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    THE OMAHA DAILY BBRI MONDAY , JULY' 10 , 1803. 3
THE DA1UY BEE
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
OFFlCKt NO. 12 1'EAKti STUBbT
ty cnrrler to any part of th city
II. W. TII/TON , - MANAGEll
I Hunlncus Office .
f N1hl ( ? KUItor . No. 23
V. Y. Plumbing Co
Boston Store for sun umbrellas
Jmlson , pAsturagc , ttW Sixth avenue.
Mlltonhcr cr Is the hatter , G02 Uroiulwny
The Mn.ync Heal KUato Co. , 021 Ilroad way.
A collection was taken nt the Presbyterian
church yesterday morninR for the aid of the
cyclone sufferers.
This is the lastTlay for the discount on the
water tax. Water works oflico open until
8:80 : this evening.
The Kcd Men will entertain their brothers
of Omaha nnd South Omaha tomorrow evening -
ing at their hall. A line program has been
prepared for the occasion ,
The line weather of yesterday brought the
pcoplo out of doors in throngs and both
Manawa nnd Falrmount park were well
patronized all day. There were no especial
forms of entertainment provided at cither
place , hut the leafy shiide of the park nnd
the ilshlnc , boating nml bathing nt the lake
served to keep the crowds In good humor nt
both places. Both motor Hues did n big
business.
A man giving his name ns John Kelly Is
occupying n cell In the county Jail , having
been arrested In Omaha on suspicion of being -
ing the lellow who robbca Mrs. C. Watts of
her pocketbook a few days ago. Ho was ar
rested while trying to dispose of some rings ,
lust as ho was when calling on Mrs. Watts.
llo answers the description perfectly , nnd
Mrs. Watts picked him out yesterday morn
ing from among nil the prisoners without u
moment's hesitation.
George Williamson , Don Bono , W. D. Car-
rothers , K. II. Nichols , II. 15. Grimm , Ed
Duiiuctto , C. E. Parsons , Hichunl Belt , K.
W. Bixby nnd II. 15. Tagger of the Gany-
mcdcs went to Omaha yesterday and Joined
the Omaha Wheel club in a joint run to Gal-
houn. Some of the party also took n trip to
Blair , among them Grimm , who was unfor
tunate enough to break his wheel and had to
coino back by the railroad.
Complaints have been coming In frequently
during the past two or three days of depreda
tions committed bytramps on the outsklrt"
of town. The pollre nro making strenuous
efforts toward cleaning them up , and nearly
twenty-live tramps are now In the city Jail
as the result. Many of them are tough-
looking characters , and the citizens In the
outlying districts will do well to keep their
eyes in good working order , while they are
nround. Kallroud men on southbound trains
soy that they have to stop their trains after
passing the Wabash crossing every trip and
clean off the fellows who got on board to
steal ridos.
There was some fear expressed Saturday
night by the workmen at the new Interstate
bridge lost the trestle work should go out
again during the night. An immense log.
fifty feet or moro long and with big bushy
roots , came floating down stream and collided
with the piling which supported the trestle
It hung there for several hours before it
could be dislodged. The structure Is not In
tended , for very hard usaco , nnd having
already gone out twice during the last six
m'onths the fours were well grounded. The
men who expected another disaster of the
same kind , however , were disappointed , ns
the trestle was still in place last evening
and was apparently us strong as over.
UObTON H10UI3.
Momliiy KrcnliiR from 7 to 1O.
75 pieces beautiful pattern chaHlc
20c , u dress pattern of 10 yards.
100 dozen , extra quality , summer cor
sets , worth 75c. Monday evening from
7 to 10 for 25c u pair.
75 dozen 50c towels for 2oo enTSh Mon
day evening.
100 pieces figured Swiss mull goods
worth 25 cents , for Monday evening , 1
cents a yard. The last chance at ging
hums Monday evening ; liUcontgingham
for 5 cents a yard. Don't miss the abov
chances. Be on hand nnd secure your
shuro of bargains , only to bo found at
the -Boston storo. Fotheringham ,
"Whiteluw & Co. , leaders of low prices.
The tiraiKl Hotel ,
Counciu BlntTfl. Tno most elegant in
Iowa. > ining room on seventh floor.
Rule , $3.00 and & 5.00 a day. E. JA Clark ,
Prop.
Carbon Coal Co. , wholesale and retail
coal. Removed from 10 Pearl to 34 Pearl
street , Grand Hotel building.
I'Eltit O.V.i/ 1-AU.WU.l I'US.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A.C. , Keller leave today for
a visit to Chicago.
Claude Dye nnd his brother Will Dye of
Macedonia have gene to Chicago.
Hcv. C. Ii. Xorbaugh preached yesterday
nt St. Mnry'H Avenue Congregational church
In Omaha.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. J. Mnndel expect to move
this month to Cleveland , O. , where they will
make their homo.
Kd Hohr , formerly in the abstracting busi
ness in this city , now of Sioux City , is visit
ing his friciuls hero.
Mrs. P. S. Stelllng arrived In the city from
Chicigo yesterday to spend three weeks
visiting her mother , Mrs. J. M. Palmer , on
Fourth avenue.
Mrs. Wyant , matron of the Women's
Christian association hospital , has gene to
assist in caring for the cyclouo sufferers in
the northern part of the state.
H. B. Shlllington loft a couple of months
ago for the west in search of health. Ho
had been n victim of consumption nnd hoped
Hint n change of cllmnto would benefit him.
Ho has rcturncil homo without meeting with
the hopcu-for improvement nml his physi
cian gives him but little encouragement to
look for recovery.
Miinimn.
Picnic trains , until further notice ,
will leave for that great fishing resort ,
Hay's Landing nnd Munawu park , Min
eral Springs , Gorman shooting grounds ,
Manhattan beach and Maimwu opera
house ( whore two performances will bo
given during the season dally at1 nnd
8:30 : o'clock p. in. ) ns follows : Nine und
11 a. in. und 1 und 2 p. m nnd every
thirty minutes thereafter until 12:30 : at
night. Last train will leave Munawa
for Council 11 hi Its at 11:5. : * > p. m.
Domestic soup outlasts cheap soap
Ask your grocer for Domesticsoap. .
Another Improvement to the popular
Schubert piuno. Bwnnsoii Musio Co
Will Hold nil lii < | iii'it.
An Inquest over the remains of Franl
Saunders will bo held this afternoon al
Estop's undertaking rooms. The father
brother and brother-in-law of the dead nun
arrived in the city yesterday from Manilla
nnd In company with O. G. Snundura of thli
city , and W. C. Estop , loft for homolasi
cvcnhnr with the body in charge. All tin
inemhAs of the family of the deceased an
almost crared with grfof , as ho was n favor
ho with them all. The sympathy of then
friends here go out to them in this hour o ;
great bereavement ,
There is nothing in this country llkt
the fruit kept In Wheeler , Ilerold &
Co's cold storage. No matter what tin
weather is It reaches the customer it
perfect condition. Another car loud o
1 lemons was put in Saturday.
Greonshlolds , Nlcholbon & Co. , rca
cstutound rentnls.COOBroudwny. Tol.151
Stop at the Ogden , Council B'luITu , t 10
tcfct & 2.00 hou o In Iowa ,
Williamson fc Co. . 100 Main Btrcot ,
largest und best bicycle stock In city.
Cook yet - mculs this summer on a gu'
range. At cost at the Gas company.
Use Domestic soup.
NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Evidence of a Desire to Lot the Five-Gent
Faro Go by Default.
WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE DOING
Some Members of the Council Snlil to Hi )
Uito ] ] il to the Itcilnctluti Some at
til * Features of ilia
VIM * .
A mcoting of the committees appointed by
the city councils of Council Ulufts nml
Oniahn , with the representatives of the
motor company was announced for Inst Fri
day nt the council chamber In this city.
Friday came nnd wont and no mcoting wns
hold , nnd considerable curiosity wns ex
pressed ns to tbo rcnson for the failure to
got together. Inquiry from Mayor Iiw-
rcnco Uovclops the fact that tlio mutter Is In
the liunds of the chairman of the Omahn
committee. When last Monday's mooting lu
Omaha ndlournod , It wns with tlio under
standing tint the next mcoting would beheld
hold lu tills city on Friday. The motor ofll-
clals had ugrubd to bo present on Monday ,
but fulled to showup , so Unit there was
no other alternative but to ndjourn until
such tlmo as they would bo likely to bo on
hand. *
After the adjournment n day or two
the chairman of the : committee called
on tbo members of the committee
from tills" city nnd stated that It
hnd been thought best that n little moro
tlmo should bo given the motor olllulals , und
that ho would notify the representatives of
Council Bluffs of Uio tlmo thut should bo
selected for holding the ndjouiticd meeting.
Nothing has been heard from him slnco tiud
the members of the committee nro ns much
In the dnrk ns nny ono concerning the future
movements of the managers of the G-ccnt
fnro project.
The suggestion has boon made , and It seems
to bo rntTicr warranted by the recent developments
'
opments , that it'ls tlio Intention of some ono
who stands in the light of godfather to the
scheme , to let It dlo n-hornln1. The members
of the Omaha council have never showed the
enthusiasm in dealing with It that the pco
pie on this sldo of the river looked for. It
has also looked to n man who climbed Into n
tree to watch their movements tnat the
aldermen of Council Bluffs would have to bo
prodded frequently If there was nny expec
tation of getting them to do anything , it Is
reported on good authority that two of the
three members of the Omiha committee nro
opposed to n 0-cont fnre , ntid will vote
ngnlust It whenever It comes before them.
With the Council Bluffs council in u state of
indifference the outlook for nny reduction of
fare docs not seem to bo at all flattering.
There Is now an ordinance before the
Council Bluffs city council , providing for n
reduction of motor faro in the city limits to
11 cents. It wns introduced by Aldermnn
White , referred nt once to a committee ,
which has so fur failed to make any report.
In reply ton question ns to what was the
reason for this delay , Mayor Lawrence
states that there nro some very Intricate
law questions Involved , nnd the city attorney
wants plenty of tlmo to study up on them
before ho makes iiny suggestions. The
Omaha council has It in its power to bring
matters to u speedy focus by forbidding
the motor company to operate on the streets
of that city , ns it tins no right of way there
and has been allowed to run nround the loup
merely by suffranco , but there seems to bo
no inclination to take advantage of this
power.
George P. Wright , one of the stockholders
of tlio motor company , has said several tlmus
In the course of published interviews thut all
that the motor company wns waiting for w.is
for some ono who had the proper authority
to como to the directors mm tell them Just
what was wanted , when their requests would.
receive immediate attention. The directors
have hnd the formal notice that they desire ,
but have utterly failed to corroborate Mr.
Wright's statement , nnd have oven failed to
keep the engagements they mado' to meet
the committees in conference.
Domestlc'soap is the best.
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THE AMERICAN CONSUL.
ATIiat In Expected of ThU Interesting and
and Useful Functlnnnry.
A consul is expected to learn the lan-
guuge , laws , customs and commerce of
the country in which ho resides. Hav
ing spent pornaps years in doing this ,
why should ho bo required on a change
of administration to give way to n now
ollicor who , after learning tbo consular
duties and accomplishments will himself
be put out by another now beginner ?
The rotation system may bo democratic ,
but it is injurious to our foreign service.
The duties of a consul are often irapor-
unt , requiring training nnd experience ,
iays Youth's Companion. If Americans
die abroad and awny from their families
10 must look after their property and
estates , accounting for the name to tlio
epresontativo of the deceubcd person ere
, o the United Stutea treasury.
It is his duty to bo present nt and cer-
, ify to the department the legality of
marriages of United States citizens ,
though the marriage ceremony ittelf
must bo solemnized by a civil or church
official of the land whore it occurs.
Passports are vlhed or cor titled toby
; ho consul , und HJs his duty to settle
the disputes , which uro ciullcss , between
American shipmasters and bcumon. lie
must protect and advise citi/ens of his
country who have been wrongfully ar
rested , or whoso business rights or in
terests undoi ; any treaty have boo nln-
torfored with.
If ho is zealous nnd patriotic ho will
( lid his countrymen in introducing
United States manufactures into other
lundrt. It is a part of his duties to muko
frequent reports to the department on
all subjects , except polities , tlmt ho
thinks may ho of special valuo-or in
terest to our pooplo.
Thcso communications are usually
published by the btato department , for
distribution , in monthly pamphlets , un
der the title "Coiibulnr Reports. " They
frequently contain Information of great
value.
The United States Imports every year
moro than SSOO.000,000 , worth of goods
from abroad. The duty collected on
them , in spite of the fact that muny uro
on the free libt , amounts to nearly WOO-
000,000.
All invoices of thcso Immense ship
ments of goods must , first of nil , bo pre
sented to the consul for examination us
to their cost nnd value. Without the
consul's ofliciuldoclnrationtlmt the fuels
have boon stated In the involco , not one
dollar's worth'of the goods Is permitted
to outer nt the American ciibtom hoiihcs ,
In this exuminution und legalization
ot the invoices , the consul becomes u
close agent und uld of the custom hoiit > c
und the department of the treasury ,
with both of which ho is In constant
communication. Unll tne s for his duty ,
from neglect or luck of training , muj
cobt the treasury und the people large
sums of money.
Every Invoice legalized costs the ship
per $2.60 , and the tees BO col lee ted mor <
than support the whole consular sybtem
The United States huvo ultogothoi
Dome 250 coiibiilur jjpsts scattered ovci
the world. Muny of those , however , art
but subordinate constitutes or ngundci
under the control of the nourost consul 1.
Some of them , oven us consulships , are
owing to want of commerce , unlmportan
und not Eolf-sustuiuing.
Usually at the capital of each forolgi
btuto n consulate general is established
whoso chief otllcer , in uedition to tin
duties nt thut post , hus n curtain liinltoi )
control of the other consulates In his diu
trict.
The line between the duties of dlpl 10
mutio otllcors und consuls is not pro
clsely detinud , but in general the diplo
mats uro political ! , t le consuls commer
clul ugenU of their country. The diplc
nmtlo posts nro usually filled by minis
ters nnd envoys , who look especially
uftor the political interests nnd treaties
between nations. In some instances , ns
nt Cairo , Athens , Lisbon , Teheran nnd
elsewhere , the olllces of United Stntcs
minister resident nnd consul gonornl nro
combined.
GAME COOK AND BATTLER.
The Heptlte no Match for the SliRrp.Spnrrml
lllnl ,
One day last week , writes the Scranton -
ton correspondent of the , Now York Sun.
n torn turkov belonging to Mr. Arnold
S. Ormsby , n Krlnklo Hoot Hid go , I'n. ,
farmer , gobbled so long und noisily in
the dooryard just before dinner tlino-
thut Mrs. Ormsby hastily wiped her
hands on her apron nnd ran out to see
what the gobbler meant by making silch
n racket. Shu soon discovered that the
turkey's nolso wns caused by n rattle
snake that lay celled on the grass , nnd
thut the gobbler wns dunclng nround
the snnko in u state of nngor tlmt made
his wattles look llory red. "Tho
snnko wns us cool ns n cucumber , Mrs.
Ormsby said , but us the maddened fowl
strutted und gobbled uround it the rep-
tllp wnggcd the Up of Its tall as though
It wns getting mad nlso , blinked devil
ishly at the noisy bird , und repeatedly
ran out Its tongue as If it wns trying to
Buy to the turkey , ' 'Don't you come an
inch neuror , old fellow ! "
Mrs. Orinsby grabbed the gobbler by
the tail and Hung him eVer the fenco.
Tlio rattlcsnuko bowed Its thanks' to her ,
drew in Its tongue , stopped wiigglug Ha
tall , and tried to look ns Innocent and
harmless as an unglo worm ; but its mod
est manners did not deceive Mrs. Ormsby
a particle , and she immediately trotted
into the house and got u kettle of boiling
water , intending to give the intruding
reptile a hot shower bath.
Just ns she reuehed the doorstop the
torn turkey and ono of Mr. Ormsby's
gnmo cocks flow over the dooryurd fence
uud lluttorcd townrd the rattlesnake.
The , turkey gobbled angrily , nnd the
silent rooster stretohod out his nock und
glurcd at the coiled reptile pugna
ciously , acting as if ho wus about to give
battle to a creature of his own race.
Mrs. Orinsby put down the kettle , got n
broom , und undertook to shoo the rooster
uway , but she wasn't quick enough , for
the snuko instantly struck at the rooster ,
and the alert game cock evaded the
deadly fangs by jumping up und nipping
the rattler on each side of its head with
both spurs. The snake recoiled and
struck again with a vengeance , and the
agile rooster flow over its heud , wheeled
like a Hush , mid jubbud his spurs deep
into the buck of the rattler's neck
just as the snake had coiled for the third
time , following it up with another snv-
ugo thrust , before the ustonlshed reptile
hud a chance to act. The wounded rut-
tlor wus unable to coil itself aguinIt
boirnn to writhe so violently "that the
plucky gumo cock failed to reach its
neck , although ho jumped at it three or
four times , and it finally jammed its
fangs into its own sides repeatedly , and
tore about so fiercely that the rooster
backed off and eyed it for a moment. The
torn turkey continued to gobble threat
eningly , and the game rooster , seeing
that ho hud completely disabled tho.rat-
tlcr , How upon an oleander bush and
crowed lustily. Then Mrs. Ormsby
marched out with her kettle , but she
didn't waste the hot water , for the suuko
hud stretched out und wus lifeless.
.
FACILE MULTIPLICATION.
Noteworthy Instances of Obedience or n
Scriptural Injunction.
In searching the annuls of tho"world
for material that will attest the appro
priateness and peculiar fitness of the
nbovo title-says a writer In the St.
Louis Republic , I find that Mine , do la
Hiva of Florence , Italy , gave birth to
eight children on September 9 , 1507.
Mine. Frescobaldi , another Florentine
lady , who died in 1570 , was the mother
cf lifty-two children , no fewer than three
being born at uny ono time , four und five
ut u single birth being nothing unusual
with the inudame , and at ono time six.
In Aubrey's "Natural History of Wilt
shire'1 ( England ) wo find an account of
the Bonham family , Thomas und Edith.
Edith hud twins und triplets ion numer
ous occasions , and finally astonished all
Wiltshire by giving birth to seven chil
dren at one time. ' 'There is a tradition"
( I quote frcm Aubrey ) , ' 'which ig
recorded in the parish register , that all
the seven children were brought to
gether to the font of the church und
there baptized. "
The Gentleman's Magazine for March
17 , 17t)8 ) , is authority for the stuatement
thut the wife of Pierre Duislan of Vcr-
choq. Department Pas-de-Calais , Franco ,
wns the mother ot six children , three
boys und three girls , ull of whom were
born at a single birth. "A lady" ( name
not given see "Statistician , " for 1889 ,
page 505) ) , at Pcniu , O. , in tlio year 1850 ,
gave birtn to five children at ono time.
Mrs. James McElmoro , who li\-ed at
Texarkaua , Ark. , in the year 1888 , had
become the mother of a family of nine
children , all within the short space of
throe years , the lust arrival being a trio
of girls. Mrs. Phcebo Lynch , who was
living ut Seymour , Ind. , in the same
year (1888) ( ) , hod bovcu children ut two
births , eighteen months apart. The
labt four , two boys and two girls , were
born on April ao , 1888.
But the palm for multiple child-bear-
properly belongs to Mrs. Ellsworth Mil
ler of Cald Springs , N. Y. , who has been
married less than ten yours , but who
within thut bhort space of tlmo bus be
come the mother of bovontcen children.
The lust addition to this family so re
markable In the line of fecundity wus a
sot of triplets born on March 12 of this
year. Mrs. Miller wus married on Oc
tober 10 , 1881) ) , und since thut time has
given birth to this numerous family ,
which Is divided as follows : Thrco Bets
of triplets (9) ( ) , three sots of twins (0) ( ) and
two singles (2) ( ) . Mrs. Miller Is not yet
ai years of ugo ,
by Mirror * .
As long ago us a.'Kl years before Christ
Alexander the Great employed mirrors
to convoy signals by the light of the sun.
Since the tlmo of the great warrior the
idea hus been reduced to u science nnd
called "hollography. " The heliostut ,
an Instrument invented in Ilollano early
in the eighteenth century , und the heli
ograph , invented by Munbo In 187f > , huvo
both been Ubcd by the British urmy in
their eastern campaigns. The instru
ments mentioned ditlor bomowhut in
construction , but the results are the
sumo no mutter which Instrdmentisuscd.
In both signals nro produced by cuiibing
a reflected ruy of the sun to nppour nnd
disappear ultornutely ut u distant point ,
the intervals of uppouranco und obscura
tion being curried in lengths BO us to
produce the combination of long and
o short signals known ns the Morse alph
abet. In those instruments the reflect
. ing body is a glass mirror , which varies
In fl'io according to the distance to which
it Is desired to slgnul. A five-inch mir
ror hus given under fuvorublo atmos
pheric conditions distant signals thul
, could bo reud sixty miles uway. The
heliograph has ulbo been found to bo ol
d grout bcrvico in de'lning ' distant points
- of lurgo surveys , und wus used to u line
advantage for verifying the ure of tin
meridian by the ublronomers ut the Cape
of Good Hope a few years ago.
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F or tlmt "out o1 sorts1' feeling
- Take Dromo-beltzer trial bottle 1X (
TOUGH ON TOP BEARERS
Phat of the Land Steady Growing Sniftllor
and Beautifully Less.
DIMINISHING DOMAIN OF SPOILS
Tlmt Which Ilclnncs to Ilio Victo
Contrnctcit lij-thtj ItlRlit Ituleft of Civil
Service Increase of Ofllcoi In
the rulUln , Service.
The civil service of the United StiUcs Is
now flvo times ns great ns the whole force of
th'o nrmy nnd nnvy combined. Of the 175 , .
435 ofllccrs and employes within the civil or
public scrvica throughout the United States ,
writes the Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Herald , 03,805 are postmasters , 40- ,
r > 18 servo In other capacities In the postal
service and 21,783 nro laborers or workmen ,
The remainder nro employed In a great
diversity of duties In the legislative , execu
tive and Judicial departments of the govern
ment. Thcso Include the president and vice
president , cabinet ofllccrs and heads of
bureaus , Judges , attorneys and marshals ,
representatives und senators , department
clerks and federal olllclals generally.
Of the ontlro service ono-fourth In
point of numbers and moro than one-
half In point of salaries and In Import
ance are classilloa under the civil
service act and rulos. Their tenure of oflko
Is reasonably permanent. A congressman
may bo retired at the end of two years , the
president and his cabinet may last only
four and a senator may hold on for six , but
the obscure and unobtruslvo government
clerk or other employe under the protection
of the civil service law and rules may ro-
rantu In ofllce for the entire period of his
natural life provided ho attends strictly to
his business. Comparatively few clerical
places may now bo obtained by political in-
llucnco. An examination under the rules of
the civil service is necessary , and then the
candidate may huvo to submit to a long
period of waiting on the "ellRlblo list , " with
a chance that his services may never bo re
quired at all.
How the Service Hni drown.
In 1817 the whole number of employes In
the public service was 5,008 , Including 11,50-
deputy postmasters and 154 assistants or
clerks. In 1850 there were ! )2.5'.t2 ) employes
of the government. In 1807 the official
register contained over 00,000 names. In 1877
the number had increased to 85,830 and two
years later it was 00,140. In the last four
teen years the number has nearly doubled.
In the departments In Washington there
were only 333 persons In 1818 and as late as
18-V ! It had increased to only 7'J'J. In 1885
there were 12,71r'government employes at
the capital ; in IBS' ' ) the number was 10S , ! > < ; it
was 23,1-44 in 1891 , and it is now estimated at
not less than 2.1,000. According to statistics
in possession of the civil service commission
the percentage of persons in the public
service enumerated In the register for 1881
to population undaritha census of 1SSO Is . 'J4
or about one employe to 402 of population
and for 1801 , under tllo census of IbUO , It was
about one employe t'A'341 of poplation.
The percentage of .increase . of the service
from 1831 to 18U1 wufe , IT.'Jl. The percentage
of Increase of population from 1880 to IbOo
was only 134.80. Thtis'tno percentage of in
crease of the civil service in thn ten years
has been nearly double that of the popula
tion. The civil service'law went into effect
in 18S3 , abo'ut 14,000 'cinploycs or 10 per cent
of the entire civil service being included
within its provisions. 'In 1801 the classified
service embraced about 34,000 places , a little
more than 18 per cent Of the ciltiuo public
service. The classltled. service is now prob
ably moro than 21 percent of the entire pub
lic service. The growth of the entire public
service during tho-'last ten Jyears has
beena little nioro ; than 50 per cent ,
while for the samc'.period the growth of the
classlllcd servlee.has'ibeen 200 per cent. If
this increase keeps up there will soon belittle
little left for the ofilcc seeker , who depends
solely Upon political Influence.
Classification of Kmploycj.
What is known as the classified service is
divided into flvo branches : The depart
mental service at Washington , the customs
service' , the postal service , the railway mall
service and the Indian sorvico. Certain of
he places wUhin the classified service are
'executed ' from examination by the civil serv
ice rules and may be lilled , in the discretion
of the appointing ofllccrs , without examina
tion. A few other places are filled by noncompetitive -
competitive examination , the appointing ofll-
ccr selecting the person to bo examined and
the civil service commission passing upon
the candidate's titucss for the otllcc. Most
of the places , however , are filled by competi
tive examination.
The classified departmental service includes
the eight executive departments , the Civil
Service commission , the Department of Labor
and the United States Fish commission , und
embraces nearly all their ofllccrs' clerks and
other employes except iliose appointed by
the president and those employed merely as
messengers , watchmen , workmen or labor
ers. A few places are filled by the depart
ment heads or bureau chiefs. The places
within this service are all at Washington
except that the classification of the VVur de
ment embraces the offices of the several
depot quartermasters ; that of the I'ostolllco
department , ppstofllcc inspectors and the
agents and employes of postal note , postage
stump , postal card and envelope agencies ;
that of the Interior department ,
pension examiners ; tnat of the
Department of Agriculture , the observers in
the weather service ; that of the Navy de
partment , the assistants at brunch hydrographic -
graphic olllccs , and that of the Labor de
partment , special agents.
The classified customs service embraces
the following customs districts , in each of
which the number of employes exceeds fifty :
Now York , Boston , Philadelphia , San Fran
cisco , Baltimore , Now Orleans , Chicago ,
Burlington , Vt. , Portland , JMo. , Detroit and
Port Huron , Mich. All the odicers , clerks
and employes in these districts , not ap
pointed directly by the president , or not
employed merely as workmen or laborers ,
whoso pay is f'.MO or moro a year , are sub
ject to the civil service law and rules.
The classified postal service Includes all
employes below postmaster , including postal
clerks , money order clerks , substltuto clerks ,
regular and substitute carriers nt all olllces
where the free delivery system has been es
tablished.
The classified railway mall scrvlco em
braces superintendents , their assistants ,
chief clerics , railway postal clerks , route
agents , local ngcnts'route messengers and
all other employes except thn general super
intendent , his assistant , porters engaged in
handling pom-lies , clerks on steamboats and
transfer clerks at Junction points ,
The classified Indian service includes all
physicians , superintendents , assistant super
intendents , teachers and matrons ,
Dotnlls of tii'o Mull Scrvlco ,
Of the 03,805 post/Rasters / 0,245 are women.
The president appoints postmasters at all
ofllces the salarlcs.ojf which are 1,000 or
moro u year , The yf 't are appointed by the
postmaster general } oii the recommenda l"
tion of his fourth ) .assistant. Besides the
postmasters there are in the general i
scrvlco of the country 12,720 itostofllce
clerks , 0,1)10 ) mall messengers , 11 , ' .m letter
carriers , 118 inspectors , 1,530 special mall
employes , 0,042 railway service employes ,
thirty-nine clerks 4 19 Inspectors , and on
ocean steamers twenty-seven employes at
stamp , envelope aud i < ostal agencies , und
474 employes of the sixth auditor' * ofllce ,
making u total of 10Ji03. ! lit the gov
ernment scrvlco outside of the general
postal branch there are employed in Wash-
inton 17,03 ! ) men and 0,105 women , and
outside of Washington 45,824 , men and
2,104 women , making a total of 71,072. All
but a comparatively few of them are ap
pointed under the civil service rules , and
their pay ranges from (600 to $1,500 a year ,
The women in the classltled service arc
uaid Just us high salaries as the men.
The appointments in the classified service
are made according to states and territories
each being allowed a quota based upon it :
population us compared with the nopuhv
tion of the whole country. Under the cen
sus of 16UO the population of the Unitet
States Is 02.022,250. This number is dividec
by 2,000 , taken as a convenient basis o :
representation for future appointments
The average number of appointment ,8' , !
made each year is about 400
I On a basis of 2,000 appointment ;
ftvx'ryni,240 of population Is entitled to ono
appointment. This ratio Is applied In sue-
cession to the population of each state. The
difference between the aggregate of the
whole number thus obtained and the ratio of
representation Is made up by n slpnlnf to the
states having the lnrcrc.it fractions addi
tional numbers , the "assignment ccnMng
when the total number of 2.000 Is taken up.
For a long tine the District of Columbia had
moro than Its share of places , but no exam
ination , have been held hero for resident ap
plicants for nearly four years , and the
proper ratio luis about been reached.
" '
AFTER JFORTY YEARS.
Iloiinlon of Ilrntlicm Separated by tlio
Chiilont 1'InRUo In 18B2.
Ilor'o Is one of those strange stories of
the reuniting ot families after long sop ]
urntion , which uro rend of many times
between the covers of n novel , but which
nro not often brought to light In renl
life , which actually happened. It is n
story of long separation related by the
Rochester ( N. Y. ) Herald , and 11 mil re
union of two brothers of a family of nine
who lived In Rochester over forty years
ago nnd who have supposed each other
nnd nil other kith and Kin dead. In the
year 1845 John Drlscoll was born in the
city of Rochester. Pour years Inter .Tunics
Driscoll was born. To their parents live
other children were born in the old
homestead on Trowbridco street. The
dreaded cholera in 1852 caused the death
of the futhor of these bovcn children.
Ho died on September I ) , 1852. The
mother died on September 11 two days
Inter nnd the oldest sister died on Sep
tember M. Thus the six remaining
children. , were loft almost without
friends. The youngest was 0 months
old and the oldest of the children only
10 yours old. John and Timothy Dris-
cell were sent first to Lancaster mm then
to Limestone Hill Orphan usyluiu on the
outskirts of Buffalo. The two girls
were sent to St. Patrick's Orphun usylura
in Rochester , while Juincs und Dennis ,
being old enough , were left to puddle
their own cunoo in Rochester. John
Dribcoll stiiyed nt Limestone 1HH nbout
three years nnd then wus bound out , as
wus the custom In those days , ton furmor
who lived ncur Buffalo. After staying
with the farmer flvo years ho deserted ,
s the furmor was u hard man to work
under , nnd went to Pennsylvania , where
ho lived for three years , working on a
farm. Timothy Driscoll remained at
the asylum some years und thondicd.
John entered the army after living in
Pennsylvania and stayed until the end of
the war and then enlisted in tho" regular
army and his company , the Sixty-fourth
cavulry. Conipuny U wtis stutioned in
Now Mexico. After staying in the
southwest for over five years ho removed
to Nebraska und has since engaged in
the market business and real estate.
Five years ago he established a bank in
Craig. Nob.
James Driscoll , after the death of his
parents , supported himself by selling
papers , und at the ago of 17 enlisted in
the nrmy in the Fourth United Stutos
urtillery. The other brother. Dennis ,
nlso entered the urmy nnd wus killed in
a charge against a block house in Gum
swam i ) in North Carolina. John and
James had not heard of each other binco
the death of their parents , nnd neither
had the slightest idea thut the other
wus in the urmy. During the summer
John received a letter from the
colonel commanding James' regi
ment , baying thut his brother
hud had his leg shot off : n u battle und
hud bled to death. John received u
wound also and was sent homo. Ho had
a suspicion that there wus no foundu
tion to the letter that the colonel o
James' regiment had written him an.
advertised in the papers for his brother
After advertising , for a long time anc
receiving no information ho gave up
and wont west , where ho has lived over
binco.
James was not dead , however , though
ho had never seen any of his brother's
advertisements for him. After berving
out his time in his regiment ho went to
Rochester , and hus been engaged foi
many years in getting a very comfort
nblo competence from a cignr store al
No. 180 Plymouth avenue. Last yeui
John , who wunted to hear something
from his long-lost brother , wrote to ono
of the Sisters of Churity ut the orphan
nsylum nt Buffalo , who found that there
was a James Driscoll in Rochester
Letters were exchanged nnd John cnm <
cast and the brothers mot for the lirs
time in forty years. John is now visit
ing his brother on Plymouth avenue.
HOUSEK.Eiii'INOr AIDS.
Modern Appliance Which Our Grand
mother * Unit to Do Without.
There is something so marvelous in
"
the wny life is made "agreeable to us in
household mutters , in comparison wit !
the way bur grandmothers hud to ttiki
their duties , thut ono feels ns if it wen
really intended to help out great ends
says Harper's Bnzar , not to speak of tin
obsolete arts of spinning and weaving a
home , of the cheese making und snu&ugi
malting , the trying out of tin
lard , tbo running of tallo\
candles , the stringing of upplos
to dry. the preparation of savory herbs ,
and all thnt followed in such train und
mudo the housewife's life a long labor ,
which huvc been taken from the house
hold nnd given into the hands of. associ
ated labor outside the gates not to
speak of these , In yet other things 1ms
the wny been mude smooth for us In
-almost miraculous manner , things of
which wo never dreamed of complain
ing. There are the various grains , for
instance , that used to require bo many
hours' boiling , und then were not espe
cially palutablo. Now they are pre
pared in most , uppetizing fashion und
already moro than two-thirds cooked , bo
that u tow minutes over the lire Jlnds u
brculcfust dish rcudy thut is fit not , lot
us say , for gods , but for men.
Then who dees not know the conster
nation of the housekeeper of old , w.lth n
lioart sot on some elegance , who saw
company at the door und know she hud
no soup for dinnerr1 Now a dozen firms
stund ready to obviate uny such calamity
with their soups of every description ,
needing only two or three minutes on
th j range. While as for the other
canned preparations , fruit untl inputs
und vegetables und jellies , they uro only
limited to the number of thfngu to bo
cunnod , and they give ono u mid
summer's dinner in midwinter , imil
suvo the housekeeper , anxious to
vury her table , from u world
of unxloty. The housekeeper in
the south , too , has reuben to be jjrutofnl
for the way In which she can now pro
cure that once unprocurable luxury of
ice , nnd she , more thnn uny other , can
thank the inventor of the gus btovo , of
tlio oil nnd spirt urrangoment for cook
ery , where nothing is heated but the
food , not even the cook's temper , nnd
where all the gubses nnd odors of cook
ery thnt once lillodthe house and sur
rounded It with a mophltio odor that
mfght warn off strangers , like the black
atmosphere surrounding enchnnted
castles in fublolund , are burned with the
gus or oil , Perhaps , after all , this ib
the greatest application of bcionco to
comfort that hus been mado.
A 1'rolilem Solved ,
Jlarper"t llVeili/ .
Pray , what U thu use of this btrlvlng for good ,
If all ends In oo nnd dUtrenhV
Why work In vuln hopu , when 'tin well under
stood
, Thero'n no tmvh thing as nuccess ?
' I Thouiitwerls simple when I am concerned
u I've studied thu cute thrmiKh und through
. I The lesson 1'vo found to bo unslljr learned ;
J The "It" and the "when" are not truo.
TACKLED A GANG OF TOUGHS
Two Policemen Attempt Arresl with Rather
Bloody Results.
STABBED AND SLUGGED WITHOUT MERCY
Uipctli-nco of O nicer * IVIntt nml Trnfl *
Near Cmirtlnml Iteuoh llottlci Wore
rough the Air Kicnpo
or thn Ilow < tlc >
- Onicers Wlatt nnd Trafts of the Council
Bluffs police force , who nro on duty nt
Courtland beach nnd In that vicinity , were
badly beaten about 10 o'clock last nlht by n
gang of toughs whom they uttcmptod to
nrrcst.
The ofllccrs were called upon to nrrcst .1
small cotcrlo of rowdtos who had gone out to
ono of the prohibition Joints near the east
end of the Ames Avenue bridge nud were
creating n disturbance. Thcso toughs
seemed bent on creating n disturbance nud
picking quarrels with ovcrj0110 who was tin-
fortutmto enough to come In contact with
thorn.
As soon ns the oniccrs approached they
were assaulted nnd so overwhelmed that
they could not USD their guns or clubs. The
assailants used stones , bottles , clubs nnd
knives. Ofllccr Trafts Is wounded severely
about the head. Ho thinks ho was hit with
a beer bottle. Wlatt was stubbed twice in
the back nnd was clubbed nnd kicuud until
ho hccnme unconscious.
After rendering the ofllecrs helpless the
roughs made their escape. Ofllccrs were
searching for the miscreants last night , but
nt n Into hour had recorded no arrests. The
fellows took the guns and clubs belonging to
the onicors' .
Wlntt llns Not Kcpnrtml.
Ofllccr Trafts reported ino affair to the
chief in Council Bluffs , but Wlatt did not
turn up und It is not known how badly ho Is
Injured. Trafts Is of the opinion that the
leaders of the toughs had n grudge ngnlnst
him nnd took this opportunity to got oven
with him. llo Is regarded ns n good ofilccr
and has been on duty ut the bench for sev
eral indntlis. Since then he has arrested
several rowdies out there , and ho recognized
ono or two of thorn In the crowd which as
saulted him.
An ofllcer was sent out to look for Wlntt.
It is thought that the latter wcnt-ton neigh
oring house to have his wounds dressed and
s too badly hurt to report at headquarter * .
The officers claim they recognized several of
heir assailants nnd their arrest will shortly
ccur , as they are known In police circles.
The Omaha police woro. telephoned the
'acts , but aside from watching for some of
he offenders last night , they took no action ,
is the case is out of their Jurisdiction.
Trafts will soon recover , but ho will hnvo
ovcral scars as mementoes of his oxpu-
icuco
BOTHERED BY KANGAROOS.
Australian Squatters Gradually Kxtnrinl-
rmtlni ; the I'cnt.
The kangaroo plague has always been
grout nuisance to the Australian
squatters , for on an uvorago these ani
mals consume as much grass as u sheep.
It is stuted by Science Gossip that on a
sheep run of 00,000 to 80OQU.ncrcs , 10,000
kangaroos were killed annuully for six
years , and yet. their numbers remained
very formidable in the locality. In the
colony of South Australia hundreds of
thousands of kangaroos uro slaughtered
annually for their skins , nnd the bonus
offered by the authorities. The num
ber of these marsupials in New Sputh
Wales in 1889 'was estimate to bo over
4,000,000 , and yet about 500,000 kangaroos
rees and 050,000 wallnblca were de
stroyed In the colony , -in that j'oar. ' A
bonus of 10 cents for each kangaroo
killed is offered In Australia , hence the
colonists are gradually exterminating
these native animals. Over half u
million skins are gradually shipped to
England und a lurgo number to North
America , to bo converted into leather.
Thb nmcropldtc include scuoral kinds ol
kangaroos and wallubles. The progress
of settlement in Australia hus driven
those animals from the more densely
populated parts of the Australian conti
nent , but in the country and unsettled
districts they uro still numerous enough
to cause considerable damage to the
natural grasses. So serious hus been
the injury thus wrought that the colon
ial governments and runholdcrs pay a
small sum per head for the destruction
of the kangaroos.
AVhoro lliir.ci VWiir Vrlls.
The oddest things to bo scon in the
streets of Colorado Springs are horses
decked with veils , says the National
Issue. Wo huvo grown accustomed to
the jaunty little hats worn by many
horses in our towns to protect them from
the heat of the sun. Wo can oven see
nu umbrella fastened over their heads
without surprise , but n veil gives to the
noble beast u dandyish look that is very
droll. Some of theijo veils , belonging to
line saddles , are moro fringes of line
strips of leather that hang before the
oycs ; others are pieces of mosquito netting - -
ting drawn tightly buck und fastened
like n woman's nose veil ; but the most
stylish nnd altogether effectlvo uro of
netting drawn over a hoop which holds
it awuy from the oyer , yet completely
protects them. Thnso exaggerated gog
gles gives the gravest horse a waggish
look.
look.Tho
The veils uro not worn for fnsh ion's
suke. They are , indeed , a stern neces
sity , and the comfort , if not oven the
life , of the horse domunds it. Colorado ,
withall , its great antrnciions , has one
plague the plague of Ilicn. Flies of all
sizes , from the least up to the enormous
blue-bottle , uro every where. Most purls
CHIME IN HIGH PLACHS ! It la
not strange Unit some people do
wrong through ignorance , others from
ufuiluro to invcsiiguto us to the right or
wrong of a matter. But it is str.ingo ,
that Individuals and firms , who uro fully
' of the of others will
uwiii'Q rights , per
sist In perpetrating frauds upon them.
High-toned , wealthy inunufrcluring
firms will offer und hell to reluil mer
chants , articles which they know to bo
Infringements on the rights of proprie
tors , mid Imitations of well known goods.
Wo want to sound n note of warning to
the rotuilcrs to beware of such imita
tions nud simulations of "CAHTUU'H LIT-
TI-K LIVKR PILLS. " When they uro of
fered to you , refuse thorn ; you do not
want to do wrong , nnd you don't want to
lay yourself llublo to a lawsuit. Bon
Franklin suid "Honesty Is the host poli
cy" ; it is just ii3 true that "Honesty is
the best principle. "
of his body the horse cnn himself pro
tect 1 f not deprived of his tall , but his
oyca ho cannot , nnd tlioso dolocntd
organs are special objects of attnck by
the fly trlbo. It la the lenst n mnn cnn
do to provide n protecting veil for hit
most faithful servant.
Srnnlor Stnnforit nml ItU Hour * .
In employing men to" work nt 1'nlo
Alto , the Into senator gnvn them stlot
orders , says the Sun Fram l io Rxnmlncr.
They were told never to etriko , kick , or
whip a horse , nnd his instructions to his
men were : "Alwnys do u thing n little
bettor than anybody olse. nnd you will
succeed. When you hnndlo a horse ,
treat him n little better than nnv ono
else. When you brood n horse , urood
him , to n little better stock each time. "
Tt wns In this way that Stanford
revolutionised the horso-breodliiR of the
country. lie never allowed ono of his
men to ill-uso n , horseund , they know
It. There uro. never Mioloo or blows
nround the I'nlo Alto Mnbles , nnd th
hors.L'3 are never frightened. To show
his feeling toward his horses , the Into
Henry Vroonmn once told of un occur
rence when ho wns dining with Senator
Stanford. Just after thu dinner ono of
the drivers. Insisted that ho must see
the senator. He was ushorcd In , with
blood over hla face , which was badly
cut. "John knocked mo down , " ex
plained the man , referring to ono of the
trainers.
"What did you doS" ' asked the senator.
"Nothing , " replied the man.
"Uutyou" must have done Bomothlng ;
I want the truth , " persisted the BCtmtor.
" 1 kicked a horse , und John knocked
mo down , " wild the man.
"Those were John's instructions , and
I think ho did just right , " biiid the
senator.
A Kpldcinlii of riilitoiil-it : .
The beginning of the eighteenth cen
tury witnessed un epidemic of polsionlng
in Franco us well as Italy. The business
wus begun in Franco by two lla'lon ' poi
soners mimed E.xili und Glii < or. The
poisoners were dibcovurcd by the uld of
the clergy. Exili and Glasor were sent
to the Bastile. where they both died.
The latter living long enough , however ,
to communicate the bccrots of his busi
ness to the infamous St. Croix. who be
came the teacher of the cqiiaUy infa
mous Mine. Brinvilliers. St. Croix was
instrumental in the death of n lurgo
number of persons , and finally was him-
holf found dead In his lubaratory , where
ho hud boon overcome by the noxious
vupors of the poisyns ho was distilling.
It Cures Colds , Coughs. Bora Threat , Croup , Influ
enza , Whooplnp Cough , Bronchitis ftndA thm ,
A certain cure for Consumption in flrit tUetlt
and a turc relief in advanced itnei. Use at once.
You will tee the excellent effect after taking the
first dote. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large
bottles 0 cents and $1.00.
nOTTLEUS 01'
tnsf@r S firings
HHIkBE13B"fl ! M B V.RifAYFift
IMEEiAL WATER
J
-AND-
Improved Hire's Root Beer.
Trlvnto families furnlsncd with I'uro Drink *
In. Water , frch every munilnc , 'lit $1.50 per
month.
I'alronl70 Homo Industry nnd cot put
water arid wlio'.csoino Miin'ner ilrliiUa.
Mynster Springs Water Co. ,
E. E. WAUD , : W12 AVHHUE II ,
Council Bluffs , la.
The best p.iyln ? InveuUiicnt for a hoimcwlfo U
Ilie Excelsior Ilomc-ltakcr and lloastcr.
li.-iltrH liroml m ty , leaves It inulBt : meat will ba
juicy nnd rlcliBnvo80iiij-tlilnliiHtrHlouHulonenl : .
No lailv crin do without It uftur having trluJ It.
Wrlturor circulars.
AGENTS -WANTED.
CHARLES SCHULTHEIS9 ,
Council lllnffnown. .
foilorid courts. Itonms 2)3-7-3-9. tikujrart
block , Council iilulTi. la.
Special
COUNCIL BlUFH.
A I1STKAOTS nnd IO.IIIH. Farm ami city pro-party
/Vboiiflil und Bold , 1'nauy , V Tho. HUB , Council
lllnirh
GAHI1AGK removed , eossp-.iolH. vaults , chimneys
cluiinud. Ud IHirke , nt Taylur'n uroJery , CiO
llroudwiiy ,
A RO-ncro ( food , Improvol f-ir.n In uta. 27-32-41
'J Sheridan Co. , Nnb. . lorn-ilo lit * I .OJH.U'J. TliU
la away below IH valnu. Jolnmtou .V Van Pattern ,
1'OK KXCIIAN'UK , ntci ) lot on bottom for liur a
J-1 und Uiigay , Oiveiiahlulila , NluliolMuii & Co.
J7OH BAM ! at a uarirnln If Inkori itt once. 1U3 feel"
.by ' . ' (11 ( fed on 1'ark avvimu , or lll null la
hinullur parcel * Hdcalrt * ! , K. II. Hln-afu , Uroail *
way mid Main ulrfd. _
A\rANTii : ) , n younir man tovurn about thu housa
' and yard. Apply ut olllco of I onurd UvcrotK
Pearl Htreet.
1'OH , HAI.K-A11 'fumlBliliiRH of my limiio. used
only tlirt'U uionthHj parlor , bedroom , dlnlmr HOI ,
kltchmi , uarpetB , bum H. < ! < . All innut bu Hold , aa
am about to leuvu tlio city. A. J , MumJrl. 7UU Ora >
hiun avenue , toniLT S Ibt Bliuot. Tuliu Falnuouut
paik motor.
COUNCIL BLUFFS
STEAM DYE WORKS
All kinds of Oyolni :
nnU Ulo-inliu Uonu In
UIH hl'/hujit style of
the art. 1'VloU ' unl
Klulnud fubrluH mud *
to loot : uooJ ( u ]
now. Worn promptly
Uono uiiu ilullvorej
in ull purtu ot tbi
country. HouJ lor
\irlcu list.
A. MACHAlf ,
Proprietor.
Urcudway. near North
western Depot ,
Telephone 3&