Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 28, 1889, Page 13

PETTICOATED PEDAGOGUERY. A Variety of Female Oharms in the Omaha Public Schools, MAIDENS, WIVES AND WIDOWS, Peonliarities and Work of the Omaha Teachers—Joys and Sorrows of the Profession—Matrimonial Incli- nations and Disinclinations, Omaha Teachers. “No, T am not engaged, and don’t wint to be.” It was a short, thick-set, vivacious little schoolma'am, with glossy-black hair, large, lustrous black eyes, red lips, and the cutest kind of a pug nose, who thus pertly replied to an innocent inquiry, the result of a conversation relative to female teachers getting married. “I know of several.in Omaha. how- ever, who ure,” she continued, “and the wedding bells will ring for them before snow flies again.” “Who are the favored one “Well, T won’t give them away; might not like it. Then, if T did, y would be sure to know where you got your information.” “Are there many marriages among those engaged in teaching?” “The average here, where 245 are daily hammering knowledge into the minds of American youths, is not over three or tour per year; so you can jud ge for yourself. But it is not because they can’t get husbands that so few enter domestic life. There never wasa woman 80 homely that she couldn’t find some fool man willing to have her.” “You don't mean to imply, I hope, that the school ma'amsof Omaha are ugly?” “No, not all of them. There are a few who might pass as beauties.” “‘When they do take the plunge,what prompts them—the yearning, burning passion of love, a desire to botter their condition, to quit hard work as merely the only menus of securin g a home *‘Oh, gracious, nsk me somethin g easier. How should I know? Most of them who have been married, certuinly didn’t do it for mon ey, because they arve stll teaching, Their husbands work, too, and together their income i suffi- cient to enable thom to live very nicely. About 4 per cent labor at teaching be- cause they like it. while the balance are thus cmployed from necessity. They must support themselves, and having obtained an education,prefer the school room for the renson that, as a general thing, they receive better pay than can be had in any other profession or call- ing open to them.” **Do many of the girls have beaux?” All the good-looking ones do.” **Then its strange you're not wearing an engagement ring. *What makes you think so¥” ““If all the pretty teachers have ad- mirers among the sternersex you ought to be the adored of some very gallant handsome young man.” The little teachor blushed, laughed meerily, and declared she was too busy with her work to think of such things, and said: “I wouldn’t ha the best man on earth. Men are nuisances.” **You don’t mean that?” * *Yes, I do.” *What sort of & person are you?” **Oh, Lam perfectly independent.” “Then you expect to live and die an old maid?” **Well, no, hardly. ‘That’s different, you know.” “Probubly you feel that the world aud the things in it are not good enough for yo **Ah there’s where you are mistak I am perfectly delighted with this life. Tlove to teuch. I love to study the to walkn the balmy evening ni hear the birds sing, to paint landscape pictures, to go to church, to have a good time during vacation, but 1 don’t love any man.” Desiring to ascertain more about the life and labors of the fair creatures to whose care and training havo been en- trusted the intellectual growth and ed- ucational bringing up of 50 many chil- dren in this city, the writer sought other teachers and continued his inu- A tall, graceful, dig- principal volunteered the assertion that no brighter, more intelli~ ent, thoroughly conseientious, earnest, \ard-working body of women could be found in any other city on the couti- nent. They are sincore and enthusias- tic in the cause of education. There is not a drone among them, ‘*Some people,” she continued, “‘mny think our labors are easy, and that we have a good time, but that is-because they were probably never inside of a graded school, 1 know scores of teach- ers who are so tired and weary when night comes that they can hardly drag one foot after the other. Tn addition to being on their feet eight and nine hours a day, they foel the effects produced from an anxiety and determination to do well and make a good showing.” **Yes, 1 can vouch for all she has told you,” put in a ‘companion, *“‘and more too, Those who are fortunate enough to hold positions in the lurger and more centrally located buildings have very few annoyances, but in some of the outlying distriots the work is any- thing but pleasant. No one but ‘a tencher ean apprecinte it. “The children como to them ragged and dirty; many of thom are ill-man- nered, uncivilized it would seem, and rude. Maybe you think the woman who can subdue and control them has a happy lot. But they do it. The re- sultein some of these places huve been marvelous. A few of those teach- ing in the outskirts have poor buildings and their accommodations are not the best, consequently the pleas- urable features connected with their work are more than offsot by the an- noyances, It is, of course,the ambition of every woman teacher, as wel wmun, to beeome o prineipal, | Nuturally thut gives them more salary, pleasanter la- oor, more influence and better advan- toges. The principals get 81,400 a yenr; their assistants and the eighth grade teachers $500; all below that $700, except boginners whose stivend is fixed at 840 per month, This is increased at the rate of #5a year until they reach the $70 limit. There are three or four specials. For instance, Miss Kute M, Ball flliurus as superintendent of pen- mauship and nll-nwlng “nd there are two who have charge of the instructions in musie, It s their duty to visit ev department in the v?ly as viten as possible. Miss Ball says she is on the go so much that streot ear fore alone costs her 810 o month, The cost of living is out of proportion to the sal- aries. Twenty dollars is the minimum for board and room, but the majoriy pay more than thut. Some go as higl as #40, Add to this their wash bills, clothlnf and little extras and you dis- coyer that the surplus capital on hand each year at the begiuning of school is vather small. By the time a teacher pays her currcnt expenses out of an $500 u&ry she doesn't have much lefs, Those who get more support themselves accordingly. They are neither extrav- agant or wasteful, but they are bound to keep up attractive appearances Their social obligations are limited. Tn fact, all the society they have is what they make among themselves, at their boarding places and with gentlemen admirers, They are never invited or introduced into what is known as the iddy whirl which.I take it,is fortunate for them. Nevertholcss, in that respact Omaha is not like any other city. The swell people here intimate by their ac- tions that we are not 7ood enough to be recognized and allowed to participate in high toned parties and receptions. But its no disgrace to be ignored. No refloctions are cast upon us that we notice or care for. Itis gratifying to that the 245 teachers are perfect know how to conduct themselves wherever they are and would ornament any society. Shortly after Mr. Coburn was clected to a seat 1n the board of education he invited us all to his house one evening. T think their were two hundred,or more, there, and finer appearing gathering of ladi I have never seon. They were dressed tasti and fashionably, and there intelligence was fully displayed in brilliant conversation, indulged in on sensible topics, instead of the silly gossip usually heard where one meets a lot of affected butterflies. “Of course the girls have beaux. W shouldn’t they No class of the sex has a better right to enjoy th confidence and love of men. They do not waste time with dudes. The young man who succeeds in inducing an Omaha school ma’am to be his sweetheart, must have more brains than is required to enable him to smoke cigarettes and twirl a cane. We hate dudes.” “But they don’t all get married?” “Oh, no, not by any means.” “Several old maids among you?” “Yes, indeed, but they're awfully nice.” ““That much is granted. Been disap- pointed in love, do you suppose?” “*A few of them have, undoubtedly. T could name one or two at least, but that wouldn’t be right, you kuow. There is one miss old enough to be my grand- mother, and I am no spring chicken.” ““About how do they range in ages?” “*All the way from fresh, sweet, love- ly seventeen to wrinkled, gray haired matrons of sixty-five and seventy. Fourteen of the present force have husbands, There are eight regular and two grass widows. Farnam street school is soon to loose one of its bright- est and prettiest teachers on account of marringe. o is the Long school, and there are probably half a dozen others who will enter the bonds of matrjmony this sunmer. “It is believed by the public that Superintendent James has some pets among the teachers, is that a fact?” Probably he has, but I believe he to treat all as near alike as possi ble. Every person has likes and dis- likes, therefore 1t is perfectly natural for a man in his position to be influenced more by one than another. Some of the the teachers have more winning ways than others,you know. They know how to get around him. These urc the ones, too, who do a little wire pulling with the boardand are most successful in get- ting the best positions. It is a well known fact that merit doesn’t always win. Some of the teachers stand too much on their dignity and think it beneath them to be politicians, consequently they re- main in the lower grades and get the smaller snlary when they might just as well be at the top. The best posted and smartest ones use diplomacy. They get their friends to do the log ruiling and in every instance appeals for as- sistance have touched tender spots and been the means of elevating teachers who, from ability, fitness and qualifica- tion were not deserving. Rumor has it that Miss Ball 1s a great favorite, both with the supeiintendent and certain members of the board. Now, Miss Ball is not a particularly good friend of mine, but if she is able to “‘stand in” and get what she wants, I admire her all the more for it. She is one of our very best and most zealous teachers, is always striving for the best iuterests of the school, and deserveseverything the board can do for her. Mrs. Kean also seems to have astrong hold 2t head- quarters.” *“Who are the most successful teach- ers?” “Well, excluding the principals, Misses Allen, Park, Isaacson, Wycoff, Schlisinger, Simonds, Bunker, Bicker, Reed, Rough, Cooper, Ellis, Bogan, ‘Whitman, Pratt. Gladstone, Mack, Hub- bard, Greenlee, Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Hodge have produced splendid results. This is not said, though, in disparage- ment to any of the others, because they are all ¢ successful, No one school is noted for 1ts pretty teachers more than another. 1could tell you, how- ever, that Grace Wilber is doubt- less the best looking, most attract- ive woman in the lot: that Rena Hamilton, of Walnut Hill, is a beauty; that Mrs. Warne, Miss Wood, Miss Brewner, Miss Lozear, Miss Hostetter, Miss I"iteh and Moriarty are strik- ingly attractive, but my jucgment might not be accepted. It’s hard to pick out and distinguish one in any quality without offendin; some other, “Miss Foos offects the literary hearing, while Miss Ball gives attention to mak- ing money. She owns and rents three cight-room houses and, in addition to being a tail, languid, wsthetic blonde charmer, is veally a haughvy aristocrat. t to see her driv out her conch and four. Sarah an, is studying the languages preparatory to taking another trip abroad, and the greatest amhition of Mumie Fitch is to catcha French count, Miss MeCurty is the most populur and witty among the instructors, and Miss Newton has the reputation of veing the 0st counrteous and charming of all the principais. Tt is Miss Woods’ desirve to chaperon o traveling party abroad this summer, and Miss White is studying elocution with a view of becoming the vet in legitimate successor of Mary Anderson | as o star of the stage, ambitious than aspivations arc planted on the pinsacle reached by fumous primu donnas.” It would (1l volumes to pe the entire corps and tell of their ec tricities. They are spiendid women and oenlisted in a Euod cayse. Their work bas its joys and its sorrows, The joys come with June, wheu school closes and they go away to rest and recuper- ate, But even that gets tiresome and monotonous and they are always glad to get back again aud” receive the hearty welcomes of their pupils. The pleasures of the school ma'am after all jsre great- est in the school room, About three times a vear she goes fo the thea! and a great majority sclect the tragedy as thoir choice of entertainment. e Lots of Bedbugs in Oklahoma, An arminy officer, familiar with Okla- homa, is ereadited with the statement that among its indigenous productions that will furnish employment and ob- trusive fellowship with the settlers are skunks and bedbugs. Of the former he says there are countless millious, and they will be found strong, ruugnnt con- testunts for tho chuntry. ‘I'he Indians have been in the babit of killing them and solling their pelts by the wagon load. The soil is full of the bedbugs, und they are a thousand times worse than the sand fleas. Sne isno more Miss Hamilton, whose | BILL NYE'S ANCIENT HISTORY. He Describes the Rise and Fall of the Mormon Empire. OMAHA'S CLAIM CLUB ORATORS. Excerpts From an Old Newspapor Which Reflects the Early Light of Mormon Journalism—Biogras phy of Big-Nosed George. Versatile Mormons, (Copyright, 1889, by Edgar W, Nye) In the spring of 1847 President Brigham Young started from Omaha by full team from Utah. He had 143 picked men of marringeable age and great versatility, also eight of the twolve apostles, These apostles were plain men with thickset whiskers and a great yarning to resemble some of the tough element described in the bible. They wanted to inavgurate somewhere a church which should be self-support- ng and encournge the social instinctf to a remarkable degree. Their chie ambition was to.organize a paying church, wherein the elders would not have to rely upon domations, and wherein also the Old Testament idea of home might be carrvied out. hitched up their cattle and steered their caravan toward the west, over “sage and saleratus, across unabridged rivers and through mountain defiles,” which became still more so as the troupe approached them. Discovering the Great Salt Lake Basin, they returned across the baking powder desert, and on vhe 23d of De- cember, at Council Bluffs, issued their epistle recounting the disagreeable repulsion from Nauvoo, the fortunate discovery of the Valley of the Jordan and the Great Salt Lake, and recom- mending a reorganization of the church by selecting a president, vice-presi- dent, umpire and corresponding secre- tary. Mr. Brigham Young, a rising young red whiskered man, who com- bined the philanthropical instincts of Jay Gould with the keen social instincts of the Duke of Marlborough, was chosen president. The gang then went into winter quarters on the banks of the soiled Missouri. The winter quarters were situated upon the lands belonging to the Omaha Indians, who felt sorry for the Mor- mons. Some of the holes in the ground, where the nts lived, are still visible, although they were dug forty-three years ago. A newspaper called the I'rontier Guardian was then published by Elder O. Hyde. From it I make A FEW EXCERPTS: “The Apostles will hold a meeting next week at the Bucket of Blood saloon, for a general conference and in- terehnnge of thought. “Flder Kimball® will add another stoy to his residence next week by dig- ging it seven feet deeper. 8 "% “‘President Young was fecling quite rocky all last week and thinks he is about to have another revelation. Should such be the case, our reuders may rely upon the Guardian to at once the spelling and print it at an * X% “Brother Blakeslee, who was un- forvunately and fataly wounded in a watermelon patch before leavingNauvoo died yesterday in his dugout, which he had facetiously named Kernihurst-on- the-Missouri. Funeral serviceson Sat- urday at his former residence, after which his furniture will be removed, also everything but Brother Blakeslee and Fernihurst will*be filled up.” *"x Of course the above meagerly show the character of the paper, but it was suid to be newsy, bright, spicy, and at times, comic. In the early history of Omaha the first successful club organized for mu- tual benefit was called TIE CLADI CLUB, The object of this club was, aecording to its preamble, to better protect those who had good and prior claims to lots and lands. The Claim club met upon call of the president, and was addressed at times by men who were selected by the club as thoroughly worthy. These after- dinner orators stood on a barrel while addressing the club, and at the close of the speech the barrel was geuerally kicked out from under them, leaving them supporting their weight entirely by means of the neck. But all lawless aets of claim clubs were afterwards at- tributed w special clubs who ran an im- promptu business, something as the white caps do now when they want to whip a woman and are afraid to do so single handed. The Arrow was the first Omaha news- paper. It started out July 28, 1854, It was devoted to the arts, science, lotters, climate, resources, agriculture, mean temperature and politics. Mr. J. E. Johnson was the business manager, and had four wives besides. It is needless to say that he was A MAN OF GREAT ABILILY, All aay he would manage the paper, and then, weary and exhausted, take up the task of successfully managing his four soul’s idols. He also practiced law. Incidentally he ran a blacksmith shop and preached. He was an insur- ance agent, and kept a general store. On a cold day he would frequently, while drawing a gallon of molasses,shoe a bronco mule, write a sermon on hu- mility and whip a wife. He would then put up the molasses, wipe his fingers on his whiskers and write an editorial en- titled “*'We Have Come to Stay.” He remained in Omaha and Council Blufls until one day he saw a man enter the store wearing a high silk hat. The next day Mr. Johnson sold out his var- ied interests and went to Salt Lake City, where he became the head of sev- eral more families. His wonderful veratility in matters of business was obwained by driving a bob- tail car on Forty-second strect, New York, while quite young, during which time he had to drive a skittish horse, make change with his teeth, whip the newsboys off the rear platform and shove snow off the track at the same time. Mr. Byron Reed has the "Arrow complete witn the exception of No. 6, Mr. Pattison was the editor. He was also a successful obstetrican and under- taker, which frequently gave him a scoop over his rivals in” Chicago. His “Salutatery,” as Mr. N, C. Barrow, the able associate editor of the Boomeraug, used to say, starts out as follows: **Well, strangers, friends, patrons, and the good veople generally wherever in the wide wul'l({) your lot may be cast, and in whatever clime this Arrow may reach you; here we are upon Nebraska soil, seated upon the stump of an an- ciert onk, which serves for an editorial chair, and the top of our badly abused beaver for a table, we purpose editing the Arrow.” He then TOOK ANOTHER DRINK. Pattison was of a romautic mould and was married under a large tree during So they* a heavy thunderstorm. why he did this. He wrote some real touchful things, one of which was called “A Night in Our Sanctum.” Tt went on to state that there wnd more joy in oune mo- ment of the glad, free, unfottered life in the pruirlk than a thousand years in the bosom'of civilizetion, wearing suspenders and putting dinner off till after dark.’ He loved to commune with nature andjchew maroon plug tobacco. He scorned the roar and bustle of the crowded cities like Dubuque and yearned to nestle in the wild wood and listen to tHe thipmonk's honest bark. He turned up his nose at New York and the other settlements and wanted to em lie back in the lap of nature and ive on her relatives. Where once the But how changed! loud ery of the contending warriors, the ever warring clans of the Sioux and the Omaha, clove the air, well dressed men, between the acts, come 1n and clove the air. Where once thers were no luxu- ries whatever, now we ride on an elec- tric train which does the rapid transit from one extreme of Council Bluffs to the turther extreme of Omaha. Where once was heard the hiss of the arrow as it sped on its way into the middle of a white man who™ was looking the other way, now all is changed. Where there were once no idences, to say nothing of hotels, I visited a town in interior Nebraska last week where they hs a good hotel with matches in the office. “What do you want it for?” asked the lanalord when I said 1 wanted a match, Isaid I had just chopped some wood . and watited to sttt fike 16 my room if he would let me have a match that he was not using. Then he took a key out of his pocket, blew a grain of wheat out of it, and looking at me with a keen, searching glance, opened a drawer in his desk, and got me a blue-headed mateh. Omaha has some good hotels, but good cooking is the last thing to pene- trale into a new country, and especially at hotels. I do not know THEATRI ME ever riven in Omaha was in 1860, at the old derndon house, now the Union Pacific headquarters. The company had no scenery, because it was not on a regular professional tour, 80 the man- ager borrowed a bolt of muslin from Tootle & Jackson’s store and made a curtain, allowing the same background to figure in all the scenes. Later on an Uncle Tom’s Cabin com- pany, provided with a blind bloodhound and a death bed, played there to good business. Omana has always been gentle and kind toward rocky shows. I have been there twice myself. My attention has ouly recently called to the discovery y a Dr. Motschulkowsky. &c., of Odessa, in the state of Lurope, of & new method for treating spinal troubles by means of suspension. Dr. Lewis A. Sayre hus also been accredited with the invention of the apparatus by which the patient is so suspoide as to straighten and elongate tBB spine. I hove i {prove successful, and in the future Be'so perfected as to afford great relief to those who suffer in this way, but it didenot work with us years ago when ye tfted it ona patient known as RTAIN- been k BIG NOSED GEORGE. B. N. George was a somnamubulist, and had been for years. A somnambu- list, and troubled with color blindness, 50 that time wand again he would be found somewheve wandering around in the night, alse en dishabille, riding a pirato horse,s¥hen his was black. Col- or blindness got Big Nosed George into soveral of thiese scrapos, till at last it occasioned some talk, and people come to speak to him about It was then that he got his back up, and in order to reduce this spi curvature, some ac- quaintances tried this Supension method. Possibly it was carried to excess, or thea again his overshoes might have been too heavy. Anyhow. when a man went back there a day or two afterward to ask George if the draught was too strong for him, or if his he: be high enough he was sh that B. N. George was no mor People who make scientific experi- ments that way cannot be too careful. Big Nosed Georgo lefta wife and four small childre; Also a wife and two still smaller chiidren. He left them about two years before his death. A western paper at the time of the accident said ‘**We were in error about the brilliant meteor seen night before last at about 11 o’clock. It now proves to have been the bugle of Big Nosed George, who at that time as- cended a telegraph pole by means of his neck, BILL NYE. e et HONEY FOR THE LADIES, Very large meshed net is used for entire costumes of black net. Plaid wool school gowns for misses are cut on the bias throughout. Plaid frocks for little girls and young misses are cut on the bias throughout. Fringes of every length, color and device, have again been taken into universal favor. A novelty in garden-party hats is a large Directoire model made of light birch and rushes intertwined. Embroidered scallons at the foot of _skirts arc by no means so stylish asa plain hem with insertion above it, Slight tournures areto be scen in streot costumes, but styls demands_that house and evening toilets should be perfectly flat. Dainty little dress wraps made of the fabric watching the gown, are still highly popular in tailor costumes for tho promenade, House waists of silk or wool inany of a hundred stuffs and patterns are now worn with differcnt skirts at any hour of the day. A pretty httle neck rig is of indian muslin plaited in’ double box plaits upon a plain foundation and tied with rich colored rib- bons, Accordeon pleated fparasols to match o cordeon pleated gowns are new but clumsy looking. Another novelty is an umbrella gathered between the ribs. Loudness is «the characteristic of new French hosiery, Nearly all tue stockings have vlack grounds barely visible through blocks, squares and stripes, Many dainty pereale and gingham frocks for .ittle girls from three to ten years of a; have stimulated;gimps and sleeves of finely tucked whité cambric or embroidery sowed in them. Many of the uéw slecves are shirred into a point at the armbole, a band of galloon form- ng a cap or jockey, a_similar band conceal- ing the seam whieh joins the full part to the deep cuff. Braces of ribbon, finished with shoulder bows and kiots. of falling loops and ends at tde point whersghe braces unite at the waist are effective and dressy garnitures for the summer, s The new summer dress fabrics have such an air of delicious dawntiness, and are in such perfect aceord with ribbons and laces, that each year they seewm to offer new possibili- ties for artistic gowning. o) Laght weight camel's hair oloth, nuu's cloth, nun's veiling, plain and figured, and fine close twilled French serges are favorite stuffs for the stylish woollen robe dress so largely worn this spring. Bonnets are without exception close-fitting. ‘They are most stylish with an Alsatian bow on top as the principal trimming. Lace bou- nets may be finished at the edge with finely ¥luimd frills. Jetted bonnets are the thing or ladies of more mature years. A bride in mourning has no bridesmaids, wears ’ Ln‘;allnl :own nlhvule l{u{hclul:l or cawel’s hair, muy bave a bouquet, though it is not_de riguieur, and must be alf white or else of pu lilacs, she must go quietly o'clock with the very smallest o ut uwmu bridal lummery. DA et [ SAVED FROM HIS CRUEL PAtws Why Rich Miss Higgina Married Farmer Boy Jelp. HE OF THE FLYING TRAPEZE, A Circus Attraction Which Wasn't on the Bills—How Jeff Davis Won His Father-in-Law — An Almshonse Hel Little Romances. Louis Jelp, boyish in appearance, went to Louisville thé other day with Miss Malenda Higgins, a lady much older than he, and they were married in New Albanv. Jelp, who is only soventeen yoars old, went out that morning to lay off corn ground for his father. His mule became refractory and ran away. The father went into the field und gave the boy a sound thrashing. Young Jelp, when he got away.went to the home of Miss Higgins, who owns the adjoining farm, and told her how he had been misused. She yraposed as n means of ‘escape from his ather’s wrath that he mavry her. The youth accepted and the knot was tied. Miss Higgins is forty-one years old and wealthy. “‘Ladies and gentleme said the ring-master at Mardel’s circus in Bir- mingham, Ala., the other night, **I sup- pose I will have to apologisa, but there is an act not down on the bill to-night. The high contracting parties will please step forward.” At this juncture Mr. Frank Dunovant, who acts ‘‘on the fly- ing trapeze” under the non de plume of Frank Comeo, and his partner, Miss Belle Eatman, who has been perform- ing with him for some months, stepped into the middle of the ring and were jowned in tho holy bonds of matrimony. The evangelist, Rev. John Henderson, performing the ceremony. Miss Kat- man is only fifteen years old, and is quite pretty A romantic sto connected with a young Frenchman of Fall River has just been brought to light. His name {n Tancred Roussel, and he was left an orphan in Canada at the age of ten years. He had a brother who left home twenty-one years ago—two years before Tancred was born—and consequently the latter never knew of his where- abouts. Some time ago Tancred went from Fall River to Bristol, R. L, to work as o mason’s apprentice, and one day entered into conversation with a fellow employe about his for- mer home in Canada. When he told the workman his name and the ircumstances of his life, the latter re- «d that he knew of another orphan surnamed Roussel, immensely rich, who resided in British Columbia, Canada, and suggested that he might be the brother whom Tancred had mentioned as his only relative. Tancred had doubt of ever being able to find his brother, but was finally induced to send a letter to British Columbia to inquire about the matter. He received a reply asking him to give the names ot his father and mother as proof of his identity. > names wore right, and the two brothers have been united. The first marriage of Jefferson Davis was of a somewhat romantic character. After graduating at West Point he was ordered to Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wis., the post then commanded by Colonel Zachary Taylor. The daugh- ter of the latter, Miss Sullie Knox Tay- lor, at once fell desperately in love with the handsome and and intellectual young lieutenant, and the affection was reciprocated, but the old colonel was averse to any match-making under the circumstancos and pevemptorily forbade Duvis from visiting his quarters except in an official capacity. The lovers managed to see ench other by stratagem, however, and one morning at daylight they were missing. The household was instantly aroused, the servants inter- rogated and a search made. but rothing was elicited save that the door of the stable was open, four horses were gone, and their tracks indicated a hasty de- parture. Further examination of the premises showed that Lieutenant George Wilson, brother of Thomas S. Wilson, of Dubuque. Ia., and Miss Street, daugh- ter of General Street, had likewise sud- denly disappeared. There was but one conclugion, and in less than an hour every man, woman and child in the vil- lage knew all about the runaway mateh. Colonel Taylor was enraged and de- clared with an oath as strong as he ever used that under no circumstances would he forgive Davis or become reconciled to his daughter’s disobedience. Six- teen years passed. “‘Old Zach™ was in command of the United States army in Mexico, and serving under him ~was Colonel Jefferson Davis, at the head of the famous First Mississippi rvifl At the battle of Buena Vista this regiment covered iwell with glory, but Davis, while leading one of its” charges at a critical moment, fell severely, and, it was supposed, mortaliy wounded. He wos borne from the field and that even- ing General Taylor, mounted on Old ‘Whitney, paid him a visit. Dismount- ing, he stepped to the colonel’s cot and extended his hand. **Jeff,” he said, "‘you have saved tho day with your glovious rifles; now let bygones be bygones; Kunox (the name by which he ulways called his daugh- ter) knew your worth and mettle better than I did.” From that moment, through the war, and indeed until the death of President Taylor, the warmest {riendship existed between the old compauions in arms, Not long ago there died at the state almshouse at Tewksbury a colored man who, unknown to himself or to the officials, was the legal and acknowledged owner of real estate worth many thou- sands of doilar Born a slave in Con- necticut more thun a century ago, he would have become free in 1509 by the operation of the law of 1874, Yet such was the dread of his parents that he would in the interim be kiduapped and tuken south and so lost vo them foreve that he was carried in his mothe arms-while yet an infant to the vicinity of Stonington and committed to the cave of an Indian woman named Nice Woggs. The boy was called Francis Freeman, and he rem: d in the Narragansett tribe soven years. I'teeman had seveval sisters and brothers, and when his sis- ter Mary died, in L a litigation over her estate began, The property wis situal in Bridgeport, Ocean Grove, N. J.,and Sea CILiff. R, [. She left the estate to Rev. Albert Nash, to her nurse, Mary Jane Brown.and her physi- cian, Dr. Holmes. The Naugatuck rail- road later acquired part of the estate, man attempted to have the will set aside and finally succeeded. Last Jan- uary the estate was vested in him by order of the court, but Freeman was past enjoying it. He died of old age the other day, oblivious of his good fortu He has no kindred, WHEN YOU BUY A CIGAR! & & SEE THAT THE ¢ ¢ LABEL” 18 ON THE BOX, 13 Medical and Surgical Ingfifute, N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts, Omaha, Neb. THE LARCEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST FOR TH’ Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Diseases of the Eye and Ear, REATMENT OF ALL | AID T0 DEFORMITIES DISEASES HEAFI;IEFI‘ATRSNAND SEXUAL ORGANS, PRIVATE DISEASES, DISEASES F THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, LUNG AND THROAT DISEASES, AL OPERATIONS, EPILEPSY OR FITS, PILES, CANCERS, TUMORS, Etc. J.W.McMENAMY, M. D, President, And Consulting Physician and Surgeon. Organized With a full staff of Skiled Physicians, Surgeons and Trained Nurees, This establishment is a permanent medical institution, conducted by th ly educated physi 1 surgeons of acknowledged skill and experience. L] Institute buidings, situated on the northwest cornex of Thirteenth and Dodge streets, is composed of two large three-story brick buidings of over ninety rooms, containing our Medical, Surgi Y , Drug Store, L Offices, Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces, and the Boarding ment for Patients, in charge of competent persons, constituting the lal the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establishment in the of the three largest in the United States, and second to none. We have superior advantages and facilities for u-\-:m_n‘,; diseases, performing gical operations, boa g and nwsing patients, which, combined with our cnowledged ability, experience, responsibility ane Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute the first choice. You can come direct u;‘ the Institute, czgy q{ night, as we have hotel accommo- i cheap as any in the city, 3 dfl'«(')‘l:ln":\:kglo?fii:n&fimmli‘l‘)" for the benefit .?r persons who may feel inclined to go further east for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate the fact st and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti- capital of over $100,000. APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMI- ES AND TRUSS Best Facilities, Apparatus and Remedies for every form of Disease requiring MEDI TREATMENT. department we ‘are especially successful. Our claims of superiority over are based upon the fact that this is the only medical establishment man- cal braces and appliances for each individual case. We have three skilled instrument makers in our employ, with improved machinery, and have all the latest inventions, as well as our own patents and improvements, the result of twenty years’ experience. ELECTRICAL: TREATMEBENT. The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone great changes within the past few years, and electricity isnow acknowledged by all schools of medicine as the great remedy in all chronie, special and nerve diseases, for nervoug debility, par- alysis, rheumatism, diseases of women, etc,, and in many eye and ear diseases it is the most valuable of all remedies. In order to obtain its full virtues, it is absolutely necessary to have the proper apparatus. 'We have lately purchased three of the largest and most complete batteries manufactured, so constructed as to give the most gentle as well as the 5 rful current. Persons treated at this Institute by ele: i at once the difference between our expensive and complete electri and the common, cheap batteries, in use by many physicians. Ove invested in electrical apparatus. PRIVATE, SPECIAL, NERVOUS AND 7 BLOOD DISEASES. the only uccessful Treatment ot AL or SURGICAL In ti all other We claim to be iable, responsible establishment in the west making Ity of this class of d Dr. MecMenany was one of the first thorough- y ated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases, and methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe and America. e is the inventor of the Clamp Compress Suspensory, acknowledged the best in use. All others are copied after his invention. By means of a simple operation, painless and safe, recently brought into use, we cure many cases that have bheen i ;m uj incurable by medical treatment. (Read our book to men, sent free to amy ress., DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR. We have had wonderful success in this department in th lmst year, and have made many improvements in our facili- ) ties for treatment, operati artificialeyes, ete. We have greatly imy ou iki treating cases by correspondence, success in this department than ever before. We fully up to the times in all the latest inventions in medical and surgical operations, appliances ument; Our institution is open for hnvea{lgfl- tion to any persons, patients or physicians. We invite all to correspond with or isit us befor ing treatment elsewher ieving that a visit or consultation I convince any inteli to their advantage to place them- ilitie, nd are having betber ce this come and qone and foolish victims, “A wise man invest A fool decid first appeared, many bousting pretenders and frauds have will come und go, vemembered only by theiy unfortunate ates flrst and de , then investiyate indorsed by the people and the press. apital invested, more skilled physicians emnloyed, more modern appliances, instus and apparatus in use, more cases treated ant, cu ceessful suryicad operations peiformed, than in «ll other wnedical establishiments in the West combined, 144 PAGE BOOK (Illustrated) SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS (ssaLen). CONTEINTS: Bart Firat—History, Success 100 Advantages of tho Om wart Kecond s s afterwards, Medical and rrles! Tostitnte, Stomach, 1 o W o Kidneys, Bkin, Piles, Cancer, Teicity, Now e medies, ete. Hip Diseases, Paralysls, Wry g m, Bl w Bpine, Clul¥oot, Nerves, Catavict, Strablsmus op Lids, Avtificial Eyes, eto, 5 stion, Displicoments, Prolupsus, Flex- tncor of the Womb. g, Bpeciul and Noryous Dlsousos, Spermator:iiwe (Sem 2 Btricture, Gleet, Syphilis, und all diseases of the Genito {ony aud Versions, Tumors, Lic Part Sixth DISEARES OF M Weakices), Tnpotency, V Urinury Orguuns. DISEASES OF WOME ¥OR WONEN DURING CONFINEMENT, (Birictly Private). Only Reliable Medical Institute Making a Spedialty of PRIVATE DISEASES, All Blood Disaases successfully treated. 8y piilitie Polson tom meroury. Now Hostorative T for Loas of Vital Power, ionts unublo {0 v Ay bo treated at lomo by correspondence, Al communications confidentlal, Mediol lflq.m- ments sent by mall or express securely pucked, no viarks to indicate or souxl interviow proferzed Call rignalt us o sond blstory of your enso, wud o wil sopd lo- plain wrapper, our 'y : Upon Private, Special or Nervous Disoases, {ohey, Byphilis, Gleet and Viricocole, ‘with question (st - Addrose, - OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE, 13th und Dodge Sircets, Omakha, Neb, r tions and A Srecianry. We Have Latvoy ADDED A LYINGIN DEPARTMUNE ed from the #) ithout and methods of