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Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

were but incidents of the time, with
meanwhile, the questions of established
reconstruction, resumption, nationaldebt,
national taxation, and the development
of the nations resources. Such IS the
period which, on the congressional side,
finds its first full history at the hands OF
Mr.. Blaine. His work has no predeces-
sor; we are confident it will have norival.
For, if the period chosen is unsurpassed
in interest and importance, so is the
chosen historian especially fitted for the
historians work. On the one hand, he
stands, at this present, sufficiently dis
tant from the events themselves to insure
cool perception and deliberate compari-
son. In the prime of his powers, and
untrammeled by the constraints of office,
he gives himself wholly to his
great task. On the other hand, he
possesses that absolute knowledge which
comes from actual, influential participa-
ton, 1t is his great fortune to be able
to say with impersonal, historic truth:
"Of which / vas part" On the foor
and in the Speakers Chair of the House,
and again on the floor of the Senate, he
witnessed the great events which he now
places on the historic page. No import
ant action was taken without his knowl-
edge, and often, in special council, he
learned those related facts and underly-
ing motives which gave the action its
true meaning.
Accordingly, the statements of MIR.
Blaine, corroborated by both external
and internal proof, will possess an au-
thority which will not be questioned.
Even those who may differ from his
estimate of men and acts will yet be in
debted to his narration, and will be in
terested in his views. His personal
"reminiscences and portraits of Lincoln,
Douglas, Seward, Chase, Giddings, Hale,
Stevens, Stanton, Breckenridge, Sumner,
Wilson, Garfield, Fessenden, Raymond,
and many others of the past, with Incl
dents of many public men still living,
will give to Mr.. Blaine's work, to
young and old alike, the fasci-
nation of biography and general history
combined. Such a work, therefore, as
that proposed, from his hand, is the lite
rary event of our times, 1t possesses
greater combined political, historical and
personal interest than any other work of
the century. 1t will be welcomed by
every student of modern American his
tory. 1t will find a place in every library.
1t is sure to be one of the most popular,
as well rs one of the most valuable books
ever offered to the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
Fruit In Nebraska.

rnitheiu Herulu.
Fruit in Nebraska, has been q question
with many ever since the country was
first settled, and though the orchards here
are yet too young to demonstrate this
fact, the orchards in the vicinity of Crete,
about forty miles east, are older and give
promise of a good crop. Apples raised
in that vicinity heretofore, are said to
have beeii IS fine as any raised in the ia
mcus orchards of New York. The finest
orchard We have yet seen in Nebraska, is
that belonging to the Crete nurserymen,
they have 60 acres in orchard, fruit of
every variety, and for every season of the
year. The Crete market was supplied
with cherries during the cherry season
and large quantities were shipped daily
to other towns. MI. Stephens informed
us that their daily sales averaged about
$40. Their apple harvest will be "A profit
able one, and at the trifing expense of an
orchard, every farmer in the country
should have one There is no doubt, that
If the stock of trees selected has been
raised in this climate, and properly plant
ed and protected, but that fruit can be
raised MS successfully in Nebraska as in
eastern states, No investment can be
made that will enhance greater value, and
return a greater profit than the amount
of money and labor invested and expend-
ed ON an orchard. If q man wishes to
sell his farm it will command a higher
price and find more ready buyers.
Some say, 'lf l buy fruit trees for an
orchard, I've got to plant forest trees for
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
Dorsey's Batch of Lies.

New York Times.
For a year or more S. W.. Dorsey has
been scattering from Washington through
the columns of every newspaper to which
he could get access, a series of charges
against the integrity of the late President
Garfield. The President, being dead, was
an object of attack exactly suited to the
courage and capacity of Dorsey, who by
dint of repeating lies to which his dead
victim could not reply, hoped finally to
make an impression on the public mind.
AS he knew thathis own assertions, though
under oath, would not be believed, he
has tried to strengthen them by threats
that he would publish certain damaging
letters which, he alleges, came into his
possession as secretary of the republican
national committee in 1880. He has at
last succeeded in getting all the ancient
and fish-like stories that he has started
strung together and published in the
New York Sun under the head of San
Abstract of the Budget of Stephen w.
Dorsey" and accompanied by as ingenu-
GUS editorial, which seeks to give to
Dorsey's rubbish some sort of dignity.
This is nuts for the scurrilous star route
thief, because it gives him an apparent
standing in a decent journal which he
has not for a long time enjoyed.
1t is a dirty piece of business, however,
in which he has ~entangled the Sun,
which, in its zeal to strike the republican
party, forgets what is due to it's own re-
putation. Were it really necessary, in
the interest of historical truth, and pres
ent and future good government, to
h1n,lynn thn ,n,,n sc @Ln dad r,a,;lnr@
it would be a painful task for any honor
able journalist, to be undertaken only on
convincing evidence, from reputable
sources, capable of being sustained by
public use of documentary proof. But
when a journal takes the unsupported
word of a revengeful scoundrel
whom it's own columns have
shown to be a robber of the treasury, a
faithless senator, and stepped in corrup-
ton, and on that word, without produc.
ing II line of the documents which he
pretends to possess, seeks to destroy the
memory of the president, it surely sacri-
fees to partisan feeling much that a re.
spectacle journal holds sacred. 1t would
be attaching more Importance to Dorsey's
stale stories than is worth while to exam
inc them in detail. They have been be-
fore the public fer months, and they have
produced no effect whatever upon the
minds of impartial men. His uncon.
scionable Drag about his part in the
campaign of 1880 has been exposed
long since, and to any one who
cares to compare his conflicting state,
ments they defeat themselves. SO far
from being the trusted director of that
campaign, he was throughout a suspected
busybody. The greatest labor for which
he is responsible was the labor he i'm
posed upon the persons interested in
watching him to prevent an outbreak OF
his unconquerable fondness for treachery.
The Republican party and the present
administration are fair subjects for search.
ing criticism from their political oppo'
nents, but the effort to reach them by
joining a disreputable wretch like Dorsey
in defaming the memory of President
Garfield is neither decent nor shrewd.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
MAYOR CHASE AND THE JoBBERs.

Mayor Chase has gone over bag and
baggage to the jobbers and robbers in the
city council. In becoming a party to the
sand -stone swindle in the face of remons-
frances from the leading tax payers of
Omaha and the almost unanimous senti-
ment of his constituents he has lost for
ever the confidence of this community.
Time was when Mayor Chase in spite of
his known failings and eccentricities was
looked upon as al honest man who would
at all hazards protect the interests of this
city. But Colonel Chase has fallen into
bad hands of late, and his best friends are
forced to admit now hat he is not only a
wreck but a dangerous man in the posi-
ton he now holds. Our relations with
him have been cordial, but we are forced
to voice the indignant sentiment of this
community at his betrayal of a trust.
Mayor Chase cannot plead ignorance of
the character of the job that he has en-
dorsed. 1t is much more Infamous than
the Holly job which he helped to block.
If he had taken the counsel of our honest
business men half as much as he has of
the corrupt gang of shysters that are en-
ployed in engineering through this out
rageous defiance of public sentiment he
would never have so disappointed his
friends and erased his record by lending
a helping hand to bride takers, scoun-
drels and ~swindlers. 1t is not
for us to say, at this time, what infu-
eccs were brought upon Colonel Chase to
swerve him from the path of a plain duty.
His condition for months past has been a
source of deep modification to his friends
and of congratulation to his enemies. He
has steadily avoided those who would
have been his best counselors in times of
doubt, and has permitted himself to be
led by the worst elements of this com
munity. The result could not long be
doubtful.
To those who have known the Mayor
in his better days this sad ending of IN
honorable if eccentric official record is
a sad one. The only thing that remains
for our citizens is the protection of the
courts. When their rights and interests
were menaced before, Judge Savage stood
as a bulwark between the jobbers and
the people. We have no doubt that
Judges Wakeley and Neville will as fear
lessly do their duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
rs THE QUEEN INSANE?

1t is openly asserted now in London
that Queen Victoria is insane. A cor
respondent of a leading New York paper
says that the statement is now "coldly,
calmly, openly, dispassionately discussed
by partisans as well as foes, by iatterers
and %scoffers, by the staunch adherent and
f~awning courtier, no less than the violent
anarchist or the red republican. The
mind of the queen, not her body, is
affected. Her eccentricities have taken
upon themselves a name, which is only a
synonym for insanity. The lurking faint
in the Hanoverian blood, the dementia
tEceable to the line of the Georges,
bursting out ever and afresh in some
wild or wicked freak, now seems to have
Enthusiastically overtaken the queen"
For years the seltishness and eccentric
ity of the queen have been matters of
daily comment. Erratic %fancles, sudden
caprices, unre~asoning dislikes and uncon-
querable obstinacies have been her lead
ing mental characteristics. These have
now eliminated in a sudden and serious
attack of protracted melancholia. Like
her royel great uncle, the mind of Vic
toria is now clouded with Indispensable
insanity.
Several reasons are given for the
queens mania. In the first place, the
disease is hereditary in the Hanoverian
blood. But this last and painful out
break is undoubtedly attributable to
the death of John Brown, her
~favorite gillie. For years, it
is said, the queen has believed
in the doctrine of the TRANSMIT
grafton of souls, and has persuaded her
self that the spirit of the dead Prince
Albert had settled in the body of John
Brown. 1t was for this reason that Vic.
toria lavished her sympathies and affec-
ton on her servant and braved all public
comment and private remonstrance The
death of John Brown has been followed
by the appearance of symptoms of acute
mania, which the queens physicians
have vainly e~ndeavored to conceal
from the public. 1t is on this
account, if the correspondent of the New
York Sun is to be believed, that hel
majesty has been withdrawn from all in,
tercourse and absolutely secluded from
any eyes except those of her own house
hold. The hints of the leading London
papers are now turned into unconcealed
rumors that the queen of England il
hopelessly insane and that many months
cannht elapse before the prince of Wales
will be called upon to assume the re-
gency.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
stock Shipments.


Laramie boomerang.
At this time last year the shipping sea-
son was well entered upon, but as yet no
range cattle have been sent to the Chi
cago market over the Union Pacific. In
the western part of Wyoming some cattle
were gathered for shipment two weeks
ago by a Cheyenne stockman, but they
proved SO green that they were turned
loose again, and Messrs Haas. q Evans
also visited North Park a short time ago
with a view of beginning their usual
shipments, but did not do so for the same
reasons. The Leader says the Bosler
Brothers have ordered cars for the Goth
instant, at Ogellala, and theirs will be
the first train load sent in 1883 to Chi
cago. Bosler will send over the road
about 10, 900 during the season. Once
begun a very active shipping business
may be looked for. AS the season is to
be shortened by a month, and the num-
Der to be shipped is about the same as
last year, the market will be watched
closely by many interested stockmen of
the northern range.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
SUMMER READING.

Carloads of the lightest kind of read
ing are now being issued by publishers
all over the country, and the supply does
not seem any too large for the demand.
The wants of summer readers are pecu-
liar. Nothing is desired that calls for
the slightest effort to understand it.
Hence heavy literature is tabooed alto
gether and the light novel comes to the
front, with colors flying. 1t matters not
that it is trashy, SO that it is in a meas
ure bright and entertaining If it be
amusing as well so much the better.
Clever and not great books are what is
demanded. When the mercury is as
ccnding the Thermometer, people prefer
Rhoda Broughton to T~hackeray, and
consider life altogether too short to
waste on Bulwer and the famous masters
in the field of fiction. Nobody knows
this fact better than the keen-sighted,
experienced publishers, and they act
accordingly. In winter, readers are criti-
cal and exacting, but in summer they are
just the reverse, and both authors and
publishers take full advantage of their
indulgent frame of mind.
Bret Harte is particularly noted for
this, and although he has almost written
himself out at his best, his summer pro-
auctions are always a thousand times
worse than those he turns out in cooler
weather. Society romances, love stories
and fancy sketches have by far the lar.
gest sale when people escape from bust
ness cares and crowded cities to the
country, the seaside, the lakes, and the
mountains.
Price has also a great deal to do with
the success of n summer book. Readers
do not wish to invest too much in a vol.
ume they expect to leave behind them in
the cars or at the hotel. Form, too, is
considered. Preference is given to those
volumes shaped as to conveniently slip
into the pocket or the travelling satchel.
B~riefness in the story and large type ART
further recommendations. Another is q
telling title, for the summer book pur.
chaser, is guided in the process of selec'
ton very largely by the title, and will
rarely take time to read even a page of q
book before buying. 1t has been noticed
that poetry sells less in summer than in
winter, Indeed, some publishers assert
that first cost cannot be gotten out OF
verse during the hot season and, there.
fore, refuse to undertake them at that
period unless the author pays for the
stereotype plates, if not for everything,
Works of travel, even if gossipy, do not
succeed in summer, though al occasional
peep into an account of an Attic explora'
ton might be refreshing, and sensational
adventures share the same fate. Books
of jokes take well, but after all, it is the
frothy, breezy novel that goes with the
greatest rush. Such works do not live
from one season to another, but they
abundantly serve their purpose while
they last.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
Blaine's History.

We have the pleasure of announcing
the approaching issue of a great historical
work, covering the events of congress
for twenty years, and giving an inside
view of national legislation and contem-
porary administrations during the most
momentous period of American history,
with Introductory chapters showing the
remote aud immediate causes of the civil
war. AS for the period chosen, only that
of the revolution is comparable in inter-
est. Even that of the revolution boasts
no pre-eminence. In both periods alike,
the national congress was witness to
events not less tremendous and decisive
than those of the battlefield itself. The
unfolding, in due measure, of the union
cause at home. The defense of the
national cause abroad; the adjustment of
constitutional conflicts; the securing of
practical guarantees of future loyalty;
all that was included in the province of
congressional discussion and enactment,
in the period from 1861 onward. The
proclamation of war; the call for troops;
the issuing of national currency; the act
of emancipation; the confederate surrend-
or Mt Appotomax court house; the grant
ing, at last, of universal amnesty; the
murder Of Lincoln; the purposed assassin
alton of Seward; the attempted removal
of Stanton; the Impeachment of Johnsonj
the election of Grant. the electoral com.
mission and seating of Hayes the inaugu-
ration and assassination OF Garfield; those
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
IN APpEAL TO THE LAW.

Their petitions to the city council hav-
ing been rejected and their remonstran =
ces insolently spurned, the tax payers of
Omaha have appealed to the courts for
protection against the venal crew of job
bers and corruptionists who are endeav-
oring to fasten themselves upon this com
munity to handicap its progress and to
rob its treasury
Yesterday in reaponse to the petition
of Messrs. Karbach and Frank, repre-
senting the property owners on Fifteenth
and Eleventh streets, an order restrain
ing the mayor, council and board of pub
lie works from contracting for Colorado
sandstone pavements on the streets men
toned was served upon the above named
officials. The case will be argued on
Wednesday, when the point at issue will
be the granting of an injunction on be.
half of our citizens and against the
jobbers and sharks Of the sandstone ring.
This appeal to the courts is in every
respectproperand timely. Mayor Chase:
cowardly surrender to the jobbers took
away the last hope hat our citizens had
of blocking this corrupt scheme without
appealing to the courts which once befor,
saved Omaha from her own officials. Il
was hoped that our community would bt
saved this last and notifying resort. Blu
the necessity having a second time ariser
the case will be prosecuted with all the
energy which markedthe fight against tn,
Holly ring. In the face of such an uttel
defiance of both the spirit and the Letter
of our city charter, rs has been exhibited
by the men who have determined t.
force an obnoxious paving material upor
our citizens, we have no doubt what the
result of these suits will be when calmly
and deliberately passed upon by an hon
est and intelligent bench. The outcom,
will determine for years to come whether
Omaha is to be governed by the will o
her citizens or ruled by the passions ant
cowardice of unworthy and dishonest of
icials.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

GREAT preparations are being made for
the presidents trip to Yellowstone Park.
A large pack train has been concentrated
at Washakie, and supplies and provisions
and horses are gathering at that point.
General Sheridan leads the party which
is to explore the Park for the public
benefit. Not to mince matters, this ex-
ploration trip is nothing more than an
annual junketting tour which is made by
army officials at government expense. 1t
is small wonder that we hear every year
of the n~iggardliness of the appropriations
If there was less official extravaganza in
the army, the appropriations for the war
department would go a great deal fur
ther in their application to legitimate
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

A SHAMEFUL outrage has been COM
mitted upon the American consulate at
Monterey by a mob Of armed Mexicans.
If MIR. Fr~elinghuysen, who hasn't been
heard of since his South American fiasco,
has the spirit of a gnat he will demand a
prompt explanation and apology from the
Greaser government. The reports of
insults to American missionaries in Mad
agascar do not yet seem to have reached
the state department and would probably
be pigeonholed if they did. Mr.. FREE
linghuysen, shows off to a better adyan-
tage as presiding elder in a Dutch Re
formed Chassis than he does the sec
rotary Of state Of a great government.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

their protection" True, but the very
trees you plant for a protection are just
what you want, and in time will doubt
less be even more useful than the fruit
trees themselves, while the only expense
is the planting and care. The trees in
many of the orchards in this vicinity
were purchased of the Crete nursery, and
as they have made rapid growth, it will
only be the matter of n little time until
it will be proven to the satisfaction of all,
that Nebraska can raise as fine fruit and
as much of it as n state east or west.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
Why Didn't He z

Chicago News.
Mr.. Schurz prints a long list of army
officers sentenced to be ANONYMOUSLY dis
missed the service in 1867, '7S, 70, and
80, all of whom, however, had their SEN
fences committed to vacations with re-
duced pay by his Fraudulency r. b.
Hayes. 1t is a pity that Mr.. Schurz did
not call attention to this scandal while he
was a member of the Hayes cabinet.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

The o President Arthur relieves
the country of Internal Revenue Collec-
tor Evans, the better will be his admins
tration. Mr.. Evans is a large bull in the
department china shop, and the way the
crockery is flying forbodes no good for
the administrations peace of mind. A
man who openly asserts that he cares
nothing for public censure is not a fit
person to act as a high government Off
cial.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

OMAHA will expend $500, 600 in public
improvements if a corrupted council and
swindling contractors do not compel our
citizens to oppose the letting of any con
tracts through a board of public works
and a mayor in whom the people have
lost confidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

TWELVE thousand telegiaphers are OF
a strike and the stories of both the en-
ployers and the men are before the pub
lie. The strike will probably end as
most great strikes do in mutual conces-
sions and a compromise. The sooner
this result is attained the better it will be
for all parties concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

THAT notorious blatherskite, Denis
Kearney, has been refused a hearing by
the New York Central Labor Union.
Denis trip is proving a poor investment
for the managers of the Central Pacific
railroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

Col. ILGEs, who is now on trial for
duplicating his pay accounts, has been
twice before charged with the same Of
Tense. In Col. Ilges' case it is likely to
be zone, two, three and out"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

PRESIDENT ARTHUR will pass through
Omaha on August End or 3rd. A copy of
the last veto which Mayor Chase didn't
sign ought to be shown him as the latest
product of public improvements in a grow
ing city.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

The astounding news, General Grant
dropped dead" was flashed over the wires
throughout the country. There was
much excitement until it transpired that
the sentence was the cipher signal for the
telegraphers' strike.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20
What Can the Matter Be.

Crete Vidette.
VanWyck hasn't written a letter of adj
vice or %admonition, or unearthed a big
steal in any branch of the administration
for the past three days.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

THE price of stock cattle is declining,
and tenderfeet who, having been paying
for herds of 1900 head on the range
which will foot up less than 500 on the
round up, are beginning to feel very sick
over the prospect.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

THE civil service commission in New
York are examining letter carriers. The
size of the calves of their legs is an i'm
portant item which ought not to be over
looked.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

TILDEN sends two pictures to the Louis
vile Exposition. One is Huntington's
portrait of Tilden, and the other is ga
Hopeless Case" The latter refers to Mr..
Tilden's candidacy for the presidency.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

THE sentiment manifested throughout
the State over the capitol contract steal
is very ominous for the future of the
office holders who helped to engineer it.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-20

Mr.. TILDEN says he is not positively a
candidate for the presidency, but his adj
dress until further notice will be Gram
mercy Park, Now York.