THE DAILY BEE OMAHA , FRIDAY , MAKOH U , 1884.
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ttSj Ouwha , Kelt.
Tun fast mnil , delayed at the transfer
two hours , is altogether too slow for
Omaha.
Tun Blnino-Logan alliance in said to Do
oil. Wo don't boliro there over vras ouch
an alliiuico.
Tnr. Rocky Mountain Neiva calls the
rod-headed rooster of the Hookies James
Blatherskite Dolfonl.
GUKAT chnngoi will bo brought about
in our commercial relations with Moxict
by the ratification of the treaty and the
opening of vMexicnn Central railway.
Mu. MnQucKiK is going to have it all
his own way. Bo proposes to Imvo the
republican primaries delayed until the
Saturday evening before election , so that
the newspapers can't say anything. Mr.
McQuckin may nominate himself , but ho
is not going to ro-olcct himself.
L is near at hand , and the nasos
flora ought to bo looked after. What
Omaha needs and must have is an honest
assessment. In order to accomplish such
a desirable result , a citizens' tax-payers
league ought to bo organized to BOO that
the work of assessment is impartially
dono.
Tire Texas cattle men , who have boon
greatly annoyed by the fence-cutters ,
now threaten to resort to fenco-cutting
themselves. It seems that the state land
board has decided to raise the price of
leased land from live to eight cents , and
the stock men now intimate that unless
the board bucUs down , they will cut the
fence of any man who leases at eight
contn. The board , however , refused to
1)0 ) bulldozed.
Dlt MARY WALKEU is considerable ol
A man after all. While in the room of
the house committed on claims , a colored
messenger took her silk hat and put it on
his own head. The doctor , upon observing <
ing him , said "That's my Hat , you black
rascal , and what arc you doing with it ? "
Thereupon she follqwod him into the
corridor and gave him a terrific blow on
ono of Ilia eyes , which soon assumed a
darker hue than it's natural color. Dr.
Walker evidently can't take jojc ,
F'IIBD BotJatVfiS was' a constant at-
toiidant.at the recent Woman's National
suffrage convention , aa ho had boon upon
previous conventions , but this year ho
was deliberately snubbed and lgt ) Inviteil
to address the convention. The matter
oxcitcs a great deal of comment because
Mra. Douglass was , before her marriage ,
prominently identified with the woman
suffrage movement. Susan , Plnobo and
the other leaders evidently have no more
use for Fred , now that ho has given
liimsolf away to a rod-headed wliito
woman.
A DILL establishing the whipping-post
and providing that , wife-botors bo pun-
idiod by flogging on the bare back , was
introduced in the house of the Masaa.
chusetts legislature on Tuesday by Mr.
Gore , Tvho was agreeably surprised to
see his bill meet with immediate popu.
larily. Eloquent speeches were made in
favor of the measure by several members ,
and the bill waa passed by an overwhelm
ing vote. It now romamn for the senate
to make the bill a law , and wo should
not bo surprised to see that body endorse
the action of the houso. In that event
wife-boaters will find Massachusetts a
very unhealthy state for thorn. Such a
bill would , no doubt , meet with favor in
' every state of the union.
.who voted against
the ratification of the Mexican treaty
4rben it first came up , refrained from
votisg wheu it wat brought up the socouc
time. A two-thirds vote waa necessary
for the'ratification , and the vote waa 41
to 20. 'Hud Senator VunWyck voted
o auut it , u ho did in the first instancn
the treaty would hove been rejectee
agio. Mr. ( Vun\Vyck , while rually op
paced to the measure , says tbo people o
hli BBCtion favor the treaty , and while ho
doe * not think it will do much good , he
iswtiaCed it will not do much hurra.
With theecception of AD Amendment thai
congress shall pus laws to carry it out ,
the treaty was not amended in any mate
rial respect. This amendment , however ,
will not npstpeno Ui dto when it wit
go into operation , } * ' eu < 9 legislation by
the conigreMM of bo'tti lepublfcs would bo
secewary even if thn m iA iont referred
t to had not been adopted , forarticlu ft u |
i ibe trttty provide * that the treaty thai !
/r / * ijot take effect until lawa and
v
tk t eah of the eont * * ing
4 * u nwwwy to eu&f'P
jkiuU bare b * u pa4'V b ° th gvvarn
opinion it that
iwMwe of r i - H l4UvM will r- " all
TIIK FOOT AND MOUTH JISKASK.
A cattle plague , called the foot nnd
mouth disease , which is comparatively
now and unknown in the UniUd Stntes ,
lias made its appearance in various parts
of the country , and is creating n great
Joal of alarm lest its snroad shall become
general among American cattlo. The
discaso made its first nppoarnnco only non
on- days ngo in Kansas , where measures
are being taken to quarantine and sup-
irosa it. An urgent demand is being
made that the governor convene the leg
islature in special session to appropriate
moans and devise methods for the stamp.
ing out of the disoaso. Every stock man
in Kansas , as well as the people gener
ally , are thoroughly aroused as to the
impending danger. Our dispatches to
day bring us the news that the discaso
isa broken out in Illinois , and that thu
governor will tsko immediate stops in the
matter. Wo learn also from n late Beaten -
ton paper that/ the disease has appeared
in Maine , where there are about fifty
Lead of affected cattle under the treat
ment of the veterinary surgeon of the
state board of cattle commissioners.
Those cattle , located on five different
farms , are retorted na doing well , nnd
no now cases have boon discovered within
a week. Tiioro is danger , however , says
the report , that the disease may break out
again in the spring. It appears that the
disease in Maine originated among a herd
of twenty-eight Hprcford cattle , brought
to this country in the steamer Ontario on
the 2d of February , from England , whoru
tljo disease is quito prevalent. These
cattle were driven over throe miles of
road , and though the ground was frozen
over , disease germs will probably bo ac
tive when it thaws out , as the diflonso has
boon communicated under like circumstances - ,
stances moro than four months after the
cattle traversed the road. It is claimed
that the disease in Kansas originated
from a herd of calves , most of thorn being
high grades , -which had boon brought
from nil parts of the east and brought to
Kansas. It seems to bo the general im
pression that the foot and mouth plague
has boon brought to this country through
cattle imported from England.
The disease nffocts the mucous mem
brane and inter-digital space of nuch ani
mals as cattle , sheep , goats nnd pigs , nnd
in some instances it has boon trrnsmittcd
to homes , dogs , poultry nnd human bo-
ings. The ncuto symptoms are charac
terized by an eruption of blisters in the
mouth and on the internal service of the
lips , nnd on parts of the body whcro the
skin ia thin , as on the under part and between -
twoon the claws. It passes through dif
ferent phases , known as fever , eruption ,
ulceration nnd dissipation. Ton par
cent ia given as the average loss by donth
from its attacks. In the opinion of the
bosb veterinary surgeons , the llosh of nni
raals thus diseased is not injurious as
food , though their milk is harmful unless
boiled. Notwithstanding the opinion of
veterinary surgeons , wo advise people to
bo very careful as to the moat and milk
they consume at the present timo.
The plague is liable to make its appear-
auco. at any data among the cattle of
Nebraska and the western plains , nnd
our butchery nnd milkmen , under the
circumstance gannet uxorciso too much
wntciifulnoss until MJO danger is past.
Ono authority nays that It must not bo
forgotten that every road or I'aiigo pasaofl j
over by an animal from an infected spot
bocomai infected for months ; that the
flesh of the animals having the slightest
'lint ' of the diaotiso is not fit to bo oaten ;
that the milk of the cows which had the
lisoasois dangerous , producing most scri
ms results to users for six months or
moro after the recovery of the cow.
\ \ honovor the plague breaks out im
mediate steps should bo taken to check
ia spread by the killinq of the infected
.nimals . , the destruction of the carcasses ,
ho thorough disinfection of the grounds ,
'enccs and stables vrith which they have
come in contact. In small herds , among
.ho . moro thickly settled portions of Nc-
jraskn , n rigid ( quarantine can bo moro
easily and moro uffoctivaly enforced than
nmont' the largo herds of the west. All
irovontivo measures should bo immedi
ately resorted to , and the cattle men
ought not to delay a single day in this
mportant matter. They should hold a
conference at once and prepare themselves
; o moot thu plaguo. A thorough system
of inspection should bo established , and
a corps of the best veterinary surgeons
should bo employed to bo in readiness at
a momout'a notice. An ounce of proven ,
tion is worth a pound of cure , nnd
hence wo urge our cattle men
to take precautionary measures without
delay. Thu * veterinary surgeons should
bo employed nnd sent to Kansas nnd
Illinois to put themselves on the disease
to learn the best moans of disinfection
and the methods of treating infootod
cattlo.
The cattle interest * of Nebraska nnd
Wyoming are now rapidly centering in
Omaha. There are residing in Omaha many
very heavy cattle owners , nnd ono of the
most extensive cattle syndicates in the
country has its headquarter hero.
Should the foot and mouth disease break
out among the western cattle , Omaha
wouldbeonoofthohoavioataufforoisiniho
country. The stockyards , the immense
slaughtering and packing house enter
prise , nnd other packing houses , would
have to bo abandoned uqtil the pJagun
disappears. Many of thejmoat enterprising
and wealthy capitalize will bo serioutly
affected , and consequently the business
interests of tbo city will suffer proper-
tionaloly , Too much strew , o nnot bo
} aid upon this uuttei , and wpliopo that
those inott interested will lo o uo dmo
in taking tep to keep the diwaso from
we torii catHo herds.
now receive * $350,000 a
year under ilia # cott liijuor l y , and the
i Uiui wwWed to ury on '
[ lublio improvnmonls without ovothur-
burdening the tax payers. If prohibi
tion had carried there would probably
iiavo boon just ns much liquor il
legally sold and consumed , nnd not a dollar
lar of revenue would have been derived
from the tariff ,
THE NOJlTUWI'STKnN KXTKNSWIf TO
DhNVKll.
The latest railroad rumor is to the ef
fect that Vnndorbilr , having boon forc
ed out of the Union Tactile nnd
Rock Island directories , now pro
poses to retaliate on those companies by
extending the Sioux City .fc PaciDo divi
sion of the Chicago & Northwestern to
Denver. The visit of Vice President
Ilughitt to thu wont is probably to look
into the feasibility of this project. It
would bo n very natural move on the
part of Vnndcrbilt. . The Burlington ,
which is out of the tripartite pool , 1m its
through line to Denver and an entry to
Omaha. The Northwestern , which is
not very closely tied np with the tripar
tite pool , the original members of which
are the Union Pacific , the Rock Inland
nnd the St. Paul , has an entry to Omaha ,
and it can easily construct an extension
to Denver. Jt would then bo a powerful
rival of the Burlington. It would bo on
nn equal footing with that road in Omaha
and Dtsnvor , and would control the north
half of Nebraska in the same manner
that the Burlington commands the South
Platte country. The Northwestern on the
north nnd the Burlington on the nouth
would make it decidedly interesting for
the three tripartite roads which lie be
tween them. The extension of the
Northwestern system Booms to us to bo a
very feasible plan. Its Sioux City &
Pacific division now penetrates the north
eastern part of Nobraskn , and eventually
its terminus will bo in the Black Hills or
beyond. It has a bridge of its own < it
Blair. Its entry into Omaha is over the
Chicago , Minneapolis , St. Paul it Omaha ,
which is also a part of the Northwestern
system. Arrangements are being made
to utilize this Omaha entry by the North-
western. Work is being rushed on the
Florence cut-on" , which when finished
will shorten the distance nlid reduce the
grade , and the run into Omaha by North
western trains by the way of the Blair
bridge and the cutoft"will bo made as
easily and as quickly as the Burlington
comes in by the way of Pacific Junction
and the Plattamouth bridge. Twenty
thousand dollars are being spent in the
enlargement of the Omaha & St. Paul
yards , the laying down of additional
tracks , the erection of now buildings ,
and a general increase of terminal facili
ties. All this is being done no doubt for
the accommodation of the Northwestern
nt an early day. It will bo soon that an
extension to Denver would bo nn im
portant focdor to its vast system , which
now extends throughout Illinois , Wis
consin , Iowa , Minnesota and Nebraska.
TIIK American dynamiters now pro
pose to orgnnuo n dynamite corps to re
inforce El Mnhdi nnd assist the fnlso
prophet in his war nguinsttho English.
The plan is said to bo ns follows : That
a regular recruiting service shall bo
established * in Fenian circles all over
the world during the existence of the
present English difliciiltica in Africa ;
that the men sent there shall bo organ-
zed in legions ana subdivided into co-
ta , after the fashion of the old Roman
inny ; that at least five men , educated in
ho use of explosives shall bo attached
o every cohort ; the legion will consist of
) ,000 men , divided into ton cohorts of
men ench ; that at least six ; r.on who
mvo experienced notivo service in the
iold shall bo attached to oa.eh cohort.
L'ho United Stated ftttornoya nnd mar
shals , who have boon instructed by the
nttorney-gimornl' , under the direction ot
the president , to prevent if possible the
exportation of dynamite , will now have
.hoir hands full.
A UATiiKK singular suicidal coincidence
occurred on Tuesday. A Now York
youth , aged eighteen years , upon bei
reprimanded by his father , shot himsell
n the head five times , and a boy , aged
iwelvo yearn , living in St. Paul , Minn
upon receiving a reprimand from his
mother , noon afterwards sent a bullol
through his heart.
"A 1001. nnd his money are soon
parted , " proved true in the case of Tiller
lor , the Pacific express robber , who was
captured by the merest accident together
with his plunder. Ho is now in jail , auc
the money is in bank , where it has boon
placed to the credit ot the express com
pauy.
IP thorp are any dynamiters in Omaha
they are advised to keep shady , aa President
idont Arthur has directed United States
attorneys and marshals to keep an eye
on them.
THE Iowa legislature is now wasting
the time of the people in wrestling will
woman suilrago , when there arc so many
other matters pending that deserve at
tontion.
A Ofcapter ol Political History.
W rU U , Lamoo iu The fhilttiaa Union ,
It is well-known that Mr , So ward on
tortaiued diuoront views from Mr. Lin
coin , hi 1861 , on the question of sondiii )
roinforcomeiits to Fort Sumpter. In hi
position ho was oustaiuod by Gunurs
Soott , who was then properly regarded as
tbo military authority ou questions o
this character ,
In Pro ideut Lincoln's inaugural ad
arena ho donned his policy byjuyiluj
T ! o power nonfidod to mo will be uset
to hold , occupy and possess the property
and jI " ) ? es belonijiug to the govern-
What ,
GwiowlBcott reported nsainst sending. j
pliesi to the fort , in which sentiment ,
and , pulicy Secretary Howard heartily co-
MopwAted. There * wa but ono merabor
'Iof tk > laULiietr-vir , Mr , Blair who dis-
minted from the military recommendsj
ion. Lincoln rcpudikted the voice of
is cabinet , nnd dhore l with dcggod
ortinncity to the policy Iterated in hi *
naugural , to maintain , the dignity of the
oTornmcnt and enforce iU laws. It was
eon ascertained , but quietly concealed.
hat the secretary of state had , in his zeal
or accommodation , prompted by the
most patriotic motives , promised the pco-
1 of the south that Sumpter should be
ivacuatcd. The president wns ignorant
if this Assurance , and was not , of course ,
cBponsiblo for it. It bad not the sane-
ion of his authority.
Whether the people sympathized with
ho president or with the opposing politi
cians it is not for tno to say. I merely
tate the facts ns they then existed. True
t is that in less than thirty days after the
administration wns inaugurated the pros-
dent wns notified by General Scott that
t was expedient to ovncnatu not only
'ort PICKCIIS , but also Fort Sumtor , nnd
hat this WAS n determined fact nt millj
ary headquarters.
Ou thu 12th of March the navy1 depart-
nont , nt the instance of General Scott ,
lad Rent the stnnmcr Mohawk to thu
ftniiadriMi of 1'enaacola to ro-itiforcn , Hub-
trcmitrally , Fort Pickcns. The turn things
now had taken was nstounding to the
ironhUmU Uo could see no justification
for thin action and change of programme ,
and promptly decided to reinforce Sum-
ten , nird care ordoru to that effect. Of
course hia order was confidential , but it
aoou found its way to the rebel camps nt
Charleston , and gave an impetus to for
midable preparations for aggressive move
ment ou the part of the south.
Two days before Mr. Lincoln was in
augurated president , in a confidential
'utter from General Scott to Mr. Seward ,
10 ( General Scott ) advised , ns a last re
sort , to "permit the wayward sisters to
10 in Dtaco. " I know not how this let
ter , being n contiduuti.il one , ever became
public , but , nevertheless , it has become a
Kirt of the history of the country , and ,
infortumitely , servos to ohow that in n
i > ricf space of time , without material
change of circumstances in the outlook
for the future of the government , vacil
lation and change in policy were wrought
in thu minds of some of the greatest in
tellects and noblest patriots of the ngo.
Elprp arose , in the first month of the ad
ministration , the first great dilloronco of
) plnion about statecraft in an emergency ,
Between the great minds of the two most
omorkublo won of the century , Abraham
Lincoln nnd William U Soward.
The secretary of state and the general-
n-chicf of the army , confident of their
superior sagacity and experience over the
untrained president and the inexperienced
secretaries of thu war and navy depart-
montea88umod to direct secretly the laud
and naval movements in this "perilous
omorupncy. " Naturally , when this as
sumption of power became known , the
president and belligerent secretaries folk
jxasporatod. The Powhattan , ouo of the
, hreo naval vessels that were the main
ind only protection of our maritime fron
tier from the Capo of Florida to our ox-
; roino northern boundary , wns , without
; ho concurrence of the secretary of the
navy , or the knowledge of the president ,
spnt south. This gave rise to prompt no
tion on the part of Mr. Lincoln. The
Bailing orders for the Powhattan wore
ivon about the Oth of April. Those or
ders wore countermanded , nnd vigilant
novomonts were instituted to determine
Mr. Lincoln's status with his administra
tion , nnd effect moro amicable relations in
; ho political household for concert of ac
tion iu the future , which resulted in the
irofi table success of harmonizing dis
tracting elements in the party , seeking
sy different means the same general ro-
gult.
Owing to thaunfortunatocomplications ,
in which things were gutting somewluit
nixed , I was sent by the president cud
Mr. Seward to Charleston , South C'aroli-
no , with instructions to efl'uot , aa far as
possible , harmony regarding diaputed
jnd vexatious questions then involved.
My instructions being of .a secret nnd
jonfidenliol nature , ' and I never having
L > 2ou absolved from the obligation of thu
ae.vl of secrecy ( botlt of , ( hb great states
men being now dead ) , .1 dp not tcol
authorized in stating the object of my
mission thoro. Yet while I was in
Charleston , Secretary Suward , on the
7tli of April , sent word to Judge Campbell -
boll , then justice of the Bunreniti court ol
the United Stat < JS- leading aoceesiouist
this" message , viz : "Faith as to Sumtor
fully kupt. Wait and see. " This mes
sage did not comport pxncUy with the
objects of the negotiations then under
consideration , and was embarrassing.
This nundoacript diplomatic action by a
member of the new administration waa n
bombshell in the camp. Lincoln thun
well knew that he mint assort himself or
bo an unimportant factor in the body
politic in the struggle for the lifo and
preservation of the nation. When ho
became aware of this assumption of
power , thu Powlmtan had sailed It was
then midnight. HodhoatodMr. Seward
to telegraph at ouco to countermand all
orders made dispatching this vessel.
Toll-grams were sonfc by ! ur. Seward , but
thu Pownatton , went on her way rejoicing ,
w ithout her proper commander , and with
unauthorized ortkru.
This comprises the first bad break or
dissension in thu first republican admin
istration. Under the name circuinstancca
in any other government on earth thu
premier would doubtless have boon tried
tor treason or incarcerated in prison for
nu unwarrantable assumption of power.
Thu great good souse of Lincoln , unmingled -
mingled with malice , entailed nn such
stigma upon that wonderful man of power ,
whom ho know to bu honest and patriotic.
The inherunt power of this govoin
inout was not disturbed even by this de
parture from routine. In the magnani
mity of his greatness Lincoln looked only
to ultimulo success and supremacy , vic
tory and ro-ostiibliBhiiieut ot government
The next grow out of an episode in the
incipioucy of our troubles , just when the
dangers began to thicken. A patriotic
woman , born in Massachusetts , then ro-
Biding with a brother noarMnnnssas Junc
tion , in Virginia , the brother an engineer
nocr on the railroad from Richmond to
Washington , within the rebel lines , came
to Washington on a secret mission. The
president at that time was very inacces
sible , After many incfitfctual endeavor *
to get admittance to his presence , she
sought an interview with General Scott ,
the commander and chief of the army ,
Her effort * in this behalf wore not moro
successful ; imperative duties occupied all
thu time of both of thrao disUngiahnd
men. After being many times repulsed
at headquarter , Scott's chief of staff in
sisted on knowing the bust ess of thu
woman. After being informed by this
person that ho was the conti Jontial friend
and chief of staff , she reluctantly in
formed him of thu business which eho iu
her patriotic zeal desired to impart.
S itisfying herself that the beat that
could bu done under the circumstances
was to trust in and impart to the chit f uf
of staff the object of her ralesion , ehu
tnado a clean breast of her story , as follows -
lows ; Her brother , with wht.ru shu lived ,
being an engineer on the road , had boon
informed that on a certain day near a *
hand , President Davis , Juduh P , Bun-
jumin j , the other members of the con
federate I cabinet , with other distinguish
ed c frinda , desired him to "run n opociftl
train < for thum to the confines of _ the confederate -
federate I picket lines for observation ; thnt ,
being 1 unacquainted with the lay of the
country < , they would rely on him , etc. ;
that I ho authorized her to say that he
would , if necessary nnd desirable , take
the risk of running his train through the
line * , and deliver his paticngors to the
federal I forces , which ho was satisfied ho
could successful y do.
The chief of staff undertook and prom
ised i to have her plan executed * . She left
him 1 in the full confidence that her scheme
would bo faithfully carried into execu
tion i , and that she had done n meritori
ous thing , nnd retired to her hotel. In
tire I morning she wns startled and shock
ed by the newspaper announcements that
her 1 brother had Leon hung that night as a
traitor to the southern confederacy ,
Had this Massaobusottn '
engineer's pro
gramme j boon succetsfully carried out the
war of the rebellion might Imvo termi
nated with the year of its commence
ment.
This , and other things which had re
cently occurred , gave the president grout
concern nnd much mihappinrss. Being
of the most confiding nature , his confidence
dence- was greatly shaken in men. Ho
scarcely know whom to tiuit , and im
plicitly trusto'l few.
General Scott not lonp nftcr this re
signed his position iu the nrrny ; and it
muy well be considered doubtful whether ,
after Jus fifty-four years of honorable nnd
distinguished military life , his groit use
fulness to his country , the honor ho con
ferred upon it , and the honor it had con
ferred upon him , ho was satisfied to quit
it , or it wns satisfied to have him quit ;
but ngp nnd infirmities contributed as n
necessity.
Follomncthis , and before the expira
tion of the ( fefet year of thu war , another
cause of the disturbance and division of
opinion in the cabinet nroso out of the
'Trent" affair the arrest of Mason nnd
Shdell.
The excitement resulting from the cap
ture of those nion ndded nothing to the
tranquility of the president. Jio wns
constantly nnd pcrsintontly harassed nnd
afforded now causfs for apprehension of
trouble , and little occurred that cast a
ray of sunshiuo through tbo lowering
clouds bofotting his saddened heart. Uo
felt from the first that the arrest was ill-
advised , and would bo the source of fu
ture dangerous complications. Mr. Seward
ard and most of the cabinet approved the
action ofVilkos in making the capture ,
and they , like the country at JargoT'woro
jubilant and hilarious over the "success of
the occasion. Amid all these rejoicings
the president and Senator Sumncr , for
whom ho had great respect in all matters
relating to diplomacy , entertained doubts ,
misgivings , regrets and perplexities.
Time proved the wisdom of Mr. Lin
coln's apprehensions ; and 'a war with
England was only averted by a ( surrender
of the prisoners and an apology. Mr.
Seward had wonderful powers of adaptability -
ability to circumstances , and in no case
did ho over display greater diplomntic
ability and genius than in this case.
The appointment of Mr. Stanton as
war miniHter grew out of an opinion
given by him to Mr. Lincoln , favoring
the vievrrt antagonistic to those entertain
ed by himself , nnd justifying the action
of our government in making the arrest.
This appointment of Mr. Stanton startled
the people ; they could not understand
how the appointment could have been
brought ubuur , ns it wns generally under
stood that Mr. Stnuton was and had been
a bitter partisan en opposition to Lincoln ,
and that there had been souio per
sonal difference between thorn growing
out of u lawsuit in Cincinnati , in which
Ihoy had both been professionally em
ployed on the same side.
The appointment turned , out to bo a
nolisfactory ono to the president , and a
.fortunate ouo for the country. I doubt
whether Fouphn nns Mr. Stanton's equal
as a war minister , or that Richelieu waa
Mr. Seward'a superior as a diplomat , or
any man that ever lived waa the equal of
Abraham Lincoln in all that constitutes
greatness in man.
They Slopped a 'i'lilcf.
New Yort Son.
WllHttm Garrison is an employe of the
oil works at Betvon Point. Jeremiah
Hathway of Pittsburg " a friend of hie
is paying him a visit. Saturday night
they uamo to New York to spend the
evening with a friend who lives on third
avenue , near One Hundred nnd Thirty-
sixty street. It was midnujht when they
left their friend's house. They vrclked
down third avenue. When they were
betwuon Ono Hundred and Twenty-
fourth and Ono Hundred nnd Twenty-
third streets n man came rusbiug around
the corner of the street and ran toward
them at full speed. Ho was hatless. The
next instant another man turned the
corner of the street , He was evidently
in eager pursuit of the hatloas man , for
ho cried out :
"Stop hitnl Stop him ! Ho's got my
pookot-buok ! "
Garrison nudjHathaway headed off the
ilying man and sutzed him. He pleaded
with thum to lot him go , declaring that
his pursuer bud robbed him of his watch
and won chasing him to secure his pocket
book. That a man who hud boon robber
should be wildly lljing , with the
robber in close pursuit , seemed too un
likely a stoay to thu captorauf the alleged
robbed man , and they held him until the
the pursuer came up , panting from his
run.
run."This man has got ray pocket-book I"
exclaimed the latter. "Please hold him
until 1 get it. "
In spite of the protests of the hatless
man and his emphatic declaration that
the other man had robbed him , the two
captors held him until the panting indi
vidual had taken a wallet Ir'om ono of
his trousers pockots.
"There it is , you scoundrel ! " said the
panting individual. "Gentlemen you
have done mo a great favor , and I thank
you. Now that I have my property 1
am satisfied. You may lot the rascal go.1
The lenient gentleman walked hurried
ly down the avenue for a short distance ,
nnd then , breaking into a sharp run , dis
appeared.
The ro friends released the man they
had enured. Without A word ho starred
on a run niter the man who had recovered
the wallet. SuDposing that ho had intended -
tended to make another effort to secure
thu plunder he hud lost , Garrison and
Hutlmway ran after him to render any
aid that might bo necessary to proven !
tlju robbery. When thuy crossed Ono
Hundred and Twenty-tliird struct they
aw the man who had recovered the wallet -
lot standing under the gas-light ou the
corner of Ouo Hundred and Twenty ,
second street. His pursuror joined him ,
and the two disappeared together in thu
cross street. Garrison and Hatliaway
thought that was an exceedingly dtmngu
proceeding. When they reached the stairs
ut the nuxt olovnted railway station , ant
Garrison found that his ptuketbook con
taining § 50 was gene , and Hathaway diS' {
covered that his gold watch was wiw mg ,
the proceeding did not seoui BO strange. |
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