Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190?, April 22, 1898, Image 2
SUPPRESSED CAPITAL NEWS (In New Time.) Six months ago, or even three months tiro, for that matter, congress might nave favorably entertained a deal for the pun hose of Cuban Independence by cuanuitcclng tho payment of any rea sonable amount which the Insurgents would have been willing to name as a Just consideration. Now the thing can not canity be done, because any propo oltlon looking to that end will havo tho taint of corruption. Six months ago the I'nlted States could have guar anteed bonds to enable the pntriuts to buy their freedom, and It would havo been clean. The matter was broached to the president that long ago, but tho president's policy then was to stave off action, and he did not give It a friendly hearing. Since then the McKlnley kitchen cabinet has become Interested In the scheme, and now It is being urged and may eventunlly be adopted as the "administration plan" for lib- . rating Cuba. I J. J. McCook, of New York, ono of . the family of "fighting McCooks," Is the father of the scheme, and he hns been bombarding the Whlto House for a long time in the Interest of the project. Ho did not make headway until ho en listed the services of Senntor "Stevo" Elklns and n Wall street combination composed of gentlemen who hnd con tributed largely to the $10,000,000 Hnnna campaign fund. Since then the schcino baa been booming and tho president thinks well of It. He is said to be will ing to give It the weight of his Indorse ment. Congress looks with suspicion upon any money deal that Elklns has a lin ger in and evinces a desire to ask for a bill of particulars. It Is not a dlfllcult matter to get at tho salient features of this Job. It has Its origin In Paris, Berlin and London, whore the bulk of tho $100,000,000 of Cuban war bonds Is sued by Spnln is held. The nnnnclers who underwrote these Spanish bonds have been "stuck" with them, and as the public would not tnke the ehromos oft their hands they conceived the Idea of sawing oft the "pnper" on the United States. James Gordon Dennett of tho New York Herald, who lives In Paris and hobnobs with roynlty In politics and finance, Is said to have been se lected to "work" the American press on a promise of a largo contingent In terest In the prollts of the deal. Con firmation of this story is found In tho fact that the Herald about threo months ago Jumped out of the Jingo col umn and has since taken the Spanish end, so far as it dared, on nil ques tions that came up, counseling pcaca and suggesting a commercial solution of the trouble. There Is $10 profit on every $100 bond that the United States can be Induced to put Its Indorsement on. If congress should nuthorlze such Indorsement on $100,000,000 of such bonds the profits would be $10,000,000. If tho amount could be Bwelled to $100,000,000 tho schemers would rake In $100,000,000. No Klondike ever held out such prospects as that, There Is a pot of money so huge as to be almost beyond compre hension, yet It Is "In sight" for tho ambitious schemers who are behind tho deal, and they are making n desperate and well organized raid on congress to secure Us npproal. The Credit Moblller could only put up a corruption fund of a few paltry mil lions, yet It controlled congress and commnnded the services of many of our leading statesmen. Here Is a scheme which could easily promise In contingent fees $50,000,000 or $76,000,000 and still have enough left to buy a kingdom; in fact, two or three king doms aB this kind of property goes now. At the present writing there would bo Btnnll prospect of securing congression al approval of this monumental Job. but there Is no telling what money will not do, and It Is too early to say that the bond deal will fall to the ground, although, as remarked nt the begin ning of this letter. It has already be come tainted with corruption, and ihe brand of either the bribe-taker or the dupe will bo stamped on every con gressman who votes aye to the steat. In Its present temper congress would oce Spain or the Spanish bondholders at the bottom of the sea before It would consent to pay a dollar for what It proposes to take. Money has been known, however, to produce some re markable changes of sentiment at tho natlonnl capital, and the country mny have an exhibition of thPt sort In store. The fellows who nre engineering this colossal bond dcn will not give up as long as there Is a chance, liven though the United States should find It neces sary to send nn army of occupation Into Cuba and take the Island, they would not give up. Under such clrcum stances they would come weeping to the front with a plea that having van quished Spain, It would now bo In order to do the grand thing and voluntnrlly offer Spain a couple of hundred million dollnrs to show that we harbored no HI feeling. It would be shown that such a good-will offering would nt once establish this glorious nation In tho graces of the whole world and be an awful nice thing. If this government escapes being1 skinned by the Spanish bondholders it will be In great luck. There Is another side to this Cuban business. There nre holders of Cuban bonds prowling nbout "Washington, and there Is a Cuban bond scheme In pro gress of Incubation. The detnlls of this Job and the Identity of the manipulators are difficult to obtain, but It Is well known that several million dollars of the bonds of the so-called Cuban re public have found lodgment In the bands of rich and unscrupulous con gressmen and powerful men on 'Wall street whose attorneys hold seats In the sennte and house of representa tives in Washington. These bonds cost the holders not more than 10 cents on the dollar and in the shnke-up over Cuba the United States Is also expected to play the part of paymaster or in dorser in behalf of the patriots. So, look which way you mny. Uncle Bam stands to be robbed before he gets through playing with Cuba The Gem of the Antilles will be a costly decora tion for the old gentleman, A ROTTEN ADMINISTRATION. Our president Is unquestionably a man of high personal honesty, and that he is a patriot of the purest ray serene Is also admitted, yet he Is unfortunate fn having about him a number of very queer characters in whom the public refuses to place confidence, and of whom it Is becoming weary The pres ident is a man of intence loyalty to his friends, and he Is very grateful to verybody who contributed to his nom Inatton and e'ectlon to the presidency. A whole lot of people are taking advan tage of this trait In his character to lm. ose on him, and they are doing their est to bring him and his administra tion into disrepute. They betray a lack f delicacy and a disregard for the pro prieties which Is shocking. The prest Cent hates to gives these obtrusive fel lows offense, and eo he submits to their Impositions without outward signs of displeasure. The public is callous to the disreputable incidents connected with the payment of political debts, as lustrated by the distribution of fat Rices in return for delegates to the St. Louis convention, but it is opening its yes to graver offenses In other direc tion. 1 mean the lending of the administra tion to the stock Jobbers of Wall street. That Is something which Iirh become n notorious scandal nud against which the people have a right to protest. It la a species of Infamy of which every ad ministration from Grant's time down to the second term of Orover Clevelnnd has been guiltless, lleuedlct and n se lect few of Grover's rich chums used to mnko money on stocks on ndvance Information nbout administration do ings but nothing that occurved during Cleveland's corrupt second term was ever quite so shameless as the thing which have lately taken plnce In Wnll street. And In nil these shady dealings It must bo said In fairness to the presi dent that he wns probably In entire lg nornnce that his admlnlsttutlon wns being used In the Interest of the stock Jobbers. There Is nothing to connect him personally In the remotest degree with anything of a questionable char acter In these affairs. The acute turn to the Cuban ques tion about the first of the year caught tho Vanderbllts and the J. I'lerpont Morgans and nil their great connec tions, as well hh the Rockefellers and tho Hnvemeycrs, and In fnct all tho tlch men of Gotham heavily "long" of stocks. They had ravished their check books to elect McKlnley, and they had faith In the McKlnley boom. So they loaded up with stocks, and when tho market began to slump In consequence of a threatened war they were caught. Down, clown went prices, and finally the decline turned Into a panic. A Mace donian cry for help went up. Mnrcus Aurellus Hnnnn Hew to New York and hung around the money quarter of tho town for several days assuring every body that he met that all danger of war was past and that the country need feel no further nlurm, ns his friend Mc Klnley was at the helm and would keep the nation out of difficulties nt any price. Marcus Aurellus had represent ed McKlnley when he passed the hat eighteen months before, and tho New Yorkers supposed he still spoke by au thority. Ills false and purposely mis leading prophecies and statements car ried weight, especially as they were not defied from Washington, Prices started up, and on the boom whliMi resulted from Hannn's visit thu millionaire contributors to the McKln ley campaign fund who hnd been caught long of stocks on the break sold out on nn unsuspecting and bun coed public and stood from under. Tho conlldenced tens of thousands of small Investors who got the stockB which Mr. Hanna's friends sold have been victim ized to the extent of a great many mil lion dollars for the market took a tum ble after the Hnnna coup and the peo ple who bought have suffered awful punishment. They hnve never once seen daylight. They lost money from the hour they Invested. The chance remark which was drop ped by poor old Mr. Long, secretary of the nnvy, over which so much ndo has been made and which served the stock Jobbers a good turn for a day, really does that gentleman an Injustice. Sec retary Long wns ns Innocent of uny In tention to work the stock market as an angel of light. He knows next to nouimg noout siocks and is entirely guileless in that regard. His casual ob- servntlon got twisted around and was ' uie cause oi mucn sensauonni specula-1 either party Is dissatisfied with the do tlon In the newspapers far more thnn ' clslon an appeal may be taken to tho it deserved. In point of fnct. the re mark was dropped In confidence, nnd should never have been repeated; and It never would have been repeated If some hnngers on, for whose enrs It was not Intended, had not chanced to over hear It. Some day President McKlnley will wake up to the consciousness that ho j es, punish contempt, and their moral has paid his campaign obligations often effect has been most wholesome, dls enough und that he now owes more to : putes having been reduced to a mlnl the public thnn ho does to the schemers mum; worklngmen are particularly de who engineered him Into the preslden-' lighted with the system und the coun cy. His contract with the gold bugs try Is very prosperous In comparison wua io prevent irce silver legislation uy . with what It was a few years ago at-; congress during his four years term. trlbuted to the land tax (approaching It wns for that and that alone they the single tax scheme In the U. S.). It contributed to the $10,000,000 election ranges from a penny to 3 pence per. fund. So long as he occupies the Whlto pound with nn extra penny added for House the men who mnde up that fund i absentees: this has reduced alien own know that McKlnley will religiously prslilt): Euruneun lnndlurdH Hoon trot comply with his part ot the agreement, tired of paying heavy taxes and will That Is as far as he need ever go In ingly sell small parcels at low figures, recognition of the millionaires as a po- giving nctual settlers an opportunity to lltlcnl element or as a material In- pay for their homes. In a very few terest demanding his protection. Any- years large estates will cease to exist, thing beyond that Will be in the nature' Actual settlers can own land worth of a gift or weak surrender to usurious exactions. CZAR REED IN DANGER. Speaker Reed is becoming intolerable. Time was when he was personally pop ular among his fellow members. That tinv im innn- sinoo .hihroiI Hn la ,inm. i Ineering, bullying and unaccommodat- j tn- T.he government rents large tracts Ing. He takes pleasure In hurting tho f 'and t0 aciual deserving settlers for feelings of representatives, who should SJ9 years, and lends them $100 worth of be his equals In the privileges of the ' material for a house, allows a certain house and who should be free from' 8U1" l'er acre for clearing the land, and annoyance nnd persecution at the , Provides him three eight-hour days' hands ot a speaker of their own official! wo,k Per week on ronds or other im creatlon. If It is as easy to do a mem- provements, to support his family till i.- ., in ,.. r.o .. r,,,i .,,-., i. i I he can raise a cron: tlio covernment In variably does the former, except n very ' few members who happtn to stand well , ..ii. i.i 1 s. .. . - wiiu nun uuu iu uc iiiipuriuui puna us ..-,.. .. --- - ,-.. ............ .-....., the house machinery, for even the Czar ll t0 farmers at G per cent, their lnter must have a machine to preserve him- est cancelling the debt In .3 years; rates self In power. If a really strong man of Interest were formerly very high, tiiimiiii fnmo to Mip frnnt nnii mnko n i The government owns the telegraph. stand-up light against Speaker Reed the big czar would be knocked out. PeBS "uamesa in uw euiiuiu; in coun Such n man could head a successful try districts railways carry school chll revolt against him In the house as It drcn t0 and from school free, and un ls now constituted, and then. If the next ' d?r government ownership are begln congress should be republican, could nng t0 Pay wel1- T1,c Pst bank has beat him from tho speakership. Czar , become so popular that a limit of $2,500 Reed Is a changed man. From being the amount ono might deposit had Jovial and companionable he has be- to be placed to protect private banks, come grumpy and bitter. The humlll-! Women vote in New Zealand, and local atlng collapse of his presidential as- option requires that the license question plrations wus too much for him. Very ! b? submitted every three years to the few even among those who were classed referendum. The government does more as his personal friends regret the fnti- " iiisuiuhub muii uu iuiaie cuiuuu ure of his ambition. The disposition i "les combined. There are a few ex to tyrannize, which Is so strongly peridental government farms for un- Tvinrlrml In llltrl ns sneaker, wmlld )mV emplOJ'Cd. thoroughly brutalized him ns a presl-1 dent. Grover Cleveland would be con- rooms apart irom worn rooms ror em sldered n saint by comparison a model ' ployed and eight hours Is a day for ot gentleness and good nature. I work. No child under fifteen years Is The democrats are already looking 'permitted to work In a factory and forward to the day when they can de-, the la"' applies on the farm. In cities, mnnd an accounting ot that $50,000,000 stores must be closed Sundays and half war fund. They see great boomerang a holiday during the week, but the full properties in this extraordinary appro- week's work must be paid for. All priation and will Inquire critically as these laws are rigidly enforced, to where every cent of the money goes. Government works on an enormous They are already In ecstasies over the scale have been undertaken on the co dlscoverles which they expect to be operative plan; that is, the contractor able to make and are gloating over the is eliminated entirely. The government materiat which a congressional Inves-) deals directly with the men who do the tlgation will reveal that will be useful . work. And they find It a very easy In a political campaign. They confl- matter to get along with this contrac dently anticipate that the accounts will, tor To sum it all up, every one in New show thut a large part ot the money Zealand Is very much pleased with will find Its way Into the pockets of ad- the new departure, ministration favorites. If there should In the United States there Is plenty be war these foreshadowed revelations of ian(j, ana bankers say there is will not have much force, but If the pienty of money lying idle for borrow $50,000,000. with nothing to show for it- erB; any Btate or community can bor whew. what a time there would be! row money at a very low rate of in- Congress has passed a law cutting terest for building material, farm im- teiepnone cnarges in tne uisinci or. Columbia in two in the middle. This will be a good thing for the telephone companies In the end because it will assure them more than twice the num ber of subscribers they now have, but Just at present the stockholders art making a loud outcry and putting up the claim that they are the victims of honest resistance to the machinations ot blackmailers. Their story Is that one of the "parliamentary attorneys" who infest Washington demanded em ployment from the company at a sal ary ot $5,000 a year "to look after their Interest before congress," and upon being met with refusal he made tho tin cat that he would cost the concern a quarter of a million dollars. Where upon he organized a campaign among the telephone subscribers, which re sulted Hi the legls ation mentioned. Tho attorney or lobbyist accused docs not deny tho truth of the Btory. in fact, I he glories In It nud says that he will be much obliged to the company for widely circulating "the squfal," as it will insure him employment for the; next District corponitlon he tackles, Tho war furore Ib filling the coffers of the great companies that munufac- i fncture guns, shells, urmor plutc, ships and other materials of wnr, but not- withstanding the harvest of dollars there is disappointment in certain fa- ' vorcd qunrleis because the returns are not greater, The Cramps of Philadel phia, for Instance, are In a rage be cause this government Is going abroad to buy battleships, Instead of giving contracts to American ship builders. It makes no difference" to the Cramps that they could not hnve warships finished within two years, und that the war with Spain, If we have one, may be over in two months. It makes these voracious contractors, who have milked the government out of millions, sore to see good money going out of the country, and they are getting even with the world by chnrKinc that the whole excitement Is artificial und Is the ' result of a shrewd manipulation of popular sentiment by a combination of knavish promoters who have a corner . on the battleship market, having se cured options on all the desirable craft ' of that description available at this time. The existence of this corner Is extiemely doubtful, but If there should be one the Indignation of the Cramps Is greatly Intensified by the fact that they are not In the combination. Any ..lw.t..n..1 ..!.,.. ..f... .1.. .-- I ' iiuiuatiit: luiua uuinm lliu uctinuiy in which the Cramps do not figure must necessarily be Iniquitous, In their eyes. SOCIALISM IN NEW ZEALAND. No Tramps -No Strlkos Govern ment Owns tho Monopolies. The problem of providing for the un employed In New Zealand is about solv ed, as they are now very scarce, and the snme may be said of tramps, tho' , six years ago they were as numerous ns In the United States. The few re- malnlng nre lncorrlglbles, nnd when they die oft the tramp will be known no more in New Zealand. These are but two of a great many remarkable changes wrought In this country in a few years by a socialistic policy, now , far advanced, approved by nn enormous ' majority ut tho polls last fall; common ' people of New Zealand uie far In ad- vance of the same class In the United States, because the eight-hour system has been rigorously observed, und It , has provided time for reading and thought. Strikes have been done away with by substituting boards of concili ation and arbitration; law makes It obligatory In all disputes between em ployers and employes that the subject of dispute shall be submitted to tho board of conciliation, composed of 5 men, two chosen by each party and a supreme Judge is the fifth man. Ifi board of arbitration, consisting of three members, one chosen by each party and the third Is a supreme Judge; their de- uimuu la uuui uiiu mum uu uuuyeu; heavy penalties are provided for viola tions nnd enforced; the defeated party must puy costs; these boards are prac- tlcallv courts of law. summon witness. $2,500 exempt from taxes. Our gradu- atcd income tax is ns follows. Under $1,500. exempt; from that up to $5,000, 2Vj per cent; over that amount, 5 per cent tax; all corporations nnd absentees pay the full 5 per cent tax; these two taxes take the plnce of the old property reimbursed by taxes on Increased value I ot the land- Tlle government borrows T!llrnnpntl tunnov nt 3 nor nnnf nnrl Innna ' telephone, railroads and manages ex-1 Manufacturers must provide dining Piements. etc.. loaning It in small sums for these necessaries at a higher rate of interest, the whole being mortgaged to secure the loan; this Is a better plan for the government than that ot grants to railroad companies. The state that first does this will enter upon a rapid advance toward greatness. Money de posited In postal savings banks could be used In this way. thus turning the people's savings to the needs of unem ployed and developing the country. No poverty need exist In this country ex cept by our lack of wise management. The question now Is, shall we sink to tho Industrial level of Europe? Many predict we must; that means lower wages and a lower standard of living; our "army of unemployed" Is the great est danger in our country; we havo to support them, for they must live and do live, and they reduce wages by com peting for all employment In Bight; wiey are unierent rrom the standing , nrmles of Europe, In that the latter do ' not COmtieto fnr pmnlnvment nrwl nrnl patrons of producers through govern mental purchase of produce for sup plies; so that if we do not care for our unemployed, our Industrial classes are in danger of sinking below those of Eu rope; this danger can easily be avoided, and our national wealth greatly In creased by giving unemployed an op portunity to build homes for themselves and make a living from the land; wo hnve frequently been paternal to large corporations by grnntlng land, money and valuable privileges freely; now let us be pnternal to men seeking employ ment nnd give them an opportunity to build homes nnd mnke a living It will pay much bettor to give them a chance to become thrifty, home-owning citi zens, than to make tramps and vaga bonds of them. p. ALLSOP. Carlylo's American Friend. Since the death ot Charles Dutlcr of New York, some very Interesting facts concerning his life have come to the earn of his friends, which show that, although In his ninety-five years of active life, for he was active even In early boyhood, there were experiences quite as romantic and Interesting which he kept entirely to himself ns were some of the other Incidents of which the public knew. His correspondence, carried on for more than seventy years with almost all if the Influential men of the English-speaking world, would, If his heirs were to permit It to be published, fur nish a volume as attractive as any ro mance. An examination of his papers makes it possible to explain a mystery which gave the literary men of Great Britain and of the United States cause for much comment during the life ot Thomas Carlyle. Some twenty years ago one of the most distinguished of American litter ateurs, having planned for a summer excursion to Great Britain, was asked by Mr. Butler if he would not like to take a letter to Carlyle from him. The writer, of course, was rejoiced at the opportunity to meet Carlyle, ulthough he was surprised to know that Mr. Butler was on such terms of intimacy with Carlyle as to Justify him In giv ing a letter of introduction to a friend. The morning after this writer urrived in London he called at Carlyle's house. Carlyle was not at home and the letter was left for him. Next day before breakfast the American was surprised and delighted to receive word at his hotel that Mr. Carlyle was below and desired to Bee him. He went Immedi ately and spent a pleasant half hour with Carlyle and nfterward called upon him and was received very cordially. He wondered why Carlyle. who had the reputation of being indifferent to most visitors and Intolerant of some, should have taken the trouble to call upon him so soon and afterward should be so agreeable when the call was re turned. He nfterward learned that Carlyle with most Americans was as cordial as he was full of a sort of rough geni ality and sardonic humor of which he was the master. He said sharp things, but ho did not say them to the Ameri cans or of their famous men. He spoke rather, when speaking caustically, of American political Institutions This was a mystery which no Eng lishman ever was able to fathom, and It Is not until todny that a possible ex planation of it has been offered. That explanation Is this: In Mr. Carlyle's younger days, when he was desperately poor, almost pinched with poverty, Just after he went to London, he unexpect edly received tokens ot friendship and admiration which were something moro than mere words of bympathy. They were substantial; they were of such a nature as to relieve his necessities. Money came to him from an Ameri can, and that American wns Charles Butler. Carlyle for that act of kind ness seems always to have regarded Americans as In some manner associ ated with Mr. Butler. Later In his life, in fnct. not long be fore his death, some allusion was made to Mr. I'.utler of that early sympathy which he had for Carlyle, and he de clined to speak of the subject, declined in such a manner ns to lead to the In ference that ho did not care, at least while alive, to have It known that it was his purse which had carried Car lyle over a time of great desperation. Didn't Want Another. The young mnn with the swell suit nnd gold-headed cane was trying to flirt with the girl opposite, when the old man on his left nudged him with his elbow and hoarsely whispered: "Young man. pause and relied." "Are you speaking to me, sir?" de manded the young man. "Yes, right to you, but I've got such a hard cold that I cannot any much. Let me repeat that you should pause and reflect." "What for?" "You are trying to flirt with that young gal, sir." "And is it nny of your business?" "It Is, sir. Excuse my hoarseness. I kicked the bedclothes off the other night and got cold. I want to say to you, sir, that It is my business, sir. Sup pose that you succeed In attracting that gal's attention?" "Well, what of it?" "She might be flattered and flirt back, though I don't think she's very flirtatious. It might lead to a case ot love, and love to marriage." "You'd better attend to your own bus iness, sir," said the young man. "That's what I'm a-doln'. sir. 'Souse me while I blow my nose. Yes sir, I'm attendln' right to my business." "Then let mine alone." "Then you let mine alone! I'm that gal's father!" "Oh! you ore'." "Yes, I am, and I don't want no more foolln' around. I've got four sons-in-law Just about your shape, and am sup. porting the hull gang of them, nnd be fore you saddle me with a fifth you'd better pause and reflect. It might be the last straw, and I'd turn the hull crowd out to dig for fodder under the snowbanks." Detroit Free Press. A certain western cowboy, who was n stranger to mirrors, and who had walked Into the cabin ot an ocean steamer, stopped In front of a large pier glass, which he took for a door, and said: "I say, mister, when does this here boat start?" Getting no reply from the dumb reflection before him, he again repeated the question. In censed at the still silent figure, he broke out: "Go home; you sassafras colored, thock-headed bull calt! You don't look as If you knew much anyhow!" During tho long engagements of Miss Ellen Terry, her girl friends take turns in rending to her every afternoon. Miss Terry cannot sleep spontaneously, and has to be hypnotized Into rest by the voice of some one reading aloud. FROM THU LAND OF MANY BUQS A BuBoloelst In tho Argentine Not a Wheat Country. Professor Bruner of the State Uni versity of Nebraska, has Just returned from Buenos Ayres, where he hns been Btudylng locust plagues and devising means to end them. The following facts concerning Argentine have been elicited from the Professor since ills return: ARGENTINE SHORT ON WHEAT. The Information brought bnck by tho professor pretty thoroughly disposes ot the bugaboo of cheap Argentine wheat, that has served the turn of professional farmer politicians here during the last two years. It seems that comparatively a small part of the country Is devoted to wheat raising, and that the crop Is so uncertain that In wheat production the country can never be n strong com petitor In the markets ot the world. A good crop there only means a yield of ten bushels to the ncre. In the last two years Aregntlne has been compelled to Import some wheat, nnd the ship that carried the professor from New York to Buenos Ayres lust year had part of a cargo of wheat that was being shipped to Argentine. The rav ages of the grasshoppers is given as tho cause for the crop failures, but Prof. Bruner says the drouth Is responsible for the bad crops. Common laborers in Argentine nre paid $1 a day In paper money. The av erage worth of a paper dollar there is 3G cents In gold. Thus a United States $5 gold piece will exchange for $13.75 In Argentine greenbacks, and the value Is constantly fluctuating.! Silver dol lars down there nre taken only at their bullion value when they nre circulated among the people, in the inlnnd towns, Mexican silver dollars being worth a trifle more than United States dollars. The man who can work and earn a $5 gold piece In live days must be a tradesman and nn expert In his line. The people are very lazy, however, and Prof. Bruner thinks the pay they re ceive is plenty, considering the way they work. What would be a good healthy task for one Nebraska laborer employs tho united work of Jive or six Argentinians, and then It is not well done. For in stance, at the railroad station of a town of 2,000 Inhabitants In the southern re public, the station agent has six assist ants In addition to the day and night telegraph operators. And In spite of this large corps of helpers no telegrams are delivered and no notice is given of the receipt of one. The man to whom a telegram is sent Is supposed to have been notified by letter or other wise that he might expect a message. EXTENSIVE TRAIN CREWS. The railroads of the country are manned In the same extravugant way, each car having the brakemnn, the con ductor havJng a ticket inspector who goes ahead to see if the tickets are all right, and there being still another in spector whose duty it is to watch and direct the other employes. On the en gines each fireman has a helper whoso duty It Is to pass the coal to him. Tho trains are very slow, twenty miles an hour being considered a very high rato of speed. There arc fourteen railroads there belonging to individuals or cor porations, while the government owns several lines. Prof. Bruner was given passes on all lines but the government lines, and the companies rendered him much other service by keeping him in formed of the flight of the locusts In different parts of the country. Most ot the roads are owned by English or oth er foreign capital, which explains tho courtesies and services, extended by them, the native capitalists and labor ers being too lazy to think of assisting In any enterprise. The water in all parts of Argentine is bad, containing a solution of salt, salt petre and other disagreeable things. The only good water that can be ob tained is from cisterns. The houses, even among the well-to-do people, are devoid of stoves and many other ordi nary comforts. During the tool season of the year the people shiver about and put on heavy coats or blankets while In the house, In nn attempt to keep warm. The hotels nre also cheerless and uncomfortable, and an extra charge is made for every little convenience or service. Another disagreeable feature of the country Is the unreliability of the mall service. Letters containing anything of value are seldom allowed to reach their destination, while the postolllce clerks make It a pretty general practice to steal valuable stamps from envel opes, at the same time destroying the letters. Many letters written home by Prof. Bruner failed to reach there, and as some of them contained valuable ar ticles, they were undoubtedly stolen. Buenos Ayres Is the largest city In South America, having about 750,000 in habitants. It Is quite a busy commer cial city, and contains a large foreign population. While there Prof. Bruner visited a college which Is one of the oldest educational institutions in tho western hemisphere, having been In a flourishing condition 150 years ago. During the last century It has suffered a decline, and now has only about fifty students. BRINGS HOME A COLLECTION. During his stay In Argentine Prof. Bruner made a large collection of In sects, birds, animals and other Interest ing things, having employed an assist ant to pursue this part of the work. Ho brings to the University of Nebraska about 25,000 Insects, 300 birds and a large number ot reptiles, most ot them of strange species to this country. He also brought a number of blankets, scarfs, lariats, weapons and Imple ments of a manufacture peculiar to the southern country. In Paraguay he secured a collection ot lace handker chiefs and other fancy articles of such delicute workmanship as to excite the wonder and admiration of every one here at home. One handkerchief cost him $100 In money of that country, and is the finest lace article that has been manufactured there In the last eight years. It was made by a woman who worked on it for nine months, and was Intended to be exhibited nt the Trans Mlssisslppl exposition, and was obtain ed by Prof. Bruner only on promise being given that he would see that it is exhibited at the big show. One Important result of the profes sor's work In Argentine Is that an en tomological department Is to be created by the government of the country, Bru ner having been offered the professor ship of the new department. He de clined the offer, however, preferring to come back to Nebraska, where he has labored so long and attained so much distinction In his profession. He says that the people there feel very badly toward the United States on account of the passage of the Ding ley bill, which put a duty on Argentine wool. They tnlnk It was a great dam age to them, In spite ot the fact that previous to the passage of the bill they got exactly the same price for wool shipped to the United States as for that shipped to Europe and European coun tries have not adopted the Dlnsley bill, so that wool can be shipped there on the old terms. The people of Argentine are pretty well posted on the quarrel between this country and Spain, and as they are mostly Spanish descendants their sym pathies are not with the United States. One of the prominent men, in talking with Prof. Bruner about the probabIL ity ot war, said that very likely Ar gentine would go to the aid of Spain and that an army of 50,000 from there might land In the states and cause a groat deal of trouble. He wanted to know what the people of the United States would do In the face of such an invnding army. The professor answer ed that In case the people of the stateB found out that such an army was tramping around on their soil they would make complaint to the police force of the nearest town and have the Invaders arrested. Ho Wns In For a Lark. He came through the passenger car with a note book and pencil in hand and nn anxious look on his face, and Btopplng beside a bald-headed man who was nodding with drowsiness, he Eald: "My dear sir, 1 want to ask you a question, nnd your unswer will be a great favor." "Who are you, sir?" demanded tho old man, ns he straightened up and scowled fiercely. "My name Is Hopewell Abadlah Hopewell. You remember the big Are In Boston, Don't you?" "Suppose 1 do or I don't. I don't like your way of coming along here and waking me up." "I'm sorry if I have disturbed you. I want to get the date of the big confla gration In Boston, and 1 was in hopes you could tell me." "But why snould 1 remember it?" indignantly protested the old man. "Do you think I've nothing to do but Impress the date of conflagrations on my mind? I was Just fulling asleep when you came along and roused me Up. By what right did you do It?" "I thought you might remember," humbly replied Mr. Hopewell. "I've got an Idea that It was in 1872, but am not sure of It. Do you think it was in 1872?" "Didn't I tell you that I didn't keep track of conflagrations? I may or may not have heard of a big fire In Bos ton. The idea of you coming alonj here nnd tapping me on the shoulder nnd asking questions! Why, sir, I be lieve you meant to insult me!" "It Is on account of a poor girl I ask you," said Mr. Hopewell as he heaved a tremendous sigh "A poor girl named Mary Jones disappeared the night the fire broke out and has never been heard of since. I wns trying to trace her." "What do you want to trace her for?" "We were engaged to be married, sir. I left her that night with a kiss dn her ruby lips, and have never, never seen her again. If she Is dead I shall continue to sorrow; If living, I want to fulfill my promise." "She's probably dead," said the old man, with less show of temper. "She may be, but I've been looklnjr at that woman two seats ahead, and she reminds me of Mary. She's got ths same eyes and nose the same mouth and hair the same" "Why, sir why, you scoundrel, that's my wife!" shouted the baldhead, aa he tried to spring up and fell back again. "And was her name Maiy Jones?" "Never never!" "And she never mentioned Abadlah Hopewell to you? Then I must be mis taken; but it's hard to believe hard to believe It. Sure she wasn't Mary Jones before she was married?" The old man reached his feet, his eyes bulging out and his face almost black. He tried to speak, but he could only point for the other to go on, "Sorry," said Mr. Hopewell as ho turned away "very sorry. I think the big fire In Boston was In 1S72, but no one on this trains seems to know. If that's your wife and she wasn't Mary Jones before she was married, then I'm mistaken; but I felt almost sure tho long-missing bride had been found. Poor Mary! Poor Mary! Well, she died knowing that I loved her, and I'll saunter nlong Into the next car and puisue my quest." Wanted to Work tho Judge. A few lawyers were sitting In one of tho city restaurants a few days ago eating lunch and discussing different subjects, when one of them told ths following story: This occurred a few years ago In tha office of a former Justice of the peace. An attorney, who has since left Sioux City, had been engaged to defend a man for the crime ot petty larceny. The luwyer knew that the cae against his client was a pretty strong one, and he decided to beard the lion in his den. As he entered the room he tuld the Justice of the case, the name of his client, and added that he did not think there wns any evidence to convict. At the same time lie slipped a $20 gold piece Into the hand of the Justice and gave him a knowing wink. Tho court said nothing, but, pulling open the cash drawer, slipped the money In. The case went to trial, and after all the evi dence had been Introduced there ap peared to be no question ot the guilt of the defendant. But his counsel was confident, thinking the gold piece had done the work. The court then summed up the case, and, to the astonishment of the defendant's counsel, said: "The court finds the defendant guil ty as charged in the Information und lines him $100, of which $20 has been paid. The defendant will be commit ted to the county Jail until the remain der is paid into this court." Nothing more was said, and the Jus tice settled back Into his chair, satb -d that the laws of the state had been up held and a dishonest attorney had been left In the lurch. Sioux City Journal. So long as parsley can be had, a vege table merchant says, people should not show the slightest hesitation In eatlns even the most odorous onion. The mer chant says that parsley eaten after an onion will prevent even the slightest suspicion of onions. "I ate several on ions nt dinner the other evening," h said, "and then got a hurry up invita tion to go out and play cards. My breath was strong enough to stop a clock, but I nibbled a little parsley and five minutes later no one would have known that I had had onions for dinner." "But you must have given him en couragement, Nell." "Why. my dear, how foolish! Of course, I used to take walks with him almost every afternoon, and often go to the theater and skating rink with him, and have him for dinner at the house, and go to church with him, and most always danced with him at the class, but really never gave him any encouragement." William Bouler, a deaf mute, aged Zt years, was married In Atchison by Pro bate Judge Snyder, to Mrs. M. E. Bry ant, age 39 years. Bouler had Ions; cherished a tender regard for Mrs. Bryant, and once made an unsuccess ful attempt to take his life on hir ac count. . Tasmania has one of the most won derful tin mines in the world, oal d the Mount BIschoft mine. The tin ore produced from this mine up to data Is 31,000 tons. The whole of the ma chinery is driven by water. J- f X. r y .a- rfsStC