branch of btisiues-i. Thuro nro
Bcorcrt of residoneos in this city whoso
drain and water supply is served through
leaky joints , bud materials ami unsani
tary traps. Complaints uro already com
ing in of the bad ofl'.scts of imvontilntod
drains and the dlruut connection of water
mains with closets which force deadly
gase-s into the water supply of the city.
In larger cilh- * * the ordinance regulating
plumbing and plumbers U explicit and
comprehensive , More than this it la
enforced.
Tim district court is about to disci
pline a niMiiibiir of thn Omaha bur for
hpo.aking disrespectfully of a justice of
the peace in a brief submillod to the dis
trict judgiM. ft is fortunate for both bar
and cili/nns that the oflonso must bo in
legal writing in order to bo punishable
by line , tiipr'inand or expulsion. If
every oho wio ! spoke out their honest
opinion of the present lot of justices i
could bo iloall with by the court , ils ]
linui would hit prelty well oiiotiniod from ,
iiinv ur.lil the ulosu of th tunu. |
IT Is said thut Wm. Utiranr looked
JID'J/KXJ lu im.i ! in his vaults this day after
llio Grant Ward failure , Another cuso '
jf Wunicr's afe cure. I
Suburban qmnlm.
It Is ono of Pliilnd'elphla's grcatc.1
boasts thatsho is'ft city of homes , I
proportion to her population she cot
tains more dwelling lipiiscs owned b
their occupants than ' .any city in th
country. The tenement hotiso nbomimi
lion , with llfl filth nd , squalor , playa
small part In the busy life of ( Intl. gron
manufacturing metropolis. From Hi
city to far beyond Fairinoiint park , mr
radiating in every , direction into lh
outlying country , the slrrcts ami road
are lined with ( ho UUlo cottages o
artisans , clerks and laborers.
Omaha Is rapidly following in tlto fool
slop * of Iho Quaker City. Years ago sit
outgrow ( ho original town plat and i
now extending hur residence area ii
lhrco directions with asUsadinos * whiel
promises at no distant day lo make he
no loss nolod than Philadelphia as a cit ;
of homes. Property which six years ngi
was far in the suburbs is now as closelj
built , up with cottages and residences a
( recta within ton mlnuto.1 walk from tin
poslofllec. Along the plateau toward ;
Iho barracks on tha north , south , fai
bc.voml Iho city limits , and across tin
bills westward for nearly three mile
from the river , suburban property whlol
a few years ago was farm lands is nov
rinding ready purchasers. Every ad
vaneo in Inside property is opening i
market for lands In Iho suburb
and assuring us at tin earl ;
tlay a large and incroasrng stibnr
ban population. The clerks and shot
men , the mechanics and laborers who
llml steady employment In our city , an
generally anxious to own their owi
IiomiM. They will bo iis much so in tin
future as they have been in Iho past , si
long at lots can bo pttrohassd at figure.-
within their Having and at reasonable
timn-disbaneo from the center of the city
For this reason every Io3.il inoreasu in
transportation facilities will hasten tin
upbuilding of Omilri. Extension' ; of
Htreol car lines and the running of regu
lar and frequent trains on the B fit line
will push still farther from the prescni
center of population the growth of tin
residence portions of our city. The day
is not far distant whin smli s-Utlemmti
as Florono'i , Ujillovuc , Millnri and I'.v
pillion will ris'j into prominence as towns
suburban to Omaha , while the country
between will bi ; filled with imrehants
and clerks whosn business interests at !
center in our midst.
Mr. Dlaluo is an cl\'leil lvo purchaser ol
books.
Secretary Kmlicott reatlS a good deal of
Freneh literature. ( J.
Mr. Lntiiar ets his ruadluu ; quite largely
from the library of e nrc.S ; ; .
Prcshl'iiit Scolyo , oC jViulierst collide , and
an ox-congressman , Is , writing the life of N.v-
pofuoi ) .
Colonel Limnnt buys largely oCbneks , and
alho all the leailtnc : lAjriouio.ils , presumably
for the White Hditse.
Mrs. lU-lva LookwoQ'd had a sweet smile on
lit'r fnce when she wimo from an interview
with the president lasl'weeT : .
Senator Cameron's hhalth 1ms boon frreatly
Improved in California.Ho will return tu
Pennsylvania about IO > v.-l.
Secretary Whitney rrads'Vx ( nvat deal , mid
by wnyuf relief from his pursuit of the naval
rowhos : : cuusiimodagood-deal of light , litei-.j-
ture.
Ktlltor Handy of the Phlkululuhia Now < < is
presiitent , of tt ) Clover club. When they sivo
a dinner li is in clover , and ( juiU ) liatidy at
ll.'i
Kx-Atlornoy-ieaeral lire wster has returned
from his KuroiKtan trip with more rullUxs than
over. Ills yellow coach has bocn ix-painted
In honor of the uccasion.
AVIlllamH. Vamlcrbilt Issald not to bo a
church Rocr. Jay Could has not heard a t ) r-
inon for mady years. Tlio Astor brothers
and tliufr fani lie are devout
So rotary Bayant is known to the Wash-
Institn txiKk-sollc-r as the moit Ifbunil buyer
of books In the present ciibinet Ho lias
never been known to look , when btiyiti ! ; , at a
novel.
Charles Vranols Adams , ftd , Is a rnonilwr of
the aihlotlo coiHiulttoo at Harvard. He will
IKIVO U ) wrtMtlevitli. toiiieUiiii beside muscle
to koeji up with his progenitors of the same
name.
Sir. Illijsins , appointment clerk of the
treasury , is descrilietl tw a hanitsomo man.
HI' ) conversational powers nro ivmarlmblc.
Helios a very orlelniUiuliid aiidakenn HOIIM ?
ocliiimor. He is fond ot good stories , anil
knows how to tell them.
Hubert Toonibs has personally known every
presld iit of the Unltwl States excont Wash-
iiiKttiii , Jetfei-siHi , John Adams , HayeH. ( iar-
mjil and Cievolinnl. Ho was the niMt socro-
Uuy of slat * ) in tlio confixliirikity , mid later
bisrveil In Hie lieul iw a brl'adioroaoral. .
I-O1NTH.
Ill Idnlio there are four political parlies ,
nit the Knl < rittt | of Labor nro on top.
( iev.Gllc.k of Kansas was in WushinfjUm
a < t weijlr , trying to gut uomo republican post-
nisi-rs ; | removed.
Senator livnrts aays Iho result In Ohio
IIPKIII a rnmiliilciin tldul wave , but lie nv
niirks.SIIJI : , we outfit I tu | ciuj ; up the
Tlio domocrntH in Newark , N. < f. , nro Kroat-
yMirpriHi'd bee use they elected their caiull-
law lor mnyor hwt week. Usually -Newark
KIVIW 1,000 nipub.icaii majority.
llosctM Coiiklln tflvos no evldnnee that ho
will activelyouleriho political liolil. Ilodoiss
i t BO near the political liciidiiuiiruirrf and Is
itikln : 8liDOOJ ) a year as a lawyer.
Kx-CoiiKiwrtimui Do/oudorr of Virginia ,
vlio ilia republican , but not a Mipixirier of
Mahone , ways tluit the domocraU will carry
A'livluia by from ' 'o.OM to :5UOOJ : majority.
The Now York TIIIIIM nays tlmt if Hi ) per
'nut of the republican votcn * of New York
ity will rou'lslor and vote , Ini Duvenport.
vlllhuiely bo tlio nnxt governor of the .slate.
. , Gen. Crook.
Col. T. II. Stunton , . 'paymaster ' United
Males army , who was for , , fcuvoral yours
Mationcd in Omaha , lUJid. who has been
v/ith den. ( 'rook In many hard-fought
campaigns against die fmjiatis , writes as
follows to thu Salt Lake Til'lbtme :
The iirticlo published in the Tribune of
holiday hititon the " .Ari/.qpu Apaehes'1 JH
about as unjust u rovijtw of the situation
there , and of the opiffjillojig of Iho iirrny
in that terr.tory , us c uldftvull bu written.
It is dilheiill to cliai-a torno such an urti-
ele by its proper nunvi , without using lan
guage that is not cotmuon among gentle
men. In so fur us the ivrtjclo spunks of
dun.rook , end of hjfiadministration of
alburn in that dopartyysnt , it is to be ob
served that there is 11 $ | jo word true in
the whole letter. Wujn | ft'imin hasspnnt
moru than twenty yours ot I he bust part
of Ins life in lighting and dealing with
Indians : when lie bisar.s many wounds
upon lib pi-r.Mn as evidence of his cour-
agti ami loyalty to duty ; when his record
shows more Indians subjugated anil
brought to civilized methods than that
ot any other general oiliccr of the army ,
Is it fair for for him to bo assailed a.s in
this letter ? ( Jon. Crook isi man absolu
tely without purftonal ambition , BO far as
ihu performance of duty is concerned ,
jiml I think every ollloor of the army who
bus ever M.-rved with him will bear mo
nut in this usiurtion. No hardship , no
fold orliungur , no ilillluulticB , however
iippallmg , ever deterred him from the
| n < rforniimce o * m.s duty to the
ifo\inimt > iit. No matter how long
i ho m.-irches , ndr whether in
iliubuniing.sands of old Mexico or the
irozim wustas of Dakota ; no onehas uvcj-
him uiuruuii'i nor have ( hey
him ru.Mimp into public prints to toll t
us campaigns or to defend his policy , i
he had one. The government from wide
he received hl.s orders has made no con
plaint of the results he obtained. On th
contrary , it has trusted him before an
others. It has trusted in his long o.xper !
ptieo , his sagacity and Intelligence , niti
lu.s well-known ability to deal with savag
races , and It ha.s not misplaced its conli
donee. In Oregon , in Arizona ami Ii
Dakota , whenever ho had control of th
operations against the Indians , he has in
vanbly been successful. His policy o
employing Indiana against Indians hi :
done more to break up hostilelribes lhai
any other plan ever before adopted am
till of his campaigns and labors aguins
Indians have been conceived and eurrloi
out on broad principles of justice both t <
the Indians and thu country. While ho i
not a lover of the Indians , he believe
Ilium to bo human beings , and to be , lik
tln whitc-i , nnlitlod to some rights. Tin
author of I hu letter referred to probabl *
knows very little of what ho writea , uni
it is not improbable that ho belongs to tin
ring of Indian robbers against whim
( Jen. Crook has waged a more relputles
warfare than against the Indians them
Selves. T. U. Sl'ANTOX.
SALT LAIC ! : CITV. Oct M , 183J.
Work and VTa es lu Io\vn.
Spriugliold Republican : The Tinyi
lioanl of labor statistics , established i
year and a half ago , ha.s ' just Issued it
llrst report , covering slati'slics of laboi
organlx.uHoiis , co-oiieralive associations
industrial udueation , convict , labor
arbitration , conciliation and strikes
farm laborer anil laborers , schools am
teachers , wages and cost of living , sav
ing.s , himifs , etc. , of workingmun , coa
screens and company stores , railroads
with llio earnings , hours of employment
etc. , of employes , toe same of .stores am
factories , and state uniformity of text
bonks. Commissioner llutol'iln.s pay.-
tribute to the excellence of tin
Massachusetts reports , and Says
thai ho should have pruferrui
to take two or three subject-
and makis his investigations in regard U
them exhaustive , as Air. Wright ha ;
done , but that the people of his stale
wished thu entire liehi of labor covered
and he has complied with ihis wish a ;
thoroughly u.s possible. The two sub
ject.s ot most general interest in this re
port are the statistics and conclusions in
regard to manual training , and the re
marks about strikes , of which Iowa has
had her share , with Mr. Huteliins argu
ment in favor of a stale board of nrbilra ,
tinn for thu mUtloin'ont of disputes biv
Iween workingmun and employers.
The statistics are compiled largely
from the answers to blanks sent out Ui
business men and workers in all brunches
of industry , and it is from those answer *
that the argument for manual training in
at least soma of Iho state .schools ia drawn.
Here is ono table from the answers of
employers that is unpleasantly HiiggoN-
life and of wide application outside ol
Iowa :
Ku-y , to gel : Common laborers , travel
ing-salesmen , clerks , book-keepers , men
without trades , inexperienced mechanic * ,
harness-makers , girls for machine wtirk ,
yarnishers , stone-culti-i's , salesmen ,
inexperienced mill-workers , carpenters ,
teamsters , Swedes , polishers , men for
easy jobs , "gentlemen , " agents on sal
aries , men who say they can do most
anything.
Hard to find : Steady men , skilled
workmen , good piece-workers ( coopers ) ,
ghiiiiors , good machinists , sober men , experts -
ports ( horse-collars ) , skilled cabinetmakers
ers and upholsterers , carvers and lotlor-
er.s ( marble-workers ) , men to properly-
run machinery , lile-cutters , linn-drinking
tinners , men who are willing to bo told ,
Americans.
The answers of mechanics in many
branches of industry uro given , and all
of them complain of this evil of unskilled
labor , while most ask for the enforcement -
mont of .something like the old appren
tice system. This remark from a carpen
ter is a fair .sample : "Tho thing that hurts
our trade is that the people don't stop to
think if a man has learned his trade. If
ho bus two or three good tools and can
handle them , he can got as good wages
as the ono who has learned his tradis.
There ought to bo a law that a man
should work under instruction a certain
length of time before ho could bo allowed
to contract any work. "
There wore tire strikes in Town , last
year , ono of printers in Dos Monies , and
four of coal miners , and in connection
with these Mr. Ilutohinsunjesa board of
arbitration , th abolition ot the contract
system and of the "truck system , " by
which miners are forced to buy their
supplies at the corporation stores , a sys
tem already forbiddnn br law in Penn
sylvania , Illinois and Ohio. A sentence
from the report exactly doscr bos this
system as it is still enforced by the large
marble corporations in Vermont :
I am 'convinced that with nearly all
companies that own stores of this char
acter , if an employe declines to trade at
Hitch store he IA soon notified that his
labor is needed no longer. This is
equivalent to compulsion , and indeed
much worse , HS it is hidden under the
garb of cowardisu. A miner should bo
allowed to buy his tools , powder , lamtw ,
oil and groceries where ho chooses , lie
earns his money by honest labor. It is
his so to do with as ho likes , and thu
greed of an employer should not bo
allowed t > stand in his way for the ex-
creisu of this right.
Thu report also has a contemptuous
word for the judge who tried by injunc
tion to prevent strikers at Angus "from
In any manner persuading or attempting
to persuade" men at work by violence ,
throats , "or otherwise" not to perform
labor in the mines.
Statistics of wages in various indus
tries and the cost of living are also given.
The latter is about the sumo as In the
imst , butter and cg .s being a trille
cheaper. Kami wages uvorugo about
$1 ! ) a month , with board , and in this
trades Hut pay is a trifle higher than at
Now York anil much less ib.m at Chic
ago. Tcuehers arc not as well paid us
hero , the nrm , aside from prinuipals ,
averaging ? . } } | fi a year , and tins women
! ? ! ! . The hlghusl salary paid a school
superintendent Is ? , ' , ( ) : ) , ' ) al Council
Hlull's , and the highest principal's salary
is ! > 1,8'M ) at Diibuijiiu. Thu best iiaitl
woman teacher in the sluts is Mrs. Suv-
( trance al Davenport , $ l,2il ) , while woman
principals of ward schools in two olhur
cities get $1,100 each.
Ijoan's Washington Homo.
John A. Logan's now home is going to
bo one of th. ! most comfortable in Wash
ington. It cost him only $ . ' 0,0 : > fl , ami It
has an outlook over the whole country
about Washington. Silling back of the
grout granite pillars which .support thereof
roof lit its front porch , onu sues the capitol -
tel glistening in thu sunlight on an oppo
site hill , and in the front the great white
shaft of thu Washington monument
pierces tbi ! clouds. liclow lies the oily
with its wide avenues and its thousands
offorest Irons , and away in tins distance
winds the wide , silvery stream of the
I'otmnao under the Virginia " hills.
Arlington and its oumi'lery uro In plain
v' ' w at the right , and across thu way lies
( ii-orgulown. with its big .Jesuit colleges
older than the cupltol it-self. The Logan
house Is a roil brick , wide and deep ,
with two stories und many windows ,
the woodwork of which is painted light
green. The front door is wide
isnoiigh to admit an express wagon and
lliu great hall which cuts thu liouso in
two would furnish a good place for n
I'onnlr.y hoe-down. Jt Is now lilted out
in Mexican and Indian curiosities and
furnished wilb antique fnniiluro Thu
rooms at the Hide are separated front it
Lsy jiortieri's of bright colnivd Mcsirnn
[ loth , which hang on bnixs roils and
inaku a very pretty ull'eci There -ire
lilenty of easy chairs , a number of rugs
aid a sulluu or l.vo hi tlii > : hull , uuU u
great Mexican Tnso stands upon n pediv
tul at the side of Iho door lo tim parlot
From the rear of Iho hall sprlnc * a smii
way leading to the ftocontl story , and th
rooms whldh go oh" from il ant iurg \ luii
lilted out witli great , wid" grak'.s of. th
style of years ago. Oeit. LoganM llbrar ,
Is on llio second floor. It is eomposfli
ohlcllyof roforotico books.nmlltuwill nti
bring his magnillccnl collection of book
from Chicago.
I'IKM > AND
HrcciHng nnil Hearing ! Stool : .
Kngllsh Live Slouk Journal : At tin
judges' dinner In couneetlon with II
.show of the Slnflhrdohirn agricultural so
doty lust wri'k , a paper was read on llu
breeding , rearing , feeding and "eneni
mutiageineiilof stock , by Mr. T , "armei
Chealle , nn follows :
The Ih'ilish farmer HPOIUS to have triei
every known means to make his farming
pay , but lalti'i-ly without sneers ; corn
milk , veg"'l.iblo " < 4 , fruits , all seem over
done. There Is a lido in the alluirs o
man , that , taken tit Iho Hood , lends on Ii
utlluiMico. II. lno IM-CU on the obis will
the farmer. ' : for the hist ten yenis. and
am afraid il is hot. low water yet. Thos
IhoipicMiou Is what is lefl for us lo do
The only clninoo we seem lo have Is t < i
pay more attention to ( he lireidingivar
in ; : and mnnugcmiMil ot our slockN <
hard-aml-fasl , line can bo laid down it
reference to the breeding ot stock , HI :
much depends on tlto purpose you arc
breeding for , the nnlun * of your land anil
the locality in which your farming is cat'
rietl on.
HOUSE nur.mixr } .
Tlier. are certain acknowledged rules
which nvory ono will , of course , attend
to. 1 suppose no ouo would think nl
breeding from constitution. illy unsound
horses. Perhaps the breeding of good
agrie.ullural horses IIIIH been us proiitu-
bio as any part , of a farmer'- ! bitsinosIl
is noliiiy injiiiiUon to draw comparison * *
between Shire horses , Clydesduh'Mor tiny
ol her breed ; each , no ilottiil , is : id'tplt > d
to hid own locality. Many lirsl. rat. !
horses have been liiMd by or.i' in' ; llio
Shirii horsn and llio Cl\desdili' , : , the old
ICnglish carl , horse supiilviiii1 siv/- and
strength and llio ( ! lyu. > sdahs aelion.
Good action is iilmosl , as essential in a
eart horse as in a haeknoy. Mr. .lame
Howard , in a valuable conlrilmtioi
lo the IJoyal Agricultural Jour
mil _ in 18S1. while ailnnUini ,
that big horses are most valuable , eousid
era a horse 1(5 ( hands high will do ijuilit as
much work an ono 1 } liuwl.s higher. Thl :
may bo quite true ; at the sam-i lime , :
bighor.se , well proportioned , must1 al
ways bo a more wilublo animal than :
small good. ono. Ho lays great sires. * on
conformation , and rat fior condemns tin
present fashion of ovcrnmcTl hair am
toalhcr. and iptoles in snpiiort the opin
ions of Mr. O.ikluy and Mr. Nowcombo ,
muuu'i-ors of Iho Great Nortli'M-n am :
Midland railway companies. At the sanu
time , hair , when not proiluei-d by artili
cial means , shows constitution , am
should bo encouraged to a mo.lerat. ' > . ex
tent. The I'stabbshment of the Shire
Horse Society has stimulated the brooding -
ing of pure sires , and the exhibits of em
inent brooders at the different , agricul
tural shows has done good .service in
showing what , a really good cart horsi
should bo. Ciood sires are now to hi
found in most districts , and farmers
should take care to nan none but the best.
It is a mistaken polioy to use a horse because -
cause thn fee is a low ono , unless you are
sure ho is the best ono available. Wlmu
horses are dear and ( here is a good de
mand for town purposes , many fnrmeiM
are tempted by the high priei ) la sell oT
Koine of their best mares. This is a very
suicidal policy it is like .soiling thu goose
that , lays tlio golden eggs. I don't sup
pose any ono would expect to breed gooil
Htot'k uf any kind unle.vs ho commenced
by providing good sires and dams. Mr.
Howard , in writing on conformation ,
passes over points which every
breeder is familiar with , : u JIat lo''S ,
largo joints , big thighs , etc. , but calls
particular attention to the foot ; ho says
: i"oart ; ; horse should not only have big and
broad feel , but ample depth of heel lo
enable him lo stand the lust of the reader
or oily tralHo. And , in speaking of man
agement , ho lays great stress on proper
shoeing , and on the necessity of provid
ing good ventilation . and well drained
stables ; and thes'i are points which can
not too frequently bo impressed on all
bro dors of norsos. There is no doubt
that the breeding of cart horses is on tlin
increase , and if care is taken to breed
none but the best , there ought to bo 110
dillioulty in making them profitable.
Jersey Cuttle.
Bell's Messenger : For some years Kng-
lish as well as American breeders have
/jono / over to the island of Jersey and
purchased choice animals out there ;
indeed , Iho nricos given by Iho Ameri
cans have biien far beyond what was
considered good value for this class of
stook. This demand has arisen from thu
growing taste for richer and butter bai
ter : is well as for llio pleasant as wull as
proliluhlo hobby of having a few pretty
cows about Hiiiull occupations. Besides
which it is wull known that many
of Iho bust breeders have made a
general average of DJ pence ( -1-1 cents ) a
pound for Jersey butter all the year
round. Seeing thai many of thcsa cows
give 10 pounds weekly for several months
in the year , or nearly til a week in but
ler produce as wull as Iho value of tie
skim milk , which near largo towns will
fiiteh ( Od. a gallon , and tin calf into thu
bargain , Ihu value of this best of these
cows may IKS butter ostinriled. Thu con
sequence of this demand has led to an
improvement in the bn.'uding and man
agement of the island animals.
The English bred animal has , how
ever , more hardihood than its island
sister , and a greater aptilu.lo to feud.
Thu cow.s in thu largu herds in thu
southern counties arc easily fed oil'when
dry to about , ilij ! lo iJ ! > l , and arts much
more in demand by the trade. Those
heifer.-i , however , that are inclined lo run
more to buuf than to milk might bu
turned to a more profitable mid if lliu
Scotch crossing ami feeding system wens
adopted. This is to put thuso yearling
hellers to a himvily-tloshud Short-horn
bull , and lei the calf bu ruurud ( cas
trated if a bull ) , wllh ils d.un siu-kin"
and feuding with hei in a covered yard
or house , and the two turned out fill -is
curly beef when the calf is Homuthtng
over u year old. Thu system will bu
found , now thai thu milk trade Is huin"
overdone , lo bo one more litllis channel
in which the farmers may still Ibid a pro-
lilablu return for thu food cuMMinicd , uutl
obtain u richer and butter manure for
his crops.
Holftteln-Prle-iliiiiN for America.
Dagblad , thu IIu < ; iiu : On Saturday ,
August Kith , were shipped from Amster-
ibui , via Kngluml. for America , about
, ' 7il bend of milch rutlle ; of these about
iOO head belong lo an American cutflu
Imver. Twenty heifer * were bought by
i I'urmureml faille buyer for an Ameri
can in ihu usual way. Mr.V. \ . H.iood- (
puhture , of Ivt.sliville , Tumi , bus bought
lit great ( ' \poiiMS. having spent about
lii-ce weeks m Holland , lilty hcifurs ,
iolei-tuil from the b'-s ' | and mW noted
.trains in North Holland , of which
strains a few animals have nli'eiidy been
mported. With llii * lot lie will render
, ho IJolsii-.ins famoiiii in lliu
Vat Sloolc Sliow at
The fat tock show , al Chicago , Xov.
IO-1'.i , ) > roiniM.s ! to be well roprusenloil
vith all the rival breeds of beef and
l.iiry calih > Thu draft | IOI-.M > sliowvill
IMI ) bu , iu impofliinl atlniclion All lliu
miiroied stiii-l , brmtders1 asso-iitioir. : :
told Iheir annual invetmg ilurmgthi'Iwo
vueks nf I'm ' f.-it stock nhow lliu Niftiiaii ,
'l.ydi ihtlo and S'liru ' : ! . < > > 'lutioiis ' ( he
irit Wtol ! > , the catllu , bliocji.KMI itv.ao
The Great Invention ,
For EASY WASHING ,
IN IIAR3 OR SO = T , HOT OR COLD WATER ;
irttlintit II fii > In * M till 10 fir IIAlfDS ,
nnilpartlnilnrlynilnptetl to v-rmt'tfmnfij :
No family , rich ' .i-jioor , RlmuUllK ) without It.
SulJ \ > y nil lirocois. but tirware ot Tlio lint-
titlous. I'KAJH.IXJ } la iuanufacmrc4
osili' by
JAMES PYLE , NEW YORKj
breeder.- : i < < si ; > eialion.s llio .second week.
All the railroads give reduced rates to
Chicago , and the event promises to bu
the most important stock gatheringof th
Hwino
l'nthtisiastjc ! svylii'brueilers ' of a statis
tical turn of mind oeoMsinmilly try to
show by lignnn ( hit comparative' im'porl-
ane.o ot the hog growing inrnrost ot the
j-ountry. Hut no gr > * at arny of figuroH
is needed to .s u.l.sfy ( ho farmer of moder
ate means that ling raising ts ono of hi ]
surect and ouickesl ways of making
money. It takes less capital than in ttio
rearng of homes or eattlo , and It bringj
ivlurns much Miouer.
The gre : > test drawback in nwino breeil
iug is lliu liability to looses from the epi
demic diseasoH which so fivipicnlly swoop
through tim country. Vet tun great pro-
litieuoy and rapid growth of ho s remlor
It po.4sihh > t , < > soon recover from Uns.se
lo < ses and Mill O'imo out ahoail of even
the fast horse men. A friend recently
I * marked th-it he had I'o'lowed ' ( ho .show
ing of fa. * ' . iu r.S' > 3 at. fairs for many years.
'
Uu > uh ; trom a ! : > . < k of sulueienl , capital
not so largely us ho would have liue 1.
At tioHam ! < s lim-i he kept a lot of good
hugs ill , li.nn , and almost , imnf.'dialely
on reiurning from th" fa < rs in the fall. In.1
had to sell hogs to jiay his lar o .showing
expense * . Since l.lii'ii ho Inindliis ftnvor
horiii'.s and more hogs. Now instea I of
stindinij ; near the foot of I he roll as a
br.M'iler of horsns and hogs , ho has ad-
v.mce.d to t.'ii ' > foremost rank as a brooder
of improved swine.
Pim.
THE ART oGOOD DINING.
How the Tallin Shoulil 15u .Spreail and
tliollopiiMt Hoi-veil.
From ( Jood Cheer : Lei the table , when
no ono is pivs-nt but the homo circle , bil
the model of what , it should be when stir *
rounded by guests. Lay a ploco of thick
Canton flannel under your table cloth.
Kvon coarse mvnery w.ll look a much
bettor iptality with a sub-eovor than ii
spread dinictly over the barn table top.
Avoid Iho cheap triok of hotels and
restaurants In tlio arrangements of napkins -
kins and table utensils. Simplicity i *
never ridiculous , while pretension usu
ally is. Place the n.ipkin on the loft side
of the plate with a piece of broad in iti
folds , the fork on the right bund , next la
that Iho L'.iifo with the sharp ctlgo turned
from the ono woo is to us. ! it , beyond
this the .soitj ) spoon.
At the po'iul. of t.hi.su .set t'io ttimltlei
and individual butter plate , Mats , table
spoons , salt uttllers and pepper uructr '
may bo arranged to MI f ono's taste. A , I
Manish the liotivy ca.st.tr from the contci
of the table and put llieni instead a vasa
of llo\rors , if il bo uotlimg man ! ambi
tious than some bilH of ivy or evergreen
brightened by a spr.iy of bitlur.swe.st.
At the carver's plueo spread a whiU
n.ipkin. the point toward the middle ol
ho tibto , ti ; prjtjct the oloth fromt
splashes of gravy
Lul the saupo be served by the mistrust
and o.iton with no accompaniment ex
cept n piece of dry bread in the hand.
Uuttoriii" : is only loss vulgar than thick
ening the contents of the plain witk
crumbs. When this course has been ro
inored the meat and vegetables may ba
placad on the table.
If Ihuro is salad , it iihoul'l he served
separately , in a cours.0 by itself.
i'ho heavy part of thodimier enten , the
maitl should bo tmaimonod and 'ihoulc
ooininenee the clearing of llio l.-iblc bj
carrying oul lir.st tin inivit , th'jii ' ihc
dishosi of vegetables , and al'turthul. I ) ! : IIM
and butter plates , placing ono on lop UK
other , and uning a tray to transfer every
thing except the largo plaltor.-i. .
Do not permit hur to go tnrou < ; h tin
'
operation of scraping t.ho eoateuls'of om
plate into another , with a clatter o )
knives and forks , ami then bearinf
off the whole pile al once. Two platci iv
u time are enough for ono load
Next after the soiled dishes , have beer
taken elf , mats , sail collars and olhot
table furniture bill tumbler.- ! , water but
lie or pitcher , napkin riiigs mid ii : bowl
ami then have tin ) crumbs brushed auc
tray used.
'I he dessert Is then wnrvnd : and ONcepI
al a cormonioiis dinner thu tea or coll'eo
which should never upjiear earlier in tlu
nction , and the w irk of waiting is done
When one reali/.e.s the exceeding Him
plicityof thin muoh ilr.iad.nl . branch ol
domestic Her.viiit ) it seems ineonipn luiii'
Bible thai In so m-iny families dainli
waiting should bis unknown. I urn wet
aware that the rpuslion of riurvitig is gen
urnlly/ / the .sticking poinl.
Jt is very hard Homot'miis impossibh
for tlio mistress with but onu m.iid-'of
ill-work to demand that that one shall hi
11 pruclioul wall-ess It Is miieli easier ti
have the food .jumbled on thu table in
uclter-nlceller ianliioii tlmn lo run IhorisV
r f making trouble by insisting that II
ilinll bis served In eourf.es Hut Iho unit
er is not so dillicuU , allor all , if the , ser
, nr.t iiiidersianilH Iroin the beginning
hat lliiti will bo required of her.
Nebraska National Baifl
OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
I'AIll I'P CAPITA ! 8'iVW ) ( > 1
Si iiPM-K , .May 1 , IKST. ii.ow.JJ
1. W. VATKS , I'rorihlnnl.
A. 15 TOI-XAUX , Vieo I'roihlunt.
W. V Mousi' ,
JilllN S. ( tll.l.IVs ,
LIWIS ; S Hir.D : ,
W 11. S Hi'tjiir.s. Cashier ,
BANKING OFFICE !
TUE JHON HANK.
I < i. U'lli inn ) I'liriuiin ' . -
I fji'iu.-iiil llniiUniM lliiiini'i > i 'I
Many a Lady
s beautiful , all but her akin ;
iir.d nobovly IUXH ever told
icr Junv easy ic is to put
Ji-au yon thu shin. He.'iuiy
Jii the skin is Maynoha
