Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 15, 1886, Page 5

} i s 5 B THE RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS. The Public Land Board Endorse Commis- sioner Bcott's Ruling, UNDERVALUATION OF LANDS. A Bad Matrimonial Venture—Buried in the Driving Park-An Inade- quate Charter—Unwilling De- fendants—Notes. [PROM THR BEX'S LINCOLN NUREAU]. The state board of equalization have prepared the following table, showing the number of miles of railroad in Ne- braska, the as: (. valuation per mile, and the total for each road. as a busis for es for 1836 LUATE NAME OF RAILROAD! 1 per : =y ok | motal. BaM OUmaha & Nobraska Union P Omaha & He O, N. &R, H... Missouri Pacific. ... 8t. 3 0, slund. . 8.C. & Pac s ¥ M 450400/ 600.90| 4175,00| 5,303.0 450100 4323,00 was served on the se J') nd the auditor yesterday by J. A, Gilkeson, that on the “25th inst. i1l apply to the supreme court for a writ of mandamu requi them to ¢ f Y 4 1, 1879, was at it must on is attorney intiff in the State ex rel Abby Gardner vs. E. P. Roggen and H. A ubcock, and the present move is in con- nection with that action, In 1879, it ms, the people of Butler county voted abont 70,000 in_bonds to aid in the con- struction of a railway, leaving it to the county comrnissioncrs to say wheth they should be given to the Lincoln & Northwestern, or Blue Valloy & North- western, both of which roads were then projected in that region. Adam Spurck, ot an in'lulwxion be rogist. for the pl a taxpayer, ] from Judge Post restraining the registration of the bonds on the ground that the voters had no power to allow the com- mussioners to say to, which road they should “be given, but shouid have designated the company themselves at the time of election. The supreme court uph injunction and the bonds were n T They gl were given to the Lincoln & Northwe: ern railway, however, and passed inu the possession of the Frank Brothers of Warsaw, N. Y., who have managed in thousand ways to drag them into the countless litigations they have had of lato years in the Nebraska and United States courts. The plaintiff, in this action, is a resident of New York, and probably a purchaser from the Franks, ir. Roggen ys the people of Butler county are willing to pay the bonds, but in face of the injunction sustained bf the he or supreme court he does not sce how Mr. Babeock can be asked to re and certify them. The court, whi now construing the law very liberally, ay lix matters so it can be done, but does, he cannot take the desired action. So_far ns fighting the caseis concerncd, Mr. Roxgen says that he is tived of footing the bills for such litiga- tion from his private funds, as he'is compelied to do, and wants no more of it. MEETING OF THE PUBLIC LAND BOARD. The board of educational lands and buildings, at its meeting yesterday, or- dered tlio leases on 10,000 ncres of school lands in Holt county caneelled for non- payment of rental. These lands are among the most desirable in the state, and will be re-advertised and offered for lease some time in July. On a contest for a lease of eighty acres, including a valuable water right, in Har: lan county, the board decided to with- draw the [and for the time being and re- advertised it. The tract had been leased to n party who forfeited his rights, but when it was offered for lease s second time, a fow weeks ago, and a premium of $200 bid, a man in the crowd ‘‘bobbea up serenely’ with an assignment from the first renter, and claimed a show. This lead to n contest, and the offer which was then accepted by the county officers, has been rejected by the board. As was expceted, the board endorsed Commissioner Scott’s ruling, that under no circumstances can any oné individual lease or hold mare than 640 acres of school land. The auestion came up on a case from Keith county, where & man having leased 640 acres from the state, sub-leased half of it, and then tried to lease 820 more from the state 80 as to still keep his 640 acres. Mr. Scott held that while an individual can buy all the school land he desires, havin, once leased 640 acres he is forever barre from taking any more in that way. The endorsement of the board was not unani- mous, but it was enough. HOW LANDS ARE UNDERVALUED, Chief Clerk Carter, of the board of publio lands, was questioned by the Bee representative yesterday eoncerning the sale, at an alleged undervaluation, of section 16, town 3, tange 16, in Frank- lin county. He said: ‘"Tho appraisal of school lands is made by the commis- sioners of the counties in ‘Which the lands are situated. These men ave supvosed to know the value of the property, and take an oath to do the work honestly and without fear or favor. Their returns are made to this office on oath, and in the absence of any conflicting evidence, or contest, nre accepted as fair and just. Itis impossible for the com- missioner or his aides here to know whether the appraisal uFouul or not. That can best be told by the men who live inthe vicinity of the land. 1f, when- ever a fraud of this nature is discovered or expect d, notice is sentto this office, the papers will be cancelled at once and a new aporaisement ordercd. Ifthe cor- respondent of the BEE in Franklin county had dropped a hint to Commissioner Scott of what was going on, the under- valueation, if there was any, could have been corrected.” THE BURIAL OF MACMAHON, The remuins of MacMuahon have been buried at the driving park on the green inside of the track, and it is the in- tention of Billy Edwards, the chief mourner, to mark the spot with a suitable monument. Billy, who knew the horse better than any other man could, says he is conlfident that he would have trotted in 2:15 this summer if Death had not drovped the distance flag in his face so early in the season. By the way, some of the papers are making a ludicrous mis- take by classing MacMahon and Maxey Cobb as half-brothers. There was no re- lationship, aside, perhaps, from bein, very distant cousins, or somothing of tha sort. Maxey was of the Hambletonian- Black-Hawk eross, while MacMahon was clousl{)inbred to the old being by Hambletonian, a mare, Ur. Holliday is now in corre spondence with General Withers, of entucky, looking to the purchase of the latger's r-u.lin’ young stallion, Almont Wilkes, who, if he can be secured, will a fitting successor in the stnd and on the track te the dead ‘MacMahon, ‘The colts loft by the latter, n|l.hnufih lu?nky from common mares, look woll, an illy is Dot without hopes that among thew may 3. P. IMIoRsE & Co. WEXT WEREIS, Monday Morning, May 17th 40 cases India Linons, Victoria Lawn, check Nainsooks, etc., ete, from the last New York RKRuction Sale. ‘We bought these at about one third real value, and will sell them CORRESPONDINGLY CHFAP French Nainsook, 37 I-2¢ This is a great bargain, 48 inches wide; has never before sold less than 65c¢, French N—aifink, 50c. 20 pieces Freunci: Nainsook,a regular 90c qual- ity, at 50c¢, French Nainsook, 75¢. |One of the finest numbers; usually sold for $1.25. on this sale for 75c. Mail Orders Filled. Agents for Butterick Patterns. S.P.MORSE&CO be found a worthy scion of the departed great. AN INADEQUATE CHARTE! The only answer thus tar received by Chairman Billingsly of the paving com- mittee, in response to his letter of i quiry as to the power of the city authori- ties, under the present charter, to issue bonds for public improvements, is from Messrs. Harwood, Ames & Kelley. These gentlemen say that the city cannot float securitios to pay for paving the street intersections, and neither can the cost be assessed against the general fund. power by charter to carry on the work is desired the present instrument, in their opinion, is inadequate. They, however, muke the same sllfi‘.’]estlon credited to Messrs. Lamb and Billingsly yesterday, which is thut the council order” a census taken and if the poe:uh\tion of the city is shown to be 25,000 Governor Dawes can bo petitioned to issue a proclamation de claring it a city of the first class, and en- titled to all tho charter rights and privi- leges belonging to municipal corpora- tions of that grade. A BAD MATRIMONIAL VENTURE, When John W. Thackara was married to the object of his affections, in Novem- ber, 1881, he believed her to be an inno- cent and virtuous woman, a confidence which she strengthened and encouraged with all a woman's wiles. At least that is the way Jobn puts it in an interesting paper now on_file in the district court. On the 4th of March following, however, the day that Cleveland was inaugurated, John’s wife, being a good democrat, did her best to celebrate the event by giving birth to a child. John wus a little curi- ous to leurn the cause of this unusual rrowmling. and by persistent questioning ound that. instead of an innocent woman, he had married the mistress of a man named Ed. Johns, and that, by her own confession, the latter was the father of tho ohild, Thackara is now in court asking for a compete divorce, with per- mission to marry again, provided he can call the turn a little closer. BRIEFN MENTION. ; A man named Ryan, formerly in busi- ness in thus city as the proprietor of the old “Red Front” grocery on Elcventh street, was arrested by the police Thurs- dn{ night for stealing a bolt of cloth valued at $87 50 from John helly, the jailor. On his way to jail Ryan wus ob- served to tear n piece of paper into small bits which on being pasted together by Jmhle Parsons Prav«:d to be a bogus check on H. P. Law for $33. It was shown that Ryan had tried to get the cheek cashed, and he was held to answer at the district court to the two charges, o(}gmud larceny and forgery. p 5. . Stogle, o young farmer in Rich- ardson county, has complained to the board of railway commissioners that the B. & M. authorities persist in ignoring his demand that they fence their trac where it runs through his land. President Correll of the Nebraska Press association, who was in the city yester- day, says that the ecxecutive committee are trying to arrange for an excursion to the Ci ‘{ of Mexico about the middle of July. If this trip is not satisfactory to the majority of the members a tour of the Pacitic coast will be proposed. The board of railway ecommissioners are sending out eirculars to the clerks of all the counties in the state asking for specific information s to the amount of bonds issued to aid railways, the rate of interest, time to run, amount paid and collected, sum refunded, ete. Milton White, the expert accountaut, has been onufind by the commissioners of Otoe county, at $10 per day, to ex- :l:mli:a the treasurer's books for years ack, Newton's hardware store was burglar- ized early yesterday morning, and $150 worth of stock stolen. Oue of the latest recruits to the ranks of the A. O. U. W, an ex-soldier named J. H. Henry, died yesterday wornin from kidney disease. Henry had jus secured a oertificate of insurance for fl.otilo. snd now.the wounder is bhow be got it. r Lincoln’s streets are mortar beds of mud again, and all because of a heavy rain late Thursday night. The BEE canvasser must have stepped heavily on the tail of the News canine, judging from the fearful whine that came from the kennel ‘Chursday night. STATE ARRIVALS. John F. Heckelman, McCool arles Metz, Omaha; S. H. Johnson, Syracuse; D. L. Barlass, Hastings; C. K. Powell, Milford; J. A. Hall, H. T. Con- astings: H. ] ley, Seward; W. H. Craig, Minden; Mrs, Belle McCarty, Uysses; J. H. Groen, Omaha; J. W. Tlor, W. 8. Tuoker.Omaha John R. King, Benkleman; W.S. Wilcox, C. E. McFarland, M. H. Main, Omaha; J. M. Grifiith, Wahoo:; J. M. Wilson, jr., Omaha. —_—— Benton's Hair Grower. All who are BALD, ull who are becomin, BALD, all who do not want to be bald, al who are troubled with DANDRUFF, or LUCHING of the scalp; should use Benton’s Hair Grower. EignTy PER CENT of those using it huva‘pxmwn hair. It never fails to stop the hair from falling. Through sickness and fevers the hair sometimes falls off ina short time, and although the person may haye remained bald for years, if you use Ben- ton’s Hair Grower according to directions you_are sure of & growth of ' hair. In hun- dreds of cases we have produced a good growth of Hair on those who have been bald and glazed for years we have fully substan- tiated the following facts: We grow Hair in 80 cases out of 100, no matter how long bald. Unlike other preparations, it contains no sugar of lead, or vegetable or mineral poisons. It is a speecitic for falling hair, dandruff, and itching of the saulg. The Hair Grower Is a hair food, and its omposition is almost exactly like the ofl which supplies the hair with its vlm“t{. DOUBLE AND TRIPLE STRENGTH, When the skin Is ver "’“fl" and nard, and the folllce 18 apparenfly effectually closed, the single strength will sometimes fall to reach the papllla;4n such cases the donble or m[na strength should be used in conuection with the single, using them alternately. Price, single strength, $1,00; "double strength, $2.00; triple stvength, $3.00, If your druggists have not got it we will send it prepared on receipt of erc«. BENTON HAIR GROWER CO., Cleveland, O. Sold by C, F. Goodman and Kuhn & Co, e John H. Kimball, of Westficld, Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y., writes May 20, 1885, that he was suffering with rheumatic fe- ver, and had constipation so bad that many times he went twelve days without an evacuation. Given up by physicians, he, as a last resort, took Brandreth's Pills, two every night for seven weeks. Now he is an entir «]) wellnman an never uses any other medicine for him- self or family, He will answer any n- quiries, e e Purify Your Blood. Among spring preparations, do you neglect that which is most important to all—your own body. During the winter the biood absorbs nmug impurities, which, if not expelled, are liable to break out in serofulaor other disease. The best spring medicine is Hood's Sarsaparilla. It expels every impurity from the blood, and gives strength to every function of the body. Sold by all druggists. “* A Wonderful Freak of Nature is sometimes exhibited in our public ex- hibitions, When we gaze upon some of the peculiar freaks dame nature occas- ionally indulges m, our minds revert baek to the creation of man, *‘who is so fearfully and wundurfull*’] made.” The mysteries of his nature have been un- raveled by Dr. R.V, Pierce. of Buffalo, and through his knowledge of those mysterics has been able to prepare his “Golden Medical Discovery,” which is a specific for all blood tainis, poisons and humors, such as scrofula, pimples, blotehes, eruptions, swellings, tumors, uleers and kindred affections. . By drug- gisty. e R Down to zero,—throat sore. Red Star Cough Cure at once heals it. No opiates SE Victoria Lawn, @%ots. 2 cases good quality White Victoria Lawn, never sold before less than 15¢, on this salo 6e. Mail orders filled. INDIA LINEN, 7% ots. 60 pieces Sheer wide, White Linen D' Inde, never offered before less than 15c, on this sale at Tjc. LINON D'INDE, 10 ots. Skecr light and cool, this quality of White India Linon, has always sold for 20to 25¢, and will make a furore at our sale; price 10¢. LINON~ D'INDE 15 ets. Usual price has been 25c¢,never less,and being sheer and ¢ven threaded is a deci ed bargain for 15¢,, Mail OrdersFilled E P_&s MONDAY MORNING. WhitelndiaLinon 84 inches wide, sheer, clear and fine threaded, this usnally has sold for 30e to Be. At the auction sale we bought six ases of this and offer it at 20c. SILK FINISH LINON D'INDE 25 ots. 100 picces at this price; it has usually sold for 87k to d0c; our price tomorrow, 250, LinonD’Inde,38¢ Next to to the finest quality made;usual price 50¢; reduced to 38c. Finest Linon D'INDE 45 ots. Our regular 65c quality; we had to re- duce this on account of the other qalities being so cheap; we haye never before had occasion to sell this quality less than 60c; tomorrow 45¢. B GE &Co PMU 5 8,30 AT ABE s e s e LT e g A OS5 5 B G vt 35 5 PMok?: WHITE GOODS SATLE. Short Ends, 6 to 15 Yards, At Half Price. These are not remnants, but patterns that we do_not want to cut. 5 cont Nainsook Checks, Pigue: in 6 to 10 yard lengths at 6 and 8 ¢ 20 cent ‘Nainsook Checks, Piques, &o., 6 fo 15 yard lengths, at 10 and 121 cents. 25 cent Piques, Checks, &c., 6 to 15 rds lengths at 12} to 15¢. ecked Nainsook 12%ec. 1000 yards Checked Nainsook, regular 20 cent quality reduced to 12}. FINE CHECK PIQUE, ST 1000 yards Satin-faced and Check Pique, Brocade, &c., &c., that we have always sold for 23c. to 85¢., reduced to 1 &e., Swisses, Organdies, Nainsooks, All reduced Thursday, Friday, Saturday Mail Orders for Goods or Sam- ples Promptly Filled. MO THE BLACK HILLS COUNTRY Arrival of the First Oircus With a Surplus of Glitter and Antique Gags. The Marvelous Changes of Ten Years —The Rapid Advance of the Railroad Halled With Delight. Percy A. Folsom, writing to the Chica- go News from Rapid City, Dakota, says: An event in Rapid City to-day has been the arrival of the first circus wagon ever in the Black Hills. It came in late this afternoon from Buffalo Gap. I wasat the time walking south toward the hills and passed a happy crowd of boys who were evidently born here. The huge vehicle, with its marvelously painted sides and its six horses, hove in sight just beyond the gap on the stage road. The boys came running toward me and in excited language begged me to tell them what was coming. They were?7 or 8 years old, and had been born here. They were familiar with the overland freight teams, they had seen the Deadwood stages, and were perfectly acquainted with the Fort Meade ambulances; but this contrivance had never before come before their optics. Think of it! The boys born ten yearsago in the Black Hills had never seen a circus. Itold them what the wagon meant. I told them how in time the poles and canvas would be put in position n the Gate city of the Black Hills, I told them what it meant. It meant, in pfain, unadulterated language, $2 per ticket for genersl admission,. That settled it. The boys followed the wagon awhile and then went home. Even the old-timers viewed it with interest—the forerunner of the first circus in the Black Hills, This region was first invaded by the white man in 1875, and for eleven years it has been compelled to put up without a cirens, But now the dawn ap- pears. The railway 18 within fifty miles of Rapid, and of course civilization is near. T'he circus, with lits red lemonade, its bespangled beauties on white horses, and its “clowns with jokes that would make a sphinx sick, is within the reach ot all, The first circus tias struck the Black Hills. 10 1 After sceing this,eircus wagon come in I wended my way 4to the Internationul hotel. 'This hogse bas been here some time The pru%ri,elur. B. McCarty, came here in 1878, when things were un- settled. He cast around in mining *‘up the guleh,” add finally came her ll went into the office’and Tell into conver- sation with the 'elerk. This latter in- dividual has been 1n the hills some time and is prepared to identify any one, from gambler down. todand shark., It wasa pleasant Sunday . afternoon, and we watched the mypiads of people coming in and going out. 1 might be well 1o say that when they went out they simply went to the bar in the room adjoini As we stood by the desk T was stru with the appearance of a man who came in, Upon asking about him a resident near_us said; “Why, that’s Flormann, .Bob Flormann. Twenty-five years ago he lived where Denver now sfands. He had no fuith in the country, and pulled out for the country he He let his claim go, and almost walked here. He went up near Deadwood and located a gold claim. It didn’t pan out worth a cent and he bogan to look around for “fish.” He hadn't at this time money enough to buy his breakfast, and matters were beginning to look dubious with ~him. But ‘it was rolling his way,’ and- he found to tq stake him and he struck it rieh.’” Said the glerk: “Agross the stroet walks Thomas Sweeny, lom’ is & good oston specimen of how mankind comes to the front. Now, there's a man who followed & bull train into Rapid in*77. He hadn’t a sou in his pocket and didn’t know where ho was to lay his head. But he was a rustler, Ho borrowed a razor, rented a room, and opened a barbe: shop. His first customer was Fred Evans, the miilionaire freighter, and Tom charged him a half-dollar. This gave Tom a starter, and Le is now worth 2 cool $150,000." While taking this with a good-sized ain of allowance in came John Brennan. ohn has been the only postmaster in Rapid. He came here in the centennial year and built a ‘‘shack” where the American house now stands. He fed people and made money on it. The ro- sult is that he is now rated among the men that are,not among those who were, His log hotel was down toward Rapid creek, and the building was not an in- viting one. When transients came and asked for dinner he hied himself forth and ordered sufficient food to do them, ying at the same time that he would cull after securing their money and settle the liability. “He took their orders, yelled the same into an adjoming room inhabited by an imaginary cook, and then prepared the dinner ‘Now his rentals alone bring him about $9,000 per year, and he is looked up to as a man who has accomplished something in the last ten years. Coming right down to plain, every-day facts, the hills country probably pos- sesses as many odd characters as any particular neighborhood in America. “Take, for instance, the real-estate agents. Charley Wright is a man who has knocked all over the western country. He is a tall, slim men, with an auburn complexion and an eagle's eye. He hag followed western boom after boor, and has done nothing but ride on the top of the wave that has gradually rolled west- ward, Hecomes into a new town, opens a land oflice, makes his money, and moves on. He is decidedly a first-rate example of the western land dealer, Then there is Tom Wallace, & nephew of of Gen. Lew Waullace. He came in nine years ago in a stage on Bismarck when out-riders looked into the matter of Indians. He is an easy-going, angular individual, who knows nearly every inch of the Bluck hills country. Of course there are saloons and gam- bling houses in Rapid, The city wouldn't be a western one without them, Gam- bling is done in five out of the eleven. The dealers, in most instances, are old- timers who have passed years in the western country and know how to take a joke from one wearing a wide hat and high hecls. I saw a game of faro in Huyward's last night wherein a stock- man from the neighberhood of Sundance lost a cool §800. It didn't take long, and the loser left the table as nonchalant- lry as is he was simply lighting a eigar. t was an ordinary thing for him. He had been there before, and it was a matter of not much consequence whether he lost or won. He played to pass the time away, and rruriueml y won as much a5 he lost last night. He told me after- ward that be had several thousand head of cattle in the Powder river country, and that last winter he only lost four from_exposure. [ rather imagined that this fact made him a little wmore in- different about his losses over the green, But gambling isn't what it was in the hills,” I doesn't pay the runners as much su't come in big piles. and is hustling to & definite desti- \d u settled vocation. One sees saloons specimens of men who n the downs rather than the ups in the hills. Playing faro near the stockmen was the sheriff of a certain western Dakota county. In years gone al Money dc b{ he was one of the Juost pop- ular men and wore just @ ill'fe better clothes than any of his acquaintances. Now he- is physicall decaying by veasou of & hard life an. wmany & late night. The spectacie of a shorill playmg fare in lus own stamping ground is indeed an int one. In another saioon and house 1 was told that never thirty and frequently twice that number of “‘rounders” held down chairs from midnight until old Sol appeared over the Pierre road in the east. These ‘‘round- ers” are men—many of them—who have seen better days, but who now are com- pelled to seek some saloon in which to eresting. mbling s than sleep There are several all night saloons in Rapid, and each one harbors a host of them. Where they eat no one knows, and no one seems to care. The marshal orders a good-sized number of them to move on cach day. They comply, asa rule, but there is no_traditional ‘‘vacant chair” left in the gilded saloon. Some one else walks in and occupies 1t. This same marshal is also a character. His name is McNally, and he is a pugilist. Being possessed of a magnificent form and astill more magnificent cartridge belt and pistol, he is” an awe-inspiring personage. ‘‘Tender-feet’ "ust coming in are furnished with tales of his encoun- tors in the ring and out of it without extra cost, The bartenders in these places are about the same as those in the east. The only difference is that they charge you a quarter for two beers. In man cases they arc remarkable men. Bol Moll, at the American house bar, is a Rhinelander and has saved his money during the last few years to such an ex- tent that he now owns many buildings on Main street. Tom Bentley, who bows behind the bar at the “Drum,”’ was the first recorder of deeds in Deadwood and tho hirst United States commissioner in Rapid. What he doesn’t know about the hills will never become a matter of history. But aside from all this, one is_not ex- pected to form the opinion that Rapid is a hard town. There is a good and a bad side toit, of course. The visitor can Euy his money and take his choice. Brick locks are going up, and civilization is becoming more prominent everywhere. Fme residences, a_ brick hotel, water works, and other evidences of falth’ and capital are being built. The railway will be here b{ythe 1st of June, and the city will then be more accessible. The North- western Stage company will pull out for their new contract in Wyoming, and the iron horse will take its place. The bul- lion, tin, and other oulfiolng roducts of the hills will scarcely need any more wagon-hauling, and in a short time Rapid City will not be “'in the west." i Sabbbath Observance. There will be a union meeting of all the churches to-morrow (Sunday) night in the Exposition building, beginning at 8 o'clock. This meeting will be held in the interests of a better observance of the Sabbath, and will be addressed by prom- inent citizens. Everyoue is invifed to at- tend. Seats free. EXTRACTS MOST PERFECT MADE Purest gad o t Natural Frolt Flavors, yaniia: Yatoon, Grango. Abmond: Roso. etc., avor s daiteately wud Saburaly a8 tho rult PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. CHJCAGO. #7. LOU1A AN IRISH-AMERICAY PORTENT Tnexpressibly Pleasant Reading for the Poo- ple of the “Ould Sod." “The Universal and Ungrudgiog Ape proval of the Home Rule Bill an Event of the Wirst Magnitude." United Treland, Dublin, May 1, The tone of Irish-American speeches and writings with respect to the hnme rule. = bill is inexpressively pleasant reading fof all who value the safety of our causes Our Irish-American brethien's universal and ungrudging approval is an event the tirst magnitude, It will be a more powerful auxillary oven than their opons handed subscriptions, Had their opine jons taken a different direction they wounld have been ravenously lapped up by the London newspapers. Wo may be sure there is not an Irish sheet published from the Atlantio to the Pacitic shore that has not been greedily conned for opinions that might be used to Mr. Glad- stone’s prejudice. Had the obscurest of them indulged in the cheap bravery of scofling ut or disparaging the boon, its words of wisdom would have been flnshed across the ocean as if they represonted the united and unalterable mind of the race. The only possible chance of Mr. Gladstone's bill gaining acceptance in the face of the tremendous pr«jurlicog that environ it in England is the persua- sion that it would be honestly and royally regarded by the Irish people as closing the quarrel. Kven a very trivial or thoughtless outburst of . Irish dissent would be so magnified by Iving malignity as to bo possibly fatal. The straining for the first symptom of Irish dissension— the downright fiendish determination to misrend and pervert the truth about Irish opinion--was never so grossly be- trayed, The whole gist and burden of the opposition to the bill was that it would mot satisfy Ireiand. n the heart-shout “Every man of them!" from the Irish benches, and the universal joy- ous chorus that rang through the island = disposed of any doubts as to how the measure was regarded at home, the anti- Irish demons fixed Ir their hopes upon Their eternal argument s that Irish-America is Mr. Parnell's paymaster and tyrant, and that even if he” were disposed to muke an honest ce Irish-America would forbid it, The rish-Americans are constantly pictured to the English public as irreconcileable desperadoes, whose theory of loving Ire- land is to keep her in eternal _misery for the purpose of indulging an insatia- ble thirst for murder and dynamite ex- plosions, What more certain, therefore, than that any project for composing quarrel by means of a friendly pact with England would be hailed with execrations on the other side of the Atlansic Griev- ous has been the disappointment of these malign hopes. Irish-American opinion has so lhornugh]K and heartily with one voice acclaimed Mr. Gladstone’s message of peace that the assassin literatyre of London which would lmvu‘firupcd at an extract from the pettiest village sheet, if it had been violent, is forced studiously to ignore one of the greatest phenomena of the century—the spectacle of the most Irish-American millions ng o cord erasp of friendship to clinch the bargain with Mr. Gladstone, The epitome of American and Irish- American opinion which the Irish Na- tional League 1s collecting will be a source of immeasurable strength to Mr, Gladstone. He can say literally with the English monarch of Shakespeare’s ?lny: “A hundred thousand rebels die in this!" Mr. John Boyle O'Reilly is a representa- tive Irish-American, of the stamp who would go to the cannon's mouth for Ire- land, and would cut out his tongue rather than fashion it to words he did not mean; and here is how he spoke facing ten thousand upturned Irish faces in Fanueil hall, Boston: “Mr, Gladstone has in one day softened the hatred engendered and Increased by cen turies of misrule in Ireland. [Appiause.| He has astonished Irishmen themsalves b; demonstrating that it la{pussible for Englan I h-America. still to win the hearts of Irishmen [cries of “Good,” and cheers.] cannot speak for Irishmen, but I can speak for one Irishmi who wasa rebel—[cheers|—that I respfe and honor and love Mr. Gladstone for his n;n ificent offer to Ireland. [Renewed ap- platise].” Si han avowal from such aman is worth a million a year of Irish tribute to enlightened English statesmanship. 1t strikes the chord which resounds through the whole Irish-American world: rejoice- ment at the prospect of terminating an age-long war; hearty proclamation that w%l:\tm‘ur contents the Irish people will content their big-hearted brethren bes ond the ocean also. Hence it is that rish-American opinion is so rigorously stowed out of sight in the English papers. One or two sentences of ~ balderdash from the Irish World are the only fro- vider of mischief they can forage from the entire transatlantic press, and _these are parnded as umuqnhu Irish Worls had not been for years fighting tooth an nail against Mr. Parnoll and his policy, without any astounding rcsults “to tha latter. We may jud‘lu from the di significance which the Times attaches the fact that a particular Lrishman who cordially embraces the principle of the bill eriticises a few of its details, how yillainous a use would have besn made of any, even the most hare-brained ex. ln'emou that could be tortured into rish-American repudiation of profiered treaty of peace betweon the two nations. The Cockney nowspaner ghouls have been baulked of this gratis cation, and not even the most princely pecuniary sacrifices of the last seven years have done more to advance the cause of Home Rule than the demonstras tion our Irish-American brethren have just given our foes that, if prompt to revenge their country’s wrongs, an obs ject still more grateful to their hearts is to see her bloodlessly established In happiness and peace and independence, TUTT’S PILLS 25 YEARS IN_ USE. Tho Groatest Modical Triumph of the Ago! 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