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County of Douglas ,
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KEI'UBIjICAN STATE TICKET.
ForUovcrnor-JOHN M. THAYEU.
For Lieut. Govcrnor-H. II. SIIKDD.
ForSecietaryof Slate 0. L. LAWS.
For Troasurer-0. II. WlhhAUD.
1'or Auditor II. A. BABCOOK.
For Attorney General WILLIAM LKESE.
For Com. Public Lands-JOSEt'Il SCOTT.
ForSupt.Publlclnstructl6ri-GEO.B.LANE.
ItEPUBfjlCAN COUNTV TICKET.
For Senators :
GEO. W. LININGEU ,
BKUNO T/.SOIIUCK.
FLOAT DISTIUCT :
E. ROSEWATEU.
For Representative ! ! !
W. O. WI11TMORE ,
F. B 1II13BA1CD ,
GEO. J1EIMUOD ,
E. S. HALL ,
JO11N JIATTHIESON ,
JAMES II. YOUNG.
T. W. BLAUKBUltN ,
M. O. KICKETT8.
For County Attorney :
EDWARD W. SIMERAL.
For County Commlaaloiior :
ISAAC N. PIERCE
SATURDAY anil Monday only remain
for registration.
ONLY two morn days for registration ,
fllavo you registered ?
Do NOT fail to register. Failure to
place your name on the lose you
your vote.
Evnnv voter who favors prohibition
should cast his vote for Churuh Howe ,
the prohibitionist for revenue only ,
GKNHHAI , VAN WYCK virtually closes
his canvass IhU week. Ho hat * made it an
interesting one for his enemies and won
hundreds of warm friends ,
A iurum.iCAN : legislative dologatlon
from Douglas eounty will bo worth more
to the opponents of prohibition than the
entire democratic phalanx.
THE laboring men of Omaha will bo
addressed on Saturday evening by Sena
tor Van Wyek in the Exposition build-
Ing. The neuutor will bo greeted by n
full house.
BEAU in mind , the county hospital
proposition. It should carry by an over-
\yhelmiiiErvoto. Douglas county is able
to. provide for the slok and unfortunate
vflthout a dollar of additional taxation.
Chi AH A will see to it that she is no
longer mulcted out of double taxes tc
support the state Institutions. After pay
ing ouu-tenth of nil the stale taxes oaol
yqar , she protests against further assess
nionts.
EVKHY real estate owner , every busi
ness man , jobbing and retail , is concerned
corned that Omaha shall hayo a strong
and able delegation in the next legisla
tiiro. The republican legislative tickui
meets the requirements.
iiK will have able represent
atlves In the legislature in the persona o
John Matthlubon and Jimmy Young
They are mechanics of character am
blandlng among their follows , good citi
zena and honest men.
IN Mr. Simeral , the republican oaudi
* date for county attorney , the. young men
have boon honored by the choice of oiu
of the ablest and most popular members
pf the young bar of Douglas county.
Mr , SIUM ! Cim ljo al' : ° ly B'von ' charge
of 'tho legal interests of the county ,
Honest as. the day i'a iC7 - * rd "tudont
anil an excellent advocate hu wll ! M 1J11
olllco to the satisfaction of our people ,
and will win new laurels in the perform-
auco of its duties.
AND now comes Church Ilowo and
claims that he was only a lobbyist in
the legislature and not a member on the
tloor at the time ho received f200 toi
railroading Paarmau's claim. Hul
where was ho when ho pocket ml $ : lUOC
of Nelso 1'atrick's good democratic
booJIo lu.a . senatorial contc&tf Where
\yas he when scvcr'al thousand dollars ol
auti-prohibitiou money killed his own
prohibitory bill ? Was ho only a lobb.yisl
> yhen yimrloy Ijnuich , John Shoodyund
others of the tiporting fraternity raided
pursu to bury his blaukiuailiug nuti
bill ?
A Snwlone i Scrcodi
The cliecklcst piece of w.ork in the cam
conies from tKo hands of one "A
i.'Mansfcldo , M. D.l ( who by some mys
icriotis dispensation of providence js able
to afllx to his name the title of "Perma
nent Secretary Nebraska .Stale Medical
Society. " Mansfeldo has issued a circu
lar from Ashland directed to the. doctors
of the First congressional district urging
.hem to exercise their "endeavors" for
the lion. Church Ilowo on the ground
that the Somalia trickster has made
[ iromifus to work for the interests of tliu
medical fraternity. "In n personal inter
view with him , " says Dr. A. Von ,
Mansfclile , "lie has in his characteristic
promptness assured me that ho will show
Ilko energy 'in congress , when mailers
nllecting the medical profession arc under
consideration , one of which will be an
appropriation by congress for the ex
penses of llio International Medical con
gress to convene In Washington in Sep
tember next. 1 am sure that your
endeavors in behalf of Hon. Church
llowo , irrespective of Ills unquestioned
fitness for the place , will do great good
to the causu , as well as rcllciit credit upon
the individual voter and state , lie may
represent In concress. "
This is a precious document. As a pri
vate clti/.cn'Doctor Von Mansfeldo lias an
undoubted right to advocate whatever
candidate- chooses for congress. Hut
when ho prostitutes his ofllcial position
for thu purpose of promoting the elec
tion of any man ho is a lit subject for ro-
biike and exposure. Such action at ouco
arouses the suspicion that Church IIowo
is at the bottom of the scheme and that
the doctor's opinion has been paid for
with a good round fee not provided for
in the state society's fee list. Thu med
ical fraternity generally will rcsmit this
high-handed piece of assumption. What
sort of a spectacle would bo presented to
thu public were all the men who hold
ollicial positions in the stiitu to
Issue from their cilices under ofli-
cial authority printed appeals to
Voters in favor of candidates 'for '
political honors ? What honest citi/.ort
would doubt for a moment that the
authors were well paid for thctr trouble
and expense ? And what reputable man
will not condemn with his whole soul any
candidate who will hire thu paid ofliccr
of a state society to use his oflicial posi
tion for the furtherance of such disrepu
table schemes ?
Dr , Von Mansfeldo's circular is a disgrace -
grace to liis profession and casts dis
credit upon his own character and repu
tation. He should promptly bo ejected
from the office which ho has attempted to
use for unprofessional ends.
A nioxr nt Monopoly.
The foes of monopoly have reason to
be gratified with the evidences which
como from Pennsylvania that the long
roigu of monopolistic corporations m
that state lias come to an end. For
more than a generation they have had
free course , and the history of their dar
ing and reckless operations , in total dis
regard of the public interests and wel
fare and in open defiance of the laws , is
a most extraordinary and impressive
record of what such corporations arc
capable of doing when left to the unchal
lenged pursuit of their selfish aims. In
no other state has the corruption and
demoralization of legislatures , courts
and public officials been carried to so
great an extent as in Pennsylvania , and
every promise or assurance that the
power which has been able to accomplish
this has been broken is to be welcomed.
The platforms of both the political
parties demand the strict enforcement of
the constitutional provisions in regard to
monopoly , and thus public sentiment on
this subject lias been fully aroused. We
called attention at the time to the action
of Governor Pattison in direct
ing the attorney conoral to inquire
into the course of the coal
combination , with n view to legal pro
ceedings agulnst that monopoly should
U bo found to have violated the law. The
result of the inquiry han not yet trans
pired.
The most recent evidence of the determination -
termination to arrest the movements of
great corporations , when clearly tending
in thu direction of monopoly , is given in
the decision of the supreme court dis
missing the appeal of the Pennsylvania
railroad and alllrmlng the decree of the
common pleas oourt enjoining that cor
poration from acquiring the parallel
road , 'partly built , called the South
Pennsylvania. The West shorn road was
built by the friends of the Pennsylvania
road to annoy the Now York Central ,
and in retaliation the Vandorbilts and
others Interested with them projected
the South Pennsylvania road. The con *
test was proving damaging to both , unit
lastyoar , as thu public will remember , tin
arrangement was mudo by which the
New York Central acquired , the West
Shore and the Pennsylvania the South
Pennsylvania llrto. But the attorney
general of Pennsylvania forbadu the
consolidation in that state , and
this action has now been sustained
by the supreme court. It is a
severe defeat of the Pennsylvania cor
poration , since it U powerless to injure
the Now York Central , and cannot protect
Itself in its own state against the competi
tion of the now road , but it Is clearly In the
interest of the public. The competing
Ijno will be completed , and It will prevent
the Pennsylvania road from levying upon
the public the exactions it is now iu a
position to demand. It is by far thu most
serious repulse this great corporation
has ever experienced , ancf is therefore all
the more significant an a warning to loss
wcaltUy and powerful coroorations in
the state that have monopolistic deslirns.
Sueh facts arc exceedingly reassuring to
( ho anti-monopoly sentiment of tl0 | coun
try , now largely in the ascendant and
rapidly growing.
at Once.
The man who has not yet registered
for Tuo1ft5r''i ' election has only two more
dut 'of citizenship.
days to. perform t >
No voter who falls to see ! ? * * LIs I1IUUO la
on the registrar's list before the C.r"Uon
can claim to bo a good citizen , unless
sickness or some other equally good
cause prevents him from so doing.
The coming election is one of unusual
importance. It involves the choice of a
full state ticket and of alugislatnro which
will bo called upon to select a United
States senator , In these two features of
the Ilia approaching content Douglas
county is interested with the entire btato.
Hut it invohes something more. Nyxt
Tuesday's vote will dccido thu question
whether a prohibitory amendment is to
bo submitted to the people of Nebraska.
in this issue Douglas county and Omaha
ire more concerned than any other sec
tion of the state ; The welfare of liar
schools , the value of her real estate , the
continued advancement of the city , all
mvo a vital connection with the verdict
.o bo rendered ,
Of scarcely less importance arc the'
changes to be made in our city charter ,
Dur city has doubled her population in it
little over Ilvo years. She has out
grown the limitations of the
municipal government provided. Able
and honest men arc to bo selected to leg *
islatu in her interests and to make new
provisions for her government adapted
lo her Increased requirements and steady
expansion. Every tax payer interested
in the enhancement of property values ,
every workingman anxious for continued
imblio improvements and employment
for labor owes it to Imn.sclf to cast his
ballot on next Tuesday as his iutore ts
and those of the city may dictate.
To vote .you must bo registered , Do
you propose lo disfranchise yourself
ilirough carelessness in not feeing that
your name is on the voting list of your
precinct ?
The Now 1'nckliiK Houses
Within a few days the mammoth pack
ing houses of Fowler Bros , will bo added
to the resources of the rapidly growing
ndustrial community of South Omaha.
The now packing house will bo of larger
capacity than any of its predecessors.
L'lanncd for botli present needs and fu
ture requirements it is an evidence , of the
growing confidence which the grout cast-
3rn packers have in the development of
Nebraska Ilvo stock interests. Messrs.
Hammond and Fowler ami Lipton are
keen men of business wlto have boldly
announced through their enterprise
that the dressed meat and pack
ing business must sooner or later
bo transferred iu bulk to the center of
Cattle and hog production. South Omaha
has become an important meat center.
Its market is steadily improving , as its
product is increasing. Now railroad fa
cilities arc bringing it nearer to the great
ranges and feeding farms , and to the
counties where the Nebraska hog is
busily engaged in making corn on the
hoof , the most profitable product of our
farmers. It is only a question of months
when the Armours and Swifts will find
themselves forced to compclo for the Ne
braska market.
TUB terrible calamity on the Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad Thursday
night points a moral in the fresh illustra
tion it cives of how much of human woo
and disaster is due to carelessness and
inattention to duty. A freight train
brakeman neglected lo close a switch
after his train had passed onto a side
track , the conductor , trusting too implic
itly his subordinate , did not sec that the
vital duty was performed , and the fright
ful consequence has boon told in the dis
patches detailing the heart-rending story
of the crash , the ruin and the holocaust.
More than a score of lives is a fearful
penalty of carelessness and inattention ,
which in Ihis ca.so , so far as can bo de
duced from llic statements made , was
wholly without oxctiso. The brakeman
knew liis duty and had ample timn to
perform it , before his attention was
called to the omission , but evidently liis
mind was not on liis work. For ti mo
ment his thoughts had wandered away
from the business which should have been
first in his regard , and that moment was
fatal. Biit the conductor driven msano ,
it is said , by the disaster is not blame
less. His duty was even more impera
tive than that of his subordinate , and
the exigency demanded his most solic
itous attention to it. It was not a time
for thu extension of confidence.
There was imminent peril , and un
less the one thing needed to be done was
done , inevitable disaster. It was n mo
ment when the man in authority should
have taken nothing for granted , but as
sured himself that the one avenue to de
struction and death was closed. Ho also
foil short in his duty and must share the
responsibility. There may bo a fault
higher up touching those who employed
men capable of neglecting their duty at
such a time , and it is possible that this
will appear when tin investigation fliall
have disclosed all the circumstances of
the calamity. The simple suggestion it
makes to every man whoso duty involves
in any degree the interests and safety of
others in , that lie cannot devote himself
too watchfully and sedulously to every
detail of tils duty , and to those who have
the employment of men for such business
it urges the liocossity of the utmost care
in selecting those who are entirely cap
able and trustworthy.
UovKitNOit Hirx , of Now York , very
rarely opens his mouth m public without
giving out something : in rebuke of the
administration , Ho made a speech at
Newark , N. J. , Thursday night , and took
occasion to make a thrust at the civil ser
vice rulu of the president with respect to
public otUcials participating in politics.
Ho remarked that there were no civil ser
vice rules to prevent his speaking to the
audience , and if there were ho should bo
tempted to break them. The dispatch
doesn't state what sort of reception this
home thrust received , but it is safe to
conclude that it found hearty approval.
It reflected the very nearly uni
versal democratic sentiment that the
policy of Mr. Cleveland in putting a curb
upon the political rights of democratic
federal officials is n serious wrong and
damage , to the party , and that the offi
cials who submit to it are cowards. It is
because Mr , Hill holds this vlow and
bravely proclaims U that ho Is popular
with the masses of the party in Now
York and In all the region to which the
political influence of Now York extends.
And Mr. Hill understands his advantage
and knows how lo improve It.
THE citizen who docs not register is
lost as a voter. Register early.
Other Ijanda Than Ourn.
Official circles iu London and at all the
continental capitals accept as an absolute
certainty that war in the cast will open-in
j soring. In a recent circular to the
powers liij'ri IllJosloigh expresses hopes
that there will Do ; ; , * 5 ! . nual and peaceful
issue to the crisis. , IIo nlso pj-aposes - a
united expression of sympathy tot vhff
Bulgarian government's oilorts to vindi
cate its independence anil maintain
order. To this none of the powers has
yet replied. Prince IHsmarck will do his
utmost to avert war. .Amongst other
considerations ho knows that a _ conlllet
between RtibSia atid .Austria would .bo
the signal for a panic on tbo German
bourses which would cause the ruiu-of
thousands. Hut cvon Bismarck may
prove powerless lei disperse the war
clouds which seem gathering i so thickly
in thu Halkans. The Bulgarian sobraujc ,
or general assembly , Is now in session
for the purpose of .electing a ruler in
splto of the tinnodnremont that Russia
considers it illegal nutl will re
fuse to rccjgiii/o any of its
decisions. Foreign. ' dispatches state
lhat U is possible that the choice of
the majority will fall upon Prince U'ahle *
mar of Denmark , but that he Is not likely
to accept the situation. If ho were to
become Prince of Bulgaria ho might.at
no distant date find himself opposed to
his own brother , tlioKingof Greece , and
this togelhor with the insecurity of tiiu
Bulgarian throne , renders the position
hardly a templing ono for Prince Waldo-
mar. This namu of Prince Bosopetrovic ,
cousin to Prince Nikldta of Montenegro ,
is also mentioned , but lie is thought lo bo
impossible as a prince of Bulgaria for the
same reasons as llio Prince of Montenegro -
gro himself. There Is a third candidate
in llic person of Duke John Albert of
Mecklonberg-Scliwurln. The duke is now
in his Ihirtieth year. Ho is brother of
llio Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia.
Of Iho Iwo branches of the Mecklenburg
the reigning family north of the Danube
is of Schlavonic origin. Duke Albert
holds the rank of captain in la suite in H
hussar regiment of Prussian guards. His
family not being wealthy some provision
would have to be made for him in case
of deposition. It is believed that Ger
many would nol bo unfavorable to liis
election and that Russia holds his candi
dature in reserve.
*
* *
Russia evidently holds llio whip hand
and llio prophets who have been indus
triously proclaiming for a week or Iwo
past that her attempts to set at naught
the will of llio people of Bulgaria were
destined to end in failure are likely lo
find out that they were in error. Ger
many and Austria are also lo declare
lhal Iho cleclion of llio sobranjo was ille
gal , and , force the plucky litllo province
to submit to Russia's demands. In com
pensation for Ihis aid from llio govern
ment of the two kaisers Ihe c/ar prom
ises not to intervene in Bulgaria. As
Russia will probably gain all it asked
through intrigue and dissimulation , there
will scarcely be any reason for tier to re
sort to nny expensive and hazardous
means lo accomplish her ends.
* .
The sonsiilioh of Iho week in England
has been Lord Churchill's speech at
Bradford in which the foreign policy of
the ministry was cautiously staled. The
lory leader intimated IhatEngland would
protect her interests in' Iho east against
any charge that Russia and the powers
might think proper lo mako. On the
other hand , ho assprtei that England was
not the only power interested in the
Balkan states and 1 > n that account it did
not feel called upohi totako up the sword
alone to oppose Russian aggrandizement.
Lord Churchill torched very lenderly on
Iho Irish queslion , , , assuring his hearers
lhat there were notorious disagreements
among cabinet ministers as to the Irish
policy 10 bo pursued. As no Uelinilo Irish
policy scorns yet to'havkj been formulated
the announcement _ meaningless.
Events iu Ireland niay force the gov
ernment bctoro long to disclose their
hand. Evictions arc 'increasing and there
is said to be more than the usual amount
of want and poverty , especially in Iho
western part of the country.
\
A typical Irish landlord is now bcinc
brought into prominence in the person of
Lord Clauricardo. His immense estates
were acquired in the good old times ,
partly by court favor , partly by robbery
from the Celtic owners. The Clanricarde
of 1843 , perhaps the most notable of the
house , by his treason to his friends and
his loyalty to Ormonde , helped to bring
to naught the Catholic confederation , the
most hopeful organization of Irishmen
prior to the naliotial league. Hence the
present bearer of the title is strictly in
line with the family tradition when
lie is found among the bittercsl enemies
of his country. Lord Clanricardo is a
consistent absentee , Ho has visited his
Irish property once in his life. He draws
$ ir > 0,000 , every year from a people sunk In
poverty , which ho spends in luxury and
vice in London and on the continent. No
man could more completely decline to do
any of the duties which humanity im
poses upon thu property-owner , if the law
docs not. Ho is an enemy of the people.
With this man Iho National league will
try conclusions this winter. Clanricardo
means to evict relentlessly the tenants on
the Galway estalos. The league , in its
struggle with such a landlord , must have
tire sympathy and support of every right
fooling man. After all , there is a line
whore the rights of property stop and the
rights of manhood begin. A system
which grinds the white slaves of Galway
into want and wretchedness and disease
lhat ono man may gild his vices is Inher
ently wrong.
*
The completion of the Mcrv & Oxtis
railway to a point near Sarakhs , gives
Russia a most valuable road for the trans
port nt ion of troops and supplies to the
Aftrlmn frontier. The c/ar has been try
ing to induce the Ameer of Bokhara to
enlist Rinsians in his army , and Russian
officers disguised asjiioi-cliaHts have been
inspecting the passes between Badakshan
and Northern India. Thuso movements
show that Russia han by no moans ceased
to extend her inllneaco'.hi thu region ad
joining the Indian frontier , and to on-
gago'in cliaractonslo intrigue there slnco
the Afghan boundary dispute was tem
porarily settled.
. * Vi
The situation of the French ministry
under M. do Froycinol is not imliko that
of the Gambctta mlilstry just before its
fall , The ministry lias not a trustworthy
majority m the chiunb rs , nor has M.
Clemoncoau , its chief rival. The latler
can annoy Iho ministry indefinitely , and
at any moment , by a coalition with the
conservatives , can overthrow it , but no
radical ministry could live a week. The
situation pftr.ily7.es the ministry and coif-
fuses ( lie chamber of deputies , Its chief
peril lies iu 'the temptation to secure
popularity by some rash movement in
European aft'airs , and to this thu reported
p Jf-n tends of opening the Egyptian
question by Mot note addressed to
England by Franco , Ku 4 ? . ' " "I Turkey.
This was the game which Gampott.- ' *
rivals were induced to play' in Tonquln
and 'Madagascar , and it came near to
ruining the republic. Yet it was not so
risky , by far , as an intervention iu Ihe
vexed eastern question. . <
Keep It llcfnrc
The republicans of Iho First district
should aslc themselves whether a man
having such a record as that of Church
llowo lias any rightful claim upon the
support of any decent republican. Leav
ing out of question his corrupt methods
and notorious venality wo appeal to re
publicans to pause and rcllect before
they put a premium upon party trea
son mid conspiracy against its very exist
ence.
Ten years ago , when llio republican
party was on the verge of disaster , mid
every electoral vote cast for Hayes ami
Wheeler was needed lo retain the party
in powpr , Church IIowo entered Into
tx conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into Iho hands of Ihu enemy ,
This infamous plot is not n mere conjec
ture. The proof of it does nol rest on
surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo
pooh-poohed or brushed awny by pro
nouncing it ono of Rosowator's malicious
campaign slanders.
The records of the legislature of which
Church Howe was" a member In ' 70-77 ,
contain the indelible proofs of the treasonable
enable conspiracy , and no denial can
stand against evidence furnished by his
own pen. Briefly told , tiio history of this
plan lo hand over llio country to Tildon
and democracy is as follows :
In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Amasa Cobb anjl A. 11.
Connor presidential electors by n vote of
IJl.ulO as against n vote of 10,051 east for
the Tildun and Hondricks electors. After
the election it was discovered that the
canvass of this vote could nol lake place
under llic then existing law before the
legislature convened. The electoral vole
had lo bo canvassed in December
at the latest , and the regular ses
sion of the legislature did not beirin
until January. In order to make
a legal canvass of the olcotoral returns ,
Governor Garber called a special session
of the legislature to convene on the Oth of
Dccembor , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur
pose of canvassing the electoral vote of
the stnto , The ' .lenioeralio effort to cap
ture republican clceloral voles is historic.
Tildcn's friends , notably Dr. Miller , hud
been plolling for Ihe capture of one of
llio electors from Nebraska , and it is also
historic that a largo bribe was offered to
one of the electors , General Strickland.
The call of the legislature broke into the
plan of llic plotters , and they found a will
ing and reckless tool m Church IIowo.
When the legislature convened at the capl-
tal.Church Howe Hied a protest which maybe
bo found on uagcs 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne
braska House Journal of 1877. The fol
lowing extract makes internsllng reading :
" 1 , Church llowo , a member of the legisla
ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency , Governor Silas
Garber , for the purpose of canvassing and
declaring the result of the vote cast in Ne
braska for electors for president and vice
prcsldi-nt of the United States ; hereby eater
my solemn protest against such act , denylni :
tnat the governor has power lo call Hits body
in special session for any such purpose , or
lhat this body has any authority to canvasser
or declare the result of such vote upon the
folio wine grounds :
First. This legislature now convened hav
ing been elected under what Is known as the
old constitution , has no power to act In the
premises , the now constitution of the state
having been in foiee since November , 1875. "
The second and third clauses deal with
technical objections and are somewhat
lengthy. The concluding sentences o/
this precious document are : vs follows :
"For the foregoing reasons I protest
against any canvass of the electoral vote
of the state by his body , and demand
that this , my protest , bo entered upon
the journal. " ( Signed ) -Church Howe ,
member of the legislature of Nebraska ,
The democrats did not respond to the
call of the governor and Ihore was barely
a quorum in the senate , while there were
( several to spare In the house of , which
Howe was a member. The protest en
tered by Howe was doublless prepared
by Ihe Tildon lawyers in Omaha and
Howe had the glory of being the sole
champion of Sam Tildon. The legisla
ture ignored Church Howe , spread his
protest on Its record and canvassed the
electoral vote in spite of it.
When the legislature convened in Jan
uary , 1877 , the presidential contest was
at its height in Washington. Church
Howe had changed places from the house
to the senate. Early in the session , a
resolution was introduced expressing the
conviction on the part of the senate that
Hayes and Wheeler haying received a
majority of the electoral votes were en-
Illicit to their goats. This resolution
gave rise to a very lively debate which
lasted two davs. Church IIowo asked lo
bo excused from voting when it first
came up and was so excused. On the
final passage of the resolution the record
[ page 310 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows
the following result : Yeas Ambrose ,
Baird , Blanohard , Bryant , Calkins ,
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawes , Garfield -
field , Gilham , Hayes , Konnard , Knapp ,
Popoon , Powers , Thummol , Van Wyck ,
Walton and Wilcox-20.
Those voting In the negative were :
Aton , Brown , Covcll , Ferguson , Hinman ,
Holt , Church Howe and North 8.
During the same session of the legisla
ture , Church Howe's ' vote on United
States senator for the first thrco ballots i
recorded ao haying been cast for E. W.
Thomas , a South Carolina democrat ,
[ pages 103 and 203 Sonata Journal. ] All
tills time Church Howa professed to bo a
republican independent , republican on
national issues and a temperance granger
on local issues. Wo simply ask what
rignt a man with such a record has to
ho support of any republican.
PUOM1NHNT
Senator Edmunds hns been In public life
thirty-one years.
John Roach Is said lo have a cancer In his
throat tilmllar to that of General ( Jiant.
Chief Justice Walte is a great walker , and
ho sneers at the Washington street cats.
Ex-Senator Jinicu ( colored ) owns u fine
plantation In Mississippi and Is worth over
8100,000.
Ex-Secretary .Hamilton Fish Is entirely re
covered from the ellects of the paralytic
shock of last summer.
General Roger A , I'ryor still weais his
hair lout ; and still carries himself like a
soldier , but lie Is noticeably stouter and
dresses less like a Virginian aiij more like a
Broadway tnau.
Rosa Itonlieiir will paint a picture of the
mustang which wns recently sent to her
from this country , and In so doing will take
tlio advice of thogUer , . "Make thu moat ot
the moments when It sleeps. " .
Mrs. Mark Hopkins , widow of one of tno
fotnr original toundurs of tliu 1'nclfio railroad ,
Is the riciiSiJ woman In .California. Her
fortune Is eatimalefl at OO'W.gw. ' Bhe di
vides her time between San Fran cinJP and
Great Harrington , Mass.
Mrs. Auu S. Stephens , one of tlia most
prolific producers of the trashy novels ot tie !
day , Ictt n snug fortune of cotnolldnt : more
than 8300,030. She was always an Indus
trious woikcr , but one ho lived In a gener
ous and hospitable wny ; besides her charities
were unbounded ,
Mine. Nllssoii's reported innritnuolo ( lounl
Mlr.nuln Is olT. If thu Xew York Tow n Tonics
Isconrcllv Informed. It SCLMIH the prlimt
donna preferred to icnialn Hist laily to play-
in ir second \lolln to nn dY'titiiri'rthoilili ( lie
had a charming ( laughter. A c the same I line ,
naslnt Is iiotaM-rse lo a little gamble now
nnd then , slm think * It better to pay for her
own chips than to provide them Corner jmH-
nor , who , It Is well known in I'm If , IMS
mixed much with the kings and queens of
Hnccaiut. '
Ho Is Always AVIth Us.
The entire continent Is devoting Its ener
gies to constructing tlio deadliest kno\vn \ en
gines of modem warfare. Ami yet no In-
vcnlor has yet discovered nu cfllclcnt fool-
killer.
_
In n Terrible Rintc of Mind.
CMfrtfjo Tlmtf ,
The C7.ir must bo In a terrible state ot
mind , lie lives In constant fear ol assassins ,
never goes out unless strongly guarded , and
has just killed an olllcor of his household
whom , in his timidity , ho suspected of a de
sign upon his live. It Is about as pleasant
business being a llusslan czar as It Is being a
Chicago anaiddst.
Thu Tennessee Ciinipnl n.
CMraga Timer.
It appears that Alfred Taylor , the republi
can candidate for governor of Tennessee , Is
also runnlmr for state senator. Ills brother
Itouctt Is also an aspirant to the United
States scfiatorshlp , should ho fall to bo elected
goveinor. It Is probable thai Hubert can
capture both places , nnd that Alfred may bo
chosen pirsulrnt of the Mate senate and
elected governor to 1111 the vacancy.
Kvcr Onwnril.
. Ittuas < Snmcrrlttc
hlfo was never meant for dreaming ,
Asking how or qiieMionlng when ,
With faint resolves and mpii-bt ttci'mlng
Duty calls for eauiest men.
Only faint souls stand and ponder ,
Shrinking as with palsying fear ,
Pionu In tiuant paths to wander
While the straight load lies anear.
Doubling always mnkes mm weaker ;
Fear makes cowaids ol us nil :
Unt the1 true and earnest sucker
Knows no Inlliuc or no fall.
Then gird about you strong endeavor ,
Kvcr onward wldlo you may ;
Keep voiir trust and hope forever ,
While God's linger points the way ,
1'IEL.O . , PAliSt AND OKOHAKD.
Cat tin FcadliiR Kxpcrlnient ,
On Oct. 15. at the regular weighing of
cattle on the farm of the University of
Illinois , a lot of hix choice steers.average-
ing a few days less than 80 months in
age , and 1,003 pounds in weight , were
found to have made an average gain of
891-6 pounds in forty-live days ( from
Sept. 1) ) and of 27 } pounds in the last six
teen daj's. A lot ot four good steers ,
averaging a little over 80 months , anil
1,455 pounds , had made an average gain
150 pounds in forty-live days , anu of 58J
in tno sixteen days. A lot of twenty-fivn
steers of poorer quality and probably of
not much less ago , averaging 1,118
pounds , had made an average gain of
118J pounds in the forty-five days , and of
41 pounds in the sixteen days.
The lot of six have been on full grain-
feed during all the summer and last win
ter four of them also during the pre
ceding summer. The lot of four were
well foil last winlcr , but had no grain
from Ma3' 1 unlil August 15 on full feed
since September 1. The lot of twenty-
live , with ono exception , were purchased
in tno spring and .summer , and had been
poorly fed during the winter. Since
August 15 they have had the same treat
ment as the lot of four. The average
gain of the twenty-four purchased , since
June 13when most of them were bought ,
has been 212 } pounds.
These cattle have nil been on pastures
nnd have been fed corn in the car , aver-
ageing about one-half bushel per steer
daily. They are fed throe times a day
generally from the wagon as it comes
from the field. The lot of six best steers
have not had so good pasture as Iho oth
ers and have eaten a little hay. Pigs
"follow" all the catllo and pigs have
grown rapidly from the corn left undi
gested by thorn. Tlio variations in the
rate of gain are partly explained from
tlio poorer quality and smaller si/o of the
larger lot of .steers and from llio longer
feeding and much higher degree of fat
ness of the lot of six. The facts concern
ing these cattle tire In accordance with
our experience year alter .year on the
university farm , which scorns to show
that , under present conditions in central
Illinois :
1. Increase of weight in cattle is most
cheaply secured by pasturage without
any gram during tlio best part of the
season.
l''ooding whole corn m Iho autumn
months to cattleon the pasture i * the
most economical method of fattening
cattle. The feeding is done witli thu
labor. AV hen hogs follow the cattle there
is very little waste , The manure is all
saved and distributed without cost.
While comparatively low prices are to bo
expected for caltlo marketed in the
autumn or early winter , a fair profit has
been made annually. Even with the
prevailing exceptionally low prices. Rales
have been made ( for November delivery )
of most of the caltlo purchased last
Hpring at a price which gives fairly natis-
faclory proiil.
3. After throe or four months of full
gram teeding u considerable decrease in
rntJi of gain may be expected.
4. Apparently from BO to 'M months are
thu most profitable ages at which to sell
cattle fatlened on this system unless
those of n litllo greater ago can bo bought
at a price which gives no profit to tlio
grower. .
5. It is-not profitable to feed grain to
yearling steers on good pasture it it is
designed to keep them another year and
fatten for the gunoral miirkel.
0. Calves roared on skim milic , with ad
dition of some meal , may make entirely
satisfactory growth and'buef animals of
good quality , A high grade shorthorn
htcer now on the farms weighs 1,470
pounds , at a few days over 21) ) months ,
and with loss than two months' full grain
feeding. He has gamed 185 pounds in
the last forty-five ( lays.
The four steers recently put on grain
average 153 pounds loss than thu six
which have been kept on full feed or ,
comparing them with tlio four of the
latter lot , of like breeding and almost
exactly the same iigo , the difftircnco in
average weight is 172 pounds , Two
steers of the lot of six , which were not
grain-fed in the summer of 1885 , lack the
pair only 115 "pounds of the weight of
their mates which were full fed that sum
mer.
mer.Pure bred or grade Ayrshire , Hereford ,
Holstcin , and shorthorn cattle , ahido
from some "common" block , ant in these
lots , but nol in Mttlicicnt number to en
able ono to dogmatize' to merits of the
breeds. The heaviest cattlu art ) half-
blood Holsteins. The greateht weight Is
1,785 pounds for a steer not mute 31
months old , The steer of best quality m
n thmi quarlor Hereford. A pure bred
Ayrshire weighs 1,525 pounds at B3
months. The steer of best form is a pure
bred shorthorn , , but a local trouble has
reduced his weight SOU pounds or more ,
G , I-J. Moimo\yPrpc ( B.or of Agncultuio.
Univerbity , Chiuupaign , 111.
Merinos in .tiouth America ,
YcfW't H rjno b.rco < lore > bepmtu have
eized the opening-12 IS ? * ! fc t wool-pro-
during countries of Uruguay and M <
Argentine Hepulio of Soulli Arnori < i u
introducing the American Merinos II < > u' .
The flocks of these rust nnd frit , In
regions , once they are well Imbued v. i'i '
the blood of the American Merino. HM
pure descendants of the once famM < \
Hocks of Spain , > vill easily compete > vltu
tlio wools of Australia , wliich owe their
fineness to Silcslan ntid Saxony Merinos ,
not now so acceptable as the bclti-r st.i-
iiles of tile pure Spanish. Australian
brooders some few years ago comiuriuvd
importing American Moriuosto impi < > \ ,
the stork of that island continent , but
tlio groundless cr.y of "scab" was rai !
by interested parties and the importation
stopped. Tiio Uruguayans and Argi it-
tines thought dificrimtly , and oaotcin
breeders are reaping Iho benefit , hi tlm
years lo como tlio broad pasture. * of
South America will be enabled to M'lul
vast quantities of superior wool into thu
markets of Iho world to bo worked ili >
into clothing. Meanwhile hero , as Tann
ing dhlrlcto become more nnd morn
thickly .settled , crosses of mutton sheep
will bo more and more the rule. Thej > o
sheep cannot bo kept In groal Hooks aa
can the Merino.
Soanonnblo Hints niul
White fowls wbon dressed lor markrf
do nol show pin-feathers marks as do thu
blank breeds. TnU is a point in their
favor which is worth considering.
\ \ lion the hurry of farm work censes in
autumn there arc many opportunities to
make improvements , for winch the son-
son is favornblu and the time proplllouv
The liberal use of dry dirt will a ist in
removing the pungent and oflbnslvuou ) *
of the cow stable. Once a week u > : oo.d
sprinkling of a solution of copperas wl 1
also prove bcm-lielal.
Well-drained and deeply tilled land '
X
stores warmth to such an extent as to pro . - - ,
long the season of crowth and obviate
risks of frosl that otherwise might reduce
prollts of cultivation materially.
The sow that has u litter of pigs re
quires plenty of water. Her food anoultl
bo sloppy , but pure water should bo pro
vided also. She should also have a moss
of grass or cut hay , steamed , with shortfl
( middlings ) twice a day. Only a small
allowance of corn muni is necosnnry.
1'owls are so provided that they can
grind nny kind of food eaten. Grinding ;
llio food for them is therefore not nooo <
stirv , unless for the purpose of feeding t\
mi xt tire of variety lhat cannot bo glyou
them in any other shape. They should
always linvu plenty of gravel for grind. '
ing purposes.
The lirst tiling to do before storing
corn in the crib is In have the crib rat'
proof and well protected against boating
ruins. Rats will destroy more grain than
the most liberal estimate allows of loBa.
and the crib should bo so protected as to
prevent them from getting iu through
any source. J
Sheep cflectually keep down the woodij
and harsh grasses. They are as bonu < '
fieial to some pastures as llio urunljij *
knife is to Uis orchard. They" will oat.
mvylniug that Is green and tender , nnd
young uriors. wocds , bushes and ether
growth arc [ consumed , thereby saving
the farmer much labor , while by thoil'
dropnings thu prepare the tield for the
plow.
In storing away garden seeds place
them in woolen bags , with a piece of
gum camphor in each bag , and also dust
the seeds with insuet powder. These
methods will protect the seeds against
insects , which destroys many kinds , such
as peas , beans , etc. All seeds should bo
kept in a dry place , and an examination
of tlicm should be made several limes
during Ihe winter.
Frozen poultry is often sent to market.
Such fowls should bo dry picked. The
method is lo pack a layer ot poultry in a ,
case and allow it to freeze before putting
in Ihe next layer , and so continue until
the casn is full. Then nail oh thu lid and
kisnp the case where the poultry will not
thaw until market ih reached , as alternate
frcuxing and thawing is injurious. The
diHurent kinds and sixes should bo separ
ated.
The crossing of breeds should bo done
carefully. Attempts have often been
made to establish permanunt Hocks of
sheep which possessed thu qualities of
both races , but without success. The re
sults of those who have bad experience In
sheep breeding by crossing any mutton
breed on the Merino , with but'fow ox"-
centions , have failed to reali/.e their ex
pectations , ami have sacrificed their
flocks or bred back to extirpate the
foreign blood infused into llieir Merino
Hocks.
In many cases fall plowing can bo
practiced to advantage. When the surface -
face soil is too shallow it is best deepened
by fall plowing , which permits thu portion
tion turned up from below to bo mel
lowed by frosl before a crop is planted
upon it. The work can bo done at any
convenient time as long as the ground
remains open. The furrows should bo
rather narrow , not thrown too Hut , nn
ample means for the exit of water should
1m provided. Shallow working in spring
with cultivator , disk or spring-tooth
harrow Will often bo found HUlliciont to
lit fall-plowed land fur spring crops.
From 11. H. Hixby , Edgowood , la. : Dr.
J. II. McLean 'a Tar Wino Lung Halm i
the loading ooiigh remedy horo. It was
dlllicult during the pint : winter to keep n
supplj' . Ju a ease which came under my
notice it cilVcted a permanent cure of
atilhma of several yeara' standing.
An ( TnuiiHptoloiiH nRiiiining.
About 11 o'clock yesterday morning
Judge Stenbcrg swore in Ihe now pound-
master , James llonncs y. In administer
ing llio oalh Ihe. Midge look occasion lo
give Hunnesy a warning aboul avoiding
the troubles which had nwampcd his pre
decessor , Hurley. HuniuiHy promised lo
perform his duties faithfully , avoiding aa
fur as possible any umioi-exmiry quarrels.
An hour later ho appeared in police court
and wauled lo swear out a warrant for
thu arrest of a man named McDonald.
The latter , hu charged , had abused him
violently while ho was taking in some
stray cattle on South Thirteenth struct
and had tried to gut him into alight. Tlio
warrant was issued.
r6PMlAV
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MOST PERFECT MADE
rrcpmd with strict regard In Purity , 6r ! nstti , ani
Uoaltbfuln BB. Ur.Prlctt'BllikluglWderccwUliii
noAmmonla.I.liae.AlumoiTtioBpliatea.Dr.Prlee'a
Uxtr&cU , Y&ollla , 1/vmoo , etc. , C TOX deUoloasly .
WANTED !
Imdios to Work for Tla at Their Own.
Homes.
$7 $ to $10 Per Week Can Be Quietly Made.
No pUoto. I'Ulnll ' mi no c iiT Mlng. Kor lull ullfur.
ulfeit , uuteHdilroutt enc ,
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