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HANGING is not yet played out in Ne
braska , oven in tlio frontier counties.
THE question which interests the gos
sips of the country is whether the death
of .Miss Folsom's graiulf.ithcr will post
pone that expected marringo.
AI.DF.UMAN JAUIINE , of Now York ,
goes to Sing Sing for nine years and
ten months , Otlier aldermen uro likely
to follow stilt. It will bo a striped suit.
THE press of Chicago is hauling
Mayor Harrison over the coals. It is a ,
very lively roasting that ho is getting ,
and the indications are that it will bo ] a
very hot summer for him.
AN-insano man recently attempted to
exhibit liimsolftaa " a statue in the capitol
at Washington" Ho must have made
Vinnio lictun's monstrosities green with
envy.
THE plucky agent ut Pine Ilidge insist
ed oil standing his ground and courted re
moval , sooner than to yield a point which
ho felt convinced was in the interests of
peace and quluton the frontier.
A CHICAGO 'as'company is offering to
furnish tlruroity and its-citizens with gas
at 05 cents per thousand'foot. ' It is slow
ly beginning to dawn upon people that
there is a largo margin of profit in gas
ercn at f 1.50 a thousand.
BKOTHCII BI.AINE is silently getting in
his work for the next presidential nomi
nation * It was. a a till bunt that won in
188ift1)tjtho ! ) ( 'silr-nt policy is being re-
pontedjfofMiso. } n ; 18Q8.- Politicians who
have booh counting on Mr. Blaino's final
retirement from the arena of active polit
ical life will find themselves woefully
mistaken before the next two years have
f assod into history. Whether or not the
republican party is yearning for another
candidacy of the man from Mtuno is a
different question , which only the next
nominating convention can decide. But
unless signs fail , the friends of the de
feated nominee will briskly push his
claims for recognition as Grover Cleve
land's SUCCQSSOI.
PUIKCU KitAi'OTKiNB regards the labor
crisis in this country substantially the
flame as it is in Europe. This will bo rgi
ceivccl with n broad grin by America
laborot-b. especially by * lies < ) -tfU mivo
" '
enrigratca. ft Ihts"countvytrom 'abroad
lortnj ) the benefits of American institu
tions. A country where every laborer
can cast his vote for laboring men for
office , where the ballot of a workingruan
la as heavy as that of a millionaire ,
whore property can bo acquired nnd hold
and where the majority rules , is
o far different from those whore
wealth , caste and tyranny rule the
djiy , that there is no ground for comparIson -
t
Ison , especially in regard to the interests
and condition of the working classes.
Anarchism flourishes abroad bee auso violent
lent revolutions alone can break down
the political , social and economic bar
riers which law and custom have for con-
* iurles boon erecting between the poor
' and the rich. In free America tlio
peaceful ballot can accomplish raoro
than the anarchists' bomb. It is be
cause American worklngmon know U''at
thov hold a moro powerful ronisdy for
tholr wrongs that the f.iosts and
Krapotklnes and Parsons and Fioldings
fall to exercise tnuuh influence in this
country. .
TUB siuno point involved in Judge
' Browc'r's Kansas decision that the state
must pay damages done to brewing and
distilling interest ) ! by the operation of a
prohibitory law is now raised in Uhodo
Island , whore a prohibition umendmant
lias recently been adopted , Tlio ball 1ms
been sot in motion already by tlio intio-
dilution of a petition to the supreme
court for the abrogation of the amend
ment , on the ground of tlio payment of
registry taxes by others than actual
voters. Several brewers , too , propose to
test the validity of the amendment ,
claiming that , as this addition to the
fundamental law ruins their business aud
wakes tholr special buildings and ma
chinery worthless , it is virtually a viola
tion of that portion of the constitution
of the United States which provides that
property shall not bo taken without com
pensation. This question will be
definitely settled by the United States
tfuprcmo court soiuo three years after tlio
nso roaches the overcrowded docket ,
> DUB is the averago'tiuio which it takes to
btnin a decision from the highest federal
eourt , unless the question involved is pf
uch importance tluit the beuqhgivoslt
precedence , to tins disadvantage of other
witors who-have been wailing for their
turn.
Tlio Cause of Depression.
In the first annual report of the national -
al labor bureau , the commissioner , Carrel
rol D. Wright , has nhown his surpassing
fitness for tlio office which ho holds , It is
doubtful if so full and clear a summary
of the 'labor trials and troubles of our
day has bo f ore been made , In submit
ting his report Mr. Wright reminds Sec
retary Lamar that the object of the bu
reau's work during its first year , as
nprccd upon between them , was to col
lect information relative to industrial de
pressions , their causes nnd character , in
this and other countries , in order to got
a body of facts which would enable the
bureau to deal intelligently with symp
toms of disturbance tlmt might appear
hereafter. Thu commissioner , in the vol
ume before us , 1ms carried out this rather
ambitious programme with an admir
able degree of success. Doginning with
1837 , wo uro given a careful history of
strikes , look-outs , strifes aud "hard
times" generally , not only in this coun
try , but in Great Britain , Franco , Bel
gium and Germany.
Sir. Wright considers llieso manufactur
ing nations as a croup , nnd finds that
they arc at present "sitllering from in
dustrial depression novel in its kind " In
all there bus been the usual volume of
business , but without the usual profit.
"Over production" is the foundation of
the troubleand this ovc rproduction , Mr.
Wright finds , prevails in all alike without
regard to wide and radical dltlcrcnccs
existing in systems of trade and com
merce.
The cause of over production , according
to the labor commissioner , lies in the new
ly aroused ambition of nations to produce ,
joined to a disposition to shut their home
markets to competition under a protect
ive policy. As a natural consequence
they restrict the sale of their productions
to the homo market with the result of
loading the market with the products of
their labor. This in turn compels de
creased production , lowered prices for
labor , and industrial depression.
Mr. Wright's views will probably c\-
cite a good deal of controversy , but his
arguments are based oil several hundred
pages of carefully collected statistics
which will have to bo overthrown before
the position of the author can bo suc
cessfully assailed.
The Jewel of Consistency.
While the business manager of the re
publican railroad organ is in Washing
ton lobbying for the bill to enable the
Union Pacific to use its credit in build
ing branch lines , the editor takes great
delight in reprinting assaults on Senator
Van Wyck for introducing tlio bill. In
other words , the business manager is
lobbying for the Union Pacific at the ex
pense of the Union Pacific while the edi
tor is flinging dirt for the Union Pacific
at the expcnso'of the Union Pacific. The
services of ono are about as valuable as
those ot the other. The influence which
the manager can exert upon
the committee by his eloquence
will have about us much weight as the
influence which the editor will exert by
las back handed attacks. It is only in
keeping with the course of tlio rotten and
leaky bulk which has subsisted upon sub
sidies and has becn _ sailing without rud
der or pilot for so'veral years past.
Van Wyck didn't oxpcot to got any
thanks from that quarter when ho ven
tured to carry out the wishes of a largo
portion of his constituents. There
is about as much consistency in
his treatment since ho has
introduced the board of trade
bill as there is in the New York Tribune
limes at Tipton which are approvingly
reproduced in Omaha by the railroad
sheet. Referring to senatorial reelections
tions in Nebraska the New York Tribune
says that "the people of this state seem
to dislike sending their senators back to
Washington a second time. They did it
only once in the case of T. W. Tipton
who in those days was a republican , but
is now recorded as a democrat of the vin
tage of ' 73. "
'Tho vintage of ' 73" was the product
of the Now York Tribune , which prides
itself moro on being founded by tioraco
Grooloy than upon being maintained since
by Jay Gould and old father-in-law
Mills. The anti Y a Wyckliterary bo-
rai"\.Vnich \ llflaJt * kcounuarters juthb
ICTmto QQmmlttoo on printing , has doubt
less Inspired the Tribune with malicious
flings , but its reference to the "vintage
of-72" is a little out of place in the paper
founded by lloraoo Grooley.
No Bloro Fooling ,
There is no further excuse for Mayor
Boyd in witholding any longer the ap
pointment of a building inspector. lie
lias attempted to trade with couucilmon
for votes to remove Marshal Cummings.
Failing to gain his point he declines to
make uuy nomination for building inspector
specter and loaves the city with no one
to enforce and carry out tlio building or- ;
dinunco. _
This thing has gone far enot h. it is
now the duty of the oomxo 'I'to take teps
to carry out the jvi Ts ol the people
which the mayo 'porsista in disregarding.
If the mp < or refuses to make the
prosun.t building ordinance operative
( ho council should repeal the old ordi
nance and pass a now ono which will
make the building inspector an assistant
of the city engineer or of some other
department already created. The position
would then become on employment and
not an appointment. If the mayor vetoes
such an ordinance it should bo promptly
passed over his veto ,
The city is growing BO rapidly that the
need of an inspector grows stoudily moro
pressing. Wo are erecting the most
dangerous lire traps within the lire
limits and laying tlio foundation for a
great conflagration which' may destroy
some of the best and most costly build
ings in the city sooner or later. The
mayor's actions are not in the direction
of the material interest of the city , lie
is either trying very hard to build up a
political machine , or has a personal
grudge against the. marshal , which the
council is not disposed to gratify. The
longer ho waits with tlio appointment the
moro applicants he gets , and the moro
disgust ho will create when ho does make
his pick. Wo want , of course , a compe
tent building inspector , who will give his
entire time to the service , and there Is
plouty of such material available.
THU hair-brained lunatics iu Omaha ,
who howl down all rjvor improvements on
grounds of pretended economy hhould
take u walk along Omaha's river Iront
and thou compare the defenceless condi-
t6n with' 'the substantial rip-rap work
which protects Kansas City from the en-
croachmout of the Missouri. They would
also do well to collect a few facts showIng -
Ing how the trade of that commercial
center has been assisted by the barge
line which national improvement of the
water way has rendered possible between
St. Louis and that point. If the many
which has been wasted in spasmodic im
provomonte between Sioux City and Oma
ha had bean added to that spent between
Omaha and Kansas City , tlio river would
now bo in a fair way to afford an open
waterway to the gulf , and there would bo
fewer doubters of the propriety of river
appropriations for this section of tlio
west. The trouble has been that thn
sums granted have been in driblets. The
work done ono year has been bo small
and so poorly protected that it has been
badly damaged or ontoroly lost before
another appropriation has permitted re
sumption of rip-rapplnr.
Tin ; fact that the Indiana on the
Yanktou reservation have established an
arbor day and planted 1,000 forest trees ,
loads the Chicago Times to suggest that
tliu best thing in this line would be an
annual Indian day to bo col"brntcdby
the planting of a thousand Indians , par
ticularly those of the Gcronlmo class.
But to plant such Indians as Goronlmo
thoj' must first bo caught , which , up to
date , seems a very difficult thing to do.
Other IjarulH Than Onri.
The week has passed of ! at Westmin
ster and Gladstone still holds the holm.
Home rule oven in the present parlia
ment is not yet bcalcn. The threat of the
dissolution of parliament has had a won
derful effect in breaking up the ranks of
the opposition , and the government polled
n goo 1 majority on Tuesday in its motion
to prolong the debate on the issue which
the tory anil whig coalition is attempt
ing to htiflo. Tlio premier is stronger in
his position to-day than ho was
u week ago. Ho is fighting
ono of his old time fights , fer
tile in surprises and carried for-
\vard with all the vigorof desperation.
Hid record shows that Mr. Gladstone's
most startling victories have been won
when all his friends believed his cause
to bo irretrievably lost. Mr. Gladstone
evidently lias no intention of giving up
his homo rule bill except after u decisive
defeat in the house of commons. He has
still the same advantage that he has had' '
all along in the inability of the opposition
in or out of the liberal party to airreo
upon a counter-plan. The consciousness
of this advantage is what gives credibility
to the story that Lord Hartington and
Mr. Chamberlain are trying to ma
ture a scheme for giving Ireland
some measure of local self-govern
ment , while retaining the Irish members
at Westminster and saving the imperial
control at all points. It will be a diffi
cult task to prepare such a scheme upon
which even the liberal opposition can bo
united , leaving out of view the irrecon
cilable tones and the Parnollites , though
ono or the other of these bodies must be
won in order to uass a bill , and though
no bill , oven if it passed parliament ,
could bo worked" for a day in Ireland if
the Parnellites strenuously opposed it.
Wliilo an .immediate appeal to the coun
try is much the most likely outcome of
the situation , it is much lcs improbable
that Mr. Gladstone's bill will be passed
than that any rival scheme will succeed
in the house of comnions.
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European capitalists are commenting
unfavorably at the condition ot French
finances. Franco began the year with a
debt of six millions of dollars nnd it has
been increased since that time. No
country in ancient or modern times was
ever burdened with such a debt. It is
twice as large as the debt of the United
States ut the close of the civil war. It is
one-lourtli larger than the debt
of England over was. The
enormous debts of Engand aud
the United States were contracted
to meet the expenses of wars. Hut as
soon as peace was secured they com-
monecd to reduce the amount of their in
debtedness. But the debt of France has
been steadily increasing since the con
clusion of the war with Germany. The
aprQpvii\tions ] for the present year RI-O
greater than ever before and in excess of
those of any country in the world. The
financial prospects of Franco are very
poor. There is scarcely any increase in
population. The wine and silk industries
are declining , while the grain and meat
producers declare that they must have
protection in order to live.
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The familiar saying , "Uneasy lies the
head that wears a crown , " was never '
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vividly illustrated and verified a j t10 |
case of the Russian czar. Temporal and
spiritual master oj fJOooo of people ,
lie may well ojiv t,0 | poorest and moan-
cst of Jii * "iujeot3. Sleeping or wakinc ,
&t.VZM [ or abroad , at no time or no
' p'lucu can he feel safe a single moment.
lie is ever at the mercy of a relentless
foe who may strike ut any moment ; a
foe defying destruction , and from whom
absolute protection is impossible. Go
whore ho will , do what ho may , ho is
haunted by thn spectre of his father's
f.ito ; a father , too , who was far moro pop
ular than ho himself is. Such a
life is hardly worth living , and the pun
ishmout which the nihilists havu devised
for Alexander III. is as ingenious as it is
terrible. It is the sword of Damocles re
vived m modern times. Just now the
helpless victim is lingering in Lividia ,
prevented , it Is said , from fulfilling en
gagements elsewhere by fear of assassina
tion on the journey. But this terrorism
will not accomplish its object. Tlio Ro
manoffs are a bravo race , aud the present'
czar is as brave as the bravest of them.
What nihilism demands ho will never
give , nnd bomb , bullet and dagger may
do their worst. Meanwhile what a
tragedy It is that is being played in Rus
sia ;
The Greek frontier question still re
mains unsettled awaiting the decision of
tlio newly formed conservative cabinet.
There has been no clash of arms yet , and
the little kingdom evidently recognizes
its helplessness of engaging in u coutlict
against united Europe , and is now play
ing the card of delay in order to win
time for pressing her demand for terri
tory afresh upon the "powers.
. .
Ulster's justification for secession from
the remainder of Ireland , should homo
rule bo granted , is based on the assurnp <
tion that the-province U overwhelmingly
Protestant. The latest census shows- that ,
the population of Ulster was 1,401,087 , , of
which 631,031was Protestant aud G03oGU ,
Catholic.The Protustaut majority in
Ulster , therefore , is only 187,4t5 in a pop
ulation of nearly n million and a half.
Moro than this , only ifour of the nine
counties of the prdfiucp have ft Protest
ant malonty , the 'Brctjondoranco of re
ligious sentiment in Uio prevailing five
counties bolng Cathollo. As a matter ot
fact , only four couttticfe out of the thirty-
two in Ireland desire t6 secede ,
The driving out of the Poles from Prussia -
sia under the direction of Bismarck lias
begun. The so-called < "Gcrmanizatlon"
of the Polish province ' Is to bo accom
plished by the simpo6ut efficacious plan
of buying up the lands of the Polish land
lords and expelling the Polish peasantry.
The land Is purchased by the govern
ment , about 500,000,000 having been ap
propriated for the purpose. When the
Polish landlord will hot agree upon a
price lie is offered a certain number of
years' rental and is thrust out of tliu
country. . Without choice or recourse on
his part ho ceases to bo a land owner or
oven an inhabitant of Prussia. ' The fate
of the peasantry is oven severer. With
no accumulated surplus to fall back upon
in many cases they must go to another
land nnd among strangers to seek bread.
*
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The causes of the great fall in the price
of silver recently are not all known. The
drouiti India council bills of exchange is
one of them , but this alone seems hardly
adequate to account for a fall of two and
a quarter ponce per ounce of silver bull
ion since January 1. Thu London quota
tion now is forty-four and three-quarters
pence per ounce , aud the Now York quo
tation ninety-seven and three-quarters
cents. These are the lowest points over
touched.
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#
Mr. Foster , the Canadian minister of
marine and fisheries , has given notice
that ho will introduce into the Dominion
parliament a bill to amend the act re
specting fishing bv foreign vessels in
Canadian waters. This is understood to
mean an act of hostility to us. But tliu
issue is ono of treaties , which cannot bo
interpreted by parliamcnc.
STREAKS OP
Edwin Booth has earned 390,000 In twenty
weeks' work this season.
.John 15. Drake , of the Grand Pacific , Chi-
cau'o , is said to bo worth Si.030,000. :
Gov , Long , of Massachusetts , Is shoitlyto
marry the prettiest girl In lllgliam.
Mary Anderson is disappointed because she
did not realize more than 8100,000 out of her
American tour.
Agnes Folsom , cousin of the president's
betlnothcd , has nmdc an immense hit in the
new comic opera "EnMtMe. "
Col. Folsom , l'"rau ie.4j grandpapa , Is a
dear old man , and be ) can write his name
upon apiece of papcr'repjescntinR § 100,000.
D. T. Patterson , recently appointed post
master at a small toWiiJn Tennessee , was
lonneily United States 'senator fioin that
state. n '
Edward C.Knlcht , oj Philadelphia , started
trade on S3 a week. lip Is i ) mllllonalio nov ,
but was happier wlioulie drew his 52. Klciies
bring cares.
George Hcsscrich , tf barber at Memphis ,
Ten n. , has by tliu death of an , uncle in Bra
zil , just fallen heir to an estate valued at
55,000,000. . ; . i
John Dubols , the dyfni1 lumber klnc of
Pennsylvania , recently deededto , his nephew
his estate of SS,000,000 , the consideration
being one dollar , his object being to keep the
estate Intact
James 11. Goodsel ) , the former president of
the National Associated press , was given a
voidict of 5250,000 against the Western
Union telegraph company In New York the
other day , It was for damages ic.siilting
irom the destruction of his business oy the
Western Union.
Alexander Wilson iccently dug up an Iron
box containing SIW.OOO , near Havre do
Grace , Maryland. It was a portion of the
fortune of John Stump , a relative , who dur
ing the war of 1813 burled his money. It was
found by means of a diagram which Wilson
discovered among a lot ot old papers.
The wealthiest preacher man in Chicago Is
the Hcv. Dr. llyder. lie Is not preaching for
a living now.howevor.as bo Is worth 5'J50,000 ,
partof it In Wabash real estate , but most
of It in stiect car stock. Ho injulo all Of n'jg
money out of his sacr < j < ! profusion and Is ac-
CWlitedb/ brokers wlfa the possessloh
.gE'S great head tnr frmhclerlnp. ;
Mrs. William Shearer , an old lady of At
lanta , has received notice from England tlmt
ono of her uncles who resides In Now Zealand
had died and left a I'ortuno of 5150,000 to bo
divided between throe legnteos , of which sho. .
was ono. The others are a sister In I'jU5'.nd '
and another In AustiallaTUoti will bo
about SIRO.OOO each.
Alfred Poole , J
$ , nvcr purchaser o un
claimed o re and freight consignments ,
reg a'y bought three boxes each about two
* eet square , solidly constructed and very
heavy. The pmchaso was made at a ventme ,
but on opening the boxes each was found to
contain a brick of solid gold worth about
812,000. The amount paid for the three was
S0.40.
lUchard Arnold , the deceased head of the
firm of Arnold , Constable & Co , , New Yort.
WHS worth at the time of his death not loss
\ban 85,000,000. His will provides for his fam
ily and gives to bis seivants the following ;
John Kldnell , the coachman , Is given $3,000 ;
Maruaiet McCloskoy aud Elizabeth McClos-
key , domestics , each 8300 a year and Mary
Ann McCloskey 500 annually during tnelr
lifetime.
Luck Is what counts In the western mines.
A gentleman rejoicing In the hohoicd name
of John Qulncy Adams has been prospect-
iim for two seasons In Ny Mexico without
success. The other daV , he dlscovoied that
his haversack was on fire , ' -his prospector's
glass having focused thft Bun's rays upon It.
There were about a dozen pounds of powder
In his haversack and 'Adams throw it from
him and ran. It fell-'in ' b a crovicennda
largo mass of rock waatflbwu up. Adams
icturncd mournfully tojiathcr up what might
be left of his effects and hlsieager eye caught
the "color. " He Investigated caiefully and
found himself In posse..Wo ot an exceeding
ly rich vein of ore , which tljo explosion had
brought to view , Hosnd4jthlrd | Interest in
his find for 810,000 and1 will make bl money
nut of the remainder. \ '
i i
Looking AftcriHI , } Patrons.
ffew York ll'oiW.
P. T. Barnum has discharged two of his cir
cus men for profanity during the perform
ance , Mr. Barnum never permits his per
formers to usurp the prerogatives of his pa
trons.
Good Advice.
Oslthtxh Timen.
There Is one sentence iu Powderly's letter
to the Knights ot Labor tlmt they will do
well to keep In mind , and that is "to keep a
jealous eye upon the doings of the labor men
who never labor. "
Jliisu't Bo Turned into a Liunatta
Asylum.
I/oubrt ( ( Courfr-/iurnal. (
A contemporary says that "it can never be
the national policy to reverse the grand and
noble sentiment which proclaims the Ameri
can lepublfc to bo the uouie of the oppressed
of all nations , the asylum to which all can fly
from tyranny and wrong. " This "nsj-lam"
Is all well enough as long M wo ean keep It
from becoming a rather dangerous Itinntlo
asylum. It Is beginning to assume that char
acter entirely too rapidly for the comfort of
other people.
Too Aluoli.
ITilladflpTifci Iteonl.
It Is rather too much to ask the people ot
this country to go to war with Canada In
vindication of the policy of taxing their sun-
plies of food In order that the Gloucester
owners of fishing sloops may grow ilch at
thulr expense.
Mixed In Itn Zoology.
PUttlniro Dtfimtcb.
In an enthusiastic Mississippi organ Jeff
Davis Is described as "tho lion of the lost
cause. " This looks UKO a slleht mistake In
zoological classification. The lion Is not the
member of the menagerie who Is In the habit
of disturbing grave-yards.
"Honest Words to Honest M.OII. "
Chicago Ilcralil ,
The oleomargarine lobby at Washington
has Issued a pamphlet for circulation to con-
Kress entitled , "Honest Words to Honest
Men. " Oleomargarine makers am honest
enough about anything except In the name
they give their product. They call It butter ,
sell it as butter and get butler prices for It.
"Cmra"uollo. "
/unmix CHv Tlincf.
Since "Clara Belle's" itcath It is noticed
that her contributions to the press are even
moiogameytliaii bofoie. "Clara Belle" was
not too proper In this life , and In her spirit
life she Is positively shocking. If there are
packing houses In the splilt land "Clara' '
must bo renting nn office In the vicinity.
A PlBfirnoorul Out lit.
Oinulni lf ) ilillciin.
The Republican hcartllv concurs with the
liin : in pronouncing tlio outfit for the con
veyance of malls between the trains and the
postoftlce in tills city the most disreputable
and disgraceful outlit In the country. There
Is not a 10 cent side show traveling through
the pooicst country towns , exhibiting two-
headed calves , fat wouion and snakes under a
ragged and weather-beaten canvas , that has
not a better outlit of vehicles and hor.sellesh.
Our mall wagons look as If they bad done
duty on the plains befoie tlio Pacific road
\\as built , and over slnee. They are lusty
dirty and wcathei-be.itou , and are a positive
reproach to our linely-paved streets , line
buildings ami beautiful city. The piopelllng
weakness is no better. Ltttlo rats of
mules , biokeu-down , spavined and half-
starved horses complete tliu meanest outlit
that ever served a great and rich country.
Contrasted with the line vehicles and sleek ,
spirited and well-caparisoned horses that
servo iu other cities , they bring a blush to the
cheek of every citizen as they pass.
A Study or the Cyclone.
C. K. Goothvln.
The cyclone Is a boast of prey ,
It loams the western plains.
It lives on people , erialn and hay ,
And swallows railroad trains.
Upon the earth it Is a power ,
And It never stops to rest ;
Its g.nt Is ninety miles an hour
Whene'er it docs its best.
Its home Is In the sunny south
'Tis there It's reared and fed :
It scoops its victuals in Its mouth
And travels ou its head.
The lluhtnlng flashes from its eyes ,
While loud its voice doth tear ;
Its body roaches to the skies ,
Iu course is marked with gore.
Now , whore those mighty things exist
Which man cannot control ,
The fellow that would not be missed
Must crawl down In some bole.
ANOTHER. . NEW TOWN.
Crawford , Da-.vos County , Comine
Into Prominence.
CKAWFOUU , Neb. , May 19. [ Corres
pondence of tlio BEE. ] The astounding
rapidity with which the "wild west" is
being changed to civilization is beyond
iho comprehension of any man. Imagina
tion may have full play , but realization is
still without its reach.
It is not the purpose now , to write up
those places anil things that are already
made familiar to the country , although
half has not boon told.
. The new town to bo bulltoB _ the main
line of the F. E. * MV. . railroad , just on
the eabt ftUU 0"f the United States military
enervation of Fort Robinson , Is already
begun by two drj goods stores , one hard
ware store , two restaurants , ono black
smith shop , two saloons , one lawyer and
ono surveyor nnd locating agent , and
tntinv others tire on the road , although
the town has not been surveyed or viol-
ted ; but the trnoU layers 0 ITeTo on the
township 81 , range 53 west of the the
principal meridian and on the risiit U
of the rushing , sparkling White rivor.
more brautiiin ami picturesque location
is not to be found elsewhere m the broad
state of Nebraska. The giant sugar-loaf
buttea , that form a back-ground for Fort
Robinson on the north , are but two miles
away and a thousand feet high , fringed
with pine , rolled iu the morning sun a
maniiiconco that is superlatively awe-
inspiring in Us grandeur. They are so
near as to appear lobe in your door-yard ,
and yet so far off that their routines ia
blended by their interlacing , which makes
thorn scorn moro like iimngnificontpaint
ing than a reality of nature's handiwork.
Five miles south the evergreen hills relieve
lievo the vision by their symmetry and
beauty ; and , bending northward , like the
walls of a great anipithcatro , whenreach
ing n point Just flvo miles cast , they term
inate in the tragic Crow Butte , 780 feet
high , one which stands out so boldly
that it may bu seen forty miles away , and
from whoso summit the Black Hills of
Dakota are plainly discemablo. To the
northeast , at an opening angle of ono
hundred degrees , the grand and futile
valley of White River impresses tlio idea
of illimitable expanse.
Crawford receives ita name from the
late Captain Crawford , who belonged to
the third cavalry of this post , and who
was killed recently on the borders of
Mexico.
The country i now carpeted by nature ,
but the all-subduing plowshare is
transforming the homo of the ranchman
Into civilized homes for the oncoming
ing millions. Thu All-wise Architect has
hero boon most lavish of His bounty and
Ills skill.
The tests , so far , indicate a productive
soil , a moderate , healthful clime , and an
intelligent , industrious and benevolent
class ot people ,
The lands along the valley are mostly
taken , but back on the highlands the soil
is richer and nearer timber. Them is
plenty of dead timber for wood and posts
for years to como. There is no under
brush and the grass is abundant. Water
is obtained by digging. Besides the labor
of building , a house would cost but a few
dollars. Last winter the cattle lived on
the range. B. F. THOUAS.
Just One ,
Wall Street News ; ' ! suppose yon
learned n great deal while you were out
west , " remarked u Boston man to a
Boston youth who had just arrived hoinu
after a trip of six weeks.
"No , sir. I only learned ouo now
thing. "
"Indeed , why not ? "
"Because , after I learned how a mine
was salted , I hadn't any money 'left for
further tuition.1'
THE JUMBO OF THE STATE ,
The Mammoth Proportions of Oheyenne
County Pictured in Plain Print-
Itomlnlsconccs of .Tulosbnrc's Bloody
Dnya Wonderful GooloRlcnl
Formntlonsnnd Other
Products.
SIDNEY , Neb. , May 18. [ Correspond
ence of the BEE. ] Daniel Webster once
said , in describing the wonderful oxt.int
of country covered by tlio possessions of
the United Slates , "that hardly does the
rosy tints of sunset on the Pacific coast
fade into the gloom of night till the At
lantic coast 1ft bathed in the silver light
of the new-born day. " This can hardly
bu said of Cheyenne county , yet one need
not strain at n gnat or swallow u camel
to make it comparatively true. Chovcimo
countv contains 201 townships nnd SO
major fractions of townships. It is 10
times larger than Douglas county , 14
times larger than Cass county or 20 times
larger than Harpy county ; it is larger
than all the counties in Nebraska border
ing along the .Missouri river combined
and Saunders , Lancaster , Oage , York
anil Hamilton counties thrown in ; and
yet it is but an infant ; to-day there is not
a township in the county but the wild
cnyote plays upon and the festive ante
lope roams at leisure o'er. Thoio are val
leys on the North 1'latto river larger than
tliu county of Douglas and level as Omaha
asphalt pavement that are comparatively
unsettled yet. There are plateaus of table
land larger than any three counties cast
of th ono hundredth meridian , with
splendid soil aud plenty of timber near ,
where the white sailed eratts of the set
tler have hardly dotted yet.
Tltr.llE IS MOItl ! WATT.U ,
moro timber , moro tillable land and less
Mind in the hoil of Cheyenne county than
any other county north of the 1'latto river
andwcstof the ouo hundredth meridian.
Up and down the line of the U. 1' . rail
road at every train station where OHO
year ago there was nothing but Texas
steers , section men and water tanks ,
there are now rapidly building up the
future Chicagoos , Omahas and Lincolns.
Sidney , the county seat and largest town
in the county situated on the Lodge
Pole creek , 110 miles west of North
Platte , is the tirst division west of that
city ou tlio Union Pacihc railroad , it is a
busy , thriving little city of about 1,200
inhabitants.
FOIIT SIIWKV.
is located Here ; it is a beautiful spot
inside the city limits and is the place
where Senator Maudersoti wants to ex-
wend $50,000 in improving the surround
ings and conditions of Uncle Sam's ! iOO
bold aud brave protectors , who draw
hard tack aud sleep between govern
ment blankets. It is also settled upon as
the location for one of the two additional
land ollicc districts which congress re
cently passed , and President Cleveland
did not veto. With a land oflice nnd
$50,000 of government appropriations
during the next year Sidney must and
will boom.
In latitute the central portion of Chey
enne county lies nearly due west of
Omaha ; in altitude it averages about 4,000
feet above the sea level or less that one-
lifth the Height of Pike's Peak , or about ! J
times the elevation of Omaha. In agri
culture every known product raised m
the eastern portion of the state , grows ,
ripens and matures \yith a wonderful
increase in si'/o , quality and quantity.
Mr. Robert Choyne in town 1 ! ) , K : 48 , on
the north side of the North Platte river ,
raised last year a piece of sod corn that
yielded him 35 bushels to the acre of as
hard and well matured yellow Dent corn
as any eastern county in this state can
produce. This corn was raised without
any irrigation whatever , and in spite of
the early frosts throughout the state last
year , fully matured , and the same gentle
man is this year using for seed the same
corn ho raised on the sod last year.
WHAT COUNTY IN THE EAST
over raised seed corn on their first
year's sod ? This crop of Mr. Cheyne's
certainly settles the mooted question as
to whether corn will mature in Cheyenne
county. Oats , wheat and tame grosses
all do wonderfully well. With its immense
tracts of tillable ground and their won-
dorfuj producHveucbS Cheyenne county
promiyjs tcfsoon be the banner county of
the state.
At the state fair next fall Choyennn
county will be seen and recognized , not
as tlio homo of the coyote , the Texas
steer , and the cowboy , but the Eden of
the tassoling corn , the billowing wheat ,
the waving oats and the Irish lemon. In
historic legenils some of the scenes and
incidents of its early border life would
rivft ! the tales of Walter Scott. On its
oust boundilry.in the corner of Colorado ,
on tlio south bank of Uio Plutto riynr ,
once stood
THE KATEll grJJT f * CLl ) JULKSBUKO ,
namcii.jlf > r Un old Frenchman by the
> yvJIio of Jules Benaxi , whom Mark Twain
afterward made famous as the man ,
whom the desparado Slade tied to a post
and murdered between drinks nnd whoso
oars he always carried in his vest pocket.
In 1803 tlio main supply depot of Bon
Holliday's stage. Jinu was located hero
and at this time there had grown up
around this station a village of forty or
lifty persons , while two miles west of the
town Cant. O'Brien , now of Choyonuo
Citywas located with a company of Iowa
soldiers in n little sod fort. About 11
o'clock one day , boinotime during the
rnionth of February , a few Sioux Indians
made ttiolr appearance on the tablo-land
to the south. Capt. O'Brien sent out a
detachment of twenty soldiers to scout
around aud drive the Indians back , These
men were deooycd back into the raviuo
by a few of those cunning maneuvers of
these celebrated Sioux chiefs ,
White Antelope and Pawnee Killer ,
till tinally , like the fated Ouster , they
were caught in the fatal trap and all
massacred ; but not till many an Indian
warrior had paid the penalty of their vie *
tory. While the soldiers and Indians
were fighting many of the inhabitants ut
Julcsburg ( low to the Bed tort for protec
tion. These who want were fortunate ,
for those who remained but a few min
utes
VVKRE MAJWACUKU TO A MAN ,
for hardly had Urn last shots died away
on the blufla till 1,000 Sioux warriors were
murdering the inhabitants nnd burning
the beautiful little town of Julesburg ,
with the immense buildings and large
supplies of the stage company. After
entirely destroying the town they next be
gan u liulit against the fort , in this li ht ,
after a stubborn and hotly contested bat
tle , they were forced to retire badly
worsted. In this tight the Sioux Indians
had their lirst experience in bomb shulls.
Capt. O'Brien dropped a few six pound
shells amongst them , The Indians see
ing the little iron balls laying around ,
gathered about them with wondering cu
riosity. No Indian ever looked for the
second shell , but many dusky widows
mourned over the fnto of their too cu
rious luisb.imU , Such is a few of the his
torlo facts connected with the name and
history of Julcsbnrg , which the Union
Pacific people thing wields a moro mat'ic
wand than the more poolio name of Den
ver Junction. In
fiKOI-OUICAL KOHMATIONS ,
Cheyenne county contains n few of the
most curious and wonderful formed
rocks in America. Court house rock ,
situated on the North PJatto river ton
miles Douthcast from ( Jump. Clark , is a
square rock setting hack ii | sholfs to a
dome on lop. covering an urea of about
ten acres and is 2Gb feet from babe to
dome. It stands out on the prairie en
tirely alone , jsiv miles from any other
similar formation. Tt is composed of
calccriotis magnesia sand formntioii and
from nil side resembles very much
Douglas count's new courthouse. It is
one of the freaks nnd wonders of untitrn.
It is an extremely deceitful rook , tor each
ono mile you think it oil" , it is ten miles
farther still , nnd ninny a festive young
tnndcrfoot has wnlkud to the next station
and get into cnmp rather Into too , in
order to sec it. The old Mormon trail
passed along tlio north side of this rock ,
nud Its smooth walls of soft white stone ,
contains almost as many Mormon unities
and dates as Hrlglmm Young's old
tything book. Twenty miles above this
rock ou the south side of tlio North I'lutto
river stands what is called tliu Chimney
rock. This is composed of the same ma
terial that couit house rock is. This
chimney sets upon a funui-l shaped rock
about fifty feet high and covering about
onehall'aero at its base. It In
A IT.HKr.CT ItOUNI ) COLUMN
of rock about sixteen foot iu diameter ,
ntnl is now about 100 feet high , carrying
jts si/.o to the top. There is nn old legend
in this country that many yearn ago ix
young lieutenant in the army was out
with n party of soldiers , and that one
uvcning just to try his cannon for prac
tice ho shot lifty foot off from the lop of
the rock , Ho this as it may , as tlio rock
now .stands it is the most wonderful pro
duction of n a turn in tlio entire state of
Nebraska. Twenty miles above tills rock
is what is known as Scott's blufls. This
is a spur of perpendicular sand stone
cliffs about fiOO loot high , joining up to
tlio water's edge on the south side of the
Platte river , nnd is noted far nml near as
the homo of the mountain sheep , an an
imal essentially American in its origin
nnd mountainous in ltd habits ; iiuiu.v of
these animals still reside , and make their
homes in these bltifld. Such is but a few
of nature's wonders in Cheyenne county.
Along the south side of tlio North 1'latto
river the brakes and hlufl's are full of a
line quality ot' pine and cedar timber ,
and in these blufl's many a beautiful
stream of cold , clear water starts on its
journey to tlio sea ,
In my next I will deal with the pro
ductions of Cheyenne county , treating
on HID amount of farming , horse and
cattle raising being carried on , and Us
past and probable future success.
JosKi'ii 11. FAIHKIEI.D.
A Noraila Senator's Inick.
Senator Jones in San Francisco Post :
"I've always boliovcd in Providence since
ono tiny , years ago , when I was shonll'
over in Shasta countv. It was a roaster
of a day anil I was roturuing on horse
back from a hunt for some sluice rob
bers. I was slowly following u faint
mountain trail , and the .sun was just bak
ing mo and the horse was in a lather. I
came under the slindu of a big rook and "
thought it would bo pleasant to got oil' A
nnd have a smoko. I sat down on u cool
bowlder , cut a pipoful from my plug ,
tilled my pipe , aud felt for a match.
Well , Joe , there wasn't a match any
where in my pockets. I searched and
searched , but there was no match. I toll
you , Joe , 1 felt worse over that disap
pointing than I've done since when Iho
market lias gene back on me nnd hit mo
for a hundred thousand at a clip. But
while I sat tncruon that bowlder wrapped
in gloom , what d'yo suppose my eye sud
denly fell on ? A match , by heaven , ly
ing on the trail not six foot away from
me ! I used it though I was a little
afraid to touch it at first and had my
smoke. So you needn't to worry how
this political light is going to come out.
A man for whom Providence will go to
the trouble of providing a match for a
smoke in the wilds of thobiorraNuvadns ,
where man's foot scarcely ever treads ,
isn't likely to get left when it comes to n
commoniilaco little thing like being
elected to the United States senate. Ever
since that time , " concluded the Com-
stocker. "I've never refused n dollar , Jp ,
a parson , nnd have generally douo'mv
best , in a quiet , unobtrusive way , to
make myself solid with tlio people who
have to pull on Providonco. "
Keep Quiet
And take Chamberlain Colic , Cholera
and Diarrhoea Uomcdy. It cures pain in
the stomach almost instantly , get a 25
cent bottle , take nothing else. You. will
need nothing else to cure the worst cnso
of DinrrhiL-a , Cholera Morbus or bowiil
complaint. This medicine is made for
bowel complaint only and has been in
constant use in the west for nearly fif
teen years. Its success has boon un
bounded and its name become n house
hold word in thousands of homes. Try
It.
The Gorman Aluao.
On next Sunday night the two Gormnn
theatrical companies now In this city
will give performances. The organi/a
tion at the Studt theatre will prcsnnt the
laughable piece , "Lakalln Zoisongol , "
which is the glory of a pair ofjnalo. lll > tS
said to be most npui-hig. The strong
company wijl 5 their beat to make the
,
At the opera house , the play will bo
"Dor Walt/or Konig , " in which Miss
Ilofstottor , A. Varena , ( J. Hartzheim.
Laura Mojcan and Messrs. Solig and
Molchin , will take part. This is u very
strong company and ought to produce the
piece welt.
SKIN , SCALP , BLOOJ )
Cleansed , Ptirlfled nnd ncautlflo.cl by
the Cutloura Remoilicu.
For clcnnslair Uio skin uncj sculp or illuflf urlntr
humors , for ullnylnir llchln ? , Imrnlnir and In-
llnmmatluii , for curlnur tlio Urat aymiitoms of
cciomn , psorlnsla , milk crust , auuld lioiul ,
scrofula mid otlior trihorltod skla uud lilood din-
oiitos , CUTiciniA , tliu irrcut aklu euro , und Cim-
UIIUA Ho A I1 , nn oxnuislto tkln bcuiulllor , ex
ternally , anil CUTIOUMA UIMOI.VUNT , tlio now
blood purllicr , lutenmlly , "re infnlllblo.
A COMPLETE CUUK.
1 have eulrcrcd nil my life with akin illsomoa
of illfTonnit kinds nnd Imvo never found perma
nent rollnr , until , by tlio ndvlcoof aludy trlund ,
I used > mir vnlmililo CutlourR ItomodloB. I vi >
them u thorough trial , iislntr six uotllu. of tlio
Cutluuru Uosolvout , two lioxos of Cutlcurn , mid
poven fiUios of Cutluuru Boat ) , nnd tlm result
wusjust wlmt I Uud been told It woul.l lu ) a
complete ouie. UKU.K WADE ,
Itlcliinond , Va.
llofereiipe , O. W. Lai liner , Druimlst , 800 W.
HurslmllHt. , Illcliinond , Vo.
SALT lUIUUM CUKKL ) .
I wn troubled with salt iliuuin for ft number
of yours so that tliu skin entiiulyouruaolloiiouf
my hands fiom Hie IliiKor tips to HIM wrhU I
tried romodleg and doctors' piohi-rlptlons to no
n urixHO until 1 comiftonund tiikitiK C'utlouia
nI tumedlcB , nnd now 1 mu ontlioly uuriul.
K.T. 1'AHKliu.
379 NortUiunploui St. , Huston , Musi.
1TOHINO , SCALY , PIMPLY.
For tliu last your I Imvo luul n species of Ilch
las , scaly , und pimply liumon , on my fmo to
Miliieli Imvo npnllod n iriuut muny mutliods of
tioatmont without mures.- * , and which win
tipeoillly uud cutliuly cureil by Cutluuru.
Mua. ISAAC VilKU'S.
Huvt'iia , O. _
CutloiK-n llomodloj nro sold ovorynlioro.
1'ricot Uultcuru,5' ) ccuti ; Itcsolvent , 1 1.IM ! houp ,
&piuonla. Prepared by the I'OTTtu UliUO ANU
CimiiCAt. Co. , llostun , Muss.
PIMin < 5 Plniplos , Skin Illviulnhcs und Jluby Hu
UllllUO , inorKcurixl bv Outlcuiu Houn.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases. "
WEAK 11ACIC. J'AINnnd Wcnknoss
across the Kidney * , Shouting J'ulns
tlnouuh the Loins , I'lormo 1'ulns , l.ueo
of StiuiiKth uud Activity Instantly 10-
nillovod und Biicodilv cuiod by tliu
Outlouta AntM'uiu I'luster. At drug-
NOTICU.
Notice Is ucroby trlvon ttmt fciiled propotala
tor tbooioctlonof a bcbool liouso Iu the lucid-
{ undent Bchool District of fJlonwond , county
of .Mills , mid etutool lawn , will bu receive J by
Writ. II. Aiulursuii , ut tlio Mills County National
Hunk , whi > ro plans ntnl spuUllcuUonii may b < )
bu bvcn ufttr Ma ) ' IS. IBbU , llldg v/IU bu ojiuiu-il
between thohouia of II ir. m. and 1 p. in. of
J ino * l.lbSil The board of dliottojg rcsrrvo Ilia
.
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