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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1885)
iprr - ! | | BiliH,11 ) ( UJi" < 'rvr ' - THE DAILYBEE TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 8 , 1S85. Iff r J ION ABOUT jBrowris Iron 'Bitters ANS WERED. rtlon h jrebably been a Hotf can Ilrimn'a Iron Ultters eor . , . > Ultdop 1l.Wntltilnospaniand > . Icn areputable pnrclclan woTild preeenb * iito . .4 n recount" Iron " U"8 I11 t teraUT t known tfl Inn profwnlon. and Inaalrj of anr E n ehemlcU firm will Habitant l t the uaertloi th r * are rnora prep raMorjs of Iron Utan or anther / ther nbf tanoi nscd In roedlcln * Thii show * eon- eln lr l th t Iron li acknowledged to b th raort ( mporUnt factor In n cces f ol meJUU Pr.lUc ? | " " o'TM'tllVN'SjUoSl ITTI IlSnopjrf clI If sttlif Mtorj Iron er rnbinallon hid rerte n f onnd. BROWN'S ' IRQ N BinERSSKJS&SSS & bcadache. or prodnce eontllpitlon nil othcrlron medlclnrn ilo. 1111 O\VN'8 IIION MlTTERfl cnrcsInill8CnlIonllIllon ne JWcnUne , Pyiprpnln , Dlnlorln , Cblll * nnil Parerc , Tired I'ctllnc.OrneralllflillltTPain intht 8ld , HrirUcr 1,1ml ) ( , IIrninclicmdNcnrril. ! ( Tin for all th e allmenU Iron li pr f orlbtd daQr. DDflllfH'C IDnH DITTKTnC ho ? rdo i DnUWIi O lllUII Dl I I ullO.not < rar In a Klnnto T/lk all other thoronsh mMlclnm , It aeta altmlj. Wh n tnken by n n th rlrrt frreptom of Mnent U renewed en nrf The monclns luen beoome flrmer , tha ( Ujprntion uiprnTta , he bowtls are aetlre. In vtmtn th effect Is Dsn ally m ore rapid and mar KM. Th ejM bodn at onri to brUht'ni lb ( kin elxn gpt hullhj color com MI tn the rhrrktt n rroiunei diuprxuirai faactlonal di > ran rnent < beootn * nn * lir , and If a nnnlnc mother , abundant m tenino h nppUed for th * rl lid. Itoraernbn Dnwn'l Iron Blttr Uth ONIA Iron modloln * that Is not In * turiooa , rfiytieiant o l Dmffgl'U rttcmmtmt ti vh * a naln * has Trid * Mark and eronAd red UaM nvrappw. TAKn OTIICIU . A victim of J outlifnl linrrujcnco causing Premature Decay , NcrroiisUebilltr , Lost Jlanliood , Ac .having tried In Tain over ) known remodj.lias discovered nFlmplamennnofBcli-ctiro , which he will wml I HPK to Ills fullou-Miffrrors. Address , J.lI.lUilVl-S. 13 ChatuarnSt. .Now York. i Indigestion Cured , I tuOcrcd for moro than flvo rears with Indiges tion , traiccly nlilo Io retain the etephet fond on mj stomach. Thovur nlug sensation naa almost Intolerableacd ray nnolo tjstcmvtaa deranged I vras wakeful and could not i-leep , and consequently moro or lem ncivot B Ml the tlmo. I decline tn ficah and euHcrcd all the usual depression attendant upon thli tcrrlb'o dltcaio In a word , Iwia niscrible. At Iiet , falllcg to find relief In an } thing Uso. I com- mouccd the use of Sniffs Specific. I begin to Im prove at onco. Thom-dlrlno tcncd up the siom- ch , strengthened tbo dl/rstlvo orgaca , and soon all tbat burning ceasoi , and I could retain food without dlfllcuUy. Now my health U good , and on e t anv thing In the eharo of food , end dlgent It without the sllghest difficulty. I moat cheerfully boar thla tcitlmcny becnusj there are hundreds suffering aa I wag , and I am cure on bo as readily hotted , fake the proscribed dose attor eating instead of before. JAMKUHAN.V , No. U Ivy street. Atlanta , Ca. , llay 13,1SS5. oTrcatlao on blood and skin dhoaeoi mailed treo. err r The Swift fci > < cl o Co. , Drawer 3 , Atlanta , Qa W J6723dS , N- G17 SI. Charles S . , St. Louis BFo. Arocolr creriaa nf twa nodical Cclltcei , & I ciUCii or CHQOMIC , * than im otlrr 1 lijitcUu njcf . i Ncrvoux "lostrallori. Debility , Mental Physical Wt.iiiness , Mercurial and olhurAflo linns ol Threat , Skin or Bones , io osonr ; , Aid SorCS anj Ulcers , rc Ifi-.VI oltli tnptinllclri leafiitOQ III ttprifntt03 rr.pflt * . * f&Vl l-rlTfttfrt/ . netici ii E tj , i cj . viDai- rn , rtl. rcndjilnu1 Kurrluic n , . proper oi nnuappj , ut . t l m | . t (5 ( r\stlt > i tlf b ? f , ri-JI Krmi.ttljn > * ( * , HI 'ijiJ1r i , ( . .IcelutcnH4 pie' ' , tru Hw.cn llnilk ' . Vrlio r u U3ci A Positivs Wriicon Guaraniea rlrM In ullcnr.bleekhci Ifc trlueit BicTtrjrit.iro inmphlen , English ur Oerman , ill faatt , ilo ; rlljUii ; Ql-ovo ( li cjcu lanaioor JciaaUl"iiBr | GUBBEJ la lolb u.uarjf < ri < ct > di i > m , | iicr comii , Sjc. Tti ! ulrv alt tbe eunoB , dot I irul or ia29'klUf w > QJK , A toot rirnl | nk4Ut la All , Lu.tt. S ' Chartered by tlicStatcof 1111. Inola for tliccxprecapurpose ofcivinclmmcdlate rclictln all chronic , urinary and pri vate diseases. Gonorrhcra , Qleet andSyplullsin all their complicated forms , also all diseases of the Skin nnd Ulood promptly relieved and permanentlycured by rcme- - ff , . kptrtall'racHte. Seminal Weakness , Night Losses by Dreams , Pimples on Hie Face , Lost Manhood , r/oj | < //rurr [ < / . Jftrro itnocri > erliuri > ti ni. The appropriate remedy not once used In each case. ContultatUns , per- Bonal or by letter , sacredly confidential. Med icines sent by Mall and Express. No marks on package to 1 ndlcate contents or sender. Address DR.JAMESNo.204WashngonSt.Chcacjollll. ! ! ! IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW , Law department of Drake University. Dei Homer , Iowa , bund for Catalogue. AddrctB A. II. MeVer , Dean or 1. 8. Clirk. Secretary , earn Cole McVey & Olaik , DetMolnot low * . uit Iwk A Clear Skin is only a part of beauty ; but it is a part. Every lady may have it ; at least , what looks like it. Magnolia Balm both freshens and beautifies. MOSBY'S ' MEN , ARtsi.e.tif ( D , Who las One o Thtrn , Tills of Their Deeds , The Desperate Attack WhioliThoj Made on the Baltimore & Ohio Road , $ ; JOO,000 In Fund a Captured and PC clarcil Contraband of War , Denver Newa. The ntrival In San Francisco frorr Hong Kong of Ex-ConaulJohn S. Motby the Inmous partlaan ranger during "the Into unpleasantness , " awakens in the roc olloctlou of your correspondent some vor ; Interesting memories of the exploits o the men whom ho commanded , To re lite at thla remote day all the adventure of that daring body of men would requln a larger space than the colnmns of r newspaper can afford , Ho trover , bollev ing n recital of aomo of the exploits e this famous body of men may be interest Ing to many of your readers , as ono of the first recruits Moaby received , I will re late , ss near as my notes made at th' ' time will warrant , my oxporlonco wltl the Forly-thlrd regiment of Virginia cav airy dnrlng thcao stirring and ovantfu limei. The mystery which eoemcd to surronnc that body of men , their achievements auc hardship when recorded by the future historian , will present their deeds In i different light than they were rtgardei during the war and for years subauquon thereto. Quo of the SEcnKi's OF iiosnv's SUCCESS wai the unbounded confidence of the met in hla sagacity as a commander nnd hit officers , Smith , Hunter , Turner , the twc Richards , ( Capt. T. W. T. Richards non of Omaha was ono of thorn ) Chapman Montjoy , Baylor , Williams , et al , nndoi him , likewise enjoyed that confidence Ho was fihary sighted nnd quick to dotec the purposes of his adversaries , The rapidity of his movements and the de cisiveness of his actions , amuzd hla foes Alwaya on the qnl vivo , ho was aoldoir snrprlecd or taken at n dlsadvantaga. His scouts wcro out all hours of the day nnd night , observing the movoraonU of the federals. His men were frequent ly under the shadow of the guns on the heights of Arlington and hud frequent view of Washington city by gaslight. By the operation of this system Clcsby was kept fully advised of every inorouionc oj the enemy. His men were ecutoroc over n territory equal in alza to the state of Connecticut and the au'horitioa ' at Waahlcgton were never able to establish with any DECJIIEE OF CEniAINTY the number of men ho had , and although scattered ever that extent of territory II required only a few hours' notice for all of them to meet nt the place designated In the call. Seldom taliag out lib whole force , but operating with companies and ( quads commanded by experienced officers , fa miliar with every foot of the ground over which they moved , ono could hardly ex pect any such thing as fall under such circumstances , but still they met with re verses. Early in the fall of 18C3 , after the army of General Lee had rotreattd to Virginia and communication between the east and west re-established ever the .Baltimore and Ohio railroad , Mrsby , recognizing that institution as one of the great arter ies of the body politic , conceived the Idea of Inflicting permanent Injury to the road , or at least impair its naefuldeas to such an extent as TO COMPEL TDE FEDERAL FORCES to abandon it. But the resources of the nation wera of auch an unlimited charac ter as to create grave doubts in his mind as to the practicability of the scheme. From Piedmont to the Relay houao was on unbroken line of pickets , which ren dered It almost suicide to make such an attempt. However , ho waa not discoura ged , hla acouts were diligent In the dis charge of their duty , and after watching for some days Intelligence was received that the only weak point on the road which could bo attacked with any hope of success was at Duffield , n small station BDmo ton miles east of Harper's Ferry , and a short distance south of Charleston , ondored historic as the place of John Brown's ' trial , conviction and execution. Accordingly an order waa Issued for a meeting of the command of Uppervlllo , a prosperous village situated on the turn pike.FIVE ' FIVE JULES SOUTH OF ASHBV's OA1 > n the Uno Ridge mountains. The mooting was held and a detail of man made to go to the valley on a special scout , whllo other eqnads , in charge of oxporlencod officers , were detailed to operate at other points. The day of the mvotlnc was one of those bslmy , Indian summer days peculiar to that region , when about 3 o'clock p , m , , the different details moved off. The ono to the valley moved towards Strieker's Gap , passing through that gap In the I mountains ren dered historic by the many engagements foughtg In it to the Shenandoah river , crossing It at Castleman'a ford juat as the gcddets of night was throwing her mantle o'er nature. Pushing on then through Cablotown in the direction of Charlestown , leaving that place to our loft with the camp fires of Stall town plainly visible on our right in the dic- tanco , the station waa approached very cautiously. The hour for the arrival of iho EXPRESS AMD MAIL TRAINS FROM THE EAST was duo few moments. Bldlnc ; our .Ime It aoon was heard speeding Its way ; o the station. The instant It atoppad .ho engine was placed under guard and ; ho men proceeded to search the coaches 'or ' officers and contraband of war , Dnly two , and they paymasters In .ho United States army , were found. They were returning' t ) some western post wltt300,000 In government funds , lleilizlog that discretion was tha bettor part of valor there waa little or no re sistance , received their paroles , and with great reluctance tnmod over tholr trust to the custody of their captors , which , being contraband of war , waa confiscated , in the meantime the news ot the cap ture spread rapidly. Squads of troops from tbo id jacent poets came to the rescue of the triln , and before any further work could bo done to the road n retreat wae ordered. The prlzeMoaby's men bad se cured , was sufficient to stimulate the enemy to A VIQOUOCS rtWSUIT , which they did as far aa Oharlostown , when It was abiudocod , The captora , however , continued their retreat and reached their place of ren- lezrona early next morning , when n llvlalon of the capture was made. A lortlon of tbo prus being In United States bonds with coupons attached , loubta aroto in the uiludi of the men as to their val no , they bslng the first seen in that part of the state. These doubts however , wcro soon dlapollod by learnln tbnt the fauna to whom they were Indebted dobted for necessaries wonld recelv them In payment for their dues , whll the coupons were doUohed nad dlt- trlbntod among the children , both whit and black aa souvenirs of the war. J. M. 0. Some Foolish I'ooplo Allow n cough ta run until it Reti bey one the reach of medicine. They often aay , Oh it will wear away , but in mott cases it wear thorn avtny. Could they bo induced to tr the successful medicine , called Kemp's I3ol satn , which we soil on n positive guarantee t < euro , they would immediately see the oxco lent ofloct after taking tha firH doae , 1'tic 60o and 31 OJ. Truil tittfret , For sale b Sohrotcr & Conrad , No. 21116th street ? TH14Y BOUED tfOK OJJ. How it Clever Gnmo was Plnycd on n Number of Detroit Capitalists The facia about n clover swindle by which several of the * most promincn capitalists of Detroit were badly caugh have leaked out , About eighteen mouth ago there came to Detroit an Oaklauc county farmer named MoManua , wh had a tale of visionary wealth to unfole to the capitalistic oar. Ho had prior t that time Invested In a farm near th village of Bormlngham , which I juat across the .Wayno County line MoManni was a shrewd-looking follow who had spent a portion of hla life In th oil fields of Pennsylvania. Ho was nn export in boring for oil , and in eoleotln thla farm ho intimated that ho had th intention of exploring Its resources In that direction. Ho thought that it hat the characteristics of oil holds , A smal sam of money waa paid down , and n mortgage for $15,000 was recorded In th county clerk's office ns the balance of th pnrchaio monoy. He interested in th prospects D. Farraud Henry , Al bert H. Wilkinson , R. A. Parker and Charles F. Burton. Thcao men went to Birmingham , and wer elated at the signs of untold wealth. No a whisper waa made even to Intimate friends , and the Intention of organizing a stock company was nt once carried Into effect. The expectant eyes of the Detroit troit visitors saw evidences of petroleum everywhere on the oily farm. A dril and pump were purchased , and with the other necessary materials work was'com meuced. The pump and the drill swcro moved at intervals , and a fuw nuntha ago gonnlno petroleum began to bo brought to the surface. Two weeks ago the pump noeinod to have rcachei an unfailing supply of oil. It fiowet rapidly to the extent of suvcral barrels and thrrn suddenly the supply became exhausted. Slnco that tjmo these men have taken turns in daily visits to Blr mlugham. Oil kept flowing in abnnduuro at Intervals , but the supply too often stopped suddenly. The 340-acro farm was not enough. Negotiations have quietly baen carried on , and all leases o adjacent farms for a considerable dlstano have been obtained by the syndicate. Ono day last week Mr. Wilkinson determined to ascertain the causes which led to the occasions ! . caaaatlons In the flow of oil by taking up the plpo. Tba pipe had been pulled up but a few fool when a small lead plpo was discovered which accompanied the largo plpo in its downward courso. About three fool from the ground the lead plpo ran some distance away from the drill and con nected with n hogshead filled with petroleum. The mystery was aolved , The day the plpo was pulled from the ground McManns disappeared , but It has been ascertained since that he hy in the bushes near the eceno and watched the blasting of his hopes of wealth. Only for the discovery McManua wonld proba bly have turned in his farm for thousands of dollars to a stock company. The syn- dlcato look sheepish when asked about the price of oil , and dechro they only spent a few hundred dollars In experi menting. Tbo Prettiest Lady In Omaha Remarked to a friend tha other day that tl ) enow Kemp'a Ba'aam for the Throat and Lunga was a superior remedy , an it stopped ler couph instantly when others had no o'ilect whatever. So to prove this Schrotor & Con rad , druggists , Ko. 211 Fifteenth street , will guarantee it to all , Price CO cents and Trial she frte. Another Aluminum Craze , Springfield Republican. One of the next great discoveries of science Is to be , if wo listen to tbo scores if men who have interested themselves n the subject , a cheap procoas for the iroductlou of aluminum. The prob'om s Indeed , fascinating. Hero ia a metal whojo strength , weight and pliability , resistance to oxidization and conductivity make it of the greatest service in the arts ; which la ono of the moat abundant components of the earth , forming 15 to 35 per cent of common clay , and being present in largo proportions in several mineral formations ; yet which is put out of reach for all but a few uses by thereat ; roat coat of its reduction. The proceia nvolvca aoveral chemical reactions , and the largest ploco which ias been made , the cap to the Waahlngton monument , is said to have coat $2 an ounce. Many inventors bavo .aoklod . the problem , and every little vhilo wo road of a man who has mattered t , but still the price of aluminum keeps up , until It Is not strange that the world ; rows skeptical upon the subject. The atest claimants for the honor of the dis covery are Cleveland Inventors , who claim to hayo made a direct reduction of aluminum , manganese , magnesium , so dium , potassium , calcium , strontium nnd other metals , as well as the cottly metal- oldi boron and silicon , from their oxides They cfiect this by means of electricity , and an account of their discov ery has been read to the science association meeting at Ann Arbor. The teat of the process li BO small that the nveutora expect "to m ko SB groit r revolution In tbo brass , broczo and Gcr- ntn sliver trade as the Besiemer proceaa us In tbo Iron trado. " An enthusiast iredlcts that from this Invention the beat jronzo , 10 per cent aluminum , 00 per cent copptr , will bo made at a cost to compete Tilth brass , that bronzjond vaii- ins alloys of aluminum will compete with rnn and itcol In the manufacture oi many articles for which they tro intrinsically better adapted , and .bat . aluminum , which clceoly re sembles Oliver and Is much lets subject to oxidization than tbat metal , will euportodo plated diver and nickel in able cutlery acd plumbers1 and gas- itteis' goods. All these advantages will loubtleia follow the general iutroduotlor. af slumlnnn If It is only made cheap enough. And with them will come the ncrcased facilities for fraud that la ono tl tbo penalties of scientific ptogrefe. An dlry of aluminum which clotely resemble * old Is already lued in maklig jovreliy. With tha cheapening of the rntiUl the Ine between real and Imitation btoisi- lies will bo ruora difficult to draw than ver , though the Intrinsic value of the notations will ba much enhanced. / THE LAND IN COMMON. Its Atlases Far Superior to tto Severally Plan , Tlio Qncatlon DlBcniHcel In all III UcnrlnRH Lintitl Monopoly the Greatest of nil To the Kdltorof , the lisa , With yonrklud permission I dcslro ic reply to certain aUtomontu made by Eon , John LI. Thayer la your Isaac of the 17tli last. , euoh slateraonti bnlng portions ol an answer to a communication of mluo In the issno of the 30th nit , , rolotlvo io land tonura nraong tko Amoricin Indiana , The distinguished gentleman , In eup < port of his vlowa , relics largely upon the following atatomont of the HOT. William Harrison : "Tito Oitntioa Imvo for some time hold thclt Inoda In sever til ty , and lately a now diitrlbu- tlon 1ms bjcnmado , totno taking now claim i , I think nil have claims unless n few born within a ycnr. It works well , ns it seams to secure to nil such their lands without tax fui twenty-five years , with no power on their part to sell within that limp. L'nough Is loft to supply those who may be born within twenty , fiva yoarr , by section or inheritance. The great groat'drawbtck h the community of timber on the river and bluffs , which results In much evil. " . Than Mr. Thayer approvingly nays , "With thorn the land In severally worka well. " Now , wo have only to Bay , concrally , that If Mr. Hamilton's statoniont oatab- Itahca or tonda to oatabllah anything In the dlsoatnlon , It la the propriety of the very principle for which wo nro contend ing , 1. o. , the common ownership of land. For it will ba notlcod that this ao-callcd holding of laud In severally by the Omahaa la In fact simply and only n com paratively tomporaiy division of land among the trlbo for the purposes of UBO and cultivation. This has all the advan- tngon , practically canslderbd , that snch a land tenure as I favor contemplates. The Indiana nro to have their lands twenty-five yeara with no power to dle- pcsa of them within that tlmo. S3 they arc practically enjoying , and will enjoy all this benefits ot the commonalty BJE- tem for a quarter of a century at loaat , and lot us hope forever. Happy Indlacsl With reaaonablo Industry and piudcnco want and the fear of want need have no terrors for them during the above named period. How many white communities tiavo such a pleasant proapeot before them ? Of course wo understand Mr. Thaycr to moan by the term severally the Indi vidual potsenalon of land by a freehold title with all the legal rights pertaining thereto. I am opposed to anch n land system But , lost 1 should bo mlsnudentood , I will endeavor to briefly outllno the land policy which I deem the moat just. Wo bollovo the state should own all the land within Its bounds and that the , citizens thereof ehonld pay a certain rent , or tax , as It may bo termed , to the atito for auch lands aa they uae. And that such rant or tar should bo high enough to prevent the holding of land for any other nirposo than that of uso. Such a pallor cspectlng land need not interfere with ho existing order of things farther thane : o abolish land speculation and monop oly. The citizen who. has his homo , the iarmer who cultivates his farm , the mer chant who owns hla own warehouse , and the manufacturer who has hla own shop will not be ini'urloaaly a if acted , but ulti mately greatly bonefitted. They and heir children after them may continue ; o bo the nominal owners and posjecaors of their respective lots of land as long f they BOO proper to uae thorn. But It will [ factually eradicate that In- snbns upon the material growth and prosperity of our society the monopolization of land. Nothing .ends . to retard the growth and prosper- ty of Omaha ao much as the speculation n and the monopolization of land , And what Is true of Omaha In this regard la nero or lesattuoof every city In the land. Ml through this town arc found vacant ots and In tbo suburbs largo scopes of unoccnplod land hold mainly for epecula- Ivo purposes. Enormous prices nro de manded for those lota and lands and huu- Irods of persons who would buy lots and 3nild houses , now that building material 3 so cheap and labor so plenty arc deterred rom S3 doing because of the doarnesa ) f land. Consequently rents are railn- atned at ruinously high rates , numbers > f mechanics and laborers unemployed nd the growth and expansion of the Ity greatly Impeded. I can see nothing that so greatly inter ores with the welfare and progress of omraunlty as the rapacity and solfuli- ieaa of people who own land which they vlll neither use thtnnolvea nor allow therj to UBO without an eztortionato ox otlon for the privilege. Talk about allway monopolies , telegraph monopolies nd the llkel While anon are bad enough u my catenation , they bear no compsrl- on to the monatrona power and pernl tuns effects of land monopoly. It la the Ideous and heartless vamplro that is ncklng the vlUl blood of modern clvlli- ttion. It Is that which tends to make bo ilch richer and the poor poorer , with bat amazing speed and celerity with rhlch the forces of modern civilization ct noon society. Says Mr. Hamilton : "Tho community wnerabip of the timber works ovil. " This Is rather remarkanio. I cm re- aembor and , perhapa , Mr. Thayer can emember , being a pioneer how in an arly days wo uaed to cut timber on"con- rcas land , " along with our neighbors and rlendr , with the mott satisfactory re- nits. Of course the man who got up ! io earliest and woiktd tbo hardest got no mott timber , but every ono had equal h > hU and equal chances. Again , Mr. Thayer says : ' " MiourfritndVWi" r ady boldly to ndrnit lat tha civilization and the tyttem of land wnoriblp which In the apace ot one hundred ad nine years have put thin nation at the ery head of the nations of the earth , in wealth nd power and in the education and hupplnnso ( tha people , have left them in 'a deplorabU onditlon ? " ' I will take the liberty of adopting the fankoo method of anawerlng this ques lou by asking another : Supposing Mr , 'hayor ' should find a nation comprising fty millions of people , living In a cnun- ry of unrivalled beauty and fertility , onlalnlnc extensive forests of val- able t'nibor ' , vast mineral at'jm f incalcnlabln rlchnosr , extending var an area of thrco million tquaro allrs , reaching from the Atlantic to the 3cfio ! ccean and from the 40 h io the 5th degree of north latitude , embracing trlthln Ita limits ovcry variety of ollmttte nd every product cr nature , Ita territory reversed by largo and numerous navlxa Io rivers , Its surface varied by grand and ofty mountains , extended plains inJ paoloua and beautiful Inland teas , and uppoiing ho ihould find that the fifty millions of people referred to have taken advantigo of the varied and abiuodlng natural roionrcoa of the country de scribed and that they had made it BOO * end to no country on the faoo of the glebe in point of wealth , [ education and refinement ; that they had built great nnd splendid cities and connected them by commercial bands of Iron , cultivated the f flrtllo Boll with such tklll and Indnt- try that n suptribundanco of agricultural products filled the land and that the buay hum of mill and factory and shop was hoard on every hand now supposing ho should find In this apparently happy and prosperous country tcii thousand men roving through the length and breadth of the land socking employment end beg * glng broad , and other "thousands forced to Idleness or working on half time , want and destitution affecting great numbers of people , the keenest and moat lively struggle for n bare living the condition of the mcjor part , and suppoalng ho should find , in contrast with thoao facts , the Immense wealth of thla great country controled by n com paratively few of Ita people , that thoao for lived in olcgent nnd Bumptiously ap pointed dwelling * , enjoying every com fort and commanding every luxury , that In the shadow of superb and costly man sions the pale and plnchod llpa of poverty solicited alms and bcggod broad , that un der the walla of capacious warehouses , stored with the riches1 productj of every nation and every cllmo , equator and Indigence appealed for succor , that so unequal was the the distribution of wealth lr > this coun try , that whllo sorno men potsocsod mil lions and tons of millions of dollars worth of property , nine-tenths of the people possessed little more than suffi cient for their dally wants , that greed and selflahnoas are fast resolving the ma- torlty of the people Into two classes , the vorv rich and the very poor , and that the wisdom , ability and Ingenuity of philos ophers , statesmen and philanthropist a scorned to bo paworlcaa to do vis a means whereby theao unhappy conditions might bo eradicated or modified. Supposing the foregoing hypothesis to bo true o ! any country , would not Me. Thayer re gard the condition of sach country ns little loss than "deplorable ? " Gen. Thayer further tays : ' If the ownership of land in common ia such a bUasad thing wha'liindorcd ' | the abori- Rinea of thla country from Incoming civilized and making tin * country a paradise hko unto that la the Indian nation according toV. . " each tribe owned the land in common , &c. " Just why the Indians wore not H civil- Izad people when America was dl : ovorod wo have no means of determining. But hat under favorable clrcmmtanccs they are capable of becoming civilized and without developing ouch flagrant evlla and Injustices aa mar modern civilization among the whites , Is proven by the hlo- tory of the clvlllaad tribes of the Indian territory. Fifty yoirs ago these Indians formed prosperous communities in the states of Mississippi , Alabama and Gcorgi * . In the firat opening of the country the whites had Bottled around them and the Indiana had In the course of tlmo , through the example of the whites , bc- : omo civilized , the Chorokooa especially , laving an established government , a na- ; Ionnl legislature and written laws. But is far as wo are apprised no law existed n these Indian nations that recognized ibsoluto individual ownership of land. Elencol say It ia possible for a people to 30 highly civilized where the commonalty xinclplo regarding laud is recognized vlthout evolving such ovlh as exist in lommnnltios whore a contrary belief and jractico prevails. As it would ba somewhat foreign to the ; uipoao of this article wo will not dlscnsi he reprehensible coaduot of both the United States government and of the itato of Georgia respecting the treatment if the Oacrokoo , Crook and Somlnolo 'ndians. Wo may say In passing that ho cupidity and selfishness of the poo- loople of the southern states beforomen- louod notably , the people of Georgia The craved their lands , and finally forced ho Indiana , much against their Trill , to smlgrato. Mr. Thayer nays : "Bettor stick to ho present system and try to remove the ivlls Incident to It. " But what evils are ittachod to it separable from the syctam ( self 1 Our friend's Idea Is like trying to ute the sick man without removing the llsease. In our humble judgment nolh- ng short of antlro change of the system rill remove the manifold evils incident olt. olt.A A great many good people In the rorld lightly regard the miseries nd mal-adjaatmouta of society , denying , lorhaps , tbat they exist to any important xtont , and claiming that If they do they re the result of Indolence or Imprudence n the part of those who suflor from their ireaenco. In a word thcro are many Jodenaps ic. society. They don't ' wish to 10 annoyed with stories of wrong or in- ustlce , and with a pompom air , and lately wave of the hand eay , by word nd act , away with them , bosh , nonsense. But the thoughtful unselfish well- wisher of humanity entertains different lows. Thn land tenure reformers nro iborlng to accuro such a ohango in these so and holding of land as they bollovo 111 go very far towards ameliorating the onditlon of society. They Invite the ulleet Investigation of their principles nd purposes. They bdliovo that the adoption of the loasurea which they advocate would anlsh poverty , destroy self la hntBs , on- brone the beatitudes In the hearts of ion , onoblo and elevate mankind , and itroduco the millennial day upon the arth. W. OMAHA , Uept. 2,1885. Success In Itlfo , There are some who seem born nndr lucky star. Everything they touch Is succeis , and what Ia Ill-luck to othein I a find to them. But such geniuses are o patterns. The moat of people must epend for tuccoes In life upon some plain smmon sense , evory-day gales and lav- jps. Some men will live better on ono ollar than another will on a dollar and a alf or oven two dollars , will wear better lothes , oat bettor food and have moro me for Improvement and leisure. L dollar In ono woman's hands eta moro living and comfort for the imlly , than 92 expended by another , .nd such people always got on In the orld. They save In the little things ; now how to provide comforts , and know ow to save sickness and doctors' bills , 'hey waite not , and want not , A f w hillings ixponded for HUMPQHEYS' iPEOlFIOd for the Summer Complaint , or Malaria , fcr fever or Rheumatism , or lough or CrM or Whooping Cuiign , for ! roup or other Illness , at onoo cuies the lilld and iavoi tl o slcktif as , and the drug- lat'a and doctor's bills. Such people now what they buy , and they aavo very time , knowing that tha dollar vod Is not only ono dollar in money , at another dollar In the habit ; and they l aya gain , HUMI-UUEY'H MAMJAL 144 psgot ) richly bound In CLOTH and IOLD , will be tent post paid upon uppll- 11 ion to the Co. 109 FULTON Si , NEW 'OIIK. FAILING HOOKS AT NI&GAllA. A Theory Tlmt the Hunks at the Pall Are NIAOAUA. FALLS , Sept , 4. The thoorj that the banks at the Falls nro rocodlnj traa very clearly demonstrated to-dnj when eovoral hundred tons of rock fol from the btnk in Prospect park. Thoai who nro familiar with the bank will remember member n lingo mats of rock projecting from the tidp of the bank bonoatb th < platform which overlooks the now Male of the Mist landing , and nbout mldnnj between the water s edge and the top o : the bank. Tlmo and the heavy rains foi a month past had removed the oartli from and nbout the rock , and about C o'clock in the morning it foil with r crash sufficient for a immont to drovn the roar of the falls. The bank at this point Is sloping nnd covered with lootc atone , which were swept down nearly tc the water's edge , leaving the appearance along its track of n hugo land slide. The pilot of the Maid of the Mist , which Traa lying on the Canada aide , was the only ono who saw the tall. No property was damaged , nnd the slldo does not In any way impair the safety of the top of the bank , as the ledge was n pro jecting ono thatgavo it n support. It le a great many years slnco an occurrence of this kind has boon chronicled. A Watch Fit lor n Ktnp. Kalakaua , King of the Sandwich Is lands , has ordered n inosslvo gold cliron- Dgraph of elegant design and elaborate Iniah , with stop attachment and thrco Hals , giving the tlmo of day , recording the mlunlcs , seconds and fractions of see- 3uds. The machinery of such n watch Is implicated , yet not aa much na that of ; ho human system. Take your watch to ; ho watchmaker when It la out of repair ; jut restore the debilitated system with Brown's Iron Bittern , the never falling remedy which cures dyepapala , Indlgcs- , lon , weakness , etc. The Fanlost Time. jhlcago News , Although the associated press Bays that Maud S. made the fastest balf-milo on ocord during her trot against tlmo at tfarragausBtt park Thursday , there is a ; radltlon that has boon attempted by lorsemen hereabouts < that n faster half- nllo than 1:03J : was trotted at Chicago ivo years ago. Strange as It may appear llaud S participated in the event. If ho could bo consulted about the matter ho would probably tell her ircsont admirers that ono pleas , nt afternoon , noteworthy in th retting calendar ns the day when sh irtt beat 2:11 : , aho trotted from the quar or-polo to the three-quarter-pole In l.Oi lat. That was September 18 , 1880 , an leraomen nro fond of telling how th u on of the tutf crushed all records , am ( most outstripped tlmo Itself , on th Ihicago track that day. Ivo days bofor ho had trlod to beat 2M : | , and failed iy a quarter of n second. But on tha usplcioua day she stattod on her jour oy at a moderate qait , arriving at th narter-polo in 34J seconds. Then she troighteiud out for the half , and sped own the back-stretch Hko n chestnut troak. The half-mllo polo waa reached i 30.J seconds , and the spectators on thn rana s'.and could hardly believe tholr top watches. On aho wont alone the ) wer turn at an amazing paco. When : io three-quarter polo waa reached 11 the watchcaa bowed 1:372 Irom do start , If the firat quarter bo sub- racted from this It lll show a faster alf mlle than waa made at Narragansott ark Thursday , or has over been made nywhera else to-nit : 1 03. Then she ent on and completed the milo In 33 jconds domonatratlng that Maud S as the fastett trotter in the world. She aa gatnod little , if anything , In speed nca then , although with greater ma ulty she has been able to lower the scord two clear seconds , Every lady uees Pozzanl's Medicated omploxion Powder. It is a household eaaure. The madame finds It imposst- lo to go down town without first rnblng on. If the baby cries aho goes for the jfF-box. If the old man comes homo idled or chafed , because business is dull , c , Pozzonl'a Powder cools and allays ia troubles. Then all Is gladsome joy. 0 family should be without It. A Man of Many Bullets , rolleboro Gazette. Charles S. Klngsley , of Mansfield , itsran of the late war , returned to his ) ino in that place a few days ago for the rat tlmo since he enlisted , having bcon ir twenty yeara confined In an Ineano lylnm In Washington. Ho was wounded renty-threo times in battle. Ho has the 10 of but ono kg and ono arm. Ho was lot onoo In the mouth , the ball coming it at the corner of the left eye. The ound ho received in the head neccssl- ted it being hold together by three silver atoa. It was soon at'cer thia operation .at ho became inaano. A short tlmo ; o it was discovered that the caneo of his sanity was onn of the plates pressing 1 his brain. The defect was remedied td bo gradually recovered his reason id came out of a living death of twenty ia . All that has transpired In that ng Interval Ia a blank to him , the war ornorlos being to him as ycttsrday. His pors will entitle him to a pension of ' 3 a month and back pension money of iarly $20,000. He found hla family anafiold In destitute circumstances. The Volco ot the 1'oople. The people , as a whole , seldom make [ stakes , and the unanimous voice of alto which comes from those who have ed Hood's Sarsaparllla fully justifies e claims of the proprietors of this great odlclno. Indeed , these very claims are .ted . entirely on what the people say ood's Sarsaparilla has done. Send to I. Hood & Co. , Lowell , Mass , , for ok containing ( statements of many re . _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ I'ets in Bananas , > w York Bun , "Any tarantulas in town ? " asked n aw Jersey shopkeeper of a Barclay : oot fruit dealer. "A few , " was the reply. "Well juat give me a bunch without y , please. Tbo last bunch I got had a ss ono. I took him homo and he pped my little boy. " When the Joraeyman had shouldered s purchase the fruit dealer said to a by- inder : "Ho hasn't heard of the snakes t , or ho would have aekod about thorn : storday an Italian was In our cellar ping to cut up a bunch of forty-throe nauas Into even eixea , when ho sudden- yelled 'Santo dlavolo ! ' and wont out to the atreot in three jumps , As he d p ld for the fruit I didn't bother to > p him ; but after awhile he catuo jab- ring back ogaln , pointed to the bunch had been cutting , and there I saw a iko about a foot and a half long curled i on the floor. "Wo yanked him into a box and my rtnor spent 11 the afternoon trying to 11 him to the dime muieums lu Ohath. i street , but they wouldn't buy him bo. me ho wasn't ttnifcd. Wo had to kill ] I hi m. Ho waa a Sonth American adder the worst you over tar. "Somnllmea we have scorpions in the fruit , and snakes and thorn tarantula spi ders. Birchy street is fi II of 'cm at times. Tha tarantulas 1 ko to crnnl up the ( \\rnlng potts nnd drop down on the people's heads ; when they got tlrod they jump down into the collars and hldo In the cracks. It thvy bits you you are Rene , , but wo don't mind 'em. . . . ' .u. Rheumatism , 'rVoijralnia , Sciatica , Lumbago , Backache , Headache , Toothache , norcTlir < > iiSitrllhir .S | > i-iilti , Itrulr . IliiniN.Sciililft. rii IIOWIY Bold Urucjtill nl l > lr n ftrwIitM. FinOruU . run ciiAm.La A. % OCIIIK : : co. ( . * . . , . to A. VQOUrjlUXM B4llli.or > .H > Uf.aA. Smoke S , Hf Mack & Go's Cleveland , 0. , Celebrated Finest 3 for SSo olrot In Atncrlct , and Eicchloi 6 Clgnr 1'ro cmlnentaboioaU others. Our Cat Does Neb Scratch Co Ctgirftboro all compel Itlon , for Bale and controlled by D. W. SAXE and J. W. BELL , Omaha. Kcunard A. Klggs , Drug ; , LincolnNeb. , O. a Chapman , " " " K\ana & Judson , Dings , Hastings , Neb. DontyA.Chlun , Drugs , Cclumhui , Neb. J. 0 DoIIiuon , Drugs , Council Il'ufTs , Veil 0 Morgan A. Co , DrutrnCouncil Icma. GusBchrogL- , Books , eta , Fremont Neb. W. H. Turner , Books , cto , D. U. Whittlesey.Drugs , 1'ioraH A FENE LINE OF -AT- WOODBBIDOrE BROS , , OMAHA , NEBRASKA. THE AND RAILWAY. THE BEST ROUTE AND SIBCOIRT Council Bluffs and Ghica The on to take for Dos Uolnea. > wn , Cedar Rapids , Cllntou , Dlilo , Ohloago , 1111 attkce and all points cit. To the people ot No raska , Colorado , Wyoming , Utah , Idaho , Nevada regon , Washington and California It oBors superior Ivantagea not pojalble by any other line. Among a few of the numoroun pnlnta of superior- y enjojed by the patrons of this road botweco maha and Chicago , are Its twotralna a day of DAY OAOflES which are thotlnoat that human art and igenulty con create ; Its PALACE SLEEPING OAIUJ hlch are models of comfort and elegance ; IU PAIt Oil DRAWING ! ROOM OAIIS , unsurpaeaod by any id Its widely celebrated I'ALiTIAL DINING OAUa 10 eqtul of which coauot bo found elsewhere. At Council BluEfa the trains of the Union Paolfle ) . connect In Union Depot with those of tbo Chic * 3 & Nortbwoatorn Ry In Chicago the trains of this ao make close connection with tboao of all eastern aej. For Detroit , Oolnmbns , Indianapolis , Cincinnati , Ugara Palls , Buffalo , [ Mltsbnrg , Toronto , Montreal' iston , New York , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Wash. gton and all points in the East , abk the ttdcot ; cul for tickets via the -NOBTJI-WKSTERN , ' you wlsn the b'nt accommodations , All llok ; ents soil tickets via thla lino. . nuoniTr. it. s HAIR , Oenoral Manager. Ota. IV ss. Agent. CHICAGO W.N. lUnCOCK , Qen Itli Farnam St .Omaha , ctta if ate Hi Paul SHOUT LINE And BEST ROUTE. FHOU OMAHA TO THE EAST , r-O TRAINS DAILY BETWKEN OMAUA AND- ilcago , Mlnnenpolln , Milwaukee . 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