'PEW LOAVES FOR THE FISHES ,
Gross Mismanagement and Misappropriation
, in the National Commission.
f _ _ _ _
A RADICAL REFORM IS NEEDED ,
Institution Operated nn nn Annex
\ to the National Museum .Scientific
Inquiries aiiiiiuclesHly Neglected
-'JL'ho Action of Cmigrest * .
' 0 WAMitxtvrojf , Juno 17. [ Special to Tnn
UEK. ] Undoudtcdly tbero will soon bo nn
entire reorganization of tlio flsh commission.
U'ho recent agitation of the mibjcct in con
gress mid tlio proposed Investigation have
brought about some discoveries which show
the wisdom of the proposition to transfer the
commission to the agricultural department
end put now men In cbnrgo. At present tlio
iLsb commission Is an independent body , re
porting only to congress , and having no su
pervision from any superior body ,
It is alleged tliut the flsh commission has
been materially deteriorating since the death
of Spencer F. Baird , the Incorporator of the
commission ami a man under whoso charge It
developed. It bos boon brought to a desir
able standard , and It Is charged that through
error of conducting the commission its a de
tached bureau rather limn a part of 0110 of
ono of the regular government departments ,
certain abuses Imvo duvcloncd that cull for
Bcrlous consideration. The scnato has
nlrrudy taken cognizance of the existing con
dition of affairs by the passage of a resolu
tion reading as follows1
Resolved. That the committee on fisheries
bo , and Is hereby , instructed to mnko onrly
inquiry Into the administration of the affairs
of the United States commissioner's ofllco ,
mid csiH-'dally In respect to the changes In
the force , compensation paid to employesand
nny alleged favoritism or other undue ad-
jDlnl.stration.anil report to tlio scnato thereon.
Senator Stockbrldgc Is chairman of the
committee. The sessions will begin next
wool : and the investigation will bo searching.
U'ho resolution of inquiry is the result of a
recent exixwc , charging nepotism in appoint-
incuts and also tbat the government was
distributing $11,300 among seven members of
tlio cominissionprs's family. This called forth
the resolution providing for the Investigation
of the methods of the commission , not only as
regards the charges of nepotism against
Commissioner McDonald , but it is also true
that certain investigations are shortly to bo
not on foot regarding the general methods of
the commission in the way of benefiting the
Jlshery industries of the United States. It
Is charged that the methods now In use are
not calculated to bcneilt the fishing Industries
ns much ILS could bo done with the same ap
propriation iu the hands of the secretary of
agriculture.
The abuses that Imvo developed in the com
mission are attributed to tno loose methods
of those in charge , and congress Is not re
lieved of blame Iu having always provided
for the needs of the commission by lamp sum
appropriations , and in never having called for
an account of the expenditure of these
moncvs. The lirnt abuses in the commission
nro alleged to have been instituted by T. B.
Ferguson F. Baird's
, Spencer right-hand
man , who is charged with having made the
commission simply an annex to the work
shops of the National museum. Ferguson , it
Js alleged , under Unird's Instructions used
the commission vessels , the Fishback and the
Albatross , continuously for the purpose of
making deep-sen collections by moans of
drodgiugs , of all manner of forms of life ,
often of u microscopical character , for the
purjioso of furnishing the exhibition cases of
the National museum with material and pro
viding dupllcato sets of the same mariuo ox-
lilbitn for iutcrehango with foreign museums ,
In oilier that the museum eases might in this
manner bo most richly endowed. All thcso
exhibits fur the museum and duplicates were
collected by the llsh commission with money
nppionriatcd for a specific purpose the pro
pagation of food tithes.
At Uaird's death Ferguson gave way to
flloUounld , who was ahcady iu the couioils-
hilJII.
It has been stated llipt McDonald before
being allowed to assume this duties of his
now position , solemnly pledged himself to re
form all existing abuses , and particularly to
sever all connection with the National mus
eum , and to conduct the commission in a
manner to preserve it from the dangers that
oven at this time were beginning to threaten
Itf existence. Hardly had McDonald been es
tablished , however , when it was apparent
that instead of breaking away from the
museum i > coplo , ho was oven moro than Fer
guson under their influence.
His llrst move was to oust Prof. Verrill of
Yale , at that time bond of the department of
scientific- Inquiry , and to appoint in his place
Itichard Katlibun , the curator of the National
museum , and a man who is alleged to have
been guiltless of the slightest knowledge of
llsh and llshlmr , and who , it is stated , could
not toll tno difference between a crawfish and
u young lobster. This knowledge of fishes ,
however , was not required of him , for the
wonc In scientific Inquiry under his charge
consisted for the most part in the collecting
of ) H'clmens of the lower forms of lifo
brought up Iu deep sea drtxlgings for the Na
tional museum , their arrangements in exhib
its and labeling , the observation of the tem
perature at which they were found and nt
which the lower forms of life exist , uud the
' . .determining of the dibtiibutlon.
This prostitution of tlio scientific work is
the moro to be deprecated when a full under-
landing is had of the work that they should
i legitimately undertake and carry through.
Some of tlio scientific inquiries that should
lw conducted by the commission but IN hlqh
Imvo been utterly neglected are as follows :
To determine the causes of the disapitcaranco
of tlio maekcrol and menhaden from the coast ;
to determine the food required anil the stops
, to lw taken to intlueneo favorably the food of
the llshes whlco should , bo propagated ; to determine -
tormino the precise steps in reproduction in
order that steps may bo taken to protect the
young of the llsh by legislative action during
the most delieato periods ; to determine the
/effect / upon the abundance of the food llshes
of the various forms of apparatus used in
v their capture ; to determine the extent to
j which tliero Is absolute waste , to the practice
of u fisherman In throwing away dead lish ; to
uncertain what moral influence can bo brought
to bear upon the fishermen to make them far-
flighted In their own Interests. In taking up
the question of scientific inquiry attention is
strongly called to tno deplorable falluroof the
commission to adequately handle the oyster
question. They have done absolutely noth
ing iu this direction. A large sum of uioaoy
was wasted on the Saint Cieromo station ,
Which wus ultimately abandoned. The com
mission has not even brought to uotlco the
French method of collecting oyster spats ,
It has made no scientific study of the oyster
that will for a moment compare witli the
woikof John Urooks of Johns Hopkins uni
versity , who has undertaken the work with-
pvA goveinment subsidy .
' . KM. . . Money that should have been spent by the
commission on such work as that outlined
libove , bus been spent In a manner that It is
nllauud In the strongest manner will not bear
Dluelal Investlgatloni A consideration of these
matters servo simply to reinforce most
Staunchly the position of coitaln senators
who have stated that they will not allow an-
pther dollar to bo appropriated for the use of
the llsh commission until It U safely lodged
' Ar under the protective wing of the secretary of
r agriculture- until the manner of tho'ex-
jH'iuUturo of all moneys by the commission
can lx > made public. The evils arising from
the apiinipHiitlons of lump suuis for the sup.
port of the commission have grown too great
to bo Ignored and now not only the change
to depart metal rule required , but
pUo an en tire reconstruction of the
iiorsoiinel of the commission. The flsh com
missioner can If ho chooses spend every cent
uf thu largo appropriation in salaries , and cau
raise the salaries as high as ho chooses. The
jnaln flow , however , In placing the commis
sion under the agricultural department Is ar
rived at Iu the collusion existing between the
commission and the national museum. As at
present there Is nothing- the vouchers sub
mitted to the UultiHi States auditor or comp
troller Ut Indicate that tliumeu paid out of the
commission appropriation AH > nt their time In
the Interest of the food llbhes and It can bo
shown that Professor Towuscnd spent two
years in collecting birds , mammals , sea ele
phants , shells , etc. , for the national museum ,
at the- same time drawing his salary from the
iish commission.
' Another significant fact Is that the expense
of thu disbursement of the salaries in the flsh
commission U about llvo per cent a month
higher > than In any of the government depurt-
- - Otico under the uiaaaguuieut of Uio
agricultural department nearly all this expense -
penso will bo saved , as the disbursements
will lw made through the regular channels
nud by the officials already employed iu that
work.
Another striking need for the placing of the
commission under the department control Ls
found In Irresponsible expenditure of money
by members of the commission , for which
they are not called upon to account. Ho-
cently the commissioner and some of hta as-
nlstants completed a costly piece of apparatus
designed to demonstrate that they could
carry live shad aoross the ocean. When the
apparatus , which among other things In
cluded a largo tank , was finished , the largo
steamships plying the Atlantic wcro re
quested to allow the tank to be placed on
board their vwseLs , but they ono and all re
fused. to acccdo to the request , and this costly
apparatus was in consequence thrown bock
upon their hands. The expense of their
costly sliort-.slghtcdncss was , of course , bonio
by the government , and no ono was called to
account. The largo aquarium recently placed
In the commission nro said to have cost three
times as much as was necessary , and should
nn Investigation call for the bills for this
work they would not bo forthcoming , as the
commission officials dare not show them.
Those Interested in the investigation of the
methods of the commission say that while
Prof , llalrd conducted the commission with
less than 183 men , McDonald cannot bring it
up to the same efficiency with 211.
The bill to place the commission under the
control of the agricultural department was
introduced Dy Senator Paddock , and it is still
under consideration by the senate. Thcrols
llttlo doubt but that it will pass the senate
and house , and a number of senators are tak
ing It upon themselves to sco that President
Harrison fully understands the situation.
S. HBVTII.
SHE IS Il/YllHIjY
A Woman WIio Una Hntcti Nothing Tor
Jllght Itroiitli.s.
Lohigh county 1ms within its bordora
a remarkable woman in the person of
Mrs. AdaVuchtor of South Whitehall ,
llvo miles from hero , who for eight
months has taken practically no nour
ishment , anil 1ms not tasted a drop of
water since Good Friday , April 4 , BOV-
onty-ono days ago , Buys nn Allentown ,
Pa. , special to the St. Louia Rcpublis.
nor case is puzzling the local
physicians hero beyond measure and
la attracting wide curiosity r.mong the
medical fraternity. She Is barely ulivo
and no moro. Sixteen months ago she
was taken ill of a mysterious disorder.
Dr. G. W. Sieger was called in , but ho
was unnblo toinnko an ucurato diagnosis
of her disease. Drs. W. IT. Solp , G. T.
Pox and others were successfully con
sulted , but they , too , were at a loss what
to make of the strnngo malady. Eight
months ago they ceased administering
medicines , though they have continued
their visits regularly on account of the
extraordinary features of the case. Since
then the poor woman has only occasion
ally been able to take a teacupful of
liquid nourishment and no solid food
whatever.
Mrs. Wuohtor suffers pain in her head
almost constantly and is subject to fre
quent violent spasms. She is thirty-
eight years of age , but , owing to her ex
treme emaciation , she looks like a
woman of sixty or seventy. The ilesh of
her neuk is a mass of wrinkles , and the
lines are drawn distressingly about her
mouth and chin. Her hands are merely
skin and bone and as whitens snow , and
the veins in them stand out with un
usual prominence. She complains
constantly of thirst , but every
time an attempt is made to
give her water she is seized with chok
ing spasms and nor tooth grata together
in convulsions. Nevertheless she bears
her suffering with true Christian forti
tude and finds great comfort in repeat
ing to herself texts of scripture and sing
ing hymns and in receiving the visits of
her pastor.
Dr. Solp says she may live as long as
there is a pound of flesh on her bones.
Her husband nurses the faster night and
day and patiently welcomes the host of
callers , who , through curiosity , besiege
the house to look at the patient.
FOOMSII AND FOUGIVING.
The Power the Old Man's Darling Had
Over Him.
Ono day last week there c uno hero by
train from Binghamton an old man with
hair and beard us white as snow , but still
quite vigorous in mind and body , says
a Cortlnnd , N. Y. , dispatch to the Globe-
Democrat , lie applied to Deputy Sheriff
E. J. Colgrovo for help in hunting up his
runaway wio. Ho told the ollicial that
his name was William ( J. Chanler and
that ho lived in Jackson township ,
Pa. , not far from the New York
state lino. He owned four farms and nn
apple jack distillery there , and was well-
to-do. Ho was in his seventieth year.
His wife was u good many years younger
than ho , and was a buxom , good looking
woman. She had run away with ono of his
hired men , n young follow about thirty
years old named Charles E. Lewis , and
he had reason to believe that the fugi
tives were living together hero. They
had carried oft in their flight three
trunks full of clothing and other valua
bles , and ho wanted to get baclc his wife
and property.
Deputy Sheriff Colgrovo had no difll-
culty in locating the errant pair in
rooms hero , whore they had sot up house
keeping. Lewis was arrested and ar
raigned before Police Justice Bull on a
charge of grand larceny in carrying off
the old man's household effects. The
woman stuck to Lewifa like wax , and for
a time scornfully refused to have any
thing to bay to her husband. The old
man was fond of his good-looking young
wife , and was ready to forgive her
escapade if she would only quit her
paramour and go back homo with him.
She obstinately refused to listen to his
pleadings until she found that that wns
the only way she could save Lewis from
prison , Then she relented and made up
with her fond hpouso.
The terms she exacted were Hint her
hiibband should deed to her ono of his
farms and also convoy to her the big
stock of apple-jack on hand at his distil
lery. Finally , ho should "let up" on his
faithless hired man. The doting hus
band joyfully acceded to these conditions
and bet out for homo with his recovered
spouse as blltho as a bridegroom. No
one appeared to prosecute the hired man
whose blandishments had caused such
trouble in his employer's household , and
the police judge lot him go.
AV1IO A HE THE IjUOICV IlUNDll HI )
A Novel and Expensive Method ol * Ad
vcrtlNliifj Heal ICstnte.
"Commencing Monday , Juno 30th , wo
will glvo away 100 choice lots to any ono
bonding us their full name and address
with -o for return wastage.
These lots are 25x125 feet and will bo
worth $250 each in loss than three
years.
The present population of Salt Lake
City is 00,000. In live years It will ho the
largest city Iwtwoon Chicago and San
Francisco. Wo mean businebs and if
you want u warranty deed to a splendid
lot send on your name to the Salt Luke
View addition company , Salt Lake City ,
Utah.
Tjocnl Hnllrond Kotos.
Harry Palmer , superintendent of the west
end division of the Kansas Paclllo road , has
boon appointed to succeed J. O. UrinkorhotT.
It was reported yesterday from Denver
that II. A. Johnson , general freight agent of
the Colorado and Mexico divisions of the
Union Pacific , had resigned.
There seems to bo a well understood belief
at Union Paclllo headquarters that V , I ) .
Whitney will succeed J , S. Tobbetta as gcu-
oral freight uguut of the road.
Dr. Birnoy.iiruotleo limited to catarrh-
ul diseased o ! ucso ami throat Boo bldg.
PRIEST AND NUN BREAK VOWS
Both Lorcd the Church But Yielded to
Oupid's Pleadings.
'TWAS SEBOOIS SAVED SMITH'S LIFE ,
Homnntla Story or Poclinlmntni No ,
2 Tlio Farmer's Daughter
Loved the Tramp nought
an Alaska Wlfo.
According to the story of William
Mathowson , a well known merchant ot
San Francisco , who spentSundny in Salt
Lake , the east-bound Central I'acillu
train contained among other passengers
a couple who , had their history been
known , would attracted moro than ordi
nary attention , says the Salt Lnko Tri
bune. The story is a long one , and inj
order to get the full details ono must go
back to the beginning.
In Orange county , New York , about
thirty years ago , lived a well-to-do Irish
farmer who , by Industry and thrift , had
become possessor of several broad acres
of land and some spare cash besides. Ho
had only ono son , Patrick , a bright lad ,
and the height of his Jnmbitlon was to
sco him fitted for a bettor position in llfo
than that of a farmer. To this end ho
sent his son to the best Catholic school
in the country , and great was his joy
when ho learned from the lips of the
young man that ho had decided to take
holy orders and become a priest.
Time passed on , and Father Patrick
Hanlo.n was the name added to the roster
of the clergy of the church founded by
Peter , against which the gates of hell
shall not prevail.
The young priest's first duties wcro in
al Htlo town in Nebraska , where for a
year or two ho worked assiduously in
building up his little charge. So suc
cessful was ho that the attention of his
bishop was called to his work , and In a
very short time ho was commended for
his earnestness by Cardinal McCloskoy.
a And then canio a change. His holi
ness Pope Leo must have tlio faith
spread in Australia , Young men were
wanted to carry the banner of the cross
into the far-off country ; to teach the way
of eternal life to the benighted people of
the remote interior , and , by a special or
der from the cardinal , endorsed by the
pontiff , Father Hunlon was included
among the many who were to spread the
gospel of light among the people of the
largo island.
For two years did Father Patrick
labor earnestly among the rough people
of the district to which ho was assigned.
That ho was successful can bo attested
by the statement that in lieu of holding
services in the dingy old building ho
found when ho first vibited the spot , ho
in less than a year celebrated the mass
in a neat little church built by his Hock ,
WHO nan learned 10 love mm , ana ttom
the further fact that the town to which
ho wns assigned was no longer consid
ered as rough , but that its people were
fabt becoming quiet and orderly.
But the physical nature of the young
man could not bear the constant strain ,
and ere long his health failed him. Re-
alining that his labor on earth would
soon 1)0 ) finished if ho did not seek rest ,
ho asked to bo relieved for a time and
went to Melbourne. Hero ho sought his
much needed repose from duty , and hero
is where the oiiumtic part of the tulo
begins.
In the hospital of St. Vincent was a
Sister of Mercy who was known to the
sisterhood as Sister Agatha. A beauti
ful woman was she , with wonderfully
lustrous eyes and ono of the sweetest
faces that God over endowed woman
kind with. The touch of her hand was
the softest , and the music of her % -oico
tlio sweetest to the poor unfortunates
who were sent to the institution. Sister
Agatha had a history. She was a
daughter of an English clergyman and
had become a convert to the Catholic
faith during early childhood. When
she became of ago she united herself
with the Sisters of Mercy and had gone
to Australia.
When in Melbourne Father Hunlon
occahionally vibited the hospital. And
hero is where the church of Rome lost
ono of its most tireless workers and St.
Vincent's hospital its most gentleloving
nurse.
It was a cose of love at first sight on
the part of both , and yet neither was
glad. By the solemn vows of the church
both were bound to a lifo of celibacy.
But it was not to bo.
In consequence. Father Hunlon pro
posed. The details of the struggle ho
underwent before ho could fully justify
himself that ho was taking the right
course will over remain a secret until
the morning of the resurrection. And
the proposal will remain locked In two
human hearts , a closely guarded treas
ure until it shall he told before the
throne on the day when the morning
stars bhall sing together and the sons of
the eternal shout for joy.
They were married , not , however ,
until the church authorities had been
notified. In vain did the bishop oC
Father Hanlon's diocese plead with u im
not to take the stop. The die was cast ,
the Rubicon crossed and the wedding
took place.
Ere the tidings could fly across the sea
to the old homo in Now York , the young
man learned that his father had died
and had loft him his entire fortune. It
was toward the old home of his boyhood
that ho and his wife were going when
the Times informant mot them. Mr.
Mathowson had known the young man
in his infancy , and to him had told his
story.
It is generally known that in 1011 Cap
tain John Smith , of Pocahontas fame
made a trip to what is now Gardiner ,
Mo. , but there was an incident that oc
curred during that visit that is known by
very few people , says the Boston Globe.
The incident in question resembles very
closely that of the Indian maidcc Poca
hontas that has been handed down to
posterity.
At the time of Smith's visit hero the
valley of the Cobbossee Con tea stream ,
which at this point joins Its water with
the Kennobec river was inhabited by a
powerful and intelligent branch of In
dians called Cubnwsas , belonging to the
IConnobec clan , which was in turn ono of
the trllxj of Abenakies. The Cabas-wi
were presided over by a chief , having
headquarters at what is now Gardiner ,
known as Cubossu , who had a daughter
named Seboois , famed among her tribe
for her beauty and grace. She was un
fortunately , smitten at once with the
gallant captain , who was , by the way ,
the Hrsl wmtomnn to visit these parts
and yvho was received with great cor
diality. Smith had with him a lieuten
ant named Hunt , who was of rather a
quarrelsome disposition and prone to
mutiny.
When the time cnmo for the party of
whites to depart Hunt's mutinous spirit
showed itself , and with a small party of
followers ho loft Smith , going In an op
posite . direction. His party took with
them as captives several of the trlbo of
Cabas.fiis.
The cblof considering tlio whites ono
party , by u great uihOako followed Cup-
tain Smith's loynl Vtnil , which Kimpod
that night about ifour miles from the
Gardiner , in m\ easterly direction.
Soobools thlnklngj Lo warn the captain
hurried on before inp enraged Indians ,
but arrived too Into , Tor as she arrived
nt the camp thofiWtf Volley of arrows was
delivered.
Thinking to Bavo Smith , she fled lo
him , threw her arniji pround his miek ,
and in that position .received an arrow
in the breast that caused instant death.
The chief was palsltjd at the accident
and ordered hostilities to bo ceased.
This allowed Smith an opportunity
to explain that it. was the other party
that perpetrated the kidnapping.
After a sorrowful return and the burial
of Schools near the Randolph church ,
opposite the city the party of red men
went In search of Hunt. Ho was over
taken near Norriogdwook and his band
exterminated to n man.
Captain Smith had the martyred So-
bools to thank for his life , for the arrow
that reached her heart WAS meant for
him. The grave of Seboois is unmarked ;
in fact its location is unknown.
An interesting story comes from Green
Ridge In Robertson county , Tennessee ,
In which a handsome young man and a
pretty girl figure as its leading spirits ,
bays a. Franklin , Ky. , dispatch to the
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Last fall a stalwart vouth of about
twenty-two years nunlo Ins appearance
at the homo of a farmer in the suburbs
of Green RIdge and applied for work.
Ho was a trump , with his worldly pos
sessions in a bundle slung across his
shoulder , and was hungry and footsore
and eager for a job. The farmer gave
him a trial , and , being much pleased
with his labor , employed him regularly.
In March the young man fell sick with
a fever , and for two weeks was very ill.
In the same village resided Essie Sul
livan , who was pretty and attractive ,
and the daughter of a merchant in good
circumstances. She had soon the young
follow a great many times , but had no
acquaintance with him , us ho was not at-
tentlvo to ladles , hut remained at homo
and attended to his duties closely. The
young girl had doubtless been attracted
by his personal appearance , for when she
learned of his sickness , she begun send
ing him flowers and then nlco things to
oat. At first she went no farther than
the door , but was finally induced to enter
the sick room to receive his thanks.
As time were on she grow bolder and
prolonged her visits and in the kindness
of her heart read to the afflicted youth.
Lifo was n pleasant dream to them for
several weeks and the rumor soon spread
that they would wed.
This report was confirmed when the
young couple went to Nashville and wcro
married. The girl loft a note behind
saying that she had eloped , as she know
her parents would never consent to her
wedding a common laborer without a
homo and unknown , but that she loved
him and had rather share poverty with
him than live in case , and comfort with
out his protecting love and care.
The girl's parents were ignorant of
the attachment between their daughter
and the stranger , and wore taken by sur
prise. They are much distressed over
the affair , and refuse to forgive the girl
or to recognize her , if she and her hus
band should return.
A romantic double suicide is iust now
the subject of conversation , and on ac
count of the prominence of the partici
pants has created considerable excite
ment , says a Dunlap cable from Buchar
est. Helene Noriiidi , the daughter of a
former court minister , was married to a
certain Moldavian physician not long
ago , but from whom she shortly became
divorced , and later engaged to a Captain
Goobtarchi , with whom she had been
deeply in love for many years. The con
sent of the king to tlio marriage was ob
tained and everything was in readiness
for the ceremony when , upon the very
eve of the wedding , Helene dibcovored
that a blood relationship existed between
herself and her intended husband.
Deeply grieved , and in a moment of de
lirium , she seized a pistol and shot her
self through the heart. Gocstarchi was
almost crazed at Holcno's death , and for
five days ceaselessly ho prayed beside
her body and at her tomb. Then ho was
not soon for two days , and his friends becoming -
coming alarmed forced the door of his
room and found him bitting in his chair
dead. Ono hand hold a volume of Hol-
ono'rt poems marked by his dead love ,
aiuTbearing on the open page a bunch of
Edelweiss , while his other hand clutched
a gown that had belonged to Helene ,
and which ho had strewn thickly with
rose leaves. <
A young man whom wo will call Tom
Peterson but which is not his real
name came into the Fremont Flail
ollico the other morning , apparently
laboring under a heavy load of despond
ency , beasoned with righteous indigna
tion and wrath , and throwing\lowii a
letter on the counter , began to count out
his nickels. Ho was asked what wus
wanted , and replied that ho wanted that
printed in the Flail. As wo do not make
a practice of printing anything beforo.
looking at It , says the editor of the Flail ,
the paper- was hastily read. It ran
something like this :
NOTICI" .
I hereby warn all young men , widowers and
bachelors , not to put no confidence whatever
in Susie Hanson ( which is not her real
name ) for she will jilt you on the tirst op
portunity and laugh at you after you are gone.
She don't know enough to treat a young
fellow well Urn * , loves hoi1.
TOM PETBHSOX
Tom evidently did not write the arti
cle , for it was too well worded for ono of
his calibro , but "theso were his senti
ments" to a dot.
C. S. Harvey of Hickory county , Mis
souri , an intelligent-looking white man ,
thirty-five years of ago , has boon visit
ing St. Louis with his wife , who is an
Alaska Indian , says a disputoh to the
Now York Star , while at the Alaska
diggings ho concluded to ascend the
Yukon river and get a woman to polo his
boat , as n woman1 would bo faithful ,
while any man ho could got would per
haps desert or murder him. Her native
husband offered cither her or his mother-
in-law for $20 a mont , ! ! , and Harvey took
the wife along. Her aid was valuable.
Willie returning home she said to Har
vey , with tears : "Lwish you would buy
mo from my husband , and I will work
the gold out of your dniin after the reg
ular hours of work , , I don't want to go
back to htm. "
Her husbaud decliled that $20 and a
pair of boots that Hftrvoy had would be
the proper considoWtion , and Harvey
accepted the bargainnt ( onco. The In
dian wont on u hmyo , and a few days
later was drowned an the Yukon , liar-
voy and the wormrh'Svoro married by n
minister as soon i&'thoy ' reached tills
country. "Sho has made a faithful wife
and I love her devotedly , " ho said. Her
uppoarunco attracts attention on the
street.
OliAutauiiiA ( Arrangement H.
Work on the Council Bluffs and Omaha as
sembly grounds preparatory to the opening
of the session of 1800 U alxiut completed.
Walks have IKXMI laid , trees ami stumps re
moved , now streets graded and a number of
cottages uro under way. The experience of
liu < t year is being taken advantage of In the
arrangements that are being perfected for
the accommodation of the crowds that are
curtain to IHI in attendance at the coming ses
sion , Transportation will bo more conen -
lent , Huppllui will ) M ) moro uutlly procured
mid board hotter than lust year Indica
tions ixjint toward a very largo attendance
from outlying counties , The opening day is
a week from Tuesday.
THE SOUTHERN BLACK BELTS
People aud Products of the Qroit Ootton
Growing Interior.
THE BULLETS AND THE BALLOTS.
Hot It arc KsHoutlnl Features In Polit
ical Kleetlous Ho in o of the- Cotton
1'loker lilcai of the Negroes-
Soil LUIinustliiK I'Vrtlllzers.
x , Miss. , Juno IR. [ Special toTiiR
BRR. ] This town of 0,000 Inhabitants Is very
favorably located between two rich strips of
country known hero ns black belts. They
arc so called because the soil and the Inhab
itants aru black , in slave times this blaclo
prulrio land vos bought for cotton planta
tions and inhabited by slaves and a few wlilto
overseers aud their families , the descendants
of whom still occupy the land. The belts
extend from southwest to northeast , nro from
ten to fifty miles wide and from ono hundred
to two hundred miles in length. The whlto
families nro gradually leaving them , going
to the towns , and Meridian is a favorite re
sort for them.
In these black belts the old customs , habits
and style of farming still obtain. The old
wooden moldboanl plows are still the favorites
aud on many plantations that I visited such a
thing ns a steel plow seemed to bo unknown
and it will require careful uud gradual train
ing before these colored people will consent
to use n plow that will scour. Progress in
these black belts much resembles that which
we read of on the dark contldcnt.
Meridian society is good and there Is no in
timidation at elections. The colored people
vote their sentiments in this city and always
vote the republican ticket , and If northern
democrats want to 11 ml proof of a free ballot
and a fair count in the south this a good place
to select B.S evidence. In this Immediate
vicinity iiico troubles do not exist and the
freedom of Afro-Americans is as secure as in
Kansas.
But this stnto of affairs does not extend
very far outside of the city. A few days ago
I was at Hickory , n little town liftecn miles
in the direction of Jackson , Missiand learned
there had been forty men killed nt that place
since the war closed , principally caused by a
mixture of bad men aud bad whisky. But
the pluco Ls becoming moro civllfcod now.
and it has a prospect of a loug reign of
peace.
I have tallccd with n number of Intolllgont
colored men here and at Corinth and 11 ml
them much impressed with the Idea that
they should educate their race so that they
can , some time in the future , bo capable of
forming a negro nation separate from the
whites , some what on the plan of the Hebrews
under Moses. They want no Intermarrying
between the whites end the blacks , nud wcro
very much Incensed nt Fred Douglas for setting
ting what they consider a Dad oxamnlo in
marrying n whlto woman. The colored people
ple throughout the south where they under
stood , the matter , wcro very favorable to the
plan of General Grant and Fred Douglas to
buy San Domingo with a view to converting
it into u state for the colored people , under
their own control and protected by the United
States government , ns in the case of Liberia.
Cotton is the all-absorbing topic now , as
preparations are being made to euro for the
growing crops. This city Is 150 miles from
Now Orleans and cotton is planted hero
about May 1 , Ground is prepared by throw
ing up a back furrpw , the cotton is planted
on the ridge thus mudo and the middle is
broken afterwards. No careful breaking of
the ground nor other preparations for crops ,
such as wo sco in tho" northern states , are to
be found in this country. The young cotton
plant Is very tender , is of slow growth , needs
much cnro , 'and in cultivating it the hoe is
used till it will bear the plow. Cotton pick
ing commences about Sopteaiber " 0 and is
finished by the first of January. The lower
pods mature first and , like buckwheat , the
top keeps blooming and growing till frost
kills It. The cotton pickers , go through the
crop three times and pick the cotton out of
the pod by hand , leaving the pod on the
stoclt. The pickers nro paid 50 to 75 cents
per 100 pounds of cotton with the seed in it
and the best hands can pick " 00 pounds a d.i3' .
At the gin the seed mid cotton aie sepa
rated , there being about one-third as cotton
as seed. The cotton is pressed Into bales of
"Lj'xiiVfj feet , weighing about live hundred
pounds for which the farmer , u
planter , gets from $10 to f 0. For
shipment to Europe the o bales are bent to the
compress where they uro pressed into about
ono-third their Ubunl size.
Commercial fertili/crs are used to a great
extent , and next to cotton , this trade Is the
largest business in the south. Great manu
factures of fertilizers are located uta few
places in the southern states snd shipping tlio
material constitutes a largo part of the rail
road transportation. The principal ingredi
ent of the fertilizers is sand which is used to
hold the acids and is put up in sucks of about
two hundred pounds each , costing the plant
ers about y a sack. With a llttlo puddle the
fertilizer is put at the roots of the growing
plant. It exhausts the fertility of the soil and
after using it once it must bo used every year
and Ls a great tax on the planters. If they
could enrich their lands by a rotation of crops
instead of buying tho&o costly fortilUors , it
would save millions of dollars to the south
ern states.
Southern corn does not compare with that
of the great northern belt. Here it is planted ,
four feet apart with only one or two stalks in
a hill. Twenty-live bushels to the aero is the
heaviest crop. The planters do not know how
to raise gross and do not believe H will grow
hcio. Ono of the-io backwoods planters
showed mo n weed that had given him much
trouble. Ho called it a "Yankee weed" be
cause it sprang up where northern soldiers
fed their horses , and the old pluntor buted It
ns northern pcoplo do the Canada thistlo.
This troublesome weed was a thrifty speci
men of red clover.
SIII3 DANOKD POIl Tllli BRIGANDS.
In tl o Ijifo of
Cnrnioncltn.
My first dancing for money was before
n band of brigands , and I had no idea
what my salary was to bo , either , writes
Cannencita to Kato Field's Washington.
When I wns iifteen I was living with my
aunt and undo , who hud a produce farm
not very fur from Madrid and equally
near to the paluco of the K&curlal. The
stretch of country between the capital
and the wonderful palace of Philip II.
was at that time infested with banditti ,
who occasionally made u raid on
the peasants for provisions. I was
in the habit of loading a donkey with
fresh eggs and vegetables for the priests
who have charge of the church which is
above the vaults where the dead kings
and queens of Spain are lying. On ono
particular morning I not only had a
heavy load of provisions for tdo fathers ,
but nearly ii,000 reals besides hidden in
my bobom , which were to pay for masses
fora relative of mine. You must know
hut the Churoh of the Kscurlal has
moro than 7,500 relics , including the
entire bodies of eight or ton
saints , twelve do/.en whole heads , and
. ' 100 logs and arms. It had , until
they were stolen by the French , ono of
the bars of the monutor gridiron uppn
which St. Lawrence was burnt , and
ono of his feet with a pieeo of coal btiok-
Ing between his toes. You remomlwr
with what courage the holy saint bore
his martyrdom and how ho said to his
executioners , "I am done on this sldo.
perhaps you had bettor turn mo over , "
whence comes the proverb wo huvo in
Spain , "Cooked to a turn. " But I am
wandering from my story.
AH I said , I was proceeding slowly
with my donkey , not thinking of any
thing except the bull light i had HCOH
the previous Sunday , when I was sud
denly Mirroundod by llorco looking men
and In a few minutes was hurried down
a rooky path Into some dark woods.
I'rusently I was puuhed into a cavern ,
where a tali and dignified looking man ,
the chlot of the robbers , had boon lying
Jleep. Ho was awakened by our en
trance and smiled kindly at my j > oor
llttlo trembling fcolf , asking mo my
namo. "Carmen , " I replied through
my chattering tooth.
well , Cnrmondtn , don't lw frightened ,
and perhaps I will lot you go homo
soon/ '
I may toll you that it wns the first time
I waa over addressed as "Cnrmonclta"
"llttlo Carmen" just as I now call my
self. So I can truly say that I was chris
tened by a brigand.
Well , I wit down and watched the rob
bers making omelets of mv fresh eggs
and crunching my crisp onions , and how
I wished every mouthful would choke
thoml After nwhllo the chief glanced
toward where I was crouching In a cor
ner , and calling mo to him made mo
drink a largo cup of wine , at the siuno
time demanding to know where I had
the money for tlio masses. I was dutu-
founded.
"How do you know that I have
money VI asked.
"O , I know , llttlo ono , Lot us count
the shining coins and see if tboro are
enough. "
Ho motioned to ona of the women of
his band , and I was boon relieved of the
treasure hidden in my bodice. I Im
plored him not to take it , and told him
now sure would bo the vengeance of the
holy saints if ho robbed thorn of their
dues. Like most Spaniards , the bandit
was truly religious , end I also noticed
that my pleading in the name of the
church was having its effect on the
other members of the band. Then
somebody began playing a mandolin.
For a few minutes everybody listened ,
and whether it was the wino I had drank
or something else , I began tapping the
ground with my foot and nodding in time
with the aria.
"Ah , you dancol" cried the chief.
"Now , como , llttlo ono sco If you can
not earn back your mass monoy. "
Silently I followed the band to a
smooth piece of grassy ground just be
yond the cavern. Hound this the rob
bers squatted , tailor-fashion , excepting
two of thorn , who stood on ono side
strumming their Instruments , I danced
03 I novel- had before and I continued
for nearly an hour , until I had to stop
from exhaustion. But when I had
finished the robber chief lifted mo
in his arms and kissed mo ,
while ho handed mo back the
purse containing the mass monoy. Then
ho told ono of his men to bring out my
donkey , and next ho took olt his hat and
wont around among his band saying :
"Now lot us pay Carmcncitn for the
good breakfast she has brought us. " I
hoard the clink of money falling in his
hat and in a few minutes ho came to mo
and poured into my hands a sum far
larger than I should have received from
the priests for my farm produce. Ho
then escorted mo to the gates of the Es-
curial and before ho loft ho gave mo a
small , curiously bent piece of iron.
"This , " said ho , "will save you from
all molestation in this portion of Spain if
you over have the fortune to moot anymore
moro gentlemen of my profession. "
I told my story to the fathers at the
palace and a troop of dragoons were Bout
in pursuit of my friend , whoso name
proved to bo Antazio. I am glad to say
they did not catch him. I always wear
the piece of iron ho gave ino. It has
proved a mascot.
Why Kiivclopcs Only arc Redeemed.
Some people have an idea that the
government redeems postage stamps
when from any cause they become unfit
for use or nro difilcult to use says the
Washington Star. Frequently shoots of
stamps are btuck together or are torn or
injured , The loss , if any , falls upon the
owner , as the government refuses to as-
bumo any responsibility of stamps when
once sold" The agents of the govern
ment , the postmasters , can redeem
stamps which they have for sale , if
through any accident they become unlit
for iibo. But when the citizen buys a
stamp ho either uses it in the legitimate
way or else ho is out the value of the
stamp.
The government , however , redeems
stamped envelopes. If ono should hap
pen to bo misdirected or should become
blotted , or for any reason a porsonshould
wibli to tear open a stamped envelope
after ho had scaled it for mailingho can
bring It to the postoillco and got a brand
now envelope in its placo. The reason
foe this difloroneo in the treatment of
the adhesive stamp and the stamped
envelope is that the stamp can bo used
and then washed and passed as good ,
unless a cnrofnl scrutiny Is mnilo. II
the government should begin the pnic-
tlco of redeeming ndlioslvo stamps , the
opportunities for fraud \\ould bo ln
creased. Then the adhoalvo slumps are
manufactured at a cost to the govern
ment which the stamped envelope Is not.
The stamps are furnished to the mibllo
at the face value , and out of this has to
como the cost of nmnufuoturc , but In the
case of stamped envelopes they tire sohl
at their face value plus the cost of
manufacture.
TIII : I'oi'i : i\ ins PAijAci : IMU.SOV.
Dally MCo and I'crsonnl HnbltH of tlio
Itcnd of the Uatliollo Cluiruti.
A very Interesting picture might ba
drawn of the dully llfo of the pope In his
nalaco prison , write * W. T. Stead In th
Pall Mull Gazette. In some respcota it
must bo admitted that the spectacle is
almost ideal. Imagine a pure , good uiul
ublo man , of more than throo-scora
years and ten , rising at G o'clock on any
given morning , after a sleep us un
troubled us a child's , and sottingubout
what Is in his own honest convlnctlon
the discharge of his duty to God ami Ida
church , by using hla fnlluenco iw the
vice-regent of the Almighty to allay the
troubles of the world.
His authority , to begin with , Is almost
absolutely untrammolod. When Alex
ander III. writes ho lines M.'do Glors na
a peer ; Cardinal luunpollu is equally
the poor of Lee XIII. Around the papal
throne are cardinals and archbishops
aud dignitaries of great place ; but In all
the brilliant throng there Is no one who
exercises afly controlling inltuonco over
the detachou and lucid intellect of the
popo. Occasionally , earlier In his reign ,
they would endeavor to bring pressure )
to bear to induce him to adopt a policy
to which ho was disinclined , "what
you say. " ho would reply , "is
very good , no doubt , but lot It bo
done In a dilToront way. " And done
always it was in Leo's way , until at last
the cardinal's desisted from mulclng
fruitless suggestions. Ho is .so supreme
that , compared with the elevation which
ho occupies , cardinals count for no moro
than deacons , or oven than acolytes.
There tire multerlngs of discontent In
the congregation from men who once
counted for something in the church , but
now count for nothing ; but on the whole
the Sacred college recognl/os with
loyalty and pride the commanding abil
ity and authoritative confidence of Its
chief. The pope , therefore , has a slnglo
mind , and no has an Immense sense of
his responsibility for the decisions at
which ho arrives.
Every morning , before addressing him
self to the direction of the affairs of this
ulanot , ho offers the sacrifice of the
* 5ius3 , and then , for grutiurum aetio ,
attends second mass at which his chap
lain is the celebrant ; with u mind thus
attuned to divine things the pope then
begins his working day. A single glass
of colToo , tea or milk sulllccs to break his
fast. After going through his papers ho
begins to receive about 9. From that
hour till 1 in the afternoon the throng of
visitors never slnekuns. Secretaries , am
bassadors , cardinal from the congrega
tion , distinguished btrangers , bishops
from afar , have audience in turn. There
are 1,200 bishops in the Catholic church ,
and with all of them the pope is in moro
or loss constant port > emil relations.
Nothing can bo moro gracious , moro
animated , or more sympathetic than the
manner of the Popo. His eye , which
when fixed in thought is deep and pierc
ing , beams with kindness , and the severely -
voroly rigid lines of his intellectual fea
tures relax with the plcasuntOst of smiles
as ho talks , using , ns the case may be ,
cither French , Latin ( which ho speaks
with great purity and facility ) , or his
own musical native tongue.
After four or llvo hours spent In this
way ho returns to his books and papers
until 3 , when ho dinos. His meal is fru
gal ; a little soup , two courses of moat ,
with vegetables , and dessert of fruit ,
with ono glass of strong wino , sulllco for
his wants. After dinner ho goes out for
a drive or a walk in the gardens of the
Vatican. In the evening ho resumes
his papers , and at night , between ! ) and
10 , all the pupal household assemble for
the rosary , after which they retire to
rest. But long after that hour the car
dinal state secretary , Mocenni , is often
summoned to the papal apartments ,
where , by the light of the midnight
lamp , Leo watches , and thinks , aud
prays for the welfare of the church.
THIS IS OUR WAY.
CAN YOU THINK OF BETTER ? "TArto *
How to keep large num
bers of competent tailor's
hands busy in the summer ,
is the merchant's chief prob
lem.
The short-sighted store
keeper discharges them ,
sticks out a big sign "any
suit in the house $25" and
trusts to passing suckers.
We'have a different way :
In summer we make such prices for
made to order garments as brings out
hundreds 'of buyers wlio see the
chance to save a handful of dollars.
Our $25 Suits for 520 to order ,
Open Our $30 Suits for $25 to order.
evenings , Onr $35 Suits for 530-10 order.
Our $ 5 Suits for $36 to order.
Trousers , 5 , 6 and 8 worth double.
We forego all profit , but our tailors have
plenty of work ; isn't it best ?
NICOLL the TAILOR ,
14O9 DOUGLAS STREET.