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TnK time for four story business blocks
in the business ccntor has passed away.
Six story fronts are now coming into
fashion.
MK. Cr.Evr.LANU will be given a chance
to put his ideas ubout homo rule into
operation in a few weeks. The wedding
is to take placa in June.
Mu. HEWITT is uslmmcd of the record
which his party has mtulo in the way of
retrenchment. Mr. llowitt is not half as
disgusted as the rank and tile who Imvo
loon squirming in dismay nt the imbecil
ity of tno democratic leaders who have
found themselves unable to lead the
majority in congress during the pait
session.
THE iron industry attracts much atten
tion on account of close relationship to
the general progress of the country. Its
prosperity is ordinarily the indication of
general prosperity , and its decline evi
dence of depression. The just issued an
nual report of the American Iron and
Steel association shows a slight dimi
nution In the production of iron
* nd steel in the United States in
1885 as compared with 1831. At the
close of ISS'i the prospects ot an active
trade in 1888 were very bright , but tlio re
port goes on to say that the display of
hostility to American interests made in
the house of representatives early in 1880 ,
u well as the inauguration of strikes in
many parts of the country , has interfered
with business of all kinds , A tahlo show
ing the range of prices for leading iron
and steel products from July , 1831 , to
April , 1886 , indicates that the depression
reached its lowest point in the .summer
J f 1&85 , when steel rails were down to
$37 , pig iron to $17.70 , and old iron rails
to | 17.25. The present price of steel
tails is $34.50. and pig iron $18.00.
THE treasury statement feT April shows
ft diminution of f 10,005,887.05 in the na
tional debt for the month anil an in
crease of $4,485,7815 in the treasurer's
gold balance. But this gain in the gold
balance la not due to an actual increase
In the amount of coin and. bullion. In
fact , the total amount 'of { { old coin and ,
bullion in the treasury and nub-treasury
vaults is smaller than on the 81st of
JJtiarch ; but tlio net balance has been en-
TBuncod by a diminution of outstanding
gold certificates. Another frtot which
jBUvt not bo lost sight of here Is that ,
While the United States treasury hns been
" treuKthoniug its gold reserve during the
Month , the Now York tanks huVo been
, te dlly losing spoojOi The amount of
IMaey held by national banks of
, VTork "foil off $1V705,700 hwt week ,
; IWld'thn total spoclo reserve shown by the
* tkj ring house staWmtmt o ! tha city at
.MM close of business on Saturday was
# lH t 174,749,800 against f 109.058,400 at tha
jlefcfespondlhgdatob ! 1885. The present
jibooto reserve , however , is laufliciont for
\ XT practical purposes , and is still $10-
j § 99,000 greater than was held at this time
'rim 1881. Tilt ) bond call Of 910,310,750 ,
' JUrhloli matured In April , reduces the
yAmount of the 3 tier cent bonds outstaud-
| * to $10a,778,850.
* JTTTT * * TT * " T ? ? " T " *
( . Air the last meeting of the city counoil
/ ' & * ordinance was pussccl , itJcrcu : < lng the
v'jWfcrjr of the city attorney to $3,000. This
- . Iwtton was taken la'yiow of the import-
* Mice of cityJHigation and the yearly In-
, * roasing Amount of work devolving upon
city attorney. For this reason it Is
and proper that the advance in sal-
" * ry should now bo mado. At the time
tta salary was fixed ut $3,000 , the number
.fit suits which the city attorney
* WM exported to defend , and the labor
* Inquired h.v the duties of his ofllce , wore
tfot eno-fifth of what they are at the
IH-eeent lime , As showu by the recent
report of Mi * . Council , there are now
pending agnlast the city , one hundred
nnd fifty suits , involving an aggregate of
> pf claims of $37 * > VtC3.01 , Tt Is of ( lie ut
most importance to thn city that U should
' | e ably and faithfully represented in thn
icJciifo which its t.Uornoy will
be called upon to make to
thl large ag < ; repate ; of demands.
The matter of $1,000 a year dlfVorenos in
Mm salary of its ' .c iU rcpri'sent-itive ia
f Huall conaorn wliwu compared with
Wie luturo aud amount of the scttioca
* rwideroti. During his past turin of official
errice the prcKont olty attorney lias boon
r * n rkul > l.v successful in the matters j ) r-
staining to hie department und U wull a-
VUed to the Increase of salary propo c J.
* t yrouid ho the poorest klud of economy
tlio city to secure the services of any
rm y merely because ho would lake
oiHau ut iU present salary , tn the
lent of ( agal 'talent th
lly dear tit soy price.
Tlio Don Molnoa tinndfi Veto.
Iowa is thoroughly indignant over the
president's veto of the DCS Moincs lands
bill , and an earnest effort is being inntlo
by her congressional delegation to so *
euro the passage of the measure over the
president's veto. The opponents of the
bill call attention to tlio unfavorable re
ports of the senate judiciary committee
in 1831 upon the bill , and that Mr. Gar
land , the present attorney general , was
one of the committee who opposed tlio
measure. This is n trifling objec
tion when examined by Iho
record. The dispute is already
thirty years old and the legislature of
Iowa has time and again memorialized
congress for the passage of a bill which
would give the settlers on thoDcsMolnus
river lauds a chance to Imvo their wrongs
righted. A bill Indemnifying the settlers
passed the house of the Forty-third con
gress , nnd was reported favorably by the
senate committee of the i'\irty-lifth ' con
gress. In tlio succeeding c.ongross it was
reported favorably to the lionso. In
tlio Forty-seventh congress it passed tlio
house and two years later it was
reported favorably to both houses.
The relief asked for was manifestly just.
Tlio settlers have simply asked for a way
by which they can present their claims
in court. The previous action of the
government hap so befogged the Ksuo
that they cannot litigate themselves so as
to present the questions arising uiulur
their claims , The charge that the supreme
premo court has decided the points in
volved is not true. The settlement made
was according to the comtmtteo on pub
lic lands of the house , "a settlement made
in suits in which neither the general
Government , the state of Iowa nor the per
sons claiming title under the general land
laws were parties. " The suits were
trumped-up and jug-handled affairs. The
committee says :
No suit 1ms yet been decided in which
clthor th state of Iowa or tlio United States
was a party , or In which the question of the
rights of cither the state or the nutlon wns di
rectly presented. O.i the contrary , the suits
have In tlio main been collusive , and In all
but a single one the cotut iiroceeds upon the
basis of admission nuulo In the lucoid by the
parties , tlie facts of which if put In Issue bona
tide might have made necessary an entirely
diHcrent decision from that rundoicil. The
title of the Navigation company has iiuver
been attacked by anyone cuiltleil to plead its
defects.
President Cleveland's veto of the bill
to relieve the settlers , was , to say , the
least ill advised. Prominent senators at
Washington do not hesitate to go further
and to hint that New Yorfc influences
closely connected with the Dos Moincs
Navigation company , assisted him ma
terially in arriving at his conclusions , so
unjust and so unfavorable to western in
terests.
The River anil Harbor BUI.
The passage of the river and harbor
bill by the house of representatives is an
indication that congress is not yet ready
to give up the work of internal improve
ments because the previous appropria
tions for this purpose Imvo been extrava
gant or ill advised. About a thud of the
entire sum of $15,000,000 appropriated by
the present bill is allotted to the improve
ment of the two great inland watcrwayu
of the country , thn Mississippi and the
Missouri rivers , while of the remaining
sum a much smaller portion than usual
is given to the streams and Imrbors of
doubtful merit.
The hue und cry raised against any ap
propriation for the improvement of our
national waterways is lurgely due to the
selfish efforts of the railroad lobby to
prevent water competition with railway
transportation. Those gentlemen are
perfectly aware that if the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers were made available
for barges through the great agricultural
regions through whicli they pass , that
railroad rates would very promptly
tumble to a competitive basis. Every
railroad between Chicago and the Mis
souri is interested in defeating the Uuu-
ncpin canal , bcenusc every railroad man
ager. Is perfectly aware tb.a't such it waterWay -
Way between the Mississippi and the
lakes would affect the trunk lines west
just M the Erie canal has the railroads
cast , The issue of national aid to inter
nal improvements was debated as long
ago as the time of James Monroe , nnd
the people of the United States have
ever since been heartily in favor of
appropriations for that purport ) .
The fact that many _ of the
measures passed have bqo.n log-rolled
through congl-css lo B'.Vfance the local
interests of congressmen and senators !
does not allbct U'.fi'jus'ttce 6 1 the principle
upon whiqh such appropriation * are
foumltid. Nor ddoa extravagance In the
expenditure of the funds provided. Let
the government look to that. Its en
gineers are paid to provide plans and to
supervise their execution.
The wcsE , with the vast ex ariie of toi1-
ritory , is a unit in demanding that
the facilities _ for Its inland commerce ,
in which tte"entire ) nation is iutercstrd ,
shitll be' rotootcd and fostered by the
government. Those Interests are para *
"mount to those of any railroad line or
any railroad pool. Improving the great
waterways of the continent is the surest
method of protecting western farmers
and western shippers from the extortion
and discriminations of common curriers.
Improvement by Orrtlnance.
Every city contains a number of property -
orty owners and wealthy tax-payers who
are clogs upon the progress of the com
munity. These mosnbaL'ks nnd skinflints
are always willing to reap thu bcnnht oi
any improvements made by others , but
decline to contribute by making fiuoh
improvements themselves , As long aa
their rickety shanties anil tumble-down
stores pay thorn handsome return * oii the
actual investment they are satisfied to
have others build brick blocks and rciso
the vpJuo of the adjacent property. It
mrikns no dlflbrcnuo to tills clnss of citi-
vttns whether streets are puvcd or side
walks made passable. Tlmy laugh at
enterprise OH oxtr-.vnsanco , and make no
move themselves in that direction until
forced to do so by the city council.
Much of Omaha's improvement in the
way of building , paving nud grading hns
been improvement by ordinance. Every
wctG'iiKir.n of the Urn limits lias rendered it
luipoiub ! * for the roost-backs and pullbacks -
backs to ictaln a permanent bold on the
rfunilmck ! * ) sl\oJs \ ! which Hue our streets.
The psvlng ordered against the groaui of
skinUInt property owners has in tcoro
of instances doubled the valu.R ol their
property in spite of-themselves. With
the-rapjid advance in th value of rcaj estate
'
tate on'our leading'thormighfitrcs , due to
publJo. improvements , poor buildings
have become poor investments In con
sequence they are rapidly making way
for a fine class of "business housed.
Individual enterprise has not' been
lacking in Omaha , but there has been
loss of it than in most cities of our she ,
Enforced enterprise lias been moro gen
eral. The improvements which in six
years Imvo changed Omaha from n mud"
dy town , whoso streets were lined with
buildings scarcely creditable to a country
village , have been duo not to the individ
ual property owners immediately af
fected , but to the ccncra ) sense of the
community voicing itself nttho polls and
enforcing its decrees through the city
council.
The good work should go on without
intermission. The business part of Oma
ha is now substantially paved. The im
provements made have doubled nnd
quadrupled the value of property adjoin
ing and in turn have forced improve
ments in the buildings erected or in
course of erection. Let the coun
cil now take up the question of side
walks. The time has come when the bus
iness center of Omaha should bo forced
to discard the wretched planks ami to luy
down permanent walks from lot line to
curb. Individual enterprise cannot bo
depended upon to bring about this result.
The improvement must bo enforced by
ordinance. Of all the cities in the west
of her si/o , Umalm has the best paved
streets and the poorest sidewalks lining
thorn. The wooden sidewalks must go ,
and their going should bo materially as
sisted by the action of the city council.
A Safe Investment.
The recent visit of the Union Pacific
railroad directors to Omaha has borne
substantial fruit. The union depot , the
further enlargement of the headquarters
and a frank and full discussion of exist
ing and past differences between tlio people
ple of Omaha and the road were some of
the results which ensued. Another bit of
news , which is the fruit of tlio same tree ,
is the announcement that Mr. F. L.
Ames has made a heavy pur
chase of Omaha business property
and will erect this summer a
six-story block on Douglas and
Thirteenth streets , on the sixty-six feet
of whicli a portion is now occupied by
the Omaha Savings bank. This moans
an investment of more than $150,000 , by
Mr. Ames in Omaha property , and is
gratifying as evidencing the confidence
which wealthy eastern capitalists tire
showing in Omaha's present and future.
It h also a pleasant evidence that heavy
owners of Union Pacific stock in the cast
are beginning to put money in Omaha.
For years they strained every effort to
take money out of this city for invest
ment elsewhere. Level headed investors
everywhere are beginning to recognize
Omaha's advantages for planting money
with the assurance of reaping remunera
tive crops m return. A wide awake ,
growing , progressive city with an imper
ial state behind it and the whole trans-
Missouri country in its rear is
practically independent of eastern
depression in real estate and trade. -
Fortunes have been -made in Omaha
real estate during the past live years , but
there iiro still other fortunes to bo accu
mulated through the steady and sound
advance in values which is yet in pro
gress. Mr. Ames knows enough to know
that city lots in Omaha substantially mi-
proved , are" the safest and surest invest
ment in the west. His judgment should
have due weight on the local property
owners who have not been able "to see
their wavclear , " to replace two story
frame buildings with substantial business
structures.
Iho Now Bridge ,
Work on the now bridge across the
Missouri at Omaha has been temporarily
suspended during high water but will bo
shortly resumed nnd pushed as rapidly as
is consistent vith the substantial crccttou
of such a structure. In this connection ,
there 13 a paragraphof interest to Omaha
in the report of the Union. Pacific direc
tors just published :
"It has been determined by the direc
tors to reconstruct the bridge crossing
the Missouri river at Omaha. Accord
ingly work was begun in November. The
present bridge is a single track , ana
affords no facilities for street travel. The
new bridge Will have a double track ,
ro- ways and fcatwuyS. K will
be superior to any bridg&
crossing 'the Missouri and will
accommodate an almost unlimited fraflic
between Council llluft's and Omaha. "
The now bridge is to bo of the greatest
bone'litboth to Omaha and to Council
Bluffs. Its completion will Join the two
cities by a bond of travel and rapid
tiansit. Property in Council Bluffs will
promptly feel the effect of the change , in
increased values of real'estate. Omaha
will bone'flt in being brought into close
communication with the markets and
f arms of western Iowa , and especially in
being able to travel beyond the river
without the annoying delays of transfer.
The new bridge moans a now union
depot and trains from all points center'
ing in this city.
TUB Chicago Herald yesterday cele
brated its fifth anniversary by issuing an
interesting supplement containing a
tao simile of the first number of the Chicago
cage Daily American , established in
April , 1689 , and which was the first daily
paper ever published at Chicago. Much
intnrpsting information concerning the
early days is given , and also the names
of over 1,000 persons from the city direc
tory of 1830. For a five-year old the
Herald Is a very clean and healthy look
ing sheet. It deserves the prosperity
that lias rewarded the efforts to make it
u first-class newspaper ,
GOVRRNOU LAKIUUEE , of Iowa , la yet
uncertain as to the effects of his recent
proclamationand it is still an open question - ,
tion whether prohibition prohibits in
that statu. It certainly does not in Sioux
City , when * the authorities a few days
ago , in tpito of the governor's proclama
tion , fixed a Paloon license.
hist week led all other cities
in tbe percentage of increase of her
clearances over the corresponding week
of last year. Her iueioaso WKS 01.8 per
cent. Her clearances for the week were
Ou.uu's plank sidewalks must go.
They arc * u disgrace to a city of her size
aud pretensions. .
AXOTHKU big six-story building , in ad
dition to the Amei bloiik * , iv going up in
Omaha this season , * It will bu 183 feet
square , and. will be occupied u an agri
cultural implement trarohoitso. Tlio
building boom , whlcn'wjks staggered for
awhile by the unsettled condition of af
fairs , seems to bo rovlvjng very rapidly.
Cr.KAN the streets nnd , alleys. Warm
suns nnd bad smolld are the doctors'
bonanzas. , ° .
SENATORS AND
Senator Palmer , or Michigan , has a weak
ness for tiny terrier dotfs.
Congressman lUnnoy , of Massachusetts ,
declines to bo a candidate for ro-olcctlon.
Senator Jones of Florida Is still away
from his post , but the senate has two Joneses
left.
Senator Hearst , ot California , Is giving
WnslitiiRtonlans lessons In ' 'how to uaint the
town red. "
It Is rumored In Washington that Senator
Allison Is about W marry a beautiful young
lady of that city.
It Is reported that nearly all tlto Now Eng
land congressmen will vote acalnst the rl\er
and harbor bill.
Senator Ingalls Is passionately fond of
flowers and Soiutor Plumb has a strong lik
ing for haul work.
CoiiKtcsstnan llannoy from Massachusetts
lu onions to retire fioin congress at the close
ot the present term.
The biggest man In congress Is Hon. Goo.
Tallafcro Uarnes of Ueorgla , Ho weighs
more than 800 pounds.
Itcpicscutaltvo Louis St. Martin , of New
Orleans , Is the only Creole m congress. Ho
is quite a credit to his race.
Congressman Gates ot Alabama thinks the
speaker of the house should bu a partisan
lender and not a judicial olllcur.
Senator Dawcs sayps ho would rather see
his Indian land bill defeated than passed as
It was lixeil up by the house committee.
Senator Evnits has been beaten tu lougltu-
dlnallty of sentence by Senator Call ot Flor
ida. Call has a rccoid ot SbU words. Evails
must biacc up.
Evarts and Morcan arc said to bo tlio only
senator ? who did not take the ttouble to have
printed In pamphlet form their speeches on
Ihn iiiesldentlal jireiogalive.
Congiessman Heagan is now said to be nn
accomplished ventriloquist. This Is a gicat
advantage In politics , but it must be embar
rassing to the congressional reporters.
Conciessinan Willis of Kentucky Is said to
bo very anxious lor the passage of Senator
Hampton's bill ioiblddiuc any member of
congress to recommend anyone/or olllce.
The illness of Smiator Mitchell , of Penn
sylvania , is a nervous disorder complicated
with an allectlon ot the eves. Ho denies
that ho docs not expect to be able to losumo
his olllcial duties.
Congressman Small of South Carolina was
a slave before tlio war. Ho assisted in cap
turing a confederate vessel , locelvcd a share
of prize money , bought cotton land at tax
sale and Is now a wealthy man.
A Now England papijr fools certain that
Senator Blair would ( nove'r have thought
of his wild educational schema had
there not been a great bin-plus in the troas-
my , drawn there by unnecessary taxation.
Senator Colltim of lllinoW avers that tlio
relation between himself ami General Lojcan
are now as cordial as tlicy hHvo been for the
past fifteen years. Tills expression Is called
out by a published reppit that ho was trying
to undermine Logan's , ! iilUience.
Representative Jlornsoa.'fit ' Is whispered ,
when he , wants to keep his temper , dresses In
black. In his semi-clerical .garb he never
suears. This is probably % ben ho has no
tai lit bill on hand and' Mr ? Ralidall is not
found iu'hfs ' neighborhood '
About thirty congicssmcn attended a base
ball match in Washington the other day , and
the correspondent says : A cm-ions fact no
ticed during the game was that the congress
men sided with the visiting club , cheered
when Its members made line plays.aud looked
glum when the tide turned against the
strangers. The feeling exhibited partook
much of that existing In every college village '
betwcenitown and gown. The struggle on
tha iicld was between Philadelphia Him
Washington , but on tl'.o grand stand U was
the capital city p. ainst tlio nation. How
natural it is to t > her centralization.
Hint to Miss Anderson.
Mary Anderson ouuht to get married.
Many actresses loss successful than herself
are fjupporttiig husbands.
The Dead Past. ,
, Louinrltte Courier-Journal.
Neither the south nor the democratic part
is responsible for any utterance , or action o
Mr. Davis. Ho suggests no policy winch
anypaity is likely to follow. Ho lives In
the past ; ho talks of the past ; ho utters the
thoughts , the hopes , the aspirations of his
own generation.
Great FcuHt of Hcasou Coming.
WasMnulon J puMtemi.
Les3 flian l\VO lrandre < } tariff speeches will
tool satisfy the country. There Jy nothing
that the average citizen so much enjoys as
the perusal of a bpccch showing that a HPO
clue duty , on .hoop Iron brings in moro rove-
info than an ad valorem duty on epsom salt
No Jeff Davis Nonsense In Texas ,
Oalvciton K\D ,
Texasjseiongs to tlioUnltC3 States and not
to any confederacy , . If Mr. Jefferson Davis
or anybody eJseVnould attempt to tempt Tex
as from the" Union now , he or they would
have a mighty Interesting time. Texas Is the
biggest state IU the Union and la going to
cont.nuo so. Uncle Sam can borrow a shirt
from any man In Texas.
Ana's CprkLiejj ,
Ntw i'orh Journal.
It Is extremely gratifying to learn that the
cork leg worn * by Santa AnA at the battle of
Cerro Uoido has been presented to the state
of Illinois. Tlid governor of Illinois has
not boon so strong in the pint ) lately as ho
might bo , andacoik log Is a handy thing to-
have in the house. If anpther cork leg could
only have been presented to the mayor of
Chicago the safety of both' ' gentlemen would
have been assured. '
Keep out.'of Debt.
77. C. Doilae ( n Ddrnli Free Prct ,
[ With the usual Intricacies of English or
thography. ] c "I
A man in nobt
No re > t will gebti
Until Im's In thu tomb.
His cares will wolgb
So heavy theigh , ;
Will Bhroud his lfplo
He'll practlpo gule ;
And never smulle ,
His bend with pain1 will ache
He'll grieve and Sigh
And want tp'dlgu
And thus his troubled sliacho.
I 1
lint owing none"
Ho'll havtunoro fone
Than any king that rclgus ;
Ue'Jf fee
His health is l
Ana ho long life attuigns.
Without a doubt
A 11 can keep oubt
Of debt If only they
Will never buy
To please the uuy
And cash donn always poy.
There Is a trotting horse In North
Chatham , N. Y , , that catches rats. The
other day his owner saw a dead rat in the
manger , aud when ho fed his horse again
lie kept watch and 30011 saw a rat slowly
making his way to the manger. As soon
as ho begun to cat iiis meal the horse
laid back his euro and .made a dive for
the rat , caught him m his teeth , gave
him pno piuch and a shako , let him drop ,
aud calmly kept on eating.
Ibo Squatter Uovcrnor of Nebraska
Solzostn Corner ofKnnnas.
Ktisxis , Kansas , May 0,1830. To the
Editor : A few notes from.the banner
county , Sherman , nnd its future great
town may not go nmlss When so many
are looking Kansaswnrd for homos in n
rich , fertile soil , and towns that alTonl
the business man n chance to looiiti and
make himself and business known and
appreciated.
Last October when 1 first traveled over
this county looking for a homestead upon
Uncle Sam's public domain , scarcely a
house could bo found in which to remain
over night , or a meal's victuals had to
appease the hungry man's appetite.
To look back six months , and remem
ber what Sherman county , Kansas , was
then , with only a few scattering settlers
hero mid there , nud largo herds of wild
horses , antelope and texan steers , and
behold It now , it doesn't seem' possible
that such n change could have taken
place in so short a space of time. But
it is a fact nover-tho'lcss , and in
stead of looking at a few dup outs as was
the cuso last fall , you may look where
you will and witness a vast army of
actual bottlers , building homes , fences ,
diggini ; wells , biuakingthu sod , prepara
tory to linking the laud ' 'blossom ns the
rose. "
Then turn the eye clthor to the north ,
south and cast nnd hundreds upon hun
dreds of freight wagons may oe seen
slowly but surely wending their way
TO V.USTIS
loaded with merchandise for the busi
ness nutn of the place.
And while the busy farmer is scon
planting his corn , and his better half
churning butler , setting hens nnd per
forming other work about thu house , the
mechanic is not idle by any means , , or
the merchant , lawyer and real estate
men sound asleep.
Shci man county people , like nil set
tlers in a now country , want towns cities ,
postollicc.s and in fact all the convenien
ces their limited means will supply , and
to that end town sites Imvobconsurvcyod
nnd staked in many localities nnd post-
olliees established in many of them.
Counties , like states , must have one
good town or trade center where all can
come and purchase what they need or
dispose of their surplus produce and me-
ciiauical arts , and where to locate the
future city of Sherman county has for
some time pu/.7.ed ) the brains of many
financier * who wish to earn an honest
penny by the sweat of other men's brows.
No one one was able to solve the ques
tion until such men as P. S. Eustis , gen
eral passenger und ticket agent of the
Burlington and Missouri llivor Railroad
company , J. W. Allen & Son of Oberlin ,
A. L. Tomblin and W. H. Copelantt of
Valley and Mr. Werner ol Ohio surveyed ,
staked and platted the town of Eustis on
suction 10 nnd 17 , in the center of the
county , whore every citixen can point
with pride to the magic city of the west.
Eustis is destined to become the Uato
City of the northwest through which will
pass the corn , beef and pork of Kansas
to tlio Rockies and Pacific states , and
through which the gold , silver , copper
nnd other precioue metals of the far west
must flow to the money centers of the
oast. The town is named in honor of Mr.
Eustis , and , knowing the pluck and in-
donmitablo encJgy he is possessed of , as
well _ as those who are associated with
him in this work , the writer predicts that
in less than six months Eustis will be : t
town none will be ashamed of ; and the
mud slingers become aware of the fact
that while gnats can annihillato a man-
ifro hcapdhcy cannot check the progress
of an elephant in bis onward march.
The town is locatsd in or near thu geographical
graphical center of Sherman county and.
surrounded as it is with as tine agricul
tural and stock growing country as the
sun ever shone upon , cannot fail , In the
opinion of unprejudiced minds , to make
a city in the uour future second to none
in Kansas.
A gkinco over the map will convince
the most skeptical that the location of
Eustis is a good one , and the fuel of its
being the guto city to western Kansas is
a sett evident reason why it is destined
to become the commercial center of
western Kansas and Nebraska as well txs
that of eastern Colorado.
HAIL NOTES.
The preliminary surveys of several
railroads through the county lias net
people" wild on that subject and there is
few settlements but what expect a rail
road within their midst
I have every reason to believe that thb
B. & M. , whoso line is now completed to
Oberlin in Decatur county , will in tha
course of time build into Sherman coun
ty and through to some point in Cole
rado. Should this bo the case Eustis
wouldstand a better chance for railway
facilities than any other point in that vi
cinity , or at least I think so , and there
are others better capable of judging than
myself , who share the same opinion.
In ray next will have something ttlore
Of Slierman county , and Vlft C QU ( fields of
Cheyenne couljty ijctf ? VVano.f
J. W. PKAKMAN ,
Character in Hnmls.
. Cas'soll's Family Magazine f&r May , :
Our oriental friends , who are of a nioro
slow and dignified character , disapprove
of the western custom of taking hold of
the precious person of an acquaintance
and shaking him for welcome. It may
be moro dignified , to bow , but if frank
ness and activity be our charnctorit > tic.s.
wo like the trustful mystery of n hund
clasp. It is iin index In itself. , Thb for
mal and cold character offers straight
fingers for an instant : the dull and
apathetic lot us take hold of a hand
Ukeadcad fish ; tho.energetics business
man meets an old friqnd with u grip
that brings the water into his eyes ; the
warm hearted takes our hauil and holds
It. The nervous hand , with an affec
tionate swiftness , comes out most readily
and longingly. And is there anything
more natural to a reverent love then the
kissing of the hand that has been boun
tiful in love to usr See iiow far \vo have
gone among mysteries !
Character , habits , and ngoaro thnthrco
things that are told by Vholiands. When
wo draw the cji vacter of Hoop , the
hypocrite and , as schoolboys wo.iitl say ,
the "sneak1' Dickens did not neglect
this tell-tale : "O what u clammy hand
his iva's ! as ghastly to the touch as to ( ho
sight ; I rubbed inmo afterward to warm
it , and to rub his oil' It was such an un
comfortable hand that when I went to
my room it was still cold and wet upon
my memory. " Even if it bo not that of
Henp , the hypocritically humble band Is
apt to writhe and squeeze its bunding
fingers together.
The hand that little Jack Horner made
sticky witli his own pie in his own corner
undoubtedly became with big Jack Ilor-
ner a think-lin ered , puffy index of his
partiality for pies und plums.
Little does the swaggerer who chinks
his small change and cocks his thumbs
out of his pockets imagine that his hund ?
are as much his condemnation as the
bragging seals nud the chain that would
nnonor a ship.
The stingy man has a tight hand ; his
fingers keep fast hold of a sixpence , and
his palm makes a careful hollow out of
whicli It can not roll , until ho is quite
suru ho is obliged to part with it.
Tlio rough and the refined hand sre
different with a difference like that of
education in the man. The lowest ex
tremity of roughness is the hand of brulo
violence a colossal naw.of ironitromrlh ,
huge with musolo , vein , and slnow , but
lacking all.sonsitivonesd and flexibility'-
defiant in ita attitudes a human tool
that has been turned into a weapon.
There are refined Imuds ttiat are
criminal also , but their character Is the
hateful because no * trace is made upon
outward perfection , and their beauty is a
lie. One roads in tlio well-cared for , , or ,
as wo might say , the educated hand , not
only its own romiomont , but that of other
generations the ancestors who lived at
leisure from bodily toil , whoso muscles
were not stretched by labor , whoso
fingers , little used , went slender to the
tips , whoso very finger-nails revealed
easy times , by their oval shape , not
pressed and worn into hard-worked
diminutive half-circles ,
Yet one likes the strong hand morally
strong even if it hns never been tasked
with physical labor ; the man's hand that
is not effeminate , the girl's baud that is
not a pretty waxwork , but a part of a
helpful someone , who would bo sweetly
willing to do something for somebody
else. Unless it bo the weak hand of
sicklies * , which Is a most piteous sight ,
the hand of the weak character is not
what anyone cares to clasp. Moro and
moro in this woild wo want the hands
that can do something , As Cnrlylo says ,
the first [ Italic would bo for many a
revelation.
_ _
A Hide on tin ; 1'lrUns.
R , F. Xogobaum , In llarpor'rt Magazine
for May : Down the river , not slowly
nnd cautiously .scraping over the wide
sand burs , now swiftly gliding along ,
aided by the rapid ( lowing current ; down
the river through thu Country of Hell ,
with its broad desci t plains nnd barren
brown hills , Inky blank where the mov
ing clouds cast Ilioir .shadows ; down the
river past old abandoned Indian trad
ing posts fast citiiublin < rinto rums , past
the lonely military telegraph station ,
where WQ lenrn of thu passage of n
"dug-out , " with its crew of fugitive dos-
purudoes flying from tlio wrath of the
cow-buys ; down tlio riyor between per
pendicular sandhunkscrumbling , away
nt the touch of the "rollers" caueu by the
pn'oiugo ot our boat , seaiinp1 un flocks of
wild-geese nud swift-Hying , blue-winged
heron ; down the river through lovely
prairies covered with waving grasses anil
guyly colored wild flowers , into thu
Indian country , until , looking across one
of the long , flat , outrunning points of laud
that murk the constantly recurring curves
of tin ; river , tliuro , shining in thu morning
sun , thu distant buildings of tlio military
post , our destination , gleam bright under
tin ) blue , white , and scarlet folds of the
national standard floating gracefully out
from its tall polo ngainst the deep warm
purple of the sky beyond. Hundreds of
Indian tepees are scattered over thu
wide plain , and at our approach wo can
see the inmates hurrying to the
b.inks to watch the arrival of the great
steamer. Wild-looking savages , their
faces smeared with streaks of bright vcr-
million or orange , are watering their
horses , their gaudily clothed forms re
flecting straight down in the mirror-like
surf tice of the water ; some half-chul lads.
who , lying prone upon their bellies , and
leaning fur over the high banks , have
been fishing in the stream , pull in their
lines and race along the shore , their
cours , black hair floating out behind , und
their bronze-colored naked limbs
moyinn : with untrammelled ease , as they
easily fcpop pace with the boat ; young
bucks mounted on half-tamed ponies
pallop along and mingle with the
throng ; the white sombreros and light
blue uniforms of the Indian police con
trast strangely with the party-colored
rugs of. their fellow-savages. As wo
slowly paddle up to the landing wo make
our preparations to land , recognizing
our acquaintances in the little group of
s4iouller-strappcd ( bluecoats near the
ambulance , which has just been drawn
up to the bank by its team of four strong
mules , and are soon uxchangincgrec-
ings with our friends , who receive us
with the frank , kindly , ready hospitality
of the American soldier.
A Drawing Attraction.
St. Louii ( llolic-Demucmt.
Mr. Jefferson Davis will probably be
a drawing attraction for monumental uu-
veilings and county fairs in the south as
long as he lives , but it is fortunate for
him that his lius o two-volume "History
of the Rise und I'uil of the Southern Con
federacy" has remained unread. A search
through the pages of this ponderous work
fails to disclose the name of one southern
military leader to whom Mr. Davis
gave proper credit for what was
actually accomplished in the field.
By hints and innuendoes ho
belittles tlio success of those
who wore fortunate , and exaggerates the
disasters of those who failed. The vol
umes appear to have been written for the
purpose of creating the impression tlwt
there was but one man in the confedera
cy , and his name was JoITorson Davis.
The seceding states furnished many men
who will , for generations to come , bo
mistakenly regarded by the people of
Uioir respective localities ag heroes , and
when It finally dawns upoTi the southern
people that Mr. Davis luis written a book
which does not compliment those men ,
the DavU reputation will suflbr.
He's Guvs.
Cftfonuo llerall.
At the close of the war , when on some
festive occasions objection was made in
ftfr. Lincoln's presence to the playing of
"Dixlo1 by a l > and , Vho proMilehl said the
selection wts : all tight , Wo hud cap-
lured the tune as well as the wholn con
federacy , and wo could play it nil that
tve wanted to.
The same thing Is true of Jofl' Davis.
We caiHurod him , too. Ho belongs to
us. He has Listed longer than
anybody exoecte that ho would ,
but wo own hihi , and a.s Jong as
wo keep him.on Hand we must expect to
hear from him once in awhile. The union
which ho sought to destroy IB BlVonirer by
reason of his altciMjit thifn It would hayo
boon if it had novel' been mado. Having
Sivod : him ofc iftinio yVhen ho might profit-
ablyiia.ve Inien hanged , the country is
experiencing nothing moro snrious from
ltd possession , of him than might have
bcon anticipated.
Complexion Powder is an absolute
necessity ot the re lined toilet in this cli
mate , J'ozzoni's coniblues every element
of beauty and purity.
How Martin Irons Wrote Ills Ai-Uclo.
St. Louis Special to thu Now York Tri
bune : It is generally Known that Murtln
Irons has been engaged to write an arti-
cln for the Juno number of Lippineott's
Mnga/Juu on "What I Know About
Strl&urs , " A few days ago ho iccoivod a
note irom the publishers requesting htm
to forward hit ) cony as soon as possible.
That niyht the hibor loader sat down ,
gharponoii his pencil , took out a plothori-
roll of puper nnd perfected all urraiyje
merits for bc'jlniuiig his literary task. His
unoccupied hand went to his head and ho
scratched und scratched. As he continued
lu nye the papur a sort of terror .seized
him and he called to A , C , Coughlun ;
"Horn , ( 'onghlan , you are moro used
to thid business than I , You write the
nrtiolo and I'll giyo you one-half of the
$ .1001 hey promised mo. " .
"All n iit , " said Coughlan. who is un
ex-Methodist preacher and tlio scribe of
District Assembly 03 , "I'll fix it tip for
you. Now , then , " enid Con lil n , "go
nhcad. Tell mo what ! o put dunrn. What
do yon know about strike * , any waj'f "
Irons n au ! scratched Ms lieail long
and meditatively and safd : "See hero ,
Caughlan , . 'vo got lo co to So'lalia in
the morning , and I don't wmit toetay up
nil night lolling you what you know jour-
soif. You just write that articlu ypur- ;
self and sign my nnuio lo It and it wijlbu
all right. "
Mr. Co.nghlan Instantly set to work.
s are ns-hmnloss now ns xeph-
yrs. | Ud Star Cough Cure id sure. No
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