Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 31, 1886, Page 11

it e THE OMABA DAJLY BFE: | AMONG THE WITS AND WACS, A Pen Picture of the Tonghest Town All Kansas, in THE OROMM GRINDER'S FATE Pale iuna Manrm, Tragedics, Strect Variety of Pithy, The and ointed sign a Paragraphs. * Interrnpted Revel, 1 Lin the barroom drinkin Tlie whisky and beer were primes As thi vk, no dotbt, they were thinking They were having a “high old t They ste “Lhe beer that they drank was Bacs, Llie Bourbon was old and stron And thiey eried as they clinked their g “Won't somebody sing us a song But just in the midst of thelr sinzin An the midst of the mirth they mad They heard a melody ringing On anorgan softly played. “Mid pleasures and may roum, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home, A cha there, Which, seek through the world, with elsewl Home ! home There's 110 phy like liome, ™ v * » » * As the notes of the o Arose on th They came Of home palaces, where e'er wo from the skies scems to hallow us is not met J sweet home ! 2 hoie, there s no place » an-zgrinder still night air, sharp reminder nd the loved ones there, "The g lasses 10 more ar The mireh from the group has fied s And the cleeks first flushed with drinking, With the blush of shame are red. clinking, No more from the brimming glasses They blow off the snowy foam ; And into the strect And takes the “Then out to the street, ina passion “T'he barkeeper straightway r an, His teeth with anger gnashing And he walloped the organ man, A Tough Town. Letter in New York Time is the railroad terminal for search of buffalo Dodge City was named after Col. Dodge, who commanded Fort Dodge, on the outskirts of the town, and 1 believe he did not long survive the dis- grace. Dodge City is not large, nor would its commerce excite the envy of even Chicago, but for pure and brilliant cussedness it has in the country. The principal st contains twen three saloons, seventeen dunce-houses, and twenty-one faro banksin two blocks, and there is a large and populous ceme tery ne by, tenanted mainly by gentle- men of a convivial turn who had once started in to h a little fun with the hoys. Anethereal young man from Phil- adelphia arrived at Dodge City the other day and made inguivies coneerning his brother, who had come there for his health & month before. He referred by the stationmaster to a saloonkeeper half-w up the bl The ethe young man found the saloonkeeper sit- ting in the doorway honing a howie-knife and made known his wish to tind his issing brothe er wanter find Reginal ied the saloonkeeper. “‘Reg-in k. lemme see—"taint John J. Smith, is it —no, ke kem from ‘Lexis ' got knifed over 'n Bill Chowder’s dance-house las* week. Reginal—E.—-surc his name’s Smithy-—can’ that you're looking for a chump nemed Higgins that Broncho Jack plugged yestorday--no—-well, well—so many of these d-—d tend comin’ and goin’—Reginal—did he we blue gogglesy” The young man nodded. “Kinder sickly-lockin® d-d fool? The yonng man intimated that possibly his brother might answer to that descrip- twon. 2O h-1—nim? before- he's dead. “Dead?” echoed the horrified young man, “Deader'n beeswax.” “How-—how did he die?” “Suicid “*Suicide? “Called me a har, The young man returned to Philadel- phia. How Much He Missed His Wife. Newman Independent: “Brother Smith, I am sorry to learn of your bereavement. When did your wife dict™ “Two weeks ago, Brother Brown.” “I suppose you miss your dear wife quite frequently, do you not?"” “Yes, I missed herlust Satnrday night and yesterday morning more thun ever.” “‘How came you to miss her more than usual yesterddy mornimg? Did some tear open your bruised Tes v an unfortunate remark wd to the death of your wife?” N0, indeed, Brother Brown, L missed her because I had no one to serateh my back."” Dod 3 Nigrants in cuss--nat'ral Why didn't you say so Chair nted. Wife (just home from the eamp-meet- ing)—We have had such a_glorious meet- ing to-day. You know what an imvalid Mrs. Benton has been for fifteen years? Husband—Yes. Wife—Well, if there ever were saints on earth, she’s one of them. She says sho has sat all through those long years in her invalid reclining chair without a murmur, and in pecfect peace and con- tentment. Husband (very much interested)—Is it possible? I wish you would get the name and address of the man who made that chair. She Wouldn't Tuke Off Any More. Pexas Siftings: An excessively modest 1y from Boston, who was at the ided to take a buth, and after remaining a long time in the bathing- house sho emerged in a vory long and a very ample bathing costume, She, how ever, retained her spectacles upon her nose. “lBut you are going to take off your spectacles, are you mnot*" asked a fomale companion,” “Neyer,” she re- sponded, blushing ~ deeply; I hav alread been ol move so many articles that 1 take off another thing." A Moonlight Tragedy. Columbus Dispateh, A maiden stood in the pale moon Sing hey ! for the orb of night al Sing hiey ! for the lover who clasy With a warm, wari, medisval light, The maid was & winsome las: Ah we! her father was rich But be a]ll\\ through his glass paly And e loosened his bulldog, fierce and bold. and falr, ud old, the youthful Sie 'em ! he murmured in accents low, And over the lawn did that llll“llllfi dance, | he sicked the lover—well, just below Where the back of his braces held up his nants, He Must Have Been an Umpire. Pittsburgh Dispateh: During u thunder storm recently in & town up in New York state & nian hurrying to a shelter was knooked senseless by s flash of lightning. He was taken into a hotel, and aer I bad been labared with for some time he vecovered, dtruggling to his feet he guzed upon the anxlous faces surround- ng b, and remarked with an air of Beve “Gentlemen, if order has been restored, wo will proceed with the gawe.” Manners at the Hub, Boston Record Vi itors one jng woere doing the Publie Garden. had paused befar School | | tion of ti | Kindly tell me R R W~ avenne entrance, and, failing to recognize its bronzen features, they resolved to question the first passers | This proyed to bo a dignified old wn with gold-rimmed spectacles me, «ir." said the , 1n i you tell me whose statue that is emanonly and marched on tylishly dre ded towith a li y people; these Be I WO, I'hen avery dudy young man with an umbrella passed through the gateway, and to him the question was put, the only response vouchsafed being a evi nose skyward and a vigorous umbrella to quicken his foot teps, It was strange treatment, to say the least, but finally, as a Iaborer ap peared upon the scenc, with o kit of tools swung over his shoulder, they resolved to make just one more effort “'Good morning, sir,'” said the spokes with a very bland smile, “will you the name of the person this statue is intended to represent A very contemptuouns glanee, aud then, as the man strode on: “George Washing ton, you d—d fool!" Commonwealth wre in reply passer-hy, a was 1 The next {young lady, e result nians 1 numk use ot the et Signs, o Herald. Lever pay your hout the t To the littl 1o e To the little wooden Injun who spends each day and night Studying where to send a blow he wnds to strike? Did y rambles painted sign youare always sure never in- Thien there's the little gilded clock, with its hands a-pointing staight To the dotlets picked out by better clocks, when it'sa quarier after eight, And right round the corner on an'iron rod is hut “The crimson shingle of a laundryman, who calls himself Al Lung, Then there's the drugg dentist’s wooden faws, And the furrier's basswood climsy outstretched paws, er stiuggles on despite his s mortar and the bear with its Just the How the Barber Kept Tally *No, sir,”" said a bar! looking trresient custome remuarked, as the lather on, that he supposed the many men who failed to pay their toa suspicions who affabl being laid wroud shav- Lused to give eredit, but 1 nover do now. In fact, nobody dsks for ell, you see,” said tl rber, trying s Of his razor on his thumb-nail] et of stifls who used to ask me to chalk it down. I got tired of keeping books and 1 ' new systenr. Whenever one of thuse old standby: ick in his nose and kept tally They got so they didn’t want to run_bills.”” There was a tremor in the customer’s voiee as he «from beneath the lather: Do you object to being paid in advance A Coudensed Society Novel. CHAPTER 1. “What is that young man tenser’ “He is mashing “Mashing wh “Mashimg us CHAPTER 1T “What is that large man domg, Hor- tens ling." CHAPTER 111, “What place is this, Hortenses” ““I'his is the St. Lonis worknouse.” “What is that young man doing*” “Mashing.” “Mashing wha ocks.”’ “What does he, For mashing. The School Marm, Washington Critie. chool Marm! who teachest the young idea - and spankest the erstwhile Festive small boy with a hand that taketh the tric Who also lameth him with a hickor, And crowneth him by laying the OFa ruler upon his shoulders, on! ‘Thou art a daisy ! hou makest him the national emblem-—~ Rted, white, and blue— Thon furnisheth the stripes, And he sectii the stars, Oh, School Marm, We couldn’t do withont thee, And we don’t it to try ! Thou art lovel complished Above all wotien, o art Not marricd, it is because thou "o smart 0 be caught that way ! ATLschool WATINS are women, But all women are not sehool marms, And, angels prdagogic Thal’s whero thou sisters! O, School Marm ! “Thiu mayest not et much pay hore below, But cheap education is a national specialty, And thou wilt get thy reward in heaven Lie only drawback” bl thit thou stiyest there When thou goest after it, and we, Wiio remain here below for our réward, Miss you like thunder. School Marm, if there is anything we can do for you Call on us! K bply early and avoid the rush ! ORiea nours from 3 A M. t05 I M1 We were a schoolboy once ourself, And can show the mar! Making Provision Against Tight Money. burg Dispateh: At breakfast time lay morning one of Pittsburg's izens looked uncasy and sus Finally, he reu ed to his wife ampled a roll: t night?” ar, rly well,” “Didu’t find & man under the bed when you looked for bim last nigh “No, dear.”’ “Aall you didn't hear any burglars ubout the house “Why, no, dear.’ 1 thought you didn't,” he replicd, with a sarcastic smile. “You didn't wake me up once to go down stairs to chase him out. I'd hke to know, though, where that five dollar gold piece, those three sitver dollars and those half dollars and quarters L had in my pocket last mght when I went to bedliave disappesred 10, 1 have them, my dear.” “Phe deuce yon have!” he exclaimed, astonished by ‘the openness of the cons fossion. “Yes, dear; I read in our paper that uglhit in the east, and you know it is just as likely to get tight "here os i is there; so I thought it Twu to away from you." switeh ght liast the bulgeon thy Pit ?'l'wh st cious, us he A Doubtful Wall Street News: “Now, he said he p wod to Lo after supper, *“the market hus been fever- ish il“ d:n‘ " “If wheat should go up a ecent or two this evening I nught not be Lome until arket, case wheat goes down don't xpee o midnight ST seo. Well, dear, you run along and P your eye on whest aud stay us long you careto, for I've askod Colone. kins over {0 pluy t this evening, ‘Il be sure to stay until nudnight.’ I'ne fover subsided and wheat stood still and tue busband was back before 9 o'clock, em a cold | WOMAN AND HER WORK. | A Poctic Panegytio on the Spanking Hand | of the Tender Sex. SOME FIELDS OF EMPLOYMENT. The Nobility of Mothers: Women as Mirrors of Fashion a Occupants of Street Cars—As- sorted Selections for W he Hand of Woman, g5 on the hand of woman! An el rd its strength and grace In the palace, cottaze, hove O, 110 tter where e plic Would that never stor afled ity Rainbow ver gently Ted For the hand that rocks the cradle, Is the hand that rocks the we Infaney's the tender fountair Power may with beanty flow : Mothers first to guide the streamlets; From them souls unresting grow Grow on for the good or evil: Sunshine streaimed or darkness hurled; For the hand that rocks the cradle, {5 the hand that rocks the world. Woman, how divine your mission Here ipon our natal sod ! . Keep, O keep the yonni heart open Always to the breath of God ! AlL true trophies of the ages Are from Motlier Love impeatled ; For the hand that rocks th radle, Is the hand that rocks the world, Blessings on the hand of woman ! Fathers, sons and danzhters cry And the saercd song is mingled With the worship in the sky : Mingles where 1o tempest darkens, Rainbows everniore are hurled : For the hand that rocks the er adle, Isthe hand that rocks world, Woman and Her Work, New York Independent: That woman's work is underpaid, that few ficlds or re- muncrative employment open to women, that m tue matters of work and ages they are, in general, oppressed and wronged prevailing notions among a large number of women who seck em- Jloyment, and also among many kind henrted people whose knowledge of the subject is—fortunately for themselves timited It is truc are very n gasping S Straws, beeanse they how to swim. many poor ¢ lamentably true, that there rugeling unfortunates, and catching at have not learned Lamentably true that wtures are wearily singing the song of the shirt, some mothers with young ' childr who cannot, by their steadi han 50 cents per Our char continually ing such cases, and hundreds of a miserable existence, { stateof things is not b 'S Ure Women, exeepung natural resalt of the general shiftlessness in the training of givls. — Afboy of seven ss than the are brightness of mind 1 that is not t--soon discovers what & woman of n more than the bility 1sslow to find out, namely, is paid for, not that the laborer use the result of the lubor is something that is wanted. 1f the thing he m: the work he docs is if it is worth more, s, he gets less. This sy speedily brings i to thinking whitt Kind of work wilt return him the most money, and this again shows him that the product of skilled tabor 1s worth more than that ot unskilied; and, if the ¢ be not hopelessly luzy, he will speed- yply humself to Teariing how to do thing that will command its own If the exclusive, sordid, seilish eracy of the trades-unions does not ut him out he wiil learn o t and, @ good mechanic, he has future. This posing that the boy has no bad these Rave fastened their gangrenous con- tagion upon him that is another thing. 1ze boy know , that he must depend upon s own efforts for hisown support and of his family should he grow to be a m I'he average girl is tanght by ever) ivable influence t art in- hife is passive one of Mg supported. When she wants something she does not already possess it never oceurs to he to any member of her family that she might or ought to be able to ¢ money which would procure it. simply 2sks “papa’ to give her the cov eted object, or mamu ks papa for her, or she asks her unele or her big brother. If once asking does not suflice, i tence generally meets with suceess, es- Hmpan by coaxing . though a final resort (o reprouches and tears is sometimes ne Now this sort of proceeding ing and degrading to the ment: T fibre ot the person who resorts o girlis the woman, and such should be likened only to a owth, drawing its sustenance from the deeay of the stately tree which it does nothing to beautify or enrich. When the girl has grown to womanhood, if the father be absolutely unable to sup- port her and cannot possibly make both ends meet, neeessity may drive her into ing some temporary employment by which she can keep clothes on her back, pending the eagerly desired time when n induce somé young man to saddle If for life with her maintenance. To such women marringe too often ns nothing else but the certainty of some one who shall be obliged to pay the bills which they incur. The idea that a true marriage is a loving, faithful partnership, in whose welcome yoke hus- lnunlur wife should equally draw the load of lif duties, obligations, pleas- ures and pains, seems never to dawn upon them. In the eyes of such women man is thesole burden-bearer. In point of fact, such illusions are very often speed- il tally dispelled, and the poor woman, far from finding marriage a kingdom 1h which she is to rule, be- comes the meckest and unhappiest of sluves, Then she may abhor her slavery ter whom she serves; he may nelly abuse both h f and her chil- dren; but, rendered a coward by the in- eflicicney of her early education, she dures not take upon herself the task of foeding hungry little mouths or clothing growing bodic “What can a poor Woman do?” she fretfully murmers, wip- ing ner tearful eve, and takes the slave's nge of rendering just as lit scrvice as possible. Or, the husband may prove to he a good, honest, hard-working man, loving his family and toiling for them all his days. While he lives they have much nnfort; but he dies, and the helpless, be. tered woman finds herself speedily de- ed of her comforts, and even of the es of life, and she knows not which way to turn, beeauso she has not learned 0 do anything well. She does not know how to make hersclf and her work valuable to any one in any diree Like a bird with broken wings 7 the air wilh per pite cring death of pro and moy toit. T W woman fungond g A woman with an active mind, trained to use its own powers, 15 never reduced to such straits as the 50 cents per dozen shirtmaking for uny length of time. We beliove it to be & demonstrable truth that the poor creatures who permanently de 'nd upon such starvation employment ither mentally or morally deficient. Now we do not say all these harsh things becauso we do not feel for and sympathize th the poor helpl Wowen, but because, as far us one weal voice can reach, we want to bring home to purents the knowledge of the sbsolute necessity there is uf'i:rmgln;; up their | may wor | well SUNDAY danghters to wor their own lwving, that they nmy tain never to Join the itmense Feminine Ineapables this atmy is not the fault of the gir Give them the €ame training that you the boys and they can take care of them selves just as well, Make them self-re to allow others to do nothing A0 as it is in a be cer rmy The existence overwork is as o nan. Show them (hat what is worth ¢ 1l is worth do Be exacting with them. Al excnses for short-corn This world’s maclinery tunately orunfortunately=-1s not 1 shilanthropists, althougsh i workings miy be in philanthropy. Therefore Insts it will always be e work commands the highest pay Whether the work be done by woman, rich or poor, sick or well nothing whatever to do with the question of pay. That this is true ir kitled Tabor of all kinds needs 1 monstration, and is equaliy true in re- gard to all departments of human work [tis the money value of the work when done that determines th to the workman or workwomun ng el whether 0 by the interc while the world that the best Mother to ¥ Merer 1 ar branc Georg Fleck of sky Dropped thr O my little one. Promise of the st Ontpour of the lark ; Beam and song divine, os dark, See this precious gift Steeping in vew birth Ally being, for sien Earth to leaven can Titt, Heaven descend on earth, Both inone be mine! Life in light yi When you peep and eoo, uwy litte one, 1 Brookiet (hirps to griss, Daisy looks indecd Up to dear sunshine. n-Law. Press: It et solved onstantly he Mother which no one has why <o many sad jokes a being xw:’{w"}nml bout a man's mother- in-lnw. What dreadful crime has the unfortunate woman committed in pro viding the man with his wife that he should bear such an undying grodge inst hery Now if it was the woman'’s motherin- law who was made the butt of the jokes there might be w grain of sense in them; for it1s the man'’s motner who has itin lier power to make life a burden to the young wite and not ialf As amatter of fact, a woman is usually proud and fond of her son-in-law if he only gives her the ghost of a chance. When the youny couple first go to honsckeeping who is it that comes in :nd with her good sense al expi ence tides them ove ough places? A man’s mother It is the woman’s mother-in-law who i most apt to criticisc and who exasper the young wife, all too frequently son is used to hawving things thus and 0. “My son must hive this or that for his meuals,” My son, with hissmall income, should have manried a prudent, cconomi- cal woman,'} ete When the first-baby makes its apy well as the successive ones, who t steps in and relieves the hose 14 of his weary vigils and takes th d of care: and worry ofl the wite's ble shoulders and keeps the houschold chinery ranning smoothly ¥ The man’s mother-in: When he and his n to take a tte trip together, who is it comes and takes charge of the house and chil dren, 5o tha they can peaccfully enjoy their holiday,; with the ful thought, “*Mother is thera and it will beall right™? The man’s mother When thereis sickness or trouble in the house, who is the faithful nurse, the wise counselor, the sympathizing friend? The man’s mother-in-law Aud if, in the course of events, the wifc dics, who is 1t that usually comes in and takes care of the children and keeps up the home tll time to look wifer A man’s mother-in-law, And how does he rew this devotion By makmg he: pense and publi to snicker over! Ingratitude, thy n the be around ved husband ha and tind anothe “d her for all | Jjokes at her ex- ling thew for other men me is Man! sits in a strect ing up is deservedly an pronch unless he the ground of age or as the American men are acenstomed to Speak with vride of their superior gentle- ness and courtesy to the sex, it is amat- ter of doubt whether the surly and selfish fellows who cling to their seats in a ear city in the presence s who are standing up are not in- creasing in number. To gentlemen with the true munly instinets of deference to all times and in all places a y who does this is an object of con- tempt. But while we hold such men in aversion we are not certain that women th selves are altogether undeserving of sc censure. While it is right that they should exveet and receive the largest measure of courtesy from men, they often scem to forget that thore ocei- sions when they should yield what they exact. Their schishness in the street-cars is sometimes as reprehensible as that of the men, and there certainly is great room for improvement in the code of etiquette which they seem to adopt in their manners toward one another on such oceasi himself on As much , very rare, that we behold a woman tender her seat to an aged or di; od member of her sex. It i ily occurrence to witness some old anging on to a strap and rudely led about, while the seats are filled with strong and healthy women, who never think of vising. If they—espe the young oncs—were to know how g jous und Kindly such an act would n them appear in the eyes of men whose good opinion is worth having. they would not lulf back in their seats with the cold and languid indifference which they usually disply The sight of 4 young woman giving b seat to an old man or to any man who i infirm or in phy#ical distress is equally as are. It is eonsequently not to be won ed thatthere ape some men who just themselves for ‘Jn r own gross ln';:) gence in this matter of every-day cour tesy by declaring that nice women them- are so selfjsh that they are not de- ving of the goud oftices of the stronger sex. ‘This does not excuse their own churlishness, but there 1s, neverthless, a good deal of truth in what they su) young woman who will give up her seat ina ear to the old or the feeble of both sexes ought tg be geen much oftener she now is, The Women Who Dress Well, From the French: Age shows nowhere more pliinly than about the throat and neck, and as a snelter to the prudent woman sonie bonnet or shade-hatstrings, which to the wise are o veritable refuge. The speetacl in of some stout wouian tottering on Frenceh heels is one ghat hap pily is one that is not very often wit nessed; it 1s oceasionally, nevertheless The foot, perhaps, may huye retained a pristine beauty., With pardonable pride she contemplates that foot and wishes others to do the same. Let her sacritice that foot, however, to & general welfare, wearing her dresses long, aud remember that the little totterers supporting an un- wieldy weight transform her into a walk- ing absurdity. How about thin ladies? some might ask, Their position is not a OCTOBER . to know how to earn of of Teach them that a willingness that they ! pieablo in n llow no ;| while the lengthy we 1 a broad way of regard to to be paid | e R b e S 31, 1890, —~TWELVE PAGES... quarter part so risky trump card, of course. Let them add freely, but w'th a vast deal more care than when yorn, : freshness of youth brings with 1t sc a charm that dress nate Addition 18 their The Tong Walsted Girl the Fashion. San Francisco Revort: Now is the time for the long-waisted girls to crow, They are the particular fashion. The old dame’s vagaries are many, and this fall she I tiled on long waists. Al the short and dumpy dears are s wd upward, especially upwar n are striving for more length and much limpness. 1 spiral-waisted ereatures are not models | ot female anatomical loveliness, but s metry doesn’'t cou when f n ho the numbers man or has | Longevity of Intellectual Women, Medical and Surgical Reporter: Han nah Moore died at 68; Joanna Baillie, 80 | Mary Russell Mitford, 50; Agnes Strick jand, 74; Mrs, S, C. Hall, 8); Madame de 70, Gy Sand, 72 Mrs. Sid Mary Somerville, 92; Caroline 08; Fanny Kemble is living at Harriet Beecher Stowe at the men Who Are Talked About. de Tsland’s census shows a prepon- derence of 11,000 females in that state alone. Mrs. Hancock's book of remin of her late husband will be during the coming winter The danghter of Jefi' Davis is an aspi- rant for Iiterary fame. She has contrib- uted an article to the North American Review Madime Modjeska expresses her disap- probation of the st and combination system in decided terms, it is Swretehed, abominable, soul-destroying and the death of art.” A girl employed in the conl mines m Belgium works from Kk in the morning till between 9 and 11 at night She loads from sixty to seventy e day and earns about 40 cents. This poor soulis only one of many. A woman out west has picked and sold Dlaekberries cnough this season to buy her hosband a fiddle and o shotgun There is no record that he has shot and sold game enough to buy her asilk dres. Signora Salazaro, an Itaiian autho has written a book on the woman ques tion, advocating the broadening of the field of woman’s work. She is also try ing to establish w school of arts for girls in Rome. 0es published She says nouse n Pittsburg, in which she lives She wears trousers when doing men's work, but when that is over dons petticoats again. The late Barone no ordinary woman. She numb among her friends Tallevrand, Balzae, Humboldt, Eugenc Sue, T and Ros: sinl, These were friends not to be bought mon ind indicate the woman's in- th of characte is writi s, to appear in the Century during ng year, descriptive of some of itéd men and women of Queen including the Queen, arah, Dean Swift and Daniel De Foe. Mrs. Van Renssc will con- ibute to the ine a series of papers on some of the typieal English eath S with itlustrations by I s e Rothschild nt THE ROMANOFS. A Family in Which Something Very Like Insanity is Heredita report (afterwards denied) of the Killing ot xn imperial aid by the czar while under the hallucination that the former W bout to attempt the ruler’ life reealled the existence of tempo- rary neurosis in the Romanof family and thefaer that the czar forbade the repub- lication in Rus: f Dr. Treland’s “Blot on the Bram,” one chapter of which i in detail the progress of the infirm- ity in this family for the last 300 years, "I'he chapter i question begins with the attrocities of Ivan, the Tecrible, that monster in human form, some idea of whose earcer of erimes may be had from the fact that he massacred 27,000 people at one time in a simgle town. He and his son often had 500 persons tortured and Killed in ad tor their pleasure. The refined erucltios ot ro and Caligu were puny when contrasted with the s upon which Ivan conducted his attr ties. He was succeeded by Fedor, his son, u weak-minded young man, who was subjeet to epileptie fits.” Then came a break in a fumily lme till Michael Feod- iteh, the first tsar of the Romanof family, succeeded to the throne at the age of sisteen. He, too, was mentaily weak and s supplanted by his son, Alexis. Alexis had by his first wife Feodor, Ivan, Sophia and several other daughters, and by his second wife Peter and’ Nathalie. Feodor remained on the throne several years, but w weak min d sickly,” His brother Ivan w oweless imbecile. Upon Feodor's death his sister Sophia tried to make Ivan the T that she might reign, but she had to give w, to the for of cter and o domitable will of her younger brothe Peter, afterwards “the Great.” In Pel the neurosis showed a tendeney to con vulsions, and made his eh cter strange mixture of self-s: o and ty rany, cruelty and humanmity. Peter i only one legitimate son, Alexis, whom he out to death. He was succeeded by his wife herme, who was fol- lowed by Peter, the son of Ale With Peter [l., who died young, the male line of the Roms family be- came extinet. He was succ Anna, w reputed daughter of Iy lop! n grandson of Ivan as heir to the throne. This unfortunate prince, sometimes alled Ivan VI, was supplanted b 2 beth, & duughter of the great Peter, She chose for her suceessor er 11, o grand- son of her father by Anna of Holstein, Petter 111 was weak-minded and disso- fute, and he was dethr ut to death by his wife Cathe the German prin The un, y of Catherine 1l i v he father { her only son Paul, but as Soltikof was jyen the benefit of the doubt, and she was an alion, it 8 pos- sible that the present house is entively foreign. Paul came to the throne at the age of thirty-five, id yroved a petty tyrant of the worst kind le became so° obnoxious that he strangled, by his son Alexander’s consent, and the latter uscend . the throne, Al exander inaerited his father's looks and disposition, and_traces of the infirmity were plainly visibl natural” death, howeve: son, Constanting, vio was an was judeid neapable of reigning, aid his Yrother Nicholas beeame emperor in 18: The insanity which secmed lutent in_ Alexander 1L is thought to have broken forth in the present Czar. He has been subject to epileptic fits and hal lucinations, and of late years his troublcs have been complicated by heart disense plessness and rheumatism imbecile, - No Need to Pursue His Resca Merchant Traveler “dohnny Mrs. Jones, *What you taking thu bucet of water do 0 the chicken coop tor “Going to pour it on oue old hen Why, what fory"’ Iwanted to find out how mad you knew tuat pa kissed the lLired girl. "Pa said But Joluny didn't need 1o pursue his reseu any further. - 4o found out n Loy further pavticnlars eatl on Remember, it is yonr stove we k NO BLANKS! PRIZES ONLY ! ed. A Drai With a first payment of only $3, you which not only guarunteea safe investm money must pe paid ba-\, but also offers big prize bonds participate in 2 inal value until the year 1901, Prizes of be drawn. Besides the certainty of recei win four times a_year, and so come i b nds for §8), in monthly installments of plylasts, Money can be sent by reg in return we will forward the bond. ber 20th, For further information apply New York. N, B. These b to be sold. MET IN THE MOONLIGHT. A Wild Western Duel of Many Years Ago— A Battle With Kuives. lanche* J Smith and River" Orton Set tled an O1d Grudge at the Base of Pike's Peak. d ena heap o " said an old fry s 1 in Canuck Jim's place on Madison t the other night, “but the worst of the whole lot was the one between *Ava lanche’ Jem Smith and ‘Cinnamon River' Orton, which ocenrved at the of Pike's Peak during the gold fev \ys y'ars ago. 1 remember it well as though it was fit last night. You sec the men w n I born enemie They had fit every time they had met each other for y'ars and each one had been a-swearin’ round the country t he would grease his boots with the other's heart. They did not mect, however, until one night in September. Each was otin® a train across the plains. Both came together at the foot of the old penk just as it was a-gettin’ dark. Orton was big, strapvin’ fellow, with long i He had but one ¢; ‘Avalanche’ aving gouged the other out in a fight they bad m the Arapahoc little, wiry devil elnuts. Orton 1 knocked the fellow’s nose out of joint 1 somebody clse had cut his left chek from the eye to the chin. Smith was an ornery lookin® cuss, but holy knockneud Injun, how he eould fight. “Well, as [ wa at the base of Pike! Itdidn’t “em long to find each other. They were ready to fight it out then and there; but the restof us objected to havin’any blood spillin’ round the train, for there were a ' women in the schooners who kerin' to see a fight. It s tinaliy agfeed that the men should at midnieght in a sort of ravene 1 from camp and fight the old grudge out, once for all. About twenty of us went along to see that there was fair play. Orton wanted to fight with pistols; hut Smith, who was mighty handy with a bowie, insisted thau th thing must be done with knives. It finally agreed that each should fire thre ruum:s with his Colt’s, and then, if both stll alive, knives were to be until one or both were dead. When eyerything was ready Orton and Smith took ofl' their blouses, and, steppin’ out into & little strip of ground where tho moon shona brightest, paced off twenty feet and then stood with their I s to each other. A moment later attlesnake’ Ike gave the word to fire, The two mon around as auick lightnin' und di wed their gins w one erack, Orton caught a ball in chin while Smith fell upon his knees, with a hunk o' lead in the shins, Ike again gave the word to shoot, and again the guns spouted fire simultaneous) Orton now came down on his marrow bones with a ball in his right knee Smith was shot in the left shoulder and fell over upon his back. We all thou, he was done for, but he got up on 3 knees again and cocked his weapon for the last round, Beth men were covered with blood, and it was all they could do to keep i u pe J wsition on How “Cmnamon base were used th his 1l throe—fire!” yelled Tke The two men blnzed away at cach other's head. Both were shot thirough tie peck, yet neither fell, “CDraw your kulves and close in,’ shouted Tke. Y5mping round like s Sioux Indses, with the stomuch-aehe. The two men dragged themselves within wrm’s reach of each athor, and then be of the wost horrible battles T ever Uieton was the first to draw his from his belt. He raised it high his head and drove it into his adye between the shoulder-blac cred for a minute, but recovs 1o parry a hlow t his Then the twa men fell upon cach adl volied over and ove fying to grab the other by thiront Chewr hands were rod b0 the wrists, while blood ran off tl lades of their knives and spurted from the wounds i their nec veryhody was sick of t t'oept lko it and yellin® vound the tighter like w madiman, and elappin’ his hands at overy thrus For tifteen minutes Orton and Sinith fought like derwons in the | moonlight. ~ Tney hed ench other | vight and left upul thoy fainted from loss of blood. It was nearly-1 o'clock whon we waiked in betveen them and carried them into camp Orion died en the way sud Swith, who uever. recovered o two, knife b other, each the The OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS DEALERS EXCLUSIVELY STOVE REPAIRS. Our stoek ineludes repairs forall st e ing I 2 REQUIRED to buy a Royal Italian, 100 drawings, four drawings every vear, and retain their in', the men met | un ong | e kept | 11 MORRIS MORRISON, ' Sowuth 1.3th. 2d Door Novth of Howard St. IN oves ever sold in Omalia and the west. for. Co ML BATON, Manager, Bet. Jones and Jackson. 613 South St HOW TO ACQUIRE WEALTH. 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The one over Orton’s mound read somothing like (his BILY, ORTON. —o Licked by N Sy OLp Gruner “When it came to writing an_insevip- tion for Smith's board, lke called a council of the teamsters to decide upon the writing. It was tinally agreed to use these words Good g Licked by B OrToN Save Tiiza 1sed the feud betwoeen these two men? Oh, that would be hard to say. They quarreled the first time they met, and kept it up until they eame to- gether that fatal night. Both were Zood men in their way, but it appe s though they had béen born 1o ox minate one another,” “What c: - Costing $500,000 to Humor a Child Here is a good story that Lady Brassey, | ot in Constantinople: “We went down as far as the Fro 'll brid, over which the contracior lost an immense lot of moncey in the following manner: Thoe bridgs was to have been finished by o v, but the cont or found that this would be impossible with Turk- ish workmen unless he worked day and night. ‘This he obtained leave to do, and the necessary lights and torches were supphied at “the Sultan’s expense. All went well for a time, till the unfortunate contractor was told that he must open the | bridge to let a ship from the dock-yard | pass through some time before the bridge ‘. He suidit was impossible, would have to pull everything it would take two or’ three months to replace the scaflolding and pile-driving machines. He went to the Ministers of Mavine and Finance, They said: Ifthe Sultan suys it must be dono it must, or we shall lose our plac [ not our heads.” So the ship came out st n cost of u hittle over £100,000 and » delny ot three months in the completion of the bridge, all because the Sultan found his small son eryin, rem one day, the ehild’s grief b though he hiad been promised to be made an ad- miral, he could not see his flag hoisted on his particular ship from the nursery win- dows. So u lar ron-clad wis prought out from the yard and moored in front of Dolmabagtcheh to gratify his infant mind, thus causing enormous in- convenience to the whole town for months, to suy nothing of the waste of wmoney, of which the Sultan little,and for th ss of which,I he cared still le s he down, - Favorite Drinks of Gri om Reed drinks water when home. Senator Frye, of Maine, drinks mineral waters, S Bayard loves a big drink of pure rye, siightly mellowed with water, Secretary Manning is a lemperate man, an enjoy @ small bottle occusion- he but he ally, Joe whish oup. Nearly all the New York City states- men drink beer at home L “wine in Washington Senator Edmunds still sticks to the fea- tive cocktail and does not like to drink alone A less of chmnprgne sipped slowly 1o ebulitions of wit as n, of Kentocky, duir . and likes to imbibe it ont of a tin rouses Sunset Cox nothing else can Seustor Ingalis’ favovite drink is a mys- but some of his brother senutors sy r drinks loes it ary L 1 “hould Senator Salishur tial to a wiisky sou him inspieation y General 6 nd in o ve his of | southoern of Delaware, is par and thon, At can drink Aqua forus now tanit crland style t i rves tucky ks that with good whisky day beer us n bever e farmer's years boen Dr. J Qi Liniment, fc t hus 3 of clsus, many BROWN PARK The latest addition to South Omalia, only two blocks south of business center of South Omaha and two block cast of the great Hammond Packing House, Large and Choice Lots, Wide Streets and Al- leys, Fine View, Easy Terms.