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    THE DAILY J3EE.
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OOUHKSI'OMKNCE.
All rommunlcatlons rdBtlnR to news and ecll-
torlnl mnttcr should bo RJilrcs l to the Umtou
.
All Vuslnei" ) < letters nnrt r < ? mlttBnres RlionM bo
RddrccMd to Tiir. UBK I'i-iii.isiii > o Covr Nr ,
OMAHA. Jlrftfts , cliwks and pnttoilice orders to
be made jiayablo to thp older of the company.
Tlio Bee PnUishingCipany , Proprietors
E. ROHEWATEU. Editor.
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fiworn HtnlGincnt ofClroulntlon.
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( Iro. II. Tr.schucV , secrntary of The Jlco Pub-
l lllIlK roiniiany , dee * self jnnly swrnr thnt the
nttnnmiculfitlon of the Dally Ileo for the week
endlnir Juno 2 ! > , 118. vi aa as follows.
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Furom to before mo und sabscrlbitl In my
prcsilico this 130th Oay of.lunc , A. D. . IbBS.
N. I'.FKIU Notary Public.
Stnto of Nebraska , I. _
County ot Douglas , ( " s >
( U-orgo 11. Tz. ihuck. beln first duly sworn ,
ilci nteunndfnys tliat ho Iscccrotnryof Tlio Hco
I'nlil hlnR company , that the actual avurnito
elnlly rlrrnlntlon or the Dnlly llco for the
month of July. 1 H7 , win I4tw3 copies ; for
August , 1M7 , 14 , I'll copies ; for Ketitutiibcr. 1S37 ,
14Mi ! ! copies ; forOrtolicr , T , liUe-opIc.s : ) ; for
Novcmlicr , 15S7 , 1"SO ) co fi ; for December ,
b" , ir-,041 copies ; for Jnnuarv. IHW. luj&n cop-
lea ; for Kcbmnry , IMJ.S , 1S.W2 copies ; for March ,
ItW , 1II.O9 copies ; for April , IbV , 18,741 copli-s ,
for.Mny , 16W , is.isi topics ; for Juiio , l ! h8 , nvJO
copies.
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Sworn to before mo and BUb.'Tlbcil In uiy
prescnco this ! WtU day of .lime , A. 1) . W * .
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AYIKA : < ; K DAILY CIUCULATIO.N 20.057
Total for the VccK 140 , 00
Mil. Cuvni.ANU has issued a now
civil service rule , but It 1ms not n word
nbout tlio dangers besotting a second
torin.
K are only iifty-olght pages to
tbo Mills tarilT bill. But congressmen
enjoy Ibis document so well tliat tboy
will read no other novel tbo whole sum
mer long.
are now venting
limit- spleen on Dr. Muokcn/.ie and
charging- him with all sorts of blunders
in bis treatment of the late emperor.
The Scotch physician , however , will
have his revonyo when ho presents his
bill for services.
Tiru novel and delightful coaching
trip of Mr. Bluinu through England to
Mr. Carnegie's cnstlo in the highlands
of Scotland has fully restored him in
spirits and health. Mr. Blalno's return
to the United States nt the end of July
is full of significance to his party. lie
in sure to lake a most prominent part
in aiding the election of Mr. Harrison.
IN the hands of the prominent busi
ness men who mot at the board of trade
rooms to organize a stock company , the
realization of the Paltico of Products is
assured. There will bo no diillculty in
raising the amount of stock required ,
which has boon put at 825,000 in shares
of $25. Every merchant in the city at a
moment's glance can see that as a busi
ness venture the indirect returns alone
will warrant his subscription to the en
a terprise. But it is necessary thnt the
t celebration this fall shall bo an artistic
success as well , and for that reason
great care should bo exercised in the
selection of the committees of arrange
ment.
ATTORNEY GKNKUAL LEESE , of Ne
braska , in his recent refusal to natu
ralize a Chinese to citizenship followed
in line with the decision of the United
States circuit court of California. Other
courts have ruled similarly. Section
2170 of the revised statutes on naturali-
Cntion npplics "to aliens being free
white persons , and to aliens of African
nativity , and to persons of African do-
I econt. " As a Chinaman is neither a wbi o
yorson , nor an African , ho is clearly out
of the pale of the statute. This was the
' / > ) sltton taken by General Harrison in
the senate. He votcu against the Chi
nese bill on the ground that the law al
ready in force prohibited the naturali
zation of Chinamen to citizenship. And
the courts have borne out Air. Harri
son's views.
EMIOUATION from Norway to the
United States has always brought a do-
slrnblo element- noted for its sobriety
and thrift. From our consul at Chriti-
liann , the report comes that the num
ber of emigrants from that country is
increasing constantly since the year
r 1BS5 , when the low water mark of 11,000
wns touched. The year 18S2 wit
nessed the largest exodus of that
people. Nearly 29,000 came to our
shores nt thnt time. In 1887 the total
number of Norwegian emigrant's ' was
20,711 , and for 1888 the figures will ap
proximate the emigration for the year
38S'l , when 22,000 found a homo in
IK. America. The peculiarity of the Nor
wegian emigration ns compared with
other European countries lies in the
fuel thnt the rural districts and not the
towns uro drained of their inhabitants.
Till- : report comes from Now Mexico
that the Hammonds , of pork-packing
fame , have Induced nn eastern syndi
cate to purchase 100,000 acres in Now
Mexico and stock the range with 230-
000 head of cattle. It is the purpose of
this syndicate to supply the oxtonnivo
dressed beef establishments of the
llntnmonds at Chicago , Omnlm , Kansas
City , and other cities directly from this
mammoth ranch. The selection of the
ranches In New Mexico , though bomc-
Avhat out of the present cattle ranges ,
was made hi the welfare of the com
* pany's herds. Snow and ice uro never
% of sulllcient depth in the region chosen
by the company to Inter.foro with feed
ing throughout the yctir , and the eleva
tion from -1,000 to 0,000 feet , is suRlciciit
K to ensure freedom from , contagious dis
KI eases. Although the venture is sytmv
I what of nn experiment , there' is little
doubt but Mint it will.turn out a success ,
A tyunpnlgn Kxpcdlcnt.
The democratic .platform omitted to
glvo any assurance that the party was
in sympathy with civil .service reform ,
or that 'the policy would receive any
support , from the party in the future.
The platform is vor.y generally believed ,
and not without prominent democratic
authority , to have had the approval of
the prrsldcnt before it was submitted to
the national convention. Even with
out the statement of Congressman Scott
that he carried the document from
Washington to St. Louis , and Hint It
was adopted without ti single alteration ,
it would bo entirely fair to presume that
Mr. Cleveland would not allow so im
portant n matter as the declaration oi
the principles and policy on which ho
was to stand to bo made without his
knowledge and approval of Ihdlr ch.ir-
actor. It was of vital importance that
the platform bo made to fit the can
didate , and no man could have been
quito so solicitous regarding this as the
president. Having absolute command
of the situation , it ia not atall question
able that ho knew every line of the
platform before It went to the commit
tee , and It would have been treason
punishable with political ostracism to
have changed a single word of it.
In view of this the consideration ac
corded civil service reform In the dem
ocratic platform was a bitter disappoint
ment to the radical reformers who had
professed a boundless faith in the
sincerity of Mr. Cleveland's re
form pretensions. They might have
hoped for very little from the democratic
convention if left to the free expres
sion of Its sentiments on this policy , but
with Mr. Cleveland as the platform
maker they expected an enunciation in
behalf of their hobby that would amply
justify the confidence they had reposed
in their ideal reformer. The failure tn
get it amazed anil discomilttcd them ,
but the newspapers representing this
element came bravely forward in merit
ed criticism of the civil service plank ,
some of them going so far as to denounce
tlio preposterous claim therein sot upas
contrary to well-attested facts.
Mr. Cleveland has evidently had hi- :
attention called to these criticisms ,
which it is not unlikely ho expected.
What ho permitted to bo siid ; in
the platform was necessary
to silcnco the democratic
clamor against civil service reform. Nc
harm could come to him from his own
party simply by claiming for tbo ad
ministration all the glory of inaugurat
ing and maintaining honest reform , so
long as the pledge for the future wont
with the claim. The assumption of su
perior merit for what had been done in
volved no danger so far as the democ
racy was concerned. The peril \\ould
be in the promioo of continuing the re
form , and this was shrewdly omitted.
But Mr. Cleveland needs the mugwump
vote. Ho cannot lose nny of it without
imperiling his chances in New York ,
and there is great danger that some oi
it will stray away from him unless he
can restore the fnih badly shaken by
the national platform. This he is en
deavoring to do by extending the clns-bi-
iication of the civil service so at
to include all the otllcers , clerks
and employes in the executive depart
ments , the pew regulation going iutc
effect at once.
Will any intelligent citizennota con-
llrincd mugwump , bo deceived by this
obvious campaign expedient of the pres
ident ? If Mr. Cleveland had been hon
estly respecting the spirit of tbo civil
bcrvico law , as the democratic platform
claims , this regulation would have been
observed from the beginning of his ad
ministration. The authority to order it
bus rested with him from the first day
ho entered the presidency , yet ho has
chosen to put oft' the exorcise ot it until
the closing-year of his administration
and until within four months of the
presidential election. Had ho observed
from the outset the principle he now
finds it expedient to announce ,
and which is clearly in
line with the spirit of the
civil service law , there would have been
some virtue in his conduct , but there is
none as it is. Having allowed the
spoils system lo freely operate for three
years and a half in the executive de
partments , until all the positions worth
having are occupied by democrats , this
model civil service reformer now ex
tends the classification so ns to embrace
these departments. It is quito prob
able there will ben chorus of mugwump
laudation of this order of Mr. Cleve
land , but the intelligence of the man
who cannot see in it the cheap elec-
Uoiicoring device of a very ordinary
politician is deplorably obtuse.
Dilatory
More than two months have passed
since the bill to open the Sioux reserva
tion became a law , and Htlll the com
mission provided for , to secure the
consent of the Indians , has not been
selected. The country is informed that
the president is giving the matter his
serious attention , but it may be at least
another month before the representa
tives of the government will bo ready
to meet with the Indians and ascertain
their hontlment regarding the law.
Thus will have been wasted throe
moiiths of the year in which the law
must receive the approval of the
Indians or become null und void.
Meantime the opponents of the act
are not idle. Tboy or their
emissaries are industriously at
work among the Indians creating hostil
ity to the law , and there is reabon to ap
prehend tliat their efforts are not wholly
without success. There is a consider
able olciiinnt among the Indians that
oppo.sod the act while it was pending ,
and who have since vigorously shown
their hostility to it , They are not
without inlluonco , and aided by the
white men who have personal interests
at stake they are enabled to make their
inlluonco felt.
The obvious duty and policy of the
government was to have pushed this
matter with all practicable vigor. The
plan should have been tostriuo whilotho
iron was hot. There are doubless move
hostile Indians to. bo won over
now than thora were two months ago ,
and the labors of the commission will
consequently bo pura.uod under grcatei
dinicultios and Iciss 6x.pcdlliouhly than
'if entered upon a. coupl < j of months
curlier , Tho.pretence that-extraordi
cnro wns necessary in selecting
the commi ision is absurd. C apa'jlc nnd
trustworthy men for tins service could
have been found in n week , without any
great expenditure of effort. A. moro
probable nnd reasonable explanation Is
that the president has been so much en
gaged with political wot-k that ho has
put aside this duty , in the performance
of which there was no assurance of any
political advantage. The allowance of
a year In which to perfect the business
provided for by tbo law docs not jus
tify the government in occupy
ing the full time. The Intention wns
to have the reservation onencd as soon
as It could practicably bo done , so that
settlers anxious to go there could do so ,
so that projected railroads through the
territory could bo commenced , and so
that this fertile region could speedily
be utilized for the general benefit. It
is a mislnko that this intention is not
being carried out , and it will bo a mis
fortune If the delay shall result In the
failure of the law.
Senator Sliorinuii.
Numerous stories have obtained cir
culation since the national republican
convention regarding Iho Impression
made upon Senator Sherman by the re
sult of the convention. Most of those
have rellectcd unfavorably upon the
Ohlosonntor. Ho has been represented ns
feeling very sore and ns privately threat
ening to do things which could hardly
fail lo bo very damaging to his party.
It has been said that bo was very much
displeased at the course of Governor
Forakcr , that ho contemplated u public
denunciation of the methods of General
Alger , and that ho would have n good
deal to say nbout others whom it is
alleged were not entirely faithful to his
cause.
It is not ut all surpris
ing that Senator Sherman
should have felt disappointment at
his third failure to secure the nomina
tion of his party , when the chances of
success seemed so largely in his
favor. It was in all probability his
final effort to attain tlio honorable am
bition of being made the candidate of
the party in whoso cause ho has de
voted the best years and the most ardu
ous labors of his life. Ho is sixty-live
years old , and his ago when' the next
national convention shall meet , if be
live until that time , will doubtless bo-
bar him from appearing in it as a presi
dential aspirant. It is easy , to under
stand , therefore , that bin present disap
pointment would bo greater than over
before. It is not improbable , also , that
ho has good reasons for feeling aggra
vated at certain parties.
But Senator Sherman has never
sulked and never failed
to put forth his best efforts for the suc
cess of his party , and ho will not now
mar his honorable record of loyalty and
fidelity to the republican cnu o. Ho is
too true a man to be for a moment seri
ously suspected of any such purpose.
Ho believes fully and heartily in the
principles of the republican party , and
those he will battle for as long as ho has
tlio power to do so. Only those who do
not know John Sherman , or who have ! i
malicious purpose in disparaging him ,
will atlompt to cast a doubt upon bis
constancy to his party in every circum
stance. The presidency would bo a
merited reward of his great services to
the country , but without It his muno
will occupy an honored place in our
history far above some who have at
tained that exalted position. Senator
Sherman can be trusted to do nothing
in derogation of his splendid record.
Ignorance of Snnltury Principle * .
1'oinilur Science Mnnlhlu.
In his census reports , Dr. Billings
states that , in the United States , 100- ,
000 deaths occur every year from strictly
preventable discuses alone. This is un
questionably a very moderate estimate ,
and , if there are reckoned nlsoUwolve
cases of serious illness for every death ,
we see what a great amount of suffering
results from ignorance of sanitary prin
ciples.
But how is this ignorance manifested ?
Are not our architects competent to
deal with the problem of household san
itation ? It will bo said , perhaps , that
it is the province of the architect to
direct tbo entire work of house-build
ing , and to arrange every detail of tlio
fittings. But it should be considered
thnt the science of sanitation is broad
and comprehensive. Years of study
and of experience in sanitary work
are necessary for a proper underslund-
ing of the subject. It is perhaps unfor
tunate that there is so llttlo in the se
vere and unpleasant detailsof this work
to commend it to those whose tastes
have led them to the study of the moro
"
attractive principles of "artistic con
struction and the science of a'sthotics.
An architect should have the soul of an
artist , but there are few men whoso na
ture is so broad as lo combine truly ar
tistic tastes with a love for the details
of difficult mechanical work , involving
the necessity for undertaking compre
hensive andscientific research. It is
tlio province of the engineer to engage
in an occupation of this kind. Ilia
natural inclinations and his rigid train
ing in sclenlilic pursuits lit him espec
ially for the direction of matters- relat
ing to drainage and sewage disposal.
Misrepresented anil Dclniycil.
Chictiuo llt-intii ,
Wore the people represented in the
Chicago convention ? Who spoke for
them ? Who stood in tlio forum last
week for the stale of Nebraska , whore
sbyloeks charge 12 per cenlinlercstand
where the farmer , unable lo exchange
his corn for coal , burns his crop ? Who
appeared for Michigan.whoro Iho farms
are mortgaged almost to their full value ,
and where only the timber , the salt and
the copper baron is rich enough to en
joy n. holiday in Chicago seeing how
many votes in a republican convention
8100,000 will buy ? Who spoke for Wis
consin not for the otllco hunters , the
corporations nnd the pine land rings ,
but for that greater Wisconsin made up
of the people who toil ? Who wore the
representatives of the Minnesota which ,
m IbbO , broke out of party thongs and
manifested its sovereignly by sending a
free Irado delegation to congress.
Railroad attorneys , politicians who
draw their inspirations not from the
people , but from eastern smoko-titucks ,
from thi ) trusts and combines , and from
the business rings within rings they
Bpokp and voted for the northwest.
From the beginning to the end ol the
long session not u man of the people
was'heard in that body , Nobrabka'd
little delegation contained Ecvcn rail
road lawjirs. Ktcry other north we st
ern state was "simply misrepresented. .
Tlu platform "mlpi'rtod on Thursday is
fxplnjncd tthoiY tin-so fncts are known.
To removqlhu | ax on whisky and to in
crease It on tUwiClothiiiff of the masses
is a proposition which , in the name ol
the great northwest and its honest In
dustries and viiluous people , the Her
ald repudiates. .They never adopted
it. The Impudent croaltivcs who sitokc
for Ihcin betrayed their trusts. They
wore not representative men. They
were Iho agents of monopoly , of public
robbery and of imperial expenditure.
That crowning tVlsgraco of American
polities will not properly ntlach to the
wcsl itnlil this immoral doctrine shall
be Indorsed at the ballot box.
XOTIS.
Moro hnntls nro nt work in I'tiRlnnil n (
present thnn Imvo been employed in u long
time.
ICIflhty clifarmnkors of a Now York fac
tory liuve struck ngninst n reduction of from
$1 to $2 per 1,000.
The Uricklnycra' union No. I ] , of Now
York , has uotcatcd n resolution to ndtnlt
Italians to mcmliurship.
The silk weavers in College Point ( L. t. )
mill who struck because 'omo of thoii
brother unionists wore blacklisted are still
out.
out.Three
Three hundred Knight4 of Labor , ami
tlioir Indies , of Tiftln and Ko lorm. O. ,
were recently banqueted by their brothers
of Fimlliiy , O.
The SOD employe * of IhoUnrllnRton ( Knir. )
steel work * huvo struck acaiiist lixliiR a slid ,
intf sc.ilo ofv iies on u b.isis of JLII 10s. The
men want ta 15s.
The Blrlt in u Now York ciRarctto factory
wont out to Imvo u discharged iirl roinstuteil
ami to put n stop to the obnoxious boss1 ilo-
iii ; * mid they won.
They hnvo been making 3i-ton RUIIS nl
Portsmouth , England , ami uro talking of in-
troduulng thu IT-ton variety. Nearly thirty-
live thousand people live at Portsmouth on
wanes earned in doing some kind of work on
Knglmul's big guns.
STAT Ktiorr i x o s.
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Nebraska.
TliplluitiupsDemocrat celebrated its nlntli
birthday lust 1'Yiday.
The v.ilu.itioti of property In Uakot.i couii'
ty Inn been placed nt lS < Ul i ) .
Kvcry town In the state entliiislasticaUj
ratine-.1 the nomination of lluirison and Mor
ton last week.
The nniiual picnic of the old settlers ol
Oupc county will be hold at Towiiseud's
grove the third Saturday in .Inly.
With its last issue thu Kearney Pros'
rliaiiu'od baudsV. . C. Holdca retiring and .1 ,
P. Johnson stepping Into the editorial har
ness.
ness.hinwood
hinwood people are rojolcinp over a cna'
discovery which was made lust week , and i
shall is to be sunk to test tlio extent of the
deposit.
Go.sper county is on the verpo of anothei
light for the county seat between Homervilk
and Klwood. The Lincoln Town Site com
Piiny favors the latter place.
Tlio total valuation ot property In Webstei
county ncconlinK to the hist assessment i
S-Ja.'aS'r.r5 ) of which $ l,0ii,72) : ) is real estate ,
vtvj.i'Ot ) K personal property and the balance
railway property.
The Iiuli. m on the Winnobn o reserva
tion will ( . ( . lubuito the Fourth on the flth ,
with Onni-inv. racing and a Rri'iit fonst. The
event postponed one dnv so Unit the pah
face brothers can romu and sco the fun.
The Ijuiitrico Cunning company is prepar
ing for a good season's work. The ean mak
ers have already m.ulc l.UDO.OOJ cans. Thi-
season the factory will have a capacity oi
; ; ui'UU ' cans of corn or iS.tOJ to 21IHU ) cans ol
tomatoes m ten hours. About two hundred
hands will bo ompWjod , 10U men and women ,
the icmalndor children.
A team of mules is causing moro litigation
atVayno than nil other causes comuiaed ,
The animals \\oro bought by a Wayne busi
ness Jlrin. and wort' afterwards cla.mcd by : i
Dakota county man who siid they had btfii
btolen from him. They were finally taken
under a chattel inortKaco ana a boy started
to drive thorn to Sinux City. Hut the Wayne
men overtook thu lad and persuaded him ta
drive them back , when a writ of replevin wai
Issued. The case will como up fur final hear
ing July 7. Tlio muloH now stand the Wayne
parties in for over § 000.
A. S. Neiswmiger and wife , of Frontier
county , had a narrow escape recently. He
had placed some strychnine and corn in ; i
can to soak for the purpose of poisoning
siiuirreN ; and to keep it out of the reach ol
the child ] en lie put it on the roof of their sod
house and bunki-d sod up around tlio ean and
placed a board over U. The can leaked ami
the poisoned water went through the roof on
to some packages of eonYe. Some of this
was used by tliu family. It first took effect
on Mrs. N. , making her quite sick , and t-oon
after Mr. N. began to fuel the same effect ,
and on looking around they er.neludeil that it
must bo the collco , as that was the only ar
ticle that the children had not indulged in.
The two wore very sick for a short tlmo , but
recovered after taking nineties.
McCook makes the following bid to secure
the prize as the town presenting the cham
pion snake story teller : "Ualph McCrucken
aays that in the hills in tlio eastern part ol
the city snakca abound in large quantities ,
not dangerous reptiles but large and fat garter -
tor snakes. Now Italph has a pet KnslUh
pug dog which he pn/es very highly , and , as
the story goes , tins dog gets out in the lulls
and gambols with the snakes. Monday
morning the pug c.iuio running on three legs
to where Ualph blood , the fmuth leg being
down the throat of a tmakq which was hang
ing on in u manner conclusive ) that ho did not
want to lese his meal. Ralph soon ills-
patched the snake and released the dog.
IJalph says tlio snnito was Hix feet , long ami
as big around as a young citlnnwood and
that the curve on the pug's tail was the only
thing that saved it from being swallowed
ulivo. "
During the storm of Monday week at Cul-
bertson , W. K. Foster , .loan Kuifor , A. W.
Holliday , K. 13. Smith und William Starts-
man , who were riding in a wagon , were
struck by lightning and all knocked insensi
ble. An hour after tlio bolt fell throe of the
party came to and made the discovert' that
W. It. Foster and William Startzimin wore
dead , and ono of the horses was yet on the
ground apparently dead. However , the
horses soon revived. It was hard to tell
whore Startzmun had boon struck , but Fos
ter had received the stroke in the back of the
head. The spring beat was torn topicce but
otherwise the wagon was unharmed. During
a second storm the same day a house in the
western part of town , occupied by the family
of Ed Conklln , n hrothor-in-law lo Footer ,
was struck by lightning and the family badly
shukan up , The windmill at the Farmer's
house also received a severe stroke , and the
electrical fluid bcemed to play all around
through town , several persons feeling the
limit , being shocked and otherwise reminded
of tlio fact that lifo is rather uncertain in
duration at the best , .
Iowa.
MusKitlnu had flvo weddings in ono day
last week.
Horse thieves uro drumming up n big trade
in iIolTcrson.
The Atlantic district Methodist camp
meeting will bo hold ut Crystal Springs ,
August 7 to 17.
Local creamery men ut Waterloo nro con
fident of securing the meeting of the State
Dairyman's association for that place to beheld
hold no.U November.
The law in regard to teuiporanco teaching
in the public ) HchnAls is being complied with
in the Charles City schools. It is a matter of
daily study , uutl is a part part of every exam
ination.
The directors of the state fair this year
make the following rule * "All propositions
for games of chance , including wheel' } and
sales of pools for raues will bo rejected by
the society. Gambling of every nature and
form will bo excluded from and about tlio
fair grounds. "
A Now Hampton saloonkeeper sold beer
in the original paukugo us shipped in the bet
tles. In proceedings brought to enjoin ,
.ludgo C. T. Granger holds that while it may
be sold when it has boon imported from other
states , the manner of eulo and the purpose
for which'tho liquor is purchased must bo
rc'gulated by the state laws.
A curious accident happened to a lady nt
Ackloy u few days ago. When she arose in
tlio morning her fulsu teeth , had disappeared.
She hud no recollection of removing them
during the night. She searched the bed.
took the cover * off nnd snook thnn.i , ' looked
uuiicr the bud und finally got up and looked
nil over the ho jse. Then she felt a burning
and tnauuic m IK r stomach ami cuniludcd
slid had 8TC.illu\viM them. Her s.\ mptamsbo -
o.uiio alarming nnd she was Abuut to si ml far
the doctor , when the lost pet of maotu'iUoV *
was found between thin feather nnd atiiw
tle-ks.und the stomach trouble ht 0.co'uea | < od.
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All the known iiii-idonts of Iho lifo of
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manner with those of ono of his own
dramatic heroes. The author of this
volume mnkus it evident that Sliuks-
pcaro's curly roysterlnp career , his
subsequent .studious lifo , his gentle dis
position , his idioa.vncracie.s , his fond
ness for wit mid humor , his deep
contemplations "behind the veil of
wildncss , " are all reflected and vividly
presented in this dramatic character.
It is a work of real solid merit and will
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It also gives a complete nnd crushing
answer te the Baconians and Cipheron-
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ians.'A
'A Fortnight of Folly" is the title of
: i now boolc from tbo pen of Mauricu
Tbomp-on. about to issue from the
press of , lobn B. Alden. publisher , New
York. Jt is pronounced by those who
luive soon it ono of the brightest pro
ductions of Ins prolillc pun. Combin
ing a requisite amount of "plot , " with
considerable picturesque description of
life out of doors amid romantic tconory
and quaint character.- , , for which Mr.
Thompson is almost unrivaled.
A portrait of General Lew Wallace ,
with a very interesting biographical
sketch , is tlio opening feature of the
last issue of Literature , Aldon's illus
trated weekly magazine. This is fol
lowed by a .brilliant paper by Maurice
Thompson , 'in which under the title of
' Beside IJon-IIur , ' " bo vividly pictures
tbo homo and homo surroundings of
General Lew Wallace , and especially
the personal and literary qualities of
Mrs. Wallace , whose now book , ' 'The
Land of the Pueblos , " is just appearing
from Mr. Alden's press. Selections
from "IJon-IIur" and from "The
Pueblos , " with several illustrations ,
help to make the issue a most interest
ing nnd attractive ono. .lobn B. Alden ,
publisher New York and Chicago.
The July Century is to contain ,111-
ether article in the series which Rev.
DX. Buckley , the editor of The Chris
tian Advocate , bus been for some time
past contributing occasionally to that
periodical. it is entitled "Dreams ,
Nightmares and somnambulism. " It
will contain it chapter on "Mysterious
Dreams Analyzed. "
A timely article in the July Century
is "Disease Germs nnd How to Combat
them. " Jt will be accompanied by n
frontispiece portrait of J'nsteur , who
has made disinfection and fermentation
a longer study than hydrophobia , al
though it is' with the lattur that his
name is more intimately associated in
thu public mind.
George Kunimn's Siberian paper in
the July Centurj will bo called "The
Steppes of tbo Irish. "
The rininiou at Gettysburg will bo re
membered in the July Century by the
publication of n short article descrip
tive of the reunions of the blue and the
gray which have taken place within tlio
last few years. A poem bv an ex-con
federate soldier , entitled ' 'The High
Tide nt Gettysburg , " will bo printed in
this number.
The Christian Register for Juno M is
largely n memorial number to James
Frouman Clarke. It contninsa line portrait
trait , a fnc simile of a purl of his latest
i)0om , "The Shadow , " original tributes
by Oliver Wendell Holmes and W. II.
Furncss , a biographical sketch by the
editor , n full report of the funeral ser
vices , extracts from the pulpit uller-
nnct-sof several clergymen , and othur
matlerti pertaining to Dr. Clarke's life
and work.
Mr. Carl Sohuiv. , who is yet in Ger
many , and was recently onlurtained by
L'rinco Bismarck , is preparing a thor
ough study of Bismarck's career and of
its bearings on the political slluntion in
Europe. It will appear in an early
numbo'r of the Forum ,
Senator Edmunds is preparing for
the Forum tin article on "Tho Political
Situation. "
The most valuable and popular
story over published by Mr. Bonnur
was Mrs. Southworth's novel , "Tho
Hidden Hand , " Every time it ap
peared in the Ledger' subscriptions
poured in by the thousands. At last
Iho slory of "The Hidden Hand" is lo
appear in book form ; it will bo pub
lished by G. W. Dlllingham , New
York , in August , and the demand for il
will bo enormous ,
Two articles are promised in "Tho
Popular Science Monthly for July" that
are especially worthy of attention.
They uro u fully illustrated paper on
"Safety in Houso-Drulnnge , " by Wil
liam li. Hov\t , S. B. , in which tlio
belief that plumbing-fixtures in our
houses are inevilublo source of danger
is controverted , and wayutiro shown for-
making them perfectly safe ; lind .t.ho
concluding essay of ' the .remarkable
series "Darwin ism and Iho Christian
Faith. " ' . . . "
THE CREES VELVET RIBBON ,
Between Rupgrotl nnct Frownlnrj
'PEOPLE WHO ARE .FO.UN'D TRERE ,
A Day nt. Dakota's Hiiiiiinpillnsort
Mn nltlccnt Sccnqry tippling (
Streams inn ) l-'r.igrhnt Flowers
. Scones nt tlio Sprln > ; < j.
Hot Springs of Mlniipknhtn.
BriTAU ) G.U' , Dak. , Juno .27. [ Cor
respondence of TiiKlJisi : . ] "All nboaril
for Hot Springs. " shouts the driver , ns
the six-horso tallyho pulls up In front of
tlio depot nt Buffalo Gap on Ihonrrlval ol
the passenger train at Unit station , So
much 1ms hcon said and written con
cerning this resort that the Ur.i : man ,
more through curiosity than anything
clso , mounts the scat with the driver
and is soon whirling along through
canon and gorge , over hill and vale ,
toward the noted springs of Minnc-
knhla , Two hours * ride bring * ono up
in front of the largo and elegant hotel
by the same naino. Hero is found an
immense crowd of people awaiting the
arrival of the daily singe coach , eager
to loavn the latest news from the Chicago
cage convention , and some ono in the
party happens to recognize mo ns the
representative of the greatest nows1-
gatherer in the country and 1 am at
once bought after for information con
cerning that important political event ;
hut when I ventured an unauthentic
prediction that it would he Harrison the
wise ones shook their heads and said ,
"it cannot be. "
The town of Hot Springs is a bright
gem upon a green ribbon of fertility ,
between rugged and frowning moun
tains. Tlio green velvet ribbon is tlio
valley of the Falling Water river , and
the Hot Spring is the jewel that lies
upon It. What a world of grandeur
and magnificence is presented b.vnaturo
to the traveler and sightseer as he lands
in this beautiful valley. Mountain
peaks , whoso pinnacles lower through
soft , silvery clouds and kiss the azure
skies , stand bold and majestically in
the distance and lend a scone of de
licious rapture to the eye , Inspiring tlio
soul with nature's grand sublimity.
Every breeze is laden with health and
vigor , and as the wavering zephyrs re
turn from off the rippling stream , made
sweet with the delicate perfume and de
licious fragrance of tlio wild llowers
that grow in profusion along its mossy
banks , one can but in ecstatic reverie
exclaim : "This is nature's gift to
medicinal science ! "
The hot springs , of which there are
many , bubble and boil out from solid
rock along the mountain side and vary
in temperature from 00 ° to15 ! ° , and
are said to contain certain medicinal
properties benclicial to many chronic
ailments , such as rheumatism , neural
gia , dyspepsia , constipation and diseases
of the stein. And now 1 wish to speak
particularly of
TUB 1'r.orr.iWE : nxn muu.
Without doubt the motives that in
spired the present owners of the place
to improve and make a noted pleasure
and health resort out of it , wore
prompted solely from a sense of duty
they owe to their fellow beings , together
with the pecuniary benefit derived
therefrom ; and with a liberal display of
printer's ink and the aid of the railroad
company , they have advertised to tlio
world tlio greatness of these "healing
waters. ' ' and brought from far and near
people of all ages classes and distinc
tion. One linds those with silvery hair.
decrepit with the years of toil and ac
tivity , whoso life is fast Hearing the
end. and which is fraught with the
wrinkle ? of many years ; hardships and
endurance , at last socking relief from
palsied pain and rheumatic suffering.
The middle-aged man whose anxiety and
ambition to do twe men's work in one
man's life-time , has prematurely
brought him to the very verge of death's
deep chasm , and warned him of his
folly by a stroke of paralysis , is hobbling
along the veranda of the hotel , anxious
for another ablution. The more unfor
tunate whose limbs have been crippled
by accident and who has failed to re
ceive relief from scientific medical aid ,
is seeking refuge from the heat of lower
altitudes and experimenting with
the waters of Minnokahtn. Those
whose life has boon blasted through the
death of a devoted wife or a loving hus
band arc seeking divorce from sorrow
in these life-giving invigorating soli
tudes. The little one whoso early exist
ence is made wretched by scrofulous
eruptions is hero , with its mother ,
whoso prayer is for her child
to bo purilied and all disease eradicated
so that they may return to father and
husband in their eastern homo con
tented and happy.
JIANY AKK IIKUK I'OK I'l.KASrUK ,
many for amusement and recreation ,
away from the busy strife and turmoil
of tlio crowded city. Still a greater
number tire hero through curiosity
iilone , while the eity itself lias its lull
complement of tho.-o exclusively for
business. Tlio bride and bridegroom
lind things amusing in 11 short stay , and
a week seldom passes but that they are
represented among the guests. On
yonder mountain summit , high up to
wards the heavens , ib the relic hunter ,
amusing himself collecting fragments
of nature's upheaval in specimens of
mica , foldspar. His return at evening ,
shows his banket filled with everything
from apotrillod mass ton rusty , bleuchcd
old rum's horn. ( The horn of a moun
tain Bhccp , ) Tlio carriage is wending
Us hourly passage up the narrow , wind
ing gulch of the Wi-ml-ln-kali-tu brook-
lot toward the bath house , filled with
crippled and convalescing inmalos ,
meeting on Us way bathers returning
[ > n foot. Through that risintr cloud of
ilust in yonder mountain road ride on
horseback two couples bent on the rom
ance of broncho riding , and apparently
unjoying that oxhilir.iting exorcise to
its fullest extent. The hix horse tallyho -
ho , with plumes in varied colors pro
truding from the bridle of each animal ,
lia 4111 driven up preparatory to an ex
cursion down the valley to the Chey
enne Falls and Hobber's Cave. In a
swinging hummock across the stream
sits a "maiden young and fair , " in her
hand a book of poems of homo
favorite author , und by her side ,
lounging in a rustic settee is
11 gentleman wearing eye t'lassos , ovl-
Jently a lover pouring words of poetic
[ nllec'tioiiE into her listening ear with a
surprising profoundness in oll'cut.
There ii
ANAML'.SINQ IXCIDKKT
Connected with this scene which proba-
lily none but the o directly interested
uid the ( juiuk susceptibilities of the
newspaper man noticed , 1 have been
there iny.-iolf , young man , and have ex
perienced the same keen pang of om-
barritshincut when the ' 'old man" from
> ut homo unseen nook approached. The
iculu tonsilivonuss of the young lady
idds golden wreaths to her natural dts-
xjsitiou. The tyrannical discipline in a
lioaruing school is rigid on. the nerves
> f a frolicsome girl , but a pleasure re
tort in the mi > u n tains ie , not always free
rom gossip's oycf.
A ' landscape lirtiat' wit-h canvasand. .
v , und uusc.l , add stool' ha taken
his position on the verge of a loftj
mound and iff xkelthlng the rajs of sun *
h jlit as thi-j descend < it > , iiust the ma- ,
niliceiil smile
JIOfNT-AlN or OtllTI 111X0 MIf'.V
and innrhlp the summer blonds flitting
lu-ross the horl/on'dipplng their dewy
mists to tlio murmuring , nines , form ( \
subject for the full .iltsplay of hU nr-
tlslie skill , Down by the brook la a
party whoso propensities at this partio
.ulur time 'seemed' to bo displayed in
'angling for the unwary trout , a little '
sp.ren'm from a feminine throat 'an
nounces the fact that a fish is caught. .
A ghinco in the directions reveals the
knowledge that a llttlo harm
less minnow has been actually "tnkon
In" by the ruthless hand
of this designing female. The honors
of the dnv , however , rest with her , as
none of the other members of the parly
got even a nibble , and she is crowned
the heroine of the hour by common con
sent. Under the spreading branches of
that lofty pine Is congregated a partv
enjoying the solace of a "two for"
hnvann , and judging from the hilarity
which resound and re-eehoivs from that
direction against the towering hill be
yond , they must bo a happy crowd.
"Who are those fellows that cocin so
guy ? " asks a chronic and sallow-com-
ploxioncd erlpplo of a companion sitting
by his side on the plnz/a. "Those , "
says the second , "are what people now-
a-diiy call
COMMHHCIAti TIUVKI.KKS ,
but In former times wo called them
'hummers , ' I have learned since 1 have
been in the mercantile business , and
since 1 have become bettor acquainted
with their ways , to think very well of
them. They are always apparently
happy , mid having a good time where-
over they go , and when two or three or
more of them got together they usually
amusQ themselves by telling stories ,
'spinning yarns , ' and relating amusing
incidents connected with ono nnothors
triuolsnnd experiences , and f presume
that that is what they are doing now.
There is never so many as that
together but that ono or more of
them can tell stories enough lo
make the most con tinned case of rheu
matics lloo from the listener for self-
protection. " "Woll , " Interrupts the
former , " 1 wish you would Invite- them
up this way. " "They are men of ex
tensive knowledge of the ways ot tlio
world , and have splendid business quid-
illcations. In a moral sense their
standard is away above many others of
greater pretensions , and it really take *
a man with a spotless record to obtain
a position in a house of any reputation.
Their meanness is always on the sur
face , and hypocrisy is an' clement en
tirely foreign to their composition.
They are bore , 1 presume , lo spend the
Sabbath quietly , and to enjoy a refresh
ing bath in these hot springs. " From
the spacions'parlors the music of the
piano llonts resonantly through the
open halls and corridors , with soothing
clTcct on the nerves of the cowbov. lying
helpless in his room at the further 'end
of the building , who o intense rheuma
tic sufferings have been brought upon
him by exposure to the elements on the
cattle ranges of northern latitudes , and
as each note , accompanied by a sweet ,
feminine voice , vibrates through his
open door , it reminds him of his far-oil'
Now England homo , whore a sister
plays the accompaniment to a mother's
song : "O Where is My Wandering
Hey To-Night. "
On the grassy lawn , on the piazza and
around the building the children
sweetest llowors in life's bouquet are
having a game of "hide and took. "
livery profession , every trade , evorv
business is represented , and all are hero
for ono common object , health and hap
piness , and so far as expressions ha\e
been obtained , all have realized their
expectations. After experiencing with
pleasure ono of those mnssago baths
with which all visitors are familiar ,
given by the sweet and modest little
Swedish lady. 1 took my departure , full \ -
satislied with my visit to the hot
springs of Minnokahta. E. E.
HOVAI/TY.
It is announced from abroad that Prince
Huprccht. of Bavaria , heir to tlio tlirono of
that kingdom , as well as of the Stuurt pretensions -
tensions to the British throao , is to bo
inianced to Marie Valeric , the sucond
daughter of the Austrian cinporor.
Quocn Nntalio of Sorvla ts described by
Mr. Edmund. Yutes us "docldodly of the 'lino
woman' order ; tall , broad und massive , with
argo features and black eyebrows und eyes
and black hair , which she wears down her
jaek , ns the sayia1 is , as poor Skctchloy used
to say , hko u horse's tall. "
Empress KlLsabcth of Austria , having
icon forbidden to take equine exorcise for
some months , now ainnsca herself with
Irlcyclo. It ts whispered that liornwjost ,
ilso practices , when m the seclusion of he :
grounds , upon a bicycle. '
The queen regent of Spain has quito re
-overod from her rot-out and sudden indispo
sition , and is resolutely introducing ccono
inlcs into the royal household. Her majesty
ms suppressed the post of manager of the
royal palaces , mid deduced the number of
taid chamberlains ,
OttKugonfo , ox-empress , is said to have
lovoloped btrango idiosynoracics , besides bo
ng a recluse. OHO is a tendency to spirit
inilism and a belief that she can communi
jato with her dead Prince Imperial. Jt is
well understood that she Intends to malio
Princess IJcatnoa , of Ciifjlnnd , her heiress.
Princess Victoria , the oldest daughter of
the empress , who wanted lo marry Alexan
der of Buttonborg , is proving herself a great
whip. She recently drove four-in-hand
, u - - at-
lachod to a light drag a distance of sixty
miles , visiting Spanduu and Potsdam Her
younger sister , Murgiierito , followed with a
single team , handling the ribbons licrsolf
Queen Christina , of Spain , has amania ftr
joing photographed in company with hoi
children. A rocunt picture presents a most
.manning family group. It rcjirosoats the
luoon regent pouring tea at table , the baby
cing in his high chair at her side , and tliu
Lwo infants looking demure and.bffautifiil In
Llmlr plain while dresses. " *
P rincess Isabella , the rclgiilu g regent of
Urn ' Vl0m nl1 nl'co ' " ranking us a
worn1" ! ? lttl'B ° . native power , strong wm ,
and n ° y ' "U ! > s of lnlmlH | " direct duscund
ant ol lllu b'roat M'lrla ' 'J''iorisa ' of Aust rm
There aru HO many casts In which blood
seems to refuse to tell that it is tlio greater
ploaiuio to note the eases in which It doca
ell.
Old AKO Not s.
Near Clarion. Georgia , thcro died last week
Smith Hubbard , un'cd 101 , colored , und the
lucfcasful cultivator of n onu mulo-crop up to
ho hour of Ins death , which , as ho luivcr
ook a dose of medirme in thu courno of Ills
lOinewhat protracted existence , must have )
jeon wholly from natural causes.
Mrs. Louisa M. Thompson , of Lebanon , N
I. , a giandnleco of ( jcnorul Putnam , of the
evolution , died recently , aged ninety four
Admiral William Norton Tailor died nt
Margate. Knglaml , ugoel ninety. Ho entered
ho bonviuo as cadet as far bit-it as IblO ,
John Wnrron , the oldest person In Mur-
itehoad , died May iJ : , og a ninety-four years
mil teu months. HO was n veteran of the
varof lal'J und ouo of the Uartmoor | iris
jnt-rs ,
lialsoy I ) . Sco''illo. ono of the oldest
iloncersof Monroe county , New York , died
it his homo in MillVille .May. ' . ' nt the ud <
ancod ago of ninnty-thrco years. Ho was
mold settler in the town of Shelby , lUid had
i wid.o t'irelo of . friends.
Dv. Catarrh i Kerncdy rurca
vhon ev.cry other'tocalled remedy
ails.