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THE promoters of the Motor street rail
road are resorting to sharp nractici
which no law abiding citizen can ap
prove.
THE last victim of high art is E. K
Valontino. His allowed portrait in Sat
nrday's Republican would pass for ono o
Frank Mayo's thrco guardsmen. Tbi
nrtist has evidently played a prnotica
joke on Val.
DR. MEKCEK presided over Uascall'
hoodlum meeting a week ngo. Tha
gave him n blanket mortgage on tin
council with the privilege to tear ui
pavements on Sunday and lay track 01
his motor anaconda unmolested.
CHIEF SIIAVEY committed another un
pardonable crime , in the eyes of Mi
McShano , when ho allowed some of hi
policemen who escorted the Now Yorl
firemen through the streets to appca
"in frock coats and bob-tail coats.1
They should have nil appeared in ful
dross uniforms with epaulets and cil
cord , tassels and white kids. Nothin ]
short of this would have satisfied tin
esthetic taste of McShano. Scavo'
must go.
The figures for the patent office fo
the fiscal year ending with last Jun
showed that the inventive genius of th
country is not on the decline. Thcr
were nearly forty-one thousand npplica
tions entered during the year , probabl.
the largest number in any ono year sine
the ollico was created. The complaint o
lack of clerks and room is reported b'
the commissioner , an entirely inexcusa
bio condition in view of the fact that th
ofllce is more than self-sustaining , havinj
last year yielded a surplus of $180,000
while the aggregate for several yean
sums up into the millions. In perrntttinf
nn ollico that is a source of revenue t <
the government to bo short of means t
expeditiously do the busines
required of it is an injustice to thos
who pay their money to sustain the oltic
which ought not to exist.
A NEwsi'Ai'EK at Lowlston , Mo. , ha
boon collecting data regarding the Indus
trial , conditions of about 150 cities am
towns in the state , and the general rcsul
is not of a nature to attract population t
that state. The figures in bulk show i
little advance during the past year , bu
this has been accomplished in a few Ic
colitioa. Even Portland and Bangor hav
realized no very noteworthy growth , am
arc doubtless very sleepy and stupii
towns. Eastport , Farmington , Bar liar
bor and Camden appear to have export
cnccd'tho ' most considerable advance , th
last two chiefly by reason of their nttrac
tlons as summer resorts. But the corre
spondents at most points sent in exceed
ingly gloomy reports regarding the pros
out condition and outlook of the town
they represented , the effect of which i
to give anything but on oncouroging ide
of Maine as a promising field for proflta
bio investments.
THE course of Empire moves stoadil ;
westward. It is estimated that the present
ent year will add 100,000 eastern poopl
to the population of the Paeitlo coast , th
largest inllux in any year since the coas
was settled , A San Francisco paper say
that very few of the now comers ar
Europeans , nearly all of. them comin ,
from Now England , the'raiitdle stutu
and the easternmost of the grain state ;
This it regards with particular satisfac
tion , remarking : "This is the best Amoi
lean stock ; the bone and sinew of th
nation ; the flower of American people
They will plnnt.the schoolhouse and th
newspaper wherever they go ; will upholi
free speech and n free ballot , and wi
maintain the law and preserve order.
While California and the coast hav
been receiving this generous ncqul
eition of population , n much groatn
number ot people have come into N (
, braskn , Kansas , Iowa , Dakota and Mln
nesota , not all ot them , indeed , of th
class so landed by our San Francisco cot
temporary , but an industrious an
thrifty people who will make good citi
zcns in all that the term implies. It 1
probable that the population of Nobrask
alone will bo found to have increase
during the present year quite 160,000 , an
very likely no other state will bo able t
show a larger pain. The overcrowde
cast has still many thousands to spar <
and there is yet ample room in the greu
west ( or all who ate willing to work.
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They Should Bo Fair.
Of all people who are seeking to re-
'orm the world by moans of party organ-
zation , there is none of whom absolute
Fairness oan more properly bo demanded
and effected than of the prohibitionists.
They claim that the buttle they are
fighting is chiolly moral in its character ,
und they ao not hesitate to summon tc
their support religion , divine mandate ,
and all that is included or implicit under
the head of moralities. A party employ'
ing such shibboleths is under the strong
est obligations to bo truthful in all its
declarations , to avoid nil deception , tc
deal in no sophistries , to state as fact
only that which is incontrovertible , to bo
in all its utterances and acts candid ,
straightforward and honest. The re
cent prohibition convention of Mas <
Bachusotts was not wholly governed bj
this principle , as u single statement of its
platform will show.
This is the assertion that the license
system is practically a failure , and thai
oven under high license the diminution
of drinking saloons is scarcely tipprccia
bio. The prohibitionists of Massachusetts
have no excuse for being ignorant of the
facts regarding the results of the license
system , and if they are properly informci
regarding them they must stand con
dcmnod of having deliberately proclaituci
an untruth in the above declaration. Tin
unquestionable record is that the liccnsi
system , wherever it has been faituf ull ;
enforced , is a complete success , nccoru
plishing nil and more than its support
ers have claimed for it. Take the
most recent experience will
it , that of Minnesota , Within thirty day ;
after the law wont into effect the numbe
of saloons in the portion of the stati
whore the tax had become operative hw
decreased between four and live hundred
and it is probably safe to say that at thi
time there are a thousand fewer saloon :
in Minnesota than wore in existence :
year ago. In Michigan the license and
local option laws together have reduced
the number of drinking saloons byjiuiv
drcds , vindicating the wisdom of thcs
laws to the entire satisfaction of the in
tclligcnt and unprejudiced population o
that State. In Ohio the Dow law , whioli
proscribes a moderate tax and cannot bi
compared in effectiveness to a high li
cense system , has wiped out hundred
of * saloons and they continue t <
die under Us operation. Elsowhcr
similar equally gratifying results of the
license system are matter of unimpeachable /
able record , which only those hopclessl
steeped in prejudice will refuse to ac
knowledge. Equally untrue is the statement
mont that the principle of local optiot
has been shown by numcraus example
to bo insufllciout to guard any given lo
cality from the inroads of liquor selling
The truth is that the instances are ver ;
few in which local option has not bcci
entirely effective in excluding the sale o
liquor from the communities adopting it
The established fact that prohibitioi
docs not prohibit , to which the cxpcri
cnce of Massachusetts lias conspicuously
contributed , and which is beinj
every day verified by half
dozen states , cannot bo set aside by sucl
inexcusable mlsstatements as the Ba ;
State prohioitiomsts make in the plat
form declarations noted.
It is not surprising , in yiow of its prevarications
varications , to read that the Massncliu
sotts convention was "run by n maclun
with n deftness and assurance equal ti
that of any of the old party machines , '
and that it "emphasized more clearlj
than ever the recent tendency of th
party away from temperance and towan
n state of childish delight at playing i
politics. There were a few honest soul
in the body , but "tho majority paid fai
more attention to the small squabble
over ollice , and the boasts that they wor
attacking a party which they shoul
defeat , than to discussing the tompoi
anco outlook The saloon yielded overj
where to the ballot-box as an object o
interest. " With such methods and mar
agomont the cause of prohibition cauno
expect to advance with intelligent an
fair-minded people.
Xlin State Fair.
The Nebraska state fair at Lincoln i
in full progress and will continue throug
the week. Under the experienced man
Rgomont of ox-Governor Furnas , and tin
exceptionally liberal inducements offero
by the association , there is assurance o
the largest und finest display of the pro
ducts of Nebraska over made , notwitli
standing the fact that the season has no
been altogether propitious. Every dc
partment will bo well filled , and the gen
crous premiums to be awarded will brinj
out the very best that our farmers hav
to show. The exhibit of stock Is ex
peeled to bo especially large and fine
and in all respects there is rcn
son to believe that the Nobrask
State fair of this year will afford mot
gratifying evidence of the agriculture
progress and material prosperity of ou
people.
Apart from the attractions of the ful
itself , there will bo more than the usus
amount of diversion for those who al
tend. The races will surpass any eve
before held in the state , one of thn features
uros of which will bo a special exhibition
by the phenomenal trotting stallion Jay
Eye-See. There are the best of reason
why all the people of Nebraska shouli
take a lively interest In the success an
prosperity of this annual exhibit , and i
is hoped that nothing will interpose ti
prevent the fair of 1887 exceeding all prc
eeilmir exhibits In the extent and charao
tor of the display and in financial re
turns.
A. Hopeful i'rospoct.
We some time since noted the fact tha
a railroad project was in coutomplatloi
from Salt Lake City which hold out lanri
promise for the future of that com
munity and for the territory of Uta
generally. We now learn from th
Tribune that the railroad boom 1
moving with most gratifying momon
turn , and from the exuberant tone i
which that paper referred to tlio projoc
it is evident that the success of the cntei
prise is regarded as assuring results c
very highest importance to the territory
and especially to Salt Lake City. Th
proposed road is to have its termini u
Los Angeles and Salt Lake City , aud t
pass through the best mining region c
Nevada. It would be the short route t <
a region whore 200,000 , people are comln
and going annually , and it would bo i
transportation line for largo amounts o
ore , fruit , coal and other commodities
Tnoro seems to bo no reason to doubt thn
thcro is ii substantial demand for thread
road , and that it properly constructe
and adequately equipped it would bo
paying investment from the start.
It would also have the effect' to giv
3nltLnko City something of. a boom.
This might not quite roach the dimen
sions outlined by the sanguine forecast of
the editor of the Tribune , but It would
undoubtedly bo very considerable. The
time is certainly coming , and may
not bo very remote , when Salt
Lake City will attract more
attention from capital seeking safe and
profitable investment than it has yet
done , and once It begins to push forward
it is likely to move with rapid strides.
Tlio city is favorably located for a com
mercial and manufacturing center , and
this fact is not likely to bo much longer
overlooked. It is among the probabili
ties that ten years hence Salt Lake City
will contribute five times as much as it
now docs to the general prosperity.
Aud in the progress'to that position the
problem that has so long troubled Utah
will bo successfully solved and perma
nently disposed of.
Foil sublime check and tenacity In pur <
suit of boodle , commend us to Cadol
Taylor. Ho actually asserts nt this late
day that the courts have upheld his
fraudulent printing contract , and claims
that his paper is still the oulcial organ ol
the city , lie docs this in the face of twc
injunctions , and the plea in court of hi ;
own attorney , John M. Thurston , and the
city attorney's admission to the
court , that no legal contract has
been made yet because tno council
had never voted it by the requisite num
ber. Even if Judge Groff's injunction
was dissolved , the fact that Cadet's contract -
tract calls for 00 cents per square when
the BEP. offers to do the advertising foi
8t cents , would prevent the council from
going on record to ratify the bogus con
tract. If Cadet imagines that ho can
llccco the taxpayers of Omaha without
protest and without hindrance , ho mis'
takes their temper.
No ono will question the necessity foi
larger fair grounds and n one-mile racetrack -
track in this city. The city is encroaching
upon the present site , so it will bo impossi <
bio to enlarge that ; but an admirable lo
cation may bo found upon the wide
plattcaii just erst of Fort Omaha. Snun-
ders or North Twcnty.fourth street fur
nishes a level , graded thoroughfare from
and to the city , and the Belt Line could
easily put in a stub track to the tort and
the proposed site. The real estate upon
which the present race-track is located
is becoming so valuable that it cannot be
held for the purpose much longer. The
driving park and fair associations will
soon be compelled to look elsewhere , anil
when they commence looking it will ap.
pear that every railroad in Omaha has
suddenly discovered a location near itt
line which was especially shaped by the
hand of Providence for a one-mlfo race ,
track 1
ArxEit seeing the admirable grounds
upon which Camp Logan was located , the
question naturally uriscs , why did the
department deem it necessary to go tc
Belluvuo to find a suitable place foi
target practice ? The space allotted foi
the drill ground in the camp cortainlj
would make a perfect Cold for tarcet ;
shooting or any other military manoeuvre ,
ONLY nineteen members of the police
force , namely , those that served undni
Tom Cummings. have been placed or
the August pay roll by the council an
archiats. And still Uascall makes his
dupes believe that they are not sturvinc
the police by following his lead.
OCCASIONALLY wo hoar the report thai
Tom Potter and Charles Francis Adams
can't run together long before encountering
toring a hot box. This is followed bi
the report that as to their personal re
lations everything is as smooth as t
greased rail. But
THE new Union Pacific bridge will bi
an excellent roadwaj for bicycles , bu
oven blind horses are not likely to cross
the bridge in tlio face of a locomotive.
AND now Douglas street has ceased tc
be an unobstructed carriage drive am
her superb asphalt pavement is a thini.
of the past.
BTATI3 AND TI3IIU1TOUY.
Nebraska Jottlnc * .
Ilartington will invest a liberal purs <
in nn artesian well.
The contract for the county couri
house at Chudron has been let.
The Catholics of O'Neill are building t
pastoral residence to cost $3,400.
Blair sent about thirty coach loads o
visitors to the Omaha fair and reunion.
The Missouri Pacific has commoncct
grading for the extension fo Hastings.
The Loup and Elkhorn Baptist associa
tlon will meet at Hartington ou the 29th
The Citizens' bank , of Wayne , capita
$83.000 , lias begun business. A , L
Tucker is president.
Columbus will soon vote on the ques
tiou of issuing 125,000 , in bonds to bridgi
the Plutte and Sioux rivers.
The Butler county Press has passed tin
fourteenth milestone in Its career , anc
will continue on dooic while democracy
is worth lighting for.
Three Greenwood druggists , who as
saulted the Slocumb law on tlio sly
were relieved of $50 oaoh by the peac (
preservers of Plattsmouth ,
R. L. Slater pulled his gun on F. II
Barton in Nelson last Monday and she
him in the back. The wound is no
dangerous. Slater is under bonds.
Tlio railroad committee of the Hasting :
board of trade have received delimit
assurances that the Santa Fo road will b <
extended from Kansas to that point.
Capitalists have taken hold of the Cha
dron atone quarry with the intention o
developing it and distributing the pro
duct in neighboring markets. The stem
is pronounced the best in tlio state.
Two highwaymen were given a ride bi
n farmer on the road to Jackson lasi
Monday. They reciprocated his kindness
by clubbing him over the head am
robbing him of everything worth tak
ing.
ing.Mike
Mike Flynn , a promising young horsi
thief fiom Saunders county , was picket
up in Fremont Friday and jailed. Ho ii
only eighteen j-ears of ngo and wil
probably reach his majority in the pom
totuiary.
The Lincoln Democrat finds it noccs
fary to remind the inquisitive that th <
state board of transportation is not work
ing exclusively for the benefit of the cap
Hal city. The information is timely am
will be filed for early reference. Mean
while Omaha's complaint of unjust dis
crimination is pigeon-holed as indcliniti
and beyond the jurisdiction of the board
George Mann , of Plattsmouth , report !
that while airing his shape and a uov
suit of clothes on a street corner in
Omaha , Thursday , ho was approached
by a vigilant cop and , induced to give i
sketch ot his life , or go to jail as a BUS-
-picious - character. George feels sore
naturally , over the incident , but it serve :
ai a warning to Plattsmouthors that
they cannot trawl ' ou their shape far
from home. '
Senator Casper , , of Butler county , is
ono of the few men in the democratic
party who will not change or modify his
opinions or lower his sturdy manhood tc
catch a passing wave of political favor ,
Ho is not built that way. Believing in
rigid regulation of the liquor trafllc , the
medicine men of Ills party rejected hia
name for the ollico of county treasuroi
and practically boosted the republican
candidate into the office.
Four gentleman ot leisure and light
fingered , at Whitman , threatened to cut
off the cars and chisel the nostrils of any
ofilclous constable who attempted to dis
turb their raids on loaded freight cars ,
Deputy United States Marshal Pinncc
heard of the threat , and unfurling his
sound caves , sailed into their roost one
morning last week. The bold bad men
weakened nt once and meekly held out
their hands for the bracelets. ' They wil
make a superb quartette for tlio Moshoi
laundry if they do not break jail.
N. F. Simpson , a Lyons butcher , wear :
a sore spot for a bustle. Last week r
thousand pound heifer had a go-as-you
please with him in a ten-acre patch
Simpson took the polo and the lead uni
was n good length ahead on the home
stretch where a barb fence loomed up. Tc
jump it was out of the question , The
next best thing was to crawl under , am
while the butcher was posing for the
plunge the heifer camn up behind on t
2:11) : ) gait anil shot him under the wire
The concussion took the slack out ol
Simpson's lungs but ho were a tort
trousers and a sore memory.
The marriage of Frederick May anc
Catharine Bissol in the presence of 10,00 (
people on tlio fair grounds nt Hastings
last Friday distanced the races as n
drawing card. Tlio News describes the
tie-up ns a modest , fashionable event
The bride , n grass widow of experience ,
was dcnkotl in a "green cotton dross witli
llounccs and wire work , " the Inttei
being particularly prominent. The
blooming and timid bridegroom were ati
evening suit of last year's plow clothes ,
trimmed with deep red blushes. "When
the coming of the twain was an
nounced , "says the News , "and ns thoj
took their seats upon the platform a great
cheer wont up from several thousand
throats , while Jay Cherry hitched up a
few scats nearer , that ho might bo first
at the osculatory part of the ceremony ,
The prospective groom was evidently
suspicious of Jay's intentions and seemed
ill at case , though thn bride , n blooming
grass widow , having had the advantage
of a former experience , was perfect lj
sclf-possosscd , and seemed to enjoy the
whole nfftiir. In fact , it is said that hoi
assurances alone prevented the timorous
young man from backing down at the
last moment and ftyin" from the trying
ordeal. When all was ready
and the bride had given a
last look of encouragement to hot
intended spouse , the Uov. Dr. Britt arose
and pronounced the ceremony of the
Methodist Episcopal church , after which
Mr. and Mrs. May were introduced to the
assembled multitude , which again broke
into prolonged cheering. Above the din
was heard the piping voice of Jay Chori-j
demanding his prerogative of kiasiug the
bride , but at the hist moment his courage
failed him , and John L. Kent , of Verona ,
was the only man in the vast assemblage
who had the fortitude to do honor nol
even excepting the groom. In a neat ane !
eloquent speech the Hon. Mr. Cisnoy , ot
behalf of the association , then presentee
n handsome bouquet to the radiant bride
alter which followed a general handshak
ing , and the great event was a matter o :
history. " _
Iowa Items.
Tipton will Invest in an nrtesini
well.
well.A
A now elevator has been completed n
Persia.
Osknloosa revels in the luxury of frei
postal delivery.
Dubuque boasts of a largo opening foi
a canning factory.
The manufacture of sorghum Is ono o
the thriving industries of Logan.
The Mutual Pacific telegraph line i :
to bo extended groin Omaha to Siour
City.Hon.
Hon. J. B. Grinnoll thinks 200,000,00 (
bushels as the corn crop of Iowa thisyeai
n safe and conservative estimate.
The tomato vineyards of Davenport an
ripe for the canning factory. Two him
dred more hands are needed to gathei
from the fields the luscious product.
Wednesday night nine business houses
in Murray burned to the ground. Fin
caught in a small grocery and communi
cated to others. Origin unknown.
Several boys from nine to thirteen years
of ago broke into the Lutheran church , al
Decoiah , one of the- finest in tlio north'
west , and destroyed the organ , throw
mud ou the carpet and tore up the bible
and gowns. The damage is estimated al
several hundred dollars.
The homo and barn of lleiraor Mei-
burg , near Davenport , was destroyed bj
fire Friday morning. The family nar
rowly escaped with their lives. Several
line horses were cremated and farm ma
chincry consumed. Meiburg dropped t
lighted lantern in the hay and started the
blaze. Loss , $0,000.
The Farmers1 alliance hold a conven
tion at DCS Moincs last week. At the
convention Thursday , MO separate organ
izations , scattered throughout the conn
ties , wore represented by delegates. The
convention adopted a platform whict
calls for a reduction on passenger fares
on first class roads to 2 cents n milefalsc
for the creation of a department of agri
culture , whoso head shall bo a memboi
of the cabinet ; also for the reduction ol
the legal rate of interest in the state frotr
10 to 8 per cent ; also that the railroad
commissioners should bo elected insteat
of appointed. The convention elected as
president for the ensuing year Jess Ken
nedy , of Ida Grove , and for secretary
August Post , of Moulton.
Dakota.
Corn is ripe and the crop first-class in
the region of Huron.
Itapid City croakers predict the col
lapse of the town with the extension o
the railroad to Deadwood.
A telephone war rages in Rapid City
Altogether there have boon twenty-five
phones ordered out by subscribers.
The militia encampment at Huron
developed a small ridt over n loaded jug
The corkscrew supplanted the bayonui
and the disorder ended with the drown
ing of the jug.
An interior editor , who hns strugglei
with glory , big prop cts and an empty
jnirso , pathetically declares that "otnptj
honors do not payjrents , printer , gro
cery or fctutionory bills. What wo want
need und must have or bust , is something
substantial. " '
AMUSKMUNXS.
1'INAFOIIE XV HOYU'S.
Pinafore was played last night at thi
opera house to a fair-sized audience am
will bo produced again this evening. Tin
cast comprises Mrs. Franko us Josephine
Mr. W. O. Sanders as Sir Joseph , ntu
Mr. Tilla , of this city , as Ualph. Thi
Ringing of the principals in the main ii
satisfactory , and improvement in tha
of the others will be made for to-mght'i
performance.
METZ'3 GAItDEN.
At this place of nmusomont , last night
notwithstanding the chilliness of the at
mospliero , the attendance wns almost as
largo ns nt any of the earlier perform
nnces during the season. There were
two pieces and in each the well knowi :
company at that pluco appeared to excel
lent advantage. The audience was kepi
in laughing mood throughout and nt UK
final drop the performers were treated te
ft recall.
STATE COnnESPONDKNOB.
F lrbarjr Btlll limning Rapidly to
the Front.
FxinnuuY , Nob. , Sept. 10. [ Corres
pondence of the BEE. ] Work in the now
depot , round house and other buildings
of the St. Joseph & Grand Island and the
Kansas City & Omaha is progressing
rapidly. Colonel Harblno'n fine now
store building is being plastered.Gcorgo
E. Jenkins has finished oil' his store in
terior In splendid stylo. Ho has just re *
turned from the east with n bit ; stock of
dry goods. T. T. Berry & Bro. have
opened up in grand shape in the store
room formerly occupied by Hart & Son.
Now business ventures are being com
menced almost dally. Everything Indi
cates n lively time in Fnirbury this fall.
A now hotel is needed , and some ono
with capital and go-ahoa Jitlvoncss should
come to this booming city and build n fine
hotel.
George II. Bailey has gone to Lincoln
with ad his trotting stock , among which
are some of tlio best brcel horses over
offered in the west , Ho has collected
thorn with great earn for breeding pur
poses. As Mr. Bailey was the formoi
owner of tiio grout Saturn and Consul ,
and brought them both into prominence ,
it is readily conceded that ho Knows what
good ones are. His entire stud of twenty-
live will bo offered at auction the 13th
inst. , at the fair grounds in Lincoln with
out reservation.
Bob Uiggins , a nephew of Jim Hub
bies , is mysteriously missing since Sun
day morning , and his mother , n widow ,
is suffering great distress of mind about
him.
him.L.
L. C. Charnplln is the last victim ot
robbers. Sorno villain wont through his
house the other night and stole what
money ho iiad in the house , but disturbed
nothing else.
The farmers are bringing in a good
many poaches at this time. There will
bo n good crop of apples. This county
in general cannot complain this year.
The work on the waterworks will bo
commenced soon. Mr. Strung , of Omaha ,
has the contract.
Light nt Itcct Cloud.
RKD CLOUD , Neb. , Sopt. 0. [ Corre
spondence of the Br.E. ] "Let there bo
light , and thcro was light. " As the illum
ination of the day depended upon this
command , so the lighting of this city has
been delayed until the municipal author
ities have given the self-same command.
The citizens of Red Cloud have now wit
nessed its fulfillment and rejoice in being
in the best lighted city in the state. Last
spring a company know as the Rod
Cloud Eloctrio Light company was or
ganized and made a proposition to the
city to furnish it n given number of 2,000
candle arc electric lights at an annual
rental. The proposition was accepted
and the company has placed a plant of a
forty-candle res > isanco , obtaining their
power from an oighty-horso power tur
bine wheel run in connection with the
water power used by the Red Cloud
Milliug company. Ten lights have
been placed nt different points in thn
city and the evening of the third day
were first lighted. As those ton street
lights burst forth their brilliancy ull the
loading stores and hotels shared in the
sumo Improvements and Red Cloud can
truly say that she is a lighted city. This
useful and excellent improvement is duo
to the energy and enterprise of her citi
zens in general , but horrnuvor and coun
cil in particular. They have labored
manfully and persistently for the inter
ests of Red Cloud. She lias kept to the
front in both public and private improve
ments nutl continued to grow. A short
age in crops or a temporary lull in busi
ness does not discourage or dishearten ,
but simply gives opportunity for prepa
ration for greater efforts. Property is
steadily increasing in value , thus demon
strating the fact that the confidence of
the people is constantly strengthening.
Improvements are being made that are
to last for years , and we find the same
watchful care exorcised in the manage
ment of city affairs as is practiced in a
well regulated business.
A system of waterworks costing be
tween $25,000 to $30,000 will be in opera
tion by October 1. A fine $13,000 bridge
is now being built across tlio Republican
to take the place of the wooden one that
has done service for the last eight or ton
years.
Diulding nt Broken now.
BROKEN Bow , Neb. , Sept. 10. [ Corre
spondence of the BEE. ] The town is still
booming , new buildings springing up on
every hand , and most _ of them are first
clasa. The Odd Fellows are coming to
the front with a now $10,000 hall , 112x30
feet , two stories high , with pressed brick
front. The Catholics have had n block
donated to them by Holland & McDonald ,
on the corner of Broadway and Coon
street , and will soon commence tlio erec
tion of n very line church. The United
Brethren are building a now church that
will cost about $0,000 or $7,000. This is
the fifth church and still no Congrega
tional.
Court is still in session. Several cases
of importance have been tried.
The Bow will be largely represented at
the state fair this. year. The county fair
is hold here September 20 , 21 and 23.
Extra pains are being taken to make this
the best exposition over hold in the west.
There will also bo some good racing.
Bleep-Why AVe Do It.
Science : In an address to the Anthro
pological society of Brussels , Prof. Leo
Errorn has given a resume of some
points in the chemical theory of sloop.
The phenomena of sleep have in common
with other vital functions the character
of periodicity. An examination of such
periodic functions in general may aid in
ascertaining the cuuso of sleep. The
respiratory rytlim is rcgulntcd by the
amount of oxygen and carbonic acid in
the arterial blood. When the
blood is charged w.th ovygon the
respiratory centre momentarily sus
pends activity ; but soon the tissues yield
their oxygen to the bloodhavoit replaced
by carbonic acid , and tlio blood thus
modified acts as nn excitant to the respi-
lory centre. Ranko lias shown that the
fatigue and the recovery of muscles is
duo to a similar alternation ot the ac
cumulation and discharge of certain
"fatiguing substances , " chief among
which is lactic ncld. An injection of this
acid into fresh muscle render it incapa
ble of work ; washing out the acid re
stores the activity.
Cannot sleep bo explained by a similar
chemical theory ? Preyor lias extended
the views of Binz , Oberstciner und
others ( who ull ngreo in making the ac
cumulation of certain products of fatigue
ormildungsstoffc-tho cause of sloop )
by calling all such fatiguing products of
activity "pouogenus. " These accumulate
in waning life , are really oxkli/.uble , and
absorb the oxygen intended for glands ,
muscles , and nerve centers until action
is Impossible and sleep sets in. Gradu
ally the ponogens are destroyed by oxida
tion , slight excitation is sulllcicnt to
arouse tlio centers , and waking life bo-
gins. Among the nonoguns Proycr
counts lactic acid us the chief , but the
experimental demonstration of this has
been unsuccessful , and the theory , ac
cordingly , not generally adopted.
Since these researches ArmandGaittier
has found in the human body n Buries of
five organic bases akin to creatine , crua-
tinino , and xanthine , und calls them
"loucomainos" and "ptomaines. " The
physiological properties of these sulstan ) [
ccs are narcotic , fatiuuinir , und sometimes
lead to vomiting. . This is just what the
chemical theory requires. The periodicity
of sleep would bo explained by the coil-
sorvation of energy being applicable to al
bodily activity ; work must bo followed b ;
repair , life is a alow suicide. There is
moreover , reason to believe that the ao
tion of these loucomainos is n direct on
upon the brain ; it Is a direct intoxlcatloi
of the brain control.
A theory ot sleep must take account o
throe factors work , fatigue , and nlcop
The chemical theory satisfies these do
mantis. All work , muscular or cerebral
produces waste products. These nccum
ulnto , make work moro nntl more difll
cult ; this Is fatigue. As the process tsou
tinues , the waste products , notably tin
loucomainos , intoxicate the hii'hnr ncrvi
centres ( just as a dosoof morphine docs )
and render thorn incapable of action
that is sleep. The picture Is , however
much more complex. There is aconstan
struggle against the fatigue , which for c
time , by itiut of hard work shown In In
creased Accretions and so on , may sue
coed.Vo probably never arrive nt the
extreme limit of work ; the sen
sntlou of fatigue Intervenes t <
prevent such n disaster. Fatigue ,
as is well known , may extern
from muscle to nurvo and from nerve t <
nerve centre. Wo may bo very tirce
from repeatedly lifting a weight , and nebo
bo sleepy , nnd may bo generally sleety
without any considerable local fatigue
Ono is peripheral , the other central. As
the waste products accumulate in tin
centers , motion nnd sensation become
moro nnd moro sluggish , until the tltm
comes when the ordinary stimulation nc
longer arouses them , and wo sleep
Partial sleep can bo similarly explained
The centers go to sleep in n hiernrchica
order , the highest serving the most deli
cate function going first. In waking , the
reverse is the case ; the motor centres
may bo aslcop while the intollectua
centers are awake. In somnambulisn
the latter may be asleep while the fonnei
are nwako.
The depth of sleep , according to this
theory , ought to bo proportional to the
number of cortical molecules in combi
notion with the leucomnincs. In the be
ginning of sleep these lire abundant , the
cerebral cells inactive , and a combina
tion easy. The sleep is deep. Soon the
maximum number of combinations it
reached , and sleep is deepest. From
hero on , the loucomalncs are graduallj
climated and destroyed , and sleep should
decrease with a decreasing intensity ,
Kohlschutter"s exporlmonts on tlio inten
sity of slccu , as tested by the noise ncc-
esary to awake the patient , gives the
curve of the intensity of sloop corresponding
pending to what wo would expect by out
theory. Variations in our sleep , caused
by excess of work , etc. , are evidently
similarly exulicablo. In short , fatigue is
a poison for which sleep is the normal
antidote.
This theory maintains (1) ( ) that the ac
tivity of all the tissues ( and primarily of
the two most active , the nervous and
muscular ) gives rise to substances , more
or loss allied to alkaloids , the louco
mainos : (2) ( ) that those induce fatigue nnd
sleep : (3) ( ) thus on waking , if the body is
rested , these substances have disap
peared.
To compute the demonstration of these
statements much careful experimenta
tion is necessary ; but the facts as far as )
they go make it probably that the chemi
cal theory of sleep will gain In strength
with our knowledge.
Trout Tlckllnir.
San rriincfsco Iljcnmtner.
"I was astonished to learn by Mr ,
Thorndyke's statement that the bears on
the shores of Carbion river , at the base
of tlio precipitous Mount Tncoma , have
mastered the process of catching the
hook nosed salmon by thn art of 'tick
ling , ' " saiil n gentleman who was born
on the Emerald Isle and is proud of it. " 1
wonder whether the boys of Ireland
taught it to them or learned it from thom
1 know when I was n younsrtor wo Irish
lads carried on the sport to an extent
that led the giwiokeopcrs to sus
pect there were more nnd
shrewder poachers in that part of the
country than had over been hounded out
of it ; but they never suspected that the
ragged , bare-footed boy , who whistled us
ho plucked the blackberries from the
hedges , and would have been as familiar
with the mariner's compass , had it boon
placed before him , ns with n trout rod ,
crook reel line und cast of Hies , was one
of the _ liccnsolcss culprits who caused the
scarcity of trout.
"Vet bo it was. When the keeper wns
well out of sight the small boy would
throw away the blackberries which he
had collected , but did not care to cut , and
knowing by long experience whore the
big speckled follows loved to lurk , ho
would dart to a deep , still spot , well
shaded , and where the bank overhung
the water. Then , crawling to the edge ,
ho would look cautiously over. It n
trout was basking near the surface the
dirty little hand , making no percepti
ble ripple in the stream , so carefully
was it put in , was soon under it. The
fingers were then raised until , with al
most incredible gentleness , their points
touched the trout's stomach , when n
slight oscillation was commenced. This
was the 'tickling1 part of the maneuver.
The boys thought the trout enjoyed it ,
but perhaps they supposed that ft was
only the weeds softly brushing them.
Anyhow , it rarely disturbed them , nnd
the hand gradually assumed u surer posi
tion , until , with adoxterious movement ,
swift as the lightning flash , the fish was
cast out of tlio water , generally on the
opposite bank. The probability
is that the trout so captured is
asleep , and , though its eyed are of
course open , it can see nothing.
"I have often caught two do/on fine
trout in a day after this fashion , und all
the time kept a bright lookout that I was
not caught myself ; nnd while I was 'tick
ling' them 1 was carefully avoiding
sportsmen who , not far away , were fruit
lessly whipping the stream.
"The boar seems to capture his prey ,
as it were , by main strength. Ho just
puts his claw under the fish nnd casts it
out. The hook nosed salmon must bo a
stupid follow to bo so easily taken. The
Irish boy has to be more artistic , .so , per
haps , he taught the mode of fishing to
the boars. "
Ijockcd In a Tomb.
A moro romantic career can scarcely
bo imagined than that of old "Aunt
Hannah , " or at least us she narrated it
many , many years ago to an intimate
friend of u writer for the San Francisco
Altu. She seems to Ihu ou the streets ,
nnd us the fantastically clad figure of the
shriveled dame speeds past ono in the
gloaming , or glides silently by the house
lit the first streak of dawn , u person can
not quite restrain a little hlnulcUir. She
looku so like n witch you almost expect
nt any moment to sco her go soaring
over the hotiso tops , mounted on n broom
stick bound for the moon , to mveep away
those cobwebs which childish fancy has
woven across the pale satellite of the
earth.
Thn lady to whom thei story was nar
rated hud befriended the forlorn woman ,
nnd so won the heart of Aunt Hannah
that ono day that worthy camu in
through the basement , ns was her wont ,
nnd without waiting for an invitation
seated horriolf in the biu rocking-chair ,
throwing back her shawl from her head
and resting her chin on her skinny hand ,
as the white locks of hair glided across
her face in unheeded confusion. For
some time the old crone said nothing ,
but rocked qulotly to nnd fro.
"Thee hast been very kind to mo , " she
said , maidenly turning toward the lady
who sat bowing near nt hand. " 1 was not
always what thco HCOSI mo now. I have
nnver told anyone about myself , but thco
hast been so very kind 1 must try and
lell thee , "
She stopped talcing n moment , brushed
back the straggling looks in nn absentminded -
minded way , und contincd : "Long ago ,
oh , so long ngo , I was the only child of
wealthy Quakers in Philadelphia. They
They said 1 was -very comely , aud when
but girl in years I wedded Roubnn , <
For a year our lives were filled with Imp * ;
plncss , but ono noon they brought my
husband back to mo doaef , to mo whom
but a few hours before he hud left In the
pride of his strength nnd life. I don't
remember what they told mo , nnd they
placed his body in the family vault long
before the fever had left mo. One day ,
nftor thnv told me that the baby , too , win
resting by its father's side the baby I t
hud never scon n great desire came upon T-
mo to go to my loved ones , and I deter
mined to do so. 1 found in the house one
day u key , and it Hashed across ma that
it might unlock thn door of the vault , so
that night I crept out of the house aud
stole away to the crnvoynrd. 1 had no
trouble in finding the vault , and to my
joy the ko.v I had with mo fitted the lock
the bolt flow back and I rushed In und
flung my nrms about the casket , as the
heavy Iron door closed behind mo with a
elane that nyroko the echoes in pro.
lonpc'il reverberations. How lone 1 lay
there I never knew , but it scoincu to tub
that my husband returned to mo nnd 1
felt his nrms about mo in the old caress
ing wnv. Perhaps it wns the cold or
hunger that finally induced me to raise
myself and grope my way in the dark
ness toward the door. When I readied
it I found it would not open , although I
put forth nil the little strength that was
in my wnsted body. I wns not In tlio
least frightened , nnd I remember I
laughed aloud with delight , for I thought
now they could never take mo nwuy from
my lovu and creeping buck to the coffin
1 sat down upon it and waited with Im
patient longing for-dcnth to join mo
forever to the loved ones who hud been
so suddenly snatched from me. As 1 sat
there n dazzling light fell around mo nnd
I saw my husband coming toward mo
witli outstretched nrms. He wns just
bending down to kiss mo when conscious
ness lied , nnd it wa not until months had
passed that my friends told mo they hud
nol discovered my whereabouts until I
had been looked up in the tomb three
davs ami nights. I have never been
quite right In my mind since that time , "
said Aunt Hannah , ns her voice sank to a
whisper nnd her mind recalled the
ghostly experience of her early widow
hood.
"But. Aunt Hannah , " said the ladv ,
"how elid you got to California ? "
"Everything scorns so unreal to me , I
don't know quite how I did get horo. My
friends converted my property into bonds
for mo , and nftor my parents died I wont
to the Sandwich Islands und mot there n
man named Potter. Ho said ho loved me *
nnd I married him , but ho deserted mo
as soon as ho got control of what money
I had , and I came to California. " aud so
saying the crone jumped nimbly to her
feet , and the veil seemed once again to
fall across nor mind.
"JOHN BROWN'S ' BODY. " ;
Perhaps of Pure Negro Origin and * V
Onuo the Air of it Voiulon Song. " ; , /
St. James Gazette : You were pleased * 'A '
*
to publish , n few days ngo , a cominuni- >
cation from mo on the subject of the \ < -
genesis of the song of "John Hrown. " j-
That of the nir to which it is sung is also < -
very interesting , nnd belongs to a complete - , . "
"Mursoillaiso" of the '
pleto history of the
emancipation. Though adapted to a
Methodist hymn , it appears in the begin-
iiing to have been some kind of n vendee if -
song , and may be possibly of pure ncirro %
origin. Lieutenant Chandler , in nn
article on Sherman's march to the sea ,
says that during u halt xt Shady Dale , in
Georgia , the federal band struck up
"John Brown's body lies mouldering in
the grave. " Great was the ama/.ement
of the soldiers to see n number of
nojjro girls comu out one by one
from the deserted houses , nnd , form
ing n circle round the band ,
elanco in n grave and dignified manner
without smiling , as if m some kind of u
magical or religious ceremony. The
dauco over they disappeared. The band
played other airs , but the girls did not
reappear , nud their modest und earnest
deportment ou this occasion made un im
pression on the spectator. Inquiry of an
old nt-gro woman elicited the fact that
the nir was known us "tho wedding
tune , " that it had no connection with
hymns or songs , and that the colored
girls ull believed that they must dance
whenever they heard it played or thnt
they would never bo married. The
words and name of "John Urown's
Body" were as yet unknown to every ono
then , in that obscure corner of the south.
"I was convinced , " says tlio writer ,
"that the tune was older where the words
wore unknown than where they were fa
miliar. "
I can only add that there are yet in ex
istence in the United States several vou-
dee airs and dauces , und that one of the
most accomplished ladies whom 1 over
mot had learned something of them. It
is very probable , as 1 liavo already sug
gested , that in its origin "John Urown's '
Body" belongs to this "mysterious
music. " CIIAKLUS LK.LANU.
August 2.2.
SOUTH OM/VHA / NEWS.
The city was visited by the usual num
ber of visitors yesterday.
A largo congregation listened to ono of
Rev. Hilton's excellent discoursed last
evening.
Not n day passes but some ono asks
about the now depot for South Omaha.
The Union Pacific superintendent says
they will build it as soon as possible , but
it is not framed yot.
The once famous resort known as "the
beer garden" has lost its prestige nnd
was almost deserted yesterday ,
The lodge of Odd Fellows will meet to
night.
The usual number of drunk and disor
derlies were given quarters in the hotel
do Rico Saturday night. '
Work ou the grades was suspended
yesterday.
Mr. Swift , owner of Swift's packing
house , was in South Omaha inspecting
the now establishment.
Lots four nnd five in blook ono , Jotter's
addition , were sold Saturday evening for
$2,1)00. )
Patrick Maylo , n resident of Blair , Nob. ,
was yesterday n guest nt tlio Benson
house.
L. C. Gibson , agent for the syndicate
land , sold ou Saturday , lot ten in block
10'Jfor100. ' :
L. P.ilmatcr , of Goldfield , In. , spent the
Sabbath in the city.
Kiu.'hhart it Persons made n sale for
$5,000 , on Saturday evening of lot 103 in
their subdivision to South Omaha ,
The real estate men have boon greatly
di.scomfittcil nt the number of purchas
ers of the " , * 10 lots. " They claim tluit
the lots arc below high water mark nud
nro submerged almost every year.
Miss Daisy Aikin , of Clarmdn. In. , who
has been visiting her sister , Mrs. Scott
Herald , has returned home.
Thu South Omaha Gun chit ) has n
.shoot /ifteen birds caoh Sunday after
noon.
S. M. Staffer , of Poriia. Pa. , and John
Alt , of Oxford , Pn. , are thu guests ot Dr.
Glassgow.
Excavations have been made for the
foundation of the new South Omaha High
school building and the work of erection
will bc in this week.
The dedication of the now German
Lutheran school house , Sunday afternoon ,
was quite un imposing affair. A lurgo
number cf residents of Onnha were pres
ent and niflibled m the ceremony. Rev.
Fju/.or delivered the dedicatory address
in a very ublu manner , which was atten
tively liatened to by the laigo audience.
Some excellent singing was rundero'l ' l y
thu audience , after which the principal
of the school delivered u tmort uddruss.
und the ceremony wan concluded ,
Yunklon'6 militia company 'captured '
the lirst pruu at thu oueauipiuc/it.