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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , WEDNESDAY , MARCH 17. 1886.
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ntrstNr.ss T.F.TTEns :
All Hulnosi loiter * nnd remittances should bo
miji'crped < o Tun Dr.i : runr.tsuirtn COMPANY ,
OMAHA. Urnfts , checks nnd postofflco orders
to bo made pnynblo to the order of the coinpnny.
IDE Bit POBLISmicliPAIIT , PflOPBIETORS ,
E. HOSEWATEtl. EniTOrt.
Wn war\ pacing but wo want good
pavements ntul durable pavements , The
best is the cheapest.
Mil. BA. viv : , of the council , has charge
of the drafting of the much needed
building ordinance. What is tlio cause
of the delay ?
OstAitA's fashion observes Lent by cut
ting the sensational theatre and packing
tlio district court room to listen to the
Lauor murder trial ,
Mouc school liousci are on the pro
gramme for Omaha. Our school popula
tion is keeping pace with tiio growth of
tlio clt.y and already indicates a total pop-
illation for tlio city of nearly 70,000.
Tun Waco , Texas , gasworks havobecn
blown np. The Omaha gas works have
been blown up several times by tlio
newspapers but the bill collector con
tinues to get his work in every month.
JAY GOULD has returned to the United
States from Cuba in time to profit from
the strike on his railroad system. It is
the 111 winds on the slock exchange from
which the great railroad wrecker profits
most.
AN automatic railroad , operated en
tirely by sofraopmg machinery , says flic
St. Louis JlcjHtblican , Is the contrivance
that would not the inventor a handsome
fortune and make glad the heart of the
Croat railway magnate.
NEBRASKA is the most profitable field
for the railroads in the west. Her pro
ducers are todajpaying more in pro
portion to tiio services rendered for trans
portation facilities than any s > tate in the
union.
H-Anoit troubles are in nine cases out of
tm caused by the troubles of laborers
Wftich in turn owe their origin to tiie
trickery and greed of corporate capital.
This is the reason why peaceful adjust
ments of such dillleulties are the order of
the day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mu. CALI..VWAY says that the question
of a now depot is still hold in abeyance.
The bonds voted years ago by Omaha for
a handsome structure of this kind are
'JP ' ! < 1 itt the railroad vaults , but they con
tinue to draw interest witli unvarying
regularity.
Nr.w Yonic is shocked by the discovery
that one of her aldermen kept a "fonco"
fo'r thieves , and that the chief of the de
tective force and the district attorney
combined to protect him from exposure.
Tlio ghost of Hill Tweed icoms to haunt
the corridors and lobbies of the city hall
oa the island of Manhattan.
A LIVELY meeting of thoEnglish stock
holders of a Wyoming cattle company
held last week in London ended in a gen
eral row. Wo suppose tlio promised 40
per cent dividend failed to put in an tip-
ponrunco. The largo cattle syndicates of
the west have taken the cue from the rail
road syndicates and stock-watering and
dishonest management are bringing the
usual results.
THE temperance question continues to
bo hotly discussed in Now York , and
there is a lively fight going on between
the Methodist and Episcopal churches.
The Episcopalians , through their Church
Tcmpornnco society , advocate moderate
drinking instead of total abstinence , and
they have presented to the legislature a
bill fixing High liconsu for alcholic bev
erages. The ministry is requested by the
society to promote the higli license
measure in the pulpit and elsewhere.
ThaMethodists , on the other hand , are
unanimously and enthusiastically in favor
of total abstinence , and propose to urge
the submission to tlio people of a consti
tutional amendment prohibiting the man
ufacture and bale of liquor in tlio stato.
The Methodist ministers are now preach
ing prohibition , whllo the Episcopalian
ministers are advocatinghigh license and
a conservative drink-as-yon-please policy.
"No sorlous consequences need bo
fcarod from the strikes in America , " says
M. Cornuschi , the aged Italian econo
mist. "Thoy are merely a natural and
healthy struggle between capital and la
bor. " This is the voice of common
sonso. DilVoronecs between labor and
capital in the United States in a largo
majority of instances result from the
natural attempt of labor to secure the
highest market price for Its work , and
frnm the equally natural undertaking of
capital to biro labor at the lowest
possible cost in wages , Capital
has- labor to hire. Worklngmen
have labor to soil. Labor disputes are
controversies oyor the terms of tlio contract -
tract , No serious consequences need bo
feared in America because American
labor is intelligent enough to drive Its
bargain to the best advantage without
resort to the revolutionary methods of
foreign workingmen of loss education
nuU loss social nnd political freedom.
General strikes in Europe mean general
dnmoralization. In America they mean
a short lay on" , during which the contend
ing parties argue the questions in dispute
and settle upon a mutually satisfactory
basis of agreement. Tlio men who nro
painting the American workingmnn as
red-handed revolutionists are shooting
very far widu of the mark , and tlu-y
know It. The record is against them ,
No country In the world sutlers so little
from labor disputes , and in no manufac
turing country on the globe are labor
troubles so often settled with so little
disturbance to the public peace or less to
Mm pockets of these concerned.
Orei1 Capitalization In Corporation * .
The solid basis upon which most of tlio
complaints of the public against char
tered monopolies is founded on excessive
capitalization , or "stock watering. " The
cost of operating a railroad f urnls'.ics one
of the chief elements upon which trans
portation charges must bo based. To
maintain its credit nnd financial standing
Interest must bo .paid on the bonded
debt , and dividends upon the stock.
"Fixed charges , " representing obliga
tions incurred in tlio construction of reader
or assumed after its construction by the
purchase or lease of connecting lines ,
must bo met beforn dividends are de
clared. In other words , the patrons ot
the road in addition to paying for actual
operating expenses must pay interest on
bonded debt bcforo the road is in a
"solvent condition. " If it is on n "pay
ing basis , " interest on tlio slock must be
earned in addition. These are the facts
which disprove the statement that the
stockholders and not the public arc inter
ested in over issues nnd inflation of tlio
capital stock. Revenue must bo earned ,
and earned from tlio public , to meet
every obligation of the corporations.
And the greater the amount of interest
to bo earned the heavier must be the tax
upon patrons of the road.
The United Stales has the unenviable
distinction of leading the world in reck
less speculation in tlio securities of com
mon carriers. In no other country has
"stock watering" been carried on with
such a boltl defiance of the principles of
commercial usngo and disregard of the
rights of botli the public and of the min
ority stockholders. The total cot > of all
the railroads in the United States up to
the close of 1833 , estimated on a basis
most favorable to the companies , is stated
to have been $100,000,000. The excess of
issues of stocks , bonds and float
ing debt over cost at the
same period is given by no
less an authority than Mr. Henry V. Poor
at $2,500,000. , In other words more than
half of the capital represented by deben
tures and stock of the railroads of the
United States is "water , " representing
no more solid basis than ' 'paper and ink"
and the supposed capacity and willing
ness of the public to bo taxed sullicicntly
to pay income returns on tlio bogus in
vestment.
So long jigo jjs 1809 , Mr. Charles Fran-
els' Adams , Jr. , now president of the
Union Pacihc company , in an essay upon
that railroad , said :
"The line from Chicago to Now York rep
resents now but SGO.OJO to the
mile as the icsults of many
ycais of Inflation , whllo the line
between Omaha and San Francisco begins
life with a cost of $115OCO per mile. It would
bo safe to say that this road costs considerably
less than one-half this stun. The dllTurunco Is
the pilcc paid for every vicious element of
lailrorul construction and management.
Costly construction , entailing tttture taxa
tion on trade ; tens of millions of fictitious
capital ; a road built on the sale of its bonds
and with the aid of Its subsidies , every cle
ment of rcul outlay recklessly exaggerated and
the whole of it some futino day to inako
itself put as a burden on the trade which it is
tocieato. "
Mr. Adams' statement of the case in 1801) )
is as true now as it was then. The
heaviest "stock watering : " has taken
place since that time. Including the Kan
sas Pacific $50,703,000 of "water" lias
been injected into the Union Pacific.
More than $17,000,000 was squirted into
the New York Central by Vanderbilt.
Erie suffered to the extent of more than
$20,000,000 , the Gould southwestern sys
tem received "water" by the bucketful ,
and now holds with Wabash $50,000,000
of evidences of indebtedness above its
cost , while every smaller system has been
manipulated by the same means , to
the public detriment. The funded debt of
the railroads of Nebraska amounted to
$133,814,885 , while that of all New Eng
land , with nearly four times the mileage ,
was only six millions greater.
Facts speak louder than any argumo'nt
based on more theory. The charges of
the overstocked roads are found to bear
a steady proportion to the amount of
water which they carry. In 1883 the
earnings from freight on nil the Now
England roads was $00,480,781. , In the
same year Nebraska producers paid the
railroads of this state $14,414,203
for carrying their products to
the market and merchandise to their
doors nearly half ns much as the
states of Maine , Now Hampshire , Ver
mont , Massachusetts , llhodo Island and
Connecticut , with their 6,202.80 miles of
road operated , as against 1,1)05.10 ) miles
m this state.
Excessive capitalization moans exorbit
ant charges , whether the "watering" be
in the stock of railroads , gas , water com
panies or other corporations with power
of taxing tlio public. It may in the end
rcgulato itself by the excessive competi
tion which it stimulates , but the pnblia'in
the meantime pays the piper and suffers
for the crimes of the rnilway jobbers.
Tlio Kadlcnl Parliament.
The present house of commons is a
daily witness to the strength of radicalism
in England and of the growing demo
cratic tendencies of the realm. The re
form bill of 183.1 has placed Ilodgo in the
saddle. The working classes and men
of moderate moans now hold the des
tines of Grsal Ih'itain in their grasp. For
the first time in English history parlia
ment fully voices the publio sentiment
and that voice is striking alarm to the
hearts of lovers of precedent ami sticklers
for class rule , Even the wings 'aro dis
mayed at the freo-thinking and self-
assertive assembly which an enlarged
franchise has brought into existence.
Within two month * the radical parlia
ment has endorsed the compulsory tlivis-
Ion of the great estates into small hold
ings , lias barely missed condemning the
whole theory of hereditary government ,
favored woman suflVago , como within
twclvo votes of advising the disestablish
ment of the Welsh church and has voted
in spite of Mr. Gladstone's eloquence ,
to reduce the appropriations for royal
parks. Such an eight weeks record
is without precodcnt , and whig * and
lories alike stand aghast as they consider
its tremendous import. The English
radicals are cordially supported by the
Irish nationalists. In many respects
their aims are identical , lioth seek wide
reaching land reforms. Each is commit
ted to a. fuller local representation in tlio
government. Together they form a
group nearly largo enough to control the
house. In another election , if the Irish
strength hi English voting constituencies
were thrown Into the balance with
the radical votes , the majority would
bo still greater. For all pur
poses of general legislation in the
present parliament the Paruellltos and
radicals may be counted to work together.
The very strength of the radical clement
in the commons is a source of disquiet
nnd perhaps of dancer to Gladstone nnd
his ministry. It may bo counted upon to
give support to his measures for Irish re
form if they moot their views of expedi
ency , but it may also bo expected to do
present damage by stampeding tlio
whigs Into the ranks of the lories if its
loaders continues to knock down John
Mull's most cherished old China from the
shelves of his heavy old political crockery
shop.
The absence of u written constitution
gives radicalism fullswaj'in the proposal
of measures of political nnd social re
form. There is no supreme court which
can finally set asldo legislation nnd bar
the doors against radical changes in tlio
laws and methods of government. The
house of lords may refuse Its sanction to
the decrees of the commons , but long
continued obstruction would certainly re
sult in a political revolution as the last
resort of English discontent. As it
glances over the present parliament ,
with its boldly expressed contempt of
cherished institutions , tlio English aris
tocracy are not so certain ns they once
were that the American constitution is
such an inferior piece of workmanship
when compared with the legislative
checks and balances with which custom
nnd precedent has supplied them.
Bogus Butter.
A careful microscouic analysis of the
various kinds of bogus butter has occn
made by Prof. Nachtnob , of the Minnesota
seta state university , under tlio direction
of the dairy commission , and the result
shows that the vile shift" is not lit for u
human being lo cat. The best and clean
est looking sample had a butter odor and
taste , and to all appearances would pass
for butler , so perfect have the swindlers
become in their imitations. This sample
had a very small variety of living organ
isms , but a good many spores which ,
under favorable conditions , would
probably have germinated. It also
'
'contained masses of dead mould ,
bits of cellnlous wood , various
colored particles , shreds of hair , bris
tles , ntc. The other two samples teemed
with life and yielded microscopic propn-
tions of the moulds and bac
teria that would have gladdened
the heart of tho. stuicnt e ? kL ° logy ,
The microscope revealed the fact that the
greatest variety of life existed in the inner
portion of these samples , and that the
outer portions contained the greatest
quantity of active bacteria. The animals
found In the buttcrine belong to the type
of protozoa. Doubtful portions of worms
were also noticed. Many of Iho protozoa ,
under favorable conditions , pass into an
encysted stage or develop spores within
protected capsules , and in these condi
tions lie dormant until the environment
is again favorable , and it can hardly be
doubted that some of the many spores
found in these bnttcrines were merely in
a dormant state. The great number and
variety of organisms found in the samples ,
indicate the use of foul water and a crim
inal filthy process in making it.
Prof. Nachtrieb says "there can not bo
the slightest doubt that the person who
cats so promiscuous and so lively a mix
ture as the buttorino examined , is run
ning great risk , morally ns well as physi
cally. The peace and happiness of fu
ture generations is greatly involved in the
life of the present generation. Uy in
dulging in our homes articles of food
filled with spores and seeds of the vari
ous classes of the lower organisms , wo
are increasing the dangers of parasitism.
Spores that now arc harmless , may , by
gradual adaption through more or less
circuitous routes , become" inimical to the
health and happiness of countless mil
lions. "
With such proof as this it would seem
that the demand for a national nnti-but-
terino law ought to bo promptly complied
with by congress. Several states already
have anti-buttcrinc laws , and if the dairy
commissioners , wherever there are any ,
would only do their duty , the law could
bo cfl'octunlly enforced. Nebraska has a
stringent law regarding the manufacture
and sale of buttormc , and it can bo en
forced if interested parties will only take
the matter in hand. The Nebraska dairy
men should see to it that special agents
nro employed for the prosecution of the
bogus butter dealers , nnd the proper
place to begin is right hero In Omaha.
The dairymen by so doing will not only
promote their own interests , but will pro
tect the publio health ami receive the
thanks of the people.
Give Them IMoro Tlmo.
On behalf of the tax payers of Omaha
wo nsk the city council to extend the
time within which property owners shall
make choice of paving material on
streets that are to bo paved this year.
Thorn can bo no possible injustice or in
jury to any one by extending the time
for filing such petitions thirty days.
Spring has boon very backward this year
and paving cannot bo safely begun be
fore May. There is no excuse whatever
for rushing these paving contracts with-
outgiving the people ample time. There
would bo no need of our appeal for moro
time on behalf of the tax-payers if their
signatures to petitions were the mature
expression of their choice , The intent ot
the law giving tax-payers the choice of
paving materials was to prevent jobbery
on the part of contractors nnd collusion
with contractors on the part of the coun
cil. Hut the methods by which signatures
have been procured are within them-
solyes proof that the cholco of materials ,
such UH the law contemplated , 1ms not
been made. The petitions are hawked
about , by interested parties and the
pcoplo arc bulhlo/.ud into signing them
under all sorts of representations.
Half tlio people who have signed peti
tions this spring have been led to believe
that they are going lo save themselves
from taxes by taking tlio cheapest puvu-
mtint. They wore actually told that the
paving tax would only bo levied once upon -
on their property and that the cost of re-
paving will fall upon the city. Even if
this were true , it would bo an oulrage to
impose upon tlio tax payers who have
laid down durable pavements the cost of
ropaving stieets that have been pavoil
with short-lived materials , Hut it is not
true that the cost of repaviug will be
berne by the whole city. The charter ex
pressly authorizes special taxes on adja
cent property for rcpaving.
For tills reason and beeauso hundreds
of the signers .desire further time in order ,
to revise their judgment on this vital mat
ter , wo ask the council to.oxtcml the time
for thirty days , Thord Is 116.doubt what
ever that such a step Is legal * The courts'
never abridge the right of the lax-payers
to an honest and nuitum expression of
their judgment. The courts nro hero to
protect the lav-payer agtlnst imposition
nnd jobbery. And in vfjw of the wide
latitude which the ( aw1 gives , they will
sustain the council 'in giving property
owners ample time lo iltoido upon such
nn Important matter. 'Ibis is a question
which affects the nil the
rights of taxpayers
ers of this city as well as the owners of
property on the strcols to bo paved. Tlio
interest of the conlraetols should bo sec
ondary to the rights andnntcrosts of the
tax-payers.
DiLESsr.rsand : his company are setting
the isthmus ablaze with enthusiasm.
They have been received with royal hon
ors nt Colon , nnd the gvcat engineer in
nn eloquent speech , prophesied the com
pletion of the canal in three years from
dale. Mcanlime , Iho engineers employed
by Iho French government to inspect the
canal had not waited to join in tills
demonstration , but lud set out for
Franco with , as is rumored , a report adverse -
verse to the practicability of the
scheme and ngaiust the proposed
lottery to provide moans for its
continuance. Six years ago M. do
Lessops declared thnt Iho canal
could bo built for 8140,000,000 , nnd
Ihrco years ago ho set the rate
of excavation nt 2,000,000 cubic moires n
month. At this moment only 10,000,000
moires have been excavated , but
$153,000,000 has been spent , and tiicre re
main 101,000,000 metre * of the hardest
digging lo bo done. At this rate tiio
canal will not cost less than $083,000,000.
and bo finished in tlio joar 1010 ; unless ,
indeed , Iho Paris papers are telling the
truth when they report the mortality
among laborers as forty per day , and
predict the extermination of the popu
lace by disease in advance of tlio possi
ble completion of the work.
AKTEK it has concluded its -cxpoic of
the Herald's connection with railroad
jobs and jobbery the republican organ
of the corporation can do the pub
lie a service by printing ils aulobio-
graphy. Our esteemed morning con
temporaries arc the two dromios of the
railroads.
KINGS AND QUKENS.
* . a wcakjicss for rubles
and beer. ] > . - >
Thecbaw's queen imagines she looks prclty
In yellow.
Emperor William can speak only In a
whisper.
Dom Pedro Is planning the erection of an
academy of arts In Bnull , the lirst of Its kind
in South America. V i
The czar of all the llussras 1ms had an
other blithday , the saddest thing about
which is the fact that it iciuiucted him ot the
day ho was born. , i
The queen of Portugal Is named Pia. She
ought to bo popular , /or.pverybody Ihlnks
Pla thing nice enough 0 cat , says a punster
noted for bis piety.
Piiuccss Beatrice rides iwell , preferring
Scotland nnd fleet , stiudy Scotch ponies ,
however. Her favoiHo'ponyis a tidy lltllo
hill pony named liiemla. '
The princess of Wales' health has been so
bad lor tlio last lew mohtlis'that ' there Is be
ginning to bo seiiousniixloty and fear that
she may become an luvalid.-
King Milan of Servla * wears armor. Oh ,
pshaw I what of U ? Dr. Alaiy Walker wears
a coat of male , and nobody worries about it.
Nobody Is going to armor.
King llumbeit of , Italy , In an economic
mood , has given instructions to his court en-
Jnlning it from drinking the high-priced
wines , What ho , without there ! Bring
hither zwoi Ingerl
The prince of Wales retains enough inter
est in Mrs. Lnnctry to visit an aitUt\vho has
"
just painted" fier fiiJrtralt and give his judg
ment upon the lfk < niess , which he declaied to
bo almost perfect.
Queen Natalie is said to bo the most beauti
ful woman in Scrvin , but it is thought thnt
unless she Is grossly libelled by the lately ex
tant pictures of her , the statement Is pietty
rough on the other Servian women.
Princess Isabella , heir to the thiono of
Brazil , Is extremely icllgious and sometimes
the astonished subjects of her loyal lather
have beheld her sweeping the floor of the
church , clad In a coarse gown and humility
ofsphit.
When tlio queen of itfnilagascar attends
Sunday school she passses into the chapel ,
where ctmids , with fixed bayonets , stand ten
deen. Wllliln the cliapol , wheio 1,000 per
sons may flud scats , the queen sits high upon
a thiono on the side of the pulpit
An exchange foolishly remarks that King
Thelmw ought to bo happy , for his pilson In
Madias Is next door to a distillery. Our con
temporary should bear In mind that next
door to n dlstlllciy Is a long way elf some
times , especially when n man doesn't happen
to have credit with the proprietor.
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Ijnst Her Prestige.
St. Lnuti Republican.
Missouri has lost her plnco nsa traln-robbor
state nnd Illinois goes to the fiont. Poor old
Missouri 1 _
An Able Man Wanted.
Grand Maud Independent.
The fool Ing Is ripe In Nebiaska lor ulaclnc
nn nblo mun In the governor's clmlr , and all
eyes seem to center upon Gen , Tlmyor.
Pat-Imps Ills Head Was Turned.
JVfio Yoilt Journal.
It wns very wioug In Jiiles Veino's nephew
to attempt toklll his undo , but : tliono\ollst
has slaughteicd a great ninny tiuths In his
time , nndpcihaps the young man's bend was
turned.
A Good Opening For tlio Mikado.
ChtMuo A'cws.
It Is said a consjilincy has been dlscovcicd
In Japan tooverthiow the mikado's govern
ment. If It succeeds theio is n good opening
for tliu mikado to como to Aliiailca nml go on
the road. *
.1
A PrcHiiinptlun.
Chicago J/croIcj.
In his annual icpoit .tUo idly mnrelml of
Poitlatul , Me. , shous Hint of the 1,031 ! nircsts
In that city dining thn p tst yenr , 1,820 A-CIO
for drunkenness , presumably of pcoplo who
had como from Massachusetts , as Maiuo Is n
piohlbltlou state.
Seine Ohio Products.
Vcmla 'J'rafwcript.
The Ohio leslslaluio has decided that a
bushel of turnips shall weigh sixty pounds.
Muie advanced legislation , In the shape ot
how many bushels shall glow on an ncio of
pound , Is now expected , In the meantime
It may bo remarked that Ohio tin us out souio
icmaikublo bunts.
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K\i > cctutioii.
Thcio Is no doubt that the character ot ( ho
nominations ot both parlies In IbSS will show
conclusively that the mugwump spirit is
stionger than ever. A nomination which
bboulcj defy thnt spirit would be the weakest
tjiat coukl lie mnde.
Legitimate Object of Labor Combin
ation" . ' . - , . . ,
Wttttilninl Amcrtafu , ,
The IcKltlulnto object of labor eomuliiallon
Is not to disturb Industry , frighten capital ,
nnd stop wngps by stopping wqrk. but to 'get
Its Blmro of the returns of Industry , nnd to
cot It by the most clToctl\o nnd least destruc
tive menu ? .
AVixtcr , "Water Kverywlicrc.
liuriiMt ,
Maud Midler's brolher Hen one tiny
Grow dry as dust \ \ hilo raking hay.
Down on Iho ground his rake ho threw
And snld : "By Jingo , \vish I know. "
Ilo walked "four mild1' thnt afternoon
And paused befoio n closed saloon.
And then , ns no one noticed him.
Wllli stealthy tread he entered In.
Ho snhl. with sundry dreadful wink * ,
" 1 see you sell bul temperance drinks. "
11 VPS , " said the mnn behind thn bar.
Said Ben : "A liltlo cold wa-lnr. "
And then , to make It tnrt nnd thin ,
Ho squeezed n little lemon In.
And then , to make It rather sweet ,
Ho poured some sugar in the ticat.
And then , to make it strong nnd tough ,
Ho poured In whisky , quantum still.
Ho losscd It down , ho snld , with glee ,
"Cold walcr Is the di Ink for me. "
STATB AN1 > THU11ITOUY.
Nebraska .Jottings.
Madison county's debt is $5,000.
Coal is reported near Nelson , Nuckolls
county.
Citizens of Jackson , Dakota county ,
sent $78 lo the Parnoll fund.
Crcighlon boasts of n union of sixty
sweet singers. They are not paired.
Tlio McUook huul.onico boasts of larger
cash receipts than any ollico in tlio slate.
Graders are throwing dirt on the Ash
land cutoff on both sides of the Platlo
river.
A democratic paper will soon bo start
ed in Sidney , in advance lo the proposed
land ollico.
Citizens of Culbortson have resolved to
build a $5,000 court house and present it
to Hitchcock county.
Arlington is nt present swallowing
largo doses of temperance. This looks
like forcing the spring.
Eggs are only eight cents a dozen In
OnfJ and producers threaten a strike
airainst " peppering their grub.
"The rolling mill at St. Paul , Howard
county , during February inuiio 12,000
barrels of Hour and 180,000 pounds of
feed.
feed.Tho
The Poultry Review is the latest addi
tion to horticultural publications in tlio
state. It is published In Nebraska Cily
by M. W. Neihart.
'ill ? t V U o { Liberty is tjio coruopolis
'
'
oIu5soufei { scctuln.'jo'fnilafion fig
ured in. One thousand wagon loads were
marketed there last Week.
A McCook conius has invented an au
tomatic necktie holder. Evidently the
old-fashioned slip-knot of hemp is going
out of fashion on thelrontior.
Frank Filipi , of Wilbor , flipped up on
an icy sidewalk and dove into the base
ment of a business block , breaking his
neck. He was 05 years of age.
Jim Kern's hog , a South Auburn pork
er which subsisted on snow balls and
icicles in a drift for three months , more
or less , has already entered the ring for
the fall races at the state fair.
The Into Judge Mitchell carried $10,000
of life insurance , which is now in process
of collection. Ho held a policy for $ ! ) ,000
in tlio Mutual Life of Now York , $2,000
in the Knights of Honor , and $3,000 , in
the Royal Arcadian ,
The Rock Island road is skirmishing
for bonds in the southern tier of counties ,
in aid of the proposed extension. The
company's terms are .f'3,400 per mile , and
the people take kindly to them.
A large strip of land in Cliaso county.
owned by u Colorado cattle baron named
Brush , has been cancelled by the govern
ment , it having been obtained by fraud.
The land was retaken by homesteaders in
two days.
Tom Sands , a modern Sj-racuscan ,
stood at the bottom of a well seventy feet
from the surface and watched a liftv-
poiind crowbar falling towards him. Ho
succeeded in dodging it and raising a
crop of gray hair in a moment.
Rising City is the proud possessor of a
grain merchant who blushes from chin to
car-tips every time ho sees a woman's
petticoat on a clothes Ijno. Ho is a con
firmed bachelor , and his blushes nro in
voluntary congratulations on his condi
tion.
tion.A
A meek and weary broncho , while
gra/.ing patiently on a wire fence in
closing baled hay , at Ruslivillo , was
tapped by an oflicious expressman. Sud
denly , like a shot , the animal's artillery
was let loose in a vain but vicious attempt
to catch the driver's bustle. The second
shot look ofT a front wheel of the wacon
as neat as if cut with a chisel. The
driver tumbled to the ground , but the
wagon saved his life by falling on him.
Ho did not know it was loaded.
In reply to letters from a momberof.
the board of trade of Grand Island
Master Mechanic Hackney of tlio Union
Pacific writes concerning increasing the
working force In the Grand Island shops :
"I have talked the matter of increasing
thu force at Grand Island over with out
general superintendent , Mr. Smith , and
wu will , as soon as circumstances admit ,
meet the committee and yourself at Grand
Island , which time I cannot definitely
stnto , but think it will bo in the course of
a week or tgn days. Our expenses have
of late been very heavy and our earnings
have wonderfully decreased , which him
made it necessary for us to rcdnco our
forces to the lowest possible minimum ,
but notwithstanding that , wu will meet
you and discuss tlio matter over at the
time mentioned above. "
The Eligible Young Ladies' Protective
association of Fremont is getting in some
hard licks on the dudes and mashers of
the town. The Indy who holds the hon
orable position of frontdoor bouncer was
rudely neeoslod on the street by a nmshor
a few nights ago. The historical secre
tary of the association thus pictures the
subsequent events : "When she got ns far
as Urn high school building ho again laid
hands on her , and attempted lo pull her
towards the school houso. but she let
drive "straight from the shoulder" and
hit him on the mouth , knocking him OH"
the sidewalk. She again proceeded on
her way , while ho meditated a moment ,
then sp'nke up , 'Yon are a lighter , ain't
you * ' 'You hot I anil' ' she replied , 'and
if you don't ' lot mo alone I'll give you an
everlasting thrashing and pound some
sense inlo you,1 Knowing that ho at
tacked the wrong person , ho hastily re
traced his stops down town. "
Items ,
Rockwell City is building a $0,000
school house ,
The Joflbrson county jail has not had
a tenant in a month.
The Motor company of Sioux City has
purchased a tract of 000 acres of land
near the city lor $10,000.
A couple was recently married at Koo-
kuk whoso combined ago was 101 years.
The now Sacred Houit church lo bo
built at Diibiujiiu this year will cost ? ! > U- ,
000.
000.MM. . Mary Hughes of Clarion is one of
thu heirs to a Now York estate valued at
? : jooooo.
Willio-Wlngort , a boy of 13 , attempted
to steal a ride on the cars. at Ames Fri
day. Ho fell under the wheels and was
crushed to death. .
The Floyd county- grand jury failed to
indict the Niles school teacher who , a few
weeks ago , punished a pupil to severely
that ho died from the injuries received.
The artillery company being organized
nt Dubuque will adopt the nunio of "Hay-
don ' Wuuuqu-i Battery , " an organisation
that became fa'mous during the war of
the rebellion.
Cedar Rapids topers have found a now
way to cot their boor. They go to a
miloon. fill up and start out. Wlion the
saloonkeeper demands pay they threaten
him with prosecution tor violating tlio
law.
law.Shelby
Shelby county's now poor house will bo
a line bulhtlng The main building will
be SlxC'J feet , with two wings each 24x)0 ! )
feet in si/.e. Tlio structure will bo two
stories high , will contain forty-live rooms
nnd will bo healed by sloaai.
John May , rc idlng near Now Albln ,
Allamakeo county , was 100 years old on
the IClh inst. Ho Is now making arrange
ments logo to Dakota to take up a claim }
Ho says ho docs not expect to die for n"
quarter of a century yet.
Dakota.
Rapid Cily's big holol has been christ
ened the Harnoy house.
Alexandria's improvements projected
for this year will amount to $100,000.
Khldcr county has a bonded indebted
ness of $30,000 , nnd ils treasury orders
nro worth only 40 cents on the dollar.
John Rocke , treasurer of Towncrcoun
ty , Is missing. So is $000 which ho secured -
cured by mortgaging property whieh ho
did not own. Ho has been traced to
Canada.
Yanklon is excited just now over Iho
prospcctof becoming the center of a coal
mining district. li. Lo Barco , of Cali
fornia , is interested in the question , and
is now In Yanklon investigating the mat
ter.
ter.W.
W. D. Allen of Fargo , had taken from
his right leg a piece of glass that had
been imbedded in the flesh for nine years.
It was a fragment of n window pane of
one of Iho cars in an oil train that was
demolished during the Piltsbnni riots of
1877.
1877.A
A farmer in Urulo county has hit upon
a novel way to shell corn , It Is no moro
than running the stocks , husk and cob
through an ordinary threshing machine ,
from which the shelled corn is delivered
in fine condition at n rapid rale , the first
trial giving eight bushels of shelled corn
in eleven minutes , This saves tlio labor
of husking nnd docs the whole work in a
few minutes.
Colorado.
An eighty aero farm near Grccloy sold
last week lor $3,000.
Tim two Pueblos have consolidated
their population , debts and assotd.
Sterling is badly in need of hotels.
Eastern emigrants continue to pour in
and the town is full of people.
Evans oxpccls to have a creamery this
spring. She is in the center of one of the
b 2i dojry scct ojis in tlio elate a ,
Tlio farmers in the northern part of
the state begin lo think they can make
moro money by raising less wheat and
making more butler.
Leadville is putting in more new mining
machinery than over before to work thu
second contact , and in that camp the
people seem as much excited as in 1 7D.
Akron claims to bo on the eve of a
building boom , larger than has over been
in any town west ot Hastings , Neb. , on
the Burlinjiton & Missouri railroad. The
sale of town lots in ono day , recently ,
reached over 800.
Ames Smith , the "partner" of Hocr-
nor , who was found dead on the prairie
near Sterling recently , has been found
dead in the Pawnee pasture , ten miles
from Sterling. Smith came originally
from Pittsiield , 111. Ho lost $10.000 in
mining at UrccKunridgo. succumbed to
opium and was dead broke most of tlio
time. He was 50 yeans old , and apoplexy
plexy killed him.
America's Cardinal.
Chicago Times : Sullicicnt time has
elapsed since the announcement that
Archbishop James Gibbons.of Baltimore ,
was to bo promoted to tlio position of
cardinal to justify the assertion that his
appointment will meet with Iho unani
mous approval of the Catholic church
and clergy ot tlio country , as well as the
press of that denomination. The
cardinals owe their appointment solely
to the popo. They have for many cen
turies been taken in part from all the great
Christians nations of Europe , though the
number of Italian cardinals has always
preponderated. The appointment of n
future cardinal is announced by the pope
in consistory , but the nauio is reserved
in petto. At a subsequent consistory it is
made public. The actual appointment ,
in the case of ecclesiastics residing in
Rome , proceeds as follows : On a day
named the candidate pees to the papal
palace , and receives from the pope the
red biretta ; afterward , in a public con-
sislory , at the close pf an imposing ceremonial
menial , the pope places upon } ns head
the famous red lint. In a second consis
tory he "closes his mouth" ( os dmulil )
that is , forbids him for the present
to speak at moolings of cardinals ;
in a third , ho "opens his mouth" that
is , ho removes the former prohibition ,
giving him at the same lime a rim ? , and
assigning to him his "title. " If the can
didate is absent , belli" ; prevented by just
cause from visiting Homo at that time ,
the red hirettti is snnt to him , and on re-
colvlng it hit is bound lo make oath that
ho will within a year visit the tombs of
the apostles. The duties of the cardinals
nro of two kinds these which devolve
upon them while the pope is living and
those which they have to discharge when
the holy see is vacant. As to the first , it
may bo briefly said that they consist in
taking an active part in the government
of the Universal church ; for although the
pope is in no way bound to defer to the
opinions ol the sacred college , in practice
ho seldom , if over , takes an Important
step without their couiisul and concur
rence. Such a school in the science and
art of government in all ils forms as the
college of cardinals exists iiowhnni clso
in the world. All the cardinals now take
precedence of bishops , arch-bishops , and
oven patriarchs. This was not so form
erly the change was gradually intro
duced. They have many other privllegc.s ,
wbicli canonists who pun orally hold
that thu rank of cardinal , In its temporal
aspoet , is equl mlent to thnt of a reigning
prince have elaborately defined in their
treaHses. At a vacancy of Iho holy see ,
the duties of the cardinals become con
fined to protecting thu church and main
taining all tilings in their duo order , till
a conclave can bu assembled for the elec
tion of a now pope ,
Among tlin Cowboys.
San Francisco Chronicle : In Iho even
ing the hoys sit around the .stovu in the
log honsu , some writing letters before
they start on the. round-up , others braid
ing ropus. mending bridles , playing
cards , fiddling or singing , nml nil smok
ing. The conversation is skulchy , tor
your true vanqnero is a man of few
words and torso phrases.
"Is Big Nose Jim { join1 to ride for the
IIorsu.shou HarX this round-upy"
"No ; old Jack bounced him last beef
gather ; rowoled two bronks in the
shoulders till ho lamed 'em. Always
was ornery , anyway , that Jim. Did yon
hear about the break ho madu at thu
fort * "
"No , "
"Wont into the post ( radcr's store an1
hollered for gin. Fatly , I lint used to
work for Cross A , was tondln' bar , and
ho told Jin ; there was nothin1 but whisky.
Jim got riled , au' shot leaks into four
barrels of liquor. Ggt oil' without A liolu
in him , loo. "
" 1 say , Bill , thought you went bank to
thu status to stay last year. "
"Sol did , but the gal I was golii'to
marry took up with a granger , and her
sister died of hog cholera , so I lit out
again. Didn't suit mo , nnyjvuy. Wont
to bed with my spurs on , onu night , feel'
ing liiiia.o' good , anil Iho old man called
uiu a. uihl biMft. I ain't u darned clnuk-
on herder to take that kind of talk ar.d
husk corn for $10 n month. "
"Whore's Sqnintin1 Joe workln't"
"Nowhoros. Ilo was going to run wild
horses with French Pcto , but Pete is ridin'
spoiled horses for Buffalo Bill's show , nnd
Joe is working tlio tin horn game with
tlio other daisies in town. "
"What's the lin horn racket ? "
"Put it in n free lunch stow and blo\V
so Iho meat comes to the top. "
But the great staple of conversation is
horse , hnrs ? , horse ; nnd if it is not r
snbllmo topic , it is at any rate discussed
In a worthier light than the avoraga
English gentleman throws upon it. lor s
compunctious conception of n horse I *
not limited to his use as n gambling
utensil. Ono hears , too , n great deal of
talk about saddles and brinies , ropes nml
spurs. Every "waddy" lias his ottu
fancy about a saddle , although ns n
general rule the stock saddle , modified
from the old style Texas tree , Is used by
the common riders , fanoy men nncl
"broncho busters" preferring thd Cnlj
ifornln saddle , with only ono cinch n
"center tire. " as it in called. For heavy
work the back cinch of the common
saddlu is useful , keeping the trco front
working up on thu horse's withers ami
giving the horse a butter grip when ho
throws himself back on lii.4
haunches to stop a cow ; but foe
riding tlio slnglndnch is more springy ,
and is for this reason infinitely profiinn.
bio for riding pitching horses , n must )
not bii supposed that beeauso the cowboy
is a rough looking customer ho has not
his own ideas about cleganco. Hi *
clothing cut to look rough , boenuso lie
despises the "dude , " but ho takes great
pride in bis nccouturmcnU * , and will
spend a mouth's wages ( from $30 to $30) )
on a pair of silver mounted spurs , give
! ? TO for u stamped leather saddle , any
sum ho pleases for n hoi-ho hair bridle , if
ho is not an expert at working hair hlin
self , and his chaparajoes , or leather over
alls , are often covered down Iho front
with seal or some oilier cosily skin. Bits
too , and silver conehos , or" medallions ,
on tlio check piece of his bridle and hH
spur letters absorb a "swell buekcro's"
wages.
EXTINCTION OF THE BUFFALO.
Which Itctmltcd Among
the Indians Plans for
Their Keller.
The tribes of northern Montana , until
within a few years , derived a largo in
come from the sale of buffalo robes , and
also dried largo quantities ot hnflalo
moat for food , says the Loadvillo
Democrat. Frequently Iho Indians of a
single agency would bring in , from tlio
great buflalo-linnt , five or six thousand
robes , which they would sell for $5
apicc , TJlQsovoro flush tiinj
in goods' at'a larco pro-lit and
the rob-js at n gootf advauco. Hut now
customers arc few nnd poor , and the
trader's lifo is not an nctivo nnd inspir
ing ono. The bullalo disappeared sud
denly.
A good number were killed in 1883 , a
very low in 1889 , and not one in 1884.
Since the disappearance of the bullalo
tlio northern Montana Indians have mif-
furod much from want of food , and there
have been too many cruel deaths by
starvation. Congress , however , has
made special appropriations for their
relief and saved thuin from extinction.
Two years ago last winter they aUt a
good many of their ponies , and the
traders made a good speculation by buy
ing liorso-hidc.s , and learning afterward
that they could not hell them for
enough to pay for shipping.
The plan was inaugurated at the largo
issue agencies , several years ago , of hav
ing the Indians do the freighting ; that
is , liaul in their own supplies from the
nearest steamboat landing on railway
station at the ordinary rates ot freight.
The Indians took to the notion very
kindly. The government furnished
harness and wagons to bo paid for.
however , from the first earnings and
HID Indians broke their ponies to the
work of hauling , They made good
freighters. They soon t paid for their
wagons and harness tind commenced to
have money. The olluot was good. A
beginning in civilization was made. At
the Pine Kidgo tigonoy , Dakota , till the
last year , while the distance freighted
was 100 miles , the annual payments to
the Indian freighters used to bo $50,0001
Fines amounting to $300 won ) collected
in 13o5ton u day or two ago from fisher
men wlio violated the law by catching
lobsters loss than ten and a half Idchcs in II
length. _ 4
General Paino's new sloop , the May
flower , which is to outdo thcPurituu , will
bo ready for launching in April. , v < '
Itching , BuriiliiKt Crnokcil and
lilooiliiiff Bkln Cured by
Citticuru.
IT U nt this season when raw winds nncl chilly
blasts wnlio Into iicllvlly eczema mill ovcrjr
FPOC-IUS or Itching Mini Inimliiir Akin nnd eoulp
dlsoiisos , tlint tlin Oiitloiuix UoinuiUos nro moil
BiiuucHilul , A wui-ni butli wltli CullouniBonp ,
nndn filiulo application or Cntloiirn , tno grout
fikln au id , IriiihuUly ullujs ItuliIiiK , lomoviH
ornsts nnd sonlos. nnd permits rest mid sloop.
This repented dally with two or Jhroo dews of
Cutfomu HoMjlvont , tlio now blood purlliui-
hoop tlio blood oool , tlio ppi.splnitlon piiro and
nnlnliallntr , tlio bowels npou , tlio llvor nnd
kidneys active , \\lllsponillly cuioooiomn , tot tor.
ringworm , ptorl.isli , llulion. ptniltiiH , bcnfdlioud ,
dandruff , nnd ovi ry epooloi of Itohlni ? , scaly and
pimply linmorx of tliu skin nnd sculp , with Ins )
ol hnlr , wlion the bust physicians nnd nil known
remedies full ,
KCXKMA CU11KI ) .
About two yo.ira ulnco 1 was Imilly nffllotod
with n iorin of cie/.rnm , and onllnaij moclk-al
ticiitmont nlffimlly fulled lo t-iim inc. T then
nsod your Cutluiim ItumudlitH , nnd In n fovr
wcuUs wan I'urli'ctly ' ' oiuoJ , I think laltlilnlly
uied the will cnio the worst iklu diseases
known. OKO , 8. UICICKNHON ,
Nut , Homo for U , V. 8. , Hampton , Vu.
SALT HI1KUM CU1U5I ) .
Bit was troubled with salt ilioum lor n unnibor
ol j-cnrn so thnt the skin ontliely cnmooll ono of
my IminN finm the ilnjjrir tips to tlin wrist. I
tiiufl ii'inoillc'H ixiul dootots' | iioi(3rlitloim | to no
puiposo until I communciHl taklnir Cutlciira
Itomodlos , nnd now I am until cly out il.
, . . , , 1- : 'rI' * KB .
UTOKnithnniplom St. , Boston , Mas ) .
ITOHINO , SCAlTr , PIMI'LV.
Tor tlin 1 is I yonr I luivu hud n Kpociofi of Itch
Inur , Rfiily , and pimply humiirs on my fuco to
which have niilltd | u crout many methods of
tioittment wltnout suvcusd , nnd which \vm
nnd oullioly cured by Ciitlonin ,
Kuvonu , 0.
Cuttoiira Itomndloi nro sold nrnrywlioin.
I'nco ; C'uiloiiiu.M cnnlHi Krsolvunt , ? I.UKoap ) ; ,
SSronta. I'M'pniedby tlio I'oniiil llllUd AM )
UiiKiiiOAh Co. , HoMon , Mnss.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases , "
niHl'I.KS , lliullic-adBklii ) Illomlbliosnnd llaby
' Jm Humors , iiNoUinicuniKoap ,
"SHAlll' AN1 SIIOOTINO I'AINfT
Unit scorn to cut thiouvh ton likou
l.nllo. aio Instantly icllonod by pine-
Ing nOiitlciiia Antl'l'nln J'luslcr ever
thoHpot , whuro tlin ptiln oiltflnntt'i ,
, oiUiiml an I inialllhlu , l3c. !
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Drawn at Havana , Cuba , March 13-27 , 1086
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rttlu.
tiubjtctto no manipulation , nqt contioiled by
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