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OMAHA must have street signs. Every
month of her growth makes the deficiency
more apparent.
MR. F. L. AMES Is a man who knows how
to put his money where It will do the
most good. He proposes to invest half
a million In Omaha real estate.
AT the rate that the leading tragedians
nil falling by the wayside , it Is only a
question of tlmo when George C. Miln
will have the Held of tragedy all to him-
BOlf.
WE don't hoar much about the "old
flag" from the democratic side of the
house iu Washington , but when it comes
to "an appropriation" the enthusiasm Is
deafening.
THE directors of the Chicago board of
trade have endorsed oleomargarine ns a
wholesome article of food. They should
bo compelled to eat It three times a day.
That might make them change their
opinion.
CYCLONES , hurricanes and tornadoes
nro Becoming altogether iroquent. They
bro po longer oonUnqd to the west , but
distribute thomsolvcslnipartially all over
the country. Yesterday various points
In Illinois , Indiana , Ohio and Virginia
were visited by those destructive storms.
MAYOR BOYD still declines to send In
the name of a building inspector and
nwaits his ohanoo to trade off the nomi
nee for a successor to Marshal Cum-
mlngs. The mayor is still working at n
trade , but ho has got something moro
than an eight hours' job.
THERE is altogether too much careless
ness In the crossing of trains across Six
teenth street. Several persons have ro-
oontly narrowly escaped serious acci
dents at that point. If trains are crossed
over Sixteenth street during the busy
hours of the day a watchman should bo
stationed there , or a trainman should bo
ont ahead to warn people. It is a dan
gerous crossing and trains cannot bo run
too slowly or too carefully at that point.
THE most significant sign of returning
confidence that all danger of labor
trouble for the present year is over in
Omahn is the fact that our local archi
tects are again crowded with orders for
plans und specifications of now buildings.
Many prospective builders who had
abandoned all ideas of placing their
money in brick and mortar this year have
again changed their minds and will lot
their contracts. Business property is In
notlvo demand for prompt Improvement.
The four story ago , too , Is about over
and iivo and six story blocks are now the
order of tho. day.
OMAHA has suffered In times past from
lack of foreign capital invested in per
manent improvements. Most of the
money snout in the city has been made
[ /here. While St. Paul and Minneapolis
have grown to astonishing proportions
through the millions of eastern money
whloh haa fpourod into cool Minnesota ,
Offlftha has paddled along until recently
M bust she could , investing the earnings
of her own citizens with few exceptions ,
> and growing without much external
Wmulus , except the growth of the state
kand her tributary territory The ohaugo
begun , and the olloota arc already
* visible. The men who have pinned their
faith in Omaha und watched Its growth
r from a city of 15,000 people to ono of
75,000 , are now reinforced by capitalists
from the east , who sco in this community
the future great of the trans-Missouri
eouatry , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
in Ulster is now said to be
ono of the certainties in case the homo
rule bill is pushed to the second reading.
The argument that tun Orangemen will
, t break out Into open riot Is actually being
tued against Mr. Gladstone's measure ,
[ 'and the queen is besieged with petitions
| . Jo the buiuo oQ'uot. Side by side comes
the news of perfect tranquility in all
'etlior portions of Ireland , of empty dook-
Uatidof Idle criminal judges. The bugbear -
boar of a rebellion In Ulster is not likely
. to turn the premier und his supporters
from the path which they have marked
out for themselves and for Ireland. Eng
land lias beun dealing with rebellion in
I Ireland io long that eho can apply thu
remedies , if necessary , to the Or-
whloh she has to the people of
_ ht. The fanatical and rain-
ations minority of Ulster who tu
UN preaching the gospel of hate , and
of oold stool and bullijts , will be
suppressed If oooaslou
Iho Interstate Commerce mil.
Tno Cullom bill for the regulation of
interstate commerce has passed the sen
ate with only four dissenting votes.
While considerably amended since it
came from the committee , the measure
retains all the essential features of the
first draft. It provides for a board of
commissioners to hear complaints , make
suggestions , and , where advisable , to ap
peal to the federal courts to enforce their
decisions. It prohibits discrimination and
extortions , calls for publicity in rates ,
ana forbids secret debates and fa
voritism to special shtupors. The
long and short haul clauao as
finally incorporated In the bill
loft the application nnd enforcement to
tlio judgment of the. commission.
The Cullom bill Is not such a measure
ns will satisfy the requirements of rail
way patrons throughout the country , but
It Is chlolly interesting ns nn atlvnnca
towards a solution of the problem , and
as a result of the anti-monopoly agitation
of ten years standing. It Is the first
measure fur the regulation of interstate
commerce which lias passed the senate ,
and Its passage has placed the tipper
house of congress , so largely controlled
by corporation Inlluences , on record
as favoring national regulation of
railways , and a reform In
the abuses under which the pro
ducers of the country now stiller
tit the hands of corporate monopolies.
The reformers who n few years ago wore
denounced , as communists and cranks for
urging congressional enactments to re
strict the discriminations anil extortions
of common carriers have at last boon en
dorsed in the halls of congress by the
very men who formerly denounced them
as enemies to society. Thcro is ample
food for reflection in this single fact.
The vital error in the Cullom bill is
the commissioner system upon which
it is based ; the application of
the principle on which it is founded.
Regulation by commission will not prove
eiroctivo In removing the abuses of rail
way management. A commission of five
will prove easily handled by the men who
boast tlint It is not a dldlcult mutter to
control a legislature of half that many
hundred members. The wide discretion
granted the commissioners in the en
forcement of the law and thu clastic pro
visions of the measure itself make the
value of the law as a remedial meas
ure entirely dependent upon the
honesty and backbone of the
commission. Mr. Ueagan'a bill which
passed the house cama much nearer , in
our opinion , to filling the requirements of
what an interstate commerce bill should
bo.
bo.Tho
The question of national railway regu
lation will now go Into conference com
mittee for discussion with few chances
for such an agreement as will receive the
endorsement of both houses during the
present session. Much has been gained ,
however , in the passage by both the sen
ate and the house of bills dealing with
the subject. The shame of American rail
way management has roceivcd a thorough
ventilation. The protests of the people
of all classes in every section of the
country against the abuses which are the
natural outgrowth of jobbery nnd robbery
on tlio part of railroad wreckers have
been hoard and heeded. Anti-monopoly
stands no longer as the crazy cry of
cranky grangers , but as the slogan of a
majority of railroad patrons throughout
the entire land , which cannot bo safely
disregarded.
The Coming Juno Festival.
The musical festival wjuch is to open in
a few weeks in the Exposition building in
this city promises to bo by far the
grandest musical entertainment of the
class ever given in tins section of the
west The sololsta are selected from the
best available talent in the country , the
orchestra has been recruited from both
Chicago and Omaha , and the chorus is
largo , well-trained and will doubtless
prove all that the recent rehearsals
promise. The programme comprises
among its numbers some of
the best productions of the
best masters , and no pains will bo spaced
to render it acceptable to the most criti
cal audience. As for the building , its
acoustic properties have been .well tried
and found to satisfy all Iho requirements
of such an occasion.
The directors of the coming entertain-
monta have spared neither trouble nor
expense to make the Juno festival a suc
cess , and their efforts should bo crowned
with a largo measure of popular appro
val. A largo number of visitors will bo
attracted to Omaha from the surround
ing country by the concerts and they
should bo most liberally patronized by
our own peoplo. As the opening festival
of a series , which It is hoped to give an
nually in Omaha , It is highly Important
that the corning concerts should attract
the attention and the patronage which
they will so well dcservo.
A. IC8Hon from the Tornado.
The Kansas City papers are filled with
the details of the disastrous tornado
which played suoh riotous havoc with lifo
and property in that community a few
days ajro. There wore the usual accom
paniments of the leaden sky , whirling
clouds and a furious wind , but the storm
\Yas in no respect so far as can bo learned
dilVeront in its phenomena from those
which preceded It in Minnesota a few
weeks ago. Its study has added
nothing to the knowledge of
the Jaws governing cyclones ,
but it seems to have clvon a great deal of
information to the people of Kansas City
about the laws irovornlng Imperfectly
constructed buildings. The city press
boldly charges that had the school house
and factory In which so many llyos were
lost boon properly built , not a human llfo
would have boon sacrificed. The Journal
concludes a bitter editorial on tlio subject
as follows ;
Wo have seen these things year after year ,
nml hardly n meeting of tlio council Is hold
but there Is some one asking the exception
ftom the ordinary precautions of the city or
dinances. Wo , nt this writing , are entirely
unadvised as to any of the particulars about
the buildings In which llfo has been sacrificed
but It will bo shown In every case that the
cause lies In the neglect of well known rules
of safety In atcultccturo. Tlio school bulld-
IIIK , we believe , \yas once condemned , but
patched up , and wo know the court house
was both a dishonest piece of work , archi
tecturally , and a worse Job morally , on the
iwit of the county authorities. As to
the other * wo await confidently the verdict
of examination. That houses all round them
stood attests the tacts for the storm was not
a tornado but a gale , blowing trom one dlrec-
tlou In straight lines. So that llio matter
stands out bo plain and patent to all , that we
would bo recreant to duty did we not call
things Dy their right names-crimes agalust
the lives of Innocent men , women and chil
dren.
dren.And
And wo might ns veil take this occasion to
warn our people against another practice
that may some day turn Into crlmo also , the
wlckod recklessness wlln which wooden
buildings nro allowed to be erected , Involving
some day a conflagration that may lake off
the profit of all tlic booms that are aided by
such criminal carlessncss.
Thn lessen is as applicable to Omahn ns
it is to the citizens of Kansas City. Year
after year buildings are put up In this
city which a puff of wind would bo al
most sufllciont to dislodge from tholr
foundations. Cupidity on the part of
owncfd r.nd ii ! hnuosty on the pqrt of
contractors nro imperilling the lives ot
human beings nnd inviting disaster in
case of tempest. Wo have n building
law ready to bo enforced , but no inspect-
tor to enforce it. The desire on- the
part of the mayor to pay oft' polit-
icol debts and wreak political roveugo is
placing the city at a fearful risk for fu
ture discovery and payment. The dan
ger of poorly constructed buildings seems
to have been the great lesson taught by
the Kansas City tornado. Other cities
will Uo well to lay It to heart. *
Powerful Arguments.
The editor of the Herald commends
the "powerful argument" which Mr.
Charles Francis Adams maao on behalf
of the Union Paciho before the congres
sional committee of railroads last winter.
Ho is particularly htruck with the force
of Mr. Adams' plea on behalf of 0,800
bona lido stockholders "for legislation
prompt and tinal , which will put ttio
road beyond dancer of becoming the
prey of wreckers , thus affording mutual
protection to the stockholders and the
government as the chief creditor of the
road. " As the editor of the Herald was
for years the unswerving defender of
and apologist for the "wreckers" who
auk tv magnificent property into the
mire of prospective bankruptcy and
then unloaded on 0,800 , bona lido
blockholdcrs their paper certificates , ho
is fully authori/od to speak with fooling
on the subject. For all that , Mr. Adams
makes a "powerful argument" when ho
exposes as ho does in his annual report
the gross mismanagement to which his
road has been subjected during the past
ton years , a mismanagement which , orig
inating in the private ofliccs of the stock
jobbing president and directors , was car
ried into every detail of the operating
department , with the result of depreciat
ing the road bed and equipment , alienat
ing patronage and building up tlio inter
ests of rival lines in competitive ter
ritory.
So far as the stockholders of the road
are concerned , the people of the country
are not overflowing with sympathy for
Jay Gould's dupes. The sentiment in
favor of placing the Union Pacific road
upon its feet is simply a matter of self-
interest. The people of Omaha and of
Nebraska who have been the "prey of the
wreckers" are willing to assist in enab
ling the road to give thorn a bettor serv
ice by any means which will not wcaKon
the government's Hen upon the property
or enable now jobbers to distort the na
tional bounty in the future as they have
in the past to their own personal benefit.
Thu policy ol the people towards the
Union Pacific has not changed. If Mr.
Adams is to bo believed , the policy of
the Union Pacific towards the people has
boon reversed. This after all is the most
"powerful argument" which Mr. Adams
and his company can offer towards secur
ing the aid and assistance of which his
road now stands in BO much need.
Where the Trouble LJIOH.
The county assessors have held a meet
ing and agreed to raise the valuation of
property from 5 to 25 per cent "where it
will bear a raiso. " This is a stop in the
right direction , but not a very high one.
What wo need is not so much a general
raise in valuation ns an equalization of
values on a basis which will place the
property of the rich on the same level as
that of the poor. As n rule 'the little
cottages and houses of Omaha have oeon
assessed high enough. The mon who
have shirked taxes most have boon
the heaviest property owners whoso hun
dreds of unimproved lots have been listed
at figures varying from one-tenth to ono-
twentieth of the prices at which they are
now on sale in the open market. To raise
such valuation merely 25 per cent would
be a trifling remedy.
For instance , scores of lots across the
tracks were listed last year at less than
? 1CO per lot which to-day are offered for
sain at from $1,000 to $3,500. To add ? ! 0
to the valuation of these lots , making
them taxable at $200 on the next tax list ,
will not fill the bill.
The aotual market value of real estate
in Omahacannot , fall much shortof $100-
000,000. Last year the valuation of Douglas
county was loss than 110,000,000. These
figures apoak for themselves. They show
why every year Omaha Is financially em
barrassed and unable to comply with the
loud demands for public improvements
whioh must bo made from the general
fund. If the assessors iu the wards
whore the ovll of unequal assessments
has bean greatest will do tholr duty regardless -
gardless of any resolution fixing the lim
its within whioh valuations are to bo
raised , they will recolvo the warm
thanks of ttio community.
THE Omaha & Northern scheme will
still materialize , oven if Jefferson square
and that quarter of a million bonus failed
to bud and sprout after their sleep under
the winter snows.
THE latest spring fashion in tornadoes
calls for a sweeping train and widely
gored sides ,
FIELD Ol-1 INDUSTRY.
The State armory of Troy , Now York , has
been sold to the Knights of Labor for 813,000. ,
KtToitsaio being made In about twenty
cities and towns by the Knights of Labor to
build halls.
A co-operatlvo association of Indy dress
makers has Just becu organized In Manches
ter , Knglnnd.
Tlio union printers of Plttsburg have presented -
sonted their scale of prices to the newspaper
pioprletors , calling for 45 cents per 1000 ems
tor night work and 40 cents for day work.
A cutlery company pf Coimoitlcut the other
clay received the largest order In history for
0000 pieces of Urlttanla ware , of which 2000
pieces we jo. for table castors.
Thcro are nt present eighty-seven cotton
mills In Mexico , with 8t53 looms and 247,750
spindles , and ton woolen mills , with 800
looms and 0,3(54 ( spinaios , The total output
of both kind * or mills ls a little uuder 85,000-
000 per annum.
Manufacturers In and near Louisville , JCy , ,
arc greatly excited over the eyldenou of nad
ural gas within easy i roach. Test well are
being put clown there * and also In western
Indiana nnd sotitlier'n Michigan.
In Norfolk the prftttcT-s last week adopted
a resolution prohibiting the use of "pinto
matter , " which has hitherto been used In
dally papers , uuless.jiald for as regular com
position. The demntiq was acceded to , but
several proprietors nMuced the slzo 01 their
papers.
The Xnw .Icrsoy bill In fixvor of labor arbi
tration lias been i > a < Ked. It provides fora
commission of live Jiursous to sit ns a court
and hoar both sides In Inbor disputes and de
cide finally In every cant , except whore rail
road Interests ore concerned , 'two of the
commissioners will to | appointed by the em
ployers. two by oiuployr-s. whosliidf ho state
railroad Inspectors , and these four shall
namcn fifth ,
Continual iiJsssr mouU nro tirlslng
a mon the Oohoes and other hosiery matill-
tacturers and tholr wotkincn over wages ,
shop rules , dinner hours , or something of
that sort The Knights of Labor ate en
deavoring to start two largo co-operatlvo
hosiery mills.
The cotton nnd spinster mills are general
ly busy north and south , and In many
places wages have been voluntarily advanc
ed. At Coltinibiis , ( in. , 2,000 employes wcro
advanced 10 per cent. At Athens , Cn. , nil
the mills are oversold. Idle mills atYoon -
tiocket , U. 1. , will stall up this week.
The 18,000 foumlo clonk operatives of Hcr-
lln , ( lormitny , Inivo struck for n ! M per cent
advance * . Apron sewers are pnldm ) to 7fi
cents nor week ; nrck-woar sewers are paid
80 cents per week for twelve limns work ;
jersey sewers , 81.00 j glovn-mnkcttt , 51.20 ,
woiking twelve hours. There has been a
largo Inllttx of Amctlc.tn buyers of Into.
The Amalgamated society of carpon tots nnd
joiners ot Kuglnnd last year expended among
Its unemployed members SiOO.OOO. Since 1NX )
Its total dislmiseinents for support reached
nearly SU.OOO.OOO , while less than § 375 was
spout on stilkus. Tlio membership has In-
created In live years from 17,000 to 2(5,000. (
Ten years ago tlio number out of work was
sixteen to every l.OJO membcia. Tills year
the number out of work Is ISO for every
1,000. ,
The smaller Industries iu the middle states
are receiving strength through the expansion
of mnnufncturinircnp.tclty In the latgor es
tablishments , nnd quite n number ot con
cerns have started up this year , mainly by
foremen or workmen heretofore engaged In
the larger woiks. Tlio cheniwntiii ; cost of
machinery nnd motive power Is stimulating
this sort of enterprise.
The cur works throughout the country
scorn to bo exceptionally busy , and several
railway managers nto about plnclni : 'addi
tional orders. In Huntliigton one shop lias
orders for l.WO cars. In Ycmngatown a cnr
shop has an order for 750 cars and was
obliged to tef use an order for : iOO. Similar
conditions are repotted from some other
states , and the probabilities seem to bo that
the demand for rolling stock will keep the
car works crowded throughout the year.
Why CoiiKross Doesn't Strike.
St. Lnnti ItiinMtcnn.
The only reason congress doesn't strike is
bce.iuso it Is always allowed to fix Its own
hours' ot labor and pay.
The North May Itc-iont.
CMcago Time * .
Jon Davis declares that ho shall never re
pent But If ho keeps on fii the present strain
the north is likely to rojj'oiit repent that it
didn't hang him. ' " '
Shut Out tlio Aiiur'ctit'st Conspirators.
CMuig ] Tflfiune.
Is It not tlmo to milzzlqHhoso already hero
and to place a guard aj ; our eastern national
door forbidding any | more of the scum to
land on our shores' ? Jf , wg cm stop n China-
man from coming hqie cat wo not prevent
acommunlbt from landing' . '
Dniia'sOplnloK ol' Cleveland.
C/ci'clan'l / Lehder.
Chntles A. Dana tcstlfie under oath In the
Pan-Electric Invostig'atlou that President
Cleveland "Is a bad dcyuoq'rat. " Tills will bo
gniteful news to a largnjmajorlty oC the dem
ocratic party. They Ipared that ho was not a
democrat nt nil , or that .he was a good demo
crat. _ _ J
The Ideal Mall Hoc.
I'otthintl Kaitern * Annii.
The Ideal mall bag should bo both lire-proof
and water-proof , but as we are not dwellers
In Utopia , perhaps Ideal perfection Is too
much to expect , but a water-proof package Is
entirely within the limits of the practical ,
and such packages aie constantly used in
every day course of commercial affairs.
Ho Pa I a Twice.
YiniJseri Stittiinnn.
"Did I pay for that wtnowohad last night ,
landlord' " ' asked Crlmsonbeak , coming down
ono morning with his head tied up In a towel.
"Why , you ought to know , Mr. Crimson-
beak , " replied a bystander , jokingly. "Well ,
said Crlmsonbeak " 1 consulted
, my pocketbook -
book , and It seemed to say that I did ; but
whou I consulted my head , I came to the
conclusion that I was paying for It this
morning. "
License Docs.
Cleveland I'ladulealer.
High license has beun effective In Missouri
in reduclnc the number of dunking places
nnd in decreasing the drinking habit. The
tax on drinking places ranges from 8550 to
81,000 , per year. In Illinois high license has
hail a similar effect , the tax In that state beIng -
Ing 8300 to § 1,000. Besides lessening the evil
at both ends the license system brings into
the state treasury u larger revenue. It Is be
lieved this system has been productive of
moro real good than the prohibition laws of
Kansas and Iowa In lessoning drunkenness
and In relieving the distress caused by this
evIL
A Bong of May.
llunltlte in DrooMvn Ragle.
Como , 1'oplta , 1'liyllls. Grlselda , Jeannette ,
Kvangcllne , Jlclolse , Fillno , Siiiuttc.
Kcbecca , Kan , Margaret , Bertha , Babette ,
Or whatever your nnmo Is ;
Come , get on your mackintosh , pouch , urn-
broil ,
Clogs , overshoes , pattens , "gums , " mutllers
ns well ,
And boy for the green woods I 1 might as
well toll
A-Maying the game Is I
We'll twine our May garlands beneath the
v green tree ; > <
We'll mnku the swamp ring with our inno
cent glco ;
We'll wade round ourMny-polo , lighthearted
ed and free , . , i
Where naught nut , delight is I MM
Then homeward we'll dan-jo when the twi
light is come , J , ,
With diphtheria , croup ivml'pnoiimojiia dumb ;
With ptlilsls , Itimbago'aud'Tlieumattz-zuin ,
and peritonitis.
8TATI3 AND tJBItIUTOHy. [
Ncbrnsku'.JottlriKH.
Ponca is in the vprfes of a liquor
draught. All saloon ' are closed ,
The question ofa division is again
agitating the people pf Holt county.
The young lada of. Croighton have or
ganized a "morals ami manners society , "
The Fillmorn Ropu ( > lienn asserts that
"Dr. Clark crawled into > Mr. Shumway's
mouth nnd kicked all. the tooth out , "
The canning f actorjufl York is goln < j
up in great shape. Thoiin machinery is
in plaeo and eanmakorfc will begin opera
tions next week.
A Bohemian named Hnllunbook was run
over by u train near Schuylor Sunday.
night and literally cut to pieces. Ho was I
drunk at the time and walking on the
track.
OMiss Helen Morchcad , of Albion , Is a
genius with a pen. She has written 2,000
words on n postal card , und stowed away
the Lord's prayer on a line drawn around
a ten cent pleco. The writing is suid to
ba perfectly legible.
Adam Pfulo , the husky parent of seven
girls and four boys , last week camped on
tlio suburbs of O'Neill ' City , after weary
pull wjth oxon ami wulos from northern
Dakota. Ho will pre-empt a section pr
two of Hot ) county and modify hicj napip.
Lightning demolished the , barn of Mr.
Wttdswortu , iu Hall oouqty , Sunday , and
killed three horses. Loss , $1,000. Two
horses and a barn belonging to Albert
Section , In Snundora county , wore struck
by lightning the same day. The barn
was burned und the horses Killed.
F. M. Coovcr , of Hastings , has como
out from under a cloud of unsavory gos
sip1 with an affidavit , solemnly proclaim *
ing that ho never declared his love ; no ,
never. Ho had the misfortune to stay In
the store in which ho works , with two
others after dark. They amused them
selves scrubbing the floor. About 10
o'clock Coovor founrt himself alone ,
standing guard with a loaded mop-han
dle at the open side door. A woman ap
peared , breathless and la great fear , lie
took her in to a back room nnd told
her to rest herself , nnd the chlvalrio blood
Of a long race of Uoovors surged through
his vnins as ho rcplvcd to shield her
from Imrtn. Shortly affor , ho peered
around th.i corner , and. seeing no rascal
ly rutllan to brain with the mop , lie
whispered to the woman that &hu could
safely depart , Ho never touched her ,
not oven with his hand , His mind con
tinued frco from euro , and a joyous
whlstlo smote the air as ho plodded
homeward. But a sneaking policeman
crossed his path and mcoklv requested
an explanation. Coovor unbosomed
himself , and omphasl/.cd his story with
$15 , which passed into the pocket of thu
cop. The woman was also taken in , nnd
the nox ; ilny Uoovor plead guilty to the
ohargo of lowdncss and promptly paid
the line on condition that the subject bo
droppi.'d right there nnd hushed , And
Coovor swears Hint ho is "un innocent
and abused man. "
lawn Items.
Tlio Baptists of Davenport will build a
$20,000 , church in the resident portion of
the city.
The Grace Episcopal church at Cedar
Hiiplds will bo enlarged and will bo made
into cruciform shape. The improve
ments will cost $20,000.
Loafers arc not permitted to ojngro-
gate tit the Murshalllown postolllco. U'ho
city marshal has been instructed by the
mayor to read the riot act to all who lin
ger in that locality.
After the first of July next no school
teacher In Iowa can get a oortlllcato who
has not passed an examination in physiology
elegy and hygiene , with special reference
to the effect of alcoholic liquors , stimu
lants and narcotics upon the human
system.
Arrangements are bning made at Ju-
btiquo for a game of base ball for the
benefit of Tom Sullivan , the catohcr of
the Dubuqucs of 187080. . Tom suffered
the loss of both ids hands last winter nnd
the benefit for him will , no doubt , bo a
largo one.
.It appears that Burlington's experi
ence with prohibition has not been of the
most satisfactory nature. The council
lias passed an ordinance licensing the
saloons. It is fixed at $50 per month in
advance. The petition for the ordinance
was signed by over 000 business men and.
property owners.
In Iowa 035 women own and direct
farms , eighteen manage farms , five own
greenhouses , nine manage market gar
dens , thirteen sorvb as county school
superintendents , thirty-seven manage
high institutions of learning , 125 are
physicians , live attornoys-ut-law , ton
ministers , three dentists , 110 professional
nurses , and one is a civil engineer.
The Kookuk constitution tells of a fish
which was caught in the river opposite
that city , Friday afternoon , and which ,
upon being opened , was found to contain
a largo silver watch nnd a valuable gold
chain. The watch is an Elgin one , and
was sold by a Kcokuk jeweler last fall.
The tlsh , a sturgeon , was caught by
Henry Lifer , a professional fisherman.
While returning from a largely at
tended funeral in Crcston , Monday , a
horse driven by two ladies became fright
ened and started to run. A gentleman
standing near grabbed the lines and was
dragged between the wheels and buggy
for n dlrituncc of four rods. The buggy
was turned over and the horse broke
loose and ran. The ladies were badly
bruised und cut , and dragged on the
ground. One is seriously injured.
Dakota.
Rapid City's water works syste m is
about completed.
Sonio Kentucky horsemen have located
in Faulk county to open breeding farms
of line horses.
Tin Eldorado Mining company has
been organized at Dead wood with $3,500-
000 capital. The property is located
near the Hod Cloud.
New settlers are pouring into the Hills
at a very lively rate , so much so that
there is danger of the old settlers becom
ing covered up or lost in tlio crowd.
The Homostake union has paid to its
shareholders $3,1)1,000 ) ! ) in ninety-three
monthly dividends. It stands at the head
of the productive mines of America.
A wind cave near Hot Springs , in Fall
River county , has been explored for 700
feetj and the end is not yet. A current
of air is continually passing through it
with sufllciont force to blow one's hat off
hence its name.
Montana.
The Drum Lummon last month pro
duced $140,107 bullion. The stock is now
quoted at 8 Us ,
It cost $8,50(1.74 to keep Monghor
county's poor hist year , and the poor lund
still contains over $ (1,000. (
Montana wool growers say the losses
during the winter were very trilling , and
Unit the outlook is very promising.
Some ere from the Hidden Treasure
mine that assayed $1,500 per ton was
brought in from Virginia creek recently.
The Shonon mining properties in the
Bannaok-Murysville district have lately
been sold to ban Francisco parties for
$125,000.
The stockmen of Yellowstone , Bull
Mountain and MiiBcloshell say the win
ter's losses were merely nominal , and
that the calf crop promises to exceed that
of any previous year ,
The bullion product of the Granite
Mountain company for the period cnaing
Mureh,31 , this year , amounted to01,300 ! !
un average of over $120,000 a month.
The shipments for the first thirteen days
iu April were $08,500.
Miles City lias a free reading room , and
the cowboys of Yellowstone county are
cpiisuquontly happy. When tlmo comes
for closing at night the boys allow nobody
to blow out the lights ; they just shoot
them out.
The Paoltlo Const ,
There are over 375 different varieties of
birds found in Washington territory.
The ground where the Bancroft build
ing stood on Market street , Sun Fran
cisco , cnn be bought for $800,000 $1,000
a foot front ,
The railroad works in Sucramonto are
moving moro briskly than for a long
timo. Between cloven and twelve hun
dred men are employed ,
There Is a curiosity nt the pen at Santa
Fo m the filmpn of a colored man who
stands nix feet six- inches high and weighs
"only 140 pounds. When ho walks his
knees wobble in and out us if they wore
olntod stilts.
The Catholic catlip'lral ' to bo built at
Siicramuntp this year will cost $150,000
and the bishop's residence StJO.OOO. The
church will bo 00x200 uud will be built of
brick awl granite ,
In Washington territory there are 20-
000 children attending thp public nuhpels.
There arc twenty-four colleges and
academies , with 1-flO students ' , und 333
church organizations.
Tlio spociil ( delivery system in San
Francisco ww iiot vforked very HIIUOO.SS-
fully , tlifi sale of btamps having decreased
from $83a.4Q lor the first month to $348.20
for tlio last of the seven months that the
ystcui him boeu in operation.
AWAY DOWN IN DIXIE IAND ,
The Editor of the Bee Becomes an Arkaq
BOS Traveler ,
IN SEARCH OF A WITNESS
Incidentally Ho Describes the Coun
try niul People Along
the Houto.
LITTI.IROCK : , Ark. , May 10. [ Eclltoria
Correspondence of the BKK. ] "This way
for Lltttu Rock , Hot Springs , ToxnrKnna
nnd Galrcstonl" bhoutcil the slcopinp- ;
car porter on tito Iron mOiir.tr.ir. trr.clcnt
the St. Louis union depot hist night.
"Show your ticket , ploaso. This is your
car , the 'Alamoj1 the rour car , the 'La.-
crone , ' goes through to Oalveston. "
Thuso names \vcro in tlioinsolvos sugKost-
ive of Texas rancors iind Mexican ban
dits. The occupants of the sleepers worn ,
for the most part , decidedly southern In
manners nnd dross. The blue-blooded
dude with kid milters nnd kid jrlovcs , the
portly and pompous "Jcdse , " In dro s
suit and silk tile , and the red-nosed
"Majah" with the llerco moustache and
Louis Nnpnknn goatee , are each
TYPICAL ItKl'ltESENTATlVUS
of this land of chivalry.
Upon entering the wash room of the
"Alamo" this morning 1 found the air
perfumed with the aroma of distilled
corn juico. Southern sociability had
tinctured the ice water with rock and
rye and made the Arkansas traveler feel
at homo once moro.
At the railroad breakfast station the
prevailing politeness and hospitality of
"uixn : LAND"
afforded food for rutlectlon. On the
northern und western roads passengers
rush into the dining station at u itovll-
liiku-tha-liimlmo.st pace. Everybody helps
liimsulf to what may bo in roach and
cares not a llg how his neighbor fares or
whether ho guts anything at all to cater
or drink * Hero every iwsscngor acts as
if seated at a family dinner. "Can I hoi ) )
yon to a piuco of chicken ? " asks one ,
"Will yon havtt some of these berries ? "
asks another , as the metil proceeds.
1 now realize for the lirst time why the
natives of Arkansas have been described
as half hurso and half alligator. In all
my born days I have never passed
through such a swampy country. I
almost felt like exclaiming with the Iowa
prohibition poet , ' " .Vater , water every
where , but not a drop to drink. " For
nearly 200 miles the Iron Moun
tain road passes through a
continuous watcr-logjj-cd forest , with on
ly hero and there a patch of dry ground
cleared of timber and an occasional ham
let or village raised above the swamps to
break the monotony. The towns along
the road are , judging by their weather-
beaten appearance , not of rooontgrowth.
Hero and there the ancient Arkansas log
cabin , with its tottering chimney loaning
against an outside wall , looks exactly like
the cabins in those pictures of the Arkan-
'sa\v Traveler , only the tiddler in the coonskin -
skin cap and the brood of barefooted
children are missing to make the picture
perfectly natural.
AltKANSAS VILLAGES
nro not very picturesque. The stores
are nearly all of the same pattern ,
very much like those in the now
towns in western Iowa and northwestern
Nebraska. The "postoflice" and the sa
loon and billiard hall are usually the
most conspicuous. At McAlmont station
I noticed thu following signs on a ono-
story frame hhop :
Kailroad Olh'cc of Justice I Post-
Ollice. of the Peace. ollico.
The occupant of this building must
wield a powerful influence in those parts.
Ho.probably runs all the democratic con
ventions , has a monopoly on all the
"fees'1 which justicn levies on the law
less natives , and gets his demijohns dead
headed over the railroad.
The only hvo town this side of Little
Rock Is
NEWl'OIlT ,
at the crossing of the White * river. Sub
stantial brick blocks and warehouses ,
tasty residences , and a general bustle
along the streets indicate that this is one
of the live towns of Arkansas. Pour or
five steamboats moored on the river bank
wore centers of visible activity. The
river is said to bo navigable all life year
round , and at this time was in splendid
boating condition. The boats chiolly
carry down to the Mississippi the surplus
cotton , tobacco anil corn of the White
river valley , and brine up provisions ,
merchandise and machinery for the
towns located on Its banks.
THE VALLEY OK THE WHITE RIVER
is said to bo very fertile , producing
heavy crops of cotton and winter wheat.
In the wooded belt through which the
Iron Mountain road pusson vast quanti
ties of hard wood white oak , ush ,
hickory , and sweet gum are annually
harvested for homo use and export.
There is also hard pine enough to supply
lumber for nil Arkansas lor years to
comu. If the people of Iowa and Ne
braska could exchange sonio of their
pralrio land for tluiso great timber tracts
thcro would bo cheaper fuel in the
west and easier fanning down hero.
As we approached Little Rock the sur
face of the country , which for hundreds
of miles had been level and swampy , bo-
caina more broken and hilly. Farms be
came moro numerous and bettor culti
vated. The six rail fence , which adorns
all the region this side of St. Louis , was
hero aim there supplanted by straight
board or picket fences. The red oluy
soil , which is peculiarly southern , gives
place here and tliuro to n dark loam on a
sandy baso. Presently the train emerges
into the picturesque
AllKANSAW VALLEY ,
with Its brick-colored river winding in
tortuous coils , vury much like the clas
sic Elkhorn , On the rocky embank
ment , embowered in a grand clus
ter of tall pines , kittle Rock
looms up to the traveler twenty
minutes bcforo the train halt * at the sta
tion for dinner. My destination , in
search of another man who hud mot
John Milton Ilofl'man on horseback
during that memorable tramp , was
reached , and I proceeded iu once up
town to locate my witness E. K.
Heforo anil After.
Kbtollino ( Dak. ) lioll ; Editorial from a
Dakota papur ( three months Imforc eluo >
tlon ) : "Wo hear that Hill .Smith wants
to go to the legislature next winter. Wo
wore expecting this there Isn't much
that 1)111 ) doesn't want , Cannot the people
ple of this country do bolter than
send such a renegade ollico-fecokor
as this man Smithy" Six weeks later :
"Hon. William R. Smith , the merchant
prince of this city , has fonmilly an
nounced hlnibulf as a candidate ! for thy
legislature ) , As our people well know ,
Mr. Smith 1ms had lirgu ; iixpufiuiicii in
the Iowa legislature , liuhides hohljng
many offices of trust and honor. With'
out a bhadow of a doubt ho is the man
for us. ll.y thp. way. his nioiniuotli
double polupin ad Will ) w noticoi ) on our
fourth pngo tljs | week. Ifcud it and
lirolit tliuruhy , "
Yon - UJooil ,
Among bpriotf pi'tjpfi rations , do you
ncglept thut whloh Is most important to
nil your own body. During the \vinor }
the blood nuiorlMwany impurities , which ,
If not expelled , are liahlo to urouk out in
scrofula or other ilitsuusu , The best
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It expuU uvcry impurity from thu blood.
and gives dtromtth to ovary ( unction of
the body. Hold by all druggibU.
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rr coHTAirvs wo onuac inr AWT renac
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TIIO'K IIKSIIIIM1 A'llKMKUT FOIt
CONSUMPTION
ANT
LUNG DISEASE.
Should occuro the 1m no f 1 houliH. Dlroollon
ncooropiuiylnpr onoli ttottlo-
Sold by all Modiclno Dealer * .
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