Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1890, Page 6

TR - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE. NO. 12 PEARL STREET, Lelivered by earrler in any part of the City, H.W.TILTON seriavy MANAGER TELEPHONES: Preisres OFFicE No, Niont Epiron, No. Gleason coal, Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. ‘Ihatcher coal, 114 Main street. CarbonCoal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl W, Hunt, until recently an agricultural implement traveler in the Bluffs,dicd & short time ago in 11linois of an abscess. A. W. Askwith, csq., has been appointed executor of the estate of the late J. M. Phil- 1ips in place of N, P. Dodge, resigned. L. Hunter of Carbon, Ta., is tho latest can- didate for the attention of the federal grand L , having been bound over in the sum of 1200 for bootlegging, Special communication of Excelsior lodge, No. 250, A. . & A. M., Monday evenin, January 20, for work on the first degree. Visiting brethren cordlally invited, By der of the W. M, The funeral of Robert N. Martin, who died of heart disease Thursday morning, will take place at ¢ o'clock this afternoon under the auspices of Council Bluffts lodge, No. 49, Independent Order of Foresters, to which the deceased was a member in good standing. Bluffs division, No. 27, Uniform Rank, Kuights of Pythias, gives a grand masquerado ball next Tuesday evening at Peterson's hall, to which everybody 1s invited. The division i8 trying to raise the necessary funds to at- tend the conclave of the supreme lodges of the worla at Milwaukee, at which the Uni- form Rank will be largely represented. ‘The Nonpariel guve a back-handed slap to al members of the board of trade yes- in what purported to be a ¥, BgAINSt certain cs alleged to be made by Tue Ber, The charges were made members of the board of trade, ond this Titz Bek stated as & matter of news. The Nonpareil virtually ad- mitted that they were true, but excused them on the ground that many members of the board were in the same boat. It was an uncalledfor insinuation against a namver of the repregentative business men of the city. ‘The funeral of Matthew McMenomy will take piace at 0 o'clock tomorrow morning from St. Francis Xavier's church, Solemn higzh mass will be celebrated and seruon by Very Rev, Father Cook. Tue pall bearers will be James Wickham, James Mithen, John C. Lee, Peter, Tholl, Martin Hughes, John Mulqueen, Williamn Fitzgerald and J. R. Davidson. The deceased was born in Glen- fin, County Donegal, Ireland. He received his edueation at St. Mary’s seminary, Bar- rans, Mo., under the direction of the Lazarist fathers. He was married in Georgetown, Ta., September 22, 1876 to Miss Mary Coyne, who still survives him, and makes her home with the brother of the deceased, Very Rev. 13. P. McMenomy. s ERSS e Ve Dra. Woodbury have removed their dental oflico to 101 Pearl street, up stairs. —_—— ) S. M. Williamson sells the Standard and Domestic sewing machines. 106 Main strect. coangoes il J. G. Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. e Bush & Gert's pianos, 533 Brondway, — e Reiter, tailor, 810 Broaaway. B Personal Paragraphs. W. H. Monteith is slowly recovering from & Lhree week's siege of pneumonia, Agent J. M. Lane of the G, M. & St. P, 1 slrrzturnea from a business trip to New ork. e The Leaders of fine watches and jewelry in the city, and the place to buy the best goods at the lowest prices is the establishment without rivals, the most reliable firm of C. B. Jacquemy & Co, — Dr. C. H. Bower, 526 First ave. Tel, 229, ———— ur child a cloak at half price this eman’s, Buy ) week at B e The Itoss Investment and T'rust company. The Eastern Star, On Thursday evening, the 16th, Harmony chapter, O, . S., installed _their ofticers for 1800: 'W. M., Miss Emma G. Potter; W. P., Mr. E. R. Fouda; A. M., Mrs, Charles Brin- ton; Con., Mrs. George Rudid; A. Con,, Mrs, John Keller; treasurer, Sarah Harris; sec- retary, Mrs.'W. L. Martin Adah, Miss Mary McMillen: Ruth, Miss Blanch Avkwrights Esther, Miss Lottie Pile; Martha, Miss Jennie' Pile; Electa, Miss Hattie Duquotte; chaplum, Mr. E. Huntington; organist, Mr. M. Bouricious; warder, Mrs. L. M. Shu- bert; sentinel, Mr. . S. Nash, e Notice of Dissol on, ‘The firm of Schluter & Boley has this day dissolved partnership by mutual agreement, Isauc Boley retiring, and August Schluter continuing the business. He will collect all bills due the firm and pay all indebteduess against said firm. AVGUST SCHLUTER, IsAAc BoLey, —— The New Uity Building. To the Iditor of Tue Beg: Permit me to address a few words to the public with re- gard to the proposed submission to the voters atthe spring election of tho question of issuing $150,000 in bonus for ine purpose of crecting u new city hall in this eity. I have been usking the opinion of quite a number of prominent citizens ana taxpiyers on this subject, and in almost every case they wero opposed to the measure buv expressed them- sclves as of tho opinion that there is haraly any use to fight it, as un objector would ouly be set down asan *‘old fogy.” Now this all wrong, and 1 for one think every ono should express himself freely on all ques- tions of such high importance as this one to our citizens, for there are enough voters anyway who pay no taxes and who o not * consider such questions in any other light than that the spending of mouey for public Improvements is & good thing, whether noedad or not, and they will vote for it on that account, not caring where the money is to come from. I think that to vote for the issuing of these bonds av this present time would be the height of folly, for it would considerably increase our taxa: tion, which is already burdensome beyond the abilities of our citizens to bear. Our renular taxes for the last two years have been about 73 percont and will bo for tho coming year only about 11 per cent less, the bridee tax haviug been’ paid. Now, who does not think that such taxation s oneérous, especially since nobody denies that busines: is dull, times hard and money scarce, and why pile on buraens more and more! 1 do not think this is the way w build up our city, On the trary, it will only dis- courage business men and prevent enters prises from locating here, which I had practical proof a short time ago, when par- ties who were looking for a location, after ascortaining the high taxation here, decided 10 look further. Now I will admit that the accommodations for our city government are none of the best Just now, but I do believe that & few thou- suuddollars fudicionsly expended on the present quarters would put them in condi- Lion to answer all reasonable wants for quite @ number of years to come, and in five or ten %:l!l from now we would probably be in & tter condition to erect a comfortable “-:3 buildiog. 1 have heard the opinion exory that a fine city building would be & good ad- vertisement for our city. I say yes, provided 'ou are able to pay for iv; otherwise to un- uly load down our citizens with taxation by it will create a drawback, as it will keep new comers away from here. Now if we must load down with debts, let us do it 8o as to get some good from ft, I understand our sewer systom is incomplete, and In order to make it cowplete will require tne outlay of a consid- erable amount of money. No doubt the sower question is of vital importance to our city, Let us look at it sud see what it re- qui before we rush into aebt to build or- namental oity buildings which do us no good and which we can dispense with until we are better able to "f for them, KEven if we had no bullnln’ st all to sccommodate our city “alons, an had the means at hand to ereot anew buiiding for them, I, with a good many others, think the amount of #150,000 asked for this purpose is exorbitant, and for less than half this amount we should be able to provide a creditable and suitable building to do this city for several generations to ud, also remember the expenses to the city, for the care taking will increase in the same ratio as the costof the building. In other words, expensive buildings, expen sive keeping. Finally, stiould these bonds be voted, how oan they be wsued legally! If | am not mi informed our indebtedness has alread reached the constitutional limit. The only way would probably be to increase our vali- ation, which 18 only another way of increas- ing taxation, 1 do hope that every voter having the wel fare of the city at heart will vote No, and will induce every one of his friends to vote no on this proposition, which should never have been submitted to vote, OXE OF THE - household goods, TAXPAYERS, Cash for Broadway, Mandel, 825 S — Towa lump coal, spot cash, $3.50 per ton. Council Bluffs Fuel Co. The water runs when Bixby plumbs. The acknowledged leadine photoerapher n Council Bluffs is Schmidt, 220 Main street piirkehie s Dr. H. 8. West, guarantoed dentistry. No. 12 Pear st., over BEE oftice. ——— Among the Churches. To the regular church-goer of the Bluffs, as well as to the stranger within our gates, invitations to attend puolic worship aro ex- tended. All beliefs and creeds are repre- sented and at any of the churches atttend- ants will be cordially welcomed. The ces announced for today are as fol. lows: Berean Bantist—The pastor will preach morning and evening. Sunday school will moet at 11:45 . m. Meeting eyery night this week excepting Monday evening. Saint Paul's—Divine service today at 10:30 m, and 7:30 p. m, Sunday school, 12:15. The reotor will officiate and preact. The evening lecture will be addressed specially 10 the young men of Council Bluffs. Young mon and strangers always cordially wel- comed to these services, L. J. Mackay, roc- tor, Baptist—Preaching by the pastor at unday school, 0 p. m. Stran med. Fourth Avenue Methodist—Near Seven teeuth street. Preaching by the pastor at ver meeting Tuesday ut 7:30 torian—Preaching at 10:30 a, m. and 10:30 p. m. The morning sermon will be of special interest, as it will be an address on Syria by a native of that land, an educated young man who comes very highly commended the ablest pastors in this country. The evening sermon will be by the pastor. Sabbath school at 12 m. Young people’s mecting at 6:30 p. m. Strangers and others cordially invited. Rev. G. W. Snyder, Davenport, Ia.,, will preach in the Young Men’s Christian asso- ciation hall Sunday at 3 p. m. Mr. Snyder is president of the Evangelical Lutheran synod of Iowa. He has been spending sey- eral days in this city, and is here in his ofi- cal character to look after the interests of his synod and to consider the udvisability of establishing an English Lutheran church in our city. The public is cordially invited to this service and it is urged that all Lutner- ans, of whom there are not a few here, avail themselves of this opportunity. Congregational — Services morning and evening. Iuthe morning the pastor will preach, subject, *The Good of Godliness.” In the evening Mr. E. Taminolian, & native of Antioch, Syria, will lecture. The public cordially invited. Y. P, S. E. at 6:15, sub- joct, “The Greatness of Love,” W. S. Hamer, leader. Pilgrim Sunday school, corner of Ninth street and Avenue A at8 p. m, Trinity Methodist, South Main street, op- Dot Eighth ayvenue—Preaching at 8:30 p. m. by the presiding elder, Rev. W. 1. Smith, D.D.: young people’s meeting 7 p. m.; Sun- day school ar 2:30 p. m.; social meeting at 10:80 a. m. ; prayer mecting, Wednesday, 7:30 . m, The pastor will conduct the services of the Second Presbyterian church, corner Logau ana Harmony streets at 8 p. m. Presbyterian service at 2034 Avenue B at 11 a. m. by the pastor; Sunday schoot at 10 .. Broadway M. E.—Preaching at 10:30 a, m. and 7:30 . m. by the pastor. Morning sub- ject, “Bo Not Confirmed to this World;” evenmng, “Ninth of Pilgrim Progress So- ries; Sunday school at 12 m.; Epworth league and clase meeting at 6:30 p. m. A cordial invitation to all. Christinn Science—Service today at 8:30 . m. in Press club room. Kntrance No, 19 Pearl streot. There will be proaching at Overton Mis- sion and People's church, corner Fourth avenue and Seventeenth street at 7:530 ‘clock this evening by Rev. A. Overton. verybody cordielly invited. e The Famous Cash Grocery. Dull season prices Granulated sugar, 15} lbs., §1. Choice roasted Rio cofice per 1b., 2%, Good Japan tea per 1b., 20¢, Good rice per 1b., 7e, Hominy per 1b,, So. Best roiled oats per Ib., 4c. Buckwheat flour per 1b., 4c. Full cream cheese por 1b., 140, California hams per 1b., 6c. Good laundry soap, 11 bars, 250, Hest laundry soap, 6 bars, 25c. Star tobacco per plug, 4. Good smoking tobacco per 1b., 25¢, Best country butter per ib., “0c. Fresh country eggs per dozen, 20c. Best cider vinegar per gallon, 20¢. Good family tlour per sack, 8be. Best Minnesota flour (guaranteed) per sack, $1.50, 200 Broadway, obposite Ogden house, Sco- fleld & Cavin's old stand, e Pure buckwheat flour and pure maple syrup av Kelley & Younkermen’s, 102 Broad- way, e Sacrifice Sale of Hair Goods, Mrs, C. L. Gillette will reopen her hair goods emporium in Mrs, Pfeiffer's down town millinery store, 14 Main street, Tues- day, January 21, and for thirty days will offer all her entire stock at one-half less than former prices. T'he stock consists of frizzes, switches, waves, hair ornaments, ourling irons, etc), all of the highest grade and latest style. Ladies will find this the best opportunity of their lives to obtain these goods at little co P The Veteran Firemen. The Veteran Firemen's associat'on, at their annual meeting, elected the following oficers: President, John Bohn; vice presi- dent, O. D, Aaign: second vice president, Jesse Waltors; recording and financial secre- tary, James Br-dle{‘; treasurer, C. M. May- nard; directors, P. Lacy and Charles Nichol son of Bluff City company No.1, C. W. Mitohell and Joseph Spauldingof No. b John Temploton and Charles Walters of Rescue No. 3. e h— Fire Insurance—A Good Showing. The following abstract from the sworn statement of the Council Bluffs Insurance Co., makes u svlendid showing of the financial condition of our home company : _The total assets, not including stock notes, $54,835.77; all actual labilities, $5,496.30; surplus to policy holders, 'mm.'é& ‘This company starts on the tenth year of its existence with every nonest loss settled aud paid and with prosoects for the future brighter than ever. 1t merits the patronage of every property owner in Council Biuffs and the state of fowa, for it is a legitimate enterprise that has come here to stay, ————— At Worth Your Attention, Tae Bee desires to call the attention of all who desire Lo save mouey during these bard times to the great sale of winter goods advertised by Henry Eiseman & Co. w0 com- mence Tuesday morning, This sale em- braces the winter goods in every department and that means somethiog for “every want created by cold weather, This sale follows the first invoice in the new building, and 1 for the purpose of clearing out 4\ that re- malus on hand of the great stock of winter goods ordered for this season trade. The as- surance is given that these goods will be slaughte and people who have much or little money to spend will receive a mid~ winter beunefit. — Traveling wen, Motel Jameson is firsts Class. A B UGHTER SALE. Eiseman's Offering to the Public—All Thelr Winter Goods at a Big Discount. There is money to be made by ail people who have even a dollar to spend daring the coming week. The array of clerks employed at Eiseman's have been engaged since the first of the year in the work of invoicing. Although av unprecedented business was done during the fall and first winter month there is found in all departments a great many winter goods, all of tue highest grade, and although the first winter weather has just reached us and peoplo are feeling the necossity for winter goods for tho first, all grades of goods purchased for the winter trade have been marked down fora slaughter sale. You have alwuays got 100 cents on the dollar at Eiseman's, but this week you will save morc than that on every dollar you spend. There is not a single department in which you will not find articles of negessit —somothing that you wneed for “your x sonal comfort or the comfort of your homed and family. [t is just as necessary us it was a week ago, but you can get it _this week 50 per cent cheaper than you could then. This sale will commence Tuesday morning and is for the purpose of clearing out all that remains of the winter atock in all de- partments, It 18 needless to specify articles, for the sale embraces everything in every department. sl Efseman's Groat Forced Sale of winter goods will commence Tuesday morning. Goods will be slaughtered right and left. Save your dollars and_bring them 10 us and we will surprise you with bargains, Al kinds slaughtered at f winter goods will be eman’s this week. - The Manhattan sporting headq'rs 418 B-way. piede LR C. 8. steamdye works, 1013 Broadway. — = F. Jaussen teaches zither music. Terms reasonable. 7 3 ave. ot Gigantic Sale. The first annual gigantio sale of the Bos- ton store commences Wednesday, January 922, and will continue for ten days their aim is 1o make this one of the most successful sa'es in the west. All our patrons that have at- tended our special sales herétofore well know what this mcans, as they all know we usu- ally do better than we advertise. Below we quote only a fow of the hundreds of bar- gains to be found on our _counters: Hamilton cashmeres, all wool flling, 9¢, worth 124c; double fold cashmere, 1le, worth 15¢, all wool filling; 84 ineh tricots in mixtures, only 15¢, regulur 25c goods; at 25c a line of 36-inch all wool flannels, mixtures, silk stripes, and a beautiful lwe of o meres, worth from 35¢ to 5Ue; 50 pieces 54- inch broadeloth suitings, full range of cbl- 5S¢ woods; vard wide vard wide muslin, s Canton flannel rem- Ask to see other bar- gains at ic, 6ige, 8o, 10 and 12%c. Sheeting musling unbleached, 9-4 at 19¢, Sheeting muslins unbleached, 104 at 20c. Pillow case muslin, 45 inches, at Sheeting muslins bleached, 104 at 23c. pieces heavy trilled scarlet flannels at 17c, regular price 25¢, Lonsdale & -Berkley cambric 9¢ & yard, 100 dozen huck-n-buck towels worth 25¢ for 1 Turkey red damask, 50c. Colors in all the aboy In damask table linen we offer special ba gains at 25¢, 20¢, 8il¢c and 50c. Scotch zephyr ginghams worth 3¢, to go during this sale for 1fc, . 100 pieces French ginghams in plains, plaidsand fancies, at 125gc; other houses ask 19¢ for same goods. Duteh blue calicos durs ing this sale for 10c. Our regular $1 gents’ scarlet and natural wool shirts ana drawers to clear during this sale for 75¢. 45 dozen gents' ray shirts and drawers, sale price 25c. Ladies’ jersey coats §4.50, £.00 and £ 50, all to go at £3.50. 150 ladies’ short juckets and English walking jackets .50, $7.50 and $3.50, all to go at £.25. Ladies’ newmarkets #10.00and $11.00, all to go at $7.00. newmarket, our £12.00,° $13.00, §14.50 and $16.00 garments all go at $0.75. Boston Store, Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Co., Council Blufls, B Finest line confectionery, fruits holiday groceries 1n the city. Ateo'’s, / nuts and S. T. Me- — - One hundred bales of blaunkets and com- !nrl.?‘ to be slaughtered at Eiseman’s this week. —_ TWO PRACTICAL WIVES, Exemplifications of the Ruling Pus- slon Strong in Death. A story is a story, whether it is true or not, says the Boston Courier, and if one were obliged to vouch for the truth oMl that one relates the art of story- telling would fade away and disavpear from the face of tho earth. The editor does not in the least vouch for the truth of the following bit of anecdote. He can simply say that it was told him as true by a very charming and canny old ladv who professed to know “of her own knowledge.” The phrase is some- what ambiguous, but it is the one she used, and the reader may take to mean anything he pleases. Mrs. W. was a thrifty and practica® soul, and she came of a family which through all the country side wus re- nowned as being “near.” TIn other words she came of a race of people who the reverse of generous. and in I she was, it may be added, the flower of their qualities, She had an excellent husband, but he was stricken down with typhoid pueumonia, and one orning the physi- cian in charge announced to the weeping wife that he could live only a few hours at most, In her way Mrvs, W, was fonc of her husband, and she was greatly affected by the verdict which aunnounced her approaching separation from him. The scene hetween her and her husband was affecting in the ex- treme, and the nurse, who was present in the background, was moved to tears b,ylll?e agonized fervor of Mrs, W.’s grief, *'George,” the weeping wife said at last, ‘*what clothes do you want to have on when—when—" Tears choked her utterance, and her husband feecbly muttered that it did not matter to him'any more how he was ar- rayed, **Tnen you won’t mind, dearest,” she said between her sobs, *if we put on your old pants? The new ones haven’t’ been worn but once, and we can send them back to the tailor, and no one will notice v hat sort of Vnnuyou have on in the cof—cof—coffin.” Dear George was too far gone either to care what trousers were used for the arraying of his remains for the tomb or to appreciate the perfection of his wife’s economy; he simply moaned and gave up the ghost, leaving his wife free to practice any economiaal deviece which should occur to her frugal mind in the arrangements which followed in doleful sequence. The story, such as it is, reminds one of another, such as that is, to the effect that the husband of a frugal wife was dying, and she was sobbing by his bed- side, when suddenly she checked the flow of her tears to say: “Will you please excuse me just a moment, dearest Tom ? Ismell some- thing burning ip the kitchen,” Which, in its turn, may not be true, but which, being told in company on one occasion, provoked the apparently sincere comment from one of the ladies present: “'Well, what was she to do? Stay there and let it burn ¥ —— man & Co. are now takiog in- ventory of their stock, and a great forced sale will follow. This sale will be the most g:-nuu slaughter sale of goods that ever k place in Council Blufts. We are bound to reduce our stock before -going east for soriog goods. - If low prices will do it we R‘u 10 rushing business for the next thirty . Henry Eis GUBERNATORIAL EXCURSION. Scenes and Inoi Week i, TO THE CITY OF THE TRUE CROSS a of the First exico. The Many Beauties of Country and Climate—Visity to the Pictur- esque Old wities—The Flag' Honored. — Tn O1d0 Mexico. To the Editor of Tris Ber: Your in- telligent compositor dropped two names from the copy giving the names of the Mexican tourists which appeared in last Sunduy’s B William M. Leon- ard and wife of Lincoln, two highly re- spected and prominent members of party. Barly Monday morning, De- cember 23, found our entire party en- route to Guadaloupe, three miles north- t of the Palace plaza, City of Mexico. ¥ supvosed to be the exact location of the visitation of the Lady Guada- loupe, who stepped from the elouds and introduced hersell to an astonished In- dian sheep herder, Every town and village has a chure dedicated to “Our Good Lady’ Guada- loupe. At the foot of Guadaloupe hill are three churches, one u little above the other, the largest oncon a level with the plaz These three churches betoken the threa places where the virgin appeared to the sheep herder. Thrice she appeared to this poor Indian and ordered him to build her a temple. Not having & penny the fellow hesitated to obey, but reported the visitation to his p Following his advice isit by repairing to he again invited a vi 3 the wysting place, and when the vi came, demanded o sign. She ordered him to throw his serape-blanket on the ground and filled it with flowers gath- ered from the barren rocks, where flowers had never grown. Ashe opened his blanket, to show her gift to the riest, lo! his flowers had turned to a most beautiful picture of Madonna Sweetness, with a boy cherub in her ns. The greasy serape, with its por- , @pparently woven in the blanket we saw just over the altar of tne larger temple. A frame of solid silver encasesit. This miracle appeared 1 the second yearof the Spanish reign, and Guadaloupe became an Indian to Indians, that they migntaceept Roman- ism and the plunderers be safe in their possessions. We went out on a street ca st enough of us to fill a first-class car. The driver ran the muies all the way; this is the style in Mexico. 3y the by, tho street car system in cois as perfect as can be found here in Am. ,except that the motive power is By mules. The cable and electric motors are unknown. I was veliably informed that tho entire railway system of Mexico belongs to three minor children, and that it was the best paying investment of the kind in America. Everybody in Mexico patronizes the street car lines, high and low, rich and poor, all ride. Aibeggar will stand for hours ealling for ‘claquos in order to get money enough to ride a few blocks on the street cars. Every line hasiits| first and sccond class ca:s. The ‘firdt-class charge is srom 6} to 124 cenisifare, according to the time of day,~and.second-class G} cents or one medio: . Freight and funeral cars are run over | the same lines. After stepping from the street cars at Guadaloupe we fivst took in the sights of the plaza which, like all Mexican plazas at this time of the yéar, Christ- mas week, was filled with hucksters country people and traders of every class and description. The main res- taurants of the town were to be found on the sidewalk. Women and children were sitting in the streets and on the sidewalks making tortillos and baking “hem on hot stones. Several Mexican dishes were being prepared, which might have been appetizing to the natives, but which were nauseating to the mewbers of our party. We saw and lnstmf the water of the wonderful soda springs which gush from the rocks av tho exact point where Guadaloupo stood when she conversed with the herder- The spring is en- closed in a solid stone basin, sur- rounded by and covered with an iron railing. 1 presume it is so covered to prevent devotees from drowning them- selves in this holy water, which to me tasted exactly like the soda springs of Maritou, Colorado. Near the door of the springs we saw one of the most frightful looking beg- gars that we had seen in Mexico a rcfi haired specimen of humanity, crippled freckled and olind, his bushy hair stood out like porcupine quills; a hideous looking sight. "Our artist took his pho- tograph. All climbed to the upper church fully 800 feet above the valley. The view was a grand one and repaid us for our effort, We entered the sanctuary of the Guadaloupe and bought IIflCllll"-‘E and other trinkets, whicl can be found in every church in Mexico. These little stores and hubk- ster shops in the sanctuaries of the principal churches, within a few feet of the kueeling devotees, tend to re- mind one of the story of Christ scourg- ing the money changers from the temple. After our return tothe City of Mexico the party took carriages and under the guidance of Colonel Corrella of the Mexican army vigited Chapultepec. The drive over the broad boulevard from the city to Chapultepec, three miles southwest’ from the plaza, and thence arolind the . mountain through the wonderfyl forests of cedar and eucalyptus trees—some of the for- mer twenty feet in diameter—and many other beautiful treas, by a winding, paved and stone walled carringe way to the main courtyard of the Chapultepec palace, was oné thipt can never be for- gotten. We were condubted through the pal- ace and private apartments of Presi- dent Diaz, who muflop this his summer rosidence, and who ,lives in the city during the winter ason, and were shown the silver plate and wonderful silver candelabra;-the five vases and other solid silver vessels originally be- longing to Maximilhan, now by confis- catiou the property of the Mexican gov- ernment, Our party was seated at the solid mahogany table in the president’s summer dining room, and served with - refreshments, The walls of the room were hung with silk, except in the dining room, which had leathsr hangings. The cary- in on the ceiling, matels an wainscoting, in oak, was very rich and expeusive. Every room in the palace was a marvel of beauty, and there was not one in our party who would not have been willivg to make it an all-the-year-around residence. Connected with the palace is a large military school—the West Point of Mexico. It ocoupies the main fortress, which, until a few years ago, was gar- SUNDAY JANUARY 19 1890.--SIXTEEN risoned by Mesiean troops, Colonel Corrella, is n profe school, and took us throug |10l1:lrllncn(!l‘ The cadets are a fine lot of young men, ranging in age from sixtéen to twenty-four years, but like all young Mexicans are under-sized, compared with our American boys. They are delicate little fellows, weighing from ninety to 140 pounds: not one in the 500 was over 5 feet 8 inches in height. Our visit there was a pleasant one, and long Our treatment was as courteous hospitable as we could wish. Looking from the terrace of Chapulte- pec we sce first before us on what was once an ind 1n the center of the great lake, the grand old City of Mex- 10, the capital of Anahuac, said to con- tain fully’ 800,000 poople. Steeples of numerous churehos, the palace, squares of houses—all white and beautiful in the distance—three miles of brond codar-lined avenues leading from Chapultepee to the ¢ -the great stone aqueduct to the left, three beyond the city, northeast the bold promontory and hill of Guadaloupe,with its churches and monument to the sailor aead, built in the form of a mast with sail sproad jast and southeast fifty to soventy miles appear as only a dozen miles ‘away, the snowy scalps of Iz- taccihuatl—the white woman—and the famous voleano of Poocatepetl rising more than 17,000 feet above sea level. To_ the west and north are mountains and valleys as beautiful s a picture. Just south Molino Del Rey, where the American batteries weroe planted to sheil Chapultopee and just under the brow of the hill southeast the beautiful gardens of Tacubaya, from where the mericans started on their charge to scalo the walls of the famous fortress. Colonel Corella showed us where the Yankees scaled the ramparts, and he showed mno fecling as he told of Santa Anna’s defeat. Were I a Mexican I would never forget or forgive the Amer- icans for this unholy war of conques the big man’s fight for ulittle boy apple. Tuesday the 24th we visited the mu- seum and saw much to interest the tou ist, particularly a foreigner. were more interested in the Aztec de- partment, among the stone gods, sacri- ficiai stones, ete. The Aztee calendar stone, eight feet in diameter aud four feet thick: a hard, flinty rock handsomely carved moro than a thousand years ago, is the best monument extant of Aztee learning and civilization. We saw the jewels worn by Montezuma and the armour worn by Cortez, ola Spanish arms and fags. ‘The entire collection of this museum is very interesting and well displayed. Part of this day, Tuesday, was spent in purchasing ~ecuvios, opals, onyx, feather work, pottery and other pro- ducts of the country, Wednesday, being Christmas, nearly all the stores were closed except the sidewalk and plaza shops. Our party spent most of the day in and about the cathedrals and in the Alameda, the largest eity park in Mex- ico, containing about forty acres. This purk has every attraction in the way of trees, fountains and fine walks. The plaza in front of the palace and cathedral we found full of people ing their wares. Sunday is the best day for trade. Here and everywhere in the City of Mexico and in all large towns we find the lottery ticket vender most numerous and most persistent of all. All their sales have a percentage of benefit for the priest. They have pious names—the Lottery of the Holy Trin- ity, Immaculate Conception, and other names indicating governmental sanc- tion, as Ll National, ete. The ice- cream vender was calling out *“Alouse,” **Alouse,” so “we heard it, and our in- terpreter said he meant ice-cream. Some of us went out to Tacobaya, three and a half miles south. Thefinest residences in Mexico are located here. We were invited to inspect the bestone, which wefound located in the center of an eighty*acre park, full of the finest trees, fountains, lakes, walks and flow- ers, mystic glens and handsome drives, handsomer than any portion of Cen: tral park, New York. The house contains forty parlors, every one a picture gallery, hung with chowce paintings from the old masters. The grounds surrounding the o6ld mausion were enclosed by a high stone wall, twenty to thirty feet in height, the only entrance being through a high iron gate. The wmillionaire owner of this palace spends most of his time in the city—I was told—for fear of being being abdueted by bandits. Thursday morning, the 26th, at 6 o'clock, we left the city of Mexico for Vera Cruz—the city of "the holy cross. Our train had the usual carload of sol- diers, baggage and mail cars, two pas- senger coaches and our two specials. The first matter of interest to us after leaving the city,was the wonderful fields of maguay plant, hundreds of acres in extent. Men and women could be scen laboring in the fields sucking pulque from the plant. The pulque is packed to the railway station in hogskins loaded upon the backs of burros. The packages lying upon the platform ready for ship- ment look like a lot of dead hogs. From Esperanza to Ovizaba about thirty miles we dropped 4,000 feet, an average of over 130 feet to the mile, part of the way the grade is over two hundred feet to the mile. Fairlie engines to pullthe train—ano machines like them in the United States--are used on this mountain division., Therails and ties are of steel, the road bed of broken and solid rock, bridges all of stone and iron, the best and most costly road in America. Mr. Thompson and myself rode down this first mountain grade to the Orizaba plateau on the cowcatcher of this double headed engine. Wae saw the beautiful village of Mal Trata 8,500 feet below our track. The city blocks 800 feet square looked as if they were the size of panes of glass in a window. We were in a temperate zone near the frost line. Just below 8,600 feet were orange groves, banana orch- avds, rhododendron hedges in full bloom. Can youimagine such a picture? 'rom Orizaba the first g‘rmn. platean above the sea forty miles to 3,000 feet nearer the sea level, The ride from izaba down was amd the richest tropical delights. There was no end of heavy deep foliage of thick set banana orchards, of hide-and- o-seck coffce plantations, the bushes oaded with the rich red berry ready for harvest, growing amid tropical trees, flaming rhododendrons, great bushes twenty feet high full of flowers, cactus plants of marvelous size, orange, lemon and lime trees full of golden fruit, Nowhere has nature piled up more magnificence in forest shape. The road winds on seini-circular bridges through short tunnels, twenty or more. We cross the Atoyac river, 100 feet below, and hug the side of this wonderously beautiful stream half hid- den, often éntireiy hidden by the forest foliage, pass the falls, pretty beyond de- seription, on from lovely forests to and through plantations, and here and there a village, out again pass the lonely peon house with high thatched roof and open sides built for protection against rain and heat. Cordova, the largest town between Orizaba and Vera ]) Our guide, sor in this 1 the several and = Cruz, was veritably a fruiv station. half buskel of oranges could be purchased for ‘‘dos reals,” less than 15 cents American money, Pine apples for vhe A value of six Amorvican conts; banana whole bunches, for 25 cents. One could write a book of the sights of a day’s ride from early morn in Mexico to Vera Cruzby 7 p. m. Vera Cruz, the coity of the true cross, founded by Cortez on the hot dering the Gulf of Campeachy. Ei milos inland to the west, the sightly cone of Orizaba—the handsomest volea- no on oarth—lifts its white snow clad pyramid glowing like a cloud smitten by the sun, yet fixoed and solid and ns bright as no cloud can ever be, One thousand seven hundred feet to tho top to a frigid zone while at Vera Cruz only eighty miles away is atorrid clime,with tropical fruits and tropical plants. You sce at a glance the change in climate in trees, plants and shrubbery, fruits and flowers—a most wonderful v 3 As soon as the train stopped wo fol- lowed our guide to the Plaza, an acre lotin the conter of tho oity, & most beautiful garden full of " tropical trees and flowers, the paved streots and_ open verandahs, = surrounding tracks as smooth as glass. A band plays Mexican airs here every evening., the nis full of youth, beauty and the astly beggar. The wide promenade surrounding the garden was taken up a continuous moving line of promenaders. The open verandahs adjoining the Plaza were full of people sipping wite and coffe At ing arefreshingmeal, The best familios of the city were here; ladiesunattended, youug lads playing leap frog and hide- and-go-seck, girvls tripping a rope; all out-doors in midwinter enjoying a balmy, delightful atmosphera. Flowers were on every hand and for snle for a fow pennies, bouquets some of them half o yard across, the borders usually made of violets, crowded and solid, a dark background for the more brilliant colors forming the crown, the outside lining being of escalloped paper. About 10 a. m. December 27 we all embarked in two large row boats for the world-famed fortress (now only a prison) of San Juan del Ulloa. As we crossed the beautiful bay our two boat loads vied with each other in singing patriotic songs. We passed just under tho bows of o monster French steamer just weigh- ing anchor for a sea vo, 3 As wo neared tha white walls of Ulloa we all noticed the flag of Mexico floating from the s I over the main tower, buta few sentries on the parapet were the only living objects in view. We steered our boat close by the great gray stone walls into the moat, and just s we stepped from the hoat to the wale some one noticed that the Mexican col- ors were being lowered, and as we all glanced to the flag staff up rose our grand old flag, the stars :\n«k stripes— God bless the heavenly bunner. Wo involuntavily took off “our hats, and some dared to cheer. It wasa glorious sight and o more glorious compliment, one that could not be hestowed upon a party of foreigers—no matter who they might bo— n American officer. Not an officer or soldier in the fort could speale English, yet they understood that it was Governor Thay party, and our interpreter gave them to un- derstand that we proposed to hold the fort until we hud seen all there was worth seeing. We saw the feeding of the prisoners, and what they had to eat, the dungeons and every other poinv of interest. We decided we must have our picture by our ever faithful photographer. « There were soldiers to the right and left of us. The commander made his men swallow their dinner and change dress from fatigue to full uniform in just _fifteen minutes, They marched and counter-marched their men as directed by our artist until he was ready for the picture, which proved to be a good one. The officers of the fort accompamed us to the landing as we departed, and waved their adieu until we were half across the bay. . PAL R. el Eiseman will save you money this week, You will find the biggest bargains you ever saw. 1IN THE WEALTH OF NATIONS, Great Britain’s is Estimated at Fifty Billions. £50,000,000,000!—or in words, fifty b lions of dollars—is the w Britain, estimated by Robert n. the English statistician and writer on economic topics. This estimate gives Englana $1.540 a head, Scotland, $1,215, and Ireland $645. Comparing the three richest nations of the world, he gives the wealth per head as follows: Great Britain, $1,450: France, $050, and the United States. $500. If this shows anything it shows the utter fallacy and supreme folly of ay- erages as applied to mateers of this sorv. By Giffen’s computation there ought to be nearly three times as much abject poverty in thbe United States us in Great Britain, for if the average wealth per capita is not a measure of the compar- ative wealth of the people, and conse- quently of their poverty, it isnota measure of anything; and yet ev schoolboy knows that the poverty of th United States is not comparable with that of Great Britain, In the city of London alone, so say English writers, there are nearly 2,000,000 people who are all the time on the verge of starvation. In the same city lies the enormous landed property of the Duke of Wosminister, who counts his wealth by the millions; and yet Mr. Giffen talks about the per capitd wealth of Great Britain as though it meant something, If one man had it all, the figures of per capita weaith would be the same, for they are arrived av by di- viding the sum total of the wealth by the number of people, Again, Mr. Giffen fails 1nto a serious error in estimating the mass of the wealth of Great Britain, and this, of course, is carried all the way through his calculations, He includes all the investments of British capital abroad, as though they were a substantial part of the wealth of the kingdom. It is obvious that all such investmentsshould be carried on a suspense account, for they are extremely uncertain, re- volution or two in South America, an attack by Russia on Turkey, a revolt in Egypt, in fact almost any event of that sort would wipe out a great portion of what Mr. Giften considers a part of the national wealth, and would reduce the per capita distribution very consider- ably. As a supplement to Giffen’s figures there may be presented the estimate of the national wealth of the United States compiled from the returns in the offices of the treasurers of the several states, This computation puts the wealth of the United States at $61,459,000,000, exclu- sive of public property. A momeant’s reflection will show that the excluded property, which embraces the property owned by the general gov- ernment and by state, county and city governments, and also the public do- main, cannot be rated at less than $10,- 000,000,000, 80 it is entirely fair to esti- mate the wdalth of the United States at $72,000,000,000 in round numbers, or nearly one-half more than that of Greau Britain, as Mr, Giffen estimates it. After all, though, the real wealth o anation does not consist so much in tangible property as in the ability 1o hold its own in case of emergency. The reserve force of a country, its undevel- eped resources and unexhausted sources of supply are what constitute the real, substantial wealth of a nation. A na- tion in that respect is like an individ- ual—the bost man s not the man with simply the most muscle, but the ond with norve and endurance and indoms itable conrage. The best test of the comparative wealth of Great Britain and the United States says the San Francisco Chronicle, is to conceive of them as menaced by & common danger, say A European coilie tion directed against them, In such an event the wealth of Groat Britain, not being under her immediate control, would melt away like snow be« neath the noonday sun,while the United Statoes, being aworld in herself and have ing her wealth in the hands of herown people, would meet the shock and suffer no appreciable loss or diminution in hew financial standing and condition. il - MISTAKEN INDENTITY, An Engagoment Noarly “Busted" by Taking the Father for the Son, A young lady ot this city who is ene gaged to a well-known socioty young gontleman, says the Detroit Free Press, recently made an experiment to try the tempor and habits of her fiance, which nearly resulted in disastrous conses quences. Reading her morning paper sho saw an advertisement for a do- mestic, The number of the house wag that of herdover's, where he kepta sort of a bachelor's hall with hisg father, who is a widower. It occurrod then and there to Miss H —— to supply the demand. Not in person but by pro: She knew of a tidy hittle Gers man ‘who was bright and engaging and who wanted a place, She sent for her and gave her instructions as to what sho was tosce and hear and particus larly charged her to observe how Mre B —— muguctcd himself, what he ate, and if he was good-tempered and eas) to please. Christine promised to wate cvml-ythinumul repot at the end of the week. But before the weck was up the girl reported with all her belongings and her eyes overflowing with tears. She had been asked to black Mr. I.’s boots, he had ordered her about as if she were a dog, and he wouldn’t eat anything but gruel and toast, and he swore at her beeause she forgot to wash off the front steps. Then Miss H. sat down and wrota to her lover: “You are a brute. No man who was not a brute would ask a woman to black his boots and swear at her for n mos ment's forgetfulness, I consider that I have had & narrow escape.” There was a frantic mun went tearin, up the avenue that evening and r\mhufi into the presence of Miss H——, but it was some time before he could make her understand the truth of the matter op that he was not that manner of man, The girl had not seen him atall, but had been employed by his dyspeptic old father—whom she knew sololy as Mr. % 1t was simply a case of mistaken idens tity, —3 SPECIAL NOTICES, COUNCIL BLUFFS, FOR SALE AND R:INT. {OR TRADE: [ ——m r Kansas land, purtly improved: will trado for & $.00 ck of dry goods and grocerios, or wiil teade 8) ncres for ies. Addross U2 Avenue O, F Y Omala” or ort 100 acres of ouncil Bluirs, Ia, at less than cash value on monthiy ts or terms to suit, or trade fog Council Bluits uniniproved props New 11-room house, lot 57: with all mode n improvements, on_Sixth avenue, between ‘enth and_Eleventh streets, one block from electric motor iine and one block from Manawa motor line, Now 8-room house adjolning the above. Three new 8-room louses on Lincoln avenue, two blocks from electric motor line wb new d-room houses, four blocks from tric motor line, on Nortn Seventh streot. One new 5-room liouse, four blocks from eiece tric motor line, on Noruh Seventh street. Three new 5 and 6-room houses, ono block tric motor line, corner Avenue A and ifth street. T have houses and lots fn o The above property is all my own and 1 will sell on terms to sult for les than you can buy as good property and im. paove it yourself for cash, C. B.° Judd, 000 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Tn. 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James, h"‘? 10 Pe OB BALEor Rent—Gardon land with houses, by J. K. Rice 102 Main st., Cognetl Biuirs, 3.D, EnMuspsox, E. L. Suvasur, Pros Vice Tos, Pres, Cuas. R. HANNAN, Cashier, MITITONG? O N CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Pald up Capital. ... $160,000.00 Burpius ..... . 38,000.00 Liabllity to Depositor: 35,000.00 Dikkcrons—I. A. Miller, F. 0. Gloeson, E. L ugart, E. E. Hart, J. D.’ Edundson, Chas. K. Hanoan, ‘Transact’ general banking business Largest capltal aud wurplus of auy bau N torn lowa, Interest on time deposits F. M. ELLIS & C0., ARCHITECTS- AND BUILDING SUPERINTENDENTS, Rooms 430 and 452 ee ulldln"x‘. Omulll‘.'ll( ond ooms 24 and 216 Me) m Block, Coun Blutls. lowa, Correspguian-s Soliclied. (o