Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 26, 1889, Page 4

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Sworn to befare me and subscribed to in_my presenco this 21t day of Septembor, ALD. 1856, S NI P, FEIL, Notary Pubiis, Etate of Nebraska, | County of Douglas, { 5% Gearge I, Tzschick, being duly sworn, da- oses and sa; hat he 18 secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average dally circilation of Tie DAY BEE for tho month of September, 188, 1¢, H ,tober 1688, 18,084 coples: for Nove 86 cop for I mber, 188: January, 1680, 18,774, copies 18006 copress for March, 1849, April, 189, 18550 coplés: for May, coplek o8, coples: 30, B TZSCHUCK, £worn to before me and subscribed in my presence thia sy duy of August, A, D 185 Tre commissioners can't figure with much accuracy on their chances for re- election until the roturns from the grand jury ave all in. Tur reappearance of train robbers in Texas gives assurance that the state will veturn its usual democratic major- ity at the next election. Tue kind of stone the rock on which the building committee of the city council has split, and work on the city hall is delayed in consequence. SECRETARY LAWS does not appear to have the unanimous support of the Re- publican valley after all. The people of the valley don’t all yearn after him. JUDGE HOPEWELL'S instructions to the grand jury buve the true ring to them. But will the jury have the stam- ina to do its duty without fear or favor? SINCE Senator Manderson dec that he has selceted no one for the post- office, Mujor Clarkson’s countenance appears to wear a brighter and more hopeful look. ared THE hope which the democratic party entertains of winning the election in Ohio should be embalmed in order that 1t may be preserved until the votes are counted, COUNCILMAN BOoYD proposes to ride into the sherift’s office on the lahor chariot. His resolution to turn the munagement of the city employes over to the labor unions is & crafty scheme to feather his political nest. Tue failure of the Ives jury to agrec on averdict is not surprising. Had the culprit been a small bore thief he would have been hustled to Sing Sing months ago., His robberies wore too extensive for tho average juryman’s comprehen- sion. I¥ SHERIFF COBURN riously hopes to capture n third term, he cannot move any too quick with a resolution placing the mechanical work in the schools, and the lation of the hours of labor in' the ds of local trade unions. There is no time to be lost, PuBLIC misfortune breeds human vul- tures. Two councilmen and a police officer are under arrest in Spokane Falls for appropriating to themselves the funds and supplies contributed for the relief of the fire sufferers.., This species of robbery deserves prompt and vigorous punishment. — THE proposed traffic arrangement bo- tween the Union Pacific and the Mani- toba system, connecting at Butte, Mon- tana, looks very much like an effort to strip the main line of its legitimate business, increase the businessof the branches, and give emphasis to the chronic ery of poverty for congressional effect. Tie democrats of Montana furnish their eastern brethren with several new and uovel pointers on campaigning. To secure & mortguge on the working- men’s vote they are distributing ten dollar prize packages of provisions among the housewives, with sly requests to put them where they will do the most good for the party, Affairs must have reached desperate straits for the big four when they appeal to & voter's in- telligence by tickling his stomach. — Tie selection of Mr. W, H. Alexan- der to the position of collector of cus- toms of Omaha, which has been recom- mended by the Nebraska delegation, is in every respect satisfactory. Mr. Al- exander stands high in the esteem of our business men and has their confi- dence in an eminent degree, His rec- ord as a member of the last council was in every respect commendable, and we Bave no doubt that he will fill the posi- tion which he is about to assume accept- ably to the merchants and importers, as well as to the troasury department, which has control over the customs oficers. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ¢ 6, 1889, IRRIGATION IN THE WEST. The committee appointed hy congress to investigate the subject of irrigation in the west has concluded its labors. Just what its conclusions and recom- mendations will be cannot at present be determined. A vast mass of testimony was secared in the states and territories abutting the Rocky mountains, and this must be sifted thoroughly before definite plans can be formulated for presenta- tion to congress. 1t is highly probable that the commit- tee will in its recommendations follow the lines laid down by Major W.J. Powell, the noted government en- gineor and geologist, whose investiga= tions have extendedover a large number of years. Major Powell is perhaps the best living authority upon the arid regions of the west and is thoroughly conversant with the possibilities of irrigation. His plan, briefly stated, is thae construction of storage reservoirs at or near the headwaters of streams 8o as 10 retain and control the vast volume of water which comes from the melting of snow on the mountnin sides every spring, and malke 1t reclaim and render habitable a vast sterile section of coun- That such a grand public work is practicable there is no reasonable doubt, and it is only a question of a few years before the government or the states must undertake the work in self- defense. There should be no clashing of authority or interest. None of the western states and territories, orall combined, are so well equipped financially for the undertaking as the governmont, and none so largely inter- ested. The cost is a trifle compare: with the cesulting benefits. Even if the government expended twenty to thirty million dollars, treble that sum would be returned to the national treas- ury from the sale of public lands re- ciaimed and capable of cultivation. An addition of one hundred million acres of rich but now arid land would be made to the tillable area of the west—an area greater than the state of Nebraska—if a thorough system of irvigation is car- ried out. The government can lay the foundation by storage 1 5 pri- vate capital and enterprise can be re- lied upon to do the rest. The cultivation of this vast arid belt would add enormously to the productive wealth of the west. Possessed of inex- haustible stores of minerals, fertile val- teys and limitloss plains, at present use- ful only for stock, the addition of mill- 1008 of acres of arid land to the cultiv- able area through the medium of irri- gation would double the population in a few years and make them practically independent of the products of their eastern neighbors, Conditions are gradually foreing this question to the front in the west. The inroads of sawmills on the timber on the mountain sides exposes the snows of winter to the warm spring sun. The consequence is rapid melting of the snow and destrue- tive floods in the mountain streams. The retention of this water 1 reservoirs and its gradual distribution during the summer season would have averted the disastrous draught which last summer blighted tlie harvest in Montana, Idaho and other portions of the northwest. TRADE RELATIONS WITH MEXICO. It is particularly unforvunate that just before the meeting of the confer- ence of American nations, to discuss commercial relations, there should be a somewhat serious disturbance of trade between Mexico and the United States. Business botween the two countries was steadily improving when the silver-lead ore question was sprung and the treas- ary department took a position which caused alarm in Mexico. As a measure of retaliation the Mexican government struck from its free list horses, sheep, cattle, hogs and dressed meats. The tarifl goes into force on the first of November, and it will have the effect of practically excluding American live stock and dressed ments from the Mex- i market, The loss of this trade will be n very serious matter to the stock raisers of the southwest and to the dressed meat interests. The stock busi- ness with Mexico had attained large proportions and was still growing while it was wholly in the hauds of Americans. If nothing be done to induce the Mexican government to abandon this retaliatory tariff a trade amounting to many millions of dollars annually will be very greatly reduced, if not complotely destroyed. The interests involved are making themselves heard in protests against the attitude of the treasury, and are de- manding that the former policy regard- ing the admission of Moxican oves be restored. The American minister to Mexico some time ago wrote to the state department that grave appre- hension existed amoug all classes in Mexico, solicitous for the promotion ot trade relations between the two coun- tries, that the action of our government might be such as to serionsly cripple our commerce with Mexico. Hoe urged that there should be a policy of trade reciprocity between the countries, sag- ing that the people of the United States have very largely to gain and little or nothing to lose by the most lib- eral trade relations with Mexico. The longer reciprocity negotiations ave deferved, wrote Minister Ryan, the more difficult will be their consumma- tion, because of the constant develop- ment of industries in Mexico that natur- ally create opposing interests. For vears pust Mexico has been ready and anxious to negotiate a reciprocity treaty, and although in the meantime the commercial relations of the two countries have realized a large growth, our competitors for the Mexican trade have unquestionably benefitted very largely by our refusal to negotiate a reciprocity treaty, Now there is a condition of affairs which pushes this question to the front, and which may compel us to determine whether we will allow a large part of our Mexican trade to pass out of our hands or adopt a more liberal commer- cial poliey toward our neighbor repub- lie, It would seem that there should be no hestation about the course t be adopted. The United States want all the trade they can secure, and they want the trade of Mexico as much as they do that of any other country. The conference of American nations was planned with a view to improving our trade relations with all other American countries, and it is inconsistent with this purpose to pursue a policy which threatens to drive away one of our best customers among American nations. The Mexi- can government and people are dis- posed to cultivate closer commercial re- lations with the United States. But they Irave shown that they can retaliate when an excuse to do so is afforded them. Itshould be the policy of this country not to supply the excuse. 1ELL THE TRUTH. The Kansas City Journal utters & plaintive wail against what it terms the abuse of that city by the press of Omaha, and reverts to the clearing- house reports to sustain its claim to un- common prosperity. THE BEE concedes that Kunsas City is an energetic, pro- gressive city, possessing the essential elements of future greatucss, But the assertion that it has a populution double that of Omaha is absurd. It has no foundation in [fa The enrollment of children at the public schools furnishes the latest and most reliable proof of th relative population of both cities. Omaha has at present an enrollment of over ten thousand children in the public schools, and thirty-five hundred will be added before the end of this ycar, when addi- tional school room is available. Kansas City has an enrollment of a fraction over thirteen thousand and e peets to increase the number to sixteen thousand. These statistics demonstrate that tho per cent of children to adults is unusually small in Kansas City or that her population claims gre enor- mously inflated. The Jowrnal is wel- come to either horn of the dilemma. As to the clearing house returns the le: said about them the better for Kansas City. Itis a notorious fact that they are also inflated to further the city’s pretension. They in- clude the busine of a dozen towns within a radius of forty miles. Omaha might with equal vropriety in- clude the busin of Council Bluffs, South Omaha, Fremont, Blair, Platts- mouth, and even Lincoln. But Omaha stands on its own foandation. It does not require the financial business of suburban towns to show its substantial condition, nor does it practice inflation or beguile the capitalist with false pretenses. THE NEXT APPORTIONM. The New York Press recently pub- lished the opinions of a number of prominent public men in relation to the new apportionment to be made on the population returns of 1890. These ex- pressions are particularly interesting as showing how widely apart ave the leg- islators who will have to determine this matter of apportionment. For example, one congressman thinks the house of representatives should be reduced to ono hundred and fifty mem- bers, while another thinks it should be increased to four hundred and thirty. These, however, are the extremes, the general opinion being favorable to an increase of the vatio of representation so as to lessen rather than® increase the pumber of congressmen. The probability is that the new apportionment will be made with reference to keeping the house numerically at what it will be when the representatives of the new states ave seated—that is, three hundred and thirty. In order to do this the apportionment will have to be about one hundred and ninety thousand to the congressional district, assuming that the estimate of sixty-five million of population will be verified Dby the census, There are strong reasons against in- creasing the number of members of the house, and the only reason in favor of an increase that has any force is, that a constituency of nearly two hundred thousand is greater than can be prop- erly cared for by one representative. It must be conceded that this is a weighty reason, particularly where the constituencies are great financial and commercial. commuuities, but such constituencies would simply have to be careful to send to congress only men of first rate ability. If it should happen as a result of increasing the ratio of representation that the country would get a better class of legislators—fewer mere politicians and more men of prac- tical wisdom in congress—it would be the best possible justification of the increase, and it is quite probable that such would be the result. At any rate, the house, with its present number of members, is un- wieldy, and an addition to its member- ship would certainly increase the diffi- culty of managing it, and perhaps render greater the danger of ill-ad- vised legislation, Every member of congress feels oalled upon to figure as the author of legislation, and as every congress is compelled to waste much valuable time in giving attention to proposed measures which never get beyond the committee rooms, an increase of the membership of the house would necessarily result in a greater waste of time from attention given to worthless measures, If there could be any assurance that in- creasing the number of congressmen would improve the character of legis- lation there would be a universal do- mand for such increase, but experience does not warrant an assumption that it would have that effect. Every prac- tical consideration is against increas- ing the membership of the house. It is reported on good authority that Claus Spreckels, having just finished his large Philadelphia sugar refinery, now contemplates building another one “at New Orleans, and in fact has alveady negotiated for the uecessary land upon which to put the buildings. With a re- finery in the south, the east and west Spreckels will have about as good & command of the sugar situation as the irust, and possibly better. The sugar trust was formed to force Spreckels out of business, but he evinces no incli- nation to submit to the proposed co- ercion, New Orleans is one of the chief strongholds of the trust, and Spreckels’ proposed ad- vance on that point indicates ' that he, af® Wot the trust, will be the aggressive o factor in tho sugar war. The trust édmé time since attempted to buy Spreckels’ Philadelphina plant, but the offer was not entertained by the Californian,* Eoonomists assert that the sugar trustisound to go under in the natural course of things., The recent desperate @fforts of stockholders to unload their matured shares proves that the affairs, of the trust are not so pleasant as they might be. The lower- ing of the price of sugar is the only interest the pyblic has in the contest, and this Mr, épreckols promises when he gets his eastern refinery running. THE advocares of increased silver coinage have received some encourage- ment from the decision of the secretary of the treasury to make purchases in the future by accepting the lowest offers instead of making counter offers. Un- der the latter plan the tendency, the silver men claim, was to bear the mar- ket, and they are consequently highly pleased that it has heen abandoned. The change in the method of purchas- ing1s accepted by the silver men as evidence of a friendly spirit which will bear larger fruit in the future. Secre- tary Windom is said to be giving a good deal of attention to the silver question, and his conversion to the pol- icy of coining the full amount now authorized by law—four million dollars a month—would not be surprising. FOoUR jurors have been secured for the Cronin trial after an examination of over five hundred. If it is necessary tofind eight more individuals as witless as those already selected must be to pass the requivements of opposing counsel, nine weeks will have passed before twelve persons with the sufficient absence of brains. education, common gense or instinct can be found to try the case. This trial presents our jury system and 1ts barbaric features in its true light. Tne advocates of the Australian vote ing system point to the recent election in Minneupolis as a proof of its success. The test was by no means a fair one. Only one candidate was balloted for, andno voter could make a mistake in casting his ballot. Not until the system s tried at a general election in the enst, with a string of candidates rang- ing from ten to thirty, can its rela- tive strength or weakness be accurately judged. THE prince of Monaco is ready to stop gambling in his principality if the great powers will guarantee him an an- nual income of 2,000.000 francs, and per- mit him to maintain his independence. The prince is willing to reform, but he wishes to be well pnid for it. IN THE matter of paving blocks the city council has straddled the fence. They don’t think Balcombe’s raid on the red cedar block maticious, but they feel sure that Balcombe and his inspectors don’t know a block of cedar from a block of perspiring elm. Riv. THOMAS COLE, pastor of the African Methodist church at Houston, Tex., is the victim of a peculiar freak of nature, and from a black man is rapidly turning white. It may be he has struck the keynote for solving the southern race problem. EVEN the prohibitionists are learn- ing not to trust every mountebank who bears the party brand. HITS AND MISSKES, George K'rancis Train has been arrested on a judgment on a promissory note. George Francis docsn’t seem 1o be getting much financial backing from psycho these days. But probably G. F. T.wanted to go to jail just for the sake of notoriety. The doctors and tha undertakers are at swords' points over the office of coroner. Politics will sometimes soparate the warmest friends. Now that the Omaha street railway com- piny intends to push the wok of converting all its lines into electric roads, it will be n order for the over-worked car horses to pass resolutions beginning, “'Resoived, That we view with satisfaction.” 1t looks very much as if Omaha wouldn't get a mate for her peunant next year, Burglars looted a gambiing house n Coun- cil Bluffs the other night. And yet we say there 15 honor among thieves! A Mexican volcano is in an active state of eruption. It is a singular coincidence that the local politics of Omaha should be i the same condition just at this time. The most valuavle leather in the local market at the present time is that contained in ex-Judge Grofl’s boots. Balcombe is the local executioner who vrings the paving contracturs to the block. The shudow of the shoriff's office has turned the level head of Councilman Boyd. If we cannot get the baukers by the car- load, let us take them in sections. The board of trade has come to the con- clusion that a dollar per mile is a little too rich even for the blood of & banker. The great Paris oxposition will closo next montn, but inasmuch as Buffalo Bill has con- sented to continuoe his show in the French capital during the winter, the absence of the former will not be noticed toany extent, Calvin Brico is sad to bo at the head of a syndicate which {# supplying natural gas for Fort Wayne. A year ago Mr. Brice was at the head ofa syndicate which supplied natural gas for the whole country, Mrs, Loslie Carter has announced that she will make her debuton the stage in Decem- bor as Lady Maebeth. A spiritual remon strance from Mrvs.) Macbeth is confidently looked for, The Right Rey, Charles Ggrdon, bishop of Jamaica, must have a very liberal congrega- tion. He sull retains his position although it is known that he was a saloon passenger on the Anchor hmne steamer Anchoria, for more than & weels. Elias Dooley, the greenback canaidate for governor of Iowa, calls the democratio party & “putrid reminiscence of the stone age,” and the leaders of that political organization are afraid to call him to time through fear that he possesses the proofs of his asser- tions. e TRE AFTEKNOON TEA, A woman's proper flgure on the modern plan is said by the English authoritios to be twenty-three iuches about the walst and thirty-six about tne bust. There is a Mrs, McUonald in England, though, who has a waist eighteen and bust of thirty-eight. Mrs. Frauk Leslie sleops in black silk sheets, the top one hemstitchea and run with coral ribbons to match her beautiful night- robe of ebouy silk. The pillows are cased black silk, and over the couch pendent the " Now chandelier hangs a olustor of Spanish rosa- ries carved from fragrant wood and joined with bits of jade. Hor bath is a study in custard-colored tiling. The trimmings aro done in plated silver, all the plumbing i open, the tub is coin-shaped and plotures ornament the walls. While horfs on his travels the Gorman om- poror spends at least one hour every day in writing to his wife, to whom he aleo sends a telegraphic message from every stopping place on his route. Miss Chauncy, of Columbus, O., has had a fright that will doubtless teach her a lesson. She used for her complexion a mixture of arsenic and nitrate of silver. Then she wont to the White Sulphur Springs and took tho baths. The sulphur decomposed the silver salts in hor skin and turned her so black that she has gone into retirement and will not be seen again for a year. Some timo ago a Mr. Lot Day married a Miss Week, in Ohio. The local paper had beneath the marringe notico these linos: A Week is lost, A Day is gained, But time need not complain, There'll soon be little Days enough To make a weck again. Husband (just homo from the city)—My angell Crying! Whatever's the matter? Wifo—~Thoy ve—awarded me—yrize medal —(sobbing)—f my spong cake! Husband (soothingly)—And I'm quite sure it deserv— Wife (hystericaily)—Oh—but—'t said— ‘twas for the best specimen—o’ concrete, ‘*Augustus,’” said Mrs, Henpeck severely, T see a woman down in New Jersoy has been convicted of being a common scold. I should liie to sce any brute of a man try that on me!” “But you are no common scold, Maria,” responded Mr. Henpeck, with a sigh. And Mrs, Henpeck is still wondering what ho meant. Nellio (sympathetically) —You poor dear! What & narrow escape! And what started the horse! Gussio (indignantly)—Well, you know Will was just helping me out of the bugey: and—the stupid horse could not te!l the difference between n—good-night—kiss and a signal to start. And he just—started. Some horses have so little—sense. George—Will you— Alice—Oh, George, this is 0 sudden. George—Not a bit of it. That hairpin of yours has been sticking nto my shoulder for the lust twenty minutes &nd 1 can’t stand 1t any longer. Will you please move a little? A girl who got tired of single blessedness wrote to her intended as follows: ‘“‘Dear Jim: cum rite off if you are cummin’ at all. 1d Hilton is 1nsistin’ that 1 shell heve hum, and he hugs and kisses me so much that I can’t hold out much longer."” He (kissing her)—-Ah, you shiver at my kiss. #ou love mo no more. She—You aro oruel to doubt me, love. You have been eat- ing pepperwint and there's an awfully cold draught in your caress. Bt STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jot es. The four children of a Kearnoy plasterer died within twenty-four hours of scarlet fever. It is estimated that over one hundred thou- sand sheep will be fed in Dodge county this winter, The Ravenna school children will soon ba summoned to their studies by the riuging of 2 500-pound bell. ‘The Orleans oat meal mill recently shipped a car of its product to Philadelphia and one to San Francisco, Rev. F. C.*Bingham has been called to the pastorate of the st Baptist church of Wii- ber at a salary of $600 a year. Joe Wanek, of Wilber, tried to carry a ke of pickled tongue into’ his cellar aud s now laid up with a broken ie The Seventh-Day Adventists, who have been holding a month’s camp mceting at Fremont, have adjourned for the season, Mary Blair, of David City, has secured a judgment of Saloonkeeper ny for personal miuries resulting from the sale of liquor. Johin Martin, the sixteen-year-old son of a Pierce county farm was killed hy light- ning while on the prairie hunting. A dog which was with him was also kille Charles Church, a young man living at Blue Hill, was caught in the machinery of a sorghum mill and_instantly killed, his skull being crushed. Ho leaves a wife and chiid in destitute circumstances, E. M. Norton, while working in the base- ment of the News building at Norfolk, went 00 near a line shaft, his clothes 'being caught and torn from his body. Although badly bruised, no bones were broken and e will recover. ; A farmer named Schinas, living near Gilead, Thayer county, was attacked by a burglar the other night, but he routed the thief after a severe combat, 1n which he re- ceived two slight wounds in the throat from o knifein the hunds of his assailunt, A warrant has been issued by a Cedar county justice for the arvest of William Sw i) -0ld lad living noar Neligh, charging him with being th uthor of the downfall of the fifteen-) old daughter of one of the most highly respected residents of Randolph, Swain has been ar- rested. The Custer county republican instru l its delogates to the state conven- tion for Judge IReese and nominated the fol- lowing ticket: County judge, Jobn & treasurer, C. Bedwell; clerk, J. (& B wriff, Charles Penn; superintend- ndall; sur- J.J. Pick- convention oi; represents of James Wnit , Hon. Dan Askell. It cost Scott Bluff county 1$12,000 to send Arnold, the murderer, to the penitentiary nine years, It is said thatin tho beginuing of the deliberations, eleven men of the jury were for hanging the prisonor while the twelfth was _for acquittal. This man declared his intention of staying out a year rather thun agree 10 a verdict of mur- der in the first degree. Hence the verdict of murder in the sccond dogree, Wyoming and Colorado. Register Hardin, ot the Buffalo, Wyo., land oftice, has resigned. An old prospector recently died at Idako Springs, Col., who at one time was making #4,000 por week, yet ho had to be buried by charity, The Cariso gold mine at South Pass, Wyo., is to be reopened ufter having lain idle for many years. A 20-stawp mill will be put up and $100,000 has been raised to conduct the work, The Field and iv may seem, the worth twice us mu is the wheat, Frank Salem bas been arrested at Col- orado City for attempting to pass counter- feit money and trying to induce two wen who are residents of that city 10 assist biw 10 the manufacture of spurious coin. The Pitkin county (Colorado) commis- sioners will submit the question of bonding the county in the sum of §35,000 for the pur- pose of erecting a court house and jail, The tter will be voted on at the next general ction. The new ordinauce to close gambling dens, fancy houses, variety theaters, and dance halls in Pueblo, Col., has gone into effect, and tne ola town, long noted for the freedom of its ordinances and the laxity of its officials, wears the quictude of u puritan village. In the neighborhood of Akron, Washington county, Col., seveaty farmers have pur- chased’ fall Wheat for planting purpose Between them there will be about 500 acres seeded. Thnis will be suficient to demon- strate the fall wheat growing problem in that section, Tne father of Ella Watsor, the woman who was lynched on the Sweetwater in Wyoming, is at Rock Spriugs and proposes to remain there until after the trial of those who are charged with her murder. Mr, Watson is a farmer living near Lebanon, Smith county, Kuusas, aud Ella was his eldest child, she being twenty-cight years old at the time of her death, At Leadville, Col., while the day shift of two men were workiug atthe bottowm of Columbia shaft No. 2, better known as the Estey shaft, which is now dowu 640 feet, the arm says that, strange as of Colorado is bottom of the shaft suddenly heaved up- ward, throwing rock and sana fifteen feet up the shaft, while water bursts into the shaft in great volumes. The engineer hap- vened to be noar the engine and atonco pulled tho mon out of the shaft, but thoy were waist doep in it beforo tho ongine started. Ina fow minutes tho water was fifty feet up the shaft, and later it was 100 feet. ''he miners undoubtedly opened the lower end of a reservoir of water which was confined undor great pressuco and which found vent through the shaft, The men were oxtremely fortunate in escaping. e MOORISH WIVES, Not Such Slaves to Their Lor Has Been Supposed. The Moslom women are not such com- plete slaves to their husbands as is gon- erally supposed, savs the Cornhill Magazine. A Moorish officer we took to Jeddah from Tangier had his wife with him. Sne was his only wife, and, though only cighteen yoars of age, had been married to him five years and had three children, one of whom was dead and the other two alive and left behird at their home at Fez, whence they came. He had twice bofore performed the pilgrimage to Mocea, and ench time had been accompanied hy his young wife. Thid time they wero tak ing her mother with them, and, in- deed, the thoughtful and considerate way in which he treated them occa- sioned me a good deal of surprise. This bigoted Musselman—looked upon by his European brethren as a j of women. as one utterly” incapable of appreciating their higher qualitios, and meroly using them as means where- with to gratily his coarse passions— could certainly hayve shamed many of them in this matter. The ship was lying in the bay sabout a mile from the city of Tan- gior. The son was running protty high, and long before they came along- side both Ladies were vory sick. Gently he lifted thom on board and laid them down in a quiet corner, while he rushed about to seek the best place on deck whereon to fix his tent. Then he tore open his packages and drew out from them carpets and pillows and eurtains, and in g short whiie a well-fitted tent was ready, and _into it he carried the two women and laid them down and made them comfortable. There they lay till the next d as much Jike two bundles of clothes as anything else, for even their faces and hands were invisi- ble,and I really believe they did not move once, although in a few hours, as soon as we had got through the straits and entered the Mediterranean, the sea became perfectly calm, and a great deal of their indisposition must have been of that inexplicable nature which would have tried the patience of many a christian husband considerably. But he busied himself about and lita fire, sently turned out a nice little aind didn’t lose his temper a it ause thoy would have none of it, but only gazed sorrowfully at the pro- visions that were to be wasted. Then he made them some and then some coffee, and left nothing untried in the whole category of things to mako them comfortable, - patiently sitting there fanning them, or anon starting up to get them some water or any other thing they might nt. When, the next morning, the ladies had been in- duced to look over the side of the ship and had convinced themselves that the sea was as calm as it possibly could be and that therefore they could not ang longer be sick, then did they bestir themselves and do their proper work in attending to the houso and doing the cooking. They took great pride in mak- ing the tent look clean and neat, and altogether they seemed a very happy couple. These pilgrims scrambled on board with great agility and with no regard for dignity or deceney. A ladder, of course, is always welcome; but if one is not handy they are quite capable of swarming up ropes or climbing up the sides.’ 1f the women are unable to help themselves they are handed up like any other bundles. For an hour or two after the decks give one the idea of apandemonium of yelling demons. Iverybody seems to bé fighting with everybody else; screams of distross,yells of furious anger, threats and prayers, curses and blessings succeed each other in bewildering and ludicrous confusion. The gesticulation is startling. Arabs cortainly excel 'renchmen in this ac- complishment. The disturbance while it lasts is someothing awful, and is pro- duced by the search after and identifi- cation of baggage and selection of sites for erecting tents and spreading car- pets. Women are no less forward in this business than theyarein any other, even among us. One old fat negress we took up at Tangier came on board, and instontly took o faney to partof the deck which three grave,long-bearded Moore: had taken possession of the night befor ly she ordered them away, and as at first they scemed too much lost 1n stonishment to comply with her mod- request, sho proceeded to give them a practical demonstration of her mean- ing by preparing to pull up the carpets on which they were sitting. On this they started up, and not only let her take the best snot for herself and hus- bund, who stood by, looking on in a half-frightened manner, but also served her submissively in bringing up her boxes and massing them around her, while she squatted on her haunches and treuted them to her views of things in genel TUNES BY THE QUART. Prospectus of the Fhonographic Mu- sic Canning and Packing Co. Drake's Magazine: A fewmoro shares of the Lidison Phonographic Music Can- ning and Packing Co., ean be subscribed for by early application at this offico. The object of this euterprise, we need hardly state, is to_prepare in a conven- ient and portable form choice opern and other musical for the use of familics in the country, and for ship- ment all over the world, Byour just- completed phonographic apparatus 5,000 boxes of the choicest airs are putup every day, and warranted to keep 1n any climate, All that is necessary is to make a small perforation in the lid of ach tin, and allow the music to trickle out. None but the bost composers are in our stock, and such standard op- s s Cllrovatore,” *Martha,” *Fra volo” and “*Faust” are put up fresh day in one act, two act, and throe act tins. Sucred music for Sunc schools and foreign missions secur, cked in cases of ono dozen cans each, banquet is complete without one of our wmedley cans, containing twenty beautiful selections. These are of the three pint size and can be readily con- cealed in the flower center-pieces. Lul- lubys for the nursery in immense vari- ety. No lover should visit his sweet- heart without one of our Patent Pocket Surprise Cans, containing *‘Break Awav, Darling, There's a Step in the Hall,” and other suitable songs. One of these let off in the coat-tail pocket at 11 p. m. caonot fail to amuse and (4 9 up matters considerably. These last are all in two flats 0 as not to wake the old folks. A full line of Patti, Gerster and Aimee in guarts always on hand, and next month we shall be uble to offer a movelty in the shape of ‘'homus’ orchestra in five gallon pack- ages for camp-meotings and Fourth of July celebrations. v - Catareh cured, heaith and sweet breath secured by Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy, Price 50 cents. Nasal Injec free. Forsale by Goodman Drug Co. THE CAPITAL CITY GRIST. A Steed With a Surplus of Owneors. STEWART'S JUDGE DILEMMA, The Amendment Leaguo — State House Jottings—A Divorce Oase ~The Supreme Court— Oapital Oity News, LixcoLy Bun or Trte OMATA Bes, } 1020 P Streer, LiNcoLN, Neb,, Sept. 25. Judge Stowart was engagea to-day in heéaring the replevin suit of Tobius Walter against Peter Horner. Somo throe woeks ago Waiter had a horse stolen from him, and three or four days ago sued out a writ of re- plevin against Horaer, clmming the latter had the horse in his posscssion. Horner testified to-day that he had purchased theé horse from one Gieason who lives in Gold county, Kan. Gleason was present and testified that he had raised tho horse from a colt. Walter was equally as positive that the horse was hie, and Judge Stewart is left to wrestlo with the problom who is the real owner. The mendment League, The executive committeo of the non-parti= san prohibitory amendment league met in session in this city this afternoon. Besides the home leaders, Attorney Wilson, J. M. Stewart, C. A, Robbins and C. A. Atkinson, Dr. H. P. Fitch and O. H. Gordon, of Hast- ings, were in attendanc I'he special ob- ject of the weeting at this time is not known. but it is opined that it had to do with the business part, of the arrangoment enterod mto with the Kearney Knterprise, whereby it became the orean of tho sub- missionists. 1t is reasonably ocertnin that the Enterprise hus been chosen to fight tho battle for the amendment folks, and that the consideration is in a fair way to be met. It is said that the mecting to-day proved em- inently satisfactory to the committeo, State House Jottings. Sheriff W. J. Green, of Thayer county, brought John Lantz and Charles Lewis to Hopkinsville to-day. They will do service for the state for a terin of years, The Bank of Bayard, of Cheyenne county, filed articles of incorporation to-day. Capi- tal stock, $25,000. Ixistence dates from Au- gust 15, 1880, to August 15, 1909, lucorpora- tor: Rovert Cottington, Louis Kraus- felder, Thomas Winter and E. M. Stearns, John D). Hawthorn, of Inaianola, writes Labor Commissioner Jenkins that he' raised fifteen tous of sugar beots to the acre this year He thinks that Nevraska beats the world for sugar beets, and says that the sugar industry cannot help proving &, suc- cess'in this state. Wants a Divorce. Anna R. Stewart sceks to be divorced from her husband, Asa Stowart, and in her petition sets up that she has been abused, beaten and mistreated generally during tho past half-dozen years. If the half she al- leges is true the court will haraly take her case under advisement when it is submitted. It is perhaps remembered that Auna had her husband taken before the board of insano commissioners a short time since, ana the examination re: harge. Stew- art owns 160 s of land near West Lin- coln, and is reported to be worth $25,000. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were married twenty-live years ago, are Proceedings. pursuant to adjournment. Mis- Ruilway Company vs. Sharp, dismissed; Atkins vs Gladwish, motiou to quash bitl 'of exceptions overruled. The following cases wero argued and _sub- mitted: Gandy vs state, Dayis vs Giddings, Myers vs Bealer, Itis resolved by the attorneys prosent that toall charges of misfeasance, potit negli- gonca or inaceuracy during thoe'first week of the present term on the part of the deputy clerk of the supreme court, he be, and_he hercl lowed to plead the “‘baby act” in defense and excuse therefor. Tho following cases were filed for trial: The ex rel School District No. 88 of. Frontier Supreme O Court m souri Paci county vs Warren C. Fenton, county treas- urer. Mandamuvs. T'he State ex rel Aaron F. Powers vs Lou F, Patridge. Mandamus, Neohus A. Gibson al vs Minnie E. Smith et o rror from the district court of Douglas county. City News and Notes. W. P, Hopper, cditor of the Imperial Re- publican, was in ‘the city to P. W. Brown, of Missour: Valley, Ta., was the guest of Dun Hopkins, of Hoplenshille, today. H. A, Houghton, a traveling man, formerly of this city, was called to Denver this morn- ing by a telegram announcing tho dangerous illness of his wife, Fred P. Olmstoad, Charley Tanner, J. A. Casto and M. Van Fleet, of Hastings, wero in tho city to-day. Mr. Casto was here espeennlly to ook after the Adams county ourt house bonds, M. Hill, J. G. Miner, W. S. Bristol, Hugh Murphy, C. K. Scot and 1. W, Burk bauser, of Omalia, were i the Capital city to-day. O,"J, Wilcox, of the German banis, has been selected to represent the Na- tional Bankers' association, which will bo hield av Kansas City in the near futur Rev, E. M. Lowis, who has been visiting the old world for several months past, ro- turned home to-day. 3ishop Bonacum_ left for St. Lows to-day to assist iu dedicating o lurge. catliedral there. National Five Young Men Killed, Berniy, Pa., Sept. 25.—The boiler at the sawmill of Pritz Bros. oxploded yostorday, instuntly killing John Pritz, Edward P Oliver RRoss, David Doss and David Baker, all well-known young men of this vieinity, T'wo brothers named Brant were badly in- jured, but may recover. ''he mill was com- pletely wreckod, English Steel Works Burn Loxboy, Sept. 23.—The London steel works, at Swansca, have burned, causing heavy loss, Rheumatism, B¥ING dus to tho presenco of uria acid in the blood, is most effectually cured by the use of Ayer’s Sursapae rilla. Bo sure you got Ayer's and no and take it till the poisonous acid is thoroughly expelled from the We challenge attention to this testimony “About two years ago, after suffering for nearly two years from rheumatio gout, being able to walk only with great discomfort, and having tried various ies, “including niineral waters, without relief, I saw by an advertises ment in o Chicago paper that & man bad been -re ed of this distressing coms plaint, after long suffering, by taking Ayer's Barsaparifla. I then decided to make a trial of this medicine, and took it regularly for eight months, and am pleased 1o state that it has effected a complete cure, I have since hiad no res turn of the disease.””—Mrs. R, Irving Dadge, 110 Weat 126th st,, New York, “One year ago T was taken {1l with inflammatory rh fined to my hou out of the sickness very much debili- tated, with no appetite, and my system disordered in every way. 1 commenced using Ayer's Sarsaparilla and began to improve at once, gaining in strength and soon recovering my usual health, T cannot say too much in praise of this well-know nedi ~Mrs. L. A, Btark, Nashua, N. H, Ayer's Sarsaparilla, PEEVARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co,, Lowell, Mass, Price $1; wix bottles, $5. Worlh 86 a bottle