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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JULY 27. 1886. THE DAILY 33EE. orrtrr , NO 'Hi * MI DIG FAHN V THHI New VOMIC omrB. llonti i'A. Ttiliii'M. Ill iltilxn WAIIIIMITONOPIItK , Ml. I I KlU'ltTLEMll Mill El I'uWlsliotl rvory mornlnjr , except Sunday Tlioonls' Monday morning imper i > iilill ho < l li I ho Male , TEiivm nv M MI. ! OIIP Vinr . . fin.ffl | TUroo Months. $2.5 HI v Months. . . . G w I One Monti . 1.0 Tttx.VICKI.Y : IlKElMibll < lipil i\ery : Wednesday TFIIMS , iwrrAiu : duo Vonr , wltli proniiuni . $1.0 line Venr , nltliout nroinlmii . 1.3 HltJ Months without inoiiiiuiii . T One Month , on trial . 1 COIIHMI'ONIin.NCK ! All coinnillnlciitlnii rolntlnir to no s nnd i'dl tonal matter * should be nitilrcMuil to llio I'm roil or Tin. IltK. IIUStNl.s * I.KTTUIS : All IntslnoM Icttori anil remittance sflioiiM 1 nililrifl'cd to TUB UIK : rrm.i niMj OMrsv ) OXIUIA DrnCts. cliccKa mi. I imstnllltu onlnr to bo mmlo i > aj nhlo to the order or tlio cunipiinj IDE BEE PUBLISHINrcWPW , PROPRIETORS , 11 ItOSKWATHH , EDITOR. TJ1K DAIIiV KI2I3. Sworn Statement ofClruulnllon. Httito of Nebraska , 1 County ot UoiiRlns. I s < 5 * ( leo. It , Trscliiick.seoH'tniyot the UPC Pub Ilslilni ! company , tint's soii'intily swrnr tlm tlio notiml circiilnlloi ; ot the Dailv Jei ! for the week ending duly Ski , IfiQ. vvns a : follows : Morning Kvnlng Dale. Eilltttin , KMHim. Total Snllllitny. ITtll . . . 0.100 ( I.OTiO l'J.-15 ( Monilny , IVth . . . . TaiO 5WO l'JiX ' ! Tliesday.iiOlli . ( } , 'Ml fi.MK ) l'JKH ( Wwlnwulnv. 21st. . 0,1 Ml r..SrjO 1'J.CXX < lnv , M . r..l.VJ 5.WO 12,001 y Ith . 0,1M ) 5.iOO ! ' , ' , ( " Averse . O.nr..MW ) 12'JI ! ( iKO. ] J , T/.WIIUCK. Suliscrifocel nnd hwoin to before me till ; 2Mli dny ot Jnly,16SO. N. I' . I'r.n. , JhKAt.,1 NotaiyrulJlle- . ( ico.il. Tzschuck , bclnclirs'tiluly swoin.dC' iwsoi nnd says Hint ho Is H-crutiiry of the Hoc Pnljllsliinc company , that thu iu-tti.il ti\eiaze dully clicitlntlem of thn Uxily ISou lor tin nionlli of January , 1HMi , was 10,3T3 copies : lor. Kehrii.irv , 1880 , lo.fi'Jj conies ; for Match , VW5 , ll.K7"copies ! ; for April , IbSO , I'J.IOJ copies ; for Mnv. IfcbO , 1U.-1 : ; ! ) copies ; for June ISiO , 12,298 copies. Ur.o. U. T scitunc. Subscribed , and swointo bcfoio me , this Dili elayof July , A.I ) . 18SO. N. 1' . PHIL. > 'otnry 1'ubile. Titr.icE is n bail cry for water for tin crops. lint no such cry comes from the crop of cUHlidite. ! : . Very few waul water In theirs. Cons" will probably bo higher nc.\t fall but so will railroad rates. There is c licmutiftil mutliod iti the system by whiel tlio great transportation companies roar nine-tenths of either u heavy or a in-ill crop , leaving the furmois to shottldor the disadvantages. RAII.KOAU CO.M.MKMONKU GKIIF. wii : now have two strings , to his bow. lli < ox-confoelcrnto usMbtant ii to take charge of tlio Lincoln Democrat. Gere will con tinno to run the Journal The twc papers will bo in perfect harmony 01 : every vital issue , and will disagree oul.v on mailers of no moment to the pnblie. iNiwsTitrAL development in the sotitli is making steady paogress. New hleol works are reported on a largo boulo at Chattanooga and at Birmingham , Ala. , in which state the Thomas iron companj are also about to erect largo furnaces Iron from Birmingham , Alu. , will boused in the construction of the castings for the Omaha cable cars line. GOVKKNOK Ar-ouii of Michigan ha drawn the fire of the prohibitionists , lie recently had built a , new miluco car , and among its appurtenances are wine-lock' crs a provision not indispensable to : i palace car , but doubtless convenient , The governor has thereby made himself the target of prohibition denunciation , the organ of this element declaring thai he has "outraged the moral .sentiment ol the state" and "slaupod the temperance wcoplo in the face , " all of which is ol course a very perilous thing for a poll tician like Governor Alger to do. The governor has not been heard from , but 51 is safe to predict that ho will stick to the wine-lockers : iml take thu consequences. . 'I'm ; republicans of Tennessee arc bo lievcd to have rnthor more than a light' ing chance of success this year. There is mire to be a very considerable demo' crtitio revolt against the further im porioits rule of the ring undci'tho leader ship of Senator Harris , whoso connection with the Pan-Electric scheme of plunder has materially weakened his inlluanco , tuul thorn are other influences operating to tlio detriment of the democracy. In llio presidential election the democratic majority was 0,180 , nnd the democratic candidate for governor in the last election had u majority of only 0,105. It ia there' fora scon that there is not required n very numerous clmngo of votes to assure republican success , and ttb the abovi figures show such a change is not HIV likely to occur. It is practically coii' coded that the republicans will get fem of the congressional delegation. Mil , JAY Goui.u has been ofl'orcil tin opportunity to do a generous thing foi the poor of Now York , anil at the same time contribute to the solution of a quus tion in controversy among mariners anil Bhlpbiillilors , The owner of the llttk steam launch Henrietta his : challcngctl Mr. ( Soulil to a race with his steam yaohl Atalunta , tlm stnkes to IJR iJlOO.OOO a aide and tholosor toglvo his money to the poor of Now York. The Atalanta is in all respects one of the liitcstyachts alloat and would make half a do/.cn such cratl uatho Honrlcttn. Acconllng lo the cs tablished theory the chunccs of victorj in n race would bo largely with the for * nuer. Still there is very little hkoliliooil tJmt the poor of Now York will realUt anything from the pronosoil contest , li Jan't u Mire enough thing to tempt J\lr \ UouUt. Tin : packers of Chicago intend to re turn to Iho ton-hour system after Augtisi 1. They claim to huvo found the eight hour plan a losing one , in consequence of having to compote with other packer ; elsewhere who are operating on the ton Hour system. They also claim that tin promise and expectation that the mci would do as much work in eight hours a : in ton hours huvo not boon realized. J1 jwrlioii of tlio men iiavo agreed to tlu proposed return to the old hours , but t mucli larger number nro not in favor o at. A strike In threatened , nnd as tin number of employes aft'ectcd is ubou twenty thousand general stiiko wouk l > e a very formidable nflair. The sltuiv tten , however , is somewhat unfavorable to tlio men from the fact that the ro-opun lag of the busy season is three month.1 B& and Uif > packers can falutt down no\\ without serious dctriiucut to thcii Cnndldntcs. Candulntcd are coming out of the ! holes as fast as mushiooniR spiing n after a shower. The woods are full c them. Kach and every man yields to " " the of friend "prt' lngdcniand" on part and Is ready to place his chances in th hands of his neighbors. This is the tall * at least if wo nro to believe the iisuall truthful rural press. Wo imagine tlm thn demand will bo still more "pressing for the retirement , of some of the ol dismantled political hulks and railroa scavengcrawho are oncn inor hoisting their lightning rods r liopos that the people have forgoltc their records. The coming catnpaigi will be made largely on the oxpcrictic of the pal. . Tinicpublican state com mittco in IN wisdom has given ampl time to the farmers to spend the summe in harvesting and still lo have plenty o opportunity to canva s men and metli ods. Theio is to bo no snap judgment ii the coming convention. Nebraska re publicans between this and the last o .September will do a lanrc amount o thinking and not a little of investigating This is as it should be. Men who hav boon betrayed by treacherous represon tatlvcs have long memories. The repub licans of Nebraska who in times pas have committed their Interests to part , hacks only to ihul themselves hold out t > corporations and jobbers will not n second end time permit themselves to bo gullei by Hie same dishonest schemes. The can dictates who cannot point with pride li the past need not look with hope to lit future. Tlio HcpriU of tlio hnml Iintvs , The bill repealing the pio-cmptiou desert land and timber cultuic laws i still in conference committee. There i liltle likelihood of its passage durinj tlm present SCSMOII. The same intluence : which combined in the last congress ti prevent the passage of a like measure ar operating ia tins. The lirst conferenci committee appointed has dl.iagreod am boon discharged , and the second is no\ vainly trying to doouro an agreement The bill as passed by the house providei simply for the repeal ol the law named. When it reached the senate that body loaded H down with u va riety of amendments , which th senators know very well wotil not meet the approval of the house. Th senate amendments ) legalize all cntrie made before the passage of the measur whore there lias been ti sale of the lam and take away from the land commis sioncr the power of investigation in th case of any such claims proved up on o before Juno 1 , 1830. They also ratify nl such final proofs no matter what charge of fraud and perjury have been made ii connection with the application for ; patent. Another senate amendment t < which the house conferees nave vor ; properly declined to consent repeals th existing requirement that timber cultun entry-men , in making final proof inn- , show that the ( specified numbci of trees were planted on cacl acre. Other amendments relax th safeguards thrown around transfer o claims , provide a now form of easy entr ; called "mountain homestead" by whic'l 320 acres can be secured without c.ultiva tion. "It it is the will of congress Jo de stroy the public land system and tun over what is left of the public domain ti speculators and spoliation , the pendinj amendments should be concurred in , ' comments Commissioner Sparks in hi letter on the pioposed changes. Hones settlers and persons acquainted with tin methods of the lauel grabbers and catth syndicates will chceifully agree with tin commissioner. The senate must bear tlu responsibility for this second failure tc repeal the necetlcss and worse than need less land laws. The house of representa fives has done its duty in the matter. At Ills Knso. Factions may quarrel anel stalwart figh stalwart and mugwump alike but the dii of the political fray lias no charms a present for the ears of Roscoe Conkling The ex-senator has had his fill of glory He loft the senate in poverty. Ho is nov rapidly acquiring wealth in tlio practici of the law in New York with client : crowding his oflico and heavy corpor ations seeking his advice at cnormou : fees. Within the past two years Air ConKling has earned nearly a quarter o a million dollars from his legal practice His foe for conducting the Uroadwa : railroad investigation was ? ' 20,000 His retainer in the suit agains .Fay Gould'ti Western Union wa : the same amount. Forty thousand del Itirs for two suits beats a senator's salarj of $5,000 a year a easily as four acoi do a Hush , A few more years of suoli success and the -senator will bo in position to meet his old-time foes upoi tlio battlefield of a political Philllppi. Mr. Conkling is at his ease. Ho is sait never to refer to politics. Hosays little bin keep * up a powerful thinking on future possibilities. Those- who know him bc predict that tlm haughty and vengeful ox-senator will yet pay oft1 some political scores which ho has not liqul dated. Why not ? Ho is sllll ii : the prime of life. Ills powon of oratory are unimpaired. Tlio liv < years' ' rest which ho has taken from tin cares timl worries of public lifo have boot employed in work which has still furtlie bharpencd his keen intellect and giver exercise to his wit and sarcasm. Wh < knows whether when Iho time come Messrs , Blaine nnd Sherman and i ogni and Edmunds and half n do/.cn othoi possible candidates may not iind themselves solves confronted by the man from NOT York , Slrangor turns have taken placi in the political kaleidoscope. A Tory In his letter cabled to the BKE of Mon day , Mr. James O'Kolly makes a state mcnt ia explanation of the liberal de feat which most Americana , will vor ; likely not understand , sinno it refers t" a system of voting unknown in till country and which would be iiupnssibl of establishment hero. Mr. O'Kell ; cites as chief among the reasons of 11 bora defeat the "fact that in ( Jre.it Uritaii rich men have maity votes while thu pooi have but ono. " * * "That if i man in Knglaud bo rich enough ho cai vote in twenty constituencies. " " 2fearl.i all the woulthy men have at lonst twc votes and a considerable unmoor-half i do/.ou , " and an instance is cited of t Church of Knglaud parson who boast 01 that ho had voted at llftcim ulec'Jona This advantage ! enjoyed by the rich i dun to the prouqrty qualilicalion in con nection with thu kiillrago In Kugland , thi election laws giving the owner of property the- right to vote in any district , count ] or borough where ho has properly to i given amount , at present comparative1 ! small. Thus n man living in Loiidoi may , as in the case of the parson vote in iiny other place whore he.ha property , and so far as wo are awnri there is no limit to the voting privilege allowed in this way , though the quota tion above from the letter of Mr O'Kelly would imply that there is > limit matlo at twenty constituencies That number was , however , probably employed merely to illustrate the c\tcn of the advantage onjoycel by the wealth ? class of England in connection with tlu Millrago , and it is quite suttleient iortlin purpose. From the American point o view this system appears essentially un just , and it is not dilllcult to sec how i could be used by combinations of wealtl to defeat Iho will of the people , as U some extent it was used in the late elec tion. The fact that ono man pos.-osbec voting power equal lo that of fifteen o any class of his fellow-cili/cns is intoli'r able to every fair anil just principle1 o sun'rago , and Mr. O'Kolly says rightly that Iho popular cry for the futuio bhoule be : "Uno man , ono vote. " White tin present system remains llio ballot wit have a restricted values , never ascertain able with certainty , for the masses > f tin English peonle in the determination o national questions. the Alnmo. " The arrest by the Mexican nuthoritir1 of Chihaiihau of Mr Cutting , the edltoi ol a paper at El Paso , Texas , and hi ! confinement anel detention in a dungcoi c.t Paso del None in dolianco o { the de mauds for his release made by the Ameil can minister at tlio City of Mexico am the consul at Paso del Norto have , it ii ropoitcd , aroused all the hatred whicl tile border population of Texas haves foi the Mexicans , and again there is passee from mouth to mouth that ringing slogai ot revenge which thrills to thu core tlu heart of every true Texan , "Ivemembci the Alamo. " It is fifty years since OIK of the most heroic defenses ever made by men against overwhelming number : gave to American history an example e > , noble courage , fidelity and sacrlliei aptly associated with the immortal slam ot Lconidas and his three hundred Spar tan warriors against the Persian host a1 tlio pass of Thorinopyhc. Very few , i any , of the men who were personally cogni/.ant of that event are now living but it is u memory that every Tcxai holds sacred to the imperishable honoi of the heroes who participated in it. am u liich kee-ps alive their inveterate liatrce ot Mexicans. Jjuriug the Texan war of independence Alamo , a fort and village opposite Sai Antonio , Texas , was occupied bj tin Tc.xans after the surrender of Sm : An tonio to them by the Mexican genera Cos. The fort , or fortified vill.iare , cov cringanarca of about two acres sur rounded by walls from nine to twelve feet high and nearly three feet thick , was garrisoned by a force of 183 volunteer : and had fourteen small cannons aroum the walls when , in February , 18IM , Sauts Anna with a forces of 0,000 men marcher against it. The Tcxans were commander by Colonel William Barrett Travis , aneJ among them were Colonel David Crock ctt and Colonel James Bowie , of bowie knife fame. For ten days the Mexican ! kept up an active cannonade on the fort ami there were frequent skirmishes bj day and alarms nl night , during \\\\\c\ \ \ \ the garrison did not lose a man. Failing to make airy impression by the bombard ment , Santa Anna called a council o ; war and it was decided to make an as sault at daybicak on the Cth of March At the appointed time three divisions ad vanced to the attack , the bauds sounding "no quarter. " Ono ol the attacking parties was re pulsed , the scconel was checked but the third scaled the wall , and then be gan ono of the most sanguinary hand tc haml conflicts of which history makes record , ending in the massacre of the entire - tire garrison , only tx few women anel children being permitted to leave the place alive. The Mexican loss was more than twice the number of those in the fort. About two months alter , a force ol about 800 Towns under command of General Sam Houston met the army of Santa Anna at San Jacinto , niitl with the battle cry , now first heard , of "Komem- ber the Alamo , " routed tlie Mexicans with great loss and captured their brutal commander , whose life was spared , though justly forfeited. A monument in the vestibule of tlio state capitol at Aus tin , Texas , commemorates tlio horoio de fense and the massacre at Alamo. A WASHINGTON paper having called at tcntion to the fact that there are over six hundred women working in the treasury elepartmont who nro not permitted tc have a vacation , and who arc condemn eil to slow death by reason of the unhealth' ful sanitary condition of tlio treasury building , this would seem to be an excel lent opportunity for Mrs , Cleveland to do something which would commeiul her tc popular consideration in the character ol a bonciactrcss. Shu has acquired all the fame that she can reasonably elosiro as n lady whoso accomplishments and gooti sense lit her for the elevated station blu occupies , and it would certainly not be tc her ellsailvantago to show the world thai she can be useful as well as ornamental In this matter she can win the gratitude of more than six hundred of her sex bj no greater expenditure of trouble thai thu delivery of a few gentle ) worels of per suasion to ( irover , spoken at some time of the day or night when he is in the most impressionable mood , and it really fcoonii that the pri/.u is worth all thu ellbrt 11 would e-ost Mrs. Clovolund , while to the hundreds of malaria-infected women ii tlie treasury the result would boa price 1033 boon. Hni'Aius of wooden sidewalks on oui b Hinr.h.s ! streets ought not to bo permitted any longer. When ti plunk sidewalk ro < quiiva extensive repairs it shoulii b < promptly condemned and a stone 01 concrete ono ordered laid. The spoctti eilo of wealthy citizens patching up board walks in front of line business blocks is r disgraceful commentary on their Incl of cutcrpriso. Tiur have manufactured a now word in England to take thn place of the word "ludocont. " According to the KKK'C cablegram , giving an account of the Rival art sale , "ono fine nude , 'Mars and Venus Ensnared by Vule.iu , ' sold low , al ? 015 , because , as the dealers put it , { I -.vus too'lilky % to auit the British matron. ' TJsat word Is bouud to come into general use in Euglaud Asscssnioril Untiontiiue , Commissioner Tiimiio lias prepared lablo showing tUftt jmprovcd lands i Douglas county art ) assessed at $10.50 ai acre and unlmproi'cel lands at S10 3" while no other county reaches half Hies figures. This fitatiMUi'tit , accoreling t Mr. Timme , shoulit imt n stop to the cr , for nn increased assessment here. And why should such a showinir put stop to tlie demand for nn cquali/.pil as sesMiient in Omaha and Douglas count when as n matter of fact there is not ai aero of ground \yilluu live miles of th city limits wlileli can be purchased at lei times that sum ? What has the avurag assessment of farm lands to do with th thousands of arre.s laid oul into city lot within a stone's throw of the city bound aries , and which the commissioners hav permitted to bo listed at form lam prices ? And why for the sake of pulllnj down our aggregate county assessmen to a level with other counties west am south should tlio city of Omaha , which I nlne-teiUli ! ) of the county of Douglas , be placed in a false light before llio rest o the country as a tax-ridden community The county commissioners cannot scon to understand that Omaha , which pay the bulk of all tlm county taxes wldel they disburse , Is under our piosonl lav fore-cd to base its city assessments upoi the county assessors' returns. So far a these relate to this city they are shame fully unjust and disproportioncd to thi actual wealth. What eliu'erenco will ii make to the average laxpajer who is nov assessed high enough If tlio just assess ment of his tax shirking neighbor in creases the aggregate assessment am turns a few more dollars into the stati treasury ? Not n penny's worth. Thi continued cry that Omaha cannot supper the state , comes iiom the men win will not to-day contribute their slian towards supporting the city and county It is the same old argument used uverj year to pull wool over the ojcs of tax payers who under a fair am an equitable assessment wouli not lind their ta.xes iiicrcasei a dollar over those now obtain ing. The next legislatuio will probabl ; bo asked to remedy this abuse by makin ; provision for a system of city assess ments uneler a responsible assessor. Un meantime whilst the poor ami tlm mci of moderate means are carrying the bur den of taxation right Here in Doucla county and the rich and land millionaire are shliking their taxes by standing ii with the assessors anel theboarelot equal ! znlion , let us hear no more of this bun combe about the assessment bcinsr si low because Douglas county canno aft'ord lo pay moro'lhan her share to thi slate treasury. THAY U is justly indignan over his first experience this year wit' ' the campaign liar , bttt what else couh he expect. If ho lincl Watched carefull ; the political weiiheicock ; during hi tliiity year's experience with Nebraska politics , he should have ) been able to pro diet from which way the ill wind wouh blow at the outset df the canv'ass. ' Tin : latest about the cable , road is din every .street running east anel west lia been selected as 'thos < Snc and only loca tion. There is a goo'd efea of sonse'les pottering anel < . ( crlay abput the wholi cable line business. HALF the street signs put in the lamp , arc upside down and the oilier half un readable. If the evil generation spokei of in scripture as "looking after a sign' will como to Omaha they will lean .something to their disadvantage. OMAHA as a summer resoit has provec a failure. It continues to bo a great bus incss resort , however. KINGS ANJJ QUERNS. The pilnce ot Wales will probably vlsl Aiueilca next year. The kiiic ot Slam has clulstcned his newborn born ton ( ! eo-go Washington. The queen dowager of Spain likes he : diesses innelo In English inshlon. The sultan ot Tin Key never covthlelcs i wleloHe coveis her with a sack and etion ( her. her.The The qupon of Portusnl has cxriulsitelj beautiful little feet anel finely Miapeul Iwiuli and aims. The Giand Duke Nicholas of liussla is ai enthusiastic entomologist , nnd has lately beei buttcrlly hunting In thu Hiinalajsis. Queen Dowager Mai le , ot Iluvaila , v li ; build a memorial chapel on the bank ol tlu lake In which Kinc Luelnlg was drowned The einpiess of HussU Is the most de\olee imperial wife and mother In Europe , but she de > 03 not toleiato smoking in the Kranei snlon. Queen Vlctoila thinks of suininrrlin ; ai Oaborne , Isle at Wight , for the balance ol the .season. Has she turned her royal bncl on Balmoral ? The pi luce of Montenegro lias been 01 : another visit to Vlonnn , where he lias nccr luted by society nnd at the smno time abusre by tlio newspapeis as a Russian catspaw King George ot Greece has hud a rollci skating rink erected near the royal stables Queen Olga fieqiiontly j"ing him in Id : amusement and excels him In sldll am elasli , The Princess Loulso Is the piettlest ol Queen Victoria's dauglite'ig , but thciti 1st Badness in her face which itpPakR of dlsap polntmunt. Shu shuiilet havu maiilcel an American. Onoot tlie theories , tliat has been started li Munich to account /qr ( King Lmlwlg'i death Is Hint he has conceived thuldc : that the ItliiiingoIU wax m > t elronpcd Into tin Ithliiu but Into a Davarl.'ni lake , anel that hearing lie was to In ) connncil , Imtoolc tin last oppoitunltv that Intent occur to him t ( plimgu Into the hike In seaichqf it. Tin doctor natuially trie-ij to prevent him , aiie was killed In thu The late mad his servants. To valet wear a black ollunse. Another ( , . . . . _ co about with a black fnailc on imuhonil to Indicate that his Jrtain1- was out of order Un one occasion the pnoi Ijmlamlto dcclaiee war against the klu oB Saxony , and i > re > ic-ssmsof cliciiiUtiy jvitiiiiificiit for from Mu nlch to transform nnq ofjlliolloheiisclivtan gau mountains Into a yikjiiio. Thn Empress KIUnbc.h | Qt Austria has bcei In falling health for some time jiast , and tin shock blio sutti'ri'U on liearlm : of the trnglca end of lu-r cousin , the late king of Ia\urhi almost wholly piostiali'd her. The duct ou huvo ne'coiilingly recommended her not te ildu any mm c , anel lior majesty has ilecldct to let her line btiut tto to the hammer , tin omjucssuas one of the mo tdai lug horse women In Europe , and took lunch moie In ten's t in her ilnblus than in hcrpnlacei ulf.iirs It was fioin her KnclUh stableman tlia her inale iy learned P uglishhlch blu talks ejulto iluuiitlr. _ Votes , notVi'KOtablcs. . Congressional garden seeds are distributee for raising votes , not vegetables. Ho Takes tlie Gobs. Clttcago Tilbuiu , Nebraska Fanner "Say , Mr. Kallroae ! Man , If you ask all my corn Is worth for liaul lug It'to market , what do f get for my labor , my taxes , and wear nnd tear ot farnilni tools ? Do I take nothing'.1" Itallrond Man "Why , certainly , man You can take the cobs. " Clmtiiplon of Imtiori ) > li ntlliofril ) Justice , Tlio Omnhn Ilr.n Is the rccognlrcd chain ] ) lon ot labor In Nebraska , nnd It Mill ic innln such in suite of tlie opposition ot mo nojwly Publish the Iicttcr. ( /mini Ittnntl Tlinet. In the Omnliu Kepulillrnn of the 17th lint. llieio appealed the lolloping : "Tlio Itepub llcan has In Its possession a letter written b ; General Thayer some months aito , Inhlcl he dcclaics ho Is anything but fi loudly to tin snnatorlal elcmagotio ! ( Van Wyck ) . " In be hair of Ge-iipral 'llmjer wo leanest the Kc luiblican to publish It. New York Keillor * . Ctitcaao lltrahl. The Herald loams fiom the N'ow Yoil new&iwpe'is themsehesth.it one ot tliom I edited by a Jay ( lotild stool pigeon , anotlic by a muper Immigrant , another by n bilk am bankuipt , another by a malevolent old cuinl and another by \lclous blackmailer. Yet I Is fiom that quniter that lemaiks ntiotit tin io\\ily \\e-stcmanatu. He AVlll Even Up Ohl Scores. Ciett Viilelte. Kx-Senator Paddock uese-r knew until las wintei that hi ; sunposcd lih'iul , ( iou'ino l.u\cs , was actually plotting with I'liddoek's enemies nuil oikliig his M'lybcstto com pa s the defeat of I'mldock and sccme tin cle-ctlon Alblnus Nance , V.ulilock hnshni undeniable inoof or that tact , and thu com Ing winter he Mill be on deck to oven up oh scores. \ cs , chickens do come homo to loost Anil sometimes they loost low down. ftoely oT a Turtle nnel Itralti of a Sen H tor. Otfcrtuo JNVll * . One of the loc.d dlmemu cuiiisal\ertrsc' ' a sickening ciuioslty In the shape of a humai cieatino with "the body of a turtle and tlu brain ot a senator I" Winds are Inadequate to o.xiueso the pity \\o loci for this helpless Idiot. How cuilous indeed aio the tieaks ol natme ! It the nufoitunate thing only hat tlio boelv ot a senator and the lualn of a tur tie he might be elhcu sltig oluomaigailne am the lletiucpln caunl In ( he highest council ol the nation Instead ot sen hit ; as chief attiac tion In a ten-cent clicus. Another Heautll'ul IHIss Folsotn. llHffalo Courier , I ha\o just ictinned fiom Folsomlale licitI visited the late colonel's manoi house , and I want to tell you that all tlu beauty diet not leave Ithou the piesldeni mauled 1'inncls and Btoulc her to the white house. Iy sun , you should see the lavishing vision ot all that Is lovely that faiily took mj bicath anny. It Is Jlrs. Clevelaiul's cousin n dauihtiT ot John Kolsom. and she is i mauclof all that Is i.iie in enchanting ! ) beautiful womanhood , i can shut my eyes and see her as n eh cam ot all that Is radiant When she makes her appearance at Wash ingtoii toielgn diplomats will tneloed have aoiicthing to r.ne about. Why ainiels Will Wed. A irood wife lose fiom lici bed one morn nAnd thought with ncnoiis dieail Ol the piles and plies ot clothes to be wa heii And the doen ot mouths to be feel. "Them's the meals to get lor the men in the Held. And the chlldicn to liv away to school , And nil the milk to bo skimmed and ( .limned And all to bo done this day. " It had mined In the night and nil the wood Was wet as It could be , And tlieie were puddings and pics to liako And a lo.xf of cake for tea ; Anil the day was hot , and her aching head Tlirotibcd wenrlly as slie s.iid : "It maidens but knew what good wives know They'd not bo in haste to weel. " "Annie , what do you think I told Neri Hi own ? " Called the fanner fiom the well And a Hush cicpt up to his Inoiued blow And his eyes half bashfully I ell. "It was this : " And coming near he smiled , "It was this : That jou nio the best And the dcaicst wife in town. " The farmer went baclc to the fie'ld , And the w He , In a smillncr. absent way , Snug snatches of tender little songs She'd not sung In many a day. And the pain in her head was gone and her clothes Weio as white as the foam ot the Bea , And her Imtter as uwuet and golden as It could be , The night camn down The good wife smiled to herself assho said : " 'TIs so > eet to labor for those we love It is not stiango time maidens will weel. " STATR AND TKKRlTOItY. Nobrnskn .Jottin ; . A court house is to bo built at Culbert- son. son.Fender's Fender's flour mill is ncaring comple tion. Country Pun : A shocking uflair har vest work. West 1'oint sports are getting down lo checkers. The Northwestern extension has reached a point ninety-five miles west of Chadron. The heavens wore draped in moimlng Sunday , but the tears came not. Tlmlia the fashionable caprice. Thomas Graham of Holmcsvillo wont through a rotten bridge with a steam thresher and broke his neck. If rain falls on good and bad alike , scrjpturally speaking , aconsidornbln portion tion of Nebraska must bo on the fence. John Dressolman. of Hushville , was burled alive in a well which hrt was dig ging near town last week. His remains were shipped to relatives in Indiana. North liund's llrst church bell was hoisted into plnco last week , and now sonorously 'peals ' to the pious to take salvation on the Congregational plan. The "stool" crib erected in Grand Island by Mosler. Uahmtinn & Co. , of Cincinnati , has been condemned by the e'ommis ionerH of Hall county. Tlio alleged ' leged jail could not hold a' horsolhlof with sharp teeth. Some of the youngsters of Hitshvlllo re cently invested in n ball and bat , anel pro claimed themselves the champions ot the great northwest. A scrub nlno trom Gordon swooped down on them with money and niusclo , and run up a vic torious score of titty-two in MX innings. The Gordon boys are running1 yol after their hots. Iowa ItoniH. > ) cn"trspn is about lo sink un artesian well. well.An An Iowa democratic paper moans "It's still dry in Iowa. " The lock up at Aurelia has not had an occupant this year. The annual meeting of the K.x-l'rlsnn- ers ot War association will be held at DCS Molncs , September 8. A stray bullet from a target pun mangh'd the wrist of John A. Iluwins , in Sioux City , and will lay him up for some timo. timo.While boring for coal on his farm new the North Li/ard , Calhoun county , Philip Uei3se.ll hud the good fortune to strike an artesian well. A 125,000 highway bridge is to bo built over tlio Mississippi river at Diibuauo , instead of a pontoon bildgo , us Wild lust contemplated. Hog cholera is doing great elamngo at Fort Dodge Hundreds of hogs have al ready died and niuny more uro aflliutttd with thu disease ) . A two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Clu-isinun. of bunborn , full into a box of slacking lime at Clirar Lake , and was burned to death. A spring of living water lias appeared in one of the business streets of llurllnj ton It Is thought to be the outlet < some underground lake. ) . A pountorfell $3 note is in circulatio in Northwestern Iowa , of the * series e IS O. It is poorly exe > ciiled and easli dhcovereel , bccausf the paleness e the ink used in printing the Henri's. The farmers of Webster county are't try Iho plan of monthly "stuck day. " A purchasers moot the o huing stock f < i "ale at I'oit Dodge It is thought thn business will be greatly benelittedjby thi plan. Two slick chaps arc swindling fnrmoi in Adams i-ouuty by selling patents on Mashing niiieliine. The agreement t take tlie patent H easily changed Into note1 , which the farmers are compelled t pay. pay.A A vicious POW allae'ked two little girl1 nged six and ten year" , daimhlers f Ihomiis Hart , of Diinlup , who wor plnjing in the street. The youngest on was to-scd in tlie uir several times , nn Iho eldest in bur endeavor to aid her si ; tor was considerably bruised , A fourteen-year old daughter of Job 1'ink , a farmer living near Itreda , C'ano county , while helping her father a fui days since on n hay stack , fell an was impaled on u hay fork lean ing against the slack , receiving injtiriu from which it is thought she will die. Dnlcotn. A $2,000 school building is to bo ereele in Abeidci'ti. The artesian well at Miller forces wale to a height of seventy-live feel. A farmer near ISlk Point owns a cal which has ti.rco eyes and two mouths. Itissaiel that Sitting Hull has pluti dorod the the post trader's store at For i ales. Ucports from . .ichlnml , Cass , Trail ) Grand Forks and Hansom counties hull oato a crop larger nnd belter than th average. The city assessor gives the lotnl a sc ment against Watcrtown as sf'llt.'JIt ' . against I50-H8 last yearshowing a totn gain of ! ! 1 per cent , or a trillcoycr a thin incicuso. The headboard of Wild Dill's grave , ii Deadwood. give.s ; strong testimony to th presence of the irrepressible relic hunter The Minnie ship has been sadly elisilgurei by pilgrim vandals. Colorado. ' Aspen is thu only city in the Mate tlm is not tortured with a base ball club. The artesian well at Montrose is dowi 800 feet , thumping through shale yet. Nt water. The full of UiePlaUo near Fort Morgai left pools of water tilled with lish , whie-l were gathered up by the bucketful by th citizens. A man digging a we'll on his clain near Denver Junction a few days ago wn buried alive by the caving in ol the wall Hie body had not beun rccoveretl ut las accounts. Weld City is the name of the lutes town. It is situated about thirty-livi miles noithwc&t of Wray. It ia situatee ' in a line country and is'being settled u ] with a line class of citi/ens. Tlio Methodist conference mot in GITC Icy recently , and ro-eclioed the watch woril , "A million for missions this year. ' During the reading of the treasurer's re port by Urolher Millington , he referred t < his assistant as his "right bower " Tin bishop , with a peculiar twinkle in his eye stopped him to inquire the meaning o the term lirother Millington's dilemmi anel apparent embarrassment "brough down the house , " as it were , ami tlu conference enjoyed his confusion exceed ingly. Finally the elder straightenee up anel resuming said , well ' von "emlerei me up" and 1 presume 1'shall have li "show my haml. " This bionght forth an other rounel of laughter , when Doctoi Cranston remarked , "I tlilTik , bishop w will be euchored out of that report i brethren persist in thi-ir sallies.1 ' Tlu bishop , with a smile , remarked , " 1 thinl mv elf wo better 'pass' on to the con sideration of the report , " which was nc cordingly itono , when quiet could bo re stored. Wltlilu the Canvas Walls. Hurdottej in Brooklyn Kagle : My boy when you go out a camping , elon' "rough it" too much. Don't go wlthou tents. A camp without tents is like ai orchard without apples. And don't movi into a hotel cottage nnd eall it "camp ing. " That is as much like camping ai paying ? 1 a pound and listiing in : stocked lish pond Is like trout hshing Tiikn a tent , the nrmy wall tent is tlu most comfortable , and enjoy yourself The guielo book will tell 3-011 , as it tole us , Unit a tent is unnecessary. That "the author and his friends have camped in thu Adirondack's sleeping in the open ail every night , for , " I foi get whether it wiu throe months or three years , nnd novel felt a drop of rain. Well , maybe that i' true. Wo caught about live weeks ol rain in tlie month of Juno , but limn tliif was an unusually rainy .Juno. You had better tike a tent. There may bo some moic rare Junes where this one came Irom. Uut thup-oat charm of the tent does not lie in its utility nts an umbrella. It shows ofl'lo best advantage on a windy night. That Is Avhy I recommend the wall tent rather than the "A" or wcdgo tent. Wo have both varieties In our camp , but when the winds are boisterous the wall tent has a few funoy steps that the "A" tent can never hope to imltiitu. Night has fallen. On the other hand , the wind lias gotten up. I rctiru to the cot Hiat sags down like n water trough to receive mo , and the circus begins. 1 nm not afraid that the tent will mow over- it takes a terrillo wind to cupsi/o a well pinned , neatly adjusted tent. lint I elon't see why it can't stand still. I hoar the wind waving union" : the trees. 1 look at the cot where the 1'rinco is sleep ing nnd half wish I hadn't brought him out in this land of furious storms. I Ho down again , look at the swaying lan tern , and think I will got up niidput it out. Suddenly the tent htiuats down llko a collapsed balloonand then bcfoi o I can throw my arms over the prince to keep the ridge pole from hitting him , the tout shunts straight up three fr.ut higher than its best standing record. Another roaring tempest through tlm trous ; Iho four sides of the tent bulge out until it is as round as a Sibloy lent ; then it col- lapaus and sucki in until tlicro in hardly room inside for the lantorn. 'J'hun thruu aides stillun up llkn sheet iron , while thu fourth llaps itself mud for nopaitioular roiihon. The tunt squats again , and when U stands up this time , the ily begins to Hup nnd bound over your hcail , faster than you can think , with Iho rull of a mulllcd drum , varied now and then l > i a ornc'l ; llko thu shot of u gun. A mo ment's lull , suddenly the wind scums to he rending the forests , and both tunt ooles , forei and nft , arcsui/.nd v > ith the de lirium Ircmens , and shiver nnd slmku and tremble In oscillating spasms , while tlie wulls dunce up and down , Mutter , bulgoCGllupe > s mul rftrolcband the frantic Ily , "as fast as mill wheels strike , " smite the top of the tent in furious , loud- sounding whacks , that mal.u thu very lantern burn blue with fear ; thr. moaning of the wind In thn woods rises to a shriek ; under the imnrcpsum that the wholu mountain Is .lowing away , I spring lo my feel , rush to the ) tunt door , tear it 01)011. The bluest skies , the brightest ntars , Iho lovelies : night In ail this land 'Tools me with the bU-ssnig of noacc. i'hu night wind ! s sighlii'f softly in thu gently sway- lug trco tops , a lullaby of tin : Runum-r night , a lUiuiil whtaper , the very undertone - tone of the zephyr , ncarcA so lnud us thu ; > m-ling murmur of the diva my little brook , crowing ! > elf te > el'ci | in the star light. 1 hat i > , all. But why should It sound like ItcdKi'i insidu tlio tcntr That's what 1 want to know , t5T PERRY PAIN-KILLER IS ItUCOMMI'.XDBD II Y , Minister * , Missionaries , MaitAfrerj or VnotoHe ? , M'oik-she p , I'lunliitlem * , Nur > c In Hoidtiils in snoit , ovorj- boil ) ovci.vwlu'io ttlmlms orcr given It n trial. TAKEN IVIT.U.V.M.t.Y IT V11,1 , III : IOUNU A NKVB rvii.tvi sunnr.N COLDS , CHILLS , PAINS IN Tin : STOMACH , CRAMPS , SUM- MKU AND HOWKL COMPLAINTS - PLAINTS , SOUK THROAT , &c. APPI.UI ) B\TBUX\t.W , tr is tunIO T ni rrrrivr. A D HEST I.IVIWZNT ox KIIITII i-ou cum. so SPRAINS , mUUSKS , 1M1KMATISM NKURALCiIA , TOOTH ACHIC , UUUMS , FROST HITBS , &c. Prices , 25o , , 60c. and $1,00 per Bolllo , FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS of Imitations. , < ® J Nebraska National Bank OMAHA. NEHKASKA. Paid up Capital $050,000 Surplus 30,000 II. W Yates , Tn-ildent. A. K. Toimilin. v'ire President. \V. H. S. Hughes , Cashier. niiti.OTons ! JV. V. Rorp ! , John S. rolling 11. W. Yates , Lewis S. Heed. A. K. Tou/alin. BANKING OFFICE : T IIJ8 IKON BANK , Cor milt and I'arnam St.s A General Hanking business Transacted. JTlioss yiTAI.ITV In C.MIAlJf.TI II 01 row rl'H r iic inierounill ) IntroJiicod Iwiv wi-icnicoMonin drolnipiomrtlT rnwLe I. TKKATJHK ylrlng now * P P-ri > niliiiMlip lenaoni nrnt .An .KJIKK. Oonniltw , ' ? ? , ° . "i-co,0f4'v"ia"l.wltll"IX n'l''intd < ) < : t"rM"iii r.iviAt.E . . . flUENcr. No. 174. Fulton street. Now York. WOODBRIDGE BRO'S. ' , State Agents roil THIS 'sPianos Omaha , Neb. 21,829,850 TansilPs Punch Cigars \ aero shipped during tlio past ' two yours , without n drimi- im'rfu our employ. NootUor notiBolutuit world can trntli- fullyiuakomioluisliowiui ; . Ono ujont fcloaler oulyl wanted In etch town. SOLO UV UADINC DHUCCISTS. W.TANSILL& CO.,55 Slalo St.Chlcago. 017 S .Cluu-IcHNt.SUI.oiUsMo. ? ? ulirgrtilu&teof two llodlcalCoWtftt , liubcelilODftf _ niedla theip.olal trettmanlor CHK. > nio , NRBVOUI , SKIM bad ULOOD DiA.iini thin .nr atber I'bjilelaa loSifljOUlt. city pipm iiiow RnJ lloldr .IJrnilDowt Nervous Prostration , Debility , Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Affec tions ot Throat , Skin or Danes , Blood Poisoning , Old Sores and Ulcers , are IreUM nHt unii riltoU4 ' Olee'ases'ArlsIno from lndscroilon ( , Excess. Exposure or Indulgence , which product i m , or tin lollowlog < areti : nerrouioc , , , deMIIlr , dlaDci , of light anddefcetlre memory , pltapletoa ( bo rice , | ibrlcildfeftr , ATtrilon totha ,9elel/or frail. * , oonfuiloH or ld i , I ! M rendering MarrUco Improper or unti pP7 , ' J.crnjbtll > eur J. I'ami'hlci ( S6 injn ) on cla l.o e , lint InIfftlra cove opp , fre lo any nddr i. Cootnltitloaatof * flee or by mull fre .InTltrl anil stiletl/eiuadeullit. A Positive vrlttcn Guarantee giren la ittrrei. Table cite , iledlcloe neat crerywberobj mill or eipreii. < CO9DE , 00 FAOE3. riTTC PLATES , clrg&nt olntb And Bill blodltg , calcej for 53o In j aiugeor eurreocy. Or r on/ wondirful IIOQ picture * , true tollfoi trtlelrionlbv follonlaf ubjeetii who Miy ia rry , vthouot. why t mauLood , woman * ' " - liood.r JoK Cum witluiut moill- POSITIVE ClIIO. i I'lltOlltoJ Octtt- ' boi1H.1870. . Oao hux W'H ' tlieinost obtlnnto cnsn In fourilftyi orloii. : P < ! IUJ No nnusooHS closci of cubolts , copiliii or ml ot enndahvood Hint are ccrtuln to pioiluuo dysoi | > - sin by do tiovlnif the poullnifs of tuu slniuiioli , J'rIco l.fiO. Bold by nil ilriimrl < U or innlloU ou receipt of iirlcp. 1'or furllior pnrtlriiln emit rorolroulnr. P. ft Box 1'iTI. 7. C. ja.Ul.Ij .iT CO. , KJJobnBt. . Now YorK. _ luen-tli-intlym&e DR. IMPEY. .I,3iT .a SO ? . Prncllco llinited fDisinisca ol' tlio EYE , EAR. NOSE AND THROAT , fitted for nil foviiH ofdofnctlvo Vision. Arlille'.inl Eyed Do you want a pure , Mooin- ing Complexion ? If so , ft faw applications of Hasan's MAGNOLIA BALM will grat ify you lo your heart's con- tout. It docs nwny with Sal- lowuoss , lloilncsH , riinploSj IJIololicH , nutl nil diseases and Iiupnrfoctioiis of tlio skiu. It overcomes the flushed apponr- nnca of licat , itttigue and ox- citoinont. Itmukcsnlndyof THIRTY npponp but TWEN TY j ami HO natural , gradual , nnd poiToct are its olfccta. that il. Is impossible to delect its application.