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Tin : demand lor nig iron is now in ex
cess of the supply and prices have been
marked up lo a point at which it is possi
ble to import foreign iron and pay duty
on it. Another beauty of a high "protec
tive larilVisagain exemplified.
TniJ.roptilso of Iho people will bo fol
lowed by a rally againsl the corporations
which will make the venal gang of mon
opoly henchmen imagine that the lalo
"sovcnty-two-hour" battle was a mere
skirmish ot the outposts. The sell-outs
and frauds who betrayed their trusts will
bo so effectually pilloried on the gibbet of
indignant public resentment that they
will wish ( hey had never been born.
CAUIOUN , of the Slate Democrat , takes
up the scalpel in opposilion lo tlio
JkruliVs scalping knife and handles the
instrument in his work of dissecting
true from false democracy with a grace
and delicacy which is in marked contrast
to the bunding word butchery of the
Omaha warhooper. The editor of Iho
' the of hav-
flrjimocror' Possesses advantage -
- * lived for longyoar.s in Nebraska , of
knowing its politics and of having greatly
assisted in shaping the course of the
events which ho has recorded.
FRANK Idscocic , who will succeed
Warner Miller as senator from New York ,
is a sound and able-bodied representa
tive of the Empire- state , who will add to
the reputation of his state and strength
to its interests in the councils of the upper
house. lie has a commanding presence ,
genial manners and a long head. As con
gressman Mr. Iliscock has shown a
remarkable capacity for hard work and
made a positive and excellent record on
the vital issues of the day. Stranger
things might happen thpn the nomina
tion of Frank Iliscock by the next national
republican convention.
AM. attempts to whitewash Whitmore
will fail in this community. Ho is too
dead to skin. Securing both his nomina
tion and election as an avowed staunch
supporter of General Van Wyck , lie was
already under the strongest of pledges to
John M. Thnrston. No ono knows better
than Whitmoro that bad this fact been
known ho would have been buried at the
polls by the fituuu votes of honest workingmen -
ingmen which sent him to Lincoln to
work heart anil soul for Van Wyck. Ku-
logics of Whitmoro'a straight republican
ism will not gloss over his shameful
treachery to his constituency nnd his
Imso betrayal of the trust confided to his
\
\ charge.
THE movement to secure a reduction in
the fees for recording instruments in the
olllces of our county clerks haa taken
form in a senate bill introduced early in
the suasion. Senate bill No. K5 proposes
to reduce the charge for recording from
Buvotity-livo cents for the first two hun
dred words tolifty cents. This is a step
in the right direction. The charges for re
cording instrument ) in Nebraska are
higher than is necessary. For the same
papers for which the county charges the
Iiublio from a dollar and fifteen cents to
I.wo dollars to record it Days its clerks
jfrom twenty-live to lifty cents for tran
scribing. Allowing the most liberal osti-
Jinnies for other expenses in ihq county
clerks' ofllcos , the margin of profits is too
Jlargo. The fees could bo safely reduced
with material benefit to the public and no
injury to the interests of the county.
SOME of the more reasonable among
te the Canadian papers do not like thu pros
pect of non-intorcourso with the United
States , which they candidly admit would
be disastrous to thn national welfare of
th the Dominion. The Toronto Wo&c says ;
cl ( "Non-intercourse has almost invariably
Dl , been the prelude to war , Non-intor
Ktr
tra course never inllictod in any country
such serious , widespread injury as abso
lute non-intercourse with the United
4 Stains by land and water would inflict in
Rf ,
Canada. " The llumUlon Spectator remarks
1M
to marks : "A cessation of commercial
Rll intercourse between Canada nnd the
United States would bo disastrous to
Eomu interests. It would bo a matter for
Ju very grave regret , " The Montreal
tlV JleruM observed : "Tho Canadian gov
{ ho " ' ernment is not blameless in this matter.
They have brought on the difficulty
1 which might have been averted. They
hln have brought about the strained relations
sp , with the United States , and the onlycom-
bu'I fort thooo who are mudo to sufl'or by it
'I are to receive is the assurance from gov
wij ernment organs that it is better lor them
thi > 'hoy only know it. " It will bo nnfortn-
.Vto for tlio Canadian people that sent- !
nents of this sort have not- been more
among them.
Ilotrnycd by tholr Servants ,
II.
before tlio first ballot was taken last
Tuesday , the republican supporters of
Van Wyck to the number of lliirly-thrco
had signed a mutual pledge to stand by
him in or out of caucus as the majority
would decide. Had this pledge been
faithfully kept Van Wyck never could
have been beaten. Among its signers
wore Vt hitmoro , Hussull , Crane , and
several others whu cither deserted al
most at the firing of the first gun , or
played fast and loose between the lines
of the contending forces , and gave active
aid and comfort to the enemy. The po
litical history of this state presents no
parallel of dastardly disloyalty to the
people and to : i leader who had the pee
ple's confidence. Had Van Wyck's pre
tended supporters boon sincere and earn
est in his behalf , they could have elected
him on the llrst day's balloting when a
majority cast for him in each house sep
arately would have boon decisive. All
they would have had to do was to
force the balloting and refuse to adjourn
until the necessary majority was secured.
Hut they treacherously declined to stand
and voted an adjournment after a single
ballot , which on that day is always re
garded us merely complimentary. No
sooner had this compliment been paid
than some of the cowardly renegades be
gan to talk ol a second choice , and actu
ally declared that they had discharged
their obligations to thu people and Van
Wyck. In tlio seven senatorial contests
which Nebraska has witnessed no such
defection was over attempted at that
stage. Six years ago when I'addock
came nit for re-election his men stood
firmly by him a whole week outof caucus ,
and even full with him in a body
after it was settled that Van Wyck would
bo elected. And yet I'addock had no
popular support behind him , and his
forces wore only held together by per
sonal friendship and federal patronage.
Four years ago Alvin Saunders came
down for re-election with scarcely n
shadow of hope. Out of the whole Doug
las delegation of ton ho hail only two sup
porters , and from the entire state only
eighteen votes , and yet this little band , in
the face of a forlorn hope , stood there for
more than twenty days without flinching ,
casting ballot after ballot , and never
yielded to despair. Van Wyck , with a
popular endorseme.ncsuch.is no man ever
luul , a republican following nearly three
limes as large as that of any other candi
date , and a reserve of twenty-live to
thirty democrats elected and pledged
to support the popular choice ,
found himself face to face witli poltroons ,
mutineers and traitors on the first day.
This band of conspirators , in con
stant and close communication with the
enemy , helped to work up its caucus
scheme and finally went so far as to bind
themselves to change their votes in open
session whenever Van Wyck should re
ceive votes enough to elect. This com
pact was kept a profound secret from
Van Wyok and his staunch friends , and
only became known to me a few minutes
before noon on Thursday , when Van
Wyck's election had bccomo an assured
fact unless a serious break should occur
in our lines. Just as the joint session
was about to convene 1 stopped up to
Whitmoro and asked him whether it was
true that ho had "agreed to change his
vole from Van Wyck to somebody else on
the coming ballot in case Van Wyok
received the necessary vote to elect him.
lie gave an evasive answer.
"For God's sake , " said I , "don't do this
thing. You will ruin yourself and dis
grace our county , llomcmber that I
vouched for you when you were endorsed
by the workingmen. "
" " said "I don't
"Well , Wlutmorc , know
what 1 will do. "
Hy the side of Whitmoro at that mo
ment , and through the entire session , sat
Church Howe's capper and Thurston's
man Friday , W. F. Gurloy , and close by
him stood Tom Krnncr , who , having
played himself out in the preceding leg
islature by his duplicity , sought to drag
down to his own degraded level tlio
man ho was jealous of during the last
session. Hut the occasion for Whitmoro's
treasonable Hop did not ariso. Several
of the democrats who were elected on
pledges to support Van Wyck , and had
promised to como to him on this ballot ,
failed to respond. What influence held
them can readily bo guessed. 1 need
only to cite what influenced ono of that
"roll of honor" whom the democratic rail-
rogue organ has exalted. Ho is a mem
ber from Saunders county , by the
name of Simanok. This young
Bohemian is at heart Honest and WAS
very anxious to live up to his pledge.
But during all the balloting Fisher , his
brother-in-law , a former member of the
legislature , stood guard over him and
kept him in the railroad drag-net. Fisher
was placed there by the Hurlington rail
road managers , who promised to give
him valuable privileges in a grain eleva
tor which ho is about to erect at ono of
their now stations. Poor Simanok , I
know , felt wretched and distracted at the
disgrace which his own countrymen will
fool over his disloyally to Van Wyok.
The same blighting influence that hold
its corrupting sway over Si
manok controlled the actions
of nearly every other member
of the railroguo roll of honor. Ilaydon
and Frantz , of Saline , were notoriously
controlled by'lobe Castor , the It. & M ,
right-of-way man nnd political procurer.
Others north of the it. & M. line wuro
charmed by Union Pacific snakes in the
grass.
But after nil , tlio blame should not rest
so much on weakling and venal demo
crats. When Van Wyck polled sixty
votes on Thursday eight republicans , who
had voted for him Tuesday deliberately
withhold their support. These were Sen
ators Fuller and liobbins and Represent
atives Uulrd , Crane , Fuller ot Gage ,
Marshall , Slater and Newton. Had these
men been unflinching in their fidelity to
Van Wyck , ho would have been elected
with ono vote to spare. Why did
they desert when victory was in sight ?
The only plea they made was that they
fearcil Van Wyck's election by demo
cratic votes would jeopardize republican
supremacy in the future. And yet some
of these double-dealers were willing to
elect Thurston by democratic votes if ho
didn't got enough republican votes. They
boasted openly that six or seven derno-
cruts were ready to vote for Thurston if
lie earned the caucus of sixty-three or
sixty-livo republicans. Their knavery
and hypocrisy are inoro transparent in
the light of their conduct in the caucus
and its outcome. They first organized
themselves into n little band and ,
threatened to go over bodily
into the rnilfbncl caucus of which
Deueese and Captain I'hHllps were chief
manipulators. On Wednesday nigtit , al
ready , Whilmoro , Russell , Slater , the
two Fullers nnd Uobbins went over to the
enemy secretly and then came back into
the Van Wyck camp to create a stam
pede. They succeeded only in part by
weakening the spinal-columns of several
good Van Wyck men. Failing in this
effort they came back Thursday night
into the Van Wyck caucus and there im
posed upon the rank and file of Van
Wyck's followers by pledging that in the
canons they would stand firmly by Van
Wyck until ho was nominated. Had
they kept faith , there is no doubt what
ever that Van Wyck would have been tri
umphant. Ho only lacked four votes
of a majority , and more than that num
ber wore pledged confidentially to como
over after a few ballots. The traitorous
crew cast ono ballot for Van Wyck and
then began to break , and never again ral
lied in full force. The only thing that
kept them from stampeding in a body
after the llrst ballot was the fail
ure of repealed attempts to take
a secret , ballot. Whitmoro , who was lo
carry oft"a. block of Van Wyck's follow
ers , was most persistent in thU eflbrt
showing that the plot lo make Thurston
the nominee had been cunningly laid
months ago. Tlmraton himself felt so
confident that ho bluntly declined to
keep his name out of the caucus ,
and the most remarkable fact is
that his chief support came from
Lancaster county and the supporters of
Cobb and Laird. Foiled and ballled in
the secret ballot scheme , 'J hurslon's
name was withdrawn , and in the pell-
mell and confusion that followed , Pad
dock carried oh" the prize. Had any
other republican boon nominated , the
self-styled Van Wyck stalwarts who did
not want a man to como into the senate
by democratic support mighl have some
boUom loll to stand on. But they de
feated a brave soldier and life-long re
publican by elcelinjr a man who stayed
at home and lived on federal pap during
the entire war , deserted his party and
wont over with Andy Johnson in its most
trying hour ; ran as a republican candi
date for United States senator when the
state was organized , and within ninety
days after his defeat became a candidate
for congress on the same ticket with J.
Sterling Morton against the regular re
publican nominee , and was beaten by
union republicans. They have defeated
Van Wyck by Paddock whoso first
election to the senate was se
cured by democratic votes under
pledges that ho was n "conservative"
republican , would never enter a repub
lican congressional caucus , and bound
himself in writing to democratic mem
bers of tlio legislature to give them con
trol of tlio republican federal patronage
in their counties. 1 say all this merely
to show what a set of scoundrels ,
hypocrites and traitors are now sailing
under false colors as stalwart republi
cans.
In conclusion , let me do justice to tlio
men who were steadfast , honorable and
true to their constituents. Beginning
with the upper house , I cannot speak too
highly of Senators hininger , Sprick ,
Durns , Tzselmck , Higgins , of Colfax ,
bchnimko , Sterling , Calkins , and Keck-
ley , on the republican tide.
They were earnest , staunch ami sin
cere. Mr. Lininger especially conducted
himself in a manner that must inspire
respect and confidence from his col
leagues and entitles him to the gratitude
of his constituents. Ho was tempted with
baits of senatorial honors by the cunning
opponents of Van Wyck , but ho never
wavered or lost his head. Sunator Keek-
ley , a rather nervous and excitable man ,
showed a good deal of weakness toward
the last , but this doubtless is largely duo
to the insidious inlluenco exerted by
Whitmoro and Hussell , in whom he had
the utmost confidence.
On the democratic side of the senate ,
Casper , Wolbach and Iliggins , of Cass ,
stand out in Dold relief as men tried and
true , while Bonostecl , Shervin and
Wriclit have shown themselves to bo
worthy of the esteem and confidence of
their constituents.
In the lower house the names of Iloim-
rod , Horst , Jcary , Satchel , Al.itthic.son ,
Young , Cameron , Cr.iic , Kisloy , Barrett ,
Lord , Kick , Ilarlan , Wilson , WctheraKl ,
Bailey , Ewing , Wptson , Overtoil Under
bill , Dempster , B.illard and Gafford are
worthy of the highest commendation.
Matthieson , of Douglas , also deserves
special mention. Ho is a poor workingman -
man , employed in the Union Pacific
shops , and withstood , not only the pres
sure and threats from tlio railroad gang ,
but a tempting bait of $2,000 for his vote.
Mr. Tingle of Brown , another man in very
moderate circumstances , stood like a
rock.resisting an oiler of s3COOtogo back
on his people.
It is fit and proper that I do justice to
the democrats who refused to be driven
into thn pen by the railroad strikers nnd
redeemed their pledges lo the voters hon
orably and in good faith. They are Mat
Miller , Harrison , Bentley , Hiof , Gilmore ,
McKenna , Smyth , Knox , Andres , Tyson ,
Gamble , Wright , Keipor , Turner , Wolon-
weber , Slinms , Tracy , Kllis , Schw.ib.
Ono of the meanest rascals
in this legislature is Jiaini
of Dakota. This mini was elected and
pledged on the Van Wyck issue. When
1 asked him Tuesday to come into tlio
Van Wyck conference ho declined and
gave as his reason that ho did not propose -
pose logo into any caucus for fear that
Van Wyck's success would bo en
dangered. Tlio next day ho voted in
open session for John M.
Thuraton , and Ihat night joined
the railroaders In their caucus.
What brought ou the change can very
readily bo imagined , Baird's do-
feclion from Van Wyck to Thurston re
calls vividly the slanderous howl from
Van Wyck's enemies that ho was in
league with the Union Pacific and would
receive effective and quiet support from
that monopoly. It is now an established
fact that Van Wyck was op
posed by nil the monopolies. The
corporation * in Nebraska , , aided by-
money from corporations out of the
state , organized the opposition at Lin
coln against Van Wyck and the people.
The B , & M. were in the lead and wore in
command , providing elegant suits of
rooms.carriagos without irumber.sumptu-
ous entertainments , whisky , wines and
champagne , and other more substantial
considerations , and when the weak or
corrupt representatives ot the people
were invited into the parlor they wore
ushered in nnd introduced by Captain
Phillips nml Attorney Dewecso. The
Union Pacific came up gently , with cat
like , velvety tread , because Mr.
Adams is a inUd-iunnnr.rcd man. The
Union Pacific forces were few in
number but well in hand , nnd under the
generalship of Thurston , its political at
torney , always were ready to act where
it would do the most good. All tlio rail
roads were loyal republicans and uncom
promising democrats in beating Van
Wyck. E.
The Ilctnltatlnn Hill Pnnscd.
The bill introduced last week from the
foreign relations committee of the United
Slates senate , providing for a retaliatory
policy toward Canadian vessels in the
event that the Dominion government
shall adhere to its policy of excluding
American vessels from the ports of
Canada , was taken up in the senate Mon
day and passed by n vote of 0 to 1.
This remarkable unanimity in support of
the measure removes it cntircljoulsldo
of party lines , and demonstrates the pro
found conviction of the senate that the
time is como when it is the imperative
duty of tills government , in justice to its
citizens , in vindication of its interna
tional rights , in defense of treaty obliga
tions , and in support of its self-respect ,
to assort an earnest nnd firm policy
against Iho unwarrantable course and
thn coercive design of Ihc British depen
dency on this continent. English stales-
men , and the Canadian people and Gov
ernment , will find no room for a doubt
regarding the meaning and the sincerity
of this action. A few'days ago a mem
ber of the Dominion government wat
quoted as having said that the
talk in congress was simply
"wind , " and late dispatches from
Ottawa reported that the fooling in of.
licial circles I here was that the proposed
retaliatory legislation was only a "bluir. "
Thu views of senators and the noaily
ttniiiilmnus action of the senate ou Mon
day will hardly fail to disabuse the minds
of those officials of tlio misleading idea ,
which has too long possessed them , that
the United States has not really been hi
earnest in this matter , and that it was
only necessary for Canada to persist m
its attitude of hostility to gain ita pur
pose of coercing ncu.uicpccncn in its
claims. If they have found any warrant
in the friendly inclinations of this gov
ernment , in the sometimes dallying dis
position that has been shown , in the
spirit of forbearance , and ( ho gcnorous
consideration that has been given to the
vessels of Canada in our ports , to infer
that we have not had full faith in the jus
tice of our claims and were not deter
mined to enforcd them , they will by this
time have learned their mistake. What
was a little while ago a question of chief
concern to a small section and not a very
largo interest of the country , has now be
come of national magnitude , involving
many interests. It is not doubled that
the people will approve the action of
their representatives.
The situation is grave.but whatever its
consequences may bo the responsibility
for them will rest with Canada. That
country cannot jnmplain that it has not
been amply forwarnedof the danger that
might result from adherence lo its un
justifiable policy. The diplomatic corres
pondence in connection with this contro
versy bears evidence to a most solicitous
desire ou the part of this government to
avoid threatened complications and find
n way to a satisfactory settlement of the
dispute. In his annual message to con
gress the president recommended a con
ciliatory policy and expressed a desire
for a speedy and equitable adjustment of
the claims at issue , in which lie had the
concurrence of the great majority of the
people. At the outset of tlio dispute the
United States made concessions which in
interested quarters were reprobatc-d as a
surrender. Proposed action in congress
similar to Ihat just taken has until now
been regarded with disfavor ,
chiefly for the reason that it was hoped
lliatafler duo and ample rellftclion the Do
minion government would sno the
wisdom , in the interests of its own people
ple , of conforming to treaty obligations ,
which is all the United States has asked
or now asks slmll be done. Hut that
government has chosen not only to dis
regard warningsand refuse rights plainly
guaranteed by treaty , but to increase the
means of working wrong and injustice
to the citizens of this country , sustained
therein by the approval of the imperial
government. Against this ng < rressivo
and hostile ! policy , menacing American
interests , insulting to the nation , violat
ing international comity , and destrucUvo
of every assurance looking to a fair and
peaceful settlement of the dispute , the
United States has the alternatives.of war
or non-intercourse , and the senate lias
declared for Iho latter. As wo have here
tofore said in referring to this mattor.and
as the more judicious Canadian papers
admit , such a policy would prove vastly
more injurious to Canada than to the
United States , but it is obviously the
mildest course to bo pursued in order to
bring tlio Dominion government and
people to a practical realization of Iheir
mistaken altitude.
The bill passed by the senate , to which
reference was made in n previous issue ,
empowers the president , whenever ho
shall bo satisfied that American vessels
nnd crows in the walQrs and ports of the
British Dominions of North America are
denied or abridged , in any of the privil
eges secured them by Iho treaty law , or
are unjustly vexed or hurrassod in the
enjoyment of such fights , or shall bo pre
vented from purchasing supplies as pro
vided for by treaty , to issue a proclama
tion denying vessels ! and crow.s of the
British Dominion of North America any
enlranco to the wjtt rs and perU of the
United Stales , suchmroelainalions to be
qualified and lmitod ! in the discretion of
the president. Severe penalties are pro-
Fcribcd for the violation of such procla
mations , The concurrence of Hie house
in this action may" bo confidently pre
dicted.
Tlio J'eloplioiio Cnso.
Boll telephone stock holders will await
with interest the outcome of the suit
now in progress in Die United States
supreme court , which is brought to test
the validity of the patents under which
tlio great telephone monopoly is operat
ing. Previous suits have merely scratched
on the surface of the question , The pre
sent trial is expected to futhom all the
depths of the mooted question whether
Alexander Bell by corrupt collusion with
Examiner Wilbur , of the patent oflico ,
was enabled to steul the invention of
Elisha Gray and obtain government pro
tection for his plunder. ' . .
All the rival companies arc practi
cally combined in the effort to deny
Bell's claims to priority of invention , nnd
every phase 6f tbc telephones controversy
will be brought out. Tlioro is a remarkable -
able array of counsel on both sides , o
that the arguments will bo ns thorough
nnd exhaustive as it is possible to make
them within the forty hours to which
they must bo limited by the order of the
court.
Upon the point of fraud there will bo
prcacntcd some now nnd important reve
lations. For example , the brief of the
attorney for Gray will show that three
days after Hell had secured his p.ilcnt lie
learned of Gray's now theory , not then
perfected , and ho at once proceeded to
amend his application so as to broaden
its possible construction. It will also bo
shown that Bell's attorneys had an under
ground railroad between their office and
the room of Examiner Wilbur in the
patent olllce by which they were enabled
to have unlawful knowledge of Gray's
papers ns soon as they were filed. Having
gained this information the attorneys ot
Bell filed applications , one of which was
lo tie up Gray In interference , while the
others were to sleor clear of Gray and
come out with patents before ho could
get out of the interference. All this was
accomplished wilh Iho connivance of Iho
examiner , who is charged with having
deferred action on Gray's nppllcalion in
order lo icl Bell in. It will bo shown
that between February M and 10,1S70 , an
important invention and claim was in
terpolated into Hell's specifications in
consequence of the guilty knowledge
which Bell's attorney had of Gray's
caveat. A great deal of circumstantial
evidence will bo presented to sustain this
accusation. A host of facts will be pre
sented lo show Ihatlhetohad been bound
less trickery practiced in connection with
this business by Boll , that the record of
the patent olllco has been tampered with
since 1879 in his interest , and that all the
processes by which ho secured and has
maintained his patent have been of a
questionable character. As the conclu
sion from all the evidence it is assumed
that Bell know nothing whatever of Iho
varying resistance current until ho saw
( Jiay's caveat , and did not reah/.o its im
portance nor liio uses to which it could bo
put until some time after.
The telephone monopoly has grown to
bo ono of the most oppressive and oxtor-
lionale of corporations in the country.
Its history exemplifies all the abuses of
public corporations , including wholesale
slock watering , outrageous charges and
discriminations between plans and indi
viduals. With the parent company at
Boston , owning stock in local companies
throughout the union and renting instru
ments at $00 a year whoso actual cost is
only i3.-10 , the telephone octopus throws
its wires around every street , monopo
lizes our thoroughfares , endangers
properly by obstructing the proper
use of fire extinguishing appliances
and rolls up immense fortunes
for its owners. Conceived in fraud ,
maintained , by wholesale corruption anil
fostered by a wealth wrung from the
people , the telephone monopoly has be
came so odious Ihat the public will join
in wishing that the result of the suit at
Washington may bo all that the Bell tele
phone may not desire.
Tun recent shooting of a boy at Jersey
City by one of Pinkerton's men , has elic
ited as , we thought it would , considerable
comment not favorable to the employ
ment of tlioso men for police purposes.
Jn this particular case there seems to
have been a degree of justification for
their employment in the fact that the
mayor refused to allow the regular force
to provide tlio protection asked for. Ho-
furring to this occurrence the New York
1'uxl says : "It cannot be too soon or too
well understood that as an armed organ
isation offering itself for hire for pur
poses of defense in various parts of the
union , Pinkerton's men are , we must till
admit , the greatest disgrace that has befallen -
fallen the United Slates. No such evi
dence of our internal weakness and law
lessness as the existence and activity of
this organization constilutes , has been
offered to the world since tlio present
government was founded. Its appear
ance in any other counlry would fill to
day every man wilh shame and astonish
ment. For it is let nobody shrink from
this plain truth an unmi.stakablo sign of
retrogression toward mediajval barba
rism. Pinkerton is neither more nor les.s
than the head of a band of mercenaries ,
such as each great land-holder in the
eleventh and twelfth centuries kept in
his pay for Iho defense of his property
and that of his vassals against the armed
attacks of his neighbors. "
l' I'UKSONS.
The Uostonlnns are much dellxiiled with
Sam Jones' provincialisms.
O'Donnvftii ISossa now Wears a regular cow
boy's hat , but retains his broadcloth frock
coat.
YoiiiiR OeorRo ( jould Klvcsall Ids attention
to business , nnd Is said lobe more grasplns
than Ills father.
.Miss Klalno CJoDilale , ono of the poetical
sisters , has become a teacher at the Lower
Undo a oiifiy , Dakota.
During the recent cold snap In Detroit ox-
( lovornor Alger supplied 50J poor families
with n bariel of Hour nnd n ton of coal each.
Nathan lilonin , ono of Louisville's leading
merchants , died In that city the other day ,
lenvlnc an estate worth more than § 2,009,000.
The lain Professor Youmans was n very
hard literary worker. Although very 111 for
mouths bofont his dealh , ho eitlted thu Popu
lar Salonco monthly at his rcsldencu.
"Bright Kyes , the Ponca maiden , " who
wrote the eloquent introduction to the beauti
ful Indian story. "Ploughed Under. " Is visitIng -
Ing the national capital with her husband ,
T. 11. Tibbies.
Mr. Pendleton , United States minister to
ficminny , Is on Ids way to this country.
Thus It happens that there la no minister
from this country at either liurlm , Vienna or
Constantinople.
Congressman JIuuley , of California , says
no made SIS.oyo practicing law alter congress
adjourned last August , and that ho will bo
Shirt when ho la out of coiigri.--islonal busi
ness In March , as It does not pay ,
The oldest United States senator Is Justin
S. Morrlll , of Vermont , who In April next
will Imvo completed his sovcnty-sovjnth
year , lleouli-red public life In the Thirty-
fourth concress , six years before Judge Kc-lly ,
"father" of Iho present house. Merrill , In
personal apponmico , resembles Charles
Simmer. lie has a most wonderful memory
for fuels. Inures , r.ice.3 anti-names.
TMo Old Holdior HnuK'ot.
St'tte Dtmncrat ,
Tim country Is ssfo. The rebel brigadiers
who have so long dumlnutud the
country will meet their match. Onn Logan ,
who claimed to havuliuen u union suldlerhus
beeti succeeded by 'that grand old veteran ,
Charlie Jfiirwull. General U. II. Van \Vyck
Is replaced by General P.xddock. It Is all
rl ht , but the next republican tnat talks In
these headquarters about honor , trust and do-
votlon due from the country to its old
cotdlcrs will hear something drop with o
nolso that will nnko a humircd-ton Krupp
gun biro out for a firecracker.
It is Pnt.il to Vlg'it ' Uaitroails.
OilMffo Times.
Mr. Van Wyck has probably found out by
this time that It Is about as fatal for a repub
lican sonRtor to fight rallro.nl corporations
as to stand on the tr.ick when their trains
go by.
' '
Most t'opulnr MUM In Nebraska ,
St. Ilnil G ! < > t > S.
Senator Van Wyck may console hlin'olf
with the reflection that ho Is the mn t popular
man with the people In Iho state ot Nebraska ,
but unfortunately for htm , senators are not
elected by popular vote.
Monopoly Methods.
Chicago Times.
An Investigation of the methods by whlcl
Senator Van Wyck , the foe of monopolies
was defeated would form an Interesting In-
milry. and perhaps throw some light on cer
tain items among the expenditures ot the
Pacific roads.
Xlio .Monopolies llnil Ao Vsa Tor Him.
Clilcaoo Times ,
A man slronsly In favor' of farlff ami
known lo bo unfriendly lo railroad monopo
lies Is out of place In the republican party. As
soon as Senalor Van Wyck's party found
Ihat ho was Ihat kind of man It dropped htm.
The Defeat of VniiVyek. .
JVcio Ioi7 ( World.
Owing to the tiiomiinonl.il stupidity of the
democrats In the Nebraska legislature Sen-
alor Van Wyck has been defeated , and a
man of small abilities , wno owe * Ids election
to the preference of the money power , 1ms
been chosen In his place.
Mr. Van U'yck has been the most resolute
and active of any of Iho senators from the
west In his opposition to corrupt corpora
tions , lie has shown a capacity for political
Independence where Us conscience or the
public. Interests were Involved , ami ho Is an
honest man and experienced legislator. The
democrats could have elected him by turning
In solidly to bis support. They had no
chance of clcctlne a member ot tholr own
party. Hut , Instead of nctlnc with the
sagacity that characterized the democrats In
Massachusetts , they stood out In a narrow
partisan spirit and permitted the election ol
ox-Senator Paddock , a hide-bound republi
can , who lacks nil the virtues that overbal
ance Senator Van IVyck's faults.
JJralns nro very useful in conducting the
affairs of a minority party , and the Nebraska
democrats are unfortunately lacking In this
respect.
Mow Ijlttlo AYoKiidwnr Kuoh Other.
How little wo know of each other.
\\'e pass through the journey of llfo ,
> \ Ith its slrucclos , its fears and InmpUtlous.
Its heart-breaking cares and Its strife ,
Wo sue thlngn alone ou the surface ,
For few of us glory In sin ;
And an unmuled face is no iiulex
Of lues that rage wildly within.
IIow little wo know ot each oilier ,
The man who walks quietly bv
With wealth and with honor anil title ,
And holds his lu-ad proudly on high ,
Oft carries dread sccrot.s within him ,
That render existence a curse ;
Dread secrets that sear Ills soul over ,
Of crime , or mlsfoitiiuo or wori = e.
How litllo we know of each other.
The woman of i'ashlou who sneers
At her sister whom late has abandoned
To poveity , misery , tears.
Mav prove ere the sun rise to-morrow
More deeply Immersed hi disgrace ,
And tlio sadness sneered ul In another ,
Ueplctmcd upon her own face.
How Illtle wo know of each other.
Of our own hearts how little wo know ,
Wo are all feeble under temptation ,
lie our station In life high or low ,
Ah I then let sweet charity rule us
And help one another to win
The crown that aw.iits those who strivu for
Avoidance of shame and at sin.
STATIS AND TBKK1TO11Y.
NcbriiRkn
Jack rabbils are barking the fruit trees
in Holt county.
A bonus of ? 3,000 will induce the Union
Pacific to cross at Wilcox.
Tlio expenses of Lincoln county for the
coming year are estimated at § 1-1,000.
The chicken thieves of Fullerton re
port a crop of COO pullets the past season.
The Union Pacific engineer's are within
three miles of Jackson , Dakota county ,
on their way to Sioux City.
Tlio special election for investigating
Ihe condition of Valley county has been
decided illegal by the aUornoy-goncral.
Joseph O'Urian , a merchant of Cort-
land , Gage county , lias been arrested for
stealing coal from the cars of the Union
Pacific. O'Urian is said to bo worth
$ , ' 0,000 and will light for liberty while his
roll lasts.
Orin D. Smith , aged thirlccn , left his
homo , five miles noulh of Ogalh-la ,
August 18,183(1. ( lie has light grey eyes ,
light brown hair , florid complexion ,
tail for his ago , and is n little lame in his
right hip. ills parents nro much dis
tressed at his continued absence , and any
information loading to a knowledge of
his wlinreaboiita will.bo thankfully re
ceived by W. II. Smith , Ogullahi , Keith
county , Neb.
Hon. Richard Thompson , of Hastings ,
genial Dick of democratic fame , was
treated to an elegant office chair by hid
bachelor admirers last Saturday. This
implement of elegant ease and luxurious
"agony" has a capacity of several revo
lutions n mmiito nnd can grind out
"copy" by the .yard when the chief is on
deck. The Dtiko was BO overcome that
ho simply blushed his thanks and sig
naled the donors lo Uiuklo the locker.
The Deatrico Democrat sends greeting
lo the members of the legislative "Holl of
Honor , " the pyramid of fame erected by
the Omaha lloruld. The Democrat has
been there. Two and a half years ago
Mr. Marvin was immorlali/.cd in lonsr
primer full face for supporting Cleveland
in Chicago. The blaits of succeeding
winters nnd disappointed ambition chilled
and chipped the pyramid find scattered
the fragmeulfl. Some of the 'iillustrlous
nine" and Sterling the tenth were hurled
from the ground llopr of democracy , yet
they live and thrive and rise up occa
sionally to smite tlio JUilleritos hip and
thigh. The ycar.s of the stalwarts arc
few and lull ol troublo.
low.i
lielva Lockwood is slumping Iho stale.
A clothing factory Is lo bo started in
Diirlington.
Acliloy struts to the front with a 000
pound hog.
The Armstrong eouj mine at Surrey
was sold at public- auction for * ( , ' )0. )
Marnhalltown enjoyed the novelty of a
lightning , thunder and rain storm , Sat
urday last.
The Marble Hook orcnmery last year
shipped 1 i , : : ! lyuo pounds of butter and
fW.blO dozen ejfgd.
I * . A. Kelly , a lumber dealer of Hlairs-
burg , has skipped out , leaving numerous
creditors. Dubumio parties stiller over
fs.ooo.
The Western Union telegraph com
pany has paid to Iho Main their annual
tax on Iowa lines , giving a check for
sfU.TOS.U ! ) for the same.
Thu Cedar 1'uiuds packinghouse had
killed lli'J.KX ) hogs up to Saturday ,
making about -11 ,000 more than during
tlio same period last yuan
President Pickard. of the stale uni
versity , will withdraw from- the presi
dency at the end of thu prtautit b'chool
year. Advancing a P is-tho chief moth o
of his'action , . _ _ _
Dnkofn.
Denver capitalists will starl a brink in
Rapid Cily.
A Flock board Is being organized in
Deadwood.
The now Presbyterian church at Slurbs
hns been dedicated.
Mr. Box , of Ynnklon , has a war relio
interesting to himself at loa. t. li is n
mlnnio ball which struck Mr. Hex below
the left ear during thu batllo of Gettys
burg , passed downward an.l to Ihe right
nnd camn out under his spine , Mr Hot
was a soldier in the Ono Hundred and
Kichth New York.
A singular frcnk of the wind of last
week is visible in n Dcadwood building ,
A piece ol tlio roof of a store , about seven
feet wide ami twelve feet long was lifted
up , carried across the building nnd de
posited some distance on" . The hole has
nvcry appearance of having boon made
wilh a saw and hatchet , nnd so artistic
ally and clean cut as to give the appear
unco of having been done by nn export
carpenter.
Colorado.
The building season lias already opened
up in Denver.
Real cstalo transfers hi Denver for
throe weeks of Ihe month amounted to
! ? 1,000,000.
A noted crook nnd confidence niti'i '
named Molcalf hns boon caged in Denv < r
for raising a check from ? 1'J to ? 180.
Thus. A. Green , a lawyer of Denver ,
who was disbarred from the stale couns ,
has sued the judges of the supreme coin t
for $5,000 damages.
The Celestial cleansers of soiled gir-
monls in Denver celebrated their S < w
Year last Sunday. Drums , gongs and
fire-crackers streaked the atmosphere in
Chinatown.
THE TYPE-WRITER.
It Is Not n Modern Invention , hut
\YIIH Used In Itl.'tO.
Detroit Tribune : "Tho idea that the
lypowriter was invented by John Hurt is
a popular error , " sattl Colonel Thomas S.
Sprague yesterday. "If you like I will give
j'outhosloryof the invention. When John
Hurl died among his papers his son
found a patent which hail been issued in
18'Jlt to his grandfather , William A finrt ,
for a typewriter. 1 have seen loiters
written on this machine in 1S21. ) and IS'M ,
and the work was as perfect as any
printed matter you see now. Among
these were letters written by Hurt , then
residing in Now York , lo his wife in Oak
land county , this state , and to other
parties in Massachusetts. Mr. Kurt then
closed a contract with some parties in
Massachusetts to manufacture the ma
chine and put it on tlio market. They
worked at it about eight years , but with
out success , and then abandoned the
scheme. The manufacturers also called
iilioii Mr. Kurt to refund $75 whloh had
been advanced to him upon his royalties.
The reason given for their abandoning
Iho manufacture of the machine was Ihat
the number of loiters wntlen was small ,
postage being so very high. Then the
mechanism of Ihc machine was consid
ered .so complicated that no man could
hopeto keep ono in order without an en
gineer always with him.
"There is no record of this patent In
the patent ollico. as the records were
burned in 1807 , and no effort was ever
made by the government to reproduce
thorn. The patent granted lo Kurt for
Ihe typewriter was signed by Andrew
Jackson as president , Martin Van Huron
as secretary of state and Colonel Horrlon
as attorney general. II was wrilten on
parchment. The machine embraced in
its construction alllhoimporlanlfiMlurca
of the typewriters now in uso.
"William A. Kurt also invented the
solar compass , without which it would
have been impossible for the government
to survey the mineral lands of the coun
try. At' the time of the invention Mr.
Kurt was engaged as surveyor , and find
ing that magnetic inlluenccs interfered
with his work , he got up the solar com
pass. To perfect tliis invention ho abanjj
donnd the typewriter. Though the go\f
eminent has used the compass over since ,
Mr. Kurt never received n dollar for it.
An attempt was made by his heirs 10 se
cure an appropriation from Congress , but
nothing came of it. "
Syracuse UH It Ja.
It is somewhat of a relief to reach Syra
cuse after the crowds , and beggars , and
smells , ami dirt of other Sicilian towns ;
moreover , Syracuse is ono of the very few
places ol which the ideal , formed perhaps
in years lousr past , is realized. Wo look
for quiet , and stagnation , and sunshine ,
and a mellow air of antiquity , and wo
find their. If wo were to find Syracuse a
busy , hustling port , or a wretched , hopi *
lessly decayed place , wo should bo dis
appointed ; wu expect to find just enough
animation to make it cheerful , and just
enoiiLrh quiet to remind UK of its ancient
associations , and wo are gratified.
One fact , however , does not amaze us ,
and that is to see how little is left of a city
which once consisted ot five diflerent
towns , of which the circumference was
twenty-two miles , and which at its xenith
could muster halt a million of inhabi
tants. Indeed , all Syracuse , anoient and
modern , can bo conveniently explored
in the interval occupied by Iho Kubattino
steamers in discharging nnd taking
cargo , although the conscientious
antiquary could fwend a month in
Ilia country around , which is the site of
the remainder of the ancient city.
Immediately upon landing wo are im
pressed with the character of modern
Syracuse. At any other Italian port wo
should be almost torn lo pieces by thu
natives eager to relieve us of our baggage
or to drive us nnyxvhuro. Hut ut Syra
cuse wo have actually to cull a porter ,
not from any lack of men for along the
111:13' : , big enough for u port with five
times the commerce of Syracuse , them
ire sturdy fellows lounging , lying , sleep
ing , and , of course , Kpllting , but because -
cause it is evident that labor is a very
iccondury consideration in the lives of
.lie Syraeusiins , who like the Sea-
Ford boatmen , seem to got on tolerably
well without any visible moans of sub
sistence ,
Modern Syrucnsans need not occupy
us long. There is u pleasant esplanade
along the water side of the harbor ,
whither resort every afternoon the gal-
antry , the beauty , nnd fashion of Syra
cuse , lo Jouugo iinder the trees or to
Irivo up and down in the most primitive
of vehicles , and this esplanade ternii-
tales at th famous fountain of Aretliufia.
'or many years neglected and employed
is a laundry now a neatly fenced in
loul , in which tlio lisli glidu and iluckH
lo.itlo under the shade of Iho
jrennino papyrus. In the town which
dusters on the clifl's overlooking ilm hnv ,
hern is little of note. It is an uxtraonli-
lary Italian town , in.-i.-iinueh as it 'in
dean and provided with a smaller mo-
licum than usual of clenches , but other-
vise unremarkable. It has a cathedral
mill on to tlio remains of a temple of
tllncrva , which was once famous tor UK
splendid decoration and Us beautiful en-
rauce , and inoro especially for n roof of
; old which bla/.od In the sunshine like a
)0iuon : to the mariner many leagues out
it sea. The sturdy pillars still remain ,
ingrafted with the walls of the modern
tuthcdral , but nothing inoro. Wo must
ako a carriage to see tlio sights which lie
nluud , for tlio diibt on the roads IK inches
teop ; there is absolutely no shade , and
h'j Sicilian HUD beats ( town iuercile.Kiy
rom a sky of eternal blue. Happily , the
Hills' of ancient Syracuse , after long
ears of neglect and vandalism , are
cared for as nro all monuments of the
nighty past under the intelliu'eiit and
sympathetic regime of King Jliunhort ,
ind n government guide , in return fur u
rune fee. allows ua to wander
vill.
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