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SlDHWAI.K iNSl'ECTOIl ALL1SN doOB
not propose to have any planks loose in
his platform.
IF rod-hot personal debates followed
by the shaking of lists nnd the issuing
of challenges bo "tho proper thine for
congressmen and senators , Massachu
setts can not do bettor than to elect
Mr. John L. Sullivan to the senate ,
whore ho could clinch every argument
with a tolling blow.
P. A. COLLINS , of
Massachusetts , has boon selected by the
national committee to preside at the
meeting of the democratic convention
at St. Louis. Should Mr. Collins be
chosen chairman of the convention ho
may bo trusted in allowing plenty of
time to delegates to fill up with > enthusiasm -
thusiasm between nominations.
GENERAL BHOOICB comes to Omaha
to assume the duties as commander of
the department of the Platte under
most favorublo auspices. Ho can not
but bo impressed by the farewell recep
tion tendered to Mayor General Crook
that our people and the army entertain
the most cordial relations for each
other.
THE opening of the Sioux reservation
is hailed with joy in the Black Hills.
Of course the consent of the Indians on
the reservation must bo obtained before
the cession of the land becomes valid.
But already preparations are being
made to swoop down on the rich plain
just as soon as the formalities of the
transfer are concluded.
OASPEU E. YOST was very much dis
turbed that Douglas county would not
succeed in securing a delegate to the
national convention unless the B. & M.
oil room attorney bo allowed to name
delegates to the district convention.
The Omaha smelting works will proba
bly receive consignments of ere moro
promptly over the B. & M. at low rates.
TIIEKE is grim irony in the announce
ment by the chairman of the Second
congressional district committee , that
a reduced rate of faro will bo given on
railroads to all delegates attending the
convention. Every railroad lawyer and
striker in the district will ride in on a
pass reading for himself and one ,
"account employe of this company. "
IK the Union Pacific is going to light
its wagon bridge across the Missouri by
electricity , it is showing a bit of enter
prise that hardly could have boon ex
pected from that quarter. But while
the company appears solicitous In light-
lug the way for belated travelers , It
ignores the rights of our citizens for
proper safeguards over their many
dangerous crossings on main thorough-
faros.
THE French syndicate that is now
controlling the prlco of tin will have its
hands full when the Dakota mines are
fully opened. The tin product of the
United States has always boon small ,
That there nro largo and almost in-
oxhaustlblo supplies of the article in the
west is unquestioned , nnd that the mines
can bo worked with n profit is no loss
certain. The French tin corporation
which BOOKS to enrich itself at the ex
pense of others will of necessity be
obliged to go when American capitul
dovelopos the mines of Dakota.
The Brooklyn , N. Y. , Times has the
correct view of the situation when it
Bays that the voice of New York given
in behalf of Mr. Dopow as n presiden
tial candidate "would ho impotent
nnd ineffective. " "A nomination , "
suys tlmt paper , "that would endanger
the republican ticket In every north
western state la hardly likely to com-
roond itself to the favor of a republican
national convention. " It will be quite
enough that the republicans of Now
York show their regard for Mr. Dopow
by sending him to represent them in the
convention , und if they and ho have
any sincere wish for the success of the
republican party next November his
name will flgurq in no other relation
than as a delegate. Only ignorance of
the sentiment of the most important
republican section of the country can
lead any one to talk seriously of Mr.
Dopew us a presidential candidate , nnd
those who do bo are but complicating the
situation to the detriment of the party.
It would be quite as well for the party't.
interest if Mr. Depew were even not a
delegate. l.
Ilrcftkcr * Attend.
The outcome of the Douglas county
convention bodes no good to the repub
lican party In tho' Impending campaign.
Omnlm and Douglas county will
inevitably bo the great Btonn.-con.lro
next November , and the contest last
Saturday was the preliminary skirmish
of the grctil battle. "WUh the disasters
of 1880 and 18S7 , almost within eight ,
prudotico nnd common decency dictated
the retirement to the rear of the dls-
ropulablo nnd mercenary elements
of the party , and pushing
to the front of the rospoot-
able nnd respected mombersof the party
who are republicans from principle and
desire party supremacy , not for the
mere spoils of ofllco nnd political glory ,
but from a love of country , liberty and
government by the people , for the pee
ple.It
It was to have boon expected that At
this crisis in the history of the party the
leaders it has honored and trusted , nnd
the men who expect to assume leader
ship in the comttfg campaign , would
exert all their influence to olovnto re
publicanism In this , section and state
from the low depths to which
It had sunk in its abject
subserviency to corporatd monopoly
nnd its humiliating degradation ,
through the political slums.
It was manifestly the duty of Senator
MandorsoiijWho expects to present him-
Bolf for endorsement next fall , to plant
himself firmly on high ground as the
advocate of u loftier standard of politi
cal morals. Ho was in position to point
out the rocks and reefs on which the
party had been stranded by a reck
less surrender of its control to the
most depraved elements of soci
ety. The republican clubs , un
der proper guidance , and the re
straints of the primary election law ,
would have afforded the opportunity for
reform nnd purification. Senator Man-
dorson was in Omaha last wcokr but ho
folded his arms and allowed the rabble
and scum to pack the convention which
presented the most disgraceful spectacle
over witnessed in this or any other
state.
Mr. W. J. Connell , who is conceded'
to bo the most available man in this
district as against John A. McShano ,
not only failed to exhibit the courageous
leadership which would have boon
expected from u man of his cull-
bro , but ho committed the unpar
donable blunder of making himself a
voluntary party to n disgraceful sur
render of prerogatives which no con
vention has over conferred on its most
honored member , let alone a notorious
oil-room attorney and lobbyist for gam
blers.
How will Mr. Connell face the form
ers and workingmen and unfettered
republicans of all classes , and explain
away his failure to enter a manly pro
test against having this state misrep
resented in the national convention ?
What was the object for holding a
convention at all If the attorney of the
Burlington railroad has the naming of
the entire delegation without oven sub
mitting these names for ratification to
the convention or even a committee
thereof.
Passing by this lamentable blunder ,
lot us ask in all candor , why should any
republican convention in this state
recklessly invite the odium which at
taches to the leadership of John M.
Thurston at this timoV Has the repub
lican party fallen so low , and is it so
wretchedly devoid of men of ability , that
it must year in and year out glorify and
worship at a shrine whoso chief idol is a
whitened sepulcher who makes it his
business to debauch your legislators
and state officers and lead young men ,
full of promise and hope , from the
path of rectitude to the road which
ends in perjury , bribery and crimes
n gainst the state for which no punish
ment is too sevoroV With the revela
tions of the Pacific railroad commission
and the testimony unwillingly extracted
from their corrupt associates , is it not
worse than mockery and defiance of pub
lic sentiment for a republican conven
tion in the metropolis of the Mis
souri valley , to load down Thura-
ton nnd Greene with honors
and commend them as most fitting of all
known men in Nebraska to represent
her two hundred thousand republicans
in the national convention of the
party ?
If the district and state conventions
ratify this impudent defiance they will
sow the dragon's tooth that will bear
deadly fruit next November and bring
irretrievable disaster on the legislative
and congressional tickets.
The Trust Investigation.
It is certainly to bo hoped tnnt the in
vestigation of trusts now being probo-
cutod by the committee on manufactures
of the house of representatives will
leave nothing to bo desired for a com
plete knowledge ot those combinations
when it is finished. Faith that this will
bo done does not find much warrant in
the experience thus far had with this
class of Inquiries. Congressional in
vestigating committees have not usually
labored to very great advantage. In one
way or another they have boon generally
very unsatisfactory in practical results.
A slnglo example may bo cited of
the committee sent to investigate
the Reading strike , from which
thus far upthing has "boon heard ex
cept the prbmiso of u report nnd
the statement of ita chairman that ho
contemplated proposing some legisla
tion suggested by the disclosures of the
inquiry. It is not at all unlikely , however -
over , that with the pressure of other
demands upon his time and attention ho
will find no opportunity to further concern -
corn himself in the matter of the Read
ing investigation. Meanwhile the sub
ject drops out of public regard , only to
be revived when the corporation re
news ita defiant und oppressive tactics.
And this is the way with most congres
sional investigations not strictly polit
ical in their character.
But there are some reassuring indica
tions in the investigation being made by
the house committee on manufactures ,
as noted in our Washington dispatches
of Saturday , one of which was the ac
ceptance of the services of a lawyer who
is rouutcd to be entirely familiar' with
the inside \r.orking of the parent of all
the trusts unit with the railroad mnii'
ut that enabled it to 'achieve' its
great SUCCOS3. This attorney , Mr. F. B.
Gowon of Vhilndolphin , wo hnvo the
authority of the ftccord of that city for
saying ) it the man rtf nil others to show
tip the operation of tila fofomost mon
opoly of the country , nnd that paper re
fers to his retention by the committee
as "a Btroko of the utmost wlfldftm. "
This opinion would eoom to bo fully jus
tified by the vigorous effort that was
mndo in opposition to hie bolng allowed
to ask quostlonsof witnesses , to which the
committee declined to yield , claiming
with obvious justice the right to accept
the voluntary services of any 0110 to ask
questions.
There la unquestionably ngT < * at deal
yet to bo learned respecting the tnsldo
operations of trusts which it is proper
nnd important should bo learned , but
which is very likely not to bo ascer
tained without such export assistance
as that which the Philadelphia lawyer
is competent to furnish. The average
congressman is no bettor qualified than
nny other average citizen to thoroughly
prosecute an investigation of this kind.
It is to bo hoped , tharoforo , that Mr.
Gowon will bo allowed to continue to
assist the committee in its labors.
There have thus far boon sonic inter
esting disclosures , among them evi
dence that certain railroads are still
discriminating in favor of largo corpor
ations in violation of the Intor-stato
commerce law , nnd more of this sort of
thing will doubtless develop , A search
ing , thorough , unsparing investigation
is what the country oska and expects.
Dolmlcil Democrats.
The Dakota democrats , after all , re
semble ordinary democrats. The news
papers had predicted dire and dreadful
calamities when the Watcrtown con
vention mot. But all the predictions
and speculations wore without founda
tion in fact. While the Day democrats
roasted the Church democrats , and the
Church democrats found any number of
meaningless epithets to hurl into the
air , the fact was that everything , in a
general way , was harmonious. ' Of
course there will be a double-headed
delegation to St. Louis , one for phurch.
and one for Day , yet , the probabilities
strongly indicate that they both will bo
inclined toward Cleveland.
As to which one will receive recogni
tion at the national convention depends
largely upon the eloquence of the re
spective chairmen. Like tlio recent
democratic convention in Omnlm , both
factions studiously avoided reference to
important local questions. There was
nothing said about a division of the ter
ritory , each faction aiming to keep on
"terms , " ns much as possible , with all
the deluded ; the Day men endorsed the
Church ideas while the Church men
endorsed the Day doctrines.
Church is governor * and while the
Day faction adopted resolutions favor
ing nnd demanding his resignation , of
course ho will continue to hold on with
neatness und dispatch , while the St.
Louis deliberations must conclude
which are the "powers that bo" in the
land of booms and bli/.zards.
Cheerful Outlook.
There was never a better outlook for
the fanners of Nebraska than at the
present time. The rains of the last two
weeks have boon general and reports
from nil sections of the state convey the
information that the soil is in splendid
condition. Corn planting , for the most
part , is already over , the acreage for
this year being much greater than last.
A general feeling of confidence prevails -
vails that is causing all towns and vil
lages t'o "boom , " and substantial im
provements seem to bo the order
of the day. Towns ofbut
two thousand population are
securing water works , electric light
plants and public buildings , while the
citizens vie with each other in the erec
tion of handsome homes.
Real estateyalues of both farm lands
and city property are steadily advanc
ing in the eastern part of Nobroskn ,
while in the western part of the state u
surprisingly large number of settlers
are taking government lands or buying
farms already improved.
While the effects of the strike on the
B. & M. will bo felt for u year , on the
whole Nebraska is in a moro prosperous
condition than over before , and the
feeling among all classes in most cheer
ful.
High Kentals.
It has been said that no man can really
afford to pay in house rent more than
one-eighth of Ills monthly income. For
ton years Omaha has suffered by reason
of high rents imposed upon all classes
of tenants. Mechanics , clerks and la
boring men , whoso earnings will not
warrant the payment of high rents ,
have protested long and loud against
the avaricious landlord. But , consider
ing the question in a broader sonbo , nro
the landlords wholly to blame ? The
history of every growing city has boon
that a heavy demand by crowding new
comers advances rentals , and as long as
a flourishing city continued to attract
people to it , the tendency , has been
toward high rentals. It is simply a
question of supply nnd demand ,
The reasonable conclusion , therefore ,
is that not until Omaha shall have
reached a period of decadence , which
cannot now bo foreseen , will rentals un
dergo u material decline ; unless , indeed ,
building can l > o done much cheaper than
at present. That , of course , will depend
upon the cost of lumber , brick , stone ,
iron and skilled labor.
THE old discussion , how far shall
physical exorcise bo carried on in
schools and colleges. , has boon revamped
by the recent attitude taken by the
board of overseers of Harvard college.
In the opinion of u minority of the board
all athletic games bhould bo confined
exclusively to Harvard students and no
intor-collogiato competition should bo
allowed , This proposition was opposed
by the majority of the Hoard , Loaded by
President Ellott. In Its place n resolu
tion was passed which limits intercollegiate -
tor-collogiato contests to Now Eng
land ciiioi and allows only univer
sity teams to take part in the games.
Even with those privileges the athletic
life of the college is seriously affected
und threatens the extinction of all
healthful sports at Harvard. In contra
distinction to the narrow vkw taken by
the Harvard overseers , Yale , Princeton ,
the UillvorsUy ft Pennsylvania , nnd
ether loading coUfcgos hnvo encouraged
nnd broadonoil | ho Hold for inter-colic' '
gtato contests Voiwcon tholr students.
The position taken by the Harvard
board ot overseers , la not in line with
the ntafoh of reform which mnrks every
advance of that tfrbat institution. Educators
caters the woflooW agrfio that ft C6m-
ploto education must include the physi
cal dovolopmow- well as the Jnlol-
loctuat nnd moral'education of the man ,
In the field ot"athletics , the Intercollegiate -
collegiate conto t 'furnlBh that zeal fo
rivalry and spar to victory which can
ha excited in no ether way. Class con
tests alone have never induced moil to
develop themselves physically or to undergo -
dorgo n regular course of training ! The
board has tnkoti n stop backward. Al
ready potltlons are pouring in on the
ovorsoora from graduates' of Harvard to
induce thorn to recall tholr unpopular
restrictions , nnd to place athletics on as
liberal a basis as the ether departments
of the university.
If is certainly a matter worthy of
note , aside from its religious aspect ,
that Mr. Gladstone finds tlmo in the
midst of his herculean po. < tlcnl labors
to write an article on "Colofiol Ingor-
sell on Christianity. " It is said that
Mr. Gladstone in spite ot his seventy-
eight years turns from making three
political speeches a day to writing
Homeric criticisms or religious con
troversies as a more relaxation. Asa
thinking and working machine , Mr.
Gladstone is the wonder of the ago.
It would bo worth not n Httlo if ho
could give our American political lend
ers the recipe of his remarkable vitality
and ability. Fancy Sherman , Blnino or
Grcsham in the course of a national
canvass penning u literary criticism for
one of our magazines or writing class
ical poetry for the fun of the thing.
But oven in England Mr. Gladstone's
admirers are grumbling that he should
for a moment relax his vigilance in at
tacking the tories to measure swords
on religion with Mr. Ingcrsoll.
However much his impatient follow
ers may fume and fret , the grand old
man will keep right on chopping trees
at Hawardon and writing essays for the
magazines as a means of recreation in
odd hours.
Uv Counsi : . Hon. John M. Thurs-
ton , president of the republican state
league and chief attorney for the Union
Pacific , willnotoppose the Hon. Charles
Greene , attorney-for the Burlington , in
his candidacy fdn delegate to the repub
lican national cpiiyontion. It would not
bo politic for the railroads to fight each
other in politica hen arrayed against
the people. Thuj Burlington and the
Union Pacific hhVo been partners too
long in grinding d own the farmer , the
laborer and the merchant to quarrel at
this critical period. As against the
people , there /ilWys / a solid railroad
front , no matter , hpw bitterly the Union
Pacific and Burlington hate each othor.
IT i" ? a matterfcongratulation ] to our
business community that the suspension
of the State National bank was merely
temporary , andHthat it has now re
sumed on a solid foundation.
VOICE OP THE STATE PKESS.
S. S. Jones , of the Blue Springs Motor , as
pires to legislative honors.
The Stockvillo Faber says J. P. Lindsay
will bo returned to the senate from licavor
City.
J. S. Clary , of Norfolk , nnd Andy Graham ,
of Wianer , are being talked of for state treas
urer.
The Tecumseh Republican is trying to boom
Judge Apploget for congress from Jb.o Big
First.
The Falls City Journal is booming T. W.
Pepoon for representative from Richardson
nnd Pawnee counties.
The Chadron .Democrat coinpluins that the
B. & M. railroad has already demoralized the
press of Box Uutto county.
The Dakota City Eagle brings forward the
name of Dr. G. W. Wilkinson as a delegate
to the republican national convention.
The Wayne Gazette says that ex-Senator
Wyck has been gunning for a Crane in
Valley county , nnd got Ills bird the flrst time.
The Greshani Review finds that it is gener
ally conceded that Mr. Kcekley will bo re
turned to the senate and Captain Wilson to
the house.
John Peters , of Albion , is said to bo a
candidate before the convention for state
auditor. In the last legislature John voted
with the brass-collared crow.
The Falls City Journal says that J. C.
Cowin , if ho will accept , is the man that
can walk John A. McShanu's iwlitical log
this fall witli neatness and dispatch.
The Sutton Advertiser insists ujwn the
nomination of Henry Grosshaus forstatu
treasurer. Grosshaus was nominated aud
itor by the iintl-monops some years ago , nnd
flmillv declined to run because the railroad
pressure was too much for him.
According to the Wymoro Union , John
Hnrpar , of Davjd City , candidate for the re
publican nomination for state treasurer , is an
enterprising CUBS. Ho is sending out Ills
photograph to the republican editors of the
Htate , together with n copy of the David City
Tribune containing his biography.
"nverthing Js running smoothly nnd trains
are all on timo. " Last Tuesday the west
bound passenger was all the afternoon com
ing from HoIdrcgo"Uero , a distance of lif-
teen miles , nnd came crawling in at half-past
0 , with the tender tilted up ut an anglo of
forty-live decrees. > ilJut "everything Is run
ning smoothly , " ami say ; "trains are all on
time , " too , merrily adya the Uortrand Jour
nal.
nal.Tho
The Beatrice Frop Lance Bays : "Tho
wage workers of this country can never suc
ceed in crushing inMopolios unless they como
to an agreement tin gvncral principles and
united action at tho'bullot-box. Our intcicst
in the future of our cfilldreu thould so solidly
unlto us tlmt class lines could not bo seen
while wo arc ilghtlhg > the common enemy
monopoly. Wo should always keep before us
the knowledge thal'w'o have a wise nnd jww-
erfut enemy to fight , who are a unit in tuo
do'fenso of their interests "
The Madison Reporter remarks , after
looking over the field , that "Thoro seems to
bo a widespread opinion in the Third con-
grosslonal district that the district con
vention which was called at Fremont to beheld
hold at Norfolk , is unwlso and smacks of
Jobbery and was called ut least four mouths
too Boon , and should bo postponed , It is
evident fiom every move that has been made
thus far that the political wreckcis have
done all the paity work as the work done
will prove.i \ Is void of wisdom from be
ginning to ending , and should bo righted as
much us possible. "
The Holdi c o PJ ogress objects to calling the
Second district Congressional convention on
Mey H , nnd Buy * , ' a eputilican paper , it sens
in the cAll n 8 < Jh.6MO tocAptUrS thfifaotritn&tton
by the present Incumbent , without Riving th.6
people of the district nn opportunity to have
a voice In the matter , nnd advlsos the delegates
gates to adjourn the convention slnoillo ,
without making n nomination as n rebuke to
tlio ofllclons committee. There Is blfioxl on
the face of tliomoon , and lots of it , ami the
railroad republicans will BOO th6lr mtstftljO
vrjiort a Rood democrat warms Mr. Laird' *
scat ( n the next congress.
Commenting on the snap Judgment of
political mnnngcrs in th6 Sosond nnd Third
conprcsslonal districts , the West Point Ho-
pubttcnn observes : "Thoro Is ft growing
Opinion nmohR republicans ot thla con
gressional district thnV the convention has
been called at least four months MO Oarly ,
nnd that nn adjournment should bo taken on
May 14 without uinklng a nomination. NO
vnlld reason can well bo presented why n
candidate for congress Miould bo compelled
to make n canvass of six months' duration.
The calling ot the convention to meet In May
was unfair nnd without precedent in the
political history of the stnto. It smacks of
jobbery. "
"Anybody with a grain of ncnso , " soya the
York Times , "known why the congressional
Convention wtts called so early , Wolmvo
been told by Laird men , who nro on the con
gressional committee , that It was done In Mr.
Laird' * Interest , but tlioy told us no news.
Mr. Laird la Inside the fort. It cannot bo
tnkon without a struggle. The less tlmo
Klvcn for the fight the less chance there Is to
defc.it him. It i * simply another of the old
tricks , by the practice of which Mr. Lnlrd
lifts been nominated before. Anything to
cheat nnd defraud his opponents nnd hood
wink the people. "
The Fremont Tribune remarks "that there
nro a host of attorneys prancing into the
ring and entering the lists for the honor and
the emoluments of attorney general. It Is
understood that the present incumbent of
the place , Mr. Lccso , is of the opinion that
ho has so successfully filled the ofllco that
the iron-clad rule of anti-third tcrmlsm
uilnht appropriately bo broken for the mutual
bencQt of himself and the state. Then there
is Warren , of Nebraska City , ready to sacri
fice himself on the same basis ; and L. S ,
Ervin , of Kearney , who heads the Buffalo
county delegation to the state convention.
As there are a legion of smnll-boro lawyers
In the stnto who would deign to give up their
lucrative local practice for four years , there
will probably bo a few more castors shied
lute the ring. "
NEBRASKA * JOTTINGS.
Ashland charges spree sellers 81,200 a
year.
A "donkoy social" la , the latest fad in the
state.
TIiu total numncr of school children la
Thayer county is 4,150.
The Bnatrico electric light company 1ms
received Its new engine.
Brown villo has n new paper , the Courier ,
by G. W. Puirbrothcr & Co.
The Pluttsmouth Herald's Shnttuck monument
ment fund amounted to $20 ' .05.
The Grcely News is the latest venture in
the Journalistic Hold in Greo'.y ' county.
At the Franklin county fair this fall , Sena
tor Mauderson will deliver the address.
The corner stouo of the M. I ! , church nt
Greshnm , York county , will bo laid May. 10.
The town of Grant , in Herkins county ,
will bo ono year old one the 25th of this
mouth.
Charles C. Jones has taken possession of
the office of register of the land ofllco of
Neligh.
The saloons of Cedar Rapids have closed.
There seems to have been no strong effort
uindo to continue them.
Dwight Williams , of Norfolk , planted on
Arbor day , 0,500 trees. Mr. Williams is a
lad only 10 years of age.
BloomiiiRtou is happy in the hope of secur
ing the Northwestern railroad , Tlio sur-
\eyor3 nre nt work in that vicinity.
W. T. Ncwhouso , of Nance county , shot a
pelican seven and one-half feet from tip to
tip of its wings , nnd five feet high.
Both Oakdalc and Neligh are surrounded
on all sides by obstacles to wagon road
travel , but a scheme is on foot to icmcdy the
inattqr.
Capt. W. H. Ashby , of Gage county , has
bought a blue grass stock farm of " 13 acres
near Lexington , Kentucky , where ho will
move in the near future.
The clectrio lisrht company at York is grow
ing moro extensive each day. It now runs
over one hundred and seventy-flvo incandes
cent lights and sixteen arc.
The South Sioux City shoo factory is now
running as an organized company. Judge
Griffey , Dr. Wilkinson , John Monn and
Fi.iuk Hunt are the organizers.
The reunion ut Camp Sherman on the state
line ut Hardy , in Nuekalls county , tills lull ,
between the old veterans of Kanss and Ne
braska , promises to bo a success.
Several state papers , ameng them the
Springileld Republican and Wtiboo Wasp ,
want the Nebraska legislature to vote Miss
Roycc , the bllz/ard victim , a pension of { 600
a year.
Before snow flics Wymoro will have the
advantage of tluco competing lines of tail-
road , street cars , clectrio lights , water works
and numerous other improvements of a met
ropolitan character.
In order to keep before the people the
tnoposition that a steady growth beats a
boom , n well gotten up dummv was thrown
In a largo pond of water at Nebraska City ,
and the coi oner telephoned to como.
The Ashland papers complain hccuiiRothqlr
city has no cnlabooso. Under existing cir
cumstances when un ofllcer has n prisoner ho
Is compelled to guard him night and day , or
take him to Wahoo and bring him back there
for trial.
Tree planting In Nance "county was ob
served in the proper manner. I. A , Uciiglo
captures the pri/e , having planted 4,130 trees
a good day's work for ono frail man to ac
complish. Duvid I3atca is second host with
a record of 3,012. while J. P. Dodsou takes
tlilid with a score of 1,750.
The Bertraud Journal , in double leads and
block head lines , tails the attention of settlers
tlors to nn elderly gentleman , whom it calls
a riisc.il. The paper says that , selecting a
piece of land he visits the owner nnd tells
him that the tttlo isn't coed , nnd that for a
foe of $10 lie will writs to Washington and
have it cleared up. Ho has swindled sev
eral farmers iu Phelps , Gasper und Frontier
counties ,
'lha Boone County Argus saya : Tlio Union
Pacific railroad has not yet paid Jauics
O'Donnoll the 5,000 damage that tlio couits
allowed him for running over his horses nnd
wagon nt St. Kdwnrd several years ago and
consequently ho has attached the branch
road tlmt runs to Albion to got his pay. An
execution was Issued by the clerk of the
district court at Columbus , and all the right
of way , depots , round houses and sldo tracks
in Platte county have been included In the
utUchniont. The company wants another
trial but Judge Post will not grunt it.
A N'cKresi AVlio Practices Healing.
Raleigh dispatch to Atlanta Constitu
tion : There is un unprecedented soiiba-
tiou among the negroes in the black
district , the euubo of it being a woman
who is working , it is alleged , marvelous
faith cures in Nash county. The woman
is an African of the most pronounced
typo. Yesterday a. gentleman visited
the ground consecrated to the priestess
nn conjurations and faith cures. Ho
found the roads for hundreds of
yards loading to the spotcumborod with
vehicles of every conceivable character ,
all convoying the ufllicted in body and
mind. The woman receives her devo
tees , and cries aloud in a peculiarly
deep voice , exorcising the evil spirits
of disease , imaginary or real. Then
she annoints them with water drawn
from a well near by. at the wiino time
requiring the patient to imbibon per
tion. The spot , aho claims , was pointed
out to her by an angel. These seances
have boon going on for ten days. Each
day brings a crowd greater than
that of the day before. The
woman illls bottles with water , blesses
them , nnd these arc carted oil in count
less numbers. She makes no chufgo
btlt accdpta tohntovor may bo glvon her.
Exoltcmont runs high ana is wido-
Spr&nd , Tho. multitudes that plnco
Implicit fnlth In tlioofncndyof dor cures
are ns < 6uhdlngly largo and constantly
swelling. Tlio woman's name is Mary
Edwards. She is about thirty-two years
of ago * The gentleman who visited her
entered n double house nnd found the
front room crammed nnd jammed with
nil ages nnd nizefl and both soxos. Ono
fit a time Wadded td tholhilOrsflnchinry *
The womnti avers that she wfls born
entirely whlto , nnd that the knowledge
of her mysterious nnd marvellous
powers came with her dawning reason ,
She has followed her present calling
some time , and it is reported 'that she
has taken in nearly SIKX ( ) in the four
Weeks she has boon established at her
prdsont quartern. Persons from many
counties visit nnd Book relief nt her
hands" . Her whlto pationta are not
small in number.
JAPANESETVlRE BOYS.
.Stnnillna on the Hoof to Direct the
iloflcinen Until Llokod Up 1 > r
Flnnica.
A flro in Japan is attended with
stghta that would delight the old volun
teer llromon of Now York.
Emblems on rallying banners nro car
ried by each native company , writes a
correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. Glorified drum-majors'
sticks , gigantic clubs , spades , hearts ,
balls , crescents , stars , and forty other
ornamental devices or symbols nro
borne aloft by the color bearer of the
company , who stands in the .midst of
smoke , sparks , nnd the thickest of
hurly-burly to show where his company
is nt work.
Thrilling talcs are told of such Cosnh-
iancns standing on roofs or nt the post
of duty to direct the horsemen until
licked up by the flames orongulfcdin
falling walls.
The standard bearer has all the glory
and importance ot u drum-major swag
gering at the head of his band , and
whirls his big staff and waves it in the
air quite as if ho wore leading a proces
sion down Broadway.
A group of them wore gathered on n
bridge at a recent fire , encouraging the
hands who wore working the pumps ,
and joining in the wild , sailor-llko
chorus , and they were as comical a lot
as over marched on Mardl Gras.
The whole crook bank was full of ab
surdities that morning , ngitatcd house
holders pouring tholr things into the
water instead of into the saucepans
drawn up to the banks for salvage ware
houses , and some of them hurling them
selves over into the shallow water in
their frantic efforts.
Lines of drippincr buckets were passed
over mounds of household goods and
screens , mats and bundles were heaped
along the bank in such confusion that
one could not toll his own belongings.
Ono hungry set of pump-workers , who
had worked from 7 in the morning until
0 , were regaled with a breakfast of
brown sugar , each pornplor scooping up
his handful from the damaged box kind
ly contributed by a burnod-out grocery ,
and then setting to work again with a
cheery chorus.
*
Selling "Worthless Bonds.
A swarthy Italian peddler , says the
Now York Star , who may have boon a
Calabrian brigand in exile , wheeled a
hand-cart along Park JRow yesterday
afternoon , not loaded with oranges and
bananas according to Italian customs ,
but piled high with railway bonds , and
every bond was for a thousand dollars.
There was a half a million dollars
worth of them. The cart stopped in
front of the Sun olllco , and the Italian
calmly untied a hundred thousand dollars
lars worth of the stuff and began busi
ness. Holding up a crisp , handsomely
printed thousand dollar bond of the
Canada , Michigan nnd Chicago railway ,
he olTorcd it for sale for only 10 dents.
A crowd of vagrants and loungers sur-
rounudcd the cart. A lame beggar
stepped spryly forward and bought the
bond. Then an errand boy purchased
one. An apple woman next bought
three bonds for a quarter. For half nn
hour the bonds went off like hot cakes.
There was an excited crowd around the
curt : and the Italian couldn't hand the
bonds out fast enough.
It finally became rumored that brok
ers were purchasing the bonds , und
there was a wild rush to buy them in as
fast as possible. For three-quarters of
an hour Frankfort street was a regular
stock exchange. Ono broker brought
$20,000 worth for a $2 bill. The bonds
advanced from 10 cents to 25 and then
to 00 ; $1550,000 worth of bonds were sold
before Wall street know what hap
pened. Then the Italian brigand put
$5.25 in his pocket , and turned his hand
cart away.
And they were real bonds first mort
gage bonds of the C. , M. & C. , railroad ,
a railway which was never built. The
company whorganizod in 1872 by Townsend -
send Coxo , J. B. Harris and other capi
talists , who wanted to got the control
of the Canadian Southern line out of
the hands of the Vundorbilts. It was to
run from St. Clair to Lancing , Mich. ,
and connect with the Chicago & Grand
Trunk lino. The printing presses were
set to work , and a million dollars worth
of bonds were printed. But the great
railway was never built , except on pa
per. The bonds wouldn't float. They
proved to bo worth only 1 cent n pound
in the market , and yesterday the public
were lot in on the ground floor as in
vestors.
Tlio True Advancement of Women.
The Christian Union : The advance
ment of women ! How the changes ring
on that sentence ! Just what docs it
inoanV Does it mean the granting of
the suffrage to wornon ? It cannot , because -
cause comparatively few of the mass of
women care anything about suffrage , or
would use the privilege if it wore given ,
If it is a need of the sex from the stand
point of the advocates of the movement ,
it is not n want of the rank and file ; and
until it IB , not much progress will bo
made toward the consummation of what
wo nro told is right. The opening of
oven the conservative colleges to wo
men , the erection and main
tenance of thoroughly equipped
colleges for women have set
tled ono demand of the question.
The position of women in many of the
professions has settled another disputed
point , proving that the world demands
ability and does not question sox. Every
year this question of women nnd their
place in tha world is narrowed and de
fined , every year moro clearly proves
that the development of ability and
character settles tha question independ
ent of theory und debate. Intelligently
philanthropic women are understanding
more clearly every day that it is in and
by intellectual and moral duvolopmon
of the Individual that the mass of hu
manity is to be lifted into harmony with
God's purnoso of cicntion , and that this
is accomplished , notbv standing out
side their lives with theories to
which the nmssos must con
form , but by standing shoulder to
shoulder with them , individually edu
cating by the dovolopnuwt und purnoso
of tholr own lives ; by holding heart
and hand open to suggestions ; by toc-
ognlzing the wunts of the class , not
dealing with its supposed needs ; by
giving 'the impulse that will create
wunts from needs. This the Intelligent
woman , desirous of benefitting and ele
vating her race and the world , recog-
ognlzcs. That this is the -only method
Hint wilt giro trtio ndvntic6incfit to
womoil Is tire Von by th6 work accom
plished by tli6 working girls' sotfldUos.
No organization for women has ac
complished for both the individual nnd
the world what lifts boon accomplished
by those comparatively small bands of
woman working together.
How to Forecast tlio Weather.
C7if w Matt.
'Red cl6mls nt sunrise Indicate storm.
Foxes Imrklng at night indicate storm.
The weather usually moderates before
a storm. .
Soot burning when very bright indi
cates storm.
The Aurora , when very bright , indi
cates storm.
Sound * travelling far nnd wldo ,
A stormy day will botldo.
Peafowl utter low crlos before a 6lorra
and solout a low porch ,
Domestic animals stand with tholr
heads toward the coming storm.
Distant sounds hoard with distinctness
during the dny indicates rain.
Coals becoming alternately bright nnd
dim indicate approaching storms.
Wild goose Hying over In great num
bers indicate approaching storm.
It is said that the blacksmiths select a
Blormy dny in which to perform work
that requires extra heat.
When a heavy cloud comes up in the
southwest and seems to settle- back
again , look out fora storm.
When oxon or sheep collect together
as If they were seeking oholtor a storm
may bo expected.
Fire always burns brighter and
throws out moro heat just before n
'storm , nnd is hotter during a storm.
A long strip of clouds , called a salmon
or Noah's ark , east and west , la a sign
of stormy weather ; when it extends
north nnd south it is a sign of dry
woathor.
If 1 ho clouds bo of different height ,
the sky being grayish or dark blue ,
with hardly any wind stirring , however ,
changing from west to south , or some
times to southeast , without perceptibly
increasing in force , expect a storm.
AVIicu Women Shop.
"Yes , I huvoplonty of opportunity to
study human nature , nnd'to lind out just
on which days people like to do tholr
shopping , " said a lloor-wulkor in Wnnu-
mnkor's grand depot to a Philadelphia
News reporter yesterday , in answer to
the question as to whether moro goods
are sold on any particular day or duya of
the week than on the others.
"Now , Monday , is always a pretty good
day , because on Sunday the stores are
closed and people have time to think
just what they need , and to lay their
plans for the week. If woman conclude
to make nny now articles for wear dur
ing the week they almost invariably do
their shopping the first thing Monday
morningso that they can got to work at
thorn as quickly as possiblo.
"Tuesday is not BO good , for I have ,
noticed that there is always nn unusual
number of ladies sitting around the
store that day looking at goods , but
they do not make many purchases.
They evidently drop in moro to spend
the tlmo than to buy. I have , there
fore , acquired the habit of calling Tues
day'sitters" day.Vodncsday is ono
of the best days of the week , us is alho
Thursday , which is called 'Bridget's
day out. ' Their purchases nro usually
small , but there are so many of them
that they count up , nevertheless. Fri
day is the worst day of the week , for
while there arp always a great many
ladies out on t his daywhou the weather
is favorable , they are merely out for a
walk , and don't do much shopping1 I
therefore call it 'promonadors' ' ' day.
There is also a good deal of promenad
ing done on Saturday , but as the pur
chases for Sunday must bo made on this
day , it makes it the best of the week.
Inducements to Settle.
Chicago News : "What is your busi
ness , my friend , inquired a meek young
man of n sunburned stranger in n
slouch hat who had invited him behind
the swinging door to have something.
"I am the president of the Texas
Low Bow Immigration society , " re
plied the stranger , "and we're offering
big inducements to settlors. Want to
go down to help swell the democratic
majority in the Lone Star state ? "
"Perhaps I might , ' ' said the mock
young man , thoughtfully. "What in-
ducoinonts do you offorV'
"Well , ' . ' responded the Texan , setting
down his glass , "if you uro u bona-lldo
settler you will bo exempt from becom
ing an active inctnbor of the State Anti-
Horsothiof society for ono year ; you
will bo taught , free of expense , how to
ride a broncho , and if you got into a
scrimmage with a native ho will fool in
honor bound to lot you have the first
shot if you nro careful to convince him
beforehand that you are u tenderfoot.
Say , want to go ? "
"Thank you very much , " said the
young man , "but I couldn't leave homo
very well just now on account of my or
phan father. "
How to Sllvorptnlo Ulhlmii.
A fancy goods dealer : "Novor heard
of bilvorplated ribbon , did you ? NoV I
thought not ; for it's something quito
now. This prayer book mark is a good
specimen of the work. The silver cross
and text on the deep purnlo ground
produce quite a hundsomo effect. Ddn't
you think go ? A picture could bo
in silver the bnmo way. In short , there
is no end to the fanciful designs that
might bo made in silver on silk.
"The process ? OhI It Is simplicity
itself. First you make a solution of
nitrate of silver , to which you add a
little gum arable to prevent it running.
Then with a quill pen or camel's hair
pencil you draw your donlgn on the
silk. When the drawing is dry hold
it over a vessel containing water , zino
und a little sulphuric acid. In a short
time the silver will bo reduced und will
adhere quite stiongly to the fabric ,
the design standing out clear und
bright. "
Choking Catarrh.
Have you awakened from a disturbed Bleep
with all the horrible sensations ot on ua.iusnlu
clutching your throat and pressing the life-
breath from your tightened cheat ? Have you no-
tlcod tlio languor und debility that succeed the
effort to clear jour throat and liiud of thU
cutarrlml matter ? What a dopresslntr Inlluenco
U uxvrts upon the mind , clouding the mumory
und Illllng the head with imlns and mruujo
uoistsI Howdlllirult it la to rid the miaul pug-
t > ages , throat and lungH of this poisonous mucus
all can testify n ho nro ullllctod \ \ 1th outarrli. I low
( llfllcuU to protect tha nynteni aKulnpt lla further
progress tuuiirils the lungs , liter and kldnoya ,
all iihynlclanii vlll admit. It Is a terrlblu dig.
euB , and ctleg nut for rtillef and euro.
The ruuinrkuble curutlvii powers , when all
othvnumudlca utterly fall , of SANIOHD'S lUui-
CAI. CUIIK. nrt > attested oy ihounnndxwho ( jratc-
fully rocGininund it tofellow-uiiUerorH , Nontato-
meiit la inauieyuiillii ) it that cnunot bo sub-
stantlntfdby theuiosLroepectablc and re Habit
refuruncea.
lUch package contains one bottle of the IAI ( > I <
CAI. UUIIE , ono box CATAIIIUI.U , BOI.VKNT und
BU IvH'iioviin iNiui.t n , with troatUonnd direc
tions , and U sold by nil driifc-nluta fur II ,
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KIDNEY PAINS
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nil-Hone notation. itn.lEVfo IN ONK
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duing platter. Absolutely unrlvallitd UK nu In-
tttauuneous aud Infallible imtldotii topaln , in.
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