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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , .JUNE 1 , 1898.
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torlnlmntfer * utiouM bo addressed to the Km-
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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. "
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* 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
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f'mv nimlicuUous o ( ' lingiin's
M AON6LIA JJAWl AVllI grnt-
il'y you to your heart's con-
tout. It tloos nwny wilJi Sal-
lowuoss , ItcdntvsH , I'Jniplus.
] JIo ( < : lie.s , nutl ull diseases ana
of tlio skin. II
nnco of heat , fatlguo unil ex-
citoiuont. It makes a lady of
TJIIH'I'V ' appear but TWJ-JN-
T V ; and so natural , gradual ,
and jiorfcct are ii.s olfccts ,
dial il. is inipOH.sililo to detect
its application.
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