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TELE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TTTURSBAY , DECEMBER 24. 1885.
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lilt EEE PDBUSHIHClilPAHI , PBOPRIEIBflS ,
I ! . UOStiWATHIl. KDlTOit.
Tins isnotorthodoxUhrislmns wciitlicr ,
but it will do.
DAKOTA is bound to got a hearing If
.she doesn't ( jet anything else.
( JliKAi'KU routs nnd cheaper food for
wnrkinfrtncn nn : what Omaha must have
before him can become n grunt nwnufac-
turitig city.
t'lKunvTnoMAH died in New York the
ollu-r day. Imt his great invention ,
"Tin man nnd Jeremiah , " will forever be
: i monument lo his memory.
MK. Ki'Amta to suggested a.s a valuable
man for n foreign mission. Kvery land-
grabber in the country will rise to second
end tlio nomination.
Ir the wlilto house .stationery doosn't
give out Present Cleveland will have a
few more hundred nominations for the
oonsideratiou of the senate about the
lime that congress reconvenes.
Mi : . MOIMIISON , of Illinois , is hailed as
the leader of ] ho demoeratic house by his
onlhnsiafilic followers. When Sam Han-
dall starts in to dispute the eolnnol'.s su
premacy ihe fur will lly in swnds tn the
neighborhood of the capitol.
I'AVINO , viaducts , boulevards and
publichulldings term ( lie programme
which Omaha has laid out for herself for
tlio coming year. It is an attractive one
nnd possesses the certain advantage of
being a paying one in the bargain.
ItHATictPR and Fremont want federal
huilding.s. Nebraska , is filling up with
beautiful and prosperous inland cities
whose just claims for such accommoda
tions , if granted , would save the govern
ment a good many thousand dolturs for
runt in tlio years to come.
ADAM DADKAU is writing in the New
York pre.s.s on " .Precedence in English
Aristocracy. " fJeiieral Robert Sehenck is
the best authority extant on that subject.
The general taught the. budding scions of
Iho lirilibh peerage the precedence of a
loyal Ilitih over four aces anil enforced
bis le& ou so that it will never bo for
gotten. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
AT the risk of being called a. Mormon
sympathizer by the Salt Lake Tribune ;
the Jiu ) : suggests that the manifesto of
the ministers inAmi warning the public
iigaiusl the wicked stories which thoMor-
,1110113 are about to setj afloat about them
is , to say the least , premature. How
ever , "wicked stories" about ministers
: ire by no moans scarce in Gentile stales
just about the present time.
TIIK Now York and Council Hind's rail
way is not dead by any moans. Its voice
hits made itself heard in the hulls of con-
gro.-ss , through Kepresenlulive Lyman , of
Iowa , who has introduced bills author-
i/ing the company to bridge the Illinois ,
Mississippi , Dos Molnes and Missouri
rivers. We take it that the bridging of
the Missouri by this company mean ? that
it proposes to invade Nebraska by the
way of Omaha. This is the road that
Omaha oiighl to swear by. It may bo : i
long timr in coming , but it will probably
inateriali/e as soon as some cf the many
other railroads that are being built on
paper anil operated by wind in this part
of the wild west.
DnMOCHATio senators object very
much to the publication of presidential
nominations in the I'onyrcssittnal Jlecord ,
and they voted bolidly against it. They
arc afraid that the compilations that can
bo made from the Jlecord will show too
many violations of the civil service law ,
and thus furnish campaign ammunition.
The publication of twenty-live pages of
nominations has startled them. It ought
to convince thorn of one thing at least ,
and that is that the president is doing
quite well. It also goes to show that the
good old dumooralic doctrine , "to the
victors belong the spoils , " is asserting
it&olf in u very forcible manner.
Toi'KKA is evidently not a good place
for laborers. According to a partial can
vass of the oity by the Knights of Labor ,
nut of l.tW'J laborers and skilled workmen
interviewed. U'Jl were reported to bo en
tirely idle ; J."J3 had worked only a part
of the time ; DSd worts fully employed.
Of ! ! ? ' laborers 18) have steady employ
ment ; 77 have work part of tan time ,
and 119 arc idle. Of the other trades ,
generally requiring skilled labor , there
are " 'M ' fully employed , 15U who have
work part of the timn , and 103 who are
entirely idle. Sotno of the enumerators
have not yet reported. It is probable
Unit there arc JJ.iiOO laborers in the city ,
mid that from : tKJ ( to JOO men are idle ,
Dii , I'A.STIUI , of Paris , is overwhelmed
with hydrophobia patients. lie lias cured
four American children from Newark ,
*
N , ! , , and intimates ( hat If the American
people wish to give 1dm a testimonial ,
tlic-y can do so by raising money with
\yhic-li lo build a hospital in Paris for the
accommodation of hydrophobia patients ,
Hut why should there bo so much hydro
phobia is a question which is being
asked by a great many persons. If there
\voro \ no dogs there would bu an end to
that horrible dUeasoVo would suggest
( hut every dog in tlio world bo killed ,
and that the slaughter ba begun at once
find kept up until the canine race is anni
hilated , All thi ) dogs in' thu world are
not worth one human life , yet we sup
pose the owner of somu worthless mon
grel cur would object to this proceeding ,
mil would light almost unto death rather
Uian have his dog killed.Vo would like
o know what ninety nine dogs nut of a
ktiiidrcd ave good for anyway *
Their Secrets.
A heavy howl is going up from Ihc land
grant road's ngalnst the enforcement "t
th < - rule * laid down by Hailrond ( 'onini'is-
sinner John. lon for special and annual
reports of the condition and ndmlnislra-
t'on of Ihr railroad" . Complaint is m.ido
that compliance with these stringent rules
wcmld evpo n the business secrets of Iho
Biitaldl/.pil rends to their competitors and
work great injury to the stockholders.
This is refreshing. For the first timn in
the history of tlieii' gigantie corporations
the stockholder fccoins lo have received
consideration at the hands of thn Mock-
jobbers. Up to the lime when General
Johnston's rules wore published , tlio
principal business of the management at
each annual meeting was to proscnl , for
the benefit of investors , reports so care
fully doctored as to conceal the "business
secrets" of thu men who worked the
wires on Wall street for their own
private benefit. For nearly twenly
years Iho public no les.s than
tlio government 1ms found it
impossible loBccttro any reliable informa
tion regarding the operation , revenues
and management of these subsidy caters.
For the same length of lime , secret
manipulation , slock watering , false
balances and lying statements have been
freely used to swell the futures of the
men who have abused a corporate trust
to advance personal ends. The Ames ,
Iho Goulds , the Dillons and Stanford.- )
have piled up their ill-gotten fortunes by
thu exclusive use of "business secrets. "
No wonder they protest against a pub
licity which would forever render It
impossible for Ihem or their successors
lo repeat the performances of the past
two dtcades. Mr. Gould's neat deal in
Kansas Pacific when that road was
absorbed by the Union Pacific and
$1U,000,000 were cleared by the great
operator was a "business secret" which
would have boon very disastrous for the
possessor's pocket book if It had been
divulged in' time to prevent the consum
mation of the nefarious transaction. The
publication of Ihe ilemi/.ed "legal ex
penses" and "expense account" about the
time of thu adjournment of congress and
thu various legislatures would also expose
" " which would
several "business secrets ,
work great injury to the corrnpliouisls.
A report , as required , of tlio freight re
bates given to railroad favorites and po
litical cappers , would certainly bu an ex
posure of another "business secret , " but
the damage done would bo less to the
stockholders than ( o the managements.
Mr. Charles Francis Adams , the presi
dent of the Union Pacific railroad , not
long ago urged as the first step toward a
solution of Iho railroad problem , Iho
widest publicity of the details of railroad
management. Commissioner Johnston
has taken him at Ids word. The rules
which lie proposes to enforce , if given to
the public , will f eeuro under oath thu
fullest exposure of every projected move
in railroad management. Under their
operation such disgraceful swindles as
have filled the records of the land grant
roads in tlio past would bo impossible.
The fact that every render of tli6 reports
would Imvo the same knowledge-
that possessed by the managers
would prevent "ground floor" in
vestment and inside ring profits.
And this is the reason why the railroad
stock jobbers have prevailed upon Secre
tary hamar to prohibit the general publi
cation of the reports sent in. Yielding to
the solicitation of the ringslers Iho secre
tary of the interior has issued orders Hint
Iho replies of Hie subsidized roads to the
( pie-lions of tlio railroad commissioners
shall be Ihc private property of the presi
dent , secretary of the interior , railroad
commissioner and the clerks who will
necessarily have to handle the manu
scripts and collate the figures. Mr.
Lamar's decision is ill advised and lends
to defeat the object of the rules. The people
ple of the United states through congress
have furnished tliree-qunrtor.s of all the
capital stock of the land grant roads.
They are entitled to know how their loan
has been handled and why Iho corpora
tions cannot repay it at the lime agreed.
Hundreds of thousands of our
people are suffering from the
extortions and discriminations prac
tice. . ' upon them by Iho managers of
Ihe nation's bounty. There is every rea
son why they should be kept informed of
the methods which have bankrupted the
the roads and forced the levying of thesn
outrageous tributes. "Uusincss secrets"
such as these need exposure. Their ven
tilation will bo at oneo advantageous to
swindling stockholders and the non-in
vesting public. In refusing to secure
this publicity , Mr. hamar is only playing
into the hands of the stock jobbers whose
Villainous management of the land grant
roads has brought thorn to their present
condition.
The Oiualm & Northern.
The Omaha & Northern railroad , as
originally projected , was designed
as a paper railroad to head oft'
John A. Jlorbach's sohofno for a direct
Onmhn road into the Elkhorn valley.
The incorporators were Union Pacific of
ficers acting in the interests of that com
pany. At the time this road was organ
ized , Jay Gould had full control of Iho
Union Pacific. The immediate efi'ect of
the project was to block llorbach's efforts
for procuring a subsidy from the upper
counties and with that the Oma
ha & Northern went into winter
quarters. Its revival at this time has
been engineered with a good deal of cau
tion , The Union Pacific had passed into
now hands at least for the time being ,
and Mr. Gould's Italian hand had to bo
worked through the licit line which was
detached from the Union Pacific for tlio
benefit of thu Missouri Pacific. Taking
advantage of Iho general demand for a
direct road from Omaha up the Klkliorn
valley , a feeler was thrown out by agita
tion in favor of a home road that
could compote with the Chicago
& Northwestern and which would
not sell out. This project was
hailed with satisfaction by all classes ,
The only point which seemed to crcaro
suspicion as to the design of the leaders
wn > the mystery in which the homo cap
italists shrouded their identity and tlio
persistence with which the Omaha Ikr-
aid kept dinging the value of the Omaha
& Northern as the proper source of relief
from discriminations against Omaha up
the Klkhorn valley. Finally the home
capitalists , through the Jferatd , gently
broached tlio subject of their solici
tation. They proposed to bond Doug
las county for $150,000 , and' have
Jo libra on square dedicated for depot pur-
po.-es to thu Omaha & Northern. In re
turn for this biibsidy thu company would
guarantee the building of a road one
hundred miles out of Omaha The pre
vailing impression that Ibis was simply
an extension of Ihe Missouri Pacific north
ward had a dampening efTeetiipon Omaha
capitalists who were appealed to for
menus. At any rate , Mr. MeShnne's
sehemo for a purely Oimhn railroad has
failed to materialize so far. This is
the true history of the Omaha
& Northern scheme up to date.
What il will develop in the near future
must be judged from thu utterances of
the IfcraM. Dr. Miller has returned from
New York where ho lias been in confer
ence with Jny Gould. lie is doubtless in
position to speak by the card with regard
to Gould's designs , which as usual , nro
purely benevolent. Omaha , us we have
said once or twice before , wants a rail
road up thn Mlkhorn valley with inci
dental branches through the tier of
northeastern counties south ot the Dakota
lino. AVe do not care who builds the
road , specially if the owners build it with
their own money. Such a road , when
built , will receive very liberal pntrongo
at the hands of Oainhn. Hut when it
comes to the question of giving away
Jefferson square and voting a big mort
gage upon the county that Is another
matter. It will boar a good deal of can
vassing. If the Missouri Pnclfio simply
wishes to extend its main line to Ihu
north a few miles back of Omaha , it will
hardly bo prudent to accept it as the
much needed .substitute for a direct rail
road up the Klkhorn valley.
Iloluitinon'ft Uime.
Hope will illume the dull prison life of
Qiiin Itoliaiiuon when he receives Ihe news
that Justice Miller of the United States su
preme court 1ms granted a writ of error In
the celebrated case. It Is safe to say a Inrfiu
majority of the Nebraska public will share
IJoliniinou's hope Hint this stay of procccd-
Inp ) , routing as It docs only a few days be
fore the date sot for bis legal assassination ,
may mean n final postponement of thai ter
rible event. llcmltl.
Quin Bolmnium has good reason lo
congratulate himself upon tlio extension
of his life lease by the supreme court of
the United Stales , but wo see no reason
for public rejoicing over the event. l > o-
liannon is a noted desperado who mur
dered a man in a quarrel of his own seek
ing. Ho lias had three trials at the pub-
lie expense and has been adjudged guilty
of murder in Iho first degree. The court in
carrying out the mandate of the law sen
tenced him to bo hanged. This judicial
execution is the penalty which the slate
imposes as a protection for bociety. To
call it legal assassination is making a
martyr out of a murderer. Humanity
receives no benefit from such maudlin
scntimcntalism. Capital punishment
may bo brutal , but it is the only safe
guard against assassination. If impris
onment for life would servo the same
purpose it would perhaps be preferable.
lul ! under our system of reprieves anil
pardons the average murderer who is
sentenced for life is given an opportunity
to commit several other murders before
he gets to the end of his rope. The pas
sion for killing is in most eases an inher
ent vice. We shoot down mad dogs not
so much lo punish vicious animals as lo
prevent the terrible COIISP ju 'iices of
hydrophobia. Wo hang murderers not
only to punish crime already committed ,
but to prevent its recurrence. In the case
of Quiiin Bohannon the courts have
afforded ample opportunity for defense ,
and if the final sentence of the court is
carried out there will be no injustice done
either to the murderer or to society.
TUB senate is likely lo spend a largo
portion of its lime for some mouths to
come in executive session. No such fiood
of nominations as now demands its alien-
lion has ever before overwhelmed Iho
confirming body. The removals and dis
placements during tlio eight months
which intervened between the close ot
the last session and thu beginning of Iho
present is wholly without precedent.
Kven the great originator of tlio spoils
system would stand aghasl at its proper
tions. The duty of the stfhate to weigh
every case presented is imperative.
Against the large proportion of nominees
few objections will probably bo urged ,
but hundreds will bo bitterly opposed
within their own party lines. Advices
from Washington nolo that in many
stales the democratic senators will op
pose a largo part of the entire list of new
appointees , while republican objectors
will assist in forcing the
executive to make new nominations in
the place of the jailbirds , and disreputable
characters whose names have found their
way to the blue books of the government.
This is to bo expected. No republican
president has over succeeded in securing
senatorial confirmation for all his ap
pointments. Mr. Hayes experienced
very forcibly the power of the sedate in
this direction. So did Mr. Arthur. En
tirely aside from any partisanship Mr.
Cleveland will discover that appointing
to office is ono thing and securing con
firmation of the appointment is quite a
different , mutler.
Tiu : width of the .streets in Omaha , the
shortness of the blocks and the frequent
interseclions of twenty-foot alley.s
make it uniqiiu among American cities.
It stands alone ns a city which has moru
of ita area devoted to streets and alloys
than to lot surface. There are advant
ages and disadvantages in this condition
of affairs. One disadvantage is lliat the
width of the streets and the frequent
breaks in the lot lines require bettor ar
chitecture than if the streets wore nar
rower , to produce the same effect of solid
construction and satisfactory perspective ,
At the same time the recur
rence of a corner every 201 feet
affords opportunity for the erection of
handsomu structures to break thu mono
tony of the line of brick rows , which de
tract from thu character of the streets
as ordinarily laid out in other towns.
Omaha in her business portion can bo
made one of the most beautiful of inland
cities , lint to do this she must call to her
assistance thu best of architectural talent.
In addition , the owners of valuable
corners must be willing to invest in tall
and handsome structures , with features
moru distinguishing than red brick fronts
ami gnlvani/.cd cornices.
iMruisoKMENT for debt still prevails in
New York , and a debtor oneo imprisoned
stands a possible show of remaining infer
for life , if his creditors pay his board ,
Imprisonment for debt , however , can
only bu imposed in cases where fraud is
charged. A man namud Ross , who failed
for | 00,000 , was imprisoned In this way ,
six years ago , mid being unable to sccuro
any financial assistance , ho remained in
prison until the other day , when Erastus
Wim.iu , a wealthy iii.irt , to whom ho ap
pealed for aid , sconced his lease by com
promising the debt for him , Mr. Wiman
al.-o secured employment for the unfor
tunate man. The law tinder which lloss
has ben tmpr' < oi < vl is a disgrace I > Xi-w
York slate , and should be wiped from its
statute books.
Gnonni : W. Pin : : 5s nid to have rerxli/.ed
$100.000 from bis "H.-td P.ov. " It is not
often that n bad boy turns out so well.
SoMn-of the stale papers nro amusing
themselves in fixing up gubernatorial
slates for 1880. This is altogether too
early in the season for slate-making.
l'OIXrn-Jl > PAU.vCltALMIS.
Cincinnati has a paper called The Karth.
Jny ( Jould w.xnts It.
Never let nn opportunity lly in at the door
and out ot tlic window. Stop II on tlio lly.
"I'll make n icnwl point of this , " ns the ed
itor said when lie sharpeneil Ills pencil.
( leorgoV. . 1'eok lias cleared 8100,030 on his
" 15ul : Hoy" book. Ho was n cavalry ollli-cr in
the union nrmy and is now about -13 years old.
While n Now Uftmawick editor wns out ol
town recently ho was lumped In ellli'y. This
wns much bolter than being hanged In New
Brunswick.
A Chicago merchant Is golmy tn have his
nnia stiniK"l : | on . " > ) , ro 1 0 > < ) tuo lhptcl ; . < : . Ho
bcunmiultu desirous ot h.ivlng his name in
everybody's nimitli.
An Atlanta man Is dying from the bile of
a mule. When n niiilo becomes dangerous al
both ends It is time to propound Iho political
conundrum , "Whither. mi we drifting'.1' '
"This Is enough to lakes one's breath
away , " said the tioiure-tsnt.in , as he chewed
a clove just alter swallowing a cup of "cold
tea. "
Coii iieollenl's elder brandy emp is uuu-mal-
ly Innje this vear and nbeaily lopnrts fiom
the luck towns of that stale announce the ap
pearance ol wild cats of enormous sl/.c In the
woods.
A California man h.is n defect In bis eyes
which causes liini to sue every object multi
plied nineteen times. Imagine the possibili
ties ot those optics uiuliir the Influence oC
the .lerscy lluld.
A bronze statue of ] 5\rolnis \ , the pod of
wine , was recently unearthed in tlio Tiber
river , near Koine. There was some ilinieally
nt lirsl in deciding whether It was a real
bronze statue or n bouk-ngoiil from L'liicngo.
The latest researches in science reveal the
startling fact that a Keutnekinu's nose will
exactly lit the bung hole of n barrel. Itnt
plain facts reveal the more flignhlcant fact
that his mouth is Hie feature mo-it likely to
do it.
CHUISTMAS STOHIKS.
IMOM Kxrimi.voK.
"Christmas Is the happiest season of tlio
year , " said Iho pretty Sunday school teacher
to Johnny , and Johnny stood on one foot
and put Ids linger in his month and
answered : "Yes'in. " "And do you know
why Christmas is tlie happiest season of the
yearV" she continued , when she turned up
the hymn , " \Vlion \ Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks , " and smiled sweetly upon him.
"Ye.Vm. 1 guess it's because there ainl any
base hall , and no lyiys gets hurt.1 The
teacher closed her bonk and sighed ,
rnmsTM.vs i.v IIDK.V.
"Merry Christmas ! " That's \ \ hat Adam said
to Mrs. Adam when tliuy nwoko the lirst
Chrhtinus morning nl'u-rlliuy were married.
And tuiiii slio saiii , "Adam , 1 wish you'd
tale your sun and go out and kill a turkey
for dinner. " Adam went out after break
fast and brought home a jine old gobbler , and
from that day to this It has l ! un the custom
to have turkey for dinner on Christmas day.
UHii'tu. : TO TUKICKV CAUVKII * .
Among the "useful Christmas presents"
advertised by n Chlguoo dealer are grind
stones. 1'erhaps the reader who has never
been witiiln lifty miles of Chicago has never
heard a uiinco pie designated by such a term
before.
TIMIII.Y rii'o '
What lo give Ihe baby A spanking if ho
howls.
What to give little sister I > ave to go out
when you go to see the big one.
What to give little biothcr A drum if the old
man is nervous.
What to give big sister A promise to pay her
board bills.
What to give big brother- Your best cigar
while you are .sparking his sister and the
cold shoulder afterwards.
What to give mother All the work and wor
ry so that thu young people can have a
"good time. "
What to give father All your bills to pay the
lirst of the year.
What to give grandmother A blowing up
for "spoiling the uliildron. "
What to give Rrnndtatlicr A hinl to leave
you something In liisjvvlll.
xo wo.vnnn in : MOIIS.
Kew Yuri : Jourmtl ,
"I know how It must feel to bo kicked by
a mule , " hlglied n sad-eyed married man.
"What's Iho matter . ' ' ' asked a friend.
"Nothing ; I only told my wife that she could
Imvu a hUiiUkln sacque for Christmas if bur
mother paid for it. "
The holiday agony is for a young lady to
accidentally spill a little face powder on the
parlor carpet , and when AugiMus comes In
and carelessly steps In It to carefully guard
the Impression until he bids her good night ,
when she takes thu me.isuruof that solo and
builds a pair of Chdstmis nllppors around U.
The real .significance ot this is that Augustus
has lo tie the slippers on lib feet wlla whip
cord in order to keep them on. First Impres
sions are apt to bo largely erroneous.
BOMIiTIII.VQ THAT WOUIl > Fir.
New I'D/I / Journal.
"What would you sit'i ? it for a ChrUtinns
gift to put in my glrl'n sitodtlngV" bald a Chi-
ca o man to a tit. Louis friend. "Dois slio
' " "Why . " "Well
livoinO'liicagoV" , .ciirtiiliily. ,
you'd butter go to Now York and have Iho
obelisk scut to her. "
Very TIMIO.
2V. V. Jouritat.
A Christmas tree In the house Is worth two
In the woods. .
Pointer for Christmas.
il atun ( I'Wtte.
It may bo taken for granted Hint nino-
tenths of the gentlemen smoke.
"Whoro Are tlio.Hmiths ?
A' . 1' , Juiiruul.
For the lirst time in thu history of the
United .States there is not a single Smith in
cougtess. _
Great in Hl > i > ts.
Unconditionally .Mr. Ifandall Is n great
man , but hu Is not great all over thu country
alike. Jlo Is great in spots.
Need of .Missionaries at Home.
Wo have always thought It n waste of
money to send missionaries out amen , ' the
benighted heathen and cruel savugu.s abroad
while there were so many dude * and wife
beaters to icform at homo.
Whore the Wit was \Vasicil.
Stmtc l\ilU L.iJJi ;
Dnkoti proposes to adopt as n motto of
statehood : ' 'By God thu people rule , " The
statement would bo Justus binding without
th-'prn'.itilty nttnched to It. CVilciflo ,7biu
7iaJ. Tins might bo clever that ! , for n t'hl
cage paragrnpliiit If true. Hut DaVoln ha
nnt proposed to mloj.t any such mrtlto
What the people have adopted is : ' 'Undo
Uiiil the people rule. "
UP Stoppeil nt SltPi'lfT Miller's Hotel
Ltiit'ilit Jmtrnal.
A Lincoln commercial traveller , who wn
planelinjovern paper In the Omaha trail
yesterday , threw It down impatiently will
the remark , "That's nothing ; 1 don't see
why nny tuss is made about it. "
"What Is If.1' asked a man nw\r him.
"Oil , I see a statement that Prof. KIley has
donated 'J-2,001 bugs to the government inn
seitiu. The hotel 1 slopped al In O.nalm last
nlglil can double that and never miss a bug. "
Wlmt Omnlin Mitil Do.
CiHlfr round ; f/r/ii/ / .
Omaha Is projecting railroads to every poln
of the compass on paper. That city is wal ;
Ing up to the faot thai her big brldifo nud tlio
Union P.tcillc lioaihiiarter.s | nre not all there
Is of Nebraska , nud if she would not lose
prestltrons thoiuijtropolls she must work ill
the business which Is naturally tributary.
The Leader hopes that erelong all of Xortl
Nebraska may come inlo dlreel luilroad com
munluallon with Its port of entry , and there
nre no reasons why It should not If the propel
efforts are put forth.
The Case ol' Dakota.
AVii1'nrl , rviir.i'rrhtf .tilrtrtlotr.
Thoio is no law which forbids any coin
pnny of gentlemen lo go throiuh the motions
of olectlng United .Slates senators , bu
whetheror not the .irrangemeuts undo by tin.
psojile of South Dakota 1'ortlio election o
senators by n legislature them before si'our
ing admission to the union will rc. < ull in gnm
t. ) anybody depends upon tlio will of con
giess. Ta.it body may admit .South Dakota
nsn.sttito , roenitnlzlng these proiiOi'din.fs ; II
may admit the stito without veroijnl/.iiig the
proceedings , or it may roluso to iidnilt tin
propoved slate at all tor the present. Dakot ;
may be said to be In the bauds o ! ' Its friends
or Its enemies , as the ease may be ; that Is to
say , Its ambition I * In the liunils of congtcss
'
absolutely.
_ _
Still HnmmcHiiK Away ,
Cii'lfr Cuimtii fi'nilrr.
The corporations' "humble' ' editors of the
slate are still 1mm HTln awiiy at Old .Man
Van Wyek , who minds \ ( about us much as a
dii.'k does a shower. Rwh an d c\ cry one of
tho-o tnr-seeing editors bus n.stercolj pcd cd
Itonal note on Van , cmnm Micin. ; with , " 1
Is icporlfd that Ynn Wyek has determined'
to do something or other , or Is opposed t <
.somebody or some moaMirc. as the e.ise max
be. Il those organs would only bring foill
something tangible against tlm Mmator , i > >
which they co uld prove that he is as great i
riiM-al ns they are inilroad pimps , It might
have homo ell'iict In changing public senti
ment , but until such charges nio made ami
proven the people will simply consider the
source from which the slurs emanate anil
govern themselves neconlln gly.
- . .
Classical Scholars ol' tlio Omaha I'rcss
The political clas--ical scholars of the Oma.-
ha rcs are engaged In a pleasant contro
versy. Jr. .Miller , of the Herald , took occa
sion to say ' 'In Status Quo , ' ' and is piomplly
taken to task by the gifted : Mr. JS'yo of the
republican , who observes brooxily that the
ablative always follows Ihe ue ot Iho prepo
sition In , which incautious stalumunt is .sup
plemented by the truism that "a good educa
tion Is a great thin ; In this world. " Wo do
not know \ \ lint arbitrary power is vouchsafed
the Latin ablative In Omaha , but down in
tlilsuomnionwiMltli of caret ul schooling the
accusative divides the spoils ot tlio prepo
sition In. Wo coincide lieanily with .Mr.
Xyo'snpprceallon of a good education , and
trust it may hereafter teach him the advisa
bility ot stopping at Iho i ulu point.
- _ - .
Van Wyek VH. Land Rralibcrn.
t'lillaililiililn Hermit.
Snna'or Van WycU , thn indefatigable foe of
the railroad land giabbcrs , proposes to make
them pay the government at the lea-it the cost
of surveying their lands , llii bill , Intiodtict'd
on Wednesday , provldiMbimply that the rail
road companies Mi nil pay the co. t of smvey-
ing and locating within sixty days from the
passage of Ihe act , or in default tlie land f.hall
bo subject to the home-tead and pie-em ptlon
lawsand liable to taxation , lleu-toloie the
land grant companies neglected to lake steps
Jorsitrvoyingnnd locating their hinds In order
to occnpu payment of tn\es. Kxomption trom
taxes mid fiom payment of costs of survey
and location \\ercelulincd as pilvllcges ac
companying the donation of thn lands , and
the claims luuo been allowed by the govern
ment. This bill will put upon the hind
grabbing monopolies .some obligation of
ownership of the public domain.
STA T K AN D 'I'M I P. I TO I : Y.
An Emei un .si : loon colla iweil In n reoen )
financial druuih.
Oseenin's new flouring mill Is u success ,
bo.b in patronage and product.
A Imikemnn was thrown twenty-live leet
anil landed in ii eicek al Kirlh , I ho oilier day ,
by a biulili'ii bumping of his train.
The ImnfiMif , John linrgoss , In Hamilton
pierinct , Killnioic county , was destroyed by
lire last week , cniiMiig a Jo s of sl.ojo.
tirnnd Island is slowly recovering from
Monday's mad dog scaie. An ollicer dis-
paiuhi-d the Irothingcauino before harm was
done.
A ( lurninn named ICrcIgcl 'living ne.ir
Cliadron , was nned .Vlor shooting his
neighbor's ponies mat were tro piisslng on
his premises.
Hen llogan Is walloping slnnors by thn
score in Cr.i ml Island , I'ne Hold Is an un
commonly lareoniid luscious oiiu , but linn is
binad-alsouldcicd nnd wickal tor salvation's
saUc.
IKunoeralle editors throughout the state
ale eoinmi-isioni'd to hang up their best socks
and prep.ire . for posioillcc and oilier surprisiN ,
In i no Inngii.uo of tin ; Imx-iocd laillllul ,
, 'These be Biinny democratic duy.s. "
' .lustice-1 holds loiili at Jlloomlnglon , and
came out last weolt as a tnpio sln-i-t , veil
printed on imo paper , unit llntslrali-il with
BLviif.-i 01 town ami country and piiDtii ; build
ings in Lincoln , Jtwa iiii enlwprisiug and
creditable woiK .
Five thousand dollars of Hid Omaha and
Wlnnchago Indians' annuity inr lids year
has bcon appropiinlvd for the pnrpo.se of
building bridges and otherwise liuitenn the
condition nt the imids on Ihu riwiiation ,
Twenty-lour bridges inv to lie built.
The ( iuiieva licoord gives It out strong
that the proposed litirlington A.Mi nnn
blanch i-ouih of that town , on which won ; is
now being done , is .simply n sehemo lone-
e.uio ( he defeat ot tlm proposition to bund
the coiiii ty in aid of the Si. .loo road ,
.Miss litiey Martin , iviidin , : nt ( ircnnwood ,
Ciicsrotim.i. was lalnlly injurud tiutiinlay
by being inrown irom iiKr burst ; . Her loot
eaiunt in tm > slump and one was draygud
homo distance over roiijh ground. \ \ mm
iHM.-Hiiiif ! > arrived it was diM-nvvrmt thai hur
.skull was broken nnd her lacu disu uivd nud
lacurnlod beyond rtrn iution. Her injunes
will prmo latal , although situ wai = UU ulho
Tuesday murning.
Mr. and Mis. C. M. Holmes of Plnttsmonth ,
passed the silver iiiilu-ituiio ot mniiicd life ,
Tuesday. The couple nro .11110111 ? the i-arliest
'
settlers' tbu town , having umluriui'd to
Unit point wlit'ii llieivrioii ; was a wmleruwu ,
Thu celebration ot tbuir twontttilth anni
versary drew to0'ctlicr nearly three hundred
frn-iids nnd wt'h-wiMicis , wno left InnU.ner-
atlu I'tidfiicuol tliuir i'Mi-1'iii in Uieah.ipcof
bit xcrwaio and other aiticlui of usoiuine .
Calvin Hall was thrown fiuni Ids wagon ,
mur Jiinmtn , Saturday and duiiiforonoly in-
jinud. He was In aoniu wny iiut-hed from
tno wagon on lo the fiont wiieul , rivaiUhig in
llui tr.icturn m l\\o ril)3. He hum lull lo tlm
ground just 111 time for thn Tour wheel to
mi > u over him , bivnUii tbrtvot his ribs nud
Injiiiiiuonuor hU Inn s. He lay lor soum
hours iiiMsiiblute to pain , in Ihu road , until
some nniubbor. iiiipjicnln < 1" pn- . discovered
Hint tenderly too ! , n.intu iiu'tlicalaticndanut ; ,
The llinllnnr : Ti A M ; * < oiui maimuurxuro
fon-nii ; tlie raiuad season by lie/lunlng
won : on tlm UMIUI -.land tV U i urn ug Con
tralioaU.
have been tiled with the serrelary of stale and
n Imxo form i f r.rndcrs , teams nnd loul - li.ivo
boon landed at ( ir.md Island ready for.ioiae
operntioiH. ( Irnd-1 stakes Imvo In-en set and
the bn s unuliT lias rci-cived liisiuiclions to
cut bis WIAto : llrok'Mi How , ( 'ii t 'r county ,
bi'fnio the prairie lilns ems .sproiil. Tlie
beauty nnd uillity of this is Hint no bonds or
bonuses are ifkcd of the people.
town
Harrison county Is the hot-bed of hoiso
thieves.
A Des Midues fntnllv tried the "fnilh euro"
nn n child Hint was seriously lllniid the child
died.
died.A
A 1'olk eniinlv tenelier was Immirod for
lloifitlnis'n troublesome pupil. Turn the ras
cals out.
The nvernce pay nf school le.irhers In Wnp-
ello enunt.v per nuiiith Is S H.IV lur males and
SJs.s-j ( or females.
The wife of Uiidloy Harris wn < choked lo
death by a piece of iitu.it In Duuit'iue Friday ,
film was : u years old.
The Kiddy t'lrls of ( ? i to THy In
dulge In cigarettes nud suulf. Keokuk so
ciety Is prostesslve or nnthlm ; .
ItVckwell rily litii organized n coast 1m ? club
nud will Inilld a trnek ri.WD feet lout ; so In-
cllnrd as to run a tobogan a I , a speed of half
n mile n minute.
Dn'innue ' elnlins tn be "the" city on llm
Mississippi li-twci'ii SI. Louis nnd .St. I'niil.
Vive rnllruiidi , with n lotid mllei''o of ll.TH'i ,
tnp the town and peur wealth Into her coin-
inefe'iil ' eolfets ,
Mis. Alvina Klnmboe , of Mnvenpnil. has
sued n Rnlomi keeper named Clans Uehrens
f ir tf&.iwu dainaie.s lor keeping her Imsliaud
lu n beaslly stale of dninienue.ss ; for days ,
\\eeksand lieqtiunlly mouths.
A new funded prohibition dodge Is bi lni
worked on the dim : Morel in the interior
towns. It is n snw cure for rheumatism ,
eoiislMlm ; of maple suirar dissolved In whis
ky , and Ihu unniher ot ilietiinallos who me
liiniilni ; around the country towns Is BOIIIU-
tiling appalling.
An ( Mtmnwn lad nnined Porter Rporue wis
killed while coasting one day last week ,
borne one in u spirit i > f tun tluew n timber
netos-s the track nndthebov wns stiitck ju.st
nbovo the eyes , ciiltiiur a bad jrnsli and In-
llM'thif , ' Injuries Iroin which ho died two days
later.
A Cedar ISnimls health officer found n Ger
man fninily in that city Friday that was liv
ing In the same loom wllli eiu'hty chickens.
J'he head of the family Mild thev kejit the
towls In ( he house necmisu they laid nioio
esrus than in the cold , bat he was oidered to
move citlicr Ids Ininily or the hens at once.
A six fool conn , ns blnek and lean us they
inaUe'cin. walt/cd into the oill-cof the clerk
of the iMtiit , In Itavenpnrl , with n while
woman triiiplnv hi the ic.irnf tlie pioecssioti.
"t-ee here , ' said lie In tlie cleric , "me and this
womai ! want , a divorce -wnnt yon to nx one
up. bos Hhe's willin' . " Tlie cleric infoi mod
bun that divoiees weicn't "nxcd up" that
way , and that he had bettor consult nn nltor-
ney. "I told \ou t-u lold yon didn't know
nothlni'nlioiit ft eo > m ; nt'inn now and we'll
see n lawyer. " said thu white wife as she
marched her blaok uliint out the dour.
The annual levlew id' the business nnd
building Kruwth ot Siouv City lor the past
year , published by the Tribune , pioves that
the town is ahead ot all competitors for the
tlth ; of ihe melioiiolis of iiorthwc.slcni Iowa.
The statl.sties show that : ' > ! ) houses were
elected. This total inplmlrs business blocks
costing 3isoi i , M-liool houses t\o.iO , resi
dences SiOo.OOU , churches SM.UUO , additions to
innntifncturln plnnls SiKOOU. ) In tliu way of
pnblle works them were SMO.OJJ ) Inid nut in
wtiter woiks. S-CoiO ! in .street rnilwav , SlU.dOii
In telegraph and telephone lines , niul Sl'JO.OUO
In inllro.nl yards , side tracks , etc. , innkinu a
total ol 8li.VJoiu : , expended lu improvements
dining the year.
Dakota.
Uuffnlo Gap sports are In cahoots with Ihe
nndertiiker , and the prolits ol icady-niade
tuncr.ilsaicdiviitud.
A man In McLean county recently killed
two huge bucks Hint weie lucked tojrclhcr bv
the horns so that they could not
w itliout breaking Hie'horns.
Wlllium Dennis , of Sully county , raided -400
bushels of welt matured corn this su.ison on
live ncres , which Is iiretly fair evidence th.it
the corn bolt e\tend.s that Inr noith.
The oldest nictn'ierof ' the Dakota state leg-
iRlnliue i.s I ) . 0. Turner , of Tinner county ,
who is a little over TU. and lias been a icsl-
dent of the teniiory for nt'ieen yeais.
The editors oi thu JVaelwood 1'ioiieer , who
wore hauled into court recently for publish
ing libelous nrtielcs on Hie lu'wlv-npiioinifd
jmlso , crawled out of tiiv ) sciape Fiy bliittiii } ;
the responsibility on n subordinate.
Tlio I'noillu Const.
Out of 1,510 r.mi'lies in .Santa Cruz county
l"M are woiked by their owners.
Two old C'oiiHtoekers have discovered n
valanole mica mine in baula l''o comity , iNew
.Mexico.
It issniel Hint e\lenslvc woiks for the re
duction of Hie ro.rn.'tory ores of U'ldto I'ino
ami tl. border counlies of ( 'tab nre to be
erected at Dreii Crock near the Kovndn line.
The waters of Tnlare lake are said to bu
rising , nnd ninny sqnnttcrs' cabins tliat were
built on diy land nre now n milcor moie
I rom shore. It is not nt all linprotiabln tbut
the lake will assume its old , or even linger
jiroportions.
There are'Jrft-ehool ! districts in Idaho ter
ritory , with : ; < ) . ) seliool hon.si.- , and bseiionls.
'J'he tntnl number of ehlklicn ol school n o is
I.1. : ; ' ! ) ; iiiiinbdenrolii'd in scliool.s , lie , : < r :
total amount of money paid out lor sclKiol
purposes , . < ? ll5o , ; r. H.
A U'nsldnttton tcnitory pnpor says that
theie are now numiifiiclmin In Lewis
comity , no less Hum iwclvo snwmills ; of
those , elsld mo steam nnd four watei' power.
The n wc.rnl < ! eiipacily of tbe.so mills \a \ inniu
Ilian luii.ixiij feel ol lumber dnllv. Ki'IU of
Ilii'hO mills shi ) ) a hirfjo iH-iconincn of their
lumber to I'ordiind ami eastern ( JIT OII and
\Vajliington.
A CAItl ) ntO.tf CUI/BICIITHO.V.
Olinrnotcr of lls I'III/.ens In ( ; in i'al ,
null Ijiuvyer 15anl."is in I'ai'l iciilac.
CL'iir.ir.-o\ ; : . , Dec. s.1 , ' . To whom
it mny concern : We , the nndoroignud ,
oiti/.ens of Hitchcock county , Nebraska ,
having learned that a report , lias been
published in numerous papers throughout
the United Htntes to the elleet that "a
vigilance conniiittco wailed ttpuii one of
our yood eitixena and gave him notice to
rjuil the town in a few hours , or ho would
receive a vK-it from Jndjjo 1/ynoh , " lo our
great discredit ns a peaceable and Jaw-
abiding community , do take this course
to refute the slander heaped upon the
people. Vi'n do therefore , hereby publish
lo the world , that to our knowledge there
is no vigilance committee and never has
been one in the Minlliwoit part of Ne-
bra-.ka , and that our citi/ens are jieace-
able , law-abiding and clmrcii-going jmo-
pie , and Unit every man is secant ill his
jior.sdii . and property , except ho be de
prived of tliu iniei l\ . due jinjeis > , of law.
And we I'lirilii-rniDiv Mnto that Mr. ,
Itiinks , Itio tittorney mentioned in > aid re- ,
port. MUCH ho has rcsiilud in mir midst , '
which is about n year and a lull , has ( In-
ported liiniieti as a geiitluman , anil iruin
our jiui-soiial doid.ngs with him wo lind
;
him lo bu a in in of honor and integrity.
And that wt > bebovo llit't ' the notice and ,
report was the work of an individual lor
] iernomil spite and to injure bun in bis
character and bii.s.ruisK , ami also to roilcoL
niitl.iwry njon iti as n ] > oplo.
il. \ \ . fjtrunl , county jml.o nnd UniU'd
.Status eommUs.oiiur ; ( J. V. Hiintur ,
cuniiM-Uor at law ; < / . \V. Wray , deputy
hhnrill' ; K L. J'erry , county clerk ; A. I ) .
King , c.itfldcr jlne.neuek bounty Hank ; A.
li. 1 uting , county triiit-nirci' ; ( ' ( i. Crews ,
( liipiiU uliri ; 1- . ili-rt Uifley , pabliaher
Jtevellli ! ; 1) . .U. Itunmlicl , liarih\il'u nie.r-
chniit : S. I' . .Solomon , publisher Sun ; I' .
II. ISiMottK , j\I. J ) . ; C. A. l'.irri = h , city
iiiar.sli.il ; Jl.V. . Diivunpori > V Co. , gmicntJ
niiiiviuinu ; ) . II. tinnier , Jmi'dwni'u mer-
cbaiit ; lj.-i ) . C'.irriinrron , county survcior ;
K. K. C.'npp * , drug i't ; htranl iV Dyur ,
real estate ngento ; It. M. Vasiluu ,
conm ! ' ; il. U' . D.ivunport , oliainnaii
cnininU'iomir.v , Kd. li.vun , city \
. .Junn Douglas , slock ileiiliir ;
J.orcnxo M.UT , larnier ; N. Atwood , Al.
I ) . ; Frank Kledc ! ; , bl.icksmith and /-uhool '
director ; I1' . 1)1 ) J'ilnuy , tfiijierintiMidi nt
ucliooli ( ideot ) ; ( i.V. . Daniels , general
morclinnt ; U' . 11. 'I ritcw , murchant ; , lohn
Dul.iy , cattli ) bii ine.sV. ; \ . / . T.ijli'irep -
ri.soiilativu i'nty-Bixth district ; \ \ . C.
Ituljurd , lumber and coal , Treiiton and
( ! | > 'I'tsuir \\'arner \ iV ( 'lialiinaii JiVc-rj
.STATI : ui Ni.ii\hi\ ; ; , i
JlitcliC'irk Coiimv , i [
1 , It. It. l'i rii , louiuj clejj , uf .in I
county , hereby certify that I am wrll
iiritiiined ] : ( witli the individuals nnd fin > - .
who Iiavo signed the above nnd fen > gnn >
nnd know from personal knowledri' ; '
encli Is engaged in the olllce , i > rof. s
calling or business as set opposit" t ,
nnme.s respectively.
Witness my hand and the seal > f t
[ t/O connlv ' , this S'2il day ot I' . .
ber , l' - . .
H. L. I'r.Knv , roiinty n r.
TIM3 WOOD rivju : VAMIV. :
A Uloli Acflenlliiral Uecbni nm
I'rosjroTtttiH People.
Loin , ( "lister Co. , Xob. , T > oe. 21 [ i
repondenee of tbo llii.1 : : It mny not
well known that this locality , 1 in
Wood lllver Valley , in Ihe above roir
is one of Ihu linest sections of the fit
It is very thickly settled up with a n
class of eastern people , mostly fn
Illinois , Ohio , and in fnet nil parts of t
east. There Is very little vacant lati !
left. Most of thn country is in n line SHM
of cultivation. The people are all in goml
fhnpo linnncinlly , plenty of everything ,
tlie very best modern machinery , f'ull\ , as
good as is used in any uf the eastern
states. We need very mneli a murk 't. '
Wis nro tributary to the Knion 1'nellle
railroad , and they lake just one-half of all
we ship to get it lo Omaha , l-'very day
I can look from any part of mv t'arin au'd
sec from ten to twenty heavy laden
wagons , pulling out freight. We have lo
go thirly-livi ) miles to market , go to
either I'hiin ( 'reek or Co.ndel . weluno
f-oine fine supply stores in ihV country.
I'nslofllees and mails nre mailers very
promptly looked after , we get from twr
lo four mails per week. We gel your
very worthy paper -each week- I liienn
the "Weekly HKIJ. " I want to sax to jou
-that ill the last issue of the Ih.i. 'the
ir.lh inst , you spoKe of Senator A'an
Wyek being returned ID the Semite I
am a full grown democrat of full age ,
and can assure you that Van Wyek b the
man , irrespective of parly !
Very respectfully ,
JUcI ) . I'rmiusAi.n.
Uniloc Two KlnitM.
iVthintu ( ( in. ) Constitution : The civil
war was such n big thing , it lusted so
long , and covered such a vnsl expanse of
territory , that , it was nn easy mat for for n ,
man to light in both armies , nnd oseupo
detection and pimHmieul as a deserter.
A few mouths before ( ieorgin see-cded a
bright young New Knglnnder settled in
one of our country towns. Hi * northern
birth cause ; ! him to be suspected , and
on Ibis account he was prob
ably morn outspoken in the
expression of secession sentiments than he
would have been under other circum
stances. The state went out of the union ,
the trouble commenced in earnest , and
volunteer companies began lo orgnmxo
nnd go to the iront. Our New England
friend felt that the pressure of public
opinion was too strong lo be withstood.
It wns linrd to light his own people , but
if lie did not become a confederate sol
dier , the people were liable in some hour
of mail excitement lo lynch him. So he
donned a suit of gray nnd trudged oil'to
Virginia with a musket on his shoulder.
The unwilling volunteer stood camp
life very well , lie bole his pirl : manfully
in many a skirmish and battle , and in
the course of time was made n lieutenant ,
lip came very near going through Ihe war
without a spot on his- record , but in a fatal
moment ho yielded to lemptalion and
disgraced himself and bis uniform.
If was u cold wist , day in April , lSfi5.
The lieutenant had become separated
from his command on HID march. lie
lo.st his way and threw himself on tlio
wetground' completely worn out. His
physical weakness depressed his mind ,
and ho gave himself up to a lit of despon
dency. A Hood of bitter thoughts rii.shed
over linn. Why slionlel he , an alien ,
risk his life in defence of n , people who
haled him. Why should he struggle on ,
lie knew not , Imw nrmy years longer ,
lighting against his kinsmen nnd friends !
Following an impulse which seemed
irresistible , lie ro n lo his feet and set his
face in the direction of the I'Vdurnl lines.
Before nightfall he was in the camp of
the enemy.
The poor fellow told hi.s story nftnnvnrd
with mournful pathos , lie .snid that the
federals wanted to treat him as a spy.
When they rofiis-ed lo believe bis tale of
desertion ho oll'ercd to volunteer as u
proof of his good fntih. The oiler was
accepted. He got into a blue uniform ,
and found ItiniFolf once more in active
service. Two days Inter General Leo
surrendered at Appomnltox. In another
month thn deserter was mustered out.
The man was in a qimndry. lie dnred
not go back lo his New England
home. 'J'he people there nil knew he had
been in Iho eonfedernte nrmy. On the
other hand ho could not go to ( Jeorgia ,
where lie would be denounced as a spy
and a deserter. lie drifted to Hoston ,
and there ho narrowly escaped getting
into prison. His tongue got him into the
trouble. He romnrUe-el to a lady til his
boarding house that he would ralher lie
in an honored coufeder..tt ) grave down in
Dixie than own half of Itos-ton. The
lady was furious. She reported the con
versation lo tlio jjrovosl marshal , and Hint
ollicer sent , n iile of men lo march Iho
do-sorter to bis olllco. The unfortunate
man unbo.soined himself to the marshal ,
concealing nothing. Ho admitted using
tlio langiingu reported , and said that it
relleetccl Ins state of mind. If he had
held out against temptation two days
longer , ho could have returned lo ( ieor-
gin with a proud record as a tried unit
trim eonfedc.rnle. As it wax ho felt him
self nn outcast , with no country , no ling ,
no comrades , nothing but n basted char
acter. The provost marshal
was u flcnsibloinnn. He listened in silence ,
gave hi.s prisoner a cigar , nnd Btiidi
"Von may go , bu don't talk Unit way
any more.1
SoniidininR this follower of the two
lings pascs through ( Jeovgln on n busi
ness trip. Ho never hunts up nny of Ins
old cx-Conl'c.dernto comrades. Oecnvoii-
filli he linds himself in a crowd wlu < ru
they nro till tollm" war rciiiin.M-encos ,
As eon as be can lie ijuietly retiriM. Ho
lias no war htories to tell. During iv "iit
years this man has don < > f.iirly well n a
business way. lint prosperity does not
satisfy him. ' Ho scorns to Im under the
.hiidow of that disgraceful April day in
'I ! , " ) . lie is nlmet't n niKiioiuaiiiac on HUH
subject , iind to-day ho would fciye up bin
I-I'o , his family , ami over\thing if he
-ould In i resting in one of Iho graven in
nir conmlry under the slmiluw of the
ciilViieratd monument. What an in-
olitrnblo lorluru Miuh nn c..i.Hence must
Im !
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