Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 19, 1887, Page 5

s THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 1t HIS LOVE WAS UNREQUITED. Walter H. Minty, of Lincoln, Ends his Life with a Bullet, A CAPITOL GROUND TRAGEDY. A Proposition Submitted for the Building of a New Opera House to Cost One Hundred Thou- sand Dollars, [FROM THE DBEE'S LINCOLY BURRAU.| At 4 a. m. yesterday, two police ofticers found in the east side of the cupitol grounds the dead body of Walter H. Minty with a hole 1n the region of the heart from a revolver. The oflicers had been notified about an hour previous of what had evidently occurred by Charles Gross, the room-mate of Minty, the two having rooms just cast of the capitol. The first intimation that Gross had of anything wrong was the following letter, which he awoke from slecp and tound waiting for him. It was written with a pencil and in o hurried manner and read as follows: rley—Dear Old Friend and Room- L'am going to leave you. ase de- liver the letter lying on the table to Mr. B., and oblige. 1 will be found over under the trecs in the capitol yard. Good bye, dear friend, MiNTY. ‘The body of the dead man was taken at once to the coroner’s and that ofheial , who, after conferring with Mr, Babeock (the Mr. B, referred to i the letter) and learning some of the facts, decided that an inquest was unn Bary. Walter H. Minty, the dead man, was a bil clerk_in the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad depot in this city. His parents reside at Cresco, How- ard county, Ia., and they were at once telegraphed the sud affair, and Mr. Bab- cock, the Elkhorn ticket agent, left with the boll{ for that place yesterday after- noon. What the contents of the lotter left for Mr, Babcock were cannot be as- certained, that gentleman holding the contents in the strictest privacy. Enough is known, however, to show that young Minty deliberately committed suicide at about 1 o’clock in’ the morning. It was undoubtealy a suicide over love aflairs, and 1t is understood that a young lady ‘who has a position in a dry goods store, is the person who probubly could not look at him with the aflection he desired, and henco the act. It was known that Sunday night Minty was out riding and that the carringe was returned to the barn at 11 o'clock. It is presumed that e was in company with the young lady, and after 11 o’clock he went to his room, where at midnight his room mate awoko and saw him writing lotters. This was the last scen of Minty alive, From per- sons who were acquainted with Minty 1t 15 learned that he was a young man of good habits and businessability, and an nequaintance states that he had quite large correspondence with young ladies and that he had expressed himselt as in doubt as to what choice to make. T'he seerets of the suicide are hardly worthy of investigation, A NEW OVERA HOUSE, Mr. Ed A. Churen, for years the popu- lar manager of the opera house in this city, and who has amassed a handsome sum 1n business in Lincoln, after an ab- sence of some time has returned to make the city his home again. Mr. Church further vroposes that if suflicient en- couragement 1s given that he will build, maintain and manage an opera house commensurate with the city's needs to cost not less than $100,000, and that it will be built on the ground floor, with all modern improvements and all accesories in the way of comfort, clegance an safety. BRIEF 1TEMS, A blacksmith named A. reported b £o! the district clerk . Curry it was e crazy, but inquiry at office yesterday show- > gd that no examination of the party had held. It was stated, however that the Odd Fellows, of which order he was a member,had cared for him at the lodge room. The new First Baptist church is now up and partiaily enclosed, so that the way- farer can gain an 1dea of what a fine building and addition to this city of churches 1t will be. The editice will be one of the handsomest and most com- modious in the west. Ihe train men stopping in Lincoln have been greatly interested in the investiga- tion in progress concerning the wreck pear Havelock, and 1t is the very general opinion among them that Engincer Bowser was not in error. In the police court yesterday the judge disposed ot six parties either drunk or vags, the result of the Sunday and Sun- day night round-up by the_police. Each was given the customary fine and costs. The recent very warm weather h: greatly increased the death rate in Lin- coln, there being five different funerals on Sunday and four more yesterduvy. ‘The undertakers are kept very busy by the weather clerk, — — THE DRUMMER'S BRIDE, Whey Elope by Moonlight and Reach the Divorce Court. St. Paul Globe: Phillip Joseph is a gay drummer who ecarries as his stock in trade, besides his samples, an unusual amount of love and aflection, which he retails at a large discount to every sus- ceptible lady he meets, During the ear], part of 1850 he was on one of his busi- ness trips in Memphis, Tenn., exhibiting the latest fashions to retail dealers. *Shortly after his arrival there he dis- covered a handsome miss of eighteen summers, and his vast experience in all love matters soon added another victim v t his winning ways and striking physique. One obstacle, however, had 0 be overcome, and that was in the shape of the young lady's mother, It was necessary to obtain the old lady's consent to the union before the couple could be married, and this point was a matter not easily overcome. The loy finally concluded to become one, not- withstanding the mother’s strenuous offorts to prevent the event. Conse- «quently, one bright moonlight night the rummer packed his samples wnile ms sweetheart hastily got some dresses to- ether and prepared for her departure. 'he'plans for an clopement had all been made and every detail for a successful result had been carried out. They found themselves freo from the maternal interferenee and were married m an adjoining town. Combini; business with pleasure, the drummer escorte his beauntiful young wife through all the cities where he expected to sclh\ bill of goods, and the couple finally reached San - Francisco. Before the honeymoon had pass the husband's conduct gave evidences of a desire for company other than that of his wife, but his frequent business trips prevented any serious matrimonial sequel, After one of hig usual tours de voyage he returned to the dowmestic fireside with smiles on — his face, and was abundant with ex- pressions of love. He looked pale and worried, and after much persuasion on tho part of his wife he acknowledged that he was ill. One day she followed him to tue oftice of his physician and there confronted him with her suspicions. He acknowledged that he had broken his marital vo 1 the injured wife immediatery left hun. He went to South Butte, Mdfut, where he now resides, and ghe brought a suit for divoree. The Oldest Couple in Nlinois. Parhaps the oldest marricd couple i ~dp-the state of Illinois are Nathaniel .Jenk: 1as and his wife Lydia, aged rea»wt@vul)' Nathanfel Jenkins 1s one-fourth Chickasaw Indian, his father, Nathaniel Henthorne bein, half-breed and his mother a slave belonging to N thaniel Jenkins, The latter was a native of Montgomery county, Pa., from whence he moved to w 1 now Jefferson county, Ky., where Nathaniel was born about the yi 1710. His master was o soldier in the revolutionary war, and served throughout its length. He died on the Tennessee river, twenty-five miles above the city of Paducah,at un advanced old age about seventy years ago. His wife, Sukie Jenkins, ‘nee Jarrett, died some thirty years before her husbund. Nathaniel was near fifty years old when his master died, His mother was a slave of the Jenkins family, and did not long survive her master, Nathaniel Jenkins run the first ferry on Tennessee river, called Jenking’ and young Nathaniel for many y acted as ferryman. He married, eighty years ngo, Lydia Howard, a slave of John Howard, of what is now Calloway nmmtg, Kentucky, about the vear 1807 Both husband and wife still survive, hav- ing lived together as man and wife fo eighty years, Five children oniy have been born to them, of whom three are vt living—John, aged sixty two years; ah, forty-nine years, and Arminta, forty-seven years. The old people are living with Arminta, who is the wif Calvin Chayvis, of Metropolis. bought the freedom of his father, aniel, many years ago, and the How: freed Lydia, as she was the recognized daughter of her master’s brother. The old people have climbed the hill of life together and descended nearly to the valley on the other side. They retain to remarkable degree their ~ faculties, t 1 has heen blind for several Lis hearing, however, is good, 3 and his memory, apparently unimpaired; and Lydia has all her faculties of mind body. Both are in feeble health, waiting till the shadows b longer gown.” “They have for fi lived in Metropolis, Iil, and are we and tavorably known toall of the old settlers thers and at Paducah, Ky, Pl e iy Land Entry Rulings, A general principle of long standing and considerable importance in the ad- ministration of public land matters, 18 reaftirmed by Acting Secretary Muldrow in his ruling’ upon the case of Jumes Young, a homestead entry man of Salt Lake City. Its purportis that no amount of cultivation and improvement, and no showing of good faith in other eets can atone for the lack of actual dence upon the land sought to be secured, and that even actual residence docs nct give validity to the claim except in so far as it shows an intention to make such resi dence permanent beyond the acquire- ment of title. Young had cultivated fifty acres of his claim, constructed irrigating ditches and built a house, n which he personally lived. His improvements were valuned at from $1,000 to $1,200. His family, however, remained upon a place owned by him half a mile distant, and 1t was in evidence that he designed aban- doning his new claim as a place of resi- dence as soon as he had made his title secure. A contest was mado by one Van Os- trum, a professional contestant, who purposed gaining some preference rights and selling chem out. The local ofticers and commissioners decided for Young and against Van Ostrum. The acting secretary orders a modificution of this decision. He says that while ) Os- trum cannot acquire any rights in the matter, the government is not estopped from action upon the information it has gained, and he directs the 1eellation of Young's clum, The general princi- L»In fluences the decision in the ease of N k Young, a homesteader of Huron, Dakota. He had three years of mulitary s se to his credit, and was, therefore, not required to live more than two y upon his claim, He left his family in Illinois and only spent about half of hi lime on the claim, rendering it a mat of doubt whether he ever changed his residence from lllinois. The local ofticers held his final proof to be sufli clent, but the commissioner reversed thy finding and held the entry for cancella- tion. The acting secretary gives the claimant the benefit of the doubt, 4 inasmuch a8 thero is no adverse claim, orders that he be given another oppor- tunity to furnish final proof within the lifetime of his entry. e Breap.—In other words, Hood’s saparilla will not do impossibilities. Its proprietors tell }nluinly what it has done, submit proofs rom sources of unquestioned reliability, and ask you frankly if you are suflering from any disease or affection sed or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system, to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. The experience of others is suflicient as- surance that you will not be disappointed in the result It WoN't BAKE e —— Luck of an Inventor, Albany Journal: A young English me- chanic in Troy not long ago invented new axle box and nut which had a gr 1 of merit in it, and which at the attention of a famous New Y¢ ringe maker, One day one of the agents of the latter went to the shops in where the young knglishman was ployed and ‘asked him about hisinvention Pl patent and finally made him an offer of #50.000 in cash for the latter. The young man thought he would accept, but asked a few hours to consider. He talked with his employers,and as they had aided him 1 sccuring his patents, they gosted that he give them the pri making the purchase. Th 5,000 and a half interest in the profits- He accepted the offer and the next day informed the carrig or's represent- ative of the fact. he latter gentleman promptly said: “Now that you have made up your mind I want to say to you that we have made as high as §75,000 a_year out of what we call our spring, and that it is not worth to us nearly what ycur axle would bring us. You have & very valuable invention The proof of this statement developed itself almost imnie- diately, and it is said that the Troy con- cern, which has undertaken the manu- facture of the new invention, will realize a brofit of from $100,000 to $200,000 & year from it, the young English me- chanie will soon be a very rich man, L LAl The Nineteenth Century Club is an or- ganization that will consist of an equs number of men and women. It is hardiy to be expected that they will agree on all subjects; but it can surprise no oi learn that Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medi Discovery,” 18 unanimously pronoun the most suceessful remedy extunt, for pulmonary consumption, has been demonstrated in hundreds it positively arrests this disease and restores hoalth and strength, if administered in ity early stages. Dy druggists, calliibGl UL !Bison Bill's Blasphemy. Dramatic News. Here is a good story about Buffalo Bill and the prince of Wales which is now going the rounds among Americans in London. At the specia morning performance of the Wild West show, given at the request of the prince of Wales, there were present the kin, of Denmark, Belgium, Saxony and of o Helene After the performanco the prince said, to Colonel Cody: “It's the first time, I presume, colonel, that you ever played to four Kings?'' Cody hesi- tated a few moments, and then replied with his usual sangfroid: *“No, not to four kings, but it certainly is the first time to four kings and the royal joker.” As the prince possesses the slowness to grasp an American joke characteristic of the race he represents,Bill bad to explain this to his royal highness, who enjoyed tho joke hugely, and is now reading "up “Schenck on poker”in consequence. p e {ia to Pries' Lake for fumily; club and school picnics, i s v MANIA TO CONMIT SUICIDE. Some Btatistios About the Dreadfal Bub- Jeote CHICAGO LEADS IN AMERICA. Some Interesting Facts Concerning Self Murder—Why People Kill Themselves and the Fa- vorite Mode. Chicago Herald: A Chieago medical man who has made quite a study of sui- cide, and who has collected a large and most inferesting mass of statistics and speculation on the subject, says that Chi- cago leads all Jarge American citiés in ratio of suicides to inhabitants, In Ch cago, during 1886, there were 110 cases of self-murder, or one in 6,350 of the pop- ulation, Next to this in this country is New York, where one to 8,000 sought rest from trouble 1n physical annihila- tion. In Boston the ratio was one to 9,000, in Philadelphia one to 12,500, in Baltimore one to 16,000 and in Brooklyn one in 18,000. The large number of sui- cides in Chicago, Dr. DeWolf thinks, and in this agrees with other medical men quoted, is due to the preponderance ot the foreign population here, many of whom find themselves penniless and friendless in a strange country, Home sickness is no doubt responsible for the mania which leads numbers of immi- grants to take the fatal step. In foreign cities, say the student of suicides, seli destruetion is much more rife than in America. In Berlin, Vienna, Brusseis, h and Copenhagen the ratio 1s as high as in Chicago, while in Hemburg one person in 2,300 destroys himself. This is an_appalling record. London makes a good showing, only one in 10,700; while in Glasgow and inburg i are indeed-—one in 42,000 in the former city and one in 33,000 in the latter, It 1s probable that the ratio of suicides higher in Chicago than in any othe community in this country. While in this city one in 6,350 makes way with himself, in the whole United States the ratio is but one in 30,000. There can be no doubt that the gambling and specu- Iative craze so rife in Chicago as much to do with this as the preponder- ance of foreign population. Americans are not much given to sui- cide. The average Yankee appears to prefer working himself to death or dyin‘zv with dyspepsia. Only Spain, Russia and Scotland show fewer cases of self-d struction than the United States. The number ot suicides euch year per 1,000 inhabitants has been computed with tolerable accuracy, as follows: Spai 4|Seandinavia. 5 Austria 56| Switzerland . 7| Denmark ... s statistician, *‘that oflicial report of 1,600 cases the United States in a single year, are given as occurring in 1llinois, while in New York state, with nearly double the population, there were but 166. How to account for this I do not know. There are some peculiar facts about this mania which 1 do not recolleet having where scen intelligently summ by The largest number of smcides occurs between the ages forty-five and fifty. 1 suppose that just as the prime of hfe is passed one’s troubles begzin to appear durker and darker to hin, and the will power and moral staminu grow corr spondingly weaker, August, tl dread- ful hot montn, is the leading suicidal month both in this country and Europe, which may be easiv ounted for. In hot weather the weak and sick and mel- ancholic are at the lowest ebb, physic- ally and spiritually; refreshing slec not eusily had, and” the result is an epi- demic of selt-destruction. In Europe the smallest number of suicides occurs in December, while the mimmum is reached in America in January and Feb- ruary. *‘The most fruitful cause of suicide? In- sanity. This, however, is in many cases an uusntin!uctorfl definition. It is the hion to attribute sclf destruction to temporary insanity or aberation when other causes would be more appropri- ate. As a matter of fact nine out of ten cases, wonld with no great strength of the proprietics, be attributed to mental downfall. But taking the statistics as we find them we have about one-fourth of the total number of suicides, or 400 out of a total of 1,610, set down as_the result of insanity. Next comes family troubles with one-tourth as many, (115) and love troubles rather more than business em- barrassments or 124. Under these four specilic heads we tind more than one- half the ¢ or nearly 900 in all. Dis- sipation is fifih, with 81; sickness sixth, with 65; destitution seventh, with 55; un- dergoing or tireatening with pumish- ment eighth, with 50; grief ninth, with 41, and chagrin at parental discipline tenth, with 28, *As [ said before, however, not much reliance can be placed on this classitlea- tion of causes. Otten the true cause is not known, or is concealed by the deceased’s relatives or friends, L venture the asser- tion, b upon careful study of the re- ports of suicides, newspapers and statis- tical, during the last ten years,that three- fourths of the suicides in this country are ed, dircetly or indirectly, by drink Drink brings on physical ailments, destitution, grief,mortification. family trouble, love trouble, insanity, oberration, mental and moral weakness and the whole catalogue of suicide causes. Gambling is often the outgrowth of drink, as are other forms of dissipation sure toend in disgrace and sometimes in death by one’s own hand. Religious mor- bidness 13 another fruitful cause of self- destruction which does not show as con- spicuously as it ought in the reports. [ think that more than one-half of the per- sons who take their own lives are se- cretly morbid concerning the problem of a future life.” E, Sick headache and a sensation of op- pression and_dullness in the head, are very commonly produced by indigestion: Morbid despondency. irvitability and over sensitiveness of the nerves may, in a majority of ¢ same cause. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and dney Balm and Pillets will positively cure. e WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. A Chat With the Famous Leader of the March to the Sea. Washington Critic: General Sherman, with his family, has occupied rooms at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, since last October, where he says he will con- tinue to live until his children are set- tied, when he hopes to locate on Lake Jeeur de Alene. in Idaho, a spot he has picked out as among the loveliest places 1n the world, He is 67 years old. For fifty-one years he has been in the army. “But I could fight yet," he said to me, “and would sooner & thousand times go in the ranks to-day than think of en- gaging in anything political.” 1 made an observation to the eflect that possibly the days of war was over. “‘Do vou think so? You are mistaken,’’ vehemently again, “If you lve your natural days you'll see fighting, plenty of it, and you'll see some 07 the most ter- rible wars the world right here."" . “Do you think the United States will have great war: “Why not? This country has every elemont under the sun in it. It is the greatest country in the world, and has more great jssues to face than any other country. Does not lhistory show the oing and x‘uminf of warlike eras, and does not study of fhe advance of civiliza- ever known tion in the past show that wars are not | to be done away with?” General Sherman lives in the memories of his army life., “The boys seem ta look onmeasa kind of father,” he said to me, “and I'm glad they do, for God knows 1 love them all” and the tears stood in his eyes as he said it, Those 1n a position to know say the general i constantly importuned” for help b{ ex- soldiers, their widows and children. Some of them ask for money, and the general at times taxed his resources soverely bi' (:om-rnsil)' in meeting suc appeals. His total income 1s about $15, 000, hut his family expenses are large, and he has never engaged in business. He is unable to resist requests to be pres ent at reunions and other army meetings and has always borne his own expenscs on such occasions. His rooms at the Fifth Avenue are bc;n-fiml with people daily, many of them Iadies, with whom the veteran is a_ prime favorite. Mrs. Sherman is something younger than the a well-preserved and Kindly ady. ‘They have six children, two boys, the eldest of whom, Thomus, 'is & pricst at Detroit, a step much opposed by the f proposed- The other boy, seh, will graduate at Yale next 1 will then read law in Senator rts’ oflice Two of the general's daughters are married-~Minnie to Thomas W, Fiteh, of Pittsburg, who is in the iron business. ‘This couple has four children. Theother rried daughter is the wife of a Mr, of Pluladelphia, also with four Of these grandenilaren the very fond. unmarried daughters, Lizzie and their parents, charming, nsible young ladies, well known in Gotham society cireles, 1 have had opportunity to make some money in busimess,” eral Sherman said, hemes have been broached to me that would not require investment on my part. but I have always fought shy of them. 1 am asoldier and nothing else. Ldon’t want to be anything else. 1don't want to be anything™ else. Writing for the magazi 18 been proposed to me, and liberal proffers have been made by some of thesc pubhshers, but I won't accept them. In many cases, if I were to write the truth, L would have my old days embittered far more than the money could pay for, and I won't write chitdren genera ic I asked the general what part of the war gave him the greatest concern as a citizen and soldier. “The beginning,” he replied, “‘the grouping of events which led to the seces- sion of the sonthern states, When the cloud broke all thut could be done was to fight it down. There was no ifs and ands about it, the questions of the :jmnl were simplitied and clearly de- ined.” “At what time during the war were you most perplexed or most in doubt about your plans or those of others?" “Idon’t think anything in plain vic ever gave me serious concern after the fighting had commenced gen answered. My greatest concern perplexity was about things that never oceurred—things that might happen— problematic movements of the cnemy, the cutting off of our supplies and so on.” General and tache ar deep, quick and brown mous- still and erman’s hair is whiske gestures forcetul and dram: oice full and venetrating. He dresses plainly and is seldom seca on the street. Belle of Bourbon Equal varts of sweet milk and | Bourbon whisky will in many cas consumption, and will benefit an n-year-old whi lle of cure con- sumptive. Sold by bottle everywhere. $1.25 per qu: T ubstitute. Langtry dorer. San Francisco Chronicle: A Chron- icle reporter yesterday recognized in the manly companion of Mrs. Langtry and s Kate Pattison, of the Langtry com- y, on their afternoon drive, no less a sonage than Frederick Gebhardt, of New York. There are few handsomer or hapely men in the country than Mr. Gebhardt, and few who, in the circle of their acquaintance are more desery- edly popular. His broad shoulders and classic features would be recognized uny- where, and he is a most fitting compan- ion physically considered, to the fair lily of J 5 Inquiry led to the development of the fact that Mr, Gebhardt arrived 1n S Francisco simultaneously with — Mr Langtry—iundeed, he came in the same car, and he has resided in the same house h her in the mission. He divides his time between the residences, the Baldwin theatre and these drives about the city, in which Miss Pattison is always their companion. These drives co the en- tire city, save the closely built portion cast of Kearny street, and frequently ex- tend to the park and even to the beach beyond. Asarule Mr. Gebhardt attends Mrs, Langtry to the theatre in a close carri- age, leaving her at the stage door and then driving through the city, returning in time to sce her home, After the matinees he meets the object of his devotion at the Poodle Dog res taurant, where dinner is taken, thus sav- ing a trip to the Twenty-lirst street cot- tage. klr. Gebhardt does not visit the clubs, which would readily be open to him, and seems to be content to bask in the smiles of the beautiful actress. In this connection it is said by one who to a degree enjoys the conlidence of Mrs, Langtry that, notwithstanding the re- ported reason filing her intentions of be- coming an American citizen, that sk might the better protect her interests in this country, her object is really to com- ply with the'law of - California” with the view of sccuring a divorece from Mr. Langtry. .She is said to-be acting under the advice of r attorney. Atter that has been decrecd —as it is hoved it will be after the end of six months—it is be- lieved that Mrs. Langtry will become Mrs. Gebhardt. It 15 said that an understanding been arrived at between Mrs. Langtr) ana her husband wherepy he will permit the action to go by default, simply in- sisting that the strict letter of the law Shall be compliedwith, The renting of the cottage in the Mis- sion and the declaration of intention ure simply means to the end—the forma; technical compliances with the Ca fornia law. Mrs. Langtry will leave for Los Angeles on July 10, and will not again return to her “iiome’ on Twenty- tirst street. From Los Angeles she wi proceed to New York by easy stages, pro- ceeding to Virginia, Nev., thence to Car- son, Reno, Laramie, Lincoln and Councii Blufls, expecting to arriye in New York about July 30. Her residence in this city will be kept up within the purview of the law, under an arrangement with Charles Coghlan, her leading man. Mr, Coghlan will re- turn here after the Los Angeles engage- ment, and will occupy the Mission cot- tage for the remainder of the lease term. By tlns arrangement Mr, Coughlan will become a cowmpetent witness to estab- lish the legal residence required by the aws. Itis said that all these movements have been taken upon the advice of the attor- ney, and all to the end that there may be no hiteh in the divorce proceedings, and no bar to the fruition of the hopes of Mrs. Langtry and Mrs, Gebbardt and their nuptials, which are soon to follow. STEEPED IN IGNORANCE, What An Alabama Darkey Thought of Prohibition. Arkansaw Traveller: A grave'lookin | man, riding on a careworn buckbord, stopped near the roadside where a loose- | jointed looking negro sat on a log. “Do you live in this community | traveler asked | ;'l ‘zides heah at de present time, sah.'’ “Well, probably you can give me the formation 1 desire." lebbe so, sah.'! “‘Does the causo of religion seem to be vrospering nmunq the colored peopley” “Oh, yas, sah; doin' fust rate. Ain't hearne no 'plaint erbout dat at tall.” “What church seems to be taking the leads"” “Well, sah, do one down yander on de branch seems to be gitting~ de buige on de rost o' 'em.” I mean what denomination " “Oh, whut 'nomination. Well, sah, rm‘,rs to be fust one an’ den ernuder, All hands takes er pull at de church down yander on the branch,' “Tell me, do the colored people scem to be improving morallys” “‘How's dat, sah? " 'Prubin’ way " “'Well, are they more inclined to be honest than they used to bos" “Dat’s er question, sah. Seo dat cabin ober yander? Wall, de bigges’ thief I ever seed libs right dar. “I don't mean one man,but the colored people generally.” “Wall, sah, I has always noticed dat when you can climbup in er tree an’ out’er dozen houses 'longin' ter what'llsteal dat de folks gin'ly ain't powerful hones’."” 1 do that here?"’ ' the whut of ity “Whisky, mos “‘Ah, hah,” aimed the traveler. “1 know it my dear friend and fellow coun- trymen, Iam a traveling enemy to King alcohol, and I am glad to sce” that you acknowle iz whisky to be the curse” of this as well as other communities and I ean eall upon you, together with all good citizens, to help me put 1t down. So without whisky you think these people would be honest, do you? “Oh, no, suh, didn’t say dat. It's bein® widout whisky dat makes em dishones’, I'sy trfin' ter run er little still honse down heah, an’ ef I doan watch 'em da’ll break in cbery night, Da ginl'ly takes er nuf to las' 'em erwhile an’ ez long ez it lasts da is hones’ folks ez you ever seed, So the only way ter make ‘em hones’ is ter keep ‘em wid plenty o’ whisky on hand. Any mo’ infiermation 1 ken gin yer®" “No,” gathering ur the lines, “I sce that you are steeped in 1gnorance and 1 don’t want to tulk to you.” “All right, sah. _Dar aint no strin, tied to yer mouf. Yer keep it shut al day an' nobody amn’t gwine ter pull it open.” —_—— Over 100 Varieties of the purest and best toilet soaps made by Colgate & Co. Casiimere Bouque he standard. e S UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE. Three Hundred Dollar Diamond Ear- Rings for Twenty-Five Cents, “Here you are, and you needn't be leery,all of these goods are straight. Four hundred packag 120 of 1 trunks, none of your Deutehland emigrant box but I American make. Carry forward, Dug,” and a stalwart negro dragged for ward a dustcovered trunk, a ¢ b looking thing, coated with zine or some other metal, painted. The crowd, a queer one, made up of negroes, Italiins and Jews, mostly junk-shop keepers, pressed toward the ral that se them from the auctioneer ated merchandis “You don't course,” continued the tioncer, “necither do we, There's no humbug 1n that. Many of these sales are frauds. The trunks are searched before they're put up for sale, and all the best plunder is taken out of them, then they sing 'em ofl to the lowest bidder. Noth- ing of that sort here. Ask Palmer there. Last we had an auction at the Union depot. and Palmer bought an old valise. You wouldn’t give five cents for it to look at it, but this whole thingis a_gamble, you uke your chan That'’s what Palmer and what was his luck. For twenty- cents he bought that old valise, and lugged it home, and when he comes to it, what does he find wrapped up in a dirty old rag, but a pair of diamond ear- rings, worth $300 if they were worth a cent.”’ ‘The countenance of Mr. Palmer, whose junk shop is out_near the fair grounds, and who is familiarly known as “Fatty,” beamed around on the crowd about him with an expression of serenc satifaction, The bystanders regurded him admir- ngly ow, what will you bid for this trunk £5, %2,'#1, 75°cents»"—and the audience was sifence untii a little Hebrew gentlo- man, who wore a very black shirt that had once been white, cried out: “T'wenty-five cents?” The bid was echoed immediately by the auctioneer, and the value of the trunk rose by d s, until tinally the hammer came down with a thud when the price f §3 was reached. The little Jew paid his money and looked extremel cerned thereafter throughout th though later he bought several val 25 cents apiece. Their contents, er, were to remain a mystery until after the sale, when they wero to be re- moved from the storage room. Noboxes or trunks were allowed to be opened on the premisise. Besides such there were also & mi eous collection, including baby-carringes. sets of harness, shotzuns, base drums and drummers’ samples, all of which had been left in this city as bag- gage and freight, unclaimed by passen- gers over the Wabash railroad. Sowe of the stutlt had been held for aslonga period us three years, but as the owners failed to turn up, the effects had finally to be disposed of in this fashion. The sale was conducted by Selkirk, the anc- how- neer, at No. 617 Poplar street, and 400 lots, in_prices ranging from 25 cents to f!\l, realized an average of §2 on each ot. s e He Fooled the Train Robbers, Just as they enfered his car he turned in his seat, and with an appearance of anxious dispateh proceeded to squceze a small sachel behind the shutters of the next window. They could not help no- ticing his maneuver, and promptly ordered him to stand up and fold his hands. When they collared him in due course, the spokesman at once turned to that windo “What's this here? Tried to beat us, you poor sinner, did you? Logale. hold illl let e sce that bag. Aha! bank note thought so." “Ok, don't!” don’ wailed the poor sinner, “that's my children’'s money; they will starve-~they will die! my poor little girls!” “Girls, you say? Send them this way, and we'll take care of themy’ wus the brutal reply. *‘How much is that, any- how " “On, Lord, senor; all 1 world; $12,000 in 2,300 I think," ‘‘Is that so?’ fingering “Yes, more or less; le now." A handful of silver was turned out, it by bit—some 10, perhaps. “*Oh, senor, you arc not going to take my lasc penny?®” “D—n it, no!" broke in the leader, “‘Let him keep that, and his wateh, too This will do us,” shoving the roll in his gripsack. “Good boy!" with a slap on his bue HNext!" with 8 complacent griu, which have n the American money-— the notes. see your pockets A weck or 80 Jater was probably seen on the other side of his face, whon ho ascer- tained that those ‘‘Amerlean notes' had been issued by the confederato govern ment, A package of less irredeemable securities bhad in the meanwhile been sticking safe under the cushion of the wily passenger, who had taken that sachel along for 'the special purpose of diverting attention from the main stake. Id whisky, alers to fill with “‘something just as good." There is no other wlns:\‘y 9 good.” Belle of Bourbon Ten-year Caution! Do not allow d - — A Big Award for Three Trom the Savinnah, Ga, News: The su- perior court heard the second trial of the case of James Harrigan against the Sa- vannah, Florida & \ e ay, and the jury gave the plaintiff a verdict for 4,045, arrigan was a car builder, but went into the shop one day to make a hammor handle for a fellow-workman, a tinner, as the handles the company fur- nished did not suit the work the tinner was doing. While cutting out the handle at a circular saw Harrigan lost three fin- gers. He sued the company for §10,000 and got a verdict for 3,750, The com- pany moved for a new trial and it was granted, and Harrigan got another ver- dict, this time for $4,245. The defense was that the company furnisihed handles and had issued a positive order to the men not to make their own handles, but to get them from the foreman. 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During these'eloven y. : teuse suffering I tried innumerablo_ proscriptions trom various Physicians and tried everyUiing sug: ted by friends, but if 1 ever roceived tho' least eneflt from any ‘medicine taken Internully or ox- ternally, I am not awaroof it. Fiually, abont the first of September, I made nrrangements 1o £o to the Hot 8prinks of Arkansns, deapaired of o other' remed, Vi enta e Hot Spri —he found no rellef. On Lis return he hear for rheun complete cars have pazsod sin Be has ha f tho dlsease. tu Iimmediately returned totry it. In September [ 00k four bottles, and by tho first of October I wis il-—as far as the rheumatism was concerned. —All suppeared, and L UAVE NOT FELT A TWINGE ve no Interest in making this statement other than the hope that 1t may dircet some other sufferer 0.4 sure s of relief, o this result [ am well rewaried for my troublo. | am very ro spectrully sud truly your Irfend, 3. M. H. MaRTIN, For sale by all druggists. 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