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Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06


Bariey, Du,.............. o'oV S,Vo
st. Louis, Jan. 5-Wheat--Lower; cash,
s2AMs3lq &c; May, s5fMs6c.
Corn-Weak cash, 4si4misiac; May,
sos C.
Oats Easier; cash, al}S@32}lc; May,
Pork-sl5.25.
Lard-s135.
Whisky-Sl.05.
Butter-Frm; creamery, a4@3Oc; dairy,
ls026c.
Afternoon Board-Wheat- t-Fiinner; Janu-
ary, 50 sc asked February ,s3isc: May, s6isc
Corn Irregular, January, 4Sc; February,
4s}4c; May, 5O$sc. Oats-Quiet; May, 33Jsc
bid.
Liverpool. Jan. Wheat-Qulet and
steady; demand poor, holders offer moder-
ately.
Corn-Quiet but steady; demand poor;
new mixed western, 5s Id per GENITAL.
Minneapolis. Jan. 5.-Wheat - There
was moderate amount OF wheat offered on
sample tables, and sellers were holding for
another advance; receipts, ia cars; shin
ments, 80 Closing in store: No. hard,
January, 7Sl &c: February, i9l4c; May, s39s
No, | northern, January, nc; February,
uAc; May, s2c; No. northern, January,
i512c; February, 164c; May, sOi2c On
track No. hard, ;7c; No / northern, is(l
zoe; No . northern, ne.
Flour-Patents, sacks to ship, S4.l5@4.25
bakers, S. 33M3.65.
Milwaukee, Jan. o Wheat - Steady !;
cash, '624c; May, ,s3isc.
Corn-Higher; No. 3, 49c.
Oats-F'irm; No. white 34c.
Rye-Easier; No. !, tji4c.
Barley-Lower; No. =, T1i4c.
Provisions-Quict; pork, January, Sl5,l2l 4
l53jl9.
Cincinnati, Jan. 5. 49, Wheat - Strong;
No, 2 red, 90c.
Com-Dull; No. 9, mixed, 522l@53c.
Oats-Strong: No. . mixed, 3hCd &C.
Rye-Firm; No. 2, zoe.
Provisions-Pork, firm at Sl5.i5; lard,
quiet at S1.40Cd T.65.
Whisky-Active at sl05.
New Orleans, Jan. .. - Corn Strong
and high at 62dti3c.
Oats-Steady at 42i5d43c
Corn Mcal-tluiet AT $40.
Hog Products-Quict but firm: pork,
Sl4S7i5 lard, $50
Bulkmeats- Shoulders, SG25; long clear,
SLsil9; clear ribs, $500
New York, Jan. 5.-Wheat- Receipts,
"a, 200; exports, S2,O00; options opened
firm and closed ls014c higher, but subsc-
quently cascd off l4ml2c on realizing, clos
ing little steadier: cash grades steady and
moderately active; ungraded red, s9W4 &c;
No. 1 red, nominal at 05c; No. 2 red, S20C
92l4c in elevator, 93 sGl93i &c delivered; 81 4
a9ll2c f. o. b.; February closed at 81 &C.
Corn-Reccipts, $1,000; exports, 1000;
cash steady but quict options dull and sG0
06O&c; No. :, 62}sc in elevator, 64i4c deliv-
cred; February closed at 621Sc
Oats - Receipts, $1,000; exports, POS;
| Am4c lower and moderately active;
| mixed western, 3s@4Oc; white western, AZ
| (d46c.
Coffee-Spot, fair; Rio nominal; options
| depressed and lower with fair business
sales, 92,500 bags; January sl5.3Oml5.,0;
February, Sl5.O5Ml5.45; March, S+s5d
| l545; April, S14.SOMl530; May, Sl4i0td
| 1880: June, Sl4,60d l5.25
Petrolcum-Firm United, 94c.
Eggs-In fair request and steady; western,
| 2O126c.
Pork-Moderatel and easier; mess quoted
| at Sl5.25u 80 for one year old
Lard-lOMl2 points lower; western steam
| spot, $1,000. .92l3.
Butter-Firm but rather quiet; western
| lllGW34c.
Cheese-Quiet but firm.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06
OMAHA LIVE STOCK.
Cattle.

The receipts were heavier than for some
days past and although there were no strictly
tirst-class cattle here there was a liberal pro
portion of:fair stock The market was at
least 10 cents lower on all grades and moder-
ately active at prices quoted.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06
Hogs.

The receipts We're moderate. The market
opened from TO 10 cents lower in all grades,
the top price being $3.50, and closed l0Ml5c.
lower with nearly everything taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06
YESTERDAYS QUOTATIONS.

MONTAGUE per cent; last loan Der
cent; closed offered at 20t3 per cent
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-60o7l6 per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-Dull but firm AT
$tsSlS for sixty day bills, and siS64 for de.
map1
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06
Sheep.
OmCial RcCcipts.

The receipts of sheep We're very light, and
the market quiet. Prices remain about
steady.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06
Rye-Cuiet at 6li PC.
Barley-Firm at iNds3c..
Fl limo Timothy-t2.i
I-.L--.- - 10

Rye-Quiet AZ 81 &c.
Barley-Firm at ,3OTS}c.
Prime Timothy-t2 t2.4iM243
Flax seed 100
Mhisky-$l.10.
Pork Moderately active but steady: cash,
sl5.05; February, Sl5,l5 May, sI555 =.
Lard-Weak and somewhat lower; cash,
g. 62i May, s1.90m1 .y2if.
Dry Salted Meats-Short ribs, $50;
shoulders, $6.l0@6.lj. short clear ss.lO@
sl5.
Butter-Slow; creamery, 23M3lc dairy,
22m2 2Gc.
Cheese-Steady: full cream choddars,
lli4c; flats, 1l4@ll9.c; young Americas,
III aml2c.
Hides-Weaker green hides D &C; green
frozen, 5c; heavy green salted, 6i2; light
green salted, 'Bs4; saltcd bull. 5i4c green
bull. 4i4c; green salted calf, Sc: dry flint
and dry calf, 120tl3c; branded, Is per cent
on deacons, 3Oc each; dry saltcd, lOc.
Tallow-No. l. country solid 3Stc, No. 2,
-, ..,1r.. A
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
Renuhlican croal..-.

The New York Post recently published a
part of a speech delivered in 1872 by Sen
ator Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, from
which, says the Detroit FEee Press, we make
the following extract:
I" 1 tell you, sir, that if the Democratic
party comes into power, one Of the first
measures will be either to put the rebe
soldiers upon an equality with the soldiers
OF the Republic, or to vote no pensions al
all. Can any intelligent person doubt tina,
propositionl If the Democratic party have
majority in the other House, controlled as
they will be by the South, I ask you If they
will vote money to pay the interest ON your
public debt unless some provision is made for
theirsf l tell you, sir, they will never do it,
and those interested in our National honor
and those interested in our National debt
must understand that the Democratic
party, made up, as it will be, two-thirds in
the South and one-thkd in the North,
and that one-third submissive to the other
two-thirds, will never vote to pay the IN
terest on your debt except upon the condi-
ton of paying for their slaves, or Of con-
solidating the rebel debt with ours; and
they will never pay a dollar to the one
legged and one-srmed soldier Of the North.
or to the widows and orphans Of those who
fell, except upon the condition that you put
theirs upon the same level.n
This is a good specimen Of Republican
croadngs. Have they been realizedl Does
any sane person suppose that they ever
Will bes Yet this Is the same party that
this year is predicting ruin to the Nation IL
the interests Of the masses are subseryed
by tariff reform Legislation. The spectacle
y enough to make the angels weep.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
NJ &C TREE.
A True Story Illustrating the Great Intel
ligence of Bees,

Hgence of Bees.
On certain plantation, which it will be
as well not to locate, there was very large,
hollow orange tree which, according to the st.
Louis Post Dispatch had never borne any
fruit, although it blossomed regularly every
spring. After blossoming the blossoms
would all gradually disappear and small
orifice on the end of the twig would be all
that was left for the balance of the year
This went on for great many years, until
one day the place was sold to man from
the North, who determined to cut down the
tree and solve the mystery If possible. He
accordingly had the tree cut down, and in
stead of finding a solid trunk he found
nothing but large outside shell of a tree,
while the inside was perfectly hollow, and
was occupied by a large family of squirrels
and colony of bees. The bees and suuir-
rels were very light in color and did not ap-
pear to have any eyes, and the oranges
were elongated instead of round, although
very sweet tasting, and otherwise appeared
to be excellent fruit. The man was puzzled
to account for the phenomenon, as there
was no opening in the tree by which even
the bees could get inside it, but the mystery
was explained by an old colored man, who
had been on the place many, many years.
He told the following story:
When the orange tree was very small It
was found to be growing hollow, and after
1t got to be about foot thick the hole
near the center of the trunk was made
larger and a limb grated into It; the tree
then did well, apparently, but had never
borne fruit. 1t Is thought that the bees and
squirrels had gotten into the tree and made
1t their home, and when the limb was graft
ed in their means Of egress were stopped up
and they made prisoners. As bees are
known TO be very Industrious the following
will readily be believed: The bees would go
out to the end Of the twigs, which were also
hollow, every spring and pull the blossoms
inside, and thus get the honey by turning
the flowers inside out, the oranges would
then grow inside, and the tw1gs being small,
account for the elongated shape of the
fruit; the bees would live on the honey and
the squirrels on the fruit, and thus a col
ony Of each was established, and lived in
comfort and plenty on the inside Of the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
AN ARRANT HUMRUG.
The Idea That Ago Lends Great Value
Wines without Foundation

The Idea That Age Lends Great Value to
Wines without Foundation.
Now, what are the real facts about old
wines! asks the Mirror. After fermenta-
ton, which is a process of decay, wine will
deteriorate unless preventive measures
are taken, such as keeping the wine in
cool or even temperature, the addition of
alcohol, boiling (the vinum cottum of the
Romans and the vino cotto of modern Ital-
fans), and the complete exclusion of the or
dinary atmosphere by good corks, by seal.
ing-wax or by oil. The most common
method for preserving wine in modern
times is by adding alcohol and by corking
and sealing. The alcohol in wines prepared
for England is often in such proportions
that the wine ceases to be any thing like the
juice OF the grape, and too often is as
strong as glass of brandy and water. But
with all these precautions there is time
when even the best of wines lose their
character
When l first went to reside in Portugal
present was made me of a few bottles of
port wine, of the famous vintage of 1920.
Port wine, having naturally more sugar,
has consequently more alcohol, and thus
more of resistance to decay and deteriora-
tion. This port, when drank it, was in its
fiftieth year, and it had become the color of
sauterne, and was more like a liqueur, and
winter than the port of the vintage of 1S47.
About the same time Il also tasted some port
wine that was nearly seventy years old 1t
was nearly white, and seemed to have no
great wine character. In 1871 Mr.. Rabello,
the Brazilian Consul at Oporto, made me a
present of several bottles of port wine of
the vintage of 1893. Mr.. Rabello had heard
OF the breaking up of an old Portuguese
family where, from father to son, certain
number OF bottles of famous vintages had
been handed down. / sent several OF these
aged wines to the late William Cullen Bry-
ant, remarking that the bottle of 1898 was,
according to the encyclopaedia, of his own
age; but the poet, in acknowledging the re-
ceptlon Of the wine, stated that it was his
senior, and that he should look up to it with
reverence.
When / came to open my bottle of 1913,
found it (which once had the dark red of
port) about the color of water, and the most
insipid stuff. Up to the beginning Of this
century it was not the custom in any part
of Europe to put lot Of fiery alcohol into
any kind of wine, and when they did add
spirit to port wine it was a little of that
which had been distilled from port. This
1913 wine had probably been thus treated,
but with all the sealing wax and a once
good cork, the beverage was as unvinous
and tasteless as if it had been water dipped
up from pond and bottled. Therefore ]
doubt If the Bavarian wines so sedulously
advertised IN England as those of l540.
1910 and l73l have any virtue in them, even
IL they be genuine wines of those dates
They are really insipid stuff not worth a
penny gallon
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
FELINE STRATEGY.
The Courage with which sne Cat Me
Her Canine Eaemfes

The Courage with which .fne Cat Meets
Her Canine Edemfss.
The mastery of herself which cat shows
when, having been caught in position from
which there Is no escape, she calmly sits
down 10 face out the threats of a dog, is a
marvellous thing, says writer in the Bos-
ton Transcript. Every body has seen kit
ten on the street doorstep attacked by q dog
ten times her size, as apparently self-pos-
sessed as IL she were in her mistress lap.
II she turns tail and runs down the street
she is lost; the dog viii have a sure advan-
tage OF her. Even as it is, If he could get
up courage enough to seize her on the spot.
ne would be able to make short work of her.
You dare not touch me and you know
II, Is what her position tells the dog But
sne ls intensely on her guard, In spite of her
air OF perfect content. Her legs, concealed
under her fur, are ready for O spring: her
claws are unsheathed, her eyes never move
Tor an instant from the dog; as he bounds
wildly from side to side, barking with conf
cal fury, those giittering eyes of hers follow
him with the keenest scrutiny II he plucks
up his courage to grab her, she is ready; she
wll sell her life dearly. She is watching
her chance, and she does not miss 1t. The
dog tries Fabian tactics, and withdraws q
lew feet, settling down upon his forepaws.
growing ferociously as he does so.
just then the sound OF dogs bark IN the
next street attracts his eyes and ears for a
moment, and when he looks back the kitten
is sgonel He looks down the street and
starts wildly In that direction, and reaches
a high board fence just as cats tail-a
monstrous tail for such little CATS van
ishing over the top Of it. He is beaten; the
cat showed not only more courage than he
had but great dsal moro generalship.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
WHY THEY RACE SLOW.
A Dakota Conductor Gives Some Ne
Points on Railroad FinancierinD

A Dakota Conductor Gives Some New
Points on Railroad Financiering.
A man was one day making a trip on
mixed train " on a Dakota road, saws 7erds
! Sftin0s. Passage on these trains is never
taken except for journeys of considerable
length; walking is as easy and much faster
for short distances. On this occasion the
movement was even more deliberate than
usual, and the passenger called the con-
| ductor to his seat and said:
"Isn't this motion pretty slowr'
"Well, we amt flying, I'll admit"
"Sure every thing is all rightI'
81 think se"
"Wheels all greasedi,
Yes, creased them myself.n
"Tires all ona''
"Yes. We run through the creek back
here and soaked up the wheels so that they
would stay"
ANY spekes lOoselD
:. You are certain the wheels are all on the
raiisl',
They was when come inn
Couldn't be possible that any of them
are on and the axle dragging, could its,
81 guess not.-
Are we going up-hillr'
No, this is pretty middiin' level.u
~ Wv ~ Eun db Ills Rdlb4's
NO, we generally hump along q little
faster'n this"
May ask what Is the trouble, thenf''
Certainly. We found q two-year-old
steer stuck In q trestle back here, before
you got on, and stopped and helped il out.
You know the rules Of the road are that in
such cases the animal belongs TO the com
pany.n
" But don't see why that should make
you run so laundering Slow
Why, you blame fool, we're talrin' that
steer alopg 70 headquarters; got IL tied on
behind. and it amt used to Ieadin' and don't
walk up very well I'm doing all can; got
the brekeman prodding it up with an UNI
brell, and an ear Of corn tied to the bell
rope. If you think Pm goin' to start up and
go howIin' along and yank the horn on a.
good steer as there is in tho territory.
why YOU'RE mistaken, that's all Us train
men can'texpect our pay unless we bring in.
-s-s.~e sta<.l on<a ia axuhilen
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
THREE GREAT ISSUES.
The Tariff, War on Trusts and Protectio
TO American Fishermen.

The Tariff, War on Trusts and Protection
TO American Fishermen.
The tariff is not the sole issue in this cam
palgn There are two others, each of tre-
mendous, and it may prove of overshadow-
ing Importance. One is the question of
trusts; the other is the question whether
American citizens shall be protected against
encroachments upon their rights by Can
ada. The trust issue has been raised, or at
least brought to the front, by the real
leader of the Republican party, Mr. Blaine,
who has announced that sstrusts are private
affairs with which neither President Cleve-
land nor any private citizen has any par
ticular right to interfere" AS President
Cleveland and the Democratic party are
trying to ''interfere'' with the trusts, and
as measures are pending in Congress and
IN many legislatures with that end in view,
and as legal proceedings have been begun
by the authorities of several States for the
purpose of destroying certain powerful
trusts, the issue, as will be seen, is direct
and most important one. II trusts are
merely ''private affairs,'' with which the
public has no concern, as Mr.. Blaine holds,
the proper thing for the people to do is to
elect Mr.. Blaine (by his proxy Harrison)
President of the United States. If, on the
other hand, they are great public evils,
with which the Lawmakers and Executive
officers of the Nation and of the various
States have, or should have, great deal to
do, the people owe it to themselves to re-
elect Mr.. Cleveland who is trying to smash
the trusts. This, says the Indianapolis
Sentinel, has become one of the great issues
Of the campaign.
And no less engrossing perhaps more
so-is the issue presented by the recent
message of President Cleveland Shall the
rights Of American citizens, now denied
them by the Canadian Government, be v1n-
dicated and protected by vigorous meas
ures, as proposed by the President, or
shall they be pusillanimously abandoned,
as the Republican Senators, after months
Of cheap clustering and bloviating, seem
to contemplated Shall the President be sus-
tained in his efforts to preserve the honor
and dignity of the Nation, or shall the people
sanction base and ignominious surrender
to the bulldozing Britishersl
Grover Clevelandls candidacy, therefore.
represents three public issues of vital i'm.
portance:
l. Tariff reform
2. War on trusts and monopolies.
3. The protection Of the rights Of Ameri-
can citizens against the encroachments of
the Canadian Government
Upon either Of these issues, standing
alone, Mr.. Cleveland's election would seem
to be inevitable. As the representative Of
all three Of them, all the powers of igno-
rance, prejudice, sectionalism and Doodle
shall not prevail against him
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
MEMPHIS. GOVERNMENT.
How the Metropolis OF Tennessee Cease,
to BE a Municipality.

10 BE municipality.
Charles Dudley Warner, writing in Har-
prs AdGdz ne about Memphis and her prin-
cipal troubles, explains: Under these cir
cumstances the city resorted to novel ex-
pediept 1t surrendered it's charter to the
StateYand ceased to exist as a municipality
The leaders of this -paaramant gave two
reasdhs for it--the wish not to repudiate
the city debt, but to gain breathing-tiIne,
and that municipal government in this
country is failure. The Legislature erect
ed the former Memphis into the taxing dis
trict of Shelby County, and provided a
government for it. This government con-
sists Of a legislative council of eight
members, made up of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners, consisting of three.
and the Board of Public Works, consisting
OF FIVE These are all elected by popular
vote to serve term Of four years, but the
elections are held every two years, so that
the council always contains members who
have had experience. The Board of Fire
and Police Commissioners elects presi-
dent, who is the executive officer Of the
taxing district, and has the power and
duties OF a mayor; he has salary of two
thousand dollars, inclusive of his fees as
police magistrate, and the other members
OF hls board have salaries of five hundred
adollars. The members of the Board of
Psblic Works serve without CONDENSATION.
No man can be eligible to either board who
has not been resident of the
district for five years. In addition,
there is a Board of Health, appointed
by the council This government has
the ordinary powers of city govern
ment, defined carefully in the act, but it
can not run the city in debt, and it can not
appropriate the taxes collected except for
the specific purposes named by the State
Legislature, which specific appropriations
are voted annually by the Legislature on
the recommendation of the council. Thus
the government of the city is committed to
eight men, and the execution of its laws to
one man, the president of the taxing dis
trict, who has extraordinary power The
final success of this scheme will be watched
with great deal of interest by other cities
On the surface it can be seen that it de-
pends upon securing non-partisan council.
and an honest, conscientious president of
the taxing district-that is to say, upon
the choice by popular vote Of the best eight
men to rule the city. Up to this time, with
only slight bitches, it has worked exceed
iDgly well, as viii appear in consideration
of tie condition of the city, The slight
hitch mentioned was that the president
was accused of using temporarily the sum
appropriated for one city purpose for an
other
The,Supreme Court of the United States
decided that Memphis had not evaded its
oblgations by change of name and form
OF government. The result was a settle
ment with the creditors at fifty cents on
the dollar; and then the city gathered itself
together for a courageous effort and new
era of prosperity