THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JUNE 20. 1887.
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KKF.LV says his motor will prcsontl
appear. The World baleen was also t
eail to Now York.
DAKOTA has experienced a terrific cj
clone. There is only ono thing Dakot
has not experienced , if ail her claims ar
true , and that is a division.
ST. Josnm is making efforts , with res
sonablo assurances of being sucecssfu
to secure the Santa Fo railroad. Whoi
is the Omaha & Southwestern ?
THE only basis for the corner in coffee i
the fact tun wheat advanced at the sam
tlmo , and dough beans rose with tli
market. Both wore thoroughly knoadei
TUG slate ot Missouri has passed a In1
prohibiting the sale of liquor in lei
quantity tiian live gallons. It is csthm
ted that the colonels will decrease , undi
this law , 75 per cent.
THE United States army is now busil
engaged in chasing thirteen hostil
Apaches. The way to do the busines ;
and do it well , is to let the United Stale
navy got after thorn.
IN the Mexican state of Chihuahua ti !
people are troubled with two legist ;
tures in session at ono time. N
braska has found it almost impossible t
get along with ono legislature , to sn
nothing of n double calamity.
THE McGlynn anniversary parad
proved a fizzle in numbers and impor
anco. Thofact , that the ox-pastor of S
Stephens refused to defend himself bcfoi
the court of Homo , doprivcd him of tL
support of friends and admirers.
THE Massachusetts house by a
vote last week admitted a bill to rail
from $100 to $000 the penalty for non-d
livery of telegraph messages. A la
placing the penalty at ? 500 for writlr
messages in an illegible hand , would al :
bo a good feature.
EDITOU O'BitiEN fares better in Irclan
than in her majesty's American provinc
The frooJom of the Emerald Isle h :
been tendered to him , but the cocrclc
bill will soon curtail his liberty. Tl
salutn of Cork is more inspiring to tl
patriot that Toronto's shower of cobbk
and ho improved the numbered days
strife and eviction.
THE largest bank in the world is tl
Dank of England. It was organized i
1G04 , with a capital of 1,200,000 <
$0,000,000 ; capital now about $72,000,00
two and a half times par ; 000 clerks
young men begin at 70 a year ; heai
of departments receive 1,200 a year , ar
$310,000 a year are spent on salaries. Tl
bank keeps the record of the nation
debt of Great Britain 800,000,000 a
tends to transfers , receives the taxes ar
gets therefor 313,000 per annum , and
is said that few of the cashiers find it n
ccssary to go to Canada.
THE Now York Post is very mu <
tickled over the fact that out of 111 gra
uatos of Yale nineteen are mugwunu
It Is iniito probable that if these m
uuidod young mon know or care an
thing about politics they have obtaim
their pabulum in that direction from oi
New York contemporary , but it will i
quire only a very little friction with t
world , at least in a political way , to cc
rinco them that investment in mu
wumpory will never pay any tangil
dividends. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ „ _ _
THE fire that destroyed the ope
comiquo at Paris , originated through t
Igniting of a curtain by a gas jet. The
is now a loud and universal clamor the
for the compulsory and immcuiuto inti
ductlon of electric lights in all theutr
and ono or two Now York papers set
disposed to encourage a similar dema
in that city. The Now York manage
however , arc with few exceptions opp <
cd to the electric light. They give va
ous reasons , perhaps the most Imports
of which is that it is both unsteady a
unreliable , boslde which it cannot
operated with the facility that as c.i
It is suspected that the economical cc
sideration is not without weight , but
manager suggested this. On this sec
of safety the electric light is doubtless
bo preferred for use in theatres , but
ionic other respects gas is the more d
Eirable. The trouble is that the latter 1
to bo guarded , and wherever precautiu
i are uocouary accidents are always to
iporoucudcd , .
The rppular Plan. . .
Wo liavo received a circular and pros
pectus of the re-organlzctl Western Mu
tual life association , originally known as
the Western Mutual benevolent associa
tion , of Ucatrico. The prospectus bears
upon its tinted cover the following in
scription : "Popular Plan , organized
March 25 , 183i-policlcs paid In lull.
Capital paid up , $100,000 , authorized
capital , $590,000.'o take it that these
documents have been kindly mailed to
the Bun by Colonel Sabln , who was con
nected with the old ami defunct benevo
lent scheme , Mr. Sabln has several
times tried to pcrsuado Iho HKI : that
great Injustice was done to his phil
anthropic association by the exposures
which have from time to time aupcarcd
in its columns , and ho has even exacted
a promise that wo would right the wrong ,
if any there was , to the best of our ability.
Up to ttio present , however , wo have not
been able to discover wherein the BEE
has laid itself open to the charge of mis
representation , either willful or other
wise.
Neither Mr. Sabin nor anybody olsc
can truthfully impute mercenary motives
or designs to the BEE for repeatedly
rcjeclintr all advertising of the concern
after the damaging disclosures had been
made.
The "homo "
re-organizod enterprise ,
as its promoters are pleased to term it ,
may bo on a more solid basis , but the
methods employed in restoring and in
spiring confidence are , to say the least ,
questionable. "Circular No. 23 , " for in
stance , contains the following reference
to the dead but not unburied past :
The wicked , slanderous and llbelous state'
nieiits made against this company by an
Omaha paper , caused many of our old mem
bers to lapse , and has been an Important lea-
son why wo have ndouted the now plan. II
a member lapses from the now plan it iloct
not injure those remaining. Under the as
scsamont plan , every member who lapsed ,
decreased the ability of the company to pay
This association Is now In Its fourth year ,
and when It was organized , it was organized
as a fixture , to be a permanent , reliable In
surance company , which will exist and dc
its work loim after all Us founders and pros
cut members shall have gouo to reap Uieli
reward.
This is decidedly benevolent. If the
charges made against the defunct concern
corn wcro "wicked , slanderous andlibol
ous , " why have they never been refuted
If the Mutual Benevolent was hone stb
conducted , and its financial resource :
what they had boon represented , to pol
Icy holders , why was the company reor
ganized 1 Was it bcnovolout to obtaii
money under false pretenses from hones
and unsuspecting farmers and laborers
to rob their widows and orphans , ant
was it wicked to expose the logucs whc
were carrying on this legalized confi
dcnco game ?
If the founders of that bon'ovolcnt on
tcrpriso are going to "reap their re
ward , " what section of hades have the'
pre-empted ? The now company may b
bound and on a solid footing , but thci
literary bureau is at its old tricks.
The circulars and prospectus are ful
of editorial pull's from .Nebraska papers
bearing the car marks of Iho advanc
agent. The list of members contains to
" " " "
many "honorables , "colonels" am
"generals" who have never boon hon
ored with anything or commissioned b ,
anybody.
Most conspicuous among its patron
are the president , secretary and opera
lives of the company. The Omaha list i
especially remarkable for its liberalit
to unearned titles. Wo presume tha
any man who would take out a polic
for $100 is entitled to a chromo and a gen
erals' commission.
While this paper has always encouraged
aged homo enterprise it is not dispose
to commend every venture that promise
to bo profitable to its promoters , howovc
high they may rank in politics , in th
church or in society. Confluence is
plant of very slow growth , and once for
feited is very difficult to restore.
The Financial Question.
All the intelligent opinion that can b
presented relating to the all-importar
question of disposing of the treasury sui
plus , is deserving of attention. Th
problem is by no moans a simple OIK
though to some it may appear to bo si
Thu largo amount of money now in tli
possession of the government , for whic
it has no legitimate use , should not t
squandered. It ought to bo returned I
the people , to whom it properly belong
and who could put it to good use , but th
should not bo clone in any other than u
entirely legitimate way. Thcro are t\v
plans by which this surplus can bo n
turned to the people. Ono is by larj
appropriations , in excess of the needs i
the governments , some of which woul
almost necessarily bo for objects not no
in demand. Recourse to this plan woul
probably load to reckless oxtravatranc
which the country might bo a Ion
time in recovering from. Scheim
of internal improvement and other d
vices for spending money would bo inai
guratcd which would have to be mail
tained or the money expended in thci
would bo sunk. While this plan migl
receive present commendation from
great many , it is mtito possible the tin
would como when it would bo general
regretted. The other plan is to use th
surplus in reducing the publio debt.
With regard to the authority of tl
treasury to buy miniatured bonds , or
anticipate interest on bonds , there is i
doubt : The secretary of the treasury hi
stated that ho has such authority , ar
the laws relating to the matter are sull
ciently plain to convince any ono that 1
is right. The question whether ho shou
have recourse to this authority is large
ono of expediency. The very goi
oral opinion in financial ui
cles is that it will have to bo dotormim
before the session of the next congre
begins. Beyond the regular uppropri
tious , less than twenty millions of della
will bo disbursed by the treasury aft
the 1st of July , at which date the rcdom
tiou of the rcmalnlntr three per coutbom
will begin. This will give some relief
the money market , but it will speedily
lost in the continued drain flowing in
the treasury at the rate of $1,000,000
day. Congress is not liuoly to do an ,
thing that will begin to operate iu chco
ing this drain before the end of no
March. By that tlmo the surplus w
have reached very nearly or qul
$100.000,000. It is pretty certain that u
less the treasury comes to the aid of t
money market , the business of the cou
try must suffer. Thcro is perhaps i
very serious danger of a financial crls
uut thcro is very likely to bo a considi
o able shrinkage of trade operations , a i
duced activity in all UopartmouU of i
dustry , and * necessary 'curtailment in
every branch of enterprise. " ' '
In a late interview the secretary of the
treasury socmod uncertain as to which
of the methods at his command would
bo preferable , that of anticipating a
year's interest or buying miniatured
bonds. The difiiculty in the way of the
former of these Is the possibility that the
bondholders would not generally co
operate. It is apprehended that very
many of them would not care to accept
their Interest in this way , although It U
not apparent how it could be any dlsad'
vantage to thorn if no rebate were re
quired. The objection to the other
method is that It would give the bonds a
speculative premium. Wo have before
us a circular of Harvey Fisk & Sons
bankers of New York , in which they en
deavor to show by figures that while tlu
government would save nothing by an
ticipatlug a year's interest by purchaslnj
bonds to the amount of the intores
there would bo a saving of over two mil
lion dollars. This is in the assumptioi
that the government could buy the 4
per cent bonds , which became due ii
1881 , at a premium not exceeding 13i , tin
opinion being expressed that they couh
be had at as low a premium as 11J
which would of course Increase the sav
ing. These bonds now carry a premiun
of 109 } , and it is mores than probable tha
wcro the government to enter the markc
as a buyer the advance in the premiun
would not stop at 15 , though it doubtlcs
would not go beyond the figures upoi
which Harvey Fisk & Son compute i
saving of more than two million dollars
If this could bo assurctl , there ought t
bo no further question as to the cours
the treasury should pursue. The Urn
when the policy to bo puraiiod must b
determined , if anything is to be done , i
not far distant , and c\ cry day after th
irst of next mouth will increase tl.o m
gency. _
The Crimes mil.
The full text of the Crimes bill as i
gassed the ccmmltteo of the house o
commons , which was published in th
BIK : of yesterday , should have been care
tilly perused and attentively atudioit b ,
every reader interested in obtaining a :
accurate knowledge of the character o
the repressive legislation proposed fo
Ireland by the present tory govcrnmen
of Great Britain. To such as did no ox
! > rcssion of adverse opinion from anotlic
ivtll bo necessary to convince them tlin
the measure proposes a policy of crim
nal administration in Ireland that mu ;
prove to the last degree oppressive , tha
is iu conllict with the spirit of the agt
and that justifies the determined and ur
compromising resistance that is boin
made to it by the Irish party in parli :
inent.
The bill consists of twenty clauses , si
of which have boon acted upon. Ate
to some of those the opposition succeede
in securing amendments which modilit'
the severe injustice of their original re
qmremnnts , but with respect to those sti
to bo acted upon the impression is tlin
the government will make no further cot
cessions. It is probable that on the 271
of the present month , when final actio ;
is to betaken , the bill will be cnacte
very nearly in the shape in which it no
is. Thus the people of Ireland will I
subjected to a law the counterpart (
which , in the severity of its restriction
in the rigid surveillance it provides foi
and in its generally harsh and opprcssn
character , is not to bo found in the e :
isting statutes of any other country , cj
cept perhaps Russia , and which won ]
not bo tolerated a day by the people i
this country. Its practical cfl'ei
will bo to subject the Irish pe
plo to a tyranny'of rcpre
sion anil oppression as complc
as any they have over experienced m tl
past , and thereby to crush out , as far i
possible , all patriotic efforts to rid tlicr
selves of the hateful rule thpy are undo
To be a member of an association tin
has for its object Irish independence , <
seeks even to secure ai > amelioration <
Ireland's condition , "will bo , under th
law , to be a conspirator. Its purpose
to throttle all political and patriotic o
gani/atious , to deny free speech , and
plauo the people in helpless bondage
their rulers. Under the administrate
of a lord lieutenant whoso interests , pi
litical or otherwise , would be best coi
served by a system of oppression , it
easy to see that the power given him 1
this law would enable him to bo tl
most severe of petty tyrants , and r
though all avenues of relief are not a
solutely closed the wronged people
Ireland would have little reason to ho ;
for relief while the political clement no
administering the afl'airs of Great Brita
remained in power.
It is no longer questionable , howovc
that they will bo subjected to this ha
and unjust measure , with all the bittc
luirnh and humiliating experiences
must inevitably entail. What may con
after it may bo idle to now predict.
A WASHINGTON dispatch reports M
Cleveland to bo very mad with the seer
tary of war and the adjutant general f
having drawn him into the trouble abe
the confederate Hags , and states that
would not bo surprising if these indivi
uals received a significant "warning
There is very little probability that tl
president will do anything of the kin
and It would not help his case if ho dl
In a matter of such importance the pro :
dent should not have boon influenced 1
the suggestions of these two persons , at
he cannot shield himself by profossii
want of consideration , or shift the i
sponsibihty upon subordinates. As
Drum , it appears that ho was at lii
rattier proud of his authorship ot t
scheme , but would now like to bo i
quitted of responsibility on the grou
that ho had the highest authority for I
action. The cllorls of these involved
this matter to wriggle out will do
good. The responsibility is fixed and
will stick. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE letter of ex-Senator Van Wyck
the secretary of the interior , urging th
a widow's pension should common
from the death of the husband , when t
pension was allowed and commenced
his lifetime , regardless of the time
which she subsequently files an applic
tion , presents so strongly , in a brief a
pointed way , the justice of doing th
that it is astonishing another practice h
prevailed with the department. It seen
however , that the method has beou not
make the pension of the deceased hi
baud continuous to the widow or rnin
children , but to commence it from t
date of the filing of their appllcatlo
This U obviously unjust , and as Mr. V
Wyck saya disregards the pledged fa !
of the govorunjcnt to the Soldier that if
ho dies from tlo ) disabilities contracted In
or incident to thd service his widow and
minor children shall bo provided for.
The practice of the department ill this ,
matter needs to be reformed.
WE do like enterprise and cheerfully
credit our Ilaruoy street contemporary
with the first publication of the report
that the Omaha waterworks suit has boon
compromised through the purchase of
larshal Field's Stock by the parties who
iwn the controlling Interest in the cor-
oration. That compromise is , however ,
, matter of very small concern to our
itlzens. They care precious little who
) wns the waterworks stock or how the
ig fish In that reservoir swallow the lit-
le fish. Our citizens are decidedly more
ntercstcd iu the enormous Increase of
lire hydrants and the extravagant tax wo
are compelled to pay for fire protection.
There isa Hold for inquiry which our
city council should explore with a view
f reducing the burdcrs of taxation
O.vn of the very best educational insti-
utions of the country is the State uni
versity of Michigan , which will this
month celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
It has been the alma mater of a large
number of men who have obtained dis-
inction in all departments of profes
sional life , and in furthering educational
progress it stands hardly second to anj
other university or college in this
country.
OMAHA , is ono of the healthiest cities
on the continent , but that fact docs nol
ustif.v negleot of sanitary precautions
Wo must keep our streets and alloy.
lean of garbage. Malaria brcedinp
ponds anil cess pools should bo drained
or filled with earth and the stench fac
ories should bo closed or compelled tc
deodorize their product.
WHEN the cable road puts on its cars
on Uodjje and Harney streets the Farnani
street mule cars will run empty. The
horse railway company must either
transform its main line into a cable roac
thii summer or substitute the electric
motor for mule power.
WITH fifteen patrolmen doing police
luty iu a city that extends over twenty
live square miles it is not at all surprising
that crooks antl marauders can ply then
vocation with very little risk.
8TAT13 AND TKIUUXORY.
Mcbraska JottlngR.
The surveyors of the B. & M. arc
camped on the outskirts of O'Neill.
Falls City arid Norfolk , two livclj
young towns , will add waterworks t (
their improvement record this year.
Fakirs have ben induced by gilt-cdjti
patronage to place Blair on tin
circuit with Plattsmouth and Fremont
Thicvps made a whojesalo raid , on tin
store of Kcrr & Williams in Gram
Island and gathered up $10 cash and l.OOi
cigars.
Every town in the state will whoop u ]
the etmlo in the niost hilarious style mix
month. The Fourth will bo a hollerda1
of howling proportions.
Or. Antrim of Holt county , boasts o
the largest cow1 on earth. She vyeigh
3,000 pounds and will celebrate with tin
Stuarts on the Fourth.
The Milwaukee surveyors have com
plcted the survey of a line from Oman :
to West Point. From the latter towi
they go in the direction of Madison.
John Gallagher , tried in Nebraska Cit'
for train wrecking , was acquitted , an !
now proposes to chew oft'a chunk o
monopoly profits in a suit tor damage *
The proclamation is made that Idol
county soil beats the world. Any oni
who has faced a cloud of it on the lly wil
promptly swear that it can beat a mai
blind.
A Clay county preacher declares tha
ho has discovered natural gas. Tli
deacons of the church huve resolved t
reduce his salary unless ho "plugs th
Unmet ) hole. "
Mr. Layman , a farmer living noa
Stuart , got entangled in a shoal of fonc
wire , breaking the knco joint of his righ
leg. The injury is severe and will mak
him a lame man for life.
The Chinese laundry man of Blue 1111
has adopted the novel and expedition
method of branding his bundles with pistol
tel bullets. As a means of improving th
circulation this takes the hole line.
There is a scarcity of domestic help ii
Hustings. The rise of real estate value
have thrown the queens ot the kitchci
into the lap of afiluunee , and now the
snap their fingers in the faces of the !
toiling ex-mistrosses.
Colonel Mat Patrick , of Omaha , hai
purchased 1,000 head of grade Herefon
cows and heifers fiom Organ & Phillip :
of Cheyenne , the transaction represent
ing3J,000. The herd will summer o
Patrick's Tongue river ranch.
The philosopher of the Lincoln Demo
crat declares that the request of th
Southerners for the return of the cap
t tired Hags is on par with that of tli
school boy who asked the teacher to re
turn the dust fanned oilt of his trouscr
during the corrective process.
The York Stud Poker club is said to b
composed of the hulcst mortals that eve
drew stimulants through a tube. The
are victims of chronic inocuous inertit
employ sloveliugs to keep oil the lliei
and loll on reclining chairs , with th
amber end of a rubber tube in the !
mouths , connected with the nozzle of
barrel of Bordeaux. They are wheeled t
their roosts when the curtains of nigl
are pulled down.
Mr. J. H. Dully , postmaster at Cham
burs , Holt county , is sadly alllictcd. Som
time ago his wife showed signs of d <
inentia and wasjiilucctt in an asylum r
Cedar Kapids , ! ; } < A permanent cut
was thought to have been oiler ted , an
on her return homo with her husb.tn
she jumped through the open window e
a car , but fortmiately escaped injuri
She will bo placed tin the state asylui
for treatment.
The Indians on tUo , Omaha reserve hoi
a semi-annual bear , dance and blow ot
last week. The mellow braves , mature
bucks and cadaverous squaws gathore
in Alarnagu//.lomte3amphithcatro or mu
palace and tore their hides as a peac
ottering to the gatekeeper , of tho'happ
hunting grounds. , , Heap Big Chief Tun
dor-an-owns , a hyphenated professor (
the black art , slaWcd his throat with
sharp stiok and sp.lt gore at his squawi
Great beads of blood trucked his billow
bosom , and shouts of savage doligl
pierced the center polo. The medicin
man , arrayed in the dignity of cilice an
a wart on his temple , strode into the pa
ace , waved his holy wand thrice an
slapped a plaster of mud on the bloedirj
parts of the bravo. Thus was the ev
spirit routed.
Iowa ItoniH.
Very few Iowa men were caught in tl
wheat crash.
Esthervillo will give $1,500 for ft llov
lug artesian well.
A sneak thief , who styles himself
"mind reader , " has been taking in Di
buquo innocents.
Burglars cracked the safe of an O
tumwa groc.-ryman Monday night , si
curing 13,009 for their trouble.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul railroa
company are r.-iiu a fill on their U
umwa lands , requiring .700,000 cubic
ards oj earth.
Iho Dubuque Boot and Shoo rrianufac-
urine company with a capital of $35,000 ,
tas filed articles of Incorporation with
ho secretary of slato.
The counties of Union , Adams , Taylor ,
Vdair , Rlnggold , .Madison , Uccalur antl
Jlark will unite in a district fair at Crcs-
on August 21) ) to September 2 inclusive.
Two cattle trains on the Burlington
rend tried to pass each other on the same
rack Tuesday night near Middlctown ,
killing eighteen cattle and wounding
seventy-five. The trainmen wcro not In
jured.
The dead man found near Dubuque
> rovcd to bo Loyl Johnson , a veteran of
ho war , and member of Colonel Hender
son's Forty-sixth Iowa infantry. His wife
anil several children live near Sand
Springs , in Delaware county.
An Osccola county teacher was tried
jcforo a justice of the peace for alleged
cruel treatment of his jmpils. After an
excited trial ho was acquitted with the
request that ho resign at once. A case of
not guilty , but don't do it again.
Prohibition shuts up the saloons , says
the Sioux City Journal , but if figures are
liiotetl correctly , it don't stop the drink-
ug of boor. During the past six weeks
: ho sales of the Franz browcry alone
liavo averaged fifty-tivo barrels , and the
total amount sold during that tlmo ex
ceeds by about COO barrels the sales oi
nny previous six wcoks since the brewery
was started. Ono way of accounting for
this Is the fact that when the saloons
wore open hundreds of private houses
were supplied with bottled beer through
the saloons , the supply coming larcelv
from Milwaukee and St. Louis. With
this source of supply cut off , the trade
of the home breweries increases.
Dakota.
Samples of new Dakota potatoes five
inches in circumference are now to bi
seen at Yankton.
Alexandria has ral rd a bonus of $1,00 (
for the man who will open a first-class
creamery in that town.
Ex-Governor Pierce is president of tin
North Dakota Loan company , of James
town , representing $5,000,000 capital.
Over 0,000 gopher tails have been paid
for by the Hyde county register , Mr. M
G. Simon , and by July 1 the numbci
will probably reach 10.0UO.
In the way of banks , Dakota load !
twenty-five states in the union. Shu ha :
25'J banks of deposit , including fifty-twe
national banks , with a total banking capi
tal of § 0,250,000.
Several valuable improved sections eland
land in Hamilton county , forming a par
of the largo farm of D. S. Spaulding ant
J. S. Kcator , have been thrown open t (
settlers by the government. The entrici
wcro cancelled for alleged fraudulen
proceedings.
AVyonilnc.
Laramie proposes to bore for coal , gai
or petroleum , at an expense of $3.000.
Considerable Nebraska capital is e.oinj
into lands and mines iu the territory.
The corner stone of the court hoiiso a
Sundance , Crook county , is to bo laid 01
July 4.
Ed Lynn essayed the bad man act in
Douglas and was promptly fired out 01
town accompanied by a shower of lead
Four hundred men are now layinp
rails on the Cheyenne & Northern. Tin
road will reach the Platlo in two months
A crazy woman created a wild scene ii
Cheyenne a few _ days ago. She was i
passenger on the incoming train , and oi
reaching town , rushed to a policeman
screaming "Where's faro bank ? " /
do/en permanent citi/.cns tendered thcii
services as escorts , but they subsidcc
when it developed that she wantcel U
know whore the town of Fairbanks was
A sucker for a bnnk there attracts ai
much attention as a fire alarm at mid
night. _
How Sheridan Sent News to Grant
Boston Traveler : A former member o
General Grant's stafi'during the war sail
to the Traveller correspondent to
night , while chatting about thogreal
commander : " 1 know a great deal abou
Sheridan's campaign through the Shenandoah -
andoah valley , about which so much hai
boon said recently in the newspapers or
account of the attack of General Hossc
upon the lieutenant general of the army
I know exactly what Sheridan's order ,
were , because I wrote thorn from Grant'i
dictation. The valley of the Shcnandoal
was really the supply station for Lco'i
army , and Grant knew he could strike
the confederates a heavier blow by tak
ing their food from them than ho couh
by winning half a dozen battles. HI :
orders to Sheridan wcro most explicit
and afterward ho often spoke in praise
at the manner in which the work was sc
effectually done. Of course , Rosser
doesn't like Sheridan , although he is ;
splendid fellow , if ho lias sloppei
over in this affair. During most of tin
timn that Roiser was in Shcri
dan's vicinity , "Littlo Phil" kept him oi
the jump , and naturally a man is a littli
rancorous in his feeling oven twenty-live
years afterward. I was with Grant whet
he got the first news that Sheridan hat
laid the valley a desolate waste. Wi
were at City Point ono afternoon whei
the guards urought in two of the touirhes
looking customer.- , that I cv.er saw. Thej
had on old confederate uniforms am
wcro a disreputable pair. Grant lookei
at them closely and then ho smiled
Both sainted , and ho called them b ;
name anil shook hands with them. Oni
of the men took n little ball of tin foil on
of his mouth and handed it to the gen
cral ; the other unscrewed a button on hi
coat and took out some tissue paper
These wore Sheridan's dispatches ti
Grant , anil the two union scouts , for sucl
the men were , had traveled over tw <
hundred miles around the rebel army
and sometimes through their lines ti
reach the commanding general with thi
good news. Botli men were rowardci
with promotions for their bravo and dan
gerous work. Ono _ of them is now a cap
tain of artillery in the regular army th
other I have not heard from lor a grea
many years.
Some Summer Sunken.
A small rattlesnake was recently fotvni
in a mail pouch when it was unlocked a
Morrows Station , near Forsyth , lia. Ho\
it got there is a mystery.
Five New Jersey lads living at Flai
brookvillo captured ten rattlesnakes 01
the IJIuo mountains , They secured then
alive by means of forked sticks.
Watorton , the famous Englishman
once caught , single-handed , a snake tei
feet long. D'Albertis , the explorer c
Now Guinea , dragged out a snake thir
teen feet long.
A coppeiht'ad uit Farmer Williun
Winters , of Davidson county , Tenn ,
on the hand while ho was planting swcc
potatoo slips and killed him. Ho Mil
fared intensely , his body swelling t
twice its natural size.
An owl and snake , both dead , wor
found by Edward Swart'of Gila Stn
tion , An/ . The snake was tightly en
twined around the neck and left wmir ei
the owl , the latter having the tail of th
latter iu its beak.
The marshal of Waynesboro , Ga
killed eleven moccasin snakes with hi
revolver , but the reptiles still kept coir
ing forward from under the logs Ii
such numbers that ho was forced to re
treat. The Citizen says the marshal Is
man of voracity and wholly temperate
[ New York Sun.
In the town of Harrison , WIs. , Ins
week an ohl lady was arrested for pastui
int ; hur cow In the road and fined $3 an
costs. After she had paid up she prc
ducod a basket of rotten ejrgs and j > re
ceeded to pe ( the nnn who complainc
ot her. The man tried to gut away , bn
the oUlwoniui _ ; followed him up and .ilas
tered him all over with rotten bun fruil
1MTN1NC WIZARD'S WORK ,
* * * *
i
Edison's Successful Efforts to Harness Elec
tricity ,
THE PLANT IN NEW YORK.
Iiinutncrnlilo Uses to Which the Cur
rent Is 1'ut The Dangerous lAfo
or the Adjuster honks of
the Wires.
A New York letter to tlio Kansas City
Times says : in the basement of Hroad-
way , at the corner of John street , is it
circular iron plato on whoso surface
raised letters indicate that it belongs to
Mr. Thomas A. Kdison , America's great
est Inventor. Kvcry other evening about
3 o'clock , nftor the busy thoroughfare
has been deserted by every son of toil ,
excepting it may bo tbo thirsty tramp
and the thirstier policeman , an intelli
gent , neatly dressed man carrying a
medium sized box emerges from the
dusk and stops txt the plato. From the
box ho draws a singular looking rug
about two feet square nnd four inches
thick , composed of loosely wound and
more loosely woven cotton wick. On this
ho kneels and , then with a queer assort-
mnnt of cold chisels , cleaners , jimmies
and wrenches removes the plato after
much toil from the metal frame in which
it was so firmly set. Beneath is a largo ,
square chamber whoso walls und Hoer
seem to bo Incrustcd metal. Near both
top and bottom arc ponderous rings of
polished copper separated and hold in
place by unrecognisable pads nnd wash
ers of some dark substance that looks
like bilky India rubber. From each ring
wires radiate , passing through the walls
of the chamber and losing themselves in
the earth below thopavemont. The man
gloves his hand with a rubber glove and
works a few minutes with the compli
cated attachments , here removing 11
piece , thcro tightening a screw , hero
changing a position of a wire and thnro
inserting an insulator. As ho paused I
asked him which of the many electric
systems begotten in Munlo park ho was
engaged upon.
"This time upon the Edison illumin
ating , though 1 superintend several
others and am frequently culled in to
consult upon electrical matters by outside -
side concerns. To-uight I aui testing
and regulating. "
"Why do you take so many precau
tions *
"Partly for my own safety and partly
for the sake of doing iirst-class work.
You see there is a current moving
through those two mams , as wo call
them , that could kill 100,000 mon in an
instant. If through carelessness I put
myself in its way and got its full force
that would be the last of mo. A year ugo
I was a little thoughtless or clumsy and
slightly 'grounded the negative main. '
That is , I touched that upper ring oi
copper when one knee was on the bare
waving stone. Hero's what the current
did. " lc ) rolled up his coat and shirt
sleeve and displayed a muscular arm
that looked as if it had been engraved
with a chisel and then eaten with nitrie
acid to produce an etching plato. "I
was in the hospital over a month for
that , and that it was so tough a lesson
that I'll never forgot it , I'll show you
how strong that current is. " Ho took a
pair of line pliers and holding thorn with
a cleft piece of wood touched one end to
the upper copper ring and one end to the
steel coyer rim. In an instant the gray
metal broke into sparks and tlame. He
removed it witli the remark : "That cur
rent would burn up a crowbar or lamp
post if it wcro properly directed. "
"Is thcro much danger ! "
Thorc used to bo , but it grows smaller
every day as wo know more about band-
ling electricity. It's like a horse some
times that runs away. It will get into
railroad tracks and knock a horse over
and sometimes kill the animal. Some
times it leaks out of the wires and gets
into a water or steam pipe and then para
lyzes some of these Italians you see dig
ging up the streets nowadays. They
think it is the devil and hold a prayer
meeting. Sometimes it gets us boys.
Down in Wall street the lights were be
having badly and 1 wont down to see
what was the matter. Everything was
all right inside the offices , and so 1 went
out into the street to sec if there were a
leak or a bad wire. It was running u
little , just a drizzle. 1 put my hand on
the plato glass window and was knocked
down just as clean as if Sullivan had
done the job , You see the wire leaked
just over the window and the layer of
ruin on the glass , along with the gold
lettering made a good conductor and I
got the oenelit of the job. I was sore the
next three days , but 1 fixed it up all the
sumo as if nothing hud happened. Wo
hate to lot on to outsiders when wo got
caught ourselves. It don't look profes
sional and limy always irtty us. "
"Do your wires perform any work be
yond illuminating ? "
"Certainly , all sorts and kinds. It
runs fans in restaurants , revolving hair
brushes in barber shops , sewing and
knitting machines in private families ,
passenger and freight elevators , dentists' '
augurs and the bellows for church or
gans. It rings the bolls in Hats and
opens doors and protects houses from
burglars. Then it is now used , and so
far as I know those are the latest ideas
out , in reinforcing telegraph and telephone -
phone circuits , in nickel , bron/.o , copper ,
silver and gold plating , in putting metal
on the backs of looking glasses and run
ning electric clocks.
"i'hero are probably newer things than
that , but I haven't heard of them as yet.
Every day there isn't less than one new
patent on .some funny racket or another.
1 saw one that was put in in ; an uptown
brewery last month. It was called a
compound improved telo-thormometor
and the name wasn't ns big
us the work the little thing would do.
It would ring a bell bolter and
quicker than you and I can do if a watch'
man went to sleep , if the engine run ton
slow , if the room grow too cold or if it
grow too warm , if a lire broke out or if
the water pipe burst. In fact , it would
do everything that a coed brewery hand
would do except drink its employer's
beer. "
"How do you know how much force
you use ? "
'O ' , that's simple enough. Edison has
got it down so line that wo know. I
might say how many pints or ounces wo
turn out at the central oflicc , how much
Hews in each wire , how much leaks , how
much is wasted , and how much is tapped
and drawn oil'by our customers. It's a
sort of queer notion to tuink that you
have got a thunder and lightning storm
condensed in that apparatus , and that
you am retailing in little chunks ot
pieces. "
During the convorsatfon ho had finished
the work , readjusted and fastened the
cover into the rim , luted it with red lead
and rolillcd the box with his muny imple
ments. With a cheery "good-night" lit
disappeared in the darkness on his waj
to the next chamber down liroadway.
For fear of loosing a day's work , mans
persons put oil' taking physic until Hut-
tuday. The bettor plan is to not dolaj
but take it as soon as needed , it may save
you a hard spoil of sickness. If you
want the most benefit from the least
amount of physic without causing you
any inconvenience , loss of appetite 01
rest , take St. Patrick's Pills. Their action
on the liver and bowels nro thorough ,
they civo a freshness , tone and vigor tc
the whole system and act in Imrruonj
with nature.
GEORGIA'S HUMAN CORMORANT
Auguita ( On. ) ChronKMc ! Some weeks
ago the Chronicle made mention of the
wonderful feats performed at Mooro'i
lagoon by a colored man named Wallace
Halley , dubbing him "the human king-
lishor , " but the nccounl was ridiculous
and laughed at generally , being romld-
eicd the product of vivid imagina
tion. What was then stated , now-
ever , did not comprise a third of
what this man is capable of doing
in the water. Knowing that the great
majority of people entirely doubtoulial-
ley's powers , several gentlemen finally
persuaded him to name a day for a pub
lic exhibition. Yesterday afternoon ,
therefore , nearly a hundred people hail
assembled at the lagoon , which is located
about ono mile from the eastern boundary
of the city on the ferry road. Disrobing
at ono end ho swam down to the open
stretch of water before the crowd.
Quickly , but with hardly a ripple of
the plauld surface , ho sank beneath the
water. Up to this time many present
wcro sceptical as to the result , nnd
when a mlmito had nearly elapsed and
still ho had not como to the top , the
doubting ones felt certain that it was a
sell of some kind.
"Hollo ! there ho Is. "
"The human cormorant" cnmo to tin
top like a cork , holding both hnndi
aloft , in onch appearing a struggling
fish. This caused a lluttor of applause ,
which encouraged the lishor , nnd , nftoi
throwing his prey out on the bnnk , In
went down again. This , too , was th
most successful dive of the day ,
for when ho came up not only did
he have a fish in rach hand , but ono ic
his mouth. This was enough in Itself te
satisfy the entire audience , although
so mi1 were of the opinion that ho hadtwc
or three fish tied at the bottom. During
the morning ho caught two or thre
bunches , and went in again at 3 o'clock ,
The water was too cold , and ho could no )
stand it longer than an hour. Ho cap
Hired eight or ten fish , however , includ <
ing trout , perch , bream and catfish. II
watt \yonilorfu. work , indeed , and all who
saw it were ama/pd. On leaving the
water the man shook like a leaf and nar
rowly escaped a chill.
After most of the i-rowd had loft a re
porter talked for some time with Hailcy ,
Ills story was certainly a strange one ,
and will bear repetition :
"How long have you been at this busi
ness ? "
"About six years. But I can only enter -
tor the water in summer , and oven then
it freezes mo clear to the bone. "
"What in the world over possessed you
to try such a thing ? "
"Well , sir , it was all in a dream. 1
took several of my female friends down
to Lagoon ono afternoon on a fishing
party , and while there fell asleop. I wont
to dreaming , and I thought 1 just div
under and caught 'cm with my hands.
When I woke up I ran to the otlior end of
the pond , took oflT my clothes and jumped
in. It felt mighty funny at first to keep
my eyes opcnuan wder tor , but I stucKt
to it and in a little while caught two o
three dozen tish. Since then I have tried
it every summer , and now I can see
snags , stumps or anything else. Why , I
can tell what kind of fish I sec , and can
get any kind they tell mo. "
"After you catch sight of the fish , how
do you secure him ? "
"O , that's easy enough. Ho can got
along pretty fust at first , tor about eight
yards , but then he gets slow ; and I just
keep on and catch him , because , you see ,
I can htay under the water two or three
minutes. Tin ? way I catch most of them is
by finding their beds. Sometimes there's
twenty or thirty huddled together , and
then you go up easy , put ono in your
mouth , grab one in each hand and comate
to the top. When the sun comes out
good they drop to the bottom , a lot oi
them getting together in a bed , and goes
to sleep or gets stupid anvhow. That's
the easiest way to catcli 'cm , but it
doesn't make any difference to mo'cause
I'll Ket 'cm , no matter what they do. "
"Do they ever tin you ? "
"Sometimes , especially if it's a catfish.
See my hands , don't you see how they're
scratched ? That's what done it. "
"Why do you prefer to fish m the la
goon ? "
"Because it's still water , and clear.too.
The river is usually muddy , and besides
the current is strong. In eddy water I
can outswim a fish , but I can't do it
against the stream. It doesn't trouble
mo a bit to catch 'em in any kind of ponder
or lake. In the river , if a llsh started up
stream ho would leave mo behind. I have
caught several in the Savannah , but it
was only by quick work. Still water is
the best. "
Choking Catarrh.
Have you nwaknnod from n disturbed sloop
with all ttio liorrltilo sensations of nn nssnssln
clutching your throat find prossliiK the life-
broutli from jour tlghtcnud chest ? Huvo you
notlcod the liiiifrunr und doblllty that succeed
the effort to clear your throat nnd huad of this
catarrlml matter/ What it depressing Inlluoneo
It exerts upon the mind , tloudlnir the memory
imd Ilillnir the head with pnhm und Mrango
noises I How dlllio jit It Is to rid the nasal pass.
nirus , throat and lunKPuf this poisonous mucus
nil can testify who nro nllllctul with catarrh.
How illfllcult to protect the syHtoin iwalnst Its
further progress towards the lutifrH , llvor and
Kidneys , all phjslclang will admit. It la n torrl-
blndheiiso and cries out for icllef nnd oil re
The remarkable curatlvn iionora , when all
otlim lemudles utterly fuil.ot SAisroiiu'H lum-
CAI , C'liltK , ate attested by tliouianiUttlio grata-
full- recommend it to fellow-sutlcreis. No
statement l made roKainlnKlt that cannot bo
substantiated hy the most lospoctublo and re-
lliilileiotiiritnios.
IJich packet contains ono liottlo of the HADI-
o.u , CIWK , ono box of UATAHIMIAI , 8oi.VKNT.and
an iMP.iovri ) INII u.rulth tiontUo and direc
tions , nnd Is sold by all druggists for 11.00.
1'OTThit Inun & CHEMICAL Co. , HUSTON.
FEELS GOOD.
Shootlnir and Hlinrn Pains that scorn
to cut throuKhyoii line n knlro , ait
Instantly KKI.IKVFD IN ONK HINIITI
liy placlnjr a I'uiicuut A.NTI-I'AIB
tl'i.AHTKii over the spot where tha
/imln oilMlniiloH. No other planter oi
hnlmont or appliance can be compuiod with
this now , nrlKltml , decant , and ne\ar-f ailing
antldoto to pain nnd Inllununatlon , Z'xs nt driiK-
Klsts : the for fl.OI : or. posing ! ) frou , of 1'ottoi
Drug mid Chemical Co , Boston.
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