THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , AUGUST 26 , 1880 ,
B. R'OSBWATER , Editor.
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Tins cheapness of brick should en-
couniffo the erection of more brick
dwellings in the suburban districts of
the city. Omaha hay too many wooden
buildings.
IOWA may well pluck the feather out
of Kentucky's cap as the blue grass
state , juilpinfr from the interest mani
fested iu the Blue Grass palace at Ores-
ton.
COMIT < AINT is made that grading con
tractors Tor cublic works nro victimiz
ing their laborers. This is an ubuso
which the proper authorities should look
into and remedy.
Too close an attendance upon the re
cent meetings of the council has had a
Tind effect upon the board of public
works. Its last session was soured ,
flavored with rod pepper and sauced
with vinegar.
Now that some of our now ships of
war have demonstrated their sea worth
iness , would it not bo well to send them
out to cruise or into the dry dock in or
der to keep them out of harm's way in
American harbors ?
PLAIN John Miller was nominated for
Covornor of North Dakota by acclama
tion in the republican convention of the
now state. It is eminently proper that
a great wheat growing state should
have a Millar for its first governor.
IF , INSTEAD of thankfully receiving
such dinall crumbs of concession as the
railroads see fit from time to time to
dole out to them , Omaha business
men would demand their just rights ,
they would be moro likely to got what
they want.
THE schooner Sapphire has arrived
nt Victoria , British Columbia , with
two thousand , flvo hundred seal skins
on board. Thus do the saucy Canadians
not only poach upon America's sealing
grounds , but have the audacity to laugh
in her face when they essapo with their
hooty.
THE mayor of Chicago has asked the
governor of Illinois to cull a special ses
sion of the legislature in order to aid
the city in scouring the world's fair.
Considering Chicago's big talk about
its ability to take entire charge of the
fair without any outside assistance , this
Booms to bo considerable of n lot down.
TUB selection of Charles A. Dana ,
the distinguished editor of the Now
York Sun , as president of the world's fair
commrttco of th..l city , IB a compliment
to that gentleman as well as to the pro
fession ho so ably represents. The ed
itor is becoming a greater factor in the
world's alTuirs as the enlightenment of
the people progresses.
Gnu AT BuiTAiN still loads the world
as t'io great iron and stool producing
t country , although the United States is
a close second in the race for su
. For the 1888
IK' ' premacy. year England
Is produeoU seven million , nine hundred
If thousand tons of pig iron , while the
of this amounted
production country to
aix million , live hundred thousand tona.
The prospects are favorable to the lime
when the United States will equal the
output of Great Britain , especially
Blnco the cheapness by which stool can
bo produced by modern methods in
America has in turn stimulated tlio
production of steol-muknig pig iron.
MKXICO has her trust problem to con
f front owing to the formation of syndi
cates controlling some of the leading
commercial Interests ot that republic.
Combines have boon oltoctod to corner
ullthe sugar producea by native planta
tions. Agreements likewise have boon
entered into by the cloth and cotton
manufacturers to cut down the produc
I * tion of their mills ana to work oil their
stocks on baud without u reduction of
price such as would follow were the sup
ply not restricted , The Mexicans are
looking with suspicion against the intro
duction of what ia culled a pernicious
American and European system , It re
mains to bo soon iu what manner Mexico
will moot the trust evil. It U not too
much to expect that the republic will
act summarily und solve by iv practical
demonstration tha moat important cum-
luorciul problem of the prcgaat.
WHAT SHALL THE HAnmST JJDf
The four now suites , which will soon
have completed the work necessary to
their admission into the union , will exert -
ort an important influence upon na
tional policy nnd legislation. They
will send to congress eight senators nnd
flvo icpropontntlvcs , nna ns parties now
stand in the two branches of that body
the now state representatives could , by
combination in cither house , hold the
balance of powor. At least six of the
senators nnd four of the representatives
will bo ropublicnno , with a strong
probability that all of them will bo.
Such ns nro can bo de
pended upon to consistently support nil
measures that reflect the will and de
clared policy of the party in power , for
the republicanism o the now states is
straight nnd sincere. But there nro
questions affecting the future wolfuro of
those nowcommoii wealths which have no
proper relation to party politics , and it
is important that the people in selecting
those who will represent thorn in con
gress , shall know that they nro sound
upon thcso questions.
It is the misfortune of the , west that
it is largely represented in con
gress , nnd especially in the senate ,
by mon who nro conspicuously
the instruments ot the corporations ,
owing their political elevation to the
corrupt methods and influence of the
railroads whoso servants they hnvo
been , nnd in mo-it cases nro still. With
very few exceptions every present mem
ber of the United States senate from
the west has boon at some time , if ho is
not now , in the service and pay of some
railroad which exists by the generous
favor of the government. It was ns the
paid attorneys of the corporations that
most of thcso senators commondcd them
selves for political preferment to their
employers , and were enabled to obtain
the position which they micht never
otherwise have secured. Who repre
sents the better half of this continent that
lies west of the Missouri in the United
States scnutoV Oregon's senior senator ,
Mitchell , is an out-and-out railroader.
As member of the committee on Pacific
railroads , of which ho was made chair
man during the last half of his first
term , ho was as active in the in
terest of the Pacific roads as
his colleague , Dolph , formerly the at
torney of the Northern Pacific , has
been slnco his advent in the senate.
California is merely a preserve for the
Central Pacific oligarchy. Lolnnd
Stanford , the head of the Central Pa
cific railroad and chief of the Southern
Pacific construction ring , fills ono
cushioned seat in the sonuto and Mi1.
Hearst , a ton millionaire , another
scat. Nevada has been practi
cally a pocket bangle for the
California bonanza kingi. While
Stewart and Jones nro par excellence
representatives of the silver mining in
dustry , they are handicapped whenever -
over any issue affecting the Pacific
railroatis comes before the senate.
"Honrv M. Teller , ' the senior senator
from Colorado , was a Union Pacific at
torney before ho entered the senate ,
and is the creature , politically ,
of that road/ Senator Wolcott
is notoriously n railroad lawyer , who
had a walkaway over all competitors ,
owing to the octivo support of the rail
road managers. The senators Irom
Kansas and 'Nebraska have no disposi
tion to antagonize the Pacific railroads ,
or , for that matter , any other railroads.
Senator Ingalls is ono of the most
brilliant men in congress , but he
never would have been in the
senate without the active
aid of Jay Gould's cohorts. Senator
Plumb claims to bo his own mnn , but
the railroads have always had a string
to him when it came to a vital question.
Scdators Mandorson nnd Paddock are
manacled by political railroad ties
'which they dare not attempt to sover.
The question now is , is the
railroad'contingont to bo reinforced by
the eight now senators who will repre
sent the two Uukotns , Montana and
Washington ? It is a matter of the most
vital importance that the corporate
power , now so strongly 'entrenched in
the sonata of the United States , shall
bo checked and curbed. The senators
to bo chosen by the now states should
bo men who hnvo no taint of corpora
tion service upon their records , nnd
whoso known sympathies are with the
people. The popular sentiment Vmni-
fpstod in a majority of these
states is decidedly anti-monopoly.
But there is the over-present danger ,
to bo averted only by the utmost vigil
ance and cnro , that the insidious nnd
corrupt use of corporate influence will
thwart the popular will. Tills influence
is unmistakably at work in Washington
and Montana , and in both it has boon
effective , though perhaps less so in the
former than in the latter. The power
to be exerted by the now states in na
tional affairs will bo greatly enhanced
in value if they shall bo represented in
congress by mop who are free from any
allegiance to the corporations , nud who ,
while disposed to give them till that is
just , can bo depended upon to glvo first
and paramount consideration to the in
terests of the people.
THK NATIONAL
The encampment of the Grand Army
oi the Republic at Milwaukee this week
will bo a grout success notwithstanding
the difficulties which a short time ago
threatened to render it a failure. The
action of tha railroads which reduced
the faro to one cant had an encouraging
effect upon the veterans to which tlioso
lines uro accessible , and the movement
of those on Milwaukee naturally stimu
lated others elsewhere , The result is
that for several days the old soldiers have
boon gathering for the encampment in
largo numbers , so that the outlook is
for a large representation at the en-
ciun.pmont , though the number in at
tendance will hardly bo more than one-
third the attendance at the encampment
"
of lost year/
Under the circumstances the assured
success of the Milwaukee encampment
is a very great compliment to the devo
tion of the veterans to their organiza
tion , while it attests , also , the strength
of the bplric of comradeship
that exists among them. The
world bus never before known
a military order bound together by
closer tics than cement the Grand
Army of tbo ita public , and ua au ux-
nmplo ot the power of nrtny service to
create permanent friendships which
grow 'in force and fervor from year to
year , ns well ns for its patriotic influ
ence , this order Is worthy of the
heartiest admiration nnd respect. The
Grand Array has boon steadily growing
since its organization , the membership
having reached last year over three
hundred nnd sixty thousand , or about
one-third of all the survivors of the union
armies. The figures of this year will
probably show n considerable increase ,
but growth can not go on much longer ,
nnd in a few years the statistics of mem
bership must begin to diminish from
year to year as death thins out the
ranks of the veterans.
The preparations for the entertain
ment ot the old soldiers and their
friends nt j\lilwnukoo \ are on an elabor
ate scale , embracing several unusually
interesting features. The business to
bo transacted by the convention of dele
gates from the various posts will
bo of very great importance to the
ordor. Besides the election of a
comranndor-in-chiof , for which there is
promised a spirited contest , several
questions of moro than ordinary inter
est to the old soldiers will bo consid
ered. Among those the recent decision
of the assistant secretary of the inte
rior , that n dishonorable discharge does
not exclude n soldier from rocolving n
pension for disability resulting from
service , will doubtless receive atten
tion. The union veterans everywhere
will bo deeply interested in all that oc
curs at Milwaukee this week , nnd it is
to bo hoped there will bo nothing to in-
tor'ero with the fullest enjoyment of
these who participate in the encamp
ment.
THE SVAL
There was a report from Ottawa a few
days ngo that the British government
had refused to send war vessels to pro
tect Canadian seal fishers in Bohring
sea. While not confirmed , it is very
probable that there was a foundation for
this report , there being no question that
Iho Canadian authorities had nskcd for
such protection. It is easy to under
stand that the British government
would sec , although the government of
Canada might not , that the depreda
tions of the seal Ushers in Alaskan wa
ters' , after the plain warning given in the
proclamation of the president that such
depredations would bo punished by this
government , is an offense which no gov
ernment having a rogurd for interna
tional amity could sustain , and if , under
the circumstances , the British govern
ment were to send war vessels into
Behring sea , such action might fairly
bo interpreted by the government of
the United States as a hostile proceed
ing implying a disposition to terminate
the friendly relations between the
governments. However welcome
such a course might ho to
the tory authorities of the Do
minion , the imperial government is un-
do'ubiedly not disposed to take it.
There is a profound secrecy observed
at Washington regarding this Behring
sea matter , but there is reason to believe -
liovo that negotiations are in prospect.
It is intimated that our government ,
without necessarily abandoning the
claim of jurisdiction over Behrihg sea ,
will propose to the British government
a joint agreement for the protection of
the seal fisheries. It is said that this
is favorod. by both the presi
dent nnd the secretary of state , and it
is doubtless the most simple and direct
way of disposing of the matter. Eng
land is only less concerned than this
country in preventing an extermina
tion of the seal , and it ought not to bo
difficult to effect an agreement that
would bo mutually satisfactory and ad
vantageous , nnd would tormiuato , for
at least a considerable time , a contro
versy which if con tin und maybccomo
irritating and troublesome. Meanwhile -
while , at the pleasure of the two gov
ernments , the question of jurisdiction
over B/shring sea could bo deliberately
and quietly settled.
GoviniKOii WATKUMAN , of Cal
ifornia , has probably listened to better
counsel and has ordered the attorney
general todismiss the unwarranted pro
ceedings begun against Justice Field.
The arrest ot this United States judge
nnd the indignities heaped upon him
since the unfortunate killing of David
S , Terry are a reflection upon the fair
name of California. Whatever charges
of a serious nature the state may have
against Deputy. Nnglo , the slayer of
Terry , it is patent to aM fair minded
mon that Justice Field had no hand in
the sensational occurrence. The at
tempt to make him out to bo an acces
sory to the killing is nothing moro nor
loss than persecution on the part of the
district attorney of San Joaquin county.
THIS miners of northern Illinois are
placed in u peculiar and unsatisfactory
condition if the report of the committee
appointed by Governor Fifor to investi
gate tbo mining troubles of that region
can bo relied upon. The committee re
ports that it is impossible for tlio minors
to subsist upon the wages offered them
by the operators , and on the other hand
that the operators cannot moot the com
petition of the coal minors of southern
Illinois either in the output of coal or
iu.wages. Such being the case it is
diflloulc to see how there can bo any
other alternative but to shut down coal
mining in northern Illinois until the
market for coal nnd the conditions of
mining will have improved.
OMAHA was represented at the Blue
Grass palace ut Creston , Iowa. The
compliment should bo reciprocated
Merchants' Week.
The Elixir \VnnUi Kuvlving.
Clttcooa Trlbutu ,
Tbo lrown-Sc\uard elixir appears to need
a dose of itself.
Dakota la Comlnir On.
Detroit Free Pr < a ,
Dakota begins early. It isn't really a stuto
yet or two states but It has a full fledged
dufaultor alloo sauiao old states.
A New Vnrlc Trnlr.
VMloMphhi Times.
The New York inlllloaalrosohoored Editor
DUIIU'H 110,000 check for tbo exhibition. ANew
Now Yorker is always oneerful wUaa BOWO-
body else puts up.
U'liut to Do With John U ,
Kcu > Yurlf TrUtuiie.
Tbo way for Governor Lowry to vindicate
the peed nnrtHdf the state and his own dig-
nlty ns nn onVvr will bo to lot Sulllvnn servo
out. his torra. A pimlon would turn the
whole pursuit and prosecution of these mon
Into n tnrco.Otnd cover tlio jrovornor nnd his
Btuto with
Xhn Sonp Mnn Prixws tlio Line ,
. . A'to 1'orfc Jotirwit.
Mrs. Leslie Carter's ' picture recently np-
pcarcd with that of Moiljcskn in nn nrtlclo In
a Now York tjpwspapor on "Tno Queen of
thoStajro. ' ' , ] . ModJeskfthusnotyotBUod
for libel , though Uio provocation is great.
Wo observe wVtn satisfaction , liowovor , that
no sonp mnnifAtturor has na yet disfigured
his oliasto ndvortUomonts with n recommen
dation from Mrs. Carter.
Ilow to Vitalize.
Cincinnati Commerclal-Qmttte.
If Mr. Cleveland desires to vitalize himself
ns n presidential candidate ho must como to
Ohio nnd partake of the fluid extract of the
wool question. It Is different from the
I3rown-Scqunrdollxlr , but it might have the
desired effect. If ho is going to bo n great
man any more , ho must go close to the
people.
OKK/VJ MI N.
Brown-Scquard has become n moro inter
esting personage to visitors In Paris than
1'astour.
The bronzes monument of Robert E. Leo at
Illchrnond , Va. , will bo unvellod in Novem
ber next , The podcstal Is being built of
NowKngland granite.
The Prince of Wales wears n sash with his
summer costunio.
"Al" Daggott , the polychromatic politician ,
who has obtained the government postal
card contract , now claims ttiut ho will inako
$100,000 a year for the next eight years.
Postmaster General WanamaUor was not
pleased with Saratoga Ho did not like its
stamp of worldllncss.
The oldest wheelman la America Is John
W. Arnold , of Providence , R. L Ho Is sov-
euty-olght.
It is rumored that Levl P. Morton re
cently staked a small sum on a Saratoga
liorso race.
Wnrd McAllister , the revered ) lender of
the Four Hundred , has boon taking life
quietly nt Newport this suminar.
William L. Scott , although ho owns ono of
the finest stock farms of blooded horses in
the country , will never rlao behind a spirited
horso.
Melville E. Stone , the retired Chicago
journalist , was at Troudhjom , Norway , on
tha 233 of July returning from a search for
the midnight sun at North Capo.
Edward Ucllamy , author of "Looking
Backward , " is a native resident of Uhlcopoo
Falls , a quiet village near Springfield , Mass.
Ho Is thirty-nine , is married and has two
children.
Mr. Stone , the editor of the Now York
Journal of Cotrimerco , lives on Franklin
avenue , whorb.he . has nearly an aero of
ground planted | ln roses. Mr. Stone had
8,700 roses cut from his garden ono day and
they were not missed , fully as many being
lott behind. " '
Justice Field.is . , a small-sized man , much
to the surprlse.ofpeople who bavo only scon
him sitting behind the desk of tbo supreme
court , robed lnlife ; voluminous judicial gown
of black silk , for his head and his body are
unusually largo.
A volume or the poems of Frederic Tenny
son , eldest brother of the poet laureate , is
among the roiirju s In contemplation in Lon
don. They have become difficult to procure.
M. Solubel , a'FVerich ' architect who has
been cmploy'eil.of. ' late in the palace of the
king of Corca , was recently stoned by the
servants of the palacu and had to flee for his
Ifo. The fooling In Corca against the French
Is Intense.
Dr. Charles Theodore , duke of Bavaria , the
philanthropic physician , recently celebrated
nt Tcgorseo , in Bavaria , his removal of the
thousandth cataract from the eyes of his poor
patients. It was made the occasion of a great
ovation.
The venerable General Francis E. Spln-
nir , cx-trcasurcr of the United States , Is said
to bo hopelessly ill at his home in Pablo
Beach , Fla. , so that his deavh is likely to oc
cur within a few wooks. The trouble is a'
cancer on his face , caused by wearing an ill-
flttingpair of eye classes. General Spinner
is nearly eighty-eight years old , having been
born at Herkiinor , N. Y. on January 31 , 1803.
Secretary Rusk does not seem to mind hot
weather. Ho has .spent a great deal of his
time in Washington this summer , and has
done a larco amount of work , but ho is as
chipper as a bird , and his laugh is as hearty
as though the atmosphere was dry nnd cool.
He says the secret of all this lies in the fact
that ho has always taken good care of himself
and has been very abstemious in the use of
alcohol and tobacco ,
STATE AND TE11U1TO11Y.
Nebraska Jot tines.
York now has a fire bell which cost $133.
Schuyler has voted { 20,000 , bonus to build a ,
high school building.
Work Is to be commenced at once on anew
now Methodist church at Liberty ,
The Nomaha county republican conven
tion will bo held at Auburn September " 8.
The Koya Pahn county" republican conven
tion will bo hold ut Springvicw , Septem
ber 14. '
The Northwestern road is putting In addi
tional a with traces and a turu-tablo at Ge
neva.
The old settlers reunion at Fairmont last
wcOk was attended by ever five hundred
people.
A throe-story court house is being created
at HurrlsOurtr , the county seat of Banner
county ,
A four-year-old Syracuse child was bitten
Dy a rattlesnaUo last week and three days
lutor it died.
A lodge of ICnlghts of Pythias was Insti
tuted ut Plutto Center last week with thirty-
live members.
(
A Boouo county farmer has allowed him
self to bo victimized by the old lightning rod
'
racket to the Ojcte'ht of 4100.
Boone county/Voasts that it has more school
teachers than i any of its older and moro
densely populutwl-nolghbors.
Six thousand people attended the reunion
of old settlers otJ.utor | ! , Polk , Sowurd and
York counties ncifr Grcsham and had a uo-
lightful timo. ) (
Twenty-six bottles of boor In the posses
sion of John Bfcft1 , at York , were confiscated
and Blck was 'sent ' to jail for selling liquor
without a llconeo. *
McmbHno Eddy * the trotting stallion kept
by A. J. Thompson , of Red Cloud , was shot
on account of. having glanders , The horse
was valued nt $3'SOO.
Two young boy * ' naniod Nelson nnd Welso ,
sons of furmorv'llvmg ' near Colnrldiro , have
disappeared frohititholr homos and no traca
of them can bo'found. '
J , W. Hyutt lias retired from the business
management of tlio Fremont Flail ana has
been succeeded by R. U , Kelley , a well-
known newspaper man.
Only one-fourth of the land of Blaine ,
Thomas and southwest Brown counties is yet
occupied , the rest of the land still bolntr held
by the government und being open for pre
emption , homestead ami tree claim entry ,
The republicans of Furnas county bavo
nominated the following ticket ; E. C. Lew
is , Judge ; John Ormstoud. clerk ; A. J , Mo-
Poalt. treasurer ; Churlo * McComb , sheriff ;
N. Fodroa , county superintendent ; Dr.
Qunn , coroner.
The annual conference of the Christian
Endeavor societies of tbo state will bo hold
nt Fremont commencing September 4 and
continuing three da vs. Ono hundred and
forty organized districts ara expected to bo
represented.
The seventeenth annual convention of the
Evangelical Lutbern ayuod of Nebraska will
bo held in St. Mark's church at Graad
Island , beginning September 3 nnd closing
on the Otlu Addresses will bo mnao both In
Gorman nnd English.
Judga Chapman has qrantod an Injunction
against the village board of Syracuse from
arresting G. W. Eiser on certain charges.
Ho has been twlco arrested and fined for not
moving n bulldln ? which extends out ever
the line ot the street.
Julius Schroodor. a saloon keeper of
Hcomor. Is In hard luck. Ills saloon has
been twlco broken Into nnd goods carried
away , ho was victimized to the tuna of $50 by
n confederate bill , nnd some months ago n
check was forced on him for $105. Ho has
finally concluded that the world is growing
moro wicked each day.
A forcotful Bchuylor undertaker caused a
bad hitch in n funonil there the other day.
When the procession arrived at the cemetery
it was found that no grnvo had boon dug , and
the final ceremonies were gene through
while the coflln was on top of tno around.
Afterward the grave was dug nnd the body
laid in Its last resting ploco ,
lawn. Items.
There Is talk of sinking an artesian wollnt
Mnroiigo.
Six thousand people celebrated old settlors'
day in Henry county.
It is reported that the honey crop of the
Btnto is larger than ovor.
The upper Iowa university expects a
larger nttendauco tbls fall than ovor.
The fourth reunion of the Second Jown
cavalry will bo hold at Maquokota October U
and 10.
Oskaloosn ships 4,000 dozen eggs a wcok.
There Is said to bo ever $30,000 tlod up in
old stockings nud burled nt West Liberty ,
which the owners are afraid cither to banker
or Invest.
Miss 7.oo L. Fisher , aged eighteen , nnd
James Lann , ngod twouty-ono , cumo to Ham
burg nnd were married In haste , nftor which
Lana hired a fast llvory team nnd drove out
of town on n gallop. Half an hour later
Miss Fisher's father arrived nn horseback
in search of the runaway couplo. Ho de
clared his daughter wusonly seventeen years
old , and threatened to shoot the groom on
sight
It is reported that a Dos Molnos physician
introduced some of the elixir of llfo under
the scalp of n bald headed man over sixty
years of ago. In three days a thlclc sod of
.lino curling brown hair had sprung up over
that desert waste. As the fringe of old hair
around the back of his head is ns white ns
snow and straight ivo Mlle End thread , it
gives him rather an odd appearance , but it
proves the power of the elixir.
The fifth biennial rounlon of the "Crock
er's Iowa " association
Brigade" , Major-Gen
eral ticlknnp , president , will bo hold at
Council BluITs , September 18 and 19. The
attendance : of every member of the brigade
is urged ns n matter of both duty nnd pleas
ure. To secure as largo an attendance , nnd
nt as small nn expense to veterans and their
families ns possible , the transportation com
mittee has effected an arrangement with the
railroads for ono and one-third rnto , or for
full faro going to the reunion and returning
nt one-third faro , on showing a cortltlcato of
the secretary of the transportation commlt-
tee that party was in actual attendance. Re
duced rates at the hotels have also been so-
cured.
A young Muscatlno man was quietly row
ing n siclff across the river the other iluy ,
when without the least warning a monster
hurled himself from the depths nnd landed In
front of the boat behind the affrighted oars
man. To'say that he was astonished would
bo putting It very mild ; still ho managed to
keep tno wriggling creature in the boat
with ono oar whilst standing up nnd paddling
ashore. Several persons witnessed the fish
jump in , nnd more yet viewed It when landed.
It was a blue sturgeon , measuring flvo feet
from tip to tip , nnd weighed forty pounds.
The Two Dakntas.
The Pierre Signal will soon appear as a
daily.
The Sioux Falls deaf mute school reopens
September II.
Several miles of sidewalk have boon laid at
DoSmot this season. ,
Aberdeen wants the state fair located per
manently in that city.
The now Pierre national bank will open for
business Scptcmbor 1.
A school house ncnr Blunt was almost en
tirely demolished by lightning last week.
A special election is to bo held at Aten
August 1 to vote $5,030 In bonds to aid the
Yaulcton & Norfolk roaa.
Black boars have boon so audacious as to
Invade the principal street of Hamilton , and
ono of them was killed last wcok.
About four hundred additional patonU
have bean issued to Bottlers in the Huron
iund district nnd will bo ready for delivery
in about two weeks.
The young ladleof Pierre nro organizing
a brass band. They expect in about thrco
weeks to put on the boards "A Farmer's
Iron Will , " a melodrama in flvo nets. From
the proceeds of the play they will provide
themselves with band instruments.
There is no dude about James L. Davis ,
of Beadle county , tbo newly recommended
candidate for a West Point cadetshlo. Whan
his examination at Rcdflold was concluded all
tbo trains had gene , and ho must stay where
ho was for a dav or walk eighteen miles
home. Ho walked.
John Smith , living a faw miles west of
Yaulcton , recently lost four head of cattle by
the prevailing epidemic. Saturday ho took
off the hides of the dead animals , and in
doing this innoculated himself through a cut
on one hand with the virus m tlio carcass ,
und a bad case of blood uolsonma ensued ,
his arm swelling to several times Its natural
size. Mr. Smith's ' son , a young boy , who as
sisted In skinning the cuttlo , is also showing
symptoms of blood poisoning.
NORTH PJLiAXTE'S FUTUIIE.
Business Men Have Confidence in It
nnd Show Their Faith.
NOIITII PLVTTK , Neb. , August 25. To tbo
Editor of TUB HKB : That some of our busi
ness mon believe in a future for North Platte
is ovldonccd by the building and improve
ments going on. Several fine brick stores
have boon built within the last your , two
having been completed and occupied within
the last few weeks. Within the last month
ground has been broken for the building of
what will bo the two finest structures in
North Platte , the First National and the
North Platte National banks , both of which
will bo completed and ready for occupancy
before snow files. William Neville has also
begun building a brick block on Sixth street ,
which-will bo completed before the 1st of
December. In course of erection , also , nro
the dwellings of Dr. Hlngston , Just nbout
completed , and T. C. Patterson , two of the
finest in the city. In fact , all tha carpenters ,
stonemasons and bricklayers in town have
been engaged slnco early in the spring In the
erection of business houses and dwellings ,
and with them two Omaha linns are now
building the brick blocks above mentioned.
The ovcry-duy appearance of things In and
around the Union PaciUoshopsaowls simply
n semblance of the Sunday of the past ,
Whether this state of tilings will continue is
n mcro mutter for speculation. From nil
that appears on the surface it Is a question if
wo will soon , if ever again , ROD the busy
throngs at the benches and la the pits as of
yore , It is idle , perhaps , to speculate on the
causes that have led up to the present state of
things , whether of omission or commission ,
whether tbo blame lies at the door of the
company or the employe ; and yet , If properly
put before the readers of TUB 131:1 : , which 1s
Known to bo the real friend of the laboring
man , it might servo a purpose , It Is well
known that for years the employes In the
shops hero huvo roHixtod a reduction of
wages. There was at least ono strike nnd
the company was forced to "como to terms , "
that is , to yield tha point , which was a con
templated reduction in wages ; result ,
finally , a reduction of.more than half In force
uqd short hours for these retained ; result
again , hardship to the families of tboso
.thrown out of employment.
Of 0110 thing I am assured , In the light of
past events , with the experience of the lost
few months tha employes of the ohojia hero ,
not only such as have lost their Jobs , but
these who yet retain them , most of them , nt
least , would in a similar case welcome a re
duction In wages. X Y. 7. ,
Sharks Past * TIirouili the Oarml.
Before the Isthmus of Suez was pierced
by the canal there were almost no
sharks in the Mediterranean , the pafis-
ii o through the Straits of. Gibraltar
not being to their liking * Now , how
ever , they como In by way of the cannl ,
and in such numbers that in more than
ono watering place , und especially on
the Adriatic , the sign has gone up
"Beware of Sharks. "
\VASSAVED \ BY A DEAD MAN
A Flrat.Mnto'o AwfUl Exporlonoo in
tbo North Paoiflo.
MUTINEERS AND MAN-EATERS.
Soanioti Kill Their Cnptnln nnd Throw
Him Overboard Oust In
Xltuo to Snvo the
Mnto'a
Tboro passed through this city to-day
n man whoso torrlblo experiences In the
North Pnctflo ocoiui equal thosfl of the
famous Robinson Crusoe , whoso ndvon-
turos have been the astonish mont ot
American youngsters for sovotnl decades -
ados , says n Denver special to the Pitts-
bur Dispatch.
This prontlttinan was N. C. Murks , n
sea captain , on route from Portland ,
Oro. , to the Atiantio coast , nnd the
story , as hoard from ills own lips , is as
follows :
"I was wrecked on the coast of Brit
ish Columbia during the terrible palo
which recently swept from ono end to
the other ot the Pnclllo coast , and am
now on my way to report to the owners
of the ship and cargo. She was a
whulor , n'amod the Blanche Bucking
ham , nnd hailed from the Pelican inlet
on the coast of Maine. Wo sailed from
port nearly three years ape with ticrow
of eleven , besides the captain nnd two
mates. I was the first mato. The cap
tain was on old whaler , named Captain
Leroy Autroy , and ho has boon the
friend of my lifetime. Ho and my
father had first shipped together , and
this friendship haa never boon broken.
"After striking the whaling grounds
wo had excellent luck , and wore stow
ing away considerable oil. Kvcrything
on board was peaceable , with the ex
ception of two mou who had hard feel
ings for the captain , and conducted
themselves in such a manner as to cause
thorn to bo thrown into irons upon two
occasions. Upon the last occasion they
scorned to have repented and promised
bettor bohnvior.iuidovoryonc supposed
all trouble had been amicably settled.
MUTINY AND MU 111)1311.
Some months ago wo wore off the
coast of British Columbia , some (100 (
miles from land , and ono day when I
was out with nine of the crow , I noticed
a signal being worked from the niain-
sttilt rigging. It was evidently ona of
distress , and I at once hastened toward
the ship. It was a little after midday ,
for the captain and the second mate.
had remained on board with the two
men I have spoken of nnd
the cook. As wo n cured the
ship the man in the rigging
proved to "bo the second mate , who
who warned us not to coma along side ,
and said the two men had killed the
captain , and that ho had only saved his
own life by springing into the rigging
armed with a harpoon , which prevented
the murderers from' following him.
The cook was threatened , but bogged
for his life , and had been secured in
the cabin. My first thought was to board
'
the ship , but' the mate told mo the men
wore crouched on deck , armed with
harpoons , so I withdrew.
"Waiting until after dark , I rowed to
within a short distance of the ship , and ,
removing all ray clothing , I armed my
self with a moat knife , slipped into the
water and struck out for the ship , and
what happened to me in the next few
minutes woflld lill the pages of a life
time.
"All the firearms on the ship were
locked in a strong , iron-bound box , the
only key of which. I Jind in my posses
sion. f intended swimming to her ,
climb upon the rudder , secure tile pis
tols and either capture or Kill the mur
derers.
"I had succeeded in swimming about
ono hundred ards from the yawls , when
my heart was almost paralyzed with horror
ror as I became aware of the presence
of a shark. I could hoar him rushing
toward mo , its dorsal fin cleaving the
water like a streak. The horror of a
torrlblo death crept ovar mo and in an
instant I scorned to live an ngo of sus
pense. Quickly drawing my knife , and
as I felt the swell on the water which
preceded the monster , 1 gathered my
self for a desperate attempt to dive ,
which was successfully done , and tno
hugo form sh'ot over mo like a Hash far
out into the depth boyond. The ship
was only a few yards distant and I real
ized it was a fight for life. I was des
perately wedged between two foes ,
which 1 know to bo equally dangerous.
SAVJSD BY A COItl'Sli.
"If I cried to the mutinous seamen
aboard they might refuse mo assistance ,
and if not , would perhaps save. mo only
to bo butchered. To escape the sharlc
was next to an impossibility which I
recognized as I hoard the bafllcd mon
ster , making the water boil as he turned
to renew the attack , I realized that it
would bo but an instant before the
"man-eater would bo upon mo
again , and I fairly throw
my body out of thn water in
making such strononus olTorts to gain
the ship's rudder. I could again hear
thtCt chilling sound lilco the cold cutting
of n luiiso through the water. I felt
the STT.oll 01 the monster behind mo ,
and every fiber in my body was strug
gling to escape. My breath was sus
pended and my oye& seemed springing
from their socket trying to measure the
distance to th"o place of safety. I turnel
to moot it with the knife which I car
ried in my touth , when a heavy body
shot over into the sea , and I was nearly
drawn into the vortox.
"I hoard the steol-liko jaws of the
monster close upon und crush the un
known object as I grasped the ruddor.
nnd , ul most senseless , yielded to relaxa
tion. I don't know how long I remain
there , and never an infant , pillowed
against his mother's bosom , rested moro
sweetly than I. It was a. . moment of
peace with all the world , and my entire
being Boomed going out in a prayer of
thanksgiving for my miraculous oscauo.
"Hearing the sound of voices above
mo , I rocofrnl/od the speakers as being
the two seamen. 'The old brute will
never put ua in irons agaln I heard
ono of them Hay , and I know that the
murdered captain had saved my life ;
that they had thrown his body in the
jaws of the hungry shark , and that the
friend of my life-time , while cold in
death , had bon.n my savior.
A FIQIIT FOU uva.
"Aroused to action , I climbed up the
rudder-post and finally reached the
opening , through which I crept into the
pantry. I crept into the apartment
where the ordnance chest was kept ,
though the room was inky dark. I
found it , and , had opened the lid , when
I heard mon at the door. I sprang to
fasten it , but it was too lute , and ono of
then entered with a lantern in his
hand. Ho uttered a curse of surprise
as ho recognized me , and in the same
instant I kicked the lantern from his
hand , und wo were in total darkness.
Quickly drawing my knife , I plunged it
into his body , and with a dying yell ho
Biink to the floor , so deeply was the
knito thrust into his body that the bun
dle was drawn from my grasp as the
dead mutineer dropped. The other ,
mnn was carrying tin nx with which to
chop open the nrms chest , nnd as hii
comrade wont down ho struck nt mo ,
the keen oil go crushing into uivsido.
Mnd with pMn , I clinched with him ,
nnd with both my hands caught him by
his long , full board. With the mad-
tioas ot nmanlnol pressed him to the
floor , witli the determination of crush
ing him to death. Ho was a smaller
man than I ; but , crazed with pain and
growing weak from loss of blood , I hiado
ono determined effort I doubled him
up , nnd , bonding my onllro force upon
him , I heard the cracking of joints , a
groan , a gurgle and a yielding of the
musclcis. A dizziness came over mo and
I swooned.
"When I revived , it was still dark ,
nnd In a weakened condition I crawled
upon the deck. I tried to draw m.isolf
upon the gunwale to signal my crew to
come , but I could not got above the
dock , I thought of the mate in the rig
ging , and tried 'to gel him to como
( town ; but ho did not recognize mv
voice , nnd thought it a trick of the two
scamon to decoy him to the dock , and
made no reply to mv calls. After some
time spent in this manner I again
swooned. Nothing moro was known tome
mo until two days uftorwnrd. when 1
oamu to consciousness , surrounded by a
portion of my crow. Daybreak appeared
soon after I swooned , and the mate in
the rigging recognized mo lying on the
dock'and notified my crow , who wor
waiting a few yards away. They came
on board and found the corpses of the
dead scnmon , ono with n knife piercing
his heart and the other with his nock
broken.
"Soon after regaining consciousness
wo put for the land , and on the way encountered -
countered a gnlo which drove maahoro.
Wo nil escaped with our lives , mit the
vessel was dashed to pieces by the waves.
I cannot begin to toll you what wo
passed through for two weeks , tramp
ing along the roul : toward civlli/.alio n.
But here I am safe , though considera
bly the wor.so for wear , but still thank
ful that all our lives were preserved. "
ORATORY AS A FINE ART.
< Vn Imminent KniMiBliimtii C'linrgns Its
Occnv to Obii\p Ijitcrnttirp.
In antiquity the training of an orator
was almost us elaborate an affair ns the
training of a racolior.su is with Us ,
writes Sir Moroll McKenzie in the Con-
tompoi-ary Review. Not only the voice ,
but the whole man , physical , intellec
tual and moral , was carefully prepared ,
with conscientious minuteness of detail ;
for the great business of life , the mak
ing of speeches. In this system of edu
cation the development of the voice
naturally hold a largo place , and the
phonascus , or voice driller , was an In
dispensable accessory , not only of every
school of oratory , but of many formed
orators. Of the methods of the pho-
nascus wo know little , but we find hints
in some of the classical writers that ,
like certain of his professional brethren
in moro recent days , ho was not disin
clined to magnify his olllcc. Seneca , in
ono of his letters , warns his friends
against living , vocally speaking , in sub-
jeetiou to his phonascus , and implies
that ho might as well keep another ur-
tist to superintend his walking. In our
own day the phonascus still survives in
public lifo , though perhaps moro as a
luxury than an acknowledged necessity.
A celebrated novelist , dramatic author
and orator , who passed over to the
great majority many yours ago , used nl
ways to put himself under the guidance
of 11 vocal mentor before delivering a
speech. Every tone , every pose and
every gesture was carefully prepared
and industriously practiced under the
direction of Mr. Frederick Webster ,
brother of the celebrated comedian ,
Benjamin Wobstor. That the elaborate
training of the ancients was eminently"
successful is shown by the powers of
endurance which it is clear they must
have possessed. They habitually
spoke for five or six hours , and oven
longer , nnd , in order toapprociato their
staying power , it must bo remembered
that they spoke in the open air , amid
all the tumult of the forum , which was
capable of holding 80,01)0 ) people , and
with an amount and vigor of action of
which the gesticulations of an Italian
preacher uro but a palo rollox. Long-
windcdncss was nt ono time cultivated
as a line art by Roman orators. These
prototypes of our modern obstruc
tionists were aptly termed mora-
tores , or delayers , because they post
poned as far as possible the passing of
the sentence. The abuse finully reached
such n height that a law had to bo
passed limiting the length of pleadings
in public cases to the running out of ono
clepsydra. It is impossible to say ex
actly what period of time this wna
equivalent to , as the water-clocks of the
Romans were of dilloront sizes , and the
rapidity of ilow must have varied under
different circumstances ; from twenty
minutes to half an hour may , however ,
bo taken as roughly representing the
average length of n speech under tha
strict system of "closure. "
If the Romans carried the culture of
the spoiiking voice to a pedantic ox-
tronio , wo , on the other hand , undoubt
edly neglect it too much. It is not that
wo speak less , but that wo have loss ap
preciation than the ancients had of oratory
tory as a line art , and wo are therefore
moro tolerant of mumbling utterance
and slovenly delivery. Many an inar
ticulate speaker who in these daya
hums and haws through an hour or txvo
of dreary platitudes would have boon
hooted down in live minutes by a Greek
or Roman audience. The comparative
decay of orators In modern times is due
to the effusion of cheap litera '
ture ; the function of the pub- <
lie speaker has been to a
great extent made obsolete by the dally
newspapers. Information and argu
ments on political matters , which had
formerly to bo supplied by word of
mouth 'from the rostrums , are now
served up , spiced to each render's taste ,
by innumerable "able editors. " But
though tlio necessity for what I call
profobsional orators no longer exists , a
largo part of the business of the state
in a frao country must still bo carried
on or controlled by talk , and the living
voice must always have a power of stir
ring and swaying popular Honti-
mont the collective fooling of
largo masses of men , which ia
something moro than the sum of their
individual feelings far bo\ond the
roach of the pen. John Brfght'a ex
quisite purity of style would liuvn mndo
him n most olToctivo writer , hut would
liis great spccc.hos , H cut uj ) into load *
ing articles , have stirred tlio national
heart as did his burning words , thrown
rod-hot among a living mass of enthu
siastic hearers ? On the whole I think
wo use the voice in public oven moro
than the ancients , and there is , there
fore , all tlio moro reason for its being
properly trained. Good speaking la
nowadays important , not only Irom the
artistic , but from the business point of
view ; nnd , oven for "practical mon , " it
cannot bo u waste of time to acquire BO
valuable a faculty ,
A Cntiuo Warrior's Outfit.
A Congo warrior's outfit which hai
just boon received by the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington from LiouUsn-
nut Taunt , United States commercial
agent in the Congo state , consists of a
bamboo shield nix foot long und ono
wide , a spear four foot long , u knife that
looka like u pruning knife and u bow
with bamboo string * and two iron-tipped
urrowi.
