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OMAHA DAILY BflE , : . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 1. 18Sa DAILY BEE. PUUMHIIKD KVKIIY JHOIIN1XO. TKItMS OF Jn ) > ly < MornlnKKdltlonincltmlnK8UMi ) > Ar llii ; : . ( UiB Your . } 10 ffl 1'or MX Month * . f < M ) ] < > ! 'I lirtc Month * . U GO tiiBiiNtiAr HKF , mailed to nu/ one Yrnr. . . . 2 ( X ) New VoiiKOmci : , IlooMslUNii ] IUIIlll.Nl. WASHINGTON OKflCK , NO 51J 1'OUHTKK.VTII . All rommniilrntlorn relntinRto HOWS nnd nil- torlnl iimtierahould bo nddresucd totliuUiiiTiin , , , , should bo All Imnlnrfu Mtera nnd remittances mldtei td toTiiK IIKI : rinn.i.-oiiNn COMPANV. i IMA ii . Krntts , chpclcf nnd po toillce orders to lie nindu payable to the order of the company. TliB Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , K. KOSKWATEU , Editor. TIIK DAIIjY lilCIC. Sworn Statement ol Circulation. , County of Donglns. | " (5 Co. II. Trsclmrlc. socrotnry of Tlio Iloo rub- HMiInu company , does solemnly swear tli.it the actiwl circulation of TIIK D.MI.V UKR for the vc k nndlntf AiiK"kt25 , IbM , van us follows. Pundny.AiiKiiitl'.l . IH.2ir , Monday , Aujruitai . lw , ( 17 'Jnosday.AUKiistSI . \ \ < f We dnc.vlny. AllKtltt \ . HUSH 'I huri-clny , August iM . lM.tr > rrlilay , August ! M . I8.0M Eaturdiiy , AugustZj . 18 , lo Average . 18,085 OKO.1I.TZSCI11JCK. Sworn to licforo me nnd mibscrlbed In ray pre encu thldiijth day of Atifruit. A. I ) . 1KW. K. 1' . I'KIL. Notary 1'ublic. State of Nebrnxkn. I - - County of DoitK'iii. ' I BiS > ( Icoruo II. Tzsrtmck. being first duly nwom.flo * TXWB nnds.iysth.it he in secretary of The lloo I'nbllHhlugcompnny , that the nctual average dally cirtiilntlon of TIIK DAII.V UKR for the month of Aimust , ItWT , was 14,1' > 1 copies ; for Pcptonilier. IWt" , 1I..1IH conlos ; for October. 1M > " , H.rai copies ; for November , IWi. ir.Bi ! copies ; for Decnrubcr. 1W. 15,011 rop- les ; for.lunuury , IKe8. iri/AHUoplex ; for February , JH.irW2copIes ! ; forMarcli.lM&t'.i.WJ copies ; for April , JHW , 18,744 roplws ; for May , IbnH , 1R.1S1 copies ; for .June.lbtU , wgtt copies ; for July , IstW , W.'EJ copies. OKO. 1I.T/.SCIIUOK. Bworn to before mo imd subscribed In my presence this 1st day of AuiniBt , A. I ) . . 18JW. N. I' . I'KIL Notary I'ubllc. Tins Indieiitlons nro that Omaha will 1)0 as neat nnd tidy ns a housewife's parlor for the opening of lair week. WiiKX Nobrnska corn-stalks grow to n height of fourteen feet , the stepladder - ladder business ought to bo in a flourish ing condition. QUINT/ HUGS have invaded Indiana. They arc evidently after some of that ten thousand dollars contributed by Mr. Cleveland to carry the stato. "GovKKNOli" McSiiANK seems in no hurry to acknowledge his nomination. And some of the thirsty ones are sorry now that they didn't spoil it Storling- morton. Tun removal of the division offices of the American Express company from Dos MoinoH to this city is another evidence of the importance of Omaha as a shipp ing and distributing center. KANSAS CITY is talking of consoli dating the city and county governments into one , but us the scheme does not in clude taking in St. Louis the cup of joy is liable to bo dashed to the ground. TIIK auspicious opening of the now stool railroad bridge at Nebraska City , calls to mind that within a month or two Omaha and Council Bluffs will bo \ rt- called on to baptize a bridge of their own : TIIK sugar trust has a scheme on foot to bind retailers with an agreement not to soil sugar below a certain price. The monopoly might next turn its attention to the consumer and compel him to oat BO many ounces of sugar daily. THE preparations for the occoramoda- . tion and entertainment of the great crowd of ploasuro-sookors who will throng our city next week ajco nearly completed. There never was a time when Omaha presented a moro varied programme for the edification of her visitors. CotoiiADO is at last trying to shako off the ruilroiul yoko. A determined effort will bo mudo in the fall election to defeat the railroad candidate , E. O. Wolcott , who wants to go to the senate. Mr. Wolcott will bo remembered as the head of n powerful lobby which did the railroads some good service in the last legislature. Recently ho gained con siderable notoriety in trying to break Phil Daly's faro bank at Long Branch. It is evident that Colorado does not want such a man to represent her inter- oats in congress. CHICAGO is complaining that under the now transcontinental freight rates it will cost $1.83 per hundred weight to send soap from Chicago to San Fran cisco , whereas the same commodity will bo shipped from Now York to the Pa cific const for SI per hundred. Without discussing the justice or injustice done to Chicago m the alleged discrimina tion , it scorns a baby act for the Lake City to sot up a howl when every rail road centering there grossly discrimin ates in her favor against every city within n radius of 6CO miles. IT 18 fortunate for Omaha that she IE not in the latitude of Jacksonville , Pla. For the dumping of four hundred loads of garbage daily into the rlvor , accord ing to Councilman Alexander's Btnto- mont , would bo visited with most seri ous consequences. It is creditable for Mr. Alexander that ho has awakened to the danger threatening the clty'i health from such an unsatisfactory way ol disposing of garbage. Should the pros' out methods bo longer continued , as t natural consequence , typhoid , malaria diphtheria , and countless diseases , due to the poisoning of the air wo brontho will become epidemic in our naturally healthful city. The committee np pointed to examine the different meth ods of garbage cremation ought to be appointed immediately , in order Urn it may report to the council as soon 01 possible the result of its investigation One or two crematories large enough t ( accommodate the city for the next liv < years , can bo built nt comparatively moderate cost , nnd should bo orectci early this fall. With a moro ofllclon service In collecting the garbage , tin cost of that department would bo defrayed frayed almost wholly by the slight lu ] levied on householders , and the gar b/v-u | question would be satisfactorily Utlcd and economically solved , M- Unprepared For War. It is not moro than a month ago that n Missouri senator deprecated in vigor ous language the Idea that this country iccded to spend any considerable sum of nonoy for coast defenses. Wovoro nt peace with the world , there wag nodnn- ? er impending , nnd wo were not likely o liuvo any borious trouble for perhaps a century to come. If there wcro pco- > lo who had any thought of danger to > ur peace ns n nation they were nursing die fears. The nation was on good terms with nil other nations nnd would continue so , consequently it would bo n sheorwnHto of money to strengthen for- .ificallons . nnd add new defenses. Yet it hns taken but a few weeks to demonstrate how little prescience that senator ] XHsesscd , nnd to show also , how quickly nnd easily difficulties may nripo jctwcon nations that can be aggravated into hoHtilitioH. Nobody supposed a month ngo that the United States nnd Canada would bo BO soon shaking their Ists nt each other nnd threatening n severance of all relations. But that is ; ho situation to-day , and while it does not necessarily threaten war and no such result is probable , the possibility of such a termination will IKS admitted by nil intelligent people. The menace of the president is regarded in Camilla ns exhibiting a spirit of aggressive hos tility , nnd as no disposition is mani fested by those in authority there to [ ilticiito this spirit by any chnngo of policy , there is obviously prcfcont the conditions that might lead to hostilities. Should congress buy to the president , go on in the way you think best , who can contldcnlly abscrt that ho might not lend the country into a wnrV How is the country prepared for such n contingency , granting it to bo among the possibilities V Naval ollicors in Washington say that within three weeks after the first alarm England nnd it is England wo ohould have to light could send to our shores forty modern armored bhipa of war. Wo have at the most fif teen vessels of war , which could not bo mobilized inside of two months , and when they came they would not alto gether bo a match for two of the English men. In the opinion of these naval offi cers such a fleet as England could send over could occupy every one of our ports in less than a month. There is nothing to keep them out. The obvious suggestion of the prevailing - vailing situation is that a nation with neighbors haying views and policies of their own bhoulu always bo reasonably well prepared for possible conflicts which are liable to occur at any time , nnd that it is not wise for a great and prosperous country , having universal interests and relations , to assume that it will enjoy perpetual peace by reason of either the respect or fear of other nations. Tlio State Issue In New York. The leading 'ssuo ' of the state cam paign in Now York will bo high license. The republican legislature committed the party to this policy by enacting a high license bill , against which the democratic party was committed by the veto of Governor Hill. The republican state platform condemns the action ol Hill and avows the adhesion ot the party to the high licohso principle. Warner Miller , the republican candi date for governor , is one of the foremost advocates of this policy , and is under stood to have been largely instrumental in having the plank affirming it in serted in the platform. This attitude of the republicans may force the nomination of Hill. It will certainly have the effect of solidifying the saloon interest in his favor , if any thing was necessary to do this. It has been understood , however , that the strongest and most uncompromising backing of the governor really comcg from this source , and it was recently stated that the liquor men had raised a fund of a quarter of a million dollars to be used in furthering the ronomination ot Hill and bocurlng his re-election. It need hardly bo said that the saloon in- torcbt is very powerful in New York politics , and its concentration in favor of the governor is a fact so formidable that the democracy will hesitate about rejecting its preference. There is every reason to expect that the democratic state convention , which will meet on the 12th Inst. nt Buffalo , will bo largely dominated by this interest , and if so the result is not doubtful. With such an Issue republican victorj ought to bo beyond all doubt. It ought to bo impossible for the party favoring a fron and unregulated liquor traffic to bo successful in Now York in a square battle with this ns the issue. But there is n doubt , due wholly to the possibili ties of the prohibition vote. It was this vote which was responsible for the elec tion of Hill three years ngo , when ht had but cloven the usand plurality nni1 the prohibitionist B cast ever thirtj thousand votes. His friends are estl mating that this year the prohlbltior vote will exceed forty thousand , ant the republicans being weakened to the extent of four-fifths of thlsnunv , her Hill will again bo a winner. It is almost incredible , however , that intelligent < gent men in the prohibition party car allow thonibolves to bo used this yoai for the political advantage of so un doubted a demagogue ns Governor Hill There was excuse for them throe yean ago in a want of knowledge of the true character of the man. There is no sucl excuse now. They know that the reelection election ot Hill means iho prodoml nance of the saloon power in Now Yorl politics for the next throe years and ar unregulated traffic , while on the othci hand the election of the republican can dldato would cortalnly result in remedying edying these objectionable conditions to the moral and financial advantage o the Btnto. It would seem that no citl zen not fanatically wedded to a hopolea theory could hesitate as to his dut ; when such an Issun is presented. Hilling Uohlnel Subterfuge. When any of my assailants are worstci in an encounter of their own sooklnf they always try to phvy the role of tin good man who has been attacked am wayhild. As a matter ot fact , fullj berne out by the record , nearly ovorj personal controversy in which I have boon engaged was n vigorous dofonst against unprovoked slander and vilifl cation. Forced into u fight , whcm nij idvcrsnribs are knocked out they cry "foul , " nnd nppoal to public sympathy. The recent attacks upon mo by reason of the defeat of Mr. Yost at the state convention afford n striking instance , There was no occasion whatever for such wnrfaro. There was no crowing jver Yost's defeat , no comment nbout Ills barren campaign , nnd in fact a studious nbsteimneo from any reference to him or his supporters. What moro could bo expected ? In spite of this n malignant assault was made upon mo with the evident In tent to prejudice the public nnd mnko capital against TIIK Bun tunonir its pat rons in Omaha. The attack was promptly repelled , nnd no standing room loft for recklcsH slanderers. And now Cadet Taylor is indiscreet enough to renew the assault with a blare of trumpets. Ho sncaklngly de nies that the article denouncing my conduct as an outrage on decency , which was coupled with my name , had nny reference to myself. lie denies all knowledge of the bogus boycott circular mailed to TIIK BUB advertising patrons nnd rounds up his tissue of falsehood by cowardly inuondo charging mo with disloyalty during the war , while in the military telegraph corps. It is hardly necessary to Hay that a- man who will steal , will not hesitate to toll a fulno- liood. Mr. Ctidot Taylor's paper has admitted that the spurious boy cott circular was printed in the ItepuUicun job ollice. The circular was a criminal libel gotten up and cir culated in the interest of the JicpulU- cun. It way us infamous and criminal to print it as it was to circulate It. There were stamps furnished to mail it , and money paid for having it handed around. One of Tnylor's hirelings gave the whole thing away moro than two months ngo to a leading Second ward republican , lie told him that Cadet Taylor instigated the boycott and paid the boycotters for their work. The charge nbout my alleged disloy- nlty is only a repetition of n malicious libel concocted yours ago by Paul Vandcrvoort. The predecessors of Cadet Taylor at the helm of the licpublican , Caper E. Yost and Fred Nye , were arraigned , tried , and convicted of this libel in the courts of this county by a jury of their peers after a brilliant and vigorous defense by John M. Thurston. Mr. Taylor in geniously parries the charge of his crookedness in the government printing office , as if it was a matter of no moment to the public , but I imagine that no man who sots himself up as a great party loader , can inarch at the head of the column in the face of the record which Mr. Taylor made while in a posi tion of great responsibility nnd trust. E. KOSKWATKU. MB. CLEVELAND is evidently using the pension bureau in n most partisan manner for campaign purposes. A largo force of government clerks under Commissioner Black are preparing documents in defence of Mr. Cleveland's attitude on the pension vetoes , which are to be distributed by the wholesale in Indiana , Now York and other states. No republican president ever dared to use the machinery of the government in a like manner. Oilier Lnnilrt Tlinu Ours. The recent conference between Bismarck and Signer Crispl , the Itallmu premier , and between the latter and Kulnoky , the Austrian prime minister , seem to signify chiefly thnt the German chancellor now controls the for eign policy of three great powers , instead of one , on matters of supreme international im portance. Even the Massowah incident ap pears to have boon submitted to Bismarck for his judgment us diplomatic arbiter of Europe. Austria and Itully are evidently proud of the part they piny as factors In regulating the affairs of the continent , nnd the chancellor is more than ever confident of havlnpr either peace or war to his liking. Fortunately for the people of Europe ho is thus far [ satisfied with peace. Italy , with Germany at her back , Is capable of a bold ness toward Franco which she otherwise would not assume ; but France , fully alive to Bismarck's moves , is not likely to bo drawn into a war on account of any such subordi nate affair ns the annexation of Massowah. Nevertheless , she must see with some elm- grin her policy toward Tripoli completely hold In check. Sh e cannot hope to advance n step there , slnco Italy , with the conscious ness of Herman support , would mnko it a cause of quarrel , although she herself will probably continue to cnlurgo l.or foothold on the Red Sea. There could bo no event con ceivable moro fortunate for Ger many than a war between Italy and Franco. In such n contest Franco would hnvo but the faintest chance of victory , because , nt the first sign of weakness on the part of Italy , her allies , Germany nnd Austria , would bo sure to interpose. In such circum stances , too , it would bo much less difllcult to secure the neutrality of Russia than If the German empire were plainly the aggressor. With oven a third part of the French military resources diverted toward Savoy , n German demonstration from the northeast might prove well nigh Irresistible. Irrepressible the conflict between Franco ancLGormany unquestionably is , and of course Bismarck must wish to see the wager of battle decided before ho dies. Moreover , not only for the territorial integrity of Germany , but for the stability of Us. inonarchlal institutions , ho must desire to worst Franco during the ex istence of her republican regime. For , hav ing thus discredited democratic Institutions nnd promoted the restoration of monarchy in Franco , he might dlo In the reasonable assur ance that the imperial fabric of his fashion ing would bo safe for nt least a generation. * * The reported proposition of the czar for adjusting thb Bulgarian difllculty has at least the merit of corn-Hinting two of the European powers which at the Berlin con gress showed themselves lot st favorable to Russia's pretensions. The Duke of Cumber land , in whose behalf the northern autocrat is said to advocate the erection of Bulgaria nnd Eastern Roumolla Into a kingdom , Is , ns wo scarcely need remind the reader , a near kinsman of Queen Victoria. As , moreover , the offer of the now throne would be condi tioned on n disavowal of the Uuelph claim to Hunover , the Importance ot 'such a train- action to Germany is obvious. The czar'a plan , it seems , is not only to amalgamate the Bulgaria defined by the Berlin treaty with the Ottoman province known as Eastern Roumclla , but , to nnnex also n section ol Macedonia , thus giving the now kingdom ac cess to the jEgcnn. An the sultan would be then cut off from land communication with Albania and hit Jew other remaining pos sessions west ofTfalortlca , , most of these would naturally fall to the Hapsburc mon archy , which has already pushed IU south ward encroachments to Is'oyi Bazar , Should Salonlca bo Included in Austria's share of the Ottoman territory , uho could hnrdly fall to bo oallnncd with the partition , oven though she might bo hskcd to surrender to Italy a part ol the Dalmatian sen coast , throughout which , as It is well known , a dialect of the Italian Inngungo is upokun , It U not to bo supposed that Turkey would submit without the most vehement re monstrance to the loss of nil the European dominions nssurcd to her by the Berlin con- gri-ss , except a potty tract adjoining Con stantinople. But n threat of nnnod resist ance could not bo carried out , owing to the utter exhaustion of the porto's financial re sources. At this time the sultan cannot place In the field an , army organized and equipped In the costly modern fashion , much ICSH sus tain the burdotis of n protracted defensive war. Ho Is In arrears for the jwcunlnry In demnity duo to Ktisslu under the Berlin treaty , nnd he can have no hope of liquidat ing that Indebtedness except by a sacrifice of territory. If ho could cscnpo the necessity of further cessions In Armenia , where his frontier I * already Insecure , It mlulit bo wise to itcqutbHco I" the reconstruction of Bulgaria on the lines laid down at Sun Stefuno. Xo diplomatic obstruction on the part of the sul tan would prove of much nvail oven for de lay , provided England nnd Austria should accept the candidacy of thoDuko of. Cumber land for the projected kingdom. * * * The land-hungry nations of the earth seeui to have abandoned Asiatic conquests in Rus sia and Great Britain , and two hnvo turned their attontlon to the seizure of such parts of Africa as may suit their fancy nnd opportun ity. France , Italy , Germany and Great Brit ain are all busying themselves with laying the foundation of African colonies. The sub jugation of Africa to the HSCH of the civilised races of the world is not so much a question of prowess in a contest with the present pop ulatlon of that dark rontinunjt as a question of ability to contend against natural obsta cles. Africa is piotcctcd by its desert wastes , its malarial jungles and its equatorial heats. It is doubtful whether the conquering races of this day and generation will be any better able to make a permanent stand in Africa than were the great nations of antiquity who successfully pushed their victorious arms southward from the Mediterranean only to be pushed back again by the repelling forces of nature. # * The young emperor of China amuses him self now and then by whisking around his palace grounds in I'ckln on a mlntture rail road , and enjoys a monopoly of the only rail road now running in his dominions. The French government has just made n very handsome present to Li Hung Chung in the slmpo of a complete railroad train , but if the Chinese statesman makes the present avail able , ho will have to grade a roadbed and buy some rails , and thus , as France slyly hopua , break the ice for the introduction of railroads. The revered ancestors of these Orientals are a great obstacle In the way of railroads. The Chinese say railroads cannot dago nil over the country to avoid the mul titudinous graveyards , and us for having this western invention plough through the last resting places of their honored sirca , that is entirely out of the question. But in splto of ttic dead past an era of railroad male- lug will duwu in China one of these days. ) V . * - It is not in Kaiser Wiluelm's nature to carry out the plans for bettering the con dition of Alsace and Lorraine which were so admirably outlined in a letter of his father's published upward of a month ago. The bluUtrcon Is tOjbv shaken over the heads of the unfortuna'tu ' | French inhabitants of the imperial provinpa. It seems like reading sorno history of Poland in her extreme misery to find that tliosi > jSyof the French language in public and private schools is to bo suppressed , nnd that the probable Intention of the Ger man governmeiit jsto deprive the largo land holders of French extraction of their estates , cutting them up into small holdings for the occupation of thoroughly Teutonic settlers. The emperor nnd Bismarck should bo sternly reminded that compulsory loyalty has very rarely been a striking success. * * Some ol the very districts in Africa that once furnished cargoes for American slave vessels , are now the huntinggrouiidsof Arab slavers. Hundreds of people whoso ancestors were also the fathers of many of our colored citizens are now dragged away in chains , not to the coast , but to the slave markets of Mo rocco and the Mohammedan states in the Sou dan.Vo refer particularly to the country north of Yorubu , now happily coming under French influence , and to the regions between the Camcroons and Adamaua , once a fruitful souico of supply for the export slave trade , and only recently invaded by the Arab. The question whether the Arab or the white man is to rule Africa seems likely soon to force itself upon the world's attention. Intelligent colored men in this country must watch with peculiar interest the progress of the eloquent Cardinal Lavigcrlo , who , by the express de sire of the pope , Is now preaching a crusade for the absolute suppression of the traffic. * * # Among the many things Algeria is doing to niako herself attractive to tourists is the exhuming of bomo of her aneiont cities. The marvels of Pompeii are said to bo nearly equalled by the city that has just been ex humed at Timga , with Its streets , shops , forum , triumphal niches nnd flagstones worn by cart wheels. At Chorchell , on the coast , west of the city oi Algiers , the luxurious baths of the ancient city of Cmsarea have re cently boon brought to light. Then Algiers has completed her railroad to Biskm , almost on the cdgo of Sahara , anil is to extend it to the five little oases that have been created by irrigation along the Wndy Rlr , where BO.OJO palm trees are now flourishing in a region thut a few years ago was vcrdiireless. The triumphant progress of railroad building Is everywhere opening now routes for tourists. What Gould Hnlil. Kew York H'orM. "I do not object to newspaper criticism thnt has nbout it the .sumbhinco of fairness. In deed , I'm not sure1 but that what the papers have said ugalnit/mo has done mo moro good than the prulsoahoy have nt times bestowed. You see , " ho cqhtmueJ , smiling pleasantly , "a man who beanies rlclr mid Is successful In life needs to > djtakon down a little occa sionally. If hojftt-eivod only praise his head might get too big ho might think himself n great man. So , on the whole , I think criti cisms have been of more real benefit to mo than praise. " Thiirnmn. J | yexns Orator. The old Hoiibn is a man from way up whore the croolc larks the last tliuo. Ho will snap onto the auivus lllto a dog onto a rabbit skin , and he'll Ill/kt 'cm like n wild cat In tin oven. When Tjijirmnn gets up nnd cracks his heels together nnd goes at It red-eyed , they'll find that no's n bumper from bumper's junction. In my opinion ho has the elements of success in him biggerthan a woodchuck. AJInlnforniotJ. Piunter l'ra , The startling Information that Dan Lament threw the presidential bootjack at a little German band In front of the Wliita House because it begun plnyiag "Tho Letter That Never Came , " mav bo sot down as a "fako. " The band was not in front of the Whlto House , but in the vicinity of Don M. Dlokln- BOU'S residence. A Hn o Tombstone. Chicago Tribune. Russell Sago has bought u now burial lot and ordered a monument a huge block p ( wblto mnrblo. The Inscription will read something llko "First In puts nnd calls j , first in Wall streets ; first In the packets of his couutrymcu , " etc. "Johnny , Oet Your Gun. " Oil Cttu Mtiianl. President Cleveland's message to congress on the fisheries question is creditably warm ami has considerable snap In It. In fact , it comes the next thing to saying to John Bull , "Johnny , gut you gun , got your gun. " What will bo the next move remains to bo seen. They Cnn'i Deny Facts. Olobe-Demnciiit , The democrats "explain" the big drift from their party to the opposition , but they don't deny It. This is an immensp year for the icpubllcnns. The . ) mid Typo of IlnCorni. I'ltMmro Msintch Civil service reform In Chicago seems to be principally ofUolent In squeezing cam paign subscriptions out of postal clerks and carr.'ors , HTATK I'OMTICAIj TOINTKHS. The Grand Island Independent gives it out solid that "no railroad servants will bo forced down the throats of the people of Hall county this year of our Lord , aud don't you forget It. " Every republican paper in the state agrees with the Hastings Gazutto-Journal when It snya "there Is not n single good reason why every candidate on the republican state ticket should not bo elected. " The Beatrice Republican states a truth when It says that the republican party favors the railroads , the great clvlli/crs of the coun try. "But , " adds the Republican , "at the Bamo tlmo It believes In compelling them to observe the maxim : 'Llvo and lot livo. ' " Says the Lincoln Call : "Tho story set ailoat to the effect that the railway managers will attempt to beat Leoso nt the polls might Just as well bo laid away now ns at nny other time. There is not arailway manager In Nebraska that can hold a keg of giant pow der when a burning fuse reaches It. " The Norfolk News knows what It is talkIng - Ing about when it says : "There Is ono plank in the republican state platform that every candidate for the legislature should bo re quired to pledge hlmsolf to enforce , and that Is the demand for n law that will prevent the importation and employment of Pinkcrton detectives. Nebraska Is abundantly able to take earo of the enforcement of her laws without the intervention of paid hirelings of the corporations. " The Free Lance fires these facts at the rulers of the "stato of Beatrice : " -'Tho everlasting political bickerings in Beatrice are about as harmful to the city's ' prosperity as uro thi ) tonIfio wars that are made upon some of our citi/.ons who put their money Into manufactories to mnko us grow nnd flourish. Both arc senseless Thosoasonof thorough and steadily Increasing success will never como until we hnvo In all things harmony with u big H. It will bo wise to put aside our private revenges uti-l get down to substantial work , and make this city what It ought to bo the foremost manufacturing city in the west. " STATE AND TKIUUTOIIY. Nebraska The brilliant meteor which was visible In Omaha on the 'Jfth Is reported to have been seen in all suctions of the stato. D. N. Blood , who was tried at York Wednesday for whipping n boy whom ho caught stealing his melons , was acquitted of the charge of assault and oattery. A swarm of bees lighted upon the chimney of an unused house at Crete the othur day , wotked tliuir way down Into the kitchen and died thcro on account of the closeness of the atmosphere. Two prisoners escaped from the Fillmore county Jail last week with the assistance of frlciids on the outside , who cut the bars. They were Ell George , a horse thief , and Frank Wilson , a burglar. Burglars robbed the hardware store of W. G. Clark , t Son at Fairmount nnd tried to break open the safe. The uion were evi dently novicua at the business , for they knocked off the dial and then gave up the Job. Job.Tho The farmers of Dodge county are not pat ronizing the Farmers' Elevator company as they ought to , and n warning has been sent out that unless they support the concern it will fall Into the hands of the greedy eleva tor trust Inside of six months. A ten-year-old son of Captnin Mann , of Plattsmouth , is a great sportsman. The other day ho borrowed the old man's gun on the quiet , loaded her for bear , and then shot Dr. Sohildni'cht's put dear deader than a doornail. The captain , however , docs not brae of his boy's ability , for the doctor val ued the dead animal very highly. C. L. Mclvln , an inaano man , waa given In to the custody of Sheriff Ray at Falls Citv the othur day to bo taken to the asylum at Lincoln. Whllo the sheriff and the father of the crnry man were transacting some busi ness , the prisoner made nn cxcusn to go around the houao to get a drink but instead ho mounted u horse that stood near and mads a break for liberty , The sheriff procured n horsn mid gave chase but was unable to over take him. Ho followed the crazy man Into the corn field north of town and found the horse tied to a fence with Melvin's boots sit ting beside it , but no Melvin in sight. Ono year's work at Nebraska City is sum marized as follows by the Press : The Chicago cage , Burlington & Qulnc.v steel railroad bridge , costing nearly n million dollars ; the pontoon wagon bridge , the largest In the world ; the Missouri Pacific railroad , on the main line ; of which she is the union stock yards , in the hands of a $300,0011 company , ns complete as any in the west. They will bo in active operation within thirty days ; Boy- selling's mammoth ocroal mills ; thirteen now and line business blocks ; GOO now residences aiidtenpmenthouscs ; u line system of sewers , now well toward completion ; a splendid cloctrio light system ; the commencement of paving , to extend from First to Sixteenth streets on Central avcnuo. Iowa. The industrial school nt Eldora has 370 boy Inmates. Cedar Rapids has n school population of over r > , i > 00. Tears stand In trio oycs of the farmers at Davenport with onions only 15contsa bushel. The largo wholesale liquor house of G. H. Premier , of Burlington has boon closed nnd Mr. Prenzler is looking for nnothcr location. The smallest , increase in tlio school popula tion of Iowa of any year slnco its admission ns a state occurred the past year , ending Juno 80. The increase over last year was only 6TO. The Lrthcran college Is to bo removed from Mcndotn , III. , to Dutuquo. Citizens of Dubuque - buquo donated what Is known as tno Emcr- ROn homcstond , West Dubuque , nnd the college trustees will oxputul $10.000 In im proving It. "If you nro n light sleeper , " says Burroll , of the Washington Press , "you will nlmost every night hour ooino bird's notu of alarm , and soon after owls will boot. They're up to mischief nnd thrro nro tragedies In the nesU. In tlio dead of Wednesday nluht n bird's ' long continued shriek * of nngulsh roused us , nnd for Rovornl mlnutos the owls kept up n saucy clatter. They had gobbled a bird nnd were gloating ever the tortured victim llko In dians. " Dakota. Alleged nportsmon hnvo boon slaughtering pralrlo ohtuns around Spcarllsh contrary to law. The north Dakota fnlr will open nt Grand Forks September 13 , and close the following Saturday. The nverngo monthly salaries of ninlo teachers In Vankton county is (31.50 , und that of females S'J'J.50. Tlio ooloatlals of Dondwood hold their an nual howl to drive nway the devil last Sun- day. Half n hundred Chlr.amon worshipped In the Jo.ss house , nnd omitted n succession of piercing screams , accompanied with bolls , triangle , drums nnd gouga , Thuio was neither I line nor tune to It , Just simply deaf ening , horrible car splitting noises. This rnokot they kupt up nt intervals nil day. A boy named Wllcox living flftoon miles northwest of Plnnklnton , met with a fatal accident by the caving of u well. Young Wiirof , who wus only olcven years old , was workltnr near the well when lie bceamo thirsty , nnd bov-hko. instead of going to the house for a pall , ho climbed down the wall of the well to get n drink , A stone bccnmo dis placed nnd the well caved In upon him , completely - pletoly burying him. Jack Matson , aged sovcntv-olglit , Is said to bo the oldest man In the Black Hills. His has bcon an eventful career a career full of romance and rich with thrilling adventures. For forty yearn ho traveled with a circus , nnd ho hns probably trained and taken wire or moro elephants than any man living. At present ho is employed in handling the thoroughbred horses on u ranch and ho takes great pride m his work. Among the effects of a wealthy Now Eng- Inndcr , now deceased , the Yankton Press and Dakotalan reports , was u telescope valued nt $15,000. The heirs of the estate nr- raugcd with Dr. Ward , president of Yankton college , that when the college was nblo and willing to pay $ lf.OO for the instrument it would bo sent to Yankton. The faculty has succeeded in raising $1,000. The arrange ment is that the other $500 may bo paid at the pleasure of the college , and the telescope , which Is in the possession of C. M. Brown , of Jamestown , N. Y. , will bo shipped within ten days. AKT12H SKVKX VKA11S. D. W. ItnyttrH PrcHcntril With a Bonn- tlful Klkw Itnduc. D. W. Ilnyncs was presented last evening with n rich nnd beautiful Elks pin by his late associates hi the ofllco of the Pacific Express company. The address was delivered by T. 1C. Sudborougli , chief clerk In the auditor's office. Ho feelingly referred to the long years Mr. Hayncs had been In the com pany's employ , the manner In which ho had endeared hlmsolf to all his associates and the deep feeling of regret the latter experienced nt his retirement to enter other fields of labor. The address was n mngnlficent effort. It was not so much the result of the gentle man's ability as u writer , which is of no mean order , ns it was of the inspiration of the occasion which deprived the s | > eaker of u highly esteemed associate. It produced n visible effect upon Mr. Haynos. so much so that bo was able to express little moro than bis heartfelt thanks. I Mr. Haynes has boon in the employ of the Pacific Express company since 1H31 , and to day enters upon the duties of treasurer of j Boyd's opera house , whoru ho will bo heartily i recognized aud appreciated by many warm friends. The pin is of solid gold , circular In shape , | with four ininuto shields at intervals on the circumference , containing in enamel the let ters B. P. O. E. , the initials of the name of the order , Benevolent aud Protective Order . of Elks. The rim is bound in gold rope , while immediately insldo the cdgo is n circle of cardinal enaniol , which contrasts beauti- I fully with the polished gold. Within this circle , the badge is concave and ever It spreads a beautifully engraved Elk's head with a largo diamond In its branching ant lers. Beneath nro the words "corvus alecs. " The badge is nn elaborate ono , a fitting em blem of the order und a souvenir which will long bo cherished of dear friends by ono of the most devoted members of the order of Elks in the country. The Federal Court BUI. The bill for the holding of terms of United States district nnd circuit courts In this state has Just come to this city , nftor having boon approved on the 14tH Inst. It differs in many respects from that synopsizcd in these col umns some tlmo ago. It does not divide the stuto into districts , nor limit the filing of cases in the offices nearest the party or par ties bringing suit. In fact , does very little except to roafflrm the holding of United States courts in Omaha and Lin coln , and establish the holding of the same in Hastings and Norfolk , though It gives but ono term to Lincoln in stead of two ns heretofore. The terms in the respective places are ns follows : Omaha , second Monday in November ; Lincoln , second Monday in January : Hastings , second Mon day in March , und Norfolk , second Monday in April. In each of these terms grand and petit Juries may bo summoned. All writs , processes , pleas , recognizances nnd bonds made or returnable to the terms of said courts as now provided by law shall bo con- Bidcrud ns taken and returnable to the terms established bv tlio act. District Attorney Pritehett told a BEB reporter - porter that the bill would do little good. It would not bo of any convenience to the people and would not result in the bringing of half u dozen suits in the places where the new terms of the court are to bo heard. But , of course , the people wcro glau to hnvo the extra terms created , although It entailed greater expense upon the government. There was milcago for Judges , clerks , marshal and deputies , with rent for courts , though It was likely that tuo local authorities would pro vide places for the holding of the sessions. The creation of the now court seats gave ono to each congrcsslonol district , and this would eventually lead to the erection of n government building in these places. Mnrrlaco licenses' ' . The following marringo licenses were is sued yesterday by Judge Shields : Name nnd residence. Age. ( Alfred H. Pridhnm , Kansas City 31 1 Mrs. Mary M. Swan , Kansas City 80 j Herman Rose , Omaha 20 1 Mary Nehnko , Omaha IS j William N. Hnrris. Omaha 4 ! ) | Mrs. Mary Lot , Omaha 35 I'rnirlo 1'lrcn In Montana. HELENA , Mont. , August 31. A disastrous prairie Uro is raging in the ranges of northern Montana , extending from the Marias river to the Sweet Grass hills , a distance of fifty miles. The winter range of the Benton and St. Louis cattle company has been destroyed , with a largo amount of hny. Unless rain comes the lire will cover immense tracts of country. LACTATED FOOD ENDORSED BY 1OOOO PHYSICIANS As a perfect food for Invalids , In dyspepsia , fevers , sick headache , diarrhoea , feeble digestion , and all wanting diseases , and for infants deprived of mother's milk , or when weaning. The Favorite Food in Hospitals Hahnomann Hospital. New York Infant Asylum. YORK Oiv. Mr. Vriwo * . N. Y. Nicw "Wo are using your Ijictntod Food in our In- " Wo hare been uilns Lactatcd Food for cover' Cant asylum whencrcMvu requlrethe usoof arti nl month ] pai > t in raid of dyspepsia , after ojicra- ficial food , and find U superior to any which wo tlom , and with children , and In all CBICJ It luu have over used , liclng pleawnt to the taste , It answered admirably. Wo would gladly recom Is ipecially adapted to children. Wo liavo In mend It as o food cully digested , nutritious , and our branch Institution over 200 children. " not dbagreoabla to the patient" Wra. L. M. IUTES , F. S , iX'LTON , M. D. , Qoiuo Surgeon. Chairman ofilt. Vernon Ilrancti. The Most Palatable , Nutritious , and Digestible Food TBC Bear AND uorr ECONOMICAL FOOD. * * A valuable pamphlet on "Tlie Nutrition ot IBO Meals for an Infant for si.oo. Infant * and InvulUlj , " fr e on application. Bully prepared. AtDruniliU-23cti.McU.l. WELLS , RICHARDSON A CO. , BURUNOTOI.VT , DIAMONDS Watches and Diamonds Found in Tea and Coffee A Novel Way of In troducing Goods. The niunea of nil pontons finiltnff tlln- nioiulH , nutuhes , etc. , nro added to this list dully. The Overland Tea company of Sun Fraiu'lKco.hnvo rollttod IhoBtoro , ii.0 ! S. 11th St. , near Fnrnain , Omaha , nnd In order to introduce their u < x > da , thin company put for GO days , souvenirs in every can of loix and i-oiteo sold mich nfl polld weld , silver and nickel watches , nlHo ( , 'mitiliie diamonds , in wild pold setting ; also money , and many other articles of IIMS valuo. Kvory can con tains a bonvonlr. The colToo. can anil contontH wolgh uboiit three pounds ; the ten , can and contents about ono nnd n half pound * . This expensive nnd novel wny of advcrtiHliiK will bo discontinued nftor GO dnys , nnd thcso really choice poods will bo cold strictly on their mer its but without , the souvunir. Of cottrso every purchaser must not oxpcct to fet a diamond or wutch. This company claim that they have just ns ROW ! n right to RIVO away watches , diamonds or other jewelry and money nathcircom- potitora have to give uwiiy glassware , ehromos , etc. Got up n club. These who fjot up a club order most always get u handsome present. Orders by mall promptly forwarded to all pnrts'of the United States on receipt of cash or post- office order. Terms : Slnplo can $1 ; six for thirteen for $10 , nnd twenty-sev en for $110. Address Overland Tea Co. , Omaha , Nebraska. A. TJ. Carpenter , Missouri Vnlloy , pout's hunting case gold watch in to.i ; Mrs. F. E. MorohotiHO , 18th st. , silver Btignr bowl ; Miss L. C. Walton , Ulth si. , silver butter dish ; Mr. M. C. Robinson , South -lOth st. , diamond ring in can tea ; Miss Mary Whitman , 9th st. , bllvor pleklu stand ; Mrs. V. II. Hamilton , Park avo. , silver live-bottle castor ; Mrs. B. II. Hoesntr , South Mth st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mr. J. C. Mills. Kearney , Neb. , mail order , gent's diamond stud in can leu ; Mrs. C. A. Kingsloy , Soutlk Omaha , silver plcklo stand ; Mrs. Wra. R. Kutsoll , 5J3d st.silver water pitcher ; Mrs. U. E. Poltor , Twenty-first st. , silver pieklo atund ; Miss Mamlo Suunderson , 17thsi. , lady's hunting ease gold watch in can tea ; Mr. Walter Bain Webster st. , silver cup ; Mrs. G. C. Kco- lor , Davenport st. , silver pickle stand ; Mrs. Anderson , Paul st. , diamond ring ; in can tea ; Mrs. M. C. Troadwell , Suuti- ders st. , silver sugar bowl : Mr. C. II. Allibon , 12Gth St. , silver plcklo stand ; Mrs. B. E. Fleming , IGth si. , 850 in gold coin in can tea ; Mrs. Geo. Groonwnv , S27th at. , silver butler dish ; Mrs. A. K. Fields , Hurnoy st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. H. E. Liclcmnn , N. 16th St. , silver pickle stand ; Miss Lou Golloway , Council Bluffsla.money In can _ tea ; Mrs.Thos. Sinclair , S. lth ! ) st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. Wm. Phillips , 110th st. , silver pieklo stand ; Mr. Wm. Munhnll , Loavonworth st. , silver cup ; Mrs. D. N. Burger , 18th St. . elegant solld gold ring , diamond , ruby nnd sapphire soling in ten ; Mrs. G. A. White , Blair , Nob. , mall or der , silver bailer dish in tea ; Mr. B. H. McComb , So. llth st. , silver sugar bowl ; Misa Georgia Putnam , Ilownrd st. , la dies' chatuluino watch in can tea ; Mr. M. II. Gaynor , silver five bottle castor , Mrs. P. M. Dumiston , SMli si. , silver cup ; Mr. Jus. E. Reynold , Cass si. , diamond mend ring in can loa ; Mrs. J. C. Newton - ton , Cuming st. , silver pickle stnnd ; Mrs. Waller K. Chase. Iznrd st. , silver sugar howl ; N. E. Bridge , So. Omaha , silver bullor dish ; Miss Jessie Shindloy , 42d and Sownrd sis. , silver pieklo stand ; Albert Ohio , cook at Cozzon's hotel , 9th st. , silver butter dish ; J. J. GrifTolh , Capital avo. , diamond ring in ten. D. W. Potri , St. Joseph , Mo. , mail order , silver cup in can tea ; Mrs. Chas. Buchanan , South Thirteenth street , silver butter dish ; Mr. P. T. Ilangeu , Douglas strcol , silver plcklo stund ; Miss Maude Howell , Chicago street , ladles' hunting case gold watch in can ton ; Miss A. R. Simmons , 14th St. . silver sugar bowl ; Mr. D. R. Trowbrldgo , Park avenue , silver five bottle castor ; A. W. Leonard , Howard strcol , diamond mend ring in can lea ; Mrs. C. L. Dean , 1/ard st. , silver butter dish ; Miss L. M. Brunswick , So. Omaha , ladies' lace scarf pin , diamond , ruby and sapphire selling in can tea ; Mr. W. R. Drummond , Davenport st. , silver pieklo stand ; Miss Lilllo Hawfov , 17th st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mr. Win. E. Kingsloy , N. 18lh St. , gout's diamond shirt stud in can tea ; Mrs. Carl Walker , Cumlugs. st. , silver butter dish ; Mr. Walter Whitmoro , Council Bluffs , In. , silver cnko stand in tea ; Mro.M. , E. Wymoro , Saundorsst. , can money in tea ; Mrs. V. H. Hunter , Ohio si , silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. Chas. Wnrron , Rock Suriugs , Wyo. Tor. , diamond mend ring in can lea ; Miss Ida Welch , S. 20th st. . silver pieklo stand ; Mr. Gco. Snyder , 17lh st. . silver sugar bowl ; Mrs. M. McArthy , S. 18th St. , silver bultcr dish ; Mrs. Chas. Edwards , N. 119th St. , $20 in gold coin in can tea ; Mrs. L. A. Littlolleld , So. 21th st. , silver sugar bowl ; Mr. Wm. A. Smith , Capitol avo. , gunt's hunting cnso gold watch in tea ; Mrs. Edw. A. Mooro. Nebraska City , mail order , elegant solitniro diamond mend ring nnd silver water pitcher in tea ; Mr. John O. Do Barr , South Omaha , silver sugar bowl ; Ml s Lou Gilmore , 9th St. , ladies' clmtuluino wnlch in can lea ; Mrs. C. I ) . Allen , So. 2ith ( St. , silver butler dish ; L. P. vVooks , South 6th st. , diamond ring In can tea ; Miss Bowman , North 18th st. , silver pieklo stand ; James R. Redmond , Chicago st. , silver flvo boltlo castor ; Mrs. W. L. Stowo , Daven port 8l. , can money in tea ; Miss Daisy Power , York , Nob. , mall order , dla mend ring and silver cup in tea. club order ; Mrs. W. T. Revere , S. 18th si. , silver butler dish ; Mr. James Phillips , Saunders st. , silver pieklo stand ; Mrs. Philip McLean , Sownrd st. , diamond collar bulton in tea : Mrs. Chns. D. Spencer , Council Bluffs. In. , silver sugar bowl ; Sam Du Bols , S. ( ith et. , silver butter dish. Mrs. J. B. Vian , with Electric Light Co. , silver pieklo stand ; Mrs. A. R. Todd , North 12th street , silver butter aish ; Mr. Chas. E. Raymond. Seward street , silver five-bottle castor : Miss May Redding , California strodl , liullcH chalolain walch , in can lea ; W. C. Colcl- lium , Cenler slroet , gent's hunting casa ijold wnlch , In tea ; Mrs. I. S. Whit- bomb , Cass street , silver butter dish ; Mrs. M. C. Warren , Pierce street , sil ver cake stand ; Mrs. A. C. Cunning ham , Hamilton strcol , diamond ring , in : au lea ; T. C. Parkins , South 17th strool , mail carrier , silver frull aland ; 0. B. Adams , Douglas slroel , silver pieklo stand ; Mrs. William A. Uond , Blnlr , Nob. , mail order , 120 In gold coin In can tea ; Henry E. Dabor , 40th at. , silver bu or dish ; MIsi Mutlio E. Pholus. Dorcas St. , ladles' Frold scarf pin , solitniro diamond Bul ling ; Mrs. E. O. Bnrwlck , Council Bluffs , la. , silver sugar bowl : Mrs , John K. Wilson , N. HHli Hi. , silver plcklo sland ; Mibs Lillie Wilholm , Capitol iivo. . can money m tea ; Mrs. Walter K. Reed , traveling salesman from Chicago cage , gent's elegant diamond shirt otud in can tea ; Mrs. J. B. Bo niton , S. 10Hi st. , silver butter dish ; Mrs. Aug Ollundorf , 151U St. , ullver pickle blund. *