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well sunk In a region permeated with
salt will surely taste of salt. AVe know
this latter by at least ten years of
bitter experience. The artesian
nature of the wells about Lincoln Is
fcliown by the fact that when many of
the pies are driven down, the water
rises in them iKintaneousIy. In the
A street well the water rose 42 feet in
the pijie before the pump was put to
work. The freedom with which the
water flows in the artesian fountain
in jwst office square shows that the
salt source Is situated at some jniint
much higher up than the surface of
Lincoln, and that where an opening is
made it will force itself to the top.
These four lessons are the results of
the Baconian method of observation
and experience. They are not theo
ries as to an underground and out-of-sight
supply. Theories formed after
studying the situation, not with a
single mind, to securing better water
for the city of Lincoln, but to accom
plish somethingelsetirst have been the
cause of the impure water. This some
thing else is shrouded in mystery.
Now as to the opjxments of the A
street well and the Antelope valley,
the only region from which the city
has ever got any really pood water.
The amount of juggling that has been
done at the different stations to keep
the newspapers, and esjiccially The
CouuiEBjf rum getting correct reports,
staggers a believer in a democratic
form of government, The editor of
TnE Coukiek visited the A street
well and obtained some information
from the man in charge of the well as
to the flow, apparent volume, the ef
fect of pumping, etc. This informa
tion was incorporated into one of the
many articles which have appeared in
The CorniEU regarding the water
question. The day after the publica
tion of the article the man in charge
of the A street well was discharged
for being honest and disobeying ord
ers. At the Rice well several new
noints have been driven, which, on
orders from headquarters, can be con
nected or disconnected with the
pump. When it is convenient for
statistical purposes to prove the Bice
station supply is in danger of being
exhausted these wells are discon
nected from the pump, the rapidity of
the stroke increased and very soon the
seeker after truth, which in Lincoln
does not stay about the wells, hears
the piston sucking air and the engi
neer looks worried and talks about
the limited supply, etc. There are
ways tnat have been tried on the un
suspecting newspaper mantoconvince
him that the Antelope valley will run
dry if tapped. X one of which explain
the evident anxiety to keep out of
that valley and remain in the salt
basin. As for the effect of the A
street pumping test on the surround
ing wells the engineer said it was im
possible to reduce the height of water
in the well itself while pumping, and
of course exhaustion would show itself
first there. Then authorities on
hydrography say that the rate of pro
gress that an underground stream
makes in a year is one mile. 'J his
being so the Bice well would not be
affected in less than a year by pump
ing wateranywhere in the neighbor
hood of the A street well.
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The proposition to-put up a statue
in Washington to T. M Marquett is
gratifying to even-one who knew the
man who was the first citizen of the
state, in fact, and accomplishment, if
not in fame. That gentle soul and
wise, was admired by everyone who
came within comprehending distance
of his intellect and unassuming per
sonality. Among the judges of the
supreme court at Washington,
where he went so frequently
to try cases, Mr. Marquett
was given his real rank in the aristoc
racy of the law. They knew that the
light of a mind which made complex
wises simple and illuminated cases
obscured by twenty-five years or more
of litigation, was of no common order.
A statue of this simple, great man,
would confer distinction UKn the
state of which he was a citizen.
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For three dollars the Pullman coiu
jiany will sell you twelve or sixteen
hours of discomfort unmitigated and
almost unlicarable. Every other hotel
or lodging house strives to please its
customers by adding modern improve
ments. The Pullman sleeping car is as
it was 2T years ago. It is impossible
tosiuipstraightin alower berth. It
is by one or two inches too near the
upper lKjrth and medieval torture
was only a matter of being stretched
or squeezed half an inch. The ordinary
traveller lays the. inconveniences to
the small space made necessary by the
shaiie and size of the car. He forgets
that he has paid his fare to the rail
road company for transjwrtation and
three dollars for lodging to the Pull
man coiiijKiny, though in nine cases
out of ten the railroad comiiany is
carrying the iKissengcr for nothing,
while Pullman passes arc much more
rare. But the quality of lodging is of
the worst, while the train service is
of the iKiSt. Notwithstanding the
great disparity between the quality
cf the two services and their relative
cost, the ear lodging company has
made no essential improvement to
keep pace with the better time,
smoother trackand cheaper ratesof the
mil road comiiany. No hotel company
could charge three dollars, and remain
solvcntjfor a hole in the wall itrwhich
it is not possible to sit upright, badly
ventilated and furnished with just as
many, heavy, hard blankets in mid
summer as in January. There are
other abuses which, if practiced by a
.village landlord, would cause his ho
tel to be first boycotted by the travel
ling men and then by the travelling
public, among which reputations do
not travel so quickly. One of the j
tricks of the Pullman car service is to
force everybody to rise at a certain
time, and to make women at least go
to bed at the time convenient for the
porter. The men have a smoking
r&om to which they can retire which
cannot be made up into berths. For
instance, in the through train made
up , 'in Denver for points east the
lerths arc all made up so that
when the passengers pour into the
cars there is no place for them and
their baggage except the aisles where
two cannot pass each other without
great inconvenience. Solongasthere
is no place to stand and none to sit,
all the passengers go to bed without
further compulsion. In these days of
electricity the cars are lighted bj' dim
oil lamps or wax tapers by which it is
impossible to read. When the traveler
unwillingly gets into his berth he is
forced to cram his clothes into a small
hammock swung between the win
dows. Crouched in a position danger
ous to maintain and expecting every
minute to be hurtled into the aisle
the garments of the day are finally
thrust Into the space provided for them
to be extracted in the morning a
shapeless mass of old clothes. After
his exertions the traveler lies down
exhausted, but too mad to go to sleep.
In the morning, the nauseating toilet
room about 3 by 3, in which just as
many women as the car contains,
whether it be two or twenty, must
make their toilet. These are only the
most annoying of the many extortions
and abuses which Mr. Pullman prac
tices on a public too good natured to
resist. If the travelers would bear in
mind that it is the railroad comiiany
which furnishes the transportation
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from Hopkins' theatre, Chicago, especially engaged for this
week only. Prices 10 and 25 cents. Seats now on sale.
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