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PUBLISHED TERMS OF SUBSORIPTION © D‘ny mull? Rdition) including Bunday nn, Ooe Year. ERY MORNING. RNAN STRERY. G AR AT [ABMINGTON OFFICE, NO. 513 FOURTRENTH BTRAKT. (CORRESPONDENCE! All communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to the Eoi- TOR OF TME BRR BUSINESS LETTRASS All business letters and romittances ghould be 8ddrossed to THE BEx PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. D) checks postofice ordors 10 be made payable to the order of the company. THE BEE POBLISHIVG COMPANY, PROPRETORS. E. ROSEWATER, Epitor. THE DAILY BER Sworn Statement of Ulrculation. Btate of Nebrask: County of Doucias, |8 Geo. B. 'Tzachuck, secretat Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual eircuiation of the Dally 5:.:”!3: week ending Sept. 9, 1857, was as 14,350 200 of The DBee GFO. 1. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to and subscribed in mysgresence this 10th day of Septewber, A. D. 1857, ., P. FEIL, [SEAL.] Notary Publie. Btate of Nebraska, E“ Douglas County, Geo. B. Tzschuck,'being first duly sworn, g.pun and says that he Is secretary of The Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of September, 1846, 13,050 coples; for October, 1886, 12,089 coples; for Novem- ber, 1886, 13,348 coples; for December, 1856, 13,257 coples: for Jlnuu? 1887, 16,260 coples; for February, 1887, 14,195 coples; for March. , 14,400 coples; for April, 1887, 14,310 copies: for May, 187, 14,227 eopies; for June 1887, 14,147 copies; for July, 1887, 14,- 003 copres; for August, , 14,151 cople Gro, B Tzscwock. ribed in _my presence Sept, A. D., 1887, 2 N. P. Frir. Notary Public. Wooin that there were an office for every candidate in the county. Bworn_and subsci this 5th day ot [SEAL.| A rooLin American beef is now an- nounced. The time has come when *‘pools” and ‘‘corners” in the necessitics of life should be made a misdemeanor— subject to pumshment. Tie president can only spare us one hour. Half of that time should be de- voted to observation of the fly-specks and cob webs in our postofiice. His recom- ‘mendation of a littleservice reform soap and whitelead, with a strong disinfect- ant for the basement would gain many votes in Omaha for Grover Cleveland. The latest diction by the English gov- ernment is, *'Only give the Irish enough bullets and then we shall have peace.” Fnghsh officials, hke the Bourbons, never learn anything. They bave tried bullets for several hundred years, but peace seems farther oft than ever. 1t is somewhat humorous to expect puace by striking an Irishmaa, CommissioNERS OBERLY and Lyman are at work revising the civil service rules. This is well. The rules were sadly in need of rewision. The com- missioners might find it profitable to make public the changes they intend to make before they are finally adopted. Public discussion would be benelicial, as the subject is now pretty poorly under- stood. EEEE————————— Now that the returns are in about the late medical congress 1n Washington, it appears that the meeting was a failure— the poorest congress ever held. This was probably due to the action of the national medical association in excluding the adherents of the new code of ethics adopted by the New York state associa- tion. This action shut out some of the most distinguished physicians in this country and in Europe. Such acts of short-sighted bigotry are bad in their immediate results, but will ultimately be for the best by rendering bigotry so ob- noxious that its mamfestations must soon cease. ‘THE failure of the last congress to make an appropriation for surveys in Arizona has beev a hindrance to settlement in that territory. No surveys of public lands were made during the past year, and there are many fertile vallays unsur- veyed, which it is believed would be promptly occupicd were the conditions to vermanent settloment assured. The sur- veyor general also states that in the sur- vey of the lands for the Atlantic & Pacifio railroad the work has been carelessly done or there has been fraud. 1t is evi- dent from ms statemonts that an investi- gation will be in order. Arizona is rich in mineral resources, and the government should withhold no aid it may extend for the settlement aud development of the territory. ‘Tue annual reportof General Johnston, commissioner of railroads, just made o the secretary of the interior, shows all the Pacific roads to have done a profit- able business during 1836. The receipts of the Union Paaific exceeded its expen- ditures by $4,120,973, ana its assets were increased nearly three and a half mil- lons, The surplus of the company at the end of the year was $37,224,573, At the close of 1886 the road had unsold lands granted by the government to the amount of 7,058,207 acres, valued at $14,- 004,270. The surplus of the Central Pacific for the year was a little less than a million or 1n exact figures $953,993. It is probable the current year will make a still better showing, particularly for the Union Paaific. e———— SECRETARY BAvakp, Minister Phelps and Justice Field would not be satisfac- tory representatives of this country to discuss the fisheries controversy with the English commissioners, and 1t is to be hoped the report that they may be ap- vointed will not be verified. There is & want of confidence in the ability or di position of Mr, Bayard to sustain the American position in this matter, which he has done nothing thus far to strength- en. In norespect has he been weaker than in connection with this question. Mr, Phelps would be expeoted to make alwmost any concessions that the English might ask, and Justice Field doesn’t en- joy that popular confidence that a man should have for such n service. The ap- pointment of these three would be dis- sppointing and discouraging- New York Republioans. The New York republican convention emphasized the spirit of harmony pre- vailing in the party of the Empire state, of which there had been previous evi- dences. The fact that ex-Senator Miller was president of the convention is an as- surance of the complete restoration of good feeling, and the proccedings dis- closed no evidence of any discord or dis- affection, There was a minority of the committee on resolutions unfavorable to the local option and taxation plank of the platform, but the majority view was wisely sustained by the convention and the objectors submitted gracefully. It would manifestly have been most inju- dicious for the convention to have taken any other position on the liquor ques- tion than the one it proclsimed mainly for the reason that the policy it stands for is correct and the only one from which practical results can be had, Itisin line with the course of intelligent popular sentiment everywhere upon this question. The tarift plank reiterates the trite declaration that “any changes in the tariff should be made 1n the intercst of the protection of labor on Amarican soil.” This expresses the idea of the Ohio and Pennsylvania republican plat- forms in fewer words, but means the same thing. Interest will be centered on the head of the ticket, Colonel Fred Grant, who was unanimously nominated for secretary of state. It has been charged that the re- sponsibility for pushing Colonel Grant forward politically rests with ex-Senator Platt, but, the fact of his having no opposition shows that he stands well with the entire party. There is no good reason, upon purely political grounds, why it should be other- wise, and probably no one will question that he has suflicient ability to discharge the duties of secretary of state accept ably. He has certainly rendered no ser- vice tothe party which gives him a claim to political preferment, but this is not a serious objection if he can bring to 1t qualities which will be of advantage to the party, and particularly if he shall demonstrate an availability at least equal to that which any other man might have been expected to develop. He certainly has an advantage in not having a record whichthe opposition ean use against him, and it is already apparent that the worst that will be said of him is that he is the political creation of Platt, and there- fore to be distrusted. Really, however, Governor Hill is quite as responsible for Colonel Grant's political prominence as anybody else, and this fact must be very cffective in silencing democratic opposi- tion in the form 1t will undoubtedly take. The excellent organization of the New York republicans, and the evident har- mony and good feeling that prevails among the leaders, warrant an expecta- tion of $he success of the party in the fall's election, If the labor vote devel- ops the strength it is expected to repub- lican victory may be regarded as as- sured. Thedisaffection in the labor ranks, however, render the result of that movement extremely uncertain, ana it will be the play of the democrats to fos- ter the dissension and increase it. Still a fair and reasonable view of all the condi- tions and probabilities shows the situa- tion to be very favorable to the republi- cans, EE—— The KFall Businens, There are very gratifying reports from all quarters regarding the opening of the full business. Advices from the east- ern trade centers represent the move- ment in nearly every department to be active and increasing in volume, and the chief markets of the south and west add their testimony to the same effsct. The eastern money markets continue some- what close, which of course affecte the money supply generally and keeps up rates, but legitimate business is not sen- sibly suffering from this cause, and there appears to be no reason to aporehend that it will. The tendency may be toa conservative and cautious volicy, but as every sound business man knows this has 1ts value, So long as confidence is not impared a judicious caution in business operations, particu- larly after a period of pretty general and generous expansion, is to be desired. The country has been forging alead ata very lively pace for the last two years, and only good may be expected to result from a pausei n the race long enough to take the bearings and get a rest for an- other dash forward. We shall have con= structed by the end of the year more miles of railroad than in any previous year, erected more mills and factories, and probably done more building gener- ally, These are substantial assets which will be of permanent value, but there seems to be a general impression that the expansion in this direction has been suf- licient for a time. The fact that nearly all commodities are in brisk demand for consumption is evidence of the general prosperity. Tak- ing the whole country through the peo- ple have probably never been in a better financial condition as a whole than they now are. ‘The vast expenditures of the year that have gone into the pockets of labor of every class have added a very large sum to the volume of savings, and have enabled the masses to provide themselves more generously with the necessities of life as well as some of its luxuries. The accumulation will not ba immediately exhausted, and there is reason to expect that not only the trade of thie fall will be active, but that next spring will find a continued good de- mand for all products that supply the actual wants of the veople. Beyond that, forecast cannot safely go. The merchants of Omaha are getting their share of tho season’s trade. They uniformily report business active, and the evidences are not wanting that such isthe case. There is n busy air pervad- ng all the jobbing houses, ana the bulk of the shipments is convineing proof of a large and active movement, Steadily our merchants are expanding their ter- ritory and successfully reaching out into new fields, reaping handsome returns for their enterprise, and establishing this city as a metropolis of a region which in time must become one of the richest and most populous on the continent. . e Monumental Meauness. For monumental mearness commend us to the dailies published at the state capital, The projected spldiers’ monu- ment at Omaha has roused their narrow- minded local jealousy toits highest pitch, and their vaporings do the liberal and patriotio citizons of Linbotn great injus- tice. The "Democrat, edited by a late confed., volunteers to speak for the union veterans as follows: The Omaha Brx, who has been fighting for years against an assessment of 50 cents on all Uhnlon Paclfic employes to keep up & hospital at Denver for thelr personal and especial benefit, now proposes a levy of 25 cents on every veteran of the late war now resident in Nebraska to build a grand soldiers’ memorial arch in Omaha. 1f the Union Pacific had wanted the Bkk to support its hospital pro- Jjeet it should have located its bone shop in Omaha, Who proposed to levy a tax on veter- ans? Surely not the Bee. Who can compel veterans to contribute 1f thoy do not wish to do so? The fuggestion made by this paper was that the Grand Army veterans organize a mnonument associa- tion and solicit 25-cent contributions from veterans. The Lincoln Journal, which has al- ways professed the most intense devo- tion to the union soldier, 18 disgruntled 4t the very idea of the proposed soldiers’ monument. The Journal vents its pent- up gall as follows: ‘An Omaha paper wants a grand triumphal arch erected over one of the strects of that city to the memory of Nebraska soldlers of the union and suzgests that the veterans build 1t. It says that twenty-five cents aplece will complete a very good job indeed. It must be confessed that a good many ‘men of these desperate times have felt them- selves compelled by the logic of events to pay for their own monumentsor go without. ‘The old soldiers of Nebraskw, however,may, from motives of delicacy, prefer to have the monuments to them put up by the people they fought for, rather than to go to the ex- pense themselves. * * # * A man can honor himself in better ways than by set- ting up triumphal arches on which he must write his own eulogy. 1f the gentlemen who did not fight are not disposed to build monuments to those that did, let the monuments go. Our contemporary, a8 usual, shows its insane hostilty to Omaha. Had the monument been proposed for Lincoln, it would have made most frantic appeals to the living veterans to commemorate the valor and vatrioism of their dead com- rades. Nobody thought of asking the veterans to bwild monuments to them- selves, Veterans have contributed toward building monuments in every other state—why not in Nebraska? The advice that men for whom the soldiers fought should pay toward the monu- ment is impertinent and superfluous. John A. McShane and William A. Paxton have cach oftered to subscribe $2,000 towards this monument, and other citizens of Omuha, for whom the union soldier tought and died, will doubticss contribute enough to make up $10,000 at least. If the veterans come to the front and take the management of this project in hand the monument can be completed within twelve month THERE i8 a quite general foeling among the business men of Omaha that it would be very much to the advantage of the city if special efforts were made at stated intervals to attract people here from the surrounding country. There can be no question about it, because the value of such enterprise has been fully demonstrated in other ei- ties, and - we are not with- out confirmatory experience of our own. The difficulty 1n these matters is to make astart and effect the proper orgaviza- tion. Individuals are slow or diffident about proposing anything because of un- certainty regarding the support they may receive. If a dozem or more of the leading business men were to get together and talk this subject over, there 1s very little doubt that a practicable plan could be speedily arranged, and a start having been made there would be no trouble in enlisting the support of the entire busi- ness community. Omaha myst keep her claims and advantages con- stantly before public attention. She must attract people here, so that they may see for themselves what the city is and become intercsted in studying its possibilities. The duty of doing this is with the business men of the city, and they should promptly enter upon its per- tormance. Tne subterfuge editor on lower Dong- las street concurs in Judge Wakeley's decision in the injunction suit, rendered against the Republican. In other words, that paper wants it understood that ex- ception is taken solely to the decision rendered by Judge Groff, in a similar case, based on the same facts. 1tis a lit- tle bit disconcerted to know that its slurs upon the judges have been inter- preted, and therefore hurrivs to explain that its arrow is pointed only at Judge Groff. But suppose it is! Who cares, and what difterence will it make? Can two adventurers who have preyed upon the taxpayers for the last four years avail anything by malicious attacks upon an old and highly respected citizen? ‘THE project of a soldiers’ monument, or some commemorative structure, to be erected in Omaha, should not be per- mitted to drop out of consideration. It is a proper thing to do, it is desirable as an ornament, and a suitable memorial in honor of the defenders of the union can be erected at & cost the amount of which ought to be secured without the least difficutty, Nebraska is one of the chief soldier states, and her metropolis should possess some substantial and permanent evidence of the honor in which the nation’s defenders are held by the people of Nebraska. A movement with this end in view should be begun at once and zealously pushed. THERE are more than a dozen old fos- sils in Omaba who owe their wealth solely to the advance of values in real property here as a result of tne enter- prise of a luter generation of wide-awake men. These old obstructionists had abil ity enough to hold on to their property, which they pre-empted or bought in the early davs when cheap, or clse took it in at forced sale. They are not building up this city, but hoard up their gold which comes to them like the sunshine and rain. As long ago stated in these columns, a few fitst-class fossil funerals will be of incalculable benefit to the city of Omaha, — To soMe of the bld mossbacks whom the rise in Omaha real estate has made wealthy, our appeal for umiform side- walks has become a chestnut. There 15 no excuse for the wretched sidewalks at every hand 1n the heart of the city. The city council should take the matter in hand and regulate it by ordinance, and | also resolve that the street commissioner do his duty and ‘enforde: such an or- liiziaiin. o » fire limit or u e principnl thoroug- fares are dema by the people of this oity,and the demand should not be longer disregarded. Tue corner-stoftte laying of the new Y. M. C.'A. building on Sixteenth street yesterday marks & highly important page in the history of that worthy organiza- tion in this city. ~Such organizations should receive libezal aid from all classes. They are giving young men something to do other than'tho frequenting of ques- tionable places‘bf resort. They are helping young men who come here as strangers; getting them started right in honorable employment. They teach men to respect themselves and the law, and how to becoma worthy members of society. THE past two days the Republican has made allusions to the declining advertis- ing patronage of the Bee. Near the former's head-line is the stercutyped legend, *‘try our want ads,—best adver- tising medium.” Reference to its al- leged want ads. will disclose less than a column and a half of them. The Bee scarcely ever prints less than seven columns of want ads. Further comment is unnecessary. — Tue Republican congratulates every member of the city council who voted it the city printing. The Bee congratulates every tax-payer in this city that through its efforts the fraudulent bid and con- tract were nunulled and the Republican was compelled to put in another bid at less than half the rate at first offered. THERE i8 not a city inspector who has discovered water or chalk in the milk sold to the people of this city. And yet the water and chualk are there! Why don’t the inspectors do their duty? Tur little ripple which has occurred in respect to the triumphal arch develops the fact that a contractor ngreed to build itataloss to himself, and is trying to get even, That is all, arrived here from Niagara Falls should be invited to return to their first love. THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY, Aumecrican engineers will probably soon be ealled upon to lay out a railroad across Cen- tral Awerican to Pacitic. T1he twenty-four savings banks of New York have depositsamounting to $:330,000,000. ‘The nuwber of depositors is 657,000, The girls of Louisville are to have a par- tial business training, iacluding bookkeep- ing, short hand writing ana type writing. Labor orzanizations are less active now than they have been for months, although new lodges and associations are constantly springing up, Clothing cutters exveet to have all the work they can possibly do. There are very few apprentices coming along to compete for employment. ‘The largest plate-glass works in the world will soon be erected at Manorville, thirty miles east of Dlitsbure. 7The sum of $110,600 was paid for the site, The hardware manufacturers of the New England states have had the most suceessful season ever enjoyed, and enlargements are now in progress in every state. In Birmingham, Ata., $2,500,000 worth of buildings are in course of erection. The buildings are rented before completed. Workingmen live cheaply and comtortably, The Pennsylvania railroad company can- not get cars enovgh to haul all the coke made and sold. It is borrowing right and left and making express time back on “‘empties.” Bankiug in Germany, for some reasons not apparent, is becoming less and less prot- itable, although wanufacturing 18 steadily increasing and the condition of the working veople is improving. Printers are once more finding work more abundant. An equalization of wages will be attempted in several localities this fall, especially In western cities. Job printers have a latge amount of work in sight. A horse in Buenos Ayres, including har- ness, is worth only two tons of coal; hence horses will be used on a railway line 200 miles long. A Philadelphia company has the contract for a portion of the equipments. ‘The combination of rubber clothing man- ufacturers will result in an advance of 25 per cent on electric goods. The average sales of lizht fabries amount to $3,000,000 per year, ‘The combination imposes a penaity of $1,000 for violation of rules. — TOM 18 SUCH A TEASE. Written for the Bee by M. J. O'Neill. The lengthening shadows slowly stole, like among, The glistening gold-tipped ancient oaks, and a rudiant aureole hung Where the purple banners of the sky their azur fringes flune; The hum of busy day was dying on the even- ing breeze And nature sung her versper hymn thro' the arches of the trees While Tom held both my haunds in his,—Oh, Tow was such a teasel A-field the quail were whistling low, where the grasses highest grew. And the thistle-down o’er the hazy road, in grey-white feathers flow, While I-1 hid my eyes from Tom’sand knew not what to do, But I saw that the lingering sunlight was kissing his nut-brown nair, As he drew mo to his loving heart—and I felt oh!strangely there: And 1 knew he had something sweel to, say, and 1 knew that he didn’t dare. ‘'he swallows anon, trailed their darting wings, aud ceased their circling flight ‘T'ne shadows gatheripg round us were just atiPped with rosy light, And Tom drew me closer to his breast—just a little mute ‘There was no one nigh to listen—barring al- ways, the listeniug trees, Mayhap 'twas the gathering darkness made me feel S0 muchat ease, A While he told his love, and kissed me—Oh, ‘Tow is such a tease! R I S O P T R Y 1 wonder if all the village will ocrowd the chapel aisle, b I wonder It Tom's bokd face Will wear that ever-saucy smile, And if Ned and Madgé will stand up with us and encourage us the while. Now, Tom says he should have proposed, like a cavalier. on his knees, And Lvow that [ didu's say & word--nor feel a single squeeze. But what matters it all! we’ll soon be wed, West Point Omaha Is & marvellous clty. First the Omahogs find coal, and next they strike gas. It willsoon be in order to discover a gold mine. We wait and wateh for further devel- opments with unflagzing interest. e ———— A Marvelious City. Republican. How to Make Home Happy. Chicayo Tribuné, “How to Makxe Home Hapuy” is the title il OMAHA DAILY BEE: ! FRIDAY, SEPI‘EEB' 16,1887, have not seen any of the advamce sheets, but If it sets forth any certain method of making home happy and keeping s hired #irl at the same time, it is the book the world has beea walting hundreds of years. The Prevalent Failing. Springfleld Republican, A areat many editors are now telling why President Garrett, of the Baltimore & Ohlo, falled. In plain words it can be summed up in the remark that he didn’t allow the road 10 live within its incoma, ——— The Song of the Oook. I (iome from haunt of soot and burn, make a sudden sally Another dish to overturn And throw it down the alley. 1 scorch, I spoll, 1 scold, I smash, Among the greasy kittles, 1 make the queerest kind of hash And other kind of vittles. 1 bid the inistress right about, When she comes in my f&nlmn- I entertaln my consin stoul And all my sister’s daughters. I send them forth with bundles fat, Of sugar, ten and flour, And then 1 say ft is the eat ‘I'hat steals things by the hour; And in my trunk fine things I stow From drawers and dressing-cases, And wear thum bold when out I go With imitative graces; ‘Till last, some day, 1 married get, And do my own housekeeping, In one sirall’ room, with rafters set, ‘And babies round me weeping. Puaniinbeias >Ry STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. Hastings threatens to invest $100,000 in o pork packery. ‘The schools of Hastings opened with 2,000 young ideas shooting m line. Hall county captured the tirst premium gn'r the best county exhibit at the state air. A a sensation center Nebraska City is without a competitor in the state. Even Omahn tips her beaver to the antique motropolis of sin, Plattsmouth has raised a purse of $3,500 to sink in s prospect hole to a depth of 1,500 feet. It s hoped that the town wiil strike something better thun an empty purse. The Springfield Monitor says: *“‘Omaha may well feel proud over the enterprise it aisplayed Iast week. It will not only rebound to their credit, but to that of the whole state.” The Neville fire toam of Plattsmouth was shut out of the Red Oak tournament on the claim that they were professionals, Which leads the Jourual to remark that the claim is Emd when they are among a lot of pumpkin huskers, The plans for the Paddock hotel and epera house at Beatrice have been com- pleted. The combination building will x142 fect of ground, four stories sement in height. There will be six stores and ninety sleeping rooms, be- sides dining room, office and bath rooms. ‘I'he theater section will have a seating capacity of 1,200, One of the big premiums at the coming Cass county fair will be given to the couple marrying on the grounds. When the sacred emonv of arriage is per- formed amid the yells of fakirs, the clanging of side shows, horse races and the smutty remarks of the vulgar, the “happy couple” are entitled to a front pew 1n the pumpkin exhibit. *If one can judge by the comments of returning visitors to Omahy,” says the Plattsmouth Journal, *‘the greatest curi- osity in the town is & saloon into the tile floors of which areinlaid eleven $20 gold pieces and a 850 slug. And every man who grinds his heel over them on his way to the bar has the sumreme satistaction n{lkuowingth:\t he helps to put them there.” The Tekamah Burtonian condenses a wealth of experience und observation in the following: *‘The amount of gall that some men have is surprising, and some men display their_littleness by taking a county paper for four years without pay- ing for it. and then finally refuse to take itout of the postoflice. They are the worst kind of dead beats, and ought not to kick 1if their names are published next week." Henry B. Swing, postmaster at Hart- ington, struck the young son of Gug R. Wilbur, and was “congratulating him- self on the brave act, when Mrs. Wilbur bounced on the scene, and retaliated with a stout whip. She stretched his shape in a free, vigorous style, and left several harmful impressions of her artis- tic ability. As a hand painter, she did the town proud. James Brown, a pioneer of Otoe county, died Monday, aged eighty-six. He was at a reception given Lafayette on the latter’s visit to the United States and shook hands with the distingumished Frenchman in the old state house in Philadelphia, He served in the late war of the rebebilion, as a member of Com- pany F, 139th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and lost his eyesight from in- juries received at the battie of Antietam. The fighung editor of the Ord Quz was in when Dave McCord called on Monday, determined to balance a re- vengeful acrount. ‘The outcome was an unqualitied success, as Dave was_ sorely worried by the frequency and vigor of the editorial dukes and the forceful elo- quence of his argument, Dave was also given the cneerful privilege of rubbing in the salve by paying a fine in court. Hereafter he will monkey with a buzz saw and shun the sanctum when his wrath is up. lowa Items. The lowa stater fair grounds at Des Moines contain 265 acres. The new depot of the 1llinois Central, at Dubuque will cost $75,000. Forty-six clergymen of the Catholic church attended the funeral of the Rev. Kather English, at Dubuque Tuesday. The present daily output of the coal mines of Mahaska county is about 2,000, and will soon be incraased to 3,500 daily The railroad shops mow under con- struction at Davenport will give em- ployment to four times the force em- vloyed in the old shops. Ex-Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska City, has been invited to deliver the ad- dress at the opening of the corn palace festival in Sioux City next month. The land oftice at Des Moincs was be- sieged Monday morning by nearly two hundred land seekers watting for an op- portunity to homestead the lands in ‘'oodbury county, recently thrown open for settlement. Nearly & hundred upph- cations were received by mail, Register Potter and his assistants were kept busy ull day examining applications, most of which came from those who had con- tracted with the railroads for sections of the forfeited lands. Dakoia. T'rack laying has commenced on the Elkhorn extension to Deadwood. The Galena smelter 1 the Hills bas been temporarily shut down for want of ore. Yanktonians are raising money to de- fray the expenses of a railroad survey to Sioux Falls, The owners of the Tin Queen mine, near St. Elmo, haye refused $10,000 for their proverty. The grade of the Aberdcen, Bismarck & Northwestern has almost reached the city limits of Bismarck. Prof. H. W. Jansen, of the Rapia City School of Mines, died of bronchitis last Saturday, aged sixty-four, ‘The trouble between the Manitoba and the Farmers' Elevator company at Clare- mont has been settled .and the farmers are happy. 3 dinance.: Uniform sidewalks within the | ot-a book of 800 pages mow. In press. We | At the sperial wlectionon the question of s division of Lawrence county, the vote of the to be segregat was almost unanimons in its fa7or. The territorial tax of Dakota, accord- ing to theo h‘:y. will amount 1o about 000, This will be used to help de- the expeuse of the territorial gov- ernment, Commissioner of Immigration McClure, from reports received from eyery county in the I'HIOIB, ostimates the present gondlnlon of Dakota to be 508,487, By anuary 1 it will be 600,000. g Brijdish-Americans. CHIOAGO, Sept. 18.—To the Editor of the BEe: A movement, originated in the cast, which has already rapidly spread as far west as Illinols, is on foot, having for its purpose the naturalization of all Englishmen* Those already naturalized have seen the necessity of bringing to the attention of their countrymen the fact that it 18 time thoy asserted themaselves. We hear, at every election, of the Ger- man vote, and of the [rish vote, but never of the the English vote. Statistics show that the English, Scotch, Welsh and Canadian settlers in this country are, numerically, about the same as the Irish. Only about 10 per cent are naturalized, The Briton is rarely an office seeker, and attending to his own business with as- siduity, he has no time for the trade of politics, But he is now becoming interested, by the introdnction into American politics of a question of foreign politics—a ques- tion aftecting the country of his nativity. He sces with growing concern the cease- less effort of an organized faction to do 1ts best, by continual misrepresentation and calummy, to belittle his country- men. Finding from their alien condi- tion they do not receive and eannot ask for fair consideration, they have decided to also become an_element in politics, and when the politician, to gain the ‘“‘foreign vote,’’ drags into his platform & question of foreizn politics, be may find, he incurs by so doing, the opposi- tion of another ‘‘party.” ‘True Americans should hail this move- ment,as an opportunity to be made much of, for under these circumstances, they will possess the controlling power, and at the same time it is better for other reasons, that all residents should be citi- zens. It 18 a movement in the right di- rection, good for all concerned, and it is to be hoped that all subjects of her ma- jesty, who intend remaining in tnis country will become citizens. It is best for the country they have left and a dut to the one in which they reside. Lot a then *‘take out their papers,’” Hy Hyans. e Monte Christo Outdone. Atlanta Conatitution. China hasstubbornly resisted the march of modern ideas. Her statesmen have professed a contempt for what the out- side world calls scientific progress, and the masses of her people have opposed superstition, prejudice and iguorance agamst all efforts to introduce among them mechanical appliances of other na- tions. The immense population and great natural resources of China have long been a tantalizing temptation to the speculative and enterprising spirit which had overrun the rest of the world, but which encountered an impassable barrier in Chinese law und Chinese prejudice. It was plain that a golden harvest awaited the pioneers 1n the material government of this great country. If we may believe reports which are now freely circulated the immemorial Chinese policy has been suspendea and a systom of internal improvements on s gigantic scale has been projected for the “Flowery Kingdom.” This opening in the hitherto impenetrable Chinese wall has been accomplised, bit by a states- man. a diplomat, or even a money king. It is the work of a little tidgety individ- usl known us Count Mitkiewicz, an allezed Russian nobleman. The count has been n this country several years sand never has been still five minutes of the entire time. He has been continually proclaiming some won- derful discovery or working up some scheme that threw into the shade the most ambitious firojccu of Colonel Mul- berry Sellery. He managea a scientific farm in New York as long as his Ameri- can wife’s money held out. He then went to Baltimore and organized an im- mense coal speculation, which ended in wind. Later he betook himself to Wash- ington where he had half a dozen enter- prises, every one of which according to the count, had ‘‘millions in it which failed to materiuli But the restless, piring Mitkiew! appears to have ught on’ at last. His Chinese scheme ently has something in it. The count went to Chy and by some means or other gained the favor of the government. He expiained his plan for the building of railroads, the construction of telephone lings, and the establishment of manufac- tories in China and convinced the suthor- ities that such enterprises would prove vastly beneficial to the kingdom. Not only was the count given permission to carry out his plans, but magmticent g]nuns and subsidiss, and a monopoly, the value of which cannot be computed, were assured him on condition that he would accomplish the peoposed improve- ments. When the count returned to the United States he was accom- panied by several who came as the representatives of the Chinese govern- ment to see thut he should procure the means for the grand work that he has andertaken. According to the latest re- ports this man, who wus a year ago flivorlinE the annoyances of actual pov- erty by building the Humsiest sort of air castles and getting _himself lnughed at as & crank, has actually organized a stock company with a capital of $25,000,000. Among the subscribers are men of the highest tinancial standing and business reputation. The Chirese minister says that his government will take $5,000,000 of the stock. Chinese merchants and bankers have subscribed 7,000,000 wmore. The other $13,000,000 is reserved for American stockholders and neurly all of it has already been taken Drexel, Morgan & Co., of Philadelphia, subscribe for $2,000,000 of the stock, and Wharton Baker, of Philadelplis, 15 an- other large stockholder. Some Wash- ington capitalists who applied for stook the other day were informed that they could not get L. besides gas There must be something in this last enterprise of the frisky little connt. Many a time since he came to America he has been without a dollar, but if his present plans work out (and it seems they will) he may in a few yeurs be the possessor of a fortune that will make the weaith of Gould by comparison a mere bancle, and the fabled “find" of Monte Christo pale before the actual achie ent of & cranky little count who f"l on the good side of the sleepy old “hinese, Use of the Com San Francisco Exa compass constantly,” suid Jacob Jacob- son, the mining engineer, “‘and would feel almost as much Jost without 1t as 1 would without my watch, not that 1 need itto find my way about this eity, but rather from force of habit." After some further conversation Mr. Jacobson remarked that it was entirely practicable for & man who thoroughly undorstood the use of this nstrument Lo find his way in a strange country as easily as 1t was for a mariner to steer his course on the pathless oceswn. “When I left my home in Norway, just on La iner: *'Iearry my after gradusting,’ ssid he, “i visited London, My knowledge of Enghs! spoken in the metropolis was llmlfnd I had considerable difficulty in finfilu my way about the great city. Then it was that first made practical use of the compnss. | was & at walker, and much preferred to walk and look about mo than to ride, and by using a map and taking m benr\ngl. and measuring dis- tances, I found any desired point with- ont difficulty. After a fow years spent among the mountainous re- gone of the territories in country, I came to rely upon m compass rather than upon the nssist- ance of & guide, and made many Jong journeys alone. It was only necossary to take a map of the region 1 was 1 and locete m‘{ oint of departure and my point of destination, and then having my course, to follow it. If a trail carried me too much one way I noted the yariation and as soon as possible struck 8 trail which took me ns much in the opposite direction, and therefore if a mountain lay in my course I could around it with- out loting my way. Once in Colorado [ wished to go from the Terrible mine to & new mining camp in the Greenhorn mountains, It was in the early wiuter and there had been a heavy fall of snow, Onthe day before 1 contemplated mak- ing my start & party left, destined for this new camp, under the guidance of an old mountaineer, who was supposed to know every _trail and pass in that region, and I was told to follow the track they made through tha snow. did so, and for atime all well, but by and by 1 saw by my compass that they had gone astray, and, retracing my steps, headed my mule into another trail through which no one had passed since the last snow fell, I did not know a foot of the country and depended solely upon my compass, but had the satisfaction of tinding the camp camp, at which 1 ex- pected to pass the night, before dark, and the following day arrived at my destina- tion only a few hours later than the part; who had started tweaty-four hours ahead of me. 8o it was during the tive years I spent in Mexico. [ had more fuith 1n the compass than in any mozo. When 1 announced mp intention of rid- ing alone from Mazatlan to Culai- can, and thence to Durango, 1 was looked upon as a lunatic, and assured that I would get lost in the mountains, But I got through, nevertheless, without any more serious difficulty than failing into the hands of a party of Eracilo Ber- ani's bandits, who detained me until the arrival of the chief, who, upon learning that I was only a prospector and not overburdened with money, ordered my release, “Yes,” said he, in conciusion, “it is ensy enough to find one's way over a plain where the trail 1s well defined and one can see for a long distance without » compass, but in a heavy forest or among the mountains it 1s an inyaluable com- panion, the very best possible guide. A mun who knows how to use a compass will never find himself tralling 1n & oir- cle, as 50 many pot:rls who have lost their way have found themselves doing, and ' am much surprised that the com- pass is not more generally in use among hunters, prospectors and all those whose business calls them away from the well defined highways of travel. Mra. Ada O, Bittenhender. The New York Dnlle' Graphic prints a fcture of Mrs, Ada C, Bittenbender, of ebraska, together with the following biographical sketch: | A LADY CANDIDATE FOR JUDGR, Mrs. Ada C. Bittenbender, whose por- trait we give to-day, and who is making an active canvass for judge of the supreme court in Nebraska, is the first woman ever nominated for a seat on the bench and the only lady lawyer in the state. She is a graduate of the Bingham- ton, N. Y., business college and of Forebel' normal institute and kindergar- ten, Washington, D. C. She afterwunrds attended the state normal school at Bloomsburg, Fa. On graduating there in 1875 she became one of the faculty, in 1876 being principal of the model school and of the department of physical culture. In 1877 she married Mr. L. C. Bittenben- der, removed to Nebraska, and became editor of the Osceola Record, published by her husband,and took an active inter- est in agricultural affairs, being Aeereuu‘{ and treasurer of the Polk County Agri- cultural association, and in 1881 its dete- gate to the state board of agriculture’s sunual msezing(.flthe first woman ever sent to that y. [n 1879 the Polk County Farmers’ "Alliance elected her editor of their organ, the Advocate, and when she ceased to manage it compli- mented her highly for its conduct. lo 1881 she became - secretary and ther president of the new State Woman Suffrage association, and directed, as chairman of the campaign committee, the suffragists’ subsequent efforts to amend the state constitution. She 18 superintendent of the department of legislation and petition in the State Women's Christian Temperance union, and associate superintendent of the same department of the national body. In 1852 she was admitted to the bar, passing a very successful examination 1n open court, having studied in the oflice of her husband, and is his partner therein. She 1s spoken of a8 having an impressive address, magnetic personality and win- ning manners, and #8 very courteous and conciliatory in court toward oppos- ing counsel. Her husband, 1n a letter to Mr. Uamilton Wilcox, states that she has offten practiced at the bar of the highest tribunals, traveling from court to court, and ranks among the leaders of her vrofession. She was enthusiastically nominated by the vrohibition party. Y T The Reporter at the Medical Congrese Washington Critic: The other morning A newspaper reporter was instructed to get a ist of the various exhibits of the medieal congress. Full of the fire of youth and careless of the difliculties he was to encounter, he sharpened his pen- cil and sallied out. ‘The first exhibit be encountered was a tremendous crowd of people around a little defenceless urn containing cocos, which was being passed around in lilliputian cups. *‘Are you a doctor?" aske man in charge. b The reporter admitted that he wasn’t, but he had an uncle who was. This en- titled the reporter to a cup of cocon, he took 1n one small-sized ,convul- sive swallow with great gusto. Passing & man with the prettiest, most tastily decorated stomach pump it had been his privilege to gaze upon, the reporter reached the pepsin stand, where he took enough pepsin to enable him to digest the cocoa. Asmall sample of cod liver ol was presented and taken ns a preventive for conmmption. Everybody was cordial and free-hearted, and the reporter’s gastric apparatus was treated to some remed }or heart trouble for a change. Up to the time he stopped keepiug count he charged his alimentary canal with a lot of baby food, seven diflerent kinds of tonio, any one of which wus warranted to make your hair curl, two glusses of orange wine and a dose of Bromo Cafeine. He also took a look through a microscope and a couple of electric shocks. 1t was 6 o’clock in the afternoon when aman who ealled himself a *“Repper- shentative Zhurnalist" was found grop. ing wildly about the hall. “Anything we can show you?" asked one of the affable oxnibitors. “Yesshir; show me zher man ash got the stomich pump.” e Travelers should be prepared for the changes of weather and the effects of ex- nosure by providing themselves with Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup A Nashville docior’s prescription for lady sufforing with neuralgia: A new honnet, » cashmere shuwl, u pair of gais ter boots—und a bottie of Salyation Ol, The lady recovered immedintely of - course. v the gentle-

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