Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 4, 1888, Page 4

*THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIC fly (Morning Rdition) includinig Sunday, .’:1 me Year....... . e :(n,rlr (x Month x Months 8% for Three Montha. . y wa he Omahia Snnday BEE, mafied to any ad- dress, One Y ' OMATA OFFICY, N New Yo BUiLoing, WASHINGTON OFFICE, FOURTEENTH STHEY CORRESPONDENCE, Al communications relating to news and edi- Lorial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR TnE BEE = BUSINESS TLETTERS. All busin tters and re ces ghonld be fddressed to Tiw BEE PUBLISITING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, chiecks and postoffice orders to Pe made payable to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company. Proprictors ROSE {, Editos -_— THE DAILY BE Eworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, U County of Douglas, (#* Geo. W, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bes Pub- Mahing company, does solemnly swear that the mu-f‘rmu [ation of the mnl H for the week ollow: 200 JOUAND 010 FARN AM STRERT, . ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUNE No 013 onding June 20, 1855, was as cH nesday, June 2 ednesday, Jun hursday, Jun 10uy, June 20, Average......... isence this H)th day of June, A, 1., 1888, . N, B FEIL, Notary Public, Btate of Nebraska, County of Dougins, i George B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, Qepanes and says hat Tie {3 secretary of Mo ied Publishing company, that the actual averago daily circulation of ' the mu{c Beo for the month of July, 1857, was 14,06 copies; for ugust, 1887, 14,151 coples; for Holvlflulu-r‘. 1857, 4,840 coples; for October, 1857, 14,433 coples; for ovember, 1947, 15,226 copies; for December, 041" coples; for January, 1484, 15,208 cop: e or February, 1888, 15,0e ples: for March, p#8, 10,000 coples: for April, 1858, 18744 coples, for ay, 1558, 18,181 coples; for June, 1588, 19,243 ples. e GEO. B, TZSCHUCK. Eworn to hefore me aud subscribed in my Presence this Hth day of June, A, D, 1833, N. P, FEIL' Notary Public. AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION 20,057 Total for the Week - - - 140,400 DoN"r shoot off all your fire-workson the glorious Fourth. Keep a little powder dry for November 6. GENERAL HARRISON'S formal notifi- cation takes place today. Mo more fit- ting occasion could have been chosen than the glorious Fourth, No excuske will be epted from anyone for not celebrating the Fourth of July in a manner befitting the ocea- slon. The splendid programme and the nuinerous attractions arranged for the pleasure of our citizens auger a red-let- ter day in our calendar not to be missed., LAST year Omaha d into the state == treasury over $130,000 as her share of the expenses for maintaining the state government. This year her state tax will amount to about $200,000. This enormous levy is becoming too burden- some without a very earnest protest. It is utterly inexcusable in view of the mecessary high local taxation. It is a Kansas man’s scheme to se- cure three million acres of land from the Brazilian government for the pu pose of ng cheap beef. The idea is certaluly on a scale sufficient to set any mun’s teeth on edge. But it is one thing for this Kansas Colonel Sellers to organize a syndicate on paper and an- other thing to fool the Brazi project to give away the ns into a and. Tir people interested in the Crete Chautanqua cannot but feel gratified at the success of the gathering this year. Fully ten thousand people have en- joyed the benefits of the midsummer gathering of the circle, and the exer- cises have so far been fully up to ¢ pectations. With the presence of Judge Thomas Cooley and Senator Manderson &t the assembly this week, the celebra- tion to the close of the assembly will be wotably brilliant. Froy the many complaints of tax- payers, it is evident that very loose methods prevail in the department of fnspection of public works. A great fleal of public work is under way at present, and contractors are rushing it along rogardless of their specifications. @t would naturally be the duty of the eity inspectors of paving to exercise more than ordinary cuave in examining the hasty work done by contracto But our public works inspection has for years been a roaring far THERE o miles of gide-tracks in Douglas county whichare gaxable under the laws of this state under mileage rates, at whatever valuo the state board may place upon them, But the roads bavenever made a return ‘o these side-tracks, which, at their Qowest possible valuation, should be mssessod at 82,500 per wmile, which is . @equal to half a million dollars. Now L ‘why dou’t the county commissioner: ®eke some steps to have this property placed on the tax list? The poorlaborer ‘pays taxes on his little home and scanty rniture; why should not these rouds . pay their proper sh: Qux sister republic has just passed * ghrough a presidential eloction . guietly that the people of the United | Btates were hardly aware of it. General . Diaz was re-clected almost without op- 3 ition, ‘'his is a glorious triumph for Mexico, He has made a good execu- B “tive and has identified himself with the most liberal ideas. It was during his administration that American capital " flowed so freely into that country. His L re-election is u further assurance that & the people of Mexico weleome the now pwakening which American reilroads ~ bring to them. 50 g Th ~ erat intothe Lin conversion of the Lincoln Demo- du Daily is a new @epurture upon wh Tur BEE takes pleasure in congratulating the eitizens ¢ ol the capital cit A wideawake, out- e Bpokicn, fearless and spicy daily has ‘boen the erying need at the state capi- & gal, and the Culi fills that want to per- * foction, Messrs. Bushuell, Fuirbrother ‘and Cox, the proprietors of the Cull, are ~ young me thoroughly familiar with ~ ke ficld io which their activity is to be “mtilized, and their jouraalistic traiving ‘warrants the prodiction that they have ghe capacity to sustain year in and year L the excellence oxhibited by the . dnitial nuwber of the Cull, - The Day We Celebrate. The recurrence of the anniversary that will be celebrated today in every portion of the republic, and by Ameri- cans sojourning in foreign lands who &till love their countr; in invites a contemplation of the great events that preceded the institution of republican government on this continent. and of the grand results that have proceeded from that consummation. The Ameri- en who shall do this will have ity in justifying his patriotic emotions, however ardent and enthusi- astic they may be. It is a history which in all its aspects surpasses that of every other nation of which there is authen- tic record. One hundred and twelve yoars ago the colonists, goaded by re- peated wrongs and persistent oppres- sion into resistance to Great Britain, proclaimed their independence of that power. Years of struggle and sac were necessary to estab- lish independence, and in that period was presented such an exhibition of courage, fortitude and faith as to chal- lenge the wonder and admiration and sympathy of the world. All this fa- miliar story of unspeakable heroism and of devotion to the cause of freedom will be recalled to-day, and once a year is not too often for the people to return to the contemplation of that eventful period in American history. All may study with .advantage at this time the grand characters of that era, whose achievements in war and in council made the name American honorable throughout the world. The mighty ve sults of the labors and sacrifices of those patriots and heroes will also make a demand upon the attention of the intelligent citizen, and as he thinks of thirteen sparsely scttled colonies grown into thirty-eight s s and several terri- tories ready to become states, of three millions of people increased to sixty millions, and of all the vast material progress in the little more than one hundred years since the liberty bell pealed forth the announcement that in- dependence had been declared, he will be singularly unimpressible 1f he is not stirred with patriotic emotion and made profoundly sensible of the glo: of this anniversary. It commemorates not only the supreme event in Ameri- can history, but in the political history of mankind. Tt is gratifying tofind that the popula regard for the Fourth of July does not di- minish with the advancing There was a period when it did seem tobe dying out, but in the last few years there has been a revival of pat- viotic sentiment respecting this anni- versary, and it will be celebrated this year more generally and heartily than foralong time. Amoung the cvents of conspicuous interest that will distin- guish the celebration of to-day are the commencement of the hundred days ju- bilee at Cincinnati, commemorative of the centennary of the settlement of the northwest territory, and the notifica- tion of Mr. Harrison of his nomination as the republican candidate for presi- dent. But every considerable eity in the country has made preparvations for an appropriate observance of the anni- 'y, and there will be a univer outpouring of patriotic feeling which can serve only a good purpose. The spirit is one to be encouraged. It is of the highest importance to a free people that they shall not become indifferent tothe events that gave them their institutions, or care less of those observanc: and obligations which keep alive and active the sentiment of patriotism no dif Senator Paddock and the Rivers, Senator Paddock is entitled to honest dit for his able and persistent fight for the recognition of western water- ways, which he began with his entrance into the senate and has continued to a suceessful ue on Monday last. Made chairman of the committee on the im- provement of the Mississippi river and its tributaries at the opening of the session, he insisted that the committee should do something more than a name. While declining to endorse without ex- amination the commission system he entered at once into an examination of its workings, which is still in prog ress, and demanded on behalf of the west that the fullest investigation into expenditures alveady made and to he made should be had before judgment W mssed. Senator Paddock seems to have believed with most of the trar Missouri country that a vast section has been neglected to pile up benefits for the south, and that if a comprehensive scheme of river improvements is to be carried out, the west, with its great commercial centers on1ts rivers’ bunlks, is entitled to its share of the appropria- tions made, With this object in view he tested against the abolition of Missouri river commis; until its works could be examined, and carried his point through the sene aided by Senator Allison on behall of Iowa, Ho gave notice to the senate that hereafter he should insist that all appropriations for the Mississippi and Missouri rivers should be consid- ered in his committoe before heing re- ported to the ate, with such recom- mendations us the comittee shall see fit to make. This is common business sense as ap- plied to public legislution, There has heretofore been no chock to the opera- tions of the commission system which has been largely controlled in its work- ings by the dining and win- ing of great citics from Kansas City south. Tho Mississippi river above Cairo and the Missouri rive above Kavsas City have been practically ignored, while millions of dollars have beeun spent below those points to benefit city viver fronts and protect gr plan- tations. A reasonable expenditure upon the Missouri between Sioux City and Kausas City would make barge line transportation practicable and would give a new elem of competition with the railrouds on the north and south haul. Nebraska has been consistently in' fayor of improving our uatioual witerways, and L8 representatives in congress owe it to themsclves w0 voice the popular sentiment. . eeeee——— NEBKASKA'S senators do mot feel in- clined tolet the apprepriatipns for im- pruviug the frontier posts of this state pro- the » fail for lack of work. Having passed the Dbills in the house, and that body having neglected to put the measures on their passage, the appropriations have been inscrted in the sundry civil bill as sens ate amendments. It was largely due to the persistent work of Tir BEER, acting on riumerous published petitions from frontiersmen in the northwest, that at- tention called more than two years ago to the needs of Forts Niobrara and Robinson,and the initial stops were taken toward the security of the White river country. While hundreds of thousands of dollars are being expended annually on small military posts all over the country, the two posts which Gen- eral George Crook pronounces the most importanton the northwestern frontier should not be neglected. Aslong as 28,000 Sioux line our northern borders Nebraska has a right to demand that her hardy settlers should have eve assurance that their lives and property shall be protected. THE other ¢ twenty-five Omaha merchants called on the state board of transportation in the interest of the Union Pacific and B. & M. ronds to re- monstrate against a material reduction in freight rates. This is a service which the railrond managers should not be slow to appreciate and reciprocate. The twenty-five friends of the road should call upon the managers of the roads at an early day and urge them to give Omaha proper depot and transfer ilities. Surely this would not be asking too much, would it ? STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, Stromburg people are moving to secure a public library, Broken Bow voted on Saturday to bond the town for £16,000 to build a city hall, The York electric light company is running seventeen are and 200 incande: lights, H. L. Baird, of Alexandria, Thayer county, captured a young pantucr in the brush the other day. S. E. Beebe of Custer county, is a candi- date for the republican nommation for land commissioner, The oldest twins in the country reside at Brewster, Blaine county v are James B. Ritchey and his sister, born in 1514 The young republicans of Hastings will or- ganize'a flambean club and help to furnish enthusiasm during the campaign in that busy city. The Gags now county normal institute bogins at Beatrice July 10 and continucs three weeks. Superiniendent Goudy, of Pawnee county will be the conductor, Under the readjustment of postmasters’ ries which went into effect this month, ska City encumbent gets $2,200 - 000, Plattsmouth 2,000 instead of Lincoln 23,200 instead of £3,100. rg, & restaurant man of Fre- 1l four-finger nks of aleo- hol, complained of a pain in his side and then dropped dead. A coroner's jury concluded > liquor, heat and heart * disease con- spired to causo his death. An inuovation in the saloon business at Hastings is the exhubition of a glass case of snukes in the show window of a leading liquid refreshinent stand. This is said to be a shrewd move on the part of the proprieto; to accustom his patrons to “secing snakes” s0 that they may not be completely ter when they find their boots filled with w. gling reptile: Low: The foundation for a new Huis-Kamp shoe factory is being laid at Keokuk. The Keokuk police are becoming weary or account of the scarcity of eriminals to ar- rost. There is a great exodus of Burl ple to the mountains to spend term. The neighborhood about Ottumwa is 8- ing an unusually large crop of raspberries this season. ‘Ihe annual gathering of the old settlers of Polk county and vicinity wit ilies will be helu at Boudura The Dauish chury npleted a | y undertake the erection ‘h. board of of vital statstics, ton peo- the heated 3 state is largest n is in Allamakec county. Mr., Aldrich of Webster City, contributed to the public the first pape = Hamlton county. Tt Lung up in the court house ¢ that both sides glass, 1t was issued by v in the . Aldric Dakota Sioux Falls is short_on long on weary housewiv The total valuation on real and po okings is 405,000, » salary of the rre ased from rvant girls and sonal postmaster has me buildings with. peruit. not s n to thrive very wellat Olivet. The people have satisficd their curiosit 1d now think that the elder had berter move the church to some pi where it will be appreciated. wstern parties huve made a proposition to the Yankton board of trad 1o constry equip and operate a railroad bet Yankton and Sioux Falls, and the pro tion will come up before the board of trade dircetory for comsideration ut its next u Ling Sturgis liquor dealers have formed and 1t now costs just twice as much to fill up on beer as it did when each saloon was playing a lone handy Five-cent uss lager now stands the Wispenser in for te cents, but “red eye’ can still be had at two drinks for a quarter or a single one for fiftecn conts. in the city limits withou Mormonism does a trust OUR NATAL DAY, Rise, nation, let the eaglo soar, From Plymouth to the golden sho Unfurl your banner to the br From southern climes to Arctic seas. Let everyone in joy proclaim, Columbia's greatness and her fame. Give freedom’s thought triumplant On this our natal holiday. Let flaming rockots rise and shine, Love, for our country, all entwine. sway The spirits from on high appeal, To us in patriotic Our father's send from yonder dome, Glad tidings, to a twin born home, They bid the nation everywher; Unitedly to still declare Their indopendence more and more, With eloquence in manly lore, Throughout an empire graud and free, Born, rocked and nursed in liberty. While passions pure cach heart Let all re-dume the sacred firo With licensed thought at every place, In this, our eountry, blest with grace. Land of our fathers, cheer with mirth, Commemeorate your freedom's birth! Remember, when the Britains fled, And how our heroes fought. and bled; The times and places call to mind, Pronounce theis names to all maukind, inspire, Augrave the deeds of first born strife, Tho sacrifice of ‘honored life, Upon the seroll of memory From now watil eternit Hail ever, Father Washington, Aud with b Franklin, Jefferson, Aud all who fought and helped the sawe Of reyolutionary fame. Preseul sgain upon the stage The scenes of that. herowe agc. —Chas, Rief, Grand Island, Neb. NEBRASKA NEWS. Atxinson Orowded ith Attendants at the Rapnion. AtRis80%, Neb., Jily eL —[Special to Tan Ber.]—Yesterday was tho first day of the Grand Army reunion of northwestern Ne- braska, held at Atkinson, and the crowds poured in from every.direction. Ample ac- commodations have been provided for about five thousand people and a grand time 18 ex- pected. Strange faces begin to appear on the strects with “U. brass buttons upon their blue uniforms and it does not take long to decide where they belong, and that they arca part of the great army of boys who risked their lives for the dear old stars and stripes that float so majestically from the flag pole located in the center of the camp ground. We all feel acquainted with the boys and ask not for an introduction. We feel like taking each one by the hand and with a hearty welcome bid them to ba one among us. The Atkin- son people approciate the honor that has been bestowed upon them in placing this gathering here, and they are willing and anxious to do all in their power for the ploas- ure and comfort of the boys while they re main with us, The town of white tents is located about onc f mile from the city, near the Elkhorn river, Atkinson presents the appearance of a_metropolis indeed, and with the present good prospects of a county seat we expect in a short time to find our city as busy each day as it is during this re- union, he Amsworth cornet band, under the leadership of Prof, Sutton, with their fine uniforms and equally as fine music, are the centre of attraction. The city 18 doc- orated beautifully with flags and bright colors, The largest crowd ever in Atkinson is expected herc to celebrate the Fourth and participate with the soldier boys in the re- union, Wakefield Ite WaserieLp, Neb, July 2.—[Corr ence of Tut Bre]—Crops are in splendid condition. Corn, elthougi somewhat smaller than it was at this timo last year, isina good growing condition, and farmers think that the yield will come up to the standard of last year, P. C. Johnson, who bought out Thompson & Cook’s implement business two months ago, has again sold out to Shumway & Marriott. He expeets to go to Washington tory in a short time, The new editor of the Republican has not arrived yet from Yankton to assume control of the paper, having been ill with rheuma- tism ever since he purchased the oftice. The fair association is making prepera- tions for a good time this fall he track is boing put in repairs. and a completed 1t wi'l be without doubt the best one-half wile track in the state, The fair will b held Scpiember 1%, 19 and 20, Dicd While Drunk. soxT, Neb., July 8.—[Special to Tur —John Westberg, proprictor of a Main strect restaurant and lunch counter, died suddenly lust evening. Some suspicion of his being poisoned entertained, and a coroner's inquest was held, he man had been drinking heavily yesterday of the rank- est kind of liquor, he jury agreed that and the the cause of s death. Must Get to Worl, asga Crrv, egram to Tue § s to-day notified Novins & Co., paving actors of Omalu, that unless paving was begun on our stipets within a weelk the, would forfeit the contradt. Nevins & Co. have promised to begin paving every week for six months, but have £ iled to dc Fire at Johnston. Jonxstox, Neb., June 3.—[Spe Bue.|—Jacob Kline’s hotel was completely destroyed by tire yesterday m ng. The fire originated on the outside of the hous and is thought to be the work of an _incend The building was estimated to be worth )0 and was insured for 1,400 1 the agara company. : CLUBBED, Sioux Palls Liquor Men and Prohibi- tionists Wage a Livi S1orx Fans, Dalk. aram to Tue BeE.] leading m beuad over on tr mony of two s hived byt tipnists to sec st the saloon keepers, Thus far , Champion , Cong s hy 1 1 bef bonds for the have been | ng about ordered to I but they refn To-day as they wi 1¢ down Phillips avenue d from be- 01e of the Mark J £100 informers and were tween the buildings and str, informers on the head cried for help, but before the polic th ant had cseaped and his identity could not be e blished, The liguor denounce the uct and profess to h knowledge who the guilty party ma but on the other hand it is also fr that they know > wan who committe deed, bt use to divulge. e citizens nere’ are oppesad to such work and do not “hanker" after a repetition of the Haddoek murder, - “DRY REEVES IN BUTTE Bogus Testimonials and Posters, but No Pati Burs Ji - to M D Poy achieved considerable une in Omaha, Denver, western cities ws o quack and an unmit gated fraud, is at present operating in this city, His posters literally cover the wlhiole outs| larze two-story brick, and the inside two of the daily papers are filled with bozus testimonials from alleged patients. These doing him very little good, however, us since Tur BE: expose has been'circulated in this city the people are be- coming acquainted with the true character of this mountebank, and it will be but u matter of a very short time when he will be driven from the city. THE SELICG Flaming nts. ecinl Telegram , who viable ety Lake and other Do C— MAN FAILURE, It Wrecks Another or $210, Ju s, made Yirm to the Tune 00. an Bros. & Co., 1 assignment today. The failure close upon and was caused by Sel May & Co. The former had endorsed for the latter $30,000 of accom modation paper, 1t is aunounced that the other liabilitics of the firm were about £160,- 000, making a total of 240,(0), Thesudden ness of the failure is shown by the fact that checks to the amount of & 5,000 were ready to send out when the failure was an nounced. The principzl creditors arc banks, Dickinson Protests WASHINGTON, duly 3.—The pos eral bus written a letter: to the pi formally protesting against the provosition wmade by the civil service commission to ex- tend the classified servieeo asto include the raitway postal servigey | +f A Savage a airer. Willlam Lee, & waiter at the Denver chop bouse, had some trounle with J. F. Chavlton, the proprietor, last evening, and slashed bim over the 1 th a butcher knife. Fortu nately onl tt wound was made. Lee Was arrest NEw YOus —Se dealers in cloa folloy ma PALACE OF PRODUCT County Exhibits 1o Bie a Leading Fea- ture -Discussing the Presidency. Planning and discussing of plaus for the Palace of Products are now in order, The managers of the exposition building have been asked to make a proposition for its us: nd the city council has been petitioned for the use of Capitol avenue between Four- teenth and Fifteenth streets. Tne time for bolding the display is being considered. Some gentlemen wish it to be gin with the fair, early in Septomber; others think it had better be ruu entircly on its own merits, beginning later in the month and ex tending into October. But most of the backers of the enterprise ‘are in favor of its continuance for thirty days. As the name implies,” the palace will be an exhibition of Ncgruku products, aud itis purposod 0 securs these by offoring liberal premiums for exhibits by counties, A prop- osition has been made to engage an expart to lurerlnhnd the arrangement of these connty exhibits in artistic and novel form to be at- tractive, The stockholders will elect diroctors at the Thursday meeting, who will choose officers, Tho names of Josoph Qarneau, L. O. Jones, G. M. Hitchcock and Frank Colpetzer are meuntioned iu connection withi the presidency. -y Will Mr. McShane Accept It “lI see Tnr Brr states that an offer of £05,000 had been mado for the Horald, T know the statement to be correct, und that last Saturday a letter was written to Mr, McShano by a business man here, who said he had been authorized by Mr. John A. Creighton to offer that sum of money for the property used in getting out the paper presses, machinery, printing material, books, ®ood will ete, The letter concluded as fol- lows, in substanco. ‘Wo offer you this knowing that you desive to dispose of the Herald. Tf the figure does not moet your estimate of its value, make us an offer.’ 1t is said that Mr. Creighton permitted his name to be used in the interest of & syndi cate who are secking to possess themsclves of the property. AMUSEMENTS, Templeton Company at Grand. The Temploton Opera company made its second appearance last night av this theater in “Mascott” before a large audience. The piece was well rendered, all the principals acquitting_themselves in a very satisfactory manner. This cvening the performance wiil be repeated and both the Omaha and Kansa: City nines have been tendered the hospitality of the management and will occupy proscen- ium boxes. The the Attempted Suicide. Mrs, Gottlieb Santer, 1005 Capitol avenue, atteiipted suicide last evening about six o'cloclk, by entting her throat with a duil case_knife. She managed to partially sever her windpipe, but did not cut any arteries. She was alone with her four small children at the time. The oldest a girl of five, was frightencd by the sight of the blood pouring out'of her mother's throat, and ran toa neighbor named 8. S. Smith, who bound the woman’s neck until o physician It1s thought that she will recov rash act is supposed to have been causod by her worrying over their reduced circum- nces caused by her husband’s partner, hus, skipping out with the funds of their saloon near the corner of Tenth and Douzlas, A Well Behaved Locality, The neighborhood of the B. & M. and Union Pacific depots is very quiet of late. The depot officers, the police and resident citizens unite in remarking the change and in attributing it to the departure of the Pin- kertons, The latter were a constant irritant to the *ailroad men, and in their collisions the imported hireling were led by fear to ve: sort to extreme measures. Their abscuce is a relief to all others concerned. Jim Kerns is Arrested. Jim Kerns, who was riddied with bullets by his son-in-law, Billy Woods, a couple of months ago, was arrested last evening on the charge of kidnapping his daughter's child, Kerns claims that the idis the result of his criminal intimacy with his daughter and he intends to care for it as she is incompe- tent to do so. He also says she willingly turned the child over to hin g s Steals $6,000 In Eight Days. Joe Lockwood, who is held for the robbery of Mrs. Joseph Garneaw's diamonds, was in Omaha cight days, and the police estimate lis stealings at N0, There is no charge against him excent in the Garneau case, and apparently no disposition to bring other prosecution. A Small Fire. The explosion of fire crackers set fire to a shed in the rear of Jim Roeriek's shoemalke fth and California strec about i<t night. The fire department ished the flames after about daum- s done. AMERICAN RAILROADS. ¢1s on the Building and Road. iefe in Interesting Running of a T. C. Clark has an ner's in which he says: How many miles of railway in Unite tates? One hundred and thou=nnd six nundred miles, about the mileage of the world, How 1miich have they cost? lion doi How many people are employed them? Morve than one million. What is the fastest time made by a train? Ninety-two miles in ninet three minutes, one mile being made in forty-six seconds, on the Philadelphia and Reading railrond Wl ost of ahigh wheel er locomotive 25500, What is the longest mileage operated by asingle system? Atchison, Topeka & Santa | system—about 8,000 miles, 1t is the cost of a_palace sleeping About $15,000 or $17,600 if “vesti- Scrib- the fifty half Nine bil- by ,eight- About « buled What is the span in the United span in Poughkeepsic What high in the United States? Kinzua on the Erie road, 305 feet h Vi W ho built the first locomotive in United States? Peter Cooper. What rond eavries the lar ber of passer Mau railvond, N York, 191,625,000 yeurly. What is the average daily earning of an Americun locomotive? About $100. What is the longest American rail- way tunnel? Hoosac tunuel, on the IPitchburg railws four and three- longest Stat bri viaduct, the num- ittan elevated 2,000 a day, or verage cost of construet- ing a mi ilrond? At the present time about 20,000, What is the highest railroad in the [United States? Denver and Rio Grande; Murshal Pass, 14,852 feet. What are the chances of fatal acci- dent in railroad travel? Oune killed in 10,000,000, Statistics show that more are kill ¢ falling out of windows than in i tends far- th an adian Pacitie railway, runmng from Quebee to the Pacitic ocean. How long does a steel rail last with average wear? About eighteen yeurs, What road carries the 1. st number of commuters? Illinois Central, 4,825,- 128 in 1887, What is the fastest time made be- tween Jersey City and San Francisco Three days, seven hours, thirty nine minutes and sixteen seconds. Special theatrieal train, June, 1886, THE LATEST MATTRESS. A Great Improvement Upon the Usual Style of Furniture. “ What is that mattress filled with?” ted a eustor in an uptown furni- store, Nothing,” replied the salesman, *“We have matiresses filled with h :xcelsior, feathers, aw and corn husks, but that particular one is The gentleman pressed with his hand on the mattress, It seemed softer than the one filled with and resumed its original shape better than one filled with feathers, It was made of stecl wire twisted and interwoven. It was covered with ticking, and did not look different from an ordinary hair wmat- tress. The pillowswere of the sune ma- terial. This new method of upholstering, says the New York Mail and Express, has been successfully applied to cove ing chairs and sofas, as well as bed furniture. Physicians have pointed “48 CHASTE AS ICE AS PURE AS SNOW.¥ A tribute is due to the American people for the steady advance in refine. ment that characterizes their daily life. selection of articles for home use. It is especially marked in thoir Nothing req nires more care than the choice of soap, and in this matter Americans are particularly fastidious, They long since discovered that KIRK'S WHITE CLOUD FLOATING SOAP, Has No Equal for Bath, Toilet, Laundry and All Household Requirements. The Chief of White Soaps is an American product and Americars are justly proud of it. ‘White Cloud j§ JAS. S. KIRK 100 Per Cent Pure. & CO.,, CHICAGO. SOAPMAKERS, out the gencral unheathfulness of pil- lows and mattresses which are stuffed with feathers, hair, or similar soft ma- terial, but they continue to be used, mainly because there is no substitute i5 free from object When the padding is fresh and new it is admira- ble, being light, elastic, porous and cool. With use it absorbs gasses and vapors, and becomes unhealthy. 1t af- fords lodgment for | i is lia- ble to be effected with germs of discase. 2 period of use the filling requir tion or rencwal, When over the furniture man the nty that the m; i is not with that from other or replaced by an inferior The d - of infection is, of the lower to till cheap sare such inferior substand . coconnut fibre, corn husk, g nd even old r: Many of the substances ave used over and over again, and are filthy and dangerous 1o health. Metallic mattresses > to do away with all of these objections. They will not afford lodgment for moths, bugs and other insccts, or for the germs of smallpox, searlet fever or the . croup. well ventilated, and with a thin covering are cool in summer, but th a blanket Iaid on them become wrm in winter. They are cspecially desirable in hotels. boarding houses and hospitals, where a person is in doubt_us upant of the bed. 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