Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. e TRIMB OF wnmvrrll”);;a Dafly Morning Rdition) including Sunday or Six Monthe, ovedi o vecerie e OmahA Sundny s, mailed to any ad- dress, One Year ... ; 200 , NOS OUAND 018 FARNAM STREET. A OFFIC tw YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AXD 15 TRIBUNE gluhnum WAsfinGToN Orrice, No. 613 'OURTEENTH BTREET. CORREEPONDENCE. 11 commimications relating to news and edi- M?lnll m-l'!“" should be addressed to the Enrtor ©OF THE BEE, BUSINESS LETTERS. Al bustness Jetters and remittances shon!d be addressed to THE BEE PUNLISTING COMPANY, OMARA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to e made payable to the order of the company. Th Boe Pablishing Company. Proprietors . ROSEWATER, Editor. "~ THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate n'f "'!‘}:"l?u }' . . o : ishing company, #oles "l'mmY.m’m of the Dfll{ oo for the week ending May 5, 188, was a8 follow: Saturday, AKI'II 2 Bunday, April 20. Mondsy, April 30, lny, Thurdag, May Friday, May 1. Average.. 8, o GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.. Bworn to and subseribed in my presence this Bth day of May, A, D, 1888, . P, FEI Notary Pablic, Btate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, 10 5 L] }n 8. George B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, Y ntkl'u Insecrotary of Trig o6 deposes and says th sll llnhlnj‘ cnmphnfvl. that the actual lver;’o afly circulation of thie Daily Bee for the month of May, 1867, was 14,27 coples: for June, 189, 14047 coplest for July, 1887, 14,08 coples; for A t, 1887, 14,161 coples; for September, 1887, les; for October, 1887, 14,533 coples; for November, , 15,226 copies; for ember, 857, 15,041 copies; for January, 188, 15,200 c 680 coples; for 744 coples. > REO. 1. TZSCH LK. Sworn to before me and sibscribed in my presence this 2d day of Mug, A. D. 185, . P. FEIL, Notary Public, SIDEWALK INSPECTOR ALLEN does not propose to have any planks loose in his platform. — IF red-hot personal debates followed by the shaking of fists and the issuing of challenges be the proper thing for congressmen and senators, Massachu- setts can not do better than to elect Mr. John L. Sullivan to the senate, where he could clinch every argument with a telling blow. CONGRESSMAN P. A. COLLINS, of Massachusetts, has been selected by the national committee to preside at the meeting of the democratic convention at St. Louis. Should Mr. chosen chairman of the convention he may be trusted in allowing plenty of time to delegates to fill up with en- thusiasm between nominations, GENERAL BROOKE comes to Omaha to assume the duties as commander of the department of the Platte under most favoruble auspices. He can not but be impressed by the farewell recep- tion tendered to Mayor General Crook that our people and the army entertain the most cordial relations for each other. THE opening of the Sioux reservation is hailed with joy in the Black Hills. Of course the consent of the Indians on the reservation must be obtained before the cession of the land becomes valid. But already preparations are being made to swoop down on the rich plain just as soon as the formalities of the transfer are concluded. CASPER E. YOST was very much dis- turbed that Douglas county would not succeed in securing a delegate to the national conventicn unless the B. & M. oil room attorney be allowed to name delegates to' the district convention. The Omaha smelting works will proba- bly receive consignmentsof ore more promptly over the B. & M. at low rates. THERE is grim irony 1n the announce- ment by the chairman of the Second congressional district committee, that a reduced rate of fare will be given on railroads to all delegates attending the convention. Every railroad lawyerand striker in the district will ride in on a pass reading for himself and one, *‘account employe of this company.” Ir the Union Pacific is going to light its wagon bridge across the Missouri by electricity, it is showing a bit of enter- prise that hardly could have been ex- pected from that quarter. But while the company appears solicitous in light- ing the way for belated travelers, it ignores the rightsof our citizens for proper safeguards over their many @angerous crossings on main thorough- fares, E—— Tne French syndicate that is now controlling the price of tin will have its hands full when the Dakota mines are fully opened, The tin product of the United States has always been small, That there are large and almost in- exhaustible supplies of the article in the west is unquestioned,and thatthe mines can be worked with a profit is no less certain, The French tin corporation « which seeks to enrich itself at the ex- pense of others will of necessity be obliged to go when American capital developes the mines of Dakota. E—— The Brooklyn, N, Y., Times has the correct view of the situation when 1t says that the voice of New Yorlk given in behalf of Mr. Depew as a presiden- tial candidate ‘‘would be impotent and ineffective.” *“A nomination,” suys that paper, “that would endanger the republican ticket in every north- western state is hardly likely to com- mend itself to the favor of a republican national convention.” Itwill be quite enough that the republicans of New York show thoir regard for Mr. Depew by sending him to represent them in the convention, and if they and he have any sincere wish for the success of the republican party next November his nume will figurg in no other relation than as a delegate. Only ignorance of the sentiment of the most important republican section of the country can lead any one to talk seriously of Mr, Depew as a presidential candidate, and those who do soare but complicating the situation to the detriment of the party. It would be quite as well for the party’s i.nl.m'eul if Mr. Depew were even not a Breakers Ahead. The outcome of the Douglas eeunty convention bodes no good to the repub- lican party in the impending campaign. Omaha and Douglas oounty will inevitably be the great storm-centre next November, and the contost last Saturday was the preliminary skirmish of the great battle. With the disasters of 1886 and 1887, almost within sight, prudnnee and common decency dictated the retirement to the rear of the dis- reputable and mercenary elements of the party, and pushing to the front of the respect- able and respected membersof the party who are republicans from principle and desire party supremacy, not for the mero 8poils of office and political glory, but from a love of countey, liberty and government by the people, for the peo- ple. It was to have been expected that at this crisis in the history of the party the leaders it has honored and trusted, and the men who expect to assume leader- ship in the comirg campaign, would exert all their influence to clevate re- publicanism in this section and state from the low depths to which it had sunk in its abject subserviency to corporate monopoly and its humiliating degradation, through the political slums, It was manifestly the duty of Senator Manderson, who expects to present him- solf for endorsement next fall, to plant himself firmly on high ground as the advocate of a loftier standard of politi- col morals. He was in position to point out the rocks and reefs on which the party had been stranded by a reck- less surrender of its control to the most depraved elements of soci- ety. The republican clubs, un- der proper guidance, and the re- straints of the primary election law, would have afforded the opportunity for reform and purification. Senator Man- derson was in Omaha last week, but he folded his arms and allowed the rabble and scum to pack the convention which presented the most disgraceful spectacle ever witnessed in this or any other state. Mr. W. J. Connell, who is conceded to be the most available man in this district as against John A. McShane, not only failed to exhibit the courageous leadership which would have been expected from a man of his cali- bre, but he committed the unpar- donable blunder of making himself a voluntary party to a disgraceful sur- render of prerogatives which no con- vention has ever conferred on its most honored member, let alone a notorions oil-room attorney and lobbyist for gam- blers. How will Mr. Connell face the farm- ers and workingmen and unfettered republicans of all classes, and explain away his failure to enter a manly pro- test against having this state misrep- resented in the national convention? What was the object for holding a convention at all if the attorney of the Burlington railroad has the naming of the entire delegation without even sub- mitting these names for ratification to the convention or even acommittee thereof. Passing by this lamentable blunder, let us ask in all candor, why should any republican convention in this state recklessly invite the odium which at- taches to the leadership of John M. Thurston at this time? Has the repub- lican party fallen so low, and is it so wretchedly devoid of men of ability, that it must year in and year out glorify and worship at a shrine whose chief idol isa whitened sepulcher who makes it his business to debauch your legislators and state officers and lead young men, full of promise and hope, from the path of rectitude to the road which ends in perjury, bribery and crimes against the state for which no punish- ment is too severe? With the revela- tions of the Pacific railroad commission and the testimony unwillingly extracted from their corrupt associates, is it not worse than mockery and defiance of pub- lic sentimont for a republican conven- tion in the metropolis of the Mis- souri valley, to load down Thurs- ton and Greene with honors and commend them as mobt fitting of all known men in Nebraska to represent her two hundred thousand republicans in the national convention of the party? If the district and state conventions ratify this impudent defiance they will sow the dragon’s teeth that will bear deadly fruit next November and bring irretrievable disaster on the legislative and congressional tickets, e The Trust Investigation. Tt is certainly to be hoped that the in- vestigation of trusts now being prose- cuted by the committee on manufactures of the house of representatives will leave nothing to be desired for a com- plete knowledge ot these combinations when it is finished, Faith that this will be done does not find much warrant in the experience thus far had with this class of inguiries, Congressional in- vestigating committees have not usually labored to very great advantage. [none way or another they have been generally very unsatisfactory in practical results. A single example may be cited of the committee sent to investigate the Reading strike, from which thus far nothing has been heard ex- cept the promise of a report and the statement of its chairman that he contemplated proposing some legisla- tion suggested by the disclosures of the inquiry, It isnot atall unlikely, how- ever, that with the pressure of other demands upon his time and attention he will find no opportunity to further con- corn himself in the matter of the Read- ing investigation. Meanwhile the sub- ject drops out of public regard, on!y to be revived when the corporation re- news its defiant and oppressive tactics, And thisis the way with most congres- sional investigations not strictly polit- ical in their character, But there are some reassuring indiea- tious in the investigation being made by the house committee on manufactures, as noted in our Washington dispatches of Saturday, one of which was the ac- coeptance of the services of a lawyerwho is revuted to be entively familizy’ with the inside workings of the parvent of all the trusts and with the railvead man- sgement that enabled it %o ‘achieve its proat sucooss. This attorney, Mr. Gowen of Philadelphia, we have the authority of the Record of that city for saying, is the man dfall others to show up the oporation of the foremost mon- opoly of the country, and that paper re- fers to his retontion by the committeo as ‘‘a stroke of the utmost wisdom.” This opinion would seem to be fully jus- tified by the vigorous effort that was made in opposition to his being allowed to ask questions of witnesses, to which the committee declined to yield, claiming with obvious justice the right to accept the voluntary services of any one to ask questions. There is unquestionably a great deal yet to be learned respecting the ¢nside operations of trusts which it is proper and important should be learned, but which is very likely not to be ascer~ tained without such expert assistance as that which the Philadelphia lawyer is competent to furnish. The average congressman is no better qualified than any other average citizen to thoroughly prosecute an investigation of this kind. It is to be hoped, therefore, that Mr. Gowen will be allowed to continue to assist the committeo in its labors. There have thus far been some inter- esting disclosures, among them evi- dence that certain railroads are still discriminating in favor of large corpor- ations in violation of the inter-state commerce law, and more of this sort of thing will doubtless develop, A search- ing, thorough, unsparing investigation is what the country asks and expects. eme———— Deluded Democrats. The Dakota democrats, after all, re- semble ordinary democrats. The news- papers had predicted dire and dreadful calamities wheun the Watertown con- vention met. But all the predictions and speculations were without founda- tion in fact. While the Day democrats roasted the Church democrats, and the Church democrats found any number of meaningless epithets to hurl into the air, the fact was that everything, in a general way, was harmonious. Of course there will be a double-headed delegation to St. Louis, one for Church and one for Day, yet the probabilities strongly indicate that they both will be inclined toward Cleveland. As to which one will receive recogni- tion at the national convention depends largely upon the eloquence of the re- spective chairmen. Like the recent democratic convention in Omaha, both factions studiously avoided reference to important local questions, There was nothing said about a division of the ter- ritory, each faction aiming to keep on ‘‘terms,” as much as possible, with all the deluded; the Day men endorsed the Church ideas—while the Church men endorsed the Day doctrines. Church is governors and while the Day faction adopted resolutions favor- ing and demanding his resignation, of course he will continue to hold on with neatness and dispatch, while the St. Louis deliberations must conclude which are the “powers that be” in the land of booms and blizzards. Cheerful Outlook. There was never a better outlook for the farmers of Nebraska than at the present time. The rains of the last two weeks have been general and reports from all sections of the state convey the information that the soil is in splendid condition. Corn planting, for the most part, is already over, the acreage for this year being much greater than last. A general feeling of confidence pr vails that is causing all towns and vil- lages to “boom,” and substantial im- provements seem to be the order of the day. Towns of «but two thousand population are securing water works, electric light plants and public buildings, while the citizens vie with each other in the erec- tion of handsome homes. Real estate values of both farm lands and city property are steadily advanc ing in the eastern partof Nebraska, while in the western part of the state a surprisingly large number of settlers are taking government lands or buying farms already improved. ‘While the effects of the strike on the B. & M. will be felt for a year, on the whole Nebraska is in a more prosperous condition than ever before, and the feeling among all classes is most cheer- ful. High Rentals. It has been said that no man can really afford to pay in house rent more than one-eighth of his monthly income. For ten years Omaha has suffered by reason of high rents imposed upon all classes of tenants. Mechanics, clerks and la- boring men, whose earnings will not warrant the payment of high rents, have protestdd long and loud against the avaricious landlord. But, consider- ing the question in a broader sense, are the landlords wholly to blame? The history of every growing city has been that & heavy demand by crowding new- comers advances rentals, and as long as a flourishing city continued to attract people to it, the tendency has been toward high rentals. It is simply a question of supply and demand. The reasonable conclusion, therefore, is that not until Omaba shall have reached a period of decadence, which cannot now be foreseen, will rentals un- dergo amaterial decline; unless,indeed, building can be done much cheaper than at present. That, of course, will depend upon the cost of lumber, brick, stone, iron and skilled labor, WS Tue old discussion, how far shall physical exercise be carried on in schools and colleges, has been revamped by the recent attitude taken by the board of overseers of Harvard college, In the opinion of a minority of the board all athletic games should be confined exclusively to Harvard students and no inter-collegiate competition should be allowed. This proposition was opposed by the majority of the Board, Leaded by President Eliott. In its place a resolu- tion was passed which limits in- ter-collegiate contests to New FEng- land cities and allows only univer- sity teams to take partin the games. Even with these privileges the athletie lifo of the college is seriously affected and threatens the extinctiou of all healthful sports at Harvard. TIn contra- l digtinction to the narrow view taken by 1 the Harvard overseers, Yale, Princetou, the University™ 6! Ponnsylvania, and other leading colléges have encouraged and broadenod ‘he field for inter-colle« glato contests bofween thoir students, The position taken by the Harvard board of overseers is not in line with the match of reform which marks every advance of that great institution. BEdu- eators the world ober agrée that & oom- plete edueation must include the physt- cal developmeft &s well a8 the intel- loctual and mor#1'education of the man, In the field of hthletics, the intor- colleginte contests furnish that zest fo rivalty and spur to victory which can bo excited in no other way. Class con- tosts alone have never induced mon to develop themselves physically or to un- dergo a regular course of training. The board has taken a step baokward. Al- roady petitions are pouring in on the overseors from graduates of Harvard to induce them to recall their unpopular restriotions, and to place athletics on as liberal a basis as the other departments of the university. . i) It is certainly a matter worthy of note, aside from its religious aspoct, that Mr. Gladstone finds time in the midst of his herculean po. tical labors to write an article on “Colonel Inger- soll on Christianity.” 1Ttis said that Mr. Gladstone in spite of his seventy- eight years turns from making three political speeches a day to writing Homerie crviticisms or religious con- troversies as a mere relaxation. Asa thinking and working machine, Mr. Gladstone is the wonder of the age. It would be worth not a little if he could give our American political lead- ersthe recipe of his remarkable vitality and ability. Fancy Sherman, Blaine or Gresham in the course of a national canvass penning a literary criticism for one of our magazines or writing class- ical poetry for the fun of the thing. But even in England Mr. Gladstone’s admirers are grumbling that he should for a moment relax his vigilance in at- tacking the tories to measure swords on religion with Mr. Ingersoll. However much his impatient follow- ers may fume and fret, the grand old man will keep right on chopping trees at Hawarden and writing essays for the magazines as a means of recreation in odd hours. Uv Course. Hon.John M. Thurs- ton, president of the republican state league and chief attorney for the Union Pacific, will not oppose the Hon. Charles Greene, attorney for the Burlington, in his candidacy for delegate to the repub- lican national congention. Itwould not be politic for the railroads to fight each other in politics. when arrayed against the people. The Burlington and the Union Pacific have been partners too long in grinding down the farmer, the laborer and the merchant to quarrel at this critical perfod. As against the cople, there is ilivays a solid railroad ront, no matter how bitterly the Union Pacific and Burlington hate each other. It is a matter of congratulation to our business community that the suspension of the State National bank was merely temporary, and fhat it has now re- sumed on a solid foundation. VOICE O ATE PRESS, S.S. Jones, of the Blue Springs Motor, as- pires to legislative honors, The Stockville Faber says J. P. Lindsay will be returned to the scnate from Beaver City. J. S. Clary, of Norfolk, and Andy Graham, of Wisner, are being talked of for state treas- urer. The Tecumseh Republican is trying to boom Judge Appleget for congress from ,the Big First. The Falls City Journal is booming T. W. Pepoon for representative from Richardson and Pawnee counties. The Chadron Democrat complains that the B. & M. raitroad has already demoralized the press of Box Butte county. The Dakota City Eagle brings forward the name of Dr. G. W. Wilkinson as a delegate to the republican national convention. The Wayne Gazette says that ex-Senator Wyck has been gunning for a Crane in Valley county, and got his bird the first time. The Gresham Review finds that it is gener- ally conceded that Mr. Keckley will be re- turned to the senate and Captein Wilson to the house. John Peters, of Albion, is said to be a candidate before the convention for state auditor. In the last legislature John voted with the brass-col'ared crew, The Falls City Journal Cowin, if he will accept, is the man that can walk Join A. McShane's political log this fall with neatness and dispateh. The Sutton Advertiser insists upon the nomination of Henry Grosshaus for state treasurer. Grosshaus was nominated aud- itor by the anti-monops some years ago, and finally declined to run because the railroad pressure was too much for him. According to the Wymore Union, John Harper, of Dayjd City, candidate for the ro- publican nomination for state treasurer, is an enterprising cuss. He is sending out his photograph to the republican editors of the state, together with a copy of the David City Tribune contaiuing his biography. ““Eyerthing is running smoothly and trains are all on time.” Last Tuesday the west- bound passenger was all the afternoon com- ing from Holdrege hiere, a distunce of fif- teen miles, and came crawling in at half-past 6, with the tender tilted up at an angle of forty-five degrees. But “everything is run- ning smoothly,” aud say; ‘‘trains are all on tune,” too, merrily sdys the Bertrand Jour- nal, Y The Beatrice Free Lance says: “The wage workers of this country can never suc- ceed in erushing mbjiopolies unless they come to an agreement bn general principles and united action at the ‘ballot-box. Our interest in the future of our, children should so solidly unite us that class lines could not be seen while we are fighting the common enemy— monopoly. We should always keep before us the knowledge that we have a wise and pow- erful enemy to fight, who are a unit in the défense of their interests.” The Madison Reporter remarks, after looking over the field, that ‘“There secms to be a widespread opinion in the Third con- gressional distriet that the district con- veution which was called at Fremont to be held at Norfolk, is unwise and smacks of jobbery and was called at least four months %00 soon, and should be postponed, It is evident from every move that bas beeu made thus fur that the political wreckers have done all the party work as the work done will prove. Itis void of wisdom from be- ginning to ending, and should be righted as much as possible.” The Holdrege Progress objects to calling the Second district covgressional convention on May 14, and sa)'s, 48 & vepublican paper, it sees 1 less nuwmbers, in the call a achame t6 sapturs the nomination by the present incumbent, without giving the people of the district an opportunity to have A voice in the matter, and advisos tho delo- gates to adjourn the convention sine die, without making a nomination as a rebuke to the officiotis committee, Thete is blood on the faoe of the moon, and lots of it, and the railroad republicans will see their mistal when a good democrat warms Mr. Laird's sedt in the next congress. Commenting on the snap judgment of political managers in the Seeond and Third congrossional distriots, the West Point Ro- publican observes: “Thete is & growing opinion among reépublicans of this oon- grossional distriot that the convention has been called at least four months 160 early, and that an adjournment should be taken on May 14 without making a nomination. No valid reason can well be presented why a candidate for congress should be compelled to make o canvass of six months' duration. The calling of the convention to meet in May was unfair and without precedent in the political history of the state, It smacks of jobbery.” “‘Anybody with grain of sense, says the York Times, ‘‘knows why tho congressional ¢onvention was ealled so early. We have been told by Laird men, who are on the con- gressional committee, that it was done in Mr. Laird’s interest, but they told us no news. Mr. Laird is inside the fort. It cannot be taken without a struggle. The less time wiven for the fight the less chance there is to defoat him. It is simply another of the old tricks, by the practice of which Mr. Laird has beén nominated before. Anything to cheat and defraud his opponents and hood- wink the people.” The Fremont Tribune remarks *‘that there are a host of attorneys prancing into the ring and entering the lists for the honor and the emoluments of attorney general. It is understood that the present incumbent of the place, Mr. Leeso, is of the opinion that he has so successfully filled the office that the iron-clad rule of anti-third termism might appropriacely be broken for the mutual benefit of himself and the state. Then there is Warren, of Nebraska City, ready to sacri- fice himself on the same basisj and L. S, Ervin, of Kearney, who heads the Buffalo county delegation to the state convention. As there are a legion of small-bore lawyers in the state who would deign to give up their lucrative local practice for four years, there will probably be a few more castors shied into the ring.” —— NEBRASKA JOTTINGS. Ashland charges spree sellers $1,200 a year. A “‘donkey social” is, the latest fad in the state. Tha total numver of school children in Thayer county is 4,150. The Beatrice electric light company has received its new engine. Brownville has a new paper, the Courier, by G. W. Fairbrother & Co. ‘The Platismouth Herald's Shattuck monu- ment fund amounted to $202.05. The Greely News is the latest venture in the journalistic field in Greely county. At the Franklin county fair this fall, Sena- tor Manderson will deliver the address. The corner stone of the M. E. church at Gresham, York county, will be laid May. 10. The town of Grant, in Rerkins county, will be one year old one the 25th of this month. Charles C. Jones has taken possession of the office of register of the land office of Neligh. The saloons of Cedar Rapids have closed. There scems to have been no strong effort made to continue them. Dwight Williams, of Norfolk, ylmll(‘d on Arbor day, 6,500 trees. Mr. Williams isa lad only 16 'vears of age. Bloowington is happy in the hope of secur- ing the Northwestern railroad, The su: veyors are at work in that vicinity. W. T. Newhouse, of Nance county, shot a pelican seven and one-half feet from tip to up of its wings, and five feet high. Both Oakdale and Neligh are surrounded on all sides by obstacles towagon road travel, but a scheme is on foot to remedy the matter. Capt. W. H. Ashby, of Gage county, has bought a blue grass stock farm of 218 acres near Lexington, Kentucky, where he will move in the near future. The electric light company at York is grow- ing more extensive cach day. It now runs over one hundred and seventy-five incandes- cent lights and sixteen arc. ‘The South Sioux City shoe factory is now running as an organized company. Judge Griffey, Dr. Wilkinson, John Moan and Frank Hunt are the organizers. The reunion at Camp Sherman on the state line at Hardy, in Nuckalls county, this fall, petween the old veterans of Kansas and Ne- braska, promises to be a success, Several state papers, ameng them the Springticld Republican 'and Wahoo Wasp, want the Nebraska legislature to vote Miss Royce, the blizzard victim, a pension of §600 a year, Before snow flies Wymore will have the advantage of three competing lines of rail- road, streot cars, electric lights, water works and bumerous other improvemonts of a met- ropolitan character, In order to keep before the people the proposition that a steady growth beats a boom, a well gotten up dummy was thrown inalarge pondof water at Nebraska City, and the coroner telephoned to come. The Ashland papers complain because their city has no calaboose. Under existing cir- cumstances when an officer has a prisoner he is compelled to guard him night and day, or take him to Wahoo and bring him buack there for trial, Tree planting in Nance “county was ob- served in the proper manner. 1. A, Beagle captures the prize, having planted 4,130 trees —a good day’s work for one frail man to ac- complish, David Bates is second best with a record of 2,012, while J. P. third with a score of 1,750, The Bertrand Journal, in double leads and black head lines, calls the attention of set- tlers to an elderly gentieman, whom it calls a rascal, The paper says that, sclecting a picce of land he visits the owner and tells him that the title isn't pood, and that for & foe of #10 he will writs to Washington and have it cleared up. He has swindled sev- eral farmers in Phelps, Gasper and Frontier counties, ‘T'he Boone County Argus says: The Union Pacific railroad has not yet paid Jawes O'Donnell the £5,000 damage that the courts allowed him for running over his horses and wagon at St. Edward several years ago and consequently he has atiached the branch road !‘mt runs to Albion to get his pay. An execution was issued by the clerk of the district court at Columbus, and all the right of way, depots, round houses and side tracks in Platte county have been included in the attachment. The company wants _another trial but Judge Post will not grant it. Dodson takes AL el A Negres: Who Practices He 'y Raleigh dispatch to Atlanta Constitu- tion: There is an unprecedented sensa- tion among the negroes in the black distriet, the cause of it being a woman who is working, it is alleged, marvelous faith cures in Nash county. The womun isan African of the most pronounced '.g‘p\.‘» Yesterday a, gentleman visited the ground consecrated to the priestess on conjurations and faith cures. He found ihe roads for hundreds of yards leading to the spot cumbered with vehicles of every conceivable character, all conveying the aflicted in body and mind, The woman r¢ ves her devo- tees, and cries aloud in a peculiarly deep voice, exorcising the evil spirits of disease, imaginary or real. Then she annoints them with water drawn from a well near by, at the same time requiring the patient to imbibea por- tion. The spot, she claims, was pointed out to her by an angel. The have been going on for ten days. Each day brings a crowd greater than that of the day before. The woman fills bottles with water, blesses them, and these are carted off in count- She makes uno churge but accapts whatover may bo(rlvm her. Excitemont runs high and is wide- épread. The multitudes that place finplieit faith in the efficacy of hor cures are astoundipgly large and comstantly swelling. 6 woman’s name is Mary Edwards, She is about thirty-two years of ago. The gentleman who visited her entored a double house and found the front room orammed and jammed with all ages and sizes and both sexes. One at a time is added to the inner sanctuary. The woman avors that she was born entirely whito, and that the knowledgo of her mysterious and marvellous powers camo with her dawning reason. She has followed her present oalling some time, and it is reported that she has taken in nearly 81 in the four weeks she has been_established at her present quarters. Persons from many counties visit and seek relief at her hands, Her white patients are not small in number. [ —— JAPANESE FIRE BOYS, .Standing on the Roof to Direct the Hosemen Until KLicked Up by Flames. A fire in Japan is attended with sights that would delight the old volun- teer firemen of Now York. Emblems on rallying banners are car- ried by each native company, writes a correspondent of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Glorified drum-majors’ sticks, gigantic clubs, spades, hearts, balls, cresconts, stars, and forty other ornamental devices or symbols are borne aloft by the color bearer of the company, who stande in the midst of smoke, nerku, and the thickest of hurly—i)ur y to show where his company is at work. Thrilling tales are told of such Casah- ianeas standing on roofs or at the post of duty to direct the horsemen until licked up by the flames orengulfed in falling walls. The standard bearer has all the glory and importance of & drum-major swag- gering at the head of his band, and whirls his big staff and waves it in the air quite as if he were leading a proces- sion down Broadway. A group of them were gathered on a hrm(i:o at a recent fire, encouraging the hands who were working the pumps, and joining in the wild, sailor-like chorus, and they were as comical a lot as ever marched on Mardi Gras, The whole creek bank was full of ab- surdities that morning, agitated house- holders pouring their things inco the water instead of into the saucepans drawn up to the banks for salvage ware- houses, and some of them hurling them- selves over into the shallow water in their frantic efforts. Lines of dripping buckets were passed over mounds of household goods and screens, mats and bundles were heaped along the bank in such confusion that one could not tell his own belongings. One hunsry set of pump-workers, who had worked from 7 in the morning until 9, were regaled with a breakfast of brown sugar, each pompier scooping up his handful from the damaged box kind- ly contributed by a burned-out grocery, and then setting to work again with'a cheery chorus ey Selling Worthless Bonds. A swarthy Italian peddler, says the New York Star, who may have been a Calabrian brigand in exile, wheeled a hand-cart along Park Row yesterda afternoon, not loaded with oranges an bananas according to Italian customs, but piled high with railway bonds, and every bond was for a thousand dollars. There was a half a million dollars worth of them. The cart stopped in front of the Sunoffice, and the Italian calmly untied & hundred thousand dol- lars worth of the stuff and began busi- ness. Holding up a crisp, handsomely printed thousand dollar bond of the Canada, Michigan and Chicago railway, he offered it for sale for only 10 dents. A crowd of vagrants and loungers sur- rounnded the cart. A lame beggar uh:uJ)ad spryly forward and bought the bond. Then an errand boy purchased one. An apple woman next bought three bonds for a quarter. For half an hour the bonds went off like hot cakes. There was an excited crowd around the cart; and the Italian couldn’t hand the bonds out fast enough. It finally became rumored that brok- ers were purchasing the bonds, and there was a wild rush to buy them in as fast as possible. For three-quarters of an hour Franifort street was a regular stock exchange. One broker brought $20,000 worth for a $2 bill. The bonds advanced from 10 cents to 25 and then to 90; $350,000 worth of bonds were sold before Wall street knew what hap- pened. Then the Italian brigand put #5.25 in his pocket, and turned hishand- cart away. And they were real bonds—first mort— gage bonds of the C., M. & C., railroad, a railway which was never built. The company whs organized in 1872 by Town- send Coxe, J. B. Harris and other capi- talists, who wanted to get the control of the Canadian Southern line out of the hands of the Vanderbilts. It was to run from St. Clair to Lancing, Mich., and connect with the Chicago & Grand Trunk line, The printing presses were set to work, and a million Jollx\rs worth of bonds were printed. But the great railway was never built, except on pa- per. The bonds wouldn’t float. They proved to be worth only 1 cent a pound in the market, and yesterday the public were let in on the ground floor as in- vestors. —ees The True Advancement of Women. The Christian Union: The advance- ment of women! How the changes rin on that sentence! Just what does i mean? Does it mean the granting of the suffrage to women? It cannot, be- cause comparatively few of the mass of women care anything about suffrage, or would use the privilege if it were given, If it is a need of the sex from the stand- point of the advocates of the movement, t is not a want of the rank and file; and until it is, not much progress will be made toward the consummation of what we are told is vight. The opening of even the conservative colleges to wo- men, the erection and main- tenance of thoroughly equipped colleges for women have set- tled one demand of the question. The position of women in many of the professions has settled another disputed point, proving that tho world demands ability and does not question sex, Every year this question of women and their place in the world is narrowed and de- fined, every year more clearly proves that the development of ability and character settles the question independ- ent of theory and debate. Intelligently phlluulhru{: ¢ women are understandin g more clearly every day that it is in and by intellectual and moral developmen of the individual that the mass of hu- manity is to be lifted into harmony with i0d’s purpose of creation, and that this ccomplished, not by standing out- side their lives with theories to which the masses must con- form, but by standing shoulder to shoulder with them, individually edu- cating by the developmest and purnose of their own lives; by holding heart and head open to suggestions; by vec- ognizing the wants of the class, not dealing with its supposed needs; by giving ‘the impulse that will ercate wants from needs. This the intelligent woman, desirous of benefitting and ele- vating her race and the world, recog- ognlzes. That this is ‘the only method that will give true advancement to women is {mfl'on by the work acdom- g}lahod by the working girls’ sovieties, o0 organization for women has ace complished for both the individual and the world what has been accomplished by these comparatively small bands of women working togethor. b bl How to Forceast the Weather, Chicago Mail, ‘Red clouds at sunriso indicato storm, Foxes barking at night indieato storm, The weather usually moderates before a storm, . Soot burning when vory bright indi- cates storm. The aurora, when very bright, indi- cates storm. Sounds travelling far and wide, A stormy day will betide, Poafowl utter low cries before o storm and select a low perch, Domestic animals stand with their heads toward the coming storm. Distant sounds hoard with distinotness during the day indiocates rain. Conls becoming alternately bright and dim indicate approaching storms. Wild faam flying over in groat num- bers indicate approaching storm. It is said that the blacksmiths sclect a stormy day in which to perform work that requires extra heat. ‘When a heavy cloud comes up in the southwest and seems to settle back again, look out fora storm. When oxen or sheep collect together as if they were seeking shelter a storm may be expected. Fire always burns brighter and throws out more heat just before a ‘storm, and 18 hotter during a storm. A Ion;{ strip of clouds, called a salmon or Noah's ark, east and west, is a sign of stormy weather; when it extends north and south 1t is asign of dry weather. If the clouds be of different height, the sky being grayish or dark blue, with hardly any wind stirring, however, changing from west to south, or some- times to southeast, without perceptibly increasing in force , expect a storm. g3 Sy ‘When Women Shop. “Yes, I have plenty of opportunity to study human nature, and'to find out just on which days people like to do their shopping,” said a floor-walker in Wana- maker’s grand depot to a_Philadelphia Nows reporter yesterday, in answer to the question as to whether more goods are sold on any particular day or days of the week than on the others. “‘Now, Monday. is always a pretty good day, because on_Sunday the stores are closed and people have time to think just what they need. and to lay their plans for the week. If women conclude to make any new articles for wear dur- ing the week they almost invariably do their shopping the first thing Monday morning,so that they can get to work at them as quickly as possible. “Tuesday is not so good, for I have noticed that there is always an unusual number of ladies sitting around the store that day looking at goods, but they do not make many purchases. They evidently drop in more to spend the time than to hug. I have, there- fore, acquired the habit of talling Tues- day ‘sitters’’ day. Wednesday is one of the best days of the week, as is also Thursday, which is called ‘Bridget’s day out.” Their purchases are usually small, but there are so many of them that they count up, nevertheless. Fri- day is the worst day of the week, for while there are always a great many ladies out on this day,when the weather is favorable, they are merely out for a walk, and don’t do much shopping. I therefore call it ‘promenaders’’day. There is also a good deal of promenad- ing done on Saturday, but as the pur- chases for Sunday must be made on this day, it makes it the best of the week. —_—— Inducements to Settle. Chicago News: ‘“What is your busi- ness, my friend, inquired a meek young man of a sunburned stranger in a slouch hat who had invited him behind the swinging door to have something. “I am the president of the Texas Low Bow immigration society,” re- gliez} the stranger, ‘‘ and we're offering ig inducements to settiers. Want to go down to help swell the democratic majority in the Lone Star state?” “Perhaps I might,” said the meek young man, thoughtfully, “What in- ducements do you offer?” “Well,? responded the Texan, setting down his glass, ‘‘if you are a bona-fide settler you will be exempt from becom- ing an active member of the State Anti- Horsethief society for one year; you will be taught, free of expense, how to ride a broncho, and if you get into a scrimmage with a native he will feel in honor bound to lot_you have the first shot if you are careful to convince him beforehand that you are a tenderfoot. Say, want to go?”’ “Thank you very much,” said the young man, “but I couldn’t leave home very well just now on account of my or- phan father.” How to Silverplate Ribbon: A fancy goods dealer: ‘‘Never heard of silverplated ribbon, did you? No? I thought not; for it’s something quite new. This prayer book mark is a good gpecimen of the work. The silver cross and text on the deep purple ground produce quite a handsome effect. Don't you think so? A picture could bo in silver the same way. In short, there is no end to the fanciful designs that migm be made in silver on silk, “The process? Oh! it is simplicity itself. First y make a solution of nitrate of silver. to which you add a little gum arabic to prevent it running. Then with a quill pen or camel’s hair pencil you 3x-uw your design on the silk. When the drawing is dry hold it over a vessel containing water, zinc and a little sulphuric acid. In a short time the silver will be reduced and will adhere quite strongly to the fabric, the design standing out clear and bright,” Choking Catarrh. Have you awakened from a disturbed sleep with all the horrible sensations an assassin clutching your throat amd pressing the life- breath from your tightened chest? Have you no- ticed the languor and debility that succeed the effors to clear your throat and head of this catarrhal matter? 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