Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 11, 1886, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAHX KA1LY BEE : TUESDAY , THE DAILY BEE. SUTIA Orncc , No. i * AND 018 rxnifAM 8r Kuw YonicOrncjHooM ! & 5Tntnvm IUIII.DINO OmcB. No. Bin FounTKEtfTii Sr. PiiMI'hM every uiornln exrnptSiindujr. The enly Moudnr morning pnpcr publUbed In the Mate. TTTtMR T < r HAIIi ! One Your. . tiatW.Thrc-n Month * . $2.M BixJIonttis. . GWOno Month . 1.00 THK WEEKLY HEE , Published Uvory Vfednusdar- THUMB , VOSTPXID : One Tcnr , with premium . , . { 3.00 One Yrnr , without premium . 1.23 Six Months , without premium , . 75 One Mouth , on trial . . _ . . 10 connr.srostir.NCKi All communication * relating to news nnd e < ll- torlnl nmttcrfl should bo Bddrossed to the Km- son or flu ; linn , ntrsinrss I.ETTF.IWI All Im.'lnrs * lottcrs nnd remittances nhonld bo undressed to TIIK Ur.r. I'um.lRiumi COMPANY" , OMAHA , DrnfW. checks nnd postofflco orders to be nmdo pnynblo to the order of tlio company. m Bit POBLISRIIGliPlllT. PROPRIETORS , K. HOSnWATKIt , Korron. TIIK DAIfjY J1EI-J. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I _ County ot Douglas , f8' " ' N. P. fell. ca-Hlflor of the Ue < y PiibHshltiR company , tlous solemnly Mwear that tlio ac tual circulation of tlio Dally Uco for the weekending May 7tli , 1880 , was as follows : Jlfonilno Evening JMe. KMIon , Etltttnn. Tntal Saturday , 1st. . . 0,500 0a M.MO Monday , an ! . . . . 7tt ( ( ) n,070 12,720 Tuesday. 4th. . . . 000 , ! ! 5,735 12,02,1 Wednesday , Mh. . , : wo 5,075 12,271 Thursday. ( Hit. . . 0,000 fi.S'JO 12,700 Friday , 7th O.COO n.&V ) 12,450 Average 0,003 5.H57 12.-1C3 N. T. Fr.u. . Sworn to and subscribed bofoio me , this 8th day of May , A. D. IttSrt. SlMOX.J. VtSIIKIt. Notary Public. N. P. Fell , being first duly sworn , deposes mil snys that ho is cashier of the Hco Pub lishing company , that the actual avemqc dally chculation of the Dally 13cu lor the month of January , 1BSG , was 10,378 roplus ; Jor February , IBS ) , 10,595 copies ; for March , 185 , 11.537 copies ; for April , 1K50 , 13 , Wl coulcs. Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 8th day of May , A. D. 18sO. SIMON J. FtsHKn , Notary Public. 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 tar PERRY DAVIS' PAINKILLER IS lUICOMMKNDKD Of Ministers , MlMlonnrlo * , Munnpon. of Knctorld" , Work-shops , 1'lantAtlons , Nurses In Itojiltnls In snort , over ) * body o\ orvhrro who has e\cr Riven It n trial. TAKEN INTERN u.t.v rr wn.t. nn rouNn A NEVHH VAII.INO ctftir. ton SUDDEN COLDS , CHILLS , PAINS IN THB STOMACH , CRAMPS , SUMMER - MER AND 1JOWEL COM. PLAINTS , SORli THROAT , &c. IT is Tnc MOST r.irKCTivr. 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