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r p OMAHA DAILY. BE fl : MONDAY , JANUARY 10 , 188a DAILY BEE. l'UIJMHHii > EVKUY MOKNING. THUMS OF SUilsniIPTIOS. IMlyMornttiK ( IMltlom InclmUiiK Sunday m.K.One Year . 1J ft ] rorSlxMontln . f ; ' " Kor Three Month * . , . v -M Tlio ( Jiiinliu s-mulay IIKK , inutktl to any nd- dros * , One Year . 2 ra O MllAOmcr..Nos.OHANii9lir.\nNAMSTiiF.KT. ) Nrvr YOHK OFI-ICK , HOOM W , TIIIMUNK lliiu.u- i.so. WASIIIMITON Office , No. M3 1-oun- TKtNTJl hTIIEfcT. . . AH communications relating to news and rdltorlal matter Khotild b Bddrt-SEod to the KUITOIt or TIIK IlKK. IIUSINIISS uvrraip. All tillMw-Es Icttois nnd remlttnnrni iliould bo addressed to Tin : III.K I'IUIMMIIMI CoMi'isr , ( IM * It A. Draffs , rlr < Ks nnd ixxtulllco orders to 1,0 inaile payable to tlio order of tht ) company. * Tlic Ecc Polsliingliipiy , Proprietors , E. ROSttWATJUt. EDITOR. _ TIIH l > AlijY 1JKK. Hworn .Statement of Circulation. Btntn of Nebraska , I _ roimtvoMoiUlM ) ! , I ' ' ( ii-o. II. 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Notary Public. SKXATOH ALMSON leads all oilier prcsidontal candidates in the Ilawkoyo slate. The bunntor lias many warm friends on thla side of the Missouri. RAISICKS of northern hoes want lard made out of southern-cotton seed placed on the saino footing as oleomargarine. If this is sectionalism make tlio most of it. it.A A JiKMliKU of congress has introduced a bill to discontinue the coinage of thrcu-cont pieces. If Huch u bill becomes - comes a law it will bo a hard blow on the thrifty people whoaro in the habit of trying to inalco that little coin do duty for u dime. IT never freezes in San Francisco and nobody was over known to bo killed by lightning in California. But they make up for this immunity by opidomio and contagious diseases. Just now there is an opidomio of smallpox in San Fran cisco which is carrying off men , women nnd children like shoop. CHIKF GAI.T.IOAN is enforcing strict discipline in tlio fire departmentami for this ho is entitled to credit. At this Reason of the year when disastrous fires are frequent and life and property en dangered , it is of the utmost importance thut sobriety , vigilance and obedience bo enforced in the flro department. Now that Tom Platt has been ousted from his position as quarantine commis sioner of Now York city it is to bo hoped his place will bo filled by some man who will attend to the duties of the position with the thoroughness which its im portance demands. The whole country is interested in this matter. MK. COLOKOW , who it will bo remem bered had a little misunderstanding with some of the citizens of .Colorado last summer , wants thirty- ono thousand dollars from the state to defray the ex penses incurred during his little excur sion from the reservation. The com missioner of Indian affairs supports the claim. Colorado will not bo so ready to got up a bogus Indian war again. Tim Kansas City brick-makers have combined to raise the price of brick when the building season opens , but their avarice is liable to bo checkmated. A number of contractors have made heavy purchases of brick in St. Louis nnd flat-boats are now being built to transport them up the river when navi gation opens. This is suggestive to Omaha contractors. ARKANSAS wants more inhabitants. A convention for the purpose of devis ing means to induce immigration is to bo held at Little Rock on the 31st of this month. When Arkansas was ad mitted as a state half a century ago she was twenty-fifth in rank as regards pop ulation. She occupied the same rela tive position in 1880 , when the last national census was talcon. The tide of immigration has been westward across the great temperate belt and it cannot bo diverted so long as the resources of the great west remain only partially developed. A NKW company hasheen incorporated for the construction of a railroad from Omaha to Yankton , Dakota. Exper ience does not warrant the public in in dulging enthusiastic expectations re garding this enterprise , but there is good reason to believe that the now company really means business , and we think it may safely bo said that the OHt- look for this mobt important addition to the railroad outlets of Omaha is more favorable than over before. That the contemplated road will ultimately bo built there can bo no doubt , but the time is , now ripe for it and Omaha interests ought to bo vigorously exerted in promoting meting the enterprise. TUB governors of several statessouth and west , have urged in their annual messages the importance to their re spective states of emigration bureaus nnd organi'/cd olTorts to induce immi gration. Those messages forcibly illus trate that the olTorts made in congress to check immigration are premature. Laws against the importation of pau pers , criminals and iuwuio people are already on the btatuto books , and if faithfully enforced afford ample protec tion against undesirable foreign immi gration. Thrifty and healthy men and women , who want to bettor their con dition in this country , will continue in demand for years to come. .IiiiR.t Aot. .Mr. Lnmar uiguull/.cll bis retirement from the ofllco of fiocro'tary of the inte rior by removing , as the last act of. his administration , the land-cleric , of the land olllco , Mr. Lo Linrnca. The dis missed olliclal had held the position for eight years and discharged ltd duties acceptably and faithfully , Uoforo the present administration cumo into ixwer lie had became known as an advocate of land reform , thereby Incurring thu dis pleasure of the land-grunt corporations , the syndicates and the private land claimants. When Sparks was appointed commissioner ho found Lo Barnes a most valuable help in acquiring the information ho needed , and the two worked together in full accord and sympathy. It was the land clerk who furnished the information and matters of detail on which the land-grant forfeiture bills adopted by the last congress were based , lie framed for Mr. Lamar his reply to Dorsoy , involving a statement of funda mental principles aud an announcement of administrative policy. Ho prepared the public land portion of the presi dent's message to the second session of the last congress , formulating and de fining the public laud policy of the ad ministration at its head. In short , ho lad shown himself a most capable , use- ill and upright olllcial , with the inter- istsof the government and the people it heart. Being such an official ho had earned ho displeasure of all the powers arrayed igainst a reform of the land policy , and hey have steadily pursued him. Re. 'erring ' to his removal ho said it was u nistako to Bay that It was summary. There Mad been many demands for his ollleial head during his term of ser vice , but it remained for Mr. Lnmar , the iirofesscd champion of reform , who in iis last report sought to arrogate to limsolf all the credit of what had boon iccompli&hod in the way of reform , to icriflce this faithful and zealous olllcial to the hostility of the land plunderers of every class. Was this action necessary io carry out the full terms of a contract ? Sparks was driven out after Lamar had > eon invited by the president to accept the vacant justiceship in the supreme court , and now that the quos- rinn of his confirmation is pending n the senate- the ollloient adjutant of the ox-coinmissiotior is deposed. Mean time unearned lands have boon turned over to railroads , and the policy of co- "orm has seemed to como to a halt. Is there in all this the fulfillment of an igreomont by which Mr. Lamar is to secure the votes of railroad-attorney and land-grant senators ? This is most naturally suggested , and the sequel will show how far the suggestion has warrant. The circumstantial evidence ! it hand does not put Mr. Lamar in a nero favorable light before the country. Several members of congress have M-otostod to the president against the removal of Lo Barnes , but thus far Mr. Jlevoland has made no response. Ho is not likely to do so , for the reason that Lamar will convince him that the removal was necessary , on the same rounds upon which ho sought to justify the demand for ousting Sparks , and will iidviso Mr. Cleveland to take no notice of the matter. Tho. president will do nothing that might prove inimical to the chances of the friend for whom ho has a "positive affection , " oven though it should bo obvious to all the world that his friend has for his own advantage be trayed his confidence and sacrificed the interests of the people. To-day , if the president is not hoard from , it is ex pected that a resolution will bo offered in the house of representatives call ing for an investigation of La- mar's last removal , but this , also , will probably amount to nothing. The democratic majority will bo very nearly Bolid against it , ind if the corporations are taking an interest in the cause of Lamar there will bo republicans who cannot bo made to see any wisdom in. the proposed in vestigation. LoBurncs is outand ho is out for good. The indications are that Lamar will bo confirmed. When that is done the country may bo able to learn , without a special invesliga'tiou , the true inwardness of what has transpired in connection with the general land office since Mr. Laraar was invited to take a place on the supreme bench. Carl Isle Will Keep Ills Seat. The committee on elections of the house of representatives will to-day re port that Mr. Carlisle is entitled to his seat. 'In this three republican members of the committee will unite with the democrats. The other three republi can members , while not convinced that Mr. Carlisle is not entitled to his seat , are of the opinion that the request oi Thoobo for a reopening of the case , in order that ho might bo given an oppor tunity to introduce now evidence , should have been granted. The result , however , was a foregone conclusion. Only the most overwhelming evidence could have induced the demo cratic majority of the committee to report unfavorably to Mr. Car lisle , and such evidence was not pre sented. What was shown , Iiowoverwas far more formidable than Mr. Carlisle had anticipated , and forced him to n.n elaborate defense which ho had not in tended to mako. As to the now evi dence which it was wild the contestant had scoured , it might have matoriallj strengthened his case , but it is not at al probable that it would have re&ulted in a different judgment. However desira ble ruluise from public life would bo to Mr. Carlisle , and ho seems not averse to laying down the burdens and cares of t public career , his party does not fee disposed to spare him at present It may not have nny largoi honor for him than ho now en joys , and It may not as n whole be quite satisfied with everything ho has done but It has no other man who at this time could quite fill his place among its leaders. If there had over been a ques tion regarding the success of Mr. Car lisle in the contest for his seat the entire democratic party would have domandec of its representatives in congress t judgment in his favor. The Now lloss of the The chairman of the ways and means committee of the house of rcpresonta tlvos Is accorded the distinction of be ing the loader of his party in the house ' This honor the present head of that. committee , Mis Mills , of Texas , appears to estimate at its full value and to bo de termined to enjoy. Ills first essay at leadership , however , while not nn&uc- cessful , has put him into a somewhat absurd position that ought to bo an in- f-tructlvo lesson , but may not bo In his case. When on Friday Mills moved an adjournment of the house until Monday , igreeably to the request of a number of emocratio members , objection was nado nnd In the heat of the parliamon- ary battle that ensued Mills pro claimed what ho evidently thought hottld be decisive of all further contro versy , that ho had promised a great nany members that no business should > o transacted on Saturdav. The house ccolvcd this novel assumption of au- hority to dotcrmlno when it should do ) Usincs3 as an amusing stretch of lowdor- hip and Mr. Mills found himself the object of general ridicule , but it was finally thought necessary to defer to his ) ositon ! as the ostensible leader and iis motion prevailed. The incident is interesting as illus- irating the character and capacity of ho man whom Mr. Carlisle , out of ro- jiird for precedent , has placed at the lead of the most important committee of congress. Impulsive , thoughtless , opinionated nnd obstinate , hardly uiy man in the house is less fitted to lischargo judiciously the very import ant duties devolving at this juncture upon the chairman of the ways and neans committee. Mr. Mills , in his of- 'orts to assort and maintain a leadership 'or which ho is clearly incompetent , nay bo safely expected to blunder into nero ridiculous positions than that ho 'ell into on Friday , and what is it more serious matter to do things that may re- lard or jeopardize the legislation ho is looked to promote. When precedent cannot bo followed without raising men positions for which their natural do- : ccts disqualify them there ought to bo 10 hesitation in disregarding it. TIIK Ucjntllimn attempts to exonerate Boehol nnd his man Friday , Southard , 'or voting a license to .T. A. King , after bis application had boon rejected , by reason of serious charges. Bochol's champion seeks to throw a doubt upon the reports of the police , and plays upon public credulity by telling a piti ful story about King's illness , which is said to bo the cause of the irregularities complained of by the police. Wo know nothing personally about King or his resort. The report of the chief of poLice - Lice shows that King kept a disorderly liouso where people were robbed in various ways. King himself was ouco arrested on a charge of larceny , if we remember correctly. It was manifestly the duty of the license board to reject King's ap plication , whether made for his Doug las street resort or fora now location. But Bechol and Southard overruled Mayor Broatch and thus wont back on the reform which they had pretended to favor. Beohel and Southard have deliberately made their beds with the lawless elements , and they must be hold responsible for this betrayal of a sacred trust. Tnnitn is a very favorable prospect that the infantry bill of Senator Man- dorson will bo promptly passed by the senate , having received the unanimous approval of the military committee , and the senator is confident it will also pass the house before the close of the session. Our readers have boon made familiar with the provisions of the bill , which the best military authorities approve as necessary to improve the organization of the infantry branch of the army Senator Manderson has been commendably - ably persistent in urging this measure from session to session , and must re gard with great satisfaction the favor able promise of its final success. As compared with St. Paul , Minne apolis , Duluth , Bismarck and Fargo , where the mercury is ranging between thirty and forty-five below : : ere , Omaha is comparatively a pleasant winter re sort. IF wo are to have any more tax-eaters wo suggest that the next ono put on the pension roll by the council will bo a citj inspector of sidewalk snow-shovolors. STATK AND TK1UIITOUY. Nebraska Jottings. The bonded debt of Otoo county is 84712,830. The Hastings postofllco did a business of $20,000 last year. Plattsmouth recorded eighty deaths last year. Several more are anxiously awaited. Bertram ! had a lively flro early las week , and $10,000 worth of property was consumed. The Columbus Democrat declares the growth of Omaha "still continues to bo marvelous. " The boot and shoo store of II. A Tonny , of Fremont , has been closed'bj chattel mortgages. The work of replacing the five span of the Platte bridge at Fremont is being pushed with all poasiblo energy. The city council of Fromqnt has con tracted for seven electric lights , at the rate of $10 each per month , to blaze from dark to midnight. The announcement is made again tha the B. fc M. will BOOH build a depot ii Plattsmouth. It was n pretty cold day when the report wns given out. Servant girls are scared and hard to please in Hastings. They demand the use of the parlor five nights week to cultivate leap year privileges. Benklomcn business men rocclvei eighty-six carloads of freight am shipped 4,400,000 pounds of grain am merchandise during the past year. The hydrophoblc dog shot in Counci Bluffs afow days ago is believed to bo the missing link of the aldermanu party which decorated the interior o the Ogden houso. "It ha < j been thirty days slncDundi county's Omaha lawyer , " says the Dem ocrat , "filed a claim before the count ) commissioners. May the good Lon give him grace to forbear anotho thirty. " "Omaha , " says the Ouster Leader "makes a grand showing of nenrl ; twelve millions in building improve ments during the past year. Truly ou metropolis is a city , and n pushing ono , too. " Culbortson turned loose about $70,00 ( In building improvements last year The principal items were a roller mill ito,000 ! ; bchool house , $10,000 , ; opOru louse , $0,000 ; several stores , hotels nnd esidcncos. . Miss RoseEd'tly , of Hastings , experi enced the first leap year rebuff froinJohn lobson , and took to strychnine. She van not Uobson's choice , nnd the reali sation shattered ! her spirit. The sheriff of Dawos county ha1 ? col- arcd Miller Miles , a colored soldier at Fort Robiiipon , who Is supposed to boonb of the murderers of Sergeant Stance. The latter was shot full of holes near Crawford , Christmas week. Columbus is ready to swear on a stack of chips that the wisdom of the supreme court is unbounded. Since the decision > f the court that the city had a right to ssuo bonds for a brldgo over the Loup. , ts praises have boon sung by young and old. old.Dr. Dr. Slicker , the Stratton medic who sprung into notoriety by his willingness .o sacrifice himself for democracy as a candidate for regent , has slid out of : own on a wave of wrath and exposure of past wickedness. Ho left reminders valued at )00 , which can bo bought cheap. The Fulton tract near Nebraska City will bo auctioned again , February 18. A committee of vigilantes should at tend , prepared to rasp the clutches of speculators should they attempt to de- 'eat the plan to purchase the land at its' ippraiscd valuation and present It to the city for a park. Mr. Morton's gen- croaity should not bo balked by individ ual greed. Kilpatrlck Bros.fc Collins.of Beatrice , claim to bo thu champion railroad build ers of the state. Last year the firm con structed 6I0 ! miles of read , nnd employed 0,000 men mid teams , at an expense of $ : > , loO)00. ! ) The work was done for the following companies : Chicago , Burling- Lon & Quinoy , S2S9 miles ; St. Joseph & Grand Island , 90 miles ; Union Pacific , 08 miles ; Chicago , Kansas & Nebraska , 00 miles ; Missouri Pacific , 82 miles. The humorists of the Fremont papers are easily moved to merriment. The report that the Elkhorn Valley road built a one-stall round house at the South Omaha stockyards produced sev eral paragraphic guffaws as bilious and fuddled as the authors. The twenty- stall round house and freight house built by the company at a cost of S100- 000 , in Omaha last year , would accom modate the population of Fremont and give separate stalls to the newspaper cattle. North Bond is waging a vigorous war on the elevator monopoly at that | point. The two elevators there are controlled by Himobaugh & Merriam , of Omaha , whoso extortions and galling treatment of patrons has raised a blizzard of indig nation. A meeting of prominent citi zens and farmers was hold Tuesday , and the elevator company unanimously de nounced. Resolutions wore adopted reciting that ground cannot bo had for a competitive elevator at North Boijd ; that competitipn is prevented by the refusal of jtho railroad to furnish cars ; that a fair market is impossible under the rule of that "prince of monop olies , " the elevator company , and that stops bo taken to organi/o farmers' co-operative association preparatory to building an olovtltor and stockyards. Tlio resolutions passed with a shout and a committee of seven was appointed to confer with the Union Pacific and Elkhorn Valley roads to ascertain which will give the be privilege for locating the elevator either at North Bend or Morse. ' Iowa i Items. Muscatino parties are shipping fine horses to the Philadelphia market. Two hundred and eighty-two sheep wore killed by dogs in Jefferson county during 1887 , and. ninety-three more in jured. Senator Schmidtl of Davenport , is the youngest member of the Iowa senate , and is said to have fallen heir to $2.50,000. Clinton has begun arrangements for the annual meeting of the State Fire men's association. The citizen's will raise $7,000. The records of the state board of health show the deaths in Iowa result ing from lightning in the past four years to bo eighteen. Since the opening of the Orphans' homo at Davenport in 1862,1,4015 sol diers' orphans have boon received. OI these 95 per cent , are good and useful citizens , according to the report of the management. A young girl at Kookuk , on Tuesday last , fell on n bridge , and , being unable to rise immediately , her tongue froze fast to the iron railway , and remained in that condition until she was released by Borne passer-by. It is thought she will suffer much before her tongue heals. George M. Armstrong , a brakemnn who was coaxed with a gun to marry a Miss Carr , in Perry , Juno 16,1885 , is suing for a divorce in Denver , Col. , on the ground of immorality. Armstrong says that at the time ho was forced to marry ho deeded to his wife forty acres of land in Jasper county , which she subsequently sold for $ -500. A. W. Fullio , a farmer in Taylot county , was accidentally killed last week and his untimely taking on" illustrate : a sermon on divine wrath. Two weeks ago when the first blizzard came he made use of tlio expression , that 'i : there was such a being as Goi Almighty , ho was without love or fool ing for humanity or ho would not send such storms upon them , ' at the same time declaring that if another such storm came ho would go to a climate that had never been cursed with such storms , and escape the vigilance of the almighty. The storm came on Tuesdaj morniiii ; and ho began preparations for departure. Securing a largo trunk ho packed it and Wednesday morning went to load it into a wagon to haul to Villiscn where ho expected to take the nftornoor train. Ho had ono end of the trunk in a wagonbox and was raising the othei end from the ground when his feel slipped from under him , the sharp edge striking him upon'tho neck as ho laj upon the ground. His neck was" broken nnd ho died almost instantly. Dakota. Saloon Hconso in Hamlin county has boon raised to $1,000. , T. E. Whitosido'has boon appointee register of the Deadwood land olllce. Custcr City is nuilp sure that in the near future it will huvo the first complete ploto tin plant known in America. A Deadwood druggist has packed his stock and will move to a sicklier clime The country is too healthy to hold him The coroner of Deiulwood whoso valu able services last yoaramountod toU.U ! ) now threatens to resign because the bil was cut down to $3.20. Delegate GilTord , who has suffered ccnsideraoly from disease of the eyes resembling catarrh , has had an opera tion performed , and has been obliged to give up evening work altogether. As soon as gas is lit ho is forced to retire. He is mending rapidly , and hopes to find his eyes in a normal condition in a few days. Wyoming. Cheyenne is enjoying a three-ply boom the legislature , street cars and t republican city council. Oil and plumbago have boon dlscov orod within thirty-five miles of Cheyenne onno by John Ellison , a machinist. Throe grades of lye ore made at the Lnrumiu Chemical works , of dilleren logroea 'of strength. The "Elk" Is the strongest , the "Wyoming" crushed Ivo ocond , and "Daisy" crushed lye llio" bird. All of them are pure , and are nit up in pound cans. Tlio Elb lye is n superior disinfectant , nnd Is a great soap maker , but the Boomerang Ho still nnlntatns the first rank in strength nnd ntonsity. The city council of Cheyenne baa de cided to Invest in nn artesian well 1.000 'cot deep. A great dual of anxiety and expense could bo saved if the Cheyenne lads would apply to tholr Omaha brotti- ron for the grade and brand of unadul terated prohibition which they tapped on the biirfacu of Council 13lulls last week. An attempt was made last Wednesday to wreck two pansongor trains on the Union Pacific between Sherman and Buford stations. A heavy tie was placed on the track. The descent at Ibis point is very sharp , and the first section of No. " was running lively when the obstruction was mot. Fortu nately the engine threw it off the track. Fifteen minutes later the second section had a similar experience , but the ob struction was again thrown from the track. A vigorous search is being made for the miscreants. A Famous Advonturosi. Fannie B. Ward in Philadelphia Record : Next to the Bazatno mansion is that once occupied by the Princess Salm-Salm. All middle aged Washingtonians - tonians , and especially veterans in the Army of the Potamac , will remember that dashing adventuress. She was Agnes Lo Clorq , a native of Baltimore , who In early youth was a circus rider , danseuse and star actress , by which ac complishments she accumulated quite a fortune. When the war broke out she was making a great spread in Washing ton , though rather on the shady side of society , and was a prime favorite among olllcers of the Army of the Potamac. Finally she married a genuine prince , a Gorman , Felix Salm-Salm , who had volunteered in the Union army. The Tlio prince did not amount to much , but his wife was a princess all the same , and through her still powerful influence he was made a brigadier general. Many will remember her spirited style of beauty as she appeared in the reviews of those days , always dressed in semi- military garb and riding magnificently upon a splendid black stallion. Whou the war was over , and while the army wim being reorganized , she passoil a winter in Washington , endeavoring to obtain for her husband a colonel's com mission. But she was unsuccessful , for really the prince was not worth a row of pins , and tnoro wore too many would-bo colonels , most of thorn belonging to the noble army of invineiblos in peace and invinciblos in war. If the complete of Madame Salm-Salm's history - intrig ues in pursuance of her purpose should be dragged into print many a fair repu tation would suitor among the shining lights of the United States capital. Afterward she came to Mexico , where the weak Maxmilian was easily won to her cause , and teen Prince Salm-Salm was made aid-do-camp to the oraporor. For a time they lived in clover , but when the crash came Salm-Salm barely escaped being executed with his master. Doubtless ho would have boon but for the energetic interces sions of his wifewho went on horseback , unattended , all the way from Quoro- taro to San Luis Patosi , and on her knees besought the Indian president , Juarez , to spare both the emperor and his aid. She could not save the former , but the royal family of Austria was duly grateful. So it was to her advant age to return to Europe , where the prince was appointed a major in the Grenadier guards -Prussia. . After ho was killed at Gravelotto bis irrepressi ble widow raised a hospital brigade , which really accomplished a great deal of good during the war. Afterward she married Mr. Charles Honeago , an al- tatcho of the British legation at Berlin. But Madame Agnes LoClorq-Salm-Siilm- Heneago did not find the scion of John Bull BO pliant and manageable as her gentle Gorman husband , and the pair soon separated. She died about four years ago , having mot with more ad ventures than any woman of her day. O A 'Romance in a Senuto mil. Philadelphia North American : A bill which was introduced yesterday , to amend the record of an officer of the army , covers n romance. During the war a young officer was put under arrest for some trivial offense , tried nnd ac quitted , but while waiting for a verdict was in technical confinement at the fort at Mobile. In the meantime ho received a telegram that a young lady , to whom ho was engaged , nnd her father wore to arrive , and lie was asked to meet them. Ho stated the circumstances to the commandant at the post and asked permission to go to the sta tion , , which was refused , as he thought , without good reason , for the comman dant know as well as himself that ho had been acquitted by the courtnnd the oflicial order for his release was on its way from headtiuartors. Ho therefore concluded to take the chances of leav ing the fort without permission , and did so , because ho realized that his fiancco and her father would think it very strange if ho did not appear to welcome them. Ho wont , mot the party at the station , and conducted them to the hotel. Then ho returned to the fort. Ho found awaiting him the order of his release from confinement upon the first charge , but was at once arrested for disobed ience of orders in having loft the fort without permission. On this charge ho was tried and dismissed from the sor- vieo , but the girl nnd her father , when they found out the facts , stood by him , and the marriage took place earlier than was intended. On tlio records of the army ho appears as having been dismissed for disobedience of orders , and he now comes before congress to have the btain wiped out Tnbor's Claim on the Treasury. Philadelphia Record : Tabor , of Colorado rado , hius bobbed up again. Not now as United States senator with diamonl cuff-buttons and-shirt studs and $250 nightshirlsbutasan humble claimant at the senate's doors. Ills friend "Tom" Bowen , who has his seat in the senate , has Introduced a bill giving Tabor back $7,600 which ho Bpont on government account when ho was postmaster at Leadvillo in the early days of that min ing camp. Tabor was appointed just ns Leadville's boom began to grow. It grew so fast that in order to give the people decent postolllco facilities Post master Tabor , had spent $7,000 before ho could got the poitolllco department to make adequate allowances. Ever since then whenever ho has felt a little hard up ho has fallen back u ] > on that $7,500. But ho will bo older before ho shall be richer on that account. : cllel ] With Their JIoriiN lacked , Wausau ( Wis. ) Contrrl : E. J. Ship- man came across two largo doer in the woods north of Thorp , with their horns locked together , in which condition they had evidently been for several days. Ono of the animals was dead and frozen stiff when found , but the other wns ulivo nnd evidently in a starving condition , having dragged the dead deer a distance of about forty rods and ripped the brush and ground up generally in his olTorts to got loose. Jvhv Shipman < lespatched the live deer and to got tholr heads upart had to breuk the horuB of each. RENTING A FURNISHED FUAfr. Kjporloneo oFn HIUI FrnnclRRO Coup'lo ' I'hntMnjr He Duplicated KHewliere. Snn .Francisco Chronicle : About two nionths ngo a gontlomnn and his wife , who have boon residing in the vlrlnlty of Los Angeles for many years , arranged to take up their roMAonw iu this city. They lived in "boom" land before the blizzard of inflation struck It , and rc- polvlng to profit by the abnormal rlso in valuations , disposed of their lots nnd houses at a very fair profit. Having an eye for future Investments in northern California , they oamo to San Francisco. From street to street the couple wand ered in search of a residence , until ono day they found a fiat of four rooms duly advertised and announced as being to let furnished complete. The landlord was sought , and he , polite and accom modating , told his would-bo tenants that the flat ws to let on account of the former occupants leaving U > wn. The Los Angeles couple viewed the rooms and were very much pleased with the looks of tlio apartments. But Ills bettor to narrate the story from this ' point as it was told aChron'iclo reporter by the lady : "Wo hired the fiat it is on McAllis ter street and concluded to move in after the place was cleaned up. I en gaged n Japanese boy and a white cook , and they started to do the work. On the first day that wo wore in the rooms I was arranging some books on a table and had to pull it away from the wall. To my astonishment back logs fell down and the top collapsed with tlio load of literature. This was the first surprise. 1 sent the Japanese boy fora carpenter , and while ho was gone wont to the kitchen to see how dinner was getting on. Surprise number two awaited mo hero. I found the cook in n state of ex citement. She had taken the vegetable dishs from the cupboard , and when lifting the covers the dishes had fallen to pieces with a crash. I didn't know what to do , and returning to the parlor sat down on a fancy carved rock ing chair. Ominous cracking noises began to manifest na I took my heat , and suddenly the entire olfair fell to pieces. It had boon simply glued to gether-I had a good cry , atid then my husband , came homo. Went down town to a restaurant to dinner and comforted ourselves on the way homo to the fiat that the kind landlord would make things all right. 'Lot's play a hand ut casino before wo retire , ' said my hus band , drawing an ebony card table from the wall. Scarcely had the table boon placed in position than it , too , fell to pieces , showing the manner in which it had boon fastened. The legs and joints had bits of paper pasted on to hold them in plaeo. This wan the last straw and wo wont to bed. I had bettor pass over the quality of the matresses and pillows on that bed. The springs were worn out and stuck into our back and ribs as wo vainly endeavored to find a comfortable angle. "Tho next morning llio door boll kept up a continuous ring. The callers were duns looking for the last tenants , and as a climax , when wo returned homo after breakfast wo found a big , fat-looking , dirty man sitting before the kitchen range , smoking vile smelling cigars. Ho announced himself OB a deputy sher iff in charge , and proposed to remain where ho was until the judgment was satisfied. "What judgment ? " wo both asked aghast , "wo don't ewe anything. ' "No , but the last tenants did for the furniture , " was the reply. "Then the furniture don't belong to the landlord. ' "I should say not. Hero's the bill for $500. " said the sheriff's deputy , handing us a document bearing the nsuno of a firm that rents second-hand furniture. "This incident filled our cup of woo , and the next morning wo returned to the Palace hotel , resolved to never agalnt rent a furnished flat. " Transportation in Mexico. A correspondent writes to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from Mexico : When I say I think the system of tram ways , or street railroads , in llio City of Mexico is the most perfect system of transportation I have soon in the repub lic I probably ewe the jackass , or burro , system an apology. This meek , longsuffering - suffering , ovor-burdonod , unfed , nnd much-abused animal is utilized on all occasions and for all purposes. . At nny time of day and on all roads leading from the country to the city may bo scon in countless numbers this jack rabbit family , with every variety of market ing , including fruit , milk , poultry in coops , lumber , charcoal tied in bundles of weeds or long grass , building stone , brick , burned or unburned , and , in fact , everything that is movable is piled on these forolorn , friendless animals and carried to and from jtho country. It is said before the introduction of railroads that ns many as 60,000 were in use In and around tlio City of Mexico alone , and the same svslem of transportation prevails throughout the republic. The most amusing Ihinglhavo seen in the natives is the ingenuity they dis play in packing these burros with any thing they want to transport. Lumber that is Uio long to balance they attach to both sides of the donkey and lot one otid drag on the ground , and in that way haul it fifty miles or more from the mountains to tlio city , or the minca , as the case may bo. There is another class of transporta- lion in mexico , which should not bo overlooked , ns it enters largely into competition with all others , viz. : that by which the heads and backs of men and women are used. It is surprising to sco what heavy burdens are carried on both sexes , to and from the country , the n onion , generally with a papoose on her back , and frequently with one or two more children a shade larger , fol lowing close behind her , and bho be hind a man , who is driving a herd of burros , all alike loaded to their fullest capacity , and making Blow railroad time. 'There is another class known as cargadocrs , licensed by the govern ment , and usually employed in cities. They are entrusted with handling all valuable packages , moving household goods , carrying messages , transferring people on their backs across the streets that are BO often ovor- fiowed in the rainy season , etc. , etc. They are , in hhort , a kind of confiden tial transportation company , and the only ono Inavo over heard of in Moxico. As there are few navigable lakes or rivers of importance in tlio interior of Mexico , transportation by water cuts but a little figure , of courso. Still the native Indian continues to utilize what there is. The famous Lake Tezcuco , upon which Cortcz launched his little fleet in his attack upon the City of Mexico ice in 1420 , and into which the drainage of the city ib emptied , still affords navi gation for small craft , not drawing more than two foot of water , and is accessible to the city through canals which are utilized by the Indians for transporting pashongers and every variety of market ing , of which they raise largoquantitles along thu canalb and on the borders of the lake. It is upon ono of these canals that the far-famed "floatinggardens"cultivated in the limp of the Aztecs are located , and are btill utilized by the natives for the production of fruitsfioworsand veg etables. They are often visited by strangers and citizens who are attracted there to sec thu native Mexican in his aboriginal style of living. Each family and thuro is a great number of them liv ing along the line of-the canal , which is so'ino three miles long , ling ft pmnll , flat- bottom boiU.HOnjo twotity foot longnnd four feel wide , 'mow or less , which they covpr with ntv awning to protect the iKistiMiRora from the sun and rain. The boat is profiled by a polo in the hands of u man or woman , and as there is but HI tlo current good speed is made and the trip novi'l and enjoyable and is Often resorted to by pleasure parties. Tlio lliiysluii Novcltat. Fortnightly Review : In a nation full of life , but young , and newly in oontact with an old and powerful civilization , sensitiveness ami self consciousness tire prompt to appear. In the Americano , H8 well as in the Russians , wo see them active in a high degree. They are somewhat agitating and disquieting agents to their poi ossor , but they have , if they get fair play , great powers for evoking and enrich ing a literature. But the Americans , ns we know , are ant to sot thorn at rest In the manner of my friend , Colonel nel Higglnpon , of Boston. "As I take it , nature said fomo years Binco : 'Ths far the English is my best race ; buthavo had Englishmen enough ; we iiocddonio- thing with a little more buoyancy than the Englishman ; lot us lighten the structure , oven at pome peril in the pro cess. Put in ono drop more of nervous fluid , nnd make the American. ' With that drop , anew range of promise opened on the hitman race , and a lighter , liner , more highly organized typo of man kind was born. " People who by tills port of thing give rest to their sensitive and busy self-consciousness nmv very well , perhaps , bo on their way to great material prosperity , to great political power : but they are scarcely on the right way to a great literature , a seri ous art. The Russian does nol assuage his sensitivono'iH in this fashion. The Russian man of loiters docs not. make nature say : "Tho Russian is my bo.st raoo. " Ho finds relief to his sensitiveness in letting his per ceptions have perfectly free play and in recording their reports with perfect fidelity. The Hinroronoss with which the reports are given hai even some thing childish awl touching. In the novel of which I am going to speak there is not a line , not a trait brought in for the glorification of Russia or to feed vanitv ; things and chanuiter go as nature takes them , and the author is ab sorbed in seeing how nature takes them and in relating it. But wo have hero a condition of things which is highly favorable to the production of gooll literature , of good art. Wo have great sonsitivencHS , sub tlotly and finesse , addressing them selves \vith onliro disinlorostcdness and simplicity to the representations of human life. The Russian novelist is thus master of a spell to which the secrets - crots of human nature both what is external and what is internal , gesture and manner no less than thought and fooling willingly make themselves known. The crown of literature is poetry , and the Russians have not yet had a great pool. But in that form of imaginative literature , which in our day is the most popular and the most possible , the Russians at the present moment seem to mo to hold , as Mr. Gladstone would say , the field. Indian * UN Joekcyf ) . Sportsman : Pinto Indian jockeys who created such a sensation at Stockton , Cal. , last fall will have to look to tholr laurels , as some British Columbia In dians are after the position of premier riders among the aborigines. On this point Victorian ( B. C. ) advices bay that , as jockey riders the Flathcad Indians and their relations have , perhaps no equals on earth. Raised as they are from childhood almost on a pony's buck , BO to speak , it is no wonder they bccomo superior equestrians. When preparing for a race the young bucks skin them selves of their clothing so as to present ns little resistance to the air as possible. A Flathcad jockey mounted for business if dres cd in noth ing more than a breech eloul , and , per haps , a thin cotton shirt , which floats in the brcozo , but offers impediment to the rider or horse. ' Loaning forward on their hardy little cayusos , they dash down the race course like the wind , jumping ditches and dodging trees with a precision and skill truly marvellous. The white man's race rouse is a fiat , level stretch of ground , rolled smooth , over which the animal simply runs , while the rider has nothing much to do except to hold to his sent. On the other hand , an Indian will race over any kind of ground , among timber or bwimniing streams , combining with the simple speed of his animal individual skill and judgment in surmounting a score of ob- saaclcs , and always coming muter the wire ahead. A white man seldom wins a race from an Indian , and there is no wonder. How to Test Silk. Boston Journal of Commerce : How to determine the actual quality of silk , says an exchange , is a question that often puzzles the mind. A sure plan is to take ton fibers of the Jilling of any silk , and if , on breaking , they show a feathery , dry and lack-luster condition , discoloring the fingers in handling , you may at once bo sure of tlio presence of dye and artificial weighting ; or take a portion of the libers between the thumb nnd forefinger , and very gently roll them over and over , and you will BOOH detect the gum , mineral , soap and other ingredients in the one and the absence in the other. A simple but effective test of purity is to burn a small quantity of the fiber i ; pure silk will instantly crisp , leaving only a pure charcoal ; heavily dyed silk will binouldor , leaving a yellow , greasy ash. If , on the con trary , you cannot break the ton strands , and they are of a natural lubter and brilliancy , and fail to discolor the lin gers sit the point of contact , you may well "DO assured that you have a pure silk that is honest in its make and durable in its wear. Constitutional Catarrh , inoro or Imstenoil the breaking tip ot thli constitution than Catarrh. The seiibo of Mnell , ot tuitc , oi slKlit , otliuarliifc. tlio Imrrmn volrn , tha inlnd onu or inori1 , anil hulni'tlnioMill , ylold toiUdii- t-triutlvo Influence. The iiolbon It illstilhntei throughout thti cystem nttiirkHu wry vital force , ana brcakx up thu most robust ot constitution * . 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