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ST. LOUIB complains that the mule
market is very dull. Never mind , it
will nick up when the democratic con
vention meets.
is looming up as the old
man of the sea in French politics. When
ho gets fairly astride of Franco it will
take a Bupromo effort to slmico him ofT.
X < OOAti politics in the cities of the
Btato are assuming n crimson hue. Lin
coln , Nebraska City , Fremont , Platts-
mouth nnd ether towns have already
rubbed on the war paint.
TIIRRK is some satisfaction in learn
ing that our neighbor across the Rio
Grande excels the United States in ono
respect. Mexico catches her defaulting
oflicials before they nro able to make
good their escape.
Tine saloonkeepers , who porsi st in re
fusing to live up to the requirements of
the high license law as interpreted by
Jjy the supreme court , arc doing moro to
force prohibition upon this stuto than
till the prohibition cranks.
IT is said that President Cleveland
thinks Indiana a pretty bad state so far
na civil service reform is concerned.
But for all his belief , ho lacks the back
bone to oppose the machine in the in
terest of reform and good government.
J. STEUI.IXO MOHTON , the sago of
Arbor Lodge , is mentioned by the Now
York Teleymm aa a possible candidate
for vice president on the Cleveland
ticket. By the way , J. Sterling Morton
was the only delegate from Nebraska
that voted against Cleveland in the last
national democratic convention.
liAiion troubles at the beginning of
the building season are deplorable both
in the interest of the workingmen and
the city at largo , There is already de
pression enough to frighten investors ,
and the conflict between the building
trades and building contractors tends to
beriously cripple thd city's growth.
TIIK assessor will presently bo around
with his little blitnk , and the man who
liasj expended $10,000 for furnishing his
house will make a return of $150 , while
the poor man who has only &JoO
worth of household goods will have his
bedsteads and stoves and second-hand
chairs listed for till they are worth.
WHAT do the county commis
sioners propose to do about the poor-
farm lots that have been sold to parties
last s'immor upon which only ono pay
ment has boon nindo. The parties who
have purchased these lots are for the
most part responsible and should bo re
quired to make the deferred payments.
THIS cowboy band of Dodge City
played n number of classical selections
from some of the host composers for the
.edification of the Denver citizens at the
grand jubilee. As the Denver people
jiovo'1 ' heard such grand playing binco
they heard Pralt's orchestra at the
Omaha musical jubilee some years ago ,
they naturally wont wild with onthiu > i-
nsin.
TIIK number of disastrous bank fail
ures within the past few months through
out different sections of the country is
bufflcient evidence that the present bank
miporvislon ia in a demoralized and un
trustworthy condition. The trouble IB
with the bureau of the comptroller of
the currency. As now managed that
branch of the trcntury department is
worthless and dangerous to the business
community , The country demands an
olllcicnt , vigilant man at the head of the
bureau , who will select bunk examiners
to do their duty without fear or favor.
TUB postal service docs not scorn tel
l > o in that healthful condition which a
Btrict regard for prompt and reliable
delivery demands. An investigation is
now in progress at the Chicago post-
ofllco , nnd if the complaints of inotll-
ciency tire sustained Postmaster Judd ia
Hkoly to ioso his otllcial head. As the
Chicago postolllco ia the great distrib
uting center for the mails of the wosl
and nortlnvcbt , the investigation is ol
more than local interest. The Wash
ington commission of inquiry will , no
doubt , lind abuses that need correcting ,
oven if Postmaster Judd u not to blame
for poor service. Its report is sure to
bring about tomi5 reforms for the prompt
iruusmlssiou ot
In ( tic Tjlno ofl'romotlon.
DcDnito anhounccmont is made that
General Alfred Terry has asked to bo
summoned before n retiring Ijoard on
account of ill health. The BEK nlono ,
out of all the papers in the country ,
javo the news three months ago. The
Btntoment was widely disputed , nnd ex
cited much controversy at the time ,
but it was considered of BO much im
portance by the frionda of General
Miles that a petition was nt once placed
in circulation asking that ho should re
ceive the nomination for the pros
pective vacancy. This hasty and most
unusual proceeding has disgusted
the olHclals at the war department.
The cabal which since Gen
eral Miles' performances in Ari
zona , where ho succeeded in securing
Geranium's surrender by chicanery
which General Crook had refused to use
na contrary to his custom nnd contrary
to honest methods in dealing with In
dians , have been using every effort to
decry his worth and depreciate his
efforts.
They have not Biicccodod. Vaulting
ambition has overleaped itself in Gen
eral Miles' case. There ia good ground
for the assurance that the next major
general of the army will bo a soldier
who since his graduation from the mili
tary academy has seen moro actual ser
vice with Indians , more arduous work
in the Held , moro battles with savages ,
and has shouldered , quietly nnd without
ostentation , moro responsibility on the
frontier than any ether brigadier on the
army regibtcr.
His other name is General Gcorgo
Crook. A quiet , reserved , manly man
and a soldierly soldier , ho has been con
tent to lot his work speak for itself with
out the factitious methods of modern ad
vertising. President Cleveland is not
likely to niako the mistake of over
slaughing the senior brigadier of the
army to endorse inon of half his worth
and less than half his record.
Tlio Senate nntl the Chief Justiceship.
The report , emanating doubtless from
some democratic correspondent in
Washington , that the republicans of tlio
senate will refuse to conllrm any ap
pointment to the vacant chief justice
ship until after the next presidential
election , is entitled to no credence so
far as it implies an understanding
among republican senators to make the
confirmation of such appointment con
tingent upon the result of the next
national election. Nothing could bo
moro unlikely than that republican
senators would commit the grave blun
der of permitting mere partisan con
siderations to influence their action in
this matter. They would certainly
understand that such a course would
react against their own party ,
and it is necessary to assume
that these senators have not ordinary
political sagacity to suppose that they
could agree upon any such policy. The
right of the president to appoint a chief
justice from his own party is fully con
ceded , and nobody expects that he will
do otherwise. If the man selected shall
have the character , qualifications and
record that would warrant the senate in
confirming him there is no danger that
republican senators will refuse their
consent simply because of his political
faith.
But the majority of the senate will
not bo deterred , by charges of political
prejudice or partisan interest , from re
fusing to confirm for this great judicial
office a man who shall bo shown to
have a record and character that
render him unworthy of this pre
eminent trust , or whom they may
fairly believe to bo wanting in the high
qualifications it demands. If the presi
dent , actuated by merely political con
siderations , shall appoint to the chief
justiceship a man who is objectionable
on the grounds that Justice Lamar was ,
or who for other sufficient reasons is un
worthy of confidence , it will become the
duty of republican bonators to refuse to
confirm such a nomination , aiyl the
country will expect and demand 01 them
a faithful regard for this duty. There
are offices in the gift of the president
which it may bo pardonable to pormil
him to fill without question , throwing
the responsibility of bad appoint
ments upon the administration ,
but this principle must not
bo permitted to operate in the cabo ol
the appointment of the highest judicial
officer in the nation. In such a case
the most searching scrutiny of the rec
ord , character and qualifications of the
candidate is not only justifiable , but ab
solutely demanded by every considera
tion touching the interests nnd welfare
of the government nnd the people. II
Mr. Cleveland selects for chief justice a
man who can bear this scrutiny without
damage , nnd such men there unques
tionably are among the great lawyers ) ol
the country who are democrats , there
need bo no apprehension that the re
publican sonata will withhold consent
to his appointment ,
Not Kntirely Hatlalnetory ,
It will doubtless bo a great disappoint
ment to the administration to find that
the Chinese treaty wliioh it has been
laboring upon for a year or moro pnt > t ,
and from which it is understood to have
expected valuable political results to
itself on the Pacillo const , is not re
ceived in that section as an entirely sat
isfactory solution of the troublesome
problem with which it deals , The band-
lot orator of California , Denis Kenrnoy ,
was reported to have told the president ,
immediately after tlio principal features
ot the treaty were made public , that it
would not bo acceptable to California ,
and it appears that ho understood the
sentiment there bettor than ho was
given credit for , The organs of demo
cratic opinion are dispobod to regard the
arrangement as perhaps the best that
can bo effected nt present , but
oven these give it a half-hearted sup
port , suggobting that they are actuated
chielly by the desire not to damage
party interests by withholding all com
mendation.
Thus the San Frnnoisco Examiner ,
while finding merits in the treaty that
mark a distinct advance , and lipping
for its ratification , discovers disappoint
ing features and suggests that the BOH-
ate bhould. try and secure some amend
ments. It is unfavorably impressed
with the second section , which author
izes the return of any Chinese laborer
now in Iho United Stntos provided ho
eave a lawful wife , child or parent , or
[ iroporty tothevaluo of ono thousand
dollars , or dqbta to the eamo amount
duo him. The JOtaminer ilocs not
ngrco with Secretary Bayard that
such cases will bo practically few
in number , nnd says ! "With our ex
perience of the Chinese character wo
believe that they will cover almost the
whole departing Mongolian population. "
It thinks this provision ot the treaty
would bo practically a rc-onactment of
the present certificate rule , with re
strictions , however , that would reduce
the chances for fraud that exist under
the prevailing certificate system. The
third article of the treaty authorizes
the admission ot Chinese officials ,
teachers , students , merchants and
travelers , as well as of laborers in ti-an-
slt , and in the opinion of the JUxamuior
contains possibilities of danger. The
San Francisco Chronicle finds nothing
meritorious in the treaty , and says the
senate should reject it as worthless and
inconclusive. "It effects nothing use
ful , " says that paper , "and on the
contrary legalizes in effect precisely
what the republican party has tried to
prevent , namely , the coming of now
Chinamen and the return ot those now
hero. If Cleveland had never done
anything else to show his inaptiicss for
the office ho holds , his negotiation of
this treaty would bo enough to demon
strate it. " The Call is less radical in
its disapproval , biit has no faith that
the treaty would" accomplish what the
people of the coast desire or the secre
tary of state professes to expect. "In
" it "Mr. is
our opinion , says , Bayard
woefully mistaken as to the effect of the
now treaty should it bo ratified. "
It is thus made evident that the hope
of the country that this question would
be taken out of politics is to be dibap-
polnlcd , and it is also plain that no polit
ical advantage will result to the ad
ministration from the negotiation of this
treaty. With the republicans of the
Pacific coast strongly opposed to it and
the organs of democratic opinion there
finding features to disapprove , and ask
ing for its ratification obviously from ,
party considerations , it is not difficult to
foresee what the senate will do with it.
In the failure of this deliberately-ar
ranged bid for Pacific coast support the
administration will lose ono trick in the
political game upon which it has un
doubtedly been building high hopes.
The West mill Northwest.
The west and northwest offer the
best attractions for home-seekers.
Montana is being developed rapidly , and
thousands of people are taking advant
age of the opportunities presented.
Now railroads are being built in the
territory , rich finds in minerals and
ores of all kinds are reported , line agri
cultural lands are being taken posses
sion of by the settlers , oil fields are
numerous , and the prediction is safe that
this season's settlement will exceed that
of any previous year.
Dakota , in all probability , will have
the advantage of offering to these seek
ing homes a largo part of the Sioux
reservation one of the richest agricul
tural sections in the northwest while
her other many advantages must of
necessity attract attention. Wyoming ,
so long regarded as only a grazing
country , proves to bo ono of the richest
of the territories. Minerals of all kinds
and varieties are found and scorn to be
inexhaustible. Petroleum in quantities
as great as found in any of the oil fields ;
building stone of every kind and de
scription , from the cheapest grade to
rich and beautiful granite ; soil that will
produce in abundance almost every
agricultural product all with a climate
not excelled in the west or northwest.
With these advantages Wyoming must
bo rapidly bottled.
Colorado is attracting attention
again because of new and rich discov
eries in the precious metals. Now
towns are springing up , and the popu
lation of that state mubt naturally in
crease. From all this settlement Ne
braska will receive great benefits.
While the increase in population in our
own stale will bo surpassingly large ,
the settlement of Iho territories beyond
can result only to our advantage.
Tin : feeling against alien landholders
ers has had a vigorous manifestation in
the Iowa legislature. In the lower
house a bill has passed prohibiting
aliens from acquiring or retaining title
to real Cbtato in Iowa , nnd a memorial
to congres- > adopted in favor of a consti
tutional amendment prohibiting alien
land-holding in any of the btates. The
general policy of excluding aliens ,
whether as individuals , companies or
syndicates , from absorbing vant areas of
land has already been approved by na
tional and stuto lawsand is ovoryuhoro
accepted us wise and necessary. Under
existing national law the public domain
can bo acquired and hold only
by citizens of the United States ,
while in these fatntcs that have
legislated on the subject , or in moot of
them , Iho amount of land that can bo
owned by aliens is limited. The Iowa
measure , like the law of Nebrabka , docs
not permit an alien to acquire and re
tain title to any real estate , Thib is an
extreme policy of qucbtionablo wisdom ,
which in operation might bo found to
work to the disadvantage of a state
whoso people find it necessary to borrow
money on mortgage pecnrity and desire
to got it at the cheapest rate to bo had.
If Iowa passes a law prohibiting aliens
from acquiring title to real ebtato
there will of couroo bo no foreign money
loaned in that state on mortgage sc' ' ur-
ity , and American money lenders having
the field to themselves will bo
very likely to take all the
advantage ) which the .absence
of this foreign competition might afford
them. It ia a question of very serious
importance to the people of Iowa , and
particularly to the farmers , whoihor
it will bo wibo to cut themselves off from
the privilege of borrowing foreign
money , with the probable result of hav
ing to pay a higher rate for what they
get from the American money lender ,
STA.TI3 JOTTINGS.
Rentable houses are scarce iu Tcoura-
sch.
sch.Work
Work has commenced on the insane
hospital at Hastings.
Falls dtv'fc bum brigade are sobered
with hard work nnd their appetites on-
largoil by street cJoAning.
Fnlrmount 1ms closed a bargain for a
415,000 oat meal mill.
Kearney is promised a daily paper
with $10,00,0 to back it.
Scrlbnor has organized a state bank
with a capital of 860,000.
The contract forftho horse collar fact
ory in Blair has been lot.
Prohibition tickets are loaded with
cold comfort for the old parties in the
present municipal contests.
The Columbus Democrat declares that
R. L. U. S. nrp slgnlflcunt letters
"Railroad lawyers united stand. "
McCook has closed a bargain for a
grist mill with a capacity of sovonty-llvo
barrels a day. The plant will costS"0-
000.
000.The
The Bloomington Guard nominates
Thomas II. Bcnton for state auditor.
The early bird will have his plumes
plucked before the season ripens.
Hastings is discussing a shortage of
82,600 in the district court clerk's office.
It is said to bo n mistake in accounts ,
duo to sickness and a dyspeptic system.
O. M. Wood , a youth of twenty nnd a
penurious bore of moderate calibre , has
shaken Bortrand , nnd his creditors
mourn in various amounts and several
languages ,
The Wnhoo Wasp is firmly convinced
that the editor of tno prohibition organ
in Lincoln Is "either a fool or a knave , "
and is prepared to defend the genuine
ness ol the title.
The press of Fremont pay high com
pliment to the exhibit of the Omaha
schools at the mooting of the teachers'
association. It was "tho finest and moat
extensive over got together on a similar
occasion. "
Wayne's charivari party was well
salted by Frank Porrln. Ho naturally
objected to disturbance in the height of
the honeymoon and fired a charge of
salt at the cow bell ringers. Perrin
was jailed.
"Everything is running smoothly on
the Burlington. " Two bcabs plugged
their machines at Smartvillo last week
and sent to the shops for reconstruc
tion. The roar of wreck and ruin goes
merrily on.
James A. Nelson , son of the marshal
of North Bond , while skating near the
railroad slid under n moving train and
lost a log. Tlio mangled member was
amputated at the kuoo , and the boy is
slowly recovering.
Nebraska railroads have arranged a
bories of excursions of intending settlers
from the cast. Rates have been put at
a low figure and it is expected that
thousands of farmers and Investors will
bo broucht to the stato.
County Treasurer Wilkinson of Da
kota county , has received an urgent in
vitation to speak , at the next meeting
of the state republican clubs , to the
toast , "Tho Offices Wo Won't Resign. "
He is eloquently Equipped for the occa
sion.
sion.W.
W. D. Searlos , a sharper who person
ated an insurance a'gent and harvested
considerable money in Sail no county ,
has been convicted and bent to Lincoln
for two years. The.Bontcnco is sufficient
to appal the wicked and turn them from
the paths of evil.
Ono of the KinncV bovs living on the
family homestead near Dorchester , died
last week with an old and ferocious gun
wad in his abdomen. He attempted to
clean the gun without taking out the
charge , and death took him unawares.
Score another for the unloaded gun.
A train on the Burlington , between
Crete and Wilbur , made a remarkable
run recently. A distance of eight miles
was covered in eight hours. Many pus-
sengers jumped off and walked to Crete
and secured three hours' sleep before
the train finally arrived there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Carmichael , of
Nebraska City , celebrated their golden
wedding last week. The fortunate
couple were the recipients of a recep
tion and banquet at the Morton house ,
which was attended by many prominent
pconlo. They have been residents of
the city since 1837. They were married
in Mifllln county , Pa.
Frank Myers , a Philadelphia horse-
trader nnd general dcadboat , creased a
real estate boom in Blair a few weeks
ago , when ho appeared there and threat
ened to buv up the earth. Several farms
were bought up with bogus checks on
Omaha banks , and after paying his board
and ether bills with worthless paper , ho
borrowed a shotgun and disappeared be
fore the checks were presented for pay-
mont.
The Nebraska City Times rasps the
Burlington management on its con
temptible policy in issuing circulars de
nouncing the strikers. ' 'The Burling
ton , " bays the Times , "claims to have all
the men' it wants. If this is true , why
should it try to poison the public mind
against the strikoroV" The day of reck
oning is approaching. Its tumbling
stock and an empty treasury are the
faint rumblings of early dibaster.
"The Scab" is the title of a suggeativo
pamphlet ibsucd by the strikers at Wy-
moro and illustrated by G. C. Widnoy.
Tlio pictures are not polibhed but profuse -
fuse and true to life. Scono.i and
incidents of the btriko , both serious nnd
laughable , are related in probe and poetry -
otry , and the whole makes tin intorobting
bouvonir of the great walk-out. A few
copies of it thrown among the Burling
ton managers would make them throw
up their hands and bog for quarter.
II. Sloichor , an Arcadian butcher ,
weary of blood , bones and bologna , es-
payod the role of highwayman in an
original fashion last week. lie jumped
into a hardware btoro in Grand Island
and abkcd the proprietor , George D.
HoUoll , to sign u chock for $600 , accom
panying the modest rcquobt with the
porsunsivo eloquence of a revolver. Mr.
jTotzoll promptly complied , but before
the chock could ho turned into cash the
Arcadian was softening his hams on the
planks of the jail. The follow lias earned
a spare room in n lunatic ubylum.
The division scheme is again bloom
ing in Custer county. Now and vigor
ous towns are hpringing up on all bides ,
nnd unless they clutch each other's
throat in jealous embrace , the peace of
mind and dignity of Broken Bow is
likely to bo disturbed before lly time
wanes again. A llvoly meeting of rod-
hot divisioniHts was hold at UalJuway
lubt week , and a preliminary assault
made on the breastworks of Broken
Bow. Another meeting will bo hold on
the lilth inbt. , when -the dividing line
will bo agreed upon and the campaign
opened.
Frank Davoy is a lonesome nnd rud-
dcrlcbs mariner in flic political bca of
Dakota county. Ho was boosted into
prominence last fall by a cyclone of
Winnebago votes , for the mouboly price
of $1 each , and managed to tie the vote
of his republican competitor , Wilkin
son , for county treasurer. A legal utruw-
pull was had to decide the tie , and both
parties agreed to nbido by the result.
Frank nulled the victorious straw and
hib backers bhook the firmament with
shouts ot wild acclaim. But the tornado
of lungs and Winnebago war-paint
failed to boost him into office. Wllkin-
bon holds the fort and the county
bhokols , and the buprenio court refused
to interfere , while Dayoy's empty pur o
painfully yearns for the iwrquibites.
Mr. Andrew Park , of Carroll , Ia. ,
wont to Pluinviow last week and pre
sented a handsome and costly sowing
machine to Miss LoloKoyco , a gift from
the , Whcoler < fc Wilson company. The
machine is to bo operated by hand in
stead'of a treadle , and was made ox-
p.rossly for her.Mr. . Parks found the
heroine of the blizzard cheerful and
comfortable , notwithstanding her ter
rible sufferings. Miss Royce expressed
horsolt as overwhelmed with the kind-
tioss nnd generosity of the people. She
had received $0,000 , in cash from the
BteK fund nnd $6,000 from ether sources ,
besides hundreds of presents of value ,
every mail bringing something. Mr.
Parks say * she is bright , refined and
of cheerful temperament , and does not
complain or lament the loss of her
limbs.
The Woeful nnd Weary Warriors of
Warbonnct are on their knees pleading
for the solnco nnd sacrifices of maids
anxious to marry. For the benefit of
the feminine sufferers of the cast U
should bo stated that Warbonnet is the
snggcstivo appellation of a section of
Sioux county , whore roamed in days not
remote the native hair-raisers of the
plains. Only blcachlngbones nnd ashes
now mark the scones of festivity and
fury of the native American party.
These monuments are rapidly disappear
ing before the yeomen of the frontier ,
and nothing remains to make the Eden
bloom nnd blossom but 100 single young
women to shed their fragrance over the
land. In addition to securing a husky
young man , each woman can marry 1GO
acres of land and enjoy all the blessings
of unending toll that the litlo convoys.
The advertisement further declares the
yearning bachelors are "noblo Amer
ican citizens , except one , and ho is un
fortunate in being the bou of an English
lord. "
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SKINNING TJIK PU1S.VCIIRR.
How it was Done In a 1'okci ; Game nt
Fnrgo A Cold Jcek Coppered.
St. Paul Glebe : The night was cold ,
but a bright light gleamed from the
windows of the "major's" office and told
that , despite the chilly atmosphere ,
"Tho Gang" was holding its regular
weekly meeting. Alter ho had socurly
locked his desk and chained his overcoat
and cano to a log of the table , the major
announced that it was the Old Sport's
turn.
"I distinctly remember a circum
stance"said the sport as ho lit his cigar ,
"that happened several years agowhieh ,
although not extraordinary , was rather
amusing. Of course you have till heard
of'Slippery Sims. ' Ho can't road nor
write , but he can do moro with a deck of
cards than any man I over know. He
plays a hold-out altogether , and I was
with the crowd that brought him to
Terre Ilaulo to play against Brace Horse
McDonald and a few others. The poker
room was situated directly Jovcr a cloth
ing store. The enterprising clothier
had put up a sijrn in tno room baying ,
"Tho first holder of straight flush is entitled -
titled to a silk hat. " Slppery Sims saw
the sign and smiled. After ten hands
had been pluyed , Sims threw down a
straight flush.
"Great Caesar , do man's got a
straight , " exclaimed the negro in at
tendance. "Say , mistah , what's do size
ob yo head ? "
Sims gave tlio dimensions of his cran
ium ana the negro started after the tile.
While ho was going Sims produced
three moro straights from somewhere.
The colored man returned with the hut
and Sims , pulling out three more
straights , mnl < ing seven in all , baid :
"Hero , go got mo an overcoat. "
"But the most remarkable thing I
over saw , " continued the sport , was at
Fargo , Dak. You all have certainly
heard of 'Preacher Wallace. ' Well , ho
looked exactly liko. a preacher. IIo
never drinks a drop , and only occasion
ally indulges in a cigar , but ho was a
slick boy \yith the cards. Gcorgo
Schoonovor imported him to Fargo from
Sioux City to bo done up. Wallace was
a consumptive looking duck , and rarely
smiled. The smallest hand ho was over
known to show was a four full on
deuces , and no one ever knew him to
lose a jack-pot. Roxcy Rebor , of St.
Paul , McBane. a man named Murphy
and Gene Sudor were in the crowd ,
and they made it up to ring in a
cold deck on the 'preacher. ' Old Denny
Hannafan , of Bismarck , was in the
crowd , nnd ono of the most anxious to
BOO the preacher skinned. Mike Hea-
loy , the well known pugilist , fixed up
1 lie cold deck. They Fat down to play ,
and pretty soon Denny Hannafan spit on
the deck.
" can't these cards "
"Wo use any moro ,
said the preacher.
"No , " said Denny , "givo us another
deck. "
Roxcy handed the "preacher the cold
deck , and lie ran through it quickly and
separated the cards. The game began
and quite a pot was on the table. All
smiled when Denny won it. They
ployed pome time , with varying for
tunes , and finally some great betting
was done. All the money was on the
table , and the boys were satisfied that
they had the preacher skinned , llober
stood pat , Donnv drew two cards and
Wallace was pale. Everybody was excited -
cited , and at the same time eager for a
showaown. Finally a call was made ,
Roxey triumphantly throw down a
queen full , and Denny throe acch and a
pair of sevens. Wallace quietly laid
down four donees. There was a deep
silfiico for a minute , nnd then old Den
ny remarked :
"Say , Preacher , I've got $1,000 worth
of property in Bismarck. I'll bell it and
give you lialf tlio proceeds if you'll show
mo how it's dono. "
*
HOW TO GETACHEAP DRINK.
A SlmUUy s'lrniiRot1 Scarce a JJrooklyn
Itartciulor.
A shabby man , with n rod facestopped
into a saloon on Front btreot , Brooklyn ,
and nodding familiarly to some men
who were leaning against the bar ,
offered to stand a drink all around.
The man was a stranger , but the cordi
ality of his proposal was an offset to
thi's fact , and tlio crowd nccoi ted the pro
posed smilo. When the bovorageH were
put on the Imr and disposed of thu
stranger , before paying , rolled hack his
coat-Bluevo , unbuttoned the wristband
of ills shirt and displayed his bare arm.
It was covered with llttlo blotches or
pustules , "Hoys , " said the hospitable
stranger. "I've got the sinall-po.\ . "
Everybody belted for tfio door , except
the saloonkeeper , who sent his boy for a
policeman. The blue-coat cam" and or
dered the smiling stranger into the
middle of the street. Ho stopped a
brother blue-coat , who was passing , and
the two oflicees , guarding their prisoner
strictly but at long range , hold
him between the curbs while an
alarm was turned for the ambulance.
Meanwhile the btrcet filled with excited
people , wondering ut the strange spec
tacle thus hold in the middle of tlio
street by policemen , who were afraid to
go near him. Tlio ambulance came at
length and relieved the policemen of
their unplcabant charge. At the pobt
house the mankind his name was Simnis.
The doctors whoexaminod him declared
that ho had no more small-pox than
when lie wus born. So they bent him
away. Simina may come down to the
disease yet from tlio Contagion to which
ho was exposed at the pest
THE WOLVES -NEVADA ,
How Hungry Ooyat-oa Rouucl Up
Their Qamo.
A VERY WEIRD REVEILLE.
Driving Them Into Canyon A
llonull's Htranjjc Vets
Feeding Milk to
Skunks.
San Francisco Examiner : "You
never saw the nrtistio way tlio Nevada
wolves would round tip the jack-rabbits ,
I suppose , " remarked Jobouh Grand-
clmvcr , the old-time Noviulnn , yostot-
diiy. "It is the cleverest bit of strategy
I over heard of. There tire aovoral
kinds ot wolves all through the state ,
but the coyotes are by far the plontiosl.
In the llumboldt , Sinokcy nnd other
valleys , tlio coyotes form in military
line , oftimcs along stmvo old road , as 1
have most frequently scon thorn , and
thus systematically go on a regular
drive.
"They stretch out over a great area
of country , the coyotes being stationed
somewhere near a mile apart. Once
they got sight ot a jack-rabbit his name
is Dennis. Ho may take to the sagebrush -
brush and elude the coyotes for a time ,
but ho is their meat. Fifty or 100 coy
otes can thus in a short time rake in a
terrible lot of rabbits. If the coyotes
are hungry it is about the rarest sport
one can witness. They go at the hunt
with bo much ardor , and with such per
fect system.
"A coyote on his own account can
usually forage successfully for food. lie
is sly like a fox , and always with an eye
out for number ono , ho generally has
his belly full , and lots of fat sticking to
his ribs ; but if the weather lias been
bad and ho gets separated from his fol
lows on a reconnoltoring tour , ho may
have a hard time of it.
"In the sagebrush a jack-rabbit can
generally manage to elude a coyote.
Ho can got in and out quicker , while
the coyote , being bigger , is delayed by
the brush and can't get in and out lik'o
a rabit.
rabit.A
A WOLF COUNCIL Or WAlt.
"But after a lot of hungry wolves
have hold a council of war and decided
to go on a hunt , it is time for the rab
bits to hunt their holes. There is al
ways music in the air about that time ,
and the weird howls of the wolves sound
like a distant rovoillo.
"Tlio rabbits scorn to understand the
situation too , and scamper hither and
thither over the plains and rolling
hills. It is not long however , till the
wolves marshal their forces. They begin -
gin by making a wide dolour over the
hills , lessoning the size of the circle as
they advance , and holding all the rab
bits they got as skillfully as a fisher
man handles his seine.
"The jack rabbits are all of a tremble -
blo when they sco how their enemies
have thorn hedged about , and jump
helplessly into the air and utter pitiful
cries.
"Tho wolves merely watch the sides
warily and look on vindictively , with
tongues lolling out through their white
teeth , and eyes sparkling , expressive
of the knowledge that they will soon
have some some flno eating.
"As the wolves drew nearer together ,
the quick snap , snap of their jaws is
heard , as they snip the throats of their
victims and they fall dead from loss of
blood.
' When every rabbit is killed , tlio
coyotes sit down on their haunches to a
very comfortable banquet , ano never
lot up until they have taken aboard BO
much rabbit-meat that they can hardly
stir.
stir."Then
"Then they slowly meander off to
their homos in the hills , or wherever
they may bo , and if their is a lot of rab
bit meat left , as there may bo , they put
in an appearance again , at stated inter
vals , until the whole is consumed.
rmiviNa UiVnniTS INTO CANYONS.
"After a lot of coyotes have had a
talk , so to speak , and decided to go on
a hunt they will sometimes go to a
rough region , where they know the
rabbits abound , and lay sicgo for them
in another way. Certain brigades will
clamber up on the high rocks and hill
tops surrounding a canyon , and drive
the game down into the depth below ,
other relays of wolves having previously
been placed at the entrance , and at
weak places. They of times got a great
many into a canyon in tills way , and
thus speedily finish them.
"Tho coyotes got so thick in Nevada ,
and bothered tlio ranchmen so much ,
that the Nevada legiblaturo in 18S2 of-
forcd $1 a head for everyone killed.
The Shoshone and Piuto Indians
wont on the warpath for thorn.
' 'They sot sot sharpened sticks in the
snow over a wide region , with a piece
of meat , or other kind of bait on the
end , in which btrychnino had been put.
' 'Wolves would come along and snap
these up as choice morsels. They would
not go fifty yards hoinotlmcs , till the
poison would got in its work and they
would drop over dead ,
A cirANdi : OK HASH.
"Tho Indians following this business
systematically , would follow up nc.st
day , on their rnumlH , and skin the
wo'lvcH , nnd besides getting a dollar
from the state would got twi'iily-Jlvo or
thirty 1'ontn for its akin , for a coyote
skin makes a protly nice little robo.
"Tlio Piutos and Blinshoiica made
more money than they overdid before
in their lives. Tliuy floated along a
couple of years in thin way , with plcnly
of money to buy flrowator , when all of a
Biiddon iho legislature woke up to the
fact that whllo Iho wolves had dummsod
rapidly the jaok rabbits had increased
until they were as thick as locusts.
They were literally as plenty aq tlio
loaves on the trees , or as tlio blades of
gras * .
"A great crv went up thai the rah-
bits were fast clearing out the rnncfli-
tncn. Trees were pooled , cabbages
eaten tin , and various sorts of products
ravaged.
"Tho legislature promptly hauled off
the bounty on coyotes and placed a
twonty-flvo cent bounty on rabbits.
"Tho wolves have increased nnd
braced up again , and now they are once
moro doing duty as rabbit extermina
tors.
tors."Tho
"Tho ranchmen thought , on the
whole , it was bettor to have coyotes
than rabbits.
"As a general thing the rabits Inhabit
the valleys where grcosowood and sake-
brush predominate , wnllo the coyotes
are the thickest In the sagebrush and
mountain ranges.
"Ono queer thing is that you find
coyotes moro numerous in non-minoral
ranges. The coyotes are death on
chickens , and many a ranchman has
cudgeled his brain , after setting traps
and sitting up night after night with
his gun , to know how these thieves have
como and gene with his fowls and with
out his knowledge.
ADOl'TKl ) Till ! OTn JIAX.
"lint the queerest thing 1 over know
about jack-rablta occurred at a place out
in Mound valley. An old ranchman
there , who devoted his time to cow and
horse raising and didn't caroacont
about trying to raise vegetables , used
to bo followed about by droves of these
rabits. Ho would go out some nights
after his cows and a whole slough ot
rabits would come trooping in after him.
"Ho didn't bother thorn and they got
tamo. Jack-rabbits are affectionate
animals anyway , and they adopted the
old man. To that I maysay , gamboling
on the green in front of his oabtu
only there wasn't any green there and
skipping in and out at the door , and
clambering on the bed , the old man had
quite enough to entertain him.
"The old man had been a sort of a
hermit , living all alone , without even a
dog to occupy his cabin with him.
Eb"In duo time ho taught the rabbits
several tricks , and it was not until sev
eral of them began rearing their broods
in his house that the old man began to
wonder whether ho owned the house
and the rabbits lived with him , or the
rabbits owned the house and ho lived
with thorn.
"Thoro is a very pretty mountain fox
in Nevada that ranks next to the coyotes
in its ability to destroy rabbits. Ho is
of a beautiful vermillion rod , or goldish
yellow color , and sometimes speckled
and spotted. His fur is not so valuable
as the silver gray fox , yet it is next to
it.
A SLIOIIT ODOU
"Badgers and skunks are very thick.
The latter are the most offensive sort of
an animal I have over known , and emit
an odor that makes you think you have
struck seventeen bad gas factories all
condensed Into ono. Some ranchmen I
know of there , rather than kill one of
these skunks and stand the consequences
quences , or got them agitated in any
way , carry milk to them and food them.
"What the end will bo I don't exactly
see , and whether they are laying up
wrath against the day of wrath I can t
say , but , at any rate , the rancher is get
ting along with them at present.
"Skunks , badgers and wolves sloop
during ths day , usually , and go out at
night.
"It is generally in the very early
morning that the coyotes sound their
reveille and go after the rabbits. "
Educating the Savage.
Pittsburg Post : The government haa
already a very largo school establish
ment for Indians. Including agency ,
industrial and boarding schools , ft has
an aggregate of 227 , with a capacity of
13,7Ci ( pupils , an enrollment of 14.333
and an average attendance of 10,520.
On those schools the government ex
pended during the last fiscal year
1,1GG,025.67 , besides the expenditures
for construction and repairs of
buildings , the transportation of
pupils and sundry miscellane
ous items. In his last annual report
Commissioner Atkins declares that "tho
Indian can bo educated equally with the
white or the colored man , " and that the
average annual cost decreases from year
to year. The cost last year for each
pupil in a government boarding school
was $170 ; in a contract boarding school ,
$130 ; in' a government day school , $53 ;
in a contract day school , $ . " 0. It must
not bo inferred that the contract schools
are the cheaper. The difference is duo
to the fact that the private societies
supply the deficiencies in the latter
from their own funds.
Tnliann Mont's Appearance * .
New York Tribune : His tawny hair
bristles , without looking fierce , over a
round , small head which tappers up
from his big wide ears , Ono eve is sot
higher up than tlio other , and out of it
ho appeals to do Ins s-ooing. Its asso
ciate eye squints , and scorns to have no
other function than loadd tohlsgonoral
ugliness. lliBCurvcdnosoondsin abulb ,
and looks decidedly beery. ITo has
no neck in front , but a huge ono behind
that runs up into his head , which shown
its greatest dimensions just under bin
oars. His chcoksarobigand flabbyand
covered with a thick , ooan-o rod board.
Ho has a way of working his mouth
which makes bin Irregular features still
moro one-si dud. And this is the man
who in going to overthrow c/.ars , em
perors and kings by what ho calls "tho
weapon of anarchy. "
I'jIHlH IIt'C.
NHW Oni.KtXH , March ! il. 'J'ho Hope ra-
siiiMnc-'o company ( if llila city dci-lilod yester
day to K < > In Iliinidutkm , No Htutomcnt ni to
thu condition of the concern was mudo public ,
Fldcllly IlopMiiH Sentenced.
OISC.ISNAII , March 111. UunJ.imiu B.
HopUIns , Into assistant runnier of tlio Klilol-
ity National bunk , wus htmtouc'od to tlio penl-
tuntiary lor HOVOII your * mill two months this
2 ,
Great fcpucial bale of hoys knco pants
on Monday April 2 ; 1,000 paira at sur
prisingly low prices. Now styles , well
in u do and all .sUes. 300 pairs , nice pattern -
torn , fiiirqualily , purl cotton , worth GOe ,
nt fi'lo. 800 pairs , bettor quality , 7Do
grade , at 51c. 300 pairs boys all wool
brccchea , regularSl grade , at 75o. 100
pulrs extra quality , worth Sl.S-1 } , at 07c ,
In addition a largo kilo will bo glvon
with every purchase of boys
Mall orders filled.
M'ltlL Sl'ltl'ltlSK
L. O.JONES , American Clothier ,
1309 Farnam St. . 1309.
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