Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 22, 1881, Page 6

vy A ! 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 2 2, 1881. The Omaha Bee. Published every morning, except Sunday only Monday morning daily, TERMS BY MAIL: 10.00 | Three Months. 83.00 5.00 | One L & THE WEEKLY BEE, published ev- ery Wednesday, I'ERMS POST PAID: % .$2.00 | Three Months.. 50 1.00 | One v W, CORRESPONDENCE-—Al Communi ews and Edif eations re to inl mat ters should be addressed to the Eniror or Tur Brr, BUSINESS LETTERS-—AlNl Business Letters and Remittances should be ad- dressed to Tre OMAHA PuBLISHING Con- PANY, Owana. Drafts, Checks and Post- office Orders to be made payable to the order of the Company. OMARA PUBLISHING C0., Prop'rs E.ROSEWATER, Editor. John H. Pierce is in Charce of the Ciren- ation of THE DAILY BEE, c1® SAM has another big ele- phant on his hands. His name is Sitting Bull. Noruixa could be more monotonous than the news trom Albany, More ballots and still no choice. NEBRASKA’S wool crop promises in the future to be of almost as great importance as her corn crop. Tae cotton crop has doubled in the last decade, and outstripped the growth of population in the southern states three to one. Tae Czarhas committed the sen- teonce of Henry Helferman sentenced to death for implication in the assas- sination of the Emperor Alexander. Tue sewerage question in Omaha will not admit of delay. A single ep- idemic would do more damage to our city than the cost of ten sewerage sys- tems. KeNtucky is getting virtuous. By a decision rendered last Monday by the court of appeals, the Kentucky State Lottery is perpetually enjoined from business in that state. A band of hungry and rugged cut- throats head by Sitting Bull will soon be on their way to Washington, to shake hands with the Great Father and partake of the fatted calf. Rowm, gin and whisky of prime old age continue to pour into the White house under the very eyes of the cele- brated portrait of Mrs. Hayes. The temperance people will be heard from later. Give even the devil his due. Jay Gould’s new ocean cable is finished only a year after its inception, and cable messages have been reduced from seventy-five to twenty-five cents a word. Tue New York city assessn.ent rolls show an increase of $42,202,811 for 1881 over 1880; the total real and personal now standing at 1,185,948, - 098—8976,735,199 realty, and $209,- 212,809 personalty. ConoressMAN RoBINsON has said that the labors of a member of con- gress are so multifarious that each district should be represented by thres men, one to attend to the work of legislation, another to serve his constituents at the departmonts and public offices, and a third to do the social honors of the position. Tae editor of the Republican pro- pounds many absurd conundrums to Mayor Boyd and the city council, Among other things they are re- quested to tell why former councils and the present council have failed to give the mayor authority to fill up sink holes and abate nuisances. Simpl, because the charter vests all authority for carrying on public improvements and the general government of the city in the mayor and council con- jointly and because the mayor is not expected to act as city scavenger, —_— Tue adoption of the emigration clause of the Trish Land Bill by a vote of 126 to 33, marks the passage of another crisis 1 the history of that measure, This clause enables the government to assist emigration by the expenditure of a sum of money which, it is stated, will not execed $1,000,000. It has been Dbitterly gg osed by & small but earnest band Home R who denounce emi- " gration™ %" troubles, and condemn the heartless- ness which has for centuries advocated it. The : clause itself is a sop thrown to the House of Lords, who attach grest imporiance to emigra- tion as a panacea for Irish woes, and who would gladly see that country converted into vast grazing farms, with just enough population to herd i ) quarter. We propose to show in our m?.uu Tho]zuugc of the emi- | next issue how our merchants and gration clause is likely, however, to|other patrons of the Republican are ensure the final passage of the meas-|and have been shameful), i use, which, with all its defeots, will be |and robbed ully swindled the first genuine attempt at Irish land | the most i “a remedy for Ireland’s |to the Omaha Herald ten years ago, FRAUDULENT AND “AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.” As on previous occasions, the Re- publican put in & bid for the city printing the coming year. It did so, in common with at least one other journal, en the supposition that the contract was to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. We may say, right here, that the city printing is not a matter of any particular pecuniary consequence to the Repub- Tut there is a principle in- volved in the matter—and especially in the manner in_which the contract was awarded to the highest bidder against which the Republican protests, just as earnestly as though the amount uivolved were thousands instead of merely hundreds of dollars: The printing committee of the coun- cil, in awarding the con- tract to the highest bidder, | entered into a fradulent contract, against public policy. These we are well aware are very serious words to speak concerning a committee compos ed of three gentlemen generally s teemed as estimable citizens; but they are words fully justified by the facts, and demanded on behalf of the public interest. The contract as awarded, under the notification as advertised, is we repeat, a fraudulent one and against public policy. The bid of the Bk, we are informed, was on a figure about one hundred per cent higher than the highest competitive bid, In what manner a contract based on so exhorbitant a figure can be regared as “advantageous” (as the printine com- mittee-ring, phrase it), 18 not apparent to the uuadulterated vision, —Repub- lican. We know the city printing is not a matter of consequence to the Republi- can. That readerless newspaper is merely an appendage to the Union Pacifi in any way upon its income from sub- scriptions or advertising. lican, job office and does not depend It is the height of impudence for such a sheet to charge fraud in the award of the city advertising b its bid was rejected. Two years ago the city council made an experiment m cheap advertising which proved in the end to be the most expensivo advertising they ever had. They made the Republican their official paper and they were compelled to print and distribute handbills in the city every time they wanted bids for any public improvement, With less than 400 subscribers in a city of 30,000 in- habitants, the Republican, as an offi: cial paper, was not much better as an advertising medium than the bill of ccause fare of a second class hotel. Since then the Republican has added about 40 subscribers to its city list, but the present council did not think the increase would warrant another experiment in cheap advertising. In reaching this conclusion they did nothing that would justify a charge of fraud, or even a violation of public policy. On the contrary, they pur- sued the same poiley in awarding the contract for advertising to Tue Ber that they pursue in awarding con- tracts for supplies that vary in quality or quantity. Suppose the city council had in- vited proposals for horses for the fire department, and half a dozen parties offered to supply horses of various grades at prices varying from $150 to $300, would it be fraudulent and against public policy for the council to purchase the $300 horses, if upon inspection they were considered the best, and in the end the cheapest? Suppose the council had advertised proposals for city offices, and one party offered them a frame fire trap with half a dozen rooms for $300 a yoar and another party offered a brick building with ten rooms for $500 a year. Would it be against public pol- icy in the council to rent the §500 building, and would the rejection of the lower bid be a fraud? There be- ing nolaw regulating the official ad- veatising the council acted upon com- mon business principles in choosing the medium, and after examining the various bids they rcached the conclusion that the Brr wus notonly the best but the cheapest paper to advertise in, although its rate was considerably higher than that of the lowest bidder. They awarded the contaact to Tie Bee because they now that this paper is read by more people in the city of Omaha than all the other dailies combined, A It would have manifestly been against public policy to publish the official ad- vertisements of the city in the Repub- Lican when it is notorious that it cir- cnlates less than 500 dailies in Omaha even if the advertising had been given away. It was equally against public policy to award the printing toa mushroom paper that had no stability, and was as yet an uncertain ex- periment in Omaha journalism, As a matter of fact the rate charged lxyl'l‘u: Bee for city advertising is one- third below the rate paid by this city and a little below what Tue Bee re- oceived six years ago when it had less than one-third its present circulation, Now that the Republican has ventured to impeach the integrity of the mem- bers of the printing committee we propose to carry the war iuto Africa ) |and we shall neither give nor ask THE SIOUX SURRENDER. On the 16th of June, 1876, six hun- dred brave veterans of the Seventh United States cavalry were butchered on the Little Missouri by a band of savages under the leadership ot that most daring and cunning chief Sitting Bull. While the massacre of Custer and his men has been generally con- demned among military men as a needless sacrafice, it must not be for- gotten that General Custer as com- | mander of a large military force was with Bull who had charged by his superiors the pursuit of marauders Sitting and his decamped from the Sioux reservation bocause thoy desired to carry on a guorrilla warfare against frontier sot- tlers in Dakota and Montana. eral Custer may have been reckless in attacking the Tndians that were lying in ambush, but the butchery of a whole regiment of cavalry is without parallel among the bloody annals of Indian warfare, Sitting Bull and his men may have been ill-treated on the reservation, but they were outlaws and the duty and Gen- military had but one that was to pur- sue and punish them. Had they white banded together for rapine amd murder the British authonties, on whose domain they found refuge, would have been com- pelled to surrender them tothe United States’ authorities for punishment. But being Indians holding the com- plex and contradictory relation of a separato nation competent to make treaties and at the same time helplees orphans and wards of ;the American people, they were hospitably received and protected on Canadian soil. For more than [five years Sitting Bull and his braves have made periodic raids on the frontier scttlements of Montana. One fourth of the regular army of the United States has bien constantly on the tramp to head them off, and to protect settlers against their incur- sions. Some of our most daring Indian fighters were dispatched to Sitting Bull's stamping ground, and finally several forts were built at the most commanding points to keep Sitting Bull from crossing the line. All these cdstly compaigns were, however, fruitless, but the building of railroads west of the Mis- souri through the Indian country, the settlement of the Black Hills and the stream of immigration contracted the limits of his former hunting grounds. The game upon which the Indians had been subsisting became more scarce every year, and when any herds of buffalo were within reach they were generally within gunshot[of the blue coats. It finally became a question with Sitting Bull and his braves whether they should starve in Can- ada or die in the United States, Out of the large which five years ago made him so formidable but two hundred remained at the close of last winter’s terrible season to share his fortunes. After much preliminary parleying with the commandant of Fort Bufford, Sitting Bull finally decided to make a virtue of necessity by unconditional surren- der. With the surrender of Sitting Bull the last band of all the northern hos- tile tribes has succumbed to the inevi- table. Less than ten years ago these tribes mustered an army of over 16,- 000 able bodied warriors. To-day they are subdued although by no means civilized. Tt is almost certain that the government will extend the same clemency to the men who massacred Cien, Custer and his six hundred sol- diers that it did to Red Cloud and his band of assassins who butchered Col. Fetterman and ninety men on the Powder River. It is more than probable that Sitting Bull will be un- able to exerciso the same control over the Indians on the reservation that he did in the field. He will, how ever, boar careful watching if he is allowed to go about without restraint 1t has cost the government several millions of dollars to keep Sitting Bull out of Uncle S8am’s pasture, and it will be a great relief to people on the border to know that he is now where he can do them no harm. The army has gained very little glory in these campaigns, but General Starra- tion was a more effective campaigner than any general that Uncle Sam em- ployed to fight the Sioux. been men, WEe publish in another column an interesting letter upon the Doane law, from the pen of Dr. 8. V. Moore, who has been a prominent and consistent advocate of the legislative regulation of railways and is a mewm- ber of the present legislature, Dr. Moore utters a vital truth when ing attention to the object of the companies in thus complying with the letter, while violating the spirit of the Doane law, Mr. Moore hits the nail on the head when he remarks: “A solution of the whole problem is tobe found in the fact that rail- road managers are determined if pos- sible to, render the law—obnoxious to the people and 8o to obtain its repeal and stop further legislation.” The corporations are openly bonst- ing that before they are through they will make Nebraska sick of railway legislation. It remains to which will bo the sicker, the corpora- tions or the people. c— be scen Tue appointment of a receiver for the Manhattan elevated railroad com- pany marks the beginning of the close of one of the most gigantic schemes of plunder ever hatched from the brains of reckless stock gambling. The Manhattan company was organized to lease the two clevated railroads of New York City. It guaranteed to the stockholders of the companies ten per cent annual dividends and reserv- ed for its own stockholders whatever remained after the payment of divi- dends to the other road. The com- pany, without a dollar of property in its possession, issued millions of stock which was pure water and sold it to credulous purchasers. Since its organization it has faled to paya singlo dividend and the management having unloaded their stock on the market and pocketed some tweniy millions of money by the operation have permitted the concern to drift into the courts. Such gigantic con- spiracies of gambling rings to obtain money on false pretenses should be sternly dealt with by the courts, Ttis certainly as much of a crime to steal one miltion dollars as it is to pilfer a loaf of bread. THE surgestion of a day of thanks. giving for the restoration of President Garfield has been generally adopted by the various state governors with the exception of Governor Roberts, of Texas. It seems now nearly time to make preparations for the proclama- tion of the event. The president may almost be declared out of danger. His pulse is steady, his temperature normal, and his appetitegood. These are all indications of a resumption of health, and the probabilities are that a national thanksgiving may be or- dered by the first of next month. A cirmL seems to have struck the Garfield fund. The subscription re- minds the Boston Herald of the pro- fane fellow in stress of weather at sea, who thought ‘‘something religious” ought to be done promptly, and, not being accustomed to praying, sug- gested that ‘‘a contribution should be taken” up.” An emotional man like Cyrus W. Field, seeing the peril of the president, could think of nothing better than to pass the contribution box. St Louis merchants are devising means to invite a diversion of the grain trade of Nebraska and Towa from Chicago to this city. The high- est bidder gets it gentleman. Nrwrorr, which perhaps more than any dther American town is full of striking contrasts of things new and old, will be the subject of a ‘Mid- summer Holiday” paper in the Au- gust Scribner, The writer, ‘‘Susan Coolidge,” is a resident of the place, and comes naturally by her admira- tion of the picturgsque “Isle of Peace,” as she calls it. The illustra- tions are furnished by Henry Sand- ham, Robert Blum, F. H. Lungren, and George Inness, Jr., who contrib- utes two coast scenes, ‘‘Gathering feaweed,” and ‘“The Meet of the Queen’s County Hunt.”’ —_—— ., EVADING THE LAW. A Pungent Letter From Dr. Moore son the Transportation Question. York Tribune. M. Eprrox: Having lately received several com- munications from shippers, request- ing me to explain why it was that they were compelled to pay higher rates for transportation for one year past, and why I had worked and voted for a'measure that had caused the ruising of rates all over the state, in order to comply with its provisions. 1f you will grant us the use of your columns, we will gladly answer all by saying, 1st,. That the latter clause of the second qun-tin:wmitiva falsehood gotten up by rai managers, and lated by (we fully believe) a sub- sidized press. For there is not a sen- tence in the law that justifies the rais- ing of rates to comply with its provis- ons, 2d. A solution of the whole prob- lem is to be found in'the fact that rail- road managers are detérmined, if possible, to render the law obnoxious he remarks that there is nota sen- tence in the law that justifies the raising of “rates to comply with its provisions, This position has been maintained by Tue Bee from the outset and camnot be controverted. The law simply provided that rates should be no higher than they were at a certain stated time last winter, and prohibited the corporations from charginggreater rates for a shorter than for a longer year in and year out by nfamous 1mposture that reform which has ever originated from | was ever perpetrated in any commu- nity, distance. These provisions afforded no exvuse for & raising of the tariff, and the action of the corporations in increasing rates was in direct viola- tion of the spirit of the law, and the intention of its originators, In call- to the people, and so obtain its repeal, and stop further legislation, that they may be enabled to continue the vile practice of discrimination, making it a system of rewards and punishments, through the power of which they hope to secretly and arbitrarily exercise a censorship over the business interests of the community, state and nation. Discrimination as practiced by rail- roads, s in thunder tones, suffi- cient to awaken the most indifferent; in language not to be mistaken. It says to ev man, whose business compels him to deal largely with them, conceal our ;. follow our dictation; in short, be jour most humble servant, and we will make you . rich from - ‘earnings of Others; refuse and .you will read our displeasure in- your freight bills, it is their supreme pleasure, They can, by the Rnr that discrimi- nation gives them, compel you relin- uish your business, and become a :lny laborer or a despised ‘‘granger.” They say to the wily politician or of- fice seeker, ‘‘Be our dog in all things. and we will give you political prestige by giving you great favors and filling your Imc ets with small ones for your friends; furnish the wherewith to buy your enemies, and a subsidized press to howl for you.” Thus they hope to retain control of the business interests of the country, and their present power of unlimited taxation of the people on all commodities moved by them. Railroad capital, like all other, has its rights, and should be equally protected by law. But it shoald tiok, and must not, be permitted to adroitly weave a net of circum- stances and necessities, by which it would be enabled to subvert the natural laws of trade, fix prices, and dictate who shall and who shall not, buy and sell. Thus not only assuming kingly prerogatives and corporato aggrandizement, it also soeks through its wronfully obtained capital, to fasten this system of injus- tice upon the people by its corrupt- ing presence in puLticn, and its abil- ity to surround and blind its devotees by the glitter of wealth, and show of pomp and power; corrupt its officials by making magnificent presents and paying salaries that are no doubt in- tended to purchase conscience as well as sorvices, 4rd, Although we recognize many earnest men in the late legislature, yet from the many influences brought to bear upon them,many of them were unable to see the great necessity of prompt and efficient legislation. It is thercfore a fact beyond dispute, that any measure that met with the deter- mined opposition of the railroad men could not pass that body. Hence the defeat of all bills looking to the regu- lation of freight rates, And this, only permitted the present law on dis- crimination to pass, expecting and de- siring to use it in such manner as to defeat future legislation. And their success depends largely upon the good sense exercised by shippers and the people in general. The law is neces- sary and just; only requiring that all shippers shall have the same facilities and rates fortransportation. If railroad managers did not wish to use the law for Gthe purpose above stated, but were desirous of living up to the spirit of the law, the average of last year's regular and special rates would be the regular rates to-day to all, which would be but very little higher than special rates of last year, the greater per centum of freights being moved on special rates. We voted for the law, first, because we believe it to be just and necessary to destroy and prevent the evils above enum- erated; secondly; the constitution says, art. 11, scc. 7: *“The legislature shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and ex- tortion, in all charges of express, tele- graph and railroad companies in this state, and enforce such laws by ade- quate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of for- feiture of their property and fran- chise.” Fully believing that railroad charges were extortionate, and being unable to get a law that would fix reasonable rates, we thought we would discharge a part of our duty by voting for a law to prevent unjust discrim- ination, feeling perfectly willing that railroad managers should have the rivilege of redeeming their estab- ished character for unfairness, and if they were so unwise, in the absence of a law fixing rates, as to use the advantage they ossessed as a club, with which to urther bruise and mangle the veople’s interests,that it would hasten the time when we can pass laws that cannot be set aside or taken advantage of. ‘But that will tix reasonable rates for tran- sportation, and compel, in the man- agement of railroads, that economy necessary in other lines of business. ‘Whom L{u gods would destroy the; first make ad. So lay it on tl\ici and fast. 1t was that last little act of the British parliament that opened the eyes ot our fathers, and gaveus a gov- ernment of equal rights, and it 18 the people’s duty to see that it remains 80, 8. V. Mooge. The Iowa Senatorship. Lansing Mirror. Some papers argue that because Gear has made a good governor it fol- lows as a matter of course that he would make a good senator. It does not follow any more than a man might makea good and successful farmer he must necessarily make a good lawyer or preacher, if he turned his attention in either of these direc- tions. The positions are entirely dis- similar, and require entirely difforent talents to insure success, A man may take an ordinary member of either house of congress without forensic ability, but he cannot cope with such wmen as Blaine, Conkling or Sumner without this gift. ~James F. Wilson has it.—[ Postville Review. That ‘‘these positionsare dissimilar”’ is merely the arbitrary fiat of our co- temporary, not an established fact, and only an opinion entitled to the same weight as the belief of those who do not concur., It would reguire some effort on the part of one who might undertake it to conyince the Mirror that exceptional and recognized ser- vice as the executive of thisjcommon- wealth is not a cogent reason why ‘‘a good governor would make a good senator.” We would not detract from the unquestioned merit of Mr, Wil- son, but he cannot meet the compari- son made by our cotemporary; it is pleasant doubtless to print such a ind remark, but his best friends, those who are most judicious in his canvass, have wisely used no such language. If comparisons are in order we might refer to the present senior sen- ator from Iowa, r. Allison. He has never particularly undertaken to “‘cope’’ with spread-eagles of the sen- ate—those who do the talking for talk’s sake—but, in the committee room, in wise, and cautious and pru- dent counsel; in careful and diligent attention to important public affairs, has gained o position scarcely second substantially to that of any other sen- ator. While Governor Gear is not a polished orator, he is, nevertheless, a strong, able and successful public speaker—sufliciently so to fairly sus- tain the reputation in that respect generally accorded Iowa in the senate We believe it caunot be gainsaid that he is to-day in - session of more practical information ing the state of Iowa than any other citizen; has a wider acquain- tance with its public affairs, and a more intimate knowledge of its re sources, It seems to us, from a mat- ter-of-fact way of looking at things, that such a man has precisely the “‘talont to insure success,” exactly the ability in kind and extent, that will be of most value to th people. In other words, is not this record of rather more service and substantial account than a questionable ability to “eope with Conkling?” And we migiit state the solution in another form: ‘“The question is for the; peo- ple to determine what we want a sen- ator to do, and then elect a man to do it.” Since the ahove was in type a para- graph in the McGregor News, tersely and very correetly reviewing thesitua- tion, has met our notice,and we print it with full endorsement: Three men may be considered can- didates for the United States senate— Gear, Wilson and Kasson, If the peo- ple want a shrewd, intelligent busi- ness man, who has been highly suc- cessful in administering the affairs of the state, Gear should be the choice. 1f they desire afine lawyer, skilled in debate, the intricacies of the courts and the hair-splitting of laws from a justice docket to international arbitra- tion, let them select Wilson. 1If they want a mnatural politician, a born and bred diplomatist, a manipulator of the destinies of all men around him, let them choose John A. Kasson, the American Bolingbroke. Gear has this further advantage: he is better post- ed and knows more about the actual inside workings, details and necessi- ties of our state than any other one man who ever lived in Towa. A Railroad Project: Leavenworth Times, Col. Henry C. Nutt, the newly elected president of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, informed a represen- tative of the V'imes that the intention is to complete the road to San Fran- cisco. The Southern Pacific company has offered to furnish the new road with right of way and trackage through California, but this proposi- tion has been declined by the Atlantic and Pacific, and all the necessary preparations are being perfected for the early completion of the line. Pres- ident Nutt thinks it not impossible that gradin, and track-laying operations will be commenced from the San Francisco end of the route within ninety days. . The road is now completed and in operation to a point in Arizona 211 miles west of Albu- qurque, and the rails for three hun- dred miles more of track— carrying it to “The Needles,” in Colorado—have been‘purchased and delivered. Two additional surveying parties haye just been ordered to take the field in Cali. fornia. This is no more or less than an extension of the main line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad from New Mexico to the Pacific ocean. When completed it will not relieve the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe of its present dependency upon the Southern Pacific—a depend- ency that galls like a yoke—but will carry that road to San Francisco by a route more than 300 miles shorter than that via Deming and the South- ern Pacific. It is learned from anoth- ersource that Thomas Nickerson, the retiring president of the Atlantic and Pacific, proposes giving his entire at- tention to the Mexican Cuatral and Sonora railways. The surveys of the Sonora railway are completed to the border between the United States and Mexico. From Muris, Just above Hermosillo, the Sonora company has choice of three lines to make its connection with the Atchin- son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company. If the direct line is taken to Nogales, toward Tucson, the length of the Sonora road from Guay- mas will be 263 miles; if a more easterly connection at Buena Vista is made, the line from Guaymas will be 276} miles long. If a yet more easter- ly connection 18 made on the border at La Novia, the total length of the Sonora road will be 274 miles. PERSONALITIES. Dr. Bliss wears a pair of booming burn- sides, Sitting Bull is on his second annual sur- rendering tour, The poet Tupper is 71 years old. He is genial, and gays of his enemies that they are not worth answering. Warner Miller is a Methodist in good standing, but he is chiefly solicitous about wood pulp and making money out of it. Garibaldi has raised this season a larve crop of potatoes and cabbage on his little island of Caprera, which he distributes to the poor of Leghorn. Helen Hunt (Mrs. Jackson) left New England a pale, delicate invalid, and now in her Colorado home she weighs 200 pounds, She is engaged on her work con- cerning the Indians, Dom Pedro of Brazil still insists that he was the first discoverer of the present comet, and Dr, Mary Walker doubles up her fists and wants to see the party who dares dispute her claim to that honor. Rather than have a war between Dr. Mary Walker and Brazil we will pay the $200 reward out of our own pocket, William Harvey, 23 years of age, was gent to il for siaty days in New "York, for stealing a silk dress from his mother and pawning it for drink. The Czar, Alfonzo, the prince of Wales and ex-Queen Isabella are cigarette smokers; the pope and King Humbert smoke Cavour cigars; Emperors William and Francis Joseph smoke big porcelain pipes; Bismarck and the Sultan_ indulge ina pipe occasionally, and both prefer Turkish tobaceo, Griscom is a bigger man than old Tan- ner, and it won't be long before a bigger fool than either will call for pubtic admi tion. 1f some idiot should hold boiling water for half an hour to secure the “championship,” & second idiot would have his foot all ready as soon as the other came out, One man_who is rightfully entitled to the name of a pioneer of the Pacific coast region is Job ¥. Dye, now living in Pajaro valley, Santa Cruz county, California, He 15 80 years old, and wears his age lichtly, being yet hale' and vigorous. In 1829 he Joft hia native state of "Kenttcky, joined & tramping expedition to the far west, and after many wanderings arnived at the pue- bla of Los Angelos in 1832 Mademoiselle Naink, who has been hold- ing avitation meetings in Paris to promote the cause of woman's rights, was politely informed by the French government that if she continued in that course her exile would follow. To avoid this difficulty she has determined to marey a Frenchman and adopt French uationality. ~ Fortunately for Mademoiselle Anthony the'government of this country is not so hard on the female suffragists, S— A Reuovating Remedy Is to be found in Burnook BLoob Birreks. As an antidote for sick-headache, female weal biliousness, indigestion, consti. pation, and other diseases of a kindred nature these bitters are invaluable. Price $1.00, trial size 10 cents, CHEAP LAND FOR SALE. 1,000,000 Acres «—OF THE~—— FINEST LAND — N EASTERN NEBRASKA. SeLEOTED IN AN EARLy DAY—NoT Rarn Roan LaAND, BuT LAND OWNED BY NON. RESIDENTS WHC ARR TIRED PAYING TAXES AND ARE OFFERING THEIR LANDS AT THR LOW PRICE OF $6, 88, AND 810 PER AORR, ON LONG TIME AND EASY TERMS. WE ALSO OFFER FOR SALE IMPROVED FARMS — N — Douglas, Sarpy and Washington COUNTIES. —_——— ALSO, AN IMMENSE LIST OF OmahaCityRealEstate Tncluding Elegant Residences, Business and Residence Lots, Cheap Houses and Lots, and a large number of Lots in most of the Additions of Omaha. Also, Small Tracts of 5, 10 and 20 acrces inand near the city. We have good oppor- tunities for making Loans, and in all cases porsonally examine titles and take every precaution to insure safety of money so invested. Be ow we offer a small list of Srrolan BARGAINS. BOGGS & HILL, Real Estate Brokers, 1408 North Side of Farnham Street, Opp. Grand Central Hotel, OMAHA, NEB. A beautitu! residence lot on California between 22nd and BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE et mice house and lob on §th and Webster streeta, with barn, coal house, well cistern, shade and fruit trees, everything complete. ‘A desirablo plece of property, figures low e GGS & HILL. FOR SALE Ez’,‘::;“i,",“u“:;“i.!fl:‘t& Avenue, BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE Ioisantiteomerchicaso BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE s ove omepanerbors goop location for boarding house. Owner wil sell low BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE e s™rins sad ton,”"This property will bo 8ol very cheap, oo FOR SAL 23d streets, $1600. GGS & HILL. OR SALE—A heaton. Enquire of Jas. F Swphumon.wp L 4 904-t8 FOR SALE o tidicn e to t once subimit best cosh offer. BOGGS & HILL. A good an desirable res FOR SALE &% ~ A FINE BREhpie = BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE &ftiusgtu * * GS & HILL FOR SALE &y detivm oSl a fine house, $2,500, BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE Abou 200 lcts in Kountzo & Ruth's addition, just south of 5t. Mary's avenue, $450 to §800. These lota are near business, surrounded by fine improve ments and are 40 per cent cheaper than any otho lots in the market. Save money by buying thes ois. BOGGS & HILL. Fon sALE 10 lota, suitable for fine resi dence, on Park-Wild avenue 8 blocks 8. E. of depot, all'covered with fine larg trecs, Price extremely low. to §700. BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE o, ycncer 1t BOGGS & HILL, Cheaj FOR SALE Shish somseits, s BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE 98 lota on 20th, 27th, 25th, 29th and 30th Sts., between Farnham, Douglas, and the proposed extension of Dodge street. Prices range from $200 to $400. We haxe concluded to give men of small mear.s, one more chance to secure a home and will build housas on these lots on small payments, and will sell lots on monthly payments. BOGAS & HILL, P 160 acres, 9 mules trom city, FOR SALE Sams s orly 8 miles iom railaoad, $10 per scie. FOR SALE :hamorss: ot tivated, Living Bpr‘ln‘ of water, some nice va leys. ‘The laud is all first-class rich prairie, Pric 10 per acre. S & HILL. Fon sALE 720 acres in one body, 7 miles west of Fremont, is all level land, paoducing heavy growth ef grass, in high valley, rich soil and” § mies from railr an side track, in good settlement and no better lan can be found. BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE 203 33t feom . Fine improvements on this land, owner nota practival farmer, determined to sell. A good opening {or some wan of means. BOGGS & HILL, Fon SALE 5000 cres of laud near - land Station, 8,500 near Elk- horu, 88 to §10; 4,000 acres in north part of coun- ty, # to 810, acres 208 miles from Flor- cnce, 85 to §10: 5,000 acres west of the Elkhorn, $4 to $10; 10,000 cres scattered through the coun- ty, $6 to $10. ‘The above lands lie near and adjoin nearly every farm in the county, and can mostly be sold on simall cash paymeut, with the balance in 1-2-3- 4and 6 vear's time, BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE crocore"suisioadint unhnrhl and not known in the market as helng for sc. Locations will only be made known #2 purchasers o usincs, BUG GS & HILL. IMPROVED FARMS :%."iy improve farms around Omaha, and in all parts of Douglas, Sarpy and Washington counties. Also farms in Towa.” Fer description and prices call on BOGGS & HILL. us, '0 Business Lots for Sale on Farnam and Doug- lus streots, from $3,000 to 83,600, ‘ BOGGS & HILL. FOR SALE iuisviiiat s 2 ¥17eodlw | 2 b ese lots south side FOR SALE souiwm. i FOR SALE imieriiauic s rme, it . by lmpioved ouly 7 miics trom HOGGS & HILL.