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IT remains to bo sceli what the council
will do about the special police for fair
and re-union week.
PIIINOK FKIMH.VAND begins to think ho
is a sure-enough king now. It is reported
that a Russian secret society in Bulgaria
has formed a plot to assassinate him.
THK batch of vouchers which have boon
passed by the county commissioners
since the 1st of July , as reviewed in this
tasue , will be found interesting reading.
Tin : "White-Caps , " an association of
a species of "regulators" in certain
counties of Indiana , are said to have be
come such a terror that the governor has
been urged to send out the militia against
them. With twenty or thirty possibly
hostile Utcs in tlio west , and a band or
two of outlaw * in the east tins country is
in a precarious condition. Wo must have
our army increased.
TIIKIEI : can bo no fault found with the
board of education for making provisions
for increased school facilities by pur
chasing groundsfor now school buildings.
The board should , however , exorcise
great care and reasonable economy in
the selection and purchase of school Hites.
There is no necessity for tlio purchase of
corner lots on leading thoroughfares.
All that is required are grounds accessi
ble to street railways and central for the
district which is to bo accommodated.
WK do not profess to have artistic taste
and mechanical skill , but wo very much
prefer the architecture of the Leaven-
worth and Farnaui street school build-
incs to that of the new mansard-roof
school-houses now being erected near
Park avcnuo. Mansard roofs on chool
buildings arc out of place , oven if they
wore not already out of date for other
buildings. They are moro ornamental
than useful. They are dangerous lire
traps , and besides moro expensive than
roofs of other patterns.
Ouit dispute with Canada in relation to
the lisheries question is entailing wide
spread disaster. Two weeks ago Secre
tary Whitney was compelled to adminis
ter a public rebuke to Admiral Luco for
the manner in which ho attempted to iu-
Rtrtiot American fishermen along the Ca
nadian coast. Now it is stated that the
admiral has had bis revenge by receiving
the secretary , who visited him the other
day at Bar Harbor , in citizen's clothes.
This is terribly. The regulations of the
navy are emphatic in the provision that
unval ofllcors shall receive oflicial digni
taries In uniform. The quarrel seems to
bo growing out of all proportion to the
fiizo of our navy.
TUB labor vole hi Cincinnati last spring
was a surprise to the old parties , and it
doubtless was also to tlio labor party. It
had the ofloct to stimulate the labor
movement , and thoru is now a good or
ganization which is likely to make itself
moro strongly felt in the coming cam
paign and election. It has taken a stop
forward in demanding recognition from
the board ot elections when making ap
pointments of registrars , judges and
clerks of election , and n common pleas
judge has granted a mandamus requiring
the board to accord such recognition.
Thus labor will have its representatives
on hand to sco that there is a free ballot
and a fair count , and it is entirely proper
that it should do so , particularly in Cin
cinnati.
CIVIL SEUVICE COMMISSIONED Kuar.it-
TOX has published his portion of the re
port on the Chicago custom house and
postolllco investigation. Ho says , in re
lation to removals , that if the right of
dismissal from the service is taken away
from theappointing odlcor the subordi
nate becomes greater than his superior.
Ho thinks also that the appointing power
should have the right to discharge an in-
oflloiont employe without givinc reasons
for so doing. Of conrso ho should have
the right to remove a subordinate who is
inofllciont , but it is questionable whether
tlio recommendation to allow him to dis
miss any ono from the service without
diving reasons therefor is judicious.
That reasons for such action should be
required has boon considered ono of the
safeguards of the service , and in the di
rection of civil service reform. Other
wise the appointing oflicial may bccomo
liable to misuse his power by removing
subordinates on personal or political
grounds as well as for inefficiency.
Threatened Rebellion In Manitoba.
The railroad conflict in Manitoba ,
which for some time past has boon n
source of disturbance , has now assumed
a very sorlous aspect. It Is a war of the
people of the province against the Cana-
dlan Pacific monopoly , . backed by the
Dominion government , and both parlies
show a most determined purpose not to
cccdo from tholr positions. The latest
dispatches report Sir Jonn Macdonald as
liavlng declared that ho would defeat the
Manitoba scheme of constructing a com-
olliic road to the Canadian Pacllio If it
became necessary to use British regulars
.o do so , whllo the premier Is quoted as
aying that any such proceeding would
esult in rebellion. Hu declared
.hat Manitoba was determined to
iavo an independent line of
railroad to the United States
boundary , and that the Dominion author-
tics cannot stop it. The people of the
province seem to bn unanimous in sup
port of this view , and from present indi
cations tlioro is every reason to expect a
speedy development of most interesting
events in Manitoba.
The grinding monopoly of the Cana
dian Pacific is responsible for this htato
> f affairs. When the exactions of this
corporation grow to bo unbearable , the
capitalists and business men of Winni
peg started the project of building the
Itcd River Valley line from Winnipeg to
the southern boundary of Manitoba , in
which they were aided by Minnesota
capital. Tliis line would give them ac
cess to an American market for their
grain , which they could roach much more
rapidly and at a good deal less cost
then by the Canadian Pacific , an enter
prise with which the people of Manitoba
have never had any very hearty sympa
thy. It would render thorn entirely in-
lopendeiit of this monopoly , for they
could do all their business of both selling
and buying in the nearest United States
markets , to their very material advant
age as compared \flth what they have
had to receive and pay under the exac
tions of the' Canadian Pacilic. As soon
as tlio new enterprise was started tlio
monopoly began a light against it. All the
power and influence of the corporation
and of the Dominion Government were
arrayed against it , but the managers of
the now road , after fuiline to dispose of
tlieir bonds in London , found purchasers
in Chicago , St. Paul and elsewhere ,
so that money enough was raised to go on
with the work. It was expected that the
boundary would bo reached by tlio 1st of
next November , but lust week the work
was obstructed by the Canadian Pacific
building a spur across the route of the
now road.
This action , behoved to have b'con taken
with the full cognizance and approval of
the Dominion government lias greatly ex
asperated the people of Manitoba , and
advices from there say there is scarcely a
loyal man in the province. The people
are npo for rebellion and would just as
soon light as not. Tlio course of the cen
tral government in this matter has alien
ated every friend it had in the province ,
and at present not a soul would obey any
mandate from Ottawa. No attention lias
been paid to an injunction against
further worlc on the new road , and the
provincial government is in open defi
ance of the federal authority. Unless Sir
John Macdonald moves moro rapidly
than is his wont in emergencies , the
promise is that the Manitobans will
carry the road to completion without the
interference of British regulars and be
fore the time they had set for its comple
tion. They merit the heartiest encour
agement for their enterprise , independ
ence and courage. The attempt to fix
upon them the Canadian Pacific monopoly
ely and compel them to submit to its out
rageous exactions was a gross injustice
which it is their duty to resist , and their
commendable oilbrt to free themselves
from this control deserves the success
which it seems pretty sure to achieve.
Meanwhile Sir John Macdonald
will do wisely not to bo too
hasty in putting into effect measures
that would force the pcoplo of Manitoba
into robollion. Thuro are obvious possi
bilities in such an occurrence that might
result disastrously to the Dominion.
Tlio Growth of Trusts.
Two moro great monopolies , under the
specious title of "trusts , " have been
created. Tlio most considorabio of these ,
the wlnsKy trust , has fully completed its
org.ml/.ation and entered upon its mo
nopolistic career. Like the models upon
which it is formed , it lias its corps of
oilieers , its rigid regulations , and n po
litical headquarters at the center of the
whisky production in this country ,
Peoria , Illinois. Tlio principle to bo
pursued is similar to that of the Standard
oil trust , a knowledge of which should be
sutliclont to bring universal condemna
tion upon the now monopoly. With n
capital of forty million dollars the com
bination proposes to control the whisky
trade of tlio country , regulating both the
production and the price. Its purpose ,
of course , is to kill on"all
competition.Thoso who refuse to accede -
cede to its demands it will use all
the power it possesses to crush. The plan
is not particularly complex. A distiller
is called upon to put a valuation on his
establishment , and having done so a
committee is appointed to make an ex
amination. After a distillery has been
appraised and tlio terms settled between
the owner and the trust , the former
turns over his property to trustees of tlio
monopoly for their use and behoof for
twoiity-fivo years , receiving in lieu
thereof trust certificates. In some cases
$2 in certificates will bo given for $1 of
valuation , in others dollar for dollar.
The trust having obtained control of a
distillery continues it in operation or
closes it , at its discretion. The expecta
tion is that by keeping down production
and maintaining , or perhaps advancing ,
tlio price , the trust certificates can bo
made to pay an annual divi
dend of from six to ten per
cent. The gross earnings for the first
year under the monopoly arrangement
nrS figured at ton million dollars. Last
year the industry represented by this
trust paid revenue to the government to
the amount of about 170,000,000. It is
suggested that the concentration ot the
manufacturer. } will bo a good thing for
the government ID enabling it to collect
this revenue with fewer officials ,
Thu other combination , formed but not
yet fully organized , is the strawboard
trust. Tlio oxeuso for this also Is that no-
tivn competition has resulted in a produc
tion considerably in excess of tlio de
mand. A pool that has existed for some
time was unable to rcgulato the miinu-
facturo so as to prevent the market be
coming overstocked , and , ' there *
fore , rccou'rso Is had to the policy
of buying out these ia the bust *
ness who will sell to the combination
and crushing out such as will not Eight
establishments have boon designated to
bo shut down indefinitely , in consequence
of which quite two thousand people will
bo thrown out of employment.
There is nothing In the character or
aims of these combinations to relieve
them ot the same general condemnation
hat has been pronounced upon the coal
ml oil monopolies which preceded them ,
ind upon which they are modeled. * T.ho
rinclplo that is the corncr-stono of. ones
s the corner-stono of all , and is csson-
tally inimical to the public welfare. It
simply a concentration of capital to
break down competition In ordcr to place
i limit on the production of an
ndustry nhd rcgulato the price
if its product , so that such capital maybe
bo enabled not. only to assure itself a
profit , but very nearly determine the
amount of it. It imposes a restriction
ipon the free operation of industry and
rude that must of necessity check enter
prise , Injure labor , and become In time
nn exaction upon the consumer. The
growth of these monopolistic combina-
ions is u menace lo the welfare of the
country which the people ought to begin
o regard with serious apprehension and
which Bhould receive the attention of re
pressive legislation before they bccomo
so gcnorul and firmly rooted that it will
very difllcult to overthrow them. The
examples furnished show what may bo
expected If the creation of these monop
olies is allowed to go on unchallenged.
Kiircaus hncl Branches.
Some people can do marvels in a very
short time. Two weeks ago the Jlcpubli-
can , following in the footsteps of other
Omaha papers , started a branch oflico
over the river. The man in charge scat
tered four or live hundred papers in the
back or front yards of Council Blulfsand
published n list of about one hundred and
lifty persons who had consented to have
the papers delivered for ono week. This
fact was heralded with a grand flourish
of trumpets. It was followed within ton
days by the pompous announcement that
the Republican was firmly established at
Council Bluffs , with a larger cir
culation than any other daily.
This is superlatively amusing.
When tlio BEK established its branch
oflico at Council Bluffs nearly live yo ars
ago , it scattered thousands of papers be
fore it could got a foot-hold , and during
the first two years it sunk over $3,000 in
the enterprise. Its first manager , C. K.
Mayuc , was a rustler , but with all his
energy , did not make it win. It was
only after more than two years' struggle
that the BEE finally got on a solid , pay
ing footing across the river , where it
now ranks nil the other papers in
point of circulation and influence chiefly
by reason of the immense outlay for tele
graphic and general news by its pub
lishers , and its superiority as a news
paper in every respect. Other Oniajia
papers have tried hard , several times , to
secure a circulation at Council Blufl's ,
but their efforts were spasmodic and
abortive. Our bombastic contemporary
is not likely to fare better. It is a little
premature in taking success for granted.
Most anybody is willing to spend twenty
cents for one week's subscription , but
with newspapers , as in all other busi
ness , people discriminate in their se
lections. Few people take more than ono
daily , and nobody can ever supplant
their choice with an inferior
commodity. This is whv all attempts
to follow or supplant the BEE have
proved failures.
At the stale capital , where the BEE has
established a firm foot-hold after sinking
more than 53,000 , the same results have
followed. Other Omaha dailies have
opened bureaus , scattered papers , and
made a splurge for a few weeks , but they
lacked the ncrvo to sink $1,000 a year
and take their chances of success , and
the result is that with the exception of
the lii ! : : , no Omaha daily has more than
a dozen regular subscribers at Lincoln.
This is the true inwardness of the branch
oliiccs and bureaus which wo hoar of
every little while. Wo might whisper
it gently that it takes enormous expendi
tures of money , risky ventures , fore
sight , and some ability to plant a great
metropolitan daily on a firm footing.
Gnllnuhcr'u Kick.
Postmaster Gallagher has ventured to
express his contempt for mugwumps and
civil service reform through Congress
man McShano's paper. It appears the
New York Times is collecting facts concerning
corning the changes in postollicc cm
ployos which liavn been made in the
leading cities of the country under the
democratic administration. Tina was
obviously with a view to finding out how
civil se'rvico reform works when put in
practice by democratic postmasters. Mr.
Gallagher was naturally very indignant
at this unexpected intrusion. While un
der certain circumstances , which are
well-known nmong the Mulvanoy ban-
quettcrs , ho is liable to vote tor Blaine in
1888 , ho is quoted as saying : "Tho mug
wump is harmless. They are like old
Colorow's band of Utcs. There is a heap
of noise about thorn , but wo hear of vcrj
few dead. Curtis and old George Jones
don't amount to very much at homo , am :
in my opinion they count for much les :
out hero , "
Wo know that republicans are pro
verbially ungrateful , but democrats are
much more so.
Postmaster Gallagher kicking the mug'
wtimps is a striking illustration of that
fact. If it had not been for the mug
wumps Blaine would bo president to-day
and Con Gallagher would not bo carry
ing sacks of Uncle Sam's coin under his
arm to the national bank every day in
the week. But Con has such a habit ol
kicking the ladder by which ho ascends
that ho cannot help it. It is second nature
turo with him. Let her go Gallaghorl
FKOM the successful experiments which
have been made from time to time with
crude petroleum as a fuel , it is quite safe
to predict that this product will take the
place of coal in the near future. Steam
ers on the Caspian sea , locomotives on
the continent and various raanufacturinc
industries in this country have made sat
isfactory use of petroleum instead o
coal in generating heat. What obstacles
remain in the way of a more genera
substitution of oil for coal , arc chiefly in
matters of detail , of Inadequate appar
atti3. That the principle of heating by
means of petroleum in correct seems to
bo well established. A great saving to
consumers must result from such a
change. The' first cost and the coat of
transportation will be much less than
hosoofcoal. If tlio oil .fields of Wyorn-
ng should prove productive wo may yet
> o able to obtain a cheap fuel in this
tato. The next thing would bo keep It
out of the hands of monopolists.
THE owners of 'phosphate mines in
South Carolina are now trying to make
n corner In that article. Tlio unusual ir
ruption of this particular kind of fraud
seems to have ono good result , Insuring
ts own failure. 'Corners ' have bccomo
inpopular , as tholwestcrn bonanza kings ,
llosoufeld and others , can attest.
THE FlKiil ) pK INDUSTltV.
A coed deal of now machinery is going
into Now Kugland mills.
Several barbcd-wlro works In tlio west
iavo Increased their capacity.
Tlio spring and axle manufacturers have
formed a national association.
TJio city of Detroit has awarded a contract
for an Iron bride , to cost 5230,000.
Worklnmon are traveling less from place
to place this year than ever before.
There Is a great scarcity of cars for coke ,
lumber and coal throughout the west.
There Is a heavy demand for all kinds of
railway locomotive and car appliances.
So great Is the demand for plpo in the far
west that a factory Is to be built at Pueblo.
The Lowell machine shop has now 200
moro men employed than It had a year ago.
A. largo number of Shorllold silversmiths
nre about to depart for employment In New
York city.
There Is an enormous Increase In ship
ments of Spanish ore to Great Britain. It Is
worth about § 2.75 per ton in Wales.
The Jpssups have made an enormous steel
casting , 137 feet lour , 17 feet across , and
weighing 13 tons , which Is to be used as a
stern post.
An English Inventor has devised a now
system ot generating steam , which furnishes
steam , It Is said , quicker and better than the
present processes.
Several new and heavy steel plants ore to
bo put down in Great Britain , and the Cam-
well works are to be increased from a capac
ity of 3,030 tons pur week to 0,000 tons.
Now mills are projected In Maine. There
Is nodlfllculty In obtaining capital for nt'w
textile enterprises In that state , and there is
less labor trouble there than elsewhere.
New York capitalists , with some Canadian
Investors , are after 15,000 square miles of
Umbered and Iron ere property In Canada.
It Is said that It contains largo amount of
coal.
coal.A
A large amount of Illinois harvesting ma
chinery Is now on Its way to South America
and Australia. Tlio Illinois traveling acents
arii paying particular attention to these Inr-
elf markets.
Very few strikes are projected during the
fall. The worklngmon , as a rule , are con
tented , and will work steadily In order to bo
prepared for any hard times that may come
during next winter. J
ShcrUIari'H Itoom.
Oifciiflu 1/craM.
General Sheridan was questioned by a re
porter about his presidential boom and said :
I must reply to you as'I did to a reporter out
west. I told htm Kelly would bo around
soon. 'Who is Kelly' . " hu nskod. 'Why , he's
a fool-killer. " said I. 'You catch on , do you' . '
Well , good-uy , ' "
Idaho Without Law ,
Clitcaon ITeraM.
Last winter the legislature of Idaho Terri
tory adopted a now cede of laws and repealed
the old statutes. The authorities advertised
for bids for printing the now laws , and an
Omaha llrm was awarded the contract. It ap
pears that no time was set for the completion
of the contract , and the territory is now vir
tually without laws , as the new statutes have
not yet been printed.
How Money TnlltH.
PitlsbutOCIirnnMc.
An Illustration of the way "inonoy talks"
is found in Mr. C. P. Hunting-ton's state
ment , that the Central Pacific railroad com
pany expended largo sums "in explaining
things to congrossjncn. "
Which Is Certainly True.
San Francisco Vast.
The average hoodlum Is a pitiful case. Ho
was born tough , and does not seem to be any
thine clso ; but that is no reason why lie
should bo placed on city pay-rolls and taken
care of by pohtlcaus , whllo good mon are
wanting work.
Warning AganiHt "I'revlotisnoss. "
A world of Interfering events may happen
In American polities between thn summer of
1S37 and the summer of 18S3. when the presi
dential nominating conventions are to bo
held. This of Itself should warn the politi
cians not to bo "too previous. "
No Lack as to Quantity.
Mttiourl lei > ut > Iicon.
Hen Duller has not yet joined the AntiPoverty -
Poverty society. This is liable to moan that
there will bo live presidential candidates In
the field next year. With a democrat , repub
lican , anll-povertyite , Butler , and prohibi
tionist In the Held , the most fastidious voter
will hiiyo a chance to Und some ono approachIng -
Ing his Ideal. *
Stop , Venue Fellow !
Mtsiourt Iteputiltcan ,
Haiti young fellow , just a moment ,
There is something 1 would tell ;
Do not get yourself Inflated-
Do not play the vapid swell ;
Slndy well a clean polltonnss--
Don't express things roush or crude ;
Weigh your words before you drop tlmw.
Don't placard yourself a dude.
Better far to have no money
Than to have an empty mind ;
Empty heads and emptv pockets
In the race nre left behind ;
Never amble like a monkey
bav to silly fashion , no ,
Quit that pulling for a mustache.
Give tha feeble fuze a show.
Do remember as you travel
On In lltu's uneven way ,
That your knowledge Is the value
And the measure of your pay.
Never wear loud styleg.ot clothing ,
Have thn very best.youcan ;
lint remeinbor that cootl harness
Is not all Dial makes the man.
STATE AND TEtflUTOKY.
Nebraska Jotting.
An effort is being made to organize an
Episcopal church ut Broken Bow.
A Grand Island saloon keeper has been
fined $100 and costs for selling liquor on
Sunday. <
The coming terra of the district court
at Plattsmouth will have over thirty
criminals to dispose of.
"Uncle Billy'1 Payne , n pioneer of the
state , died at Kearney Monday after u
short illness , aged seventy-two years.
Butler county people are making up a
purse for the widow ot Mr. Dykstrn , who
was killed in the David City tornado.
George K. Evans Is confined in jail at
Republican City , charged with having
two wives. His case will como up for
trial In thu district court.
A district camp meeting conducted by
Rev. J.V. . Stewart , assisted by tlio
twenty preachers of his district , will bo
held at Auburn , commencing to-day ,
Two young men living near Plaits
mouth , while hunting the othorday , came
across a hollow log tilled with snakes aud
slaughtered twenty-live of the reptiles ,
all of them rattlers.
.A. U. Wyman walked into the oflico ol
the Republican at Yuluntlno while th
editor was out , and us n card sot up n few
llttns of typo announcing his presence ,
that ho was late treasurer of the United
States and also a practical printer.
An eastern firm sent a bill to n Nebraska
City lawyer n few davs airo. The lawyer
replied that the fellow was a dead boat
and ho could not collect the bill , but
could have the delinquent hunt ; without
ceremony.
Sheriff McCullum , of Otoo county , has
shipped the throttle valve which passed
through the body of Kujrmocr James Do-
wilt in the Missouri Pacilio wreck nt Dun-
bar , and which waq used as evidence
ncainst David HoU'inini nt his trial , to
Kansas City , and It will bo ornamented
nml placed on the grave of the brave en
gineer.
IOWA.
The republican stale convention mo ets
in Des Molnes to-day ,
Dubuquu complains of terribly dirty
alloys and aud a general need of sower'
ago.
ago.Tho
The management of the Iowa soldiers'
home announce that the homo will bo
completed in about sixty days.
At Ml. Pleasant Charles Wood was ac
cidentally shot through the lung by his
little brother while out hunting.
Albia has a nine witli n Methodist
preacher for pitcher. It is a splendid
team and the parson throws some very
curly balls.
There nro 331 inmates of the feeble
minded asylum at Ulcnwood ; 20U males
and 1125 females. The per capita cost for
maintenance ) is $175.79.
Sioux Uity is to have a corn jubilee tlio
first of October and will build a corn
palni'o. Extensive arrangements are
hoing made for the event.
The question as to the right of an anti-
prohibitionist to get water at tlio town
pump at Spirit Luke was ono of the
cases Friday iu the justice court of that
place.
Sunday last witnessed the birth of the
Davenport Morning Tribune , fathered
by Edwin G , Erwin. The initial number
is ne.it und mnvsy and supports the prin
ciples of the republican party.
A Sioux City young man suddenly bo-
caiuo insane aud rushed out on the street
in very scanty clotlnntr. After beseiging
a number of houses with stones lie was
captured by friends and taken homo.
Saturday night at New Hampton an
unknown man entered the ticket ollico
of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
and pointing a revolver at the agent
ordered him to hold up his hands. The
request was so peremptory that the agent
complied and the robber went through
the drawer , taking what little money
there was.
Colona , Henry county , is greatly
wrought up over the < | iiestion , "Can a
corpse perspire. " At a funeral the other
day it was noticed that the face of the
dead was covered with perspiration , and
although wiped away by the undertaker ,
large drops of moisture soon gathered
again. The body w'as buried , however ,
and now manv of the residents of the
town assort the belief that the supposed
dead man was buried alive.
Dakota.
The foundation of the now $40,000 hotel
at Watortown is completed.
The ten itorial board of equalization
has levied a tax of 2.U mills for the CIIMI-
ing year.
Dead wood vigorously opposes the cre
ation of the new county of Mead with
Sturgis as the county seat.
Tlio Methodist conference is endeavor
ing to secure grounds at Hot Springs for
a Black Hills Chautauqua assembly.
Two convicts who wore at work on the
capitol tit liismarck escaped the guards
and were out of sight before they were
missed.
A storv comes from Norfolk , Sully
county , that the administration was so
anxious to have a democrat unpointed
postmaster that one was appointed who
could neither road nor write. The gov
ernment sees the necessity of having
these in ollicial positions who arc in har
mony with the administration.
An article from Fargo appeared in the
Chicago Tribune , urging that license was
in tlio line of prohibition , if hiirli , and in
the nature of a line condemnatory iiitiier
than justifying the trallic. At a union
meeting in Fargo on Sunday night the
Congregational minister , who is a radi
cal prohibitionist , took occasion to ridi
cule this view , while speaking in the
Presbyterian pulpit. After ho tmd coti-
cluded the Presbyterian minister arose lit
his side and claimed the authorship of
the article thus denounced.
Colorado and Montana.
A union depot costing f 100,000 is to bo
built at Pueblo.
Moulder is to have sampling works that
will cost ifnO.OjO.
Contractor Richardson has now 120
men at the capilol grounds.
A new postollieo in Arapahoe countv
has been named Alva in honor of Gover
nor Adams.
The drive of 2r > 0,000 ties down the Mis
souri forty miles , for the Montana Cen
tral , is n success.
The glassworks of Goldim have been
prosperous beyond the most sanguine
hopes of the proprietors ? .
A strike of rich ore , averaging 8,000
ounces of .silver to the ton , has been made
iu tiio Savage mine near Ouray.
W. E. King , manager of the Western
Union at Quincy , 111. , died of consump
tion on the D. oc K. G. Salt Lake tram
near Salida.
The San Luis Valley Graphic says that
McCormick , the great reaper man , has
donated the S7r)00 necessary to clear the
Del Norto college debt , coupled with con
ditions which , it understands , are com
plied with. The money is expected soon.
Time checks to the value of if.'i.OOO have
been stolen from the liurlingtou at Hoi-
yoke station on the now branch from
Sterling tn Cheyenne , the lirst known of
it being that they were being cashed in
Denver. Detectives are loolcing the mat
ter up.
The Pacllio Coast.
The culture of the olive is attracting
n gro'it deal of attention.
The largest smelting works in the
United States are to be built at Taeoma
forthwith.
It is stated that a Japan farmim" col
ony will bo established near Valley
Springs , C.il.
The famous Pcrkins-lialdwin breach-
of-promi.su suit is again up in the Los
Angeles courts.
Fred Hchringer Is on trial at Ntipa for
the murder of Elijah Williams in a pri/.e
light last spring.
Railroad ties near Reno nineteen years
old have just bcon taken up perfectly
preserveoT. An analysis will determine
the caiiio of their preservation.
General M. G. Vollojo , the oldest na
tive son of California , w.ll ride in the
procession at Nnpa on Admission Day in
a chariot which ho made in 1813.
Kugene Duvnl and J. R. Gronsdalc ,
who have been In jail at Clielialin , W. T , ,
for six mouths for the murder of August
Picklor , wore discharged from custody.
John Payne and Hamp Hlcoino were
killed and Thomas Tucker , F. M Gilles-
pie and Thomas Carrington wounded in
a cowboy raid at Newton's ranch , Pleas
ant Valley , A. T.
Paito society in Reno is convulsed.
Johnson Sides , an Interpreter and brave ,
has eloped with a plump young squaw ,
leaving behind a sick wife and four hun
gry little pappooses.
Senator Stanford and E. S. Iloldon head
the committee which is trying to raise
$50,000 for a monument to Starr King ,
the famous Unitarian preacher , in Golden
Gate park , San Francisco.
A charivari party at Virginia City
stopped at n brewery that was closed
for the night , and thundered nt the door
for admission. This aroused the anger
of the proprietor , and ho sol/.cd n pickax ,
sailed into the crowd and laid about him
right and loft. Uno man , Thomas Kelley -
loy , had his skull fractured.
The I'liMlo Mlirnry.
Ninety thousand , three hundred and
forty-one volumes were Issued last year
from the Omaha public library. The
librarian states that -10 per cent of these
books passed Into the hands of children.
Do the pcoplo of Omaha know that the
library ranks witli the public schools in
its relation to the boys and girls of this
city ? Visitors there Hint children in the
reading teem , children in the reference
department , children tit the catalogue
desk , children waiting for books. If the
day chances to bo Saturday there will bo
n long linn of children nt the librarian's
window , each with card in hand. Forty
per cent of the yearly outgo of books are
read by children .a startling fact which
gives rise at once to n .serious question.
What are these boys and girls reading ?
Who provides suitable books for thorn ,
who helps them to choose ? The reading
of a boy from ten to fifteen affects his
whole life. Who sees that these boys like
bettor books this year than they did last ?
Is their reading educating them , are
they looking and growing toward the
best ? It is the purpose of this article to
answer these questions and to ask some
others.
The department of juvenile literature
is one to whrch the book committee
brings tlio closest scrutiny. The collec
tion is founded on catalogues prepared
by librarians who have clvcn special
study to this subject. It now contains ,
with the exception of perhaps half a
dozen volumes , the complete list made by
C. M. llbwlna , librarian at Hartford , Con
necticut. It covers travel and adventure ,
stories of various countries , legends and
fairy tales. History , historical biography
and tales , children's books in diH'ercnt
departments of science , including astron
omy , chemistry and physics. The earth ,
natural history , the microscope , garden
ing and plants , health and strength , out
door sports , household arts and amuse
ments , drawing and painting , music ,
reference books and bound sots of the
best periodicals , such as St. Nicholas ,
Harpers' Young People , and la t but far
from least , comes juvenile fiction. In
this class the boys read Trowbritlgo , Kel
logg , Mayno Reid , Aldricli , Noah Brooks ,
E. E. Halo , H. E. Scudder. F. R. Stock
ton aud others. The girls Miss Alcott ,
Mrs. Whitney , II. 11. , Mrs. Stowo , Miss
Young and others. Just now there is an
unusual call by the children for the tales qf
Harriett Martincau anil Mary Howittand
a revival of interest in the Hello books has
necessitated the purchase of a new set.
Ivanhoo , Kob Uoy , Oliver Twist and Cur
iosity SJiop are always in demand. His
torical stories are popular , and six sets
of C. C. Coffin's Story of Liberty , Hoys
of ' 70 , Boys of ' 01 , etc. , are in constant
use. The histories of lligginson and
Lossing are often out , also the Boy's
Percy and Froissart and especially
Pyle s Robin Hood Ballads. Not much
poetry is asked for unless it can show a
catching title like Ballad of Battle and
Bravery. Prof. Raymond's Shakspcaro
for the Young Folks is often takon.
The rule in the selection and the giving
out is to provide for children something
that they are growing up to , not away
from , and it is tlio purpose of the book
committee to keep the library full of the
best that is written for boys and girls in
all department.- ; .
After the work of the committee conies
that of the librarian. She deals mainly
with two classes , the street boys and the
children of the public sehools. The first
she educates , the second ho guides and
advises. Tlio street arab makes his appearance -
pearanco after his own fashion. Old
Sleuth's are to bo had for a foiv cents ,
and hundreds of boys buy them This
boy thus discovered.'is told that when ho
finishes his books , the library will , on
certain conditions , give him another. Hu
is a reader and jumps at the chance of
getting books for nothing. The taste
which has been formed on "Old Sleuths"
has to ho skillfully and tenderly dealt
with. Miss Allen gives him an Oliver
Optic , a few of which are kept for boys ,
to begin upon. For a while ho lives oif
Oliver Optic. Some day the Optics are
all out ; he takes a Trowbridgo instead ,
or a Koliogg. After awhile , with
a little help ho diseovers
Mayno Reid , lie gets interested in learn
ing about other countries , ho finds ho
likes books of travel and adventure in
strange lands , ho helps wear out another
sot of Jules Verne , gets a little glimpse
into natural history , lives in anew world.
One day this summer Miss Allen in sport
offered such a bov an Oliver Optic ; ho
was an olJ frjend ot the library ; he
langhod and said iio guos.sed he'd ' 'got
ooyond that now , " The process takes
time and it takes devotion and patience
on the librarian's Dart. A irroat many
boys have been through it in the Onuhii
public library , and moro are going
through it now. They find out in this
way that they have tastes and aptitudes ,
four or live are now reading together ad
vanced books in natural history ; the
manuals of taxidermy are always out.
The question of reading with Such boys
is a question of clmraotur ami life. The
library works for them every day , Is their
friend and advisor , their teacher and
their college.
* \ Cnno of Accounting.
A rather important equity case for a
general accounting has been commenced
byE. T. Tellt. William E. Telft , Frank
Tofl't , Joseph 11. Woller , George
Clark and G. N. Beach , partners doing
business as Tell't , Woller ft Co. against
Edward Larkin ami the Bank of Com
merce. This grows out of the failure of
Melnnas it Bu sey , formerly dry goods
dealers on the southeast corner of Six
teenth and Webster streets on
the 8th of February 1837.
It is claimed that the
latter named firm prior and on the date
named owed to the plaintiffs ? -,213.ai ,
to the detendaut Lurkin , ? 1,725 , and to
the Bank of Commerce f l.U''U , for which
promissory notes , secured by chattel
mortgages , were given. The plaintill's
allege that on February 31 , 1887 , thu du-
fendants represented to the plaintiffs that
it was for the best interests of all the
creditors of Molnnls A : Bnssey that thu
stock of thu latter should be sold , and
that Larkin & Co. would bo thu proper
persons to conduct said sale. It is al < o
alleged that the value of the stock
then on hand was repre
sented at $0,000 , which plaintiffs
say would bo amplv sufliuieut to pay oil'
all the creditors. Furthermore , it is al
leged that the sale proceeded but no ac
counting was made to phiintills , and
that the balance of the gr.nds unsold
were turned over to the Bank of Com
merce by Larkin & Co. , and moreover ,
the plaintilfa say the ; have reason to
believe that the hist named firm is com
posed of E Larkin and Frank 10. John-
s'on cashier of the lluiik of Commerce.
Hcncu the prayer for a general account
ing of sales , expenses , etc.
I' ' < ) | OMH in Jail.
Among the eighty-four prisoners in
the county iail there are twenty-four
criminals awaiting the session of the
district court commencing on the nine
teenth of next month. Tills is thu largest
number that have been confined at one
time during tlio past ten years. Of these
three are in for burglary , two for at
tempt to commit rape , three for assault
with intent to kill , live for robbery , one
for hor.so stealing , one fur house
breaking , four ' for grand larceny ,
one for forgery , ono tor bastardy ,
ono for murder in the second
degree , ono for gambling and ono foi
obtaining money under false pretence.
I'arkcr Taken Ilnok ,
Deputy United States Marshal Allen
left last night for Cheyenne with Parker ,
the man who robbed Paymaster Bash.
Parker was Iu Irons and closely guarded
by a soldier , but his presence in the
Ogdnn sleeper created considerable con
sternation among the ladies aboard ,
I'arker , however , seemed to enjoy the
situation , and to all the questions plied
to him answered with a laconic "yes , " or
"no , " accompanied with a grin , Ho
goes to Clioyennc to await his trial before -
fore the United Slates court ,
Ullt * Incorporated ,
The Klks of this city hare filed articles
of incorporation as a social club , with
all the provisions pertaining to such or
ganisations. The capital stock is 17,500 ,
divided Into 800 shares of $35 each. The
beginning ot the corporation is August
17 , 1877 , audits termination will bo December -
cembor ill , 1900. The corporators are
Frank Colpetzor , K. Dickinson , S. S. Cur
tis , R. C. McClure , Sidney Smith ami T.
M. Orr , _
rinafiiro Kor tlio HoMlers.
"Pinafore" on a real boat lias been de
termined upon as ono of the night fea
tures of the coming reunion. An Iowa
company has been engaged and Cut-oQ
lake is the spot selected for the perfor
mance. An amphiteater is to bo erected
on the shore and by the aid of powerful
locomotive headlights the opera will bo
seen by the spectators , 'liho night of the
performance has not yet been deter
mined upon.
Wur.N the face is haggard , the cheek
hollow and the form lank and debilitated
.the party concludes ho is the victim of a
wasting and mysterioiisdisea.se , when the
simple truth is , his digestive organs arc
in had order , if he would use Dr. J. 11.
McLean's ' Strengthening Cordial and
Blood I'urnier , ho would look as well ,
and feel as hearty as the healthiest of us ,
he needs bracing upvitali7.ingthat is all ,
Funeral Notice.
The funeral of the Into George Parks
will take place from his former resi
lience at CM North 1'iftoonth street , this
uftornoon at U o'clock under the auspices
ot the Bricklayers , Masons nnd Plaster-
ers' Tenders' union , Members of the
union will meet at ! i o'clock at their hall.
Services at the house.
C. l'\ Powell , who was mixed up in the
Dinsmoor endorsement case which is
liable to bring matters of requisition bo-
twpcn this state and Minnesota to a focal '
point , is very sii-k in the county jail. Ho
is suffering from epileptic H'-x and they
arc crowing very serious. .His death ut
any time would not bo surprising.
BABY'S ' SCALP
Milk On * ! , Diiiulruir , IVs.cmit
und nil Scalp Humor' * C'lireil
! > ) < ; uf icura.
I.ASTNOVHMIIiiniy : llttlo boy. niroil tluoo
Jyc'urn. foil iwiliiBt the slnvo whllo lie wa
rumi'iiir , und cut his hunt ) , und , iltfht nflurtlmt
ho broke out nil over Ids hoii'l. ' Mini loft our. I
Imdiigood doctor. Dr. - , tonttcnd him. tint
hu pot H orsp , and tlui doctor cnulil not euro him
Ills \vliolo lioiul , IBC . und loft imr WITH In n
roarfidgtntn.iuiil lu-HUlIorod terribly. 1 caught
tlio dlsoiieo Iroin him , niul it Rprcnil id ) ovur my
fnoo and neok nnd oven K"t Into my cjc's No-
lied ) thmiffht wo would ovur cct bettor. I felt
sure wo noiodlilltHired for life. 1 lioiinl of the
< 'tmci'iiHKMKIIIKS. . mid proem od u liottlo nf
OtiTict'HA Kicwi.vi'vr , 11 box of < YTH'ITHA. mid
nmkanf CuncriM SOM * , nml u cd thi/mcon-
Rtnnllr dny nnd idKlit. ixttor iislui ? two bottloa
of ItKtoi.vBNT. four bovoH of CimcuiiA , ttnd
four CARC4 of SOAP , o nt n perfectly curoil w Itli-
out : i near. Mv boy's ildn Is now likn Putin.
IJTI ( Iiund Srtoct , LILUli lU'TINO.
JKUSKVCITV , N. .1.
SWOIH to bofora mo this STth dny of .Miucli ,
18S5. Oll.IH.ltTl' . ItOIIINHDN , J. I' .
THE WOHSTsbllE HEAD.
Ilnvo been in the dm ? nnd inpdlclno Imsliipsi
twontv-llvo youis. Ilnvo bcon hulling your
ClIllCtlHA ItF.MRIIIfS RIPCO tllOJ' I'lUIIO Wo-t.
They Icuil nil others In tholr lino. Wo could not
wrlto noraoiililyou print till \\olmvo bonnl suM
In fnvor ot the Ctn irriiA HEMKIIIKP. Ono yenr
iifo the Ct'TicuiiA ' und StMt- cured n llttlo glrllii
our house of the worst sere hciul wuovor w ,
nnd the HKMit.vr.M' nnd CtmciMiA nro now
rurlnirn yoiinsprntlnnmti of a sere l6r ( , whlln
tlio physician- trylny to Imvu It amputntod.
It will save his lot ; and purhnpR his Illo. Too
miicli rnnuot bu suliliu fnvor of the CimcmtA :
KKMKDIKR. S. II. SMITH , V I1UU.
COVIMITON , IvV. _ _
Cimrtm * Iti-MfPiua nro no'ltli'O euro for
every form ol Skin nml Illood Dloeiues , from
rimplosto Fcrotr.lu. Sold uvorynhnro. I'rli'o ,
CiniomiA r > ) o ; SOAP. i'ic. ; Itr.ioi.M'.Nr. $1.
I'ropnii'd by tbo I'orrKii Dunn AM > UIIUMIUAI.
Co. , lloslon , Mn < > s.
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases.
niomiHhos , I'ltnplns lllm'klicimK nnd
llutiy llmnoM. IHO Ci in riiA SOAP.
Ache ! Ache ! ! Achell !
lKiip Auhoi * uuil Pnlns icllovod in
ono mlnuio by the Cutlcum Antl-
1'aln l'liitor. A pnrfrct antlilolo tn
imln ami lutluimimtloii , At
: i1o : ilvo for $ ! . I'ottur
Clu'ininil Co. , Iloston.
HEALTH. WEALTH.
DR. CHERBOURG ,
Cor. lath and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Nub.
A Regular Graduate in Medicine and Spe
cial Practitioner.
Authorl7i'd to tiout all Chionlc , Norvoim nnd
"Spoolnl nisonopH.1 .4
( Wliothor ciuiBod by Iii'pniilonoo , Kxcnss or
Contusion ) Hmnlnul Wcnknctw , ( idKlit losBon )
Hnuul DuulhtyUrn ( ol sc'xmd powoi ) , Norv-
OIIH Debility , Illood Disoidmx , etc' . Ctirus K'lur-
nnicoil or monuy rofundi'il. ClmrKOi low
Thuii'-nndi ! ol cnsos cured , Ao | nml oxparlenoo
me Important. All niuillclncs especially pro-
purcd lor e.Hdi Individual 0110 ,
No Injurious or Poisonous Compounds
Used.
No time lost from buslnoM I'ntlonta nt a
dlslanuo troalo 1 by letter and uvprens. Modleluu
sent ovoijwhpro fieo from KII/C or hrunkaKO.
So Delay in Fil ni ( ; Orderi- .
I'oru'oom : rtnmpwlll mull ntl'.K"K4 < < ay < m
Man , an Imiioitiuit Question , 'and u SVMI'l'OM
Ili-t on tthlili to aoi lull lil tor ) ol vour dlseiiso.
Slate youi CHSO , Bond lor lorms. All uo nsk M n
trlul. buerocy observed olthor In pors'jn or by
' " " "
omen HOPHS-
n to lUa. in . - tor , and" to 8p. in.
Mention Omaha Wi-ul.ly Hue.
WM. MO INTOSII. n. v. m
itomviM ; , < v juri.vro.su ,
Real Estate Dealers
110 South Spring Street ,
LOS AMJiLIM , VALIVOUXIA.
Hinder * In city ami country propurly of nil
dcierptmni ! ( ionuiul Informntlon to iimr-
eomern r rooty t-'lvon.
" THIS CAPITOL Iff"
Lincoln , Neb.
The best known nnd most popiilur hotel In
ihosioto. location contrul , appointment * Hint
close , llondinmrluia lor commurciid mon and
ull political mid publlo KHthoiinirs
K. I' . KIliN ( ( : I'rnprloior.
CURED
lly Dr. Snodlkor's method. No operation ) no
pnln ; im detention fiom IniBlium. Aduptud to
olnldron us well iiDKiotrn pcoplo. IJundicdnof
uutoeruph irstimonuds on Illo. All husmeai
Mnelly conlldentlHl. Consultation treu
PROF. N. D. COOK
Room li , Ifill Douglaw St. , OnuliaNeb.