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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEMtfKIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. 1887.
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THE DAII/g BEE.
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0tate of Nebraska. I. .
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Ueo. B. TzachucK , secretary of The Uce
Publishing romjmny , does solemnly swear
that the actual circulation of the Dally Uoo
for the week ending Sept 0 , 1837 , waa as
follows :
Saturdav. Sept. 8 . U.0
Bundav. Snpt 4 . 14.-JOO
Mondav. Sept. 8 . \r , y , > - >
Tuesday. Sept. 0 . 14.300
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Thursday. Sept 8 . 14.HOO
Friday , Sept. 0. . 14,295
Averaco . 14.434
GEO. is. TZSCIIUOK.
Sworn to and subscribed In my presence
this 10th day of September , A. I ) . 1887.
fSKAKl Notary labile.
, ,
State of
Nebraska , I „
County. ( M
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depots and says that ho Is secretary of The
Bee Publishing company , that the actual
average dally circulation of the Dall v Uee for
the month of September , IBafi , 13.030 copies ;
for October. 1880 , 12.0W copies ; for Novem
ber. 1880 , 13,518 copies ; for December , 1880.
i.zn : ! copies : for January 1887 , 10,260
copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,10s copies : for
March. 1887 , 14.400 copies ; for April. 1887 ,
14H10coples ; for May , 1887 , 14,227 copln ; for
.luno 1887 , 14.147 copies : for julv. 1887 , 14-
OU3 copies ; for August. 1887 , 14,151 copies.
OKO. B Tzscircca.
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thlM Mh day ot Sept. A. D. , 1887.
[ SEAL. | N. 1 . Kelt. Notary Public.
I'OULI ) that there were an office for
every candidate in the county.
A TOOL in American beef id now an
nounced. The tmio has come when ,
"pools" and "corners" in the necessities
of life should bo made a misdemeanor-
subject to punishment.
THE president can only spare us ono
hour. Half of that time should be de
voted to observation of the fly-specks and
cob webs in our postoflice. His recom
mendation of a little service reform soap
and white lead , with n strong disinfect
ant for the basement would gam many
voles in Omaha for Grover Cleveland.
THE latest diction by the English gov
ernment is , "Only give the Irish enough
buUotsand then wo shall have peace.1
English officials , like the Bourbons ,
never learn anything. They have tried
bullets for several hundred years , but
peace seems farther off than ever. It is
nomowhat humorous to expect peace by
striking nn Irishman.
COMMISSIONED OBEKLY and Lyman
are at work revising thu civil service
rules. This is well. The rules wtiro
L sadly in need of revision. The com
missioners might find it profitable to
make public the changes they intend to
make before they are finally adopted.
Public discussion would bo beneficial , as
the subject is now pretty poorly under
stood.
Now that the returns are in about the
late medical congress in Washington , it
appears that the mooting was a failure
the poorest congress ever held. This
was probably duo to the notion of the
national medical association In excluding
Uhe adherents of the new code of ethics
Adopted by the Now York state associa
tion. This action shut out some of the
most distinguished physicians in this
country and in Europe. Such acts ol
short-sighted bigotry arc bad in theii
immediate results , but will ultimately bo
for the best by rendering bigotry so ob
noxious that its manifestations must soon
ccaso.
THE failure of tbelast congress to make
an appropriation for surveys in Arizonr
has been a hindrance to settlement in
that territory. No surveys of public
lands were made during the past year ,
and there are many fertile valleys uusur
voyed , which it is behoved would be
promptly occupied wore the conditions to
permanent settlement assured. The sur
i veyor general also states that in the sur
vey of the landa for the Atlantic & 1'acific
railroad tbo work baa boon carelessly
done or there has boon fraud. It is evi
dent from bis statements that an investi
gation will be in order. Arizona is rich
in mineral resources , and the govornmnnl
should .withhold no aid it may extend foi
the settlement aud development of tht
territory.
THE annual roportofGuuoralJohnston ,
commissioner of railroads , just made ) tc
the secretary of the interior , shows al
the Pacillc roads to have done a profit
able business during.lSSti. The receipts
of the Union Paoilio exceeded its expen
ditures by $1,1211,073 , ana its assets were
Increased nearly three and a half mil
lions. The surplus of the company a
the end of the year was $ ; ! 7,33i,573. A
the close of 1880 the road had unsoU
lands granted by the government to tin
amount of 7,053 , ' . . > 07 acres , valued at $ l-i ,
004YJ70. The surplus of the Centra
Pacific for the year was a little less thai
a million or in exact figures $9. > 3u93. It
la probable the current year will make a
till bettor showing , particularly for tin
Union Pacitio.
SECHETABV BAYAUO , Minister Pholp
and Justice Field would not bo satisfao
tory representatives , of this country te
discuss the fisheries controversy with tin
English commissioners , and it ia to b <
hoped the report that they may bo ap
pointed will not bo verified. There is i
want of confidence in thu ability or elis
position of Mr. Bayard to sustain tin
American position in this matter , whlol
ho has douo nothing thus far to streucth
on. In no respect has ho boon woako
than in connection with this question
Mr , Phctlps would bo expected to maki
almost any concessions that the Engllsl
might ask , and Justice Field doesn't enjoy
joy that popular confidence that a mai
,1 , should have for such n service. The ap
pointmcntof thcso three would bedis
appointing and dltcouraging-
New York Repmblloana.
The Now York republican conrontlon
emphasized the spirit of harmony prevailing -
vailing in the parly of the Empire stale ,
of which there had been previous evi
dences. The fact that ex-Senator Miller
was president of the convention is an as-
snranco of the complete restoration of
gooel feeling , and the proceedings dis
closed no evidence of any discord or dis
affection. There was a minority of the
committee on resolutions unfavorable to
.ho local option and taxation plank of
the platform , but the majority view was
wisely sustained by the convention and
the objectors submitted gracefully. It
would manifestly have been most inju
dicious for the convention to have taken
any other position on the liquor ques
tion than the ono it proclaimed mainly
for thu reason that the policy it stands
for is. correct and thn only ono from which
practical results can ho had. It is In line
with the course of intelligent popular
sentiment everywhere upon this question.
The tariflt plank reiterates the trite
declaration that "any changes in the
tariff should be made m thu interest of
the protection of labor on Amarlcan
soil. " This expresses the idea of the
Ohio a nil Pennsylvania republican plat
forms in fewer words , but means the
same thing.
Interest will be centered on the head
of the ticket , Colonel Fred Grant , who
was unanimously nominated forsccretary
of state. It has been charged that the re
sponsibility for pushing Colonel
Grant forward politically rests
with ox-Senator Platt , but the
fact of his having no opposition shows
that ho stands well with the entire party.
There is no good reason , upon purely
political grounds , why it should bo other
wise , and probably no ono will question
that ho has stitlicicnt ability to discharge
the duties of secretary of state accept
ably. Ho has certainly rendered no ser
vice to the party which gives him a claim
to political preferment , but this is not a
serious objection If ho can bring to it
qualities which will bo of advantage to
the party , and particularly if ho shall
demonstrate an availability at least equal
to that which any other ma # might have
been expected to develop , lie certainly
has an advantage in not having a record
which the opposition can use against him ,
and it is already apparent that the worst
that will bo said of him ia that he is thu
political creation of Platt , and there
fore to be distrusted. Really , however ,
Governor Hill is quite as responsible for
Colonel Grant's political prominence ne
anybody else , nnd this fact must be very
effective in silencing democratic opposi
tion in the form it will undoubtedly
take.
take.Tho
The excellent organization of the New
York republicans , and the evident har
mony and good feeling that prevails
among the leaders , warrant an expecta
tion of * ho success of thu party in the
fall's election. If the labor vote devel
ops the strength it is expected to repub
lican victory may bo regarded as as
surcd. The disaffection in the labor ranks ,
however , render the result of thai
movement extremely uncertain , ana il
will be the play of the democrats to fos
ter thu dissension and increase it. Still a
fair and reasonable view of all the condi
tions and probabilities shows the situa
tion to bo very favorable to the republi
cans.
The Fall Bust liens.
There are very gratifying reports froir
all quarters regarding the opening ol
the fall business. Advices from the east
ern trade centers represent the move
ment in nearly every department to be
active and increasing in volume , nnd the
chief murkots.of the south and west ade
their testimony to the same effect. The
eastern money markets continue ) some
what close , which of course affecto the
money supply generally and keeps up
rates , but legitimate business is not sen
sibly suffering from this cause , and there
appears to bo no reason to apprehend
that it will. The tendency may be to n
conservative and cautious uohcy , but at
every sound business man knows this
has its value. So long as confidence
is not impared a judicious
caution in business operations , particu
larly after a period o ( pretty general nnd
generous expansion , is to bo etcsircd. The
country has been forging ahead at :
very lively pace for the * Just two years ,
and only good may bo expected to rcsul
from a pause ! u the race long enough te
take the bearings and got a rest for an
other dash forward. We shall have con
structed by the end of the year more
mile * of railroad than in any previous
year , erected more milli tuul factories
and probably done more building gener
ally. These are substantial assets which
will be of permanent value , but there
seems to be a general impression that the
expansion in this direction has boon suf
ficient for a time.
The fact that nearly all commoditio :
are in brisk demand for consumption is
evidence of the general prosperity. Tak
ing the whole country through the pco
plo have probably never been in a better
financial condition as a whole than thej
now aro. The vast expenditures of the
year that have gone into the pockets ol
labor of every class have added a very
largo sura to the volume of savings , and
have enabled the masses to providi
themselves moro generously with the
necessities of life as well as some .of iU
luxuries. Tim accumulation will not be
immediately exhausted , and there ii
reason to expect that not only the trad <
of thlo fall will bo active , but that noxi
spring will find a continued good do
rnand for all products that supply the
actual wants of the ueoplu. Beyond that
forecast cannot safely go.
The merchants of Omaha are gettinj
their share of the season' * trade. The.i
uniformily report busincbs active , one
the evidences are not wanting that sucl
ia the case. There is a busy air pervad
ing all the jobbing houses , and the bull
of the shipments is convincing proof o
a largo and active movement , Steadilj
our merchants are expanding their ter
ritory and successfully reaching out inti
now fields , reaping handsome returns fo
their enterprise , and establishing tbi
city as a metropolis of n region which ii
time must become ono of thn richest am
most populous on tbo continent.
Monumental Mrnuness.
For monumental meanness comment
us to the dailies published at the stati
capital. Tbo projected soldiers' monument
ment atDmaha has roused their narrow
minded local jealousy tolls highest pitch
and their vaporings do the liberal am
patriotic citizens of Lmboln great injus
ticc. The Democrat , edited .by a lat
confod. , volunteers to speak for the union
veterans us follows !
The Omaha BEE , who has been fighting for
years against an assessment of 50cents on all
Union Pad Do employes to keen up a hospital
at Denver for their personal and especl.il
benefit , now proposes a levy of 25 cents on
every veteran of the late war now resident In
Nebraska to build a grand soldiers' memorial
arch In Omaha. If the Unlnn Pad do had
wanted the BKK to suppoit Its hospital pro
ject It should Imvo located Its bono shop In
Omaha.
Who proposed to levy a tar on veter
ans ? Surely not the BEE. Who can
compel veterans to contribute ) if they do
not wish to do so ? The suggestion made
by this pnpor was that tlio Grand Army
veterans organize a tnonuruont associa
tion and solicit 25-cont contributions
from veterans.
The Lincoln Journal , which has al
ways professed the most Intense devo
tion to the union soldier , is disgruntled
t the very idea of the proposed soldiers'
monument. The Journal vunts its pont-
upgall as follows :
An Omaha paper wants a grand triumphal
arch erected over one of tlio streets of that
city to the memory of Nebraska soldiers of the
union and suggests that the veterans build
it. It says that twenty-five cents apiece will
complete a very good job indeed.
It must be confessed that a good many
men of those desperate tlinos Imvo felt them
selves compelled by the logic of events to
pay for their own tnomtnipnlsor go without.
The old soldiers of Nubraskn , howovor.may ,
from motives of delicacy , prefer to have the
monuments to them put up by the people
they fought for , rather than to go to the ex
po use themselves. * * * * A man can
honor himself In better ways than hy set-
tine up triumphal archc * on which he must
write his own eulogy.
If the gentlemen who did not liht are not
disposed to build monuments to those that
did , let the monuments go.
Our contemporary , us usual , shows its
insane hostility to Omaha. Had the
monument boon proposed for Lincoln , it
would huvo made most frantic tippoals tci
the living veterans to commemorate thri
valor and uatriotism of their dead com
rades. Nobody thought of asking the
veterans to build monuments to thorn'-
selves. Veterans have contributed
toward building monuments in every
other state why not in Nebraska ? The
advice that men for whom the soldiers
fought should pay toward the monument
ment is impertinent and superfluous.
John A. McShano and William A ,
Paxton have each ottered to subscribe
$2,000 towards this monument , and other
citizens of Omnha , for whom the union
soldier taught and died , will doubtless
contribute enough to rcako up $10,000 * at
least.
If the veterans como to the front anil
take the management of this project in
hand the monument can be completed
within twelve mouths.
THKIIF. is n quite general fooling
among the business muti of Omnha thai
it would be very much to the advantage
of the city if special efforts were made al
stated intervals to attract people hen
from the surrounding country. There
can bo no question about it , because the
value of such enterprise has beer
fully demonstrated in other ci
ties , and we are not with
out confirmatory experience of our own
The difficulty in these matters is to make
a start and cllect the proper organiza
tion. Individuals are slow or ditlideni
about proposing anything because of un
certainly regarding the support thcj
may receive. If a dozen 01
more of the leading busiucsi
men were to get together and tall
this subject over , there is very little doub !
that a practicable plan could be spoedilj
arranged , and a start having been made
there would bo no trouble in enlisting
the support of the entire bust
ness community. Omaha mus
keep her claims and advantages con
stnntly before public attention. Sh <
must attract people here , so that thej
may BOO for themselves what the city i !
and become interested in studying it !
possibilities. The duty of doing this ii
with the business men of the city , ant
they should promptly enter upon its per
tormanco.
THE subtorfuce editor on lower Doug
las street concurs in Juilgo Wakeloy'i
decision in the injunction suit , rendered
against the Republican. In other words
that paper wants it understood that ex
ception is taken solely to the decision
rendered by Judge ( iroff , in a similiv
case , based on the same facts. It is a lit
tic bit disconcerted to know that its sluri
upon the judges have been inter
prestcd , and therefore hurries to explait
that its arrow is pointed only at Judg
Croft" . But suppose it is ! Who cares ,
and what diflitronce will it make ? Can
two adventurers who have preyed upot
the taxpayers for the last four years aval
anything by malicious attacks upon at
old and highly respected citizen ?
Tnv : project of a soldiers' monument
or some commemorative structure , to bi
erected in Omaha , should not bo per
mitto.d to drop out of consideration. I
is a proper thing to do , it is desirable a :
an ornament , and a suitable memorial 11
honor of the defenders of the union car
bo erected at u cost the amount o
which ought to bo secured without tin
least difliculty. Nebraska is ono of tin
chief soldier states , and her mctropol !
should possess some substantial tint
permanent evidence of the honor ii
which the nation's defenders are held 1 > ;
the people of Nebraska. A rnovemen
with this end in view should be begun a
once and zealously pushed.
THERE are more than a dozen old fos
sils in Omaha who owe their wcaltl
solely to the advance of values in re a
property here ai a result of tuo enter
prise of a later generation of wicie-awaki
men. Those old obstructionists had abil
ity enough to hold on to their property
which they pre-empted or bought in thi
early davs when cheap , or else took it it
at forced sale. They are not building u ]
this city , but hoard up their gold whicl
conies to them like the sunshine and rain
As long ago stated in those columns , i
few litst-class fossil funerals will b
of incalculable benefit to the city o
Omaha.
To SOME of the old mossbacks whoti
the rise in Omaha real estate tias mad
wealthy , our appeal for uniform side
walks has become a chestnut. There i
no excuse for the wretched sidewalks a
every hand m the heart of the city. Th
city council should take the matter ii
hand and regulate it by ordinance , am
also resolve that the streetcoinrnisjslone
do his duty and -enforce- such .an or
dlnanco.Uniform.sidewalks . within th
fire limit or upoff tie principal thoroug-
faros are demanded by the people of this
oltyand the demand shotildnot bo longer
disregarded.
TUB cornor-stono laying of the new
Y. M. O.'A. building on Sixteenth street
yesterday marks ai highly Important page
in the history of that worthy organiza
tion In this city. f Such organizations
should receive llye al aid from all classes.
They are givlnc 'young men something
to do other than'tjio ' frequenting of ques
tionable places l"of resort. They arc
helping young men who como here at
stranger * ; getting' them started right In
honorable employment. They teach
men to respect thumsolvos and the law ,
and how to becomn worthy members of
society. .
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TIIE past two davs the Republican has
made allusions to the declining advertis
ing patronage of the DEE. Near the
former's head-lino is the stereotyped
legend , "try our want ads. best adver
tising medium. " Reference to its al
leged want ads. will disclose loss than a
column and a halt of them. The Bcr
scarcely over prints less than seven
columns of want ads. Further comment
is unnecessary.
TUB Republican congratulates every
member of the city council who voted ii
the city printing. The BrE congratulates
every lax-payer in this city that through
its oflbrts the fraudulent bid and con
tract were annulled and the Republican
was compelled to put in another bid at
loss than half the rate nt first offered.
TIIEKK ia not a city inspector who ha ;
discovered water or chalk in the milk
sold to the people of this city. And yc.l
the water and chalk are there ! Whj
don't the inspectors do their duty ?
TUB little ripple which has occurred
in respect to the triumphal arch develops
the fact that a contractor agreed to build
it al a loss to himself , and is trying tc
get oven. That is all.
THE street hackmcn who have latelj
arrived here from Niagara Falls should
be invited to return to their fir t lovo.
THE I < 'II : iiD OF INDUSTltY.
American engineers will probably soon be
called upon to lay out a railroad across Cen
tral American to 1'ncllic.
The twenty-four savin us banks of New
York have depositsaimnmtliiR toSo33,000,000 ,
The number of depositors is GS7.000.
The girls of Louisville are to have a par
tial business training , including booitkeep
Inc. short hand writing ana typo writing.
Labor organizations are less active novt
than they have bt'cn for months , althoucl
new lodges and associations are constant ! }
springing up. „
Clothing cutters fcxnect to have all UK
work they can possllfly do. There are very
few apprentices eofo'lng ' alone to compete foi
" '
employment
The largest plato-pfass works In the world
will soon be erected at Munorville , tlilrt.s
miles east of L'lUsburi : . The tmui o !
3110,000 was paid for the site.
Thu hardware manufacturers of the Now
Kugland btales have liad the most successful
fci'iisou ever enjojed , and enlargements an
now In progress In every state.
In UIrmin hani , Ala. , $2,500,030 worth oi
buildings art ) In course of erection. Tin
buildings are icnted before completed
Worklngmen live cheaply and comlortably
The Pennsylvania railroad company can
not get cars enough to hnul all the coke madi
and sold. It Is borrowing right am
lelt and making express time back or
"empties. "
Bunking In Germany , for some reason i
not apparent , Is bc-comini : less anel less prof
liable , although manufacturing is stcadilj
Increasing and the condition of the working
people la Improving.
Printers are onre more Undine work mori
abundant. An cquall/.ation of wages wll
bo attempted In several localities this fall
especially In western cities. Job printer :
have a laiga amount of work in Mulit.
A horse In Buenos Ayres. Including har
ness , Is worth only two tons of coal ; licnci
horses will be used on a railway line 201
miles long. A Philadelphia company has tin
contract lor a portion ol the equipments.
The combination of rubber clothing man
nt'acturer.4 will result in an advance of 2 ,
per cent on electric goods. The average sule ,
of lluht fabrics amount to 53,000,000 per year
Tim combination Imposes a penalty of Sl.OW
for violation of rules.
TOM 18 SUCH A TEASE.
Wiltten for the lite by M. J. orKeitt.
The lengthening shadows slowly btole , llki
sentinels , nmnnif ,
The Klistoninir eold-tipped ancient o&ks , am
a mutant nurrole hung
Whore the purple banners of the sky thci
ar.ur fringes Hunt' ;
The hum of busy day was dying on the even
Ing breeze
And nature sung her versper hymn thro' th
arches of the trees
While Tom held both my httnda In his , Oh
Tom was such a tense 1
A-lield the quail were whlstllna low , when
the grasses highest grew.
And the thistle-down o'er the hazy road , Ii
grey-white leathets flow.
While I 1 hid my eyes Irora Tom's am
knew not what to do ,
But I saw that the linccrlng sunlight wa
kissing his nut-brown iiair ,
As ho drew mo to his loving heart and I fcl
oh I strangely thote ;
And 1 knew he Imd something sweet to.say
and I knew that ho didn't darn.
The swallows annn , trailed their darllti ;
(
wings , aud ceased their circling flight
The shadows gatherjpg round us were jus
. .tipped with rosyjlifjlit.
And Tom drew me closer to his breast jus
a little mute i
There was no one nigh to listen barring al
ways , the listening trees.
Mayhap 'twas the gathering darkness madi
me feel so nniclftrt ease ,
While ho told his iota and kissed me-0i !
Tom Is suth a te'asB I
# * i | f *
I wonder If all the tillage will crowd th
chapel aisle , > ! > !
I wonder If Tom's bohl face -will wear tha
over-saucy smile ,
And If Ned and Madge will stand up with u
and encourage us the while.
Now , Tom says be should have proposed , Ilk
a cavalier , on his knees ,
And I vow that I dlan'l ' say a word nor foe
a single squeeze.
Hut what matters it all I we'll soon be wed
and Tom Is such a teao |
A Mnrvellou * City.
Wcti l\iM RtwiMcan.
Omaha Is a marvellous city. First th
Omahogs llnd coal , and next they strike gas
It will BOOU be In order to discover a toll
mine. We wait and watch for further developments
opments with unflagging Interest
How to Make Home Happy ,
CMcayo Trtiwni ,
. "How to .Maka Home tlipuy" is the.tltli
of-a book of 800 pages no * . In press.V <
have not eeea any et the txlvaaee fthetto ,
but If U set * forth anr certain method of
making home happy and keeping a hired
girl at the same time. It Is the book the world
has been waiting hundreds of years.
The Prevalent Falling.
A areat many editors are now telling why
President Uarrett , of the Baltimore & Ohio ,
failed. In plain words It can be summed up
In the remark that he didn't allow the road
to live within Its income
The SOUR of the Coolc.
I come from haunt of soot and burn ,
I make a sudden salty
Another dish to overturn
And throw It down the alley.
I scorch , I spoil , 1 scold , I smash ,
Among the greasy kittles ,
I make trio queerest kind of hash
And other kind of vittles.
1 bid the mistress right about
When she comes in my quarters ,
I entertain my cousin stout
Aud all my sister's daughters.
I send them forth with bundles fat ,
Of sugar , tea and flour.
And then 1 day It Is the cat
That steals things by the hour ;
And In my trunk line things I slow
From drawers and dressing-cases ,
And wear thmii bold when out I go
With Imitative graces ; '
Till lost , some day , 1 married get.
And do my own housekeeping ,
In one strait room , with rafters set ,
And babies round me weeping.
STATE AND TBItittTOrtY.
Nebraska Jutting * .
Hastings threatens to m\st $100,000 in
n pork packcry.
The schools of Hastings opened with
2,000 young ideas shooting m lino.
Hall county captured the first premium
for the best county exhibit at thu state
fair.
fair.A
A a sensation center Nebraska Citv ia
without a competitor in the state. Even
Omaha tips her beaver to thu antique
metropolis of sin.
Plaltsmouth has raised a purse oi
1,500 , to sinK in a prospect hole to a
depth of 1,509 feet. It is hoped that the
town will strike something better than
an empty purse ,
The Springfield Monitor says : "Omaha
may well feel proud over the enterprise
it displayed last week. It will not
only rebound to their credit , but to thai
of the whole state. "
The Neville lire team of Plattsmouth
was shut out of the Mod Oak tournament
on the claim that they wuro professionals.
Which leads the Journal to remark that
the claim is good when they are among a
lot of pumpkin buskers.
The plans for the Paddock hotel and
cpora house at Beatrice have been com
pleted. The combination building will
cover 125x142 foot of ground , four stories
nnd basement in height. There will bo
six stores and ninety sleeping rooms , besides -
sides dining room , office ami bath rooms.
The theater section will have a seating
capacity of 1,200.
One of the bic premiums at the coming
Cass county fair will be given to the
couple marrying on the grounds. When
the sacred ceremony of marriage is per
formed amiU _ the yells of fakirs , the
clanging of side shown , liorso races and
the smutty remarks of the vulgar , the
"happy couple" are entitled to a front
pew in the pumpkin exhibit.
"If one can judge by the comments of
returning visitors to Omaha , " says the
Platlsmoiith Journal , ' 'the greatest curi
osity in the town is a saloon into the tile
lloors of which arc inlaid eleven $20 gold
pieces and a $50 slug. And every man
who grinds his heel over them on his way
to the bar has the sumremo satisfaction
of knowing that ho helps to put them
there. "
The Tckamah Burtonian condenses a
wealth of experience and observation in
the following : "The amount of gall that
some men have ) is surprising , and some
nieii display their littleness by taking a
county paper for four years without pay
ing for it. and then finally refuse , to take
it out of the postollice. They are the
worst kind of dead beats , and ought not
to kick if their names are published next
week. "
Henry B. Swing , postmaster nt Hart-
ington , struck the young son of Guy R.
Wilbur , and was congratulating him
self on thu brave act , when Mrs. Wilbur
bounced on the scene , and retaliated
with a stout whip. She stretched his
shape in a free , vigorous style , and left
several harmful impressions of her artis
tic ability. As a hand painter , she did
the town proud.
James Brown , n pioneer of Otoe
county , elicd Monday , aged eighty-six.
Ho was at a reception civon Lafayette on
the hitter's visit to the United States nnd
shook hands with the distinguished
Frenchman in the old state house in
Philadelphia. He served in the late war
of the rubeblliou , as a member of Com
pany F , 13'Jth ' Pennsylvania volunteer
infantry , and lost his eyesight from in
juries received at the battle of Antiutam.
The lighting editor of the Ord Quiz
was in when Dave McCord called on
Monday , determined to balance a ro.
vengeful account. The outcome was an
unqualified success , as Dave was sorely
worried by the frequency and vigor ol
the editorial dukes and the forceful elo
quence of his argument. Dave was also
given the cheerful privilege of rubbing
in the salve by paying a line in court.
Hereafter he will monkey with a bu/.z
saw aud shun the sanctum when his
wrath is up.
Inwa Items.
The Iowa state * fair grounds at Dee
Moines contain 265 acres.
The new depot of the Illinois Central ,
at Dubuque will cost 175,000.
Forty-six clergymen of the Catholic
church attended thu funeral of the liov
Father English , at Dubuque Tuesday.
The present daily output of the coal
mines of Mahasku county is about 2,000 ,
and will soon bo increased to 3,500 daily
Thu railroad shops now under con
struction at Davenport will give em
ployment to four times the force em
ployed in the old shops.
Ex-Simator Van Wyck , of Nobraskn
City , has boon invited to deliver the ad
dress at the opening of the corn palace
festival in Sioux City next month.
Thu land ofllco at Ucs Moinea was besieged -
sieged Monday morning by nearly two
hundred land seekers watting for an op
portunity to homestead the lands in
vYnodbury count v , recently thrown open
for settlement. Nearly a hundred impli
cations wuro received by mail. Register
Potter and his assistants wore kept busy
all day examining applications , most of
which came from thosu who had con
tracted with the railroads for suctions of
the forfeited lauds.
Dakota.
Truck laying has commenced on the
Elkhorn extension to Deadwood.
The Galena smcltur in the Hills has
been temporarily shut down for want of
orn.
Yanktonlaiis are raising money to defray -
fray the expenses of a railroad survey tc
Sioux Fulls.
The owners of the Tin Queen mine ,
near St. Elmo , hayo refused | 10,000 for
their prouurty.
The grade of tbo Aberdeen , Bismarck &
Northwestern has almost reached the
city limits of Bismarck.
Prof. H. W. Jansen , of the Hapid City
School of Minus , died of bronchitis last
Saturday , aged sixty-four.
1 The trouble between the Manitoba anel
the Farmers' Elevator company at Claremont -
mont has been settled.and the farmers
are hap'py. . .
At the special 'tleption'on the question
of ii division of Lawrence county , the
vote of the portion to bo segregated waa
almoit unanimous In its favor.
The territorial tnx of Dakota , accord *
ing to the Iqvy , will amount to about
SUO.OOO. Tills will bo used to help defray -
fray the expense of the territorial gov
ernment.
Commissioner of Immigration McClure ,
from roporta received from every county
In the territory , estimates the present
population of Dakota to be 008.487. By
January I it will bo 000.000.
Drtllah-Amerlcann.
CHICAGO , Sept. 18. To the Editor of
the BEE : A movement , originated in the
cast , which has already rapidly spread
as far west us Illinois , is on foot , having
for its purpose the naturalization of all
Englishmen' Those already naturalized
have soon the necessity of bringing to the
attention of their countrymen the fact
that it is time they asserted themselves.
Wo hear , at every election , of the Gor
man vote , and of the Irish vote , but
never of the the English vote. Statistics
show that the English , Scotch , Welsh
and Canadian settlers in this country are ,
numerically , about the same as the Irish ,
Only about 10 per cent are naturalized ,
The Briton is rarely an ollico seeker , and
attending to his own business with as
siduity , he has no time for the trade ) bf
politics.
But he is now becoming interested , by
the introduction into American politics
of a question of foreign politics a ques
tion uflcctiug the country of his nativity.
lie sees with growing concern the cease
less effort of an organized faction to do
its best , by continual misrepresentation
and calummy , to belittle his country-
men. Finding from their alien condi
tion they do not rcceivo and cannot usk
for fair consideration , they bavo decided
to also become an element in politics ,
and when the politician , to gain the
"foreign vote , " drags into his platform
a question of foreign politics , bo may
find , fin incurs by so doing , the opposi
tion of another "party. "
True Americans should hail this mnvo-
rncnt.as an opportunity to be made much
of , for under these circumstances , they
will possess the controlling power , and
at the same tune it is better for other
reasons , that all residents should bo citi
zens. It is a movement in the right di
rection , good for all concerned , and it is
to bo hoped that all subjects of her ma
jesty , who intend remaining in tnls
country will become citizens. It is best
for the country they have loft and a duty
to the ono in which they reside. Lot all
then "take out their papers. "
HY UVAMS.
_
Monte Chrlato Outdone.
Atlanta Cnnffu ( oit.
China has stubbornly resisted the march
of modern ideas. Her statesmen have
professed a contempt for what the out
side world calls scientific progress , and
the masses of her people have opposed
superstition , prejudice aud ignorance
against all efforts to introduce among
them mechanical appliances of other na
tions.
The immense population and great
natural resources of China bavo loner
been a tantalizing temptation to tbo
speculative anel enterprising spirit which
had overrun tlio rest of the world , but
which encountered an impassable barrier
in Chinese law and Chinese prejudice. It
was plain that a golden harvest awaited
the pioneers in the material government
of this great country.
If we may believe reports which arc
now freely circulated the immemorial
Chinese policy has been suspended and n
system of internal improvements on a
gigantic scale has been projected for the
"Flowery Kingdom. " Tins opening in
tbo hitherto impenetrable Chinese wall
has been accomplised , bit by n states
man , a diplomat , or even a money king.
It is the work of a little fidgety individ
ual known us Count Mitkiowicz , an
alleged Russian nobleman. The
count ha been in this country
several years and never has been still
ftvo minutes of the entire time. Ho has
been continually proclaiming some won
derful discovery or working up some
scheme that threw into the shade the
most ambitious projects of Colonel Mul
berry Sellery. He managed u scientific
farm in New York as long as his Ameri
can wife's money held out. Ho then
went to Baltimore and organized an im
mense coal speculation , which ended in
wind. Later he betook himself to Wash
ington where ho had half a dozen enter
prises , every one of which according to
the count , had "millions in it , " which
failed to materhili/o. But the restless ,
aspiring Milkiowicz appears to have
"cMiight on" at last. His Chinesn scheme
evidently has something in it. The count
went to China , aud by some means or
other gained the favor of the government.
He explained his plan for the buildmtr of
railroads , the construction of telephone
lines , and the establishment of manufac
tories in China and convinced the author
ities that such enterprises would prove
vastly beneficial to the kingdom. Not
only was the count given permission to
carry out his plans , but magmlicent
grants ana subsidies , and a monopoly ,
the value of which cannot bo computed ,
wuro assured him on condition that ho
would accomplish thepeoposod improve
ments. When the count returned to the
United States he was accom
panied by several who came as the
representatives of the Chinese govern
ment to sec that he should procure the
moans for the grand work that he has
undertaken. According to the latest re
ports this man , who wus a your ugo
diverting the annoyances of actual pov
erty by building the llumsiest sort of air
castles and getting himself laughed at as
n crank , has actually orgarnzcel a stock
company with a capital -$25,000,000. .
Among the subscribers are mun of the
highest tinanuial .standing and business
reputation. The Chinese minister says
that his government will take f5.000.000
of the stock. Chinese merchants anel
bankers have subscribed 7,000,000 more.
The other fl3.000.000 is reserved for
American stockholders and nearly nil of
it has already been taken.
Drexel , Morgan & Co. , of Philadelphia ,
subscribe for $2,000OGii of the stock , and
Whurton Baker , of Philadelphia , is an
other large stockholder. Some Wash
ington capitalists who applied for stook
the other day were informed that limy
could not got it.
There must bo something besides gas
in tins last emtnrprise of thu frisky little
count. Many a time since ho came to
America he has boon without a dollar ,
but if his prc-.sent plans work out ( and it
seems they will ) lie may in a few years bo
the possessor of n fortune that will make
the wealth of Gould by comparison a
meiru bancln , and the fabled "find" of
Monte Chrlsto pale buforo thn actual
achievement of u cranky little count who
got on the good side of the sleepy old
Chinese.
Una of the CoinpasH on Land.
San Francisco Examiner. "I carry my
compass constantly , " said Jacob Jacob-
sou , the mining unginoar , "and would
feel almost as much lost without it as 1
would without my watch , not that 1 need
it to find my way about this city , but
rather trom forcu of habit. "
Aftur some further conversation Mr.
JacobBon remarked that it was entirely
practicable for a man who thoroughly
understood thu use of this instrument to
find his way in a strange country as
easily as it waa for a mariner to stc-ur his
conrsu on the pathless ocean.
"Whe > n I loft my homo in Norway , just
after graduating , " , said he , "i 'vuuod
London. My knowledge of English M
spoken in the metropolis was llmltod.and
I had considerable difliculty m finding
my way about the great city. Then It was
that I first nmdo practical tiso of tbo
compass. 1 waa a great walker , and
much preferred to walk and look about
mo than to ride , and by using a map and
taking my bearings , and measuring dis
tances. I found any desired point with
out eltniculty. After a few years
spent among the mountainous ro *
pious of tlio territories in this
e-ountry , I came to rely upon my
compass rather than upon the assistance -
anco of a guide , and mmlo many Jong
journeys alono. It was only necessary
to take a map of the region 1 was in and
looKto my point of departure and my
point of destination , and thi-n having my
course , to follow it. If n trail carried mo
too much one way I noted the variation ,
nml na soon as possible struck a trail
which took mo as much In the opposite
direction , and therefore if a mountain lay
in my course I could got around it with
out losing my way. Onoo in Colorado I
wished to go from the Terrible mine to n
now mining camp in the Greenhorn
mountains. It was in the early winter
and there had been a heavy fall of snow ,
On the day before 1 contemplated mak
ing my start a party loft , destined for
this new camp.'undcr the guidance of an
old mountaineer , who was supposed to
know every trail and pass In
that region , and I was told to follow the
track they made through the snow. 1
did so , and for a tlmo all well , but by
and by 1 saw by my compass that they
had gone astray , and , retracing my stops ,
headed rny inulo into another trail
through which no one had passed since
the last snow fell. I did not know a foot
of the country and depended solely upon
my compass , but had the patisfuctlon
of finding the camp camp , at which I ex
pected to pass the night , before dark , and
thu following day arrived at my destina
tion only a few hours later than the party
who had started twenty-four hours ahead
of mo. So it was during the live years I
spent in Mexico. I had moro faitii in the
compass than in any mozo. When
1 announced mp intention of rid
ing alone from Mnzatlau to Culal-
can , aud thence to Duntngo , 1 was
looked upon as a lunatic , and assured
that I would get lost in the mountains.
But I got through , nevertheless , without .
any more serious difliculty than falling
into tlio hands of a party of Eraollo Bor-
ani's bandits , who detained me until the
arrival of the chief , who , upon learning
that I was only a prospector and not
overburdened with money , ordered my
release.
"Yes , " said lie , in conclusion , "it is
easy unough to find one's way ovur a
plain where the trail is well defined and
one can see for a long distance without n
compass , but in a heavy forest or among
the mountains it is an in valuable com
panion , the very best possible guide. A
man who knows how to use a compass
will nernir find himself trailing in n cir
cle , as so many people ) who have lost
their way have founu thomsulvos doing ,
and r am much surprised that the com
pass is not more generally in use among
hunters , prospectors and all those whose
business calls them away from the well
defined highways of travel.
Mr * . Ada O. lilitenhender.
The New York Daily Graphic prints a
picture of Mrs. Ada 0. Bittcnbondor , of
Nebraska , together with the following
biographical sketch :
A LADY C'ANUlOATi ; FOR JUDOK.
Mrs. Ada C. Bittenbunder , whose portrait
trait we give to-day , and who is making
an active canvass for judge of the
supreme court in Nebraska , is the first
woman ever nominated for a seat on the
bench and the only lady lawyer in the
state. She is a graduate of the liingham-
ton , N. Y , , business college aud of
Forebcl' normal institute and kindergar
ten , Washington , D. C. She afterwards
attended the state normal school at
Bloomsburg , I'a. On graduating there
in 1B70 she became one of the faculty , in
1870 being principal of the model school
and of the department of physical culture.
In 1877 klio married Mr. L. C. Uittcnbun-
der , removed to Nebraska , aud became
editor of the Osceola Record , published
by her husbandand took an active inter
est in agricultural affairs , being secretary
anrt treasurer of the Polk County Agri
cultural association , and IP. 18S1 lU dele
gate to the state board of agriculture's
annual meeting , the first Woman over
sent to that body. In 18 ? ) the Polk
County Farmers' Alliance elected her
editor of their organ , the Advocate , anei
when she ceased to nianago it compli
mented her highly for its conduct. Ic
1881 she became secretary and thoi.
president of the nuw State Woman
Suffrage association , and directed , av
chairman of the campaign committee ,
the suffragists' subsequent efforts to
amend the state constitution. She is
superintendent of the etopartmoiit of
legislation and petition in the State
Women's Christian Temperance union ,
and associate superintendent of the same
department of the national body. In
1882 she was admitted to the bar , passing
a very successful examination in open
court , having studied in the oflico of her
husband , and is His partner therein. She
is spoken of as having an impressive
address , magnetic personality and win
ning manners , and as very courteous
ami conciliatory in court toward oppos
ing counsel. Her husband , in a letter to
Mr. Hamilton Wilcox , state's that she has
offtcn practiced at the bar of the highest
tribunals , traveling from court to court ,
and ranks among the leaders of her
profession. She was enthusiastically
nominated by tbo prohibition parly.
The Reporter at the Medical Congres *
Washington Critlo : The other morning
a newspaper reporter was instructed to
get a list of the various exhibits of the >
medical congrnss. Full of the lire of
youth and careless of the .dillicultios ho
was to encounter , ho sharpened his pen
cil and Dallied out. The first exhibit liu
encountered was a tremendous crowd of
people around a little defenceless urn
containing cocoa , which was being passed *
around in lilliputian cups.
"Aro you n doctor : " asked the guntlo-
man in charge.
The reporter admitted that ho wasn't ,
but lie had an undo who was. This en
titled the reporter to a cup of cocoa ,
which hu took in onu Hrnall-siml.convul
sive swallow with great gusto.
Passing a man with the prettiest , most
tastily decorated stomach pump it had
ever been his privilege to ga/.o upon , the
reporter reached thu pepsin stand , wiiuro
hu took onougli pepsin to enable him to
digest the cocoa. A small sample of coel
liver oil was presented und taken as a
jirovuntivu for consumption. Everybody
was cordial mid freu-hearted , < uid thn
reporter's gastric apparatus was treated
to some ronicdy for heart trouble fur
a change. Up to the tuna he
stopped kcnpiug count ho charged his
alimentary canal with a lot of baby food ,
seven dilluront kinds of tonio , any'onn of
which was warranted to make your hair
curl , two glasses of orange wina and a
dose of Broino Cafolno. Ho also took a
look through n microscope urn ! a couple
of electric shocks.
It was 5 o'clock in the afternoon when
a man who called himself a "Hopper-
Bluintativo Xhurnalist" was found groping -
ing wildly about the hull.
"Anything wo can show you ? " askeel
one ) of tliH affable exhibitor * .
" 1'nssliir ; show mo zhe > r man ash got
the stornich pump. "
Traveler ! should be prupnrnd for the
changes of weather and the effocUs of ex
posure by providing thomselvcs with Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup.
A Nashville doelor'.s prescription for u
lady sull'iiring with neuralgia : A new
bounce , H cashiniro shawl , it pair ol g i-
tor boots and a bottl of Salvntion Oil.
The lady recovered immediately of
courso. ,