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congress convenes there will
bo at least two topics to talk about : the
turift and the car stove.
IT IB time to fjot the toboggan slide in
ordor. It should bo renicmhurcd , albo ,
thut there nro other wnvs to go down
hill.
Now that Omaha has proven licrt > ulf
ublo to accommodate the Lincoln coun
cil , it is in order to send on the national
convention.
TIIKY take it all back now. Tho.y did
not intend to ignore the police commis
sion , only they wore too busy at the last
council meeting to read letters.
Siotrx Crrr is still busy with the
Arensdorf trial. When the case is
finally disposed of Sioux City will bo as
dreary as a Dakota village after a bli/-
zard.
IT is oflloiully announced by Mrn.
Mary A. Livermore that she has for
saken the republican party. That is a
terrible black eye , but the party will
survive.1
CliAiltMAX JONES , of the republican
national jioimnitteo , takes no fatock in
the reports that he is about to resign.
Mr. Jones ought to bo allowed to know
something about his own intentions.
JAKK SUAKP gets a now trial. If Mr.
Sharp's piibt life had not been above sus
picion it would not bo hard to believe
that he brought about this happy result
by the lavish use of boodle. But ban
ish the thought.
IT is said that railway "employes"
nro increasing in number. In fact most
any politician who comes well recom
mended anil is properly branded , can
readily ilnd position as u traveling dele
gate of u railroad.
IT is supposed that Our Jim will not
attempt to distinguish himself in con
gress , this .year , by exhibiting his
pugilistic attainments. Lot -illin pat
tern after the manly and noble John L.
Sullivan who is now entertaining the
crowned heads of Europe.
AMONG the other statistics of boom-
lug Kansas , the records show that she
owes $ 15,000,000 on farm mortgages ,
The interest on this sum at the lowest
rate , 7 per cent , would bo $ Uil50KK (
per year. It probably exceeds bovon-
teen millions. These are startling
figures.
BUTTK , Montana , merchants , rulhci
than submit to the excessive froighi
rates demanded by the Northern 1'n
olfle , will haul their freight to and fron
neighboring towns by wagons. Tin
short haul , they claim , may not bo mon
expensive than the long haul , yet it ii
BulHcient for all practical purposes.
CONOUKSbMAN MAHTIN of.Texas blov
out the gas at n Washington hole
Thanksgiving night , and barely escapee
suffocation. Mr. Martin isareprcsonta
tlvo man of the Lone Star state , yet it I
evident that ho is unacquainted wit )
the fundamental law of physics whicl
Questions the propriety of placing twi
gallons of seductive fluid in a ouo-galloi
vacuum.
UffDKU an act passed in 18S2 , th <
'
'state of Oregon has boon endeavoring
to collect from the general govornmon
money to reimburse it for expense in
curred in raising troops in 1802. It i
altogether probable that this is a cas
similar to some of these whore Nc
braska patriots and soldiers ropros o
nnd subdued Indians under the gallan
leadership of Major Pearman and otho
bravo mon who gallantly fought fu
appropriations.
THK provincial board of health t
Canada has taken the llrst stop hi urj ;
4ng uniform quarantine regulations fu
that country and the United States. Thl
would bo of great advantage to hot
nations. There is HttVu use for on
country to bo strict if the other is hu
Many immigrants landing at Canadia
ports have ho United States for Uwl
destination , and'somo that lain ! at on
ports-g9 to Caimdn. It ought not to I
4 difficult matter for the two countrlt
to agree upon some method of unifori
quarantine regulations.
Tile Wrntcrn View of tlic Tariff.
The Docc'inbor Fonmi contains an article -
ticlo with the above title by Hon. John
A. Kiwiou. Atf a representative west
ern man the views of Mr. Kasooiu arc
quite Hiire to bo received in other sec
tions as authoritative , and his contribu
tion to a subject which at this time is
uppermost in the public mind and is
t-oon to become still moro engrossing , is
cortaln to attract widespread attention
and comment. It is therefore Import
ant to refer to his presentation of the
western view of the tariff in order to indicate -
dicato the extent to which it fairly rop-
toiMits that view and in what respect it
is misrepresented.
Mr. Knsson treats the subject
with judicial moderation. Him
self a protectionist , ho directs
the major portion of his argument
toshowinghow the existing tariff policy
has been instrumental in building up the
material interests of the country , but
ho does not employ toward the oppo
nents of that polioy any of the harsh
criminations common with most of the
advocates of n high tariff. They nro
mistaken theorists , who nre either
ignorant of history or have rend it
through the spectacles of prejudice , and
not necessarily intentional public
nemies. With respect to the argu-
nonts in support of the polioy of protec-
, ion as now in practice Mr. Kasson offers
othing essentially new. The ground
10 travels over has been trodden by
nany before him , and the facts and con-
lusions ho presents nro not of the na-
ttro of a revelation. The subject , it
nubt bo confessed , does not adnilt of
: nuch being said thut would bo new.
After twenty-five years of discussion
.ho resources of the theme are pretty
early exhausted.
But the purpose of Mr. Kasson was
lot so much to supply n now or addi-
ionul argument in defense of protection
s to proclaim , for whatever influence it
night exert at this juncture , that
, ho policy is entirely acceptable to the
, vest , and that the people of that section
lo not desire and will not approve of
my interference with it. Assuming to
peak for the entire region lying to the
orth and west of the Ohio river , Mr.
Ctishon identifies it as fully with the
ause of protection as is Pennsylvania , or
my other portion of the cast. And ho
nakcs this identification the stronger
l > y allli'ining that it is the result of a
careful and unprejudiced investigation
if which the people east of the northern
iMlcghanics are incapable by reason
of having grown up in the traditions of
inflection. Mr , Kasion is evidently
unfamiliar with the current drift of
western sentiment on this subject , and
s still resting his faith on n condition
that prevailed years ago , when there
ivoro several reasoiis to justify it.
The past tw o or three years , however ,
iuivo wrought a very great change in
the fooling of the west regarding the
existing tariff policy , and it is pure as-
umption to say that now the predom
inant opinion is in favor of maintaining
that policy. It is very true that no con
siderable part of the people want frco
rnde or anything approaching to it.
Every man of common sense knows that
such n policy is not to bo thought of at
this timo. But in rejecting one
extreme it . is not necessary
to accept the other. In order to pre
vent the total destruction of the tariff
t is not required that the country shall
go on * indefinitely paying war duties
when the wants of the government no
onger call for them nnd the industries
of the country can go on safely with
: ar less protection than they give. The
[ iroducurs of the west believe there is a
middle ground which can be occupied
with on tire security to every interest
itTceted by the tariffund , from which
they and the great body of the labor of
the country would obtain needed relief
; md material benefit. The last repub
lican convention of Iowa , Mr. Kasson's
state , did not pronounce in favorof the
existing tariff , and there is very little
reason to doubt that wore the question
of revision nnd reduction presented to
the people of that state u ma
jority would vote in favor
of it. The last republican
convention of Nebraska declared
that the business of the country now de
manded revision of the tariff , and that
"tho republican party , tilivo to the de
mands of every material interest , will
see to it that such.rovision shall be maflo
at the c.srliest practicable day. " The
sentiment of Minnesota on this subject is
well known. With such facts in mind
it must bo apparent to everybody that
Mr. Kasson has claimed too much in
atllrming that the west is devoted to the
present protective policy and will dis
approve ilny attempt to interfere with
it. On the contrary there is abundant
reason to believe that a majority of people
ple of the west are hoping that there
will bo n revision of the tariff ,
which nt this time implies
a reduction , and if disappointed
will not fail to manifest thoii
displeasure with the party responsible
for preventing this consummation. It
is not to bo supposed that Mr. Kassoii
has purposely misrepresented western
sentiment , but simply that his judgment
of it is somewhat clouded and colored bj
the ' 'traditions of protection. "
Sailing Uiulcr False Pretenses.
Under tbo decision of the state supreme
court , Omaha finds itself without the right ol
naif-government. The Republican regrets
thin , because It does not thlnU such a stutoo :
affairs to the best interests of the public ; bui
it is the volco of authprity , and all good eiti
zenswltl ncmiiesco In It. Certainly there
1ms not been tbo slightest occasion for tlu
suggestions which have been made that anj
member of the council would rcfusato ilo so
The police commission arc a body asidt
from municipal authority. They give u <
bonds , although they ftill have the disburse
ment of a largo aum of moueysomo W,500 pci
month , and they are not directly rcsnonslbli
lo the people. They nro a governing ruthci
than a serving body. The rcprcscntutivcs o :
the people , Iho council , have no authority except
copt to provide Iho inonoy and turn it over U
the commission. With tlat ) their power am
duties end. JtcpifbKcuu.
Without the right of solf-govornmont
RprcHMitutivos of the .people , forsooth
What unmitigated roll Who.dcprivci
Onmhii of that inestimable boon , tin
right of sclf-govcrnmontV At whosi
instance was.the power of appointinj
the poHco commission conferred on thi
guVdrnorY Wahii't that offensive ohaug <
uuulo by the judiciary committee of'tin
legislature nt the urgent request of the
editors nnd managers of the Republican ?
Would the organ of disgruntled coun-
cihncn have had a word to say about the
outrage of depriving Omaha of the
right of self-government if Governor
Thnyor had allowed Taylor , Rounds and
their pals to dictate the commission ?
Would there have been any resistance to
the metropolitan police system if the
commissioners bad allowed Ilasuull ,
Ford , Lowry & Co. to dictate appoint
ments on the police force ?
What brazen falsehood to charge that
the police commission give no bonds and
nro not responsible for misappropriat
ing the city's funds , in the fnco of the
notorious foot that such men as William
A. Paxton and Herman Kountzo are on
the bonds of the commissioners. The
representatives of the people the coun
cil have long since ceased to represent
anything except their own sweet will nnd
the desperadoes and dive keepers who
have no use for an efficient police force.
tThey have for months defied public
'
'sentiment and assumed the attitude of
dictators and autocrats instead of rep
resentatives and public servants. In
this reckless disregard of law and com
mon decency they have been upheld by
a venal paper , for the sake of the paltry
advertising patronage. This is the
source which inspires its stupid twaddle
about the .right of self-governmcnt. '
Having got the council into n hole , that
sheet now attempts the very delicate
task of inventing excuses for their
humiliation.
The Hoard of Public Works and City
Hall Contract.
The muddle over the city hall base
ment contract illustrates the fast nnd
loose method which has characterized
the conduct of municipal affairs. The
contract with Regan Brothers expressly
provides that no assignment shall be
valid without the written consent of
the mayor and council. No such con
sent was ever given or even asked for.
The only parties whom the city can
look to for the fulfillment of the con
tract are Regan Brothers and their
bondsmen. Another clause in the con
tract authorizes the board of public
works to cancel the contract in case the
contractor failed to complete the
same within the time specified , namely ,
July 1,1887 , and let the unfinished work.
Moro than one-third of the basement re-
nuined unfinished four months after the
expiration of that time , and thereupon
.ho board of public works cancelled the
contract and entered into tin agreement
with Novins & Co. to complete the city
: mll basement. This action , at least so
illas cancelling the contract goes , can
only bo legally revoked by the board it
self. The council is powerless to re
voke it because the contract confers no
such power upon that body , but on the
contrary expressly vests the board of
[ ) ublie works with the solo' authority
to annul the contract. All the
council can do is to in.
dcmnify Regan Brothers for any
loss they may have suffered by reason of
failure by the city to pay the estimates
for work done and. material furnished.
The manifest interest of the city is to
expedite the construction of the buildIng -
Ing nnd compel the contractors , who
ever they maybe , to live up lo the con
tract so far as material and workman
ship are concerned. The board of pub
lic works and city engineer nro charged
with this particular duty and interfer
ence with them , detrimental to the
public interest , is utterly inexcusable.
SHN-ATOU McPmusox of New Jersey ,
who will retire from public life at the
expiration of his present term , is very
explicit in saying to the revenue re
formers in congress that they must not
attempt to cut very deep into the tariff
if they expect to retain Now Jersey and
Connecticut in the democratic column ,
nnd ho can't figure how a democratic
president can be elected without these
states. The senator favors dropping the
tobacco tax and for the "remainder of
the reduction in revenue necessary to bo
made taking off certain tariff duties the
loss of which would not affect the wages
of labor. Ho announces that any tariff
bill that might have the effect of reduc
ing the wages of workingmen ho will
oppose. This illustrates one of the very
hard difficulties in the way of any
extensive changes being made in the
tariff by the next congress , that will beef
of material relief to the people. Thcro
is hardly a duty levied for which it can
not bo claimed that it gives some pro
tection to labor , nnd when democrats
like Senator MePherson und Randall
plant themselves on the proposition that
no tariff bill that might affect the wages
of labor will receive their support , they
having the power to defeat such a meas
ure , it is obvious that Iho chance
of gelling a reasonable and jusl
revision of Iho tariff is almost
hopeless. It is plain Unit if any
thing is done by the next congress foi
reducing taxation very little will be
taken from the tariff , and that little not
in a direction to give relief to the great
majority of the people.
IT is not surprising to learn \hat \ Sen
ator Rlddloberger , of Virginia , intends
to vote with the democrats for the ad
mission of Judge Turpio as a sonatoi
from Indiana lo succeed Harrison. His
doing this will accomplish the seating
of Turpio , nnd doubtlo&s keep him there ,
as Riddloborgor's vote with the demo'
erats will tie the senate. The Virginia
senator has not felt kindly for n couple
of sessions toward his republican col
leagues , and at the last session hovu -
almost completely ignored by them
mainly in consequence of his chronli
state of inebriety and the cranky dis
position which that condition produced ,
Ho is the sort of man who would take
advantage of an opportunity to retaliate
nnd ho 1ms now the chance tc
do so in a way that will
bo felt. Besides , it may bt
fairly supposed that Riddloborger i :
not proof against all iuduconionts whicl
the democrats are in a position to offer
nor need it bo doubted that they wil
make use of him es-on at a price. Will
nothing politieal to hope for In the fu
lure , ' thjla ill-conditioned man soemi
likely to close his .term in the senaK
under circumstances more damaging U
his chamcter.th'an even his unfortunaU
biiblts' are. It' . U doplorobl *
, hnt mich a mnJi'sJhunld posaoss the
tower to practical ! determine legisln-
ion or obstruct Itft-oi at will.
THK general sentiment appears to bo
avorablo to abolishing the tobacco tax
is a part of any plan for reducing reve
nue. Native-grown tobacco now pays
nn internal revenue tax of eight cents it
> ound , while the imported article piys :
a duty of from 7/5 / con ito 91 a pound.
Until May 1,1883 the Internal revenue
tax on tobacco wus cents a pound , at
which it yielded $42i After the
reduction tho-rcvenuo from this source
ell to $20,000,000 nnd has remained nt
about that amount. The immediate
effect on the price of reducing the tax
vas n small decline , but this did not last
eng nnd tobacco soon sold nt the old
iricos , fluctuating over since in nccord-
ince with the prospect of the crops nnd
ho foreign demand. It does not
appear that any jwrtion of the
810,000,000 revenue which the govcrn-
nent relinquished in 1883 hns gone into
ho pocket of the consumer , nnd If this
wns not the case with a reduction of
rom 24-to 8 cents , It is not likely that
he consumer will bo nt all bonofittod
> y abolishing the present small tax ,
With most of the statesmen who nro
concocting revenue measures , however ,
ho interests of the consumer are not
the chief matter of concern.
THE republican programme for next
year has nil been nrrnngcd , according
o the Washington correspondent of the
New York 1/miM. Mr. Blaine is to ar
rive In the United States , landing in
California on the 20th of June , and live
days Inter the national convention will
be held. It will nominate Mr. Blaine ,
who will ntonce sot out for his home in
Augusta , passing through Nebraska en
route. This is a vei y smooth arrange
ment as it rends , but if it could bo sup-
Ms'cd to have any foundation it is easy
o see that it might bo subjected to some
important modifications during the
seven months to intervene before the
time indicated for the convention. Such
a programme , however , has enough of
, ho theatrical feature about it to war
rant a belief that it may have been con
ceived by some of the moro ardent
'riends of Mr. Blaine , for instance Mr.
William Walter Phelps.
THK democratic majority in Virginia
at the late election , as shown by the re
port of the board ol coin-asset's just com
pleted , was only 420. This justifies the
jolief that but for ' ? 'republican re
volt against Mnhonb t o state would
liavo carried by tho-republicans , and it
certainly shows Virginia to bo debate-
nblo ground. A prominent democrat of
the state was rccenUy quoted as saying
that Virginia was bj nolmeans sure for
Cleveland , many de iocffnts there being
greatly displeased vnth Iho civil service
reform policy , and he expressed the
opinion that with the tariff ns the lead
ing issue in the next prosidcntinl cam
paign.Virginia would ceiin.inly go ro-
publicnn. The weakness of the repub
lican party in the stdtb Is in its loader-
ship. While Mahono'is at its head the
party will not deserve , to succeed.
CHIKF OF POLICK SEAVKY is rather
severe on the reporters when he charges
them with conspiring with gamblers ,
prize fighters and crooks to obstruct the
police force in its efforts to maintain
law and ordor. But Chief Seavey is on
the right track when he charges that
there is a combine between gamblers
and other lawless parties to break down
Captain Duff Green nnd cause his dis
missal from the police force. It
behooves the police commission lo sift
this matter thoroughly , and if Captain
Green 1ms made enemies by reason of
his fearless discharge of duty ho should
bo sustained.
CLAUS SriiKCKKLS , the . Hnwnian
sugar king , is stumping California in
the interest of beet sugar. His mission
is to indyco farmers to raise beets and
make raw sugar which ho will convert
into n refined article. Mr. Spreckcls
has boon n good deal of u , monopolist ,
and it may bo taken for granlcd that
his oyc is single to the main chance ,
yet the idea is no doubt a good one for
Ihe California farmers lo act upon.
The manufacture of bcetfsugar has been
a profitable industry both in Germany
and Franco and could no doubt bo made
still moro profitable in this country.
ILVSCALT * pretends to bo very much
surprised that anybody should imagine
ho intended to keep up the freeze out
and starve policy in dealing with the
police. This is decidedly cool. What
did he mean when ho declared after Iho
last council meel.ng that the commission
should send its communications and
requisitions to Governor Thnyor , and
further staled that the counefl did not
propone to have any dealings with the
commission.
"WHAT is &aid to bo the largest rail
road wntor tub , or reservoir , of human
construction , ' " says tV o Now York ' Sun ,
"now approaches completion at Blooms > -
bury , on the line of the Lohiyh Valley
road. Its cstimutciTJbupucity is 83,000
gallons. " And Jay < Jbnlfl will not enjoy
a night's rest until Ke ccjmos homti and
buys it. > 1 ; '
THE FIELD Oli1 INDUSTRY.
There are between 7,000 and 8,000 persons
engaged as diamond workers In Amsterdam ,
A Connecticut mail has Invented a Innij ;
which runs by clockwork ojjd put Itself out ,
' *
English capitalists 'Imvo Just invested
3,000,000 in iron land property near Duluili ,
In England steam hammers uro being
driven out , for certain work , by "gas" ham
mers. , '
The business la agriculture tools in for
eign countries was never better than at this
time.
There are fewer labor agitations In prog ,
ress now than tliero have been for two years
past.
past.A
A St. Lonls cablenialtcr has Just turned
out a rope BOVCII miles long , weighing ttfti
tons.
tons.A
A company has Just been organized in St ,
Louis , with a capltol of $200,000 , , to make Ihc
engines.
A street-rail manufacturing company will
erect a largo mill On 'JOO acres qf luutl neai
Johnstown , Pu. . '
The cheapest power In the United States b
in Augusta , Ga. , where it is f > .50 psr her e
powoir per year.
The Mexican railroad ! are ordering u great
mnny Conches nnd bojr , mall , express , coal
niul emigrant cars. .
Agricultural ranohlnery and engines and
tailors nro lo be manufactured on n large
scale nt Marion , S. C.
Three hundred hands will bo employed in
about n month nt Winchester , Tenn , , making
wooden butter dishes.
Petroleum refuse Is being nseil to make
fttenm on the New York elevated roads. It
promises good economy.
Steel furnaces and blast furnaces nro to bo
built nwuy off In n now corner of Colorado ,
not far from Crcstctl Uutte.
The Iron trade Is very active. Furnace ca
pacity Is oversold two month * , liar mills
east and west are * o\A up.
Bituminous ooiil Is being used on a Rood
ninny Lchigh Valley locomotives on account
of the scarcity of anlliraeilo.
Car and locomotive works to employ 1,200
men will bo built nt Annlston , nnd car works
are also to bo built nt Pensucola.
Some Englishmen uro endeavoring to re
vive the old apprentice system in London by
offering prbes for apprentices' work.
Largo quantities of Iron ore are being
shipped from Missouri lo Tenncssco and
Alabama. It makes a palpable mixture ,
The ship yards all along the coast of Maine
nro crowded with work , nnd orders uro
crowding in faster than they can be accepted
A Plttsburg lire-brick company Is sending
50,000 bricks to Mexico , which will have to
be hauled 100 miles in wagons. They arc for
a blast furnace.
Several new glass works , including two or
three to make plate glass , are projected. Ono
will bo at McKeosport , Pa. , 0110 nt Plttsburg ,
and one at Hlvcrton.
A diamond o Xpert from n loading Jewelry
house in New York is working upon the diamond
mend fields ut Elllcot , Ky. , with the assist
ance of the government.
A Pennsylvania syndicate has secured
40,000 acres of land twelve miles from Chat
tanooga , where it will work ore better than
the Lake Superior article.
A Good Clianor of Success.
llcati lee Kximsf.
Oiriaha Is still working hard to secure the
next republican national convention , und is
encouraged to believe that Ihero is a good
chance of success. There , isno doubt that
t
Omaha can accommodate all who will atlend ,
and the location Is central for all parts of the
United States , but the rub will be to con
vince the national committee.
Kntltlcd to the Convention.
Dawmn r < mn < / / Herald.
Omaha , St. Louis , Louisville , San Fran
cisco , Denver , Kansas Oity and several other
towns of more or less Importance and pre
tensions are preparing to contest with Chicago
cage for the coming national conventions.
Our local pride would be flattered by having
the convention set for Omaha , and wo think
her claims of central location , accesslbilily
and facililics for accommodation fairly en
title the Gate City to the honor of entertain
ing the assemblages of solons.
Verses by a Famous Actor.
PASUEXE , XIUIl I.OS AXOEI.ES.
I've Journeyed east , I've Journeyed west ,
And fair lUilia's fields I've seen :
But I declare
None can compare
With thce , my rose-crowned Pasadcno.
Byron sang of Grecian isles ,
Moore extolled his Erin green ;
Were they alive ,
How they would strive
To paint thy glories , Pasadenel
I used to think old Venice grand ,
And loved the Adriatic's queen ;
Monaco , too ,
Before I knew
Thy orange groves , dear Pasadeno.
They boast of wine grown on the Rhino ,
And of Chartreuse , both pale und green :
But I can tell
Of Xinfandell
From thy sweet vale , fair Pasadene.
Flowers rare pcrsumn the air ;
Geranium , fuschia and verbene ,
And mignonette
And violet
Bedeck thy bowers , Pusndcnc.
When I can bide on thy hillside ,
And leave the stage anil mimic scene ,
'Mid olive trees
And flowers and bees
I'll ' seek thy shelter , Pasadene.
W. J. FLORENCE.
STATE JOTTINGS.
The Y. M. C. A. in Lincoln has a
membership of 42-3.
Mrs. Furrny , of Hastings , died sud
denly while starling the kitchen flro.
The Bostwick hotel of Hastings has
been sold lo Nelson Parker , of New
Hampshire , for $18,000.
Tommy Kyle , a bogus boomer of Sioux
county , swindled a few Confidential
friends out of cash and claims and left
for a milder climate.
Beatrice business men have discov
ered evidence of discrimination by the
railroads against the city and will
politely but firmly demand fair treat
ment.
The defunct Judge Crawford , of the
Seventh district , threatens to contest
Iho validity of his boost into obscurity.
The judge's demise is painfully hard
and pitiless.
The municipal guardians of Lincoln
are enjoying for the llrst time the bless
ings of Missouri river rates of faro in
Omaha. The metropolis is nothing if
not generous.
The condemned council of Lincoln
pevsist in sinning against divine as well
as human law. Their daily medita
tions on pot-luck arc not disturbed by
pious or profane Parsons.
The telephone line between Beatrice
nnd Fnirbury is now an assured fact. A
force of men has already been set to
work upon it and it will bo completed
and ready for use by January next.
Bob Fields , of Dowitt , carrcsscd
Elijah Hack with a chair , breaking the
bones of his beak and knocking him in
sensible. Fields is now cultivating
anti-fat bread and water in the town
jail.The
The people of Button are throwing out
experimental feelers to the Misaonri
Pacific to ascertain if n bond proposition
w ould turn HB stool blue eye m that di
rection. If thi ) amount is largo enough
there is liltlo doubt of it being greedily
accepted.
There is kicking long , loud and deep
among the citi/ens along Iho B. & M.
tiotwcen Plnllsmoulh and Ashland over
the fact that the fast train service begun
Sunday runs Nos. 3 and 4 around by
Om.dw , and there is but ono passenger
train a day over the old main line.
"Tho Omaha BKU , " exclaims the liny
Springs Alert in a sudden burst of en
thusiasm , "is the best paper for general
nnd telegraphic news west of the Mis
souri river. The editorial corp is fear
less und aggressive ns against railroad
and other monopolies. The BKK is a
well established and reliable paper. Us
circulation is about 15,000. "
Miss Lizzio Trnhno , daughter of the
superintendent of the poor farm ut
Wnhoo , has mysteriously disappeared
and every otTort to , ascertain her where
abouts has proven in vain. , She was to
have been married last Sunday to a
young man of her parents' choice nud
not 'hers , and it is alleged that this is
tbo reu&on of. her disappearance.
The Koai'noy Journal pays the follow
ing compliment' to the congressman
from the First : "Congress 'meet * iioxi
Monday , John A. MeShnno will ropro1-
eont the First district. Thi > < will bo the
first time In the history of Nebraska
that a democrat has represented her in
congress. Ilo is u man of thorough
business qualifications , and is generally
esteemed by all who know him , and we
hope he may prove n representative of
till the people , and not merely n parti
san. Ho has the opportunity of rising
above party and wo hope ho may. "
The Norfolk News demands reform in
weather prophets and warns the tem
perature in the signal failure bureau In
the following style : "Tho most gilt-
edged fraud in this section of tile United
States is the signal service bureau. On
Friday it predicted "warmer , fair
weather , " and it snowed all day. Yes
terday morning came a telegram stating
that there would bo "light HIIOW" in Ne
braska. This was followed by another
telegram requesting that the cold wave
signal bo hoisted , as the temperature
would fall fifteen or twenty degrees by
this morning , just as If , with a howling
blizzard raging round our oars , wo did
not have intuitive knowledge of that
fact nlrondy. Such n two-for-n-cent
weather prognosticator ns Grocly
makes us tired. We'll ' bet two bushels
of onions that wo got on subscription
last week against a nickel that we can
pick twenty men in Norfolk that can do
a better job of prognosticating than ho
can , and nt half the price per prog. In
the weather business the people's money
is being squandered with n recklessnes's
that demands reform. "
THEY llRMKMItHIl OMAHA.
New York Veteran Firemen Send For
Mninrntnca.
Jack Galligan. chief of the fire department ,
Is in receipt of the following letter from
Thomas Burrlngton , secretary of the Vet
eran Fireman's association at New York
city.
city.VKTKIUX
VKTKIUX FiuuMnx's '
A'-SOCUTIOV , Nr.w
YOUK. Nov. 2rt Chief .lohn-J. Galligan
Dear Chief : If not troubling .you lee much
will you send u photograph of vent-self , also
Mayor Broaleh , J. D. Miner , Senator Man-
derson und Congressman McShane , also a
copy of the Omaha papers of the 10th of St- | > -
tember giving un account of our departure
from your city. We nro preparing a history
of the trip and wish to use these items in it.
All the boys arrived home in good order , nnd
the great excursion is all the talk , and Chief
Galligan is the most popular man they met.
We are going to give a grand ball at the Met
ropolitan opera house on Tuesday evening ,
January 111 , 188S , and I tell you on tlm de.id
quiet that ion will icccivo a special invita
tion to attend. I wish you would make your
arrangements so that you can come on , und I
am sure you will never forget it. Give my
regards lo everybody. Very truly yoUrs ,
THOMAS BVHUIXGTOX.
This is a ClicHtmit.
There was considerable stir about the post
oDlco building yesterday , occasioned by
Ihe finding of another piece of gas pipe with
n plug in ono end and a fuse in the other. It
was discovered lying on the step of a rear
door nt an early hour , cuutiouslv gathered
up und taken into the ofliec for Postmaster
Gallagher's inspection. After due consulta-
lion with his subordinates Mr. Gallagher
slopped up to the table on which thesupiwsed
bomb was reposing , and turned it over with
the end of his cane. The thing did not resent
the familiarity by exploding , and so he sum
moned up courage , picked it up und clo4ely
examined it. The fuse wns no more nor loss
than u common tallow candle whittled down
to lit the orifice , was pulled out and the bomb
upended , when n quantity of a dark brown ,
saw-dust like stud rolled out upon the table.
This wus closely inspected , but none of the
gentlemen present could give it a namo.
However , there is no doubt that the intention
of the constructor of the suspicious looking
instrument was to play u Joke. Such Jokes ,
however , arc becoming monotonous.
A Pauper With a Bunk Account.
Saturday night when the wind from the
north was driving people home with a great
deal of activity , u pretty seedy looking indi
vidual accosted County Agent Mahoney nnd
requested that ho bo taken to the
poor house because he had no place to
avoid the chilling blasts. Ho had
no friends nnd was out of work , nevertheless
he seemed able-bodied , and Mr. Muhoncy's
charity waS aroused to the extent of provid
ing a bed for him for the night in one of the
cheaper lodging houses , telling him that he
had better Hmtwork next day because the
county could not support able-bodied pau
pers. Yesterday morning the county agent
went to the Omaha Savings bank and there ,
waiting to bo attended , stood the mendicant.
Mr. Mahoney asked Mr. Wilber if the ulms-
solicitor were n depositor in the bank , and
was answered to the effect that the seedy-
looking individual had several hundred dollars
lars in the vaults. It is likuly he will have
to draw upon the same before the winter is
over.
Complimentary to Colonel Henry.
The Army and Navy Register , published In
Washington , D. C. , says : The annual report
of Colonel Henry , inspector of rifle practice
for the department of the Platte , is one of
the most interesting and valuable contribu
tions to the literature of rifle practice that
IIUK appeared for years. Colonel Henry is
fully imbued with the ad vantages of musketry
instruction , und to the energy with which ho
has supervised the work , a good share of the
udvnnco that the department has regularly
iniulo would bo ascribed. Luck of space pre
vents moro than an allusion to the most
salient features of hlsreppi t.
AVutcr Pipes to Bo
At a meeting of the county commissioners
held ycstcrduy the following wns adopted :
Uesolved , That it is the sense of this board
that the American Water Works company
uro herewith instructed to lay UOO feet of
four-inch cast-iron water pipe , to bo laid
under the supervision of the county superin
tendent and ut u cost not to exceed 75 cents
per lineal foot. _
INFANTILE
SKIN DISEASES
Our oldest child , now six years of age , when
nn Infant sK months old wan attacked with n
lirulent , malignant akin disease. All culinary
remedies lulling , w u culled our family physician ,
who attempted to cure it ; but it unread with al
most incredible rapidity , until thu lower portion
of the little fellow ri person , from the middle of
his back dow n to hli knoes. wus one bolld runh.
ugly , painful , blotched , and malicious.Vu had
no rest at night , no peace by day. rinally. w e
were advised to try the CimcuuA KBMKDIKS.
Theellect waSHlmply marvellous. Iu three or
four weeks a complete cure was wrought , leav
ing the little fellow's person ns white and
healthy as though ho had never been attacked.
In my opinion your valuable leniodlcx Hayed
Ills life , and to-day ho Is u strong , healthy child ,
perfectly well , no repetition of tUo dlicaoo huv-
Jug ever occurred.
onaI1-BMmli
Att'y at Law and Kx-Pros. Att'y , Ahhland. O.
Uoferenco : J. G. Wclst , Druggist , Aahland , O.
THOUSANDS OP OHIfjDRKN
Are bom Into the world every day with some
eczematous affection , such as milk mint. HCiill
head , HCtirf , or dandruir , hiire to develop Into an
ngoiilzlng eczema , the Itching , burning and dls-
llgmntlou of which make life a prolonged tor-
tin o unless properly treated.
A warm bath with Cirnuuni Soir , an exquis
ite Hkln llcaiitlller. nud n wlugle application of
Uimui'iu. the ( lieut Skin Cure , with a little
Ciniruiu KKSOI.VB.NT , the New lllood I'mlller ,
are often sullicieiit to urrext the progress of the
dUeaae , anil iwlut to a apeedy nud permimwit
CUHcnce , no mother who loves her children ,
who takes pride in their beauty , purity anil
health , and in bestowing upon them n chlld'H
gruateht Inherltance.-a hklu without n blemish ,
und u body nourl hisl by pure blood , should
f .ill to make- trial of the UUTICUUA ItKMtuius.
Sold evcryAvhere. I'rlce. CUTICIIUA. KOc. ; BOAP ,
Ste. , KK-ni.vr.NT , * l Prepared by the I'OTTKII
Ilium AMI CIIKMII vi. Co. llo on , MIIHS.
t4r t > etvl f r "Mow to Cum Hkln Diseases , " 01
page.s , Ul illustrations , and ICO testimonial * .
. . . . and Sculp piesorved and beaiitl'
lied by CciTlCillU MtiDlUAThli Bo A I' .
HOW MY SIDE ACHESI
rtum.K t..icnud Hack , lip , Kidney
nnd UterlniW'alns , Itbeumatlc , Sciatic ,
Neuralgic , Hhan > H d Shooting I'aliw ,
\HMAKVKU \ IN OSK IIIMJTK b ) ' tll CUTI-
I'i'AHTKK. TUB flrst od only
THANKSGIVING DAY.
lit Ucnei'at Obncrvancc in Omaha
Last Thursday.
Itn Origin Purely American What
Omahft I'eoplo Had to Ita
Thankful For.
TIinnkcRlvIne dnjr lm < < oomn nnd gone. In IftW ,
on the > th ilny of IkM-ombcr. tha I'llurlm
Krtthern landed In Anu-rloa. and inimcdlntuly
Ml nMclii n iUy to tin observed In Kcncnil
ThnnksKivliiR mid fmttuif. Tlmtik-Klvin ) . ' itny
IMS slum IIIMOIIIP n Kimrrnl holiday In the United
Hlnti'H , U living appointed llr.xt by the president
by prorlixtnntlon , iiftor which th * > governors of
tlu'st'Ver l utrtte-nilio Isstio their proclamation
to their own ronM.ltHenry. The people ot Ne
braska had plenty to bo thankful for : the crops
during \rnrhnvi'boon plenty nnd fruitful :
no epidemic has ilrrnstnteil the stntp. unit no
serious iH'ciiloiits hno nmrred the record of Uio
yo.ir. AmotiR tlmnmny people of Oinklmnono
Inul moro rniiHO to ho tliunkful iJn tbnt ilny than
the family of Mr. Wlw . residing nt the coiner
of T onty-elKhth nnd lluidetto streets. I.nst
July Illnnrhe , n little llve-yenr-otd ilniiKhtrr ot
Mr. Wliw * . uus Mkrn sick with xrHrlut fever.
She recovered from the UNetisi1 , but In it few
days ntlK'r nn nlscess formed on her neck muter
thn right car , n chronic ulxicem that nan contin
ually dlseharKlnK pus. Chronic nbsresa npp nrH
under various designations , such ns cold , ncro-
fiiloitrt or tuberculous nlHcess. It Is OHM that Is
glow in Its promr s. Mr. Wlges. In miking to
the reporter about the case , said : "The. nbeess
In thlirnsn was the lesult of the srnrlet fover.
chronic nbcess often following mich low forms
of dlseaso. The illscharao w as the most profuse
at nlKht , ofUnmtuniting the hamlagvo
would put on It. We ilortored for It from July
until September , nnd It WHK continually Rrovr-
Ing worxe , and wo became s > erlously alarmed. I
then noticed the advertisements of DM. McCoy
and Henry , and told my wife xhe bad batter
take lllanihe nnd RO HCU them. She did nnd 111
one month they hnd her well , as you see there Is
nothliiK left or U lint a slight soar that will soon
bo cone nNo. " Mr. Wlggs called to u bright and
pretty little Rlrl who w s playing with her little
mother and showed the reporter that her lllfik
w us us well as ever It w us ,
WKKH.
Mr. WI RS lesli at the miner of Twenty
eighth and Iliirdetln .streets , ami will corrobor
ate the abo\e to anj otft doubting It.
The following statement resin-ding Ilrx. Mc
Coy and Heurv l.s made upon ' > < " ! authority :
"ifliuc tlicte eminent iiifcfiiii ; | li\vc , \ bfn in tlm
r t. Ilieulim-f tirattil nntl cwetl < > w nfr HIOIH-
niHlrnwifi/niffiirh < m < / rhnuifr fhnxit nnd ( mm
Imulilto. ami of tlicne. cmet ) i r cent Itatl been
ilcclai at anil itranimnced incurable. "
CATARRH DESCRIBED.
The Symptoms Attendinjr that UUeaso
Which Loads to Consumption.
When cntni rh has existed In the hend and tha
upper part of tbo throat fur any length of time
the patient HvliiR In a district where people
nre subject to eatarrhal affection nnd the dls-
ease hns been left uncured , the catarrh luvarl-
nbly , sometimes slow ly , extends ( low n the wind
y'ie and Intn'the bronchial tube * , which" tube-
convey the air Into the dltlerent paitsof thi
lungs. The tubes beromn affected from tha
swelling and the mucous uiKlim from cntnrrii.
tt'id. In some Instances , become plumed up , so
that the air cannot get In as fieefy as It .should.
SliortnesH of btenth follows , mid tliu nation !
breathes with labor and difficulty.
In either cat-o them Is n sound of cinckllng
mid nheezlmr Inside tha ch3st. At this Mage of
tils disease tile hi entiling. usually moro tnj > id
than when In tieultli. The patlenthas uKohut
Hashes o\or the bodv.
The pain which IK companies this condition Is
of n dull character , felt m the client , behind thn
meant bouo or under tbo shoulder blndo. The
pain mnv coma ami KO last u few days and
then bo absent for soveial others. The cough
that occurs In the tlrnt stages of bronchial ca
tarrh Is dry. comes on nt Intervals , Imckltigln
character , and Is usually most troublesome In
the moinlug on rising , or going to bed at night ,
und It may bo In the Hist evldeiiLO of the dlscnso
extending Into tbo lungs.
Sometimes there aio llts of coughing Inuiu od
bv the tough mucus so violent in to cause vom
iting , liiiturontlio minus that Is lalsed H
found to contain small particles of yellow mat
ter , which ludluites that the miinll tubes In the
lungs nre now nffectcd. With this their aio of
ten htreuks of blood mixed with the mucus. In
Rome cases the patient becomes \cry pale , lias
fever , and expectorates befoio any cough ap-
In s'omecn = es small masses of cheesv sub
stance are nplt up.wblch , when pressed between
the llugeis , emit a bed odor. Ill other cases par
ticles of a hard , ( halky nature mo xpit up. Tha
raising of cheesy or chalky lumps Indicates se
rious mischief at work iu the lungs ,
in some cases rutnrih will extend Into tlm
ags Inn few weeks ; In other cases It may bu
months , and oven venrs , before tbo dlseaseat-
tucks the lungs Milllclently to cause Herlons m-
teiferenco with thogeueial health. Vtlieu tlm
disease has developed to Mich n point the pa
tient Is wild to lw\o riitnrihnl consumption.
With monchlul uitarih tlieie Is mom or less
fever which diners with the dllleieut paits ot
the day illglit In tbo morning , higher In th *
afternoon and evening.
SNEEZINCTCATARRH.
What It How It Acts , and
\vntir it I * .
You snee/e wnen you get up m the morning
vou tiy to snecvo your uoso oil oiiy limn you
iiro exposed to the leiu-t dnif t of air. on IMVIJ
n fullness over the fiont of lh foiihead , anil
the nose feels as If thoio was a ping lu eai u noa-
till wlilih sou cannot dislodge. Vou blow jour
nose until ) our e.usci.u-k , but It don't do any
good , and the only ii-Milt is that Jou su < i end lu
getting up a veiy red nose , and you M > iriitatu
the lining meinbiunoof that organ that you mu
uimlilotobieatliotliiougliit at all This Is in or-
lect and r.ot o\erdiawu pli tuioof an in me at
tack of uitimli , or " .Sneezing Catuuh , " aIt H
NOW what does this condition Indicate ? I'lrst
a cold thut causes mucus to be pom oil out by
tlm glands iu tha uuso ; then Ilios. . diseased
glands aie attacked by M > aims of lltlla genus
-tuotntmih geriu-tfiat Hunt In tlm a r In a lo
cality wheio the disease In provident. 'I lie * * an-
mi t-iilae. in their oiroits { o Ilnd a lodgment.
i r into tiio heiisitiui membrane lining of the
nose and nature undertakes to lid herself ol
tin m by prodiK Ing a lit of siieiv.lng.
When the uoso becomes Illled with thickened
diseased mucus tha natural < haunels for tlm In
troductlonof atr into tha lungs Is iuteifered
with and tlm pel son ho alfccted must bieatho
tin oiiuh * tha mouth , and liymiih means tlm
tin oat become * parched and dry , snoring In
tiroduced , and the catairhal dlseaso galiw icuJy
actusa to tilt ) tluoat and lungs.
DOCTOR
J , CRESAP M'COY ' ,
Late of Ilcllcviio Hospital , N , V. }
AND DOCTOR
COLUMBUS HENRY
Have Ollicea
310-311 RAMGE BUILDING ,
Comer IQlh ana Ilnrncy Streets ,
Omnha , Nebraska.
Where all curable c.ihes nro treated with BUO
cess. Medlialdheaxes treated bUllfully. Con-
ttuiuption. llrlght's l > l va * ' , Dyspepsia. Hhou.
matUm. uud all NMIVOUH IIHIAHI.B. ) : All oln-
cuReit petullur to the sexes iiHPOtlalty. L ITAIIIIU
CoNHri.TiTio.vby mall or at ofllco , II.
Olllcullours-utollu. m ; a to 4 p. mi 7 to 8 p.
m. CoiruBitonduJiuo bimday included. ruciJvw prompt attention.
Many dlitelisuH ure tieutcd successfully i ! ' / ?
McCoy unit Unity throughtlm iniftis. amlltla
thus possible for those unable to make u Jour
ney toobuiiubiicu'sstul hoapttal treatmeift
unless , accompanied bjr
ArtrtreSi'lrtl ' letters lo Drs-McCoy 4 Heurr. ' ' . > . '
Rooms 310 uuU.ail Uaujge UuUeUng , Oau * %
| NeLriwk * . . ; . , .