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ED CLQUX3U - NEBRASKA
Opyn'ohr -Secured. C ItigktM ItoxmaL)
Driven From Sea to Sea;
Or, JUST A CAMPIV.
HT C. C. POST.
Svui.jsKnmr 1't.iinmsjos or J. UDowstt
4 CoI'uuushkiih, Chicago.
CJIATTEIt Tl.-Coxnjrrri.
"They vrvn such little hits o' tots
-when I left that I really Vpect they
2iave forgotten how their own father
looks There's Martha, now, she'd
Tecognize ine in a minute, I'll venture;
six
years is a long time, though, and
J'vc had some awful bard knocks durin'
that time; wonder now if I am lookiu'
"much the wus for wear," and he aro-e
.si little hurriedly and went and buntrd
am the bit of looking-glass among his
Jcit of things, and took a long look at
himself with a queer kind of feeling
.about the heart, that some wa' re
minded him of the days when he first
knew hiiuself to be in love with Martha
.iimmonds, and was a little uncertain us
to how his advances would be received.
Every d.ny after that until they came.
lie had looked in the glass at least once, I
aim oiicn more man once, auauau Kepi
Jib h:iir and beard combed and hi
clothes looking as well as possible, con
sidering the fact that, to a very great
extent, lie was forced to rely on .strings
to do the duty usually performed by
but Urns.
He had at first thought of meeting
3iis family at Sacramento, and had gone
down there in the middle of August
"with the intention of remaining until
"thev arrived; but as the time of their
routing was quite uncertain, and might i
3iot he lor several weeks 3'et, and as
.ouiu things remained to lie done to the
cottage, he had made arrangements
with Jo iironsou, who also had friends
5n the expected company, to ce that
litey wen- properly directed after being
supplied with anything of which they
might be in .special nued, or to at once
notily him in ea-e anything bad gone
wrong with them, and hail returned to
the ranch to await them there-
1'or several days after his return li
"busied himself aliout the cottage, put
ting in a .shelf here; driving up" a nail
there; go'ng out to look at the garden,
the ground for which he had broken
early in the pring almost the first day
.after lie had iaid his claim and written
3n.- family to come aud which now.
thank, to his careful tending and the
natural :idaptah?tity of the soil and
climate, could easily furnish vegetables
and melons enough for !i larger family
than the one who-e wants they were in
tended to .supply; and rememliering
that but af 'W days or weeks intervened
before their coming, that even now
they might be in sight from the bluffs
-at the bend of the creek whose wind
ings the road followed, that they might
3e coming around the bend at any mo
inent, is it any wonder that hcleptbut
lightly, or that he often raised himself
from his blanket, fancying he heard a
familiar voice calling to huu through
the darkies?
(July two days liefore their arrival a
aieigboriug squatter called at the ranch,
.and the two men spoke together earn
estly and excitedly, and when the ncigh
liorleft .lohn Parson hastily mounted
lib po;iy aud dashed away across the
country at fcreak-neek speed, casting
smxious glances back over the track in
the direction from which he expected
any day, any hour, to see the canva-covered-
wajron in whoso occujiants
exery hope of his life centered.
After an absence of a few hours he
returned at the same reckless pace, but
only to dash oil' again, after making cert-tin
that no one had been at the cottage
dining his absence.
.lut at nightfall he came home.
iaMcncd instead of turning loo?e his
3)0113, and cut for him a bundle of the.
wild oats that grow so lu.-tily upon the
rich soil of the- Suscol llanch and sur
rounding valley.
Then he bean to pace back and
lorth before the porch of the cottage.
He did not cook or eat any supper;
lie even forgot to light his pijie.
All through that night he paced up
and down or stood looking into the sky
or out toward the distant bills.
When morning came he cooked and
tried to eat his bieakfast, but could
only swallow with an effort, and when
5t was over he set the uu washed dishes
iisido and looked in the bit of glass
.again.
what be saw there seemed to burt
liim in some way. The face that was
Tellected back appeared ofder and not
.so good-looking as he had fancied it
bad when he last saw it; he felt that
sven Martha would- hardly know
him; and with the thought, tears, the
ifirst he had shed since he kissed wife
and babies good-bye away back in the
States, almost seven vears ago, forced
themselves from his closed lids, aud he
laid down the piece of looking-glass as
if ashamed even that the image in it
should look upon bis emotion.
After awhile he lav down upon his
blanket, telling himself that he must not
look too care-worn at their coming, but
lis eyes refused to remain closed. In
stead, they persisted in wandering
aliout the rooms; lingering for a mo
inent upon each object in which their
"possessor had felt a special interest as
something that would lighten tbe la
bors of his wife; some little thing she
would not be likely to expect and
"which would give her the more pleasure
Tsecause of it.
All the day through he was p and
down. out and in the cottage, unable or
tin willing to work, forgetting his din
ger until'long past the usual hour, and
then permitting it to burn to a crisp
when he did undertake it; but just as
Ihe sun was going down he saw com
ing around the curve in the road a cov--ered
wagon; and although "wagons
uch "wagons were far from uncom--Bion
sights to him. and although k
anight well be strangers nhat ap
proached, yet something told him that
it was his own loved ones, sad with the
thought every look of weariness and
care went out of his face, aad a moment
later the woman in a gingham dress
nd ssn-bonnet had no dmictdty in rec
ogabamg her husband in the man whose
eager arms were thrown about berevea
"before the could descead from the
r m-ago.
CHAPTHtnL
tnannoi.
It was trse that the girls who were
"r Katihtaaf a'r wha he left
4idBot bmr iow their father
kaowa it
It is doubtful, on the other hand, rf
John Parsons would have known hi
girls bad he met them unexpectedly.
They bad grown wonderfully, be
thought; so much more than be had
imagined.
True, he had counted the years that
had flown, and had said: "Jennie U al
most eleven now, and Lucy pa.-t nine."
but what did the passage of vear.s sir-
nify when memory had all the time
pictured them babies, just as he bad
?in them before tbe vears had enme '
and
Eratus, he thought, had not changed
rrnrf
fo much. He was quite a lad wnn he
saw him last, and he was not fully a
man now. He bad grown, of course,
and had a manly air and look, but he
wan not yet sixteen, aud then we always
exjiect boys to grow. He bad Keen
boys on the streets of Sacramento and
elsewhere of all age-t and sizes, and
their forms and laces had somehow
mingled with the form and face of
Erastus and had helped to obliterate the
picture of the iad as be saw hi in
last
and form s new and much truer one
of tbe real Erastus who-e baud he now
took and held with a grasp that warmed
the boy's heart toward him anew.
"Leave the horses stand a bit and
come into the bou-e with mother and
the girls," he said; we will care for
them by and bv."
But the boy replied that he would (
rattier care lor mem ax once anu coma
easily do it without help, as he was ac- i
customed to do. They were tired, he
said, with the Jong drive, as they had
all been determined to get through that
night, and had broken camp early and
driven hard.
"Yes. John," interrupted Mr. Par
sons, "it has been a long drive and a
hard one; not to-day only, but so many
days; and I'm so gfad to think that we
are not going to have to hitch up again
in the morning: but that our journey is
ended at last, and that we are all to
gether again."
"I didn't expect so nice a home," she
added, coming close to him and look
ing up in
his face while her eyes filled 1
And nli! I am so ciud w
wth tears.
have a home of our own once more. 1
am sure we shall be very, very happy
here." And she felt hurt when her rus-
bind rough! v turned awav and began
helping Erastm with the animals.
She .supposed, however, that he was
ashamed to let her see how deeplv he
was affeoted at the thought of their all
being together, and of the happiness '
which was sure to be their:, now that it J
was so; and she felt very certain that
this was the cao when a minute later he
came back, and putting his arms around
her shoulders, said:
"Come Martha, come babies, let's go
in and see the new home from the in
side." and led her up the steps to the
porch, and then into the main room of
the cottage.
"How'll she do?" he said, motioning
with his hand about the room.
His wife noticed that his voice was
hrnke.ii ns he said it. but .-he did not
wonder at it, for her own voice was not
to be found at all just then, and sinking
into a chair she put both hands to her
face and gave way to tear that would
come in spite of her.
hen she could control her voice she
paid:
Please don't think me foolish. John;
I'm so hamiv I iust can't help crving.
Indeed, 1 d du't expect anything halt o
comfartable and nice, aud now that we
ure all together again in a home ot our
own. 1 can think of nothing else worth
asking for."
Going behind her chair her husband
took her hands in hi-, own, and. stooji
ing douft. kissed her twice, and wa
silent tor a time.. Then he said, husk'lv:
"I'm glad
lad wo are together again.
id I don't mean we shall ever
Martha, an
be parted any more. Now you rest
while I go and help, Rastus with the
horses." and turning he left the house.
hen he cam- back 111 company Willi
the boy he found his wite husy prepar
ing their supper, the material for which
Jennie and Lucy were bringing from
the wagon.
John brought out his own stores to
add to those of the t nuclei's, and -oon
the family were seated about the table,
at the fust meal eaten together for so
many years: indeed, the fir.-t meal that
the girl-could rememler to have cter
eat erf in company with their father.
Then followed questions and answer
regarding the friends in the States, and
the journey which was just endvM so
happily, and at a late hour the family
retired to re-t upon such bods as could
lie improviM'd from the stock in thej
wagou added to that which the husband
and father bad bcc'i able to pro'.ide in
view of their coming; and soou all were ;
.sleeping the ble-si-d sleep that conies
lrom weariness and a feeling Of hav ng
passed safelv through much of danger
all but .lohn I'arsons. wiin. uespitc
bi last night of wakmg. siej-t but little.
and arose in the morning with a look
that showed his wife at once that there
was something upou his mind, a knowl-
edge of which he was .striving to keep
from the family, and instantly she re-
called what had been toM her by some
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settlers, somewhere further down the
valley, were iiKCiy xo jo-e ueiriainu
through some cause, which those who
rejieated the tale did not proierly
undersLnniL
It had aot occurred to her at the time
that it was possible it could be John's
claim that was in danger.
It seemed strange now that it did
not But so full was her mind of
thoughts of John himself, of their com
iar reunion, and of tbe future when
they should all be together in the aew
ineniuv iHjiiaucn near 1 w,tn :h(, ,dea of ra,gmR fm,u wh,cj, wag
they had camiwtl the ccoud night out Uy tw ioT Jiaj already seen
from S.'icniniento: of a rumor that some vitirno. 't, irvirinm nnm. ti,- o.
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nomc, wai uiere was no room w - rthat Mr. Parsons agaia aKMinted bis
thing else: and o she had scarcely j ponvand rode awavTa the direction of
heard the tale at all. or ; hearing it had j Ritchie's shautv; and that that crening
dismissed it at once with a single x- aioa!a uattJrs. many of them accom
pression of pity for tbe poor families a rnu bv tlielr wir " , ,,.
wno were 10 lose iiieir ai cwn j sue
and John had donc back iu the Stales
through tbe gred of those who are
nof content wita wast is justly theirs.
But now she understood k.
3t was Johu's claim that was involved,
and they had come two thousand Juiles
to find a home aad resting place, only
to be b'dden to move on again ere they
had shaken the dust of tbe long jomrncy
fmm their arments.
"Is it the title to the place John?"
she asked; "I know there is something
terrible on your m nu; sometnmg you
are afraid to tell me. I flight to have
seen it last nisriit. but I didn't. I wag
so tired and so clad, that I coulda't I
think of anvthing. Whatever it is,
don't be afraid to tsll me- I caa bear
anvthing, only so that we remain to
gether." Aad she put her araas around
his Beck aad laid her bead apoa his
bosom. ,
Then John Parsons broke dowa aad
wept. The cniWre oaaw in am
woadnrinr and sDent. They
wniKhiag terrible had aappeaed. r
was ahoat to happen. Sat; joaag- as
they were, they knew that" aea do aot
weep at tha aaratek at a
they aaw their
stroke kit
softlv something rher could not bear.
but which they felt most be word of
comfort that were sorely needed,
It was Erastus that broke tbe spell at
last. He had been the first to rise and
had gone out immediately to feed and
rub down tbe boic; and returning
had eutered just in time to hear !ra,
I'jtrous apeak of the title to the claim.
Then he, too, remembered the rumor
which they had heard, and knew thai
it was true, and understood all that it
meant to those who had been tlw only
real friend he had ever known, aud
bin young blood grew hot and for
ttuinif nt he felt that he could kill the
men who were the cause of so much
suffering: and then there came a great
wave of affection for the friends who
had givun him all the love he had evei
known, aad, stepping forward, be said,
in a tone of voice that gave a weight to
his words which his years would have
denied him:
"Uncle John, if the land thieves
have cobbled thii place, too, let them
have it There must be land some
where that tber don t claim, and a
there is we'll find it, and make a home
on it. I'm almost a man now. Uncle
John, and I'll help tou; o don't give
up. It will be all right yet,"
" Yes. John, cheer up. We will find
a place to start again, somewhere, and
alfbegin together." said his wife. " I
know, dear, how badly you fccL Yon
have built the bouse for us and have
thought so much about welcoming us
here that it is harder for vou tnan
for us, who only saw it for the first time
last night."
" I never knew it till just the other
day," sa-'d John, striving to speak in
bis natural voice; . "they told me
when I bought the place that it was all
straight, and the courts had decided
that nobody had a claim on it that
would hold but the settler; but it 'pears
that the rich fellows that claim it raised
a heap of money and bribed Congris to
reverse the thing. Tbe other squatters
got wind of it and had a meetin' to see
about it. That was while I was at Sac-
ramento arrangm' with Joe ler your
comln'. and I never knowd anything
about it 'till Bill Ritchie, who has the
next claim ea?L came over Thursday
morn to tell me that another meetin'
was to be held that afternoon to hear
the report of the committee that had
bee.n sent to Krtsco to liud out if it was
true or no. And so I helped Bill to
notify the neighbors, and we held the
meetin' at Bill's house, and the com-
milieu was thar an tliey sam we wa;
done for, sure enough; that Congns
had decided that the hul Suscol Ranch
tielongcd to a few fellows that never
struck a blow, nor turned a sod, nor
put up a shanty: and who never pa d
nobody fer doin it, but claimed it be
cause some Spanish King or other onco
pretended to give it to sonic of his cro
nies before there was any Uniu-d States
or anything ele on this continent but
bufiafcr, and bars an' Injins.
"I ust to be proud of mv coiiutrv,"
he continued, "and was fond of sarin'
that everyliody stood
here: but it ain't so
an ekil chance
Kobodv don't
- stand any chance except he is a r.nkd
and a coward into the bargin: stealin
'thoul gettin' in front of the law. There
1 anrt no doubt but that tongri-. was
bribed. Our fellows have even learned
where and when the monev was raised.
1 and some of the Congrisinen and Scu
' atnrs who was bought to vote agin us,
i but we can't prove nothing
in court,
fer everything works agin the pool
man, who only wants justice, an' is
favor of tbe rich one that is .-eekin' t
rob him of bus earnings; and if it w.n-n'
for ttie wimin aud children that might
In; left wus off if their husbands and
fathers wus killed, there would tie a
. fight be
claims."
before some of us jrive up our
Xhis allusion to possible, violence
frightened Martha Parsons. What if
; tiVi gqatt-rs should resist and John
j,,,,,,!,- v,.. killed? The thought almost
took away her breath, and she tried in
everyway to calm her husband whom
she had never before teen in so violent
aud bitter a mood.
He did not really meditate resistance,
however. Experience and observation
had taught him that those who could
control both the Lcgis.atures and the
Court-, could bring aids to their assist
ance that made resistance by nny forco
which tin stiuatter could command
' worse than u-eless: and after a littlt
while he cooled down and begau 10 talk
of wlrit was to be done in the direction
of seeking a new home.
"Some of the fellows arc talking of
gohf up into the foot-hills, above Sac
nimcnto, when they say thar ain't no
claim of anv kind on the land, and
where it is mot as easy to grow grape?
and peaches
an nrnoots and sieh as it
is to raise
corn
an' hojrs back in tbe
State-. If thev would par for the work
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yxo donc on this phlct or evcn t.nou,,fc
! to gK JujuJr for another house. wt
couhl sturt :tn up tllerCi nad do m,n?
, wv1 m.,v but theV Won-L Stcaliu'
,- tlu.;r - mc .,ml h.-ivin- -d Conffri3
to declare stealin' legal. I Wse they'll
.D for eVervthiu' in siht."
" Ir. .p.,-' m rnfLZ tn iQ.
; of thc Hberalitv with which nature dealt
. with sueh her product m thU cli.
matCt anil could sn haw fch ahgo.
j lutdv 0 Uiat uy d Iind th
j rht sot and get a claim which would
t not b wrested from them, she would
have felt in no small degree contented
J with the situation. And now she wa
reidy to encourage anv scheme that
J wouid help to reconcile her husband to
the inevitable.
JTbe result of further conversation be
tween the members of the fanillv was
taye. were introduced
to the new com
ers, and wfcen they departed it had been
arranged that Joha aad Bdl should
make a tr p to the locality spoken of
and see if it was really " saitabV for
homcsteading. while others were to go
to Sao Fruncioo and ascertain beyond
possible question if there was any shad
ow of a claim hanging over it.
"I don't never weaa to settle on
another btt of ground that anvbodv has
overlaid claim to 'ceiinGodTaiigiity,"
said one of those present; aad all Ihe
others echoed the sentiment.
The next inorniag Joan Parsons took
his wife, and then each of a children.
ic his arms, and held them close to Lis
heart for a moment. Hsrrt them aad
rode away to try to ad aaothcr rest-iag-placeT
As he reached the brow of the hul
which was to hide the cottage front hie
ricw, be checked his pony aad taraiag.
looked hack, aad then away to where
heoonldsee ethar howat dottiar the
htadscape, antila aaMrtnveeaaw tohja
eras aad Warred ais sight.
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BERMUDA'S PECULIARITIES.
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In no other part of tlawworld. I think,
d d nature show such supreme niggard
liness as brre. She gave the Iiermuds j
neither oil nor water, neither animal
nor bird, neither fruit, vegetable nor
flower. She .simply conferred the inot
delightful weather under tbe canopy,
and then stood off and said: "Such
weather as that is a bountiful outfit, if
vou don't net another thinir.'' So it
Las proved. To the prize weather all '
otaer things have been added by vis
itors. The only wild animal Lnown I
here are the rat and the mou-e, brought
by vessels; the casual and oleaginous !
whale, and the bat. that has blown J
across tbe Atlantic by accident. There ,
is no game whatever, and never has
been. Of birds, the splendid cardinal
01 tbe tropics is here. Ihc blue robin
of New tngland is here, piping a
bravely as ever. The cit-bird has put
in an appearance, and so bos that even
greater nuisance, the KaglLsh sparrow,
the pirate of the winged world. Two
Spanish birds, the "chick of the vil
lage" and the pretty ground dove,
move quietly about. And that is alL
Sot a native bird among them.
I have said that nature cave Bermuda
no soil. Ignatius Donnelly thinks that
these islands and the Azores are the re
mains of Plato's fabled continent 'he
last jot remaining above the sea after
the great cataclysm of one hundred
thousand years "ago burieM the rest of
the continent with it splendid civiliza
tions forever. In that case. I shotdi
suppose there would be some real soil,
some rocks, some drift, some sand, some
clav. some alluvium, some vegetable
mold. There is very b'ttle of the last
and not a bit of any of thc others on
these islands. There In not clsy enough
for a pipe, or sand enough for a sand
glass, or a stooe big or litue nearer than
the coast of Oeorgia. There is nothing
here but ground coral reefs, car lion ate
of lime, digested and deposited by that
mucilaginous and shapeless creature
called the coral "insect" This island
is as white as so much chalk, and about
as barren. Water soaks into it like a
sponge, and five minutes after a sharp
shower one can go out walking and lind
neither mud nor moisture anywhere.
On some lowlands this comminuted
coral, with the mixture ot elements it
has taken up, is not as hard as else
where: and here it is occasionally culti
rated by the admixture with thcso!l of
a large quanity of fertilizers from Amer
ica. It can absorb unlimited cargoes
of these stimulants without having its
life much stirred by them. Tickle
this coral reef with a hoe ever mi vig
orously, it neer laughs with a
harvest; aud after you have poured
into it oceans of poudrotte and docd
it with loam and bound poultices
of warm ground upon its stomach, it
only smiles a faint and ghastly smile.
But, under these circumstances, pota
toes, onions, tomatoes and lily bulbs
are planted, and, if they can clasp root
lets around anything .softer than a cast
iron .stove lid. they grow. Some things
grow in a warm climate without much
encouragement I saw this week a
tamar ml tree as large as a good sizd
New Lngland elm, that had been torn
up by a hurricane long ago. and stood
oil its very top, its roots pointing
toward the -ky. The branches that
stuck into the ground put forth roots
and ga'.e the wreck a new anchorage,
while the upihrown roots reverted and
set forth new limbs, and the dense
mass of foliiige now h;ides the ground,
and invite.s the still fruitful giant to
forget its disaster.
There is no fresh water on the island
except what com direct from the
cloud. The ky is the ciaUrn of Ber
inuda. The hou.-es are all built of the
conil that is quarried in beautiful white
cubes fiuui the ground anywhere,
s euiiiig lit for the sculptor's chisel;
then every house is roofed with slant
roof of the same and furnished with
abundant tank. In thc3e. thc rain is
gathered: and the tauks are so very
clean, and the roof is so verj' white and
the air o very free from dut that the
water ir. thc purest in the world cold
and pellucid as if drawn from the
choicest mountain spring. I never saw
such delicious water ativwhere. Nature
knew what she was about when she
omitted the Burmiidtan springs. Cor.
Cincinnati Comvicrcial Gazette
WILLIAM PENN'S RAPACITY.
Thr Urlavrarv tlchiai; Qumtlaa A Grant
tht Hi Hera DIpatd for Two Hb
tlrl Yrr.
The Delaware fi-hery question is an
example of tho cases which have made
every lawyer of prominence in New
Jersey an antiquarian, with all sorts of
curious facts at his fingers' ends. El-Attorney-General
Robert Gilchrist en
gaged in the fishery case in 1878, and
he has been associated with Cortland
Parker. John P. Stockton, ex-Secretary
Frclin"iiuvsen and other in it dis-
cussion. aad Secretary Bayard has
championed tbe claims of Delaware.
Mr. Gilchrist's connection with the case
has made him curioualv familiar with
the times of Charles fl. aad with the
peculiarities of thc Duke of York and
that "ab politician" WilHaai Pena.
who seems t- bare been saeceesful in
retting almost anything he wanted
from the Duke nntif tbe latter ran away
lrom Whitehall aad threw his great seal
as James 1L into the River Thames.
One of the strange phases of tbe Dela
ware claim to exclusive privileges oa
the River Delaware and Delaware Bay
i that its people, ar wmc of them,
fought the claim a aaadred rears ago
and up to near the begiaaiag of the
present century repadiatad the guileful
Quaker's claims. Mr. Peaa was a
grantee under the Duke af York a a
Jer-eyman. and a ejakaaat fram the
same'source in Delaware aad Pennsyl
vania. The Jer.-ey grant, in 166$64. re
newed after the Dntca defeat ia
1S74. wss made to Feaa aaaeng.
others, and the claim for Delaware was
snbeiueBt to a-d inaonsisteBt with
this. New Jersey's titles to land were
continued in 17uand by the Revo'utioa.
Delaware's claim to the fisbing privi
leges aad to the right to keep Jersey
men from the waters of the nvcr date
back to !&. William Peaa had ob
tained the graat of Peaasrlraaia. bat
whea he arrived he feand1fca Swedn
ia Delawara occapyiag the fair water
front. Be tied laatftd era apan the
place, aad at Jearta got
thInk of Yarklor the 1
afSew-
castle and all that Uv
a twalra-
mueczraie
aadaarhjMaa
that graat. afo
r. Khag
k ta ham.
feci
he aa ma
redrawn, and it
tan
anlT naajyanrt
c
an aacieat chronicle that during aa
unguarded momeat that able politician.
Fenn, confessed to the Board of Trade
that had King James remained two
days longer at Whitehall he would hare
obtained a grant uader tbe great seal
for the three counties of Delaware" In
17US tbe Delaware Assembly knew that
Fenn bad a claim on tbe comities, but
denied its Intimacy, and bef jro that
the King and council had repudiated it.
There was a war over the possession la
1737 between Lord Baltimore's men and
the Penn tenants, and again the council
decided that the province belonged to
the crown: and in 1S4 the people of
Delnware themselves formally, at a
popular election, decided that the crown
had possessed thi State until its claim
had been transferred by the Revolution.
It ha seemed strange, therefcre. that
the Penn grant should be made the basis
for a claim in the river, which had been,
in fact, always po-e-.ed by the crown,
or general government a fact thc Dela
wareans had used violence to maintain.
The Penn grant, which was never
really granted, has therefore been a
subject of dispute for just two hundred
and two years. Rejected at tirst by the
resident of the colony, admitted to be
void. lougbt by Lord Baltimore "with
drawn swords,' fretfully alluded to as
a source of trouble by the Delaware
Assembly one hundred' and fifty years
ago. formally repudiated by the King
and Couneil, rejected again'by the I)c
awarean. further invalidated by the
Revolution, It might have been consid
ered as dead as the wily Penn himself if
it had not come forth as aa argument
ujWB the question of who owned Pea
Patch Island in tbe Delaware River forty
years ago, and had aot then been mis
understood and misconstrued so that
Delaware was able to lay some claim to
its genuineness, and, a few years ago,
set up tli at it was, as heir to Penn's
privilege, the Kile poessor of juris
diction over the Delaware River within
twelve mile of Newcastle, and has the
right to make Jersey men pay a license
for fishing therein." An Injunction of
the United State Courts has sustained
operation since, and Is admitted to be
effective still. The end i not jet, for
the case Is not fully adjusted. It afford,
at least, a glimpse of early colonial his
tory which' is not without interest
Trenton (X. J.) Cor. X. J'. Tribune.
THE WIZARD EDISON.
HarsMiinc Xrw Klrtriral Thought to
I'mrtlrwl VTurfc.
" I found Mr. Edison last week in hii
laboratory on Avenue R, and asked him
what wsm the newest thought
flint . lif
O I"
had harueasd to matter.
This." he
auswered. and called my attention to
board hanging by one edge to ropes
above our heads, its surface covered
with tinfoil. In further explanation he
aaid: Tbnt solves the question of tel
egraphing to running trains. As soon
as that little device is adopted every
moving train in the country will lie
come a telegraphic station, and am body
aboard the tram may Ins telegraphed to
as easily as if it was stimling still.
This will not lie done by putting up a
new set of wires, under the train or at
its side, but bv using thr ordinary tele
graph now runnini: by the side of the
track. It is a new. and hitherto un
known, process of inJuctum. by which
I mnke electricity jump thirty-tive feet
through the air, currying the message
without spilling iL How's that for
liveh ?"
The inventor's face glowed with
pleasure at thc thought as he went on:
"By putting up this tinfoil-cove' ed
bosnl lengthwise on thc top of each car
I can ca'ch a mes-age from the wire
strung on poles thirty-live foct off. and
can fling an answer back to the wire
It requires no change in the wires of
any sort The secret of it Is in the
machine for transmitting. When I wa
investigating what I calieff the 'ctheric
force, a few years ago I accidentally dis
covered certain curious properties ol
static electricity. These I havo now
applied. The process is very iuexj'en
sive, as three men could equip a rond
:100 miles long for SI.CjO in three or
four das. It .seems certain that it
adoption will be run fmm headquarter
and every passenger will be accessible
to bis friends. Vhat do I call it? I
haven't named the baby vet"
Mr. Edison looked exceedingly well,
although he was robed in & gown 1
bed-tickinir reaching from collnr t
ankles, which was not very picturesque.
At the Edison factory in Goerck street
a new passenger car of the elevated
road is being equipped with tho clectrit
motors which are to take the place ol
the present steam loeomoiive in the
early summer. Thc car is turned liot
tonfupward, and two dynamos weigh
ing about 1,000 pounds each arc ad
justed to the under side in proximity to
the wheels. One dynamo drives the
four forward wheels and the other thc
f oar rear wheels. Every car Is to be
similarly rigged so as to bear its own
motive power. A train of four cars, in
stead of having one sixteen-ton locomo
tive, with two great drlvins-wbeels. will
hare no locomotive, but orery one of
tbe thirtv-two wheels will be a driving
wbeeL The eight draam will weigh
about as much as a locomotive, and
they will all respond to the touch of one
conductor. Hr. Baehellor. ia charre
of the work, U-lls me that one car can
he run aloaefn the easy hours, while ia
the crowded hours tea or a dozea eaa
he run ia a train, and that they caa
reach a speed af tweatr mile aa hoar
ia the first 900 feet after starting. Mr.
Bow ell Sage, whom I saw yesterday.
feels sure tbat the electric motors will
enable the aerial roads to carry oae
third to one-half more p yeagers than
they are aow doiag. aad teat the traia
will be much more safe 4d maaage
ablc W. A. CreiO. a S. Y. Wtrld.
Pillars af the Empire aH Ol4 Man.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Time gives a long account of the ar
rangements which hare beea made be
tween the German Govern meat aad the
Duke Krast tiaatacr. of Schlrswig
Hobtein. by which the latt-r is to re
cover family estates, so that he may he
able To obtata his rank "as become th
brother of the future German Empre."
I should say that the chances nr; aboa?
fifty to one against tie Prince?
Widhekn of graana ever becomiag the
German Emarcas. la the ordinary
coarse of aatura the Crown Prince may
be expectad to Kve for acaiher tweary
fire years at lea, aad anreaewac
coaders that the German Empire (ns
atpraaeac coastkated) Bkdrtolnsc
Sor any sack aariadanaft aicaeracea
tirely jgaornat ef the dxectiaa m which
the straw is moving all cyerEuraaaar
alas siagaiarir anataurant ac tae
af the timaa. It ia
Gnrnannw nafactir amaraae araaent kjar
aararanaatn. Itmnathe rimimiuil
that ftWcraatnai aad aaaarsaf hWEav
aam m nl aU aaam aaaia aim am 11
aa them ham a rtt if aitCI nmitm
NA90Y.
Mr. yaJbr fUaae m
AlklMt ! TrMlMMI W
f tK Coram I ne44ta ! tk
, Ttos tfeT4Jo lHdxl
(Wick k tu U MU Mr KMtuckj.) J
Thc Dimocriy trr thc Corners k pn
ahent and laBg-suffcrin. No Dimorry
in this kenrrv did more fur thc elec-
the
shun bv Cleveland than did we ur
Corners. K fur myself. 1 tood at Ba
com's bar from carl v morn to dewvev.
aoceptin mvitasbens to dnnk from every
man wich come in. and ImprrAdn oa
.i.. ... 1 :i .u- --..
i 1 -i"
nv hbrrtv. I oid more Icanm acJi
, . - , , -,,
hiurhia-poita in the interot uv Ctrl) -
Sen Lj Reform U:aa any man in Ken-
tucky. and I actilly ouco contribbitid
the half uv three dolbxs, a half,
wich I borrered uv a InebruuM Ixwi
vilhs drummer to the fnna for t-ndtn
Vepeetcrs to In-aav to mke shiwr uv
rirmn liiat :&! lor ( It r.lSil srnti
Reform.
h-saker Gavitt devotld hielf entirely
to the savin uv his krntrv from the dav
tli (firtvnklii!Ti kiliartiMii
So deTotitl
ETftOLEUM
V.
wuz he to hi- keutrv that be refoated " victory, and yet th eaensy are Ur
to do anvthint- about his hou. tcr- I iaS on or ratioa. Thi U what S-
atnu: his Iioum, pcr-
raittin Mrs (.avitt. the wife uv his
: 5
buru. a split the wood to cook the din
ners with. and. moreover, to kirtnUh
fur the dinner tu cook with the sad
wood.
This is the kind uv Dimocrats aewux.
and are.
Wat kind uv treetment are we re
seevin at tlie hands uv the man for wich
we did so much?
We open the paper wich comes to the
Corners aud we reed thai the Adtmnb- I
trahen hex bin actin pmmptly. anl chiefs shall become satiahed that Urn
that this man uv Alabama hex bin sent J "pod ytm b to I abandotird. hlr.
ez Mmbtrr to France, and toiher otic Cle eland ha not jet felt th preMan
ur South Kerlinv to England, and an- which the Hl!Uciat are abl to bring
other from Georgy to Uib place, and lflo him. Congms ha not been la
anotner from Mississippi to that- M-ion since he came Into otfice. lb
We are not complanin that tbe South had to deal foe a few weka with a R
hex not irreTpd her full share. When publican SenaU- wtiich took i upecial
the Administrshen fhez nerve enulf to intrrvt in hi atqwlntmen's. Tbe ll
u-nd Kedlv. who unit in the tm ur tim
North, and don't reevgnbe lle Govern
ment wich send him. we uv Kentucky
are content. The South hex rot all t
wants, and more. too. in one wav. but 1
them ez want- it most hezn't got it at ' f Mr Cleveland to know why thc ie
alL Wat do I kee.r who mx-s to Kn- crals elected him Preulent Tliey
gland, or Fr-ince. or Atistrv? Wat in
tere.it in that to the staunch Dimocrby
uv the Vorner? Tiler ain't none uv u
ecr gom to them ;i!dod hall, and wo
ain't demandm ti In) prtrentid to Em-
prers anfl neb. We don't kniw the
nabob wich 1 txnn uppiutcd at all.
and tlon't wan't to.
But we do not know that a diturler
from Illlnoy recceve Governnent eol
leckshutis. wn do know that a rene
gade Keiituckiati, Joe Higlcr by name,
is colleetin custom. And I know aud
Uib 1 the iron that enter mv mile--
that a nigger. Jim Lubbock, a disguUn
m a
mierior race. 1 otenln tlie on nooe-
oj-nln the one mioae-,
l-s to th., Dcmocrbv uv j
d is ilrorm the aalerv j
paji!r that comes
the Corner, and is drorui the salery j
promptly then'for. 'Jltia nijrjT b liviti 1
in a houc u hi own, and hez money
V) spare, while I. wich hez alluz made
sacrifice for the gmte eoz. hev U di
j?nd on chance iuvltathen fur sieh
rUstcnnncc ez mv daily Hants reqwire.
Evcmiso me. President Cleveland, ef
1 don't thrill when I rwd uv yer furrin
appintmentt. They may be good
enufT. but they don't interest me. It
wuz bold uv yoo to stand by au uncom
promi.in retl like Keilly. but I sIkhhI
thrill with more ibratiienb to n-tnl uv
the appiutmenl uv Nasln. P. V., to the
post-otlb uv the Corners, vice Lub-
ikk'k. removeu. iHaxer jani. wntij
Wife U flwrv uv splittm stove wood.
wood hev more uv a sen-when coodshe
si-e leaker slttin in Pollcn-k's place
than she dxis in heerin uv Ilieltw lein
sent to England or Cox to Turkm,
L-,-t t .i t..i t. 1 ... .tn
ijiiami aiiu Autnvjt ii iii ou
-j-the oflisc at tho Corner b close to
baud.
Lf lib Egslency b wise, bb Egg
lencv will heed the teers and wail uv
the reel stiffpT by lib d !.". Wat lie
want to do is V) fotnembcr'that rharltv
begins at home, and tbnt 1iom deferred
maketh the heart sick, and that a bird
in hand lieets two pair. Lf he hczn t
time to it let blm atinoint a dentiitV fur
the home department. Ef the gilfcten
wieh he is now ooin on the fumn
p'.an-s ofck'p.c all 1il time, let him -t
up a niaahecn fur domestic yoo, and
dep tize an oIdfashioried mo-s-beck
Dimocrat to work it.
We want the of-
fises-
Ef wc don't get the offices we mite ez
well hev t olid for Blane, Wat b tlie
difference to us who ia President, eeptin
ez the offices are given out? Wuz I
workin to keep Lnblock in the pot
oflb when I supiortd Cleveland? Waz
it to keep that nigger ia tbe pot
offis tbat I contcrtid ray boweb
into a Vesuviaa ertipshea for several
montl s? Not much. I wuz workia
the skcem fur myself, and aot fur a
aigger. Bascom wanta me to hev the
lace. fur be want bb books balaaced.
e wanU f akcr Gavitt and Deekia
Pogram in place, that he may absorb
tber salaries. Ef CWelaad caat da
this he shood refine aad let Headrix la.
who kia- Them b the seatimence ar
the Dimocrisy av the Corners. Every
Dimocrat wanU m applated. for I owe
every bleaaid wua ur em. The Coraers
hangs brethlb on the ackshna ar the
rTesab-wt.
PcTDOutrK V. Nasar (waitia).
DEMOCfUTlC SPLEEN.
at a -CawMpl
There have been
ceatlr af dianoateat among - the faith
ful " at the courae of the aew Adminis
tration ia TrgMtA to the expected radia
tnbation of the Gartrams.at patruaage.
bat the mo ontapokea deaaaciatian af
3tr. ClereSaad come from
Eaatis, of Loabaaaa, ia a
with a New York Scrntd
It will he foaad warth the
tag. for it aadoobtedly forashadews
the attitade the Bonrhana will nmnaae
when Congress shall came tesether
aet wiater. if Preanaent CSernlnad aaaS
inUBoe 10 be backward is
the spoib to the rictarav
Tae tmnwjjuaa haa hean rttan mat
that
Senator Easitis Ss aUjraaCed an
ot tae rrasanant 0
of that faction af the
pany m taawaan wmnm aa
ta
af
w,
amamUbf & KAaantaat aaaaat an, nnnnnfnnnnnnl maf,a"nav naaaaal fftntaaaaanV mnmaMHat mam aaaafa mVaBr'
awnf aafannnW Janav JanaMMaHBaanman' aanf naantn1 nvVf Vaaa-mannl nV anrnajtnt -aWa" anVn? -anP"an!nam aa
J - -j ,n ra r "inilii anmwnlaweaaaW farJt twaaant ana
gr wig Heaayshananthataer.lmal aria, gima far a diamaad Sal law mmm
"h-amalaaaxratiestaadysaal baa a aiaigat; aat ihaa IA raaah aha
vaaT iTaaaaai T- - - - tTaalr sat naaaar aaaava natnaV nam
aaaa. aaaramaaiaaaaammwjmaaaaav ,ararrli ea waw l.,
1? jtSiT??.??- akanaaaaBaaama aamat. am4-aVjaaaannaant3.'j
"nyy jrJP aammi aja m jaaaaar aaaaa g -t'S'T
aanvaaaa aaaaaraBaaaaaaaaaaaj vaaa9 aiaa r ,-,, rrss
, . ,-sh- " a"S "'- ?- -" -T " ,tT. - " M
nana fer ctaaatatnt rerealed
m. when hi r. Ktauk dt4on the
that "a herlc4ancrafi!oa. igTwsranC.
dved-tn-the-waoL and eVn4lr patt
Uaa Radical Wader are permitted to
retnala la oW all rcr the coaairjr
uader Democratic ruWs." Jumtis forth
declares that ClrT-Uad L 'totally lack-is-
Is lafomtatJoa resptiag the comw
dition of afaku ia the Skwth aad WH
aad Is relying entkelv oa th fgrrriaa
adrioe of "a rounie of U2W newa-
1 P1 " ""r1ir "or'" Gl.v wlo arabjat
a ignorant a m i jvjwm -
Import at msction.'
w-Tbe tact Is plain that the clajaf
lVmocrat represented bv ScaaJor Ka
U thc old-ckooL rockre4ed aa4
i mouBUta - ouiirsj iwwwtw-w"
I becoming dtjcutd wtik I leveUad
, ...... i n. 1 .t
f rourwuran wrtftous Tfj?r lt not
. dcrUlia lhjtS rtrd for tan
purpose of keeping lirjubl caa In ol-
Urn. They demand that tho ptrotar!
J at bt dispoal ihill W prcoJl e't
without further debv aPBg t! pt
f worker. Tbcr have wasted tw
I months, and that is king enough much
1 marvr iaB av, -iirv7u .m-s. 4
Democratic otHccwkec ia H ahagtfya
put tho ca the otiitjr day a ful!w;
Alter a long and btttt-r war ot twenty-
four vrar thr DeroorraU l goti-
ator Eust. objects tn. ami there hi c
doubt that be voice th catlroe&U ol
tbe politician of hh party
Jutt now tbe mugwurajM an juWlaat
over the intleencr they an excrUag
with the AdmlaUtrallon. though they
have had soma cu.o for complaint.
Rut tiieir Jmb of trial will come, TW
ouUpoken detmncixtMia ot (levvlAad
which Mr, Ku-tU haa msde b the forr
nmnrr of an avalanche of abu which
wlIJ biirl I WK,a V1?
"clans have U-cu waiting to
hat he would do. Rut when Congrtm
inwt next winter the iVmoeratic rnJW
L it
ticians will jro
to ashington wita
their war-paint on
Tber hIH demand
will exact the dtmiaal ol tlm mug
wump advisers and the "Kitchen (ab
net'' who are holding bbn back, llier
will claim tho ofliee a tln!r rght, and
be dn-s not yjld they will make fel
Kition no hot ani tincimfortable for
ium that he will bgin to wbh that b
w.-p aaiu Shenir of Monrtw ('ouaty
instead of Ireident of the L'uHe!
'State. If he doe yield. hich b lh
more probable, he w til rtiiunter th
scorch ng crIUcbm of th mugwuma
who have learned to regard hiiu as all
their own,
1 Senator Eiwtls entiebm on Uie Ad-
Jn,l,,,lrai,on ",, lno,W
"cauo he and hU friend.
Ilrtcr of C J-relani! in th
miuutration are tlm i'or$ niulurant
ere stanch
e Chicago
Convention. They indicate that thert
will be a terrible riiw In the Democrat
party lieforo many mouilt. duaijM
Trtbune.
EXCUSE HASTE."
Kaltlun KeitnunJall'TfM fta tivmmtm
tnr liUrmli mlnliMt.
The aiKjlog- of "exeue ht.'
should have U-en alditl U the wraaU
itlon of Eben K lllbbury and Charie
II. Chaae. lahlv apjKjmtci rveHoe
oflirlab in New KngUnd. Th'-y are
j jtJ,t the Mirt
of men who can gain by
lmjortunlty the highest and wkleat ree
omuiendation from the ttolUiciana of
ho party. TJiry know the weak 7t
of every politician in tlw circle of their
j aoiualntancc: Ihrv have the cheek aad
I .1 ... . . i. . .1 .1 1.5
f iuv enerjjv 10 piin anu mc uhihkum
to nuuish if reunited: aivl they douljt-
lea procntCil Uiemelve to tHe PreL
Wnt aud ( abtnet with tich volume of
cxnumendat on a tt forc the concla
jion that there wa a riHntanemi tip
rbin?;of New England for lhc ap
pomtnicnt.t. Iu point ot fact. Uic apjomtmetit of
PUbbury and Chav are dUcredltablr,
. lxfauathev lLe lb tiKr.-. of turttua
- official without Improving the standard
of the public service. Aa thing hate
I nc In the Bepublican party fur wanv
1 1 ciita, tuvmr; uien
I the aort of ajijK
might cxjKrct. fix
, the electoral burs
yeam, tbee tarn womd l (al about
the aort of apitoIatiaeaM lb publ'w
- rf- .
verr man who beltied
burrlarr of lubhtna In
1.50, lrom John Miermaa (tows or an.
received hb reward, from Cabinet port
folk to lidfvwaiter. but the Democrat
as a jMrty denounced the fraad and tha
reward of the criminal-, while hont
liepublicaaa could aot ceaceal their
contempt for both the f&vr aad the re
ceiver of the stolen good. Bat tan
elcotiaa af mi was a parhic pretaaa
agaiaaa that aystem of awKaVs. aad It
will aot reJbh n among ka frait thn
reward af two of thc active partkripaaU
ia the prttr imitation of the Lcmbiann
electoral anrghary m the name af ana
Iiawsrary of Maine.
mWK CjCam3Wa5jnwnal OT aamkr J99aarjMPnvWPsn
jonrnahi of Kew England ahUhf ha
amaV AaUaaKMaUaalaVBaV W aam0 aPtaMHaT Saaaan
Cahiartta diacanat
meadatiots aot ic than
aercraL all the than. and. as a rata, aa
ga eaaftld of them far aaen ta IU hmv
pajrtaat aabtic trnata, Taa fact that Haa
rtry few had apaaiatmaau marie ay ana
new A ami lava iea hare nailed aat t&Va
fraakaat crkkwm fram Voth th Ka
pnhliaan ami aha laafayaad.nt atma, a
Wla7 HJaaVcVS v9VPvflraaawjW lawaaaV aPNwaM
aam tataaaew aeittkrai antaeritr.
man a Chnaa aad Pttbhaij aaalil
wen aaaoiaUil avur naanaaaan .
hnaat aariag the taat twenty yean
ateac aaawa
tad ether af mxt
iacora ia this arty, were
ta the Tresaarr and
satelr hecaaaa af their erhavaal
qaalkif-a in potiticv, wkaoat cmatiag
telligaat niilannii : hat natter tlanr nra
trxpectad af the aew aobtfea! aatnoritjr
aad a had rermae mmfwrnUmnt hm
Maiae is eritidaed frm itahw ta Gaft
foraiav Tae snort war oat af snaa a
mbtaka aad taaefecifte way ta aqaeivA
the regnlithm ntomm iad af a a af hav-
p!9araanTanwa9a WaTfC Jsaaa a9 Smpnnaav nnnnVTannw:anV
b far the President ta sny'E-aa-a
dt aaamawaw I draaaaW
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