Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1882, Page 4

1NN UMAILILA DAL e [RAVD V5 i sy O r'HE UMAfi'A DAiLY BEE: TUFSDAY FEBRUARY 21 o002 ¢ The Om-aha Bee Published every morning, except Sunday. The only Monday morning dsily, TERMS BY MAIL — One Vsar, . ,..£10,00 | Three Months. 83,00 Bix Months. 5.00 | One . 1.00 FHE WBEKLY BEE, published ev- T (S POST PAID:— One Year, $2.00 | Three Monthe.. 50 8ix Months.... 1.00 | One N CORRESPONDENCE—ALl Communi. eations relating to News and Editorial mat- ers wuld be addressed to the Eprror or N BRS—All Business < and Remittances should be ad- dressed to Tre Oyana Pupuisiive CoM- PANY, OmAtiA, Drafts, Checks and Post- office Ordeir to be made payable to the order of the Comnany, OMAHA PUBTISHING CO., Prop'rs E.ROSEWATER., Editor. " Tae storm all day yesterday and Tast night played havoe with the wires all around us. ard communication was cut off, thercby cutting ofl the usual lengthy telegraphic report. GoverNor NaNcrk's proclamation is now in order. OMmAHA wasn't to be cheated out of her annual sleigh ride. Tae mnnopol): cranks’ often flop, but never turn the right way. Taey are still after Nnvir{, the de faulting mayor of Adrian. Money. made the mayor go. Tar Hudson river ice crop, as usu- al, is “‘short.” This means long bills for ice consumers. WitH a wagon bridge uniting Oma- ha and Council Bluffs the two cities would become twin sjsters in some- thing more than name, IN response to the enquiry what “Guiteau is doing?” the Denver Trib- une suggosts that he is preparing to meet his partner on June 30th. This is irreverent but probably false. The editor of The Kansas City Journal gives the following cruel stab to one of our esteemed contempor- aries: The editor of The Omaha Herald 1s an inspired crank. The source of the inspiration is ina barrel owned by the sage of Grammorcy park. Or Gerteral Meigs, who has recently been retired, it is said that he was the greatest living spender of the public money. Duzing the war he directed the expenditure of nearly $2,000,000,- 000, besides auditing $40,000,000 of war claims. He retires from the @ervice & poor man, 90| Burt, Butler, Cedar, Cheyenne, Chase, ORGANIZING THE ALLIANCE. Oxe of the most practical results of ers’ alliance is seen in the rapid or- ganization of subordinate branches which is taking place in counties where previously no alliances had been working. port of Secretary Burroughs the fol- lowing counties were unrepresented by alliances at the Mastings meeting Dundy, Haycs, Pawnee, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Greeley, Harlan, Hitcheock, Keith, Lincoln, Pierce, Red Willow, Sherman, Stan- ton, Valley, Webster and Wheeler, in all twenty-five. The Farm ers’ alliance very properly appointed or- ganizers for these districts and within the ensuing three months it is hoped that every county in Nebraska will be represented by one or more subodi- Frontier, Sioux, o bodies pledged to work and vote v the principles of the Nebracka | State Farmera' alliance. 8 to bring to the attention of its readers in localities where no alliances have been formed is that the work of organizing and starting new bodies ought not to be left solely in the hands of workers from the state alliance. The means to be employed for securing a charter for a working alliance are so simple and 80 inexpensive that every precinct in our state ought to possess one of these aebating clubs for the wealth pro- ducers of the state. The time has past when the Nebraska Farmera’ al- liance could be called a mere politi- cal experiment, It has demonstrated its strength and the force and charac- ter of i members. With more than 12,000 voters on its membership rolls, and with constantly increasing acces- sions, 1t bids certain to exercise an in- fluence upon the conduct of affairs in this stats> which no other agency Bre wish would have been able to accomplish in 80 short a space of time. It ispledged to a government of the people and by the people instead of one by the monopolies and for the monopolie: Itis pledged to secure fair and equita- ble taxation, honest state and county ofticers, and such an adjustment of the laws now regulating the relations of the producers and common carriers as shall aftord the people of this state some relief from the grinding exac- tions under which they have been suf- fering. With these aims in view, the Farm- ors’ alliance appeals to the personal interest of every operative farmer in Nebraska, - It desires to count among its members and supporters all honest, producers of the state who believe in its principles and who are willing to work in furthering them. No county in Nebraska should delay any longer Joining the ranks and adding to the list of subordinate alliances which are #0 rapidly forming and strengthening TRrERE is every indication of a still further advance in the price of bacon and pork. The scant corn crop has made a short pork product and reports from all the principal packing houses estimate a falling off this season of over 1,000,000 pounds from that pack- ed last year. It is gratifying to learn that Con- gressman Bingham's bill increasing the pay of auxiliary letter carriers from $400 to $600.and providing for a subsequent advance upon promotion to $800 and §1,000 has been favorably reported to the hoase. The bill ought to pass, No class of government em- ployes earn more thoroughly every cent they get. CHICAGO i8 in arms against the ex- tortions of the consolidated telephone companics which have.a monopoly of the business in that city, and are about to charge .double rates to all their patrons. The Limes suggests a number of remedies which the public aay apply to the casein hand. The first is to kick the telephones uncere- moniously out of their residences and business houses. Another is to or ganize rival companies, and the third is to refuse the telephone managers|the erection and permission to hang wires across pri- vate dwellings aud ocoupy ¢he roofs in every portion of our state. — AN Omaha dispatch to the Denver Tribune dated February 8th, sayss: “There can be but little doubt but that the Union Pacific is soon to re- meve its shops to Denver, much as the poople here may oppose it. The very fact that the Union Pacific sends sixteen engines out of Denver to every one out of Omaha, and that all the sand required for the iron castings in the ¢hops is hanled from Colorado, definitely settles, in a business point of view, if nothing else, that the shops and worke should and would . be re- moved. I have alse authoritatively learned that the directory of the Union Pacific are evenly diviaed, with the chances in favor of Denver. At any rate, the matter is creating considerablexcitement and talk here, f ing of the Farm. | cheapest. WF OB Sa Wil O which combines durability of founda- tion with a true roadway surface. This has been the experience of every city which has grappled with the pav- In Philadelphia where every material has been fried, the | ;ivement, has resolved to lay no According to the re-|ing problem. city council PAVING MATERIALS. When properly laid its durability is The best material in paving is the | very great, the wear being almost im- The best material is that | perceptible, as tests have shown., The great expense of a good asphalt pave- ment, which has been urged as an ob- jection to it, is balanced by its longer wear than stone-block pavements, It is smooth, noiscless, non-absorbent and more readily cleaned, either by sweeping or wash ng, than any other Tts freedem from noise is fast placing it in all the business and banking streets of the city of London, What Tue | for more macadam or cobble stone pave- ments, and are discussing the relative merits of Belgian block, asphalt and wooden block as paving materials. Tn this connection the Record prints the following sensible remarksupon paving which we reproduce entire, and com- mend to the attention of our citizens and the members of the city council: Ihe first requisite for any traveled roadway is a firm foundation. The second requisite is a surfuco true and even, to prevent jolting and giving the least possible resistance to wheels con- the prevention of slipping | faot. It fonudation and surface together form that either being istent w horses’ is evident that bie pavemwent, and imperfect no geod result can be ok tained. The best surface will become bad if the foundation is defective, and the best foundation will not secure a good road if improperly surfaced. The foundation gives stability; the even surface secures drainage and prevents destructive wear from heavy traction. The pavements in ordinary use in the large cities of the world have sur- faces of stone, wood and asphalt. The ordinary foundation is made of a layer of gravel; a botter one is a layer of broken stone, six to eighteen inches deep, or, as common in England and Paris, a solid bed of the best coment concrete which is given a perfectly smooth surface on top. This founda- tion is considered the true road in England, the material placed upon it being simply the wearing surface to be replaced when worn down. The solid foundation prevents settling into depressions, ruts or holes. ¢ also prevents the wmud from working to the surface through the joints of the stones. New York, Boston and a few other cities have begun to give their streets such foundations, While it increases the fivst cost considerably, it will bo the cheapest in wear and cost of cleaning. In streets with heavy trafiic, as in London and Liver- pool, the extra first cost has been re- paid in a few years by the saving of repairs, not to speak of the superior- ity of the roads both for business pur- poses and for pleasure travel, The large number of streets extending in- to the suburbs, being little used, nat- urally do not require such a firm foun- dation as those in the heart of the city, but no street can be made per- fect without an absolutely solid bed. The first requireme .t of the surface of a strect is smoothness, When rough, whether stone or macadam, the wheels jurup, acting as rammers, to the mutual destruction of both street and carriage. The blows cause the subso1l, when unprotected by con- crete, to riss to the surface, and this is the almost svle cause of the pres- ence of mud found on the paved streets of the center of a city. An- other advantage of a smooth surface is the greater ease with which loads may be drawn over it. Yet a limit to this smoothness is drawn by having sufficient adhesion to the horses’ feet. Stone pavements are best made of blocks three or four inches wide and six inches deep, having parallel sides, neatly dressed to from tightly-fitting joints, which are filled with fine sand, or, better still, with asphalt or mortar, to prevent { water from soaking down on the sand from working up. The best stone block, or Belgian pavements as they are commonly called, are in England, where they are laid on a cement con- crete foundation and the joints are filled with cement grout. ‘The prac- tice is to take out the blocks when their surfaces become rounded and to replace them by others. The pave- ment of North John street, in Liver- Kool, which has a traffic of 4,000 ve- icles averaging throe tons each per day is probably the best stone pave- ment in the world. The blocks are of Welsh granite, neatly split, with and even top, set on ten inches of ce- especially a8 it is known that the Union Pacific is buying ground in Denver.” ' The excitement 18 all in the mind of the writer. 'The Union Pacific has not, never had and never will have any idea of removing its machine and oar shops fram this ity to Denver or te any other town. The subsidies given by Omaha to the Unior Pacific in consideration of maintenance of shops at this pointare quite too valu- :able to be relinquished. Aside from of houses with their lines. —_—— Druene the past twenty yeaes only two students have been entered in the agricultural department of Wiseonsin State University. This year, how- ever, the department has six siudents. ~—Cleveland Leader. Agricultural colleges, with few ex- oeptions, are the greatest educational frauds for which the people of this country are taxed. There hasn't been a single insti¢ution of the kind in the United States which has paid more than a fraction of its expenses since organization, andjthe prinoipal work of the professors in charge has been to experiment with mammoth squashes and to speculate why boiled turnip seeds would'nt sprout in the spring. The agrieultural department at the University of Nebraska is a farce, for whose existeuce there is no exouse, It isnot patronized by farmers sons orthe sons of any other class of No- braskans. A smart boy can learn more practical farming in one week on a Cass county farm than in ten years at the Lincoln institution,and at the end of that time he is likely to have better manners than if he had been under the charze of a professor 18 our capital aity, this, it is well known that Omaha is & much more economical' point for building and ropair shops than any peint further west, not only on ac- caunt of wages but also by reason of its nearnoss to eastern markets and cheaper materials, So far from any intention of removing its shops from our eity to Denver, the Union Pacific have lately been making permanent imprevements and enlarging their ca- pacity, The correspondent of The Denver Tribune ought at once to be taken in out of the wet. Vice Presioest A, E. Touzamn Is in the city. During the progress of a conversation relative to Omaha's present and future prospects, he do- clared that the absence of paving and the terrible condition of our streets is losing to this city millions of dol. lars annually, By the time of Mr. Touzalin's next visit, Omaha will have commenced to apply the . proper t!on. An exposition of a small por- tion of the money sunk in prospect holes in Colorado would be an inter- remedy. the surface to give foothold to horses, — Indry weather the n{ixhult is safo to DeNvER is to have a mining exposi- travel over, as also during a heavy ment concrete. The joints are filled with gravel about the size of a pea, free from sand, and then run with coal tar pitch. The joints are very olose, 80 that there is hardly any rounding noticeable, presenting an admirable surface. Wood pavements, which were such a failure in our country, are now re ported a success in England. They are being extensively introduced and used for street surfaces in London, where the traflic and wear are very trying. The reasons given for this success are that they set the blocks on a smooth bed of concrete instead of upon boards laid upon the ordi- nary ground, as we did; and also that they quite thoroughly impregnate all the blocks with oil of creosote, which we did not do. Another cause of where it seems to be superceding all other pavements. If stone paving is preferred the stones requires a more careful dress. ing than they ordinarily receive in order to give them a more even sur- face and closer joints to prevent the rounding of the corners. The blocks require to be sct in & layor of sharp and coarse gravel, but not into a sereened, fine and loamy gravel, such a8 18 common aroungl our city, which when it gots wet differs very little from genuine mud, The practice also of covering a new paving with an inch of thissame screened grayel and al- lowing it to lay there for days and weeks i8 worse ‘han useless. The| leass part of it finds its way into the juints where it is 0. Oun roets with L travel the joins re in fact filled by the sand worczod up from below the paving, as expe ments have shown. After the surface of a new pavement has been carfully swept with a light coat of gravel no more should be left upon it, for it only remains on the street, is ground fine by the wheels and, in our city, fs generally transformed into a genu- ine mud. To make make matters worse it is gradually washed into the sewers, filling them up and thereby causing additional and unnecessary trouble and expense. SPEAKING of militairism in politics The Philadelphia Press reads the riot act to the immortal *“306,” in the fol- lowing terms: The rot talked about the “3006,” the Grant dinner at Albany, the way in which grown men sun themselves in the fact that they obeyed a boss rather than their constituents and supported a man through many ballots and forgot principle in all; this all rests on the blind obedience and per- sonal loyalty which make armies dan- gerous and military force fatal to free- dom. Beyond the danger of catchinga cold—like theone which prevented Sen- ator Conkling from moving to make Gen, Garfield snomination unanimous, none of the 306 ran any risk in their ballots. They were safe enough—a good deal safer than the future of the republican party, and the inter- ests of thewr constituents—and the ronsense they talk of the ‘‘bravery” of balloting for a man a majority of the party did not want nominated 1s all a part of the military fog that rises with miltarism in politics, It is on all fours with the ‘‘honor” of the French colonels who broke their oaths to the republic to obey their military superior in the coup d’etat, bayonet- ing liberty in the night. Our Consul to Vera Cruz. Knox County The appointment of Hon. Bruno Tzschuck as congul to the port of Vera Cruz, will be welcome news to the people of Knox county. The press dispatches state that the president in- formed Senators Saunders and Van Wyck, that his appointment would be made, although .l!) udge Valentine op- posed it. We presume our worthy member of congress opposed Mr. T.’s appointment for purely political rea- sons, but for the first time in Judge Valentine’s career we rejoice in his defeat, and we believe every honest man and tax-payer in’'Knox county wlll rejoice with us, when our reasons are given. The people of Knox county can thank Mr. Tzschuck’s sterling in- tegrity for not being in the same pre- dicament that Dakota and Dixon eounties are, with reference to the Covington, Columbus & Black Hil's railroad, when Joe Hollman put up the job that placed $75,000 worth of Knox county bonds in the hands of John H. Charles, of Sioux City. The officers of the road hied to Lincoln to obtain the certificate of the state officials so they could get the bonds into the hands or innocent purchasers—but Mr. Tzschuck having been informed of the sharp practice, flatly refused to give his ceriificate as secretary of state. This was an obstacle the railroad officials had not counted on, and judging other people’s integrity by their own, intimated that a money consideration could be had for the much desired certificate, This termi- nated’the interview. Mr. Tzschuck pointedly informed Judge Hubbard and his counsel that there was but one way for them to obtain his certificate to the bonds, and that.was a writ of mandamus of the supreme court. Thus baffled, the conspirators gave up in despair, and the bonds were finally returned to the county com- missioners and destroyed. From the date of the above transaction we have been a friend and admirer of Bruno Tzchuck, and had Judge Valentine consulted his constituents and friends in Kunox county, they would not only have said to him, ‘‘Unite with the their success attributed to the greater uniformity of the chimate. ‘Tho cost of cleaning a properly- formed wood pavement is much less than that of cleaning a granite pave- ment, as there is less surface dirt to be removed—nothing from the sub- soll, London experiments have shown that horses can travel with a load more easily over wood than over either asphalt or granite, Before an accident occurs a horse in the city of London travels 232 miles on granite, 191 miles on asphalt, and 416 miles on wood. Wood is also less noisy than almost any othor form of pave- ment, and is the we s vusily ropred, It has no sanitary disadvantages if the material is impregnated with creo- sote. Asphalt has been in use for a long time. The objection to it is its slip- periness under certain armospherio conditions and when not perfectly clean. Then a sprinkling of fine gravel is required to be thrown over rain sufficient to wash the surface - so senators in urging Mr. T's claims,” but would have said, “If possible, se- cure for him a more exaltéd position, for we know the man. He is capable and deserving of the best office with- in the gift of the party.” — The Tariff. Hastiogs Globe Journal. Tre Omana Bee deserves gnod words tor its manly and intelligent ussion of the tariff question. It is a most excellent and advantageous osition, too, - being a leader among the farmers’ alliance element—to do the party and the country a valuable favor, by way of letting light in upon | the economical question, WOMAN'S TRUE FRIEND. A friend in need is a friend indeed. This none can deny, especially when assistance is rend{nd when one is sorely afflicted with disease, more par- ticularly thase complaints and weak- nesses 8o common to our female popu- lation. Every woman should know that Electric Bitters are woman's true friend, and will positively restore her to health, even when all other reme- that it is not asphalt which is slipper, but the fine greasy mud and the mr{; droppings acoumulating uponit. The esting spectacle to thousands of east- orn inventors, inference may therefore fairly be that where cleanliness is enforced asphalt would be a very desirable paving. dies fail. A single trial always proves e — FRONTIER FACTS. Ranches and Ranchmen--Profite of Cattle---Cheering Words to Alliances, Equarrry, Frontier Co., Feb. 9. To the Editor of The Boe: T am a deeply interested reader (by borrowing) of your worthy paper, Tur Bee. Keeps its stinger kot and sharp for the railroad and all other robbers of all parties, and success will be yours and ours. T hopo to be- como a subscriber very soon. The people of this county run vur machine dless of party in our county affairs, and are the gainer thereby. Our inte ests scarcely over clash, as nearly all are engaged in cattle raising, one of the most profitable and safe business that an ordinary man can engago in. Cattle raising pays a profit of from 35 to 60 per cent. on capital vested in It costs but from $4 to $8 to raiso n stsor to thres years of ¢ them, which ine'wdos, hay, one: yuarter @ ton per yeoar, sait, 206 nwar 10 cears each year, aud iteress on mother first year, ete. Three- year-old steers sell at $35; two-yoar- olds, €26 to 827; calves, $13 to $15. are good; school advantages fair to good; good water, timber aud climate; poor farming country; no herd law (repealed); low taxes; free range; peo. ple, hospitable and law-abiding. Good opportunities here for men of ocapital, say of 3,000 to §10,000. To make cattle raising safe, feed must be prepared (as hay, etc.) Ranches carry from 100 to 1,000 head of cat- tle, but by raising fodder, millet, etc., they can carry more. Ranches of 160 to one of 600 acres, bring from $2,600 to 5,000, good to fair 1m- provements, good timber, water, splendid range, free to all, night and day. County taxes one cent on the dollar. Frontier county offers the best inducements of any of the cattle regions for men of a few thousands, as there is no large herds to mix with. No I. P. Olives tolerated, or men of his class; our motto is live and let live. No monopoly in ours. May the Farmers Alliance prosper until they govern this state with jus- tice and moderation. Letthem adopt asone of their fundamental laws, “‘Death to bribe takers and sell-outs,” or their labor will be in vain, Pen- alties and swift justice keeps all of us fairly honest. 1If any of your 20,000 readers wish further informaticn of this country and stock raising, they can have truthful answers by enclos- ing a stamp ia their letters of inquiry. Respectfully Yours, W. H. ALLEN, The South Carolina Election Law A correspondent of the Chicago Times says the new election and reg- istration law passed by the legislature of South Carolina, just adjourned, was the crowning act of that body. This law provides for the registration of all voters, and no elector will be allowed to vote at any election who can not produce a certificate of regis- tration, One supervisor is provided for each county, with two assistants, to the three of whom shall be refer- red all cases where the supervisor has rejected an applicant for registration. The supervisor shall visit townships for the discharge of his duties, after due notice, where he shall keep his books open not less than one nor more than three days, during May and June next, after which he is to open his books at the county seat for revision and correction. After the ciose of the registration books, on the first Monday in July, they shall re- main closed until after the next gen- eral election—thus allowing a third of a year to elapse between reg- istration and election. Before, the election the supervisor shall rovise his books and strike off the names of those who have died or 're- moved to another county. Those who remove from one election pre- cinct to another shall obtain a trans- fer registration certificate or be de- bafred from voting, and the elector who is 8o unfortunate as to lose his registration certificate or does not present it on the day of election will not be allowed to vote at that elec- tion. The supervisor determines by summary process the qualifications of voters, but in case of rejection an appeal is allowed to the two ™ assistant supervisors, and trom them to the circuit court. The law’s delays in a case of this kind would confound if not tire out the class of voters upon whom this law will fall with the great- est weight. All managers of elections will be furnished with duplicate registration books, and no one will be permitted to vote whose name does not appear in said book, with his age and resi- dence, The door to fraud is thrown wide open in the law where it provides that at the conclusion of the registra- tion, if a qualified voter has failed to register, the supervisor ‘‘may, upon such evidence as he may think neces- sary, in his discretion, permit the name of such voter to be placed on said list.” This is the luw of a demo- cratic legislature, and as opposed to republican rule will be productive of a democratic victory. But if there should be a split 1 the democratic rinks, and each faction sought the aid of the negro vote, 1t would be better tor the supervisor had he ‘‘hoed the cotton and the corn,” if he undertook to make unfair us» of the ex:raordi- nary powers conferred on him, The ballots are to be of white paper, clear and even cut; two and one-half inches wide by five inches long, without or- | uaent, desig ot bul, ur ek vl suy Klud, excops the names of the persons voted for, writ- ten or printed, or partly written and partly printed, and no other ballot shall be counted. Eight ballot boxes are provided for, as follows: 1, governorand lieutenant governor; 2, other state officers; 3, circuit solicitor; 4, state senator; b, members of the house of representa- tives; 6, county officers; 7, represen- tatives of congress; 8, presidential electors. The boxes for federal of- fices are to be located at different places from those of boxes tor state and county officers, and will be unde. our assertion, They are pleasant to the taste, and only cost fifty cents per bottle, Sold by Ish & MoMahon. @) the control of a different set of man. ers and commissioners, thus com- ;fewly severing the national and state elections, But the same (duplicate) L iTation syme | registration books are used; and, as every qualified elector is required to register the supervisor has the power to reject, with strong probability of being sustained, and also power to add the names of persons who failed to register, if he sces fit, the severance hardly seems necessary. However, the mutiplicity of boxes will cer- tainly create confusion. All bal- lots found in the wrong box are to he thrown out or not counted. The boxes are to be properly labeled. A railing is to be erected in front of the boxes 80 as to permit of the in- gress and egress ot but one person at a time, and no person will be allowed to converse with an elector av the time of voting, except the managers, whe shall; upon demand, inform the elec- tor as to the proper box in which to deposit his ballot. The above embraces the foatures of the registration tion law. The legislature hundred laws at principally acts of put the state to an £300,000, been made the Citac important and clee- passed over three their long session, incorporation, and expense of about Lurge appropriations have ur the state university and 1 acidemy in Charleston, Lat uotaceut for the free sche above (he requae two-mill tax, Thas wceis with hearty condetiuation in many quarters. PHRSONALITILS. Longfellow's health grows better. Gladstone’s morning tipple is tea, ‘Wendell Phillips heads a petition against compulsory vaceination, The Mikalo ha: ordered twenty-five splendid carriages in Lon ton, Mr. Whittier’s book-mark is the tail of ray squirrel killed by his cat, Philadelphia has an artist named Sword. When 8 years of age he was only a little bowie, Oscar Wilde complainsthat thers are no ruins in America. Oscar has not yet seen a Chicago savings bank. Messrs, Ta maze and Ingersoll are re- minded that at Mssissippi ity jrize- fights are not interfered with, It is said that Connt T affe is likely to have considerabla difficulty in managing the Austrian Reichsrath during the present session. hould remember what's in a name and give it to 'em. A lady who knows the Arihur family well says that reticence i- one of their characteristics. She went to school with one of the sisters, who mouthed that she would nut even tell what was her middle name, President Arthur is said to be a good banjo player. As long as he doesn’t take to playing the n or trombone, he will continue to our Suppor.,— [Norrisown Herald, Grant preferred fife and ram.—[The Score. Robeit Bonner, of The New York Ledger, is a remarkably weil-preserved man of sixty, for a dozen cer, He is tew- perate as well'as industrious in his habits, which indeed are but little changed' siuce e was for m The Micror office, on W. Childs’ reception, in conversatiin with the wife of a distin. uished A i and after a zzing as to the class or people ly to fall down and worship him, Oscar Wilde is credited with the re- mark that he came to America to teach us 14 snize the beautiful in nature,’ ““Then," d the lady, ‘“you had better cw your hair shorter and your trousers longer.” A Cross Baby. Nothing is 8o conducive to a man’s remaining a bachelor as stopping for one might at the house of a married friend and being kept awake for five or six hours by the crying of a cross baby. All -cross and crying babies need only Hop Bitters to make them well and smiling. Young man, re- member this. —Traveler. ~ febld-w2t POLITICAL NOTES. The Old Guard ‘dines” but never sur- renders. [Boston Herald. The new Paymaster-General, William B. Rochester. will be the youngest man wearing a Brigadier-General's star in any of the staff departients of the army, The United States Senate beas many tokens of affliction thiswinter. The fami- lies of Senators Miller, Van Wy k. Jones, Cam_ron of Wisconsin, Vest, Wiliams, and Brown are in mourning for recent deaths in the household circle, General Gordon and his brothers are, it 15 reported, the 1icher by & mil ion dollars made the other dsy in railroads. When General Gordon left the Senate, the broth- ers were all poor men; railroad building has since changed all that. All the old Grant barnacles are coming to the front these days—the red-nosed, blear-eyed fellows, who are never so en- thusiastic as when arguing for the old flag and an appropriation or are trying to stand off a bar-keeper for the driuks. They are the features that are giving the Arthur ad- ministration such a dark brown breath, Ex-Gov, Hendricks, of Indiana, like all the rest of them three ye rs before an el:ction, says that he is out of politics, hut will always probably take a lively intérest in politics, He ulso cays that he was n t reluctant to take the second place n the Presidential ticke® in 1876 becaus- of any dislike to Mr. Tillen, but because he did not like the office of Vice-President ith its maction and lack of influenc-, Chief Justice Cratier, of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, will re- tire from the bench at the end of the April term, his seventieth birthday occurring in that month, He will hear the case of Guiteau on exceptions during that term, It is xaid that \ir, Cratter is anxious for the period of retivement to arrive, He is a public man of long and varied experi- ence, of large ability and hizh character, He was & ¢ ngr ssmun from Ohio as fa back as in 1819—a republican of the Ben Wade type, He has been a foreign min- ister, and the chief justice of the district court since its organization, 4 _ Alexander 'H, Stephens’ completed, on Saturday last, the allotted three score years aud ten, His chances for life : cem as favorable as they did ten years ago, yet, if he should reach four score, it will cer- tainly not be by reason of strength, for he has been o mere wreck of & man and a chronic inv lid for fifty years. He has, uevertheless, been a prominent figure in politics all this time, and has survived two senerations of cotemp raries who have in turn pitivd his physical weakness and re- marked his slight hold on life. He en. tered congress in 1843, In the same house wei he immortal Hannial H y Hail: n Fish, Seph n A R, Giddings, Andiew Johnson, John . li. dell and other lights of a former era, of whom there are at the 1 ost but thre: or four survivors, Of his colleagues in the last congress in which he served just pre- ceding the rebellion, 8. 8. Cox, then of ®hio, and now of New York, and John H, Reagan, of Texas, are the only ones who are with him wembers of ‘the Forty. seventh congress. It seems impossib however, th it this weird shadow and mem- ory of the past should livger on the scene much longer. A Word for Doubters. Moxrok, Mich., June 26, 1881, H. H. Wairner & C Sirg—— Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has cured me of severe kidney complaint, Refer all doubters to me; I can con. vince them, 211w JouN Dovie, was ®o_close- | § HOUSES LOTS! For Sale By EMIS, FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS 818, 178, House 8 rooms, fu'l lot on Plereo near 1,660, ¢ rooms, full lot on Douglas near 75, 10th » reot, £12,000. 174, Two' hotscs and § lot on Dodee necr 0th street, §1 600, 176, House threo rooms, 1wo closcts, ¢ c., halt lot o 8t - ear Grace street, $500, 172, Ono and one-hult story brick houso and tw._lots cn Douglas near 28th etret, §1,7(0 17 0 ell,cistern, stable, o'c $050. tull 15t near Pi re Ong and on 11, half Tot Lenue, ¥,08 3 , House 1} ree rooms on Clivton & rect near shot' cwer €25 No, 160, Hlouse an 83x120 feet lot on 10th stroot Webstr stre(, 8,600, No. 108, Touse o1 11161 s, lot 39x18) fect on 3t trcot, §6,000, WO story” hoec, 0 rooms 4 clorets, ar, on 18h streds near Popp'cton's ) . haif siory houke six rcoms Corvent street newr St No . 106, New house of 6 rooms, half 1ot on Tzard 1 ar 19th sireot, §1.850, No, 164, One and onio h 11 story house 8 rooms on 18th strect ear Loaver worth, $3,600, N 161, One and onc-ha ¢ story jouse of & rooms near Hanscom Paik, €1,600. No. 168 Two hones b rooms each, clesots, ote, on Burt street near 26th, 83,600, No. 167, bouse 6 rocms, ful 1ot on 10th streed near Leavenworth, §2,400, No. 166, House 4 Jarg: rooms, 2 closcts and Falt acre on Burt stree: near Dut'on, 81,2.0. No. 166, Two houses, one of 5 and one of 4 rooms, on' 17th street riear Marcy_$3,00, No. 164, Three housrs, one of 7 and two of 6 roon ch, and corner lot on Cass noar 14th strect, 85,000, Ne. 153, small house and full lot on Pacific near 19th »treet, §2, . No. 161, One story house 6 rooms, on Leaven- Worth noir 10th, $8,000. No. 160, Ho 8o three rooms and lot 92x115 1 car 6t and Farr ham, $2,600. No, 148, New house of ¢ight rooms, (n 1sth strect ni ar Leavenworth $3,10.. No. 147, House of 18 rcoms on 15th stroct near Marcy, 85,u00. No. 146, Hou-e of 10 rooms and 13 lots on 15th street near Marcy, $6,600. No. 145, House two large rooms, lot 67x210 fee gnShiery dn avenue (10th street) hear Nicholas, 2,500. No 143, House 7 rooms, barn, on 20th street near Leavenwort: , §,600. No. 142, Hou e 5 rooms, kitchen, ctc., on 16th street near Nicholas, 81,875 No. 141, Hou o 3 fooris on Douglas near 20th , 8050, 130, Targe houe and two lots, on 24th near Farnham stre. t, 88,0 0, No, 140, I use 8 roons, lot 60x166} fec', on Douglas near 27th street, $1,600. No. 187, House b room+ ar'd half lot on Capito avenue near 23d screet, 32,300, 136, House and balf acre loton Cuming near 24th 50, 31, House 2 rocms, full lot, on Izard 8 reet, 8800, , Tw. houses 010 of 6 and ono of 4 n'leased lot on Webster near 20th stroct, #2,600 No. 127 Two story | ouze 8 rooms, half lot on Webster near 1th $3 600, No. 126, House 8 rooms, b near DougIns, $ Two story hotise on 12th near Dodge 3x6.3 fect $1,200. . Large house and full block near 1 and Cen ral 8'rect, 8,00, fouse 6 rooms anid Lirge lot on Saun- , $2 100. ot 20x120 feet on ster near 15th street, 81,600, . 113, House 10 rooms, lot 80x60 fect on Capitor avenue nesr 22d sticet, 82,050, No. 117, House 8 _rooms, lot 80x126 Capitol avenue near 22 $1,600. No. 114, House 3 rooms on Douglas near 20th: treet, $750. 20,113, [Touse 2 rooms, lot 66x99 feet on 2st near Cumig stroet, 8740, No. 112, Brick house 11 rooms and dhalf 1ot on .88 near'13th street, $2,800. No. 111, House 12 rooms on Davenport near 20th strect, $7,0 0 No. 110, Brick house and lot 22x132 feet on Cass strect near 16th, #,000, No. 108, Larg: house' on Harnoy near 16th strcet, 85,500 No 109, Two houses and 86x182 foot lot on Casi near 14th street, $3,600. No. 107, House 5 rooms and half lot on Izard near 17¢h'str ct, §1,200. ~o. 106. House and lot 51x198 feet, lot on 14th near Pierce street, $600 No. 106, Two story house 8 rooms_with 1} lot on Seward ncar Saunders street, $2,800 No.103. One and one haif story house 10 rooms Webster near 16th street, 82,600, No, 102, Two houses 7 roomns cach and § lot on Lith near Chicago, #4,0 0. No. 101, House 8 rooms, cell 1, etc., 1} lot: on South avenue near Pacfic str 650, No, 100, Houso 4 rooms, cella, ctc., half lot on Izard street near 161h, $2,000. No, 99, Very large houre and full lot on Har- ney near 14th streer, 80 000, No. 97, Large house of T1 rooms on Sherman ayenue riear Clark street, make an offer, No, 96, Une and oneshalf s:ory houso 7 rooms lot 240401 foet, stable, etc., on Sherman ave- nue near tirace, 87 (00, No. 92, Large brick house two lots on Daven ot near 19th 18,000, . 90, Large hoise’ and, full lot on Dode 16th'stre:t, $7,000, teot, on near No. 89, Large hause 10 rooms half lot ou 20th near California streer, 87,600 No, 88, Large house 10'or 12 rooms, beautitul corner loton Cass n: ar 20th, §7.000. No. 87, Two story Louse 3roomsb acres o land «n Saunders street near Barracks, $2,000. No, 85 Two_stores and a nce on leased half lot,near Mason and 10th street, 8800, No 84, Two story hou ¢ 8 rooms, closets, e'c., with 6 acres of xround, on Saunders street near Umaha B rracks, 2,600 No. 83, Houseof § roors, halt lot on Capitol avenue niear 12th street, 82,700, No 82, One and one half story ) ouse, 6 rooms: ull lot ol Picrce near 20th street, 81,800 No. 81, 'I'wo 2 story houses, one of’ 9and one 6 rooms, Chicago St., near 12th, £3,000. No, 80 Houso 4 rooms, closets, cte., large log on 18th stre.t nar White Lead works, 81,300, No, 77, Large house of 11 rooms, closets, cel. lar, et ., with 1} lot - n Farnham néar19th street, 85,000, No. 16, Oreandonohalt story hous of xooms, lot 66xB’ feet on Cass near 14(h street, 8,600, No. 75, House 4 rooms aud basement lof 164x132 f-et on Marcy near Sth street, $576. No. 74, Large brick house and_two full lots on Dayenport near 15th strect, $15,000, No. 73 One and one-ha'f 'story house and log 86x182 feet on Jac son near 12th street, $1,800, No. 72, Large brick house 11 rooms, full lof on Dave' port near 16th street, 85,000, No. 71, Large hou e 12 rooms, full lot on Call- fornia near 20th street, $7,000, No. 66, Stable and 8 full lots on Franklin street near Saunders, §2,000, No. 64, Two story frame building, store below bove, on leaed lot on’ Dodge near 16th stroet, 800, No. ¢3, Huuse 4 rooms, basement, etc., lot 98x2i0 féek on 1sth stréet ncar Nail Werks, ) i 0. 62, New house 4 rooms one story, full lot: on Harney near 21t street, $1,760, No. 61, Larz: house 10 roous, full lot on Burt Dear 214t 8ir No. 60, Ho, near 23d'stre. , ¥1,000, No 60, Four houses and half lot on Cass near 18th stre t 82 600, No. 58, House of 7 rooms, full lot Webster near 21st street, $2,600.5 No. 67. house of 6 r0oms, lot 60x140 feet on 213t streer near St. Mary's avenue, 83,000, No. 5, House of 10 100ms, full lot on Califor: or tatrcet, 37,600, 60, Huse 6 1ouwis, two full lute o ity stieet pear Paul, 83,000, No. 49, Brick house 11 rooms, full lot on Famn- ham niar 17¢h street, $6,000, No. 48, House of 0 rooms, half lot on Facific near 9th 'stx ect, §8,000. - No, 46, Large house with full block near sho tower, 8,000, No. 45, Large house 7 rooms, closets, etc., 00 18th street near Clark, §3,000, No. 44, House and 'full lot on Chicago near 21t stroet, §5,000. No, 48, House and two lots on Chicago nes Rear Estare Acency 16th and D\ agla Street, TAESD, - DNEXS. 5,000, 810 ms, hal lot on Dzvenport . e,