Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 14, 1886, Page 5

THE DIFFICULTY BRIDGED. WalterJ, Lamb Solves the Problem of Lin- coln's Pavement, A FIRE DEPARTMENT TEST. Lincoln Having 25,000 May Give its Own Bonds—~Which Fire Depart- ment Will be Champion?— Two Toughs Used Up. [PIROM THTY BEE'S LTOLY By L1471 Mr. Walter J. Lamb, the well known attorney, has risen like & modern Moses to lead the people of Lincoln out of the bondage in which they are held by an an- | tiquated and inadequ charter, into the promised land of sewered and well paved streots, The disposition of Lincoln prop erty owners to inaugurate and carry to completion an extensive work in pubhie improvements this year is well under- stood, provided the city charter, in its present shape, confers power on the mu- nicipal authoritics to float bonds for such purposes. Opinion on this point is protty well dividea, and, as stated in the Beg Wednesday, the first move of the paving committee appointed by Mayor Burr was to ask the advice ot the leading lnwers as to whether the work couid be proceeded with until the charter had been submitted to the legislature ts. Up to lust no an- swers had been by the committee. Mr. Lamb, in a conversa- tion with Chairman Billingsly Wednes- day evening, how , suggested a move which looks like a common-sense solu- tion of the problem. When the Douglas vounty delegation had the charter of the city of Omaha amended by the lc of 1884, the act was made a_genera Under it any city having 25,000 inhabit- ants ean, by proclamation of the gover- nor, clevated into a city of the first class with ll the rights and privilege belonging to such municipal corpora- tions. Among these rights is the much sought for power to carry on works of public improvements, issiie bonds to pay for the same, and collect taxes to meet the bonds when due. Mr. Lamb would have the city council order a census taken, and like all other wide-awake me is confilent that the popula: would foot up fully 25,000. fact could be certificd to the governor, who, on petition of the inter- ested parties, would issue a proclamation declaring Lincoln entitled to the benefits of the act governing and regulating vities of the first class. ~ In order to make sure of the legality of the proceedings, the proceedings could be enjoined and ' the matter taken to the state supreme court where an aflirmative opinion would setat rest forever whatever doubts the moss- back element might have. The plan, to be sure, emanates from a but it will commend itself to 3 inking man as an easy, quick and economical way out ot the mire of indecision in which the ruling powers arec now floundering. 1f the opinion of the lawyers is clear on the point that the proposed ‘ovements can be carri on under the present charter, well and good. If not, then let Mr. Lamb have a hand in engineering the municipal machine. What the people of Lincoln want is good sewers and well paved streets as quickly and with as little red tape and cost as pos- sible. If Mr. Lamb's plan will accom- plish this it should be adopted. It is a strong point n its favor that Chairman Billingsly, of the paving committee, en- dorses it very warmly, and is, if the BEE man is not badly mistaken, entitled to a little credit for assisting at its birth. HITCHING UP CONTEST, In accordance with a suggestion by the chief engineer of the Chicago fire depart- ment there will be a *‘hitehing up” test at noon on Decoration Day in every city in the United States where there isa paid fire force. Three jm(fies in each city will record tho time and telegraph 1t to Washington as soon as the test is over, from which place the name of the champions will be sent out by the Asso- ciated press. The trial will “consist of otting the horses hitched to the hose cart or engine as quickly as possible after the alarm gong 1s tap- rs , the driver to be in his seat and hold- ng the reins ready to drive out. The distance of the stalls from the hitching- up place is to be accurately measured, and will be taken into consideration in fixing the winning time. The Lincoln boys are in training for the event and have done the work several times this weck in seven seconds, the horses being stabled nearly thirty feet from the pole. TWO TOUGHS ON A TEAR. Yostorduy morning two hurd looking characters, giving their names as Lee and B?' nes, were held up in police court for #35 and costs each, in detault of which y were assigned quarters in jail, The ainst them showed that on Wdnesday afternoon, after workin, hagd some time in drinking beer with s/me cronies on O strect, between Four- teenth and Fifteenth, Loe and Byrnes be- Fxm abusing a man at work wheeling brick for Contractor Hughes on a job mear by, Lee was especially abusive and badgered tho man to fight for a $5 note. Finally Mr. Hughes went » out and ordered the agitators away, and in return recoived low in the face tfom Lee. Hughos a led him, and after choking his wi off, literally pitched hum throngh a doctor’s office next door, a window runu. wire screen, and stove that stood in the way, being badly demoralized. Byrne, in the mean- time, had started to stab Hughes in the back with a knife, but ran against a sturdy brickmason named Hardy, who took all the fight out of him., Wlhen the row was over Lee and Byrne went to their boarding house on Eighth street, whero the latter gotan iron knuckle and started out with the avowed intention of killing the d——d bricklayers. While engnfgvu in the hunt for a vietim the toughs were collaved by the police, and for a month at least will drink blood—in their dreams—in jail BRIEF MENTION, Tuffield, the man matched to run Houriban' of Omaha a twenty-five mile race in this city on Wednesday next for $200, is in active training, and makes a showing very satisfactory to his backers Inatrinl spin of 12} iniles yesterday morning he finished strong in time that made the record look very sick. The best mark for twenty-five miles is 2:81:44, but it is likely to be less when the race is over. The funeral of Mr, ana Mrs. Ed Hyde's bright little son, who died Tuesday from scarlet fever, took place yosterday morn- ing at the family residénce, No, 1721 K street. . The people of Danngbres have organ- ized a stock compuny to huirdu bridge over 032 creok, - Tho corporation is known as the Daunebrog Improvement company, and has a capital of $700. ; Secretary Button of the Irish National longue has entered the service of John Fitzgerald, and gone to Kansas City to jook after some work in that scelion Mr. Button will continue as secretary of the league, and expects to return to a home in Lincoln when the work in hand is finished. He has taken with him, as a foken of estcem, & beautiful watch charm, presented by his friends. Bobannon Brothers are getting ready to put up a $30,000 building on their lots al the corner of Tenth and N strects A sudden and nlumiuxl(y fatal out- break of some uuknown plague is re- ported from Sterling, where since Sun- day the herd of W. 8. Amos has boen setiously decimated. J. M. Endlich, the insane man from Ohio, was started east on No. 2, Wednes- day afternoon, but the conductor re- ported yesterday that he left the train at Ashiland. He got off at Greenwood, but was conxed back. STATE ARRIVALS, H. Cox, Omaha; Pat Lang, Fre- H. Prout, Blue Springs; W. O. Friend; F. P. Ircland, Ne- . John E. Montgomery and n; John A. Sayler, Omaha;: J r, Seward; H. ) ell, Aurol ) Iliams, Geneva; Edwin Je nwood; Charles D. Soden, Owaha y, Grand Island; D B. Fulle Omaha; R. 8. Malone ;G W. Culp, Nemaha Stewart, Kearney; J. lt. Culver, Stow, Milford. R——— TRAGEDIES OF MONTE ' CARLO A Swiss Guide's Description of the Excitemn the Suicides mblers. “My impression of Monte C aid Prof.” Joseph Bauer, yostorda s but one—it is a drea )n onteting one is delighted, surprised, amazed astounded and stunned seriatim. Flowers and music, coin and notes, des- pair, and success, beanty, fashion, wealth ~=all combined to impress the beholder, and it is some time before he can begin to -uu|1- systematically his surroundings. It is only when he emerges again into the cool uir that one can” appreciate his own identity “Do not credit the recent denials of suicides at Monte Carlo,” continued the “They are inspired. I have the gambling hall th fifteen times professionally, in addition to a number of trips made for my own pleas ure. I was born in French Switzerland, 200 miles from Monte Carlo, and am familiar with its ghastly history during the last twelve yoars. You may take my word for it that the number of st caused directly the Monte Carlo gos at least one for every The real total probably rides - is one of the youngest, . and most popular guides in rope. He has just returned to take charge’of a party of ty American tourists, of whom twelve have already engaged with him. The party wili proba from this city on the steamer Normu May 12th for Havre, returning by w Liverpool three months later. Prof. Bauer speaks English, German, French, Span- ish, and Italian, and every hotelkeeper and hack-driver on the route is his sworn fricnd. As so much has been written and so little accurately told concer Monte Carlo,he was requested to describe the world's most famous h’\mhlin hall. ‘I can close my g es and mentally see everything in and about Monte Carlo,” he eontinued, ‘‘but it is not so easy to re- co such a picture in words onshort Prof. Bauer talked what he had seen of the tragedie gaming tables. He said: pent many months there altogether, and it was arare day when no ruined and despair ing man Elllcd himself. Some days we hud as high as three or four such c ties. If a stranger kills himself his body is dragged away, the blood cloansed fron the floor and the game goes on. I have heard player: at a corpse for having interrupted their ‘series’ or confused their ‘system.’ If the victim be a stranger, nobody knows what becom of the body, except some of the special , whose duty it 18 to conduct such orals in their own mysterious way. If the ruined player goes out into the grounds before shooting ot stabbing him- self, or drowns himself in one of the beautiful fountains, even the pla sat beside him a moment before never learn of his death. ‘I'hese things are known to the habitues of the tables, but they never sFrmk of them outside. The newspapers of Monaco and Nice heavily subsidized, and those of P: Lyons, and Marseilles pay no attention to such trifles. Letters to the editors on this forbidden subject are quickly thrown into the great international waste-basket. With a large and well-trained police force constantly at hand, with an indiffer- ent set of patrons, and a willfully blind press, these little episodes are much more easily screened than you would imagine. If the snicide be a powerful noble or a celebrity 1n any way, the affair is men- tioned briefly in the French and English newspapers and the announcement cabled to this country. - Evorybody knows why the man made away with himself, and the only question is: ‘Who will be next?’ “It is almost impossible to prevent these self-murders, as the act 18 usually committed under some powerful impulse. Everybody’s mind and eyes are, of course, intent on the game, and so many haggard men get up from the tables that the sight is too common to engage the attention of the ever-present detectives. Itis but just. however, to say that the managers do_everything in their power o prevent suicides, except closing their doors. Mechanics and artisans are not permitted to live either in Monaco or fonte Carlo. “1f an unfortunate player gets up from a table and acts wildly—‘crazy,’ thoy call it, for all suicides "are by courtesy es teemed crazy at Monte Uarlo—he 13 hustled oft by a couple of stalwart police- men and put on & train for Nice. uard 15 constantly with him, his board gill at Nice is &nld by the company, and if he finully talks reasonably he is given enough mun’(fl‘ to take him home in first class style. e management also en- deavor to discou ying on the pre-. mises by llllinx“ destitute flmblcrl. It one nas lost heavily and frankly states his condition of temporary poverty, his cuse will be promptly investigated. Should it be found as narated, he will be given two or three hundred dollars to take him home, or an order for two weeks' board at _one of the company’s tirst class hotels. interestingly of t the rs who e Bill Nye on Jeff Davis, I seo that Mr Jefferson Davis, who has recently entered the lecture field, says that there could have been no nobler cause for which to die, no opportunity more glorious for a proud and honorable death, than that afforded the confederate soldjer who espoused the cause of the south twenty years ago. Looking at it in that way, I ask, in all candor, why did not Mr. Davis improve that glorious ol» portunity? Feeling that way about it, why did he not remove his poionaise and die'like a man? Why did "he let such a chance go by, in order that he might en- ter the lecture field and crowd out better men, and then die of old age, when he could have hung up his hoopskirt on a tree and died in a way that would have endeared him to every southern heart? Iagree with the lamented A. Ward that it would have begn $25 in Mr, Davis’s pocket if hs h‘, neyep heen born,"" but after he was born and it was too late to cousider his rash act, he should have died as young as possibloe. With characteristic tardiness, however, he allowed himself to grow up, and then with the full knowledge, as he now ad- mits, that the war of the rebellion afford- ed a beautiful opportunity for a man who yearned to die in & neat and attractive way, he fritted away that golden moment and continued to destroy the high-priced groceries of the despondent south. " There is certainly “‘a tide in the affairs of men which, takeén at the flood, leads on to fortune,” and Mr. Davis surely missed it when he nttfilecwd to make a funeral tableau of himself. Battie of Getiyaburg Opcn every day; 10 a. m. to 10 p. m., St. Mary's ave, and 18th st. FIELD AND FARM. The Bducation of Horses, New York Hera!d: Denton Offutt who printed in 1856 a book on horse educa- tion, which he furnished to his pupils undet a bond of sccrecy and at a cost of three hundred doliars each, emphasized the fact that there was a wide difference between breaking an animal and teach- ing it to obey. Breaking & horse, he in- sisted, commonly meant spoiling it. The systom which he thought was based upon judgment, study of temperament and firmness divorced from eruelty. He classed under three ds the onc-toed animals which stood in greatest need of edueation—"‘the wild, the stubborn and the fighting horse.”” And his first c tion was, “‘Be kind to them in all things, The rules laid down by Ofatt for teach- ing horses to heed the word of command are s ally the same as those prac: tised by his followers. The most careful of the instructors have enlarged upon his method of treatment, but they have not attempted to get away from the roots of plan. In the quaintdialogue *‘between man and horse,” as written by Denton Offutt, and which contained the cssence of all that the pmnstaking instructor Rarey ever taught, these golden words drop’ from ecquine lipsi—"You must let me see that yon will not hurt me, nor will have anything about you that will, nor auything that smells badly. Iam astranger to you, all that will offend any of the five senses [ will be compelled to guard agaist, and those senses must have proof that yon will not hurt me be- fore I will allow your hands to beon y of subduin; which requires an appeal to the under- ndimg of the animal. The de tused for throwing an ntrol of unruly horses an those in present use, but the prineipl ndargone no change. And the advice which Offutt gave his 83 in 1854 is valuable to those who seek instrue- tion now: “You must have some judg ment of your own, for I cannot point out the case to suit you all. If I teach you the rules and_principles you must work out the sum.” Improved Stock. Western Agriculturis The masses of western farme ¢ now nct- ively interested in the improvement of their live stock. Many of our leading public spirited men are importing and breeding the be pure blood stock to be found in the civilized world, and all the different breeds have their enthusiastic admirers. I'he professional importers and breeders supply to the mer the full bloods witlt w&:ich the great work of improvement is so successtully being ne- complished all over our land for a thou- sand mile h way, in which the great state of Lllinois as a central figure. takes the lead. The improved stock and more grass makes our farmers more inde- pendent of failing crops vet and dry seasons. The progressive farmers grad- ing up their farm stock, using only full blood sires, rrise good grade stock at a handsome profit. Short-Horns as Milkers. The generality of American Short- Horn breeders have bred to beef almost exclusively, allowing this once famous milking as well as beef breed to become a thing of the past as regards milk. English breeders, however, are waking up to the importance of the Short-Horns as milkers, and are beginning to show milk and butter record ns of selling these cattle. This ted for the first time in a sale of Short-Horns by Mr. Edwards, of St. Albans, in which, to quote from an English journal, he “presents a new and interesting featu in his catalogu It consists of nineteen young bulls and ten heifers to be sold, and notes are attached at the bottom of each pedigree showing the milk yield of the dam of each bull, and in some cases of the grandam. A sample foot note reads as tollows: “‘Flower of Spring was in milk 857 days, and gave 8,310 pounds of m average per da; pounds 14 ounces; percentage of cream, 1 fat, 3.2; solids, 13.6; specific gravity, The English are scientific or nothing. The American would have stated at once how much butter or cheese the milk made, and also the profit of feeding the skim milk to hogs. The depacture, how- ever, is in the right direction in respect to bringing this once famous milking breed back to original excellence. Th animals have the heredity in them. It only wants bringing out by using bulls of milkin)s strains’ to again arouse this dormant faculty of giving milk and plenty of it. The herds here and there in America that have been bred with re- lation to this and atavism, among ma herds, resulting in an occasional extrao dinary milker, would prove that this here ditary milk faculty is difficult to cul- tivate. Enemies of Seed Corn. A New England contemporary gives a plan for preventing crows from pulling corn. 1t is to soak the corn ina weak so- lution of copperas (sulphate of iron) twenty-four hours before planting. To make it easy to drop, and to prevent the iron from injuring the hands, rub the corn in gypsum or plaster. ‘This method, it says, will prevent crows from destroy- mg the corn and save the farmer much annoyance and labor. ‘The west is not much troubled with crows, but the crow blackbird commits great depredations in some sections of the west by pulling corn. The great dif- ficulty in the west 18 from the ravages of the cut-worm, heart-worm and wire- worm. The soaking of corn in any liquid, medicated or otherwise, is not practicable in the west, since soaked corn cannot be properly distributed from machines, If some experimenter would only devise some means to prevent the depredations of insect pests on the seed and sprouted corn he would indeed be a benefactor, A thorough smoking of the seed has been recommended, butexperi- ments haye not been so conclusively made as to learn how far the smoking of corn may be carried withoulin{ur,y to the germ and at the same time renderfig it obnox- ious to the larvie of insects, Importance of Food in the Develop- ment of Breeding Stock. ‘The breeding of all farm animals re- quires not only skill in mating, so that vroper conformation may be brought about, but during the growing life of the animal the food must be of such a nature as best to develop the animal for the ‘purpmu for which it 15 required. The breeding animals in cattle, shee and swine must receive difforent breed- ing from that wheve the short life ends at the slaughter house. The breeding ani- mal most be fully developed in f,"" part. The animal brought o the blook at 1,2, or 8 years of age requires only such bony and muscular development us will enableit to lay on the proper amount of fat to bring the muscle into the best condition for fe But the breeding ammal must be developed in the speciftic qualities to be inherited by the offspring. In the breeding of horses all this must receive the most careful attention, The bone and musele giving strength and speed to the horse, togetlier with the form and perfect symmetry that always ac- company these attributes, mustv‘;u care- fully guarded. Here the similarity in the ring of hovses and other live stock ends. Whother for breeding, labor or work, every colt must be fed from colt- hood up with a view to the perfect devel- opment of bone and muscle. Full as much depends upon the feeding as invthe breeding of the horse. Not only tlus, however good the food, if the proper care be not given aw to shelter and no less in exeroise, the ond can only result in joss, for however goad #he strain of blood the horse cannot feaeh that perfection to bring the best prolit for the money in- vested. P Tdahl and Horses, An Idaho confemporary acknowle that Kentucky held the palm many years for raising fine hoy her reputation’ was deserved, and that the state is still producing tine horses, and alloges that now “the country west of the Rocky Mountains must be given the palm for producing the best and fin- est horses to belfoind any re in th world.”” It is alsé remarked that costs no more to se worth from $100 to $300 or moy doos to raiso a $10 horses command a ¢ ones, and in numberless ways the ad- age 1s in raising wood horses, porson who inspired the article ovidently knows as little about where the best hor are produced as he does of the relative cost of raising “plugs” as against blooded horses. The service of the blood stallion somectimes amount to £1,000 or more, to say nothing of tho ox treme care nsed in - raising the progeny. It will be a long time betore fine stoc breeding establishinents o removed from the gr stock-broeding centres of the states cast of and immedi 3 west of the Missis<sippi to the mountain valleys of Idaho, val le as that region may be for the simmer and winter graz- ing ot o herds, A gelding that sells for over $300 must have training as well and bottom. All this costs than it wuse; besides good Hints and The roots of the sf out five foet from the main stem, and hence the plants should not be set out too thickly. Early gardening lengthens the season, and permits, at time crops on the same land, as torni) follow peas, and time is thereby gained for putting in | OPS. Hybrid perpetual roses well praned back, and old or w should be cut off entirely. shoots should three or base. Dry soil is an excellent mulch, espe- ly if k loose, when it becomes a t, to a certain extent, and as ir is a non-conductor of heat the roots of the plants thereby partially protected during times of dronght, Pork can be made at the least cost when the hogs are fed on a variety of food. Corn for fattening is tne best food and ¢ 1, but as a sole diet 1tis v nsive compared with a mixed « bulky and concentrated food. uggestions, wherry often res ‘e strong not be left longer than four buds or joints from the is becommng warmer 1 ould be thoroughly cleaned, in order that no decaying substance may be present when the crops of thi: are ready for storage. Not only s they be cleaned but, the walls should be whitewashed and tie ceiling thoroughly disinfected. A cow tl duce her to yi will permit, give milk and but value of “her manure is greater than that from which l\nx“l’ en hegleeted. The estimate of the ¥alue of the manu a herd of well-f&d cows is $10 per annum. Squash and sweet'potato vines having rootlets that grow put from the under sides of the joints, which anchor them and prevent " the wind from dislodging them, should Nifted ve Cy carcfully ing, ootlefs not only . S in pluce but assist in pro- curing nouishmént, and any damage done in handlinjr retards the vines. Mr. H. Stoll, wn experienced breeder of swine, thinks pine tar should be given treely to keep the kidneys in good work- ing order and promotes “the appetite. He does not . believe there is any remedy known for curing hog cholera, but be- lieves it may be prevented by cleanliness and a variable dict. In England the well fed, in order to in- as much as her capacity not only In horthorns are regard-* ed as excellent dairy eattle, followed by the Ayrshires. In Ireland the Kerry cow is the favorite. while in this country the Holstein is considered the heaviest milker. The Jersey and Guern: tle are regarded superior bul ducers in America and furope, the Devons make the best oxen, and the Herefords, Shorthorns, Angus and Gallo- ways the best and greatest proportions of beef. e S by Slush and snow,—feet wet,—ehilblains. St. Jacobs Oil cures chilblains, Fifty cts. that the poorer a man’s handwri the more character it has, the majority authors, scholars, and nvious ot the clerk and ent for writing nd. As a nation we have sadly degenerated i the art of using the pen. Comparing the beautiful and uniform handwriting of the last cen- tury with the skim-along, spider-track, rail-fence style of the present day, one almost regrets the fact that the goosequill has gone out of fashion and a stiff’ and awkward writing implement been sub- stituted in its stead. A fortune awaits the man who will invent a flexible writ- ing stick—not a gola pen tipped with platinum—ot some non-corrosive mate- rial. It is so hard to break in a pen; and having worn down the point to suit your style, they are likely to snap or spluttes before you have tossed off a dozen pages of manuscript. Then there is the annoy- ance of getting a fibre between the nibs, analogous to that of getting a bit of meat between the bi-cuspids at the din- ner table; and nine persons out of te will wipe the pen frantically on the o put to rid it of the filament—and catch a hair. A new steel pen is as awkward a8 & phenomenally stif’ collar, or a pair of new shoes; and, moreover, as the ayerage penman is in continual danger of “impaling hims#lf on his own? pot- hooks,” perhaps’ thh only relief 18 found in the type-writer, which seldom betrays one into a loosa and slovenly style of handwriting. PILES! PLUES PILES A sure cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itchin and Ulcerated Piles has been discovered by Dr. Williams, linn remedy), called Dr Williams® Indian, Pilp Ointment.” A single box has cured the worst chronic cases of 23 or 0 years standing./ No one need suffer five minutes after applying this wonderful sooth ing medicine, “Lotiops and instrunents do more 'm than, good. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment abdorbs the tumors, allays the intense itching, )ruulnuhuly at night” after etting warm in' bed), @cts as a poultice, gives Tm(an relief, and:is u 'e|m8ed only for Pile: ng of vrivate parts, and for nothing else. FSkiN DLIIJE_. 18 CURED, © s io intment cures as by los, Black Hieads of ~Grubd, Erliptions on the face, leaving the sy clear and beguiil, “Also e Tiohy n teum, Sore Nipples, Sore Lips, an Old Obstinate Uleers, *" W journalists are copyist with th d beautiful b bohluby druggists, or wailed on receipt of | d Schroeter & | 50cents. Retailed by Kuhn & Co., Conrad. ~ At whelesale by O, » - - The unusual severity of the past winter ave Englishmen an opportunity of in- ulging in many sports common to cold- countries, but rely enjoyed ther + Goodman er y 5 skutin{( has been general, and during the | week that followod the new year many toboggans and sleighs were seen in and ubout the vicinity of London:but all these amusements were eclipsed by a man who built anice yacht and was able to sail in it for twe woeks in January on the frozen surface of the Reading reservoir, to the delight of the whole neighborhood. orse that is | lier sale than por | BLAINE COUNTY LETTER. Rapid Development of Central Ne- braska, Better Known as the “Great American Desert.' Brewster, Neb., May 10, 1886.—[ Corre- spondence of the Bek.]—As many of your readers may not be aware of the | rapid development of central Nebras the heart of the “Groat American De " a fow lines from a resident of aine county may be of value to those secking homes. Two yoars ago this | county had not to exceed fifteon to twon ty-five people within its peesent limit, which ean now hoast of between six and eight hundred intelligent, sober and | industrious people, almost exeln sively speak the Enghish language. Blaino county without doubt, the most vro lific portion of the 1-hill country, four-fifths of our territory producing the finest wheat, oats, rye, barley or corn | that ean be grown in the state. Potatoes, turnips, vege of ull kinds, pump- Kins, squashes, melons, sweet potatoes and peanuts being especially adapted to our soil and climate, have proved a com- | plete success, Four-fifths of the land of Blaine coun- ty is yet unoceupiod, and is open for howestead, pre-emption or timber-c there being no railroad or specul tor land in the county. Claims are near- ly all taken along the North Loup vailey though some could bo bought at a low y persons wishing to make an who (bles 3 y platted and sur- yed town in the county, is loc | the North Loup river, the most beau stream of the county, and will doubtiess be announced the county seat of Blaine county before this article reaches the reader. The town has a postollice, with two mail routes, a newspaper—the Brew- ster News—with one of the best printing- oftices of the interior part of the state, a blacksmith shop, a hotel, while 2 harness shop, drug store, and loan, insuranc nd real estate office are among the cer- ainties for the near future. A dry goods, gene merchandise, hardware store and every other line of business would do well in this town and are wanted at once. Lots are now worth 250, but the proprietor of the town ng lots away to persons m ing immediate and viluable improy ments. It is only two weeks since Brew- A\ , but many lots have wly been disposed of. A specinl effort “will be made to secure a good flouring mill at this place before fall, as the North Loup river will furnish abun- r to run all the machinery our attach to it. There is government land within from one to five miles of town yet unoccupied, while the smoothest and best land near the place is taken, The soil of Blaine county is spotted, sandy soil, with subsoil. Water i all_soft and y abundant, secured in wells by digging” from five to forty feet anywhere on the highest lands, wi the North Loup, Middfe Loup and Dismal and Ga creek, all beautiful, by springs, and never ng their banks, traverse the county. Thi one of the best-watered and healthiest tracts of country in the state, and by the hand of the industrious armer may be made the Eden we all 8o covel. Every reader of the Ber, who has no land of his own, 1s renting land, and ever expects to use his or her homestead izhts, should m warm enough to_raise_corn or any crop grown in Nebraska, and is over 200 miles east of the famous White river country. Saxp-HiLL CRANE. b e e Land Keform and the Labor Troubles New York Herald. ‘When an American workingman now s feels deeply dissatistied with his condition he has open to him a refuge on the public lands., He is entitled by law to one hundred and sixty acres of land, free of cost except the small fee for secur- ing his title. He has only to select it and his fumily there to live on it. From the day they al ttled on this home- stead they independent people—no man’s hirelings. \\;hile the man who takes this step may not have the good fortune to accumulate a competency, he will be his cwn master, and he has the sure expectation that if he is industrious and economical his children will he left in a better eondition of life They will “grow up with the country.” as the say- ing is. 4 There can be no prolonged or serious la- bor troublesin this country while we have still a great aren of publi¢ lands fit for the settlement ot our people, held for their homesteads, and open to them as a harbor of refuge. While this alternative of scttlement on free lands remains the thriftiesi, the most energetic, the shrowd- est and most intelligent of those millions who earn their living b{ laboring for others will always take advantage of it. Thousands of them do this every year; hundreds of thousands, when they" feel uncomfortable or uneasy as the servants of corporatious look forward to this way of independence and are r}uiumd in spirit Dbecause they know that if they want to they can go west and take up a ‘‘home stead.” Herein lies the extreme importance of vigilantly guarding our public domain, of reclaiming for the public use and bene- fit every acre wrongly claimed by corpo- rations, syndicates or other land gran- bers, and of repeuliu% at once all fiuwu which favor the grabbing of these lands by speculators of whatever kind. Whenever the American workman is discontented, and discovers that he has no way out of the situation which has be- come unpleasant to him, this American 1 be an unuummunli' dan- g’uruus person, He is more ntelligent than the European workman. He has a stronger will. He 15 fonder of his fanuly and looks further ahead for their welfare. While he can go and take up o free homestead and make himself and his and children independent, though not actually do this, he yet will not go to any extremes, because that way is open to him, But whenever our pub- lic domain is exhausted, or nearly so, the labor problem will assume in this country y different, a very much more seri- phase than it bears now. Speculutors, syndicates, land grabbers of many varietics are seizing on millions of acres overy year. The lands unjustly claimed by railroads alone, over and above what they are justly entitled to, amount o nearly & hundred million acres—enough to give five million beople in “l million families a hundred-acre farm each, In twenty-five years, with the greatest care, the public domain will be narrow— dangerously small. That is why the Herald has exposed land grabbers it defends 1 P who so s the land sharkss why it urges tl. dont and congres, to take this matter of land reform in hr}ml Jur future peace and welfare depend on it. S . John H. Kimball, of Westfield, Chau- taugua Co., N. Y., writes May 20, 1835, that he was suffering with rheumatic fe- ver, and had constipation so bad that wany times he went twelve days withont an evacuation. Given up by physicians, he, as a last resort, took Brandreth's Pills, two every night for seven wecks. Now he is an entirely well man and never uses any other medicine for him- self or family, He will auswer any in- quiries. A Wonderful Freak of Nature is sometimes exhibited in our public ex- hibitions. When we gaze upon some of the peculiar freaks dame nature jonally indulges in, our mi back to the ereation of man, fearfully and wonderfully made.” mysteries of his natn have been un- raveled by Dr. R, V, Pieree. of Buftalo, and through his knowledge of those mysteries he has been able to prepare en Medical Discov which is n specific for all blood tainis, poisons and humors, such as scrofula, pimples, blotches, eruptions, swellings, tumors, uleers and Kindred afiections. By drug- gists. - A fish-figuring prilosophor has esti- mated that 160,000 vessels are engaged in lio. HAhing businoss Of the WOEIL, that their annual cateh amounts to 1,500,000 tons, that a ton of fish is equal to the mut- ton supnly of twenty-cight sheep, and th catch is equs did not continue his figures until he found that fish must have wool, or at least until he proved that an angler can go half crazy from the bite of a sheepshead, - Beaton's Hair Grower. All who are BALD, all who aro becomin, BALD. all who do not want to ba bald, all who ate troubled with DANDRUFF, or LICHING of the sealp: should use Benfon's Ha rwer, ErGiry PEr Cest of those using it have grown hair. It never fails to stop the hair from falling. Through sickness and fevers the hair sometimes talls off in a short time, and although the person may have remained bald for years, if you use Be ton’s Hair Grower according to_directio you are sure of a_growth of hair. In hun. dreds of cas produced a_ good who have been bald have fully substan- tiated the follo : We grow Ha 80 ca: matter how lonz bald. Unlike other preparations, it contains no sugar of lead, or vegetable or mineral Polsd It is aspecific for falling hair, and itehing of the scalp. The Hair Grower is a hair food, lmltl lts n S0 cases out of 100, no dandruff, omposition is almost exactly like which supplies the hair with its DOUBLY AND TRIPLE STRENGTH. When the skin is very tough and hard, and the follice 1s_apparently effectually closed, the single strength will sometimes fail to reach tie papilla: in such cases the double or triple strength sliould be usod in_connection with the single, using them alternatel Price, o strength, $1,00 strength, $2.00: triple strongth, S5, your druggists have not got it we will send it prapared on receipt of price BENTON HAIR GROWER €O, Cleveland, 0. ?. Goodman and Kulin & Co. double 00, It Sold by C. —— Sheriff Coons, of Sreramento, Cal., last winter was in the habit of putting his knee upon the edge of a table in his of- fice in order to reach the gas burner, but after doing so a number of -times ho found that the p cdge of the taple was hurting his leg, and afterwards he stood upon a chair when lighting up. Recently the leg began to troublo him, growing worse daily, and the result is that amputation of the limb will be nec- essary to save his life. ey A Buffalo man was surprised the other morning when he saw a very rich and very stingy citizen out on his lawn with a pan of bread crumbs feeding a big flock of sparrows. He at once decided that there was a soft spot in the old man’s he art and that he had been misjudged, and as he bade him good morning, said: ““I see you are up early and engaged in o most humane and kind-hearted act. Feeding bread to the little birds, eh?’ Kind- hearted be d——d,"” answered the rich man. “I'm feeding the blamed things poison, d——n'em.” ————— Down to zero,—throat sore. Red Star Cough Cure at once heals it. No opiates. e S Maine hoys are demanding an mterna- tional standard of exchange in the mar- ble trade. In Auburn any kind of a ser,” “bull's eye,” ‘‘cryst®l,” or big or little, goes for “ten com- . In Lewiston the glasser has practically been demonetized, and only the large-sized ‘“‘crystals’’ can be put in for the limit o tel while most of the ordinary aristocratic taws, eyen a *‘blue dute’,” don’t stand in for more than three to seven. e Halford Sauce—Invaluable to all good cooks. D, BIGGER The @Great Southern Remedy for all BOWEL TROUBLES AND CHILDREN TEETHING. There are very fow who do not know of this g wlongside of our mountains 0 the fact, that . which 80 many of us 'y Bliape, there is @ prin- ciple fn 1t having & wonderful effect on the bowels. Dr, Blgger's Huckleberry Cordial is B GukaT HOUTHINN REMRDY (HaL TONOres ghe itle oo teeliing, end cures” Diarriiva - Gt-nlt!!( and Cramp Colle, hen It 18 consldered that at this season of the year sudden and dangerous stiacks of the bowels are so frequent, and we hear of 50 many denthd occiratig efors 8 Whyalcin e by called in, it is Tm) 1 every house- Hold should provide themseives WIth romo specdy relief, & dose of which will relieve the i and save much snxlety, Dr. Blggers' Kichorry Cordial in i simplo reiiiedy W hich i adedto ke et e oo 50" doyta § hottle; Manufactured b WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlants, Ga. 7 m o Hemedy ol Rweer Tl ull g lflll, Croup and Ty Sl aiife. For sule by tho H. T Clarke Drug Co., snd al Drugglats. 18 DRCIDED BY Royal Havana Lottery (A GOYEUNMENT INSTITUTION) Drawn at Huvana,Cuba, ma (A GOVEISMENT INY T'ICKETS IN FIFTHS. Wholes $5.00. Fractions Pro rata, Tickew o Fifths: Wholes 85; Fractionspen rata. 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Cull or write for pamphict containiag hundreds of the country. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH.' uime. Tui e aa Nebraska National Bank OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital. . Buplus May 1, 1885 H. W. Yares, President. W. V. MOonsE, H. W. YatEs, THE IRON BANK, | A. E. TouzALIN, V ice President. H. S. Huaus, Cashler, DIRECTORS: JonN 8, Col A. E. ToUuzALIN, BANKING OFFICE: Cor. 12th and Farnam Streets. Lewis 8. Rexp, General Banking Businoss Transaotad TREQHD Alifosxpers RBILATY OMARA, The following is tho time of a and do- gnnn of traing by Contral Sta “1. loeal depots. Trains of zl:.m 0., P, u of M. dovot., rrive and dopart from thelr Wobstor stroots irafng d K. J. 1 14th and BRIDGE TRAINS. o U, P, Dridge trains w.il let —1: 50~ 8:10—7:00--11:10 "tor Omaha at T:13—8 8: 10:37—11 n.i m.; ) . Rk 11182 p. )NNEC Arrival -,:.310 denai alng transferdopot at Councll Bluffs: DEPART. oz ox B 1AGO, BURLINGTON & omlgv A A, M KANSAS CITY, ST. JOE & COUNCIL BLY 0! L M WABASH, BT, LOULS & PACK o BIOUX CiY & PACHIG Xpross. HEP, L Muil and Expross, B. & M. IN NERB, < Mail and Expross. . Night Express 45| Vin' Plittsmouth NORTHWARD, EASTWARD. N XA Ky W0 | Vi Pisttsing uth.. . w BTOCK YARDS TRAINS ;i a0 i Leave Btock Yards for Omaha 12:01 )?I‘ m. y e AT CHICAGO, MILWAUKE® & AT, PAUL, M D wi1s B 7:00 A P e e "Dr. WARD & GO.. 20 Railway ° Timr'.l.—'sbb. ! G, 6t J. oo B M. depot: all othiors'from the Union Owiba, at 0:40--8i83= 5032 Py g 10:258 Y &