Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SURSCORIPTION ¢ Dally Morniag Edition) including 8 Bre, Ona ar Soesetavans For 8ix Months For Three Months ... . ween The Omaba Swnday Bex, malled to any 04dress, One YOar. ... oo OMATIA OPPICE, N P e ASHINGTON OFF 918 FARNAM STRERY. TRIAUNE BUILDING, FOULTEENTU STRELT. OORRESPONDENCE! All eommunioations relating to news nnd edi- torial matter should be addressed 1o the Eui- TOI OF THE BRe. BUSINESS LETTERS: All buriness letters and remittances should be Mdressod to THE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafta, checks and postofice orders o be wade payable to the order of the compuny, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPARY, PROPRIETORS, THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebrask: l.a, County ot Dou Bt Geo. il. ‘Izschuck, secretary of The Dee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending May 6, 1557, was as follows ! . Saturday, April 50. 214,300 Sunday, May 1... 14,000 Mond: b May 4 Thursday, May Friday, May 0.. Average.... 014401 G Tzscuvek. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of May, 1587, N. I, Ferr, [SE. ] Notary Public. Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of May, 1586, 12,459 copies; for June, 1896, 12,208 copies : for July, 1986, 12,514 copies for August, 158, 12,464 copies; for Septes T, 1856, 130 cngiei: ‘or October, 1298 copies: for November, 1550, coples; for December, 1556, 13,237 copie: January, 1857, 16,266 copies: for February, 1857, 14,105 coples; for March, 1587, 14,400 copies; for April, 1857, 14,316 copies, S Gro. B. Tzsciuck. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Tth day of ll“r' AL D, 1857, (SEA N.'P. F'rir, Notary Public. _— Tue Mor a cattle quar:mlimr is ing great inconvenience. SEPESSe— Tue murderers of young Quinlan are 1n jail, and Moymham did not assist in *‘detecting” them. ACCORDING to the papers down thero Kansas City has joined the procession, and is experiencing a boom. ACCORDING to a streched report of a census-taker with an elastic conscience, Denver has 80,000 population. AN esteemed Lincoln contemporary an- uounces that Captain Humphrey, the Pawnee railrogue blatherskite, is on ice. Tur Chicago 7Tribune denounces the Bell Teicphone company as the most t'greedy, grasping monopoly” of the age. Burraro BiLr has ohly one thing to fear, and that is that the queen will com- mand Tennyson to wrile a poem upon tho Wild West. SE————— Tne Illinois legislature is yet in ses- sion and will not adjourn until the 27th inst. All things considered, Nebraska was very lucky. 1r any one of the Uuion Pacific em- ployes had only beeu gifted with a reten- tive memory, there would have been some rich disclosures. CEE——— **MRs. CLEVELAND,” says a Washing- ton correspondent, “has a passion for parasols.”! Many men are similarly ad- dicted regarding umbrellas, ‘WurLe but fow lamps are exploping on account of<poor oil in Nebraska, it is said that many schemes of would-be oil in- spectors explode every day. lands still open for settlement in Dakota, And yet many young men wiil siton a dry goods box and wait for ‘‘an open- ing.” yr— Just as half the world had accepted Proctor's theory that seasserpents ex- istea, General Rosser comes in and gives the newspapers more trouble. There is always some disturbing element, and doubtless there alwavs will be. CE— Tue New York Herald is booming Henry W. Grady of Atlanta, for vice- president, and the Omaha Herald 1s bouming Humphry Moynihan for ehief of police. Thesa be tough times. E—————— Tne Herald intimates that the manag- ing editor of the Bkr was disgusted with an interview ho had with Mayor Broatch in regard to his policy. Not at all. Mayor Broatch does not propose to be too rad- ical in his reforms. His course will, as we understaud it, be a conseryatiye one, and satisfactory to the majoritv of the people. Thatis Mayor Broatch's plat- form as he has declared it, Tae city council, in granting fran- chises, cannot be too careful, It should &o slow and investigate earefully every petition for a franchise, It should satisfy itself that the object is oune of good faith, and not for the purposes of b mail or for bleeding old established institutions. In other words, dealers in franchises— those who propose to sell their franchises as so0n as obtmned—should be promptly and effectunlly set down upon. Fran- chises, however, that are honest and for the public welfare should be granted upon conditions that wre fair to the city. Evidences of good taith, in the shape of gilt-edged bonas or money deposited with the city treasurer, should be required. Such guarautecs will prove good faith on the part of the petitioners, eese—————p——— Tue jury in the conspirasy trisl at Buffalo involving certain parties con- nected with the Standard Oil company brought in a verdiot of guilly against the Everests, who were very clearly shown by the evidence to be the pariies really responsible for the eonspiracy and its oconsequences. ft was by no means shown, however. that the whole burden of guilt rested upon them, and it is mor- ally certain, though it may never be ju- dicially developed, that there are other wen who should share the ignominy of the Everests, and perhaps their pumisi- ment, if justico does uot halt before reaching that point, Tae disclosures will not improve public opinion respecting the methods of the great oil monopoly or the men who mansge its affairs. They thow that the entire poliey of the oor- poration is pernicious. A mer Policy Neede: The members ol the inter-state co! merce commission have retnrned to Washington, it is understood with the in- tention of remaining there. Assuming that Mr. Morrison voices the opinion of his colleagues, they have concluded that nothing is to be gained by traveling about the country at the beek and call of the corporations, when all the desired information can b obtained in Wash- ington, and except when remote and complicated cases sball demand its at- tendance elsewhere the commission will in future prosecute its work at head- quarters, The certain advantage from this is a saving of expenditure and it uld also enable the commission to ex- te its work, since the time that would e oceupied in travel and in recuperation from its wear and tear ean be devoted to duty, The travel already had would have served to good purpose if it accom- plished nothing more than to convince the commissioners that less of it is necessary. What the people would like to hear next is that the commission had deter- mined to pursue a firmer volicy in hold- ing the corporations toa compliance with the requirements of the law. The popular disposition has been to accord to the commission a liberal Iatitude in the exercise of its authority. Confidence in 1ts integrity created a sense of sccurity that not only would the commuasion kecp thin the limited scope of its powers, but thatthere would be exercised in all cirumstances with reference primarily to the interests and welfare of the pub- lic. The official declarations of the com- mission were of a character to encourage this popular faith, If proclaimed that the lan- guage and the tenor of the law wholly fail to justify railroad managers in adopting methods which embarass the customary interchange of business, and impose stagnation upon trade. It char- acterized as stitl more unjustifiable the conduct of railroad companies in making use of the general clauses of law, ignor- ingits modifying and enlarging words and formulas, in order to impose addi- tional burdons on all interests and enter- prises, “straining and repressing every construction in favor of the corvorate treasury, and quoting the new law as their authority for all manner of petty exactions.” And the commission strengthened the reassuring character of these declarations by announcing that its powers “are entirely adequate to cope with such conduct.” The course of the commission has not been entirely consistent with what it led the public to expect, and there is a great deal of intelligent opinion that it has mnot in all cases been strictly within the limitations of its authority. The indisputable fact is that thus far it has not scemed to make the in- terest and welfave of the public the pri- mary object to be subserved, but has shown a degree of submission--we will not say subserviency--to the demands of the railroads which isall that they could have asked, and doubtless much more than they expected. The effect of this has been to quite generally supplant confi- dence with a feeling of distrust, at once damaging to the populur estimate of the intogrity of the commission and sugges- tive of a doubt as to whether such a body is the best medium for the enforcement of the law, Meanwhile the persistent efforts of the railroad corporations to ronder the law obnoxious, by methods which the com- mission has declared to be un- justifiable, have not had the hoped-for success. The popular clamor in opposition to the law that was sought to be created has been realized only toavyery moderate extent, and 1s gradually dying out altogether. Intelli- geut public opinion very soon perceived the purpose of the corporations and the mistake it would be to support them in their policy of rapacity and selfishness. No intelligent business man now believes that the law is to blame for the high rates that have been placed on all traflic and the embarrassmonts that have been imposed upon trade. Every such man knows that the greed of the railroads, coupled with their determination to de- feat, if possible, all regulation of their relations to the public as common ecar- riers, are responsible for the unreasona- ble tarifts and the damaging annoyances to which the business of the country is now heing subjected. The serious question is how much longer this state of affairs is to be pernnt- ted to continue. While every other de- partment of business is exwvericncing the damaging cffects of railroad abuses and oppression, the railronds are earning more than before the law went into ef- fect. The corporations are reaping a rich haryest by a policy of extortion made possible by the provision of a law created for the protection of the public. This must be remedied, and so far as the commission has authority to apply the remedy it should exert it at once and vigorously. There are indications that oven some of the corporations would welcome a firmer poliey on the part of the commiasion, and there is not a doubt that the people would do so, SeT——— Mayor Broatch and His Duties. Already the hungry horde of oflice seekors has besieged Mayor Broateh with endless petitions and countle: terviews, all urging him to name certain men for certain places, Whether Mayor Broateh proposes to reward politicians by placing them in positions which, by lack of experience, they are rendered in- competent to fill we do not know. 1t is to he sincerly hoped that he has no such idea in conteruplstion, If he has per- sonal obligations let him redeem them outside of his officisl eapacity, Will Gurley’s forlorn hope has almost been abandoned by his few followers. A young man named Mercer, whose law practice has been limited to & ease or two before o justice of the peace, in a depopulated town of Nemaha county, is now reach- ing for the position of assistant ity roey, 3He possesses ovne qualification which at once condemns him. He is a Union Pacific striker—a tattered shred which has been attached to the tail of Church Howe's kite for the last ten years, He was prowinent in Omaha during the last eampaign, and with the hope of being rewarded, feigned euthusiasm for Broatch, Those whose wavering allegiance is cemented alone by the promise or hope of official crumbs, present the same pitiable picture as the more degraded striker whose patriotism is avarice,and whose ehoice is determined by the fruits gathered from an itching palm, Ms, Mercer bas - arcely been in THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1887 Omaha & year— and during that time he passed three months in Lincoln as the paid lobbyist of the Union Pacific rail- road. Mr. DBroateh would make a suicidal mistake in appomnting him to any position, There are many young lawyers in Omaha, who have had experience and who are actual residents of the city, more deserving than either Gurley or Mercer, LY Moynihan, The Herald did not wait until the corpse had been buried, but took advantage of Sunday night's murder in the following manner: The cowardly murder of young Quinlan by three men at Hascall's park last night illus- trates the need for a competent man like Captain Humplirey Moynihan at the head of Omaha’s police force. The three men es- cape and the police have not even a clue, although fhers were numerous people in the vicinity. There (s not a man in Omaha who does not regret the murder of poor Quinlan, and there are none outside of the most vicious criminals who will not aid in de- tecting the murderers. Yet it scems that Moynihan's name must figure in every happening, It will soon be painted on the fences, Use MoyNmaN! If a promi- nent citizen is contined to his bed with the measies, the Moynihan organs will announce the fact, incorporating in the notice,that ‘it is to be regretted that Cap- tain Humphrey Moynihan was not at the head of the police force—because the measles, knowing his ability, would naturally have been more cautions.” If Mr. Moynihan had been chief of police the “cowardly murder of young Quinlan’’ would, ot course, never have happened. The time of the murder was midnight—the assassins did their devilish work in the dark—but Mr. Moynihan would bave been there with a patrol wigon within two seconds after the shot wasfired. The distance was only about amile and a half—the hourabout the time that Mr. Moynihan ‘‘most does congre- gate.” The manner in which the papers are attempting to poultice the captain into notoriety is stiongly suggestive of an incipient carbuncle or an over-ripe boil. It might also be remembered that in cities like Chicago and New York mur- ders are often committed and the guilty parties are never found. [f Mr. Moyni- han is such a great success as the Herald pictures him, it would be unjust to keep him in Omaha, when such large fields for Ins never-failing ability are presented clsewhere. Hurrah for Moynihan! Nebraska Oity to the Front. The Nebraska City Press publishes its second hoom edition—an edition devoted to hard facts and actual figures —in which a grand showing for that town is made. Nebraska City is the oldest town in the state, and has only recently thrown off the shackles of lethargy and commenced making strides to occupy & prominent position among the cities of Ncbraska. From the figures presented by the Press it is shown that the pust year has wit- uessed an entire change. The older c zens have placed their shoulders to the wheel, new men have taken places there and together they have overcome the inertia and the town 1s rolling rapidly along. The newspapers of the place can, in a large measure, claim the glory of the good work done. Nebraska City has a future—or has an opportunity to increase its population and business. All that is necessary is unity of action and a perpetual push. It has the advantage of a rich agricultural district to back it, it is securing by an open-handed policy new railroads and manufacturing enterprises. It is safe to predict that the town 1s *‘ahead of the Jhounds,”” and the good business judg- ment of its enterprising citizens will no doubt keep it in advance ITis not probable that the president will be in any hurry to appoint a succes- sor on the supreme bench to the late Jus- tice Woods. The dead jurist had taken no part in the business of the court for many months, but lus absence did not apparently i the least degree impair the efticiency of the tribunal. There does not appear to be, therefore, any great urgency for filling the vacancy, which has indeed practicaily existed through- out lus long iliness. When it is filled a representative of the south will undoubt- edly be selected. That section already has three candidates—Mr. Garland, Mr. Lamar and John Randolph Tucker, of Virginia. 1t is hardly conceivable that the president would so entirely disregard public opinion as to appoint Mr. Gar- land. The administration has not profited in popular confidence by retaining that official at the head of the devartment of justice, and it would be an invitation to nearly universal condemnation to give hima vlace on the suprome bench. There would be no very serious objection to Mr. Lamar, to whom the position would doubtless be congenial, but of the three the appointment of Mr. Tucker would unquestionably receive the most general approval. He has few suveriors in the country as a constitutional lawyer, and the fact that he has voluntarily aban- doned politics, in which he has been a consistent but conservative democrat, is acircumstance in his fayor. We have no doubt this 1s a case in which no north- ern democrat need apply, and therefore reports regarding Hoadley may be dis- missed as idle. Tug Northern P Iroad eom- pany has magnanimously concluded not to insist upon its claim to the improved farm of Guilford Miller, and furthermore is prepared to concede to every settler on the indemuity lands, who is there in gond faith, the right to retain possession. 1t is astonishing how gonerous these cor- porations become when they no longer see the way clear to gratify their rapac- ity., The counsel of the Northern Pa- cific now pretend that the compsny bas bad no ingention of disturbing settlers, wpd yot it is nearly four years since the company filed its claim to the Miller homestead. It was understood to ben test case that would decide the fate of 900 other settlers, and until the prosident gave his views on the merits of the con- flicting clajms the corporation worked persistently to seeure the elaim. Nobody would ever have guessed, from the zeal with which it pursped its object, that the com- pany was really ouly playing a praetieal joke on Miller, whosc anunoyance and apprebension, with that of the other set- tlers, were of eourse Leing all the time hugely enjoyed by the oflicials in she seoret, As s matter of faet the presence of these settlers wasdesired by the com- pany. It is just a¢ well, however, that the president, unconscions of how kindly the corporation really felt toward Miller, regacded the matterof its claim seriously and annouuced a yolicy which is very likely to be productive of widespread benefits, It is snggestive that the North- ern Pacific scems t have become sud- denly anxious to tind out whether it has any claim which the government is bound to respect, and if s0 to get pos- session of it as soon as possible, Owmana advanced to eighteenth place among the cities reporting their bank clearancesfor last week, showing up with a grand total of $3,280,210, an in- crease over the corresponding week of last year of 103 per cent. Such facts carry their own comment to those who under- stand their value and signifieance. Thoy show unmistakably not only the rela- tively large business of Omaha, but also the steady growth of its trade. Financial and business men who will study this weekly exhibit of the fiscal operations of the clearing houses of the country, keep- ing in mind the still vast undeveloped opportunities of Omaha, ought to have no difficulty in deciding where there is the most flattering promise for the in- vestment of capital and the location of .business enterprises. THE time is coming, and it is not far distant, when advertisers will demand of publishers a veriliod statement of their circulation. It should be remembered that the Bek is the only paper in Ne- braska which furnishes a sworn state- ment of circulation. On this subject the Philadelphia Ziccord most sensibly st “Selling publicity should not be a game of hide and seek. Wise advertisers and wise publishers are beginning to sce it."” SELF MADE WOMEN, Lucy Larcom was a mill hand. Adelaide Neilson began life asa child’s nurse. Anna Dickinson began life asa school teacher. Charlotte Cushman was the daughter of poor people. Miss Braddon, the novellst, wasa utility actress In the English provinees. Sara Bernhardt was a_dressmaker's prentice; so was Matilda Heron. The most renowned woman who sprang from the lowaest estate was Jeanne d’Arc, who fed swine. Adelaide Phillips, the singer, now dead, was a very poor girl, and so was Sarah Jew- ett, the actress. Nell Gwynne sold oranges in the streets and theatres. From the pit, while vending her wares, she took a fancy for the stage. Pretty Maude Granger, with the golden- brown eyes and shapely form, first earned her livelibood by running a sewing machine. Mrs. Langtry is the aaughter of a country parson of small means, but the old proverb that of her face being her fortune, proved true in her ease. Edmonia Lews, the sculptor, is colored. Overcoming the prejudice against her sex and color, and self-educated, Miss Lewis is now successtully pursuing her profession in Italy. Christine Nillson was a poor Swedish peasant, and ran barefoot in childhood. Jenny Lind, also a Swede, was the daughter of a principal of & young ladies’ boarding school. The mother of Clara Louise Kellogg strained every nerve to give Claraa musical education, and at one time was a profes- sional spiritual medium. Miss Kellogg failed three times. Minnie Hauk’s father was a German and a shoemaker, and in the most straightened circumstances. Her voice early attracted the attention of one of New York’s richest men, who had it cultivated. Miss Maria Mitchell, the astronomer, was the daughter of a small farmer in Nantucket, who was obiiged to eke out his income by teaching school at $2. a week. Maria was constantly occupied with his househola duties. ‘The great French actres, Rachel, had as hard a childhood as ever fell to the lot of a genius. Ragzed, barefoot and hungry, she played the tambourine in the streets and begked for a dole. Naturally she was illit- erate and vulgar, ——— The World’s Way. 1. B. Aldrich, At Haroun’s Court it chanced upon a time, Au Arab poet made this pieasant rhyme: *“The new moon is & Lorseshoe, wrought of od, Wherewith the Sultan’s stallion shall be shod.” On hearing this, his Highness smiled and gave The wman a gold pieco. Sing again, O slaye! Above his Jute the happy singer bent, And turned another graceful compliment. And, as before, the smiling Sultan ave The inan a shekah. Bing again, U slave! Again the verse came, fluent as a rill That wonders, silver-footed, down a hill, The Sultan, listening, nodded as betore, Still gave the gold, and sull demanded more. ‘The nimble faney that had climbed so high, Grew weary with its elimbing by-and-by, Strange discords rose, the sense went quite amiss, The s‘;l_u:r'u rhymes refused to meet and iss. Invention flageed, the lutehad got unstrung And twice he sang the song already sung. The § .5 Itan, furtous, called a mute and said: ta, straightway whip me off his Poets, not in Arabia alone, You get beheaded when your skill is gone, el STATE AND PERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings, Fremont's belt line will be four and a half miles long. Real estate transaetions in last week amounted to $76,241. Haaliu%shlr)ing to work up a com- pany to bore formitural gas. This will not interfere with the proposed new daily by Duke Thompson. Competition is the Iife of trade, s The Ri»iug City Jodependent revorts that H. T. Clarke and P. P. Johnson have purchased the McDonald farm of 25,000 acres in I’I?uafirwk township, But- ler county, for §52,000. Editor Calhoun's double was ip Omaha last Suturday. A plug hat and aslim cane worn by the second edition saved him from being mistaken tor the lone tisherman of the Nemaba. The Fremont Tribune declares that Omaha’s prosperity is at an end; that the Patrick farm "“was sold to Kansas City suckers,” and that the late owners in- vested in Fremont realty to ayoid a orash. The Patricks know a good thing when they see 1t. They will pasture a few thousand steers on the streets of Fromont and saye the trouble and ex- vense of baling hay. A dispute over a homestead claim on Dismal river,in the unorganized territory near Blaine uounc{ terminated fatally last woek. Michal Yocum, a former ros- ident of North Platte, Lineoln Dowuer Fremont enraged at latker fited on a piece of land he wanted. Beingun- able to draw Downer into a row, Yocum laid in ambuzh and shot him dead while in the act of feeding his team. 'I'ne murderer was arrested and jailed at Ord, awaiting trial. The Hastings Gazetto-Journal is out th a boom edition, with maps, picto nd statistics to prove that the third has something to shout about. The map was doubtless drawn by the Mulhat- ton of the Fremont Tribune. It rep- resents ascore of ‘‘air line” railroads tearing over hill and valley for the town and a dozen more tunneling to getin, All other towns in the stato are mere varnished knots in the spokes of the hub—neither useful nor ornamental, but a necessary evil. The Journal makes a creditable showing of progress in the shape of new machinery. Towa Iteme, Sioux City is going to havea bridge over the Missouri river. A large weeting was held in LeMars Wednesday evening, at which it was re- solved to request the city council to call a special election for ‘the purpose of bonding the city for a system of water- works and sewerage. A Carroll county farmer saws the horns from all his cattle and says there are so many advantages to be derived from the custom that 1t will certainly become uni- versal, Davenport and Dubuque shippers are making use of the Burlington pro rata freight rates from the east to the river, while waiting for onc of their own. How soon they will huve one of their own is a question nobody seems able to answer, Mr. Kernan, a farmer near Wesley, had s burn, farm machinery, four head of horses, 500 bushels of grain and several hogs destroyed by fire a few days ago. In his efforts to save the property he narrowly escaped being burned to death. Thirty beer kegs at the Orange City depot cansed the seribe of the Herald to look up the reports in the audidor's oftice, and he was surprised to see what an immense amount of intoxicating liquors are sold there for culinary, medi- cinal and sacramental purposes. Dakota. The game laws of Dukota prohibit shooting from now until September 1. More shade tr ave been set out this spring at Alexandria than ever before. J. A, Whaling, ung farmer living near Parkston, was killed by a runaway team at that place Thursday. He leaves a wife and two children. Clapper and Miss Inez Ribble e united in the holy bonds of matri- mony at Svringfield last Thursday night, and the next day the groom was ar- rested and placed in jaii charged with the seduction of the bride's sister. French ereek placers are receiving more attention at this juncturo than has been given them at any time since 1876, Hundreds of claims which have been lying idle, and which may be said to have been abandoned for years, have recently been located in twenty-nere tracts, It is now evident that a much greater quan- tity of gold will be mined from these cers during the present season than has been obtained from this source in the past five y . The bed rock drain at Calamity bar which has been in course of construction for years, was completed a few d ince, and result of the enterprise is highly satisfactory to the owner. The pay gravel is practically inexhaustivle, and pays §0 a to the man to sluice. Wy Laramie has organized a belt radway and street car company. The Union Pacific company has paid all fees and taken out patents to 113,872 acres of its land grant recently. This land is all located in Albany county. A large force of men and teams are in Cheyenne ready to begin work on the B. & M. extension to that city. It is ex- vected thut work will begin in earnest to-day. The corner stonc of the territorial building will be laid to-morrow. Great preparations have been made to cele- brate the event. Business houses, banks and the schools will be closed and every- body will take u holiday. A treasure for tunners has, it is be- lieved, been discoverad in the wonderful waters of the lake near. Wilcox station, inthe western part of Albany county. As a preserver and finisher of leather prac- tical tests have proved it to be unequaled in the country. The Standard and Gr Northwestern Oil companies are not located west of Douglas, as stated in these jottings, but on the contrary a great ways northeast of that enterprising town. Both of these and all other operative oil wells are lo- cated in Crook county, about seventy-tive miles west of Deadwood. ——— A Whining Corporation, St. Paul Globe, The Union Pucific railroad corporation wants the earth, and because 1t can’t get it the president of the road thinks it is the victim of persecution. At least that scems to be the tenor of Charles Francis Adams before the Pacific railway com- mittee. Mr. Adams says that the govern- ment has wreaked upon the Union Pacific for years petty spite and constant humil- iation, Considering that the govern- ment has for years been having & tough fight to compel the Union Pacific to pay intersst on an honest debt, Mr, Adams’ talk hasa queer sound to it. ‘The arro- gance of these Union Pacific people ro- calls the old adage that if a beggar is put oa horseback ho will ride to the devil, The Union Pacific has been mounted at government expense, and now it wants to ride rough-shod over the government. Becenuse the people of the United States will not consent to submit to its highway robbery methods this bloated i commences to whine about be cuted. What the Union Pacilic needs is for the goyernment to give it a real good spanking and put it to Ded. S A Petrified Skull ¥rom Wyoming. ‘The Minnesota Historical society claims to haye received a petrified skull, which was found near Fort Fetterman, Wy. T'., last fall, In form it is about a foot long, rather narrow and about six inches through the thicker part of the head from neck to top. The teeth are very marked, and the ivory in an excellent condition. There are two prongs or tusks about two and one-half or three inchesin length, slightly curved, setin the upper jaw at the extreme front, and below, from the lower jaw, there are two cor- responding prongs of about the me length and size, The rest of the teeth are more or less pointed, though the general shape is not nearly so long as the two prongs. All the “indications of thie teeth point to & carniverous animal, The lower jaw ig qaite clear of the sur- rounding stone, and the bone is in an ex- cellent state of preservation. The in- terior of the bend 1s filled with a hard, white stone formation, about as hard 28 granite. When found the specimen was of stone, which ovidently contained 4 part of the animal. As to what kind of an animal it was, those who examined it are 1n doubt, though some of it has the &u appearance of being related to the ar. day ——— The Majesty of the Law. First Policeman (Sunday murnmfi ~ Did you succeed in buying the collar button? Secona Policeman—Yes; I've got the proprictor safe in the loc® up! First Policeman—Good! and now let's 2o and bowl off old men Rumandgum for 8 drink. THREE UNLUCKY OUTLAWS, Desperadoss Attack A Pioneer Cabin and Get Worsted, HENRY CLARK'S BRAVE WIFE, A Plucky Woman Holds at Bay a Trio of Bad Citizens--Defending her Virtue—A Resolute Ne- braska Markswoman, Men are accustomed to look upon women as frail, tender, and without pluck, but the bravery and heroism of the female sex, when foreed to face the inevitable, shine forth in instances which men may have equalled, but never excelled. In June, 1878, three ruflians, one of whom was a half-breed Indian, rode up to the pioneer cabin of Henry Clark, situated near the state line between Kan- sas and Nebraska, due north of Smith Centre, and on the bank of the Repub- lican river. It was 10 o’clock in the fore~ noon, and Clark was in Marysville, Kan- sas, on business, leaving the wi was & robust woman of twenty-five,nlone on the place. Hospitality is the rule in the west, and when the men asked for breakfast she could not well refus though she made up her mind at glance that they were bad men. They said they were looking for stock, and secmed to be posted as to Clark’s ab- senco. All were heavily armed and rode good horses. While Mrs. Clark was very much frightened and annoyed at their presence, she made a prete of being cool and braye, and this probably put the climax off for some time. She prepared a good breakfast, and the men sat down to eat, but it was eusy to sce that they were not hungry. They only made a pretense of eating, and when they got up two of them secized her and rushed her out of doors, and the third, who had alrendy mounted, received her on his saddle. In aking of this act,Mrs. Clark explain f had been expecting just such a move, and was in a measure prepared for it. [ knew they meant me evil, and I was glad when 1 saw they were to take me away. We had no neighbor nearer than three miles, and 1 felt that only in being taken away from the house was there any chance of rescue from their clutches. Men were nnnsmntlf riding about the country looking for land or stray stock, and 1 had strong hn‘po! of meeting some ty before we had gone tar. Therefore they scized me I made but little re- nce, and, apparently to their great surprise, I did not scream or faint.’ The men rode off at a gallop up the river, skirting the edges of the timber, and in about three quarters of an hour reached a cabin which had been aban- doned early in the N»ring by a family Miller. The settler’s Wife had died, and he had removed to Red Cloud, The cabin was a small and snug afl: hav- ing a heavy door with a bar to it, and two windows provided with almost bul- let-proof inside shutters, ‘The men rode stralght to the cabin and dismounted, Mrs. Clark being assisted off the saddle before the man who rode the horse with her got down. As she struck the ground she grabbed for the butt of a revolver which stuck out of the holster of the man who helped her down, and what hap- pened in the next two or three minutes she relates horself: I was and am a fair shot with rifle or revolver, 1 first seized the weapon with the idea of committing suicide, but changed my mind in an instant, pulled up the hammer, and shot_the man in the leg before he had taken his hanas off me. Then I darted for the cabin, carrying the smoking weapon in my hnnd. The ‘{mlf— open door was only ten feet away, and I was inside and had the door bar in place in a few seconds. Indeed, the man whom I had wounded had scarcelv cried out before I was in the house. My action was so sudden and unexpected thatnot » hand was stretched out to stop me. Fortunately for me, the bar stood on end just behind the door, and as I slipped’it into place 1 felt that I had been saved. Two or three years of pioneer life gives a woman courage and confidence, and I knew 1 had disabled one of the men and had five bullets left for the other two.” . T'he wounded man received the bullet in the left leg just at the knee, and made a serious matter of it. Ho fell to the ground and cursed and groaned n a terrible way, and vowed that the woman should be burned alive at the stake to pay for his injury, His companions were at firstinclined to ridicule him and to admire the piuck of the woman, but when they realized that he would prob- ably lose his himb, and that the trio d a veck of tronble on hand, their anger became frightful. They made a rush for the door, evidently expecting to easily lny hands on the woman and drag her, out but they found it barred. When they turned to the windows they found them also well agcured. It became plain to them that she meant determined re- sistance, und they gave up their efforts and retired to consult. From what Mrs. Clark overheurd she was convinced that the two men wanted to help the wounded one oft and lenve at once, but he obsti- nately refused to move an inch until he had been revenged on the woman. He called their attention to the fact that it was a lonel neighborhood and not likely to be visited b un{ strangers be- foro night, and that they should batter in the door and secure their victim, W hen they referrcd to his wound as evidence of of ‘ner bravery, he fiercely shouted: “D——n her, i accidental shot. got my revoiver, but she won't daré fire itto save her life, Get a log and bust in that doo ‘The men hunted about until they found alarge limb which had been trimmed up, and they sized this and made a rush for the door. The woman Kknew just what they w preparing for, und she softly unbolted oue of the bhinds and swung it back until she cosld see them. One of the panes of glass was gone, und she rested the revolver in this opening, took deliberate aim at the man nearest her, and when she pulied the trigg he fell down and expired with scar kick, having been shot through the heart. The other immediately ran away, but took a cireuft and came buck to the wounded man. Then the cursing, rav- ing, and storming was renewed, and the wonnded man propped himself up and emptied the contents of his Winchestor gother, strapped the riflos to the eaddles, and rode away as hard as he could go.' The woman soon left the cabin and took her way honreward, but was met by her hus \nv? and three eattle hunters about a mile . The three latter pur- sued the fugative for miles, securing two of the horses and exchanging several shots, but he finally got safely away. i Wonderful Mesmerism, London Standard: The Salle du Zoc aque at the Grand Hotel in Paris wa crowded on Wednesday night, April 20, with doctors, journalists, and well-known Parisians, who kad been invited by M. Hepp, the editor of the Voltaire, to wit- ness some interesting experiments of the newly discovered hypnotizer, M. Moutin, Without attempting to account for the extraordinary power possessed by M. Moutin, who'is a comparatively voung and handsome man, over the doctors, journalists and ladies of the audience who consented to mount the platform and allow him to experiment upon them, 1 will state in n few words what he did. M. Moutin does not put people to sleep, but makes them obey his will while thor- oughly awake. He began by choosing his subjects among the people who pre- sented themselves by ing his hand on the nape of the neck, While talking to them he mquired whether they felt an unusual heat under his hand, If ao af- firmative answer was given he knew he had a good subject, and, while telling him to stand up straight, soon brought him on his knees by simply placing one and his revolver into the door and win- dow blind. Mys. Clark had warning, and she sat down on the floor in & corner. Some of the bullets fell inside, but she was in a safe place. When the wounded out- law had exhausted his ammunition he called upon his companion to ‘beat the door in with s rock lying near by, and threatened him with death if he did not. Mrs. Clark was looking out of the win- dow, and she says: 8 “The man was throughout afraid of me, more 5o thun of his friend, and he refused to obey, saying there had been nonsense enough, and he would now help the other way. He stood looking toward the cabin as he tulked, and { saw the wounded man slip a eartridge into revolver and raise the weapon and The bullet wus meant to kill, but not cven wound, and the man , drew hiz weapon, and fired three bullets into the would-he ussussin’s lmd{. causing his death in o minute or two. He did vot go near the body, but waved his hand to me s a token that I was uot to hand lightly on his back and holding the other in front of his knees. It was extremely curious to witness the efforts by which some people keep their feet, but'it was uscless; they had to go down on thei s, One gentleman, well known in s1an society, was dragged around the room among the spectators by M. Moutin, who put that gentleman’s hand first on his shoulder, and then on his head, and told him to follow him. When they got back to the platform he told the same gentleman, when sitting on the ground, that he for- bade him to rise. Notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts, ho could not' rise until he had received the maguetizer's permission. One of the writers on the (Gaulois was operated on_ in a yet more astonishing manner. Placed at the extremity of a long hall, with his back turned to M. Moutin, he was toid to do all he could to prevent himself being drawn backward toward the platform. He used what seemed to be almost superhuman_etlorts to stand where he was; but svon his legs began trembling violently, and in spite of all he was soon walking backward toward the operator, After that everybody was made to laugh heartily by the samo gentleman being mado to dance in a most amusing manner. M. Moutin also fought a mock duel with him, Asking for two walking sticks, he gave one to tke gentleman, and, after crossing swords with him, paralyzed his arm by his will. After releasing his adversary from that disad- vantageous position, M. Moutin told him that he defied him to touch him with the stick. Theoperator failed in this In- stance, for, after a prolonged eftort, dur- ing which the journalist scemed to strain every nerve and muscle in his body. he at last touched M. Moutin's chest. ‘The operator, however, won great ap- plause by recommencing the ex ment. He stood perfectly still, and offered, as before no resistence but his will or mag- netic power. The gentleman with the stick struggled, so to say, againet the air, but he failed to touch the operator, One of the Iadies present was told by M. Moutin, while she was sitting among the spectators, that he defied her to say “Nebuchadnezzar.” It wasridiculous in the extreme to hear her try in vain, till the operator gave her permission to say the word. The sume Iady was evidently a good subject, for M. Moutin, placing'two chuirs in the middle of the platform, sat down on one, and then told the lady she would come and sit down on the other and lean her head on Ina shoulder, She protested, but in a few minutes she was seized with a most violent trembling in her out- stretched arms. She got up, and then threaded her way among the spectators in what eemed to be a nervous trance, for she trembled most violently. Some people thought she would trip on the vlatform steps, but M. Moutin, who was sitting quietly awaiting her arrival, re- assured them by saying, *‘She cannot 3 I'forbid her,” he sat down on the chair, and, when there, scemed determined not to put her head on the operator’s shoulders; but in a few moments she closed her cyes and let her hoad fall. At the same nstunt M. Moatin started to his feet, and, blow- ing in her face, restored her instantly to consciousness. Other cqually astonish- ing experiments were made by M. Moutin on people who cannot be supposed for a moment to be accomplices of u trick, ———— Babies' and Children’s delicate skin requires a perfectly pure soap like Colgate’s Cashmere Bouquet. —— ———— Thrifty Indians, Carlisle (Pa) Indian School Star: Three Omaha Indians, one of whom is a returned student, have clubbed together and bought a sumlin‘z machine, One of these men was able by its use to putin forty acres of wheat “in one dn(. The three Indians have planted on their farms over 100 acres of wheat. They are now renting out the muchine to ‘the white farmers in their neighhornood at ten cents per acre planted. Work and thrift brings good fellowship everywhere. THE PERFECT Self Revolving Chum Dasher Quickest Selling Article Ever Invented. PRICE OF DASHER, $1.25 Neodaio talking. but rewl) i Prowost Buowing rtiele on the ikt Omaa, Neb., April 23, 1887, —This is to certify that we, the undersigned, have this day witnessed a churning by “The Perfect” Self Revolving, Churn Dashers. which 1esulted in producing 8§ pounds ol first class butter from one gallon of cream in jnst one nd fifteen seconds, f 1 Wil liagier, m o " Bhoriuand’ Iy Mian: sal M. n, e Will 3. Dobba, It 1t A I.I“‘\.’nh.:\.;%l',’m'" I k K. G o & 0k i ? " J’Lrl asLate. ol i o State and County Rights for Sale, Profits Will Surprise You, AGENTS WANTED, Callor wnite to us at gpee. Qu ck sale and lurge profits Very truly, ). W. & A Pornam, Prop's. | be disturbed, and then got the horses t0- | g Koow ) Crayuse Biyck. 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