The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-10

Omaha, presented evidence Of growth, sit
uted at the end of the plains, and begin.
mug Of the mountains, surrounded by a
fair agricultural country, and with the
railroad work shops furnishing employ
ment Tor population of about 5000 i'll
habitants.
GENERAL COOK, [. ;. A..
has his hands full with issues springing
from the Black Hill, excitement. Many
stories are ailoat regarding hcpossibili'y
| ofobtaining gold inpaying quantities. and
curses not u few are heaped upon the de-
struction of outfits. still that particular
business of furnishing such continues
| and appears TO prosper. stretch OF
| Imagination Is necessary to consider this
section of the road mountainous, Yet
the plain asccnds rapidly; in thirty-two
miles the track asccndS over two thou
sand feet. but so uniformly Is the rise dis
| tributed that at no point Is the grade
above eighty feet to the mile and at Shcr-
man, or at Evans ras>, We are S,262 feet
above the sea level: the crest of the
Eastern line of Black Hills. the Lara
mic Plains, for $50 mile, west of Chey-
| cnnc, l. attractive. possessing novelty and
charm for the traveller yet lacking the
scenic sublimity presented by the pas
sage of the Allcghani''. The next sec
I, ton OIL miles known as Bitter Greek"
is indeed bitter: drcary waste of sage
bush. barren alkaline soil and no water
Artcsian wells are now successfully used.
and thi. is the country that marks the di-
vide between the waters of the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. Only in the distance
on the right and left have seen the
"EoCEN MorNTAINs."
If indeed time admitted OF going by
the way OF Denver. | might have written
of majestic grandeur, ailording no con-
! ISOLATION to the impccunious. while min
istering to aesthetic minds qualification.
This fact remains: Ample space exists
for selecting homes by the dissatisfied in
the old States. Colorado. Nebraska.
! Utah, will each and all, exact new mode,
of labor from Eastern farmers bctor,
they can count on harvesting crops.
Irrigation, ditchmahing on n scale not
/ within the means of ordinary immi-
grants, will prove disappointment first
in all probability. Dwcllcrs in Southern
Illinois, the ancient Egyptians, iarmcd
as do the farmer, on this western divide.
and less labor will yield greater or better
results where YOU now are than can be
| hoped for or expected here. Instance,
| OF success are found. but seek to learn
what percentage they bear to attempts
| and you fail to learn.
| ALONG THE ROUTE or THL CENTRAL PN-
CIFIC
the travelling public speedily learn that
greenbacks are not legal tender. Coin
governs. A ten dollar bill nets $50:
with this exception prices are about the
| same as they are east Of the mountains
| At ElhO, Nevada, one dollar in coin i.
charged for fair meal. Throughout
! the grazing range $50 per month is the
wages of herdsmcn. The L. 4. Il. Il.
and &. l.. Il. X. pay their Chinese labor
ers $l.l3 per day; 81 per day is an out
side figure for expert miners, and The sup
ply of such excessive. In short, the Ia
Dor market j. overlooked, and where !
now write
monaghan
has driven out white and black labor,
Chinese house servants superseding the
class hereto fore employed in that capac-
ity. The problem presented by their
presence is perplcXing. They are aliens
and intend remaining such, are indus
trious and remarkably frugal, and in
stances are becoming numerous Of heavy
investments on farm mortgages being
made by their capitalists. Frugality and
industry are gaining Tor them their inc
vitablc result: but what Of the class dis
placed: Craftsmanship has not yet de-
vised II remedy. Welded to Il different
standard of comfort. the American can
not subsist his family on the pit
lance the "China Mani grows
wealthy on. Again the Mon
golian is single man. with few and
simple wants, and these supplied by his
owa caste. learn they are thoroughly
disliked, yet generally used. Still il is
not readily seen how they add to the
wealth of the country. In a garden near
by have observed three of them dill
gently engaged watering and otherwise
attending to the cultivation of vepeta-
bles, have been told that their labor
stands proportionaicy as five to three.
three Americans accomplishing AS much
a. five Mongolians, and to my astonish-
ment find the Americans idle for ..want
Of work" Our much yauntcd adapia-
blity to circumstance is certainly being
tested on the Pacific slope.
BROOM BrsINEss.
] was gratiicd at learning of the pres
cnce in South Vallcioof WV. Robertson.
brothcr-in-law to Secretary Stcarns of the
Chamber Of Commerce in your town.
who is conducting successfully an cXtcn-
sivc patent socket broom factory, turning
out two hundred dozen daily, finding
market for them along the coast and in
Australia furnishing employment to six
" operatives. Here il am industry that