Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 27, 1887, Page 4

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WITH the closo of the see the closing of the div ooples. ear we hope to and dens. Di. MERCER’S electric motor line will be in operation about the time the Union Pacific opens its wagon bridge to public travel. HONEST GEORGE TIMME will retire to private life next week and devote him- self to the cultivation of four-leaved clover and Irish shamrock. Too many cooks spoil the broth, and experimenting with professors of cookery and other new fangled notions will spoil our public schools. GEYERAL SHERMAN threw something of a damp sheet over the enthusiasm of the Forefathers’ day festival in New York recently by demonstrating that the West is the living embodiment of the principles of the pilgrims. He had the flgures at hand to back up his state- ments and thus marched through the delusions of the East respecting its rel- ative importance as he marched throug Georgia. PRESIDENT CEEVELAND has sent a present to the pope. If Mr. Cleveland were a Catholic his action would be em- inently proper. As he professes to be a Presbyterian, his gift looks like a bid for votes. It is related in the “Potiphar Papers” that a wealthy but ignorant man, anxious to appear to understand French, saluted another man of his own type on a fashionably crowded hotel verandah in Saratoga with the remark: “Well, I suppose we shall soon have to start for Newport. I hear all the par- venues are going.” Perhaps Mr. Cleve- land had an idea that as all the sover- eigns were going to send presents to the pope, he must try to keep up with the royal procession. But, shades of Gen- eral Jackson! what kind of Jeffersonian simplieity is that? Iris proposed that there shall be a committee of the house of representa- tives on the alcoholic liquor traffic. It might be advisable to wait for informa- tion as to just what purpose this com» mittee will be expected to serve, but at first glance it seems to be an entirely uncalled for innovation. What has congress to do with the liquor traffic except asasource of revenue? If it does not need a standing committee to advise as to the traffic with reference to revenue, the inference must be that such a committee would be called upon to tuke into consideration the moral aspects of the traffic and would have referred to itall the communications and petitions that may from time totime find their way to the house, and which the appointment of such a committee would greatly encourage. ‘We are disposed to think that thisis a kind of business that congress has no legitimate concern with, and that if the proposed committee is created for this purpose it will be speedily discovered to be a great mistake. MR ANDERSON, of Kansas, is gener- ally denounced in Washington as a very dangerous man. His proposed amend- ment to the rules, which it is not nec- essary to say was not adopted, sent a cold chill down the back of the lobby. The mere suggestion of refusing ex- members the use of the floor except dur- ing three days of the session was such a revolutionary one that all'the colonels and majors could not find words strong enough to express their dis- approval of the scheme. Mr, Ran- dall could not bring himself to se- riously consider the matter, and the rule was not found in the list re- ported back to the house. The demo- eratic leader represents intevests on the floor of the house which will at- tract as usual during the ses- sion a regiment of ex-Pennsylvania congressmen who are deeply interested in the protoction of their own bank ac- eounts. The iron and conl and steel men, the wire and shipping and woolen syndicates will all be represented in lobbies and cloak rooms working tooth and nail for America’s industrial mil- lionaives and the success of Sam Ran- dall's wing of the democracy. Mr. An- derson’s plan to decrease the value of a congressional seat was promptly squelehed. It was too western and too radical. It might have found consider- ation among the ignorant farmers of ' Kanaas, but it would not do for the cul- tivated lobbyists of Washington. ' Governor Thayer on Lamar. . Shortly after . the appointment of Mr. Lamar to be a justice of the supreme court of the United States, and while his nomination was before the judiciary committee ot the senate, Governor Thayer of Nebraska addressed n com- munication to the senators of this state protesting against the confirmation of Lamar and giving his reasons therefor. These were that ‘‘he was in heart and principle just as much a traitor as Jeff Davis,” that “he was a bold and de- fiant advocate of the dissolution of the union in 1860-61,” and that ‘“‘he has never recalled his treasonable senti- ments.” This vigorous protest of Nebraska's governor has been freely commented on' by the democratic press as an unwarrantable ®pro- ceeding and characterized as a piece of cheap demagogy. We have not obgerved, however, that any of these newspapers has had the hardihood to question the veracity of the reasons given by Governor Thayer in justifica- tion of his protest. The BEE has occupied no doubtful position regarding the appointment of Mr. Lamar to the supreme bench, and it fully approves the action of the governor of Nebraska in communicating to the senators of this state his own and the nearly unanjmous sentiment of the re- publicans of Nebraska in this issue. We believe he had an unquestionable right to do thison his own behalf as a citizen, while as the executive of a state, the great majority of whose people accept the constitution in its entirety and de- sive that no part of it shall be put in peril, he would have been unfaithful to a high duty if he had failed to voice the sentiment of this majority in the effort to avert what he and they earnestly be- lieve to be a threatoned danger to the integrity of the supreme tribunal and the security of the constitution. We have not a doubt that the action of Gov- ernor Thayer in this matter was inspired solely by'a profound sense of its grave importance. It is only natural that as an old soldier, and as a republican who shared in the work of reconstruc- tion, he should vigorously resent the attempt to elevate to the highest judi- cial position n man who was among the most influential supporters of the con- federacy, and whose record since does not show that he has cver recanted or relinquished any of the politiel here- sies by which he justified himself in forswearing allegiance to the federal constitution and seeking to destroy the union. It is most natural that Governor Thayer should have a deep-seated distrust of Mr. Lamar when every vote that he ever gave affecting the integ- rity of the constitution, and every ut- terance he has ever made respecting the ‘“lost cause,” are evidence that he is not in sympathy with the war amendments of the former and does not believe that the act of secession was a political crime. And entertaining these sentiments Governor Thayer is not the man to con- ceal them. The issue which the appointment of Mr. Lamar to the supreme bench has made is not receiving any more serious attention and discussion than it merits. It is & question of profound concern to the whole people whether the highest judicial tribunal shall be invaded by political heresies which it cost the nation such a vast sum in life and treas- ure to defeat. There is no oppositian to Mr. Lamar on sectional grounds. It was expected that a southern man would be appointed to the vacant judgeship. Neither is the opposition to him solely on the fact, as certain papers maintain, that he is an ex-confederate. Every reasonable man understands that it would be very difficult, if not impossi- ble, to find an eligible southern demo- crat for this position who was not iden- tified with the confederacy. The opposi- tion to Lamar is on the ground that in accepting the results of the war he has not in good faith relinquished those heresies that led to the war, that he does not believe now any more than he did in 1860 that secession was a crime, and that those who engaged in it were traitors, and that he is still, as he has oh every past occasion shown mself to be, hostile to those constitutional amend- ments which are necessary to preserve the fruits of the struggle for the life of the union. The force of these objec- tions to Mr. Lamar, as a candidate for the supreme bench,can not be destroyed by idle talk about sectional prejudice or any of the plausible facts that any of his advocates bring forward to show that republican presidents have ap- pointed ex-confederates to judicial and other positions. The present caso is wholly exceptional in its character, and Mr.Lamar must be tried solely upon his own record. We regard that as of a nature fully justifying the wide- spread opposition to his con- firmation that has been manifested. The Lumber Lords' Protest. A Washington dispatch to aSan Fran- cisco paper states that the manu turers of lumber on the Pacific coast have sent to the members of the Cali- fornia delegation an appeal against the reduction of the tariff on lumber, with a statement of what effect such a reduc- tion would have upon the lumber inter- est of the coast. It would of course prove, in the view of these manufuc- turers, disastrous, while at the same time it would result in greatly promot- ing the prosperity of British Columbia. Among the instructive facts pre- sented is the statement that ‘‘there are in California, Washington and Ore- gon 190 saw-mills, employing over three hundred and fifty thousand men, without counting the ercws of over two hundred vessels engaged in freighting lumber.” The trustworthiness of a part of these facts appears somewhat questionable, but theve is nothing sur- prising in that. The appeal of these lumber lords is accompanied with the startling menace that *‘if the tariff is taken off of lumber all citizens in the trade on the Pacific coast and their em- ployes will demand in justice that the duty on iron, cordage, sugar and other things which go to make up the cost of manufacturing iumber be also repealed.” The delegation in congress whose privileges .it is to have these constituents will understand that there will be no toleration of half- way measares. 1f Pacifi¢ const lumber cannot continue to have protection very little else will be allowed to enjoy - thiut advantage. It is interesting to place in juxtaposi- tion to this demand of the Pacific coast lumber lords the views of two of the re- publican congresemen of Minnesota, a state whose lumber interest will com- pare favorably with that of California. These representatives, Mr. Nelson and Mr. Lind—the latter, by the way, nomi- nated as a high tariff man—have both recently declared 1n favorof taking sev- | eral leading articles from the tarift schedule and placing them on the free list, and among these is lumber. It would seem obvious from this that the con- stituents of these gentlemen are either very blind to their interests or they are unable to discoverany serious danger 10 the prosperity of Minnesota from a reduction or abandonment of the lum- ber tariff, It is very evident that they do not share in the alarm that possesses the lumber manufacturers of the Pacific coast, or before this the Minnesota con- gressmen would have had a petition thrust under their noses quite as for- midable in its facts, fancies and fustion as the one sent to the California dele- gation, There are several cogent reasons why the tariff on lumber should be reduced, it not wholly wiped out, and if any re- vision of the tariff is effected at the present session of congress lumber is one of the articles that the people will demand shall be included. The duty on lumber is one of the least justi- fiable in the whole list. The revenue de- rived from it by the government is in- significant, but it has enabled the lum- ber lords to grow enormously rich by mulcting the people as directly as have the coal barons and the salt syndicates. The revenue of the government from wood and lumber for the last fiscal year amounted to but a fraction over one mil- lion dollars, yet by renson of the duty the consumers paid tens of millions of dollars, the greater p&rt or all of which went into the coffers of the men who demand that this exaction shall be con- tinued. Note a local example. The lumber dealers of Omaha have, during the past year, sold 300,000,000 feet of all varieties of lumber, the bulk of which was used in Nebraska. At the tax of $2 per 1,000 feet this would yield $600,000, and not less than five sixths of this, or fully half a million dol- lars, was taken from the pockets of our people and transferred to the plethoric bank accounts of halfa dozen lumber syndicates, and this estimate does not tell the whole story of the robbery which the people of Nebraska were sub- jected to during the past yearin this simple particular, for Omaha did not supply all the lumber that was used in the state. Labor got no benefit from this tax, which was taken from every farmer and workingman who built a house, barn, woodshed or hencoop. If there is any more unjustifiable tax than this maintained by any government on earth we are ignorant of it. A by mno means unimportant argument in favor of reducing or abandoning this "tax is that it may have the effect of retarding the destruction of our forests, which has been going on at a rate thatif maintained will in a few years compel us to seek a supply elsewhere. The demands of the country are steadily growing and as steadily the sources of supply in our own territory are dimin- ishing. Every consideration affecting the general welfare requires that this state of affairs shall not be permitted to goon until all our forests are swept away, and it is not too soon to apply the remedy. We have no doubt that when- ever a revision of the tariff @5 made lumber will not be ignored, notwith- standing the appeals and threats of the Pacific coast lumber lords. The New Hotel. The new hotel project is, we are pleased to announce, taking practical shape. Mr. Hitcheock is in déad earn- est, and will, we are assured, present a definite proposition for erecting a great fire proof hotel on upper Farnam,within afew days. If the bonus he demands is reasonable, we confidently believe it will be raised in thirty days. There is no argument, and none should be ettempted, against the propo- sition that Omaha needs a first-class fire proof hotel. The building of such a hotel is an enterprise which no capi- talist will undertake out of local pride and municipal patriotism. There must be a reasonable assurance that the investment will return a fair income. That a $600,000 hotel will be built in Omaha, without the gift of a bonus of 15 or 20 per cent of the cost, is not prob- able. In fact it is alimost certain that it will not be. For our part we should rather pay the bonus to a responsible citizen, like Mr. Hitcheock, who has a reputation at stake in carrying out the objects of the promoters of the hotel project, than to pay it to any non-resident capitalist or syndicate. We shall cheerfully accord to Mr. Hitchcock all the credit and glory to which the builder of a great hotel shall be entitled at the hands of our citizens. THEEE is no royal road to success, This applies to cities as well as men. Omaha’s marvelous growth during the past five yeavs is chiefly due to individ- ual enterprise and concerted effort of public spirited men. Organized and well directed enterprise is essential to her future prosperity. Tue Minnesota co-operative farming scheme has failed and the colony is broken up. Co-operation is successful once in a while, but will not be univer- sally so until human beings are changed into angels, RAILROAD statistics show that in 1887 there were 3,534 miles of road built in the northwest, and about five hun- dred miles of rond-bed are ready to re- ceive the iron in the spring. THE trouble in the Gherokee nation isover. Mr, S. B. Mayes has been de- clared priveipal chief. The bitter guar- rel of nearly eight weeks has thus come 1o a peaceful close, 4 SOME STRANGE CASES IN POINT. Senator Jone's: Fate Recalls Similar Cases — Stories of Well Known Senators and Congressmen —Mingling of Crime and Hallucinatjon. St. Paul Globe: The sad stories re- cently wired from Detroit relating toex- United States Senator Charles W. Jones, of Floriaa, have excited mingled pity and comment. Three years ago Senator Jones was a conspicuous figure in national affairs in Washington, Phy- gically he was a giant; intellect- ually he towered above mauy of his sen- atorial collenges. He wasa type of dig- nity. His ability as a lawyer was con- ceded, and as an orator he had few peers in the senate. Moreover, he was popu- lar with his colleagues and the pet of the Irish-American element throughout the country. Senator Jones has been the builder of his own fortune and his misfortune as well. He was born in Ireland in 1834 and came to this country when a boy of ten. He learned the trade of carpentry, which he followed for years, meanwhile studying law in Pensacola, Fla, He was admitted to the bar in 1857. He be- came v successful lawyer. In 1875 he was elected a United States senator and re-elected in 1881, Two years ago he went to Detroit, where fie met Miss Palms, a beautiful heiress, with whom he became infatu- ated. He is a widower. Hisuns ful suit for her hand, his eccentricities and his financial difficulties ave of too recent date to call for more than a pass- ing reference. He has never returned to Washington since, and he left his state only partly represented in the senate up to March 4 last,when his term expired, 'ic senator’s infatuation for Miss Palms was so great that he refused to leave Detroit and return to Florida even when begged to do so by political admirers who desired his re-election to the United States senate. says the New York Journal. Hé is achanged man; poor, homeless, and practically depend= enton charity. He imagines himself the victim of a conpiracy of politiciang, His friends hope to be able to take him back to_Flori where, under proper care and familiar surroundings, he may become himself again. The senator’s present unhappy condi- tion recalls the fate of many well known congressmen and senators whose closing years were blighted and who ended rilliant careers in a violent manner. James W. Wilson, of New Jersey, was successively clerk of the legislature, editor,state adjgtant general and United States senatord His mind became un- balanced, and gne night, imagining his house was on fife, he jumped out of the window and Was badly injured. He died two years fater—July, 1824, CongressmaréRobert Potter, of North Carolina, was the husband of a beauti- ful woman of whom he was intensely joalous. His jealousy developed into nsanity, and he nearly murdered two of his wife’s cousins, who had called to pay a friendly visit, on August 28, 1831. He was sent to prisoh and fined $1,000. ~ He afterward went to Texgs, where he was kiiled in a brawl. William S. Ramsey, of Carlisle, Pa., was elected to congress when only twenty-eight years old. He served in the Twenty-sixth congress, and was re- elected to the succeedingone. The day after his re-election he received aletter, the contents of which he never re- vealed. He became a changed man, and ended his bright career with a bul- let in a hotel in Baltimore, in October, 1840. He was only thirty years old. In a fit of mental aberration John White, of Kentucky, killed himself at Richmond, Ky., in September, 1845. He was a congrossman for ten years and speaker of the Twenty-seventh con- gress. Congressman Felix G. McConnell represented Alabama from December 4, 1843 to September 10, 1846, when he cut his throat in a Washington hotel. The death of a devoted friend had driven him to drink and insanity with the result noted. Jesse Thomas, of Illinois, was a west- ern pioncer, & congressman and United States senator for ten f’curd. The secret persecutions of a political enemy un- settled his reason, and he cut his throat at Mount Vernon, O., on February 3, 1850, United States Senator Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, committed suicide at Nacogdoches, Tex., in July. 1856. He had been o successful lawyer, a brave soldier, had fought for Texan indepen- dense, served as chief justice of the state, and was a United States senator for ten years. Mental infirmity drove him to the deed which ended his event- ful career. Edward Curtis was a noted politician in his time. He represented New York city in congress from i827 to 1841, when President Harrison np;minu-d him col- lector of the port. The treachery of some political friends turned his brain, and he died in New York, afteralinger: ing illness, in August, 1856, In his time few public men were bet- ter known than Edward a Hannegan, of Indiana. He served in the state legis- lature, in congress, and was a United States senator for six years. He was afterward minister to Prussia. One night in 1852, during a drunken brawl, he killed his brother-in-law, a Captain Duncan. Politieal influence saved him, but he removed ta Missouri. He was a changed man, apdshe brooded over the tragedy until his mind was affected. He died in St. Louis, J'ebrus 5 ). Alfred Stoney who had served Ohio in congress, was appointed inter- nal revenue collector for Columbus dis- trict. He was aftgrwards found to be defaulter. Maddgned by his disgrace, and fearing the penalty of his crime, he disappeared on August 1, 1865, He was found dead next.day on the grave of his two children. He had poisoned him- self. Twenty-two years ago Preston Cing weighted himsel f down with i and stones and: jumped from a fe boat into the ~North river. He was drowned. ' He had0 served four years in congress and rep- resented New Yor in the United States senate. Three months before he ended his life President Joh son appointed him collector of the,port. Senator King, it is said, was 1nsane at the time he committed suicide. James H. Lane was auother unfortunate. Fortune had been kind to him and he was lieutenant governor of Indiana, congressman and United States senator from Kansas. While laboring under a fit of insanity he shot himself at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., July 11,1866, He was senator at the time, Financial troubles and ill health preyed upon the mind of John D. Ash- more, a well known South Carolina pol- itician (who represented his state in the Thirty-sixth congress), until he became irresponsible, He ended his misery at Jsland, a Princeton” graduate Dardis, Miss., Docember, 1871, t ing him y ehoot- olf. Obediah Bowne, of Staten was sent to congréss when only twenty-eight years otd, in 1850, He was afterward quaranting commissioner and a Lin- coln presidential eloctor, Family troubles drove him to drink. He squandered his fortnne and becamo des- titute. Trouble, drink and want turned his‘head and he poisoned himself with opium on April 27, 1874, at some place on Staten Isiand. There are many men in this city whoremember Congressman David B. Mellish, He worked as a proof-veader and reporter for years. Ho was stenogrdpher to the police board for ten years, and then appraiser of tho port. ITe was elected tothe Forty-third congress, but served only a fow months. He had become insane, and died May 28, 1874, in the government hospital for the insance. James W. Nye, a noted politician who was distr] of Madison county, state police commissioner, gov- ernor of Nevada and United Stotes sen- ator from that state when it was ad- mitted into the union, lost his montal balance after leaving the senate, and died on Christmas day, 1876, at White Plains, N. Y. Ross Sobieski, of Pennsylvania, served his state in congress 1878 to 1877, The loss of health and his retirement from public life preyed so much upon his mind that he shot himself in a barn on hss farm at Coudersport, Pa., October 25, 1877, It is hoped by many that fate will deal gently with Senator Jones and that he may again serve the state of which he was an ornament. WHY JOE AND GUS FELL OUT. The Thrilling Romanve of an Unfin- i 1 Well Away Down in Egypt. 1zo News: Thereis an unfinished n the north end of Pulaski county, There a breach in the friendly relations heretofor xisting between two of our best citizens. Mr. Joseph Gaunt and Mr. Gus Bartleson have ceasod to loan each other tobacco or to speak as they pass by on their mules. Mr. Bartleson is not angry at Mr. Gount but Mr., Gaunt is very angry at Mr. Bar- tleson. He isin such a frame of mind that a branch office of the Hardin county vendetta could bo casily opened here. There is an tween intimate connection be- the unfinished well and the ed relations of the two gentlemen. since their fathers moved here from Tennessee and made the canebrake blossom with corn and long-nosed hogs, Mr. Bartleson and Mr. Gaunt have heen friends and neighbors.. In their boy- hood they swam together in the Cache river. In their youth they hunted deer and turkeys side by side. hood their clearings joined, they killed hogs and made sausage in partnership, borrowed each other's pitchforks, and stole each other’s watermellons. They werg the best of friends and neighbors. Mr. Bartleson is a wit, and his wit i3 given vent in the perpetration of pract cal jokes. For the purposes of freeing his premises of rats he harbors in his stable several large rattle snakes, which have become quite tame. Oneday Joe was in Gus’ stable, making a friendly call. Gus asked himif he would go to the crib and get a sack of corn for the hogs. Joe said he would. Gus appromched him from behind, saying, ‘“Here's your sack,” and laid over Joe's shoulder a black snake about six feet long. Joe felt the weight on his shoulder, and for an instant supposed it was the sack. He took a step, glanced avound,and met the glittering eyes of the snake. It might be well toadd here that Joe is prejudiced against snakes. When he saw the shake under the described circumstances he was surprised. In fact there followed a chaos of language and an anarchy of motion, and it was with some difficulty that he was recussitated after the per- formance. In view of the fact that a black snake will not bite, his manner on this occasion was unduly violent. This strained but did not break his friend- ship for Gus. The dry weather of the last season nearly exhausted the wumrsupg}y here, and along in September Gus and Joe de- cided to dig a well to be used jointly in watering their stock. The site of the well was located in Joe’s pasture, and the digging was begun. Joe would dig awhile and Gus would haul up the clay with a bucket and a wind- lass, and then Gus would dig and Joe would wind. When the well was about twelve feet deep, and while Joe was dig- ding, the windlass broke, and Gus loaded it on the wagon and started for his barn to mend it. Joe awaited his return in the well, setting on his spade, chewing tobacco, and congratulating himself that he was digging when the windlass broke. Now, Joe is the owner of an old blind horse named Frank, who, by virtuo of a bell hung around his neck, is chaperon for the rest of the horses in the pasture, which follow him and his bell. = Frank and his followers were grazing in the vicinity of the well when Gus started for his barn with the broken windlass. At sight of old Frank and his bell e devilish idea struck Gus. He stopped his team, caught old Frank, took the bell from his neck, and with it in his hand approached the well, jingling the bell at short intervals, as an animal will in grazing. When the sound of old Frank’s bell struck Joe’s ear, as he sat on his spade in the bottom of the well, he sprong to his feet in alarm. The opening of the well was unprotected. The old horse was blind and liable to fall into the well. Joe was at the bot- tom of the narrow shaft and escape was impossible. It meant surc death to him if the horse fell in. All this flashed across Joe's mind in a thought. He leaned against the wall, his heart thumping every sense strainings Nearer came the sound of the bell—clank-el, clank-el, clank-el. “He must be within six feet,” thought Jc 0-0, Gus,” he yelled. No answer but the nearer clanging of the bell, Joe's hair seemed to rise, as his sealp contracted with the agony'of his mind. Cold prespirvation started on his face, and his knees trembled. “Gus! 0-0-0-0, Gus!” he yelled, with all the strength of his lungs. No answer. The sound of the bell was just at the brink of the well, 16 clod of clay fell on Joe's upturned fi It startied him like a clap of thunder. He shuddered and groaned aloud. In an instant the erushing weight of the horse would be upon him. “Whoa! Frank; bark up therel” he shouted, 18, 0-0-0-0, Gus! Whoa! Frank, you d—d old fool! Who-back, there!™’ Another clank of the hell and several clods. Joe sunk upon his knees. FHope was gone, He must die. e mfoaned aloud. He thought of his wife and children, He thought of bis friend Gus. so able and williwng to save his life if he only knew. It washard to die with so little time for preparation. He knew his un- worthiness, He must pray. He clasped his hands. _ “Now I lay me down to sleep.” (A clod it his hat.) “Whoa-back, Frank! —Our Father which art in heaven— 0-0-, Gus!—hallowed be Thy name— Back up! Whoa-back Frank!—Thy kingdom!—a great shower of dirt and a wild clanging of the bell just above his head in the opening of the well, With a wild seream Joe fell on his face and fainted, The bell hit him on the back and In their man- -at Dr. Sorrell’s and wentto bed. l)i'mlflfl him to consciousmess, JTe ut- tered a last howl like an expiring fiend, turned his white face to lieaven and mot the grinning countonance of Gus, who inquired; “Is there anything ailin® ye, Joe?" It would be foreign to the purpose and in violation of the copyright laws to re- late what then was said. When Joe had unburdened his mind, Gus brovght back the broken windlass, lowered the rope into the well, mado it fast above, and then ran for home, while Joe climbed out. And this ig the reason why there is an unfinished well in the north end of Pulaski county. - A SOUTHERN AMAZON. Desperate Fight With Officers Who Tried to Arrest Her—Final Escape. A Daniclsviile (Ga.)special to the New York World says: Mrs. Hulda Moore has outwitted tho officers at last, and is now hidden among friends. At last Septomber's term of the superior court judgment was obtained against John Moora, husband of the famous Mrs. Hulda Moore, for attorney fees. motion for a new trial was defeated, but sorved to postpone collection ~ till the January sale. Sheriff Scar- borough proceeded to levy, but desisted in the face of Mrs. Moove’s fair promises. On Monday she came up, ostensibly to settle, bringing certifi- cates of deposit from the National Bank of Athens. She requested Mr. Strick- land, plaintiff in the case, to write a re- ceipt in full, which he did. She th requested to see both receipt and wr After sertinizing them sho placed thom in her pocket and departed.,The sherift took outa possessory warrant and fol- lowed. Failing to meet her engagement again, the sheriff went to arrest Mrs. Moore,but found herarmed and defiant, threatening murder if he attempted to enter the house. The sheriff returned without a prisoner. On__Suturday the sheriff, Deputy Sheriff Henry McEwen and Messrs, Hugh Hardeman, Lloyd Brooks and James S. McCurdy went down to arrest her under a possess warrant, MaCurdy went into the kitchen, where Mrs. Moore and her cook were, to see if he could not perform the ably. The woman was furious and kept tho tables betwgen her and McCurdy, levelling her cocked pistol, with fingor on the trigger, at him., Jim gave the bosse the alarm, whereupon Mrs. loore jumped out ran through the orchard.” As the men pursued her she dréw two pistols, a British bulldog, 88-calibre, centro-fire, double-acting, and a marquis of Lorne, 82-calibre, and with one in each hand levelled them at Scarborough, Brooks and McCurdy. Brooks and McCurdy rushed toward her from opposite directions and captured her, sho firing the bulldog through Brooks’ hand, doing but little damage save burning. Upon this the others rushed up and in the scufile she drew the other Xiuml on Deputy Sheriff Wash White and snapped it, but it failed to go off. When brought to town she refused to go into any house, and mep crowded about her as she stubborn stood and walked back and forth bare- headed on the square, with the cool windwhistling about her. Finally she was seized by two strong men and carried to the fire in Brooks® store. While by the fire she spied a hatchet on the mantle and waited until McCurdy averted his eyes, when she sprang for the hatchet. Beh Russell snatched the hatchet in time to save McCurdy from death. Upon the arrival of Justice J. 3. Sanders she objected to his tryi the case. Justice J. N. Boggs wa for, when she struck that court also. She was committed to jail until she should turn over the papers to the arresting officer or have them forth- coming, or be dealt with as the law di- she would die before she would give up the papers. She was car- ried to the house of Dr. Sorrell awaiting the return of her son, who wont home to get the papers. Her husband, in the night, brought the papers, but she for- bade him giving them to the arresting party, and bade him hand them to her. She put them in her ket and said she would die before she would give them up. She became sick, went into another room While some of the guards went away, and some slept and some didn’t guard very closely, she made a leap for liberty, jumping from a window in the sleéping-room about daybrenk, and was tracked across some ploughed ground where she ran barefooted. Another posse went for her yesterday afternoon, but she was not to be found. She is still at large and holds the pape LR L The Origin of Beer. Cornhill Magazine: Ale was the sole title of malt liquor until the rcign of Henry VIII, up to which time the em- ployment of hops as an ingradient in the beverage was unknown in England. In the year 1524, or thereabouts, tho use of hops was introduced from Germany, and to distinguish the new kind of malt liguor from the old, the Ger- man name, bier, was adopted, and,’ with an infinitesimal change of spell- ing, became part of our language. Ger- ‘many, in truth, is the native land of beer, and nowhere in the world is it treated with such special honor. In Germany the drinking of beer is not, as with us,a mere means of carnal refresh- ment, but, particularly, among the stu- dents of the universities, is elevated to the dignity of a cult, familiarity with whose ritual is deemed an essential branch of a liberal education. We remember to haveseen, appended to a recipe of M. Francatelli’s for some specially seductive bevertge, the recom Stir, and drink devoutly.” It is pr ly the mental attitude of the German student in relation to beer. He drinks **devoutly;” indeed, it might be almost said, parodying the familiar ori ental phrase, that in Gern “there is no God but beer, and the student is the prophet.” SAAteS Royal Deceivers. Chicago News: Herrmann, the magician, says he has been_around the world three times looking for a ghost. Hedoesn’t believe in any supernatural manifestation of any kind. ~He says the best sleight-of-hand tricks or mind- reading exhibitions are accomplished by the aid of accomplices. It is surprising how it pleases most people to be asked confidentially to co-operate with a per- former of note. The late Alfonso of Spain and Louis Napoleon both assisted Hermann on more than one oeca- sion to dupe an audience, and they al- ways kept the secret. The Lgugui Spain was his accomplice in this." Alfonso wrote on a piece of paper and sealed it in an envelope; Hermann tore the envel- ope in two,burned ene-half publicly and sent the other to the other end of the galon in a hat. A sealed double slate was then given him in which he repro- dueced the writing on the paper, which, when removed from the hat, was found to be intact. s Personal Paragraphs. B. J. Malloy, of Hamilton. Ia., is at the Windso L. E. is at the acter, of Kimball, N ¥, Windsor. X P. A. Donnell, of Liucoln, Neb., is at the Windsor, . 2. Staht and wife, of Red Quk, Ta., aro at the Windsor, AT THE U. P. SHOPS. A Master Mnlmfi‘ Interviewed by a Pencil Pusher, - Mr. James Whits Relates the Horrl- ble Experionce Ho Endurod for Nine Long Years—He Rajolces That He Fonnd a Benefactor, “What men say and what men do are the things of puramount interest Tl personal quality must enter largely In X l‘n;\\l\{ldt-nll'lllll\lu." 1'" poandhe et twas an old journalist whose position gave wolint 10 What dio Al EhAE vad TAIKIK tho scribe listened with both ears open, “Yes” he continued 10w friend sitiing near hiim i the street ear UNtS 10 W great administration ot Andrew Johnson, fugton correspondent of an_ eastern daily, wh 15 110w 0no_of the great editors of the sonth- West, was on intimate terms with the prosident, and adopted in his letters the form known as the modern interview to set forth Johnson's lugs. That i clatmed to riter had to leave the car. Bound as o was on an interviowing trip hime self, ho was greatly interested n the informa tion' that the Journalist was impnrting, and re. gretted that hie had to miss the rest of it. At the blacksmith shops of the Unfon Paciflo Railroad company the scribe met Mr. James White, ono of thows hurdy handed sons of toil who “earn_their bread by the sweat of their brow," duting the course of the interviow Mr. ite said! ‘Sometime about nine_years I thought was & slight cold, | well s 8oon us previous colds et better and then, taking a feea! o 1 took what 1t did not get 1" would cold, would ot much worse than 1 was bofore, This con- inued for some time, when my head hegan to ache me and I had severa pafnis over my oyes and, at times, sharp shooting pains through my lders and in my chest, Also around my W would rise up ory much faster AN usual, my nose ot times would be complately stopped'up, k0, it was utterly im: ossible for me to breatho through it, at other Imes I would soil two or. three handkerchiefs day, would take colds on the lenst exposure, and hence had colds continually, Thada continuial dropping of mucus into niy throat, which was alwiys more or less fnflamed and sore. At night while Iylng in bed this mucus would gather in my threat, and it wis ot frequent occur, that [u endeavoring to clear it away [ smetimos vomit, MY EY my ll}i])m ite cuse rt would beat s ;e or breaktast, whieh carcely 100k at; T was troubled at times with a hacking cough, and all day long I would hawk and spit n_endeavor to Vi y8 more or less alway did not keem to digest pr y to have a disturbed feeling in thie smach uttor eating: T could not slecp soundly at night, as [ had horrible dreams which would wake me and cause n miserable foeling and a dread to go to sleep agn ing ‘and buzzing n which was very ann “Things went on i 1 had also during the day & rour- in my head and ears, ng to me. ting worse, 1 tried differ- ent doctors und various kinds of patent medi- cine, but derived no perceptible benefit from any(hing I 10ok. 1 was losing flesh and was be- coming TED AND DESPONDENT, h 1ife was not worth living for, a8 1 was in constant misery and was_incliued to glive up in (len}mlr when my attention was called to the advertisement of Drs. McCoy & Henry's wonderful treatment I made visit their office and sce if they coufd do any- thing for me. Although my faith in either doo tors or medicine was away below par, 1 took thefr advice and began to use their treatment. Ibegan to fmprove and have gained sixteen pounds sinco I began troatment. But s it is [ am thankful 1 visited thelr oftico for thiey b 1y through an attack of typhols ¢ entirely of my catarrh, and to-day ) feel as well as [ ever did, and am able todon day's work with as much oase as ever, 1 forgot to say that at times 1 becam so nerve ousand Ireitable I searcely knew what to do with myself; but that has afl left me, and to-day T consider wysclf a strong and healthy man,” LOW & and felt as thou; p mmy mindto f JAMES WHITE, Mr. James White, as above stated, is well and favorably known in Omaha, where he has re- sided for a number of years, and can be found at his home, 620 North rteenth street, or at the shops of the Union Pacific and will fully corroborate the above statement to any one who will tuke the time to call on hif, Some Dangers Which Are Made Known Before Consumption Appears. When catarrh has existed in the hoad and nyper partof the tiiross for any lengih of fne —the patient living in the district whera peoplo are subject to catarrhal affoction—-and the dis- ease has been left uncured, the catarrh fnvuri- ubly, sometimes slowly, extends down the wind- s, which tubes t' parts of the from the swelling and mucus arising from catarrh, and in some nstances become plugized up 8o that the air cannot get {n s freely as it should, Shortness of th follows and the patient breathes with labor and difficulty. In other cases there is a sound of crackin and wheezing Inside the chest. At this stage of the disease the breathine is ukually more rapid than when in health, flashes over his D The pain The paticnt also has hot ympantas this condition is of a dull ch 1t In the chest, behind the Dbreast bone the shoulder blade. The pain may come and go-last a fow days and then be absent for several others. The that occurs in the first stages of hronchinl ca- tarrh is_dry, comes at intervals, 13 hacking in character and usually most troublesome n the morning on arising or goiug to bed at night, and it may be the first evidence of the disease extending in the lungs. At first there may be nothing bronght up by the cough; then there §8 o litio tough, tena- clous mucus, which the patient tinds great diffi- culty in bringing up. Sometimes thero are fits of conghing induced Dby tough mucus—so violent as to cause voit- ing. Later on mue that 1s ralsed 15 found to contain small particles of yellow mutter, which indicates that the small tubes in_the lungs are now effected. With this there are often streaks, of blood mix ) the mucus, In some cases the patient bee -y pale, has fover and ex- pectorates before any cough appears, In some cases small masses of cheesey sub- stance are spit up, which, when pressed en the fingers, emit a bad odor. In oter cases It ticles of a hard, ature ave spit up. 'The ising of ch: y lumps indieates riows mi at work iuta the lungs, n some catarrh will extend into the Jungs in a few 3 10 other cases it may be mouths and even years before the disease at- tacks the lungs sufliciently to cause se eneral health W oped to such 1 ) have catarrahial - consumption, jth bronchial catarrh there 18 more or less fever which differs with the dife parts of y—slight in the mornlug, higher in the it the pa- ar y feelig dry and hot. ¢ the night, near Uio morning, thore may be sweats, Suchsweats Are Known as night sweats e pulse f5 usually more rapid than the patient losés flesh and stren ormal, h, A 1 cold 15 all that s needed at this poiut to develop rapld consumption. Tn som the patien lo ngth and fi muscles wrle away, tient gradu Iy reg only to lose it again J. CRESAP McCOY, Late of Bellevue Hospital, New York, AND Dr. Columbus Henry (Late of l'!li\'«ml!, of Pennsylvania) HAVE OFFICES No. 310 and 311 IN RAMGE BUILDING, er Fifteenth aud Harney st llmuhx&Neh.. where all curable ¢ treate Cov with success. Medical diseages treated skilifully tlon, Bright's disease, Dyspepsiv and nll NERVOUS DISEAS Al cullar to the sexes & sp CURED. ( TLTATION at office or by madl, #1, p.m,Tto8p, cceives prompt attentlon, are treated siccossfuliy b oty throwgh the matls, and or those unable to mike & Journey to obtain successtul hospital treatinent at their homes, Nolotters answered unless accompanied by 4c in stamps. Addreas i letters to Drs. McCoy and Honry, Boows 3l)"and 311 Ramge bullding, Omaba, eb.