THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES A CUANCKV, PublUlien.
UNION, - - - OREGON.
TACTS AND FANCIES.
Tho dance most in furor in New Yorli
this winter is tlio highland schottische
But slxty-nino prisoners lire, conliner
in tho Now Mexico territorial peniten
tiary.
Tlic walnut is being planted for orna
mental purposes in sonio parts of Soutli
cm California.
La Mature claim? that a nmchine o
onc-horso power would keep V7,000,(XX
watches going.
About two thousand cases of mttrdo
were reported to the press in 188. ii
the United States.
Tho spring sunshine of the holiday
started the sap, and in Vermont they an
making maple sugar.
It is suggested that, he is called Hit
"unspeakable Turk" because of Hit
number of wives he has.
A tame cougar followed like a dog a
the heels of a wild cowboy in the street,
of Portland, Oregon, the other day.
Navajo Indians tit Gallup, Arizona ter
ritory, recently run down a band o
thieves who had robbed a jewelry store
A Marysville, Cel., linn sold ove
10,00(1 pounds of turkey during the holi
ilayo to San Francisco and other dealer
A quarrel lotween the gas compute
And tho couneiliuen has left the street.
of Wullingtord, Conn., in total dark,
ness.
Note in Han Franaisco Jlitllclim
The "(Jhi(!.igo Church choir company" it
murdering "Tho Mikado" in tho in
terior.
One of Uncle Sam's mail-bags at (iritSi
Valley, Cal., was destroyed by the gnaw
ing of some rats which hail a keen seen
for wedding cake.
A paper called Tir Popular Pith:
lias been started at. Portland, Oregon
A 12-year-old colored girl in I.o.
Angeles has become a mother.
Tho wool clip of Oregon and Wash
ington territory for IKS' was i:i,0i!),)!)(
pounds, which was !,(KH).();)() pounds ii
excess of 1831 and 0,000,090 ahead o
I88I1.
According to an ancient idea pelican1
were hatched dead, but the cock peli
can brought, them to life by wounding
his breast and letting one drop" of bloot
fall upon each.
Mexico's, crop of Indian corn, iinivcp
sally used in making tortillas, amount
to about one-ninth that of the IJnltol
States. In some parts .of the country
three crops a year iinay be made.
A baboon on Stateu island is a con
lirmed beer-drinker, and often gob
hilarious on it -makes u man of him
self, :tn it were but will not tolcrnti
the music of a baud in his vicinity if hi
can prevent it.
Definition by .u' French post filler
clerk: A married woman is st let lot
which hits reached its address. Ayoutip
lady is a letter which has not been post;
e,l. An old maid is a letter for "jotter,
at the posla restitute.
Mits Longwait (aged .'18. discussing
fo" a masked ball): "I think I shall ap
pear ils the fairy iie u." Voting Long
wait: "Ciipita'l. capital! The fairies,
you know, have e;m:t down to us fron
it former generation."
The man who has the courage to ilis
cuss politics with his wife would no
shrink from contradicting his mother
Li-lav; on matters relating tothe propei
management of babiey. Hut Mich a
mm retire ly dies of old age.
l'he author of "lloup-la" and othei
popular military novels recently pub
llshcd in Knglaud turns out to b. a wo
man. Thi is a greater surprise that
tho recent revelation of Charles Kgberi
Craddock's identity in Miss Mttrfree.
Few American women step more I liar
twenty-four Inches on the average
Tight skirts uiid ,lack of praci!ei mala
the steps of most of them range fron
eighteen to twenty-three Inches, If thei
would learn to take longer .steps am
would wear loose gowns, they eouli
walk much farther with less fatigue.
Ethel (who really thinks she must
clean some of her old gloves this win
ter, times are so bad): "Do you sell kid
revivcrst" ' wiicinist: "id yes, mm.
1 think you'll find '.Mrs. ('ummidge'f
Infant Cordial' a most excel " (Con
fusion.)
The distinctive feature of the creolt
exhibit at the New Orleans exposition
is its ancient and time-worn appearance.
Like the Creoles themselves, evorvihin
centers in the past. There are sped
mens of tmtiiptc china, a chatolaim
with sc-ven jewels. lV2b years old; a beau
nuekliuv dating to thodjftoniuh century
mi h .try fan and sliver candlestick own
ed by ludj Washington; a saddle am
bridle used by the tlrt Napoleon; i
platter brought over by UrMtllne monk
In 17-7, and other relics of interesting
historical association.
TIuum is home discussion upon the
equestrian j erforinance of cowbrys,
shared by the defenders mid oppou tib
pf tin wedt.'t n riders. One says: "T.ik
ti cowkiy rutting out cattle, lie sit,
Ids hors with jterfeot grace, scarcely
perceptible motion in seat, while tin
horse Is going at fulf .spued. Hut whet
tho cowboy comes cast and rides a trot
tiiigdiorsu in the Kugllsh stylo his hnr.
maitship meets a severer test. A mas
tor of a ruling-school near Huston say
otto of his most singular pupils was t
rowltoy who could not keep his heat or
tut hngllsli ttfiddlc,"
RIDING A BRONCHO.
Ad iKdltoi" Thtpnrlonro Wltb One -of
Tliejo Frisky Animals.
.From the Saute 1'e Democrat.
A broncho is aliorse. lie has four
'legs like the saw "horse, "but is decidely
'more skittisli. The "broncho is of gen
tle deportment and modest mein, but
iu..' ,. -1 o..f ..ii,..t i,;...
M'ii. ioi w i, ,ni oaiu iiuv.c(iuuiii. i in .
There is nothing menu about the
broncho, though; ho is perfectly rea
sonable and acts on principle. All be
asks is to bo let alone, but ho does
ask this and even insists on it. Ho
is firm in this mnttcr and no kind of
argument can shake bis determina
tion. There is n broncho Hint lives
out some miles from this city. We
know hint right well. One day a man
roped him nnd tried to put, a saddle
on him. The broncho looked sad
ly at. him, shook his bead .and
begged the fellow as plain as could
lie to go away and not try
to interfere with a broncho who was
simply engaged in the pursuit of his
own happiness, but the man came on
with the saddle and continued to ag
gress. Then the broncho reached out
witli his ri-ght hind foot and expostu
lated with him so that bodied. When
thoroughly aroused the broncho is
quite fatal, and if yon can got close
enough to him to examine his cranial
structure you will find a cavity just
above the eye whero the bump of re
morse should bo.
The broncho is what the cowboys
call "high strung." If you want to
know just how high he is strung, climb
tin on his apex. Wo rode a broncho
once. Wo didn't travel far, but tho
ride was mighty exhilarating while it
lasted. Wo got on with great
pomp and a derrick, but wedidn't put
on my unnecessary stylo wlion
we went to get olT. Tho. beast evinced
considerable surprise when wo took
tit) our location upon his dorsal fin.
He scented to think a moment, nnd
then he gathered up his loins and de
livered a volley of heels find hardware,
straight out front the shoulder. The
recoil was fearful. Wo saw that our
t-eut was going to be 'contested, and
we began to make a motion to dis
mount, but the beast had gob under
way by this time, so we breathed a
silent livinn and tightened our grip.
He now went oil into a spasm of tall,
still-legged bucks, lie pitched us so
high that every time we started down
we would meet him coining up on
another trip. Finally he gave us one
grand, farewell boost, and we clovo the
firmament and split up through the
bushed ethereal until our toss ached
from the lowness of the temperature,
and we could distinctly hear tho music
of the spheres. Then we citno down
and fell,inulittlchcap,ahout one hun
dred yards front tho Mart ing point.
V kind Saninritan gut laired tip our
remains in a cigar-box and carried us
to tlie hospital. As they looked pity
ingly at us theattendiiigsttrgeons mar
veled as to the nattireof our niishap.
One said it wasa cyclone, anothersaid
it was a railroad 'smash-up, but wo
thought of the calico-hided pony that
was gra.ing peacefully in tlio dewy
mead and held our peace.
IN A TUNNHL.
Tim Au fill .MIh(iiUi. of a .N'ewOIaile ISrlile-
Ui-oiiiit.
A newly married couple were en route
to Washington by tho I5altiinoro it
Ohio. There are many tunnels on
this road the other side of the Ohio
river. All through Ohio tho face of
the young mail wore occasional looks
of pain, despite his great joy. llescent
cd to want something. Apparently ho
yearned. Over in West virginia'tlio
train entered a tunnel. Upon emerg
ing into the light the young man's face
was seen to wvnrast udious'cxprcssinn.
Ho was thinking. At first he seemed
perplexed, then interested, then tri
umphant, lie had had a revelation.
Then he Mailed with a linn, manly,
continuous smile, and his eyes peered
ahead for tho first sign of a yawningcav
ernin the mountainside. The bride was
happy and demure. Whish shadows
ruinliles darkness. The veil isdrawu.
It is another tunnel, Light again, and
tho young man looks happier than
ever. The bride's cheek disport s a gen
tie blush a modest inexperienced
blush, discovered only to the initiated
and envious. No perplexity, no anx
iety now. Tho revelation' lias been
tested and found a success. There are
many t minds, but not enough. If the
whole lino were a tunnel the brido and
groom would not care how slow the
tram proceeded. The man who has
not lived to bless (he builders of tun
nels does not know what happiness is.
He is but little above the brute, which
never troubled the Creator for passing
clouds over the moon on praver-meot-
: ,... . v..
ing iuiii. nut our uriuegrooin was
not one of these parties. Ho ap
preciated all the blessings which man
and nature has bestowed upon him.
llo did not lilies a tunnel.
Hut all things must have an end.
Daylight always comes to the newly
married. Strawberries and cream
must bo paid for at the casltier'sdesk.
Within this bUsHftctU'iiniboi-hidas a
microbe. Oiiu-ybung husband goes for
a drink of wuteVhilo on this or
rami his eager eye catches tho signs of
another tunnel. Of course ho fears
his birdio will bo sore afrnid ii left
alone in the darkness, and ho hastens
to her side. Quick nro his feet, but
faster moves tho train. Darkness
gathers while lid ,is yet half a dozen
seats away. lWrniojju-uvo man does
not falter. 1 lelgtViYi along, he reach
es the seat (on thinks he does) and
slides into it. Ptvp are tho shadows
and hums the train.
A scream, long and vigorous a
sound of seullling a thump or two
and the'bVidit light of a May tiny
break? '.njuiiw.tlie scene. Tho young
litisttiiinHrnTdictvlly endeavors to dis
engage VimiVcJi from thegrasp of an an
gry colored'w'onian sitting in the seat
just behind the bride, llo at length
succeeds and retiies sullenly to his
seat, wiping his motith and occasion
ally sauting upon tho iloor as if ho
had bitten through a worm in a fig.
Tho tunnels come and go, bub their
shadows nro scarcely deeper than
those upon tho fueo of t ho j -young
honeymoon.
In TJio Vlrg-lnln Mountains.
Washington Republic.
Grundy is a mere hamlet bn the
bank of Uig Sundy river, ten miles
from Kentucky state line, the hoiiieo'
the "moonshinci walled in by moun
tains on all sides. Tho area of the
whole village u not more than oneaud
one-half acres, and a wilder, more de
olato lookingplace you cannot imag
ine. I culd find bub two men in
Abingdon who had ever lieen to Grttn
dy or could give mo any idea of the
road leading there. One of them was
a revenue officer who onco made a
raid over there on horseback; the oth
er was a member of congress for that
district, who had been thore once dur
ing the political campaign of last fall.
They had made the distance by
horseback, bixty miles from Abingdon
and by wagon road ninety-six miles.
They said it would bo impossible to
find tho horseback road without a
guide, as the road was a mere path
over rocky mountains, often almost
indisccmable. 1 could not hire a guide
or a saddle horse without a sore
back (the horse's back not the
guide's), so I hired a covered wagon
and a pair of horses and went it alone,
taking a supply of raw dried beef,
canned meat and crackers. Of all the
trips I ever took, that was the worst.
Jt was up and down mountains -nil
the way. I was six days and nights
on the road. One horso played out
almost entirely before I got back.
My right arm is still' and sore yet from
using tho brake on the wagon to keep
it from running over ami killing tho
horses coming down tho mountains.
1 had great difficulty in finding tho
way, as nobody on the road seemed
to have over been five miles front
home.
On top of Big Sandy mountain I
caino across a woman standing in her
hut door with a child in her arms,
looking very miserable. She said,
"Moos tor, diil you meet an old woman
on a mowl?"
"Ves, about tho miles back."
"Did tho niewl fling her?"
"No, nob in my presence, why?"
"Well dab olo woman is my mammy
and 'critters' up in does mountains
haint uscn to kivered concerns, and I
was skeerb tho mewl moub ha flung
her."
I wondered if the horses and mules
were really afraid of wheeled vehicles.
About a niilo further on, I spied about
200 yards ahead of me a party of four
persons mounted on mules. As soon
as I drove in sight, they rode up in
tho hushes ami dismounted, and as I
had been cautioned that it was not
perfectly safe to go over the mountain
alone if there was anything about mo
like a revenue officer, and as ib was
lien getting dusk, I was a littledottlit
fttl what that maneuver meant. But
I drove bravely upandtomy surprise
each man was holding his "critter"
closo by the bit and the "critters"
gave- thein a lively time to hold them
until my wagon passed. I then re
membered having read tt year or two
ago a speech or lecture made by Kov
Iloycotting n Legislator.
Cheyenne Specinl: Tho mcnt mnrkct
owned by Kerr Urothers, at Carbon, Wyo.,
in boycotted by the local assembly of the
Knights ot Labor bwatiso of the stand
Kerr, tin snrnker of the Wyonilnc bonne ot
reprcHeittatlves, took iiKiunst approprint
ing $1,000 ot the territorial funds for tli
rc!ii-t of tho tatiiilk'H i men killist in the
Alma mine disaster. The Carbon county
ilelcciition waited on the miners at Carbon
and got a lively tongHe-htMliing. Alctor-
miclf, a member of tlio upper bonne, was
with Kerr and came hi fern shun of tlio
abuse. The bill, which lino been tunetuled
In tin upper Iioiiho to givn the stttferere
$1,100, ivill probably meet utoru opposi
tion Ulan uefore.
THE FORTI-NDiTlfcONGRESS.
Iteco.d of Proceedings In
Itraiiclien of tue Suite,
I Jo lb
fl EN ate. This heme tne day appointed
foriTnato niltlrcuses in memorial! of tho
lute vice-President IletidrickB, tl. palleries
of the minute began to fill nt an early hour.
When, therefore, at noon tho prenidont pro
tempore (Mr. Sherman) called tho Henate
to order all the HcntH in tlio galleries wero
occupied, the larger proportion of tho cc-
ctiimiitu being hulicn. Mr. VoorlieeH called
1'rdtfsK. Weh'ver, of lowolntroduced a'
bill to provide for tho organization of tho
territory of Oklahoma, for the nllotmcnt
of homcMtciulM to Indiana in Hevoralty nnd
open up tho unoccupied lands to tho actual
Bottlers. Referred. Wheeler, from the
committee on military affairs, reported tho
bill nuthoriiing the president to restore of
ficers to the armv in rnrtuiri rnnm. fTha
bill rotors to tho enso of FiU John Porter
nnu Jt was plnccd upon the public calen
dar. It may bo called up for action uny
timcriiir'ng the morning hour, an advan
tage which U not enjoyed by the specific
Pitt John Porter bill, which is upon tho
private calotular.1 Gibson, from the corn
nil tteo on ex pend ml res In 'the department
of justice, reported a resolution calling on
tho secretary of the treasury for a report
of nil balances due and from tho United
States, as shown by the books of the olllce
register and sixth auditor of the treasury
from the 20th to tho 30th of June. 18SG.
Tho secretary of war nnd postinnster-gcii-eral
nro also called on for n statement ot
balances ns shown by tho books of their
deimrtmeutfl. Adopted.
Senate. Among bills introduced wasono
by Sherman to discontluiio the coinage o
tlio silver dollar and provide f or the pur
chase ot silver bullion in bars of not less
tliun two million ounces nor more than
four million ounces per month, at the mar
hot price, and for the issue hi payment
iueii-ui i coin ceriiucates of not less de-
TIIE CtflSniG'OF SILVER.
Increasing Relief that No Hill Sus
pending Coinage. Can bo Punned.
up his resolution exprrNsivo of the senate's
dt-eo sense of the public loss in the death of
the late Vuo -President Hendricks. 1-or nomination than $10 each, the bullion to
the eminent citizen of the republic, he said, remain in' the treasury as security for tlio
who lately tell irotn ins place and who now payment, ot the cert finite-i. Intrn nn.
kJeens in honor in theboHom of the stuteho scnted a petition of KrcWw..-
lovul bo well nml nerved ho faitlifullv. we other lundiug color eitirniiMnf t lut Mint
can do no more than lins already been oi t oiunilna, complaining ngiiinst discrimi
done by the tongue, and bv everv method nation against them nt. t.lm thentr.. ,nwl
hich human affection can inspire. All the oilier places of public entertainment in tho
I f 1I.V fll WtlUl.tltnf n...l .......I .1...
erdy Johnson, in llaltimore, in which
lie said there was a coitniy in the
mountain section of Virginia, in which
there was nob a single wheeled vehiclo
known, and onlv one wagon road
through the country. T immediately
concluded that 1 had found the coun
ty and road.
.From tho eastern edge of Huchannn
county, where I entered it, to Grundy
is thirty-one miles. I did nob see in
t lint whole thirty-one miles a singje
brick or framo house of any descrip
tion. Nothing but I ho' low est order
of log huts; stack chimneys three or
four feet lower than tho house. Tho
nuncheonsa formed the roof, held down
by rocks piled on them. I was in the
niin all one day, and forced at night
to seek shelter in one of theso houses,
where 1 could have a lire, as it was
very cold up in tlio mountains. The
whole family occupied the room with
mo. Tlio horses were turned out to
gruzo. It was court week at Grundy,,
Court was held in a small school
house. The hotel is a frame building
of only two rooms with rt stack chim
ney between. Four beds were in each
room, and one of these rooms was al
so used for dining purposes, if people
could ho said to dine who eat twice a
day, fid") days in tlio year, nothing
hut hot, half-done soda biscuit and
tried meat. I kill.'d eleven snakes on
tho road and drank a quart of rot-gut
mountain whiskey to hold tho hot
biscuit down. There is not a frame
house, 1 was told, in lliichanun coun
ty, outside of (irmly, and there are
only livo there since tho lire.
honors title to the most illusttious dead
have been paid by tho chief magistrate of
tlio government, by the authority of tho
states and by the tmrestniined affection ot
the people. In tho senate, however, wo
may not be silent, even though the cup of
honor to Ids memory is 'full and overflow
ing. In this exalted theatre of action, herb
on this biilhniilly-hghtcd stage, ho fulfilled
his last ollicinl engagement and closed his
long and commanding public career. In
conclusion Mr. oorhees said: "As long as
Aniet lean history treasures up pure lives
and faithful public services, ns long as pul
lie and privu.'e virtue, stainless and with
out blemish, Is revered, so long will tho
inline of Thomas A. Hendricks bo
cherished by tho Americnn people as
an e.Mimple m orthy of emulation. In t lis
busy harvest of dentil of the vear 18Mf
there was gathered into eternity no nobler
spirit, no Higher intelligence, no fuirersoiil.
Mr. Hampton followed Mr. Vooihees. llo
said Unit when death laid its inexorable
hand on 1 lioiuiis A. 1 tendrn ks, vice presi
pemoline uniito suites, wo had anew
and faithful illustration of tho truth of tho
old adage, "Death loves a shining mark."
Mr. Hendricks was best loved where ho was
best Known. Crowned with almost everv
civil honor which a grateful people could
bestow, blest by domestic happiness as per
fect as it was beau I i fu I, ho did, indeed, offer
a sinning mark, ncn one of tiie great
actors in tho political arena fell all ant
mosities were buried witli lfim. In tho aw.
fill presence of death friends and foes alike
strove to do justice, llio scenes around
tho (lentil bed, Mr. Hampton snid, proved
tiie orotlietliootl ot mankind, anil showed
that one touch of nature made tho whole
world akin.- This thought made a deep im
pression, was indelibly fixed bv tho extra.
ordinary spectacle boheld at tho funeral ot
General Grant. Other speeches were made
at conclusion of which tho resolutions in
incuinriam were agreed to, nndas a further
evidence of rc fleet for tho memory ot its
I., ... XI.
iiiu! pn-Hiuni uiiicuii, uio senate, on mo
tion of Mr. Harris, adjourned.
Housk. Bills and resolutions wore intro
duced as follows: To limit tho jurisdiction
of tho United States courts in patent cases,
and to protect persona, who without notico
are bona fido manufacturers, purchasers,
venders or users of articles for exclusive,
use, manufiicturo or sale, of which a patent
lias been or may hereafter, bo granted. 15y
Mr. Will s, of Kentucky Providing Unit in
tho employment of labor on public works
preference shall bo given to citizens ot the
United States, and prohibiting thu employ
meiit of jouvii t labor. To prohibit tho
importation of pauper labor. Authorizing
the payment of postal notes by money or
der olllces. l-'ixing at So. 01)0,000 tho max
imum limit of the capital stocks of na
tional banking associations. For tho
relief of railroad mail clerks who
liavo been in tho postal service
for twenty years. A resolution calling
on tho secretary of the interior for copies
of any and all contracts or leases which tiro
to be found on file in his office between tho
.Southern Pacific liiiilroutl company and
any railroad to which land grants have
been inado or which have received bonds
from the United State. Also, for n copy
of the charter of the Southern Pacific rail
road, and aNo for copies of any contract
on file between tho Pacific .Mail Steamship
company and any ot the subsidized roads.
Mr. Morrison of Illinois, from tho commit
tee on ways and moans, reported a bill re
lating to tho taxation of fractional parts
of a gallon of' distilled spirits. Mr. Adams
of Illinois, from the committee on bnnking
nnd currency, reported a bill to enable na
tional hanking associations to increase
their rapiial and to cliongo their location
ai.d name. Placed on tho house calendar.
bE.VATK. Ingalls presented a memorial
of tlio legislature ot Kansas praying for the
establishment of two additional military
stations in that Btatoim protection against
the depredations of Indians. Thesetiato
took up the bill to divide part of the Sioux
reset vatlou in Dakota mid secure thor
city of Washington and praying that tho
license laws of the District of Columbia. m
so amended aa to prevent such discrimina
tion, ine Uakota bill was diseased with
out action. A message from the house of
representatives announced the (loath of
Hon. lieuben Kllwood. hvtii member of tlmfc
body from the state of Illinois. Mr. I.oan
characterized the deceased as a man well
equipped for the positions of trust to which
hjs constituents had called him, a man of
high honor and unblemished tut PL'I'ifcV- who.
by unremitting energy and industry, had
amassed a fortune which ho know how to
utilize in benevolence and churitv. Ad.
journed.
SiiN.vrK, Jan. 20. Among bills introduced
wns one by Call, at tho request of tho gov
ernor of Florida, tonttlhorizo the secretary
of tho treasury tosettloand pay tho claims
ot t he state of Morula, on account ot ox
penditures in suppressing Indians. Piatt
submitted a resolution for reference to the
committee on rules, nnd it was referred,
providing that executive nominations
should have to be considered in open ses
t-ion. Piatt said he would not care to speak
on tho resolution if it should be favorably
reported on by the committvo on rules, V.'it
would probably sodo if adversely reported
on, I lie Dakota Dill was discussed with
out action and tho senate adjourned until
Monday.
liousi:, Jan. 29. After a few private
measures hud leeti reported by. the com
mittees, tlio house, at 1:!10, went into
committee of the whole on tho private cal
ondur. Tlio house at tho evening session
passed .n bout fifty pension bills and ad
journed Mutil Monday.
Sknatk, ten. i. Tho scnato went to
the calendar and took up and passed
the bill providing for a division of part of
the Sioux reservation in Dakota, and the
relinquishment of the Indian title to the
remainder, lilatid offered, for reference to
the coinage, weights and measures commit.
tee, a resolution calling on the secretary of
tho treasury for information as to whether
in)- arrangement was effected by the treas
my department with the clearing house
committee of New lork to prevent tlio
coinage of silver, and it so, by what
authority of law that depart inent assumes
to virtually suspend the coinage of silver
by hoarding money in the treasury. It
u No calls for information as to tho amount
if silver dollars in the treasury mi re pro-
scnted by outstanding certilicntes on tiio
Itli of .March last, and what is tlio amount
to-day; iiIm, what amount of the interest
bearing debt is now subject to cull and
what policy is to bo pursued in the puv
incut ot silver thereon and ou other dues,
Hot'si:, Feb. 1. Under the call of tho
states, the following bills were introduced
and referred: Hy King, of Louisiana Ap
propria ting tlireoiaillion dollars for closing
Ihegapsin the levees of tho Missis-doni
river ana sirengiiieniiig anil gtvingper.ua
nency to thu siime. When tho call of tho
states was completed several motions to
adjourn were iiinde on the republican side,
mil they were all voted down, and .Mntsou,
having secured tlio tloor. moved to suspend
the rules and put upon its passage the hill
increasing pensions of soldiers' widows
from SS to 1U, wtli an tnmcudmcut pro
viiiing tnai tins act shall apply onlv to
widows who were married to deceased sol
diets prior to its piinsago and to those who
may herealter marry prior to orduruig tho
ucrvice of the soldier. The motion to sus
pend tho rules and puss the bill was agreed
to yens ins. nays tiu.
Thore see ms to bo a (settled conviction in
tlm minds ot most members of congress
that no bill stopping the toinngo ot silver
enn by any possibility paw at this session.
Representative Reed, ot Maine, who is the
foremost man on the republican sido, said
to-night that the anti-silver bill had no
chance In this house. "It is not n, party
question," bo added, "but a geographical
qotstlon. ' Tito western and largely the
southern members nro stiver men. regard
less of whether they are republicans or
democrats."
Mr. Heed Is not at all hopeful of the at
tempts inndo to educate the silver congress
men by getting them together at public
dinners and lecturing them on tho subject.
"Tho fact is," said he, "theso men are rc
resentatives nnd they represent the con
stituents who send them. The homo" In
fluence that sent them horo is far stronger
than any that can bo brought to benrtipon
them after they get here, and tho place to
begin tho educating process is nmong the
people who elect them, and not among tho
men who nro elected and who invariably
roiled with accuracy tlio views and wishes
of tlio voters behind them."
Per contra, a democratic lender of equal
prominence in congress said that while au
nnti'silver bill wns quite out of tho ques
tion, ho thought that i judicious com
promise measure might lie put through the
house. "Men like Mr. Ilhind," ho said,
"and other advocates of silver are not
nearly so extremu in their position as is.
popularly supposed. They cotucdo that
I hero is danger in the unlimited coinago ot
silver, and that something should bo dono
to change the present outlook. A bill fix
ing a limit to tho total coinage of silver,
providing, for exiuup'e, that as soon as
$:i00,000,000 worth of silver has been
coined silver coinage shall ceass, may, I
believe, bo passed by the house. That at
any rate would givo business men a basts
of certainty on which they could make
their calculations."
Payson, of Illino:s. who is known ns one
of the extreme advocates in the house ot
tho ltlnnd dollar, to day said: "I will give
you a piece of news, and if yon desire to bo
a prophet you had better publish it. The
whys and means committee will rcnort
soon a joint resolution requiring the secre
tary of the treasury to issuo forthwith a
call for not less than SoO.OOO worth or
bonds, nnd to redeem tho same with sur
plus money in the treasury. I know this-
to be a fact."
HewitK, member or the ways nnd means
committee, was asked whether ho knew of
any foundntion for this statement, and ho
refilled in the negative. He is, however, tho
only democratic member who might not Uo
informed at the outset if such a plan was
discussed by hisd.'inocratic colleagues, who
compose the majority of that committee.
Asked about tlio prospect of tariff legisla
tion, Hewit t said: "We shall preparo and
bring in a bill at an enrly day which, I be
lieve, will command tho support of a ma
jority of tho house."
All Important Land Decision.
The secret 'i ry of the interior has made a
decision in a timbcrciilturc entry casecom
ingfrom tho llloomington district that I
of general importance K. A. Leavenworth
contested John llibbey's claim, alleging
"failure to plant" enough trees. The local
officers found fifteen acres planted but not
cultivated. The general land olllce decided
in favor of tho defendant. Tho secretary
now holds that tho case must go back to
permit the plaintiff to aniond tlio charges
and prove neglect. The secretary sii.vh
that while under the circumstances tho
amendment of tho conmlainnnt. nft or rnn.
dition of judgment, could not bo allowed.
yet, sinco tlio testimony tends to show
complete failure on tho part of tho defend
ant to comply with the demands of tholaw
with regard to tho cultivation, he will direct
local officers to notir.y the contestant in tho
present case that ho will bo permitted to
enter a new complaint, incorporating there-,
in said amendment, upon which a new hear
ing will bo ordered.
Commissioner Sparks Explains.
In reply to various questions in respect to.
tho ruling of tho goaeral land oflico Commis
sioner Sparks has mnde public it letter in
which he says: ".My decision holding that
a person who hns made nnd perfected n,
pre-emption entry cannot afterwards com
inuto a homestead, s'neo that, would bn.
equivalent to two pre-Viuptions. i-t not ex
pected, should itbo aflii ined (it h now-on
Appeal), to effect ctvs s flna'ly settled under
previous rulings. Convovnnro nfter flnnl
entry anil before patent, are held tr h
legal and allowable ns botween parties, but
their effect as to claim u -aiiwl. H... ll,.lt,..l
Slates deiiMids upon the validitv nf tin
entry. Tho only questions lieforo this
office in any enso are whether entry was
inndo in grod faith bv
and if tho 'uw has been 'complied with,"
Mr. Duke's Explanation.
From tho Detroit Fieo Press.
It wtis tib a big August meeting in
Wake county, X. (, and thero wero
acres of darkies present. The "Cross
ing of tho Hcd Sea" was the subject of
thodiscourso, and tho 15ov. Air. Dukes,
a 'niancipatcd minister, was treating
ib in tho niosb frigid manner, lie
had just closed by saying, "Moses
and tho chil'un of Israel crossed
ohor tho Ked Sea on the ice, but
when Faro and his lumbcrm' big
chariots come- 'long, dey broke fi ito
tho ice anil dey was all drou'iided,'1
whon a young man front town arose
and said:
"Brer Dukes, will you 'low mo to ax
you a question?"
"Sartinlv; what is it?"
Well, llror Dukes, 's bin studdiu'
geography, tin' geography touchas me
dat de Ked yea am in do tropics.
What I want to ax is dis: Whardat
ico cum from whar .Moses crossed ober
on?"
lhrr Dukes cleared his throat, mop
ped his brow, hesitated u moment, nnd
replied!
"Well, I'soglad you axdat question.
It gives ins an opportunity to Vplaiu.
My dear young brer, you mus'n't
think 'cause you w'ar store close- an'
hiu to school dat you know everything.
Dis thing I'm preaehint' 'houi took
- 1 j i! i I ""nn'tti I ill, I. II 111, lev III BMCII 1III1UH
ipjnco, Idng tune ago, 'foroduro was any lnive heretofore - been imulo by tlnr United
geographies an 'foro dew was any State Buch ealua are hereby confirmed.
ttJl,l,u ' I 'Clttt ., mA..,l...A.., u.. . ...1 , .L.l.lll
W,'IV.1, I ito aiuiiiuuii'U. nil. UUUJHm 1IUU mil? U1U,
m amciiueu, pusncu.
liii(iiishmont of Uio Indian titlo to tho re
mnmilcr. N'n i'.linil
reached. Harrison called up tho bill for
tho admission of Dakota. The bill having
been mid, Harrison nddrcHsed the hciiato
in its support, llo said that no man could
suppose that the descendants of the men
who in 1770 comiilained of tho appoint
ment of their olllcials by others than them
selves would long bo content with tho
treatment ot their affairs as territorial
and colonial. We should remember who
these people were who Inhabited the terri
tory ol Dakota. They had been, until
lately, citizens of tho sovoral states, and
exercised all the privileges ot citizenship.
They, therefore, know how valuable was
the privilege of citizenship. Harrison spoke
of the immense products ot tlio territory
hist year, and ot the general thrift of its
people. Itutlor then took tho tloor in
it plyto Harrison, but yielded for an ex
ecutive session, after which tho senute
aojotiriieu.
flown.-- Thesennto resolution touching
the death nt Vice President Hendricks was
presented to the house and, on motion of
llolmnu, it wns laid upon tho table for the
present. The house considered tho bill to
declare fotfeited certain land grants to tho
states of Mississippi, Alabama ami I.nttisi.
ana to aid in the construction ot railrods.
The bill is identical Willi that passed by tho
house In tho Forty-eighth congress, but the
committee ou public lands recommends mi
amendment excepting the Gulf nnd Ship
Island rood, of Mississippi, from tlio opera
tion of the hill. The question being an
amendment of tho committee excepting the
Gulf and Ship Island road, It was rejected
yeas K. nays 178. Holmnn, of Indiana,
offered an n mend men t that the hinds re
stored to the public domain shnll bo sub
ject to entry and settlement under tho pro
visions of the homestead law onlv: nro.
vided, however, that if salm of such lands
rOLITIUAL MiiVS AMI NOTES.
John Kelley has put many personal rem.
liusconces tnlo a history of American poli
tics about finished by him.
Tho sensible conchiMon of tho Mobile Rci!-
isteristhat tho silver question should bo
discussed on its merits as auecoi.omic sub
ject, iind politics left out entirely.
Ex-Senator Christiancy. onco one of the
most populnraud e-iteoiuod jurists of Mich
igan, was .almost ruined ,by Ins luckless
Washington catver and now It vim on the
proceeds ot a very slender law practice.
Democratic Senator Camden, of West
Virgiiiio, wants the silver dollar keptattho
same ratio of value with the gold dollar,
and he will try and tell in a speech soon
how the thing can be done.
California will elect this year a full stato
loveraiiient, part of the "supremo court,
rongrei-s'iien, and part of a Ipgir-laturc
which will elect a United States senator,
and coin-eipiently it will be a year of poli
tics in that state.
As the new bill for the further restriction
of Chinese immigration wilt bo seat to tho
committee' on foreign affairs, the Pacific
coast is not pleased with Speaker Carlisle's
neglect to ;-ut a congressman from that
section ou the commit tee.
The reasons p. ven by Gen. Durbhi Ward,
of Ohio, why ho neither expects nor wants
mi ollice from this administration, urn that
tlio cream of tho appointments is all gone
linn mat inuioesn t rnrofor skim milk.
EvSciuitor Tluu-iniui, of Ohio, in a letter
to his intimate Hcu.l, O. ft. Ficklin, of
Charleston, Ul.,,sn.v i. You will tie grati
fied hy seeing me enter public life again. I
am now on thi retired list, with inv own
full consent ami with no in. hnat imt "what
ever for active life except qs q privato."
Frauds in Utah.
Washington Special: Itichard S. Dement.
who was appointed siirveyor-goneral ot
Utah Inst fall, has nriiv.il here, nnd has
had long interviews with Commissioner
Sparks and Secretary I.aniar. Mr. Dement
brings with him n trunk full of documents
and a inoft extiaordinarystory. .When ho
went to Utah ho was instructed by tho sec .
rotnr. of the interior to make a thorough
cMiniiiiatiou of tho land olllces of Utah.
Mr. Deipent says that before Uo wont to
his post he secured tho services of four
skillful detectives. They hail not gone far
in their invehtigiitious when they discov
ered clues which led to an inquiry into thu
official conduct of tho other branches of
tho goieruiiient there, and Mr. Doinoiit
claims to ha vest cured evidence which will
fill all the jails' of I tali with officials and
ex-ollicials. He says within tho Inst ton
yeats theie have been committed in Utah
the m oit astounding frauds that were ever
perpetrated on the Americnn continent.
Ifeuaro of fimiiulcni.
For threw weekH mail has been accumu
lating in the postolllco of this city, says h
St Louis dispatch, addressed to E. H.
Carlton A Co., 31U Fourth street. Thons
being no such numlier on this street, nnd
no such linn in this city, the suspicions cf
the postoflice authorities weroarouMtl. and
upon investigation it was found that the
tlleged company had Ihvii swindling mer
chants in Kansas and Nebraska, by offer
ing large discounts on all cash iKiyments
for children's and laiVea' furnishing goods.
Detectives are at work on tho case but have
tnude uo nmxts.
A boiler at the saw mill four miles south
east of llreekenrMge, Mo., exploded, killing.
penccr Heed, engineer, and Adam, his sU-p-
Min ami tlrermn, and badly wounding a boy 11
years old. The cnghnvr was blown with great
force agnlnt some rocks twenty feet away.
Tho nretiisin was literally torn to pieeiu. Iteod
leaves a wife uiul six children. Tho mill was
out of repair and considered unsafe.
The State's Trades Assembly baforo ad
journing at Columbus, Oliio, a ljptuil a roaolti
timt favoring- tho eiiacttnant ot tlio eight hpur
law to he observed by corporate, companies.
It did nut en. lore the action of thu .National
Kodemtlon of Trad held at Chicago, suppari
liiU tho ftcike of May for un ctsat hour isys
luia, but rccoiiiiiic tiJ?d legislation on tho subject.
The Turf, Fiold nnd Farm announces
f crnianent reliremont from the turf of
'iorre I.orillurd, who has for $10 yearn
figured so prominently in the racing ononis
of this country nnd whoso victories on iho
Kuglish turf with Paroleaiid Iroquois made
his fame world-wide. His racing stable will
be sold nt auction February 27th, includ
ing the weJbVnown -thorftUBQbrvd D'rtike -Carter,
Pontine, Kmperor, Unrest andi
Dow drop. WnndauiU be-retired forbrcod
inc purposes.