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TJIK Knights of Pythias can justly bo
proud of their demonstration.
TilK supernumerary tax-outers shoulil
bo dropped from the city pay roll.
IT is tv question whether the chamber
of commerce should bo used for political
conventions.
Mu. HOMMX-THK-DAY will not warm
Judge Maxwell's suat next winter not
by 1 3,000 majority.
Now that Grover has found out how
rich his wife is ho may fcol like buying
her a now sealskin cloak.
TIMMI : in the old man of the sea car
ried on the hack of the democratic
Sinbads and ho will pull thorn down to
the bottom.
COT.ONKr. ClIASIl'ION S. CllAbt ! WI19
absent. A public parade in Omaha
without Colonel Chas o is like the play
of Hamlet with Ilamlot left out.
Tim democratic county ticket is pow
erfully weak at both ends and not very
heavy in the middle. With perhaps
ono or two exceptions , it is practically
out of the race at the blurt.
WHAT .has become of J. Sterling
Morton ? Is the Arbor Lodge states
man disgruntled with Grover , or does
ho look down with supreme contempt
on all the pomp , glory and circumstance
of this world ?
THK outlook now is that about two-
thirds of the voters in this city will bo
practically disfranchised under the now
election law by failing to appear in per-
BOH before the registrars to have their
names inscribed on the roll of electors.
WilKN Paddy Ford passed under the
Btrcamor with big black letters , "Pub-
lie oflico is a public trust , " ho ex
claimed , "I take no stock in such chaff.
I always kept a sign over my bar pay
to-day and trust to-morrow. "
GLADSTONK will bo known in history
as much for his active old ago as for
his statesmanship. Ho still has a firm
grip on his popularity among the Eng
lish people and does work enough to
tire out a man in his priuio. Ho is
shortly to address a mooting at Nottingham
ham and 124,000 applications for tickets
of admission have boon received.
NKIIUASKA ranks third among the
states in railroad building this year.
Kansas loads with 1,18-1 miles of now
track , Toxus comes next with GG5 and
Nebraska has built 636 miles. Seven
states and territories west of the Missis
sippi have constructed an aggregate of
4,000 miles , nearly two-thirds of all that
has been built during the past year
throughout the on tire country.
THE wooden pavement contractor is ,
we are informed , inclined to lay off for
the season and leave several hovoral
streets which were to have boon paved
this fall in an impassible condition for
the next eight months. We hope the
board of public works and council will
take proper stops to enforce the con
tract. If , as charged , Mr. Rogan in
tends to transfer his force across the
rlvor to lay pavements at Council Bluffs ,
because the contract in that city is more
prolltablo , ho shows a lack of good
faith , and ho and his bondsmen should
bo notified that they will bo held re
sponsible for failure to carry out their
contracts with this city within reasona
ble time.
Tni ! Indians' Defense association at
Washington is engaged in lighting the
government's Indian policy with great
bitterness. The interior department
recently received a letter purporting to
como from the consolidated Omaha and
Winuobago reservation in this state
complaining strongly of the action of
Mifw Alice Fletcher. It assorts that
she is driving the Indians from lands
which they have long occupied and de
priving them of their improvements.
Secretnry Lamar refuses to bollovo the
allegations , and states that Miss Fletch
er's work in connection witli Indian af-
fajrs has boon highly satisfactory. This
liuly made a strong plea for our wards
during the convention of the charities
and corrections in this city , and pro
duced a fuvorablo impression on nil
Mho hoard her. She seemed to have the
wolfure of the Indians much at heart
mid it is improbable that fcho would do
Anything to iujure their interests.
Omaha's Ovation.
The president of the United States
has soon Omaha and received from its
citizens and its many thousands of vis
itors the respect duo to that great office.
A moro delightful day for such an occn.-
sion could not have lx > en desired , and
not a single incident occurred to mar
the interestingovont. The people were
enthusiastic , orderly and respectful , the
procession was ono of the finest over
Boon hero , and the judiciously planned
arrangements were carried out without
hitch or hindrance. There is every
reason to believe that Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland found gratification in their
short stay hero , and there was no lock
of evidence that the people were glad to
BOO them. Omaha acquitted herself most
creditably , and wo are pleased to think
that their reception in this city will not
bo among the least agreeable recollec
tions which the president and his wife
will retain of their journey.
Mr. Cleveland has scon a part of the
great west , and the off6ct cannot bo
otherwise than to have enlarged his
*
views and broadened his impressions of
this vast country. Ho has found hero
a degree of civilization not less elevated
than that in which ho has passed all his
lifo , and an energy , ambition and
spirit of progress far exceeding those of
the east Ho has soon , also , what should
bo even moro to his gratification as the
first citizen of the republic , that hero
the spirit of patriotism is as act-
tivo and fervent as in any other section
of the nation , and that this people are
not loss appreciative than those of any
other part of the country of the charac
ter and dignity of the executive office ,
or of the respect which should bo shown
its incumbent. Ho lias boon among u
strong , earnest , sincere , progressive
and patriotic people , who are building
up tv power that is to exert a mighty
influence upon the future of the repub
lic. It has been a pleasure to them to
honor the nation's chief magistrate ,
and to him the experience should beef
of great and permanent benefit. Mr.
Cleveland's journey is now southward ,
find in a few days ho will bo in a
section and among a people who
will present a somewhat differ
ent phase of American character , but ho
will doubtless find there a no less hearty
ind sincere respect than that which has
thus fur boon accorded him.
Let us hope that the continuance of
his journey will bo as entirely pleasant
and gratifying as has been that part of
it through which ho has passed , and
that ho will return to the seat of gov
ernment in all respects a gainer from
the moro extended knowledge ho has
acquired of the country and its people.
Another Calamity.
Another terrible railroad calamity ,
Apparently the result of most criminal
blundering , will again call public at
tention to a theme which has boon made
much too familiar this year. The dis-
ustcr at Kouts' station , on the Chicago
& Atlantic railroad , lacked few of the
horrors , the heartrending scenes , and
the pathetic incidents which character
ized the fearful accidents that preceded
it since the beginning of the present
year. There wore fewer lives lost than
at Chatsw orth , the last preceding horror ,
but at Kouts the holocaust had a larger
share of victims. From the facts at hand
there would seem to bo no ditllculty in
fixing the responsibility for this ca
lamity. The superintendent of the
road is said to admit that no flag
man was sent back to signal
the train behind , although it was well
known to bo approaching at a high rate
of speed. Moat recklessly the conductor
of the train rolled upon the semaphore ,
an apparatus for exhibiting signals and
operated by a cord , which was located
about an eighth of a milo from his train.
With danger imminent and understood
sucli inudequate precaution was a piece
of criminal dereliction that cannot bo
palliated , and deserves summary and
severe punishment. As usual in such
cases the ofllcials of the road are keep
ing from the press all the facts
within their knowledge not to bo other
wise obtained , but it is to bo hoped the
coroner's investigation will go to the
bottom of the terrible affair and bring
out every fact necessary to fix the re
sponsibility. There seems a chance in
this case that merited punishment may
be administeredand no effort should bo
spared to muko an example of whoever
can bo shown to bo guilty of the care
lessness and blundering which resultei
in this deplorable calamity.
Government Control of the Telegraph
Washington dispatches state that the
absorption of the Baltimore it Ohio tel
egraph by the Western Union has
given now vitality to the question o
government control of the telegraph
system of this country. The opinion
obtains there that the subject will bo
brought forward in congress and urgei
with greater vigor than ever before
and it is thought probable that it wil
receive a stronger support than hereto
fore. The rapid growth of popular sen
timent against monopoly is certain to
have an influence upon the next con
gress , and as the policy of conquest o
Mr. Gould and the Western Union man
agers is plainly in the direction of t
monopoly of the telegraph service o
the country , it is not improbable that
it will receive Bomo attention
The extent of this , however -
over , may depend n good deal upon the
course the Western Union managers
shall pursue towards the public with
their newly acquired advantage. II
they decide , as they are generally ex
pected to do , to materially increase
rates in order to mukn dividends 01
their watered stock , and in localities
where they have no competition im
pose unrcubOimblo turiiTs on the people
there will bo a general and oarnes
public demand for some form of redress
from congress whiuh that body will be
bound to respect. The \Vestwn Union
however , ha moio competition to de
stroy , and ity method of doing that muj
be a present sufeguura against an ad
vance of rates to a point which wouli
incite the public to protest.
The right of the government to pur
chase the telegraph lines of the country
appears to bo secured by existing laws
The chapter of the revised statutes re
luting to telegraph companies , after reciting
citing the condition * under which sucl
corporations shall construct and operate
liucs over the public domain , aadstutiiij ,
ho obligations they shall bo required
o enter into with the government , con-
a'tne a section giving the United States
' /ie right to purchase all the lines that
mvo accepted the provisions of the
statute , which includes all now con
structed , "at an appraised value to bo
ascertained by five competent disinter
ested persons , two of whom shall bo so-
octcd by the postmaster general of the
Jnitod States , two by the company in-
orostod and ono by the four so pre
viously selected. " It would seem
rom this that at least a
negotiation for the purchase of
telegraph lines need not await the
action of congress , though of course no
Kstmnator general would proceed in
moh a matter without such direct au
thority.
Senator Edmunds has been .most
prominently identified with the advo
cacy of government control of the tolo-
raph , but his zeal In the cause waa not
conspicuous at the last session. There
s a possibility that it may bo stimu-
atod by the last net of the Western
Union in knocking out competition and
the renewed ovidonoo that transaction
ivos that the policy of the anaconda
corporation has not changed. In any
event congress will bo compelled sooner
or later to recognize the drift of public
sentiment on this subject and to take
action in response to it , if it bo nothing
moro than subjecting telegraph compa
nies , as common carriers , to such gov
ernmental regulation as is now exercised
over the railroads.
A Damaging Endorsrmcat.
Senator Gorman , of Maryland , is both
n skillful and a resolute fighter , no
doesn't talk in the present campaign
like a man who is afraid , and ho isn't
offering any compromise to the enemy
or seeking to soften hostility. Knowing
that any such policy would bo useless
and that ho must fight at his very best ,
lie is hitting out hard and savagely. It
is noteworthy , also , that ho doesn't
omit to give adequate attention to the
president in a very complimentary
way , but while it is quite natural that
Mr. Gorman should regard Mr. Cleveland -
land as entirely level-headed such testi
mony from that source is very sure to
crcato an opposite conviction with many
others so long as the president seem ?
not to disapprove of the methods by
which the Maryland senator manages the
political machine of which ho has con
trol. Mr. Cleveland would have shown
himself lovel-headod by having as little
as possible to do with Gorman , but ho
was toloiatcd until ho had succeeded in
loading upon the public service most of
his favorite henchmen , who have since
made themselves notorious by openly
defying the policy of the president re
specting the political conduct of federal
officials. Gorman's influence may bo
somewhat loss now with the president
than it was during the first year of his
administration , but the fact remains
that the objectionable men which the
Maryland senator put into oflico still re
main though they have become very
much moro objectionable since holding
office , and Mr. Cleveland is not level
headed enough to see that this has lost
and is losing him the confidence of tons
of thousands of people all over the coun
try. In a word , Mr. Gorman's testimo
nial is very well as an expression of
that unscrupulous politician's gratitude ,
but for that very sufficient reason is an
injury to Mr. Cleveland outside of the
ranks of those who follow or are in sym
pathy with the Maryland boss.
THE Now York chamber of commerce
recently passed a resolution declaring
its conviction that business men of all
parties should unite in demanding
speedy action by congress looking to
such a reduction of our revenues as will
make the income of the nation conform
as nearly as practicable to the necessary
expenditures of the nation. This mod
erate suggestion is probably all that
could bo reasonably expected on this
subject from the organization that
adopted it , but the Now York Post finds
it much moro weighty than it seems.
"For " that "if the
, says paper , revenue
is to bo reduced to the necessary expen
ditures of the nation , it must bo reduced
nearly or quite $100,000,000 , and in
order to reduce it by that amount the
tariff must bo reduced by at least $50-
000,000. But it is not possible to reduce
the tariff 850,000,000 without reducing
protective duties to an extent greater
than was proposed by the Morrison bill
of the last congress , because small tariff
reductions , and Mr. Morrison's were
very small indeed , tend rather to in
crease than diminish the revenue. It
is only largo ones that accomplish the
object. "
STATK AND TEUIUTOUY.
Iowa Items.
Oskaloosa has 2,000 children in school.
The federal court will convene in DCS
Moines on the 18th instant.
Burlington will BOOH saturate her pan
cakes with home-made syrup.
The Rock Island road is llirting with
Sioux City and will soon embrace her.
Davenport banks claim to hold one-
third of the money deposits of the whole
state.
James G. Blaine hold the throttle of
the presidential procession through
Iowa.
A carriage factory with a capital of
$40,000 is licensed to begin business in
DCS Moinos.
Miss Emma Trapnoll gouged Rod Oak
out of $ lfif 0 as a poultice for defective
sidewalk damages.
G. W. Porter , a Sioux City canvasser ,
uttered forged checks to the amount of
$04 , and wtis about to bo married when
the police took him in.
The Iowa Union Telephone company
has decided upon an extension of its
lines in southwestern Iowa , with Creston -
ton as the objective point for all now
linos. Contracts have been lot for a
line from Cromwell to Corning , and
from Corning to Villisca.
The medical and dental department
of the state university at Iowa City
opened witli a good attendance. All
the departments , with but a single ex
ception , the homeopathic medical de
partment , open with oven a larger at
tendance than last fall.
Dakota.
Prof. Homer L. Sprague hiui accented
the presidency of the North D.utota
university.
Hot Springs , Custer and Spring Val
ley are candidates for the locution of
the Methodist colleges to be established
in the Hills.
Prof. Montgomery has for the present
Inishod excavating the mounds on
Devil's Lako.f t xty skeletons and nu
merous bones. , of animals have boon
found. < "
Rov. Norm on | Ransom , of Graudln ,
a Methodist Episcopal clergyman , who
arrived in Rockford , 111. , last vrook.
died suddenly that evening of typhoid
fovor.
The survey of Uio Yftnktoa & Mis
souri Valley Tallrond haa progressed
from Yankton 03 far as Mud crook ,
whore the engineer corps is now search
ing for the easiest route through the
nest of bluffs which cluster about the
lieadwators of Mud crock , Clay crook
(
and Turkey crook.
Colorado.
Denver will greet the president some
other day. .
During the first ton days of the
month Grooloy shipped ICO car loads of
potatoes to the east , netting the pro
ducers 821,000.
The Caldwell & Cassldy syndicate con
trol 11,100 acres of the oil land around
Canon City and n < vth of the Arkansas
river. The owners are the principal
opponents of the Standard. Machinery
for working the district is being put in
Elaco , and drilling and pumping will
ogln at an early day. The oil shows a
test of 42 gravity.
Ono of the most wiord lunches over
tackled by hungry men waa eaten in
Loadvlllo last Friday evening. Two
hundred laborers had been sent to Glen-
wood by the human leeches in Denver ,
who promised them work on payment of
$2. No work being provided for them
at Glcnwood , they had taken forcible
possession of a train and come to Lead-
villo , whore they remained for twenty-
four hours. Friday Sheriff Lamping ,
Mayor Cook and Joe Jenkins , of the
Evening Chronicle , purchased 200 loaves
of bread and 100 pounds of bologna sau
sage and brought it up to the half-fam
ished laborers. Five carvers were ap
pointed from the half-famishod crowd ,
and Abe way that the food was oaten re
minded ono moro of a pack of wolves
than anything olso.
Utah"
A Mormon "oxhortcr" has been
jailed in Salt Lake City for assaulting
seven little girls. The polygamous
wretch is playing the crazy act.
The banks of Salt Lake City report
the receipt for the week ending Oct. G ,
inclusive , of $43,007.05 in bullion and
$100,108.36 in ore , a total of $149,115.51.
The annual report of the United
States marshal shows that there are 107
United States prisoners in the peniten
tiary and eighty-nine territorial. Of
these 1GG are married and 10G over fifty
years of ago.
A flow of natural gas has boon struck
in Salt Lake City , near the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad depot. With a
sixty-candlo power jot the force is so
great that the flame is blown out , but by
turning it partly off a good , steady light
is loft. In driving from the 50-foot level
to the 70-foot loyol , the gas continued
to flow , showing that there must bo a
good quantity of it.
Personal Paragraphs.
L Joel Boatty , Chadron , is in the city.
S. C. Webber , Schuyler , is a guest at
the Paxton.
Henry E. Lewis , of Lincoln , was in
town yesterday
' '
J. M. KnSght'o'f DCS Moincs , is regis
tered at the Paxt/bn.
Hon. John Kurkondall , of Cheyenne ,
was in town yesterday.
John M. RoganVnd wife , of Beatrice ,
are guests itt the Paxlon.
Harry G. Roggon and Fred Turner ,
Lincoln , were at the Paxton last even
ing.F. .
F. E. Biles , a well known business
man of Fremont , was at the Paxton yes
terday.
E. A. Mayfield , of Reynolds , and
editor of the Reporter of that city , was
in town yesterday.
W. W. Montgomery , proprietor of
the Elliott Graphic , of Elliott , la. ,
was in the city yesterday.
George L. Atkins , general manager
of the California fig syrup company , of
San Francisco , Cal. , is in the city.
Miss S. E. Easloy , Mrs. W. D. Easloy
and Mrs. W. A. Groonwalla , of Falls
City , were at the Paxton yesterday.
R. L. Laurie , J. W. Doinkin , Joseph
Johnson , W. J. Stevenson and Ernil
Schwartz , of Aurora , are in Omaha.
The presidents' visit attracted John
Kolligor , J. G. McClayand , J. M.
Irwin , all of Auburn , to Omaha yester
day.
day.Among
Among the Falls City visitors yester
day were T. W. Stock , Gustavo A. Hal-
lor , Ernest A. Bode , W. E. Noonan and
W. L. Brannin.
Nebraska City people were repres
ented in Omaha yesterday by D. M.
Lewis , Thomas Wyman , H. Williams
and Miss Minnie Williams.
M. O. Maul has returned from a very
enjoyable three weeks' trip in the east ,
which embraced a visit to Toronto , Now
York , Philadelphia and Chicago.
Judge W. L. Henderson , the state's
attorney of Knox county , and Attorney
O. W. Rico , both loading legal lights
of Crcighton , are in the city on busi
ness.
Besides the company of Knights of
Pythias , the citizens of Fremont in
Omaha yesterday were W. J. Bliss ,
Miss J. J. Kuon , D. O. Coal , C. H.
Stoner , Captain M. J. Mahoney , L. B.
Cowan and Goo. H. Straub.
P. G. Halo , of Chicago , and a repre
sentative of the Cleveland Stone com
pany , is at the Paxton. The company
that ho represents is furnishing the
stone for the now county hospital , the
United States bank and Henry W.
Yatcs' residence.
Among the Lincoln people who came
up to see President Cleveland yesterdny
were F. B. Harris. J. II. North , Ela
Gore , Walt Kneiss , Ed P. Kiofcr , E. F.
Shear , Henry E. Lewis , H. M. Meyers ,
T. R. Stoner and wife , A. E. Hargravcs ,
H. J. Bell , Elias Meyer , M. S. Johnson ,
H. W. Hartley , B. F. Pinnoy and wife ,
C. L. Tyler , H. M. Bushnoll , D. B.
Fuller , W. E. Churchill and wife , C. N.
Crandall and wife * J. C. Motzlcr , George
W. Bunoll and wife , Charles M. Kco-
fer and wife , John M. Underwood and
wife , Mrs. W. S. Hamilton , Libbio
Wood , M. Jennoy.
Yesterday's internal revenue collec
tions amounted tij fy OjG S.
u
Jenny I ud at Home.
Philadelphia Ij'/33 : It hardly seems
poshiblo that the quaint little old lady ,
Mine. Lind-Goldsclunidt , with whom I
have recently spoilt so charming an
evening , is really the same "Jenny
Liml" who thrilled the world with her
unparalleled voice and made it ring
with her praises a generation or
moro ago. Although never a
beautiful woman , the grout oantn-
trice , judging from the many dif
ferent portinitu that are Imaging about
her house , must formerly have been at
tractive and engaging in her appear
ance , but to-day she is the plainest ,
most old-fashioned little body imagin
able , dressing in the style of thirty-live
yearn ago , with a funny little capo folded
over her shoulders and a curiously fash
ioned cap on her brad , underneath
which her hair is drawn down smoothly
on her face over her oars. Added to
peculiarities , bhu Vfuara A
made In a perfectly plain manner ,
"gathered' , into a bolt at the waist ,
with no attempt nt ornamentation in the
way of trimming or ovorskjrt.
1'ow people , 1 fancy , save her very
intimate friends , are aware of the ex
ceedingly romantio nature of Jenny
Lind's ' marriage , not BO many years
ago , to Mr. Otto GoldBchmldt , who is
perhaps fully fifteen years her junior ,
and , although a bald-headed , rather el
derly looking gentleman , still appears
to bo much younger than his talented
wifo. When Jenny Llnd came ts
America Sir Jules Benedict also came
as her accompanist. Ho was obliged to
return for some reason suddenly to Eng
land , and the great singer suddenly be
thought her of a poor young
Gorman musician , whom she had
mot some tlmo before in Germany ,
and as soon aa possible Bccurod his
services in the place of Sir Jules Bene
dict's. The young man , like all who
came within sound of the magical voice ,
soon became Jenny Lind's ardent
admirer and presently her slave.
Never dreaming that ho might in any
way hope for a return of his puesion ho
determined to leave her , nnd upon an
nouncing this fact and tolling her ho
could no longer endure her perfect in
difference to him she told him of her
concealed love 'for him , nnd they soon
wont together to England , where they
were married and have since lived.
Their present residence is I Morton
Gardens , Bolton , S. W. , and is a comfortable -
fortablo rather than a pretentious abode.
It is full of souvenirs of Jenny Lind's
early triumphs , nnd there are also many
valuable pictures. A largo portrait of
the Princess Christian is hung in a con
spicuous pluco , and is the gift of her
royal highness , who was a favorite pupil
and is now a warm friend of Mmo. Lind-
Goldschmidt , often coming to visit her
iu Uio most informal way. Jenny Llnd
is also a great favorite with the queen
and the royal family generally. Mmo.
Lind-Goldschmidt has throe children ,
ono daughter and two tons , none of
them , however , having the least musical
talent. Ono is in the army.
There is little left of the once glorious
voice of Jenny Lind , and she rarely
uses it at all except in instructing bcmo
pupils how to render a passage of a
song. She is a most charitable woman ,
and for some years has had a class often
ton poor girls whom she teaches twice a
week at her own homo , and prepares
for opera and concert. She is , however ,
very careful in selecting for this class
only those who have very decided tal
ent and unusual natural voice. The
failing health of "tho greatest singer
that has over lived" will deprive many
a poor girl of her valuable instruction ,
and perhaps the musical world of fcorno
brilliant stars.
A Dumb Woman Ilcsumcs Talking.
Now Haven News : A reliable physi
cian in Danbury relates a remarkable
case of curing a woman who had been
unable to utter a syllable in two years.
She had been treated by a number of
doctors for her loss of voice , but to no
purpose. This physician satisfied him
self that there was no disease of the
organ of speech , or any derangement.
Ho concluded that she could speak if
only she would be influenced to exert
the will power. From a conversation
with her , carried on in writing , ho dis
covered that she had great faith in mi
raculous cures , and thought she could
only bo relieved in some such way. Ho
found , too. that she was superstitious.
Ho concluded to try the olTect of a
little inuuiuiory upon her. Accord
ingly , oito morning when visiting her
ho sat down by a table some five min
utes without speaking , as if in wrapt
meditation. Ho suddenly jumped up
and told the woman that ho was now
right , that hoas going to euro her on
on a certain day. Ho then gave her
minute directions in respect to it. Ho
told her that on the day ho should come
to the house at 10 a. m. that he should
first give three raps upon the window ,
and then he should go to the front door
and give two raps ; that when the
door opened ho would bo found
standing with both hands upon
the door post nnd his head leaning
upon them ; that the door to her room
must bo opened wide , and that ho would
walk in with measured tread , and when
ho got to her bedside ho should say ,
"Good morning , " and that she would
answer in reply , "Good morning , doc
tor. " On the appointed day ho did just
as ho said ho should do , and when ho
said "Good morning" to her she
promptly made the reply , "Good morn
ing , doctor. " in a loud , strong voice.
She seamed utterly astonished herself ,
but said she felt that what the doctor
said would bo true , and firmly believed
that he hud wrought a miraelo in her
cure.
A MODOO WAHUIOn.
An Indian Tribe That is Knpidly
Dwindling Awny.
Yrcka Union : The Modocs on their
native heath were as determined a tribe
of Indians as over attempted to remove
the dandrull from the heads of their
white brothers. It cost millions of
money and dozens of valuable lives to
subdue them when they put on their
war paint a few yearn ago and com
menced to raise Cain and the hair of
the settlers. No tribe of equal number
over cost the government half as much
trouble as the Modocs. The remnants
of this once powerful tribe are being
slowly extinguished by intor-marriugo
and consuniption , on their rosorvatton
in the Indian territory. Two of their
number , William Clinton and the his
toric William Foithfull , called at our
olllco last Thursday. The former is a
bright young man who was but a child
when his people were wrestling for su
premacy with the United States govern
ment. Ho is well educated , speaking
and writing the English language fault
lessly.
In speaking of his people he said :
"There are not many 01 us now , death
having reduced our number to less than
ninety , and in a few years wo will not
have a living representative. The cli
mate does not agree with us at the re
servation , and many are slowly dying
from consumption. I believe if they
were brought back to California they
would recover. I came out hero four
teen months ago with five of my people ,
whom it was thought would die before
they reached their old homo. Only ono
died and the ether four have entirely
recovered. I am going back to-morrow
to sell oft my possessions and will return
with as many of my people who are sick
as my money will bring. "
Clinton spoke with feeling , and seems
to bo anxious that his tribe shall not be
come extinct.
Accompanying Clinton was William
Foithfull , who said that ho also was on
his way to Indian territory. Foithfull
is well advanced in years , and his stiff ,
wiry hair will soon bo gray. During the
Mouoo outbreak ho fought from the
opening to the close with Captain Jack ,
but seems to have hud moro honor and
principle than that noted chief.
Through Clinton , an interpotor , ho
spoke freely of his pint in the war. He
can speak very good English , but says
ho hates to use the language of a race
that hua done him BO much wrong.
"We were being wronged , " said
Foithfull , "and hud to light. After
ward wo were sorry wo started on the
war-path , but were afraid to slop , for
Captain Jack said wo would bo fulled
anyway , and might as well die light-
hitf. LoU of times souio of us vreulu go
to Jack and say that wo would fight no
moro , but wo would make a long epooch
and wo would agree to fight on. When
Captain Jack planned to docolvo the
peace commissioners and murder them
1 made up my mind to go and warn
them , but I was watched so closely that
I could not got away. I then sent a
Bquaw named Toby Kiddle and she
warned Colonel Moacham , but they bo-
llovcd in Jack aud not in mo. Dr.
Thomas was killed. Colonel Moacham
was in Indian territory afterward and
cuvo mo 810 for'saving nls lifo. Lots of
times I could bavo Killed white men ,
but never did. I have cna squaw and
am going homo to gut her out hero
where Bliu will bo happy. I have no
children. "
A Dead Beat Dear.
Jacksonville Times-Union : As pna-
Bongor train No. 6 on the F. R. ft N. ,
from Cedar Key to Jacksonville , was
passing through what is known as the
Gulf Hammock , at a point about twelve
or fifteen miles out from Cedar Key ,
some cattle on the track caused the
train to slacken speed almost to stop.
The train was composed of an engine
and tender , a combination car , contain
ing a compartment for express at ono
end , a place for mail in the center , and
the ether end being used as a baggage
car , and two passenger coauhos.
When the train slowed up to prevent
running over the cows a largo black
bear trotted leisurely out of the woods
and climbed up the platform to BOO ,
probably , if there waa anything of an
eatable nature aboard. Ho had gotten
on the front platform of the combina
tion car , and , finding the door open ,
decided to continue Ills search in the
interior. Inside ho found three nice
strings of fish , all of which were soon
transferred to his stomach , except the
entrails , which were carefully deposited
on the car floor.
During the time the bear was taking
his lunch the baggagomastor , Mr C.
Mahoney , came down through the car ,
whistling "Captain .Tonka. " When ho
arrived at the door of the express car he
throw open the door , with the pucker
from the whistling still on his lips.
When ho saw the occupant of the ex
press compartment ho says that ho can
not remember whether his heart tried
to climb out over his standing collar or
whether it got down in his shoos.
The next thing ho remem
bers distinctly was finding himsolt
back in the coach , breathlessly reciting
the tale of his discoveries to the con
ductor. The usually amiable conductor
muttered something like "got 'om
again , " and wont to the car to investi
gate. When Mr. Dowson returned
from taking a peep at the bear his cap
wouldn't quite come down to his beau ,
and ho was fully convinced that it was
no fallacy of the baggagomastor's brain.
When the train started up after the
stop the swaying of the car shut the
door , and all thought that an important
capture had been made. The boar soon
became tired of his ride and looked
about for means of ogress. Nothing ap
peared so vulnerable to attack as the
windows in the side of the car , which
wore protected by iron rods about a half
inch in diameter. Ho selected ono of
these and clawed the woodwork about it
very badly. Ho then ovidenly caught two
or t'liroo of the iron rods with his paws ,
and giving them a hug broke and
twisted them olT clean. His lumbering
body was then forced through the aper
ture and struck the ground like a rub
ber ball. Ho turned two or three soinor-
bcts and ambled off into the woods.
This story is vouched for by the train
men us being entirely true. The car
shows plainly the marks of the sharp
claws , while the twisting off of the iron
rods gives evidence of the power exerted
in the hug.
A Southern Mountaineer.
Atlanta Constitution : Ho was a big
strapping fellow _ , probably twenty years
old and weighing 180 pounds. As ho
walked into the police station yesterday
afternoon , his shoeless feet made no
noiso.
"I'm from Ducktown , Tonn. , " ho said
in response to Captain Couch's ques
tions. "My name is William Ward , an'
I come to 'ton' United States court. "
Ho waa a typical mountaineer , strong
and not bad-looking. Ho wasn't much of
a dude in his cotton shirts and homespun -
spun pants.
This was the first sight of a city. His
mountain homo is fifty miles from a
railroad , and in order to reach Atlanta
ho walked those fifty miles. Ho had
never seen a railroad or a train of cars
before , had never owucd a book , could
neither read nor write , know nothing
of what are generally termed the com
forts of lifo yet was happy.
The officers about the station house
took an interest in him and began ply
ing him with questions. Ho had been
subpoenaed to appear in the United
States court as a witness in an
illicit distillery case. Ho had come 160
miles , aud is entitled to 10 cents per
mile as mileage.
"Did you over have that much be
fore ? " asked Captain Couch.
"No , I reckon not. Never saw that
much before. "
"What do you do ? "
"O , I work for a follow. I don't got
any pay. Ho told mo he'd do the right
thing by mo. I an't going to work for
that any moro. Would stay hero if I
could get something to do. "
He was asked to sit down. He looked
suspiciously on the chair pointed out to
him , shook it gently , and sat on the
doorstop. Of course ho didn't know
anything about making corn whisky ,
but he had hunted , and had brought
down many a deer and turkey.
"Do you use caps on guns up there ? "
"A few of'tho fellers have them now
guns , but flint and steel is good enough
for most of us. "
Ho looked it.
Later in the evening ho was ottered
some supper , but ho had his hunk of
venison and corn-bread with him. Then
ho curled up on the floor of the court
room , and in a few minutes was sound
asleep , free from care , and happy.
Killing Alllgntorfl For n hiving.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Thomas
Novitt , of Now Orleans , bettor known
in the south as "Alligator Tom , " ts in
town , and will remain a few days. No
vitt is quite a well known character in
the south , where for twenty years ho has
followed his peculiar occupation of kill
ing alligators , earning a living by soil
ing their hide and meat. Ho was orig
inally a native of Ohio , but moved to the
south at an early ago , and has since re
sided in the vicinity of Now Orleans.
Novitt is now forty-two years of ago ,
but is as active as over , and is
never so happy as when in pur
suit of his favorite gamo. Ho works
from Now Orleans right along through
Florida , and kills several hundred alli
gators during the course of a season.
He kills the animals with a rifle. A
great many authorities have maintained
that the place to shoot an alligator is in
the eye , but Novitt claims not. Ho says
that { f shot in this portion of the body
an alligator will sink , nnd that the
wound will heal. The bull must bo di
rected to a point just back of the fore
lug , where for un inch there is a place
unprotected by n utural armor. Very
often Novitt picks up young animals ,
which bring ui'eady market. The skins
of alligators are now worth from 20o to
fiUo , and the chief source of profit is
from the sale of meat , which is said to
be doliuious. The tail is cut off and
then the body sliced in the hapo of
steaks. Novitt tolls many wonderful
stories of his thrilling experiences
during his many years of hunting the
scaly alligator.
An IitRcnionn Advertisement.
Now York Telegram : The cheapest
and moat ingenious advertisement now
visible is that of a Fulton street hatter.
Hung to a telegraph polo in front of his
promises is a card board sign with the
question on it. "Are you color blind ? "
In the center of the card is the name ot
the hatter in flaming rod , aud in the
center of the name a white diamond
shaped upaco edged with black. Italow
this card is another perfectly black , ox *
copt for a diamond shaped space iu the
center similar" to the ono above. Ilo-
twoon there two cards Is the informa
tion that "if you look steadily for thirty
seconds nt the diamond in the name
and then transfer your gaze to the diamond
mend below for thirty seconds moro you
will see on the blank card the name you
saw on the abovo. If the name
you sco the second time is rod.
your eyesight is all right ; if
not red , you are color blind. Thia
is an infallible test. And of the thous
ands that daily pass the sign it is safe
to say that 40 per cent try their eyesight -
sight and see at the same time a sight
that tops the ether two to the effect
that at no place In the city can you buy
headgear so cheaply as within.
This natural phenomenon , for such it
is , is cnuhed , scientists bay , by the
bright flame being photographed on
the retina of the eye by reflected light ,
and when ono looks at a white space
the photograph gradually appears to
you as if part of the sign. Then aa
slowly as it came , occupying about
thirty seconds to como and go , it
fades away , as a photographic plato
would were it exposed to the light with
out first being treated by acids , etc. , to
render the reflection permanent.
The Fulton street man's test , how
ever , is not infallible , for a man may bo
able to distinguish rod , yet , were ho
color blind , yellow would appear to bo
green and blue brown.
The signs cost , altogether , about
$1.50. The value of the advortissng , es
timated by an advertising ngoiit , and
from a cold business standpoint , is $40
per day.
Duel AVith a Hnnkc.
Lnst Sunday , snys a Fririta , Idaho ,
dispatch , a boy named Monroe Keys
fought a desperate battle with a rattle
snake in a gulch about four milcH from
this plaoo. Monroe is a stout boy of
fourteen years , and accompanied by his
two sisters , by some years the seniors of
Monroe , started from the house to the
spring , a short distance away , to got a
pail of water. When near tint foot of
the slant to where the Hprinfl was , to
their surprise the jmrty discoveod a
hugo rattlesnake , which lay celled a
few paces in their lead. The appear
ance of the young couple seemed to on-
rugo the rattler to such an extent thnt
it at once commenced slashing its tail
und hissing with Huch fury that
the noise could bo heard for a consider
able distance nwiiy. Not wanting to
bo further disturbed the hugo reptile
made a dash at the crowd , springing fur
into the air and falling on the ground.
The boy remained vorv much composed ,
and with the determination of a young
warrior calmly toolc oil his bolt and
attacked the snake in a fight to death.
After a struggle for t > oino time the snake
made a final spring at his antagonist ,
and its terrible fangs were clinched on
either side in the muscular part of the
boy's arm , just above the elbow. After
the snake's hold had been broken it
dropped from the bleeding wound to the
ground and blurted to run , but still hav
ing the determination to kill his enemy ,
the boy seized it by the tail and , In
swinging it around hiuhcad , fortunately ,
undoubtedly for the boy , the
reptile's head struck a bowlde'r which
lay close by and was crushed , caus
ing death. Without a moment's delay , a
messenger was summoned to this city
for a physician. When Dr. Fortncr
and the messenger returned , in com
pany with B. B. Bower , of this city , the
unfortunate lad had been well treated
with liquor and his lifo saved. Dr.
Fortnor extracted the clotted blood
from the wound , and administered suoh
ether treatment as wns necessary , and
loft the young man in a fair way to re
covery. The snake was examined , and
was found to bo of the genuine diamond
stripe , the most poisonous , measuring
four and a half foot in length and fully
fixe inches through , carrying twelve
monster rattles. The boy was of very
robust stature , and fully the cq'ual of
the snake in physical strength.
Mr. F. L. Hill , representing The
Wcbtorn News company , Chicago , is ut
room 90 , Paxton , with a beautiful line
of stimplcs of books , stationery , and
fancy goods for the holiday trade. Deal
ers from the country and city will do
well to call and inspect the lino.
A Mothcr'B Courage.
Pall Mall Gazette : Every ono is fa
miliar with the story of the mother
whoso child had boon carried off by an
eagle , and who , to rescue her child ,
climbed alone to the eyrie from which
the boldest mountaineer shrank baolc
appalled. This stock illustration of
the force of the maternal instinct
is now capped by a bear story from
Savoy. A boar having killed u shep
herd boy , the villagers organized a hunt
for the animal. The mother , armed
with a gun insisted upon accompanying
the party. They cnino back. She did
not. Next day the poor woman wai
found lying in a secluded spot , her dress
in rugs , her arms crushed and her face
covered with blood. At her side was a
hugo bear quite dead , its head smashed
by a discharge from the gun which she
had taken with hor. The hope is enter
tained that she may eventually recover ,
but the woman has not yet been able to
give an account of her struggle with
the bear which had killed her child , '
which must have been terrific. When
wo got the story of that struggle It will
make the grand tour of all the Sunday
school books in * the whole English
speaking world.
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