Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1885, Page 7

JULES VALLI Boholar ana Bohemian—Episodes in the Life of an Eccentric Par- isian Ohroniquenr, Now York Herald, One of the best known of Parisians lias jolned the majority., Jules Valles, tho hero of the Latin quarter, Is dead in the prime of life, and the nows of his death awakens memories of the commune and of the eventful days which preceded the commune, He was born at Pay, on the 11th of June, 1883, He was well educat:d, snd intended to bscome a Jawger, but the ocarege of a journalist offering more brilliant promise he went to Paris and galned a high reputation as a contributor to the newapapers and as a psmphlcteer, He wroto for the Figaro, the Epoque, and ths Evenement. His style waa lively and ploturesque. His literary critizisms were fall of malice, and his dramatic orl ticlsms were full of gall and wormwood. He was just the man to chronicle the gay doings of Parls, and being succeasfal st home he went abroad. ~ As London correspondent of the Epoque he contributed some lively ietters, describing John Bull from various points of view and extracting a good deal of humor from topits which had previously been thrashed out. It was in the Rue, a little eatirical sheet, which he founded single banded out of his poverty and kept allve by his own unaided talent, that Valles fired his tirst cartridges, The journal of that day breathed powder and revolution, oven those devoted to pure literature. Pens were revolvers. That of Valles was al- ways loaded to the muzzle, and it never missed fire. Obliged to evade the laws of the empire azalnst ths pross, obliged to steer botween the stamp office and the roef of tho official warning, two deadly dangers in the crack of a courageous jour- nal, the young man performed prodigies in shunning this Scylla and this Charyb- die. It was in the Rue that he showed his firat talent—journalistic talent of the first quality. ““Rochefort,” maid a critio, “‘oprves up men with his polished blade; Vallos will demolish ideas by smashing them with his cudgel. The middle class beglns revelutions; the people finish them.” Like Rochfort Julos Valles had been employed at the Hotelds Ville in the de- partment of pompes funebres, a fact utilzad in a famous caricature by Gil,who represented him with babies’ coffins for shoes, He was a eidewalk philosopher. One day he printed a book. The titlo was odd and ‘teking—*‘Money, by a Man of Letters.” The tone was harsh and bitter agalnst the rich, the author waa kinder to the rag-picker than to the banker. It waza modern Diogenes bent over his lanternand soufling critic- ally the fifth of the Paris strests. His second book, ‘‘The Refractory,” wasa protest against the imperial wars, It combatted the ideas of militarism and the lust of conquest; it also painted a picture of the obscure life of the laborer, which earned for its author the title of ‘‘Poet of tatters and kenncls.” . Asto the man hims:lf, as his friends knew him, here i3 a sketch, before 1870, by his cldcomrades on the Rue; “Valles took us In when wo were wandering throogh the streats, vainly ecarching, year In, year out, for ssme corner in which to write what we had thought and suffered. He threw open to us his entire jonrnal— to us, unknown and poor; and if, in spite of his indefatigable frlendship, we have mot made a name in this journal, at least ‘we have earned our bread. Valles has enabled us to llve during eight inonths. Den do not forget services of that sort."” Among the wild spirits of the commune none was wilder than Valles. ~ With his sword and with his pen hc was unusally active. He narcowly escaped death at the hands of Gen. de Cissey, and while he was fleeing from justice’ the French papers published a sensatlonal account of his execution. For tw#o months he lay hidden ;in the cellar of a houss at Nevilly. At last, watching his opper- tunity, he disguised himself asa priest and tcok a train for London, travellng in the same carriage with a French officer, who was farlously declaiming against “‘cescochens communards,” ~ Valles afterwark told the story In the Cri du Peuple, adding with characteristic _humor, it was thanks to the preeence of that very officer In hls carriage that one of the *‘cos cochons 1a" csoaped. In London Valles vegatated for some years. He was wretched thers and poor, Haviog no means of his own, he existed as best he could by writing for a com- muinst paper, star'ed by Lissagaray, and contributing to the Evenment. His sorles of lctlers, entitle (vry Rue a [Londres,” are among his cleverest cfforts. They have been col- lected and put into book form, with illus- tratlons, In London Valles ueed to dine nightly at the Restaurant Audinst, a ra- eort of the reiugees, near Rathbone place —playfully nicknamed “La Cafo de V'Amnistie.” Here he mot Lissagaray, Pyat, Pllotol, the artlst; Montbard, the Bohemian illusirator; Vermesch, of “‘Pera Duchesne” notoriety, and thegen- tleman who has slnce sobered down into the dignity of f'rench agent at Catro—M, Camile Barrere. It was a strange set, and not a harmonious one. The exiles had at heart little but contempt and hat- red fer each other. Vermesch, the black- est of the eroup, despleed his fellow-refu- gees a8 timid and half hearted, Lissaga- garay looked upon Valles as a braggart and a ‘“‘pessur.’” Valles cordially re- turned his disl ke and before long broke with him altogether. Very amusing it was at times, say those who remember the author of *vacques Vingiras” in those days, to llsten to the blood and thunder spesches with which he ured to startle the frequentsrs cf the Cafe de V'Amnistle, Yet many can remember him in qulte other moods at this period—emiling and joking at Mrs, Weldon's concerts, in which he took great Interart, or playing the part of a well-bred French gentleman at evening partics. He studled the low eide of Lon- don life thoroughly at this period. He knew all the misery it contalned, and the vlce and crime. Under the ezcort of the police he visited the thicves' quarters, and what he had obecrved he described with & power snd picturesqueness not un worthy a Dickens, Like many exiles, he was afllicted with the spy monomania The most lnnocent fntruder on his pri vacy was at once set down as & mouchard, And at last ho grew 80 nervous that he left the busy city and took lodglngs in a distance suburb, where he imsgined him- self eafe from persecution. Daorlng his stay in England he came into a little money and embarked in some specula- tlon, " which he himself vaguely de scribed as For the time belng ho even thrived at his new oceu- pation, and had not ths amnesty just then allowed him to retun to his beloved Paris e wight bave evded his days a humdrum, respectable citizen. Jules Valles was not a handsome man, but he had something leonine and pecu liar in his appearance which redecmed him from being commonplacs. His face was square, red, and coatse, firm'y setoo & bullaeck and br ad, big shoulders, 1o Epngland he had affected long hair and ultra-shabby garments, But soon after his raturn to Parls he trimmed his locks and began to dress eo respectably that his old companions reslly almost bad a jasti ficatlon for thelr snecr that “‘Jules” way rapidly becoming bourgeoise, Between 1880 and 1884 he published his three autobiographicsl novels— “L'Enfant,” “Le bBacheller,” and L'Insarge,” formiog the complete story of *“Jaques Vintgrar.” They were pow- erful and strange works, touched here and there with grim humor and full of pltiless denanciations of the French edu cational and soclal eystems, In 1884, onthe Matin belng started, Valles was asked to contribute a serles of political articles to the paper. They were far weaker than his earller efforts and did little to increase his reputation. He had an odd way of writing, by the by, on any soraps of paper, envelopes or newspaper wrappers which he might happen to have on hand. While waiting in & hall or drawing room he would pull out a pencil and add a paragraph or a page t> some book or paper he was pre- paring. s facility was remarkable, but his imagination was limited, He had but ‘‘one string to his bow,” In January, 1884, he started the Cri du People, chiefly with the funds supplied him by a certaln Dr. Guebard, whose name was aftorward brought into prominence by the Ballerlch caso, The *‘Inaugural” banquet given at the new paper will long be remembered by Paris journals, It was a stentatiously vulgar feast. Ham, sausage, and cheap winy were the chlef attractions In the bill of fare, and Valles drank bumpera to soc'alism out of nameless utensils, For two years pravious to his death Jules Valles had been suffering from dia- betes. In the end, they aay, 1t affected his brain, and by his doctor's order he was compalled to give up active work, and leave the management of the Cri du Peuple to his s-stant:. Few of the articles which he signed in Lo Matin or La Cri aboat this period were probably altogether from his own pen. Soms of them are balieved to bave been wrlttan by a lady who had long ad- wired him platonically, and who devoted much of her time, it Is understood, to making his last days easy. GIDDY CLEVELAND, He Goes “oasting With Albany Boys and Girls. Albany, N. Y b. 22.—On omne of the cityenow-slidesPres'dent-elect Cleve- land stood last night. He was mufiled to the chin, but appearcd to be cold. The hill was throngod with coasters, Beauti- ful Albany belles were cut in torce, ac- compalned by thelr escorts, The snow path wotted with swiftly-rushing sleds decked with lovely girls in gay attire. Mr. Cleveland was a passive spectator of the animated acene for many minutes. Finally he turned to a friend at his elbow and remarked that he wished he were a boy agaln. This sentiment was echoed by his auditor, and was overheard by a rosy- cheeked young lady with a sled, who had just clambered the steep ascent, She quickly whispered to her big brother and he timidly approached the great man. Confusedly he tenderad Mr. Cleveland the use of his sled, but the offer was po- litely declined. Cleveland’s friend urgad him to accept the proffered *‘bob,” and he herofcally volunteered to pllot ths cranky craft. Mr. Cleveland hesitated and murmured something about its not being very digni- ficd. But his companion over-ruled his objections, and Mr. Cleveland permitted himeelf to be led to the brow of the hill. The next President sat down with a dull thump. The next instant they were darting down the slide like a flash of light. Tears came Into the'eyes of the President- elect, and he held his breath as the wind blew through his mustache with a morn- ful cadence. Jolly coasters caught only a glimpse of him as the sled sped down- ward, but he did not escape recognition. Young men clapped thelr bhaands and pan- ting beautles paured to wave handker- chiefs and comfortars. It waa triumph by moonlight. At last the lit!lc sled came to a pause and Mr. Cleveland and his pilot alightod. Their clothing waes flecked with #howy particles and thelr noses had been deftly touchen by frosty hands, but they did not care. Mr. Cleveland had enjoyed a bob- sled ride for the first tlme in thirty years. o —— Game of the Tramps Played on an Ilii- nois Railroad, Detroit Freo Press. About efghteen miles above Centralls, 111, the ecogineer began to blow toot! toot! toot! and to slacken his pace, and by and by the train came to a_standstill, The male passengers rushed out, as in daty bound, and m time to see a man ly- ing on the rails in front of the engina and another man bending over him. ~ When the crowd, hesded by the conductor, reached the spot the man on his feot ex- plained: ‘I digcovered him about ten minutes ago, and as Ididn't want to see the train run over him I gave you the signal.” “But why dida’t you pull him off the trask?” asked the conductor, “Icouldn’t bs hired to touch a dead body,” was the reply. “What, 1s he desd?”’ *‘Reckon he Is that.” We examined the body and fouad life init. He was a poorly dressed man, seemingly in hard luck, and for the mat- tor cf that ro was the other. *Ithink,"” said the stranger who had stopped the train, *'that he's taken pizen snd laid down here to make sure work of it, If you ara a mind to take him on to Centralla I'll kind o’ rab him Into life and get a doctor to pumyp him out.” The conductor assented and we lugged the body into the baggage car, Ths cate created considerable talk among the pas- sengers, and a purse of $7 was made up for the unfortuvate. However, as wo slowed up for Centralla and before the purse was presented thers was great yell- ing from the baggage car, and we looked out te ece’the two tramps dusting it across afield. It was agame they had played to get & twenty-mile lift —_— Two Sides to the Question, Atlanta National, “‘How often does the ferryboat starti” asked the lady. “Ivery fifteen minutes, mum,” *‘How long eince the boat left hera?”’ “Tin winutes, mum,” Lady waits ten minoutes and then eays: ~““Didn’t you fifteen micutes ‘4 did, mam, ““Well, I have walted her ten minutes slnee you eaid tbe boat had gone- ten minutes,” *Yes, mum " ‘‘Then how do you make out that the bost starts every fifteen minates?”’ *Why, you see, mum, starruts from this soide wan gfteen micutes, and from the ither eold the nixt.” o —— Seal of Nerth Carclina Smoking tobac- 00 is the best, y the boat started every THE DAILY BEE-~FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1885 ————————————————————————eeee e FIFTY YEARS A SEAMAN. A Connecticut Sea Oaptain Who Has Sailed 1,5000,000 Miles, Visiting All Quarters of the Globe, In this narsery of seamen extending along the const ¢f New England, writes a New London, Conn., correspondent to The Boston Globe, a sallor must justi’y any clalms for distinctlon by a display of exoceptional qualities, or they wili not ba allowed by tho profession, which fs notably just as well as gencrous, Still there arcindividual instances wherea life- time epent at sea is 80 free from accldent that somothing more than luck must be looked fcr to account for the excaptional immunity from the ocean's perils, This applies in the case of Capr J. Warren Holmes, of Mystic, who has summered and wintered in_every navigable part of the world for half a century, barring two or three years, and yet has so litile to tell in the way of accidents, hair-breadths’ escapes, or uncommon peril that his life would seem to justify the sailor’s solicitude for landsmen who are ex- posed to death or iojury from flying eigns and tumbling shimneys durlng the preval- ance of high winds on shore. 1n 1837, when 13 years of ego, Capt. Holmes ship- ped before the mest on the bark Leader for a whaling voyago in the North Atlan- tle, and some years subs:quently com- manded the same vessel after salling two voyages as mate In the ship Coriolanas, Qapt. John McGlnley, also 1n the whaling bueiness, As a whaler he was eminently successful for himself and ownor, thelate Charles Mallory, of Mystle, in whose servica he ramained as captain of whaling and merchant veese's for twenty-seven years. Late Inthe '50's Oapt. Holmes sailed between Now York and southern ports, subsequently transferring to the clipper ships running betweca New York, San Francisco and Liverpool, com- mandiog in succestion the bark Fanny, ships Francis E. F. Willis, Haze, Twi- light, and his present ehip, the Seminole. Darlng this period of forty-slght years he has doubled Capo Horn forty-nine times olothing, among the reindcer skins that make the bed, where 1t amuses iteclf from a hatohet to & snow-atlck, You doubtless think Jittle Boreas should have a nlce time rolling around to his heart'a content on the soft, warm relndeer skins; but when I tell you more about his little hcme, you may not then think g0, For his winter home 1s built of snow. “But won't the snow melt and the house tumble in?" you will ask, Of courss it will, if yon get it warmer than just the coldnees at which water freczes; but dar- Ing the greater part of the year It is so cold that the snow wlll not melt, even when the Eskimo burn firas in theit stone lamps fnslde these snow houses; so by closely regulating the smount of the fire, they can just keep the enow from melting. In short, it mustalwags be and the Cape of Good Hops four tesn tlmes, sailing in his whaling and merchant voyages at a moderate computation batween 1,600,000 and 1,600,000 miles, The distance salled while engaged cruising for whales, something over fourteen years, fa rather undereetimated, takiog 130 miles a dayss the ship’s log, la all provability this could be stretshed ont very much longer without encroaching on the marvelous, as many of the old whalers were very fast sailors, and as they sailed contin- ually, with the exception of two or three weeks between seasons, when they made Sandwich islands, or New Zealand or other convenient ports, to recrutt their ship. The distance sailed in the mer- chant service is capable of more accurate computation. To all these forty-elght years Capt. Holmes has met with but one serious mishap, that being in the year 1868, In southern latitudes, when in command of the Seminole. The day was clear, with a steady breeze and the sea scarcely rufiled, when the captain saw a white equall coming for him, and also saw that he could not escape it nor shorten sall sufficient to temper its fury. So nothing remained but to let her come, which she did like a flash of lightning, knocking the ship on her beam endsand carrying the mainmast, foremast and browsprit clean out of her. The foremast was broken in three places between the deck and the mainmast head. The wind was in the nature of a whirlwind, so the eame squa'l that knocked her down considerably righted her as it gave the parting kick and went its way careening over the ocesn, Strange to relate, Capt. Holmes, standing on the poop-deck within forty feet of the furious squall, scarcely felt a puofl of wind, nor was the mizzenmast injured beyond having some of the stays loosened by the other masts going by ihe board, Jurymasts were rigged and the ship made port for repairs. The fastest trip made between New York and San Jrancisco by Capt. Holmes was ninety- six days and between San Franclsco and New York ninety-three days. Thissamo passage he has made to Liverpool, but it does not speak so well for the ship, be- cause after crossing the equator the pas— sage to Liverpool is made with the trade winds abeam or on the quarter and every sail drawn, while on the New York pas- 8ngo the wind is free and only the salls on one mast are doing duty. Capt. Holmes exhibits with pardonable pride a solld gold beaker with the follow- ing inscription: “Presented by the British government to Capt. Holmes, master of ship Seminolc, of New York, in acknowledgment of his humanity and kindoess to the master and crew of the British ¢h'p Kurrachee, which was wreck- ed at sea Nov. 22, 1879.” The beaker was forwarded through the state depert- ment and presented to Capt. Holmes by Collector Merritt, of New York, In personal appearance Capt. Holmes is not unlike the duke of Wellington, having the same beak, which 1s the mark of a man born to command. His head is feosted with silver and his closely cut whiskers are equally white, but his black eyesare as bright and piercing as when a young man bound on u three years' w ing voyage. The captaln still follo the sea and bids fair to enjoy many years to come of active business, His ship is now loading in New York for San Frau- clsco. For many years his wife hud made voyages in company with him, and would think nothing even now of packing her trunk and stariing for Liverpool or Yokohama to join her husband. Whaling was the school that made sail- ors, and one wherc any but a man of dauntless courage would always remain at the foot, for it takes more ccol courage and dering to fasten to a eperm whale than is required to face the hot shower of a battery. In referring to his whallng experlence, the captain's eye brightens and his teeth unconsstously close with a suap ay he eays: *‘I always loved to puta lance Into a whale's lifs and churn up blood.” Sgerm oll was $1.20 a gallon forty years ago, and §1 extra bonus to the master, hence the enthusiasm, Steam has destroyed the romance of the sea and seamen, and another decade wlll see sail ors like Capt. Holmes almos: disappear from the service. | — ESKIMO BABY LIFE, How the Dots of Humanity Live in the Ice and Snow, vicholas for Febroary, When a baby Eskimo's mother makes the hood of her relndeer suit, she stretches it into a long sack or bag, that baogs down behind and is sapporied by her shoulders, and this bag of reindeer's skin is his cradle and home, where he lives until he knows how to walk, when he gets on his first suit of clothing, This, however, lswhile the baby Eskimo is out of doors, and his mother is mak- Ing & social visit. When at his own house, in order not to trouble bis mother while she is sewing orcioking or dolng sach cther work, the little baby s al: lowed to roll around almoet without cold enough In theit home to free S0 you can see that the little Eakimo can not have such a very nize time, and you can’t see how in the world he can be almoat naked nearly all day long when it is 8o cold. Bat such is the fact. Yet, in spite of all this, the little fel- low really enjoys himself. Ho gots used to the cold, and has great fun frolicking around on the reindeer skins and playing with his toys; and when I lLave told some other stories about the cold these little follows can endure, you can understand how they can enjoy themselves In the snow huts, or igloos, a3 they call them, lwheu it is only a little colder than freez- ng. At times the fire will get too warm In the snow house, and then the ceiling will commence meltiag, for you all perhaps have learned at school that when a room becomes warmed It is warmer at the celling and cooler near ths floor. So with the hutof snow, it commenoces melting atjthe top bezause it is warmer there, and when two or three drops of cold water has fallen on the baby’s bare shoulders, hls father or mother finds that it is gettlng tco warm, and cuts dowa the fire, ‘When the water commences dropping, the mother will often take a enow-ball from the floor, where it is colder than freezing, ane stick it against the point whore the water is drlpping. There it freczos fast and eoaks up the water just like a sponge until it becomes fall, and then she removes it and puts on another, a8 80on a8 it commencss to drip again. Sometimes she will forget to remove it, and when it gets soaked and heavy with water and warm enough to looss its freozing hold, down it comes, perhaps right on the haby’s bare back, wlera it flattens out like a elushy pan-cake—or into his face, as it once ecrved me. Sor e THE SAN MARINO REPUBLIO. The Story of the Rise and Fall of the with anything it can lay ite hands on, | ATHRILLING EXPERIENCE, Struggling to Wake When to Sleep Meant Deatruction, ‘‘Yes, wo operators sometimos have strange expericuces,” said a young-look- ing white-halred telographer. replying to an interrogation of the San Krancieco Call representative. “By all odds the most thrilling incident that cver came within my own experlence,” he continued muslngly, “‘occurred ono night aboat twelve years ago, 1 was then a young of erator on tho Northern pacific railroad, at & small statlon in castern Minncsota, called Kimberly, 1 was dolng the night work—from 7. m. to 7 a. m., and being of & social disposition, used to slaep only when there was nothing of nterest going on. Kimberly was quite a resort for picnics, belng situated on the edge of one of those beautiful lakes for which Minnesota Is famed, and on the day re- ferred to I had been out with a party of young folke, and by night was thoroughly tired out. There was no possible escape from work, though, and I had to report for cuty as usual. Well, 1 struggled along until about 3 o'clock, when 1 was arose from a light doze by the tleking of inetrument. I dragged myself over to whore it stood and recelved the following dispatch: ““‘To Operator Kimberly: Hold all west-bound trains, Bridge No. 6 Is washed away.’ *‘Bridge No. 6 was several mlles west of my station, and spanned a emall stream in which logs were floated down from the pinerles, I had heard that day of a big ‘jam’ near there, and now realized that it had broken and swept the bridge away. The section men had re- ported it 10 the next station west of me, and my order was the result, Still, 1 was in that somnclant state when noth- ing secms of immediats importance, and after mechanically lighting my signal- lantera, laid down again on the table from which 1 had risen, neglecting te hang the lantern out. 1 don't know how long 1 bad elept, when I was suddenly coneclous that a traln was neariog the station, at the same time being unable to move cr awaken myself. I knew that I was atleop, realized the neceesity of stop- ping the train, and that it would not stop at Kimberly If no signal was dls- played. Yet I was powerless to save them from the ivevitable destructicn which awaited them if they wera not warned of the carrying away of the bridge. 1 thall never forget the agony those, thoughts brought me. 1 struggled to break the chaius of elsep which held me. Thoe effort was accompanied by a most paculiar sensation. 1 can only comparo it with the action of a watch- spring which has been drawn to its utmost tension and then let go. You know how it will buzz for 1allest vemocracy in the World. Temple Bar, The little republic of San Marino is in- closed in the kingdgm of Italy, It is bounded on the north; east, and south by the province of Forll, and on the west by thatof Peraro. 1t territory covers about twenty-twosquaramiles. Thepopulation numbers 8,500 souls and the capltal, San Marino, bas 1,200. It is perched on the summit of a mountain called Mount Titan, or the Giants, which sometimps leads to this little state belng tarmed thfi Titanic republic. Its origin dates from the fourth century, and for heraldic bearings 1t has the following: Argent, three strong towers, azure, on three rocks of the same; three curved flames, guales, lssue from the towers and crown tnem. The motto is ‘‘Libertas.” The escutcheon lssurround- ed by flags aud surmounted by a crown, indicating a soverelen state. The repub lic has an order of chivalry, created in 1838, under the name of Order of San Marino. It consists of a Greek cross, with towers at the four angles, and In the center a medallion with the arms of the republic, surmounted by a princely crown, clesed, and suspended by a striped blue and whits ribbon, Thnese are the national colors. #¢In 1796;Bonaparte, after defeating the Austrians, sent the celebrated mathemat- ician, Mongo, to compliment the free mountaineers and make them offers of aggrandizement, but they very politely and very pradently declined. When 1taly became a kingdom Nazpoleon desired to preserve this small state intact, ‘It isa rare samplecf a republicto preserve,” said the emperor. In 1849 Garabaldl, driven from Rome by Gen. Oudinot, took refuge in San Marino, forbidding his soldiers to do any harm to the inhab- itants. Victor Emmanuel not only re- spected the ltberty of the institutlons of this little country, but always showed it geeat sympathy, espaclally on his visit to Bologna at the time of the Inauguration of the Aucooa railway in 18G1. In 1862 a few moments as it unwinds itself, That fs exactly the way my brain whirled as I sank back exhaunsted after each effort. I felt the traln draw nearer and nearver. It was like the ap- proach of fate. If 1t passed I was a mutderer. Again and azain I struggled, with the same result; I could not wake. It must have been but a few momente, yet I endured what seemed hours of torture. I think the jar and rumble of the train as it eped by must have awak- enned me. 1 jumped to my feet, selzed the lantern, which was still burning be- side my chair, and dashed cut through the open window. The rear coach was just passing the west end of the platform 1 screamed, and in my frenzy rushed after the departing train. The noiseand speed mocked me. Recollecting myaelf, I swung my lantern across the track— the usual signal of danger. There was no one In slght. Just as the traln swept around a curve a brakeman appeared on the rear platforn.. A moment later I heard what 1 have always considered the most welcome sound that ever reached my ears—a shrlek from the engine and the rattle of the alr brakes. As I realized that the train was fell on the track unconscious. *‘It was six weeks before I recovered from the braln fever which followed. Fortunately, the trainmen were old friends of m'ne, and the true cause of my illness never reached headquarters, Upon recovery I resigned my position at Kimberly and came west, being haunted with such a dread of a repetition of the experlence of that night that I dared not resume work {n that place, Since then I have bad many remarkable experiences, but none which produced so startling or lasting impression upon me. The boys often Jaugh at wy enow-white hair, know- me to be scarcely above 30 years of age, little fmagining what caused it.” a treaty of customs and commerce wss ;:nm:lmled between Italy and the repab- Ie. San Marino owes ity foundatlon to a hermit of that name, born {n Dalmatia in the fourth century, and who went to Italy to work as a_mason at the rebaild- ing of the walls of Rimini. Marlno after- ward took refage in the midet of the woods on Mount Titan, and constructed " | there a cabin in which he ended his days, The place where he expired eoon became the object of pilgrimsges, and houses wera built there, which ultimately form- ed the town of San Marino. The fete of the eaint ls celebrated on the 4th of September. — The Medical Value of Lemons, Medical News. The way to get the betier of the billous system without blue pills or quinine is to take the julce of one, two or three lem- ovs, as appétite craves, in as much watar as makes it pleasant to drink without su- gar, before going to bed, In the morn- ing, ou rislog, av lesst half an hour be- fore breakfast, take the julce of one lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear the system of humor and bile with efficlency, without any of the weakening effect of calome!, People should not irritate the stomach by ea'ing lemons clear; the powerful asd of the juice, which 1s always most corr.sive, invariably produces inflammation afier a while, but, properly dilated, so that it doss not burn or draw the throat, it does its medicsl work without hari, and, when the stom ach is clear of food, has abundant oppor tunity to work over the system thor- oughly, e —— His Preference. Somerville Journal, I“};juh“' midlin millionalre to his xmi *‘I have just willed you my property an made P. snd R, !ru{tecl"” i “*That will neyer do, I can suggest an improvement, ““What?" “‘Make them your heirs and sppolnt me trustee,” o —— Many sriesian wells are beivg sunk in southera towns in ¢rder to obtsin a good supply of water, The well at Choctaw, Ala., recently reached @ depth of 1,34 feet, since which time the water bas been gushing out to a helght of eixty-four feet above the derrick floor, TED WITH THE GEOGRAPNY OF YHID 8QUS. BY CXARINING THIS MAR THAT THE THICRGC, ROUK 1SLAKD & PACIFC owition of ita line, conneots th € by the whortost route, and oar Seneca and Kanki betwoen Ihichmon woya as low : iperiiore thet oifer 1oks Savan .'?u"a‘;unna information, get the Maps and ¥old. re o ths GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE A4 your neareat Ticket Office, or uddeose Q. R, CABLE, E. ST, JOHN, Fren dGeni Mg, Gon L The & Pase St LHIC ADMN ERTIFICATE OF I'UBLICATION, ) AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, S1ATE 0F NEURABKA, Lincoln, Februasy 1st, 1886, It is hercby certified that the State avy of Des Moies in the B bas complied with the this State, and is authorized to transact the OFF i bus ness of Fire Lusurance in this state for the cur. rent s eas W my hand and the seal of the Auditor of sounts the day and year above written. . A. BABCOUK, Auditor P. A, o Absolutely Pure and Unadulterated. Entirely Free from FUSIL OIL. oo nnd all Wasting Discascs. 510 CONSUMPTIVES, il it MEnQ ittty saved, as a reaction overcame me and 1| CHAS. SHIVERICK, FURNITURE UPHOLSTERY AND DRAPERIES, Passenger Elevator to all floors, 1206, 1208 and 1210 Farnam Streot, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, G, Ul PJqeisq | ORY } Omaha Ne- TRY YOUR. LUCK!! And Don't Lose This Chance. For this Tear Onlv. The best opportugity ever offered to try your luck in these hard timies. In order to give the public in general the advantage with o small sum of money, to pare ticlpate in real German Money Lottery, guaranteed and sanctioned by the n govern- ment, weoffer five whole orignal tickets which we have made into 16 different numbers of the 287, Hamburg Lotiery, in club plays and sell same for the small sum of £ as long as we have some on haud. These tickets are good for the last three principal drawings whi-h com- mance March 11,1885, and terminate on May 13, 1885, This Lottery has been for over 148 years in existence; has one hundred thousand tickets and fil'v thousand 500 winning numbers which is over one half the actual amount of tickets, Each holdor of tickets roceives, after the drawivgs, the Original Lists, alko the smount of tho prize if won. We hope, as we give 16 different numbers, that every ticket holder, on receipt of the winning lists, will be satisfiod with the result, 'The capital prices are mark 500,000, 300,000, 200,000, 100,000, 90,~ 000, 70,000, 50,000, 30,000, ete., the smallest being 145 mark, Tt 18 of tnterest to each and one to invest as soon as possible before the tickets ara all sold, Remut either by Post- order or draft and tickets will o forward at once. Original tickets of the Hamburg & Brunswick and Saxon, constantly on hand, ©. ¥, SOHMIDT & CO,, 62 Congrese Street, Detroit, Mich, =T TH 1409 and 1411.Dodee St. Oatalouges Furnishod on application 0,0,8,9,9,9.9.9, SOOOOOOOED [ caeans&hoal ] Malt Whiske —Do you know what it is? Ask your Physician DEA[".Y PUISUN K or Druggistand he will tell you'that IF XS A s o ositive Sure Cure for Malaria, Pulmonary Complaints, Indigestion, Nervous e, Prostration, Brouchial Tronbles, ¢io eral Debility. 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