Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1892, Page 15

GRAND ARMY DEPARTMEN Leaves From the Personal Records of Ne- braska Veterans, AEROES OF THE KIT CARSON POST, Return the Correspondence Concerning the of & Rebel Flag Thomas Post- General N Roster Local and tes, Charles Riley member of Kit Carson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Albion, Neb., 18 probably the youngest ox-soidier in Boone county. Ho is an atwrney at law, with an extonsive practice, and the only remaining momber of the bar in Boone county that wore the blue. He says: “I was wounded June 27, 1864, in Sherman’s famous charge on the hioignts of Kenesaw. A minio ball enterea my log, strack the bone, came ont again and lodged in my stocking: but the bone was not wnjured] Being carriod to the rear a surgeon probed the wouna with his finger and seemod to find something interesting about it, for he called up lis assistant surgeon and requested him to run his fluger into the ragged hole. He complied, and u hospital steward came up and proposed to do the same. I haa not made any remarks up to this time, bt I drew tho line au stewards and requested the gen- tleman not 0 soil his ger. My wound was dressed and I rodo back to the division nospital in an ambulance. Two days later an umbulanco train carrying 300 sick and wounded started from the division hospital for Big Suauty, the rest ralirond station, elght miles away. Our best roads were ‘cor- duroy,’ made by laying round logs crosswise npon the track. I could sit up and take care of myself to u certain extent; but for the poor fetlows who could not, their experience ‘Was worse than being tossed in a blanket. It ook us twelyehiours to make the ecight mil aud more than ons poor comrade got his final discharge bofore the station was reached. ‘The palace car which Uncl 0 had oha tered for me, in which I was to nde to Knox ville, Tenn., wus not ready when I zot to the devot. 1t was u common box car and & load of cattie had just been taken out of it for the boys at the front. A mun with a shovel soon made my car ready, and 1 being the first pas- seagor in the car had my choice of seats,and 100k oue on tho floor by the door, so that L could get the bonefit of fresh air and sconery The sccond passenger in my car was a man wounded in the back and obliged to lio on nis face. He had lost everytuing in tue way of baggage und clothing except a “hospital” shirt, and I gave him my *pup” tentto lie upon. Eighteen wounded men, two vers sick men and two nurses were crowded mto the car and at last wo started for Kuoxville, The track was in terrible condition, a trifle smoothar, norhaps, than the cordiroy roads bat not very much. The ongiue start as though he was trying to test the strongth of the couvlings, drive ahead at frighttul speed for ten or fifteen miles, and stopping as suddenly as he had started, we would lie several bours, perhiaps, remoto from any station or even a sidetrack, waiting for—nobody seemed to know what. Some- times the engincer would startup as sud- denly as possible, run ouce or twice the length of the train and then reverse his en- gine, repeating this performanco four or five times in rapid succession. Inquiring what the strauge untics meunt, I was told that one end of acar was off the track and he was tiying to jerk or butt it back. After four s and nights of this we reached Knox- vijle, and here for the first time we bogan to receive nursing, food and medical attend- ance suited to our wauts; but gangroen had begun its ravages, and with the wounded it was a fight for life for many weeks. Ihree montus later [ was sufticiently rocovered to take a furiough, although not yet able to touch my foot to the ground; but T succeeded in getting tome, and in sixty days my wound “had healed and I reported for duty a ) W. B: Dantels enjoyed 1he ‘proud: alstine- tion of atwoand oae-half years' service in the Fifteeuth United States wfantry, Com- pany C First batallion, under Geneval Sher- man, and his envire military career was closely identified with that of the gallant commander, of whom he bas several highly valuable mementoes. At the first charge of the battle of Vicksburg, in which his regi- ment achievod distinction, Mr. Daniels was severely wounded within fifteen fect of the rebel parapets, aud lay under the ensmy’s guns six hours beforo being discovered and removed to the hospital, where ko hoverod between life and death for several months. In this engagement his batallion lostseventy- seven men of the engaged. Mr. Dani also participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Avkansas t’ost, Champion Hills ana Jackson. He was one of the seventy-four survivers of that famous regiment photo- graphed with their old commauder at the natlonal encampment, at = Milwaukoe two W years ago. Mr. Danicls enjoys a record of Jvahant servico throughout the war, of which he is proparing a detailed record as a gift to his child! Hdward armer enlisted in, 1861 in Compauy E Ninety-fifth New York infantry and sorved three years in the corps composing *the iron brigade” and others of equal valor. Following the fortunes ot the army of tho Potomac, he was engaged in the battles of, Gaines Mill, Bull Run, Rappahanock Station, South Mountain, Autietam and the battle of the Wilderness, at which he was taken prisoner and conveyed with his entire com- pany, composed of forty-three men,to Andor- sonville, and they underwent the hardships and privations of that loathsome prison for four months, during which time the ranks were 80 rapidly depleted by death that at its 2lose only six of the original number lived to enter the active service. Mr. Farmer does not dwell with pleasure upon the dreadful scenes and experiences of bis long confine- ment. though the iapse of years hus served to dim somewhat its unpleasant wmemories. At the time of his releaso from prison his weight was less than 100 pounds, which would hardly seem consistent with his pres- ent ample proportions. More eloguent than the most thrilling tale of valor and heroism 1s the silent testimony of the veteran whose dismembered or shat- tered frame still reveals the path of the robel bullet, traced too deeply to be ooliterated by time. ' Such 1s the evidence of heroism p sented by John Hare, one af the most re- cted members of Kit Carson poer. Mr, re served as a member of Compauy Ninety-fourth New York infantry, Pope's campaign through northern Virzinia, aud was wounded at the second battle of Bull Bun, from the effects of which he is still a sufferer. Returning a Confederate Flag, Tho following correspondence will be read with special interest by 'Tue Bee readers, not alone because it is in part from a well xnown Nebraskan, but bacause it is on a very interesting subject: WasuiNaron, D. C., Dec. 18, —GeNeraL Davxey H. Mavny, Richmond, Va.: Sir— 1 present you nerowith tho confederato flag which was taken April 12, 1805, at Mo- bile, Ala, on the surrender of that city to the federal troops. You will remember that Spanish Fort was captured Ar ; Fort Blakeloy taken by oharge April 9, and Mobile occupied by the union forces April 12; and that this old, tat- tered, bullet-pierced and torn bauner Hoated over your headquarters during all those days, weeks and months at the close of tha groat rebellion, aud that 1v really waved over the Inst groat battlq field of the southern confod- eracy. ‘I wus informed that this flag was madeand resented to you as the confederate general [ sommund of the Departwent of Alabama by the patriotic ladies of Mobile, to take the of & former larger oue that had been rflnllv destroyed by a shell; certainly, the scantiness of material, as woll as its bome- made appearance, would indicate that such was the case, whioh, I presumo, will be veri- fied by your recollection. 1 was on the other side and served with the univn forces at the place mentioned, tak- ing part in the closing victories and entoring the oiLy at its surrender. 1 have kept tbe flagr all these years, and now turn it over to you, with feelings of poace and good will Pand with such lhrouflm{ memories as come Ponly to those who participated in tho terrivie u{ruqlu of those ‘‘days of darkness and “p glory. R ACcept this conquered flug, and with it the endly band of one who wore the blue, and ut it be & token of that amity whioh should runlh- hearts of all good citizens ana ud the north and south together in a strong wnd lasting uulon under the loved banner of THE one common country, Bellovea me, vory respectfully, your obedient servant, L. W. Couny, Wasnixarox City, Deo. 10, 1801, - Dean Grxenar Couny: | have rocelved with very great ploasure my old flag, the confederato flag, which, ns you say, floated over the last groat confederate battle fleld of war between the states, Your kindly tetter which accompanied 1t has given me more pleasure, if possible, than your restoration of the flag. Your geuerous act and your manly words give strong evidence of the bigh character of the men who fought for the union, and may be an example to those who baving no heart for manly warfare can only revilo and hate us who fought for our confederate homes. 1 shall, with your approval, trunsfer this old flag to thn governor of Alabama, who, like yourself, was a gallant solaier in the great war which has placed on record the flercest attlos ever fought. When woe fight again, General, 1t will be sido by side, May you have many happy returns of this soason of peace and good will you have so happily illustrated. With high respect and warmest wishos for your happiness and prosperity, [am sincerely yours, Danxey H. Mavny. George 11, Thomas Post, List of members of Georgo H. Thomas post, No. 15, Department of Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republ . M. Benson, Co, ( November 10, 1864, Soringer Galley, Co. B, 10th Il L, cor- poral, April, 15 H. W. Short, Co. F, 1st IlL. Bav, private, July, 1865, . E. L vate, August 9th 0. V. C., private, Co. M, 4th Towa C., pri- C, IlL, second Downing, 15 Yo. K, 34 Mo. private, N Joknston, lieutenant, July 8, 1864 C. R. Stoner, Co, K, 14th Pa. May 30, 1365. D. W. Burd, Co. H, 7th Pa. G, private, July 26, 15 naries Gress, Co. H, W. Va. August 1, 1865, 3 James ‘Hall, Co. I, 27th Ind., private, Do- comber 17, 1862, Jumes I>. Hammond, Co. A, 135th Ohio, d Ind. B., pri- 3., private, .. vrivate, private, Novemver, 1565, William Kiuey, Co. N, vate, July, 150 John A. Davis, Co. F, 25th Iowa, May, i865. M. O. Bonnett, Co. 'A., C. M. B., privute, July, 1565 R.'M. Aiken, Co. B, 33d Ill., private, Octo- ber 11, 1504, A. Mllick, Co. H. 12th Iowa, private, No- vember 4, 1563 5 Co. B. 47th Towa, private, , 1863, ning, Co. A, 2d Towa C., private, B. Seargent, Co. H. privato, 1. Cook, Co. D., 39th In., June, 1565, pri- $srd Iil, L, January, Jo A vate. J. I, Deihl, Co. D, 104th (L, June 1865, private. I3 IL Gillett, Co. C., 15th and 145th Ohio, June, 1865, private, James Hauthorne, Co.K. 1862, corpoval. Joseph H. Pritts, Co. D., 1ith U, S, Avril, 156 Willium F. Canter, Co, K. 10th Ind. September, 1563, Jumes A, Devore, Co. D., 150th Ohic, April, 1805, Rtobert Roberts, Co, K., 1st N. Y. inft., Juue, 1865, privaie, Abraham Stahl, Co. D., 1st Wis. art., August, 1865, J.S. Moore, Co. E., 0th Il vol,, August, 865, private. W. S. Warner, Co. L, 11th Mo. inft., June, 1806, sergeant. Daniel Brookhort, Co. H., 11th la., May 22, 1865, private. George Lacy, Co., K., 60th O. November 10, 1862, private. 0. H. Cobb, Co. K.., 47th Ia. infr., Septem- er 28, 1864, corporal. B. Reed, Co. I\, Sth1lL inft., April 2, 1863, private. Jumes W. Ray, Co. C.,23rd Ind., July 25, 1865, corporal. W. W. Norwood, Co. B., 6t Kan, Noyember 13, 1564, private. dgar D. Brown, Co. L., 5th Mich. cav., December 27, 1563, sergeant. J. W. Crigler, Co. C., 112th IIL, July, 186 H. H. Warren, Co. D.,” 1ith Wis. inf July, 1565, ‘Fhomas P. Lundon, Co. H., 121st O. inft., March, 1863, corporal. sames A. Rogers, Co. E., 2nd Mo. cav., March, 1865, g D. R. Ball, Co. D., 36th Ia. inft. John C. Smith, Co. H., Sth Il cav., Sep- tember, 1564, A. J. Miner, Co. K., 15th Pa, cav., June, 1805. E. H. Kirk, Co. L, 80th Ind., June, 1865, first licutenant. G, 112th TIL, June, 186 1. F', Foster, C sorgeant. H. N. Banks, Co. L, 20d In. inft., May, 1564, corporal, ames M. Campbell, Co. D, 50th In., July, 18066, Jucob Galtey, corporal, William Baker, Co. B., 41st Tll, August, 1864, B. H. Willlamson, Co. A., $0th Ia., Feb- ruary, 1863, 55th IiL, August, inft., intt., vol. inft., cav., vol. 0. A., T20d 1L, Jaly, 1863, G 1 There are eighty-two national cemoteries, in which are buried 325,115 soldiers. E. S. Simmons, an Americaa artist with a studio in Rome, has been selocted by tho memorial committes of the Grand Army of the Republic to croate the statue of Goneral U. 8. Grant, which it is proposed to place in the national capitol, The statue will be con- structed of the ,finest Italian marole, and will cost $10,000." 1t is to be placed in' posi- tion before the first of Jannory, 180+, The statue will bo on a marble pedastal,on which will be the badge of the Grand Army, and the inscription, “‘presented by the Grand Army of the Ropublic.” An esquestrian statue of General McClel- lan in brouze by Henry (. Ellicott of Wash- ineton, will be erected in” Philadelphia next year, on the thirtioth anniversary of ‘Auntiotam. It is being done for the MoCiel- ian memorial ussociation of Philadelphia, Tho sculptor's design shows a forceful group, the spirited horse, tense with excite- ment, as he pauses at tho erest of a slight rise of greund, and the quiet, impassive general on his back- “Littie Mac" as his soldiers saw him ov the day, when as all said at che moment, he bad “saved the republic,” Dr. John 8. Bithngs says in the January Forum: “While the health of some men has been improved by thoir military servico during the war, even to the preservation ot lives that would have been lost, had the owners romained exclusively in civil life, the health of tho average voteran has been de- teriorated by hisservice; and that he suffers more from illness, and has a somewnat less expactatiou of 1ifo than other men of his age, This couclusion, based as it is upon an ox- amination of the census data fora small part of the country, is a provisional one ouly, and we must ‘wait for more complete clompilalluhs to give detinite ana reliable figures,” Captain Freas post at Beaver City eleoted tho following officers: Commander, J. T, Sumpy: senior vice, Willam Munsell junior vice, H. F. Merwin; surgeon, R. S. Ramsey: quartermaster, L. Kinsman; obap- lain, . M. Joffers: officer-of-the-day, J. H. Hawkins, sud officer-of-the-guard, 'C. H. Richar Sutton camp, Sons of Veterans, choso the following ohicers: Captain, F. L. Mever; first lieutenant, K. M. Tessior; 'second Lieu: tenant, Charles A. Brown: council, U, B, Gray, A, W. Clark and_E. Walton; delegate to state encampment, T, B. Stewart. The captain-elect appointed the following staff: First seargent, A. W. Clark: quartermaster, m Carney, jr.; seargent-of-the-guard, L. . Kendall. Tuo Wowan's Relief corps of Albion, elected the following officers: Presidant, Mrs. B. R. Green; senior vice president, Mrs, W. B. Danlels; junior vice vresident, Mrs. H. Blake; "troasurer, Mrs, O, J. Gurzce; secretary, Miss K. M, Dresser; chaplaio,Mrs. W. E. Woodworth ; conducto! Mrs. I M. Farmer; guard, Mrs, C. Baras; delogate to aunual dopartment cor veution, Mrs. O, J. Garzee; altornate, Mrs. W. B, Daniels, Oampboll post of Campbell elocted the fol- lowiug officers: Commander, W. H, MoCora; senlor commander, Joseph Eiliott; junior commander, B, C. Burt; ofticer of day, . S. Oreutt; chaplain, W. H. Mondenhall; quar- twrmaster, A, Scott, e SRR ‘Chey had lotsof wedding presents, but the most precious was & box of Haller's Aus- tralian salve. Hhe said thoughtfully, it's so ulce for the lile chaps ou my hands. Ho sald, we baven,t got any “little ps'' yot. ' She id, Why! John, and John was squelohed. OMAHA _DAI OMAHA'S MORAL CONDITION. Question as to Whether the Oity is Progress- ing in 8in or Virtue, OPINIONS OF PROMINENT CLERGYMEN. Dean Gardn Duryea ather McCarthy Tell the Results of Their Observations—The Week's Doings In the Churches, Thera are people who profess to believa that the people of Omaha asa whole are growing more wicked and godless as the years roll by. There are others who belleve that there has been substantial improvement in the line of morals in this city during the last decade. AG Dean C. H. Episcopal Cathedral, something over five years, morals of the eity he sald: “‘Omaha is one of the best regulated cities I have ever seen, In the five years that I have resided here I have not scen more than half a dozen drunken men upon the streots of the city. F'riends of mine who Lave visited me from time to time have frequently spoken to me about the good order and sobriety that prevatled among the peopie here. Vice is ro- strained here more thoroughly than in any other large city with which I am acquainted. Lewd womien are not permitted to flaunt their iniquity upon the streets, and if there is drunkenuess it is concealed from public &azo at least, “I found Omaha a great deal better when L came here than I had hoped, because I was toid that it was a very tough place. 1 thought that it would be unsafo to go out alono after duark in Omaba. On the other hand wo have a city that I consider quite re* markable for its excellent order and thorough police regulations. If a man starts out in Omaha to look for sin and vice I presume he can find an abundance of it by visiting tho dens ana dives in the vicious sections of the city, but I do not consider that a proper way to judgo the morals of any city. We all know that those things arc common to all large cities. It isunfair to demn a city because it has its slums, All cities have their vile re- sorts. In Omaha I am glad to say sin is not permitted to carry its head very high, I wish to repudiate, most emphatically, any statement going to show that Omahais a lawless and gouless city. Such statements are utterly without foundation. “‘When it comes to discussing the morals of the city I think that one of our menacing sins at present is the facility with which married people obtain divorces. I consider that one of the greatest dangers to our com- munity. The flippant and trivial manner in which the marriage relation and the custom of getting divorces ave spoken of by society people and by the newspapers is tomea matter of very serious coucern. A young lady remarkcd to me ouly a few evenings since 1n reference to a young man that he was ‘the latest divorcee,’ and a few moments later I saw her conversing with him very freely, as though he were 8 perfectly fit per- son for respectable society.” “What do you think of the Sunday thea- ter?” “I have notgiven the matter much thought. Iam not in favor of the Suuday theater, but just bow the question should be hanaled 1 am ot fully prepared to say just now, for I believe in Suuday amusements for those who caunot tako time for recreation and amuse- ment during the week. 1 velieve that the World’s fair should be kept open on Sunday for the beuneflL of the thousands of working people. I believe in Sunday base ball for the heuofit of those who cannot see 1t during the week, if 1L could be played in a locality where the quiet of the day would not be dis- turbed for people who do not need that kind of recreation.”” The Masses Drifting Away. Father McCarthy of St. Philomena’s ca- thedral, who has bcen a faithful priest in Omaha for more than twelve years, said: *I can’t seo that the people of Omaha have grown more proficient in sinning as the years have gone by. 1 tnink they knew pretty near as much about the various modes of sin and vice ten years ago as they do now. I haven’t nouced much change oue way or an- other, excepting that the Sunday theater seems lo be drawing more people than the churches. The churches, I fear, have lost their grip upon the massés. They have gone, and they have zone to the Sunday theater. 1 think, though, that there is not so much crime Here as when the saloons were running open all day Sunday und all night, “F'rom an exterior poiut of view Omaha is a remarkably well regulated city. There are fewer drunken men 1 this city on the streets than almost any place of its size 1 cver saw. I was told when I left Baltimore to come to Omaha that I was coming toa place where my life would be worth but very little. They told me that the cowboys usually rode rieht into the saloons here i Omaha and drank their liguor at the bar while seated on their ponies, They said it was a common occur- rence to see men shot down in tho streets and there were 0o such things as courts of justice for the punishment of crime out nere, Ot coarse 1 found all of this 0 be gross mis- representation.” “*What do you consider the most ebjection- able features, froma moral standpoint, in Omaha life at the present time?” **Among the things that could be done away with and waich ave extremely dam- aging to the morals of the youth of tho oity [ wiil mention the Sunday theater and the indecent pictures that the theater companies place upon the bill boards of the city. It has been a matter of much surprise and regret to me that the people of Omaha have suftered such vile stuff to bo placed veforo the eyes of the youth of this city so long without a protest. I would also mention the tion of such papers as the Kansus C as a thing thav should ve suppressed for the good of the morals of our people. Such things as ure printed in papers of that char- acter are bad enough for even the most vicious to kunow. We should not permit the scandal scavengers to throw the slimy stoff in the faces of everybody, voung and old, male and female, as’ they pass along the street. Our youth especially should be pro- tected against foul literature, *“Po what do you attribute the apathy of the masses upon the subject of church going!" “‘Much of the unconcern that has grown up of late among the masses upon the guestion of religion 1 think is due to the reading of Ingersoll’s books aad publications of that charactor. The masses have apparently be- como imbued with the idea thut there is no future punishment, no hell, uud they have, thereforo, forsaken the churches. - When you wipe out that idea of hell from the mind of the average man what has he to fear then but the apprehension of human authority{ He says to himself: ‘Well, I can do as I ploaso now if I am simply smart enough to evade human punishment. I will simply sail in and nelp myself to every kind of pleasur- able thing. I)( don’t make much difference how I got these things, I wil get them. Iotidel literature has done a great deal of barm in this counfry, The masses are rap- idly arifting away from God." A Positive lmprovement, Dr. J. T. Duryes, pastor of the First Con- gregational churcb, said: ‘I have noticed a positive improvement in the morals of Omana during the past three years so far as the out- ward appearance of public decency is con- cerned. There is less public drunkenness, I am quite sure, than there was a fow years ago, and taking the year through there is less of that sort of sin to be seen in public in Omaha than in any large city in the east that 1 know of. Tuere are other forma of vice and evil that I bave seen and boen disgusted with upon the streets of eastern cities that one does not see at all in Omaba. The police regulations are such that many of the nulsances that curse other cities with their public appearance are banished here in Omaha to those quarters of the city where they will not_pollute the bealtby atnosphere of the city, I'have never seen the streets of auy other large city so perfectly free from the display of certain kinds of vice, ‘“There hus boon a steady elevation in the moral sentiment of the city. There is more of a tendency to frown upon that which is immoral than there was & few years ago, and the whole toue of the city, I think, is rising u‘:.n plaue of better morals and botier citizen- ship. “Omaba has had to pass through its stages of developmens. It was a frontier village, thea & rallroad centor and aistributing point; d Word for Omaha, rdner, rector of Trinity has been in Omaha Speaking of the 1t 18 Just veginning to Bon oty of homes, It is different from Mimpeapolis. That is a Neow Ingland city, you migbt say, and the people are church goors. 'They brought their habits with them from, the east, Denver Is more of an Eoglish, dity, and they have church going habits. Omaba has no fixed habits, It has simply struggled up from a town to a city, with oyfty man looking out pretty much for himself and his business, A more general desire to attend church and regular roligious haBfts will como in duo time, I hope.” Speaking of the Sunday theater Dr. Dur- yon smd: “If I had my way I should like to sce everybody rest onSlnday. Idon't mean to say that | would compel every man to at- tend church, for that 18 the private business of each individual, buk L would have every- body rest. It is absélutely necessary for good health, Every additional innovation that comes along to furnish attraction for Sunday means work for somebody and it is not right. Tho theatrical people themselves noed rest. I think one of the saddest things that I know of 1n this city is the faot that those poor street car mon have to work all day Sunday. Some provision should bo made whereby they could spend Sunday at homo with thefr familios. You newspaper men are another class of men who are grinding your lives away by this pernicious seven days in the week system of work.” Returning to the matter of the churches and tho morals of the city, Dr. Duryea : *The churches are becoming more vigorous and_active, Those who have uot money to give are willing to give their time, and the work is moving, I think, very satisfactorily. I have been more encouraged during the last year with gho signs of relizious progross than ever before sinco I came to Omaha,” Rov. W, J. Harsha Talks, Rev. JW. J. Harsha, pastorof the irst Presvyterian church, knows Omaka thor- oughly, and has peen an energetic worker hero for inany years, When asked for his opinion of the moral condition of the city he said: maha is not so wicked a city as some peo- plo represent it to bo, It is not fair or right to say that men arg wicked because they do not attend church very regularly, Theroars bundreds of people, and very respectablo peonle, too, in this city who ‘do not attond church, Thoy are simply not interested in ch matters. he church people of Omaha have been improving of late in -their zeal and activity and the good effocts of this change are already visible. The city is rapidly bocom- ing metropolitan in character and, of course, the forces of evil will try to get control, but T look for the churches to more than hold their own. Omaha bas asplendid corps of ministers, but it is a singular fact that all these western towns located along the river are very hard to bring under the influence of the gospel. I think the outlook is very bright for great progress in the near futare along Christian nnes. The young peonle have never been 8o thoroughly organized before and thoy are a power for good. Thece are more that 1,200 members of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor in Omaha, The Baptist youug people aud tho Epworth leagues number several hundred. Then thero 1s the Young Men's Christian as- sociation. Never in the history of Omaha has the Young Men’s Christian association been so prosperous. I see nothing to dis- courage Christian people in Owana; on the other hand I think the moral tone of the city is growing steadily better.” Religious Work and Workers, Rev. C. B. Allen, who recently changed from the Mothodist to’ the Baptist church, nas accepted a call to take a Baptist pulpit in Edgar, Nob, The Now Years roception given by the Young Men’s Christian assocfatlon of Omaha was probably the most “successful event of kind evergiven by tha Omaha association, ‘'ho organization is stdfdily and surely gain- ing ground and gaiuning in nopularity with the substantial and cuitured people Omaha, At the Methodist minister's meeting a fow days ago one of the brethorn aroso and be- gan to say harsh_things about Omaha in general. Ho had gotton so far as to call Omaha a, “Rum Soaked City of Sin and Iniquity”. when Bishop Newman who happened 10 be presentistopped the brother. “My brother,” said the bishop kindly but firmly, “‘vou should not talk that way ~about Omaha. “This city 15 no' worso than other cities and damning Omaha will not heiv your church. Try to sea the good there is in Omaha. Talk about the good people and the bright side of life in Omaha and you will ac- complish much better results. Don’t get into a habit of scolding at the community. You can’t convert o city by that method of pro- cedure and you only throw yourself and other peole into ill humor by that kind of talk,” Rev. C. W. Miller, formerly of St. Joscph, Mo., has taken the pastorate of tho Castellar street Mothodist church. Speciat commission services will be held at that churen this morning. RELIGIOUS. The annual receipts of the Methodist Board of Church Extension have averaged 610.55 during the last four vears. St. Paul's Cathedral will hold 26,000 peonle and St. Peter’s in Rome has accommodations for 54,000, America, through the American board, ex- pended in fifty years $1,250,000 to evangelize Hawaii, and has, during that time, received about $4,000,000 a year in trade. There are Su0 residents of Kansas who be- lieved that the end of the world would come on Christmas day. They waited until Fri- day aud saw the end of the vear. The tota .number of clergy of the church of England is about 23,000. If weinclude the clergy i the colonies and those engaged in missionary tiolds the total is swelléd to 27,000. The six New England and Methodist Bpiscopal conferences have & total member- ship of 105,168, showing an increase during the past year of léss than 1 per cent. Twoof these conferences show a decrease. A county parson in England has written 125,000 begging letters. His wife has sentas many as 11,000 and bis children a_few thou- sand moro. About one person in fifty re- sponded, one to the amount of §25,000, Cardinal Gibbons on December 10 ordained twenty-six young men in the cathearal at Balumora—eight priests, six deacons and twelve subdeacons. One of the newly or- dained priests is Charles Randolph Uncles, a colored man about 30 years of age. Rev. A. H. Hall, pastor of the CenterCon- gregational church of Meriden, Conn., and one of the most popular clergymen in the state, died December 27 from pneumonia following an attack of grip, M. Hall was 46 years old and a graduate of Harvard uni- versity. A revival preachor calling himself the ‘‘tornado evangelist! has receatly gone from California to New York and is sounding his trumpet there loudly. A religious papor refers to his tempestuous styla and suggests this to him as an appropriate text: “A great and stormy wina rent the tdountains and broke In piecos tho rocks; buf fhe Lord was not i the wind.” b 'I'he American SundfiyiSchool union makes the following report of its work during the three years ending last March. It has in this time established 5,201 hew Sunday schools in needy or dgstitute cofiiinunities, into whioh were gathered 22,857 feachers and 186,017 scholars, The results i, conversions and the development of churches from these schools is 14,651 conversions abd, the organizing of 335 churches, The worls costs about $60,000 a year and reaches m'? who are not pro- vided for by any othe quuvy. e The Thingis for a Stubborn Cough. From the Kimball,gs. D.) Graphic, ‘Whils the columns ofithé Graphic are open to sy and all unobjectionale advertisoments, Yot v is quite impossible for us to speak knowingly of the métits of the various articles of merchandyse advertised. Particu- larly is this true of patent medicines, But thero are exceptions oceasionally, and & note- worthy exception 1s the celobrated Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy, This now universally kunown medicine has been advertised in the aphio for four or five years, but not until roceutly had we any personul knowlodge of its wonderful efficacy, which has come about through the prevailing Influenza and the stubborn cough that has so often attended it, In the writer's family this medicine has on several occasions this winter eured a cough that baftied any and all other remodies, and the number of families in Kimball and vioi; ity in which this remedy has been used with liko effocts attests to'ita value as a specific for coughs and colds of every nature, Bee bldg Best Asiadoai A Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Richard Stabl, who composed the “Sea King" while {u Omaha, has provided Aron- son's “Unclo Celestin with now musio to take tho place of Audran's. A CHANGE IN THE LAND LAWS. Judge Groff Thinks Each State Should Ad- minister Its Land System. NO GENERAL LAW IS BROAD ENOUGH. A Paper of Extraordinary Interest by the Ex-Commissioner, Wiho Makes Some Very Startling State- ments, The January California: Tho best disposi- tion of the remainder of the public domain is a problem which merits theattention it is re- coiving from the thinking people of the west. The futerests of the general government, of the states and territories within which the lands lie, and of the prospective settler, wust all be considered in the solution of this prov- lem. It would have been impossibis to fulfill the duties of the office of land commissioner without forming some opinions upon this subject; and the exceptional opportunitics for studying the mner workings of our pres- ent system of laud laws under which theso opinions grew into convictions must eive them whatever claim they may have upon tho roader’s attention, Although mearly 10,000,000 a body of land rivaling in combined states of New Hampshire, Rhode TIsland, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey—were patented to entr) men under the settlement laws of tho gov ernment for the fiscal year ending Junoe 80, 1890,* there remained at that time, accordin g to the best estimaté tho general land offico could make, 536,216,851 acres of unsettled public lands within what are known as the land states and _territories, This esti- mate excluded the Cherokee strip, contaiving 8,004,044 acres, as well as other lands owned or claimed by Iudians in Indian Territory west of the 96th degres of longitude. It also excluded Alaska, with its area of 364,520,600 acres, of which not to exceed 1,000 had been entored under the mineral laws in pursuance of act of congress, March 17, 1854 The general land laws have mnot been extended to Alaska, Enough is not yet known about the clhmate, soil or productions of that wonderful coun- try, to Justify eithor putting its immense area into tho same category with otber public lands, or formuluting a new system in regard to1it. It is therefore only with that portion of the public domain which lies within the land states and territories that I will attempt to deal. The ahove total of 586,210,861 acres lies west of the 100th meridian, with the excep- tion of about 26,000,000 a Of these at Teast 10,000,000 are swamp and unfit for sot- tlement until reclaimed. About 7,000,000 more art heavily timbered, wet, and unsuita- ble for farming. The balance 1$ largoly prai- rie, situated in Minnesota, aud those portions of the Dakotas, Nebraska, [{ansas and Okla- homa lying east of the 100th meridian, There are also small tracts distributed taroughout actes— area the lying west of u'those portions situated in northern California west of the Sierra Nevada range, and in Oregon and Washington west of the Cascades, are within what i3 kuown as the arid country. Savea few valleys whero rain falls and others with natural sub-irrigation, this vast area is unfit for agriculture unless’ reclaimed. In many places reclamation is impossible bocause water cannot be obtained. Some districts are a0 hopelessly sterile that irrigation, if it wero practicable, would be useless. Large tracts are mountainous and of no value save for their timber or as minerals are discovered in them, In Califorma, Nevada, Oregon and Wash- ington large districts of the finest timber lands on the continent are at present being dis- posed of under the timber dnd stone act of June 3, 1878, which act apples ouly to lands situated in the above named states.” This law limits the quantity of land which may ve ac- quired under it by one person or association of persons to 100 acres at $2.50 an acre; re- quires the entryman to make affidavit that ho has made no prior application under the act; that he is a citizon-of the United States, or has declared his intention of becoming a citizen; that he designate, by legal subdi- vision, the tract ho desires to purchase, set- ting forth that it is chiefly valuable for tim- ber or stone, and unfit for cultivation if the timber were removeo; that it 1s uninhabited and contains no mining or other improve- meuts; that he believes it to contain no valu- able mineral deposits; that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but for his own exclusive use and benefit; and that he has not made any agreoment or con- ract by which the title he mey acquire from the United States shall inure to any person except himself, It is further provided that any person swearing falsely to such aflidavit shall be guilty of perjury; that ho shall forfeit the money paid for the and; and all conveyances of the land shall become null anc void as against the United States. It is made the duty of rog- 1sters and receivers to read this aftidavit to the applicant, or to cause 1t to be read to him in their preseuce, before the applicaut swears to the same or attaches his signature vhereto. Other safeguards ave prescribed by the general land oftice to prevent fraudulent or procured entries under this law. Tt is evident that congress intended this act to answer a wiseand beneficient purpose It was undoubtedly thought that iv might do for the frontier lumberman what the home- stead law had done for the frontier ag¥icul- turist. It has not only failed of accomplish- ing this object, but hus corrupted whole com- munities, whore associations have been formed for the purpose of making fraudu- lent entries there ander. Despite every effort of the land offico and of the depart- ment of justice to prevent it, and to punish offenders, these organizations continue to practice their nefarious methods. 'T'he re- sult1s that immense areas of these valiable timber lands—which it was intended should be distributed in smail bodies to individual owners—through the exercise of wholesale perjury and fraud,have passed into the hauds of rich and powerful corporations. This law ought to be repealed; and until the president has made the forest’ reseryes contemplatod by, act of congress, Mareh 8, 1801, no further disposition of tim: ber lands shoald be undertaken, Theso reserves comploted, congress might pass a law providing for the appraisement and sale of all lands chiefly valuable for tim- ber. It may be urged that our lumber sup- ply will s0on be exhausted if these lands are sold without reservation. But private own- or's can, and will, manage the timber more coonomically than does the government, and save to the county much that under a contin- uance of tho present system would be de- stroyed. No one takes care of public forests. Evory one not withheld by conscientious scraplos poaches upou them. Timber depre- dators take only the best trees, leaving im- mense quantities awaiting the touch of the hunter's mateh, Fire consumes annually more than the market. It is im- possible for the land oMco to pro- vent eithor theso depredations or tnis destruction. Private ownors, in guarding their own interests, would at the same time secure those of the public. The law author- izing the sale of timver lands should also [:;uvldu thay neither timber or lumuer shall exported, thereby preserving and cheap- ening lumber for home customers. ‘The timber lands disposed of, there will re- main only the arid and mineral lauds, a few bodies of swamp land, and the small agricul tural tracts lying east of the 100th meridian- All swamp lands belonging to the state. under existing grants might be speedily patentea, and ‘any remsiving granted o the states wherein situated, on condition that they be reclaimed within a reasonnble time by the states or thelr grantees. The small bodies of agricultural land lying east of the 100th meridian might also, it not entered undor the homestead law within a given time, bo granted to Lhe states in which they lle. A similar disposition might be made of the arid and mineral lands under |>I'D‘Ier restrictions as to their disposal and development, and, in the cuse of ard lands, their reclamation. Whaen the remain- ing territories have been admitted to state- bood, the lands within their borders could be granted to them on the same condition: Of course, many objections muy be urged against these suggestions, but the precedents for the course of action ouslined are already established. Swawmp lands have been liber- "3 When this paver waa wristen, the report of the Land ofice for the Gscal year ended June 90, 1801, had no beon pubiished. ally granted by congress to several of the states, Direstly and indirectly, immense grants have &lso boon made them for canals, ralironds and other intornal fmprovements. Tho seventoon states formed tho torritory of tho original thirtoen colonios administered | their own land system and recoived the rov- enue derivea thorefrom. Toxas does the samo today, Furthermoro, sinco the enactment homestead law, it has beon the policy eross to dispose of public lunds with a view 1o the settlement and upbuilding of states, and the making of taxable property, rather than for direct revenue; and, if this object could be more efciently promoted by the statos themsolves, the rolinquishment of the small income recoived by tho nation under tho present systom ought not 10 bo an ob- stacle to tho ohiange. Or it judgod advisable it might be provided tuat tho states, as fast as they dispose of fands, shall pay into the antional troasury a sum per acre equal to the et Drice the ROVArnmAnt now roceives, I repeat the statement made in beginning of this paper, that, in solution of this public-lands the interests of the genoral government, of the states and tovritories within which 'the lanas lie, and of tho prospective settlor, must all be considered. Talke first the case'of the states, 'This 1s a vast country. No gonoral law {s broad enough to cover such diverse cases as may arise, say in Florda, Wyoming and California. The legisiatures of tho varlous statos can best determine by what methods their arid aud swamp lands can be reclaimeq, their wineral lands developed, their agricultural lands made to support & teeming and happy population: and how, in accordancs with these ends, to condition their disposal. Congress is too far oft—its Kkuowledge Loo abstri It is overburdened besides, The Land offico sits like an incubus upon its breast. No one who has not fre- quented the sessions of our national assom bly or esamined tho Congrossiogal Reécord can have any idea how much time land lexislation con- sumes or how unsatisfactorily it 15 performed. Precisely here appears the great benelit of the sugrestod chauge to the general government, Kelieved of this load, congress could devote the time now spent on land matters to weightior jquestions whose consideration cannot be relegated to the ts on would be incaleulably increused. To sottlers it is plain that the now order of things would bo a boon, They could trausact their business through an officer within the contines of their own state instead of one hundred or one thousand miles away,one burdened besides with the busiuess of many other states. Tho “law's delny” under the present system works much hard- ship and injustice. No doubt italso bears its share in the encouragement cf malpractices With prompter decisions would probably come a reduction iu frauds, claim jumping und the like, thus promoting public morals as well as the security of honest settlors. Again, the money for lands would bo kept at home and rodistributed there—not a small advantage to a new and struggling common- wealth, It is feared that the supsrseduro of the present order of things would cause d is- organization and distress{ No violent change will be necessary. Several years would be requirea to bring up th arrears of work in the General Land oftice, The older employes would probably find occupation for the bulanco of taeir lives, The younger ones with their experience, could command positions 1 the state oftices that must ve es- tablished. of the of con- the tho hlom, ELECTRIC PROGRESS. The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen bas au- thorized the use of the trolley system on the surface lines of that city. Flectric lights have been introduced into every houso in Hammerfest, Norway, the northernmost village in Europe. The telopbone line which has just boen completed between Pike's Peak and Manitou is the highest line in the world, A considerable quantity of electrical ap- paratus of American manufacturo has becn shipped curing the past month to foreigu countries, During the exhibition in Edinbuvrgh, Scot- land, there were over 100,000 persons carried in electric launches along the cunal from the city to the exhibition. Electric lights are veing introducea in Euglish broweries owing to the fact that they have been found nrt to pollute the at- mosphere as gas dovs. One of the longest olectric railroads in the world is to be bullt on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The route will cover a distunce of twenty-five miles. The growing employment of small incan- descent electric lights: for Christmas trees mage business in that branch of industry very active just before the holidays. For the privilage of erecting poles and transacting business, the telephone com- pany of Toronto pays the city 5 per cont of its receipts. Kor throe .nontha, ondiog De- cember 1, the city collected $1,1 1 Observations made to deterwuine the longi- tuae of Montreal showed that the time neces- sary to transmit an electric current ncross the ocean and back again was a trifle over ono second, the distance covered being 3,000 miles? A Scranton man has invented an electric sewer gas indicator, A flexible or elastie disphragm is placed in a sewer gipa m com- bination with a suspended contact point which, when it comes in contact with a scrow, sounds an alarm, A new system of charges has been intro- duced by vhe telophone company of Stock- holm. An annual chargo of §2.75 is made for each instrument and a subsoquent charge of 3 conts for each messuge, the conversations being registered by an automatic appliance. The Best Treatment for La Grippe. Remain quietly at home until all symptoins of the disease disappear, and thon when you ®o out have the body well clothed and the feet well protected so that they will remain dry and warm. Take Chamberiain’s Cough Remody as di- rected for a severe cold. If freely taken as s0on as the first symptoms of the discase ap- pear, it will greatly lesson the soverity of the attack, and its continued use will provent dangerous consequences, provided, of course, that reasonably good cure be taken of the general svstem and to avoid exposure. For paiu in the chest, which 15 very apt to appear, saturate a flannel cloth with Cham- verlain’s Pain Balm and bind it over the scat of pain. It will relieve tho pain and perhaps prevent pnoumonia. This treatment was followed by many thousandas of persons and families during tho winters of 1550 and and was uniformly successful. It greatly lessened tho severity of the attack and proveuted pneumonia or other dengerous consequoncos. Dr. Birne Beo bldg. The minister preaches and preaches to the effect that 1o one should ever tell a lie, and tben when oue of his rich parishioners dies ho preaches an obituary sermon. Kute Field gives this hint to ner less sophisticated sisters: “Koepa man wouad up: look as if you were hanging on his lips and he'll think you charming.” Oh, thess women ! Ave they all such designing charm- ors, Kata! “To what_denomination do you belong " asked Mrs. Bjenkinson of the newest comer in the town. “To what denomination (' was the newest comer’s hesitating reply. **Well, lot me see. Which 1s the most fashionable church in town ! Clericus—Do you know of any essontial aifference between a fashionable and an uu- fashionable churchi Cynicus—Yes; it lies chiefly in_the pastor.” Ctericus—How sof C; 5--Why, tho fashionaulo churcnes in- sist on having pastors like their clothes— made to order, A Yorkshire vicar once received the fol- lowing notice rogarding a warriago from n parish house: “I'bis is 10 give you notis that { and Miss Jomima Arabella Brearly is cowin' ay aflernoon nex, to rgo the operation of matrimony at your hands. Please be promp, us the cab s hired by tho hour.! The ‘‘operation’ was per- furmed in due course, A recently consecrated bishop of the Epis- copal church has & youthful son, who not long ago asked s Sunday school teacher Who was the stingiest man mentioned in the bivle, T'he teacher savs that the lad wanted the opportunity to answer the question bim solf, 50 he said, *I don't kunow, do youl!" Yes, Ciesar,’ was the reply. “Why Ciesarl " asked tho puzzied teacher. “Why don’t you see " sald the boy, ‘‘The Phari- 8008 gave our Lord & peany, snd when He asked them, ‘Whose subscription is this?’ they sald, ‘Cwsar’s,’ and I tnink ho ,must have been a pretty mean man to glve so | littlot " | It Is iuteresting to note the qualifications | of an English curate 134 years ugo, as do- | scribed in “The ieadiog Mercury” of 1754, | A clorgymun advertised for & ourate, who | would have *onsy duty and a salary of about £50 per annum, besides valuabie peravis- ites.”” "The advertisoment continuss: “He must be zoalously affectod to the prosont gov- ornment and never forsako his principles; singular in his morals, sober and abstomions, arave in his dress and deportment, cholve in his company and exemplary in his nversa- tion. He must ba ot superior abilitios, studi- ous and eareful in the employment of timo; & lover of fiddiing, but no or. " e How to Break Up n Severs Cold. Fromthe Virginia City (Mont.) Madis nian, When we find & modicine we know to pos- 8438 conuine me wo consider it a duty and we tako pleasure in telling tho pudlio what it s, Such a_ modicine wo found Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Wa havo re- tioved in a fow hours severs colds, and in the 20urse of two or three days entirely broken them up by its uso, as have soveral of onr frionds to whom wo nave recommended it. Itis all it is soutod to be by the man- tactur If you have & congh _and want to stop it, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will do tha'work THE WAG Co-operation sentiment 18 growing. Sacramento orters have a union, Southorn Pacific telographers won, New Yorl has 26,000 waitors and bartend- ors. A Chioago fivm has taken several ployes into partnership, Tho cigarmakers havo spent vertising the union label, 'Frisco unions want municipal and state contract work abolished. About oue hundred on_ men_are now imprisoned in Australia for dllogod violenca during the sheep-shonrers’ strike. All working girls using the cars of a Dayton, O., railway ride at half price and workwomen carrying their baskets travel freo. The local unions of the International Fur- niture \Workers union have contributed 5,038.50 to the strike funa of their fellow workmen in Chicago, Sinco the holding of tho Brussels labor congress hundrods of unions have been or- ganized in Burope. In Paris alono 12,000 now members bave been gained by trades unions, while the growth in_Germany, Aus- trig, Italy and England has beon marvelous, They wantod to get marriod, but had on money to pay the preachor. The girl was equal to the occasion. Sho took the preacher asido and stated the caso. She had no money, but she did have a bottlo of Haller's Sure Cure Cough Syrup. Would he marry them for that! ‘I'he preacher would and two hearts beat as one. old em- 000 10 ad- Dr. Birney cures eatarren. g s Tho girls of Cornwall, according to a ro- cont traveler. give nobody any troublo in early life. Thoy are little automatons in youih, silent as pagan stono circlos 1n girl- hood, voiceless and blushing thereaftor until wedded, when they at onco develop such strength of chai , temper und tougua that hulf the men of Cornwall are known i dividually as “Jinny's Jack,” and in rail aro groeted with the inquirs, “How’s the Woman as 0wns 'eo !’ A Prize Rebus. Beo bldg Tothe irst person vio our wort teni betore Monday, February #th, will give One Hundred Dollars Cash nl 78 DOLLARS 'l" CASH. To the OLLARS C, %H. l'o eacli of the noxt 10. A SOLID GOLD WATCH (ot pinted but 81 0107, WILIL GEniline Anchican mov To_einch of e el SINGER PROVED Al ACH] ok onty-fieo wo will gl Stem wind and y publications the resnlt of this offer. and the nam of ever will announe full addy Tl all promptly are dealing fs our motto. Posta @ them, ” Glve your fali namo aud” ¥. eSS i + -~ ameriocan Houschold Journal Washington St., Jersey City, N J. . address. Baby's cheels is lik Is it Madame Ruppart's bleach? No! but baby's mama’s chaelc Volames to its praise doth speak! Call for Mme. Ruppert's book, *‘How to be Beauti- _0f Mrs. J. Benson. 216 %, Iath St., Cmaha, Neb 2 peach, Wo send_the marvelous Fronch omody CALTHOS free, u fomal guaran oo that C nrgos & Eminalon ‘rmatorrhen, Varicoetlo 2 and pay 1f satisfird. Adiress, VON MOHL CO., Solo Awriean Agonts, Cinelnnatl, Oto. N. M. RUDDY, THE ONLY PRACTICAL OPTICIAN 210 Bouth 15th St, Farnam St Theater, EYES TESTED FREE Glusses Uittod to remedy all defeots of oye- sleht. Steel spectuclos of guaranteed quality #and up. Nolid Gold Spectacles and E and upward, Oceullst’s proscriptions for asses filled corroctly sume day as rocelvad & ARTIFICIAL HUMAN EYES INSERTED eglassni, $ i LeDuc's Perlodical Pills. The Fronch remedy ucts diroctly upon the generativ cures supprossion of the niense th 85, and oan be malled. Should not be use preznancy. Jobbers, drnggists und the publio supplisd by Goodman Drug Co., Omah u Arthur’s Pills_No. 6, Bafe and certain to and warrantod to relio . paintul, irrogular and suppressed men r (from whatover cause). Theso pilly aro put up et black and gilt motallic case; tuke o othor. oly nealed and mailed to any nd- dress, All corresp strictly confidential. Vrico per box $2 or 33 boxes for 85, Address AR- ‘HUR MEDICINE CO., Om Neh PO, Box g1 Vlease mention this vaver, 15 KIDD'8 G 1 hoeause 1t micrabe or gernl. Put up and retailed in 82, 85 und 83 sizes, tho Iatior 1% wal Seut anywhers pro on recelpt of pric 0. D, Welssio a guar- y do and MICROBE KILI | Moyerand E. I Seoykors, South oster and 1L J. Klils, Council Bluits THE NEW COLLAR] TRADE AN, MAkK PEQUOT] CONSUMPTION, Thave & positive remady for tha above diseass: by e kind sod of long :lmh N rong is my faith e X 8 VALUABLE TREATISK on this diseass o soy sal- forer who will send we their Express aod ¥, O, address, T, A. 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