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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : tiA'l tJRDAY. 11. 1880.
BAILROAD RIGIlfS OF WAY ,
Special Legislation Needed in Regard teState
State School Lands ,
ARRIVALS AT THE PENITENTIARY.
A Itecent Addition to the University
Faculty Tlilngi Still Itouinlnc
ftt West Ijlnooln Stnto
Capital Happenings.
TUB TIER'S LINCOLN TIL'USAU.1
"There wfll bo need for some special
Irgislatlon in the matter of school lands
nnd railway rights of way , " said Attor
ney General Lccso yesterday , "and I
have discussed the question fully in my
icpoit to the governor. There have been
Hovcral serious questions involved in
oases brought to prominence by the St.
Paul and Klkhorn Valley lines in the
Btnlt1 , where they have crossed stale ami
hdiool lands , and seek to gut absolute
legal titles to the grounds they occupy.
Ono Hurlous question that will require
legislation in tins matter of school lands
is in a case where lands are under con
tract of sale to parties , but not paid out.
A man having a piece of land in this
way is In possession , nnd the stale has
contracted with him toupon certain pay
ments in full , deed him so many acres of
ground. A railroad comes along and
takes a right of way , oll'uring payment
for the same , but the question arises , to
whom to pay , the party who purchased or
Iho state. In thcso cases the attorney
general holds that the companies must
pay the state through the regular pre
scribed channels of appraisement , and
payable lo the county treasurer , and when
the purchaser under contract makes final
payment of the land which has been cut
ttliort from the amount contracted for
the stale will have to make it good with
him , In eases where the railroad com
panies have settled for the right of way
with the purchasers themselves under
contract , as has been done in some in
stances , they take the risk of losing all
title , for if a purchaser by contract tails
in any event to complete his contract ,
the land would revert to tlio state and
carry the right of way with it. The gov
ernor , under orders from the attorney
general , Is , therefore , making no deeds
to rights of way for companies through
bchool lands , and will not until some * leg
islative action can bo had that will re
move the prc&unt diHicullios in the law ,
and Iho lack of law and make the mode
of procedure clear and nntr.immoled.
It may be expected , therefore , that
through the attorney general's report
and the message to the governor , that
this question will bo fully elucidated and
the law makers bo requested to give it
early and prayerful attention , to thjj end
that that clouds may bo removed in thu
mutter.
A USELESS AI'PKNnAQK.
riio board of regents of the state uni
versity tjomolimo .since secured a certain
Dr. Hillings on thu stall'of tlio university
professors , who.su duties , as nearjy as
can bo ascertained , werj to experiment
upon animal diseases and elucidate the
troubles with an object in view of pre
venting or discovering a remedy for con
tagious animal diseases. This Dr. Bil
lings in the past few months has intro
duced himself very numerously through
long winded articles in the Statu Journal
that have llcJmled the columns of the
paper with articles sot in nonpareil that
have given full scope to the expansive
ideas of the doctor , who has run the
thing until oven his associates wore tired.
This , however , was harmless amusement
ou tlio part of the doctor , but ho lias
liiti'ly branched oil'into a set of vagaries
in the siiaiio of recommendations that il
they wore listened to and adopted , would
involve a bill of expense upon the state tc
look after its animal industries tliat would
bo tairly enormous. Of course tl.e.-u
opinions are drought out in a waj
to quietly whack at the liv <
.stock commission and Dr
ISurtli. tlie state veterinarian , and look a >
though Billings was trying to earn hi. '
milary by attacking tlio commission
which is fn its work practical , whore the
Billings theories arc foolish. Thu live
block commission with Dr. Gorth arc
hard at work and accomplishing a gruai
deal of good , as tlio rocoid of their worl <
NhowH , and to those who pay attention It
the long winded article. ' ] of Billings tin
conviction becomes deep-seated that tin
regents bad bettor oxpoml the mouoj
used in his salary in some more bcnolicta
way than the airing of theories and at
tacks upon the commission.
SLUICING ADVICE.
The htoward of the ho-pital for the in
sane \\as at the state house yesterday
necking advico. IIo stated to the Bii :
representative that the son of Dr. Mat
ihowson was making the elaim and preparing
paring to remove tlio plants in the con
bcrvatory there , claiming that they wore
the property of Mrs. Matthowsou , wht
ninci years ago took the plants there ,
from which they were propagated. Tin
Htuward , knowing thu value of the col
lection , came in tor instructions , and tin
board ordered that everything brouglr
then ) by the Matthuw.sons was their
property to takeaway , but that the plants
raised by the state were the state's ' , and
btato fuel had warmed thorn in lift
through thu winters and the stale fo :
three your * has had a florist employed a
a salary of $ ; )0 ) per niontl. to lake chargi
of the eonsurvatory and grounds. Tin
plea of the Alatthuw.sons that not onli
the plants brought there by them unit ha
the lifty-fold iucreabo as well woru their ;
wns viewed with a good deal of surprise
and the claim w.is regarded iw propostor
oils T\yo years ago Dr. Matthuwson , it
making inventories of the propel ty be
longing to the state at the asylum , re
turned tfir : ! worth of plants us btilongin ;
to the stale , all of which came under th
claim of personal properly at present
This inventory is now on file with Com
misaionor Scott.
1IHOUUIIT TO THE I'EX.
, Deputy SliurllVJainos Gates , of Wubste
foiinlv. has brought to the state penitent
iary ( 'laronro McClam , who will live a
the pen for a jear in answer to a sentence
tonco for forgery Shorifl'W. B. Daniels
of Boone county , has brought to the poi
[ Samuel Hardy , who comes for liftoui
years in answer to the sentence for niiir
dor. There is a good dual of interest ii
connection with this young man's case
who fame from 1-Inglaud und was toll
that tliu law rucognl/ed the right to shoo
any ouu who applied a foul name to him
In aquarrul with a young man hu fol
lowed out this advleo , and now comes ti
survu thu sentence uhovu enumerated.
ItriSOI.AItS AIIUOAl ) .
The residence af Kd Howe , u painter
located at 1100 South Ninth street , wa
.1 * - entered by burglars Thursday evening
They had gained access to ono of Ihi
rooms in the house and had broken opci
a trunk , when a lady on the place die
covered them and they tied without su
curing any booty. The police were tele
phoned for by nuighbors but it scorns the ,
were most of thorn enjoying the pleasure
of the iboater , and In consequence norm
found tlio place in time to make arrest
or even get any clue that could bo tiirnu
to account in nr.iking nn arrest.
AT WKST LINCOLN ,
The business boom U groally on th
gain and stock receipts aru double cac
uay Hint they were ti week ago. Th
packiii < * house no\v running has bee
handling TOO hop ; pdr day , but llioy wil
tit once increase to 1,000 and hold th
daily Killing to that figure if thu porker
can uu obtained. Packing house numbc
two is to bo operated by Mr. Silverhorn ,
of Chicago , who will commence opera
tions Monuay next with a capacity of
1,200 daily , and the commission men now
in tlio field will open permanent offices
in West Lincoln from tnntdnto. The last
two days has witnessed a falling off in
prices at the yards.
A110LT TtlU C1TV.
Yesterday a gentleman from Hcatrico
wns in the city setting forth the boom
that city wns to enjoy through the early
building ol a hundred thousand dollar
hotel in .that place by ox-Senator Pad
dock und Banker Smith. While this
building will be n great addition to Heat-
ice it is expected that it will remove any
inpression abroad that Mr. L'atldock has
cscrtod Hcatnco for Omaha , nnd dispel
ho doubt as to his being a South 1'hUtu
nan in the senatorial struggle.
The nuw medical institute that has
pen located at Mil ford has in the course
f its construction reached the second
tory , and it is stated is to bo pushed ns
- - forward 'Lhis is the
--lid ly as possible.
. 'ival of the former Lincoln Medical
nstitnto in which Dr. Simmons and others
ire interested.
Jn police court yesterday the judge dis-
> OMd of four cases , Tom Walsh nnd J.
I. Latonscli being cases pickctl np who
voro helplessly drunk. Doth were fined
) each and paid. The other two parties
were C. B. Lauer and n chap ashamed of
iis name , who called himself , lack Doc.
flic } ' were trying to quarrel nnd light on
he streets whim captured and each en-
iclicit the school fund exchequer with a
? 5 bill.
The streets in this Mav weather in the
middle of December are m a tough eon-
lition and plend eloquently for the com-
nittce on chnrter to urge work ahead so
; hat the coming season the city can bo
raised from the inuit upon pavements.
John 0. Watson , of Nebraska City , is
n Lincoln on court business. Captain
i'nlinpr , of I'lnUsmonth , is tnlkmg poll-
ics in town A. H. Smith , of Oinahn ,
renernl freight ngent of the 15. fc M. . is
n thu city. ,1. A. Cope , of Pnwnuo City ,
iml J. N. Kdwnrds , of Seward , arrived
yesterday.
SOLD HIMSELF AS A SLAVE.
Sitting al tlio Grand hotel last pvcnlnc
I heard one of the strangest romances of
modern limes strange because it was
true , says a wrilor in tlio Cincinnati
Commercial Ga/.elto. How do you know
it was true ? Well , the man who told it
is ono of Ohio's wealthiest citizens and n
man who does not tell what he is unable
to substantiate. But to thu story. As
near as 1 now romumber , it ran as fol
lows ;
In 1817 I wns a steward on the Golden
Age , ono of the linest passenger boats
that plied between Cincinnati and Now
Orleans. It was in the days before rail
roads and tojcgrams nnd when slavery
was at its prime. Well , ono tiny a strnp-
ping negro entered my olHeo , just as
wo were about to sail , and asked mo how
1 would like lo go into a speculation
with him that would make us a good
deal of money. I was young thun , and
willing to do most anything to make
money Hint was honest , and 1 told him to
proceed with his proposition. "Well , "
lie said , "it is as follows : 1 am ns likcl.v
a negro as can bo found in these parts. 1
am a free man. What I want to do is for
you to take mo to Now Orleans and sell
mo into shivery. I am worth $ lr > 00. You
sell mo and I will do what is righl
with you. " His proposition took mj
breath away at lirst , it was so startling ,
"Do you want to go back into slavery V'1
I asked , astonished.
"No , indeed , I does not , " ho answered ,
"And yet you want lo bo sold ? "
"Sure , sir. but Pso a likely nigger , and
11 soon bo back on your hands again "
1 reasoned with the fellow in vain. He
know no way of making money so easily
as being sold. 1 hesitated to appear in
the role of a slave-dealer. I was opposed
lo slavery in every form , but as I though !
over the subject 1 concluded there would
bo nothing wtong in belling the man ,
and at the hist moment yielded to hi ;
wishes and took him with mo.
Upon arriving at New Orleans I at once
proceeded to the slave market , which ir
1817 was ono of the principal btismes ;
places of the city. I made my objuci
known , and the next afternoon L was in
formed thu sale would take place. J
gave Clmrloy that was his lirst name
into the custody of the brokers and lefl
the market.
You can rest assurd that I was on ham
early the next day , and when Charley
appeared 1 hardly know him. Ho hac
been dressed up in a new plantation suit
and had a smart cap on his head. Hit
sleeves and trousers were turned up. The
bidding was lively , and you can imagine
my feelings , perhaps , as I saw a hiinuu
creature sold like a horse , and knowing J
was responsible for it. Thu auctioneer ;
would run Charluy up ami down tin
street like a horse , and the planter ;
would feel of his arms and legs ami' ankles
klos to see if there were any blemishes
When $1.10I ) was bid the man was declared
clarod sold to a prominent planter , win
gave mo $ 1,000 in cash and a niorigagc
lor the rest. 1 can tell you it was no
with the ploasantusl feelings that J
st.aitod out on the return trip , after hav
ing .sold u tellow-eroatuio into slavery.
Well , to make a long story shoit.oi
the third or fourth trip after that , 1 wa1
awakened ono night by n tap on in :
stateroom door , nnd wns aslonishod t <
find Charley wailing on Iho outside ,
took him down tlio river with mo am
again sold him at fiokbbllrg. A montl
later he turned up again and 1 sold bin
at a private sale on the boat. Month ;
rolled on nnd I had sold Clmrloy at near ! '
every port on the river , and then I com
mcnced to trade him oft' and got boo
money. 1 would then soil Iho slave :
I Iraued for , or give thorn their liberty
whichever Ihoy preferred , but as mi
slaves were nearly all old mon thni
chose to bo resold. I was doing a tliriv
ing business in the slave line , and ha <
quito a name on the river. At the OIK
of the year the mortgages began to fal
duo and I collected thorn with great reg
ularity. I think .I sold Charley liftooi
times in all , and wo divided sf.Vi.OOO o
$3U,000 between us as Iho result of on
business. As soiling an escaped slavi
was against the law , and I had sob
Clmrloy tiftecn times , we had to cud on
profitable investment.
"What became of Charley ! " abkcd hi
friend.
"Ho went to Canada for a while , wa
married and had quito a family. Hi
name is Charles Fields , and ho is nov
living at Lafayette , Iiul. , or at a towi
near there , and is u barber by occupation
What ho did with his money 1 do no
know , but there aru no times now lik
thu old ones , " and tho. sneaker softl ,
chuckled to himself , and tlio story wa
ended.
A Conncclicut clock company has prepared
pared drawings for tliu great clock to b
placed in the tower of the now City Hal
at Philadelphia , and whloh , if complete *
in accordance with their plans , will b
Ilia largest in Iho world. Tlio bolls npo
which it will strike the hours and quni
tors will weigh 50,000 pounds , and Hi
glass dials , as contemplated , measur
twonty-fivo feet in diameter.
lUiciiinntlHiu
Usually settles in the back or limbs , an
often so completely overpowers its vie
tuns that all business ami labor have t
bo abandoned. Our readers should re
member that Hood's Snrsupurilla is no
recommended as a positive specifio fo
rheumatism ; its proprietors doubt i
there is or can bo such a remedy. Bu
many people who were mosl suverel ,
ntllictcd , state that they have been posii
ivuly cured by Hood's Sursapurllla Th
disease is often the result ot impur
blood lioneo the power of this grc.i
incdiiucu ever it. Its success in many M
yeru cases iustilics us in rocommendln
ils use to all suil'crcrs from rheumatlbii
100 Doses Ono Dollar.
A VERY CLOSE RESEMBLANCE
Narrow Escape of a Man Who Looked Llko
a Noted Outlaw.
HE WAS SAVED BY HIS TEN TOES.
flic IlnU Itntl Only Nine Toes , ami If
Ills llciut Iliul lie on .Smaller , Ho
Would Have nccn Lynched
Tor Another's Crime ,
A trial growing out of n rcmnrknblo
inso of nilstnken identity has been in pro
gress in the United States court : xt Mil-
.vaiikce . , Wisconsinduring the past week.
Late in the summer of 1831 the \Vil-
lams brothers , Ktl. and Lon , sometimes
ailed Maxwell , noted outlaws , who had
.errori/.cd several western states , ap
peared in Durand , 1'eiiiu county , Wis. ,
und after committing many depredations
murdered two brotliers'iiamcd Coleman ,
ivho were seeking their capture. The
excitement over this tragedy was very
real , and , as the murderers were well
known , nearly every nblo-bodied man for
miles around turned out to assist in the
search , For weeks the great forests in
: ho vicinity of Durand wore hunted , but
> o trace of the despcradors was > to be
'omul.
One day , while the search wns ; in pro-
gross" , n young man named William Kuljl ,
who luuTbccu * working as a farm hand in
Illinois , but who , a few weeks before , hail
cone to Minnesota , arrived in Milwaukee
from the north sick and out of money.
He was on Ins way to his old homo in Illi
nois , but fcnrmgllml ho could not reach
liis destination , lie applied to a doctor
tor admission to a hospital. Some delay
being necessary , he concluded to walk
about town for awhile , and when M > do
ing lie was accosted by a man who
proved later on to bo Deputy SherilV
Gredmg. This ofilocr appears to have
made up his mind at the first sight of
luihl that he was none other than Lon
AN illiams. and , wishing to get the heavy
rowiird tiiat was otVored for the appre
hension of that outlaw , concluded to
work a very shrewd game on the unsus-
oecting Knlil. Pretending to bo gener
ously disposed , Grading scraped an ac
quaintance with Kuhl , and assisted him
into the hospital , where he kept an eye
on him for several days. Then ho ap
peared one nltcrnoon with a stranger ,
whom he introduced as a doctor , but
who was really a keeper from the Joliet ,
III. , penitentiary. On the pretence that
that the "doctor" had been summoned in
eoorl faith to treat Kuhl , who was really
111 , that worthy ina.de a critical inspection
of the siek man's body , and tlien engaged -
in n whispered consultation with
gaged . The result was that ( } reding
stopped up to the bedside and informed
Kuhl that the game was up and that ho
was his prisoner. He had suspected all
along that ho was Lon Williams and now
ho knew it , as the "doctor , " who bad n
description of Williams , taken when that
desperado wag in the Joliut prison , had
fully identified him.
While in the jail the county authorities ,
wishing to make sure of their man , had
Kuhl's ueard shaved as Lon Williams had
been when the picture which they had of
him was taken , and then , calling in a
photographer , they had a picture of tlioir
prisoner taken. The two portraits were
almost identical , the resemblance being
so striking that Kuhl himself laughingly
admitted it. In addition to facial
.similarity there were other points which
wore quite as noticeable. According to
the Joliet prison record Williams had
two scars on one of bis thumbs , a scar
three inches long across the right hand
and two scars on his nose. Every one of
these i"irks : was found on Kuhl. He-
sides this , the record stated that one of
Williams , ' front teeth was shorter than
the others , having the appearance of hav
ing been worn oil' , and Kuhl was found
o have just such a tooth.
Being an entire stranger here , and
recognizing the despoiato situation that
ho wns in , Kuhl wrote and telegraphed to
his relatives and friends in Illinois , but ,
as ho claims thit all these missives were
destroyed by his eaytors , ho leceived no
replies. At length several people from
1'epin county arrived hero and idontilied
Kuhl as Williams. The greater part of
the population of that section was still
out on the man hunt , ami enough was
learned to convince cvcr.ybodv Hint if the
real or : i pretty fair imitation of Lon
Williams should once appear there ho
would bo given short shift. Fearing that
ho was to bo takch into the lumber
country , where death would certainly bo
meted out to linnKuhl again begged that
.some ono would telegraph to his iricnds.
This time his request appears to have
been heeded , and as fast as express trains
could bring them half a do/.en prominent
mon from central Illinois , who were well
acquainted with Kuhl came to town.
On their arrival they were surprised to
discover that all the jail ollicials denied
any knowledge of a man named Kuhl.
Uelieving that something was wrpng.they
employed attorneys and detectives , ami
soon located their man in tno jail sweat
box , whore at length they succoeileiHii
gaining an interview with him. The
authorities brought this to a speedy end ,
however , and Kuhl's friends made _ ar-
ra'.igomonts to apply the next morning
for a writ of habeas corpus.
That night there was some lively tele
graphing between Milwaukee and Iu-
rand. The men from the latter place
who had been hero had returned and repelled -
polled that Williams was liorc , but just
then some ono in Uurand happened to
remember that Lon Williams had only
four toes on ono foot , the missing mem
ber having been amputated at Dnranil
some years before by a local surgeon.
This , oceurrintr after the outlaw's release
from Joliet prison , was not , of course , on
th orecords of that institution. Although
th o too question would ordinarily huyo
settled the man'.s identity , the shorilV'd
oOico did not propose to let the last hone
of a big reward tdip away FO easily. The
keepers of the unfortunate Kuhl madt
him take olT his shoes and blockings am
they counted his toes time and again
There wore tftu of ilium and there was no
evidence that any of them had ever been
cut at all , While they were pondering
over the matter a man from 1'opin county
who know that Williams had only nmo
toes , having been present when ono wad
amputated , came in and on seeing Kuh
said at once that ho was Lon \ \ illiams
but when ho counted his toes ho changed
liis mind. Then the Milwaukee olliours
began to think that tliero might bo some
mistake about the too. It this man was
Williams in other respects , a too more 01
less ought not to count.
Knowing that h'g.il proceedings wnuli
not bo instituted for tlio relonso of the
prisoner , and wishing to settle the matter
in their own way , it was decided by the
Milwaukee ollicials that Kuhl should be
taken to IVpin county without delay. I
lacked but a few minutes of train time
and preparations for the trip wore bur
rlcdly made. No friend of the prisotiet
know anything about the move , and as
ho was well uwaro of the temper of thu
lumbermen at the scene of the Williams
tragedies ho naturally believed ho was
going to his death. If ho could not con
vince sober.minded men in Milwaukee
that bo was not Leon Williams howouh
have a poor chance of doing anything o
that kind in a remote region where the
peoiilo were in a rage and were tliirstint ,
for blood. Under the escort of five well
armed deputies , who wore in
structed to defend their prisoner will
their lives , Kuhl &et out on thu midnigh
train for the scene of the WilliamV
crime. His guards learned at Cam ]
Douglas that tidings of hta-approach hue
reached Uurand , und that a mob of 1,000
OVERGO ATS 1
SUITS MISFITS
From the Leading merchant tailors throughout the country and placed on sale a
At the following- reduced prices.
men had formed there preparatory to
lynching him. In view of Ibis Ibroaten-
ini ; state of affairs they look another
roart and went to Mcnomince , whore ,
with as little ado ns nossiblo , Ihoy bitm-
nonedtho town to look upon tlioir pri-
joner. Every man hero said the re em-
bianco to Williams was remarkable , hut
as all know about tlio misVini ; too , and
found that Kuhl had ten toes , il was
igrued that he was not the man. A
brother of the murdered Colemans tlit'ii
came forward with a hat in his hand and
clapped il on Kulil's head , but it did not
fit him.
"This is Lon Williams' hat , " he said ,
"and this man can't wear it. Ho ib not
the man. "
Friends of Kuhl heard of his bolnp :
spirited away , and some of them followed
on the next train , reaching Menommco
in time to find tlio object of their search
surrounded by hundreds of men , and the
subject of much controversy. While
nearly everybody declared that he was
not \Villtams. there were .some who
wanted him held. Iteforo nighl scores of
men who know the Williams boys well
inspected him , and us they agreed Ihat
lie was not the man , Iho Milwaukee olll-
cors sorrowfully let him go. As thny bad
no charge against him , and had held him
without oven the authority of a warrant ,
his release was not necessarily n matter
of form. Judge Page , of 1'cqria , ono of
his friends who had ought him out , loft
with Kuhl that night for the south , Iho
two riding in'the baggage car for the
purpose of escaping observation. They
iiad not yet emerged from the limber
country when , ilia , Irain slopped at n
small town , where about 500 mon were to
bo seen at the station. There was much
yelling , and now and then was hoard a
voice crying : I '
" him I"
"Bring him out.
Judge 1'ago and Kuhl thought tiicir
lime had como. Hero was a mob whoso
members had not yet heard the truth.
They crouched in ono corner ot the bag
gage car , anil with rapidly beating hoarls
awaited the worst. Juit then they heard
some yell :
"Tin ec cheers for old Jerry Husk ,
bis old soull"
Then a baud strrick up and there were
more cheers. The Irain started and was
soon in motion , and Judge Page and
poor Kuhl soon learned that the demon
stration was nothing but an enthusiastic
outpouring of ardent admirers ot Jere
Uusk , whoivas making.his canvass for
the governorship and who had arrived on
that train.
Kuhl reached home without further in
cident and some limo later brought suit
against tlio shorill' , prosecuting attorney
and others in this county for falio im
prisonment , laying his damages at
$27,000. For ono reason and another Iho
trial was delayed until this fall. Kuhl is
hero with his friends , and when on the
witness stand , in his own behalf , ho took
oil'his shoes and blockings , and showed
the jury that ho had ton lees The do-
fence of tlio ox-olllcials is that they wore
actuated by a ilesiro to see the laws en
forced , and did nothing more than tlioir
sworn duly. It is not believed that Kuhl
will got much in the way 01 damages.
Norn. He suspicious of persons who
recommend any oilier arlicle as "just as
good"and take nothing else but Dr.
IJull's ( Jougli Sirup.
A party paid ten dollars for a horse at
an auction sale. The horse was lame and
bruised all over. A botllo of Salvation
Oil cosling 25 cents was used ; ho is now
valued at two hundred dollar.- , .
M. Paul do C'as-agimc can fight or not
as be pleases An ollendoil fellow-editor
iccontly telegraphed to him , "I shall
have the honor lo send you my seconds
to-morrow , " and the firo-eatcr coolly
replied , "You need not send them , for I
will not receive them. "
Far betlcr than Iho harsh treatment of
medicines which horribly gripe the pa
tient and destroy the coating of Iho stomach
ach , Dr. J. 11. McLean's Chilis and
1'cvcr Cure , by mild yet oll'ocfivo action
will cure. Sold at GO cents a botllc.
Tlioro is a very mean man In Portland ,
Ore. Ilo koous a big store in the conlor
of Iho cily. Several nights ago n special
policeman found the store door unlocked ,
and sent a haek to tlio merchant's house
lo notify him. The merchant walked
down and locked Iho door , but loft the
policeman to pay the hackman.
CoiicliH.Jtoic ' ( > Jtinnchlal
\\lll alfav the Inltatlou Vhlrh Imluoos coughing -
ing , giving Inuiietliatu iclict. Kuld onljy in
f/OJCA.
Last spring a workman in a shop fixed
a very line wire So ( hat his follow work
men would run ngaln.it it and bo brought
up standing. Ho thought it funny. Ono
of his follows wascjiiight across the eyes
by the wire. Oijp eye was destroyed , the
otlibr injured , and tlio pain und .shuck re
sulted in a.strdk'o of paralysis , and the
man is now likely to die.
Purify your bood | , tone up the syslom
mid regulate the digestive organb by tak
ing Hood's ' Siirsupurilla. Sold by al
druggists. ' !
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;
A quilt containing : ! ,1G3 , pieces of calico
lias Just been completed by Mrs. Mattie
Woolen , of Viola , Tumi , No two pieces
of thonuilt are alike , each ono having
been taken from diU'orent pieces of calico.
It required fcoveral years 10 gather ma
terial for the wor * .
A lady in Oil City the ether day lost
$300 cash on a street. A little boy found
it , anil the lady , overioynd at the recov
ery of the Ireastiro , uirooted her husband
to reward the lad suitably. The smallest
coin the husband had WHS a nickel , and
the Httlo boy got it.
A now trick in pocket-picking 1ms
been discovered in Atlanta , where Pat
rick Walsh , of Augubta , was robbed in a
crowded holol elevator by a young man
who said : "Kxcuso mo , please , sir , but
1113 * watch chain is caught in ono of your
buttons. " It vfAH in straighteningouth o
pretended entanglement luat the larceny
was committed.
II. II , M , STANLEY'S ' RETURN ,
How the Great Explorer Looks and What
He Has to Say.
A linllroail to L'onnout Hie Free States
With tlio Sea ImwH Ainonjt
the SIXVIIRCM.
Jxew York Tribune : After an absence
of thirteen years Henry M. Stanley , the
African explorer , arrived in New York
last month b y the North German Lloyd
steamship Allor , and was taken al once
10 the Kvcrult houso. Mr. Stanley looks
much the same as ho did when last hero ,
except that the indications of exposure
in the tropics arc not so apparent in his
face. The only evidence of advancing
asro is found in .streaks of while hair
among his black looks just over the ears ,
and here and there the evidences of an
inclination on the part of his clo.se-
cropped moustache to turn white. His
oycs Htill retain their wonted brightness ,
and when induced to revert to his cxpe-
riencci in the Congo country he becomes
as enlhu-ihutiu as a boy over his first
pair ot boots.
Air. Stanley has como lo America to
deliver a .series of fifty lectures and ex
pects lo remain hero until March , when
no will go to London , there to receive Iho
freedom of the city with all the pomp and
ceremony that the words imnly in the
Knglisb metropolis. Since 1873 ho lias
spent six years in the Congo Free States ,
acting as chief agent tor the Belgian
government , under who = o patronage tlio
country was opened to civili/.atiou , and
continuing his explorations. Later ho
represented King Leopold at the Berlin
conference , when Belgium's right of pro
tectorate over the Congo country was
recognized by the other European pow
ers. In tho' meantime ho has written a
book descriptive of the Congo country ,
and during the la-t"fow weeks has made
a Icelurinu ; lour in England. Ho enter
tains high hopes of the position in com
mercial circles which the Congo slates
will rcacli when tlio possibilities of tlio
country have been developed by the in
troduction ot eivili/.od methods of trans
portation.
"Tho wonderful productiveness of
the lauds having been proved , " ho said , '
"the next lliing to bo done was to bring
the white men there to develop them.
It goes without saying that white men
: ire si necessary factor in civili/ation , and
11 is dillicult to prevail upon them to go
anywhere cl o unless they can take tlio
luxuries to which they have been accus
tomed with them. It was evident that
the fruitful basin of the Congo country
must bo brought to the sea , or the .sea
taken to the Congo country , as you
please1 , lung Leopold saw the necessity
of tills , and tried to induce Belgian capi
talists to subscribe the funds necessary to
build a railroad on a point on the Congo
river 110 miles back fioin the fieacoast to
Stanley Pool , si distance of 'J35 miles ,
thus circumventing the rapiilf and cata
racts which render the river niuutviiruhlo
for this distance. Stanley Pool i the
key to the entire commercial fcilun-
tion in the Congo States. It is near
the continence of all the immense rivers
which have their source in the Congo
basin , ami which are navigable for .such
vessels as traverse the Mississippi river at
all seasons of the year.
Tlio Belgians did notsppm disposed to
invest their money in a railroad , and so ,
at King Leopold's request , I wont lo Lon
don to acquire the necessary funds. I
ononcd a subscription li t tlitsro , and
formed a syndicate to build the road in
short order. This move aoomed to arouse
Iho Belgians lo a sense ol the opportuni
ties which would bo lost lo them if a for
eign corporation constructed tlio road
and obtained the 2,000,000 acres of land
which were to bo granted tolhc bnllden * .
Without loss of time they formed a syn
dicate , subscribed the necessary funds
and are now ready to go ahead with Iho
road.Vlien \ this uecnme known the op
erations of the English syndicate were
suspended.
' The Congo river Is deep enough lo the
point below the cataracts , where it is pro
posed lo have the railroad terminate to
float vessels of from l.COO to 1,800 tons
bin den. U'ero jt not for a shallow place
where the river widens the largest ocean
steamship afloat could steam up to tliu
rapids. This place coufd easily bu deep
ened if tliu trade developed warranted it. "
"What protection is aflbrded white men
against llio natives ? " abkcd the reporter.
"At present tlio natives aio kindly dis
posed toward the whiles and give them
no trouble. Of course , it is impossible to
toll what might happen if unscrupulous
white traders should ecu them Win
chester rillos , powder , cartridges and
ether implements of warfare , or if they
.should MIOW a disposition to domineer
over the natives and dcfr.uid them.
They have a line scnso of honor and jus-
lice and severely punish oflondcrs
against their laws. On ono occasion ,
wlillo travelling along the north bank of
the Congo , in tlio vicinity of the cata
racts , I came across a marketplace , nid |
I saw two fellows buried in the earth up
to their necks. 1 was told that they wore
being punished for filcaling a handful of
ball each. At another time I saw a
native hanging by the neck lo a Irco.
From a ihiof , whom 1 asked for an ex
planation , I learned that ho was u thief.
Your 'boodlci' aldermen would probably
find that an uncomfortable vicinity to
live in. "
"There nro also stringent laws against
carrying weapons of any sorl at tlio mar
ket-place. Those market-places arc situ
ated on noulrul ground , mid every precaution -
caution is taken to preserve order thero.
At certain seasons of the year when
threu or four tribes are anxioua to do
some trading with each other , a place
about equi-distant from the villages of
several tribes is selected , and here
they meet to exchange goats for .ba
nanas , or corn for wino , and so on
thiough the list of articles which they
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