Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1885, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE---SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1885 THE DAILY BEE. @uana Orrron Mo, 914 axp 918 Fanwax By, Mow Yoax Orrion, Roox 65 Tamsows Boro- e, od_every momaing, Sunday. The ety Tokice iy puvisbed 1n the sata. 1 A G 'DOWELL. Gen, Irvin McDowell who I re. ported at death’s door at his home In San Francisco—all hopes of his recovery having been abandoned— has been a sol- dier from hia youth, His military career reaches back to 1834, when at the age of 8 |sixteen he entered the mlilitary academy Monthe . he Weakly Bes, Publihsed avery vena, roeTran, , with premium. Ooe Your, wiheut proms N with: o FKews and Editerial All Oommunieations relating 4o Nevy @ . (=Y wownrase Lrvans. © Al Wustness Letters and Romittances should be (iresned 1o Ts Ban PURLANING COMPANT, ONANA Bafin Onooks and Post ofios orders 1a be made par- whie 0 he order of the eompany. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, Props. R ROSEWATER, Eprrom . Witoh, Manager Daily Oirculation, 2.6, Bz, 488 Oraanay Neb. | Goverxor Dawges has been requested by the cattle commlissioners of Colorado to ostablish a cattle quarantine against Illinois and Missour), and unless he does Colorado will quarantine against Nobraska, We agree with the Lincoln Journal that so far as Colorado is con- cerncd such a course on her part would not ualy affect thisstate. Wo repeat that the governor should make prepara- tions at once to carry out the provisions of out new law In regard t> contagisus cattle diseases, which goes Into effect next month, He oan, however, have a quar- antine established at any time through the commissloner of agriculture, if found necaesary. —ey A pius has passed the lower house of Illinols legislatare regulating the prices at the Union stock yards at Chicago, and 1t 1s very likely that 1t will pass the sen- ate. The charges have been extortionate for many years, and have been the cause of great complaint, Under the proposed bill they will be reduced a little over two- thirds. TIf the bill becomes a law 1t will be very gratifylng to western stock ship- pers who have been robbed for so long a time. It may be a big bloy to a mon- opoly, but 1t will only be dolng justice to the patrons of the yards, who have bit- terly complained of the exorbitant charges, Tae Herald serves notice upon Dis- triot Attorney Estello that he must bring to trla) certain parlies who were indicted for malfeasance in office. If thls was done simply in the interest of good gov- ornment and without malice we should cheerfully join in the request. It s due to the men who were indicted, as well as to the city, that they should have a specdy and fair trial. There has already been too much spite-work and too much political chicanery in connection with this matter. Oar courts of justice should not be turned into partlean mills to grind out political grist for or sgatast anybody. AccorbiNg to the statement of Mr. Owen, bank examiner of Nebraska, Kan- sas and Missourl, there are in Nebraska sixty-five national banks with an aggre- gote pald up capltal of §5,000,000 in Kansas there are sixty-three banks with a capltal of $3,460,000 and In Missourl forty banks with a capltal of $6,350,000. This is certalnly an excellent showlng for Nebraska which {s the youngest of these three states. We also notlce with con- slderable pride that In the matter of natfonal banking returns from the prin- cipal cities of theso states, Omaha ranks next to St, Louls. The figares are: St. Louls, $3,2560,000, in six banks; Omaha, $1,450,000, In six banks. Kansas OCity comen third on the list with $700,000 in two bauks, and Linooln fourth with $600,000 in four banks, Tax Herald is s remarkably enterpris ing psper. It has been endeavoring to make a speclal feature of dispatches from Washington. We had suppored that these alleged apeclal dispatches were re- ceived by the fast mail, but we are now led to believe that they are made up largely by the sclssors editor. We can. not in any other way account for the pub- lication in that paper of a so-called ¢tppecial”’ regarding Senator Van Wyck's effort in behalf of the homesteaders as agalnst the cattle syndicates that have fenced in the public domain, That dis- patch was racelved by wire by the Bee on Wedneeday last, and the Herald pub- lishes it on Friday, word for word, but by » change of date makes it appoar that Senator VanWyck's action was taken on Thurzdsy Instead of Wednes- dsy. This Is only a sample of numerous other alleged Herald speclals, Every dsy demonstrates the neces- sity of & viaduct across the rallroad teacks, The Incroase of railroad wraffic blockades the streets and causes vexa- tlous Inconvenience, besldes endanger- ing limb, life and property. The eon- stant moviog of trains and the continual ding-dong of the gongs make the cross- ing of the tracks an exclting, bewllderlng and perilous feat. All the precautions that are taken do not make the crossiog safe, It will always be s very dangerous place untll we have a viaduet, but whether we got a viaduct or not the Unlon Paclfic depot Is on the wrong elde of the track. Far thermore, the building Is not in any way fit for depot purposes, or anything elee, except, perhaps, a freight house. What Omsha needs, and what she is fally en- titled to, is & new Unlon Pecific passen- ger depot In amore convenlent and safe location on the north side of the tracks 1n the matter of depot accommodations Omaha has been most shabblly and un- jurtly troated by the Union Pacific. The fact is that we ought to have a grand uaion depot, and we belleve that if the proper ere taken our olt'zens cou'd provall opon all the ‘roads centerlng in this city to join In such an enterprise, of West Point, having received his pre- liminary educatlon In France. Grad- uatiog from Weat Point in 1838, he was appointed second lieutensnt of artillery In the army. From 1841 to 1845 he was adjutant at Weat Polnt. He served gal- lantly through the Mexlcan war, as aid- de-camp to Gen. Wool, and was brev- etted captaln for his conduot at the battle of Buena Vista, 1o 1847 he was appointed asslstant adjutant general, and sorved as adjutant general In varlous de- partments until 1861, having been pro- moted t> brevet msjor in 1856, Ap- pointed brigadier general May ldth, 1861, he was three days later assigned to the command of thedepartment of north- east Virginla and the defences of Wash- ington on the Virginla side of the Potomao, and on May 27th to the army of the Potomac, which he commanded at the battle of Bull Ran. Upon McOlellan taking command, McDowell was placed in oharge of & dlvision, and in the reorganization of that army early in 1862, he was placed at the head of the lst corps and made major general of volunteers. In August, of the same year, he was assigned to the command of the 3d corps, army of Virginis, and daring Gen, Pope’s campalgn in northern Virginia he was engaged atCedar Mount- aln, Rappahannock statlon and the second Bull Ran, In July, 1864, he was glven the command of the department of the Pacific, and in 1866 of the depart- ment of California, In 1868 he was as- signed to the department of the East, and in 1872 he was promoted to be major- general in the regular army, being at the same time glven command of the divislon of the south, He was shortly afterwards transferred to the Paclfic coast, and con- tinued in command of that diviston until he was retired in 1882, At the opening of the war of the rebellion Gen. McDow- all was considered cne of the greatest soldiers of the army, but the dieasters at the first battle of Bull Run, for which he was probably in part reeponsi- ble, clouded his fortone, and It was very likely that it was on that ascount that he mever rose above & secondary posltion duriog {he clvil war. OUR SIDEWALKS. The sidewalk lmprovements on Farnam street, while bettering the conditlon of the walks, are altogether too much of a patohwork character. Ia front of one building planks have been put down, in front of another there is asphalt, in front of a third there Is natural stone, while a fourth has artificlal stone, and another has brick, and 80 on. One piece of walk is up and another 1is down, and the 1in- cautlous pedestrian is consequently liable to stub his toe and break either a limb or his neck. What is true of Farnam street in respect to sldewalks is equally true of Douglas and other business streets In the center of the clty. We notice algo that some property owners on Far- nam have been compelled to widen thelr walks to the curb stone, which is very proper, but others for tome reason or other are exempted from this require- ment. What Faraam street needs is some uniform system of sidewalks. Some materlal more durable than brick or wood should be adopted, and the walks the entire length of the atreet should be put to grade. The walk around the Paxton hotel Is not on grade, 1t is not full width, and the wooden planks are cerfalnly not In keeping with the style of that fine structare. If there Is any place In the city where a handsome, smooth and substantial stone sldewalk should bs put down it is in front of the Paxton, the finest hotel in the clty, and occupylng the most prominent position on the mein thoroughfare. The proprletors, no doubt,stand ready to lay a stone walk whenever compelled to do so, but the authorlties cannot consistently order them to do it so long as they permit others to lag down auny materlal they msy choose and in sny manner they may see fit. It will be eeen, therefore, that we need sn ordinance requiring uni- formity in materlal and In man- ner of laying of walks, Such an ordinance shou!d be passed by the council at an early day, and im- partlally and strlctly ecforced. We be- lleve that an atiempt of this kind was made a year or two ago, but when an ex- ception in favor of wood was made fora certaln party that virtually put an end to prohibit the use of wood for sidewalks on Farnam street. THE mora we inquire into the tax as- ssment system of Omaha the more un- just and Inequitable it appears. Hereto- fore we have lald the entire blame for tax exemptions upon the assessors. We find, however, that the assessors are not 80 much to blame for exemptions as they are for the diecrimination that is made In favor of large property owners as against the men of small means. This is glarivgly shown in the assessment of valuable lots withln the city limits at acre rates, while these who own small homes adjolning them are assessed ten or twenty times as high, It seems, however, that until the present time the reason that assessors have falled to llst bundreds of lots and parcels of land within the city Umits is becsuse the county clerks have marked theso lots and lands in the assessment rolls as right of way. This year, how- ever, the books have been handed to the assessors In blaok and it becomes the daty of assessors to appraiss every lot and parcel of land withln the clty limits exceptlog city and school property. When thelr returos are made the county commiasioners and clty coun may then determ'ne and designate what property actuslly comes within the rallroad right of way exemp- tion under the provisions of tho state law. No rallrcad company can justly demand any tax exemptlon except what the law allows. As an {llastration of the unright- oous exemptlons of property under the cover of right of way, we need only clte one instance to which our attentlon hes just been called. A promlinent property owner offered for sale a lot at the corner of Eighth and Farnam stroets, for which he refased to take less than elght thou- sand dollars, Upon examination of the the records It was found that thia prop- erty had been exempt from taxatlon for more than fifteen years slmply bzcauss It was marked ‘‘right of way” on the as- sessors’ books, What equity or justics is there in such exemptions ? This s only one of hundreds of lots owned by Indivld- uals or corporations that eacape taxation In the same manner. A cURIOUS war has arisen In St. Louis, It 18 & war upon the wells of that clty, and was Instituted on the ground that the well-water was Impure and polsonous, and if permltted o bo used any longer it would be the means of causlng diseases and promoting cholera and other epldem- ios. An ordinance was accordingly passed ordering all wella to be clcsed up, which would of courte compel the patrons of the wells to use Misalsslppl river water from the ocity waterworks, A ‘“‘well. owners' association” Las been or- ganized to resist the enforcement of the ordinance. Mass meetlngs are belng held, the city authorlties ars belng denounced, and politiclans who are opposed to the wells ars being *‘black- listed,” to b spotted whenever they come up far offica. As the “‘well-owners’ asso- clation” is composed of a large number of property-holders, it is quite likely that they will come out victorious and con- tinve to drlck water from their own wells. They aro evidently not frlghtened by cholera. Some of them have been drinking well water for twenty-five years and they think they can stand it for twenty-five more, Tre demands of the Chicsgo telegraph operators for a restoration of the fcrmer wages have been aceeded to by the West- ern Unlen. The reductlon was made In December last, the pay for extra time being taken away and the men being com- pelled to work nine hours a day instead of seven and a half, besldes working longer when occasfon demanded. The restoration will make seven and a half heurs a night’s work, and will allow op- erators to make extra time. The opera- tors in all the principal clties wera re- duced In the same manner and the action now taken In regard to Chicago is an Indi- catlon that cperators elsewhers will be treated likewise. If the Western Union does not wish to pay for extra time, it should employ more men, as the expense would be about the same. The restora- tlon of the old wages, however, is fally justified by the return of prosperity and increased business, Axoxa the printed questlons prepared by Postmaster-General Vilas for appli- cants for the pesltion of post-office in- spectors s one which asks the applicant whether he has been Indicted or tried for & criminal offence, and In case he has been, he is required to explain all the olrcumstances under oath. This inquiry has created considerable indignation among the applicants, who regard it as a plece of Impertinence. A great many will probably refuse to answer any such question. It etands to reason that in the spirlted rivalry among office-seckers any applicant who has a criminal cloud on his record 1s sure to be found out, as there Is always some one ready to expose him, hence the Inquiry of Mr, Vilas appears to be not only impertinent, but unnecessary. GENERAL GRANT conlinues to steadily Improve. He has resumed work on his book and is engaged in dictating to a stenographer, OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. While the chances of peace between Fogland and Russla are becoming less and less from dsy to day, there Is still a possibility that war may be averted, Latest advices from London represent Russia as willing to submit to arbltration, and hopes are entirtsined in diplomatic circles that an amicible settlement of ex- ieting differences between Epgland and Rusela may be ¢ffocted. Mr. Gladstone summarized the position of Britaln In his speech before the hoas2, when he said that in case a vlolent rup- tare came the government would at least have mide every just snd honorable effort to avold it, and could challenge without fear the verdict cf clvillzed man- kind. The speech of Mr, Gladatone in urg- ing the vote of credit for money to con- tinue war preparatlons evidently captured parliament, It doss not necersarily In. volae war. On the ceontrary it looks to peace, in ko far as the most energetic methods shall contribute to that end. He waa not even clesr as to what the result would be. But he proposed that should war come England would be in & position to receive the approval of the civilized world. He propored to energetioally continue war preparations, and so, while striving for peace, be fully prepared for war, Suoch is the position of the prime minister, It was strongly endorsed by the commons and evidently will meet with popular support in England. In securing & majority ot 43 on his ap- peal to the house ¢f commors not to sep arate the London credit from the gener- al war credit of 55,000,000, G'adstone scored an important tactical victory, for it enables the liberal government to pay 'l the bills of the Loudom campalgn— yeb leaves It free to order every British soldler out of the desert and into poel- tions where they are really nosded. The sltustion may now be summed up by sry- ing that the franchise bill Is a law; the re- distribution bi'l 1s as good as patsad; the Soudan campalgns are over for this par lisment; the Egytpian debt problem s solved for two yeare, at loast; and pleas- ant relations with Germany have been restored. The Afghan dispute alone remalins Under the serlous menace of war with Russia England substantially absndaoos its enterprise In the Soudan, aud wil leave the Khedive to deal with the prophet. This Inglorlous outcome must be the harder for Britons to bear since the motive of the expedition was not such as commendcd the Invasion to the patient considerction of mankind. In- terfering In Egyptian affairs for no other purpcse than the collectlon cf an onerous debt, England felt impelled to protect the country mortgaged to English bond- holders from the possible Inroads of the somli-barbarians of the south whose un- checked fanaticlsm might have given the clty conquered by Amron for the imme- ditte caliphs of Mahomet to the standard of the Mehdi. The expedition sgalnst Khartoum for the rescue of Gordon was a memorable failure followed by a seties ot dlsasters, culminating now in Ignomin- lous abandonment of a task that ought never have been undertaken. It {snota pleasant reflaction for the survivors and the immediate friends of the generals and the soldiers who perished In the sands of the Soudan that their sacrlfice was made In a cause thus easlly deserted as of little consequence. It must be remembered, however, that the British soldler, carry- Ing tho standard of the moat grasping power on the globe, becomes in the very extent and varfety of the employment to which he is assigned something of a mer- cenary. His orders may carry bhim to any quarter of the glibe in a quarrel of which he may know nothing and will care less. To fight In this way is not to fight an Americaus fought as voluntecrs ina particular war and for a specific cause. Vhile the fate of thote ot the Briulsh army whose blood eank in the sands of the Soudan may be lamented it will not be forgotten that war was their buslness, and that for a goerdon they undertuok to go wherever government might order to a fate which is that of war. The London Economist presents a con- vincing array of reasons to prove that the direct effect of war between Eogland and Russia upon the sommercral Interes's of the former could not be hurtful to any considerable extent. There would prob- ably be less actual money lost in the in. terruption of England's trade with Rus- sla than in a distarbance of her relations with any other continentsl power. Of the total imports of England but 4.2 per cent come from Russia, and but 2.1 per cent cf hertotal exports are consigned to that country. The cuttleg off of some 80,000,000 of trade in one diraction and some $20,000,000 in the other would mean practically nothing to the greatest commercial nation of the world. And besldes thie, the trade with Russia Is a decreasing one in both its branches. The wheat imports are about nine millien bushele, and this deficit, or such part of it as might be caused by & war, could easily be filled by the United States without any tremendous disturbance of pricer. Flux, it is said, Is the only Rus- sian product the want of which would be sorlously folt in England, her aonual import resching 6ver 100,000,000 p>unds. And as for the Eoglish produc's sent to Ruseia, coal and tron take first rank among these, and the Increased demand for both, consequent upon the breakiog out of would more than compensate the poseible loss of Raesla as a purchase; Ficanclally, of course, the advantage incomparably on the side of Engtand. And In the only direotion In which she has had anything io fosr she has already taken adequate precautions. The first movement of Ruaeis, f course, would be to send armed cruisers to play bavoo with the immonse interests of her rival on the ocean. Ia this she has been forestalled by the action of England in ob!aining control of a num- ber of the fastest veseels on the sess, and fitting them up with a l'ght srmament. The navy proper of England could attend to its own affalrs, while the awift steam- ers would sweep the seas of any armed crulsers or privateers that might be sent out in the Russlan Interest. The thrifty Englishman has counted the chances of war pretty carefully and strengthened bimeelf in every eseontial polnt. Aside from the bare money cost of the under- teking, always a conslderable item, it soems that & war with Russla could hatd- ly bring serious disturbance to her indus- trles or serious emdarrassment to her world-wide commerce. Peace between China and France has not baen reached yet, and the French claim some successes In Tonquin in the meantime. The Imgyortance of the war to the fortunes of eastern Asia cannot be overestimated. It shown that a Chl- ness army can defeat a European army, and with her vast populstion and her recklessness In the waste of human life, the odds required for such a re- sult are of no Importanca to the em- plre. Besldes this, it has convinced the government that railroads are Indispen- ssble to the protection of China. Here- tofore the fict that no rallroad llne could be conslructed without detecrating the small and countless temples to the memory cf dead ancestors, with which the country 1s studded, has been an fn- superable barrler to the adoptlon of rail- road travel. But the regency seems to have found some way of evading this difficulty, as it apnounced that the coun- try is to have rallroads, A reform of some magnitude, though perhaps more striking than important, is belng accomplished in the ¢ nstitutional organiam of Hungary, The Hupgarlan upper house consla!s of a very large num- ber of born leglslato: d a much smaller number of members owing their legisla- tive right to a position in the higher ranks of the church or the clvll adminls- tration. Every eon of & magnate or lord —that 18, of & nobleman of the rank of baron and upwards—becomes a magnate with full righte on attaining his majority. The present pumbir embraces many hundre Habitually, however, the house of magnates is frequented only by nobles whose wealth and stancing allow them them to appear with digoity, The Fuour and less cultivated stay awsy, rom the necessitica of thelr various occupations or from a feeling of inferiority. The abler among these seek » field or political activity In the house of representstives. The house of magoat:s, in fact, but very seldom risss to the height of & co-ordinste branch of the natlonal legislature. The barrenness of lts deliberations and the weakness of its oppotition to the will of the popolar branch, when clearly expressed by a larze wajority, have bacn speciaily remarkable eince the restoration and reform of the constitution of 1807, Its composition haslong been consldered as an anomaly in theory, though ome little felt in practloe, Its reform, though generally deslred, was delayed, partly from apathy and part. ly from the apparent difficuliy of achfev- log {1t against the majority of the mag- nates themselves, Last year, however, when the more conservative and arlatocratio portlon of the magnates svoceeded in defeatlng M. Tisza's, the premier's favorite bill, Tegll- izlng mixed marrisges botwoen Jews and Ohristlans, with the ald of a large con- tiogent of magnates who rarely appear In thelr places, the government firmly re- solved on carrylng out a vitsl reform. A bill for the purpove waa introduced In the house of represontatives, consider- ably modified in the house of magnates, subjected to & comprom(ise commi:tee, and finslly carried through in the latter house, and is now, as altered, to go back to the reprecontativer, whero It s sure of a lacge majority. The maln feature of the re‘orm Is the exclusion from the ranks of born leglalatora of all magnates paying less than 3,000 flor!ns in yearly taxes. number, however, will be elected members for life by thelr happler fellow-nobles, and a farther num- ber msy get readmittence by government appointment. That the bill triamphed s owing In part, to the self-interest of the wealthier mag- nates and the skilled mancuvres of M. Tisza, but chiefiy to the influence of the majority, and the liberaltsm ¢f many of the victims of the change. The renovated legislstive branch is now expeoted to become, in the true scnse of the word, a house of lords, more conservative and Independent, and conecious of its rights and standing. The English goveroment has tent a ecoret agent to Rome to sound the Vati- can as to the pope’s willingness or un— willingnets to glve the prince of Wales an audlence. ‘The agent has had several interviews with prelates at the Vatican, bat, though warmly recommended by Uardioal Manning and other ecaleslastical dignitaries, 1t 18 doubtful whether he will succeed in his mission. The pope only onoe departed from the rule not to glve sudience to forelgn princes who vislt King Humbert. Exception was made in 1883 in favor of the Urown Prince of Germany. Bat since then the pope has become less acoommodating, and that precedent s likely to be followed. It is believed that the Prince of Wales would have a double object tn coming. Firet, to artive at sn understanding with the Vatican in regard to Irlsh bishops; second, to prrauade Italy to form an al- lisnce with Eogland. Should he find 1t Impossibla to obtaln the desired audt. euce the prince will abandon the journey. In tho event of war between England and Russis it {8 not unlikely that serious trouble will overtake the British colonial governments of South Africa. The most important pclitical divisions adjoining the Caps of Good Hope are Cspa Colony, Natal, the Orange River Free State, the Transvaal and Zululand. Of thess Zala- Iand Is a native kingdom, the Orange River Free State is an independent Dutch- speaking republio, the Tranvasl is a seml-independent Dutch-speaking repub- lic, while Natal and Cape Colony are largely Dutch-speaking, but are clcsely united to England as colonies with lib- eral governmenta. Thronghout the Cape 1inds, however, there is a half developed feeliog of hos- tility to Britlsh control. It Is fair to say that the descendants of early Datch and German settlers, while they do not con- sider their present goveroment oppress- ive, are not in cordlal sympathy with it, They coald not feel the drift of the age if they did not share, in eome degree, the inclination to adopt polltical lines to the boundarles of races. Ospe Colony bas been uninterruptedly English since 1806, and, with temporary changes, since 1796, Before that it was Datch, as far back as 1652 The new element in the Cape problem is the sudden, not to say theatrical, ad- vent In the world’s politics of Princa Blsmarck's colonial policy. Darlng 1884 a territory called Great Namaqua Lsnd, lying north of Ospe Colony on the At- lantic coast, and extending half way to the mcuth of the Congo, was annexed by Germany. Oa the eastern coast other, and in some ways nearly as important, seizures of unoocupied terrltory have been made by Prince Bismarck’s acive sgents, the great merchant princes of the Free Olttes, It ‘s openly boasted that Gormany s now preparing colonizing ¢xpeditions which wlll result in the ab- sorption of Znzibar and the lake reglon of Central Africa, It is not impossible that a comblned effort of the Boers and German al'les may result in the forma- | fr tlon of a trlp of Datoh speaking Imperial Gorman colontes, resching from the At- lantlc to the South Indisn ocean, com- pletely neparating Cape Colony and Natal from the ramatnder of Africa. Itis evident that the difficultles whica lie in the way of suppressing the Insur— reotion on the Saskatochewan have not been overcstimated, Gen. Middleton’s reverse In his firs' engagement with the ineurgents, putting the best phase upon it, bas left him mo crippled that he 1s unable to march further. Indeed, ac- cording to the latest report, the domin- ion forces had recefved so severe a check that they are now compalled to take up, temporarlly at least, a defensive pos- itlon, Mesnwhile the half breeds and thelr Indian allles are greatly encour— aged by the advantages they clearly obtvined, A~ Winnlpeg dls- patch says that the Indlans are concentrating in great force west of Battleford, and it is urged that all avail- able troops should now bs sent in that directlon, A decisive blow certalnly should be qulckly struck, but there Is nothlug In the situation as developed since the begioning of the outbreak to warrant that the troops which the govern- ment can command are able to secare victory. As the seaton advances and the grass grows the flylng squsdrons of half- breeds and Indlans will be likely to lead thelr pursuers in a chase which will try the resoarces of clvilized warefare to the uttermost. T PITTY HILL, Pawnee City Plans for Future Preser- vation ana Present Pleasure, Correspondence of the Beg, Pawneg Cixy, Neb,, Aprll 30,—Many bulldings are going up hera and business is good. Morally considered, our town is not such & ‘“‘ealnt's rest” as formerly, While no liquor 1s sold openly, yet there Is the equivalent of four saloons, The maln object of interest Is the lec- ture by Joseph Cock In the United Pres byterisn church next Thursday evening, May 7th, This and adjolning towns sre extensively billed, snd a large sudience is expected, The proceeds will be devoted to paylng off the debt ot the new church, which was recently completed at a cost of $20,000, the larger portlon of whlehl remaing unpald, The improesion Is tha fhe ocongregation has gone much beyond its means, An sgent of the rellglons amendment movement was hera this week foeling the pulse ¢f the ministers, and proposing to work up a conventlon next week, The U. P. pastor, Mr. McCrendy, has little sympathy with the movement, and ditcouraged the convenilon, Rev, J. C. Hobbes, of the M. E. church, which now has the largest membership Intown, Is In hearty sympathy with the oaure, and favors holding a convention at s oarly a day as possible. We belleve the agitation of this question would do much 1o tone up the conaciences of our people. They should have such a con- science, that there would be a universal Enylng of debts, and every man would eep his newspaper payed in advance. P L p— THE AGE OF TREES, The Longevity of Several Hinds and the Time to Plant, To the elitor of the Brx: Since your journal pullshed some re- marks >f mine, made on Arbor day be- foreachools of Nebraska City, I have re- ceived several inquires rolative to the (iticura Disfiguring Humors, Itching Tor- tunes and Loathsome Soyes. 1have trid for eleven vears o have n cured of tereisle skin disoase. The Caticurs Rt ediea Cuticura Revolvent, the new Blood Parifer, foternally,and Cuticurs, ‘the groat Skin Cure, and. Cuticura soap, an exquisita Skin Bsautifier. extorn. slly bave donl in six weeks what I have tried for «leven yoars to have done. You shall have the par: ticulars an socn a8 1 can g1ve Shem to you, and A we are 0 well krown in this pars of the oountry, it will benefit you, and the remedies will cure all who use CHAS H. WHITE. Mayavillo, Ky, BLOTCBHES CURED. 1 used your Cutioura Remedios forBlotches, and am compietely cured,to my Inexprersible joy Cutl cura soap I8 the beat T have ever ured. And to the profession it fn invaluabls for cleaning the skin, thereby vemoving all “orrk,” groass paict, And all the #tuft used by taem, leaviog $he skia pure and white and soft~ My greatest plessuro s in recommen ding such an article. H MACK, Champlon Comique Roller akator. Youngstown, Onio. BEST FOR ANYTHING, Having used your Cutioura Remedies for olghteon months for Teiter, and finally curod it, 1 am anxious £o get it o sell on ‘commission 1 can recommend it beyond any remedies 1 have ever used for Tettor, Burns, Cuts, cto, In fact it 1a the best medicine | Bave évor tried for anything. R. S, HORTON. Myrtles Mass longevity of trees, and t> answer all at onge, with your permission, I will utilize the BEe as a telephone to the general putl'c on THE AGE OF TREES, The baobab or *‘bo-tree” of Senegsl, 1s reckonded by Adamson to be 5,160 yeoars old, Humboldt classes the dragon tree of Orotava In Tenoriffe, as contemporane- ous with the bo-tree. There is a dectduous cypress {ree at Chapultepec, Mexico, equaling In age those just named. There ato chestnut trees on Mcunt Etna reckoned to the same age, as is also a pine tree near Constantinople. OLD OAKS, In Dorsetshire, Eugland, stands *Da- mory’s Oak,” two thourand yesrs old, and the Winferthing oak at Nurfolk was seven hundred years old at the time of the conquest. The Cowthorpa oak, near Boothby, Is according to Prof. Burnet 1600 years old Owen Glendower's oak, Shelton,' nesr Sbrewtberzy, Is 80 christened because that chieftein witnestedfcom its branches the battle between Henry IV, and Harry Percy, In 1403. THE YEW TREE, Thero are numbers of yew trees In England of great age, one 1n Kent 3000 NEVER A COMPLAINT. Since I have been scl'sng your Cuticura Romodies 1 have never heard a slugle complaint; but on the contrary every one who has used thom bas boen well pleased with them, snd they outell all others. . B. CUBBESLY, Druggist, Andrews, Tnd. SCROFULOUS SORES, 1 had a dozen bad sores upon my body, and trid all renodies I could hear of, and at last' tried your Cuticura Remedies and they have cured me. NO, GASKILL. Hobron, Thayler County, Penn cuti Cuticu pared ton, Moss. Fend for ““How to Cure Skin Discases:" TAN Romed'en are Sold every where. 3 ivent, ¥1.00; Soap, 26c. DRUG AND CURMICAL C Prico 0c; P1 the Porrax Sunburn, Pimplos, Blackheacs ard Olly 8kin,use the Cuticura 8.ap. ~+THE MILD POWER CURES.« UMPHREYS’ ety TR P03 Jarn O pecial L roecrintions oF wneminent Simple, Safo and Sure. URES. ruige: " iy ] g e ] il i1 5 years old, according to De Candolle, and others In verlous places 1anging from 850 to 2500 handred years of age. THE SPRUCE reachesgreatago andcounta its centurias with more certainty than humanity can its yeara for a natural lifetime. THE ELM is a lonz stayer under favorable condi- tlons end one «f the best oruamental of all declduous trees. It 18 especlally acapted to large lawns and parks, AMONG THE CORIFERS For small grounds the balsam tir will be found best fitted becaue it is hardy, upright, symetical, conical, having fewsr long laterals than any other evergreen. The Scotch plne Is very hardy and well-suited to largs grounds, as fs also the Austrian pine,”and among the most beautifal evergreens are the Douglas spruce, both Indegonerous among the mountalns of Colorado. Now is & good time to plant the ever- greens. Cer.ainty of life s enhanced —when the trees are more than threefeet laclng heavy rocks around far enough away not to y four to six inches. The welght steadies the tree and permits the roots to et hold of the solld earth, by remaining quiet and immoved when the trunk sways in the wind Yours, 3 J. STERLING MoRTON, ARpor Lonce, Neb., April 30. o —— YOUNGMEN AD THIS. Tae Vorraio Berr Co., of Marshall, Mich., offer to send their ocelebrated KLkoTRo-VoL- TA10 BELT and other ELECTRIO APPLIANGES on trial for thirty days, to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and manhood, and all kindred troubles. 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