Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1888, Page 5

e OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MARCH ¥ 1888, w———g—————_—_—L THE NEWS AT THE CAPITAL. Mr, Burr's Recently Completed Resi« dence Badly Damaged By Fire. THE SOUTH OMAHA ICE COMPANY 1ts Articles of Incorporation Placed on Flie=Delay in Registering Omaha School Bonds—Supreme Court Decislons. fPROM THE DER'S LINCOLN BUREAU.] * At9o'clock Wednesday the handsome residence of A, D. Burr, eompleted last summer, was found on fire and before it was subdued the building and furniture were damaged to the extent of #4,000. The loss is fully coverdd by insurance distributed in the following companics: German American $2,500, Continental $2,500, Northwestern Mutual #2,600, on the building, and the German American 81,000, Firemen’s Fund $1,000, Unfon of California $500, and Pheenix of London $500 on the futniture, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of the Bouth Omnha Ice company were filed yesterday with the secrctary of state. Capital stock, $10,000. The in- corporators are J. C. Sharp, J. F. Boyd, M. V. Smith, D, wick, H. H. Meday, W. OMAHA RCHOOL The auditor of state has received pe- pedted letters from the secretary of the #chool hoard in Omaha asking abeut the registering of the school bonds. The auditor has repeatedly written that they could not be registered with one:halt of them yet in Omaha. The secretary of state is at home to affix his signature to the bontls, und the delay in their regis- tration rosts with vhe custodian of the ‘bonds in Omaha. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, e supreme court has placed the fol- lnwang 0 h]llimxs on filo: ¢ ) ; Pratt vs. . Appeal uglas county. Affirmed, o,.uh.,n h,’é".'t,fl"a. A will in the following words: "I give, bequeath and devise unto my wife, L. J. P, il my real estate, and all the remainder and residiic of my personal estatc after paying thy debts um{ burial efl:ehw and her heirs in fee simple, for the malnteance and support of my said wife and my infant child,” C. D. P.; held, that upon tho payment of tho dobts and personal expenses of the testal and the doath of L. J, P. without having dis- ot the estate, a brudt resulted In favor of O. D. P, sole heir-at-law of the wauw in thie wholo of the residue and rémainder ot tl?lefluuxhbo“ Ei 1 Sali ty. ine va 3 rror from ne county. i\mmed. Oplnion baétcew. Ch, 3 h order that a piaial ruh in an action of ejectment, his deserip- ion of the land in dispute must be suich as would cnablo a competént éurvayor to_locate it, by rvlcrrmqk docds, Writings, or. known &‘233" by which the exact land can be iden- Croahoon & Morgan vs O'Dowd. Error Saline county. Reversed and re- manded with dirdetions ;3 onter yldmt of revivor. Opinion by Maxiyell, Judgment was recovered in a mn:g ‘vourt, & transeript thereo? Alod in the dzu court oh whiok execution was issued and feturned uimatisfled, ¥ proceed- ings wero had in said cause until after the 1apse of mine years, when a motion and affi- davit were filed to revive the judgment. The parties thereupon stipulated ‘‘that the judg- ment herein sotight 1o bo feéVived was ol ¢d, and that since the samo tas réndered five years havé bl with no execution hn:‘n[ bur; In:nu‘dtle?n and “ri‘ u:on‘xgt made to collec! judgment, an 1 o Judgmant Le.ml mlmfin. ’hn\ e bime was dorment four and a half years before any -ur whatever were tvken to revive the ‘sathe, hhd that mg.n of said fudginent has ever been paid.” Held, that the plaintiff was entitled to an order of revivor. Wright vs swug’lo Neb., 101. Hunter ve Leahy, 18 Neb., 80. Langdon v State. Error from Sarpy caufixu‘r’. Afirmed. Opinion by Max- well, J. Where a public road has beed lail abross cortain real estate by oom| b authority, and has been accepted by the publio” an traveled for more than M\ufin the public thOMABY atquifes on eakombnt (A (N6 shid road, and the land owner will be liable if ne fonces up or obstructs the same, ‘Western Mutusl Benefiy ation v Pace. Lrror from cotnty. AMirmed. Opin- lmkgy “":s& Ch. d. ‘Wheré & defehdant has éntered his appeat- #nbe in &n gctioh and t4 Wi hdgment nbt him set asia® under Sec- fon 1001 trine ¥ Kauffuian, 12 Ne codé of Nebrask: i, 428, X ordhorst vs. Reynolds. Krror from Gage Er;un}y. Aftirmed. Opinion by Regse, ch. 1, Where a ‘eounty court i a proceedin, stituted under the provisions of section 602 of the civil code, upon suffictent evidence sets aside a judgment rendered thereon, as having been obtained by frand, sndl Ita decision is sustained by the district court ipon proceed- ings in error, the findings of such courts will not be molested upon questions of fuct. 3. Where during the pendenay of an action in the gnm court in a term ¢asé tho plain- tift and defendant entet into a verbal agree- ment that the cause shall be coutinued, and in violation of such ngreement the plaintiff, without notice to defendant, fraudulently procures a judgment to be rendered, the de- cision of the county ce\rt In granting & hew rial will be sustained. tate ex rel, Girable ¢4. Rodorivk. Mandamus, })emurrcr overruled and leave given de- londaift, upon payments of costs made since ling demurrer, to nlsmwu iuten days. infon by Maxwaell, J. collcoted ‘here & co}l.ntfi' easurér and holds in hi ands moneys belonging to & city, and upon demand of treasurer of such city refuses to pay the same, he may be com- led by mandamus to make sueh paymen u::h case the city treasurer ls no‘oo pelled to bring an action on the county treas- Wret's bond to recovor the amount due. Silas Cobb, of Omaha, was admitted pro ha¢ vice, parto Dohahise—Motion for leavs to file Epen snd sue form a pauperis, overruled. pder to show cause why writ ‘should not e by March 7, 1588, Rothnan vs Bartling. Order to sliow oatise ‘why attachment should not issue by March , 1888, A A Great Battle Is continually going on in the human system, - The demon of impure blood Birives to gdin victory over the consti- tution, to ruin health, to drag victims to the grave. A good, relinble medi- cine like Hood’s Savsaparilla is the weapon with which to defend one's self, drive the desperate enemy from the fleld, and restore pence and bodily health for many years. Try this pe- culiar madicine. e totn HANNIBAL HAMLIN, OF MAINE. The Last of the Mea Who in 1860 ‘Were Presidential Onndidates. New York Graphic: The anniversary of Lincoln’s birthday b\‘fl\lfli' séveral of the old-timers once more into public notice. All over the country they have been heard of by thousands who for ears have imagined that most of them lul long since paid their last debt to nature, Perhaps among all the vet- erans that the occasion brought out none was at one time more prominent in war days than, when history was nade, shan Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine. @ is one of the few men still living who were conspicuous in the republican party the time of its frst national canvass, in 1850, Forty-five years have rolled away since Mr, Hamlin, then in his thirty- fourth year, was electod to congress after having made an unsuccessful ight for the place two years before. He was 8 democrat.and considered a very strong and faithful party man. Indeed he was sent to the United States senate by that niay réchver réal imséifon the' ty. and was practically its teader in nine. - When the republican ‘mns was organized he fell away from his ol gollucnl ullegiance, and sinée that time nd been an aggressive lender of the most advanced and radical wing of the republican organization. Vearly ninety years of age—he was born in 1809—he still apparently retaing much of the physical and mental vigor which thirty years ago made him re Ll ognized as one of the best political campnighers in New England. He had grown to be an historical character. Of the eight men on those famous na- tional tickets of 1860, when the country stood on the verge of a great convul- sion, e is the only one now living, John Bell, who carried the standard of thé union party in that campaign, lived long enough to learn that the arbitra- ment of buttle had forever settled the uoations of slavery and secession in this country. and belore he died in his home in Nashville, Tenun., in 1860, he had acknowledged that the temporary truce his party held out would have only postponed the struggle, and would not have foréver prevented it. Eaward Everett, the great Massachu- setts orntor, who was Mr. Bell's asso- oiate, passed away amid the sounds of the last guns of the war that he had in his brotherly, kindly way, hopes to sup- press, He did not live long - enough ‘to ear the echoing shouts of the "Grahd Army as it mm'lgmd through Washing=« ton in the bright spring days of 1865, for' early in January of that year all Boston #nd much of New England had stood with uncovered head and watched the cortage that bore him to the grave. Stephenh A. Douglas looked his last look on eatth during the * first throes of the rebellion that he had foreseen and was pmrpn.rmg to ald in suppressing, for in the June days of 1861, at Chicago, he, too, wns laid at rest amid the sorrow, not of a state, but of the nation he had served so well. Herschel V. Johnson, who was the candidate on ‘the ticket with the “little giant,” dropped awny after the war out of Yuhllc notice, and .died quietly and almost forgotten in his Georgia home almost ten years ngo. John C. Breckinriege ought ‘to have been living and in the prirme of life to- day In his early sixties, but the wai left him poor, stranded and-a fugitive from his home among the rollicking,careless- lived habitues of the Students' quarter in Paris. When he could return he did w0, and in May, 1875, breathed his last at his old home in Lexingtqn, Ky, Joseph Lane, of Oregon, who in the fighting days of the Mexican : war ‘was the idol of the nosthwost, and governor, mémber of congress, And sdnator from the new state, saw his . political future ever dlouded when he and Breckihridge met their great defeat. . He died in ob- u-ux-nfirnnfl Ilwcn{; about two years after Brockintidge had been ocarried to the grave. S0 the 0ld Maine statesman 14 the. last of the list, and as he stood up in the rooms of the Republican club at Port- land, Me., on Lincoln’s anniversary, is it to be wondered. that with diemed eyes and solmétimes tremutous voiea he 4alked o1 $he pastand his friends and as- sociatesin the old days, with the tohe of a man whose race in life was finished, and who was longing for she rest that the grave hrings to us all?” A Financtial Forecast For 1889, Samuel Benner, an Ohio tarmer, whe hes gainéd considerable notoridty through the newspapers for his predics tlons ‘of fature .events, and who a few. years ago published a volume on the ups and downs of prices, which had & groat sale, hag now communicated to the Real Estate Journal his prophecies for the yeur 1888, in which he says: “This ydar, IB'Q} being. the clésing year in thiscycle of low prices—seven years from 1831—is the golden oppor- tunity to commence - a. foundation for a business.. If there.is any benefit to be derived .from a knowledge of theke aycles in trade, it will hoin taking ali- vantage of ¢hem. *Young meh who are about to coth- mence their business career should em- brace their preseat opportunity, - Tiere are but few of $hese chahves in ordinaty life. Itrequires about ten years to corh- plete an up and down in general trade. “"When the depréssions which follow commercial crises reach their lowebt 1imis, as determined by thede pride cles, they afford the best owportuni- les for ifivestment, and the height of speculative cras kre most dangerous ber- folls to mhke & commeéncement ‘in any enterprise. **This 18 the ugporlunity for investots %o opeén n mine, buitd u furnace, to erept a mill, to build @ 8hip, to equip a rai road and to make investments in agri- cultral, commervial, and industrial op- erations. “George Peabody laid the foundatidn for his fortune by buying American se- curities in one of our commercial dp- pressions.” — i Physicians prescribe Dr. J. H. Me- Loan’s Tar Wine Lung Balm, in it they find no race of opium or morphia, while 4ts efflcacy in curing all throat or lung disenses {8 wondorful. 26 ¢en’s a bottle. g g A Florida Idea. Ohicago Tribune: One of the most conspicuous features of the Florida sub- tropical exposition is the allegorical fig- Are of & wothan which reachés forty feet above the floor. The figure was mnde in the country ‘‘Way down upon the S'wannee Ribber,” and is clad entirely by the products of the seetion, her skirt belng composed of dried and green Spanish moss, with overdress of cotton batting fringed with tobacco. The waist id also of cotton batting, and in her arm she bears a horn of plenty, from which is pouring a variety of vegetables and fruit. Upon her head,which is covered with a bridal veil, is a crown of tobaeco, corn and other grains, and in the up- stretehed right hand is held a bunch of ears of ¢ atd tobaceo leaves, Jtssuperior excellence proven in millio homo fOF Iors than GUANAE of & contiry °1 is used by the United blates Governmen .° En- doraed by the heads of the Great Universiie sqs the Strongeat, ::r-n and most Healthtul, D, Price's Creani Baking Powder does not contan Lime (3 Al Sold only {u cans, 'RICE Baxing PowpenCo.» #7. L0018 NEW YORE, CHICAGO, SELLING A SHOW AT AUCTION Circus Curiosities Knocked Down e L SPIRITED BIDDIN® FOR LIONS, Elephants and Tigers in Smail De- mand—Prices for the Oages of the Dorris Bhow—Selling * the Ring BStock. St. Louis Globe:-Democrat, Feb. 26; The heavy and steady down-pour of rain yesterday morning was not sufficient to dampen the ardor of the showmen who were in attendahce at the great sale of effects at the Doris & Calvin show. An old circus man has had too much ex- perience with bad weather to mind a little rain, and there were fully a hun- dred would-be purchaserson hand, when the good-natured auctioneer, Alex Sel- kirk, of the Block & Selkirk firm, mounted astool in the old carriage build- ing and announced that the day's per- formance would begin with the sale of the animals. This is what the big showmen had come for. On the preceding day when the costumes and miscellancous traps were sold, there were a lot of junk dealers on hand. Yesterday the out- siders were horsemen from Broadway, looking for bargains in their line. The menagerie, as has been explaned, is located in the south half of the car- riage building, and the cagesare ar- ranged in a circle. THE BIDDERS, It was expocted that the competition would be quite brisk -betwoen the rap- resentatives of the Barnum-Bailey, the O'Brien, the Sells, the Orrens, the Robinson, the McFlynn and the Hove- augh shows. Jukes and MeGinley “iuzloy and Ferguson and Fontaine ‘were understood to be on the look out for cages and wagous. The first animal put under the ham- mer was a beautiful gazelle with long horns. When the creature was knooked down to Bingley for 40, and a_moment later he lx)ught the cage for $66, Doris’ face fell, and he ejaculnted his disgust. The running gegr of .a menagerie cage is alone worth $250, Dena can not turned out of the shop -for less. than @#350. The gazelle was worth 8150 if he was worth a nickle. Next a white llama and cage was given to' Bingley for #$151, about one-half the value of the cage. Bingley next, secured two ferociols [ little wildcats for 96, and wanted the two kangaroos, but George Fisher,of the Robinsoh show, scooped them ih. paying 803 for both: Mr. Bingley wus permitted to bity the cago for 38, Next in line came a vi lnimms—lookin;i spotted hyena,which Selkirk said would make a good watch-dog. Frank Frayne, the actor, had mailed - an offer of 840, but Bingham bid $42.50, ‘and got the varmint without vpposition. VERY LOW. PRICKS. A beautiful sable antelope froth South Afridh Wwas ruh -up to $170. Hoe ‘can ‘be bought in London Tor $180, Receiver Delano refused to accept the #170 offer of John O'Brlen, and the antelope whs withdrawn. * It was put up later in_the day and brought - 8155, this time Fore- paugh being thé purehaser. Deoris.whs muc%\ excited, and every moment ad- dressed Ahe - crowd ahout the ruinous prices which the ammals; and_ particu- arly the cages, were being sold. T)’m bidding for a zébra broken to har- ness was quite spirited. The beast cost Doris 30600, but Henry T. Barnum’ only had to pay $200 for him. Then Hetey, the elephant, was soldl. Doris expatiated upon her good. quali- ties, her great age, her amiability and cleverness, and said that he had paid $4,100 for her. The Sells, Forepaugh, Robinson or Orrins put in no bid fér her. John Q'Brien was the means of runnihg the price up to 700, at which figure it passed intd the hands of Me- Flynn, who is running a 10¢ show in the south. ! 80ma of the showmen did wot think that }\;ci‘lvnn had struck much of a bar- gain, for the elephant is in a tvory bad physlcal condition, but he replied that he was without an elephant and that the countty people will stand the ab- sence of any feature of a show except that of the elephant. Doris was furious at the price the elephant brought, and Selkirk made a division by endeavoring to sell the ele- phant's chain for $3,400 to make up the elephant’s scal value of 84,100, A beautiful Flack deer, catalogued as an English black deer, the only one in the dounnty, pnssed to Bingley for #28. He pald 875 for the cage. THE PERFORMING LIONS, Theh came the event of the auction, the sale of the finest den of performing lions in this or any other country. All the big showmen had their eyes on it. At tho request of Receiver lano, the trainer, Pearl Saunders, went into the cage, accoutered as he was, in his working clothes, and _a long overcont, and put them through their remark- able performance. Saunders never lets a day {n by that he doos not enter the den. George Conklin never entevs the cage with his lions in the winter. He fears to handle them except undera tent and surrounded by all the familiar detalls of circus 1lfé. John O'Brien started off the bidding with an offer of $1,200, John For paugh and George Orrin immed ately entered the contest. O'Brien dropped out at $2,000, and Henry Bat- num then came in, At #2300 Fore- paugh quit, and then it lay betw Barnum and Orrin, each making #5 bids. Orrin’g last bid was #2875, Barnum studied deeply for several minutes and then shook his head in the negat The erowd had closed about the ri showmen as they bid ngn‘mu each other, and dead silence, barring the voice of the auctioneer, . prevailed. Orrin breathed a slgh of relief when the lions vere declared his, and at once began to and sell the performing den, for which he has no use. The lions will be sent to the Orrin show at the City of Mexico, and are losk to America. Otrin also opened negotiations with Saunders to accompany them. Next a magnificent lioness, mother of twoof the performing quartet, was taken in by Johu Forepaugh for $190. Sheis worth $800. Bingley bought her den for 871. Then Blaglay bought a lioness dirt cheap at #85, but a St. Louisan, who was tmy&:&for speculation, secured the cage for 360. An hour latér he sold it to Bingley for $70, A TIGER GOES CHEAP, It was supposed that there would be a spirited CulnPolltiou for a magnificent royal Beungal tiger. The recciver an- nounced that last week he had refused an offer of 8600 for the beast. The best he got yesterday was 3300 from Fisher, for the Robinson show. Mr. Delano re- fused to let the animal go at that figure, but an hour later accepted it, and the Bengal goes to Cincinnati, A beautiful jaguar, designated as “his jags” by Selkirk, sold for $100. She is toothless, her molars having been taken out when she was pitte against a bull at San Antonio last sum- mer. MecFlynn bought the case for $77. A cockatoo, an English pheasant and two fan-tailed pigedns very unexpsct- edly fell into the hands of Lou Honig, the St. Louis horse dealer, and McFlynn got the cage for 55, Three little munkmq were purchased by Chas. Stark, a u~i.-i~l avenuo sa- loon-keeper, for 81250 anch. The crowd then/ moved out of the menagerie into the large room where the chariots and the hay-eating ani- mals were stored, A well-conditioned sacred bull or zebu, that sells in India for $100, was bought by Bingley for #41. Forepaugh bought the solitary drome- dary for $150. The two camels were sold separately, McFlynn securing Whitey for $85 and Jim for $200. A fine specimen of black yak, worth #200 in his native land, was secured by the Ferguson-Fontaine show for $37, A recess of a hall an hour was taken for lunch, as this closed up the sale of menagerie animals, TIE DEN, At 1:30 p. m, tho sale of empty dens, tableau cars, ‘ete., was commenced. MecFlynn, Bingley, Ferguson and Fon- taine, and Jukes and McGilney were purchasers of the cages, They avolded competition,@nd divided them up among themselves at prices ranging from $50 to #70. A splendid band chaviot of Ploldluf‘s make, purchased two years ago for $8,725, and as good as new, was knocked down to McFlynn for $700. No one else seemed to want a band wagon. A steam calliope for street parade, that two yeéars ago cost $1,875, was se- cured for the Barnum show for $600. A beautiful pony chariot, showing two golden elks rampant, and called n Kris Kringle chariot, which cost $1.200, went to Jukes and MeGilney for 170, Mr. Doris became somewhat profune at this juncture. John " Forepaugh bought the ticket wagon, which cost $600, for $100. Thiee Roman chariots, used in hippodromes, went toa man named Butcher for 330 apiece, They cost $100 each, Two clown carts were sold to specu- lators for #20 each. A buand wagon. in the shape of A mir- ror-paneled car, was run up to 8300, and sold to McGinley Jukes, who were highly indignant when, a few minutes later, a much better. car of the same kinda was knocked down to John O'Brien for 8200, Another tableau car—the last of the lot—was secured by McFlynn for $183, ana this closed this part of the sale. SELLING RING STOCK. Then came the sale of the ring stock. The bidding was quite spirited, and a numbérof St. Loufsans ‘secured bar- guins, A fine leaping horse, Star, was de- ] cured by Fontaine for #150. A beautifut stallion, Humboldt, was bid off for 8265 to George Orrvin, after quite a struggle with Fontaine. John O'Brien got a hurble hovse for #140. s Four horses,traingd to work together, weve put up, and a hid of $475 was made. 1t was concluded tosell them sepavately, with the result that O'Bien got three of them and Fontaine one, and the ag- gregate received: for the four was$457. A curious old gray horse with curly hair like a sheep wgs bought by Fon- taine for #61 and wildi. be used in the museum and as the only and original horse. 3. Several trick mulps and other com- mon ~ horses wetey. bought by Lon Honig. ‘When everything,had been sold but four Shetland ponies: Mr. Delano ah- nounced that he hadbrought the horses into the fair grounds without consult- ing Mr: Green,swho having just heard of it, had éntered his protest. The sale ‘of ponies would take place on the street outside the grounds. The crowd, there- fore walked out of the north gate ,where the little horses were sold. Nothin then remained but a lot of harness m\fi thirteen baggage wagons, which were divided up by the small shows. This morning the sale will he com- pleted at Third and Lesperance street, whon the railroad cars belonging to the show will be disposed of. The sale has been successful ns such sales go. The equipment of & citeus is something that ‘{mt few people want. The outlook fot the nh-cus%usim‘ss this year is not bright. It never is during a presidential year, and the receiver s in good luck to be able to sell it all. gt The Michigan Oé¢ntral's Niagara. The Michigan Central does not as- sume the ownership of Niagara Falls, but it does offer-to its passengers froin its stalion at Falls View, the grandest and most comprehensive spectacle that the great cataract affords. It is the only rond that runs directly by the falls, and from this point all parts of the cataract, the angry rapidsabove and the boiling caldron below, are in full view. At this season, when the cliffs are hung with giggntic icicles, and the trees an shrubbery covered with curious forma- tions of fozen spray, the scene reachek, in the language of iinyur(l Taylor, “the climax of beauty.” g HANGING FROM A WIRE. A Lineman's Narrow Escape From In- stant Death. 8t. Louis Globe Demovrat, February 25 A thrilling incident, in which Robert Archibald, an employe of the Bell Telephone company, narrewly escaped death, happened at Broandway and Pine street about 0 o'clock yes- terday afternoon.’ Archibald was ob- deved to climb a sixty-foot pole on_the corner and examine the wires, which were not working well. He is a stutdy man, twenty-six years of age, and de- lights in climbing to perilous heights. The fact that there was a drizzling rain, which rendered the Brush electric light wires more dangerous than usual, did not admonish Archibald to be more careful than usual, He strapped on his spurs and ascended to the eable box, which is about forty“five feet above the ground. While opejilng the cable box and examining the switches and con- nections, the steel spur on his boot suddenly eame ih contact with the Brush wire. Instantly the man was ‘férribly shocke by the powerful curréit of electricity which was ng driven through tho wire by ten immen%e dynamos avthe power house. He uttered a groan of Fnin. relaxed his hold; on the pole and ell, Fortunately, evet, his foot be- came entangled in the maze of wires on the pole, and he was thus saved a fall to the granite paved stieet below. Several of the wires which suspended Archibald in mid air were Brush electrio light wires, and these tostured the poor fel- lows until he shriked with agony. He was 80 badly tangled up in the wires that he was helpless. His head hung downward and his feet were inextric- ably caught in the smallei telephone wirea above. Meantime an immense crowd of curious people gathered below, but they were mwar{cu to aid the suf- fering man. Two or three linemen who s00n arrived on the spot climbed to res- cue Archibald, but he was out of thelr reach, and if they cutthe lines he would be killed in the fall. Suddenly Archi- bald cried out: ‘‘Send for a fire truck for God's sake, or I'l be burned to death.” “That's it,” shouted & policeman, “why didn't we think of that before?” The officer quickly summoned the No. 3 Hayes truck, which was on the spot in lesa than a winute, Archibald was suffering terrible tor- ture all this time, and when the Pomp- ler Corps came unrlnfi down the stroct he had been suspended in his perilous position for fully fifteen minutes. The police drove back the throng of people, most of whom were very much oxe}md and urging the truckinen to hurry to the rescue, The Indder was quickly raised by a half dozen firemen, who worked vigors ously at the erank until Archibald was reached. Here arother difficulty was presented. The firomen could not dis- odge the lineman from the twisted wires, which were knotted and tied about him in a perfect labyrinth that no one could netrate. Finally it was dectded to J:‘n rope about the unfor- tunate man, throw one end over the cross-nrms at the mv of the pole and let him down after the wires were cut. This was done. A line was_tied about Archibald’s shoulders, and then the wires were cut. He was then pullea up and out of danger, and then lowered to the ground. A curious phenomenon was observed while the firemen were fixing the rope about Archibald’s body. is whole frame was so overcharged with elec- tricity that every time he was touched brilliant sparks were emitted from his body. These at first rather frightened the firemen, but, being assured they were harmless, they worked with all possible haste until Archibald was able to tread the ground. The injured lineman was taken into Erker's store, 208 North Broadway, where his burns were nttended by Dr, J. W. Moore. Arvchibald’s feet, head and hands wero_severely burned, and his system so badly shocked that he was at first thought to be dying. Dr. Moore affirmed, however, ~that he was not fatally injured. The man was after- ward taken todhe Dispensary, where he was further treated. The linemen who afterward examined the wires on the pole pronounced the insulation podr. They also stated that the escape of electricity from the Brush wires on a wet day was dangerous, and that Archibald risked his life in the first place in making the aseent. — le?” Of course lungs by taking “Shall our girls w! if they strengthen the: Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. “When headache joines neuralgia, then comes the tug of war,” A wise general marshals l!‘hls forces, charges with a bottle of Salvation Oil, and the doughty foe lies cringing in the dust. — FAUTS FOR THE FARMER. Winter Vegetables. Philadelphia Record: A small plot of ground, with suitable hot beds and cold frames, can be madeto yield quite a supply of given food in winter ot early spring. While the fall is the proper time for preparation, yet eéarly spring, oreven in midwinter, vegetables may be forced for the table, or advanced in growth 80 ak to permit of being trans- planted to the open ground as soon as the weather will permit. The seeds of tomutoes, cabbage and ogg-plants muy be sown now. kgg-plants are very ten- der, and the slightest cold will kill them. 'The potato beetle is very fohd of them and will destroy them quickly when fn the open ground. ILaottuce isa very boardy plunt and will thrive ina cold irame. ¥ven the south side of a sheltered place in the open air will allow them to grow and thrive. One of the best and hardiest of winter veg- etables is spinach. Tt is really a winter plant, and if grown now it should be sown thickly in a cold frame, a8 the fall is the proper time to put in the seed. It requires but aslight covering,and freez- ing does it but little, if any damage; but it should be grown on a dry location. It may be cut throughout the whole winter if the snow should not prevent. A hardy and quick-growing green vegotable is mustard. It may be sown very early and germinutes in about a week if the ground is warm. Tt is very tender when cut young, and can be grown with but little tabor. Kaleis a smobth, tender vegetubie when cooked and also stands a slight frost. It must be considered thatin order to get tender vegetables they should be grown uickly, and not allowed to approuch ‘tlh apeding stagd: hence it isoftén the case that hot beds are superiotr to eold frames. The lettuce, for instance, may b wu every month in the year, but it grows slowly in very cold weather, or only holds what it has secuved, and becomes mot‘e or less tough to a certain extent, but when grown by forcing in the hot-beds and used when only lavge enough for that purpose it is very crisp and tender. Iadishes ave easily grown and ave veady for the table ih a short time after the seed hias gone ih, but un- less o radish be tender it will be of no service, heiice the proper way to pro- duce them of the quality desived is to force them. As a rule, early cabbage is not growh to alarge size, and very firm heads should not be expected, as it re- quires time to grow large and firm heads, and_ where ecarliness is desired some points must be sacrificed. The potato onion isone of the early kinds, and, though not as desirable asthe well known mdrkef gorts, is one of the earliest and be® for the table in sping. Of peas the earliest are the dwarf kinds, but they are not equal in quality to gome of the later varieties. Knee-Sprung Horses, It is a slow and troublesome task to cure a knee-sprung horse after the trou- ble has become chronic, but if taken in time, says an exchange, it should be cured without much difficulty. Many young horses *go over in the knees,” to u small extent by standing on a floor that slopes downward from the manger for the purpose of readily carvying off the urine. A young horse standing on a floor of this kind has his toes higher than his heels aud the dontinued strain on the back sinews of the fore legs 1 comes so severe that the horse isin- duced to slightly bend his knees in order to slacken the tension. He thus acquires the hahlt of standing with slightly bended knees whether he hap- pens to be standing on an incline or a level. The way to overcome this evil is to precisely reverse the conditions which induce it. Make the horse stand so that his heels will stand considerably higher than his toes. This, abnormally slackens his back sinews, and they afford no support to keep the kunees from still further bvudini. The horse huas nothing to steady his knees, and in order to find something that will answer the purpose he will straighten out his legs to the fullest extent to force some little pres- sure upon those very sinews which his elevated heels and slightly bended knaes have wholly slackened. He thus acquires the habit of standing with his knees slightly bent under reserved con- ditions, If any farmer doubts the cor- rectness of this theory, let him stand on the level floor with the balls of his feet resting upon an ordinary walking stick, and, after experimenting with it in this position for five minutes, let him place the stick under his heeis. In the first instance he will quickly feel inclined to bend his knees, and in the second he will be equally disposed to straighten fhem, 11 $he sprong kpess Ao not yietd readily ta the treatiient described, we would recommend long-continued show- ering with cold water, patient hand- rubbiag of the back sinews and applica- tions of land-turtle ofl. Seasonable Hints and Suggestions. To enrich land that is poor we must have manure, or its equivalent in veg- ctable matter, or apply plant food in some shape to induce the growth of vegetation. Professor Arnold states that it costs more to make milk from old cows than it doesfrom young ones having the same milk eapucity. Asarule the best effects do not last beyond the eighth year of the cow’s age. It requires about one-gixteenth less food to put an animal in condition in warm than it does in cold weathor. If the dairyman expect his cows to be pro- fitable he must look after their comfort both as to food and shelter. Corn and timothy are far from a well-balanced food. Timothy has no excess of nitrogenous material, while the corn is highly carbonaceous. More muscle and milk forming material would make more and better milk. The raising of forest trees 18 regarded asone of the most profitable industries in southern \,‘ulmmnn. The eucalyp- tus, pecan, black walnut, cherry, and many other varietics have a quick growth and are very profitable to tho planter. When you buy asheep for purposes be sure that it s botter than the best one in your flock in blood and physical development and see to it that itis cared for like any other piece of of val- uable property. Good live stock like fiood clothes, cannot be exposed to all inds of hardship without showing the effects of such harsh treatment. The supreme court of North Carolina holds that if a crop be in nctual posses- sion of the tenant, his taking the same would not constitute larceny; but if after the crop had been put in the actual possession of the landlord, though undivided, the tenant in taking the same would be guilty of larceny, the legal ownership being in the lessor. E\'cx?' attention should be given the young lambs as they are born, and the warmest place on the farm is not too warm for them now, as they should be forced in firuwth. 80 as to reach the market early in order to reach the higher prices. Hens that are laying may be liberally fed on a variety, as the production of oggs will cause an appropriation of ail the food to that purpose; but hens not laying must be fed »‘llmrlngly or they will become too fat and fail to lay. The cost of corn for simply keeping the "hogs of the United States warm has been estimated at 875,000,000, that be- ing the difference between fattening the hogs in cold weather and in sum- mer. Judging cattle by ‘‘points” on the hoof {5 not always relinble, as not one of the prize unimals at the fat stock show received the awards for dressed car- casses after having been siaughtered, The liquids of the stables are from three to five timeés as valuable as the solia portions, and it pays to save such. The best mode of s0 doing is to use some kind of absorbent material. Save the fresh horse manure, free from hitter, for , your hotbeds, and use plenty of it, in order to rapidly gener- ate heat when the frame shall be ready. An ordinarp rubber atomizer, which costs about 82, is an excellent article for -uflwnylng house plants or green house P! ants when affectod by plant lice. There is still hope for sheep being rofitable, as it is claimed that Canuda urnishes more sheep for' the Boston market than any state in eur union. A certain p':;pnrfion of animal heat must be created daily from the food, or that stored es fat in the body will be re- sorted to in order to counteract the ef- fect of cold. There is no “‘standstill” in the matter, as animals are cithet los- ing flosh, or quining. Every peund lost causes a real loss of twe, as the time and expense of regaining that which is lost will be doubled. Despite the oleomargarine law the aynduntion of choice ‘“‘gilt-edged” but- r is far below the demand, as a larger proportion of inferior butter finds fts way to market. The c¢reameries send butter of the most uniform quality to market, but that from private dairies differs greatly. Tncubators are now established all over the country, and in experienced hands have been demonstrated as far superior to hens for hatching early broilers, as they can be put in operation at any time thus ehabling the operator to get the broilers in market at any period de- sired. A single diseased animal may entail a loss to & community amounting to thou- sands of dollars. It cost Missouri $1,000,- 000 and ten months time to stamp out pleuro-pneumonia, while the loss to the cattlemenof Kentucky has reached fully $2,000,000. Onions are often put out in the month of March as they are hardy and endure quite a severe frost. The sooner they can be put out and made to rapidly grow the better, as they do not make rapid progressafter the beginning of warmn weather. The yield of cream and butter froin milk should under most circumstances naturally increase in proportion to the milk as the amount ef *ae butter is lessened. A farrow cow five or six months after calving gives less richer milk than she does at first. But what avails this to the buttermaker, if he or she cannot separate the butter from the creanm in which 1t isinclosed? Adding warm sweet milk seems to entirely re- move the difficulty, and has many other incidential advantages. ————— Savage Tactics. . St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “I have gerved on the plains continuously for more than thirty-five yéavs,” said a cavalry major, “and am tolerably familiar with all the features of cav- alvy life. A eavalryman always has a frontier station, and only sees civiliza- tion during his brief leaves. Civilians do not realize the hardships and ex- posures to which a cavalryman is sub- Jected, He has seasons of illness, but also long periods of great exertion, and as a proof of the effect of his life it can be safely stated that scarcely one man out of ten reaches the age of forty-five without being seriously broken down, Indian eampaigns are the cause of this. 1 have fought and chased Indians from the Brttish line to the Rio Grande and know what cam- paigning means, The Indians always get a tremendous start of the ecavalry and seldom are overtaken. The army has beed blamed for its ill-success, but when the cireumstances are understood it is wonderful that so much has been accomplished, ‘“‘Nowadays the active Indian cam- paign is bontined 10 Arizona, but when I was a young man the northern Sioux, northern Cheyennes, Piegans and Black- feet in the north; the southern Bioux and the Cheyennes and Arapahoes on the eentral vlains, and the Commanches and Kiowas south of the Arkansas, kept us busy all the time. Of all these In- dians the Kiowas were the best drilled, it being hard to distinguish them from the dragoous at a distance of two or three miles. The Comanches never de- served their great reputation, as they werg poor fighters, doing well against the Mexicans, but neverstanding against United States troops.. The Cheyeunes were noted far and wide as the mosy de« tormined and fiorcest fighters, but their energies were more constantly directed .{mnn their hereiditary enomies. the Utes, than against the whites, The Sioux were the largest and most power- ful tribe and gave us more trouble than any others. They were in their way ns well drilled as the Kiowas, I myself have ing seen a single chief direct the movo- ments of a thousand warriors, scattored over an extent of territory five miles in dinmeter, simply by the flashing of a little mirror held in the hand. " “The Blackfeet, being foot Indians. wore more casily remched, and after one or two lessons never RAVe any moro trouble, although last winter they threatened an outbreak. The Crow and Pawnees, being hated by all_oth tribes, were our allies, and made our best trailers. 'The Utes, while less dar- ing than the Plains Indiang, from their situation in the mountains, were enabled to ambush the troops very easily and many lives have been lost in this way. Fighting withal, was rather o run than a combat, and the troops had for many years little chance against them on ac- count of their great celerity of move- ment. It was not until the winter of 1876, when General Nolson A. Miles be- gan ‘his sories of wintor campaigns, that the Plains Indians were thoroughly sub- dued, “‘That oMcer followed their trail in the coldest weather, drove them from their winter camps, and, although un- able to overtake them, kept them con- stantly on the move. Tho Indians, sen- sitive to cold and ill-provided with clothing, died like sheep of hardship and exposure, and one by one the bands, fairly tired out, came in, surrendeéred and were disarmed and were put on resorvations. The winter campaign more than anything else brake the power of the Plains tribes, but a terrible expense to the troops, who were exe psed o the fury of the western storms [:\ the coldest months in the year. The youngsters in the army regret the dis- appeatance of the Indians, but we old fellows, who know what a winter march is, are most thankful that they ave over, probably for ever. SIS LORDSHIP SIR ROGEN, markable trial, perhaps of modern titmes will be long rettrem- bered, and thereate not a few pooploin Kng- land, as well @8 in this country, who belleve that the olaimant for the Tiche borne estate, in that country, was none ::u than the genuine 8it Roger. ere were many thi brought out in t&u almost k{mm K lnfl!;m wi icl was sl Inquisition through which man; varied [ 4 red the eominu-!m of perhaps & fatal nlady: ‘115 Fourth avenne, New York, 'ebrusry E. sw Gentlemen Ko the lash four lnolat 8 1 have st rheumas tism, all ewfi me I sat down and up I suffe most acute agony; n fact, I'was hotable to thove my legs witl out pain, and when going down stairs the pain. was dreadful to b m datltouf%{grl S and_ try it. m; rise .’ni dul{ght’_% Fonnd it natant cure. 1 have only used one bottlo, but I can now sit down, get up and walk about without the slightest pain. I cannot understand any persci lullbrll\g‘ llflfl in when for a few cents they can obtain Instant relief." 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