Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1886, Page 2

| || took his arr g o v S A A T L/ b{o«\lxu‘ - lives on Pacitic street. AN B OMAHA DAILY k4 - DEATIL BY THE ROPE ROUTE. Anton Schaab Saves Himself From Imagi- nary Enemies. A TICKET FORGER CAUGHT. Interesting Board of Trade Mosting— A Heavy Damage Suit—Old Folk's Concart—Police Plckings—A Lively Runaway. By The Rone Route, Anton Schaab a young German who has for somo time past been living on the bottoms, committed suicide last evening by hanging himself. His dead body was found hanging to one of the beams in his hut, by one of the neighbors. The case was promptly repoited to the coroner, whereapon an investigation was made, which developed the following facts : Schaab came to Omaha with his sister Mena three or four years ago, and hasup + %0 a fow months ago been doing such odd Jobs as he could find, to earn his living. . His sister found employment as =a domestic, and has latterly been working at the residence of a Mr. Smith on Twenty-fifth and Davenport streets. Of late weeks, Schaab has been iil, suffering from some sort of mental and bouily depression, which has not only filled his mind with strange hallucinations, but has kept him bedridden most of tihe time. His illusion was that he was being pur- sued by some enemies who were bound to kill him. His sister ministered to his wants as best she could, visiting him on every occasion Jmuflblo, and bringing him food and medicine. Schaab howeyer, appeared to grow worse rather than better. About ten days ago he dis- appeared from the little shnnt?' in which he had been living without saying a word . tothe neighbors, Inquiry was made for him in every direction, but to no avail. On Saturday mght he returned, ing that he had been in Plattsmouth an thereabouts, trying to escape from the enemies who were hounding him to death. His sister gave him into the care of one of the nnlxchmrs. Harry Fredericks, ask- ing the latter to see that her brother was properly watched and his wants, ns fur a8 possible, attended to. Anton was last seen by Fredericks alive shortly after ner yesterday. Wheh supper was ready he was missing, and Fredericks going to his hut found his lifeless body, .as before stated, suspended from one of ‘the beams. He immediately cut it down, and tried overy means of resuscitation in vain. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide by hanging: It is probable that the unfortunate man committed the act sometime be- tween 4 and 6 o’clock. When found by Fredericks the body was still warm, and life had evidently not been long extinct. He was last seen alive by a blacksmith in the vicinity, to whom he stated that the :ll.‘(.nlghl.s of Labor were planning to kill im. Schaab was about 26 years of age, and 80 far as known, has no relatives living in this country. For the past few weeks he has undoubtedly been lavoring under a temporary fit of insanity. A TICKET l“()I!GI:J“ CAUGHT. A Union Pacific Brakeman *‘Raises a Pass and Gets Into Trouble, Chief Valentine, of the Union Pacific detective force, did a neat piece of work yestorday .in the detection and capture of a former employe of the Union Pacitic, who is charged with ‘the forgery of an ~ employe's pass over that road by “rais- ing” the date of its expiration. The man is M. H. Darnell, a former brakeman on » 8l e Union Pacific, who was discharged about n month ago. During the recent strike on the western division of the road Darnell applied for work under the name of D. W. Hansell and was given an em- x’}oyn's pass to Cheyenne, good until ay 8. On the evening of May B, . accompanied by a woman, he went to the Metropolitan hotel, where he registered as “*Charles Keif and wife,” *and remained over night, depositing the ass as sceurity for his lodgings. cured a loan of mone ht, suflicient to red three pa h he had in pawn at tho “time. He promised to give Knight the _pass to Cheyenne, remurking that he would not take any striking brakeman’ job and did not intend to go to Cheyenn at all. He did not yield up the’ pass, however, until Sunday, when Knight told him he did not want ilie pass, as the time & had expired. Darnell replied that he -would have to ‘‘doctor” the pass, and soon thereafter gav to Knight, with the date of expiration very clev- " erly raised from May 8 to May 18, ticke but Knight accep! the about going ohanged | mind Choyenne and yesterday at noon, ne- mpanied by R. Stev offered — th e at Hobbis et broke The Union Pacific oflicials wer d of the and in ] than an hour Detective Valentine had Stevens ~ and Knight in the city jail and ~wdarnell’s tr Thoe police were noti- ied of the affair and Patrolman Murphy uccceded in collaring Darnell about 5 ! o'clock last evening at the corner of SCupitol avenue ¢ without conc % elared that if the pass ~ghte had been done b ., and Knight will appear “hgainst l}x)\ oIl when he appen ol is 4 man of BOARD OF TRADI ~Absentees Will Be Fined Hereaftor— & Manufacturers Looking to Om- Arkapsas Editors— t Night's Meeting. er presided at the meeting of . board of trade in the exposition Fbuilding last evening. There wero fiftoen = *members and spectators present when | the eall to order was made. Mr. Nat. r acted as secretary. The minutes " the last two gestings were read and proved. The committee having in charge the mission of taxes upon industries to en- ourage their location in Omaha, through dwin Davis, reported that they under- the subject to be impracticable and al, and bad, therefore, not conferred with the council in the matter. On mo- tion of H. G. Clark the report was placed on filo. A lgtter from Senator Manilersor. was ad, setting forth his recept of the _board's resolution, and expressing his " cwillingness to act in favor of certain " “mmendments to the Cutlom bill with ref- = erence to car load lots. A communication from Congressman ird was read stating he would watch . for the car-load features in the Cullom He thought the Reagan bill would the house and the Cullom bill the to. He surmised a committee on ompromise would then be appointed. communication from the Manufa ws’ association of Sioux City request- the influence of the board in the mat- of the improvement of the upper ouri was introduced. It was ‘mld nothing sould be done in the prem- communication from the Arkan: association was read. The pres d the board of directors nad ap- da committee, with Mr. Wake as chairman, to entertain the visi- on Friday next, give them a ride about the city, also a lunch, and, if they remained over night, take them to the Knights of Labor ball which is to take place that evening. It was further de- cided that there would be an Omaha man in each earriage to explain to the visitors the sights as they rode around the city A communication was read from Walker Bros., of Wymore, Neb., direct- ing attention to their inventions. Another was read from the Duif Manu- facturing company of Pittsburg, setting forth that they employ 400 men, d n western o n and would like to locate in Omaha, and asking what inducements the city would offer to them to build here. The secretary had written them, ex- plained the advantages of Omaha and asked them for further information as regards their works and desires nother letter had been received from T.J. Potter, of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, with reference to shortening the time, on that road betwecen this city and Chicago, to the effect that, at the present, the granting ot the request would be impracticable Another from J. T, rk, of the Chi- eago, Milwankee & St. Paul, to the eftect after the labor troubles the eastern ronds would probably agree upon a re- duced table of time between Omaha and icago. ‘I'he socretary then stated that ata meet- ing of the ho: »etors in the after- noon Mr. Colpetzer had introduced an amendment to article 10, section 1 of the by-laws, as follows: A penalty of £500 shall be fmposed on each member of this association who shall be absent at the regular wonthly meeting, un- less, said xfl.msnl‘ member shall show cause why he was unable to attend said meeting, and said fine may be remanded upon a ma- {ority voto of' the meubers at the next regu- ar meeting, Also to article 5, That the rule of collect- ing assessments shall govern the collection of fines imposed. The president said that under the con- stitution, the proposed amendment would nave to lie over till the next meet- ing, and in the mean time would be hung on the walls of the board for the informa- tion of members. If, however, those prosent desire to speak of it, there would be no objection to their so doing. H. G. Clark thought the resolution a very good one. . Colonel Chase thought there ought to bea fine, but did not know whether it would be advisable to start light or heavy. In Minneapolis, & board of trade mem- ber who was not present at 9 o'clock in the morning was fined $10. There, they did things diftercntly., after the manner of a legislatury There, they had but two excuses, sickness and absence from tlmcl_y. When the time came to act upon the subject, he hoped it wounld be acted upon mtelligently, and, if they had business to warrant attendance at meet- ingzs, the fine should be inflicted. G, Clark said that if there could be ance oi fifty or sixty at ings, there would be no difliculty ng the m ngs interesting. . Mr. Nattinger said that, recently, an interesting priv had been held at which it was claimed that the city was not hein,\v1 properly sewered from a sanitary standpoint. He thought that wouid be a subjeet which might be considered by the board. Colonel Chase said that, while he felt the ci neer was competent, it was questionable whether the system of sewerage was the best that could be em- ployed The city had been niggardly in paying good salaries; nevertheless, the subject was one which the board should consider and present their views upon to the council, The question of the assess- ment was also one which should be con- sidered, as to whether the one-third valu- ation should be longer con inued. The board then adjonrned. After the close of "the meeting, it was rtained. that, at the meeting of the ot directors in the afternoon, the call had been made of 25 per cent of the stock for the purpose of carrying forward the crection of the board of " trade build- ing. H. G. Clark figured that each share of stock was valued at about $400, while 1t had cost but §2: The New Route to St. Joseph, Mo. The through line from Chicago to St. Joseph, Missouri, over the Chi Rock Island & P Railway wi open to public use on and after May 2d, 1886. The cxtension west from Alta- mont (from which point the main line di- verges to St. Joseph) has been construct- ed with the utmost care, and in all re- spects compares favorably with any of the older portions of the Rock Island tem. Through express trains run as fol- lows £0 12:10 p. m. and 11 Joseph 8. . m. and Returning, 1 and 7:55 4. m 35 p. m, and 625 a. nger equipment of theso ains, consisting of day coaches, Pull- an | arlor and sleeping car, reclining ch: and dining and will be ctorized by fhe same comfort, luxury and splendor which have made the nsas City Route of the Rock Island so universally popular, The new line opens up_a néw and indevendent ayenue of transportation to and trom one of the most flourishing, go-ahead cities of the West—a city of 50,000 inhabitants, commanding an” immense trade that covers a rea included in the St and Terr contignons and tribut to it. Sue to the through line to St. Joseph, and may the cago, Rock Island & Pacific management haryest that full measure of reward which their i y and enterprise have so > pass A Lively Runaway. sterday afternoon at 8 o'clock as H. snnedy was starting for a drive from Douglas street he noticed that one of his reins had gotten under the shaft. He stepped down to remove it, The horse feeling 1 good spirits started to run, and dragged Mr, Kennedy, who maintained an upright position between the fore and hind wheels, until the corner of Thir- teenth and Douglas was reached. he slipped, and was thrown. The buggy was overturned, and_ the horse run to Harney, thence to Farnam, where it struck the hind_wheel of Canon Doher- lly‘s bug{ , starting its spokes, and let ting the buggy fall to the ground. The hind legs of the horse became so wedged among the spokes that he could go no farther, and with difliculty- was leased from his painful position. E buggy was slightly injured, the Canon was frightened, the horse was seratched and Mr. Kennedy got & splash of mud upon his clothes. The Old Time Folks, The Old Folks' concert, promised by the parishoners of the Seward street Methodist ¢hureh, took place last night before a large and delighted audience. TPhe songs were ex- cellently rendered, the costumes unique and excellently arranged, and the fnanciai results of the most satisfactory character. The only disappointing fea. ture of the night was the shortness of the bill, which lasted ouly till shortly after 9 o'clock. DIED, RAMSEY—Ellen 5. Ramsey, at 10 o'clock a. ., 10th inst.; of heart disease. The decensed was wife of Robert 8. Rawsey. Three children all of ma- ture . yoars swrvive her Deceased was 59 years old. and had resided in Owaha for nineteen years. Kuneral from residence, Sixteenth aud lzard streets, Wednseday 10 a. m. Frieuds of family in- vited. - 16th st. CROP SUMMARY. The Farmer's Review Predicts Gen- erally Excellent Prospects. Cireaco, May 10.—The following crop summary will appear in this week's fssue of the Farmer's Review: The prospects for both winter and spring wheat continue éx- cellent. The only state in which no dpecial improvement is reported is Kansas. The tenor of the reports, however, is not especl- ally different from those of the preceding six weeks, with the exception that in- Green- wood county damage by fly is reported, and in Osnge the presence of the ehineh bug las been noticed in some of the fields, In A chison county —mot to exceed per cent of the original acreage, but Jias boen plowed up and the land deyoted principally to oats, The remainder of the crop is in good condition, In Harney, Bur- ton and Pottawattamie counties the ‘entire crop is set down as an absolute failure, In Morris county 20 per cent of the origi- al acreage remains and in Saline county there s the promise of 5 per cent of an average crop. In Chautauqua and Oswego countics there fs the promise of nearly a full average crop. Winter wheat through- out the state has attained growth of from six to twelye inches, In Michigan the outlook is slightly im- proved. Many of the fields look thiu, biit the plant generally is healthy and the present ontlook is for €5 or 90 per cent of an averaze vield. ‘In Jackson county the plant has at- ained a growth of ten inches, 'In Ohio, In- diana, Missouri, Kansas and Tennessee tl prospects continue flattering. "The presence of the fly is 1eported in several counties in Indiana, but no injury from insects is re- ported Jn_any of the other states. Central Bilinois sends in_ aimost uniformly good o ports, while the average of the reports from' Southern Tillinois Indicate @ ir outlook ~for an average _crop. he spring_wheat reports from Dakota Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska areof a vm-y promising character. Morton county in Dakota reports a %0 per cent in- creaso in average. ‘The recent rains in Dakota and Minnesota have left the ground in good condition. The growing plant is reported to have taken a good stand, In \isconsin spring_wheat is just putting in an_appear- ance, while winter wheat is from eight to ten inches high. The reports from lowa indicate a full average crop. — Corn planting has been finished in_Kangas, and is partinlly com- ploted in Nebrasks, Iowa ana Wiscousin, lhe planting oceurred under generally tavorable conditions. iyt ST THE LARGEST IN THE WEST. Omaha Sccures the Western Branch of the Moline Plow Company and the Milburn Wagon Company. Omaha has secured for a certainty the location of the western branch house of the Moline Plow company and the Mil- burn Wagon company. The companies have purchased a partot the building site and have already prepared the plans for the proposcd structure. Tho location will not be made public until all the property desired has been secured. The agricultural implement business of Oma- is already a mamoth in- dustry, but the completion of this company’s plans will fully double that business in Omaha, The building when erected will have a frontage of 132 feet and will be 132 feet in dopth and will be six stories above the basement built en- tirely of brick, fire proof throughout and especially arranged for the conduct of the business for which it is to be con- structed. The Moline plow and the Milburn wagon are staple articles with the farmer everywhere and hereafter Omaha will be the distributing point for these goods for t ntire west and northwest. The companies who arc to construct this mamoth depot are backed by a capital of over four millions of dollars and the amount of western business transacted by them is simply cnormous. Omaba will be the home and the headquarters the large number of men who will. be. 1 quired to conduct these companies’ busi- ness and look after their interests on ‘the road 000 for a Damaged Lung. Mrs.Rosella Russell commenced an interesting damage suit in the district court against Geo. A. Hill, the Cuming street saloon keeper and his surcities The story of the petitioner is to the effect that she is 45 years of age and the sup- port of an aged andinfirm husband. She a son, J. K. Russell, who.in 1882 com- "menced drinking at Hill's saloon and be- came finally an habitual drunkard, al- though she had warned Hill not to sell him intoxicants, he being n minor. In October, 1885, the young man, after hay- ing become drunk at Hill's place com- mitted a burglary by breaking into the store room of Antonia Sachsse, for which he was convicted and sentenced to rvitude in the state @ The mothe! timates that the son’s earnings for the time since he first commenced ~drinking, and of which she has been deprived, would amount to $2,100, and she alleges at she has been damaged in this amount, Russell further alleges, that in the fall of 1853, her son beeame engaged in a row in Hill's saloon, andiwas assaulted by yus persons and fearfully beaten, She heard of the trouble, and in” running to the saloon to take her son away, rup- tured some of the tissues of her left Tungz, from which she has since heen a sufl 5 She placzs he magos for this g ,000, which, with her son’s lost time at $2,100, makes a total of £7,100, for which amonnt. she asks judgment against the said Hill Very Bright “Bright Lights.” Kennedy's “Bright Lights” gave an y happy performance at the opening of a week’s engagement at the People’s theatre last might. The farce “Clams,” by the Daltons, was pleasingly presente The Coyne brothers were wonderful in its, Allen & Bruns did a clever busine: with some good singing. ay Har ilton did some eharmimg vo viee in popular selections. Professor Kennedy, the king of mesmerists, closed the per- formance. Change of Time, A change was made yesterday in the running time of the Missouri Pacific. The morning train leaves Omaha at 11:10 insteat of 10:30 as hereto- fore. The evening train departs at 9:10 instead of 8:45. The incomi trains arrive 25 minutes later than her tofore, Drunkenness and Desertion, Mrs. Harriet E. Adams has filed a pe tion in the district court asking for a di vorce from her husband, Thomas Adams, to whom she was married in 1876. She alleges that Adams has become an habit- ual drunkard, and has refused to support her for the past two or three years. District Court, The district court adjourned terday for the February term. The May term wi. commence next Monday. In the mean- time Clerk Ijams and his assistants will be busy in’ making the preparations needed for the event. The Union Pacific Strike, The Union Pacific brakemen’s strike is atan end. 'Iraims are running on all of the divisions the sameas if the strike had not oceurred. ‘The men ou the ddahe di- vision are not fully at peace, however, aid trotus o that divialan ace being run under strong guard. To be secure from pains use St. Jacobs Oi‘l.h It's & cure, and millions know ita such, S — My stock ‘ot lumber 18 selected with specisl reference to first-class trade. ¥reo W. Gray, 9th and Douglas. YRGe? BE®: TUESDAY, MAY 11 Y HANMO i 1886. THE ART OF ADVERTISING. Printer's Ink Judigiously Used Has Made Many’a Fortane, il FAVJRITE Some Anclent Advertisers—Noah Mad a Bign—Rulnink Cpuntry Scenery and City Wailg—Value of Newspapers. “The Romance of Advertising,” was the title of a book written several years ago, and although on the first thought it would appear to be impossible to extract anything that would prove of interest to such a dry-as-dirt subjoct as advertising, when the subject is thoroughly gone into GCAESAR'S DRINK. it is astonishing how much romance and | interest there are in it. “The way to fortune lies through printers’' ink,” said that prince of advertisers, . T. Barnum, and thereis a deal of truth in the old showman's saying. Whoever heard of a man ruining himself by advertising? No one ever did, but we have all heard of the man who tried to ruin himself by ad- vertising, and in the end only succeeded in doubling his fortune. It is verv gen- erally supposed that advertising is of modern origin. Not abitofit. Adver- tising was common in the days of Noah, and almost the first recorded instance is that of Noah sending the dove from the ark that brought back an olive branch as ‘‘asign.” It was not until the days of the Greeks and Romans. however, that written advertisements beeame common. The Jews, and other castern nations, had a custom, which is common to this day, of giving notice of sales, meetings, elec- tion, by word of mouth, something like the more modern ‘*‘bellman” notices. The Greeks also gave notice of stolen property in this way. The Romans were pioficient in the art of advertising by written_signs, and on the walls of Pompeii may be scen to this day notices and rough sketches of bull fights and glac sontests. On the walls, too, een written dircetions as to the roads to tuke in order to reach certain baths, and the excellence of the baths are also extolled at length. The saloon- keepers of the day were also not back- ard in advertismg the quality of their drinks, Such noti as the following are quite common Visitors from Rome are advised to try C. Marcu’s red valerian: it is the best. And very probably there was added, though now obliterated by tim I have drunk €. Marew’s red valerian, and can recommend it for its strength and purity. % J. CAESAR. The old Romansiknew how to live well. Pomp wine shdpsigns are very com- mon on the walls 0f ‘the buildings that have been unearthed. During the middle ages advertising, in wrlting at any rate, became a lost art.”? When men had to he summoned for a crusade, or noticed cf a new tax levy was to be'given, it had all to be done by word of mouth or by somo symbolic way. If it Wwere by word of mouth men were sént tb scour the coun- try and gi tothe head men of the various zbk, orelse beacons were on the hills or, s in Beotland, the “fiery cross’ was sent rownd!’ Sinse newspapers were unknown the people had to depend on the wandering minstrel or the 1tiner- ant priest for theirtsupply of new: Another individual whose presence was alike welcomo in the courtly hall or hum- ble chttage was the' truyeling merchant, who was received with much greater de- light than mn these degenerate days, both for the sake of the news and his_Zoods. This lowly individual who carried his pack on lis back, was the originator of our modern fashionable drummer. In large towns, such as London, of course it was different, and these merchant made known the e: ence of their wares by means of criers, who either p ambulated the streetsshouting the merits of Jones' ‘‘soap’ or Smith’s * burnt sack,” or else had men to stand in front of the booths, with which the streets were then lined, and with their never-ce cry of “What d’ye lack? What d’ye lac sought to attract the attention of custo- mers. At the close of the last century new papers became an institution, and advy ing may be said to have been born again, and, plrenis-like, sprung from the ashes of the old world, where it had lam buried during the middleages. 1t now became an “art” and gradually as it in- creased in proportion, it beeame not onty an “art,” but a “seience.”’ There is not ly scientific advertising, but the g as well, In the ¢ ays of newspapers they were almost ex- elisively government sheets, and their advertising space was monopolized by government announcements. * But as the demand for th ysDaper 1n their » was enlarged, and then p partics say what an admirable chani this was for making known their w cither to_sell or purehase, to the ge public. Tt was a long time, how before the publie really caughton to this, and for many ycars one or two news- pupers, sueh as e London Times and Lloyd's News, had almost the exclusiy patronage of the advertising public, People scemed to think that it was waste of money-to advertise any it is a fact worthy of fir 's receipts for London Daily Telegraph amounted to ouly 7 cents. It was not for years, in fact until within a comparatively time, that the present propr Daily e aph derived any substanti benefit from thoir adyertising columns, as at the beginning of their enterprise they let the columns of the paper to con- tractors for a term of years at the low rates then ruling. The advertising con- tractors made many a fortune out of the columns of the Telegraph before Mr, Lawsou did, ) It was not untit advertising through the newspapers hgd hoen thoroughly os- tablished that advbrtifing by means of “‘posters” and signs and symbols painted on bill hoards andl dead walls came into vogue. This ghfl‘,!lMsynlem origiated in this country, and I8kers of the beauti- ful in nature may .well; rue the day when the inventive fagulty of the advertising agent first hit upon the idea. Now noth- ingisto be sacred from his vandalism, The traveler, wandering through u scene of sylvan beauty jn same far-nway spot, has'all his .m.-ué‘fl thoughts ruthlessly dashed away by sedingthe advice, sta hum in the face, pginked on some roc! letters a yard longyto use only **Brown blacking,” or that PJones’ pure rye cock- ' were the best.— Fown and country u‘ 74 and, althou mer some attempt has been to render these postdrs less objectionuble and render them, in many ,enticing n the country pxist, and will probably continue to the end of time One good thing, however, has heen done lately —prohibiting advertisements of this description at Niagara, There it was not only an offense against good taste, but a positive sin. With regard to advertising as an “art.” 15 it not really an How often exclamation heard from some new: reader, “That’s a good ad,”" his atte having, perhaps, been unwittingly drawn to some announcement “artfully’ word- ed. A waord, a eatch-phrase, a something that is out of the common will do it, but the same “‘ad" might be written in half o dozen different ways, and yet fai draw anyone's attention to it. T vertiser “who knows his business will bave his advertisement as efully writ- *When the ton and expend as much thougzht on it as the manufacturer expends who makes | the article ho wishes to advertise. Not only will he do this, but he will see that the advertisement is put in the paper a position whero it will atteact tho most attention, and he will pay extra for th position and continue dinning the me of that article into the public's, at f unwilling, ear until he has forced it to their notice, The advertiser,on the other hand, who docg not know his business, ignorant of the true art of adver- tising, will write his “ad” r less of grammar or sense, and nsert it in a pa per of no circulation and indifferent as to what position 1t obtains there, like the who buys a thing she does not want “beeause it is cheap.” An advertiser of this description, if his “ad” is not an- swered after the first insertion, gives it up, forgetting that ninety-nine peo. ple out of a hundred who would have seen 1t if he had adver- tised properly and paid a little more for it are ignorant of his very ex- sl hinks then that adyeriising ‘frand’’ and a mere waste of money. if done in_ that way he might just as well throw his money in the gat. ter. Itis the advertiser of the first Kind to whom Barnum’ssaying that ‘‘the road to fortune lies through printers’ ink,” applies. and it was a man of this stamp who tricd to ruin himself by advertising and only doubled his fortune, but he must have advertised properly, or elsa he would have succeeded in his schemo, Artful “ads' that catch the eye and create town-talk are by no means com- mon. The general way scems to be to din the merits of the article intathe pub- lic ear by the force of constant repeti- tion. One of the best “‘ads™ ever sprung on a long suffering populace was that of ozokerite candles, which, as thoy ave not used in Ameri may be here givon a froo “‘ad.” For weeks bofore they were put on the market ‘‘sandwich’’ men promenaded the streets of London bear- on which wus written the B This was succeeded a week or two later by the lette ,"" then came another letter, and so on, finally nm!inF with “The word is ozokerite. What is it?"" About two months were occupied in this way, and every man 3 i wouid put the question: ozokerite?”’ The public curiosity was so well aroused that large wagers were actually made as to the nature of ‘‘oz erite,,’ and when finally “ozokerite candles were the best” there was hardly 2 man, woman or child in kn- gland that did not know of the 5 What romances, too, areoften covered in advertisements in the “personal” col- umn of a newspaper? What family skeletons, what heartburmings, what tales of misery does a three-ling 1''not seldom contain? In the simple announc ment so often seen, ‘“‘Come home; all is over; you are forgiven,” may lie the, mi terials for a three volume novel that would bear out the fact that truth is stranger than fiction. Many an author would make his fortune and reputation, if he could peer behind the advertisement and see the causes which led to its in- sertion. Columns upon columns might be w! ten on advertising s, a ence” and a “‘romance,” but it is all three combine : “What is Charles Dudley Warner in Harpers' Magazine for May: There were two bright little girls off for a holiday with their western uncle, a big, good-natured man with a diamond breastpin, and his voluble son, a lad ubout the age of fus lit- tic cousins, whom le constantly pestered by his rude and dominating " behavior The boy was a product whichit is the de: rof all Europe to produce, and our had great delight in him cpitome of American “smartness.” led all the conversati 1 confident opinions about cverything, easily put {iown his dofarential paphand. plensed the other passengers by his sclf-suflicient knowing-all air.” To a b had trav- cled in- California and ‘scen the Alps it was not to be expected that this humble mountain could afford much entertainment, and he did not at- tempt to conceal his contemnt for it. stage reached the Rip Van Winkle house, half-way the shy school- girls were for indulging a little i over the old legend, but the b conceals his ignorace of the Irving ro- manee until his cousin had prattled the outlines of it, was not to be_tul in_by any such chaff, and though | little staggered by Rip’s own cottage, and by the Sig vo abont it which 15 the very spot where the vag bond tookh is long nap, he at ited to bully the attendant and drink-mxer in the hut,-and openly flaunted his in- credulity until the bar-tender showed hima long bunch of Rip's hair, which Lung like a scalp on a nail, and the rusty barrel and stock of the musket. The cabin s, indeed, full of old guns, pistols, locks of” huir, button: lge-hoxes, botlets,” kmves, “and undoubted relics of ‘Rip_and the revolution. This cabin, with its facihties for slaking thirst on u hot day which Rip would have ap- nreciated, over o hundred years old a cording te information to be obtaincd on the spot, is really of unknown antiquity, tho 0l boards and timbor of which it constructed having been bronght down from the Mountum house some forty —~— Motors, The electric -motor, which was an- unced a year ago about to supes steam” on the elevated roads and horses on surface romds, is still shy and reluctant to show its pac The Daft motor, which made a great deul of noise for a while and was undoubtedly a su cess, up to a_certain point, has been hauled off the Ninth avenue track inde- finitely, though it is said to be ble to reapp in g more stunning resurreetion The Edison-Field motor, clumsily gearved with leathern bands, which for s months ran on a little experime: down Twenty-fourth street, hus also been auled off and probably given to tho ). The very latest candidato for popular approval is a motor by Frank ague, geared to the truck, close to \00ls, and turni; them by is light, strong, compact, economical in saving all the power, easily managed, and ex- perts declare that ‘it is the long-looked or come at last. In braking up for a station the dynamo turns the other way and evolves “electricity, turning it into the reservoir—the track—for use. Sprague was once a lieutenant in the navy, and has become a leading electrician. Lhis motor promises to elimb up on the ele- vated tracks in a month or two, e Greek Ministers Resign, Arnens, May 10,—~The Greek ministers persisted in resigning despite the King's re- fusal Sunday to aczept their resignations, ‘The ofticlal journal approves of the minis- terial action and says it believes it is for she best interests of Gree Thne klng met the cabinet at noon to-day and accepted their resignation. The king immediately sent for Mikaiis and cownmis sioned him 1o fofmi a new ministry. Loxnox, May 10.—The combined fleets of the pow rdered to blockade the Greek ports has been compelled o return to Suda ay, owing to the severity of the weather, % What Lt Mcans. Arsess, May 10.~Turkey has sent a note to Greece explaining that the withdrawal of the Turkish winfster from Athens was a stop taken silply to act in concert with the powes, and not intended to indicate any Tupturc of the relations between the porte and Greece. e 20 Acres. “The best piece of ground adjoining the city for sub-dividing. Sec the same be- fore investing. (] Durkink, Room 8, Creighten block. | Brevities, Mary Navoltney was taken to the in- sunn wsylum at Lincoln yesterday. 1t is rumored that Pinkerton, the Chi- cago detective is to open a branch agency in this city next week. Justice Helsley married yesterday W. F. Rewe. of Council Blufls, to Miss Annie Burket of, Silver City The members of Trinity Guild tendered a eption to Bishop Worthington last evening at the residence of Mrs. Shelton, 2319 Dodge stroet. Bishop O'Connor leaves this week for Grealy, Neb., to inspect the Catholie col- n that eity. A new school house for girls is to be erected this summer in that place 1. G. Barber, who pleaded not guilty in the United States court the other day to the charge of forging pension papers, has changed his pleading to guilty. = He will b sentonced on May 17 T. Linasey & Co., of Councii Blufls, the largest exclusive rubber goods job bing house in the west, will occupy the Brown building, at the corner of Four- teenth and Douglas about June 1. A series of six hot and blooly cock fights took place Sunday at & well- known resort west of the city limits Considerable mo changed hands on the results of the different fights. Mr. Frank Rogers, the well known druggist of this city, was married on May 5 to Minnio A. Pock, a Minneapolis belle. Cards have been received in this city announcing that after June 1 the newly-married couple will be at home in Omuha at 512 Virginia avenue. There was no change in the eut rate war to Chicago_yesterday. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacitic and the Chicago, Burlinfnm & Quincy are in the Misssouri River Passenger association and can not meet the eut made by the Chicago, Mil- wankeo & St. Panl ‘und the Chicago & Northwestern, without the consent of Arbitrator Wilson. A very interesting game of base ball was played on Saturday afternoon at the Athletio grounds between two nines from tho departments of W. S. Wing, Anditor of passenger accounts, and D. D. Davis, Auditor of freight accounts, resulting with a score of 5 to 1 in favor of Mr. Wing's nine. von_ innings were played during which Mr. F. A\ Robbins umpired to the satisfaction of both sides. otz bt Personal Paragraphs, George Patterson left for Europe last nigitt, The bank clearings yesterday $568,995. 04, Gov. J. W. Dawes registered at the Mil lard yesterday. County Clerk Needhan went to St.Louis yesterday afternoon for a three days’ trip? W. E. Wilcox, of Chicago, representing H. F. Watson & Co., of Erie, Pa., is in the ness Jerrems, suceessor to Nicol the tailor 1n Chicago, is iu Omaha looking for a location to open a brauch house here, - The Stubendorff & Nestor building is being rapidly put in order for the whole- sale dr; ;znmL house of M. E. Smith, of Council Bluffs. Dr. John F. Ryan, a leading vetorinary surgeon of Clhicago, is in town for a cou- ple of days, on his way home after a trip to California. were e SHOOTING STUMPS. Discarded Havana “Butts" Trans- formod Into First-Class Cigars. Philadelphia Inquirer: *“Whist! Did you see thaty” The scene was the cor- ridor of the Continental notel, and the r was one of the sture sons of Emerald isle, who “smashes bag- age in the vicinity of Ninth and Chest- trects The person whom he re od to wasa well dressed gentleman in the act of picking up his hankkerchief, which had evidently fallen to the floor. second glunce, however, showed that ntleman in picking up his hand- i ad brought ~something else “hat that something was would ys remained s mystery had not cative Hibernian ‘came to the rescue by voluni little light on the subject, “What 1s it, did you asky”’ id I “Well, if I take you into my ¢ :e you must not tell anybody. The ‘somcthing’ that the ‘gentleman’ over there picked up was the best part of five- ar.”’ *‘Nonsense,” CIE s to smoke he would go r, and not travel around 1" laughed the jolly Irshman. “You are as dumb as a elim. Could you through a br Al if you tried? man is ‘shooting stumps.’ " The questioner was more mystified than ever S stamps?’ he said; Syhat do you mean by that expression?’? The 1 baggagéman who hereto- fore had given information so ehecrfully became impatient at his hstener’s ignor- ance on the subject. “Don't you know what shoting stumps means?” he exclaimed, with a withering glanee of contempt “Well, DIl tell -you. To commenc: with, three or four Germuan or Cuban ¢ armakers who can’t get along at their legitimate trade, get together and rent a room in some tenement house. Each, a8 a general thin 2 large fur The children, generally the boys, are sent out every morning to *shoot’ stumps, in other words, togo over the different portions of the eity where they will be likely to find remnants of ¢ of all kinds. " Bynoon they always have some kind of a collec tion. These stumps are then taken home and carefully laid upon the roof, whe they are thoroughly dried by the ‘rays of the sun. About the next day these are ready for the enterprising cigarmakers, whoin a comparatively brief perviod t form them into very fair-looking ¢ : All they have to turhish is the wrappers, “Oh id the questioner. “Well, I'm glad to sa I|-||.I don't smoke any of snid the smasher, with smile; *How would you like to'y planked shad dinner “that you arc not i : of them now '’ eried the inquisitive man, in a horritied tone, as he hastily threw awity the cigar he was smoki SLdidn’t say that was one of them," suid the “smusher” with u laugh, **But you seem to be surprised that a well- dressed man should be going around ‘shooting stumps.’ Well, tell you. that's another branch or the trade. They huve started out to manufacture cigars from toe choicest Havana stumps only, T'o obtain these they must A around to the hotels and club rooms. w o if a ragged urchin was found i of these places he would be promptly kicked out. So cu see that it is necessary to send a well-dressed man. They tell me that th re sold at b cents. You can iy efore, the immense profit derived from the sale of these see- ond-handed weeds, the stumps are very often from the highest-priced cigars. these second-handed b-cent smok re often much better than some sold for 15 and 25 cents, " The tleman to whom all this in- formatfon was directed looked surprised at first, but by this time his e fairly bulged' out of their sockets. The baggage-smasher secing this said “If you don't belieye what Thave told you, come aloug aud you will see that well dressed ‘gentleman’ visit every hotel in this eity.” The questioner declined, however, on the plea that he had to cateh a train, and he conversation ended ——— b WaNaMAKER'S MERO ATLORING AGENCY MAKES THE SEST 5UITS AT PuiLa PHIA PRICES, 1011 DOUGLAS; UP srAls. MARKETS VERY UNSETTLED. Woerishoffer's Death Oreates Quite a Com- motion in Cereals. STOCK MARKET DEMORALIZED. Wheat and Other Cereals Closed at About Saturday's Quotations— Hogs and Cattle Very Weak, CHICAGO GRA MARKET, Cn1eAGo, May 10.—[Special Telegram, | — Wheat is drifting wbout without a leader. None of the great operators scem to be carrying on a campaign and everybody is “slashing around” on his Individual judg- ment, The scalpers are having a picnie. Tho tone of the market continues weak. However, this morning cables eame in better, but the market opened %@!ge off on Woeris- hoffer's death and the local estimates of the decrease in the visible supply of 1,000,000 bushels. The fact that the New York specu. Iator was actual owner of about one-half of the cash wheat in New York naturally inspired the belief that the leading seaboard market would be “left without ils main support, and that Woeishoffer wlieat would be dumped, The market sold down 1¢ from Saturday's close, May going to 75c, June at 77l @77c. July at Toli@iic, and A\zzun at F‘)L’(u New Yoik hardened and Chicago did the same on the announcement that Wocishoffer had sold against his 2,000,000 bushels of eash wheat, and that the property would be deliy- ered on contracts as they matured. This dis- turbing cause haying been removed, prices advanced nearly 135c, but there appeared to be no genuine force to the market, and after an indecisive and aimless halt ut the range established on the reaction, values again softened. "There was heavy trado during the first two rs and partlally througho out the entire Large “amounts of ' long out and there was ex- covering by shorts on the Heaviness ~was predominating feature during the last hour of the session and close was at_bottom fizures. Last recorded trade was 7 But after the bell tapped T7ie was snapicd at. JoRN AND OATs—Compared with Satur- y's final quotations neitler corn nor onts show any change. Both cereals opened waalk because wheat did and sold down i@ , but recovered later and closed firm all Pork—Pork was 10¢ off from Saturday at the opening, and it dropped another 10¢ un- der large receipts of live hows and reduced prices atthe yards. Subsequently the markel reacted 7ige, but closed tame, Offerings of all_products’ were on a liberal scale, Lard and ribs shared the weakness in pork, but not to the same extent quite. Wheat declined on afternoon board to < on reported unloading of large line by heavy honse on Wall street account. It rallied slightly on late foreign buyini orders, but again cased off and elosed weak at & loss of 11iye from Saturday. Other markek closed weal 1is 7034 2:40—Puts on June wheat 765¢; ¢ Chandler-Brown €o.'s Roport, The following report is furnished by Chandicr Brown Co.of Chicago aud Milwau- oo Wheat opened weak at 3o below Satur- day’s closing price. The death of Waris- hoffer being the principal eauso of the break. New York reported some buying ata decline. The United States crop report gives a gen- eral average of 95 per cent for wheat. Fit- teen loads reported for export. Corn steady but not much doing. Provisions weak and 10@lic lower. 2:30 p. m.—Wheat closes weak at @% oft from the 1p. m. closing. Corn and pro- visions weak in sympathy, orTIONS. Wi May Juno. Aug.. Sept Cony= April Muy June Pok— April Mauy Juno July Sinoir Rins— My Jung CHICA Cineaco, May Carrir—Boom fn prices lnst w, receints had the result generally expected of ringing to market big runs ot cattle, Re- ceipts were nearly twice 15 0n last Monday. Bids lower n the ¢ the market v condition. 10 1250 b, Jast I eral legram.] — k on small newhat demoralized atile averaying 1100 about 2025 decline from 1400 0 152 1h heeves i sev- st sold as mich as 40 O b price B3 [0w ers took off a big slice in prices t-dww but they did a very large volume of busing treak in London eattie market had som what depressing etfect unon export braneh of trade, Shipping stoers 1, 10 15, 01,200 1bs, 1001 105, 51,07 1bs, 3475 Nebraska oGS timated 30,000 to 15 are begi ol prices orn fed Wyomin 15 858 105, 1,059 Ibs, 4,80, Hogs were lower and it is now ihat the run will reach 110,000 during the coming week iing to talk of $3.50 fo 8 e mixed. Great bulk mi at $4,00 Anything above that + wals o0 Lo’ pig ord choice ed heavy, Best butehers’ pigs cost $4.15 ). Ligh sorts sold at 35,90 to $4.15 New York. May 10.—Moxky—On call, A3 ver cent, MERCANTILE PAVER—41@5 per On London, dull but steadv: rate for sixty duys S804 for demand. Goverxaeyts—Dull but steady. Srocks - Stock were withont especially in- fluential news this morning, with ex the death of Mr, Woerscioeiier whi i something of unation, until operators found out that practicalty he hiad but a small line of shares, having @eatly rednced his dings within a short time, was an_ irreg opening, Though in 1o’ cases did prices ary more than 9 per cent from Saturday, inal pri for the active list show insiznii- ant changes, in no cases oxceeding 5 per cont. STOCKS ON WALL STHEET. sifie Mail D, &K, Central Pacliie . C&A , preferred. . St T & O preferse a5 Pacilic ie I} preferied. hlinois Central, LB &W. . K s & $|1 Mich. Confral. Mo, Pacitic Noitheru P prefen CHICAGO icago, May 10.—Flour, chanzed: winter wheat, 54,4064, $4.004.50; Wisconsim, $4.50@ gan solt sprivg wheat, $3.70064,00 50t bakers. @0 Julcllb-. $4.65(45.00 Wheal—Opeued 410 fc lower, *doclined L cred Jg@ice; tulipg steady o y then bocame weak, cl‘om e un uiet and un-