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TWENTY-tfJHST OMAHA , SUNDAY , MOWNNO , DJflOEAIBEll 27 , IS'Jl-tiJXTEEN ' PAGES. NUMBER 10
TALK WITH CARLISLE.
Tin Kentucky Statesnnn Expresses Views
on Loading Questions of the
SAYS THE TARIFF MUST BE MODIFIED ,
The Ex-Tpoakor Strongly Oppisos tbo Free
Coinage of Silvjr.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Tlio People Will Not Favor Loinlativo
Interference Wilh the Onirorcy.
ABSOIUTE F3LE TRAD ! NOT DESIRABLE.
A Hoinnrkalilrj IntoivlowVltli tlio
Grout. ISxpniinilur of I'uro Doin-
ocrallo Iootrlin ; "Cafp
ulp ol'tlio National Cupltol.
v , D. C. , nee. 21. jSpocml cor
respondence of Tilt : Hu-It : ] was in the par
lors of a comfortable house on K btrcot with
in three blocks of the whlto house and Just
around Iho corner from McPherson square
that I entitled with ono of the most remarka
ble statesmen In congress last Sunday after
noon. The man sat with his uack to Mio
light but his big broid forehead , his straight
nose nnd his strong smooth-shaven jaw came
characteristically out in the shadows and his
face was moro than ever the embodiment of
pu.-o intellect as his soul looked out
of Us clear pray eyes and ho
talked fieclv of Iho prcat questions
of tno day. There is no stronger man in the
senate loilnj than Mr. Jo'an G. Carlisle. His
fourtoun years in congress dining which ho
served either as speaker or upon the import
ant committee of wavs and means have given
him n thorough equipment regarding all
matters connected with the government and
interests of the United States aud his wonderful -
dorful intellect married to n capa.-ity for
perpetual work makes him a giant among
his lellows. There is no such worker in
Wti-.blnpton as Sonalor Carlisle. Whllo
speaker no put In moro hours a day than any
man at the capUol and his work Is still before -
fore him from morning until night. Ho has
never boon a dnciplo of physical culture. IIo
pays , 1 am told , but llttlo attention to his
diet , has no recreations whatever and his
great brain rests only when ho sleeps. Our
conversation was more in the shape of a
friendly taiklhan an interview nnu 1 give the
chat ns nearly ns I can , Just ns it occurred ,
having requested Mr. Carlisle to revise it ,
which ho has very kindly dono.
'I lie SpcnkcrHliip.
The first subject was the spoakor.shipand I
asked SenatorCailislo whether ho considered
it a desirable position or n hind ono to fill.
Ho replied :
"Tho spoakership is certainly n very ardu
ous position. It entails hard work from the
beginning to the end of the session , nnd
taxes the strength and trios the patlenca of
the incumbent to the fullest extent. The
work of selecting the committees , determin
ing Just what memuors will deal most in
telligently with ceitaln classes of questions ,
and Iho naming of chairmen. Is perplexing
and tedious in the extreme. When this is
done the speakoi's work is only lieirun. Ho
has to pass upon questions of Importance
almost every hour. Ho has lo bo consulted
as to Iho lime that shall bo given to the vari
ous legislative measures ; must carry in his
mind a panoramic view of tlu whole legisla
tion of tlio session , aud must understand the
merits of each measure and how it should
bo tioatod. This , of course , requires a great
amount of Investigation nnd study. Ho must
bo ready to docldo upon all matters the mo
ment they como up , and new questions of
procedure and parliamentary law arc always
being presented.
"Tho mall of the speaker Is very heavy.
Whllo I was speaker 1 sometimes received as
high as suvonty-Hvo and eighty letters in n
smirlo mail , and nearly all of my corre
spondence related either directly or Indirectly
to public mailers. "
"You weio twice re-oloctod speaker , Sena
tor Carlisle , without opposition In your own
party. How do you account for that ) "
"I do not know , " replied the senator. "I
tiled lo bo fair and impartial In my decisions
and I regarded my ofllco as that of a Judge
rathur than that of a partisan. This Is , In
my Judgment , the trtio position of a speaker.
If I thought the leaders of my party were at
all In the wiong on questions of order I do-
cldcd against them , but If itvai a matter of
equal right , I of course gave the preference
to the democrats. "
"What kind of n speaker will Mr. Crisp
inakof"
"Mr. Crisp is a cool , cautious , self-reliant
nnd able man. Ho nuver loses his temper
nnd ho has undoubted executive ability. 1
was in tavor of Mr. Mills' election because
ho was a conspicuous roprcseniatlvo of the
democratic party on tariff reform nnd bo
cau'o his utterances during the last cam
paign wore in nccordlth the attitude I
think the party ought to take upon that sub
ject , during the coming presidential cam
paign. "
A l'YvYorilH About .Silver.
" \Vliatdojouthlnkoftho issue * of the
next campaign , senator ! " said I.
"Thoy will Include the whole list of ques
tions upon which the two parlies differ , " re
plied Iho senator. "Tho tariff should , I
think , bo made the principal Issue , and If the
question of silver outers into Iho campaign it
should bu secondary to the tariff. 1 don't
think the democratic party should take up
the sllvoi * question for consldorat'on at this
time. It certainly should not put n plank in
Its national platform favoring free coinage.
1 doubt very much whether we have any
thing lo gain from iho silver .states. They
arc naturally republican and will vote the
republican ticket In any event. This has
been ttie result in all past campaigns. 1 do
not think the majority uf the business people
of iho United Stales nro in favor of fuilhor
legislative Interference with the currency at
tills time , und seine of the propositions sug
gested nro full of dnngor to the country.
The fioo coiuago of the American pro
duct of silver , us proposed by some
would coitninly bo worse for Iho pcoplo gen
erally in ono respect , at least , than anv plan
jot adopted , as that would donate all the
difference between the bullion value and the
coinage value of the. metal to the owners of
mines nnd speculators In mining slocks
i'nstead of tno government , making them a
present In fact from tha people of tbo United
States of u great many million dollars oyory
year. From February US , 1ST8 , thu dnto of
the resumption of the. coinage of the silver
'
dollar , to Juno ; W , Ib'Jl , this dltToronco
amounted to nearly * TS,000,000 , which has
Cone Into the treasury to the credit of the
tax payers of toe country. Of course U the
government receives bullion from the owner
coins It free of o'uirgo ' nnd gives him back n
stamped dollar for every ! 171 grains of pure
stiver , the bullion owner \\lll recolvo a very
largo sum over nnd nbovo the commercial
vulujof his product In the markets of the
world. The changing of the ratio from Hi to
1 to liV ; to I , as propoiod by Governor Hill ,
would bo WOMO than free coinage under our
present ratio , and would DO a stop backward
instead of i slip fo.-.vifl' '
"What do yea propojo , senator ! " I nskod.
"I believe that every dollar In cireu'a ' on
among the masses of the pcoplo should be as
goud as any dollar that circulates or forms
the Bails of our trade , domoitlc or Ir.luini-
tional , and it seems to mo uut we hail tietter
lot thu matter stand ni It Is now , lor thu
present at least , and set ; what the future may
develop. rihlnl { Urn principal commercial
nalio.is of tin : world ought lo Join in a mone
tary conference and lit an International ratio ,
if nil Iho commercial nations were to meet
and decide that any qu inlity of silver should
pass and bo received as money at a certain
value it , would of course uo good for that
amount In their trade. "
"J'he capitalist can nhva.vs take care of
his own Interest when changes occur , or are
about to occur , In thu relative values of iho
different kinds of currency In circulation ,
because ho can. In anticipation of such
changes , convert his money at any llmo inlo
thu most valuable kind of currency and ho in !
it In order to ruall/n the premium , while the
laboreis , und in fact the people generally ,
have nothing to hoard and uro compelled to
receive from day to day in payment for their
labor and Its products Just iuch money as
the law makes legal tender whatever It may
be. "
Ilic T.tfin'nn I the .MoKliiley Ijiw.
"How nuout the tariff i"
"The tniitl platform in the next democratic
national platform ought to declare in favor
of it Just roviiion and reduction of tariff tax
ation , with duo loaurd , of coiir o , to the rais
ing of revenue nnd to the industrial situation
at it has giowu up under the oxistlnir sys
tem. Theoretically I am a free trader , be
cause 1 belluvo thai all l.ixos uro necessary
evils , but It will bo a long time before we can
have f roe ti ado in this country.Vo must
approach it gradually , step by stop. If it
were an original question the situation of
course would bo different , but wo have to
deal with artificial condilions and cannot ex
pect to accomplish u complete icform by a
single measiiro of legislation. "
"Then you ballcvo that wo will nt some
tlmo have absolute fico trade ! "
"Hardly absolute , " replied Senator Cur-
lisle , "though very near 11. Wo will always
noun a cartalu amount of money to carry on
the government aud wo must always impose
taxes of some kind to pay expenses. But my
idea of a good government Is ono which
accomplishes its purposes with the least pos-
sibio taxation upon the peoplo. Not only
.should iho into of luxation bo ns small as
possible conslslent with lac raising ot the
necessary amount of revenue , but the bur
dens of taxalion should bo distributed in
oquully ns possible upon the pcoplo accordlni :
to their ability to boar thorn Our pruient
system of taxation violates bolh of these
rules in the most flagrant man tor "
" 1 suppose the republican party will want
to mauu , i tiu'ht on the Mclvlnley tariff I"
"Yes , " replied Senator Carlisle , " but they
will find that law much moro unpopular
th'in they suppo > o. The east is gradually
coming to tariff reform as embodied in the
democratic idea. New England is a great
commercial as well as great manufacturing
country. It wants free raw material to work
wilh , und It wauls fewer rcstiietions upon
its commoico. Now \ ork cannot bo carried
for the Melunloy turllt and the nortnwost
and the great stales of the west are not for
it. Onto , it is trtio , elected McIClnloy gov
ernor , but In the Ohio campaign the silver
quebllon lost us .some of the conservative aud
especially some of the German democratic
votes. Ohio is a state thatstanJs bv noraolf.
It docs not belong to the cast nor to the west.
It has become a proat manufacturing state.
H has mines and factories nnd L-UUS and pot
tery woiks scattered all over it , nnu it is uo
criterion by which to Judge the otnur states
of the union south ol the Potomac aud east
of the Allcghanies. "
Patriotism n f.oml IHSIIU.
"Is not the tariff after all as General Han
cock said , a local issue ! "
"Yes , I suppose to a certain extent it is.
Nearly all political action Is governed by
self-interest. Patriolism is lo a largo extent
a selhsh sentiment. If a man's country pro-
touts his rights and promotes his prosperity
he loves It , but it it oppresses him and robs
him of Ins property , the case is different. ' '
Story ol' ( Jrovur'rt Free rr.iilc MCSSU.JO
"Senator C irllslo , " said I , "you have buon
called the author of ex-President Cleveland's
free trade message. Is that so ( "
"No , that Is a mistake , " replied Senator
Carlisle. "That message originated with
President Cleveland and ho wrote it hlmaolf.
The credit for it is duo to him alone. It Is
true ho counseled with his political friends ,
myself among others , and made some veroil
changes Mil it upon their suggestion. For
some time thu president wa * in doubt as to
the form the message should take , and
whether ho should emphasize it by confining
it to Iho limit qucsllon alone or maku some
other recommendations at the same tlmo.
Mr. Clovolaud fully comprehended thu Im
portance nnd significance of the issue ho was
making , und ho pave iho subject the fullest
consideration and nuied deliberately. The
pressure against his issuing his rcessago was
very great. Many of his best friondi nnd
closest advisors wore against it "
"President Cleveland's education In the
details of ilia tarilt reform , " Senator Carlisle
went on , "was largely acquired after ho be
came president. Ho once said to t.io that ho
nnd beensoongiossed wltb'othcr matters that
I'O had not seriously studied the question be
fore ho came lo Washington , nnd that he waster
tor a low tun IT because It was a democratic
principle lather limn as a result of caioful In
vestigation and study. At Washington ho
took up the subject , and by roadlng and talk
ing with the leading thinkois on both sides of
the question , ho became convinced that tariff
reform was the most important issue bo fore
the country , and. as was Ins nature , he nt
once went into the contest with all hU might.
His o-no.isal of tariff loform was the result
of conscientious conviction from iho study of
iho questionand his message was the natural
consequence. "
I'residential On nil III at OH.
"How about candidates , senator ) Will
Mr. Clovolaud bo the democratic nomlnoof"
"I think it is too early lo make any nro-
diction upon that subject Mr. Cleveland's
clmncos lor the nomination depend largely
upon the delegation from the stale of New
N ork , nnd Its notion in the convention. I
consider him an available candidate and
think ho could bo olocled. "
"How tibout the republican nominee I Give
meour csilmato of Mr. Harrison. "
"Prosldont Harrison is u canuldato and I
oM > cct to sco him nominated by acclamation.
He has made a lair president from a republi
can standpoint. IIo has shown himself
possessed of individuality and of a will of his
own. 1 think his tottrovertho country helped
him. tils Hpeeehes on that tour wore ro-
tmirkablu for their variety and conservatism
and they exhibited moro ability than had
genorolly been attributed to him. Ho has
grown in the estimation of the people since
hn bceaino president and tie is , I think , us
strong u man as the republican parly hu . "
"How about Mr. lllidnol"
"Tho nomination of Mr Bhune might cro-
ale moio enthusiasm thuu the nomination of
Mr. Hnrriion , bull do not believe ho ivonld
not as many votes us Mr. Harrison. Many
of iho conservative business men of thu re
publican party are afraid of the erratic elements -
monts of Mr , Hhtlno's nature which have led
him at times to I'tiprudeiit acts und speeches
on public mutters. Hlalno is n rcnmrkablo
man as u party loader and ho has been com
pared b.v some to Henry Clay. His Icgisl.i-
live career bus boon much llko that of Mr.
Clay Clay was ono of tno greatest partisan
leaders of his time , but you can find upon
our statute books no act of great value which
originated with him. HU greatest speeches
huvu passed away and his roputaUon is more
of a tradition than anything else. Still , for
half a century almost ho wa the leader of n
grout party aud the idol of the people/ . "
'I IID Putnr of PartleH.
"Senator , do you think wo will ever again
have a party of the north and iho south ! "
" 1 think not , " was the reply. "There it
aorolikoUhooUof a party of tno oa l and it
party of the west , The west and the south
nro gravitating toward each other on po
litical and economic questions , "
" Will there ever be n party of the ri < h and
the poor in this country , or great parf.o * of
capital and labor ! "
"No , " replied Senator Carlisle , " 1 think
not. Such partloi might oxlst tor a cam
paign or so , but there will always ba two
great controlling parties In this country
based on iho fundamental principles which
have divided parlies slnco Iho onjanl/atlon
of the government. There will bo the ono
party with the old demand for thu incroasoat
the Jurisdiction of the general government
aud the contrali alloti of power , und another
which will contend , as herotofoie , for the
rights of the state , the local community and
the Individual. Thn great extension of commerce -
merco and trade , the construction of rail
roads and telegraphs havu made sectional
political divisions almost an impossibility in
the United Suites. As to Inuor parties and
farmers alll'inco parties , you cannot form a
lusting political pirtv In this country ba od
upon the interests of a single class , I do
not bcliuvo the iillianco party \\lll cut
any figure In the presidential campdgii.
Vou might as well try to form u political
party composed only of cat pouters or law
yers , ns ono composed of farmers , huch an
organisation cannot last as a political organ
isation. As to the socialistic question , 1 am
lu favorof tlio proatost liberty of spjech on
the part of everyone It. this country under
the law , but 1 do not believe that anyone
should bo permitted to incite others to the
commission of crime , as some agitators have
attempted to do. I think the authorities of
Chicago deserve credit for hanging the an
archists , und that much loss of lifo and
destruction of property bus boon avorlod uy
that action. I believe , however , that every
man has a right to contend that the consti-
lullon and laws of Iho llnllod Stales uro
wholly wrong , and to advocate any psacu-
abloand constitutional means of changing
thorn. "
"Uef > jrrltig to the farmers alliance , sena
tor , what caused it and what lesson should it
bo to the country I"
"Tho alliance party , " said Senator Carlisle ,
"is iho legitimate child of the republic in
party. It Is the offspring ot the republican
tariff i lea that the government should lane
care of all business cnterpriso-t that c mnot or
will not take caio of themselves. This eov-
ernmontisnot an oleomosvnary institution ,
nor ties it pretend to remedy business fail
ures. Although thu farmers have for some
years received low prlcos for their products
thov mo far better oil' than th.-ir father *
\vorc. I was born and brought up on a farm
and until I was 10 worked on the farm in
summer and wont to school in thuintcr. .
During my boyhood Ihero was scarcely a
buggy or pleasure carriage in the country.
The farm products were carried to mir.toton
wagons drawn by oxen , and my father used
to haul his wheat nnd tobacco t\\onty-ono
miles to market in this w.iy. It look him
two days and nights for everv load. Now
many of the farmers' sons and daughters In
Kentucky have their own horses ami bug-
sies or carriages , and at any meeting of
ICentucky farmers you will sco great num
bers ol handsome tui'iouls. "
Our Prospects tin * a iMomruhy.
"How about , the porpotutty of our govern
ment , senator ! Will wo over have a mon-
aichy In the United States ! "
"I thlnit the union is stronger today thin
it has ever baon , " was CarlUlo'.i ronly , "and
the possibility of a monarchy Is so remote
that it is hardly worthy of consideration.
The people of the United States would a--
surcdly never establish ono and such u thing
could never become possible unless we
should have a gre.it civil war out of which a
dictator should arise to us.irp pmvor and
create a tin ono. The tendency of modern
"
limes , however , is altogether"towards de
mocracy. Europe becomes more icpubii-
cun in its form of government yeir by year ,
nnd it will be surprising if within ono In.ii-
divdyours from now all the countries of Eu
rope aio not republican. "
1'iirUy in Pu'lic I Aft ) .
"How about the purity of our government
today , senator ! Are politicians us honest
t.ow as thC3' were In the p.isti"
'Political morality , " said Senator Car
lisle , "is higher now than it lias ever boon.
If you loolc bicK over our history
you will find the records of peculation and
fraud , i'ho Ya/oo land scheme of the days
of Washington ami Jollerson was a greater
Job than has b3on before conciess for a gen
eration. The very location of this capitol
wiis the result of a bargain in which so.no
of the weaker of our forefathers were impli
cated , nnd 1 do hot believe that the average
of olllcial honesty has ever boon so high as It
is now. No m ittor what may bo said to the
contrary , the wcrld is growing better every
dav. '
Our Statesmen VH Our Forefathers.
"Aro the public man of today equal in your
opinion , senator , to these of the past ! " saidl
"In ability , yes ; in comparative reputa
tion for being such , no , " was the reply.
"Tho general average of statesmanship and
intelligence has never been so high as it Is
now. I uo not , know that wo have mun who
will equal thu two or three greatest
men of our early history , but the general
avorugo is fur higher. The good old times
of our fathers were days of horn worship
The iconoclastic pen of the independent
newspaper eorrdipondent ha ? to n largo ox-
teat lilouod that uloniJiit from our national
character ; and the press and the general
oducalion of iho people have so elovalcd Iho
masses that the dirforoneo bjtwjon men is
not so apparent. It used to DC that no whig
in Kentucky had an opinion on any of the
public questions of the duy until II vhry Clay
came homo from Wushtnirton nnd told thorn
what the issues were and how thov should
bo troatod. Then a few newspapers con
trolled und made public opinion. Horace
Gieoloy and Iho New York Tribino were a
power. The Richmond Wnlg and the Na
tional Intelligencer mapped out iho views of
millions. Now nearly every man in Iho
counlry roads Iho nowa ot the whole world
ovcrv mornlnp. Ho forms his opinions upon
public questions as so.in us any man in
Washington nnd when the statesman goes
back home ho finds his constituents as well
posted on wnat to do and how It ought to bo
done as he Is.1
Ailvluu \\oulil-lti St iti'sniQii.
"Senator , you have boon in politics all
your life. What should u young man do who
wants lo bcconio a slalosman , and does states
manship piy as a profession ! "
"Thoiu is no money in publio life , " replied
Senator Carlisle , " U Unit Is what you moan
by Urn question whither salesmanship pays ,
and I doubt whether the time will ever como
who'i wo will hnvo , as they have In Eng
land , a class of profesplonnl statesmen. I be
llovo every young man should take an in
terest in politics. Ilu should keep him
self informed on public questions , study
the Issues of the two grout parlies at the outset -
sot ot his career and decide which of thorn Is
the nearer right and go with it. Ho will find ,
as every man finds , that them ate many
things in each party that ho does not Hue.
There nro some things In the republican
parl > that 1 like bolter than these of ttio
democrat lo party/ ; but they uro not the mu-
teilal issues and u man must unite with that
party widen has a preponderance of good ,
und whose mam principle * are nearest in ac
cord with tils views. I do not bellovo in
third parties. A man cannot Hock by him
self in thU counlry. an J if ho would do good
or accomplish anything , he must go with
the party nearest him , Tlio would-bo states
man should thoroughly study American his
lory Ho should nmlorstnnd our constitution
and the political institutions of the country ,
nnd n little legal knowledge would not hurt
him. I believe ho should take an interest In
local politics , for if ho wishes to rise ho must
begin ut thu bottom , nnd the knowledge
which ho gets at homo as to the characters
and motives of men , will bo of value to him
in nfierllfo. " Fitvsu G.
Speaking of how Kentucky colonels nro
made , the Clinton Democrat tolls this story :
On n certain occasion n YanUeo oftlcer cava
lierly rode up to the gale of the late Judge
K. L. Hullock during ono of the periods ot
federal occupation of this section , and asked
n little negro boy ( who , by the way , l now
residing hero ) "who lived at the homo , " to
which the boy replied , in a mattor-of-courso
way. "Colonel Hullock. " "Colonel Uul-
lock ) ' said Iho federal. "Aud how did ho
come to bo a colonel , will you plo.iio toll mo I"
In some wonderment , uut with positive as
surance , the boy replied , "Why , ho was
Uoru a colonel , * ir , " Aud truly bo woj ,
A BORDER TRACEDfllfiCALLED ,
Twjjtv-fifth A'inivjrsiry of tin Fort Plii
Masaacrj.
NINETY-THREE MEN DECOYED TO DIATH ,
Detail * of t'io Awl'ut Slaughter Ko-
oitlctl hy an Kyo- Unions Mel-
nnuli ily itloso < > . ' Christ-
III.IH I'rop.iralions.
Bright and ehoorinir dawned that Decem
ber morning twonty-llvo ionrs ago , this 'Jtst
of December , Ib'JI , nt ttio post of Fort 1'bll
Ky.mioy , snugly located tit iho fonts of the
Pinoys , within the very shadows of the Big
Horn mountains. The boys of the Second
btittnlioii of the Euihtconth infantry , after
wards known as the Twoiity-sovunth rogl-
moil t , tuiil the two nttcmiiiiod troops of the
Hocoiul cavalry were contemplating the near
approach of Christmas and what a grand
peed tlino they were to have on tb.it day
feasllng on burr.ilo , oik , bear and wild d ick
Katherod from ihoiiaiiismounlalus und Lake
DoSmot , har.l hy. A recent arrival of com-
inissary supplies Insured an abundance of
dolicucio ? from the states , and the prospect
of a rellof from hard tack , suit horse , and
desslc itod vegetable * anltnutod the whole
pott with an anxious longing for tbo coming
festival. Mrs. Cirrington , wiloof the post
commandant , hud collated ull thoiadlos of the
post in the grand obsorvanpo of tha d ly , a id
their kindly oflieos had prepared many enJoyable -
Joyablo surprises for the devoted cjtnm ind ,
not nlono in the prospect for a feast of sub-
stunti.ils , but of a soekl naturu.
O.i the 'JUt the s.ia ro o eloar and cloud-
les , a balmy brojzo was wnftoJ up from thu
valley of Iho Pinov , and mingling with the
pin ) and cod ir fra/rancs of the mountain
wools dllfiisoJ the sanctity mid o lor
or a spiing day , and for the noneo
DISIT.I i.ii : > tin : rnocoiiT OK WINTER.
The weary days of scouting were over for
t'jo winter. The preparations for winter
luid boon almost , completed , leaving only the
gathering of wood fro-n the mountains to bo
Uo'ie a tusk th.it with all its labor was
Ir.iught with a su indent snlco of danirer uo-
eauio of the Indians. To furnjsh all the neces
sary volunteer * for the work , without the
lorm.ility of detail , guard duty was re
duced U a minimum , and tlib command looked
into the winter with comolaconcy. This
fateful morning Sergeant Barnes was In
chaiveof the detail th.it was to KO after
wood , and shortly after rovclllo the n.irtv
started with Iho wagons a(1i niuniil cavalry
ocoit for tlio loothllls of the mountains , a
few miles to the southeast. .
.lust chit of the fort , and across Llttlo
Piney , was u high , oo'itealsh.iped bill that was
used 'as a lookout. The picket , or. duty there
bad an excellent view of the country several
miles east , soutn und north. Westwuid
across Big Piney , the view w'ls In a measure
obscurou by a high ridge , that increased in
altitude as it appro ichi-J tha mountains.
Northward the receding hill or ridge was in
a few miles lost in the broion prairie in tbo
direction of Lake DaSmt t.
About 10 o'clock the sSntrrfol on picket lull
startled the garrison by" discharging his nllo ,
and giving the well Known slirual of Indians.
The signal Indicated that the wood train
was attacked by un unusually largo party of
Indians. The long roll was boater and tbo
bugles sounded "hoots and saddles. " Then
there was a hurrying to. and fro In the post.
"PAIL IN ! PU.I , IN ! "
was the command issUed from every com-
pinv quarters and in ai | almost inconceivable
space of time ovcrv compiny was in line and
marching toward the p.irado ground to await
nrdeis. The Hold onieerswe.-e hurry ing to the
assembly ground buckling on their bolts , and
thoHcono waj of the moatwarliko aspect and
animation. A moment latbr a courier from
the wood train came galloping Into .ho post.
mid hurried to the commanding olllcer with
tno startling intelligence that the train had
been attacked by a big baton of Indians , and
unions succor was sent thorn Immediately
the entire pirtv would ba massacred. The
courier had cut Ills way out as the train was
surrounded , and un arrow shaft protruding
from his hoiso's Hank was"a mute evidence of
his narrow eseapo. TI16 Indians ho repoctou
as coming from the west , Uuck ot the rulgo
across Big I'inov. and he was satisfied that
there weio hundreds more of them in the
same vicinity.
are wanted to po to the ruiiof of the \\onl
train , " was the word whlspurod along tin
line of armed men. There were nearly M\I
In line , and this was constantly augmenting
by convalescents from thu hospital , hy men
from the kitchens , oy men from the band ,
and ny civilians from the sutler sloro , and
quartermaster's coiral. Every man in that
line volunteered to go. Bit | only a hundred
were wanted , so Colonel Currington counted
on half the line from the rightand ordered to
"sidestep to the right. " TliOso on tho-unfo'r-
tunato' loft" pleaded that they might bo sent ,
und some of the boys even offered to buy the
Itioitior ones ol the "riant" off , It they
would exchange places. "No , " said the com
manding otllccr , "wo wiiv need you here just
as bad a ? out thoro. "
The "richt" wai placed under the com
mand of Lloutonant Colonel T. J. Fettarmau ,
with Captain and Quartermaster "Baldy"
Brown second in command , and Lieutenant
Urummond as third oftlcer. Thcso three of-
Hcors were all of the Eighteenth infantry and
were the most popular oftlcora in the post ,
and each of thorn was as bravo as a lion
and spoiling for a brush with tno In
dians. Bv 10. 45 o'clock the command were
onrouto to th - > rescue of the wood train. Flvo
clti/ons accompanied the parly , the names of
whom It Is Impossible to tccall from memory
after thla lapse of years.Vhoulov , how
ever , I think , was the iiatno of ono. 1'rlor to
the departure from the stockade Colonel Car-
rlngtou said to Colonel Fott'onnan :
"i WAK.N vpu
not to RO beyond the ridgdi After reaching
it follow along lib crest , so'.ttial at all times
you can be In full view of the post , or at least
of the lookout on 1'lc.kut hill , und the slight
est signal fiom him and wo will inarch the
icmainder of the command Immediately to
your rellof. " The three officers were mounted ,
the remainder of the uomm iiU being on foot ,
cavalrymen and all. On.i'ortwoof thocitt-
zoi.s were inonntcd , If mitmury serves mo
right , out not nil of them. Captain Brown
rode a "calico" pony , a favorite of his , and
ono , ho clhlmod , could outrun any Indian
pnnv In existence.
The command took a dlroct trail across the
Big IMnoy , and going a "qulok stop" were
soon at the crest of the ridge and was
eagerly watched by the bcjva at the post.
The command had not fairly got lengthened
out on the rlopo , when It took a sharp turn
to the west itnd was BOOH lo t to view beyond
the rldgo. Two of thu o moors remaining at
the poit ascended INckot hill to got sumo
view of Fettorman's command with their
Hold glasses If possible.
suTiiisci cot'i.T ) w : suns
and the conclusion was arrlvou at that the
party hau scon u band of Indians and ware
hot after them , and that they would soon reappear -
appear on thu ridge again. An hour , two
hours , sped by und still no sign of Fettor-
man's party , nor any imlso to indicate that
they had coma up with the Indians. Ousor-
vorson Picket hill reported seeing small bands
of Indians moving from the locality whorotho
wood train wai tuiuposod to bo , to the nast-
ward , and other parties coming from the
northeast , and all s wo mod to bo uoadluir for
the same point , a broken section of country
northwest of tha post beyond the rldgo. It
was now nearly 1 o'clock. .Suddenly and
btnrtliugly
A \OI.I.m OP | il TNT MUSKEfltV
broka upon the oar * of iho anxious garrison.
A momentary lull , then another volley , and
these were kept up with dreaded frequency
for nearly an hour. While the volleys did
last they were giyon with a terrible earnest-
nets , uuii llually they lupiod into desultory
flrlne , and In ft very brlof spice of tlmo
ceased altogether. Again was the long roil
sounded , and again was n nioapor host
assembled on the parade ground. The two
mountain ho vit/ors were lltnborcit rr.U'ho
nrtlllery detail ordered to propj o or li-
slant service.
Tlio sick , the halt and the lame , n d o < rv
available man who could lift a pun w ordered
dorod Into Instant and nHivo aorUco.V 11'
nil thme hurrlod prjptrations wuro uoi.i u
nut a sound c.uno from iho battle Held.
Thcru was an ominous and doithllkc
silence. I-Vir a white U seemed as If ovoty
man held his bru.uh to catch the taintest
sound that might crime from the scene whcro
our comrades were engaged , In purhaus n
death struggle , with the most rolontlovt and
treacherous fee of human KindVo could at
Intervals , as the broe/o blow from that di
rection , catch a chorus of demoniac yells :
they were very faint , but the trained oars of
the garriion k tow nut they did not ooaio
from the lips of white men.
"Forward,1' came the grim command from
Colonel Carrmgton , a'ld Iho relief pirtv llle.l
out of the post onadouole quick. Aoout
twenty available men and the sick were loft
behind to hold Iho garrison. We were " -o-m
across the I'luov and upon the rldL'i1. Field
glassoi wuro brjuu'ht i.ito rciiuisition to got
some glimpse of Fottenu in's party , but the
only thing that sped across the ranuo of their
vision was a vast tiordo of straggling Italians
moving off toward the north nndoist. Wo
struck iho trail of the party and followed it
about a mile and a half , it luJ right into the
broken country. The command was halted
for awhile , in order tnat some Intelligible re-
connolsanco could he mado. The commanding
olllcor's folio . ' bv
ing orderly , n norvv voting
the nnma of Sample , inked leave to go on
ahead , ns ho had a very licet IIOIMO , and ho
would ride to an eminence about a quarter of
a mile distant and makoa roconnolsanco from
that point. Others were sent to points
equally conspicuous and wo awaited results.
All the couriers returned except bainplo
in a short while , dually ho was observed
riding as if for his life from the dlroction
that Fettorman's command had tiUen , as in
dicated by the trail. Ho wai waving his hat
and was evidently under tha stimuli ! i of tha
greatest excitement. Neither of Ihoo'hor '
couriers had discovered anything , but the re
maritalilo actions of Kamplo wciu suOlcieut
for the command to fall In and await his re-
poit. IIo wiu with us in a very low mo
ments and his Hrjt ulterauco was " 1 have
found tuum and
run MIH M.I. PIu > "
Ills attltudo and ev'M-y aspect of fear and
horror gave civdonco to his repoit. "They
are all dead , " ho kept rop3iting , and for
snino moments seemed unaulo to control him
self. "Fonvatd , quick step , nnroti , " was
tlio ominous command. 1'ho command was
in a moiiient dilftiug along with a deter
mined stride. The mounted men of the pirty
gallopeu on fearlessly ahead. They seemed
to Do pone an ace , wnen ono of them caiae
D.ic-k to the maiching command aud begged
us to double quick , as Sample's report , was
only lee true.
At 4 o'clock wo nnchod the scano. There
were niL-n in that party who had faced death
on inanv a battlellelu during thu war , but
none hat. over soon a sight , hkj this. The
annihilation of an entire uommuid , and all of
thorn ling dead and Indcociibably mutilated ,
within the compass of sovontj-Hvo yards.
The massacred pirty had boon
DI.LOYII : ) INTO \ ni'iou , VMr.f-iir.
a canon about 100 yards in length , which
bore much the semblance of a ruilioad cut ,
carrying the illusion so far as to Indicate the
road-bod grade through Its entire length. On
cither .sidn of this prado wai a uenso prowlh
of olio'.io cherry und hackberry brush. The
canon at iu wiJost part was no1-nuro than
1UJ feet. The djad men , all oxcvpt the citi
zens , lay inside this canon , und mostly on the
natural road-bod. They were hnudlod close
together , as if driven Into a pocket and had
made the staud for their lives bick to bacit ,
so us to preiont a continuous ( roat to their
assailants. Lying alongside of each man
were scores ot omnty cartridge
shells , indicating that they had
not given their lives away without
bomo return in kind. Just outside ttic canon
lay live uitlzens close together , nitu ri ht
atnonp ihem were not less than .100 empty
cartridge shells , which told the story of what
their lives cost , t'ie ' foo. Just , nuido the
canon , but lying a little apart from the main
body of the dead , lav Colonel Fottorman
and Captain ' 'Baldy" Brown. They were
lying alongside of each othnr. A blackoaed ,
powder uurned bullet hole In Brown's right
temple , and a liio ono in Fotterman's loll
temple , told too plainly and sadly that , when
all hope r > ad lied , Fcttcrman and Brown had
fultillcd their often repeated threat , th.it
when it came to tlio last , and all hope was
gone , In case of a light with Indians ,
T1IKY WOri.P KII.IjTIIUM-KI.Vr.S.
A short distance from the o two ofllcors
lay Trumpeter Bergln of iho Second cavalry ,
lib wab lying on his back , his hands gently
folded across his bioast , and on ttiom had
been laid his oattorcd , bent and Drake n
trumuJt. Lieutenant ( inimniond lay close to
tljo main body of the dead , but slightly off
the grade , und partly in the brush.
Excepting Bugler Borgin , every man of
the party was scalped and otherwise niu-
tilatod. There was not a body but was a
period pincushion of arrows. The mutila
tions in most instances were too indecent , for
description. The clothing had boon stripped
from most of the bodies enUioly. the excep
tion buing whore a few were loft with the
tailored and bloody remnants of a shirt or
pair of pants. Their post mortem butchery
indicalod that they had inflicted a tcrnblo
punishment on the Indians , as the mutila
tions uoro mute evidence of insatiable ro-
vongo. Strange as it may seem , not a dead
Indian was to bo soon. There were , how
ever , scores of dead Indian ponies lying Just
outside the canon , both at the cast aud west
ends of the canon. " *
The massacre was sudden and horribly
complete. Nlnoty-throo men--seventy-tinao
of the Eighleonth infantry , twelve of the
Second cavalry , three oftlcors and llvo citi
zens wentout from thostockadoof Fort I'lill
Kearney at 10:4. : ) that morning In iho full
Hush of courageous manhood and eager to
meet their troacnerous , murderous foo.
Nliioly-threo men , these ldcnttc.il men , were
stlfTanod In death less than four hours later.
All of them were present and accounted for
on the carnage field of i'hll Kearney. His
tory has few parallels of so complete , speedy
ami utter annihilation of a command us tins.
A detail was hurried back to Iho post for
wagons and ambulances , and the removal of
tlio bodies to the fort was begun at onco.
Meanwhile the wood party had returned
wirunt r Tin : LOSS of A MVV.
The Indians h'ld ' suddenly relinquished their
nttac-t on the 'vood train , ostensibly to par
ticipate In the attack on Kutturman.
When Iho detail returned to the fort for
for wagons und ambulances thu
excitement thoio was Intense and can
only be Imagined. The horrible story of the
massacre was told. Mrs. Urummond , thu
brldo of Lieutenant Gruminond , hoard it und
fainted , The ladles of thontherdcad officers
were not at the put ; In fact , I bellovo that
both Brown and Fcttorman were unmarried.
In the enlisted mon's cimirtors there was
meanings und waitingd , for many of the dead
wuro married , and had families at the fort.
It took us two days mid a half to put nil the
bodies Into tlio post. They wore all laid out
in a temporary annex to the hospital. The
surviving members of the command contrib
uted from their scanty wardrobes , clothing
with which to dross the dead. Thu hardest
and most disagreeable Job wa * to extract the
arrows from the bodies. Some ot them hud
ns many us
I'irrv AIIHOVS STUKISO moM TIIIM : ,
when wo Hr.Ht found them In Missuero
canon. Captain Brown was extremely bald-
headed , hence his nick name "Bald1 , " and
the Indians , unable to procure a scalp frum
the top of his head , skinned off his long beard
from his lower law.
The fated ' -1st of December was oalmy und
sprlnpllko. But Olirlstmus broke upon us
with the bovorest Intensity of winter. Thu
bodies of tha dead in the tent morgue wore-
fro/on stllT. The funeral wo gave them was
our Christmas observance. The band
played their requlom and Chap
lain Alnha Wtlght , who died a few years ago
In the fulness ol years at Nourasxa City ,
apoko their funeral oration.
Instead of the promised feast on Christmas
day wo burled our dead. Two long tienehus
were dug on a slight eminence Just outside
tbo stockado. Kach body was tugged with a
tin label and they were burled two deep In
the tienchos , The oillcors were given sep
arate graves and the cltUons wore burled
leparatoly , LlouVouaat UrumfflQD.il' ' ) body
was subsequently disinterred and taken to
his homo In Michigan uy hU wlfo.
I no rest of that fated command still Ho
bu led where wo placed them. 1'hll 1C jaruoy
ha long since beou abandoned.
Till : INDIANS
participating In the ma saero were the Brulo
and combined Slnu\ tribes under the eom-
wand of Uol notul , Spotted Tall , Man-
Afrald-of-llls-Horacs Lone
, llcnit , Big
Mouth and American Horse.
I was told afterwards at Fort Lnratme , bv
some ot the Indians participating In
the massacre , that the -.oldlors hud
killed ovoi1,1) ) Indians that day ,
and wotindod twice as many mere.
U hero were over il.ooo Indians putleipatlng
in the massacro. The reason that Bugler
Borgln's bodv was not inutlliitod was hecauio
ho had killed two Indium by boatlnj : them
ever the liend with his iwiflu and Ihov took
tilts nibtliod of intoning his uravorv. The
comma-id was Htenlttilly derovol Into the
canon , and when the Indians had them
wh-i-o they wanted thorn thuy slmplv wlp.-d
the devoted band outbv the preponderance of
numbers.
Nine years and a half later occurred the
missncro of Ouster's command In neaitv Iho
sumo vicinity. True. hU loss win pro'ator ,
but not more complete. Not oven a brute
survived the Phil Koarnov affair The
only record of the striiugle , sharp , short and
decisive , In Massacre canon foiovnr lies n
secret in tno broaUs of the dead who tlo
burled under the shadows of the Big Horn
mountains at the forks of the i'liiuys.
itllllltr ti lHSU. , . . , : I' . , / , ! / / , / >
The following nnecdoto of Oan'el ' U'obstor ,
who was , in 1TIHI , a inombjr of i'hilllps
Lxctor academy , sin's the Boiton ( ilobo. win
related to u friend of mliio bv bamuol L-nv-
rdiico of Kxotcr :
A few il.iva after Mr. U'obitcr had entered
Exeter acadomv ho ivturnod to his boirdlng
house PIIO ovonlng in a VLTV despondent mood
nnd told his Irionds there that the cltv hovs
In the academy were constantly l-nuhlng at
him borauso ho was at the foot ot his clasi
anil had como from the backwoods.
The next any Mi Meholns Emery , who
was then an assist-int tutor in the acadomv ,
urged WebUor to thiii'r ' of nothing but his
boons , and added that all would yet come out
right
The ndvicj was heeded , nnd at the end of
the Hist quarter Mr. | ; nerv , mustering his
class In a line , form.illv unk the arm of
\oung Wobstur and nnrchod him from the
foot to thu uAttanii ) houl.
At the end of the second quarter , when
the class was mustered , Mr. Emory said :
"Daniel Webster , ir.uhor up your books
and take down your cap. "
The boy obexed , and thinking that ho was
about to bo expelled from school , was sorely
troubled.
Thu teacher soon dispelled Iho illusion , for
ho continued : "Now. sir , you will plo.iso
report your.olf to the teacher ot the lint
class ! And you , young gentlemen , will take
an alfoetionaio leave of your classmate , for
you will never see him .ILMIII. "
They never dhl see him In that classroom
again , but the dav came when the ovoof the
nation oehcld him.
*
Down on South Broadway , standing boildo
n stairway which loads up-stnirs lo the ofllco
of an electro ir.odicil company , sayi the New
Voik vVorld , Ihoio stands a little glass c.iso
in which is dlsi'layod the lifo-Mzo figure ofn
human tug from tl.o thigh down.
The other uay two very well-dressed vo.ing
men were .stiuailiu in front of the case. Two
or thrco other pcoplo were standing over
then ; shoulders lo sco what it was that made
the noiso.
Finally ono young rnnti said to the other ,
very solemnly :
In live minutes that leg will begin to
mo\o. "
Ills companion looked at him very wisely ,
pursed his lips and nodded his head. Tnen
they both walked away.
' 1 ho other pjoplo sto'o.l in front of the case
for half an hour waiting for ttio log to move.
Sudden. \ a thought seamed to strike ono of
them. Then the sanio thought occurred to
another member of ttio group , and so , ono by
one , they silently moved away.
-
* *
A lady belonging to a community called the
' Sisters ot St. John the Baptist" in Now
ork city , says Kato Field's Washington ,
was spending a month not lone sincu in ono
of our bicluxoods districts. Going to Iho
postofllco shortly after her arrival , she asked
it any letter had como lor Sister Bern.irdino.
The rural postmaster looked bewildered for
a moment.
"Sister who ? " ho askod.
"Sister Bernardino , " repeated the lady
"a Sister of St. John the Baptist. "
"Well , 1 should rather think not , " rcpliod
the man with an uproarious laugh , "I guess
he's been dead pictty near a hundred years
now. "
*
Mat k Twain's wife was a Miss Langdon ,
of Elmira. Wnen "Mark" lirst met her.says
tno Hartford Courant , ho uus not so dis-
llnfuished as now. Her father was u Judiro
and uoubtloss expected "family" and social
importance in his son-in-law. Clemens , how-
over. became Interested in his daughter ami
after a whllu propoiod , but was rejected.
"Well , " no said to the Italy , "I didn't much
bclinvo you'd have mo , but thought 1 d try.1'
After u whllo ho "tried" again , with the
aamo result and then remarked , with his
celebrated drawl :
"I thinn a great deal moro of you than if
you d said 'yos , ' but it's hard to boar. "
A third tlmo ho met with better fortune
and then came Iho most difficult part of his
laslt lo address Iho old gen'loman.
"Judge , " he said to the dignified million
aire , ' have you seen anything goinu' on be
tween Miss Iji//lu aud mo I"
"What ! what ! " exclaimed the judge ,
rather sharply , apparently not understand
ing Iho tdtuution , yet doubtless gutting a
glimpse of it from the Inquiry.
"Have you seen anything going on between
Miss LI//iu und mo I"
"No , Indued , " rcpliod the magnateslcrniv , :
"no , sir , I have not. "
"Well , look sharp and you will , " said the
author of "Innocents Abroad ; " and that is
iho way ho a\kod iho judicial luminary for
his daughter's baud.
#
*
Two Indlos , evidently mother and daugh
ter , pot on an clovatud train at Twenty-sec
end street last night and encountered In tno
car a. young man who know them qulto well
appurently , says the New York liucordor.
When iho young lady told him she had just
been buying her wedding gown , ho said :
"llr love ! 1 must co iit-d bo measured for
clolho. "
my . .
"Haven'tyou done that yell" she asked in
an amaed way. "Well , you'ro the worst !
I actually expect to walk down to the altar
nnd find you've forgotten to meet mo there.
I suppose you'll forgot it's your own wed
ding day , unless I send vou a tulogram in iho
morning lo remind vou. "
"No , I won't dear , " ho replied ns ho looked
at her until she dropped bur oycs. Then ho
uskeii her how much the gown cost a yard
and how it was to bo made. When she said
with n low cut corstiL-o and short sleeves he
entered a vigorous proton.
"Not your wedding gown , " ho said , "Mar
riage U a sacrament , my dear , and deserves
something hotter than a bull room driMs. I
know vou have pretty arms and a lovely
neck ; nevertheless I want you to cover them
up on your wedding day. You can wear
them uncovered the other great days In your
Ufa : bull hope In all the days to como there
will bu no other ilav ju it llko your wudding
dav. Am I not right , dear ! "
There was a suspicions moisture in her
eyes as she answered tiomulouily :
"Yes , Tom. "
And ho bent down to murmur , ' 'Swoot-
heart ! " unheard , unnoticed by any onu ttuvo
thu woman who sut next to them , upparontly
absorbed In the ovonlng p.ipor.
Married men usually tusorve their compli
ments fur other ladles itiiin of their own fam
ilies , says tliu Washington 1'ost. In the hall
way of the Arlington thorn was u plmisant
exception to thiirulo. A colored uoy sells
flowers there. A gentleman with his wlfo
und daughter uoro on their way out from
dinner the other evening , when the parly
were nccostod with "Buy some IIo worst Nice ,
fresh flowers. Have a bunch of American
beauties } " and Iho fragrant roses were ho deut
out far their Inspection. With n bow to iho
Indlos that a Chesterfield might have copied
from , iho gentleman Mud ' ! have two
American beautlei wilh mo , " uud they passed
ou lute tbo parlor * toguthor.
MUSIC IS THE CITY SCHOOLS ,
Mithoth Employjtl to Train the Voices i\n 1
Minds Alike.
IMPROVEMENTS UPON OLD SYSTEMS.
MiiNtor.'tl by the
Students lml ) < .r CoinpiMoiU Tfin-li-
orri IVotivHN ( if tin , \ \ IM.t | i , ,
G rail CM.
If thochildron now attending the puullo
schools of Omaha do no not learn how to
read music it will bo attributable to their
want of capacity or their willful refusal to
applv thumsolvo * to thu very delightful and
desirable branch of the common school cur
riculum.
A reporter for Tin : Bin : had the pleasure
one day last Week of obnorylng the method *
employed In the leaching of music in ilia
public schools under iho dlieollon of Mlsi
Fannlo Arnold.
Thu ly.siom used Is that developed by Prof.
John W. Tufts nnd Mr. H. E. Holt
of Boston. The progress made'by the pupils
In the lower prunes with only fifteen minute *
n day devoted to the study of music Is quit *
romarkablo.
In the room of the first grmlo at the Far-
n.im school iimong little tols who were barely
ahlo to tain plain Miss Arnold took the class
through the regular llftocn minutes' drill.
Shopavotho pupils Iho pilch or sound of
high C fiom her small bugle , and fiotn that
the little ones ran thu scale , singing do , ra ,
mo , fa , so , etc , marking the Intervals per-
fectlv. The loaclicr simply holu up her index
for do. two HngoM for in , three lingers for
me , ami so on through the scale. The class
then Hang thu numbers and the loiters of the
ii.usical scale.
Passing to the second class of the first
prado the teacher took up the u > o of the
chart shoeing tno scale and Iho notes. After
i mining up and down what is called the lad
der and the notes and letlors on
the scale , the work of transpos
ing was Inttodueod , and the children
were told the "story" of the Hist scales in
troduced. 1 ho story of thu first or O natural
scale was brief. It.imply siid , "This is the
scale of C it has no sharps or Hats. " The
litllo onus were asked lo call Urn nolos by
proper nunus. instead of sax ing do , to say
John or 'I o . ind in this way lliov began lo
perceive Unit singing after all was not so
very much dilleiont from speaking , and their
llttlo voices came out in all their naturalness
and purity.
In the second prado the children were
given tnoro dilllcult work. In following tlio
pointer on the chart they hint to skip about
over the scale and perform some raihor dlfll-
cult vocal feats , H was very intmcstlng to
notn the awaitoning earnestness in the faces
of the little ones.
Modulation work nnd still moro uifllctilt
transpositions characterised thu work in
tno third grade. Phis class handled
four transpositions in excellent stylo. They
sang to thu time furnished by u ch'urt pendu
lum and scarcely made a mistake during Iho
ilfteen minutes. They could tell from the
chiu t what kov the music was written upon.
nnd from thu pitch of high C furnished thoiu
by tno teacher's bugle the class located "do"
and sanu the different scales as wiltton. In
markinginicrvih Iho ohildien were especially
clever. J hey colllil make the inte.rv.il front
b to i below or from 8 below to above with
out u slip.
A marked Improvement in the qinllty of
tone was observed In the fourth gr.ido over
that of the grades below. In this class Iho
teacher called the number of the
notes upon a given scnlo nnd
the children sang them. The work :
of uccentuallon was also begun in the fourth
grade , the little ones sounding "tu-lav ,
la-lay" in whisper as they pressed the time
with their fingers on the desks.
Mnklnga Jump then to the eighth orblghesl
grade in Iho school the reporter found tha
children able to sing t\\0 nnd three part
musio from the books tibod. The music i o
not that simple do. sol , tno , do order that has
been the abnmination of so many aliened sys
tems , but of i higher , better and moro classlo
styio altogether.
Miss Arnold did ono dilllcult and unlquo
thlinr in leading this clnss , nnd the class uld
adinieultand unique thing in following her.
bho gave the class three part music by signs
and they sang it. To ono section
of the class she assigned Iho
bass , lo another the soprano and lo-
another the alto. She then held up her left
hand with the hack toward the pupils extend
ing her fingers and thumb so as to loproscnt
the musical scalo. Sno instructed ono sec
tion of the class to follow ihe movements of
the index linger of her ri ht hand , another
section to watch and follow the middle linger
and the inlrd section to follow the llttlo
linger of tho. same hand. She then placed
UUMO fingers against the lingers of iho left
hand rcproslntmir nolos placed on Iho musical
scale and Iho children sang Iho nolcs indi
cated bv the positions of the llnt'ers. The
losult was a .succession of chords or three
part singing by iho class.
The rou'Ular teachers dovotollfleon minutes
each day to musical Instruction mm follow
exactly the same methods given them by
Miss Arnold , who vlslls ovary school In the
city about once each month to see that the
teachers are pushing th-i work forward.
Children who uro possessed of ordinary in-
lolltgonco leave the graded schools with a
thorough knowledge of the fundamental
principles of music , and nlnc-tonths of them
can read music almost as loidily as thov can
prinlod or xvrilton woids. All ihis cost's the
parents of the clilldeon ntlondi'ig Iho fubtio
schools not ti cent. It Is it part of the regular
course. H is reasonable to snp.ioso that the
rising gonorallon In Omaha will possess an
npprociallon for peed inusio that is not en
joyed by the average citizen of mature ago.
/ / . % i a.
There were produced In the United State *
last year 1 , ' , " ' . ) , : ! tuns of coal ,
Petroleum block fuel Is successful.
The steel rail makorn of this country now
have orders ou hni.d forKllUUO ( tons of rails.
Woodworking machine makers in Chicago
aru forming a trust
Colorado has ever 130,003 square miles of
coal , and the product of Ib'JU ' was il.OOO.OUO
tons.
tons.A
A now lira extinguisher Is composed of a
mlxturo of wMcr nnd liquid carbonto acid
gas , which , upon bolng discharged through
pipe * at high pressure , causes ttio rapid ex
pansion of Iho gas , converting the mlxturo
mio a spray mure or less frozen.
A recent method suggested of drying
shoos that have become wet by the rain Is lo
heal some small pebbles in u pan. ant' insert
llioin into the shoo. It Is said that they do
the work quickly , without In any way injur
ing thu leathnr.
The demand for foot balls is of such largo
proportions that there are four establish-
inonlH In this country that glvo ntlunlion to
this branch of business , ono localod In New
York , two in Now England and one In the
west
About 100,000 , corn-cob pipes nrodally man
ufactured in this county , all bolng made in
three factories , at St. Louis , Utuonwood ,
Nub. , and In Kansas. The cobs are by tha
Coliior vailetv of corn , on wh'ch they crow
unusually heavy , woody and hard.
Gorman silver bullets for small arms ara
bolng ox pen men led with In the Frank ford
uiscnnl In Philadelphia , This metal is laid
to bo the purest yet submitted to test with
the later high explosives , and the least af
fected by heat.
Paper quilts nro said to bo corning into ex
tensive USD abroad for the peeler classei.
They are composed of shoots of brown paper
sowed together and perforated all over at n
distance of un Inch or two apart. This I *
then covered with chlnu or cretonne on onu
tide , and lined with patchwork. They uiuUo
surprisingly warm rovers , and iho mamilao-
turors find a ready maricot for all thwy can
luauu.