THE DAILY BEE--FKID Y MARCH 20 , 1885
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THE republican ! of Omaha do not pro-
ipoao ID disband.
THIKB la uoh a thing as liolng a little
previous oven In politics.
AT the into of five appointments n day
Nobrnika will bo reached Bomotlmoduring
'tho ' next contmy.
COLONEL OnAsn doslros to Imltito
trulh. Althougb crushed to earth ho
nvants to riuo again.
A TKOCLAMATION from Mayor Ohaaa
ordering peanut peddlers elF the sidewalks -
walks will be issued presently.
THE democratic state central distribu
tion committee is engaged In devising
idles and regulations for office seekers.
THE president has nominated a Ken
r tucky Durham for first comptroller.
There is nothing'liko having a thorough
bred in office.
Mu. BOYK , member of the national
'democratic committee , posing as the non-
.partizin candidate for mayor , looks do-
cldedly grotesque.
'Mu. BOYD is willing to ba endorsed by
n republican convention , but ho could
hardly bo Induced to run against the candidate -
didato nominated by the democrats.
A LITTLE skirmish with Gaulomala
ust now would no doubt bo appreciated
'by our regular army , which has had
nothing to do for some time.
Mn BAIUUOS , of Gautemala , may got
badly scratched by the talons of the
American eagle which Is now hovering
over Nicaragua as a SDit of protector.
THE two-cent dinners , which consist ol
a bowl of hot , nutritions soup , served ir
the market place and open squares ic
Paris , may not put much money In the
pockets of the proprietors of the schomo.
but they pnt an Immense amount of com'
fort In the stomachs of the hungry poor ,
TIIBRE Is no lack of candidates for the
'position of government director ot the
Union Pacific. Tnoso candidates wht
ihavo not put in their applications to thi
democratic central committee shonlc
hurry up and do so. No ono is liable t <
got an oilico without the rocommondatloi
of the committee.
Foil m ny years ex-Senator Davis , ol
West Virginia , has clalmtd that then
ihaa been a great defalcation or dlacrop
anoy in the United States treasury between
twoen the actual amounts in the treasury
And the public statements made b ;
the officials. Mr. Manning wll
now hove a chance to let the countrj
know whether the treasury has beoi
robbed of several hundred million del
lara , as hai boon assorted by Mr. Davis
GEKBKAL BLACK , the now comrahcione
of pensions , finds his hands full. Th
signing of the official moil is alone mon
work than ho is physically able to do
In accordance with the present custom hi
will have to mike from 1,500 to 2,001
signatures a day. The wounds which hi
has received in both arms Interfere will
his facility In writing , and ho could no
write Ills signature continonsly withou
breaking down. It Is a mooted qaealloi
whothcr.tho commissioner has the rlgh
to nso a attmp to.aign the merely routln
papers which the law requires shall hav
his signature. A stamp has been used t
aomo extent , but the pension office ha
doubts about the legality of a stamp , th
use of which has never been nnthorlzoi
by congress.
DUKINO the summer there will b
several congressional junketing tourt
at the public exponio. A special com
mltteo will spend the summer vacatto :
traveling through the northwest and th
Yellowstone national park nnder the prc
tense of looking after the Indiana. An
other committee on Indian affairs nil
make a similar tour with about ( he sam
object. Ono of the senate standln
committees will investigate the snbjec
of transportation by railroad and watei
and of course It will have to awing aroun
the circle via the mott agreeable an
picturesque routes. This oommillco wi
take a trip to the Pacific coast , while
special committee will probably take a
excursion to the principal summer re
sorts In the AUantiu seaboard , Thos
are not all of the pleasure tours tha
have been planned , but they will sufilc
to show that our weaiied law-maker
propose to have some recreation In orde
to recuperate for the next session. Al
of the commlttooj will ba supplied wit
stenographers , clerks and messengeri
and probably will bo accompanied b ,
principal member ! of their families. I
ii estimated that the expense to the gov
eminent for these committee tours wi !
not be less than 8100,000 , for which n
adequate return will bo made.
U1E CENTRAL AMERICAN "WAR
CLOUD.
Tho. Edmunds resolution , adopted by
ho aonato , is evidence thit this country
lees not propose to allow President Bar
rios , < oi Guatemala , to carry out his
schema of ooneolidat'.ng ' the five republics
of Central America into ono confedera
tion. The reason , given for the attitude
of our government is that it has certain
interests In Nicaragua and Costa Ilc !
which will bo jeopardized by the pro
posed movement of Harries. It Is main *
talncd t&at the Intor-ocoanio canal treaty ,
which , it Is understood , has boon ratified
by Nicaragua , is for the general benefit oj
all the Central American republics as well
as of the United States , and that there
fore any invasion of Nicaragua and
Costa Rica by the forces of
Guatemala ought to bo treated as an act
of hostile interference with the rlqhta of
this country. The Edmunds resolution
Is regarded as a declaration of war , con
ditional , of course , npon the proposed
invasion being carried out. If President
arrloa attempts any such thing ho will
nd himself at once opposed by United
tales torcoa , as well as those of Moxlcoi
n fact , several United Slates war vos-
els are already on their way to Central
mcrico , with instructions to act in ac1
ordanco with the spirit of the senate
csolutlon , which is simply founded or
ho Monroe doctrlno , It having boon in-
mated that Franco is backing Barries ,
ecrotary Bayard , In his commnnicn-
lon to the senate , seems to have adopter
foreign policy vigorous enough tc
inib anybody. IIo does not confin <
imsclf to the Monroe dectrino that nc
iuropoan power dull bo allowed to inter
ere with the government on this contl-
ent , bnt ho goes further and virtually
eclaro3"thatj the independence of thi
Central American nations must bo main
talnod among themselves. Although thi
war cloud Is a mere spook , and may prob
, bly never bo bigger than a man's hand
yet it gives an oppottnnlty to the presen
.dministiation to distinguish itself npoi
he matter of foreign policy and thu
divert public attention for a while fron
party questions at homo. If , however
hero is In the background some Europeai
power , possibly France , the affair may ni
nma serious porportlons and make th
ituatlon decidedly Interesting.
Barrios , the half-Indian , who Is tb
author of the trouble , la regarded by th
people of Central America as a man c
destiny , ho having risen from the rank '
of the laborers to the presidency of Gat
,
toinah by his own efforts. HI
history roads more like a romance tha
rath. Lsavlng the plantation upo
which his family worked , he preceded t
the capital of Gautemala whore his ir
tolllgonco attracted attention , and h
soon succoded in obtaining assistant
which secured to him a university ednc :
tlon. After graduation ho became a lav
yer. Conceiving the ambitious idea c
becoming the chief executive of the m
tion , ho boldly gathered aronnd him a fo
staunch followers and captured the tow
and garrison of San Marcos. This wa
the firat blow of the revolution which we
to result in accomplishing the object c
his ambition. The common people wet
In strong sympathy with him , but Proa
dent Cerna regarded Barrijs as a fool
hardy adventurer , vthosa object wi
plunder. Barrios , however , capture
village after vllage , and constantly it
creased his forces by recruits from th
Indians and half-breeds , and soon foun
himself at thohoadof anarmy. Fora tin :
his career was checked by a wound , bt
upon Ills recovery ho resumed aoln
operations , and finally In Juno , 1871,1
entered the capltol at Guatemala wlthoi
resistance. His first act was to doclai
lia ! general , Grnuador , as president , a
though ho himself directed the govon
mont. The next year Barrios wasclectc
president , which position ho has ovi
since maintained. Ho has done a grei
deal for the republic of Guatemala. E
has labored principally for the intorosl
of the common people , for who :
ho has established schools , bul
railroads and telegraph Hues , ac
made other public improvement
which have given them omploymon
Such Is the history , In brief , of the hal
Indian Barrios , once a laborer , now tl
military despot of Guatemala , whoso an
bitlons are evidently not confined to tl
boundaries of that republic. It Is claimc
by his friends thai his scheme of confoi
oration is on honest effort in the intore
of the five Central American republic
and that ho is not prompted by. a greec
desire to become the dic'ntor.
His enemies , of course , assort exact
the opposite , and his career , it seem
would sustain this view of his contot
plated consolidation. The idea is n
original with him , a attempts have bee
made several times to unite the five r
publics , but at each time one orthooth
of the states refused to give i
its local rights , and hence the fo
eration failed. Wo find abpnt the san
condition of affairs now. Nicaragua , Co
U Rica and San Salvador object to tl
plan of Barrios , which , however , is
concede to each country the right of sel
local government , but to surrender to tl
confederation the rights of nationally
Honduras is the only republic , oxoo ;
Guatemala Itself , that favors the schem
and It does BO through Its president , wl
it nnder grdat obligations to Barrios I
hit election. It la stated that Barri
wants to got hold of the rich treasury
Nicaragua , and at tbo same time secure
large bonus for the right of way for tl
ship canal. If he should persist in h
intention and invade the territory <
.Nicaragua In the face of the Uniti
States. ' senate resolution it won
look as if he had foreign asturances
warrant him io taking such a stop. J
that event-an active occupation wouldl
found for our army and navy. Whoth
Barrios ii alone interested , or h to 1
atslatod by England or by Franco , or by
both , It is pretty certain that the United
States will protect 111 interests in Central
America.
TUB senate committee ? , at now recon
structcd , are the bulwarks of the corpor
ations and the land-grabbers and jobbers.
No question affecting the rallrcads or
telegraph compantos'or the land.grabbers ,
will have a ghoit of a show of receiving
fair consideration , In the Gret place the
committee on posloflicod and poatroads ,
to which all questions of telegraph and
star-route matters , postal appropriations ,
etc. , are referred , is headed by Conger , of
Michigan , who has taken the place of
Senator Hill. Conger Is known to bo ono
of the moat outspoken and uncompro
mising railroad attorneys in the senate.
The committee on public lands has boon
reinforced by Teller , who Is n staunch
friend of the monopolists and land-grab *
ben. Senator Sawlogs Sawyer , the
Wisconsin millionaire lumberman and
railroad owner , has been , made cheirman
of thu committee on railroads , with
Wilson , of Iowa , and Mshone , of Vir
ginia , BS his associates. And so it Is all
the way through the committees. The
senate has In fart boon pretty thoroughly
railroaded.
Two of the six-day roller-skating
racers at Madison Square garden , Now
York , having died from ovor-oxottlon ,
it is now in order to denounce the amuse
ment as a dangerous thing. An nutopjj
is being made upon the body of ono of the
victims , and nn Inquest , at which twelve
physicians will sit as a jury , wll bo held
for iho purpose of obtaining a profos'
signal opinion on the effects of roller1
skating on health. It seems unnocea
eaty to take any such atop , for commor
aons9 tolls us that n six-day race or
roller-skates is altogether too much of t
good thing. The same might bo Bald o :
a week's racing on the bicycle. Excessive
exorcise of any kind is detrimental tc
health. Whatever may bo the opinion ol
the twelve Now York physicians , th (
roller-skating mania will continno with ,
ont any noticeable abatement for semi
tlmo to come.
SHI CURTIS MUIIANDA LAMPSON , wh <
died in his seventy-ninth year in Englnni
a few days ago , was a Vermont Yankee
In his yonth ho was a trapper In thi
Green mountains , and getting npon hi
. hands a largo stock of f''rs , ho charters
a lugger and took his furs to London
where he sold them at a Urge profit. Thi
snccoes of this venture led him to con
finuo the business for some time , and h
thus built up iho largo fur business ii
Europe , and made a great fortune. H
became a naturalized subject of Grca
Britain in 1848 , and his title was gainei
by his enthusiastic faith In the AtlantI
cable , which enterprise wonld have beci
abandoned had It not been for him
, Sampson was the Intimate friend o
George Peabody , and was ono of the di
rectors of the cable company , depnty governor
ornor of the Hudson's Bay company an
a trustee of the Peabody f and in London
isRED CLOUD still nurses his grievance
against Agent McGilllcuddy , and ho I
o now In Washington en a visit to th
Great Father. Ho wants McGillicudd
removed , on the ground that ho is nc
liked by the Indians , and has allowe
Red Cloud's people to suffer for uugii
coffee and flour for three months. H
asserts that McGilllcuddy has surroundo1
himself with a few Indians whom ho call
his friends , whom ho bribed for their so
called influence , and to whom ho give
the rations belonging to his ( Rod Clond'e
friends. Whether the old chief has an
more influence with a democratic admin
Istratlon than ho had with a republics
remains to bo soon. Perhaps ho bi
been encouraged by reading that paesig
of President Cleveland's inaugural whlc
advocates fair treatment of the Indian ;
A CHINAMAN who had committed
theft was taken from tbo jill at What
com , Washington territory , by twelv
masked men , who cut off hla queue an
hanged him to a tree three times , unt :
ho waj almoU doad. Ho was tlion 01
dercd to return to British Columbia
whence ho had CDHIO , and to notify nl
hla countrymen that they would b
treated the aatno way if they should ul
tempt to invade American soil , Tha
this proceeding was on uncalled for oul
rageJ there can bo no question. "Whenove
Americans or ether foreigners are oul
raged In China a great howl ii raised th
world over. The action of tbo What
camera was on outrage equal to any ore
committed by Chinamen in their ow
countiy upon foreigners , and they shoul
b'a arrested and mmlshod.
ALL there Is to the Oklahoma buslnei
is that the "boomers , " who want t
secure homesteads and Improve the land
are being kept out for the benefit of th
cattle-kings , who have fenced in th
country. If the farmers are to bo ker
out on technicalities , then lot the catth
king land-grabbers be driven off tbo dii
pnted territory. It is the cattle monopc
Hats that are tha one * , that are block in
the way of the homesteaders.
SENATOR MANDEIUSQH'S resolution prc
viding that a committee of five senatoi
bo appointed to proceed to Alaska , won !
indicate that he anticipates an extreme !
warm summer , and wonld like to take
trip to the United States refrigerator.
TJIK senate has got tirad of waiting fc
IB presidential appointment * , and It Is prc
Is paring to inform Mr. Cleveland lhat I
of he has no farther nse for that body i
id proposes to adjourn ,
Id
ton TUB republicans who signed that "clt
[ n zons' petition" bo glnj Mr , Boyd to b (
30 come mayor of Omalu have discovert :
er by this tlmo that they have fa'len Into
democratic trap.
THE foden1 ! Buthorlties of Utah con-
tine to maky it interesting for the poly-
gamls's. The latest arrest is that ot the
editor ct the Deserot JVctrs , the church
organ. That Is striking high np , and It
is ft'a evidence that the war is to bo vig
orously continued. Wo should not bo
surprised if , ai has already been intl *
mated , n proclamatlan will bo Icsued at
the Mormon conference in April abrogat
ing the ' 'divine ' law" of polygamy , and
calling npon all polygamlsts to quit the
prjctico. They hope by this s'op to se
cure amnesty for past offences.
STATE N'BAVd ,
Electric lights Illuminate North Pltvtto.
Them is a InrRO imm'gration ' toward the
Whlto Klver country.
A plank fell on Daniel Sabnt of Grand Is
land and broke his leg.
The Fremont bridRO over the Platte suc
cessfully Imitated the ica How.
It Is esttirmted there nre 37ftCOO bushels in
cribs along the line of the 13. fc M. road.
Dodpo county owes the atato from $10,000
to 812,000 ( or caring { or its insane pationts.
Ghadron will ba the headquarter * of the Ni <
obrnra transportation company this summer.
The bottom lands and the tatlroad bridge at
Wniefielil were Ibodocl by the recent rlso ol
Logan creek ,
A Inrga outfit of men nnd teams will soon
ICAVO Fremont to wort on the railroad beyond
Valentine.
Burglars cot away with 81,500 worth of pill
by breaking Into the atoro of Winger & Mil-
Itr In Lincoln Sunday night ,
The B. & M , is making largo additions to
its yard facilities in Kearney and has laid out
an addition to the town ,
'Detective Pound , the hero of the st.ito treas
ury robbery , has been indicted by the 1 tm-
castor county grand jury for killing Griffin ,
onocf thoraldcra.
The two-story business block of M , .T
Johnson , going up at Hustings , collapsed will
a crash Wednesday. The workmen miracu
lously escaped injury.
Arthur W. Roger , traveling adjuster for tin
Gorman insurance company , of I'rooport , 111 , ,
was found dead in bed , in Lincoln , Monday
morning , Uoart duoaae.
Tom Duval , one of the prisoners who es
caped from the Lancaster county jail lag
week , was recaptured. Ho carried n bullet
in his left arm , put there by the sheriff 'i
wife.
wife.A
A family in the town of Holland , Lancasto :
county , breakfasted on the mystnnoua bolog
na , rendered sroon by ago , nnd soon throw ui
everything but their lives , They didu't knov
it was loaded.
Kosewater , of the Omaha BEE , is the bos
abuaod newepapcr man in Nebraska. Ill :
abuse mainly comes from parties whoso in
iqultlea haye been unearthed by him. [ Nortl
riatte Nebraakan.
W. H. VonBornath & Co. , of Lincoln , havi
purchased seven and one-half acres of lam
out nloDg the Antelope and will erect l&rgi
chicken coops and the necessary buildings fo ;
the bteoding of chickens and ducks.
"Aro you euro it la cnflco you wont , Rcdtlo
men ? " whispered Jud Webb , of Fremont , ti
a couple of tramps who Inflated * on breakfast
ing with Mrs. W. They glanced at the yawn
ing barrels of a shotgun and made tracks.
Census Commissioner Line has opened hi
office In the state capltol , and is prcparinf
blanks and other details for taking ; the sta'i
cenaua. Work will begin on tha 1st of June
Two chief and fifteen under clerks are em
ployed.
F. H. Sprague , of the B. & M. engineering
corps , baa started from 1'lattsmouth to Den
ver , C39 mile ? , on a railway bicycle. Ho is t <
make report of tha amount and location ol
steel rails on the road , a job which will occu
py ten days.
Tim verdict in the case of Charles Cord
killed at Euierson lart Saturday , was that h
came to his death by gunshot wounda at th
hand of unknown parties. Two train pa EOBI
In the immediate vicinity at the time of th
tragedy are suspected of tho.murder. . .
Many farmeis in Sarpy county report th
lees of hogs from cholera. This disease ha
not abated , but is aided by the failure of far
mers to promptly bury the doseaaed animal
The carcasses are generally sold and cartel
out of the county , leaving a trail of contagiei
on the roads. The authorities and the farmer
should combine nnd enforce tlm new law re
qniring prompt burial of all dcsensed animale
The city council of Lincoln has directei
the to''coneult and with
mayor _ correspond OE
cinoera having the necessary qualiticatione
for the purpose of ascertaining the cost of
proper and adequate plan of a system of HOW
erago for the city of Lincoln , with the ne OE
sary map ] , drawings and detailed speciflca
tlons of the proposed improvement , nod tha
he report to the council the result of finch con
sultation or coreespondenco aa soon as po ;
siblo. "
Now it is claimed that the throe-cent pe
milo railroad bill which passed both houses o
the legislature contains a fundamental rlofec
which effectually kills it , The defect Is sail
to ba in the contradictions between the titl
and the body of the law. The title says it I
an act to establish maximum rates in the bill
It is probable they know this all the tlmo
But then wo have the "railroad commission
law to fall back upon I King down the cur
tain 1-Fremont [ Herald ,
Two sons of 0. J , Bacon of Hnmboldt.age
ten nrd fourteen years , and a twelve year ol
boy named Lewlr , left home last Saturda
with a team and wagon belonging to Mr. Ha
con One of the horses is black and the othe
dun with black mane nnd tail. Trie wage
was an old one with unpalnted box Th
beT started west and were plentifully sup
plied with provisions , Mr. Bacon u nnxioi :
to hoar of the runaways and any Informatio
sent to him will be thankfully received.
Jjixino Duck Teller.
Chicago Herald.
Mr. Teller s do'onso of his oxtraorjl
nary action relative to the Backbon
railroad hud grant is in efToot that h
was doing only what oil hi ] predccesior
had done , and that the congress of th
United States hai no business asking im
pertinent questions of cabinet oflicore
Both of tlioao assertions are open to crlt
icisin. In the lint place the entire land
grabbing and land-wasting polio
of previous administrations Is noi
nnder condemnation , and , objection
to it having boon raised , it i
no excuse at all for him to plea
that ho was only following the oxampl
of others. It Is that example which th
people wish to bo followed no longer , fc
it has been found to be wasteful , corrupt
and scandblous. In 'the second place
the efficient and honest cabinet office )
who has no outside alliance and no pr !
vate schemes of his own , will never ot
ject to Inquiries from congress s to hi
transactions in any pirtlcular. The ide
that such calls for information on the pnt
of the psop'e are Impertinent would b
qaita as refreshing if a bookkeeper c
cashier should make the tame obaervatlo
when his employer asked for a trial bal
ance or an explanation of certain appir
ent Irregularities.
Mr. Teller was not a very eatlifactor ;
tecrotary of the interior. IIo does no
promise to be a very satisfactory lenatoi
Tbo Inevitable Remit ,
Philadelphia Time * .
It was scarcely necostry for an low
paper to go to the trouble of colleclin
the opinions of the mayors of the prlnci
pal towns of that itato on the working
of the new prohibition law. Bnt as th
wcrk has been done it will not surpris
tie obserraat reader to know that thor
are more siloons in these 18 phcrs thi
when the law went into effect. This I
the uniform ( experience of every atat
which baa tried this preposterous metboi
of dealing with the liquor qoeition. B ;
means of it all control over the llquo
traffic Is eurrendered and free whlekey i
the catnral ni inevitable result ,
ho True Imvnnlnofla ot tbo Hack-
bono Grant ,
hicago Times ,
Monday , a good deal of the "Inward-
0(8 , " to to sty , of the Backbone land-
rab afftlr was bronqht to view by the
'obato In the sormto. If the facts have
ot boon grossly misstated by the senator
rom Louisiana ( Mr. Ecutls ) , Ultra was
10 more equity in the claim of the Now
Orleans Pacific syndicate to the Bickbono
rant than there wai in that of the
Southern Pacific tyndlcato to the Texas
aclGc grant that Ii , no equity at all.
The two cases were not In all paitlculara
1 kc , but the difference would aoeiu to
lave glvon a stronger colur of right to
bo Southern Pacific claimants , whcso
pretentious were dlsnllowtd by aot of
congress , than to the Now Orleans
Pniflo claimants , whoso pretensions
were allowed by act of Air. Secretary
Tollor. The Texas Pacific was at losst
in existing organized company at the
imo of the pretended assignment of a
and grvtnt , not an aero of which they
had cnrnoJ , to the Southsrn Pacific
claimants. Bat It appears from the
statement of Mr. Euatis that "tho Lou-
aiann legislature had repealed the act
ncorpor&ting the Backbone company
; hreo ycara before the assignment" by
tbat dcfacct concern of pretended rights
n its lnd giant to the Now Orleans
Pacific claimants , so that , in fact , tha
Backbone corporation WAS dead , and the
acslgnmont Inoperative In law , even if
at tno time ct its death , that corporation
had pOS3stod assignable rights. But i
never possessed any asi'gnablo r'ghts
The Texas Pacific company built Its rent
In TcxiSj most of it though not a milo
of the road in Now Mexico or Arizona
that was the condition o !
Its laud grant , but the Backbone
corporation "never built a red of railroac
on the brond earth. " Mr. Eastis said :
"It never lived for any corporate pur
pose whatever , but was n more tkoloton
of dircliot associations. " Its charter was
repealed because "everybody agreed tha
It was a nuisance and a disgrace. " Am
yet , three years after the repealing act ,
"bk ono of the most extraordinary pro
ceodlngs on record , this dofnnct company
made an assignment to the Now Orloan
Pacific company , and it was upon such a
title that the latter based Its claim , The
transfer was radically vicious and abso
lutely void. The consideration for itwa
the enormous sum of $1. One-third o
the stockholders had denounced the aol
before the interior department as a sham
and a fraud. " Moreover , "this very
pretense of title had bsen denounced b ;
the Now Orleans Pacific company
in doonmonts that had boon
presented to congress and filed in
the interior department an utterly base
luss and illegal. " Nevertheless , when ho
saw that congress was moving to dcclar
a forfeiture , that would restore the Backbone
bono grant t3 the public domain , Teller
hastened to issue patents to the claim
ants.
It la hard to see how that official pro
coodlng of the secretary can bo defended
The defense that he has offered can nebo
bo occopttd against the damaging ovi
donee of the facts. Ho has a I in pi ;
pleaded official custom and "executive
prerogative , " denying any right of the
constitution to question tbo official doing
of a president's secretary , became ( In Mr
Teller's understanding ) ho is "a coordinate
nato branch of the government 1" In
answer to the statement of facts by Mr
Eusti ; , ho has only to say tha
they "had boon pas > oi upon by
the attorney general , " and that ic hat
been an unbroken rnlo of the depart
ment for sixteen years to issue those int
ents whenever parties had compiled wltl
the conditions subsequent , " without reference
erenco to time , and that in nine cases ii
ten this had been done "without any in
qulry whatever. "
On this statement by Mr. Teller , It i
to be said tbat it reveals , to say the least
a strange official custom of the interio
department during the lasb bixteen years
But , granting that the "unbroken rule'
of that department has been correctly
slated by Its ex-chief , it does not mee
the facts in the Backbone CJBE > . In tha
case there was no performance "of th
conditions subsequent , " nor aubscqncu
performance of the conditions , at an ;
tlmo. The conditions of the grant vjor
never performed , at any time , by any
body.
No doubt the senator from Nebraska
hit the tiu'h when ho said tbat Hunting
ton and Gould Intended to make the
backbone stoil the forerunner and love
to the great Texas Pacific ttoal. If the ,
could capture the department in th
backbone skirmish for 1,000,000 acre >
they would feel sore cf winning In th
greater nfl'ilr of more than ' 13,000 tquar
miles of public lands. Thu action o
congrces upon the latter prematurely dla
arranged their programme , but the actio
of Mr. Secretary Teller helped them t
roach the leaser prize.
The pitiful appeal of Mr. Teller to"a
nnbroken rule of the department for olx
teen years" invited and warranted th
aovtrd critldifm by Mr. Van Wye
of the kind of legal light tha
has illuminated tbat department durlnj
the stated period a light procaedet
from "lawyers that have enj > yed th
advantage of largo acquaintance wit
railway magnates , and broad enough t
understand and apply the liberal vie ITS o
corporation attorneys. " Guided b ;
such legal radiance , "every rolgn has ox
hlbited scandalous transactions. " . . .
Credit Mobilcr hai repeated Itiolf , am
giving away the nation's hud , witboa
CDnsidoration , the corporations tha
never lived for any ether corporate pur
pose than publlo land-grabbing , hai fillet
the scandalous history of those years
from the Sionx Olty-Paclfio grab to thi
latest Backbone etoal. IB i
not time that the unbroken rnlo o
those yora should be broken by the in
trodnotlon of a somewhat different log *
illumination of the publlo land policy
"It is the custom , " said the Nobrask
senator ' 'for the
, corporation attorney
to stigmatize the settler , whoso only
earthly treasure way bo a wife am
children and the team he is driving , a
an Interloper. The ex-secretary ha
listened so long to that dialect of the de
partment that It is natural ho should re
peat It In a speech , and , sneering a
honest cottiers , seeking homestead ? , ask
almost in the words of Tweed : 'Wha
are you going to do about It ? "
The country is considering of the quea
tlon.
A Nebriiskan'a Opinlop ,
Chicago Ilerald ,
Judge Mellon , of Nebraska , pisiei
through the city yeetordty on his way
homo.
"flow do you like the now president ? '
wis asked.
"Ob , I like him ; I lika him. Still , ho'
just a little mite fresh. U d mocr t
from Nobnuka got together in Washing
itn last week , and after discussing th
whole matter wo decided not to bea
down very hard on the president to be
gin with. The next day wo called on
him , and after pasting tha time of day I
aid ; "Mr , President , we have coneltd ]
ed to do nothing about the offices a
presant , ' thinking I'd just let birn knoir
ou know , nnd ho looked kinder solemn
nd SAJS : 'So hnvo I.1 Now that was n
mom remark , and the more I think of It
ho moaner it goto. Still I llko him.
He's going to give the republicans h . "
SELLING BOOKS BY GAB ,
Talk With Iho Boss Book Canvasser ou
thoRfunisilivSofaGood
Book Agent ,
Olncngo tbo OrontcHt Subscription
Book Town In Auicrlon Seine
I'nbllcatlotiB TlmtHruo
Sold AVoll.
hicngo Herald.
"I resolved two orderj to-day ono for
a full morrocco , the ether ti got out"
wrote a canvasser to n firm of publishers
employing him.
"Aro the orders generally so evenly
balanced ) " inquired the Herald emissary.
"That dopcnds on the man , the book
Iho territory io bo cinvassodtho weather
the sinltary surrounding ) , the tlmo o :
day , the outcome of the last election , tbo
amount of the milliner's bill , the condl
tlon of trndo , and many ether circum
stances too numerous to mention , " wse
the prompt reply.
The ncsffqr was glvon in n plain
matter-of-fact manner , nnd the gentle
man who give It the piosldont of ono o
the largest subscription book concerns in
tbo country botraycdno soneo of humor
no dlsploasura at the visit of the reporter
no hurry , although ho had ovldontl ;
boon disturbed in a volumnlous corres
pondence Ho was equanimity itself
and courteous withal.
"You would not raako a good book
agent , " ho added , white the ecrlbo waa
jotting down his notes.
"That honorable calling has neb exactly
boon the height of my ambition , " raplloi
the reporter "but may I ask why I am
not fit for It ? "
' Certainly , sir. In the first place you
betrayed , perhaps unconsciously that yoi
are bound to take your present task from
the ridiculous side. Then , I think , yoc
did not got at it in the right ; way , anc
lastly , yon evidently think that you an
too good a man to bo n book agent. '
This answer was also given without anj
irritation , and In a quiet , buslnoss-lik
tone.
tone.Tho
The reporter who had boon thus "sizec
up" did not feel quite so sure o ! hi
theme after ho had boon convinced tha
ho wonld bo a complete failure as a boali
agent , but inasmuch as hn thought h
discovered something encouraging In th
gentleman who had so neatly turned th
tables on the interviewer , ho asked :
"Have you over been a book agent ?
"Yes , sir , and nearly every onoarounc
hero. In fact , a successful can vats or wll
not remain long in tbat line nnlees he
chooies to. If ho is capable of demon
stritlng his fitness for that position he
will succeed in any ether department ; in
short , in anything. Yon must know tha
the days of those book agents who had to
ba warned ofl the promises are going fast
No ono wants to buy a book from a per
sou who makes himself obnoxious
or who is irresponsible. In
our establishment , for in
stance , wo do not ndvor
Use for canvassers , because there are no
many of the great number of unemployoc
persons who could comply with our condl
tlons. Wo employ a larpe number o
men who have grown up with us. In
the first place , we require a contract for
at least tix months' work , except in the
case of students who want to earn money
during the long vacation. In that case
wo conclude contracts for three months
services. The contract provides for n
bond of $500 to bo given , the security ti
bo in ample real estate. Then wo dril
our men for a week or ten days , eo tha
they have the proper address and know
how to present tbo advantages of a pur
chase in the pr'per manner. After the ;
have been sent oat they have to send us
dally reports of their aalec , If any , of the
number of calls they made , the names o
the people they called on , and oilier In
formation , for which they are fnrnlshoi
blanks. On our part , wo guarantee no
less than $2 a day , in ocino casas § 3 , sul
ary. If the commission earned by the
cgonts amounts to nioie , that , of course
la his profits. "
"It Is a popular error , " remarked an
other gentleman who "handles" a large
number of agents , "that any man whc
for ono iciton or another is ont of era
ployment can make a successful canvasser
fho fact Is that good canvassers are
scares. A book agent to bo snccoasfu
must bo of pleasant addrosa , sbrowdob
sorvation , fluent in speech , neat in appearance
pearanco , and must understand how t
accommodate hlmtelf to the ptculiiutle
of his customers A man who o\n dc
that lu the right manner need not b
afraid of the signs : "No book agents o
peddlers allowed on the premieos , " walcl
are so prevalent in oar oflico buildings
Wo put our agents through a rcgula
drill ; teach them how to enter a room
how to approach a poreon , how to intro
duce themselves , how to describe the
book they have to sell , and how to take
orders , but this Instruction is o
necessity general in Its bearings
The busy merchant must be han
dled differently from the man o
leisure * , and the professional man differently
ontly from the illiterate. It Is true tha
ono canvasior is better adopted to ap
preach certain people than another , bn
a good canvaeser Trill be able to aoll tc
the first-data lawyer us well aa to the
mechanic. "
Chicago is counted tbo greatest sub-
acriptlon-book center in the country , and
ii consequently the Blurting point of an
army of canvassera. The book agent ,
like the lightning-rod man and Bowing
machine agent , has famished tbo sub
jeot for as many "funny" paragraphs BE
nave ever been perpetrated upon the size
of feet , the oyster in a church fair stow ,
or the strawberry festival. His antecedents -
dents are generally enveloped In the
mantle of charitable indlstlnotivenois ,
and his future ( s unknown , unless he
blosioma forth as the shrewd manager ol
a publishing concarn , or a general agent
who leti whole states by contrect tc
novices in the business. In the
cities , students during tbo long vaca <
tlon furnish a large contingent of the
untorrifiod. In tbo rural districts young
parsons and school teachers ara mncrj
sought after by onterptiiing publishers.
The female canvasser is quite a success ,
provided she is a pretty girl , but then
such a ono can sell almost anything. Fe
male canvaiserj are not ranch affected by
tbo larger establishment ] bocanap they
are not near S3 successful in delivering
books as they are in eel Hog them , and de >
livery and collection is tha main thing in
the vocation of a cinvasier.
Some of the subicriptlon bcoVa that
went out from Uhlcags firms have bad
almost phenomenal ( ales. The "Hojal
Path of Life" wai sold in about a million
copies at from § 3.50 to $5,76 , according
o the style of binding , Of the "Maso-
im of Antiquity" over -00,000 { copies
mvo been sold at from $ -1 50 to 7,50.
'Ulll's Manual , " selling from $0.50 up
ward , lus boon sold in 250,000 copies ,
nd the number of publications of the
lark Twain and Pock's "Bad Boj" or-
lor la utmost oonnt'oes. '
Woman's Suffering and Hclicf.
Those languid Uroitoma sensatlono. canning
you to fool scarcely nblo to bo nn your foot ;
constant dram that h taking from your
> Tstom nil its former elasticity ; ( hiving the
jloom from your chockslhat ; continual ( train
upon your vital forces , rendering yon irrltabla
and fretful , can easily l > o removed by the tiso
of that marvelous remedy , Hop Bitten. Ir
regularities nnd obstructions of your ayitcm.
are relieved at once whllo the special cause of
nariodlcal pain nro permanently removed.
Nona rocolvo no much benefit , anil none are so
profoundly grateful , nnd show inch nn Inter
est in recommending Hop Bitters as women ,
A Postal Card Story.
I was Ailectod with kidney and urinary
Trouble
"For twelve years 1"
After trying all the doctors and patent
medicines I could hear of , I used two bot.
tloa of Hop
" "
"Bitters ;
And I am perfectly cured. I keep It
" .All the tlrnol" lojjnctfully , B.F.
Bootho , Saulsbnry , Tonu. May 4,1883.
DRADFOUD , I'A. , May 8,1876.
It has cured mo of several diseases , etich as
norvoiunCBR , sickneos nt the Btomnch , monthly
troubles , etc. I have not Been n tick day in n
year , ninco I took Hop Hitlcia. All my noigli
bora uao llioin. Mrs 1'annio Groan.
$3,000 Lost.
"A tour to Kuropo that cost mo S3,00v > , douo
"me lee ? gooj than one bottle of Hop Bittern ;
"thoy also cured my wife of tiltcen years' nor-
"vous weakness , slepplpsnncss ami and dys
pepsia. " 11. M. , Auburn , N. Y.
So. BLOOMINOVII.LE , O , May 1 , 79.
Sins I lm\o licon tullcrlng ten yenrs.nnd I
tried your HOD Bitten * , and it done mo more
good than nil the doctors.
Mica S. S , Boono.
JBabiSand. .
Wo are so thankful to say that our nursing
baby was permanently cured of a dangerous
and protracted constipation and irregularity
of the bowals by the USB of Hop IHttcrg by ita
mother which nt the enmo llmo restored her to
perfect health and strength.
The Parents , lioclienter , N. Y.
Nona ( tormina without & bunch of green Hops on
tha whlto label , shun All the vile , poisonous etuQT
with " " " " In their .
"Hop" or "Hops" narao.
lcol > prrt'HnrMH .i u'ilt. L.ror , c ttu4 H
ktl. * crlj. cur . 1'riiwi.k , XhtrrhuK , > .T.r kud A.U. . tn-
Uf rd.rrcrib. ) > t.il CtRitf A . * lro ; Ictrirt t dpltcrjui
t ( I * . " or . ) . . 141 * .uj to . ! iuunt r Jrllk. Try II.
. .ui focuau ff u. / k jour frw r > r d-u./litfur tbf
rt.lt bht > uT.rturltt/iU ] J b MJ.OLKI btUfK.
ci . \
. . j , iv . TholHtostsubJect !
to ) A CJii. flnlk'Sig' torfoMir and ague ,
riniOWaB iitSj and romltteaU ; ore
the debilitated , bll-
lousond nervous. To
eucli I'cieons.IIoetct-
ter'g Stomach Bit.
tors affords adcqunto
proteotlcn by In-
crcailnR stam
ina and cslfltant
pouerof thoconetl-
tutlonandby check-
liiK IrrcRUlorltlcu of
the liver , etomacb
and ban el * . More
over , It eradicates
malarial complalnta
of an obstinate typo
and stands alone un
equalled amonir our
national remedies.
e by all Pr
Proposals for State Printing.
, Sc lcd proposals will bo received at thu oflico ot
the lecretiry of state at ary tlmo on or before S
o'clock p in , Wednesday , March 25 , 13-5 , for the
printing nnd binding of 3,050 copl's of the ft note and
house journali , and O.CCOvoplia of tholnwH , resolu
tions and memorials of thu Nineteenth seujion ol tbo
legislature of Nebraska.
The senate and house Journal shall bo pilntcd In
ro jal ccU\o foirn , long primer type , on hook paper
weight two pounds per quire , pace * panic ftjlo as
those of the Eighteenth Mission of the Nebraska log'
lelnturo and binding to bain half ehccp ,
Ilioecstlim laws slnll bs printed In rnval octavo
form , email pic * type , bock papcru eight turo pounds
perqnlro , rmzcaaimo btjlo ai thosa In ncemoii lawa
of I8S3 , with matirlnal nctes and Index , blndxg to
bolnfu'Iahcrii. '
1'roposils may be submitted noparntoly on session
la s and Jonrnihand shtll state whit the bidder
will rampleto thewcikfcr r er I age , p alloy arid page
proof must bo fnrnlthcd to the secretary ofetito.
Propoeal ) will not bo comidcrcd unlem accompan
ied by n bond In the sum ( f lUo thmmml dollars
( J5 OCO ) wlth twojor moio Hurrtics conditioned that
In ca'c of award of cortrat blddur will Hie hand and
enter Ii to contract uIthln five da } thereafter.
I'ropoesljthouHln uiatked "Proposal ! for Publlo
rrlnilug/'ond bo nddrosHcd to the hoard of publlo
piloting caio ol secretary of elite , Lincoln , Kcb.
All nnrk executed umlcr.rlntlng o ntrncts. sha'I
be dollterod coin ) lete ID ccod order to Iho ollicc of
thofccrctary of itatoat LinwIn.Ntb. , within ninety
(001 ( da > B from the date ol ouch contracts.
The utato loipl of piloting rebonci the right to re *
Jcct any and ill hid ? .
E. I" . HOCOKN' , SccrctnrvolState.
C. II. Wlf.tiAHD , State Treasurer
( f the State lioard of 1'rinlitf.
m-I .20 2I.J
KXCIIANOK Impro\odfar i and wild land to
TO trade for stookstf rnercbacdlso or Omaha city
property. Chas H. Woolly , room 20 , Orrat a National
Hank , Omaha , Neb. SOOmarlD
BUSINESS CHANGES.
FOR HALE A grocery hualnogfi In Omar a , having
a good tradofio8h clean stock , reason for Belling
other business Interest , Addicts "J , II , " JJoc ollloe.
724-aip
SAI-E Cheap , saloon fixtures and Itock N.
FOR
W. corner 10th and Capltol are. 617 > a3
BKN1 Abrlckyaid. inquire at McCaicue
FOB
Ilros. opposite Postottlso. 773-28p
BUM A good paying ealoon with flrtt-clata
lunch counter and lestaurant attached. A bat
gain. & Troetlcr , 203 South 18th Bt , 478-tl
f ,1011 HALB Or exchange a full stock of clothing
J ? boots an J shots , gent' furnlsblngKOOdi , will ex.
change for Nebraska Lands. O. U.l > eUraon,60 < S.
10th St. , Omaha , Neb. 165-U .
SALK-A. good skatlnr rink , Bice SJHOO. In.
FOIl
quire ol H Lambert , WaTtcfleld Neb. 423 a Up
LOST AND FOUND.
- whlto lilih Better I Dick ) ; liberal
J riward for his return or Infoiroatlon leading to
Ills whereabout ! . TniRrLb H COOK , 1809 1'arnara Bt.
SSOIf .
A brown alogla lhawl on the street March
IOBT . finder pleaM return to police betdquar.
tars. 62i-l p
Silver bangle bracelet Tuuday evening
LOST 17th , in the Opera homo , or near the CD.
tranoo door , t Inder [ iltaio leave at lleo office.
A gold booo car ling between California
LOST Dodge , on ICth Bt , Howard will be paid II
returned 1718 California St. 783-lty
BOARDING.
- board and lodging for
B 81.86 per week , all row bed * and spring * at Ne.
HCBCasaKt. II. Peter Mck. 7W al''p
f IUBT-OLASS Uedand board 1212 Capltol a\e.
MISCELLANEOUS.
, vault * , BlniB and ceaipools cleaned at the
PUIVY notice and satisfaction guaranteed by r.
0 , AU1 , 1' . O. Uor 878 , 3' P7
JUMl'S. All klndi ot pumps ) tor tale or repaired.
Addrtw J , J , ilclain , 1011 Sauader bt.
. 8tove etc. , stored In brick wire
houte 911 and 918 Jonea Bt. 787 U