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The sentiment in favor of creating
a legislatuie consisting of bat a single
body of law makers, is finding consid
eranle faror among the delegates to
the constitutional convention of
Dakota.
The grain speculators of Minne
apolis are gnashing their teeth be
cause the city authorities have as
sessed 8,000,000 bushels of wheat in
the elevators there, a thing never be
fore done.
How much money do you think John
Bull has invc ted in American railway
atocks and bonds and various indus
trial enterprises ? As nearly as wo can
reckon, the sum runs up between two
and three thousand million dollars.
The old gentleman must have a good
deal of confidence in 3 onathan as a
financier. ,
People who think that missionary
work does not pay are invited to look
over the accounts of a clergyman who
wa.3 sent to Japan by a New York
church. His expenses were $1,000, but
he cleared ten times that amount by
shipping ho then idols to the United
States. Practical Christianity pro
bably never had a better exponent than
this gentleman.
Some of the Mormons whose scand
alous institutions have been exposed
by Miss Kate Fields have threatened
thbt courageons woman with personal
violence, but only to be told by her
that she can thrash the best Mormon in
Utah. We are indisposed to encourage
any further fistic encounters in this
country, but if this matter is forced to
an issue our money goes on Kate as
against any Mormon every time.
- A wTj,a man has been captured on
the Crow Creek reservation. He had
evidently been wandering about for
days, and was almost naked. When
discovered he was eating old bones
' that he had found on the prairie. He
is insane and cannot tell what his name
is or whence he came. An effort is
being made to discover his identity.
'Several leading papers are sound
ing the alarm against the influx of syn
dicate British capital that i3 to be em
ployed in buying up flour mills and
other industries of our country. Amer
icans must resist all kinds of alien land
and property holding as it is detrimen
tal to the best interest of our people
and a menace to liberty, good citizen
ship and the prosperity of our country.
The most valuable book in the world
is said to bo the Hebrew Bible at the
Vatican in Rome. In 1512 Pope Jul
ius, then in great financial straits, re
fused to sell it to a syndicate of rich
Venetian Jews for its weight in gold.
The Bible weighs more than 325
pounds, and is never carried by less
than three men. The price refused by
Popo Julius was therefore about $125,
000, and that too, when gold was worth
at least thr ice what it is now worth.
The millions of the Wall street
wizard did not avail in a suit that has
been running in tho New York courts
for nearly twelve years. A private
citizen, wbcse place of business had
been darkened by one of tho elevated
railway stations, brought suit, and
after a tierce struggle the road was
compel ed to remove the station and
pay heavy damages in addition. This
is a matter of great importance to the
people on some of the "L" roads in the
metropolis. Other suits will follow,
and it will require all the profits of a
great many shares of Manhattan stock
to keep tho road clear of judgments.
The law for the abolition of slavery
in Brazil went into effect last year, and
the papers of Rio de Janerio have
been giving accounts of its operation
and results daring the year. The Rio
News says it has now been proved that
the apprehensions and predictions of
danger from emancipation were un
founded. The freedmen have kept the
Xeace, have made no attempt to over
run the social order of the empire, and
have been diligent in doing work for
which theyare paid on the plantations.
In short it'is evident f romjthe experience
of the past year that the abolition of
slavery in Brazil has not brought about,
the evils which were predicted from it,
but has been advantageous in many
ways to the people of all races in the
country.
There is an interesting and instruc
tive controversy going on between the
cities of Portland and Bf.ngbr, Maine.
It relates to which one of them is "the
drunkenest city on the centinent." A
very remarkable discussion, certainly,
to be carried on between two communi
ties of a state, which, for more than a
generation has had upon its statue
book a law forbidding the manufac
ture and sale of intoxicating lipuor, and
which, five years ago, by a popular
majority of forty-six thosand, adopted
an amendment ; to the constitution,
making prohibition a part of the funda
mental law. Yet the controversy is
absolutely serious, and it has brought
out some revelations as to the workings
of prohibition in Maine which are of
interest to the entire country.
SOME PLAIN F.-TS.
IGOX TZIEM OVES THEN HAND TO YOUR
FRIEND XEEP THE LAE0R FALL
EOLIING.
The republican party of Lancaster
county will soon hold its primaries.
The farmers and laboring men of this
county comprise nineteenths of this
party yet, have scarcely one word to
say in its councils. The -organized la
Jbor man up to the present, has never
been recognized to the extent of re
ceiving, even, a pound keepers ship.
The middlemen, who neither plant nor
reap (we mean the shyster lawyer, the
shyster real estate broker, the thiev
ing banker, the whiskey dealer, the
mercenery merchant) have come in be
tween the farmer and laboringman and
carried off every thing, in the shape of
county office. But that is not all,
they have added insult to injury, to
the extent, that to-day organized
labor is forced to apologize for its very
existence. Hence we find "the tail
wagging the dog; not the dog wagging
the tail." In other words, we fi nd the
grand republican party of Lancaster
ruled by a miserable class of mid
dlemen, neither good for "God, man
or the devil," while the real rank and
file of the party the workingman and
farmers are ostracized as anarchists
(Judge Mason in Fitzgerald hall-1888),
men with hayseed in their hair the
common expression of the city dude
element when speaking of our farmers
and even worse- - When we come to
look at the life records of some of these
"big gun" in Lincoln, it is the greatest
mystery imaginable to account for
their presence in our midst today, as
undoubtedly the
their place, and
the honest farmer
penitentiary is
would be had
and v workinpe-
men nad their deserts. What claim
has the farmer or laborman to Ameri
can freedom, if he tolerate this longer!
None. The example that we show our
children, will be followed by them.
Our fathers crossed the Atlantic in
order to elevate us, their children.
Have we, in our generation, kept pace
with their great sacrifice ? Have we
not degenerated? Are we not politic
ally whipped, spat upon, like so many
curs by this fine haired element,
classed as American society; but-in
reality, presumptuous degraders or
America's manhood, the true knowl
edge of which, by the masses would
mean their political extermination in
an instant. Farmers and workingmen
of Lancaster this is the element who
have been guiding you so long. This
is the element who placed all the iron
clad laws on our statue, the repealing
of which will take two generations of
jour children. This is the element
that has made tramps (by law) of
many an honest boy.
This is the element that wants cheap
labor ? This is the element that wishes
to destroy labor organizations? This
is the element that wishers to destroy
Farmers' Alliance ? This the element
(through the assistance of some hired
traitor to the workingmen and farmer)
that controls our primaries and elects
our officers.
This is the" mob" (and the name is
too good for them) that at whose back
the working man and farmer carried
the electiou torch, waded ankle deep
in mud and shouted till he was hoarse.
For what ? That in relurn the very
chains, by which the farmer and labor
man, were already formed, might be
strengthened.
This is the element that today intend
to manipulate your primaries, and if
possible elect their tools to the differ
ent offices in this county.
Saying . with bated breaths
The workingmen and farmers never
take the trouble to attend the primar
ies. If we (the embodiment of wis
dom) only keep it quiet, we can secure
our delegates, that once done the
party cry will do the rest- A few brass
bands, &c, &c, will call the masses
the fools out, on voting day, and once
more the minority have installed them
selves in office ; once more the great
fraud is perpetrated and robbers rule.
Labormen and farmers in this year
of peace 1889, the Laborer ask the
question ! Of whom is the republican
party in Lancaster composed ? Is it
not of the honest farmer and laborman
to the extent of ninetenths? We chal
lenge a contradiction. Such being the
case should they not rule it ?
Texas Fever.
South Omaha special ; A special
meeting of the live stock exchange was
held Wednesday for the purpose of
discussing the subject of "infected cat
tle. Nearly all of those present favored
a rigid quarantine against the Kansas
City stock yards, which are known to
be infected with Texas fever. The fol
lowing resolutions were adapted and
will be presented to Gov. Thayer :
Whereas, It is a well known fact
that Texas fever xists among cattle in
tee stock yards at Kansas Oity, and
Whereas, Many cattle are being
shipped from said yards into the-state
of Nebraska, which will, as it has done
before, result in great losses to cattle
men". Therefore be it
Resolved, That Gov. John M.
Thayer be requested to immediately
issue a proclamation quarantining this
state against cattle shipped from the
said yards until November 1, 1889.
AN ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Long Pine special: The following
order was sent Wednesday by Gov
Thayer, who is here, to the different
railroad managers in Omaha: "All
railroads are forbidden from this date
to ship any cattle from Kansas City
into Nebraska, under the penalty in
flicted for violation of the quarantine
laws. , A proclamation will be issued
on my return to Lincoln.
Signed. John M. Thayer
Governor of Nebraska.
The Michigan legislature has passed
a ballot reform bill which is modifi
cation of the Australian system. Like
the election law pasted by the Con
necticut legislature it is not all that
was desired, but is a step in the right
direction. The one passed by the
Connecticut legislature after Gov.
Bulkley had vetoed the measure which
would have accomplished the reform
which its supporters desired, is a very
lame affair, retaining some of the most
obnoxious features of the present per
nicious system. But perhaps it is bet
ter than none.
SOME INFORM ATION FOB THE POLITICAL
SCHEMER
Who Would Like ti Eater Organized Labor
Ranks Our Charity Compels Us to Let Him
Know a Few Fact. j
Against organized labor is concen
trated every weapon that ability or ig
norance. wit. wealth, preiuaice, or
fashion can command, is pointed
against us. The guns are shotted to
their lips. The arrows are poisoned.
Fighting as we are against such an
array, we cannot afford to confine our
selves to anv one weapon. The cause
is not ours, so we might rightfully
pospone or put in peril the victory by
moderating our demands, stifling our
convictions, or filing down our re
bukes to gratify any sickly taste of our
own, or to spare the delicate nerves
of our neighbor. Our clients are the
workingmen c f America and their chil
dren. They have no voice but that
of the labor press to utter their com
plaints, or to demand justice. The
press, the pulpit, the wealth, the liter
ature, the prejudices, the political
arrangements, the present self-interest
of the country, are all agaisst us. God
has given us no weapon but the truth
faithfully uttered and addressed with
the old prophets' directness to the
conscience of the individual sinner.
The elements which control public
opinion and mould the society are
against U3. We can but pick off a man
here and there a man from the tri
umphant majority only . to be fooled
as was the case in our Lancaster del
egation last year in the legislative
halls of Nebraska. We have facts for
those who think, arguments for those
who reason ; but he who cannot be rea
soned out of his prejudices must be
laughed out of them; he who cannot
be argued out of his selfishness must
be shamed out of it by the mirror
of his hateful self held up relentlessly
before his eyes (I. M. Raymond) pros
pective governor of Nebraska (in his
own mind). We live in a land where
every man makes broad his boast, in
scribing thereon : "All men are cre
ated equal." "God hath made of one
blood all nations of men." ; It seems
to us that in such a land there must
be, on this question of labor, sluggards
to be awakened as well as doubters to
be convinced. Manv more, we verily
believe, of the first than of the last.
There are far more dead hearts to be
quickened than confused intellects to
be cleared up, more dumb dogs to be
made to -speak than doubting con
sciences to be enlightened. Wo have
use then, sometimes, for something
beside argument and inquisitive
friends.
Gov. Beaver has received 180,
sent by the sultan of Turkey for the
benefit of the Johnstown sufferers.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars are being expended in protecting
the west bank of the Missouri river at
Omaha from erosion.
The Grand Army Encampment at
Milwaukee.
It is estimated that fully 120,000
people arill pass through Cbicago en
route to Milwaukee to attend the
Grand Army encampment. As there
are but two railway lines between
the two cities anil this immense num
ber of people will have to be trans
ported in two or three days, it is ap
parent that the resources will' be taxed
to the utmost.
Parties desiring to attend from points
in Nebraska will, by taking the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway
from Council Bluffs (which if the only
direct line to Milwaukee from Council
Bluffs), avoid the great crowd and rush
at Chicago, and be sure of the best
of accommodations in the way of free
chair cars, sleeping 8nd dining cars
through to destination, and will have
the privilege of returniEg via steam
boat from Milwaukee to Chicago if they
so desire.
Half fare has been made for the round
trip. Children between five and twelve
years of age half of the excursion rate.
For f urthur information apply to
F. A. Nash, General Agent,
1501 Farnam street,
Omaha, Neb.
Jno. E. McClure,
Western Passenger Agent,
1501 Farnam street,
Omaha, Neb.
Fifteen Thousand Dollars for One.
Cs c ton (Miss,) Citwen.
Fifteen thousand dollars in return for the
expenditure of one dollar is not a bad in
vestment, aa all will admit, and that was
the good fortune that befell our young
townsman, Mr. Felix Hiller, who held a
fortieth coupon in the lucky number (61,
605) that drew the capital prLse of $603,001,
and his share thereof, $15,000, was promptly
Eaid to him through the Canton Exchange
ank.
As rf galarly as the months roll round the
papers chronicle the good forutne of those
on whom the nckle goddess bestows her
blessings through the egency of the Louis
iana State Lottery. This is not the first
time winning numbers have been held in
our town, but so large an amount as that
won by Mr. Hiller has not heretofore come
our way. We congratulate our townsman
on his good f.ir.une. The next drawing
will take place on Tuesday, July 16, the
capital prize being $300,000 Will some
lucky Cantonian score another winning?
Who can tell? Tickets can be had by ad
dressing M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La.
THE MARKETS.
Lincoln, Neb,
CATTLE Butchers' steers.. 93 50 3 50
Cows 2 00 (tu2 75
HOGS Fat 3 25 (53 70
Stackers... . 2 (0 &2 25
SHEEP 1 50 S2 10
WHEAT No. 2 spring 65 7h SO
OATS No. 2 16 20
RYE No. 2.. 3d (a 35
CORN No 2 new 19 21
FLAXSEED 1 35 fdl 40
POTATOES 25 a 30
APPLES Genetin, per bbl. .. 3 CO (S3 50
HAY Prairie, bulk.... ...... 4 50 5 CO
Omaha. Neb.
CATTLE Prime steers .93 70 3 8
Cows . 1 75 (22 25.
HOGS Fair to heavy 4 19 (2j4 15
Mixed........... 4 CO 4 10
Kansas Crrr, Mo.
CATTLE Corn fed. ;2 90 3 85
Feeders.....,; 2 CO (S3 10
HOGS Good to choice 4 05 4 30
Mixed 4;00 (4 10
Chioaqo, Tt.t..
CATTLE Prime steers. 93 35 (ibi 95
Stocsersand feeders 2 25 fS3 SO
HOGS Paoki-ng .. 4 25 04 50
SHEEP-Natlves S 50 ($'5 10
WHEAT 9 83
corn
k 1.05 E.
.7 mtss you, my oavliii" my darling;
The embers burn low oa the hoard) j
And stilled i the air of the household.
And Iiu?h;J is tho voice of it3 mirth ;
The rain plashes fast on tha terrace,
Tho Trinds past the lattices moan ;
' And midnight chimea out irom tho minster,
And i am aloue. ,
I want you, my darling, my darling ;
I am tired With cire and with fret;
I would nestle in silence beside you,
And all but yonr presence forget
In the hash of the happiness given,
To these who through trustiag have grown
To the fullness of love in contontniant; ...
But I am alone.
I call you, my darling, my darling;
My voice echoas back on my heart;
I stretch my anrn to you in longing,
And lo, thoy fad empty apart
I whisper tho sweet word you taught
The words that wo only have known,
Till tho blank of the dumb air is bitter,
For I am alone.
I need you, my darling, my darling;
With its yearning, my very heart aches; '
The load that divides us weighs harder;
I shrink from the jar that it makes.
Old sorrows riso up before me;
Old doubts my spirit they own.
Oh, come through tho darkness acid save me,
For I am alone.
From All tho Year Round.
AN EXPERIMENT.
' It is Just to say that Miss Woodbury
was made and not born a flirt. At an
cariy stage of her development a bril
liant woman of the world had taken a
fancy to her, and assured her that she
bad in herjthe material for a chef d' ouvre.
Belle was restless under the training of
her friend. She was naturally reserved
and a little melancholy, and the ad
mitted divorsions of young, ladydoni
bored her.
"It's "all so pale and meaningless,",
she fretted ; "I could bo Mrs. Adah
Menkin, or I could be a nun, but this
pitiful betwiit and between, what is
it?" .
"It's very interesting tobe so extreme,
no doubt, my dear," said her friend,
but we must work with what we have,
and of the women who don't fascinate
tho men about them it is simply said,
they a can't. Think of that when
you aro feeling particularly superior
and high-minded. "
Miss "Woodbury acquired from her
friend's invaluable lessons an insincer
ity which made her more companion
able than trustworthy.
There" wasan interesting ; woman in
tho city of Saint Dominic, where Miss
Woodbury lived, who desired to jose
as a patroness and fosterer of literature
and art, to the consternation of such
artists and writers as .had the misfor
tune to live in Saint Dominic. Mrs.
Eeade professed an admiration for
Belle "Woodbury, and from the hour
that missguided young woman had
rashly printed a volume of poems Mrs.
Eeade had marked her for prey. Belle's
fixed rule was to decline three invita
tions and accept one. Mrs. Beade's de
light was in her Friday afternoon re
ceptions, and into one of these throngs
Belle projected herself one day, wond
ering how she should make herself
smile when she finally reached Mrs.
Blade's. "When she did she became
quite interested and so forgot hersell
altogether.
By Mrs. Eeade's side stood a long,
ungainly man, with a good face. Tobe
inre the lines were round, rather than
oval, but that stands for the
gentler side of human , nature ;
and his nose, small and undecided,
like a child's, but prettily shaped,
indicated a lack of combativeness
and power not good to see in a mascu
line face. He had full, soft lips, like a
German's kindliness again, and love,
and talent, eyes soft and patient, like
those of a lac'J.y's horse. He was very
quiet, and had a sweet voice. Belle
summed him up in this way, and had
met him (Mr. Bracey) and was talking
with him about whatever everybody
wa3 discussing that afternoon, when she
became aware how distinctly she was
saying to herself : "I wonder if I can
make him love me? I wish I could."
Not at all because she was interested in
the man, but because she thought it
would interest her to see him suffer.
He would not be fierce and restive on
the rack, but dumbly and submissively
wretched, like the dog his strange mas
ter vivisects, or the doe the shot that
should have been kept for statelier game
has wontonly done to death..
Bracey gave himself up to her bland
ishments with an alacrity that gave her
food for reflection. "I wonder if he is
married?" she. mentally observed.
Miss "Woodbury wa3 in a dangerously
savage frame of mind.
"You are a poet," said Bracey, with a
thrill in his voice.
"So are you," said Belle, softly. She
made the remark at a venture; she
couldn't know the man rhymed, but the
muscles of his face relaxed subtlely,
shewing that she had stroked scientifi
cally the velvet of his softest vanity.
"If Mrs. Reade could hear us she
would be delighted. This is the way
she wishes us to talk," she continued.
"I don't understand you," said Bracey,
simply.
"I mean that Mrs. Eeade wishes us to
pretend that we believe that our miser
able little xenny dips ai e lighted witlr
the sasred fire, and to talk as if it were
real."
"Are you not real?".' said Bracev.
gravely. "I am perfectly sincere in all J
write; I couldn't write if I were not."
"No, I'm not real," said Belle, im
petuously. "I try to be sometimes, but
I am not."
Bracey looked first sad, then thought
ful, then radiant. His eyes smiled in
to hers. "I believe in you," he said.
"I must certainly ask Mrs. Eeade
about this man," thought Belle. And
she accordingly did so, eliciting that
Bracey wds a nyin even more of the,
people than most Americans, but one
who was ambitious for a college educa
tion. Every kind of misfortune had
combined to make the fulfilment of his
ambition impossible until' within the
past few months, when not daunted by
the fact that he was two or three years
older "than most graduates, he had en
tered the freshman class of the univer
8ity aod fully designed to remain until
he took liia degree.
"He writes," said Mrs Eeade. "I
liked his flfoems oh, he has genius,
Miss "Woodbury, and I never rested un
til I met him." Isn't he strange and
brilliant, and isn't it delightlully Bohe
mian for him to dress as he does?"
"Bohemian !" echoed Bell, "I do not
think him Bohemian nor brilliant. I
have to thank you, Mrs. Eeade, for no
more pleasant acquaintance."
When she went to hor carnatre Bra
cey was standing by tho open gate. Tie
gave her some green, pointed leaves,
which sli8 accepted mechanically.
"I should like to s i9 you again. .1
know where you live. Miiy I com j and
:j?e you?" he said with the simplicty
of a child.
Belle gavo him permission to call.
His directness pleased h.r.
Bracey duly made his appearance, and
Belle in turn went over to tho university
And examined its points of interest with
the mature but studious freshman, and
after that they svw each other often.
She was beginning to like him very
much, and the teachings of her old -time
worldly friend asserted their pow
ers, nd she was discontented to per
ceive in him no signs that he was becom
ing a victim. . ,
"Perhaps," she said to herself, ne u
a man who can be a woman's friend
without falling in lovo with her or con
sidering it a duty to play "S"
love with her. But how indifferently
complimentary to the woman toward
whom such sang froid is possible! I
should like to make him writhe a little.
Patience! 1 snail ao it yet."
She tried .gU3hmg over him, and,
knowing that it was not spontaneous,
blushed guiltily when shemet.his calm,
kindly eyes. One day, becoming des
perate, she sent him some books. The
next day she received the following
note:
"Drab Mi3S WoonBtnsv I am much obliged
to you for the lxxks. I do not believe you have
heard that I am engaged to a young lady at the
east, it is a nopelcss affair enough, but sli
has promised to wait for me. She is stndyin
as I am. I am very happy in knowing that she
loves ma I lovo her. I hope this will not
give you pain. I thought you ought to know
it If I had known you first, perhaps I might
have liked you best Indeed I shall always
liko you, and very much, too, but we can only
oe mends, lours very truly,
John Bracey."
Every man she had flirted with, every
woman she had gushed over and for
gotten was signally avenged in the
storm of comic rage that for a moment
made Belle's face a study after reading
this note. If she had been a man she
would have sworn, being a woman she
talked. ''Poor, weak brain," she said,
centemptuously, "I do him the honor to
take the trouble to try to give him the
most educating ache he ever had in his
life, he who. thirsts for cultivation ; and
the serene stupid talks about giving me
me pain ! If he had seen mo flirt 1
Language fails !"
. She appeared to answer the note at
once, and sat dipping the pen in the ink
a score of times, while her hand shook,
when suddenly the unspeakable ab
surdity in the situation dawned upon
her. She threw her pen and shouted
with laughter. Her sense "of justice
told her that it was solely her own
fault that she had received the note, and
her sense of humor found the note it
self delicious. She leaned forward
again and hastily wrote : 1
"Deak Me. Bkacey Thank you for your
confidence. Yon have given a warning a man
is rarely generous enough to give, because he
fears ridicnle or mistake. I boo you have not
thought either possible. Thank you again. Al
ways your friend ; Isabel YVocdbuey."
bhe sealed this and went off into
another gale af laughter, and at inter
vals during the day" lounged against
doorposts and leaned upon table and
musingly muttered :
"It served me right. ' .
As in a Lcokiug Glass."
On the piazza of a Bar Harbor cot
tage, now unoccupied, two young
people found themselves one evening
seated upon a garden bench, near a
window at the corner of the house.
It was a bright moonlight evening,
and happening to look in at the win
dow the gentleman spied across the
room through another window on
the opposite side another couple sit
ting on the piazza, with their arms
lovingly entwined and evidently
wrapped in sweet oblivion to all
things mundane. Whispering softly
to the lady with him, he cautiously
stole to the corner and looked round,
but the couple had gone. Returning
to his seat, he was astounded, on
looking through the wind o w a gain , to
behold the same couple in the same
attitude. Waitinr a few minutes.
but still keeping their eyes on the
strange couple and noting their ma
neuvers, they planned "that they
3hould both jump, suddenly round
the corner and surprise the pair.
They jumped, and lo! the mysterious
two had again vanished. Another
host story was well underway when
our young friends discovered that
they had been looking in a mirror.
Lewiston J ournal.
The Hottest Place on Earth.
The hottest region on earth isalong
the Persian gulf, where little or no
rain falls. At Behrin the arid shore
has no fresh water, yet a compara
tively numerous population contin
ues to live there, thanks to copious
springs which burst from the bottom
of the sea. 1 he Iresh water is got by
diving. The diver, sitting in his boat,
winds a great goat-skin bag around
hi3 left arm, the hand grasping its
mouth; then he takes in his right
hand a heavy stone, to which he at
taches a strong line, and thus equip
ped he plunges in and quickly reaches
the bottom. Instantly opening the
bag over the strong jet of fresh wa
ter, he springs up the ascending cur
rent, at. the same time closing the
bag and it is kolped aboard. The
stone is then hauled up, and the div-
er, alter ta King Dream, plunges m
ngain. The source of these copious
submarine springs is thought to be
in the green hills of Osman, some
live or six nundred miles distant.
Lo Grow ing More umercns.
The Indian population of the Uni
ted States is increasing slowly. Not
including Alaska, the Indian popula
tion on reservations is 204,599, of
which 21,300 are mixed bloods. In
1887 there were 4,794 births and
3,888 deaths, leaving an increase of
only of 1 per cent. This vaaies on
different reservations. In New Mex
ico the increase was over - 2 per cent.
With this exception, where the In
dian population is compartively,
large, as in the Indian territory, Da
kota, Montana, Washington, Arizo
na and California, there is Jittle or
no increase, l ne education oi In
dian children is going on; the number
of Indian schools in 1887 being 231.
with an average attendance of
10,245, at a cost of $1,095,379 to
the United States, winie m a tne
number of sehoq)s was 137, average
attendance 3,489, and cost for their
support was $195,853.
NIGHT WITH A MADMA!f,
now aa Attorney's TaUmt for Story
TclH
fared II U Life.
San Frandsco Chronicle. - .
John F. Bnrris presence ot mma
pushed death to the wall and saved
the life of himself, of Dr. Hadden,and
of Mrs." Henry Weibold on Friday
niirht. They were all in the power of
a madman one with the most dan
gerous mission, the offering of his fel
low man on the sacrificial altar.
Mr. Burris wag attorney for Mrs.
Weisbold in her suit for divorce
against her husband. Cruelty and
insanity were the allegations. The
lawyer, accompanied by Dr. Hadden,
went to Agnew's station, the resi
dence of his client, where he was des
tined to spend a night of such terror
as few men would have lived
through.
When the visitors reached the
house they were informed by Mrs.
weiDoia that ner Husband was in
one of his dangerous moods and that
her life was in danger. The insane
man had a revolver, which he had
threatened to shoot her if she left his
presence. Even as the woman spoke
the lunatic entered the room, and in
his hand was the weapon his wife
feared so much. He appeared sur
prised to see two gentlemen there,
but recovered himself and spoke in a
quiet manner, asking them how they
were.
Mr. Burris answered him, saying
he hoped they would not disturb hirn
by their presence. -
"No, you don't," said Weibold; "I
expected 3ou. I have to kill you,
and you came to be killed."
As he spoke he advanced toward
the lawyer, with the pistol aimed at
his head. He seemed terribly in earn
est, and the story his wife had told
and his presence in the room so un
nerved Dr. Hadden that he sank to
the floor in a faint.
Mr. Burris knew there was no time
or room for expostulation. In the
matter of strength the madman
towered over him like a Hercules.
Unarmed the lawyer could not cope
with Weibold, and even had he had
a weapon there was no time to draw
it.
"Better hear this story before you
kill me," said Mr. Burris, as if get
ting killed were a matter of such or
dinary, everyday occurrence that
five or ten minutes would not make
much difference to the parties to the
tragedy. .
"What is it?" asked Weibold,
watching his intended victim closely.
Burris had no room for a story in
his mind when he blurted but the re
mark. His thoughts were rilled with
consideration of the desperate posi
tion lie was in. But the man's ques
tion aroused him, and with what
calmness he could command he be
gan the recital of a funny tale. The
conditions were nob favorable to the
happy telling of a humorous stry.
A man is not given to hilarity on the
edge ot the grave. The hearer, when
one's audience is a madman, may fail
to see the point, or he may have
heard the story before, and the flash
of the pistol in his hand may light
the entertainer through the dark
valley. As Mr. Burris continued
Weibold retreated to a chair and sat
down, but his eyes followed every
movement of the attorney and his
revolver never lost the pointblank
aim at Burris' head. Embellish the
story as he might, tell it with what
skill for killing time he could, it had
to come to an end at last. But it
was received with commendation.
"Good," said the lunatic; "fine. I
have heard worse, and now I have
to kill you."
"He again advanced on Burris, who
saw his arm bend with the tension of
his forefinger on the trigger.
, "Let me tell you one ofmy advent
ures in tho jungle after an elephant'
remarked Mr. Burns, quietly. "I
had it printed, but it may be new to
you."
AVeibold said he would listen and
ajrain took his seat. There was a
scene for a painter. The lawyer,
apparently as cool as if in his office,
talking over the trivial matters ot
the day, talking to such purpose and
for such an object as had never be
fore called out his power ot eloquence.
It was a plea for life; rather a demur
rer against the taking of it,
and it was argued for hours. The
madman sat with his eyes fixed on
the speaker, quiet, impassive, earnest,
beguiled for the moment from the
accomplishment of his work, but
never losing sight of it; his cocked
revolver firmly gasped in the hand
that pointed it at his victim's head.
On the floor lay Dr. Hadden, uncon
scious of the scene. Mrs. Weibold
had fled.
So hour after hour passed, and
Burris passed with the time from
place to plae, now hunting "rogue"
elephants in the jungle of Africa,
now spearing the walrus in the
frozen North, harpooning the whale
as he slept on the valleys of the wa
ters chasing, the buffalo across the
plains, or encountering the grizzly
bear on the mountain side.
The night passed away; tho mad-
man's comments were short: "Good;
go on; another." The morning light
shone through the trees now; al
though it was only 8 o'clock in tho
evening when this queer duel of wit
against pistol began. Story after
story was told, and Burris was al
most exhausted.
He began on a tale ho had told be
fore; it flowed naturally, and it had
fts effect. Weibold begin to nod;
his eyes closed, but opened instant
ly, and were fixed on Burris along
the line ot the revolver. But again
he nodded; his head sank down.
gradually the pistol arm weakened,
the fingers relaxed their hold, and
with a bound the lawyer jumped to
his side and the weapon was secured.
Weibold did not stir, and Hadden.
who had recovered consciousness,
but dared not cause a sound, arose
to his feet and helped his friend to
the open air, who, now that tho
agony was over, seemed on the point
of fainting. They walked to the in
sane asylum, only a short distance
away, and reported Weibold's con
dition to the authorities, who se
cured the madman.
CtRBENT C03IMEST.
I.v Holland an uh ma rrietl woman
always takes the right arm of her
escort and the married woman tiro
left. At a church wedding tho biido
enters, the edifice on the right arm of
the groom and goes out on the left
side of her husband.
Since the termination of the dyna-"
mite patent in 1881 there has been
immense industry in tho invention of
high explosives, and there are now
more than three hundred varieties.
A dynamite cartridge one foot in
length takes only 1-24,000 of a sec
ond to explode.
Dr. Tetter, provost of the uni
versity of Pennsylvania, greatly
wants to resign his post, but the
trustees will not hear of it. He gets
$5,000 a year salary, and jrivca the
college $10,000 a year from hia
pocket. No wonder they want him
to stay. v
A test has been made in Franco
to see whether the color of a horso
had anything to do with his charac
teristics. It has been demonstrated
that any such idea is all nonsense.
Pedigree and oarly training have all
to do with it, and color nothing
whatever. ......
Tjie Piute Indians in Nevada 0 re
in a worried frame of mind over the
prediction of one of t heir number that
a great flood is soon to sweep over
their Territory. They have deserted
their homes, it is reported, and tak
en to the mountain towns, carrying
provisions along.
In New York city three women foU
low the business of butcher and are
successful. One has been at it lor
twenty-five and another for twenty
years. They are said to be very lady
like and refined women, with none of
the "butcher atmosphere about them
and not a bit beefy in appearance.
A romantic couple in Indiana were
married on horseback in the middle
of the road, and then took a gallop
into the country in lieu of a bridle
trip. The bride, who is only sixteen,
suggested the horse feature, and in
sisted that both animals bo coal
black. There was no opposition to
the union.
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John Daniel, a butcher, died in
New York the other day from erysipe
las contracted in a peculiar way. He
was carrying some decayed animal
matter in a slaughter house and ac
cidentally scratched himself with a
piece of bone. The animal poison
got into his blood and caused his
death.
A male beauty show is to lo
opened in Vienna, and the decisions
are to be made by a jury of women.
Four prizes will be awarded one to
the handsomest, man, one to the
owner of the finest mustache, the
third to him who has the largest
ncse and the fourth to the competitor
lor having tho least hair on his head.
A. New York physician names
these among other evils to be guard
ed against at summer resorts: Over
fatigue
and undue exposure to tho
sun,
irregular
eating, over feeding
on tood to which one is unaccus
tomed, sitting orlyingonthetrround
and unnessary exposure to the dew
and dampness after nightfall.
Before the war tho high water
mark in cotton was 5,300,000 bales.
The crop of last year is not yet en
tirely out of the hands of the plant
ers, but those whose business atten
tion is absorbed by the staple place
it at 7,400,000 bales, an increase of
300,00Q over the year preceding.
This season, with average weather,
it will be 8,000,000, or five time tho
value of all tho gold and silver
produced in the United States in one
year.
Soapstone and Its Uses,
Scientific American
A writer in a London journal calls
attention to the unappreciated uses
and preservative qualities of soap
stone, a material, he says, which pos
sesses what may be regarded as ex
traordinary qualities in withstand
ing, atmospheric influences, those
especially which have so much to do
with the corrosion of iron and steel,
and from experiments mndo it is said
that no other material is capable of
taking hold of the fibre of iron and
steel so readily and firmly as this.
In China soapstone is largely used for
preserving structures built of sand
stones liable to crumble from the ef
fect of tho atmosphere; and tho cov
ering with powdered soapstone in
tho form of paint on somo obelisks
in that country, composed of strne
liable to atrtosphereic deterioration.
lias been the means ot prcsorvin
them intact lor Hundreds of years.
A Consecutions Girl.
They were gitting by tke fireside in
the calm twilight hour and Penelope,
a soft Boston girl, felt her being dif
fused with the tenderemotions of the
hour and sceno and company.
Suddenly she leaned too far forward
and the plashing waves received her
graceful form.
Clarancewas only quick enou"h
to seizb her liair.
"Will it hold, dearest? Is it VOlir
own?" ho asked.
"Ah Clarence," and the lustrmw
eyes gazed up at him with a rapt ex
pression, "I can not tell a lie; the bill
has not yet been presented." Ft ..j,
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