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Vol 25 -No 28.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1373.
rL'LL FAKE.
Tlie railroad war at Cincinnati is over,
and thousands of those who went east on
one-dollar ticket 'because itV so cheap,
you know," will hare to pa full fair when
they get ready to come we-t again.
TiiK.M:vrnrAT-
Dakota will be the next applicant for ad
mission into the Lnion of States. It is
claimed that the Territory has a population
of ii'J.OOO, composed mainly of fanner and
usmes men from the Northern States.
On this showing, according to precedent,
Congress should pasn the customary act of
admission.
lit: mt:i tii oosr.
The Xew York Tibune thinks Tweed
died too coon that he ought to have lived
long enough to take off his hat to certain
South Carolina Democrat", who are thus
referred to in a Washington dispatch:
Tb-y were election otUcrs, and when the
lection was over they retired from the pub
lie view "lor supjier," taking tins hungry 1
lt liox aloiiK that unfortunate ballot box
which hail b-en holding its'mouth open. In
una pi-allna manner, all day long When
that Ikii re-apiieared. Its apjtlt for Demo
cratic ballots had been entirely satisfied
Tin:.ni:iT or am. fimiib.
A recent rejsirt from Washington sys
that the Commissioner of I'ensions ha
dicoveretl a great ,many petty frauds
Una jien-ooners. It has been found that
many officials who administer .oath in
pension caes make a practice of putting
their own addres-es in place of the allelic-!-"
of pensioners, and thus secure
p (Ssessiou of checks lx-fore they reach the
irion to whom they are made payable.
Many jensioners are Jioor and ignorant,
and to such these officials represent that
their indor-euieut or identification is re
quisite to secure the payment of the check
lor this service they charge a fee of from
twenty-five ceuts to $1. This fraud has
reached great proimrtions Some officials
have made as much as i-1,000 annually out
of the small stienil due to jiensinners
The (.'oiniiil-sioner of 1'en-ions has decided
n t to reorgnize officials discovered in thus
defrauding the oir.
AI'(.IMI'AV.
The war in Afghanistan, which has been
threatening for several month', has ac 111
ly commenced The Itritish troops have
cros-sil the border into the Ameer's do
minions, have had one engagement, anil
have capttirtd an inisrnnt fortress from
which the fghauisten troojw were forced
to retreat. We may now expect the cable
di-patches, for some time to come, to lie
filled with the details of bloody engage
ments, at plares with unpronouncable
names. According to the most reliable ad
vices this army of invasion is very large,
and intended to do up the work on which
it is sent in th briefest kx-jible order. The
intiuiatiiin comes from C.ibnl that the ISus
sians, though generally elNpoeed to remain
neutral in the quarrel, are not likely to
Maul idly by aud allow the British occu
pation of Kandahar, a fortified city and
Capital ot Central Afghanistan.
M'.tt OI(K I.IQKIIt LAW.
The civil damage law of New York,
which was recently sustained by the Court
of Apeals of that State, has given rise to
considerable discussion as to its expediency
and wisdom. It lays down the principle
that any damage resulting from the use of
intoxicating liquors shall lie made good by
the liipior seller, if resinsible, and, if not,
the landlord shall be compelled to pay the
bill. The Xew York Journal of Cmmerce
suggests that the man !m distilled the
liquor which, in the language of the law,
"caused the intoxication in whole or in
part," should also be included in the suit
lor dauisges. And, by way of a further
iWtioio ad ooeurunm, the same authority
H)iuts out the security which will inure to
the saloon keeper from furnishing a toper
lnjuor until he is dead drunk, as, if need
be he could then be put under lock and
key until ierfectly sober. Finally the
Journ i of Gtmmcrrc soberly declares that "a
law like this can please only unreasoning
fanatics, and should be repealed by a legis
lature of sensible men."
riit: 7iAi.M::vi:utitsiiii.
There is a good deal of discussion in
Maim? concerning the election ol Governor
by the legislature. Accorditg to the State
law the House, which is Democratic, will
nominate tveo of the candidates, voted for
by the jeople, ami the Seuate must elect
one of the two. The Hou-e will of course
send in the names of the Democratic and
Greenback candidates. The Senate is Re
publican, and the uiemlcrs of that party
are divided in opinion as to which candi
date they will vote for. Aside from their
financial views, there is little difference be
tween the two candidates. There is some
talk of the Republicans dividing their vote
equally between the two, thus ridding them
selves of all responsibility and allowing
the Creenbackers to elect their man. The
Democrats say this is a cowarly programme
but it does not strike the outsider in that
way. There would he a delicious flavor of
retribution about it for the Democrats.
They have ued the Grecnbackers as a cats
paw, and if the latter hold on to the chest
nuts, nobody will weep.
Tilt: nwiniiT imjkce cask
The telegraph told u Wednesday morn
ing of the case ol Col. Walton Dwight, of
IHnghampton, X. Y., who recently insured
his life for a quarter of a million of dol
lars, and died suddenly before the second
quarterly payment became due. He had
been seriously crippled financially, and the
fact of his undertaking to carry such a load
of life insurance, when in ftraighlined cir
cumstances was regarded as a little re
markable, and now that he has died so
soon after insuring excites the suspicions of
the companies, and they will try to
prove that he caused his own
death. Thry claim that he deliberately
terminated his own life by rash and needless
exposure. It is claimed that last week, on
a hunting expedition, he rambled about
day after day, without food ; that he strip
ped himself and swam across the Susque
lianna river four times, and sought in every
possible way short of immediate measures
to end his life. Of course, there have been
arrangements made for a post-mortem ex
amination, and there will be the usual
search for traces of poison. The insurances
effected are all in favor of the wife and
daughter ot the deceased, who are reported
to have already taken the initiatory steps
for the collection of the policies. The case
is a peculiar one, and its determination will
be looked forward to with solicitude. If
CoL Dwight's plan was to end his life in
three months, he .appears to have demon
strated its feasibility, and his success shonld
lint insurance companies, on their guard
' against men of damaged fortune, who desire
to take out unusually large policies in fa
vor of their families.
c.ufEt.iio. in Min
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tre of business in Boeton, under the super
vision and patronage of Joeiah Quincy, Mr.
Ropes and other prominent and wealthy
citizens who desire to assist the experiment
to a successful result as an example for im
itation The by-laws provide that the store
shall be in charge of a managing commit
tee of share-holders. The committee are to
be chosen quarterly and the reports are to
bee made quarterly. There is to be a store
keeper in direct charge ; he cannot be a di
rector and has no voice in the management.
The treasurer, who i3 under bonds, is to
have entire charge of the books and mon
eys, the same, however, to be subject to in
sction by the directors. All pur
chases and sales are to be for cash. The
shares are fixed at 4.00, so as to
place them within the reach of the wwrking
classes for whose benefit the enterprise is
undertaken. The settlements and reports
are to made quarterly. There are to be
two kinds of dividends declared one to
stockholders on their shares and one to
consumers on the amountof their purchases
the stockholders who are customers shar
ing the latter as well as the former. The
stockholders' dividend will be a certain pro
portion of the profits say one half or three
quarters and the customers' dividend will
embrace the balance. The lienefits oi the
co-oj'erative system when it is rigorou-dy
and faithfully carried out are o substan
til that all friends of it will wish the Bos
ton exH-riment success.
tiif: oniric ntE.
Judge Gre-ham's arraignment of the
President, at Indianapolis, a few days ago,
ns reported by the telegraph, presented Mr.
Gresham Wore the country as not only a
very conscientious judge, but a very brave
and patriotic judge, whoe court could not
le tmierel with by even so hiah a
functionary as the President of the United
St-tes. But there is another side to the
matter, as we supio-ed would prove to be
the cae, and th "other side" shows that
Judjre (Jresham's court not to put too firm
a point usin it mad - an iw of itsell, as
may lie seen by the following dispatch to
the Cincinnati Gzft!c :
Washington, Xov. -0.
"The dispatch from Indianapolis, repre
senting Judge Gre-ham as arraigning the
President for an attempt to inti rfere with
the Grand Jury, and prevent an inquiry
into a ca-e lefoi- them, fail to give a fair
statement of the cafe as explained here.
The person implicated had embezzled mon
ey from a hank, and his friends had re
placed it. They then, aidtd by numerous
citizens of standing, joined in representing
to the President, that there were features of
the ca-e "hich would justify a pardon in
advance of proceedings. The high char
acter of those who were acting in the mat
ter secured the attention of the President
to the case, and he desired to give it fuller
investigation In-fore he acted upon the pe
tition. In order that he might complete
this, a di-patch was sent to the District At
torney not to press the ca'e Iwfore the
Grand Jury at present. This, of course,
did not prevent the jury from going on
with the investigation of the case, and the
finding of an indictment, if they chose to do
so. The action taken in this particular
case is not unusual, and such requei ts for
tempirary delay are often sent to District
Attorney, where the government has any
reason for asking for time."
int: vi i.i.ou ri.vi:tt imcthv
Much having been said about the pay of
the Howard physicians during the yellow
fever season in the South, the Xew Orleans
lTmes makes this statement :
The doctors ho were ken t by the Howard
Association to lend the Mck In the town"
.iltlicted with the feer, were forced toi;ie
up their prlHle practice, lese their lamlllef,
here In ilanger of the disease, aud lUe for
months In ilesolate ple-e-s, there to practice
their healing art alone, unaided, and almost
forotttn b ll'e outside world Kor these
the comieiisation was Hxcd at the rateot S
er day
Those ot this class, who returned about the
mld.lle of ihe season, receives! their lull pay.
Sjnie few, a half dozen, perhaps, who re
turned after the lnadtquary of tLe money
supply was made apjitrent, generously left
the question of the amountof their pay to
tlieJuilKiiieutof tne association They have
all received sometlilncaud all have express
ed them-elve-s satisfied Willi llie comiiensa
tion. ssrune uf the doctors, have refuse-d to
lake anything.
Senator liitftelW.
Atchison Champion.
The chances ol Senator luf;alls re-election
In Kan as are improvtni;. We do not eee
how, from the material ottered, a better rts
Millcn iieMCUied. limallsls the best man
lhat Ksiisas has had in the senate lor many
j ears St Ijuuu Utole-Drmocr t 13.
The most prominent and influential Re
publican journals all over the country are
expressing, as does the Glolx-Dcmoaot, a
sincere hope that Senator Ingalls may be
r-turned to the Senate, and unite in the
opinion that he is a capable and useful
Senator, wlio-s; defeat would be a serious
loss to the Republican party and to the
country.
We have quoted, in these columns, ex
pressions of this character from such jour
nals as the Kennebec (Me.,) Journal, the
home organ of Senator B'aiue; the Provi
dence (R. I ) Journal, edited by Senator
Anthony; the lio-don Traitll-r; the Detroit,
(Mich ) JW cn-i Tri'une; the Denver (Col.)
Ihbune, and many other journals of nation
al reputation. Senator Anthony, of Rhode
1-land, says in the issue of his paper, the
Providence daily Journal, of the 11th ult:
Amonc the Senators w hose term aredraw
inrtoaclose tslucallsof Kansas. We do not
know the rei h ntij doubt about tils re-election
and certainly there should not be any. Mr.
tnzalls is one ot the most rt liable bd useful
I Republican Senators The party as a par
ty is concerned lu keeping him where he Is,
and 1 Is talr :eMippoe tljt Kansas, i Iwnys
true to Krpubllciuisin, understands this, aud
will act accordingly. It is within recognized
bounds to say that Senator Incalls Is a party
leader In his State, wnuse political oi tunes
are of national interest and leanue. What
ever me tubers nnclit be spared. Ingalls Is one
w horn the country at large would le sorry to
lose. It Is earnestly lo be helped tnat his
constituents will honor him aud themselve
by returning him to the beuate by a lull par
ty vote
THE Mlllril CltllLIMA WAY.
The loreman of the Charleston Courier t
Sort is a very useful man in his way, and
when the Democratic party gets control of
the Government it ought to give him a pen
sion, and employ him to look after the in
terests of the party in all the doubtful
States. The following interesting statement
of the operations of this able and efficient
foreman, at the late election, is given in a
Charleston special to the Cincinnati Gazette
of Friday morning:
The statement made by Mr. Mackey, of
Charleston, and widely published at the
North, that Dsggett, foreman of the Charles
ton Courier d Xnct, stuffed 2,500 fraudulent
ballots Into one box. at the late election,
has received official confirmation from the
United States Supervl-or stationed at the
poll where Daggett was. It will be remem
bered that for this statement Mackey was
sued for libel. The Supervisor relates tnat an
hour before the polls closed, Daggett entered
and seated himself on the table near the bal
lot box. On several occasions, when the at
tentlon of the Supervisor was momentarily
attracted bj persons approaching and asking
him questions, on turning back he discover
ed Dsggett stuffing packages of U-tue tickets
in the box. At one time he tried to Insert so
large a package that one of the Democratic
managers went to his relief, and pushed it
through into the box with his pencil. Foran
hour Diggett continued to do this kind of
work, as be coold find opportunity, and in
this be had the help of accomplices, who
stood so as to cover him as much as possible
from the eyes or the Supervisor The latter
reports of the result of this work, either by
Daggett or others, 2,H tissue tickets stufled
into the box at this particular poll.
I ,
I OK !' .E !..' Will IE IE.
! flmrf T ii nti? in loftftp itminff i list
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he intends to more out of the State, and
says, indirectly, that he did not go to Chi
cago in the interest of any railroad com
pany. If George means to say that he did not
go to Chicago at the request of a railroad
company in Kansas, he says that which is
false. We happen to know that he went at
the hiilding of a railroad company, and
that he failed to accomplish the purpose
for which they sent him.
pi:hsal
Gen. Jams G. Elunt, who has been at
his old home in Leavenworth, visiting, and
renewing old acquaintances, for several
months past, will leave by this afternoon
train for Washington City, where he will
remain in the interest of his business during
the coming winter and a portion of next
summer. General Rlunt is well known as
one of the bravest of the many brave men
that Kansas furnished to the Union, and
one who made his name familiar to the
people of the whole country.
Tt: lejWA luEK."
We clip the following fiom the Council
Bluff's .Vwn;nrif of the 22d. It seemshard
ly possible that such astate of affaire should
exWt in a country where the thing mo-t
abundant is "room." But the SonpartxTi
reputation for "truth and veracity" has
never been impeached, and hence we be
lieve what it says :
Agentle-nan, whose duties aR a compiler
ol a valuatile city directory bikes him to ev
ery house and place ot business in the city,
reports rattier an interesting case. While
canvassltujon lincklngnam street yesterday
heran across three families, consisting lu
all ot twenty persons, llv.ug together in a
small house ef but two rooms. The families
were ncaged In eating dinner, surrounding
one common board, when the gentleman
entered .end he was therefore able toe ilculate
accurate!;- in re-gard to thu numbers.
Tllr; VIC -"itlmF.CV.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Time, discussing the construc
tion of the Republican ticket in 1SS0, comes
to the conclusion thtt Grant is the choice
of the pa-ty, esiiecial'y in the West, for
President and in regard to the mention of
Mr. Key's name, in connection with the
second place on the ticket, says:
Itrbd to talk with Judge Ke-y with refer
ence lo the Irequent mention of him as Vice
President on the Grant ticket, but the old
gentleman was very elf-depre-ciatlng, and
seemed to think that he had been spoken eif
merely asaJoke.and I could not bearto press
the matter against such honest modesty. I
have never ki.own n man of greater simplic
ity of character An honester man was nev
er cre-atesl, and he is as pure-mlmlesl as a
child In addition to all this Judge Tyner,
the First Assi"lau , and who was one of
Urant'n Postmaster Uenerals, says that Mr.
Key is now the bot Republican lu the Cabi
net. A IIKl!.Mit-! JUUIiF.
A Washington dispatch to the Xew Ye'rk
77i7iw says that a movement is on foot
among certain members of the bar of Wash
ington, lo collect evidence and prepare
charges against Judge Humphreys, of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
with a view of procuiing his impeachment
during the next session of Congress. The
Tuna adds:
This will not be the first time that the Im
peachment of this Judge has been urged up
on the House eif Representatives Two years
ago the Judiciary Committee of the House,
began an investigation of the case, but noth
ing was accomplished. No complaints af
fecting his Integrity as a magistrate have
been heard, but the general sentiment of the
community is, that a man who almost dally
appears on the bench in an Intoxicated con
dition U uot fit to occupy a Judicial position.
The olllcial conduct of Judge Humphreys has
been a public scandal for several jears, and
It Is only vi itiilu the past few days that Hon.
A. G ltlddle, the attorney for the district,
publicly characterized him In bis annual re
isirt as a "drunken Judge."
A vi'itv M.-ni-i.t: itt:.nDr.
There Ls ejuite a "howl" in some parts of
the South, about "Federal interference"' be
cause officers of the I'nited States are ar
resting individuals for violating the Feder
al election laws, and molesting Federal
election officers in the discharge of their
duty. The Chicago Times notices the arrest
and conviction of a policeman in Ohio,
guilty of a like offence, and takes occasion
to notify persons, in the South as well as in
the Xorth, that a very simple and success
ful plan for avoiding trouble of this kind,
consists in obeying the law. The Timet
says :
A lieutenant of police has been found guil
ty. In the L'ulted States court at Cincinnati,
of violating the federal election laws by In
terfering with a supervisor In the discharge
of his duties. That is one instance of the
practical enforcement ot these laws in the
Xorth. Dispatches from Washington an
nounce that a special attorney has been ap
pointed In New Orleans to assist in the pros
ecution of offenders against the same laws
there. There can be no objection to this pro
ceeding. It ls every way desirable and nec
essary that the laws shall be executed In
Louisiana as they are in Ohio. When it Is
fully understood that this will be done 11 is
probable that there will be fewer viola Ions
of the law. And It will be useless to raise a
howl about federal Interference with local af
fairs at the .'south if the Interference goes no
farther than a vigorous prosecution and mer
ciless punishment of this class of offenses, if
there lsanybexlyat the south who dooi not
like this sent of thing he may easily relieve
himself of all personal anxiety about it by
the simple process of not vlo'atlng the law.
A tiOVCNXOM O.I THIAL.
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, is on
trial before a committee of the Legislature
of his State, on a charge of bribery. It has
been publicly charged against him that he
received a bribe of $7,000 the usual Kan
sas price for indorsing, in the name of the
State, certain bonds of the Xorth Eastern
Railway Company. The Governor prompt
ly asked the Legislature to appoint a com
mittee to " investigate " him. The commit
tee was accordingly appointed, and owing
to some "accident," very fortunate for the
Governor, the said committee was compos
ed exclusively of men known to be particu
larly friendly to His Excellency, and the
investigation, instead of being conducted
with the fullest and most public in
quiry as would seem to be proper
in the case such an inquiry as we might
suppose an innocent man would demand
the affair is being carried on with the ct.
most secrecy, the committee sits with closed
doors, a vigilant guard keeps curious and
piying reporters at a safe distance, and the
members of the inquisition express a deter
mination to let nothing he made public till
they are ready to report. As might natu
rally be supposed, an investigation conduct
ed in such a manner gives rise to a very
strong suspicion that the gentlemen com
posing the committee are determined to
"give the old man a chance" indeed, rath
er too good a chance, and the general sup
position is that the investigation is a farce,
and that the report will be merely a white
washing affair.
Oat, Dssnc Spatl
Mrs. Cobb, the alleged husband poisoner
of Xorwich, Ct, seems to be suffering- the
pangs of a remorse equal to that of Lady
Macbeth. A few nights ago the Xorwich
jailor was startled by frightened cries. The
cries were traced to Mrs. Cobb's cell. A
light was taken to the cell, and the occu-
gant said that a dead man was in her bed.
be was repeatedly told that such was not
the fact, bnt could not be convinced.
I-V THE s.J1E OI.lt U v.
Impecunious gentlemen who have se
cured seats in the coming Legislature, in
the hope of "making a little something"
out of the Senatorial contest will learn
with pleasure that ex -Senator Pomeroy will
not go back on his lite long record, but in
tends to conduct his canvass in "the same
old way," as will appear by the following
extract from an interview between the ex
Senator and a reporter of the GU-Demo-erati
Reporter, Will money be u-cd in this
contest ?
Mr.Poraerov. I cannot say what other can
didates will do, but mv wholecireeris in it
self an indignant denial that I would a
money corruptly, I have invariably frown
ed upon the practice of buying vote, and
shall not now go back on my life-long re
cord. XIIsAFBiiAXWAK.
Though England has put a large force
into the field, and is moving on Afghanis
tan with a strong army, it must not le sup.
poacd that she will be permitted to hve
her own way altogether. While the Ameer
is but little better than the chief of a tribe
of barbarians, and of himself would hardly
make a breakfast for John Bull, he has
strong backing, and he is evidently not go
ing to war without knowing what he is
about. In an article upon this subject, the
Chicago limes of Friday morning says :
It would be a senous misconception of the
situation If one should conclude, that the
only fee In front of th J British troops are the
Afghan forces. The armies which Ilritaln has
now to encounter stretch in echelon from the
Khyber pass to St. Petersburg. The Afghan
Ameer would never have dared, by himself,
to provoke the hostility or the iirltlsh lion,
llarbariau, theiugh be Is, he ls a ruler of
sense, a captain of n sagacity. Ho has be
hind him something more effective than his
own half-armed and half drilled forces There
ls ositlve Information to the etlcct that the
Afghan ruler hasolUelally Invoked thcald of
Gen. Von Kaufmann, the Itussian Governor
General of Turkestin, and that In resj:ise a
con-iderable Isxly of Kuislan troops, aud a
large supply of munitions have reached
hliere M1 from the north .
If this statement of the situation in Af
ghanistan is correct and such is the gen
eral opinion on the subject the campaign
which England has now formally inaugu
rated will not likely prove to be any child's
play, but may very probably develop into a
more important war than the one between
Russia and Turkey. Prussia has long had
her eye upon India, and she will not be
dipo-ed to let England strengthen herself
in that quarter, without rtruggle.
What Ibc lleiiiftcratB erd For ISM).
X..vv York Tribune, 1.J
That was a very judicious and carefully
guarded remark of the lion. Alexander If.
Stephens reorul in our Washing'on dis
patches yesterday, that "if the platform for
ISSO is "carefully drawn aud good men are
nominated," he could "see no reason why
the Democracy "cjnnot win." It brings
forcibly to mind the remark made by the
late Senator Wade, in reply to the state
ment concerning one of the stations on the
Pacific rued that it only needed a supply
of water and a lit'le good society to make
it a desirable residence. "Ye," said the
blunt old gentleman, "that's all that hell
needs." A carefully drawn platform and
good nominations would indeed make a
powerful combination. But couldn't Mr.
Stephens be a little more specific as to the
one, and a little more definite as to the
other. What is in Mr. Stephen's opinion a
"carefully-drawn "platform," and who
would lie the candidates to make a
strong ticket' In an interview of
the same date with the one in which this
remark occurred, he is reported to have
said in his large and somewhat oracular
way that "the foundation principles of true
Je-tfersonian Democracy, which are the ba
sis of all constitutional liberty, are law and
order, and the enforcement of the laws."
Thiseeenis sufficiently general as a ileclsr
ation of principles. Suppose they should
make a pla form of this simple enuncia
tion, would that be what he considers care
fully drawn? Why, all the "bulldozers"'
and "moonshiners" of the South, iion
whom the party relies for its majorities,
and all the striking rioters and communists
and ballot-box stuffera and repeaters, to
whom the party panders at the Xorth,
would rise up at once, as the colored con
gregation did when the minister preiched
from the text, "Thou shall not steal," and
say, "Liok here, this is getting personal."
It wouldn't do at all.
The ouly "carefullyilrawn" platform
which would give the Democratic pirty
any hojie of success and erhaps this is
what Mr. Stephens meant is one that not
only Ls very general in terms, but one that
means anything you please to make it. It
must be capable ct as many different con
structions as there are diverse views of the
questions at issue ; nili3t satisfy the hani
nionev men like Rayard. the soft-motiev
men like oornees and Uhio idea men
like Thurman; must pleae the law-and-order
men who desire stability and peace,
and catch the votes of the Socialists and
Communists who want social revolution ;
must win capital and conciliate labor:
must advocate economy in public expendi
tures to satisfy the States that are thrifty
and forehanded, and must favor subsides
and extensive public works to gain the
support of the States that want to be
"developed" at the pnblicco"t; must be
satisfactory at the same time to
Democrats who, like Mr. Tilden, are oje
posed to the payment of rtbel claims, and
Democrats like ihose whose opposition he
excited by making known his views on that
subject during the last campaign. The
"carefully-elrawn platform," in short, must
be a carefully-drawn straddle on every
question of current iolitics, and must be
pirticularly carefully drawn on the subj ct
of Fraud, so as to arraign the Republicans
before the country for what the Democrats
have charged and filled to prove; without
the remotest reference to the cipher con
spiracy of whieh the Democratic party
stands convicted.
It occurs to Ui that the St. Louis plat
form with but few and slight alterations,
might answer the purpose. And as for can
didates, they must be old and experitmed
straddlers. Why not, then, nominate the
old ticket?
Don't
Kill II Ira Ile'a .Tlaklng Vote
for Ingall.
lllolton ItecorderSl.J
The Manhattan Salumalitt, though op
posed to the re-election of Senator Ingalls,
severely criticises the course pursued by the
Public' Prett in publishing infamous and
slanderous communications fri m Washing
ton. The Sationaliu is of the opinion that
such a course is sure to make Irualls friends
rather than enemies. We have been of the
opinion for some time that the best thing
the iVe-M could do for its own credit would
be to kill its Washington correspondent.
Senator Ingalls.
IValley Falls Xew Era, ZU
In regard to the next Senatorship, the
Topeka correspondent of the Kansas City
Timet says that "it is conceded on all hands
that Ingalls has the lead just now, and the
opposition is so divided that it will le d !S
cult to make a solid front" Well, why
not? Mr. Ingalls is a man of acknowl
edged ability, and has made an excellent
Senator. With the experience he has had
he can do more for the State that any new
man, and we can see no good reason for a
change.
To Jolt (be rootUnao Out of Him.
Holton Recorder, 21.
It is stated thrt Chas. Miller, Ex-United
States Marshal, has a grudge against Sena
tor Ingalls, and that he has purchased the
Public Preu solely with a view of "getting
even." that he also got himself elected to
the Legislature for the same object. We do
not know what ground Mr. Miller has for
his resentment, neither do we care; nor do
we think anyone else fires enough to be
willing to sacrifice a single interest of the
Slate of Kansas to gratify Mr. Miller's or
any other man's personal spite. If there is
such a man and he has managed to get el
ected to the Legislature, his constituents
ought to find him out and ride him on a
rail until all such foolishness is jolted out
of him.
Co Abroao for Fawsr.
"The American Velvet Plant" delights
the horticulturists of England, Here it
ii know as the mullein.
'tut: uoviKvok r . rut: ri.y.
sivi: ni'i.E.
Times-Journal.
Wade Hampton sat upon the mule
When all but he had Hd
"I mean to coufjtier this 'ere mule
Or kill him !" Hampton said,
"Git up! Gerlang! ynutarnal brute!"
Wade Hampton fiercely cried.
And piunged tils spur an inch or two
Into tne creature's side.
lie would not move that mule stood firm
ile would not even bray
U- mer- ly flopped bis newmown tall
To keep the flies away.
Wade Hampton seized that flaunting toll
And twist-l It around.
And lifted that there mule's hind legs
T o feet lrom on" tte ground.
There came a kick like lightning Hash
Wu'le Ham plem where was he?
A ijuiverini;: lirote n.lusss he lay
I eneulli u distant tree!
The mulestemd sid and pensive nigh
And wer t big, salty tears.
And slowly flopt-eil Ills newmown tall
And worked his diopplngears.
Xow we may say the mule was kind
A d Hampton lsa brick.
But he noblest thing that pe!hed there
Was that grest and glorlou- kick !
AllUriU EXPEHIUCES,
Ills Unknown Iter ion of I lie far
?fireli and Their lutiabliania What
th tftinrnlisC of ilie lletwnle Ex
prdiiion Navi :icri ol tlio t:qnl
maux tlora auil I'aans of llafNu'a
J. and.
IMIlw.iukee Sentinel. I
Mr. Ludwig Kunjilen, natnreli-t on hoard
the rlorence, the little vessel which was
fent to the wet c-nst of Greenland as the
avant courier of the proposed Hong.ete ex
)edition, arrives! in Milwaukee on yester
day, and to-day leive-s tor his home in Jef
ferson county the place of his birth. Mr.
Kumilen was interviewed Iat evening, and
gave an interesting narrative of the cruife
of the "Floreme."
THE llOWllATE rxrKtiiTioN
was conceived some three years ago by
Capt. Howgate, of the United Mates Mi in I
Service. Its obj-ct was similar to that of
the various Arctic evjHrditions. An appro
priation to further the scheme was sought
from Congress, in the sum of $oO,(X)0, with
fair prosjiect of success. Anticipating this,
partly from his own pure and partly from
private assistance, Capt. Howgate filled out
a schooner whie h was to prcce-ed to Disko
Island, in D.vis' stiaits, and await tl e arri
val of himself which was execteel to occur
in July, 1S78 The approt riation fsiletl,
however, and the staunch little craft, hav
ing spent a wiuter amid the ice, returned.
THE "FLORENCE1
is a fore and ait rcheioner of filty-six tons
very small, it wijuld seem, for such a j-er
ilous service, but she ans ertd the purpxise
admirably. She was commanded bv Cant
G. E. I yson; Wm. Si-sou, first male: 1).
Burrows, second mats ; Ludwig Kumilen,
naluralirt ; Orray T. Sherman, meterorolog
ist anel pbotograpl er; al-o carrying a stew
ard, cook, and a crew ot seven 'men.
Capt. Tyson was an officer on the Polaris,
the mate was also an old cruiser em north
ern waters, and rnot of the crew had seen
service on wh'ilers. She left Xew Lonrion
on August 1, 1ST7, "ailing inside eif Xew
foiindland, passing through the straits of
I Jell Iile, and beading thence due north.
Their first landing was in the harbor Nian
tillic, lorty-one days out. Ti ere ihey en
eagnl the services of R-quiuiaiix, sailed
into Ceuiberland sound, and made prepara
tions for going into winterquarters. On Oc
tober 7, they were
FROZEN IN,
and the long and cheerless winter began.
An ol-ervatory and snow-house were trect
eel, and the term of their residence upon
Cumberland i'land was spent in taking ob
servations and gasheriug such facts con
cerning the natural hi-tory of the region as
were obtainable. Hourly eibervations
were taken, day and night, and much sci
entific information was gained, which will
prove valuable.
They were encamped in latitude G7.o0,
longitude GS. The little Ivquimaux settle
ment near them was called Aunanatook.
They remained there for the space of five
months, which cave ample time for becom
ing well acquainted with the iieculiarities
of the country. 1 he winter was not unusu
ally severe. 1 he characteristics of the re
gion were found to be about the same as
tlie west coast of Greenland, GCO miles to
the north, anil consequently
THE COLD WAS INTENSE.
While the winter in Wi'ron'in was a
mild one, in that extreme region the aver
age temperature from the last of February
till the 10th of March was 3j to 48, or
lhat number of degrees below zero by the
Fahrenheit tlermumeter. The lowest tciu
perature,iu February, wa3 o'2., occurring
at a lK-riisl when the mercurv here ranced
scarcely lx.low the freezing point. The
low e-t reliable indications in those regions
is presumed to be about GO.
THE C0C3.TKY
roundalsiut the imprisoned vessel present
ed a surface of barren rocks. Vegetation
in the winter was indiscernible. In the
summer a few lichens and other shrubs
grow rapidly aud thrive wonderfully for
two or three months. There areal-o found
many beautiful llower", hut they are small
and scentless. Fuel, there is literally none,
and no fruits save a few berries, which dis
appear as suddenly as they spring into ex
istence. The flora and fauna are meagre,
being nearly identical to these of Smith's
sound. Hut 42 species of birds are found,
while in Wl-consin we have Col. The
same or a greater paucity obtains as to tlie
fauna. Many specimens of these were se
cured. THE ESejUMAUX
and their habits formed an interesting study
fCr the naturalist He found them to le
an honest and well-meaning race, as social
ly inclined as their intelligence would per
mit, but entirely uncivilized They had
little or no knowledge of white men, hav
ing been visited by whaling vessels on only
two or three occasions. Their clothing u
constructed entirely of skint. Their sum
mer costume is made of sealskin, worn with
the hair outward. In the winter they wear
a garment of sealskin; hair inward, with
an other garment made of the hide of the
reindeer, the fur outward.
THE HOUSES
are made of snow, which is tramped hard,
frozen and cut in blocks, the Indian wig
wam. Windows are constructed of the in
side membrane of seal skins, which arc to
some degree transparent The inside of the
house is also lined with this membrane.
The entrance is a low, long passage way,
arched, of the same material as the walls,
and to pa's through which it is necessary
to go on the hands and knees. Light and
heat is furni-hed by means of lamps, in
which seal "blubber" is burned, day and
nieht. lhey give very little heat, the av
erage temperature within the huts being 32
or S3 degrees about 39 lower than that
which is the average in our house. Cook
ing i done by me.ins.of a stone pot. hung
over the lamp. The water does not boil, it
merely "simmers." Only a small portion
of the food, however, is cooked, three
luurihs of tLeir diet being
THE RAW FLESH
of seals. A favorite dish is fresh blood
mixed with the liquor in which the meat is
"simmered." They have no vegetables
whalevcr,living exclusively on animal diet.
The raw flesh and fal thus become a pre
ventive of scurvy. During the five months
thats that the Florence remained at Anna
natook, her officers and crew dieted about
the same as did the natives, and not a sin
gle case of sickness occurred. They had a
medicine chest, but no doctor and no use
for them. The only accident occurred to
Mr. Kunnien, who, while skinning a dog
which had died of a species of rabies pecu
liar to the country, poined his band with
the virus, and suffered severely fram its
effects. There was only one person froi-.a
and that one Dot seriously.
ncsTiso
is alike the occupation and the pastime of
the race. The principal object of chase is
the seal, of which they have several varie
ties. What is known as the fur seal does
not exist so far north. The hispid seal, or
tlorat of the whalers is the most common,
the large varieties, such as the hooded
seal, do not exist, though remains of them
are frequently foncd. The seal is the chief
dependence of the natives. It furnishes
them food, clothing, light and heat. In its
capture, therefore, lies most of the industry
of the Esquimaux. From the middle of
March till the 1st of May, they hunt the
young ones. In this they use the dors a
large, powerful breed, closely resembling
the wolf, onee very n'lineroii-, ltr dyicg
out from the disease mentioned. The dog's (
sagacity leads him to where, through a
crack in the ice, the mother seal has come
up and, in a snug little anew house, depos
ited her young one. The snow is cut away
and the infant of a week is captured, skin
ned and eaten. It is the greatest prize an
Esquimaux can secure. Their skin is soft
and white, and the flesh considered a great
delicacy. In the winter the old seals are
hunted on the ice. A "breathing hole" is
found, and the native, near at hand, watch
es till the animal comes up to breathe.
i when the animal is ha'poontd. On sunny
I days when they ar found on the surface,
ine s'Kiiaui nunier, lying uai on Ms lace,
imitating the motions of the seal, is enabled
to get close enough to strike him with his
laccr.
THE REINDEED,
is the only other animal of importance.
Bears are not found so far north as Cum
berland, nor any fur bearing quadruped
except a species or marten. There are a
few hares, wolves, and foxes, but theydo not
form an important part of the native econ
omy. The reindeers are found at some dis
tance from the coast, and exist in very
great numbers. A party leaves the settle
for an inland trip up some jord, and ad
vances until the flat country is reached,
where they make and encimpment and re
main from four to six weeks. They shoot
the game wish bows, made from the antler
of the deer, each weajion coutnicted of
three pieces. They are very elastic and
strong The cord is a sinew, and the ar
rows are wooel lipped horn and feathered.
A few have now got lire ar.n, but it will b
a disastrous day for them when suppled with
guns and ammunition, for the Esquimaux
is an incorrigible "i-ot-hunter." lie kills
recklessly everything possible, with no re
gard to his necessities, and would soon ex
terminate the game if he had the means
When the hunt is over they con
ceal the veni-on in a stone cache. They
return and convey it home with their dogs
ai'd sledges, their ccly means of transpor
tation. KENNEDY LAKE,
a lare lody of fresh water, in the centre of
the island, with an outlet to the sea lioth
east and west, was one of the many inter
esting places visited by Mr. Kumlien. He
found it to abound in salmon and trout,
and immense epiantities of aquatic fowls.
Il hs many sslands aid i reoiarkab'e for
fos-ils A pe uliar feature of it is the fact
lhat it contains many seal, precisely the
same in variety as tho-e mhabitiu the salt
water. Among the waterfowl, gtc-e are so
abundant that the natives, at certain sea
sons, can purrcund and drive them in lare
lhjck". The-c birds all migrate in the win
ter The par'y also visited other ortions
of the i-land, for the geography of which
the reader is referred to the intp, and in
some of these excursions found evidence of
the previous pre-ecce .of white men. At
one time they had pe-netrated to within a
short distance ol where, on the oppo-ite-side
of Fox I h-inn 1 Sir John Franklin is
suppce I to have died.
THsY LEFTCIMCIRLAXD
on tne iuiii oi July last, and lorged tlieir
way through thecrackel ice into Davis'
strait', and stood for the coast of Green
land, making the harbor of Godhaven,I)isko
1-laud, -jU miles on the :ilst. lhey lied
on board sixteen E-qtliiuaux, thirty dt
and a ouamitv of fur clotliinr. s'led -
bone, and evervthina needed for Ion and
perilous voyage, or for the establishment of
a colony. 1-or twentv two davs thev await
ed the arrival of Howgate, when, abandun-
lnir the hoiie, they set out on the return
voyage. The trip both ways vras very haz
ardous. Icebergs conlronted them every
where. The winds were uniavorable. and
so were often the tides, which are enormous
there. Immediately on leaving Di-ko Is
land thev encountered a heavv gale !rin
the southeast, lasting four days, aud obii
ing them to drift nearly across the wid.h eif
I-lavis straits, ihey were helpless to avoid
the iceliergSj but fortune prevented them
lrom drilling in the way of one. 1 lie sea
son was the worst, so far as quantity of ice
was concerned, that had been known since
the settlement of the Danes in Greenland
Finally, Cumberland was again reached,
the Ivquiinaux landed, given presents, and
on September 12, the Florence
SST SAIL FOR HOME.
They made SL Johns on the 20th, luviug
encountered heavy gales all the way.
From St. Johns they ran to l'rovincetown.
Mass., where they put in to repair leaks
and procure provisions, a bad leak having
been sprung oil Sable Island, which neces
sitated working the pumps lor four days
and nights. The rest of the voyage was
not eventful.
MR. KUMLIEN
is a young man, of fine physique, who has
gained most of his knowledge of uatural
history from ironal observation and mu
tual capacity. He brings with him many
interesting and valuable specimens, skins,
skeletons, minerals, etc., some of which
have alredy found their way into various
of the leading educational institutes, and
others which remain in his possession.
WbyTney llou't titiel Illin.
lDuir.iloExpres.
There are further inquiries for Vice-
President heeler. The fact is, this man
has the rare and blessed faculty of keeping
quiet when there is no uae in makinir a
fuss, and saying nothing when he has noth
ing to say.
Iteaultol a Nlill Hunt.
New York Stnr.
A "till hunt on Staten Island resulted in
the discovery that its words are full of illicit
whiskey. Whether the residents of the at
tenuated atom of land sympathize with the
woods is a subject for future investiga
tion. U urklusuirn.
Before you begin your heavy spring
work after a winter of rclaxtion, your sys
tem netds cleansing and strengthening to
prevent an attack of Ague, Billiousor
Spring Fever, or some other Spring sick
ness that will unfit you frr a season's work.
You will save time, much sickness and great
expense if you will ue one bottle o.f Hop
Bitters in your family this month. ' Don't
wait. See other column. eodw.
jtn Unknown (luaniltr.
The fall figures have come In from another
or Iho. Republican plurality Mates. All the
counties of New York, except two not i et re
turned, cast .V9,ioS votes for the Republican
ticket, K2.0W for the Iemoenetlc, nnu 7I.1U)
for the National. That ls, there was a major
ity of MOI against the Ilepubllcan ticket,
and Republicans think this majority can
asaln lie divided and beaten In liyj Ax Ijouia
JttjmbUcaru
When the so-called National party first
came into existence the Republican attempt
ed to prove that its strength would be ob
tained at the exene of the lZepublicana.
Xow that the elections are over our cotem
porary has rever-ed its engines, and takes
the ground lhat the Xationals were all
Democrats. It is just as easy to add the
Xalional vote to the Republican vote and
figure out a majority of 10G,G3G against
the Democrats as to add it to the Demo
cratic vote and figure out a majority of 33,
434 against the Republicans. The fact is,
that the Xational vote was an unknown
quantity in the last canvass, and it will be
the same in the next, if it shall survive
that long. Glht-Bcmcerat.
Half Harried and Claimed br An
other Mnltor.
Vlnclnnes, Ind., Dispatch.)
Johnson township, this couutv, was the
scene of a funny attempt at a wedding last
Wednesday, which has just been developed
thismorning. In that locality lives Melis
sa Underwood, the fair daughter of an hon
est and respectable farmer. Two young
men, one I, if. Donovan, a farmer and the
other William Ayers, a miller, were pay
ing court to the fair Melissa. She could
not decide which one to favor, having prom
ised each to marry him, but finally, being
wooed more ardently by Ayres she consent
ed to take him if it could "be kept secret
from Donovan. Ayres came to this city,
secured a license and the necessiry outfit,
and on Wednesday, in company with Wil
liam Selzer, a Justice of the Peace of this
place, proceeded to the underwood farm.
The bridal party were on the floor, and
the 'Sou ire had nearly finished the job,
when Donovan, to the surprise of every
one, rushed in and declared that the cere
mony sbo ' proceed no further. Donovan
grabbed the girl by the waist, and exclaim
ed, in piteous accents: " Oh, Milissa, den't
you consent, for you piomised me first."
Ayres had her around the neck, and yelled
in stentorian tones, "Go on, 'Squire, we are
half married now, finish up the job "
The Magistrate, under the circumstances,
refused to proceed, and Ayres. although
half married, is no better off than he was
before, and Donovan is disconsolate.
it-lli.
nr. Taliuax EzperltncnlnaToar
Tbroasb. ibe Citr-Cullelrrn of 311.
fortnnnte lbs Daily Paper Ibe
.TliKiitlesi Koalne ol TJoderu Times.
New York Herald, ls.l
Dr. T. Vi Witt Talmage continued yes
terday morciug, at the Brooklyn Taber
nacle, to preach his series of sermons on
the night side of city life. He intimate,!
that the series had lasted longer than he
had at first expected, but as his words were
causing such trepida ion iu the ranks cf
Satan's army he thought best to continue
the assault, liefore he gets through he
will preach on "ihe glorious daybreak of
Cnristian reform that i now mking Xew
York and Brooklyn the best places on earth
to live in." The usual uumber of hjmns
and prayers were indulged in, after which
Mr. Talmage advanced to the front of the
platform and announced his text from
Kevelation, xiL, 12 "The devil is come
down unto you, having great wrath, be
cause he knoweth that he hath but a short
time."
In come way, said Mr. Talmage, the
enemy of I1 food has found out the hour
of his dismissal from our world. It is a
healthful symptom thtt in our day Satan
is unusually active in our cities, it stems
that
he is windiuz ut business. That
si..... :.. :- r" .t
s.u ,u a p,,oiaal , nciicmw u
prove I to me every day. Ihefact is thsff
nearly all his establishments ere bankrupt
el. If a plain man stands in a church and
speaks a plain word again-t ihem lhey all
miner, a lew ignts ago, riding through
Broadway, I asked the driver to stop near
a street lamp that I misht examine mv
memorandums. It happened to Ik; ueir a
place of amusement, and a man rushed out
with anxious and alarmed manner, saying
to the driver, "ls lhat Talmage you have
inside there''' (Great laughter.) Men in
large commercial handwriting send me
letters, protesting, evidently disturbed lest
in some of their midnight carouaIs they
may meet some Chris'ian explorer. I
st rled with the idea of some four or five
sermons ou the night side of city life, hut I
find the powers of darkness s worried that
I plant anesr the batteiies for still further
assiult. This Satanic excitement is de
scribed iu ihe text.
NEW YORK BY O SLIGHT.
Xew York last Tuesday night, approach
ed from the Brooklyn side by South Ferry,
was a scene of picturesquenesa aud beauly.
There were enough stars sprinkled over the
heavens to mgge-i the street lamps of ill
city ohich hath no need of the sun. The
masts of shipping against the sky gave me
a Cosni p-jlitan feeling, as"l said "all the
world is here," and the spires of St. I'aui's
and Sl George's ai.il Trinity pointed tip
ard to the only complete source of he.p
for the dyin thousands of our metropolis.
ong rows of lamps
MvIKTED THE CITY WITH FIRE.
The ten thousand gaslights of the streeLs,
uuiied with tbo-e kindled in towers and the
top stories of establi-hments that keep great
Industries in perpetual motion, threw on
th- sky, from hoiiz-n to forizoo, the radi
.inc.- of a vast illumination. Entering Xew
York by South Ferry we were confronted
ilh the worst nuisance and the greatest
relief that Xew York hasexperiencedfor"ihe
last thirty years the elevated railroad, a
structure which, is .having much to do wiih
the moral prosjierity of the city, lluinaud
de th to the streets it funs through, it is
the means of moral salvation to the picked
and smothered tenement houses which are
killing their thousands every year. Was
there ever such an overmastering disfigure
ment and salification of cariientry and en
gineering productive of such blissful result?
The shape of Xew York had been the might
iest obstacle to good morals more than nine
miles long in many places, it is in some
places only a mile aud a half wide. 'Ihe
immense water frontage of more than
twenty miles Is grand for commerce, but
the small width makes crowded residence
fur the jiopulation unless rapid mote of
tran-it can whirl them to distant homes at
night and whirl them back again in the
morning. They must be near their work,
f hey don't like ferriage. They are afraid
of water. The looks of some of their hands
and faces show they are afraid of water.
(Laughter.) When I saw the lights of the
rushing rail train
TYING THK0URf.il THE AIR
I saw the first practical alleviation of the
tenement hotiie system. But let not such
an improvement tie made at the expense of
tho-e whose property is being destroyed un
eler the clatter and bang and wheezeof mid
air locomotion. Let cities, like individu
als, pay for the damages wrought, also for
the hor.-es frightened out of tlieir harness
and the carriaiwsuiished'a,;aiiist the curb
stones. Xew York and Brooklyn want
what London has underground railroad
commuication, without elanger and without
nuisance and "without hindrance, the eo
ple set down every morning and every night
just where they want to be.
REMINISCENCES OF JENNY LIND.
Coming on up in the solitariness of the
night we pas-eil on our left the Ca-t!e Gar
elen, a place comparatively squalid now.
But as we passed by the scene rushed to my
memory when all the places leading thereto
were blocked with splendid equipage of
Xew York and Brooklyn, and Castle Gar
den was filled to suffocation with people
who had paid SI 1 for a seat to hear Jenny
Lind sing. I suppo-e God could have af
forded many artists in our century just like
her, but He does not give more than one.
Having heard her sin,; one would have po
right to complain if he never heard any
more music till he heard the doxology of
the hundred and fortv and four thous
and.
While this 1 on the left, on the right we
px-Mtlieor.ce fadiionahle Bowling Green,
where, before our day the niijrhtiesl wealth
of the city flourished, the once gay drawing
rooms now occupied by steamship compa
nies, where passengers book themselves for
Glasgow or Liverpool, the elegant inhabi
tants of tho-e homes in olden time loDg ago
booked for longer voyage s.
WALL STREW AT NIGHT.
Up and on ! As the solitary clatter of
our horset's hoofs rang out on the night air
we passed Wall street, and looking down
two rows of lights revealed to m that not a
foot was stirring. But we could imagine
that there came up on the nizht air the
cachination of men on whose hands the
stocks had gone up and the sigh of the job
Ders on whose lianas the stocks had cone
down. Only half a mile long tha' street,
yet the avenue of fabulous accumulation
and ap ailing bankruptcy and wild swindle
and suicide and catastrophe and death.
The clock at the head of the street tolled
nine three for the bankrupted, three for
the swindled, three for the dead.
THE GREAT DAILY NEWSI-ATEHs.
Hastening on, lip a few block', what are
these majestic buildings all ablaze from
foundation to capstone? Th printing
houses of Xew York daily newspapers.
We get out, and go in and go up from edi
torial rooms to tyje setters' and proof
readers' loft. These are the forges where
the thunder bolts of public opinion are
forged, great torrents of opinions, of acci
dents, of crimes, of political wrath, of
ruined reputations and of avenged charac
ter. Who can tell the mightiness for good
or evil of a daily newspaper? Fingers of
steel picking oti the end of telegraphic
wire the tacts ol religion and philosophy
and art and information from the four
winds of heaven. The Associated I'ras
began in 1S55 to pay S200.000 for news.
some of the newspaper? paying ?.V),000
extra for special dispatches, and others,
independent of the Associated Vres.', with
their own wire rake gathering up the
SHEAVES OF XEWij FROM ALL THE WORLU.
It is high time that good men un
derstood that the presa is the might
iest engine of all the centuries. Bv
the high water mark on the type ca-e
you can tell tbe ebb or cow of the
great tides ol civilization and Chritianitr.
The combined circulation of X'ew York
daily newspapers in 1835 was only 10,000 a
day. Xow it is 000,000, and at the esti
mate that five people peruse each paper,
they have S.-OOO.OOO readers per day It
seems to me easy now. Get the telegraphic
operators and the
EDIIOEj CONVERTED,
and in twenty-four hours all na
tions will tee the salvation of
God. In midnight in Xew York
there is nothing more full of solemn
import .than the midnight printing press.
tsat witn what aching eyes and exhaustion
of health the work goes on. I noticed that
night that cot more than one out of ten
seemed to have brawny health. The mal
odors ot ink complete the ventillation. and
the necessity of toil at hours when God has
(iuili VI u
drwn the cunabss -.1 the s.mj (or uilur
al sleep, pressure of publishing every morn
ing and evenirg, whatever breaks down ;
the temptation to intoxicating stimulants
in order to keep up the nervous system
through hours of untimely occupation
temptations which enly the strongest can
resistmake the lives of newspaper men
something to be sympathized with. Don't
begrudge the three or five cents vou pav for
tne newsp-eper, lonn addition to theknoirl
eefge gained you are paying for sleepless
niguuanu smarting eyeballs and ungues
of brain and early sepulture.
THE MEN CF THE FUTURE.
AVith the buzz and click and roar and
bewilderjrg activity of the midnight news
piper offices in my mind, I started up town.
'Xov," I said, "let us strike out from
Broadway to the right and see what chance
there is for Xew York twentv tears from.
now. Beaching the spot we saw the sign
oyer the door, "Xewsboys' Loelging House."
-vow, ii tneres anything 1 Iifee its boys. I
don't mean tboe who, by the register of
htraes heated by furnace and the mauipu
lation of over-indulgent aunts, have had
their hair curled till lhey become girls
(laughter) but boys with the extra
romp and hilarity which God puts
into a lad that he may have
something of mirth left evtn after
THE WORLD II.s rOU,SJJED HIM.
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.V,Y.u- 1-" . .-.".' i .1 . Z
stilt three minutes at a time ; boys that calfi
wrestle, and run, and swim, and try kites,
anl defend sickly playmates from imposi
tion, and leap fences, and get hungry a half
hour after they have elined (laughter
and keep everything stirred up nil lively
-Matthew Arnolds boys. iiiere they
were iu the Xewsboys Ixieiging House.
They knew me and I knew them -that is.
we met each other with an instinct of friend
liness. The work of
EMIGRATION TO THE WF-ST
goes on pertietually. There is absolutely
no change f jr reformation in the dens of
Xew York What must be the sensation
when a lad from Water street wakes up on
an Iowa prairie with a hundred miles of
room on each side of him? We went down
stiirs saying. 'The sins of X'ew York are
not more wonderful than its charity. Ma
king our way into Xew Bowery we found
the Howard Ml ion, f emous on earth and
in heaven for what the best bankers and
men hams and Christian philanthropists
through it have done for the rescue of boys
and girls on the eelge of eternal calamity.
THE WAY OF. SIN
Turning homewaiil from my carriage
wiudow 1 saw a tragedy on tbe corner of
Broadway and Houston street. A youug
mail had halted as though in doubt as to
which way he had better go. Splendid
youn man ! Cultured young man ! Hon
ored voung man ' Why does he stand there
when so many are going up and down?
The fact is that every man has a good
angel and a b id angel near him, and these
two are this moment under the ttaslight on
Broadway trying lo get the supremacy of
fiis young man. "Come with me," says
the goeid angel, "I will lovingly escort you
all through life under
sXI'EKNATl'ItAL l'ROTF.CTION.
I will consecrate jour tears when you
weep, tne sweat of your brow when you
toil, aud deliver your grave into the hands
ol the bright angel of a Christian resurrec
tion. In answer to your father's petition
and your mother's prayer 1 am sent of the
Ixird from Heaven lo beyourgardian spir
it. (oiue with ine."
"X'o! no I" said the bad angel, "I have
something tetter to oiler. Tne wines I pour
are from chalices of
BEWITCHING CAROUSAL.
The dance I lead is over floors tessellated
with unrestrained indulgences. There is
no god to frown in the temples of sin where
I worship. The skies are Italian. The
paths I treid are through meadows, dasied
and primrosed. Come with me."
The young man halted so long at a time
when hesitation was ruin that tbe bad an
gel i-mote tne good angel till it departed.
In tbe sky a door flashed open aud for
ever THE WINGS VASIsIIED.
That was the young man'a turning oint in
life. The good angel llowu, the man no
longer hesitated, hut started downward on a
path bright at the opening, but blistered
and lurched at the end. The bad angel
leading ojieneel gate after gate, and at each
gate the road became rougher and the sky
more lurid. The peculiarity was that the
gates swung in to let the twain pass, but
clanged shut with a jar that indicated they
could never open to let them out. Escii
portal passed, there was a grinding of locks
and a shoving of bolts.
THE hCESERY ON EACH SIDE
of the road was fast changed from garden
to desert. The fountains that tossed at the
start with wines now poured forth bubbling
tears and foaming blood. And there was a
great serpent on the right side of the road.
And tlie mansked the bad angel, " What is
that serie.nt?" and the answer was, "That
is the serpent of stinging remorsu." There
was a lion on the left side of the road.
Anil the man aked " What is that lion?"
and the answer was " That is all devour
ing despair." And a vulture llew over
head. And the man asked " What Ls that
vulture'" And the answer was "That is the
vulture waiting for the carcases of the
slain." And the man began to pull off from
his body the fohli of something that had
wound him round and round. And he
asked "What is this that twists me in its
awful convolutions''" And theanswer was
"Till? IS THE WORM THAT NEVER HIES."
Then the man cried out to the bad angel,
"What does all this mean? I trusted
what you told me on earth that night at
the corner of Broadway and Houston street,
and why have you served me thus ?" Then
the Iat deception fell off tlie charmer and
it said, "I was sent forth from the pit to
destroy your soul. I watched my chance
for many a year. The night has hesitated
I g-iineel my triumph. You are here! Ha
ha ! L-t me fill high these two chalices of
"lire, while we together drink to darkness
and woe and death. Hail ' Hail "'
Young man, will the good angel in the
name of Christ or the bad angel in the
name of sin get the victory over yon?
Their wings are this moment interlocked in
combat for your spirit, as above the Ap
pe nines eagle and condor fight in mid iky.
Your destiny is being decided. Goel help
Toil ' To hesitate is to died !
A .Tllllon Hnkbela a Wrtk.
Kans.us City Journal. :.)
Few of our citizens who are not regular
attendants on 'change know the magnitude
of the business being done in grain in Kan
sas City, nor do they appreciate the rapid
growth of this branch of trade during the
past year. As an example of what is go
ing on, the secretary's books show the ag
gregate sales of grain on the call board for
the past six days to be 1,921 car? anil lOI,
000 bushels, equivalent to 1123,400 buhels,
or an average of 38-i cars per day. Where
is another two-year-old grain board that
report sales of a million bushels a week ?
A year ago ono-quarter of that amount
would have been considered an immense
business for twice that period.
W. K.HIdal.
Miami Republican, S2.1
When we penned our short notice of Mr.
Biddle last week, we did not know that he
was a candidate for Speaker of the next
House of Ittyresentatives of the Kansas
Legislature. But he is, and we are glad of
it, for we desire to see him fill that honor
able position, honorable to him and a posi
tion that Mr. Biddle would honor. W. IL
Biddle is a lawyer of Pleasanton, Lien
county, having a large and lucrative prac
tice. He has several times represented his
district in the Legislature, ile was pre
siding officer of the last State Bepublican
convention, a trying position, and dis
charged the onerous duty with great good
judgment and entire satisfaction to every
member of that convention. Mr. Biddle is
a young man of unexceptionable character,
a solid, unswerving Bepublican, of pleasant
address, most agreeable manners, and intel
lectual ability of the first order. As we
said last week, before we knew he was a
candid at", we repeat, that there is no man
in Kansas who would fill the office of
Speaker with more abilitv, dignity and im
partiality than W. IL Biddle, of Linn
county.
rr ataatar fraaa Illinois.
Philadelphia Times, 30.)
General Grant seems to be held in reserve
for everything. While the third term move
ment is bounding along at a break-neck
rate, Grant has been brought out as a can
didate for Senator from Illinois. Some
body in Washington has done this, but it
can hardly be hoped that the movement can
succeed without somebody in Illinois find
I ing it out.
KANSAS NEWS.
Four arrlage licences were issued in To
peka en Friday.
Thenksjlving festival are being adver
tised In the State papers.
The A. T. & &. F. depot in Topeka has
been presented with a nag.
The Capital Guards at Topeka have re
ceived their new uniforms.
Wire Fence lor a Railroad.
The 3iKonri River, Fort Scott & Cnlf rall
ro id company are-, according totheLnCvirae
Jjurnal.ln guard th-lr track with a fence
composed of iroti posts anel wire. It Is said
th it the entire re.d is to be fenced, the places
where stock it the moet troublesome to le at
tendedto first.
Satliin Schools.
S illna Democrat, iij
There are 530 scholar enrolled nt our public
schools about Su more than at this lime last
year.
Wanted.
Topeka Commonwealth, 23
Inquiry Is mmlefor John Illute, said to
htvecemie to lorek.1 lrom New Orleans,
some lime a;;o.
UauKtroni Iatinic.
Ft-Seolt Herald, 2I.J
An enterprising three-year-old or IleM'tor
Foster's led Into cistern last Thursday, but
waa Ashed out with the aid of a rope
xton't Know How to Work Them.
Oskalooca Independent, 23.
The oflicers failed, for oruo rewson.to make
ttwcublutlsIock er ihe new Jail cell
worksatlsiictedfTy, nnd havo had to send
t. St Ijoa's for a inieu to come up lend ex
plain.
Accidentally Miol.
Valley Falls few Kra, ii.
Unite a serious accident hapiiened last
Saturday evening to Mr. sum Julian, who
llvefs em the Cary place about three mile-e
north of town. Ho wtesoulhuuliu rabbits.
nlwn nlienf lllsbinelSOf I1I.KUU burst lU-
Jurini; the thumb of his left hand very se
v erely.
Corn Will le:llltreet in Time.
lUmi Ceiunly Clarion, S J
Fanners arc busy gathering their corn,
nud if thedry weather couttuues the crip
wlllbeharvesteslln good seison The rr
porlsshon a wide range of product according
tolocullt,bul,lheveru(;e will uej llltlo be.
low Hint or f"rnier Jeiirs. The craln la not
nulieso well iuturedHwasthut of thopist
to)ear-.but theiiuillty Is as good as the
av erage of any of tha corn grow In btate-s.
Iho rebylerlu snul.
Sitliua Democrat, ;;.
At tho meeting held last Tu.sday evenlni:
In th- l'nsbyierian church for the purpoe of
endeavoring to get the I're-sbyierlau Synod
lo locate their college ill this point, commit
ter o I threw wan discretionary powers, wan
appoiuled lociuvasa the county lorsiibscrip
tious for the colIei;e. The meeting adjourned
until lecember3. when theroramitiew hope
to beatdu lo report subscription sufficient lo
secure thu localiou.
ole lrom rauip Supply.
for. Dodge City Times, ss.j
The pav master ai rivet at this post ou the
lllli lnst.,ud pild th. troops on the 5th,
which hid thee-IIeciof making Ihe Uiyshup
py. Except th e lhat to lutu tlio"choUer,""
which weru but n lew unfortunate devils
The eillleers of the post Intend organlitnga
gnnd hunt inafewelivs. Nothing aiu.tlier
than Ihe huge) old bison wbl bo brought
down. This will bo a heaey huutluic par
ty
Lleuts. Vance and Cook relurmd Saturday
evening from a teu hours" Imut with nearly
one- hundred ipialls.
lleirtuts are expected hero In the eurly
part or Decern tier, lhey are lidly needed,
Hiiulte a number eif nun wfll be dl-ctmrued
tills I.ul Ulld vvlnlor. (.' I, lltl iVjlyi ex
pected lo arrive hero the L.lter part ol this
month. Tim boys am IiMoelug for them aiix
louolv hm duly has Ixeu hard siucu lhey Kit.
Meiigoouguerd with one and tuo nights lu
best. Tesjiiard.
Capt Hemphill is still at the post, and will
probably remain liem until the return of hu
compan ills friends will Is, pleusd to
learn tnat he Is recove.rlus lrom his Injuries
and Is, able to 1 around.
Company F, ot iho Ith Cavalry arrived
heie ou Sunday last from theircumiuigti
alter the I Lilians Thlse-ompuny is station
ed at Fort Klllolt, for which (sjint they sluit
esl Monday uiornlug. llotii tha men unit
horses look couslderablo worse for weur
since lhey passed this IKt some wexks agin.
An Important Mimical Operation.
Topeka Commonwealth, 23.1
Wo were shown yesterday by Dr. D. C
Jones, who performed llie operation known
as re Section of Ihe shoulder joint,! ho piece? of
iHineaud theeudof Ihe uriu, removed Horn
tne i-erson of Mr. Ave-ry llie man who was
shot by Jamw Carroll, Wednesday uljilit.
Tne charge was received lu the shoulder and
along the race, Iho kuh being leaded with
shot and a slug, such a-s are used lu muskets.
Tile situ shattered the bono Into atoms in
one part, aud split It lower down. It was
necessary to remove four Inches of tlie bone,
and unhinge the Joint and remove one part
of It. Dr.Jonea irerformed tho operation,
and was assisted by Dr. Aood, of VAakarusa,
and Dr. Wherry, of liullngaiuj.
An r.nierprUluK stranger.
.illu.' Democrat, Ti.
We learn from Charles McCabe, livlns
north of the Mullierry, that ou Monday nlghl
last. a voung man rei resenting himself as
coming lrom Louisville-, Ky., and ctvinghta
nanwu Charle-HMoeire.dlvippeaieellrumthe
premises ufter emptylug the contents of Mr.
Sterne's trunk. A ueighber'a horse was ta
ken ai-o semetlmo during the night and
;iien found the next mornliii: showed siens
ol hu log oeeu ridden very hard, ills fcup-
IMIsesl llial IUU liorse wntuilljr u-un-sn uio--
l-ortalion lor tho Iussmko appropriated lrom
the truuk to some safo place of dejlt Mr.
McCiebecametotowii and telegraphed e-ast
aud west for his urresttshould helm found on
either ol thu mornlUK trains. CltUens cannot
keep too strict a w utcu upon strangers coining
Into th country who are without mouey and
no perceptible business.
Freaks olan liinane Woman.
Lawreucu btaudard, i
Mrs. Jane 1-orsj the, lormerly Mrs. Hick
man, dauithterol Mrs. Ul.iulon,h:is-for soma
lima been giving her folk, wlm live on lha
Wukurusa, a good deal of trouble, ller ac
tions ludicato lhat her mind lit utlected Willi
insanity. Th other day when at her moth
ers alio was taken with a spell of frenzy ami
burned Uva blankets, six comforts aud ml
the pillows ii the house but one. hoe.ii after
sho burned four new dressi-s, tore to plece-t a
iiewslmwlof her mothers, and loreoiwii tho
feather bed andtrewed the feather oyer tho
tloor. she then broke out everi pane ol gUsa
In Ihe house, and Ilnlshid the e-rformaiica
by setllni; the house-on lire. During several
days sue carried knllo coucealejl on her
lTsoii,and when It waayllseovered sha il
rlaridilherlnlentlcn to cut her molhei .
throat. , ....
Mrs. 1-on.ytlie has been brought to town,
and w lit ba cared for here.
Supposed to Have liecll Killed lr In
diana. Dodgo City Times, 21.1
S. I!. Williams and C. K. Moore, w hu hava
sheep ranches south, exiled al our oltie-a
Thuisday, and reported ImvlnK found tho
dead body of a mau on Ihe big bend ol Crook
ed e;reek;seiveu miles east of Oau's. Tho body
Is described as follows: Height, 5fUt 'J It
ches : light curly hair tinged with grey ; thin
sandy whLsken;alsiut V jearHold;on lootli
in upper part of moutii broken; had on
brown lotion coat, cotton, klilrl, led Moga
aheajs, common red overalls, biaek hat, nar
row bmii. Hupijse.d to have lieeu killed b
Ii.dlans. Two holesln hfs shirt Indicated
lhat shot passed throaith from side to side.
A bullet was found H yards from tlie body.
'I he body laid Hat face down. There was
noiMug to identify il. Soma plecen of Ford
county maps and some wheat chalt were
louudln vest pocket.
Mr. Williams wrapped the lxlr, which
WL.S nothing more than skin and bones, lu
some blankets, and burled it w here It lay.
Ho m.uki-d a head board . -Unkuowa kill
ed by tlie Indians "
Could tho pialnSElvenp their dead, what
tiles would bet told! How many have died
with their "boots on" "unwept," uahonor
ed, unsuni."
Tier Xortuern Cbeyennr.
Ialge City Times, 13.J
A b-ind of 1W Northern Cheyenne Indians,
cousl-liiig of -W men, and tha others women
and chiluren, passed one-half mile north of
Dode City Tuesday morning last, and camp
ed at Fort bodge. They were under escort ol
four compauit of tho Fourth Cavalry, in
command of Major Mauck. ITIieso Indians
are being transferred totha Southern Chey
enne Aueney at Fort llno, 1 T., and left lor
lhat point 'lhursday. Owing to Ihelr if.r
equipment their march ls slow nud tedious,
awl it w 111 take about seventeen da) a to make
the trip to the niteney. I Jttle Chief ls at the
head ol this banu. The names ot the other
warriors bear the purely ludlun title of Iron
"lurt, Hidge Hear, Crazy Mule und lilack
Wolf.
lien Clarke called at oar office Tuesday ev
ening, and from hlrn we learu the lollowlng
Interesting particulars concerning this baud
of Cheyeuuei. Thesa Indians were neverlri
the Indian Territory. At the time of the hlt
lln ' Hull orCusUrr massacre, they uncondi
tionally surrendered to Ue.ii. Miles, at tha
mouth of 'longua river. 'I hey are a part of
a band that also unconditionally surrendered
lo Cen. Miles, in March, ISTf.ailort Kiogn
ben. Miles took, their arma and horses, and
disposes! of the lattei for the sum of 5--,aw.
wbicn nm ha retain, to lia ned for the ben
elll of these Indians, upon their arrival lu
the Territory, In the purcba of cattle and
ftrmlnz lmpleiements, or whaleverlha In
diana chixise. The ba.1 have soma horse
andnncs captured by '-tpem while -twam.l
a-s scouts under bra. Mliec, against the Ntz
1'erce Inihans. Tiny retain twenty guns
and a number of pistols, which they hold by
authority of the government, e.en. Miles
inves thesolndlans great credit fer tho excel
lent service perfe rmed tythcmwnCo under
his command He Bays he never could have
accomplished what he did against the 'er
I'erce-, except forthe service of this portion
of tbe Northern Cheyenne. ...
The line of inarch of thla band has been
from Tongue river to the Yellow htone,
thenc- to tear Uuttea, Camp Itoblnson, Sid
ney. Fort Wallace, and rurt Dodge. Tbe
inarch has been marked by no violence or
depredation They killed anulope to prei
v lie themselves with meat. On Monday last
lhey earn ped at Point of Itocks, 7 mile west
of this city ; and Tuesday look up the march
forthe fort, passing on the northern boun
dary of llie, town lmilU. Thamarch through
town avoided for prndtntial reason. Tlie
straggling caravan as It pa.-ued the ridges and
breaks ouocr north. In plain view and wit
nessed by a large number of cltlwns.alf.itded
a plltsble spect icle. They were being led cat
live through tho wilderness, sure enough.
A large number of citizens visited toeru
while :n camp west, and during their tem
porary camp at the r ort.
This band has had no connection with
Dull Knife since the winter of 1578. The List
fight they had with Government troops was
in that winter, on Powder river, Wyoming.
When the outbreak of Dull Knife's band
occurred last September, Little Chiefs band
were being held at "ldney, Neb., and were
In charge of Ben Clarke, with a Sergeant and
ten men. Their transfer was deferred under
advice of Clarke.
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