National Republican., 1883-01-29

C0vlte governments Will raise the black flag
and sweep American merchantmen from the
Pacific. They have located the sugar hogs
head and know the gentleman who handles
the scoop. ..
A Colorado man said last night. speaking of
TIE senatorial settlement in Colorado, "Tabor
gets the title That is all he cares for. 1t was
% combination OF bonanza kings. Tabor gets
the short term aud the titles Bowen gets the
real prize, and it is agreed that Hamill shall
succeed HILL" .w. .. tH i1'''
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Last evening Senator Kellogg received q
letter from J. II. Acklen, announcing that he
has determined to withdraw from the contest
for the seat to which the voters of the third
congressional district of Louisiana elected the
senator last fall by u handsome majority, Mr..
Acklen writes: "Aftcr mature reflection ]
have finally decided to withdraw entirely my
notice of contest. -i . ..,,.,...
Phletus Sawyer is one Of the poor men of
the senate. After. tho accumulation of his
first two millions, however, he began to have
hopes t,,t he might, by careful attention to
business, leave his childrcna competence, and
ut this writing next months board gives him
worry little luleasincss. lie lived on u stone
Npatch in,Ncw York until he was past ~ years
old, and, according to report, spent his boy
hood days fling the noses of his iathcr'sshccp
to point SO they could get at the blades of
grass that struggled through the intcrstices
between the rocks. When he went TO Wisconsin
he spent several months trudging through the
pine forests locating the best timber and lay
ing out the campaign which has made him
second richest man in the state, Alexander
Mitchell overtopping him Sl5,00O,0OO or S20,-
100000. A story is told illustrative of tic man
ner in which party of New York capitalists,
I.who, attended a sale Of Wisconsin Pine lands
Z" in the fall Of 10 or spring of 80" "played him
for. a suekcr.n Philetus came to the sale
with u little notebook full of descriptions of
choice sections, and when block of land was
offered he would consult the book, and if he
wanted it he would begin biddins The capi-
talists knowing of his thorough knowledge of
the lay of the land, availcd themselves of
| his information and aOutbid him every time.
His capital was small, and theirs practically
unlimited. Philctus didn't know what TO do,
but finally IL bright thought struck him and
he hId the sale discontinued until the next
dry. That night he postedan agent to buy in
such sections as ho (Sawyerl did not bid on.
When the sale was resumed the verdant i'm
| pOrtRtiOn from the stone patch bid on
every water lot swamp, and piece
of worthless timber land in north
eastern Wisconsin, making themos reckless
1 aud Liberal propositions but reluctantly per-
uniting the other side to outbid him at the
going, going, gone point. Phletus fumcd,
and tradition says that the atmosphere ofpro-
family i, those parts was sitting for u few
hours. The capitalists enjoyed the Joke inn
mcnsoly, laughing heartily at Philotus's dis
1 comfture Meanwhile Sawycr's agent was
| quietly taking in all that was worth having
ut next to nothing. The capitalists returned
to their homes. Years passed. Philetus
arose early, retired late, sawed logs galore,
and waxed cOrpulent in purse and fat in
| pocket, buildcd him an elegant mansion in
!, poetic Oshkosh, founded banks, bought news
papers and hired men to run them, was elected
mayor and then sent to the legislature three
or four years, and to congress FIVE terms.
lis fame Travelled to the far east, and re-
/ minded the capitalists who had outw tied
Philctus when he was struggling for u foot
hold q quarter Of n century before, that
they owned q lot Of selected Pine lands
out in the Badger state, and they
J concluded to 80 and take look at
their property which must have increased in
value enormously, although they had paid a
! big price ior il originally and kept taxes paid
for a Ions while. Philetus heard of their
coming and received them royalty, wining
and ching them with a lavish disregard for
AT..4l - ~
/ Philetus played ,eln very high" and when
4 his guests started oil on their expedition into
the pinerios hourged them with all the bland
ness of Oshkosh hospitality, to call again on
their return. They promised to do so, and
their host hung his latch string out. That
was several years ago, and Philetus, now Sem
ator Sawyer, has been waiting for them ever
since. He is oppressed with an awful dread
at times that they have all been drowned try
ing to find the surface of the real estate shey
paid fancy prices for away back in the dim
past, and one of these days, when he finds
time between sales of railways he will organ
ize an exploring expedition to fish for their
bones. .tl .... a. ..a. a..
| nr.,.a ..rI 80 .a. ...,
Father Tomazin, the French missionary
who is representing the Chippewas who think
tAe pale face lumbermen of Minnesota are
conspiring 20 chisel them out OF their pine
land possessions says that the loggers have
been ohopping timber from the Red Lake res
ervation for the past two or three seasons.
"The lumbermen say they are not encroach-
ing n our reservation" remarked tho mis-
sionary, "but we know better. They have
crossed the boundery line in many places and
are cutting our pine" Tho memory Of man
runneth back to the not remote period when
the government made it very unpleasant and
costly for timber thieves ON the Pacific slope,
u and tho reverend father may give the land
department valuable information touching
Minnesota lumber dopredstions on govern
ment or Indian lands. lie may open profit
able field for investigation. ., ,tt.a. ...
Knows His Weakness.
I'hiiddciphd Enquirer,