Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1887, Page 4

5 - 4 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERWS OF SUBSORIPTION ¢ (Morniag Edition) inciuding Sunday Year. ... . $10 0 CORRESPONDENCE! All communiontions relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed o the Epi- TOIR OF THE Brr. PUSINEAS LETTRRST All business Jet % and romittances should be @ddressed to T IR PUBLISHING COMPANY, . Drafts, scks and postoffice orders 10 be made paysble to the order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATE EpIToR. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Olrculation, State of Nebraski }” s (‘mmtr of Douglas. §° ™ Geo. B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending April follows: Ap day, ‘weaday, April 26.. ‘edne«day, Arr" 210 ‘Thursday, April 28 Friday, April .., Gro. 1. TZSCIUOK. Subecribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of April, 1857, N. P, Frin, [SEAL] Notary Public. Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he 13 secretary of The Bee Publishing comrlny, that the nactual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of April, 1886, 12,101 coples; , 12,470 copiess for June, 1885, Jl;z 1886, 13,814 copies; 464 coples: for Septem: T, 1846, | for October, 156, 2,08 cop! ovember, 1886, ' 13,34 coples; for December, 15836, 13,237 copies; for Januaty, 1887, 16,200 coples: for February, 1887, 14,198 coples; for March, 1887, 14,400 coples. Gro. B. TzZscnuck. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of April, A, D, 1857, [SEAL.| ' *'N.'P. Frrz, Notary Public. —— GENERAL SHERIDAN quietly sits down on General Rosser, and the latter will continue to squirm, or Augus! — Tae hotel provrietors will soon peti- tion the inter-state commission asking that passes be granted to all politicians a8 heretefore. Tue passiorate poet, Swinburne, has hurled an ode of one hundred lines at Gladstone. Buch ingratitude is not pun- ishable. Yet if a man throws a dyna- mite bomb in Russia he is immediately hanged. England's laws are lax. RICHARD A. PROCTOR, the scientist, in- sists that there are sea serpents, and says the stories regarding them ought not to be ridiculed. The next thing we hear of Mr. Proctor he will be trying to prove that the moon is not green cheeso. O~E of the Chicago boodlers has ooughed up $1,600 in currency, saying it belonged to Cook oounty. Conscience occasionally makes a money thief feel perious, but generally speaking it is not until he has squandered the money. AN Indwan from tho Omala i1&scrvas tion, Ta-wa-hae-zin-ga, recently called on Governor Thayer. 1t is understood that Ta-wa-hae-zin-ga wants to be oil inspector, judge in the First district or vouncilman from the Tenth ward in Omaha, Dr. EbwArD KxOX, of Fentress county Tenn., on Monday tied uv naked his four- foen-year-old son for some boyish indis- pretion and whipped him with a black- snake whip until he died. This is a case where neither the rod nor the child was dpared. HorrMaN, the Nebraska train wrecker fwho is confined in jail at Nebraska City awaiting execution, has called for a bible. Had he thought of this the even- fng he obstructed the railroad track— rflvgpu he would to-day be a better and appier man. — GaATtn, in the Cincinnati IEnquirer, omes to the rescue of the James boys, and excuses them for all their crimess This 15 rather late in the day to help Jesse much, but may succeed in drawing larger crowds for Colonel Frank when he kes his annual speeches at the county ‘:I.fl in Missouri this fall. TIr the organ of the state printing thieves, known as the Boodlers’ Own, had \given the republican candidate for yor in Lincoln as much attention as 1t has given Mr. Broateh, perhaps it could have elected a republican, instead of the {democrat who now fills that office. Ep—— A New YORK ox-alderman, supposed to have been a poor man, dropped dead on the street on Monday, stricken with heart discase, and the coroner found on his body $25,000 worth of street railway bonds, concealed in a belt worn between hisouter and his undershirt. It is thought that he placed the bonds in his belt rhfle doing aldermanic duties and had lorgotten them. It would be in order to examine Jake Sharp’s belt. SEpe——— A M1ssoURr paper alleges that Colonel A. C. Dawes, of the Kansas City, St. Jos- oph & Council Bluffs road, has been ten- dered the position of general manager of theOregon Railway and Navigation com- * pany. “Itisnot known yet,”" says the Missouri paper, *‘whether he will or will pot accept the fine position offered to him.” 1tis hoped, in the interests of the Oregon Railway and Navigation com- pany that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road will not let him go. Colonel Dawes is certainly no decided improve- ment over hig namesake—once governor of Nebraska. ——— FiNANCIERS will understand what is meant by the reduction in the discount rate of the bank of England to 2 per oent. It Indicates an abundant present supply of money in the London market and & conviction in the wminds of the managers of the great banking institu- - tion that there will be enough to meet all emergencies in the near future. 0 per cent is the minimum rate of the Bank of England, and is the best evi- * dence of a money plethora. That cir- cumstance is not unfavorable to this ocountry’ In a political direction the sig- pificance of the reduction is that the’ Jeading financiers of Gireat Britain are nos apprehensive of any serious conflicts in Europe in the near future. Itisio all ‘espects a reassuring sign. Willing to Compromise. We some time ago noted the fact that Congressman Springer of [llinois had expressed himself in favor of a compro- mise botween the hostile factions of the democracy on the tarifl, in order to effect a reduction of the revenues which men of all parties concede to e necessary. It now transpires that Mr. Carlisle takes a similar view of the situation, except that he expects rather more from re publicans than from the protectionist democrats. 1he Kentucky congressman is quite san- guine regarding a reduction. He has no doubt that the next congress will reduce revennes, though he does not expect the passage of such a bill as the revenue re- form democrats would like to have. It will be remembered that when Mr. Randall endeavored, near the close of the last congress, to bring forward a bill re- pealing the tobacco tax. Mr. Carlisle would not permit him to do so. He seems to have modified his views some- what in this direction, and now says “it might occur, in the efforts to get through a bill reducing the tariff, that some com- promises should be made. Under the circumstances, with an opposition senate, and with a division of opinion among democratic representatives, a compromise that was fair would be hon- orable. 1n such a state of the case the obacco tax might be repealed.”” The whisky tax, however, he insists should be left undisturbed. There could be no better indication than this of the position that will be taken in the next congress by the rev- enue reform democrats, who will be more completely than ever in the control of Mr. Carlisle, since Mr. Morrison will not be present to divide influence. It may be remarked also that the modified attitude of Mr. Carlisle is in accord with the understood views of the administra- tion, the president in his last message having counselled, 1n relation to the tariff question, “‘a willingness to yield some- thing for the public good.” But will the limited compromise suggested by Mr. Carlisle be met in a similar spirit by the tariff men? The repeal of the tobacco tax would cut down the revenues nearly $30,000,000. Will the protectionists, democrats or republicans surrender an equal amount in tariff duties? The solu- tion will still rest chiefly with Mr. Ran- dalland his faction, as it did in the last congress, who will continue to hold the balance ot power. The republican as- sistance that Mr. Carlisle now counts on will not be strong enough to effect the de- sired object. What Mr. Randall may do or refuss to do no man can tell, but it is evident that he can dictate terms if he is able to hold his faction together. He will exert himself as never before to do tkus, for the break- ing up of his little band of adherents in congress would be his political ruin. He understands that nine-tenths of the party, with the administration in sympathy, de- sires and soeks his downfall, and would pounce on him with both feet if he should fall. He must keep his contingent solid or go down, perhaps never to rise again. It is cortain, therefore, that Randall will fight with desperate energy to keep his little force intact, and if he accomplishes this he will again be master of the situa- tion. It is this unfortunate phase of the situation that detracts somewhat from the confident assurances of Mr. Carlisle, and suggests a fear that experience with the ncat cougress in this matter may be little if any more satisfactory than it was with the last. The Labor Alliance and the Chinese. The labor alliance, of San Francisco, is yet making a determined fight against Chinese lubor. The white men claim that it is impossible for them to success- fully compete with the coolies in many brauches, especially in the manufacture of cigars. At a meeting of the new trades union altiance this week, a com- mittee previously appointed to devise a certificate for the use of those dealers in cigars who do not patromize Chinese labor, made a formal report. The cer- tificate read: “To whom it may concern: The holder of this certificate has pledged himself to the Labor Unions’ Mutual alliance and the Cigarmakers’ International union not to buy, sell or make any Chinese cigars, wholesale or retail; and, further, to foster the interests of home industry.” It was unanimously agreed by all members of the trades unions that num- erous mass-meetings be held, and a united effort be made to abolish Chinese labor in manufacturing goods of all kinds. 1t the coolic is to be tolerated in this country at all, a place must be made for him in the kitchen, on the railroad grado, in the orchards of the coast or other vlaces where his laber does not interfere with citizens, Me must not insinuate himself into white men’s positions, lower their wages and take the paltry pittance received for his day's labor and send it out of a country of which he refuses to become a citizen, to purchase his articles of food and clotmng. This country offers inducements and extends the hand of welcome to all classes of laboring men—yet at the same time it has no par- ticular use for the almoned-eyed heathen who offers his services at what to any other m an would necessarily be starva- tion wages. EE————N Reduoced Taxation. When we stated in our last issue that the assessed valuation of property in Omaha for municipal taxation, would, at three percent, yield § 450,000, during the present year; our estimate was based on an te assessment of $15,000,000. This is at least $2,000,000 below what the asssessment will be, if made on the pre- vailing basis of one-fourth or even on fifth of actual values. Instead of $10,000,000 as figured in our previous es- timate, the assessed valuation of Omaha lust year was $12,000,000, The increuse for the present year, by the rise of real estate values, improvements and annexa- tion of new territory, should at a low estimate, add to last year's assessment roll from $4,000,000 to §5,000,000. On a three per cent tax the city's in- come in 1887, would reach over halia million dollars. With this enormous sum at its disposal, there will be no ex- cuse for an overlap, Last year the city taxes were 4 per cent. This year 80 mulls will more than meet all demands of the munmicipal goverament. The im- provements already under way this year justify the prediction that the city taxes ean be reduced to 3 per cent 1n 1888 with- out in the least embarrassing the city government. Last year the county tax was 2 per cent on assessed valuation. This year it can be reduced to 15 mills. That would yield nearly $300,000, The ocounty commis- TH.E. OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. MAY 7. 1887 sioners ought to be able to make ends meet with §300,000 a year at their dis- posal. The funding of the county debt which is to take place this fall will very matericlly reduce the interest charged. The annexation by the city of territory which has heretofore depended on the county for its grading,bridging and other improvements, will relieve the county treasury of a heavy drair, The incorporated villages and towns in the county will also lessen the cost of mamtaining highways. There is no valid reason why taxation snould not be reduced both for eity and county purposes during the present year. While taxes have been very light in Omaha on the basis of real values, the high rate levied on assessed values has had a tendency to frighten eapitalists and investors. A reduction of the tax rate will have a very beneficial effect. —— Extravagant Hydrant Tolls. The suburbs of the city ask for fire protection, and they ought to have it as speedily as possible. But before the council orders a further extension of water mains, it should come to an under- standing with the water works company, with regard to the cost of additional water hydrants. When the charter was voted to the water works company six years ngo it was estimated that Omaha would be woll protected by %00 fire hydrants. To-day thecity is paying for nearly five hundred hydrants at a rental of $80a year for each hydrants. In other words the hydrant tax has run up from $16,000 to over §40,000 a year, which rep- resents interest av § per cent on an investment of $300,000 or interest at 6 per cent on $666,000. It is safe to say that the present waterworks plant can be dupli- cated for less than $600,000. It secms to us that the time is at hand for a re-ad- justment of the contract between the city and the waterworks company, on a basis that wiil assure a fairincome to the company without imposing needless bur- dens upon the taxpayers. With $40,000 a year income from exist- ing hydrants, the company can well af- ford to reduce the price for additional hydrants to $25 a year. There is a hand- some profit in the investment for exten- sions even at that price. We have op- posed the proposed repeal of the water- works company’s franchise, but we deem it just and proper that the company should be required to reduce its extrava- gant rental for additional fire hydrants. *“TuE liquor license laws of Pennsyl- vunia,” says the Philadelphia Record, “‘as they are now construed are a jumble and a puzzle for lawyers and laymen. The indefiniteness of their provisions gives excuse for the most cranky and in- consistent constructions by the courts. In some judicial dlistricts the theory is set up that the granting of a license is a matter of judicial option: n others, that itis a matter of loeal option; and in still others, that the option lies in the hand of the applicant for a license and depends on a literal compliance with certain necessary formalities.” This 18 the result of agitation. A sensible high license law, such asis on the statutes of Nebraska, admits of no puzzling con- struction. Plainly and distinctly the re- quirenients are written. The man sell- ing liquor under the Slocumb law under- stands its conditions and consequently complys with them. The result is regu- lation, and as a general rule orderly places where liquors are sold. — THE State of Ohio, which has main- tained a good credit since the war, has been having considerable trouble with its finances for the past two or three years. The management of state affairs during the Hoadley administration was reek- lessly extravagant, and before that ad- ministration expired 1t was compelled to anticipate the collection of taxes in order to meet the demands ou the treasury. It left to its successor a bankrupt treasury, with large demands ig sight, Therepub- lican administration by wise manage- ment provided for these obligations, and the legislature reduced expenditures, but it refused to increase the tax levy, and it now appears that the resources of the treasury will be exhausted by June 1, and from that time until August the state will have to be run on eredit. The legacy of recent democratic government 1n Ohio ought to make that state safely republican for a long time to come. —— ONE of the first things the new council will have to deal with, will be the print- ing steal in the shape of over one thou- sand dollars for publishing Mayor Boyd's election proclamation in two morning papers, in addition to the publication in the official paper, which circulates more than twice as many papers in Omaha as both of these pspers combined. — MosT great men have found some par- ticular inflnence productive of ill effects upon them. The especial bele noir of Mr. Lamar appears to be a dark skin. In the case of Queen Kapiolani it has produced the extraordinary result on Lamar of ‘“‘neuralgia in the face.” Path- ologists may find this case worthy of their attention. —_— WE are reminded by Mr. McShane's paper that there will be n few planks loose mn our sidewalk as long as Mike Meaney remains on the staff of Mayor Broateh. We are not troubled about Mike Meaney just at present. He will go on the re- tired list in o few days. TaE official mvitation and programme for the eighteenth reunion of the Society " of the Army of the Cumberland, to be held in Washington on May 11 and 12, has been issued. Its interest and attractive- ness are not diminished by the fact that the name of General Keifer does not ap- pear on it. ——————— ONE of the conundrums of the hour is: When will Tom Murray finish his six story block? We know he has heaps of sand, but it is piled up on Fourteenth street in front of his buiiding, THERE will be & grand blaze some of these days on the triangle between St. Mary's aveaue and Harney street, which is being covered by tinder boxes and fire traps of every description. ep—— Ir 15 sald that when the queen of the Sandwich Islands called at the white house ‘“'Mrs. Cleveland was not at all embarrassed, and the president appeared to be perfectly at his ease.” According to this official announcemeant, the queen is not of 50 much importanoy sfter all. Many a backwoods office-seaker has em- parrassed or. he report says nothing of how Colonel Dan received her royal highness, ————— 8 Tue splenetic attack of Rosser on Gen- eral Sheridan should have been per- mitted to pass without attention. Some people will seek notoriety at any sacri- fice of manliness and honor. Tite proper treatment of all such is unuttered con- tempt. i Tne zgzag route which the Chieago & Northwestern is building to Omaha, is an improvement on the old ox-bow by- way of Blair, but it is by no means what Omaha should and must have. Nothing less than a direct line up the Elknorn valley will fill the bill, —— ONE thousand houses erected in Omaha for renting, during the present and next years, would be a profitable investment, The demand is now large and will be larger for houses that will rent for from $20 o $40 a month. The London Témes having followed up the Parneli forgery by denouncing Dillon as a liar, that journal has occupied rather more attention in England during the past week than any other subject. A motion in the house of commons to insti- tute proceedings against the nominal pablisher, on the ground that the course of the paper was a breach of privilege, has occupied the attention of the house for several days, to the exclusion of all other matters, including the crimes bill. That measure has consequently made verv little progress during the week. In the discussion of the motion regarding the Times, tho tories have manifested the most partisan and unfair spirit. The fact that the language used by the newspaper was a plain breach of privilege theycannot escape from, but they seck to escape from an evident duty to defend the character of a member of the house by the subterfuge that Dillon can have recourse to the courts for redress. Itis a contemptible exhibition of the sacritice of all precedent and right to party hate. While the statesmen of Eng- land are wrangling over this matter, the relentless agents of landlords in Ireland are turning the miserable tenants out of their homes and the heartlass work of coercion goes on, * o The week has developed no events of interest on the continent of Kurope, nothing having occurred from which even a plausible conjecture of future dis- turbance could be drawn. The popular demonstrations in Pari since the Schnaebeles affair, have served to show the very strong anti-German feeling, but there has not been any considerable rep- resentation of the betthr elemont identi- fied with these dewonstrations. So far as official epwclsiunu go they indicate the prevalepce of an entirely friendly sentiment, #hd it is evident that the better class of pepple are well pleased that the last cause of ‘misunderstanding between France and’ Germany was so promptly and satisfactdrily settled. The incident has made Sghnaebelas some- thing of a hero, and has inured to his permanent advantageé. Germany having sent the prisoner back to his own coun- try, has dismissed all thought of the mat- ter, but doubtless the people are taking due account of the popular manifesta- tions of hostility in Puris. % The French fleet is shortly to engage in a series of grand mancuvres, the most important which have been undertaken since the war. Its first operation will be the transport of troops from France to Algeria and the attackingof the convoy by a squadron 6f torpedo boats, having Corsica for their base of operations. The squadron will be composed of four wronclads aund four cruisers escorting the convoy, of four other ironclads, which will be considered as transports. It will loave Toulon and sail for Algeria. The torpedo squadron leaving Ajaccio will have for its mission the attacking of the convoy as it leaves the port of Toulon. The second operation will be the attack by & torpedo squadron upon a squadron sailing from Toulon to Brest. The third and the most important is the appear- ance off the Moditerranean coast of France of an inimical squadron to be at- tacked by torpedo boats. This latter operation will take place in July. e Twelve men and three women are now ontrial on the charge of conspiracy against the life of the czar. The prison- ers are guarded in court by soldiers and the public is excluded. It is a star chamber trial in effect, though the ac- cused are represented by counsel and the form ot defence is permitted. There seems to be no hope of acquittal, and the penalty is death or at the best exile for life. One of the women, a young girl, Raisa Schmidova by name, is said to be more beautiful than Charlotte Corday, and her share in the plot and certain fate are the gossip of St. Petersburg. The re lentiess and unending war against the czar, maintained by men and women of every social rank, forms one of the most :\x!ruordhlary chapters of modern his- ory. * **e A great deal is being said and written in France about the German trick of learning the French bpgle calls with a view to misleading Lhew my during an engagement. There is pothing very new about the idea. During‘:\ e war of 1870-1 German buglers frequplitly sounded a halt for French troops at the critical point of a charge, and fh¢ French regi- mental band once savod:a division by playing the German national anthem. This was during a sortié:from Metz in the course of which one ef the strongest French divisions mistogk's word of com- mand and marched right up to the mouths of the Germaw ¢pnnon. It was only the intense darkwess and the mu- sical device which saved 'i§ from dicima- tion if not annihilation. 4 R The mortality statistids just published tor London are intoresting as showing the working of tendencics that are in operation throughout most of the civil- ized world. The deathrate and birth rate are each on the decrease. The fall- ing off in the former, however, is greater than in the latter. That is to say, the average age attained by people before they die is greater now than it was ten years ago, while the number of persons born, in portion to population, is not so great as formerly, But the increase in the age limit 50 counterbalances the de- crease 1n births that the number of in- habitants, Iuflwmgntbn out of the calculation, is ily growing larger. Thwmv:c‘l'fiu have been ap proached by the musicians of Scotland with reference to the granting of de- grees 1 music. The matter has been under consideration for some time, and there is, it1s understood, some disposi- tion to accede to the general wish on the part of three out of the four universi- ties, One of the universities, though possessed of an endowed musical chair, has taken no active steps in the matter. Another having found that it is cmpow- ered to confer honorary degrees in music, has taken the initiative, and, upon search being made, documents showing precedents for admitting candi- dates to examination have, itis said, been discovered, and 1t is therefore not unlikely that the wishes of the Scotch musicians will soon be carried out, * *e Afghanistanas likely to disappear alto- gether trom the map of Asia before lon g What with Engiand’s ‘“‘scientific fron- tier" ideas on the south, and Russia’s still more decided absorption policy on north, the ameer’s territory is gradually diminishing in area. A dispute on the northern frontier has just been settled on the convenient ‘‘compromise’ of giving Russia all she claimed and withdrawing allthe claims to pecuniary compensation made by other contestants, Towards the fall the process will be repeated, and during the winter another treaty will bo ferced down the ameer's throat. * s The Sonnblick observatory, in the prov ince of Salzburg, Austria, is the highest in Europe, being 10,177 feet above the level of the sca. It was established chiefly through the exertions of M. Rojacher, proprietor of the mines in that distriet, in comjunction with the German and Austrian Alpine cluband the Aus- trian Meteorological society. [t remains to be shown what use can be made of the observations on such elevated sta- tions for the practical work of woather forccasting. The obsorvers of the Pic du Mudi claim to have foretold, from the conditions at that observatory, the dis- astrous floods that occurred in the south of France at the end of June, 1875, and thereby to have rexdered important serv- ices by their timely warning. s 5 Something very much like white slavery is practicticed in Nova Scotia, where pauper boys and girls are farmed out to the highest bidder. The farmer purchases the right to the child’s labor till it becomes of age, and then he can sell his interest in the contract to any one who will buy. At an auction sale at Digbv recently a boy was sold, ana so outraged were the spectators th: have petitioned the Dominion pa to put an end to the scandal. Cardinal Manning’s nice distinction between sell- ing a man’s labor and selling the man himself is evidently not appreciated in Nova Scotia. . One of the most melancholy incidents of the eastern mancwmuvres in England was a disastrous test-of the sword bayo- nets with which the volunteers are armed. A dummy of cotton waste enclosed in a truss of straw was a fair substitute for the human body, and not a bayonet pene- trated it unharmed. A Crimean sword passed through 1t easily, but every sword- bayonet was bent double and twisted out of shape. 'Tho regular army is armed with the same species of worthless bayo- not. The volunteers are suitably equip- ped for the sham battles which they fight once a year. *"e English women have done much to rescue the queen’s jubilee celebration from merited reproach for lack of public interest. While other schemes for com- memorating the Victorian reign are languisiing and expiring through sheer inanition, the women are bestirring themselves in every borough and shire, and are confidently expecting to raise $250.000 before the anniversary day. This1s the only one of the countless jubilee enterprises which excites popular enthusiasm. KINGS AND QUEENS, ‘The queen of Sweden, who has been stay- ing at Amsterdam for some time, where she underwenta critical operation, is convales- cent. Of all his birthday gifts, which filled two rooms of his palace, Kaiser Wilhelm most values a life-sized portralt of his eldest Rreat grandson. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austtiais re- ported to take the part of his daughter-in- law in her quarrels with her husband, Crown Prince Rudolph. King Milan of Servia makes skittle play- ing a hobby. He was recently presented by the prince of Montenezro with a carved set of balls and men manufactured of extremely hard wood. Her Majesty Queen Victoria is to erecta memorial church at Cannes, France, on whieh is to be placed a recuinbent hgure of the Iate duke of Albany, which will bea replica of the one in the Wolsey chapel at Windsor. Queen Olga, of Greece, Is fond of swim- miug, and a pond lined with white marble is to be constructed in the grounds of the royal palace at Athens so that the queen can dis- port herself with her attendants like Diana and her maids. King William, of Germany, has senta beautiful diamond bracelet as a wedding present to a Jewish maid whom he used to see at & window opposite his hotel at Gas- teln, and who is soon to be married. Hehas asked her to come to Gastein yearly during his sojourn there. et sl 5 1sThere an End. 1s thera an end to weariness in lifel T'o all this ceaseless and tumultuous strife “T'nat, from the very cradle to the grave, Appal: t.lm‘ hearts of o'en the strong and rave? Is there an end to this anxiety Tl hatnta us hour by hour and will not loe? Or are we made to mourn through day and night, To \\'nlkkiu shade and never in the light? 13 there an end to losses and to pain? And will there comea time when naught but gain Will follow all our unremittiog toil, And when no foe shall cause us to recoll? Is there an end to this dull, dreary mode Of life? Or must our feet still press the road Leading through places dangerous and dark, Where scarce an eye discerns one shining mark? Nay, do not look for perfect peace and rest! A o or moble coatlict s tho best: And ehivalry will win a brighter erown Than d:. could gain by casting burdens wa. — o e— . The Bee is Right. Creightom Pioneer. ‘The Ploneer dues not think that all the Omaha Ber: says is gospel, but on the main issues it is correct. As a newspaper it ean- not be equaled In Nebraska. When it says that Nebraska towns are overcrowded with newspapers it tells the truth ; and the Repub- lican does not know, when it says that it 1s notso. There alse notion in the minds of a good many men that they can run a newspaper a little better than somebody eélse = littlo better than the man who has made that profession a lifo study and work. There are always a lot of politicians who waunt “an organ,” and there are always men who will fill the bill ,for the time being, But tho county newspaper is a work of weeks and months and years. The people, as the coun- try gets down to business, will support the newspapers of the two parties—republican and demoeratic, and, as the Brr says, the others will gladly fall out of line. petac?-uadiotndieg BTATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. Holdrege is pulling for a creamery and waterworks. Saloon license 1 Seward is an even #1,000 a year, half of which isan occu- pation tax. Plans for a five story opera_house are being prepared at Beatrice. The build- g will be 85x138, and will have a seat- ing capuacity of 1,500. Scraps of coal have been pumped up from a well in the DeSoto bottom near Blair. Mr. James Wild is the owner of the lucky well. Next. A reward of $100 will be given for the return of J. N. Dykeman to Clarks sta- tion, The long haul prevents bim from turning up and claiming the reward. J. B. Marshall, of Beatrice, dropped a burning match in loose hay in his wagon. A can of coal oil expedited the blazes, but he managed to save his life and the team. Blair commiserates Fremont on the boycott of Omaha and offers tempting inducements to the boycotters to trade there. Itis twenty miles nearer than Lincoln. A mad dog scare in Rock Creek pre- cinet, Otoe county, has produced a del- uge of lead. 'I'wenty-five curs have been hushed, ‘The people are considerably sited and armed with pistols, clubs snd The Seward canuing factory will be ready for business in n few wecks, The machinery 1s being put in place. The company expects to put up 600,000 cans of corn this season and 600 barrels of pickles. Jack McGinty, of Republican City, tossed a burning match into the bung hole of a gasoline barrel. He lives to whisper the afterclap, with a score of blisters and a hairless head to emphasize the periods. The threat of the Fremont Tribune to turn the trade of the city to Lincoln does not appear to satisfy the voracious ap- petite of the Democrat. Here is a speci- men squeal for more: “It is folly to fold our hands and talk of peace and plenty, when there 18 neither—when rivals, little and great, are tearing away at our vitals and raiding our cupboards, Let us all understand this thing and all act to- gether like men of sense and courage.” The delegation of Wayne business men had a general talk with the people of Yankton last Wednesday on the lubljeol. of a railrond to Omaha, The result of the talk was the appointment of & com- mittee of four prominent Yanktonians, to join committees from Wayne, Hart- ington and West Poiunt, examine the pro- vosed route and vroceed to Omaha, where a conference will be held with business men and railroad officials. The feeling in Yankton seoms to be that the Missouri Pacific will build the road for a i s of $500,000. The Yankton Press s “There is in this move a grim determination to win., Keep your eye upon it.”’ lowa Items, Allquingtou had thiriy-three deaths m pril. Clarinda’s waterworks, which cost 41,000, are pronounced a failure. The residents of Folsom station, in the southern part of the state, are jubilant over the discovery of iron ore there. The state association of Congregational ministers and churches of lowa convenes at Charles City on the 25th to 20th inst. What Cheer is counting on 8 uew $15,000 hotel building, a new Baptist church and four substantial brick blocks as n part of the season’s work. The bodf; of John Conrandy was ex- humed at Bowen last week for the puc- pose of burial in the Exira Catholic ceme- tery. Although it had lainin the grave nine years, dissolution had not taken place and the corpse was as fresh and recognizable as when first consigned- to the earth. A sad accident occurred on_the farm of John Beal near Misgsouri Valley last Thursday. The house caught fire while Mr. and Mrs. Beal were 1n the field work- ing. They left the infant in the house with several other small children, and were not warned of danger until one of the children came ranning and scream- ing to them. When they arrived at the terrible scene the house was wrapped in flames both inside and out, and the grief- stricken parents were subjected to the terrible ordeal of watching the flames devour their little ehild, Only by force of neighbors was the mother restramned from rushing into the scething flames for her darling and meecting a fearful death. Dakota. Spearfish is getting ready to build a waterworks system. The Jamestown artesian well flows at the rate of 400 gallons per minute. The G. A. R. post of Yankton will in- corporate, purchase a lot and build a me- morial hall. Ever since the year that General Custer camped at Yankton there has been a heavy growth of blue grass on the old cum[ ground. A great many of the Yankton people remove yards of the sod and transplant it in their yards, where it thrives admirably. It is supposed the command earried baled blue grass for forage and the seed, scattered in feeding the horses, took root and each year more seed is scattered, thus keeping up the supply. A Sioux Falls alderman recently got mad and threatened to pound a stranger till he couldn’t see because he said the paving stone quarried here weren't the best in the world. The alderman would probably have used the stranger pretty rough if, in trying to catch him, he had not attempted to cross the main business street in town and got stuck in the mud 80 that he bad to be pulled out with a team. The Pacific Coast. The vineyards and orchards in Sonoma valley give promise of abundant yields this year. A company has undertaken the project of building a canal from a pointon the Colorado river, twenty miles above Yuma, Ariz., to the Sonora line. On the east side of Panamint valley, Inyo county, is a very large ledge of an- timony ore. The metal was quoted re- cently in London at $150 per ton, No effort has ever been made to do anything with tnis ledge. A steam wagon, that runs on_ordinary roads and hauls 80,000 pounds, is making successful trips between Bisbee and Fair- banks, Ariz. The distance is ilxli miles, and the trips are made wholly day- light. The wagon isowned by the Copper Queen Mining company. Ten thousand persons witnessed the laying of the corner atone of the new Catholic eatbedral in San Francisco last Sunday. Archbishop Riordan, with a score of clergy, led the ceremonies. The building is located on Van Ness and Myr- tle avenues, has a frontage of eighty- eight feet and a depth of 190. The style is Romanesque, with Italian towers. ‘The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise says: In the first range of mountains to the eastward of the Sink of the Carson is an outburst of water that is phenomenal and o great curiosity. Half-way up s mountain that is two or three thousand feot in height there burata out a stfeam of thirty or !orl{ inches of pure and sparkling water. It tumbles down over the rocks on the side of the mountain in several falls from ten or twenty feet in height. The noise of the falling water can be heard a distance of half a milo or wore. The Uglon St. Louis_Repubiican, The fact that the Union Pacific railroad has at its head the grandson of vne presi- dent of the United States and the great. grandson of another is pressed as an urg- ent claim on the government's special deference to that railroad, An eastern paper says “‘there never was a railroad management more honest than that now controlling tho Union Pacific,” and it adds: . “Ever since Mr. Adams entered the offfce all his endeavors have been used to hr(n%‘lb(ml an adjustment of the relations with the government.” It is well that this compliment to the honest management of the road is quali- fied by the verb “‘now," for there was a time when 1ts management was little else_than fraud, bribery and robbery— 80 Youl a thing, in fact, as to proyoke Mr. Adams himself to join in the unmi- versal execration of it.” The cnormous fortunes gotten through these shameful methods exist in Mr. Adams’ state to this an. and constitute the basis of the politi- cal power and social influence of their owners. The present management of the road in the hands of Charles Francig Adnms is honest; but Mr. Adams oug\; to remember that the corporation ove which he presides is the sclf-same one whose management wus such a stench twenty years ago, and that a corporation cannot, any more than an individual, ex- cuse the villanies it committed yoster- day by pointing to the honest course it is pursuing to-day. If the present management 18 a8 anx- ious to pay 1ts obligations to the govern- ment a8 it pretends to be, why does it not prove it by deyoting all its net earnings 3,500,000 a yoar—to a fund for that purpose? That would be an evidence of honesty which the jgovernment would be bound to recognize. But when the com- pany, after having divided among its members and its favorites $50,000,000, the proceeds of the very subsidy bonds the overnment gave it to aid itin building the road, and dividing its net earnings from yoar to year, tells the country it cannot and will "not pay the debt it owes the government unless allowed sev- enty years additional time to do it ih, the case does not look so exceptionally up- right as is claimed. A report was current in New York a short time ago that the Union Pacific company contemplates building a ne road parallel to its present line and ad- justing all connections to it, 8o that when the time comes it may turn over the worthless old road to the government, The report was promptly denied; but it looks for all the world like a trick for forcing the government into an_acoep- tance of the company's terms. To exe- cute such a schemo would 1ndeed be a fraud picturesque and novel; but the early history of the company reminds us that it has done even worse things, and that its capacity for such work may not yet be exhausted, AN AGED SINNER. One of “Doc” Middleton's I'als on His Way to the Pen. The morning train to Lincoln carried among its crowd of passengers Nels Anderson, thefsherif of Cedar county and two prisoners, A. Breman and A. 8. Davis. The latter is on his way to serve out a sentence of two years for forgery, and the for- mer will keep him company in the ‘*pen” for a similar period for horse stealing. The party arrived 1n this city and was hospitably entertained by Jailor Joe Miller until the train left for the capital. There is nothing notable either in appearance or history about Davis but Breman! Ah there! He 18 regarded as U\e most expert horse thief n the west and was not _only " the partner but the preceptor of the famous ‘Doc” Middleton in the equine larceny business. He is sixty-nine years of age, gray haired and gray bearded,a picture of a patriarch and as venerably meok as the grandfather of sants. Under browsy white eye lashes, however, are blue “windows of the soul’ that no youthful- ness can exceod in piercing strength. They are mental stilettos. Breman was dressed in jeans, the regular uni- form of the horsethief, and possesses the usually reticence of the tramed criminal. He acknowledged knowing “Doc” Mid- dleton for years, but, of course, was ac- quainted with him only during his days of virtue. After his arrest on the charge for which he isto remainin durance vile for two years, he came very near escaping. The hlrtlpn jailor was about locking him up one evening when he skipped behind the cell, and in answer to the question regarding his presence he replied in a voice that sounded as if it came from the cell. The door was closed and the turnkey about to depart dent, his presence was I he sheriff of Cedar county says that Breman is undoubtedly the shrewdest horsethief in the west. ‘THE PERFECT Self Revolving Churn Dasher Quickest Belling Article Ever Invented. PRICE OF DASHER, $1.25 Noods o talking. but really 18 the Prottiost Siowiug twiclo on the Markol. OmAita, Neb., April 28, 1857.—This is to_certify that we, the undersigned, have this day witnessed a churning by “The Perfect” Self Revolving Churn Dashers,” which resulted in producing 81§ pounds of first class butter from one gallon of cream in jnst one minute and fifteen seconds. W. L. Wright. propriotor “Omuha Duiry:" O Wheeler, “omaka D B nal Bank; A jonwl Bank; Prot. Geors SOmana Business Coilexes” Prof. L. erof Bhorthand; Harry' Mirriam, Spur. 1¥ R w. nte; o oy AT editor “Pithisn Dobiw I K ALK Dr. G M. G B B it Warren BBl e wminte, LW, Kogors reulsiste ohas Rudd, jeweler. 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