Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1891, Page 14

WANAMAKER ~ ON FINANCE, The Postmaster General on Financial Situation, HE OUTLINES AN IDEAL POSTAL SERVICE. Free Coinage No Remedy for Hs Times—The Postal Telegraph Biil Now Before the 8 ate—Gossip. Wasnixaron, Jan fence of Tur B man in President Ha master Cencral Wanamaker. cumulated one of the bigg fort 8 in the and his mercantile business s sald of the largest in the world, His department at Washington is the biggest department under the govesnment not excepting the treasury, and Mr. Wana- maker manages it as far as possible on busi ness principles, The views of such a man on business matters caunot but be of great in- terest, and [ called at the postofiice building at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon to have, if pos- sibl, Jat with the postmaster general on the financial Half-pist 4 o'clock p. m. is a good tima to catch tho postmaster goneral. He gots at the departme §o'clock in the morning of 1 hour before his clerks begin to arvive and at 4:3) the great building is desertod, the postmastor general has gotten through with his most important business and b finishing up his work, which ends between 5 and 6§ p. m. every d Ifound him dictating a letter, and after he had finished asked him to tell mo his opinion of the causes of the present financial strin- He replied : to tho financi trouble has tided o We w in danger of a panic, Lt and matters will move smoothly fromnow ca We need a more elastic currency, but we need one that is based on adifferent principlo —that of %0 cents worth of silver to the dollar, T would bo in favor of the frea coin- e of silver, but the patting of 80 cents into a coin and marking it 100 as though you should put three pecks of wheat into a bushel and by macking the measure *full’ should tey to make the peaple of tne world believe it would pass for a bushel aud that they should pay the same price for itas when they recoiveld four pecks nstead of three. The froe coinage bill may becore a faw, but T don't believe it will last a year longer than the congress that enacts it. The rssultsof it will be such that the uext congress will have to repeal it.” Special The best by ison's cabinet is Corre- iness Post. Ho has spor ne- country business X situation at about | situation, I think th for a time, but we have escap ts is justas bal A WORD ABOUT POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. “How about your postal savings banks scheme, Mr. postmaster general,” [ asked. Would not such institutions increase the toarding of the mouey by the people and add to the financial stringencies like the pr entt” ot at all,” rephed Mr. Wanamaker. “The best thing for the country today would be these postal savings banks, They would bring into active cireulation a hundred mil- lion dollars which are now hoarded away in stockings, tucked L tho rafters or sandwiched under the carpets or buried be- neath tho hearthstones. Whenevera bank fails this hoarding increases. The people fecl that they have their principal safe it they loso the interest. The con- sider their hiding places better than the banks but they have sucha confidence in the government that they would deposit the money at once if postal savings bunks were organized, My plan provides that the money shall be loaned under proper scecurity to the banks in the states from which the savivgs come an this would at once put the mouzy into cirenlation. I want to see these suvings bauks within an hour's walk of the home of every workingman, The influence of depos- jtors upon their fellows would be marked and thousands of dollars would be suved by peo- ple who now save nothing. Last year the total amount of the deposits of savings banks in Great Britain was just about $100,000,000, and the poor among the Erench deposit about 0,000,000 every v ) the postal savings banks. The deposits ave inereasing in all the countries of Europe, which have adonted the postal savings bank system and a large pro- portion of the savings are deposited by ‘mi- nors showing that they are great educators in the schools of economy and_accumulation, It would be a good thing for the boys of the country and would aid them to get a start in life.” WANAMAKER ONAFORTUNE MAKING. As Mr, Wanamaker said these words I though of his start in life, and my mind rap- idly ran over his career as I have heard it reported. I could see hima httle ced boy livitg in the country and walking four miles every day iuto Philadelphia to clerk in u book store nt §1.25 a week. 1 could see him as a littlo older he veceived #1.5) u week in a clothing store, aud then year by year aud dollar by dollar, as ho gréw and saved until he got his sturt and founded the big store which now employs thousands of clerks and which gives him an income of perhaps thousand times as much every week as ho made when he started. Mr. Wanamaker said to be worth millions. 'He has invest- ments of many kinds, and it is said that tho Philadelphia Store makes a number of times the president's salary every year. Its bus ness runs into millions, and during one year, by its co-operative principle, it paid, 1 am told, to the clerks alone 100,000 in exeess of theit salaries. And still the man who has created this business is as yet in Iris _prime. He is fifty-tnree, but he does not look to be moro than forty, and as he talked I wondered how much of bis success was due to luck and and eircumstances, and 1 asked : “Do you think, Mr. Wanamaker, that the chances of business success are as great to day as they have been in your pasti Sup- pose you were a boy again s you were forty years ago, do you think you ‘would haye as faiva chance o make a fortune and to do goud worlk as you have done “Yes,' repliea Mr. V think I'coutd succeed as’ well past. Itseems to me that the conditions of today ave even more favorable to success than when I was a boy. There aro better fa- cilities for doing business, and there is more business to bs done. Information in the shape of books aud newspapers is now in the reach of all, and the young man has two op- portunities where he formerly had one.” But do not the monopolios and trusts that now prevail compete withand clog individual anterprise to an extent that they have never done beforet™ *Ithink,” replied Mr. Wanamaker, ‘‘that we are much more_afraid of combinations of capital than we have any reason for being. Competition regulates everything of that kind. No organization can “make immense profits for any length of time without its field S00n swarms with competitors, 1t requires brain and muscle to manage any sort of a business, and the same elements which ha produced business success inthe past will produce it now and will always produce it.” TUE SOUTH AS A FIELD FOR ENTERPRISE, “Suppose vou were asked as to the most promising field for enterprise, industry and capital in the Unites States toduy, where would you locate?” 406 of thoe best flelds,” replied master geueral emphatically, “is the south and this section would today “have hundreds of millious of dotlars of northern capital aud thousands of good northern men thrown into it, could it bo_ shown that a northern man would bold there the position that his intelli gence, ability and honesty entitles him to ir- respective of his political principles. It is believed throughout the north, whether true or not, thut a republican is not 5o r xeived by s u\ln'm community The sentiment to a large extent prevails that in the south north- ern money is welcome but northern men are not welcome unless tuey leave behind them any political beliefs that differ from those of the south and therefore many northern re- publicans do not care to go to the south with their famitles to suffer social ostracism. I don’t know that such a danger exists every where but 1o know that the belief that it does exist keeps aut of the south thousands of men and millions of capital.” MK, WANAMAKER'S IDEAL POSTAL SERVICE. The conversation here turned to postofiice matters, and 1 asked the postmaster general to give me in a nutshell bis ideal of what the postal service should be and do. Postwaster General Wanawaker studied & amaker. “I now as ia the the post- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 moment and then saying, “The question is rather big for a nutshell,” he reached for a pad of yellow foolscap paper and rapidly wrote the following: "Our postal service re ) a number of changes to muko it an ef: ent In the fivst place, the postmaster neral shoutd relieved from all clerical worlk o that he might study postal subjects, improve upon the old methods and construct pians for the enlargement and expansion of the service He should be an ex-officio mem ber of the senate and house committees on postofiices and post roads, and he should be privileged to go upon the ficors of congress to exy such postal suvjects as are before th Agiin the government should procurs best temned business man in the postal service and make him the permanet secretary, not of the postmaster general, but of the postoffice department, so that the department would always have one thoroughly able official for its routine work, The man should reccive not less than £10,000 a year. He should be a good business manager and should not be remoy ble during his term_except for misbehavior He should be appointed by the president for aterm of years, with the approval of the senate, believe that all postofiices where the £500 u year and upward ougit to be in government buildings costing #10,000 and upwards, according to the popu- Ttfon of the town the cities the ling ding at bos tho In ric | postofices should be connected with the sub: ations by pneumatic tubes, telegraphs, and the smaller cities should connected by telephones with having telegraph stations “I believe that a postal telegraph und o postal savings ofice ought to be located in the postoffice within a walking distance of every home and that a free delivery should be made at least once every day from every ofiice that reccives forty lotters and nesws- papers per day. SAguin the United telephones and be postofiices States should be di- vided into postal districts, As the business is now managed it is like a big store with a number of branches scattered at wid tances apart, but all run from the main es- tablishment without any man_from the head office going out to investigate their con to sec whether their accounts arc cor whether their business is bong pushed should be. The different parts of the United States have different requirements, Weneod men on the ground to see that the people are getting what they need, that the service is pushied to the fullest capacity and that com plaints are investigated the moment they wade, For this purpose the smaller | offices shoutd be grouped around the lax oftices for the purpose of supervision, or United Stutes should be divided into pos districts with a superintendent of postoffices for each district who might be the best post- master in the district “Again T beliove thatali postmasters should be graded und that all employes should have a fixed tenure of office, with a scale of pro motion according to merit. No one should be appointed to the railway mail service who has not had experience in postal work at the postoftice, and no one should be appointed in the postofice here who has not served in the railway mail service or inone of the th principal postoffices of the state in which he lives and no one should be appointed at the ticad of any bureau in the postofiice depart- ment without having served at least four years in that department. “There,” said the postmaster general, as he handed me the four sheets of yellow foolscap paper which contained the above, “you have some of the changes I would make if I could, and one that I would dearly like to make would be that of introducing the postal tele- graph.” NIt WANAVMAKER 0N “‘But, Mr. the THE POSTAL TELE Wanamaker," suid I, charged that your postal telegraph would both entail expense upon the government and be a tax upon the people.” “That," replied the postmaster general, a mistake, The postal telegraph bills be- fore the scnate and the house give all telezraph companics the right to bid for the business only they fix the rate about one- third below that which the monopolies charge. Here, for instance, are two great machines, One s the United telegraph company, domi- nated and wade inordinately profitablo by one company. ‘Tne other is the 10,000 carriers of the postoftic department and the other em- ployes inside and outside of our free delive postofiices, Suppose a comp these earriers and i can it not do its business cheaper and bring telegraphy within chof more people! There will be no increased cost to the gov- ernment save perhaps in the little which will be expended by a small bureau managing it, which will be'more than supported by th increase in the postal revenue. The present companies do not have to bid for the carrying messengers at the rates given, if they do not wish to do s0; and it they did not care to do 50 inasmuch as they are capitalized for three or four times ther they could cut und uld nave to build vith them,” There is mo doubt in my mind,” Mr. Wanamaker went on, *‘but that under this system the telegraphing could be done at a The English telegraph, which 15 a government telegraph, makes money, and the bill before the senate and house sim* ply state that there is enough ingenuity in the American people to assist the telegraph companies to do o class of work which is waiting to be done. The passage of these vills would cut down the price of mes would remedy the unrelinbility of operators, and would give us a limited postal telegraph which would pay as it went for what it ac- tually did, As for me I would like to take the risk of inaugurating the details of sucn a plan. But if | do not enjoy that happines you may be assured that some other postmu ter general will. Postal telegraphy is bound to come. The opponcnts of the present bill know it, and mauy of them indced favor pos- tal telegraphy both in their hearts and in their pocketbooks. A STORY OF UNCLE DICK OGLESDY, As I came down the steps of the postofiice department after the above interview I met Representative Canuon of Iilinois, and asked him to tell me something of Governor Oglesby who defeated Senator Farwell for renomin tion to the United States senate. Said he: “Uncie Dick Oglesby is one of the best liked men in_ Illinois. He is as quick asa flash, as brightas a dotlar, ahd as jolly as a satyr. He can make a good spgeen, tell a good story, and there is nothing conceited or snobbish“in his make-un. Not long ago ho was ridipg with an Ilinois politician on tho cars, und®uring the journen he appeared in deep thought. His companion wunted to know what he was thinking about, and he replied by asking him to take a look back over his own life and to tell him what good hie had done, what he had accomplished, and how the world was any better for his having lived in it. The politican who was a little man with & big head, thereupon recounted his numorous virtuous acts, aad s he closed he said : And now Governor Oglesby, what good have you donet ~And what noble works have ) performed ! T just what I've about’ replied the governor, know, my boy, I have come t that Uncle Dick Oglesby isa d Fiank G. Ofall articles used to_grace a_table none fmparts more brilluncy than Dorflinge American Cut Glass. It is the richest ocut glass in the world. Enquire for it of your dealer, Ever has Dorflinger's trade wark label RAPIL 1 see it tis pany which r any lines to ~compete new been thinking “and do you the conclusion d old fraud.” CARPENTER, - A Bad Judg San Francisco Examiner, It is roported in a telogram from Pc Townsend that the Washington legistature is about to impeach a superior judge, one achs. The chyvges are that heis an habitual gambler (the legislators do not play); that he prejudges cases brought Dbefore him (whereby the impartial dice are deprived of their just fufluence in the state); and that “during the last campaign he openly bolted the ropublican ticket. For the last men- tioued crime, uncertainly impeachable, the criminal is preferably shot Sl Sick Bed Strategy. Pittshurg Bulletin, Miss Polly (prim, positive and vinegary)— Mass Lightfoot, I al going out for the day. Wheu my brother awakes tell him that if he insists upon being perverse, unreasonable und unmanageable he may be in your charge for weeks to eome. The Protty Yes, ma'am, Tho Tnvalid (feebly Thunk heayen! 1L stay sick. Trained Nurse (demurely)— but triumphantly) My little plan is working. - Prima D Harper's Weekly. A poem are you, dear, and one that T Like well to read full often; would Why, then, I like the little drama Listen, sweetheart, and 1 will tell you why, Not because fascinating roles you choose To play as stur before iy woudering heart; But that | must myself play weil my part, Because you always give such noble cues, u know THE FELLOW IN GREASY Charles F. Lummis (n Prank Whey ! How the drivers hammer! We are late by an hour or mor sway and swerve on the rin 1the bridges recl and roar. JEANS, Leslie's. w Look how the engine lurches And out of its window cranes, With gray eyes wed to the track abead, A fellow in greasy jeans, v 1ooks like the fellow T'o trust with so grave a care In that grimy face ‘twere hard t The metal that should be there trace Faster we roar and fa The hand at the throt Steady enough, if the face And the landscape melts and flows. o shows is rough Tnto the cot, There death has the The whistle wakes to And what does nd horror it of w shrick fc tis swift brain say ! Jump, for Moll and the babi And for dear life's love sup Jump from the doom of a crunching tomb Aud the hell of the howling steam. Stay, for the hero's duty, e trust of o hundred lives! Stay, for the sake of the hearts would bre And for others’ babies and wives He stays, with white teeth gritting, And with hands that snatch amain, The monster reels on reversing wheels, And the uir brake chokes the train, We are safe with our scratches There's only the engine wrecked, And the engineer! Oh, well, I fear T'hat's only what all expect. And in the torn steel's chaos 1 read what our life ordains, And shivering, pause —for yon ¢ The fellow in greasy jeans! THE .\'lilllu\'fi FUGITIVE, A Story of the Present Indian Upris- ing. BY SANDY G, V. CHAPTER VIIIL THE WARNING OF THE AWK, Nan Barrett ceased speak nded Tudian rolled his plack a softened grateful light, in nition upon the girl, moving; “Night Hawk much urt.” “That 1 can Shalt I not forchead daughter, wiry b njun blood 1 “Phat T will, friend Hawk,” and with this kindly assurance the girl quickly knelt and expmined the injury. it isa bad cut, Hawk, and looks as if it might have been done by a cavalryman's sabre, but there is no reason why it should rosult fatally. I think I can ease you a great deal in a moment.” And then without proceeded to t fnto strips, bandaged the nder was IRISWOLD, As wou and exclaimed without vlainly see, my poor fellow. bandage the ugly cut in your gently rejoined the ranchman's brushing back the, long black, r from the Cheyenne's face much hurt—Little Suushine stop further ceremony Nan her pocket-handkerchief with these sne neatly wound in_the Indian’s head In a brief time she had effectually staunched the exuding life blood and was exceedingly gratified tosee that her wild patient feit much relieved, aud there was an expression of undying thankfulness beamingin the rest- less eyes that followed her o move us she busied herself at s side. After the completion of her suveical task Nan Barrett tenderly raised the Che head o her [ap. There wasa supremely con tented look in the barbarian’s bleack and he was about framing his mouth t some dbservation, doubtless explanator the inauspicious event which had placed him in the sorry plight in which our friends had found him, when, for the first time, his roving vision took in the statuesque figure and glowiug counte- nance of Le Loup, the guide, who had stood perfectly motionless, a short way buclk, during_the scene just pictured, but by no means an indifferent spectator. There was a perceptible start, accompanied by an involuntary *‘hooh from the Hawk, when his restless organs fell upon the red pilot’s face. His keen, scrutinizi mained riveted in unmistakable unon the repulsive visage, and it scemed the hardest matter in the world for him to come to a determination about something. However, he suddenly turned h another dircction, for a swift, black look, re- plete with u terrible significance to the Che cnne, gleamed athwart Le Loup's darkly puinted lincaments. But that quics, meaning glance had not passed unnoted vy those for whom it was not intended. The youns girl, who had just per- formed the offices of the Good Samacitan to the wounded Indian, had observed it, and something warned her that it was the glance of recoznition between those two barbar This discovery, of course, awakencd in } heart an overwhelming dread und bodement. But controlling herself as b she could, she resolved to communicate to her friends at the earliest opportunity her wealkened confidence in theirguide,then nery- ing herself she again accosted, in a kindiy tone, the Indian who had ouce teen a most loyal and stead fast friend. Can 1 do anything more for you, Hawk?" Nothin' ! aconically replied the Chey- enne, who now lay breathing ivregularly, al- ternately shifting his irresolute gaze from the faco of theuoble girl to that of the sullen guide, Although Night Hawk's eyes never actually encountered those of Le Loup, after that siu- gle ominous glance, he was fully conscious of the jealous secrutiny that evil genius was maintaining upon him, Every moment the wounded warrior’s uneasiness and perturba- tion seemed to increase. Ho rolled his head from side to side, and worked his fingers convulsively, In fm‘ he deported bimself in such an inexplicable way that tbe affrighted fugitives doubted not that his dissolution was athand. All but Nan Barrett felt thi> way. She knew that the hurt in the Cheyenne's head was but trifling, aad that the blow which had in- flieted the injury had probably left bim in an wsensible state, from which he was just re- covering when our friends were attracted to the spot by his groaus, Again pushing back the long, black, dis- heveled locks from the suvage's fac softly importuned : “What is it, Hawk of the Night—what troubles you! Won't you tell Little Sun- shine!" ana he veplied, so flercely that the young girl recoiled in alarm; yet she noted ihe intense nervousness of his voice. Ah! Could our friends but have known what the trouble was—could they have but Kkuown that it was the good feelings of the young Cheyenne struggling to assert them- Selves, my pen_might bave been spared th task of chronicling a norrible and heart- rending episode. “Where palefaces goin’ " abruptly Tnquired tho Hawlk, looking up eagerly into Nan's “Coin’ to Rushville, Pine Ridge Nebber git der—better—bettor Hero the wounded Cheyenne encountered another glance, full of blackuess and direful import, from Le Loup, whose hand clasped tightly the handle of his batchot, and he stopped short, leaving our friends in total darkuess as to the information he was about to impart, and knitting his brows and com- pressing his lips he gazed hard into the pale face of the young girl bending tende him. “There was unquestionably a mighty strug- gle of right and wrong going on within the Cheyenne's heaving breast “‘Better what, Hawk—what had wo better do? solicited (ieorge Cameron, venturing a step nearer the prostrate form. The Indian did not respond for several mo- ments. He seemed debating some momen- tous question in his own mind. He fastencd a penetrating look upon the young New Yorker and the trembling little group encom- passing bim, This sad picture evidently caused a revul- sion of the good intentions rife in his heart, und shows how much often hangs by the slenderest thread—on what an infinitely small point great events sometime turn, for he sud denly sprang to his feet, with as much celer- ity as if just awakened from @ refreshing slumber, ‘and exclaimed, earnestly, eveo flercely, as a diabolical expression over- shadowed his tawny physioguomy, The Hawlk will tell you what better do— hurry on to Pine Ridge—kin giv der much heap quick—don't turn back—prary cobbered with bad Injuu—Big Foots Short Bull comin’ —kill hurry -no Fawk tell you what do M at " warrior ner Little shine, doc Lall resty Good-bye nd with a mystie, half savage, half smil- plance at Le the lithe form of tho youug Cheyen héd 'midst the deepene ing shadows sk de friend —go mus' Night now ! Sun- stop CHATTE 1% A RACH PO LITE For a moment our little id stood transfixed; thorg was no misinterprot- ing the dreadful warnfiig of the Hawk. = His words were of ty apal rt, and sent cold chill: 7 to tho hearts of the fated fugitives. Shortly ter the Che Le Loup glidea off of friends cnre’s disappearance the same airection and was 105t to view in the thickening ob scurity of the devser woc Almost before our frie his ubsence, tbe sharp detonation of his rifle reverberated througeh the grove, aud pres ently he made lhis appearatce in, carrying in - bis haud a beadless prairie chicken. Casting this to the ground he observed that the women would need its nourishment, and that it was getting wk to kill any more, and then begun preparations to build a fire, when Mrs. Barrett stepped forward, und in tone of authority, stated that their position was too dangerous to permit of another moment's delay, She turned a deaf ear to tue wily g $protestations to the contrary,und would not hear of remaining any longer within the treacherous sha ws of the timber, whilo all the rest declare H)- y felt no necessity of food or refreshime hey wanted was to vidly us possible toward Pine Rid he Hawie's portentious words had infuse them with a feve h uncasiness to be wn upon the of plain _again, - and the morose guide though evineing a stubbor clane could only ac quiesce. So, with a_still fouler, move bale ful light burning in his glittering eyes, finally significd that hie was ready to go on A few moments laf the fugitives wer again plodding over the gloomy plain Young Cameron was now aroused to the fullest sense of their situation, and he heroi- cally resolved that no mishap should befall his frieuds, who were at least nominally under bis charge any reimissness or blunder of b A u hasty conference with Mrs. Barrett, he concluded that there were hostile Sioux in alurming proximity, and that the Hawk's impatient and abrupt departure trom the grove boded them 1 good. So he determined not 10 lose another moment in hurrying on toward the ngency he darkness ‘of night was now rapidly e shrouding the earth, aud with its comng th fears nnd doubts of the fugitives increased a hundred-fold. Howaver, the pale, silvery lustre of the afforacd sufti cient light to reveal all rough and and impassable places ou the praivie in ampl time for the shivering refugees to avoid d lay or cutanglement nce leaving the timber Nan's voice had not been heard. She clung close to the side of ner lover, but never onco removed her ey from the dafk barricr of trees fast disappéa ing in the re She was constantly on the alert for uny suspicious sign, and not at all Likely that her trained se fail to detect the first clue to dang exitement of hernew situation; the thrilling hove, the agonizing dread, almost unnerved her, and the thoughts of those left bahind, of the'old home, lay &ith a deadening weight upon her heart; yet her v 1ce Was ull- ceasing, Several times she was convineed that she saw the shadowy figure of some per- son following the wagon, but sne deemed it ood policy to make 1o allusion to the circum- stance until 1t assumed the shape of e tainty. She did not wish to needlessly i crease the alarm of her companions, Some time passed, ana discovering n further to startle her, Nan was iny thinking her late fears groundless, with fearful suddenuess, there burst upon the still evening alr, but a furlong in the rear, a clorus of yells, so wild, so fierce and fear inspiring, a5 # legion of buman blood- honnds could make them Turning their afriented gaze in the dir tion whence came this wild outery, our friends dimly deseried many dusky forms o they cleaved the aiv in long bounds in their fraitic efforts to everhaul the wagon. eorge Cameron, grasping his Win ter firmly. but m the wildest excite- ment, ordered Scipio to put his fiorses 1o their utmost speed, and to pay no heed to any command to halt or slacken their gait, which might be given by Le Loup,who, wonderful as it may appear, maintained his place close by the side of the off horse, leaping silently along with the speed of ndceer, The dusky driver, whose fright was possi- bly greater than that of any of the party, at lasbed the avimals into a full run, using bice and whip incessantly to keep them at their tremendous 0. As the awkward conveyance swayed to and 0, in_momentary dander of upseting, the of this catastrophe alarmed the occu- ts almost as much as did the savages in pursuit. They rose to their feet, steadying themseives ugainst the sides, and ‘again and again their hearts leaped to their months, and again - and azain they gave utterance to some half suppressed exclamation, as the vehicle lurehed fearfully from side to side. More than once it scemed that it must o over, but as each time it righted itself a plunged forward at the same headlong the fugitives breathed freer and hope ceived u spasmodic renewal, only to collapse as apraptly as before, 1t was a race for life or death! The Sioux in chase, were well trained and disciplined, numbering among the swiftest runners of ‘the whole nation, and almost a match for the horses themsclves, but in a short time, owing to tho gloom, they must certainly be left fav out of harm's way, pro- viding no disaster occurred to the fugitives to check the speed of the animals! “Pearing forward at this breakneck rate,the panic-stricken African lost all prescnce of mind, and became more and more reckless each moment, urging the lowing steeds on at a still more furious pace! The chilling sereams of the Indians were constantly ringing in his ears, and as he glanced furtively over his shoulder he saw the dusky figures in pursuit! Suddenly Le Loup dvopped_behind, and al- most instantly after the off horse, with a frenzied snort, bolted high nto the air,- then fell back, crushing the wagon-tongue and tearing asunder the harness, to the earth, where he lay kicking and struggling as if in death. The wagon came to friends were fairly stup the fierce barbarians, now certain of their victims, made the night air resound with their hideous screams of triumph and delight ! [T0 BE CONTINUED SUNDAY NEXT.] D i Took OfF His Shoes at a Ball. The society amateurs, who went to Bultimore last week and added about $4,000 to the funds of the confederate home by their performance of “L’Afri- canne,” had a very cordial reception. The hospitalities extended to the visit- ing amateurs were very lavish, There was a_generous supply of refreshments behind the wings, with which some of those who sang, und some who did not, moistencd their throats during the pe formanc T'here was also an abundance at the Albion and St James, where the guests were entevtained at dinner aftor the performance, and at the german given by the Junior Cotilion club in the evening, Here several of them under the influence of the excitement of the day became morg, demonstrutive than Baltimore society, is aeccustomed to. Jumes G. Blaine, jr., who was one of four grand inquisitors in the U of “L’Africanne,’ beéame uncomfortablein his tight shoes, and finally to relieve hi feelings removed the offending articles and displayed his stockings to the-aston- ished guests. 'This was not in exact ac- cord with Baltimorean ballroom eti- quette, so the son of the secretary of state was persuaded to retire to’ his hotel, where he could devote nis entire attention to the task of making himself comforta ble, 1ds became aware of ide's get on as 1o a standstill and our d with horror, as SO As Natural as Lite. Titusville Herald: *‘How many cards did you s sald Postmaster Shattuck, as a gentleman asked him for some postal pastoboards yesterday. Another man just behind, who was waiting, here “chipped in” with the r mark that he “would take five.” The number was promptly shuflled to him. Then as tho genilemen stood ther looking at each other, a funny thought seemed to strike them simuitaneously, and they smiled, bunched their hands and “uml; separated, mit | Enterpeis 1801~ SIXTEEN PAGES THE SCOTTS BLUFF DITCHES. Practical Results of Irrigation Upon Ne- braska 8 THE WORKING CANALS. A LST OF Over 40,000 Acres of Land Amply Watired at a Cost Not Ex- cecding $2.50 Per Acre. Bluff County, 28, L y Bir for pure Neb,, Jan, The first canal purposes in Nebraska wis constructed in Svott's Bluff county, fol lowed rapidly by others, until now the county not only is the honorable pioncer, but ulso points with Lto tho fuct that she irvigating ditches than all state combined. Indeed, it is her position and facilities for obtaimmng an unfailing water supply from that king of western rivers, the north fork of the Platte, that Scott's Biuff county will not surrender’ a position of eminence’in this rc speet withont a straggle, or until the arable and jrrieable territory within ber borders is exhausted, Being situatea on the western boundary of the state where the great river centers Nebraska, the county enjoys an ad vantage to priority of Jroprin tions which will be of permanent value. Her topogravhical outline 1s such as to par the construction of canals at the min mum expense, and within the following ta ble will be found compressed in_ small space considerable information regarding the p ent canals of this county ation pride miles of the rest of the evident from has more NAME 0F CANAL Faruiers Winters ~ Cieek Trrigating Co Minlature Canal and 1irigating Compaty Mutunl lerl tionand Wa compan Mitehell Canal and L igating Canal 100/8 5,700'¢ 80,000 10,000, 20,000 20,000 it mpany Castle Rock 1r rlgntion, Cang. | | and Wa 2 100 Bayard tion and Powoer O [ irrl Wa nfin.| 80,00 5 unfin 50,00 ftock pany {100/ unfin| 12,000 From this compilatiom, which is essentialiy correct, as wearas the records and various saurces furnish, it will be seen that an ap proximate amount of 40,000 acres of land can be watered by these enterpi ting proper allowance for cost of the canals to be finished yet this spring, the approximate cost is, say £100,000, JUST THINK OF 11! This means water forever for and a certaint f crop. This does the whole story, for the canals referred to Were construc by commanies organized among the settlers, the dirt moved by the farmer’s own bone and sinew, with no outside assistance, and. are consequently owned and controlled' by the farmers themseives, who are under o _obligations, rentals or reStric- tions 1mposed by for corporations or monopolies, It has for several years been the boast of Scott’s Bluff county that she has th chespest and surest water in the west., Colorado, Wyoming and other irrigation states are so harrassed by a searcity of water that a stringency or total failure often oc- curs in the scason when it to a growing crop. But the ca braska, acc w0 the provisions of the Rayner law, are ranked as to_the priority of their appropriations. The North Platte, being a mountain_stream, with_little or uo arable land west of the Nebraska boundary to absorb its water, it is reasonably certain . that = the canals of sstern Nebraska dependent upon_this stream for water will be amply supplied, and 1o doubt whatever can_ cxist as to the supply for canals already built, build- ing and contemplated Before going farther, a litt to the particular canals above. The present capacity in_acres given simply means the number of acres for which each’canal can now furnish water. Nearly every canal hus o much g or acreage of land under its ele- vation which it can supply with water by being enlarged, This has been done by sev- eral of the companies as necessity demanded, yet none of them bave water cnough for ail | the land beneath them. The Winters Cre Enterprise, Miniature and Bayard each being widened, enlarged or extended this winter. No reference is made 1 the above list of the Belmont & 'roid canal, the MOST COLOSSAL UNDERTAKING of all, because no further work has been done upou it than the survey, which is now almost completed, Tf [ were to touch on the many anals in this condition, space would fail me, Yet the Belmont enterprise is of so granc niture th t cann be aeglected, and it is in a material state of progression. Over £10,000 have already been spent in_the sur. vey department, hence the faith of the pr movers is apparent. As shown by map published in Tng Br the 11th inst, it will be miles long, and__is caleulated furnish water for 730,000 acres of laud in Scott’s Biuff, Banner, Choyenne and Deuel counties. Farmers of Scott's Bluff county are stockholders in this company to the ex- tentof three hundred or more stares, and the canal will use nearly one-third of its water in this county. The favmers' canal company, which con- structed the Pioneer ditelf, has sold its fran- chise or head-gate privilegs to a new corpor- ation of the same name, which is now sur- veying a new canal that its representative men say is planation as the CERTAIN T BE BUILT this season, It will be probably eighty miles long aud forty feet wide. The valley lands of North Platte country are now virtually all watered, or situated under lines of diteh by which they can sceure a water supply wh widened to the extent of their ations, This much is now an accom- t, and it will be seen that the need for those BIG HIGH LINE CANALS which will irrigate every available foot of the upper higher lands. The Belmont & Froid is expected to accomplish this for Scott's Bluff county cn the south side of the Platte, and the farmers will toa_ lurge extent per: form the same work on_the north side, All the above canals ave filled by appropri- ations of water taken direct from th Platte by the simple headgate plan, ex- cept one. Tne Mutual ditch, which is operated by the town site compauy of Gering, the county seat. is supplied by an immense vacuum pump, the largest one ever made, baving @ lifting capacity, ampiy tested, of 3,000 gallons per miuute, which it elovates tiventy feet, and empties into a flume, reach: ing the ditch, It is located at a point where an ordiuary headgate would be impracticable, but it probably gains enough to compensatd the extra expense by the use of nearly every foot of ditch built. To enumerate the practical effects of irri- gation already attained in Scott’s Biuft county would be a large task. Irvigation has been uniformly successful the world over from time immemorial, and there should not be, although there has been, skepticism on that point. Many eastern bred farmers con- sider it absurd, because they say it1sa de- parture from nature's original plan of culti vating the soil, but they would no doubt be surprised to know that over ove-hulf the population of the world subsist upon the food products of irrigation. Even the sturdy pio- neers of Scott's Bluffs county were mich of this mind and slow to accept irrigation, but today there is not a farmer in the county but pinsfhis faith to the irrigation theorema,” Aud the fact that irrigation is possible is the basis of every real estate dealer's advers tisement of Scott's Bluff county, Wha can foretell a sudden bruise on the leg of & favorite! Keep Saivation Oil for the stable. 'he early bird catches the worm, and some times & bud cold, which, however, docs 1o in justice to the old proverb, for with the aid of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup colds are of no cou- sequence. Frice 25 ceuts, the plished now is S 050N Nollsl L\ I\ “' NIDANN v""’\ Vuu\ EVERY WOMAN THAT HAS ANY SENSE , AND MANY THERE BE WE HOPE, WILL SPEND HER CENTS FOR A USEFULCAKE OF FAIRBANK'S-SANTA: CLAUS-SOAP- CATARR T A \ tarch timpyorishes th blood vou, pr do billyde cay and decline DYSPEPSIA -And all tho phasos of Indlgstion liver trouble, Imparfect assim iition and nutetion KIDNEY DISEASES Ao soolving andt Ins Atduous. 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