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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , FBI DAY , APRIL 2 , 1880.
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Hit Elf fUBUSHUfliPAJIT , PROPRIETORS ,
E. HOSEW.ATEK. ItniTon.
DON'T fail to register.
IT is the duly of every voter to person
ally sco thai ho is properly registered.
KVKUV voter of Onmlia should sco to 11
in person tlml Ills nninc is on the registra
tion list hi his votinir precinct.
Dutr.CT pressure otighl to bo brought to
bear upon the waterworks company to
give us better wnlur by gravitation.
MISSOURI river watur now looks very
nuich like skim milk. The waterworks
company should furnish its patrons with
TIIR democrats will hold their primaries
this afternoon. The silence of the party
organ tipoi ! the situation is positively
thrilling. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIKUK is no doubt that Mr. Boyd pre
fers Hascall to any democrat. lie's so
useful , you know , in.pulling hot chcsnuls
out of the lire.
IN the opinion of the Washington Critic
un honest councilman is the scarcest work
ot ( Jod. This is Ihn season of the year
when the people of Omaha are looking
around for that son of material.
f Tin : farmers of Nebraska should con
tinue to plant trees. That it will pay
them there is no doubt. Land in Con
necticut , upon which pine trees were
planted a few years ago , is now worth
$100 an acre for its timber.
Dn. MIUKH and Mayor Boyd arc try
ing to force Hascall on the First ward re
publicans. If they want him so badly
' don't nominalu him the
whj' they on dem
ocratic ticket ? We understand ho was
quite willing to run on cither Ticket.
AccoitPiNG to the Herald the board of
public works is not nt all responsible for
violating the charter provisions. Irom
the way in which the board has been con
ducting business of Into , it would look as
if it didn't consider itself responsible
for anything.
Now is tlio time to go to San Francisco
for next to nothing. The light between the
transcontinental lines has reached such
u ijoiuti that free transportation and an
annual pass over any system is the next
stop in sight if a tmco is not speedily
patched up.
IT has been generally understood that
the prolonged absence of Florida Jones
from the United States senate was duo
to a cnr/y and hopeless love affair. It is
now claimed by his friends that Ills ab
sencu is owing to his disgust with Cleve
land's administration. Jones should
love Cleveland more and Miss Palms less.
Inv. Herald lets the cat out of the bag
whnn it talks about Mayor Boyd's rcpri
maud to the council. It was purely po
litical , intended , of course , to knock
down republican councilmen without
touching any of the democratic nine pins.
The ball was particularly aimed at Bechol ,
while it was to roll harmless between the
jo , legs of Fat Ford find Councilman Dailcy.
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NOTHING has Leon heard of Lieut. Mans
who started out to recapture the wily
Geronimo Iwo days ago. It is no news
to say that nothing has been heard by
Lieut. Mans of the Apache hair-raiser.
First catch your Indian and then hold
him tight , is a motto which Crook's lieu
tenant should commit to heart before ho
turns In for the summer season of bar
racks life.
No CITY In the country needs a firs
class hotel as much ns Kansas City.
There Is no place where such n hotel
would pay better ; and yet the people of
Kansas City are called upon to raise tx
bonus of $55,000. , Wo uro not surprised
that they are bnckwnrd in coming for
ward. They probably think Jlmt it is
too much like giving n bonus for the
opening of a bonanza gold mine.
THE friends of Mr. Blalno are indig
nant over the prommcnco which Mr. Ed
munds has acquired in the senate , and
protest that ho is not lit to bo considered
the loader of the republican party. They
point to his refusal to work for Mr.
Uluino in the campaign of 1831 , although
ropeatcdly sought to lend his voice in the
canvass , Jlr. Kdmunds is dubbed the
leader of the mugwumps , and is'warned
not to masquerade as the republican
Moses , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
f THE IJlair educational bill proposes n
system which would take over $3,000,000 ,
in taxes from Missouri and return a little
over $3,000,000 in subsidy. This is about
tlio same proportion of taxes and subsidj
that there will bo in other states undoi
this bill. The St. Louis Jtcpublican says
that Missouri is ready neither to subsi
dize nor to bo subsidized. This is jus :
ns true of a grout many oilier states as it
is of Missouri.
Mit. liicmi. : : can stand on his record in
the city council without apology. Ho
may have made some mistake : * , as ul
inun do , but ho is not a drone by any
means. Ho has not introduced so manj
ordinances as some other members who
employed Mr. Jowott to draw up their
ordinances and resolutions. The gi'civ
and good Fat Ford for instance. Hut Mr
Bochol has secured for the Fourth wan
. , vwore than Us full uharo of public ira-
I"1 rovcmcnts without crippling the Inter-
? -i fits of the city. That is all that any
* ij councilman is expected to do. That Is. al
llhat Mr. U. M. Hitchcock could have
/ \lono bad ho been in licchel's position
kieUlie wanted s.o badly. - , , .
Tlio Uannl Lilo.
Thcro arc some papers m this state
that never have bcon aoloto tell the truth
about the BEE , and wo have no Idea that
they ever will. The two organs with a
republican brand at Omaha and Lincoln
belong to this class. Wo cannot recall a
single instance when either of them has
commended any act or word of this
> apcr , no matter how honorable or how
much to the Interest of the public. Wo
cannot recollect a single instance where
cither of thorn has over quoted this paper
or its editor correctly where distortion
has served their purpose. It goes
without saying that we did not oxpsct the
Omaha Jtfjiubticnn and Lincoln Journal
io approve the voluntary raise made by
the Itii : : in the wages of its printers. As
usual , they desire to make the public
believe that It was no raise of wages on
our part , but merely a trick to bull the
price of composition in the ofllccs of
morning rivals. The licpnbUcmi went
out of its way to intimate that the raise
docs not nfl'eet the HIB : because it pub
lishes an afternoon edition inul
most of its types nro set at day
rates. The Journal trumps this
lie and goes It one bettor. According to
the Journal there has only been an advance -
vance of ono cent : i thousand in this
olllco and that is entirely lictltious be
cause wo have only raised from 31 cents
to 33 cents per thousand cms and the
bulk of our typo is set during the day
lime , while other papers are paying 35
cents. Of course the Journal knew bettor ,
lint its innate cusscdncss makes it incapa
ble of telling the truth. Possibly , too ,
the printers in Lincoln propose to profit
by ( lie advance in Oinalia , as they should.
The facts tersely told are these :
The union scale in Omaka up
to Monday was ! ! 0 cents for day
and ! ) H cents for night composition. By
the voluntary advance made by the HUE
the price was raised in this ollico two cents
per thousand all around. Wo now pay
! W cents for day and 35 cents for night
work , and wo pay night rates for after
noon work done by the night men. The
average daily composition on this paper
is 180,000 ems , of which fully 100,000 is
paid for at night rates. The average in
the llciHillican does not exceed 100,000
ems , while the Journal pays for about
ono half the composition that wo do.
This docs not concern the public except
so far as we make the statement that the
voluntary advance made to our printers
will ineroaso our bills from $1,000 , to
$1,800 a year and that amount is added
to their earnings. Incidentally , the ad-
vauco made by this paper has compelled ,
other employers to equalize wages , and
has , therefore , bcnelitted every printer in
Omaha as it must , in duo time , every
printer in Nebraska.
Tlic New Brigadiers.
The struggle for the two vacant briga
dier generalships was ended yesterday
by the nomination by President Cleve
land of Colonels Thomas II. linger
Kighth infantry , and Joseph II. Potter ,
Twenty-fourth infantry , to the advanced
grades. Public opinion settled Col.
Rugcr's appointment as certain weeks
ngo , but the nomination of Col. Potter
will be n general surprise in the army ,
not because he is not a worthy and in
every way competent officer , but for the
reason that his name bad been scarcely
mentioned in connection with the pro
motion. Common consent had given
Col. Wesley Morritt of the Fifth
cavalry tlio apppointmcnt. Unfor
tunately for Colonel Morritt
ami for Colonel Orlando B. Wilcox , who
headed the list of colonels of infantry ,
and whose expcctalions were in the same
direction , common consent and the presi
dent do not seem to have agreed in the
present instance. In making the nomi
nations Mr. Cleveland again disregarded
seniority , Colonel Rugcr standing second
end and Colonel Potter iifth in rank in
their branch of the service. But both
nominations nro excellent , and the ex
cellence of Colonel Potter's ' will bo con
sidered enhanced in some quarters by the
fact , that it will necessitate nuolhor pro
motion on October 12th of the present
year , when the general will bo placed on
the retired list. Few ollicors In the
army count more or warmer friends
than Colonel Thomas K. Rugcr ,
now superintendent of the school of mili
tary application at Fort Jjcavonworth ,
Kansas. His military record is a brilliant
ono. Born in New York , ho entered
West Point in 1850 , and graduated among
the engineers in 1854. Resigning from
the army six months later , ho engaged in
tlio pursuits of professional life until the
outbreak of the war , when at the first
call to arms ho assisted in organizing the
Third Wisconsin infantry , of which ho
became lieutenant colonel and afterwards
colonel. Ho fought in the armies
of the Potomac and Tennessee
with distinguished gallantry and
was made a brigadier general of
valuntcors on the 29th of NovombcJ , 1802.
Ho participated In thu battle ot Gettys
burg for which ho was brovcltcd , and
also bore n gallant part on the field of
Franklin in Tennessee. At tlio close of
the war Colonel Rugor was given com
mand of tlio Thirty-third infantry , and in
180 ! ) transferred to the Eighteenth of
which ho has ever since been colonel. He
is a thorough soldier , possessed of largo
executive powers , courteous , warm
hearted and universally popular.
Col. Joseph II. Potter Is ono of tlio old
est ollicors in tlio service. Ho was born
in Now Hampshire and was graduated
from West Point In 1813.
His assignment was tlio Seventh in
fantry in which regiment ho
served until 18G3 , when ho became major
of the Nineteenth infantry , although
Molding tlio commission of colonel of
the Twelfth Now Hampshire in the
volunteers. His war record was also
n distinguished ono. He served with
great distinction In the Mexican war ,
and was brovottcd first lieutenant for
gallant and meritorious services at
the battle of Monterey. During the re
bellion ho was connected with tlio army
of the Potomac , participating in the hard
est fought battles of the various cam
paigns , and receiving tlio brevets of lieu
tenant colonel , colonel and brigadier
general for bravery und devotion
to duty. At the oloso of the
war Col , Potter became lieutenant
colonel of the Thirtieth infantry , but in
ISO'J was transferred to the Fourth In
fantry , and tliortly afterwards came to
the Department of the Flatto with his
regiment , .with which ho served until 1873 ,
when ho was promoted to the Twenty-
iQiirth. Colonel Potter .is known us n
rigid disciplinarian , and 'an oxcellen
ofiicor. Ho retires oa October 13,18SO , on
which date he reaches his 61th year.
, The promotions of Colonels Ruger add
Potter will make Lieutenant Colonel
/cms R. Bliss , of the Nineteenth in
fantry , colonel of the Eighteenth , vice
Ruger , and Lieutenant Colonel George
Gibson , of the Third Infantry , colonel of
the Twenty-fourth , vice Pottor.
Vfin AVj-cU's Treason.
The following dispatch has been re
ceived by tlio editor of the BEE :
WASHINGTON , Jlnrch 31,1SSO.
Editor IUK : : VouMmd ino wrong in Mon
day's editorial. I stood for all the Edmunds
resolutions except the third. Please correct.
C. II , VAN WYCK.
Wo certainly have no desire to mis
quote Senator Van Wyck or his record.
Our editorial concerning his vote on the
Edmunds resolution was based on the
press dispatches , which failed to give tlio
vote on the separate resolutions and left
UK ; inference that the senator had voted
against all of them. So far its this paper
is concerned , wo were willing to justify
him in voting against them all nftcr the
senate had refused to go into open execu
tive session on appointments. The star
chamber system us part of the American
senate should be abolished , except in
cases where public discussion might Im
peril tlio public welfare. This position
has been taken by as stalwart a republican
ns Senator Logan. The general tenor of
the Edmunds resolutions was not in ac
cord with republican precedent. It was
diametrically opposed to what was done
during Grant's administration and was
never proposed by tlio most stalwart re
publican during the administration of
President Hayes even when Hayes de
pended for his principal support upon
democrats m his oflbrls to remove repub
lican ollicials like Arthur and Simmons.
But Senator Van Wyck has spiked the
guns of his personal and political one-
miusin Nebraska who have howled thorn-
selves hoarse about his treason and read
him out of the parly from
which they at various times
have been bolters and mugwumps.
For instance , the Omaha Itcjntbltcan ,
which lost spring supported for mayor of
Omaha .Fames E. Boyd , member of the
national democratic committee , the Beatrice -
atrico Express , which bolted Col. Colby
and supported for district judge a pro
nounced democrat , Mr. Broady , are par
ticularly aggrieved over the party treas
on of Senator Van Wyck.
The third of tl > o Edmunds resolutions
declared it to be tiio duty of the senate lo
withhold its approval from nominations
of persons lo succeed suspended olliccrs
in cases where papers called for had not
boon offered. This was a proposition
revolutionary in its tendency and estab
lishing a dangerous precedent. Suppose ,
for example , that Mr. Blaine should bo
elected to the presidency three years
hence. Could ho remove a single demo
crat from ollico , no mutter how obnox
ious , without placing the papers in the
hands of the senate to justify his action ?
Would the republicans he willing lo
leave the democrats in possession of all
the important political positions until
their terms expired ? Unless this is to be
the now platform upon which the repub
lican party proposes to plant itself from
now on , Mr. Edmunds' third resolution
is mere buncombe. It was so regarded
by Ids ropublicr.il collcagos orit never
would have passed. Commenting , upon
this very point , the Springfield llcpub-
lican said , several days ago :
After having occupied the senate more or
less since the ISth of. February , and been de
bated most of the time since the 9th of March ,
the Edmunds resolutions were passed yester
day by that body. The onopedng ! ! tlio senate -
ate to refuse to confirm nominations came
very near beliiR lost , and was only accepted
In a Pickwickian sense by Mr. Hoar and
others. Mr. Hoar says ho does not regard
the resolution as binding him to refuse to
con linn hi all cases where there has been a
suspension and papers are refused , though
the resolution means nothing else. The
whole performance has been a prodigious
waste o political energy over nothing , a
false , artificial and trivial issue ,
Attend tlio Primaries.
It is as much the duty of every voter to
assist in the selection of Ids party candi
dates as it is to vote for candidates when
they have been selected. It is even more
so. The primary elections in choosing
men to represent tlio people through the
party strike the key note of the cam
paign in tlio character of the representa
tives they select. If the best men of both
parties controlled the primaries the pub-
lie would not suflcr , no matter what the
result of the vote at the regular election.
It is highly important that the coming
con volitions shall pick out honest , capable
and efficient men as candidates for tlio
council and board of education. Such
inun can be found who nro willing to be
placed in nomination. On the other hand
there are u dozen candidates in every
ward whoso selection to the city council
would bo u public misfortune. Unfor
tunately these are the very men who ,
with their friend * , are the most active in
seeking nominations. Tlioy will base
their hope of success upon the failure of
the best citizens and taxpayers to interest
themselves enough to attend the meetings
to chose delegates to the party conven
tions. The coming election is one
ot momentous interest to the tax
payers of Omaha. Six members of the
city council who uro to hold oflloo for
two years nro to bo chosen , During that
period several millions of dollars of pub
lic money aroto uo expended in improving
Omaha and in conducting her city gov-
eminent. Three members of the school
board are to bo elected , who will have
the educational Interests of Omaha in
charge for a like time.
Republicans and democrats alike
should make it tliuir business to sou that
first-class material only is placed in nom
ination by the party conventions. Every
voter in every ward should foci it his
duty to turn out to his party primaries
ami assist in choslng such men for the
conventions as will put responsible , reliable -
liable and capable candidates in nomin
ation.
WE have not ono word to retract from
what wo said with regard to Pierson. It
was an outrage in Warden Nobes to place
Pierson in tlio dark cell for the purpose
of extorting n confession , It Is a travesty
on justice to incarcerate him on a moro
suspicion. Even Assistant District At
torney Bartlett admitted that there was
no proof us yet that would indict Pierson ,
but that they "expected lo find some. " in
due course of timo. Supposing they
don't find any more proof than they did
against Arndt , .who is to be the next.vic
tim ? Who is to indemnify men for
being unjustly deprived of liberty
because they happen to fall under
the displeasure of. court ofllpers or
jj ro selected as prpncr persons for detect
ive wardens to experiment on ? Why
don't the officials llrid their proof before
they find the victim1 ? 7
THE attention of otit ; l-oadors is called
to the thrilling copyrighted and unsyndi-
catcd serial story , entitled "Tho Registra
tion List , " which wo nrn now publishing
in sections. It Is notjcoablc more for the
number of character * involved than for
Its Intricacy or ingenuity of plot. It is of
an Intensely local Nature , and 1ms a di
rect bearing on the impcndinc conflict.
This serial appears rexclusively m this
paper. Back numbers can bo had on ap
plication at this ofllco.
VAII11STY , TIIK BtMCE OF
A temperance movement turning on the
water.
Sneezes are like misfortunes. They seldom
come singly ,
The mast obnoxious form of "light litera
ture" it a ga ? bill.
AS'e suppose a firm of proof-renders could
bo propcily called "The house of coirec-
lion , "
it Is not considered ncocss.uy In society to
return a bill-collector's call.
A paint has been Invented to take the place
ol whitewash. No legislature should bo with
out It.
Violin playing Is the present fashionable
female accomplishment. The girls like lo
get n beau on the string.
"Tho lottery must go , " lomarkcd the rural
editor , as ho tlmisthls last S2 hill Into an en
velope and sent It to tlio management.
The New York Comincicial says grafted
trees of the Japanese chestnut are being
successfully grown on Long Island. This
practice should bo stopped. The American
variety of chestnut Is abundant enough.
A seer predicts Hint the tlmo will como
when people can llvo at the bottom of tlio sea.
At present n peed many find It dlfllcult to
keep their heads above water.
The chilly winter's on the wane ,
The hopes of base-ball men nre high ,
And the umpire soon will bo around again ,
With a broken uoso and a blackened oyo.
Larkln O. Mead , the American sculptor , Is
producing a stnluo to bo called Mississippi.
It Is hoped , when It Is finished , that concress
will not appropriate § 800,000 , for Improving
thu mouth of the "Mississippi.,1
Joseph Cook says : "It I had a dog that was
addicted to smoking 1 would shout him. "
Nu , you wouldn't , Joe. You would bo run
ning nroinul trying to soli him to a museum.
M. Worth , the man-milliner , Is said to have
a great dislike lor scents. Tlio big prices
that he charges would Indicate that ho at
least does not dislike dollars.
Gould's Vision Improved.
Clttcaoa tfcws.
We congratulate iMrJould that at least he
tins found a pair of spqcs through which he
can see that , after all , asman who works for
a living is pretty near a.human being.
A Hotter Milu 11 uui Gould.
SLOKI'S Ilfiiulilicati.
Mr. Terence V. 1'owilcrly.has shown { him
self a better man than Jfr. day Gould , and a
bltrgcr man than oven tlio Kjulgbts of Labor.
Unless ho so changes ( hat well-earned
praise will spoil him ho will continue to have
a future. l
Cannon' * . Worth.
Salt /xi7 < HcniW.
Mr. nickson Was asked yesterday by a re
porter whether any further'toward would bo
offered for the apprcljeii on of George Q.
Cannon. "Xot that ] ; 'aiu ajvare of , " he said.
"Forty-five thousand dollars Is about as much
ns 1 consider him worth. ' '
The Blnlr Educational Bill.
Oalvcston A'cicc.
Some of the states want better roads ,
When the Ulalr educational bill passes , let
some congressman Introduce a bill to mnko
good roads to all the school houses. What Is
the use of schools If the roads are In such
condition that children cannot attend ?
A Brilliant Future.
C/itcaoo Kewt.
"So you want my daughter ? Well , sir ,
what are your prospects in life ? have you
any definite ulinV" "Aim ? 1 should sny I
had ; Poi going to bo an alderman ouo of
these days. " "What makes you think so ? "
"Why. It's u dead-sure thing ; I'm tending
bar now , an' nt the rate I'm knocking down
I'll have a saloon of my own botoronext
year's election. "
The Ilnrald'fl Enterprise.
Lincoln Journal.
The Omaha Herald's system of collecting
special telegrams from over the state has
como to grief. A few days ago the Herald
printed an alleged "special" dispatch from
Plum Creek , Neb. , tolling about how the town
was overrun with confidence men and shari > -
ors and relating an Incident whereby a west
bound emigrant was llueced out of 8400. It
now comes to light that thu Plum Creek Pioneer
neer has of late bcon reprinting items of In
terest from its files which by the lapse of
time have become historic. The Herald's
"siK-clal" was among this class of items , and
tlio Incident referred to occurred January 12 ,
1S74 , over twelve years ago , The Pioneer
now demands a redaction and Insists that
hereafter when thu Herald delves Into history
for Its telegraph columns it preserve the orig
inal dates.
An Old Timer.
in/I / VtnclierinKi Uncc&tcrii LlecSlodi Journal.
I ain't no cddlcutcd man ,
An' hlitnied el' 1 kin underst.tn'
A languagu on thu top cr cnrth ,
Asuptln' what Pvo limit from birth ,
An' lots or that Is ( irenk to nut ,
An' fcorter tryln' don't yon sue ?
When folks IsslliiKin' on thor style
IJut yon can safely but yuur pile
That what 1 know. I know us well
As tiny man this sldu of toll
MP , what's the last now Jangled name' . '
Ezactly "Hlieol" thal's the same
An' I'm n shoutln' to you , here.
1'vo shun aroun' botlrtur an' near ,
An' never ylt have ntyickra town
That's got tlioban' er trucU to down ,
Kr size up , mister , hum or-yau ,
Longsldo ur this yor same Sliyaun
Pvo rode a bronco portiy nigh
From Omaha to Slsklyl ,
An' hundlod Texas cows all' slch ,
Kjom Moxlco to Gary's ditch ,
An' fit with greasers , UU'slir. ' bar's ,
An * rid on buck-boards , cdieh and kyars ,
An' hen aroun' 11 i > ow'rfub > Uht.
Jos' lookln' out with all mv ' might
Knut , is 1 lived In EcUuov ,
Tell 'bout a mlddlln' flliunok of a boy
Hut blamed uf I ain't here to say ,
I'rom now till arter judirin'ont day ,
That jIs' for grit , and Mz , and sail ,
I'm holdlu' up fur old Shy ami.
STATK AND TI3KIUTOUY.
Knliraska Jottings.
( Jago county has fourteen newspapers.
Central City's now opera house will
cost § 3.000.
Sheridan countv expects to harvest
1,000,000 bushels of potatoes this year.
Guorgo F. Walker , of Woymoro , is said
to have refused an offer of $50,000 for his
newly invented typewriter.
The farmers of Dawcs county will pieot
at Children to-morrow tor the purpose of
organizing an agricultural society.
Tha alleged earthquakes in. Columbus
Sunday .wus caused by an avalanche of
land ollieu "add1 ! tumbling in to the Dem
ocrat ollipe ,
A number of farmers , in Phelps and
Xiospitr. counties have , organized the
"Farmers' Mutual tire nml Hall Insur
ance company. "
William l owc , of Vulrbury , l < as in his
possession a copy of the first paper
printed in Ohio the Belmont Journal ,
published at St. Clairsvllle , August 7 ,
1S10.
1S10.Farmer
Farmer Boiler of Ponca Is experiment
ing with box elder as a sugar producing
tree. Samples of molasses and sugar
nuido of the cap have the appearance
and taste of the Vermont article
A. B. Humphrey of Nelson loyotl with
the busliu > < ! s end of a pony and lost the
bridge of his nose ami a section of his
iaw. It was a square hit and reduced
lumphrey's fighting weight a few
pounds.
Robert Donncr claims the honor of
being the first HOltlor on government land
In the Antelope valley , lie squatted on
his claim in tlio winter of 188l-l ! , and
now boasts the finest farm in the vicinity
of Cliudron ,
The Fremont Tribune has opened up
on tliu business methods of tlio Dodge
county commissioners. The Tribune de
clares thnt the business of the county has
been conducted in a recklessly extrava
gant manner , nml thai the bridge fund
lias been squandered in worthless bridges.
Andy Scarlos of Knox county is laid up
for repairs. A wild and vicious bull
tackled him the other day. tossed him
about like u bean bag , and closed thu
performance by nailing him to tv post.
Andy declares ho was so completely
llattciicd thai ho slid through a crack in
the post and escaped.
A Hardy tough named Hess fillnd up
with Superior whisky Saturday , and pro
ceeded to whoop tin the town with ids
vile breath. A policeman tackled him
and a free light followed. The police
man was handsomely festooned with cuts
and bruises , but lie carried his point and
jugged the bloak.
A sliek-tongucci swindler named 11. W.
Brown bargained to st'l ! to John P. Price
and W. C. Jolly , of Teoumsoh , u farm of
H''O acres near Smartvillo for sfll.fiOO , one-
third casli down. The money was paid
over to Brown , but his anxiety to get out
of town on the lirst train aroused sus
picion and ho was induced to remain
over sv day T and deposit the money in a
bank pending investigation. An exami
nation of the deed showed that ho had
forged the names of John R. Clark and
wife to the document , and ho was
promptly jailed.
Iowa
During tlio past season Cooy & Co. , of
Kcokuk packed 07,000 hogs.
A company has been formed to build
an opera house at Lake City.
Mrs. Wencil Kaplan , of Cedar Rapids ,
while at the supper table Sunday even
ing , died of heart disease.
Kli Adams , a wealthy citizen of Daven
port in the early days , is now an inmate
of tlio poor house in Louisville , Ky.
A spinning wheel factory is to bo
started at 1-orcst , Winnebago county ,
and a pottery works at Fort Madison.
The victor in the egg-sucking match at
Cedar Rapids got away with sixty-five
eggs before his luugs and stomach gave
out.
out.Tho
The little son ot a Lutheran minister
at .Lake played with a revolver and
wont aloft. The bullol wont Ihrough his
lungs.
The conviction of Sam Rigg of Hardin ,
vho played Mormon with his wife's
sister , has been approved by the supreme
court.
Coming round a curve below McGregor
last Saturday , the engineer of a Chicago ,
Minneapolis & St. Paul passenger train ,
south bound , saw n baby on the track.
The engine was reversed , tlio brakes set
unified lately , and the engine stopped
just in tivuo.to.fiuvc tlio child's lifo. As it
was the child was thrown from the track
by the cow-catcher and slightly bruised.
It was a girl 2 years and 0 months old ,
and the child of n lishurmnn living
near by.
Dakota.
Four Episcopal churches are going in
Miner county.
Twenty-throe patients have been moved
from the asylum at Yankton to that at
Jamestown.
Another tin strike is reported at Custcr
City. It is said to bo the most valuable
tin deposit yet discovered , und is owned
by J. W. McCann and William Meyers.
Uncle John Oliver of Fargo , who is 70
years old , has bcon as happy as a young
husband the past week over n thirteen-
pound girl. Ilia wife is past CO , and
they think the climate is wonderful.
The first patents over received at the
Dcadwood land office bearing the signa
ture of Grover Cleveland arrived last
Thursday. They were thrco in number ,
and wore Hie first patents received at
that ollico for something over a year.
Utah and Idaho.
A SCO.OOO hotel is to be built at Shoshonc
Falls.
The Idaho mine , on Moon river , re
cently distributed $10,000 , umong the
stockholders ,
Twenty-seven carloads of bullion and
two cars of copper ore were shipped from
Suit Lake last week.
The -Rio Grande Railroad hotel nt Green
River , Utah , was burned down lust week ,
causing n loss of $20,000.
A rich strike lias bcon made in tlio Min
nie Moon ) mine at Bcllcvue , Idaho. The
ore is worth from $300 to $3,000 per ton.
George Q. Cannon , the great Mormon
apostle , has not turned up yet , and his
bondsnion have bcon ordered to pay Into
court $15,000 , They will contest its col
lection. Cannqn'fl son is now undur ar
rest for tampering with a juror.
Montana.
Butto'a bullion tihipmuntd lasl week
amounted to .f 88,005. ,
gfA herd of hungry dogs killed .100 thor
oughbred sheep in a corral al Belt Creek
last week.
The last prize fight in Butte was de
clared "an outrage on the profession , "
because no blood was shed.
The belle of Butte snorts a shoo four
teen inches long. Shu Is an artistic
kicker , and has boon tendered the cap
taincy of u huso ball nine ,
Grading contracts on the Rlmlnl branch
of tlio Montana Central cover the entire
distance ) between Helena and Red Moun
tain , Contractors are on the ground and
work is progressing rapidly.
Tlio leprous dlstilmont , whoso effect
Holds such an enmity with blood of man ,
That , swift as quicksilver , it courses
through
The natural crates and alloys of the
body , "
and causes the skin to become "barked
about , most la/ar-like , with vile and
loathsome crust. " Such are the ollects of
diseased and morbid bile , thu only anti
dote for which is to cluanso and regulate
the liver an ollico admirably performed
by Dr. Piurcu'u "Golden Medical Discov
ery. "
An Awful Hard Question In Arlth-
inotlo.
A teacher in the public schools had promoted
meted a little pupil , nml meeting her a few
days later , said :
"Well , Lizzie , how do j-ou got on In
your new class ? "
"Oh , pretty well. I missed in arithme
tic to-day , but it was an awful hard ques
tion. "
"Let mo hoar what the question was , "
said the teacher.
"It was : 'How many chickens had the
boy1" siiiil little Lizzie , and. the sympa
thizing teacher agreed that it was u puz
zler.
A few doses of Rod Star Cough Cure
always remove the moil troublesome
cough.
riELD AND FABM.
Docs Not Know tlio West ,
A Massachusetts genius who thinks ho
knows all about the west , but whoso
knowledge is obtained from hearsay ,
lately orated al a Soitthboro club to the
cfi'cct that no person need think that by
going west ho could got rid of using ma-
: uires ; thai the western prairies would in
deed raise decent crops for n few years
without manures , but it is au oul of Iho
poukot business. His hired man , ho said ,
wont to Wisconsin and built a barn
with a manure cellar underneath , Ho
was laughed at by the neighbors , but
when they saw his crops from the use of
manure the laugh was on Iho other side.
He wont out west himself and found the
wheat small and puny , except in ono case
where it was sown on laud that had been
cow penned. This came to his idea of
Massachusetts wheat ,
This man hud not probably traveled ox-
tonslvely in Uio wheat region of the
west. Central Illinois , Indiana , Ohio ,
Iowa , Missouri , Michigan , and some sec
tions of Wisconsin are notable winter-
wheat regions. Dakota , Minnesota , north
ern Iowa. Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , and
other northern regions are lirstrate
spring wheat suctions. Now in all these
regions Iho fertility of the laud is sus
tained by the regular rotation of crops ,
and the natural accumulations of manure
furnishes fertilization in connection with
the plowing down of clover , known to bo
thu best means in tlio wesl to recoup the
soil in wheat culture. So far nfl short
straw is concerned , this is the essence of
heavy , compact heading. The difficulty
on all now soils is that there is too much
straw for the wheat. When this difficulty
of long , succulent , straw is gotten over ,
the disabilities from rust , cte. , are done
away with through reducing the humus
of the soil.
In the cultivation of wheat western
farmers have long since como down to
the correct principle in agriculture that
no special crop can be raised year after
year without depleting the soil to a de
gree that would forestall profile. Not
only this , bill weslera farmers are well
aware that clean and careful cultivation
is the koy-nolo to success In wlinnt cul
ture. It is probable the Massachusetts
man must have gotten into a very poor
wheat rcirinn of the wost. There nro oc
casional isolated localities of this kind
that may be hunted up if a man trios.
Water on Dry I'laliiH.
The finding of the subterranean water
by boring , with a view of getting a surface -
face How for watering .slock , thus render
ing otherwise valueless lands available
for grass , is bum" prosecuted on tlio
Staked Plains of Texas. In relation to
some late oflorid of this kind , tlio Texas
Live-Stock Journal gives an account of
borlnir In Hockluy county. The well was
begun lately , and water was found at
suvunty-ninu feet that llo\ycd at the sur
face. The boring was continued to a depth
of 187 fuot , but the How was no stronger.
A pump was then put in , and thirty to
forty gallons per minute were obtained.
When the pump is not running the water
from the pump Hews at the rate of about
two gallons pur minute constantly.
This shows two things : That pure water
may bo gotten by boring on plains where
the surface water is absent , or , as In this
special case , alkali water in tlio surface
water. Two other well are being bored ,
and one of those will bn carried to 1,500
feut , if necessary , to obtain a .strong per
manent fiow. If water can thus bo ob-
lained on the Staked Plains of Texas , one
of Iho most arid regions of die country ,
there is no reason why it may not gener
ally bu reached throughout uiu plains re
gion.
Kurly Vegetables on tlio Farm.
But few farmers grow a pluntful sup
ply of vegetables , and especially of these
that arc put in the ground early. This is
duo to the fact that they are usually too ,
busy attending to tlio preparations for
the regular crops to give attention io so
small a matter as a gf.T-dun. If they
really considered tae self-denial they
were practicing in failing to prepare a
garden th.oy would uol neglect so valua-
privjlcgo , even if a field crop had to be
sacrificed. Farm lifo can be made moro
enjoyable by the use of a gulden , and no
doubt ninny of those who prefer a change
to the city are influenced by the sameness
of diet and scarcity of those luxuries en
joyed by the inhabitants of cities , but
which could be obtained moro plentifully
and in bolter condition on the farm.
Thu farmer who denies himself a gar
den loses one of his opportunities for en
joyment. There is no reason why ho
should not only prepare a hot-bed , secure
early vegetables , and also raise a later
supply for winter use , but have a variety
of small fruits as well. The space re
quired for a strawberry bfed necessary
for an average family need not bo over
forty feet square , if properly managed
and the best varieties used , while rasp
berries , currants and gooseberries may
bo grown along the fences and on the
borders of the walks.
It is best to plow up the location for the
garden in tlio fall , apply a heavy coating
of manure and harrow II over. Early in
the spring il should bo plowed again ,
given an application of line , well rotted
manure , and harrowed down till the neil
is as line at il can bu made. If a small
space only is required for a garden , the
spade ami rake may bu used. Of thu early
vegetables onions 'and noas aru usually
the tirsl ones to go in. For table tiso thu
White Queen onion is Iho earliest and of
mild flavor. Any of thu dwarf peas will
serve for securing an early supply , bul
as thuy .seldom allord but a single pick
ing , the crop usually ripening al onetime
time , successive plantings of the Heed
miiy bo made with advantage. Radish
mav bo howu early , either in rows or
broadcast , while such gardim herbs as
parsley should go In as soon as possible ,
owing lo tl.o slow germination of the
seed. Kale Is another early and quiek-
growlng crop , and even lettuce may bo
sown mid the plants thinned oul us they
gradually mature.
Early eabbiigo and tomatoes are usually
started in hot-buds and transplanted.
The quick-growing early crops may be
followed by later vegetables as the season
advances. Deans ot all kinds cannot go
in till the danger of frosU in well over ,
but carrots , parsnips and buuts should bu
gel in soon , in order to give ( Inun an
early start ahead of the gniH.s. Early po
tatoes may be hastened somewhat by
pulling out all bul one stalk to the hill
after the plants are up. Whllo they will
como earlier , and bo moro uniform in
si/.u compared with the method of allow
ing all thu .stalks lo remain , thu crop will
not bu as largo. The most essential re
quisites in gardening are line soil , plenty
of well rolled manure , with thorough and
clean culture.
nc.asonnlilo Ilintaund Subventions.
To have early potatoes keep the seed
potatoes in a warm room to start Iho
eyes
Peas , of the round kinds , may bo plant
ed very early. The wrinkled are moro
tender.
A rat-proof cornbin may bo made by
lining the insidu of an ordinary bin with
No.Twiru. .
In feeding you want to notice thai
some animals are moro dainty its to their
choice than others ; their likes should bo
respected ,
The poultry business cannot bo mon
opolized icvury man , woman and child
can raise poultry without depending up
on large amounts of capital.
A cheap paint fpr barns , It is said , may
be composed of twelve pounds molted
pitch , ouo jpiart linseed oil and two
pounds yellow ochre , mixed thoroughly ,
The roots pf clover and some other
grasses pften find their way to very ccm-
sidenibly depths , but , drains laid from
thrco to four feet deep are seldom choked
by the roots.
It pays to plant plum trees and fight
the curculio , ns the labor of so doing de
ters from planting trees and causes the
fruit to be scarce , Iho result being high
prices.
When ; v plum tree gets badly covered
with black knots the infected limbs
should all bo cut off close to the trunk of
the tree , thai mi entire new crop may lo
formed.
Dr. Slurlovant says that many dairy
herds are made profitable by a half ilor.ru
individual cows , whilst the rest help only
enough to pay expenses , and perhaps not
that.
that.When
When hens that you desire to keep foi )
breeders gel very fat , behind they should
be allowed to sit , as this will reduce the
fat. Otherwise the act of laying Is nyt to
cnuso prolapsus.
When sowing grass send sco to 11 that it
is douo with a liberal hand. There IM
little dnugur of gettini' too much seed on
Iho ground. Some will never never grow
and there ought to bo a good stand at
lir.- t.
It is worthy of note that sumach is the
most valuable tanning plant known.
Largo quantities were gathered in Vir
ginia during thu past season and yielded
liiindsomu returns for the labor ex *
ponded.
Grow n cropof peas in the old orchard
and let Iho pig.s harvest it. Sow early ,
two bushels pur acre , with four hundred
pounds of good fertilizer. Good for the
peas , bettor lor the pigs , und best for Iho
orchard.
Careful experiment and oln o observa
tion everywhere show that liberal top-
dressing , surface manuring on most
crops winter grain * , meadows and some
spring crops is the best mode of apply
ing inanuiT.s.
The lirst requisite for high success in
the dairy Is a good dairyman. Cows nru
important , it is true , but as an army is a
mob without a general , so cows without a
brain to manipulate them will never
achieve great results.
Kuntucky blue grass seed should bo
sown at thu rate of twenty-eight pounds
to thu aero , if sown alone and forpasturo.
but if for lawn forty-two pounds should
be sown. Where white clover is desired
withlhubluu gnuss three pounds of the
clover seed will bo milliclcut for an at ro.
Prune tree' ' and xhrubs , bearing i i
mind that winter pruning induces a
strong growth noon deciduous plants ( if
all kinds. Thoroioro , in order to induce
a rampant trrowlh prune several buck
plants that have hitherto been making n
weak growth. Cut all dead branches off
your plant.
In all crops thai como up thick and re
quire to bo thinned , every day's neglect
afte.r Iho plants nrc laruo enough to bu
thinned reduces the yield of thu crop.
Beets , carrots , radisos , lettuce , parsnips ,
and all such crops , should bo thinned as
soon as they can bo handled with the
thumb and linger.
There is no mystery about making1
neatsfoot oil. The only thing necessary
is to boll in a kettle us ninny cattle's feet
and hocks as can bo obtained and skim
oft' the oil until no moro rises. From tlio
four feet of one animal u pint of oil ia
generally obtained , und it is well worth
the trilling cost of making it.
The keeping of valuable specimens of
old hens beyond two years is well enough
under most circumstances , but the rank
and file should be out short at thai ago.
We arc not sure that the pr.tutico adopted
by some poultry-keepers of working with
pullets only , raisini ; a full batch every
year , is the wise.sl course.
Prolonged freshness is secured by
standing Ilowurs in Iho water some hours
before they are sent away. 11 is Iho
greatest fallauy to suppose that any
which have to be sout to a distance should
bu freshly picked. Thuy will travel bol
ter and last longer if allowed lo imbibe a
full supply of moisture before blarling.
Potatoes require liberal manuring , says
the Cultivator , and will usually pay lor
Uio increase of manure over the amount
usually used. Truck farmers on Lonft
Island frequently usu two car loads of
manure pur ucnt , and sometimes from
1,000 to 1iOO ( pounds of phosphate in ( ho
drill. They grow from UOO to 400 bushels
per acre.
Regarding flaxsccd the Live Slock
Journal says it id not safe to feed it in the
straw to cows in calf unless in very
small quantity , nor is it prudent to fetu
llaxseed in large quantity lo any class of
stock , as ft is too laxative as a common
food , though ono of the best agents ut
Iho feeder's command to insure good
health to his animals.
II is not generally known , as it should
bo , thai untorijicntudniauurc is not food
for plants. A very little fermentation
will make its fertility available , and this
usually occurs when It Is applied to tlio
soil in warm weather. But for winter
npplumlion a load of finally rotted ma
nure is worth for the first crop moro than
three in its iintormentcd ntate.
Vegetable are of two kinds , hardy and
tqndor. The hardy , such an peas , pun-
nips , beets , onions , cabbages , etc . , may
b sown whenever ( ho frost is wuil out
of the irround. Sweet corn ! H a louder
vegetable , and whenever Iho ground is
warm enough for corn-planting tlion
beans , tomatoes , cucumbcrH. squashes
und ail others of thai family may bo
risked.
Fanners who adopl the partial drain
ing system , putting in tiles only in the
wotlust placet ) , uro fiomolimu.s .surprised
to find llieso dry enough to plow several
days before the naturally dryer hillsides
arii fit for loams to walk ovur. The fact
is that hills , and < ! siHially ) ( : the sides of
hills , are often full of springs , which require -
quire drains lo rtimovo surplus water as
much as do the lower lovel.s ,
Potato rot first makes its apponranco In
the tops showing us small , frosty spots ,
usually on the undorsidn of thu leaf , Au
thu spots enlarge Ihn conlor becomes
brown and dies , mid thu leaf , or a part.
withers. Then thu slum is attacked , and
next the tuber. 1'hn rot often iipponrH
first on the half ripu seed und , or knobby
Doinl.s. In mo.st situations the diseased
portions arc soft and watery , but in a dry
situation the affected parts die and
Hhrivul up.
An oxpenoneed cnlory-growor soys :
"Regarding my process of irrigation , I
plow along ( tach sldo of my rows of
celery and fill the furrows with water , I
do this the Hiuno as to-day , and fill the
furrows again to-morrow , when I plow
back th furrows , and il needs no other
watering for aboul a wciik or ton days ,
whiiii 1 do thu same thing again. My
water IH supplied by means of a Hteiini
pump from a driven well. I can Irrigate ,
with three men , three acres a day. "
Purity Your Illnod.
.Among spring preparations , do not
nngleet that which is most important of
all your own body. During thn winter
the lilood absorbs many impurities , which ,
if not expelled , are liable to break' out In
scrofula or other disease. The best
spring medlcintt Is Hood's Sar&uparilla.
Il expels every Impurity from thu blood ,
and gives btningth to every function of
the body. Hold by all druggists.
Oottlni ; ( Jnoil IJy
"I am doing u gruut dual better than I
used to do , sir , " said a dissipated man tea i
a well-disposed gentleman who had been
trying to reform him.
"W dll , that's good , and I am very glad'
to hoar it. Have you quit using strong
drink altogether ? "
"Oh , no , l.havtm't totmyquH. but I njn
fitraighluuing up by dugruus and don't ' get
drunk half IIB much as I used to , und In
other ways I'm on Urn mend , too. . Pro
only thru&hcd the old woman twioo this
months while .last month I whulwl her
more than u dozen times , and I Was it
juil part of the time , too , sir. "
