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4LS3 Om h\ Nell _
Dologatoi nnillailors to tlio Olilcngo
convention will find Tlio Dully Kco on imlo
c\ory day nt tlio I'nlmcr lloiinc , the
Grand 1'nclllo House and IhoSlicrmnn
Uotiho nowg Unds.
PHK Chicago hotel-keepers and bar-
tcndora can ceo inoro "chango In the
eituation" thnn the most enterprising pol
itician.
BEX. BUTI.EU may capture nil the aide-
how nominatious , but ho will not getaway
away with the main circus under the
democratic canvaa.
TUG Colorado dologatcs have placed n
live caglo in tlio Blaine headquarters.
After the convention Hie noble bird may
have to scream for some other good man.
CHICAGO hotel kcojiors are unanimous
ly in favor of n constitutional amendment ,
providing for a presidential election once
o year and requiring the conventions
to bo hold in that city.
TWBNTY-FOUII hours have passed with
out Ben. Butler receiving n presidential
nomination. It was probably because
Sunday intervened , and Bon. thought
it proper for him to give the people a
rest.
IP Chicago speculators do not got up
a "corner" on convention seats that will
make the board of trade green with envy ,
the republican party may congratulate
itself over good management in a
tricked city.
Tm : principal occupation of the people
of this country for the rest of tliio wool :
will bo the reading of the long-winded
reports of the Chicago convention. All
other business Is of secondary importance ;
lionco this dullness.
A Rtnu'LUH of $155,000,000 waa report
ed from the treasury a few days ago. The
emotion of Mr. Morrison and the friends
of a horizontal revenue reform upon
reading the announcement can bo better
imagined than described.
BILLY MAHONI : knocked out the
"straight-outs" on the first round. Tlio
national sub-commlttoo , by a vote of 31
to 1C , decided to admit the Hahono dele
gation. This action will probably bo ap
proved by the convention.
Outmcii Howe has received his reward
for furnishing that free car for the Ne
braska delegates to the national republi
can convention. They have agreed to
present the name of Mr , IIowo as mem
ber of tlio national committee from Ne
braska.
FOSTMABTKK-GENKUAI. GUKSHAM stands
no earthly show of being nominated for
president as long as Major-Gcnoral Van-
dervoort is fighting forninst him. Gene
ral Vundorvoort never forgives nor
forgets. Ho , is truly and terrifically ro-
Tongoful.
AIIONQ all the prominent politicians
who are being intorvlowcdinUnicagosH to
the presidential outlook , wo fail to fine
the name of lion. Patrick 0. Hawca , ex-
contingent Al. 0. from Nebraska. In the
language of Webster Flanagan : What ia
lie there for ?
POLITICAL cowardice and party diacort
iimko up the platform upon which the
democratic party will bo forced by the
logic of events to make its canvass this
fall. The spectre of the murdered Mor
risen tariff bill will not down , even at the
bidding of Macbeth Itandall ,
Tin : B. & M. railroad extension to
Grand Island lias boon completed. This
gives Grand Island a now connaction with
Omaha , via Lincoln. The city of Grant ]
Inland is certainly to ba congratulated
upon her prosperity. She ia now quito
an important railroad center , and ia grow
ing very rapidly.
TUB friends of Jamea G. Blaine , par.
ticularly those from tlio Pacific alopo , are
Hurprued upon arriving upon the field o |
action , to find that Bloino'a utrongth has
beeu somewhat over-estimated , and that
Arthur's following is much larger than
they had ony idea of , beiides being well
organized aud enthusiastic.
THEODORE Tloo KVKLT is receiving the
congratulations and praises of the Now
York press for hi study work in muni
olpal reform at Albany. Wlioro is the
ItoosevoH that will raisa hi * voice to
purify the city administration of Omaha
"With a mayor and marahal who hava Ion
the confidence of tint people , and with t
demoraJziid ! police force , Omaha's goy
ornmont ii as much in need of reform u
that of New York was ia the palmion
d.ya of Mr. Kellj'o regime.
AV ; ir A KM r co vn r.sMA n TTA L.
The conclusion of the Swaim court of
nquiry , at Washington , will nhorlly bo
ollowcd , as is gonurally believed , by the
order of Secretary Lincoln convening
courln.martlal for the trial of Judge Ad-
rocato General Svvnim and Colonel A. P.
Morrow , on the charge of conduct un-
icconiing ofliccrs and gentlemen. In
ho caao of General Swalm the charge ia
) aaed upon diahonorablo monetary trans
actions with a Washington noto-sharer
mined lUtcinnn , the ecandal connected
with which has forced into official notice ,
what the public haa had reason to bo-
eve tor a year concerning Colonel Mor
ow's triplication of his pay vouchers ,
The simultaneous publication of this
oublo army ocandal will doubtless afford
10 papers , whoso business it is to pick
uva in our present military morale and
lanagomont , an excellent opportunity to
osumo their tirade against the regular
rmy and the officers who command it.
Vo may expect to have the cases of Rene
nd llgca , of Simpson , and Cummings , of
IcKibbon , and Robertson rehashed with
11 the variations on the old key of "rot-
onnoss in the service. " The proportion
f olumdora to the total number of officers
n the roll will bo carefully auppreescd ,
lie fact that fewer oflicoro are brought
) oforo gunoral courta-martial now
lian formerly will not bo mentioned ,
nd no allusion will bo made to
what is well known , that the purification
f the army by the expulsion of un
worthy ollicera 1ms boon accomplished
entirely by the army itself , that the
charges have been made by brother-
officers , end that the accused have been
tried and sentenced and expelled by the
very class against whom ouch swooping
and general charges of dishonesty and
orruption are BO flippantly mado. These
ro items which must bo sot against any
( oncral bill of indictment drawn against
lie service.
It may bo said , nt the outset , that ,
lorhaps , the public cxpccla too much of
ho army , or , rather , of army officers as a
class. On Homo accounts , it ia natural
hat this should bo so. Tlio honor of the
country and the honor of the Boldior are
often very closely connected , and the
rank of an officer and tlio qualifications of
a gentleman are presumed to go hand-in-
land. This feeling ia nowhere BO strong
as in the army itself , and it is duo to its
strength among the ollicora that the do-
volopmonta of the past joar in court-
martial canes have coino to light. In
each and every caao brought to trial
irompt juatico has boon measured out to
ho accused , and the honor of the army
ias boon preserved by the dishonor of
ho offender.
There is no reason to doubt that the
amo inflexible sense of justice will assort
tsolf in the cases of General Swaim
nd Colonel Morrow. Honorable officers
vorywhoro , assertions to the contrary
notwithstanding , the great mass of army
officers are honorable , have been scandal-
zed by the developments of the past
nonth in Washington. Secretary Lin
coln will give no faint hearted support
o every effort to aid the norvico of men
with whom brother ollicora fool it a dis-
; race to bo compelled to associate. A
nistakon executive clemency , which iu
ho past has forced back into the army
'oaucs ' expelled by court martial , is not
ikoly to bo exorcised in b bhalf of such
) ffondors by President Arthur. And
irominont officers have not hesitated to
express the opinion that if the scathing
md often unjust critlcisma of irregular- !
Jos in the service have done no other
; oed , they have at least rendered difficult
n the future the exertion of political in-
luonco to roatoro to rank and command
non who have boon branded by their
army associates as unworthy to associate
with officers and gentlemen.
Tin : recent riots are having a aalutory
cffuct in Cincinnati ! . The number cf her
murderers will bo materially reduced atan
early day by aomo healthy legal hangings.
Tlio criminal courtn have been Increased
; rom ono to throe. The judges are rcfus-
ng all applications for continuance un-
S for the most vital reasons , and a
much better class of men fill the boxoa.
Minor oiVondora are diapoaod of uith a
iroinptnons th.it , would have boon duchxr-
ed quito impossible three months ago ,
and when convicted the judge looses no
iimo in sentencing them , and the non-
lonces are severer than under the old
regime. Oliver , who was convicted of
nurdor last Saturday , waa defended by
Mnjur 0. II. Blackburn , ono of the ablest
criminal practionora in Ohio. Major
Blackburn looked for an acquittal , or at
.ho worat a verdict of murder iu the third
ilcgreo. lie wua judging from the practice -
tico of jurists before the uprising. Whim
a verdict of murder in the first degree
was road ho declared ho would tuko no
nero criminal caaea. The people were
jound that the murderers ahould bang ,
and there waa no uao in defending thorn.
The saino sentiment prevailed , lie said ,
n adjoining counties , BO a change of von.
vo would do no good. Ho prid clod that
aomo day an innocent man would bo
tanged , and then there would bo a reac
tion.
Disimor ArrouNKY GODWIN will never
iiavo a bolter opportunity to make n
record than ho has at the nroaont timo.
Besides having eovoral murder cases to
try , hn has other important dutioa to
perform , ono of which ia to thoroughly
Bent to thu grand jury the charges
.hat bus been made againat certain city
officials. As u matter of justice to the
public and to the officials who have boon
charged with bribery and corruption , in
the nowapapcra and upin every street
corner , the grand jury cannot afford to
iinoro those charges , Mr. Godwin in
presenting the matter to the grand jurj
s'lould nuke nuro of evidence that wil
not only cause indictments to bo found ,
but wil uUo warrant convictions ujioi
the trials. From the stops that ho hns
already taken , wo bollovo that ho moans
buaincss , and will do everything in his
power to nift the scandals to the very
bottom and got at the truth.
COLONEL Bon INCIKIISOM , recently
stirred up tlio good old Quaker city of
Philadelphia to its utmost depths with
ono of his lectures. The 7Y > 7ic ? gives
! iim a Bovoro ocoring , and ono of the pas
tors threatened lo have him arrested for
blasphemy , under a statute enacted in
1801 , which provides a firm of $100 and
Lhrco months imprisonment , or either ,
'or any person convicted of "speaking
basely or profanely of Almighty God ,
Jcaus Christ , the Holy Spirit , or the
Scripturca of Truth. " Had the threat
Jcon carried out there would havobocn )
but little trouble in convicting Pope Deb
before n good religious juryforil would bo
a yory caay matter to prove that ho
"apcakaloosely , " very loosolyof tlio nub-
{ eels named. Col. Ingoraol will probably
ba very careful hcronf tor when ho viaits
the "City of Brotherly Love. " Ho
might bo willing to pay § 100 for the
[ irivilcgo nf atirring up the menagerie
nit ho would not care about the impris
onment. The incident will furnish him
natcrial for some aharp Ihrusts hereafter
at the Philadolphiana.
progress ia being made
in the largo eastern cities in forcing the
telegraph , telephone and olcctrio light
companies to put their wires under
ground. In Philadelphia the under
ground electrical couduits are working
successfully , and all companies not hav
ing complied with tiio ordinance granting
Lhom privileges have been notified that
their righlu are null and void. Iho day
is not far distant when Omaha will follow
in Iho wako of Iho oaitorn cities and force
the wires uudor ground , and thus do
away with the unsightly and dangerous
itreet obataclca.
Du. MII.LUII ia certainly making the
voice of Nebraska democracy hoard
throughout the land. The Chicago News
thus speaks of his recent declare lion :
"Dr. George L. Miller , the able editor
of Iho Omaha Herald , says that the Neb
raska delegation to Iho national demo
cratic convention will favor "conservatism
on the tariff question. Wo are of the
opinion that this will bo very reassuring
intelligence to the great tnasa of thinking
) oolo ) ) who are keenly cognisant of the
fact that without Nebraska the grand old
lemocratio parly would bo simply notli-
HKAI , KfiTATi : in Omaha still booms on
; ho hills while it ij being disturbed by
contractors on the flats.
Tlio Sluuly Kqtiino ,
Now York Truth.
The man of inoit ntixloty
.Tuet now Ii tlio ( lark horse ,
Who hopes that noon lio'll trotting bo
Tlio iironldoutlal course.
Ho shaily kooni , ntul holih hta tongue )
Save to Ills faithful groom ,
And silently in soorot lie
1'roparoa hit ) little boom.
LITEltARY NOTES.
"SALT LAKH Fnurr , " a latter-day ro-
trmnco , has just been published by Hand ,
Avery & Co. , Boston. Sold by subscrip
tion only. The volume is beautifully
printed and illustrated , and has a hand
some illuminated cover. The author is a
lady an American who haa occupied a
liigh position in Washington circles , and
is thoroughly qualified to write upon the
aubjoct of Mormon lifo in Utah. The
story ia written in charming style , and
the plot is intensely interesting , aa con
siderable ingenuity haa been exor
cised in ils formation. The facts
narrated in the story all
have their counterpart in the well-au
thenticated experience of actual lives.
The incidents are not at all exaggerated.
Those facta upon which the atoiy hinges
are inoro hideous in their naked truth ,
than those clothed in fiction's drapery.
The author haa evidently boon among the
Mormons to gather her material , which
she has certainly dressed up in attractive
array. Wo venture to assert that her
work will bo\r good fruit , and will im
press upon tlio people the hidcoumioas of
polygamy and the necessity of crushing
it. It ia high time that hero o
action bo taken towards removing this
cancer from the body public , and wo be
lieve that the author and publishers cf
this powerful story , will contribute not a
lilllotowardaaconsumnation DO < lo\cutely
to bo wished. The motive of the story
is ono that commends itaolf to every in
telligent and high-minded penion , and
therefore it should receive the heartiest
welcome and support , ni wo buliovo it
cerUlnly well. In her preface the author
makes the following appeal :
"ijjmo tvumon in Utah are hold in silence -
lenco by domcnlio tyranny ; some by
hope , through their goal , of gaining influ
ence paramount with their hiuband , aud
tluifl , pandering to hia vice , obtain
mastery of him. Disgrace to woman
that thus it ia ! and yet ia it truth.
"But to you , men with daughtori ,
those- silent tongues apeak wilh eloquence
beyond all worda. To 'you those miserable -
able women hold up Iho daily , hourly
lorturo of their disgraced lives. Help
them , or iiorlmps your own ewe lamb
may one day bo crushed in the horrible
folds of that most hideous , moat powerful
serpent. Do not deceive yourselves.
Do not believe that Mormoniatu ia con-
tout to rest In Utah. Slowly , surely the
monster ia stretching abroad itn horri
ble body. Cautiously those vimll green
eyes , full of cunning , are watching each
opportunity fer ndvrtiico ; mid from Its
fanged tongue drops the poison of its nc-
ouraed creed. The power of its institu
tions ia iiu/to wonderful , morj absolute ,
limn wtta over the inmiiaition , Its per
fect organic ition excels any known gov
ernment. No Ruraina eer/a were evermore
more completely nubj utvd than ita fol
lowers. Cunuiiqly it defies ,
overcomes and subserves to ita own
onda , the lawn of the United States. 15)
great majorities it carries every election ,
Its men call upon their creatuica for aup1
port ; and tlumo who would , d ro not dis <
obey , Wo are hild that bluod-atonomonl
dots not longer exist. Wo are told thai
the Mormon law is dead , which , for diao
bodleuco , took to her open | * rave the
wife , and , first bidding her look therein
110'it her throat , and , helding her over tin
' \avning hole , let her know her owi
.blond wai moialcning the ground when
11 soon would lie her body , But do wi
( now it i a fact ? Do wo know that law
s dead ? What do wo over know of the
lecrotn hidden in the folds ot that power-
ill organization ? Do wo not know th'at
persons in Utah who mysteriously disap
pear are never found are rarely looked
'or ? Do wp not know of the murder of a
noted physician hi night and sound of
lasaing Mormons ? Yet these very men ,
indor oath , declared they haa seen
lothing. ThoHo living ifi Utah have
mown how criminals are shielded by
Mormon authorities. "
"TiiKur. WAH osri : A MAN , ' '
slory by H. H. Nowcll ( Orpheus 0.
ICcrr ) , finely Hlusfralcd , published by
b'ords , Howard & Unlbort , Now York.
This novel opens , with immcdiatp.strong
dr.imatic effect , in the metropolitan so
ciety of the patrician old Knickerbock
ers , sixty years ago ; and , oflcr a reman-
ic prcludo , both surprises and keenly
rfcshciis the reader by transferring
character and action to ono of the most
'aacinating tropical paradises of the
) ricnt. Hero the web nf the story bo-
somes piquintly "intcrnalional" the
jest American and English Bocial typos
coming together in a series of scones and
adventures as picturesque and animated
as they are unhackneyed. Upon the
extiiro of n delicate and poetic lovc-
tory are etched , incidentally , the strange
and atirring principal acts in the career
of the famous English Ibjah Brooke , of
Jornco ; and through all the alternations
of the Anglo-American social drama with
ho moat heroic and chivalroun p.isaaifcs
of modern personal history in the Orient ,
comes conspicuously forward the clmrac-
, or of a great Darwinian naturalist , who
ias visited the homo of the orang-outang ,
.0 work out the problem of the "miss-
ng link. " Hero an enormous Ape
cornea into the plot , in n subtly
woven scientific illustration , which by a
scries of most striking pictures , brings a
Uitoitoincnt such as none but the
"Orpheus 0. Korr" of Iho memorable
Papers could over have devised. It in a
striking , ingenious , unhackneyed , and
peculiarly "taking" story and study. It
a full of clear thought and warm feeling ;
t contains numerous happy surprises and
humorous touches of the Orpheus C.
A'crr of old , and cannotfail of a popular
welcome.
' 'A PALACK-PUISON ; or , the past and
; > rcsont , " a novel , published by Fords ,
Howard & , Hulbort , Now York , is cor-
: nlnly a peculiar book , and a strong ono ;
[ loculiar , in that Un aclion , while passed
in the very midst of our moat civilized
: omimmitiea , is so strange and unfamil
iar ; strong , not BO much in literary ex
pression aa intense vital forcp and evi
dent truthfulness. Simple , direct , with
out the lazy gracoaof quitudo and leisurely -
ly polish , it opens with an unpretending
scene ot villiago lifo , introducing the
maidenly and most attractive heroine of
the story a girl of sensitive nature but
rather unuaual force of mind on the day
of her "graduation" from the village
high-school. Her brother , too , waa u
stalwart , prosperous , clear-headed young
physician , claims attention. The girl
lias boon overworked in school and some
what restrained within "
absurdly "lady
like" limits at homo , it was twcnty-
seven years ago , ao thatshp passes rapid
ly into a condition of n hat is now known
aa "nervous prostration. " Her brother ,
after succosaful doaing , finding that , nho
ii "nothing bettor , but rather worao , "
and that her mind seems nffoctcd , con-
aults a friend of his , a "distinguished
alienist , " who advises a "fow weoka'
in his palatial "retreat. " Hprp the true
story begins. It is a vivid picture
of the lifo in which so
many of our tondorcst and
most sensitive friends - these who have
boon wearied if not worn out by the in-
tonao activity of American lifo are con
demned. And if it bo truc ( which can hard
ly bo questioned ) that , aa wo are told in
this book , patients are never discharged
aa cured unices by the express order of
of these who are responsible for paying
their expenses in the institution ; it ia in
deed time that the public at largo should
know why.
1'KUSONAIi I OINTS.
HuBaoll Sago la a more appropriate numo for
lilm than SftRO Uussoll.
Sir William Gull , un JCn liah doctor , recent
ly recoh ed a ? ! " > /.00 fee for n jirofwmlonul visit
I'nu. ' Hko to bo
to 1'ooplo giill-ed over
thoro.
W. W. Story , Iho Ameiican-ltulinu sculptor.
w uow'ft tlivork on n glg.mtio bust a new ono of
WusUingtnoQ\vhIch occupies niriila working
IIOIHH.
G oncral McClellan Indignantly ( Ionic ? the
statement that ho U not u iculdcnt of Now
Jc oy. This , \NobollB\o , ia the firut instance-
of the kind 011 record.
Mr. Kerilinnml Wnnl should tipoml liU time
! u jail In Httulyiiig up tlio Fcioncu of mnemonics.
At Ills examination Ilia memory pro\od to bo
inory bad condition
Onlvln lirlco , whodo\iseil Iho Nickel 1'lat
rnihv.iy , Is tmdor 40 years of ngo and IIIB : ma.l
310,000,000 in the l.i t tix yonrH , ? GCt'0,000 o
\\hlch ho Ins eottlod on his vSo \ ,
B'luiuol JioulcH of the Springfield ( Mass. )
Knulilican , will lie married ou Iho evening of
.lima 1' to Uliss lUI/.ilioth , dauirhtcr of ex-
iVUornoy Gouoral i' . Kockwood Hoar
Jndgo Stauoy | latthovva I * to deliver the
ldroHii nt the next meeting of thu TonnosHoo
liar Aitsci ition , which la to bo hold upon
Lookout Mountain on the Tourth of July.
Mrs. Sindulr , who was divorced from JM
winKorrOjt yoar.s ago , h utlll living Iu Stuton
IsUnd , unit In n hull ) , hearty , h.tiuUomo old
ludy , plentifully provided with this world'u
'ooda.
Ohiiatino Nilleon ea)8 that this ia positively
lior lust tour In Atuorlca-th.it eho will Bail
from Now York July' ! , birg n little in Ung-
land , go to Hvvocden and bid farewell forovcr
to jirofcbsionftl life.
Lord TcnnjBon haa boon ulectcd prOBlilcn
nf society of authors , founod clildly for the
iiiiriiosoiifdroctiiHt International coiiyriKht law
betwson Kiigluucr mid America , l : thow Ar
nold U vice ( iruldent of tlio society ,
The dctcrtodlfoof llov. Adiromiatk Mur
ray , now a iiracticlng phyilclnu at Now Ha
ven , ia making money , boino delicate btiri- | ;
cut operation rtviniring great ( kill and tierv o
Imvo boon aucccmfully perfouuocl by her.
Ciiptnln Coorgo H. Parkin * , on of tlio
wealthiest otlicorn Iu the navy , Mho was re
cently ordered to command the Hartford , tlig-
lilp of tlio I'uclflc bttitlmi , fromuhlchdutyho
asked to l > o excused. U\j tendered hia roaig-
natloj to Secretary Clmudler ,
A pornoim ! friend Biys Cioiu ( ! rant's export.
oaoo Iu Wall street coat him not only IiU fortune -
tune , but ton yew o ( bit life , btiog broken In
liotlv nnd iiiiul , lie in not allowed to read
the nownnpr | , so that ho jirolnblyilo"a not
know halt th t V ) re t of the world now
knows nliont the tiiin of Grant k Ward , lint
ho knots * uinnigli 11 glvo him u keen eu o ot
hta huinllintiut ; i oitlon.
Webster Flniin " ,
Ohlrago Tlnifs.
Webster Flan igan , the eminent slates-
man from Texnu , IH not n c.xndidato in
the strict rimaa of the word , but there ia
no tolling in these neriloua limca where
thu providential lightoniui ; may ntriko ,
and lie muat not bo left out of conoidcrn-
lion in tins article , Mr. Flanagan is the
embodiment of BOIUO of Iho ilt'nrcat prin
ciples of practical politics , and the only
man on record who 1ms been frunkonoiu ; !
to declare the real purpose of the poltiw
organi/Uion of which ho ia an honoret
member.
Mr Flanagan was burn at Olarkogpnrt ,
Hreckenndgo cmintv , Ky. , Jim J ) , 1831
iillis futhei , J , W , Flainu'a , ! , who vus i
11 United SUt s aeuator from Teiaafron
1870 to 187C , removed to Texas when
Webster waa 9 years old , and settled in
Husk county. Father and son hare
since been identified with aomo of the
nest important interests of the state.
The latter was licensed to practice law
when ho was 18 years old , Early in life
10 took an interest in politics , filling va
rious local ofliccs and being an elector on
the Boll and Kverctt ticket. At the out
break of the war ho was commissioned
by Gov. Houston as a brigadier general
of volunteers , and in the succeeding
years of atrifo did what ho could to establish -
lish a southern confederacy. At the end
of the war ho wont over to the
winning side , and in 1805 ho was appointed -
pointed j'ltk'o of the Fifth judicial dis
trict. In 1808 ho was elected to the
ttato constitutional convention , In 18G9
! io was elected to the state senate ; and
two years after waa elected lieutenant
governor of the state. In 1875 ho was
sent to represent his district in another
constitutional convention , thus assisting
n the formation and adoption of two
state constitutions. In 1872 ho was
chairman of the Texas delegation to the
opublican national convention , and in
I860 ho was ono of the Texas members
of the Grant guard of 300 at the
Chicago convention. It was hero
hat ho naked the famous question
which brought him prominently before
ho country as a man cf great statesman
ship and a keen sense of the objects of
> i litical party. Mr. Batker , a delegate
roni Massachusetts , Iho morning after
ho platform had been agreed upon ,
irouglit in a civil scrvicn plank embody-
ng oxtrcmo Now England notions of
civil service reform , and lugubriously do-
ilorcd the manifestation1 ! thac ho saw
tround him , that everybody had a main
eye to the ofliccs. Mr. Flanagan lost all
latienco at this , denounced the resolution
varmly , and rwkod , "What are wo hero
'or ? " the qucslion being hailed with
roars of laughter.
Mr. Flanagan is the president of the
Henderson and Overtoil railroad , and
declares that next to the pride ho feels in
Tighting civil ncrvico reform cranks ho
takes moat in possessing the finest herd
if Jersey cattle south of the Ohio river.
Mr. Flanagan is an Arthur man , aud
believes that Arthur will bo nominated.
Ho says , with a confident air. "That's
what wo are hero for. "
LOS
The World's Soml-Troiilual Garden
Spot and Sanitarium.
Cor. Boston Evening Transcript.
"When God gets tired , " says the Gor
man poet Heine , "ho pulls aside the
clouda of heaven and gazes down upon
the gay boulevards of Paris. " Heine lind
never seen this country , which a century
ago the old Spanish monks named , ant
rightly , too , the resting place of the an-
gnls Loa Angeles in Southern Califor
nia , the garden spot of the world , which
is fast becoming the world's sanitarium ;
and , indeed , the sun shines upon no re
gion of equal extent in the world which
ofl'era BO many and such varied induce
ments to men in search of homes and
health aa semi-tropical California. Tak
ing all things into consideration equa
bility of temperaturemildness of climate ,
grand mountain scenery , productiveness
of soil , railroad and steamship facilities ,
ucccasibihtie.s , etc. , etc. it has no supe
rior to spend the winter in. They have
but little use hero for fire except for
cooking purposes , and many have no fire
places iu their houses. There is a dplici-
ouaness of atmoaphoro about the nights
of Loa Angolea that can bo felt in no
other part of the world outside of South-
am California , and reminds ono of Bry.
ant's "apostrophe" to the weat wind ,
commencing :
"Spirit that broathoth through my
lattio. "
ALMOST rKUPr.CTIOJf.
In that season of the year when with
you all ia freezing cold , and the ( lowers
are in their hot houses to keep from
freezing , while your rivera and lakes are
frozen in solid sheets of ice , the moon
light frozen in flakes , and all is leafless
and dreary cant of the Rockies , In Los
Anglos wind and weather are almost per
fection and heaven and earth seemingly
conspire in blue sky mid sunshine and
in ovorgroona and bloesoim and
golden fruits to make the winter the very
crown of the year. Come , take a posi
tion with mo at Iho writer's residence ,
the most commanding position of the
the city , on Bunker Hill , where wo can
look down the long hn y sweeps of the
main thoroughfares of the city , and BOO
all is wrapped in verdure nnd bloom.
The spreading acacias and tall eucalyptus
stand full ng.imttt the darkness of the
orange and the lemon , the latter shedding
luator rather than shadows from all aides
upon their gracefully penciled towera of
everlasting lo.ifiij.je. The tube rosoa and
hyacinths in thu yiirda on each side are
opening up and o\ory slope ia inhabited
by inodcat members of the flowery king
dom , while the ivy and hone } Biicldo that
climb our porches of plo.ia.tnt domestic
altars , glitter with frcbh tips of constant
nowjgrowth , and everywhere there tire
ruses , buch roeoa aa rival those of the
BosphorouB , and thoao of the color of
cream , blood-red and pluah , freighting
the atmoaphoro with their obors and aromatic
matic Bwoets.
ORANOK O ROVES AJJ1) VIKYAHDS ,
While standing hero in this com
manding position where you can have a
fine view of the city and suirounding
country , wo look out upon the San G.i-
briel valley , a distance of ten miles , and
feast our oyca upon the orange grovoa
and vineyards and u cluster of
gardens that haa no cqml. There ,
too , you eeo the old church mis
sion Sin Gabriel , where the upliuh of
fountains mingled ita melodies with the
ohanta of noophtcs a century beloro it
fell into American hands. Now , look
to the southwest in the great La llabru
Valley , formed by two ranges of hills
which yuii BOO Ij ing along the railroads ;
the range to your I"It is known iva the La
Puenta hills wheio the discovery of pe
troleum and aaphaltum lina been recent
ly made , and vthirh is Doiti successfully
worked. Still f irthor to tlio tight , you
look down upon the threat La Angelea
Valley , aa far as the eyu can reach , over
the richest and moat fertile valley in the
world , dotted hero and there with thrifty
towns around which you ROO ovidencru of
Ihrift and industry lying in every direc
tion , whcro corn , puinrkina , squashes ,
beets and vegetables of all kinds % ro\v to
perfection , and the hog Ins his home of
luxury among th < i alfalfa , etc. Niw
turn your eyes to the west and obey the
of the ' 'Diviiio ' "
injunction I'rophet , who
said , ' 'Coino up now ; look upon tha sen , "
and blue waves of the old P.icilio Ocean
aa Ihoy roll distantly away to iv troplueal
boulhcrn S > M. Tina ia Santu Monioi , or
the Long Brunch of thu Pacific , whora
InUunx i in order the jear round , at
the city of the eoa.
The Nuiloit'ri Delil.
- ' WASIUKOTOX , June 2. To-diiy'a debt
> statement hh < i\\a n diKruaso in thu public
jdidit sUtemont during Muy of 17315 ,
, 'J412i ) ; ite re 6o since Juno 3' , 1883 ,
i 91,823,714 88.
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