TEE OMAHA DAUuY BEE : .SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17 , 1838 , THE DAILY BEE. ) EVUUY MOKNIMG. TT.IUIS OK HUIISCIII1TION. t ) llyMonilng ( Million ) Including Su.MUV Hrr.One Vtar . * I ? < " ForHlx.Monthn . Tor Three Months . . . & TUB OMAHA Ht'Nnvv HKK , mailed to any tldr ? ss. Ono Vcnr . - . JJJ WKKKi.rllKF. ono Year . . . . . . . - < " OMAIIAO HeT..NC \Ml919KAnVVMHTltIfcT. . CtllOUlO OUICKW.7 HOOKRUV lltflt.WMI. NKw-YoiiKOmrr , UOOMS 14 ksiilSTiumrsR Ilfll.IIINII. WAflHINOTON OlHCE , I > O. 613 3TIIEKT. rOHHKSl'ONDKNTI ? . AllcommimlcailotH relivtlnn to now and edi torial mutter should bo addressed to the l.liITdlt . , , , should no All buslnns * Idlers nnd remittances ftcldrpsseil to TUB IK.K 1'um.isiilMi fow-vvr. OMAIU. DrnftH , checks An < l tiostofflee orders to bdiiAile payable totlieorderof the company. The BcePalilisliniE'cipaiiir , Proprietors , K. UOSEWATHH. Editor. THK DAIIjV 11IJK. Sworn Statement ot Clruulatton. Btat.-of Nebraska. I , County ot DotiRlas. ( " " < ) porae It. T/sthuck. seriftary nfThe UNJ I'ul > - llshlmr Compiinr. doi > n Kolvtmily swcnr Hint the actual circulation f 'Inn DAILY \\vv. \ \ for the wwk ondlnK November 10 , ISUd wns nt follows : Sunday , Nov I . Monday , Nov. 0 Tuesday , : ov. i ! . Wortni'S'iny. Nov. T Thursday , Nov. 8 . . I rlilay , .Vnv o . i.4i Baturdiij.Nov 10 . onoitOK ii.T/acin OK. Bworn to bpforo we and subscribed In my prehcnco this 10th day of November A. I ) . IKS,1 * . ti al N. p. Fii : U Notary I'ubllc Btnto of Nebraska. I , B Count ) of DoiiKins. f ( li-orgo II. Iriclmck , beltiR duly sworn , dp. poso-sand says tlmt ho In svcretnry of thn live I'lilillidilitK company , that the actual avcraifo dully clrculatlun of 'lilt : luii.v HKK Cor th month of Not timber. 18H7. was IV tl copies : for December , W7. 1 V'll ' roplcx ; for January , 1HMS r > , aXJ copies ; for February , ItW. 1 Lice copies ; for .March , IKS1 * . HUWU copies ; for April , IMS 1H.744 roplcji ; for -May , IB' * ! * , 17. 1H1 copies ; for June , IK.SS. IC.un copies ; for July. IHHH , in.o.1.1 copies : for Annual , ISHH , IM.ISS copies ; forfeep t ember , IW-8 , lif.l&J coploH ; for October. IKSs. was 1H.W4 ( copies. ( UU ) . II TL'IIUCK. . Sworn to before m and mitnci ibod In my Presence this 7tli ilay of November , I88S. _ N. 1' . I'II I , Notary I'ubllc. Bv TUB WAY , has Attorney General Thurston niiulu up his oil-room cabinet ? H.utitisox will be obliged to organize a postal service of his own if Ilia duily mail koopn on prowing. Tun crop of candidates for the spenkership of the state legislature is springing out of the ground like mush rooms after a ruin storm. CHUUCII Howi : is laying his wires for the presidency of the state sonnto , but the Auburn statesman is likely to be tripped by his own private wire. Tin : bread eaters of the city prefer to pay six cents fora loaf of sixteen ounces rather than pay the bread makers five cents for a three-quarter loaf of twelve ounces. PAUL VAXDKitiiUJr has relieved him self of a bit of sell laudation in the Re publican. A marked paper will be sent to General Harrison. How would it dote to send Paulas minister-plenipotentiary to the Fiji Islands ? IGNATU'S DOXNKMA" telling the good people of the Black Hills , that Bacon wrote Shakespeare may excite some of Doadwood's most cultivated citizens to run Donnelly out of town at the muz/.lo of their six-shooters. No\y that the railroad companies arc required to pay for the construction of viaducts within the limits of Omaha , no disposition is shown by the council to construct any viaducts , although many railroad crossings in the city are a constant menace to lifo and vehicles. THE Knights of Labor , in their con vention , will in all probability inves tigate the man Gould who invented or at least circulated the dollar-a-day lie about General Harrison. It seems that Gould used the seal of the order upon his circular with the evident intention of injuring General Harrison. This was a flagrant abuse of the constitution of the Knights of Labor , and in consequence quence Mr. Gould is in danger of being Buranuirilv dealt with. TIIK railroad war of rates on packing house products , which promised to yield a rich harvest to the Omaha packing houses , is about to terminate in a compromise , the Chicago & North western having agreed to suspend action for one month on its proposal to reduce rates on packing house products and live stock for one month. In the mean time the regular monthly meeting of the association will take place , and lib the railroads look after their owa inter ests ilr&t , they will doubtless agree upon a schedule of rates , and the promised fat picking for the packing houses will pass into innocuous desuetude. A KKVOiitmox in rapid transit be tween Chicago and San Francisco and possibly between the Atlantic and Pa cific coast is imminent. The proposed fast special train to bo put on the Union Pacific December C is only one of the changes that are likely to take place with the new year. Competition has spurred on the Union Pacific to outstrip its rivals , as the Northern Pacific and the Topeka & Santa lj arc negotiating to establish fast through trains from Chicago to California. It is more than likely , therefore , that the Missouri lines will co-operate with the Union Pacific for a solid train from Chicago wept. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Till' railroad question continues to ho the burning one. An Oregon farmer who had iv great harvest of potatoes , shipped thorn to Portland by the Oregon gen lllvor Itailnxul and Steam Naviga tion company. The proceeds were just sufllclcnt to pay freight and transfer charges , for the roulo combines steam boat and railroad transit ; and yet the price roall/'ed In Portland was a good one. The men of Oregon propose to petition the state to tuku charge of the Improvements in the Columbia river , and to maUc the Cascade canal and clear u pagsngo through the Dalles as quickly us possible. The work is bolng done now by the United States , but so slowly that twonty-fivo years must elapse be fore the great rivdr Columbia rollu un- vexed to its junction with the Willam ette. CltUens of Portland four that tholr trade will have disappeared by that time , bo the local board of trade is vigorously oudcriln , ? the proposition. Mil. POn'DEltLV'S atAyiFEST UN The general report made byPowdcrly to the Knights of Labor sitting in con vention at Indianapolis will but con firm the opinion entertained by a few friends of labor reform outside of the order , that ho is a thoroughly incom petent man. This judgment was passed U | > oti him at the time of the Missouri Pacific strike , nnd moro recently the liurltngton btriko , when it was in his power to render a great service not only to his order but to the general cause of labor. Ho is unlit for a lender , and ho is unfit for a figure head. Ho has no tact , ho has no comprehension of cir cumstances , and ho is utterly unable to catch the drift of public sentiment , nnd of the footings of those worklngmen who are not knights. Like all wonk men in high position , ho interprets dissent from his policy to be treachery to the order. His minimi report id simply a series of excuses nnd com plaints for the diminished numbers of the knights. Nothing could bo in worse taste or moro foolish. Mr. Powdorly should bo the last man to discourage the order because its un wieldy mass has been shrinking away from various natural causes. Ho ought to know enough to know that the promibcuous recruiting of men of all grades and finks into the order was sure to drive out of It the wage-working class. Any man with a thimbleful of brains who has kept abreast with labor movements would have foreseen that the professional knights who have in vaded the order for personal and politi cal ends would form a wedge to split the order unless they wore excluded by the reorganization of the order on a strictly workingman's basis. Mr. Powderly has shown him self to bo a man of shallow mind , ready to embrace and advocate theories that are utterly im practicable and at variance with the natural laws that govern the labor market as they do the wheat market. The mission of the luiights is not , and should not , bo to fight the trades unions , nor yat to dominate them , and Powderly hat. done both. Sufh actions cannot but bo detrimental to the caiiboof labor , and naturally have tended to disintegrate the knights. Their strength lies in the fact that they by their organisation can bring into harmonious action with the trades unions the men , and the women workers , too , who- labor cannot well bo organised. Not only can they do thib , but they could be a potent factor in as sisting the trades unions in their disa greements with non-union men. Noth ing can bo clearer than that in all con tests with capital the trades unions are badly handicapped by the dead weight of unemployed labor. This unemployed labor can bo gathered under the banner of the knights and might be so handled that capital could not in future rely upon it. At present , whenever there is a strike capital lies back confidently , and calls this element to its aid. With a general master work man in control who understood things , matters might bo so managed that the knights could organize these men in such a way that they would aet with the trades unions not against them. Hith erto the policy of the knights , at least as far as outiidcrs have been able to judge , hus boon to ondeivor to utilize unorgnni/.ed labor to enable them to dominate the trades unions. Nothing can be more detrimental to the interests of the order than such an attempt , which is diametrically opposed to the common sense of workingmen , and has been pro ductive of very bad results. This policy grew out of the disease of the big head , which seems to have been fatal to gen eral master workmen generally. If any knight has been taught or has led him self to believe that his organization was destined to take the place of the trades unions ho is deceived , and the truth is not in him. The trades unions must ever bo the basis of all labor organiza tions , and the knights can never bo moro than a supplementary order , which will pass into desuctudo when the battle has been fought and the vic tory has been won. l SMALL Unless the democratic schemes for stealing congressional districts in West Virginia and some other states where the vote was very close are successful , the republicans will have control of the next house of roprc&ontativcs by a small majority. The early estimates are found to have been too sanguine , nnd now oven Senator Quay , whoso accuracy of judg ment in sucli matters has been abun dantly attested , and whose opportuni ties for obtaining trustworthy informa tion are the best , does not promise a re publican majority in the liou&u exceed ing six. This would be a narrow margin , but it would bo suflicMunt , for control , since there will bo in the fifty- first congress no "balance-of-powor" men. The next house will be divided on strict party lines , with no shifters or so-called independents to give solici tude to cither side. Regarding the ap prehended purpose of the democrats to countout republicans in tliesix or seven close districts where a recount will prob.ibly bo made , the mostt-orious dan ger to the republican dalmants is felt to bo in West Virginia , where the dom- crats are in control ot the election ma chinery. There and elsewhere , how ever , the republican managers will maintain a vigilant ana careful guar dianship of the returns , and the demo cratic schemers will not find it un easy matter to accomplish their suspected purpose of counting out the republican candidates. Thcro is a very general impression that the clerk ot the house of represent atives , whoso duty it is to proparn thn roll of the members elect , has it in his power to arrange the roll to as to do- prlvo the republicans of a majority , par ticularly in the event of the majority not exceeding two or three. This Is a mistaken Impression , The law gives the clerk no discretion In preparing Iho roll of mortibora elect where regular credentials of election are pre sented. It provides that "Before the first meeting of each con gress the clerk of the next preced ing hotiso of representatives shall make a roll of the ronroevntatlves- elect , and place therein the immcs of those potMons , and of .such puraon-j only , whoso credentials show that they wore regularly oloctetl in accordance with the laws of their states respectively , or the laws of the United States. " The plain and positive mandate of this law requires the clerk to place on the roll the nnmcs of all ropresentntlvcs-clcct whoso credentials nro presented in due form and properly attested by the seal of the state from which elected. In cases of contest , the man who obtains the certificate of election Is placed on the roll regardless of the merits of the controversy , the clerk hav ing no authority to go behind the certificate. If the certificate has been improperly obtained the claimant may bo objected to when called up by the speaker to take the oath of olllco , nnd made to stand aside until Iho house Is fully organised , when the right of the claimant to admission must bo passed upon by the house. There is , therefore , no ground for apprehension regarding the prospective action of the clerk of the house in preparing the roll of members elect. The eertllleato being in due form , the clerk is bound to place the name it contains on the roll. roll.But But while the clerk is powerless to arrange the roll of members elect to the disadvantage of the republicans , the fact remains that all who go UKJII | the roll , regardless of any question as to whether tholr certificates were prop erly obtained or not , participate in thu election of a speaker , and thus prac tically in the organi/utioti of the house , so that a person presenting a certificate obtained by fraud is permitted to assist equally with those respecting whoso election there is no question , in arrang ing the machinery by which the fraud may bo made effective. Thus , if in West Virginia , for example , the demo crats count out the republicans in the congressional districts and receive the certificates , thereby giving the demo crats a majority in the next house , the votes of these men will elect a speaker who will make up the committees , nnd this done it is not doubtful that the holders of IhobO certificates would bo given their seats. It is of the greatest importance , there fore , that the republicans in cloo and disputed districts shall exercise the ut most care and vigilance to prevent de feat by fraud. FOOT The scheme to re-locate fort Omaha never has been favored by any con siderable number of the citi/ens of Omaha. Our business men have prac tically been a unit against the project , and so expressed themselves through the bo.xrd of trade when the bill was pending in congress two years ago. Both Generals Howard and Crook wore most decidedly adverse to re-location and every commander of the post and staff olllcor attached to depart ment headquarters has given expression to the same views. General Brooke , the urnsent depart ment commander , would doubtless op pose the re-location were it not for the fact that congress has passed the bill to establish a new fort within ton miles of Omaha. Senator Mnnderson , who has been chiefly instrumental in the passage of that bill , has time and again assured our citizens that this monsuro was in spired by Gcncr.il Sheridan , who , at the head of the army , had adopted a policy of isolating the forts from largo cities , and refused to approve any fur ther appropriations for enlarging and improving the present fort. It was only because General Sheridan refused to permit Fort Omaha to be im proved on its present site that object ions from leading citi/ens of Omaha were finally withdrawn , and the bill passed without remonstrance. Now that General Scofield is at thn head of the army , it would seem to us that the projected removal of the fort is no longer a military necessity. If the lending business men and prop erty owners who regard , the re moval as a detriment to our city take prompt steps to stop further proceedings toward the purchase of a new bite and enlist Senator Man- dorson in this effort , wo have no doubt that the relocating bill can bo promptly repealed in December and a liberal ap propriation secured before congress adjourns to enlarge the old fort and erect substantial quarters for all the troops that may bo stationed hero. THU BUK has from the outset vigor ously protested against the proposed change , and wo still believe that such a change would bo damaging to this city , without materially benolitting the gov ernment. THE national board of trade in session at Chicago hud under discussion the question us to the relative value of the monthly crop reports issued by the de partment of agriculture , Itwaselaimod by the Chicago board of trade that thcbo monthly crop bulletins wore inaccurate and for that reason their issuance should bo discontinued. The prevailing opin ion of the con volition seemed to bo , how ever , that the department of agricul ture should bo given moro funds by congress in order to iimlco the reports moro accurate. It is u question whether the viowfa of the Chicago hoard of trade wore not on the whole correct. Crop reports are for the most part guesses , and often unre liable at that. It is impossible to ob tain accurate information us to growing crops , no matter how painstaking it may bo. Growing crops are such a variable quantity nnd subjected to such daily influences that what may bo true of the corenla of a particular section ono day may bo absolutely false within a week. Reliable monthly crop reports coiiBi'rjuontly are an impossibility. They arc misleading and do not serve the markets of thu world as they should. Tun increased value of Nebraska farm land has led the board of educa tional land and funds to ro-nppraiso the school lauds in several counties of the stnto. The board has just approved the recommendation tq raise the ap praisement of Tlmyer county school lands from ono dollar and fifty cunts to sovcn dollars an acre. The old valua tion ha.s properly boon recognised as being altoffflthor too low. Thayer count ) * is one of the richest and most desirable agricultural suctions of the stato. Land is sold in the county from fifteen to thirty-fho dollars per aero , nnd the state was constantly losing the benefit of the enhanced price on school lands duo to its low appraisement value. It is highly probable that n re-appraiso- montof the school lands in other coun ties of the state will take place. IT Is evident that our leading citizens are giving considerable attention to the amendments necessary to the charter in order to secure the best legislation for the city. The interviews published in Tin : Br.u from day to day are making clear where the faults and the dangers of the present charter Ho. With a full nnd fnir discussion by our people , the best means for remedying these defects will bo found , nnd our delegation will bo instructed what amendments to pro pose. That our charter should bo faulty in spots and need revision as ex perience should point out , was some thing which at the time of its passage was unavoidable. On the whole , the charter has been acceptable and when the crooked places in it have boon straightened , the interests of the city will bo much better protected. Tin : board of education has always on hand a list of substitutes and applicants from winch It can draw Its teachers for night schools without making a requisi tion on the duj force. Of the nine teach ers now employed in the night schools , six teach during the day. Cleurly their elHcioncy is more or less impaired for evening work. All things being equal , it would certainly bo to the advantage of the night schools to be taught by fresh and competent instructors. OT11VM LAXIJS 'WAX Ol'KS. An American missionary has given to the world of America a most graphic and start ling account of western China , a region of which \rcll-liiformeil people knew little * or nothing. The head center of Huddhistlc worship is Mount Oaici , and ho remained theie n mouth studying nil the marvels mound him , examining the trades of the people ple , noting their lives , nnd the influence of Buddhism upon them , vUitlng the romantic places In the neighborhood , wandering among the deep gorges of the mountains , and pin ticularlv that through which the Vaiig-tsc' forces its foaming way , and taking copious notes of the various ait objects which re main to testify to-day of a nobler epoch , u purer talth and a guilder clvili/ation. Some of these wonders must be better woi th see ing than the pyramids of llgypt. Ho de scribes an entire temple of line hard bionze of great antiquity and many colossal statues of bronze , ono of which is as largo as the monstrous one at Niira in Japan. They all are of Snkynnium. but the Japanese tjpe of the irod is different from thcso in wcstei n China. There nro also mountains chiselled into the forms of idols , but these are not Huddhistic , relating to Tartar Shintooism , and not unlike the immense roclc idols in Afghanistan. Recently there have been accounts in the eastern papers of the nourishing condition of tobacco cultuie in Cuba , and the people of the Havana evidently believe that they have a cinch on the poclcetbooks of wealthy smok ers all over the world. Turkish and Hun garian tob.iccos.aia , excellent for the pipe and the eigaretfe. "but , tha leaf cannot bo rolled into a ci ar ; &nd as the same thing is true of the OKiJuisity tob iccoa of Missouri , Kentucky anil } Tennessee , it has seemed hitheuo that thje monopoly enjoyed by the Havana clear \tn $ not-to be broken. Hut its day has come ntlasri The island of Sumatra cither wholly oV in part belongs to the Hol landers , and they have been steadily culti vating tobacco there and sa3 ing nothing tor some years past , and have doubtless been selling it in thu form of Henry Clayj or Ko g.ilias , , or some other liistcliss brand of Havana puios. Hut the American cigar maker bus obtained news of the fact , and this year tobacco to the amount of ยง li , ( ) > 0ll , ( ) ) > was purchased by them in Sumati.i and nlso in Amsterdam. Tlio tobacco of the Manilla islands has enjoyed a high tcputation for a long time , but that ot Sumatra is quite a new matter. Our good devout orthodox chi istiaus are not quite pleased that progress should have ' reached Jorusilom , because they imagi'ned that the vengeance of heaven had blasted it forever nnd a day. Yet the fact is undoubted that Jerusalem is Increasing rapidly In popu lation , and efforts are being made to cieato manufacturing industries. The chief ele ment in this surprising renaissance is the Jewish , but Russians , Greeks mid Armen ians arc also taking n hand in the rebuilding of the famous old city. Perhaps the ne\L thing will bo the rebuilding of the temple , though this is doubtful , for the most ad vanced thinkers among the Hebrewas for example Einanucl Ueutsch , are oy no means satislisd tli it their ancestors in remote times were the pure and loftv minded monotheists which the Jews are today. Their minus go out toward a renaisninco of Israel ns well us of Jciusalem. At piesent Jerusalem is bj ; no means a place of mouiiiing , and is beginning to wear quite a bustling look , as if it intended to be a city of the nineteenth century as well as of the .i emote past , like Alexandiia and Cairo. The Melbourne papers publish thu intelli gence that the Hritlsh government , that in satiable old cormorant , has annexed Zululand - land , and has made the Capo Colony a hand- somcoffer of Hechuanaland if they c ire to take it. The scheme of annexing Hoerland , or the Kieo Orange Republic , some years ago did not succeed , for the Knglish veterans al lowed themselves to ba disgracefully whipped by the wild Dutch Uoors at Swatz- kopf. The Iloers who proposed to defend themselves against the English invaders formed a camp upon the plateau of the Swatz kopf. The Hritish troops , intending to surprise them , climb-Mi up another side of thu mountain , and gained the crest , with the humane determination to massacre them as BOOH as it was daylight and the men were tested. Hut the Hoeis , inumsidorato followH that they were , discovered them at ilav- bieak , and immediately charged up nu al most precipitous ascent , mid with every dis advantage of position gained thu crest and drove the Hritlsfi headlong 1'ho nnglish also allowed themselves to bo whipped by thu Zulus , who lighting llko thu ancient Cheniscl under Arminius , armed only with tholr assugays , thu odact counterpart of the Chcrubcan frame.i , surrounded the Hrilish with a vast Bomt-cjirclp of men , and maidenly contracting the two Jiorns , massacred two- thlnm of Lord Chelmsford'H column at Isandlhwanu. Obviously the English onlv annex /njulnnd for fear that old Htsmuri'k might suddenly bcthink , him that the bravo Uoors were of gi\uulto \ ) Teutonic stock , and might annex Xnlnland for their benefit. It may bo that it will bo done yet. Some American Journalists are losing their heads uvor the trans Caspian railroad , which Is now running fnjui Astrubad to Samarkund , the capital of HoUiara. One in particular In a Chicago paper conjures up a vision of rlv airy to the United States which Is pitiable for its doiisenoss of ignorance. This writer assumes that within five years cotton raised In Central Asia may bo laid down in Liverpool - pool to compete with Amoiican cotton , and that Siberian wheat will similarly become u fierce rival to the product of the northwest This ia thuincttist bubble blowing that ever was indulged In. In the first place Hokharu Is not In Central Asia by a good deal , nnd be tween the two is a range of mountains cntlc-d the 1'amlr , upon winch the snow lies for nlno months in the year. On the eastern side of this range Is a succession of plateaus so elevated that it freezes every nignt , even in summer. In the second place there is no labor In Hokhara , nor in any of the khanates north , south and west of It , and these khanates are only oases in the burning desert of the Caspian region a saline desert caused by toe gradual shrinking of the Caspluu , which was formerly im ocean connected with the Arctic wntera. In the third place there is no population In Siberia amounting to any thing , nor Is It likely to nttnct immigration 11 the czar would permit It , which ho will not , In the fourth plnco the Russian wheat tnlscd in the Tchornosjom and exported from Khorsen nnd Ode sa principally by Gorman settlers , or the descendants of German set tlers , Is not nblo to compete with American wheat , nnd Its production 1ms fallen oft In consequence. Once for till Americans should understand that Russia Is so thinly popu- latrd that she is unabla to contend with the United States in the production of anything. ovou petroleum. As the present policy of the country is to permit no Immigration , not even of Germans , a hundred years must clapso before Russia competes with us In anything. Hy that time nil existing condi tions will have been changed , A project Is on foot to connect Snn Diego in lower California directly by a railroad with the City of Mexico. There Is In ovist- snco already n railroad , n branch of the Southern Pacific , which runs from Tort Yutim to tlii ? Mexican port of Guaymus on the Gulf of California , The intention is to build a road from San Diego to Fort Yuma , and then another from Guaymas along the coast line to Mnrnthui , and thcncn to Qiiailalnjnrn , which is already in connection by rail with the capital. There can ho no doubt that all this will bo accomplished rapidly and cftlcicntlv , for San Dlogo 1ms much eastern capital behind it , and none of the sections afford any dinicultlcs of engineering - ing liable to iiuiko great outlays Inevitable. Ono of the chief objects of the line Is un doubtedly to tup the anthracite coal beds of Sonora , for San Diego Is In great need of conl and entirely dependent upon the mercies of the Southern Pacific railway , which has conl beds up in Washington territory. If there was much enterprise in San Diego of the right kind , coal would bo brought from Kobe In Japan , which would be cheaper than hauling It by rail from Souonx nearly soveu hundred miles nwnv. Hut , this road would also malto San Diego the market for the beautiful woods of Mexico..and ' as the govern ment is willing to innko vain ible concession ! ) to the company , especially of the timber lands along the Cordilleras , there will bo great profit in it. The road from Guaymas to Guadalajara runs parallel with the great mountain chain on whoso foothills the lincst tlmbur grows. The company with ordinary prudence cannot full to make larpo profits , because the logs can bo cut nnd placed on the car xvith very little expense by utill/ing Hume power along a very great part of the line. * There nre some American Alpine climbers though not in in } * , and , indeed , the best lady Alpinist that was over known was Miss lire- voort , of New York , who ascended the Mount Pelvoux and the Deux Ecrius But as a rule Americans do not care particularly for climbing up precipices and building a cairn of stones on the summit with a niche in the center for a bottle containing tno names of the party making the ascent. With our English cousin it amounts to a pas sion , and theie are Englishmen who hunt ovori where for diflicillt mountains , that they may come nnd see mid overcome. This sum mer one of this genus strayed into the Rus sian mountains in the Caucasus and ascended to the summit of Elhuiz , which 1ms a trilling height of 19,3'iO foot. Having accomplished this feat not only in safety , but in comparative comfort , ho , iustead of resting on his laurels and going homo to be lionl/cd by the Alpine club , ciossed from the Black sea region of mountains to the Cas pian mountains on the west side in Daghus- tau. Oho of these called Kiubclc , is sup posed to be Mount Ararat , but it is not the highest , for that honor belongs to the Kosh- tan Tagh , nnd this mountain was the ono se lected by the Englishman and a colleague for their adventure. Tnoy had with them their SWIMS mountain guides , but no natives fer the Daghcstnnl mountaineers lufused to go with them on account of some supersti tion about the Ivoshtau Tagh , wh.ch , in the language of the country , bears a nama syn onimous with Yung Fiati , because the ascent to the summit has never been made. Tno British consul at Hatoum , and some. Ameri can and English gentlemen bade the paiu God speed , but it has never since been lie.ud of- The Dughestani mountnineeis declare that the Virgin of the mountain sent a tcrnllc storm in which they must have penshed. The gieatc'it anvietj is felt concerning them , but it is feared that the.aio . butieil hundreds of feet under snow , and will only come to the surface when the neve has be come n glacier and melts them out in com- panj with tha cobble stones of its moraine. Prom the observations of a Gorman scien tist namc.l Hann it appeals that the b inner town for uxtremo tempjratiuo is Morcho jansk. in Siberia Kiom the beginning of December the mean temperature is flfty- cight degrees below 7cro , which means that taking the tlicometrical leadings when the weather is not so very bad , and the readings when the cold is abnormal , and adding them together the mean is fifty-eight degrees below - low /ere. January and February aio still colder , and a minimum of seventy six dc- gi cos below /ero is a common occurrence. In January , IbSS , the minimum was eighty- nine degrees below zoro. Yet although these are terrible figures there is more suffer ing and death and loss in a little Nebraska bli/zatd when the mercury only sinks to twenty uino degrees below zero than in thu whole winter of Morehojanslc. The thermometer momotor only tolls part of thu storv. In tunso cold is not hard to bear when there is no wind , but nothing that lives can icsist a cold of twrnty degrees below /ero when it is hurled onward at n rate of liftj miles an hour. In Mcrchojansk there is tin absolute silence of all natural sounds. The winds do not blow , thu trees do not move , the dogs do not baric , but when mulllcd up warmly , men and women do not sillier. Upon the whole Nebraska and Dakota will contest the pnliii of supremacy with Morehojanslc. ii Aitou. By the persistent work of cigar makers' union. No. 20 , of Djnvur , teimmont and Chi nese cii ar making lias been abolished in Col orado's capital Eau Claire , \Vis. , 1ms a co-operativo store that recently dcclni ed a dividend of lOltf per cent to purchasers It has a patronage of neatly two hundred families The olllcials of two street railway compan ies in Buffalo have beun indicted for exact ing from their employes moro than ten hours woik in twelve consecutive hours. Mrs Lunora M. Hurry has been commis sioned to Iprtuic- for the Knights of Labor in addition to her regular worlc of inquiring into thu condition of female labor tin ougliout thu country , 1'ho carpenters and Joiners or Maiden , Mass. , have issued a notice to all carpenters and contractors that on ami after April 1 , they will demand nlno hours lor a day's worlc and on Saturday eight homs. A blacksmith in Xon Istown.Pa , has made nlno mlnlaturo horseshoes from a Hllvur ( Uino , The horseshoes nro all perfect , and tbo holes drilled for the insertion of nulls tire so binall that thuy will not udmit n sewing needle. The Hurlington , Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad company have purchased u lurgu tract of land near Sioux Kails , D. T. and n largo stone quarry will soon bo opened. This enterprise will give employment to hundreds of men At the fifth annual meeting of the Laun- domctu)1 ) national association , held recently at Cleveland , the delegates took to them selves the credit of bringing about the ex- elusion of the Chmust ) . This was donu by a memorial sent to congress , which hud a di rect influence on thu introduction of the hill. With thu closing of navigation on the great lal < os , Nov. in , ill ) , ( KM mun will bo thrown out of omploimeiit There nro0,000 men who uro sailors , deck hands , fliumcn and cnglu- 001 s. Thu 'longshoremen will number -10,000 , and among thorn aru the lumber-shovurs , the grain-trimmers , the coal-heavers , and the jro shovelers. Many of thcso men will go into the picking houses , while somu will go to the pineries for the winter. STATI3 .Joltings. Seward county is badly In need of a now court house , A two-weeks' revival meeting Is in pro gress at the Presbyterian church at Lyons , Charles liailoy , a prominent and oateomed cill/en of Wilbur , died of diopgy last Wednes day. Shoplifters have boon doing n wholesale , ob of "lifting" goods from Fremont stores nnd the police have allowed the offenders t ( escape , A resident of Elmwftoil during the pnsi season raised some very finely developed cot ton pods from seed. The presence ot a gnmbltng den In thcli midst is causing the respectable people o ! Tokamnu great grlof. Some vandal , armed with n bowlo Vnlfd , ruined thlrty-llvo hides In a Schuylor slatigh' tor house the other day. With the demise of the Hastings Gazette. Journal , the Hastings Nebraskan changed from n weekly to n dally. The North Bond B'lall has mndo n change of base and in future will bo published nt i'romont , the county scat. A purse of $150 has been raised nt Tokn- mnh for the benefit of Hilly Wilson , who was shot while trying to capture a burglar. A man named Coon was cnitclit soiling whiskey from a keg at the Weeping Water quarries the other day , and was arrested and sent to jail to await trial , A correspondent writes tlmt marriageable young ladles are evidently In great demand at Clarks , judging from the fact that n cer tain young lady received three proposals in one week. Five pirates of the Missouri were nrrcstod nt Nebraska City Thursday ns they were floating down the river on a tlutboat stolen nt Plattsmouth. Other articles of booty were also ciiptuicd aud held for the proper owners. There is n big rumpus in two families at Tekamnh over election wngers. A man who has been married but a short time bet Ills wife's gold watch against a gentleman's sli ver watch , with the evident intention of having a watch both for himself nnd his wife The wife's watch was , of course , lost. Another man bet his wife's sowing machine and lost it. town. The Sioux City oat meal mill has gone into a tiust and beun ordered closed. It is quite common for dogs to suicide by Jumping oft the high bridge at Dubuquc. Governor Larraheo Monday made nil in spection of the state treasury. The cash ou baud amounted to $5lWO.'i' ( : ( ' ) , and bonds 5Ji" > , - 525. Sixty-nine licenses for the sale of beverages - ages , beginning November 1 , have been taken out In Davenport. About onu hundred moro dealers are yet expected to come up nnd deposit their $ - ! . - > . W. F.Cnrlton , auditor of Dickinson county , was the llrst county auditor to forward his election returns to thu ofllco of the secretary of stato. This repot t was received the day after the ofllchl count was made. An old soldier named Burroughs , from Wnpello county , has been adjudged insane by the commissioners , out is held nt Marshall- town for disposition. The Independence asylum refuses to receive him , ns ho is not from its territory , and the Mt Pleasant asylum demands tlmt Wnpello county pay for Ins cam bufoio taking him there. The county auditors will hold a state con vention in Dos Monies beginning on thu Ultli ot December. The call is issued by ,1. Q Rathbono , of Eldora , Hardiu county. It Is the purpose of the auditors to consider nay matter of Importance to their woik and to bring out any needed changes in the laws re lating to their worlc , so that they may bo fully discussed befoio the next legislature meets. A two-year old child of James Craig , ro sidini' nt Clinton , was playing in the . \trnl Mondiiv , whcli it fell into an uncovered cis- turn. Mrs. Craig saw the child full and jumped In after it. Fortunately the water was only up to her arms , nnd , holding the child up shu succeeded in getting tue water out of its mouth aud throat. A neighbor who witnessed the accident rescued the mother and child , all unhurt , but torrioly frightened. The Great North went. Two feet of snow fell at Bullion , Elko county , Nevada , last Saturday. The republicans will have txvcnty majority on joint ballot in the next Wyoming legisla ture. ture.Last Last Satuidny 5150,000 worth of silver bullion was landed at the Shelby smelting works. A Skagit county , Wyoming territory , phy sician rcpoi ts that of seventeen bliths in his neighborhood this year sixteen have been bo.\s. The Wyoming Stock Growers' association has been thoroughly rcoignnirud , new by- liws made and eveii thing put in shape to get down to work W. C. Wilson , a LaiMinlo ( Wyo. ) druggist , Wheeled Engineer Donovan to Sherman in ti bairow us the result of tin elcctio.i bet. The distance traveled was forty-six miles. A new mining district lias boon discovered in Missoula county , Montana The ere taker , out is said to assay from 110 to 210 ounces of silver aud will average 50 per cent of lead. Rev. George II. Cornell , rector of St , Matthowr'b Episcopal chuiuh at Laiamio Wio. , iiiv been forced to iesign on account of his health uud has accepted a call from Sioux City , Ii. A vast bed of boratc of lime has boon dis co\cied in Curry county , Oregon , near the coast. The boratc of limo is thu ciudc stnto of borax. This deposit is said to bo half a milu lojig , ItOO feet wide and 30 feet deep It is said that an important discovery , con sisting of a large deposit of asbetes , lias been made at Laramlo Peak , Albany county , Wyoming. The nsbetes is found in a huge dyke of soipontnio , of which thu company has located liiSacres. The quantity , judging from the surface indications , is very large. Meagre icports of a shooting scrape on the Sail Juan river have reached Duiango , Colo. It appeals that a man by the name of 1 lamb- let t , who bears u hard icputation , bocamoIn volved in a quarrel with Edward Adams and shot him with n Winchester rillo. the hall passing through Adams' body. No fuithur paitieulais have been received. Hamblctt lias skipped out for the hills. bajs tha Willows Journal There Is a farmer in this vicinity who offers to furnish land to anv ono who will put it in fruit and grapes The purion who takes the land is to pay the taxes nnd receive all proceeds for four years. At the end of four years the land Is to be sold and the money received to bo equally divided between the original owner and thu man who has put on the Im provements aTHUISHTON'S STUMIMNG TOUK. It WIIH a Shrewd Kolicmo on thu Part of Mr. KluiDiill. Mr Holoombc , first vice picsldcnt of the Union Pacific , lias been licio long enough to enable those who arc at all observant to note tlmt it is his intention to carry out the policy which T. J. Potter by his deatli loft unlln- iihcd. Educated in the rnilioau business under Mr Pottur , patrom/od albo by him , advanced to exalted positions in the business , ho was the man upon whom Pottor'H favor restud as Ins own siicccsbor. Consistent with these facts Mr. Holcamb will carry out that policy The force on tha road will bt ) reduced to its lowest - est practical llmlt , nsd expenses will bo everywhere erywhoro curtailed. Mr. Kimball has been charged with the executive worlc thus outline - line , ! . None other than absolutely necessary improvements will bo mudo. Evury ollort will bo put forth to got the Outhwaitc bill passed , in which event some branching out will be undertaken. It has just come to light that Mr , Kimball lias donu something which ho thinks will curry favor with the administration , It will bo icmumbeied that Thnr.slon , the gen eral attorney , wont to Indiana to Htump for Harrison. It will also bo lomemborcd that ho icturnod unoxpeeledly His rot urn was on the dlieet order ol Churlus Francis Adams , who wax hoi o at that time , and who could not understand whv a # 1'JODO attorney was stumping instead of at tending to his railroad business , Kimhall insisted that Thiiiston was milking friends with thu in-coming ndminlHtni lion which would bo jnvaluablu to the roud- in the passugo of the Oilthwiuto bill. Adams relented and Thuiston went to Now Vorlt uud stumped witli Hlalno. Chaplain Nave's noply. Chaplain Nave , of l'"oit ' Omaha , has writ- ion the following with reference to the sol- illor criticism made upon his olToits to RCCUIB by donation books for a library at the post in this city < A number of articles , purporting to como from soldiois at Kort Omaha , have appeared In THIS UKK rocentlv. critic uing the jirojios. itlon by people of thn city to establish u li brary at the post. Who the purlins nro wo do not know , but they rio not icproscnt the ofll wrs nor the hotter elastt of soldier * . TJu-so ire far from doliig or siijlnj } HIIJ thing that ivould reflect unkindly upon a ajiontuneaus jxproHon ( of good will. The btafwerjts mndc by the correspondent nte nml should be. treated ns sm-li. For Instance our statement was tlmt f 200 had recently been appropriated for the purchase of book * for the post library. I saw onn ot the ofH ocrs of the board whlih mndo thu nppniprlu * tion , nnd ho informed cue the sum WHS tJ.V , . General Wlieaton. romnmmtlng the post , authorises mo to s.-ij that the pro | > osllion wns a Burprlso which ho highly npprwmtps , nnd that if the citizens ot Onmlin offer him a library for the uo of his regiment and thOMi that succeed him at Koit Omaha , ho will bit glad to receive it ns n token of good will from the people with whom ho nnu hit conv * mand enjoy such pleasant relations , Ho np predates the InoMlnmbla vnlueof such a gift , nnd the public spirit of which it would bo ml expression. Ho utterly dissents from the Interpretation given the proposition by the soldier contributor , If ho was a soldier , that such n gift to an institution , with an over- changing iKsrsonnel , would bo in any scnso charity , but tlmt It would intlier bo n act of broad philanthropy , nnd would show tha immediate sympathy between the military nnd civil communities. KEKDHAM'S MONDSMKMt They Strive In Vain to Have ft BotltO * inont With the CoinnilnNtnncrs. A somewhat heated Intoi view between tha county commUslonorft on the ono side , and Mr , C. P. Nccdham , formerly county clorlt of this county , ami his bondsmen on the other , took plnco yesterday afternoon in the court houso. The cnuso of the discussion wns about as follows ! Two years ago it became necessary for the county to have a now set of general Index books made from the old ones then In tiso In the county clerk's olllcc , the old books being in a very dilapidated condition , Mr Need- ham , who was then county clerk , got the contract and was to bo allowed nt the rate of r > cents for each entry made In the now books. This would amount to about $7HK ( ) . Ho finished the work mid turned It over to the commissioners , who accepted it. Mr , Ncedhiun held several thousand del lars of the county's money nt that time , auct on leaving ofllco deducted the $7,000 out ol thu amount as payment for the work done on the indices , 'Iho commissioners did not ob < jeet then , but a short time lifter taking his olllco Mr. Megeath , the present register of deeds , ami Necdham's successor , found fault with the worlc done by the latter and re ported it to the commissioners. Ono of the commissioners , who is no friend of Need * ham's , and another who had recently boon elected , took the matter under consideration and notified Need hum tlmt ho must lotuni the $ rUOO. This ho refused to do , when the county attorney wns instructed by a resolu tion of the county board to proceed against Necdham's bondsmen to recover the money in dispute. The nrtion Is now pending in the district court nnd it wns with the object of arbitration and settlement that the bondsmen aud commissioners met yesterday. Mr. Needliam wants to allow the county to go on with thu suit. His bondsmen want to settle and , if necessary , give up part of tha moimy held by Nc'odham. Some of the commissioners sny that the books were returned reasonably correct anil that Need ham should be paid for the work done , whilst the other portion of the board thinks ho Hhoula give back the whole amount. How the case will bo settled , future de velopments will prove. There is also anotner claim against Need- ham for something over J400 for foes not rot turned by him during the lust yuar of hit term of olllco. _ ; LIN1NGKII Another Visit to the Hxhihit or the Western Art ARHOcintlon. "Omaha Is full of people who can appre ciate a good thing when they BOO it , " said , Senator Liningcr , yesterday "and I wish you would inform them that the exhibition of the Western Art association loaves the gallery this week and they must get around. There is no fear that the thing will not provo a 'go. ' There are 300 people In the association and this exhibition is a stupendous surprise to the most enthusiastic of us , but there uro a number of contributors , young girls and othois , whoso work is worthy of a place in most European galleries , who need encour agement. Another thing , there are excellent ai lists hero who must live , uud whoso pic- tuies nro for salo. There nro also rich men in the city whoso walls need beautifying who will go to the Old world nnd pay two pricoa for woik of half the merit. A word to taa wise is siifllcient. " Thu attendance at the gallery Thursday night and yesterday was vuij encouraging , though these who can manage it will get tha best satisfaction from an aftuinoou or moiu. ing visit. The china exhibit , ns now arranged , Is attracting a gieat deal of attention. Mcllona AI Hutterliuld's Royal Worcester vases and chocolate pot are beautiful in design and workmanship , as also aio her pluquus , border designs and tile woik. Mrs. II. D. Estabroole has a delicately tinted .sot qf soup plates and tuieen in sepia and violets. Airs. L. V. Phlli lips , of Grand Island , also has some exquisite designs , notably u Alargscnte china plaqua and a portiait on chma. Miss Almnio Black burn , Alls Gilbert , Airs. Alorrow , Alra. Pier -o , Mrs. Wheeler and others , havd nddud dainty features to tno display. Among1 the water colois , Atis Chaso's Chinese-Ian- teius is n prettily colored conceit. Alias Hni net E. Hrown's "Still Llfo" ( : ) is much admired. Several screens Hliow some coin * mcndablo work , among them Ethel Aliol * stone's "Studies from Natuio" is specially lumarkable. Airs , Alummigh's ' 'Coming1 Homo" shows superior skill in both drawing and coloiing , anil Airs , bilkwortli's ' copy o an Ins , is ono of the gems of thu collection. It can readily bo uuJurstood that out ot the 370 exhibits , only iWerv limited iiumbcD can be noticed in a brief visit. Altogether thu array is decidedly commendable , nml furnishes matoiiul for houiti of delightful ciitcitaiiimeiit IMrn. Gould niiioh Improved. Nmv YOHK , Nov 10- Mrs , Jay Could spent a very quiet night and tier condition till * morning whowed much improvement. Discuses Cured by CiiUrnra Itrimdics vtlieii Hot Spring Dorlors mid all other Medicines Fall. Having boon n murmur for two jcars find n Imirrromii dlHuitsu caused by a bruise on I hu leg , nnd linvlng been c nroil by thu ( I'Tit I HA. KKMICIIII s nhmi nil ntlicii niiitliO'lH ' nnd rumu- * dim fulled , I dtttmi It my duty lo it-Loiiimonc ! tiuim , I United ) { ot > i > ilnm to no in all , nml tried tuncial doUoiH without natcni , and uB last our principal druggist , Mr. John I' , llnliy i to whom I Hlmll ovci In.'l lautcfnli. upokn to inn ibout l'i iiri'iu , mid I consent id to glto Ilirm i trial with thuiufiilttlml I am perfi'itlv rurud. I licit ; Is no\v no sate about mo. 1 think I cm iiiou thu largest tiurfuio whom my null rlng-i tpiang from of iiny ono In thu stato. 'Jh < t Cun- UK i llrMiiiiis : uro thu bust blood mid Hkut unisiminufiictuiud I iofur to driigftlNt John I' . Klnluy and Dr. I ) I' .Montgomery , both of [ ilacc , nnd to Dr. Smith , of l.alco lco , MlnH. AUIXANDIIH IIKACII , ( irnonvlllu. Miss , Mr. Heath tiMMl thu OUIUUIIA KIMIIUEH : ; , ut our leiincat. with lusnltH ns above gtali d , A. II. 1'INI.AV Ai CO. , UrUHK 7 Y-IOAKS oumw. I have berni troubled lth scrofula MBVOII > oai H , hlUi llrut hl.ii ted on tli top of my bum ! , { Ivlug mo Inlliiltn tioiibln. nllli tuimtunt Itch * nil. carttinit elf of dry scales , und a watery liinld uxmluil rri > m nndur lliuHculos , I trtutoj t tor HCM'ii juuitt unsuccessfully nnd w us un- inli ) to rln ok It until I round ) om dmti'iiv ( KMI.IIIMi Oil" box CUTUHIIU , OllUCllklU t'Tl- i ui Hi ni' . and onu bottlu ( JinimuiA li'.siir. ( < , Kwriomplutuly rurod mi' , myulcln becomuiif urfectly Ur.u and smooth H J. DAVIS. AtteMu , Ios Angeles On , , Col , WIN l > 15KAKn nyiOAIlH riHlf ) ; > . Your GiniciTiiA KKMMHKS did uomleifu , lilnits tor nut. They cured my skin dls ( usul vhlcn liui bucn of Iho ynurit' utiindlnir , aftuc Minified ot dull irs Inul boon upcnt lu tilii ( ; te nto It. Nothing did me any iood ; until I corn * lll'llCLMl tilt ) UHO Ot thu ClirlCUIIA ItUHIIIIIl-S , > ui houco will linrcir bu without Ilium. Mils. ItOKA KKIIV , Uocknull City. Callioun Co. , la. Hold ovci yw hero llir < ) : CuTicuiiA..Vc.SoAi't ) "o. ; Ki.soi.i i.sr : , } l. Vrojiurud by the J'UTTKU IMIHI AMI ClIHMIOAI. CO. , IIOhTON , MA1H ftf-Hond for "How to C'uiu Hkli UlxeiMM , " 04 lageu. Ml 1111111/4110111 and IUO tuatlmonlalH. HIIH.I'.S bl.ilc.loadK , tuil.rnuKh.chappod nuil 1111 otlyiuln jnoventuJ by C'UIIUUUA POAI * NORHEUMATlZ ABOUT ME ! CM : J.-INUIT. ihoC'UTiciniA ANTI. J'ilN J'lSTKIl fellow * llllttllllllUC. 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