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Tun anti-monopoly message of the
governor of Iowa lias caused moro stir
in the Hnwkoyo state than did tlio mes
sage of Grover Cleveland.
Tin : prospeols for opening Iho Sioux
reservation are said lo bo encouraging.
If it is opened lot us hope this will bo a
step toward making good citizens of the
Indians without killing them.
IT is to bo hoped that the two factor
ies destroyed by tire on Sunday morning
in this city will bo speedily rebuilt.
Omaha cannot afford to lose a single
ono of her established industries.
CONOUKSSMAN GUKXTIIKK , of Wisconsin -
consin , proposes to make himself a
modern "Jack the "
giant-killor"-by at
tacking the trusls of Iho country in a
legal way. If ho is as successful he will
immortali/.o himself.
TltK railroad organists over in Iowa
are very much incensed at Governor
Larrabeo because ho has changed on the
question of regulating railroads , and
they want to know the reason why.
Well , wise mon change , fools never.
Fr.OHiDA papers are boasting of the
"eternal spring" which breathes over
that elongated state while blizzards are
raging in the north. They say nothing
of the eternal fevers thai lurk in Iho
swamps or Iho eternal spring sickness
thai afllicls their population , however.
THE present year thus far has boon
as prolific of railroad accidents as was
the corresponding period of last
year , and nearly or quilo as disastrous
lo human life. The car steve is in loss
general use than a year ago , but it has
already had its victims and Iho winter
is bul half passed.
K IIHHIINS will draw no moro
of Iho people's money from the national
treasury. Ho stepped down and out
yesterday , and is now a private citizen.
It is to bo hoped that ho will now bo al
lowed to sink into well-earned obscur
ity. The country has heard enough of
him.
TllK San Francisco board of educa
tion recently transferred a lady princi
pal of ono of the grammor schools to
another and less desirable school and
lowered her salary. This was done
while she was absent. When she re
turned she refused to accopl her new
charge and was subsequently dismissed
by the board. She brought action to
compel them to reinstate her and was
sustained by the court. This is an in-
Blructivo precedent.
One of our country exchanges ex
presses great regret that Attorney
General Leoso has resigned from the
stnto board of transportation. The at
torney general has done no such thing.
IIo could not retire from the board if
ho would. Tlio law makes the atlorncy
general a member 6f the board , and
ho will remain a member so long as ho
continues lo bo Iho altornoy general.
IIo has simply resigned Iho presidency
of the board , because ho did not want
to act in thai cupaoily.
TllK middlemen , in Itioso brandies of
trade where combination is easily prac
ticable , may wholly defeat the advant
age which consumers should gain from
a regulation of transportation rates In
their interesl. Tlio Irulh of this is
illustrated by the coal dealers of
Lincoln , and very likely other examples
could bo found. Generally compe
tition is a sufficient means of regulating
the middlemanbut in the present sitim-
lion of Iho coal market , thanks to the
anthracite pool , ho is enabled to have
things pretty much his own way. The
people are certain to have their inning
sooner or later.
THE farmers of Nebraska are warned
by the state horticullural socioly lo bo
on Ihoir guard agninsl Iho Irco peddler
from abroad , who may bo expected to
make his appearance at an early day.
Ho is a shrewd , persevering and plaus
ible individual , always fully equipped
with the means to allure the confid
ing farmer , and should bo entertained
with great caution and sparingly
hooded. Wido-awako people will rarely
bo taken in , as there is very lltllo ditll-
qulty in determining who are trusl-
worthy and who are not. The horticul
tural society makes suggestions regarding -
_ ing improvements in fruil growing and
'tho continued planting of fruit , trees
which should command .the attention of
tumors. * . ' . , '
Conspiring Against Cleveland.
Tlio Washington correspondents of
fMoral Mislcrn junrnu ) ! ) profess to have
discovered a strong conspiracy to defeat
the rutinmlimtion of CLnvolund. They
represent thiil u combination embracing
prominent democrats in u number of
fitutoi has boon formed , the solo purpose
of which Is to antagonize the president ,
work tip opposition to him within the
party , and carry the war into the
national convention. Among those said
to bo identlllcd with this secret move
ment are Senator Gorman of Maryland ,
Senator Brown of Georgia , Senator
Vnnco of North Carolina , Senator
MePherson and Congressman MeAdoo
of Now Jersey , Samuel .1. Kandnll and
other.It is intimated by so
responsible an authority as the
Now York 2/HIM / that Governor Hill is
not unaware of or unfavorable to the
conspiracy. The grounds of opposition
are that Mr. Cleveland has boon un
faithful to the pledges made before his
election with respect to appointments ,
that ho had arrogantly assumed to aet
for himself without consulting the opin
ions and regardless of the wishes of the
men who most largely contributed to
his election , that ho has interfered in
state politics for the purpose of over
throwing democratic leaders , and fi
nally that his civil service reform and
tarilT policies are inimical to the wel
fare of the democratic party.
There are somr facts that give credi
bility to this alleged movement. Sena
tor Gorman , since his men lliggins and
Thomas have dropped out of federal po
sitions , has visited the white house but
once , and then only to declare his dis
pleasure and announce , so it is said , his
determination not to support Mr. Clove-
laud for renomination. 'i'ho ' speech of
Senator Brown the other day in the
bonato , in favor of repealing all internal
taxes and leaving the tarilT as it is , was
a deliberate attaclc on the policy coun
seled by the president. The introduc
tion in the house by Bourke Cockran ,
the Tammany orator , of n bill to repeal
the civil service law , wiw a palpable
blow at the administration , and of
cour.se lias the endorsement of the
political organization of which the
author of the bill is the
especial pot and representa
tive. Mr. Randall is reported to still
keep clear of the white house and the
departments , as ho has done for more
than a year past , and ho is known to bo
making a vigorous olTort to secure for
liis friends the control of the demo
cratic state committee of Pennsylvania ,
with the obvious purpose of himself con
trolling the delegation from that state
in the democratic national convention.
Putting all these things together it is
not dillleult to give a measure of cre
dence to the report of a movement to
defeat Mr. Cleveland for renomination
Would such a movement , bo likely
to accomplish anything11 ! Has not the
democratic party gouo so far
in committing itself to the ronoini-
nation of Mr. Cleveland that it cannot
now abandon its allegiance to him with
out inviting certain defeat ? Wo do not
believe that it is now poesiblo to pre
vent liis renoininution. Our opinion is
that the oHlco-holding element and the
conservative members of the party will
stand together , and that they will
bo strong enough to carry the conven
tion for Cleveland. The opposition maybe
bo able to command homo votes for
another man , but the renomimvtion of
the president on the first ballot , if not
by acclamation , may as well bo accepted
as a foregone conclusion. But what of
the election V Then will bo the
opportunity of the democratic op
ponents of the president , if
they have the courage to take advantage
of it. There is no doubt that if they
should prefer defeat of the party to the
vindication that Cleveland would re
ceive from success , with the strong
probability that his last four years would
bo distinguished by a more olTen&ivo ar
rogance and assumption , a more utter
disregard of pledges , than are the
grounds of present opposition , they
could effect the result of their choice.
The disaffection of a few thousand dem
ocratic voters in Now York , moat easy
of accomplishment , would do it. But
would the alleged conspirators have the
courage to do this ? Very likely they
would not.
The Future of Wyoming.
In his last report the governor of Wy
oming presents many facts showing the
material progress of that territory dur
ing the past year and the conditions
that give promise of a future of rapid
growth and almost boundless prosperity.
Embracing an area as largo as the New
England states and Indiana combined ,
this territory has a wealth of undevel
oped resources believed to bo unsur
passed in any equal area on the globe.
The opening up of these natural riches
has boon steadily advancing during the
last few years , every stop demonstrating
the vastness of the resources that await
the application of capital and labor and
the facilities to make them readily
available in the world's markets. The
want of the latter has been the obstacle
to a moro liberal employment of the
former , but Ihis diflicuUy has been
largely removed and will at an early
day disappear altogether. From now
on Wyoming , offering the strongest in
ducements to enterprise , is as well as
sured as any portion of the west of a
rapid growth in population , industrial
development and material prosperity.
The advance of the railroads into
Wyoming has already been a great
stimulus to the progress of the
territory , and this ollect will
unquestionably bo still moro
apparent during the present anti
succeeding years. The extension of the
Burlington and Northwestern systems
through the -Black Hills and into the
Laramie plains penetrated a region
among the richest portions of the terri
tory. The Burlington reaches Chey
enne , and the Northwestern has boon
extended through the heart of Wyoming
to Fort Fottormau. This year the lattei
system will bo further extended , by con
nection with the Central Pacific , into
Utah , which has al o l > ccomo the ob
jective line of the Burlington. Thus
there will bo three competing trunk
lines opening up a vast region heretofore
inaccessible to civilization and indus
trial development. The Union Pacific
in order to hold its own against its pow-
orlul rivals , is building' brunch lines
and fccdcra into the region already pcii-
otratod by the Northwestern. With
such enlarged railway facilities Wyom-
nlng will witness a now era. Coal
nining will no longer bo the only busl-
ICHS inviting enterprise and the chief
source of her industrial prosperity
Capital will develop her great quarries
) f marble and granite , her vast deposits
) f soda , and last , though not least ,
icr great basins of petroleum ,
which promise to o.xcel the oil
lelds of Ohio and Pennsylvania in the
quantity and quality of their product ,
both for illuminating and lubricating
| ) iirposes.
For moro than twenty-five years it has
been well known that an enormous deposit -
posit of petroleum existed in the region
west of Fort Fetlerman and in the
neighborhood of the South Pass. Many
) il springs had boon discovered by ovor-
and travelers in that section , and spec
imens of the oil as it bubbled up from
the surface , were brought to Omaha
eng before the Union Pacific was com
pleted. But the oil fields remained
undeveloped for want of cheap faolll-
, ios to transport the oil to market. The
Union Pacific is too remoteand hauling
die oil by wagon was outof thoquesllon.
I'lio first practical effort to develop the
oil basins of Wyoming has been made
within the past two years by three or
four Omaha capitalists , who Imvo ac-
luired largo tracts of oil-producing
ands and have sunk several wells suc
cessfully. Since the Northwestern road
las entered Laramic plains a number of
separate ro.'iipiinioshave been organized
it Chicago , Omaha and elsewhere , ami
reparations are in progress for explora-
Jon and extensive development during
the present year. Those who
ire engaged in this enterprise
'eel confident of the most satisfactory
results. Geologists who have visited
that section agree that the Wyoming
oil basins will probably nlTord a greater
supply than the fluids of Pennsylvania
md Ohio. The known extent of the oil
region in the territory , and the thick
ness and area of the oil-producing sur
faces , exceeds all ether fields in this
country combined. The chemical ( ests
litivo been most satisfactory , showing
especially that in lubricating qualities
the Wyoming oil is not surpassed by
that found elsewhere in this or any
other country.
With such boundless inducements
to investment and enterprise ,
and the facilities provided to make
promptly available the developed re
sources , Wyoming cannot fail to speed
ily realize a vigorous advance in popu
lation and material prosperity.
Ilnscnll's leadership.
No man in Nebraska is hotter equip
ped for all-round legislative work than
Isaac S. Hascall. A lawyer by profes
sion , thoroughly versed in constitutional
law , ho has by years of experience in
slate and municipal legislatures ac
quired n mastery of the requisites for
practical lawmaking. As a parliamen
tarian ho has few equals and no supe
riors. Had his abilities boon honestly
exerted in tho. interest of good govern
ment no position within the gift of the
people would have been beyond his
reach. But Hascall it by natural in
stinct inclined to dishonest and dis
honorable methods. He is as bold as he
is unscrupulous. IIo is built that way.
His career forcibly demonstrates that
such a man in public life is dangerous.
Whenever ho is allowed to become a
leader the men who train with him be
come utterly reckless and finally go
down in disgrace. Whether among the
Jayhawkers of Kansas , the cowboys of
Wyoming or in the Omaha city council ,
Hascall's natural bent has boon that of
an outlaw. He knows what is law as
well as any man in Nebraska , but ho
would rather evade or violate law than
obey it. When ho was fir&t in the coun
cil eight years ago ho became the
leader of the infamous gang of boodlers
who sought to saddle upon this com
munity a moat gigantic waterworks
swindle , that would have robbed the tax
payers of Omaha of fully halt a million
dollars. Remonstrances against this
audacious piece of rascality wore impu
dently and defiantly thrown under the
table. Petitions wore not allowed to
bo read in the council and finally
leading taxpayers were compelled
to appeal to the courts for protection
against Hascallity. By the end of that
term Hascall and his pals were buried ,
by an indignant and outraged commu
nity , under a mountain of votes. Then
Hascall took a rest for a few years.
When ho came up for mayor-in 1883 ho
was beaten by over 1,900 majority. A
year later ho was elected ward council
man under promise of reform. But ho
wasn't in tlio council six weeks before
his natural-born cussednessobtained the
mastery. Again the leading tax-payors
Had to band together and appeal to the
courts to enjoin another swindle the
sandstone job. When the courts had
disposed of this matter , Ilascall moder
ated for a while , but ho was simply play
ing 'possum. As usual his leadership
politically buried nearly every council
man who had been associated with
him. Both of the previous coun
cils , in which Ilascall was leader ,
plunged Omaha headlong into heavy
overlaps and piled up a mountain of
claims against the city.
Last spring Hascall bobbed up se
renely once moro. Many prominent
property owners vouched for his reform
and begged that ho bo allowed to put
his shoulders to the wheel again.
The prevailing desire for vigorous
work in behalf of public improvements
overshadowed for the time Hascall's
malodorous record , and ho was elected
by a larger majority than any man "on
tlio tickot. That swelled and turned
his head completely. Ho imagined him
self mayor , governor and lord high ox
ccutionor. His modest suit of gray was
discarded and ho donned broadcloth
and a stove-pipe to support the honors
which the people had showered upon
him.
him.But
But the promised reform of the head
of the ticket did not materialize. It
was in his case as it was with his satanio
majesty :
When the Devil was sick
The Devil a monk would bo.
When the Devil got well ,
Devil a monk was ho.
Hascall had no sooner taken his seal
in the present council tluui ho resumed
his old pranks. IIo ul once showed tlio
cloven lu\of \ and raised a revolt against
, ho chief of police- , the police commis
sion , and the governor. Ho cpncoctod
a version of the , law which ho knew to
wubiiselcsH. By rousing the jealousy of
councilman who imagined that they had ,
i right to dictate rules to the commis
sion , ho persuaded a majority to join
lim in a law-defying combination.
Some of these mon hud been loud in their
assertions that they know Hascall too
well and wore tt > b intelligent to bo made
Ills dupes or to bo led by the nose by a
man of his reputation. But they were
drawn into the dragnet and kept there
'or six months. By that tlmo most of
( horn were thoroughly demorallvcd and
; oo helpless to stand on their own legs.
Hascall's pernicious leadership 1ms
ruined them. Until that leaders-hip is
repudiated by a majority uf the council ,
, ho charter will r oniiiin a dead letter ,
and the power of the courts will have
: o bo invoked to protect citizens and
taxpayers against vicious legislation ,
corrupt combinations and jobbery.
WltnN' the present council entered
upon its work it proclaimed its intention
not to narrow another street in Omaha.
This policy has , however , been aban
doned long ago , and the utter insincer
ity of the council bellwether in Unit ro-
spcet , as in ether matters , has been
lomonstrated. Tlio policy of soiling
every foot and strip of ground on which
the city can realize a dollar was inaug
urated when Hascall was in the coun
cil years ngo. Thou na now his schemes
caused an overlap in tlio treasury and it
was deemed necessary to part with what
ever city property was available to keep
, ho tax-eaters in fodder. Wo notice ,
'or instance , that fiftocn-foot strips of a
street south of the Union Pacific and B.
& M. tracks are ofllciallyadvorlisod for
sale by the city cleric.
Ax esteemed Lincoln contemporary
leveled four columns of valuable space
on Monday morning to "Tho Bold
i'hioves of India , " but wo do not recol-
.ect of its over having four lines of space
lo spare for tackling the bold thieves in
Nebraska.
THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY.
A cotton mill Is to bo built at Koanoke ,
Va.
Mobile has u line of steamers to Liver
pool.
pool.All
All parts of Mobile are lighted by electric
light.
Boot anil shoo shops will soon start in
Texas.
A $100,000 cotton factory Is to bo erected at
Fordyce. i
A $100,000 cotton factory is to built at New
man , Gii.
;
At Salisbury , N. C. , a now cotton mill has
just started.
The Italian silk crop is 9 per cent below
the average. il
In Khoilo Islamllhb textile mills are nearly
nil sold uhe.id. ' '
The copper exporters in New York have
found it necessary to unload.
Alabama has 150 saw mills and lias 15,000-
000,000 feet of standing pine.
Ono Indiana car bOlldcr turned out 400 cars
in December for one' company.
A metallurgical engineer has succeeded hi
mailing pig-iron with natural gas.
It is probable that Chicago , will appropri
ate $153,000 for electric lightning.
Work is being slowly resumed in tuo ho
siery mills throughout the country.
.A $100,000 hosiery establishment will start
in the spring at Frankin Fulls , N. II.
The sum of ? 150,000 is to bo expended for a
sowcrago system in Fort Smith , Ark.
The Jewelry manufacturers of Rhode
Island report a decided improvement.
A now railroad 200 miles long is to bo built
through the richest section of Florida.
At Hugcrstown , Md , , the capacity of the
silk mill has boon iucrcascd four times.
The actual yield of raw silk this year will
bo 15 per cent less than that of last year.
A St. Louis car company is putting in an
electric plant in order to work night and
day.
day.Hoot
Hoot and shoo jobbers and retailers in all
sections of the country are having a first-
class trade.
The Now York Central railroad company
has ordered POO gondola cars from u Pcnn
sylvaniu concern.
Pig-iron freights per ton from Birming
ham , Ala. , range from § 3.10 to Louisvlllo to
M.'JS to Pittsburc.
Florida will furnish 1,000,000 boxes of
oranges this year. Three acres in full bear
ing j icld 1,000 boxes.
A Madison ( Mo. ) tcxtilo mill last year
turned out 1,000,000 yards of ladies' dress
goods with 250 hands.
The Pennsylvania railroad company has
placed orders at Altoona for 109 locomotives
and 3,500 freight cars.
A Cincinnati wire-null company has just
completed a factory that will turn out 150,000
kegs of nails per year.
The southwestern railway systems nro in
the market for large supplies of rolling stock
and railway material.
In Brooklyn 1,000 glass workers , in Cin
cinnati liiO carriage painters and in PIttsburg
; iOO toolmakers are idlo.
An electric lighting company in Newark
has unfilled orders on its book for 100,000 ,
lamps and 120 machines.
The Indiana natural gas wells produce
19,000,000 cubic foot jler day. The largest
wells give out 4,000CKX , | feet.
Illustrated Illicit ) .
niake'fi Matiatlne.
A man wouldn't objsct to having his portrait
trait printed in the daily newspapers , if they
didn't put his name under it. The naino at
tached is what makes it libellous.
Right Man In the Right t'lncc.
St. J ii > h Qmelte.
It is evident that 'HJig Frank , " the brutal
judge of the "kangaroo court" in the Omaha
Jull , is the right man In the right place until
ho shall bo hung or sent to the penitentiary.
Ho ought to bo quitd a good lawyer consider
ing how many criminal cases ho has been de
fendant in. _
Caste.
JMen T. O'JVclt.
A llttlo chick once took n notion to roam ,
And bidding adieu to his mother and homo ,
Ho traveled an hour to him 'twas a day
And came to a farmyard some distance away.
While wandering 'round It , searching for
Ho heard an old mother hen calling her
brood ,
And Instantly knew , by the wild , frightened
cry
Of warning , a henlmwk was hovering nigh.
IIo flow to tue mother hon crying , poorthlng ,
"Dear Biddy , plcaso lot ino get under your
wing. "
"Oh , no I" replied Biddy , "though much I ro-
ahavd to excuse mo ; you're not In my
Mk" .
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STATK AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska .lotting.
Local shipments from Plnttsmouth
last year amounted to Dill ! carloads ; re
ceipts 1,101 , carloads ,
A syndicate of hog buyers is operating
in C'ustor and adjoining counties , buyIng -
Ing hogs at Omaha prices and dispensing
\ulh middlemen ,
Knos Moeks , a Frontier county bachelor -
lor , wearied of his lonely lot , sent a
bullet through his head last week and
joined the angels.
Two moro have been added to the
largo list of postmistresses in the state
Mrs. Fannie Dustln , at Dustln , Holt
county , and Mrs. Ell/a y. Frank at
( trover , Seward county. Tlio ladies
always display their best qualities
among the mails.
Dennis Mahoncy , a farmer in Otoo
county , is reported to have fallen heir
to a fortune of $ .r)8MK , ( ) in Ireland. Tlio
report is a campaign He. Under tlio
bonolk'lont rule of Bnlfour it IH impos
sible for an Irishman to fall heir to a
greater estate than a prison cell fringed
with a plank bed and diluted porridge.
It was in the parlor of the nobby lit
tle cottage owned and occupied by a
newly married couple. ' 'Do you smoke ,
Mr. Jeffrey ? " said the lady to a caller ,
and without waiting for an answer she
brought out an elegant plush-covered
box filled with superb tutors. "Take
two or three of them , plcaso , " she rat
tled on , unmindful of gathering frowns.
' 'A Christmas I'll . "
present , wager. ex
claimed Mr. J. ' 'Yes ; they are delight
ful. My husband told mo to treat
friends liberally with them , as they are
too good to keep. "
lO\VU Items.
Tiio packing bouse at Atlantic is
building a now ice house and will put
up 111,000 toils of ico.
The Crawford County Farmers' alli
ance will hold its annual meeting at
Donison on the Kith inst.
A full now roller mill is onp of the
many improvements which Corning pee
pie are expecting the coming scasou.
Odebolt is going to spend $250 in im
proving her base ball park , and oxpoels
to have a first-class club this summer.
The Cass County Agricultural society
has passed a resolution declaring a dis
continuance of holding fairs , and ap
pointed a comtnitteo to sell the properly
and close up the business.
W. E. Andrews , the DCS Moincs man
ager of the Western Newspaper Union ,
has sold out his interest to the throe re
maining owners of the concern for
$110,000 in cash. Ton years ago ho was
a reporter on the DCS Monies Leader at
n Btilary of $15 u week.
Dakota.
A vein of good coal has been discov
ered in Wells county.
The semi-monthly clean-up from the
mines in tlio Deadwood district amount
to about SIM.OOO.
Prohibition virtually rules in Miller
since the law went into effect on Janu
ary 1. Crape was heavily festooned
over the door of one saloon in respect to
the death of alcohol , and upon another ,
tlio leading saloon in the place , was the
legend , "This Property for Sale. "
During the past year thirty-two ap
plications for patents on mining claims
were made in the United States land
office in Deadwood , against twenty-four
for the year 1880. Forty-one mineral
entries wore made and the snmo number
of receipts issued during this year , be
ing seventeen more limn in the preceding -
ceding year.
Forlcon Schnollor , a farmer living
four miles southwest of Iroquois , sui
cided recently. Ho got out of bed , pro
cured the sho'tgun , laid down again.put-
ting the muzzle close to hisjhoad , and
pulled the trigger. Ono of his daugh
ters lately married against his will and
ho gives this as his reason for the deed.
Ho leaves a wife and eleven children.
SORE THROAT RE3IED1KS.
Practical Treatment for this Season's
Prevailing Ailment.
Boston Herald : We will outline the
treatment which can safely bo applied
in the early stage of any severe form of
sere throat or tonsilitis. The first thing
to do is to take a mustard foot bath , as
hot as can bo borne , and then got into
bed. By that time the patient is gen
erally feverishand a sAveat is advisable.
Very few woivadttys care to use the old-
fashioned method of sweating which
our forefathers found so effectual ; wo
must , therefore , find some means moro
pleasing. Lot them go to the nearest
apothecary and have him put _ up the fol
lowing mixture : Sweet spirits of nitre ,
ono ounce ; spirit of mindoreus , three
ounces. Of this take ono tablespoonful
in half a tumbler of water every three
hours until the fever subsides.
The dose wo have advised is for an
adult only ; the disease in children wo
nro not discussing. Extra blankets
should bo added to the usual bed-
clothing. In many cases under this
treatment patients sweat profusely ;
others , however , do not do so as freely ,
and yet the fever seems to subside
nearly as rapidly. It would scarcely bo
wise to continue the medicine advised
moro than twenty-four hours , at least
not in such largo doses ; that length of
time is generally suiliciont for it to ac
complish its purposo. Wo naturally ex
pect patients in such attacks to bo very
restless and wakeful , therefore some
quieting medicine will very likely bo
needed. If it is , a five-grain dovers
powder may bo given at bedtime , and
repeated , if necessary , in four or five
hours. On the following morning it
will bo advisable , unless dinrrluua ex
ists , to give a sodlitz powder or a moro
active cathartic.
This , then is the internal treatment
to bo applied for the purpose of arrest
ing it when a severe attack of sere
throat , accompanied by fever , is threat
ened. There are local measures which
can bo used , and which will assist and
contribute some to the comfort of the
patient. Water dressings to the neck
arc very old-fashioned and as efficacious
as they tire old. Some may never have
used them ; therefore a word in desop-
tlon : Take a towel and dip it in cold
water , wring it gently , fold it into a
band about four inches wide and apply
it comfortably tight about the neck.
Over thai place a dry towel , such as a
Turkish towel , and then over both pass
and pin a small towel or piece of llan-
nol properly folded. Leave this oh all
night. In the morning when you take
it oiT.apply in its place a silk handker
chief or a strip of finnnol.
Now for a gargle , as every patient
considers that indispensable. Hot water
is the best. The chlorate of potassn is a
jxjpular remedy , but is much overrated ,
and is really bettor in sere throat which
lias o.xisted a day or so than in the first
few hours after the attack. This com
pletes the treatment which .wo rocrim-
mend patients to try who will insist
upon dosing themselves. Lot them use
it for twenty-four hours after the at
tack commences if they will. It can done
no harm in any case , and in very many
a marked improvement will bo the re
sult. If lollioular tonsilitis is the form
which is threatened , the sere throat
will bo measurably relieved , although ,
probably , it will not entirely disappear
for three or four days. Tlio backache ,
the pains in the limbs and head , the
constitutional symptoms will also tub-
side.
If the dlricasq porsisU , its course will
huvo been much milder , and huvo been
shortened by this' treatment , As tor
abscess of the tonsil , the longer a sere
throat rung the greater the iliuigw of
nn abscess forming. Therefore , the
means devised will bo likely to antici
pate Hint cllstrpaslnp complication , if ,
on the second day after the attack , it is
clearly evident that the patient is Im
proving , it Is hardly likely Unit ho will
think it necessary to call a physician.
If , however , ho is not much bettor after
applying the treatment recommended
for twenty-four hours , then ho certainlv
ought to have medical advice. So much
space has been devoted to symptoms
and management that the preventive
must bo dismissed with a few words.
If people will bo careful and not take
cold they will seldom bo troubled with
sere throaty.
Henry Cirorgo anil IIIH 1'ollcy.
Tlit Simulant.
Many of our friends ( especially those
in the west ) , who have mosl strenuously
urged that wo should USNI party enter
the presidential campaign are , 1 am in
clined to think , under the impression
that wo could outer that campaign with
out developing any serious differences
among us on the tariff question , and
saying to protectionists ami revenue re
formers "a plague on both your houses , "
leave them to fight out their own bat
tles , while wo continue to advocate the
Hinglo tax. Both assumptions are , to
my mind , clearly erroneous. There is ,
I think , no question that the great body
of our friends are thoroughgoing free
traders. Wo are indeed tlio freetraders ,
the successors , a century after , of that
school of great Frenchmen who began
the free trade movement in modern
times , and like us advocated the single
tax , and from whom Adam Smith and
the Manchester school took only so
much of the free-trade doctrine as was
palatrblo to British capitalists , and thus
tlegradop the glorious name free
trader by attaching it to half
hearted revenue reformers. But , never
theless , although our doctrines as to the
relations between land and labor lead
to full free trade , and cut tlio ground
from under protectionist fallacies as the
moro revenue reformers never can cut
it , there are many among us who have
not yet fully seen the connection. These
men are well represented by our recent
candidate for comptroller , Victor A.
Wilder of Brooklyn. They are with us
on the direct line of abolishing state
and municipal taxes upon labor and tlio
products of labor and concentrating
thorn upon land values. That is to say
Ihoy are with us in state politics , but
would not bo with us in national politics ,
when the tariff issue assumed promi
nence. Their position is , that they are
willing to accept free trade after wo get
all taxes save those imposed by tlio tariff
abolished ; but until that time they are
protectionists. This is , in national pol
itics , and at the present time , an irrec
oncilable difference. Such men as Mr.
Wilder and myself , while wo could act
well enough together in a municipal or
state campaign , could not possibly agree
upon a common platform in a national
campaign when the tariff question is an
issuo. Is not the best thing wo can do
then , to agree , with mutual respect for
each other , to disagree in national mit-
ters , and to unite upon purely state is
sues11 ! *
What Shall We Do With Our Hoys ?
St.Jne J/ciuM.
Young James C. Talmago , the twonly-
year-old son of the late general man
ager of the Wabash , shot and killed
Operator Kebb , at Brunswick , this
Into , hist Monday evening. Tlio cir
cumstances of the case are reported as
follows : Talmngc has been employed
on the division between Brunswick and
Stnnborry. Several days ago Kobb
called Talmago lo take his train , but
Talmago failed to report and the train
was delayed , The superintendent of
the division called for a report of the
cause of the delay and the operator re
ported the facts. Monday evening when
preparing to start with his train , Tal
mage and Kobb quarreled over the re
port. The dispute ended with blows
and a free fight. Tulmago struck Kebb
with his lantern and was promptly
knocked down. Kobb followed him to
the ground and was beating him , when
Talmago pulled his revolver and fired ,
the bullet penetrating Kobh's body and
causing death in a few minutes.
There is something peculiarly unfor
tunate in this affair , because the dead
man has a largo family dependent upon
him , while Talmago has an aged mother
and several sisters allot thorn being de
voted to him.
It is rather a strange fact that a man
of Talmngo's prospects should have
been engaged fir.it as brakeman and
then as _ freight conductor upon a road
of which liis father , a man of great
wealth , was general manager. But the
late Manager Talmago had peculiar
ideas about boys , quite different from
those usually hold by wealthy parents.
Ho gave his sons fair educations and
then put them to work like less favored
boys , and they were expected to begin
at' the bottom ana work their way to
the top provided they got there at
all. During the southwestern strike
of two years ago an older brother of
this boy became involved in a cutting
scrape in a saloon in Texas , which
created not a little comment at the time ,
and now the younger son will bo tried
for murder , though judging from the
circumstances , ho will probably bo ac
quitted.
Wo cannot but feel that a father who
has ample means judges badly when ho
sends his son , not yet a man in either
ngo or experience , to the rough life of a
common train , man. While it is well
that boys should learn the practical side
of life us well as of business , it seems to
us that it is bettor that they learn it in
a less dangerous school tlmn that of rail
road labor. Whether acquitted or con
victed , young Talmago's career has suf
fered a painful shock , and one from
which it will take considerable time to
recover , and wo are not prepared to at
tribute the fault entirely to tlio boy him
self.
A CONFIDENCE GAME.
How John CiuninliiH Worked an Idaho
Mining Scheme.
San Francisco Chronicle : From vari
ous sources the Chronicle has obtained
information of n , confidence gnmo played
by ono John Cummins , who. by means
of his misioprosontations. has managed
to rob a ludv in this city and a family
and a friend of that family residing at
Los Angeles.
In August , 1887 , Cummins was intro
duced to the notice of a Mrs. Kimball ,
residing on Bush street , by agentleman
friend of hers. CumminH was suave and
exceedingly attentive and sympathetic
toward ladies. About the time Mrs.
Kimball was introduced to Lumminssho
was involved in a Jaw suit which eji-
tailcd a largo expenditure of money.
Cummins , who was a frequent visitor at
her house , sympathized with her , nay-
ing :
"Never mind , madam ; I'm sorry you
lost so much money , but I'll put jou on
to a good thing in a short tlmo. "
Matters pro'grcs'sod so far as dally vis
its were conscrncd until ono aftornoon.
Cuminings ctimo U > see tyrd. Kimball ,
f
and tlftor iv tow remarks to load up tolho
object of his visit , snld :
"NowMrs. , Kimbiill the time has eomo
como when I can make nome money for
you. If joii will lot mo have $ , MH ) I will
give you a deed for oiio-fourth interest
in tlio Homestead and Forest Queen
mlnos. situated in the Helena mining
district of Alturaseounty , Idaho. "
Ho went on to paint lii glowing colors
the prosnocln of the mine , nnd told how
ho had been offered $ V.ooo ( ) for it bv a
syndicate , until Mis. Kimball handed
him the $ oOO.
But ho requested Mrs. Kimball to
take any letters that might como to
him addressed to her cure.
C'ummins endeavored to win the hand
of the California street voting ladv , and
tried to Induce her mother lo part with
some money to further his Idaho mine
se.homo. but in this ho failed , as the
lady had no immediate funds rt her dis
posal.
On September 1 1 , 1887 , ho took a deed
of a mining claim to Mrs. Kimball , duly
signed and wiinussod before Notary C\
D. Wheat of this city , convoying to her
one-fourth of the mines before named ,
but inserted $76,000 as the amount paid
to him.
Upon being questioned about tlio dis
crepancy in the amount named , ho said
that ho put a largo sum into the deed
cause when n sale was made it would
look bettor. Ho told Mrs. Kimball at
that date that ho was going to Idaho to
sell the mines , and left Kan Francisco.
That was the last Mrs. Kimball over
saw of the fellow.
On Sanlomber " ( I , however , she re
ceived a letter with the deed recorded
from John M. Canaday , recorder of Al-
turns county , I. T. , and a letter from
Cummins , dated at Ogden. This letter
stated that he had "mot his man , " that
he was going to Idaho , and from there
lin would write. On the next day Mrs.
Kimball received a loiter from Ogden ,
signed by A. J. Chamberlain , stat
ing that ho had nscortainnd tint
she was the owner of a one-
fourth interest in ( lie Homestead and
Forest Queen ledge or lodo. "How
much will you lake for your inloio. l'J
the loiter continued. "I want to buv
them both.,1 It will be sub-oquontly
shown that the spurious oiler was in
spired by Cummins himsolf. Mrs. Kim
ball , in roplo to Chamberlin , staled her
price , and , on October IU , lie ottered her
4f ! ) > 00 for her share in the ledges. Then
Mrs. Kimball wrote to Cummins at
Ogden of the oiler which Chamberlin
had nnido , and on October 10 she re
ceived a reply from him dated
Pueblo , Col. Ho stated that the man
would take the mines , but , as he hud
not given security , the offer would not
suit. C'ummins also slated that "tho
buyer had the first payment ready.
When the trade is complete I will write
you , and 1 mu&t bo in San Francisco
November 15. Other oilers have been
made for the mine , but nothing is to bo
done until ho writes. "
Again Mrs. Kimball wrote , and on
October 20 Cummins sent an evasive
letter from Puohlo. His missive re
peated the contents of the pro\ ions let
ter about the security being uusatisfau-
torv. A map of the llailoy gold belt
was sent to Mrs. Kimball with this let
ter. Upon this map a number of min
ing claims are shown in print , but the
Homestead and Forest Queen claims are
marked in black ink.
The strange part of this story is now
to bo narrated. Toward the end of Oc
tober Mrs. Kimball received a visit from
a lady , who introduced herself as Mrs.
Viola Hunter. She said that Cummins
had sent her a postal card telling her
he was in San Fryncisco , and to call on
her. She know that ho was living on
Bush street , because lie had written to
her friends at Los Angeles , stating that
to bo the ease. Upon being interro
gated by Mrs. Kimball she told her a
story aboutCuimnins.
"Ho was in Los Angles in Juno and
made my acquaintance and that of my
relatives , Mr. and Mrs. Swain , who live
on Boyle Heights. IIo promised to
marry mo , and by his specious manners
induced in" to give him $1,000 , and also
obtained W OO from the Swain family.
This money was to bo expended on a *
mine near N'ewhall , Los Angles county.
IIo left us In August and 1 came to San
Francisco , finding that ho was living on
Mission street , lie renewed his prom
ises and said ho would marry mo aa
soon .as ho obtained a divorce. "
Mrs. Kimball told Mrs. Hunter all she
knew about Cummins , and that lady
lady left , informing Mrs. Kimball that
she \\as going lo Ogden to look for
Cummins. *
The postmaster nl Ogden , under date
of November ( > , 18S7 , informed Mrs.
Kimball that the letter which she had
sent to Chamberlain had boon delivered
at the Central hotel , and that was all
ho know about him. Miss Hunter went
to Ogden and there found that Cham
berlain was not worth $ " > , so to say , as
ho kept a little stationery store. Viola
contrived to gain the information from
Chamberlain that all tlio letters which
he had sent to Mrs. Kimhall wore writ
ten at the request of Cummins , who in
duced him to act in the matter under
the promise of payment when he sold the
mino. Miss Hunter communicated thc-o
facts to Mrs. Kimball and in a recent
letter she states that she had discovered
that Cummings was suing for a divorce
at Ogdon.
During November Cummins again
sent letters lo Mis. Kimball , in ono of
which ho stated ho had boon to Now
Now York" . The other said that ho
hoped to make a sale of the mine before
the end of December , when ho would
como to San Francisco. At the time ho
stated thai he was in Now York Airs.
Hunter caught him at Salt Lake C'it.s ,
and there ho promised to comeback
back to California and marry her ,
and that he would pay the Swains and
Mrs. Kimdall their money. But he de
parted from the Mormon city and went
to Ogden , followed by Viola , and i- . still
there , according lo 'tho latest aihiec-s.
Cummins addressed six letters to Mrs.
Kimball in all , but onlv two are in his
own handwriting. The others are evi
dently written by women , in two differ
ent stvlcs of penmanship. As he is
noted for his gallantry , the surmise is
that helms had lady aninnuonscH.
Cummin's wife and children are mip-
po-jed to be at Orovillo , as during the
past week hitters have been received
by Mrs. Kimball from a Mrs. Cummins
at that place asking for his wherea
bouts.
In order lo ascertain the value of the
mines in the Hailey district a Chron
icle reporter visited tlio Baldwin hoUl
yesterday and the found K. C. Cox , an
old resident of Hailey and a mining
man.
"Do you know anything of the Homestead -
stead and Forest Queen mimes , " was
asked.
"No , sir , " was the reply , "there are no
mines in tlio district. 1 know every
inch of the grounp. The whole thing is
u fraud , jou may depend upon it.
A Cincinnati preacher has invented
an Ingenious dcnico to boom the matrimonial
menial market. The love-sick girl who
gets tired of waiting for the vital ques
tion is adUscd to confront her lover
with a propo-al from a man of straw
and link his ideas about accepting the
offer. The not ictiult IH an early mar
riage certificate and a fee for the
dominie.
Buffalo have become so scarce
that the earl of Dunmoro is going to Iry
how tin : hnggy .highland cattle will
thrive on the western plains.