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M. FEIUIV wisely profcrrcd being a live
toward to a dead hero.
M. FKRKT has agrcathoad. Ho'showed
ivisdom in declining to be made a target
lor the bullets of Boulanger.
BOODLKU McGARiOLK's first act after
reaching Canada was to buy a now hat.
If ho will go back to Illinois that state
would bo glad to stand the expense of
the rest of the suit for him.
DAN LAMONT who has grown into no-
lorloty because of his poxvers to always
look upon the truth at right angles is in
danger of being distanced by ' 'Doc"
Bowers. Joe Mulhattcn is not in this
race ,
Now comes the news that Bill Morrison
Is honoing for the vice presidential nom
ination on the tail cud of Mr. Cleveland's
kite. It will bo a day a great deal colder
than this when Morrison is found refus
ing anything in the shape of an oflico.
SENATOR SHKUMAN it is' hoped will been
on the alert and not bo taken in by the
kidnappers. Ho should not forget his
closocall in Cuba last spring. Canada is
now full of detectives ou the hunt of Me-
Gariglo , and the most inoffensive citizen
of the United Stains is in danger. The
detectives have got to make a showing.
WITH but a 20,000 plurality in Ken <
tucky , the democrats have nothing tc
fool proud of. If this means an endorse
ment of Mr. Cleveland's administration ,
It is certainly a weak ono. It was but n
low years ago when the state of Ron-
tucky could roll up on the democratic
eido of the column a plurality of ovoi
60,000. ,
AN African priuco , sixteen years of
ngo , lias boon apprenticed to a Gorman
carpenter for four years. Many foreign
ers are now going into Germany to learn
Irr.dos. Among these the Japanese show
themselves most apt and intelligent. It
would not bo a bad thing if some of the
youth of this country would follow this
example. There would still bo onougli
left to keep books.
WAY down deep there is a full und ei
Standing between the loaders of anarch ]
in the council and the keepers of certain
dons and saloons. The latter are deter
mined to prevent an increase of the police
lorce and to keep up the controvorsi
which demoralizes the police and cive :
them a chance to carry on their lawless
ness undisturbed. It is this element wine !
inspires the arrogance and insolence o :
I'atFord , Manyillo & Co.
AKTKR President Cleveland was at
lackoit by the Kansas City delegation he
has como to the conclusion that it is an
Absolute necessity further invitation !
Bhould bo sent by mail. If ho know the
condition of the Omaha postollico , however -
over , ho would probably prefer a delegation
tion from this city to a written invita
tion. According to a Wellington dis
patch our city is on the list and it maj
not bo necessary to send an iuvitatiot
of any kind.
THE Indian ollico at Washington ha :
prepared letters of instruction to UK
special agents who are to allot lands it
severally to the aborigines. The lav
which gives the Indian this start in ai
agricultural career has done well by tin
Indian women. Ono who has married i
white man is declared to bo the head o
the family and can obtain her quota o
Rcrcs. A woman who has boon divorcee
from her husband according the Indiai
method , and has children , is also givei
this exalted position. After obtalninf
Btich help the rod mun bhould now provi
that the dead Indian is uot the only goo (
Indian.
THE total production of pig iron in tin
country was 3,417,903 not tons during tin
first six month * of the year. I'onnsyl
vania loads in this out-put with 1,7-18,48
tons. The state has MO blast furnaces
Ohio , next in rank , has thirty-four fur
Daces and furnished 458,040 tons ; Illinois
eight furnaces , 251ICO tons ; Alabama
eighteen funiHces , 141,931 tons. Ever ;
other state in the Union , except Call
fornia , Oregon and Minnesota , produce *
from 1,400 to 137,000 tons of pig iron
Last year California had ono blast fur
tiaco , lint this year it is out. The im
ports of iron from Great Britain dtirlnj
the jmst-slx months have averaged 114,00
tons-per mouth.
, New York All Rlitht , '
Ex-Governor Cornell of Now York is
reported to have said to an interviewer-
"Tilings uro all right in my Btato and'any
good republican can carry it against
cither Hill or Cleveland , and the latter
especially. " Mr. Cornell Is practically
out of politics , but undoubtedly ho Is
till a keen observer of what is going on
about him In n political way , and ho
jnows Now York as thoroughly as any
man In that stato. The fact that ho is
not actively engaged in politics nnd is
understood to have no aspirations , should
entitle his opinion to more weight than
f ho were still m the political arena ,
seeking honors for himself or friends ,
lo disclaims , however , almost
as unqualifiedly as Mr. ConKhng , having
any personal interest in political affairs ,
and thcro is reason to believe that ho does
so honestly.
The statoraont made by Mr. Cornell ,
without reservation or qualification , is
really of importance If it can bo shown
that there are good grounds for it. NoBody -
Body questions that Now York will bo
the pivotal state in the national cam
paign , and the chief interest of the party
managers will center thcro until the
close of the election in November , 1838.
What is the present situation ? So far as
appears the republican party is com
pact nnd harmonious. The disalfoc-
: Ion incident to the last senatorial
rial contest seems to have been
entirely allayed , and the disposition
manifested by the factions is not to per
mit a renewal of it. It is quito possible
that a few of the disappointed may still
nurse a feeling of rcscntmont , but there
is no evidence of any widespread dissen
sion. The party sees its opportunity and
proposes to take advantage of it , and the
would-bo leader who attempts to intro
duce any cause of disturbance that may
threaten to defeat this purpose is very
likely to lind his effort a boomerang.
The republicans of Now York under
stand that the time is not propitious for
encouraging the ambition of individuals ,
and tlioy doubtless have a very profound
scnso of the grave responsibility that rests
upon them. If they fail the republican
cause is hopeless , while success would
give then the largo share of the glory.
They must tig lit an enemy strongly in
trenched , with the federal and state
patronage at its command. Without
complete unity and perfect harmony
they cannot win. With them victory is
probable , and thcso conditions the repub
licans of Now York seem determined to
maintain.
The democrats are beset with difficul
ties and dangers. The larger element of
the party is not in sympathy with the
president and persistently refuses to ao-
copt the general judgment of the party at
largo that Mr. Cleveland's rcuomination
is a necessity. The greater part of this
element would almost as soon suffer defeat -
feat under another standard bearer , who
represented their view of democracy and
scorned the support of mugwumps , as to
have the party win : > gaiu with Cleveland.
They wonld see no advantage to demo
cratic policy and principles as they in
terpret thorn , but rather the danger of
putting farther off the realization of those
principles. It is not to bo expected that
this clement will do or say anything that
can bring credit to the national admin
istration , and their refusal to do this will
call for retaliation from the administra
tion supporters. The effects of this dis
sension are very sure to bo shown in the
election of the present year , and
in this the republicans have a
pretty safe ground for a hope of suc
cess. Democratic defeat this fall would
aggravate the differences in the
party and increase the difficulties in the
way of restoring unity and harmony. If
the reported plan of Governor Hill , to
bond all his energies to the one object of
securing the state senate , regardless of
the effect upon the chances of Mr. Cleve
land , shall bo carried into effect , it is not
difficult to sec that the existing broach
would bo very materially widened , and
there is nothing incredible in the sug-
ccstion of such a plan. There is not the
least reason to suppose that Governor
Hill will sacrifice anything that would
be to his political advantage in order to
help Mr. Cleveland. Ho is not the sort
of man to do that , and if ho were , the
strong following ho lias that is implaca
bly hostile to the administration , would
not permit him to do it. Thus
the antagonisms and the machinations
within' the party , moro likely to grow
than diminish as the period of the na
tional campaign draws nearer , put the
democracy of Now York at a decided dis
advantage and give ample warrant for
republican confidence.
But the menace to democratic chances
is not confined , to the internal troubles oi
that party. The labor movement is quito
as serious a matter , and perhaps more
EO. The determination of the labot
parly to put a state ticket in the field
will crystali/o into action at the conven
tion soon to be held at Saratoga , and the
campaign that labor will then inaugurate ,
will derive four-lifths of its support from
those who have hitherto voted witli the
democrats. The democratic leader ;
recognize this danger , and have been expending >
pending all their energies and ingenuity
in the effort to check the movement and
prevent the consummation of the purpose
ot the labor leaders , but thus far without
success. It is Impossible to say with anj
dcgrco of certainty what strength the
labor vote may develop iu the state , bul
whatever it shall be it will como mosl
largely from the democracy and in local
ities upon which that party depends foi
its winning majorities. Reviewing the
situation , therefore , as it is now pre
sented , thcro appears to bo excellent
ground for the opinion expressed by Ex-
Governor Cornell , and ample reason to
justify a hope of republican success ir
Now York this year and next.
A IjRWlcss Commission.
The emigration commission at New
York city unoubtedly needs an overhaul
ing , and as the duty of instituting the
work scorns to belong to the treasury department
partmont at Washington , the country
would welcome the information that
action had boon taken , Recent conduci
of the commission has not only been
clearly outside the law , but in all re
gpecls to the last degrco arrogant ant
defiant , the most conspicuous example ol
this being in the case of the Norwegian
woman to which wo have heretofore re
ferred. This woman arrived sovera
weeks ago , Jicr destination be
ing Dassell , , Minnesota. She wa !
without money when she lauded , and tin
immediate decision of the commission
was to send her and her infant child back
to Norway , The American Emigrant
company communicated with her friendi
n Minnesota , who promptly provided
her with a railroad ttokot and a 'supply
of monoy. for Incidental oxpcrnos.
The commission , however , refused to ro-
uaso her , claiming that being unmarried
iho was liable to become a public charge.
Thereupon the emigration company of-
lorcd to give a bond that she would not
Jccomo a public charge , but this was
refused , and no regard was paid to cer
tificates showing the ability of her
brother-in-law In Minnesota to provide
For her as ho proposed doing. She waste
to have boon sent back last Saturday , but
an order was obtained from the secretary
of the treasury directing that she bo ro-
leased. This prevented her being re
turned accordmg'.to arrangement , but the
commission defiantly refused to release
her , though consenting to provldo bor
with moro comfortable quarters than she
had been kept in. Ono of the motives
for the unwarrantable treatment of this
woman is said to bo the hostility of the
commissioners to the emigration com
pany which is championing the woman's
causo. This , however , is not the only
offense of the commission , though per
haps the most serious. There is an
urgent demand for a rigid examination
by the treasury department , and it ought
to be begun without delay nnd vigor
ously pushed. The whole country is in
terested In having strict nnd impartial
justice done to every person coming to
her shores from other lands.
GrimnlUI Webster.
Tnroo weeks ago City Attorney Web
ster gave a written opinion to Mayor
Broatch as to the relative power ? of the
council and police commission. This be
came the basis of the mayor's veto of an
ordinance by which the council attempted
to usurp the powers vested by the charter -
tor in the commission. Mr. Webster's
position at that time was eminently
sound and in accord with the views of
the ablest lawyers. And now the
city attorney is about to take a Hop. In
an interview published yesterday he is
represented as stating that ho know little
or nothing about the controversy between
the council and the commission but ho
regarded himoelf as the attorney of the
council nnd was not responsible ! to the
commission. In other words Mr.
Webster intimates that as be
tween the two co-onliuato branches
of city government ; ho con
siders it his interest to side with the coun
cil , rigtit or wrong. Now , Mr. Webster
has recently demonstrated that ho is an
accomplished acrobat in legal opinions.
But the somersault which ho is about to
make boats HumptyDuinpty allto pieces.
As the legal advisor of the mayor ho
is on record as against the arrogant as
sumption of the council to dictate
police regulations and practically snuff
out a co-ordinate branch of govern
ment. But Mr. Webster appears will
ing now to reverse himself and tumble
hcad-ovcr-heols into the other camp.
What will Mr. Webster say before the
court when his own opinion is shoved
under his nose by counsel representing
the commission ? Will this legal Grim-
aldi tumble back into his former-
tracks , or acknowledge that his opinions
are not worth the paper on which they
are written ? '
Mr. Webster evidently ncods to bo told
that as city attorney ho represents the
corporation of Omaha , which is com
posed of the tax-payers. The city at
torney is not the mere cat's-paw of anyone
ono of the co-ordinato branches of city
govornmenl. That view of his duty is
not likely , however , to inspire his course.
That Dreadful Overlap.
This talk about an overlap in the police
fund is preposterous. In the first place
the levy of two mills for six months is
ample for maintaining fifty policemen.
In the next place only five months re
main from now until January and the
levy will doubtless suffice for that period.
If it does uot the police commission can
at any time lay off part of the force until
the council has made its new levy in Jan
uary. It is rather amusing than other
wise to hear the council bosses hold
up their hands in holy horror at an
imaginary overlap when it is
notorious that every mother's son of them
has voted overlaps in every council of
which ho has been a member. Did any
body over hear the cry about overlaps
whan thcro is a grading scheme on
loot in which some of the contractors are
interested who arc backing the ring ?
But suppose an overlap on the police
fund were to occur by the end of the
year what prevents the council from
voting the police pay now , when no over
lap is in sight. And who is to blame if an
overlap does occur next winter by reason
of adding live patrolmen to tbo force.
Did not Ilascall make his dupes believe
two weeks ago that a levy ot two mills
would bo moro than dnough for seventy
policemen ? Did not those same dupes
swallow IlascaU's bait on the assurance
that the charge was untrue that ho was
trying to lead them into the support
of the policy to starve the police and
freeze out the commission. Have not
the scales yet dropped off their stupid
vision ? Do they imagine that any intel
ligent person can bo humbugged by this
talk of an overlap on the police fund ?
How does the dread of an overlap justify
the proposed resolution to retain the old
force on the police pay-roll iu addition
to the now policemen who have been ap
pointed m tiicir places ? Will there bo
no overlap to pay the old policemen ?
The trouble is that a majority of Hascall's
followers are dupes who can bo made to
believe that the moon is made of green
cheese.
What 1)1(1 lie Moan ?
The Rounds and Taylor organ wants
to know what County Attorney Simoral
meant when ho said before Judge
Wakoley in his argument on the city
printing steal that the citizens were arm
ing to fight the city council and wcro de
termined to have them proceed accord
ing to law.
For the benefit of the jobbers who
have operated with the council
anarchists , wo will explain. Mr.
Simcral did uot appear before
Judge Wakeloy as county attorney but
as counsel for a tax-payer. In this ca
pacity ho called attention of the court to
the fact that the reckless course of the
city council in disregarding the plain
mandate of the charter had aroused the
tax payers , who wcro determined to re
sist all encroachments upon their rights
\Vhon ho talked abonttax-payors arming ,
ho did not mean that they were
djsposod to.mako use of firo-artns , but
wcro determined to appeal to the courts
for protection. . The jobbers of the lie-
nod bo awarp of .tho fact
that Omaha has gene through several
fill oh solves within the paa't few yonrs.and
Mr. Siracral achieved his first reputation
nt the bar In combatting boodlors in the
city council. This it suggestive.
Sewers made Imnsnlf about as conspicu
ous as it was possible for u man of his
breadth of beam. Ho sat cross-logged in
his parlors walling for patients whenever
never came. Ho was the delight of the
correspondents , and talked early and
loud prophesying that unless the presi
dent began taking the most rugged
kind of exercise he would not live to
sco the flowers bloom in the spring.
The medical association of which Bowers
has in some way become a member has
taken him to task for the violation of
medical etiquette iu talking so trooly for
publication. Sewers now denies over
having soon a newspaper writer and
says the interviews with him were all
fictitious. Sewers , while not possessing
a brain pah equal in size to the average
everyday politician , resorts to the lattor's
methods and denies everything. There
seems to bo something in the atmosphere
about Washington which has a tendency
to produce liars , and Sewers occupies a
front seat where the invisible agency is
the thickest.
VERY little credence was given to the
report sent out some davs ago that Mr.
Blame had decided upon an early return
home , moved thereto by the action of the
Ohio convention. Such a course , as a
political maneuver , would obviously bo a
most serious mistake , which a man of the
sagacity of Mr. Blaine in matters of this
Kind would not fail to sco. But it is per
haps well that ho has donlod having any
such intention and reaffirmed his pur
pose to remain in Europe until next vcar.
It will at least servo to kcop in abeyance
the political nxcitomout which will como
soon enough a year hcnco , but which the
moro zealous supporters of Mr. Blaine
might start prematurely if they wcro
permitted to bollevo ho was
coming back soon. Meanwhile it is
gratifying to learn that his health is im
proving nnd that ho is gaining in physical
vigor. Ho undoubtedly understands a
little bettor than anybody else what is
before him , and can therefore appreciate
the full worth of the repose ho is enjoy
ing and the wisdom of prolonging it as
far as shall bo expedient. Ho should bo
permitted to do so''with complete free
dom from all annoying incidents.
CAPTAIN JOHN EuipssoN , the builder of
the Monitor , was eighty-four years old
last Sunday. But hiv pays no attention
to so trilling a matter as the recurrence
of his birthday , holhas seen so many of
them. Ericsson is and has been one of
the hardest working men that ever lived ,
and his accomplishments as a whole arc
stupendous. Ho has lived forty-eight
years in Now York city , and during that
time has not once gene into the country
for recreation. Ho works in hot weather
and 'n ' cold , seemingly ignorant of all
unfavorable meteorological conditions.
As a human machine ho is quite as re
markable as any of his own inventions.
Ho is at present said to bo engaged upon
what ho regards as the most important
mechanical work of his life. What this is
tind the nature of it , is at present kept a
secret. In most respects Captain
Ericsson's lifo would scorn to bo as satis
factory as it is possible for a human lifo
to bo. To love ono's work and bo suc
cessful iu it is the secret of his happiness.
TUB London editors are amusingly
stupid concerninn American affairs ,
which they occasionally attempt to dis
cuss in the oracular vein peculiar to
themselves. They were completely mys-
tilled by the Ohio convention's indorse
ment of Mr. Sherman , many of- them
assuming that this action formally nom
inated Sherman , and that Mr. Blaine
would return homo to run against him
and Cleveland in a triangular popular
contest this fall. An editor informed
his equally sapient readers that "should
Mr. Hlaine decide to contest the Ohio
nomination , Mr. Sherman will probably
have to give way. " An American
correspondent says it took him
an hour to explain away
the misapprehension in the mind
of a member of parliament and of the
ministry that Iho action of the Ohio con
vention was a formal nomination of Mr.
Sherman. Such ignorance on the part of
an English politician niav bo excusable ,
but not so in the case of editors , who have
both bolter reasons and bettor oppor
tunities for acquiring an accurate knowl
edge of American affairs.
ENGLAND now claims the gold mines
recently discovered in Alaska. That
country assorts that Mr. Seward , in pur
chasing the territory from Russia , agreed
to accept the boundary set forth in the
treaty between Russia and Great Britain
in 18i5. It is alleged that wo occupy ter
ritory beyond those boundaries and that
the mines are in British soil. Senators
Cameron , Vest and Pltfmb have gene to
Alaska to investigate ? this matter , and
also to learn what IcgiMallvo needs the
territory may havo. lit is thought the
boundary question may bccomo fully as
irritating and difficult to settle as the
fisheries dispute. ' '
CITI/.ENS of Washington have petitioned
the president to remove from offiuo the
three commissioners of the District ol
Columbia , This should bo dono. IftUoj
are not checked in their corrupt career
there is danger of their soiling the cap >
itol to a real ostatc syndicate. It is dilll
cult to find three mc'ii who are so nnanl
mous in their efforts.to plunder. Tlioy
are a disgrace to the"District , and serve
to make the largest blot upon the good
intentions of the president. The ways of
"Boss" Shepherd were childlike com
pared with the actions of the present
board of commissioners.
COUNCILMAN BECHEL , who is Just now
acting in double capacity iu the absence
of the mayor , has turned anarchist with
Hascall and Ford , Ho is pledged with
them to it revolutionary programme
which cannot fail to terminate in blood
shed and riot. Mr. Bcchol scorns to have
lost his head completely. What does
President Morsoman , of the Pncllio Ex
press comaiiy , think of his auditor tun ) *
Jii'g anarchist ? Is.'thtf' Pacific Express
company In favor of inciting discharged
policemen to criminal assaults.
SOME of the discharged policemen
claim to bo nt a loss to know why they
worn dismissed. Perhaps they can find
out by Inquiring of the commissioners.
In ull probability not a man was dis
charged without some good reason ,
Some were uot up to the physical re
quirements , others were In the habit of
drinking nnd occasionally getting drunk
in a quiet way , and two or thrco very
likely were men whoso _ reputation for
Intorglty was not as good'as It should bo.
CONGRESSMAN McShano's Listener ,
whoso first name Is Changmorrissoy , has
discovered that an cx-liuutcnaiit of the
Chicago police is to bo made chief of
police in Omaha. According to Chang-
morrlssoy. this person is a small man
with big spurs and a furious habit. It
does not take the seventh son of a sev
enth daughter to guess who inspired this
interesting bit of gossip. Moynihan ,
Nightwatoh.
IN response to reporters' questions as
to his views on the police controversy
Councilman Munvillc made use of lan
guage too filthy and beastly to bo printed
in the Police Uazcllc oven. Such an old
reprobate can no longer pretend to rep
resent the wishes of the respectable citi
zens of the Sixth ward , or any other part
of the city.
Tins is not the first tune that Omaha
has been thrown on the verge of riot by
the outrageous conduct of its city coun
cil. In fact thcro never has been a coun
cil , of which Hascall was u member , that
did not exasperate the public by its reck
less defiance of public sentiment and
disregard of the inlcrcsU of taxpayers.
THE anarchists of the council arc more
dangerous to the public pcaco than the
socialistic clement that would advocate
lawless methods to achieve its ends.
They are in position to exorcise authority
aud sot a dangerous example.
IP bloodshed or disturbance result from
the reckless and obstinate course of the
men in the council combine , they and
they alone will bo hold responsible.
KINGS AND QUI3I3NS.
Quceu Victoria has taken to carrying a
walking-stick , not for vanity , but because she
needs Its support
The empress of Japan will visit this coun
try in October. It will bo the Hist time that
a reigning lady of that land has visited the
outside world.
Queen Christina of Spain Is about to make
a tour of the Basque piovinres for the pur
pose of exhibiting the infant king to the
country people.
Queen Victoria wore glasses In public for
the tirst'tlmo last week. The lenses were no
larcer than a quni tor-dollar piece , aud set In
a plain bit of tui toise shell.
The empress of China has composed COO
stanzas of poetry within tlio past jear , and
they are said by Chinese critics to bo richer
than the songs of IVrsia.
There are always toasts at Queen Victoria's
state ( tumors , and they are pronounced by
Americans awful bores. No loyalChauncey
Dcpow sets the tiiblo in a roar.
Tue Princess Pipnatclll Is act 1 nc as a
waiter chl m a sccond-iato cafe in Vienna.
This is the lady who , after quarreling with
her relatives lately , sang at a London music
Imll torallvulinood.
The king of the Belgians lias lately Invested
85,500,000 in the purchase of estates iu Hun
gary and Austria. They are nominally to be
come the property of his majesty's sons-in-
law , the crown piluce of Austria and Prince
Philip , of ijaxo-Coburc-Ootha , but it Is gener
ally bellved that this step has been taken In
view of possible mishaps. Tlio late king in
vested largely both In England and America ,
and his son has followed In his stops and has
considerably Increased the stores accumu
lated by his provident slro.
Standard nfOhlo nomocracy ,
Toledo Muilc.
The "bar'l" bluo-bellicd and odoriferous
Is tlio Htamlard of the Ohio democracy in
this year's campaign.
The Concord Nclinol'H UvcrBlIit. |
JVciu I'tirk JrofW.
Tlio Concord School of Philosophy has ad
journed without taking a stiaw vote for
president. Such a glaring oversight is
unpardonable.
DlHapponrnnoc < > ! ' tlio Smnll Hoy.
fjirlKuflelil (711. ( ) State Jiminal.
It Is woudpiful how few boys there are
now under sixteen years of anc. The law
prohibitinc the soiling of tobacco to miners
under sixteen did it.
Ijonkn Ijiko It ,
7)ayoi ( Journal ,
In stigmatizing their candidate for gover
nor as "General" Powell , do tbe democracy
moan to ridicule the pallaut soldiers who
won that title on the field of battle In do-
the old Hag ?
\Vc Second the Motion.
yew Yin ! : Commercial Advertiser .
lllgclns claims that his anti-civil service
reform talk and work oni-lit not to bo ro-
paidcd because he Is ou Ids vacation. By
this course ot reasoning , in order to make
his harmlcssnus ? permanent , his vacation
ought to be made perpetual.
Differences.
rharle * Miickmi.
The king can drink tlio best of wine ,
So can 1 ;
And has unouL'ti when ho would dlno ,
So have 1 ;
And cannot order rain or shine ,
Nor can I.
Then whcru'H the dllTeronco lot mo see
Uetwlxt my lord the Icing and me ?
Do trusty friends surround his throne
Night and day ?
Or make his inteiust their own ?
No , not they.
Minn love mo for myself alone
iiless'd be they.
Aud that's ono dilluience which I sco
lietwixt my loid the kluu anil mo.
Do knaves around me live , and watt
To deceive ,
Or fawn and ( latter when tlioy hatoV
And would grieve ?
Or cruel pomps oppress my state
Uy my leave ?
No , heaven be thanked I ana hero you see
More differences 'twixt tlio king nnd mo.
llo has his fools , with j''sts aud quips ,
When ho'd play ;
lie has Ms armies and his ships
( Iroataro tlioy ;
But not a child to kiss his lips
Well-a-dav.
And that's a difference sad to mo
Betwixt Urn lord the kin ? ami mo.
1 wear a cap and ho the crown
What of thai ?
' I'm the clown
And hu's the king and
What of that ?
Happy 1 aud wretched he.
Perhaps the king would change with me.
BTATK AND TKUUITOUY.
Nebraska Jiittinus.
Pawnee City's board of trade is com
posed of 175 live num.
Emma Viska , a miss of nineteen , has
disaiipearod from Crete ,
Crcfchton is onjoyinc a midsummer
boom and a county.seat tight ,
J'rompnt claims to have capturpd Sam
Allerton , of Chicago , and n packing
house.
Horse thieves nro abroad In Saundnrs
county aud a vigilance committee is after
them.
Thn Beatrice Democrat ha * made the
discovery that Onmlia water is now thin
enough to run down hill ,
Tlio teachers of Harlan county , to the
number of seventy , are holding an insti
tute lit Alma. Piof. Thrasher wields the
ferule ,
The building season is on In Broken
Bow , Work has commenced on n $10,000
school house nnd plans have been or
dered for n court house to cost $20,000 ,
Miss Rose Cleveland advises the girls
to "stand up for America , wherever you
aro. " Or. in other words , nlwav * go infer
for the union lo a man. [ McCook Trib
une.
une.Tho Warren elevator , run by Little &
Sloat , at Harvard , was destroyed by lire ,
causing a loss of $12,000. The barn of S.
M. Risloy , worth fl.OOO , was also
burned.
The towns of Brewstcr and Ladorn , In
Blaine county , have been consolidated
under thn name of lirnwstor. This ac
tion reinstates the founder of tlio town
on fame's eternal scroll ,
The Infant son of William WInn , liv
ing near Plattsmouth , played with
matches and llreil his clothes. The
youngster was budly burned about the
head and body and is not expected to re
cover.
Tlio record shows that Nebraska City
was several degrees nearer shcol than
the rest of the state last Friday. The
mercury roosted in the shade at 109 ° .
Evidently Shollenborgor is trying to keep
his promises.
A fellow named Shelley , representing
a Lincoln insurance company , is work
ing a skin game on Danes , Swedes and
Russians in Hamilton county. The Au-
.rora Sun says his stock in trade consists
of falsehood and 4 pur cent.
The Paralyzer , all the way from "Sy
racuse , Nob. , U. S. A. , " is tlio latest
crank candidate for support and notor
iety. It is as mild us circus lemonade
and as consistent as Missouri water. It
will bo "published quite frequently" if
paralysis dons not strike its pockelbook ,
and will advocate in mellow lines ,
"woman suffrage , prohibition , high li
cense , polygamy , free trade , protective
tariff , monopoly , labor reform and anti-
biliousness.1'
lown Items.
Prof. Seorloy. of the State Normal
school , says that during the past year
not a student there used tobacco iu any
form. *
An extensive cooper manufactory is to
bo removed from Lafayette , Ind. , to Kco-
kuk. It will bring thirty families to the
latter placo.
Two boys , ngod thirteen and fifteen ,
sons of the widow Nolsou , residing six
miles from Sioux City , were killed by
foul air in B well Monday morning.
During a storm Saturday morning Van
Winkel's co-operative coal iiiino , south
of DCS Moincs , was struck by lightning.
Before it was discovered the ( ire was be
yond control , and burned down the shaft
aiut is now in the mine. The fire depart
ment was powerless.
The annual report of Superintendent
Akcrs shows 11,028 ungraded schools in
the state and 820 graded rooms. The
average duration of the school year in
188 ( ! was 7.3 months , and 5,937 mon and
18,748 women wielded the birch and
heard the lessons of thn half million
pupils enrolled. The average compensa
tion of male teachers was if38.4SJ ! , and of
females $ 'itl.lO. There were 038,150
minors between live and twenty-one
years enrolled , and to whom is made a
distribution from the school fund , but
the total average attendance was only
about three-sevenths of the wholo. The
average cost of tuition per scholar was
$ .3.18. The number of frame school
houses is 11,387 ; brick , 787 ; stone , 227 ;
log 43. The value of school apparatus is
$259,37 , ) . The total number of volumes
in the libraries is 46,527 , and the number
of shade trees on school grounds is
104Oil ) . Of the professional cortilicatcs
held by teachers 180 arc hold by man and
310 by women. Of first grade certificates ,
2,403 are held , by men , and C/J87 by
women ; second grade , 2,407 by men , and
9,237 by women ; third grade , 488 by men ,
and 2,232 by women. Ihuaveragoago of
applicants was twenty-live for males and
tweuty-ono for females.
Dakota.
Scotland will dig for an artesian woll.
Work will soon commence on the
Plankinton reform school.
i'aulkton voted unanimously to bond
the city for $5,000 to procure an artesian
well.
Handsome Elk , a bad Indian , and ono
of the wordt desperadoes on tlio Sioux
reservation , was captured Friday at
Clitimberlain ,
Bishop \Vnlkcr , of the Episcopal church ,
since Coming to Dakota ono nnd a half
years ago , has built eleven now churches.
llo reports his church as prospering.
An effort is being made to sot aside
tiie. election in Hamsoy county at which
$20,000 was voted to build a court house
and jail , it being claimed that the elec
tion was contrary to statute.
Pork and Ham.
.Se/w.yfcr / .Stm ,
Armour & Co. , of Chicago , some time
ago bought a pork packing plant at
Omaha for $75,000 , to which it is saiil
they will add about f 500,000 worth cf im
provements. And now P. 1) . Underwood
AJ Co. , also of Chicago , have bought the
Boyd packing house of J. D. Her and
"will soon start it for pork packing. All
these improvements bespeak a bolter
market for Nebraska farmers' stock. The
cold fact remains that we are altogether
too far from the great market of the
United States to ever make anything by
raising grain to ship. There are few but
that roali/.o it now. The gram must be
fed to stock to make it pay a fajr margin
on the labor and wiiur of machinery in
vested in its raising , and the nearer es
tablishments like those ot Omaha came
to us the moro likely \yill the farmers bo
to receive value for his labor whim tlio
grain the labor produces in judiciously
fed to cattle or hogs. The coming of
Armour and iJndenvood will not only
iirovo a blessing to Omaha but all Ne
braska.
IjtCn on thn nionn.
"Astronomy with an Opora-Olasa , " by
tinrrott P. Servii-6 , in Popurlar Science
Monthly for August Thcro is reason
for thinking that the moon is not abso'
lutoly airless , and , wliilo it lias no visible
bodies of water , its soil may , after all ,
not bo entirely arid and dessicated.
Thure are observations which hint at
visible chances in curtain spots that could
possibly bo caused by vegetation , and
there are otiwr obsotv.ttions wnich sug
gest Hip display of cle.otrio luminosity in
H rarolicd ntmosphcrocovoringlhumoon.
To declare that no possible form of life
can exist under the conditions prevailing -
vailing upon the lunar surface
would be saying too much , for
human intclligenco cannot sot bounds to
creative power. Yet , within the limits
of life , such as wo kuow them , it is prob
ably safe to assert that tiui moon is a
dead and deserted world. In other
words , If a race of beings resembling
ourselveSj or resembling any of our con
temporaries In terrestrial lifo , over ex
isted upon the moon , they must long
since liuvo perished That such being
muy have existed is possible , particular ,
ly if it is true ; as generally bolfoved , that
the moon once hail n comparatively tlonno
atmosphere and water iipon 'its ' surface ,
which have now , hi the process' .cool
ing of the lunar glebe , been withdrawn
into its Interior. It certainly does not
detract from the Interest with which wa
study the rugged and beautiful scenery
of the moon to rolled that If wo could
visit tlioso ancient sea bottoms , or ex
plore those glittering mountains , wo
iniuht , perchance lind there some re
mains or mementoes of a race that flour
ished , and perhaps was all gathered
again to Its fathers , before man appeared
upon the earth.
Unllrond Nonn.
Monday the now extension of the
street car line on Ciiming street , from
Brown to Pleasant , was opened for the
lirst tlmo. Only ono extra car was put
on , the number of switches not permit
ting any more nt present. This
line Is now the largest in
the cltv. reaching from Kennedy
01 Thirty-sixth and tlio cast end of Mercer -
cor nvenuo through Cumlng to Sixteenth ,
thunco south two blocks to Webster , past
thrco blocks to Thirteenth , north to Vln-
ton and thence west thrco blocks to the
southern terminus nt the corner of Six
teenth. It is four and a half miles long
and touches at eonio of the most Import
ant point * in the city. It takes exactly
ouo hour to make n trip. The first cars
start from both tormlni at 0 o'clock a. m. ,
nnd the last about 10 p. in. The route is
exceedingly well patronized and the only
trouble seems to be that the cars are not
largo enough. In all probability when
the line on Fifteenth street is completed
moro earn will bo put ou tlio Thirteenth
street roiilo.
General Superintendent Dlckenson ,
Assistant ( inncral Superintendent Cum-
'nines and Clem Hackney , tmporlnton-
dent of mechanical and motive power of
the Union Pucilic , arrived from the west
yesterday morning. The latter oflicial has
been as far as 1'ocatollo where ho lias
been on business connected with the
change of gauge on the Oregon Short
Line.
TO TIIK NOUTIIWE3T ,
Yesterday there arrived in Omaha
some prominent capitalists who are inter-
cstcd in a railroad between tills city and
Yankton. Some of them are
also anxious for a now direct-lino
to the principal parts of Kansas. After
a little drive over Iho city and suburbi
the gentlemen held n lilllfi meeting nt
the paxtou , the result of which will bo
for future consideration. The gcntlomon
interested arc A. Hughes , mavor of
Chadron , Nub. . H. S. Rich , of Denver : . , ! .
S. Leeds and R. 11. Uow , of Topeka ,
Kansas.
A Iloavy Gniuo.
Ynsterday two ball games wor
played between the Bargain Shoo stora
boys and the W. K. Sopor nino. The
games were spirited aud for the most
part well playod. The score stood 13 to >
12 in favor of the shoo boys in the first
game aud 28 to 1 in the second.
Our Western Booms.
Leadvlllc 1'innctr.
Talking of the big booms in the west
President R. U. Cable , of the Rock Island ,
says that ho does not recall any season
when there have boon brighter prospects
than just at present. All over the north
west all along the lines of his company
crops arc promising to bo unusually
large , and there are indications of qual
ity better than the average. Thcro is no
threat so far from weather or any of
the pests that sometimes kill off
crops. The season , too , is ear
lier than usual , and the farmers
nro in liiirh spirits , feeling Mire of ex
ceptional rewards. It is noticed by Pres
ident Cable that all the dreary talk about
hurt to the west , from real estate booms
has nothing whatever to support it. Ac
tivity in real estate has attracted settlers
instead of frightening thorn away. When
people talk about wild western real estate
boomi , they usually go upon premises
that are faulty. A big boom seldom sig
nifies more if so much than that the
price of real estate is advancing to its
intrinsic value a value given by the do
main's ' of coming settlors.
The Width or a Tornado's ruth.
"Tho Instability of the Atmoaphero1
by U. S. Slialor , in Scribner's Magazine
for August : Fortunately tlio paths ol
tornadoes are ordinarily very narrow
the. widest have a diameter of less than
two miles ; the narrowest of only fortv
feet. In most cases the tornado is seri
ously destructive over a width not ox-
cueding 000 feet. The length of the tor-
naao'.s path across the country does not
commonly oxcectl thirty miles , und it
generally traverses the distance
in about an hour. When the
upward corkscrew motion of the
outer part of the spiral nnd the
swifter upnish of the air tlirnuch the
center shaft have drained iiwav tlio most
of the warm air which qavo birth to the
motion , the tornado dies away. The
equilibrium of the air-mu.ssc.s is for n
time restored , tliu heavier air has fallen
down upon the surface , und the warm
air , spreading laterally as it attains the
level to which it tends , come. " into a state
of quiet. Absmming tlio width of the
destruction brought about by tlio storm
at 000 feet , and the length of its journey
at thirty miles , wo tind that tlio area of
its devastation amounts to about two
thousand acres , or to a square area
about two miles ou a side. Over this
urea the destruction is ordinarily more
complete than that which occurs in the
most severe earthquakes.
ECZEMA
A ml livery Species of Ilelitng
and ISuriiiiiK DiKeiincs Cured
by ( JulU'.iira.
EC/J'.M A , or Salt Ithcium , with its agonUiiiii
Itching unil Ijiiriiliik' , instantly lolluvuil by
a \uinn buih with CVriouiiA So.te , unil u Mnxlt- '
application or Ctrncnu , tlio Kr < 'i < t Fkin oiirn ,
Tlim rupoiitod ilinly , with two ot- three < lo o of
OU'iiCt in KI.SOIVINT : , the Now Itlooil I'urllloi- ,
to kcop tlio blooil cool , tlin porxDlnitlnti inire
lind lUilrrltnlliiK , Iho howols open , the llvoi
unil kldnoyh nctivo , will spreillly euro IVvoiim ,
Tc-ltor , Klnmtorm , I'soilusls , l.lolicn , I'i'iirltut" ,
Koalil llnnil. Dnnilrtiir , Him nvnry bpnclrHof
Itching ; , Hculy and ( 'Imply Humorx of the Hculp
ntiil Skin \UKIII the boat physicians ixiul all
known t umcilius fall.
KC/KMA.
I enitofully noknowlt'iliTU u omo of Ko/cmuoi
Salt Illioiim , ou houil , ucck , fiico , IUIIIH and
IOKII , Tor ovonli'iin vonrn ; not nfolo to wiilk HX-
tuptoti Imndsaml knees lor onn ycarl notiililo
to help mynull tor tuulvo yuiu-H ; tiled liunilruld
ol lomoult'B ; doutorH pronounced my cuso hope
JuHstarmnnontlycurwl hv the rtmniira Horn-
ouJus. WII.I , MoiioNAU ) .
K5I2 Dearborn Bt Chlungii , 111.
HOXKMA.
Some flm months xo I Imd Ino pleasure to
Infoim you of my liiipiovuiiiont In tno use o (
the Cutloiira Homrdlon In mv CIIHO of etivorc
Ctironlo llo/mna ir : > thomatono , ami to-diir
ohoiTlullyconllrm all 1 lliuu mild , 1 eonsldui
my nnro nnrf'ti't und eonipliiti' . nnd attribute it
enllrHy to your niii'odloB , Imvfnir lined no
ether , 1'KHNAN ilHKNUIIAItfX ) .
DU < i'onnii Avenue , ft. I ouls , Mo
I Imvn guiroriul from Halt Ulinum for ovni
( ilKlityi'iitB , at tlint'Hso bad thiit 1 uoillil liol
nttctul to nix hiHlncHi for wuokx at u llmo.
Thri-o Imxisof Cutlmirn nnd lour bottliM Itu-
golvioit havn entirely enroll huior tills lurrllile
dlaeaMi. Mr. JOHN Till KL , Wilkoslmrro , I'u.
CUTICl'ltA JlKMIiDIKR.
Are cold by nil ilriiuirlstt. I'rloc , UiiTiCinu : It
cis : KKSOIV : NT. 51.00 ; SoAi25ti. I'repnri'il
t > y the 1'oriKii Diirn * Nii Cut.Mli , ( . ' ( } . , llo *
ton , Mnii. Fond for "How 10 t'imj , HXIN Hi-
8KAHK8 , "
"DIP A YTTIPV th Completion ami Skin
3 * . / & . U by uslni , ' tlit < CunruiM SOAT.
i CAN'T BREATHE"
Chott 1'ulnk , Numbnnijri ,
aokfiiK ( 'on nil , Afthtna ,
and Inthiinallon rollou-d lit < mu mill-
ule by th .Gntlturu Aatl J'alu I'luu-
tor.'iifhlnir line It. At dim. " ) Ut&l./l