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u THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , .JUNE 1 , 1898. THE DAILY BEE. K. ItOSRWATBR. Bmion. OMAHA OrriCE , Nrxmt AND 010 I-AKMAM fit. KKW YonKOmcT. , HOOM KTnintJwn HLMI.DISO 'WASiiiBdTOK OmcB , No. 613 FonnTKHfrii ST. Published every mornlnir.CTCTt SundRy. The only Monday morning prijior publishedi Tn the ctnti . TEIIMS nr MAIM Ono Tcnr . . $10.00 Three Months . t SI * Months. , . WO.Ono Jiontli . 1.00 Itir. WEEKir Urr. Published Every Wodnusdar. TniMB , POSTPAID : Ono Yenr , with premium . . . . . . . .f2.nO One Ycnr , wltliout premium . . . . IA' Blx Months , without premium , . . 75 Ono Month , on trial. . 10 All commiinlcMlons rclntlnir to new * nml odl torlnlmntfer * utiouM bo addressed to the Km- TOII OF 'UK 1IFE. nusiwr.is r.ETTF.nst All hit jlnes * loiters nnd remittances MionM ho undii-oofxl to Tim Ilr.r. 1'unusnmn COMI-ANV , OMA.TA. Drnttt , checks nnd i > o loTlco ( orders to lie made paynhlo to the order of the corapnay. IHt EU PflOPRIETQIli "CmKU3 : for the living , tears for the dund. " llAVi : wo nuotlicr Lciiltko in the audi tor's department ? TUB alloys tire in n very filthy condi tion nnd should bo cleaned at onco. The alloys should bo kept as clean as the strouta. "Hr.ooi ) will lull. " Ormondo the winner qf the Kiitflish Derby is the son and grandson of winners ot the great nice. Hut blood docs not always "toll" when jockeys are told beforehand how to throw the rnco. Little accidents of that kind have happened too frequently of Into in American sporting annals. Now is the time to prepare for Omaha's future. Parks and boulevards can never bo secured ns cheaply as at the urcsent. A few years ami sucli improve ments will beyond our roach without an extravagant expenditure of money. Tin : buffalo is nearly extinct but the Hiill'nlo liar holds his own. The asser tion that Miss Folsom hud "indignantly denied" her engagement to President Cleveland shows that the imaginative bison continues to get there with botli feet. Miss FOLSOM on Sunday received a box of ( lowers by express from the White house conservatory. These are the flowers that bloomed in the spring , and have .something to do with the case , tra- la. Grover Cleveland reached Now York Sunday nlclit by express also. OMAHA'S bank clearings last week amounted to $3,453,099 , a percentage of increase over the corresponding week of last year of 83.1 per cent. Again does Omaha lead all other cities in the per centage of increase. This in getting to bo a very common thing. CAHNEOIE , the Pittsburg millionaire manufacturer , has given $250.000 to Allegheny City for a free library and music hall. Ho recently gave 1300,000 to Pittsburg for the same purpose. Mr. Carncgio believes in seeing himself what good his great wealth can accomplish. Such monuments are more enduring than marble shafts. THE commissioners have advertised for proposals for tno retaining walls around the court houso. It is high time. Every rain makes the terraces more insecure and threatens the stability of the founda tions. If the commissioners would pay moro attention to such needed improve ments and loss to impracticable schemes for draining the Elkhorn , the county would bo correspondingly happier. Ton MOIIKAY has not laid n brick on. his new building in months. The pile of brick and sand and rubbish which ho per mits to remain on Fourteenth street is tin obstruction to two-thirds of that thorough- faro. Besides , It is ruining the asphalt pavement and is n nuisance on general principles. The council cannot force this obstructionist to build , but it can compel him to remove his rubbish from the street , and it ought to proceed against him at onco. WHAT the public feeling among honest taKpnyers of Omaluv is on the assessment question may bo scon from the fact that peycral heavy property owners have personally urged the assessors to raise the assessment on their own property. Tkeso gentlemen had sense enough to see $ h t the contlnuance of greatly needed public improvements depends upon the tntoimt of revenue which the city can rai o mid that the increase ot value of. their property was bound up in tho"gunv pral nsu in property values throughout H e city. TfiK suggestion of Councilman Kaspar foplaco a tin atrip around , the top ot the ( Street lamp globes , witli the name of the street painted in white on n dark back ground is n good ono. This method of labeling tha streets would bo cheap nnd pfloctiyu so far as it goes. Of course it Would only operate where lamp posts uro located , Corners without lamp , jiosU would have to remain undistinguished , { iut any move iu the. direction of identi fying our streets ia n good one. Lamp signs will be an excellent orucr signH cnu folio * ; Yoason for the steady rise in real state in the business portion of Omaha the influx of custom capitalists seeking Investment , ami willing to- plant their money where it will bring in a reason , * nba ) interest return , lloal ostata invest ments in Now York nnd liostun uro con sidered lirst-olass If they not 0 and 7 per cent n year oh'ar of taxed and deprecia tion on plant. In Omaha , for years past , 10 or 12 per cent has peon considered only a fair return ou investments vf this * } ! M5 . ! id some property owners have been able to boast of 15 and ' . .JOpur oenl from rents nud leases , The rise in property ia the natural result. A lot which last your or a tow years ago could bo made productive to the oxUmt of 20 per cent annually In rent , will now bring in 10 per cant if sold : vt twice the prluo ut which it wait then held. Money ia getting cheaper , uud cheaper money Menus lower proliU for investors. It also ttcians an eager struggle for safe SHuurity with sure prospects of a reasonable Annual return in interest. This U one Mcrct of the llrnmo * * of the roul estate Market iu Onuiha , especially in property Iwld oren sulo for immediate improve- aunt. Kcoplne Up the Tiixo * . Mr. Carlisle thinks the tariff debate will begin in few weeks , but ho has no hopes of the passage of any measure re ducing customs duties. Of course not. The monopolist lobby which has won year in and year out at Washington in the struggle to maintain exorbitant tariff taxation , is still in the Hold with plenty of reserves behind it to block any legislation which will lift the burdens from American commerce , American industry and American producers. The free trade bugbear no longer frightens , but tariff reform is used as a phrase to alarm workingmen as free trndo masquerading in other garments. Cowardice and corruption combined will prevent any reduction In the war tarifl whoso exorbitant exactions were imposed to create n rovontio to crush out rebellion. Hut there will bo a heavy reckoning some day when our workingmcu and produc ers take the matter of needless taxation in their own hands and apply the remedy in their own way. The men elected on platforms pledging the party to reform over an Iniquitous tarifl , and who have violated other pledges , will bo delegated to the rear , where they belong , and the jobbery und corruption bred by a treas ury surplus will disappear with the de parture of the surplus wrung from pro duction under the pretense of bcnclitting the producers. The demand for tariff reform Is now heard in unusual places , in the work shop and forge , from behind the looms and epindles of mills and factories nnd in labor conventions , as well as ou the farm and pruirlo. That demand is not for "free trade. " for ovrryono who knows anything about the subject knows that the revenue icquiremcnts of the government will for years to come render "free trade" an impossibility. What is needed and what is required by the people ple from the present congress is a compliance with the pledges of party platforms to reform the tariff and reduce tariff taxation. Manufacturers and artisans alike with consumers arc demanding the removal of the ridiculous taxes on raw materials which enhance the cost of the manufactured product and do not add a penny to the wages of operatives. Workingmen - ingmen have at last had their oycs opened to sue that competition in labor moro than competition in the products of labor re duces wages and precipitates industrial depression , and they demand for them selves the right to buy the necessaries of life in the cheapest market , irrespective of the cries of capitalist millionaires for additional protection for their "infant in dustries. " What the country wants und ought to have is a rational , common sense- reduc tion of tariff taxes , first because the treas ury does not need them and not less im portant because the country at largo is groaning under their weight. Preparing Tor AVar. The manifesto of the czar to his navy reminding the officers and men of the Crimean war and warning them to bo prepared in case they should bo called upon for duty is generally regarded as an omen of the approaching war which has been thrcatunint ; Europe for the past llvn years. Russia has its eye on the Dar danelles and its arm is already reaching out with a strong grasp towards Central Asia and India. All that the czar is wait ing for is for a sufliciont pretext for hos tilities , and when ho is fully prepared the pretext will no doubt be forthcoming. Alexander begins his decree to the navy as follows : "It is thirty years since the fleet by its heroic deeds sacrificed itself for Russia's welfare , bravo men trans ferring themselves in spirit to the mem orable heights of Sobastopol. " This allusion is to the strlko made by the Rus sian navy when the allied Hoot of England and Franco advanced upon Sebastopol in October , 1854 , three days after the vic tory of the Alma. The Russian fleet sailed from the harbor as if to give thorn battle ; but , instead , seven of the great men-of- war wore scuttled by their own officers in full siirht of the allied fleet and sunk to the mast-tops , barricading the entrance to the harbor effectually against the ap- proitoh of the enemy's ships , antl making the conquest of the Crimea a matter of months when it might otherwise have boon ono of hours. The czar tolls his sailors that circumstances may urisu which will force him into an armed defense of his empire and concludes 0.3 follows : "If such occasion should arise , I know that you will aid mo with the devo tion and constancy which your ancestors displayed inresponweto my grandfather's appeal a devotion and constancy which astonished their contemporaries on the ' sea who witnessed their gallaut exploits. To you I confldo the defense , honor - and safety of Russia. " Language suoh. as this cu bo construed in 110 other way than as meaning that the czar anticipates an early outbreak of war. No one who has watched the move ments of Ru&ia durlug the past 'live years can doubt that the day is ucar at hand. She bus advanced her frontier per- Bistuntly In the direction of Central Asia. She has partially Russianizod Astatic Turkey and Persia ; she has built a rail road to within a hundred miles of Herat ; she has conquered the greater part of Central Asia und made it hnr own and. has intrigued in the heart of India. Kng- Ikh tilnvui over the czar's manifesto is well founded. It means trouble. Th j Flslwr Dispute. There will be morn ink thau blood shod in the dispute between this country and Canada over salt codfish and fresh bait which has soul the small Fryo of Mmne into patriotic eouoluslons V Washington. The country generally cares liltlo about the coiilroversy Tho. dispute would have boon entirely avoided if the selfish- miss of Now England flshormon had net prevented a reasonable commercial tree- dom inh \ ( ) innVUir of lishing , ir. which Camilla us well no our country could hayo joined. Now that the * controversy has arisen the only nim shGuUl bololnvro it Kelt led as qukhiy and as amicahly as possible. If Canada has made what sceina to us a forced construc tion of thn treaty of 1S1P , in refusing to allow American fishing bmncks to pur chase bait iu horfORfonst towns , wo have the privilege of retaliating in kind , This u what congress meant to do when it so amuudod the flipping bill on Thursday a.s to provide that thia country shall apply to foreign vosauls in American ports the SHine eommnrciul limitations that those foreign nations impose on our own ahlps which happen to visit their ports. Meantime roams of paper ure being consumed Iu oommuuicatious betwvpu' ourdopArtmont | of slUe .nud the UritltL foreign office. War by Iho InTc-bottlo i one' of thn least brutal and inexpensive of contests , but it is aUo one of the most tedious. Lot us now have peace if it takes all summer and corners the station- cry market. But meantime let us bo patient and keep cool. Bluster and blow and talk of war is hot work for warm weather. In addition it is shncr non sense , uncalled for , and quite useless to prop up the offended dignity of Yankee Doodlo. The Danger Signal. The watchman on the tottering tower of the Omaha Republican has waved the "danger signal" and sounded the alarm. A political cyclone seems to be in sight nnd terrible havoc Is in store for every thing and everybody that comes In iU path. The hurricane tlmtblow down two spans of an iron bridge and wrecked a court house in Kansas City recently was a mere zephyr in comparison. Is there time enough to get into the cave of gloom until the storm Diisfcs overt la there any wind brake strong enough to resist the sweeping onset ? This is this mompntous question which has caused such a commotion and rttrikcs terror in the monopoly camp. The "danger signal" which alarms the railroad clans foreshadows the resistless onset of the Van Wyck tidal wave. To the railroad republican faction Van Wyck'.s re-election means disaster and ruin. This fearful piece of news is pro claimed from the house tops on lower Uoiurlas street The S5,0l)0 , ) icpublican majority of Nebraska is appealed to and advised to fortify itself against the on slaught of Van Wyck and his cohorts. One hundred nameless and mummed re publicans are Invoked to put themselves in llnu ns candidates for the United States boniita and to smother Van Wyck with their own dead weight. Who will respond spend lirst to this patriotic draft ? Who will enlist in the forloin hope ? Tun Knights of labor have invented anew now name for the "men entirely mouth , " as Mr. I'owdoriy calls them. They term them "jaw-smiths. " JOHN U. FINCH , the prohibitionist organizer and editor , asserts that the refusal of the Now York legislature to submit a prohibition amendment will cost the republican party a United States senator ; "wo are going to dicatc , too , in 1838 , who shall bo the president of the United States. " A prohibition movement to prohibit Finch from irallivanting over the country and talking nonsense would meet with widespread support. THE Forum , although it has only reached its fourth number , is already ranked among the very best reviews. It is ably edited and its contributors are acknowledged scholars and thinkers , while the subjects discussed arc the live and practical questions of the day. The Forum is rapidly taking the place of the .iVortA American Jlcvicw. Wo do not hesitate to pronounce it a superior publi cation in every respect to the North American. IN proceeding against parties for ob structing the sidewalks and streets , the marshal will bo endorsed by ninety-nine put of every hundred citizens. There Is altogether too much obstruction of our thoroughfares by merchants who think they have a right to display their stocks of goods on the walks to the extent of ono-half of the passage-way. Many of them also load and unload goods upon the walks instead of using the alloys. There is no good reason why the rear entrances of business buildings should not bo used for shipping and receiving goods , now that the alloys are paved. THE great noise made by u few wind bags about the terrible unpopularity of Van Wyck and the overwhelming senti ment against him iu the republican ranks , is punctured by a few solid facts and fig ures , which wo have taken the trouble to collect. Of 1C9 papers among our Ne braska exchanges , representing all shades of political opinion ; wo find that sixty re publican and ton democratic papers are pronounced in favor of Van Wyck. Twonty-throo republican and three demo cratic papers openly oppose him , while forty-four republican , fifteen democratic and thirteen independent papers have not committed themselves on the sena torial issue. In other words , out of nine ty-six papers that have taken a position on the senatorial question , seventy have ranged themselves in favor of Van Wyck. This is significant. No other man who has ever represented this ntato iu the sen ate enjoyed such a powerful support be fore the canvass oponed. 9KNATOKS AND CQNOltKBSMEN. Senator Fryo has a Rood nanmupon which to make things hot for the Canadians. Senator and Mia. ho nu will go wfth a party of friends In a special car to Poitlaiid , Or. , In July. Congicssman Tanlbce of Kentucky earned his lirst money after Ins marriage by shovel- Inj ; coal nt 50cents a day , lion. William 11. Crnlu Is ( ho only nutlvo Texan who ever r presented his state iu either branch of congress. Senators Hoar and CockreU. are the only two men In the senate who nroimnce cor rectly thn woul oleomargarine. A Washington coirusjiomlont writes that tlivro is a ( IhimaUlou tn the sonata to dlscl- nllne Itldillebnrk'er U ho continued making speeches when In a muddled dominion , Hnliuan , Kaudull , iicCruruy , Bench , Mor risen , .MoAdoo and the Uieckunrldgus are crcdllrd with having constituted themselves' n kind of vigilance committee to 1:111-oil nrlvatob.llls. Senator Sew ell Is described by , one of his journalistic snpporteisas "a very piactlcal lalhoad man.1 This Is , said to be an' almost too common accomplishment 'of a Now Jersey politician. When David Davis entered the senate It was found ucressary to inaHa a clmir j.-yjiv- ' . ally for his use. The cliair Iw3 * "f.cu ' offered to Mr. Evarts , ylv JLCI | , UL C" CU cause ho was unable. % ,1 , , , , r > > Pen 'JuTiuMOj ) is cretllteil with working Imrd for Iho" confirmation or all appointments - ments Unit me supposed to emanate irom Randall's Inllurnce. The idea Is that to build Itaiidal ! up U to put democracy down , Sherman , Logan nnd Hlalno would bo a fine trio to stump Mnlno thU summer , and the ii'publlcans of that state aio trying to put It on the bills. The Indications aie , however , that Sherman ami Logan will not contribute to a triumph in Ulalne's bailiwick. Congressman lllount of Georgia is one of the mun who never votes fora bill appropri ating mouoy out of the treasury If ho can help it. Itccd of Maine always makes R personal appeal to Ulount to keep his hands off b fore venturing to bring up a bill that ' has an appropriation iu it. Congressmen lleunett , and Cow'lvs , who each other to strongly as to be willed the Two Domhvxvirj both from Norlh Carolina. Uotli word -loin tn 1810 , both served in the confafgra b iarmy , and now occupy scats close tcatfitrJ Both are fond of Intcrposinjt objeclm knd taken all In nil they are quite a rj > pla ttblo pair. The WnshlnRtonJjla : lot says Speaker Carlisle , Senator lifccwmd Congressman Willis have hold a Jupotfhi and Adopted a resolution that there } Js no > arllciilar necessity ' sity for having posl'mas n appointed any- whure , that the presoiU fiysfcin creates con fusion and hard fccO , oiil that the volume ot victors is entirely otttijf. proportion to the supply of spoils. Ji , - New Xork Political History. Cltleagntiif. . The records of Slnp Sing Vro beginning to look llko a political history of New York city , and , at lltcra'.urc goes , thojfniako very good reading. _ _ _ ] _ AH a Gnnrnntj or ciood Faith. CMtnonmild. ( . Senator Logan will visit the Pacific coast In .Inly , not necessarily for pleasure but as a guaranty ot good faith in his presidential ns- plratlons. To be Cotiflldorcd Later. A'eir l'or/i / Sim. Mt. Cleveland Where < lo you expect logo lor your summer vacation , DauV Mi. Kamont I haven't determined yet , I shall hn\e to consult with my wile about the matter itist , , Mr. Cleveland That's about Hit ) way I'm ilxi-il IXm-ri that I& . you know , 1 haven't jet determined. Trousseau , Not Trousers. irnnMiifft/m Critic. "Daniel , " remarked the president , as a severe and wailike expression fell Into line across his face. "Yes , sire , " responded the private secre tary. "I should llko to kill a newspaper man this morning , Daniel. " "It would be murder , sire. " "Justlllablohomlcldc. only , Daniel. " "Possibly , sire. " "Did yon see that article yesterday In the papers , Daniel , ou the 'Wedding Trousers1 "Not 'Trousers , ' sire. Trousseau : Wed- dine Trousseau. " "Was that It , Daniel ? Well , I didn't have my clashes on and merely glanced at It. But , Daniel , when lllssell biousht mine there were trousers In It , and " 'Bnt , sire. " Interrupted Daniel. "Let It KO , Daniel. Let It go. " exclaimed the president. 'You can't teach old dogs new tricks , Daniel ; ami , Daniel , if 1 had this thing to do over again I'd commence twenty- live ycais sooner. " The Lilttlc Girl of Gettysburg. * ttcnni Tjnitll In n'Me Awake , 'Twas Gettysburg's lust day , The dead and wounded lay On trampled liehls and ridges battle-torn. Among the outer posts , Around the guarded hosts Rode Hancock , watcltful tjn the fated morn. And lot a little xjllib With eve.s and tressei wild , Close to the fines had inraj-bd , and mot him there , " " > V1 And tiuhtly to lsr ) bftast A heavy load she preit A musket 1 all her SciiillT strength could "Sfy bravo and McttM dear- Tell me how conm you hero UPOU the lield heforo the light is done ? " Then , at her llsppd reply , Tears dlmmcdaliD geuei.il's eve : "My papa's dead , but heiu'a my papa's gun. " - j T * An actual incident ' related by General Hancock. ; ' CHETK , Nob. , Mny\.fiO. [ Correspond- cnco of the BKE. ] Audr th'e light mill- fall hist night Crete is at 'her best , and her best is very beautiful. Apoorly-kept lawn is the exception , not the rule , in our lown. The music of the luwn-mower may bo hoard in the early morning and late at night , many of our business mon taking this way to secure the exorcise not procurable in their daily avocation. Crete looks better this summer than ever before. Clean streets and greater care in the removal of refuse have con duced to a bettor outward appearance as well as to a healthier condition of the in habitants. A leading physician was heard to remark that this hadn't been much of a spring for doctors. This is a state of things wo are glad to see. Otir farmers report excellent prospects for crops , anrt for once it has been neither too wet nor too dry. Mr. H. McCargar seems to be the very busiest man wo have seen. He keeps three men busy all , the lime delivering his farming implements. Mr. Vit.Tolinek has just completed a new dwelling , one of the nicest m tow.i , which ho will soon occupy. Mr. R. Buck is taking advantage of his wife's absence ou u visit cast to give his house anew now dress. The gentlemen who en deavor to keep Mr. B. from becoming too homesick re'port many pleasant evenings spent at his house. The new council nro having an im provement in the walks all over the town , and especially Assembly ward. Nothing can keep people away from such meetings us we hnd last summer , but it is not quilo convenient to go through so much mud. Walks will be laid nil the way to the Assembly grounds. Crete people are thoroughly nhvo to the fact that this summer assembly is to bo n valuable social and intellectual power in our midst , and intend to spare neilher time nor money to make these full of pleasure and profit to all. They can done no less than ihoir best if acluated by no bettor impulse llian pride , after reading of and witnessing the efforts made by men who came among us perfect strangers and loft a warm place in the hearts of all by their uiisellish endeavor to place among ns this great good , which will so elevate and purjfy .our inoral and intellectual atmosphere that in ton yeans we will not recogniAfoAfr wn town. After assembly lust iumuor every one felt stronger motlyivio and higher aims setter'the new idea. ? und now impetus re ceived during the happy ten days Many cannot allbrd Jpryo to mountain or seaside resorts forthtr rest everyone needs once a year , i\lijcHst. Then why not come hero , whoroanuibo , found , I' ' , , , , tifiil grounds , field jind 'tjan'Vtji , , " "vl * intelleelunl enlcrtaiifmn" ' > ; " 6P * > rts , rictr nnd amount * V > fVf' , BrcntV11 , Music I" * ; - , , " " } ? . > V1'10 ' best quality. P v n rjj.i , | vo , ho 1)010H | | | f ; U'V'ds'Ol bficrwin's excellent drill , with Mrs , 0.V. . Ioanoll6 ) ; ; ? ; ? perfection of nccompanyists. to nsiuU'ildin. Miss Cora Gates und Mr. F. A Rickcrwill also help to make music tin important feature. Mr. Frank Heard.1 , tlio fascinating humorous lecturer , will bo hero with his crayon to give ns pictures of scenes and circumstances , and bring us face to face with prominent public mon , Mr. Board is a favorite tit all Chatnuqua assemblies , where he has numerous engagements every season. Ho is well known ns editor of ihe Judge , and llioso who have made his acquaintance only through this me dium will bo glad to renew it in a bctler way. Ho is lo bo hero throughout the entire ton days. The game of base ball yesterday be tween the Crete nine and the Dorchester nine resulted in a victory for the former by a score of 23 to 13. Many of our CitUens have irinde selec tions from the herd of wild ponies brought hero n few days ago , ami if wo judge by the tooth-prints wo saw in a young man's arm , it will bo no delightful task to break them. C. CENTRAL WYOMING WEALTH Undeveloped Riches in Canyon , Plain and Mountain- The Upi > cr Plntto nnd Poivdcr Klvcr Coitntrj' , Tor Which the llnll- roads nro Now Itushlnc , Do- scrlhcd by General Drlsbiti. FORT NionjiAiiA , Nob. , May 21. ( .Correspondence o ( the UKK. ] The country ( n northwestern Nebraska la pretty well known , ami has .been do- ftcribctl n tlir.imnd times ns far west ns the Klkhorn Roes , but beyond tlmt little is known of the region to any one but freighters , hunters , trappers , Indians and army ollicors. The Klkhorn and Nio- brnru laiuls are nearly nil taken up , and the country settled up. 1 know of but few good claims on the Klkhorn remain. IHR untakuu , and but a dozen or so on the Niobrara. Of this country wo will Imvo little to say and puss on farther west , A sand belt extends from a little way west of Vnlnnllna to lionlon , and the country is not so good as further esist or west. As wo approach Uhadron the land becomes obtter , ami near Fort Rob inson , IwontV-live miles beyond Chad- ron , it Isr thought to b& quite sood. With Iho bolt trom Robinson to Fort Liiramlul am not so familiar , but there uro < . onm good farming lands still nntakcn. The railroiid is now built to a short distance 11KYON1) IIOIUNSON. At Chadron wo uro duo uoiith of the famous Black Hills , and the road is done as far as Ilufl'alo ( Jap , and will soon bo running to Rapid City , further In the Black Hills , 1 will attempt no descrip tion ot the Black Hills , for they are pretty well known. Rising out of the planla of Dakota'they ' form ti peculiar fcaturu of our western country. Well wooded nnd watered , they are full of rich minerals of nearly every kind , gold , silver and tin predominating. Now that the railroad has at last reached the far- oil'Hills. I predict for them a rapid de velopment that will astonish the world with their richness. A population of a hundred thousand miners can easily find homes and occupations in these hills , und they will ulVord an excellent and near market for the products of our western farmers. But little farming laud can bo found in the Hills , and the produce to support them will have to come from northwestern Nebraska aed southern Da kota. STAimSO AT TOUT LAttAMIB ou the North Pintle wo enter the famous Powder river region. The roads are hard and sandy.the lands rolling prairie , being really spurs or outlying foot hills of the Black Hills. The country is near ly all the same for ono hundred and fifty miies west where wo comb near the Big Horn mountains , and find oursejvcs at Fort Fetterman. This is the point to which tlie railroad will bo finished this full and in running order by September. It is ut Fetterman that the great trails cross each other , the one coming from the south and going north and the other running from the east to the west along the Platte. The old Denver and Chey enne road follows the northern and souttiern trail ami the grcat _ overland route runs by the western trail. I cannot remember when the crossing of these trails was not an important point. Even ia the early Indian days the Indians sought the crossing as a phico for con- foronce'/wheh life whites camp they built their roads on the Imlipn trails and now that the railroads have come they too are closely following the old Indian trails and wagon roads west with their iron rails. rails.THfc THfc UAIUJOAD KItOSI CHEYENNE north will follow closely the northern trail to Fettorman and the Elkhorn Val ley road is building west almost on the old Indian trail , which was afterwards the great overland wagon route to Cali fornia will now soon be converted into a great trans-continental railway to the Pa cific coast. The commerce of th'J ' Powder river country will empty on the railway at Fettorman and hero it ia expected a largo nourishing town or city will grow up. The expectation does not seem to be without cause , for Fe.tterman is the gateway to the great Powder river re gion , a country about us largo as the state of Pennsylvania. It is about the right distance from Omaha , Denver , Salt Lake and Helena for another city. I predict tlial the quickest city over built on the American continent will bo the one built at Fetterman next fall , when the Fremont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad reaches there and goes into winter quarters. It ought to reach 10.000 inhabitants the lirst year. The road from Laramie to Fetterman crosses many small streams which have their rise iu the "knees" or foothills of the Black Hills. They arc clear , cold struamn , and pretty well timbered from mouth to source. The country is pretty and the soil fairly productive. The rolling - ing nrairie8vulloys , and hills are covered with the famous "bulltilo grass , " so good for stock. The timber in this region is ash , bak and cotton wood. Wo shall uow turn north from Fetter- man. FOLLOWING THR GREAT NORTIIEKN UOtJTB , a trail into the Powder river country , nnd see what is there. This region was the favorite hunting grounds o/ the Sioux and Crows , and.for . a long time hey hold on to thorn with a death grip. As early as 1800 , it will bo romoinbored , the uovornmerit built thrtto forts , Reno. C. F. Smith and Phil Kearney , to protect travel hito the Puwdot- river country. After two yours of boody ) war with Red Cloiid 'and his bauds the government - mont gnv up ' the contest , dismantlou the forts , and retired to the Pintle at Fottorman. For ton years and until 1876 alter the Custiir massacre the Powder rvor | country was a scaled book to , the white man. It has but recently boon rcoponed , but it is now info and poopl < t can gp any where in it Lhoyjileasq 'TioIndians ) are confined * - ' * jiA" . ' " their ( reservations and dare them. If an Indian \vu < ' io noot \ a whl\ " , m-in in tim Pr > HiY.P' "Viler river country ho . , would P limn ha"P - Uty bo more frightened > " 'UitflKian , and would likely never ll\'o \ t6 return lo his reservation. HO THINGS 1IAVK CHANOKD around In the last few years , and the white man and not thn rod ono is now al ways Iho aggressor. When at Fort Ellis 1 gave an Indian , with consent of the agoiit , a pass to leave his rcsorrntlon and go and hunl in tills country. His dead body was found by the Hides of the trail with live bullet holes in it. Ho had my pass in his hand. Some while hunters hail no r.iloubt met him und murdered him , I tried hard to find but who did it but never Hiiccoiidcd. 1 cannot say I was sorry. I remember when not many years before cvo.ry white man who attempted to pass over that trail to Montana was waylaid and many nf them murdcrrd by this man's tribo. Perhaps ho himself iuul had a hand In some of the immlyrs and only justice had overtaken. It Miows however the changed condition in our affairs , and I for one rejoice in a clmngo so favoraUlo to civilization and thn development of sur country. country.THK I'LATTF. K1VF.U nt Fottcrman is only nbout 60 yards wide , but Is a clear dcii ( ami > trout ; slrram most of the year. It runs HlmobV in the arc of a circle frqm Fort Sleolo to Fuller- man. ( joint ; up 'tho Platte fro.nl Fetter m.an the lirst stream wo erfi. s is J-i : I'rolu riser , a very small blrcuui to Lu called a rtvor. It is n pretty stream , rises in the foot hills of the Black Hills , nud empties Into thoPlntto near Fottorman. Eighteen miles from Fetterman wo cross Doer crcok , a pretty stream. It was on this crook tha Mormons wintered In 185f when on their wnv to the "Promised Land1 'lit ' Salt Lnko.'Whon last yisltod the old chimneys , posts and debris of the camp were still to bo soon marking the place nnd somebody had put up n sign board and appropriately as 1 thought named the spot "Saints Rest. " I shall try to bo very particular in ilcscrlliinc the country traveled over for I wish these letters to bo a sort of guide to immigrants and answers to hundreds of letters I receive every year from people ple in nearly every state in the union , asking "Whoro can I get a bit of good land nnd find a dcsirablo homu in the west ? " Without disparaging other sections of the great west I would say come to Omaha and strlko out from there. Follow up the Klkhorn to Us headwaters and cross over to Niobrara river ; follow that stream up lo Vnlon- tine and cross over to Chndron nnd thence to Robinson and the Plntto ; follow up the Plalto to Fotterman and go into the Powder river and Big Horn oountry. If you don't Und .1 homo on this routothat will ploa. o you , you cannot find ono in the United States , jAMnaS. Bitisuis. A T1IU1V1NG TOWN. Steady nnd Hulistiuitint Progress of Howard City. How A no , Howard Co. , Nob. , May 29. ( Correspondence of the Bir. : . ] The town of Howard , now a prosperous promising young city , keeps up with the procession as from day to day business is encour aged and carried on in that "matter of fact" way which only proves to the casual observer that business Is surely nourishing. A number of new buildings have made llieir appearance , adding much to the appearance and improvement of the town. The flouring mill , viz. ! The Crystal Rol ler Mill of Howard City , is doing good work. It is n throe and a half story building , well built , and is under the management of Mr. Schaupp , formerly of Uraud Island , Neb. , who undurstands his business thoroughly , and aims to do good work. The next bulliling of importance is a large two-story building erected and owned by a gentleman from eastern Ne braska , who came with intentions of aid ing in the improvements of the west. As Howard was the greatest attraction and the most encouraging , lie settled therein. The lower part of the building will soon bo well tilled with a largo stock of general merchandise. The upper roomer or second story will bo use.il for city null until one is erected , as it is a largo nnd airy room , convenient for services and town meetings. Services were hold in the hall last Sun day , ulso _ Sunday school at thnusmvl hour and services were hold in the evening at 8 o'clock. A large number were In at tendance ? , surprising the minister , as ho had not anticipated such an interesting audience. A tmoomakcr lias also located in the town , also a jcwolor , n milliner who can display as line a stock as any milliner of the west ; a dress-maker , and last but not least by any means , is the editorial sanc tum , completed a short time ago. The lirst paper was issued Thursday , giving universal fiutifactipn lo all Iho cili/.uns of Howard. It is edilcd by a gentleman of .sound sunsn and sterling qiialitlos , and is working for Iho improvement and build ing up of the town rind its interests. The Howard Weekly is one that the editor , N. H. Dobbs , aided by the citizens of Howard , may well bo proud of. Not many town.t of such short duration can boast of so well lillcd columns , including only homo facts and interests. In appearance as well as in improve ment tne town is rapidly changing ; for is not painting a decided improvement , as well as a necessary linisliing to the buildings. The town site nt this season of the year appears to a greater advantage than ever betore ; north , south , east and west , the fields of gram waving in the breeze and their thriving condition promises much to the industrious farmers , also to grain buyers and citi/.cus of the town. Although Iho spring here was remark ably late , small grain of all kinds nr doing well and are in a flourishing con dition. It has been rather backward for corn this season , but it is shooting forth ut lu.st with renewed vigor and thriftl- iicss. iicss.iram. ( . cattle and hogs arc brought to Howard every day , and several carloads of such are shipped towaidthc cast ilaily. Such u country as surrounds Harvard on every side , cannot help but build up nnd improve the town , while the lown in return m u decided and helpful benefit to it. Work still continues on the now lines running from Harvard to Loup city , and the line on tin ! couth of Middle Loup , making things lively and conspcuon * nt Howard , Iho junction of the roads. Carloads of lumber and necessary building material is shipped in daily to our town , while in return , carloads of grain , stoek , etc. , arc scut from this place on every east bound train. During the past nix days ono grain and stock dealer hhippcd cloven cars of grain and stock , alone , while others are doing equally as well. Who cnn suy thta does not speak well for so young a town. A. S , Afireo blf Disappointed. "And are you glad to sue me , Bobby ? " asked the Bishop , oh his serui-unnuul visit to the parish. "Oh , yes/1 said Hobby , ' "cause we al ways hayo a gqod dinner ' w.henyou come. Uut I didn't ex'pucyou' \ , " "Niv I thought you'd go , somewhere ulse , ' 'cause'ma said yesterday that ft wut > nljout timu 301110 oilier member , of the church offered to entertain you. " SlnTp > osr. Tiling In the World. TV-VIS Sifting.s : ' "Ilo.w Inltho world ' " isked A Texas lady ot , a nolglib - , , , lirelvcnt my boy from sllt ° " ' ' ° " " * if the sWr-bowi , - , - , " " fill"ll ! < it HI of tfcl . pitdiur : ? " w' ' i KIIOW how you can stop him , " was the reply. "How ? " "Bv simply putting the sugar In the milk pituhor and Utu milk in the sugar- bowl. " Thai KxplnliiH It. Texas Siftlngs : A teacher in n Texas Sunday school , wishing tu impress his ulass with the necessity of fallh , asked the ulas.s : "Why did Moses lilt up the serpent In the wililnrnossV" None of the ulnss knew uxcopt one. Ho said Moses lifted it up bccauso he know it i.'oiild not bitu , It was the SHIUU youth u'lio said the < ) ow.s ntadu a golden calf be- can. so they didn't havii gold uiiuugh to make a whole tow. Biilllu Crook , Mich. , Htrcoi car driven ? fire wearing a uniform with ( T. A. R. but tons on it. _ _ The liousn of an old colored 111.111 famil iarly known ns Uncle Dan Mud. n , nr Vorktown , Va. , was struck by lighlning Lho latter part ot last wui'k and liimsolf. lii. * wifu and child killed. It wa.s se.ve.nil hi.ys before the facts biiuamu knotvn to his neighbors. A Chinaman named Lee Ah Dot and a woman , You Gini , have be.un arrested in nmrtiilo , Cul. . for holding Ihreo ig ChiniUH girls in shivery. Toug Kn f , uiio of llujgirl-s , told a rnporior thnt thw' defendant had paid $ S tvxt lor linr. Tim ciilpriu were held iu $2,000 , bail C3ch. D AVIS' J& PAIN-KILLER IS HKCOMMKXnRD UT .i , Minister ? , Ml sonnrloi ! , Mnnflfrotf of Vftotorltf , Work-shops , rinnUtlon. % Nurses In Uopltnls In snort , ovorj'- body everywhere who lias orrr Riven It rtrial. . TAKBS IKTKIINAM.Y IT WIU. nH TOBSO A NKV1 rAit.tMU CUIIK ron SUDDRN COLDS , CHILLS , PAINS IN THK STOMACH , CRAMPS , SUM- MEK AND BOWKL COMPLAINTS - PLAINTS , SORE THROAT , fco. Arrt.itD rr ts Tiifc MOST mrKCTivK AND IIKST MMMIM ON KAIITII von rtintNd SPRAINS , BRUISKS , RHKMATISM NEURALGIA , TOOTH-ACHE , BURNS , FROST-MITES , Aio. Prices , 25c , , 60c. and $1,00 per Bottle. FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS K2T Beware of Imitations. . 1 MAXITICVEU Jk IIRO. , Wholesale Supply AifeiiU , Omaha , Mob. " - Pl' i - B * r * WHITTIER 617 H A t ftultrcrndoatt 6f two Vedlotl Cotljt t , t > * < hcto 1 nftr uitKi ( a tbt fpfcikl lr * tm at of C * < > xio , Ntavoui , HKI and HLO > DIIIUII thin unr otbtrrbrilelaft laBl.L0ulJ u elty rP ri ifaew n < 1 ill old re < l 1 otn laaw. Nervous Prostration , Debility , Menial and Physical Wcaknesi ; Mercurial and other Affec * tlons ot Throat. Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning , Old SOrlS and Ulcers , art ( rcaUd with aapirtllaloi aeecjiQnUUilMltnUQeproelr | > Ii Rtfolr. rr1rit < < lr Diseases Arising from Indiscraifon , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , vhieb projoe. iom * oMtJt rollowlof effreUi ntrfouiaeu , deblllir , dlmnrit of iljhl anddcffetlTiraerndT , plapln on th f o , phrilttldw/ , Tertlon toth * eUtjof f tatl t coofuiloa or Utfct , t .t rendtrlnff Marriage improper or unhappy , M * vtrnufienilj urJ , Patnpblti ( H page * } ° n the abort , itafc tnic ltleQT1oi > o , free to aor ddre i. ComullallouatoC * Bee or bj mill fro , Invited ud itrlcilr et&OJiotUl. A Positive Written Guarantee ctrcn tn orcryra. table cue. Medicine aeni trer > wlitrt bj nail or cipreii * MARRIAGE GUIDE , 300 7AOE3 , VINE PLATES , cltfffcQt cloth and 1U btDdiug , flealcdfor 6OO. In i > oitag oreurrtQe ? . Orrr flflf voojtrrul pmpl tur , tru to lireftrtlcl [ ion trmfolldnlof nbjcetu who tan ? mkrrj. nhouot , why | miBtioadt woman * hood.phTfiraldee&fi * ff ti offl llbtay and ttetti , the I'&ji. lolotf orrpf .Jumon , n l mmy mart. Tti ic tntrrl'd or contenipUMig mrrUc * howl < : rad It. f-prlnr * < ] ltloa ici" * - - -it- rtflrt.tlilriM " . * - i"Mti ! r. ' Nebraska National Bank OMAHA , NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital . $250,000 SuplusMay 1 , 1888 . 88,000 U. W. YATBS. I'rosldont. A. E. TOUZAMN. Vice President W. H. S. HyaiiF.3 , Cashlor. W. V. Mows , JOHN S. COLLINS , H. W. YATKS , LEWIS S. UKBD , A. E. TOU/.AI.IK , BANKING OFFICEi THE IRON BANK. Cor. I2tb nud Farnam Stroata. General JlanUluir Uuaiuau rnu4.totaL I'ojlliolyi uri-dlnOO dujub/Dr. Uorne'alClcctro'MniriictlallulU Trimcombined. Utmrantctdtht only one in thn worlil Kcncratlntr aconllnuous Klectrle it Maqnrilt . . . ' , . IT.currrnt. bclentltlc.L'oworful Durable. pXComfortfthlo and Eflfranre. Arold fridiis. ( ) rrrn.unomrcil. StmlBt imp for pamphlet. AI.HO ly.r.oriuu IIKLTH rou UIHCAHIH. : Pi. HORHE. IUVENTOB. 191 WABASH AYE.CHIOAQO. . That * VITALITY In ( alllnff. Drain IIHAINFU and \UAUHl-tll or ronor PI1KUViUltKbY WAS * or by miU ) with ti omlni'nt doctor * 1'JilU civiiLE aucNCY. NO. 17 * Fuuon str * t New York truiuF i B rtiut lllt tlllll * lll it. . 3J4' t.u ; * vlolvnl ntUcUfi EF n ji T , A ' | | i urc ' .T v'V | S55 5 = sGrrtfir .ca-X3S ? w fer ? 5 CIJRES - ttUiiil6iliFrr > rniHf > i | . A IrUI tonilnfM lUnoil - lam 4litfillrirlanil tTfr > ritlllDr ff tt. I'rlunuo. > n < | ilIMI | ot UrutrrUli ct l.j mill. ItUI pJ'Xofrr , , foKHIUIII. III11. . SCIIIt * ' " * * | ! * ! 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