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IIA VK you contributed to the BIK'S :
fund in buhuH of Nobrabkti's heroic
school teachers ?
Tins responses to the BKK'S nppcnls
in bolintf of Mibs Shattuck , Miss Royce
and Miss Freeman , nro rolling in rap
idly. Lot the good work continue until
a hmicKomo sum is rained.
A rAYOiiAiujs report was made in the
United StateH senate 'yesterday on the
bill to appropriate $1,200,000 for the con
struction of a now post ollico building in
Omaha. The very strong facts presented
in support of the appropriation appear
to have promptly convinced the com
mittee , and it is to be hoped they will bo
equally effective with the house com
mittee. Some paring down , however , is
to bo apprehended from that body , but
there is very little reason to doubt that
an appropriation will bo bocured.
JUDOK BKUKA can do the city no bet
tor service just now than to put the
army of tramps and vagrants to work
cleaning the gutters nnd streets. That
.Tudgo Berka has not exorcised his au
thority in this direction before is a matter -
tor of surprise. The charter expressly
says that it shall be lawful to provide as
part of the judgment that u defendant
bo required to work out his fines and
cost upon the public btreot , or at any
other place that may be provided.
Some years ago this was done , and it
had a very salutary effect in decreasing
the number of petty criminals.
SUNATOK SHERMAN appears to bo
gaining friends in Pennsylvania , which
means a loss to Mr. Blulno. It is possi
ble , though hardly probable , that the
following of the former will grow to bo
Buflieiontly formidable to prevent the
Bluino forces from controlling the dele
gation to the 'lationul convention , a re
sult that would irmko a very material
difference in the chances of Mr. Blaino.
Meanwhile the Maine statesman seems
to bo making progress elsewhere , nota
bly in Massachusetts , where , according
to seine recent expressions , the republi
can leaders seem to have determined for
themselves that Blaine is the most
available candidate.
IT is remarked as a curious coin
cidence that the severe cold of the first
half of January in California a cold
te which has not been equaled for thirty-
* < four years was followed by copious rains
f' all over the btnto. The precipitation at
[ > all [ mints where a record was kept
I was more than double that in the
corresponding period of last year.
Whether any connection can bo traced
II between the cold and the ruins is a
question for scientific men to determine ,
I nnd it is one they ' will bo likely to re
gard with a good'deal of interest. This
I exceptional rainfall is thought to insure
n good harvest this year in California ,
a consideration that renders it especially
intorctAing to the popular mind.
TilK Ohio legislature has before it a
proposition to establish two cent passen
ger faros in that state. The Michigan
Central railroad , following the example
of the Grand Trunk , is boiling 1,000-
milo tickets for $20. These intimations
that two-conts-a-milo are coming will be
regarded everywhere with interest ,
The probability is very great that within
the next live years the two-cent rate
will prevail in all the more densely populated -
ulatod states , with the effect of course ol
reducing the faro in all other states. II
is undoubtedly un reasonable to oxpecl
at this time a two-cent rate in states
like Iowa and Nebraska , but a reduction
from existing rates is practicable. The
railroads themselves , as in the case ol
the Michigan Central , are helping the
movement along.
SOMK of the school teachers in the
lower grades have done nobly in thoii
efforts to increase the "Nebraska heroine -
ino fund , " but the superintendent of the
city schools nnd the principals am :
teachers of the high school , who draw
balarlcs innging from $1,800 to $3,000
liavo not boon heard from. They t-bow r
lack of public spirit and sympathy wit !
their own profession. If a fo
mule teacher , who earns frou
SCO to $70 per month , car
afford to contribute to this fund , a malt
teacher , who is paid a largo biliary
ought to do much bettor. If the super
intendent had at once called a meeting
of the high school teachers , headed i
list with a liberal 'subscription , am
otherwise put his shoulder to the wheel
ho would luivo done credit to his profession
fossion , and shown himself a'in an.
Protection of Actual SottleM.
Among the various bills introduced at
the present session of congress for the
amendment of the public land laws , the
one which Senator Paddock has drafted
will probably commend itself strongly to
the people of the west. It does not open
the doors , at so many other propositions
would do , to land jobbing and specula
tion , but is intended to meet n specific
want nnd specific complaint on the part
of homesteaders and pre-emptors who ,
by unavoidable accident , sickness or
misfortune , have failed , or may fall in
the future , to make their final proofs on
the date advertised and sot.
There has been a wise tendency on the
part of the general land ollico for a
number of years past to throw all possi
ble re&trictions and safeguards around
the entry and linal proof of the public
lands. The tendency of congrcsc , too ,
educated by the honest and unflinching
administration of the general Inndofllcc
under Messrs. McParland nnd Sparks ,
has been , and now is , In the line of
wiping from the statute books
a number of the lavish provis
ions under which jobbers and ring-
sters and land grant corporations
have embezzled hundreds of millions of
acres of the publio domain. Senator
Paddock's measure , which was intro
duced in response to mnny complaints
from actual settlers throughout the
.vest . , provides that in certain specified
'uses ' , and where the necessity is clearly
.shown by allldavit , parties Who have
failed to make final proof upon the day
sot forth may make such proof
ivithin the succeeding ten days.
It has often happened , especially in
uiHottled portions of the west , where
and ofllces and courts are from one to
two hundred miles distant from the
ocation of the claim , that obstructed
. ends , the breaking down of stage
coaches nnd a number of other causes
have conspired to delay and prevent
applicants from reaching their desti
nation on the day specified. The late
rulings of the department which
made rcadvortisement and another
journey at the end of thirty
days necessary have often compelled
homesteaders and pro-cmptors to
pay out moro for traveling than the en
tire money value of their claim , while
putting them and their witnesses to
great and needless expense. It is to
remedy such cases , now yearly growing
less as the frontier is settling up , that
Senator Paddock's bill Has been intro
duced. It will doubtless receive the en
dorsement of the land department , as it
will that of honest settlers everywhere
throughout this section of the country.
Free Trade-Protection.
Has the general prosperity of the people
ple in the United States during the
past twenty-two years resulted from our
war tariff as claimed by many of the
high tariff advocates ? The argument
advanced in support of this claim may
be stated in a nutshell : "Wo are a
prosperous people wo have a high pro
tective tariff ; therefore , a high protec
tive tariff makes n highly piosporous
people. " As well argue : Wo are a
highly prosperous people wo speak the
English language ; therefore , to become
a highly prosperous people , a nation
must speak the English language. Or ,
"Wo have no 'God' in the constitution ,
therefore keep God out of the constitu
tion if you would become a prosperous
peoplol"
What nro the facts ? As a nation wo
, are not , correctly speakinga protective
tariff people. The United States of
America is , to-day , as nearly a "free
trade" country as any nation in the world.
Our wonderful increase in wealth and
material development has resulted from
the inherent energy of our people and
the untrammeled freedom of trade bo-
twcon the different sections of our
country , and this in spite of the clog
imposed on our prosperity by the tariff.
Had there been a moro reasonable tariff
our growth , increase in wealth , and in
the general comforts of life , would have
boon much greater. This is clearly es
tablished by the moro rapid progress we
have made Jin all these respects since
the republicans reduced the tariff , and
corrected some of its abuses , four years
ago.
ago.Free
Free trade involves not alone the
absence of legal restrictions , or tariff on
merchandise , but "something to trade'
and facilities for that something to
roach a market 'whore it can bo
"traded. " Wo have , as a
nation , moro "to trade'
than any like population on the face ol
the globe , and have better and chcapei
facilities for getting this "something1
to n satisfactory market our homo
market. The volume and value of out
foreign trade sinks into comparative
insignificance in contrast with the do
mestic or inter-state trade , and , bo it re
membered , this in tor-state and domestic
trade is absolutely free trade ! Lot
those who are fearful of free trade
think of this : Wo are to-day a grcatei
free trade country than England , and
the Cobden club diet not contribute one
cent to make us so.
In contrast with this free trade coun
try examine the condition o
our sister republic Mexico , n
thoroughly tariff protected country n
highly protected country. The peace
tariff of Mexico would laugh at the punj
pigmy of a war tariff which wo impose ,
and complain about. They have a nn
tionnl tariff as a fringe around the border
dor , including duties on both import'
and exports ( formerly eight par cent 01
gold and silver coin oxportodnnd ) inter
btato tariffs the lines cutting bias , ii
scallops , and straight all through the
interior. There is no reason , if tnrifft
create prosperity , why Mexico shouli
not to-day bo the most prosperous na
tion on earth , her laboring people the
best paid , best clothed , housed , and fed
and withal the most happy and contented
od of all God's creatures. And yet ,
with all the advantages ol tariffs with
in tariffs , mnnufacturies do not Hour
ish , her working people nro not wol
paid , clolhed , housed or fed. The la
boring man in Mexico who earns sovci
dollars per month , nnd boards himself
is exceptionally prosperous.
For years Japan was thorough ! ;
well protected. Her people had no cause
to complain of , any dlscriminatioi
against her infant industries. Hoi
manufacturers had the whole field U
themselves , and yet thisubsolutoprotec
ion the people of Japan enjoyed did not
nako them rich , prosperous , or Jinppy.
1ho Japan laborer and artisan wcro not
veil paid , clothed or fed.
China enjoyed a similar protection for
uindrcds of years , yet labor is cheap in
L'hlnn , so cheap that the government
md to coin n piece of money so small
hat It takes more than one hundred of
hem to bo equal to our one cent coin ,
vlth which to pay them.
The lesson from all this is that some
orcign trade is better than commercial
solution , and that absolute free trade ,
is shown by our extensive inter-state
rco trade , is not so fearful a thing as
Is name would imply , nor bo dangerous
is interested parties would like to make
is believe.
Wo cannot , oven if we would , have
rco trade with foreign states. Our ob-
igations to certain industries long fos-
ered by the tariff , forbids taking away
, his artificial prop before they have
> rcpared for the change , which must
) o gradual.
Wo cannot have free trade with for
eign states , on account of the revenue
required to defray the expenses of the
general government , pensions for men
llsablcd in the war , interest on the na
tional debt , etc.
We should not have free trade or any
other kind of trade with foreign nations
vhich discriminates against American
enterprise , or the American people in
my manner whatever.
But wo may hope for such revision in
our tariff laws as will limit , as a maxi
mum , duties to fifty per cent on foreign
cost , nnd the free importation of tir-
, iclcs of necessity. Wo may also hope
'or such reduction 'in the rev
enue as to prevent the accumula
tion of u largo surplus.
Plain Comparisons.
For the benefit of Mayor Broatch and
Lho city council , the BKI : will make a
few comparisons in support of its charge
of reckless municipal extravagance.
During the fiscal year ending July 1 ,
1880 , the expense of the comptroller's
oflico aggregated $2,801.70. For the
year ending July 1 , 1887 , the expenses
of the comptroller's ollico aggregated
$5,004.83. For the six months ending
January 1 , 1888 , the expenses of the
comptroller's office wore $3,139.30.
The expenses of the city clerk's office
during the year ending July 1 , 1886 ,
wore $3,292.00. During the year fol
lowing they had increased to $4,971.13.
For the six months ending with the
1st of January , 1888 , the city clerk's ex
penses aggregated $3,698.79. The city
treasurer's office expenses during the
year ending July 1,1880 , wore $4,719.30.
For the year ending July 1,1887 , the city
treasurer's office is charged with
$0,287.40. For the six months ending
December 31 , 1887 , the city treasurer's
office has drawn $3,961.79 ;
The office of superintendent of build
ings for himself and all assistants re
ceived $2,448.25 during the year ending
July 1,1887. Between July 1,1887 , nnd
January 1 , 1888 , the superintendent of
buildings has drawn out of the treasury
$2,65-5.35.
Those figures speak > for themselves.
The comptroller's oflico has drawn
$274.54 moro out of the treasury during
the last six months than was paid out of
that office during the whole year of
1886.
1886.Tho
The city clerk has drawn by $300
more money out of the treasury for him
self and deputies for the last six months
than was paid to him for the whole year
ending July 1,1880 , and within $1,400
us much for the last six months as ho
drew for the whole year ending July
last.
last.Tho
The treasurer has drawn nearly
$ -1,000 out of the treasury during
the last six months , independent
of dclinauont taxes , when the law
allows him only $800 for himself and
$700 for clerk hire.
As to the superintendent of buildings
comment is unnecessary.
These are four of the tax-eating de-
partmoi1 ts. The question is , how much
longer are the tax-payers of Omaha to
bo subjected to such wanton extrava
gance ?
Tin : resolutions presented in the
house of representatives last week anil
referred to the committee on foreign
affairs , relating to an adjustment of the
fishery difficulty and th question of un
restricted trade between the United
States and Canada , have served to re
new interest in these matters. The au
thor of the resolution , Mr. Buttorworth ,
of Ohio , is confident that they will en
counter no serious opposition. Ho say ;
there 1ms been a vigorous growth ol
sentiment favorable to commercial
union , one conspicuous illustration ol
which is in the fact that the policy received
ceivod the unanimous endorsement ol
the national board of trado. There if
no doubt of its having the sup
port of a largo body o
the Canadian people , amonf
them a number of representative men
of prominence both in official and prl
vato life. In fact , the evidence is that
there is far more interest in behalf of
commercial union among the Canadian
people than there is in this country , the
ultra protectionists hero not regarding
the matter with favor. Mr. Butter
worth , however , insists that the pro
posed policy will subserve rather than
prove inimical to protection , to which
ho is as fully devoted as any man. He
thinks it will ba a great advantage to
the protective system to extend it
around Canada and open-up to out
people that market and that source o :
supply. If as expected the foreign
affairs committee reports favorably'or
the resolutions before It , the question
of commercial union wltn Canada will
take a leading place in public attention ,
Ir nil the advantages that are claimed
yfor the proposed Nicaragua canal
should bo realized , its construction
would bo one of the most important en-
torprises'of the ago. It is said for il
that it will make Chill , Peru nnd Ecua
dor commercial neighbors of our gull
ports , nnd a trade will bo created be
tween them which , by reason of the fa
vorable circumstances , will exclude all
rivals. It will bring Callao four thous
and miles nearer to Liverpool than the
route by way of the btraits of Magellan.
Three-quarters of the existing com
merce between the Atlantic and Pacific
ocean ? Is to and from the ports of the
north Atlantic and north Pacific. For
all this trade the canal will shorten the
water route by sqVon thousand miles.
The already rapid development of Cali
fornia , Oregon and Washington must ,
from such a facility of traffic , lake a
wonderful increase of Impetus , particu
larly in the leading articles of wheat
and lumber , now amounting to many
millions annually. The lumber trade of
Oregon and Washington presents the
most notable development of any line of
commerce during the past year. In 1880
the whole shipment was six million feet.
Last year the shipment averaged four
million feet per month , or eight times
the te tnl of the previous year. The
trade of the present year will probably
bo double that of last. The canal would
quicken the commercial life of Mexico
and Central America , and their wants
would be supplied from our adjacent
ports , while their productions would find
in those ports a ready and profitable
market. Such promises certainly ren
der this scheme a most interesting one ,
nnd give force to the proposition that
this country ought not to permit any
other nation to secure control of this
route , which it is said both England nnd
Germany would like to do.
IT is understood that the general con
tents of the now tariff bill which the
ways and means committee will report
have been agreed upon and are now
being talked over among revenue re
formers with a view of getting the bill
into such shape that it will command
the full support of the largest possible
number of democrats. It is said that
the bill , as it now stands , will put wool ,
salt , coal , lumber , hemp , jute and some
other raw materials , including chem
icals , on the free list , and cut the duty
on sugar 2o per cent and the duty on rice
about the same amount. It will rear
range the duties on woolens and wor
steds so as to make them uniform , and
this rather by lowering the duties on
woolens than by raising the
duties on worsteds. Reductions
will also bo mndo on other ne
cessities. The schedules covering silks ,
jewelry , , fine china and glass , liquors ,
cigars and otherluxuries have been loft
practically untouched. The bill will
also cut down the taxes on tobacco and
fruit brandies. It will contain as well
the Hewitt administrative reforms.
The total reduction in revenue to bo
effected by the bill , as it at present
stands , would be about $70,000,000. A
minority measure is also being framed
and will be brought forward by the re
publican members of the ways and
menus committee. It is understood
that this will propose the repeal of the
tobacco taxes and the reduction of the
sugar duties fifty per cent , with , or
without , compensatory bounties to the
Louisiana sugar men , which would still
further reduce thfljsurplus. The inten
tions of Mr. Randall have not been dis
closed , nnd the revenue reformers do
not appear to be greatly concerned re
garding them. '
THK remarks made by Chairman Bal-
combo , of the board , of public works ,
to a representative of the BEH , arc
significant. In direct violation of
the restrictions imposed by the charter ,
overlaps have been created in every
fund and department of the city. The ex
cuse of the council is , that the demands
of our rapidly growing city mndo
it necessary to extend sewer , pav
ing and fire limits. The council
knew that it was committing
illegal acts in exceeding the appropria
tions for the year. Still , the council
went on overriding , in many ca os , the
veto of the mayor in pushing forward
contracts for public work. As Mr. Bal-
combo has well pointed out that if this
reckless policy is continued the cost of
any public work will bo increased fully
S3 per cent , as contractors will insure
themselves against the uncertainty of
payment , long interest , and losses. The
time has come for a halt , and for a thor
ough investigation.
A YOUNG lady , daughter of a member
of the board of education , is circulating
a subscription paper among the teach
ers for a present to the principal of the
high school , who receives a big salary.
Ho docs not need any present , and ,
us a matter of principle , should
not receive gifts. It strikes us that it
would bo much moro appropriate to
change that subscription paper for the
benefit of the fund being raised for
Miss Shattuck , Miss Royce , and Miss
Freeman.
PUOMINKNT PERSONS.
Mrs. Prances Hodgson Burnett.who is now
living at Florence , Italy , expects to lomuin
abroad two years.
Joslo Mansfield , who caused the deadly
feud between Fisk nnd Stokes yenis agonow
lives in Uuden-Biulcn.
A Washington gossip remarks that Sena
tor Hearst , of Culifordia , Is not "a thing of
beauty and ajoy forever" in a dress suit.
Charles Stewart Parncll is frequently seen
at present in liottcn IJow , Ilydo Park , Lon-
donmounted on a big Uay horse and wrapped
in u enormous ulster overcoat.
There are four men in the house who part
their hair In the middle. They arc Uaynor
and Beltuont on the democratic side and
Phelps and Longon thorepublican side.
Ex-Governor Alger , tft ' Michigan , is said to
own over ono hundred 'quaro miles of forest
land near Alpcna , , .bearing more than
500,000,000 feet of standing pine timber.
In the February number cof the North
American Review ia an able and interesting
article on "Serpent Myths , " from the pen of
Varina Anne Davis , daughter of Jefferson
Davis.
Samuel Spencer , th < j new president of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad , receives a rsalary
of $25,000 a year. Less than twenty years
ago ho was a roadman on a salary of about
tOOO a year.
Governor Fitz Hugh Lee , of Virginia , is
said to bo completed spoiled by his political
elevation. Ho is n man of only mediocre
ability , nnd oven the democrats say ho has
become very unpopular.
Lot Flannory , the Washington sculptor ,
made- plaster bust of General Logan Just
after the war. It was the only bust over made
of the famous soldier , and was a correct and
arttstlo likeness. Mr. Flanncry Is now reproducing
producing this bust in marble , and the result
of his work will bo presented to Mrs. Logan
by a friend.
Charles Arbucklo , the wealthy coffee mcr-
chnnt , against whom Miss Campbell recently
obtained a verdict of { 45,000 damages for
breach of promises , has bad a disastrous
year flttfthcinlly. Ho is still a vdry wealthy
ulan , but has test a good deal of money In thu
last twelve months , Ho wns largely inter'
cstcd In M. E. Post's banking house at Chey
enne , Wyo. , which closed Its doors last sum
mers.
Kindts In the South.
A gentleman at the Atlanta ( On. ) custom
house mild recently ! " 1 have bcem hero Hvo
years , and I saw something the other day
which I have never see'ii before. I s.iw n Jury
In the United States court room every man on
which could write his mime. "
The Champion Anti-Poverty Family.
; ii > . tim ( Unlit.
ThoAstor family gathers wealth ns It apes.
The Asters nro reported to own 8,000 houses
in New York city , and the combined wealth
of the family Is estimated nt 100,000,000.
This Is Increasing at the rate of f lU.OOO.OOO .
annually.
How to llclriii Train Uobbcrs.
I'entltt Transcript.
For the last three yc.irs the train robbing
Industry In Missouri has been laboring under
serious disadvantages and i not character
ized by its olil-tlmu spirit and sang frold.
This , seemingly , goes to show that the right
way to icform a train robber is to give him a
federal ofllce.
Trying on the Thermometers.
Oifrrttfo Titlniiic.
Fort KcoRli ctm probably claim the honor
of the widest range of temperature of any
place on earth. On the occasion of the great
storm of last week the thermometer marked
( 5 below. During the hot weather of last
summer It ranged from 120 to 1)0. ! ) This
makes n range of 10.1 degrees within the
year.
A Compliment From Philadelphia.
l'hlhnMi > liti llcconl.
The OM in v Hiu : has published a largo pic
torial sheet illustrating the growth and pros
perity of Omaha. Hut the UKC modestly
omits all reference to Its own mighty efforts.
Its fearless criticisms and its jealous care of
the best Interests of Omahti have contributed
largely to the rapid development of that
city.
A Distinction AVIthoiit n Difference.
Jimrnnl of Kiliicnttuii.
Generally speaking , the gentleman who
has Just accepted n position is not a bit Imp-
pier about It than the man who has just got a
Job.
In the Way or Civilization.
Smlfamipolta Jouiiial.
Prohibition , as a factor in national politics ,
holds out no prospects whatever of practical
reform , nnd is likely to become memorable
simply as an obstacle and hindrance to politi
cal and moral progress ,
New Kvery Morning.
Susan CuulrMar ,
Every day is a fresh beginning.
Every morn U the world made new ,
You who uro weary of Borrowing und sin
ning ,
Here is a beautiful hope for you ;
A hope for mo nnd a hope for you.
All the past things are past and over ,
The t'isks are done and the tears are shed.
Ycsterdav's errors let yesterday cover f
Yesterday's wounds , which smarted and
bled ,
Are healed with the healing which night
has shed.
Yesterday now is a part of forever ;
Hound up in a sheaf , which God holds
tight ,
With glad days , and sad days , and bad days
which never
Shall visit ns moro with their bloom nnd
their blight , '
Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful
niglit.
Let them go , since wo cannot relieve them ,
Cannot undo and cannot atone ;
God in his mercy receive , forgive thcml
Only the new days are our own.
is and alone.
To-day ours , to-day
Hero are the skies all burnished brightly ,
Hero is the spent earth all reborn ,
Hero are the tired limbs springing lightly
To face the sun and to share with the morn
In the chrism of dew and the cool of dawn.
Every day Is a fresh beginning ,
Listen , my soul , to the glad refrain ,
And , spite of old sorrow and older sinning ,
And puzlles forecasted , and possible pain ,
Take heart with the day , and begin again I
STATE AND TEUIUTOUY.
Ncbranka Jottings.
Red Cloud has invested in a street
railway.
Grand Islanders are taking their
piety with sugar beet.
The swam ] ) angels of Florida are
weaving obituary wreaths for the Ne
braska editorial excursionists. An in
terview with an alligator is a guarantee
of improved circulation.
The South Sioux City Sun is blazing
in the meridian of prosperity. The
latest number was a spotless sixteen
pngo number loaded with huge "ads"
and perspiring columns of news and
comment.
The anti-saloon element in Dakota
City has closed up the last groggcry in
town and the municipal pump and bootlegs -
logs are booked for a nourishing trado.
Relief is also expected from liberal
consignments of Jackson's fighting
forty-rod.
The Nebraska City board of trade has
elected the following olllcers for the
year : E. S. Hawley , president ; Robert
Payne , first vice president ; A. Heller ,
second vice president ; II. S. Schwind ,
secretary ; Julian Metcalf , treasurer.
D. P. Rolfo , J. W. Stemhart , M. L.
Hayward and S. T. Davies , Uoard of
directors.
The Chadron Journal is out in a mid
winter illustrated edition in cheerful
colors , coupled with ' 'a convincing array
of facts about the resources and pros
pects of a city of destiny and a land of
fatness. " Cluulron is the capital of
D.iwcs county , is thirty-two months old ,
population 8,500 , real estate valuation
$071,700 , and claims to bo ' 'the queen of
the western kingdom. "
County wars are raging fearlessly in
ShoridanGreeloy and Perkins counties.
Although the frost has congealed the
earth to a depth of four feet , it has no
perceptible cfi'eet on the quality and
quantity of mud thrown. Rival accounts
agree that the rank and file of the fac
tions are knaves , imbeciles , thieves and
lepers. A municipal campaign in
Omaha is n love feast in comparison
\\ith a moderate county beat war.
Iowa Items.
A late census gives Clinton a popula
tion of 10,000.
Oskaloosa is going to build a coal
palace. Coal is king down there.
Congress has chartered another
bridge over the river at Burlington.
The Central -Iowa has a record of not
a single passenger being killed in the
past ten years.
The people of Leo county are getting
tired of their double-barrelled county
seat , and are asking the legislature to
abolish it.
The costs in Indinnola's celebrated
calf case are now over $ -100 , exclusive of
attorneys' fees , and the owneTbliip still
undecided.
The Iowa soldiers' homo Inmates were
presented with twenty-one very nice
foot mats for front of beds by the Indies
of F. M. ThorcnbV. . R. C. , January 21.
Judge Kinno at this January term of
court in Benton county lined nine dif
ferent parties for selling liquors , to the
amount of1,400. . The lowest amount
given any one was $400 and the highest
JOOO.
JOOO.Farmers
Farmers in the vicinity of Waterloo
are losing a great mnny cattle from a
Ktrnngo malady , No ono seems lo know
any thing 4ilH > ut il and the stale veteri
narian has been called upon to Investi
gate.
gate.A
A young man nnmod Duffy , of Iowa
county , took u shotgun to school nmllild
it in u brush heap , intending to shoot
rabbits on the way home. Ho pulled
the gun out of the brush by the mu//.lo
and got a load of whet In tils groin and
abdomen. The \\ound Is fatal.
Prophet Foster , of Hurlington , has In
stock the following February weather :
"Tho month \\ill open with mild
weather , with iv storm about the 1st. It
is expected to bo a northern Htorm. The
subsequent storm dates for this meridian
are February 4 , 10 , 15 , 21,5i"i nnd 127 to
20. The disturbance on the Ifith wo ex
pect to bo a heavy storm with a south
erly course , and will bo followed by very
cold weather between the 10th and the
20th. There will bo it warm wave pro-1
ceding the storm ol the 2.lh , followed
by sudden changes. "
Dakota.
Sorghum is baid to bo a practical crop
in Dakota.
The location of the North Dakota ag
ricultural fair for 1SS3 will not be fixed
until April 10.
Black Hills paper * deny in the most
emphatic manner that there has boon
any borlous loss of stock as a result of the
storm.
The treasurer of Ilydo countv got
nay with $11 , OM ) . The county expect H
to realize $8,000 from the treasurer's
property , put up as security.
The Sioux Indians have elected twelve
delegates , ono from each tribe , to repre
sent the nation at Washington on the
opening of the reservation.
The artealau well at Plankintou Is
about the only thing in that country
which the cold did not ofioct. It uponts
as perennially i\s though it wcro gentle
springtime.
There are four prisoners In the terri
torial penitentiary at Sioux Falls draw
ing pensions from the government.
One gets $2-5 per month , another $12 a
month , and the other two $ -1 a month
each.
Twenty dollars will bo awarded and
paid by the Rapid City board of trade
for the best slab of marble procured from
a quarry within ten miles of Rapid City
before March 1. The slab must bo at
least four feet long , two feet wide nnd
at least two inches in thickness. It
must be polished on one side and the
edges , and it is to become the property
of thcbonrdfor exhibition there or clbo-
whero.
ASI'llYXIATKl ) .
Ilcniarkablo KHcapo From Death By
Mr. und Mrs. 1'cnroso.
Mr. nnd Mrs. II. A. Pcnroso hnd a narrow
escape from death at their home on the corner
of Lcavcnworth'aiidT\vcnty-Ufth8trvctsSun-
dij ; [ night. In tlioir sleeping ap.irtmcnt they use
n hard coal base burner. The stove stands
hut a few feet from the head of the bed , nnd
last night , being rather warm , the lire was
allowed to smoulder , and just before retiring
Mr.Ponroso shut off the draft in both stove and
pipe. This action came within u hairs-breadth
of costing the couple their lives. Mr. Pen-
rose awoke about U o'clock in the morning ,
but ho was not nt all himself , his
limbs seemed benumbed , his brain In
u whirl and ho imagined ho WIIH
suffocating. He aroused his wife or rather
attempted to , nnd sprang from the bud , but
only to fall headlong to thu floor insensible.
A few moments later n domestic , perplexed
at the non-appuarancc of thu mistress of the
house , who is usually un early riser , ap
peared at the door to summon the couple to
bre.iltfast. She knocked several times with
out receiving a response , and then , in much
misgiving und alarm , opened tno door and
looked within. Sim behold Mr. Pcnroso out
stretched upon the lloor , and jumping at the
conclusion that lie hnd been murdered she
rushed frantically from the house. The true
condition of things was soon mndo clear.
The lady nnd guntlcm.in were asphyxiated
with the K"acs and fumes from the smoulder
ing coal , which had accumulated un
til it was a difficult matter for
even these just from the fresh air to breath.
Mr. Pcnroso and wife wore carried into an
other p.irt of the house , these present labor
ing under the Idea ftat both were doud.
However , a physician was called , and after
n brief delay Dr. Jarcd Ayrcs nrrived. Mr.
Penroso was speedily aroused , but it was
unite n long time before the physician would
even give foith any hope of resuscitating
Mrs. Penroso. She was in nn extremely crit
ical condition. At last , however , the labors
of the doctor and his willing assistants , were
rewarded by the lady opening her eyes , und
shortly thereafter to her full restoration to
consciousness. She was very weak , however ,
nnd unable to rise , and it will bo several days
before she can completely recover.
QUESTION OFOVEHIjAPS.
The Mayor HCOUI-R to the Matter With
a Few Facts.
Mayor Broatch was seen yesterday by
a llKK reporter , and questioned with respect
to the overlap in thollio-departmcnt fund , es
pecially in connection with the showing of
the same , ns made on Saturday by Comp
troller Goodrich. Ho said that ho hnd no
reason to change his mind , and that the re
port which ho would soon give to the public ,
would show that what ho had tlrst said about
the overlap , and which was published in the
DM : was correct. The reporter statement ,
regarding not only the lire , but also the po
lice department , ho said ho would have
ready to-morrow.
The mayor also claimed that the cxnminn-
tion of the records proved conclusively what
ho hud pointed out in August last. At that
time he vetoed several grading ordinances
for the reason that the rceklcHS manner in
which thov had been passed created an over1
hi ] ) . He then claimed that If moro vigilance
was not exercised there would bo nn overlap
of from flO.MO to $41,000. The major says
that the real figures of unwarranted expend
iture is greater than the last sum , so that
there is nothing left for grading this ycur.
A MIDNIGHT THIEF.
Policeman Manned DlHcovorH AVIiy
Jlln Coal Illit Grown Empty.
Richard Mannoll , ono of the now police
men , keeps his coal m n largo box In the lot
on which his residence is located. Lest
thieves might carry away the fuel Mr. Man-
null has kept a padlock on thu box , but in
spite of this precaution the black diamonds
kept disappearing night after night. Mr.
Mannoll determined to watch the coal-box
Sunday night. Shortly nftcr midnight a man
entered tnu yaul from the roar and made
straight for the coal-box Taking a key out
of his | Kckct ) ho unlocked it , and then pro
ceeded to 1111 two largo baskets that he had
brought along , Mr. Mannull waited until
the thief hud closed the box and was ready
to depart before stopping him. Just as the
man reached the mlddlu of the yard the po-
licemun confronted him. nnd to his great surprise -
priso found that the thief was a near neigh
bor of hi9 , and a man who stands high in the
neighborhood. Mr. Munnell contented him
self with kicking the man into the stieot and
will not prosecute.
The High School Clock.
There are several men now at work placing
the recently purchased clock In the tower of
the high school. The woiks aiu pluml in
tlm fouith Htoiy , from which pluco n lod-con
nection is madu with thu mechanism which
works the hands. The dials are now in po-
hltlnn. They nro seven foot In diameter nnd
] 1,11 n ted blade , thu number nnd hands being
of gilt. It will roijulro about a week to get
the clock in condition to ran , mid the cost
will bo nlxmt ? I,2XI ( The works wcro mudo
by a Hoston manufacturer ,
Alrltrakc Instruction.
The "instruction car" of the Westlnghtmso
Air Hinku company arrived yesterday
over the Union Puuillc , nnd was nt work
nearly all day at the up | > cr yards. Con
ductors nnd brukcmcn were taken Into the
car and listened to u let-tiiio fioin the In
btruetorand glvon practical examples of how
to work the brakes.
or Au Hernia Enclnuer In Hln Combat
\Vlth n lleloiitlcKH Knomy Duvold
of Kltlicr Ilnnrt or Conscience.
rinln tJnvnrnlsliPd I'nctM Which ,
Mlilch Clrnrly DomoiiNtrntn ttint
1'eopto HomcllmoH Do Them *
nclvos An Injustice.
Ono of the happiest young men In Omnhn to
day U Mr. I ) . S , hvln.liti recently nrilUMl in
this city f i din the Koystonpstutp nnd who now
rooms m the Ulgglns block on I low urd street.
Tongentlenmn > kiu-u htmhllo i\n I-UK- !
neer ut thu I'timiv. Steel compnny's works nt
Steolton. I'n . noting his rcumteniinfp beaming
ulth iiHntlsnod , Inippy look , nnd Inquiring the
iniisoof the lailluil ilmiiKo , Mr. In In t-nld : "I
have boon troubled with duonlc rnturrh for ten
> ears , during which time I luivo xnirorod horrors
rors which the tongue Is tnmlconnto to poitray ,
having dining that time been tieated by se\riui
prominent plijsldnm , and nwd pntent medi
cines without stint , nil of which fulled to do inn
any good ; In nut , life became almo t B lumlnn.
My eittiuili bait \umli > d Into the liroiu-hlat
tllhos ; nt times I o\poi toi.ited blood , I mil night
MUM' ' * , and was on ( lie roud to coiiMim | > Uoii ,
"I hnd n dull , heavy heudiichr. nose all htulTed
tip from n uuift uit dilpping Irom the hend Into
the tin oat. nometlmes protnto. wutuy nnd
"end , nl others thick , tenacious mums , puru
lent , bloody and putrid ; my eyes weak wnteiv
ami Inllanied. Them WIIH it ringing In my ran ,
and fiom ono of them theio was a constant dls.
clmigeof mutter : for the last nine j ears deaf
ness , constant hawking and toughing toele.ir
tliothio.it ; oNpoctot.itlons of otrenstvo matter ,
together with scabs fiom niters. My Mleo hnd
n nusnl twang , bieath verv otlelHlve. Hlnell anil
tnste gone , a sensation of dizziness , w It It mental
depieoBlon , a hacking cough and gencial dcbll-
'
"Well , " continued Mr. Irvln , "I was nrmmlnt-
edwlth nniimhnr of people In the east who hud
been Hiiuossfully Minted by Drs. McCoy and
Henry before they came west , and noticed their
ttdveitlHeiuontx In the Omaha papers. 1 made
up my mind to plnco myself umlor tholi CRIO
and see If they could do nn ) thing for mo. After
a i in < > fnl culmination they told mo the dinnis
ofmveius were sound and that. In their opin
ion , my hearing could bo entirely restored , r
began tieatmcnt nt onco. The doctoi washed
my ears out with lomu kind of oil undwnim
water , after which ho passed n pioboof HOIIIO
kind Into my nose , llu then diluted my ears
and to my great
st'iirniSK i com.n IIIMH MUCH IIKTTKII.
"I went to his olllro uveiydny , followed thu
ulit < < turns > eiy minutely , and now , lit the ex
piration of live weeks , 1 nm untlioly cured , and
1 am tuny thankful for the great blessing of
health l > estowed upon mo by Drs. McCoy and
Hem V'N treatment. 1 can unreservedly recom
mend them to any one tumbled with chronic
catanh. No disease , " continued Mr. In In , "Is
no common , moro deceptive , dangerous and less
understood , or muru unsuccessfully tieutvd by
physicians. "
Mr. livln Is nn exceedingly well Informed
gentleman , and can bo found at the nbovo
named place whcio ho will fully corroborate the
nbovo.
Signal Inn ors Which Are Made
Known liut'oro Consumption
Appears.
When cntnrrh hns existed In the hend and
upper pmt of the throat for any length of time
the patient living In the district \\huro people
nruHiihjcLt to uitnrrhal nltectlon and the dis
ease hns been left uncmeit , the catarrh Invari
ably , sometimes slowly , extends down thu wind
pipe mid Into the uionchlnl tubes , which tub n
convoy the air Into the dllTeicnt parts of the
lungs. The tubes become ulTected from the
snclilugnnd mucus arising from cut in Hi , unit
m somu Instances become plugged up < > that
the air cannot got In us freely us It should.
Shortness of In eat h lolloWH , und the patient
bienthes with labor and with dltllcnlty.
In other cases there Is n sound of cracking
and whe 7luglnsldo ttiti chest. At this Htngu
of the disease the breathing Is usually moro
rapid than w hen In health. The patient also has
hot Hashes o\er his body.
Tliopaln which accompanies this condition Is
of a dull character , felt In the clu st , .behind the
breast bone or under the shoulder blado. The
puln may coma and go last u few days and then
ho absent for several others. Tno cough t hat oc
curs In the llrst HtugcHof bronchial catarrh Is dry.
conns at Intervals , Is hacking In character anil
usually most troublesome In the morning on
arising or going to bed at night , ui.d It may bo
the Unit evidence of the disease extending In the
lungs.
At llrst theroinnybenothlngbronghtnpbytlio
cough ; t hen thcro is ullttlo tough , tuimclous mu
cus , whit h the patient tlnds grout dllllculty In
bringing up.
Sometimes thcro are fits of coughing Induced
by tough mucous so violent as to ennse vomit
ing. Later on the mucous that Is raised Is found
to contain small imitlclcs ofellow muttei ,
which Indicates that the small tubes In the lungs
mo novallected. . With this thuio uiu often
htreaks of blood mixed with thu mucous. In
cases the patient becomes very pile , has fever
and expectorates before any cough appears.
I n somu cases small nmssesof cheesy oubst nnco
aiospit up , which , when piessed between the
tlngei s , emit u bud odor. In other cases put tlclus
of uhuidclmlky iinturejiiiohpjtiip. Thu raising
of clieusy or i balky lumps indicates bcilolls mis
chief lit work into the lungs.
In Mime cases cntiiih will attend Into the
lungslnufew weeks , in o4h < 'r cases It may hu
mouths or oven years heloro the disease attacks
the lungs suillclintly to cnusu serious Inteifer-
once with the general health. Wnen thu dleasso
has developed to such a point the patient Is said
to lmo i at.irrlml < onsumptlon. With lnoiichl.il
entail h theio Is more or less fever which dlffeis
\\itliiho dlffoi out parts of the da ) .slight Inthu
morning , hlghei In tno nrtoinoon and evening.
Sometimes during the day the patient has u
creeping , chilly sensation , whu.li may last fiom
liulf an hour to an hour the Mirfuco of the body
feeling dry and hot. During the night , near the
morning , thcro may bo sweats. Such sweats are
known as night sweats.
Thn pulse Is usually moiu rapid than normal ,
nnd thu patient loses Hush and strength. A
fresli cold Is all that Is needed at this | x > lnt to de
velop rapid consumption. Insomo Instances tlm
patient loses tlekli nnd Miength slowly. 'I no
mus IcHgiailnnlly waste uwiiv. Then the pat-
Ijiit giadunlly icgalnx some of his strength , only
to losa It aunlii.
A weukstom ich Is n dlsllko for food , which
pcenih to luivo lost Its tiiHtu , oauses the patient to
think hu has udlseuso of thu stomach Insteud of
thu lungs. With thesedlarrlia-n usually occurs ,
and theiols Komu disturbance of thu kldnojH.
In bronchial cutimh thuoice often becomes
weak.huskvnnd huumn. Theio Is a burning
pain in the throat with illfliunKy In swallow lug.
DOCTOR ,
J , CRESAP McCOY ,
Late of BelleYuC Hospital , New York ,
AND
Dr , Columbus Henry
( J.uto or University of Pennsylvania
IIAVU orncia
No.niO und 311 IN IIA.MKUm II.W.VO.
Corner riftonnth and llnrncy nit , . , Onmli . Ntib .
\ \ htiru all cm ulilu cHe MI' " troatwd
w llli siicci1- *
Medltnl diseased trenti-dHklllfiillr. CoiiHiimn-
tlon , llilulit'HillbiMHc. liysjH'pslu , Ulimmuitlbiii ,
nml nil NIJUVIWS lISi\Hi.S. ) : : All diseases in'-
uilliir to thu H X I n Hpccmlty. ( JA'JAKUII
( XlNhl'l/l'ATIO.V lit ollico or hv mall , 11.
Oltlco lionru.I to 11 u. m. , tu 4 p , 111. , 7 to 3 p.
in. . HuwlhVS liitliiilod.
Coirf pondBni.u ri-celM-i piompt attention.
Muiiy dlsf.ucs nru trouti-il imrtvfifuliy by
DM , MM'oynml llniiry tlinmuli tlm nmlK ujul
It Is til in possible for tliovi nniibli ) to maku
Journi'yt'i obtain bucctssCul hospital imitmen
lit their hoimx.
No letter * unswurod unlcicj nccompnulnl by
Aildren' < ill letters to Drs. McCoy and Henry
ItomnaUlU and Ull , lluiuge builtUm ; ,
Nub.