Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1888, Page 13

wvy s LA LN PAGE PO TP OO IPETETEOT TR IIERTIODRTIDOOINRPDROPIDPIRDRDDPP®DIPDPDD®DPDDD -— - _——_——___r00 = BROWNING: KING & CO ™" 0@, CAPTAIN JACK'S ADVENTURE. | He Proves Himself too Sharp for the Gypsies. THE HORSE TRADER SETTLED UP He Smelled a Large Sized Mouse and was mad—The Traders Did Not Like His Belt. n Jack and the Gypsy Trader. Some slippery gentlemen in New York tried a very shrewd scheme on the wrong man a day or two ago. The at- fair is thus described in the New York World: A big streak of consternation ran through a “gyp” stable on Ninth street, nenr I'i| venue, Saturday, and for a few moments the wily swindlers who infest the establishment imagined they could see a fringe of blood all around the moon. As Captain Jack Crawlord, the poet scout, came out of a Broadway store Friday afternoon he was accosted by a well-dressed young man, who said: “Hello! You are not with the Wild ‘West show now, are you?" ‘The scout replied that he was notin the Wild West business, and the young man then informed him that he was the coachman for Mrs. Rollins, a very wealthy widow, who had just come into possession of some western horses which she desired to have broken by a western man who understood the handling of such stock. Mrs. Rollins, he said, would pay handsomely. for the work, and if the captain would go to the stables and sce the horses and Mrs. Rollins’ brother-in-law, who had them in charge, he could make a nice thing of it. Captain Ja s a thorough horseman, and thinking he might at the same time accommodate the lady \ 2(1 ake a tew dollars, b mpanied 'the young man to a on Ninth et. Tho brother-in-law was not in, ut tho coachman went in search of im and soon brought him to the stable ind introduced him to the scout. The wild horses, the man said, were at mnother stable, and he told the coach- wmae to go therc and get them and bring them ove The young man de. rted om his errand, and had scarcely eft the s¢able when a well-dressed man -nudrod rrying a buggy whip in his 0 ““Who s in charge here?” he | Jack refcrred him to the .-‘.—m"l:'u:m‘l‘ W wis vlvmn.unL . ere yesterday and l"brfi ham, 1 was 10 pay $24 him, and Uve gut the moncy here ready you,” at the same time producing a l‘ e t0 inf h “I am sorry %0 inform you that you cannot have the lorse,” said the wan = charge. “When youcalled on Mrs. ns this morning "and seut in your oard she lcarned from it that you are a horse trader, lflddslle w_li_ll: nfit let :.h saimal go to a trader. e horse E“ pot with both horself and daugh- , and they will let him* go only to someone whom they know will take of him. Tndeed, they would never ham at all but for the Tact that \h.¥ are I’W to Europe for a couple o m do busi- ght that horee from Mrs. Rollins and was to pay you the mouey here to-day. Here is the and I want mihorul" #“¥ou can't have him,” the man re- . “That loruhmu Mrs. l(ullin: you must have sense envug! asked. she sacrifice him ouly The Best Clothing at Lowest Prices! We are the largest manufacturers and retailers of clothing in the World, and our prices are invariably bed rock. Furnishing Goods, Hats, &c. BROWNING, KING & CO &0 & O 0000006060000 because she desires to get him in Fo‘)“ hands. I am sorry, sir, but T can’t let you have him and that settles it.” DThe trader drew Captain Jack aside and said: “‘See here, I've got to have that horse, for he's worth $2,000 if he’s worth adollar, I wantto ship him on the Fall River boat to Boston to-night, where I have a customer for him. If I give you the money will you buy him for me?” obligingly assented, and maun in charge, the trader saxa: **Just make out a bill of sale to this gentleman,” at the same time beginning to count out the money from his roll into the captain’s hand. Something over $50 were counted when the stableman said: “Oh! see here, now. I can’t consci- entiously do this, knowing that you are really the purchaser. Iam willing and anxious to sell the horse for my sister- in-law, but T won’t countenance such work as this.” ; The trader then took Captain Jack outside and said: *That fellow won’t let me have the horse, but you can get him. You buy him at the figure named and D'l give you $100 for your bargain.” **All right,” said the scout. *‘Just give me the cash and Lll go inand close the deal.” “Well, you ave a total stranger to me,” replicd the trader, “and I don’t know that you would let me have the horse after you once got him, for there's abig speculation in him. I'll have to make other arrangemehts.” The trader walked away, and the captain thought if there was such a bar- gain in signt he had as good a right to nail it as anyone. Ite-entering the stable, he looked nt the animal as it stood in the stall ana it seemed to be perfect. Not wishing to make too close examination nor to display any eager- ness to make the purchase, he told the man he could soon get the money to purchase the horse himself, ind ent of the trader,and inform the horso would be held for him until the next morning if he would make a payment on it. The captain had but $15 with him, and this he paid over, taking the man’s receipt for the money. As he walked towards his hotel the peculiar fragrance of a full-grown mouse began to work itself into the caplain’s olfactory organ, and he phused. The more he thought it over the stronger grew his suspicions that the transac- tion bore a marked resemblance to omething he had read in the papers. “Well, by ! he said to himself, trap with my Have these fellows ay’ with all the worldly picked up in fortyd turning to one years of lif Wile went to his hotel and consulted Songe friends who are upto all the tricks of metropolitan raseals, and learned beyond a doubt that he was being “gypped.” Then he gotmad. Heslept over the matter and awoke Saturday morning madder than ever. Hastily dressing himselfl in a corduroy suit that wou ld bear contact with the stable floor if wocessary, he went to the stable where he keeps his own beautiful horse and gall around to interview the “‘gyp” ganlg. Dismounting in front he en- the stable and was met with ra- miles by the brother-in-law, who »d to feel the balance of the pay- ment already in his hands. There were several fellows in the stable, among them t.he *‘capper,” who had taken him there the day before, and addressing them, Ji -&: ““I havey some private business with this rooster here, and you fellows will W-. by taking a walk and a quick one. The scowled, but they had umz‘sd & Beavy belt about the ca| 's walst, aed not knowing what - peo § . @G BB B0 B DD DBDD L& might be in that belt beneath the cor- duroy cont thoy slunk away. 7 B Now, sir!” said the scout, with a P is eyes, addressing the stable- keeper, “I have learned that you are an infernal swindler,and I have come here to kick you into hash if you don’t hand me $15 in good bankable funds, and do it mighty quick. Move lively, now, or there will be a new face in the infernal regions in just about three seconds.” The swindler had only guessed that the scout came_ ‘‘londed for b’ar,” and his face turned ashy pale as he dived into his pocket for the money and handed it over. The scout then read the rascal a somewhat pointed lecture, and mounting his horse, galloped away. 1t is perhaps needless to say to those who know Captain Jack that he is not a man who believes in pistol practice on the least provocation, but it is safe to assume that if the swindler had not romptly restored the money he would have received a threshing, the memor- ies aud scars of which would remain with him through life. —— All druggists sell Jurvis' Medical Brandy. e Habits of the Cockroach. Cosmopolitan: Wherever it came from, the cockre is a true Anglo- Saxon in its cay for colonization. In Britain it has established itself all over the length and breadth of the land, but is chiefly, if not altogether, confined to houses, inhabiting kitchens, sculleries, bakehouses, and such like places, where plenty of food can be ob- tained. Nothing that is edible (and many things that are not usually consid- ered edible) comes amiss to this vora- cious animal, than whom it woull be difficult to tind a more omniverous crea- ture. In addition to almost every arti- cle of human food, such apparently un- palatable objec as woolen gar- ments, the gre rags used in cleaning steam engines and other machinery, shoes and other articles of leather, and even hooks and paper, enter into its bill of fare. In ware- houses and on board ships the ravages it commits are great, whole barrels and sacks of flour. corn, rice, and other art- iclesof like nature being sometimes consumed by it. Among other thi cinnamon is suid to possess gi tions for the cbckroach palate, and there isa scandal to the effect that those whose business it is to reduce the cinnamon sticks to a powder are not very careful to s wte the spice from theinsects—which sometimes constitute nearly half the contents of the ba but tumble them together into the mill, Though toits other crimes the cockroach does not apparently add that of canni- balism, the cast skins and the interior of the egg capsules are said to be eaten by them, and other insects are occasion- ally devoured Among the latter is said to be the common bedbug, which, if true, is apoint in favor of the cockroach. Complexion powder is an absolute ne- cessity of the refined toilet in this cli- mate. Pozzoni’s combines every ele- ment of beauty and purity. g A curious museum has been opened at Dresden. In it are collected boots, shoes and slippers which emperors, kings, queens, princes and other famous per- sons have worn. “Among them are a E:ir of boots worn by Napoleon I. at the attle of Dresden, on April 27, 1813, and a pair of white satin shoes, embroidered in gold, which the same great emperor wore on the day of his coronation; an- other pair of strong leather boots which belonged to the famous French Marshal Murat, afterward king of the Two Sicilles; a pair of high heeled boots of Maria Theresa; boots of the philoso- pher, Kaat.” el Jarwis’ 1877 Brandy purest safest & best* GEN. SHERIDAN'S ARTICLE. Reminiscences of His Experiences in the German Army. LITTLE CORPORAL'S SURREN DER Bismarck, the Soldier and Statesman —Glimpses of Camp Life Dur- ing the Great War—The Iron Chancellor “From Gravelotte toSedan.” In the November number of Scrib- ner’s is found the highly interesting ar- ticle from the pen of the late General Phil Sheridan, “From Gravelotte to Sedan.” Following are extracts from it: SHERIDAN'S MEETING WITH BISMARCK. ‘When the count received me he was clothed in the undress uniform of the cuirassier regiment of which he wasthe colonel, During the interview which ensued, he exhibited at times deep anx- ioty regarding the conflict now immi- nent, for it was the night before the battle of Gravelotte, but his conversa- sation was mostly devoted to the state of public sentiment in America, about which he seemed much concerned, in- quiring repeatedly as to which side— I'rance or Prussia—was charged with bringing on the war. Expressing a desire to witness the battle which was expected to occur the next day, and remarking that I had not had sufficient time to provide the necessary transportation, he told me to be ready at 4 o'clock in the morning and he would take me in his own car- riage and present me to the king, add- ing that he would ask one of his own staff officers, who he knew had one or two extra horses, to lend me one. As I did not know just what my status would be. and having explained to the presi- dent before leaving A a that T wished to accompany the German army unofficially, I hardly knew whether to appear in uniform or not, so I spoke of this matter, too, and the count, after some reflection, thought it best for me to wear my undressed uniform, minus the sword, however, because I wasa non-combatant. On the way Count Bismarck again re- curred to the stats of public opinion in America, with reference to the war. He also talked much about our form of government, and said that in early life his tendencies were all toward republi- canism, but that family influence had overcome his. preferénces, and inti- mated that after adopting a political career he found that Germany was not sufficiently advanced for republicanism. He said further that he had been re- luctant to enter upon this public career; that he had always longed to be a sol- dier, but that hereagain family position had turned him from the field of his choice into the sphere of diplomacy. SHERIDAN IN THE GERMAN CAMP, On the afternoon of August 21,1 had the pleasure of dining with the king. The dinner was a simple one, consisting of soup, a joint, and twoor three vege- tables; the wines, vin ordinaive and Burgundy. There weres good many persons of high rank present nono of whom spoke English, however, excopt Bismarck, who sat next the king and acted as interpreter when his mnajesty conversed with me. Little was said of the events taking place around us, but the king made many inquiries concern- ing the war of the rebellion, (nu‘ticu- larly with referenco to Grant's cam- paign at Vicksburg, suggested perhaps y the fact that there.and in the recent movements of the German army, had TR U S —————— — been applied many similar principtes of military science. BISMARCK IN THE FIELD. I found him wrapped 1in a shabby old dressing gown, hard at work. He was established in a very small room, whose only furnishings consisted of a table— at which he was writing—a couple of rough chairs, and theuniversal feather- bed, this time made on the floor in one corner of the room. On my remarking upon the limited character of his quar- ters, the count replied, with great good humor,that they were all rightand that he should get a?ong well anough. Even the tramp of his clerks in thé attic and the clanking of his orderlies’ sabres below did not disturb him much; he said, in fact, that he would have no grievance atall, were it not for a guard of Bavarian soldiers stationed about the house, for his safety, he presumed, the sentinels from which insisted on protecting and saluting the chancellor of the north German confederacy in and out of season, a proceeding that led to embarrassment sometimes as he was much troubled with a severe d{senmry. Notwithstanding his trials, however, and in the midst of the correspondence on which he was engaged,he graciously took time to explain_that the sudden movement northward from Bar-le-Duc was the result of information that Mar- shal MacMahon was endeavoring to re- lieve Metz by marching along the Bel- gian frontier; *‘a blundering manouver,’ remarked the chancellor, “*which can- not be accounted for unless it has been brought about by the political situation of the French.' AFTER SEDAN. Near the gate of the city we came on tho German picket line, and one of the officers recognizing our uniform—he having served in the war of the rebel- lion—stepped forward and addressed me in good English. We naturally fell into conversation,and in the midst of it there came out through the gate an open car- riage or landau, containing two men, one of whom, in the uniform of a general and smoking acigarette, we recognized, when the conveyance drew near, as the | Emperor Louis ‘Napoleon. The landau went on toward Donchery ata leisurely pace, and we, inferring that there was something more important at hand just then than the recovery of our trap, fol- lowed at a respectable distance. Not quite a mile from Donchery is a cluster of three or four cotiages, and at the first of these the landau stopped to await, as ‘we alterward ascertained, Count Bismarck, with whom the diplo- matic negotiations were to be settled. Some minutes elapsed before he came, Napoleon remaining seated in his car- riage meantime, still smoking and we- cepting with nonchalance the staring of a_group of German soldiers near by, who were gazing on their fallen foe with curious and eager interest. Presently a clattering of hoofs was heard, and looking toward the sound 1 perceived the chancellor cantering down the road. When abreast of the carriage he dismounted, and walking up to it, he saluted the emporor in a quick, brusque way that seemed to startle him. After a word or two the arty moved perhups a hundred yards urther on, where they stopped opposite the weaver's cottage so famous from that day. IN THE LAST DITCH, By 3 o'clock, the French being in a dosperate and hopeless situation, the king ordered the firing tobe stopped, and at once despatched one of his staff —Colonel von Bronsart—with a demand for a surrender. Just as this officer was starting off I remarked to Bismarck that Napoleon himself would likely be one of the prizes, but the count, inered- ulous, replicd: “Oh, no; the old fox is too cunn ug to he cuught in such at Be bas doubtioss slipped off to. Paris The Largest Clothing Firm in the World. S.W.Cor. 15th & Douglas Sts. PBRDBDODDDDDODOVBOD a belief which I found to prevail pretty generally about headquarters. Between 4 and_50'clock Colonel von Bronsart returned from his mission to Sedan, bringing word to the king that the commanding officer there, Generat Wimpffen, wished to know, in order that the further effusion of blood might be spared, upon what terms he might surrender. The colonel brought the intelligence, also, that the French em- eror was in the town. Soon after von ronsart’s arrival a French officer ap- proached from Sedan, preceded by a white flag and two German officers. Coming up the road till within a hun- dred yards of us they halted; then one of the Germans rode forward and said that the French officer was Napoleon’s adjutant, bearing an autograph letter {rom the emperor to the king of Prus- sia. At this the king, followed by Bis- marck, von Moltke, and von Roon, walked out to the front a little distance, and halted, his majesty still in advance, the rest of us meanwhile forming in a line some twenty paces to the rear of the group. The envoy then approached, at first on horseback, but when about a hundred yards he dismounted, and un- covering came the remaining distance on foot, bearing high upin his right hand the despatch from Napolean. The bearer proved to be General Reille,and as he handed the emperor’s letter to the king, his majesty saluted him with the utmost formality and precision. Napo- leon’s letter was the since famous one running, so characteristicallly, thus: *'Not having been able to die in the midst of my troops, there is nothing left me but m'fhms my sword in your majosty’s hands.” MOLTKE IN BATTLE, ‘Whenever anybody arrived with tid- ings of the fight we clustered around to hear the news, General von Moltke un- folding a map maanwhile and explain- ing the situation. This done, the chief of the staff, while awaiting the next re- ort, would either return to a seat that had been made for him with some knap- sacks, or would occupy the time walk- ing about, kicking clods of dirt or small stones here and there, his hands clasped . behind his back, his face pale and thoughtful. He was then nearly seventy years old, but because of his emaciated figure, the deep wrinkles in his face,and orow’s feet about his eyes, he looked even older, his appearance being sug- gestive of the practice of church asceti- cisms rather than of his well-known ar- dent devotion to the military profes- sion. A Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, alter years of suffering from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remody. at last found a recipe which oomplm.e(yy cured and saved him from death. An sufferer from this dreadful disease send- ing a self-addressed stamped envelope to Prol. J. A. Lawrence, 88 Warren St., New York City, will receive the recipe free of charge. Ol Teamstors Chicago News: It is no doubt a mat- ter of considerable interost to know that in Chicago there arc a number of rich and influential men who have followed the humble occupation of teamsters. Their beginning was on a remarkably | scale, and s they grew rich they gradually rose above the rank and file of draymen and bocame capitalists. Prominent among these are Arthur Dixon, the alderman from the First ward, and W, P. Rend, the millionaire coal merchant. Mr, Rend still carries on a teamning business, as does also Al- derman Dixon. Mr, Dixon is the oldest member of the city council, having been elscted continuously for twenty years with $he exception” of one term. ™ Mr. Rend is weil known u3 2 generous em- Ohicago. ployer, paying his men more wages than they can get elsewhere. No one scems to contest the homer with John Shaw of being the oldest teamster in Chicago. Mr. Shaw is sixty- three of age and is still actively e ployed at the Goodrich docks. He owas anumber of teams and works more . hours than any man in his employ. Mr. Shaw came to Chicago in 1564, and hag been a teamster ever since. “Pegleg® Sullivan is a noted character amon, teamsters, being one of the oldest an having a national reputation. He it was who first discovered the fire in Mes. O'Leary’s barn, wh Chicago was burned in 1871. Mr. Sullivan lived next door and saw the fire when it broke ous. He has always insisted that the tredi- tion about the cow kicking over the lamp is false, and that there was not & cow in the stable at the time. He mow works for the Standard Oil company &8 driver. Probably the most remarkable among the old teamsters is Brennock. For thirty-eight ko drove a dray on the streets of % His hair and beard turned white as sat on barrels and boxes or hung his feet down from the side of his omrt. Young horses grew old traveli - ;wuen the shafts, and L;\B “1‘1.. his ray were worn away through frictiom. Yet he plodded on from 1849 to 1889, when one day, after taking a severe cold, he had to carry a chair out of the house to use as a step 1n climbing upen the dray. It happened to he his birth~ day and he was seventy-two years He unhitched the horse from the elds fashioned dray and went into the The horse died of old age soom ward and the dray was sold for $5. . Brennock is still hale and hearty aad lives on Superior street, having consid- erable property. B2 e Hosford's Acid Phosphate, Beware of imitations. e The World's Motive Power. snce: The motive force of the world as officially summarized oy the bureau of statistics, Berlin, presents some remarkable facts, together with the intercsting general statement that four-fifths of the engines now worl in the world have by coustructed dur- ing the last twenty-five years. fTm round numbers France has '50,000 stae tionary or portable boilers, 7,000 locos motives, and 1,900 boats’ boilers; Ger- manv has 59,000 boilers, 10,000 locomo- tives,and 1,700 ships’ boilers; Austris, 12,000 boilers and 2,800 locomotives. The force equivalent to the worki steam engines represents, in the Uni States, 7,500,000 horse power, 4,500,000 i Germany, 3,000,000 in France, and 1,500,000 in Austria. In these enumer- ations the motive power of the locome- tives is not included, whose number ia all the world amounts to 105,000, repee- senting a total of 3,000,000 horse power, which amount, added to the other pow- ers, gives a total of 46,000,000 horse power. As a steam horse power is equal to three actual horses’ power, :nqfl a living horse oqual to seven men, the steam engines of the world may be said to represent, therefore, approxi- mately, the work of 1,000,000,000 men. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.. ‘When Baby was sick, weo xave her Oastorta. ‘Whea she was » Child, she evied for Castorta, ‘Whea ahe bevarne Miss, sbe cluag S0 Castorta, mmmw_um_md.fl