Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEnTHURSDAY , MARCH 20 , 1891 ,
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BETWIKX a municipal election nnd
the In grippe , Chicago ii getting a good
flonl the worst of it.
CHAPLAIN' DIPFUNIIACIIKII'S
prayer
ful roast of the tr.iitorlous Taylor wns iv
work of airt nnd worthy to bo pasted in
the state scrap-book.
CiiA'rrnr , mortgage sharks will learn
with alarm that nn net lias passed , the
Jiouso which prohibits proceedings upon
n chattel mortgage given to secure
usurious interest.
IT 18 painful to hnvo to record thnt
Bank or Koan of Chicago , the eminent
authority on 1119 commercial aspects of
prohibition , has been indicted for do-
( rauding his creditors.
GENHUAL MILKS will bo escorted Into
Jtfoxico by leading military dignitaries
of our neighboring republic. When
General Scotl entered Mexico ho was
not accorded similar courtesies , but ho
cot there just the same.
CHAIRMAN BIRKHAUSUK claims thnt
ho will eave the taxpayers 815,000 by
canceling the asphalt contracts not com
pleted November 10 last. This is a bet
tor reason if correct than personal ill-
will against the asphalt contractor.
CITY olllclalu connected directly with
the depart inout of public works can onrn
their salaries while the winter lingers
by performing a vast deal of the work
preliminary to the extensive improve
ments to bo undertaken this season.
IT is to bo hoped that the story of
Secretary Proctor's approaching resig
nation in not truo. Ho has been one of
the most successful members of the cab
inet and should remain in the presi
dent's olllclnl family to the end of his
term. *
TIIK Central park elephant known ns
"Tip" has killed eight keepers and mndo
a good beginning on his ninth. If the
Now Orleans mobocrats had got this
"Tip" in tirao they could have accom
plished deadly results and incurred no
international broil.
TllK California legislative bribery in-
vostlgation committee traced the suspi
cious checks from the Southern Pacific
railroad company's ofllco to the state
library floor , but there the trail ended.
Who got the boodle or what it was for
remains a state socrot.
A HK.I.I requiring that n daily record
of real and chattel mortgages shall bo
kept for statistical purposes has passed
the senate nnd will probably become
law. It is n worthy measure nnd will
present information to the public upon a
topic In which all are interested.
IOWA'S executive council , after hoar
Ing exhaustive arguments from the alll
nnco for an Increase of the total railway
assessment from 812,858,890 to-$80,000,000
nnd from railway attorneys against any
incronso , agreed upon $44,550,617 as the
figure for the next fiscal year. The
mountain labored and brought forth
mouse.
TUB unfairness of the proposed logls
latlvo apportionment bill Is patent upoi
its fnco. It re-enacts the apportionment.
law of 1887 , which was based upon the
etuto census of 1885 , It ignores the
growth of the state in the past five years
nnd discriminates against the more prosperous -
porous sections in the interest of coun
ties and districts which have not kept
pace with the general forward move
ment of the stato.
TIIK house knocked one scheme of the
Lincoln real estate ring squarely in the
head. This wns the bill providing for
the construction of a boulevard through
the university farm. Tlio olllcors of the
university did not nsk or desire it It
had no supporters outside of the real es
tate combine and iU servile tools in the
house. It wus an attempt to use the
property nnd money of the state to boom
private interests. The house did a good
thing wlion it eat down upon It , gently
but firmly ,
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110MBSKKKKKS FOH SKDHASlfA ,
The amount ot misinformation that ,
prevails concerning Nebraska la sur
prising. Every Inflttonco should bo
brought to'boar to correct the false ro-
poptu that have boon published broad
cast nnd lo bring now poonlo to the
stulo to fltuily the advantages which it
holds out to homoscohors.
Local boards ol trade in several In
terior cities are making great efforts at
thi-s time to attract a now and thrifty
class of settlers to take advantage of
the pre'ont low prices of farm proper-
tics. Some of .those bodies have sent
committees to Illinois , West Virginia
nnd olsowhoro.They have encountered
nn obstacle In the shape of the rcfusal-of
the rallfo'ids to run the usual harvest
excursions , which furnish facilities for
homcbookurs to BOO tin stale to the best
advantage and during the season of
growing crops. This refusal , If per
sisted In , would practically defeat these
well meant efforts to develop the state.
It is understood that the ground upon
which the railroads object to the contin
uance of the excursions is that they fur
nish an opportunity for scalpers to lend
up with cheap tickets , and that the ad
vantages Intended only for gcnulno
hotnesookors are diverted to the bandit
of the general traveling public. Ono
railroad official Bu gosls a way out of
this dlQlculty that would doubtless bo
profitable for the roads and acceptable to
the public. lie says that the present
excursion rates nro based on iv faro mid
one-third for the round trip , which
amounts to about two cents per mile. IIo
suggests that the railroads make n two-
cunt rate over all lines from May 15 to
September 15 , which Is the period cov
ered by the harvest excursions. This
would pro/'Ido for homesookors , In
crease general trailic mid plvo the scalp
ers no advantage over the roads. It
would also glvo the public tlio benefit ot
reasonable 'railroad rates throughout
the west for at least one-third of the
year. It is to bo hoped that the rail
roads will RCO the wlsdomof adopting
faticli a course.
It Is essential to the development of
the state thnt the present determination
of the roads to discontinue the harvest
excursions should bo overcome. To drop
thorn now would bo to pivo credence to
the stories of disaster that have wrought
so much injury to Nebraska in the last
few months. It is to bo hoped that tlio
oilorts of local boards of trade to induce
the Trails-Missouri association to recon
sider its decision will bo completely
successful.
XO Iff DUN OVTUltEAK.
Space writers are making the best of
the question whether or not the Sioux
will rebel again in the spring and space
writers are doing northern Nebraska
nnd the two Dakotas Incalculable harm
by their sensational publications. The
government is represented at all the
Sioux agencies In South Dakota by
agents of the interior department and
otllcors of the United States army. It
is lu position to know definitely and
promptly what the Indians are doing
and what they propose to do. At all the
Indian agencies are squawmcn half-
broods and thoroughly loyal full bloods
who will Immediately report to repre
sentatives of the government any move
of turbulent Indians looking forward to
trouble in the spring. Self interest if
not loyalty would intluco all these classes
to desire peace. War moans the de
struction of their little homos , the loss
of ponies nnd the hardships of hostility
with no corresponding recompense.
Having already allied themselves with
the whites and incurred the displeasure
of their incorrigible nonprogresslvo
neighbors , they cannot look to thorn for
consideration. This is plainly shown by
the incidents of the recent uprising.
The white man's property off the reser
vation was undisturbed whllo the little
ranches of Indians known to bo indus
trious and anxious to " walk in the white
man's way , " were looted and destroyed.
There are troops at every ageacy
where trouble could occur. All around
the Indian country others are stationed
In forts and cantonments. Several hun
dred Indian scouts have boon enlisted.
These are trustworthy as rocout events
have conclusively proved. Every agent
has a police force under his control and
Indian police have likewise shown tboin-
jolves reliable and loyal. At all the
agencies except Pine Ridge , the agents
are mon of experience and of nerve
ivhioh has already boon tested. At Pine
Ridge an officer of the army is ia charge
ivith tlio Ninth cavalry , several compan-
.os of scfflKs and a largo police force at
Ills back.
All the agents report the Indians quiet
nnd no probability of trouble. All the of
ficial reports of army olllcors nro to the
same effect. Lovol-hoaded frontiersmen
agree that there is no occasion for trouble
or foarof an outbreak. The government
has removed all just causosfor complaint
by making provision for the fulfillment
of treaty obligations. Agents , army of
ficers and the two departments at Wash
ington are exorcising tbo utmost vigi
lance.
A war is almost impossible ; It is en
tirely improbable. The space writers
nnd alarmists would perform the public
asorvlco by knocking off and taking a
rest nt least until spring.
AN KX'SllKlSTKll ONTlIESKAli DISl'UTR.
Secretary Bhiiuo , in preparing his
reply to the lust communication from
Lord Salisbury on the Bohring son con
troversy , will not bo able to obtain any
useful suggestions from the contribution
which ox-Mlnlstor Phelps makes to the
discussion of this question in nn eastern
magazine , but ho may find a measure of
reassurance in the very positive way
in which the posltioa of the administra
tion Is approved. Mr. Phelps was the
American minister to England during
the Cleveland administration , and was
thus enabled to gala a very thorough
knowledge of the Bohring sea Issue nnd
the contentions of the two governments
regarding it. As a lawyer ho stands
very high , nnd the fact that ho is po
litically a democrat gives especial force
to his views sustaining the course of the
government.
Mr. Phelps argues thnt the United
States bus a property right in the
sealing industry , and that it is the ob
vious duty of the government to protect
thnt right. Ho maintains that the freedom -
dom of the sea , which is the right to
pass and ropass upon It , without hln-
dranco or molestation in Iho pursuit of
all honest business and ploaouro , docs
not authorize Injury to Iho property or
just rights of others , which are aa
sacred at sea as on shore. The seals
make their homo on American aoll , nnd
therefore belong to the proprietors of
the soil and nro a part of their property.
This quality they do not lose by passing
from ono part of the territory to
another In a regular and periodical
migration necessary to their llfo. Even
though in making It they pans temporarily
arily through water that is moro than
three miles from land. The eca is not
for marauders , nnd Mr. Phelps remarks
that its freedom is largely a figure of
speech. It is not free , ho snys , it has
never been free for any purpose what
ever Injurious to the rights , the proper
ty , or the honor of n nation able to defend -
fond Itself , or oven to these interests of
a nation which nro paramount in im
portance to the more profit to bo made
out of an othorwlso lawful act that endangers -
dangers them.
Mr. Phelps declares thnt the issue in
Iho cnso , to which all ether inquiries tire
only subordinate , is whether the Cana
dian ships have an Indefensible right to
do precisely what they have done and
are doing , and Unit supreme issue tlio
British government has not mot and
probably will not. As to the proposal
to settle the controversy by arbitration ,
Mr. Plmlps docs not regard it favorably ,
his view being that there are but three
methods by which the question can bo
settled : First , by putting u stop without
further dobnto to the depredations ef
Individual foreigners upon the brooding
seals ; second , by conceding to these for
eigners the right to destroy the fishery
and withdrawing further remonstrance ;
and third , by continuing the discussion
with Great Britain of the abstract ques
tions supposed lo bo involved until the
extermination of the seal is completed
and the subject of .tho dispute thereby
exhausted.
It Is hardly probable that the article
of Mr. Pliclps was written before the
last communication of Lord Salisbury
was made public , othorwlso the ox-
minister could hardly have concluded
that arbitration is out of the question.
But in any event the intelligent opinion
of the country will not agree with him
that there is no ether method than these
ho suggests for settling this 'jontrovorsy ,
the iirdt of which would probably lend
to war , and the second would bo a , humi
liating backdown. The consensus of
opinion is that the dispute should bo sub
mitted to arbitration , and there is very
favorable promise that this resource will
bo agreed on. The decision now rests
largely with the government of the
United States , nnd the reply of Secre
tary Bluino to the last communication
from the British government will doubtless -
loss determine what the future corn-do
regarding this issue , so far as the pres
ent administration Is concerned , is to bo.
31KAT INSPECTION IlKOVLATIOKS.
In view of the fact that the secretary
of agriculture is preparing to put into
effect at once the moat inspection law
passed by the last congress , n reference
to the requirements of the act will bo in
teresting to all stock raisers and to exporters -
porters of cattle nnd moats. It is a com
prehensive law , designed to remove all
reasonable cause of apprehension re
garding the condition of cattle , hogs ,
and their products , exported from the
United States to foreign countries , nnd
if faithfully enforced , as undoubtedly it
will bo by Secretary Rusk , upon whom
is devolved the entire responsibility , It
must eventually have the oiled of
silencing all complaint from abroad re
specting American meats.
The act requires u careful inspection
by competent persons of all cattle in
tended for export , the inspectors giving
a corliflcato for cattle found to bo free
from disease , which certificate must bo
presented by every vessel carrying cattle -
tlo before u clearance will bo given ,
attlo , the moat of which Is to bo exported -
ported , must also bo inspected und the
same conditions as above complied with.
The act extends inspection requirements
so ns to include all cattle , sheep and
hogs which are subjects of interstate
commerce , and are about to bo slaugh
tered in any state or territory to bo
transported and sold for human con
sumption in any ether atato or territory ,
and in addition to this there shall bo a
post mortem examination In any case
deemed necessary to ascertain whether
the moat is sound and wholesome. All
moat and ether animal products found to
bo free from dlsoaso and lit for human
food must bo properly marked as such ,
and it is made a misdemeanor to trans
port or offer for transportation carcasses
or the products thereof which have boon
found unsound or diseased. The act
does not apply to any cattle , sheep or
swine slaughtered by any fanner tvpon
his farm , unless the carcasses are sent
to any packing and canning establish
ment and are intended for transporta
tion beyond the limits of the state or
territory.
The value of this law Is yet to bo dem
onstrated , but there can bo no doubt
that it was absolutely necessary to make
such provisions for national inspection
in order to break down the barriers
which foreign countries hnvo enacted
against our cattle and moats. With
this law thoroughly nnd efficiently en
forced , and the department of ngricul-
turo can to depended on to sou tlmt this
is done , there will no longer bo a justl
flablo excuse for the exclusion of Amor !
can meats from the European markets ,
and iiny country adhering to this policy
of discrimination against us will have
no just reason to complain if wo have
recourse to.a . llko policy. It Is
evidently the intention of the
administration to exhaust every
menus to assure foreign governments
monts of our desire to protect their people
ple from all danger of getting unsound
or diseased moats from the United
States ,1 danger , it may bo remarked
incidentally , that even under present
conditions is extremely small and if
that fails to remove the existing restric
tions and to brine us fair and just treat
ment , the authority which congress has
given the president to impose discrim
inating duties upon forolgn products
will undoubtedly bo exorcised , and it
will have the very general approval of
the country. Having met all the re
quirements which forolgn governments
ask la this matter , wo shall bo justified
In adopting sovcroi measures of rotiilla-
tloil If they still refuse to deal with us
-fairly , In glvinfr our moats nt least an
equal opportunity Jn , llioir markets with
these of other countries. The now in
spection regulations will also bo f\n tid-
dlttonnl protection to our own people
against unsound-it- diseased meats.
PVSII
The best In vestment Omaha over made
wns her largo expenditures for public
.improvements. < Every taxpayer has
hpon dlroctly botlofltcd in the Increased
vnhto of Ills properly and has enjoyed
the indirect advantage coming from the
general prosperity of the city which fol
lowed and kept pace with those Im
provements.
The wisest and In fact the only why to
build up this city is to continue public
work. There are still miles of. tmptivod
streolH hi the midst of populous sections
of Omaha , nnd sewers are needed in re
gions not far removed from business con-
tors. Many streets badly need grading.
There Is a vast amount , ° f Important 1m-
_ provomont work before the city , nnd
nothing should bo allowed to Interfere
with the progress In this right direction.
The early passage of the iimondinonts
to the city charter and the approach ot
spring suggest the propriety of giving
the subject Immediate attention. Every
contemplated grade or street Improve
ment requires n certain amount of pre
liminary work in circulating petitions ,
drafting resolutions , satisfying Interest
ed property owners < advertising , survey
ing , etc. Now is the time to take these
iiocnssnry steps , when the weather will
not permit outdoor labor nnd when city
officials are not particularly busy.
Omaha should put on now strength
this fconson , Thu money panics nnd
business depressions have done tholr
worst. Omaha has sustained her credit ,
increased her population and outstripped
her neighbors in every direction during
these dull and uncertain periods. Lot
her now assort herself and anticipate by
a few months the approaching revival of
business.
E.'ery taxpayer , every lab'orer , every
body will bo benefited by the city's
enterprise. It will glvo omploy-
mcn to idle mon ; it will put
into circulation largo sums of money ,
it will bo the harbinger of the prosper
ity which good crops , good times and
Omaha's good reputation all combine to
bring to the city within a very few
months.
Tlio outlook is'oacotl'raging. ' Wo can
not afford to bo indolent. Our commer
cial rivals are wlda-awako. They are
sparing no effort 'id recover lost ground
and gain other ! ad vantages. Aggres
sive cities like aggressive people are the
successful ones. *
THE resumption of public work by Iho
city will stimulate the local capitalists ;
will Invite foreign enterprises ; will
arouse all the elements of push , energy
and hope out qf. .which- , cities prosper
and develop. Thoioason of ISfll ought
to bo , and with yjropo'r attention to our
business will baI.a } red letter year for
Omaha. ' j , / . . _ ' . .
A ciiAntMAN" lfiwouncil , committee
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loses important ; papers'roforrcd to him ,
another chuirmtm 'doctors them after
the committee has passed upon their
merits. A third * do'os nothing with
these referred to his committoo. All
this merely points to the conornl inolll-
cicney and Incompotoncy of the council
if nothing worse.
GovKiiNou Pucic's veto of a bill ap
propriating 850,000 for the support ol
the Wnupacn , Wis. , veterans' home , has
aroused a great deal of fooling among
cx-soldlors in the Badger stato. Al
though the governor has a national rep
utation as a humorist , the veterans re
fuse to regard this aa a legitimate joke.
EiiHENPFOKT got a roasting In the
state senate the pain from which It will
UiKo considerable corporation oil to as
suage. Ehronpfort has an income of
$100 as assessor ol the First ward. Ho
was at Lincoln for weeks. Ehronpfort
can do a great deal vith.8180.
NOTICE has been served on General
Palmer by Carter Harrison that the
little mill now arranged between him
self and M'lyo'r Croglor will bo fought
out without a referee and the sonntor-
elect from Illinois Is advised to keep his
proper distance * .
FIVE juries drawn the prosenttorm o
the district court have failed to agree
upon verdicts. This moans five now
trials and the consequent expense.
EIGHT hours shall constitute n day's
work for the street laborers of the strool
commissioner's force , unless the mayoi
shall again interpose his veto.
T K working season promises to BOO n
largo number of enterprises undertaken
in Omaha which will employ labor * anc
circulate currency.
THK city council in its haste to ex
pend every dolltn-jOj the crosswalk fund ,
appears to have exceeded the appropria
tiou. by 20 per conttl
DuiiiNO these blustering days doe ; .
the now time hooper who Is to vrntcl
the street cleaning contractor , draw a
per diomV ' F J _
Tin : mayor's Vo'toos reported at the
meeting of the cinuiuil were all basot
upon reasonable grounds und were sus
tained. A S3
TIIK council threatens to dispossess
the city scavenger .of his fat contract ,
which ono councilman pronounces rob-
SOONKU or later , public sentiment will
compel the street car company to estab
lish n liberal system of transfers.
WIJUB the newspapers loss vigilant
the city officials would bo moro delin
quent , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Whoaskod the Electric llghtcorapnny
for n bid for a contract for flvo yearn'/ /
rri > IUtncy.
San Francttw Call.
A Kooa many of the mon now making laws
for us at Sacramento have no use for a party
tbat puts a limit on expenditures.
'Od ! for u HonilHUmc ,
Truckle 72c | > ubl < aiit.
The Carson Appeal has a new bead , which
greatly improves its appearance. If some In
dustrious gentleman will serve the editor
likewise , ho may also bo benefited thereby.
Jlcllnmy In I'oIltlcH.
A'cioAintton.
The Now Notion reiterates its opinion that
In ISM the tariff will bo a sldo show , and the
program ot nationalism the main Issue.
Btato Monngcric.
.Vcm.i M iipml-.liMtctiicH.
Texas has a Hogg for governor , n Pig for
udgo , n Lamb for senator , a Durham for
cprcsentatlvo and a lIufTalo lor sheriff , Aud
ho farmers' nlllauco continues to stir up the
nnhnals.
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OTouritnllfitlu Maunnnlinlty.
Kcw IV.ifc It'cnnlcr.
\Vo behove tlmt "thoro is a great deal of
luman nature lu nil mankind. " Wo bollovo
lint there is much IhatU very BOOI ! anil
much that is bad la both the jsrsat political
rgnnlzatlons. _ _
Hail
San Francisco OtiM.
The slniplo and natural remedy for this
ondltlon of things Is the selection of a state
convention next year pledged to mulco a son-
torlal nomination , nnd to require canaldauw
or the legislature to plcdgo themselves , If
looted , to support tbo candidate uamoil
> y the convention. * * * The state can-
lot stand ninny more such senatorial cam-
> .ilgtis as thnt Just closed.
A Hiiro I Count.
Kate Flold , in her Washington , says : "I
am told that Mrs. Lease is an unusual
voman. 1 hope she h. If she U n sample of
vhnt Is In store for us when woman suffrage
hall liavo purlllod and refined politics ,
leaven help us. Her talk before the woman's
ouncU'nt Washington was the language of a
nanlnc. Such vaporing may 'po' in Kansas ,
vhcro fanaticism runs riot , out it irill only
disgust thinking Amorlcims. "
KduciUlon In California.
Sacrammto lice.
"I don't ' see what wo want libraries for ,
anyhow , " said Matlock in the assembly yes-
crday , "I've ' got along all my llfo without
Ibrarlcs. " It was not necessary for the gen-
Ionian to bavo so vehemently declared n fact
vblch no romlors potent in every speech ,
vlatlock reminds us of nn or-membor of the
Sacramento city board of education , who was
opposed to the teaching of geography lu the
nibllo schools. "What in the is the use
if 'Jojjraphy,1 anyhow ! " ho was wont to ask ,
'It never Uouo mo no good. "
AVoild'H Fair Appropriations.
In tlio following states the world's fair np-
iroprlutlon bilU hnvo boon passed by both
louses of their.lcgisliitures and neon signed
by the the governor * , aud are in force :
California ? 300,000
Indiana 75,000
Idnho UO.OOO
Iowa 50,000
Montana 100,000
New Mexico B3,000
North Carolina JJS.OOfl
Oklahoma T.OOO
Oregon 100,000
Pennsylvania 15U.OOO
Vermont 5,000
WnshliiRton 100,000
West Virginia 50,000
Total 1,070,000 ,
The only states so far which have lofuscd
to mnUo nn appropriation are Kansas , South
Dakota aud Arkansas ,
PA8SIXO .TUS'&S ,
' Town Topics : Greene They try to make
out thnt Senator Brlco is n resident of the
buckeye state. They can't ' do It. Ho gets
biswasulnc done in Now York.Vhlta
What of that ? Ho goto his whitewashing
tlono in Ohio , doesn't hu !
Now York Sun Dr. Brusb "Would you
odvlso mo to bavo your picture hung ? "
Easel "No , solitary confinement ought to" bo
sUfllclfcnt. "
Harvard lampoon : Chliloy What's ' that
I hear about young Checkers tripe I
Chaffey His clothes , probably.
Judge : Dasi iway I see that Robinson's
engagement bus been broken oft.
Clovorton You surprise me. Robinson
must bavo found out how poor the girl
was.
was.Dashaway No ; the girl found , out how
poor Robinson was.
Mrs. Grundy : The fear of boinjr an old
maid Induces many a girl to cbooso the
wrong husband.
Washington Critic : lu poker parlance
Governor-Senator Hill Is standing pat on a
pair.
"Washington Post : "I have always talton
pleasure lu your presence , " sbosaid , as they
were purling as friends and nothing raoro.
"I beg your pardon , " ho said , reflectively ,
"but would you mind spelling that last
wordJ"
Denver Sun : Miners are not naturally des-
norato , but they are frequently on tbo chute ,
just the samo.
Judge : Young Man Mr. Tapeline , can you
put a new right sleeve In this coatt This ono
is getting badly worn.
Tailor Certainly , Mr. Dowey. Allow mete
to congratulate you on the engagement.
Now York Sun : Critic Thnt is a beauti
ful portrait ; but docs it vcsomblo tbo man It
Is supposed to represontl
Artist Resemble the man 1 My dear sir ,
that portrait is a worlc of art. If there is an )
question about it , it is : Docs the man rcsem
ulo the portrait )
\\aslnngton Star : "What time is ill' '
whispered the young man to the young glr
at 11:110 : p. in.
"It's lly titae , " she murmured as she hearc
her father's ' heavy tread along the portcullis ,
Jackson I sco thnt a Now York million
Hire's daughter eloped'with a waiter the ether
day !
Wright Yes. perhaps that was the onlj
way In which the old man's ' money could bo
kept in the family.
TKNXYSON'S lATEST ,
JVeio Yvrk Conltnetit.
Oh sleep , Oh sloop , Oh sleep , On sleep ,
Oh sleepy , sleepy , sleep ;
I Bleep , Oh sloop , thy sleepy sleep
Aslcop In sleepy sleep ,
New York Recorder : ' 'Afraid of work ! '
exclaimed MM. Jackson. "Why Mr. Jack
son can lie right down busldo his work. John
Is no coward. "
1311'KAIHXG
Life.
A school of versifiers has sprung up In latter
days ,
Who shnpo their witless verses la quite ns
witless ways.
Their Jluos hnvo nothing funny but their
antics , llko a clown ;
They run rl ht on u little while ,
andthen
then
Jump *
down I
Somebody else has latroducod a different sort
of verso ,
Twos bettor than the other ones , but now it's
even worse ;
'Tls ' Just ns easy run to death by any common
buck ,
It falls down , as Modlnty did ,
uad
back I
walks
then
There's a good tlmo coming , when the publlo
will bo freed
From the halt who climb I'arnauui , loaning
on u broken rood.
Then on tholr own deserving heads will bo
their guilty blood ,
\Vhon they ull go down together , with
deep
' thudl
XKWK ovrni : x
Tx'olimskn.
The fnrmoraof JDnwson county nro sowing
a Rro.it deal of wheat.
Jolm Nelion , a drufrclit of Oakland , foil
vlillo mnnlni ? nnil bro'.co Till log.
Arapnhoo IB being cnuvaiioil to ascertain
ho feeling on the waterworks question ,
llrokon Dowcim have n bnrbcd ivlro fac
tory for n bonus of $1,500 i\mi two city lota.
Suinncr business moil hnvo organized n
jpnrd of Undo ami have tukou atop to push
the town.
Thorn nro 1i > l ciws on the docket of the
district coiirt now In session at Ki'lIpU , flvo
of which are criminal.
The well for Schuylor's waterworks li
down Jlfty-slx foot nnd a supply of water has
boon found siifllclontto servo the city.
Prof. Oitlen nf thoNoll'h ( schools took the
younff In-lica of the hlijli school to the district
: ourt to iir.ictlco taking noted anil to criticize
.Ito proceeding ! ! .
ThcYonro two UokoU In the field ntNollRh ,
.tio liccnso forces being headed by II. K.
Itrygor for inavoitlio no-llconso people Imv-
ng nominatail W. II , Ilolmos.
Mi" . MnrColl , motlior of lion. .1. II. Mao-
Cell , died nt Loxliipton Tuesday in the
olRlity-elRhth year of her ngo. She wns one
of the oldest , i-oildcnts of Daw-son county.
The wife of the city marshal of Humphrey
ins tiled complaint for the arrest ot four
saloonkeepers on thoclmruoof having win-
doneurtalns drawn clown nnd keeping open
on Sunday.
The winter term of Gates college at NcllRh
wns the most successful In Its history. Tlio
examinations In both cello o nnd preparatory
classes gave satisfactory evidence of the
thorough work dotio during the term by the
students nnil faculty. Over one hundrcd/and
Lhlrty students wore la attendance during
the last term.
In the district court nt Seward Thomas
Williams plo-iJccl guilty to the charge of
iiorso stealing and was sentenced to Imprison
ment for thirteen months. Peter J. Vaogo
acknowledged tlmt hn vrnt a forger and was
riven ono yenr In the pen. Jake Andros and
T. I. Nnsh were given eighteen mouths on a
plea of guilty to stcnllnp.
Iowa.
Seven scholars will pradttato rom the
Clarlndn schools tills year , ono of which Is a
colored girl.
The livery nnd feed stables of Hoono
bnvo formed a trust , The prices have Just
boon doubled , anil the object ot the combi
nation is to maintain the new rates.
A corporation has Just boon organized t
EnnnctsburK for the purpose of immufactur- ,
ing oil from iln\ seed niul for limiting tow and
pulp from the flax straw which Is ubunilunt
In that county.
A. "W. Hiicinoof Carroll nttomptca to com
mit sulcldo by drinking a combination of car
bolic acid , shellac nnd lemon oxlr.ict , but by
tlio timely Intervention of n physician his sui
cidal Intentions were foiled.
Residents In the northern part of Adalr
county nro considerably excited over the find .
of nn extensive vein of excellent coal , which
has just boon discovered. A shaft SxlO in
slM Is beinpr sunlc aud the find will bo exten
sively developed.
A fellow ot Kcokulc stele n forty-pound
piece of beef from a meat market. About the
time the theft was discovered bo walked Into
the market with the meat on his shoulder ,
snyinjr In way of apology that his \vifo had
mndo him return it.
Clav has been found near Port Dodge suit
able for the manufacture of pressed brick and
a company is tallied of to develop the indus
try. " 1'ho quality of the clay is salt ! to bo
equally as good as that used In the cele
brated St. Louis pressed bric.K.
Mrs. Jane Blacicmau died nt her homo near
Davenport in the eightieth year of her life.
She had been n resident of thnt county for
thlrty-threo years and wns a member of the
Old Settlors' association. Mrs. Henry Stone ,
also of Scott county , and a member of tbo
Old Settlors' association , died last week ,
aged eighty-seven years.
The Iowa band of DM Moluos has sent out
handsome souvenirs cotitnlnlitR n history of
the organization , u picture of Its members
and tbclr instruments , a partial list of its
repertoire and a compilation of tbo press
notices which It has received. It Is a handsome -
some little work , and shows tuo baud to bo a
great musical organization.
The Ttvo Dnkorns.
South Dakota has 231,000 sheep.
Springfield claims the largest ar'osian ' well
In the state.
It is said that there is not a saloon In Bon
Hommo county.
There nro forty-tlvo camps of Sons of Vet
erans in South JJaliota.
Ex-Senator Moody has settled down in
Dead wood to urnctlco law.
The Bismarck Stuto bank has boon incor
porated with 8Ji,000 ) cadital ,
The Fargo mills nro converting wheat into
flour at the rnto of 480 barrels per day.
The Uavison county commissioners will
loan seed grain to the farmers of that county.
The Pierre Journal says the original package -
ago business is still boiiig carried on in that
city.
city.Tho
' The Pierre pontoon bridge Is being repaired
s'o it will bo In slmpo for use when the ice
goes out.
An enterprising settler moved his one-
story house all the way from hlgbmoro to
Fort Pierre.
A largo number of Hollanders nro moving
from Charles Mix and Douglass counties to
Wright county.
There are 103 Congregational church so-
cletlos in South Dakota. All have pastors
except seventeen.
Uoadmastcr Butler of the Burlington &
Missouri at Dgadwood had n hand mashed
whllo coupling cars.
The annual mooting of the South Dakota
Sunday school association will bo held at
Madison , June 3 , U and 4.
The state agricultural college atBrooidngs
has received its first installment of the gov
ernment appropriation , $15,000.
llav. W. S. Peterson , formerly pastor of
the Kapid City Presbyterian church , has be
come president of a bank In Luluta.
Wool buyers from Philadelphia are already
traveling tlirough North Dakota making con
tracts to purchases wool next summer.
Tbo Dead wood Central has roaumod trafllc.
The faro from Uoadwood to Load City has
been reduced to 45 coats for the round trip.
Browning Lawrence of Philadelphia , who
owns 1,000 acres of Brown county land , has
arrived to superintend tha season's opera
tions.
Business men of watcrtown have Induced
a largo Qorman-Uusslan colony to settle in
Codlugton county. Throe carloads of thorn
have arrived.
Mountain lions nro bothering ranchmen
near the Black Hills , Besides killing young
cattle they have attacked and killed several
horses and colts.
Tbo alliance wants Aurora county to fnr-
uhh seed Rralu to the fiirmow who are unable -
able to procure It for thormclvos and take se
curity on the crop.
The national board of soldiers' iiomos has
decided to placu South Dakota's Soldiors1
home on the accredited list. This lusuioj the
state $100 per inmate.
The fooblc-mlndcd son of E. M. Stephens
of Millet1 became uncovered in the nigui dur
ing the recent cold weather , and his limbs
were frozen lo the knot ) .
A follow named Hermann , in Jail at Dovll's
Lake , annulled the deputy sheriff with a bed
slat and would have killed him if another
prisoner had not Interfered.
( Icorgo Parker , a farmer living twelve
inllos south of Sioux Falls , laid out In a saow-
drift all one night whllo in an Intoxicated con
dition ana was badly frozen.
The gold minors who stukod out claims and
organized a town In the bad lands expect to
lenvo Plorro in droves ni teen as spring
opens , o they can commence ctlvo worx.
Some miscreants entered the room wuoro a
coriiso wns laid out , In Dcndivood the ether
night nnd stele all the clothing belonging to
the dead rnnn , except what was on the body.
The South Dakota Firemen's ' osioolntton
has chosen Sioux Fulli for its next mooting. .
to hi hold Juno S : , SI , 25 mid 'M. A band
tournament will also bo held nt the same
11 mo.
mo.Kddlo Uakor , nn omaclntvi ) , uylnffboy. nr
rived at Miller on hU way to Howcll , Hand
county , from 1'ennsvlvanla , lie toolc the
Ptago'at Miller for homo , but Ulod on the
way.
way.An injunction will bo served on the com
missioners of Brown county to prevent the
expomllturo of flTI.UW for r.cou grain for
fanners. Other countlot liavo not appropri
ated any dclluito amount.
At Deadwood the ISIUhorn contractors paid
out for labor during last suminnrnnd fair
8760,000. Of this $100,000 , wont for board anil
clothing , $ -"iO,0X ( ) was taken out of the coun
try , nnd $300,001) ) wns spent for whisky.
Peter Brauvert do la Dncho d icd at Ilo.nl
wood , nitcd 70. lie had lived in tlio 11I1U
country since 1878. and wns n member of tlo
famous John C. Fremont expedition which
crossed the plains to the Pncllie coast In bia
Dendwood prospectors have discovered a
rich iliul of horn silver near Mulllck's old
HIUV mill nt the head ot Jenny's ' gulch , His
located about tvtentj'-Jlvo inllos noithwostef
K'ipid ' City in the cdgo of Lawrence county
Pctor Solvillo of Onlonn , nn old-timer in
the Hills , died of pneumonia. Ho wns pot
soiled while -\voikiiiK In n silver smelter nnJ
\vbile bo wns In a delirious condition wan
dered out Into the cold without proper wear
ing oppurcl.
Latonlnls a new town which bns been sur
veyed nnd platted on the reservation laml %
thirty-four miles west of Chamberlain , His
on the survey of the Milwaukee road. Frco
lots nro offered to bonn lido settlers who will
improve the same. '
Watortown Knlglita of rnbor ask that the
city put In scales ntid create tlio oiHco of cllv
wolgnmnstcr. They claim 1,700 pounds doon
not make n ton , nnd by having the city do the
weighing dishonest antlers can bo nmdo to
deal fuirly with the public.
Tlio Fort Plorro Herald ays : The do-
ninnd for mnrrl.ipeubla widows nnil nlil
was for n time on the incronso. but since they
can't ' take nnd hold down clunits add draw
rations , It begins to look as though the dusky
maidens were going to knock 'em ' out
The Kimball Graphic snys that n farmer
driving Into that city last \\nek dlscovcicd
whntho supposed to bo a diamond willow
eano by the i-oadsldo , which ho throw Into
ins butfpy nnd the stublo boy took It Into the
otllco , but on thawing out proved to bo a rat-
tlosnnko.
Peter Sblor , living near tioylon postolllco
in Emtnons county , lost 150 lambs by a singu
lar accident. AVhon ho untoroil the sheep
sheds the other morning hu found thnt a num
ber nt dead lambs piled In a hc.ip. The only
rcn.MJii ho can nsslga for this Is that hh.
shepherd uojr wns iicclclenlallv locked up
among the shcop over night by his herder
and the dog stampe-dod the lambs Into nno
compact in iss nnd they smothered to death
in that shape.
FOll NUnitASKA'S INTISIU3ST.
The Killromls ABlccd to fon-
tlnuo tlio Harvest I'J\uurnliiiH.
A commlttoo of the Kearney Real Kstato
exchange , now at worn in Illinois in the in
terest of securjng now settlers for central
Nebraska , has boon informed tlmt the rail
roads intend to suspend the usual harvest
excursions to Kansas anil Nebraska this year.
This decision , If adhered to. would nullify
the labors of several local boards of trmlo ,
who hnvo boon soonlng to attract inrgo num
bers of homcscokors to take advantage of
the present low price of farm
properties. They bavo sent committees to
various eastern states anil nro making unu-
snnl efforts to put Nebraska to the front anil
refute tbo damaging stories that have been In
circulation concerning the condition of No-
braska.
The ICearney people havo. sent letters to every
Nebraska hoard of trade , enclosing the fol
lowing petition to the chairman of the trans-
Missouri association , which is being numer
ously signed :
Hon. Jnmos ll. Smith , Chairman Trans-
Missouri Association , ICansus City , Mo.
Dear Sir : We deslro thnt your association ar
range for the "harvest excursions" at a ?
early a time as It Is possible. Wo would re
spectfully request that for the season of 18'Jl
these excursions bo en the following dates :
May 15 , Juno 15 , August 15 and September
15 , or us near these dates us Is practicable.
Should you dibco.'itinno tncsoannunl excur
sions while thu present falsa nnd innliclous
storlos regarding Kansas und Nebraska are
in circulation it would give credence to the
stories and work great Injury to tin ; above
states. Feeling conildcnt that your honor
able body will in the future , as in tlio east ,
do all in your power to assist us In Inducing
immigration , wo remain ,
The promoters of the movement feel that a
failure to push the harvest excursions vigor
ously this year would result in very serious
loss to Nebraska. They desire the prompt
co-operation of all parts of the state lu tholr
effort to induce the railroads to reconsider
their advprso decision.
The railroad managers uavn not yet agreed
upon any plan either for the continuance or
the discontinuance of the harvest excursions.
The matter Is being considered but no decis
ion will bo reached probably for several
weeks.
If the matter were left to the general pas-
souger agents of the two great truuK lines
that carry these excursions between Oinah.i
and thu coast the harvest excursion ticket
would die In its infancy.
Mr. Francis of the B. & M. and Mr.Lomnx
of the Union Pacino owe what few
wrinkles nud gray hnlrs they possess to
worry induced by the abuses of the harvest
excursion ticket , and Jwtu have pronounced
against it. -
Mr. Francis says the chief result of the
scheme ts to furnish scalpers nnil
bushwhacking railroads with a clmnco
to cut rates from the time the
tickets tro on sale , usually in July , until the
last ono dies by the statute of limitation late
In October ,
Mr. Ix > max Is equally opposed to the sys
tem on account of tbo abuses of It , but ho goes
further nnd offers a remedy. Ho would make
a Hat excursion rate during the summer
months of say 2 cents a mile between all sec
tions. Tim would equal ono and ono-third
fares for the round trip , about the same as n
passenger would got on an excursion and
would make sculping of the tickets Impossi
ble.
NO UKIJiaK.
Coal Hittcx DlsoiiHueil , Hut no Formal
Action Taken.
A meotliiK of railroad mon and coal ship
pers was held at the Mlllard yesterday nf tor-
noon for the purpose of "adjusting" the rates
011 soft coal from Iowa aud Missouri points.
There were present P. M. G null of tlio
Walush , Thomas Miller of the Buillngton ,
J. Merchants of the North western system , J ,
S. IJ.irtlo of the Kansas Citv , St , Joe &
Council lllutfs. A. O. Oowor of the Hock In-
Innd , S. M. AdistoT thoBt. Joe & Gruud Is
land , J. C. Lincoln nndJ. O. Phillips of tbo
Missouri Pacific. K n. Whitney und K. H.
Wood of the Union PuclOo. Tno local ship
pers were ropri'seutod by R. 1C. ICnlffou of
tit. Louis , H , T. Toilins nf Atclibon and rep
resentatives of a number of local coul do.ilorn.
Tlioso L'ontlumon talked the situation over
In an Informal manner , hut no understand
ing was arrived aland nothing of a formal I '
nature done , The mooting adjourned without - ( I'
out setting a time for another mooting and
the situation remains unchanged ,
Highest of all in Leavening Power. TJ , S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE