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- , % * - . * * ii / THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. JULY 81 ; lS8a ? THE DAILY BEE. l > l/Uijl&Ul4U / I3VI3UY MOUN1NU. TKUM3 OP BirnsoiiirrioN. Pn > ljtMornln ( r. < Utlon ) including Sunday lKE.tno ) Year . 110 t J'orHIr Months. . . r > (10 ( Vor'lliwo MontlM . . . . . . " W ) UTioOmiliaHundov Hur.mnlleiUo tiny nd- tlrcHg. Onn Tvnr . " w OMAiiAOmcr.NoH.UH kunitlo FAUNA MHTIIKI.T. Nrw Vout omcB. HOOM UJINII IftTuiiiUNH \V\HIIINC1TON UfflOlt , N < > . Ml BllU.KT. . , All communication ! ) relating to new nnd rdl- torlnl matter should lie nddrejs d to tlio uniToit OKT"iIlKB'miBiNi'.fis : urrrais. All liuMneM letters and remittance1 ? should be nddrovcdtoTiiK Urn I'mir.irtiiiso coMi'A.vr , OMAHA. Dratta. checks and po < tollte ! ordern to bo inndo pa ) able to the ordiT of the company. Tlic BcoPnlsliitii Company , Prapristois , E. UOSKWATER , Kdltor. i Sworn Statement ol Olrctiiuiioij. Btntoof NflbraMm , I a County of nmigliis. | flro. II. Tzsulmrk , Bocrctnry of Tlio lloo Pnb- ItMilm ; cninimny , ilops BOleimily swear that the nctnafrlruititlon of the D.illv llco for tlio week ondlnK July T , fW , was as follows : Baturday , Juno SO . 17,07 * ) Hundny.Jiilyl . IH.aV ) Monday. Julys . 1U.HV ) Tuesday. July 3 . 1VM Wednesday. .Inly 4 . N'.tttl ' ThtirHday. July 6 . 1H.UV3 I'rulay.JulyG. . . .1 .OM Average . 1B.MM OKU. H.T/SCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 7th day of July. A. 1) , 1W * . N. 1' . r 111 L , Notary 1'ubllc. Btato of Nebraska , I _ County of Douglas , f B > Sl ( corno rJ'7nciiiick , helnB Ilrst duly sworn.de- poscg and saysthixt ho l < t sectttary of 'Iho HDD I'libllsliing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally llco for tlio month of July. IHgT , was H,0 ( I copies ; for AiiKUst , W7 , 14,1.1lcoi > lcs ; for Sontomuur , lbS7. HH'i ! ' copies ; for October , lb 7 , ll.JKl copies ; for November , 1W , li ! , M copies ; for December , INiTrlVm rop- Iw for January , 1W8. 16 , uu ; for February , 1H > , ir > , ue copies ; for March , 18H , lU.Wi'J ' copies ; for April , ItM , 18,744 copies ; for May , 1S&S , 18.1S1 copies ; for Juno , lf8 , iv,8in copies. ( IKO.ll.T/SClIltJCK. H\vorn to ueforo mo and Biibscrlbed In my presence this 30th day of .Time , A. D. , 1X83. N. 1MTJL , Notary Public. IT is to bo regretted that Dan Lament was born in Scotland , else ho might have boon president in nnmo as well as in fact. GKNKIIAT , , CowtY 1ms concluded to glvo up the congressional race nnd de vote himself henceforth to his Arabian etud horse , THE local merry-go-round was started Saturday night in both political camps , and anxious politicians were on hand to io first whirl around tlio ring. IT IS of the most vital importance to the people of Nebraska that boodlors , monopoly cappers and fence riders who are all things to all mon bo kept out of the next legislature. Foil once Omaha , Kansas City and Milwaukee will hang or fall together. The joint postofllco bill for those three cities trembles in the balance of the conference committee of both houses , DtmiNd many terms of the district court the professional juror proved him self an unmitigated nuisance. But the rank findings of our police court jury man are enough to cause a universal revolt - volt against tlio jury system. packed just 51',000 moro hogs tor the live months ending July 25 than last year , while Kansas City packed 108,000 loss than the number put up in that city for the corresponding period of 1887. Figures in this instance speak louder than words. THE lion. Mr. Paters , who achieved great-renown in the last legislature as the running mate of the valiant chair man of the boodle judiciary committee , is the preferred candidate of the rail roads lor state auditor. What a useful man Mr. Peters would be on the board of transportation. THE Missouri state-board of equaliza tion has assessed the Union Pacific rail road at throe hundred thousand dollars per mile. There is only ono milo of Union Pacific road in the state of Mis- eouri and that includes the right of way through Kansas City and the bridge ac- cross tlio Kaw. SINCK the decision of Judge Brewer that the legislature could delegate the rate making power , in the case of the Iowa railroads against the state railroad commissioners , the managers of the various lines are singing another song. They have como down from their high porchand are willing to compromise by adopting a tariff materially ; lower than the ono now in effect. They want the i railroad commissioners to moot them half way. What action that body will take remains to bo seen. No doubt ne gotiations looking toward a compromise of the difllculty will bo opened by the Ci railroads , for they do not care about I forcing the issue , by any moans. THIS refusal of. ox-Govornoc Porter of Indiana to again be a candidate for governor may slightly Impair the strength of the republicans in that stale this yoar. Ho is exceedingly popular , and although ho pledges himself togivo whatever aid ho is able to bocuro the success of the republican national ticket , his assistance cannot bo so help ful as it would bo if ho were at the head of the state ticket. Undoubtedly his real reason for declining to bo a candi date , although ho states another , is to avert possible disaffection on the part of the friends of Lieutenant Governor Robertson. That gentleman aspires to the gubernatorial nomination , and claims to be entitled to it by precedent , besides which ho made a very gallant flight and some sacrifices in order to hold the otllco of lieutenant governor ngainst the determined purpose of the democratic executive and legislature to prevent him occupying the position. It vrlll bo remembered that the struggle was sharp and prolonged , ending in n complete- victory for Robqrtaou. His courage and persistence made him n great many friends , who believe ho has fftirly established his olaltu to Vhonomi nation for governor , and some of whom would doubllcsa have refused to sup port Porter , In order to maintain har mony , therefore , Porter decided not to be acandidatoand , it is probable the slate ticket will bo headed by Robertson. Porter would be the stronger candidate , but in any event Indiana ought to bo reasonably sura for the republican natiouul ticket. Tlio Campaign In Ncbrnnkn. Two-thirds ol the people of Nebraska nro republicans. It is safe to predict that Harrison and Morton will carry the fltato by from twenty-five to thirty thou sand majority. This majority is assured oven if every republican paper and every republican campaign orator re mained mute on the national issues from now until Iho 3d of November. But there are issues vital to the people of this state which must bo foUght out in the open arena. In this Irrop/csqiblo contest party lines cannot safely bo drawn. The people of Nebraska are confronted with grave problems with which the next legislature must grapple. Ne braska is ono of Iho most taxriddcn stales in America. Stale taxes are higher in Nebraska than in nny slate in the union , oxccpt ulono Nevada. With a debt of less Ihan half n million , of 7rhal ! ovcrjour hundred thousand dollars lars is hold by tlio.si'jpanent school fund , Nebraska latt year levied a slate tax ot oighty-ono cents on the hundred dollars of assessed valuation. The stale ot Louisiana with a state debt ot nearly twelve millions , only levies a stale lax of sixly cents on the hundred dollars. North Carolina with a state debt of over fifteen millions only levies a state tax of twenty-five cents on the hundred del lars. Tim state tax in Iowa is twenty- five cents , in Kansas forty-one cents , Minnesota thirteen cenls , and Wiscon sin fifteen nnd threo-quarlor con Is on the hundred dollars. The ordinary running expanses of this stale for sal aries and maintaining state institutions are over ono million a year , nnd the last legislature piled up appropriations for another million a year which have to bo wrung from a people heavily bur dened with county and municipal taxes. How is this exhausting drain to bo cheeked'/ How are the people to secure tax reduction and a moro equitable dis tribution of the burdens of taxationV Can those needed reforms bo secured unless the next state officers and legis lators n'ro men of integrity and nion who cannot bo swayed from their duty'/ This is only ono of the issues. The over pressing and over present railroad issue" muslins mot nnd the lines must oo sharply defined between honest mon who will faithfully represent the people and venal rogues who want to sell out or intend to use tlioir posilioris for levying blackmail. Brazen throated railroad politicians and professional jobbers will , as usual , howl themselves hoarse over the national Issues in order to befog the lax-payers , and'seok Ibkeop Iho issues in which Iho people are moro vitally concerned in the back ground. They will discuss protection and free trade when the people want to hear about revision of the stale assess ment laws and railroad regulation. They will light over the battles of the war but make no reference to the scan dalous debauchery of our legislature and the law defying course of the railroads. It remains to bo seen , however , whether the people of a state that proudly boasts ils intelligence can bo deceived and distracted by such taclics. It remains to bo soon whether they will blindly support "yol- low dog" candidates because they were tagged nnd labeled straight by a packed convention. The campaign in Ne braska hasalroady bogun. The primary elections nnd county conventions have been called. It behooves all republicans who desire to elevate the public service and secure economy in state affairs to take nu active interest in these local contests. The stream never rises above its source. Purify tlio stream by choos ing reputable delegates to the conven tions , * and you will secure candidates whom every honest and reputable citi zen can support. A Report at Last. After numerous fruitless inquiries as to what had been , done by the committee on manufactures of the house of repre sentatives regarding the trust investi gation , and finally the passage by the house of a resolution calling for information mation , with or without recommenda tions , the committee has finally sub mitted a report. This covers the invos- ligalion of the Standard oil and Sugar trusts , so far as it wont , and sets forth the facts elicited. There is nothing disclosedthat was not already known , at least in a general way , to the public , and except as a source of information upon which tobaso congressional legis lation relating to combinations of this character the result1 * of the investiga tion aa reported have no value. The committee contents itself with sim ply reporting the Information derived from the testimony taken , making no suggestion or recommendation regard- logislalionT Not being required to offer any suck recommendation , and the dem ocrats in congress not being at this time anxious to oxclto Iho hostility ot the monopolies , the committee was careful not to go beyond what was re quired. This is another indication that the trusts are safe aga'nst ' any adverse legislation at the present session of congress , however persistent 1119 few anti-monopoly members of that body may bo in booking such legislation. The committee on manufactures is now engaged in investigating the whisky trust.which it ia to be hoped will bo made moro thorough than its inquiry into the methods and operations of the two trusts to which the report re- latos. The whisky trust ia one of the most formidable in the country. It is madeup of the distillers ot alcohol and cologne spirits in Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , Nebraska and Now York. "When this trust was formed , " says the New York 2lniM , "thoro were seventy-two distilleries producing alcohol , cologne spirits , wine spirits , highwlnos , nnd the like. All but two came in voluntar ily or were forced to join the ring. These two were the distillery of Shuf- feldt , in Chicago , and the distillery of Doddsworth , in Cincinnati. A last ac counts the trust had closed fifty-seven of ils seventy faclorios , and was operating only thirteen , sltuntqd as follows : Five in Peoria , two in Cincinnati , two in Cnlcago , ono in St. Louis , and three west of the Missouri river. The plan upon which the trust was made closely resembles that which wus used by the Standard OU ring and the sugar refiners. The several difatll- Iqrles passed- into the hands of n board of nine trustees nnd to the origin al owners trust certificates were issued. The fncq vnluo of all the cortiflcalos Is said to bo 310,000,000. The several plants were tukon in at about three times tholr actual value. Ills the intention - tontion vtf ) the trust to manufacture by far the greater p.xrt of the supply in Peorlnnnd its chief officers live in that city. " Thiscomblnation should roCqlvo the most thorough Investigation , not because it Is either worse or bettor thali ether trusts , but for the rea son that it is especially desirable that certain misrepresentations , in congress - gross and elsewhere , regarding this trust shall bo corrected. However , there is nothing better to bo expected of the committee , at the present time , than a perfunctory performance of the dutj assigned to it , nnd doubtless the trust managers generally are not giv ing themselves the least hit of trouble over anything that is said in congress regarding their affairs. They very well J'.i'iorsUihd that neither party desires at present to antagonize thonxby prac tical action , and they are not to bo uls-1 turbod by any amount of talk that is made solely for buncombe. A Judicious Talker. In the time since his nomination Gen eral Harrison has done an extraordi nary amount of public talking , a great deal moro than was done by Gnrfiold or Blaine in a equal period Immediately succeeding their nominations. Speechmaking - making of this sort is peculiarly exact ing. It requires readiness and versa tility , and above all a sound discretion. To say just what the occasion calls for , to say no more than is nocOssary , and to avoid errors of statement , whether as to facts , principles or policy , is a task much moro difficult than most people suppose. There is no bettor test of the fullness of a man's information and of his capacity and judgment in utiliz ing it. Thus far General Harrison has mot all the conditions of the test most satis factorily. Ho has shown that ho is thoroughly informed on all public ques tions , and that ho perfectly understands when nnd how to apply this knowledge. Very soon after his nomination someone ono who evidently appreciated the dan gers that besot the candidate wlio al lowed himself to do much talking or letter writing counseled the republican candidate to forego both. This solicit ous friend has doubtless by this time concluded that' ' General nai'risort did'not ' need such advice , nor would it bo so well with him if ho had hooded it. Ho has improved in the respect ot the country by his speech making. Ho is found to bo a much larger man intellectually than.ho was very generally believed to be when ho was nominated. Ho has shown that ho possesses ability and worth that does not require to bo bolstered by reference to an honorable ancestry. Ho has satisfied all true re publicans that the party made no mis take in nominating him. Everything that has boon said by General Harrison to the numerous dele gations that have visited him has bcon fully reported and sent to the news papers of the country , and it is striking evidence of his good judg ment that the democratic organs have not found in all of his utterances a single text for ari attack upon him , while there has been nothing that republicans could have wished omitted. Yet ho has talked very plainly regarding the prin ciples and policy of his party , and spoken in terms that permit no ques tion as to his convictions regarding the chief issue of the campaign. A great merit of these talks of General Harri son is their appositencss , their common sense directness , and their obvious sin cerity. They have most favorably im pressed the country , and the republican candidate has consequently grown in the respect and confidence of the people. THE tabling of the resolutions re questing the county committee to sub mit the question whether Douglas county republicans favor a prohibitory amendment to the constitution , was a blunder. The issue might as well bo mot first as last. Inasmuch as ether counties have placed the prohibition issue before the republican voters nt the primaries , it was proper for Douglas county to invite nn expression of senti ment. With a full vote cast on the proposition candidates for the no'xt legislature would know what their con stituents expect of thorn. THE county hospital building now in process of construction does not to all appearances justify the expectation that it is to bo a first-class public building. At any rate , the brick walls have the appearance of being laid by the thousand instead of by the day. In view of the largo sum expended and the fact that the architect's plans call for the most skilled mechanical work it would seem that the contractors are trying to rush the work and care very little how it is dono. The New nook. Chlc ao Tribune. Suggestion for title of now boolc : "Rheu matism nnd Hichcs ; a Companion to 'Prog ress and Poverty. ' By Jay Gould. " He Never Tackled Them. PhttcuMphta Rtcortt. Two things in modern life would'puzzle even Solomon , wisest of all monarchs the way of the bunco stcerer's vlctiip , and the way of the man who blows out the gas nt a hotel. A Solid Support , Chicago Tribune , Seventy-five thousand Cleveland cam paign buttons mauufacted In England passed through the Now York custom house the other day. Wo see no reason for reviving the opinion already expressed that Mr. Cleveland will run well In England this cam paign. ShtttH His Safe. IVonur li at. "No , " said Mr. Bill English , as ho quietly pushed , aside an importunate loiter from thu democratic campaign committee , couched In respectful yet earnest rhetoric , nnd asking for a contribution to * 'Um fund , " "no , 1 am In full sympathy with my party In all Its laudable Ideas of reform , but , ronjly , I must nMiiro ilium they have made n trifling error. 1 am not the surplus they are , trying to re duce. " Ono of Cleveland' * Pets. Engeno Htgghi * , the iltltlmoro ward- striker , Who achieved EC. much notorluty In u short tlmo ns appointment clerk of the treasury department , nnd who gavd out to the press that ho was tlrod of publio life , ntuV desired to ontcf Into private business , has been Bpcmllni aigood deal of his tlmo re cently In Wisliljigton. HlgRlns Is n very fulr simple oT a/clim / of cheap politicians who were broli m. Into prominence by this administration1 , aful proving , unsatisfactory , were thrown afrnbonnl "flur brief trial , and peniilttcdtdf jilnk out of sight. A year ago the nnmo bf Hlggins appeared In almost every nowapnpocin tlio country dally , nnd the people nbouU Washington were Inclined to think that ho wus for all time to como nn Influential ( citizen of the United States. Immediately titter ho retired from his officeho returned to his political haunts around liuHiinoro nnd the capital of Maryland , and began to engage in the species of small politics which has given him a political hand-hold upon the rough classes of his native stato. It Is said that Higglns Is desirous of accruing another pluco under the administration , and that ho 1ms been soliciting his friends In congress to help him put. Senator Gorman Is reported to liavo loft Hlggins to "sink or swlni" some tlmo before the latter loft the treasury de partment , and ho finds himself without any .of Unit political Influence ho himself boasted of possessing only a few months ago to a de gree which enabled him to control Maryland polities. Here is n man who loss than a yeir ago was running the politics of the treasury with a high hand , kicking mon out of oRlco and tin listing others into places with that ucgllgo which becomes old politicians of om nipotent power , while to-day ho Is himself hustling around for a place , nnd Is uuublo to command even the slightest influence. They Ate n. Now York Uronkfhst. WanMnuton Ui-lttc. Governor George 0. Gorlmm mot Colonel Henry Watterson one morning recently In Now York. "Had your breakfast ! " asked Colonel W , "A California breakfast , yes , " replied Governor G. "What's that ? " "A cocktail and a shoo-shlno. " "Well , I've had a Kentucky breakfast , " re sponded Colonel W. "And what's that ! " Inquired Governor G. "A cocktail and a chow of tobacco. " Then they organized a trust and wout In and got a Now York breakfast. SOUR of the Green Watermelon. Macmi 1'eltgrai\h. \ A green watermelon sat on a fruit stand , Singing , "Mellow , I'm mellow , I'm mel low , " And n small boy stood there with a cent In his hand , Saying , "Mellow , it's mellow' , quite mol. low. " And ho ate a big hunk cut right out of the heart , And ho ate it all up to the hard outside part , And they carried hiia oft In a rag dealer's cart , Poor follow , poor follow , poor fellow. STATE 'hND ! Nebraska Jotttnga. A gang of drunken toughs made York howl Saturday night , but the police were nowhere to bo found and no arrests were made. A little disagreement between Sam Chat' torson and John Sherry over n horse race at Howard cost the former $30 in cash and the latter a very s6rohcad. Anna Kopischltl , a fourteen-year-old girl living coar Scribner , became so despondent over the death of n younger sister , that she refused to oat and died last week of starva tion. tion.Sallio Sallie McA&iijuis is the boss female broncho breaker ft Crawford. Ono of the bucking little beasts landed nor on her head In the road twfcVfono day last week , but the gnttv little girl again Jumped on nnd con- quercd'tho ugly bruto. C. Y. Aires , a Dawcs county well d'igROr , was struck by a cruuk with which ho was lowering a drill into n well , last week , and had his skull crushed. The wound was u terrible ono , but will not prove fatal. Ne braska well uigjers scein to lead charmed lives. _ Iowa. The stnto meeting of Iowa Jobbers is to beheld hold ntOkoboJi this week. Fifty-six Davenporb youths became Y. M. C. A. young mon during the past month. A Burlington boy , GeorgoBunnolI , is with I Havorly's minstrels , ono of the musical team of Leopold and Bunncll. Judge Given , of Dos Moines , will bo a can didate for the supreme bench , or the repub lican nomination thereto. Notwithstanding the order of the mayor , garbage is being dumped. In the Dea Moines in close proximity to the waterworks. Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Fletcher have boon announced as speakers for Harrison and Morton , and now Anna Dickinson will cotu- 1 ploto the trio. Dakota. Hay Is slow sale at Ynnkton nt $2.50 and $3 per ton , The summer price of coal nt Ynnkton Is $11 , with prospects of on early rise. Sturgis will shortly vote a bond issue ol $10,000 for public improvements. By the 10th of August trams over the Manitoba will bo running regularly In and out of Huron. The farmers' convention at Rodftcld In dorsed the prohibition nominees for district attorney and sheriff. War has commenced between the tom- pcraiico people nnd the billiard saloons and drug stores at Volga. L. Sours , a Watortown. architect , has been fined $10 and eosta for \vifo boating. Sours' wife Is said to real sweet. An infant child of O. M. Harris , living near Custer City , was tin-own from n buggy by a sudden upset and Instantly killed. The ladies of Aberdeen are talking of organllng n base ball niuo. A soft ball will bo nscd.and bustles will servo as masks for all the ( ilaj ors. Dr. Alloway , territorial veterinarian , who made an examination of "John B. Heed's herd of cattle InMumohahu county , ia which it was published that pleuro-pneumorla existed , reports the herd entirely free from disease of any description. The cause of death in the herd la owing to exposure and starvation. A bolt of lightning killed Annie Leonard's horse , Billy Morgan , at Deadwood Friday. The horse was in its stall , facing a little open window , feeding , \fheu the flash came , mid the animal dioppctl dead. Annie had just dumped u bucket or oats in the manger nnd stepped from the fltall , when the visitation. occurred. She experienced no effect of the bolt. A horse in nn aujomiug stall and tlio building were uninjured. No mark was loft on the slain animal. - 1 o - OMAHA'SiJOIJlUNO TKADK. A Drummer 1'reillctn its lluln Unions Frolijlu. llteu / are Equalized. OMAHA , July 2 $ . To the Editor of TUB BEK Dear Sir1 : As nn "Omaha Trav eling Man" I must 'confess surprise nt the movement nmon spmu of the business men of our city to harass the state board of transportation In itholr efforts to secure lower rates fronf.lifj ( railroads In the state of Nebraska. Fro w tlie standpoint of ono who has to meet and combat this evil of high local rates and railroad discrimination Ogatast Nebraska Jobbing cltos | , It Is hard to understand the reason which actuates the ex-manager of the freight bureau and his associates In the llir'H ' against the state board of transjwrtalion. Tbo reason advanced by these gentlemen for their stranfio conduqt , admitting it to bo well founded , is certainly no argument tea a Nebraska jobber. During the lost twelve months there has not been a mile of rallroal construction In the state of Nebraska "but What has been u dutriuicnUotho buslnisi in terests of the city of Omaha. Every pleco of railroad Iron laid upon the soil of Nebraska bv any1rullioad company other than the Union i'ucltlc , ia a positive Injury to the com mercial prosXi | ! Ity of the mctroitolls of No- uiul lui | > ) y assists u ; diverting thai trailo which belongs to Omaha bv right ot her geouraphlcal position , to St. Louis or Chicago. This Is no empty assertion , but Is miscoptt' bio of n mathematical demonstration , no plain , that oven thu Utopian mind of him who attributed your position , Mr. Editor , "only to Ignorance , " must admit Its truth. Omaha Is nothing mord than n station on n "stub lino" of every railroad operated In Nebraska , except the Union Pacific. It Is the plainly revealed Intention of every one of thcto "foreign corporations" to rob Omaha of the trndo of that territory which Is hers by right of being the nearest Jobbing city. Glance at the Joint tariff rates Issued by thcso companies , nnd their dlsttoaltlon to wards Omaha Is revealed to you In figures that cannot lie. The fourth class rate prob. ably Includes the largest part of the trafllo of nil railroads. For the purpose of Illustrnlton , let mo call the attention of nil who are In terested In this subject , and especially the gentleman who attributes nil opposition to his views "only to Ignorance , " to the fourth class rate to n few of thu Inland cities of Nebraska , from Omaha nnd from St. Louis. You will notice that I only glvo towns that T.re west of Omuhn. Should I select Lincoln , Fremont , flr any of those towns situated cast of Lincoln , thea ! crhiiuntioii against Omaha would appear even greater. Now , clearly , It Is not In tlio Interest of Oin.xhu for rouds to bo constructed In Ne braska for the purpose of building up the trade of St. Louis or Chicago. What rail road corporation is responsible for these disciiminatlons ngninst Omaha ? Certainly not the Union Paeifio railway company , for they have to pro rate with oilier roads , at an notual loss to their treasury , on all freight shipped to stations on their line from points c.ist of Omaha. Certainly no road from tlio east that delivers Its freight to the Union Pacillo railway at Omaha , for thoy- also have to pro-rato and receive less than they would if tno poods were shipped no further than to Omaha. Then the only corporations that can bo bonolUtod by these discrimina tions are those who own a continuous line of railroad from the point of shipment to the destination , 'iho significance of the rates which 1 have mentioned lies hi the fact tliat every town named Is n station on the Bur lington , system , as well as tlio Union Pacific railway. Now , what will bo ttio result to Omaha if this discrimination continues ? A few more years and her jobbing trade will bavo gone "where the woodbine twinotli , " and showill bo nothing moro than an overgrown retail city. One of the gentlemen who supported the manager , of the freight bureau was a prominent \vholesnlo grocer of your city. Let rad apply these rates to ono article InIlls business. Granulated sugar , say , Is worth 8 cents porpound in SU Louis ; ho Instructs his salesmen to sell It forBif contsin Omiiha ; his representative- Grand Island ; the merchant there figures a moment , and finds that he can buy his sugar delivered in Grand Island from St. Louis af&48ccrtts per pound , whilst It will cost him 8.05 cents per pound if ho places his order in Omaha. la other woids , to make the sale , the Omaha firm , providing the customer Is posted , have to sacrifice 3 percent of their legitimate profit to the greed of a railroad corporation. How' long would the wholesale grocer bo sat isfied to continue hts.buslncss in Omaha if ho had to soil goods cheaper than his St. Louis competitor to equalize freight rates to his customer ? Will the merchants of Omaha sit squarely upon the Omega of their pantaloons and ex pect to hold their present commercial posi tion through the energy of tholr traveling salesmen , or will they grasp the situation be fore it is too late , and bring these hostile corporations to terms ? That is the ques tion , OMAHA DKUMMEU. "Sour " Grnpes , MINDKK , Nob. , July 27. To the Ed itor of Tins BKE : In reply to the nu merous articles referring to bonda which Kearney county proposes to vote to nid in the construction of the Ne braska Southern railway , which have appeared in the different Onmlw papers , said articles purporting to como from Hustings , we would say : Wo are grate ful for the deep intorestV ( ) outside par ties are taking in our welfare , hut at the same time wo believe wo are com petent to take care of our own interests. The great trouble seems to ho that there are ether counties that would bo glad to got the opportunity to vote bonds that is offered , to us , and because fortune has smiled more favorably upon us than upon them , they are resorting to all the sly and contemptible moans which they can devise to defeat our en terprise. Nevertheless , Kearney county knows n , good thing when she sees it , and on the llth day of August next will prove to the entire satisfaction of her rivals that they must got up earlier in the morning if they expect to keep up witlLUS , IlWIN DllAKK. L1IEKA.UY NOTJES. The August Century will bo issued on the first day of the month as usual , in spite of the lira which did such serious damage to the editorial and business olllcos of the mngaino. The contents of ttiia issue the Midsummer Holiday number will include an account of Mr. George Konnun's first mooting with political exiles in Siberia. Readers of this series of articles on Siberia will ho interested in a biographical sketch of Mr. Konnnn ( with portrait ) , in this number , written by MibS Anna Laurons Dawea , a daughter ot Senator Dawosin which will be explained Mr. Konnnn'a peculiar fitness for his task , his previous knowledge of Russian affairs , etc. The August number will contain the begin ning of two serials : "Sidereal Astrono my , Old and Now , " by Edward S. Holdon , of Lick Observatory , and a three part story , "A Mexican Cam paign , " by Thomas A. Janvier , author of the "Ivory Black" stories. The Forum for August will contain tlio second of a number of articles by Edward Atkinson on "Problems of "Wages and Production. " In this arti cle ho shows the insular quality of Brit ish economic thought and marks out the way for an American social soionco. He shows how , under republican insti tutions , production is gaining on con sumption and the condition of tno labor ing class in constantly improving ; and ho insists Unit the part the human mind will play in increasing the food-supply of the world has bcon left out of reckon ing. This is a fatal fault in the Mul- thusinn doctrine that population will increase faster than food-production , and in Rirardo's theory of rout. The capacity of the earth's production under scientific treatment cannot oven be con ceived. The siiino number will contain a notable comparison of the govern ments of Great Britain and the United Stutesto the advantage of llio latter , by u new writer for the reviews Judge James M. Love of the U. S. district court of the southern district of Iowa. Judge Love is the oldest U. S. judge in service , \vith ono o.NcepUga , having bcon ou , the been for thirty-two years. Encouraged by the cordial recaption given to the Art Review , the editor apd publisher of the Review ( Mr. Geo. Forbes Kelly ) will begin in September nox.t a now art periodical entitled."Tho Art Courier , " issued twice a month or twenty-four times a year. This publi cation will aim to givu the art news of the fortnight , presented in rondahlo style , with brief oditoral comments. Each number will have , aa its art sup plement , a photogravure , and those twenty-four plates will bo furnished with the letter-press for the low price of (1.00 n your. It is the intention of make the ' 'Courier" the publibhor to a wide-awake , popular periodical , of values to everyone at all Interested In the cur rent art events ot Iho day. Mr. Ilonry Clows' boolr , "Twonty- eight Years In Wall Street , " has boon talked of for a considerable tlmo. II has excited a great amout of curiosity , nnd peopleovorywhord want to know what Mr. Clews will toll about his twen ty-eight years' experience in the great centre ol speculation. Curiosity can now ho gratlllcd , and wo presume to say it will not bo disappointed. The hook is out. It consists of nearly 800 pngus , elegantly printed with clear typo , and Mr. Clews describes the leading fea tures of his long experience as n lliian- oior , banker and broker , in a clear and comprehensive style , lie makes no at tempt at line writing , or the construc tion of highly polished periods. The style has , therefore , the merit of being void of nbstriibonoss or ambiguity , though not without real inherent literary merit , bereft of nny of the tricks of fulsoadorn- mont which are sometimes used by the popular author to supply lack ot innltoi or thought. The author discusses a variety of subjects having a practical hearing on Wall street business and financial affairs intimately and remote ly connected therewith , all of public in terest. The Independent , in its issue of July 20th , will contain a letter in the series entitled "Letters on Litornturo , " by ' Andrew Lang , addressed to llobor't Louis Stevens , in which Mr. Lang criti cises bomo of Mr. Stoveii.soii'a remarks on "Gentlemen in Fiction , " published in Scribnor's Magazine. "Kenneth Camoroi" ! just published by T. B. Petersen & Brother Phila delphia , is a strong and interesting love story , which glimpses into high south ern society and now and then a dash ol sensation. The scone is laid in Now Orleans nnd on the great Louisiana " " and "Emer plantations , "Lagrango" ald. " The hero is a planter's son , who in turn becomes a plantar himself , and the heroine is Hortonso Gaston , the hello of Now Orleans , and a planter's daughter. They are depicted naturally and well , and the reader follows the fortunes of the here and heroine from ilrst to last with unflagging interest. Many typical people ot the South are brought on the Btncroand described with force and truth. The novel has an ex cellent plotj is well told , and possesses continuous interest. All the characters are naturally drawn , but the author is particularly successful in dealing with tile negroes , who are photograpod from life , and with dialect before the war. Kenneth Cameron hey two rivals for the hand of Hortonso Gaston , ono of whom is an unscrupulous adventurer , who in dulges in many machinations to win the Louisiana beauty , so the course of true love has some serious interruptions. The reader is shown the great mnrdi- gras festivity , ufe well as a mopt realistic and exciting norso-raco on which largo sums of money are staked. The August number of Scribnor's Magazine is a fiction number , contain ing contributions from Robert Louis Stevenson , Hnnry James , Sarah Orno Jowott , Octavo Thnnot , F. J. Stimpson , and Marie Blunt n very notable array of story writers. There are , in addition , two richly illustrated articles of unusual importance. The Railway Series , which has bcon received with the warmest approval of the general public as well n < ) of railroad men of all grades _ is continued in this issue with an 'acute and luminous account of the ovo- ution and present wonderful perfection of "American Locomotives nnd Cars. " The author , M. N. Forney , secretary of the Master Car Builder.- ) ' Association , is ono of the most widely-known railroad men in the United States. Ho has written - ton from a yory full knowledge , and has used a crisp and lucid style which makes an intricate subject perfectly clear. The opening pagesof the article are a brief historical narrative , embrac ing the stages in the development of the modern "Decapod" from the primitive locomotive built by Peter Cooper. How steam is generated and how it propels a locomotive are then explained. The question of the number , size , and posi tion of the driving wheels with refer ence to the speed and pulling capacity of the locomotive is carefully discussed ; the half-hundred attachments in the locomotive cab by which the engineer works the machine are indicated ; and the care which must bo taken to keep it in perfect order is described. A brief account of the development of the pas senger car from the old stage-coach concludes the article. A now literary venture has made its appearance with July in the shape of a monthly magazine under the title of Current Literature. As its namosigni- flos , its aim is to bring to notice the bright and meritorious productions which daily Jind way into newspapers and thus , their graves , though deserv ing bettor fates. It is intended to take the place of a scrap book systematically arranged mulct various heads and in different dopartinont-i. The magazine presents itself as a novelty , and in its first issue contains selections and arti cles chobcn and classified with great ability. It makes a line appearance with nearly n hundred extra largo well printed pages neatly bound in an attrac tive cover and with tlio additional recommendation of u popular prico. Ilonry Clay and the Goat. The following nnnocdoto of Henry Clay has just boon published for the first time : As ho came out of the capitol - tel nt Washington ono day , seeing a a frightened woman in the streets striv ing tovard off the attacks of a sportive gout , ho gallantly , In , spite of his years and oftlco , seized the goat by the horns. The woman thanked him and sped hur riedly on. Mr. Clay would have liked to move on also , but the goat had its own viowa about the interference with his innocent amusement. At soon as the woman's deliverer loosed his hold on the two horns , the animal rose ma jestically on hib hind legs and prepared for a chargo. In his own defence Mr. Clay now took the animal as before by the hornsandthuH fora time they stootl. while a crowd of street boys gathered about , immensely amused at the un usual spectacle of a bonator and a go.it pitted ono against the ether in a public btruot. As long its Mr. Clay hold the goat by the horns , all was well ; but the moment the quadruped was free , came a fresh preparation for a chargo. Not a boy ottered assistance , but after a while ono ventured to suggest , "Thrpw the billy down , sir. " Mr. Clay at onca accepted nnd adopted the repoit of that committee , and tripping the goat up essayed to pass on. Before ho could fairly turn away , however , the goat WHS up in lofty preparation for a now chargo. Mr. Clay gave his enemy the floor of the pavement once more and , keeping him there , turned to his new ndvi&or with the question , "And what ahull I do , now1 "CVt and run replied the lad. _ _ Tlio rionoor Locomotive Holler , Engineering News : Tho. boiler of the first locomotive that over turned a whuol on the American continent , the Stourbridgo Lion , made by Foster , Has- trick & Co. , SUnirbrldgo , England , is in daily use in a foundry in Carbondnlo , Ponn. The locomotive was run in HoncMlalo , Ponn. , August 1 , 18-.1) ) . Ho ratio Allen , who ran it , Ib living in Gr ingo , N. J. , aged oighty-slx years. When you glvo your collar its spring cleaning , add a llttlo > coporas water and salt to the whitewash. FULL OF GOLD. Tlio Itoitinnco or tlio TronOhvoll Mine In Alnskn. Chicago Tribune : . Only n few of Iho moro favored tourists who have boon Idt into some of the soorots ot Iho Biniill clique owning the proparty appreciate the great wealth that is locked up In the forbidding cliffs , on the shore about two hundred milo.s north of Sllkn. It is no concern ot the insiders to have the world know that they own millions of tons of rook into which long ngoa ago the precious inotal was so generously filtered. They have no mlno for snlo. It is the little follows owning holes in tlio ground which have boon heavily stocked who want to sell. They are con tent to quietly dig out 100 per cant n month in this dark corner of the earth. Modest follows they aro. On the west side of Iho Gnstinoau channel , within pistol shot of the main land and under the shadow of pre cipitous mountains , is Douglas Island. Just back from the shore , in a cllll 800 to 1,000 foot high , iaa hori/.ontal shaft 400 foot wide and many hundred foot long. At Intervals along the top of the cllll arc perpendicular shafts. This is the Troadwoll mine. It is said that some rock has boon taken out which yields aa high as $ i > 00 per ton , hut that is exceptional. The statement of an in telligent man is that the average is $9 per ton , that it costs $1.50 per ton to con vert the raw material into gold bars.and that 800 tons of rock can bo reduced per day. These figures being correct , the net product of the mine is W75.000 a year , allowing only 'MO working dnvs. Another authority estimated that the output for the year 18S7 would bo $100- , 000 per month , or $1.200,000 par year and the yield this year certainly can not bo lebs. Diamond drills have'boon run long distances in various directions and show no elm gcs in the character ol the rock or the ore. A thousand foot below the level of the earth it is just the same. It sounds extravagant , but exports who have made careful investi gation declare that there is unques tionably enough gold in this mine to pay the national debt ( about $1,200,000) ) and that there are many million del lar's worth of pay rock in sight. The confulonco of the owners of the prop erty is shown by the fact that they Imvo in operation moro stamps than there are In an.v ether mill In the world. The appreciation of the mine by ether people ple is indicated by a bid of $1,000,00 ( ! ( > , which was made for the properly some months ago. This is a case , howuvor , where the insiders don't wnn't to got out and the outsiders cannot got in. The mine was named for its discov- oror. Trcadwoll was an old Californian of long experience in mining. Ho was ono of a great number of people who , knowing that there are valuable min eral deposits Bomowhoro in Alaska , "wont there prospecting. The natives , a good-natured lot , are always on hand to take tourists and explorers along the coast almost any distance. Manv old minors arc constantly testing the rocks with hammer and glass. They have lo cated deposits of gold , silver , copper , iron and ether motnls , but it was re served for Troadwoll to find this mass of gold-bearing rock. It is said that when ho first visited it there was a vein of gold running conspicuously up and down the face of the cliiT. After satisfying himself that it was worthy of further tests he wont to California' , bought some machinery and then roturncd. It required but little work with this ma chinery to excite his cupidity to the highest pitch. Having secured his rights in the claim , ho wont to San Francisco with some specimens of the ore. Senator Jones , of Nevada , was at that time in bad luck and poor. It was his opportunity. Ho wont up to Alaska and wna convinced that another fortune awaited him if hocould got control of the Treadwoll mine. Ho formed a syndicate and was given a quarter interest in the profits of the mine as a consideration. Troadwoll , it is said , received 81,000,000 in cash nnd a small percentage of the profits. Tlio stock of the company is now owned mainly by four persons , of whom Jones and D. O. Mills nro two. Some wealthy Chicago m.on , including C. B. Farwoll , S. A. Kent , and President Blackstone of the Alton road , have boon allowed to examine the property , but it is not believed that they have any financial interest in it. The mine employs na tives and Cornishmon as laborers , pay ing thorn $2.60 per day and upwards , and has already become quito a centre of mihcollanoous business. With California losing its prostice as a gold-producing country , Australia disappointing its frionJs , nnd ether parts of the earth falling to meet expec tations , the students of finance are look ing about the world for a now source of supply. Perhaps Alaska will fulfill the requirements. Burmah , a mysterious j country , of which Americans know oven/ loss than of tholr own Alaska , IB Bald tc have enormous stores of gold ore , of tin location of which nobody but a few per sons connected with the Government , ! know , anything , but developments can' not be expected there for many yoars. Meanwhile Alaska will coma to the front. At nil events , people who have soon the Troadwoll like to remark : "Alaska wag certainly worth the $7,200,000 Seward paid 'for it twenty ] years ago. " \YnlRlit of Locomotives. Scribnor's Magazine for August : Thoj size and < volght of locomotives have steadily boon increased over since they were ilrst ubed , and there is llltlbl reason for thinking that they have yotj reached a limit , although it seems ] probable that borne material change of | design is impending which will purmit of bolter proportions of the parts or or gans of the larger ai/os , The decapoij engines built at the Haldwin Locomc tlvo works , in Philadelphia , for Northern Pacific railroad , weigh working order 118,000 , pounds. Tli | gives a weight of ll00 ! ! pounds on oac driving-wliool. Some ton-whoolod pa Bongor engines built at theSchoncctai ] Locomotive works for the Michlgi Central railroad , weigh 118,000 pouno and have 15OGG pounds.on each drivinl wheel. Some recent eight-wheel passenger locomotives for the Nc York , Lake Krio & Wohtorn railrori weigh 110,000 pounds , and have lf,5 ! ( pounds on , each driving-wheel. At1' Baldwin woiks , some consolidation ; 'iuou are now in progress which , spooled , will be heavier than the di Aped engines. What ItTnkos to Food a TmooinotH Scrlhnor'ti Magazine : It will porlm Intercut bomo readers to know how inuj Fuel a locomotive burns. Thin of cour lopondb on the quality of fuel , wo ] lone , speed , and character of the roa Dn freight trains un average consuni tlon may bo taken at about ono to ind a half pounds of coal consumed ; ar per mile. With passenger truij the cars of which are heavier and t ! jpccd higher , tho. coal consumption ] Creator. A freight train of thirty c it a speed ot thirty miles par h would therefore burn from UOO to 1 , [ > ounds of coul per hour. Ingrain carpets , worn boyoud ropi should bo cut into lengthwUo btripsa woven the uuno a ? a rag carpet. li jnneces.sary to EOW the ingrain cuUln ] ivcuvors generally preferring toovei Lho strip * as they weave Mats and c [ > atH absmno quite a I'oralan look wlj nado in thla way , and are durable-