H E' OMAHA DAILY BBK ; MONDAY , JANUARY 30 , 1888.
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THK DAIIjY BUB.
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Etate of Nebraska , I. . .
County of f '
fleo. II. TzHclmck , secretary of Tha n e Pub
lfthlUK company , doe solemnly swear that ttit
actuarclrciilatlon of the Dally lice for the weel
n.ai. VW , wan as follows :
HWilrday , Jan. 14 . ! * :
Rjindny , Jan. H . 15,1.3 .
Monday. Jan. 18
Tuesday , Jan.-17
Vcdnrwiuy. Jan. IB
Thursday. Jan. 1 . , . H.HJ.
lYlday , Juu. a ) . . . . . .If/fl
Average. . .4 . . . . 15,101
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Sworn to and subscribed In my presence thli
Zltli day of January , A. D. , 1BW. X. V. FIJI I *
Notary J'ubllc.
Btato of Nebraska , I . .
County of Douglas * , ) " "
Oeo. 1) . Tzwhuck , being first duly sworn , de
noses nnd says that ho Is necrotary of The Hei
1'uhltohliiK lompany , that the actual nrrraw
dally rlrculatloti of tnc Dally Hce for the montl
of January , 1C87 , in,2fi9 copies ! for February
im , 14,178 copies ; for March. ItW. 14.4 < 10 conies
for April , 1W , 14,810 copies ; for May , 1HNJ , 14,22"
copies ; for Jinii ) , 1KK7 , 14,147 copies ; for July
IKhT. 14. ( 1 roples ; for August , 1H87 , 14Ifil copies
for Beptpmlier , IK87 , 14.8W copies ; for October
HW. )4tJ3 : ; for November. 18CT , lfi.2W copies ; foi
December , 1W , 15,041 copies.
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Sworn and subscribed to In my tirew-nce thl :
2d day of Jammry , A. D. 1888. N. P. rilll , .
Notary Public.
TllitOW the tax-eating barnacles unc
Iccclics overboard and tbcro will o <
money enough saved to retain the prus
cnt fire department force.
Wu nro not In favor of reducing tin
force of the fire department if the pros
out efficiency can bo retained wlthou
the violation of charter restrictions
Wo are not , however , frightened by th <
thrcata of the underwriters and insurance
ranco agents. They bluster too much
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? T. D. SUM.IVAN , M. P. , who sharei
the prison cells of Tullamoro jail will
Mr. O'Brien , will bo released by Sails
bury's government thijj week. Unlik <
his brother patriot , Mr. Sullivan is sail
to bo in excellent health. During hi
confinement ho has written a book o
: poems which will bo published undc
the title , "Lays of Tullamoro. "
WE have been talking northern No
braskrt railroad for more than threi
years. But it has been all talk. It i
high time that something tangible b
presonlod. A project that comes with thi
ipropor backing and presents safeguard
which will guarantee the building of i
line through northern Nebraska am
into southern Dakota , with Omaha as it
terminus , will receive substantial en
couragomcnt from the county.
a THE crown prince of Germany cole
I .bratod the thirtieth anniversary of hi
marriage last week. The affair woul
;
. have boon celebrated with the USUH
L great eclat but for the sinister rumor
that Increase in medical circles an <
dampen the odor of the loyal Gonna1
heart. Prof. Virchow is authorit
for saying that the disease of th
prince's throat Is probably not cancel
but purichondritis , which is just us fata
f1 * only slower.
* THK farmers of th" .vest , in justifyin
their demanel for relief from the burdu
imputed by the war- tariff , have a muc
hotter showing to make of what the
have done for the prosperity of tli
country than have the protected indui
i tries. Since 1873 the western fnrmoi
have exported to the markets of tli
i world so much food product that th
balance of trade in our favor has o ;
cooded $1,050,000,000. They have thl
" cli'-oup * debts draw
Jilli" ' - loroign ,
* * * gold to this country from Europe , koj
our own product of precious metals i
homo , and enriched everybody oxco )
themselves. They are clearly entitle
to have tholr condition and wants fair !
considered.
THE democratic breach in Louisiar
has induced a hope among ropublicai
" that the state may bo carried agaim
the democracy this your. The roassui
tng fact In the situation is that Govo
nor McEnory , against whom there hi
boon a successful revolt , has declare
that there shall be a fair election , an
as the whole election machinery is ni
--Bolutoly in his control ho is in npositio
to carry out his pledge. The promts
implies a confession that hitherto olei
tlons have not boon fair , and thus udt
to the binding force of the pledge. ' .
is believed that If the governor adhen
to his proclaimed purpose tl
chances of republican success wl
bo very good , but poworf
influences will bo brought to hour , pr
cooiling from sources outside of Louis
una , to induce him to allow the o' '
methods to pruvitll. Republicans wi
bo wise not to waste any confidence e
the chance of carrying u southern stn
this year. .
THE mayor has ordoroel Mr. Bake
the superintendent of the city lit
building , to quit. This , of course , w
not intended as an order that Bak
should quit work , as ho has had i
work to do for more than two montl
but that ho should quit drawing pa
Baker is both indignant and pcrploxc
Ho declares ho has been mudltatli
Borlously whether ho tjhould throw \
the job , ns there is lee much bickorii
in the council nnd too much grumblii
out of the council. But now ho foe
like bucking the mayor and inslstli
on his rights. Bukur believes ho oug
to draw SI00 u month anyhow , whcth
Brcunun goes on with the building
hot. Mr ; Bftkofhnd better t-oslruih li
temper. Ho bus already drawn ov
8250"out of the city treasury to whli
bo was not entitled , and if he persh
in creating a rumpus , ho or his bout
won may bo compelled to refund eve
dollar for the time ho was not actual
engaged in superintending work on t
hull bundluff. *
Mall Scrricc in ( htf Went. '
The unsatisfactory sUite of the mall
service In the West 1ms been brought to
the attention ol congress by a resolution
culling upon the jMistmiister general for
Information-ad to the cause of the host
of complaints which come from the KCC-
tlon west of the Missouri river * It Is
high time that congress should4)o thor
oughly Informed as terthe grossly inad
equate postal facilities for handling the
immense volume of correspondence
which Is pouring Into this section of the
country. Several .thousand miles of
rain-owl , which have been built during
the patit year , are yet without railway
mail service , and flourishing towns and
villages located along their lines are
still served by the old jorkys and broken
own Btago coaches , which carry the
mills from towns of ton twenty and thirty
nllos distant. Cities which , within a
'ew ' years , have grown from straggling
lllages Into centers of largo population
, ro to-day forced to struggle
ritli tons of mail matter , handled
, nd distributed by the same force of
lerks which several years ago , wore
.mablo to properly disnose-of the busi
ness of the portlolllco. Largo metropoli
Ike Omaha , Kansas City and Denver
are hampered in thnlr business commu-
ilcutlons and seriously embarrassed and
nconvcnicnccd by the grossly Inade
quate force of clerks which the depart
ment allows in their postoillecs. TOUR
and tons of mail matter , carried in
imnll cars , arc hurried past the places
if their destination 'and carried back
igain after great delay because the ap
propriations for the railway mall serv-
co are not sulllclcnt to supply the rcqui-
ito number of postal clerks. Cities
which do millions of dollars of Whole-
ale and retail trade every year , and
ho gross receipts of whoso ofllces are
Vom live to six times the amount of
.heir expenseS ] are compelled to remain
atisfled with quarters scarcely Inrsru
enough for towns of ten thousand in ha b-
tants , or with rookeries which would
disgrace a llrat-clasd New England vil-
In spite of all these facts we hear
continually statements from "the demo
cratic otlletalsof the strong efforts which
will bo made to make the postoflico de-
mrttnont self-sustaining , and to bring
the various branches to a paying basis.
Such an attempt is absurd on its face. It
will not and should not receive the sup
port of any western senator or repre
sentative. While the cast , which has
icon Javishly provided with buildings
: uid postal facilities , finds little ground
'or complaint , with the condition of the
postal service , BO far nffit affects their
ocalitlcs , the west , with its growing
population , .Us rapidly extended lines of
rail communication and its phe
nomenal increase in the number of
ts towns nnd villages every year , is in
10 position to swing into line and to cull
for retrenchment. The first business ol
the department should bo to offer ample
facilities for the transaction of
the correspondence of the people
of the United States. Promptness ,
accuracy and dispatch in tlu
handling of the mails are the first re
quisites. Proper facilities for the trans
action of business is the first considera
tion. When this has been given to the
people of the west in as full a degree
as it is now to the cast , there will be
time enough to discuss the placing ol
the postolllco department upon a self-
sustaining basis. Until that time come :
every western representative should sec
to it that the appropriations asked foi
the maintenance and extension of the
postal service throughout the country
should bo broad-gauged and liberal
The wisest economy is the one whicl
looks to the future as well us to the
present , and which , while some
times , perhaps , allowing the barrel t <
leak at the Hpigot , prevents it fron
emptying itself at the bungholo.
A , Duty That Gives No Protection.
Does the duty on wheat and corn , im
ported into the United States , boned
or in other words protcc
the American farmer , as claimoi
by certain high tariff advocates
No , nnd for the following reasons : Tin
value , or selling prlco hero , of all ou
great agricultural productions , when
nnd corn Included , is fixed by the sell
ing price in Europe , where the execs
produced beyond our homo consuinj ]
lion finds a market in competition witl
the excess productions of the same com
modity from all nations , the value her
being the selling price in such foroigi
market less the freight , commissions
Insurance , nnd with some incidontii
profit to the middle men. The execs
productions from Canada , for Sllustra
lion , must seek the same marke't , an
bo subjected to like charges , in reach
ing such market.
At-this soasolf'of the year , when shij
montfl to the seaboard must bo wholl
by rail , the Manitoba , wheat growct
may find it cheaper to shi
through the United States , pa\
ing the duty as a part of th
coat of shipment , than t
pay the exorbitant charges of tlu
Canadian Pacific railroad ; the. value c
the grain on reaching our side of th
boundary line still depending on it
viiluo In the English inurkc , and thi
regardless of whether it is shipped o
directly to.England or consumed In th
United States , If , however , wo di
not raise the amount of grain wo coi
sumod in this country , and wore con
polled to import the deficit from Ciuuul
and India , then , to the extent that on
farmers could supply a part of the horn
demand , such part would bo enhance
in value to the extent of the duty an
the cost of obtaining the deficit froi
foreign countries. If Canada coul
supply but n part of this deficit , th
Canadian farmer being near the marlu
would got bettor prices for his surplu
than the producer in India , who su ]
plies the balance.
This was clearly shown years n
when England imposed a duty o
imported grain the corn law
The English furmor did n <
raise all the grain require
fqr homo consumption. As tl
deficit had to bo bought and shippc
iii , nsuiow , from foreign producers , A
that the English farmer did produc
was enhanced in value to nquul the co
of the imported deficiency plus the dut
imposed by the corn laws. As a rosu
of this discrluiliiatlon by the EnglU
(
corn laws , to favor homo producers ,
rents and values of English farm lands
went up enormously , nnd ultimately the
land owner , rather than the English ,
farmer , secured all the advantages.
Since the repeal of the English corn
lawn , and the great improvement in the
facilities for transporting grain from
the United States , India and other sur
plus producing countries , the value , In
trinsic nnd rental , of English nnd Irish
farm lands has steadily depreciated.
In view of the production of crain in the
United States being In excess of the
home consumption , nnd that the value
of all produced Is necessarily fixed by
the price at which the excess can bo
sold , Manitoba shipments of wheat to
this country cannot raise or lower the
price , and consequently the duty paid
on such Imported grain must be paid by
the Manitoba producer , who has been
denied thq right to ship in "bond , " and
this , duty , like his wagon anil rail
road freights , Is part of the coat of get
ting his grain to market.
Nebraska's Frontier Posts.
Bills have been introduced by Senntor
Mnndcrson and Representative Dorscy
for additional appropriations for the
completion of Nebraska's two frontier
posts. The sums nskcd for arc in re
sponse to urgent requests of the war de
partment , through General Sheridan ,
that enough money be granted ta com
plete the work on Forts Robinson and
Nlobrarn. Each of those posts tire
important sentinels on the line of the
Sioux rc.servatioli , nnd their pretence
during the past ten years has added as
much as anything else in stimulating
emigration to that rapidly growing sec
tion of our state. Through the efforts
of our senators mid representatives each
of these garrisons is now in a fair way
to become in the near future among the
most important posts upon the frontier.
Strong and durable buildings huvo been
erected and the present appropriation
asked for is to complete and enlarge
these.
The BUB two years ago , in response to
petitions from the settlers on the White
river and Niobraru region , urged' very
strongly the necessity of the mainte
nance and upbuilding of our frontier
garrisons. The result has proved the
wisdom of the policy recommended.
Each of the posts is now in the center
of a rapidly growing country , which is
peopling with thrifty farmers , and each
) f the posts In its turn through the
argc sums of money expended in mnin-
.aining officers , men and animals has
done much toward upbuilding the
country which it has protected. With
28,000 hostile Sioux bordering on our
torthorn frontier , the constant dread of
Julian incursions without those garrison
would have most certainly proven ted
; ho desired settlement. The money ex-
lended in building and improving
Forts Niobrara and Robinson has boon
returned to the government and to the
state n hundredfold in the amount eland
and purchased and occupied nnd in the
prosperous upbuilding and settlement ol
the country over which they stand sent
inel. There is no reason to doubt that
with the strong assistance nnd influence
bf the war department , Senators Mand-
orson and Paddock , nnd Mr. Dorsey and
our congressional delegation , will be
able to secure the sums called for.
THE republicans of the country will
not regret to see a disposition on the
part of the republicans of New York
to declare their independence of the
domination of Tom Plntt. Whatever
credit should bo given this adroit poli
tician for n certain sort of useful ubilltj
in the work of party organi/ution , it is
certain that the republicans of New
York will pay too much for this talon !
by permitting Platt to occupy the posi
tion of a party leader in that state. Be
sides the generally recognized fact thai
his efforts are always directed to the
primary object of furthering his own
ambition , Mr. Platt does not ropresenl
the bettor element and the improv
ing sentiment of the republican
parly. Ho Is of that class o
politicians of whom the party has had
far too much for its good in the past , nni
whom from now on it cannot afford t <
tolerate. It is especially necessary tlm1
the party in Now York , oven at the rlsl
of some disaffection in the ranks , shouli
declare its independence of Platt une
array itself under a loader who can hav <
some thought for the party unniixe <
with purely selfish considerations , am
if having less of the peculiar ability tha
distinguishes Tom Platt possesses irion
of the character that inspires reapec
and confidence.
THEUK seems to bo a concortot
movement among the representative
of the tobacco-growing states to drivi
out Mr. Dodge , statistician of the ngri
cultural bureau. A caucus of the&i
representatives was hold a few day
ago , at which it was determined tha
Dodge must go , and Conunissione
Column was appealed to without sue
cess. It was then proposed to withholi
the appropriation for paying a statis
tician , and finally ityiis decided t
carry the matter to the president nni
ask him to appoint n man to succcci
Dodgo. The opposition of these ropro
sontativcs of the tobacco Interest is dui
to the report of Mr. Dodge , which magnified
nifiod the yield'of tobacco and therob ,
caused a decline in the price. Th
matter caused n good deal of controversy
vorsy at the time the report wa
made , and if wo rQmoinbor rightly th
statement of the statistician was show
to bo as nearly correct us it is practi
cable to got facts relating to the tobacc
crop , a task always attended with gren
difficulties and moroor loss uncertainty
Mr. Dodge is strong in the fact that h
occupies the very highest rank in hi
branch of work , which calls for peculia
qualifications and long experience.
WHILE Germany is busy voting hug
War loans and Bismarck is hurrying t
Berlin to push military measure
through the roiohstng , the news come
froni Paris that the head of the govw
raent is inaugurating a brilliant socii
season. Truly these Frenchmen hav
an odd way of preparing for war.
Mrs. Lydia Watson' , of Loiccstoi
Mass. , whoso one hundred and firs
birthdaa has just boon celebrated , is i
excellent health. Her form is ore <
and she has a fine appetlto and digo !
tloa.- < ' .
STATK-3OTT1NG8.
The B. & Mvjopff in $ lQ9t827 in York
lust year. t to
Bcemer peopfc ' 'Havo ' substituted cobs
for coal. f ; : " , . '
Full City is iiegoimting fornn electric
light plant. n
Thl' hooks of'CdUux shows $ -51,079 uncollected -
collected back t\\'cs. (
Wolves are ( fattening on colts and
calves In Furnust county.
Rev. Goher , a' ih'onilnent Methodist ,
died suddenly \ Ayr last week.
Several spring booms have boon par
tially thawed oiu\by the ehlnook.
Partial deafness is an infallible sign
of successin , the heigh business.
Beatrice has alroudy raised a purse of
'
92,000 to secure the 'firemen's tourna
ment.
Sleighs-ides nnd sociables divide the
time and pleasures of the fashionable-
Arlington. i
The majority of n gang of thieves
which ulUicted Dakota county have
heed safely jailed.
Arlington's greatest needs arc a grist
mill aim a first-class hotel. Paying pa
tronage awaits both.
The board of trade of Columbus has
been enlivened by the election of Loan-
dcr Gorrard as president.
John T. Lyle , of Waco , dropped an
arm in a corn shelter last week. The
mangled remains were amputated atthu
elbow.
The Grand Island papers assert that
the bargain for the establishment of a
beet sugar factory there has been
clinched.
Thu Missouri Pacific and Hustings
have embraced. The railroad has boon
given one-half of a street for right of
wuy through town.
The B. & M. pussongor train met with
a broken switch at Red Cloud , Thurs
day , ditching two cars. The passengers
were more scared than hurt.
Grand Island has token the boot
sugar line to prosperity and greatness ,
and in a few years will bo able to dis
pense molasses taffy in large doses.
The eligible girls of Hastings are
pressing the leap year boom with con
siderable vigor. Six of them retired
with mutes lust week maid won in each
instance.
Mail service will be inaugurated Wed
nesday on the Omaha and Uasting.s line
of the Elknorn Valley ro.id. It will
prove a great convenience to residents !
on the lino.
The Ainbworth News , one of the best
papers in northwest iNebraska , baa
changed hands , Messrs. Ripley & Austin
having sold out to H. It. Bisbee , for
merly of the Vulent'ino Blade.
Luke Tuily. an old truckman , was run
down by u train at McCoolc last week.
His right foot was crushed. It is feared
ho will not recover , as ho woiud not per
mit the amputation of the injured limb ,
Broken Bow's 'retail ' trade last ycnr
amounted to $1,050,4125 , ; banking busi
ness So.OT.j , 127"railroad receipts $75-
485. These arc. f.he .figures which are
expected to induce the Missouri Pacific
to build to town. , .
The Union Pacific ngcnt at North
Bend bus been notified that no more
coal will be delivered there until
spring. The Flail jntimates that the
people will not Iroezo ; while u pound ol
coal moves over thatpurt of the road.
Nebraska City people arc devising
and discussing plans'for a big celebra
tion nd fruit paUico. next August , and
show the world wluijOtoo / county can
do in the fruit linq.Tho , | scheme is an
excellent one nnilishould be kept warm
until perfected i
R. L. Livings-ton'of Fort Culhoun wag
abroad in the blr/.zard on the Iowa hot ;
toins. und while groping around in the
blinding blasts came upon u young
child which had wandered from home.
Ho restored it to its parents and en joyed
their hospitality for the night.
The Husting's Independent appeared
last week , after u tremendous struggle.
The incident is innocently explained in
a note stating thaf'thc oil I tor nnd busi
ness manager got a square meal at the
Fillup house last week , and the hotel 'n
still nblej to feed its mnny guests. Land
lord Ulmor keeps a first-class house. "
The Omaha Herald marvels that
citizen of state should demand a gold
watch or $75 in cash as compensation for
reading the weekly for six months. The
citizen bus a great head. But the
premium asked is next to starvation paj
for the ordeal. Six months in a solitary
on bread and water is a luxury com
pared to it.
The Nebraska City News follows the
evil example of printing pictures ol
prominent citizens. The first present
mcnt of the cditor-in-chiuf in repose
was a delightful sketch , and will IK
followed , as soon as the artist recover :
from a _ broken shoulder , with a repro
scntation of the original in action.
D Mr. und Mrs. .7. M. Dious , of Piorc (
county , sheltered the teacher and seventeen
enteon children of the Stark vullej
school the night of the blizzard. Las
wcok th" children showed their appreciation
ciation by sending , them a loud of pro
visions und an album with their auto
graphs attached to an account of tin
storm and their oxporienco.
The Nebraska City council have de
cidcd to refuse a gift of n public parl
from the Hon. J. Sterling Morton. Mr
Morton proposed to purchase the Fitltoi
tract of state land , to bo sold next month
tit its appraised vluution and present i
to the city for a public park. The wisi
men of the council , however , beliovi
they can raise all the money needed t
buy hind for parks by simply nnssingth
hut. They don't want conditional dona
tions. Their hindsight is marvelous
and throws a blir/.o of light on the wis
dom of the legislature in establishing ni
asylum for incurables.
Hasting ; ) is rolling in the top wave o
n bridal boom , and there is frightfu
commotion in bachelors'hall in const
quenco. Wednesday evening fou
couples pledged and' promised in th
following order : tE. p. Allen , of 111) )
nois , and Miss Mary Cox , of Hastings
C. H. Grand all , of , Adums county , am
Miss Amatula Hay , " Hastings ; Clias. E
Taylor and Miss' ' Sarah A. Saundore
both of the cltyi-'F. " S. Molntyro , o
Hastings , and Miss Hannah B. Mcln
tyro , of Denver. " '
John Bruch , a Plnttb county bacholei
has a superb brendh of promise case , o
his hands , if ho calrt bo induced to wor !
it. Ho got "tho mitten" from Amoli
Eckcrs , a fickle maiden of seventeen
after ho had invested in a license
John's honesty und loneliness shone o
a mugnificont bald head , but the nud
display at the tryiifgh moment shockei
Amelia's throbbing heart , and disrupts
the alliance , There is no greater danger
gor to domestic peace and liberty tha :
thrusting a bald head intocmbarrassini
promlnonc9.
C. E. Burke , director of a school dlt
trlct near Ravenna , is resting in Inll i
Kearney , nwaiting trial in the distric
court for deadly assault. While re
pairing n lock on the school two wcok
Bgo , Burke becanio angered at the mcl
low tones of a mouth-organ , and swipe
the lltto musician with a hammer foi
lowing it with several insertions of
pocket knlfo , cutting off an ear an
severing an artery in the wrist. Th
sight of the blood cooled the mania
and his arrest followed.
The wicked scorn to flourish and fui
ten amazingly in Ord. A superfine fo
low , named Atwell , uturated with ii
ton so horror of Immorality , caused a
raid on a seminary of wicked women on
the suburbs of the town , and brought
three depraved inmates into court.
The law being as loose as the prisoners ,
the law ordered their discharge , but
Atwell secured a list of their patrons
fllfty-ono "leading" citizens * . The ex
posure sturtcdji blizzard of wrath , and
Atwell's life was made as warm and dis
agreeable as the weather would permit.
In fact , ho wa < < huntud out of town , nnd
brutally beaten by a gang of lending
ruflhuis as ho was boarding the train.
Three brothers named Bradln bached
and funned together until last Novem
ber in the Skeodeo valley , Nunco
county. At that time death took Patrick
from tko circle , leaving Peter and
James to pull on together. A dovlslon
of the dead brother s property shattered
the harmony of the family. The es
trangement deepened with time and led
to frequbnt blows. Ten days ago James
grabbed a gun and smote Peter , nnd
continued to lain him until , to all
appearances , ho was dead. But Pete ,
though terribly bruised , was better than
several dead men , und as soon as James
Ml the house to notify the neighbors ,
Pete crawled to thu house of a friend
whore ho is being cared for. James Is
now chewing a largo wad of remorse in
the Columbus jail , awaiting the usj
sembling of the district court.
Revolutionary Wnr Widow * .
Clilrtiga Tribune.
There wore printed in the Tribune n
few days since since biographical
sketches of four revolutionary wui
widows good old Indies now in the
eighties and .nineties who have spent
very useful though humble lives , reared
largo families of children , and muniiLrod
to llvo comfortably with little more
than the pension earned by their dead
and gone lighting husbands. It ts pos
sible that our readers perused these
sketches and admired the sturdy char
acter of these survivors , though they
may have overlooked one very impor
tant fact which goes to explain the par
adox why there are so mnny revolution
ary widows on the pension rolls , though
nearly a century baa elapsed since the
close of that war. The marriugo duto
of these venerable women , however ,
gives a clew to the mystery
It is noticeable that there is a striking
similarity in all four cases. Their lirnt
love for the revolutionary soldiers hap
pened very early.
Mrs. BetsyWiilliiigford , living in Blue
Earth county , Minn. , now ninety-two
years of ago , at the tender ago of sixteen
married Jonathan Wallingford , a revo
lutionary soldier of fifty , who of course
passed a\\uy long ago.
Fannie Jones Chance at seventeen
married Isaac Fisher , then seventy-live
years of ago. Fanny was twice a widow ,
huving married Mr. Chance several
ycais ago.
Olive Charlotte. Morton at eighteen
married Peter Turman , then sixty-seven
years of age.
The lust of the quartet , Sarah B.
Dabney , at eighteen , married John Q.
Dubney , a revolutionary soldier of fifty-
f-ovon years.
The question at once suggests itself :
Were these marriages contracted to got
the benefit of pensions and to secure
these child-brides the certainty of a
guaranty from the government Which
would at least pliico tlwjm above absolute
want through their lives ?
There are now , wo believe , but about
a do/.en of the revolutionary widows
left , but time is inexorable , and in the
natural order of things the vast major
ity have passed the allotted spun and
gone where there are neither wars nor
rumors of war. But when it comes to
the survivors of the war of 1812 , though
there may bo a little handful of _ the
soldiers themselves , there are widows
cno'ugh to last for a long time to come
and enjoy the liberality of the govern
ment. It ingp bo ung'racious to criti
cise their conduct. In those hard days
for women no one can blame them for
taking any advantage at an early period
of their lives which will secure them
against any possibility of having to de
pend upon charity. The scheme is per
fectly legitimate , and probably if the
soldiers themselves were nllvo to tell
their experiences they would bo the last
to complain. As a rule , old
men cannot get young wives unless
they have an ample competence
and a condition of health which does
not indicate they will live very long tc
enjoy it. Under such circumstances the
older the man the more favorable his
opportunities. Ho can go-in and win
whore young and lusty suitor's have nol
a chance. The old soldiers , as a rule
did not have much to bestow upon theii
young brides , but such as it was it was
permanent , with every prospect thai
congressional patriotism would Inrgolj
increase it. Wo only submit the facts
as explanatory of the largo number o :
1812 widows.
There is a side to the question , however
over , which is somewhat appalling
There are now living more than a mil
lion of survivors of the war of the rebel
lion. Some of them are petting"gray
headed. All of them will bo so In r
very few years , and in case they happor
to bo unmarried in the eighties anc
nineties will have reached the mar
rigablo age once more. If congrosi
goes on as it is doing now , increasing
existing pensions and devising nev
causes for pensions , by the time tin
survivors roach the marriageable
ago their government subsidy will b <
something very handsome a dot wortl
striving after by the young girls
Twenty years from now , perhaps ear
Her , wo may look for a boom in war o
the rebellion marriages. That it wil
bo nice for the old fellows thomsolvci
goes without saying. As we round eve :
into the next centvry. however , most o
them will huvo gone beyond the necessity
sity of pensions. The widows will re
main , chipper , buxom und hopeful , look
ing out for now conquests or onjoyini
their monthly stipend. Posterity wil
wonder at the multitude of tlieso sur
vivors of a war which took place bofon
they were born , and who have no re
moinbrance of anything about it oxcop
the stories told them by their ootogon
arlun spouses. As wo have said before
the Tribune has no ungracious comments
monts to make. It only calls the atten
tion of the veterans of Gettysburg am
Vicksburg to the fate that is in uton
for them a destiny which the majorit ;
of them will probably look forward t
with cheerful resignation.
Suppose Farmers Form n Trust.
CMcaya Trtliunc.
What if the farmers of the northwcs
should form a trust and appoint a bann
of trustees to limit production , fl :
prices , nnd regulate the sale of all fe > oi
products ? Suppose the furmors shouli
fall in with the prevailing rngo and organize
ganizo a "trust , " or , rather , as it wouli
bo In their case , a defensive alliance !
Such action on their part would no
amount to a conspiracy or savor ei
illegality. They have no charters , n
special privilege and if they shouli
Bgroo am6ng themselves as to ho\
much they would produce and what the ;
would sell It for , what law would bo vie
latod. Perhaps it may bo thought thut
owing to their number and louk of or
ganizutlon , the farmers could not com
blno , but the granger , movement o
! 872-74 showed a remnvkahlo capacity for
concerted action by the agricultural
class on short notleo nnd with hastily
devised machinery. If the farmers
should get together In the same spirit
nguin and organize u food trust they
would soon bring the wav-turilT pro
tected clussos to their knees and muke
pinny mouths water and stomachs
hunger.
Proceeding according to the "trust"
plans the farmers would select trustee ?
to take charge of nil produce and put
it in the market. The trustees would
then warehouse the produce , double the
prices , and dole out brqadstuffH , meat ,
and grain so as to hold up the market.
Territory would then bo parceled out ,
and the farmers ordered to lessen their
product one-half next year. Then prli'e *
L-ould be .shoved up again , nnd , doing
half their present amount of work , the
farmers could get ( \publo \ the pay they
now receive. Suppose also they should
adopt a retaliatory policy and squeeze
the manufacturing trusts harder when
ever they attempted a now
levy on agriculture. Food could
bo put up to famine price ;
and the urbane population starved out ,
while the farmers took things easy , 11
would bo necessary , however , to makt
ono change in the tariff in order te
curry out this scheme with success. A1
present there is a nominal duty on agri
cultural produce , and if the farmer ;
should make a "combine" meats utul
breadstuff would How from abroad to relieve
lievo the artificial scaroitv created bj
the agricultuial trust. If the duties
on farm produce was pushed up and
equalized with the rates on manufac
tured articles made to average , say
from 50 to 120 per cent there would bu
no such danger. The farmers could
then charge up to the level of the tariff ,
the sump as the manufacturing trust
monopolies do , without fear of outside
competition. Why shouldn't the fur
mors demand sue-ti u tariff as ; i mattci
of right ? Such duties have been main
tained for nearly thirty years for the
benefit of manufuctdrors , and why
should they not liow bo provided foi
jhe farmers if they intend to play at the
trust game ? Why should a farmers
trust be the only ono linprotccted by
law ?
Of course , while the farmers might
gain something for themselves from n
tariff-protected trust , the rest of the
country would DC sorely distressed. At
once the balance of trade which is now
made by the furmors of the north wcsl
would turn against the United States ;
gold and silver would bo drained away ;
credit impaired , interest rates advance ,
banks embarrassed , and all the condi
tions of hard times supplied. By export
ing food products the farmers ol the
northwest huvo turned the balance ol
trade in our favor , brought back 1,00 (
millions of American securities and
bonds , ami caused Europe to ship her
several hundred millions of gold still
retained. Sending out cheap food stuff *
and bringing buck bonds und gold ,
the nortltt'e'stcrit farmers mtulo specie
resumption possible in 1879. They are
the bulwarks preventing the country
from commercial distress. Of course an
agricultural trust would ohungo all this ,
reverse the balance of trade , and para
lyze the finances of the country , while
pushing fe > od up to starvation rates. Foi
these reasons it is plain that a farmers' '
trust would shift the present burden ol
mortgages and debts und make the farm
ers lion holders on city buildingSj fac
tories , workshops , etc. Plainly , if tlm
farmers should form a trust they could
wreak a frightful revenge and compen
sate themselves for extortions suffered
heretofore. Would not war-tariff trust
advocates in congress and out of it dc
well to think oftheso things ?
Tlio Salvation Army.
Clitcaon Timo.
General Booth has sent out from the
headquarters at London what ho is
pleased to called "The Advance of the
Salvation Army"but which is in roalitj
an appeal to the Christian world foi
funds. It embraces an account of the
doings of the great organization during
the year 1887. It shows that different
detachments of the grand army have
penetrated into portions of North Amer
ica , southern Europe , and Africa , novoi
invaded before , have , established sta
tions , nnd nro now ready to engage in
making conquests. Ono grand division
of the army has intrenched itself m
Rome , under the very shadow of the
Vatican. Another is in Ceylon , and t
third In southern India.
It docs not appear , however , that
either of these armies is going on "con
quering and to conquer. " They appeat
to bo armies of occupation. They muke
no vigorous attacks and no forces ap
pear to bo desirous of attacking their
or in any way opposing them. The
soldier of the Salvation army , whorovoi
stationed , seem to bo engaged in mak
ing dress parades , carrying cheap ban
ners , and marching to tiio strains of the
very poor music. A display of the Sal
vation army attracts about the sume
kind of attention that the street pro
cession of a small circus does. People
nro drawn together by noise and banners
nors , und remain staring at the nove !
show till it pusses by. The childroi
think the whole thing is designed foi
their amusement , nnd the adults rcgart
the matter as childish and unworthy o
their ntton-tion.
The great commander represents the
army as largo anel on an excellent win
footing. It certainly resembles that o
the United States in having a super
abundance of olHoers. Most of the vol
toors appear to bo desirous of haviiu
commissions and supporting titles. Wi
learn from the report that no less thai
470 now army corps were organized nne
put in the field last year , and that com
missions were granted 1,492 now officers
Apparently there are us mnny lieutenants
ants in a company of the Salvation arm ;
as there are vice presidents of a meet
ing to raise funds to free old Ireland
The army has a full supply of officers o
every rank , of banners und musicians
but this is u little short of private soldiers
diors and very short of money. A
strong appeal is made for moans to sup
port many armies thut are now ready te
conquer the world.
There seems to bo good reasons foi
believing that the army has scon it
most prosperous days. It attracts littli
attention in Great Britain now , and ii
France it is ridiculed by the press. It :
music is not appreciated in Gorm.ua ;
nnd Ituly. The barracks erected a
*
considerable expense on Chicago avenue
nuo , in this city , are deserted und advertised
vortised for sale. Papers in no part o
the country huvo much to suy of tin
progress of the army.
Men Change.
Sioux Clfi ; Journal ,
Thut Governor Larraboo fourtcoi
years ago was opposed to the Grunge
law for the regulation of the tariff rate
of the railroads of the state , or that toi
years ago ho was still opposed to tlm
legislation nnd in favor of its repeal
docs not constitute an answer to tin
governor's nrguiuont i i behalf of mor
legal authority over the business of tin
corporations now. The governor us i
member of the state senate did what hi
thought right at the time , and theri
was no more reason them to say the self
ish Interests Of tho. corporations c6n
trolled hls'action than' there' U to ea ;
that other polflsh intorcwts control htl
action now.Men'of either party who
associated with governor Larrubco in
the state senate uniformly conceded his
honesty of purpose , his indopondoiico
and his fourngo. If his notion then ,
and in connection with that Granger
hyislutlon was more agructtlilu to the
corporations of the state thnn is his ac
tion now , it docs not follow thnt ho was
otherwise actuated then thnn now. Ho
wanted to do then what was for. the host
Interests of the pcoplo of the stnto and
ho wants to do now what Is for the best
interests of the people of the state , nnd
what at the same time nnd necessarily ,
will also bo just to thoe-orporutions. The
Journal does not boo that any inconsis
tency is Involved.
But this question of consistency is
purely pcrlonal. Out of It cannot bo
\\oven an answer to the governor's ar
gument in behalf of the people. What
ever talk Is indulged upon that point is
a diversion , and that there should bo so
imu'h of it indicates more of a disposition
to cloud the Issue and thus cover up a
poverty of argument In the serious work
of staying an execution of the popular
demand for the amenability of railway
mnnngement to just and operative law.
This is the material point upon which
popular Interest centers , anu whatever
effective answer is made toil the govor-
1101-1111181 deal with this point. Governor
Larrabeo is not the issue. He has been
its voice. While it is not difficult to
criticise some of the governor's suggas-
tions , and therefore not hard to oppose *
him by indirection , every candid man
is nwuro of the fact that only two gen
eral tendencies exist : the ono in behalf
of the rights of the people , antimonopoly
ely ; and the other in behalf of the
combination oppressions of the corpora
tions , monopoly. It is too late to con
fuse the public thought or to divert the
public purpose. The lines are -too dis
tinctly drawn.
. .
The Modern llitHHluii Army.
Fortnightly Uoviow : There are , in
deed , points in which Russia must bo
imitated by all who move , for the Rus
sian is now thu most modern of all mod
ern armies. Wo may regret us much as
wo please the loss of brilliancy , andovon
the loss of smartness , but the absence-
of buttons from the new Russian uni
form meanstliut , dim attention has boon
given to the relieving of the men from
the necessity of wasting their .timo
upon cleaning uniforms to the easy
tailoring of their uniforms by the men
in time of war , und to the exclusion
from soldiers' dress , and especially from
the dross of cavalry. 01 everything
which will catch the light and attract
attention at a distance. This luttcr
reason , with the similar necessity for ,
preventing noise , is also the reason for
the Russian substitution of leather for
motul scabburdH. Whetncr I am righter
or wrong in thinking that a cavalry of
the Russian typo is preferable to a cav
alry of the Amcaiciin typo for
general warfare , there 'can , I
think , bo no doubt that for the
dcfoiiHO of London a very sim
ple cavalry force , intended to act other
wise than by charges in the Hold , would
bo most useful. To all who admire local
forces there must be much attraction in
our yeomanry , for it is almost the ideal
of a local force. It is unfortunate thut
fashion his hud HO much to do , in our
army as in all armies , with the drill and
turn-out of cavalry. Sir Frederick
Roberts , who is not a man to neglect
the graces of brilliantliorBOinunshipand
all that makes cavalry magnificent us a
show , has , nevertheless , expressed the
decided opinion that wo want a great re
form in our.cavalry system ; that the
obstacle to that reform in the present
cost of cavalry , and that there is noth
ing more important to our military
future than that wo should set ourselves
to devise "a cheaper article" of this
kind , in order thut the numbers of our
cavalry may bo increased without a
corresponding increase in expense. The
Russians have devised a cheaper ar
ticle , and the result is that La Revue
Militniro do I' Etriingcr of October 30 la
able to suy : "On pent done dire , sans
oxagorution , vuo la avulerio russo cst
tonne constammcnt sur lo pied del
guerre , " and to estimate its numbers on
mobilization at OW.OOO men , with S > 35,000
horses.
Uraln VH Muscle.
Chicago Tribune : "Papa"asked the
little boy , "how long did it take you to
write this book ? "
"Nearly a your , my boy. "
"Did you work very hard at It1" ;
"Every page has my heart's blood in
it. "
' Ain't that queer. I don't see any. "
"Ne > , you don't see it. Nobody else
seemed to , either. "
"Did you make any money out of it ,
papa ? "
' Oh , yes ! drearily. ) I made 12-50.
"Is that all ? Why , the pupcr saya
John L. Sullivan made ten times thut
much in one night by knocking u man a
few times. Why dieln't you leurn to bo
lighter. Or why don't you keep a sa
loon. The saloon keepers boy dresses
better1 ! ! I do. "
The learned author of the work , "Tho
World's Onward tyaroh , UH Proved by
Retrospective Glances and Assured.by
Infallible SigiiH,1' made no reply. Ilo
merely emptied another coul ncuttlo
full of the precious volumes into the
stove for fuel , went out into the raging
blorm und wulkcd up and down the
lonely streets for an hour , talking
earnestly and volubly to himself in
Sanscrit.
Will'am ' Clark , a veteran of the Mex
ican war , who ia living at Sharon , Pa. ,
at the uge of ninety-four years , know
Daniel Boon and General Harrison well
in his youth , and was on intimate terms
of friendship with Henry Clay and Gen
eral Scott.
There will bo an exhibition In Pnrli
next year intended to illustrate all the
religions of the earth , pnnt and present.
Idoln , manuscripts and all tangible H.VIII-
be > ls of religions will bo'shown in a mu
seum building which , it is expected ,
will cost * UOO , < HX ) .
A Word About Catarrh ,
"It U the mucous membrane , that wonderful
Hcml-llulil enveloi > u biirroniuUnytliu delicate tin-
SUCH of the ulr und food i > ahuifa , thnt Cuturrh
irmki-B Us i-troiiHhold. Onui filubllt-lieil , It enU
Into llvo very vitals , timl renders llf-i lull a Ions-
driOMi Uff R'h of nilisery and ih ! a > > c , ilullliui
thosonsaof hearing , tr.iminelltic the power 05
HI > re-li , destroy I UK tliu faculty of Hindi , tulnllntf
the bieatli , nud killing thu reltncd jiIouMucrt nt
tu'ite. Inildlously , by crceiilnnon fioin u Sim.
] > ! e cold lu the head , It iicsaulU the nieiiiljriui-
( ma llnlnu and envelops the bom a , oillni ;
through the dt-Hcute touts nud < niilni ; liillum *
matloii , Kloughln ; ; und dunth. Notlilu Blioit oC
total o U'llcHtlou will wcurc health to thorn *
Hunt , line ! all allovlallvna are xlinply proc-ruUna.
led hullerlims. loudhiK to u f.ital teitiilnatlon.
' . ' inlmlalliin mid
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wen when the dlscaro hat inudit fiK'httill In *
lo.idioii dellc.ito constitutions , lu-ai Ing. smell
and tastu htive been recovered , und the dheaso
driven out. "
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