Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 22, 1887, Page 5

> ¢ e v —— SUFFERING FROM DROUCHT. @ Thisis the Oondition of the People in ALETTER TO GOVERNOR ADAMS, Cattle Disease ] Jetter which was forwarded to him by Lieutenant Governor Shedd of Ashland, The letter is of direct interest ns treat- drought in western Nebraska, and raises n question in regard to the drainage of Al probably be beyond remedy. The letter 1s as follows: fenant Governor I, Binge the extreme drouzht along the South Platte river, occasioned by the irrigation da®s in Colorado, which drain the river bed entirely dry, thereby leaving no attraction for storm clouds, we petition the governor of the state of Nebraska to take tha necessary measures to have the governor of Colorado 'or the president of the U yent the company from holding the' water in check for at’least fifteen days In each month. Tor stock part of the time in abundance and until the ing for attracting rain clouds, it having been closely watched for the past three years, and fully demonstrated that whenevér there is ‘water In the river we have frequent rains, bul mtlda and go north and south of us to the v Horun Platte and Republican rivers respec- since the 24th of last September and in fact, the first, came when the river was up for a day or two. merit the promptest attention of those in power to remedy the evil. try from North Platte to Julesburg 18 thickly settled and most of us have our last dollar staked on our claims, and nothing lays in S‘m way of successful farming in this coun- allowing the streams to flow unmolested. "w'his being ‘western progress of twent; ourrain storms will soon free flow of water in the river, that the rain belt will {w. e trust hrough the hard times of Saunders county togeth hard it was on all, you will full the need of our relief and use all honorable means in your power to prevent its occur- rance in the future. of addressing you to state our grievance amore fully than 'we could in a peticlon with- out making it irksome to those in authority to act In the matter, as we would have to Northwestern Nebraska. Breaks Ont Fillmore Oounty—A Big Stock and Land Co. Incorporated at Fremont, FROM THE’ BEE'S LINCOLY BUREAU.| Governor Thayer yesterday received a ng in an intelligent way the threatened he headwaters of the Platte that will Bie SrriNes, Cheyenne Co,, Neb.—Lieu- 1. 8 hedd, Dear Sir: nitad States 4o pre- By dolng_that we could have water nearly time for dam ~ again. us & stron the opening of Bealdos.p allow- magnetie force whenever the river Is dry the storms vely. 'The only good rain that we have haa These are undeniable facts, and ‘I'he whole coun- but lack of rain, and that can be had by permitted ‘to:ether with the miles & year of 0 away with Irrl- ation of itself, and I do verily believe that ith the present rate of settlement and the ogress at least thirty miles a that _having passed er in its early days and knowing how appreciate e take this privilege ptate the fact that settlersare obliged toleave their claims for the winter, and have com- m that cannot leave, having no or too much stock to attend ‘will not be able to sell, will have to have government aid or suffer severely. good cheer but a xlmmmeoupoct for the coming winter, [ remain, enced to go already, and no doubt those lace to go to, 0 which they With ours truly, GeoRGE W. STOCKING, GOVERNOR THAYER'S REPLY. To this letter the governor has replied by presenting the facts to the governor of Colorado accompanied by the following detter. July 21, 1887.— Hon. Alva Adams, Governor of Colorado, Denver, Colo.—Dear Sir: Ihave the honor to enclose herewith a letter from Mr. George Stockin, tnis state. &~ & of Cheyenne county. ‘The contents of the letter will explain the object of my writing, and 1 re- spectfully Invite your earnest consideration of the same. T'he object therein presented is a difficult one to meet, and after giving iv careful deliberation I can find no other course open to me but to appeal to you. ‘The system of d(whln1 and thus with- drawing the waters of the South Platte, ‘which prevails in your state, has left the bed of that stream dry in the western portion of Nebraska, and has caused, and is causing, disastrous consequences to the settlers in that section. The letter of Mr, Stocking does not state the case too strongly, and is one of the many appeals that have been made tome for rellef. I therefore respectfully, but most earnestly, ask the inter- ventlon of your ' excellency’s kind oflices with those citizens of Colorado who are !“fi‘rd in drawing the waters trom the South Platte, and thus bringing most in- urfous results upon a portion of our people. ill they not consent to adopt the sugges- tion of Mr. Stocking, and allow the waters of the Platte to flow unobstructed for ftifteen days in each month, and thus afford a meas- ure of relief to those who are suffering se- verely for the want of water? 1 have addressed this appeal to you with the fullest confidence in your desire and pur- pose to prevent, as far as may lay in your power, injustice and hardship upon “any people, whether within your state or beyond ts borders; and also in the humanity and sense of fair play of thosa citizens of Colo- yado who are \Inwlll)nxlfy bringing disaster wupon their brothren this side of the state line, 1 trust thoy will b Ingvired with tho senti- ment of “live and let live.” 1tis the ur- fancy of the demand of our people for relief v n the section referred to that prompts me thus to address you. 1 am, with great re- spect, very truly yours, JOuN M, THAYER, MORE CATTLE TROUBLE. Yesterday Dr, Gerth and Commissioner Abbey departed for Shickley, Fillmore county, in response to a telegram from R. B, Campbell, postmaster at that place, The dispatch wag dated July 20, and asked for the state veterinarian to come at once that there was trouble in a_drove of cattle, a disease of some kind from which seven head had died in two days. “The result of the investigation will show whether 1t is a dangerous trouble. The Journal, through its voluminous editor, one Billm‘u, criticises the action of the commission 1n their quarantine regulations of Texas fever in Burt county. As the kick undoubtedly emanates from this party, paid by the state university and whose aim in the past has been fight- ing the state veterinarian and tho com- mission, it need be given no attention. The quarantine at Tekamah 18 a rtigid one and the people there have filed no complaint. The persistent meddling of a useless employe of the regents, however, oufihl to be stopped on general principles. . B. Ball, of Keene, Kearney county writes the veterinarian deseribing a ma- {mly that exists in his herd of colts and horses and from which he has some half dozen head aflicted, Most of this stock §s high grade Norman and Mr. Bail is anxious for a visit from the commission and a diognosis of the disease. Notice of gllndura stock has also been received the commission from Omaha and from hiowa, Fillmore county. FREMONT STOCK AND LAND CO. Articles incorporating the Fremont Stock and Land company, of Fremont, Neb., were filed with the secretary of state {eswldly. The business of the company 8the purchase, sale, feeding, slaughter- ing and packing of stock, operating stock ards and promoting manufacturing in- tutions, also to incorporate, build and maintain railroad tracks for the purpo: of 118 business. The capital stock of the company is $1,000,000. The company is to commence business when $200,000 are subscribed and 20 cent de up. The highest amount of indebtedness shall not exceed two-thirds of its ca ‘The incorporators are L. D. Richards, . Keene, George W. E. Dor-e;. W. H. unger, Louis P. Lursen, Frederick Meyer, Henry W. Boen. "unry Fahr- man, William Lee and J. F. Hansen. GENEVA ROLLER MILL. The Geneva Roller Mill company of Geneva, Neb., has filed articles of incor- ration with the secretary of state. Japital stock $10,000, cent payable on organization and the balance n{t may be called for by the board of divectors. The indebtedness is to never xcoed one-half the paid-up stock. F. H. iggs, J. Jensen, George P. Winter- 1 stock- eteen, H. L. Smith and twenty-seyen other citizens are the incorporators, NOTARIES PUBLIO, The fn]lowiniuo(nrlus were yesterday commissioned Lynn and M. M. Dayidson, Hastings; W Bishop, Gering, Cheyenne count, O'Devires, Ellery R.” Hime and G E. Crosby, Omaha: Winfield 8. Corrington, Dakota county. rington, Chadron; George F Cleveland, Holt county; B, 8. . Stowell, y the governor: George David City; Marvin L. Harry orge White, L. A. Dor- Bastedo, Gillispie, O'Neill; George 1. Schofield, Nebraska City, Otoe county; Frank Wood, Rush- ville, Sheridan county. At the state BRIEF ITEMS. auditor’s office the Hekla Insurance company, of Madison, Wis., has complied with the state law and been admitted to do business in the state. The trial of the salvationists arrested Wednesday evening was postponed yes- terday in police court for a hearing -day. The Pacific express company now, through the operation of new lines, can receive express matter in the afternoon destined for Sutton or York and deliver it at 6 a, m. the following day. In police court yesterday Weston Johnson, under arrest for wife beating, was fined $5and costs for his amuse- m juil for drunkenness, ent. John MeDermitt and Mike Kelly were fined $20 each and committed to the city They escaped a fine in police court the day before and celebrated their victory, A lad named Marvin Clark, charged ith IirmE‘n brick at & companion and W, cracking in m Ation as a on the head, had an exam- fit candidate for the reform school, and was discharged. Secretary and Mrs, Laws were passen- gors for Colorado and a visit to the Rockies yesterday. Colonel Ose: ar allihan, of Tecumseh, was in the city yesterday delighting his many friends with the pleasure of a per- sonal call, Councilmen Billinzslg and Dean de- 20| parted yeeterda, for lorado, accom- panied by their families, where they will rusticate for u few weel A. G. Fairbrother departed yesterday, as he alleged to friends, for California, by way of South Sioux City, Neb. TO SKLECT REGIMENTAL OFFICERS. The Second Nebraska regiment of state militia, the companies of which it 15 to be formed, having recently been mustered in, will proceed to select regi- mental officers under the following call issued by the adjutant general: 1n compliance with S cial Order No. 2, and In accordance with the military code of the state of Nebraska, there have been com- panies for the Nebraska Nationsl guard or- Chy mal lal gnnlz:d and mustered at the following points to-wit: Shelton, Ord, Nebraska clty,. udron, Hay Springs, , Stromsburg and Sehuyler. Fairbury, Long Pine, Teka~ Said companies shall be known and desig- nated as follows: Compan; Shelton, ecaptain, John S, pogmpaur A, ptain, o8, Company B, Ord, captain, W. B. Johnson. Company C, Nebraska City, captain, Will- m Bishop. Company D, Fairbury, captain, George ross. Company E, Chadron, captain, F. M. Dor- rington. Company F, Hay Soprings, captaln, J. E. Brown. Company G, Long Pine, captain, F. A. Whitemore. Company H, Tekamah, captain, 8. 8. Skinner., Company I, Stromsburg, caotain, J. H. Coleman. Company K, Schuyler, captain, B, F. Arnold. ing, for the purpose of electing the neces ‘The commissioned officers of the above named companies will assemble in conven- tion at Fremont, Neb., Tuesday, August 9, at8o'clock p. m., the adjutant general presid: sary field officers for the formation of a regi- ment of National Gi Sala regimen zuard. t, when duly orzanized, will be known as the Second Reziment Nebraska Natlonal Guard. re will be no proxies allowed at sald election outside of the officers of each respec- tive company, cers present shall e entitled to cast the vote of the offices or officers of their respective companies who are absent. Each officer present will be allowed trans- nolliuuuu one way at the rate of 10 cents per mile. By order of the commander-in-chief. ation of their terms of office. ‘The company ofticer or ofti- A, V, CoLE, Adjutant General. Adjutant General Cole bas also issued orders for elections in companies com- prising the where vacancies exist through the expir- first Nebraska regiment The fol- lowing is the list of expired commissions and the order for elections: In compliance with section 13 of the new mi ilitary de of the state of Nebraska (the sawe having taken effect July the 1st, 1887), the commissions of_the following ofticers ot the First regiment Nebraska National guard (as shown by the gecords ket in this oflice), have expired, and each company named in this order I8 hereby ordered to convene on or before the 2ith day of this month, r the purpose of electing officers to fill all’ vacan- cies made so by law. N. P, Lundeen, captain, company A. June 27, 1884, 8. P. Buckmaster, first lieutenant, company A. June 27, 1884, pALK Hutchison, first lieutenant, company . June 27, 1883, W. &u(,‘ruw!unl. captain, company G. Jul e G . July 4, 1884, A, July 4, 1884, H. May 24, 1583, H, May 24, C. M. Murdock, captain, company A, light artillery, December 15, 1383, h light artillery. J. ¢ A, ID J. 4, 188 L. Williams, first lieutenant, company J 4 B'eou. second lleutenant, company G. Ritterbush, captain, company H. May Hollingsworth, first lieutenant, company H. W.Sh socond lieutenant, company D. B. Gensel, first lieutenant, company A, Brow Birds and Mrs. A, F. November 24, 1583, % , second lieutonant, company ght artiller; 8%, February 29, 1834 e Fishes. Hill, of Orlando, Fla., got so excited at hooking a fish, while out for sport with her husband and niece, that she upset the boat and the entire party were drowned, Mr. Daniels, of San Bernardino,packed a table in a box with new hay, tory to moving all his furniture. he put the cover on, & hen, unobserved, had flown into the box. Seven days after- ward, when the box was opened in the new honse, there sat Biddy. and under er were fiy A Maltese cat found a brood that had been house! yard of A. A. Bruner, at Chico, Cal., and made a {:riioll\'r of the whistle ensued, smart flap of the the constant pecking, and released ber prepara- Before eggs in good coudition. uail and her ping in the female bird. A rought the male, and a battle ‘The cat could not stand the vings in her eyes, or prey. ‘'he Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, car drivers are greatly annoyed by five par- rots that hang out of the windows of tive cottages on Farnam street. Recently the car stopped for a woman, but before she could get aboard a poll gave two shrill whistles that the driver took for the ductor’s signal, and he started on. woman “'was -vnnfi aad hyster! result of the whistle, and the conductor wus forced to leave the mystery of the bogus signal unsolved while he~ whistled for the car to stop. Polly whistled again foritto go ahead, and it did not stop. The other parrots } terested, and Poliy No. 1in a contest with the conduc- tor until Polly No. 5 was reached, and he elled 1n a poorly disguised voice: ‘South rry!' Then the parrots joined the pas- sengers in a hearty ‘»ugh at the success of their effort to oring about rapia transit.” The says a reporter of the scene, her parasol in an eager attempt to counteract the had now become in- they joined 1n assisting e — Over 100 Varieties of the purest and best byColgate & Co. he, standard. ilet sosps ‘made Casbmere Bouque THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. JULY. 2. 1887 IDYLS OF THE WILD WEST. The Lost Oreek Literary Olub Meet- ing. A BOOM IN LITERARY CULTURE. The Elite of Lost Ureek Puts on its Dest Clothes and Attends in Fall Force—Some of the Wild Lays Warbled, u"""i f umpin G flollmgl my nose Captain Jack Crawford in Kansas City Times: A raging volcano which belched forth poetic fire was in an active state of eruption at the settiement on Lost Creck, Arizona. For years it had been a quiet camp, which had experienced no more startling incidents than an occasional dance, with, at times, an appendix in the shape of a funeral, the officialing corpse leading the procession with its boots on; but the advent ot a hollow- chested Bostonian, who had gone there to have the pure mountain air make some needed repairs on a pair of lungs which were deserting him and identify- ing themselves with the landscape over which he passed changed the usual state of affairs and threw the camp into the wildest throes of a literary convulsion. He had convinced the rough, honest peo- ple that without literature they could never hope to gain distinction in the world of letters, and his lisping elo- quence set the denizens of the frontier town to wondering how they had cver managed to worry thus far along the path of life without it. He organized the Lost Creek Literary club, fixed a date for the first regular meeting of the new organization, and requested each mem- ber to prepare a declamation, essay, or lmcm to be presented on the occasion. t was my good fortune to be able to at- tend the first meeting. The elite of Lost Creck put on its best clothes and turned out in force. Iam not quite satisfied i m{ own mind re- garding the word elite, but Sheriff Sam used it in an oflicial tone of voice while describing the gathering, and I presume he did so advisedly. Theauburn glare of mnng tallow candles along the walls and overhead shed lustre and grease over fair women and brave men, and all went merry as a marriageable belle, with an oroide ring on the particular tinger which when sgo ringed, indicates that something is Tlng to oceur, quite heated discussion arose as to whether the exercises should be opened with prayer or with a set-to_ with hard loves between ‘‘Jimmy the Terrier' of Lost Creek and ‘K'id Wilson’ of Horse- shoe Gulch, but a vote of the house unan- imously settled the question, and the bruisers stepped upon the stage and went to work with a literary fervor that called forth a round of most generous applause. ‘The gladiators soon retired to bathe their wounded souls in arnica and patch up their disarranged features with court plaster, and the lungless youth from Bos- ton coughed and in a torn and mangled voice announced that Miss Birdie Brody would read a poem of her own creation. Miss Birdie stepped to the front, bowed until her chin nestied lov\ngg in her bosom, gracefully unbowed, and began: MOUNTAIN MUSINGS. Talk not to me of the great big east, With its cities so monstrous grand, An’ a population thav's bein’ increased ‘T'ill it scarcely has room to stand. Give me a life in the mountains free, Where the clouds in the tree tops ride, Ax’ the url/.zl'y 'ar an’ the bumble bee Trot lovingly side by side. Where the breezes soft in the gulches sigh, An’ the sun squirts its gentle rays Through the deep, dark dells on ‘the moun- tains high, ‘Till they secm as it bathed in a blaze; Where the Indian brave hums the songs of sing a litt time when the And 1 feel that I am Give my stri l-‘url’l gl the floor with dull, when the sweet warl planted Miss i queen of son, toire at home style: love. brighter His twink! lighter, wa, An’ seeks for the scalp of his foe, An’ swears till the elements seem to jar, ‘When he happens to stub his toe. I would not like it in the eastern land, Nor scoot along fashion’s walks, Where women, the poor, dowr-trodden band, Are obl] to wear shoes and socks. Ah! no; give Birdie a life in the west, A cabin beneath the trees, Where female women are never oppressed, An’ can wear what they gol-darned please, l}cusnble person red man, 176: The young lady retired amid deafening applause, carrying with her a smile so broad, so exceedingly expansive, that it wrinkled the back of her lovely neck. She paused an_instant at the wings to bow her acknowledgment of the comph- ment and spill some more smile,and then faded from view almost swamped in glory and perspiration. The **Patti Female Quartet’’ then sung a touching, simple home melody, begin- ning: Mother, Jimmy’s in the pantry Trying to swipe a hunk of cake, “F I was you I’ dust his breeches ‘Till his sou was filled with ache, After which the Boston man reluct- antly relinquished some more cough and announced that in prospecting through her literagy bric-a-bac of the past, Miss Popsie Mclntosh, late of Texas, where she was popularly known as ‘‘the cow- girl of the Panhandle,” had discovered a production which she had written a few months before while herding cattle on Ler father's range. Although not yet a member of the club, Miss Popsie had kindly consented to read 1t for the edifi- cation of the audience. The young lady pushed her way through a storm of ap p‘\llsc, and bowing oyer the tootlights eaid: “‘Ladies and Gentlemen: - Although a comparative stranger in your midst, and although 1 come among you with the and escaved old. Indian killing. him two eighteen children, old. sixteen, teen children. twenty-one years, She obtained. infi children, Whenll aw the wild cowboy pursuing my rac! And I'd laugh at his oaths as he fell to the rear— 011'd be & Jo-dandy 1f I wus a steer. 1 once roped a beautiful: steer—but I fell, Fell from my pony with ear-piercing yell! Fell with the larlat fast to iy wrist! & Fell to be dragged throuigh the grass wet with Grunting 1 went! A full mile a minute, or I don't want a cent! The gravel and grass yanked the hide from And ruined a new pair of forty-cent hose: Ayeleven my bustle was thrown out o' gear By the frolicsome freakso’ that beautiful steer Her dramatic rendition of the excel- lent poem called forth loud applause, and the fair maiden was honored with & vociferous encore: In response to the compliment she advanced to the brow of the stage and said if the audience would kindly !or‘mve her she would endeavor to 0 ballad of hor own composi- tion, and hinted that the song was based upon an incident Ll:“ her own life, at & [ snatched her from tho jaws of death ere they snapped together in the fatal bite. Clearing her throat with a goose-like ges- ture of the neck and assuming a dying expression of countenance, she began; THE DYING GIRL'S REQUEST. Mother, dear, how cold 1'm growing, Like a beefsteak lald ?n ice; ol Over there to paradise, U 0] for just one mustard blister, ‘That could warm my ley gore— socks to my sister, I need them nevermore. CHORUS, Give my striped socks to my sister, For she’s got none fit to wear— When a last good bye I've kissed her, 'l gev new ones over there. But the doctor came to see her, Ere she climbed the golden stair, And he said of pain he'd freo her When & dose he could prepare; So adown her cold, pale throttle Jamaica ginger he did work, Till she swallowed near a hottle, And was swearing like a Turk, REVISED CIORUS, Giye my old red socks to sister, “They are on the bottom shelf-— Tell her, when good night 1 kissed her, I'want the striped ones myself. At the close of the first stanza the tears of the audience could bhe heard smiting athetic thuds, but lor took into tho fountain of unexpected glad- ness in the second verse the grief-stricken people realized that the skilled physi- cian had successfully Jnmuic--Ei?{;erad the Llyin%‘gh'l back to life, and ha the cold, clammy death with a healthful sweat, the cheers shook the building and men threw their hats }zninsl the ceiling in their wild glee. 'opsie was called for again, nor would the audience ied until the Bostonian with the infre- quent lungs stepped to the front, coughed and said that the charming ana soulful and rhyme had begged him to push the applause aside and say that she had inadvertantly left her reper- on the wash-stand and must really be excused, A number of essays, ete., were delivered, some of them evinc- ing rare and unique talént, a tribute to her lover by Miss Sallie Sawyer attract- ing markea attention. i cantered into the arena in this breezy All men are stars In woman’s heaven shining And twinkling with their brilliant flash of And women are for love’s step-ladder plning To reach these twinklers in the skies above. My star, John W. Kent, shines far more Than nnf‘ star has hereto previous shone, ing always makes my heart grow Because 1 know he twinks for me alone. e hivale WONDERFUL CHARLES BRANDON. Divorced at 96—Three Children—10 Sons in the Army. New York Sun: When western Penn- sylvania was the frontier and the Indian fighter was the most important and indis- in the settlements, harles Brandon was one of the best and most dnrinfi of all the active foes of the t the age of three he was captured by the who killed his father at the same time. This was on the banks of the Ohio river, For twelve years thejboyl was kept among the savages, but he when he was fiftecn years He found a white settlement and learned to talk his native From that time on he gave his life to In 1790, when the Indians were getting searce, Charles Brandon married woman named Mary Meyers. children and died. married Fannie Slusher. and Brandon was then nearly seventy years When he was five years older he married Sarah Barker, who was only She was the youngest of six- meantime fifteen children. got a divorce from him, he being niuct{— six. The separation from his wife broke his heart, and, although at the time he was as agile, strong ana active as he was when he was married, he and died the same year the d He then " had thirty-three liv- is divorced widow had had the care of all of them, and she raised all that were young enough to need Brandon had been the father of five children, but two died, one a child of s first wifo and the other one ot the eighteen his second wife had borne him PULVERIZED COAL. Success of Recent Experiences. New York Commercial Advertiser: Improved methods for obtaining artiticial heat are always a subject of wterest, and experiments in this direction are being made all the time to get heat at as low a cost as possible. The manufacture of water gas has been very successful, and, as it can be produced at a low price without the nuisance of ashes and smoke, {tis growing in favor and efforts are being made to run it into houses to be used for heating as well as for lighting purposes. Another method of heating, which is rapidly mlklllfi its m:{y. if the promoters of 1t are to be believed, is the pulverized coal process. A company has been formed in Philadelphia within & short time, and within the next sixty days the rocess will be ready for general use. he claims made for the method are many, and if one-half of them are well founded, there can be no doubt of its su cess. Une of the company said to-dago *“In this country there are about 20,000,! tons of coal annually wasted, being too fine for use. Of the total coal mined, it is estimated that one-eighth per cent of waste is made by blasting and handling; and that 6F per cent 1s wasted in the breaker. y attempts have been made to utilize this immense amount of wast- nzn.’unduntl now nothing has been suc- ul. Until now only a very small Tmn(lty of this fine dust has been used. The re- quisites for success are, first, simple and eflicient machinery to reduce the coal to dust at a very small cost; second, reduc- tion to an impalpable powder; third, an automatic supply of coal dust and air, each capable of being regulated at will; fourth, the reduction of the coal and the simultaneous feeding of it with air into the fire-box by the same machine; fifth, the intimate mixture of the fine particles of coal dust with air, so that each par- ticle shall be surrounded by air as 1if it enters the fire-box, thus insuring com- plete combustion, “These conditions bave been com- pletely fulfilled by a new process. The method of using the dust is as follows: The coal, no matter what size it is, is fed into upu[vcrizer, by which it is ground to an impalpable powder, This is done by means of the friction of the particles, one against the other. After the coal is ground is passes through the pulverizer, and on coming out it is met by a current of cold air from a blower, which sends it through a nozzle into the combustion chamber underneath the boiler. This combustion chamber has to be specially constructed, and will last about as lon, as the ordinary oue where coal is used. The arch will "last a year, and the side walls two years. The supply of coal dust and air” is automatically regulated and comvlete combustion is ‘the ~result. No smoke escapes from the chimney, and there is no loss of heat in that way. We feel confident that at least thirty-five per cent of fuel will be saved by using the machines. “In Philadelphia, the past month, ox- periments have been made with this process in the Harrison Snfetg Boiler Works, and the engineer made the state- ment that where 1,400 pounds of coal per day were used under a small boiler, at a cost of $3 per ton, 900 pounds of dust were used at a cost of about $1 per ton. The machine for that boiler only cost about $165, and he thinks there is a sav- ing of at least 50 per cent, The cost of repairs to the machine will not exceed $10 per annum, One result of using the refuse coal will be that the price or ordi- nary coal will have to come down." Y The Old Folks Home, Or elsewhere, need a tonic now and then to sustain them under growing infirmi- ties. No safer or more thorough invig- orant for age and the delicate can be found than Hostetter's Stomach Btters, a seasonabie medicine in those ailments of commonest occurence—liver com- plaint, indigestion and bowel disorders; pure botanic safegnard against malaria, and a reliable means of counteracting rheumatism. To the convalescent, 1t isa valuable aid in the recovery of strength, and to the debilitated, nervous invalid it yields tranquil slumber and renewed appetite—two prime _factors in the restoration of vigor. Being of purely botanic origin, 1t is free from those ob- jections urged agamst mineral remedies difticult or impossible of ussimilation by the system, and which impair the tone of the stomach, which the bitters, on the contrary, strengthens and regulates. It 18 indorsed and prescribed by the medical fraternity. ——— HOW KNIGHTS ARE BREAKING UP, of a physician 8 header sup- molsture of ain and e satis- speeches, poems, The first verse ‘Wives, 83 ears, in ndians, sliked them language. Powderly Turns a Phrase and Grows Eloguent, Master Workman Powderly of the Knights of Labor publishes an answer in the Journal of United Labor to the re- cent statements that his order is break- ing up. He says: We are breaking up as the plowman breaks up the soil for “the sowing oftnew secd. We are breaking up old traditions. We are breaking up hereditary rights and planting every- oung bore He then She bore him died in 1830, lived with him | Where the seed of universal rights. bearing him in the | We are breaking up the idea Then she | that money makes the man and not moral worth. We are breaking up the idea that might makes right. We are breaking up the idea that legislation is alone for the rich. Weo are breaking up the 1dea that the congress of the United States must be run by million- aires for the benefit of millionaires, We are breaking up the idea that a few men may hold millions of acres of untitled land while other men ve for want of one acre. We are breaking up the prac- tice of putting the labor of criminals into competition with honest labor and starving it to death. We are breaking up the idea of importing ignorance bred ‘nned away ivorce was raising. thirty- T The divorced widow moved to Mounds. | of ~ monarchies and “dynamite in e do my ‘ariris “gnor I8 | ville, W. Va., and tho most of the thirty. | order *to depreciate mtalligent, speakin', L assurc you that this exhibition [ three children went with her. Among | skilled labor “at = home. = We = arc of literary agility causes my respectable bosom to throb with rapture, pride, ex- ultatiousness, etcetera, [Applause.] The learned vrofessor with a swayback breast has begun here a noble work, and 1 sincerely trust he will not allow it to retrospect, but will keep it churned up with the dasher of progress until the goddess of literature can find a place to hunker down at every fireside in ths en- terprising camp, ll ore applause.] The recitation which I shall recussitate to ivuu this evening is a paradox on ‘The Beautiful Snow,’ and was paradoxed by myself while sitting on my horse on day herd on my father’s ranch in the Pan- handle of Texas. It may be lacking in poetic glare; it may not flow along with any degree of rhythmical ghde; it may fail to show u% technical versifteatious- ness; but with both feet on the ground, I trust it may cateh on with this onlight- cned audience: TIE BEAUTIFUL STEER, O, the steer, the beautiful steer, Kickiny the tlies from the point of its ar. Blilmning its tail in its frolicsome il:o,l o].lilnz about like » Suake river flea, Bellowing! One wounded 1n the neck, the two Charleses, rqfimonts, Jol at Chickamauga. one months war and came home. tute circumstances, ng! ‘Thundering alon, Filling the air with its steerical wn.l 8! Tlll the rumble from out its lung-laden pits bcnufi t':c timid jack-rabbits uf wolves into To me there is nothing on earth halt so dear As lho(long-nomad and slim-bodied Texican sleer, How often 1 wish that I was a steer, With a long, shiny horn at the butt of each ear, With a clear, fearless eye and a tapering and excellin, powers of endurance. one eye, about thirty years ond wife's 8. correct him, tail, hat would snap like a whip in the " ing gale. R » madden | children, How I'd b.llelA! ‘2’ q“” th d nd paw up the groun And lope o'er fhe hills 'with 8 thubdering Ad! i‘ux ter d hum, nd anorf e & terror and hump up m p Up my time.’ them were two Johns and two Charleses. of the Jonhs and one of Charleses were the third wife’s children, There was a_James who was old enough to go to the Mexican war, where he was the rebellion broke out the two Johns, Sim; Evans, Peter, Josephus, Hiram, James, Jacob, Abraham, ' Alexander, David, An* drew, and Reese’ of the sons enlisted in the union army, all in Ohio and Virginia The third” Mrs. hn and Charles wera: taken prisoners ‘They were both put in Andersonville . prison., nine months; Charles was there twenty- and escaped. killed at Shiloh while making a charge. All the other sonsserved through the 1 The third wife of the remarkable old Indian killer, and motherand stepmother of his remarkable family still live at Moundsville. She is seventy years old. Until three months ago she ‘was in desti- u hen she got a pen- sion and $2,500 a8 her claim against the government. She is six feet in height, as straight as an arrow, as strong as a man nine out of every tén in Only & few days ago—one of the hottest—she walked to St. Clairsville, twenty miles, in five hours and back in thesame time. She has only The other one was shot out lgo b{l one of the sec- he He got his bow and arrow and shot her, putting out her eye, This remarkable woman knows the where- abouts of only nine of the thirty-three They live near her. *‘But, takin’ them an’ their children an’ th.e]r children’s children, there must nigh to a thousan' on 'em by this —_—— Geo, L. her, architect Chamber of Commerce building. hmnkinE up the practice of employing little children in the factories, thus breeding a race deformed, ignorant and profligate. We are breaking up the idea that a man who works with. his hands has need neither of education nor of civilizing refinement. We are break- ing up the practice of paying women one-third the wages paid men, simply be- cause they are women. We are break- ing up the idea that a man may debauch an infact girl and shield himself from the penalty behind a law he himself has made. We are breaking up ignorance, intemperance, crime and oppression of whatever character and wherever found. the When the war of Van Buren, Brandon's John died in — e L The Nineteenth Century Club is an or- ganization that will consist of an equal number of men and women. It is hardiy to be expected that they will agree on all sub{"ucts' but it can surprise no one to learn that Dr. Pierce’s “‘Golden Medical Discovery,” 18 unanimously pronounced the most successful remedy extant, for pulmonary consumption, as has been demonstrated in hundreds of cases; it L)omlvely arrests this disease and restores ealth and strength, if administered in its early stages. By druggists. e The Ye Export Trade. New York Tribune: From the govern- ment reports which show how large our exports were in the fiscal year completed on the 80th altimo, some In!ereslingl. and instructive facts may be obtained. First, as regards the food which we sell in Eu- ropean nations whose soil will not pro- duoe enough to supply the needs of the people. 1n the last year we have export- ed 151,759.136 bushels of wheat, including wheunt flour, This quantity was almost exactly one-third ot our last wheat erop. It was greater by sixty-three per cent. tham the amount exported in the preceed- ing year, and it exceeded the wheat ex- ports of every year since the year ended Jupe 30th, 1851, In wheat not reduced to flour we sent abroad a little more than Peter was ad occasion to room 47. Great Economy in Coal-Gratifying G -~ R 159 AN i :'.'"\'-“-?i \| J Molher—~Laaurs, why do you quarrel with Willio? I thought you wete playing keep house with him, Laura—Yes, Mamma, T was, but ho would not get mo a cake of Sapolio, and I had my house-clean- ingto do, and T won't play with him, He is not nice like papa is to you, “The branches may be trained, but not the trunk.” Teach children the axt of SAPOLIO. cleanliness, and how to uso 1t 1s a solid cake of Scouring Soap. Try it.” No. 14, [Copyright, March, 1877.] 100,000,000 bushels, an increase of 77 per cent., while the quantity of flower ex- ported exceeded that of last year by only 40 per cent. Still, as compared with the exports of a few years ago, the percent- age of our wheat sold abroad which goes in the form of flour has advanced. Now it is more than one-third, and in 1881 it was less than one-fifth, The operations of the Iidelity bank cornerers checked the exportation of flour by temporarily closing several flour mills. © The mfluence exerted by these speculators upon the outward movement of wheat was comparatively slight, and has Krohnhly been offset in great measure by the large purchases for export which have been made since the failure of the deal carried prices down to a lower level. Although so large a quantity of wheat and flour was sent across the Atlantic,the country could have spared 80,000,000 bushels more, and it is unfortunate that the outflowing stream was checked by the work of powerful rings at San Francisco and Chicago. But the speculators who op- erated in the Chicago market now appear to be on the road to the penitentiary, and their fate may restrain others from™ play- ing the same game. The price of wheat isnow low enough to attract forcign buyers, and the promise of another large crop may keep it near the present -quotations. The quantity of corn exported fell 37 er cent. but almost the entire corn crop 2 consumed at home. The exportation of 40,000,000 or 60,000,000 bushels takes away a very small percentage of a total crop that ranges from 1,600,000,000 to 2,000,000,000 bushels. The value of all the breadstuffs exported was more than 162,000,000, and greater by 32 per cent than that of the preceding year. In the exports of cattle and hogs there was a decrease of about 17 per cent, and in the exports of fresh beef a decrease of about 80 per cent, but an advance of about 50 per cent in the exports of tallow is noted. With these should be recorded a slight increase of the exports of hacon, an increase of about 20 per cent in the exports of hams, and an increase nearl as large as the export sales of lard. These figures are based upon returns for eight months, The total exports of beef and pork products show an increase of 4 per cent for the same period. The reports which relate to dairy pro- ducts are less satisfactory. We have at hand the figures for only eleven months in the year. These show a marked de- crease. The butter exports have fallen from 17,846,000 to 11,- 760,000 pounds, and those of cheese from 177,176,000 to 65,838,000 pounds. The fulleffect of certain ad- verse conditions upon foreign trade in these articles is shown by the statement that, as compared with 1885, the exports of butter have decreased 42 per cent, and 82 per cent as compared with 1886, while the corresponding descreases in respect to cheese have been 83 per cent and nearly 16 per cent. An exvlanation of these decreases may be found in part in the statement that the exports of the *“oleo bill” rose from 25,923,830 pounds in 1886, to 41,483,024 in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year. Second, as regards the export surplus of our cotton crop. Here the reports are again unsatisfactory. While the to- tal exports for ten months are nearly as large as last year's, there is a deplorable falling oft in the month of June, when the quantity sentabroad wasonly 19,764, 112 pounde, as against 112,670,019 pounds in June, 1886, The value of of the same cotton expurted in the last quarter of the year was only $15,000,000, as compared with 40,000,000 in the corresvonding quar- ter of 1886, The steady decline is due to speculation, which has carried up the price about 2 cents a pound since March, The result of this unnatural advance has been the result of the loss of $25,009,000 in export receipts. Unfortunately for our trade, the cornerers of cotton have been more successful than the managers of the wheat “‘deal.” . There are many cheap cosmetics of fered for sale, which claim to contain n()lllillH injurious to the skin. This is all bosh, all, or very nearly all are com- pounded from_ the most deleterious and poisonous drugs 1n the materia medica, Chey destroy the vitality of the skin, making the consumer prematurely with- ered and old. J. A. Pozzoni guarantecs his medicated complexion powder en- tirely free from all injurious matter, and will gladly pay $3500 to any practical chemist who can find upon analysis the sligntest trace of white lead orarsenic,- Use none other and you will never regret. Price 50 cents and $1.00 per box. Sold by all druggists and perfumers, o e AR Wisconsin's Governor. New York Tribune: “Jerry Rusk. the big governor of Wisconsin, is the strong- cst man that I know of anywhere,” said Thomas M., Nichol, in a group in the ¥ifth Avenue hotel the other night. *‘He can suspend 1,000 pounds from his shouiders and walk around with it as easily as I could with twenty pounds He is a rough diamond, I wasupin Milwaukee Just after the riots last year, in which he distinguished himselt by prompt and energetic action_in putting down the rioters. I was sitting alongside the governor in front of tfie Plankington house when I said to him: ‘Governor, you ought to be careful about what you do nowadays. You lsznuinz a great deal of promi- nence and you must be careful of your record. You might be a candidate for president.” The big fellow looked over at me as cnol as a cucumber and said ‘By the eternal, Nichol, I believe I could be president if these rioters would only keep it up.'” Governor Rusk was originally a stage driver and a county tavern keeper. (] has always been noted for the ronghness of speech which he acquired in the early days of stgging and tavern-keeping on the frontier. ~ An incident is related of a visit he paid to Mentor after General Garfield was elected president. Ie had been chatting with General Garfield for some time when he broke into a tirade of abuse of President Hayes. A friend was present took up the conversation, Bnyhus to Rusk: ‘‘Now, Governor, 1 think that Hayes has made a pretty good ‘uunidam. In fact, I know he has. I never ound anybody who abuses Lim as you do who did not have some personal grudge. Most of them wanted an oftice of some kind and did not getit. [ think it quite probable if you had been made commissioner of agriculture you would now be sounding his praises ‘instead of attacking him in this violent manner.” Rusk protested vehemently that this was not the case and to maintain his position he said: “When Hayes was in con y | gress he made no record there. ‘But no man makes a record 1n congress in a single term,” was the re- sponse of the other gentleman. ‘‘Hayes was there only two years. You yourself made no record in your first term.” At this allusion to his own record Governor Rusk drew his big frame to its tallest height, put his thumbs into the armholes of his waistcoat ns he inflated his chest and replied: “You are, mistaken, sr I did make a record of my first term. By blank, sir, I called a fellow a blank of a blank and threatened to lick a blank out of him on the floor of the house. No record? That was record enough for one term!"’ ‘The argument closed at this point. 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