Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY - BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily (Morning Edition) including SUNDAY Hep, One Year . 8ix Months. t Three Month m OMANA SUND, address, One Year, WrEKLY Brg, One Year, o Orrice, Nos, 014 and 916 F & OE“M 00 OrE DI ROOKERY BUILDIN N 5 TRINUNE BUTLoING, WASHINGTON QFFICE, NO. 613 FounreENTH STRE . CORRBIPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi. Sorial matter should be addressed to tho EDITOR THE BEE. o BUSINESS LETTERS, 11 business lotters and remittances should be Tie Brk PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to o made payahls to the order of the company. ke Bee Pablishing Company, Propristors E. ROSEWATER, Edito THE DAILY BE| Sworn Statement ot Circulation. Btato of Nebraskiy | | ug, Connty of Douglas, (eorge I, Tzschuck, secretary of the Tiee Pub- fishing company, does solemniy swear that the acthal clreniation of T DAILY BER for the Week ending March 23, 1850, was as follow: Sunday, March 17 .. sythar Monday. March 18 uesaay, March 10, ednesdny, M Fuuesday, Sarch dny. March 22 Baturday, March 23, Average. e L 18,003 GE B, TZSCHUCK. a subscribad to {n my arch, A. D. 1889, FEIL, Notary Publie. Sworn to bafote me a) presence this 234 day of Seal, NP Btate of Nehrl!kfi County of Donglas, George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- ‘mnu nd says that he is secrel y oL the Bes Publishing company, that the actual nvornga daily circulatio of THE DALy Beg for the ;.\umh ot March, 1888, 10,080 coples; for AK\‘{‘l‘ 888, IATH Ccoples; for May, I Ui coples; ' for June, 10,26t copfes; J-flk coplet: for August, 188 188, 18,083 8,15 coples: for September, 1888, 18, 64 conles: October, 188, 18084 coples; for Novem. , 1888, 18,956 coples; for December, 1883, 18, ton!!lz‘::‘{ CRAT G ,h:? 18,674 coplés; for Feb- Tuary, 3 0] 8 i BEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 2 day of March, A, D. 10, . P. FEIL Notary Publtc. THE disceputable haunts on Cut-Off Island should be suppressed. ———— e HAs the spring fever attacked the members of the board of trade? BUTLER, Stout and Kennard—the three graces—buried in a common grave, Now for Hathaway EvERY third man in South Omaha is a candidate for police judge. Thevre is evidently something in the jug. ——e Tue last hope of the lobby is to ride $he bogus claims through the legisla- wre on the back of the appropriation bills, Seye—— . Tue general deficiency bill before . the legislature has the ap pearance of being honey-combed with too many Vextras.” —— Two captured flags belonging to a Pennsylvania rvegiment were recently smuggled across the Mason and Dixon line and delivered to Matt Quay without d1sturbing the fire bells of the north. pm———— THE railroads of Towa complain that ‘they have lost money by shipping liquor into Towa undor the name of Hvinegar.” Hereaftor wet goods will wear their own smile or not go at all, T PRESIDENT HARRISON proposes to ponvert West Virginia by liberal doses of patronage. What the state . hungers for at present is some effective means of _reducing the surplus of governors. Em——————— IFr THE leading business men and ‘taxpayers of Omaha count for anything, their remonstrance against the Linton choice for 4 postoffice site shows which way the force of public opinion moves. — TaE Douglas county member. who has vigorously opposed the state printing steal should not be frightened from the path of duty by the threats of the chief beneficiary. Hathaway’s club is stuffed with wind. Some deluded women in Washington are praying that none but pious men may be appointed to office. The Ne- braska contingent must adopt heroic measures to suppress these misguided Temales. THE Boodlers’ Own, of Lincoln ad- vises republicans to ‘‘nominate” honest gnd capable men and thorough republi- oans for city offices.” "None genuine without our trade mark stamped on the forehead, ——— CALLING a special election for school ®onds is a needless expense to the tax- Payers. The question can be submitted @t the annual election for members of the school hoard and a saving of several hundred dollars effected. em——— Mn, HrmCHCOCK'S wild outeries on the postoffice site tend to confirm the suspicion that incipient lunacy has bros ken out in that quarter. The prospect of the loss of a large haulon the govern= ‘ment surplus threatens to produce con- ussion ‘of the brain, Tnx substantinl aid and encourage: ment given in- the novth to the move- ment to establish a national conteder- _hte soldiers’ home at Austin, Tex., is strong proof that sectionalism finds no lodgment in the hearts of the men who “fought for the union. . eem——— AN lowa man who canned the juice of _the apple and slaked the thirst of his oeighbors at so much a thirst, was ar- ~restod and fined three hundrod dollars. he people must be protected {rom the _deadly pippin, whereln lurks the worm that influtes the masouline pate. — 1 Te retiroment of Senator Chace on account of smaull pay sund ohronic dys- pepsia has produced » large crop of pas triots in Rhode Island. The number . ready to sacrifice thomsolves and their » (amilies for five thousand dollars a year " and inoldontale shows shat the supply of raw materinl is unlimited, i ——mg BALLARD, of Fillmore, is so anxious to seoure an oMce of somo kind that he fs willing to sacrifice his constituents “and the state for the support of the leg- Islative combl: This manis s not coufined to Ballard, It is the obief ~ omuse of the reigning demoralisation in house. UGAR CULTURE IN NEBRASKA. The legislature having passed the sugar-bounty bill, it is to he expected that the cultivation of the sugar heet in Nebraska willobe immediately and vigorously sumufiled. There is good reason 1o believe that this may be made an extensive and profitable industry. Beets grown at Grand Island were found on analysis to contain sixteen per cent of sugar, and the late commis- sioner of agriculture, Mr. Coleman, ex- pressed the belief that the sugar beet could be very profitably cultivated in that section of the swate. The area, however, in which this beet can be successfully grown is shown by investigation to be very large, cap- able of producing n supply of beets not only sufficient to furnish all the sugar consumed in Nebraska, but a consider- able amount in addition for shipment. If the industry, however, did no more than supply the home market it would necessarily be a ve large and im- portant one, assuring an unfailing reve- nue to hundreds of farmers, for the sugar beet is said to be asure crop under almost any circumstances, and requires comparatively little labor in the cultivation. The bounty to be paid’ by the state ie for sugar from surghum as well as Dbeets, but 1t is prob- able that not much advantage will be gained from attempts to culti- vate sorghum. The opinion of those well informed in the matter, smong them the late commissioner of agricul- ture, is that sorghum cannot be profita- bly cultivated north of Kansas, and while something might be done with it in the southern counties of this state, the uncertainties attending its cultiva~ tion do not warrant extensive experi- menting with it. The farmers in the sections of the state where the soil is favorable to sugar beet cuiture have now a sufficiont inducement offered them to go into this industry pn a gen- erous scale, and- there appears to be no good reason why Nebraska should not in time count this as one of the most important of her agricultural products and one of the most profitable for her industries. THE POSTOFFICE SITE. The mercenaries who accuse the ed- itor of THE BEE of obstructing the set- tlement of the postoffice site, are them- solves to blame. They couspired with 1 Agent Linton to carry out the ions ziven him in Washington that the Folsom estate should receive a benefit from the proceeds. During his stay in Omaha Linton was dined and wined and his footsteps dogged by the Jefferson square combine, who packed the meeting in the exposition building, and steered the agent against every man known to be friendly to the Plant- ers’ house site. The opposition to that selection is not confined to Mr. Rose- water. He is one of the hundreds who demand the rejection of u prejudiced report and the unbiased consideration of all propositions submitted. The board of trade, city and county officials, and such leading citizens as Congress- man Connell ,John M. Thurston, Thomas L. Kimball, George W. Holdrege, Doc- tor George L, Miller, ex-Governor Saunders and scores of others equally prominent, cannot be accused of selfish motives, or of conspiracy to neediessly delay the settlement of the question. They favor the Eighteenth and Farnam street site,and their wishes are entitled to proper consideration, from the au- thorities, Their disposition to effect a speedy setflement was shown when they offered to submit the question to a vote of the board of trade, or to a vote of taxpayers owning not less than five thousand dollars worth of property. Both propositions were rejected by Sen- ator M slerson, who is determined to ignore the wishes of three-fourths of the best patrons of the government. The only alternative was to demand a rehearing from Secretary Windom and the appolntment of an unbiased agent to oxamine the sites offered. These facts explain the selfish cries and hypo- critical howls of the Hitchcock crowd, whose anxiety to ‘‘serve the public” is intensified by the prospect of a bonus of fifty thousand dollars from the govern- ment. PACKERS THREATENED. There is a proposition before the Canadian parlidment to impose a duty on’American lard, which would pr: cally prohibit its importation into the Dominiton. The purpose appears to be to exclude all lard made in this country, no discrimination being made between the pure and the adulterated. In view of what has been said in this country regarding impure lard, and the efforts made in congress to procure legislation to prevent the sale of tho adulterated product b8 pure, it is not surprising that American lard should have fallen un- der suspicion in Canada, but that country is the first to propose its absolute exclusion, This ex- treme step has not been seriously con- templated by any of the European gov- ernments which have debated the question of how to deal with lard im- portations from the United States. ‘The 10ss of the Canudian’ market for American lard might not of itself be a very serious matter, though the trade must be considerable, but it would be a very grave matter in the influence it would probably have upon other coun- tries where there isa sentiment not fa- vorable to this product of the United States, It is not questionable that there 1s a very large amount of imi- tation lard manufactured and sold for a pure article. Statistics of the lard trade at Chicago and other centers, which were submitted to a committee of congress, remove all doubt of the charge that the manufac- ture of fraudulent lard throughout the country is enormous, This product is not confined to the home market, but 1s sent to other countries, and doubtless in relatively larger quansities to Canada than to Eurove. There is annually shipped to foreign ports about one million tierces, and a considerable per- centage of this is undoubtedly of the impure article, Obviously this estire trade is thus endangered, snd the pro- posed action of the Canadian govern- ment, if carried into effect, will in- crease the peril. Several of the states have lard laws, that is, pure laws THE OMAHA DAILY BEE providing that lard imitations shall be branded, so that the consumer can know what he is buying. An effort was made to secure a national law for this purpose, but congress did not act, Tt is under- stood that the matter will be presented 1o the next congress, and the Canadian proposition, if it carries, will have a great deal of influence toward inducing congress to provide for the branding of compountied lard. The matter is cer- tainly of great importance hoth to the producers and packers of hogs. THERE WILL BE NO STAMPEDE. It appears to be evident that the work of restoring the offices to repubii cans is to be prosecuted gradually and carefully. A fow daysago the president was reported to have said that if he were bothered less by office seekers he could make appointments more rapidly, but later advices indicate that neither the president nor any of the heads of departments is in a hurry in this matter. It seems to have become the settled policy of the administration that offensive partisanship is to play a very small part 1n effecting: changes in of- fice. In extreme cases it will doubtless .count against an incumbent,but the ruic will be to make removals only upon sustained charges of incompetence or neglect of duty. Under this policy perhaps not to exceed one-half the offices will go to the republicans during the first year of the administration, aud there are commissions held by demo- crats that will not expire before the third or fourth year of President Har- rison’s term. Those who obtained office under the government late in the last administration may therefore congratu- late themselves upon being more fortu- nate than those who preceded them, provided they prove themselves compe- tent and attentive to duty. It is not to be doubted that the policy which it is said the admin- 1stration will observe will disap- point a great wany republicans and be widely disapproved, but reflect- ing mefl will understand that the vast machinery of the government cannot be turned over to new hands at once without endangering 1ts efiiciency and producing move or less demoralization in the public service. The promise of a thoroughly business administration would thus be defeated, Unauestion- ably the president and every member of his cabinet would prefer to have all the offices filled by vepublicans, and ! Agubtless thara will ba very few not so filled before the term of the adminis- tration ends, but it is absolutely im- practicable to do this all at once, and it would not be well for the impression to go out that those now in it were to be stam- peded. Furthermore, the administra- tion is pledged to regard a principle in the matter of appointments which is of republican origin, which was explicitly reasserted in the Jast national platform, and which cannot be ignored without stultifying the party.” The president has at no tinre since his election per- mitted a doubt as to his intention to conform to the civil service law in let- ter and spirit, and though understood of to be in sympathy with the extreme reformers he may be expected to give no encouragement to the spoilsmen. The appointments thus far made have been satisfactory to repub- licans generally, and with a few exceptions have drawn no un- favorable criticism from democrats. They have attested the desire of the administration to make integrity and capacity the essential qualifications. In a word, President Harrison is pro- ceeding as he was expected to, and un- doubtedly he will preserve this course to the end. Republicans who have re- gard for the credit of the administra- tion and the future welfare of the party will commend him in doing so. THE secretary of the interior should take greatcare in selecting the mem- bers of the commission to negotiate with the Sioux Indians for the opening of their reservation. The duties to be performed requires men of the soundest judgment and discretion, qualifications which all the members of the last com- mission did not possess. Doubtless any commission would have failed to secure the assent of the Indians to the arrange- ment proposed last year, but the course pursued by the commissiongrg rathar ag~ grayated -thé ~ difficulties, arousing a feeling of hostility. at the outset that could not be allayed. They went about their business in a way that invited op- position, thus giving those whose inter- est it was to defeat the arrangement the fullest oppartunity to influence the Indians, The proposal to be submitted ismore liberal than the first, and if the matter is judiciously managed there is a much better dince of success. 1tap- vears that there will be no difficulty in finding men to serve, there being al- ready a score of candidates, but it may not be entirely easy to secure just the right men, Em——— THe Bere has been criticised for printing one or two communications from parties who take issue with the statements made in the alliance memo- rial to congress with reference to farm mortgages in Nebraska. We print else- where in this issue a letter censuring THE BEE for ‘‘the position” it has taken. Now this is all gratuitous. THE 'BEE has undergone no change of senti- ment with respect to the laudable prin- ciples for which the alliance contends. 1t has printed communications on the subject of the memorialy pro and cbn, and will continue to do so, provided they be brief and oonfined strictly to the merits of the case. In doing this Tae BEE simply conforms to a rule of practice which has always been main- tained. It is only fair that both sides be given a heariag. The editorial opinion upon questions disoussed by our correspondents is a matter of our own, and is not of chat character which pre- cludes from our columns all opinions in conflict therewith, REPRESENTATIVE HAMPION, of Webster county, is entitled to share with Mr, Cady the credit of fighting the extravagant appropriations and bogus claims engineered by the com- bine. He took a bold stand against the reckless raids of the claim agents and was largely instrumental in outting down the inflajed salary lust and abol- ishing sinecures, 'Nixt to Messrs. Cady and Hampton :'é;oh Mr. Delaney, the honest democrat frem Butler county, and Nick Satchalt,the true blue repre- resentative of the yeomaury of Cass. Their successful Might for economy in state affairs deserved hearty commenda- tion, ¥ I1 15 elaimed én good authori the loss in the caftle ranges of Ci and Montana will not exceed 1 per cent. The condition of the stock is ex- coilent and shipmenht to market will take place fully thirty days earlier than in previous yeais. The open winter has contributed to this healthy state of affairs, ahd in consequence there is a buoyant feeling in the cattle industry. There can be but little doubt that the present year wilt be one of prosperity to the cattle raisers of the west, which will have an influence to improve the condition of business in general. —————— Tie resignation of Boiler Inspector Standeven for the reason that the work of inspection is more than one man can roasonably attend to, should receive the careful attention of the council. Proper boiler inspection in our: city.is of great importance. By the fees ob- tained the office is self-sustaining, and the duties of it are increasing daily. By the provisions of the newly adopted charter thesalary of the boiler inspector has been raised from fifteen to eigh- teen hundred dollars a year. The sum is certainly a reasonable compensation for the business, but if it should appear that an assistant isnecessary the proper authorities should take sveps to secure one. Tue closing days of the legislature are rendered bright and cheerful for the taxpayers by the grim determina- tion of the senate to carefully examine the appropriution bills and put the knife to the jobs and extravagant items. The members have settled down to business, and will stick to the work till every root and branch is pruned down to the limit, without endangering the trunk. The members of combine in the house and lobby are demoralized una inconsolable, but the friends of economy must not relax their vigilance. THERE are already warnings in the air that the so-called meat inspaction s passed by various state legislatures to exclude dressed beef are a dead lot- ter. The solicitor general of the terri- tory of New Mexico, in passing upon a local measure whifch forbids the sale of meat that has not: been procured from animals inspected in the territory while living, pronounces the act unconstitu- tional and void sofar as it relates to the importation of dresstd beef and other meats. And it is difficult to see how any other conclusioncan be reached. TnE Lincoln Jowrnal tearfully pleads for the passnge of the state printer biil. Iv appears that Hithaway managed to smuggle this snugnest-egyg through the sifting committee'df the legislature, and hisanxiety to gee it become a law is ounly equalled by his .desire to hog the state printing and ‘fleece the treasury for four years or more. This is sufficient justification for tho prompt defeat of the measure. m—— THE Yorktown is now ready for ser- vice, and it is gratifving to learn that the vessel comes up 10 all of the re- quirements of the contract. There is promise in the complete satisfaction *which this man of wai has given that America has not lost her cunning in the art of ship building. Turdefeated conspiratorsin the house threaten to ‘‘make it hot"” for THr BEE reporter, because he has exposed their villainous schemes to rob the state. Tue BeEE warns this worthless crew that they are trifling with a volcano, the eruption of which will make them wish they had never been born. THE tour of inspection of the senate special committee on Pacific railroads has been delayed beyond the time orig- inally set. For all the good it will do the people the junket may as well be postpuned indefinitely. THx conspiracy of Lincoln speculsiorg to gobble the £tiie Saline lands was snuffed out in the house. The rapacity of the boodlers is boundless, Pretty. goon the state will be compelied to anchor the capitol building to prevent it being stolen bodily. X REPRESENTATIVE O’BRIEN of Doug- 1as county is exerting himself to defeat the bill reducing the number of justices of the peace of Omaha. Perhaps he wants to spare his legal chums the pain of being compelled to work for a living, — THE coal that is used for fuel at the state capitol is sold to the paople at the price of diamonds. This is one of the ways the appropriations are swelled to enormous proportions and deficiency bills are created. mamatomaibiisnsenepm—ngy THE tension across the bosoms of democratic officehplders has relaxed since it is officially anfounced that no removals are to talke place except for cause, until the expiration of term of office. b E———p— IF THE makers of agricultural imple- ments are golng w_follow the binding twine trust, there i5 nothing left for the poor farmer to do but to go back to the use of the sickle and flail. S ——— ONE Jay Warren<Keifer, of Ohio, is a candidate for the 'vacancy oun the su- preme bench. Hi¥ appointment would merely prolong the vacancy. —eee THERE is & large hole in the sieve of the house sifting committee wh ich has permitted the anti-trust bills to fall through, Se—e————— Fred's All Right, Kansas City Journal, “Of course it was right and proper to ap- point Colonel Fred Graut to the Austrian mission,” says the Chioago Mail, “but will somenody please give a reason for it aside from the fact that he is his father's son?” Certainly, His eminent personal qualifica- tions for an important diplomatio post. —— ‘West Virginia's Hunger, Whesling . 3 If Presideat Harrlsos wes & siveak of WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 18%0. grensed lightmng he couldn't mové fast enough to please everybody. 1f he will o the best he can to put Mr. Cleveland’s parti- sans on the retired list ho will do all that can be expected of him. Ohauncey and the British. Chicago N 2 The rumor now is bruited That Gotham's charming Chauncey Devew has been deputed To go to England. Fawncy! This he-Scheherezade, Well versed in tale and fable, Will cheer each Lord ‘lomnoddy While flows the yeilow label. He'll meet Lord Salishury At lunch or after dinner, And win him i a hurry, As sure as he's a sinner, bt d Hogs and Conl Hogs. Pueblo Dispatey, Tn the east the ground hog is not accepted as a prophet in connection with the coming of spring, nor are the birds, the flowors or the trees. Tho coal barons are tho only rec- ognized authority. They having reduced the price of conl 50 conts a ton in Boston, it is announced that the fact may safely be intor- preted as removing all chances of another prolonged cold snap this season, If the peo- pleof Colorado had to wait for the same sign, 1t would be midwinter the year around with them, for the sign would nover come. That is the reason, probably, why they be- lieve in the ground hog. Ta camparison with the other class of hogs it has somo humanity. Gr A Doubtfal Compliment. Kansas ity Times, Howells, the novelist, says that he makes o fresh study of his wife for every one of his heroines, This is probably a joke, for Mrs. Howells 15 a bright and interesting woman, Hungry as Tramps. Bostow Herald, A great many of the boys are getting back their old places under the new administra- tion. Sitting out in the cold for four long years has only whetted their sppetites for public fodder. STATE AND IRBITORY. Nebraska Jottings. W. O. Todd has sold the Union Ledger to L. J. Mayfield, of Louisville. It is said that liquoris furnished the In- dians at Valentine upon condition that they will not drink it uatil they have left town. The Benkelman Republican is a new jour- nalistic candidate for public favor in Dundy county, with I"rank Israel as editor and pro- prietor, Burglars enteréd a hardware store at Ohiowa, stole $100 worth of cutlery and failed to leave a clew. The thieves are thought to be amateurs. Physicians huve been compelled to ampu- tate the leg of \'firnou Love, the fourteen- year-old ‘amora boy who was accidentally shot by playmates three weeks ago. Two boys—the older not fifteen—svere found wandering about Benkelman the other day in a beastly state of intoxication. The parents are on the trail of the men who gave the children the whisky and they have blood in their eyes. The editor of the Humphrey Republican was appointed postmaster recently and in the next issue of his paper he announced that he had sold the Ropublican to_the retiring post master, who would consolidate it with the local democratic sheet, Some of the people of Hastings are evi- dently not very well pleased with the an- nouncement of the engagement of Senator Tuaggart, for the Nebraskan remarks: *The constituents of Senator Taggart would be much better pleased it he had postponed his love-making and devoted his \ime more assiduously to a faithful discharge of his public duties.” Towa. An effort is being made at Ida Grove to se- cure a paper mill. A three legged cal ity at Sioux City at p happy, The Democrat says that if every person in Davenport was to go to church every Sunday ouly one in three could get a seat. Mrs, R. A. Bissell, one of the pioneers of DeWitt is dead, Bhe was cighty years of age, and settled on the prairie which is the present site of DeWitt in 1540, L A. Kerr has siicceeded in raising $15,000 stock v;ilh wl|¥;h to erect in Muscating a larger factory for the manufacture of his prtent ventilated barrels and boxes. Governor Larrabee has remitted a portion of the fines of Brewers Aulman and Schu- stor, convicted of keeping a nuisance and fined_$1,000 about three years ago. They paid $800 each and all the court costs. Christine Schik, of Atsntic, nas addressed & note to Tur 13EE, announcing that the as- sertion that William Triptow had stolen a watch from her did the gentleman an injus- tice, us she had simply loaned the watch to him nlnd he had subsequently paid her for it in full, William Robinson, a farmer who lives in Towa mwnlhily), Crawford county, about eight mileg from Mannng, on going home found his wife on the floor dead, nnlrlhc two chil- dran, aged three and five ycars respectively, playing around, unconscious of the awful calamity that had befallen them. The causo of_denth was appoplexy. When United Statas 3arghal Desmond CamA 475 Hay for his shave n a_Dubuque bar- ber shop a few days ago the barber re- marked that he would have to look out for bad coins as the marshal had raided a coun- terfeiter's den the night beforoe. A moment luterthe murshal handed the barber one of the bogus dollars, but the latter didn't de- tect the counterfeit until the marshal re- fused his change. The coin was thicker and lighter than the genuine. Dakota. Deadwood expects to have another cigar factory shortly. ‘The Baptists of Faulkton have begun the erection of a church edifice. P Five Dakotawolleges have adopted a con- stitution for a state athletic association, ‘T. D. Kanouse will probably be the choice of Sanborn county for delegate to the Sioux Falls convention, F, A, La Follette of Plaftkinton, is secur- ing endorsements as the successor of United States marshal Maratta, There are now thirteen mules at work in the Homestake mines, two of them having been seut down the shaft last week. The Missouri river is again cutting into the bottom land below Yankton and it is thought the railroad tracks will have to be moved. Ed Green, who was charged with killing an infant at Sturgis of which he was sup- posed to be the father, has been acquitted after a trial at Deadwood. A Deadwood wood sawyer has discovered o wonderful eclimatic peculiarity at that place. He says that last winter s mun who he owed twenty-cents could, owing to the clearness of the atmosphere, readily distin- guish him the full length of Main street, while at present he cannot see him at all, he man, He says the man , and admits the possibility of that having something to do with it. i el tie greatest curios- ont und it is well and Rev. Kline Not a Orank. CaArrL, Aaams County, Ta,, March 24.—To the Editor of Trx Bee: In @ recont Issue of Tur WeekLy Beg your corvespondent refers to Rev. Albert Kline, the Adair county fastor, a8 a religious crank. [ This does Mr. Kliue and the peoplé who aro tnznw with him in this work n io- ustice. ‘@ have attended d heard Mr lino preach, and know the parties who helping in the work to be honest and ¢ onsi taut Christians; men who would not en cour- age & orank or a fraud. LIJAK IRICE. s The Oldest Boldier. ELLINGTON, Mo, Feb, 20.--To the Editor of Tue Bee: Isce in your issug of the 18th that David Aurille, of lowa, claims to be the oldest soldier of the rebellion known to be living, Captain James Stockton, of Staus- bugy, Mo., was born in Kentucky on the 9th of Ootober, 1797; will be ninety-two years old next birthday. Captain Stockton raised the first company of n soldiers that en- listed in Gentry county in the spriug of 1561, and served uutll the fall of 1865. . Yours truly, L. O, Nosman, THE ALLIANCE MEMORIAL A Farmer Makes Roply to *The Bee's" Criticlsms. An article in your paper of March 20,severely criticising the memorial of the Nebraska State Farmors' alliance to con- gress, requires some attention. Adverse criticism by the corporation tools was not un- expected, but Tue Bre, which in former times has been considered a friend of the farmers, should not be allowed to rest under such grave mistakes as appear in that article. In regard to the statement in the memorial that the farms of Nebraska were mortgaged for §150,000,000, the writer says, “Tho state- ment, we have no doubt, on investigation would show to be wildly erroncous.” Now let us see what kind of an investiga tion has led to that conclusion. He further says, “The number of farms in Nebraska may be stated approximately at 100,000, Now, the write: know, never came to that conclusion by an investigation of his own, but has relied on the guesswork of in- terested parties. There are in this state about 303,000 quarter sections of land. More than two-thirds of these are deeded lands and proved-up olaims, which may be mort- gaged. This makes ot least 200,000 quarter sections that might be mortgaged. The question at issuc is how much of this land s mortgaged, and for how much per quarter on an average! The recorder of one of the best counties in the Southwestern part of the state, last fall, after a- full examination of his books, re- ported that about nineteen-twentieths of the deeded land in that county was mortgaged. I have made careful inquiry during the past two years in counties in difforent parts of the state, both cast and west, of those who were best informed in regard to the matter, and the lowest estimate 1 have arrived at for any one county was three-fifths, and I do not be- lieve any reasonable man who will carefully examine the subject will conclude that the average of mortgagos is less than four-fifths of the deeded land of the whole state. This would make the mortgaged land at loast 160,000 quarter sections. . Now loans of $600 and upwards, are readily made on a quarter section of unimproved land in the ‘wostern part of the state, while it is not un- usual in the middle and eastern parts of the state for loans to be made of $1,600 on the quarter section, and_that frequently supple- mented by a second mortgage for half that sum. The exact fizures cannot be deter- mined without greut trouble and expense and are of course constantly changing, but no man who will take reasonable pains to in- form himself will fail to concede that the amount of the mortgages is constantly aug- mentikg, aud that the interest in many cases is not being paid. If we take into_considera- tion the large chattel mortgage indebtedness, at from 1to 2 per cent per month interest, with which tho people ara also weighed down, we may well say the worst was not told. 'In regurd to the complaint that the statement of these facts in the memorial will injure the state, I donot believe it, States are injured by a suppression of facts for spec- ulative purposes, and not by information in regard to the actual condition of the people. Such deception may lead to temporary pros- perity, but must end in disaster. Nevoraska has, I believe, as fertile a soil and as salubrious a climate ps any portign of tho earth of as large an extent. Giye the farmers and laborers of the s.ate their rights as part of a great sovereign people, and the state will prosper shether eastern capitalists wish it or not. Withhold those rights and the peace and prosperity of the state are most cer- tainty imperilled. But the writer further says: ‘The asser- tion that the number of tenant farmers is rapidly increasing is untrustworty." Mortgages are constantly being foreclosed and the land bought in by capitalists. Does the writer think the farmers all leave the state when thus sold out, or go into some other business? If 8o, heis mistaken. They, as a rule, remain, serfs on lands which should by right be their own. Unwillng to become vagabonds on the face of the earth, and unable to procure themselves homes elsewhere without again becoming slaves to the same system of debt which has com- passed thewr final ruin, He furthor says that the reason so many farmers fail in this state is *'a want of business capacity and im- prudent management, and a want of the knowledge, experience and industry neces- sary to successful farming,” and gives as authority for the assertion the opinion of farmeors as given to the labor commissioner. 1 don’t doubt, but I do know that any person or persons who make such assertions in re- gard *to any considerable portion of the farmers in this state are either ignorant of the facts or willfully pervert the truth, In regard to increasing the volume of the the writer evidently misunder- the intent of the memorial as clearly indicated 1n the same, which is, not to issue money to the corporations and money lend- ers, but to the working people who need it and who can give security for jt. "Ang suppose it does increase prices, The .prices of produce of the farm are now, and have been for the last four or five years, so low that farmers, as a rule, in this state, and every other agricu ltural state in the union, cannot by the strictest economy and indus- try or any honest business capacity, hope to pay their debts, We may economize in what we buy, but we must have money to pay our obligations. Hence, if increasing the cur- rency will, as the writer says, increase prices it is just what we need. Wegcan do Without coffee and tea and sugar and we will willicgly ‘wear coarse and patched clothing; but we canagt long endure the burden of o f Tortuxieg wot il "Ig, Wonderful Cure of Salt RRheum. Face, hands and arms covered, Hands useless for two years. Doc- tors said was Inourable, red by Cut ro. ¢ had a most wonderful cure of salt ‘'or five years I have suffered with this 1 had it on my face, arms, and hands. 1was unable to do anytlung whatever with my hands for over-two years, [ tried hund remedies, and not one had the least effes doctor said my case was Incurable. | saw your advertisement, and concluded to try the Ouri- cunA Remepres; and Incredible as it may seem, after using one box of CUTICURA. and two cakes of CuTicumA BoAp, and two bottles of Curis CURA R¥sorvenT, [ find T am entirely cured. Those who think «this letter exaggerated may come and seé me and find out for themselves, GRACE P, HARKHAM, North St, Charles Street, Belle River, Ont. T must extend to you the thanks of one of my customers, who hus been cured, by using vhe CuTicurA REMEDIES, of an 01d sore, o ed by along spell of sickneas or fovor elght years uyo. He was 80 bad Lo was tearful he would have to have his leg amputated, but is Lappy to suy he 15 now entirely well,—sound as a dollar, ~ He requests me to use his name, which is H. I (A80, merchant of this place. JOHN V. MINOR, Druggist, Gainsboro, Penn, 1have been troubled with tetter on my face tor several years, and doctored with several :tors, but recelved no bemelit. I tried your COTICURA REMEDIES last spring according to Qirections and can now say that I am entirely oured, Iam satistiod your OuTicuns REMEDIES are just what you recommend them to be. . HUGH B. AYRES, Bmithville, W, Va 1 haye been cured of & most unbearable iteh: (ng skin Qisease by the CURICURA REMEDILS. They have enabled me to escape years of suffer- (g, YOu mAy use my name us a reference, and any one who wants to know nbout ry case may write me, inelosing stamp, R. BROOKS, 47 Grove Street, Providence, R, 1. Cured by To cleanse the skin, scalp and blood of humors, blotches, eruptions, sores, scales, and crusts, whether stmple, scrofulous ar contaglous, no agency in the world ot medicine 15 8o spoedy, sure, and economical s the CUTICURA REME: DIES. CUTIOURA, the great skin cure, (nstantiy aliays the most agonizing itehing and inflammation, clears the skin and scalp of every trace of dlw ease, heals ulcers and sores, r and scales, and restores tho h BOA, the groktest of skin beautifiers, 1s indis- pensable in treating skin alseases and baby bumors. 1t produces the whitest, cleares skin luvl.lcs. black-heads, red, roug) oily skiu prevented by CuTk dobt which we, as a class, are now oarrying. In conolusion let me say in bohalf of the Farmer's alliance, of Nobraska, '*We do not intend to misrepresont faots or to injure any honest industry. But we do intend to de- mand our rights, and to prooure them by suoh just and onurlfi moans as mng be nec- essary. And by the help of God, our strength, wo will persevere until we succeed. J, H, Powens, PR —— A Lenten Litany. Town Toplcs, Oh, thou, dear Lora, my sins forgive— [Humph! There comes dowdy Ditts ] At make mo humblo while I 1ive— [How 11l her clothing fita!| O, take from me all worldly pride— [A dark brown trimmed with blue!] And koep me ever by thy side— [Her last year's bonunet, too!] Malke me put my trust in thee— | The Ban Derviltsa! Such taste!] Protect mo from all vanity— [Nice pattern for a waist!] Oh, bless me with thy folding love-s [Spring hat and winter sprig!] And when I die take me above— (I know her hair's a wigl) Oh, tench me not to envious he— [T wish T owned that silk!| But keep me meel’sany lowly ploa— |Sho looks like soured skim milk (] Teach mo forgivencss day by day— [Oh, how T hate that thing!] And 18ad mo in-the hallowed way— [My knees bogin to sting!] Please cleanse my heart of wrong desircs« 1 wonder if he'll flire?] With love for thee my soul inspire— [I'11 keep one eye alert!] And bold me in the narrow path— (I think I caught his eye. | That I may 'scape thy chastening wrath— {Could hio have heard me sigh ) And when tomptation neareth me— \l thought he looked again!| Blind thou my oyes that I may not see— (Oh, dear, those horrid men 1] O'erlook my faults und make me shine— |He's smiling surely, then!] A power on earth, the credit thino— (So brazen, too!] Amen. R Some Oorrections. RusnviiLe, Neb., March 20.—To the Editor of Tae Bre: The dispatch from Chadron in last SuxDAY's BEE stating that I was killed at Pine Ridge Agency by a billiard cue in & drunken brawl was erroneous in several par. ticulars. Firstly—There are no billiard cues in Pine Ridge Agency, Secondly—I have not recently been engaged in a drunken brawl. oThirdly—I have not to my own certain knowl. ©olge, been killed by any person or persons ‘whosoever. Otherwise Li’xe dispatoh referred to_is muterially correct. deem it best to malke this brief explana. tion, not only on my own account and to re« lievé the friends who may be mourning my untimely demise, but also for the purpose of placing in a proper light before the public the man who killed me. Very respectfully, Gro. J. JArcuows ——— Make it “Won." The following commuuication has been sent to Tue Ber: Under the caption, ‘‘State Names Abbreviated,” a writer in tha Sunday Republican, noticing that Pa, is usod a8 the abbreviation of Pennsylvania, recommends Ma. as the proper thing for Montana—but says: ‘A good abbreviation for the state of Washington, if it retains that name, will be hard to find, for the obvious *Wash.! is too suggestive of the laundry to be considered for a moment. This fact alone ought to rule out that name for the new state.” It is to be hoved that no man in that terri- tory is 8o idiotic a8 to see but that one possi- ble abbreviation, and to oppose the retention of that grand name for the new state, Add the last two letters to tho first and po state can haye a better or more interestingly suggestive abbreviation for its title, ith the state of Washington on our Pa. cific coast, and Washington City, the capitol, in close proximity to the Atlantic, and he- tween them, cradled in the arms of two great oceans, the mighty American rsp\lxlio. Won by the genius, courage, firmness and in- cnrnlé)tiblfl patriotism of him from whom they derived theirappellation and the “‘eter- nal titness of things" would seem to have been consulted. The suggestion to *'rule out that name,"” for the reason given, if not idiotic, is in- famous, —_——— . An Early Tomb. Miss Mamie Nolan, dapghter of Thomas Nolan, one of the oldest and widely known citizens of Omaha, died yesterday at tha residence of her parents, 1330 South Eights eenth streets, She has been ill for nearly two years, She was but 15 yeara of age, o girl of remarkably bright intellect and of endearing traits of chnrwu[ which caused her to be courted by youn, well as old, Her death is & grievous afio- tion to her parents aud fziends. She will be buried next Thursaay, The services will be held jn St. Pbilomeua’s cathedral at 0 0'clock and the remains interced in Holy Sepuchre. Nellie Carey, aged twenty-ona years, died to-day at 1111 ‘South Twelfth street. ' The guncrul will take place this Thursday at a m, ———— BucnArgst, March 2.—King Charles’ nephew, Prince Ferdinand, has been pros aimed crown priace of Roumania, % —— Disiguring Skin Diseases A winister and his little boy cured of an obstinate Skin disease by the Outicura Remedies. Praises them everywhere—in the pulpit, home, and in the street’ For about thirteen years I have been troubled with eczemn or some other cutaneous diseasa which all remedies failed to cure, Hearing of the CuTicukA RExEDIES T resolved to give them a trial, and_purchased one bottle of Currs CURA RBROLVENT, one box of Crricunra, and one cuke CuTICURA 80AP. 1 followed the al- rections carefully, and it affords me much plens. ure to say that before using two boxes of the Curicuna, four cakesof CuTicuia SoAr, aud one bottle of the CuTICURA RESOLVENT, | was entirely curod n addition to my own case, my baby boy, thon about five months old, was suffering with what L Bupposed to he the eaine disease as mine to suoh anextent that his head was coated over with @ solld scab, from which thero was u constant tlow of pus which was sickening to look upon, besides two large tumor-like kernels, on the Dack of his head. Thanks to you and your wons derful Curicura KeMEDIES his scalp 18 pers tectly woll, and tho kernels have been scattered #0 that there is only one little place by his lefd ear, and that 18 healing nicely, Instead of a coating of scabs ho has a filie coatof hair, mueh botter than that which was destroyed by hedisease. I would that the whole world of sullerers from skin and blood diseases knew the value of your CUTICURA REMEDIES 48 1 do. The CUTICURA HoAP and CUTICURA RESOLs VENT aro oach worth ten times the price at which they are 50ld. I have never used any othier tollet soap in my house stace I bought tha first cake of your QuTiourA BoA¥, | would be inhuman as well as ungrateful should I fail to speak well of and recommend your CUTIOUIA KEAEDIES (0 overy sufferer who cawe ininy I have spoken of it and shall conttnu ak of {t from the pulpit, in the homes, andin the strocts, Praying that you may lve long. and do others the same amount of good you have dono me and my child, I remain, yours Eratetully, (Higy,) C. M. MANNING, Box 24, Acwortl, Ga. Cuticura and softest hands, free from phupie, apot of blemish, COTICUKA KEsoLyrnT, thenew blood puriticr, deanses tho blood of all Lmpurities sud polsonous clements, and thus rcmoves the OAUAE. 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