Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1887, Page 2

THE CONFIDENCE MAN CAUGHT A, T, Powell Intercepted at Atohison By Omaha's Ohief of Police. AN EXCELLENN ENTERTAINMENT Closing of the Homeopathists' Meet- ing—New Police Kegulations— Cable Commissioners—A Cone stable’s Contempt. Powell Oaught at Atchison. A. F. Powell, who secured $4,500 on a draft which was endorsed by Dr. Dins- moor, was arrested in Atchison, Kan., yesterday afternoon on telegraphic infor- mation furnished the police of that city by Chief of Police Scavey. The follow- ing 18 the correspondence: Arcinson, Kan,, May 27, 11 a, m.—Chlef of Police, Omaha: Send description ot A. F. Powell, wanted In your city for cashing draft on bank. Think he is here. Answer at onca. H. Prick, City Marshal. OMAHA, 12:45 p. m.—F. 1L Price. Atchison: Arrest A, F. Powel elght, 5 feet 10 inches ‘weight, 150 to 1603 l%mmi shoulders; dark eyes and complexion; black frock coat, dark vest and pants, slouch hat; good looking face, prominent cheek bones, perhaps scar on forehead. W. 8, SEAVEY, Chief of Police. ATcnison, Kan,, 2:30 p. m.—W. N, Sea- vey, Chief of Police, Omaha: Haveeot your mau Powell. What shall I do with him? ", H, PRICE. OuprA, 8:10 p. m.—City Mm‘shul\Awflaon. Kan,: Detective coming. Hold Powell. W. 8. SEAVEY. ‘The lapse of time between the receipt of the second dispatch from the marshal at Atchison and the reading of Chiet Seavey's reply, was caused by negli- qance of the telegraph messenger boy. he dispatch in guestion was received at the Western Union office here at 2:40 K. m., and 1t was not delivered at police eadquarters until 7 p. m., just after roll roll call, when Captain Cormack handed it'to Chief Scavey. As soon as the latter official obtained it ho went to Dr. Dinsmoor’s .oftice, and was informed by that gentleman that he had been noti- fied by the Commercial National bank of the arrest, and also informed that Detec- tive Moynihan had started to Atchison to get the prisoner. He accordingly tele- graphed as indicated m the last dispatch given above. Detective Moynihan had evidently been notified of the arrest after it had been made. AN EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT The Performauce By the Deaf Mutes at Boyd's Last Evening. The entertainment given by the mem- bers of the Nebraska institute for the deaf and dumb at Boyd's opera house last night was a novel and instructive one in every respect. It was witnessed by an audience of about 250 people, while 1t merited u crowded house. The pro- gramme comprised an exhibition of the methods employed in teaching the deaf mutes, interspersed with choice musical features furnished by the Presbyterian choir. Prof. Gillispie made an intro- ductory address, sketching the growth of deaf mute instruction and explaining the different methods employed in the for- eign and American schools. By the American method pupils are not only taught to converse by signs and hands, but by the oral and aural methods the afflicted children are often taught to speak and hear. Prof. Gillispie’s address was followed by an exliibition of the method of nstruction by signs. Mr. Reid, a deaf mute con- pected with the institution, used a num- ber of little boys and girls and illustrated yis method by going througi a series of signs, the meaning of which the pupils expressed in writing. The promptness with which most of the replies were written spoke well for the traing that the young pupils have received, A number pantomimes were enacted in an eftec- tive manner by members of the school, One of the most 1nteresting features of the entertainment was the illustration of the results of the oral and aural methods of instruction used in the institute. Seven girl pupils and four bo{s. under the direction of one of the lady instruc- tors, were presented and carried on a dialogue at some length. Several of the pupils were able to speak quite distinetly and to hear conversation but shightly pitched above the ordinary tone of yosce The most noticeable de- fect in the speech of these was in their lack of moduiation, The v mme as n whole was decidedly in- teresting as giving an 1nsight into the methods by which these afllicted mortals are taught to converse and to understand what is being done in the world around them, For the benefit of those who neg- leoted to witness the performance %x should be presented again. The pro- me as presented was as follow: -Part Song (Spring Song), ... . s, Wesath Day, 9 Lo S Nat . M. Brigham 5 .Rev. Phelps rof. J. A. Gillesple Work. ... By the Pun‘;h lola Kuen, Estella Forbes, Nettle Burrows, Johinson, Fred Parli, John Lock- Jart, August Klug, Asa Beatim, John Flood and Cornelius Clause, wyers' Fees—Pantomine.. Ida Kerr, onn Riddle, J ockhart eres seesseinaessss..80d John Flood, Bong—Forever and Forever. aieeere Vesiises .Dr. J. M. Woodburn hooL Work............ Aural and Oral iza Tower, Gertis Ed:?'. Nettle Davis, Ella 1ah, Lydia Lavedorn, Henry Potter, Spraktia, Edward Huvgins, Otle ord, Ella Ream and Ella Rudd. Wasa Malden—Waltz Song.. . Little Girls . 8. Pantomjwe........Paying off the Mortgage George Young, John Riddle, ““'3’ Hum| ‘fl, Carlon, Arthur Troyer, George glo- Donald. William Ghambers, George Ernst, 'red Delanoy and John Lockhart. Bhall We Meet Beyond the River?...... . ceve oovo..Omaha Children John h lliam Chambers, Rudolph Stuhr, Charles Spraktis, Nettie Davis, Otie rewiord, Kliza ‘Cower, Fannle Phelps, mina hAnzuln. Estella Forbes, and E\’l‘l\ rcfiv".i By the Pupll ork.. Oy .e I fil(g'l‘ower. Ida Boggs, Gertle yEddy u: wford, Lily Boyer, Viola Kuen, Nettle Tl Forbes, Jane Loskunes Jons Howas S e Lockhar T and Ernost Clark, SR AN the Pupils Coronation... l;l ers— iss Buttrick other's Fool . «+.Ella Rudd uexpected Light—Pantomime. . . e . X weeoProf. F. L. Reed aledic ghe lnm Prayer (Chant) — TURNING AROUND THE WORLD. A Japannse Minister's Semi-Royal Circle of the Globe. ¢ The Union Pacific overland train west- . ward last evening carried a distinguished I partyof Japanese, of whom the princi- is Le General Nicomte Tanie, minis- . ter de I'agriculturc et du commerce du | Japan, or, in English, Japanese minister " of agribulture and commerce. The min- dater is accompanied by ks private sec- 4 H. Shiba, and a suite of eight Jlmewnuumn. Tho minis- b isa distinguished looking g geatleman, with closely croppee gray . All wsre atti with scru- A exactitude, 1n the lern Ameri- ' fashion, while several, the minister Included, woro, rhun n... u‘e‘upud :.m!:u cnrs, becoml W AVer hats. Fani sta t:n he was o way of Lfi"ypl and_Euro| Of Buez he spoke highly as a beautifai city, and of Alexandria he was laudatory because of the art collection there. Paris he regares as perfect but, ‘‘no Em ress’’ he sententiously said. With the United States he is very highly pleased, and re- gards 1t as the most progressing country and nation in the world. The only peo- ple who at all approach us, he asserts are the Hungarians. In this country t party have visi w York, Washing- ton, Saratoga, the White Mountains and Chicago. In_the latter city they re- mained a week. They will go direct to San Francisco, and sail from there to Yokohoma, " General Tani is the prince of polite men, and his suite are reproductions of him in that respect. All are remarkably courteous to whomsocver they meet. Both the minister and his secretary speak excellent English, and are liberally educated gentlemen. They especiall admire the American method of travel- ing, and the general stated that ho was encouraging the construction of railroads in Japan as fast as possible. THE SESSION ENDED. Homeopaths Close Their Meeting Yes- terday Afternoon. Tho homeopaths held a brief session yesterday and after the discussion of one or two papers which were presented for the consideration of the western academy, the body proceeded to the election of of- ficers for the ensuing year. Dr. J. M. Crawford, of Cincinnati, O., was elected resident; Dr. J. H. Caine, of Stillwater, inn., was made vice president; Dr. C. W. Foote was re-elected treasurer; and Dr. C. J. Burger was continued as secre- tary. The place of meeting next year was voted uponand Chicago was chosen. The thirteenth annual session of the Western Academy of Homeopathists was thereupon declared adjourned. The meeting proved a very interesting and instructive one and the delegates left with many expressions of satisfaction as to results, . South Oni a News., The directors ot the Union Renderin company held a meeting yesterday and decided to make an important change in their business. The old rendering house, which is located on ground that will be reTlirml for the Swift packing house, will be torn down. The company has leased the Oberne, Hosiec & Co.’s build- ing near by, into which the machinery wili be moved and the business carried on temporarily. As soon as the neces- sary details can be arranged a new build- ing, to cost about $15,000, will be erccted atsome point on the 13, & M. track near the river. The business will remain under the management of John Doe, who has for 80 long a time carried on the business, not only to the profit of the company but to the satisfaction of its patrons. A telegram was received by the stock yards company, yesterday afternoon, announcing that Swift would arrive here on Monday ready to begin work on his new packing house with fifty ora hun- dred men. Fourth Ward publican Club. The Fourth Ward Republican club has now secured a permanent room for meet- ings, in the German-American school building, No. 1822 Harney street, where regular meetings will hereafter be held. The aim of this club is to effect a per- manent organization of the republicans of the ward, to promote’harmony in our ranks; to secure the nomination and elec- tion of capable, honest men; and to unite the party by stronger ‘bonds of friendship. The club will hold a meeting at Ger- mania hall above mentioned, on Monday evening, May 80, at 8 p. m. Toall re- publicans interested in the welfare of the party, we extend to you a cordial invita- tion to be present at this meeting. JOHN R. WEBSTER, Mosgs P. O’BrieN, President. Secretary. Police Court. Ten peace disturbances were before Judge Berka yesterday. Five were fiued and five discharged. Four drunks were also discharged. Neil Haike, assault, was fined §5 and cost and it cost C. Rob- ertson $35 and cost for assaulting an officor. IsancGlover paid 85 and costs for fast driving. Charles Mitchell, wanted in_Cheyenne for jail breaking was held for further examination, and Jennie Whalen for peace disturbance had her case continued. A Big Brewery, Mr. J. D. ller was asked yosterday morning: ‘*‘Have you taken possession of the packing house yet!” He replied: *No, the papers are not all executed.” *“To what purpoee will you put it?" “I shall turn itintoa blg brewery— that is, I don't know. I don't know one day what I shall do on the next."” The Homeopaths, ‘The western academy of homeopathy met again yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock, it being the third day of the sess- jon, Papers were read pertaining to materia medica, andt here was general dis- cussion on the papers presented. The homeopaths met again this afternoon. To-night the session of the western aca- deruy will come to a cls e An Expensive Shake, Edgar Frank commenced suit in the district court yesterday for 3,000 for personal injuries which he alleges he re- oceived while a passenger on a freight train on the B. & M. between Hastings and Sutton in April. The injuries were occasioned, he asserts, by two sections of the tran being thrown together by switching with great yiolence. ——— The Cable Commission, Judge Dundy has appointed Lewis Clements of -California, Thomas Corri- gan of Missouri, and Leavitt Burnham of Omaha, commissioners to determine what damage, if any, has been done the Omaha Horse Railway company by rea- son of the cable lines of the Omahna Uable Tramway company, having been laid on Tenth street. A Juvenile Thief. A stranger took out his money to pay for a shave in a Tenth street barber shop, near the depot, yesterday morning. He dropped a $20 bill. A colored lad named Willie Amsdell snatched it and ran. He escaped between the cars and has not yet been caught. ‘Wanted in lowa, Sheriff Coburn yesterday arrested James Walker, who 15 wanted at Le Mars, la,, to answer to the charge of adultery with Mrs. Rosa, Luce. The charge was preferred by the woman's husband. Walker was taken to Le Mars 1ast night in charge of a deputy shenff from that place. 0da: d Ends, The base ball clubs now organizing, will in all likehhood, sift down to nine or ten good nmateur players who will give the professional team a hard tussle. There are several individual players in the city who have ‘mpent time 1n days finne y_in handling the sphere for a velihood. ““The best and most desirable Hotel in nuh:b?:lun‘l':.dhn n:n deal of 2 o teution paid b.%n and pleasure of patrons.” —Boston TfHE OMAHA DAILY BRE SATURDAY. ' MAY 28. 1887, A CONSTABLE'S CONTEMPT. O. W, Edgerton Fined For Neglecting Judge McCalloch's Orders, The old litigation that has been hang- g fire in the county court between Cronyn and Eaton, the photographers, took a sudden and unexpected tarn yes- terday in the tinding of Constabe C. W. Edgerton guilty of contempt of court. It appears that Edgerton who had poses- sion of the photograph gallery, which had been taken from Cronyn, failed to clr.\;y out an order of restitution made by Judge McCulloch and directed to him in person. The case was argned at length yesterdav afternoon, resulting in a decision of guilty by the court. A fine of $50 was |mposmi RENEWING ACQUAINTACE. Alumni of Auburn Seminary Dine at the Millard. The large number of visitors to the city consequent upon the meeting of the homeonaths, the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians has brought together a number of college graduates who have re- newed old acquaintance. The alumni of the various institutions of learning have been holding social gatherings. Last night about thirty-five of Auburn Theo- logical seminary met at the Miliard hotel, dined and passed several hours in going over college days. A very pleasant time of a wholly informal character was had. To-day the alumni of Jefferson and Washington colleges will meet in & simi- lur manner. AMUSEMENTS, KOPALD UND SATAN. The German comed{ company scored a brilliant success on last Sunday night at Metz's summer garden on South Tenth street, playing to a large house. To-morrow night they appear in another excellent farce with song entitled *Kopald und Satan,” or a “Kingdom for a Child.” It will be excellently played. Attention Comrades. Headquarters Geo. A. Custer Post, No. 7, Grand Army of the Republic, Omaha, Neb., May 27, 1887. Comrades—Once again in the mutations of time, and in compliance with orders from department headquarters, we are called upon to ob- serve Memorial day, and honor the noble dead, who gave themselves as a bulwark of safety to our beloved nation, in her greatest need, as well as those comrades who have since then answered the final rollcall and joined the grand army above. Monday, May 30th, is the time ap- vomted by our own law and will be so observed this post. . The post will assomble at the hall” at 12:30 p. m, and then take the position assigned to it in the procession, march to Prospect hill cemetery and perform the ceremonies prescribed in the ritual. Let no one absent himself on this occasion. Those unable to march should procure horses. Wagons will be furnished for the disabled. A cordial invitation is ex- tended to all veterans of the late war, to unite with us on this occasion. Memo- rial day is the choicest on the calendar of the Grand Army—a day of sweet remem- brances, dear to every loyal heart, and any violation of its sncredness by making it the occasion of frivolity and amuse- ment, such as characterize the Fourth of July, should be treated as an indignity to the comrades who died that this country might live. 3 On Fame’s eternal camping ground, Thefr silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round . ‘The bivouac of the dead. D. St. GEYER, Official: Post Commander. Joux H GrANT, Adjutant, sl e The New Police Regulations. The police, at roll call Jast evening, were instructed by Captain Cor- mack as to their dutics. Amongthe new regulations are abstinance from drink- ing and from smoking, and requiring the salutation of superiors. Two or three saloons in the outskirts that have been selling liquor without license are to be-closed up to-morrow. Sons of Veterans. 1t is the desire that the ladies and gen- tlemen will be present at the prize drill of the young soldiers at 1 o’clock Satur- day afternoon, May 28, in Turncr hall on Harney strect, A gold and silver medal will be presented to the lad who acquits himself the best in the movements of the company and the lance manual under the direction of Drum Major Sattes, U. s Presentation to Collector Oalhoun, Mr. S. H. Calhoun, internal revenue collector in this district, was presented with a gold headed cane, heavy and handsomely 1nscribed, by the clerks in his office hesterday morning, upon the oc- casion of his fifty-tirst birthday.. The pre- sentation was a most happy surprise, ol Sent on Rejoicing. The county commissioners yesterday morning forwarded Mrs. Sarah Wiley to Cheyenne. The woman came here from Des Moines, Ia., with a broken arm, and is on her way to Fort Collins. Instructing His Successor, The new street commissioner, Joseph Kent, was being showed about the city zastcnh‘y and instructed in his new dutics y ex-Street Commissioner Meany. —_— Found a Drafr, William Thirlwell yesterday found a draft on asKansas bank for $580, near Davenport on Sixteenth street. The owner of the draft can recover his prop- erty at 1407 Harney street. Brevities, Mrs. Johanna Powers, of Granger, Wyo., who died at St. Joseph's hospital recently, was buried yesterday at Holy Sepulchre cemetery. In the United States court dyuwrdny, the jury found for the defendant in the damage case of Lharles Storrs vs. the Chicago, St. Paul, Mlnneapolis & Omaha railway. Mr. Richmond Anderson has been ap- inted general traveling auditor of the mflon Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Omaha, Neb., vice D. B. Hunt, pro- moted, Sargeant Mostyn yesterday found a lot of carpenter tools in the northern part of the city. They were marked with the names Sullivan and Allen. The owners can find them at the police station. The cable line on Dodge street1s nearly to Sixteenth. ‘I'he eable will run in one oval shaped wooden box, under the center rails. Around this box and underneath the yokes are being firmly planted by having broken stone aad sand vacked in, ‘When this hardens it will be very much lide a 'dobe wall. Personal Paragraphs. Watson Pickerell of Gage county, is in the city on his return from lllinois,where he has been visiting several weeks. T. J. Curtis and wife, of Sidney, New South Wales, Australia, are at the Wind- sor. Mr. Curtis is a heavy English sheep grower. Samuel A. Stonér of Ogalalls, 8. J. Jackson and wife of Shoshone, Idaho; and H. Bostwick and wife of Hastings, are at the Paxton. ¢ harles, 'thcnonandmm some guon.'hlqn hed Muguw of their parent's home, where her son will at- tend the umiversitysfor three or four years, [ R T — A Beautif®) Camp Ground, Loxa Ping, N}? May 20.—[Corre- spondence of the' rr,r..]—-’l’lm Northern Christian AssemBfy §nd Chatauquan has just purchased actime body of timbered land, in all eightgnekes. This land lieson Long Pine creeks.afd 1sa lovely spot. No more picturesqiio scenery can be found; some of tlig dells and caverns are 50 densely wooded that the sun cannot penetrate the regesgds. (ireat prepara- tions are being made for their summer camp mgeting, $10,000 having already been subscrived to make the meeting & ‘and success. A lLying spring on this and flows 8,000 gallons per hour. A number of good residences are bein eractod and the place will be a beautiful one in ime for the opening of the sum- mer meeting. Blaine County News, BreEws' Neb.,, May 25.—[Corre- spondence of the Brr.]—The trial of Michael Youkum for murder will be begun in tho district court in June. Yoakum is the man who so brutally as- sassinuted Lincoln Downing, & young farmer living near Brewster. The surveyors of the B. & M. are now at Purdum, 1 Blaine county. The little burg of Ladora is hapvy in the acquisition of a brand new postoflice, to be presented it in a few days. Anamosa Cullings, ANAMOsA, [a.,, May 25.—[Correspon- dence of the BE Mr. J. 8. Orr, repre- senting Geis & Jack, wholesalo dealers in glassware, died in this place this morning. Mr. Orr for some time bas been suffering with a car- buncle on his nose, the pain from which rendered him delirious and blind, and he died 1 greatest pain, The indications were never better for larger crops in this (Jones) county than now. More wheat has been planted this year .than ever before. Last fall the armers of this vicinity bought over $25,- 000 worth of corn with which to fatten stock for the market, but this year they ;vill be plentifully supplied by their own arms, ‘The investigation by the grand jury of Ames county of the shooting of Will- iam Atler, the convict, has resulted in that body deciding the act to have been Justitiable in the interests of discipline and good order. ———— REAL ESTATE. Transfers Filed May 26, 1887, George E Stratmann and wife to Gusta A Schaefer lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 0,1, I k 1, Fosdike Place. wd . Geo W Awmes and wife to John Lewls, lots 3 and 4, block 8; Brighton, w d... A C Leighton and wife to A C Troup and others, lot 56, {iises’ add, wd.... William W Vineger to Edward B Fenn, south 15 teef of lot 12. and north 30 of lot 8, blogk 4, subdivision of John I Redick’sadd, w d........ Henry BB St John amt others o biag- gl.ii Urews, lot15, I)-!/Dck 2, Northfield, Richard Engleman and others to Mrs, Josephine Miller, wast 34 feet of east 102 feet of lot 11}gy Millard & Cald- well’s add, wd. pevesasiaiine Wilson T Graham mas B Nor- rls, lot3, biock 5, Kiskwood add, w d Henry W Bates and:wite to George £ W Boerstler, lot 9, block 1, Sheri- dan Place, w d..... .. John F Holt and wifé to Reha Van- gilder, lot 10, bibok E, Prospect Place, w d. . Jonhn B Maxfield and' Wife tg Samuel 1 Jetter, north 41 feef and 9 inche: of lot 5, block 221, wd'. i1 Ernest I Andrews to Da 1L étal, all of blocks 3 gnd 4, Patter- sox:l‘s first addivion to South Omaha, H A Nolte and wife to Jurgen A Reemer, lot 8, block 2, Elkhorn, wd George E Barker etal to [da M Vore, 9, lg and 11, block 2, Mayne Place, w John P Preston to Joseph H Blair, lots 4 and 5, block 7; lots 4, 5,6, block 8, Florence, ch. . Matthew H McClusky and wife to Ellery E Hume, lots' 3 and 4, block 15, Bedford Place, wd .... Mary C R Stover and husband Julia K Vandercook, lots 3, 9, 12, 74 and north 3 lot 8, Florence Ferry Reserve, qC...... - Francis M Parker and wife to Ed- ward Guinan, west 45 feet of lot 10, block 4, Parker’s addition, wd ...... Mrs Francis B Gilmore to Anna Reed 8 33 ft of lot 22, Rees place, q ¢...... Francis Wearand wife to Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley R R Co., 'w 15 acres of se X of neX 33 15 12, also 37.9 acres east of center Little !’H)"llon creek, in sald section; also 1.4 acres in 331512, wd. . o 2, W L Selby et al to_the Public, Motters subdiy of part of bl ltofiers 'plat ot Okhoma, in 8 dedicatiol n Christina A and hi Mary I Johnson et al, lot 9 blk 0, Meyers, Richards & Tilden’s add, 3 W Fagan 10§ '(:"I']'imnn Jot 181n Aub div of e 205 ft of blk E, Shinn’s 3rd A d- ford place, w d.. reseaiiies Jos P Preston and wife to Joseph E Blair, lots 1 to 8 blk 7,lots 2,8 blk 8,all blk 137 excent 132 t square in ne cor- ner, in Florence, W d................ George E Barker, et al, to R M Dewey, et al, lots 1, 2, block 4, Mayne Place, wd.. tesarenesrasasy Ellery R Hume, to John S Kii block 15, Bedtord Place, w d. ‘Wendall Benson and wife, to W R Homan, undivided 3 lots 1,2, block 8, Exchange Place, wd........ John_C Howard and wife, to 1Emory A Cobb, lot 1, block 8, Hillside addi- NO. L, Wdoooooieosorinsna veiunns John P Simpkins and ‘wife, to Free- man C Bullock, lots 1, 2, block 4, d w Kliza- east 3§ lots 11 and 12, block n, W d. A . John P> Simpkins and wife to A Irwin, west }¢ lots11and 12, block 3, GOIAON, W d..: s yas v osaesares Johin' P Simpkins an wife to Aiex G Charleton, lots 11 and 12, block 1, GOLACN, W' vvvve:errrersnnneres Franc A Cole and husband to Law- remce D Spalding, south ¢ of south 3¢ lots 1and 2, block 4, Reed’s first addition to O wd Building Permirs, Superintendent Whiglock issued build- ing permits yesterday |as follows: H. Shaw, frame addit to store, Seventh and Pacific................! rd of education, two-story brick school house, Twenty-ei:hth and ‘Webster. . N 800 an, one and one-half- story frame cottage;\Redick stroet.. Frank Moran, two-story frame gesi- dence, Douxlas, nearPwenty-fourth P. Jausen, one and #ne-half story trame dwelling, Huf street..., " B. Norton, frame’ ba¥n, Twenty- sixth and Hickory.siéeee cvvaninns rs. Martin Kennedy, two two-stor; Trame dwellings, “wenty-seventh and Parker.... Seven permits, aggregating $ 83,268 ———— A very pretty and probably true story of Ruasell Sage is now traveling around Wall strect in search of a good oircu- lator. One day last week, so runs the story, a stranger entered the speculasor's office and d: *“I see that you are being sued by a woman; now, if you will rqy & fair sum of money I'll get up a ot of evidenee which will enable you to crush her, Will you—" The visitor was fired out, and the man who did the firing was Russell Sage, who acted for a mm- ute or two, it is stated, as if pugilism was his particular forte. — Kennedy & Newell Reservoir fce 1413 Faroam. : EARTH'S GREATEST EMPIRE. The Enormous Extent and Resources of Ohina, A STUPENDOUS CANAL SYSTEM. The CUensus of 1875—~Why the Popu- lation is Not Overestimated— 450,000,000 People is the Estimate of To-day. Facing across the Pacific ocean, says & writer in the San Francisco Chronicle, are the most populous and densely set- tled countries of the world. On the broad alluvial plains, on the elevated plateaux, in the wide fertile valleys and on the sloping hill and mountain sides of Enstern Asia 700,000,000 people, one-half of the world’s population, are engaged in every branch of human industry. These busy human hives are our nearest trans- marine neighbors, and if we are to have a foreign commerce it must largely be with these oriental countries. Already their foreign trade amounts annually to $1,600,000,000,and it is rapidly increasing. From every commercial center of Europe lines of steamships and fleets of sailing vessels plow the seas in this rich oriental carrying. The immense area of these Asiatic countries, the den- sity of their populations, the vast amount of their developea wealth, the untiring industry of their workers, the unexcelled fertility of their soils, and their unrivaled facilities for internal and external commerce mark them as sub- jects of surpassing interest to us. Of these oriental countries China has the largest area and population and the greatest latent and developed wealth, Since the reconquest and reoccupation of Kushgaric her area is 5,300,000 square miles. This is one and one-balf times the area of all Europe or our own country, in- cluding Alaska. This is the largest area on earth under one government, with a homogeneous peoplespeaking one tongue. This area extends morta and south through thirty-tive parallels of latitude, and east and west through twenty degrees of longitude. In this immense area there is almost every climatic condition —from tho snow ficlds bordering Siberia, where the finest fur-bearing animals live, to the tropical plains of the southeast, where the banana and date, palms, the mango, the mangostina ani the bread-fruit trees flourish. It em- braces every typographical feature; a long ocean line, indented by gulfs, bays, inlets and bold promontories; fertile plaing, stretching as far as the eye can reach; elevated tablelands, deep and wide valleys, intra-mountain basins highar than the loftiest peaks of the Rocky mountains, and eat mountain ranges whone average elevations would look down upon Hood, Shasta and Lin- coln. The river streams are as remark- able as the mountains. In central China there are two ‘Prent river systems-—the Hwang Ho and the Yangtz, which, with their tributaries, furnish inland trans- portation to a countr nearly as large as all Europe. ¥ o Both ot these rivers rise on the great plateau of Thibet, the loftiest tablelands of the world, and, breaking through the Kwenlun range, flow east to the Pacific ocean. The Yangtz is one of the great rivers of the world. To Hang Chow, in_ the centre of the tea districts, it is navigable for the largest ocean s*eamors; and to Ichang, at the foot of the Kwenlun mountains, 2,000 miles from the sea, it is navigable for large but light-draft steamers. These river systems, and the facilities for intertrade and travel which the pre- sent, have produced the prosper- ity of that country, the homogen- cous character of the people and their long-continued political umty. On the south the Hong Si Kiang and” Cambodia furmsh inland transportation to a large ares. On the north the Liau, Congavee and Amoor are navigable for small ves- sels for considerable distances,from the ocean. Supplementing these great rivers there are systems of canals, unequalled in the world. The Imperial canal extends from near Peking, in the north, to Son Chow, 700 miles tothe south, This was a ship canal, and crossed the great Hwang Ho and Yangtz rivers. Connect- ing with this parent canal, the rivers and the ocean, there are networks of smaller canals, covering a vast area of low-lying plains. In some places on these plains the canals are not more than two or three miles apart. As these are tidal canals, they furnish cheap and rapid trangportation, The climate of wost of this vast area, especially south of the thirty-eighth par- allel, is most favorable. From the north- ern rim of the Yangtz basin, south of the latitude of Canton, the climate is semi- tropical. and from Canton to Tonquin it is tropleal. ‘At Peking, 40 degrees north latitude, the mean annual temperature is 53 degrees kahrenneit, winter, Zu;sgrring. 55.5; sumner, 76; autumn, 54. At Sheng- hai, 34 degreesnorth, the mean is 62 de- grees. At Canton, 28 degrees north, the mean is 70 degrees. These are the temperatures of the sca level, and as the country rises toward the great mountnins cooler climates are found, but even on the Thibetan mount- amns, at an elevation of 15,000 feet, barley and nutritious grasses are found. - This great variety of climate gives s wonderful diversity of plaut life. On the south there. is almost every variety of tropical growths; in the central regions the semi-tropical plants, both textile and food; grow luxunantly, and in the north and on the higher elevations to the west the staple crops are wheat and millet. In the kigher mountain ranges are immense forest belts. ‘I'he population of China has been a matter of wmuch discussion and doubt among foreigners. Jt hus been claimed that the figures of the Chinese census are much too high, There is, however, no known reason why the officials of 'that conutri should exaggerate their popula- tion. There is no disputing the fact that the meansexisting there for arriving atan accurate census are most amplo. Every house must have a listof its inmates hung at its door, and a violation of this is visited with punishment. The imper- inl and local taxes are based in part upon the numbers of the peopble. The most difficult task imposed .upon the provin- cial rulers is the furnishing the amounts ot money demanded by the imperial gov- ernment, and any excessive census re- turn would only inereunse that difliculty, It is only a fair presumption that if the census returns are incorrect that they are too small rather than too large. h ‘I'he consus of 1875 gave the population of the empire at 435,000,000 Since that time Tonquin has boen lost, with several million people, and Kashgaria has been reconquered. Among no fimn;{le with any degree of civilization is the birth rate so high as in China, and although the death rate in the dunulr crowded districts 18 very great, there is every reason to pre- sume that there are now 450,000,000 peo- ple in China, These figures represent more than one- third of tke population of theé globe, It is & greater population than that of al} Europe, and three times the number of people on the western continent. Even at these enormous figures the average number of people to the square mile for the whole empire—eighty-five—is not so high as in some parts of the United States. n the t _mountain ranges, on the arid plains of Kashgaria and the snowy regions of Mongolia and Manchuria the population is sparse, but in ‘he eight ocentral provinces of China proper—in tho rtile, alluvial soils—the populstion is sod more crowded than in an; y | hot to use in the other region of equal extent on ocarth, The villages there are almost beyond enumeration, and the number of walled cities ineredible to those who have not scen them. In the two Kiang provinces, at the mouth of the Yangtz river, with an area of 90,000 square miles, the popu lation in 1875 was 72,000,000 and there were 135 walled cities, The census of 1875 was taken when tha richest portions of these two provinces had been devastated and depopulated by the Taiping rebellion. Smce that timo there has been a great impouring of peo- ple from other regions of the empire, es- pecially from those districts where the amine of 1878 prevailed. The natural increase of sopulnllon has also been very great and it would be safe to say that these 90,000 square miles have now more than 80,000,000 people.. Speaking of the walled cities and their numbers Pampelly, the geologist and mineralogist says: ““The gray walls of inaumerable cities are constantly disap- pearing behind the steamer, and others as constantly coming into view before it on the banks of the river, and inlan from it, spreading out over the lowlands, built upon the slopes of hills, or extend- ing over the crests, or again entirely in- closing isolated elevations.” Such™is a general view of our great transmarine neighbor, her unequaled area and popu- lation and her topographical features. As a neighbor and a factor in the future politics and commerce of the world she is: x:"urtlly of & more extended and minute study, F1ELD AND FARM, Brushing Spring Calves. Every one knows the piteous bleating that a young calf makes when separated from its dam. It is not alone the fre- quent supply of food that it misses, but even more the tender fondling and lov- ing attention which rhe gives it. Tied up where it cannot reach her, the culf on beging to feel uncomfortable. Watch how the old cow fonales it, and we may easily guess why, Every hitle while with her rough, moist tongue, she will lick its back, neck and sides, while the calf, though only a day, and even less, old, stands in evident enjoyment of the operation. Whenever a calf is piti- fully bleating take a soft brush and imi- tate the cow’s action as closely a8 possi- ble. The bleating will cease, and if the grooming is given two or three times a day this mournful of all noises will be effectually stopped. Strengthening Kood for Cows, Oat, corn and barley meal are each and all good for milch cows at this season. ‘When first turned out to grass the herbaga is watery and innutritious, but it it better to let them pick what they can than to wait until the grass grows older, by which time much of it will have become coarse, and will not be readily caten. Cows thus fod will eat dry hay, or even straw, readily at night, and should be given what they well eat clean, But straw, or even hay,is not all that is required. Some grain or meal must be added, not alone to keep up the present flow and richness of the milk, but to prevent the cow from zrowi;\fi poor, which will decrease her yield through the season. Basement Walls for Barns. There are decided advantages in put- ting basements under stock barns aside trom the large amount of room which they cheaply furnish. Look at any of the eariy made barns to-day and weshall find its sills rotted oft from near- ness to the ground, while perhaps its upper timbers may be sound and good. There 1s always considerable manure thrown out from stock barns in winter, and if the barn is not on high walls its timbers are likely to be in con- tact with 1t, injuring them more in one year than would result from several years’ exposure to the weather, Hints and Suggestions. It is suggested that an excellent mode of preserving roots would be to kiln- dry them and convert them into meal. They would then be very concentrated, occupying much less space. When a contagious disease breaks out in a flock of fowls it is better to destroy them all rather than have the disease get “rooted’’ on the farm, as the germs may remain for years. It is claimed that more damage is done by the gentle bulls than by those that are more vicious, and the advige is to watch them, as the gentlest of bulls is a treacherous animal. The sudden change to very warm weather is severe on the horses that have just begun on spring work. Too much liberality cannot be bestowed on the horses on warn days. The best way to set a hen is to do it at night, If sheis to be removed to some other location carry her on the nest, and she will be better reconciled to the change. Buttermilk is cheap food for pigs and they will always do well when butter- milk is made & portion of their food, but it should not be fed exclusively. Two much importance cannot he given the matter of selecting the proper per- sons to do the milking. As much depends on the milker as on the cow. The Agricultural coliege of Pennsyl- vania is prepared to make free tests of the germinating power of such secds as may besent by the farmers of the state. In answer to the question: “Why does churning make butter?'' the Scientific Americun says: Agitating the milk causes the rupture of the coatingof the butter flobu les contained in the milk, and their fatty contonts then collect to- gether. As a rule, it is late yarioties of potatoes that suffer most from the Colorado beetle. Window plants that appear yellow and sickly are generally found to "be sufter- ing from too much water and too much insect. If you wish to raise a fowls you must keep them in separate small flocks., Large numbers do not flourish well together. The common red clover is bettor than the lnfl;e for general purposes. The lat- ter is difticult to cure, makes coursor hay, and is more apt to become musty. The swindle in regard to Bohemian oats, lies in the manner in which they are sold, not in the grain iwself. Of this a writer in the National Stockman suys that the oats make a good chicken feed, but for horses and cattle, fed either ground or whole, -they are too rich, as the hull of an osat aids digestion. The Bohemian oats are hulless, or should be, to be like the original seed. Many horses refuse to eat thom. Those that do are liable to colic from eating too rapidly. They ean no doubt be used to advantage in the manufacture of oatmenl, The Live Stock Journal says it would bo as reasonable to expect good bread from flour made ot damaged grain as pure milk from cows with rations of food tainted by age or soured through exposure to heat and moisture. The &ulrldl:‘y contained in decaying food enters and poisons the blood, and it 1s from the blood that the milk is extracted in the udder. Let no man flatter himself that the digestive organs can separate the putridity, cast- ing it aside; on the other hand, the dam- aged material goes wherever the blood goes—to the lungs, liver, kidneys and udtlier, and in the latter enters the milk. 0ood many The Pittsburg Stockman calls attention to churning by stating that if the cream be made too warm the globules will burst and the oil mingle with the water in the cream and rise to the top. Such cream will come to butter very slowly, if it comes at all. Boiling water is too cream; is a8 warm | as the oream should be made, as the but- ter will be white and soft, Keep the oream as near 609 as possible while wait- ing for the churn. 3 While it is urged that’ farmers should give greater attention to the production of a larger proportion of lean meat in hogs, the fact remains that they can get a better price for lard than for y which will always prompt them to have the hogs as fat as possible before killing, Another fact is that fat can be produced at a smaller cost than lean, wiile the hogs sold in a fat condition carry away loss fertility of the soil than the same weight of lean. Dairy bntter will always sell higher than that made at the creameries pro- vided it be of first quahty, Creamery butter is usually more uniform, but as dairy butter is made by thousands of dif- ferent persons it is not easy to secure large quaantities of the same grade. ‘There are a fow dairies which soll butter at $1 per pound, even when prices are low; but such butter is made under the most favorable conditions only. Will it pay to grow black walnuts and then “‘waity” black walnut tree in Michigan lately sold for§215. No doubt if the young trees were planted in rows forty feet apart each way and cultivated they would be valuable as a special crop, as twenty-five trees could thus be grown on one acre. Though late, the roturns would be sure, and unused land could be proiitably devoted to them, An acre of carrots can bo made to yield over 500 bushels, though the lavor would be quite an item jn the beginning. Tur- nips are grown in preferenco to carrots because they germinate from the seed sooner and are not so easily overrun with grass and weeds; but the carrots are far more valuable as food for all classes of stock. While we are disputing 1n this country a8 to the relative merits of cotton-seed and linseed meal the English farmers are sending here for all the cotton-seed meal they can get, and are willing to pay good prices for it. Our farmers should take the hint and use more of both articles, Che pure Dalmation insect powder is ed to besuperior to the buhach of ifornia, but the only difference isthat thev are grown in scparate scctions, and so far as their value asinsecticides is concerned either may be used in place of the other. Professor Henry advises farmers to go slow on alfalfa. He thinks it well enough to experiment wit 1t, but has tittle faith in its proving profitable except where it can be irrigated and on land having a loose, porous subsoil many foet in depth. At the Wisconsin experimant station he had never succeeded in getting it through the second winter. He thinks the com- mon red clover far superior to it, except where the alfalfa can be irrigated, and is further of the opinion that the sweet clover (Moli-lotus alba) has more value as a forage plant than it has been given credit for, though not committin, im- self on this roint till turther experiments. 1t is curious how little attention is given to the cultivation of those garden crops that vequire very little care and yot are so mugh appreciated when brought upon the table. Spinach is one of these crops. It is found in but com- ‘paratively fow gardens, and yet is easily frown and is very relishable. It might have been sown last autumn, and 1if lightly mulched would have been all right. Now it may be sown in the spring as soon as.the ground is fit, and two weeoks from the first sowing there may bo asecond, There are two varities, the prickly seeded and the round, the latter being the best. It requires but a small bed to supply a family with all the greens needed. —— A Tennesse: irl's Way of Doing. Chattanooga Times: Miss Mary Child- ers. who resides lwem'y| miles below Unnttmmm}n, is the daughter of a h“}ll’ resaected family and taught school in Dade county Iast summer. Several wecks since a report of the most slander- ous character regarding herself reached her ears. She was deeply hurt over the vile attempt to besmearch her reputation and determined to trace the falschood down. She proceeded very cautiously in her undertaking, but at last ascertained that a young man named John Magores, who ° lived Lookout mountain, had circulated the vile slander. Miss Childers addressed a_ polite note to Magores, confronting him with the unquestionakle evidence of his guilt, and aemanded that he make the neces sary apology. The note was_treated with silent contempt, and Magores boasted that he would not apologize, even though he might have told an un- truth about the young Indy. This boast also reached Miss Childer's ears, and a few days ago she secretly left home and went to a neighbor’s, where she bor- rowed a horse, and from another a shot- un, which she loaded with buckshot. Miss Childers then rode ten miles to the home of the Magores, but found that he was at a store a few milos further on. She soon reached the store and entered before anyone was aware of her pres- ence. Magores turned deathly pale when he saw Miss Childers, but she com- manded him to stop, at the same time saying: ‘Magnores, 1 wrote you a respectful and lady-like note asking you to retraot what you said derogatol to my character. This you refused to_do, and now 1 am qn(nz to make you. You have told a villainous line on me and now {ou have got to publicly acknowlede it before these men, or I will shoot your head off,” and as she goncluded her warlike speech she cocked both barrels of the gun and leveled it at kis head. The young man saw that he was caught, and the apology was forthcoming, in & few hurried words, too. Miss Childers, after warning Mag- nores that she would kill him on sight if he repeated his lying reports about her, rvulked from the store and returned home. . — E. Berry Wall, the noted "kinr of the dudes,” has strengthened his hold on that royal position by sending to London for A now hat, the like of which has never been seen on this continent. It is a all hat made of light colored felt. It is the only one of the kind in America, and the block on which it was molded has been destroyed. The makers are under con- tract not to manufacture another hat of the kind until the middle of June. Thus does the king of thé dudes retain his royal superiority over his subjects. DYSPEPSIA Causes its victims to bo miscrable, hopeless, confused, and depressed In mind, very lrrita- Dle, languld, and drowsy. It is a diseaso which docs not get well of ftself. It requires careful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the diges- tive organs till they perform thelr dutics willingly. Hood's Barsaparilla has proven Just the required remedy in hundreds of cases, 1 have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys- pepsia, from which T have sulfercd two years, 1 tried mauy other medicines, but none proved 0 satisfactory as Sarmparilla." TuoMas Coox, Brush Elcctric Light Coy New York City. Sick Headache “¥or the past two years I have been afticted with severo headaches and dyspep- sla. 1 was tuduced to try Hood's Barsapa- rilla, and have found great relief. Icheer- fully recommend it to all ANNABLE, New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, Mass., was. & sufferer from dyspepsta and sick heads ache. She took Hood's Barsaparilia and found it the best remedy she ever used. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. ix for §5. Made nl‘ywo.x.noon - owell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar.