THE OMAHA DAILY BEEFRIDAY , FEBRUARYS , 1886.
THE DAILY BEE.
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cotmr.arONiiEscn :
Allcommiinlcntlom rtlntliiz to newsnndoill-
torltil matter * Miould bo luldresscU to the Uut <
TOII erin : lien.
ntjsiNESS Mnrr.ns :
All foujlno < n letter * mxl romlttnncos sliotild bo
muiii'Moil to TUB linn I'um.tmiisn COMPANY ,
OMAHA , limits , checks ami poMnfllco orders
to bo mmlo pnynblo to the order or the compnny.
IHE Bit PUBllSHINUlPm , PROPRIETORS ,
R noSEWATKH. RntTOn
( rAittAXi > seems to liavo jumped from
Iho frying Pan-Electric inlo the lire.
Tun St. Paul tec palace is to be stored
away in an ice house for use next sum
mon
Mit < KVAUTS' speech is golden but Iho
gold bugs : tre intimating that his sllcnco
Is silver.
TKXAS comes forward with a claim to
one-fifth of the Indian Territory. Tlicro
is nothing small about Texas.
BLAIR is one of Iho modnl towns of the
west. There has not been a ease before
the police court in three months.
Tun settlement of the viaduct question
means the addition of a largo amount of
available business and residence property
to tlio heart of Omaha.
SNOWSTOUMS and frosts are becoming
quite common in the southern states. If
this tiling keeps up tlio south will lese
its grip as a winter resort.
Graf. DAVID HUNTEK , on the retired
list of tlio army , died in Washington on
Tuesday. Ho was president of the mili
tary court that tried Mrs. Surratt.
IN Albany it is remarked that the dis
tribution of railroad passes is somewhat
moro open than in any previous year.
Perhaps it is an open winter in. the Em
pire state. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
LIKI : Saul of Tarsus , tlio Herald is now
breathing out threatening mid slaughter
against the elect. Uuliko Saul it will
take moro than a miracle to reveal to it
the fulness of Its mistake.
THE government directors of the Union
Pacllio have Hied their report. It strong
ly supports the Hoar eighty year funding
bill. So does every member of the rail
road lobby at Washington.
JOK PUUTIZKU always wears a bouquet
in.bis button hole as lie takes his seat in
congress. His ambition now is to add to
it a Garland as the spoils of his attack on
tlio attorney general's oflicc. .
WATER and ice are tlio two great
sources of revenue for St. Paul. The
lakes fill tiio summer hotels and the ice-
carnival crowds the winter hotels. It is
a cold day when St. Paul gets left.
Cnvo CnrAQK , a prominent citizen of
St. Louis and an active member of the
Chinese order of Highbinders , lias been
found guilty of murder. Ho will take
the last degree when the high sheriff
binds a rope around his neck.
THE immediate delivery system is not a
success financially. Tlio special mcs-
eongers of the Chicago postollieo received
about seven dollars each din-ins the
month of January. They ought to strike
for higher wages or moro letters inime-
diatolv.
Tin : people of NowMexicoaml Arizona
demand that Geronimo bo hanged to
gether with his followers. This would
be a cruel blow to the dime museum men ,
as it would bo robbing them of a great
attraction. With Geronimo in the hands
of the museum men tlio southern frontier
would bo just as safe as if ho were
hanged. _
COKOUKSSSIAN GuENTHEit.of Wisconsin ,
threatens to retire to private lifo bccauso
lie cannot save any money in Washing
ton. Mr. ( Jucntlier must bo an honest
man , otherwise ho could save a fortune
in two years out of tlio porquifcots to bo
obtained from the monopolists who make
it tlioir business to buy up congressmen
at fanoy figures.
AND now the district attorney will
como In for his share of dirt from the
headquarters of the packing-houso de
mocracy. Mr. Kstullo lias had the tut-
dacity to assort that it would bo ridicu
lous to bring tlio ease of Marshal Cum-
inings before the grand jury on such evidence -
donco us that presented before tlio inves
tigating committee of the council. Mr.
Estolle "must go. "
wvn'A minion keep coming to the
front. Mr , Charles Hussell , the newly-
appointed altornny general of England
tmdor the now Gladstone ministry , began
life as a reporter for a Dublin paper.
Although an Iribliman lie is regarded as
the loader of the English bar. No great
case baa boon tried in England for some
time that did not i'uul him loader on one
side or thn other , llo was counsel for
Stead of the 1'all Mall ( taxctti1 , for Miss
Fortescuo iigainst "Gumboil , " and do-
feuded the "Avenger" O'Donnoll ' , who
killed informer Carey. His practice lias
netted him $100,000 per annum. Mr. Kits-
sell is the son of an Ulster byowor and the
nephew of a president of Maynooth col
lege , Ho is now fill years old
Tin : supreme court of Wisconsin has
Just decided a case which no doubt will
Interest the people of Iowa , Kansas , and
otUor prohibition Mates. Thu agent of a
JiuH-svillo brewing linn solicited ami ob
tained orders for beer in the town of
SUnighton , In which the sale of beer was
prohibited , The agent , who forwarded
the boor according to agreement , was
rrct < Ml and found guilty of soiling liquor
1 in Stouglitoit , but the .supromo bench of
thoetate htif. rovpi'bcd Hie finding of the
lower court. It holds that when tlio beer
vsu * delivered to the railway company in
f Jnnc.villo the sale was complolo , and
t v Jiouco no ealo of liquor look place In
Sloughlou , and that ( ho &ulo by the agent
was iir.ulo in Jancsyijlo.
"For Value to be Kccclvcd. "
The methods adopted by great corpor
ations and their promoters to influence
favorable legislation arc as varied as they
arc eflicicnt. They run from a subsidized
press to a mirchasctl vote. In most in
stances no actual cash passes. Such a
transfer is too easily proved. There are
other moro delicate but no less cil'cctual
means of arriving at the desired result.
A free distribution of annual passes over
their lines , the promise of employment
when the session is concluded , exclusive
privileges in trade along tlio route each
and all arc frequently employed to awaken
personal interest and secure a biassed
judgment. Tenders of stock in new
schemes , oilers of interest "on the ground
floor" in construction companies , "point
ers" on the market and hints of coming
developments in the affairs of tlio cor
poration which will raise or depress its
securities arc used with surer results
than open purchase. Such means arc less
shocking to the sensibilities of the aver
age legislator and have Iho additional ad
vantage of not subjecting their authors to
disagreeable investigations by the courts.
Ills tixtromclvdoubtlul whether the lloll
managers will succeed in showing any
improper action on the part of the gov
ernment ofllcials in the stops taken to
bring about the suit to vacate the patents
upon which the telephone monopoly
rests. The publication of the ligurcs
showing the expenditures in the depart
ment of justice , called for by congress ,
will probably reveal nothing of material
interest lo aid tlio promoters of the at
tack on Iho attorney general. Hut the
public has already been rendered a
service by the exposure of the methods
used by ' 'wild cat" corporations to secure
a standing in congress by placinir their
stock where it will do the most good among
senators and congressmen. V hatever
the merits of the patents upon which tlio
Pan Electric company based its organ
ization , there is no question from tlio
showing that the company was a purely
speculative concern which hoped in the
future to benefit from congressional aid.
Like tlio Credit Mobeller , it was lavish
with its stock in high ollicial quarters ,
principally in the senate which has always
been most open to corrupt influences by
reason of the small number of its mem
bers. It is manifestly improper for any
person serving the government in a legis
lature or judicial capacity to accept as a
gift tlio stock of any corporation whoso
rights and privileges he maybe
bo called upon to determine. Such gifts
are not nmdo without a condition , im
plied or expressed. Shares of stock by
the thousand arc not thrown away with
no purpose in view. The aim and intent
of these promoters of corporation pro
jects is to make the representatives of the
people personally interested in schemes
upon which they may have to pass in
their capacity as senators and congress
men. The object is to warp their judg
ment by increasing their bank account.
This is nothing but bribery in advance
of the consideration. It is ulainly im
proper and deserving of the highest cen
sure. While there is absolutely no evi
dence to show that Mr. Garland's ollicial
action in tlio telephone suits was influ
enced by his possession of Pan Electric
stock , both ho and Senator Harris are
justly censurable for accepting such a
gift while members of tlio senate. There
is not the least question that their official
position was alone responsible for the
tender of stock in that corporation , and
that its promoters expected to receive
full value for letting them in "on the
ground floor. "
Tlio Evidence Produced.
Tlio BKH further oversteps the grounds at
good judgment in manufacturing evidence to
support the claim that Hr. Bechel is a prop-
city-owncr. That paper sent a reporter to
the county ofllces yesterday to look up tlio
records. Said repoiter questioned County
Treasurer Bolln and City Treasurer Buck ,
and was told that Mr. Bechel has not , during
nls term of ofllce , paid any taxes on real
estate , only taxes on personal property. But
the BEE editorially says :
The Indices of the county clerk's office ,
and the tax stubs of the city treasurer glvo
the llo direct to its dirty assault on the presi
dent of the council.
Why doesn't the Bni : print the rccoids ? It
cannot , because It can tlnd no icconls to
print. Herald.
QTlicro are none so blind as those who
will not see. The entire staff of the or
gan of the packing house band are af
fected just now with political cataract.
The charges which it has made and re
peated with such malicious perseverance
against Mr. Bechel fall to the ground at
tlio tirst breath of honest investigation.
The records of the county clerk's ofllco ,
Book 5'3 , p. 81C , shows that on April 2nd ,
1831 , Mr. Bechel recorded a warranty
deed for property in this city. Tlio rec
ords of the city treasurer provo that on
January 3d , 1885 , ho paid citj' taxes
amounting to $15.33 on Omaha real es
tate ; that on January 17th ho contributed
! ? 44.04 , special grading tux , on the same
property , and that on December ? th of
tlio same year , ho turned over lav monov
to the amount of $23.80 , Tlio deeds , tax
receipts and cancelled chocks for those
transactions are all in Mr , Bochol's pos
session , The records are open to public
inspection in the county court honso.
On what technical point is this malig
nant slanderer and party-splitter &tand-
ing in this matter ? What is his aim and
object in this senseless series of assaults
upon an honest olHcial and a good citi
zen ? What gain does this organ of dissension <
sonsion hope to make for itself individu
ally , or the parly collectively , by its blind
and baseless attacks upon Mr. Het-hel bc
cause ho happens to disagree with its edi
tor in furthering the private quarrels of
Mayor Boyd ?
The Bni ; prints Iho records which give
Iho lie to the Herald's mis tntomonts. The
public can read them and verify thorn.
Ilcrowo propo > o to let the matter drop.
Now let the IftraM fulfill its premise to
publish tlio evidence. It can then ilovoto
its attention to trying to provo that every
ollicoholder in Omaha who doesn't wear
the P. 11. J ) . brand is a rascal and a thief ,
a perjurer and a scoundrel , a bribe taker ,
arinjrster , ami scalawag , and worse than
all , a political opponent of its editorial
chief and his patron saint.
_ Tin : debate upon the right of the bunato
to demand from tlio chief executive the
reasons for his removals from ollico
brings out thu hollowness of the admin
istration' * civil service roforni preten
sions. Mr. Cleveland docs woII to eland
upon what ho is pleased to consider his'
constitutional prerogatives , for ho would
llnd it a difllcult task to roeogul/.u tlio
100,000 displacements of republican pill-
eials made sitico ho assumed the prcai-
deuoy with , that part of Jus imuijjural
which pledged himself to the pet hobby
of the mugwumps. Silence and ex
planations alike fall in the face
of the rccordt Andrew Jackson
himself , the patron saint of the spoils
hunters , would stand aghast at Iho
thorough work done by the administra
tion during its ten months tenure of
ofllco. Mr. Cleveland would bo much
moro easy in mind to-day if ho had re
fused to make such stringent pledges of
Impossible performance as those extorted
from him tinder tlio pressure of a closely
fought campaign for the presidency. Tlio
sham of civil service reform really en
tered very little into the canvass. It
secured to the president only a corporal's
guard of-votes. Every practical politi
cian knew in advance that it could
'not bo carried out according to
programme. It was a concession to the
orists and dreamers , and a blow at the
royal right of every American citizen to
hold whatever ofllcos he could secure. It
struck a blow at party organization which
no party in power could avoid parrying.
Had a republican administration suc
ceeded Mr. Arthur's , it would have been ,
presumably , used to retain ofllcc-holders
in the positions which they would have
retained if the civil service law had never
been passed. With a hungry democracy
returning to the feast of patronage from
which they had been excluded for nearly
a quarter of a century , its enforcement
was a political impossibility. .
Opening tlio Ucscrvc.
The senate having passed Mr. Dawes'
bill to open a portion of the Sioux reserve
to settlement , the measure now goes to
the house for concurrent action. Under
its provisions a strip containing nearly
11,000,000 acres and cutting tlio great
reservation from cast and west at its cen
ter will be thrown upon the market. The
remaining 22,000,000 , acres will be di
vided into six separate reservations and
apportioned among the tribes in sever
ally with the title inalienable for twenty-
live years. The proceeds of the sale of
the tract thrown open to sett
lers is to be invested lor
the benefit of tlio tribes , and
provisions are made for tlio cdnca
tion of tlio Indians on the various reser
vations. If the bill becomes a law it will
accrue to the benefit of all parties con-
corned. Tlio money provided by the sale
of lands will prove a permanent fund for
Iho steady civilization of the nomadio
Sioux. The apportioning of the lands in
severally will be accompanied by ample
moans for providing stock and farming
utensils. Schools for the young and
rations for tlio old with property respon
sibilities for all will bo the means of solv
ing in a few years the most troublesome
problem of the frontier. To Dakota
the opening of the Sioux reserve
means the removal of the obstruction
which for years has hampered her devel
opment and prevented the natural How of
immigration to her western Borders.
From the Missouri river to the Black
Hills has been a forbidden country to tlio
iron rails. The section which under Mr.
Dawes' bill will be thrown open to settle
ment is one of the richest in tlio territory.
It abuts directly against what is perhaps
the most valuable mineral region in the
west. The passage of the Dawes' bill
by the house will bo the signal
for a race between tlio St. Paul
and Northwestern for tlio traffic of
that region. With tlio extension of the
railroads will come a rush of settlers ,
which will dot the country between tlio
Cheyenne river on the north and the
White on the south with thriving towns
and villages , supported by a section twice
as largo as the state of Massachusetts.
THE Ttcrnla means to carry this war into
Africa. 11 will punish with as severe a castl-
gation as it is able to give , every one of the
members of that band unless further ob-
stiiiction ceases. If Mr. "Broncho" Furay
and Mr. "Citizen" Goodman persist , in ac
cordance with an Infamous compact , In
pursuing their present tactic * they will bo
treated to such revelations as will make them
di//.y-headed and glvo them the heaitache for
nil time. Herald.
That's the case in a nutshell. If the
republican membsrs of the council will
not make any "further obstruction" to
the plans of the Boyd-Miller gang of the
packing-hoitso democracy , Iho Herald
will cease its malicious and groundless
assaults. This explains the Herald's '
spiteful attacks on President Bachel of
the city council. Thu probability is that
the republican councilman will continue
to obstruct tlio spoils-seeking hcheme.s
of the packing-house gang , The Herald
will have to carry tlio war into Africa.
TJTK Omaha liorso railway company
has asked the city council for the right of
way across the Eleventh street viaduct.
We are in favor of granting tlio request
upon one condition that tlio horse rail
way company shall either pay its proportion
tion for the construction of tlio viaduct
along with the Union Pacilic and B & M. ,
or else pay an annual rental for the priv
ilege of running over the viaduct. The
cable car company , which aba desires to
use the viaduct , should bo put upon the
same footing , and if botli cannot run over
the viaduct , then let tlio privilege go to
the highest cash bidder. It is about time
thai Omaha should ccaso giving away
valuable franchises , Other cities are
abandoning this practice , and are begin
ning to realize a handsome revenue from
the disposal of franchises. Now York
sold the right for a surface road on
Broadway for a very largo sum.
TIIK HEI : publishes to-day the lire ! part
of a story written by Mrs. Alice King
Hamilton , wife of Lieut. Hamilton , of
the Filth artillery , The second part will
bo published to-morrow. Mrs. Hamilton
is an accomplished writer , and is a con
tributor to some of the leading magazines.
She has written several novels , one of
which , "Tho Duanos , " was recently pub
lished and met with a favorable recep
tion. Our readers will find In "The Story
of a Typo" much to interest them ,
TIM : Herald threatens to discover EOVO-
nil moro "maro's nests" in city affairs
before it finishes its political job of at
tempting to bolster up its patron saints
by drajjgiug In the mud of newspaper
controversy tlio names of honest and
reputable citizens. If the Herald is as
successful in the future in guiding local
democratic polities in Omaha as it has
been in the past , it will havu very little to
boast of.
Iris now oluimod that btmio of the
many stor'.w about the reckless expend ! ,
turcs ami bankruptcy of King Louis of
Bavaria nro without foundation , and that
instead of abdicating .his roya } nibs seri-
otisly contemplates , stilng several newspapers -
papers for libel in Kopcs of recuperating
his cmptv purse and vindicating his char
acter.
IP Iho cable cars wilV settle the rapid
transit question in'jonlaha they will re
ceive a hearty welcome. Omaha has
gathered under her wings so many addi
tions that better transportation facilities
between tlio outskirts and the business
centre have bocomofa necessity.
THE Herald publisne. a purported in-
tcrvicw over the telephone between the
representative of this paper and City
Treasurer Buck. H is enough to say that
there is no telephone in the city treas
urer's office and that the intcrvio v Is
sheer fabrication.
IF the assaults of the packing-house or
gan have no moro effect on Surveyor-
General Gardner than tlioy do upon
President Hechol of the city council , Mr.
Gardner need not lose any sleep.
is stirring up liberal Germa
ny with the distracted Polo.
THE FlULD OP IN'DUSTKV.
The International union has already paid
SSi.ooo lo the sulking cigar makers.
In Hlriiiliigham'JOocOworklngmeii and la-
boiers are walking about with nothing to do.
T. V. Powilcily deplores the proncnessof
assemblies lo rush into petty strikes ami boy-
cotls.
The Sheffield nianufactuicrs tire frightened
overthoieportof a combination of German
manufacturers to effect a commercial monopoly
ely In the Chinese elliptic.
The fanners through their grange organi
zations are extending greetings to the
Knights , and aio picparlag lo co-operate po-
litlcally and In oilier dlicetlons.
The icmescntatlvo 0C Ihc Texas Grangers
said recently , In a con volition o the Knights
of Labor : " 1 want lo say Iho Farmers' Alli
ance of Texas will stand by you , shoulder to
shoulder , 75,000 stroiic. "
The United Slates irovcrnment Is the great
est printer and publisher In the world. The
number or publications Issued annually
amounts to about ! 2r , > ooooo of which about
000,000 are bound volume : ) .
In a. short time six Bessemer steel woiks
will he In operation In Ihc vicinity of Pilts-
burg. Only one of these manufactures steel
rails. The entire production of the other
five will be of mciclmnt slcel ami mateilal
for reworking.
A co-operalivo shocmaklng concern has
been started in Upper Michigan with § 50,000
subscribed , llcznlar weakly wages arc paid
and -15 per cent of the profits aiejpaid to cap
ital , 40 per cent to labor , 5 per cent for educa
tional purposes andw 5 per cent to dealers
handling their goodv ,
The good advice oE Scu'ntor Plait to the
worklngmoa , "Do no $ too ] plainly conclude
that all public men aie your enemies , " might
well be suuplemcntcdfwltli this further coun
sel : Do not too readily believe that all pub
lic men who protcss dbvotfon to your cause
are your best friends. , , ,
The politicians of Washington .show their
zeal for the cause of honest labor by propos
ing to make government contraclors adopt
eight hours ami pay the iull wastes ; to pro
hibit the emnloyiucnfcof prison labor on gov
ernment work that competes with honest
labor ; to declare thai our letter carriers are
entitled to the eight hpur Jj'ulo , and to create
a department of agilcnltnre and labor. .
lie Didn't-Know.
Burltnuton ( Vl.'Frce ) 1'ras.
"Try not the pass , the old man said , " but
the old man wasn't a legislator.
A Crusty Dinner Party.
Courier-Journal ,
There were eleven dukes at Lord Salis
bury's dinner. No pic is reported as remain
ing over.
Wanted A. Fun-Maker.
New Ymlt Journal.
Where is the fun-maker who can fill the
shoes of Sunset Cox ? Congress Is luuigcilng
for a humorist to tickle its ribs and keep It In
good humor.
Pearls Set With Diamonds.
Kania * CU\i \ Journal.
The latest development In the crank line
is the Plllsburg woman who has four diamonds
mends hct la her teeth , the jewels taking the
pluceot' ordinary filling. No excuse for her
not being a sparkling conversationalist.
The Basis ilo Figured On.
ll'nll Street Kent.
lli was trying lo beat a Chatham-street
dealer down on a suit of clothes , and ho
finally obsoivod , "You'll admit that wool is
down , won't you ? " l > 0 , yes. " "And cotton
is down , and labor Is down. " "Shust so. "
" \Vcll \ , then , how can yon call that suit worth
S14V" "My friend , yon haf cntliely forgotten
dot buttons vlias vay oop. Dot vlmz dcr basis
1 figured on. "
Was Not a College Graduate.
I'lttfburo Clirontcle.
"It Is easy to see that lids preacher Is not a
college giaduate , " remarked the spoiling ed-
ilor. "What preacher ? " asked Iho liorso edl-
lor. % 'A man In New York. Ho preached a
sermon from 'Where are the nine' . " " "How
docs Unit .show ho Is not a college graduate' . " '
' Why , a college graduate would have the po-
slllon of every base-ball club In the -country
right at his finger-ends. "
llcmilt of Extortion.
CMeaga fi'etes.
Two years ago Mattoon had a telephone
exchange operating over one hundred instru
ments and connected with the Charleston ex
change ot sixty Instruments. But Iho com
pany's charges seemed exorbitant lo the
patrons and they refused to pay them. As a
result , some of the subscribers were cut out ,
others withdrew their patronase , and at last
both exchanges were abandoned through lack
of business. An almost bjmllnr state of af-
alrs exists at Paris , vporaj a year ago thcro
'
wcio 147 telephones in'lusei ( , while now only
tin co are employed , o i1
Shattered Idols.
llotlon * JlU'Jpci ,
The Uorgla called Litpietla
Was a saint , we now are lold ,
And Tell no'or sliot tlll ) apple
From his son's hpad , bravo and bold ;
Ami Shakespeare iibverfwrotohlh plays.
Kin : ; Arthur waitn myth ,
And 1'ocahontas , sonittones say ,
No'er rescued Mr. Smith.
Did anything o'er llnppun ?
Is wnato want'to ' Know ,
And have the great'bl ldhtory chaps
Keen pulling the lout , ' how ?
Pei Imps no ono has has over breathed ,
And wo'io not living men ;
And peihans wo all are \\altlng
Kor the Whlchness ot the When.
Kind Hum-led Hob.
Corittpondcnct I'ltttliurg Jltj > itch ,
Col. Ingcrsoll Is lliekindust-hoirted man I
oversaw , Hiding all day with him between
Omaha and Chicago I naw a little Incident
that will Illustrate this. On thu train was a
pale , blckly-looklng woman with a fivtful
baby. The woman wa'j In shabby mourning
and was almost worn out with the crying and
worrying of her Iltllo one. Tlio passengers
were very much annoyed and kept looking
around and frowning at the woman , who
was evidently lining her bes > t to quiet the
child. Filially Mr. lupcrsoll , who had been
leading , noticed It. ( Jetting up , hu stepped
ftcioss to the woman unit took the babe , Idling
.her to takeallttlu iti t j m. ' bo would lake
caio 'ol Uio child. . , I'iit Ulu 0110 btoppud
crying at once , playing with Ida wntch and
chain awhile ami finally nestled Its little
head clown on hU arm and went to sleep.
The tired mother also dropped to sleep , ami
the colonel cnred for upwards ot a hundred
miles before the mother awakened and r&
llorod him.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SHORTHAND ,
Information Concerning StciloRraphy
AVhloli Is Often Asked For.
New York Tribune"Can you tell mo
what is tlio best svtem of short hand ?
Can it bo mnstcrc'd without a teacher ,
and in what time ? Some people adver
tise to teach it in three months' can it bo
learned in that time ? Is a knowledge of
shorthand necessary to obtain a situa
tion as a reporter on a newspaper ? How
arc stenographers paid ? By answering
these questions you will greatly oblige/ '
etc.
etc.The o questions have boon submitted
to a highly successful stenographer , who
returns Ihoso answers to them :
The systems mo t widely practiced
hero nro "Ben. " Pitman's , Munson's ,
I aao Pitman's and Graham's. They are
all much aliKc. Practically they all make
use of the same material. There are not
a few people , however , who spend most
of their time in trying to demonstrate
that any one of the above systems Is
vastly superior to all the rest. Hut that
sort of talk is , in the main , nonsense , and
tlio student will do well to concern him
self litlle about it. Kachof these systems
has turned out lirsl-ehws stenographers ,
ami there are equally good stenographers
who write other systems less generally
known. More depends on the man than
on the system. Generally the practised
stenographer docs not adhere closely to
any one system , but appropriates sugges
tions from all.
Shorthand can bo learned by the aid of
text-books without a teacher , though , of
course , a pupil is likely to make bettor
progress with competent instruction , If
this cannot bo obtained the student
should endeavor to make the acquaint
ance of some practical Monographerwho
will give him occasional hints and see
that Tie keeps on the right track. Most
ot the text-books abound in lee many re-
linomenls and contractions , whereby a
few scratches mav bo made lo represent
a whole sentence , much to Iho delight of
tlio novice. The only practical objection
to tliis sort of shorthand is that such
"notes" ' are found to have half a dozen
different meanings when ' 'cold , " and
perhaps none ot them the correct 0110.
Shorthand is a compromise between
speed and legibility. The beginner is apt
to pay too exclusive attention to the for
mer and should therefore bo warned not
to bother with too many contractions.
The length of time it will take a lad
to teacli himself shorthand depends , fir.-t ,
on the sort of lad ho is , and second , on
the amount of time ho can give to it.
The master shorthand requires above all
tilings patience and perseverance. A lad
studying alone will generally have lo
stick to it hard for a couple ot years before -
fore ho can make it pay. A few may be
able to master it in half the timo.
People wlio advertise that they can
teach shorthand thoroughly in three
months should not bo behoved.
A knowledge of shorthand is not nec
essary to obtain a situation on a news
paper ; though , other tilings being equal ,
a reporter who can write shorthand is
better equipped for general newspaper
work than a reporter who cannot. As a
matter of fact there are not moro than a
doxon shorthand writers regularly em
ployed on all the great Now York dailies
together. In England a reporter must
kno\y shorthand. Most ol this work
consists of verbatim reporting. Here
btrictly verbatim work is not often re
quired except for great meetings. The
most successful rpnorter is ho who can
best present the interesting points of a
scene or snccch in a readable , attractive
sliapo. Tno American public docs not
care much for mere verbiage.
Expert stenographers who can take
testimony in court often earn handsome
sums. But such cxpcrtncss is attained
only by jcars of practice and great
natural aptitude tor the work. "Half
way" stenographers are abundant in
New York who are glad to work for $15
a week , often less. A stenographer who
is competent to attend to the correspon
dence of a railroad official or some man
of largo affairs usually gets from § 20 to
§ 30 a week. Of course if the stenogra
pher Is something moro than a mere ma
chine man and can do other things well
besides writing shorthand , so much the
bettor arc his chances of making good
wages.
There is no mystery about shorthand.
It docs not require any unusual amount
of brains or any extraordinary powers of
memory to acquire'it. But it docs re
quire to bo stuck to persistently. Thcro
is no recreation in learning it. If only
half known it is treacherous and worse
than useless. Nobody should take it up
unless prepared to make great sacrifices
of time and patience.
A MERCIFUtTGOviRNOR.
A. Convict Granted Ijcavo to Attend
Ills Daughter's l < 'iincrnl.
A special dispatch from Strcator ,
Illinois , dated Jan. 81 , says : To-day wit
nessed a spectacle unparalleled in Ameri
can history , that of a convict in attend
ance at the funeral of a relation. In
October last one Peter A. Wcaslwho , had
led an eventful and checkered career in
this city , returned from Europe. Soon
after Ins arrival at homo ho discovered
that Mr. Thomas B. Parks of Benson ,
III. , a wealthy grain merchant , had boon
usurping rights that were his. Follow
ing up the scent ho BOOH found that an
undue intimacy had existed between
Parks and Mrs , Woast nearly the whole
time of his absence. Ho immediately
telegraphed Parks to moot him at
Streaior , Mrs , Woast sent a dispatch
for Mr. Parks to meet her at Hcddliur ,
four miles distant from the city. The
telegrams had the desired olfeot , and
Parks and Mrs. Wcnst drove to Strcator ,
accompanied by tin attorney , At the
hotel they were met by Woast and his
atlornoy , when an interview was had ,
which terminated in Wcast shooting
Parks in tlio thigh , severing tlio femoral
artery. A half dozen physicians attend
ed him , performed three separate at
tempts at ligature and finally added a
filling climax to the butchery by ampii-
tating the limb , Death followed a low
hours later , and Woast was tried and
convicted of manslaughter and sentenced
to three years tit Joliet ,
On Friday last his 0-year-old daughter
died , and influence was brought to bear
upon Go ? . Oglcnhy that induced him to
grant temporary leave of absence lo the
convict to attend the child' * funeral ,
which occurred to-day. The news that
Woast would bo in attendance at the
obsequies spread like wildliro , and thin
morning fully I.-IOO people had assem
bled at the Plumb housn to meet him ,
and his arriual was attended with a
veritable ovation , fully 000 pooplotimoig , :
whom were Iho mayor , city ollieor.s ,
prominent merchants and prominent
ladles visiting and shaking hands with
him in his room.
The church where the funeral sermon
was preached , one of the largest in thn
cilj- , wan filled to overflowing , several
hundred waiting oulsido in the bitter
cold until the services wore over and
then following the remains to the
cemetery. The action of thu governor in
thus ostabllshing a precedent without a
parallel is variously commented upon ,
and will doubtless load to legislation
upon the Mibjcct of canviefs being
granted leave of absence to attend the
tuneral of relatives.
A mother at Munhassutt L. f. , whoso
child was taken ill somn days ago , rofiitod
to bend for a physician , Fayingho had
conlidtmco in its restoration ( o health by
supernatural moans. Her fiUtliwits pain
fully shaken by the death of the little
ouu.
THE EARTH IS A COLD MINE
The Phenomenal Success of a Solf-Eolianl
Southern Farnien
Health , Itnpplncss and Independence
FollowcHitRlnesq Methods la
Cultivating the Soil.
Atlanta ( ( Itnrvla ) Confutation.
Mr. Hobert Hood Is a 3'oitng f armor
thin , browned , all fiber , slow but casjoi
motion , self-reliant and Independent hi
Is a line typo of the young southern
farmer.
"The earth Is a gold mine. " ho says
"lo any man that works It diligently.1' '
It has certainly proved to bo ono to Mr.
IWod. In seven years hn has made ovoi
? 10,000 in farming not by speculating
for ho has lost if 10,000 by that method-
bul by the patient tilling of the earth
and the .slow transmitting of mmslilne ,
rain and sweat into corn and cotton. Thu
story of his work is significant , and it
may bo Improved , so hero it is in para
graphs , coaxed from his own lips.
"My father said to mo about seven
years ago , 'My on , I'm going to die , and
1 leave ! ? 0,000 in honest debts that you
must pay. ' In six weeks ho was dead ,
and i took the plantation In Stewart
county , on the Uhattahoocliet ) river. 1
mortgaged the place for J ? 1,000 and wont
to work. Tlio first lesson I learned wa
economy. 1 darned my own socks and
patched my own clolhc.s as they were
out When I went to Kufala , L put a bis
cuit in mv pocket , and when I irot to
town lied my liorse lo a rack and saved
hotel bill. 1 ran a plow myself , leading
the way for my hands. At night I lit up
the foigo and did my ownblaelcsmitliing ,
learning as I went , f never left my farm
a day , anil slept only siv hours a night. "
"That must liavo brought success. "
"Of course it did , as it would have
brought it in any other business. In two
years 1 had paid my debt and had money
in bank. 1 have made in actual nionev
over $ -10.000. This is my poorest year ,
ami yet I will clear over iy,000. 1 would
not give any man live dollars to guaran
tee mo $3,000 a year on my ten-mule farm
for the next ton years. Farming is the
safest business a man can engage in if he
goes al it right. "
"What are the rules by which you
work ? "
"First , I raise my own provisions. I
have 1,000 bushels of corn , 1,100 bushels
of oats , 800 bushels of peas , and 400 gallons
lens of syrup now for sale. 1 raise much
of my own meat , and would raise it all
except that my climate is too warm to
euro it in. I never saw a man who did
not raise his own corn that made money
on colton. 1 never saw a corn-raiser
that wasn't a prosperous farmer. You
can often figure out that you can buy
corn cheaper than j-ou can raise it , but
that is only on paper. Corn-raisers pros
per the others fail. My cotton crop is
always a cash surplus. I make my other
crops carry the farm.
"Next to raising my own corn , I count
personal attention to my business. 1 sow
every bushel of oats myself , because I
never found a hand thai could do it right.
This fall I worked eleven hours a day
with a three-nock basket on my arm , and
sowed oats ahead of twelve plows , till the
ends' of my fingers' wcro bleeding ; . In
making syrup Igot along with four hours
of sleep In twenty-four , and the result is
perfect syrup. 1 superintend every detail -
tail of my farming as this. Every Dack-
strap of my harness has a bag of moss
sowed under tlio leather to protect the
mule's back. Thread wouldn't do for
that sort of sewing , as it would rust. So
every pad is sowed witli copper wire. 1
never had a scald back or a piece of
broken skin on a mule since I've ' been
farming.
"Next to personal supervision is econ
omy. Nothing is wasted on my farm. I
have 120 tons of home-made manure com
posted ftow , and ono ton of composted
manure is worth three tons of guano.
Not a blade of grass is burned on my
place. That , with the refuse of my sugar
cane even , is turned under and cnrielies
the ground. It is small things that make
or ruin tlio farmer. My neighbors use
two or three 'sots ' of plow-lino a year ;
mine last me two or three years. Lvcry
night 1 oil every -wagon on my place ,
using cotlon oil. Once a month I have
every axle cleaned and the old oil rubbed
off. This saves my wagons. My stock
and crops are all protected the same way.
The poorest house oil my place is the
house I live in. "
"How about your labor ? "
"Better than slaves. I pay them $9 a
month , half in cash every Saturday night ,
ono ration , and allow each hand a unit
aero for polaloos and an acre for corn ,
and give them every Saturday afternoon.
They work because they know I know it
when they shirk. They began stealing
from mo. I slept on the ground every
night for three weeks 1 bagged three of
the thieves , and now am safo. When
they are well I make them work , and
when they are sick I give them medicine
from my own hand , in short , they know
I watch them and they work. "
"You find Iho life a happy ono. "
"Tho freest , happiest , most independ
ent life in the world. 1 liavo not been
eiek a day in cloven years. When 1 lie
down to sleep , 1 ask no man any odds.
My broad acres are there and they are
exiiausllRss. The best bank a farmer can
have is his land Every dollar he puts
there Is safe and will pay him interest
and principal. Many larmors sell their
cotlon seed. That is robbing their land.
I buy cotton seed , for willi acid phos
phide and .stable manure it makes the
best fcrtilucr. The funnel1 is the one in
dependent man. "
"I cannot understand , " Mr. Bood wont
on to say , "why a young fellow will btay
in the city and clerk at a small wihiry
with no future , when a farmer's ' lifo Is
open to him. No man could have had a
much worse start than I had. Now. in
snito of markets , weather or anything
else. 1 can live a freoman'H lifo with
health , open-air , exercise , and at the end
of Hie year put Irom $ : J,000 to fjtf.OOO in
thn bank. This Is not chance ; it is cer
tainty. And there is nothing in mo ex
cept hard work , attention and a lllllo
common sense. If lifly young clerics
would go to Stewart county lo-ilay and
farm jiibt as 1 do , each ono would reach
the .same result. It is no experiment. It
Is the most certain of certain things , "
And away tlio young farmer went with
a gang of friends who had called lor
him , Why may not there follow in his
footsteps u race of young farmers , sturdy
and self-rollnnt , with rfinooth brows ,
clear nyea and strong arms ? Why may
they not como lo thu raicuo of our sou-
lion from tlio domination of western
smokehouse and cribs , and win for I In :
south amid their corn row a fuller
and bettor experience than their
fathcr.s foughl for twenly-liva years ago1 !
There is plenty of land and more to
como. Mr , Hood started with 2,000 , acres ,
which lie has already cut down to 1,200. "
Ho contracts his arable hind once every
"Intensive " . ho "Is
year , farming , say.s ,
the policy of tlio future , Thcro is onu
war cry under which ( ho south can com-
maud Iho Mltialiou. That K 'a halo to
the aero , or full corn-cribs , a big com-
[ test iictij ) , and a homo on the larin1" !
I'Vankly , now , hasn't jhis broad r-houl
durccl young farmer , with his stocl-liKc
sinews , his untroubled sleep , como i. . oarer
to solving iho problem than dioso of us
who , aiming at pliiloring heights , are
fighting ami .stumbling along Iho uneven
A big petition was presented tq the
Portland , Mo. , city government lust week
against iiermitting roller bkatlng rinks.
[ t was cliiirgiid lhat two clopomiinU. two
'amilv c.stranguniinl.s and Iwonly-throo
Addons case * of immorality were directly
I'ciceablo to tw ! * < j .iuUUutious in Port ;
and. .
AN OLD TIMER'S TALE.
How n Party of 1'rospcctora In ' 40
Made ft Ittmd Through KlRht
Feet of Snow.
Denver News : "It makes mo tired , "
said Undo Jake Simpson , "to hear these1
fellows who have been snow bound on it
passenger train for two or three days
kick like mules when they git out. They
oughtcr'vo have had my experience on
the plains in MO. "
"Attacked by Indians ? " asked Tom
Howe.
"Nothing of the kind , " said Unelo
Jake. "No wttxsnowed in down the
Plat to here about 100 miles for threa
weeks. A parly of m oiilliltod at St. Joe
under .llm Drown. There was twenty In
the parly , including a nlggor. Wo loft
in December , and wai warned not to at
tempt tlio journey In the winter time , but
we was bound for Callforny , and was go
ing to gel there m Iho spring If It busted
a hume string. It was a kinder j
OP AN Ol'lJX W1NTKU I
and wo experience no great amount of
trouble till wo reached a point down the
Platte I should judge about 100 miles
from where Denver now stands , which
was , as von know , a howling wilderness
then. The loulli day of January , 181 ! ) ,
wo camped near ngnloh that had enough
water for our cattle , and plenty of wood
for a rarity. That , night Ihcro was a ter
rible snow storm came up. The snow
was about two feet on Iho level , and wo
concluded to slay until it stopped snow-
lug. It kept up that day , that night , the
next day and the next night , and the
snow was just eight foot on the level.
"Wo could dig down and got wood ,
but we couldn't get water enough for our
c.atllc , though we could jrot all wo wanted
for ourselves. Wo held several consul
tations and came to no conclusion except ,
that wo was in a bad IIv. Wo couldn't
gel our.stock out and if wo staid there our
cattle would die for waul ol water. Wo
gel out , all tlio same. "
"What did yon do ? "
" 1 tell you It was a queer plan anil
originated ,
IN Tin : stixn OK TIIK Kinnnn.
Wo got to prospecting around on some
snow shoes wo rigged up and found that
tlio Platte was about live miles away , and
up liill from where we were. The nigger
said while a scoutling party of us were
out that wo might turn the Platte into
our camp and wasli a road out. Wo
catched at the idea , and it wasn't long
before wo had water blurted from the
river on our trail from the camp. Wo
shoveled on"a section of ground and
moved our wagons and catllo lo a place
of wafoty and let the water rush. Well ,
sir , next morning there was as line a
looking body of water as you over saw
flowing right by our camp , but it was so
denied deep tlio Moors couldn't ford it. "
"What di'd you do then. "
"Jcs made a Hat-boat out of ono of the
wagon boxes and carried the cattle up to
the river where they could get good foot-
In' , and hitehin' ropes to the wagons and
other truck wo soon
HAD 'KM ON miY r.nouxo. "
"Did you have ropes live miles long ? "
"Not exactly. Wo had to splice some
of 'cm , but wo made out by piecing out ,
with log chains. "
"What did you do then ? "
"Tlicro wasn't much snow to speak of
on the banks of the river , so wo traveled
up the river till wo reached Denver ,
where wo camped until spring ; that is ,
wo camped at the mouth of Cherry crook.
That's why Isay it makes mo sick lo hear
these tourists complain of being snowed
in. Why , if they had been in our place
every denied one of 'o n would bo where
wo camped in tlio first place. They
wouldn't 'vo hadsien.so enough to get out , „
and their bloachin' bones would have
been found afterwards and their death
attributed to Injuns , and "
"Won't you take a drink , Uncle Jake , "
asked Tom Rowo.
"That's what I've been lalkin' for , "
said tlio old man , as ho hobbled lo the
bar , and everybody believed him.
The sale of stamps and stamped envel
opes last month footed up ? 10.pOOH ) , of
which sum $8.5507.85 was received for
stamps and $ .201.3i , ! ! for stamped envel
opes.
opes.A
A concession has been granted by the
Swiss government by a firm of electrical
engineers at Geneva for making a rail
way up Mount Salene , near that place.
The line will bo made with a central Him
very similar to that of tlio Rigid line , the
toothed pinion which works into it being
driven by machinery.
Several relics , consisting of various
documents in a cylindrical tin case , which
liad been deposited by several of the
franklin search expeditions thirty years
ago , and a statement left by Sir Allen
loung when at Beochoy island ia 1878 ,
were recovered by Captain Fairweatlior ,
of the British navy , last June , at Prince
[ { egent's inlet , and have been turned
over to the admiralty by him.
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