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    THJB DAILY BEE THURSDAY , ' JULY 301885
THE DAILY BEE.
OMAHA Omen No. OH AND 010 TARN-AM ST.
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All Hcslncsi I-c tiers nmt ItrmltUncoi rheuM b
* diiroi-l ! ( to Tint HUB 1'cnLmiisn COMMIT , OMAHA. .
Dr > ( t9Chccki and l'o t olllco orders to bo nndo pay.
nblo to the onlcr of the company.
THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props
K. ROSKWATKU , KniTon.
A , II. I'itcli , Manager Daily Circulation.
Omaha , Nebraska ,
STRAY cows and hogs will lakenolic
that wo hnvo a ponndmastor now.
IF wo want good pavements wo mus
have compolont and cflialont inspectors
MATOU BOYD Is fully competent I
answer Dr. Miller's loiter. Ilcnco we
nhall leave that task to Mr. Boyd.
TUB rccont census and the prohibition
question are giving the statisticians o
Iowa plenty of occupation at present.
DH. MILLER wants to make hluisolf a
solid with Charles Francis Adnmi as hi
was with Sidney Dillon and Jay Gould
Dn. MiLLitit talks about fanning old
prejudices. With the thortnomotor indl
citing 100 in tno shade , the people o1
Omaha nro talking about fanning thorn
solves.
TIIE state railroad commlsslonora will
bo la Omaha to-morrow. Perhaps they
will bo able ta arbltrato the differences
botvroon Mayor Boyd and Dr. Miller on
the nllroad question.
IF Dr. Miller had aa much legitimate
bnalncs ] with the railroads as James E.
Boyd has , ho would not rush into print
on every occasion to defend glaring abuses
and "freo trade" In railroading.
YOUNG KUIIN , who was graduated first
In his class at West Point a few weeks
ago , had a triumphal reception on his
return to Loavenwortb. His father Is
poor blacksmith of that place , and ho got
his appointment to a cadotshfp by win
nlng a competitive examination.
Louu TUNNYKON'S poem , addressed to
Prlncces Beatrice , Is said to bo "a machinelike
chine-like production , and lacking epon <
tanelty. " Tennyson's poetry-machine
ought to bo sent to the shop to be repaired
paired and furnished with a new supply
of spiutaueity. Wo have noticed for
eoiiio time that the machines has baon
cadly ont of order.
IF the city council would not allow
outsiders to make speeches daring Its sea
along , It would got through Us bnslnejs
before midnight. The proper place for
outsiders to do their talking Is in the
committee room , and not in the councl
chamber. The council committees hold
a meeting every Monday evening to got
business In ehapo for prompt transaction
at the regular mooting of the council.
So MUCH indignation has been aroused a
in Georgia against the iniquitous prison
system that exists in that state , that In
nil probability the tfcxt legislature wll !
causa a radical raform. The farming on
of convlctsju chained gnngsto [ contractors
who grow rich cut of their hbur and
treat them most brutally , is not only
Inhuman bat It Is an outrsga npon hones
laborers with whom those convlcbs an
brought Into competition. The rccn
revelations of the cruelties practiced b ,
hard-hearted overseers have attracted
the attsutlon of the
people not only o
Georgia but of the whole country , and 1
Is the general sentiment that the farmln
ont of convict libor Is agtlnst pablb
policy and must bo ctoppod. The con
vlct farms , 03 the plantations wher
convicts are employed , are called , are
dlsgraca to Georgia , and the sooner they
are abandoned the bettor it will bo fo
the credit of that state.
TUB suggestion of Gen. Sheridan tha
a number of Cheyenne Indians bo onllste
In the regular army ia not by any moan
a new idea. Tbohto Mnj. Frank , it wll
bo remembered , enlisted in thu froutlo
service a battalion of Fawnoo Indiana
rwho did excellent work under his com It
maud in campaigning against the hostile.
And in protecting the Union Pacific road
during Us construction. During Gen
Crook's Sioux campaign in 1870 , Maj
jNortb , upon Gon. Sheridan's rocom
mendatlou , went to the Indian territory to
whither the Pawnees had been removed iot
end enlisted ono hundred of his old ers
.Bcoats 'or service with O'rook'a command dlo
Gen. 'Crook also ha.i other com
pmiea al Indians , among them
being Au'apahooa and Wlnnobagoos
all of whom proved faithful end ut
cflklcut soldiers and scouts. That the utr ;
Indian will rntko a valuable auxiliary to lix
, the regular army thoio It no question Pi"m
This fact is wall known to General m
.Sheridan , and we should not bo surprised Pl
to eco him ufgoit/lhat a certain number op
of backs from each of tbo various tribes ha1
to entitled to form a regiment or oven a lar
brfgido of lud.&n ' raviArymen. The plan ( .0,1 '
Is praotiotl , and ( t ought ta ba adopted to mo
n llmi cd tstcn' . It wooid glvo employ- will
nunttoqalta a nnmbcr of Indiana end tbck
ct iho tame tlmo keep them out of mil- tele
clnV. The cost of maintaining them in Siatea
this wny would not bo much moro than the bee
expense of kcrplng thorn on & of
TELLER ANDTHE CATTLE LEASES ,
Thu decision of the administration that
the cattle leases tn the Indian territory
are void , and ( hit the cattle kings matt
vacate the lands which they are illcgilly
ocmpylng , certainly pats Secretary Tel-
or , who whllo secretary of the Interior
petmlttcd these leases to bo mode , In n
very unovlnblo light. Wlthouthlsnsslst-
nnco the tyndlcato of land-grabbers could
not hnvo eoonrcd poisesalon of nearly
four million acres. His action in the
matter was questioned before ho wont
ont of the office of secretary of the In-
ttrlor , but ho maintained that ho had
done nothing but what was perfectly
straight , and that the leases wore
good things for the Indiana for whom
they produced & revenue. Although ho
did not technically approve the leases , as
ho could not do so without a violation of
the federal statutes , yet ho did every
thing In his power to assist the syndicate.
Do wont so far as to soy In a letter in re
ply to ono of the chief members of the
syndicate , that while the Interior depart
ment would not recognize the agreement
or loasa hold by him , or any other
of Ilka character , to the extent of ap
proving the same , nor to the extent ot
atsamltig to sattlo controversies that may
aries between the different parties hold
ing such agrcomont , yet the department
will endeavor to see that parties having
no agroomcnt with the Indians are not
allowed to interfere with thoio who have.
Mr. Toiler also assured the syndicate ,
through this member of the ring , that in
structions would bo issued to the agents
in accordance with his letter. It was
under such a decision that the c.V.-
tlomon invaded the Indian territory ,
and that Is all the tltlo that they have to
the landr , and all the right they have for
occupying them up to the present tltno.
Oorbilnly no ono can blame the adminis
tration. for declaring the leases void. It
certainly could not do anything olso.
The charge has beau madoat various times
that Mr. Teller has been an Interested
pntty In these loacoa , and upon this point
the Denver Tribune says :
The matter haa become ono of national
prominence , and the end is not yot. The
people believe that Mr. Teller violated hia
solemn oath of oQico , and entered into n con
epirncy to aid A corrupt syndicate to obtain
illegal possession of four million acres of land I
of immenaa valuo. There nro persons waiting - '
ing to testify to the truth of the charges that
have been mado. Ono man , oC reputable
standing , has informed us that ho will testify ,
if an investigation shall bo begun , that Secre |
tary Teller was an indirect owner of an Inter
est in the lenses.
Let Mr. Toiler ask for nn investigation. It
is the only coarse open to him. Lot him moot
his accusers face to fnco. Lot those who are
desirous of giving testimony bo hearl. If *
they do not prove the truth o tha charges ,
then the Tribtme-llipublictin will bo the first to
admit that it has done Mr. Teller n gross Injustice
justice- .
THE PANAMA CANAL.
The success of the Panama canal does
not after all depend so much upon money °
as it does upon the problem of damming
and turning asldo the Chagres river. Up
to this tlmo tbo engineers have been un
able to discover a solid foundation for |
the dam. According to a Panama corre
spondent of the Now York Tribune , If
the canal is built the Ohagres must coiso |
to flow In its old course and bo no longer
tno capricious and uncontrollable river ,
working devastation at its will. If the
Ohagros is not controlled the canal can
never bo buiU. This river , rising In the
mountains , runs between high banks.
Like nearly all mountain streams it la.
mere crook not over two feet deep ' of
daring the dry porlod , but In the
rainy season It rises thirty foot
In a single day , and becomes a destroying
and resbtless torrent. It will bo seen
that the control of such a stream la Indeed -
deed a difficult problem , and whether it
can bo solved remains to bo seen. Acco
cording to the calculations of a celebrated
American engineer , who waa recently on
the Isthmus , the proposed dam at Gam-
boa , according to the plans of the French
engineer * , will have a prosstiro of 12,000 a
pounds to the equiro foot on Us foundv r1
tlon. Such a structure must necessarily
have a solid resting place , and yet at the
depth of sixty feet no rock has been
found. It is pretty generally admitted
by persons competent of judging that
without a rock foundation no dam
can bo built that will anstver
the purposa , and without the dam
the OnagrcB Is uncontrollable , hence the
canal cannot bo constructed. Neverthe
less the canal company fans "tho
effrontery , " In the language of the cor
respondent , to continue to represent that
everything Is moving satisfactorily ,
the managers do not wish to confess that
iho project Is bound to prove a failure.
Is assorted that their published state
ments of the progress of the work are
dootorod with exaggerated figurea and
other misrepresentations , and that If
the trao condition of affairs were gen
erally known they would soon ba unable
proceed on acsount of a lack of funds ,
the i\ow \ of money from the subscribers
to the project would naturally dwlti-
to a in era nominal amount.
A .NKW telegraph company has boon or- are
ganlted , with headquarters at St. Paul , 01
under the name of the Operators' tele th
graph company. The capital stock is pat
fixed at $10,000,000 , the shares being 11
placed " at 6100 , to Jj3 paid for in install 1
ments < of ODO dollar per mouth. Tbh pa
places the stock within the reach of any olii
operator , Ii ho is economical la his Al
habits ho ought to bo able to sava a del o'cl '
month from his till
a present princely The
alary , end in the con MO of a hundred down
months , or n little over eight year * , ho Injt der
ba the possessor of a fall share of Tin
, There are about 80,000 The nan
telegraph operators In ths United the .
and they are all Invited to the
become shareholder * end raap tbmils S
the enterprise , It Is Bllojod ihav bact
§ 11 O.OCOin stock has already been snb-
scrlbsd for , and that as eocn M the tub-
scrlptlons amount to half a million del
IMS a line will be built between St. Paul
mid Chicago. An dividends are to bo
paid only en the actual value of the plant
In stock , the dividends will bo four times
as largo as those of the Wotorn Union ,
which has four times watered Its stock.
The bcaaty of this now enter
prlio is that there Is to bo no water In It.
The mammoth Western Union may laugh
at the project now , but perhaps it nuy In
tlmo grow to proportions which will mak <
It a very difficult matter for the anaconda
to swallow it , as it has done with eo
many other Infant companion.
years Omaha has been paying
damagoi for injuries received by reason o
defccttvo sldowalkp , whllo the property
owners Infrontof whonolola thoaceldonto
occurred have escaped without paying
cent , although it would seem in law and
justice that they are the parties whi
should pay damages. A now method o
doillng with those matters hai just been
Inaugurated by the city authorities. .
There have recently boon commenced
against the city damage salts amounting
to $40,000 , and It la now proposed to
make the properly owners co-dofendanta
with the city. In accordance with thi
plan , which should have bopn adopted
long ago , notices have boon served npon
such property owners to appear and defend
fend such snits , as the city will hold
them liable for any judgments that msj
be recovered. The moat recant decision
are to the effect that the property uwnoi
la liable for the damages resulting from
defective sidewalks Inlrontof his prom
ises. Whatever may bo the outcome of ,
these suits , the action of the city author
Itlea will have a tendency to make prop
erty owners moro careful In the futnro In
regard to keeping their walks In repair ,
I
SOME of our most eminent nnd roepcot
able citizens persist in rtmirklng that
ia hot. Wo advise thorn to keep cool. .
iaIt
It ia useless to endeavor to got np i
heated controversy over the hot wave.
heK (
Keep in the shade and fan yourself , anil
lot the weather take care of itstslf. You
lowi
will finally como to -conclusion that
the following from the Now York Trib
une Is worthy of consideration by our
legislators :
A great popular want is a national gain
law cantaiuiup a provision authorizing a fol
low citizen fatally to shoot any other fellow
citizen who between tha first day of July
and the first day of September shall venture
to turn the tldo of conversation into the chan
nel of tha weather. Such a law would b
without a partisan bins , and would commend |
itself to all men , whatever their politics , who
own a gun and bMiovo in the extermination of
whatever menaces the public weal.
THE office-seeker invariably alms high
so that ho can como down by degrees to
his proper level , If ho falls to reach hii
loftiest ambition. This is aptly lllastrat-
od In the caao of that Pennsylvania ox'u '
congresjman who applied for a diplomatic
position and finally after fonr mouths o :
disappointment oxproseed his wllllugnes
to compromisa with the administration
on a plito as treasury watchman. At las
accounts ho waa still In Washington wait
ing for his appointment cs watchnun
and the chaucoi no ware against him for
even getting that position. This is only '
one of many similar Instances. Verily , the
path of the office-seeker is not strewn
with roses.
Mu. CLEVELAND has already filled 450
the 2,232 presidential postoQlces
3,500 of the 51,000 fourth-class post
offices , and most of the Internal revenue f
I
collectorshipsj together Ith a largo f
number of other Important positions
And . the spoils-hunting democrats con
tinue to growl bosiusj ho has not pro
cocdod nnra rapidly. The fact Is that
theaa spoils-hunters , who have sot them' '
solves np aa critics of the administration ,
are themselves to blame In a great
measure , aa they have by tholr part
slstout ' and annoying dennndi clogged ah
the wheels of public buslnosi , as the tl.ui
Phllalelpbia llccord expresses it , "SB a uiSt
countlois swarm oE hungry grasshoppers St
would atop a railroad train , " th
he
TUB only good result of the Wafd & lokc
Grant failure is the the momolra of Gon. kc
Grant. Had it not been for that financh at
be
disaster ho would not have written his BO
war romlnisoancos for the Century , nor ar
arc
his memoirs , which wore suggested by ?
"
these articles. Whllo the failure crippled
Gen. Grant it has caused a most valuable
contribution to ba made to the history o
the country , and at the same tima it is
producing for his family a fortune that
kn
may be much larger than tint which ho
would have loft them had ho not me
with financial reverses , Again Is the old
adage , "Ik Is an ill wind that blows
nobody good , " verified. ing
the
THE latest production of Julius Haw
thorne's pen is , "A Talk with tha
Povll , " It is almost unnecessary to lay
that the conversation occurred In Now
York.
Jto
THE cattle-men of the Indian territory I do
making the acquaintance of President. p ,
Cleveland , Ho doesn't warm up to now
them very ranch , however , bat stands
on his declaration that they must go. the
" A Trnlii Collide * * \vllh Cattlo.
DKLHII , Ind. , July 29. The South Bend to
passenger ; train on the Chicago and Indianap not
air line division of thu Louisville , New
bany & Chicago railway , due here ot 1 bton
or
city run Into o , herd of fifteen cattle , to
e&ina | and baffgatre car v/ero thrown
an embankment and tha four other cats are
derailtd , 1 ! ipgagemanttr Hobiaeoa was bittlly for
Injured , JCigbt bead of catUtt were klllorl thorn
engine is a totaJ wreck. There worn fifty ocrats
naieengcrs ou the trkln , but none were hurt. that
engineer and fireman went down with "
engine bi.t eicip'ci Injury , The Ices to "tutu
company i eitlmutnd At § 10,000 , > ne.
Smcke Sal of North Oar.l'nj To- lleo
, dui
HE COULD NOT BE CRUSHED.
General Grant's ' Early Simple Against
OiflsimiieWaroniiB Union ,
Twlco Suspended nml Huporccilcrt
Xlio Walls of Ncbrnsltn Democrats
Still Jlcnrtl on the Prjilrlo
A Spicy Interview.
Written for the BEE.
The proclamation of President Cleve
land announcing to the country the death
of the world-ronownod here and patriot ,
Grant , and his tender and nlfactlng tele
gram to Mrs. Grant , nro models couched
in choicest diction ; every line and every
word bear ovidcnco of the deepest slncer
Ity and emotion. They do honor , alike ,
to his head and heart.
In this tlmo of universal sorrow ,
most agrocablo phase of human nature Is
presented to view. All political dlfler-
onccs disappear for the tlmo being , and
nil partloc , classes , sacti , conditions , and
sections are foremost in bestowing honors
upon the Illustrious dead. These who
were of the party in opposition to him
when ho was in political life , now vlo
with his political friends in giving ox
prcsslon to a nation's sorrow , and in
crowning him with glory. Thla course
opens to the light ono of the noblest
traits of the human diameter. It Is alike
hononbb to thorn , and to the great
American heart.
IN THHI5E SKETCHES OF QRANX's SEIIVICE
IN T11E FIELD
there have boon as nuny different
statements as to where and when his first
service was rendered. In ouo it wts
stated , that , on receiving his commission |
as brigadier general on the ! Mi of August
1801 , ho was put In command at Cairo ,
111. About thu middle of August the
writer reached St. Lonls , with his regi
ment , the First Nebraska , and waa Im
mediately hurried off by Gon. Fremcnt ,
then commanding the western depart
mout , to Pilot Knob , the end of the Iron
Mountain railroad , eighty miles south of
ot . Louie , then threatened by Gen ,
Ilsrdoe , with orders to report to Gen ,
Grant , who waa In commend at that
paint. Af.or being there three weeks ,
and when Grant was organizing an cxpc-
di'lon to Bird's point , and across the
Mississippi to Cairo , to hia utter astou
ishment and diegnst , and without
any conceivable reason , Gen. B. M.
acPi
Prentlss ; cf Illinolr , arrived at
Pilot Knob with orders to suparccdo
Grant. The latter was then ordered np
into the Interior of Missouri. That upset
completely Grant's plans and hopes. He
had at that time laid out the programme
of capturing Paducah , Fort Henry , Furt
Donelson and Nashville , and obtaining
control of the Tennessee & Cumberland
ralltvny. His purpose was to strike rluht
into the' heart of the confederacy and
turn the enemy's flank at Bowling Green ,
Kentucky , for that was Gen. Albert Sid
ney Johnston's headquarters at that tlmo.
A Miss Carroll haa claimed that she orig
inated the transfer of the war to the
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers , nud
has asked the government to reward her
for it with a lirgo turn of money. The
writer is very sure Gen. Grant had not
at that tlmo cvor heard of Miss Carroll ,
atH
Ho did hts own ihinkttfgland originated
and planned his own campaigns. After
being relieved , ho obtained a five days'
leave of absenoa and repaired to Geleni ,
itv waa always supposed , to get E. B.
Washburno's ; assistance in Washington
ta have him ordered to Cairo , as not
long after ho was at that point , and there
Inwi began the campaign ho was preparing
when ho was EO suddenly supplanted by
Prentisa. Ho was well nigh crashed in
spirit when that took place for ho felt
that it wai blighting his hopes. His mil1-
tnry prescience enabled him then to nee
tint was the way to strike the confeder
acy. He was now in the desired position
to carry out his plans. It was the go < d
firtnno of tha writer to rejoin Grant at
Fort Henry.
POLITICAL REFLECTIONS.
It la a hard task for a loading clomc-
cratlo editor to Impart consolation to
democrats who ara in no mood to bo con- .
solod. It Is a hard task to adiniator I
soothing balm to angry spirits ; a hard
task tu Inculcate views which ho , himself ,
detests ; It Is linrd also for democrats to rc-
oalvo the inculcation of such views , with
that ] spliit of cbiiatian resignation whicl
ahonla ba the predominating charactrla-
tlo . of the party brought Into powc :
under the load of the saintly Boccher ,
Mofrwump Curtis and trafficking
St. John ; hard for democrats to bd tel
that the only sura way to secure "an
honest public sorvloo and measures which
look to tha good of the people , " la by
keeping republicans in thu federal cilices.
and democrats out ; hard for democrat ! ) t >
believe that the only effective ! way "ti
sociiro for all people the bandits of apuri
and economical administration of thi
government , " is to retain the republican
"rascals" ' iu choice positions , and keep a
tha honest democrats ou" ; is Ia hat d for
Dr Bear to bjliora that the goad of the
country requires the retention in the mos
important political oilioo ia the state o' '
the republican son-ln law of the Nebr'B
member of the intional democrat ! *
committee ; bard for Brother Beach Hln
man to bo assured , and to believe It , too ,
that a republics n Rovernor of Wyoming
will flinch more fffjotlvoly aid In securing nf
an "honest service" tlmu an old line
democrat like hlmsslf ; hard for one of an
old wheel horses of democracy , like
Herman , a brnther-lu-law of the vlco at
president , to bollovo that an honest col
lection of the revenue oin only bo secured - j
cured by the retention of a republican
collector ; In fact , Ills hard for democrats
generally to bring themselves
the conviction , that these whom tLoy
denounced through all last year's cam bor
lgn as "rascals , " Mid demanded that
they should bo turned out of ollica , are ted
absolutely eieential to a pure and the
economical administration , whllo they ,
democrats , are tuspendetl upon the the
outer wall , In chilly ladilfitrtnco from a fjr
democratic president whom they helped
elect This ia the English of it all , If
expressed thus in wordc. In Ne in
braska , not a republican oilico holder haa
removed except , possibly , in two
three minor p atolfices. The adminis
tration , therefore , his bean oimpollol old
admit that the republican inoumbsnta [
honest men , and that a proper regard
the public iutcrotts will not permit
to ba auppUntad by hungry democrats
, Ic has been compelled to admit
, in this state , at leant , the cry ,
tbo rascals oat , " was a fraudulent b i
. tor
ne.Tlio writar hes been led to thrsa re-
lections by the elicit of tbo loading tified |
itmooratia organ tD reconcile iho parly Uer
to this now policy of the administration ,
But democrats don't t ko to it.
FEELINGS OP A WORKING DEMOCKAT.
Ono cf the most prominent and oner-
patio OEC3 in the state , to whom I road n
short editorial touching this subject , and
asking him how hoJikcd II , eald , "to
shoel ( using the King James version )
w l h inch stuff The democratic party
went Into laet yosr'd election to over
throw the republican party throughout
the country , because wo bollevo it wns
corrupt , and to put In its place
throughout thn whole country , the
democratic party. Wo did not propose
to bo satisSod with electing Grover Cleve
land , and securing changes of afow heads
of departments , but wo Intended changes
generally , almost universally. What is
to bo gained by changing the head of the
government , If the agents of the govern
ment are not changed ? Are republicans
better instrumentalities for inaugurating
and carrying nut democratic policies than
domocrattl Cleveland haa secured his
position , and a few chosen onci have secured -
cured theirs , and ho now tutna his back
upon the mats of the party who did the
work * to elect htm. I want no office ,
|
Imvo j no favors to ask , but if this la the
kind of n domocratio administration wo
are to have , then I have done with poll
tics. " I said , "are ihoro many moro
democrats who think and feel as you do ? "
"Yes , the greater part of the domocratio
party of this state fool as I do on this
matter , judging by the expression ] that
luvo couio from nil with whom I have
conversed , and if Cleveland wcro to be
voted for to-morrow , nlno out of every
ten democrats In Nebraska would vote
ugainat him. Wo fool that wo have been
fooled , betrayed , and wo propoio to express -
press oar condemnation cf such betrayal
Cleveland Is norr pursuing the policy
that John Tyler , mMIllard Flllmoro , and
Andrew Johnson , pursued , and
ho will land just whore they landed ,
without a party , and without a
political future. " I remarked to him ,
"You cxpicts yourself very decidedly
and froclr. What result do you antlcl-
pate In Ohio and Now York this fall ? "
Ho rep ied , "I believe the republicans
will sweep these states by anywhere from
thirty ; to fifty thoutand majjrlty. Gann
oral apathy will have command of the
democracy. "
"What do you think of the appointp
mania thus far made ? "
"Ah , there if. is aqain ; some of them
are good ones , but many of them were
not fit to bo mado. Toke this tnan ,
Gardner , just made surveyor-general ; it
Is tm insult to the democracy ot Nebraska
braska to appoint such a man. Ho
never hai been a democrat , nothing but
n political guerilla , true to nobody. If
such men are to receive the honors uf
the democratic administration , thou 1
hvo done my lost political work for that
party. "
"Bat it la ssid that ex-Senator Tlpton
and Senator Von Vyck tire In part re-
spouetbla for the appointment uf Gar-
dmr , " nuuarkod the writer.
"Yes , I have noticed that , " ho re
sponded ; "bat I ohould Ilka to know
what VuitWyck has to do with appoint-
mciita under Cleveland ? And as for
Tiptou , what is ha but a renegade repub
lican , who turned over to the democracy
when ho saw he had nothing moro to hope
for from the republicans ; and ho has
boon appointed to a good paying office ,
( register of the land office at Bloomington -
ton ) while demor ts who have , during
their whole lives fought the battles cf
the democracy , are utterly Ignored. The
pzodident has , at times , teemed to take
satisfaction In over-riding the recommen
dations of the leading working demo
crats of a etitt' , dhtrlcc or county , and
appointing somebody who had no ground
fur recognition and who had never been
thought of for the position. I frankly
confess that , rather than bo compulltcl
to witness these things , I prefer to ECO
the republicans In power. What Is the
object In changing the head of the gov
ernment if wo oinnot have a change
throughout ? Dr. Miller may counsel
snbm'sslon ' to such wrongs and insults ,
but I , for one , will not tamely submit.
Whllo I am not now ready to have my
name published as having ttvcn ntteranco
to theao sentiments , for tbo tlmo has not
yet come to nuke the fight openly , the
period IB not far off , when I will , with
thousands upon thousands of other gcod
democrats In this and other states IUSKO
the fight Bg&lnst a president who will
inflict sach treatment , nnd such wrongs ,
upon the party which elected him.
"There , " sild ho , "I have expressed ray
real fcellnga , and it Is somowthtt of a re
lief to me , " The writer thanked him for
snch a candid expression of his views ,
end | avowed hia entire concurrence with a
them.
Tno sentiments and foeilnga thus de
clared by this staunch democrat arp , iu
the writer's jnd monttho sentiments and
feelings of ulnc-ttnths of the democracy
to cby , and the future will develop the
fact. Ho vcnturen the picdictioii that
the esiimnto of the democrat given above
will bo moro than realized. Wumuy look
fnr republican ava'aucbea ' In Ohij and
Now York the coming autumn.
Joux M. THAYEII.
IHLAND , July 28th. h
The of
PIneapp'es , known In moat countries of
Europe KB utianua , uro biennial , with the
hublt of an aloe , and canio originally from
Brazil. In the center of the lollago rises
stem cbont two fcot high , on the upper
part of which are the iljwora , crowded in
the ahapo of a conical spiko. Pineapples ,
In a strict botnnlc.il aoiico , are not ( rult ,
but clusters of leaves which undergo
wonderful changes just before ripening
The leaves greatly enlarge , Inclosing the Is
central stein , bracts , calyx , carolla and nf
ovary , much like a common mulberry ,
though without seeds. Pineapples are I
slon growth , but ara quick to ripen.
The first ever seen In Ej land were sent
n present to Oliver Cromwell. The
larvae canning factory for pineapples is
Nasiau ,
8111 Jours on nourish IIuauanclB.
Sermon in Missouri , .
Well , if there is n woman that I am In |
eyrnpiihy with in this world it is ouo of
theau kind , painstaking wives who does Di
bpst to please htr husband , and to-
biy she has hid the whole nous renova onJ
and changed , just so it would please at
husband. And then she prepares atwh A
hnrsolf In hnr best garb and looks , * nd wh
usye : "I will make homo cheerful 1
him this evening ; " and sbomeots h'm &
with a smile , times him , and expresses Ho
words of kindness to htm , and ho comes Ho'J
and takes his oont , and doesn't eit vie
there fire minutes baforo ho takes his Oil.'J
merclleis tongue and cuts his wife right , . 'J
down to the Ibor. God pity you , you the lea
devil you , for that's what you aro.
Laughter and applanso ] tic 1
| > lu
A Bfurdorur Arrcmrd , 1
KAHT SAm . Mich. , July -William under
Ureekon and William I'jerton , charged with B > '
iacmBailintaof I ) ilpliicu liergerou , proprie a
of the Montreal house , who was struck by a Btn
jjitcher and billed Unt ulftht , weru arrentud iu forest <
Higltiaw Citv this taurolc . JJoth were iden 'Jn
and 1'krion Admits having ( truck n
eion , ted
LAND IN SEVEBALTY ,
,
The Cornmnnikl Syntcm Urged KB the
Only SnccpBttil Ono for
Indians.
To the Editor ol the USE. t -
I sco In A rccont Issue of the
BEE that your distinguished corre
spondent at Grand IMand , the Hon. John
M. Thayer , in referring to the Indians
and the rnoani that should bo employed to
clvlllza thorn , stated that ono of the a'.ops
for the accomplishment of such purpose [
would bo to glvo thorn tholr lands hi
tovoralty. With all duo respect for the
honorable gentleman and his opinion , I
beg leave t o differ from him aa to the
of such a measure.
Some yetrs ngo Herbert Spencer npon
the eve of his departure from this country
after a somowbni extended tour therein ,
ttatcd , In an after dinner speech , at an
entertainment given his honor by a num
ber of distinguished gentlemen of Now
York , that while ho was profoundly 1m
pressed by the wonderful enterprise , skill
and attainments of the American people ,
yet ho believed there were some roipects
in which they would bo happier wcro
some of the practices nnd customs of the
barbarians In vogue among them. While
Mr. Spencer made no direct rc-feronco to
the laud question in hia remarks upon
that occasion ho might with perfect pro
priety have done so. And wo may to
day , with the same propriety , affirm , M
wo think , the sapotior wisdom of the
savngo in 'regard to the possession nnd
use of land. A few yoara ago the Hon.
Cat ! Schurz , then secretary of the inte
rior , In a report submitted to congress ,
recommended , as a ealutaiy measure ,
that the Indians bo granted tholr lauds iu
severally. Ho thought euch n policy
would go far towards solving the prob
lemi ] , connected with the management and
civilization | of the Indian tribes. The
learned ] and astute Teutonic American ,
however ] , waa taken aback somewhat by
an open letter addressed to him by Bushy-
hend j , the able and edacited chief of the
Cherokoa Indians. In that letter n com
parison was made between the policy
governing thn disposition nnd uuo of land
prevailing among the Indian tribes nnd
that In vrgno among the whiter1. He
showed , snbutantial'y ' , that by the Indian
policy tto treatment of tholr Innds as
the common property of the tribe all
Iho Indians hail nn equal li ht to tbo use
of the Iund , and that among the civilized
Indiana , who used land for every purpose
lor which It can bo mod , there existed a
very happy and prosperous cjndttlon of
soc'ety.
Futthor , it vra.'i suggested to the otatoa-
man by the barbarian that "wero the
hndsof the Indians granted to thorn in
eovcralty very shortly their condition
would bo as deplorable ea that of the
white people of the states. Soon the
moat shrewd , energetic and capable , to
gether with the grasping , selfish and nn
scrupulous Indiana would have the major
part of the land whllo the ordinarily endowed
dewed and conscientious would have no
land , poverty and destitution would
ensue , equalor and splendor , penury nnd
wealth , together with all that awful train a
of ovih incident to modern civllizad soci a
ety would prevail , and whore now in goner
er jl comfort and equality there would bo
found discomfort and Inequality. " No
answer to tbceo points was made by Mr.
Schurx nor have uo slnco heard anything
fnr her from him respecting the giving
of land in severally to iho Indians.
Again : Senator ingills , of Kansas , his
jast returned from u visit to the Indian
territoiy. Ho states that ho waj greatly
and agreeably sarprhcd at what ho saw
and heard In thot country. Mr. Ingalls
found a community of 7,000 people with
nil the appliances and advantages of civ
ilization , pojsoaulug farms , stores , manu-
fsctnries , newspapers , churches , schoole ,
and college ? , r.nd in ( hurt all the nnn-
comitants and accessories of an enlight
ened and refined people. Ho found In
thla community not a single Idle person
who was able and willing to work ; not a
single piupor , and but ono insane per
son. What commanity of iqunl num
bers , In the states , can make such a
showing ?
Now , Mr. Ingolls further found that
land ia held In common by the people.
Eich family or adult pprspn having what
they can nso. Snch holdings being sab-
joct to suitable rules and regulations.
Senator Ingalls thinks ho has discov
ered in the polio ; of theao Indian people
remedy for many of the eoclal and po
litical evils that t ow i fillet 113. And it ol
would not bo surprising in tha near
fu'uro to hoar of his advocating princi in
ples 8S radical as these entertained by
ticnry George. The doctrine of the
natnrnllzit'nn ' of land Is gaining ground
In Great Britain. The radlcul party
leadtra In England have recently enthu lic
siastically celebrated the expiration of it
term of Imprisonment of Michael Davitt.
This is a significant fact na showing the
drift of public opinion thero. The tlmo
fast approaching , doubtless , when the
question of land tenure will become ono
pract'cal importance in tbo United
States. m
The civilized Indians of the Indian an
territory oppose the settling of whites th
among them mainly through fear of the ha
introduction of their Ideas concerning va
hud , and perhaps they act wisely in so Bt
doing. At all events , In the light of the SI
facts the of Mr.
foregoing , suggestion . KB
Thatcr , before Indicated , is not n wlso KBW
ono. A policy respecting land which it ba
easy to show results In the enrichment olc
the few and the Impoverishment of clu
the many in every country In which It S2
prevails is certainly not one to bo recom sld
mended to the Indiaus , or , indeed , to kc
any peoplo. savaeo or civilized. W. kcme
OMAHA , July 28,1885. it'
tiv
Sl'A.1'10 JOTTINGS. as
it
Fremont is putting up 8250 worth of a { ail , wh
Kullorton boa voted to bridge tbo Iioup pa
river. me
river.A $20,000 libel suit hangs over tha Uaatrico am
Democrat , mo
A black of mbjtantlal bricks are to be built
Main atreet , 1'laitemouth ,
Stone J f"r the foundation of the now depot
North 1'Jatta is on the ground ,
William Dale , n boy of 18 , was drowned
while bath inn ut liurnett on the lUlh ,
lierthrand in the name of a town on tha ] i ,
M. ! . Orfalulla exteuelon , fifteen miles front
Holdrege ,
The Waterloo Gazette urfm fanners In that
vicinity to harvest hay for tha homo and roi
Omaha inaiknt.
.Tho veterans uf I lasting are diecutsin ? tbo
feasibility of rrnctiuR a monument there to
memory of Geueial Uiant.
The drainage question nt Fremont lias been
tackled in a l.mmeas waj- , and nurvoya nnd
iluria prepared for active work , /U
1'latU mouth la now talking up water works ,
the illusion that the construction of a '
system would reduce inanranco rates. OHI
The wends are eo thluk ou some of the
streets of Fremont that resident's revel iu n FA
of thude thua eluineiiugdajg ,
The S'.OCO experimental bora for c-ul in
liruwnvillawai ufullure. Tno drill pouetra-
1,0'JO , feet and oacountered several voles Loom
of c l , but nona cf thorn would pay to wortr ,
A Icn year oldloifoT Humm Dautnrr , llv-
inp oiiio duUnco eoulh of Ainsworth , WAS
thrown from the raddlo Inst tvcok , hln toot
ImneltiR in the ctlriup. The llttlo follow wn
drugged to death ,
The dwelling homo of .Tno. Johnson ot Wis <
nor , in sMd to Imvo boon struck by lightning
Thurvlny night InU In five different phce .
The hlcgosto n screen door and thoclock pen
dulum weromeltoJ.
Uuntlftrn rnKled Will Shryock'a ' atoro at
Lomsvlllo Friday nlfjht , and m vlo away with
ono gold watch , six ellvor oncv , thirty or forty
( olid gold rlngn , n revolver , n lot of cheap
watch chain * anil rlx boxes of cigars , valued
nil told nt about $ & 3.
A break In the electric light circuit nt Has
tings was found nflcr eovcrnl days' March to
bicl on top of ouo of the business buildings
clw the town , \vhoro eomo rogue had cut the
wire , nnd then mndo an ingenious coupling
that was dlllicult to detect.
tlM At Jackson , on Sunday , there WAR n foot
racn of 100 yards batween Frank McCarty ,
nlT Sioux City , nnd Wilson , nSt , Joe runner.
The stakes were StOJ n side , nnd It la re
ported that Sl.OOO wns up on eidc beU. The
Sioux City mnn won by tour foot In ID ) soo-
ends ,
Thomas 1'rlco , railroad contractor of Lin
coln , has secured the grading of tha Black
Hills branch of the Sioux City nnd 1'nnifio
from n point fortv mi on north of Chadron
to Buffalo GpTnii includes the Caoyenuo
rivar crossing , and conslderabla heavy rock
work.
The Plattsmouth Journal tolls of a pair of
unmarried Midsourinns who registered nt n
hotel there ns "Mr. J. II. , Unionvllle ,
Mo. ; room ii,1'mill " > Iim . , Unlon-
villo , Mo , room 3 , " Next morning there
were tenra nnd lamentations on iho lady's
part , aa her flashing cavellor parted witli her
nt Pacific .1 unction. Tha Journal thinks
"tho lady is the daughter of wealthy parents ,
anil her escort was la nil probability a tmimlj-
ing villain. "
A number of farmers in southwestern Xo
braik.i complain that n small insect is destroy
Ing the young cottimwood trees oa thilr tim
ber claims. Tha insects ent the loaves nnd
tender limbs of the troei , leaving them per
fectly bare , from which mnnv of the trees die.
The ln ° cct. nt first is n llttlo black moth about
ona-eighth of nn Inch in length. This Is the
destructive period of thotr Ufa ami lasts about
three weeks , Tha smell given out by thorn
whllo nt work is extremely nnu < a ting. At
tha end of this time they f union themselves to
the under eldo of the limbi. whgro they liuip
until they nro transformed into n bug , which
takes about five duyg ,
A. Tribute tu tiuilKO Ulokcy.
Chicogo Times.
Among historical coincidences ia the
fact thnt Thomts Lyle D ckey and
Uljsjes S. Grint , both residents of Illi
nois , entered the civil war at the siino
time , with the eatno rank , and loft the
world at the same time. Ilcro , however ,
the parallel cuds ; for , though Judge
Dickey wnt an Inlrrpld and skillful cav
alry commander , It waa ss a lawyer nnd
juris- that ha lillcd the merit nttablo
complotonesa uf the measure of a noble
life.
life.Ho
Ho ccnpled a high place in that grand
galaTy of an exceptionably obln Illinois
bar that moro than a quarter of a cen
tury Dgo r.-ntnlnod the names of Lincoln ,
Djuglar , Broeso , Browning , Archibald
Williams , Stephen T. Logan and n Ecoro
of others that preceded htm to the roalin
of the imperceptible. It waa a grand i
group cf high judicial talent and ( with
two or three exceptions ) of uncomprom
ising "whig" political opinions. History
ought to record that fact among the '
maiks of a sterling integrity of character
that distinguished them ; for to bo railed
"whig" at that time ws to bo noted ns
citizen that did not hold opinions aa
the price of ottico , these being for him
things unattainable , but as the conclu
sions of an instructed nnd honest judg
ment.
Honesty , sincerity , conscientiousness ,
illuminated by n clear perception of the
right relation of things , end a penonal
character that united natural dignity and
simplicity in a remarkable degree wcro
characteristics of Judge Dickey. In his
official capacity one nt the most dignified ,
able and respected jurists , In hia private
lifo a moro genial gentleman and charm
ing conversationalist society has rarely
known. His dcslcions from the bench
furnished the highest proofs of a judicial
equipment of remarkable perfection ,
whllo hh career ht tbo > ar shone with
the exceptional brightness cf n singularly
felicitous union of superior intellectual
and moral endowments. Fairly may It
be said that ho was the Nester of the
legal profession In Illinois , who , daring
half acontnry , stood among its most ac
tive , upright and deservedly illuittions I' ' " ]
members.
now Summer Trxilu Comrs.
Entorlcg iho store of n prosperous city
merchant y < scrday ; , a gentleman , a
stranger In town , expreeetd turprlco at
the buoy scene that greeted him , eays the
Albany Evening JournalHo Inquired
the proprietor how It was that ho was
getting more than his share of bublnote
these dull , midsummer 'lays. The
merchant replied : "I attribute the ex
cellent business I clu ovcry summer tu
jast two things : Firar , I advcrtleo bar
gains , nnd keep my store before the pub
; eooud , when the public calls , satisfy
by keeping my advertised promises. It
coat me 0,000 to learn this lesjou , and It
has paid mo at kiut $25,000. During
three successive summers during thu hard
years that t folio wed 1873 , I ran
behind in this ntoro on an aver
age $2,000 every yoar. 1 made up
my ; mind that there was busluees to do
and that I would do It. In the mlidloof
the worst ana the dullest your that wo
had , when clerks were absent on their
vacations and half of the force In the
stern waa idle1 , I started in nnd spent
S1.2CO in advertising mk'eiimmor 'bar
gains , remnants , old stock and so on.
Within a week my store was so full of
business that I had to send for every
clerk who was away and add two extra
clerks. Tint year , instead of n loss of
$2,000 in tbo summer , I made ? 2,500 bo-
sldes what I paid for advertising. I have
kept It up over since. That nas the
most expensive lesson I over learned , but
was the most Instructive and remunera
tive. If I had to start in bueincss again
poor as when I started , 1 would make
a i rule to ipsnd at least ono-half of
what myront oott in advertising in homo
papers. ] I would not waste it In cheap
methods , but would spend it judiciously
In the best and
high-priced dupirt-
mont and the beat and largest papers.
POOL , PHI V
FOE SALE ,
POOL , niHTH AND OTIIKIt 1'RIVJ.
LKGKS FOR SALK OX THU
0 HOUNDS OF THU
OMAHA , NEBRASKA , FAIR.
I/I Ji must bo on ( II < In the HcmUry'H lianJs T
ncrlisfuioAug.lt. The rl lit H itbcncJ tore-
.
'time * and other premiums olfored , $ ! < ! , -
FAril 21J3LD NM > T. 4th ( o
Ad3rCB , J\\ . V. WH
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