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TKJbJ OMAHA DAILY BEE ; niESDAY , MAY 10. 1887. tTIIE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. frniws or suuscnirrio1 ? ! Dtillr ( Morning Kdltlon ) Including Buml/iy nrr. , Ono Year . f 10 01 Fnrfllr Montlis . GOO J-'orTIireo Month * . . . . " Ul Tim Omaha rUndny HICK , nmll < xl to any iidlro ( 3 , Uno Vvur. . . . . . . . . " 00 Orrirr No. Pli Ain 91 * XAHVAW Pi-nun- . Vr.w YOIIK orncr. Know rA THIIIU.VK lltTii.iiiNO. All communications minting to news and edi torial mutter nliould bo iMruisod to tliu Eiu- YOU or Tile IlKB. All buplno n lottijrs nml remittances Rliould bo vidrcMiud to TIIK IlBf ! ruiu.iSHiNO COM PANT , OMAHA. Drafts , chocks and postoffleo order * to bo tuado payable to the ordtr of thw company , THE BEE POBlKRIlTciPAIT , PRQPBIETOBS , K. ROSEWATEn. EPITOIU XI1E PAIIjY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , t . County of Doiulas. j s > B < Oco. H. TzschucK , secretary of The Dee Puhlhhlng coiniiany , does solemnly swrrir that tlio actual circulation of Urn Dally lice ( or the week ending May G , Ibb7 , was as follows : Haturdav. April SO . 14,300 Hunday.'Mayl . 14.000 Monday , Mays . l.'i.fi'.l'i ' Tuesday , Mav : i . 1M"0 \Vrdnesday.May4 . 14,310 Thursday , May 5 . 14,200 1'riday , Mayo . n , : Vi Avcraee . 14.401 OKO. u. T/RcmicK. Subscribed and sworn to before inu this 7tli day of May , 1SS7. N. P. Fr.ir , . [ SEAL. ] Notary Public. Oco. 1J. Tzschtick , being first duly sworn , deposes and says that ho Is secretary of The Jica 1'ubllfililni : company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Ueo for thn month of May.lSSfl , 12 , 139 copies ; for June , 1880 , 1B.2SW conies ; for. July , 18SO , 13n : 4 copies ; for August , ls 6 , 12,4fH conies ; for Septem ber , 18 * , 18 , X ) conies ; for October , 1SW , 12,039 copies ; for November. 1880 , ians : copies ; for December , 1880. lii.CT conies ; for January , 1887 , 10,200 copies ; for February , 18H7 , 14.1W copies ; for March , 1887 , 11,400 * copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,310 copies. OKO. 11. TZSCHUCTC. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 7th day of May , A. I ) . , 1887. | SEAL. | N. P. FKIL , Notary Public. TUG order bus gone forth that the English sparrow must go. THE birth of the person who is to suc ceed the Into Uoechcr has not yet been announced. RAILROAD building is reported very ac tive in Arizona. Everything iu Arizona oems active just now. ACCOHWNO to Governor Thayer's let ter to the police commission , police sta tions must no longer bo in saloons. JAKK SIIAUI-'S trial continues. If ho is convicted ho will bo engaged as a museum freak when released from prison. MAGNIFICENT bronze statue of the late President Arthur , together with ace co tly monument , will be erected in Now York city. SAUAII BKUNIIAUUT has a now adver tising dodgo. Sam Small slung slang at her in Minneapolis the other night and the opera house was crowded. EI.KVKN hundred Chinamen in ono steamship arrived in the San Francisco harbor ono day last week. The restric tion bill is accomplishing wonders. CONNECTICUT , the land of wooden hams and nutmegs , will try the prohibi tion amendment. The prohibition amendment is having a hard time of it. It should bo prohibited. GOVKUNOH FOKAKEK is busv thcso days denying that ho intended to rellcct on Senator Sherman in any way , in his Pittsburg speech on. Grant's birthday. Anything to keep before the pcoplo is the boy's governor's motto , aud ho will toy with a chestnut with a perseverance worthy of a bolter causo. THE bricklayers of Chicago will not rescind the resolution passed last month making Saturday pay day. The con tractors claim that it is impossible to get the pay roll made up by Saturday. The workingmen insist that they shall bo paid Saturdays , threatening to strike. Trouble is anticipated. NKW YOUR and Pittsburg papers want to "revive in all its glory the good old style of celebrating the Fourth of July. " A San Francisco paper also blonds its voice with the popular clamor. Why not have a national celebration ? Omaha , the geographical center of this land of the bravo and homo of the free , would bo pleased to entertain the multitude which would gather from the four corners oi the continent. TUB first woman over elected a dele gate to a conference by the Protestant Episcopal church in Pennsylvania was on Tuesday refused a seat in the body. The committee on credentials decided thai the constitution expressly provides that the convention shall consist of clergymen and laymen , and this view was endorsed unanimously by the conference. Hero i : another golden opportunity for the down trodden sex to raise its voice and shou I for freedom. UECAUSK of the numerous interpret : ; lions of the Inter-state law and genera dissatisfaction caused by its enforce ment , the Chicago Times thinks it author , Mr. Cullom , has rucued himself It says : "It will slick to him closer that a uiothor-iu-law or a poor relation. It i : his child , aud ho can not disown it. I will noror bo the means of drawing the author to the white house , or anywhere else , except to very private life.1' Lot i stick to him. To bo the father of the lav I ia glory enough , and Mr. Cullom cai : vrell afford to retire. A fov i amendments and it will bo ono o : the best safeguards against the encroach montsof corporate power over oflbret the people. The railroads and subsi dlzod newspapers may In a measure snc cccd iu their attempt to make the li\v unpopular , yet they cannot defeat its in | tent. The grand underlying principl A. of the measure is an assurance that thi law will never bo repealed. After its de If fccta are known it will bo an easy mattci " ' \s- to secure a remedy. The railroads havi \ too long had unrestricted and uullmitct \ authority. They can no longer contro the comnimcrco of the United States a has been their custom heretofore. Tin Times may think Mr. Cullom is dead U Is necessary tb die in order to bu i wro , , Hunting Down Land Pirates. Slnco the president announced his views regarding the ptibllo land- ? , and they have received almost unanimous public approval , the commissioner of the land olllce appears to have taken frcsli heart in the work of protecting the pcoplo ngainst the land pirates of one kind ami another who have made plunder of the public domain , Commissioner Sparks entered upon tills commendable task very early in the administration of his olllcc , but continual obstructions and repeated checks and defect * of His efforts must have somewhat discouraged him until the president's position in the Miller case turned the tldo in his favor. That was not only a victory for the commissioner in the special case in issue , but it was an assurance to him from the executive that the principle had maintained is the true one , which it is the desire and intention of the administration shall prevail. It served notice on the land pirates of all classes that their influence is at an end , aud that as between them and the pcoplo the ben efit of every doubt will bo given to the pcoplo. Equally it was a notification to any who may have contemplated this sort of piracy that their schemes may as well be abandoned. Only a very small portion of tiio people' of the United States have any idea of the vast areas of which they have been robbed by corporations , syndicates and speculators. Millions of acres have been taken from the pcoplo by these plunder ers who have not hesitated at perjury and the subornation of perjury , at bribery of corrupt federal ollicials , at fraudulent surveys , or any other available means to the accomplishment of their pur pose. There have boon repeated ex posures of these robberies. The story has boon told over aud over again in the reports of the land office for the past twenty yeaw. Hut the plunderers have always been able to otert an intlucnce in congress and clsowhoro that defeated all efforts to chock their operations or compel them to make restitution. Much the greater part of this pirated and the people cannot now recover. But some of it may bo returned to the liublic doiiaiu , aud if there bo any such Commissioner Sparks ia as likely as any man to find it. Uc is now looking after the interests ot the public in the south western lerritorioa , where largo tracts of and have been acquired by parties who are believed to have no night to thorn. The commissioner reports that in New Mexico there are four tracts embracing nearly 200,000 acres which do not rightfully belong to the pcoplo who claim them , and ho recommends that they be restored to the public domain. But whether or not any part of the lands wrongfully taken from the people shall bo restored to them , adherence to the principle avowed by the President will bo of great benefit in shutting the door against further plundering of the public domain and preserving for honest set tlers the millions of acres still available for the use of the people. Not So Baa ait llcportert. A correspondent writing from San An tonio , Texas , states that the reports scut to northern and eastern papers of the drought in southwestern Texas , and of the resulting widespread destitution , wore a good deal exaggerated. He docs not deny that the state has suffered se verely from the drought , or that there is some destitution , but says the drought is not of exceptional severity , nor are the prudent , the industrious and the econom ical in distress. That the country ia not in a starving condition is evidenced by the fact that the ranchmen arc con stantly shipping fat beeves and sheep to every accessible market. During the past month the finest fat cattle ever sent out of the state have boon shipped from the ranches south of San iVutonio. Nor are the current quotations for stock such as to indicate hard times. Sheep have been advancing in value forever over a year , while cattle arc no lower than a year ago , and stock of any kind is considered good property. The winter was an unusually mild ono , and all stock came through in iiuo condition. The farmers in the vicinity of San Antonio will suffer if the dry weather shall continue much longer , but they constitute an insignificant part of the farming community of the stato. In northern and central Texas the rains have been abundant and the crops are assured. "It will doubtless surprise many nt the north , " remarks the correspondent , "to know that we have plenty to oat and drink , with thousands of beeves and mut tons to soil them , if they desire to buy that wo are fully able to provide for out own poor and needy ; that business goo : on as usual , and that financial stringency is not apparent nor is a panic feared , bul these are facts , and facts that should more than counterbalance the sensa tional reports of widespread ruin , famine and death. " This cheerful statement o : the situation in Texas reads much bet ter than the lugubrious accounts froir there with whioli the papnrs of the coun try have been supplied for some time past , and it is doubtless trustworthy. Honoring a Veteran Actor. To-day the dramatic profession o Now York will honor the veteran actor Mr. C. W. Couldock , with a great benefit fit incolebratlon of his fiftieth year 01 the stago. The event promises to be oni of the most memorably of its kind in the history of stage performances. Thi varied entertainment to bo presented will include most of the great exponent of dramatic art in this country , and oven the supernumeraries will bo actors and actresses of reputation. It is , in a word a testimonial of the dramatic profcssiot of America to ono of its number who a : man and actor has throughout a long professional life proved himself worth ] of such distinguished consideration. Thi sale of seats took place last mouth , am the Star theater in Mow York will bi filled this afternoon by pcrhap ! the finest audience that ever asssomblei within its walls , and a chapter will b added to the history of stage perform aucos unsurpassed by any that have preceded coded it. The aotor who will receive thit hone is known to the present generation o playgoers for the unequalled imporsona tlon of only a few parts Luke Fieldln ) in the "Willow Copse , " Peter Probity ii the "Chimney Corner , " and Dunstai Kirko in the play of "ilazol Kirko. ' Those who have seen him in those characters actors will hardly look upou his lik < again , but they constitute ouly a vcr. .mall part of the admirable work thu Mr. Couldock has contributed to the stage In professional career of half a cnn tury. Probably no other actor living has had an experience so broad and varied , and certainly none could have had a better training , tor ho grow up In his profession In association with the great- cat actors the English-speaking stage has produced. Mr. Couldock came to this country from England with Charlotte Cushman in 1810 , and the Identification he than es tablished with thu stage of America lias never been broken. An admirable and conscientious actor , and a most genial and companionable man , C.V. . Coul dock merits the honor which the profes sion will show him to-day , and those who know him can understand how well he will appreciate it. The veteran is still in "the harness" at sovcuty-two , and the indications are that ho will remain on ho boards for many years to come. C'ntonot Cody In England. Yesterday occurred the opening in Sari's Court , London , of the American xliibltion. The most prornittcnt feature , ind what to the English visitors will > rove most interesting , in Buffalo Bill's iVild West show. Whllo the nggrega- lon , striking in its originality and won derful in its completeness , has charmed ind astonished thousands of visitors in .ho . eastern states , the. English people , al- cady imbued with an idea of America's 'semi-savage * ' population , will look with ndoscribablo wonder upon the "wild ivcst , " and in their mind's eye , shudder with fear at the "bloomin1 features of ho blarstod country. " The only fear is that Hon. William body's show may give the people ple of Europe the impression that because ho hails from Nebraska lis Wild West has been picked up rVithin the confines of our state. This he must guard against. And ho must also nsist that his collection of "wildncss" islet lot representative of American lifo. The British aristocracy must be taught that ho Indians and tiio buffalo in Earl's court are ouly a lingering reminiscence gathered from the western borders of a great and populous civilized country. Mr. Gladstone at Mr. Cody's lunch party said that "thoro was nothing more desirable on this side of the watnr than a true and accurate representation of the American world. " Of course the great European statesman knows that the Wild West show is not in any sense 'representative of the American world , " but his utterance may cause many mis informed visitors to wrongfully interpret his language. Mr. Cody Is as iiuo a specimen of American manhood as is ever met with , and Nebraska is proud of him. Accord ingly , as ho pockets the sixpence or still ing of tiio curious Englishman ho must take pains to inform him that the blood curdling scenes accompanying his Deadwood - wood coach-robbery arc largclyduo to im agination , and the frontier , where such peculiar phases of civilization were once real , is now confined alone to yellow- backed novels aud oral traditions. The Vetoed Gas Ordinance. Mayor Boyd's veto of the ordinance granting the right of way through our streets and alloys to a corporation which proposes to establish gas works in Omaha , in competition with the existing com pany , causes much unfavorable com ment. Wo have not read the mayor's veto in full nor hayo wo boon able to pro cure a copy of the vetoed ordinance. On general principles it would bo unfair to rant promiscuous rights-of-way to parties who propose to build gas works in Omaha because such a grant in the hands of unprincipled adventurers or schemers might bo used as a means to levy black-mail on the existing gas company. If , however the ordinance contains pro visions that would prevent the misuse of the grant , coupled with reasonable guar antees that the new company will orcct works and supply cheaper gas to the pub lic , there is no valid excuse for a veto. While we doubt whether Omaha is laro enough to support two gas com panies , it is manifestly the interest of our city to secure competition or such con cessions from the gas company in the matter of rates as will make competition unprofitable. A CASK has developed in Alabama which , in some of its features , is a counterpart of that of Kissano. One Jo- sephus Compton recently fiod from his homo in that state , after years of ex emplary conduct in which ho won the respect and confidence of the pcopluwho honored him with public trusts , Last year ho was licensed as a Methodist preacher , aud subsequently was clootcd to the leg islature , lie claimed to bo from Ken tucky , but it is Icarnod that thirteen years ago he was making moonshine whisky in North Carolina , and while engaged in this un lawful business ho shot and killed a rev enue ollicnr. Ho was convicted and sentenced - tonced to twcuty-fivo years imprison ment , but escaped after serving four years. Ho was recently recognized by a man who had bcou a guard at the peni tentiary , and who reported his discovery to the North Carolina officials. Papers were issued for Compton's arrest , learn ing of which ho fiod , and nothing haa since been soon or hoard of him. The proverb regarding truth and fiction still holds. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SINCK the New York Herald named Mr. H. W. Grady , the eloquent editor of the Atlanta Constitution , for the Hccqnt place on the domocratio presidential ticket in 1888 , the statement has been made that he was not born in the United States , and therefore is not eligible This objection is disposed of byMr. . Grady , who states that ho was born at Athens , Ga. , on the 24th of May , 1851 The date also removes the doubt that has been expressed as to his being of the re quired ago thirty-five years. Thcso two essential points haying been determined intavoroftho talented Atlanta editor , the Herald will continue to boom hin with increased zeal. THE French delegation that came tc this country to participate in the dedica tion of the Bartholdi statue of Libert ] has just further attested Its gratification with the treatment it received here bj presenting the Now York chamber ol commerce with several vases from Uu celebrated Sevres National manufactory to obtain which the permission o the government was necessary. The gifl was accompanied by hearty expression ! of friendship and gratitude. Meanwhile the criui aud imposing statue looks oul tpon the sea , bul tljo torch that was to laro the republic's welcome to the stran gers coming to its shores docs not tlarc , nnd thus ono of the most important fuuc- .ions expected of this embodiment of lib erty Is lost. As MIOIIT have bucn expected , the two editors who have been carousing in the saloons with Humphry Monaylhan , night after night , have reached the conclusion .lint Monayihan is the only man in Omaha fit to bo chief of police. OMAHA again goefe to the front with an ncreaso of over ioo per cent in her bank clearances , as compared with the corresponding pending week of last year , and stands nineteenth among the cities reporting in the amount of her financial exhibit. MR.MOXAYIHAN is highly recommended lot the position of chief of police by the sporting editor whom ho generously sup plied with a sluug-shot to ward off imag inary burglars. PROMINKNT I'EUSONS. Governor Hill , of New York , Is a bachelor. Marquis of Salisbury Is to bo made a duke , n a few days , Sir John Dean Paul. Daronet , is earning lis living as a photographer In London. Koscoe Colliding has been remarkably for- Innate in his real estate Investments In Washington. Jay Gould Is arranging to make his son George president of the Pacltic Mall steam ship company. George W. Cable has been suggested for head of the celebrated Troinont Temple ISible class In Boston. George W. ChildV birthday anniversary occuired May . , and on that date special elTorts will bo made to Increase the fund of the International typographical union , to which Mr. Olillds and Air. Drcxcl gave 510,000 last May. Next October Charles Dickens will begin In tills country a cotirs-o of public readings from the works of his father , lie h about forty-live years old , with brown hair and mustache and of nearly the same heUht and build as the elder Dickens , but less pro nounced lu dress. Kossutb , the famous Hungarian patrlothas returned to Turin from Naples , ' 'where , " says a correspondent , "he spent the winter with his son , Major Kossuth , who resides In Naples , and who is the magnate the Tom Scott of the whole western network of Ital ian railroads , from the Cornlche LUurian coast to the occidental tip of the boot. " A naso nit. D < I < ! ICOO < I Pioneer. A Kansas City philanthropist offers to do nate a town lot to the lirst inembor of the Kansas City base baUiclub who shall make a base hit. They adopt.r\ great mauy plans to getridofieal estate ) in Kansas City. If such a premium wa < * tilTcreU to the papers they would all get there. Can't flurry Him. Chicau t Tribune. Andrew Carnegie'the millionaire , was once a telegraph messenger boy. At his wed ding the other evcnihz were two guests who had boon ins companions as telegraph boys ' forty years before. ) Both are now quite wealthy. If it would Infuse any energy into the messenger boy of the present aero to point out how those three men became suc cessful by qtcUuess , promptness , diligence but what's the use ? " Nothing on earth can hurry him. , The American Kxhihltion. Cliicaao Tribune. We are pleased to learn , from the regular weekly bulletin ot the American Kxhibltion in London , that the principal contract for supplying the refreshments at the exhibition has been let to Messrs. Boretu & Suodgrass of London , who employ a stall of 700 per sons ; also that the concession note the felicity of that word concession tor the huge American bar under the grand stand has been gran ted to Messrs. Flllum & Uounccm of Now York , who are assisted by a large stall particular attention Is requested to the fact that they have a stall ot trained American bartenders. Such facts as these cannot fall to Impress the must careless reader with the Immensity of the display ; and to those who have never gazed in speech less wonder at a Ut-stock show or wandered through the imposing galleries of 'earth's rarest curiosities In a dime museum there will doubtless bo much to admire In the gtcat American Kxhibltion. May. Frank DetninterSherman , in St. Kicholcu , May shall make the world anew : Golden sun and silver dew- Money minted In the sky- Shall the earth's new garments buy. May shall make the orchard bloum : And the blossoms' line perfume Khali set all the honey-bees Murmuring among the trees. May shall make the bud appear Like a jewel , crystal clear , 'Mid the leaves upon the limb Where the robin Hits his hymn. May shall make the wild ( lowers tell Where the shining snow-Hakes fell : Just as though each snow-Hake's heart , By some secret , magic art , Were transmuted to a ( lower In the sunlight and the shower. Is there such another , pray. Wonder-makini : mouth as May ? 8TATK AM ) 'JKHUITOUY. Nebraska Joltings. Uortrand claims a population of 500. The postollioo at Knlamazoo , Madison county , has boon resurrected. A syndicate will build twelve cottages in Columbus , to cost $1,000 each. The fashionable cra/.c in parlor mot toes in Fremont is , "God iilcss Our Hum. " Beatrice has thrco brick "and two frame school buildings , yet the rising genera tion cry for more ropm. The Nebraska City artesian well is down 3'5 feet. Noihjivg softer than stone has been encountered so fur. Red Cloud will hold an exhibition of speedy horsellesli oivthe 23th , continuing three days. A few fattpurses will bo hung on the wiro. i > The tongues and' throttles of Stroms- burgers are as dry rand lifeless as a cemetery in a desert . The tapping of a semi-weekly beer fceg utterly fans to stimulate the coinnuinlly. Crawford is a year'old and thriving. Over $100,000 havebeen , , expended in improvements in tjtat time. Fifty-five houses have been erected , and a grist mill and flour mill are now under con tract , v The anti-pass law aqd the abolition of annuals , have produced a wonderful change in press puffs , a revolution in fact. Here is the latest style from the Ponca Journal : "The miserable , con temptible passenger car that humps it self up and down between Ponca and Covington , would make a suitable "black maria" to convoy convicts to the peni tentiary , but it is hardly good enough to bo popular with the traveling public. The car is cramped , inconvenient , stuffy , snuffy , dirty and poverty stricken. It Is distress on wheels , a moving wretched ness , it smells to high heaven of dust , tobacco and choose. However , wo will live in hope of another railroad cro long , whore such a parody and caricature of a passenger car will not bo imposed upon pooplo. " The prairie fire near Atkinson last week was a terror. The fire started at Moon Lake and when It struck the hay fiats In the vicinity was formed Into a roaring conflagration. At ono time it was feared that it would strike Atkinson but the wind changed anil saved the town. Mr. Never : ? , an old man , living six miles southeast , was helping protect a neighbor's house when ho was obliged to go through the lire to protect his own house and was quite badly burned. When the fire reached a point about three or four miles southeast where there was much tall dry qrasH thn Humes rose in a solid body fully ten foot high and made n beautiful but terrible sight. All day Friday and Friday night and into Saturday and Saturday night the light nnd smoke were plainly visible until Sunday , when a rain set in and a cold wind from the north blow strong and extinguished the last spark. lown Ackley has a curiosity in the shape of a threo-lcggcd cat. It is estimated that 300 men and 1,000 horses have loft Clay county this spring to engage in railroad work. A popular Ues Moines clergyman has worked out his poll tax this year , hand ling a shovel with decided skill. Cedar Rapids handled 477,090 hogs dur ing the last twelve months , and the cost of the same to the packing house there was over $5,280,000. The railroads of the state will carry delegations to the Masonic grand ledge at Davenport Juno 7 , at ono and one- third faro for the round trip. The railroads all seem to bo seriously troubled with tramps just now. They steal rides , destroy property , fool with the trains and train men , and nt small stations and other unprotected points they make themselves generally disliked. Prophet Foster fixes the date of May storms on the 10th , lOtli , 18th , 21st , 27th and 31st. The storm of June 3 will also belong to the last part of May storm period. From Mt\y 21 to Juno 3 will bo one of the most important storm periods of thu year , according to the iUiriington weather sharp. _ Laramic has a fair association and a new hotel well advanced to a certainty. A committee nf Laramie business men is .skirmishing for railroads in Colorado. A road from IJovor Is eagerly sought. The recorded deed shows that the 1J. & M. paid 80,000 for the Warren Mercan tile building and grounds in Choyonno. Cheyenne will turn out in holiday resalia on the 18th , to give uelat to the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of territorial capitol. The Cheyenne school board has decided to retain the Lord's prayer in the schools. A pious member of the board declared that for beauty aud utility it equaled the family bible on the parlor table. The Reed Mining and Smelting com pany , with paper capital amounting to $5,000,000 , has been incorporated in the territory. Offices will be established at Cheyenne , Boston , Salt Lake City and Park City , Utah. Laramie claims to have marble treas ures in the surrounding hills. Vast quar ries of the "oriental alabaster" of ancient Carthage are about to bo opened aud the product placed in the market. It is said to be uuequaled in color and shade aud poliihcs beautifully. The "UlKlu" of Theft. Kcw l"oiCuwmcrcial / Ailvcittscr. The question of the Northern Pacific Railway company's "right' ' to certain additional land grants by way of indem nity for deficiencies in the original grant , ought to bo fully understood. It is ovi- dcntlj not well understood , nven by many who have studied and are sin cerely interested in the subject. For instance , the Herald , which has manifested a commendable spirit and dilligencc in exposing the mean ness and iniquity of the railway manage ment , says this morning that the North ern Pacific YIS entitled to an indemnity grant of 257,550 acres. " It makes tins concession , obviously , from a deep de sire to bo generous , and to avoid oven the appearance of injustice in dealing with a matter which would tempt right- minded men to err on the side of undue severity , through the operation of their just and propel teolinir of indignation. But in fact the Northern Pacific road is not entitled to an additional indemnity grant of 257,550 acres in Washington ter ritory or anywhere else. It is not entitled to any additional land at all. The theory on which the indemnity withdrawals wore based , may have been correct , but there never was any law directing these withdrawals to bo made. They _ were uiado by permission , npt by legislation. They wore obtained by a series of "rulings" in the interior department , the adminis tration of which branch of the govern ment has boon , until now , uniformly favorable to the laud grant roads us against the settlers and the public. But oven if thcro had been any statu tory authority for these wholesale indem nifications. it would have been over thrown aud nullified years ago , bv the simple fact that the Northern Pacific railway company , by its failure to com ply with the law under which it came into existence , has forfeited its claim , not only to the indemnity lands , but also to at least four-fifths of its original grant. The greater always includes the less. The Northern Pacific road has no equitable or moral right , to-day , to any of the lands it holds , within cither the original grant or the indemnity limits , except the compar atively small tract adjoining the few hun dred miles of road which were completed before the expiration of the time named for the completion of the whole road in the conditions imposed by congress. And yet the company hasthacfiroutorv to claim the whole original grant , and also about ton times as much land , in the way of indemnity , as it can rationally lay claim to , oven on its own representa tions ; and in pursuance of these claims it docs not hosltato to confiscate the improved farms of old settlers , without any remuneration whatever , The company's claim from beginning to end is a bare faced robbery and nothing else. The senate of the United States is solely responsible for the fact that this gigantic theft of millions of acres of the public do main has remained unpunished until this time. The senate will hardly dare act much longer as a "fonco" for the North ern Pacific. The Flro Ornokor Trade. A dealer in lire crackers says , in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat : i have juct received my first shipment of Chinese lire crackers for the Fourth of July trade. They loft Hong Kong just before Christ mas and have arrived Iioro in good shape. Altogether in thrco shipments , the last will DO hero In a few days , I shall have 1,400,000,000 crackorx , and tlicso won't bo half onougli for the demand on be half of our youthful population. Wo got the crackers from China , because of the cheap labor therp. as it is impossible for a man to.oarn half a dollar lar a day or anything Hko it , in making them to soil at current prices , Thu Chi nese never raise the price per crate , but as they acquire civilized ideas concerning trade dodges , they reduce the number of crncfeors in a pack , of which there are 320 to a crato. Originally , there wore 100 In each , then there were ninety , and then eighty. Last year , there were seventy- two , and now it is lower than ever , hav ing got down to sixty. But , even now , they are absurdly cheap. Postmaster Mowry , of Charleston , S. C. , is in luck. At the opening of the Forty.ninth congress ho was appointed clerk to the committee on publio build ings and grounds at a salary of f'J.OOOpor annum. Recently the president appointed him postmaster at Charleston at a salary of $3,500. Under the rccentdecision of the United States supreme court ho will draw both salaries until December next. JEWELS OF POTENTATES The Crown Jewels of Franco to Pass to Plebeian Hands- HISTORY OF PRECIOUS GEMS Strnnuc nnd Startling History ofSov crclun Stonca rnrlslnns Tropur- ( UK to I'uruhnso Holies of Mou- arclia Dead and Gone. PA ins , April 0. The spectacle of a great nation selling by auction the jewels collected by generations of iu kings is sufficiently rare to deserve a few words of comment. At the present moment a huge white poster pasted on the blank walls of Paris announces in largo black letters the sale on May 12 of the diamonds mends of the crown , or , in other words of the French crown jewels ; and in a few days all Paris will bo crowding the Pa vilion do Floro to see for the last time these precious relics of abolished roy alty. According to expert opinion , those jewels are more interesting from the his torical than from the commercial point of view ; indeed , their history is full of curious details and melodramatic inci dents. The collection of the French crown jewels dates from the time when Francois I. made peace with Charles V. , whoso tister , Kleonoro of Austria , became - came the wife of the French king. Francois I. went to Bordeaux to moot his bndo , and in that town , on Juno 15. 1530 , ho bequeathed the royal jewels indefeasibly to his successors that is to say , to the state or to the crown. At that time those jewels consisted of a largo necklace and six rings , and were valued at a sum equivalent to $7:15.053. : The precious stones composing the treasure came from Queen Anne of Brittany , who intended them for Marguerite du Foix. Ono of these stones was celebrated in the sixteenth century under the muno of Belle Poinlo. Another still more celebrated was a ruby weighing 200 carats , named Cote-do-Brotagne , and estimated at * 120,000. This stone has a history. In 1530 it was mounted as a neck pendant in the shape of a letter A. Catherine do Mcdicis had it remounted with eleven pearls aud two other largo rubles. In 1588 Henry III. , being obliged to raise troops to drive back the Spaniards , pawned thcso thrco rubies to ono of his secretaries , named Lcgrand , for 317,000 livres of Touraino. Legraud died with out getting repaid , aud it was not until 1070 that his heirs restored the three rubies to the orown , after Colbert had caused them to be reimbursed. In 1749 the famous Cote-do-Brotagno was mounted afresh in the insignia of the order of the Golden Fleece , and Gay , the engraver of Mine de Pompadour's cam eos , carved it into the form of a dragon holding the llccco in its mouth. In this form the Cole-do Brctagno , estimated then at 00,000 livres , was worn by Kings Louis XV. and Louis XVI. In 1702 this jewel was stolen , but subsequently re stored to the treasury in circumstances which have remained mysterious , The dragon Cotc-do-Brotagno will not bo in cluded in the sale of May 12 ; it has been placed in the Galcrio d'Apollon at the Louvre as n national relic and a work of art. In creating the national treasure of the crown jewels Francis I. Insisted that they should bo worn only by the kings and of France. Novel thelcss , Diane aueens , the mistress of Henri II. made use of the royal jewels until the death of the king , and constantly wore on her breast a cross composed of nine large diamonds. This fact was the cause of borne scandal , which is recorded by Brantomo. Diane , however , after the death of the king , faithi'ully restored all the crown jewels which she had borrowed , but Francis II. , in order to avoid till risks in future , drew up letters patent in 1559 , by which ho jointed to the crown jewels all the jewels which Henri II and ho had inheritedand among them was a diamond Lo Grande Table valued at 05,000 crowns. Cath erine do Mcdicis oflerod this diamond to the English in exchange for the town of Calais , but thoqueon managed the nego tiations so tvoll that she obtained Calais and kept the diamond. Later , in 15C9 , when tna Germans invaded France , the crown jewels had to bo pawned once more. Catherine do Mcdicis , in want of funds , concluded a loan of 1,600,000 crowns with the Venetians , and gave to the republic aa security the Graudo Table diamond and thn diamond cross of 00,000 crowns which Diane do Poitiors so much admired. Henri 111 appears to have squandered the crown jewels on his mignons , and , in the troublous times which follow , their history became very obscure and docu ments arc panting. M. Germain Bapst , who is about to publish an important work on the history of the French crown jewels , has boon unable to elucidate the mystery ot this epoch , and all wo know is that , by some moans or other , Henri IV recovered pos session of a part of the royal treasure ! . It was during the reign of Henry IV. that a strange person appears on the scone , the colonul-goneral of the Swiss guards , Nicolas Harla.y do Saner , who was. it appears , a clever diamond merchant. Sancy's name has remained attached to a famous stone of 100 carats which he nold in 1604 to James I. of Eng land. How Sancy became possessed of this diamond is not known. Tradition says that it belonged once to Charles the Bold , who lost it on the battle field of Granson , whore it was found by a Swiss soldier , who sold it to a priest for a florin. Charles I. possessed it when he came to the throne. At the time of the English revolution , Queen Henrietta Maria car ried it away with her , and in 1053 gave it as security , together with another rare piece , called the Mirror of Portugal , to the Due d'Kpernon.who lent her lint sum of100.000 livers. In 1057 Ma/.arin reim bursed the Duo ( I'Kpornon , aud , with the consent of the queen of England , took possession of the Sancy and of her Mir ror of Portugal. When Mazarin died , in 1001 , ho bequeathed to Louis XIV. eighteen diamonds , among which wurc these two. In 1702 the Sancy and the Mirror wore stolon. Finally the Sancy was found in the hands of Charles IV. of Spain. By the advice of Napoleon it was sold. In 1829 it passed into the Dumidof family , and in 1835 it was again sold for 500,000 silver roubles , and now figures in thu Russian crown jewels. As for thu Mirror of Portugal , like the Grande Table , its identity has not been established , and nobody knows whether or not it H still among the French crown jewels. Louis XIV. had these eighteen Ma/arin diamonds mends mounted in a heavy chain , which ho often wore ; and , In 1051. Louis XV. added to thorn two extraordinary atones , the great blue diamond and the diamond of the house of Guise , of which all traces have been lost. The Regent diamond remains , as it is dcscribeu by Saint-Simon In his Me moirs in 1717 , a unique stone ; of inesti mable value. It was purchased at a stipulated price of f 100,000 the mtnre.it of which was paid to the dealer until the Rnccnt could pay elF tlio principal. Marie Antoinette used to Hko to deck herself out with the crown jewels , and affected particular ' a ruby not valued al $29,000. Thi ! queen , with the permission of the king , added some of her own jew els to thcso rubies , and some of the crown jewels given to nor by decree ; but the national assemblym 1701 oritered the res titution of all thu crown jewels to the state , rnjd the Jewels were ncoordinglj deported in the Garde Mi-ublo , whore tlioy were visible to the publio on certain clays. Tlio legislative iis embly finally oulorcd the crown diamonds to be sold , but the "jJupteiubrisours" thought that simpler methods of appropriation were advisable. M. ( Jorinain Unpst , who has in his hands all the documents concern- int ; this episode , thus narrates the events : During six days a bund of individual ; . , composed of thirty or forty persons , pen etrated every nluht into the rooms on the lirst lloor of tlio Garde Mcublo by means of rope ladders. They broke tlio seals of thu door , ( licked the locks of the cupboards , ami carried oft" nearly thu whole of thu treasure. Tlio police did not notlco the theft until , during thu night of September 10-17 , some national guardsmen caught two men dropping trom the windows of the Grade Moublo with jewels in their pookots. The depre dations were then discovered , and the next day Roland , tlio minister of the in terior , announced to the assembly that out of 25.000,000 francs of jewels there re mained scarcely 500,000 francs. During the operation no regular watch had boon kept ; the polk'o roundsmen had seen nothing ; and yet the thieves had lighted up the rooms of the Gardo Mueblo , and had eaten there several ulirhts in succes sion , for the remains of food , empty bottles tles , nnd candle ends were found seat- timid on thu lloor. Publio opinion ac cused Danton and the advanced party of the crime. Finally some of the thieves were discovered and executed on thu Place do la Concorde. A certain num ber of the stolen Jewels were also found immediately , but the most important.lho Regent and thu Sauoy. were hard to lind. Thu latter , stolen by onu Cottot , was taken out of Franco , as wu have already seen ; the regent was found about a year after the robbery in a wine shop in the Fauburg St. Germain , aud on the day of his coronation Napoleon I. were it on the hilt of his sword. The ro- which is estimated nowadays at font , will not bo sold , but will re main in the Louvru as national prop erty. Napoleon I. bought 0,000,000 of franca of diamonds in 1811 to increase the crown jewels. In 1814 the whole treasure was taken to Blois by Marie Louise , and in 1815 Louis XV1I1. took it to Ghent for safety. When Charles X. came to the throne , all thnso jewels were remounted for the coronation ceremony , and remained - mainod in this condition until 1854 , with the exception of two sots of mounted diamonds mends , valued at 202,000 francs , which were stolen during the revolution of 1818. During the second empire tlio crown diamonds were frequently remounted. In 1870 , in August , they wuro Intrusted to the care of the governor of the Bank of Franco , and HIIICR 1875 they have boon kept In a safe at the ministry of tinanco. Now that the sale of thcso crown jew els has boon decided upon , much curi osity is naturally felt as to what will become - come of thorn. As wo have soon.somo of the most precious objects in the collec tion ot the crown jewels will not be sold , namely , the regent diamond ; the 200- carat ruby carved by ( Jay an opal of unique bounty , u reliquary brooch constellated - stollated with diamonds , which were out in 1476 , and which is valued at f14.000 ; ono of tlio Miuurin diamonds ; the sword of Charles X , which is valued at $60,000 , as a specimen of jeweler's work , en riched with diamonds and a few minor objects wtiicti are considered as works of art. art.As for the Imperial crown of gold.it was molted at tlio mint of the republic last week , together with two ceremonial golden swords , the sword of the Dauphin and the sword of Louis XVIII. There re mains then to bo sold a quantity of ru bies , emeralds , sapphires and turquoises ; 51,403 brilliants , weighing 0,010 carats : 21,110 roses , weighing 471 carats , ami 2,01)3 ) pearls , weighing 7,031 carats. It i expected that this sale will not produce more than $1,000,000 , and the chief buyers will neces sarily be the dealers who will buy the im portant pieces , which they will unmount , for two reasons : In the first place , in order to retail the stones , and , in the second place , because the existing mounts are old-fashioned. Some of the Paris jewellers are also forming private syndi cates of customers for the purchase of lots , which will bo divided and mounted according to advertised patterns. Out where is the guarantee of identiy ? During thu next few years Paris jewellers will doubtless sell nothing but "crown jewels , " remounted , and the the diamonds mends "worn by Marie Antoinette" will become as plentiful as fragments of the true cross. In reality , in spite of the tirades of the reactionary newspapers , the sale of the French crown jewels is not a national disgrace , inasmuch as the jewels having a real artistic value are not included in the transaction , but merely a stock of precious stones the equal of which may bo scon any day in thu shops in thu Rue do la Paix. Indeed , the French republic , by placing the choicest specimens in the national museum ami frankly selling the rest. shows more respect for thcso crown jewels than was shown by many ot thu monarchs who pawned or squandered them , thereby , it is true , helping to ren der their history more interesting.Tn. Tn. C. f V A Grant IJattlo. is continually going on iu the human system. The demon of impure blood strives to gain victory over tlio constitu tion , to rum health , to drag victims to the grave. A good reliable medicine like. 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