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THE DAILY BEE- WEDNESDAY , APJIIL 22 , 1885.
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THE Unsilani have aot their trap for
Horat.
Don'r fall to plant n tree to-day. Remember >
member great o ka from acorns gtow.
No TIME should bo lost In bnlldlng the
retaining wall around the now court
house. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ „
EvEnv'dog has his d y. So has orory
Btato and territory , ot the Now Orleans
exposition.
Titx Omaha Telephone company ob-
oorvca Arbor Dy all the year round by
planting poles all over the city.
NEXT Monday will be Grant's alxty-
thJrd birthday. It looks now an If the
old commander would lire to celebrate it.
TUB lat of May will bo moving day in
Omaha. The principal city offices will
bo moved on that day Into thb now court
honso.
"IT citi ba aot down as dead certain , "
aald a prominent democrat , "that if wo
had eight members of the city council wo
would have a democratic clerk. No re
publican would have a ghost of a show. "
IT is very moan tor the Republican to
support Jamoa E. Boyd , member of the
( national domooratlo committee , and then
-kick up a racket about Mr. Jowott , who
jlms never oven served on a city campaign
committee.
IK view of the faci that the board of
trade intends to take possession of ita lot ,
at the southwest corner of Farnam and
thirteenth stnots , at an early day , the
fire department should make arrange
ments to move into now quarters.
TUB largo quantity of mud washed down
from the hillside by the heavy rains
ought to convince any one of the Immo-
dhto necessity of extending the p vo-
monts up the hill. Unless this is done
every rainstorm will float more or less
mud upon the pivomonti. Every street
that Is paved as far west aa Sixteenth
should be extended to the top of Oapltol
hill. This would not only prevent a
flow of mud , but it would glvo ua a vol
ume of water that would thoroughly
cleanse the pavements bolow.
ONE of the first questions to bo consid
ered by the city authorities Is what are
wo going to do for a station house ? The
jail In the old court house hu been used
for that purpose , but that will soon have
to be vacated , and some place must bo
provided for city prisoner * under tem
porary arrest. As a city , Omaha must
sooner or later have a patrol wagon and
a station house , and perhaps several
station houses , It is not necessary that
the station house ahould bo next door to
the police court if there is a patrol
wogon to convoy prisoners who do not
fool like walking.
"SKCUETAUY MANKIND evidently know
"what ho was doing when he made Hlg-
glns chief appointment clerk of the treas
ury department. For the democratic
spoilS'liuntora ho Is the light man In the
right place. As was to bo expected , he
has found numerous loop-holes In the
civil service law. Ho is said to have al
ready prepared a list of 4,000 , names of
moitongers , laborers , copyists and other
.persons who do not technically como
within the civil service rules , and who ,
therefore , must go. Wo are told that
the "national democracy" expects Hig
gles to do his duty. Well , uv coorse.
EVKUV day shows the neceulty of
sooner or later establishing n uniform
ayatomjof sidewalks throughout the city.
Sidewalks are parts of the public streets ,
and should bo entirely under the control
of the olty. There Is only one way by
which uniform , cheap , durable sidewalks
can be secured , and tint is by having
them all laid by the city under contrast ,
and having the abutting property taxed
pro-rata. Such sidewalks as are alroidj
built of durable material would not o
courao be affected. Whether such an
important change could bo made undo :
the present charter Is problematical. I
would ba well for the council , however
to investigate the matter and see wha
can bo done. It acorns to us that if thi
council has the power to lay sldowalki
on the streets where the property owner
do not lay them , It should also hvro th
power to put down walks where th
property owners fall to use the prope
material. We have magnlBcont atroel
and wretched sidewalks , and the coutrai
la altogether too great , while the Inooi
venlence la simply unendurable. It la
great deal more ploisant and comfortab'
at present to walk In the middle of th
ttteots , greinhorn fashion , than it Is 1
; ooo the tide walks. Another Importar
change that should ] bo made without di
Jay Is to Improve the crossings on tl
utroots paved with the rough tiloux Fal
granite. Flat atopes In two or thn
TOWS , should be put down for cross-wall
ou the grantto streets.
REV. DIl. J. P. NEWMAN.
Wo published from some aonrco a day
or two alnco an article clipped from some
paper stating that Dr. Newman and wife
had beoomo spiritualists , but nt the same
time wo doubted the correctness of the
report.
The Now York C7 ris < ian Advocate ,
the loading Mothodlat paper In the coun
try , in its lost issue , states that the doctor
has boon ro-admlttod us a member of the
Now York annual conference of the M.
E. church by an overwhelming , vote.
This is the position that ho occupied bo-
fora ho was chosen as pastor of the Mad
ison Avenue Congregational church. By
the rnles of the Mothodlat church ho
could only bo employed by his own
church while ho was a member of an an
nual conference , and to supply the Mad
ison avenue church ho was compelled to
locate and become what Is technically
called a "local preacher" by that church.
Hla reinstatement In that largo and very
respectable body is fnll proof that ho has
given no assent to the modern doctrines
and beliefs of spiritualism , as the Meth
odist church ia totally oppoaed to all
those ao-colled manifestations of spiritu
alism.
Dr. No wman has a world-wide reputa
tion as ono of the most oithodox and elo
quent divines in the country , and if ho
had so strangely changed his views the
Information would oomo from a much
more reliable source , and would bo a bar
to his admlaslrn to the commission of
almost any Evangelical church , The
friendship of Gen. Grant and Dr. Newman
man Is of many years standing and when
hope of recovery had almost gone Dr.
Newman was among the first from Cali
fornia summoned to his bedside , and ho
has boon a constant attendant over since.
During the presidency of Gen. Grant and
while Dr. Newman was pastor of the
Metropolitan church and chaplain to the
senate the Intimacy began. Gon. Grant
was often hoard to say that the moat n-
joyahlo hour of the week was that In
which ho was listening to the
great preacher In theMetropolltan ohurcb.
When Dr. Newman supplied the Madlsoa
avenue Congregational church Gon.
Grant and family wore constant attend
ants , but they now worship In the Cen
tral Methodist church. Dr. Newman is
too well known tlironghout the country
to have a change llko this come In his
religious belief without comment In the
great religious centers of the churches.
Wo are informed that as soon as his
health Is fully restored ho will again
find employment in some of the promi
nent metropolitan churches in his de
nomination.
TUB chances for the etcapo of crimi
nals In those days are very slim compared
to what they were before the telegraphs
and submarine cables came into use.
This is well Illustrated in the case of
Maxwell , the murderer of Proller in St.
Louis. It is pretty certain that Maxwell
is on his way to Auckland , Now Zealand ,
by steamer. If ho does not stop at Hon
olulu , a dispatch will head him off at his
point of destination. If he ia still on
board of the steamer when she lands at
Auckland , about May lat , he will walk
Into the arms of the officers of the law.
The course of the dispatch that will thus
lead to his arrest will bo from St. Louis
to New York , thence by cable to Valontla ,
Ireland. From Valentin it will cross
Ireland , pass under St. George's
channel by cable , be repeated to
London , and thence by cable
lng to Lisbon , Portugal. A cable un
der the Mediterranean next carries It to
the island of Malta , and another sub
marine line convoys It to Alexandria ,
Egypt. It then goes overland to Suez ,
and by cable under the Red sea to Aden ,
In Arabia. Another cable takes It to
Bombay , India. Thence it goes to Pe-
naog , in the Malay peninsula , once moro
by cable to the island of Java , from which
place by cable again It roaches Port Dar
win , in North Australia. Crossing Aus
tralia to Sidney , it goes through the
South Pacific cable to Wellington , New
Zealand , whence a land line carries It to
Auckland. The dispatch , at the rate of
$3 34 a word , will necessarily cost several
hundred dollars If a fnll description of
Maxwell Is given. It will bo soon that
there la now hardly a place on the face
of the oaith where a fugitive criminal
cannot be reached by electricity.
TIIE Knights of Labor evidently do
not propose to allow the anti-foreign
contract labor law to become a dead lot-
tor. They have been on the alert to
detect any attempted violations and have
just discovered four steeraxo passengers
from Antwerpwhom'they snapeotjof being
imported as workmen under a contract.
Those workmen , who are glass
blowers and engravers on glass ,
wore bound for the glass-works a <
Kent , Ohio , where a strike Is In progress
gross , but they denied that they wen
under contract or had been guaranteed
employment. Nevertheless the windov
glass workers' association of Plttsburj
intends to make a test caae regardinj
these four men , and will carry It to th <
highest courta In order to put an end ti
the Importation of cheap labor nnde
contract. It la a question , however
whether the Knights of Labor are we !
o advised In taking this case to the court *
These men ara skilled mechanics , and t
r
la very doubtful whether they como unde
the provision of the anti-contract law
which wta intended to prevent the 1m
portatiou of cheap labor.
WHAT has become of our building 01
dlntncel In cities where there ia
building Inspection department no utruc
tnre can ba put up without a permit , an
violations of the ordinance are severe !
10 punished. It strikes us that It lahlghtlm
la 'that our ordinance ahonld bo enforcet
It la not Intended only for the par pose <
1 having rafo bulMlnga erected and kooj
, ng frame structures and fire-trapa out cf
the fire limits , but also for the purpose
of keeping a record of the number , char
acter , cost and location of the buildings
that are put up each year. This is very
Important Information , especially In a
growing oily llko Omaha. It Is n matter
of public intoroat , and It should no longer
bo loft to the enterprise of private parties
to make up such records each year. Wo
ought to bo able any day to ascertain by
simply calling on the city clerk how many
buildings have been begun In each week
or month of the year , together with other
facts , such aa coat , material , Iccatitn and
ownership.
A QRKAT deal of pressure is being
brought to bear on thb commlisionor of
Internal revenue to remove republican
collectors and apodal agents of the de
portment. Their places are much sought
after , but they will not bo removed Im
mediately. In the first place the May
collections for the quarter of the present
fiscal year are now nearly duo , and hence
any change In collectors would bo
unwise and unbusinesslike , as their bonds
cover all such translations and security
to the government might bo risked by the
appointment of now men at this time.
As to the power of the commissioner or
the secretary of the treasury to make
removal of collectors the
, attorney-gen
eral has decided that this class does not
como within the tenure of oflico act.
Special agents the commissioner deems
moro Important than collectors. The
present force Is composed of exports ,
whoso places it will bo difficult to fill with
competent men. Hence they will have
to bo removed very gradually. In all
probability it will bo a year or moro bo *
fore they can all bo replaced with demo
crats.
THE republican party Is not troubled
ao much with the care of the colored
brother as it was while It had the federal
patronage in its hands. ' The hankering
for office is just as strong among the
blacks M among the whites , and the
spoils-hnntero among the oolcrod people
are now trying to make their peace with
Mr. Cleveland. These colored pap suck
ers who were continually growling at the
republican party for not moro liberally
providing them with offices , will now
have an opportunity to too irhat the dem
ocrats will do for them. We trust , how
ever , that among the colored brethren
there are men who have honor and man
hood enough not to forget that it was the
republican party that enabled the negro
to become a free aud Independent Ameri
can citizen.
THE'telephone has once moro demon
strated its usefulness. The Qn'Appelle
River Farming Company , in Canada ,
which hss a farm of 13,000 acres under
cultivation , has a telephone coveting its
propoity. The manager directs the di
visional foramen by telephone at their
ospectivo stations , and the foremen send
dally reports to the central station.
'his ' system renders the management of
ho 13,000 aero farm as easy aa If It only
onsisted of thirteen acres.
MONTANA ought to bo converted into
mo grand blooming flower garden , If all
ho seeds that ex-Delogato Maglnnis has
lent to hU constituents are planted.
Mr. Maglnnis Is still in Washington , and
Jthough It Is reliably stated that his
irinclpal business there is to capture the
Montana governorship , he emphatically
snorts that hla only object in remaining
hero so long Is to see that his constitu-
mts do not got left on seeds.
RED OLODD has not scalped any one
or so long that ho is anxious to try his
and at it once moro to see whether ho
as forgotten his old trade. Ho is very
nxlous to experiment on Dr. McGllll-
tiddy. If ho can only scalp the doctor
o will ba fully rationed. The doctor is
robably prepared to stitch it on again.
PENNSYLVANIA celebrated her fint
Arbor Day on Thursday last. The city
nd county officials , park commissioners ,
oad overseers , and other officers all over
, ho state planted trees. The children of
ho public schools also took on actlvo
art in the ceremonies. The planting-of
rces by the school children has ovolvea
great deal of pootlo sentiment.
THE Illinois legislature has declined
with thanks an invitation to vliit the
Now Orleans exposition. It was a deep-
aid schema on the part of the exposition
managers to secure a fresh exhibit for the
iloslng days of the big show. The 1111-
nolslans may bo called suckers , but they
were not suckers enough to hito at that
bait. _ _ . - .
WJIENEVEU a Denver editor runs short
of ideas ho grinds out an article on "sil
ver coinage. " There is something rad
ically wrong with a Denver editor when
ho can not turn out a column on that
subject.
THE department librarians at Wash
Ington are not protected by the civil ser
vice rules , and are therefore on the anx
lous seat. Too much "book larnln"
will not do under the democratic admin
Istration. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE recent building catastrophe it
New York has suggested to the building
Inspectors that they have a duty to per
form. They have reported seven unaafi
bnlldlngf , since the accident of a fev
days go.
TUB New York morning Journal lslo <
to remtrk that "Grant's doctors are hot
ter , and on the high road to recovery. '
The announcement will be pleasing new
to the friends of the doctors.
THE nototiety which Oommissioue
Black has given to Mlia Sweet ought t
enab'o that lady to succeed as a lecturer
If aho would tike immediate advantig
of the opportunity.
TUB Iowa state brewers' association
has decided to continuo the litigation
against the prohibitory law , It proposes
to brow trouble as well as boor.
OAUTEK HAKBISON has hardly yet re
covered from the effects of Logan's bhst.
Ho begins to think that Logan was loaded
for boor.
TUB siza of the dootora' bill is what
troubles Gon. Grant. That is the cancer
which cats up a man's pocket book.
THE Buckingham theatre has been
closed. Now lot the authorities see that
It stays closed.
NEWS.
DAKOTA.
. , C.1 l.hat "ill coke has boon disco rorodJn
the Black Hills.
Two Indians were arrested and jailed nt
Dendwood charged with stealing cattle.
The nctcago of flax in BrooVlngs county
will bo Increased 100 per cent this yoar.
Sully county is rapidly Battling with for
eigners , mottly immigrants Irom Itussla.
Dakota bouts of a greater variety of minor ,
al wealth than any known locality on the
globe.
Fish that sUrlod tip the Jim river , n year
ngo , BBTO reached Huron , hungry , and nro
easily caught.
The territory now has eighteen companies of
national guards formed , and another regiment
Is to bo organized.
Quarrying and dressing paving stone will
glvo oinploymont to a Inrgo number of mon at
Hmux 1 alls the coming season.
The Black Hills Oil company has received
machinery and nill develop their oil wells on
the Belle Fourcho this summer. .
f The farmers of lUinnehaha county are sow
ing flax and planting corn this season , and
doing very Httlo wheat seeding.
" It is said Deadwood parties willmake an ef
fort to boom a town at Buffalo Gap. the rail
road gateway to the Black 11111s.
A convention of nil the farmers'alliances
tributary to the Mt. Vernon alliance ia called
to moot in that town on Saturday , May 2.
Considerable bodies of coal have boon dis
covered cropping out along the tributaries of
theMoreau rher on the Great Sioux reserva
tion.
tion.The
The territory of Dakota has ottered a re
ward of 55COO , for the discovery and develop
ment of a mlno of anthracite coal in that ter
ritory , and prospectors are busy.
The better buildings in Itocbford , a onetime -
time prospective mining camp in the central
portion of the Black liills , are being taken
down and hauled through thirty miles of
mountains to Kapld City.
The Deadwood Times is authority for the
statement that coal of a quality superior to
any ever before mined in the Hills country
has been recently found in extending the Hay
creek workings. It Is claimed ft good quality
of coke may be made from it.
A couple of boisterous , insulting Chinamen
assaulted a squad of four inoffensive iunocent
Irishmen in Yankton on Sunday evening ,
The bold Mongolians , niter being soundly
thrashed , were compelled to give up their
arms and a few other things and were then
arrested for ascault.
Efforts are being made to secure the annex
ation of northeastern Wyoming counties to
the Deadwood land ofljca district Settlers
within twenty-five and thirty miles of Deadwood -
wood are now compelled to make n round
trip of GOO miles to the Choyerme land office
to make their entries.
WYOMING.
Cheyenne women keep their jaws in work
ing order by chewing gum.
The tailoring buemeesof Ohoyenno was par
alyzed last week by four journeymen point ?
out on a stjika.
A largo number of ditching and cattle com
panies are being Incorporated , the capital be
ing furnished mostly by eastern men ,
Lake Minnehaha , adjacent to Cheyenne , is
be improved and beautified , with treei and
rives , and made a delightful summer resort.
Laramie City people are considering the
matter of enclosing a park of 5,000 acres to
ireservo thu various specimens of Wyoming's
lid animals against extinction.
Soda is brought in from the lakes near
Laramie and piled up at the works at the
rate of fifty tons per day. It Is expected the
parties who are going to run the works will
re up about the 1st of May ,
Among the sales of stock at Cheyenne last
week were : B.V. . Whitoamb to Capt Jenks ,
! CO head of horses for 812,000 ; H. B. Kelly to
U. Gaines , 190 head of horses , 310,600 , O.C.
Wald to Loomis & Androwe , 1,000 head of
own , $44,000.
One of the moat Important works under way
n the territory Is the irrigating canal being
dug by the development company. This canal
will Irrigate a larpo tract of country between
ho Laramie and Sabllle , and moke the arid
> laia blossom with crops of- all kinds , A
unnol. l.CjO feet In length , is being cnt
, hrough thomountnn _ ! , It is SO feet wide by
" high This eoason the company will irri-
, ate , from the Sablllo , about COO acres of
and. Two hundred acres of this will ba
cultivated and experimental crops will be
ilantcd , It will be possible to judge from
ho result of this experiment what the
iplendid future of a vast region in ogricul-
iuial development will be. When thousands
if acres of waving grain , big potatoes , yellow
orn , and eacculent Rrneu are to be ceen in
tend of the sun-dried plains , the future poe
ibilltles of Wyoming sustaining herself and
ending food abroad will ba realized.
COLOHADO.
The shipment of evergreens from Colorado
o the eait , is becoming quite an Industry.
Fort Collins has figured the whisky bus- !
.ess down to six saloons and § 0,000 a year ,
Mr. Seaman , the republican postmaster at
joveland , has been roippointed by President
Cleveland.
Two comnoundors of whisky straight at
Morrison , shot each other full of holes with
Winchesters ut thirty paces. A double funer
al was the result.
The Denver , Wettern tc Pacific railroad ,
ixteon miles long , running north r est from
Denver , was sold under the hammer last week
to the Union Pactfio railroad company.
A vein of exceedingly good coal has been
opened about four miles south of Krio at a
little over 200 feet below the surface. The
vein ia 14 feet 8 inches thick and pronounced
uperlor to any In that locality.
Denver ia planning a system of parka and
boulevards In the suburbs of the town , Jt it
proposed to build twenty miles of driveways ,
with trees and shrubbery , connecting fnui
parks at different points. It ia claimed $1' ,
030.0CO would foot the bill.
Several prospect * have been sold in Cleai
Creek this winter varying from $1,000 ti
$20,000. It la. now confidently expectet
there will be more development done in tha
camp this season than aver before. Gooc
bodies of ore can be opened there ,
UTAH.
A chicken hatchery has been started a
Hot Springs , capable of developing 100,001
spring chickeni per month.
The convention of Utah cattle men at Sal
LaVe represents only 40.000 head of cattle
There is alack of dlipoiltion to unite and
orival organization operates as a draw back.
Two uniucceisful attempts were made lag
week to burn the penitentiary at Salt Lake
The incendiaries were ex-convlcta. In bat !
instances the flames were discovered and ex
tingulshed before any great amount of dauiig
had been done.
Bishop Clawson is the latoit sinful sain
Indicted under the Kdmunds law for practlc
ing polygamy , _ Olawson Is a clever ant
agreeable man , influential in the church am
community , lie has lour living wivca and
number o ( children , Two of the wives wer
daughter * of lirigbam Young and the other
are alio well connected ,
IDAHO.
About 200 cara oi coal , ere and merchan
diie , has bion the average dilly transfer at
1'ocAto'lo for the past ninety days.
The people cf Idaho are wrangling over the
location of the territorial capital , the contest
being between Boise City and llalley.
The Indian excitement in North Idaho re-
iolvcs itself into an assault upon A notriously
bad whlto woman who associated with In
dian * , by an old sqnaw ,
Ono or two Ogden firms have begun the
erection of warohouica for forwarding pur
poses at Tocatollo , which Is becoming a dis
trlbuting point for Idaho and Montana ,
The Cocur d'Alena boomers nro flooding the
mining country with reports of rich finds a
n bait for adventurers. A 3.000 inch wat r
ditch , sixteen miles long , is being built ,
which will furnish sufficient water to work nil
pay claims.
A new two story school house and hall ,
combined , has been built by the U , P. company -
pany , for the benefit of the employes and cit
izens of Pocatello , There ara about fifty
school children , nnd the hall will bo occupied
for various societies and lodges.
The nttltudo and temper of the minor a
union at the Wood River mines ao monncef
th peace of the district and the safety o
property that f n additional fore3 of troopa
with effective arms has been sent there to as
sist the local authorities. Sixty members of
the Bradford union have boon nrroitod and
placed under $20,000 bonda each ,
MONTANA ,
Main street , Helena , is to bo paved.
A school building to cost $15,000 , is contracted -
tractod for by the Sisters nt Mlssoula.
The farmers of Misssula county are experi
menting this spring with Saskatchewan wheat.
Tha freight receipts of the Butte depot of
the Utah & Northern for March on Incoming
freight were $50,000 greater than for the cor
responding month lost year ,
Seine > ery rich ere has been found , it is
reported , In ( ho Wnkoosta mine , near Vir
ginia City. A 110-pound took , blown out
ono day last Week , is claimed to contain over
$100 worth office gold.
.A locomotive speed clock , a German Inven
tion , is in UBO on one of the Northern Pa
cific locomotive on the llocky Mountain di
vision. It indicates the exact speed nt which
the big machine is rushing over the trail ,
There is 81,133,230,22 , in the a Into troasuiy.
Largo fields of cirn are being planted at
Santa Barbara , Dona Ana county , by the
natives ,
The Monterey whalera have returned from
the couth. They report capturing nine
whalca and having loat ono boat.
A Sacramento county farmer says that
twelve acres planted in asparagus will yield
him thia year $12OCO or 61,001) ) per acre , and
that $9,000 of it will ba clear profit.
A large hammerhead shark waa recently
caught at Cerros Island on the coast of Lower
California , and haa been added to ths cabinet
collection of the Loa Angeles Historical so
ciety. Thia ia the first of thia spociesr aeon on
this coast ,
The big water searching tunnel at San Aa-
tonlo , in Los Angeles county ia now about
2 , ( 00 feet in and advancing at the rate of
twenty feet a week. It is expected to get
about l.COO inchea of water , aulhcient to supply -
ply all the land in eight.
Forty schoolrooms aud tosthoro have been
added in the last year to the public schools
at Loa Angeles and the monthly enrollment
haa grow D from 2,400 childern to 3,300. The
funds are all exhausted. A subscription
amounting to i 1 per scholar la asked.
Train Talk.
Chicago Herald.
During one of the anow-bonnd daya of
at winter tbo railway station at a
onntry town wan filled with mon nnd
oye. They had no work to do , end
nthered at the station to chat aud chow
ml learn of the movemonta of trains ,
'he cnly atore in the station chanced to
jo In the operator's cilice , and ao they
warmed In thoro. They occupied all the
Jialre , nnd the tubles , and then carried
n soap and cracker boxes to alt npon.
'hoy wore BO thick that the agent nnd the
porator conldn't get around to attend to
ho fire , couldn't gei to hla desk to work
t his reports , and only with difficulty
ould ho hoar the ticking of his instru-
nent. Some of thoao In the crowd were
radcamen to whom the operator owed
jilla , obhors were merchants who wonld
, ake their ahipping to the other road If
10 ofibnded them and the father of
ila girl waa there. Therefore , ho didn't
Iko to ask directly for an tvvcuatlon of
lie place. It happened that in the out-
klrta of'tho little town was an Imbecile
aylnm , and a dlspnto arising aa to the
orrect rocoid of temperature , the auggos.
Ion was made that the operator telo-
; raph to the asylum , wboro they bad fine
n trumentsr aud find ont exactly how
old It was. The operator consented ,
, nd with a > twinkle In hla eya and aamilo
jpon bis face began pounding his sender.
Soon ho panaed , nnd in a fovr seconds the
oply began to tick , tlckety-tlck upon the
ounder. Tne operator seized his big
) 'uo ' pencil , and in a bold hand wrote
ho moiasgo. Aa ho wrote hia eyea
winkled inoro merrily than over , and
ho loafers in the room eyed him In
Hence. The sounder went right on
icking , but aoon the operator stopped
jrntlng. Evidently ho had onoagh.
Seizing hia mucilage brush , ho gammed
ho back of the mesajge and stuck it
upon the wall. The loungers gathered
around It , and lha ! ia whab they read :
'Samo hero. Cold aa blixen , and the
darned imbeciles BO thick around the
tove that wo cau't etlr without falling
wer them.
In live minuteo the operator Traa
.lone.
"It boata all , remarked an old railroad
man , "how aonaltlve the nerves of en-
Sneers are when they are on their rnna.
'holr parceptlona are wonderfully Keen
and delicate. The experienced engineer
&n toll by the vovy 'pull' of hla engine Jf
jvorythlng ia right behind him. And aa
or signals , why , no matter how peculiar-
y or under what disadvantages they are
Iven , engineers learn to road the moan-
ng of the signaler almost ao if they were
( landing by Eia sldo.7hon they are out
on the road , especially nt night , englno
men are alert. All their aonioa are on
edge , aa It were , ready to- too , hoar , feeler
or smell a'gna ' of danger. Did you ever
icar of Jim Fielding , the fireman ? No1
Well , Jim la dead now ; ho never got an
engine bat do waa a sharp one. Drink
wna hla wsaknesa. Ho waa a slave to
whlaVy. But when ho waa on a nlghl
ran bia perceptions were aa keen as those
of any num. . I over hoard of. If you
never hoard of Jim of courae
you never heard how ho preventad n
wreck ono night In ' 70. That wa :
the blpgtat thing Jim over did , and ac
nicely Illustrates my ido that I'll have t (
tell it. A bridge had boon washed out
and aa the trackwalker who discovered i
started to signal the approaching patten
ger train he fell down , broke hia lantern
and the wind blew tbo bbzd oat. Thi
night waa a datk aa pltcb , und ho had ni
dry matches , nor no time to experiment
either , for the train. N8 , waa comini
round ( bo curve. Suddenly ho remembered
bered that Jim Fielding waa firing No. I
that night , and a happy idea struck him
Pulling a bsltlo tf whisky from hla pocket
ot ho held it In his hand. Just as tin
engine of 20 reached him he jerked tin
cork ont and throw some of the liquor ii
the air. Exactly as ho thought , Jin
amolled the 1'quor ' and told the onglnee
to atop. Jim always wanted ti atop when
there waa liquor. He made the onpiaco
believe he bad saon a danger tijnal , am
aivod tbo train. That waj one of tbi
finest examples of keen perceptions tha
I ever heard cf. Wonderful , wasn't It
The Koal Pauper Iinfoorcr.
Mr. Ji Schoenhof , in Now York Evening
Post.
In a report on the spinners and weavers
nt Ettlingcn by the consul nt Mannheim
wo find 1,100 persons employed on the
promise ; . Had the consul stated the
amount of raw cotton consumed wo could
have computed the productiveness of the
help , Wo might have had an explanation
why the average weekly earnings of n
mill-hand are not moro than $2,16
$2,080 is given as the pay-roll ) . Stand
ing by Itself the statement loaves the
mprceslon that pauper labor at $2 a
week ia n dangerous competitor againtt
Now England labor at the nvcwgo of
$5 a week , as In the consul year. But ,
judging from the alzo of the mill as
known to mo , I do not think that an
American mill of the same extent would
use one-half of that number of people ,
and would turn out more goods Into the
bargain. The great number of
people employed In the cotton
industry In Germany is rather startling
in Its moagro results when brought In
comparison with the great output cf
American cotton mills. Germany's con
sumption of raw cotton IB about 300,000-
000 pounds , with 250,000 returned aa
employed in specific cotton industries ,
while Amorlct's consumption in specific
cotton Industries is 760,000,000 pounds ,
with only 172,000 workers. Oomcating
Germany's productiveness with that of
Massachusetts In specific cotton Industry
by the number of spindles and loomi ,
ind the number of hands employed in
iporatlng them , wo got , the following rc-
ults :
Germany. Mass.
Spindles 4,700,000 4,200,000
Looms 81,000 05,000
Handn employed. . . . ISO 000 018,000
Spindles to 100 hands , 2,7-10 C.7G3
Looms to 100 hands. . C2 153
According to this , 100 operatives operate
"ully two and one-half times as many
corns and epindlou In Massachusetts as
n Germany. This showing is a sufficient
ly convincing demonstration oi tbo work-
n ; capacity of the two kinds ot labor ,
hat of the United States representing
ho bo&t paid labor , and that of Germany
cprosontiug , under llko working moth-
da , the poorest paid labor In Europe ,
THE GKEA.T MAULING MATCH'
Tiio Sulllvjin-Kyaii Fight "Will Not
bo Permitted to Taku Plnco
in Buttc.
Butte Inter-Mountain.
The news contained In our dlapotohoa
o the effect that John L. Sullivan and
Paddy Ryan had signed articles cf agree
ment to tight to a finish at Butte on the
10th of Juno for $2 500 a oldo , has awak
ened a good deal of discussion as to
whether under the present law the fight
may bo permitted here. No copy of the
"aw pcsjod by the recent legislative sis-
ion to prohibit this class ot amusement
has yob bcon published , and its provl-
lena are not yet familiar to the public.
The Impression has in aomo way gene
abroad that it ia a wtak piece of legisla
tion in bo'h form and intention and that
t can bo dodged or knocked out as easily
as the great John Lj. has bcon in the
liabit of upsetting his antagonlalt Con-
equontly the class ( i larg * one ) lnt rest
ed in seeing tbo proposed Sullivan-Ryan
otto , have arrived at the conclusion that
nothing will bo done toward preventing
ho match coming off ai advertised. Tnis
s n mistake
This morning for the pnrpcso of as
certaining the true Inwardness of the bill
a reporter called upon Hon. Jno. F. For-
bis and asked him if the anti-prize fignt-
"ng bill wss big enough and old enough
nd strong enough to stop'a fight between
Sullivan and Ryan.
'Well , just lot t'cm try it ! " was the
emphatic answer , "they'd bo landed In
; he panitentlary Inaldo of thirty daya.
Not tnut I wouldn't like to ace thia cun-
eat , " he added , "tha onyl one I ever
olt I would llko to see. But this law is
plain , pointed , imperative , and cannot bo
ot around. "
"What la the penalty ? " waa asked.
"Tho penalty la six months in the pen-
tcntlary and not moro than $5,000 fine , "
replied Mr. Forbls.
"There seems to'bo some question as
o Its validity , and'that ' it can be stood
iff , " continued the reporter.
"Thoro Is no chance for that , " was the
reply It Is carefully drawn , well word
ed , and perfectly valid and constitutional.
It Is , in fact , with but a f aw changes , a
copy of the Ohio statute opan the sub-
"ect , which has already stood the test. "
"flow about glove fighting ? Does It
merely prohibit bare knncklo aottos , or
can it bu evaded by using gloves ? "
"No ; it prohibits prlza fighting , wheth
er bare-handed or otherwise. Gloves
makes no difference. A simple contest
of skill for points.would not bo included
"n its prohibition , but any fight to a
finish , or with the alleged purpose of
fighting to a finish , comes under its ban.
Sullivan and Ryan , under Its provisions ,
will bo liable to arrest aa soon as they
como here , their purpose of fighting a
prize fiuht being previously understood.
Mr. Forbls interpretation of tbo law ia ,
of course , the correct one , and while the
stopping of the proposed fight will disap
point a good many people and keep a
certain amount of money out of Butte ,
yet the only thing to bo done nnder the
o'rcumstancea Is to f nforco the law. This
wo are assured will be dono. So it m y
bo tot down ana fact already determined
that John L. Sullivan and Paddy Ryan
will not fight la Butte on the 16th of
next Juno.
SAlLMON PISHING ,
Prices Obtained and Ibo Dangers
Incurred.
San ITranciaco Chronicle.
"Thocbaucos are far moro favorable
for the fishermen at the month of the
Columbia river this season , " aald Frank
Enoa , an intelligent Portugeto , for tbo
past ten years ono of the leading eatchora
of salmon at Aatoria. "Tho caanora say
that they cannot afford to pay iho price
of former soasons. and then cyilte a num
ber of canneries will be closed down this
yoar. Three years ago they used to gtvo
ua 'JO cents a salmon , last year 70 cents
and this year the boys will bo lucVy I
they got 00 cents. The season only lasts
four months from the first of Apiil to
the 31at of July and the present month
will cut a very light figure in the ecaaon'i
catch , owing to the fact th&t It la toe
old. "
" Do Iho talmon fishermen make mad
money ? " aiked the Chronicle reporter.
"Not aa a rule , " replied the Astorlan
"Oar oxpentoa are very heavy. Aside
from the boat , a nnt costs $500 , If yet
make it youtnolf , $300 , and there Is a
constant expenditure for repairs. Then
each fisK-rmau ownlcg hla own boat hate
to hire a man and pay him one-third o
the catch. The hoavieit catches of th
season rarely exceeded 2,400 fish , and t
fair average ia l.BOO. Some of the on
lucky onus don't catch 500 salmon during
the entire eoist n. Asa rule , the fisher
man ore diialpated aod profligate , aat
when the Boaaan la over nuny of thorri
h vo to borrow money to p y their pa > .
asgo back to San Ftanclaoo. "
"How many men are engaged In nal-
mon fithlng at the mouth of the Colum
bia ? "
"Some years back , when the aoaton
was a good ono , fully 15,000 mon would
bo out in their boats. In the season of
1883 , a good ono by the way , there were
over 7,000 bents out ; laat year not ever
3,500. "
"Aro not more lives loit each teuton
than are reported ? "
"A great tunny moro. 1 think It attfo
p aay on on average fully lire hundred
iahormon logo their lives annually at the
nouth of the Columbia , Fishing ia moro
dangorona there than nt any oilier point
on the Pacific coast. Moat of the lives
are loat In attempts to save the nota. I
waa out ono day in Jnly , four yean ago ,
when a sudden ( quail came up , andln a
winkle fully ono thontand boats were
upaot. Over ono hundred fiahormon lost
their lives that day. I waa out In an
other terrible storm ono night laat year
vhon eighty fiabermon wcra drowned.
Moat of us fish nt night , for the reason
that In the daytime the water ia so
jloar that the salmon keep away
'rom the noU. On a bright moon *
Ight night , with n calm sea , fishing
[ or salmon ( a delightful cport ; but on a >
.lark night , when the waves como rolling
in fiercely , the vocation of tbo salmon
Sahorman la dangerous beyond expres
sion. I tliuk , by tbo way , that In alx
ont of oyory ton casoa the drowning of a
[ ishorman can bo put down to hla over
indulgence In strong drink. When the
aqiiftll comes ho is too much befuddled
with whlaky to properly handle his boat. "
MKWarAVEIl OUTFITS.
TO PUBLISHERS.
The Western Newspaper Union , at
Omaha , in ndditlou lo furnishing all
sizes nnd styles of the best rendy printed
shoots In the country , runkcs n specially
of outfitting country publishers , botu
with now or second-band material , sell
ing at prices that cannot bo discounted
in any of the eastern cities. Wo handle
about everything needed In n moilcrato
si/ed printing establishment , and nro
solo western agents for sonic of the host
makes of Paper Cutters , Presses , Hand
nnd Power , before the public. Parties
about to establish iournals in Nebraska
or elsewhere are iin iteil to correspond
with us befoio making final arrange
ments , as wo generally have on hand
sceomi-liand material in the way of
tjpe , picsses , rules , chases , oU1. , which
can bo secured at genuine bargains.
Send for the Punter's ' Auxiliary , a
monthly publir.ition , issued by the
Western Newspaper Union , which gives
a lift of prices of printer's nnd pub
lisher's supplies and publicly proclaims
from time to time extraordinary bar
gains in f-coond-hand supplies for news
paper men.
Wr.srEKN NEWSPAPER UNION ,
Omaha , Nob.
Master and Blare.
Mr. William H. Oliver , of North Caro-
, ina , a/iya / & special to the Cincinnati
Jomnidrclal-GKzatto , dropped Into the
White House the other day with a nuni-
> or of others ta pay hia respects. A * ho
) aeaod by Col. Lament's door ho recog-
ilzed Arthur Simmons , the colored mes-
Bongcr , who haa stood there fur twenty
? cara , and who la ono of the moat popn-
ar attaches of thn manaion , aa ono of his
iormor alavea , The recognition batwoon
; ho ex alavo and ex-mailer wai mutual ,
and they had a pleasant talk of old times.
Arthur is very proud of hla position , and
do mentioned to Mr. Oliver that ho was
now the third man In official rank in Iho
country , which waa something for a
North Carolina ox-alavo to bo proud of.
"First cornea the president , " said Ar
thur ; "then cornea Col. Lament and
then Arthur Simmons. " Arthur took
special pains to have his former Master
presented t j both the president and Col.
Lamont. As Mr. Oliver was going Ar-
; hur asked him if1 ho waa after an office ;
; hat possibly he could help him , and that
10 would ba glad to do ao. Mr. Oliver
replied that he did not < , want anything.
"If there la anything I can do for you , "
s Id Arthur , "oidor aud your command
B low. "
"I'll take tint up , " replied Mr. Oliver.
"I want a boquot ttom ilia wliito house
conaorvatory to tnko down to North Car
olina to the lady folks. "
Inside of fifteen mlnntes ho had the
boquot , with a card , "To Mrs. O.iver ,
with iho compliments or Arthur Sim
mons. "
Kx-Secrelary
NEWAIHC , N. , T , April 21. Kfc-Secretary
iTrelinghuyaen remains about the uarao. Ho
s uDcoDscioui and restless , except whoa under
.ho . influence of an anodyne.
Skiu Diseases Instantly Believed
by Ontionrai
TREATMENT Awarmlalli with Cutlcura Soap ,
and nnlnxleayillrnUon tit Cutloura , the prcat
ikln Cure. Ill is repeated diily , wllli two or throe
Jcsei ol Cutlcur * llonlyont , tbo Now Blond 1'urlllcr ,
.o keep the blood cool , Iho | > riplratlon pure uid
nlrrltatlne , tliu Inwils ojwn , tlio llvor and kidneys
uotlvo ; will ancedlly cure Ecrcnn , Tetter , lilngworm
IVonasli , Llclitn. Pruritus , Hcall Head , I'otidrud.and
every species ol Itching. Soiley and Pimply Humors
of the Scalp and Skin , when tha 1-esl phytleUcs and
rcaedle * fall ,
ECZEMA TWKNTY YJCARS.
My uratltudo to ( Jed Ia unbounded ( or the relict
have obtain til from the mod the futlctua Homixllcs
I have been troubled with Eoa na on my Iocs lo
twentyears I had not a comfortably night to
\ cars the burning ami itching u ere eo liilenso JJow
1 am happy to Bay , I have no trouble , Only the lirer
colored | uichta on my limbs remain M a token of
nu former mltorr
IIKNUT L. HMITH.
188 Woat A\eniio , ItocUntor , N. Y.
KCZKMA ON A CHILD ,
Your mo \aluablo CutUura HcnicxlleB IIOTO done
my child to much Kood that I lotl Uke a > lne this
for the benefit ofthono who ara troubled wltfi ekln
dceoito. My little clrl was troubled with Kcicma
and 1 trul ! several docUimand incdicinea , but did not
do her any trooduntll I uaod the Catlcurk liemodles ,
which PJX cully cured nor , for whlcli I owe you many
thank * and many nlxat'ft of rest.
ANTON liOSSMlUit , Union Ilakery ,
Edinburgh , Ind. _
ITJ/TTJSH. OF TH BOALl'
I was ahnoat peifoctly ball , caused by tetter of the
top.oftho ticalp. I used your Uatlcura Itumodlcs
about nix weck , tnd limy cured my itcalp p < rfectly ,
an ! now my hair Is cornlns bockw thick , an Ittver
wan. J. I' . CIIOICK.
Whlttabnro' , 7iua.
COVKP.KD WITH 1JLOTOHKS ,
I want to tUljou that > our Cutlcura Hosohenk In
magnificent. About three months ago my face wu
covered with bUtchm , and after lulng three btitlea
ol Hesohent I M V * * * * *
, , MAlraf !
23 Bt Charlei Strut , New Odoum , La.
IVY POISONING.
For a'l cases of poisoning by Ivy or doenood , I can
warrant Cutl.ura lo euro every time. 1 hire sold It
fern > 8)oar aHdlUiuverfalJa.
0. If. UOBSK , Druggist.
Holllston , Masa.
BoM overj where. I'llco Cutlcur * , too ; Retol.
unt. 11.06 ; Soap , Z6c. I'r < pred by Ui Pom > Dui'a
> ND CiiiuiciL Co , U.tton , UIM.
fond for "How to CuroSUn DlteMei : "
C
a poiltlra itintdr tor < b t tboT dl i i br in
Dja ihamindfof cMttt&I lb wont ktndmndof loo.
UBdloirhAV tt > a cured. I < J l. oiranKlR > rr&li
laiutfflcucr.thmi win au.iTi'S nonces funs
wilt VAI.UtBI KTMKATlaK on Jbll dUcu.
i.r.BB.r.r. KJftltcr . ' 3l".P/.M " OV - -