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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY , MARCH 10 , 1886.
THE DAILY BEE.
'OMAHA OFFirE.No.UH ANnoiflFAnKAM ST
KEW YOIIK OrnCE.ltoox 65 , TRIBUNE Huit.utsa
WASHINOTOX Ol nee , No. i3 ! FOUIITEKNTII ST.
Pnt > 1l hr < lcvprj < mornliirCTC"ptSumlny. The
only Monday morning paper published In tlio
data.
TEtuiq nr MAILS
Ono Yfflr tiaoo.Tlireo . Months J2.M
fclxMonths. t-.mInoMonth l.OJ
THE WKKKLV IlEF , Ptit > ll lie < l Kvrry Wcdnusdny.
Tr.n > t < ! , POSTPAID )
Ono Vtnr , with prrmlum $2.00
One Vpnr , without prrnilutn ! . ' - >
PUMnntlit , without premium 75
Ono Mouth , on trlnl. 10
All cornmtinlcntloin rclntlnir to ncns nntl rxlU
torlfll mnttr-rs should bo luldrcsscO to the 1U > 1-
von or TUB itr.r. .
nrm.Nrs < t r.Trrrr.ns :
All In ) ilnrM loiters mid rctnltuinoos should bo
imdrMuil to 'Jim HBP. iniiiMsni.fa COMPANY ,
OMAHA. DrnltF , rhpcUs nnd poMofllco onlcrs
to bo mndo } > nj nblo to the order of the company.
IRE Bit PDBLISBUCliPllllT , PROPRIETORS.
15. KOSRWATKIl , KntTon.
Tin : Rev. Mr. Butler has boon appointed
clinplnin of the somite. The name Is ap
propriate. Ho lm < * Ji soft job.
Tnr. Lnticr case develops the peculiar
trait In Inmiiui nnluro that people can
forgot a good dual in a short space of
time.
MiN.vnArot.ia Is now talking ttbont a
twelve-story hotel , By the way what ha ?
become of OmitlmV * six-story million dollar
lar hotel project ?
THE question now arises whether all
the property purchased in Ibis cit.y by
the railroads for speculative purposes is
to bo exempted from local taxation.
Sr.Gur.TAHV LAMAU has again over
ruled Commissioner Sparks. Settlers on
the frontier are beginning to look upon
Mr. Lamar as an overruling providence.
IT was thought the new election and
registration law in Chicago would pre
vent frauds , but wo see that crooked
registration work has already been perpe
trated.
A luniiEU of Farniington , Illinois ,
shaved a customer with one band and
stole $80 from liis pocket with the other.
It is to be hoped that such ambidexterity
not become a common practice.
PitiSOX life in Michigan lyis its pleasant
features as well as its dark side. A few
days ago an opera company gave a per
formance of the "Mikado" in the prison
chapel at Jackson. The song "Taken
from a County Jail , " was rapturously ap
plauded by the live hundred convicts.
A bankrupt road , n scheming capital
ist , a railroad consolidation , heavily
watered stock , reduced wages of em
ployes and a general strike. This is the
liistory In a nut shell of dozens ol labor
troubles in the United States within the
past ton years.
ST. Louis people complain that their
gas at § 1.50 per 1,000 feet ia proving more
expensive than it used to bo at $2.50. It
is easier to rcgubito the price of the arti-
ole than the rate of the meter. The aver-
flgo gns muter la a constant witness to the
possibility of perpetual motion.
REAL estate continues to jump upward ,
but the assessors will discover in u few
weeks that there is really no foundation
for the present boom. Lots worth $2,500
will as usual bo assessed at $ 120 or less ,
especially in cases whore they belong to
rich capitalists who take a band in the
election of the assessors.
A VEUV important mooting of the board
of trade is called for Tuesday evening ,
to consider the question of encouraging
manufactures. Several propositions of
great interest to Omaha are to bo consid
ered. A full attendance of members is
earnestly requested. The board of trade
needs u thorough shaking up.
AUJIY telescopes are all now pointing
towards Washington. Gon. Pope's suc
cessor is the new double star for which
the military astronomers are searching.
Jf the telegraph is to bo believed Gens.
Howard , Newton , Miles , Gibbon and
Crook will all rise above the horizon of
the executive department ready to bo
platted on the next chart of the Army
REGISTHATION of voters will begin
next week. The registrars under the
law are required to give notice through
the official paper one week before as to
time and place whore they will sit. With
the constant changes in our voting popu
lation and the frequent changes In voters
from , ward to ward it becomes necessary
that every voter should oorbonally see to
it that his name is on the lists. ,
ACALIFOIWIA mining company is after
the scalp of Commissioner Sparks. Ho
declines to Issue it patents for its
claims , and the French capitalists baok
of the company decline to furnish more
funds until title to the land is perfected.
Meantime Sparks refuses to advance the
case for hearing , ajul the mill is closed
down. Mr. Lamar should bo called upon
to reverse Sparks' rulings , as ho has
already done several times In the public
interest.
WnSTiniN Union didn't pass Its last
quarterly dividend , but it did the next
worse thing by adding $3,000,000 , of water
to the stock of * the company. To pay a
dividend in scrip from the surplus , with
thq proviso that the ecrip may bo con-
ycrtod into slock , indicates u persistence
in the pathway of ovor-capltall/.alion that
ia inexplicable , unless the directors of the
Western Union are themselves in favor
Of Mi1. Cyrus W. Fluid's scheme to soil
the property and franchises Of the com
pany to the government at an enormous
iutlatcd valuation.
Tnr.nn are wars by tlio railroads
nffntust each otluir anil wars between the
rallroiulb itiul their oiuployos. Thuro are
rumors of coming wars anil coining
strikes. Jlnt lliuiuost absurd rumor of
J thoni ull was the report that a Kfueral
Btriko was to bt-g'n ' toiluy all over tlso
union by all tuo mccliauics and laborers
t tjnroliud in labor unions , Such a strike
wu dnto say lias nc\er been thought of
axcoijt by hairbrained visionaries who
tee an armed soldier behind every ba&h.
The mechanics and laborers of tins
country are too intoll'gont ' to engage in
frtrifa. merely to show their power. Ho-
fore any very general strike occurs ,
tunplc time will bo taken for presenting
rievuKes if uuy exist , and for mailing
lomonds for concessions if any are
Taxing tlieLnr > ( l Grnnt.q ,
Among the various bills introduced in
congress for the taxation of the untaxed
land grants of the rnllroads , the ono re
ported by. Senator Van Wyck from the
committee on public lands is the shortest
nnd most to the point. The favorable re
port accompanying It is equally brief It
states that the grave Injustice of exempt
ing the lands of largo corporations from
taxation has long been felt ai a great
wrong by the communities nfl'cclcd and
that the clause of the stnttilo requiring
pro-payment of the costs of surveying ,
selecting and convoying , before the issue
of patents , has been of great bene
fit to the corporations in shielding
them from taxation. The refusal of
the railroads to pa ) ' taxes on their unpal-
ontcd lands was early followed by an ap
peal to the supreme court which sustain
ed them on the grounds that the govern
ment had a Hen on the laud for costs of
survey , anil that the snlo of the lands for
non-payment of taxes would deprive the
United States of Us Inchoate right to
land Involved In case the companies
should never pay costs and obtain title to
the samo. With the object of removing
all the objections made in the supreme
court decision exempting the lands
from stale and local taxation the sen-
nto committee on public lands
has reported the following bill
which , if passed , will subject all rail
road lands to taxation the same as the
lands of individuals under the laws of the
states and territories where they are
located :
lo It enacted by the Senate and House of
Hi'in escntsitlvps of the United States ot
Ameilca In Congress assembled , That no
lands Krantrd to any lallroad coinoiatlon by
any act ot cougicss shall bo exempt fiom
local taxation by states , tciiitorlcs , nnd other
municipal coiporations on account of any
Hun of the United States upon the same for
the costs of smvcylng the same , or because
no patent lias been Issued thcicfor : Pro
vided , That any such land sold for taxes
shall be tnkeu by the purchaser subject to the
Hen for costs of surveying , selecting , nnd
conveying , to be paid In such mannci ns the
hacicttuy of the lutcilor may by rule piovido :
Piovlded fmtlicr , That this act shall apply
only to lauds situated opposite to and co
terminous with completed portions of said
roads niul In orpanuctl counties.
Sec. 2. That If any railroad corporation re
quired by law to pay the costs of surveying ,
selecting or coin eying any lands granted to
such company by acts of congress , shall lor
thirty days neglect or icfiibG to ] my any such
costs after demand for payment theioof by
the secretary of the Interior , ho shall notily
the attorney general , who shall at once com
mence proceedings to collect the same.
St > c. 3. That this act shall not affect the
right of the aovcrnment to declare or enforce
a forfeiture of any lands so grunted.
It is better late than never. The whole
record of the land grants from their lirst
concession by congress to the present
time is ono of bribery , fraud and high
way robbery of the public for the bcuclit
of the corrupt crew of jobbers who have
been engaged in wrecking the land grant
roads. The Union Pacific grant was made
for a spceilic time. At the end of five
years from the completion of the road all
undisposcd-of lands were to revert
to the government. The object of
this clause in the grant was.
to prevent the railroads from holding the
lands for speculative purposes and to
stimulate a Vapid sale of the vast do
main lying parallel to the roads. Legal
chicanery and ofHcial corruption com
bined clinched the corporation clutch on
the land grant ton years after the Union
Pacilic was completed , and a decision of
the supreme court fastened their unlaw
ful grip on the unsold domain by de
ciding that because the road had mort
gaged its lands the grant was "disposed
of under the meaning of the charter. For
more than twenty "years the Union
Pacific has retained the lands in Nebras
ka and olsowhrro without paying a dollar
lar of taxes on this class of property and
its course has boon sustained by the
supreme court on the grounds staled in
the report of the senate committee ns
cited. The people of the west have been
afforded the instructive spectacle of "a
gigantic fraud upon tax payers of mod
erate means sustained by the decisions
of the highest legal tribunal in the coun
try , ono of which declared that the rail
road owned its lands because it bad
mortgaged them and the other of
which assorted that its ownership was
sullleiontly perfected to enable it to
pay local taxation. It is barely possible
that the present congress may rise supo.
rior to tlio fnll'trsy ioliy ! uL the capital
and pass ono of the several bills intro
duced to right this great wrong under
which the producers of the west have
smarted for many years.
Fraudulent Assessments.
The controvcry now raging between
Chicago nnd St. Louis over the relative
Importance of those two cities as shown
by their assessment rolls is amazing. No
basis could bo less substantial for accu
rately determining the relative wealth of
any two cities. Chicago complains , and
without question complains justly , that
her assessors are frauds of the first water ;
that in many instances the returns are
only one-tenth or one-twentieth of the
actual value of iho properly ; that n small
proportion of the pcn > onal property
has been listed , and that it is
the practice of each assessor
to recommend himself to bis immediate
constituents by assuring them the lowest
possible proportion of the various taxes.
All of which is as applicable to Omaha as
it is to Chicago. No oily has suffered
more from unequal assessments than
Omaha. The theory of our assessment
has been upon n third of tlio actual values
of real property , but the practice has
been to a sc. 3 upon a fourth to a twentieth
of values , according to the relation which
tlui property owner has hold to the assessor
ser , As a gi'iirnil rule the little homos of
poor men nnd tlioso of moderate means
have been assessed fully up to the stand
ard , while the heavy property owners
have escaped with a tithe of the amount
at which their lots should justly have
been listed With real estate which in
the open market to-day would bring
$ .100,000,000 , Omaha's last assessment
rolls footed up less than tx tenth of that
amount for mil tutato and personal prop
erty combined. A fair assessment ol real
estate iu this city cm n uniform basis of
one-third of the actual value would give
us at leust $20,000,000 , upon which to base
the next tax luvy ,
Fraudulent assessments keep tlio indi
vidual , , who do not need such assistance
at the. n.\penso of the community at largo.
They injure the financial standing of t.ho
community in the great money centers.
Capitalists look twiea before investing
their money in a city with 70.0CO claimed
population aud lesn than $10,000,000 as
sessed valuation. They demand explana
tions of a tax levy which on its face ap
pears outrageously largo while in fact it Is
based on an assessment ridiculously low.
The growth of the city , which Is respon
sible for the rapid advance in property ,
demands increased expenditures , and the
treasury Is cramped for funds because
low and unequal assessments prevent
such n levy ns will meet the proper de
mands for running the city government ,
and will leave a general fund adequate for
the pressing necessities of municipal
growth. Largo public improvements ,
employing labor nnd bcnefittlng tlio
whole community , are hampered by the
legislative limit which is based on the
assessed valuation. The city at largo Is
made to pay dearly to benefit the pockets
of wealthy property owners and to ad
vance the political interests of the ward
assessors. And all this is supported nnd
endorsed by the tax shirkers , on the
ground that a lawful and equal
assessment of property in Omaha
would increase the proportion of
tnxc which the city would turn
in to the state treasury while other
counties would escape on a valuation as
low as thai under which wo are now suf
fering. The folly of such an argument
can readily bo scon by comparing the
benefits which Omaha would derive with
the benefits to the state treasury from the
incroi : = od taxation and by considering
that the state board of equalization has it
in its power to adjust any diflerencc.s
between tlio basis used for assessment
purposes in the various counties.
CoN'ottuss can scarcely afford to disre
gard the strong pressure being brought
upon it by the dairy interests of the
country for a stringent law to rcgulato
tlio manufacture and sale of bogus but
ter. The bill 'introduced by Senator
Miller , of Now York , if passed , would
go far towards solving the problem in the
interest of both producers and consumers
of the pure article. It provides that all
manufacturers of and dealers in oleomar
garine , tmltcrine , lardlno and suina
must display conspicuously in their places
of business placards announcing that
they make or soil the article. It also im
poses a-special lax of $500 on manufac
turers , $250 on wholesale dealers , and
$100 on retail dealers in such articles ,
compels them to take out annual licenses
to carry on such business under penalty
of line nnd imprisonment , and requires
the kco ping of accurate accounts of all
imitation butter manufactured and sold ,
such account to bo open to tiio inspection
of the treasury officials.
Tun anti-crank resolution of Congress
man Weaver , of Nebraska , has served to
lift the gentleman into a degree of notoriety
riety that bo might never otherwise have
attained. It was indeed a happy thought
for Weaver. His name is now in the
hands of the fraternity of paragraphors ,
nnd there is not n paper in the land
that has no t something to say about hi
and his resolution. The St. Louis Globc-
Dcmocral'snys : "Congressman Weaver
bad good reason to introduce bis resolu
tion declaring that 'whereas ' , it should
not bo in the power of a single idiot to
prevent the consideration of any mca-
snro'therefore , the house rules ought to
be so amended as to require at least , two
members to make objection in such case ;
and Congressman Bill Springer had
equally good reason , no doubt , to jump
to his foot and resent the proposition. It
is ono of Springer's peculiarities that ho
never fails to answer when his name is
called. "
LAST Saturday's statement of the Now
York associated banks shows an increase
of loans for the week amounting to
§ 1,348,000 and n loss of $2,400,000 iu
specie. Those changes , together with
an increase of $2,075,000 in deposits ,
caused a decrease of $2,459,000 in ' the
surplus cash reserve of the banks ,
which is now only § 21,400,000
above the legal limit of the national
banks. The position of the Now York
financial institutions of all kinds is no
doubt strong ns a whole , stronger than
was usually the case 'loforo the small
panic of May , 1881 , but there is no longer
the great accumulation of idle money
which was so marked during nearly the
whole of lust year.
ANuwYoiiic publisher has issued in
pamphlet form the " 'Ostler JOG" poem
and has the sublime cheek to ask twenty-
five cents for it. Ho is a little late , as
iirmri'v liVHiiy nTT'T7Tr7 evei.y uauj J"sl 111 , , , f , , n . . , , n , . in , „ thn . . ,
country as well ns every "patent-inside"
weekly has published it , and If there is a
man , woman , or child who hns not
already become tired of seeing and hear
ing ' "Ostler Joe , " ho ( she , or It ought to
bo exhibited in a dime museum.
THE Grant family , while they have had
their misfortunes , have boon pretty lucky
after all. Mrs. Grant receives a hand-
bomo pension , and lias realized $250,000
from Gen. Grant's memoirs , while Buck
Grant will come into a fortune of about
$1,000,000 through tlio death of his father-
in-law , ex-Senator Chaffeo , With this
much money in the family it is not likely
that Fred Grant or any other member
will sutler much ,
AummvTioN as u means of settling la
bor differences is making rapid headway.
Several fatato legislatures are considering
arbitration bills , among the latest to join
In the movement being the legislature of
Virginia. While- these proposed bills
may not accomplish nil that is intended
or wished for , yet they will elfect some
good. They are at least a stop In the
right direction ,
IT has been generally supposed that
the United States has more olllce-hohlers
in proportion to its population than any
ether country , This , however , Is an er
roneous impression. Little Greece has a
native population of only 1,250,000 , , with
10.000 civil ouloinli in tlio public service.
Tlio annual revenue amounts to $5,000-
000 , and one-half of itgocs to the support
of thu olllcc-liolders ,
THU rumor that President Cleveland
contemplates matrimony has been re
vived. This has probably been done to
show that ho has not been entirely over
come by innocuous dcsuotudo.
Tin ; passenger rate to San Francisco is
not more than ten dollars , Nobody but
n Nebraska legislator would have the
cheek to ask for a pass.
W nx it is taken intcTconsIderntion
that 7,000 bills have b eu introduced in
the present congress and that three have
become laws , vre can feel assured that
the country is safe. What would have
become of the country if 6,9&7 of the bills
had become laws ?
NEVADA has no fcnr or a , Mormon In.
vasion. Its soil won'i sjtliport a jackrabbit -
rabbit , much less a Mormon.
POIiITIOAIi 1'qI.VTS.
There are Indication ? that tlio Connecticut
democrats will nominate OoiKressman Sey
mour for governor.
lllrnm Atkins , cJHor ot'tf.o ' . Montpcllcr
Patriot , Is immcd ns the rivdl < Senator Ed
munds In Vermont ,
The Philadelphia Times sayl Congressman
IMnqhnni , O'Neill nnd Kclby , ot Penn
sylvania , will be renomUntcd without
trouble.
( lalusha A. Grow hopes to sitecccd Mitchell
ns senator Irom Pennsylvania. lie Is said to
regai d the present generation of statesmen a
poor lot.
It Is repotted that the Tennessee republi
cans \\lll nominate for governor ( Jon. George
Money of Nashville , an cx-confederato brig
adier. Money makes tlio mare go.
Clmtinccy Black , son of tlio late Judge
Black , Is In the race for tlio democratic
nomination for goveinor of Pennsylvania ,
nml ( Jon. Beaver will probably bo the repub
lican nominee.
Chicago News : Wo believe If Senator Kd-
nuinds stood on a barren island 10,000 leagues
from any other human being be could put
his hand on a candidate for the presidency
of the United Suites.
Simon Cameron , ace < l sr , has lived to sco
an Increase of about 50,000,03d in the popula
tion of this country , and ho stilt bates
every man of them who does not pull with
the Cnmcion clan. Only a shoit limo ago he
gave his young grandson a lift of Pennsyl
vania politicians who woiked against Don's
election as senator , and told tlic youngster to
lemembcr them when ho should got into pol-
ltlcs
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Tlio Klse ol"\VnKCS.
Bcufoii Ilcconl.
Wages should not bo the hist thing to liso ,
if they are the liist to fall.
Capital niul bailor.
VciMotiics Leader ,
The ambitions of corporations and capital
must bo bounded , ami the demands of labor
must bo considerate or both will suiter :
A Padlock \Vnntcil.
Chicago News.
Tlio Utah legislature Is detained at Salt
Lake City by a deadlock. It would hemoio
giatlfylng to see it detained by a padlock.
It'as Overlooked.
Trc7sitni7tm ? IMclict ,
The Washington correspondents wcio cu
riously negligent last week. The purchase of
nlnow iloor-mat for Secretary Whitney's
house was entirely overlooked.
Valuable Information.
Clttcnao Kcicn.
The newspapers whlcharo publishing portraits
traits of the candidates fucthe several oflices
In Chicago aio furnishing to the detective
agencies of this county aomo valuable information
mation for future use. f-
The Use of Lient. ,
St. Louts GlobctPcmncrat.
Lent is now upon us , , uaml the democrats
may accordingly comfait themselves with
the reflection that tlio fasting to which they
are subjected by .Mr. Cleveland's elvll service
reioim theory places them for once in har
mony with a inevailing rclgl6us ! sentiment.
Wliat She Should Have Bald.
1'Utsliurg Chronicle.
"March did come in HkjTa lion , didn't It ? "
exclaimed Amy , as she me-t , the high school
girl on the street yesterday. "That expres
sion bus fallen Into Innocuous desuetude ,
dear , " replied MiUhed ; "you should have
said that March made its entree with charac
teristics ot a decided leonine nntiuc. "
The New Orleans Execution.
Kattnaa City Times.
It was a bad business from beginning to
end , and heaven and earth were moveil to
defraud justice. Hut the governor stood firm
nnd said : "Let the law bo cairied out under
nllclicnmstances. " Tlioso were memorable
words. They ought to bo stereotyped and
brought north.
Good Advice.
L'sldlfnc , Dak. , Veil.
If the verdict of the community In which
you now live seems to bo that you linvo not
enough ability to throw stones at the chick
ens , don't come out here where , owing to ex
cessive anil exorbitant freight charges , cart-
ildges with which to practice on you cost
two cents apiece.
Well Explained.
I'litladcliilita 1'iesf.
" 1 think yon might go to church to-day.
"V.OU used to co every Sunday before wo mar-
lied. "
"I know that , my dear , but things have
changed , the custom has changed. It 1ms
been attacked , 1 might say , by Innocuous de
suetude. "
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a. TrC Cl ! lit" nt'tUuA.iuericau Stage.
C/I ( ( IOQ Curmit ,
Zola announces that ho 1ms authorized a a
Ameilcnn theatrical agent to produce In till
country a dramatization of his novel , "Ger
minal , " the performance of which was for
bidden In France. Zola seems to entertain
n veiy cm Ions Idea ot the present condition
of the American stage.
Cannot iSscnpp Kenponslbillty ,
St. Louis ItcjmlUcan.
The Missouri Pacilic company cannot es
cape responsibility In the promise * by malt
ing It appear that the existing disturbed con
dition of the commercial and indiistilal Inter
ests of the country Is a matter which coin-
meicoand the law of the land must adjust
Independent of the railway company. The
public will not allow Mr. Gould to unload
this dilllculty upon the commciclnl world as
he would unload watered sccuiltlus upon the
stock market , It Is the duty of the Missouil
Pacific company to fiirnUlLmon nnd am Its
trains. Should any forcibl * nisistaneo or In-
toifeinnceboattempted , anutyl nt once de
volves on the people , through their ollicinl
loprcsentativcs. lint until there bo some
such intci ferenco the company cannot divide
the lesponsiblllty , J l
A Hint to the I'.rcsldcnt.
CMuiyo 'Vrilmne.
Now that Lent has com&jhudlho piesldent
has n rest from the hoclafj disllpatlous , the
terrapin , and the tan-HveJlCft' tootman , ho
will have an ounoitunlty to istudy up the
duties of his position trom"liepolnt ( ; ol view
ns established by the most eminent men In
both pai ties and ns perfornifld , | by his pieile-
cossois dining n peilod ot If a If n century , Ir
ho Is capable of taking n view * of this subject
from an impersonal direction and can divest
himself of the olleiislvo csotifiin that leads
him to believe ho Is the state , nnd that every
thing clsi § as fallen into "innocuous desue
tude , " It may bo possible for him to mtllzo
what the leading men of his own party have
always nfllrmed namely : -\s Senator Ud-
inunds expi esses It that "every paper ad
dressed to the olllccr exoiciblng thoofllclnl
function of suspension upon that topic must
bo an ofllclnl paper , no matter how vile or
false It may bo , " and that ho U usurping pie-
relatives and violating law when ho declines
to let the senate have papers from the public
liJii because they may disclose the giounds
upon which ho acted ,
Thu Great
New York Trltmne.
Prof. Wiggins , wholesale and retail
in weather prophecies , alter a somewhat
longed retirement from bualuuad ,
at the old stand. Ho announces that this Is
likely to be n solemn month for the maritime
provinces , seeing that Saturn Is golnff to
mlso the tldo abnormally high at Quebec ,
Halifax and SL John. And Wiggins wnrns
those who go down to the Atlantic thnt they
stand a good chance of bring caught 'In a Icr-
rlblc storm bcfoio the month Is over , U Is
evident that Wiggins Is himself again ,
Tlio Kind or Hoys XV o Wnnt.
.
Hoys of spirit , tioysof will.
Hey * of mu clo , brain nnd power ,
Fit tocopo with anything
These nro wniitod every hour.
Not the weak nnd whining drones
That nil trouble magnify ;
Not thn watchword ol ! "I e\n't , "
13ut the nobler one , "I'll try. "
Do whalo'cr you have to do
With a line nnd earnest /calj
Bend your sinews to the task ;
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
In the counting house or store ,
Wheiesoovcr you may be ,
1' 10111 your Intiuo efforts , boys ,
Comes a nation's destiny.
THE MVI3 niplJF QUKSTION.
Discriminations Against tlio Poor
Farmer. For Transcendental llo -
glslinoss KO to n Hnllrond Cora
potation ! The Ijlncoln Jour
nal to the Hosctic.
To the Editor : A neighbor of mine recently -
cently had occasion to ship ono car-load
of cattle to Chicago on the 1J. < fc M. rail
road. llo wont to the local agent and
obtained a form of tlio contract he would
have to sign with the company , llo
found by this form that ho would not bo
furnished transportation for nn atten
dant for the cattle unless he shipped two
or more cars. As ho was offered trans
portation for the round trip with the two
cars , ho naturally thought ho could get
half as much with one car that is , trans
portation ono way. On inquiry ho found
ho was mistaken , aud that ho would get
no trnnsp9rtntion with ono car. Well ,
ho began figuring on tin's basis , and nat
urally imagined thnt ns the attendant.
would hnvo to ride in a caboose on a cat
tle train , ho would got a ticket at second
or third class rates. On inquiry ho was
informed that ho would have to pay lirst
class.
Examining his form of contract he
found that if he desired to ship ono car
of mules or horses ho would bo furnfchcd
a round trip pass. Talking with the
station agmit about this , ho was informed
that the shipment of n car of horses or
mules was quite rare , as compared with
cattle ; so the company couhl allbrd to
give tlio pass in such cases.
Now , Mr. Editor , lot us look at this.
First , an attendant with a car of cattle
shipped to so remote a point ns Chicago
is an absolute necessity. The contract ,
if valid , relieves the company ol all res
ponsibility for loss by accident , detention
of trains , etc. The train men cannot
and do not give stock the attention it re
quires. In lact , no one ships cattle with
out sending a man in charge.
Second. My neighbor did not have the
second car load ready to ship , nor the
money to buy it ; consequently ho was
compelled to ship the single ear. The
charge of lirst class fare for his man to
Chicago and return amounted to n dis
crimination against him of over ? 30 per
car. Ho was actually compelled to pay
over thirty dollars more per car than the
large shipper.
Go through i their whole system of clas
sification aud tariffs and the sanio in
justice prevails. It is unadultoratcd anil
unalloyed hoggishncss It has no justi
fication in any view that can be taken of
it , and is in violation of every fair busi
ness principle. Hut you can ( hid iu the
Lincoln Journnla , sheet said to bo mainly
owned by the 15. & M. and the mouth
piece of the fraudulent railroad connuis-
hion , arguments every day sustaining
and defending thin system.
How long will the people of this state
endure this thing ? and how long will it
submit to see this railroad power war
upon men like Van \Vyck , WHO are in
favor of controlling this system ?
Yours truly , J. liumtows.
Swift , tlio Dressed Boer Man.
Chicago Mail : Swift , the dressed beef
man , who ships on an average 3,000
dressed beeves a dayhits made his money
within the last four years , the great bulk
of it within the last three. , Because the
great trunk railroads , with 'their billion
and odd of aggregate capital , have
pounced on him and his business , Swift's
name is now in the minds of everybody.
Hois half us widely known as 1' . 1) .
Armour. Swift Is a Yankee and looks it.
His frame is big and his carriage shamb
ling. His eyes are bright and clear , but
his thin and struggling beard make him
jook an easy man to confidence. He is
in appearance just the kind of a man
whom sharp confidence fellows lie in
wait. I am told that he seldom puts up at
the Fifth avenue hotel , that some dapper
fellow docs not rush up anil begin by
saying ; "Why , hello Smith. Bless my
soul , how are ail the folks at homo1
They suffer a disillusion when Swift turns
his sharp eyes on them. His whiskers
look guileless , but his oycs have a world
ly loolv in them. " 'Why , what's Swift got
- - .mrx'haid millionaire
a competitor
Ull > .i. . . - - -.J "MMtlitnry lir
"thing but
of his ( town at thu yiuua. f
flomo wheels and traps1 ' "Swift , " was
the reply to the self-confident millionaire ,
"Swift haft got something you haven't.
He's got something up hero , " touching
the forehead.
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*
Swift is not so very rich. Ho cannot
bo compared witli Armour , and is no
where near as rich ns Fairbaiik or Allnr-
ton or Ncls Morris or Ike Waixol. Ho
has probably invested in his business
$3,000,000. His equipment is BO vast and
his extension so rapid that his working
capital is said to bo comparatively small
tor so vast an establishment , llo is a
man of nma/.ing faculty for business.
Ho is a Yankee and full-blooded. Ho
was a shipper of caltlo in a small way
and a member of the "cvcners" pool.
He was a shipper on a very small scale ,
and was assigned the Grand Trunk road
because that was a very poor , rounda
bout road which had no facilities for car
rying cattle. Ho began shipping dressed
bi'of in a very small way. ft is said that
he had the backing of the Grand Trunk.
At any rate ho made remarkable ad-
vannis. Ho now brings and kills one-
third of all the cattle that are received at
Chicago nearly a million head a year.
Gllliert'H Wit.
American Register : Gilbert , the author
of the libretto of the Mikado , met
Burnand , the editor of Punch , at n
soiree. They fell into conversation on
the subject of the journal in question.
"I .suppose you have lots of funny things
sent to you by tlio outside public ? " in
quired Gilbert , with innocence of man
ner. Burnand , oil' his guard , replied.
"Yes , great quantities. " Gilbert pulled
his moustache , and with a twinkle of liin
cynical eye said. "Thou why the deuce
don't you put some of them Fui"
Too Much CourtiiiK I" tlio Choir ,
Philadelphia Call : "Mamma , " bald a
Philadelphia girl , "I'm ' not going losing
in our choir any more.1
"Havo you had any trouble with any of
the girls ? "
"No , ma , but the other three girls have
beaux that sing in the choir , and when ,
they are courting during the sermon jt
maues mo feel lonesome. I'll resign if
they don't allow Charlie to sit with mtr. "
It has boon the cust m of the Gorman
impress for the past nmnyears to present
golden crosses , each with an autograph
diploma , to- ChoSe lomalo derranls who
could show that they had reinuiuud fotty
yearsuninterruptedly iu the same family.
COUNT BISMARCK'S ' ROMANCE ,
How the Eldest Son of the Great German
Chancellor Secured a Wlfo ,
Ho BInrrles tlio Prlnceis With Whom
Ho Ulopcd Kight Years
ARO.
All is well thnt ends well. This nt
lonst is the verdict of Berlin high society
touching n somewhat sensational ro-
inniieo Hint terminated a few day ? ago by
a , marriage , performed quietly , Indeed al
most secretly , in a ohnltoau hidden In
Lower Silesia , says n Berlin letter to the
Paris Figaro.
The exceptional indulgence of which
the society magnates of Berlin have given
such a striking example iu this cnso Is
explained by tlio position of the two piin-
cipal characters In this romance , ( ho hero
being no less a person than Count Her
bert do Bismarck , the oldest son of the
chancellor , nnd the now collaborator of
the emperor , who passes an hour with
him every day. The heroine is a princess
more famous for her beauty
beauty than for her great name , aud
whoso portratit by Riuhtcr , the nephew
of Meyerbeer , and the Cnrolus Duran of
Germany , attracted so much attention at
( he Uerlin Salon of 1878. She Is a bru
nette , with a dark complexion , nn opu
lent bust , nnd thoughtful and dreamy
eyes ; nnd her portrait , representing he'r
standing beside a magnificent Newfound
land dog , evokes one of these fascinating
visions such as are rarely to bo met with
in the mountains of Silesia , where the
Princess U. IJ. belongs. These initials
were the only indication given in tlio cat
alogue of thn Salon ; but it was soon well
known that the portrait was that of the
Princess Cnrolath Bent hen , who , before
her marringo , was tlio Princess Elizabeth
do llaUfeliU-Trnchenberg. During the
fall term of the Salon lUohtor's canvas
had no more fervent admirer than thu
young attache of the embassy who to-day
is undnr secretary of state for foreign
alfaird , and who is destined lo bo tlio fu
ture secretary of state ot the Gorman
empire.
During the winter of 1878 the young
count became the di-vuted cavalier and
the preferred dancer of the princess , who
had loft her residence iu Silesia to be with
her husband in Berlin , whose presence
there was rendered ncoes-'ary ' by his du
ties as n member of the roiclistag , which
he discharged with a zeal that \ \ as enough
to make him forgot the fact that his prin
cess was a beauty that stood sadly in uei-d
of vigilant protection while ho was devot
ing himself exclusively lo the advocacy
of free trade and the study of social ques
tions.
But in tlio month of March , 1831 , nil
Berlin , that had so often seen the prin
cess waltzing with the son of the chan
cellor , learned that she had suddenly loft
for Florence to follow her dancer , who
was then attached to the embassy at the
quirinnl. Terrible was the anger of the
chancellor and great was the scandal of
the most virtuous court in Europe. Tlio
outraged husband was the only one who
remained cool. Ho sent word to the fug
itive that ho would facilitate hordivoico
without taking from her the chance of re
habilitation by a marriage with her se
ducer , for the German law forbids the
union of a divorced woman with thu man
who wns the cause of the divorce. Prinro
Carolalh proved himself free from all
animosity. A marritigo of the two lovers
was believed toboapproaching.bntit was
soon learned that the young attache had
returned to Berlinleaving his beautiful
victim behind him in Florence , where
flho was alone nnd sick in n. hired
house. The conduct of the count was
revolting to scntitive souls , and tlio
scandal provoked by the llighL of the
Princess was changed Into sympathy for
hor. People forgot that bho had arrived
nt an age when such escapades are rare
ly pardonable , and that she had Mt be
hind her a daughter , a big girl of 18.
But it was the chancellor who had in tor-
posed his authority and threatened to
discard his son. To all the entreaties of
the latter to legalize his liaiaon the
chancellor invariably replied. "No , I
will never consent to your marriage to
the wife of a friend ; " nnd ho sent him
successively to St. Petersburg , the
Hague , and London. But the passion of
the count for the Princess , although the
latter wns somowlmt older than himself
she is now forty did not diminish ,
and ut last ho succeeded in bending the
will of the chancellor , who does not
want to see his title of Prince fall to the
fcmaln line. The marriage , therefore ,
took place , four or five days ago nt tlio
Castle of Trachenborg , the residence of
Prince Herman de HaUfeldl , the younger
brother of Iho Princess Elizabeth ,
And hero there is a Htrango , coinci
dence : This lady's mother , nee Countess
dp Uoichenbach-Cioichutz win also
divorced after liftccn years of wedded
life , precisely the number of years that
her daughter bore the name of Princess
do Cnrolulh before she became the
Countess and the future Princess de
Bismarck.
An Ohio lady asks what shn shall give
hcrmmiW. 'X * * * ta < Hk *
cents.
The Cliorryvulo Girls.
Minneapolis Tribuuo : Kansas , the land
of corn and contentment , is proUlic alee
in fair women * anil bravo men. Your
Kansas girl is ns plump as a partridge ,
ns coy na a quail ; healthy , hearty , ac
tive , Independent , and happy as the big
sunflowers of which that stale i.s so justly
proud. And there is a spot in Kansas
where female loveliness seems to hnvo
been crystallized and oonnontratnd , an It
were. That Elysium in very propnrly
named Cherryvnlo. ChoiT.yvalof Vuln
of Cherries ! Name sugge.stivo of coral
lip.i and cherry nhcokrf. Name full of
swoetand juicy promise , Ono's mouth
waters when ho attempts to pronounce
the luscious word , nnd ho thinks of ruby
truaburcs half hidden in bright folinge
delicious , but hard to get. And the
maidens of this modern purndi.se nro just
ns pretty and sweet mid plump as flic
fruit whose praUes wo hinjj. for. in the
iungungo of n nowspnpur printed in that
Utopian village : "Nolth bustln nor cor
set are worn in Cherryvale , nnU whim a
Chrrryvnlo mnldrju hits down in a Knt-
ing rink bho gets her money' * ! worth
every time. " The paragraph quoted
shows that Cherryvalo glrl.s have uniplo
tourruro and no vanity. In fact they are
altogether lovely.
IVIOST PERf EOT MADE
Turestani'itronecjl Natural Fruit Flavon.
Vaptlla. I ruon , OraurfO. Almoaa , Jlosc. etc. ,
llavor'-aj dellc&tuly ) "i4 auturAlly as tuornllU
'
PRICE SAKINQ. POWDER CO' , .
CHICAGO. . . . . * TMHTJB ;
STRICTLY PURE.
IT CONTAINS XO oriCM IN ANTl'DRM
J * *
fe ; i
CENTS CERTS
for for y
Cough Croup
IN THREE SIZE BOTIXES.
FRIGE 25 CELTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 $ PER BOTTLE
n K.CEN I BOTTLES nro put \m for the n
AnS romtnodntlonof nil who dostre goo
nud low priced
G&ugh. Gold and GroupRomedy
TIIOM : m.sntiMi A IIIIMKIIY ron
CONSUMPTION
ANT
UJETG DISEASE.
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Acoompanyinir cnoh buttlo.
Sold by all Modiciuo Dealers.
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York , thf Orryan if tjrpfctftt to tim&e f/ir jm < # it7 * Ot ttifl
( Ann ftfr cffff/R.
Tlio nbavo fleet U the MrpMf , TiTfr f nna tttoit
ititigitltlrrnt Afloat , ntnny of tlu < * Oilw | lit-fnirotrrOSO frit
IOIIX.KI feet wide , 7NX ) lum nnd H.WO lioifrpowcr. Thh
line N tlio oldest Inetlttcnrp anil hoii never lost d
Passonnor. Cabin , Htcrrnco or tntcinuillnte na ; .
miKOnt i " < > < n low < u by ) III- * ! dan imv cmcr Hnf J
ror furthrr InfotniatlnnpiM'OUriiirnntA In nxm of tbo
ttilnciiml trtwn * mid tltlpf , tliiquitnout tbo country , nr
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Ov I lie I.l in r lliibll , roiitlvofy
Cured by AdiiUiil-Urrlnff Dr.
Unities' Oolduii NpocUlc.
It cnn be Riven tu n cup ol cotTuu or ten without
the knowledge of the person Diking It , Is absolutely
tmrmlen , nnd nlll rflcet n permanent and spctdjr
euro , wlictbrr tbo patient I * n modnrntc drinker or
iu alcobollc urcrk. It 1ms been given In them-
iwndi of cases , and In every Instancrnpcifect cure
ha folloni > d. It niiror ( "nils The nystorn once
Impregnated nltli tbo Sppcinc.lt becomes nu utter
Impossibility for tlio liquor appttltu to oxlst.
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A. U. VUSTUll < k RR < > . ,
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Cell or write for pnniphlct cnntulnlnfr hundreds
Ot testimonial" from thobcit women and men from
allDMtsoItliBcouutrv. . _ .
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f nr > < l In Ibe Fpe--it trcktmeat o f OMnnir , tlrttrnti. Sim
.ad HLOOD UMB&HI 'hanaar o'hrr 1'brilelanluSt.Louls.
I cltr papers ihoir RCdrll old r ld Dti\BOir.
Nervous Prostration , Doblllty , Mental and
Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Affec
tions ot Throat , Skin or Donas , Blood Poisoning.
eld SorCS anO Ulcers , nr * treated vllb unp > t > lltUi
tueeaif , OB Itteitielictiao priu elplei , 8tf ir. Prlvtlalj.
Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess ,
Exposure or Indulgence , which rro < nee > om > l tb
followl&g ( Icet < : Dervoutoeis , dtblllir , dlDQeii cr llb |
knddtrtetlre memory , ptciplitOD the. Ine9 , phtitetMftetf ,
Torilon toth * loelel/of ftualvi , oonruitoB of Idess. 4t . ,
rocdorln ? Marriage improper or unhappy , * *
lured. ramphlilSot ( 6ei ) D thesDore , Cent
GrmaDeDtlr , freeto my addre.l. Oenultatl aato&
fleeor t > r mail free , InvltedaoftltFletlv C ufl4 atkl.
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tassasss&ts _
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KXI1 AU HTI.U or Tovrvr I'UI.M ATUItf I.V W AH
> tnn find a perfect xnd reliable our * In tbo
Adoptcil bvnil Trcnvn r Talclanaolid liolair rniimly and
ucte5 fullj Introunuua uur . All tTfiaarmin ? losses ami
drains pioinptluiimkeil , TltKAJIHi ; rlvlnff DOWB *
pappr mlin.JlcM 'ntlorMmeiitj > , . < ti > . , I'llljl' . Oonittlt v >
llun ( oillco of\ij ruall ) with U rmlrilnt duLtori FJIKE.
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UtUV.
. BciurktUo d ouleli oarei , Trudpitk *
ACGl. Head fitalnp for felled i artleuUn. Adiheif , '
Dr. WARD A CO. . tUUlbtANAJ BO.
MRVOARBEAGES
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Sfff Haapr M ! _ _ _ - „ . _ .
OM > . on Mottii \rflAl.rJSAlK"MtniK ; '
I I'AV all ciprro rharetn to nil polnta vltliln 3X )
tnllon. l. < miU'arrUpe to nelett from fU-nil tifoocut
stamp fur llhutratol outuloirua. tlrntlon I bin ( uipcr.
L , G. SPENCER'S TOY FACTORY ,
221 W , MADISON ST. , CHICAGO.
A FINK LINK OU
Pianos and
WGQDBBlDGE BROS'
HOUSE
OMAHA
Do you wmt a pure , bloom
ing Coinnloxlon i It1 so , a
limy unjiucaUons of Hasan's
MAGNOLIA JJALK wll grat
ify you to your heart's con
tent. It docs awny with Sal-
lowness Hcdness
, , Pimples ,
Ulotclies , and all dlscnsos and
fmpori'Hctious of tlio sldu , 1L
ovcrcomostho Unshod appear-
mice ol' Jjeat , fatigue and ox-
Gitoti.cnt. Itinnkosalndyol'
TJII11TY appear but TWEN
TY ; and BO uutiival. gnul nul ,
and perfect are Ifs ctfects ,
that ft is impossible to detect
its application *