Nebraska Newspapers

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TDE STATE FAIR MANAGERS.
They Hold ft Meeting and Arrange For tbo
Coming Exhibit.
A BIO SUPREME COURT DOCKET.
IVIio Isllcaponalblo For Dilatory Mil-
gatton ? llio IJnnk ofCnllawny In
corporated Other Items of
Inturust at ttic Capital.
fl'ItOM THE ORE'S LINCOLN
The managers of the Nebraska State
fair held a business mooting at the Capitol
tel hotel Tuesday evening.
Thuro were present Messrs. Mclntyro ,
Greuncll , Henry , Dinsmoro , Barker , .
Furnas , Macfarland , llumphroy nnd
Druse.
The board decided that hereafter hogs
shall bo entered as ono month old until
of the ngo of two months , and so on.
Heretofore a hog over six months old
was classed as a yearling and had to
compote with that class. This action was
taken to afford it moro equal distribution
of the competition.
O. M. Druse , the master of transporta
tion , reported that the It. & M. railroad
company would transfer all freight com
ing in on other roads to and from the
grounds , which would bo done free of
cost to the exhibitors.
Tlio superintendent of awino was au
thorized to erect show pens , amphithe
ater and juilgo's stand.
Mr. Dmsmore was authorized to have
100 additional coops made for poultry
and the poultry house enlarged to twice
its present size.
Provision was made for the soiling of
stock upon the grounds , but all must bo
thoroughbreds , in compliance with the
existing rules of the board.
The chairman of the board of man
agers was authorized to put down a
water main from the mam entrance gate
to the lish house , to turnish the lish with
fresh water , something which has not
been done heretofore.
A contract was entered into with P. H.
Cooper to furnish ice.
Messrs. Dinsmoro , Macfarland and
Jensen wore appointed delegates to at
tend the Iowa state fair at DCS Moincs ,
which is held the wees preceding the Ne
braska fair. They are lo make arrange
ments for the transportation of exhibits
from that fair to the Nebraska fair.
Messrs. Henry , Kent and liaratow were
appointed delegates to the Omaha fair
for the same purpose.
Messrs. Dunham and Grcnnoll to the
Bismarck Grove fair at Lawrence , Kan. ,
for the same purpose.
The board ordered that Chairman Meu
Intyrc be authori/.cd to construct a build
ing to accommodate the express companies
nios upon the grounds.
The board also arranged to let business
men send out complimentaries for the
fair and collect from the parties sending
them for all that were used.
SuTKKMK COUHT DOCKET.
The supreme court docket for the ad
journed July term that reopens on the
SJOlh of September , are out mid may be
obtained at the ollice of the court re
porter. The docket for tins term is a
voluminous one and presages a long ses
sion of sittings through the fall months.
Of thcso cases appealed from the lower
courts the second district lends with the
most cases , as usual , and the ninth district
comes in with the least , the appeals from
that court numbering fivo. The total
number of cases in the twelve districts is
217 , anil they are dividul among the dif
ferent districts as follows : First district ,
' .34 ; second district , 40 ; third district , 37 ;
fourth district , 13 ; fifth district , HI , sixth
district , 11 ; seventh district , 18 ; eighth
district. U7j ninth district , 5j tenlh ills-
trict. 11) ) ; eleventh district , 11 ; twelfth
district , 15. The court reporter calls the
attention of attorney ! ) and litigants to the
now rules adopted by the court anil which
appear printed in full in the tlocket. The
case of Lcandcr Shelleubcrgcr vs The
State looms up in typo in the docket of
cases from the second district. The case
will bo continued.
TJ1K SUl'RKMi : COURT NOT UKSPONSIBI.E.
The quosliou of the delays iu the prog
ress of justice through the courts baa
been a very general topic , of discussion
in the press of the state since the night
that the mob expedited the case of Shel-
Icnbcrircr at the rope's end , in Nebraska :
City. There has been a great deal of
criticism that has , in a secondary way ,
been laid at the door of the supreme
court of the state , which would hardly
Boom to ho justice to that body. It is a
fact that lia.-i boon horoloforo commented
upon that of all the supreme courts in
the country the Nebraska court has the
bust record iu expediting business , and
by those acquainted with its work the
statement is made that twice each year
before the closing of the two yearly
terms , that tlio docket is imsscd over
twice and no delay made by the court
itself in hearing questions before it. Thu
Nebraska supreme court has always paid
especial atlention to advancing capital
cases that a tinal verdict might be
readied as early as possible. When delays -
lays have occurred they have been such
as the law itself makes , or were
owing to a failure on the
part of both the prosecution nnd de
fense to appear and present thn case oto
the judges. The law that gives a convicted
victed criminal an extension of .time be
yond the execution day through filing tea
case in appeal is a part of the constitu
tion anil no ruling of the court and is i a
mandate to proceedings itself without iu-
torpretfttion or mil tig. From the fact
that it is now and has been thr subject ctof
comment that the court clears its docket
of ail cases ready to bo heard , it is the
opinion of many that those criticisms on
on the court itself for delays in justice
are not well taken and that the Nebraska
court is in no way dilatory.
SCHOOL A1VORTIONMENT.
County Superindont McClusky of Lan
caster county , has made the apportion
ment of school moneys for the six months
ensuing. The total received from the
statu apportionment is 110,800.08. Them
has been received froui tinea and licenses (
tho. sum of 1850.41 , making a total to bo
apportioned of f 11,050.44. The number
of distiicts in the county is 125 } anU to
these one-fourth of the fund is equally
divided. The balance is divided accord
ing to Hclinol population in the county
\ \ Inch is 1,1.VJ. The sum is sufficient to en
hance the exchequer in the different dis
tricts.
BANK OK OALLAWAY.
The Hank of Callaway , Ouster county ,
has tiled its articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state. Capital stock
$ r < 0,000. in shares of $100 each , 80 per
cent to bo paid up at organization and
balance under call of directors. Tbo
corporate limit of the bank is 'hot
tire years and the incorporators are t
11 Ifiirnham , S. D. Andrews , ( Jcorgo S.
Smith aud A. II. Andrews. The Dank
dated its opening for business on Juno 1 ,
1837.
* UHIKr-ITEMS.
r The railway commission sustained the
demurrer tiled by the Fremont , Klkhorn
& Missouri Vailoy road against the com
plaint of Lincoln shippers , aud the order
was entered that the Lincoln freight bureau -
reau should , prior to Monday , ule bun
amended petition setting forth ( Infinitely ;
thu wrong * complained of. the Freruout ,
Klkhorn * Missouri Vailoy railroad to
reply by the Monday following and the
question to lui again hrard on the 17th
itist.
itist.A
A man by the name of Stephen King
VVILS occupying a cell in the city jail yes ,
terday , charged with hort > o Httutliug and
' tig au oxiiuuuutioii. In the early
part of. the night , bofora tin
entered the stable of a colored
man and was making away with a horse
when discovered nnd arrested in his
work at the point of a flun in the hands
of the owner.
Tlio case of Mrs. Martin charged with
soiling liquor on Sunday without a li
cense was being heard by a Jury in the
police court yesterday.
The hearing of the complaint against
Police Jiuigo Parsons will occur to day
and bo heard by the council committee.
It is unnecessary to add that it will
attract unusual attention.
Governor Thayer and Private Secre
tary Hill attended the G. A. U. camp-lire
and reunion at the town of Liberty last
evening.
Getting Out the Gold.
Correspondence St. Louis Globe-Dom-
ocrats 1 have already , In a letter from
Needier ridge , explained what is known
as placer mining by the use of the hy
draulic giant. In this system a strctoh
of piping is used whoso diameter grad
ually narrows to a four or live-inch noz
zle at the working end of the giant , and
as the water is brought down a mountain
side or from some elevation the force ac
cumulates until there is an enormous
pressure at the no//.lo. The stream that
issues from the giant cuts into banks aud
tosses rocks ns if they were so much
paper. The washings are carried into
Humes , in which blocks are arranged seas
as to form rillles , and quicksilver is
spread along the entire length of the
Hume , which may vary from " 50 yards
to a mile , and the precious metal is gath
ered in the shape of amalgam. In sluic
ing the pay dirt is shoveled from bed
rock into the sluice and the water washes
nway the alluvia and allows the gold to
drop behind the ntiles that are placed
about eighteen inches apart in tlio box.
The sluice-boxes are 50 to 100 feet in
length and arc given n suUicicnt inclinn
to carry the light material through their
whole length. If the cold is tine and
flaky and the weight such that it is likely
to bo carried through the sluice with the
washings , small holes are scooped in tin ;
bottom of the box and tilled with quick
silver , which catches the lighter particles
of the precious metal. Sluicing and hy-
draulieing are extensively practiced in
Colorado , but the old style of rocker has
almost vanished and it and the pan are
now moro relics of the early days of gold
hunting in this section. The evolution of
the industry is in the reverse order of the
mention hero given. The pan was first ;
then came thorockor : after that the sluioo
box ; and now wo nave the hydraulic
giants and long stretches of Humes which
cat a hole in the ground in a few seconds
and make the heaviest kind of earnings
posbiblo. The hislorv of the business Is
full of freshness and interest. I ran
aoross a historical account of the mines
and mining of the world the other day ,
and among other things learned that 200
years ago the appliances for gold-wash
ing wore in a sense far superior to the
rude machinery of the ' 4iern ) in Califor
nia , or the ' 59ors here.
Priced Trousers.
Washington Star : Secretary Lamar is
now wearing trousers of a rather pecul
iar color. One pair has a purplish tmgo
and tlio other is blue. The secretary re
gards them as great additions to his
wardrobe and calls the attention of his
friends to tlio excellence of the material
and the fact that they are entirely made
by hand. They are manufactured in
Louisiana by people who raise their own
cotton , color and wcuvo it into cloth ,
just as they did many years ago. They
never wear out , and while tlio color
might not suit some , yet the fact that the
cloth costs $7.50 per yard ought to ho
siiliiclent to makn it at once fashionable.
The secretary , without saying anvthmg
about the price Is in the habit of telling
Ins friends that he can order them a suit
of this cloth , or a part of a suit. As a
rule they say that they would be very
glad if ho would take the trouble to do
so. Commissioner Hlaok was so enthus
iastic i over the stun" , as shown in the
shapely pants worn by the secretary ,
that I he at once stiid that hu must Jliavo n
suit and while they wore about it they
might i as well order two suits for his
children. The secretary suggested that ,
as the cloth cost $7.50 per yard some
cash would bo acceptable ; otherwise
there might be some delay while the
secretary was accumulating the money
needed to pay for three suits. The com
missioner thought that , m view of the
price , the secretary need not send the
order for the suits for th present.
* * * Delicate diseases of either
sex , however induced , spcedllv and
radically cured. Address , in confidence ,
World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion , Buffalo , N. Y.
An Olive KtnB.
San Francisco Kxaminer : Colonel Kll-
wood Cooper , the largest olive grower
antl manufacturer of sweet oil in the
world , has been at tlio Lick for tlio past
day or two. Before Im left yesterday on
the Queen for his big orchards near Santa
Barbara , lie gave a reporter Homo inter
esting points about thn business. " .Santa
Barbara is the great olive country of the
Unitetl States nnd of the world , " said the
prosperous grower. "But they can bo
raised all the way from Sm : Luis Obispo
to San Diego. I hoar of a low trees 10n
Georgia , but there is nowhere elbe in
America that they are produced except
in California. I have 100 acres now
of olive trees , eighty of which are :
bearing. I began m rather a small way
in 187 ! $ , and have phintcd from 1,000 to
3,000 each wintnr ever since. It takes
the trees from four to six or beven years
to bear. 1 expect to make from my
present crop from 20,000 to 25,000 bottles
of oil. Yes , there is the biggest sort of
market right hero at homo for every bottle
tle that can bo made. California can't
begin to produce the tenth part that is
required. The present crop is very good.
The trnus are iu fine condition , and bear
ing well. I employ thirty men steadily ,
and a good deal of the time I have from
sixty to seventy , lam engaged largely
in raising nuts , too i. What IcmdT Eng-
lish walnuts nnd almonds. They are
not so profitable as thu olives , still they
go very well with them. This year 1
shall raise at least ton carloads of Eng
lish walnuts and four or flvo of almonds' $
fOU.WEfo.vr
PPRICE's
CREAM
BAKING
Us superior ejcellunoa proven in millions i of
homes lor more than a quarter ot a conturr.
It Ii uto4 by th * United States Government. :
KndorseJ by ttiu boiltlg of tb Great Universi
ties , HJ tbo 8tron Mt , Purest and rfoat Health-
fill. Or. Prtot'i the only Haklns ; Powder that
- ° ? * " ° . ' poo1"11 * Ammonia , Lima , or Amu. !
MW TOM CUICAUO. ST. LOUIS.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST ,
Some Harsh Word * Retracted Shorter Hail-
road Lines and Faster Time Demanded.
SAN JOSE BEGINNING TO BOOM.
An Omaha Man Described What ho
Bees There A 'nig Crowd
of Knatcrn V lei tori
In California.
HtmnOLDT , Nevada , July 2.1. [ Spo cla
Correspondence of the UEE. ] St. Paul
says : "Im my haste I said nil men are
liars. " In my last letter to the HIM : some
remarks were made in my haste of a
rather disparaging character relative to
tlio country between Denver and Pu-
ebclo , traversed by tlio Denver & Hlo
Grande railway. That language I wish
to retract ; that particular region is a
veritable garden of Eden compared with
the country passed through yesterday
morning in eastern Utah , whore for hour
after hour , only a desolate plain is scon ,
as barren or verdure as Fnrnatn street in
front of the Paxton hotel. Then the
mountain region Is reached and we have
a repetition of the wild and picturesqul
scenery which renders a portion of the
Denver & Kio Grande so attractive. Part
of the way the line ascends Price river ,
along which stream , the guide books
tell us. General Johnson marched his
army in leaving Sr.lt Luke. Ten days
ago L stood beside the spot on the battle-
held of Shiioh , where this .utmu Johnson
received his death wound April 0 , 1802 ,
would have had me for an inmate , had
that do.ilh wound been inllicted two
hours later.
The southern California country
should bo reached by a much shorter
line from Omaha , and the running time
greatly reduced. In testifying before
Governor Pattison's committee at Salt
Lake last Thursday , I notice that Bishop
Sharp stated that it was the intention of
the Utah Central company to extend
that road from 'Frisco iu the near future ,
with a view of reaching Los Angeles in tt
year or two. This would largely in
crease the traffic over the U. _ P. and
would save about ItOO miles of
travel through a most uninteresting
country.
The passengers were discussing the
war to-day as wo journeyed through No-
vailit , and the fat real estate man from
Los Angeles contributed bis mite , thus :
"Grant was a lucky man , but the only
battle ho showed any ability in was one
he fought as ciiptain of his company
the bnttloof Fort Donelson , or was it
Fort Henry ? "
Afterwards he remarked that brick
houses wore not popular in San Fran
cisco , as tlio walls gathered "M > much
dampness that the occupants wore likely
to die ot ammonia. " Then we decided ,
by a unanimous rising vote , to overlook
Ins reflections upon General Grants
military skill.
As au evidence of the way the southern
portion of California is setting up and
the enormous increase of wealth , 1 notice
a paragraph in the San Francisco Chron
icle giving the assessment roll of IAIS
Angeles county , just completed , as fol
lows : Keal estate , other than town lots ,
$11,700,511 ; town and city lots , $ : ! 8,018.-
270 ; increase of personal property over
last y.-ar , $3,000,000.
How does tliis compare with the Doti g-
las county , Neb. , assussment ?
J. I. . B.
On the Vorco of n Boom.
SAN JOSK , Cal. , July 26. [ Special Cor
respondence of thu BIK. ] A two-day's
investigation of this town and vicinity
convinces mo that it is one of the most
promising of the many attractive regions
of this wonderful state , and that it is
just on the verge of a boom which will
add largely to its population and im
portance. 'The town is located in thu fa
mous Santa Clara valley , surrounded in
e.very direction for miles with orchards i
loaded with apricots , plums , peaches ,
pears , apples , English walnuts , etc. , in
terspersed with vmcyaids in the highest
state of cultivation. The weather hero
is , delightful , the days bright and sunny ,
but not oppressively hot , and the nights
cool. At the hotel 1 have been sleeping
under a heavy comforter and two blan
kets , saying nothing of the blankets and
tilings of the chap in the room above
me , under which 1 have slept , of course.
San Jose has a population of about
lfi.000 ; was at ono time the state capital ;
has level broad streets lined with fine
business blocks and handsome residences
with many miles of shady avenues leadoff -
off into the country iu all direction : * . The
state normal school and the University of
the 1'aciliu afford abundant fucilitic.s for
liicher education , while the public school
svstem of the city will compare
favorably with that of any in
the country. The city has been
free of debt until reeently , when bonds
to the amount ol half a million were
voted for public improvements a wise
act which will njsult in increased public
revenues and aid in bringing to tlio city
that class of investors most desirable to
reach. It is oxpootod that liO.OOO eastern
people will visit California this fall , com
ing by way of San Francisco , and as thi
place is only fifty miles distant from ilia
city.a largo proportion of the visitors wil 1h 1
como here. Mount Hamilton , on which 1r
the famous Lick observatory is being
built is in this county , twenty miles east
of San Jose , and the celebrated stock
ranch of Senator Stanford is sixteen
miles north. Monterey aud Santa Cruz
on the coast to the south west afford water-
inn place privileges summer and winter
which will always attract people of
moans and leisure from all over the
country. This locality , in fact , possesses )
advantages of wonderful variety and de I-
sirability. A live board of trade Iis
now making an organized ellort
rtn
to advertise the town and in
their rooms a handsomely arranged
exhibit of the county's products can idy.
seen in charge of a bright Young lady ,
who is well posted and knows how y.to
talk. Hero 1 saw a one-year's growth tof f
a peach tree twelve foot long , showing the
extraordinary fertility of thn soil.
To-day I visited the orchards of S. U.
John-son and George Seybolt , and found
these gentlemen busily engaged in their
irw
fruit dryer , the apricot crop being now
harvested. Thov count on about llfty
tons of dried apricots , which represents
2iO tons of green fruit. It is nothing un
usual to find single trees in their
orchards with GOO pounds of apricots ,
and plum trees with quite as heavy
a crop. I was shown a place yesterday
where the owner received a net income
this year of $1,200 from an aero and are
half of cherries.
Mr. T ft and Mr. Fred Schneider are
residents of San Jose. The former
bought a fruit farm of twenty-four acres
from which ho received a handsome income -
como this year. Ho and Mrs. Taft re
highly pleased with this country. no
of Mr. Schneider's sons is Interested in t a
canning establisment at Santa Clara at
three miles north. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Jones are also living hero , and nay this
country is good enough for them.J. .
J. T. D.
An Important Element
of thn success of Hood's Sarsapnrllla ,1 , i
the fact that every purchaser receives a
fair equivalent for hi * money. The fa
miliar headline " 100 Doses Ono Dollar. It
stolen by imitators , is original with and
true only of Hood's Barsaparilla. This
can easily be proven by any ono who de
sires to test the matter. For real economy ,
buy Hood's Sarsaparilla. Sold by all
druggists.
A PAIR OF TOAD CLOWNS.
Thcr Cast Off Their Outer Covering
and Don K ah Other' * Skin * .
"No one knows the. funny things toads
will do , " said the Hon. James A.
Sweeney , a Lucerne county naturalist , tea
a correspondent of the'Now York Times !
"On a recent cloudy day , after a hard
rain , there was a cool breeze blowing. 1
was walklnc iu a frioud's garden , near
Hazlcton.whcn I hoard a peauliar sound.
Looking in the direction from which it
came , 1 saw two toads iri an open space in
the garden. Ono wa ? quite largo and the
other was at least a third smaller. They
were both standing on their hind feet ,
facing each other. The largo toad had
Its fore feet over on each side of the
smaller toad's shoulders ; the small toad
had his left fore foot on the larger one's
rurht lei : . As they stood in that way they
uttered straiigo guttoral sounds , as if
they were discussiue frtmio subject be
tween themselves. Suddenly the small
tend thrust his right foot , or hand , you
might call It , against the largo one's
stomach , and the next instant the latter
threw the former lo the ground and h
lively wrestle between thorn began.
"During the struggle on the ground
the .skins of both toads hurst open on the
back , and 1 supposed I was about to see
the iiiterestlnir process of toads taking oil'
their old coats , rolling them up In little
balls , ttiid swallowing them , as natural
ists say they do. 1 did witness the pro
cess of shedding ( ho skins , hutsomothing
much more singular than tlio swallowing
incident then occurred. The day was
raw and wlndv , as I s iiil , and after the
toads had rubbed their skins in a comical
way toward their heads until they had
both pulled themselves clear ot them each
one began to shiver perceptibly with the
cold , Suddenly the " small toad
hopped quickly to where tlio
skin of the big one lay nnd pick
ing it up in his mouth hopped axvay sev
eral foot. The big toad followed the pur-
lomor of his cast-off clothing with his
eyes , and gave two or three appealing
croaks , but made no effort to , recapture
the stolen goods. When the biuall toad
siw that ho was not followed ho deliberately -
ately set to work to don the skin he had
taken. It took him some time lo do it ,
hut he finally accomplished his purpose
ami went masquerading around in the
misfit garmetil exactly like a clown in a
circus wearing the big baggy costume
soini ) of them apHar | ! iu ,
"Tho little tellow seemed to enjoy the
novelty of the situation and hopped
around thu largo toadiu what mufct liuve
been a most tantali/.ing manner. The big
toad was shivering like a person chilled
Ihrough , and by and by picked up the
skin of the small ono and began to force
it on his body. The process was a dilli-
cult one , but after several minutes ot un
ceasing effort ho stood habilitated in tlio
cast-off garments ot liin diminutive com
panion. If the effect of thn big skin on
the litllo load hud been comical , that of
Ilia little skin on the biir toad was more
so. The sleeves of the coat , so to apeak ,
only came half way down the arm , and
the legs of the ttonserscovered the toad's
legs as though they liad been knicker
bockers. The body of'the ' garment was
so tight that the loud could not work
cither his legs or his ains ; , and ho stood
there the. pictuto of comical dospair. by
and by he began to sw < 5ll himself up , and
that apparently stretclldd the skin , for he
was able alterward to move away
hlowly. " i
If your kidneys are inactive you will
feel and look wretched'even in the most
cheerful society , and melancholy on the
"oiliest occasion. Dr. J. 11. McLean's
1 /ivcr and Kidney balm will set you
right. $1 per bottle.
to the Death.
Philadelphia Record : A ( ierce and
bloody light between alligators was the
rant sport witnessed at Coatcsvillo a few
clujh auo by ono of the attendants in Dr.
llouston'h garden in that borough. Each
ot the combatants measured over live
t cet iu length , and had boon living for
eight years peacenbly together in a great
tank which Dr. Houston had constructed
for them near his house. They were
natives of Florida , and wcro brought
from that country when small by Dr.
Houston. For some weeks , however ,
the two great reptiles had been showing
signs of discontent with each other , bnt
no one anticipated the terrible and fatal
termination of this curious quarrel.
One day the attention of the gardener ,
who was at work near the tank , was at
tracted by a commotion in the water ,
and looking up ho saw the two alligators
were engaged in a desperate struggle.
The man rushed to the spot hut was
powerless to stop the fight , which was
raging so fiercely tiiat the water was
lashed into foam and the grcon house
was splashed in every direction. . The
largest of the combatants was seeking to
get the body of thn smaller alligator In
his wide open jaws , but thu latter was al
ways too quick to be caught , and moved
round and round , striking the big rep
tile with his tail , and sometimes getting
his eueinv's legs in his jaws and biting
them. The tank was soon reddened with
the blood that IIowed from the wounds
intlicted in this curious contest. The
gardener attempted to separate the maddened 1-
1h
dened contestants by beating them with
a long polo , but they paid no attention to
this attempt at diversion and went on witli
their fight only moro desperately , i'hey
rolled over each other , sometimes in the
water and at times on the bank iu the
mud qut always lashing with their tails.
The smaller and moro agile of the two
continucoto bite the legs and body of > f
the big alligator , and the latter moved
about slowly trying to make a successful
grab at hi * opponent's body. Their
sleepy eyes had become bright and Hitap-
pv , and it was evident the light was to bo
to the death. At last in an effort to snap
at the swinging tail of the larger , the
.small alligator fell on his side and before
ho could get out of the way the big jaws
of his enemy were closed upon him with
a snap.
Then occurred the most curious part of
the battle. Raising himself clightly upon
his forefeet , the big alligator lifted the
smaller one from tlio surface of the water
aud shook him as a dog would klmko jra
rat shook him until it seemed that is
tail would bo huolcd off. ' and until is
back was broken and be lav dead and
limp in those great jawa , Then the big
animal dropped the body and moved oil' )
to sun himself.
Fight Iletwbett Sea Liton and Blmrlc.
San Francisco Call : "Yesterday , as Ic.a
number of fishermen were engaged in
netting for salmon and sea bass on the
bay between Alcatrasr * and Saucclito ,
?
their attention was directed to a terrible
commotion under the surface , in se
proximity to their nets. The ts
of one of the boats immeaiatoly pulled tsP
alongside the naval combatants. It was
found that the battle centred between asa
twelve-foot man-eating shark and ono of
the valiant sea lions q { , the Cliff. The
water around was stained with the eoa
lion's blood. The lishermon state that
the lion would on every opportunity of
fered sink his teeth deep into the back ifof
the shark ; tbo latter would then execute
a rotary movement which would release
him from the lion's hold. The ch
of the Cliff , finally detecting that it as
a useless attempt on his part to conquer
the hyena of thu ocean , made a rather
focblo effort to escape. The shark , true
to his voracious nature , would not re-
linqutah the attack , and , making a final
dash at his adversary , the two monsters
struggled until they got entangled in the
nets. It was with much difliculty the
fishermen landed their big game. Whoa
on land the shark was full of life , and thn
boatmen found it no small matter to dis
patch it The sea lion was dead , when
taken from the net. Tlio shark , a gen-
ulne man-eater , is twelve feet long aud |
weighs about 1,200 pouud * .
iORD SALISBURY'S CAREER
The Varied Accomplishments of England's
Present Premier.
THE MAN OF MIGHTY WILL.
llrotlicr'9 Death Plnorn Him nt
the Head of the Family Ills
JouriinllNtlo Career
Ills Hobble * .
Correspondence Boston Advertiser : As
the hand of iron in tlio velvet glove of a
mediocre ministry , Lord Salisbury is as
a fact the strongest man In England to
day , and observant rcadcra will do well
to study the man. The most noble the
marquis of Salisbury was ehristcnod
llobort Arthur Talbot Gascoigno Cecil.
Being a youngest son there was no likeli
hood of his coming with tlio full-blown
title and leadership , so , as Lord Robert
Cecil , he turned his quite exceptional
abilities to account by writing for the
papers. His was one of the strongest
| > cns iu general journalism Gfor many
years , and it has long been allowed in tlio
profession that , had ho stuck to It , ho
would have been a brilliant premier in
the republic of letters. Nothing came
amiss to him. He was nnd ia u master of
style , bright , incisive , witty , stinging , al
ways having a thorough grip of his sub
ject , always contributing something new
and substantial to the discussion , and a
controversialist whom his bitterest oppo
nents delight to admire while wrc3tling
with him. As Lord Hobcrt Cecil ho en
tered the house of commons in
ho was in his twenty-third year. Ho soon
became one of the smartest debaters , and
his ] . , [ biting sarcasms wcro highly relished
by all but his unlucky victims. Of course
hn was a bigoted tory , through and
through. Ho was regarded as quite the
worst iinemy the people had to fear , and
it used to be said that if over a man of his
political stamp came in power there
would bo a revolution in the land.
Throuch tlio death of his brother , Vis
count Cranborne in duo course became
Marquis of Salisbury , and here we niny
take a glance at the manner of man who
got a peerage iu his t8tli ! year. The Ce
cils had nlwars been the haughtiest of
the haughty among aristocrats. Queen
Bess had sojourned at the grand old
family mansion Hattiold house , where
the present premier passes all his spare
days. Reared in the odor of the sourest
patrician sanctity , no wonder the young
champion tory grow up in mistaken dis
dain tor Demos , aud this innate contempt
was not lessened by his success in Intel-
leetuitl competition with the best brains
in politic * and lite.rature. But the now
marquis carried his practical common
ncnso into the business of fullilling all
the duties of his rank and position and
porh.ips few people outside the county
of Hertford , where he lives , have any
thing like a fair notion of the marquis of
Salisbury's taste , duties and social lifo.
Certain responsibilities , which are by
no means siuecnres , remain with him in
connection with his college days. Lord
Salisbury is chancellor for the university
of Oxtord and ho takes active interest in
all college movements. As a. country
gentleman he. is head of the county so
ciety and chairman of quarter sessions ,
which latter means that ho presides over
the homo rule parliament of his country
which levies rates for the maintenance
of the public highways , education , the
care of paupers and lunatics , and every
thing concerning county government.
Ho has also , as chairman. to try prisoners
for alleged offenses that rank higher than
those tried at petty sessions and lower
than those reserved for the assizes. Lord
Salisbury has long been both a popular
and just magistrate , and though his court
has sentenced many prisoners to the
maximum of seven years penal servitude ,
there has never been an outcry or an ap
peal over his decisions. Ho has had
both a technical and practical legal train
ing.Lord
Lord Salisbury lias never ceased to bo
a journalist. The Quarterly Review arti
cles that have attracted the most atten
tion have mostly been his , though all his
writings are anonymous. In striking
contrast , as may bo thought , to his ultra-
torvism ' , winch is popularly supposed to
rep'resent the opposite progress , Lord
Salisbury is one of the very first men in
England to welcome and adopt the latest
thing out in progressive bcienco. The
stately Elizabethan Hattiold house was , I
think , the first private mansion that
adopted the Edison electric light not
simply for the sake of novelty , for in this
there is no more rigid conservative than
Lord Salisbury , but because he had sufli-
cient practical knowledge of the subject
to see its utility and feasibility. Tlio elec-
trie light in the Huttield house is , when
considered in relation to tlio history of
the house anil its owner , one of the. oldest -
est proofs that unlikclieat extremes do
meet sometimes.
One more hobby of his that of high
churchmanship , high , but not ritualistic
in the ordinary sense , and , to show how
again extremes may meet , Lord Sal is-
bury's grand old crony in this theological
region has always been Mr. Gladstone.
They have visited each other iu the
country , fraternising as lay-archbishops
and actual patrons of livings , while tearing -
ing each other's hail out as politicians
on the rampage. The librasy at Hatlield
is one of the richest in the world in
sncient volumes aud illuminated manu-
scripts. One remarkably interesting
manuscript , is that of lYe Drome , "
dating 1415. and another dating 1418 ,
being old Monk Lydgato's translation
of GuillaumedoGuilovillo's "Pilgrimage
ofthoSowl , " which first gave the idea
and plan of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress -
gross , " and this parchment has a curious
pieturo of Lydgatc presenting his manuscript -
script to the then earl of Salisbury.
lie is a tall man , largely built , his head
rather hangs over his chest , his face and
the llow of his hair and whiskers give
him an air of grace with much power.
'Ho looks the student , and the born aristo
crat , a blend not often seen. In speaking
he gives an impression , not thut ho is
bored , but as if ho thought his audience
a trifle beneath him in every way. It is
a serious fault , and belies him , too , for
though a proud man among his peers ,
Lord Salisbury is very gracious among
his own folk , not returning the respect
ful saluUis of his neighbors with the
mechanical motion so common with the
snubbish , but raising his hat with a dig
nified bow to the humblest laborer ho
moots.
Oars to the Fair Gronnrta.
A force of rncn was yesterday morning
put to work laying an extension of the
street car railway to the fair grounds. The
traok will leave Lake at Twentieth street ,
and run thence north along the latter
thoroughfare passing the baseball park
on the cast and the fitir grounds on the
west. The work will bo unlshed by the
fair time and during that time , cam will
be run upon it at regular intervals during
tl.o day. After the fair a certain kind of
service will be maintained , bccaust ) , as
Superintendent Smith says , the place is
rapidly settling up.
A Fire.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock a psa
scr-by stopped on a match in front of M ,
Fricdson'6 dry goods store on Thirteenth
street between Hurnoy aud thu alley and
fut tire to some cotton batting which re
sulted in a damage of (10.
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TBR SWIFT Srrciric CoxrAxr , Atlanta , On. :
Orntltntm-l have lw n an Invalid pensioner for
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March , 1573. did I feel OUT lyinptom * of rheumatism.
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benefit from any medlclno taken Internally or ex
tarnaliy , 1 am not awnroof It. Finally , about tb
firm of September. I mailo arrangements to go to tlio
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o ( this city. lie had once been a prnat sullrrar from
rheumatism , and , as I inppoieil. had tern cured
by a visit to Hot Bprlugfl. Out r > lion I met him he
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I Immediately returned to try it. In September I
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