Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1886, Page 8

oo THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31%000 (O\FR MENT DRAFT, The Attorney General W‘u s O'Hawes to Turn it Over. SURE IT'S COAL, ENOUGH. Fatner Rigge Completes His Anal ~The McCormick Case-Sam Small's Absence—Court Notes—Other Local. Pat O'Hawes Has the Draft Attorney General Leese was * n o quict way about the city yesterday He endeavored to keep his mission here a matter of secrecy. It leaked out, how ever, that he ¢ ¢ here about an §18,000 draft which Hon., Pat O'Hawes received some time since from the scere- tary of the treasury in_payment ofgthe | vices of the state of Nebraska in sup- pressing Indian hostilities far back in the sixtios, This check Mr. O'Hawes ha ney ccounted for to the state treasurer Mr. Leese, upon being asked about the matte fter some p! 1: “The facts are just these you know, represented the st uring from the national government this amount of $18,000. Some time ag he received from the seccretary ¢ treasury a cheek for the amount. s he has held e, failing to tnrn it over to governor, as he ought to done, 1 has to about the matter, but has fs to make a satisfactory elaims that he ought 1o be paid 25 per of the amount, and that he holds a Iwu upon the chec I donot want to have any trouble abont the matter. I do not want to arrest him or sue him af can help it, He _is out of the city now, in Louisville, Ky., 1 be- liev As soon as he returns, which I understand will be in about a week, 1 shall try to force him to an account. The thing hits been placed in my hands to be pushed. “When did O Hn\voi rec from Washington “I have been informed by the secretary of the treasury that it was mailed to him Augnst 12, "so that he has held it now about four months. The proper thing for nim to do is to turn the draft over to the governor, who will endorse it and turn it into the sehool fund. Then, when the legislature meets, O'Haw can make his applica- tion for a tee. The governo ainly has no right to fix his compensation.” AN ACCIDE petling’ ve the draft T AVERTED,) The B. & M. Depot Has a Narrow Es- cape—Rail Notes, The B. & M. depot escaped demolition yesterday by about two feet. Two B. & M. engines, the Ixst of which was 95, left the yards with nine loads of stork for the st To ascend the grade a full b m was used, and the train sped rapidly along until it struck the at the of the grade. Hel tank truc arest the boiler’ of 95 jumped the track and ran along the edge of ies, cutting them and breaking into kindiing: wood the platform which led up to the depot. After a ride of this kind of about one hundred feet the fireman jumped off, the brakes were called, and the enginecr of 95, Larkin, shut off steam and reversed his engine, bruising his hand and injur- ing Iis knee in the operation. The ~momentum of the tram pulled the engines along, and as_the Jatter passed the depot, 95 Jumpe the track and ran within about & oot and a half of the building. At Tenth strec bout fifty feet wi the engine again got on the track, with the excep- tion of the trucks first mentioned, which rumbled over the sleepers in a disastrous manner The train was finally stopped at Bleventh streot ement of . The accident attracted the at- tention of hundreds, and drove the oceu pants of Miss Adelaide Moore's car, which was on the adjacent track, and the employes n! the B. & M. depot, out of doors for s ME. OINTME The g an of} in the Union I ic headquarters, is the appointment of Mr, G, V. Bogue aé chief neer, in of Mr.J. Blickensderfer. s change, General Manager Callaway states, has not been made on account of dissatisfuction with Mr, Blickensder- his methods. On the cont he is giving the highestsatisfaction. Bat on account of the fact that much construc- tion work is umulating, it has been daeemed advisable to make the change and re| Blickensderfer of the duovs details. Mr. Bogue, the gentleman appointed to succeed Mr. Blickensderf, s been prin- cipal assistant to t.uu. the Northern Pu 3 He will take c mun ..1 the oflice time during the month, Mr. Blickens ppointed consulting en- > has held since 1879 the” posi- 1on witloh lio now ralinquisics, THE STORE DEPARTMENT, The following ¢! * has been issued J. Burns, heretofore gencral store- or, s appointed supply agent. ) . artment will hereafter be known and designated as the supply depart- ment, To take effeet December 1, 1580, I Sarin, al Superintendent, N In spite of the recent freeze, work on the bridge caissons is going on'as usual. Wednesday morning dufective. truck on a Missouri Pacitic ¢ W | a short distance this sido of . Panillion. junction on the Belt Line, ditened and destroyed two ears of freight, and blocked upthe Jine 5o that the senger train from the sonuth was compeiled to run into the Union Pacilie depot. The train last ever ing for St. Louis left over the regnlar line 1 v Jordan, chief clerk in the office of Superintendent Korty, returned yeste day from a visit with relatives in St, Louis, Work on the double track of the Union Pacific is progressing most satisfactorily at the western extremity near Papillion, several gangs of [whorers pushing it with considcrable rapidity. Captain Rustin has returned from Salt and reports having mot J. of the C. M. & St, P, who re- sently went there to vegain his health s hud cousiderably 1m pair 8 en there by the captain the lutter didun't think he we , but is now pleased to say tl is rapidly recoverit id beforc long it 5 presun again at his post, Mr. Ge Blickensderfer, superin- tendent tho Idaho division ot the Union citic, and H. D. Pike, chief elerk i General Superintendent Smsth's left last evening for Pocatello, in special car030. The gentlemen ther mspeet the Idaho division, «-lullulllv 1o Omaha in about a week With the increasing cold travel on the tended With much dificulty g having hard work to run on schedule time. The trains from the cast were all late last night, delaying the departure of the Union Pacitic overland for the west about thirty miuutes, AN IMPORPANT CASE. Judge Wakeley's Decision Afivied by the Supreme Cour! News was received in the ity of the faet that the suprewme court of the volving about eighty acre | 1 | time the state has just handed down a decision in the case of MecCormick ve. Paddock, affirming the decision vpreviously made by Judge Wakeley, This Is a suit in of land west city including Kilby Place, Jerome Highland Place and other addi- of the Park, tions, Mr. Paddock got his title from a sale in partition in which a Mre, Harrington was ilr[un:hn. and one of the interested parties. Long years after the sale had baen made \fi' ddock be: n[‘ still 1n ssion of tha yv|'n)n'rl y Am- y discov & ke ME Harrington at the time of the sale of the property had been rvn"}:n(h\lwll was in fane Tad diod = bofore . tho . sale was actually consummated. Mrs. MeCor mick in the mean time had procured from the heirs of Mrs, H'\\ru\g!nn a quit elaim deed to the property, On the advice of Mr. Ambrose, about a year ago, she bronght suit against Paddock and other interastod parties, claiming posscssion of the land, and alleging that the first sale w il ount of {arringto being insane at division of the property had been made. Judge Wakely decided in favor of the defendants, holding that their | title was not made void on the grounds urged by plamtiff, A SILE T BELL. Prosecution View Mrs. Bell's Disappearance. General Cowlin, assistant counsel for the prosceation in the case of the state against John Lauer, was scen by a re- porter for the Bek and asked what he had to say about the mysterious disappear- ance of Mrs. Bell,who had been expected to testify for the st The gentleman did not scem to desire tosay much upon the subject. He remarked, however, *‘that there is no doubt but that some tampering has been done in the matter. That is shown by the ot that the afli- it setting forth that Mrs. Bell had previously testilied to something which 1e now denics, was procured.’ The reporter asked if the alleged }n-p jury on her part did not make her fear prosecution for the same on the part of How the Lauwer “She might have felt that wavy, g me people may try to account for nce in that manner. But so far would ourselves about it because appeared even after making h we would h llowed her to testi because her testimony, as you i in the fivst t been corroborated. ally Lauer, herself, when she called Dr. offman to attend her at Mrs. ller's se, told of her husband having tivown h of cranberries m her face, and that was the material point of Mrs Bell's evidence.” CALHOUN'S OFFICE. It is Too Small, and the Collector Wants a New Building. S. H. Calhoun, internal revenue col- lector of this distriet, told a reporter that he had just began to collate facts to show the inadequacy of his present quarters in the postoflice building, with a view to intluencing legislation for a series of im- provements, and pou)l)l? the erection of anew building on the lot immediately west of the present struoture. My oflice,” he said, *'is too small for its pres- ent business. 1t is 2348 feet in size, and six feet are taken oft the width to accommodate patrons, lcn\mg but seventeen feet for oflize room. We re- ceive some months as much as $200,000 in our oftice, and, as this comes in in small sums, the space allotted to patrons ig tre- quently crowded. I have now a safe at fiu. depot intended for my oftice which I must leave stowed away because I can not put it where 1t belongs, There is no doubt about 1t, we want more room, and the best way to secure it would be by erecting another structure on the lot west of the postoflice.” Deverves' Fraise, In these days of severe cold the atten- tion of the soci v cruelty to animals should be turned to horses’ life, for many horses are on the street without covering of any kind, or even exercise to keep the blood in cireu- lation. Henry Gerke, the well-known show good examp iinent citize: of his hor: 2 teams, cither the one on r of Twelfth and Ha arney or the oneon T enth and Farnam sureef one moment without blanke “Dutch’” Henry seems to be a brick. the corr The Late W, uneral, Tue funeral of the late \\x iam Crowley took|pluce yesterday morning from hi residence on South Seventeenth strect. The remains were borne to St. Philo- mena's ex a requiem high mass wis chanted by R Fathér Carroll. The same gentler delivered a tender, consolatory and eulo- The choral music was y the clioir under the direc- tion of Miss inie Arnold. who sang in a most tendorly expressivo manner, S8, 1 The pall_bearers we cral O'Brien, Andrew Murphy, Wm lhl hm w, b m\\ Dellone, Thomas Switt and Thos Fitzmorris, The r mains were interred in Holy Sepulere cometery. New Englanders, A socicty to bo composed entirely of New England peovle was ovganizea at Unity church Wednesday night. It elecetd Judge Savage présudent and E. K. Long secretarv. A committee consisting of Mis. Judge Savage, Mrs. W. W. Cope- land, Dr. Dinsmoor, Thomas L. Kimball and Dr, Copeland wi wpointed to pre- pare a plan for the celebration of **For fathers’ day. It will report ) ing ne \I Wednesday exening the box ml | cclebration will be 1llu 22, which is the day formerly or the 21st, which the date of the land- g of the pilgrims, Next Year \n iat Chioago; Milwaukee & St, ived theiwr calendars for the which will be distrivuted rons of the road. They y lithographed in colors comprising four eards, on rd bemng t e months, T hey are both ornamental and useful, The have rec Paul Rabbi Bensc Lecture. This (Friday) evening Dr, son will deliver his second lecture on the series of “The Prominent Hebrews of l|.~:.>r\ " The subject will be on “Moscs Ben Amram.'’ Divine se the synagogue commence 4t 7 o Ben- Mrs. Crefghton’s Funeral. The funcral of Mrs. Marga ton, who died heart disease, will take place morning at § o'clock at Roly church eating a Board Bill. Judge Stenberg yesterday issued a war- utforthe arrest of Wiliam C is rged with beating a board bxl of $15.75 at the Paxton h pl. Hon. James I..unl was in the vity yes' terday, en route Lo Chicago, COAL SURE ENOUGH. Father Rigee, of Orelghton College, ©Completes his Report. Father Rigge, the chenust of Creighton college, yesterday completed his analysis ot the coalifound on the bottoms, and made his report to the gentlemen interested. The document, an exhaustive one, was turned over to Mr, Peter Iler and will be submitted at a meeting of the directors. “I can't give out this rvpurl until 1t is submitted at our m . sald Mr, Iler yesterday you about itys that it confirms our first belief that we have struck a vein of coal sure enough. The coal is found to be of good fair quality and will well repay mining. Operations at the shaft ro suspended because we have struck water. As soon as Mr. Martin, our engineer, airives, we shall go #head What is Being Done in the United States Court, e States Marshal Dutcher, nd United es Marsl ved in the aty yesterday hDr. W. W. Salisbury, of Chicago. oner s charged witn trying’to de- frand the government out of certain lands near Long Pine, Neb., under the timber culture act. He is ung man, not over twenty-eight years of ge, and a resident of Strawn, 1 For some time vast he has been attend- ing lectures at the Rush Medical college. He takes the matter very coolly, and says he thinkshe can establish his inno- cence. Judge Dundy releosed him on $1,000 baii. Judge Dundy decided yesterday t sephine Lawler, the woman a cused of bemng in a conspiracy to_murder her husband, must be given a hear- in ()mnlm, i her at- torneys so desire. Acccordingly she will be held here and given a preliminary examination in the United States court. Men have been sent to Kansas and the Indian territory to procure witnesses the case. An indictment has been returned in the court at this point agminst Russell D. Babcock, who is charged with forging affidavits in land cases. An indictment agwnst him on the same grounds has been found in the courts of Colorado, where, it is alleged, he has been engaged m('luokulu]wl.\lunn COMING EVENTS, They Cast Deputy Un Long Shadows Before Them. The following are some of the events which are to take place during the month of December. Others will doubtless be announced from time to time: December 2—Ball at German hall for benefit of the German school. = l])l“l'cmb«:r 8—Unity elub party, Masonic ia December 8—Ladies of K. of H. ball at Ct umum.lruu hail. Deceml Metropolitan club party, Metropolitan hall, December 14—Hyperion club exposition annex, December 15—K. of L. assembly 5141 ball at Masonic hall December 16—E sonic hall. December 17—Loyal Legion of Honor, Millard hotel recevtion. December 23—Party children of con- gregation of Israel, Metropolitan hall. ; l‘:ncombnr 25 — Concordia Christmas ball. December 30—A. O. U. W. ball, Metro- politan hall, December 30—Philoman club ball, Ma- Ma- party, s’ social session, Ma- sonic hall. December 31--Home Circle club, sonic hall. SAM SMALL'S ABSENCE. Why the Ex-Newspaper Man Did Not Preach in Omaha. “Do you want to know,” asked P. C Himebaugh of a BEE reporter, “why Sam Small didn’t come to our revival? I'lltell you, He had an appointmerit to con- duct a series of meetings at Nashyille, and when he had about finished there, he was invited to Littie Rock, and as. Sam Jones thought he could carry on the revival here, Small went to Litde Rock. The result w two most successful efforts. There is only the kindliest of (Lulm g be- tween Sam Jones and Sam Small, and Mr. Jones told me that himself, when he was on the traiu ¢ for home. \(hl Mr. Jones’ conference work in orgia, he will dehver three lectares in routo, then one or two in Beecher's or Taimadd’s chureh, then go to Boston and thence to Sun Franeisco, going by the southern route, and returning by way of Omaha W OUTKITS The Omaha Type Foundry and Sup ply House for Printers and Publishers. Western Newspaper Union at r 1 at all times to outlit publi; on short notice with pr type, rules, borders, inks, composition, sticks and rules, and in fa everything in the line of printers' and publishers® supplies. Better terms and more liberal prices ean be sceured than by sending to Chicago or elsewhere. Save money by buying near home. Second hand goods in the printing line bought and sold. We often have gréat bargains in this . Send for Tite PriNts r monthly trade i ! s of goods and prices and from time proclaims unequalled bargains 1n- new and second hand n i WESTERN NEWsrarer UNiow, 12th m‘.( bet. Ho and Jackson, Omah Nuberaska PLUMBERS AGITATING, And May Make Up Their Minds to Strike, There is a promised strike among the plumbers, which may take place to- night, At the meeting of the Union on Tuesday last the matter was considered, and it is thought the change will be ocea- sioned by the determination of boss plumbers to enforce union prices, which are §3.50 for ten hours’ work. On Monday t Dan Fitzpatrick’s men struck, demanding §5.50 for eight hours'' labor, when he had been paying 40 cents per Lour for a day of nine hours, On the next day two of lis six men re- turned to work and the others interfered with them much to the annoyance of the employer. A compromise has been ef- fected, but it is expeeted to be only of a temporary nature, ‘The advantage that a base burner stove has over the ordinary stove is that it heats the base and thereby heats mor room and utilizes the fuel to a better ad , 4 advantage that a base lurge b has over one base is that it 1s a stronger id with the same amount stove with asmull base t deal more room his season has lnn;u base than any other base r made. Sixteen were put out rial to veople that were bound to get other brands, but atter using the I Aladdin a short time, aceepted it aud are now bound to have no other. The Palace Aladdin is the smoothest working base burner made—at least, that is what those say that are using it and have used base burners for iwany y: ouly sold in Oumaba, by W, F. S10ETZEL. \\nh a small Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers were filed Dee. 1, with the county clerk: Johu H Ingram and wife to Almira E Moon, sontl 8 feet of lot 7, block 49, Platte Valley, and south 83 feet ot lot 8, block 49, Platte Valley, w d—$800, Allen E Kilby and others to Mary Eva Bar- ker, lots 11 and 12, block 2, Kilby Place. Cora A Belden and husband to Stsan [ (l\ll||~ Jot 54, Burr Oak, w d—81.00 11 Kellogg and wife to the W dstern Loan &7 OBt Unetokee. Lowa lots. 14, 18 and 16, block 7, Patrick's 2 add, qe wite and other delia M Va Place, w d. O K Seoficid and wife to L W Wakeley, 1ot 2, block 10, Kountze's 4th supplementa add, w a-—-82200, A 8 Paddock and wife to Eima M Jaynes, 1ot &, block 8, Paddock Place, w d—81,500. Elmer A Todd to the public, vlat of Hazen, belng a subdivision of lot 17, block 9, Gise's subdivision, Newton E Baraklow to Mary J Perry, lot 5, Barkalow 'l w d=$1,000, amuet A Sloman and wite to Charles M Ran, part ot lot F 1 Whitney and_w ||-| lot 1, block 79 250, Simmonds and wife to George W Liogn part of nw'g of nely, see 9, 15,13, w e o Gratz and Montross, south Smith's add, w d Baltaz n!hv|~ husband to Ri 5 of lot 3, bloc 82,500, amer and wife to G € Moses and west 3y of lot 1, block 135, w d— ik Murphy to Fred W Stover, lot 11, Bloek 1 ATieLGhsa 18t ail0y qe—Sl. « Iu\l’h*'s W Wallstrom lml wife to Wm 1, Me , lot 1, block Kirkwood, w a— & T'B Minnahan to John_J Mahoney and others, part of lot 1, block 79, South Umaha, Wl . ——— INDIAN BRAVES AT PRAYER. How Some of the Wild West Tribes Went to Meeting, New York Herald: Trinity Baptist chureh, in East Fifty-fifth street, was transforme to a veritable Tower of Babel last evening. Besides the usual number of sinners there wasa very strong attraction for the youth of the neighbor- hood in the presence of a large number of Indians of various tribes from the Wild W show and a goodly gathering of C Is, who are regular attendants at the T'o protect the un Indians and the overwashed Chin: from the gamins of the east side a sy squad of sturdy bluecoats from Captain Mount’s precinct were on hand. The meek-faced children of the Flowery Land came ecarly and in small partice: orrayed in the best Sunday clothes C hat ham strect could turn out. Their more imposing brethren waited until the house was seated and then trooped up into a reserved gallery in - all the glory of then colored Dlankets and brightly flashing jewelry, also from Chat while il eyes were most turned from the hymn books, took their seats. Religion cvidently w somewhat of a chestnut for the dark- skinned warriors of the plains, for they settied complacently in their places and in undertones passed remarks among themselves concerning the severity of the ministerial garb and the general''washed- out* Lumpll-\um: of the congregation. Several the heaviest swells of the tribe had «vi\lenuy got themselves up for the oc on regardiess of expense, for T a pen passed around and feathers were to be found all over the galler; The Indians vied with the girls in the gorgeousness of their make-up, and many alonging eye was cast from the feminine portion of the house on the expausive display of fox Is, turkey wi q gorgeous b » lngh muck-a-mucks of of the aboriginal The Rev. John I'. Vine who presided at the services, sought to save the soul of the poor Ind such pronounced tones and with such powerful gestures that even the most uncivilized heathen could not fail to see that he was going at it from the start with an idea of getting there. ation. may s and the M ve charms for the nitou of the Baptist ptable as any other, it is that such )s “Mud on the Tail Bear’ and others with equally un- christian names, busied themseives more with the plentiful number of palm leaf fans and gayly bound hynmals than they did with either the praye on *'Sin, Salvation Hell,” \\'lnr'h some of the highly educated Indians and the revivalists pronounced minus the first letter, The Ind ticular s Bantist b musieall that thy ns behaved well in every par- hey would not sing. ither did not snit them they were convinced “ather”” did not care tor i They bowed be- hind their fans Pray,’” and when the prea v up to a high che: the ond of the lin \ desire to be washed and to obtain tion by rising in a body. When the ser were concluded and the preacher wr his andiens to the congregation, sevoral of the brethren 1 of the sisters of the echurch thought if nec 7 to shake hands with red man and ask him to come again. This the Indians did not agree to do, but contented themselves with mut- tering a_somewhat unintelligible good- I It is doubtful w hether a single ex ation in the best Baptist style 1s suf- it o convert the metropolitan In- , for th r'e quite as uncon- salvation when they salvi EXPLORERS ASTONISHED kable Discoyerics that Some of em Have Recently Made, v York Sun: 1t happens now t an exploror makes di: b ts with regard to tribes of sa have recently (:linl\ ‘. Mr, W. I\Iun\ugu K¢ and y INES cort been tribe in Aln('l whom h 15 the first to de- npowder which they make es for use in the flint-lock mus kets whieh they obtauin from native traders. This tribe live far from the east coast, and quite a distance south from the Zam- bezi i Their gunpow slowly, and its explosive forc ferior to that of ours, but it answers their purpose very well. ‘They mix the efilov esen f pharcoal which they 1 from the bark of the mufati tre This mixture is baked in an earth ern pot for several hours, and then it is pulverized and spread in the sunlight whtre it is loft for some time. Itis not at all likely that the Makori-koris, like the Chinese, diseovered the art of making runpowder, Their fathers doubtless earned it from the Portuguese or from slaves who had lived among white men on ihe coast. We hear strange things once in a while of African tribes, but it was hardly to be expected thata wholly wn tribe, qunmd n by the moun- would be found en ‘ture of gunpowder ro Lieutenant \\1»~m AN and told & remarkable story bout Il.ln s he had et with south of the Congo river, who were fur more eivilized African pe: 1is report confirmed h, 'the travals 1o Licutenants Ku and Tappenbe ‘ found last ye between the Congo and Saukuru rivers many strect villages, with large, gable roofed huts standing squarely on either ide of the street .mhmm..n by vauv\msh oking people. The vanced notions of comfort. They ~lup on wooden bedsteads, instead of on the tloor, -~ Thei huul«-\ are the kargest yet found in Africa. and are kept clean. THE MANY HAPPENINGS Tothe NEBRASKA CLOTHING CO. during this season, were somea times to the radvantage and other times to their disadvantage. Should it be their misfortune to, prematurely, make up a lot of clothi 1, or pur- chase a quantity of other fivings,and a few days later some manujaca turer in order to raise some money, should be willing to male a still greater sacrifice from the lowest market prices, they simply take ad- vantage of the offer, stand the loss en their first purchase and give to their customers the benefit of both. It is a fact which is substantiated by the people who have dealings with them, that never before in the his- tory of the clothing trade, have such bargains been offered as are now given by THE NEBRASKA CLOTHING CO., OF OMAHA, stance, they sell a good Chinch For in- la Overcoat for $4.75, and an elegant one with satin sleeve lining, cord edge binding for $9:75, sold by other dealers for $15, Aside from their inunense quantity of Boys’ and Childrens’ overa coats, they have placed on their cownters a special lot of Childrens? Sfashionable velvet swits L in three wades, elegantly gotten up, switable for Holiday Gifts,and offer the saine at $5.50 and $5.90. worth regua larly $12. one price with AU their goods are marked in plain figures and at sirvictly THE NEBRAMKA CLOTHING GOMPANY Cor. Douglas and 14th sts., Omaha. Their streets are about fifty yards wide, sometimes two or three miles long, and are carefully swept. Refuse of all sorts is taken a and thrown into pits dug for the purpose, They are clever hun- ters, and train their dogs to follow game. They carye pestiles out of ivory for pound- ing ‘manioe, and they have astonishing skill as wood ers,” Lieutenant Kund brought two wooden cups representing negro heads, which might read taken for opean produc their suporior workmanship. Belind-tho houses of this populous Zenge tribe are neatly kept gardens and plmnutiuns of bananas. When Licutenant llnlm visited an iso- lated scttlement of entanders two years ago he was AstonlEhenRtolaRd among these natives, of whom the world had never heard, wairus spears of which the handles werc made of wood, although no timber grew there, and the point of hoop-iron. ~ He ast ed that the sea currents had brought_these useful com- s to the poor Eskimos in the shape kage and iron-bound boxes. recently been shown that in parts of Chili where European trees and plants have been introduced the native flora is actually disappearing nnd the imported vegetation is flouri Ring m its J ers are often surprised to miliar phnt and fruits of other regions growing as exotics where they did not dream of gnding them. Kerr dis- covered the tomato in the far interior of Africa, and Schweinfurth was much as- tonished to find tobacco in the h the continent, w! it uis s who had never hear of its American home, though the ) the weed was known smong of the tribes was doubtless deriye from our name for it. pen s The Burden on Europe. New York World: The standing army 1y, on & peace footing, consists men, the ordinary expense ot ),000,000. But the r n c var to eall ance keeps 36 men ) viee, \\Ihll(‘~4|‘t'llf1|\|] 3,000,000 besides. Both these have, moreover, their navies to Austria-Hungary sustains a regula of 281,000 men, with a reserve of over 1,000,000, sin has, on a peace foot- ing, 870,000, and 0,000 ly to be called upon in time of war, 120,000 constantly unde 765in a state of ‘organization £ geneies, The list might be extend, the above furnishes a suflicientindic: of the tremendous drain that is made upon the productive energics of Europe y the ambitions and fears of its rulers, ’I'm« waste is not slone in the money expended to sustain the armies, but in the enforced unproductivencess of a large pe 1 centage of able-bodied men. Those able of doing the most work arc the \-u ones who ar oldiers, If the situ ation could Le viewed | civilized be: ing from a planct w ar passed away with othe would e: a feeling of ment t califi . 3 lightened should commit such stupen dous folly with its consequent misery plain before their eyes. What the con- dition of thi: laboring elasse would be with the heavy burde and prospective wars liftcd from them may be surmised. g to eme 1, b POWDER | Absolutely Pure. A marvel of More kinds and cannot be sold in competition with the mul This powder never varies purity, strength and wholesomeness. economical than the ord ary ade of low test, short weight alum o Sold only in cans PENNYROYAL PILLS “CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH." The Original and Only (lonnln 254 s RAIEHEL Devardst wodhl T Chiel Madin Wl B emny oy sl Bilin.* Tohe e sthene JAA WELK S Fa: othin minently o The Sandor: Electri PIANOS ADTD ORGANS BELO FACTORY PRICES F;OR THE HOLIDfos Great Bargains SecondHand INSTRUMENTN PIANOS, from $40 up ORGANS, from $22 up Easy Payments Taken Max Meyer & Bro " E.T. ALLEN, M. D. SPLCLLLAS | Eye, Ear, Hose & Throat Room 9 Williams Building, cor. Dodge sts., Omaha. Hours 810 12a.m. 2 to 4 and 7108 p. m “T3th 5T, Cor. 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