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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEj FEIDAT , JTJLY 30. 1880. THE DAILY BEE. PMAITA orrtm : . NO. mi A > M > oift N wr VOIIK omen. UCMUK/I. Tmiit NK IH/IUUMI. WA iliSiTuN ( orriiE , Ho. 5li : KOI-IITEE.STH STREET. Piilillstind every inornlnir , ntcopt Smidny. Hie only Monday moniliiB jm | cr published In Ilia 8(11(0. ( TKIIMS nr MAIM' DIIP Yoir . Slft.00 1 Tliroo Month * . J2..V ) Six Months . 5.0U I Ono Month . 1.00 THE WuKKiiY Ilni'.l'iilili'liGil Kvcry WoJne < liijr. THUMP , POSTPAID : Ono Yonr.vltli premium . J2.00 Ono Vonr , without nrcmlinn . l- " > Blx Months , without premium . " > Ono Mouth , on trlnl . 10 COIIWSPOM : > ISCF. : : All communications rolntliifr tn jioivs nn < l cell- tor.nl mutters slmiikl nddruMltl to llic Km- rouot TIII ; HKI : . llUHINF.a T.KTTI'.H ! j\1l business letters iinil romlttnncrs should bo adclrm-ed to THE HKH I'I'IIMHHIMI CUMPANV , UM.MIA. Drafts , checks nirl po tonico orders to bo mndo imynblo to the order ot the company. 1HE PROPflltlOflS , I' . IlOSKWATKH , UtilTnu. TJ1M DAIi.V M13I3. Bivorn Statement ofClroulutlon. Stnto of Ncbrnskn , I . Cotintv of Douglas , t s- ( ! t'o. H. Tzscluiek.srrrptaryot the ISno Pnb- llshlim conijmnv , does soii'innly swear that the nctnnl circulation of the Dallv Kco for tlic week cnillng duly ! J3il , IfbO , was as follows : Saturday , loin . 12-1. * > 0 Monday , liith . I'J.SW ) Tue.Kilny. 13lh . 12,175 Wwlin-Mlii.v.Htli . 12,175 Tliursthiv.KHIi . 123X ! ) Friday , ICtli . 1200 ! ! Average . 1275 : ! ( l 1:0. : H. Ty.fnirru.5l t. Subscribed and sworn to lnTorc mo this . 20th day of July , IbiO. N. I' . Vr.il. , rfti'A ! . . ] * Notary Public. (5 eo. U. Tzschuck , uelnKfnstilnly sworn. de poses nnd says that lie Is scrriitnry of tlio Uco rubllslilnc company , tbat the nrtnal nveraee dally circulation of tlio Dally Hoe lor the month of January , ISSfi , was 10,378 conies ; for Kcbruary , 18SO , lO.D'J.I copies ; for Match , 1SSO , 11.KJ7 copies : for April , 18SO , 13,191 copies ; lor Mnv , It&C , 12 , 4G9 copies ! for Juno , 1840 , liV-OS copies. Gr.o. 13. Ty.smrcic. Subscribed and sworn to bcforo mo. Ibis Gth day of July , A. 1) . 18SO. N. P. Pnir. , [ an AT. . | Notary Public. IMPORTANT ANNOiXCK9iKNT. \cc shall jtnlillsli a Snmlau edition , tn be knoiman tlic OMA.IIA SUNDAY HIK. : It will contain the ffcio 3ror/c / llcmlil's special cubic letters from tlic jirlnclywJ c j ) < ils of Europe , y/icsc / dtxjmtchcs will tipiiiar in thcllF.r. on the same morning that then arc liubllrhnl in New York. 'flic OMAHA KUXDAY BKB will also coiit(7i / ( njicclnl illxiHitchcs from the prlnrliiul American Hews centers , together with the latest news from nil } irof / Iowa. Xcbntslin , and the ivcsl ( icientllu. ) In every other respect the OMAHA Si N AY Bin : will cnmmrc favor- nMUwtlh the Sunday editions of the great metropolitan dallies. Tlw subscription price of the SUNDAY 15nn will be $2.00 per vcur. 1'hc DAILY Men with the Sunday edition Included will be mn tied at $10 per annum. Tills glva seven j > upcrs nu'cclt to onr sul > - scrlbcrsfor the same price which they are now jwylny for the six-day paper. The DAILY Hun without the Sunday edition will be mulled for $ S per i/enr. / Newsdealers havcalrcady been notlflcd by circular. Orders thrmiifli them for the UMAHA SUNDAY UuiJs/iouW / be handed In promptly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IF there nro any other luttcrs by Gen eral Thayer which no ono can lind , by all moans lot us have them. AND now Mr. Dorsoy has threatened to mop the iloor wilh Iho Indiana Cobb. The Nebraska congressman who hesitates to light is lost. MIT.KS of side tracks arc going down in Omaha , but it is safe to sny that the next railroad return to the stale will show only inches. Tin : asphalt people are lighting like cats nnd dogs among themselves and rival contractors are preparing to walk ofl'with Iho spoils. Mn. CLEVELAND'S mother-in-law has nrrivcd ut the white house. The presi dential veto on one subject evidently yet remains to bo written. I'uoriiET COUCH predicts that the drouth will end on the 10th of August. Mr. Couch should bo promplly lynched for making such a suggestion. IT is very easy lo sot up a man of straw for the pnrposa of knocking it down. Comments on General Tlmyer's letter without the luiter will carry very litllo weight. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AN ancient boat , supposed lo bo 2,000 years old. was recently oxhumcd in Eng land. It is said to bear a close resem blance to some of the old tubs in the United Slates navy. AND now the democratic railroad or gans are informing honest domocrals that any tendency towards antimonopoly poly expressions of opinion will bo sternly rebuked. Such rebuke's carry no danger. So far the Chicago trials seam to have developed thai a half a do/.cn hands throw that bomb In tlio Haymarkot. The Chicago cage anarchist appears to have as many hands as the average congressman m the lobbies at Washington. Miomr.AN prohibitionists have adopted a platform including prohibition , woman sulTrago , unlimited coinage of silver and tlio abolition of the national banks. If any otltoi cni'/.cs remain lo bo endorsed they wore evidently not brought to the attention of the convention. LAKH M.VNAAVA is rapidly becoming the ragu ever in Council IJhtus. Whatever Omaha is or is not she cannot hope to rival the lUufl's In the display of varie gated bathing suits suggesting if scarcely concealing the rustic boanty of Iowa's fairesl daughters. Cut-oft' lake cannot compete with Lake Maimwa , AT last Mayor firaco , of Now Vork.has foiiiut .suiriclcnt backbone to lake oilieial notice of the public charges against tlio commissioner of public works of that city , Hollin M. Squires , and has called upon him to appear and show reason why be should not bo deposed from his ollico. The newspapers have been engaged for mouths in exposing the misconduct of Squires , supplying indubtiablo proof in support of their stalomcnUs , but the mayor has boon slow to acoopt the testi mony of the projs. He has evidently so- cttru.d other cvinrnue satisfactory to him , and the naso of Squires , if that worthy doc > 3 not stop donn ; and out without at tempting to defend himself , promises de velopments only less Interesting than were those of the TwecJlojr.posuro. Our Mexican tlclntlonn. The peaceful relations that have sub sisted between the United States and Mexico for many years nro threatened with a serious disruption. The arrest and imprisonment of A. K. Cutting at i'aso del Norte , nnd the attitude of indiflbrcnco , if not actual defiance , maintained by the Mexican authorities of Chihnuhau re garding Hie demands of Iho American minister and consul for the release of Cutting , together with other facts show ing a systemalio persecution of Ameri cans in Mexico , are reported to have made a decided impression in administration - tration circles at .Washington. Nothing has transpired of an oflicial nature to show that Iho government contemplates any other than Iho peaceful methods of diplomacy to bring about an adjustment of the issue which the arrest of Cutting and Iho generally unjust treatment of American citizens in Mexico have created , but there seems to bo no doubt that a feeling lias been aroused that thcro must bo no more paltering in this matter , and thai if Hie Mexican government is nol able to compel thcauthoriliefl ever whom il has jurisdiction to conform ttuur conduct to established principles of international comity and justice , recomso must bo had tea power beyond llial government. There Is a vast amount of cumulative evidence showing the injustice practiced toward American citizens in Mexico which constitutes a formidable indict ment against that government. There have been numerous parallel cases to that of Mr. Culling , and many others of a much more outrageous character. Only two days ago the dispatches reported that a naturalized American citizen , who had boon extradited to answer to the charge of horse stealing , was summarily shot to death on the following day by the Mexican authorities , oven while his ap peal for protection was on its way lo Iho American consul. Such an outrage of a universal principle of justice must bo reprobated regardless of the nationality or character of the alleged criminal. Those who have taken the trouble to in form thom.solvcs concerning the treatment of American citizens at the bunds of the Mexican judiciary , say that abuses and injustice arc constantly occurring ringand , the imliu'erence which our representatives in Mexico and the government at Washington have hith crto shown regarding Iheso occurrences has not only encouraged the Mexican au thorities in continuing tiio practices , but lias begotten a contempt for Ibis gov ernment and a prejudice against Iho American people. This result springs so naturally from the persistent careless ness of the government with respect to its own rights and dignity and the rights of its citizens , thai the statement of it is not in the least incredible , even were there not ample proof of it at hand. Thcro is , perhaps , not ti great deal to bo cxpocled of the placid diplomatist , at the head of Ihe slate department , but there is a probability that the president may bo induced to bring to bear upon this matter some of that firmness and de cision of character which ho is popularly believed to possess , by way at least of stiflumng the backbone and infusing a lilllc y.eal inlo his secretary of slato. Congress , nlso , would do well to at least direct such action as would give the country full and oilieial information on the subject. As the situation is now presented , the duty of the government appears to be very plain and very simple. It should insist that- American citizens now imprisoned in Mexico bo brought lo immediate trial or released , and that accomplished it should demand such modifications and changes in the Mexi can system of criminal jurisprudence , as applicable at least to American citizens , as shall make it conform to that which obtains in oilier civilized nations. Such a demand would bo nol only cnlirely legitimate - gitimato , bill compliance with it IB abso lutely necessary to the preservation of internalionat amity and the permanence of peaceful relations between the neigh boring republics. Ijtiljor In Other Lmmls. If the American workingman wlio is so fortunate as to have steady employment at fair remuneration will inform himself of the condition of labor in most Eu ropean countries , ho will certainly find reason to congratulate himself that he is an American workingman , oven if the facts fail to convince him that ho ought to bo contented with the rewards of his labor. Belgium , until a year or two past one of the most prosperous countries in Europe , with her mines and mills , fac tories and workshops in active opera tion , and giving employment to all her skilled and unskilled labor , while her farmers found a ready market for all their products , is represented to bo at this time a nation of idlers. Enjoying peculiar advantages by reason of her great natural resources nntt her geographical graphical position , this Jittlo kingdom achieved the title of tlio "workshop of Europe , " and the products of her manu factories wcro found In every European market. Her people wcro industrious and thrifty , and in no country on the continent was there a population that en joyed a moro liberal share of the fruits of these qualities. In this happy con dition , with a liberal governmental sys tem , Belgium oll'ered an inviting Hold to the social and anarchical agitators. The labors of these elements had their result in the great strikes of the past year , the most Ijittor and destructive that any country has experienced in this gen eration , and which planted the seeds of a pormunont discontent and hostility be tween employers and employed. The con.seqiienco is that n great amount of the trailo formerly enjoyed by Belgium has gone to Germany , the most extensive industrial establishments are but par tially employed , a vast amount of ma chinery representing Immense in vestments of capital is idle , capi talists are afraid to rebuild the runlned factories or relight the extinguished blast furnaces , the wages of labor has fallen below the cost of de cent subsistence , and even the securities of the government have declined in price as a result of the reduced revenues from the general depression. Thuro could hardly bo a moro convincing lesson than thu experience of Belgium furnishes of tlio disastrous consequences of that sort of counsel and agitation which hau- plly the common sense of American work- ingmeu will not tolorata or countenance , and the end of the trouble iuthatconntry has not been reached. What is termed the worklngmon's party havn arranged for a grand demonstration on the 10th of August ostensibly in behalf of universal suflriigis , but the muuife&to is nccoaioa- , . _ \ - nied with n threat that if the demonstra tion is interfered with or the government docs not at once accede to the demand for an extension of the suIYrngo there will bo a general strike ordered , and this menace suggests the power behind " it of a strong anarchist influence" . It would seem inevitable that this now crisis must aggravate the dlllicultlcs that now encompass labor in Belgium , and greatly swell the ranks of impoverished workingmeii in that country. Tn England the conditions unfavorably aflectiug labor are not so serious and threatening as those in Belgium , but the English working cla ses are far from prosperous. There has boon no improve ment since the gloomy statements were made a few months ago by the royal commission and by Mr. Goschen and olhcrs relative to the industrial de pression , nor docs there appear any pro mise of improvement. The exports of Great Britain have fallen off materially during the current year. Many mills and factories In the great industrial dis tricts are at a standstill , and it is said that even the government has found it moro economical to buy certain material for the army and navy in other coun tries. The situation has , of course , been rendered worse than it would otherwise have been by the intense political agita tion and tile doubt and anxiety that still attend political aflairs. In Franco the great strike of the Uccazevillo miners , recently ended in favor of the workmen , has produced a generally disturbed feel ing in the labor market and a souse of insecurity among capitalists that augur unfavorably for the immediate future of industrial enterprise in that country. In Germany the situation of tlio working classes is less unsatisfactory , but oven thcro the average of wages is consider ably less than in the United States in corresponding brandies of industry. Tlio outlook for millions of workingmen - men in most of the countries of Europe for tlio coming winter is ono of privation and suffering , and while unhappily there will In this country also bo a host of laborers who will experience some hard ship , on the whole the industrious and tlirifly workingmeii of America , who have not recklessly or foolishly sacrificed their opportunities , are very much bettor oil'now , and have vastly better prospects for the future , than their brethren in Europe. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A Safe Keynote. Henry Labouchcrc , the radical , thinks that obstruction should bo ilie policy of the homo rule liberals anil nationalists in parliament , and that Lord Salisbury should bo made very tired of trying to drive his badly matched team of whig and tory. But plain matter-of-fact and patriotic Michael Davitt sounds another and a safer keynote when ho urges level headed work at Westminster to hold up the hands of Parncll and Gladstone in llicir dlorls to educate the masses for the overthrow , of the classes. Mr. Davitt knows English temper and English needs as only a man can know them who has travelled throughout England addressing the working people in a billcrly fought campaign. Ho says : The true policy for home-rulers Is to advo cate the reforms required by the workers ot Great Britain while advocating justice to Ire land. Tim struggle for Iho highest form ot Irish liberty can and ought to run parallel to the aspirations of the British democracy for a reform of their social condition , for eco nomical liberty , for labor In the Held and the workshop. The issue Unit by Gladstone is the classes against the masses In the effort to satisfy the national demand of Ihe Irish pee ple. If the Irish people obstruct the cause of the English masses they will bo playing the game of the classes and forfeit the ssmpathy of the million and a half of British voters who supported homo rule this election. Justin McCarthy takes the same ground in his last cable letter , published in tiic BnK. "Every Irishman who loves his country , " writes the doughty home-ruler , "will do his best to keep order and peace. At such a crisis we will disappoint our enemies. " Tlio Closing of tlio ScHsion. As the last days of Iho present session of congress approach Iho jobbers and lobbyists crowd the capital. Every promoter meter of a doubtful claim , every agent of private interests which will not boar the Jiglil of full discussion , every politician with an nxe to grind or corporation which wants to prevent others from reaching the grindstone is on hand eager lo influ ence legislation before the hammer falls. The overcrowded pigeon-holes of Uio committees will bo ran sacked for measures which run some chance of passage in tho. hurry , confusion and whirl of the lasl hours. Tim jostling of members to catch the speaker's eye , the repeated attempts and as repeated failures to force bills through against the watchful obstruction of objecting members , the clamor and noise and disgraceful wrangling to which every session in its dying hours is sub jected , will once moro bo re-enacted. The closing hours of tlio session are Uio opportunity for the treasury watch dogs to earn their reputation. These are the men who can Keep their senses keen through Iho monotonous roll- calls , the sloreotyped objoctl ons , tlio wrangling tor procedure and disorder witli which the houses will bo filled. A timely protest of a few wonts , a two minutes' speech exposing tlio true inwardness of some innocent appearing bill , a reference lo past attempts nnd past failures to foist a stain job upon the attention of the hottso are often effective in killing this class of legislation. The watchdogs of the treasury are the one- lilies of the lobby. IT appears to some that the authorities are pushing nn unnecessarily severe course with respect to the cx'iiowsboy , Brodio. whoso successful leap from the Brooklyn bridge some days ago had given him wide notoriety. There scorns to bo a disposition lo trump up any sort of n charge that the law will allow in order to visit some punishment on Brodio for his darjn < * and rcoklosa adventure. But wo suspect the motive to this is nol a desire - sire to deal harshly with Brodio , but merely to make an example of him which shall deter other fool-hardy follows from a similar undertaking , nnd this is neces sary. Only this week a young man was arrested when on the point of limping from the bridge , his explanation of his desperate purpose being that ho hoped if he made a successful leap to bo enabled to receive thereby sufllcicnt money to sot his invalid father up in business. . When one reflects how many hundreds of people ple thcro arc whoso necessities might Im pel them to foolishly SCOK relief through Eomo such madly reckless undertaking ns this , . It is evident ! tflnt the law can hardly be tooaovoro'tH too rigidly nd- ministered. . ; ONE of thu most iifijuuinnblo outrage's CV < .T committed upon'an ' American citi zen by n foreign govornihcnt was that of the little republic of Jiciuulor in the case of Julius Santos , some two or more years : t o. Santos , a clli/.on of Now York , vis ited Ecuador to look after # 01110 business interests , anil shortty after his arrival there was arrested on tho'charge of Uuing engaged in a eonspinvv nguinst the gov- crnmenl. Ho was thrown into prison , and although repeated eflbrla were made in his bcliulf by the American consul , under instructions from Washington , thu government of Ecuador for more than a year impudently and defiantly refused to pay any attention to the wishes of this government. In the moanwhllo the health of Santos was seriously Impaired and ids business atluirs almost ruined. Finally , the mutter having been urged upon the attention of Secretary Hayard by the friends of Santos , ho tool : decisive measures , and a peremptory demand that Santos should bo promptly brought to trial or released resulted in his being liberated in August of last year , the gov ernment of Ecuador virtually confessing that it had no ease. Santos contemplates a suit for heavy damages , which ho would probably have little dillicultym securing. Tlio correspondence relating to the mat ter was sent to congress by the secretary of stale on Wednesday. TIIK democrats of Vermont do not ap pear to have been very deeply Impressed Uy the late executive order of Mr. Cleve land , warning all federal ollico holders generally "against the use of their ollleial positions in attempts to control political movements in their localities , " and de claring that their inllucncu should not bo felt in the manipulation of political prim ary meetings and nominating conven tions. According to trustworthy reports there wnro present as delegates in the Vermont democratic convention over one hundred federal ollico holders , from rev enue collectors to country postmasters , and these gentlemen were among the most conspicuous and energetic in man ipulating tlio convention. However , they endorsed the administration unreserv edly , making a leading point , notably modest under the circumstances , "of its selection of conscientious and cfHcicnt servants , " so that their disregard of tlio order will bo easily overlooked by Sir. Cleveland. Indeed , nobody ever sup posed it was intended to be anything moro than a mild warning against ex cessive zeal. ' ' Tin : BII : hacks sqtianjiy down on its charges against Butler. . Thjs is not tlio first time our esteemed contemporary has been an esteemed crawlish. llq ili\tcin. \ ( There lias been no backdown by the 15 EK and there was no need of any. No charges were brought by this paper ' against Chief Duller. 'Our reporters gave to the public what responsible city omVials talked and asserted. The facts cited are not denied. Tlio only thing that Mr. Duller Imds fault ! with is the re port thtit a councilman declared his con duct to be criminal. Nobody wants to persecute Mr. IJiitlcn , lie will Iiavo a fair and full hearing which' ' this paper will give to tlio public , aa it always does everything of public Interest. Tim pavement on Sixlccnlh street be tween Capitol avenue and Davenport streets is in a fearful state of repair. Some one will break an arm or a leg there or thereabouts sooner or later. Then the paving contractors will regret their failure to stick to the terms of their bargain. If a. paving guarantee means anything it must mean that the street shall bo kept in passable condition. Otherwise it is worth nothing. Mil. OAKLAND has decided that the prohibition by congress of the bogus butter fraud does not Infringe on state rights. Now let us have a decision Irom tlio state courts that the boycotting of tlio ordinary hash-house hair oil i.s no infringement of the rights of boardinghouse - house kcopor.s. TiiEiii : are smells and smells ; but when the smelting works turns its arsonnrcltcd hydrogen chimney loose in an east breeze , the stench disc-omits a combina tion of an onion mill and a fertilizer factory iioxt door with a slaughter-houso in the back yard. THE FIELD OP INDUSTilY. The fact that silk can bo manufactured In Mexico at one-half of what it costs in 3'aris is attracting attention and will probably lead to Investments In Bilk-making. Machines for cutting man-holes and hand- holes are now used In English holler shops , and are found to ho so economical that they are shortly to be introduced Into American machine Hhops. Builders will be Interested In the state ment thai ono dwolllng-hotiso burns down every hour , worth 81iO ! < i : barns and stables , liftya week ; country stores , three per day ; hotels , ton a week ; a lumber yard every other lay ; theatres , live per month. A Rood nmny British and some continen tal manufacturers are considering tlio advis ability of removing to America. The trade depression abroad lias. led to this anxiety. Ono of the InrgCMt machinery manufacturers In Glasgow has decided to conic. The Improving demand fet mahogany has led to much Imitation , ill wlrich cherry , birch nnil other cheaper woods ni-o used , Furni ture manufacturers In many places encourage the line of Kiihstitutes because ot the greater business developed. , , , Manufacturing Interests are slowly congre gated about Jlinulntiliani , Alabama , as I'itts- burg Is drawing iminntncttiicr.s from remote points to her natural' cas supply. Power compress companies will locate at Birming ham , besides iron Uitcrwisand large machine shops , , j A tin mining company has boon formed In Dakota , with a capital , of,81,000.003. , The Kiu.'llsh tin-plato makers aro. threatened by a Ryndicatii seeking tariff legislation on tills sldo and by a strong movement in Germany to manufacture plate. The Jersey garment is taking Kuropo by storm. The industry sprang up In Berlin less than live years ago , and already the bus iness there foots up § ' ' ,000,01)0 ) per year. Several . .manufacturers theie keep special cutters o American onion * . Knglunil is also a heavy jersey buyer. Cutters , desleners nnd examiners are advertised tor In all German textile centres. With all the saw mills , planing mills , woodworking - working factories , water and gas works , churches and schools that uio going up In the south , there ought to boa good opening lor both common and skilled labor , ft Is es timated that ihcio Is upward ot 100 bliort lines of railroad projected In seven or C'l lit southern states , with capital from $100,000 to 1,000,000. A recent traveler In the south says : "Towns have sprung up from noth ingness , and are rapidly becoming cities. " Casting out the percentage of workmen who are Idle at this tlinu lor special causes , there are fewer Idle men In thu United Slates than slnco the days ot the boom. Moro men are employed lu uio Iron and ntoel mills , coal mines , lumber enmpt nnd In tniHitno shops nnd f.u'toile * than over before. Moldcrs , ma chinists tool-makers , hardware shopmen nnd the member ? of the building trades have full nnd regular employment ! The averaso rate of wages Is hlslicr , bat the prices of pioducts show very little It any change. Common labor aveiagcs 20 per cent moro than a year ago. _ Ono fs Hotter. AV IP foils S'KII. A lucky president may bo a valuable olllcer , but a wise one Is bettor. A Hint to Cleveland. AVw Vnifc U'oiM. Mr. Cleveland writes very well , but a little less composition and moro action on his part would advance the cause ot real reform. Mlglit Ito Woroe , Doubtless the postal service of tlio north * west mUht bo worse than it Is now , but it probably never will. Ttio Surplus Troubles Them. 1'iwlilenct Joiirmtf. The democrats In COIIRICSS are as uneasy with a surplus in the tteaiiirv as a small hey with a half-dollar on the Fourth of July. > A. Chance for tlin Wood-Cut Vapors. AY IP Yoili Tmlrprnilcnt , The fact that the Concord 5-chool Is to tils * cus 1'Iato this summer will gho western papers a chance to produce authentic wood cuts of thogicat philosopher , Know It Cannot Mo Trusted. ImllatmimltB Journal. It Is lucky for the democratlo party that Iho president understand it better than it does Itself. Ho knows it cannot ho trusted , and has not failed to show that he distrusts Broad Stntosiiinnship. I'oitlitntl U/ri/oiifaii. In the "broad statesmanship" of our sena tors there Is something which reminds us of a former resident ofl'ortlauil who ipont some years In writing a book on Ionic , In the moaii time allowing bis wlt'e and children to starve. 8crviiiKT\vo Musters. Our Omiitii/ . Bnlnc attorneys for big corporations and members of the United States sonata at tlio same time Is not consistent with the spirit ot our institutions ; but the Ametlcnii house of lords raiely does anything In that spirit ; hciico the howl lualust thi' "Ieek ! resolution lorhlddingaiiy member of cither house of congress to serve two masters and taking pay ftout each. AVouIil Mulu ; ThinjiH Lively. I'lttbliura Sunday Globe. If I were a railroad brakciunn. I'd holler the stations so plain That the man who was going to Texas \Voultl co clear through to Maine ; I'd open the door of the smoking-car And I'd ' give such a mighty roar That the passengers back in the sleeper Would alt fall out on the lloor ; For 1 conldtr t nlToid a tenor voice , And I couldn't afford to speak In the sweet , soft tones of yKolian harps For eleven dollars a week. If I wcro a baggage master , I'd rattle the trunks about ; I'd .stand them up in the comer And I'd tear their bowuis out ; 1 would pull the handles out hy the roots , 1 would kick their corners in , And strew their stalling all round the car , And make them lank and thin ; For I couldn't alTord to wear kid gloves Nor put sott pads on my feet , Nor tit hnndh ; tilings gently , when all my pay Just keeps mo In bread and.moat , If I were a railroad conductor , As through the train I'd go , I'd have for every ipicstlou they'd ask This answer all ready , "Don't know ; " I'd miss connections lor lots of men , I'd run louo passengers past I'd tell them 'twas eight whou I knew 'twas ten. And I'd swear their watches were fast , ; For I couldn't alTord to bo civil When 1 Knew every man in the load Would Ionic nt my watch and ring and say , "lie stole them things from the load. " STATE AND TEIIRITOHV. Xnbraslca Jottings. The next Nebraska .Methodist confer ence will incut at Sidney in Septem ber. ber.The The Denver Sluggers wcro laid up by the Hastings Rods , Wednesday , by a score of II ) to 9. The Fairmont district fair has invested in a. balooii for the edification of tlio small boy and his parents. Senator Van Wyck is booked for a millibar of speeches in Republican valley towns the latter days of August. The Sjisses Fisher , of Juniata , are on- ga rcd in silk culture , and now have i3l,000 ! ) silk worms in good condition. An insane man named IJogardcis was captured at Auburn , Sunday. Ho wanted blood and got it , but it was his own. Seventy-six days of drought in this sec tion of the Missouri valley closed at noon Thursday. It beats the oldest inhabit ant. ant.Mr. Mr. E. Upton , of Spaulding , Grcoloy county , died suddenly wliilo harvesting ono day last week. He was lifty years of age. age.Christian Christian Brock , of Syracuse , slipped off a-load of hay and under the w.igon. sustaining injuries from which lie died Tuesday. Ho leaves a wife and four children. Michael Welch , a soventeon-ycar-old. residing near Auburn , on being refused permission to attend a dance , wont oil' and hanged himself. Ho is waltzing with the angels on the shining shore. Conductor W. S.Wilcox , of thoStroms- burg division of the Republican Valley railroad , was side-tracked by un cloven- pound daughter , on the 23th. Ho con siders her tlio sweetest tie on the matrimonial menial lino. Tlio following unique sign is posted on the fence of a Ncinaba county farmer re siding near Auburn : "If any man's or woman's cows or oxen cits in Ihoso huro oats , his or her tail will uo cut pfl'as the caho may be I am a good Christian man and pay my taxes , but a man who lets his critters lose , 1 say. " Tlio son of Jlr. Gabol , a Fillmore county farmer , mot with a painful acci dent last wook. The horse which ho was riding was frightened by a dog and ran away. Tlio boy was thrown from his scat , got tangled in the harness as ho fell , and the horse at a furious speed ran through a wire tcneo , tearing oil'a whlo and deep section of tlcsli along tlio whole extent of thu boy's back , nr.uk and head. Colonel D. C. Russell , formerly a re porter of thu DEB , and now editor of Iho llniloy ( I. T. ) Times , is laid up with bullet wounds in Ids nock and groin , and his recovery in doubtful , Russell directed a blank paragraph at the linanoinl stand ing of a note ! keeper named Mooni. The latter at once brought out Ids artillery and peppered the colonel two times otic of live. A convention of business men nnd farmers of York , Fairmont , fionova and Davenport mot in Fairmont last Tuesday to devise plans tor a railroad to connect these towns with the Union Pncilio at Stromsburg. Relief is looked for from the St. Joseph & Grand Island company , and a committee was appointed to inter view tlio manager of that road and find out what inducements , if any , wcro re quired to secure ) the construction of tlio road. Iowa Items , Telegraph property in Iowa 13 asscsseit for taxation at $50 a mile. A state Congregational convention is to bo hold in DCS Muincs in October. The members of the Iowa Press asso ciation nro picnicking at Spirit Lake. It has been eighty da'ys slnco rain enough to lay the dust has fallen nt Livermore. A bov named AJuort Martin uns run over and killed by a street cnr la Sioux City Tuesday. Frank Toll , of Clinton was bndlj burned by Iho explosion of n gasoline steve recently. Tlio college for tTlo blind nt tfinton owns a library of 1'uOO volumes , prmtei in raised lettets. The decoration work at St. Raphael's ' cathedral , nt Dubtuitio , is said to bu the finest in the west. The sweet corn crop Is almost a failure this year , much to the regret ot the various canning companies. A breach of promise case was roomily settled InMarslmllown by tlio payment ot a $ . " ) nolo to the party damaged. Tlio Independence city council has passed an ordinance bonding the city for $3UOO to construct waterworks. Dakota. Hay is selling in Dcadwood nl $ 13 pet ton. ton.The The threshing of the Dakota gram crop has begun. The total valuation of Penmnglon county , outside of Rapid City , is $ Sr..577. : Added to the city , tlio total assessed valu ation of the county is about $ a.'JOO,000. George A. Merion , the engineer tlml pulled tlio hrst passenger tram Into Rap id City , July 5 , was presented by the en thusiastic pspulaco with a line watch and chain. The Queen Ileo Gold Mining and Milling - ing company lias been organized at Rapid City. The mine is located near Hill City , and is said to show favorable indications of value. Shares are marketed at 5 cents each. Mrs. Stewart , mother of Gcorgo Slow- art , a farmer of .Sargo.nl county who lives lun miles northwest of Li < d > on , attempted to kindle a lire with kerosene. The oil ignited , the can exploded anil the woman and hot six-year old granddaughter were so badly bnrnud that both died. Montniin. Texas fever has broken out among im ported cattle at Ho/.oiuan A reconi- strike in the Hluc-Kycd Nellie mine assays ! ! 15 ounces 01 .silver and 03 per cent. lead. The largest wool clip in Montana ag gregated 125,000 pounds and came from the ranch of Smith Bros. , of Mussclshcll. The Moulder Mining company has been incorporated and capitalized at § 100,001) ) . Ore from their mine rims as high as 150 ounces to the ton. The drought has destroyed the pasture on some of the bust ranges in the terri tory , and the outlookforstock is a dreary ono. There is no grass lo speak of in Iho country , and what little there now re mains , in its dry and parched condition , forms excellent fuel for the prairie fires which are sweeping over thousands of acres of land. Water is scarce and in some places absolutely unobtainable , and ratine cattle have to bo kept constantly on tde mow for feed and drink. An old man was recently discovered digging in a Hal two miles east of Hutte. As there wore no mines in thai locality , several inquisitive persons wont out to see what he was digging lor. They found him gathering up gold nuggets from the bottom of a six-fool hole. A\ hen done be had a cigar box almost full , worth sev eral thousand dollars. The old man ex plained thai ho had buried the gold lliero twenty years ago and had been out of the territory since. He did not make known his identity , but is supposed to bo one of the early day road agents , and that this was his share of somu treasure box cap tured. _ Tlio Pnoillo Coast. Away up in Spokane Falls the thcr- momeler has reached 100" in the shade during the past week. A bed of potter's clay has been tin- earthed near hakoviow , in southern Ore gon. it is said to bo the genuine article. The lava beds around Orovilln are being rapidly turned into little orchards , vineyards , and gardens , and comfortable homes arc becoming numerous. The late Arizonia arrivals in Los Angeles report not a drop of rain yet in tlio'southcrn portion of the territory , and that cattle are dying in great numbers in places for want ot water and susten ance. At the recent picking of the ostriches on the farm near Norwalk , fifty pounds ot feathers wore obtained , worth $100 a pound , or $8,000 for the pick. The birds are picked once in about six to seven months and are doing well. Kern county has the largest subter ranean river in California. The artesian bores which have penetrated to it bring lo the surface enormous quantities of water , and if many morn are opened the ultimate result will bo the conversion of lanre tracts into swamps. The stage between Roiso and Idaho c'itios was stopped by a road agent last week and robbed. There was only ono pa.ssengor on the stage , and ho was not molested. The Pacific Uxprcss com pany's box was robbed of ? . " > , which was all the booty the highwayman secured. Air I'ump- Marshal Cnmmings yesterday received a leltor from Frank Uabcock , \Vobster \ City , Iowa , making inquiry about a valu able silver air-pump which was stolen from him. Mr. Rabcock says that ho was sitting in a train at tlio transfer depot on the morning of July IGth , when a thief snatched from a satchel contain- jntr sonic business paper * and the pump in"tlio question. The hitter hit would like especially to recover , and ho desires the police of this city to make a search for it in Iho pawnshops. _ TORTURES AND BLOOD HUMORS I HUMILIATING Kriiptlona , Hulling nndliurn * liih' sliln tortures , loittlif-oimi MHOS , unit ovrry Hpetk'S ot HcliiiiK' , scaly , pimply , Inher ited , scrofulous nnd conluKlmia dlsoiiBoaor tlio blood , 8lln nnd cnl | > , with loss of linlr , from In- fiincy looldiiifo.uro positively CUIIM ] by Cull- cum , thoHTi'at skin euro , and t'litlcurn Soup , nn nxijtilsitu Dkln Iioiiimflor. axtornnlly , mid Ciillciiru Hesolvcut , the now blood jiurlllor , In- tunmlly. COVEHE1 > WITH SOURS. I linvo boon ullllcti'il sluuo Iiift March willi n Bkln dlMtuso tlio doctors cull oc/cimi. My fitco WHScovrrod with sculis nnd BOIT.I , nnd tlio Itch- Intfiind burnlnt ; worn utmost iinljcurnlilo , Hoo- inir your fillIciirn lloincdlos po highly rcciini * iiipiidiil.coiicliidud tOKlvu Ilium n Irlul , uslnir tlio Ciillourii and Ciitlcurrt Bonn n.vtcniully , mid Kusolrcnt Intorimlly.loi' four months. I cull myaoir cured , in Krntltndo for which I malio this public btutcniont. btutcniont.Ml is. Ot.AltA A. LnruciiiCK. Uroad Ilroolt , Conn. SCALP , KAOK , KAUS AND NHCIC. I was nilletrd ! with ttczoina on tlio hculp , facu , 0:11-3 : and nuck , which Ihn ilruwlsl , where 1 jrol your romodldtt , pronounciid ono of the worxt cususllmt had como under hi * not loo. Iloiul- vlrod mo to try your L'utunmi JtonMxUr.n , nnd ullur HVU days use my Mmlp nnd pnrtof my Into ucio entirely mired , and 1 hope In another wrt'k lo huvu my card , neck , and the other | mrt of my fnce cuiod , HEUMAH tiiAi > n. VM R 14th struct , NewVork. ITCHING UlfiEASKS CUKED , Cutlcurrv Bli'.iuls ut the bond of UK cliifs , osiiociully Is this the care with the C'utluuru Konp. Ilavu hud mi usuully good eulu this Bum- inur , awing to Iho proviilcnca of nn iitwmvulM lorin of itvh through koino loimlillc.i in tlm country , In wliloli IhoCiitlcwraroimtdlus proved bailsfuc'lory , W , L. HAIIWUO. Druyjrlst , Uniontuwn , Ky. CUTICIHtA UKMEDIK3 Are eoldby all druwUtH. Prlfte : Cutluiira , W CCIltSi HflsulVOIIt , Jl ; S0llp,5.5cflll8. I'l-UpMI-Cil by tinI'OTTISU Jiuun ANIJ CucsiiCAr. Co. , iioj. ton. M.isa. ticiid for "How to Uuru Skin Ols- " TJl'V Ibo CoinpluAton and Pkln by f thoCuticurtib'onp. TH > : HiwiNi : f I At MINK Is HID cmuca of nlcrl'iu ps'liis uitd ivoabuetis. Kor ufcliln-8iOfi ( nnd bntk , hldnuy pninx sclnlic.i , clii-M piiliiB , wuuUiiea mid liilliuiiiuttllou , thu Cntlcura Aull-I'uln ' Inlalllliia. ! CM. . . . ftH-H'l In Ihe ip ( ! l l irrttment of Cnioiie . , KIITOVI , Bui and lUoAD niMiiM lh nanr other rhfilelin laSULoolt. ftf ell ? i > * .r ri Bhow and ill old r-ild.iti know. Ncrvouc Prostration , Debility , Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Afl c < lions ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning , old Sores and Ulcers , * r ir i > j * ith cnP.r n uj Bueopii.oa I tint letrntlBe principle * . fUMr , rrlntelf , Diseases Arising Irom Indiscretion , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , viici , produce i m * of n. rollonltif rlltct' ! nertomncti , ilrbllllr , illmntn of lllbl and dcroellr * lurraorr , plraplei on the rice , pbtilet.til e . - , .rrrilon tonic .udtljof ftm.Ui , eon'mlti cr Idm , lo. , rendering MitrrUiro Improper or tinhippr , ug rtrm nnitlj rur.l. r > mi > hletSC | < itr on lh ilote , lent Inicftled tnrfo ! | > e , frvctoany ndJrtis. ConiultttlODfttof- D2corb/ null riff. Invited and it'lcttconfidential. . A Positive Written Giiaranleo ( ircn in ertrrn. table eait. Uedlclne aeut overfftotro bj mall or oifroil. E\HAE3mAC \ GUIDE , aeo PAGES , run : PLATES , uttni etoti. n jctir tlnfilne , craled for 3Oo. In poitiiftcorcurrraoj. Orcr Oft ] wonder Tut | < apcturei | , true to life j ftrllclrioalbe foUflwIog Biibjeetii "who may niirrr. whouot , hf i nmnltooJ , worn to 4 hood , phvilfi. . 4cmjr , cKtJM ofcr.lt > . .ejftQ < lfli < ! eiith phjri , lo.cfjurrrnivducuen , & > ! niBjrtnor * . Those tnkrrlctl o contempUifnc niftrrUt * houM rrftd It , lpvlr edition tune , p fxr coTrr. SBC. AiMrJn > o fir , WlilttUr. Nebraska National Bank OMAHA. NK1WASKA. Paid up Capital $350,000 Surplus 3O,000 11. W. Yntos , ProMdent. A. K. Toiriilinric.o President. AY. H. H. Hughes , Cashier , DIIIKCTOIIS : W. V. Morse , John S. Collins. H. W. Yaies , Lewis S. Reed. A. K. Tonzalin. BANKING OFFICE : THE IRON BANK , Cor 12lh and Karnam Sts A General Hanking Husinoss Transacted , Whom VITALITY la Ciilllun Ilrnln IHtAlNKI ) nnd fxiIAUM1ii : > orroworl > Jtl'.VA'ilJIIKLY WAB1V EM liny nnil n lyrfwt anil reliable < -uro In the FRENCH HQSPITAI REME DriKliiut.-il bj f > . iAN : ClYj"l.iot : IWi wi , adopted by nil French I'll ululirn nnl ln-lnfi rapidly and Bucctisarully Intrixlucod hutn. All wclipnirHlosio3 and drains promptly cucckccl. TKKATlMK glvlnc JMHTS- pap rniiliii ! > aiu.lfn < ! on < iiU.'fi.fr'UEK. . Consult * Him ( onlce or l > y mall ) with alx om inont doctors 1 ? Jl EE , CIV1ALE AOENCY. No. 174 Fulton Street. Nen York. WOODBRIDGE BRO'S ' , State Agents FOR THE ira' Omaha , Neb. 28,329,859 Tansill's ' Punch Cigars wore shipped ilurini ! thn pnst two years , without H drum- uicr in our employ. No nthor lioiido in the world cnn triitu. fully uuiliu aiiuh a nlmwiiie. Ono iiHont ( dcnhir ouly ) wanted In ouch town. 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