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ISEAL.I y. { ' . FKII. , Xotaty Public ,
EVERY republican should sco to it that
his name is registered.
TIIK workingmen of Omaha want a
man for mayor who is not a born aristo
crat.
should pay no attention
to bugbears , and bo on the lookout for
roorbacks.
THOMAS UAILKY is said to bo a tried
servant For "tried" road "tired. " Mr.
Daiiey is awfully tired of doing nothing ,
Now that Con Gallagher has taen
charge of the poslolliee , wo will have
civil service reform served up on the
half shell.
TUB office of police judge is an Im
portant one to the public , and should be
held only by a man who has had experi
ence on the bench.
Mu. ADAM BADEAU is getting himself
into considerable trouble by lying about
dead men. Ho should turn his attention
to some of the living statesmen.
YOUKO blood in politics la a good
- i
Tning , but it should bo pure blood. Bad
1 j blood is a dangerous thing in the body
. politics as well as in the human body.
* '
r f BOOTH made $27,000 out of his six
nights acting in Omaha and Kansas City.
In this case Mr Booth had the gait ol
both Christian , pagan and a real estate
agent.
THE papers have given Bill Kassanc ,
.he 'Frisco murderer , a rest. If the Now
fork Chemical bank proceeds with its
action against him , he will probably se
cure a longer rest.
POOH.Gail Hamilton. Already the
author of "Siya's" wonderful produc'
tiona and the letters of "Arthur Richmond
mend , " and Mr. Blaino'a campaign nol
yet opened. Alas ! And such is fame !
THE St. Louis Globe Democrat claims
the honor of having tirst used the wori
"boom. " How a St. Louis paper would
over think of such a word in that dead
old town makes the G , JVs claim ques
tionablo.
ACTING under the instruction of the
secretary of the treasury , custom house
oflioials In Now York are unwinding ad
ditional red tape. The questions of u
custom house oUicor , generally speaking
arc chestnuts.
THU talk about Mr. Broatoh promising
to appoint Pat llawes or any other lawyer
yor city attorney is all bosh. Mr. Broatct
knows enough to know that ho could no
keep such promises a profound secro
for more than twenty-four hours.
A CINCINNATI phrenologist examinee
John L. Sullivan's head to got points ot
his character. If the professor wantoc
to fool the bumps ho should have exam
incd the heads of men whom John ha ;
mot during the past few years.
IT is a settled fact that the next cit ;
council will be republican. If Broatch i ;
elected mayor the municipal machinery
will run on without friction. If Garneai
tcps into Boyd's shoos there will ba i
continuous dead-look and the matoria
interests of the city will be sacrificed' ii
the contention between the mayor am
council.
Tou DAH.KY was n member of tin
charter committee of .fifteen. It is no
torious that as a member of that com
mlttco ho always voted with Mr. Pop
ploton on every proposition affecting
corporation interests. He voted agalus
the railroad taxation clause and the pro
position to make the railroads pay * fo :
the approaches to viaducts. It is for th
taxpayers of Omaha to say now whotfao
a man who does not represent t heir in
terests shall be re-elected.
OHIO is prating of Its mllita. The mob
have always driven the state euards t <
bay. A week ago the same militia wa
helpless before a mob. A few years agi
in Hamilton county a mob put a re i
ment to rout and burned the court house
The Nebraska milita once killed a harm
less old man In Omaha. But since it ba
boon reorganized with Colonel Bufl'ali
Bill and Major John C. Watson on tb
staff , nothing less than n flock of tam <
feeso would put the Nebraska mllita fc
flight. The Ohio mllita should look npoi
Uebnuka and disband.
Activity General.
The present business prosperity is not
confined to any particular section or
Boeallty. It may be moro marked in some
quarters than in others , but reports from
all the tradn centers show that the sea
son's ' businosi has been exceptionally
good , and that the trade movement Is ro-
narkably well maintained. The tune h
learly reached when , of course , a quieter
condition is to bo looked for , but the out-
ook is favorable for n brisker summer
juslness than has been experienced for
several years. While it is true that
country merchants bought very heavily
n March , in order to get the benefit of
.he old freight rates , they have generally
! ound the demand so large that n roplon-
shing of stocks Is found necessary. It H
noticeable that the western trade centers
arc doing bolter than those of the cast ,
and the tooling of conlidanco is stronger
in tlio former. Last week closed with a
firmer feeling in New York than prevailed
the previous week , but still the situation
In many lines was rather In favor
of buyers. In Philadelphia the trade
movement improved , and only from
Uoston among the eastern business cen
tres was Ihero a report of h dull market ,
reports from all western cities
were gratifying. The spring trade of
Chicago was almost without a parallel
in extent in the history of that city , and
all classes of wholesale merchants report
the movement still large. From Mil
waukee , St. Paul , Kansas City , St. Louis ,
Denver and San Francisco the statements
are nil similar In character and repre
sent an exceptional trade activity. Ex
pressions of dissatisfaction with the
operation of the intor-stato commerce
law continues to be heard , but these are
by no means universal with merchants.
In some localities they find tlio law fa
vorable to their business. The wholesale
merchants of Omaha are having their
share of the general prosperity. In
home branches the increase of business
over any former year is stated
to bo from SO to CO per
cent , and there is a steady growth. It is
interesting to note that from no point is
the report of the trade movement more
satisfactory than from this city. There
were fewer failures throughout the coun
try last week than for the previous week ,
or for the corresponding week of last
year.
A great deal of money Is still going
into real estate , east , south and west. In
Boston and Philadelphia the present
spring has developed a marked activity
in the real estate market and building.
The southern boom , except at two or
three points , appears to bo receding. In
the west , however , it is well maintained.
A comparison of prices continues to
show largely in favor of Omaha for pur
poses of investment.
The probable duration of this gratify
ing condition cannot of course be deter
mined. If it follows the economic law to
which there itavo been rare exceptions
the reaction is not to bo appre
hended for at least tvvo , and possibly
three years. It may bo hastened by
an cxccsslvo speculation under which all
branches of industry and business would
be unnaturally expanded , and from this
cause ita effects might bo rendered ex
ceptionally disastrous. These consider
ations suggest a wise degree of caution.
A tendency to move or losa reckless ex
travagance , affecting every department
of business and every grade of society ,
seems to bo inseparable from a general
and rapidly-advancing prosperity. It
may not yet have boon manifested in the
present improved industrial and busi
ness condition of the country. But there
is danger now , as there always is tn simi
lar circumstances , thnt it will bo. An
injunction to prudence and circumspec
tion , so that the gains of the present shall
not bccomo the losses of the future , may
therefore bo timely.
The Mexican Crisis.
The republic of Mexico is approaching
a political crisis , the throbbing of which
are already being felt there , that may
have a good deal of interest for the
American people. Within a few years a
large amount of American capital has
found investment in Mexico , and in the
security of which greatly depends upon
the orderly and peaceful progress of
political evonta in that country. In ad
dition to tills the international relations
of Mexico and the United States , now
entirely friendly , are of importance as
affecting commercial arrangements ex
isting or hereafter to be established be
tween tno two countries. Radical pol
itical changes might seriously disturb
these relations. The present government
of Mexico is well disposed , assuming the
sincerity of the assurances very rccontly
given in his annual message to congress
by President Diaz , toward the people
ple and the government of the
United States. American interests us
related to Mexico would doubtless be
most surely promoted and conserved if
the present government of that country
were kept in power.
Whether it shall be or not Is the issue
the Mexican people are now facing with
a great deal of uneasiness. The consti
tution of Mexico fixes the presidential
term at four years , and provides that no
president shall bo his own successor.
This provision was engrafted upon the
fundamental law at the instance of Diaz ,
who , after its adoption , was chosen to
the presidency , and retired at the end of
four years , being succeeded by Uonzalos.
At the expiration of the lattor's term , in
1831 , Diaz was again elected president ,
his present term runnine until October ,
1683. The president's party , which is in
the majority in the congress , and doubt
less also in the country , now proposes tc
repeal the constitutional provision relat
ing to the presidential succession , so thai
Diaz may be re-elected , which he un
questionably desires. Against this there
is arrayed a considerable party whose
leader was the lat General Cadena ,
The party supporting the president
point to the great success of his adminis
tration in promoting : tho. material welfare
faro ot Mexico , and justify their pro
posed action with the argument that tc
insure continuance of thn rapid projrress
which Mexico is now making there musl
be no change of presidents. The oppo
sition to Diaz denounce his government
as Cwsarism , and arraign him for bar
ing in many ways violated the eoniUtu <
tldn , trodden upon the rights of th
states and the people , aad otherwise
proved himself as much of a tyrant as il
may bo possible for the president of a re
public to b .
It is not questionable that Dlac hat
governed with a strong hand. Ho wai i
trained and successful soldier , and in
civil affairs ho hu. undoubtedly not
boon able to gufdo his conduct with ab
solute freedom from the Infhtoiiqo
of Ins military instincts. Moreover , he
is most thoroughly familiar with .Mexi
can character , and knows tlio value and
necessity of strong measures to keep it
In control. Ho has dealt moro success
fully with attempted revolutions than
any oilier man of his time , and is held in
wholesome fear by those who , from per
sonal ambition or some other motive ,
would promote sedition and disorder.
But on the other hand , there can bo no
question that ho earnestly desires to pro
mote the prosperity and welfare of the
country , which certainly have materially
advanced under his administration. Ho
has established foreign confidence in
Mexico and greatly improved the credit
of the country , which unquestionably
stands bettor to-day before the world
than over before. This gives him a
claim upon foreign inllucnco which is
being used to his advantage. The con
test of the parlies is very earnest , and
the result will have an interest beyond
the boundaries of Mexico. The indica
tions are favorable to the success of the
Diaz party.
Unkind Cuts.
That was the unkindest cut of all. Wo
refer to the cut or rather cuts in Sun
day's issue of tlio democratic organ.
Mr. Garnoau looks for all the world
like a bottle-scarred veteran of the crimean -
mean war. His father would not recog-
ni/.o him by that likeness. Louie Schroo-
der's picture will bo taken readily by the
Omaha acquaintances of Stanley Afri-
canus as n tair bust of the discoverer of
Livingstone. The artist must have copied
a photo of Freight Commissioner
Griffiths which ho palms off for a picture
of Charley Goodrich. The sad and woe
ful countenance of the late Governor
Dawcs is made to do service for the like
ness to Reed , the democratic candidate
for police judge.
We do like enterprise but these cuta
arc altogether too artistic.
THE admirable letter of President
Cleveland to the secretary of the interior ,
relative to the conflicting claims of Mil
ler and the Northern Pacific railroad to a
tract of land occupied by the former m
Washington territory , is said to have
caused some ill-foeling in the cabinet.
The gentleman whose sensitiveness has
been most severely wounded is said to bo
Attorney General Garland , whoso opin
ion upon the legal aspects of the case ,
sustaining the claim of the railroad ,
failed to impress the mind ot the presi
dent as sound. Annoyed by the con
tumely heaped upon him , Garland
plucked up courage to say to an inter
viewer that the course taken by the presi
dent was really duo to him , ho having
suggested to Mr. Cleveland that as presi
dent ho should direct the secretary of tbe
interior to let Miller keep his farm and
direct the railroad to select unoccupied
lands for indemnity. It is unfortunate
for this claim of Mr. Garland that public
distrust of him is so gnmt that very few
will believe his statement , while if found
to bo true , not many would give him
credit for honestly wishing to help the
settler against the corporation.
Tim Springfield , Massachusetts , lie-
publican , writing upon the subject of
legislative lobby , says : "Tho lobby and
its operations is a matter dimly under
stood and too little feared , " It may be
down in the old Bay state , that the cor
rupting inllucnco of disreputable lobby
ists has just shown itself , but hero in
Nebraska the people are familiar witli
the dishonest methods by which design
ing jobbers push through unpopular meas
ures. The drunken and dishonest gang ,
composed of notorious and unprincipled
railrogues which stormed the capital the
past winter , succeeded not only in mak
ing itself disgusting and odious to honest
men , but also carried all the measures
planned by the moro dishonest scamps
who hold respectable positions in rail-
wayicircles and who look to the lower
strata of the lobby to carry out their ne
farious ends. It will be regarded as the
dawning of a now era when a legislature
is allowed to escape from the poisonous
effects of unprincipled scallawags and
bummers , who are retained o'n railroad
pay rolls , in order to breathe con
tamination on a body of honest men
once in two yeaw.
THE state of Ohio grow jealous , it
seems , of Sioux City's Haddock murder
case. At any rate Dr. W. T. Northup , a
prominent physician at Havorlull , in the
eastern part of Scioto county , was re
cently murdered by Thomas McCoy , a
saloon-keeper , and his brother Alfred , the
postmaster at Haverhill , aided by the two
sons of Alfred McCoy. Dr. Northup had
incurred the displeasure of the McCoys
by being active in favor of local option.
The trial promises to bo long and ted
ious. It is hoped the evidence will bo
moro satisfactory in the Ohio case than
in the Iowa tragedy.
TIIK Michigan Central railroad has
expressed itself through President Led-
yard who says they cannot sell a com
mercial travellers ticket for loss than $25
on 1,000 mile mileage books. Other
Michigan roads grant the two cent rate ,
but President Ledyard says such is dis
crimination , and as there are 2,500 travel
ing men in Detroit it is plain why the road
holds out. The intor-stato law _ will never
bo condemned if people can only bo
taught to comprehend that railroads are
interpreting it wrongfully , with the view
of its early repeal.
WICHITA , Kansas , furnishes the best
illustration of a "town gone wild on a
boom" in the United States. "Desirable
corner lots" in scvon-mile-away addi
tions arc being purchased at almost fabulous - ,
ulous prices by the eastern greenhorn.
There are- many single buildings in
Omaha containing more bricks than were
used in building the cntiro "city" of
Wichita. The bottom will fall out of that
town one of the days this spring and
fools who have bought long on remote
corner lota will be employing cheap boys
to kick them over the most interesting
portions of the to wo.
MK. BUOATCH is entitled to the support
of reputable and law-abiding citizens of
all parties for the enemies be has made.
The keepers of low dives and dens are
united against him. They opon.yaay
that Garneau is their friend , andthey
propoM to make him mayor at all haz
ards. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KKKP the corporation employes out of
tbe oonacil. A man cannot serve two
masters. Nice times out of ten when
ever the Jssuo comes between a man's
corporate employers and his duty to tlio
people ho will vote with his employers.
It was so with Garvoy , Knox and Young
in the last legislature. It has been so
with Daily and other railroad council-
men. If workintimon want representa
tion they should support as their choice
men who do not wear the brass collar.
As exchange says , "Whether Shakes *
poaro wrote the plays credited to him , or
whether he didn't , this fact is patent
the man calling himself Shakespeare
wrote upon all subjects. " The exchange
should look again. Mr. Shakespeare tor-
got , it seems , to say anything upon the
long and short haul subject. It is just
possible , however , that Mr. Shakes
peare's pass was not called in ,
IT is now reported that Mrs. Cleveland
last were an unbecoming hat , n black
straw turban , covered with black velvet
and black pompons , two stlfffcathors and
two bunches of black chenille upon liny
sticks. The fishing season will soon been
on , and we will hoar moro about Dan
and Grover. There is a season for all
things , as Mr. Solomon has said.
IN this ago ot wonderful discoveries
and enterprises , nothing seems impos
sible. The great Sphinx has been revealed -
voalod , the saivl of Kgypts desert having
been thrown aside. Up to this time ,
however , it has been impossible to' reveal -
veal how much boodle booilling mem
bers of the judiciary committee received
from Nebraska gamblers.
MUCH depends upon the next city
council. The twelve men to bo elected
to the council next Tuesday will control
our municipal affairs for the next three
years. Every voter , whether ho is a
property owner or not. lias a vital inter
est in the election of honest and com
petent men to the council.
SKNATOU Guottcc VEST , the Missouri
monument of clear-cut bourbon demo
cracy , is determined to keep before the
people. Each day , hero of late , ho au
thoritatively announces that Cleveland
will not run for the second form. Like
the parrot , Mr. Vest talks too much.
ACCOUUINU to our democratic contem
porary , Mr. Daily has made a record
whioli entitles him to a third term in the
council. Now we should like to know
what Mr. Daily has douo , except voting
for every ordinance in the Interests of
his corporate employes.
DON'T fail to register before Monday
noon. Every citizen whoso name is not
on the regibler will lese his vote , unless
ho can swear that he has been unable to
register by reason of sickness or absence
from the city.
SXATK AND TKlllUL'OKY.
Nobranka Jottings.
Kearney will bore for gas.
The Wahoo creamery is completed and
ready for business.
The school census gives Lincoln a
population of ! WolO.
Tokani.-.h is quietly debating the sub
ject of bonds tor waterworks.
A Schuylor youth with moro bowels
than brains ate thirty-two bananas on a
wager.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad sur
veyors arc viewing the lay of the land in
Holt county ,
Miss Vanio Fulruor , of Schuylor , was
caressed by an unmanageable horse and
had ono rib broken.
Blair , Kounard and Arlington propose
to give Fremont a lively whirl for the
trade of the Elkhorn valley. Boycott
'em.
'em.As
As an evidence of dramatic growth on
the frontier , Ainsworth has invested $300
in scenery and joined the circuit of barn
stormers.
The Masons of Arlington dedicated a
new hall last week. Delegations from
Omaha , Blair , Fremont and West Point
were present.
Joseph Leftler , a farm hand in Saunders -
ders county , fell dead while harrowing a
Held near Wahoo , Friday afternoon.
Heart disease.
The Dundy County Pioneer celebrates
its third annual with an extensive
write up of the surrounding country and
its business men.
A furious prairie fire blackened a large
section of country south of Ainsworth ,
but was knocked out by u timely shower
before much damage was done.
The Norfolk Gazette has turned out its
tiny toes. The scarcity of democratic
readers and an over duo mortgage pro
duced congestion of the financial thorax.
Arapahoe is the headquarters of a gang
of watch swindlers. They arc stem-
winders as well as their goods , and drive
a profitable business among the timeless
fools in the neighborhood.
Arapahoe had another destructive fire
last week , during which four horses were
cremated. The principal loser was Ed
Haymaker. A few moro fires like the
last will probably induce the mossback
residents to invest in a system of fire pro
tection.
Otoo county is developing another
Shcllenberger. His name is Joe Brand ,
and he is cursed with the cowardly habit
of cruelly beating his sixteen-year-old
daughter on the slightest provocation.
Ills neighbors threaten to rldo him out
of town on a roil.
"Is the story straight ? " Shouts the in
terlocutor of the NcbrasKa City Press ,
referring to Manager Clark's statement
that the Missouri Pacific railroad will
locate hhops in Omaha. Como up and
see , my boy , andiibntlun sulphur springs
will banish all doubts from your mind
as well as rheumatism from your limbs.
Harry Ingalls , a tyno sticker from
Omaha , after a probationary season as
"chief localist" on tub O'Nei'll Tribune ,
has launched the Shamrock Picking in a
thriving young town in Holt county.
Harry possesses tho-ability and expcrl
enco to make a successful publisher , and
the residents of Shamrock should give
him prompt and generous support.
Among the arrivals at the Genoa
Indian school recently were a man and
wlfo married Indian style in their teepees
in Wyoming. To conform to the civil
ized rulcH of the school they were mar
ried by a minister lost Thursday. The
ceremony was particularly impressive
and conveyed to tBe young children of
the plains tbo full import of the act.
An Oakdale lunatic named Muggen-
burg , in the town jail , mounted the col
lar of Harvey Barcus and led him in a
lively dance. With a No. 13 cowhide ho
turned a tasty double shuttle on Harvey's
body , The cotillion was getting ono
sided when Ed Staggs tripped in. Mug-
genburg embraced him at 0nco , tied a
handkerchief about his neck and nearly
choked him to death. Tbe lunatic is
now enjoying the freedom of a separate
room and a straight jacket.
Railroad wreckers and horse-thieves
arc being rushed to the penitentiary at a
lively rate. Following closely on the
trail of Hoftrnan and Boll in Otos county ,
comes the Union Pacific wreckers from
Columbus. It will require seven years
for Heldt to pay the penalty of his folly.
Bowman , tbe survivor of A hors * raid
ear Valentino ; goes up for song term of
ye.ir ? , followed by Alvnh llcomau for n
Similar offense near Ilartington. The
cllmalo of Nebraska Is getting dollciously
tropical for the road agents.
The energetic bettor-half ot P. F.
O'Sullivan , e.x-edltor of the Progress , has
been appointed postmistress of West
Point. The friends of Pole in both
parties , and they are legion , will rejoice
at this late recognition of faithful and
pioneer work in Cuming county. The
democracy lias no representative truer
than he , and the farmers and working
people lost a staunch and zealous advo
cate of their rights when ho retired from
the Progress. Mrs. O'Sullivan ' po se.scs
every qualification necessary to success
fully manage the business of Uuclo bam
in West Point.
A rank instance of wedding blU.s
turned to blisters Is made public in Seward -
ward county. 11. F. Maynard declares
that Luctte Maynard wants all his
worldly goods. Ho is willing to give her
nil the law allows. "I married her , "
Henry confesses In a public notice , "on
Juno 15 , 1S3I. and for the first three years
she done well enough , and I might have
boon well fixed had she not always
worked against my interest and quar
reled with me , even to flourishing a
butcher knife in my face. My father
gave mo u farm , a span of good horses
and money besides , while her father
gave her a bob-tail cow when she was
married , and willed her $ , " > In 1883. 1
cannot live with that woman , and for
that reason I don't want her , "
Iowa Items.
The state treasurer of the Irish National
league collected $3,818.H , ! ) last year.
/I'lie county superintendent's conven
tion at Waterloo lias been adjourned to
May 21 ,
The fifty hydrants of the city of Crcs-
ton have been located and active work
on the plant will commence in a week.
1 ho Sioux City driving park associa
tion hasliled articles ot incorporation
with the auditor of state : capital stock ,
$2riooo.
It has recently been discovered that
the hard winter has killed all the black
berry bushes so extensively cultivated at
Delaware.
The state railroad commission has
finally decided the union depot site ques
tion at Ottumwa , and the building will
be eroded at once.
The immense shops of the Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy road at Loftier , just
beyond the corporate limits of Burling
ton , occupy about forty acres and cost a
half a million in money.
Delia Blair , the seven-year-old daugh
ter of Lafc Blair , living near Newton ,
Jasper county , was horribly burned last
week by her clothing catching fire from
a brush heap , around which she had been
playing. Hopes arc entertained of her
recovery.
Next Wednesday has boon sot apart for
the observance of prayer for the repose
of the soul of Roy. Father Woymann , at
Carroll. Over fitly priests are expected
to attend from abroad. A novel feature
of the ceremony will be an address by
Hov. Father August Tolton , colored , who
is of f lave parentage. His remarks will
be delivered in German.
A farmer living near Mt. Pleasant
found BIX of his neighbor's horses in II'H
pasture. Ho stretched a barbed wire
along a portion of the fence and forced
the poor brutes through it. The fence
was carried quite a distance by the barbs
sticking in the flesh of the horacs. liter
ally tearing their skin and llcsh into
shreds. Much against the better judg
ment of the neighbors the fiend still en
joys life , liberty and the pursuit of liap-
Dakota.
Fargo will go down 2,000 feet for nat
ural gas.
Miller's artesian well flows 1,000 gallons
lens a minute.
Yankton business men are trying to
work up a boom.
Marion Junction is well fixed with a
creamery and ciices = o factory.
Sioux Falls will bo required to pay a
bonus of $50,000 to get the Duluth road.
The Chicago , St. Paul & Milwaukee
track expects to reach Miller by Au
gust 1.
The Deudwood Times makes this pro
phetic allusion : By way of caution wo
will state that the late fall of snow , wet
as it is , will all go into the ground where
it lies , unless a rainstorm should set in.
This snow will make water and the
water will go down into the ground.
Two young ladies of Rapid City be
came exasperated , wearisome and sleepy
over the nightly howlings of a couple of
dogs belonging to the chief of police of
that humane hamlet , and rising and
drcssinir at 2 o'clock in the morning ,
they marched forth with axes and bat
tered down the Don in which the brutes
wore imprisoned. They forgot to hit the
brass-buttoned officer ono for luck.
Uaplit Transit.
Fan Finnclfca Chronicle ,
George W. Pullman , of palace car
fame , and Charles Francis Adams , of the
Union Pacific railroad company , have
put their heads together and dcvLscd
what they call the "Asiatic Limited Ex
press. " Their plan is to carry passen
gers from Liverpool or Havre to Yokohama
hama or Canton inside of a month , and
with but two changes of conveyance
ono from steamer to rail at Now York
and the other from rail to steamer in
San Francisco. These trains are to bo
made up on the Jersey City wharf and to
come across the continent in 100 hours.
They are to run weekly or fortnightly ,
ns may be thought best.
The question which chiefly concerns us
is the shortening of tbe time between
New York and San Francisco. The
schedule tlmo now by the Central Pacific ,
Union Pacific and eastern roads is six
days. By the Asiatic Limited it will bo
shortened to four days and four hours.
The question will then arise : If so great
a reduction in time can be made once n
week or once in two weeks , why cannot
the time bo bhorloned every dayV Even
if it were lessened only twenty-four
hours , it would bo a decided gain , for
most people going east or coming west
are desirous of reaching their destination
as soon as possible.
There have boon several propositions
for shortening the time of the trip , but
for one reason or another they have all
fallen through. Sometimes the diffi
culty was east of Chicago , somctiuioH be
tween Chicago and Omaha , and nomo-
times somewhere else ; but it was always
Bomowhore. Now if it is demonstrated
that the overland journey can be made
on this short schedule the people of this
coast will li'.tvo u right to insist that a re
duction in time shall bo made for their
benefit as .well as for the comparatively
few passengers going to Japan and China.
At any rate , if the now time table is
ouco established , it will result in dimin
ishing the time for the regular trips , as
otherwise the Asiatic limited will carry
the greater part of the passengers bound
for California , and thoao bound cast as
well. Most people would prefer to wait
a week for the sake of avoiding an extra
day or two on thu road , and the uaturgl
consequence will bo that the fast trains
will be packed full and the slow ones
will go empty. The trains will have to
run daily as at present , for mail contracts
and the like will compel the running of
trains every day ; anu BO , unless the time
is shortened on the daily trips there will
be one enormously heavy train each
week and six very fight ones.
We hope Adamc and Pullman will hue-
ceod m Dtartingthe Asiatic Limited , as
the necessary effect must be to givu more
rapid transit acrosw the continent for all
. whp have to mah the journev-
SUN-STRICKEN SUFFERERS.
Three Gold Hunters Left to Povish on n
Trackless Desert *
"MEXICAN JOE'S" MALIGNITY.
Three Dnys Without AValrr-Tlirllllni ;
Tnlo of Southwestern Ailvctitinc
Itcscttcd hy Cr.stnm House Men
A Faithful
Now York Sun : No mortal being , un
less ho Ims trnvctlcd the length and
breadth of Mexico within the post six
months , CAM form nny correct idea of the
widespread drought which has prevailed
tlicro. The tourist over the Mexico Cen
tral riulrond has , of course , looked out
on cnch sldo of the roadway upon the
vast dusty plains that stretch into the
dim hori/.on , or end abruptly at the base
of the volcanic rock ranges. Ho did not
know , however , that the deep dry basins
from which he saw the dust wreathing in
columns as muoka from huge caldrons
wore the beds of Inrgo ponds , w'lich ' here
tofore at this season liavo been many
feet deep with water , and covered with
every vailety of ncquatio wild fowl ; that
the b.inks of the acequias , which irrigate
the Inrgo ranches , no longer wenslrown
with the golden leaves of the cottonwood ,
reminding one of Tom Tiddler's ground ;
that these ditches were as dry and
parched as the bleached bones of the cat
tle strewn in the mosquito brush ; that the
century plniils and Spanish daggers were
of n paler green , and that even the great
burning boulders in the nrroyos seemed
\\ilh all nature to pant for moi.sturc.
Last year those now grassless plains
were dotted with largo bands of antelope
and tracked by myriads of quail. Now ,
no game can be seen far or noart for
what has not perished has migrated iong
since to the ever watered districts. This
direful condition has necessarily been
destructive to the stock , and made the
lives of the rnncheros a burden of make
shifts and disappointments.
A bTOItr OK HOLD.
It was early in tlio drought that Mexi
can Joe , a restless wanderer on the plain
on the northeast part of the state of
Chihuahua , came to El Paso , Texas , with
a story of a gold find that sot the three
listeners to whom ho conlldod Ids sec-rot ,
wild with the most hopeful anticipations.
He told of a .spot far out on a forty-mile
wide desert where the sand was mixed
with gold dust , and of which no ono
know the oxislcucu but lunibelf. To no
better subjects could he have told his
story for credence , for all of them had
been inoculated with the prospecting
and mining fever from their childhood.
The dust , he said , was rich ; indeed , the
specimens ho showed worn of an
extraordinary character , lie added
that the gold lay sixty miles from
water , thus showing the necessity
of carrying water in great quantity oh
the suggested prospecting tour. It took
the party a week to lit out , and then it
started trom El i'aso. The outlit con
sisted of an intelligent California mining
expert , an El Paso merchant , and a man
called Swiss Joe. They had a good team
of horses hitched to a long box wagon ,
and three bronchos to ride. The prepar
ations for the trip had created some curi
osity , and it took the party several days
to dodge the men who were found fol
lowing them. Jt occupied over a week
to reach San Antonio Springs , where
THE WATKK BAUBULS AND CANTUKKS
were filled before entering the desert.
On the evening of the second day out
from the springs the party made u dry
camp at a promontory of rocks wliicli
jutted out into the burningdesert. . Up
to this time Mexican Joe , the guide , had
refused to say anything , except in a general -
oral way , as to the location of the gold.
Now , he told the party that it lay twenty
miles out in the desert from the point of
rocks. Ho proposed that , as the country
was rough , the minor , merchant , and
Swiss Joe , should ride to the spot in the
morning and collect what specimens
they pleased ; that ho should drive north
along the base of the rooky range to an
other point of rocks , which ho pointed
out , and that the party should cut across
the desert irom the gold laid and meet
1dm there. In other words , ho was to
drive along one side of a triangle while
the minor and partners were to travel
the two other sides. All this was agreed
to.
Shortly after sunrise the next morning
the trio started out , lull of hope and
courage. What little wind there was
came from behind , and the dust nearly
choked them. The glare of the sun on
the sand was almost blinding , it was
noon before the party reached the &pot
where the gold was suid to bo , A few
minutes' hunt convinced them that all
Mexican Joe had said about its nbuud.
nnco was true. The sand , as far as could
bo judged without an assay , was rich.
Several hours were paused in collecting
specimens , and then thu party blurted
back to meet the wagon. Knowing they
had a suflieient supply of water in the
barrels in the wagon , the horses had
boon liberally watered from the can
teens , and the party hud drank freely
This had nearly exhausted the supply
with them. It was night when they
reached tbe point whore they bud agreed
to meet the wagon ,
iiux NO WAGON WAS IN sionx.
It WHS subsequently learned that Mexican
Joe had at the last moment repented of
tolling the secret of the gold , and that bo
hud become suspicious of his partners ,
fearing they would leave him out in the
cold and defraud him of Ids share. This
four moved him so suddenly and strongly
that in a moment of regret and despair
ho determined to leave Vila partners to a
horrible fate out on the waterless dcnert.
Then again ho would be the only owner
of the secret of thu gold duet. lie there-
tore turned his back upon the meeting
place , and tootc the trail buck to Sun
Antonio Springs.
It is not dijlictilt to imagine the fool-
iiigs of the three num when they found
that the wagon was not at the ngroed
meeting place. Numerous were the eon-
lectures why it was not thnro. No one
believed that Mexican Joe hud lost his
way , for the trail wus too plain sailing ,
and the point of rooks where they were
to meet nitvor out of night. They
thought porlmps that the smugglers who
skirt the deport had followed the wagon
trail und murdered Umir guide ; that
some poisonous .snako had killed 1dm ;
that bo had b < 'en takcu suddenly ill ; in
fact , they conjured up uvury reason for
his absence but thn right one. That they
never OUCH thought of. They oursod
their ill luck , as wfill they might , for
their position was a very desperate one.
They wore ninety miles from water , un
der a btirning.Kun , and scarcely a cupful
left in the three canteen ! ) . Jlusides they
had nothing to eat but two small tor
tillas , Thn miner , who was a man of
considerable
NJ.UVK AND KNKItOV ,
otlast said : "There is nothing for it bu
nlotw fur as possible to-night , " and the
igy started on their almost hopeless
oUrtnev across the vast plain. After
going thirty miles the broncho * , which
had up to that time boon Ind , were unsad-
ded and bridled , and left to find their
way to water if they could. When morn
ing came the party sat down to rest.
Tliay divided thu tortillas equally , and
each took a siii of water. Thoi h.vl gone
about forty miles. Thu sun was now ho
hot it was decided that it was belter to
wait until evening before resuming their
journey. After nightfall the party strug
gled onward. Twenty-lire miles wore ao-
comiduhed , but tbe pangs of ihiftt were
tcrribli ? . The merchant's tongue bojjnn
to swell and crack. The minor could only
ppoak In whispers , and Swiss Joe was the
picture of stoic despair. All three wore
very much chafed and foot-sore ; but the
merchant's feel were covered with blis
ters , the soles of his light shies having
been torn off from travelling on the rough
ground.
On the morning of the second
day the party staggered blindly
onward. Occasionally they would sink
down on the burning sand to rest , only ,
however , to get up again n moment
later , as the thought of perishing there
rose before them. On that day and the
third night they traveled twenty miles
and wore now but live miles from water.
Hut these milo seemed as if they were a
thousand. The merchant's longuo now
filled his mouth and throat , and threat
ened to choke Him. Swlis Joe could
scarcely crawl. Ilk eyes wore blood
shot and lie was out of his mind. The
minor could not speak. Ho would stag
ger ton feet and then fall backward. On
becoming conscious ho would creep
under a cactus for shade. The party
mailo ono mile in seven and one-half
hours , when , by the merest chance , they
were found by a boily of Mexican custom
house guards.
The tlirco gold hunters wore taken to rx
camp some miles oil' , where they stayed
until able to return to El Paso. The
minor , who sulTorcd the most , said that
on th third day ho thought ho was walk
ing through lire , and that when ho lay
down in the shade of the cacti ho could
hear running water and sco a table cov
ered with smoking t'islios ' and iced wines ,
over which a little Mexican dog kept
guard and would not lot him touch any
thing. The bull'erlng.s of the parly were
so great that not ono of thorn since has
oven suggested getting the gold , which
they know is a reality. It was some time
before anything was heard of Mexican
Joe. Ho is now said to bo in Sonora.
In criticising the conduct ot certain
registrars the I'r.n found fault with the
registrar of the First district of the Third
ward. Persona who claim to know what
they are talking about maintain that the
information glvoji the Hii : ; regarding this
registrar was incorrect , and that he is a
very careful , Impartial and painstaking
man.
Propawd with otrfct TOmtd to Parity , StronaBi , sn4
lle-Jtbfulnoaa. Ir. Price's Uddnj Powder coatalna
no AminonIoIJine1Alnm or rhoephMea.Dr.Prtco'0
Esttatlfl , Yuntlla , folium , ctc , Havoc CoUdocal/ .
THE RA1LWAI TIME TABLES ,
OMAHA.
V UMMLY TUA1N B.
Kunuiuc between Council Bluffs and South
Omaha. In addition to the stations inen-
tioued , traliiH stop at Twentieth and Twenty-
fourth stri'tilti , and at Summit , In Omaha.
\Vc twar l.
COUNCIL
CONNECTING UNKslTransfer Iran Arrive Hf os
depot
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All Trains run Dally. 0:15 : in' ' 52r ; p m
| 2:40 : pin 7:00 : pm
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