THE DAlLf BBri OMAHA JStONDAX FEPllUAB , ? 5
PAYESEHrS AND SSWERAGE
'The Oifcy Engineer's ' Views on
Pnblio Works for the Dom
ing Season ,
Ho Thinks $000,000 Will bo
Bxpondad $350,000 Al
ready Provided for.
Various PaYemonta Hevlowod Miw >
adnm Discarded from Frequented
Streets In Largo Oltlos.
"Tho onglncjor department is enjoy
ing quito a rest In this cold weather , "
remarked a BKE reporter as ho strolled
Into the city engineer's cflieo on his
dally rounds.
"That seems to bo a generally or
roncons impression , " retorted City
Engineer llsowator as ho looked up
from a roll of paper * and books lying
before him at his desk. "Everybody
seems to think the moment field work
la done that our work closes , when In
fact there is moro work in the oflico in
the compilation of records , issuance of
lower permits , and designing placn
for aewor details and calculating oat-
lines for next season's work , for curb
ing , guttering , grading , paving , etc. ,
thau can ordinarily bo done iu a brief
winter. "
"Can't that be done as work Is
layod out In the summer , " inquired
thn reporter.
Noair ; not with any regard to
economy or good work. For instance :
In order to outline the sewer work
for the coming season judiciously , it
la neCBBsary to survey and make ex
perimental estimates of all available
JlnoB , ascertain drainage areaa , sizes
of sewers at different points , relaiive
depth of base and coat , and then alter
a general comparison and analysis ,
determine upon a definite lino. When
that IB done the detail , depths and
particular alignment of the routes de
cided upon are determined as the work
la prosecuted. _ The less work that is
lett for the assistant engineers on the
field the bettor , as they then have
moro time to watch the mechanic il
construction which Is very important.
CONTKMPLiTKD'W 'KK.
' What wotk IB contemplated for the
coming season ? "
The entire work that should be donn
and I think will ho will aggregate in
the vcinity of Su'O COO , cf this about
$500 ODO will he. f ir pnving and $100-
000 for Brtrrerago. Wo have already
about $350 , (00 ( provided for paving iu
the $100,01.0 voted laat year for Intersection -
section of streets and another $50,000
should bo authoriz id at the sprint ; elec
tion that will cover at least $500 OOD
ot paving and will enable the city to
pave the entire business portion ba-
tween Harnoy and D&ujlas , Inclusive ,
and all intorsectirg streets from O.h
to Ifilh streets , also 16th street from
Douglas to Izard , 10th from Maroy to
Douglas and considerable additional
in such other localities where the
council may deem it expedient or
where citizens may petition for.
What
KIND OF MATEIUAL
do yon propose to pave tbii area with ?
My estimate is based upon Sioux
Falls granite fjr 10th street and
asphaltuni for the rest. However the
kind of pavement must bo determined
by the property holders. Tenth and
Douglas atreets have already been de
cided on. The other streets will have
thirty duya after being ordered by the
council which I think will ba done
within a week or two. An ordinance
covering the ground , prepared by nip ,
Is now in the handa of the council ,
having pjgsed two reading ! at the laat
What would you consider th
imat a civ I pablo paving to udopt for
thin cilj (
I have given
TUB SUBJECT er PA VINO
a great denl of atuly in the puat year
aud during my recent trip cos 'not only
Interviewed the loading engineers ol
the largo cities bat have also examined
in detail thn different pivomentB laid ,
their age , nature nf foundation , super
structure , durability , cost cf main
tenance Hiul their relative traction
under various conditions and tianitary
effect.
First of all I find no pavement
should ho considered without a sub
stantial and durable foundation. The
beat under all circumstances is a hy
draulic concrete. Cheiip wooden
pavements laid upon sand or surface
soil soon , decay and sink unevenly ,
forming bad ruts. Therefore iu con
sidering the relative merit of pave-
mentu I would compare their cost
when laid upon a concrete foundation.
In point of durability
'GRANITE
ranks the highest , but In this conntrj
it would c at from 40 to 50 per conl
moro. The objectionable feature to il
la the noise resulting from tnifiio upor
it The ' imco recent granite pave
monts'aro laid with a-phaltlc ceincni
In the joints , which adds aomo to tboti
elasticity and Imperviouaueaa to mold
turo. The high cost iisldo from the
noisy nature of the pavement would
preclude the tine of u'ranito blocks ii
Omaha in any but Tenth street. Othoi
pavements worthy of nutlcj an
asphalt sheet , coJar block , macadan
and sand or limestone block. Tha
SHEET ASPHALT
predominates in Washington City
which is now undoubtedly ttio ben
paved and cleanest city in tha Unite <
States. There are about 49 miles o
this pavement laid in that city and i
is supplanting all other pavement
thoro. Tta coat ia loss than wood 01
similar foundation it is euioothei
admits uf easier cleaning , does nc
decay or absorb decaying matter , i
moro easily repaired and when rt
paired maintain- evenness much be
tor than tiny other pavement ,
The nverago anntnl cost of mair
tonaucu cf aiphalt'c pavements i
Washinctou In the piat eight yoara I
about 8A cunts per equaro yard ,
Under our extatlr.g contract for th :
character of pavement here tha co
of maintenance Is Incurred entirely r
the coutr-ictor for the tirst five year
at the olid of which time ) it is to I
tarnod nvor to the city m first-cla
condition. This system of contrao
ing with a guarantee of maintenam
Ii Decoinlng generally adopted.
New Orleans has oontrao'ed foroy
half million dollars' worth
asphalt paving within the paat month
un a twenty-year guarantee of inhi -
tonanco at a coat of G6 cents per ynrd
above a five yer.r rale.
St. Louis has just adopted n fifteen-
year guarantee plan , In this nlty I
think a similar or ten year qcnrnntoo
should bo contracted for. It will cost
a trifle moro at the outtot , but In our
system of government liable to con
stant change streets after one3 paved
are liable to bo neglected and ruined
for want of timely attention. By a
guarantee of maintenance , a plan now
generally In vogno in European cities ,
tbo governments of which are moro
stable than our own , pavomcnts can
bo maintained in a uulformally good
condition for many years ,
Dow about the other classes cf
pavements ?
AS TO WOODEN FAVKUKMTH
I find them growing into disuse in the
larger eastern oltiea. In Washington
they are nearly all torn up , and what
is left of them ia so full of ruts that
the streets are worse than If not paved.
Iu Cleveland they are now nearly all
replaced by Medina saud atone.
A part ( f this failure I attribute to
the want of proper foundation. In
London wood is fast supplanting
granite at an increased cost , and has a
durability of from 10 to 15 years.
But thuro it la carefully selected. It
is laid upon a concrete foundation and
the joints are filled with an aiphaltio
corneut. Laid in that .manner wood
la the host pavement in the world , It
Is adaptable to high and heavy grades ,
la easy on hoi BBS , noiseless , elastic ,
affords easy traction , and owing to its
treatment with creosote , an antiseptic
material , absorbs none or little mois
ture and approaches asphalt in sanitary
value more thau any other pavement.
The present cost of croosotlug in this
country prccludoo the use of euoh
pavement , unless works could bo es
tablished here and freight thereby
saved
Can not wood bo Burnetlzod ?
Yes , and to a certain extent to ad
vantage. I have a letter from Shaler
Smith , chief engineer of the St. Louis
bridge , who haa experimented success
fully on dogwood , tha poorest of all
material there. HB says wood prop
erly Burnetlz3d and treated with a
covering of asphiltio cement or coal
tar to prevent absorption of moisture
will do remarkably well. But after nil
the cost of wooden pavement untreated
laid upon a concrete foundation ia
greater or BH great as aphaU. K < msa *
City pays $3 24 par square yard for ita
wooden pAvomeut laid upon a concrete
bed. At that prlco I am satisfied wo
can got an asphalt pavement laid with
attnyo.tr guarantee of maintenance.
MACADAM FAVEMENTH
make very fine boulevurdn and nre ex
cellent country road ways , but I find
the cost of maintenance in streets is
ao great aa to preclude the Idea of
their VBO in any but ill-frequented
thorough fares. The streets of over
one-fifth of the whole city of Pails
are macadamized. The chief engin
eer of streets in his report of 1880
made at the instance of the American
minister eaya their annual mainten
ance avercgaa37 cents per iquaro yard ;
annual repairs on some of the streets
coat aa high an $1 83 per yard.
The same experience is reported in
thia country , and the general tenor of
engineer roporta is against the use of
macadam pavement in frequented
streets cf the cities. Macadam would
do well upon our outside road * and on
the hill aides , and even there I should
recommend the Parisian plan of mac
adamizing 15 to 18 foot of the coutei
only and paving the sides with Bane
or limestone blockj. This would
afford easy footing in the center of the
street ut all times , and dry nnc
clean road ways at the aides subjected
to heavy wash in the rainy soaaon.
TAZE8.
H the city proceeds to pave
all you outline ) , will not thai
m , ko taxen very b'gh thii
yeai ? No not near OH high as people
Imagine Urdur our law only ono
fifth the ) coet will bo due thia year am
the rust payable in quarterly install
mentu once a yair. liante nud proper
ty \vili advance moro rapidly thun tin
accumulating tnxos , bo&idc.a thc&u im
provunonta in the city , will add and
an impetus to private enterprise thn
tixablo property will very material ) ;
uicrtr.ee , and tHa at the very timi
ether cities nro passing through a linau
cial crisis.
How about the
HEWEUAQK WOllK ?
We have built in the past 1C month
over 8 miles of Hnull aowera , a mile o
large sewers , and I am now preparing
detail estimates for a very larga exten
aion of these works ; those I will Imv
iu ahnpo in a few days for the Board c
Public Worka and Mayor Boyd t
examine.
A New Corporation
Spcc'al DupatUi to TllK HKK
CHICAGO , January 3 The etat <
ment published that the duke of Suit
orland and other Eni > lidh and Amex
can capitalists intend , in conjunctio
with the Atchison , Topeka nnd Sitil
Fo , establishing an nil rail route froi
here to Guayman , and from there I
Australia. The same company are I
run steamer ! to Japan.
The railway man farther said ths
matters had boon kept very quiet bi
cause the originators of thti hchem
nro afraid of alarming the Pacific mat
' 'I understand , " c uuuuied the oflicli
toy ur cnrrospon tout , ithr Su > ho
land propieca t ) fuund a "great con
imny.ln co 3junction witli thoAtc'iiboi
a and Hmia Fotystota , for a Hi
of iron steamers from ( iinynnn 1
Australian , Japaneaet aud China porl
The English lord lus been Induced
go Into the scheme on account i
feasibility , the great advantages ov
the Paoltic mail and the fact that tl
Santa Fo road ia so ably managed ,
grand success is nearly n corUlnt
There is no law In Old Mexico again
importation of Chinese coolies In
that country , and thuro is the bi ao
kind < f demand for cheap labor , Th
would bo a aoorco of great prof
transportation of those almond oyi
creatu-ca Into Mexico. Than I leu
further , tlut the promoters of t ;
scheme have nt the proton t inomo
lobbyists at Washington trying
work up a subsidy for the naw Hteai
bhip lino. They anticipate a hu
grant nnd nre working ulso to deft
a similar attempt on the parl of tiger
u of the P. : lQo mall. The latter Is su
aldlzxl btha Australian govornuiei
but liai always wanted grants from t
United States , and now the Unit
States coiiBul to new South Wales
in Washington with a petition a
working hard for a sabaldy from cc
grcss. The now company would Btnrt
with n capital stock of ? 20CODOCO , ,
nud fonld bo an American company ,
I niujtnlso toll you that in count ctlon
with thin Atlantic and Pacific road ,
which belongs to the SuttnFo system ,
will bo built on west to the Colorado
river , on the boundary line of Cali
fornia. Now this system owns n llttlo
line called the Southern California
railway , which runs from Oolton to
San Diego on the coast , nnd Colton is
on the Southern Pacific line nnd is
operated Independently because of its
Isolation at pro-ont , but when the At
lantic & Pacific roaches Colorado ,
which will bo In Aptil , they will find
the California Southern built cast
from Colton to meet them. And then
the Atchison will 1mvo a direct line of
_
their own to San Dlrgo. Guayuiar ,
you know is a gulf of California port ,
aud away south of S.iu Diego.
THE POOR.
Boport of the City Mission for
Last Month ,
Their Needs Greater Than
Ever.
This weather is very trying upon
those who have means , and it falls
with crushing force on the poor , to
whom the mildest winter la a period
of want and suffering. Saturday the
greatest number of applications ever
made to the city mltslon for relief
wore made , and the outlook la such
that unless those who can afford to
oontrlbuto como forward much want
and misery must ensue.
The following la the report of the
relief department of the Omaha City
Mission for the month ending Janu
ary 31st , 1882-
This department takes pleasure in
acknowledging the following dona
tions for the month :
Received from Mr. Goo. Patterson ,
0110 quarter ton of coal ; Mrs. lloss ,
ono mattress , dishes , otc. ; Mrs. Bangs ,
clothing ; Mrs. Ferguson , clothing ;
Mr. A , Oruickahank & Co. , box of
clothing ; Mr , A. Poluok , order for
irrocerie.i , $10 ; Mr. Holdridgo , cash ,
$2 ; Mr. T. A Creigh , cash , $2 ; Mrs.
Ellis cash , $1 ; Mre. J. T. Boll and
Mra Wood , cash , $2 ; Mrs. Hultz ,
cash , $1 ; Mra. Dr. Mercer , ooffeo and
one-half sack of flour ; Mr. Merroll ,
100 pound aack of flour ; Mra , IligginB ,
lot of clothing ; Mr. P. Herman , a
carpet bag of clothing ; county com-
misalonrrj , one-half ton ( it coal ; Mits
Goodman's private school , a nijo lot
of groceries.
Mr. J. McVittlo Ono barrel of
crackers ,
Third word school Throe barrels of
potatoes and some small packages of
fruit and twenty cents In ca h.
West eohool , by Miia McKoon A
variety of groceries , twenty-one bun
dles of clothing , a lot of potatoes and
in cash $5 75.
North school , by James Bruner
A variety cf potatoes , flour , broad ,
meat , cans or fruit , coiieo ( ubout 20
Iba ) , and in cash forty cents.
South school Potatoes , groceries ,
sorno clothing and iu cash f jrty cunts.
Ciiss street school Potatoes nnd a
variety of other useful articloo.
Jackson street school have done all
they could in the great cause. Wo
have received in all troci these little
children about forty bushels of pota
toes , many groceries and clothing ,
which is thankfully received by thtfic
who nro In need.
The cantributionn of the schools
have been distributed atnemg one
hundred and twenty-five fitmillen.
Given one Hick uud ono blind \vo >
man $1 00 each - $ 2 00.
Pt > id Mr. Mercoy cxpreusage for twc
trips $1.25 ,
Paid for gloves for n man -75 3.
In special canes of dostitutioi
groceries aud moat to the amount o
15 00.
Two families In sickness hnvoboei
furnished wltb medicine.
Fho palra of shoos bought am
given out.
Womens clothing Is needed ver ;
much at thu uiledou. Some mother
are BO self-sacrificing that they enl ;
think of their children. Mothers hav
came out iu thia bitter cold wonthe
for potatora without any covering lo
their hands.
Mits. J. B. JAKDINE , Supt.
MIIH HULTZ , Ass't. Supt.
GUANT , Secretary ,
The C'hf ongo Trotting Pnrtu ,
ciM Olep.i : ! to Tlik ill * .
CHICAGO , February 4. ThoOhloijs
Drlvlut ; Association park hm oponu
tour htikos for trotting colts nn
filllea. Tnu lirat la Iho Ashland etnki
for three year olds , to bj trotted i
the summer meeting of 188' ) , wit
$100 or.t-anc-j in three InaUllirout
51,000 added. Chicago otuko , ft
four year olds , trotted at the sun
meeting , oamo conditions and sin
stakes , and ono to bo trotted ut tl
summer meeting of 1881 , eama cond
tlona , with $2 COO enoh added Tl
entrance to all close March lt , 188
The races will bo mile heats , throe i
five , to rule 75 per cent ontrincu fo
for firft and added to first , 15 I
aocoml , 10 to ilurd. E.Hricn on I
addraaacd to I ) . L Hall , secretary.
Wrooltnd oil the Rook * .
BpteUl Ut-iutcli to Tim Ilnr.
PnoviuENCK , February 4 A lott
from OiHpi ) Horn reports Mr. Smi
Mid H boat crew of eight men , bolon
ing to the wrecked schooner Surprls
were f iund uj.on the rooks , aud doa
tule of provident ) , They were oarii
to Terra Dal Fuego.
Money for tlie Unmarried
One nf the most roll t nnd subbtAnc
icHtitutionii iu tlih country h the Mi
rliitiu Fiiniltuid Mutual Trust Ata cl'itli
of Cedar Uapiiln , I > wn. They ore on < ;
lz < > d under thn laws of I > wn , and tlioir
Bceru anddlrfctors are among tha le&dl
Ami moht prmniiumt bujIne-H men of Co
Ukulele. Kmry unmarried person BIOI
at have u certificate In thin i.B-ojlation ,
tb It ! < < a uplendltl investment , K * Hufe a
tbb government bond , You CAD junta-
have a Rood mm of money to oirmnei
married life on us not. A Urge nutiibei
te member * have ben paid off , receiving n'
dd 300 per cent on their luvuktment , Wi
Is for circulars /ally detailing the plo > , wh
id IH the fiueit known. D > not postpone
idn Good agents wanted , Mention where 3
n- SAW tali notice.
BEjRBIA SPIRIT-CHARMERS ,
Packages Wliicli are Treasured by
Plantation Darkies ,
Some Qunlnt Buperutltions Re-
the Virtueu of
Snake Toeth.
Men Who Have Soon Qhoata Bo-
vritcUod by a L > tuird.
ATLANTA , January It ) No people
on the glofco chori h so miny quaint
and curious BUDorstltions us the du-ky
laborers on n Georgia plantation. Not
long ng' ) , whllo 'pending a fortnight
In a village near Atlanta , I entered
the tflloo'of the vlllaso nliyticlan and
found the good old doctor critically
examining a curious little package ,
which seemed tJ bo composed wholly
nf cords and cords and cotton rags.
Ho bade mo take a sent and listen to
the story of thorn mysllo p okaRO ,
which WAR ono of a eorios of ilmllir
episodes intorsporaod through his pro-
fesMonal career :
"Ono day an old colored man , who
! a thrifty tenant on an adjoining
plantation , came to mo for treatment.
I prepared a simple remedy ( or his
lilt , and ho opened a time worn leath
er pouch to produce my feet when a
nmall , tightly-wrapped parcel , enlarger
larger than a silver dollar , fell , un
noticed by htm , upon the floor. When
ho had gone I discovered It and laid it
upon my table. After a few days ho
returned , according to my Instruc
tions , to renew his proscription , and I
pointed him to the diminutive parcel.
His white eyes opened wider , and his
and his face was the very picture cf
wonder and doubt as ho stored It care
fully away In the bottom of his Inside
coat pocket , from which ho soon drew
a largo red handkerchief , and again
the precious charm was unconsciously
landed in a pile of papers upon my
desk. I laid It away , determined ,
when alone , to know its contents.
"I know there was a custom among
the negroes of carrying about their
persons what they denominate a
'charm bag , ' which , haying been car
ried concealed from all eyes save the
owner's for a certain period of time ,
would possets sundry subtle pDtonoluB ,
snoh as warding off danger , keeping
nway evil nplrita and communicating a
presentment of any approaching ca
lamity. Evidently I had captured n
'oh arm bag. ' I cat the cord that
wrapped the exterior cover and found
that the hidden treasure was yet se
curely enveloped in a scrap of calico.
Removing this , the parcel presented
the programme , my pr.za seemed to
bo composed of a series of concentric
wrappers , each differing from the ono
immediately preceding only by a
fresher color of the calico print and a
scarcely perceptible diminution iu bulk
until I reached the last wrapper that
concealed the secret of the African al
chemist , and , "said the doctor , unfold
ing a bit of cloth , "here it is "
"What ii it ? ' I asked , Impeding a
small collection of what appeared to be
tiny bones and dried loaves.
"Snake teeth , these are , and these
little bits of dried tissue are portions
of some reptile's skin. Bat I am
unable to olasrify these peculiar fos
sils , " and the doctor rubbed some
little particles in his hands and
chuckled.
Two days aftornard the old darkoj
returned again , and the Doctor , with t
oearchlug expression on his face , again
handled the "charm bag , ' folded up and
tied as ho had f juud It , to its owner ,
who refused to take it , Baying , with r
crmical but serious shako of his head
"Bosa , I done gin it up ; you doa wel
keep it , do. " And hu boliuvoa to till !
day thixt the Dieter had "tricked him'
so that hit charm bag could not , loavi
thnt oflico with him.
I once know a negro servant win
went to a physician and declared tha
a certain old woman had become vexe <
with him and had "conjured" him
und that every day ho could fool i
liaird crawling down Ma leg. Th
phyeician proscribed for norno llttlo it
regularity in hla circulation nnd die
missed his patient with a sever
reprimand for hla fooling notion *
The faith ot the ignorant man was no
shaken , however , and instead of go !
ting well ho grew worse , until fin all
ho became sorlonaly ill. Upon lean
ing cf the peculiar nature of his ma1
ndy the owner of the plantation set
for another physician and tel
him the particulars , wheronpo
the doctor , understanding th
influence wielded over the bed
by the mind , adopted a diflerant pi a
of treatment. lie humored the whin
of the patient , told him ho had bin :
tricked , and spoke confidently of h
ability to mr.ke the lizard leave h
1 > doings , which he did In thia wy
Engaging a ecbool-boy to capture )
small lizard , he kept him until tl
proper time , visiting the sick mu
daily the meanwhile , and informli
him that upon n "ohuugo of 11
moon" ho would call his lizirship on
On the day designated ho conceal *
the ugly little creitturo about hla cua
nnd , itftor poi firming n number
nary operatim * , dropped his oa
tlvo nour his p tlont'n foot , with tl
ronmrk , "I've g 't him nt lant , and yi
will bo well in tnroo days. " The n
gro got well immediately , and ta y
grufeftil to hla benefactor for hid ear
lous ; nor can the doctor himself oo
vlnco him of the hoax , bcimiso cul
eiiys "ho knowtd dit varmint was
dar all do time. "
The plantation darkey is a firm I
Kovor in the existence cf "ghosua HI
aperets. " Sometimes they he
ntringo noinin about nome cabin
nnpoctally if it has remained ynon
for M year and their fertile Imaglt
tions itamoclUtoly people it wi
shadowy forms and ghostly ohar
that hold high cirnival amoni ; the c
sorted rafters all the long , dark , wi
try night , and whenever a IIODBO 1
alr. gins to githor sbutit It thoHo doubt
r.n . UBBOclationn the landlord find no occ
n , pant for it among the colored racu.
if. n- "Boss , you can't toll mo nollla'h'
if.'k' and kaou I'an need '
'k' ghoftos eporets ,
arM wld my own oyea , " said old Fel
M % rlth whom I was discussing the oil
once of immaterial being"Y
i a
ell alrroo ; ono Sunday mornm1 I v
ce fUhin down on do creek yundor , c
ol futt thing yer know here comet
'er bU white things orclappln ditlr wii
Ito ch right over my head and bowin <
It. nooks jest like sayln , 'Felix gtriro
It.on ketch do debbll'i fish.1 'Bout
Utno inmthln er nuther nude a pas
my hook , and I'm blest if It didn't
foul hem ier orn bag or nand. I
knowod it warn't no Ihh , an I tlntfj
dat polnin do water and rtmnod hi m
wus'rn aktTrd mule. 1 lut you know ,
mun , dnt'a do lait time over I wimt
fiihn on Sunday. "
"What do you supp-mr you had
t on your hook , Ft-lix ? "
"Ah , Lordy , Idunnn ; 'tfrtis somn
old Satin's doins , an 1'so m'ghty plnd
I didn't fjtch him out on do bank. "
"Why , Felix , what did the white
herons hrwo to do with your fish-
Ingt"
"White horrlns1 Dom wasn't no
hcrrlns , nor cranes , nuthor. Doy
was sporota come to warn mo away
from fmhin' on Sunday , and I lot yor
know t got away from dar , too , shore's
yer born ; never oven stopped tor gnt
my plpo and 'backer , laylii' side do
tree. Reckon it's layin' dar ylt ; stay
dar , too , fora I go arter it. "
A simple explanation of his Sunday
morning's experience would bo two
herons flying around , with no Inten
tion of rrouiing the old darkey's fears ,
while a sunken log Into which his hook
had fastened represents the acquatio-
devil. But It would bo as hard to
change the color of Felix's skin , or
transform his thick lips and flat noao
Into Oaucasaian features as to shake
his faith In his own version of the ad
venture.
This lgnor nt superstition will grad
ually vanish ai the colored race progress -
gross in civilisation. In Atlanta there
Is a flourishing college for colored people
ple , and some of the teachers edu
cated there are very Intelligent men
and women. But away from the city ,
on the cotton fields and rice planta
tion ? , you find the darkeys in ail tboir
nlavory time originality , and judging
from the advances made tmong them
since the war , they will remain the
same happy , oarolcsi being * another
osntury * o como
POLK'SPARD.
Tno Princely Life of the Thieving
Troaauror of Alabama.
Bpeclkl Dl p lch to Till ! ) u ,
MONTUOUKRT , Ala. , February 4.
The governor offers a reward of $0,000
for the capture and return to thr > ,
sheriff of Montgomery county of Isaac
II. Vluojnt , late state treasurer. The
legislature adopted a joint resolution
authorizing it and sustaining him iu
the oiler.
MONTUOMF.UY , Ala. , February 4.
A gentleman of this city taya ho saw
ox-Treasurer Vincent In Nashville ,
Tuesday last. Vincent had sluwoa
his whiskers , and the gentleman
recognized him with d.fliculty. Fi
nally ho spoke , when the recognition
was mutual. Vincent said ho had
shaved because 'tho warm weather was
approaching.
Mr. Trimble , who saw Vincent in
Nashville last Tuesday morning , Bays :
"lie ga-ro no evidence of anything bo-
lug wrong with him. lie was In his
uuial spirits and made no effort to
conceal his identity. " It is now re
ported on good authority that Vin
cent's wife has $20,000 worth of dia
monds. Bo made her a handsome
present of diamonds as a New Year'a
present ono month ago. The real
property he has la bought in hli wife's
naino , but ho It ft no ready money with
her , and it la almost certain ho carried
but little money with him. There is
nothing small about Vincent. lie
npeoulatod like a prince. Lome of hit
deals In cotton embraced 10,000 balosi ,
calling for $20,000 unrein. His doate
were made through Fred Wolffe , ol
Montgomery and J4t w York , and B.
II. Smith & Oct. , of Now York. It Ii
now stated that it was given in ovi <
doneo before the investigating com'
mittue that Vincent brought at oiu
time from another bank here $20GOC
of exchange , and cniloiBod it to
Woiffj. The books of WollFo's bauk
are mud by his nr/ont here to show that
the whole 611 ! ) OCO of oxolun o
bought by Vinoont at thnt bulk
went to covnr ootUon loiiira. THOBU
hidiruto with Vincent nay hu could not
lwvt > r < | tundtrod more than § 25,060 01
§ 3,000 in his peiaonal uxtruvugiuice.
The legislative ) cuimnittoo are quietly
working to discover to what extonl
partloi In Now York and thosi
through whom ho doult had knowl
001(0 * ( whence ho got bin monuy. The
official bond and record Kitik takoi
by Vincent from the oflij. s ol lh (
auditor iiud secretary of siuto huvo uoi
Iwon recovered , ana it in fuitred lit
has destroyed them. The current o ;
sympathy hero for Vincent is vor ;
Btroiiu , and the local paper is roundl ;
abuied for firing into him. If Yin
cent would come btck volunUtil ;
It ia doubtful if ho would ge
morn thim yea or two in the pmil
toiitiiry. It is now thought that Vin
cent h ul used the state's money dur
ing Ills lirat term , nnd when the legli
latlvo committee came to examine hi
oll'uo in 1830 he borrowed the mono
to make his bilanco good. 11 u ui
doubtiidly uzpoctod to do the aam
thing thin Vinio. but the unknow
I'ourcu in Now York from whence h
uxpetotud to got it failed him.
No defalcation ! ! have boon loun
later than last S'ptomqer. Thoonl
well ddincd suspicion anybody hu
over imtorUined of Vincent was tin
ho wna loaning the surplus mnnfl ]
and drawing interest on them. Man
hold to this opinion still , nnd dove
opmouta are cxptcted 10 dlscloi
i the parties uro to whom 1
the loam. Some tf Vincent
frUnidaay ho wao the oatapaw i
utjurpora , who gjbblod up fho mono
mid cheAted him , with Iho idea ho wi
loti'ig It on cotton.
The Selnia Timcn in responsible fi
the ) ntatomout that ha bsen lei
known in financial circles that Al
bamVs account with the Matchan
nnd Traders' bvk and the utate
lin-incial agent iu Now York has be <
often and largely overdrawn , Th
statement 1 reicuivcd with surplice
this city. Thu lacoat dovelopmunts
11 p. in.show that the money poi
lively went for futures. Vincent b
pan In fiOD balodw.U and from that
oul 1 000 , and finally 0 OCO became 1 :
ul utual doul. Ho nude some ho '
u- gilitH , whllii ho WM 1'mlng on BOII
deals ni l > Uh aa 815 000. It ia m
ul generally b ' ) iuvi > d tht the logialutl
' " Investigating coinmtttoo will Iu
a MHO startling developments so
' damaging to the men through whc
M , Viiicoiit ' "
uz
nd rKe Winton , ol ) lwllauJ ) , met w
.vo an ko .ldeut th t tiuxht him fcomethlnx
the294h. Ths h < > r tlut he w a til
Igl Wintun , the onh
.
fell , and Mr. thinking
lor
all remained in
would orUo right ,
ter fiwhlTe. "The howe7 In trn lln ( { , stri
Iftt Wluton'n I K wiU > hl < nooli
I at two plftc i.
AN AWAKENED NATION.
The Rijcont Eapi'l ' Progress of
Moxio2 ,
A Glorious Puturo Prodfotod
for Our Neighboring Ko-
public.
Xh Country Conihlored Political
ly , Socially BIU !
Han riMichco Cliranblr.
Though so near a neighbor the sister -
tor republic of Mexico , her resources ,
condition and prospects are by no
means thoroughly understood by the
dwullora on this side the border. All
sorta of contradictor/ statements have
como to us. Mexico has by turns
boon represented as a paradise and nil
Inferno , the land In which to make
millions and that in which to lose
them , the country with nothing but a
past nnd the country with a glorious
future. It is in many ways an Inter
esting place , and Ml additional Information
mation is engoriy road whether gloom
ily written or roso-tintod. The view
which K. S. Thnrstcn , ono nf the
loading civil engineers of the Mexican
Central railroad , takes qf the country
of his adoption is decidedly of the
latter happy character , as the follow
ing report of an interview will show.
It was arrancod between the Inter
viewed and interviewer that Mexican
affairs should bo considered under
throe heads : First , politically ; second ,
commercially ; third , as the homo of
railroad enterprises , and with this un
derstanding Mr. Thnrston took up the
parable as folbws :
roLiiicAL CONDITION or TUB nr.ruituo.
"Politically speaking Mexico Is In a
Bottled condition. The ago of revolu
tions and pronnnolamontoea has gone
by and It would bo as diflhult now for
a sore-headed political leader to raise
a revolution thcro aa here In the
United States. In former days the
country was poor , tlmea wore bad and
the or my ill-paid , iu rags and half-
starved. Then a malcontent , especially
if ho wore A military man , could gain
a following and gain the army. At
present thai service consists of 40,000
well-armed , well-drilled , well-uni
formed and well-paid m3ii. By a
process of weeding the oflicors have
become men of aoolal standing , and
It is not a diecredit to bo a soldier , aa
it was in former yvara , The present
proeidont , as > ou know , is Gi < n , Gun-
ailehj the nixt will surely bo I'urfirio
Dim again ; ho whoso progressive spirit
has worked a miracle in Mexico , who
has done nil ho can to attract Instead
of to repel , and to whom all the rail
roads ewe their inception and posi
tion. "
"Aaort cf Mexican Gaiubottsj , "
HOUNUNESH or TUB HINAMIKH.
"Exactly BO , " assented Mr , Thnrs
ton. "Tho government , " he contin
uud , "is Btublo , fiuaticUlly. Every
subvention for the past four years
has boon paid scrupulously and with
out delay. That ot the Mexican Cen
tral is { 17,000 a mile. la 1882 there
were six hundred miles of road built ,
and between ton and eleven million
dollara wore paid on the day duo.
The country is , iu fact , quiet and well
governed , und for the last two years
I have never hoard of a single stigo
robbery riorof a mercenary murder
a state of affairs nomowhat at vaiianco
with the reports sent up fur the pur
poau of decrying Mexican enterprises
and bsarlng Mexican securities. The
reports , too , that the election * are
conducted with disturbance nro alto
Bother unfounded , and cppcclally BO
concerning Gaadnlnjixra , where I hap
peuod to bo at Iho not which dl <
not take p'ncu ' w.is said to have oo
currud Trie reason ia thnt DO po
cent ( f the people take no intoreat ii
politics and dou'c vote , being purfootl ;
willing to lut the other CO per cent
run tlio government. "
"Then you rest upon the politic !
uspcd of the counirj i"
COM.MliHUI.il. CONDITION.
"Yes , " replied Mr. Thuraton , "bn
not because it b exhausted. Commur
chilly , alno , Mexico is pronporiiiK. Th
revenue of the country for 1882 wa
GOmcthiiiL. like DO per cent groitu
than In 1831 and moro than ilouh !
that of 187'thi : figures of the lira
and lait mentioned yearn being round
ly OS'J'.Of.Q ' 000 to Sl'JOOO.OCO Thi
monuy la entirely derived from impur
dutiea , although within thd last yo
u revenue tax has boon laid on monetary
tary drafts and cigars and tobicco , tin
export tax of 5 per cent advalorom 01
silver having been removed as a counter
tor balance. Such an enornioin in
crease Increase in the custom houa
must then show un Increased oommei
cial activity , and id not due , as um-i ;
suppose , to the Increased activity i
railroad matters , for everything needed
od in railroad construction , from
eplko to a locomotivi ) , Is imported frc
of duty. There is a general ido.i ala <
that the Mexican tariff is very oxorb
taut , but whllo It is on certain ( Ktiolei
as u rule it Is not. Milling implcmonti
powder , steel , manufactured luinbi
.ind farm stock are all free , but o
luxuries , such an Bilks , on which dut
is ln ! per cent ad valorem , tea , o
0O which It is ? l per pound , and
' O on which it la 22 cents a pound , n
's thi'so and the like the governmei
iff cornea down heavily.
f THE JHNKINO JIUSINKIH.
"Most or the l.irgo importing houa
are French or German , chliily thu In
ter , uud from whom , I behuvo , mo
K i- of the exaggerated rcportn aprin
i's : Tlicy sen thu trade pastring out
's their hands iu those of Americans , mi
'sn naturally timy do all they can
la spread thu idea that Mexico ia un u
aufo country. The retail houuea n
uonnrally Mtixlcaji , gaining long crot
friiui Urn Ciornuuti nud paying hua
rates of interest ; but failures are rai
and obligations nro promptly in
Four years a o there wnn not regu
couimurcial bank In the City of Mi
ice ; now tlioro nro throe with an i
Kro ate paid up capital of ? 12COU , 0
Quo , tbo Kuionul bank , i u Mn
an ufhir , witli a capital of ? 3 00
000 , which VVB eubscributl on one i
nftur the iuc3rpor < tlion. "
"Aro those t'm ' only bviksf
"Yw " nipllurt Mr. Thuratnn , " 0
th are ; and thuro la not a single 'mvii
I U \\\\k \ \ in the UfipuhlU , although
the man who ntarta nm > in Uu > otpit
Guadalajara , or L"on , u nui
ba
town of iuhibitnn
olc footurlng 100,000
la thorn is u fortune. The borrowi
are people who pay good aeoarlty a
> ay 10 percent per annum , BO savings
tank could pay 6 per cent and do
well , The poop o though poor , have >
H n llttlo money laid by , and there
ro millions of dollars which would bo
opositod It the people know they
ould put it where they could got U at
iloasuro. "
IN MEXICO.
"That brings you to the third head
f the discourse , I Imagintt"
"Yes. " assented Mr. Thurston ,
'and the next. I believe , ( s the tub-
oct of railroads. In the post all the
ransportation has been done by pack
iiulca itt the rate of ono cent n pound
or twenty leagues , the result being
bat bvory producer has had to rely
ipon local markets , nnd there-
ore has rated his supply to
ills limited demand. Mexico has
twaknnod up to the fact that she is
ehind the ftg'P , and all the great
chorues of to dny are those of inter *
ommunication , nnd hence the rail *
odds the Mexican Central , the Mox-
: an National , the Gould-Degress and
lie lluntington lino. The Mexican
/jntral is a Coston corporation , and
a lines run through the heart of the
ountry. The main line connects El
> nso w ith the city of Mexico , 13DO
illeo , panning through seven cities of
vor 60 , 000 Inhabitants. It is being
onstrtictret rapidly at both ends.
"rom El TABO Bouth it la built 300
miles , the remaining 700 to bo built
y the 1st of Juno , 1884. The Mexi
can Central has also a branch line
'uniting ' from San Luis I'otosi to
? ampico , on the gulf of Mexico , and
_ second from Laon to San Bias. The
irst branch Is to bo finished in three
oars and the tocond In five. The
Mexican Central runs from Larndo ,
on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande , down through the pop
ulous city of Monterey to
ho capital , and has also u branch from
Mexico to Munzanlllo. That company
ias built 125- miles out from Mexico ,
itiel on the coast has completed the
ino from Manznnillo to Colitua. The
jlould DigrtBs road started from
jrownrwilio iu Texas , and was to rune
, o Mexico almoBt parallel with the
National. Much work WAS done from
, ho border south , but operations have
) oou turpundud. The Huntingdon
oad crosses the border at E glo pasa
n Toxns , and proceedx south to Hex-
oo. Work nrua commenced on the lat
) t Daeeinber. Thcro la no through
ino un you utie , but on the pieces of
road which nro completed the travel
IHB boon Imnitfiiie. For instance , the
Jontral , oit itn completed portion ,
mining from the capital to Agua Cal-
elite , ft diatnitce of 3iO milco , npld
lokets nt the l.\nt mentioned atntion
it the rnlu of S300 a day for the first
hirty days. Thoru is no denying the
aof , air , the country of Mexico has a
ng future , and thnt great infernal
) Uteau , with thu fincot cllmito iu the
rorlil , will in the next ton yearn boa
lomo for n thonnand Americans ,
where now thorn ta ono "
CU RES
Rhoumatism.Neuralgia , Sciatica ,
Lumbago , Backache , Headache , Toolhacho ,
Nora Tlirnut , Hw-lllnu. , Hpnllnn , Hruliu ,
llurtim HcnMo. Frail llllct ,
IKD ill. UTIIIJI iioiiii.v rii MI AKII
SMIit truilili mil I > t ! > ra tt-r-ifbirr. ClriJ 0 < uU a
ImtllDlrwllont In II I.m ui f < .
Till' ( IIIAULKM A. Vlllir.l.Klt C < .
VmintiuA vn'iri Itti M ) ll.llliurJ. . , C. S. 1 *
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'6
VEGETABLE OOMPOUNP.
IH a I'onltlvo Cure
For nil tboM Painful Complaint ! and Wckkne
o coiuiaou to our bent female population.
A Jlcdlelne for Womnn. Inifnted by a Worn * * '
11 I'rr pared \ > J a Woman.
' ' I UrItrovlTr the drooplnif plrtti , IntlgorsUx nd
' ) ihnrmoalzv * the organic functiongivox elasticity and
t 'flrmnowitalhoBUjsrcetoresthoiinturatlUirtro , oth
II ere , anil i.Unts . on the palo olicuk of woman Ili6 tre l
ro < > ot lir 'n uprlnff anil early nuinuicr tlmo.
L. J37 PhysIclan3 Usn It and Prescribe It Freely.-CI
| HromovMfalntnwunntul'ncy , Jistrojii allcnuln *
'i ' for tIiunln.ntiiuaroloTOjwoakncsjoC ! the ntuin&ch.
II I Tlmt fi-illntf ot bearing down , caadnK | uiln , welgbl
i r. and luicfcaclio , U lwy irermancntly curcil Ly IU Off ,
( Forth * eure rKliIncy Coraiilalnt oreither r
tUU Compouuil U uuturimMitl.
I.YDI.V P. l-INKHAWH inOII > I'UIMI'IKI . ,
will tnullcateviry u tlc u > llumi u . IK.III thj
Wood , anil tjtvo tone onil ktrrnKth to the | .jfiil iu , c *
liuui vrouuui or child. Insist on Imt lue IU
s Doth th ComjwunJ ana Ulowl PurlBer
p ; -.tSMonaaS'Wc.ttcm Aranao , Lynn , Mas * I-riceol
nf lth r , L BU bottlm for J5. B iit ty mail In Uio fora
.1 ! ot tilUJ , or of lotcnstou m-clpt of price , Jl per Ixa
, ' forcltner. lln.I'lnkhuufnwly onswcraaillrttoniol
Inquiry. Encloso3ct.ttami\6cDdforpaai _ | > ukt.
No fnn.lly nhonM lis without I.TDI \ 11 riVKirA
LIVV.U. 1'IIA.S. They cuio comtlimtlon , LUlwjiutJi
ijul vurj'lut'y of the liter. S3 tvnU IK.T bet
lit Id by nil IiruBBl ; tC Ul
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ar
IX-
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i rKiil , 'oiol ji l an I btro KthoneJ , " etc.l
0 , an intirPitlnK' * ! ernenoit Jo1" ! ? run In our
xi- paper I'l rt'plr to t iU | rlei wu will say that
tlitro N in vtl lun o f Iiunibu ; nb ut tilt. On
thooin'r.irj , lln 'hortli ' r < at' ervhliinty In-
Oor'ixt IntJfiH txl | wr onsnuy 'i't H al > ti < lr-
rul imEMuiill inrtlciilari , ililn < all V'rtK'U-
hrhy " I > r * / Krlu M nllcnl C/o. , 1 > . O. Dox
613 , Unll.la , N Y. To'eilo Ktimlfg Ikxi ,
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