Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1887 — Page 5

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THE JLNJDfANA" STATx! SENTINEL, WrDtf EolAY. AUGUST 17. 18 S7.

CONDITION OF CROPS

Cam in fta Stales 03 tie Atkntio C:ut of Very High Prcnria. Gereial At er go of Spring Wte&t Showa no Iapreveasit h Aagut Ritana. -Kapert cf J. R. Ihig, StitUtfolia of thfl Dfjartrneit cf Agr.cal'.ar, rropofrl. for tb Sale or United State Heid Estimates for Expenditure Upon River and II at bar Improvements. "VVAsnrxsTOir, Aug. 10. The prospect a month ago was for a very heavy crop of corn and a rate of yield about the average. Its condition in all the States on the Atlantic coast is now unimpaired and -very high promise. In Texas and Tennessee the condition baa declined materially. la the central corn region, howerer, in the valleys ot the Ohio and Missouri, where two-thirds of the crop Is grown and the commercial supply is procured, a very heavy reduction has taken piece, which has made the Kation! average 80 7 instead of 97 7 last rnontb. The cause ia the longcoctinutd drouth, which has been severest in Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and -2.licb.igan. Nebraska has been scorched on the southern border, and Iowa and Miasouri have escaped with comparatively light low, as Lave the more northern State. The seven core surplus States stand as fellows: Ocio, 82: indiaua, 04; I'linoi'-, ftf; Iowa. 00; Miisouri, SO; Kansas, 30; Ntbmka 73. The condition of spring wheat, reported very low last month from ravages of chinch bog, is not Improved in the Angnst returns, but has fallen off very slightly, the general average being 7S 8, but two points lees than the Antust returns of last year. Dakota has made a alight gain and stands highest in condition. The amaze for Wisconsin is 73; Minnesota, 74; Iowa, 72; Nebraska, 77; Dakota, 88. In the extreme Y.ast and on the Pacific coast the condition of spring wheat is hih. There is no reoort of winter wheat the present month as It is too earl? to obtain res alts of threshing. The oit crop There is no change. Part of the breadth was harvested at tbe last report. Condition averages !S5 G, which indicates a crop slightly under the aversge. Tbe barley crop promises to yield rather better tban was cared last month. The Eastern product avenged higher condition but is reduced slightly since the last report. The average is SG 2, indicating nearly an average jield. The buckwheat area appears to be practically the same as last year, and averages about 93 in condition. Potatoes There Is a great reduction since the first of Joly in the condition of potatoes, almost entirely the result of -drought. There is no material decline on the Atlantic or Gulf coast, but the Injury Js severe in the West. The loss daring the month as reported is fully two per cent, oft of the prospective croo. Fruit Tne fruit crop is very poor. There will be few apples ouMde cf New England and New York. There will be a partial crop In Michigan. In the Ohio nver States.the harvest will be neatly a - fail a re. Hay The My cop 13 also greatly reduced in the West. The general average a 80. Cotton The past month has been favorable to cotton except that the rainfall has . teu unequally distributed in point of time, drouth threatening at one period and Hoods following. In the eastern belt excess of moisture predominates as a faction of - depreciation. The weed ij therefore large nd sappy, and fruit fall appears in some Heids btriouily, and in some cases rust appears. In Lousiaca similar condit.ons have prevailed, and only very partially in Mississippi. Texas haa been too dry though drouth has not as yet been disastrous or severe. The prevalent status of the crop is very good for the tint of August, while reporters recognize this as a critical time, and fear the effect of subsequent drouth upon the green and succulent condition of the plant. In comparison of ten years, the August condition is only exceeded by that of 1SS2 and 1S35, one producing a large crop, the other an under medium yield. The general avenge of condition ia 03.3 which Is lower by three points tbsD that of July. The State's averages are: Virginia, 91; .North Carolina, JXi; South Carolina, 9: ieorgia, 04; Florida, Ü6; Alabama, S3; 3Iifsisippi. 06; Louisiana, 91; Texas, 87; Arkansas, 97; Tennessee, 95. The first brood of caterpillars has appeared In several of the S'ates, but is not generally mentioned in the returns. It is reported in Orangeburg and Berkley, South Carolina; in Calhoun. Taylor, Dooley and Lauren, Georgia; in Hale and Dallas, Alabama; Starkey, Newton, Issaquena and Okbib beb a, Mississippi; in Red lliver. Bossier, Richland, Natchitoches, and Iberville, liOuisiana, and in Stephen's Camp and Jackson, Texas. The Boll worm is much less frequently mentioned. Tobacco The tobacco crop is in high condition in the seed leaf States, averaging nearly 100, except in Wisconsin. The chipping and cutting districts of the West make an unprecedented report of low condition: Tennessee. 70; Kentucky, 79; Ohio, -35; Indiana, 6G; Illinois, 52; Missouri, 00. In v.ew of tbe heavy reduction In acreacr. only a small fragment of the usual crop may be expected. The official investigation of area now in progress will determine authoritatively the breadth cultivated the present year. PRODUCTS AMD PRICES OF WHEAT. Crop Report for August by the Depart ment of Agriculture "Waehikgtox, Angnst 10 J. IL Djdge, Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, in an article entitled "Products and Prices of Wheat" wh'ch will be published with the Department's August crop report says: The official record of Imports of wheat into the United Kingdom for the first half of the present year, shows a large increase in the proportion furnished by the United Mates, 08 per cent, against 54 per cent, in the first six months of 18a6 and 1335. Count ing Com aa wheat the proportion ia 73 5 per cent, asralnst CO. 8 in a similar period of 136 and 00.6 In inSo. There ia a great re duction In receipts from Russia, a decrease Ijcm India of 20 per cent, as compared vith fust half of last year, and a decrease from Australia. Tne quantities of wheat imported from January to June inclusive, with value and average prices expressed In tne measures ot this country, are follows: ViL Cou at BtMru. Doll am. p, Jiusia. 2,7,fi08 S 2 M7,P,n f t.C5 t verms dJmmmhmmmm ... Vnited btals hi!l J Ddia... l,ll:f,'jtt UW.1M 1.10 32,718.276 1,04,011 6,726,7M 3,OX,170 24,870.611 1.1' 1.3C7 6.670,4-! 1.10 1,01 Other Countries. 1.0 Total 4.0S3.4SI SjO.41J.723 11.05 ThevalDeof wheat from this country is 8 cents per bushel more than from India and 5 cents more than from Kassian wheat. It ia higher than that of any non-European i-zinntrf and vt tha nnsntity furnished is twice aa much aa that supplied by all other r rr-. r , . . i a l .1 counmea. idu is a aatiaiaciory test ot mo comparative quality of our wheat, especially as the prices average 5 per cent, higher than for a similar period last waar WMIa Tndla. fa the T.rfnrir.ftl competitor of the United States ia the grid" maUea, her, importance ej a

competitor is gretly over-ra'-ed. Tie a-

cvtrrex.ee of a famine year would reduce n r n nr xpri tivMare the iada trial usages of the people t fat great enor.tu.tKk of IL WLuii .rii it next to an in-posslbility. There laj been no material I rue tie as a result of the exportation of the tnrplus of the last ten years. The extension of iailroad mileage has facilitated the thlppir of thesarplasof good years which wcnld othtrwUe have b?en pitted to eke oat nitauce tn amine vears. It might not be fair to r.tj that these shipments tare riroicced ho eßect; if any, it haa hcen very acoa'l. The exports of ten years iDclode nearly tbe mm of India's record of exportation, and would scarcely equal the crop of an average year. A ten pr Cf nt. eurplo that c moot be depended on in a ctop half aa large as ours, cannot Uke the pise cf our surplai, winch Is mr re than Laif as large as ths India crop. South Ameiica ha Rreater possibilities as " competitor, trough its area in wheat 8 small is vet. If circumstance ahoali iavor it. It could easilv prod are a surplus much larger than that of India. The present indications point to ft more than average European crop. It was late nearly everywhere, perhaps two weeks on an average at tbe beginning of June, but in growing condition, and its advancement since has been rapid. The Kassian aid Austrian crops especially are of fine promise. That of Spain is mediocre. Ia Germany, France and England reports are generativ favorable. The Indian crop, harvested a Ifew months ago, will be 20,000.000 bushel le3i than the preceding, aay 23S 000,000 bushels more than in 155-vS6, or 37,000.000 bushels. The product of the world promises td be quite aa much as for each of the two preceding harvests. A close calculation cannot be made while so much uncertainty exists as to the harvest test ot present prospects In certain countries. Present indications do not promise material increase in prices. They certainly do not demand lower prices. A WEATHER MARKET. Coin tbe Speculative Deal on the Chicago Market. CalCAoo, August 13. rspecial.l Corn is the speculative deal on 'Change iust now and trade in it is wild and excited. It is a weather market. The bulls claim that recent raiiiS hare come too late to save the crcp in many sections and tbe big traders here and in Wall street are buyers. The Government crop bulletin for August fiermsthe production at about 1 7ü2,000,010 bushels, but leading operators who have information just two weeks later thin that et etat ctisian Dodge are prepared to do business on the theory that the crops will not exceed 1,300,109 bushels. Fdcksrs acd cattle men are among tie strongest and etanncbt6t frienda of the cereal. The country, on the other hand. is doing the selhog. Advice to brokers Ircm the great com belt do not claim that ram can save many Leids now, but say that it will redeem pastures and go far towards supplying a substitute for the corn. "Did Hutch" is a great bull, and a number of times recently haa ecatterrd his trading cards in the pit and told the boys to put dorn what they were willing to sell him. His bolrings now run up into the millions. At tbe tame vine it should bs mud that In al stccka are down to about the 5,100.COo rmshel mark, and receipls are not balf wr-at tney were last year at this time. Trade in wheat shows aoms animation, and it begins to loot as though the Qiarket was getting out of its hopeless state. Wheat is goincr out of Chicago a good deal faster than it is comicg in, and locil stocks, which are now below 8,000.000 bushel, will aoon be down to last year's low water mark. Seaboard clearances, too, are a eurpnse to the croakers who have been piedicting a total paralysis until stocks of California wheat now in foreign bins are absorbed. New wheat la coming forward slowly,- and the visible supply increase this week will be very small, with a remote possibility of a chance to the other tide of the ledger. The Northwest is comp'ainiog ot poor harvest weatber, and the talk now is of a light acreage of winter wheat for fall rlantire owing to the extreme dry ness cf the toil and the light price encouragement ofiered producers. Farmers are clearly reluctant to market the grain they cow have at present prices. During the months 01 July and August last year the visible rupplv incressed at the rate of nearly 2,000,000 bushels per week. This year it has increased only about ü.ooooco bushels from the lowest point reached, The bears do not pretend to be playin; for anything beyond carrying charges, and they rely upon the scattered and discouraged condition of the bull forces as the chief re source. Provisions rule quiet but firm. Ight re ceipts of hogs. The strength in corn are the the features of the deal. RIDDLEBERGER RELEASED, He Is Taken Oat ' Jail by a alub of Ilia amends. "WiKCHESTin, Pa., Aug. 13. The circum stances leading up to the arrest of Senator Rlddleberger, are related aa follows by an eyewitnets: on Thursday W.W.Jones was tried for larceny and the jury found that he was insane. Jones was a client of Sera tor Riddieberger's and the verdict mads tbe Senator angry. He was accused ot writing a placard and giving a boy $2 to haul Jones up and down tbe town, the latter displaying the placard meanwhile which had written on it: "Verdict, BUI Jones not guilty but Inssne, jury Insane, lawyers insace, court insane in the main.' The noise occasioned by this display disturbed the proceedings of the court then in eeseion and the common wealths attorney, J. C. Baker, had the Judge issue an order for Senator Hiddleberger to appear before Ju'Ige Newman and show why he (Itiddleberger) should not be fined and imprisonc 1 for ridiculing the Judge and jury and disturbing the Court At 5 o'clock Senator Rlddleberger appeared before the- Court and defended himself. He said that Judge Newman had no jurisdiction in the case, whica the Judge denied and asked Senator Kiddieberger to sit down uctil the evidence could be tak en to prove that he (the Senator) was the ore who instigated the ridieri e, and ' then he sail the C urt would heir argument Senator Riddleberger would r.ot ait down and the Court fined him $25. ; He then defied the Court and said: "This Court shall not send me to Jail." Judge Newman then told the St?riff to take the benator to jail for thirty days. Senator Rlddleberger said be would like to see the man who could take him to jail and Sheriff Whitman at once arrested the Senator and locked bim up. Thia action caused much excitement and thia morale 2; at 2 o'clock a mob of 100 men, supposed to be fwm 1 ft n ar f r t lit a Annnt v aah1aw4 IKa Walls of the jaii yard and took the Senator out on ladders. Senator Riddleberger Is on tee airtet at ttia writing. An Intereitlof Incident. CHAtTArQua, N. Y., Aug. 13. At the assembly this evening an interesting incident occurred when in the presence of C.t'OO rersons. Col. J. C. Courtney, of At lanta, bi, general auditor or tbe western Atlantic railroad and a member of tbe in ternational unday-bchool executive, pretented from Mr. Joseph M. Brown, gen eral Ireifchtend passenger asrent and a son of Senator Jcseph E. Brown, to Chancellor J. 11. Vincent a fine gavel from the famous signal tree which stood on the summit of Altocca mountain which General Sher rnsn from Kenesaw mountain, fifteen miles away, signalled to General Corse over the heeds of the Confederate troops to hold his pesitien until Federal reinforcements fin''' erriTe. This incident was the basis for the late P. P. Bliss' well known "Hold the Fart for I am Coming." Chancellor Vincent made a happy response and the ntroctt enthuMapm was manifested. Afterward Charles E. Iiolton gave his IUaatrsed

DUN'S TRADE REVIEW.

Tbe Oatlock h &o Norihws:t for tae Corn Crop Yery Usfivonb'.f. lieports as to the Tolome cf Ifrsl&ess Uniformly Good, While Collection are Dull Baslneaa Faliare. Naw York. Ausrast 12 R O. Da i? Co.'s Weekly Trade Review has the follow ing: Short crops in 1831 proved the turnics; point ot business far seven vears. and the drought this year, though resulting in lesa injury to crops, comes at ft time when real estate values at the West have been unusually inflated. Heavy rains have broken the long drought during the p&st week, but oniy after the official be reaa report had ah own how serious was the injury sustained, and the relief came too late to do good in extensive districts of the Northwest. Tbe bureau reports losses which cannot be repaired to a considerable part ot the hay ciop, and to oats, tobacco, potatoes and fruits, a little injury to cotton and wheat and a decline ot 17 per cent, in the condition of corn. The wort of destruction continued ten days after bureau reports were made out before rain came, and the aggregate loes of farmers must exceed fcJCO.GOO.OOO. A difference is inevitable in the purchases of manufactured and imported goods by the Northwest. If piicea bad not been inflated by a real estate boom, and if new indebtedness of enormous volume had not been created, a loss of even a tenth of the entire value of farm products would make little difference. But the wild speculation in lands and town lots, tbe expenditure of many hundred millions in new buildings, and the permanent investment ot large sums in new railroads and manufacturing works render a partial loss of crops more im portal t. interior reports are uniformly eood as to the volume of business, though at Galveston a good many orders have been countermanded. Collections are dull at Kansas City and slow at Omaha, and money ia more stringent at Philadelphia with continuing closeness at Kansas City and Cleveland. .The business failures throughout the country during tbe last seven days number for the United States lol. and for Canada t emy-nine. rest, Middlebury; John Clinedenist, Kemptoo; Thomas Carr, Indianapolis; Hiram Stephenson, Pikes Peak; J as. A. Wells, Monroe; Simon Lutes, Atwood:Wm. S. Foote, New Lebanon; Wm. L. Miller, Greensburg; Noah Cole, union vine; Lewis wnite. uarou; ueo. Reynolds. Indianapolis; Vinson Carter. Indianapolis; Henry Chaisell, Weisburg; Benjamin Cooksey, Williamstown; John Miller, Kendallvllle; Tbo. Letshinser. Jaonville; Henry C. McLellan, South Bethanv : W. Sutlat, Peru; Peter SandleVI TTnvavllla- tVnvl frit Maw Salisbury; John Bogard, Terre Haute; Lewis is ail. White i.tcr. Restoration Champ Edwards, Rockport. Damaged by a l tonn. Renville. Minn.. Auc. 12. A terrific hail storm struck here from the northwest Wednesday, followed soon after by a cloud from the northeast. The two met on the outskirts of the village, and between the terrific gale and hail a great dial of dam age was done. Mrs. A. P. Uahn was instantly killed and Gustave Kreiger fatally injured. Nearly every building in town was more or less injured. Gram p tacks in tbe path of the storm were blown down, and gain, partly, if not wholly rained. All grain in the shock was threshed oat, and will be a total loss. Corn is complete ly stripped and ruined. The path of the storm was about a mile wide and five or six long. The damage to buildings and grain cannot be estimated now, but will be very considerable. People sought their cellars, or the loss of life would have been greater. Large pieces of Ice jell during the storm. GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED. Arnual Report of George W, Julian, Barrejor General of New Mexico. Washington, August 13. Georze W. Jul'an, Surveyor General of New Mexfco, haa made his annual report to tbe Cornmissicner of the General Land Omce. He 8 tat es that the demand for public surveys in the territory ia constantly growing. He is of the opinion that the department should encourage the immigration now goiog i n by a more liberal policy touching the pub ic surveys than now prevails. The report e'ates that during the year eighty one mineral surveys have been approved, as against forty one of the preceding year, which tends to ahow a greater activity in developing the mineral resources cf the territory. Mr. Julian states that from an examiration of private land claims made up to the date of his last annual report he found that 1.000,208 acres had been unlawfully reserved for entry under the public land laws through the recognition of invalid titles and fraudulent surveys.. He Ends that in the cases since examined the Government bas been defrauded to a still more shocking extent. The Estanica grant, he says, which was approved for 413,030 acres, is fraudulent and void, and this large area has been appropriated to private uses without warrant of law. He thinks also that three quarters of a million of acics of the G13.2G1) acres approved in the Soruiro grant ia illegally included in tbe claim. The aggregate of lands illegally witbeld from settlement in the cases examio'd, and re-examined within tbe past yer, be thinks would be little short of 4,1(00 ( acr r. H calls attention to the maladministration of the laws in the grants already confirmed by congress, and states that he ia now engaged in a re-survey of tbe rants still unpatented, with the view cf fixing their true boundaries, and in this way, he is of opinion that larze tracts will be restored to the public domain. He cays that be has recommended suit for the recovery to tbe government of more than 40,otO acres in tbe Armen dar ies graut, which is in excess of the trae area. The same re commendation was made in the Amarella grant. He also thinks that there should be a judicial examination ot the Mora grantf. The report calls attention to the action Of Congress in 1830, and the Interior Department in 1S79 in the famous Maxwell land grant ca?e, which he characterizes as a wanton and shameful surrender to the rapacity of monopoli&ts of 1,GT2,7G4 acres of the public domain on which hundreds of poor men bad settled In good faith and made valuable Improvements. It has been as calamitous to JSew Mexico, sys the surveyor-general, as it is humiliating to tbe United States. The report states that durin? the last congress several mem bers cf both houses, including the delegate from this territory, reported bills for the confirmation of the bocorro grant, which is one of the most shocking of the many attempts yet made to plunder the public corcain. The eEtlmatea of the cost of carrvini on thaoftice for the next year is $C3 000, of Which $15,CvO is for clerk hire. Toe ap propriation for the present fiscal ytar is 3,IXX. Treasury Department Report. WAFHrKGTeiT, Au?u?t 14. The United Slates Treasurer havii.c accumulated a supply cf J I and direr ccrtiticpts suf ficient to rafft tbe current heavy demand haB arranged for the prompt delivery of there not's to banks, backers and others. makir.2 the required deposit, from and altf to-morrow. The isn of these notes hthlben suspended since tle first of May ' J?5tt (Statements prepared at the treasury

derrrnect to show tbe status of 3 per

ctL.t jeans makes the following exhibit: Hotel amount of loan f 305.531,250: re deemed nnder calls $299 475,650: purchased $3 322,250; called atid outstanding $2,783. 150. OBITUARY. Ex-UuIted States Senator Se,reeaat. Eah FiuKcisfo, August li Aaron Sirgent, ex-U. S. Senator for California, died here this morning. lie had been ailing for !ome time, but confined to his house only for the last two weeks. Tbe disease was enlargement of the epleen, resnltixi In blood poisoning. Alter bli last return here he engaged in law oractice, e3tablL3ilng the firm of Sargent &Sione. BUFFALO BILL'S EXPERIENCES, Carrylae; Important Dlsp&tcliea A. Long Klde In a Country Lined with ladtasai On returning from a long ride, in which I had been much harassed by tbe Indiana. I was one night accosted by .Curtis, the chief of the secuta, who was in ft difficulty. The general was anxious to send some dis patches to General bneridan at ort Hays, some eighty miles off. Tbe scouts available did not freeze onto th6 job. They urged that they were not sufficiently well acquainted with the country to go by night. The dispatch was important, so Curtis came to me and asked me if I was not too tired to volunteer. It was rather ft Jtickelish piece of work. The whole country was lined by Indians. It was a dark night and a ttorm was th.reaterr.ng. liowaver, the dispatches had to be sent ott, and so I assented, bargaining only that I should be provided with the best mount in the fort. This was readily assented to, the rcouts took a fond farewell of me, and with their wishes for success ringing in my ears, I set out on my long ride. The nicht was cark as pitch, but this gave me all the better chance o! escaping the Indians. My greatest danger wa lest my horse should stumble in a hole and run away, leaving me on the prairie. To prevent 'such a catastrophe I tied one end of my raw bide lariat to the bridle, and the other to my belt, a wise precaution, for within a few miles my horse fell twice in prairie dogs' boles, and got away before I could get hold of the bridle, but when he got to tbe length of the lariat he discovered that be was picketed to Bison Bill, which cocaideiahly abated h's playfulness. In tl is way I proceeded througa the night, aid reached Walnut creek, twenty-five miles out, in good time. It was here that I met with my first adventure. Going slowly through the darkness, I suddenly found myself in tbe midst of a number of bones, which, becoming frightened, speedily moved off in all directions. I knew at once that I was near Indians, so without wßit ng to apologize, I cleared out as Quickly as possible. Just as I thought my self clear, a dog barked a few yards away, and then I beard some redskins talking. They did more than talk, too. They mounted their mustangs and gave chase. 1 urged my horse to full speed and succeeded in getting away without loss of life. 1 continued my way for several miles In a straight course, and I pushed on toward Suoky Hill river. I reached this point soon after 3 o'clock in the morning, and then puthing northward I struck the old Santa Fe trail ten miles from Fort Hays, just aa day was breaking. Arrived at the post soon after revielle. I made straight for Gen. .Sheridan's headquarters, and pre sented my dispatches in person. 1 was most cordially received by the general. and, having taken food and seen that my hoi?e was well cared tor, tnougnt i would procred to take a little rest. It was, however, not to be, for I was suddenly sent for by the general, who wished to see me. As I approached headqusrters I noticed a cumber of scouts grouped together, end evidently engaged in discussing something important, and I soon learned what this was. Gen. ßberidan de'red to tend an Important dispa'ch to Fort Pod e, a distance of ninety-five miles. Volunteers were requested, but roue responded. The general told me this, aad what could I do? 'General." I ssii, "if there is no one ready to volunteer, I'll carry your dispatches myself." The eenerai expressed timseu greatly pleased at my öfter, but at the same time eald tbat be had not thought of asking me to undertake the duty, as I had been fully hardworkf d already. But it was very Important that the dispatches should go. "If vou don't get a courier by 4 o'clock this atternoon. I'll do the business," I re sponded; but I must have a fresh horse, and meantime will take a little rest." It was not much rest that I got, but punctually at 4 o'clock announced myself ready, and, mounting a fresh horse, started on the road. I crossed smoky mil river at dark, and it was just daylight as I rode up to Ssm Log crossing on the Pawnee fork, where ft company of colored cavalry were posted under Major Cox. Here 1 got a fresh hozse, and, continuing my lonely ride, covered the remaining twenty-five mils to Fort Dodge and arrived soon aftr ( o'clock without having seen a single In dian. Having delivered my dispa'ches and rested an hour I was informed that the commander wished to send some dispatches to Fort Lamed, my own post. I, of course, readily undertook to carry these, and my cfJer was gladly accepted by the General, "provided I thought I could stand the trip after my recent fatigue." "All I want is a fresh horse, sir," I said. Here was the difficulty. There was not such a thing as a decent horse available, the only animals to be had being government mules, of which there was a large choice. I made no difficulty about this. "Trot out your mule." I said, "and I am ready now." The mule was rapidly forthcoming, and at dark I started once mote on the road for Fort LarneJ, and proceeded without interruption to Coon creek, thirty miles from Fort Dodg. Here I uismounted and led my mule to a pool to give him some water. I also stood myself a drink, using my hat for a dipper, and while engaged in procuring this refreshment my mule suddenly jerked off and rambled away down to ths creek. Then it flatbed across my mind that in the hurry of departure I had omitted to mske my lariat fait tö him, and that he was at large. I followod him gently, in the hops of retting hold of his bridle, and that be would perchance stop. He did not. He made straight for the wagon road, but instead of makine for Fc rt Dodze. as I ex pected he would, he turned toward Fort Larned, and jogged merrily along with ft most btppy and unconscious air. Several times I .succtredad in getting just up to him, when he would put on a spurt and go ahead easy, slacking down as Boon as I gave up chase. I was sorely tempted to shoot him with my run. which i lortun ately had Jn my hand, but the report would have probably brought the Indians down on me, and aa he was, besides, compary for me, I restrained. And thus tie mule marched on, and I followed on toot cur leg. From Coon creek to Fort Larned is thlr-ty-five miles, and we that Is, the mule and myself made pretty good time. There waa nothing to hold the mule, and I was trvinc hard to catch him. which urged him on. In addition to the excitement of this pedestrian competition I had the knowl edge that l migüt any moment db pouucea on by Indiana and have my nair lutea. Tbe mule stuck to me and and I stuck to the mule. Just aa day began to break we found oursdves still In the same order of procession on a hill looking down on to the valley of Pawnee fork, with Fort Lamed looming in the distance, and as I Btzrveved the scene, and tne mnie survey ed me, the morning sun belched forth half a mile away. We took stock of each other with expres lions ot mutual distrust Then addressing i my opposite neighbor, I ppoke.

"Tlrr.A'a pp." I eald, "nod it's my turn. Im deeply indebted to yea for yoar company but we must part." Then I raised my pun o my shoulder and blazed away, hitting the beast on the hip. Inserting a secoad cartridge, I fired into him again, ana twice more until at last be lay stretched cut nice and comfortable. Like all povprnrrent mules, he was a ttaghone, and died had. My shots brought out tbe troops, and when they learned woat had happened tbey all f aid it served hin right. I then walked irto headquarters and delivered my di?patche?, sud received tbe compliments of the general. I procaeded to Dot in some hous of aol'd sleep, anil then Seft t at same night for Fort Hays with some dispatches, which I delivered early the next mornicg Slo Gen. Sheridan. My record of tfcese i id 9 is as follows: Fort Lrned to Fort Hays, siity-fire miles in

twelve hours; Fort Hays to Fort Dsdge, Bineiy-nve muci in tne succeed in twentyfour hours; Fort Dodge to Fort Larned, thirty-five miles oa mule. thirty-flTe miles t-ff mole, the aame night and back to Fort Hays, sixty-five milea; the next; total. 295 iciles over a rough country, infested by hostile Indians, without any definite inter! valof rest. On arriving at Fort Hays I waa highly complimented bv Gen. Sheridan on my achievement. ' Cody," he said, "I have decided so aproint you guide and chief of Ecouts, with the command." And thus it was I came to be chief of tccnts of the United States army. A NEW ONE" ON BEN BUTLER. The Shortest and Best Speech He Ever Xe llveredla ongress: Omaha World. 1 "I was talking with Congressman Calk ins in Indianapolis on Sunday last," said Mr. WM V. Rooker In the lobby of the iaxton, "ana he gave me what I thought W8S a new one about old Ben Butler. The way our conversation started, calkins etked me about Crazy-horse Vaa Wyck, and remarked that he madeavery pic turesque picture in the Bsnate. I never aar? but one other man with such a wild and wooly gesture as Van Wyck had, and that was an Ohio congressman, whom I will not name. He represented one of the interior districts of his state at the time Ben Butler was having no end of trouble with Sam Cox and a good many other people in the House and doing them all up mere or less in bis own peculiar way. The Ohio man bad been loaded for Benjamin fop some time and at last one day he got bis chance. "His epecch was simply a torrent of vul gar abuse and would have attracted un mitigated disgust had it not been for his peculiar gesture, which tempered the dis gust with mirth. He had a fashion of raising his arms just as high above bis bead as possible and then wringing his hands aa though ne were making a delirious attempt to wring them off. Well, old Ben eat through the speech, w:th his one pood eye half shut, not moving a muscle. When the Ohio man had finished and taken his seat, Ben rose calm, dignified and impressive and stood in the isle. For half minute he said nothing. Then he began: Mr. "Speaker." Another pause, long and ponderous. Fverybyody waited, with hushed breath for him to continue. Raising his arm, Ben reproduced exactly the awfal gesture of the Ohio congressman. Then he permitted his arms to fall again and for arolher half-minute stood still and silent. "That is all, Mr. Speaker." sali the ehrewd and sarcastic son of Massachusetts. "I just wanted to answer tbe gentleman from Ohio." Judging from the wild laughter and applause which followed, old lien's speech was at once the shortest aod the best ever delivered in the Lower Hsuee. Now Ton See It and Now You Don't. I Pittsburg Chronicle. I In an Illinois city within fifty miles from Chicago, there is a hotel whera the service at table is notoriously bad. It can be improved by the UEe of tips to waiters, and guests of the house know iL A drummer was telling the other night how he got a satisfactory dinner at the hotel. There is something familiar about the story, but it is good enough to tell. The drummer eat down at the table and managed to get a waiter. "Pete. ' Bald he, taamg a Dig suver aouar from his pocket, and putting it under ft goblet turned upside down. "Yes, sah, taia rete, auaoiy. i sees it."' "WelL now, you hurry around and get me iust as good a dinner as you know how and don't keep me waiting." Better service than the drummer haa could not be desired. The meat was just what he asked for, the vegetables fresh and daintilv set betöre him. the courses followed each other in rapid succession, and when the guest had finished he was satisfied. uPat. 9 Via aafil arrain aa Via Vi! nark. AVIV. V. M.J w . kin beside his plate, "do you se9 that dollar?" "Yea, sah," said Pete, with expectation in his eyes. "Well, Pete," remarked the drummer as he removed the goblet, "take a good look at it, for you'll never see it aain." "Then the drummer put the coin into his pocket and strolled out of the room, while Pete kicked his chair so far under the table that it took a requisition on the Governor of the adjoining State to get it back. A Test Case. lOmaha World. Smith Say, Jones, can a man get drunk on beer? Jones I don't know. Let's try. Waiter, two beers. Smith Yum, yum! I could drink that all night Waiter, two beers. Jones Ot course. So could I, and be clear as a bell. Waiter, two beers. Smith Why, I am iust beginning to get thirsty. We'll try two more. Hi, there, Joe e'e Good staff. Makes a man bright. Leeh have couple more. Smith All right Jonesy, jus'youahay. Now have some 'ith me. Jones No, shir, emy turn. I'm a gentle(hic)man, I am, and pay mv thare. Smith I ahay 'amy turn. You mus' be drunk. Jones Any man says I'm (hie) drunk 'eliar. Only drank little beer. Can't get full'n beer. Smith Thash so Jones. Nat possible. Perfectly redic(hiculous. Jones Next feller sbay man can get drunk on beer jus' abend bim t3 me. No New-Fancied Doctrine for Ulm. Arkansas Traveler.! "What about the Monroe doctrine?" was asked cf a village candidate. "Ob, well, now." said he. "when It comes tn tViat. thprn'a inat aa eood doctors no aa there ever was. All this talk about Brighfs disease and Monroe's doctorin' is nonsense. Dr. Buck, standing thar, ia as good a doctor as any nv 'em." Advice to Mothera. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used when children are cntuu? item- reli.rmi the little Buffc'rer at once: It produces natural, quiet Bleep oy relieving the child fron pain, and tüe little Chemo awakes a "bright as a button." It i very pleasant to tas.e. It soothes the child, sotten tae gums, alleys all pain, relieves wind, regulato im Dowei. ana (a thebrwt known remedy fnr diarrhea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Tweutynve cents a bottle. Ten drops of Angostura Bitters impart a delicious liavor to au coa arm ana prem.l.rt. nrf mmmr diuMCl. Try it and you will never be without it, but be sure to get the world renowned Angostura, manufactured paly by Dr. It 0. B, Biegert

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Deputy Commissioner Henderson Thtnka All Bepnbllcanj Should Go. I Washington Poet, August 12.1 Commissioner Miller, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, is at present away on vacation, and Col. E. C. Henderson, the deputy, ia now acting commissioner. Most of the chiefs of divisions in that bureau still are Republicans, as a ttnjority of all tbe clerks employed the re are Kepublicaris. Col. Henderson ia said to desire nothing other than to see these Republican cbieis cf divisiOEB &nd, for that matter, the Republican clerks also, turned out and replaced by good rmocrata. In fact it haa keen raid that Col. Henderson would use his tsajorary incumbency of the commit aronerfhip to do what some eager Democrats claim tbat Comaiessioner Miller haa been too slow to perform. "No," said Col. Henderson to Postja reporter yesterday when asked bou the matter; "I do not think it would be prope. for me to taie advantage ot the temporary absence of the regular head of thia omce to do wtat he has not shown a disposition to do, however much I might desire to see it done. I think it is for me while Acting Commissioner to do only the routine and cecereary business of the office. If I can, ia the way in whiea I think it would have been done by hhn for whom I asa acting. I do think that these offices ahould be given to Democrats. The fart that the Republican incumbents are good clerks or good officials is not sufficient reason in my mind, for their retention. The only good reason would be the impossibility of filling their places with Democrats as good. Of course I am a partisan in politics, if I am anything; I come from a polical state, a state where the children and the women enter the campaign, and where for several months in tbe year there is nothing done but campaigning. When i we win the fight there wa expect to reap 1 the full benefits ot victory. We take the same view of the Presidential election that we take of a mere local test. The ght of 18S1 was not all for the mere sake of haying a change of President; wo wanted a change of administration, and the administration inciudea every man employed in the Federal service. So far as this Bureau is concerned, the collectors and guazers and all the out-door officers have been changed; in that respect the service is now Democratic, but at headquarters here in Washington the Republicans remain in office and in the majority. I would turn them all out, and l think the President would turn them all out. Of course if a head of Department or a chief of Bureau says that he cannot well get aloDg without a certain Republican official the President is not likely to oppose bis retention, but it seems to me that the President is cot the cause of having Republicans kept in office. I have every reason to believe that nothing pleases President Cleveland more than than tbe recommendation tbat a good Damocrat be employed in the place of a Republican, however efficient tbe latter may have been, if the former rises to an equal standard. The President, I have no doubt, observes and executes the civil service law to the letter and keeps politics entirely apart from tbe classified service, but outside of the classified service, controlled by the civil service law, I am sure it is the fault of the head of the Department or the chief of the Bureau, and not the President, if Republicans are retained. Timely Xopica. ' tMount Pulaski (111.) Herald. The Rev. J. M. Hulbert discoursed on "Zaccheus, the Reformed Boodler," in Latham's prk last Sunday evening. He will preach on the "Temperature of Gehenna" next Sunday evening at 7:43 o'clock. It Waa Katlrelji Mew to lllm. ITown Topics. 1 Dawdle (wearily) "Aw baw-keeper, give me aw a new dwink ; something I've nevow had befaw." Bar-keeper "Yes, sir." (Passes out a glass cf lcewater.) A Fast N ag. Chic go Tim ee.l "I want to buy the fastest horse you've got in your stable," said a slick-looking man to the liveryman. ' One that can go like the wind." "A 2:40 horse will ault you?' "No, no, no; must be faster. About 1:40 is what I want." "You're a sportsacan?" "No, not exactly. I'm going into the real estate business and when I start out to show a man a lot I want a horse that can get there so quick that he'll think it's light in the heart of the town." Falxle'a Regulation. It is no longer a question of doubt although the contrary was once believed that medicines Which produce violent effects are unsuited to other thin desperate emergencies. In other words that super potent remedies are calculated to weal en and injure the system rather than reform its irregularities. Among medicines of dcbUitatineOect are cathartics aad cholsgogucs which copiously and abruptly evacuate tbe Lowcia. .because it aoes not ao tnis, tiostetter Btomach Bitters is preferable to the drenching clars of purgaelves, Painless in Its effects, it is tufliciently active to remedy chronic constipation. It relieves by invigoratiag the intestines, and enables, not lorces, them to perform the duty imrosed upon tnem by nature. rromotiDg the secretion ot bile in normal quantities by its healthfully stimulating effect upon the liver, it is eminently conductive to uigestian. ana contributes Inno small degree to keep the bowels regular. 53 The It eat Ehe Could Do. K. Y. Sun. Tramp (to woman) Could you give me something in the way of old clothes,ma'am? I'pi seltin' shabby. Woman You're 'getMn' more than shabby, but I ain't got a thing. You kin change coats with tbe ecarecrow back in th cornfield It you want to. That'll slick you up eome, an' it's the best I kin do. A MOST 1,111 ELBA X. OFFEB. lit Voltaic Belt Co.. Marshall, Mich., of er te too their celebrated Voltaic Belts and Kleotrio Appliances on thirty days' trial to any man afflicted with Kervous DobiUry. Loss of Vitality, Manhood, etc. Illustrated pamphlet in sealed envelope with foU particulars, msilad tree. Write thara at onoo. - FITS. AUTfita fstopped free by Pr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's itt. Marvelous r-e. Treatise and tl trial bottle free to Fit cm.- Bend to lr. Kline, 931 Arch treet. PhliadelDhia, Fa. Are Often in that most wretched state ot being really too eitktowoik, but so situated that they cannot aflbid to lose tbe time it requires to take medicine and set well. Loss ot time means loss of money. Medicine is needed to invigorate, regmate sndtone the system. But many medicines make half sick people whOuy sick, and time and money are lost in getting; well alter taking them. Tbe liver Is the cause of nearly all bodily aiimenta, such as DYSPIFSU, CONSTIPATION, EEIDICEE, SOUR ST3H1CH, BILI0USNE33, CCLIO, LOW SPIRITS, KIDNEY AFFE2TION3, And a medicine like Simmon' Liver ReirnUtor that will remove and cure these dlsord.-ts without causln? loss ol time, aad strengthen aad build up the woru out body evea whue the person Is at work Is certainly a boon to working ltfOTilp. Kev. R. G. Wilder, Prlncetcn. Few Jersey. sts "I find ncthlng helps to mush to teep msia working condition as Simmons' Liver Regulator." Demand the genume with Z trale catk oa

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I gratefully acknowlsdAB a cure of Ecienia. or 8a it Rhetrm, en head, t , face, arm and lec for aeventevn vears; noi- .le to walk exsept oil brJn nd knew lor oof v nr: not able to help myself for tight years; (t:J hundreds of remedies; doctors pronounced" hit case hopeless; per xoauently cured by the 'trtwirm Remedied. will. Mcdonald. Dearborn-Street, Chica 111. KCZKJIA. Some fire months aeo 1 had She rVleasiire t In form yen of my improvement ia the use of tie Cuticura Remedies in ray case of severe Chront . Eczcrra Erythematosa, and tdav eheerfnllr confirm all I then said. I c'lnsfder my cure rerlect and complete, a-d attribute it entirely Ut your remedies, having used no-others. FERN AN E-EXCHAKIX), 330G Peua Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. ECZEMA. I have eofferei f rem Salt Rhenm far ovs eight vears, at times so bad that I could no attend to my bueicesa lor weck at a time Ihree boxes of Cuticura and four bottles K invent have entirely cured ine of this dre&llul disease. lift. JOHN THIEL, Wilkesbarre. I'a. CUTICURA KEMEDIL3 Are sold by all dm?gists. Price: Cuticura. P0 ceats: Resolvent. l; scap. 2.", icuu Pof.er Drug and Chemical Company, Boston, Ma&s. Send for How to Care Skip Disease. "R17 A TT111 Y th0 ConolexA.m and Skia XJllilv. J by using the CuUcuia Soap. I CAN'T breathe. (lieft Pains, Numbness, Soreness. Hacking Cough, Asthma, Pleurisy aud la datamation relieved in one minut-e by the Catirara Anti-Pa.ln Plaster. Nothing iika it; At druggists, 25 cents, iotter Drvg aud Chemical Company. rWALUAELK FOB ETT&XS, ETJNSTJRffS, DIABEHEa, CHATIXGS, STINGS OF INSECTS, PILES, SO EE EYES, SOKE FEET. THE WONDER OF HEALIKG! For Tiles, Blind. Bleedlnff or Itcb.In?, it ia the greatest known remedy. For Burns, Scalds, Wounds. Bruise and Sprain a, it ia unequalled stopping pain and healing in a marvellous manner. For Inflamed and Sore Eyes. It effect Upon these delicate organs is simply marvellous. It ts the readies Friend. 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