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RED CLOUD CHIEF!
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A C. NOSHER, fillister.
ED CLQUa - NEBRASKA
ICnpy right Secured. All IUgktM lUMrctdJ
Driven From Sea to Sea;
on, JUST A CAMPLV.
BY C. C. POST.
'J?oiiLTSirn nv J'r.iuc irsioh or J. E. Dowxsr
Co.
, J'cuushkks, Chicago.
CIIA1TOI II.
"Thcv wvm such
i,0!mNt:r.ii.
little bits o" tots
"when I left that I really ,pcct they
3i.ive forgotten how their own father
looks There's Martha, now, she'd
recognize me in a minute, I'll venture;
six years is a long time, though, and
.I've had some awful hard knocks durin'
-that time; wonder now if I am lookin1
much the wus for wear," and he aroc
41 little hurriedly and went and hunted
no the bit of looking-glass among his
Jcit of things, and took a long look at
liinisclf with a queer kind of feeling
.about the heart, that some way re
minded him of the days when he first
knew himself to be in lovo with Martha
Sminonds, and was a little uncertain as
to how his advances would be received.
Every day after that until they came,
lie had looked in the glass at least once,
.and often more than once, aud had kept
Jiis hair and beard combed and his
clothes looking as well as possible, con
.sideriii the fact that, to a very great
extent, lie was forced to rely on "strings
to do the duty usually performed by
buttons.
He had at fiftt thought of meeting
Ihi.s family at Sacramento, and had gone
down there in the middle of August
"with the intention of remaining until
they arrived; but as the time of their
coining was quite uncertain, and might I
not he tor several weeks j'et, and as
.some things remained to be done to the
cottage, he had made arrangements
with Jo iironsou, who also had friends
in the expected company, to .ee that
tiTey avo re properly directed after being
supplied with anything of which they
might be in special need, or to at once
notity him in ca-o anything liad gone
-wrong Avilh them, and had returned to
the ranch to await them there.
For .several days after his return 15
"busied himself alout 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
lifter he had laid his claim and written
ins lam n v to come ami wnicli now,
thanks to his careful tending and the
natural udaptahTdty of the soil and
climate, could exily furnMi vegetables
and melons enough for !i 1' rger family
than the one Avhoso Avants they Avere in
tended to supply; and emcmberiiig
that but a few days or Aveeks inteirened
before their coming, that even iioav
they might be in sight from the bluU's
,:it the bend of the creek whou wind
ings the road followed, that they might
"be coming around the bend at any mo
ment, is it any Avondcr that he idept but
lightly, or that he often raised himself
from his blanket, fancying he heard a
familiar voice calling to him through
the darkness?
Only two days before their arriwnl a
oieigboriug squatter called at the ranch,
mid the two nu'n spoke together earn
estly ami excitedly, ami Avhen the ncigh
"borleft. .John l'ars.lis hastily mounted
Jiis po:iy ami dashed avay across the
country at fcrcak-neck speed, casting
anxious glances back over the track in
tho direction from AVhieh he expected
any day, airy hour, to see the canva-.-coverod
Avagon in Avhoso occupants
very hope of his life centered.
After an absence of a fcAV hours lie
returned at the j-amo reckless pace, but
only to dash oil" again, after making cer
ium that no one had been at the cottage
dining his absence.
Jiiht at nightfall he came home,
fastened instead of turning loose his
pony, and cut for him a bundle of :he
Avihi oats that groAV so Imdily upon the
rich soil of tho Suscol Kanch and sur
rounding A'alloy.
Then he began to pace back and
forth before the porch of the cottage.
He did not cook or eat any supper;
lie even forgot to light his pijKJ.
All through that night he paced up
and doAvn or stood looking into the sky
or out toward the distant hills.
When morning came he cooked and
tried to eat his bieakfast, but could
onlv sAvalloAv with an effort, and Avhen
it was. over he set the unwashed dishes
.aside and looked in the bit of glass
.again.
What he s.iav there seemed to hurt
liim in some way. Tho face that was
Teilectcd back appeared ofder and not
.so good-looking as he had fancied it
had when he last saw it; he felt that
even Martha would- hardly know
liim; and with tho thought, tears, the
'iirst he had shed since he kissed wife
and babies good-bye away back in the
States, almost seven years ago, forced
themselves from his closed lids, aud he
laid down the pieco of looking-glass as
if ashamed even that the image in it
should look uion his emotion.
After awhile he lav down upon his
blanket, telling himself that he must not
look too care-worn at their coming, but
lus eyes refused to remain closed. In
stead, they persisted in wandermg
about the rooms; lingering for a mo
ment upon each object in which their
-possessor had felt a special interest as
something that would lighten the la
bors of his wife; some little thing she
-would not be likely to expect and
-which would give her "the more pleasure
because of it.
All the day through he was up and
down, out and in the cottage, nnable or
unwilling to work, forgetting his din
aer until long past the usual hour, and
then permitting it to burn to a crisp
when he did undertake it; but just as
the sun was going down he saAv com
ing around the curve in the road a cov
ered wagon; and although "AA'agons
uch -wagons were far from uncom
mon sights to him, and although it
anight well W strangers nhat a
jiroached, yet something told him that
-it was his own loA-ed ones, and Avith the
thought every look of weariness and
care went out of his face, and a moment
later the woman in a gingham drcs
.and sun-bonnet had no ditltCMlty in rec
ognizing her husband in the man whose
eager arms were thrown about herevea
before she could descend from the
ragoB.
CHAFnutm.
thx aatnnoa.
It was true that the girls who were
"eoch tittle bito of tete,r when he ieft
them did not know how their father
looted, aad woakL ot have known it
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It is doubtful, on tho other hand, if
John Parsons would have known his
girls had he met them unexpectedly.
They had groAvn wonderfully, he
thought; so much more than ho had
imagined.
Tme, he had conntcl the years that
had flown, and had said: "Jennie i- al
most eleven now, and Lucy p.v.t nine,"
but what did the passage of years sig
nify when memory had all the time
pictured them babies, just as he had
seen them before the years had come
and gone.
Erantus, he thought, had not changed
po much. He was quite a lad when he
Saw him last, anil he Avas not fully a
man now. He had grown, of course,
and had a manly air and look, but he
wa not yet sixteen, and tlieu we always
expect boys to grow. He bad -een
boys on the streets of Sacramento and
elsewhere of all age-j and sizes, and
their fonns and laces had somehow
mingled with the form and face of
Krastus and had helped to obliterate the
picture of the lad as he saw him last
and form a new and much truer one
of the real Krastus who.e hand he now
took and held with a grasp that warmed
the boy's lieart toward him aneAA.
"Leave the hor.es stand a bit and
come into the hou. with mother and
the girls," he said; "avo will care for
them by and by."
But the boy replied that he would
rather care for them at once and could
easily do it without help, a he was ac
customed to do. They were tired, he
said, with the long driA'c, as they had
all been determined to get through that
night, and had broken camp early and
driven hard.
"Yea, John," interrupted Mrs. Par-
sons.
it
has been a long drive and a
hard one; not to-day only, but so many
days; and I'm so glad 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 tilled
wth tears. "And oh! 1 am so glad we
have a home of our own once more. 1
am sure Ave shall e A'ery, A'ery happy
here.'' And she felt hurtwhenher hus
band roughly turned aAvay and began
helping Krastus with the animals.
She .supposed, however, that he av.us
ashamed to let her see how deeply he
Avas aficrcd at the thought of their all
being together, and of the happiness
which Avas .sure to be theirs, now that it
Avas so; and she felt Very certain that
this av.us the caso Avhen a minute later he
came back, and putting his nrms around
her shoulders. aid:
Come Martha, come babies, let's go
in and see the neAV 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 Avife noticed that his voice Avas
broken as he said it. but .-he did not
Avonder at it, for her oavii A'o.ce Avas not
to be found at all jut then, and sinking
into a chair she put both hands to her
face and gaA'e way to tears tliat would
come in spite of her.
When she could control her voice she
paid:
"Ploae don't think me foolish, John;
I'm .v happy I just, can't help crying.
Indeed, I d dn't expect anything halt ;o
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comfortable and nice, and iioav that Ave
we all together again in a home of our
own. 1 can think of nothing else AVorth
asking for."
Going tehind her chair her husband
took her hands in hi- own, aud. stoop-
ing dovAA. kissed her tAA'ice. a'.id was
silent tor a timJ. Then he said, huskily:
"I'm glad wo are together again,
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Now
while I go and help, Kastus with the
horses.'' and turning he left tho house.
When he cam- back in conipanvAvith
the boy he found his wife buy prepar
ing their supper, the material for which
.Jennie and Lucy Avere bringing from
the Avagon.
John brought out his own stores to
add to those of the travelers, and .-oon
the family Avere seated about the table,
atthefusl meal eaten together for so
many years; liiueeu, mo urM meai ma.,
the girls could remeinlcr to have eer
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eateil in company Avitli their father. which the squatters could command
Then followed questions and answors Wore than u-eless; and after a littlo
regarding the friends in the States, and while he cooled down and begau lotalk
the iourney which a:is just ended so f wh-it was to be done in the direction
happih'. and :it a late hour the family ' of eekin' a new home,
retired to rot upon such beds as could . ..Sl)Kltrof tlu, MloW3 arc talkin o(
be improvised from the stock m theJ goin ., into tie foot-hills, above Sac
wagon adued to that which the husband ( rament0f wIl)?n. thev MV th,ir .,5, U()
and father had beeu able to proude m c,:l5n of .. kim - , , d
view of their coming; ami soon all were wh,,rc h h t fts cav fo
.Jeeping the blessed sleep that comes UI)l u.. an, r;rots afid f J h
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passed sately tlirongh much 01 danger
all but .John Parson. avIio. despite
his last night of Avaking. slept but little,
and arose in the morning witli a look
that showed his Avife at once that there
was something upon his mind, a knowl
edge of which he Avas .striving to keep
from the family, and instantly she re-
ca'.letl what had been tout her by some
friendly squatters near Avluxe cabiu
they had camped the ecoud night out
irm :icniiueiiio: 01 a rumor inai some
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settlers. someAvhere further down the
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timet, ni'ic ijkui iu luw 11 tu 11 li. 11 1 tit
through some cause, which those who
rejK-ated the tale did not proerly
understand.
It had not 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
ing reunion, and of the future when
they should all be together in the new
home, that there was no room for any-
thin? else: and m she had scareely
hcard the tale at all, or hearing it- had
dismissed it at once with a single ex
pression of pity for the poor families
who were to lose their ail even as she
aud John had done back in the States
through the greed of those who are
nof content witu waat is justly theirs.
But now she understood it
It Avas Johu's claim that AA-as involved,
and they had come two thousand miles
to find a home and resting place, only
to be b'dden to move on agaiu ere they
had shaken the dust of the long journcy
froni their garment.
"Is it the title to the place. John?"
she aked; "I kuow theru is something
terrible on your mnd; something you
are afraid to tell m I ought to have
seen it last night, but I didn't. I AA-as
so tired an! so glad, that I couldn't
think of anvthing. Whatever it is,
don't be afrafd to tell me. I can bear
anything, only so that we remain to
gether." And she nut her arms around
his neck and laid her head upon his
jbosom.
Then John Parsons broke down and
wept The caildrea cmm in aad stood
wondering and silent They knew
something terrible had happened, or
was about to haupesu for, young as
they were, they knew that men do sot
weep at the scratch ol a brier; mad j
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thev saw their father weep and aaw
their smother wrt p her haad aa4
stroke his beard ad face sa
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softly something rher could not hear.
but which they felt most be words of
comfort that were sordy needed,
It was Krastus that broke the spell at
last He had been the Grst to rise aud
had gone out immediately to feed and
rub down the hoies; and returning
had entered just in time to hear Mrs.
I'a-dons speak of the title to the claim.
Then he, tor., remembered the rumor
which they had heard, aud knew thai
it was true, and understood all that it
meant to those who had been tlc only
real friends he had ever known, aud
his young blood grew hot and for a
moment he felt that he could kill th
men who were the cause of so much
suffering: and then there came a great
waAe of affection for the friends who
had givnn him all the lo-c he had evei
known, and, stepping forward, be said,
in a tone (A voice that gave a weight to
his words which his years would have
denied him:
"Uncle John, if the land thieves
have gobbled this place, too, let them
have it There must be land some
where that they don't claim, and il
there is we'll lind it, and make a home
on it I'm almost a man now. Uncle
John, and I'll help von; so don't gire
up. It will be all right yet"
Yes. John, cheer up. We will find
a place to start again, somewhere, and
all begin together," said his wife. "I
know, dear, how badly you feel. You
have built the house for us and have
thought so much about welcoming us
here that It is harder for you than
for us, who only saw it for the lirst time
last night"
" I never know it till just the other
day," sa-"d John, striving to speak in
his 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. The other squatters
got wind of it and had a meetin' to see
about it That was while I was at Sac
ramento arrangin' with Joe fer your
comin', and I never knowd anvthing
about it 'till Kill Ritchie, who has the
next claim ea?t came over Thursday
morn to tell mo that another meetin'
Avas to be held that afternoon to hear
the report of the committee that had
been sent to Frisco to lind out if it was
true or no. And o I helped Bill to
notify the neighbors, and Ave held the
meetin' at Hill's house, and the com
mittee was thar an' they said we avss
done for, sure enough; that Congris
had decided that the hid Suscol Kanch
belonged to a lew felloAvs that never
struck a blow, nor turned a sod, nor
put up a shanty: and who never paul
nobody fer doin' it, but claimed it be
cause some Spanish King or other onco
pretended to give it U some of his cro
n'es before there Avas any United States
or anything else on this continent but
huffafcr, and bars an' Injins.
I ust to be proud of my country,"
he continued, "and was fond of sayin
tSiat evervbodv stood an ekil chance
j here; but it ain't so. Nobody don't
stand anv chance except he is a rakil
i -
and a coward into the bargin: stealin
'thout gettin' in front of the law. There
ain't no doubt but that Congris was
bribed. Our felloAA's ha'e even learned
Avhere and when the money was raised,
and some of the Congrmen and Sen-
itors avIio Avas bought to vote agin u,
I but ue can't prove nothing in court,
fer cAvrvthing Avorks agin the poo
man, avIio only Avants justice, an' in
I favor of the rich one that is .-eekin' t
I rob him of his earnings: and if it Av.n't
for trie wimin aud children that might
be iuft wus off if their husbands and
fathers wus killed, there would be a
i tight before some of us give up our
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a a m
lms ., Il!ti,m to nofisih in violence
fri.-hfimed M-irthsL Pamnim. What if
th,7sqlIattr.s should resist and John
houhl be killed? J he thought almost
took aAv.uv her breath, and she tried in
everyway to calm her husband avIioiu
she had never before icon in so A'ioleut
aud bitter a mood.
He did not really meditate resistance,
however. Kxperienee and observation
had taught him that those who could
control both the Legislatures and the
i.omt-. could hring aids to
:iUv that made resUnce
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their as-.3st-b-
anv forco
is to raise corn an' hors back in the
State. If they Avould pay for the Avork
I've done on this place or even enough
to get lumber for another house, wt
could start agin up there, and do purty
wen iii:.v iu i.nf tit..v ifnn't vrn.i;..
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uub imj ihi u oicaiiu
and bavin' paid Congris
alin' legal, I spose they'll
dug in sight."
1 to
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is ineir game, and havm
clare steal
go for eventhi
Mrs.ParMns professed to be pleased
with the idea of raising fruit which was
really the eae, for she had already seen
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cAaiences smcc arriving upon the coas
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01 t.10 liberality with which nature deal
t
dealt
Avitii such of her products in this cli
mate, ami could she have f.-lt abso
lutely certain that they could lind th
right spot and get a claim which would
not bi; wrested from them, the would
have felt in no small degree contented
with the situation. And now she was
retdy to encourage anv scheme that
would help to reconcile her husbana to
the inevitable.
The result of further conversation be
tween the members of the familv was
that Mr ParsK)Ils
again
mounted hi
ponvand lode away in the direction of
Ritchie's shautv: and that that M-nninc
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a dozen squatters, many of them accom-
panieu oy their wives, met at the cot
tage. Avere intnxluced to the new com
ers, and when they departed it had been
arrxngcJ that John and Bill should
make a tr p to tie localitv spoken of
aud see if it was reallv'snitah'e for
homcteadmg. while o:hers wore to o
to San Krancico and ascertain bevond
possible question- if there was anv shad
ow of a claim hanging over it.
"I don't never mean tA ttir nn
another bit of ground that anvbodv has
cAer jam claim to TceptinGod'l'mightv."
said one of those present; and all the
others echoed the sentiment.
The next morning John Tarsons took
Ins wife, and then each of his children,
in his arms, and held them close to Lis
heart for a moment, kived them and
rode away to try to find another resting-place.
As he reached the brow of tha hill
which Avas to hide the cottage from his
view, he checked his pony and turning,
looked back, and then away to where
he could see other houses dotting the
landscape, tata a saoktwe caseete hk
eyes and Warred aw si-hL
only just acaaspiaV Ke$aid;;"rolT
1st . easapui' where tWr twJ ti
nst r. eaaipui' where ther thowht to
live sprays; that's whatthTr 2i-?'-
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BERMUDA'S PECULIARITIES.
wiir mou xer Wttr. iiwu itmm
Soli Xer VtUr. At
Birds. Only CenU.
In no other part of tbeworld, I think,
d'd nature show such supreme niggard
liness as hrre. She gave the IJennndas
ueither soil nor water, neither animal
nor bird, neither fruit vegetable nor
flower. She .-imply conferred the most
delightful weather under the cauopy,
and then stood o.T and said: "Such
weather as that is a bountiful outiit, if
you don't get another thing." So it
has proved. To the pri7e weather nil
other things have been added bv vi
itors. The only wild animal knoAva
here arc the rat and the mouse, brought
by vessels; the casual and oleaginous
whale, and the bat that has blown
across the Atlantic by accident There
is no game whatever, and never has
been. Of birds, the splendid cardinal
of the tropics is here. The blue robin
of New England is here, piping as
bravely as ever. The ciUbird has put
in an appearance, and so haa that even
greater nuisance, the Knglish 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.
Not a natiA-e bird among them.
I have said that nature gave Bermuda
no soiL Ignatius Donnelly think-s 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 sgo burieM the rest of
the continent with it splendid civiliza
tions foreA-er. In that case, I should
suppose there would be )mc real soil,
some rocks, some drift, nonie sand, some
clav. some alluvium, kome vegetable
mold. There Is very little of the last
and not a bit of any of the others on
these islands. There "is not clay enough
for a pipe, or sand enough for a sand
glass, or a stone big or little nearer than
the coast of Georgia. There is nothing
here but ground coral reefs, carbonate
of lime, digested and deposited by that
mucilaginous and shapeless creature
called the coral "insect" This island
is as Avhite as so much chalk, and about
as barren. Water foaks 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
vated by the admixture with the" soil 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 Avith a hoe ever so vig
orously, it neAcr laughs Avith a
harvest; ami after you have poured
into it oceans of poudrottc ami docd
it Avith loam and bound poultices
of Avarm 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 th-y can clasp root
lets around anything ofter than a ca-t-iron
stove lid. they grow. Some things
grow in a warm climate without much
encouragement I s.iav this Aveek a
tamar ml tree as large as a good sized
Nevv Kngland elm, that had been torn
lit) by a hurric.iue long ago, and stood
on its A'ery top, its roots pointing
toward the sky. The branches that
stuck into the ground put forth roots
inn! gave the wreck a new anchorage,
while the upthrown roots reverted and
set forth new limbs, and the dense
mass of foliage noAv shades the ground,
and invites the still fruitful giant to
forget its disaster.
there is no fresh Avatcr on the island
except what conirs direct from the
cloud'. This sky is the cistern of Ber
muda. The hou.-es are all built of the
coral that is quarried in beautiful white
cubes fiom the ground anywhere,
see-miiig lit for the sculptor's chisel;
theu overv house is roofed with slant
roof of the same and furnished with
abundant tank'. In these the rain is
gathered: and the tanks are .-o A-ery
clean, and the roof is so A-ery Arhite and
the air so A'ery free from dust that the
water is the purest in the Avorld cold
and pellucid as if drawn from the
choicest mountain spring. I never saAv
such delicious Avater a 11 v where. Nature
knew what she was about AA'hen she
omitted the Burmudiau springs.- Cor.
Cincinnati Comrncrcial Gazette.
WILLIAM PEN ITS RAPACITY.
Thf Delaware Flaking Quratloa A Ormnt
tht Has Hrra Dlpute! for Two Han
tired Yritr.
The DelaAAare fishery question is an
example of the cases which havo made
even' laAvver of lirominence in New
Jersey an antiquarian, with all sorts of
curious facts at his lingers' ends. Ex-Attorney-General
Robert Gilchrist en
gaged iu the tisherv case in 1873, and
he has been associated with Cortland
Parker, John P. Stocktoa, ex-Secretary
FrelingliUA-sen and others in its dis
cussioa. and Secretary Bayard has
championed the claims of Delaware.
Mr. Gilchrist's connection with the cae
has made him curioiulv familiar with
the times of Charles ft. and with the
peculiarities of the Duke of York and
that --able politician" William Penn.
who seems to have been snocessful in
getting almost anything he wanted
from the Dukr until the latter ran away
from Whitehall snd threw bis great seal
as James IL into the River Thames.
One of the strange phases of the Dela
ware claim to exclusive privileges on
the River Delaware and Delaware Bay
is that its people, or some of them,
fought the claim a hundred years ago
and ui to near the beginning of the
present century repudiated the guilcrui
Quaker's claims. Mr. Penn was a
grautee under the Duke of York as a
Jerseynian. and a claimant from the
samesource in Delaware and Pennsyl
vania. The Jersey grant, in 16SS-64. re
newed after the Dntch defeat in
1S74. was made to Penn among
others, and the claim for Delaware wa
subsequent to a-d inconsistent with
this. New Jersey's titles to land were
confirmed in 1702 and hv the ReAo'ntion.
Delaware's claim to "the lishiug privi
leges and to tle right to keep Jersey
men from the waters of the river date
back to 1682. William Penn had ob
tained the grant of Pennsylvania, but
when he arrived he found 'ten Swede
is Delaware occupying the fair water
front. Ho fixed lustful eye upon the
place, and at length got a grant from
the Duke of Yorklor the town of New
castle and all that lav within a twelve
mUe circle thereof. The Dnke. awfort
anarely for Penn. had ao right f make
that grant, hie brother, ajig Charles,
having sever given k tm him. Pean
videatir aadentetd the iiiriiary in
the graat, for whea the Dake became
Bag he got hie deed redrawn, and it
aaseed throagb the yreUmiaaiy stage
asdeedelSir theat great eeaL
Jnt at thie jaaetere Kin Jemea
teo feet far
raaawaj.
an ancient chronicle that ' during aa
unguarded moment that able politician.
Penn. confessed to the Board of Trade
that had King James remained two
days longer at Whitehall he would have
obtained a grant uadcr the great al
for the three coantic of Delaware." In
1708 the Delaware Assembly kuow that
Penn bad a claim on the conntlrs. but
denied its legitimacy, and beforu that
the King and council Lad repudiated it
There was a war over the powrssion in
1737 between Lord Baltimore's men and
the Penn tenant, and sgain the council
decided that tho province belonged to
the rrown: und in 1754 the people ot
Delaware themselves formally, at a
popular election, decided that the exown
had possessed the State until its claim
! had been transferred by the Revolution
It ha- seemed strange, therefcro. that
the Penn grant should be made the basis
for a claim in the river, which had been,
in fact, always poscned by the crown,
or general government a fact the Dela
wareans had ued violence to maintain.
The Penn grant, which was ncAvr
really granted, has therefore been a
subject of dispute for jut two hundred
and two years. Rejected at tlrst by tho
residents of the colony, admitted to be
void, lougbt by Lord Baltimore "with
drawn swords?' fretfully alluded to as
a source of trouble by'tim Delaware
Assembly one hundred" and fifty years
ago. formally repudiated by the Ring
and Council, rejected again"by the Dcl
awnrean. further invalidated by the
Revolution, It might have brn consid
ered as dead as the wily Penn hinnelf if
it had not come forth as aa argument
Uon the question of who owned Pea
Patch island in the Delaware River forty
years ago, and had not 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 that it whs. as heir "to Pcnn's
privileges the uV possessor of juris
diction over the Delaware River within
tAvelve mile of Newcastle, and has tho
right to make Jerseymen pay a liccns
for falling therein." An injunction of
the United States Courts ha sustained
operation since, and hi admitted to be
effective still. The end U not yet, for
the case U not fully adjusted, ltatford.
at leat, a glimpse of early colonial his
tory Avhich" is not without interest
Trenton (-V. J.) Cor. X. J. Tribune.
THE WIZARD EDISON.
Harassing New Klertrlral Thought
to
1'mrtlral IVurk.
" I found Mr. Kdion last week in his
laboratory on AA'cnue H. and aked him
what was the neAA'est thought that .he
had harnea-ed to matter. This.'' he
ausAvered. and called my attention to
board hanging by one edge to ropes
above our heads, its surface covered
with tinfoil. In further explanation he
said: Thnt solves the question of tel
egraphing to running trains. As .soon
as that little device U adopted eve re
moving train in the country aaJH 1k
conie a telegraphic station, and anvbodv
aboard the train may be telegraphed to
as easilv as if it Avas Atnnding still.
This will not be done by putting up a
new set of wire?, under the train or at
its side, but by, using tht ordinary tele
graph now running by the side of the
track. It is a new, and hitherto un
known, process of induction, by Avhich
I make electricity jump thirty-live feet
through the air, carrying the message
without spilling it " Hoav's that for
lively?"
The inA'entor's faco glowed AA'ith
pleasure nt the thought as he Avent on:
"lly putting up this tinfoil-covered
boMrd lengthwise on the top of each ear
I can ca'ch a mesage from the wire
strung on poles thirty-five feet off, and
can thng an auswer bad; to the Avire.
It requires no change in the Avires ol
any sort Tho ecret of it i in the
machine for transmitting. When I Ava
investigating what I calico the 'elherie
force, a few years ago I accidentallv dis
covered certain curious properties ol
static electricity. These I have now
applied. The process is 7cry inexpen
sive, as three men could cquiy a road
:300 miles Jong for S1.0X) in three ot
four days. It seems certain that it4
adoption will be ruu from headquarter
and everv passenger will Imj accessible
to his friends. What do I call it? I
haven't named the baby yet"
Mr. Edison looked exceedingly well,
although he was robed in &. goAvn 1
bed-ticking reaching from collar to
ankles, Avhich was not very picturesque.
At the Edison factory in Goerck streel
a new passenger car of the elevated
road is licing equipped with tho clectrii
motors which are to take the place ol
the present steam locomotive in the
early summer. The car is turned lot
torn upward, and two dynamo.- weigh
ing about 1,000 pound each are ad
justed to the under side in proximity to
the wheels. One dynamo driA-c the
four forward wheels and the other the
four rear wheels. Every car Is to be
similarly rigged so at to bear its own
motive power. A train of four cars, in
stead of having one sixteen-ton locomo
tive, with two great driving-wheels, will
have no locomotive, but ejrery one of
the thirty-two wheels will be a driving
wheel. 'The eight dynamos will weigh
about as much as a locomotive, and
they will all respond to the touch of oae
conductor. Mr. Hacbellor. in char re
of the work, tells me that one car can
be run alonefe the easy hours, while ia
the crowded hours tenor a dozen ean
be run in a train, and that they can
reach a speed of twenty mile an hour
in the first 300 feet after starting. Mr.
Russell Sage, whom I saw yesterday,
feels sure that the electric motors wiH
enable the aerial roadv to carry oae
third to one-half more p?engers than
they are bow doing, and teat the train
will be much more safe aud maasge
ablc W. A. Croful. in S. Y. World.
Pillars of the Empire all OIf Men.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Times gives a long account of the ar
rangements which haAe been made be
tween the German Government and the
Duke Ernst Gusther. of Schleswig
Holstein. by which the latter I to re
cover family estates, so that he may be
able to obtain his rank "as becomes th
brother of the future German Empress."
I should say that the chapec are about
fifty to one against tfco lracrv
Wilbeha of Prussia ever becoming the
German Empress. Ia the on Unary
course of nature the Crown Prince may
be expected lo live for another twenty
five years at leat. and anv one who
considers that the German Empire (as
at present constituted) k lik-ly to lat
for aay such period mast either he en
tirely jgaoraat of the direction in which
the straw k moving all over Europe or
else singularly aaelaervaat of the sign
of the time. It k arahable that we
saallseea vast and radical change hi
Prewar dkectlv after the present Em
peror's Heath. It mm h, rememhered
that the creators and aflbrs ef Jke Esv
aire ate all aU mem, ami bo mucieic-rs
ta lm have aa yet appearea,
ETROLEUM V. NAStY.
rn
t ( TmlaMI Um tm
fUCfn 1 cla
jar. C!vr4M4.
, Kiuai tbeTnkoto IJVxJo.1
0'thejitX; Hoatia. 1
fWica to la t&r iaU ur HTaatstckj.)
The I)imocriy uv the Corners Se pa
sbent and fong-uffcrin. No Dimoerisy
in this kentry did more fur the elec
shun uv Cle-eland than did we uv the
Corner. K fur myself. I stood at Ras
com's bar from early mom to dewy eve,
acceptin invitasbens to dnnk fromowry
man wich rome In. and impresln on
em that ou-mal vigilance wua tho price
uv liberty. I did more leaain ag:n
hilchin-pot in the interest uv Oi U
Svnis Reform than any man in Ken
tucky, and I actilly onco contribbitld
the half uv three dollar and a half,
wich I borrcrrd ua- a inHriaUd Iaku-
ilU; drummer to the runa for rndin
.vpevtn to Injcnny to
carry in that Stale for
Reform.
make shoor ur
Cleveland and
Linker Gavitt dovothl hbwclf entfndr
to the s-iA'in ua his krntrr frtitu the dav
the Conven'.hiin adienH-J. So de-mtid
wu7. he to hU kentry that he refoo4e-l
to io anything aioul hi Iioum. per
mittin Mr, (avitt. the wife uv hi
hum. to split the wood to cook the din-nt-rs
with. and. moreover, to kirmbth
fur the dinner to cook with the sel
wooL
Tliis U the kind uv DimocraU wut
and are.
Wat kind uv treatment are we re
seeviu at the hands uv the man for wich
we did so much?
We open the paper wich comes to the
Comers, and we reed that the Admin Li
trahen hex bin actin pnraptly, and
that this man uv Alabama hez bin sent
e. Minister to France, and tothcr ou
uv South Kcrlinv to Kngland. and an
. " . - . - .
other from lieorgA to
thU nlace. and
another from Mi-sw-dpiii to that
We are not comiilantn that the So-ith
hex not tv-eeid her full share. Wheu
the Adnunitr.'shen f hex nerA'e enuff to
send Keilly, who npit in the fare ur tlio
North, and don't recognise the Govern
ment wich M-nd him, wu uv Kentuckv
are content. The, South be cot all ft
uff to
wants, and more. too. in one wav: but
them ez wants it mot he.n't sot it at
nil.
VVatdol keer who gen lo Kn
0
gland. or Kcance. or Autrv? Wat in
terest is thnt to the .staunch Ditnocrisy
uv the Corners? Ther ain't none uv u
ever goin to them gilded hall, and wo
ain t deinaudin t Ihj proentid to Km-
prwrs and nich. We don't know the
nabob wich i bein upplntctl at all,
and don't wan't to.
Kut we d not know that a dMurler
from Ullnoy recceve ttoremment col-leek-.hu
iK, we do know thai a rene
gade Kentuckian. Joe lligler by name,
is colleelin ctistoitK And I kuow and
thi.i U the iron that enter iua sole
that a nigger, Jtiu I.uhlock, a lisgutin
inferior race. U oenIn the one nooo
jax:r that conies to the Dcmocrisy uv
the Corners, and is ilrorui the salery
jtromptly therefor, 'llii nigger is liviii
in a house uv hU own, and hez money
to spare, while I. avIcIi he, allu. made
saentictM for the pntte co. hev lo de
wnd on ehance itiAitahen fur sieh
MLtteuance e. mv daily Avantn rewre.
Kvccmu me, rruident Cleveland, ef
I don't thrill when 1 rued uv yer furrin
appintmeiiU. They may be god
nnull. but they don't interest me- It
wuz bold uv yoo to stand by an tinconi
promism rebel like Keilly, "but 1 shood
thrill with more vihrativeni to reed uv
the appinttnent uv Nasby, I. V., Ut the
txist-ollls uv the Corners, vice Lub
iMK'k. removed. Iftsaker Javitt whou
wife is weery uv splittiu stoAe wood,
woo I hev more uv a cnashcn eoodshe
.-ee Issaker sittin in Pollock's place
than she does in heerin uv 1'heljH ladn
sent to England or Cox to TurkcA.
England and Turkey is a long way oil
the ofliscs at tho Corners i close to
hand.
Ef his Eggslcncy is aviso, hi Egg
lency will heed the teers and wail uv
t!ie feel Hutlrer by hi delay. Wat he
want to do i to rotnenilNr"that charitA
Ix-gins at home, and that hop deferred
niaketh the heart sick, and that a bird j
in hand beet two pair. Ef he hem t
time to it let him appoint a deimitv fur
the home ih-p.irtment. Ef the gilfeteen
Avieh ho is now yKin on the furrin I
i.i. it i.t .? 1... i.j... ...I
i"ana "'i" a" '", "-'. ' " w:i
up a maheen fur domestic yoe, and
dep tie an o!d-fahioned mo-hack
Dimocrat to work it We want tho of-lisi-s.
Ef we don't pet the offices wo mite ez
well hev votid for Hlarie. Wat is the
difference to its who m President, ceptie
ez the oflises are given out? Wuit I
Avorkin to keep Lubbock In the post
ofli when I supjMJrtid Cleveland? Wua
it to keep that nigger In the pot
oflis that I conAcrtid my boweU
into a Vesuvian ernpshen for several
montl s? Not much. I wuz workla
the skeem fur myclf. and not fur a
nigger. Itancom want me to her the
fJace. fur he want hi books balaaceL
le want issakcr Gavitt and Deekin
Pogram in pUce. that he may absorb
ther salaries. Ef Cleveland can't da
thU he shood resine and let Headrix la,
who kin. Them i the seaUmeace hv
the Dimocrtsy nv the Comers. Everv
Dimocrat want me sppiated. for I owe
every blcid wun nv em. The Corners
bangs brcthlk on the ackihua ar the
FreshlenL
Potjolxcx V. Nasst (waitia).
DEMOCRATIC SPLEEN.
DeHeeaUe
rMUrt."
There have been many evidence re
cently of discontent amoag "the faith
ful " at the course of the new Adminis
tration ia regard to the expected redis
tribution of the Government patronage,
bat the root outspoken dennnciatiea of
Mr. Cleveland comes from Senator
EaotU. of Loaidaaa. In a interview
with a New York JJemld rrportur
It will be found worth the read
ing, for it undoubtedly foreshadow
the attitude the Bourbons will aasame
whea CoagreM ha!l come together
aet winter, if President Oevelaaa shali
continue to be backward hi awarding
the spoils to the victor.
The imnreSHa ha been given oat
that Seaav Enstls U dtgrjat'ed on
acceaat of the I'redeftt reeegaitioa
of that factioB.of the Deasocratle
party hi Laawaaa waseh U tm-
poeea to Kastk; hat a
et ass statemeat wiil
he asmm his
He says btaathr thatClerelaaa
frees a Democratic staadpoiat haa haea
thim
AkeerlaJaVpleiaamt
Taera k aa Bsmkkur Jat
vm. -Whm J r
j f
eesaea. aae eaamammaa ansa & vh
W-r Jp "-T
for coatMuat te revealed farther
oa. whea Mr. Kmti deplores the fad
that "a hordeof uascrapnloa. Jgnoraat.
dvcd'ta-the-weol. and offensively part
isan Kadk-al leaders are permitted t
remain in oalr all ovr the coaatrr
under Democratic rukv" HmmU further
dcclarrn that Cleveland t totally lack
ing In information resr-ctiag the cca
ditlon of afalrs In the iotith and Wet,
and I relying entirely 00 the feveri)
asivkr of a couple of mugwump aew
papcr la New York Qy. who are j
a ignorant as he i regarding thet
hnjKrt.-nt -cllon."
v- Thn tact U plain that the cla jit
Demperats rrpmonted b' Senator Kr
tU the old-ehoL rocS'ro..te!. ant
mountun - buttm.'l iVrntKrat ar
Incoming diigU'disi with lloveltnd
murwump rontnovl. Thev do not -
- --.. X
j drntand that hi Ar elortrU tnt lb
f purjo of kiTping Republ catw In ol-
tictv They demand that the pitronajT"
i ithout further delar annng h pMy
worker. Tler have wa!tHl two
1 month., and that is long enough - much
1 longer than they cxp"ctrl to wait A
Uemocralic ouicteeker m aa-niJW
put tho ca""" the other day f!luwt
Alter a log aud wtu-r war or tweniy-
! fonr year the Democrat won a clori-
, , .. - ,.
uu victorv. ami vet ue enemv are ut-
Ing ou our ration." Thbi U what
ator hut. otjett in, ami tfMre w no
doubt that he olce the enllmenU ol
the -tohlicbn of hU party
Jut now the mugwum are jubilaat
over the Intlnence they are reruajr,
aIUi the AdralnLlrr.lum. though Uvy
have had some wuwm for etunplalnt.
Rut their Uwa of trial will come. The
outspoken tienunciainu ot Ch-rel.iml
which Mr. KutU ha made U the fore
runner of an avalanche ot aUio which
will boot forth .v wa a the pvtjr
chiefs -.hall Ucome natitic that tfM
-OtN system I lo U abandoned. Mr.
CleAelnnd ha not yet felt the premru
whlch the jwdltlciana are able to bring
ujHtn him. Congm-a ha uot leeu In
M-.-lon jilnce ho came Into oiHoa. Hi
had to deal for a few week ujtb a Ke
, publican S-natit which took no special
intercut In hl apttniutmen'a ltieiioii-
ticiaus have Invn
-
waiting
to ei
Ahai he nould dt. Rut v hen Cong vw
meet next winter the Iemeratio ik1I-
tielans will go to Waihlngton with
their war-paint on They ulll dimm
' "' Mr. CleA eland to know why the Dem
ocrat ehcU'd bltil 1 reldeut lliey
will exact the dimlal of the iiug
wuinp advisfr and the Kitchen Cabi
net" who are holding him bsc. 'Iliev
will la!m the olliee a their r ghl, nn!
j "e ues not yetl they win make dm
million o hot nnd une-.tniortabie for
him that he will bgtn to wlh tl!t Inn
were aain Shenlf of Monroe County
hftead of l'ni.h!ent of the I'liltel
State. If he doe vlejd. which U tle
f more probable, he viH encounter tint
MHirehing critlcUm 01 the mugwump
who have leametl to regard hitu a all
their own.
Senator Euti' erit'.eNm on the Ad
ministration are the mom nlgnitlrant
U'cauu he aud hU friemU were aUneh
MipHrU'r of Cleveland In the Chicago
ConAention. They iudlratn that then?
will bo a terrible row In thoDemocratl
party lcforo many month. tVidjy
TrJjunc.
EXCUSE HASTE."
Kegalallon ltr-in
for HUrrrdlladU
ltllnit Mo Kl
uinlnllN.
Tim ajKilogy of "yxemo hat."
should have )een ajldod to tho coiuuiU
slon of Elwn F niUbury and Chnrle
H. Chne. Intely npj)iitti?J retentm
ollieinl iu New England. Th,y are
jut the sort of men who can gain by
importunity the highest and widest reo
oiuniendatioiM from the politician ol
the party. They know the weak njwit
of every politician In th cin'lo of their
ncplalntance: tliey haA'e tin chek and
the energy to puh and the d$)KMitioH
to punish if rejmUed; and thy doubt
less prcMjntiul thcmelver to the I'H'!
liit aud Cabinet Avith uch voluruu ot
comuietidat on a to force th couolu
jjlon that there aar a MMtntaneoti up
riing of New Euglatiu for thoi a-
pointnicnt.
In jKintotfact Ue nppolntmenb of
PIlUbiir and Cha are dincreditablr.
1 h,wiiii."h..r mln tu, u-u. ( irttt
i nfllcmls without imnroriiit? the taudanl
(,1 the public crv!re. A ihiag have
.'... ... .
imne in the itUuittbiiean party lor manr
yearw. ihe men would be jmt aloiit
th'j Mjrt of np)Hintnient the publio
might exect Every man who help!
the elecUiral burglary of lwui!a;ia s
1S7C, from John Sberman ilonn or up,
received lit reward, from Cabinet jwrt.
folio to fld'.'-walUT, but th Demrrals
a a party denouneed the fraud and Uw
rewanl of the criminal, while bon
Republican could not conceal their
contempt for both the giver and the re
ceivers of the stolen good, lkil tho
election of 1444 was a pubUc protect
against that ytem of politic, and k
will not relish a amosg iu fruiu tha
rewanl ef two of the active participants
in the petty imitation of the Isuilaaa
electoral harglary ia the name of the
Democracy of Maine.
The comments ef the tadepraieai
journal of New England sfctaid he
aa admonition U the Preskteat aa4
Cabhset to discount regalation recoes
mendsthics not le than one hundred
per cmt. alt the time. and. a a rule. m
ge oaUae of them for men to ill im
portant ptthllc travts. Th fact that tha
rrrj few had eppotalmeeu made by tha
new AdmrnUtrauon have calle oot th
fraakcH criticism from both the He
publican aad the Independent pre, is
the highest compliment thst cald ha
paid to the sew political authority. Sack
men as Chae and PllUbary could hava
been appoiated by aay XepuWicaa Pf a
Meat taring the butt twenty yean with
out aetable protect. Known ha Wet
thieves and other of asott natatory
crhmiaa records ia thk city, were ap
noiated to the Trraary and retalnr4
there solely becue of their criminal
qnalitieji in politic, withoat creatiag
more thai a pa ing serprke amoag kv
telligeat cstisens; bat better thing are
expected ot the new political authority
and a had revenue appointment la
Maine k eri ticked from Maine to Cali
fornia. The (thort war oat of ee a
miftake and theesVctfTe way to iMfseka
the regulatioa recommeadaton of ka
portnaates which lead to ch mktakea,
1 tor im rnaesi to T"r.i
haste; the apeoiatsseaU are revoked.
HmtiUlpiU Times (1L)
The rahy, says aa etpert. ranks fer
price sad beaaiv abave all other prsv
eioas etoaea. Whea a prrfeet rnay ef
ive earats k hreaght Into the market a
saaa w he oers4 fork tea lima tha
pneegrreafora euaoadof thesaana
wriest: hahoskIk rsaah h ws4gB
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