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GENKHAL SIIKKIDAN quietly sits dowr
on General Rossor , nnd tlio latter wll
continue to squirm.
TITE hotel proorictors will soon poll
tion the intor-stato commission askinj
that passes bo granted to all politician !
as heretofore.
THE passionate poet , Swinburne , hai
hurled an ode of ono hundred lines a
Gladstone. Such ingratitude is not pun
iauablc. Yet if n man throws- dyna
mite bomb in Russia ho is immediately
hanged. England's laws are lax.
KICIIAHD A. PitocTon , the scientist , in
slats that there are sea serpents , and say :
the stories regarding them ought not tc
' be ridiculed. The next thing wo hear o :
Mr. 1'roctor ho will be trying to prove
that the moon is not green cheese.
ONE of the Chicago boodlcrs ha ;
coughed up $1,000 in currency , saying 51
belonged to Cook county. Conscience
occasionally makes a money thief fee' '
Borious , but generally speaking it Is not
H Until ho has squandered the money.
Aw Tnrtmn from the Omalin luaorva
tlon , Ta-wa-hao-zin-ga , recently called
on Governor Thayer. It is understood
IIt that Ta-wa-hac-zln-ga wants to bo oil
t ! inspector , judge in the First district 01
Douncilman from the Tenth ward in
Uniaha. < _ _ _
Du. EDWAKD KNOX , of Fentress county
Tenn. , on Monday tied up naked his four
toon-year-old son for some boyish indis
cretion and. whipped him with a blaok-
nako whip until ho diod. This is a case
where neither the rod nor the ctuld was
pared.
HOFFMIN , the Nebraska train wreckoi
fwho is confined in jail at Nebraska Citj
awaiting execution , has called for i
bible. Had he thought of this the oven
fng he obstructed the railroad track-
perhaps ho would , to-day bo a bolter am
Lappior man.
GATIT , in the Cincinnati lEnquircr
Comes to the rescue of the James boys ,
And excuses them for all their crimes
{ This is rather late in the day to help Jossi
much , but may succeed In drawing largo :
Crowd * for Colonel Frank when hi
tnakes his annual speeches at the count ]
fairs in Missouri this fall
Ir the organ of the state printinj
thieves , known aa the Boocllert' Own , hat
jfiiven the republican candidate fo
rjnayor in Lincoln as much' attention as i
has given Mr. Broatch , perhaps it couk
llavo elected a republican , instead of thi
Democrat who now tills that office.
A NBW YOUK ox-alderman , supposed ti
have boon a poor man , dropped dead 01
the street on Monday , stricken with
heart disease , and the coroner found 01
Ins body $25,000 worth of street railwa ;
bonds , concealed in a bolt worn betwoci
bis outer and his undershirt. It is though
that ho placed the bonds in his bol
while doing aldurmauio duties and hat
forgotten thorn. It would bo in order t <
bxauiino Jake Sharp's bolt.
A MISSOUBI paper alleges that Colone
A. C. Dawcs , of thn Kansas City , St. Joseph
oph & Council Bluffs road , has been ton
dercd the position of general manager o
the Oregon Railway and Navigation com
' pany. "It is not known yet , " says thi
Missouri paper , "whether he will or wil
pot accept the fine position offered t
him. " It Is hoped , in tlio interest * of Ui
Oregon Railway aud Navigation com
pany that the Chicago , Burlington t
Qulncy road will not lot him go. Colono
pawcs is certainly no decided improve
jnent over his namesake oace governo :
of Nebraska.
FINANCIKKS will understand what i
tneaut by the reduction in the discoun
rate of the bonk of England to 3 po
cent. It Indicates an abundant prcsen
supply of money iu the London marke
and a conviction in the uiiuds of th
managers of the great banking iustltn
tion that there will bo enough to meet al
probable emergencies in the near future
Two per cent is the minimum rote of th
Bank of England , and is the best evl
denco of a money plethora. That cii
oumstance Is not unfavorable to thl
country * Iu a political direction Uio sig
nillcauco of the reduction is that tb
.leading financiers of (5real Britain ar
not apprehensive of any serious conflict
in Europe in the near future. It is in al
* wpects a reassuring alga.
Willing to Compromise.
We some time ago noted the fict ; th.it
Congressman Springer of Illinois had
expressed himself in favor of a compro
mise between the hostile factions of the
democracy on the tariff , In onlor to olYoct
n reduction of the revenues which inon
of nil parties concede to l/o necessary. It
now transpires that Mr. Carlisle takes a
similar view of the situation , except that
he expects rather more from re publicans
than from the protectionist democrats.
Iho Kentucky congressman is quite sanguine -
guino regarding a reduction. Ho lias no
doubt that the iievt congress will reiluco
revenues , though he does not expect the
passage of such a bill as the rovouuo
form democrats would llko to have.
It will bo remembered that when Mr.
Randall endeavored , near the close of the
hist congress , to bring forward a bill re
pealing the tobacco tax. Mr. Carlisle
would not permit him to do so. Ho
seems to have modified his views some
what in this direction , and now .lays "it
might occur , in the efforts to get through
n bill reducing the tariff , that some com
promises should bo made. Under the
circumstances , with an opposition
senate , and with a division of opinion
among democratic representatives , a
compromise that was fair would bo hon
orable. In such a state of the cuso the
obacco tax might bo repealed. " The
whisky tax , however , ho Insists should
bo loft undisturbed.
There could bo no bettor indication
than this of the position that will betaken
taken in the next congress by the rev
enue reform democrats , who will bo more
completely than ever in the control of
Mr. Carlisle , sir.co Mr. Morrison will not
be present to divide influence. It maybe
bo remarked also that the modified
attitude of Mr. Carlisle is in accord with
the understood views of the administra
tion , the president in his last message
having counselled , in relation to the tarlll'
quofltiou , "a willingness to yield some
thing for the public good. " But will the
limited compromise suggested by Mr.
Carlisle bo met in a similar spirit by the
tariff men ? The repeal of the tobacco
tax would cut down the revenues nearly
$30,000,000. Will the protectionists ,
democrats or republicans surrender an
equal amount in tariff duties ? The solu
tion will still rest chiolly with Mr. Ran
dall and his faction , AS it did in the last
congress , who will continue to hold the
balance ot power. The republican as
sistance that Mr. Carlisle now counts on
will not bo strong enough to effect the desired -
sired object. What Mr. Randall may
do or refuse to do no man can
tell , but it is evident that he
can dictate terms if ho is able to hold his
faction together. He will exert himself
as never , before to do this , for the break
ing up of his little band of adherents in
congress would bo his political ruin. Ho
understands that nine-tenths of the party ,
with the administration in sympathy , desires -
sires and Books his downfall , and would
politico on linn with both feet if ho should
fall. Ho must keep his contingent solider
or go down , perhaps never to rise again.
It is certain , therefore , that Randall will
fight with desperate energy to keep his
little force intact , and if ho accomplishes
this ho will again bo master of the situa
tion. It is this unfortunate phase of the
situation that detracts somewhat from
the confulcnt assurances of Mr. Carlisle ,
and suggests a fear that experience
nitli the ncAt uuugrcss iu tins matter
may be little if any moro satisfactory
than it was n'ith the last.
The Labor Alliance and the Chinese.
The labor alliance , of San Francisco , is
yet making a determined fight against
Chinese labor. The white men claim
thut it is impossible for them to success
fully compete with the coolins in many
branches , especially in the manufacture
of cigars. At a meeting of the now
trades union alliance this week , a com
mittee previously appointed to devise a
certificate for the use of those dealers in
cigars who do not patronize Chinese
labor , made a formal report. The cer
tificate read :
"To whotn It may concern : The holder of
this certificate has pledged himself to the
Labor Unions' Mutual alliance and the
Clgarmakers' International union not to buy ,
sell or make any Chinese cigars , wholesale
or retail ; and , further , to foster the Interests
of home industry. "
It was unanimoualy agreed by all
members of the trades unions that num
erous mass-meetings bo held , and a
united effort be made to abolish Chinese
labor in manufacturing goods of all
kinds.
If the coolie is to bo tolerated in this
country at all , a place must bo made for
him in the kitchon.on the railroad grade ,
In the orchards of the coast or other
places where his labor does not interfere
with citizens. Ro must not insinuate
himself into white men's positions , lower
their wages and take the paltry pittance
received for his day's labor and send it
out of a country of which ho refuses to
become a citizen , to purchase his trrticlos
of food and clothing. * This country
offers inducements and extends the hand
of welcome to all classes of laboring
men yet at the same time it has no par
ticular nso for the almonod-oyed heathen
who offers his services at what to any
other m an would necessarily bo starva
tion wages.
Reduced Taxation.
When wo stated in our last Issue that
the assessed valuation of property in
Omaha for municipal taxation , would , al
tlireo percent , yield | 400,000 , during the
present year ; our estimate was based on
an aggregate assessment of $15,000,000.
This is at least f3,000,000 below what the
asssessmont will bo , if made on the pre
vailing basis of one-fourth or even one-
fifth of actual values. Instead ol
110,000,000 as tijmrod in our previous es
timate , the assessed valuation of Omaha
last year was 113,000,000. The increase
for the present year , by the rise of real
estate values , improvements and annexa <
tiou of now territory , should at a low
estimate , add to last year's assessment
roil from 14,000,000 to $5,000,000.
On a three per cent tax the city's Income -
como in 1&S7 , would reach over half a
million dollars. With this enormous
sum at its disposal , there will bo no ex
cuse for an overlap , Last year the citj
taxes were i per cent. This year Si
mills will moro than meet all demands ol
the municipal government The irn
provoracnts already under way this yeai
justify the prediction that the city taxe :
can bo reduced to 2 per cent in 1888 with
out in the least embarrassing the citj
government.
Lai t year the county tax was a per oonl
on assessed valuation. This year it can
bo reduced to 15 mills. That would yield
nearly 1300,000. The 'county commlj
sloncrs ought to bo able to inako ends
meet with ? 300.000 a year at their dis
posal. The funding of the county debt
which Is to take place this fall will very
materially reduce the interest charged.
The annexation by Iho city of territory
which lias heretofore depended on the
county for its gradlugbrldgug ! and other
improvements , will relieve the county
treasury of a heavy dralv. Thu
Incorporated villages and towns
in the county will also lesson
the cost of maintaining highways ,
There is no valid reason why taxation
should not bo reduced both for city and
county purposes during the present year ,
While taxes have been very light in
Omaha on the basis of real values , the
high rate levied on assessed values has
had a tendency to frighten capitalists
and investors. A reduction of the tax
rate will have a very beneficial effect.
Kxtr A vacant Hydrant Tolls.
The suburbs of the city ask for fire
protection , and they ought to have it as
speedily as possible. But before the
council orders a further extension ol
water mains , it should como to an under
standing with the water works company ,
with regard to the cost of additional
water hydrants. When the charter was
voted to the water works company six
years ago it was estimated that Omaha
would bo well protected by 800 fire
hydrants. To-day the city is paying for
nearly five hundred hydrants at a rental
of ? 80n year for each hydrants. In other
words the hydrant tax has run up from
$ 10,000 to over $40,000 a year , which rep
resents interest at 5 per cent on an
investment of $800,000 or interest at 0 pet
cent on ? OCO,000. It is safe to say that the
present waterworks plant can bo dupli
cated for less than ? 000,003. It seems to
that the time is readjustment
us at hand for a -
justment of the contract between the
city and the waterworks company , on a
basis that will assure a fair income to the
company without imposing needless bur
dens upon the taxpayers.
With $ 10,000 a year income from exist
ing hydrants , the company can -well af
ford to reduce the price for additional
hydrants to $25 n year. Thoro.is a hand
some profit In the investment for exten
sions even at that price. We have op
posed the proposed repeal of the water
works company's franchise , but we deem
it just and proper that the company
should bo required to reduce its extrava
gant rental for additional fire hydrants.
"THE liquor license laws of Pennsyl
vania , "Hays the Philadelphia Itccord , "ac
they are now construed arc a jumble
and a puzzle for lawyers and laymen.
The indelimteness of their provisions
gives excuse for the most cranky nnd in
consistent constructions by the courts.
In some judicial districts the theory is
set up that the granting of \ \ license is n
matter of judicial option : in others ,
that it is a matter of local option ; and
in still others , that the option lies in the
hand of the applicant for a license and
depends on a literal compliance with
certain necessary formalities. " This is
the result of agitation. A sensible high
license law , such as is on the statutes of
Nebraska , admits of no puzzling con
struction. Plainly and distinctly the re
quirements arc written. The man sell
ing liquor.umlpr the Slocumb law under
stands its conditions and consequently
complys with them. The result is regu
lation , and as a general rule orderly
places whore liquors are sold.
THE State of Ohio , which has main
tained a good credit since the war , has
been having considerable trouble with Its
finances for the past two or three years.
The management of state affairs during
the lloadlny administration was reck
lessly extravagant , and before that 'ad
ministration expired it was compelled to
anticipate the collection of taxes in order
to moot the demands ou the treasury. It
left to its successor a bankrupt treasury ,
with largo demands io sight. The repub
lican administration by wise manage- ,
mcnt provided for these obligations , and
the legislature reduced expenditures , but
it refused to increase the tax levy , and it
now appears that the resources of the
treasury will bo exhausted by Juno 1 ,
and from that time until August the
state will have to bo run on credit. The
legacy of recent democratic government
in Ohio ought to make that state safely
republican for a long time to como.
ONE of the first things the now council
will have to deal with , will bo the print
ing steal in the shape of over ono thou
sand dollars for publishing Mayor Boyd's
election proclamation in two morning
papers , in addition to the publication in
the official paper , which circulates
moro than twice as many papers in
Omaha as both of these pmpcrscombinud.
MOST great men have found some par
ticular influence productive of ill effects
upon them. The especial bete noir of
Mr. Lamar appears to bo a dark skin.
In the case of Queen Kapiolani it bos
produced the extraordinary result on
Lamar of "neuralgia in the face. " Pathologists -
elegists may find this case worthy of
Uioir attention.
WE are reminded by Mr. McShano's
paper that there will bo a few
planks loose m our sidewalk as
long as Mike Mcanoy remains on
the staff of Mayor Broatch. Wo
are not troubled about Mlko Muanoy
just at present. He will go on the re
tired list in a few days.
THE official invitation and programme
for the eighteenth reunion of the Society
of the Army of the Cumberland , to be held
in Washington on May 11 and 12 , has
been issued. Its interest and attractive
ness are not diminished by the fact that
the name of General Keifcr does not ap
pear on it.
ONE of the conundrums of the hour is :
When will Tom Murray finish his six
etory block ! Wo know ho has heaps of
sand , but it is piled up on Fourteenth
street in front of his building.
TIIEKE will bo a grand blaze some of
these days on the triangle between St.
Mary's avenue and Barney street , which
is being covered by Under boxes and fire
traps of every description.
IT is said that when the queen of the
Sandwich Islands called at the white
house "Mrs. Cleveland was not at all
embarrassed , and the president appeared
to be perfectly at his ease. " According
to this official announcement , the queen
is not of so much importance after all.
Many 4 backwoods office-Maker baa em
barrassed Urover. The report says
nothingof how C6lonol Dan received her
royal highness , i
Tun splenetic attack of Rossor on Gen
eral Sheridan should have been per
mitted to pass withojit attention. Some
people will sock notoriety at any sacri
fice of manliness and honor. Tito proper
treatment of all such is umittcred con
tempt. 1
Tnn zigzng route wfiich the Chicago &
Northwestern is building to Omaha , is
an improvement on tljo old ox-bow by
way of Blair , but it U by no means what
Omaha should and must have. Nothing
loss than a direct line up the Elknorn
valley will fill the bill.
ONE thousand houses prcctod m Omaha
for renting , during the present and next
years , would bo a profitable investment ,
The demand is now large and will bo
larger for houses that will rent for from
$30 to | 40 a month.
Other Ijnmis Than Our * .
The London Times having followed up
the Parnoll forgery bydenouncing Dillon
as a liar , that journal has occupied rather
more attention in England during the
post week than any other subject. A
motion in the house of commons to insti
tute proceedings against the nominal
publisher , on the ground that the course
of the paper was a breach of privilege ,
has occupied the attention of the house
for several days , to the exclusion of all
other matters , including the crimes bill.
That measure has consequently made
verv little progress during the week.
In the discussion of the motion regarding
the Times , the tories have manifested
the'most partisan and unfair Hpirit.
The fact that the language used by the
newspaper was a plain breach of privilege
thoycannot escape from , but they seek to
oscftpe from an evident duty to defend
the character of n member of the
house by the subterfuge that Dillon can
have recourse to the courts for redress.
It is a contemptible exhibition of the
sacrifice of all precedent and right to
party hato. While the statesmen of Eng
land are wrangling over this matter , the
relentless agents of landlords in Ireland
are turning the miserable tenants out of
their homos and the heartless work of
coercion goes on.
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The week has developed no events of
interest on the continent of Europe ,
nothing having occurred from which
oven a plausible conjecture of. future dls-
turbanco could bo drawn. The popular
demonstrations in Paris , since the
Schnaebelcs afl'nir , have served to show
the very strong anti-GMrman feeling , but
there has not been ahv'considorablo rep
resentation ot the bertijr element identi
fied with those demonstrations. So
far as ofiicial expressions go Uioy
indicate the prevalence of an entirely
friendly sentiment , { fid ) it is evident that
the better class of people are well pleased
that the last cause ot 'misunderstanding
between France anil Germany was so
promptly and satisfactorily settled. The
incident has made Silmaobolns some
thing of a huro , and ha * inured to his
permanent .advantage. .Germany having
sent the prisoner back to hia own coun
try , has dismissed all thought of the mat
ter , but doubtless the people are taking
rtuo account of the popular manifesta
tions of hostility in Paris.
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The French licet is shortly to engage
in a series of grund manajuvres , the most
important which have been undertaken
since the war. Its first operation will be
the transport of troops from France to
Algeria and the attackingof the convoy
by a squadron 6f torpedo boats , having
Corsica for their base of operations.
The squadron will bo composed of four
ironclads aud four cruisers escorting the
convoy , of four other ironclads , which
will bo considered as transports. It will
leave Toulon and. sail for Algeria. The
torpedo squadron leaving Ajaccio will
have for its mission the attacking of the
convoy as it leaves the port of Toulon.
The second operation will bo the attack
by a torpedo squadron upon a squadron
Bailing from Toulon to Brost. The third
nnd the most important is the appear
ance off the Mediterranean coast of
Franco of an inimical squadron to bo at
tacked by torpedo boats. This latter
operation will take place in July.
'
Twelve men and three women are now
on trial on the charge 'of conspiracy
ngainst the life of the czar. The prison
ers are guarded in court by soldiers and
the public is excluded. It is a star
chamber trial in effect , though the ac
cused are represented by counsel and the
/orm ot defence is permitted. There
seems to bo no hope of acquittal , and the
penalty is death or at the best exile for
life. Ono of the women , a young girl ,
Haisa Schmldova by name , is said to bo
moro beautiful than Charlotte Cor day.
and her nharo in the plot and certain fate
nro the gossip of St. Petersburg. The ro
lontioss and unending war against the
czar , maintained by men and women of
every social rank , forms ono of the most
extraordinary chapters of modern his
tory.
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A great deal is boinc said and written
in Franco about the German trick of
learning the French bualo calls with a
view lo misleading the jyff my during an
'
engagement. There is'uothingvcry now
about the Idea. DuringjtUe war of 1870-1
Gorman buglers frequpljtly sounded a
halt for French troops at the critical
point of a charge , and $19 French regi
mental band once savod'i a division by
playing the German c&tfonal anthem.
This was during a sortli'ftom ' Metz in the
course of which one of/ the strongest
French divisions mistooj word of com
mand and marched right up to the
mouths of the Gorman'c ? , nnou. It was
only the intense darkness and the mu
sical device which saved.'it ' from diciina-
tion If not annihilation. , ,
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The mortality statistics just published
tor London are interesting as showing
tlio working of tendencies that are in
operation throughout most of the civil
ized world. The death rate and birth
rate uro each on the decrease. The fall
ing off in the former , however , is greater
than In the latter. That is to say , the
average ago attained by people before
they die is greater now than it wad ten
years ago , while the number of persons
born , in portion to population , is not so
great as formerly , But the increase in
the ago limit so counterbalances the do
orcase m births that the number of in
habitants , leaving immigration out of the
calculation , is steadiljr growing larger.
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The Scotch universities have been au
proachcd by the musicians ot Scotland
with reference to the granting of do-
grecs m music. The matter had boon
under consideration for some time , and
thorc is , it is understood , some disposi
tion to accede to the general wish on the
part of three out of the four universi
ties. Ono of the universities , though
possessed of nn endowed musical chair ,
has taken no active stops In the matter ,
Another having found that it is empow
ered to confer honorary degrees In
music , has taken the initiative , and ,
upon search being made , document ?
showing precedents for admitting candi
dates to examination have , it is said ,
been discovered , and it is therefore not
unlikely that the wishes of the Scotch
musicians will soon bc carried out.
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Afghanistan-is likely lo disappear alto
gether from the map of Asia before Ion g
What with England's "acinntifio fron
tier" ideas on the south , and Russia's
still moro decided absorption policy on
norlh , the ameer's territory is gradually
diminishing iu area. A dispute on the
northern frontier lias just been settled ou
the convenient "compromise" of giving
Russia all she claimed and withdrawing
all the claims to pecuniary compensation
made by other contestants , Towards the
fall the process will bo repeated , and
during the winter another treaty will bo
forced down the ameer's throat.
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The Sonnblick observatory , In the pro\
inco of Salzburg , Austria , is the highest
in Europe , being 10,177 foot above the
level of the sea. It was - established
chiefly through the exertions of M ,
Rojachcr , proprietor of the mines in thai
district , in conjunction with the German
and Austrian Alpine club nnd the Aus
trian Meteorological society. It remains
to bo shown what use can bo made of
the observations on such elevated sta
tions for the practical work of weather
forecasting. The observers of the Pic du
Mull claim to have foretold , from the
conditions at that observatory , the dis
astrous floods that occurred iu the south
of Franco at the end of June , 1875 , and
thereby to have rendered important serv
ices by their timely warning.
V
Something very much like white
slavery is practiotlcod in Nova Scotia ,
where pauper boys and girls are farmed
out , to the highest bidder. The farmer
purchases the ri < rhl to the child's labor
till it becomes of ago , and then ho can
soil his interest in the contract to any one
who will buy. At an auction sale at
Dicbv recently a boy was sold , ana so
outraged were the spectators that they
have petitioned the Dominion parliament
to put an end to the scandal. Cardinal
Manning's nice distinction between soil
ing a man's labor and selling the man
himself is evidently not appreciated iu
Nova Scotia.
V
Ono of the most melancholy incidents
of the eastern raamcuvros in England
was n disastrous tcst-of the sword bayo
nets with which the volunteers ore armed.
A dummy of cotton waste enclosed in a
truss of straw was a fair substitute for
the human body , and not a bayonet penetrated -
trated it unharmed. A Crimean sword
passed through it easily , but every sword-
bayonet was bent double and twisted out
of shape. The regular army is armed
with the same species of worthless bayo
net. The volunteers are suitably equip
ped for the sham battles which they fight
ouco a year.
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English women have , done much to
rescue the queen's jubilee celebration
from merited reproach for lack of public
interest. Wlulo other schemes for com
memorating 'the Victorian reign are
languishing and expiring through sheer
inanition , the women are bestirring
themselves in every borough and shire ,
and are confidently expecting to raise
S230.000 before the anniversary day.
This is the only ono of the countless
jubilee enterprises which excites popular
enthusiasm.
KINGS AND QUEENS.
The queen of Sweden , who has been stay-
ini ; at Amsterdam for some time , where she
underwent a critical operation , Is convales
cent.
cent.Of
Of all his birthday Rifts , which filled two
rooms of his palace , Kaiser Williolm most
values a life-sized portrait of his eldest
great grandson.
Emperor Francis Joseph ot Austrja Is re
ported to take the part of his daugnter-ln-
law In her quarrels with her Husband , Crown
Prince Ktulolph.
King Milan of Servia makes skittle playIng -
Ing a hobby. Ho was recently presented by
the prince of Montenegro with a carved set
of balls and men manufactured of extremely
hard wood.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria Is to erect a
memorial church at Cannes , France , on
which U to be placed a recumbent future of
the late duke of Albany , which will be a
raplica of the ono In the Wolsey chapel at
Windsor.
Queen Olga , of Greece , Is fond , of swim
ming , and a pond lined with white marble Ute
to be constructed iu the prounds of the roral
palace at AUiens so that the queen can dis
port herself with her attendants like Diana
and her maids.
King William , of Germany , has sent a
beautiful diamond bracelet as a wedding
present to a Jewish maid whom ho used to
eeo at a window opposite his hotel at Uas-
toln , and who is soon to bo married. He has
uked her to come to Uastcln yearly durlnj ;
his sojourn there.
laThcro an End.
Is thera an end to weariness In life !
To nil this ceaseless aud tumultuous strife 1
That , trom the very cradle to the grave ,
Appals the hearts of o'en the strong and
bravo ?
Is there an end to this anxiety
That haunts us hour by hour and will not
lleo ?
Or ore wo made to mourn through day and
night ,
To walk Iu shade and never In the light ?
Is there an end to losses and to pain ?
And will there coinu a time when naught
but gain
Will follow all our unrornlttlDK toll ,
And when no foe shall cause us to recoil ?
Is there an end to this dull , dreary mode
Of life ? Or must our feet still press the road
Leading through places dangeroui and dark ,
Where scarce an eye discerns ono shining
mark ?
Nav , do not look for perfect peace and rest I
A lite of noblu coatilet is thu best :
And chivalry will win a brighter crown
Than we could gain by casting burdens
down.
. The Boela flight.
CrtfgMon Flonttr.
The Pioneer does not think that all the
Omaha lir.K says Is gospel , but on the main
Issuer It U correct. As a newspaper U can
not bo equaled In Nebraska. When It says
that Nebraska towns are overcrowded with
newtpapert U tells the truth ; and the Repub
lican does not know , when It says that it Is
uot BO. Tnore Is a false notion In the minds
of a good many men that they can rim n
newspaper a little bolter than somebody disc
a little butter than the man who has made
that profession a llfo stiulv and work. There
are always a lot of politicians who want "at
orpnn , " and them are always men who wll
Oil the billfor the time bo I tig. Hut the
county newspaper Is a work of weeks am
months and years. The people , as the conn
try ijets down to business , will support the
newspapers of the two parties republican
and democratic , and , as the llr.r. says , thi.
others will gladly fall out of line.
HTATK ANO fKlUUTOItV.
Ncbrnsku Jottings.
Holdrcjro Is pulling for a creamery am
waterworks.
Snloon Hcouso in Seward is au oven
f 1,000 a year , half of which is au occu
patlon tax.
Plans for a five story opera house arc
buinii prepared at Heatrico. The build
ing will bo 05x138 , and will have a seat
ing capacity of 1,500.
Scraps of coal have boon pumped up
from a well In the DcSoto bottom near
Ulair. Mr. James Wild is the owner o
the lucky well. Next.
A reward of $100 will bo glvon for the
return of J. N. Dykomati to Clarks sta
tion. The long haul prevents bim from
turning up and claiming the reward.
J. J ) . Marshall , of Beatrice , dropped a
burning match in loose hay in his wagon
A can of coal oil expedited the blazes
but ho managed to save his llfo and the
team.
Blair commiserates Fremont on the
boycott of Omaha and oilers tomplinti
inducements to the boycotters to tradi
there. It is twenty miles nearer than
Lincoln.
A mad dog scare in Rook Greek pro
cinot , Otoo county , has produced a deluge
ugo of load. Twenty-five curs have boot
hushed. The people are considcrablj
excited and armed with pistolsclubs am
rocks.
The Seward canuina factory will be
ready for business in a few weeks. The
machinery is being put in place. The
company expects to put up 000,000 cans
of corn this season and 000 barrels o
pickles.
Jack McGinty , of Republican City
tossed a burning match into the bun ;
hole of a gasoline barrel. Ho lives' t <
whisper the aftorclap , with a score of
blisters and a hairless head to emphasize
the periods.
The threat of the Fremont Tribune to
turn the trade of the city to Lincoln does
not appear to satisfy the voracious np
petite of the Democrat. Hero is a speci
men squeal for moro : "It is folly to folc
our hands and talk of peace and plenty ,
when there is neither when rivals , little
and great , are tearing away at our vitals
and raiding our cupboards. Let us ul
understand this thing and all net to
gether like men of sense and courage. "
Tno delegation of Wayne business men
had a general talk with the people ol
Tankton last Wednesday on the subject
of a railroad to Omaha. The result of
the talk was the appointment of a com
mittee of four prominent Vanktonians ,
to join committees from Wayne , Ilart-
ingtou and West Point , examine the pro
posed route and proceed to Omaha ,
where a conference will bo hold with
business men and railroad officials. The
feeling in Yankton scorns to bo that the
Missouri Pacific will build the road for a
bonus of $500,000. The Yankton Press
says : "Thoro is in this move a grim
determination to win. Keep your eye
upon it. "
Iowa It etna.
Burlington had thiriy-thrco deaths in
Api-il.
Clannda's waterworks , which cost
? 41,000 , are pronounced a failure.
The residents of Folsom station , iu Iho
southern part of the state , are jubilant
over the discovery of iron ore there.
The state association of Congregational
ministers and churches of iowa convenes
at Charles City on the 25th to 29th inst.
What Cheer is counting on a now
$15,000 hotel building , a new Baptist
church and four substantial brick blocks
as a part of the season's work.
The body of John ConranUy was ex
humed at Bowen last week for the pur
pose of burial iu the Exira Catholic ceme
tery. Although it hud lain in Uie grave
nine years , dissolution had not taken
place and tlio corpse was as fresh and
recognizable as when first consigned-
the earth.
A sad accident occurred on the farm
of John Bcal near Missouri Vulloylast
Thursday. The house caught fire while
Mr. and Mrs. Heal were in the field work
ing. They left the infant in the house
with several other small children , and
wore not warned of danger until one of
thu children came running and scream
ing to them. When -they arrived at the
terrible scone the house was wrapped in
Humes both inside and out , and the grief-
stricken parents were subjected to the
terrible ordeal of watching the flames
ilcvour their little child. Only by force
3f neighbors was the mother restrained
from rushing into the seething ilarnus for
: ier darling and meeting a ft-arful death.
Dakota.
Spcarfish is getting ready to build n
waterworks system.
Tlio Jamestown artesian well flows at
the rate of 400 gallons per minute.
The G. A. R. post of Yankton will in
corporate , purchase n lot and build a me
morial hall.
Ever since the year that General Cnstcr
Damped at Yankton there has been a
lieavy growth of blue grass on the old
2amp ground. A great many of the
I'ankton people remove yards of the sod
md transplant it in their yards , whore it
thrivoa admirably. It is supposed the
command carried baled blue grass for
Forage and the seed , scattered in feeding
Iho horses , took root and each year more
seed is scattered , thus keeping up the
supply.
A Sioux Falls alderman recently got
11 ud und threatened to pound a stranger
.ill ho couldn't see because ho said the
Having stone quarried hero weren't the
jest in the world. The alderman would
probably have used the stranger pretty
rough if in trying to catch him , ho had
lot attempted to cross the main business
itrcct in town and got stuck in the mud
> o that ho had to Do pulled out with a
Loam.
The Puclllc Coawt.
The vineyards and orchards in Sonoma
ralloy uivo promise of abundant yields
lliis year.
A company has undertaken the project
if buildinc a canal from a point on the
Jolorado river , twenty milus above
fuma , Ariz. , to the Sonora lino.
Ou the cost side of Panamint valley ,
[ nye county , Is a vcry'largo lodge of an-
imony ore. The metal was quoted ro-
: cntly in London at 1150 pur ton. No
ifl'ort has ever been made to do anything
ivith this ledge.
A steam wagon , that runs on ordinary
roads and hauls 30,000 pounds , is making
iticcossful trips between Hisbue and Fair-
3anks , Ariz. The distance is sixty miles ,
ind the trips are nuulu wholly by day-
ight. The wagon is owned by the Copper
iiecn Mining company.
Ten thousand persons witnessed the
aylng of the corner stone of the now
'Jathollc cathedral in San Fruucisco last
Sunday. Archbishop Riordan , with a
icoro of clcrgv , led the ceremonies. The
luildlng is located on Van Ness and Myr-
.lo avenues , bos a frontatro of eighty-
light feet and a depth of 100. The style
s Romanesque , with Italian towers.
The Virginia City ( Nov. ) Enterprise
lays : In the first range of mountains to
the eastward of the Sink of the Canton Is
in outburst of wivter that iu phenomenal
ind a great curiosity. Half-way up u
nountaiu that ifl two or thruo thousand
feet in height there bums out n stream
of thirty or forty inohus of pure and i irl
sparkling water. It tumbles down over
thu rocks on the side of Iho mountain in V
ceverul falls from ton or twenty foot m
height. The noise of the fnlllnjr > vator
can bo hoard a distance of half u mile or
luoru < _
Tie | Dillon V'aclhc.
The fact that the Union Pacific railroad
has at its head thu grandson of ono presi
dent of the United States nnd the great-
grandson of another is pressed as nu urg
ent claim on the government's special
deference to that railroad. Au eastern
paper says "thoro never was a railroad
management moro honest than that now
controlling the Union Pacific , " nnd It
adds : . "Ever since Mr. Adams entered
the office nil his endeavors have been
used to bring about an adjustment of the
relations with the Government. "
It i.s well that this compliment to the
honest management of the road is quali
fied by the adverb "now , " for there was
a time when its management wns little
clso than fraud , bribery nnd robbery
so loul a thing , in fact , ns to provokn
Mr. Adams himself to join in the uni
versal execration of it. The euormoim
fortunes gotten through those shameful
methods exist In Mr. Adams' state to this
day , and constitute the basis of the politi
cal power and social influence of their
owners. The present management of
the road in the hands of Charles Francis
Adams is honest ; but Mr. Adams ought
to ro member that the corK | > rutlou over
which ho presides is the self-same ono
whoso management was such a stench
twenty years ago , and that a corporation
cannot , any moro than nu Individual , ex
cuse the vfllanies it committed yester
day by pointing to the honest course it is
pursuing to-day.
If the present management is ns anx
ious to pay its obligations to the govern
ment us it pretends to be , why docs it uot
prove it by devoting all its not earnings
$3,500,000 a year to a fund for that
purpose ? That would be an evidence of
honesty which the government would bo
bound to recognize. But whou the com
pany. after having divided among Us
members and its favorites $50,000,000 , tlio
proceeds of the very subsidy bonds the
government gaVe it to uid it m building
the road , aud dividing Iu uut earnings
from year to year , tolls the country it
cannot and will not pay the debt it owes
the government unless allowed sev
enty years additional time to do it Ih , the
case docs not look so exceptionally up
right as is claimed.
A report was current In New York a
short time ago that the Union Pacific
ooinpany contemplates building a now
road parallel to its present line and nd-
justing all connections to it , BO that when
the time comes it may turn over the
worthless old road to the government ,
The report was promptly denied ; but it
looks for all the world like a trick for
forcing the government into au aooop-
tanco of the company's term" . To exe
cute such a scheme would indeed be a
fraud picturesque nnd novel ; but the
early history ot the company reminds us
that it has done oven worse things , and
that its capacity for such work may uot
yet bo exhausted.
AN AQKlT S1NNEH.
One of "Doc" Mitldloton'a 1'ala on 111 *
Wny to the Pen.
The morning train to Lincoln carried
among its crowd of passengers Nels
Anderson , theOshcriff of Cedar
county and two prisoners , A.
Bremau and A. S. Davis. The latter
is on his way to servo out a sentence of
two years for forgery , ana the for
mer will keep him company in
the "pen" for a similar period
for horse stealing. The party arrived in
this city and was hospitably entertained
by Jailor Joa Miller until the train loft
for tlio capital. Tliaro is iiothinjr
notable either in appearance or history
about Davis but Brcinan ! Ah thorol
lie is regarded as the most
export horse thief In the
west ami was not only " " the
partner but the preceptor of the famous
"Doc" Middloton in the equine larceny
business. He is sixty-nine years of ago.
jray haired nnd gray boarded , a picture of
i patriarch and as venerably meek as the
zrondfatbor of saints. Under browsy
white eye lashes , however , are blue
"windows of the soul" that no youthful-
icss can exceed in piercing strength.
rhuy are mental stilettos. B reman
, v w dressed iu jeans , the regular uni-
'orm of the horsetlucf , and possesses the
isually reticence of the trained criminal.
lo acknowledged knowing "Doc" Mid-
lloton for years , but , of course , was ac-
juainted with him only during his days
> f virtue. After his arrest on the cnargo
or which ho is to remain iu durance
; ilo for two years , ho came very
icar escaping. The Ilartlgan jailor was
ibout locking him up ono evening when
10 skipped behind the cell , and in answer
o the question regarding his presence lie
cplled iu a voice that sounded as if it
! ame from the coll. The door was
iloscd and the turnkey about to depart
vlicn , by an accident , his presence was
liscovered. Tha sheriff of Cedar county
lays that Bremau is undoubtedly the
ihrowdest horsethlof in thn went.
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Quickest Soiling Article Ever Invented.
FlllCE OF rtASHKK , $1.25
food ) no talking , but real IT U the 1'rottlost BUowltuc
Article on the Mnrkol.
OMAHA , Nub. , April 'M , 18S7. This is
0 certify that we , the undersigned , have
liis day witnessed a churning by "The
'erfect Self Revolving Churn Dashers , "
trhlch teuilted in producing 3V _ pounds of
rst clasg butter from one gallon of cream
1 jn t one minute and fifteen seconds.
W. I * Wrlfhl. proprietor "Ormihn lnlrn" O. W.
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uhn Kudil , Jeweler. ClirliOrir. furnlluru.
( fare anil County lllulits for ttalc ,
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Call or write to u * at once. Qu ck sales
nd large profit * . Very truly ,
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