Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY , JANUARYS , 1886.
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Pit Months , without premium 75
Ono Month , on trlnl , 10
connEproNDnsrE :
All eommunlpiillons rolntlnit th nt w nnd odl-
orinl ii\nttrrn should bo tiddrcsitd tu tliu llni-
\ ion OKJIK HKK ,
it lii'lucps 1'itk'ri mid rcmlttnticps flionlit bo
nflJfCf r < l tu ' ( UK HKK I'imr.tviiMl COMPANV ,
OAMRA. Drnfli. clirckt nnd poMnfflrp onlcis
to bo niiulo pnynbloto thdcmlerof the Compntiy.
IDE BEE POBLISHUClipJin , PfiOPRIflOliS ,
f ! ItOSr.WATEH , liniton. '
TiiK council 1ms another meeting this
\vock. Is it ttol about tinio to have that
building inspection ordinance pas cd ?
AT fir.il Germany wanted Samoa , but
now she doesn't want so much. She in
Endeavoring to negotiate an allotment
of the islands between herself , England
nnd the United States.
ONLY a dozen now veal estate dealers
have hung out their srlnglcs within the
past month in Omaha. The real estate
agents are crowding the lawyers nowa
days , but the attorneys a'.o waiting for
the time when they will get even by
crowding the real estate agents.
KVKHY mile of railroad iron laid in Ne
braska during the coming year will in
crease the facilities of Omaha whole
salers for reaclfing their customers. But
tOmaha needs and must have more direct
connection with the upper country , enter
by a now line or by u proper exttcnsion of
lines already existing.
LAST week the bank of England gained
$2,210,000 , In gold and reduced Its rate of
discount to 8 per cent. Gold shipments
from thls'coiiiitry are steadily diminish
ing , and yet the eastern capitalists keep
steadily printing facts and liguros to
show that a gold famine is one of the
probabilities of the near future.
PENNSYLVANIA and Oliio are engaged
in lively rivalry over natural gas. Three
weeks ago the former state produced n
prodigy which yielded 70,000 , feet a day.
Now Tiflin , Ohio , comes to the front with a
gas well which yields 100,000 feet daily.
A gas well of halt these dimensions
would bu gratefully received in Omaha.
KANKIN , of Wisconsin ,
who died in Washington , was a gallant
soldier during the War of the rebellion.
Ho was a man of considerable loginlativo
experience , having served for eleven
years in the Wisconsin legislature. Ho
was a member of the Forlj'-cighth con-
grc s , and was re-elected last fall.
NJW YOHIC-has already raised $10,000
for the Parnell parliamentary fund. 0.
P. Uuntington contributed $2oO and tv
dozen other Americans in proportion.
Parnell need have no fear for "tho sinews
of war. " What ho needs to look most
carefully after are the sinews of Glad
stone.
Tin : I'itz.lolm Porter bill reported by
the house military committee is the same
one vetoed by President Arthur on the
ground that congress could not direct
the president to appoint a man to a cer
tain ofllcc. As twenty-four such bills
have bcconio laws within n dozen years ,
Mr. Cleveland is not likely to withold
his consent to the measure on such a
flimsy pretext.
A TASK of suspended animation , similar
to that of Miss Dlshncr , of Columbus ,
Neb. , has been discovered in Illinois.
Mrs. Rosctta Armstrong , the wife of a
farhicr near Ashland , in tltat state
has been asleep for forty-live days. The
doctors pronounce her ailment to bo
"hystoro-catalopsy , " and the same treat
ment , including the use of a battery , is
being pursued , as was followed in the
case of Mibs lislmor. ) In all the symp
toms the two cases are identical. Mrs.
Armstrong may possibly beat the record
of Misslinlincr as a sleeper. The hitler
lady sloptfor seventy days.
THE suggestion to ofl'sot the political
effect of Dakota's admission by admitting
nt the same time Utah to statehood is not
likely to meet with serious consideration.
So long as the government is obliged to
rule Utah by snocial laws for the sup
pression of crime , her claim for n place
in the sisterhood of states is not entitled
to ti hearing. Hut southern Dakota has
every right and reason for claiming the
privilege of statehood. It has a larger
population and a more settled social con
dition than any territory which h&s ever
sought admission to the unlotu It is
larger in extent limn Ohio and Indiana
gothor and lias four times the popnla-
n of Nevada. There is absolutely no
reason for the prcbistont nnd unjust re
fusal of the democratic majority in con
gress to recognize Dakota's claims but
the partisan one that such recognition
would increase the strength of the repub
lican party.
The department of agriculture has sent
out Its crop report for the year closed ,
mid the figures contained in the little
pamphlet are well worth studying. Most
of us have a general hlcu that the United
States leads the world in the si/.o of its
crops , but 'hero ' are few who have ; u > y
distinct idea of the aggregate amount and
vnluu of nny given product. According
to the figures presented corn has & 1111 fur-
tlior displaced cotton from the throne and
stands a crowned king with a round fifty
jnlllions dollars of value mom than the
combined wheat and cotton crops. Cotton -
ton aggregated six undone-half million
bales , worth in the hands of the planters
three hundred millions of dollars.
The wheat crop reached 857,112,000
bushels , worth at the fnrmurs' granaries
$975,320,890. The crop of oats readied
63S > ,4K , ( > ,000 bushels , worth $170,031,800 In
the shock , lint tho.jjreal American product -
duct , corn , reached the enormous total of
nearly two billion bushels , worth ? ( W3- ,
074,030 in the crib , mid Nebraska stands
blxth iu the liAt of corn growing states.
Illinois led with n crop of 2CSOti8,000
bushels ; Iowa stood eccond on the list
with 212-160OoO biisheUj MUjouri cutno
third with liv.8 ! ] ) ,0 ( < 0 bushels ; Kansas
fourth with 13fc 800,000 ; Indiana lifth with
131 , M,000 , ud Nebraska iKlh with
130,420,000. ,
Protect the Frontier.
The doinand for Increased military pro
tection fpr t'ho northwestern frontier of
Nebraska Is making Itself loudly heard ,
through the press of 'thnt section , It
otujlit to moke itself nt Once fell In Wash'
Ington. There is no section of the west
where a proper and permanent concen
tration of troops would be moro cflectivo
In furthering the material advancement
ami securing the personal safety oi the
settlers as along the line which divides
this- state from Dakota. The heart of thd
gre.at Sioux reserve lies immediately be
yond the line and extends from
the Missouri river to n point
within thirty miles of the
Wyoming boundary. Two military po. ts ,
one of which is In a wretched state of decay -
cay , guard the entire line from llosobiul
agency west. Twelve skeleton compan
ies of troops make up the two garrisons.
It is high tniic that our Nebraska delega
tion should insist , on behalf of our pioneer
neer Bottlers and the interests of the
stale , that both Torts Robinson and Nio-
brara should bo largo and substantial
garrisons. All the arguments of military
necessity nud civil safety unite in unruig
the importance of such action. North
western Nebraska is settling rap
idly with nu industrious and enter
prising class of citizens. The south
ern border of the Sioux resen'c is dotted
with growing towns. Nearly every acre
of available government hind is in the
hands of settlers.
In his speech in the senate in favor of
his bill to reorganize the infantry arm of
the service , Senator Mandcrson referred
in the following language to the relation
of the great Sioux reserve to northwest
ern Nebraska :
Upon the noithcrn boundary of the fair
state tlmt I h.ive the honor In purl to icpre-
Fent upon this Hour are neaily 2o,030 , of the
savage Sioux nation , the stnhviut and sinewy
brave ? , armed to a man with the deadly Win
chester. Within n short time I visited them
nt a few places on the 34,000 square miles de
voted to their abuse rather than use. I re
joiced to see some evidences of advancing
civilization , nnd have hope for their future ;
but as I hcaid them , in the council room by
day nud In the wild dance at night , icconnt-
Ini ; their deeds of war , boast of the murder
ous part taken nt.tho Ouster and other massa-
cies , saw the envious admiration gleaming
from the faces of tlio listening young bucks ,
and the evidences of jealousy and dcsiie lor
leadership on the pait of contending chiefs , I
feared for the safety of tlio white men and
women wiio aie so rapidly building charm
ing villages and making llulfty farm-homes
tlnoughout all that wonderfully beautiful
new west. I am not one of those who feel
hatred tor the Indian. With the vast major
ity of my fellow citizens of Nebraska 1 would
accoid to him moie than his lights ; would
protect him Iroin nil evils , including himself
us the greatest at all ; would educate , civilize ,
Christianize him into capable citizenship ;
but it will take years , if not generations , to
change the Indian nature , and while it exists
these periodical outbreaks , with their atten
dant indescribable horrorof homes desolated ,
children captured and brained , men tortured
and killed , and mothers nnd wives worse
than nun doled , will occur. It Is the clear
duty of the government to meet them by
leaching ( lie highest point of ellicicney tor
the .small army that must stand between the
frontier clli/en and the disaster to be 1'eaied
above all others. '
This is the argument which the settlers
of Nebraska are urging for increased
military protection on that frontier.
That the Sioux are quiet to-day is no
promise for the future. A change in
agents , n decrease in the reservation
limits , any one of a hundred trilling ex
cuses , would be a suflicient spark to
start the flame of outbreak. What the
section demands , and what it ought to bo
able to secure is. a military garrison on
eaeli flank of the reservation sulllcicnt
in numbers to overawe the Indians , and
in case of trouble near enough to pre
vent the disastrous consequences of a
laid along the frontier.
Prohibition and Damages.
A question which was early raised in
the slate of Kansas during the agitation
which resulted in prohibition , and which
lias also been forcibly put in Iowa
since tlio passage of the prohibition law
was that of the liability of the stale for
damages done to brewers nnd distillers by
the enforced closing of their manufactur
ing otabliphments under the law. It
was claimed that whatever right the
state might have to prohibit the sale of
beer and liquors , it had no
right or power to destroy tlio
plant of manufacturers without
compensation for the damages
incurred. This question has finally boon
put to the test of tlio courts in Kansas
whore John Wolruft , a Latvronco brewer ,
brought suit lu the United States court to
remove tin injunction against the run
ning of his establishment. Tlio opinion
rendered by Judge Brewer last ThurMlay
Is in brief as follows :
The facts upon which tlio found.Ulon ques
tion in this case tests are few and simple.
Between Ib7l ) and 1871 the dotondnnt eon-
htructctl a biewory In Lawrence , Kan. The
building , machinery and fixtures weie , de
signed and adapted for the making of beer
nud nothing else , for which pin pose they
are worth . " $50,000 $ ; for nny other purpose not
more than $5,030. At the time of the election
of the building and up to 1830 tlio making of
beer was as legal ami as frco from tax , II-
ceu.so or oilier restrictions as tlio milling of
flour In that year. A constitutional amend
ment wns adopted iirohtbiting the manu
facture of beer except for medical , scientific
ami mechanical purposes. In 1S31 and IBsS
laws wcio enacted to carry this prohibition
intoelfect. Under tlieso laws a penult was
esseiitl.il for Iho manufuctuio for the ac
cepted purposes lo the defendant. . The per
mit was icfuscd and mi Injunction Issued
restraining defendant absolutely from the
nmmil > ture of beer. Thus tlio defendant Is
piohloltcd from using his propcity for the
v/mposcsuf which It Is nloue useful and val
uable.
"In view of what has Idthoito .fallen from
my i > ou hi other cases It may bo unnecessary
to add anything further. Yet to guaul
against any possible inlsapmeliensions , as
well ns to Indicate that my viows.nsexpressed
upon other questions , have not changed , let
mo nay that 1 do not in tlio least question the
power of the state to absolutely prohibit the
niunulacluro of beer , or doubt that such pro
hibition is potential ns against any one pro
posing In tlio futuia to engage in such manu-
luctiue. Any one thus engaging does so at
his own peril , nnd cannot Invoku the protec
tion of tlio foiutecnth amendment or demand
the consideration nnd Judgment of the fed-
cialeouits. All th.it 1 hold Is thai properly
within the meaning of that ( annulment In-
eludes both tlie title nnd right to use ; tlmt
when the right to use In a irlvon way Is vested
In a citizen It cannot ba taken lioiii him for
the public good without compoimtlon. Ho
yonu nny doubt tlie state can prohibit the de
fendant f'U'in continuing hit > business of
Intiwing , butbffoiult c.in Jo so it must pay
the value of the property destroj d. "
Tld * is n highly interesting and im
portant decision. It iiiiinua the duly of
the fctutoto pay for property which it has
rendered useless. It goes further and
demands such payment before the constl-
ttiliojinl prohibition can become effective.
Under Judge Brewer's ruling every
brewery and distillery In Kansas can nt
once begin operations unmolested , unless
tlio cao is appealed to the supreme
court. The decision will be of great In
terest to the people of Iowa , where the
same conditions exist. It is probable
that an nppeal will bo taken , but if the
opinion of Judge Brewer is sustained in
Washington , several of our states which
have gone into tlio prohibition move
ment blindfold will find that it is , to say
Hie least , an expensive experiment.
It is not surprising that Senator Van
Wyck'sblll to prevent the dcmonctiza'
tion of the silver dollar , by forbidding
contracts providing that payment on
notes , &c. , shall bu made in gold , has
caused a howl of indignation from the
organs of tlio capitalists throughout the
country. The munsuro is denounced as
useless , ns dangerous , and as unconstitu
tional. The wide attention which it has
attracted shows that It Is useless , chiefly
to the gold bugs , dangerous to the
schemes of the men who are working for
a demonetization of tlio silver dollar and
unconstitutional , only in the eyes of
capitalists , who hope to make usurious
contracts , whoso validity would be im
paired by the operation of the measure.
Senator Van Wyek's bill prohibits the
making of contracts whoso performance
would require payment hi gold coin alone
to Iho exclusion of silver. It makes such
contracts entered into after Iho passage
of Ihe law , null and void. It does not im
pair the validity of any contract already
entered into but declares .the future mak
ing of such contracts illegal because the
certain result of their performance will
bo to dishonor the silver dollar , decrease
its relative value , and hasten the day of a
single standard. For months past heavy
capitalists east have been entering into
such engagements' . Thousands of leases
of property in Now York city have been
made with a clause providing for the pay
ment of rent "in gold coin. " The records
of the courts show largo quantities of
mortgages recorded with similar clauses
inserted in the notes. No one can deny
that the tendency of such contracts is to
cast a cloud upon our silver curren
cy which by law is as
initcli the standard of value
as gold coin. Kvery exclusion of silver
from the channels of trademakcs it moro
diflicult for the government to maintain
its relative value as a circulating medium.
The objection that Senator 'Van Wyck's
bill is "liatism" is ridiculous. The silver
dollar to-day circulates side by side with
tlio cold dollar. So far the concerted
attempts of largo capitalists and of the
Wall street clique to demonetize tlio
metal hayo failed. In the lace of demon
etization by England and Germany the
United States is sustaining a bi-mctallic
currency without injury to its
business interests and to the gen
eral satisfaction of its citizenship. The
value of the silver dollar as a coin is
equal to that of tlio gold dollar. Senator
Van Wyck's bill so far from being in the
interests of "tiatism" so called is directly
opposed to an irredeemable currency of
inferior value. Its aim is to maintain
tlio value , intrinsic and relative , of the
metal dollar by preventing the operation
of schemes for depreciating its usefulness
ns a medium of exchange. It is a meas
ure for the maintenance of bi-niotalism ,
not for the destruction of a staple coin
ago. It neither inflates nor decreases the
volmn c of the currency , makes no dan
gerous innovation in financiering and
changes none of tlio existing conditions.
It does not impair tlio obligation of contracts -
tracts but prohibits the making of con
tracts which congress declares shall bo
illegal because opposed to the public in-
tercsts.
Senator Van Wyok's measure is a
proper and a practical one. It is proper
because it is aimed at an actual evil and
one which if permitted to continue will
materially hasten demonetization by
widening the gap between the two
motals. It is practical because if carried
into effect it will prevent the concerted
attempt which is being made m the cast
to dishonor.silvor as n circulating medi
um and to increase the value of the gold
dollar for Iho bdnctit of the creditor class.
THE present year promises to bo one of
moro than usual prosperity in Nebraska.
The tide of immigration which during
the past twelve months lias boon diverted
from Dakota , Kansas and the southwest
into our stale sho'ws no evidence of
nbalemcnt. With the opening of spring
the inrush of now settlers to our rapidly
extending frontier will once more begin.
New railroads and extension of railroads
already in operation will open up largo
tracts of lands now unoccupied. Tlio
impending repeal of the pre-emption law
which last year attracted thousands o
farmers to the government lands in tlio
state , will again greatly stimulate settle
ment. All the causes which have com
bined to double the population of
Nebraska within five years will
still bo in operation. The heavy
railroad construction will put in
circulation largo amounts of money to bo
cxDcnded in grading , ironing and sup
plies. Omaha has always shared in the
prosperity of thu state , and there is no
reason to doubt that tlio present year will
bo an exception to the usual rule. But if
her people , and especially her whole
salers , nro wide awake lo the possibilities
which await them , they can greally in
crease not only the volume of business
transacted , but the proportion to tlio
whole amount done. Thu people of No-
brusKti are desirous of patronizing home
houses , They will do so , other things be
ing equal , ns against thoio of Chicago ,
St. Paul and Kansas City , Push and
pluck are all that are needed on the part
of Omaha's jobbers joined to a deter
initiation to exact fair dealing from trans
portation companies in thu line of indis
criminate treatment of shippers.
KVKIIY democratic olhco seeker In Ne
braska K holding his breath while thu
rough and tumble light between the war
ring chieftains of spoils dispensers is in
progress. With the corporal's guard of
olllccs which are at the disposal of the
president for Nebraska distribution it
looks very much as if tlio row between
the slaughter house democrats and the
packing house democracy was much ado
about nothing' ' ,
TitHKKof Omaha's banks will erect five-
slory building * during the present year.
The day of two-story bricks on &ix-s'tory
lfs \ is rapidly passing a\vayiu this me
tropolis of the Missouri.
Ireland In Parliament.
If Pitrncll hoped tb fsdcura any valuable
assistance from the conservative side in
return for his assistance to that party in
the recent elections , ho. is probably ready
to admit his error by Ihis : time. Parlla-
indnt has opened. The queen has de
livered her speech in person and the only
references to Ireland in that somewhat
remarkable production , aside from hints
of renewed coercion , oi'o vnguo promises
that measures will bo introduced in duo
time providing for'tlio ' Improvement
of local government. The roccp-
tion of tlio queen's ' itpcccli indi
cates that whatever action maybe
bo initiated by cither of the three parties
will bo begun gradually and handled
with cautious delay. The ministry has
evidently no desire to precipitate n crisis
which may end in its overthrow by a
junction of tlio radicals and ParnelUtes ,
and neither Mr. Gladstone nor Parnoll Is
yet sure enough of their position and
combined strength to join issue with the
government on measures which the par
liamentary majority would not sustain.
The situation is a waltlngono on all sides
and tlio suspense is only likely to bo
broken when the government is ready to
formulate the promised Irish measures.
Tlie outlook , it may bo frankly s-ald , is
not encouraging for the passage of any
dclinito home rule measure at the pros-
cut session , Parnell himself shows that
hn is not at all sanguine fortlio immediate
.future , and that he was willing to accept
temporary concessions far moro limited
in hcopo than those demanded lately by
his parly. Ho is reported to have said
'that for the present at least the issue is
mainly one of rents which looks like a
willingness lo put oft' the question of
abstract "matters until some industrial
scttlcmenl shall have been efleclcd. Mr.
Parnell , however , is too shrewd a states
man to omit using to its fullest advantage
opportunity that may arise for the
advantage of his cherished plan of home
rule , and it is not at all certain that in tlio
1 struggle which must take place soon in
parliament ho will not bo able to score
another step towards Iho accomplish
ment of his purpose. "Everything comes
to him who waits" haj long been Par-
ifell's motto , and to his patient endurance
under dispiriting dilliciiltics is largely
duo his success in forwarding the cause
of Ireland's demands for justice.
Evr.uv democrat in Nebraska will
henceforth be recognized by his brand.
Ho is either a S. II. D. or a P. H. U. ,
which , in the dialect of Bardwcll Sloto ,
means a Slaughter House Democrat or a
Packing House Democrat. For instance ,
J. Sterling Morton , Charley Brown , and
John A. Crcighlonifoull { bo S. II. D.'s ,
and Pat Ford , Judge Brandois and Post
master Morgan are P ; II."lVs.
PHOMINENTi PEilSOXS.
. (
Mailc Twain says that'he ' likes to be envel
oped in smoke when writing.
Gov. Larrabeo of Iowa w.i's born in Con-
ucclicut. Lieut. Oov. Hull is an Ohio man.
Mrs. Langlry is to appearju the new play
"Enemies. " but she will be surrounded by
admiring fiicuds.
Miss Katu Field Is In gieai demand in Hie
lecture field. She is engaged for almost every
evening this winter , t *
Julian Hawthorne swings Indian clubs scv
rnl hours uvery'dixy , This shows the power
of mind over mailer.
MissEndicolt , daughter ofthe secretary of
war , drives an English drag and looks some
thing like Airs. Langtry.
Mr. Plimsoll , the ex-member of tlie British
parliament , best known ns the "Sailor's
Friend , " will soon sall.-with his family , for
New Yoilc.
Miss Kate Field , who Is making money in
the lecture field , Is Investing sotno o her
earnings in Washlncton real estale. She has
good grounds for being happy.
Jclferson Davis' daughter has sent to Sen-
tor Beck n water-color picture representing
a silver moon shining down fiom silver
clouds upon a silver-lighted landscape.
SlgnorBaldl , of Genoa , boasts the posses
sion of tlio fetters once worn by Christopher
Columbus The world Is anxiously waiting
to hear from tlio man who owns Adam's lirat
collar button ,
Capt. John Ericsson celebrated his eighty-
first birthday yesterday. Ho no\dr uses to
bacco In any form , and his appetite and di
gestion arc so good that he has not loat a
meal In twelve years.
Thowifo of PeterEssclmeat , the liberal
member-elect for Aberdeen , was Miss Sher
wood , of Danbury , Conn. It appears to bo
the year of American brains In English poli
tics , and possibly that accounts tor tlio favor
able turn Irish nfTnlr-s have taken.
There Is tnlk In Pnris of n duel between
Mine. Astlo do Valhayre , a rather notorious
an sceptical lady nnd Mine. Eugenic Plon-e ,
an anarchist. It Is thought the safest and
mostsatisfaclory way of fighting would bo
for them to throw stones at each other.
Mrs. Evarts , wife of the senator , Is a sen
sible , well-mannered lady , with no preten
sions to { esthetic dressing. She sees visitors
promptly , and thus spares busy people tlio
agony of waiting. To them the plain , black
stuff dress and linen collar she appeals In Is
the extreme of elegance.
Sarah Bernhardt and her handsome bus-
band , Damala , are no longer "out" A Paris
letter announces that nliu has made up with
hhn , "entirely forgiving him for what she
had done to him , " She Is going to take htm
on her tour through the United Status and
South America , giving him S 0OM , of the
5420,000 aho Is to receive from her man
agers.
According to the Now Xoik Journal one of
the daughters of Mrs. Kllzabuth Cady Stanton -
ton says tlial when her Mother and Miss
Susan B. Anthony woiW to'gjolhcr on their
"Illslory of Woman Suffrage , " they often
gel Into animated dlscusslonslovar their sub
ject and dip their pens' ' nnd > llielr mucilage
brushes Inlo llielr Ink boHlcs' in their excite
ment over their work. '
A Pointed Quotilon.
'Jtmtil
What's the matter with'Blcrbowcr ' "going"
before Gardner ? , „
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Solidified liy JiickiFrost.
1'Mladclplitn ( Prim ,
Tliu sunny south fa ino'm solid than ever ,
Tlio late licezlng did thq business tor it ,
Ills Sllonco In rninful.
J\ijHfui ( ) rimet.
Tobo Castor hasn't said anything about
"retiring" fiom Nebiauka politics. Tobe's
silence Is painlul ,
llnlo by the StroiiK Ilpttil.
Macon 2Ue0r < ip'i ' ,
There Is a divinity that doUi hedge a king ,
but four kings together don't need a lit'dia' ,
Geneially they can take caio of themselves.
Avoid tlio urnti-iiiiouiiil Advertiser.
Talmage.
Avoid alliance with say 0110 who proposes
marriage thio.ugli nuwspspoi' advertisements :
Some women answer such advettlsemeiiU
.for f uu. Put aisehtc into a cuj > and swallow
It llrst before you do- that , for you would , do
youiiolf less harm. Must of the men wlio la -
scrt such advertisements nro nicmd lepers. If
n man has wealth of soul ho Is belter for you
than If he had a fortune of thousands.
lilt Him wTtTi n Brick.
CMcagn Tlmtf.
There Is no limit to the greed of Bismarck.
The Sainoan Islands have just fallen Inlo Ids
clutches , and ho Is already looking around
for Samoa. _ _
A Stand-OfT.
Oinnlin HtmliJ.
It Is a stand-off which Is mentioned more
frequently In the state pnpcru , the storm or
Editor Itoscwaler's 800,000 libel suit. Even
should n verdict be found nenlnsl hint , the ed
itor defendant has already iccelvcd enough
ad\citlslng to pay for a largo damage bill.
Ho Should Ootno West.
Clilcago f\'tiv \ ,
Mr. Tlicodorjllooso clt should not put In
all his lime lecturing down east about tlio
west Ho should como west nnd lecture
about the east. We protcstagaltist the seem-
lngcxchislvcne. < s of tills walking cyclopedia
this polyglot genius.
I'estlfhi-oiiH nnd Venomous.
4 I'Uitttmnittll Jiiurnut.
Doc. Miller Is ns pestiferous as n skunk nud
ns venomous ns a rattlesnake. Ho admits
that hols llghtttiR Gardner for revenge , nud
of course that admission also , includes the
motive forhts fight on Moiton , Brown , Vlf-
qualn , and In fact evoij body who dates to
question tlie right to rule of tlie Unulu Mil-
lur-Boyd tegeiicy.
AVnlkcr Ulnlne.
Walter Blalne , Mr. Ulalnc's young hopeful ,
who wns made assistant secretory of stnto by
his father heroic he had cut Ills eye teclh , has
lost a soft berth by the expiration of the court
of Alabama claims The young man , who Is
a good enough fellow , though atcnlblo dude ,
was made assistant counsel to tlio coutt of
Alabama claims , which expired by limitation
on December .1 ] , and Walker had to give up
S8.500 n year and n residence In Washington
for nothing at all a year and blowing his fin-
gois to keep them warm In Augusta , Maine.
lie will open a law olllco thcie. Ho really is
a tolerably good yoiini ? fellow , and the Met
ropolitan elub KIIVU him a good scud-ore In
Ihe shape of n dinner.
Oinahn Aluy.icl.
Mirth ltc\i \ < l Mall.
It should be a matter of piltle to nil Nc-
braskahs that tlie cllv on thu Big Muddy.our
metropolis , Omaha , is making such rapid
strides to the fiom. Fioiu a iciioit recently
sccelvcd by Postmaster Conduit , of that elty ,
from the ttihd assistant postmaster general's
olllce. we gather that the ratio of ineiease in
postal receipts for tlio past year is greater
than that of nny other cily in the United
States. This speaks volumes forOmalia ,
and the wliolo state should bo proud > t the
rapid strides sue Is mnkiiig for the very fiout
rank of western cities. Umnha is certainly
the pride of the state and no town within
her bonleis lias any just reason to bo envious
her.
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ToOforrow.
To-morrow and to-monow ,
O fair aim far nwav ,
What tieasmes He wncn hope is high
Along your shining way I
What promises all unfulfilled ,
AVhat better deeds to do
Than ever yet , nro sof lly set
Beneath your skies oL blue.
To-morrow and to-morrow ,
O sweet ami tar away ,
'
Still evermore lead on'hoforc ,
Along your shining way I
Still evermore lift up your eyes
Above \Uiat we have won ,
To Iilirhcr needs and liner deeds
That we have lett undone.
TJIK CORN COB UOUTJE.
Suggestions to tlie SlimilicriiiK Man-
users of llic Omaha & Northern.
WAYNn.Nob. , Jan.20. [ Tothe Editor : ]
I notice by your dally of the 12lh inst.
that you still keep talking about a rail
road from Omaha to the northwest part
of Nebraska. Now I have traveled over
nearly one-half of northwestern Ncbras-
ica within the past two years , and having
traveled over a large portion of the south
ern and western part of the state , I can
say from personal observation and without -
out fear of contradiction that tlioNiobrara
river valley country is s fine a farming
country as there i.s in Nebraska. A fine
watered country , a rich soil , plenty of
timber for fuel , with millions of tons cf
good coal bone.ath the surface waiting to
bo developed , with tlio fQfincst )
water ? power in the fetatc along
the Niobrara river and its branches ,
with thousands of acres of good govern
ment land yet open for homestcau entry ,
and not one acre in fifty of the occupied
land in cultivation , it oll'ors inducements
to new settlers and to a now railroad not
to bo found in any oilier part of Iho state.
So lot Omaha go to work and build a
road to and through the richest part of
Nebraska , running from Omaha to
Wayne , from Wayne to Croighton ,
thence to the mouth of the Kuhapalia
river , thence west up that river , and they
will have a paying road from the very
start , and one that will do Omaha as
much good ns anjr road running into it.
It is a good farming country the entire
dislance , with room for many good
towns. P.
DRUGGISTS AND DOCTORS.
1'liysloianslio Got PorccntngOH on
Prescriptions Sent to Drug Htoros.
It will not be possible to find out from
druggists what doctors gut percentages
on the prescriptions they send to drug
stores , said a Si. Louis druggist to Globu
Democrat Interviewer , or whether any
doctors get finch a percentage. I have
hoard stories to that ofloct , but do not
want to repeat them. I havu been told
Hint a certain prominent physician in-
bibUj on having his patients go to certain
Btores loyhich ho directs thum , and Unit
this physician gets 25 or UO per cent of
the sales which hn thus throws in the
druggist's way. For a limu tlio patients
took their prescriptions lo other drug
stores than those indicated , and when
the physician would comu in and see the
label on the botllo ho would throw it
and its contents out of tlio window , and
give the patient nnd everybody oltu
merry for not following his direct
ions. Now that physician1 patients are
obliged to go to tno druggist ho wants ,
for no oilier can read Iho special
vocabulary which lie bus arranged and
uses in writing his prescriptions. My
experience has oeun lliiss J went to n
certain physician and asked him to send
me bomu ot his patients , lie told mo lie
would bund them , and ! u > did. He sunt
dozens for a week , ujjd came into the
btoro uvery day , I guvu him cigars and
madci him numerous presents , and lie al
ways hulled on my acknowledging that
ho hud helped mo to a regular boom. At
hist ono day hu biiggcstod that wo might
have an understanding with each other
Ho said ho would continue- sending pre
scriptions to mo If I gave him an inter-
eat m tlio business- that is. nn inture&t in
Ills own proscriptions. ' 'You mean a
porecntagu , doctor ? " "Yes , " said lie.
'Then I should haveto charge customers
that much moro. " Tim doctor remarked
that that made no difference. Did 1 make
a bargain with him ? \Vull , now , I'm not
going lo say anything , lor if 1 say yes ,
the public will think I iihargo that much
moro for my drug * , nnd if J say no , all
the othordruggiits in town will say I'm
a damphool.
Von can buy lUrnituro chnnpcr of A
L. Fitch & Co , , 12th at. , bet , Fimiam and
Douglas , than auv other place in thu city.
TWO CLASSES OF SETTLERS ,
The Honest Homa Builder ami thq Spun"
ous Pro-omptor.
The Hito ami Cry Against the Intiul
Commissioner nnd its Source
Xho Methods of the
Iiand ' .thieves.
CitAPitON' , Neb. , .Tan. S3 , 1830. [ Cor
respondence of the HKI : ] A fruitful top
ic of discussion at the present time , nota
bly nnlong those who are undergoing the
ordeal of complying with the provisions
of the pre-emption , moro especially than
other land laws , is the action of the new
commissioner , Mr. Sparks , of the general
land ofllce.
The course the commissioner lias thus
early mapped out nnd so far vigorously
advanced upon , is oaus-lng pro-emptors
and land claimants generally to severely
scrutinize- their own cases and "east a
wishful eye. "
Any intelligent traveler through any
part of the country In which settlements
have been made under the various laud
laws , nnd particularly the pre-emption
law , will bo sure to observe Hint there are
two very distinct clashes of settlers on
the public domain. One I.s a settler and
the other is a "settler. "
Tliu settler is a ll.\cd reallly a success.
lie is actually living and continuously re
siding on the laud , is building and mak
ing sundry permanent and extensive im
provements thereon , lie is there with
his family , If he has one , is there with all
of his capital or a material part thereof ,
and investing it Miuh ways ami in such
improvements as will conclusively show
that
in : is NO i'uiTr.Niiiu : ,
but that ho really intends to make that
place his integral anil permanent homo ,
lie digs a well if needed ami curbs il
with plunk or stone if necessary to so-
cut-oils permanency , instead of carrying
water in a jug from a distant neighbor's
well , or other source of supply for a fnw
months. He prepares for and plants an
orchard of fruit trees , and trees for
shade and for wind-breaks ; also a. vineyard -
yard and numerous oilier fruit-bearing
Bltrtibs , etc. , for ornament and luxury.
Ho is seen to break up more or less of
native sod , according to his not infre
quently limited and scanty means , and lo
build fences for large orsinall inclosures ,
and in divers oilier other directions ho
gives indubitable evidence of tlio fact
Unit ho is an hbnoat , actual , bontiiidc ,
Simon-puro settler.
Il is Mich as lie who has taxable per
sonal properly on his claim in all those
forms usually found among practical
farmers. It is such as ho who is never
molested by claim jumpers or"prove up"
contestants , llis.suuh as ho to whom
the land speculator and tlio " .sottler"must
look for these rural and agricultural de
velopments which cause the value of
non-resident land to rise , it is such as
he who in reality docs anything toward
making what may consistently be called
a settled country.
HUT THE "fclVTTLKlt , "
how is it with him ? This question is
verily a settler as a little examination
will show. Consider him as a prc-omp-
tor and where nnd what is lie ? Ho is a
fool , a fanatic or a fraud. He is ignorant
of the law in tiie first instance , ho thinks
he can evade it in the second , in the
the third lie intend.to cheat the. govern
ment and reap where lie 1ms not sown.
Ho locates in some section of the country
which happens to be settling up rapidly
by real , wideawake , lon run farmers ,
or where indications of Mich settlement
are favorable. He pays Pay § 1-1 to lilc
and puts up , or down , as llic ca e may
be , a hole or a hor.-'c eo-'tiiisr ten to
twenty dollars and breaks a few" acres of
sod. Ho is a farmer or lie is not generally -
ally thu latter , bul there i.s no difference.
His capital is permanently invested else
where. , and il will be a noticeable fai-t
that Ills time will bo mostly spent in tlio
same place during Iho first six months
after filing.
His "re-idonco" on Ids claim will con
sist principally of occasional visits thereto
from his dist.mt homo where his capital
and business arc located. Such visits
will vary in duration from one to two
days , and sometimes to as many weeks.
Ho will plant liltlc or no seed , and make
no respeelable at tempi lo raise any kind
ot a crop. No out-buildings of any de
scription , imr fences , or other like im
provements indispensable to n civilized
home , are ever mado. lie will Hleup on
some straw , a blanket 01 si innltrn s du
ring ills brief and compulsory ; f-o.journ.
Ho will cal cold victuals to satisfy his
Imngor while there , and to placate hi.s
conscience at "proving up" time , which ,
thanks lo a loose : ilmini.ilration ( , will
BOOH come to relieve him from the mise
ries of Ills now and dismal "home.1'
At length when his legally required six
months "residence" and "cultivation" of
tlio hind is completed ho actually "proves
it ] ) , " constructively according to law , and
never cats in , nor sleeps in , nor occupies
the "residence" again. His witiicssc.saro
either unscrupulous or ignorant , or both ,
or they are sailing in tliu same boat , and
they lind it convenient lo collude , and
thus reciprocally scratch caelt other's
Kpinal column.
Having thus "complied" with thu pro
visions of the pro-unipjion law and so-
curud a title to tlio laud he considered
himself at liberty to discontinue his
monthly anil sonn-aiinunl visits thereto ,
and complaisanlly
AWAITS A I'AVOItAWJ : OI'POHTUJflTY
to soil his nuwly acquired real estate ,
asking for tiio same from live to twenty
or moro dollars per iujro , according lo
tlio stage of advancement the country or
section has been brought up to by his
hard-working add progressive pioneer
neighbors.
Need it bo said that a country settled
down by such .settlers would remain for
ever unsettled. Need it bo said that the
real , genuine , working , practical ami
honest boltlnr has the most potential of
reasons for exposing the fraudulent pre
tension of his bogus neighbor ?
These ftpnrlons neltlor.s who have ,
under a lax and corrupt administration
of tlio laws , became very nmnorniiH mid
bold , are a serious impediment to the
agricultural projjrc-s and prosperity of
llio country. This sort of villainy and
land grabbing scoundritlism has already
0110HV buyond the limits of patient for-
Lienraneo , a'nd tiiuoH'orls of Commissioner
5parl\i to purify ( hh department of our
government will bo heartily and unani
mously seconded by all Inmost and actual
Foitlur.-i in tliii Union. Let him Mid : to
.ho policy hu has thus none too .soon in-
itignratwl. None hut the giiilly will
luiiiur and howl , orde&lru his removal ,
SlT.CTATOIt.
Tlio 1'roteotlon of r < aloi- .
IMmllii /'i ) ' fctif.
One-t went let li [ of Iho workmen em-
ilo cd iu the United Stales are employed
n pioteutcd industries , and ( ho remain-
lor are employed in unprotected indiio-
tries. The ury is raised tlmt if it were
lot for protection waycs would go down
.0 the level of panpur England. Many
mild like to go up to the level of pauper
'
[ 'upland , for thuy have found' out tlmt
UnglUh laborers often do not work ao
eng anil get bettor pay than they do , Is
t lionust , supposing workingmen are
Lit-neliited by protection , for ouu man to
ask nineteen to pay an extra price for
what hu makes ?
If protection does anything at all to
raise tyajjqs it must bo by increasing tlio
prlcoof the manufactured article to Uio
consumer , and ninctcon-twontlolhs of tlio
consumers do not get an extra price lor
what they manufacture. The result Is
thnt nineteen pay n largo percentngo of
thelv earnings to help ono man , and this
ono man does not get all the benefit , for
nn army of oflicinls bos to bo paid to col
lect taxes and try to suppress smuggling.
Again , does not tlio ono man who may
bo benefited by protection pay for tlie
privilege ? Does IIP not have to pay
larger prices for almost everything ho
u es ? Not only does he pay hi.s pcreaul-
ago in that way , but ho has to pay thnt
army of oIllclaN who protect him. Ho
sometimes thinks lie wants coddling a
little moro , then ho tries to enforce Ida
ideas by a strike and linds ho is not pro
tected from Ids employer , who puts the
cheapest laborer ho can gel to do pro
tected work , nnd tlio protected laborer
finds no moro protected work to do , and
loins the vast army of grumblers who
havii found wisdom too late.
Lot these men who are prolcctcd ( ? )
consider whether it pays them to rob
their fellows , and let these who are not
protected consider whether they are not
bet tor oft' In thu long run than tno o wl < i
are , and whether a revenue torltl would
not add moro to the prosperity of tlio
country and themselves than the present
system under which few grow rich and
millions poor. Think.
Condition of Cntilo A Unsh of Im
migration Looked Ihr In the
HprltiR Other Ijociil Mutters.
OAU.uA ( ! , Neb. , .Tun , 21. [ Corres
pondence of the HKIJ.J Keith county
scorns to bo a favored region so far as the
severe storms of the past few weeks
would indicate , as we have experienced
very little cold weather this winter , and
at present thu ground is entirely devoid
of snow.
Ilango caltlu arc doing finely , and
no complaint is heard from the farmer *
of any loss of slock , such as are reported
from tlio eastern portion of the state.
Settlers still continue to flock into the
county , notwithstanding il is mid-winter.
From all indications the rush to this
portion of the state the ciiMilng year will
bu unprecedented in the history of No-
brn.oka.
At a specific election held ou Dec. 28 ,
bonds \\ure almost unanmou ! ly voted
for two bridges in the county , one across
the North I'latlo riyer about six miles di
rectly north of Ogallala , and ono ue.ross
the South Plnlto river tit Paxton .station.
Tlie bridge across the North Platte open
up a line country for feuttleineiit
which heretofore has been inaccessible.
lioth bridges will bo built in early spring.
Ogallala is making rapid strides , and
with all its natural advantages ami the
rapid settjomont ; of the country tributary
to it. it is destined to be finest city iii
western Nebraska. Among the projected
improvements for thu coining season are
three large stone buildings at present
under construction ; three largo brick
buildings , the foundation of which sire al
ready laid , to bo used for general mer
chandise. TlioiKuitli County bank is also
getting material on thu ground for a
brick business house. Messrs. Rothschild
& Co. , of Chicago , have made arrange
ments to place a largo stock of clothing ,
boots and shoos in their building at once.
Donaldson & Co. will erect a brick build-
iiiff in early spring.
Our eili/.en are all confident of the 15.
& M. building to this place during 1880.
Their line from Holdrege , .Nub. , is being
rapidly pushed in this direction.
The now town of Bruce , twelve miles
wet of Ogallala , has just been platted
and lots placed on Ihe inarkel. 1 am in
formed that twenty-five lots have boon
told during the past week. Lots in Paxton -
ton are albo being sold rapidly. A gen
tleman from Omaha a few days ago made
the assertion that from pru.senl indica
tions Keith county would outstrip every
oilier new county in tlio state during thu
next twelve months in Iho way of rapid
ffcttlcniunt and improvement. A few of
the present necessities of the town and
county are a good flouring mill , a
grain elevator , a creamery and cheese
factory , another good briok yard , a good
merchant tailor and a first-class , mijlmor.
Our town is represented with two fii-ft-
class weekly newspapers who are work
ing hard for the development of the
county and tiie building up of our town
and are succeeding beyond tlio expecta
tion of the most Mtngmne. Lux.
The Great Invention ,
For EASY WASHING ,
M HARD OR SOFT , HOT OR COLD WATER
IKWioiit JTann to t'AJIUTOorHANDS ,
nnd particularly adapted to irnrmC/imatf *
No family , rich or poor , should bo without It.
Sold by all Grocers , but beware of Vila 1ml
tfitlons. fHAKlilifj ! is manufacture
only by
JAMES PYLE. NEW YORK :
A J'INE : LINE OD
Pianos and
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AMI OTMIIll
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