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TIICKK Is still a ray of hope tlmt Sena
tor Harrison , of Indiana , will bo ro-
olcctcd , but it is uncomfortably feeble.
TUB government was repulsed in its
first skirmish with the American Hell
Telephone company. It tumains to bo
scon whether Mr. Garland will return to
the .attack.
Mit. ( Jinn : has figured out tliatjusl sixty-
snvcn republicans are ready to po Into
caucus. If 0110 of them should go baek ,
the wlolo | caucus macliino would bo
mnashcd.
As pavements nro ripped up anil laid
down , after trenches have been dug for
water , gas and sewers , the jolting public
nro beginning to understand that stone
block is the safest , surest nnd most satis
factory paving material for a city of
Omaha's size and growth.
ONE of the greatest difficulties which
the speaker of the next house of repre
sentatives will encounter will be the selec
tion of capable men for committee chair
manships. Moro than half of those oc
cupying these * positions in the present
congress wore retired by their constitu
ents.
THERE is remarkable unanimity in the
opinions sent out from Washington that
Mr. Carlisle will probably not bo the
speaker of the next congress. The general
view scorns to bo that ho would quite as
willingly bo on the iloor as In the chair ,
nnd that if ho shall find ho has to make
any contest for the spoakership ho will
doubtless throw his inliuonco to Mr. Cox.
WHIM : the attorney general of Penn
sylvania is engaged in examining the law
relative to the coal combination mon
opoly , ho is called upon to also take into
consideration the free pass abuse , which
is carried on in violation of a constitu
tional provision. It is estimated that
the issue of free passes in Pennsylvania
annually represents a value of $2,000,000.
This move ought not to cause any uneasi
ness to the railroads , but it will carry
dismay to the members of the state Icgis-
fotnro.
CASES like that of John Moflat are ur-
pcut reminders of Omulm's pressing need
of an emergency hospital. When the
county hospital is completed wo shall
have nmplo room for our sick and insane ,
but wo shall still need a small city hos
pital of a few rooms , where emergency
cases can bo treated before their removal
to tiio main hospital. It must coino in
time and every month's records of the
dead and dying shows that thu time can
not bo long postponed in the interests of
humanity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NKIUIASKA democrats are threatened
with a rule or ruin policy by the vener
able old sell-out and fraud who presides
over thu railroad democratic organ.
"IJrcdorcn , " said the colored preacher ,
"dero arc two roads. Do one leads to
lire and biimstonc and do odder to hell
nnd blazes , " "In dat case , " remarked
an Interested hearer , "dis niggah takes
to do woods. Following out the moral
of this hoary chestnut , Nebraska demo
crats will leave the preacher to himself
without an audience ,
A Nmv VOIHC dispatch reports that the
Violet Cameron combination , which came
to the United States from England a
month or more ago under the patronage
of Lord Lonsdalo , and which got a great
deal of notoriety through thu salacious
gossip respecting thu alleged relations
between Violet nnd her lordly backer ,
lias nwdu a failure and will return to
England. The public of New York Is to
bo heartily commended for Its refusal to
patronize this band of adventurers , whose
conduct from the day tluiy landed in that
city wax a scandal and nn ollenso to de
cency , Thu disreputable Lonsdalo re
turned to Kng ) ml some tun days ago.
WE niusfmnko an apology to some
democrats who claim to know Dr. Miller
butter than wo do , Ono of these old
wheel horses of thu democracy assures us
that thu doctor Is no more crazy now
than ho was twenty-live years ago. Ho
has always been more or less deranged ,
Bays our Informant , lie lias been a
inouey-maniao for years , and since ho has
acquired a small fortune by Wall street
pointers and real estate speculation , ho
doesn't know what to do with himself.
He expected Cleveland to take him into
Ids cabinet when there wasn't thu remot
est thought of such a thing , and that has
preyed on his mind and made him morose
jiml distempered about everything and
eyory body.
A Worn Out Imsh
Republicans will elect the next United
States senator from Nebraska nnd ho
will be a republican. Tlioro Is no possi
ble chance of the selection of n democrat ,
All the talk of divisions in the republican
ranks winch will protract the contest
until after the close of the session or
allow n democrat to slip In by n Hank
movement is silly twaddlo. Out of
lit ; ) members of the legislature more
than two-thirds nro republicans. If
Senator Van Wyck is not his own stio
cossor another republican will represent
this republican stain. This may bo put
down as certain. The monopoly leaders
have only one object in holding out to
their party the vain hope of n democratic
senator. That aim js the possible defeat
of Van Wyck by preventing democrats
olcctcd over his enemies from assisting
Nebraska to secure for n second time n
fearless and Honest representative of her
Interests , if the democratic friends of
the senator can bo persuaded to
fire in the alt * while faction
alism and Intrigue are assaulting
his candidacy , Dr. Miller and his
monopoly cohorts have strong hopes
that a railroad republican can be chosen
at Senator Mandcrson's colleague.
The scheme will not work. A political
minority has a duty to perform which it
has no right to shirk. That duty is to
prevent the majority from doing injury
to good government , curbing excesses
anil assisting it to direct its energies into
proper channels. A largo number of
democrats have been elected to the com
ing legislature under pledges to their con
stituencies to vote for General Van Wyck
in case the legislature was republican.
They will carry out their instructions.
The monopoly bosses may crack the well-
known party whip as much as they see
fit but it has lost its terrors. The honest
democracy of Nebraska long ago learned
its use and the motives ot the men who
wield it.
'tho Financial Situation.
A great deal of interest is felt in finan
cial circles respecting the effect of thu
redemption of the 5J per cent bonds
upon the national bank circulation , and
the probable action of congress relative
to this important matter. The exigency
it presents , in view of the decision of the
attorney general sustaining the ruling of
the treasury department that these bonds
cannot be hold as security for bank cir
culation after tiioy cease to draw interest ,
is regarded as so urgent that action rela
tive to it must bo taken by thu present
congress , otherwise there is likely to bo a
heavy contraction of national bank cur
rency within the noxt. year. Already the
ollect has been to reduce the circulation
of national bank bills since the 12th of
last August , when the lirst call for
$10,000,000 , of 3 per cent bonds was issued ,
to the amount of $28,000,0'JO ' , This con
traction was made on the redemption of
$40,000,000 of the bonds deposited by the
banks for circulation. These institutions
have still on deposit in the treasury
$03,000,000 of U per cents , which they will
probably have to present for redemption
as fast as calls arc made. Assuming that
these bonds will bo called within the next
vear , and that in the absence of some
other provision for securing national
bank circulation the ratio of contraction
will bo maintained , the reduction in this
form of currency within the ensuing year
will amount to about i48.000,000.
It has not transpired that any of the
national banks have refused to accept as
law the opinion of the attorney general ,
though some of them did decline to ac
quiesce in the unsupported ruling of the
treasury department which that opinion
sustains. But it is pretty wull understood
that thu banks will not replaoo the it per
cents with other and more expensive
bonds. If that is the only alternative al
lowed them they will undoubtedly sur-
rondur their circulation to the extent that
it is secured by the U per cent bonds.
This being the situation , the question of
what can bo done , and what congress
may bo disposed to do , is of very great
interest. A member of the senate Ilnannu
committee is quoted as proposing three
tilings which can bo done , namely : Take
oir the tax on the national bank circula
tion ; take oil' thu 10 per cent limitation
tax upon state banks ; devise some new
note based upon coin , in such proportion
of cold to silver as may tie determined.
As to iiio first of these methods , it proba
bly would not find a respectable support
in congress. It would certainly encoun
ter a tremendous popular opposition ,
which the representatives of thu peopio
would not venture to disregard. No
measure to abolish the tax on national
bank circulation can have any chance of
success while taxation is maintained on
the necessaries of life and on pretty much
everything that outers into the dully use
and consumption of the people. Relief
for the banks In this direction must bo
regarded as hopeless. As to the second
proposition , it is thought It would receive
considerable support from southern rep
resentatives and those in the north who
regard the limitation as an invasion of
the rights of the states. Kut thu business
publie.and all others who have had any ex
perience with state bank currency , would
vigorously oppose any effort to restore a
system which while It existed was n
.source of continual annoyance and loss
to the peopio , and was very largely ro-
faponsiblu for two of our most disastrous
panics. Those business men who h.ivo
grown up with the present system , and to
whom t'aat which it succeeded is a gloomy
tradition , would not favor the restoration
of a policy which they must wonder at
the folly of their predecessors for having
BO long tolerated. Furthermore , if this
limitation tax were abolished it is not
probable that capital could be enlisted to
any great extent In establishing state
banks , from n rousonablo apprehen
sion tlmt the circulation of such
banks could not bo extended
beyond state boundaries. There remains ,
unless congress shall provide some other
form of bond to secure circulation , which
it probably will not do , recourse to a new
coin note based upon gold and silver no-
cording to a ratio to bo determined ,
which would become in largo part the
currency of the future. This is feasible ,
it would give recognition to silver , anil
there is no apparent reason why It should
not bo popular.
It appears to bo the opinion at the
treasury department that the retirement
of national bank currency will not result
in u net contraction of the currency , and
that there is no ground for any appro-
( tension in business circles of damaging
consequences from .this cause. Never
theless that feeling is widely entertained
among financial and business men , who
are uneasy also as to the effect upon the
. future of the national banking system. U
Is expected that this subject will receive
elaborate and careful consideration in
the annual reports of the secretary ot the
treasury nnd the comptroller of the cur
rency.
t
A. I 'e\v Frozen I''ncl .
The democracy of Nebraska has been
favored by Dr. Miller with half a column
of "cold facts" to prove that there wore
traitors in its camp , who for the snko of
electing McSlnuio to congress were will
ing to sacrifice a portion of the local
ticket. For this terrible crime , which In
other states would tie regarded , from a
party standpoint , as brilliant tactics , the
Herald pours its vials of abuse upon dem
ocratic leaders who have the confidence
and respect of the rank and file of their
parly. There is no doubt that it would
have been much more satisfactory to Or.
Miller if the railroad democrats had
elected Church Howe and defeated the
Van Wyck legislative ticket. This is a
frozen fact which will keep at least dur
ing McShano's term in congress.
This is not the llrsl time , however , that
Dr. Miller lias labored to elect a railroad
republican to congress. It was so years
ago when Major Davis was a candidate
against Valentine and It was so during
the Tnrner-Munger-Vaientlno campaign.
It has been HO in every congressional
light in Nebraska , when the railroads
had a candidate on the republican ticket.
It is a frox.cn fact that ( Jims. 11. Hrown
was defeated for congress in tins district
two years ago by Dr. Miller's luck-
handed support. It is a very cold fact that
the desperate effort which the Ilcrnld is
making to defeat Van Wyck does
not spring from any desire to
elect a democrat as his successor.
It is wholly duo to Its anxiutv to
assist monopolies In electing a railroad
republican. This was the role that the
llcrahl played ten years ago in itsirantio
oflbrtto re-elect. Jay Gould's candidate
to the scnatn. The same James Creigh-
ton whom Dr. Miller now pats on the
hack was in thu legislature at that time
with Charles 11. Brown , whom he now
reviles , and they held in their hands the
proof of the abominable plot to deliver
the democratic members of thu legisla
ture to Jay Gould's republican candi
date. This is a fro7.cn fact which has
not yet thawed out sufliuicntly to be for
gotten.
If the packing house outfit wants anymore
moro ice for its slaughtered hogs wo are
ready to furnish it.
Psu.M JUNES will make some remarks
about the play of the "Wages of Sin. "
The wages of sin have not materially
changed during several centuries. What
the public would like to know is some
thing about the wages of Jones.
ELECTION day should bo made a holi
day in Nebraska. Workinginen find it
ditlicult to vote on thuir wtiy to anil from
their work. Witn the day a holiday there
would'bo no dillioulty found in securing
a full vote.
As the returns come in General Van
Wyek's enemies are beginning to see that
it was something of a .snow-storm after
all.
Other Linmlri Than Ours.
The election of Prince Waldcmar of
Denmark as prince of Bulgaria , by the
sobranjo on Wednesday , may or may not
bo the beginning of the end of the troub
les in the Balkan peninsula. At latest
reports Waldemar had not yet accepted
the honor. The wishes of the ( J/.ar have
not been expressed nnd until Russia has
pronounced the candidate acceptable no
aspirant for the throne of Bulgaria is
likely to attempt the impossible task in
which Alexander of Baltenburg
failed so signally. Advices from
St. Petersburg ! ! announce that
the czar still holds to bin determination
to sanction no successor to Alexander
who is not a member of the Greek
church , and Nicolas of Montenegro is
mentioned as Russia's choice. Muscovite
influence is .supremo in a dim-on of
which the c'/ar is the head , and the strong
stress which the emperor of Russia
places on the religious qualification
merely masks a political significance.
. * *
The tone of the continental press indi
cates that any move towards Russian oc
cupation of Bulgaria will bo the
signal for war , England is
strengthening her inlluence at
Constantinople , and Italy is understood
to bo strongly allied to British interest * .
Austria is more pacitio and Germany
more bellicose. The oflicial 'statements
coming from Hungary that show the
Magyar warrior nation is on the brink
of national bankruptcy disclose thu real
situation. It would not bo the most sur
prising outcome to this wearisome mud
dle if another edition of the Berlin con
vention of 1878 would wind it up , At
any'ratu , this much seems to be now
reasonably sure , that Russia will have
her hands full it she attempts to work
hei own will any longer in Bulgaria. The
interference of Kngland and Italy is a
serious enough thing. Take this , to
gether with thu doubtful attitude of
Turkey and the strictly neutral one of
her previous allies , Germany and Aus
tria , and it is doubtful if the fact of
trance's sympathy and help will bo
KUIlioicMit to justify * Russia in forcing
war.
The result of the liberal conference at
Leeds is that the party is pledged anew
to homo ruin nndui thu leadership of
Mr. Gladstone , and that the party will
assuinu an aggressive * tone upon thu re
assembling of parliament. This increases
the embarrassment of those liberal
unionists who are supporting the Salis
bury government with the hope that Mr.
Gladstone will bo pushed aside , and with
him the Irish agitation. Ono result of
the Leeds conference is seen in the abate
ment of thu talk about coercion in Ire
land. General Buller instead of harass
ing tenants in Kerry is reported as pro-
tectmg them from rapacious landlords
wherever possible , and thcro nro strong
evidences that the government dreads
nothing moro than an Irish outburst ,
which would attract to the home rule
liberals thu men whose adherence to the
ministerial party alone keeps it in
power ,
*
IT is evidence of the growth of a spirit
of progress and improvement in Spain
that thu present ministry id manifesting
nn enlightened and generous interest in
the welfare of thu West India possessions
of that country. This extends not alone
to material affairs , but proposes advances
in other directions which will bring the
social and educational systems of the
island dependencies somewhat nearer
than thev now are to the standard nnd
requirements of the nineteenth century.
The policy of Spain toward these colonies
nies lias hitherto been for the most part
one of repression anil rapacity , rather
than of encouragement nnd improve
ment. There were some chances for the
better brought about as the result of the
last insurrection , which terminated only
a little more than cightyears ago , but rad
ical reforms nro still needed , Tor gener
ations Spain liti.4 depended largely upon
Cuba and 1'orto Rico for thn replenish
ment ot thi ) liohui treasury , which the
governments in their extravagance and
reckless linanclal policy have managed to
keep most of the time empty. Thn result
has been to load upon the shoulders ot
the peopio of these fertile and fruitful
islands a burden of taxation which has
grown with the increasing fiscal uxigen *
clos of Spfin , and is an insuperable bar
rier to progress in nil directions , In
most respects these Islands are
half a century behind the age.
Little attention has heretofore )
been paid tti the appeals of their repre
sentatives for relief , but It appears that
the present government is bolter amrocl (
to give attention to their demands , which
if largely duo to a clearer apprehension
of the benefits to be derived , both by
Spain and the colonies , from a moro
liberal policy , may bo stimulated also by
the incnwsmg discontent in these islands ,
which might easily grow Into another
revolt. % .
Prince Bismarck has ideas on money-
lending , and ho fears that the German
capitalists are altogether too unger to
make foreign Investments regardless of
security. The reconl Portuguese loan ,
whluh London rejected , w.is eagerly sub
scribed in Herlin. Both the Argentine
republic and lliienos Ayres loans were
taken up by the Germans with canal
haste. The prince is credited with a deal
of anxiety about these foreign loans.
The Germans hold more Russian securi
ties , probably , than any other two Euro
pean nations , and as tliu proipcct of an
other war increases these securities de
crease in market value , thus furnishing a
motive for a strong conservative influence
in Germany on international matters.
* * .
THE French farmers arc said to be
agitating for a high import duly on grain.
The chief necessity of Franco at the pres
ent time is evidently dear bread. It may
be difficult to convince the French citizens
who are not directly interested in the
liraiu trade of thu benefit to bo derived
from the tariff ; but the great beauty about
a high tariff is that one does not , have to
convince peopio of its utility. It must bo
lakon as a dispensation of Providence
something apart from and above all the
deductions of human wisdom.
THIS FlEljD OF
The Waterbury waleh company Is turnlni ;
out over 1,000 watches per day.
Seveial rending rooms are in successful
operation In New England nulls.
Southern textile manufacturers are cntic
\\\S \ \ \ managers of norlhein mills into the south
by oil'crmir them Lir/e salaries.
The carriage and wacon makers all over the
west are overrun with eiders , if their trade
joiirnids are to bo relied upon.
American plate ulass makers liavp sogrcnt-
ly improved the quality nnd decreased the
price of their products that they nave oidrrs
on hand 1'or delivery six to twelve months
ahead.
An Knullsh mechanic has found a new
steel , or rather a , now process lor making a
better quality of steel than Is In use at pres
ent. It Is oed when great toughness Is re
quired.
( Jreat Britain can produce S.'MO locomotives
a year ; Germany , 'J.OJO ; France , 1COO ; Uel-
Kium , 500 ; Switzerland , 120 ; Italy , 70 ; in all
Europe , 0,400. The Baldwins can turn out
000 a year.
The trades-union leaders report that the
membership of trades-unions is incicaslng
steadily , and that the members who are com-
Ino In aru the older men who have hereto
fore held aloof .
The makers of wood-working machinery
have been encouraged during the past month
by a lar.e influx of orders for the latest Im
proved machines for ordinary mill woik , be
cause of thu large amount of work they turn
out at less cost than older machines.
The boot and shoe manufacturers of the
Now England states are in many cases in-
creasint ; their showroom capacity. Shnu fac
tories arespr'nsrini ' : up In the west. Fa tory
capacity will be kept busy all fall and winter.
Prices are Improving.
There are in Prussia 21,015 main and fe-
malu convicts engiized In about twenty In
dustries , among which are tobacco , Ixiok-
blndiiiK. shoeinakiim , carpentering , weavim ; ,
sailmakiiifr , Imskutmaklng nnd wood-work
ing. The question of convict labor Is attract
ing n great deal of attention.
The great activity in business circles dur
ing the past sixty days has stimulated matui-
I'actiirliu ; and bmldJi- , ' enterprise In nearly
every stain In the union. Thu c.-eatest activ
ity is In the New Kuulaml and Mlddln States.
Large mills are to bo built at Kail H'ver , one
with 20,000 spindles , One will cost 5500.000 ,
and run 40,000 spindles. Textile mills are
to bo erected at Jjiiminberg. Ma < s. , at Danby ,
Vt. , at Olnoyville. U. 1. , at West I'aterson ,
N. ,1 , , nnd at several places In the south.
New miu'hmery is going into over bait of the
manufacturing establishments of tlie.su
states. In fact , such active pieparailons for
an Increasing output were never before
known. In consequence them Is an increas
ing demand for unproved engines , bolleis
and machinery , bctliles electric light appli
ances of every make in thu market. Ivlec-
trlcily Is bi'in. generally adopted in factories
and liiiie ;
A CJood Grip.
Clecclamt Lcailer.
The republican paity has already got n
good prlp on the president for 1838.
Sum JIIIH-H in Canada : ;
CMenwTrttmne ,
Sam Jones had a mixture of success and
failure in Canada. JJu was verv popular
with many , nnu made money , bat was se
verely criticised bS press and pulpit. The
clergymen of the church of KiiL'land accused
him of blasphemy , \fln'e ! ho shocked many
layman by his usu of tobacco. Altogether ho
made a sensation In ( | ulut Toronto ,
A I > roi > of ink.
This drop of ink clianco leaves upon my pen ,
What might it write inMilton's tuiglity
bund !
Wlmt might It spear nt Shakespeare's high
command !
What words of thrill the throbbing hearts of
men I
Or from Beethoven's soul a craiul amen ,
All life and death In one full compass
spanned !
Who could Its power at uoctlie's touch with
stand ?
Wlmt woids of truth It holds beyoiul our
ken
What blessed promise wo would fain be told
And cannot , What grim sentence , diead as
death ,
What venomous He , that never shall unfold ,
What law , undoing science with a breath !
But mockery of lifu's quick wasted lot-
Dropped on a vligm sheet , 'tis uut a blot !
CMwo ; > Ale if * .
Colonel Anlos Ciuiimi.n''s ' , who has just
bcfcn elected to comrrcss as the representa
tive of the most intelligent district in Net
York city , ly perhaps the mr > st remarkable
newspaper man in ( lie country. Ha is in
Journalism what Mike Kelly Is In base ball'
the best all-around man In the business , lie
has a big bratn , a Ms soul and a ble heart , n
combination rarely met with In these degen
erate times ,
Wlmt Will They Do U'lth It ?
1ft IP Ytirk TYf&imr ,
The democrats have the house , but wo will
bet a blf * npplo that they don't ' know what to
do vrlth It , now they've pot It.
The Apothecary's Ijot in Kansas.
AVu > i mk Sim.
Our esteemed contemporary , the Tree
Press of O.a20 City , Kan. , has rendered
a notable service to the cause of temper
ance. The prohibitory law In that state ,
as in Maine , lias transferred a good deal
of the retail liquor business from the sa
loons and barrooms and comer groggcr-
ies to tile-drug shops. The rod and blue
and violet lights in the apothecary's win
dow are the beacons by which the thirsty
toper steers his course. As ho enters the
door ho makes tin his mind what ailment
lie has ; nnd then ho asks for the remedy
nnd guts it , nnd disposes of It with the
old-fashioned crook of the elbow. It is
very simple.
Under the existing law In Kansas , as
construed by the attorney-general , and as
understood generally throughout the
state , the purchaser of liquor at an
apothecary's Is the solo judge of its neces
sity ! Ho is also thu sole judge of his own
pathological condition. After lie hast
gonu before a probate judge and made a
statement and paid a feu of live cents.no
one is legally authorized to sny that lie
shall not thun proceed to the nearest
drugirift's and buy brandy for indiges
tion , or Jamaica rum for seasickness , or
Inner beer for an incipient boil on the
baek of his neek. The present .system is
n great thing for the probate judges , and
a big bonati/.a for the apothecaries of
Kansas.
From the records of all the drug shops
in Usage enmity , the Free Press has corn-
pilled a list of thu diseases and other pre
texts alleged during a single month for
thu purpose of obtaining liquor. The
drug shops aio In the seven town of Car-
bonilale , Suranton , Htirlingame , O > ago
City , Lyndon , Malvern , nnd Quer.cmo ,
tliu aggregate population of the seven
being tG74. ) Ir is probable , Iiowover.that
ulthoimh thu shops are all situated in these
cities or villages , n considerable part of
their custom comes from the rural dis
tricts. The population of the counlv is
M.CT. ) .
Iii ii single month the nineteen apothe
caries of Osage county recorded 2,812
separate sales of liquor , a largo part ob
viously being to amateur patients and
professional invalids. The favorite med
icine was lager beer. The apothecaries
sold 788 quart : ! , apparently from thu keg ,
besides 2,151 bottles and nine cases. They
also sold 23J pints of ale. This shows
that the malt cure has an astonishing
vogue in Kansas. Next in demand for
medicinal purposes was whisky , the sales
of which by the pint amounted to 0I2 ! ,
nnd by the casual ounee or drink to 214.
Among the oilier specifics in the now
Kansas phannacopiuia are gin. black
berry brandy , Angelica wine , Muscat ,
and a curious remedy , recorded not less
than twenty-six times as "liquor , no de
nomination. "
The list of diseases alleged by the 2,812 ,
purchasers give.8 us a good idea of the
variety and extent of the disorders prevailing -
vailing in this terribly alluded com
munity. Three hundred and fifteen dif
ferent ailments found their way to the
alcohol departments of the drug shops ,
llure are some of them , with figurus du-
noting the frequency oftho , respective
cases :
AKUU , .117loneral ! debility. .112
Appetite l5 ! Headache 31
Accouchmcut liter health 1
Billiousness 2T.7 ] Indigestion 270
Don el complaint. . . il.'ImprcKiiaiicy ' 1
Had eold 15lnnry ] | from do : ; . . 1
Kowels . 1 I tell 1
Bathing liorsn Jolias appetite 1
shoulder . 1 I.oca ! application. . 1
Bathing for my Malaria 103
wife . 1 No particular pur
Colic . . > ] pose 100
Cold IfclllOveiliunt 1
Cramps in stomach. i > Rheumatism 07
Mbirt't , "
Family use , 3 , Weakness SO
Wo must refer the disease known as
.lolias appetite and the disease known as
cheat to moro competent pathologists
than ourselves ; but it would appear that
the latter infirmity is largely moral , and
is far moro provident m Osage county
than the figure Jn the table indicates.
This table , by the way , includes less than
one-sixth ot the varieties of disease rec
orded in a single month on the books of
the nineteen drugstores.
What an unhappy lot must bo that of
the Kansas apothecary under the present
system ! Although he may bo pecuni
arily prosperous , his professional self-
respect and his sense of the proper rela
tions of remedy to disease must be con
tinually shocked by the demands made
across ins counter. How must lie feel as
he measures out whisky for bilious head
ache , orducnnts blackberry wine for sick
mules , or turns the spigot of the beer
keg and fills the tin pail with lager for
obstetrical purposes.
'
Tlmt Omului Itond.
POOIIMAN'S ' RANOIIK , Grueley county ,
Neb. , Nov 10. To the Kdltor : As so
many of your citizens are giving their
opinions in regard to Omaha's north
western railroad , I beg leave to olfor
mine , Those acquainted with the trade
which most makes up a city the jobbing
trade know that Omaha cannot rcacii
out-far with her trade in less than car
lots on account of high local rates. In
other words , you can only local a short
distance from a common center of busi
ness. Ono way to overcome this Is for
the peopio of Omaha and people along
thu proposed line to build your own
road , Thou oontract with thu city for a
money consideration the moro money
thu hotter selling forth what rights you
want to perpetually protect , first and
foromoar , of course , that the rend
will never pool with any other
road. This will protect the small
stockholders who will have the
satisfaction of knowing that the contract
will always have to bo obeyed , This
will uncoiiragu many smaller capitalists
to invest who would otherwise bo afraid
to do so , Have this contract on record
befora any bonds are issued so that any
one buying this stock buys it subject to
tliu contract. Whatever your purpose bo
in building this road "have it KO nomin
ated" in thn contract. I would siiggost
when building this road that you build it
through Greuloy county.
iA.I'OOKM.YK. .
A Itouutifiil I'rcwent.
The Virgin Salt Co. , of Now Haven ,
Conn. , to introduce Virgin Salt into every
family are making this grand offer : A
Cra/.y Patchwork lilock , enameled in
twelve beautiful colors , and containing
thu latest Fancy Stitche.s.on a largo Litho
graphed Card having a beautiful gold
mounted Ideal Portrait in the center ,
given away with every 10 cent pnckago
of Virgin bait. Virgin Salt has no equal
for household purposes. It-is the clean
est , purest and whitest Salt over fetch or
used. Remember that a .largo package
costs only 10 cents , with thu aboy.u pres
ent , Ask your jrrpoor for it.
rupn.iniTiox.
The Wreck of ilio Rirpnhllcait Party
Predicted by Temperance jMon.
SUTTON , Kcb. , Nov. 0. To the Editor
of the Bir. ; : In your Issue ol Sunday , the
7th inst. , appears an article , in which
J'oii attribute the falling off in the re
publican vole In Nebraska to the so-
called "submission plank" in Iho plat
form of that parly. As I happen to
know the cnuso of the "falling off" so
far as the counties in the Fifth judicial
district are concerned , I venture to sug
gest that the reason why so ninny repub
licans stayed away from the polls or
voted "third party , " as tliu case may be.
Is because the position of the republican
parly Is not advanced far enough on the
temperance subject.
The duties of niy ofllco for some years
took mo over snvcn counties , of which
Flllmoro is about the center , and i know
that three-fourths of the the peopio favor
a prohibitory law , I have voted the re
publican ticked eighteen consecutive
times , have been honored bv the party ,
and live and adhere to its principles , still
nut not blind , and therefore must confess
that wo nro hopelessly on the roail to
sure defeat , unless wo can grasp this ad
vance position occupied by the people ,
and occupy it. 1 want to see you per
sonally about the course to bo taken in
tills matter.
If thu party would take prohibition up
and press it to the front , the majority
would be increased to ; ! 0,0H ( ) in three
years ; it not , prohibition will come all
the same , in spilt ! of us and the party
will go down. The figures will show this
the Increase in the prohibition vote is
astounding , and mark you , the best class
of republicans are at the head in the
county districts ,
Tours truly , G. W. BP.MIS.
PI.ATTSMOUTH , Nub. , Js'ov. n I sco with
regret that you are very much opposed to
prohibition and I regret it because a great
paper like thu DIM : is capable of doing
either a great good or a great harm , and
I always like to see such papers on the
sldo of progession for the good of the
peopio. It seems to me that you must
see that thu people of thu United States
must meet this question in politics , and
thu sooner wo meet it the better. The
late elections proves that the part } * and
the sentiment is increasing nt from 'JOU to
liOU per cent all over the land , and men
must be blind indeed , who can imagine
that a growing reform like that is going
to die out without a victory , and you can
rest assured sir that prohibition will suc
ceed if both thu old parties have to go to
the wall. Thu trallic in intoxicating
liquors has been declared a wrong though
all the past ages , and when thu moral
sense of the people ot this county is once
aroused to the enormity of a
wrong , you can rest assured sueh
reforms never go backward. We know
that there is good enough in thu land to
overcome the evil , and when the moral
sentiments of pur peoulo are arroused
on the side of richt yon will always find
the good and the true arranging on one
side nnd the bad and vicious on the
other , and then thu gooil and truu is sure
to prevail. The republican jinny has
always arrayed itself on the side of right ,
and if it don't do so in this contest it'will
go down.
You say "its altitude on the side of
prohibition will drive off the foreign vote
and defeat the party. " Tlmt is not true.
I believe the majority of the foreigners in
tiiis country , when properly enlightened
on that question , will bo with us , but if
they were not 1 think it is time for us to
teach foreigners coming to this land tor
an asylum to understand that they must
leave their pernicious habits and inllu-
cnces in the land they leftand noti-eek to
engraft them on our institutions. If 'they
are not willing to submit to our laws and
regulations in morals , lot them stay
away. When they come hero they must
luavo all their prejudices behind and
come hero , not as Germans and Danes
with all their bad habits nnd examples
clinging lo them anil seek to fasten them
upon us , but they must come hero as
Ameiicans ready and willing to submit
to our moral sentiments as readily as to
pur laws ; if not they are moral anarch
ists , and wo have no use for them hero ,
and will not submit to their dictation.
You call it n "threatened invasion of their
rights. " They have no rights except
what our government gives them , and if
they wish to have what they call rights in
their native land , protected , let them re
main. When they voluntarily como hero
and adopt oiircountry as theirs they must
surrender their so-called rights if they
conflict with our morals and our laws.for
the protection thuy .aro glad to seek.
They have no right to ask
us to surrender ours for them ,
and if wo could present to them a land
freed from the curse of drink together
with the other advantages it presents to
them our land v/oiild bo mncll more in
viting to the better class of foreigners
seeking a homo hero. You think the re
publican party made a grand mistake in
offering to submit prohibition to the people
ple ; many good men think it was the
grandest act it over done , and if it will
only bo true to the right and carry it out
as 'it promised it will remain as it has
been the party of ( ho people , but if it
proves false to its pledges it must go
down. Hundreds of good republicans all
over this nnd other states only voted with
the party this year because of that pledge ,
and if the party fails to adopt it there
will bu such an exodus from the party
titiXt year as will cause you and all who
oppose it to tremble for your fate. Bo
not deceived , thu people see
thu influence of whisky in thu republi
can party. It is thuro and every election
proves it more conclusively , and if wu
must have either whisky or prohibition
in thu party you will find , perhaps , whim
too Into , tlmt the people prnfur prohibi
tion.
tion.Now
Now , I have a very high opinion of the
15iic : and 1 hope to > > eo it battling for the
right of the people in ibis as il does in
oilier things. You are wrong on this
question and don't bo ashamed or afraid
to acknowledge it , and thu people will
honor you for it. S. P. VANKIVA.
FYiMlnriolc Douulat ) In lOrinlniMl ,
London Daily News ; Slavery IIIIH been
abolished in name and In theory all over
the Union ; but ( he prejudice against his
c.olor is slill nt times vrry painfully mani
fest. His whole life is a tiattlu with il ,
and he is now hero In Kngland for rest ,
and in order for a time to escape from
the stream which lie IK always conscious
of fetrujrgling against in his own country.
At this point Mis , Pontius , who is an
American lady , young and fair , puts in
her word for tliu honor of her country.
Shu gently reminds her hush.ind thai not
long tigo they traveled together 3 000
miles through the mates , and everywhere
Mr. Douglas had mitt with kindness ami
courtesy. Verycoidiully ho admits it.
JJvun on the Hudson steamboats , ulicru
thirty years ago another lady who In pres
ent testilie.s to his having been forcibly
ejected from Urn saloon in which ho had
presumed to Hit down to dinner with his
friends from Knirhind , though they sat at
a Uiblu by themselves , lie was pcrmittoJ
in thu course of this journey to pass with
out any interference on account of his
color. Indeed he had a very agreeable
distinction. The colored waiters on
board thu vessel refused to take his
money. Hu had done so much for tliuni ,
thuy ' said , that his money would
not pass them Vos , ho fully rueognr/.ud
thu change tlmt time had brought , but
nevertheless it was truu that within thu
past two years the mere rumor that ho
hud taken u sitting in a I'rcshvtcriiin
church of Washington raised n ferment
throughout tliu city , nnd filled thu news-
impeio with angry and excited letters.
This highly gifted andjioroio man , whom
Abraham Lincoln distinguished with Ma
friendship , who has btfpn marshal of Iho
L'nltod Stairs , arid hasjust retired from
the position of registrar of deeds for
the District of Columbia , who has edited
and owned influential newspapers , nnd
\ \ \ \vlioui a whole continent recognizes n
man of iHiusunnnnte ability and stainless
integrity , hns noVDTJhrlw a swarthy
fckir , Rim mi must not take a sitting with
other Christians.
"Ami you are rcallyponselotis of n dif
ferent social aMnosplioro hero in Hue-
land ? "
"Oh , dear , yes ! " Is the ready response ,
"entirely different. I have in America
my own wide circle of friends , and my
olliclal position lias reduced friction anil
unplunsnntmt.ts to a minimum ; but hero
In Kuglnnd thcro Is no friction or nn-
pleasantim ? ! ' . I am free , and 1 feel my
self free to go anywhere , or to mingle in
any society. "
nnd Mitten * ,
Detroit Tribune : Apropos to rings ,
the demand for colored diamonds anil
bright gems has brought rings again into
popular favor , to mieh a degree that It
Is nothing remarkable to sen thu slender
digits of a society lady with rings two or
three deup. For some years an uxcesslvo
display of rings has been considered
vulgar or parvenu , nnd only a diamond
or solltairo or thu wedding uirelut has
been considered good form , The old-
fashioned solid-set cameos , .seals , and
large sapphires and emeralds , which
belonged to a baek generation and have
been assigned to the inner case of
the jewel bo < c , nro now being brought
out , andulthur worn In thulr antique tic-
signs or reset in keeping with thu moro
modern jewelry worn by the voting
possessors to whom they have fallen as
heirlooms. Fashion in its rotation has
placed a value on ( hum which they had
not before ) . _ The belles of half a century
ngo wore rings on every linger of both or
cither hand up to the first joint. Forty
or oven eighty handsome juwuicd circlets
wore not then considered excessive , and
wu may expect in this progressive age to
sco the number doubled at least.
As rings cannot DO worn tinder cloves
unless the wearer consents to wear a
glove two or thruo sizes larger than hho
is accustomed to , mittens aru to bu the
fashionable hand covering this senson ;
not the old fashioned red or gray hand-
knit mitten of our mother's day , but ,
dainty creations of silk of delieato or
solid shades. These mittens which ad
mit of easy removal , are to be worn
on all occlusions in the street ,
at the oncra , and even for
church. Thuro is .surely nothing more
comfortable than mittuns. Thuy aru very
convenient for they can be slipped oil' in
a twinkling , allowing a gleam of thn
pretty jeweled fingers in passing out the
car tare , in depositing thu alms or ad
justing a stray ribbon or hair , and aa
quickly covered from sight. How much
pleasanler it is in sinking hands lo feel
the soft , warm flesh without the interposi
tion of a piece of I ; id !
Klecirlo Mclil'M KlFeot on the Kye.
Medical News : Dr. ,1. A. Andrews , of
Now 1'ork , ro'id a paper on the olfuot of
thu chiutriu light upon the eye. In con
sidering the relative effect of different
forms of illumination tlmt obtained from
cas , from kerosene and from thu iiieau.
descent light worn studied. Thu electric
light gives Iho maximum of light with
the minimum of heal. So far the only
case ? of injury to the eye from the elec
tric light have resulted from exposure in
proximity to the light. In mosioftltesu
cases the existence of previous eye trouble
was not excluded. The effect In those
eases can bo bor.t explained as occurring
through ( he syiupatlielio nervous system
rather than as a result of mechanical or
chemical influences. It is not established
that , exposure to bright light can produce
a diffused iritis. No case of injury to the
eye from the incandescent light has been
reported , and out of 1,100 workers with
the electric incandescent , girls , examined
by the reader there was not one com
plaint. Those fiiilluring with errors of
refraction claimed that the sight was im
proved. The light used was irom twelve
to sixteen cnndlu power , and provided a
shade to protect the eves. The incandes
cent light possesses advantages which
are waritinjr in other forms of artilieiul
light , the principal of which are its stead
iness nnd the fact that its use does not
contaminate the atmosphere.
MISS I Mi I , INKS.
Kight million umbrellas arc made nn-
nnally in the United States.
A two-pound nui'gut of virgin gold
hns been found in Transalvnnla county ,
N.C.
It is said that during the last two
months no less than -10,000 persons have
died in Corea from contngcoiis diseases.
In a certain village of about 1,000 inhabi
tants , ! ! 00 have succumbed to the malady
within a few days.
The old green umbrella strapped to thn
trunk that Dcnman Thompson uses In
"The Old Homestead , " was presented to
the actor by an admiring citizen of Wor
cester , Mass. , whose groat-grnndfuthur
kept off the rain with il one hundred
years ngo.
Albany. N. Y. , Press anil Kniekerborkcr
endorse the virtues of St. Jacobs Oil.
How IMnny Hpnnk
English is far more generally npoknn
than French , or Indeed than any other
language. There ! are in thu world one
hundred millions of peopio who speak
Knglish , Kixty-nino millions who spei k
German , Hixly-wvun millions who speak
Russian and forty-eight millions who
speak French. Tlie.su figures do not ap
ply lo ( hose who merely understand these
va'rious languages , but to those who ha
bitually usu them as theirordinary means
of
FOB NOVEMBER ,
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The Great Conservative Reaction. U >
Frank W.irren.
Skip : A Tnlo of the War. By W. 1'
Cbipinan ,
T'so Revenge of OGnono. I'ocm , Uy W.
II. Al en.
Colony Liio in Southern California. Il
lustrated By G"or ; c II. Fitch.
The Shah's Physic'im. ' Ily Henri Chivot
The Canadian Children of the Cold , Jly
J Mncdonalil Oxluy ,
Love at First Sight. Hy Lmiovic Ilalcvy.
The First Watches. Hv Joseph Dciin ,
The Whistle Maker. Full I'nte ; Ilhibtra-
lii.n.
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sion Prison H Ml > < las Sakney.
THE YOUNG FOLKS , Fighting a Croc
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Story y U , Underwood The 3th -
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Dinner and How to Cook It Ih Calhc-
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and Glov aUy Mr- . Helen Hookur.
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