THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TOURS DAY , MARCH 4. 1886.
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THE probability is tlmt tlio nfo-eninllon
law will bo repealed ,
Now Is tlie tlmo wliou tlio remarks o
tlio railway passenger agent are of a cut
ting natuie.
WE liavo not yet heard whether lr ,
ISHller and Charley Drown liavo mot in
AYashlngton , and which spoke lirsl aa he
passed by.
Bv the way what has become of the
democratic war cry , "Turn the rascals
out } " Has the democratic throat become
worn out with shouting ?
AN ocean cable is to be laid. , between
Now Zealand , via Hawaii and San Fran
cisco , at a cost of $8,000,000. This will
complete the electric girdle around the
globe.
DR. Miu.r.u's paper tells us that the
doctor "has no olive branches" for "slot
lor houso' ' democrats. The Herald speaks
the truth. The doctor has no "olive
branches. "
1'AnsoN DOWNS , the notorious Itostoi :
ox-pnlult pounder , is rapidly developing
into a pugilist. His latest exploit is tin
knocking out of a newspaper reporter
Ho will boon bo in demand as a dime nui
scum attraction.
THE hydrophobia scare has done SOUK
good , especially in London , where it has
caused the slaughter of 10,000 dogs
Omaha needs a hydrophobia scare , if ii
will liavo the same effect here. This citj
can spare 10,000 canines. They novel
would bo missed.
THE public domain has nearly all boor
disposed of , and it will bo only a few
ycara when it will be a difllcult matter tc
obtain a homestead. The state of Texas
which until quite recently had a vasl
public domain , has exhausted its avail
nulo lands and nowhns no land to nice !
certillcalefc already issued to railroad !
nnd other corporations for interim
improvements.
THE llliode Islanders , hcrclofon
chiuily engaged in manufacturing , have
latoJy begun to turn their attention t (
" agriculture nnd dairying. This is :
somewhat surprising statement if true
lor wo have always been led to bcliovt
that Kliodo Island 'isn't as largo as ar
ordinary Nebraska farm , and that it if
too small for even a fair-sized polatt
patch , or a cow pasture.
THE senate committee on public lands hai
reported odveisely on Dement , surveyor-
general of Colorado , who had a gicat stori
of. land frauds In Ms district , Tlio scnati
committee on public lands seems to be stop
pint : very heavily in the nelghboiliood o
Gardner , oven If Air. Van Wyck Is chairinai
of the committee. Herald ,
Mr. Van Wyck docs not happen to bi
chairman of the committee named
Try again ,
MR. GEUE is convinced that it wouli
bo very bad taste in General Thaycr t <
allow his name to be brought forward fo
governor as long as be remains com
inander of the G. A. K. Perhaps Mi-
Gere would not consider it in taste if hi ;
name were brought out for the governor
ship , although ho is regent of the iinivor
sity. $2C03 railroad commissioner , and hai
unlimited suction in the swill barrel o
the state house.
TIIK first stop towards a general prose
cution of the olcomargino nmmifncturer
kas been taken in Daltimoro. The Pro
duce Exchange is prosecuting the case
and has dutoctlvcs on the lookout fo
parties selling the bogus-butter as real
It is about time that a similar stop b <
taken In Omaha. Nebraska has nn anti
oleomargarine law , which can bo en
forced if parties interested will only tab
the matter in hand.
ALEXANDER SHAW , 51 years old , am
wife , dying of consumption , are in priso-i
in Now York , charged with tlio larcon ;
ot a spread which Shaw took from th
bed in their poorly furnished rented roon
to pawn for 60 cents , with which to bu ;
broad for his sick wife. On the same dii ;
on which Shaw was arraigned Jakl
Sharp was badgering an Invcstigatini
committee and showing his questioner
how easy it Is for a millionaire to stou
$5,000,000 without fear of the polieo o
THE era of Jeffersonian simpllelt
wiich | was to bo inaugurated at Washing
ton with the democratic adininislratlo
has fulled up to last advices to put In a
appearance. All authorities agrco thr
the winter has been the gayest on rccor
at the capital. The Jctl'ursonian pies
deut is surpassing President Arthur i
the inngnilieenco of his receptions , th
boquot and sparkle of Ids wines , and tn
nurabor of glasses which adorn oac
guest's plato at the table. Tim cabint
ofilcora nro splurging with n displa
which discounts tliu palmiest days
tlio Grant regime , and senators an
representatives alike nro vioing in th
elegance ot their now residences and th
lavish exhibition of wealth which the
j o6css. Units , routs , nnd reception
fellow ouch other in the most bowildorin
profusion , and the press of the cnpit :
agree that Washington has never in n
its nunals shown itself tn better advai
tajjo to its titled visitors than during tli
first year of Mr. Cleveland's ' adininlstru
tlon. Saint Thomas and his boastc
simplicity did well enough for cnmpaig
material , but Mammon was prompt !
put on the pcduslal the moment the rolr
f government were taken well in ham
' Promotion.
General Terry's .
Tlio president , in spite of nil predic-
.ions to the contrary , has filled the ) va
cancy in the list of major generals ,
caused by the death of Hancock , by the
selection of Ilngadior General Alfred II.
Terry , now commanding the department
of Dakota. General expectation had
centered on Howard as the successor of
Hancock. Hank , past services nnd the
strong support of influential friends nil
were in his favor. The action of the
resident in passing over General How-
nrd nnd in promoting his junior to out
rank him seems to bo without
itistithiblo excuse , nnd will not
meet with the approval of fair
men in or out of the service. Under the
aw promotions In the army are by se
niority in the regiment up to the rank of
Held ofllcor , and by seniority in the
branch of the service through the grades
of major , lieutenant colonel and colonel.
In nominations for brigadier and major
general the president is given nn arbi
trary choice. Ho may appoint by se
niority or may utterly ignore the consid
eration of relative rank. This latitude is
given to the chief executive as coin-
niandor-iii'Chlcf of the army for a specilie
reason , and presumably for exercise
under special circumstances. Tlio sole
aim and oujcet of this divergence from
the general rule is to assure the selection
of able men for the highest commands
In time of war good regimental com
manders are often found who would be
entirely incapable as directors of n
brigade. Under the wise discretion given
the president their juniors of greater
abilities or butter habits can bo selected
to outrank thorn. But in times of pence
the exercise of the power of disregarding
seniority is a very questionable one. The
service is rarely benclittcd , mid the irri
tation induced is demorali/.ing. In the
case of Generals Howard and Terry tin.
feeling is almost universal that thougli
the nomination was made clearly within
the power of the president the rcsull
is a grave injustice to a brnvi
ollicor and a soldier whoso record in
active service is without a stain. There
could have been no question in the mind
of the president as to General Howard's
fitness for the vacancy. Ageneral whose
valor won him the thanks of congress ,
who served both in the armies of the east
and west with distinguished ctlicieney
and who led during the war far larger
commands than our entire army as at
present constituted was surely eligible
for the oflico. To pass him over because
of personal antagonisms and political
pressure was , we repeat , an act of grave
injustice.
'Upon the army at largo this action ol
the executive will be moat demoral
izing in its tendency. Ambi
tious army officers will now
exert themselves more than ever to wieltl
political influence at the capital. The
feeling that promotion is to go by favor
and not by rank will make every oHicei
anxious to lay wires through which lus
claims , present or prospective , may reacli
the executive. The strain will bo in the
line of service for promotion , not atten
tion to duty , with the certainty that promotion -
motion will follow.
Wo have nothing-to say against General
oral Terry , who is a bravo soldier of ex
cellent record and a fine executive A
Connecticut lawyer before the war , ho is
the solo representative of the volunteers
in the ranks of the major general !
of the army. Ho won well deserved
served laurels at Fort Fisher , and hai
increased his popularity since the war ir
nnd out of the service by his firm and
brilliant administration of business in hi !
various commands. Ho is an officer ol
clear head , largo brains and generous
impulses. But for all these considera
tions , his friends should have boon con
tent to have pushed him for the coming
vacancy to bo made on the 10th of this
month by General Pope's retirement
which would have given him tlio covctei
grade with the snmo relative rank tc
which ho was entitled as a brigadier ,
Improving the County Uoiuls.
The poor condition of the roads am
bridges of Douglas county is a matter o
frequent complaint both on the part o
residents in the country who have busi
ness in Omaha nnd citizens who hav <
business to transact in the country. Will
the largest taxable population of anj
county in the state and with a proportionately
tionately largo levy available for roaO
and general purposes , Douglas county ir
the condition of her highways ani
bridges is far behind n dozen conn
ties of half her size and a quarlci
of her wealth. Some attention am :
considerable amounts of money have
been spent on the highways leading inte
the city in tlio past few years. The im
provcmonts have been badly made ii
.some instances. The state road law
which makes all section lines countj
roads , is the worst possible for this per
tlon of the state , however satisfactory ii
may prove in the western and more love
portions. Its effect in the eastern part o
Douglas county is to make the 001111(3
roads the shortest distance , but tin
longest time between any two points
nnd to necessitate an enormous anioun
of needless grading in tlio road
running west from the city
Many of our county roads would bi
quicker and better thoroughfares if tin
hills over which tlioj' pass could bo circlet
instead of surmounted. The incroasce
distance would bo more than made up ii
the shortened time and saving in liorsi
llesh. Hut with matters as they tire , toi
littio attention and money hitvo been dc
voted to tlio roads of Douglas county
The improvements made were for a mini
ber of years scattered indiscriminately
There was no definite plan o
u general scheme for highway im
provomont. The commissioners hnvi
seemed to consider more hov
the distribution of the funds would dice
votes than its effect upon travelers am
vehicles. During the past four year
tiicro has been an Improvement in thi
respect nnd tlio board has begun to sponi
money for the future as well as for th
present. The permanent improvement
on the extension of Farnnui strecl
of Thirteenth street nnd of Cuiuiiij
street , wore all steps in the right dircc
lion. The work done was well done am
will last. In this respect it dillers fron
the one-horso-aiul-a-scrnper jobs wide !
have in times past been ridiculou
commentaries on the inelliciuncy am
short-sightedness of previous count ;
boards.
Douglas county has a right lo domain
that her higliways shall bo the best in th
state , her bridges equal to the best , nn
her facilities for internal cenimunicatio !
second to none. TUo roads leading int
Jninha nnd the principal highways
Bisecting them north and south should bo
first taken in hand and placed in proper
condition , graded and ditched , the
rickotty wooden bridges replaced by sub
stantial iron trusses , nnd such changes
n the lines made as can bo carried out
with littio expense for the general benefit.
Every Increase in the quality of the high
ways leading out from this city benefits
the city and the county , nnd saves
muscle , sinew and palicnco on llio part
of those who travel over them.
AVnnts Silver.
London bankers several weeks ago
published to.tho world their solemn pro
test against the demonetization of silver
and their position is now reinforced by
the chamber of commerce of that city.
The assembled merchants of the greatest
financial center in the world gave it as
their nearly unanimous opinion that thu
decline in silver and its disuse as money
was allcctlng llritUh commerce unfavor
ably and greatly disturbing trade. The
chamber , after a full discussion of the
subject , resolved to urge upon tlio govern
ment to unite with other countries in
an endcayor to restore silver to its
former functions as a legal tender. This
is a serious blow lo the arguments of the
monometalllHts who would drive slfvor
from its position as a correlative standard
of value because Germany and England
refuse to resuscitate the Latin union by
returning lo a double standard basis. As
a matter of fact , in llio two countries
which have been the most determined
opponents of silver the condition of trade
and industry is the worst. German
merchants nro petitioning through
the rciclistng for the ronionotixation
of the metal , nnd English tractors
are awakening to the disadvantages
which accrue in international dealings
from tlio use of a single standard. It is
the knowledge of movements sueli as
these which make the people of the
United Slates unwilling lo assume thai
the only cause of business and industrial
depression is the volume of the silver
currency and their refusal to make the
only standard of value in this country.
If England and Germany would unite
with thu people of this country in sup
porting silver , its fluctuations would
quickly cease , and gold would rapidly
assume ifs national ratio to its sister
metal.
A City of Homes.
Omaha Is rapidly becoming a city of
homes. It has been her good fortune to
escape the horrors of tenement life iiltli
and the discomfort of the apartment house
system. Hundreds of our workingmen
own their own littio cottages planted in
the middle of what in ether cities would
be called a generous lot , with plenty of
sunshine and an abundance of fresh air.
With the funds hoarded littio by little
in savings banks , or accmulattd through
the various loan or building
associations , our workingmen nnil
mechanics are yearly adding to
the number of family hca'rthstones ,
and taking the first step towards a com
fortable independence by building their
ownfhomes. The advantages of owner
ship over tenantcy cannot be too strongly
impressed upon our people. Where the
landlord is least powerful poverty shows
its head the least. The prosperity oi
Philadelphia's working classes is largely
due lo the fact that a great proportion ol
mechanics and laborers , greater than in
any other city in the union , own their
own homes. From an economical
point of view , proprietorship ol
home is cheaper than rent paying ,
even when interest , taxes and
insurance nro taken into consideration ,
Even with a. mortgage on the properly il
is boiler than a rented house. Habits ol
saving arc often induced by the enforced
economy necessary to pay for a nousc
and lot which are the foundation upon
which future wealth is built.
Experience has demonstrated thai
ownership of homes is a powerful in
centive to good citizenship. The house
holder and tax payer has the best of reasons -
sons to work for efficient and honosi
government and for the general interest
of the community of which he is a part.
GOVERXOR DAVIS has appointed Mr
M. L. Hnywnrd to tlio vacant judgcship
in the second judicial district , whicli
ollicc the supreme court has created by
refusing to interpret the constitution as 11
reads. Mr. Hayward , it will bo remem
bered , was Thurston's candidate for the
place of Amasa , Cobb on the supreme
bunch , and whoso place Hayward will
take as soon as Thurston and tlio Union
Pacific are able to put him there. Mr ,
Hay ward' political services to the rail
roads in the past entitled him lo this po
sltion , nnd Governor Dawes , in serving
the railroads by appointing him will noi
disappoint the people. Nothing better
was expected of him. The man whom
the bur desired for the position , if il
was to go to Otoo counly , was F. E
Warren , of Nebraska Cily , whc
has a legal mind second to none
in the state , and is pre-eminotitly filled
for the bench. But Mr. Warren has
never log-rolled for the railroads , ami
has never packed a convention in thcli
inlorest. Hence Governor Dawos' pref
erence for Mr. Hayward , who has often
distinguished himself In that regard. As
to tlio legality of the office , wo express
the honest views of ulnety-nino out oi
every hundred attorneys , including those
who represented Mr. Mitchell before the
supreme court , when wo say that the net
creating the second jmlgeship is n fla
grant violation of the constitution , and il
a non-resident tax-payer could carry r
case involving the non-payment of the
judge's salary to the supreme court of the
United States wo believe that the office
would bu decree. ) ! illegally created.
THE Introduction of bills in three legis
latures for boards of arbitration to bottle
labor disputes shows how strongly the
importance of the subject Is impressing
itself upon the public. The bill before
the New York legislature is one of the
simplest. It provides for the formatter
of local boards whenever disputes nriso
of which two members nro to bo choscr
by the employers , two by the men , and f
chairman to bo chosen by these four
These boards are to organke , hear the
case , give their decision and adjourn , ar
appeal lying to the state board if cithci
party is dissatisfied. The mem
bens of those local boards are te
servo without pay and nil the ex
penses of the hearing are to bo borne
by the county in which the case arises
The state commission of three is to bo i
permanent body , f he members appointee !
by the governor and serving three years
The salary is to be $0,000 , one member isle
lo bo chosen from three names submitted
by the state workingmcn's assembly , an
other to represent thojnanufacturors and
a third to bo n. cit'iron at largo. The
largo proportion of labor disputes arise
from misunderstandings Dctwccn the two
opuoslng sides. A mutual discussion of
differences often results in preventing
mutual losses.
A UNITED STATES consular ngcnt at
Franco Is loud in his denunciations of the
sham economy of the present administra
tion. Ho had n weakness for sending his
reports written microscopically on small
pieces of paper , so that it was hardly pos
sible to read what he had written without
the aid of a magnifying glass. The de
partment failed to appreciate his exhibi
tion of penmanship and ho was instruct
ed to bo less economical in Ids paper , but
no attention was paid lo the instruction ,
Alter ho had been written to several
times without any reform being effected ,
his removal was decided on nnd notleo oi
that will doubtless secure his attention
when It reaches him ,
KINGS AND tjUBEXa.
The crown prince of Germany has seventy-
two decorations.
Queen Natalie Is said to bo the most bcatilt
fulonmii in Servla.
The czar of Kussla goes about photograph
Ing ovciylhlng within r.ingo.
The king of Sweelem diluks nntldn ; :
sttnngcr than colTco , \\eaisnbluoitbbon
Thebsxw's queen dresses very plainly It
yellow , but constantly \\eais a 160,000 dla
inond necklace.
Queen Victoria will Rive two drawing
room reception * In person nt Bucklnglian
palace in March.
The young king of Slain Is a rcfoiincr. Hi
punishes all officials \\lio nro found guilty o
accopllngbilbes.
The embarrassments of Klne George o
Greece are Incicaslng. His ministers ofvn :
nnd navy Uneaten lo resign unless wa :
agalusl Turkey Is declaied.nnd If war shoide
bo declared Iho combined lle-ct of the Euro
pcan powers will proceed cllhcr to bomban
Athens or dismantle ) Iho Greek navy , It
this situation the best thing tlmt Klin
George can do Is to resign along with hi :
ministers nnd let the powers tiy their ham
at governing the waillko population of moel
crn Gicece.
The emperor of Germany rcccnlly gnvi
orders for the lioldlng of another subscrip
tlon ball at the Royal Opera March 4. JBoi
many j ears past there has been only ono , bu
that of two weeks ago was so successful
3,419 persons being present , nnd many mon
unable to obtain entrance , Hint the scconi
wns decided upon. The addresses and nlft :
sent to the emperor bn the occasion of hi :
twenty-fifth nnnivorsaiy are now publlclj
displayed nt the roynl castle } , forming a mos
billlinnt collection , even tnjire mngninccn
than those received by IMnce Bismarck ol
bis 70th birthday. * J
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The
Kcw
Diy gooels men predict inn early anel
prosperous spring trade. Salesmen loci
happier than n western congressman with i
foreign mission. { (
A Chnncojfor Pun.
St. Louts OloiJte-Dcmocral.
Gcronlmo Intended to surieuelcr until hi
heard that congress was goiftg to send out i
couple of cowboy reglinVtits to hunt Idn
down. Thun lie concliidcel that Ho couleiu'
alTorel to miss such a chance for fun.
Tlio Reason Why.
Chluioo Times.
Mr. George Washington Cldlds believe
that Mr. Garland is a much abused man. Bu
Mr , Cldlds is n poet and naturally takes side ;
with a man who encouraged a fclfow-biud ii
the pel son of Rogers.
Xho Cowboy Pianist.
CMcago News.
Babel , the "cowboy pianist , " who has si
stirred np the Now York critics , has been ii
and about Chicago for several months with
out attracting any very special attention. Tin
fact Is , cowboys who play like Itublnstcli
are very common in this part of th
country.
No Moral to It.
Chicago TiUnmo.
Magdalen Miller of Greenville , Pa. , Is 0
years old , Is In vigorous health , and ha
chewed tobacco for seventy years. Tlio les
son conveyed by the record of this line olc
lady Is marred by the fact that so many pen
pie who have chewed tobacco have not livci
to the ago of 00. There seems to bo no moral
to the case at all.
Kuril to Break Down n Great Name
St. Louts Heintlllcan.
There nro ninny newspapers in this coun
try named after the journal so ably con
ducted by lloiaco Grccloy , but when tlio Beaten
ton Herald habitually refers to "the Tilbuno'
nobody has a doubt that the Now York Trl
buna Is meant. In this , as tn other things
Mr. Whltelaw Held Is continually remindcc
that it is hard to break down a great name.
The Mormon and the Ghlnama :
CdlutnbtiX Dispatch.
A Mormon going southward ;
A Chinaman going west
They stopped beneath n signboard
To alt f hem down to icst.
"Now what a blanked mean country
This is , " thu Mormon said ;
"A too inuchee must glo countleo ! "
And CUlnVong shook Ills head ,
"Oh , whol you gloln' , Molmon ? "
"Look up and you will know , "
The Cluneo climbed the signboard
And lead , "To Mexico
"And where you going , heathen ? "
"Look upeo , " said Chin Wong ;
They icad the oilier signboard ,
"This road to icacli HOIIJJ Kong HSy
STATE ANI )
NebraskaT
Ccelar counly is out 61 . _ _ . .
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Chniitaunuii and Slla'kspcaro clubs an
trumps in Exeter. i
Ho < c eliolcra prevails in1 tlio neighbor
Hood of Tccumsoli. ' '
Oakdalo is crying for a fire dopartinon
nnd squirting apparatus , <
Ponea is looking longinrfy for the loca
tion of a Lutheran college'there. '
A hook and ladder , outfit has beet
added to tliu Norfolk ; lira department.
V akotiold boasts thdt inHlio mailer o
chess players it can elpWn any town ii
the stato.
The census just completed in Fromon
shows 1,280 children of school ago , a guh
of 77 in a year.
John Smith still lives , Ihoiiirh hi
dropped i\vo lingers in a corn sheller a
Schuylcr a fciv days ago.
Appropns of Nebraska City's fathorlesi
babe the Tress hints , " 'Tis a wise kie
that knows his own dad. "
Seward has a market day eaoh month
sot aside especially for the purpose of ex
hiblting and selling cattle and stock.
A Fillmore county man claims the pro
mium. Jle reports a turkey under siiov
for fifty days with no food , but livinj
when founel.
The riattsmouth canning factory hai
already a stock of 350,01)0 ) cans ready t <
bo'tilled when the season opens , Tin
factory is to bo enlarged.
A man at Crab Orchard undertook te
liven up u lire ) by a. elose of kerosene
The subsequent livening up applied
rnlher to tlio man than the fire.
Milkmen at Kushvtlto got into ,1 row
nnd cut on prices until they got down to
two cents per quart. Their milk kept
getting thinner as they went down.
A Wisnor cat pounced on a wedding
cake while the knot was being tied , and
fhowod up llio sugar-coaled ele'conulons.
The mew sickened and died , purr thing.
A Hastings school taimn got left by the
train ten miles away from homo last Sat
urday night at U o'clock , nnd she walked
It in just two hours and twenty minutes.
Tlio Pliitlstnoulh Morning Mail died
hard up. Over its grave in llio journal
istic bonoyard this epitaph should bo
placed in letters a yard wide : "No credit
given hero ! "
llntlor county goes Wheeler two better
and trotaont.ii gold find. Wheeler county
is just recovering from the paralysis pro
duced by n salted conl vein , mm Uutler
will doubtless experience tlio first symp
toms of pecuniary remorse about April 1.
Pete O'Sulllvan , the leading purveyor
of bourbon literature in Cuniing county ,
elocs not seem to bo seriously depressed
by tlio failure of his efforts to "turn the
rascals out" of the local poslollicu. In a
lalo edition of Iho Progress ho makes llio
following tall bid for flic presidency of
the Elks : "A ( Juinlug counly farmer has
a porker which was buried forty-live ) days
under n fifteen foot snow drift , coming
out a litllc disfigured butsllll In Iho ring. "
Iowa Items.
There wore thirty-nine deaths in Hur-
linglon during February.
The Odei Follows of Creslon propose to
build a business bloc'U Ibis year.
There wore thirty-four fires in Daven
port last year , involving a loss of $33U87.
The amount of coal shipped ftom the
dlli'eront Lchigh minus and sold at Web
ster ( Jity during Iho wlnler was nearly
10,000 tons a month.
The democrats scored several victories
in tlio municipal elections Mondny. Eve-n
Pacific Junction joined the procession by
electing a democratic mayor.
A reward of $200 is ofi'e-rrd for tlio re
turn , dead or alive , of llnlph Ha/.lett ,
who mysteriously disappeared from II'H
homo at Nashua on the night of
February 0.
Tim foundry of the Union works at
Clinton was blown down by the fierce
wind which prevailed in that section last
Thursday. The building was a large
brick structure erected recently to re
place tlio one destroyed by lire a few
months ago.
Mayor Ernst Clausscn of Davenport
was 5 ! ) years of age last Monday , and has
been a resident of the city thirty-three !
years. A large number of citizens took
advantage of his anniversary to present
him with an elegant family carriage ,
completely furnished , and a , superb team
of horses.
Dakota.
Extensive prairie fires prevailed last
week upon the reservation near Pierre.
A Chinese laundry run by Dutch
man has been established on the banks
of Crow Luke.
The farmers in tlio vicinity of Okobojo
have about completed the work of sowing
their spring wheat.
The Dakota Press association will hold
the next annual meeting at Aberdeen
some time in July next.
Nathan Wood of Now York has pur
chased the water power at Bufl'alo Gap ,
and will improve and develop the stouc
quarries.
Some of Ihc cili/.cns in Watcrtown and
farmers in Codiugton county have formed
a joint stock company for the purpose of
holding county lairs. The limit of the
capital slock is $10,000.
1 Placer mining 1s abotlt to bo resumed
on French crook and its numerous tribu
taries. The continuance of mild wcuthct
has caused an e.arlicr start in this direc
tion than usual , and many minors have
perfected arrangements for the season's
work.
Kobbery is still rampant at the Gap ,
and to such an oxtunt is it curried that
peaceable cili/.ens are in jeopardy , oven
when they are within the locked doors ol
their own residences. Three robberies
wcro committed by breaking down the
locked doors of private residences and
holding up the occupants.
A Deaelwood paper says : "An crroi
occurred in tlio makeup on tliu first page
of this paper and was not discovered
until the edition was run off. Eight lines
at the foot of tlio hceoml column of reading -
ing matter should bo at the head of the
same column. The funeral of the offending -
ing foreman will take place Tuesday at i
p. m. Friends invited. "
Wyoming.
Wyoming merchants are not troubled
with a war of rates.
The merchants of Cheyenne are trying
to organize a board of trade.
Laramie Is to get the territorial univer
sity as an onset to the capitol a !
Cheyenne.
J. K. McGuire , quartermaster's clcrli
nt Camp Carl in , was found frozen tc
death near Iho camp , Sunday last. He
loaves a widow and four children.
Cheyenne expects to distance all pre
vious records of prosperity this year ,
The certainly of $150,000 being expended
in a capitol building , has given bushiest
n tromunelous boost. A company has also
been incorpornlcd to build n rallroael
north , nnd give the city connection with
the Northwestern road when it reaches
central Wyoming.
The legislature has passed a bill organ
i7.ing the counties of Niobrnra and Tot-
terman. The first will bu half as largo as
the present county of Laramio. Fetter-
man will bo Fiimllor than western am !
especially territorial counties usually arc
expected to bo , but possesses several verj
fertile valleys anil some line grazing
country in the northeastern portion ,
The area will be about 2,800 square miles
Federal Collections.
The receipts inthoolllcoof the collector
of internal revenue wcro somewhat largoi
for February than for the correspond
ing month in last year. Following are
tlio collections for thu past month :
Collected on lists Sias.il :
Beer stamps sold T.KUUHl
Snlilt stamps sold 133bGO.'JC
Cigar stamps sold 3HO.bl , (
Tobacco stamps sold 10U.OC
Special tax stamps 73'J.H-j
Total .SW5.2ttJ.oi
Corresponding month , 1S > 5 K , : iCW.K
The receipts at tliu custom house dur
ing the past month wore .small , as very
littio importing is elono during the first
partof thoyear. Folio wing ore the ligu res ;
Ciockcry , . . . , siVi.n.'j
Urandy. . W.OO
Clfears 217.4J
Total 5417.02
Corresponding month , 168j , . . 4KU4
The lioat Found.
Frank Hinck , fatlior-in-law of Officer
Peter Malza , and whoso mysterious dis
appearance was chronicled in yesterday's
UEI : . has been found , Ho was traced to
South Omaha , where it was found that
ho hael been out in the country since
Thurselay last engaged in buying horses.
Although an old man of 70 yeiiH Mr.
Hincik u still able lo take euro of himself
and is rather nettled to think that his
bus.ine.v3 trip should hayo caused nny
anxiety.
Better Gas ,
Gas Inspector Gilbert says that the
quality of the gas manufactured is at
present better than it has been for some
months past , The fact is mainly duo that
the intense cold weather does not inter'
fere with the process of manufacturing
the gqs , causing undue condensation.
IMPORTANCE OF ARBOR-DAY ,
Not for Treolcss Regions Alone , Int for the
Replenishing of Wasted Forests ,
J. Sterling Morton Uttlldcel Better
Than lln Knew When Ho Gave
Origin to This lny.
[ > V. It. Egotttton , tn the l\ipular Scltntc Monthly. ]
Among the iigcncles by which wo hope
lo rcmeely the evils llircatoning us on ac
count of the rapid wasting of our forests ,
Arbor-day promises to bo among one of
liio most important , A Itlllo thing to begin -
gin with , it Is capable of such expansion
ns to become n wldo-sproad power for
good.
For the settler on Iho naked , wind
swept prairie , to plant trees was one of
tlio first necessities of life. 'Certainly ,
without tlio presence of trees existence
there could not bo comfortable , nnet the
tendency of one's surroundings was to
forbid any but a low typo of civilization
or of domestic life. Fertile soil is not all
that is needful , nor can i.ian live , ns he
was designed to live , by bieael alono.
Hut manifest as was llio necel of Irco-
planting under Iho circumstances advert
ed to , It was not easy to cfi'ect thu work.
The very magnitude of it was as discour
aging us its necessity was imperative.
What could thu planting done by nfow
Keillors iimounl to on those wide seas of
verdure , trcoleas nnd shoreless ? Driven
by necessity , as we have said , llicy did ,
many of Ihem at least , plant Iheir littio
groves of cottonwouel and other eiulck-
growing but frail trees around their cab
ins. Tlieso tjavo bomo shelter to Ihu
cabins and their inmates , lint what waste
to shelter the cattle and the crops ? The
hap-ha/ard efforts of a few , working licio
ami there without concert , e'nsily spout
themselves in attaining results far short
of what wcro necelcd.
It was the happy fortune of ono living
as a pioneer in the treeless re'ridn of the
west , not only to feel with those around
him thu uvils of their peculiar blluattoii ,
but to devise an instrumentality whicli
would arouse all interest in the needed
work ami an enthusiasm for it that would
convert llio necessary laborto a largo ex-
lent , into pleasure at least take from it
the character and irksoinencss of a drud
gery. The pliin was , to liv upon a par
ticular day , at the season of the year
when the Irecs are starling into trosh life ,
and to invite those in the same general
region to engage togclhor on that day in
the work of Ircu-planting. The designa
tion of a particular day had the elVcct lo
prevent the propitious season of panting
Irom slipping by unobserved , whilei it
had also the advantage and stimulative
effect allenelant upon co-opnrnlivo en
deavor. The thought of tree-planting
was thus at a certain time made as It
wcro to pervade tlio atmosphere , or rath
er , perhaps , to become nn atmosphere.
Thus Arbor-elay , or Tree-planting-day ,
originated , and the person who put the
question , not long since , in llio columns
of ono of our newspapers , "Who invent
ed Arbor-day ? " used the right word. Wo
commonly apply Iho term invention lo
some machine or mechanical contrivance.
I5ut there is no reason for thus restrict
ing its meaning. Arbor-day is truly nn
invention as the cotton-gin or the steam
engine , and , like those : notable inven
tions , its importance and beneficial re
sults will bo recogni/.cd in increasing
measure witli tliei lapse of years. Gov
ernor Morton builtlcel belter than he
know when ho gave origin to this day.
Ho was thinking ohiclly of his own state ,
Nebraska , of beautiful name , but swept
by the fierce blizzards of the northwest
and the hardly less harmful sirocco-
blasts from the torrid south. Ho was
contriving n plan to raise up against
these harmful agencies the effective bar
rier of the leafy trees. His plan oom-
mended itself at once to his lellow-citi-
zens , nnd in tho.first year of its adoption
more than ten million trees wore planted.
Nor was the happy invention limitcel in
its application by llio boundaries of n
hinglo stato. The people of neighboring
stales and territories , witli similar needs ,
ono after another , adopted it , until it
may be said to have become a fixcel in-
stilulion throughout the prairie region of
the country.
But Arbor-elay is not for the treeless
regions of the west alone. The principle
of associated and simultaneous action
which it embodies commondsit for adop
tion almost everywhere. States where
pnco the trees were so abundant ns to bo
in the way of agricultural improvement ,
ami to call for tlio axe and the lire to remove -
move them as speedily as possible , or
where their value for lumber hael occas
ioned their rapid nnd general displace
ment , arc now welcoming Arbor-day to
assist them in regaining tliu condition
whicli they lost by the inconsiderate dcs-
Irucllem of their best friends. Thus
Michigan , lately n wilderness of forest ,
and oven yet sending to market annually
moro lumber than any ether state , but
becoming sensible of the need of trees for
other use limn to bo converted into lum
ber , lias made experiment of Arbor-day ,
and in his designation of tlio lltli of April
last , by public proclamation , Governor
Algor earnestly recommended that on
that day "wo pi ant trees by the roael-sido ,
by our farm-houses , in our fields , parks ,
villages and ctei ! ! around our schoolhouses -
houses , and in Ike ccmeleries where hleoj )
our beloved dead.'a \ may not
live , " he said , "lo enjoy the full fruits of
this work , but our clulelron , ami ourchil-
dren's children will receive the benefit of
our labor. "
Pennsylvania , in keeping witli that wise
consideration of Ihu value of trees which
led William Penn to prescribe , among
the early laws of his colony , "that in
clearing thu ground euro be taken to leave
ono aero of tre'os for every live acres
cleared , " has followed Michigan in Iho
recent adoption of Arbor-da } ' .
The older northern nnd eastern stales
have not llio same interest in forestry as
the prairie states. They are compara
tively well wooeled , Yut , even among
llioni , such have boon Ihu encroachments
upon the woodlands by Iho axe and by
lire as seriously lo all'ect the How of
streams , and the manufacturing and ag
ricultural interests dependent upon them.
In several of the-o stales allenllon has
been called to the subject , nnd its mani
fest importance has led to legislative ac
tion looking to the protection of what
forests rmiuiin , and tn thoplantlng'of now
ones. Most of the Now Enuluml states
nru now engaged In thu serious investiga
tion of thuir forcstral condition. The
boards of agriculture have taken it into
consideration , and some of Ihom have
urged the adoption ref Arbor-day as an
Instrumentality of importance to llio In
terests of the states.
Thus the Arbor-dny idea is seen to have
spread farboyonel the place of its origin.
It has been formally adopted already by
seventeen of our stnlos , and bids fair to
bo aelopleel soon by many others.
A noticeable mid important develop
ment of the Arbor-day movement is its
connection with the public schools. This
may bo saiel to date fiom Ihu memorable
Irco planting by thu pupils of the public
schools of Cincinnati on the occasion of
the meeting of the American forestry
congress in that city In the spring of 1HS' . ' .
No one who was present will ever forgot
the scene , when , on a lovely May elay ,
twenty thousand school children , mar
shaled by their teachers , formed a part of
the grand procession which , amid ban *
ner Muttering from every window , and
nith tlio accompaniment of military bat
talions ami bands of music , went out to
the beautiful nnd well-named EdouPark.
and there , iu Authors' grove , planted.
trees in memory of the most eminent
authors and statesmen of our own nnd
ether lands. It was a lo. son in practical
forestry nnd of practical education nt the
same time. It WAS n grnnd and Impress
ive object-lcson of the best character ,
nnd ono that reached far bofond the circle
of Ilioso immediately engaged in it. If
the children were taken out among thu
trees for n holiday , the trees weiro thence
forth nnd thereby brought into the schools
of Cincinnati , ami Iho sweet inllttonccsol
nature , tonnoctcd with tlio school-room
mid its stiulius ns never before. That
holiday was madn a most Impressive anel
valuable school day. It was for the Umo
llio school in the open nlr , face to facet
witli nature and her most healthful ami
instructive agencies.
U was only a littio while after that
secnu In Cincinnati that the superintcnel-
cnt of the schools ot West Virginia ,
moved sdtko by a desire to arouse a prop
er aentimcnt in behalf of forestry and to
promote ) the Interests of education , sig-
nali/.ed his administration by designating
an Arbor-day and inviting its special ob
servance by the schools of the stato. Ills
appeal met a ready response , and the day
was widely observed.
Anel by all means should Arbor-day invite -
vito the children to cngngu in its observ
ance' , It was a most httppy thought lo
connect the schools wllh it , and lints en
large ils scope. It was so , whether wo
consider Iho iniore ls of forestry or the
interests of education. The pupils in the
schools to-day will soon bo the men and
women , the ) householders nnd citizens of
the country , holding its character nnd
destiny in tlinir hands , They will bo all-
powerful. Ills most important , there-
tore , thai they should come into thuir in-
llueiitial place in society pruparud to use
their inlluenco In the best manner and for
the best ends , Ami lids is lo bo secured
by Iho best training in their school days ;
.such a training as will fit thorn to deal
wisely with tlio facts and conditions of
practical lifei. Their education should bo
so conducted as to bo not a drudgery but
a delight. And ( his U will bu maelu if thu
mind of the pupil in engaged with objects
which interest it , with objects close about
it , rnthe r tlian those faraway and with
which it lias no concern. Set the child
to study the geography of his own town ,
or first his own school house grounds , in-
ulead of I hat of Kainschatkaand ho will bo
interested. Engage him in noticing tlio
forms of the tree's that glow about the
school-place thu biiels , the Mowers , the
rocks whioh ho sees every day anel his
mind will become allt alive with interest
in Ihem. They am akin lo Ids own na-
lure. Ho lays hold of them as by an In
stinct. Give him these objects of study
in place of much of the customary task-
weirk of arithmullc ami gratnmer , for in
stance , anel you inspire within him such
.i loving and ardent desire of knowledge ,
and such an awakening of facilities , tiial
tlio world around him will be his school
room so long as ho lives , in which ho will
bo stuelylng to the last , and in which ho
will line ! perpetual elelight , It is snd to
know that so much of our school-time
lias been and still is wasted , and that the
children se > frequently have come out
from the place of education , ns it is
called , with so littio knowledge of the
world in which they live and in whicli
they are so soon to occupy positions of
inllucnce and responsibility.
There are no studies In which Iho young
are so much interested as those which re
late lo Ihe natural world , anil Ihcro nro
none which boiler serve llio purpose of
disciplining Ihe mind for ihe work of
coming lifo. The general adoplion of
Arbor-day , therefore , and its con
nection with our sclioojs woulel bo
a pleasant starling-point for the
introduction into them of tliu natural
.sciences with all their healthful and help
ful influences.
And just hero , also , If wo mistake not ,
is our best guarantee for the promotion
of torcstry and for tlio solution of a great
national problem. The children , who
have been invited and assisted to plant
shrill ) and tree on their school-house
grounds , will soon bo interested in tlio
work of their elders , as they plant trees
along the borders of the streets , and will
ask to join in it. Next , they will bo
ready to assist in bringing trees , with
which it may bo sought perhaps to give
the village cemetery a more pleasant
look ; or they will enter wilh sympathy
into the work of converting some
neglected spot of ground into a comely
park , of clearing n rough piece of wooel-
lanel so us to make it'a desirable ) place of
resort and recreation. Thus , going on
from yrfjir to year , a new generation will
soon liavo come to manhood anel woman
hood , : v generation full of the love of
trees as such , and not estimating Ilium
merely for Iheir value as lumber or cord-
wood. They will oven have a poclic
sensibility in respect to thu trees. Like
the old Greeks , they will sometimes people
ple the wooeis and groves with dryads.or.
as our ancestors did , with gnomes and
sprites. They will have learned , also ,
as their fatl.ers have not , the important
relations which the forests sustain to
climate , lo tlui precipitation anil diRtrib-
ntion of moisture from the sky and
clouds , and its exhalalion from the
ground. They will bo sensible of their
inlliieuce upon thu hot and cold currents
of the air , and their value to agriculture
by serving ns offeotivo barriers against
Ihom. They will have learned , as their
fathers have not , how nicely aeljustcd to
each other are the forces of 110 natural
world , and how ha/.arelnus it is lo disturb
Iheir equilibrium , yel how easily in our
ignorance or recklessness wo may do it.
The fact will bo familiar to thorn that the
woodman , by an improvident use of his
axe upon the hill-side , may let loose tlio
torrent or the avalanche , which may hurl
ruin upon tlio fertile valley below. Wull
knowing thcso and many other things
respecting trees , of whicli tlio present _
generation for the most part are ignor
ant , or which they nro alow to learn , the
now generation will ropognlzo , ns wo do
not , that the trees are essential lo man's
highest welfare , that they are his boat
fnenels , that they are tlio constituted
partners of the worlel with him , tlmt
human lifo in fact would bo impossible
without them. Recognizing thesn tacts ,
ns the new generation come into society
as its directors , wo may expect they will
bo conservative of the forests , and thus
conservative also of Iho bust interests of
thocounlry.
CATARRH
! Oictttllnlsamlonis.
Tlill
Illlatluii of Witch-
llnznl , Aiiuirlcnn 1'Ino. Can
ada llr , Mmlgold , Clover
Jllobnonis , eto. , ciiHod 8\x-
HJIII/H HAIIIC.U , CUIIK , for
thu Immodlutu roller and
iiurniHiiunt cure of every
iorin of Cutunh , from a
olinpio ( 'old In thu Head to
Im * ol Hnioll , Tusto und
Hearing , e'ougli and C'u-
tnrrnhul Coimimpllon. C'ompleto treatment ,
cfn i iniir of ono bottle Hiidlt-iil Cuie.one box
filialrhul Hoivont , und ono Imiiiovml Inhaler ,
In ono puckuKo , may now bo buuor ulldiiiirUU
I or 41.00. AbL lor BANIOIIU'S H.inia.u , Cunu ,
Complete Inbaler with Treatment , $1 ,
"Tho only nbsoliitu ppoolflo wu know of. "
[ Mod. TlniuH. "Tlio bust \vo Imvo found In a llfo-
tlinoof biilloilnif. " IJtov. Dr. Wlirsliu , ikwtun.
"After u lonp btruvKlu with cutiirih thu Hadlcul
Cnro bus coiifiueitd. " lllov. H.V. . Monroe ,
IxiwlsburFli.ru. " 1 Ituvo not found u case Unit
It did not ri'lliivu ttt oiico. " [ Andrew Lee , Jlun
cbvslcr , Mttsa.
I'ot tor Drue und Oliomlcul Cu.Uostou.
I MYSELF MUST GIVE UP. J CUM-
not uuur tUlj puln.f nclio nil over , nnd
nollilng I try deut mo uny good. "
Jlaokuoho WGUkneiM , Ulorluo PHM | ,
tT = U Boi-eia- * * , Lumpnoss , HncMiu cuUi.li ,
. .VH 1'lourlsy und cliost pwlin cured by
that now , onidnul and < jlt ant un tldotu to Jialn
and liilluniutlon tbo OrricuuA .V.vu-l'AiN Pr.Ai
rviit. Ujpotilntly uclnptod to ludlus by rcferliijf
IU dollctuo odor and goutlo medicinal riualltloj
druKKlflu , 23oi live for ( I. Mailed free. I'otluj-
UrUK und Chuinlcul Co. UosUia
