Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1887)
' * * - * * , M. . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER 12. 188 ? THE DAILY BEE. PUI1M.HIIKO KVI3HV MOUSING , 1 Klt.MS Of PUIIPCIUITION. Dally ( Morning Kdltlon ) Including Sunday IliV. Ono War I in no VorSIx Month * "J . Kor'llirm Months . . . . . . . . . . . 3 w Din Omaha Sunday IIM. , malli-d to anj > ud- lire * * , One Vnr . . . , . , 200 O'MIIA OKHIT. Nfl.Oil AMI llirAIIN.\Mf1HKKr. Kr.Vf YOIIK Of KM K , ItOOMfiii. Til I HUNK IIIMI.JC ISO.VASHI.MITO.V Omen , No. 6U FoL'it TCKNTII HTIIKKT. _ _ COKItr.SI'ONDKN'CH. All rnmmnnlcritloiis rt-lntliiK news and editorial mutter phoulrt lie addrcsacu to the EniTOltor TIIK Hun. lirSlNKSS J.r.TTKHS8 All IniKlnoM lett'-rs and lemlttnnces rlionld bo nddli'Sged to TIIK lll.K I'l'liMSiilMI COMIM.NV , ( lUAiu. Drafts , checks and iM stolllco orders to lie uudu paj nblu to thu order ot thu company. The Bee PnlilisliinE Company , Proprietors , K. KOSEWATEK , EIHTOII. * t ! UKE. Bwnrii Statement of Circulation. Ptntcof Nc1)ra 1tB , I . County of Uou liw. f _ . , < ! r < > . II. 'J/.sihnck , Bccietary of Tlio Hoc I'ab- llflilnc coiiiinmj.iloeB solemnly swrar that the artmimrnimtliiiiof tlir Dally flee for the week cmllnc Dec. 3. 1CK7. w as as follow 8- Hntin day. Nov. 3) ) htinilny , Nov. 37 MimlnNor.3H Tiippday. Nov.SU . . Woiln < " l y. Nov. 30 . 14. > U ) Average . 14.810 Ci'o. II. TZSCIIBOR' . fcwointonnd Mibsrtilii'il in my piebentetlils 3d dny of December , A. D. 1W. . . . , . . ( SEAL. ) Notary'1'iibllo Btatnot Ni'lirnskn. I fonutyof DmiKlM. f Otro. It. 'I zsiliui k , lieinK first ilnly sworn , do- pofrs nnd pnjs tliat hn Is peoretaryofTlie I5ee I'nbllbhlni : company , that the octual averaio rtiilly riicnliitlon of tlio Dally Ileo for the month of December. IfrfO , 111,207 coics ] ; for January. 17 , 10'JO copies ; for IVb- riinry. 1M-T , 14.10S copies ; for March , 18KT. 1UOO ( opted ; for Apiil , IS'fT , 11,31(1 ( copies ; for > fay , Jtt" , 1 Icoiiles : for .lime. If * " , 14,147 conies ; for July , 1M7. 14.IM conies ; for Aitinibt. lw , II- 1C1 idplea ; for gcptvinllr , IKW , H.'J copies ; for October , 1S87 , U , : J : for November , lb7 , 16.230 conic * * . ( JKO. ll.T/SCHUrif. Svorn to nnd subscribed In my pretence this Ikl duy of December , A. D. IWi" . N.IMT.U , . ( SKAT , . ) Notary 1'ubltc. OMAHA failed to got the convention so lot the city hull bo built at once. Tine fast trains seem to bo giving satisfaction to the traveling public. TiliiV are arresting bogus butter men in Philadelphia. The cuHtoiu is a good otio and should bo imitated in many other cities. TIIK real estate boom in Wichita , Kan. , has subsided and the inhabitants iiro now booming hour. They uro try ing to sue how much of the bovcrago they can guz/.lo in defiance of the law. A GEOUOIA court has held that a pub lisher of a newspaper cannot bo com pelled by the grand jury to testify in a case where ho had pledged himself not to reveal the source of his information. SAN FliANGibCO has a larger assort ment of wicked ollicials than any other city in ( ho union. The latest expose is that of a judge who granted fraudulent passports for the importation of Chinese women. GKNKKAI * SiiuninAN proposes to move Fort Omaha ten miles from the city. lie Brtys the soldiers should have u Mouioty-of their own and not mix with the Omahogs. But would ten miles bo anything to a soldier ? j , A TOWN in Arizona , has been swal lowed by an earthquake. Many lives wore lost. Those who uro now rushing I that way to obtain the gold mines re cently discovered in its territory , should bo prepared to bo taken In. TIIK -tropicul exposition , to beheld held ut Jacksonville , Fla. , commencing in January nnd continuing until May , is now in the hands of the boomers. Scin- inolc Indians , alligators and real estate Agents constitute the greater part of the attraction. TltK Panama canal is rapidly becom ing a grave for the whole world. It has uwallowcd up Americans , Europeans , Ethiopians and now u largo party ol Chinese have been contracted for. The big ditch will no doubt also bo Do- * i Ijcsseps' last. BROOKLYN has developed a now vari ety of political misdomeandor. A young | man who recently passed a civil service examination nnd obtained a high stand ing can neither read nor write. Her hired a substitute to do the mental r drudgery of the occasion. - AN effort will bo miido during the prc&cnt congress to prohibit the Intro . duction of private bills in open session nnd require that such measures shal reach the appropriate committee through the medium of a petition box Tills would bo a good innovation , a i" both time and money could thus bi . * mved to the government. Tin : Now York Central has put : "vestibule train" on the track to rui between Now York and Chicago. Th | r platforms of the cars are enclosed , mnh ing ono long open car , from which pas hangers cannot fall. Heat is supplic by means of steam nnd hot water. Ther are bomo things which the slow-goin east does quite as well as the weet. Th arrangement would be a good thing 1 imitate by western rail road b. TIIK St. Paul rionctr Pns notes th fact that the slot in the cable line i that c\\y \ \ i.s playing the mischief wit horacs. 'It states that the calks i horses' shoes are readily caught in i with Iho result , if the horses are on trot , of throwing them , and Eonietiim breaking their legs or tearing oil thu : hoofs. Thcro have been numoroi accidents there of this sort , an the advice is given to drivers to till the precaution to reduce the t-ju't of their hoi'toi to a slow walk across tl cable line. A similar warning may n < ho amis to drivers In Omaha in c.rn . ing the cable lino.V infer that tl dangerous slot in St. Paul is wider thu that in the cable line in { his city , but , Js possible that accidents muy tiapp < hOro glinllar to those that have occurn . nt St. Paul , and therefore drive should "go slow" in passing over tl ? Jiblo line. K. At Hie Mercy of Hie Itnllwny . ThcIlKi : recently mentioned the fact that the business men of Helena nnd llutto City , Montana , were using the old freight wagons wheiover practica ble , claiming thill in this way they could have goods sent from adjacent towif nnd camps much cheaper than the railroad company would do the same work. ThoimiH J. Price , of St Paul , was recently interviewed by a St. Louis paper , and his account of the nuages of the railroads UIMJD the people of the northwest furnishes ample food for re- Ili'Ctlon. Tlio condition of allair ? in Dakota is .equally an frightful as in Montana. Mr. Price , after petsonal observation , nays the following : The farmers n.f Dakota uro , us usual , in n very bad position as regards their crop. Whutlicr the season Is pootV or bad inuUcs ILttlu dlIeroncto ( thotn , us the rnllroml coin- piinlcs huvo so arranged mattcis that they reap whatever profit in to bo derived , leaving the fanners withnbnio llvliife' . The condi tion of affairs ut the present time Is a fair sample of the manner In which the fanners are bled. Fully-10,000,000 bushels of wheat nro now harvested , and much of It sacked , but It cannot reach a market as there arc no curs to haul it , ami no prospect of any being obtainable. This refers to the land * along the Manitoba load , with xvliich I am PUIHOII- atly acquainted , but I understand tlio sumo condition of affiilrH prevails elsowheif. The farmers nru generally In debt and can not af ford to carry their'crops until tninsiwrtr.tion can bo obtained , and no ono wants to buy the ( . rain with this uncertainty hanging over them. Here the railroad company , or rather its directors , step In ami offer u low price for thu wheat. The farmer Is obliged to sell , and when once the transfer of all thu wheat In u certain district is made , It Is astonishing how easy it becomes to obtain enough freight cunt to handle the grain. Hill and H.van , the rft. Paul mllllomihcs , mnlto hundreds of thousands of dollars every year , undolhcis nuiko smaller but still very considerable sums. The plan is to pay the farmers just enough to pi event them from abandoning their lands , and so hold out hopes that In future no lack of transportation will occur. The plan works admirably for the railroads , but is highly disastrous to the farmers , The situation in Nebraska ib homo different than.in Dakoka , yet there arc many of our people who remember when just such u programme was enacted hero , yea'r after year. And it is not much better yot. The remedy lies only with tlio people. It takes years to ac complish the desired end. Yet by elect ing honest men legislators laws can and finally will bo enacted , effectually check ing the raids of the public highways and the highwaymen who manipulate them. Opinion. If the London press , in commenting upon the president's message , would give fair and intelligent consideration , there would bo no reason to apprehend any ill effects from the discussion. The imws- papers of London , however , have chosen to talk of it as a free trade manifesto , nnd this.misroprcscnlation of the char acter of the message is not only mislead ing to the English public , about which wo need feel no concern , but it is being employed in this country to influence popular opinion , and will undoubtedly have great effect upon all that portion of the population which is prompt to array itself against anything tluvt re ceives English approval. It is very easy to understand the mo tive of the London press in taking n false view of the message. There is a large and growing element in England that is greatly dissatislied with the pronont lineal system and is demanding a change. If this discontented portion of the English people c.an bo made to believe that the president recommends a policy for the United States that would bo a material approach to that of England it would do much to silence the demand for a change in the English policy , and all the feuding papers of London desire that thuru shall bo no change. It is hardly possible , however , that the de ception they arc practicing can bo maintained , and so soon as it shall bo exposed there is very likely to come n reaction that will give the fair traders a very vigorous boom. The politicians in this country who nro making use of this English opinion are also likely to find .in duo time that they are giving it a much greater value than it really possesses. It will have perhaps a lusting effect with some , bul the great majority of the reading people of this country form their own opinions and such Will not ho persuaded that the policy recommended by the president means ireo trade or any material approach to it. The message explicitly declares that the tariff dntie- cannot now bo wholly'dSsponsod with but must bo maintained for many year : in order to provide a part of the revenue nuo of the government. Ho also insist : that in any readjustment of the tarlt reference must bo hud to the duty o preserving the industries of the country and , protecting labor in the enjoymon of ample work and liberal remuneration There is no possibility of any man of intelligence telligenco ai\d candormisundorstnndin ! or misconstruing those sentiments which clearly imply the continuance o a reasonable protection. With a righ understanding of the motive for th misroprosuntntions of the London news papers no ono ought to bo inlluonccd b the expressions of English opinion 01 the president's message , or the mani fest absurdity of associating Mr. Cleveland land , as a champion of free trade in th United States , with Cobden , the grcn npoatlo of that policy in England. A TronliloBomo I/oopholc. The effort that will be made by th representatives of the Pacillo coast i congress to scc.uro additional legisljitio for restricting Chincso immigration i confronted by the troublesome fact tin however drastic a measure might I adopted it would be likely not to prov ontircly effective in keeping out thool jcetinnablo people so long as their con ing to this continent receives the 01 connigomunt. of the Canadian govcri mont. It is stated that Blnce the estnl Hclimcnt of the Canadian line of stean 10 erri across the Pni'ifie , ChliiChO nip : 10n n chants in Victoria have boon busily ci it gaged in preparations to import Cliini in men front Hong Kong in largo number id and'that coiiKldorahlo money has hoc rs in\c.-ttd ) in tlio business. U ib alt 10 Mild that since the completion ' of tli Canadian Pacific rullroud fully .fot thousand Chinamen have found their way from Victoria to the United States. It Is understood that at the next sesrfton of the Canadian parliament an effort- will ho mndo to repeal the $50 tax now levied on Chinamen entering the Ca nadian domain , in the interest of the Canadian Pacific railroad company , deferring to this phase of the situation , the San Fronolsron C/ironMfsays / : Its fcrnvo featuie arises from the seeming Inability of our government to cope wltli the evil. The whole stretch of country fiom Vancouver to Monti cal is available for the Illicit transit of Chinamen Into the United State's ; It Is Impossible to guard so long u line. And when United States ofllcluls do catch Chinamen In the act of smuggling themselves Into this country , what are the.v going to do about ill When thlsquchtloa vvns put to the. government nt Washington In tcfwenro to some Clilnntnen who hud sur reptitiously crept Into Washington Tei rllory , nnd whom the Canadian authorities refused to take back without the payment of f.10 head money , the sapient reply came : "I'utthem In Jail. " Nobody In the Interior department was nwaio that such a doom would suit the Chinese. It Is suggested that we tisk Canada to adopt our exclusion act. We can ask , but why should they comply ! The Dominion parliament is not concerned about excluding Chlncso ; It knows they will not stay In Canada ; but It is very gravely concerned about building up a Canadian Pacific line of strainers and n greuit'Canadian seaport ut Port Moody to rival San Francisco. Sir John Mucdonnld would tell Mr. 1 Jayai d that Canada will take care of her own Inteicsts , and will leave the United States to take care of theirs. The dilllculty presented by this feature is obviously important and serious , and it is not cniy to HOO how it may bo- avoided. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Shooting of Ferry. The strong feeling of dislike and dis trust entertained by the radical republi cans of France towards Jules Ferry found n not unusual expression in the attempt to assassinate him. Whether it shall be bhown that the act of Auber- tin , was , as he claims , in pursuance of a conspiracy , or was merely the concep tion of a rash zealot , the incentive- must btill be traced to the bitter hostility of Iho radicals toward Ferry , whom they fully believe to bo insincere in his pro fessions of republicanism and inoro a friend to Germany than to Franco. Thcro is very likely no justice in this view. Ferry prefers peace to war , nnd his influence linn been-exerted to avoid hostilities between Franco and Germany. Ho has undoubtedly been willing to muko some concessions in the interest of peace , a thing extremely distasteful to nourly all Frenchmen , and especially so to tho"radicals. . His course in the Tonquin matter was regarded as humil iating to Franco , and it cost him a great loss of popularity. But whether just or otherwise the view of Furry held by the radicals is doap-.seated , and the event of Saturday shows that the threat of civil war in case of the election of Ferry to the presidency was not meaningless. Jules Ferry is a very able man , and undoubtedly patriotic and conscientious. The assumption that his relations with Bismarck gives the man of blood and iron an undue influence over him is doubtless without warrant. But being largely hold , it has very greatly impaired the usefulness of Ferry as a statesman , and it is not probable that ho will ever reach any ollleial dignity outside of the chamber of which he is a member. It is thought that the attempt to n si - sinalo him will diminish his unpopu larity and undoubtedly there will bo many to sympathize with him who have boon his opponents. But the clement that distrusts him is not likely to find any reason for giving him its confidence in the fact that the assassin did not ac complish what ho intended. Ferry will get well , and when ho resumes political activity the hostility to him will bo renewed with , perhaps , incronbod bit terness. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Words Not KflVctive. The Chicago JYcif.s continues to road the riot act to "coal robbers'1 and "land robbers" and "gas thieves. " Yet it is to bo regretted that all these polished gentlemen who prey upon the publio continue to exNt and do business at the old stand with their same charming can dor. There was n time when it would have been considered a trille out of place to notice a cpmpany of men en gaging in business that was deemed re spectable , and refer to them as robbers , and thieves and conscienceless plunder ers , but in these days when centralized capital constitutes the motive power that moves the world , no other terms would properly describe them. And the question i.s , shall custom continue to tolerate daylight robbery , and must the poor always pay thoit earnings to the rich and not got value received ? What good result can come from naming these men thieves unless the theft bo proven and the violators ol law made to pay the penalty of theii crimes ? If it is not a crime for capita ] to pool and prey upon wage-workers ant the poorer classes , lot a law bo cnuctet to make it such. If it is now a crime , then let the powers act and bring l < justice the blood-sucking leeches wlu grow more impudent as they grov richer. Something must bo donooi what might prove an undesirable re action is inevitable. PlllLADKLl'in.V has enjoyed a littli boom on the leprosy scnro starting i few weeks ago. Now ; comes the St P.iul ( Jlolc and says that there seems ti bo good reasons for believing "a form o leprosy actually exists in certain portions tions of the state. Though not the terrible riblo discaso which has decimated th population of the Hawaiian islands , i is nevertheless allied to it , and shouli receive as careful attention from th authorities. The discaso exists exclusively ivoly among those Scandinavian immi grants who , at homo , were accustomo * to an unvarying fish diet , and has notyc boon obsarved , among those of that rac who wore born in this country. " Th GMic calls upon the state board c hualth to investigate the matter fullj and reminds that body , which seems t bo but little interested , of the fact that i ether countries where leprosy exists 1 .is regarded as distinctly contagion ! and the moment the disease appears th unfortunate victim is at once isolate from tlio rest of thu community. OMAHA cannot fall uTdorlvo ndvan ago from the bettor knowledge whic 'its candidftoy has , given the country < V. Its present commercial position , its.ex- tonslvo resource's and its'almost boundless , - less possibilities ; * The youngest ol the metropolitan cUiosof the west has imulo a showing , ilot a fact of which was overstated , 6f progress almost un precedented in the history of rapid nnd substantial municipal growth in this country , nnd of , the possession of all the condition of future prosperity unsur passed by those of any other city in the \\est. These facts have been sown broadcast , and they will not bo Ignored or forgotten by the enterprise and capi tal which are sqoidng more promising and profitable Holds. HTATK AM ) TKU1UTOUY. Nebraska JoltliiKK. Talmago reports a petroleum well. The Grand Island Light and Fuel company has increased its capital stool : to $ IoOUUO. , William DutToy. who grabbed a time piece and Hew from Fremontwas caught by the forelock in Lincoln. II. M. Frost , of Tecumseh , assaulted yiocumb recently , and was lined $010 for doing so without a special permit. A. M. Emerick was thrown from his wagon by a runaway team , near Grand Island Friday , and instantly killed. The Hastings Ga/.otto-Journal tips a foaming beaker to Omaha and salutes : "Hero's hoping for better luck next time. " The looses to insurance companies caused by the recent tire in York have been aUjusted , The amount paid ' was $17,08 : : . . A young man named Cunningham , son of a "railroad contractor , was arrested at Blair last week , charged witli stealing $150 from n butcher. Holt county boasts of twelve nows- and reaches for the pennant as a Knpers paradise. Modesty is contag ious in that blooming land. Fremont's packing house was inaugu rated last Saturday. Myorson & Buch anan , of Omaha , tire the lessees , and they propose to curve from 700 to 1,000 porkers a day. The Nemaha Granger is tear-stained and troubled and sere in the interior department. The editor missed a wed ding feast whore the tables "groaned with good things. " Ono of the operators at Orcopolis tried to sidetrack the moon at that point recently , and is now dispensing the cigar * to keep the boys from rolling oil the trains when the subject is men tioned. The Hastings Gazette-Journal strug gles painfully against the growing con viction that Blame will lead the repub licans next year. The Journal believes that ho will'lead them as he did in 1884 into the ditch. The prohibtion spirit is said to bo quite strong in Washington county , but the Blair Pilot 1ms not yet heard ono of the coldwator Jarmor.s refuse to sell corn at an advanced price to the dis tillery in Omaha. , , The News gives assurance that Nor folk's future is beyond question , yet she needs for immediate consumption a cracker factory , carriage factory , imple ment factory , packing house and a few other frills to givo'color ' and variety to her shapely person. The Elkhorn Valley road stands n good chance of losing the bond bonus voted by Wahoo.The state auditor re fuses to register the bonds , claiming that the village trustees had no author ity to ibsuo the call' , as Wnhoo was then a city of the second class. The hoodlums of Curtis , Frontlet * county , decorated1 Judge Mason with commission eggs on his recent visit to the town. The railroad commissioner intended to investigate tlio relations of the B. & M. to the county scat tight , but his remarks on his reception are too voluminous for cold print. The postmistress of Blair is about to ilt up a private room for the accommo dation of a bunch of gawky gum chewing - ing girls who Hock to the po.stollico lobby when the males arrive. The at traction seems to bo mutual , nnd with slight cultivation might bo induced to take the halter without bucking. The sad news comes from across the sea that twenty smacks wore lo.st in a recent gale. Evidently the old gov ernor's Iwot was vigorously worked , and the painful result is left to the imagina- "lion. Webster is wofully deficient in words to express the sensations that course through an amorous form when a hot too fans the spinal base of a re treating lover. Johnson county witnessed n singular union of "freaks" recently. A Mr. Schlimschor , of Missouri , six fcot ton inches tall and as slender as a shadow , wabbled to the altar with a darling ducky of 840 pounds by his side. The bride was the widow Jane Walden and went through the ceremony without bursting a smile or a button. Mr. Slim- sure is blessed in bointr able to twist himself around the throbbing sections of his partner and have two feet to spare to Keep olt the flies at his Missouri homo. The Yank ton Press continues a staunch advocate of a railroad to Omaha , and will not bo content until thu two cities are connected by bands of stool. The Pi-ess saya : "Omaha will accomplish destiny in time , but it is loning millions by procrastination. The valley of the Jim is wide open and Omaha needs only to build the hopper to bocuro the products of its acres and to furnish its people with the necessaries and luxuries of life. There is no good reason why the valley of the Jim should bo compelled to go to Chicago when Omaha is so near. " The Holdrogo Nugget pains an intel ligent public by inquiring why it is that the BKE distances all competitors in reaching that clfy1 ; The answer is easy. The BKI : never sleeps. Every hour of the day and night its hive if a busy workshop , whore the nown of the world is put through the varied processes before being presented to its army ol readers. And the Demand is fro great for its teeming page ? that no obstacle can for nn instant ulock the path to iU patrons. While pretended rivals arc grinding out consumptive editions on hand presses , the BRK rolls out at agaii of 80,000 an hour. ; , Itis tho."llyor" o : western newspapers regularly solicit uled and always on time. It has no coui' petitor. ' limn Icms. Carroll has a cheese factory boxed. Fort Madison want a btreot railway. Fajotto county will have a rope' pul in 'January. The Gorman orphan 'asylum nt Dubuque buquo has 110 inmate ? . A financial cyclone has domolishoi the base ball park at Creston. Cedar Rapids people kept their diges tlon in trim last month with 17,600,001 gallons of water. A double-headed calf , native born has Doen added to the industrial freak of Burlington. A number of farmers in Chorokoi county propose to organize a grain ship ping association and dispense with mid dlomon. The bold burgaller make life nn un broken nightmare In Dos Molnos. Together gother with prohibition constables , the ; make a team ot nuisances of unoqital'ed strength. The management of the Insane hos pital nt Clnrinda wants nn appropria tion of $ 00,000 to build an addition of six uards and a kitchen. Dakota. There nro .132 newspapers in the ter ritory. The Illinois Central track has reached Ihc oullicastcrn border of the territory. Tlio bccijcss boomers of Cass county have raised sL'0,000 to uniorce local op tion. Artesian water has been struck at a depth of - " > ( ) foot on Schlouuing'o ranch , near Rapid City. 11 has noun shown that there Is an in- crcaso of ,000,000 bushels this year in thu Dakota corn crop. The rooting slate recently discovered in thu Black Hills is pronounced by experts to be of good quality. A MOVING TOWN. Virginia City Traveling Itantdly Down the Hill. Virginia ( Nov. ) Enterprise : Vir ginia , Nov. , from the Chollar and Po- torii on the south to the Ophir on the north , and from what is known as the Virginia ledge on the west for nn in- dollnito ( IIBlanco on the east , but in- eluding n line from the G. nnd 0. shaft north and south , seems to bo an ani mated mass of sliding and raising and falling earth. Some sixty feet above Summit street , commencing at the Savage and running to the Chollar , the point of Uoimrturo between the moving earth and the firm west country rock is clcnrlv marked , without a break , by a slide varying from two foot to nine or ton foot in depth. It is plainly visible from every part of town , and ninety-nine persons out of every hundred believe it is a road built there by the county or the water company. It winds around the little gulches and around the mountain .8 regularly as though it was built fern n even railroad grade , and the \\all it xpo-.es is as clearly defined as any ninur wants to look at. At the Ophir 'bloisom , " or croppings , just below their auk , the lowest depression is attained. The water works system of Virginia mil of the mining companies runs north mil south , with lateral lines , on the .u'inoipul streets , and is crosscutted on ill the cross streets. If the reader will onsult a map of Virginia and follow ho following description lie will see ex ictly how she is a-wiggling : The ivater-tanks are all situated on the firm ivest country. From the Savage to the Ophir the water-pipes all pull apart on every street until they get to C'strect , and from there east they jam together. This pulling and jamming is considera le. Where the water mains leaves auk ono and crosses the break noted ibovu the pipe pulled apart nnd the east side sunk two foot and traveled cast icarly three foot. At the corner of Flowery and D streets , where Chief onnSson recently put a fire main , the pipe was found jammed live inches. Tlio Ophir company have had to put in .Jeeves . above Carson street several ime.s. On Sutton avenue , Union street nnd Taylor street Chief Pcnnison has lad to do the same- thing , and , ho milling , company , which re cently put a Iti-inch main down Taylor street , 1ms already had to repair three times on account of the frisky inturo of the street. By the Choi'ar Aorks the west country must bo much 'urther west than t is north'of it , for .heir . water tank and their entire system , ib well as that of the city , is moving east , so regularly and oven that there is " > ut little ditliculty to keep things in re- inir around there. The pipes thn't run north and south from the Savage to the Ophir on B nnd C streets net just about alike. At the junction of Flowery on C and a corresponding spending point on B street the water pipes jam righ together. Fourhnndred loot north they pull apartf and at points 400 and 300 feet still north they again pull apart and slccvos have to ro put in to lengthen them. Opposite the Bank of Nevada the pipes pull apart , and from tcoro to Sutton avenue the movement east is steady and slight. At Sutton avenue they jam and crowd so much that pieces have to be cut out to shorten them. Once they jammed right into a valve and a new valve had to bo put in. From Sutton avenue north everything lides smoothly with the country. While things nro restless enough on the surface there is genuine activity un derneath. This is , in fact , so great that it is almost inconceivable. Of course , all this disturbance is duo to the im mense quantities of rock which have boon taken out of the mines since the first hoisting plant was set upon the lode. It is impossible to account for every movement on the surface by the ebcavations that have been made un derneath , but the greatest depressions and longest slides visible on top arc in variably opposite or in the neighbor hood of paying mines mines in which the largest slopes have boon made. All tlio old maps which have been made of the Consolidated Virginia and California mines during bonanza days , to cite particular instances , which are now only about ton years old , nro to-day absolutely worthless , so far as they may bo consulted for the purpose of making connections or re-opening old drifts and btopes. As the Irish man would say , "They tire not thoro. " They have moved. How much have they moved ? The map shows that from a certain wall to another , giving two points that are almost imi > Obsiblo to mistake , the dis tance is 854 feet. Since the lire has been extinguished the points have been found ; the walls are there a plain and as eyes over saw thorn , but they are only 150 fect _ apart now. Ono can scarcely believe it. A stopo which is down on the map as having sixteen sots of square timbers 1112 feet was found. The timbers for the sixteen sets are all there , but so jammed that the sixteon- inch timbers are only four inches wide , and an entire stopo is not more than ten fcot wide. And so it i& all through the workings. The reader could form a fair idea of the immense pressure that is brought upon stopo timbers only by seeing them , When a stopo is bulkheaded , timbers are put in about as thick as they can got , and everything titled neatly. ! On the 1,000 foot level of Consolidated Virginia there is a drift , ono side ol which Is under almost continual repair for a distance of about 100 feet , and the ether side does not move at all. The moving side is planked. The rock is taken away and the planks are sot six teen inches from the timbers and wooden pegs nro sot between the planks and the timbers. The moving rocks press against the planks and crunch the peg * until they reach the timbers , when the same work has to bo all done over. Apparently solid walls that look as smooth us a slate , and which snom im movably llrm will sometimes commence to crumble and crack. When tlio mine was full of oxide gas the subtle fluid came right out of wells of this kind , and that is what mndo it so dangerous and diltlcult to handle. This agitation will doubtless go on a : long as mining work is donuon the lode but it will olways bo of the same .char acter that it is now. There will bo nn sudden downfall so long as the mining is not done too near the surface , and sc long as proper timbering Is done. So , timid people need lose no sloop on ac count of our immense mining opera tions. A HOOSIERHERMIT. _ Ho 11ns Plenty of Money tint Ihe In Holltai'r Wretolif liu > H and Hiunlor. | 4 , I'lntiillolil , I ml , , correspondent writes : Tlloro is .situated four mile * south of hero an oddly' constructed hut of two rooms. Tin homo Is located wnfis distance back from the public highway , Rjul to the casual observer passing along C.'i'uio * be seen at all. The place is completeMolded ! from all view by a dcnns grovth 01 ! : : "nboo , which of itself is n curliKity in this eli mate. A well-worn pathway is the onlv passage that lends up to door of this rude dwelling , where lives ono of the most amusing and et'centrio characters to bo found in Indiana. The name of the person Is John Moon , and his age. to judge from appearance , Is about eighty your * . Ho Isot . strong , and in summer of ton makes "long jour neys on foot , attending all the fairs , public sales and shows of all kinds for many miles around , whore ho Is well known by almost every man , woman and child. Ho goes barefooted both winter and miminor , and is fond of boasting that his fcot never know a covering. Of his early life but little Is known , except what ho chooses to tell. Ho came to this country manv years ago , when the country was no'w , nnd entered 100 acres of the richest farming land , which ho yet retains. Ho was never married , and is not known to have any living relative. Up to a few years ago ho worked industriously on his farm , and must by his labors have accumulated a small fortune , but ho always asserts , when asked concern ing his wealth , that ho is npoor'mnn. It is .supposed that ho has his treas ure buried , from the fact that the busi ness men of this place are often called upon to exchange gold coin for silver and paper currency by him. Evil dis posed persons have upon more than ono occasion made nocturnal visits to his farm and hunted for the money , but with no success. This extremely pecu liar individual claims that his boyhood days and tlira of his early manhood wore spent in the Rooky mountains , and ho has considerable evidence in the way of hunting relics to support his declara tions. His lonely hut. which is onlv occupied by himself , is a veritable curi osity shop , and possesses great interest for any person , who is so lucky as to gain admittance thereto. " A reporter recently happened in the vicinity of Moon's premises , and de termined to pay a visit to the abode ot this strange character , both for the pur pose of satisfying his own curiosity and securing , if possible , a morsel for the readers of his paper. The old hermit , or miser , was found in a small inelosuro adjoining the hut feeding his poultry , numbering several hundred , wJiio'h Hocked around him without fear. His income from their sale alone must uiuMint to considerable. Your corre spondent , by playing the role of a hun ter and complimenting the flourishing condition of his poultry , finally suc ceeded in gaining the confidence of the old man , and upon expressing a desire to view the interior of the mean hovel , was unceremoniously invited inside. The rooms were almost entirely de void of furniture. An old cupboardwith a few pieces of old erockorjwind cooking utciibils ; a broken-backed chair , and an iron pot or two completed the list. Tlio style and number of the decorations , however , wore astonishing. Over the door , which was the single entrance to the cabin , was the old flint-rock rifle , which , the old man said , was his con stant companion in all of his hunting exploits in the "Rockies. " No carpet covers the rough-hewn board floor , but instead there are thrown carelessly around numerous bear , panther , buf falo , and many other wild animals' hides. With each specimen nn interest ing tale of daring bravery is con nected , which Moon , when in the right mood , is very fond of relating. Ho entertained your corre spondent with a few of these'wonderons stories , whjch , if space would permit , would make good rcaiding for those ad venturously inclined. Ranged upon bholvcs around on all sides of both rooms wore the mementoes of his early travels. A few were from Mexico ; where ho claims to have spent a number of yours ; but the greater part of the curi osities were from what was then the "wild and unsettled west. " They em- bi'aco collections of Indian darts'toma , hawks , stone axes and various other articles used in Indian warfare , besides curious stones and nuggets of jrohl and silver , kept us a rombrance of the Cali- fordia gold excitement of ' ! ! ) , of which Moon was an active participant. It is surmised by borne that ho pros pered there and has his fortune hidden in some becuro ] ) lace upon his farm. One of the curirsities that interested your correspondent most was several pairs of elks' horns of tremendous bi/.o , which ornamented tlio walls of the rooms. Previous to the departure of his attentive I ut somewhat inquisitive vis itor the queer individual extended a polite invitation to partake of a frugal repast which ho had hastily prepared. The bill of faro consisted of iuivd bis cuits and fried squirm ; ! , well Seasoned , cooked over an old-fashionod firo-placo. The meal was relished. .It was served standing , there being noseats to occupy , in the simplest manner. Upon leaving your correspondent was heartily en joined to "call again. " Moon , like most ether persons of his character , is con sidered by the people of this section as authority upon weather prophecy. A Story of Stolen Diamonds. Chicago Herald : Last winter social circles wore startled by the publication of a paragraph which announced that a well-known Washington society ladj had boon robbed of a set of diamonds valued at $ L'0XK ( ) , the thief being naid to be a well-known man in social circles. In a few days names began to bo men tioned in the ca o , the lady being iden tified as Mrs. Scott-Townsoml , while the culprit was wild to bo John Schuyloi Crosby , a well-known man about town. Mrs. Towns-end is the daughter ol W. L , Scott , of Erie , Pa. , tlio mil lionaire congressman , while Mr. Croibj is of a prominent Now York fam ily , and served for > mo time in the war on General Sheridan's staff. Ho was appointed by President Arthur as governor of Montana terri tory , and subsequently was made Ural assistant postmaster general. Both ho and Mrs. Town&ond denied the story but it found many bollovors. It has now boon discovered that the diamonds' were stolen bv a servant In the employ of Mrs. Townscnd , who , after the thuft , escaped to California and recently opened nogotiiitionsthroughan attorney for their return , his price being $ o,000 and a promise that ho should not bo prosecuted. It is now understood that Governor Crosby will prosecute the people ple who first put the story in circulation. This will Invite a well known female newspaper writer and the wifo.of a prominent democratic . Muiator , from whom the correspondent is said to ob tained her information. i n Mjsllo .le\vilH. Popular Science : But when the ling was not plain , precious stones of some kind coiiRlitutcd the setting , and when the holcction of the btono was In ques tion the dominance of fashion was ab- Boluto. In the .fourteenth century an Italian writer set forth the virtues of the v.irloiiK gems , Indicating thu month in which it was proper to wear partic ular Moties. The idem took , ami for Kilno titno it was thu fashion In several Italian cities to have the precious stone- of the ring determined by the month In which the bride was born , If In Jan uary , the stone \\IIH a garnet , believed to have the power of winning Iho wearer friends , \ ( In February , her ring was set with an amcthisl , which protected her from poison and from slnnderoUM tongues. The blood stone was for March , making her wNo and enabling her with "illeneo to bear domestlu cares. I'ho ui"ond : : ! for April , keeping her icart innocent fini ! pure , so long as ho worn the gem. An etu' 'iild for May undo her n happy wife , while nfi ! ifuto 'or June giu'o nor health and protection 'rom fairies and ghosts. If born in July .ho stone was a ruby , which tended to coop her free from jealousy of her hus band , while in August tlio sardonyx made her happy In tlio maternal rela tion. In September n sapphire was the Itroper stone , it preventing quarrels be tween the wedded pair ; in October n . 'nrbimelo was chosen to promote her love of home. The November born bride wore n topiu , it having the gift of making her truthful and obedient to lior husband ; while in December the turquoise insured her faithfulness. Among the German country folk the last named stoiui is to the present day used as a setting for tlio betrothal ring , mill , so long n.s it retains its color , is be lieved to indicate the constancy of the wearer. The Diidu of Ynutcpcc. Correspondence by Faiinio Ward : Yonder goes the duiio of Yuutopoo , a wealthy \oung sugar planter , whoso an cestral acres stretch away beyond the limits of the vision. Ho bestrides a pnftielng stood , the pace of which is hero known as "single stop , " and the gorgeous saddles and trappings that cover the animal almost out of sight inust have cost a moderate fortune. Observe how pSiijjnrly he holds his goldhcaded whip , and 'hnw the big diamond mend sparkles in the end of its ! Sco his pearl inlaid revolvers protruding from the Bash of crimson silk , which his short black jackets imperfectly conceals. ' His pantaloons , light as two candlu molds , are decorated with double rown of genuine half dollars up the outside seams , sot so olosoly together as to overlap and braided together with gold cord. The pointed toes of his tiny shoos are thrust into silver stirrups of enormous si/e , and from his heels dangle silver spurs that ton to one outweigh his feet. His great sombrero of white felt has a gold cable largo as your thumb wound round and round it , and its broad , thick brim boars a heavy arabasquo of gold. His horse is M ) perfectly trained that the rider never uses the rein , but boinls slightly to the right or the left to indi cate his wish. The mo'/.o , or groom , who rides behind at a respectful distance , forms an ad mirable foil to the gorgeousno'iB of his nuuiter , whom ho constantly eyes with nn air of cxeessivo pride and dignity , as ono who says : "Thoro he goes ; just look at himl Ain't he n daisyV His hacienda covers 1,000 square miles , and that white sombrero cost 8100 if it cost a cent. " The mo/.o is a good r'uler more soberly dressed than the dude ho follows , though his sombrero is equally broad and the coins on his brooches are mndros ( six-cent pieces ) , instead of half dollars. Besides the dagger and braoo of pistols whien ho sports in his cotton wishi , | i broad , saCago looking swoid , called a mechato , is silicic in the baddlo-Hhealh. This warlike rig , though scarcely needed now. is a burvival of the tinio when personal defense was a matter of daily necessity. How n Timid lord IJcat Three Imwyors. Atlanta Constitution : Not far 'from the city of Montgomery , in the state of Alabama , on ono of the roads running from that city , lives a jolly landlord by the name of Ford. In fair weather or foul , in burs tfmos or boft , Ford would have his joke whenever possible. Ono bitter , stormy nightor rather morning , about two hours hoforo daybreak , ho was aroused from his slumbers by loud shouting and knocks at his door. Ho turned out. but sorely against his will , and demanded what was the matter. It was dark as tar , and as ho could see no ono ho cried out : ' Who are you , there ? " "Three lawyers from Montgomery , " was the answer. "We are benighted and want to stay all night. " "Very sorry 1 can't accommodate you so far , gentlemen. Do anything to oblige you , but that's impossible. " The lawyers , for they were three of Iho smartest lawyers in the'state , and 'ready to drop with fatigue , held a con sultation , and then , as they could do no bolter and wore too tired to go another stop , they asked : "Well , " can't you stable our horses , and give us eliulrs nnd a good tire until morning ? " "Oh , yes ; I can do that , gentlemen. " Our learned and legal friends wore soon drying their wet clothes by a bright Uro as they composed themselves to pass the few remaining hours in their chairs , do/ing and nodding , and now and then swearing a word or two of im patience as they waited till daylight did appear. The longest night has a morning , and at last the sun came along , and then in due time a g < > od breakfast made its ap pearance ; but to thomirpribo of the law yers , who thought tlio house was erowdad with guests , none but them selves sat down to partake. "Why , Ford , I thought your house wasbo full you couldn't give UH a bud last night ? " said ono of the travelers. "I didn't say so , " Ford replied. "You didn't ? What in the name of thunder , then , did you say ? " "You asked mo to let you May hero all night , and I said it would bo impos sible , for the night was night on to two- thirds gone when you came. If you only wanted beds why on carlli didn't you bay M > ? " The lawyers hud to give it up. Thrco of them on ono side , and tlio landlord alone had heated thorn all. lilnok IlillK Tin. The anxiety to know whether this country contains a really valuable tin mine , ono that can bo worked practi cally , is not confined to Americans by any moans. It is shared by a good many Knglish people of high and low degree , who happened to ho stock holders in the company formed to work thi ) Ilarney peak mines in the lllauk hills. A committee of the investor lias recently be-on In the country to in vostigatorfl. Just before they Milled ono of thorn , John Taylor , u banker , told William K. Dodge , of Now York , that ho thought the mine a good one , while another , a Mr. Price , considered it valuable. "No doubt there are indications of tin there , " wild Mr. Dodge to-night , "but the general linpresrion hero IH that the deposit in of no commercial value. The company established Mimelhing of a plant two years ngo , but 1 do not know that any tin wns over taken out. There have boon u ( rood many 'pookuli of tin found in this country , but none of thorn has ever paid for working ; but when wo do gel a good mine hero thcro'll bo no need to go to England for capital to develop it. " , ' - Leland hotel , Chicago *