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German Krontlo.Advertisements. .
Pace 13. Soml-Annual Statement of tin
Treasurer of Uouglas County. Our Ouee
Household Pet. Miscellany.
TIIK DBF publishes today the statement
of tlio treasurer of Douglas county. I
will prove an interesting document foi
tax-payers.
TIIK Republican claims n copyright li
city advertising , but as the copy has boei
hung up by an Injunction padlock then
is nothing to copyright.
Ir I'ostmastcr Gallagher will sign hi
namu once to an order authorizing tin
fumigation of his ollico , he will not Imvi
signed in vain. "Lot her go Gallagher. '
TIIK trial of the boodlcrs in Chicago i
creating almost as niunh interest as ;
national convention. The arraignmcn
of a syndicate of thieves in that city is ;
noTclty in the extreme.
IT is with pride and pleasure that th
BEI ; this morning presents to its thou
sands of readers a graphic account b.
special cable of the review yesterday o
Great Jiritnin's navy. Now is the time t
subscribe.
Po TMA8Tiu : UALL.VGIIKK complain
about having to bign liu name as man
as a thousand times a day. Mr. Gallr
gher should congratulate himself that :
does not take him a thousand days t
flign his name once.
As the inter-slate commission has re
fiiMid to tuko action in the cases of th
boycotted roads , on the commission quo :
ttan , the next thing wo may expect is th
demand from the ticket agents for th
earnings of the roads. A ticket agec
who will take commissions will bca
watching.
1 YKSTEIIUAY was a great day for tli
queen and the review of her navy. 1
wns to bo hoped that the numerous pron
itiont American statesmen now abroa
would avail themselves of the opportu
nityof witnessing the re view of the grcr
war ships that they might know what
real navy looked like.
Tins is indeed a cold and heartle-
world. Aftur Air. Tuttlu , of Iowa lu
been acquainting the country with h
! deeds of valor during the war , up pepsI
I nan away down in Massachusetts wh
makes the charge that Tuttle came nor
being court-martialed for cowardici
Here is an opportunity for Tuttle to wril
a war paper for the Century.
i A vuuv largo number of distillers wo
of the Ohio river are attempting to org :
nize a whisky trust , and the chances ui
they may bo successful in it. Foragroi
number of years there has been a con
bincd effort upon the part of the coi
Burners of the entire world to organize
t
whisky trust also. In some instances
has been followed by success , and \voul
Lave become general had not tlio silooi
keepars rebelled.
Mit. HA.NLAN , who has occupied aid
gother too prominent a place in the pul
lip mind as one of the lirst in the url <
an oarsman , la fast degenerating iul
that of a common trickster and profu
flonul sporting shark. The attempt at
boat race yesterday at Pullman , in whic
Banian was the chief spirit , ended in
pigaritio fizzle , which bore upon its fat
varj feature of a gambling schcm
Hanlan and his crowd of claquers shoul
IB relegated to the seat of disgrace ft
JMTfeich they are eminently tided.
Incensed Telegraphers.
The duties devolved on railroad tele
graphers are of the most important
character. They require for their proper
performance intelligence , vigilance ,
promptness nnd accuracy. No man
should occupy a position of this kind
who Is not an expert In his business and
thoroughly qualified and trustworthy in
11 other respects. The security of life
nd property very largely depend upon
lie railroid telegrapher , and the man In
! iis position who is deficient in ability ,
xpericncc and the other qualities weave
ave cited Is very sure sooner or later to
o the cause ot disaster nnd death. Such
man may be had at small cost , and for
his reason will find employment on
omo railroads , but it is almost
novitable that in the end ho will
> rovc to bo vastly more expensive than
vould an entirely competent man at two
r three times his salary , Tim property
osscs sullbred by the railroads of this
country , to which n very considerable
urn was recently contributed by the H.
fe M. collision , from employing ine.xpcr-
onced , incompetent , and careless tele
graphers , would perhaps build and equip
line of road from thu Atlantic to the
Pacific , while the loss of life from the
amo cause would make a startling ex-
ilbit. There is a class of railroad mana
gers to whom the costly lessons of e.xpor-
once in this matter will never bo of any
aluu. There must bo : i way found to
orupol them to at once protect the pub
ic and themselves.
It is uRitifying to note that
, ho railroad telegraphers themselves
eo this necessity and arc pro-
) osing to meet it if their
vay shall bo found feasible. About a
fear ago they formed an orgini/.ition : of
heir own , and since that time the order
ias grown both cast and west. At the
coming session of congress they intend
to have passed a bill and they cliiim to
lave congressional inlluciicc enough to
do it making It a penal nflenso for any
railroad company to employ a telegraph
operator who directs the movements of
ias cnger trains who has not been
jranted a license. Licenses will bo issued
jy the government , the applicant being
required to pass a practical examination ,
to produce evidence as to moral char
acter and habits , and to bo of proper
nge. The leaders in this movement say
that , as congress has the power to regu
late inter-slate commerce , it has the
power to issue these licenses , the same
as it now says who shall command a ves
sel on navigable waters or who shall hold
a mate's or engineer's ccrtilicat-j. The
operators elaimthatdcspito the responsi
bility attaching to their occupation mure
boys and young girls without experience
* ro put in responsible positions , and
that this license system would correct
that evil. Often when accidents have
occurred they are blamed for them and
made to sutler , when m reality the re
sponsibility Ls not theirs , and under the
license system in such cases they could
appeal to the United States officials.
The organization may be assured that
Its efforts to bring about this meritorious
arrangement will not lack public sup
port , regardless of what other motives ,
if any , may bo incidental to it , ns the
railroads will undoubtedly claim . A
movement to ollect the required improvement -
ment in this service , having once opened
the eyes of the public to the great neces
sity there is for improvement ,
will receive such universal en
dorsement that resistance or
the part of the corporations vvill bo over
whelmed. We cordially commend the
spirit and purpose of the railroad tele
grnphers , and would xtrgo them to zeal
ously push their plan if it shall bo found
practicable , as wo believe it to bo.
KatkiifT , the Ktlitor.
It happens rarely that the life of a mar
who wields the editorial pen becomes tin
subject of solicitude to nn entire nation
participated in alike by rulers and pee
pie. The United States has had but one
editor who was able to command such re
gard. When the lifn of Horace Greolo.i
was drawing to its close the whole conn
try was filled with anxiety , and his neatl
was the signal for universal sorrow
When the distinguished journalist , Do
lane , who had for HO many years direclet
with pre-eminent ability the Londoi
Times , was announced to be dying , al
England was shocked , and there won
few men in that country who did not re
gard his death as a national calamity
France had her Delecltuo , the chain
pion of the people , in whosi
defense Gambctta won his first fame a
an orator , and who deserves to bo rcmem
bored among the heroic advocates of tin
republic. Other lauds have had abli
and courageous editors , but the numbc :
is few of those whoso life has been a sub
ject of concern to an entire nation.
Among this few must bo prominent ! '
placed Michael Nlkiforovitch Katkoli
the now world-renowned editor of tin
.Moscow Gazette. Next to the war , tin.
man exorcises a greater power than an ;
other in Uussia , even the emperor him
self being largely under his mllucnco
Uoarod in luxury and receiving a vor ;
thorough education , Katkoli' began tin
business of life as a university professor
Ho had imbibed liberal and progressivi
ideas in Germany , and ho began instillinj
them into the minds of the Russian youth
This lost him his professorship and li
turned to journalism. For a time h
urged with moderation his pet theories
which counselled constitutional rathoi
than revolutionary reforms , and havin ;
opposed the revolutionary party h
thereby achieved the approval of tin
Kmperor Nicholas. Government patronage
ago was extended to him , and uudor it
influence his views began to change
Liberalism gradually lost its hold upoi
him , and as it did so it was replaced b ;
an aspiration to unify all the Slave elements
ments of Europe into one great empire
Ho developed on intense hatred of Germany
many and all things German , and ui
equally intense regard for Hussla and al
things Hussian. All this commondiu
him more surely to the rulers and mad
him the unquestioned leader of the prc
Russian party.
This role ho has continued to piny , am
whllo it gave him great iulluence will
the father of the reigning c/ar , it ha
made him almost the master of the mini
and conscience of Alexander III. It i
said of Kutkotr that he has been sucucs-
ful in all his undertakings. In the shaii
ing of politics in educational afl'airs , i
military reforms , the mandate of the editor
tor has become the law. ln ! has mad
and unmade men with his resistless pen
whoso favor has been fortune and who *
hostility ruin , Aggressive , earnest , , tin
tiring , Katkoff has for twenty year
been a power in Russia who
has done more in moulding the
policy of the empire than any ten of Its
statesmen. For two weeks past this pow
erful editor has been sick unto death , uud
from one end to the other Russia has been
tilled with solicitude. It has been .said
that if KatkolV died the c/.ar might feel
his helplessness so keenly as to unsettle
his mind. Whether or not this is nn ex
aggerated idea , there can bo no doubt
that the emperor would feel the death of
the editor as the severest calamity that
could befall himself and the country.
There may bo very little in the character
and career of Katkoli' , exce.pt n sort of
patriotism and national devotion , which
the friends of liberty and of the people
can ndmiro or approve , but none the
loss the wonderful power he has achieved
makes a demand upon our interest. It
forcibly illustrates the language of the
dramatist , that "in the hands of men en
tirely great the pen is mightier than the
sword. "
Corporation Expenditures.
Some attention has been given to a ic-
ccnt statement of the London Economist
comparing the "eceints and expenditures
of the United Slates and ( treat Britain , in
ivliich it is shown that tlio military ex
penditures , including pensions , of the
ornicr exceed nt the present time those
of the latter. The London journal cm-
ploys this fact to controvert the idea
about "the advantages which accrue to
ho United States because they are not
burdened with the heavy cost of keeping
ip an army,1' and some American news
papers nnqtiostioningly acquiesce in the
mplication of the Kngli.sh journal that
f Great Uritain is wasting money in
military expenditures this country is
iloiug tlio same thing on a larger scale.
Wo submit , however , that tluuo is a very
wide diil'erenco in the conditions and re
sults. The money paid by Great Itntain
to maintain its standing army goes
to a body wholly composed of
ion-producers , who are continually
drawing upon the wealth of the country
aud giving nothing in return. The more
than sflOO.OOO.OOO annually expended In
this way by the Uritish government is
almost wholly wasted. Ifut with this
ountry considorubly more than halt tlio
military expenditure , including pensions ,
goes to oitucns who are more or less
actively engaged in some sort of produc
tive work which is steadily adding to the
wealth ot the country , and to which their
pension money in pait contributes.
Every cnsioner who is a worker is really
all the time contributing something to
the resources from which the money to
pay him must be drawn , and there are
many thousands such. Nut the Hritiah
soldier , maintained in idleness , is simply
a consumer , and all that is paid him out
of the public treasury in excess of what
lie would consume as u citi/.en is a waste.
There could be no greater injustice than
to put the American pensioner on a par
with the British soldier in estimating the
military expenditures of the respective
governments.
Heroic Reporters.
In a recent nddrest at Maryland col
lege Mr. Meekins , of the Baltimore Amer
ican , spoke about the heroism "fre
quently show.i by men in search of
news. " He mentioned the. feats of
bravery shown by reporters who have
jumped Into the sea , who have inter
viewed patients dying of cholera , yellow
fovei , smallpox , or other dnngcroit'
diseases ; who have dashed into the storm
of death on the Imltlcliold ; who have
ridden hundreds of miles through a hos
tile country , tlnough deserts , that the >
might be the first to tell the nown. It re
quires courage to do such things , ol
course , but there is an e\hiliration aboul
these risks that takes little account ol
death. If they come out alive there is n
binning mark ut the end which they wili
attain fame. As a blazing feeling whiel
glories in the prospect ot bolf immolatior
without reward if they can only beai
their competitors , may carry them along
But it is calmly knocking at the dooi
which it is morally certain will shortly
bo slammed in your face ; accosting com
posedly with pencil and note book tin
sworn enemy of your paper who may usi
his fists on you ut the lirat question ; pa
tiently digging for facts where you an
met with sneers from those who in then
ignorance despise newspapermen ; goinj
to places where you know you are not
wanted , that shows real courage. Then
is no offset to these drawbacks. Kt
blaze of glory follows. No ono knowi
anything about them. Maybe you wil
meet rebuke instead of praise.
It is not HO dillicult a performance U
go through a feat that may electrify tin
world if successfully accomplished. Il
is the daily uncomplaining endurance o :
the annoyances of his vocation tha
makes thu reporter heroic.
Hotter Service Needed.
Referring to the commendnbli
growth of public interest in the last fo\v
years in the collection of industria
statistics , a contemporary wisely remark
that those placed in the charge of sue !
wort : should possess qualifications of tin
highest character. They should in tin
first place bo men of good mental endowments
monts nnd with some special training fo
the duties devolved upon them , and ii
the next place they should not bo meri
advocates with special theories to bolstc
up. The public statistician is responsi
bio to the whole community and not to i
part of it , and his work should present i
faithful and accurate rellex of the cir
cumstances and conditions he finds ex
isting within the bounds affected by hi
investigations. The object of his worl
is the information nnd guidanci
of the state as a whole , and un
less ho keeps this in view h !
work can have little practical value. I
is unfortunately the fact that most of tin
states now maintaining statistical bureau
have not been successful in securing fo
this service the sort of men who an
swer to the standard defined by our con
temporary , for the probable reason tha
they are very dillicult to get. Most o
the heads of existing bureaus seem t >
have entered upon their work under thi
mistaken idea that their business is t
prove tha existence of certain iudustria
conditions regardless of the facts , aud i
is too frequently found in their report
that statistics are twisted to prove som
pet theory or perhaps strengthen a part'
liobby. Industrial reports of this char
aeter are worse than worthless. Will
tno progress of this class of invcstlgatloi
improvement in the character of in
vtt'gatora ' may reasonably bo expected
. THE project of the bank of which ox
Secretary Manning is president , of Jsau
Ing bullion ccrtih'cJfu'Jl appears to bo
confronted by a sen > a | objection. The
attention of treasury ifftinls having been
called to n printed t utpf the proposed
cortillcatc1 , they havfc e > rcssod tha opiil
ion that It is tlia rcpiM lative of money ,
by whatever name u ) nn , y bo called , and
therefore comes within the prohibition of
the law. There is obviously some force
in this objection. While it is true that on
their face tl.eso certificates show that
they are simply receipt * for the deposit
of so much silver bullion ; , nnd in this re
spect are similar fo - ruin , provision ,
petroleum , or other storage certifi
cates , the circumstances which would
prevent the other classes of certificates
from being used as the representatives
of money would not bo operative against
the bullion certificates , and there is very
good reason to believe that they would
come to bo somewhat freely employed ,
not only between banks , but with indi
viduals , in this way.
Wiio says the African race is not pro
gressive ? Not only have they learned
the use of the boycott , but they know
how to apply it with u refinement of
cruelty that would do credit to a Torque-
nuula. A teachers' institute wa held nt
Atlanta , Ga. , last week , and the colored
teachers , uecordinir to southern etiquette ,
wore allotted a lecture room apart. They
considered themselves neglected by the
state school superintendent , who tem
porarily forgot them , and left. Tno next
morning they were promised n lecture bv
the governor of the state , who appeared
at the appointed time wearing his store
clothes and a smile , whose effect was
calculated to reach forward to the next
election day. But his smile vanished.
There was not : i solitary sable auditor to
bask in it. Can there bo a more cruel
situation for an orator ? The neglected
te.icliers had a just grievance , no doubt ,
but their revenge was terrible. Subse
quently one colored instructor appeared.
On him the loctmers remorselessly
visited all their learning in turn , as per
programme , and thus tlio race conflict
raged , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ArcomuNG to n Mexican financial
journal , the United States bttri" " of
statistics has ni.vdu very bungling \ork
in its statement of the annual export
trade of this country with Mexico. An
investigation made by the Mexican jour
nal as to several details shows the
bureau of statistics to be very greatly
under the actual figures , and tlio journal
insists that instead of the total exports
from the United States to Mexico being
only $7,000,000 they amount to nearly
$20,000,000. There .b ,110 doubt that the
former figures are Turnout of the way ,
nnd the exports annually are at loa t
double that amount. The disclosure of
such a marked hiac uracy , lor whirh
there can be no sitfllcjenj excuse , throws
discredit on the jvli61fl work of the
bureau , suggesting that it may in its
entirety be largely guesswork.
Mu. PKTKK SiihLiu lutf tesulied at Salt
Lake City before the Pfycific railroad in
vestigation that he h'as > occasionally
assisted the Nebraska lo islutme in form
ulating laws for the benefit of our people.
But Mr. Peter Shelby does not remember
that he ever tried to exert Jiis influence
over members by a'nylhmg"except pure
oratory. In this he was a good deal like
Crawford , the lone fisherman from Idaho.
We i egret to notice that Mr. Shelby's
memory has been seriously impaired by
his residence among the Mormons. Oth
erwise he could surely not have forgotten
what transpired in the Lincoln oil room !
between the boodlers and the Union
Pacific lubricators.
Ir may happen that the gold find near
Ishpcming , Mich. , will fall far short in its
development of the extravagant expecta
tions of the discoverers , but the mining
men are still greatly excited over the find
and confident of results that will make
them all rich. The belt appears to have
an extent of faoino sixty miles , and is
located from two to eight miles from the
iron belt. A gold formation is known to
exist in the Huron mountains among
which , tradition has it , Dr. Hougliton ,
the pioneer mineralogist of the uppei
peninsula , "filled a goose quill with pure
gold only a few days betoro ho was
drowned while trying to cross Keweenaw
bay in a btorm. " Exploration in the
Huron range has been carried on only tc
a limited extent. The discovery near
Ishpcming was made two years ago , bill
it is only within a year that explorations
have been actively prosecuted. The as
says show the rock to bo very rich in
native gold.
FUKMOXT , according to the now city
directory , has now a population of 8,2-J.1)
It has doubled in population since the
state census in 1885. Fremont is nol
only one of the finest towns in Hie west
but it is having what may bo truly termei !
a phenomenal growth.
OMAHA. July tit. To tlui Kdltor of tin
UBK : Will you please answer the following
question In your \aluable paper to decide i
botVWhat
What Is the highest point within the cm
porato limits of the cit > ?
Yours tiuly , K. S. LKWIS.
Without engaging in r. careful stirvci
of thu matter , wo would say that tin
highest point in the city is the tip end o
the lightning rod on thoi public schoo
bullding.-Ei [ > . BEK.
FOLilTICAlJ
Mahono still hopes Ho' elect a Icgislatun
that will make him senator.
The Springfield RotHibllcan Is "booming1
Robert T. Lincoln for tlio presidency.
Neal Dow Is prop-trlng to take nn active
part In the prohibition canvass In New York ,
John Sherman Is at , Mansllnld keeping
close \\utcli upon his qwil | utireits ! lu tlio
Ohio campaign.
0
Senator Heck is iiiaKlnc six speeches i
week to help his iriend Simon liollver BUCK
nor get Into the Kentucky gubcrmtorla
chair. <
The 1'hlladflphla Ledger can only find fl\i
olliccrs In that city \\l\o \ are fit to hold cilice
Three of them ate ici'Ubllcaus and tno un
democrats ,
Poraker will go asn delegate to the na
tlonal republican convention , nnd he ronMtl
ers himself as promising a presidential quan
tlty nsas either Hayes or ( iarfield.
Allison Is exuected to solidify the lowr
delegation for lllalneitli the understandIng -
Ing tli at If the Maine statesman can't get tin
nomination he shall help the lowan to cap
turolt.
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky Is still un
reconstructed. In a late speech at Lancas
ter he incidentally remarked : "It God Al
mighty can forth o the republican parly fo
its work from'61 to'05 It will be a seven
strain on Ills plan of universal salvation. '
Dm log the same periods the rebels , of
couiso , were serving ( lod.
Objector liohunn , according to the testi
mony of an Intimate friend , proposes to end
ils congressional caiccr with the present con-
rcas. Ho Is oppressed with n conviction
that If ho does not retire voluntarily , the la-
tar vote in his district will rcttio him.
Governor UlgBS of Delaware , says that
Secretary Bayard made the biggest mistake
ot his life when he went Into President
L31o\eland's cixblunt. There Is much truth In
Mi. Thcio Is nothing like a cabinet position
to show the woild the ical stature of a man.
COMING TO AMHUICA.
Minister McLnnc will leave Havre for home
on July CO.
Lord llerschcll , conspicuous nt the llngtibh
bar and lu British oratory and politics , \xlll
sail with Ladv Hcrschell on July SO from
Liverpool for the United States.
Professor Henry Drummond , teacher of
natural science In the university of Glasgow ,
and author of "Natural Science In tlio Splr
Itual World , " lecontly nrrUeil for a sojourn
of six months In America.
An Kiigllsh nobleman with thrco titles Is
soon expected to visit Now York. He Is
Lord Mowbray , Segra\o and Stourton , and
he U equipped with a lonu-draun-mit pedi
gree that runs back to IHo ' uses all of
his titles lu signing his name.
C11AI11TY.
Secretary \Vhltuey \ and hla wife have spent
$100,000 for chaiitablo puiposes since last
September.
Mis. Talcott. of Chicago , has an Income of
S.V,000 ) a > ear , and she devotes SH.OOO ot It to
charity , her husband on his ilo.itli bed hav
ing told her never to hoard n dollar.
St. James' Garotte : Karen do llln > ch , in
memory of his sou , Luclcn do llirsch , who
had a largo racing establishment at Nc\\-
market , has , Inconsequence of the breaking
up ot that establishment , devoted the pro
ceeds , amounting to Ul'J.OOO , to the following
public charities The Metropolitan Provi
dent Medical association , JL"OOU ) ; the London
hospital , 11,000 ; Knits Memoiial hospital at
Newmarket , 1,000 ; Children's hospital ,
Great Oimond street , CiOO ; Northwestern
hospital , r > 00 ; Jewish bo.ird of guardians
{ . 2,000 ; Judith Lady Montelloro's CoiuiiNccnt
home , 1,000 ; Jews' fiee school , 700 ; Jews'
hospital , Jt-MX ) ; Jews' Infant school. tWO ;
Westminster JHUS'free school , { . " ! CO ; Deal
and Dumb asylum , C > 00 : llaiul-lu-llaud
society , JWiO , and Jewish home A."iV ) .
Must Mil Ice l''nst Time.
Su/J / Laic lleinlil
Arabian horses are being bred In Dakota.
They are expected to Keep just a little ahead
of a blU/aul.
How to Urcomo n tilar.
.t/acoii Ti/rymii'i.
Three years' undisturbed possession of a
setter dog will destioy the veracity of the best
man In Ameiic.i.
In the Diamond Field.
Iliirton 1'o.it.
The man who goes to the pawnbroker may
not bo much of n baseball player , but he is
apt to go out on tlnoe balls.
Upon Him.
h Times.
"I can give joungooil point , " said the
mosquito softly , In the ear of the sleeping
editor , "tor insertion on your outside. "
Force of Ilnbit.
"John1. " ' said the wife of a baseball umpire ,
' .Tommy has been a very bad llttlo boy to
day. " "Is that so , " he leplled absent mind-
eilly. "Well , I'll line Him S- > . "
The Iilly Known.
The Jwluf.
Mrs. Lnnctry , who applies simultaneously
for citi/euship and divorce , thereby demon-
stiatcs that film Is thoumghly acquainted
\sitli the customs of the cotiutry.
Thought It Was His Wife.
lltiillniitun 1'itc I'ust.
LUlitutng Knocked over three men who
were sitting on bo\es In front of a grocery
store in J'.itter.son , N. J. Ono of them was
knocked senseless. The other two ex
claimed : "Leggo , I'm comln' right home. "
UutTulo Reer null llcnuty.
liiflalo Cuuitcr.
Bullalo Is really growing quite Kngllsh.
The latest cra/e is bar-maids. There aie
more than a lammed saloons In town where
the ruddy malt nectar Is tapped Dy these
beer belles.
Still Showing 'Ihem Up.
b'c/ii / < v'cr Ilernhl.
JJosewater is still engaged In the laudable
entermise of showing up the crooked trans
actions of some lallroad corporations. The
BKK will advocate the cause ot the people as
long as Kdwaid Itosowater Is its editor.
Ilnllier Imiorant.
At a trial at the ( 'lay county , Georgia ,
court the other day two witnesses were put
upon the stand who did not ! ; now who made
them , had never heard ot heaven or hell , and
did not know whether a lie was right or
wrong.
Tom Ochiltroo'N Threat.
SI.oiifi ncpuWeaii.
Tom Ochlltreo tlueptens to run for con
gress lu n New York district next year. If
New Yoik should happen to send both Och-
'lltree and Tim Campbell to Washington It
would bo proof positive that the influence
of. New Yoik should bo pruamount in na
tional politics. Surely a commonwealth so
abounding In statesmanship should receive
reverent attention.
AVniiiunhood.
Written for I/if / Sunday lice / < ) / Lu 11. Calte ,
I ha\o seen , sweet Mabnl , a llow'r so rare ,
So ilch In its sweet perfumes ,
It may live for jears , for long years , and
yet.
But once in them nil , It blooms.
As the seasons come , and the seasons go ,
It fills them with summer days ;
And the hrasons mn and the seasons flow ,
It fades and It falls decays.
Would you know the name of this flow'r so
fair ,
The rarest of all the wood ;
That In nil Ils being may bud but oneo ?
'Tis pure and true womanhood ;
And this flower lives In your llfo to-day ,
I trust , as the seasons run ,
When the summer time of Its bloom la
reached ,
'Twill l > e n bwcut , perfect one.
A Senatorial Predict Ion.
The Quil will wacer that Van Wyck will
Do returned to the United States senate in
Mr. Mnnderson'ti stead next year. The people
ple are nll\o and awake to the tact that they
ncre decched aiid defjaudedlast jear , and
had n thing pushed on to them , nnd the cham
pion ol tliolr rights put out. Van Wjck him
self sees his error ( and a fatal ono it was ) in
taklngauy stock in tho-o fellows who pre
tended a change ot heart , but who played
the part of spy and defeated him ntter they
were elected pledged to him solidly. 1'eople ,
ns a rule , know more the older they grow ,
and the Nebraska voters are not exceptions.
The Ilailroact "Oil Itooni. "
After the legislature adjourned last winter
certain members ot that body , one of Col-
fax county's | ionomblc.s In the list , made
llelit of the "railroad oil room" talk nnd de
clared there was none , nud that It oxlstod
only In ilosuwator's mind. The late 1'aclfic
Investigation settled th.it thing as well as
many others. The men w ho had cltnrgo of
tlie rooms testified that they were , under thu
management of TlmrMon nnd Vanderuum ,
put there to rope In legislators In order to
Jeleat Vnn Wjck and any nntl-rnllroad
legislation. Our most honorable member
was a veiy ficqueut visitor to this depart
ment.
Immortal Sluimtures Gone.
The Kov. Dr. S. II. Virgin , In a Fourth of
July nddrcss At West Chelmsford , said that
recently In Washington ho examined with
microscopic sciutlny the oilglnal draft of
the declaration of Independence , and not a
trace could bo found of the .signatures of the
men who put forth that Immortal Instrument ,
ODDS AND KNI1S.
Tin : cool weather ot the last week restores
to Omaha Its reputation as a summer resort.
Mi soum river water Is said to be the best
in the world. Missouri river mud is also
said to be the best on earth.
Tun Salvationists' band , with a binn new
cornet plajer , serenaded the BIK : ollico on
Thursday evciiliu ; , and the next day the Hii : :
was made Kio elllclnl oigan of the Long I'lno
Clmutauiia ( | assembly. The lli'.i : is evidently
destined to become the great religious organ
of the Missouri \alloy.
BUFKAI.O BIM.'S letter to a New Orleans
friend , who Indiscreetly alloucd It to bo pub
lished , has caused some ciltlclsm because the
writer states that he has cnptuicd England
from the queen down , and that he Is there
"for dust. " Well \\\\o \ has
, anybodyo eser
seen Bill knows well enough that he Is not
In England "for his health. "
i PATUICK , assistant United States dls-
ttict attorney , perpetrated rather a crim joke
In court yesterday. The United States gtand
jury In January last Indicted D.uid HolT-
man , tlio Alissouii 1'acllic train wrecker , fur
obstructing the malls. Mr. HolTiuan was
hanged on Friday last. Mr. Patrick moved
that the Indictment against HolTman bo dis
missed , ns the defendant was now beyond thu
comt's jurisdiction. Judge Dundy accord
ingly granted the motion.
WHEN James Stcphenson built tils elega nt
equestrian palace lie Intended to has e the
front surmounted by a statue of a horse. The
pedestal was placed In position , but the
statue has not yet materluli/ed. It would be
dulto an attractive ornament. It Is hoped
Mr. Stepheuson will carry out his original
intention and trlvo some eminent sculptor nn
older for the statue. There Is n great lack of
statuary In Omaha. Mr. Stephenson ha *
now a splendid opportunity of giving this
bianch ot art a boom in Omaha.
AT cue. time the owners of the Omaha
street railway contemplated con\ertlng their
lines into a cable system. It is understood ,
however , that this idea has been abandoned ,
with the exception , perhaps , of the r"nrnnm
street line , it Is very likely that horses will be
superseded by electricity. The Improvements
that am constantly being made lu electrical
locomotion leads the horse stiect railway
owners to believe that the vlcctiic system
will BOOH reach perfection , and be far supe-
ilor to the cable. In that event nil the hoiso
car lines in Omaha will be converted Into
electric roads.
HON. JOHN U. Poitrini , ox-police judge of
Omaha , who now resides In Los Angeles ,
Cal. , Is In the city on a visit , lie bilngs
some Interesting nowsconcciniugthcOmalia
colony In Los Angeles. Tlio colony includes
about 100 people , who nearly all live within
n few blocks ot each other. A mom : those
best known In Omalia nio lion , J.
li. Kellotii , M. G. McKoon , who has
made n comfortable fortune In real
estate ; E. V. Smltli , Uov. Mr. Dimmock ,
who has nmost beautiful homo ; linn. John
I. Kcdick , who Is heavily interested In real
estate nnd Is president ot n bank ; Bob
Harris , who Is building n magnificent
house. The Scheib biothers have ranches
near Los Angeles. Mr. Jenkins , the
printer , IK connected with one of the dally
papers. Mr. Shears Is engaged In superin
tending the erection of a hotel , which ho will
preside over as landlord. There are also in
Los Anucles cjultc a number ot old Omaha
railroad men . I x > a Angeles is n place of over
00.000 people. Its createst attraction , accord-
lug to Judgii Porter , is its climate.
HON. FRANCIS COI < TON nnd his son have
been visiting in Omaha the past week. Mr.
Colton Is well known In Omaha. Ho was
appointed United States consul to Venice by
President Lincoln and remained there
tluoughout the war of the rebellion. Iteturn-
ing to the United States ho was appointed
the lirst general passenger agent ot the
Union Pacific , which position he held for
several years. Uelng succeeded by Mr.
Thomas L. Kluiball , he was sentonatilp
mound the world to ndveititte the
trauscontlncntil loute In opposition to
the Suecanal. . He did this success
fully in Japan , China , Australia and
other countries thus drawing to the Pacific
Mall steamship company and the Cuntial
and Pacific raihoads a laigo passontrei travel
and the tea nnd silk trade. He established
agencies In all the principal cities of the old
world , and tlio American trausrontlnontnl
route has e\er since derived great bonolits
therefrom. Mr. Cotton , who now lesldes In
Washington , Is ono of the largest land own
ers In Nebraska. In the early days he fore
saw that Nebraska was to become n great
state , and he accordingly made largo Invest
ments In lands which In those ( lavs were
very cheap. The Increase in value duilng
the last lew yearj has added a largo sum to
his fortune. Mr. Colton predicted the ftituio
of Nebraska and particularly ol Omaha
twenty jeais ago , when ho lirst
came to this city. He now makes another
prediction nnd declares that them will be
only four really creat cities on tills continent
New York , Chicago , Omaha nnd Sin 1'ian-
clsco. U.x-Uovcrnor ( Jllpln , ol Colorado ,
said to him , "These cities are on thu temper
ate line of the Intonscst economies. " Mr.
Colton's son , who is n very blight > oung
man , Intends to make Nebiaska his homo
and take care ol his tathei's Interests.
Cut tlio Wends.
James Allan , the newly appointed side
walk inspector reports that n great deal
of complaint has been made to him of
the carelessness of property owners , who
allow weeds in front of their lots grow
so high as to hang over the sidewalk. In
damp weather , or at night time or in
early morning , when these wecdb retain
a moisture which is rather heavy , it is
impossible f"1 a gentleman , much less a
Judy to pass them without being in seine
manner affected by the dampness. In
dry weather they soil tha garnicnts of
psisser.s by with dust. They are , consequently
quently , a nuisance at all fce-isons of the
year. They are to bo found in many
parts of the city , and there is but one
way to avoid thuni , in Mr. Allan's opin
ion nnd that is to c-ut them down. ' 1 his ,
tlm inspector proposes to compel prop-
eity owners to do , on and after to-mar-
row.
Sitcotnl Klt'Ctlon.
Them will be a special election in
South Omaha to-morrow and Acting
Mayor Fred M. Smith has issued Ins proc
lamation accordingly. The principal
( jtie.sUon is the grunting of the right of
way to the South Omaha Street railway
company. The giving of n franchise to
the Omaha Motor railway will also bo
considered. These nro important fiucs-
tiona regarding the prosperity ol South
Omaha and will undoubtedly meet with
general discussion at the ballot box ,
OMAHA'S ' GREAT ADVANTAGE ,
Far-Heading Effects of nn Old Contract
on Live Stock Rates ,
THE INEVITABLE RESULTS.
Forcing tlio Mnmtuoiitti I'Acklni *
House Interest * From tlio ( Jnrden
City to tlio ll.tiikH of the
Missouri Itlver. J
Dressed Href llnten ,
Chlcaco Times ; Shortly after the western
freight pool was formed , some two > eaM
ngo , and tlio discovery was made that thd
Chicago , Milwaukee iVSt. . Paul company hnd
entered Into a contract w 1th Hammond &
Co. to transport their dressed beef from
Omaha to Chicago nt a rate considerably be
low the tnrllT. n railway veteran cotitroHlnj :
ono of the big western systems , to whom the
president o. another had gone for ndvlco as
to what should bo done by the competing
roads , strongly counseled that n 11 nu and
united ctTort should be nindo to break the
contract. Ho looked Into the futuio and
predicted that it the i.xte should bo allowed
to stand It would eventually drag all
dressed-boef rates Irom the Missouri river
down to the Ilgures fixed by contract ,
and , mure than that , would surely In
the end destroy tlio live stock busi
ness , uhlch lias been bogre.it a soiuco oC
le ven no to the Missouri Hues. K\cnts Bhow
that thoolllclalnsloughe.ided and no lnl.no
prophet , The present drossed-ueol rates
1 loin Omaha to Chicago overall Hues areoU.SS
eents n hundred , which was the rate made by
the St. Paul tor the Hammond company.
When thu nominal live .stock rates Council
HlutTs to Chicago were S70 n car-load , tlio St.
P.-.ul company ligured that what with rebates
nnd concessions tluvuvcrage actual rate given
liy all loads was 8ir > n car-load. Calculating
shrinkage and relative proportions between
live-stock and dressed-beef rates by the same
piocc.ss as used by the eastern lines , the 'M. '
rate \ > as reached , nnd , ns predicted , It has
already become the standard rate from
Om.vlia. As thu contract still has thrut )
years to run , there Is no probability Hint it
will be raised. Not only has ItnlfoctcdOmaha
tralllc , but It Is pulling down the
Kansas City rnte.s to thu hamo point.
Only last week tne Chicago nnd Kansas City
roads weie foiced to muKu a reduction In
diessed beet rates ol tiom 40 to Ji.1 cents , nnd
it is tieely admitted that this is only a half
way reduction , and Hint the rates must ,
\\lthln three months , drop to tlio Council
lllulls Iigur SO.'Ja cents a hundred , liut
this Is not nil , nor is it by nny means the
worst teatuiu of the situation. Thu Inter
state law lias had the vtlect of making n
nominal S7U a car-load rate on live stock ,
Missouri liver to Chicago , an actual rate.
The Iowa roads had to hold It there to nave
their local live stocl ; tratlic , and in practice
this was an advance in the live stock ratu
from Council Blulls ot S'a caiload. The
Hammond contract was In the way ol n rela
tive advance in the dressed beef rate ,
which should have been raised \ } ft
per cent to prc.svno the proportion.
The results of the disproportion aie bct'ln-
nliiB to be plainly bocu. The western roads
centering In Chicago havo-smeo the Interstate
law went Into ellect averaged an Increase In
their levonuns trom the trangpoitntioii of
livestock of $ riOO,000 a month more than
previous to April 1. This would bo pleasant
If its peimancnco could be Insured , but it
can not , and , on the contrary , tt threatens to
deprive all of tlio western ro , ls ol a urcater
slmrcof the llve.stock business. The fact U
that there Is n pionounced movement o
tlio packing nnd dressed beef Interests to
center nt Missouri river points. Tlio ten
dency nt nil times has been to get the
slaughtering done neuter the ranges , but by
holding up the dressed beef rates and
tavoring the livestock shippers the
roads were able to n laigu degree
to counteract this. Now l > y their
own act they have deprived themselves of
the power and are at the other extreme.
This added half million of revenue Is taken
Irom the prolits of thti cattle ruUer.s nnd the
packers. The former probably .sutler the
most , nnd their Interests will bo best served
bv mnrkctlni : at the Missouri river instead
ot Chl'Mgo. The three lawparklni : nnd
dtessed beet houses have established big
plants at MUsotiii river points , nnd In leas
than six months more diuitsod beef will bo
manufactured nt the Missouri rlvei than nt
Chicago. What HUH means lor Chicago the
pessimists are left to vvoik out , nstlils article
Is only dealing with the subject lioiu a rail
road standpoint.
"Hut. " H.iys the superficial observer , "wlmt
difference will this maUe with the railroads ?
They will unul the diessed beet if they don't
the five stock. "
Yes , but there Is n great difference between
the revenues nccrulng Mom thu two com
modities. Tlio KP stern roads by holding up
the dressed beet rates from ChlcnL'o to the
seahoaid have manured to keep up the
revenue , but thu westein linns , with n blind
fatuity , Imvo reversed thl ) , the die.ssed-beof
rates point : much lower In propoitlon , thus
hastening the killing ot the gousu that was
laying tnc golden eggs. All railroad man-
ngeis will unite In sa > ing that the nggreiati )
iiivenuus trom the transportation of raw
are gieater nnd mom prolitablo than the
mnnutactuicd , so far as tli staples are con
cerned. ft Is hettci to carry wheat to the ter
minals than flour. Thu same rate a hun
dred Is charged on both , nnd ns ' . ' 00
pounds ol Hour equals : m pounds oC
wheat thn condensation loses to the roads
one-tliiid , or , In other vvoids tliev not but
two-thiuisot tlio rate in haiillutr the equiva
lent Hour. The same is true of corn and hogs.
The ratu for transport ! ) ) . : n fat hog to maiket
Is now heie near equal to the revenue which
would be derived liom carrying the corn
which fattened the animal , and so it Is with
diessi'd bet ) ! and live stock , ami soon through
thu list. Them nio many other points to the
( juestion which need not lui dlscm od. Tim
only point sought to b madn is to show that
when the nloie nid railway mnmiato advised
that the Hammond contract should tie broken
at all liiir. tidshii was wlsx in his generation.
and he was equally correct vvhon hu remarked
yesterday that Ilio contiact would cost the
westcin roads a lojj of millions of dollars.
I'liicd Sound Colony.
There will bo u meeting of thu Omaha
branch of thu Piiget Sound Co opci alive
Coloney at their lial 1111 I'aniam street
to-day at 2:35 : p. m. Tlio subject of co
operation as applied to a commonwealth
will be the subject of discussion bv able
spe.ikcrs. Admission is free ami the
public are invited.
A Cottnco nt I.lbernon.
Rochester Herald : A mile down the
roast and we como to Klberon the
Mount Merogor ( ! ot New Jeitey for
'
hero Uariiold was brought lying' upon
his death bed. Thu cottage Irom which
he gn/ud upon the sea until his eyes
were closed forever is us cosuy and
cheerful as before the villainous shot was
lired.
lired.The
The green lawn over which a branch
railroad was built for that ono passen
ger ; the veranda to which the car was
hacked before the cut of BU ( luring was
tenderly lifted out ; the room next the
sea through which they carried him.
nnd thu railing that had to bo
cut awny before they could gut him up
Blairs ; tun chamber in which ho Millored.
surrounded by thu sympathies ami
prayers of all the people nn eaith tlm
little room upon the ground floor in
which hu lay in .stale before starting on
his lust journey -these are objects ot
interest , looked at not only with the eye
but with the heart. This cottage of death
is the most impressive sight upon the
beach , and tlie few who are privileged to
M"J within it must go awav impressed
with the superiority ot thu human .soul
when they feel the weird light that the
spirit let ! in Us departure.
Salt.
A morning hand bath in cold. suit w. t r
is delightfully invigorating.
Warm salt water inhaled through the
nostrils will cure cold and catarrh.
A pinch of salt taken frequently will
stop a cough or throat irritation.
A glass of salt v/alcr , warm or cold ,
taken on lUing in the morning will cure
constipation.
Uulhinc the eyes , when tired or wentc.
in warm tall water will toothu and
falrpngthcn them.
Salt , plentifully sprinUed on the iuy
door t i , will hae a bettor and
effect than ashes ,