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Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
ARMY DEsERTIONs.

1t Is rich to listen to the criticisms
Of the New York Sun on the subject
Of army desentions. Nearly 1000
out Of the %, 900 men in the army
deserted last year. This ratio Of
desertion the Sun characterizes az
''monstrous" and demands the cause.
There are half a score of causes. In
the fret place tie pay Of u enlisted
men Is too snail and there are IN.
necessary and burdensome re.
strictions which the soldiers
are always compelled to undergo
outside of the line Ct military duty.
A young man who enlists for what he
supposes to be a soldiers life naturally
becomes disheartened and disguised
when he Is ordered to act as gardener
for n of his officers or to perform
the duty Of q stable boy at half a day
laborer's wages. When whole COM
paniss of men are kept at work for
months with spade, pick and axe dig.
ging roads, building telegraph lines
or cutting wood, the glory of q
soldiers life at $13 a month Is apt to
fade very rapidly away. When In
addition to this the men are forced t.
endure unnecessary hsrdshtps on the
frontier through rotten and breezy
quarters and cherries cantonmenta
simply through the parsimony Of con.
gress, the only wonder is that deser-
tiona are not more frequent than
they are. The first remedy against
desertions Is an increase In pay and in
the frequency OF pay days sufi ,ient
to make the men %contented, the
second is such appropriations for
permanent posts, quarters and roads
as will obvite the necessity of turning
half the army on the frontier into day
laborers at intervals during their term
of enlistment. Another remedy is an
easier road to preferment from non
commissioned to commissioned officers.
With these auggestions, which are by
nc means new onss carried OUT, we
would find better Iclass of re-
oruita enlisting and fewer assertions
from enlisted men Bat neither of
them are In the line of a further cut
ting down of our army estimates.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
WARRINGTON RELICS.
Their Removal to the National Mus
eum-Model of an Invention
of Lincoln's.

Prof. Baird, of the National mus.
cum, having offered to transfer the
Washington and other historical relics,
now In the model room of the patent
offics, to the National museum, the
prop 1sition has been accepted. Che
Weshir gton relics are accompanied In
their case by several articles Ct almost
as much intereet, but whether they
will be semi to the National museum
Is not yet decided. Prominent among
these Is a model of an inven.
ton patented by Abraham Lin.
csln May %, 1849, aud was probably
whitfield out by Linco!ns own hands.
The invention Is for carrying river
steamboats over ahoal placer, and es-
pecially destined for Mississippi steam.
ere. 1t consists Of two bellows.shaped
appliances placed at either side of the
boat, under the guards, and il fl lated by
means of poles projecting through the
upper deck. The idea was never put
into use to any extent, the boatmen
p~reterring the old fashioned method of
sparring their vesseln over the shoals.
The relics themselves include the coat
and pants worn by Washington when
lie surrendered his commission at
Annapolis 80 1888; silk pants and
a merir" Vtss worn by him; a
treasur "h,st, camp chest, tent pins
and T., | 8, and irons; bsllows, tables
and chairs, The sword worn by Wash.
ington throughout the revolution, and
the cane willsd to him by Benjamin
Franklin, are both gone, being in the
war department museum, while the
original of the Declaration of indie.
pendencs, which was formerly with
this collection, is now in the state
department. In another case Ia the
Washington china, including the set
presented to him by the Society of the
Cincinnati with a pair of candelabra,
end q plate presented to Martha Wash.
ington by General Lafayette in 1881,
There is also In this case Washington's
secretary, compass and sleeping tent,
and o act of curtains worked by Mar.
tina Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

pressed there the Apsches can cross
the line, retreat through Arizona, and
reappesr in Arizona 200 miles away,
and in this way defeat the most care.
full plans. No doubt cooperation on
the part of the government, q
thorough system Of telegraph lines,
and the distribution Of posts nearer
the border may do much to destroy
these advantages, but there remains
one condition which threatens to de.
stry the best Efforts of the army on
either side Of the line, and 1t Is . ION.
dillon that our government is called
upon by duty and humanity to remove
San Carlos reservation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
Failed to Appreciate the Senator.

Failed to Appreciate the Senator.
Denver Tiib
Senator Bowen tells a story about
himself which will bear repeating. Ga
his return from Washington some
weeks ago he was riding through Iowa
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
road, and late at night passed Cr.ston,
the little town where Bowen lived
when a boy. At that point an old
man, Deacon Elihu Baxter, boarded
the train, and Bowen recognized him.
Of course the venerable deacon didn't
know Bowen from anybody else, and
when the two fell into conversation
and Bowen gave out he was from COL
orado, he had the deacon all at a dis.
advantage. "From Colorado, eh?'
said Deacon Baxter. "Their new
senator, Tom Bowen, Is an Iowa boy
did you aver meet the cuss2' "Wel,
yes, off n on" replied Senator Bowen
rather n%ervousIy. "They tell heaps
O. yarns on him" continued Deacon
Baxter, "sn' some O. the stories Ia
purity tough. But I guess most on
EN- is true, for I knew him when he
vas o hoy, an IL my recollection
serves me right, he was o leatle the
orneriest chap / ever SEEM"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

fraud; "want II 10 suppress the tyran.
ny Of bossism," of which they we're
the inventors and most consistent
champions; swami 1t to stop the plum
der Of Office holders by party
assessments which they were the
frat to introduce; "wsnt II to put q
period to Pecksnifism In %ofice,"
which their chief Office holders prsc-
ticed from Jefferson to Buchanan,
and their successors, In advertising
the superior quality Of their own self
Righteousness, proclaim their desire to
practice-matter. of.faot people may be
excused II they entertain the notion
that democrat orators would ds better
to come down from the empyrean
realms of barren ideality and tell us
something of their opinions, II they
have any, on the realities Of this SUBJ
lunary world.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

. single block there are from three
10 FIVE alterations Of steps and
descents besides innumerable holes
and loosened boards which threaten at
n moment to break q leg and at the
next to break q nec-. This Is to say
nothing Of scores Of lots In front of
which the sidewalks are 30 rotten and
broken as to be worse than none at
all. There is room for q wholesome
reform In this matter and the council
will do well to give It a little attention
In the interest of many citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
The Greatest In History.

fiouecr Tfe5e.
At the age of forty-seven Mr.. Jay
Gould formally rs'ires from active
business life. National and world
wide reputation, a fortune of probably
500. 600, 600, a son capable of sue
oeeding him, the enmity of the most
enterprising and prosperous press and
people on the earth, and q physical
system shattered by nervous strain
and threatening dissolution In the
lear future unless reinforced by good
q = and most perfect release from
business, are the chief results of his
life work thus far. A bright and re.
Elective Wall street associate computes
the round numbers of his victims Of
$1,000. This IL another result of
such = life. 1t Is not strange that the
New York Times says Of him that he
e young In years but old In crime.
Within the bounds Of legality he has
been the most successful, - we'll al
the greatest, robber in the history Of
the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

AN interesting calculation has been
made of the present population of the
United States, aud the estimate given
lie "a. 800, 900. By July ut it Is cal.
culated that we shall have 30, 600. 600.
This estimate Is made on the basis of
an annual excess of two per cent of
births over deAtha, which, added to
tho yearly i'm migration, gives the an.
nual increase. Il is thus only neces.
sary to know tho htstistics of immlgra-
tion to estimate very closely the In.
crease of population for a given year.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
Democracy vs.. Hypocrisy.
Chicago Times Qnd.l

Snioago ZINES linu.t
It may be that SIT avails nothing to
criminate or recriminate the author
ship of causes" But It does avail
something to speak the plain, unvarn.
ished truth of history. Men who to-
day call themselves democrats are not
accountable for the false teschings of
men who called themselves democrats
eighty years ago, neither are they call.
ed upon to defeud or apologies for
such false teachings. But when they
eomeproclaiming theapotheosis of false
teachers, preaching the existence of an
entity called ''the democracy" which,
ignoring history, Is said to be still
manifested In the same false teachIpgs,
and boldly tell us hat 1--WE want II to
defend the nation" which has out.
lived their attempt to destroy It.
"want II to reform the civil service"
which they were the first to debauch
and the most persistent to defle; "want
1t to give purity, integrity and econo-
my to the Government" which they
filed with impurity, dishonesty and
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

THERE 10 some wretohed work be.
Ing done In the matter of laying down
wooden sidewalks and crosswalks. So
long as the city ordinance compelling
the construction of the sidewalk ID
complied with property owners seem
to care very little how 1t Is laid or how
It joins with those on either side Of It.
The consequence Ii that many of our
streets are q succession of rises and
falls which ut night are positively dan.
gereus to pedestrians. Oiien within
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

The editor OF the New York Stats
Zeitung Is about to expend $1,000 coo
In the erection of o free dlspensary
for the poor Of that city. The heart
Of a New York editor seems to be
larger than those of the Gotham rail.
road millionaire.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

The st. Louis Republican whose
sound views upon party questions and
party policy have made It the leading
democrat organ of the southwest,
thinks that the next session Of con.
gress will have a great deal to do In
determining the next presidential
election, and that the public proceed.
ings of the two houses will determine
the fate of the contest. "The house, ;,
1t says, twill be democratic, the sen.
ate, republican. In the action of the
house the country will look for the
democratic platform Of 1884; and In
the action of the senate 1t will look
for the opposite platform. This Is In
evltable, and perfectly fair. What o
party promises to do when 1t gets into
power Ia not half a. much to be relied
on al an indication Of Its policy q.
what 1t actually does when In power.
The two parties that are to stand face
to face In the next presidential CON.
test will previously stand face to face
In the Forty. eighth congress; and the
country, without waiting for the regu'
larly proclaimed platforms, will look
Il the house and the senate respectively
to learn what democracy Il and what
specialization u on the practical
questions Of the day.
1t Il easy enough to tell what these
questions will be. They are few and
very simple-so few and simple that
they may be disposed Of In . single
bill. There is no dispute about the
currency; no dispute about Indians,
pensions Or foreign policy; happily
there IL not q single constitutional Is
sue before the country since Mr..
Hayes withdrew the troops from the
south and adopted the democratic
policy Of leaving the southern states,
a we'll ~ the northern states, to theil
own self.government. All these mat.
tiers over which the parties ~ieroely
wrangled eight years ago are settled
There remains the single fact Of 9
large excess Of Q annually pour
Ing into the treasury and this Is the
subject to be dealt with"
This Is all very true. But how t.
dispose of that excess without dispos
ing Of . political party at the SAINT
time IL the troublesome problem. Il
ID certain that the republicans vii
not abandon the protective policy
1t seems equally certain that tn
democracy cannot unite upon a fret
trade platform. Where, then, Is Il
be the issue2 A campaign mad
upon a compromise can scarcely b.
looked upon as an aggressive one
The last election was largely o oil
the supposed issue of protection a
against absolute free trade. Tn
democratic party seem to be In tn
dilemma Of the intoxicated gentleman
graspIpg the lamp post. If the,
ahould hold TO their free trade doc
tri6s they Will heave themselves t.
pieces, and II they let 60 they arr
likely to break the party's neck.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

THE presidents digestion Is still
badly dsranged, but al congress does
not meet until December, and dinner
giving will be stopped In the mean.
time, there is plenty of time for his
recovery.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

THERE is no doubt that the Mutual
Union has at last been swallowed In q
way that will keep 1t down. Now II
remains to be seen how many success
sors will spring up asking to be eaten.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
Highest Point OF the Northern Pa
cifc.

Montana Avant Courier.
Last Thursday the rails were laid
on the summit of the Bozeman pass.
The altitude Is 5,715 feet, the highest
point reached by the Northern Pacific
railroad survey In the entire course Of
the road. For the distance of eight
miles before the summit Is reached an
engine or car will not remain station.
airy unless brakes are applied. When
the summit was reached and the en-.
CINE found q resting place on level
ground, the whistle awoke the echoes
OF the mountains, triumphsntly an
nounoing the event. The grading and
track engineers were present, and the
ere.monyof driving the spike in the rail
which marked the highest point wa.
appropriately observed.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

ME- DILLON considers Secretary
Teller's demand for that little trifs
Of . million aud a ha f dollars, ''im.
pudent and lmpertinont.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

WHILE the streets In every direction
are being prepared for paving, Far.
nam street sulks in her covering Of
macadam and mud.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

FRED DOUGLASS denies that he Is
worth 800, 900 tc $3.50, 600, in q way
which suggests that $75, 900 to $780,
IL about the thing. But 1t Is nobody's
business, anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
The Omaha Bee.

Published every morning, except Sun.
az. The emily Monday morning daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

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orders TO be made payable TO the order Of
the Company.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

MAYOR CHASE proposes to pre-
serve his reputation as a vetoer at
all hazards.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

FARMERS wbo have held their corn
are now on the top heap.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

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sssTs. hdfforsS
me above Isl good likeness Of Mr.. Lydia Z. PM
am, OF Lynn, MASS, who above all other human bsins
Ay be truthfully called the Dear Friend Of Woman
'soms OF her correspondents love to call her. Oh
Jsealously devoted to her work, which II the outcon
. ufestudy, and II obliged to keep dx Lad
~istsnts, to help her answerthe large correspondent
hicn daily pours In upon her, each bearing its speoi
arden OF suffering, or JOY at release from It. HI
egosAoie Compound Is medicine for good and M
III purposes ! have personally Investigated It ID
- satisfied OK the truth Of this.
On account OF Its proven merits. II is recommends
al prescribed by the best physicians in the countr,
ne SAYS 1t works Ike o charm and aaves muc
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
NJ, Clarke,
Oldest Real Estate Agent
NOTARY PUBLIC AND PRACII.
CAL C0NVEYANOER.

Clarke sells Hcusei and Lots, Residence Lots
and Business Lots all over the city, an d all add.
lions, besides improved aud unimproved farms
over than any Other agent. mar lott
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26

fhe BEE PUBLISHING CO., Props.
Z. ROsEwATER Editor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-07

THE order issued by the executive
officers Of the Telegrsphic Brother
hood to the railroad operators to sus,
pend work and join in the strike was
not generally respected, and is com
mented upon this morning rather un,
favorably by some of the New York
papers. A monopoly that has watered
its stock up from $20,OOO.OOO or less to
$8O.0OO,OOO still has some influence in
a money centre like New York.
Money will tell. 1t is a powerful
argument. and goes home with terri
BILE effect to a person with an empty
stomach. 1t can buy almost anything
except clear conscience. The strike
is drawn battle so far, and has been
conducted with great discretion and
GOODNESS. Public sympathy is on the
side Of the strikers, but they cannot
live on sympathy slOne, Here in Mem.
phis they are all right for some time
to come In some cities they are not
80 solid, Yet all reports that come
over the wires are to be received with
several grains Of allowance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-07
FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
McDermOtt Jailed--BOund 10
Establish a RepubIic..ChOls
era.-Other News.

LONDON, August IA dispatch
from Liverpool says that James Nc
Dermott arrived there yesterday on
his return from America, and was re.
manded to Jail on a charge of being
engaged in a conspiracy to murder
public officials.
LONDON, August IA special from
Paris says that at dinner in that city
fortnight ago Ruiz Zorilli, whose
name was mentioned in the proclsma,
tion of the insurgents ::at Radagoz for
President of the Republic, made a
speech in which he declared in an ex-
cited manner that he would not re-
turn 10 Spain until the republic had
been reinstated there.
ALEXANDRIA, August 7.-Seven
deaths from cholera here yesterday.
LONDON, August T.-The FINES
correspondent at Madrid says the ris-
ing Of the military at Badojos ended in
a most undiguifed manner. Very lit.
tie 9haTm was done cyIthe insurgents
beyond a slight damage to the Eailraad
and the robbery of regimental pnd
municipal moneys. 1t is doubtful
whether the movement was ever Seri
Gus. 1t is stated in some quarters
that the outbreak was only part of
the programme Of a gigantic stock
jObbing operation induced by GER
tain clique which for "a long time have
been making extraordinary efforts to
destroy the credit of Spain.
Many members of Parliament 90
to America during the coming recess.
Motions we're offered in the House
Of Commons last evening against the
policy OF the government in regard to
the Trausvaal and Zululaud were de-
feated, however, after speeches against
them had been made by Gladstone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-07


convention. The only hope that the
Republicans can hsye of ever carry.
Ing the State is based on the slim
chance that the Democrats will fail to
turn out some wet day and leave the
few hundred members Of the opposite
party to do all the voting. This might
happen, as a Governor cuts no great
6gure,exceptto pardon few gentlemen
out Of the penitentiary, but it always
occurs that other State officers and
members Of the Legislature are to be
elected at the same time. These mum.
erous candidates get out among
the people and make speeches and
treat to cider or something and tell
everybody when the election is coming
of and urge them to come out and
vote the straight Bourbon ticket so as
to save the party and country once
more. In this way a considerable
vote is drummed up, but
the full Democratic strength has
never been polled since the war.
There has been no use for it except in
a few localities. We have the pro-
found satisfaction of announcing,
however, that Kentucky in the aggre.
gate is still Democratic; that Proctor
Knott will in due time be inaugurated
as Governor, ard that the Legislature
elected yesterday will elect a United
States Senator to succeed Senator
John S. Oerro Gordo Williams, whose
term expires in March, 1885. Knots
majority may be $4,000 or it may not.
1t could have been much greater if
necessary. The Republicans do not
want to carry the State; in fact, would
rather not. There is more money and
more glory In playing martyr aud
holding the Federal offices,
which, by a little rotation, will 80
around every five years-at least,
among the leaders Of the party. A dc.
feated Republican candidate for Gov.
ernor is dead certain of the next fat
Office that the Lational government
has to bestow in Kentucky. So both
sides are perfectly satisfied, the only
trouble being that the Democratic
party has rather too mucR available
talent to be placed conveniently, ard
has an unwieldy and apathetic NAV
jority. The Republican party is not
troubled in either of these respects.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-07

The Water Company people are
not worried in the least, except on ac-
count ofs few customers who are slow
pay. Every water closet in the city
must be connected with the water
pipes. There is law of necessity
for this, if not a written ordinance
The company sets its own price, and
will unquestionably collect. The rev.
nue. from this source alone, to say
nothing Of bath tubs, and sprinklers
and kitchen sinks, ETC., would pay a
handsome profit on the original in
vestment. The brainny, long headed
card writer at the head of the machine
smiles gently to himself, aud says;
What are you going to do about
it3n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-07
"Newspaper Controversies. .
Little Rock Gazaita.

ANNAN ANSNA AohoNN0s
The Nashville World has this to
say about newspaper controversies:
Newspaper controversies, whether
conducted between individuals or
journals, rarely reach anything like a
point Of general interest to the read
ing public, Usually they serve as
vehicles for the supposed ability Of
one side or the other iu all repartee
or sarcasm, and run through all the
grades and gamuts of charge and
eouDteroharge, until disgusted pubs
lio rejoice at the conclusions of hos
tilities
Legitimately conducted OOntTovei :
sizes, undertaken to add to popular in
formation aud the dissemination of
correct views on public questions.
age always instructive and can bS
made entertaining, But the specta-
Gle OF editors payaded before COM
mu1ity as vendors Of Offensive
epitheta is about as eunobhns as a
pitched battle between a couple Of
bulldogs. And IL often repeated the
gladiatorS concerned will soon sink TO
the level of their four footed exem.
plErs. The editor whose chief argu>
ment is an epithet; whose main states
ment Of fact is a studious misrepro
sentatiOu Of the position Of bia sdSsr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-07

THAT sadly neglected and over
looked institution, the National Board
Of Health, has fewmourning friends
who declare that it still lives and has
vitality sufficient to draw or claim ten
dollars day per capita when on duty.
Its duties have been only nominal
and the value of its services nothing.
Yet some Of the members
will no doubt put in a
bill for alleged services when Congress
meets, unless indeed there has been a
payment Of tho old appropriation on
hand all the time to pay such bills.
The csuntry understands the game
very we'll, and when the Job comes up
in Congress, as it no doubt will, it
will receive a quietus.