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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1893)
THR OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 17 , < 1R1W-T\VENTY THE OMAHA DAILY 13EE. " R ifoSBWATKU , Kdltor , I'lMIUSIIKI ) KVKItY.MOUNINtJ. TRHMS OF SUnSCIUI'TION. flally I\ct \ > ( wllliout Sundnjrl Ono Yrar ' .SSI ! nallr nnd Smi < l.ijr , Ono Tear I" " ' ' SIXMonllm 5" " Tlirro Months 2 lln Sunday lire. Ono Vwif ? ' "J Pdliinlny IlPP.Ono Yrar " ' ° . Weekly Hw , One Year u3 OFFtCKS. PoiitliOninlin.fqniorNnmlTwenly-fourt1itreeli > . Council Hindu , IS I'rnrl Hlrcrt. nilcneoOmco..117 CliamN-rof rmiiinorrp. Ni-w York room 13. Unml Ifl.Trlimnebnllillnf WflftldtiKton , Bill Kcmrtwnlli mrret COIIUKSI'ONUEXCK. All communication" relating lo 'iw" niin7. ( orlnl mailer Mionld to nil < lrwe < l : To the Kdltor. HUSINKSS TjKTTKiis. , MlbimiiO ! 3letlfrs and rwnlltniicfs should be * ft < lrvsR < cl lo Tlio Hoc I'nbllMilnircompany.Omaha. I.raltR.clii'Chs ami postonicc orders to bonmilo tumble * to llio onlrrof tlin company. TIIK I1ER runusnluo COMPANY. SWORN STATEMENT OF C1UCULATION. 8Wf of NrlirnfiK.i. ( . County of Doiiclnu. I Rrorup II. Twhtirli. secretary of THK I1FK Pub- llnliluc company , iloen solemnly swear Unit llio ctnnl rlmilnllon of Tin : DAII.V IIM : for tlm we rlc puillne Drccmlicrlt ) , ISiPlt , was tin follows : Sunday. IWrnibor 10 's'MJi ' ! ! ? Momlny. Drcntiiln-r 11 r.r.I'o ! ! Tnpwlny. IkTPiiibor li ! - - ? , . Woliirivlny. IKrmincrlB rrEt- ! Tlnirwlar. BiHpmli T 14 * " .i Friday Iiifcinlicr 1C " u-5 ! l ! . . . Sntimtiiy. December 10 U.l.li.U Oroiinv. 11. Tawltrrf * . . + - > - . sworn lo lipforu me iiml mitMrlhiil III 1 KRAI , ( my tiiCBcncotlilH lillli day of II.JOIMII'XT , I , f IHOJI. N. 1 * . Kt.ll. , Notary Public. Avrr io flrriilnlliin Icir November , 34'JtO. MlNM.STKIt TltUItSTO.N' llllS Sllllotl for TTonuIulu. The public will ns n const- qucnco Iw deprived of bin dully intur- views for ono wcok at leant. SENATOR MIM.S of Mills bill fuino Is out in print denying tbo stntoinunt tliut lie is in any way entitled to tlio credit of proarlng ] ) tbo Wilson bill. Can you blumo liiin ? BOND invostmcnt companies arc said to bo discontinuing tbo use of tbo malls- for tbo purpo&s of tholr swindles. A little effort on tbo part of state authori ties will compolvtbcm lo diseoiitinuo business altogether. MONKY is said to bo olTored on call loans on Wall street at 1 per cent with out securing takers. Three mouths ajjo such loans were not to bo bad at uny jirice. Tbo vagaries of a commercial crisis lead from ono extreme to the other. IF THE Wilson bill is the catiso of all this tariff talk before it has gotten out of the hands of the committee on ways and means , what will wo do when it comes before tlio house and each of the three hundred odd members conceives it to bo his duty to unburden bis views upon a patient public ? TOPKKA polieo olllemls have had the boldness to disregard Governor Lowel- ling's tramp manifesto , and despite the governor's admonition have ventured to apprehend a vagrant and to sentence him to the city rock pile. Tbo question of the hour is , What is the governor going to do about it ? DELAY in acting upon the nomination of Mr. Ilornlilowor to tbo bunch of the United States supreme court Is confirm ing the Hunato's reputation for proverbi ally moving slowly. It is said on good authority that fewer members are eager for his confirmation now than during tlio extra session , but that is no excuse for not oniliiijtr Mr. Ilornblovvor's sus pense , lie should ba either confirmed or rejected at once. INCHKASING street mendicancy Is re ported in the larger cities of all , parts of the country. This is , of course , ono of the natural results of the industrial depression , but , at the sanio time , ono of the most difficult to deal with. "Wherever the ordinary machinery for relieving distress is able to attend to all applications for assistance there is no need of permitting street begging and house-to-house pilgrimages for aims. Street beggars , If worthy , should bo di rected to the proper charitable institu tion. the bitter denunciation of prize fighting which was loudly proclaimed by tbo governor of Florida when it was proposed to transfer a bruisers' contest from Now York to that state seems to have simmered down to a state of mas terly Inactivity upon his part. While It is by no means certain that the contem plated light will take place as an nounced , yet the authorities of Florida have not inailo the slightest pretense to Interfere with the preparations for It. Tlio enforcement of the laws would bo an agreeable substitute for bluster , which dies away without results. PKNNSYLVANIA is ono of the few states in the union that lias managed to raise nil the funds required for state pur poses without resorting to a tax on genera property. The bulk of its re ceipts comes from the tax on corporate incomes and various buaincfb licenses. Should Urn rocnmmcndatlon of Presi dent Cleveland in favor of a federal tax on the income from certain corporate In- VostnicntH bo embodied in law the revenue systems of those states which tilbO levy taxes on corporation receipt * will no doubt have to bo reconstructed. This will put a considerable obstacle in the way of the hope * of the remaining states to attain a position wheio state revenues may bo rained exclusively from apodal slate taxes. KNT CkEVKLANOhas boon hold nn to the public during his day as a re former of almost every kind known to ctvlll/.od man , but ho has waited fjr the I Wcr to claim him as an ardent apostle of prohibition. That passage In his message which speaks of the nefarious tratlin wbiub forces the white man's in- tixlcants upon the uncivilized native * of central Africa uu something which the United States should join in re pressing Is drawn upon as conclusively indicating tbo president's advocacy of prohibition In general. PresidentC'lovo- land of course intended this phrase In no such light , but that will make little tUlYeronco to the prohibition visionaries. I > 3t them suggest that the president proscribe spirituous liquors from the white house ana that ho omit them from the menus of his state dinners and they will soon perceive how farhu Is willing to go In regulating the liquor tralHu. TUB rnorosRn OMAHA IIKET SSVOAH The mass mooting to bo hold tomor row morning nt the room * of the Com- norclal club to hour and consider the proposal of Count Lubiunskio to cstab- Ish an extensive boot sugar farm and factory In Douglas county should bo attended by all who are interested in the development of this Industry and who appreciate the vnluo to this city of such an enterprise ns Count Lubionaklo proposes. Thoroughly Informed regard- ng the production Of the tigur beet and the manufacture of sugar from thorn , the count , alter careful and extended nvestlgatlon , selected this locality as the most available for the project ho and those associated with him mvo in view. Ho does not come hero asking any bonus or subvention for his proposed enterprise. Ml that ho requircH is that there shall be an ample supply of the raw material to keep his factory in operation , to bo provided by the farmers of Douglas and contiguous counties. As has here tofore been stated in ojir news columns , the project which Count Lubicnskie , on behalf of a syndicate of foreign capital ists , submits to the consideration of our people , Is sityply this : Ho proposes to erect on a farm of 000 iicros in Douglas county , to bo devoted to the talking of sugar bcots , an extensive factory for the manufacture of beet sugar , the only condition bo asks being a guaranty that tbo farmers of this section shall devote 0,000 acres to the cultiva tion of the sugar beet. If this condition should bo mot ho proposes to expend between ono and two million dollars in tlio enterprise , which would give employment , when completed , to a largo number of people and distribute in the c'jmmunity a very largo sum of money annually. In all its aspects this proposition is imc of the most important that has been presented for the consider ation of our people in a long time. There is no apparent reason why the simple condition ; ! asked by Count Lubienskic cannot bo complied with. Tlio area of Douglas , Sarpy and- Washington counties contains over " (500,000 ( acres , so that it would bo necessary to devote less than 1 per ci'iit of it to the cultivation of sugar beets. It . ' 100 of the enterpriring farmers of these counties can bo induced to devote twenty acres each to this purpose wo can 'have hero an extensive sugar plant that will bo of great benefit to the entire com munity. And what inducement have the farmers to do this ? The fact that the raising of sugar bouts is a highly profitable industry. According to sta tistics just at band of the value of sugar beets per acre In Nebraska for tbo cur rent year the average amount received was between ? . "jO and $ M , while the best ten results range from SU15.U ; to $69.80 per acre. The cost of raising boots is esti mated to bo between $111 and $15 per acre when farmers do not have to hire more labor than usual on account of the beet crop , and about $20 per aero when he engages special service for bcots. It will thus bo seen that there is a margin of profit in raising sugar beets greater than in almost any other agricultural product , and no farmer of ordinary in telligence need have any difficulty in learning how to successfully cultivate the boot , which , with proper attention , is one of tho" surest of crops. Another consideration of great importance to the farmer is that there Is an assured market for this product as soon as it is ready to bo mar keted. There is no question that the soil and climate of this section are per fectly suited to beet raising and that as good a quality of beets can bo grown bore as anyVhero' It rests largely with the farmers of Douglas , Sarpy and Washington counties to decide whether or not this proposed enterprise , with its largo possibilities of general benefit , shall bo consummated , and It is confidently hoped they will take a practical and intelligent view of the matter. If so there is every reason to expect that wo shall have hero as soon as it can be completed tbo most ex tensive beet sugar plant in the country. AN L'XODLK 2O KUltUPB. To those who have viewed the phe nomenon of European immigration to the United Sta'tos from the standpoint of economic theory , it cannot bo a matter - tor of great surprise to learn that the changed Industrial conditions of this country in the past few months has al ready resulted in an emigration offset ting in numbers the total number of foreigners who have come hero during the same period. Just as immigration has been accounted for by the desire of energetic but discontented people of other nations to bettor tholr economic situations , so the emigration that bag now sot in must bo explained either by the disappointment of tholr hopes or the attainment of that degree of pros perity which will permit of a return in comparative comfort to the native land. The Industrial depression has been in'ioh more severely felt among the lower grade of laborers on this side of the Atlantic than on the other , and to them the relative attractiveness of Hu- rope and America has been practically reversed. The statistics from which our information mation regarding the emigration from the United States is derived are largely estimates based upon the figures given by particular steamship linos. , Hut the steamship authorities claim that what ever their business has lost In west bound steerage trafllo it lias more than made up In eastbound travel , and It is known that the number of immigrants arriving a , the port of Now York has fallen oflf nearly two-thirds during the four months since the close of the last fiscal year. The number of immigrants who came to our shores during the year ending June 110 , 1803 , was 1-10,71)1) ) ) , a de crease of about XI por.cent from the pre ceding your , when it was OUy.l. ! Hut since July the minium * has fallen off so rapidly that if the decrease is continued In even a moderate ratio the not Immi gration for the year will be nominal only. The number of emigrants on the other hand have been steadily and alarmingly increasing. Hy some authorities U Is estimated that the number of emigrants in already much in excess of that of the immigrants. The New York , however , maintains that many of the guesses have been greatly exagger ated and expresses the belief thai the exodus will not Include more than 100,000 for the year all told. Even ac cepting this as a conservative figure , It must bo remembered that the greater part of this number IOOK tholr de parture during the last few months of the year and that the monthly emigra tion Is still on the increase. Unless something should occur to cut short the emigration and to stimulate Immigra tion the net result' for the current fiscal year can but bo a loss of population of possibly 100,000 , through this source of steamship traffic , which sluco the war has always added to our numbers , ' Tbnre is this to bo noted in connection with this European exodus , that it serves to relieve American worklngmen , in a measure , from the pressure of competi tion with 'foreign Immigrants who had not yet accustomed themselves to the standard of life upon this side of the water. This , too , at a time when the demand for employment in our largo cities is greatest and the struggle for existence among the poor the most scvoro. The European laborer is at tracted to participate in our prosperity , but is also reluctant to share the ad versity which industrial depression has brought. Many who were assisted to the United States by the savings of friends or relatives who had gone be fore them are now sending to Europe for the means which will enable them to return. They will spread the tidings of their failures among their acquaintances at homo and years' " will necessarily elapse before the economic advantages of the United States will bo able to over come tho.inertia thus created in intend ing immigrants. In the meanwhile , with lessened pressure from Incoming foreigners , the American laborer will bo able to make bettor headway in regain ing the ground lost during the crisis of 18K1. lA'TK/I.V.U , The problem of internal taxation has caused the democratic members of the ways and means committee moro per plexity than did the revision of the tariff , and they are not yet done with It. In consequence of their inability to agree upon the excise features of the new revenue policy coincident with the changes made in the tariff schedules the consideration of the new bill in con gress will probably not bo entered upon before January , the country has been kept without knowledge of the recom mendations of the secretary of the treas ury for a longer time than over before , and the very important matter of providing1 against a treasury de licit of many millions the amount cannot now be estimated with any a - proaeh to accuracy is still unsettled. It is admitted on.all hands that the re duction in the customs revenue under the Wilson bill , as it will go to congress , will bo from SoO.OOO.OOO to $ (50,000,000. ( Possibly this loss will be somewhat de creased , as the supporters of that meas ure assume , after business becomes ad justed to the new conditions and im portations increase , but in the meantime there will bo a wide margin between the" receipts of the government from this source and the expenditures. . To meet and overcome this deficiency the democrats propose to increase in ternal taxes , and in the endeavor to agree upon a plan moro than two weeks have been consumed since the tariff bill was given to the public , and the task is not yet completed. Some things have been decided upon , as doubling the tax on cigarettes , im posing an income tax on corporate in vestments , legacies and inheritances , and a specific tax on playing cards , proprietary medicines , and a few other articles , but these proposed additions will not meet the threatened exigency. Tim increased revenue from those sources probably would not offset one- third of the loss from customs. It is well understood that political calcula tions enter largely into the considera tion of this problem of internal taxation. At the outset it was proposed to in crease the tax on whisky and beer. It is estimated that an additional tax of 10 cents per gallon on dis tilled spirits would yield 810,000- 000 and an additional tax on beer of 50 cents per barrel would add 810- 000,000 to the receipts from that source. But those interests , which are well rep resented at Washington , vigorously op pose any increase of taxation and the democratic members of the ways and means committee desire to avoid giving offense to the manufacturers and dealers In distilled spirits and fermented liquors. Some time ago the brewers were given a private hearing by the committee and they agreed that an ad ditional tax would bo disastrous to the industry , a the margin of profit was not largo and the price to the consumer could not bo increased. It was also argued that an Incrnaso in the tax would result in a resort to adulterants and the public health would suffer. But what made the greatest Impression on the committee , it is said , and led the com mittee to assure the representatives of the brewers that no change would be made in the law relating to fermented liquors , was the assurance that any in crease in the tax would bo used against the democrats In the next congressional elections. There IB trustworthy au thority for the statement that the aban donmcnt of the proposition to increase tlio tax on fermented liquors was duo to the apprehension that snob an addition would bo made by those engaged in the manufacture and t ao ! of beer a pretext for opposing the democrats at the con gresslonal elections of next year. The committee must agree on soiun plan shortly , and having abandoned whisky and beer as objects of additional taxation It would not bo surprising if an agreement was finally reached on an individual income tax. It is a vexatious dilemma in which the democrats have placed themselves , and in whatever way they got out of It at present it IB certain to give them future trouble. DAVID A. WKI.L.S has sent a letter to the Now York Ketniny I'ost , calling at tention to the fact that so far as the constitutional power of congress to Im pose indirect taxation without apportion ment among the Bovoral btatca is con cerned , the Income tax is in law nn indirect tax , "the opinion of every econo mist and student of finance from Adnin Smith to the pre iUtlmo'1 to the con trary notwHhstaimlnB. Mr. WolN cites a recent decision of the United States in a criso brought brought before it for the very purpose of raising this point , as distinctly stating that the only kinds of taxes required by the con stitution to bo apportioned among the several states are capitation taxes and taxes upon land. This being true It is of course ridiculous to iiuiintnin. nt some newspapers have done , that a federal income tax Id unconstitutional. Such a tax has been resort cd to by con gress as a war revenue niqasure and can bo imposed agalff. llt.1 p'ractioablllty presents an ontlrclyuKTorant question. It failed to give satisfactory results when tried during tho'OO's and the prospects for a mnro successful experi ment are no bettor now than then. Except in a few extreme western ojuntics Irrigation has not made rapid progress In the arid and semi-arid portions tions of Nebraska , Which comprise moro than one-third of the state , , or practi cally all of the territory lying west of the one hundredth meridian. In the sections where irrigation has bodn ap plied tbo results have been in the highest degree satisfactory , and when it is understood that the soil of nearly the entire irrigable area is as rich and fer tile ns that which has been reclaimed , iind capable of an equal measure of pro duction under like conditions , tno im portance of the question of irrigation to the development and future wel fare of Nebraska will become ap parent. The area of the state is 4GOO,400 ! ) acres. Assuming that 15,000,000 acres require irrigation In order to bo made productive , and esti mating the annual value of the products per acre at the lowest figure that can reasonably bo named , say S5 , and the reclamation of this area would increase the agricultural resource i of the state to the amount of at least $75 , 000,000 a year. Hut every practical farmer will understand that this estl mate is much too low , especially in view of the fact that irrigated land yields moro generously than land whose pro ductiveness depends upon rainfall. At any rate it can be most reasonably as sumed that the reclamation of the arid land of Nebraska would add annually to the value of our agricultural resources fully $100 , 000,000 , with immense benefit to every interest in the stato. No practical mind can reflect upon the possibilities of a general system of irrigation where it is needed without reaching the conclusion that the question ruqrits the intelligent and earnest attention' our people. Within the last year or two the people ple of the wostoriLportion of the state have become thoVbugnly aroused to the urgent importance of this subject , and have been organizing for a united and vigorous effort to advance tbo cause o irrigation. In all , or nearly all , of the counties having irrigable lands socictic ! have been formed with this object in view and they are manifesting grea energy and zeal fn the work. Those organizations will be ropro scnted in the state irrigation convention that will meet at North Platte nex Tuesday. This convention promises to inaugurate throughout the state a movement mont for the promotion of irrigatioi : from which great results are to bo ex pected. It will present to public atten tlon a great deal of valuable in forma' tion regarding the condition and possl bilities of the arid and semi-arid portions tions of the state , the available wate supply , the probable cost of a general system of irrigation , and other facts bearing upon the material aspects of the subject. It will also discuss means and methods , consider the relations and duties of the federal government in the working out of the prob lem and counsel as to the best course to bo pursued to arouse popular interest and to enlist capital in this work. Omaha should feel a profound concern in the question of making avail able to agriculture the extensive area of Nebraska that is now nonproductive. The reclamation of that region would beef of almost incalculable benefit to this city , and Omaha's representatives in the North Platte convention will be ex pected to take an enlightened and earn est part in promoting the object of the convention. Of course everybody at all familiar with this matter understands that the work to bo accomplished is not easy and that it is not free from difficulties. It wjll take years of time and an enormous amount of money to carry it to completion. But It is practicable and there can bo no question as to the bene fits to bo derived from It. Perhaps the most serious obstacle to the solution of the problem Is in the relation that the federal government bears to It. The arid public lands are of no value to tlio government and in their present , condi tion never can bo. Why would It not bo wise policy for congress to code these lands to the state , under conditions that would require the state to utilize them in promoting irrigation ? This Is ono of the questions , It Is preshmcd , which the convention atNorthPJaUo will bo called upon to consider. . , H ] s to 1x3 hoped the convention will bq.largoly attended and representative in character. HID I , unit. . Probably the pilb bt Idle cash In Now York will not row'rtiu6h ' buyond its present dimensions tills sou&of ) ' ; cl'lio average weekly Increase In the rosorftisbf the banks of that city for three or four fnouths past along to lust week was .at&qt | r > ,000,000 , wlillo last week It was less tlmlj teutu of this amount , The surplus of tliosd1' inatltutlona u now about70r > 00UGO , wlildU , < U almost $12,000,000 higher than the hlidibstllguro over touched In any preceding wtjeU1 Tlio Vdlrf Evil. MttatlelpMa Inquirer , The school boy who salU that the only effect of Arctic exploration had been to maUo geography lessons harder got near enough to the truth to ho credited with u uull'a uyu , The National Geographic society appaurs to entertain a Ulftoront oplulou , howovor. uml at It * meeting during the wuok runowuu the assurance that it wivs eminently desirable that the work should go on. IU most Im portant declaration related , not to the value of the explorations , which is largely mythical , but to the alleged ULjCorory of a new uml moro feasible route to the vicinity of the north jM > lo. U 'will cost $10,000 to ascertain vrnother the society's theory U correct or not , after which wo may again he Informed that the Esquimaux are a peaceful uad ptmtlo people. There nro He tier ways of speuului ; the money ut this tlino. Whera Ruin Stalk * Amid the Grandeur of tlio Past. VIEWING SUMTER'S GRANITE P/R\PET llllxplil.itoil Cotnlliluii ol tlio I'nmuiU I'urt I'mt Cllnry nm I FriMcnt ( llimm nt C'lliirleitcillStilt o tilquuf CHA1U.F.3TO.V , Nov. ! ! d. [ tMUoritil Corre spondence of Tun UKB. ] Overhead the slty vrns ultio ami the brlaht noonday sun pourctl a Hood of light upon the dark green foliage of tlio great forest , through whfrh our train WHS speeding toward the South Carolina motropoHi. In this tropic borderland a forest K not a beggarly collection of scrub o.iks and Ownrf pines. Majestic live oilts and glutit cypress , sycamore , hit-kory and chostmtl trees spread tholr boughs mid branches over vast nroas , In common witn magnolias , sweet gums , chinquapins ami persimmons. Kvcry break in the densely wooded foicst opens a clearing through cotton until ice plantations , with lliolrnimox of iicgrocablns , surrounded hy variegated patches of garden truck. In the background , obscured by shrubbery and trelllsed arbors covered with hone.vsiiclclei and cllmiilng rose bushes , the pretentious , weather-noalou planter's man sion with Us broad veranda and iinssivc cornice , Nature ha : , oceu lavish In her gifts to this sunny laud , but man has done ronip.ir.illvoly little to attract or ills tract the tourist. With two or three exceptions the railway stations between Savannah and Charlciton are wretched llttlo sheds , ami sovcral of them nro as primitive as they possibly can bo , consisting of a stationary boxcar or caboose. The towns through which wo passed had a dilapidated ami povmy- slrlckcu appearance , while the crowds at the stations reminded mo of the inscription ovorDanto's "Inferno : " "Who enters here leaves soap behind. " In Striking Contr.int. What a striking contrast there Is between Savannah and Charleston. Savannah ) , with broad , asnhalt paved streets , shaded avenues aud charming parks , electric street ailways and electric lights cheerful , .Wight . and exhilarating. Charleston. gloomy , dismal , musty and antiquated , ivith narrow streets , crooked lanes , cobble- tone pavements and bobtail cars. And yet on are reminded at every stop that Jharlnston has seen hotter days. Up to IS'JO Jharlestou had a larger commerce than Now York. Everything about this place "las an air of bygone glory and grandeur. Like the poor but nroud Spaniard who wraps his patched and threaubaro cloak nbout his shoulders with the air of a grandee , the Charlcstonians are wrapped up n the past. Charleston is a collection of shattered ar chitectural bric-a-brac , venerated by Its pos sessors as precious relics and heirlooms of a blue blooded ancestral aristocracy. Nearly every prominent. edifice in this town , from custom house to market house , Is built in the classic style. Hank buildings , hotels theaters , elun houses and even , churches and private residences present a most imposing appearance with their Doric and Ionic col onnades and Greek peristyles. The most in teresting of thcso buildings are the churches , which nearly all date back to the seventeenth - toenth and eighteenth century. But while great church edifices may ho seen in every direction there is a lamentable absence of school houses. There are of course several colleges and military acade mics and seminaries , but there are no public schools , or at least I failed lo see ono in my touring about town , which included all points worthy of viewing. This is the great est drawback to the regeneration of the south. The most attractive spot in this city is the .battery , with its monumental mansions , fac ing the harbor and commanding an unob structed view of tbo shipping and the sur rounding islands. From this point of vantage the Chnrlcstonians viewed tlio bombard ment of Fort Sumter by the confederates iind the suoscquunt engagements between the forts ana war vessels that sought to recapture - capture it. Stnto Dlspon nrloa. One of the features of this city Is the state liquor dispensaries. To ascertain how tbo experiment operates I called for a small bottle of brandy at one of the principal drutr stores , alleging that I needed it for medicinal uurposes. "U'e are not allowed to sell liquor , " responded the clerk ; "you must get it at the state dispensary. " "Don't you soil fur medicinal purposes ? " "Wo do not : we can't even flll a proscrip tion compounded with alcohol or wino. " "Suppose a man was suddenly stricken down and people must got restorativest" "Thoy must get them at the dispensary , " blandly replied the druggist. Upon further inquiry 1 learned that there are live of these dispensaries In this city , witn state bartenders and state cocktail mixers. There nro also more than 1200 "blind tigers , " or resorts that soil liquor , wino and beer in defiance of law , just as the bootleggers aud holes-in-the-wall do in pro hibition Iowa and Kansas. And there 1s no attempt , oven , at concealment. The con stables maUo an occasional raid and the city police nro strictly neutral , as the city does not concern itself about this granger dis pensary law. Historic Sumter. "Is there any way for rae to roach Fort Sumter , " I asked the hotel clerk this morning. "There are no boats novr running to the fort , but I reckon you might engage a small tup that makes trips to the fortonco in a while. You will Iind the owner on the wharf near the market houso. " After quito a scramble among the docks , 1 succeeded in Undine the man of tlio tug , "I am sorry , " said he , "but my largo boat Is engaged for today ; If you can got u rubber coat and don't mind being splashed by the sea , wo might try it in the little boat , though It's mighty rough this morning. " The "llttlo boat" which ho polntwl out tome mo was n more cockle shell , and as the tide was running very high , and I had no rubber coat at hand. I docldcd to go over to Sullivan island , which llca rlifht opposite Sumter. and take my chances of finding a boat that would take mo across. A steam ferry runs regular ! v twice a day from Charleston to Mount Pleasant and Sullivan island. When t boarded the ferryboat at 10 n. in. there was quito a number of passengers aboard , In cluding a party of school girls who were going over to have an outing. Sullivan island Is plainly visible from Charles ton , bull Fort Humter looked llko a small , black speck in the sea. As wo approached the Island Sumter began to assume snape , and when wo came nearly opposite.on roundIng - Ing the point , its appearance was that of an old line of battleship with a row of port holes-near tlio water line , a big smokestack fore and aft and a litph mail in the center. The walls of the fort appeared to l > e perfectly black. Several slrgn guns were visible above the parapet. By 11 o'clock wo hurt readied the last landing on Sullivan Island and nil the passengers went on shore. This island U about ten miles In length and before the war many of the wealthy citizens of Charleston had their HUinmer residences hero , and somu of their llvoU hero all the year 'round , There was a large summer resort hotel half way up the Island , and a her o railway connected the ntuamboit : wharf and the hotel. Thu homo railway , or rather the mule railway , with a rough and tumble bobtail car , Is all that re mains of the glories of former dayu , The summer palaces and thogreut hotel wcro all demolished during thonloKO of Sumter and the bombardments by the United btutes llcot that followed and were kept up off and on for nearly four yours. The military reser vation reaches across from the front lo tlio back beach and Fort Moultrlo covers about two acres at the front oml , At the outbreak of the war , I am told. It was a brick struc ture , bastloncu , and had scarp walls about fifteen feet high , but the sand has drifted against it at amo points , so as to almost bury ItsmaHonry. While I had not tluiu to muko a personal Inspection , the fort viewed at a distance of hall a tnllo appeared In a state of preservation The brick wall * nnd pnrapots MnnditiR on the cilgo of the water teemed intact , hut forsohidjcnrg past there has been Trip lo the For I. Accosting the nuilo car conductor i\s to whether he know anybody who wo\ud tnko mo over to Himitcr , ho replied : Hyoilcnn Induce Charli'.v Brown to take you over , \ou will ho all rlcht. Ho has the best boat of nnvhoily round hero , and is n good pilot. " "Who is Charley Urnwn ! " I asked. "Why , bo lives In iomlor cottage and ma.vlio you will find him at homo now. " On knockinunt the door of the cottage I was politely Invited Into llio scantily lur- nlshoil parlor by au old lady and i.sUcd to Walt until they could send for Mr. Hrown. Hy her courteous manners and cultured con versation I judged that Uio lady must have been reared in good society. Durlnr the twenty minute * t was kept wallIng - Ing she related many , very interesting rein- iiilscenecs n f the bombardment of Fort Sum- t.r , aul ; t lie awful times they hau I'.uring the earthquake flvo' years ago and recent cy- rloni1. Her sou Charley tinil served in the confederate army and was a veteran In the ranks. "Wo have some relatives in Ne braska. " said she ; "pcru.iw | you know them. Their name ii Osijood and they live near North 1'lattc. " I assured her 1 had mnnv acquaintances In .Nebraska , but did not re member the Osgoods , though thev doubt- los * had heard of mo. Presently Charley Hrown put in nn appearance. Ho was n short , stout , square-built , good-natured fel low who , lid not bear tlio slightest rcsem- blatiro to tlio Itlual rebel "gentleman. " over ready to cm a throat or scuttle a ship. It did mil uke lone1 for us to nereo upon the price and , ve wdkud : back to the wlmifto embark for Sumter. The famous "yacht" was a small ono-mast sail Iw.U , which had doubtless won manv a race in thcso waters , but on this occasion proved to bu the slowest sailor I had ever tr.ivclcd In. 1 had almost forgotten to state that Sullivan Island had been swept by a cyclone mid tiil.il wave on August i7 ! , of this year , and several hundred dwellings , which have been built since the war , wore either wrecked or totally demolished. The liland is still covered with the de bris of the wrecked cottages and dwellings. The same cyclone had de stroyed the landing at Fort Sumter , so that only small boats can approach. Asa precaution my siclpper took a small llat- boilnmed skill in tow , as ho reared his boat could uot make a safe landing. At Short Huiizn. It was near noon when we anchored , within a hundred yards of the fort and , ink ing to the. small boat , paddled to the rock v letlgo.11 Its base. I had always imagined this walls of Fort Sumicr to be great blocks of solid granite and was surprised to find that the walls of the fort are built of brick , laid in i-oment mortar , and the only granite about the building is thu coping on tuc para- pots. The walls are seventeen feet thick and the bricic-arcliod casements auu maga zines are covered with earth and sand. On the seaside approach there is a great rent In the walls , ami pile * of brick and mortar are heaped up in confusion. In fact , Unit side of the fort is bady ruined. The cyclone uf lasi summer it Id moru harm tliatalluf ( Gen eral ( .iilmorc's long range guns from Fort , Wagnnr during the war. What had looked at the distance like two smoke stacks I found to bo two iron fratno lighthouse lowers and the mast in tho'center was a Hag staff. To my sroat surprise and distrust I found no llasj Hying over thu fort. "Hello , " cried my skipper , "hello , there. " Presently a couple of children , followed by an elderly man ( the lighthouse keeper ) , came hopping down among the ruins. "Thero is a gentleman hero that wants to look over Iho fort , " said the skipper. "Well , well , I'll llnd the sergeant aud got permission for him. " In a little while a big bearded man in half undress uniform came out. This was tno sergeant in chaiyo of the fort. After Introducing myself he volunteered to show mo through. "I have boon stationed" in Omaha , " said he , "way bark in 'G'J. 1 belonged - longed to the Twctuy-llrst infantry. I remember Omaha very well , but have never been lack sinco. " It did not take moro than twenty minutes to sco all there was worth seeing in the fort , which , the sergeant in formed in c , covers un nroa of about thrco and ono naif acres. "When the war broke out. " said he , "the. fort had t o tiers of bastions , ono above another , besides the guns on thu parapet , but the top tier was almost entirely demolished by shot and shell from Fort Wagner , which bombarded the fort while it was occupied by the rebels , so that at the present time thu fort lias only thu ono tier of port holes all around. " Its heigh I is nol over ihirty-liva feet above the water. "You migbl uot believe it , " said the sergeant , "but wo bad an awful tlino here during Iho cyclone. The tidal wave rose clear o/er the top of the fort opposite our gun carriages and tilled the mngaiincs with sand , and broke down our walls so lhut there was a great deal moro dancer inside than there was during tne bombardment. " A walk through the magazines showed them to bo filled up with sand several feet dcop. The great 10-inch Columbians slill poke itheir nozzles through the port holes , but as a mailer of facl these euns are all old-fash ioned , and would bo"of very lutlc use in these limes. Sovcral immense puns have been dismounted inside the forl. and He on thq ground buried half way in the sand. A great mass of exploded shells , chainshot and cannon balls that had plowed their way in during the bombardment encumbered the entire place , and as it norr appears It is scarcely lit for habitation. The ravages ol war hare been followed by the ravaces of the elements , which have done their work of demolition , and the government al Wash ington does not seem to bo interesleti enough in the fort oven to keep the flag Hying on its staff. Looking from the parapet across to Fort Moultrlo Iho * crgrnnt pointed out the spot from which , about half past 4 on Frl- lay morning , April 13 , 1801 , n fl h of lightning was seen , followed al most instantly by a clenfonlng ro.ir from i monster mortar. Kdtnomt Kuflln , the iouth Carolina llro cater , had fired the shot -hat was henrd around the world. After 'orty hours bombardment the fort hnd > oen battered and torn up by shot and shell. The upper tier of easemonU and macarincs was on tire nnd the imoko and lie.it were suffocating , but the gallant commander only yielded after (1cn 01 nl Hcaureganl hud granted bonorablo terms of sm-rendor that permitted him to salute the Hag with 100 gun * and march ml with his force with all the houors of war. war.The next day. when the nowa of the sur render of the forl WAS Unshod over the i-ountrv , the popular outburst of loyally swopi every ciiy. vlllago and hamlnl In llio lorth. The union ting How out of the win- lows and from every housetop In all the great cities , nnd In Now York excited rowds mnivlttM through the stiveta de manding that the lukownrm and neutral should show their loyalty to the union For two years utter its eapturo bv Iho . niifedcrates under Cicner.il lleaurcgnnl , 1'ort Sumter was comparatively Un molested. In April , ISiM. Hear Admiral DiiPont assaulted the forl with seven iron , dads , but after several days of fierce bom- hardmcnl ho was compelled to retire. A few wouks Inlor C5ener.il ( Jllmoro com- meni-cd opcr.ition * from Morris Island and for many wcoUs a ralti of shot and shell was showered upon Charleston nnd thn forts hold by ihu rebels. The most serious damage mlticted on Suniplor was by the long rniiKO "Swamp Aiignl" stationed tit Forl Wagner. This gun be'Miun Iho terror of the confederate garrnon , and when the fort was finally evacuated on tha Uth of April , 1 * & > . fntir ye.xrs lo n day after the union llag had boon hauled down , it was a great lump of brlcii and mortar aud mass of shot and shell , \\ill llio for.t over again bo manned ny troops f That depends on whether wo evur have another war with a foreign power or a sectional civil wnr. Sumlor commands the entrance to Charleston harbor , and It always will remain an important point to check In vasion from abroad. The tide was against us aud tlio wind had goimdowu. It look ihreo hours fur our fust yacht to go from Sumter to Charleston har bor , and I had barely time to reach Iho 4 p. in. train for Washington. K. ItOSKWATKH. PI .IKKN OP .Ml It Tit. Inter Ocean : Ho-ThU Is a lilrdVpyo vlow of my linnto ; It She-Yes , I iiullco It lm < a Und of jay appearance. Truth : riura Up iays I sine mnro bountiful than any slrl ho Knows. 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