Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1890, Page 6

THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE. NO, 12 PEARL STREET. Telivered by carrler in any part of the City, H.W.TILTON......... MANAGER TEL] Businrss Orpice N NGt Epiron, N¢ MINOR N. Y. P. Co. Gleason coal, Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Thatcher coal, 114 Main street. CarbonC oal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Paarl The Loyal Temperance Legion meets this afternoon at 8 o'clock in room No. 802, Mer- rlam block. ‘The classes in drawing will begin work again the coming week, i the different achools, at the usua hour, Members of the Council Bluffs Coursing club, and all others wishing to join in a grand wolf bunt today, are requested to meet at Dr, Pinney’s office on_Pearl street at 9 ©'clock this morning. The hunt will be in the bend of the river southwest of the city. The finance committee of the council yes terday purchased a pair of horses for the new lfiose house on Lower Broadway, of a dealer named Smith, living at Logan. The new team. weighs 2,600 pounds, and will make things lively around the west end of the ¢ They are mismated in color, ono being bluck and the other a bay. The price vaid was $350, Matthoew McMenomy died at 2 o’clock yes. terday afternoon after ashort fllness. He was o brother of Rev. B. P. McMenomy, pastor of St Francis Xavier's church, who 18 also very ill, being confined to his bed, Deceased was well known Lere, having been @ resident of this city for a number of years, The funeral will tuke place tomorrow morn iog from the church. ‘The new hose house at the corner of Broad- way and Twentieth streot 18 ready for occu- v and in fact 1t is temporarily occupied, us two men ar 3 now. The finance committec of thecouncil has ordered 1,000 foet of “‘white anchor" hose, and 1t is probablo that o hos con will be ord at Mondoy night's ssion of the council. “The new building 18 well cquipped, and with & good team the boys at this house can make a good record. It is alleged that scveral of the Indian creek bridges arc in a dangerous condition, particularly those on Benton and Frank streets. Tho latter structure was condemned several years ago, but was temporarily rengthened. The city engincer muae a lengthy report somoe time ago regarding the condition of all the city bridges und what needed at each, h the vrobable cost airs. New bridges were recommended al places, and some of them are now {u course of erection. Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock occurred the faneral services of litlle Freddie Mitch. ell, son of John and Mary Mitchell, and grandchild of C. R. and Ellen Mitchell. The little one was stricken several days ago with lung fever, und although all thut medical science and Joving care could suggest was done, all efforts to counteract the diseaso fruitless, and the little one passed ay Wednesday night at 9 o'clock. His ®ge was thirteen months and four . It 15 n grievous stroke to the household in which the little ore had so endeared him- self, and the ewrncst sympathy of many {ricnds o out to them in their sorrow. The funeral services were held at the residence, Seventh street and Sixteenth avenve, and the interment was at V emoved their dental b, up stairs, Drs. Woodbury ha oftice to 101 Pearl stred 5. M. Williamsou sells the Standard and Domestic sewing machines. 106 Main street, —_——— J. G. Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadiay. ———— Bush & Gert's planos, 538 Broadwa o Reiter, tailor, 310 Broaaway. ‘Watch the Sunday morning papers for the mouncement of the Ioston Store's first annual giganuce sale, to commonce Wednes- day next, January 22, andto last ten aays. Boston Store, Council Bluffs, Fothering- ham, Whitelaw & Co. s Personal Paragraph Prof. Arthur Stevens, principal of the high school, is confined to his room in the Merriam block by severe spinal trouble. He sustained a fall in his boyhood thatv resulted in u scrious injury to his'back, and the at- tending physician, Dr.T. B, Lacey, states that his present trouble is directly traceable to thut accident, He suffers terribly, and it will be some time beforo he will be able to resume his duties in tho class room. e Tho Lenders of fine watches and jewelry in the city, and the place to buy the best goods at the lowest prices is the establishment without rivals, the most reliable firm of B. Jacqu -~ - Dr. C. H. Bower, 526 First ave, . Janssen teaches reasonable, 9027 3d ave, MiN & Co, Tel. 229, ther music. Terms e The Itoss Investment and Trust company. B Snowden in Jail, The cases against Dan Carrigg for keeping 8 gambling house and selling liguor will hardly come to a successful issuc for the prosecution, judging from present appear- Buces, a8 the prosecuting witness, one Frank Snowden of Missouri Valley, is now in Jail in Harrison county for contempt of court, It is stated that Snowden, whose sa- loon was closed some tiwme ago under an jujunction, has since been engaged in **boot~ leqeing,” ana for this he has been removed from the public gaze. Snowden had troubla with Carrigg and swore he would have re- venge for being arrested. In gratifying his vnholy desire he filed the iuformati re- ferred to regarding Carr), Carrigg stated that he would make it very warm for Snow- den in caso the latter persisted 1 annoying him, and now behold! Snowden is removad from his path very effectually, and will baraly be present when tho cases are set for trinl. - The gambling house case is set for Monday morning in Justico Barnett's court, and the other comes up a few days later. D Home grown and home ground buckwheat flour at Keeley & Younkerman, 102 Broad- way, telephone 809, —_— Notice of Dissolution, The firm of Schluter & Boley has this day dissolved partnership by mutunl agreement, Isauc Boley retiring, and August Schluter continuing the business. Hae will collect all bills due the firm and pay all indebtedness against sail firm, AUGUST SOHLUTER, Isarc Bovey, R e Cash for houschold goods, Maudel, 325 Broadway, o — Clancy Again in the Toi's. Oficer Cusick last evening arrested one of the most dangerous criminals in the country, an all around ok and confidence man known as Clancy, He was seot up from this city for an eighteen month's term, to- gether with lus partner Gleason, for the larceny of some watch chains from the jewelry store of Itobinson Hrothers. He was released u few weeks ago and made for Bioux City, but was run out of town and then made for Omaha and the Bluffs. He was highly indignunt when arrested, but it would vot work aud Le was turned over to Chief Lucas aud Captain Clough snd landad o tue hole. He should be ordered out of the cty and wade to stay away, e ‘Watch the Sunday morning papers for the nouncement of tho Boston store's first anuual gigantic clearance sale, to commence Wednesday next, January 23, and last for ten days. Hoston Store, Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Cs ot i dafalluiy Mrs. O, L. Gillette will occupy a portion of Mrs. Pleiffer's down town millinery store, No. 14 Main street, for the next thirty days. Towa lomp coal, spot cash, $3.50 per ton Council Blufts Fuel Co. e e ‘The water runs when Bixby plumbs. Tho acknowledged leading photographer i Council Bluffs is Schumidt, 220 Main street THE THE NEWS IN THE BLUFFS, A Vigorous Protest Against the Aldermanic Contractors. MRS, D, S. KERR LAID TO REST. A Mouldy Document—Frank Snows den Lands n Jail Again—An O1d Offender Meets Trouble In the City, More Information Wanted, The following communication received yesterday explains itself: 0 the Ealtor of Tne Ber—In of today, you call Alderman Waterman to account for doing work for the city. Why is it thatsAlderman Weaver does not come in for his share of the blam Is not the lobe the official organ of the city, and d not the Globe Printing company do allof the city printing without competition? I8 not J. P. Weaver a member of the city council, and as chairman of the finance committeo does he not audit and O, K. all bills, and is not this same J. I, Weaver also president of the Globe Printing company? Waterman's bills only amount to dollars, wlhiere the Globe bills ‘amount to hundreds, although the priuciple is, of course the As it is privately known that Me, Wea 1o bo sprung os a candidate for muyor, and it will of course bo pleasant to have the profits of this city’s business to push the “(Gilobe’s Own” to the front, is it not of more importance to look a little after Mr. Weaver, and let Mr. Waterman, who is strugglivg to put his business on & better footing, alone for a time and catch pig fishi 1 would like to call the attention of the taxpayers to one fact in connection with the advertising that obo, and that is the compar- y aud the regular n inl advertise A business man s a half page “ad” inserted in the paper for & but the city is required to pay from to sixteen times sum for the same space and the cost of cous tion i8 virtually the same. Doesn't it scem a little strange that the city council should allow the city to be held ‘up in any such manner, or is the explanation to be found 1o the fact thatone of the aldermen is the head of the concern that is bleeding the city to such an extent? What I would like to know is by what authority members of the, city council are being bénefitted by city contracts. The law on_that point reads 28 Tollow! No member of the city council shall be eligible to any ofico within the gift of the council during the term for which he is elected, nor shall he be interested, directly or ndirectly, in the profits of any contract or job of work or services to be performed for the city,” Famk Pray. L Dr. H. S, West, guaranteed dentistry, No. 12 Pear st., over Bee ofice. -— your issue done in the ( ative prices ch The Manlattan sporting headq'rs 418 B-way. G — Funeral of Mré. D, S, Kerr. The funeral services of the late Mrs, D. S, Kerr were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the lato residenceon Mynster street, Rev. G. W. Crofts of the Congre- gational church oficiuting. Miss Hatt Joselyn presided at the piano and sang very *One Sweetly Solemn Thought” and “geulah Land.”” “There was a large gather- ing of friends and neighbors, who mani- fested thewr sympathy notonly by their presence, but by the tearful interest they took in the occusion, The floral emblems were beautiful d appropriate. The re- mains were cenveyed to - Walnut Hill ceme- tery. Mrs, Kerr's maiden name was Julia Palmer, Shoe was born at Waukegan, 111, September 13, 1851. Her parents wero among the first settlers of that cit, She was married to Mr. Kerr January 20, 18574, and lived at Waukegan, with the exception of two years at Winenn. until she came here with her family last April Besides her husbaud, ~she leaves ,a daughter, two brothers and three sisters, and a neice, Miss Carrie Campbell, who was liviug with her at the time of her death. Mrs. Kerr was a woman of fervent Christiap character and a member of the Congrega- tional church of this city. She was a fine artist, and the walls of her home were adorned with portruits and laudscapes 1n o1l executed by those hunds now still in death. She was never strong, and for months be- fore her death was in feeble health. Two wecks ngo she was taken with the prevalling influenza, from . wnich she rallied, but getting up too soon she was attaciked by pueumonia and died despite all that Jove and medical aid could do. A true wife, a loving mother, a devoted sistor, a kind friend and a sincere Christian, she has gono to the res ward she bas justly earned. e AT e Traveling men, Hotel Jameson is first~ class. e C. 1. sseamdye works, 1013 Broadway. - An Aged Document. Henry Rishton of Neola furrishes the fol- lowing, which will be of interest to all, especially older citizens, who were convers: ant with Pottawattamie county matters in early days: COUNTY IOARD OF SUPERVISORS, State of Towa, Pottawattamie county, ss,— It is hereby certified that the first regular meeting of tha board of supervisors of said county for 1861 the members of said board wero classed and divided as provided by sec- tions 3 and 4 of an “act creating a county board of supervisors and definiug their duties and the dutics of vertain county ofiicers,” ap- proved March 22, 1560, whereby the terms of the several members of said board were fixed us follows: | Nawe of Town-| Length ot ship, Time, Nawes of Members) 18 Douginss. [ e eee | Iu testimony whercof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at Council Bluffs, this 10th day of January, A. D, 1861, E. F, Burpick, Clerk Board Superyisors Now, after a lapse of nearly thirty years, the business of the county is transacted by & board of less than half "the size of the old oue, there being now but five members, As the present board grinds out all of its bus| ness in weckly sessions every auarter, it is evident that tho old-timers n what is expressively termed & T TOLD IN THE DEPOT. How a Tramp Iepaid the Gift of a Quarter. One Christmas eve two or three years ago, ¥ we stood in a group in the depot waiti oo at Elmira, says the New York Sun, there was a scuflle and loud words, aud we turned to see the depot policeman shoving a trampish-looking man out of the place. It was a scene to make most of the crowd smile, as the officer was a big man and bis victim a small one, but before ne had him out- doors a woll-dressed fine-looking man stepped forward and demanded; “*Officer, has this man been guilty of any offiense?” “*He’s no business in here, sir,” was the reply. “Why hasn’t he?” “*Because he's a tramp, are 1 put ’em out.” Just wait,” Ho brought out his wallet, handed the forlorn-looking stranger two crisp .I;)lhillu, and then turned to the officer with: **Now, let him ulone. A man with $20 in his pocket is no tramp,” *'God bless you, sw!” whispered the recipient of his bounty, as he looked at the money in the greatest astonishment, “I'm no vagabond; I'm simply down on My orders OMAHA DAILY my luck. I was wanting to got to Buf- falo, where 1 hope to hit & job, and I'm willing to work at anything and for any price Some one ventured to ask the gontle- for an explanation of his liboraltty “Just a yoar ago tonight,in one of tho towns on the Erie road, a tramp struck me for a quarter and got it. He must have gone off on a freight train rmght away, and he gota lift of twenty odd miles before he was bounced. Four hours later I took a train, and while passing from one coach to anotherlost my foot- ing and was flung off. | struck on my head and shoulders, and was rendered unconscious, though not very badly hurt. When I came to the quarrel over my body. Twomen wanted to rob me, while a third was holding them off, and when they cked him he gave them such a e that they hauled off. Then ho ran to a farm house a quarter of a mile away, routed out the people, and helped y me there. While [ eould not speak 1 heard all that was id. 1 heard him say that he recognized me as the one who had befriended him evening 3 and before e went aw: insisted on taking an inventory personal property. J had o diamond pin, and over #1,000 in money, and everything was kept safo for me during the two weeks I was in the hou 2 “But what became of the tramn?’’ have never seen hun since. After seeing me sufo at the house he started off, saying he would send o doctor from the nearest town, and I never even had the chance to talk to him.” - Coughs and Hoarseness.—The irrita- tion which induces coughing immidiately ro- ved by use of “Brown's Bronchial oches.”” Sold ouly in boy —— g A WORD ABOUT BOYS, A Pittsburg Man Gives Some Views on Busincss Traimme. Oue of theoldest and most capable business men in Pittsburg expressed his views in regard to training boys for the duties of life substantially as follows to areporter of the Dispate! I T had a boy I would no more think of sending him from home to earn his living with- out the necessary traming to enable him to mako his way against the strong opposition that he would be sure to en counter at every step than I would think of flying. I would consider it a erime against society to do so. What chance a boy to hold his own in the fierce struggle for existence without skill of some kind? None at all. The most i can hope for 18 u lowly station and a carecer of drudgery at manual labor of the roughest kind, He may start out with high hopes and noble purposes, but when he comes in contact with actual business affairs he will soon find that they are too complicated and preeise for his crude ideas and methods. The ro- sult cannot be doubtful. He will drift from post to pillar and finally bring up at the bottom of the ladder, where he will remain. He has been tried and found wanting. This is not his fault; he may have done the hest he could; but it all comes from his parents neg- lecting to give him that training of brain and band which is absolutely necessary to success in this age of keen wits and sharp competition. “Business methods have chunged wonderfully since I was a boy. Then it was conducted, for the most vart, in a crude, hap-hazard sort of manner. Nearly everthing was on a small scale, requiring no particular training or ex- perience. Some people have the notion that it is same now, but they are sadly mistaken. Men who were successful in business life forty or fifty ?'em's ago could havdly’ fll a clerkehip now. Business has been reduced to a science, and its manifold complications are as hard to understand as any other branch of knowledge. A good business man 1n these days is competent to i1k any position, public or private. More than one president has called men from the store or factory to assist in carrying on the government. A business man is at this moment at the head of the post- office department. When alad he en- tered a store, and under good tutelage he soon mastered every detail of the business, This prepared him to set up for himself, which he did with wonder- ful success. I do not care howor where a boy is trained, so that correct buginess principles are instilled into him. He may learn these at home, in a store, factory or workshop; I do not in- sist that he shall be highly edu- cated in the learning of the schools, but I do insist that he shall be thoroughly grounded in some oceupa- tion, trade or profession. A business balf learned is not learned at all, This is the cause of so many jack-of-all trades which infest every community. 1) know a little of many things and not much of any, They have to give way when they come in competition with better trained hands and braine. is i sible for them to rise to the . y must remain at the bottom. They are called upon only in cases of emergency,” “*The future glory and prosperity of this country rest with the boys, They will in due time be called upon to take the places of the men who are now at the head of affairs—who are filling the offices of the state and nation and con- ducting the various business enter- prises for which we are so greatly dis- timguished. How important it is, then that these boys be brought np so as to be competent to discharge these great duties.” e Horsford’s Acid Phosphate For Night Sweats of onsumption, gives speedy relief, e Th : Ohinese Ihrory of Evolution, The rocks are the bones of the divine body, the soil is the flesh, the metals are the nerves and veins; the tide, wind, vain, clouds, frosy and dew are all by its respirations, pulsations and ex- halations, says a writer in the Popular Science Monthly., Originally ~ the mountaing rose to the firmament, and the seas covered the mountains to their tops. At that time there was, 1n the divine body, no life besides the divine life. Then the water subsided; small herbs grew, and in the lapse of cycles developed into shrubs and trees. As the body of man, unwashed for years, breeds vermin, so the mount- wins, unlaved by seas, bred worms and insects greater creatures developing out of lesser, eetles in the course of ages became cortoise, earth-worms became serpents, high-flying insects becume birds, some of the turtle-doves became pheasants, egrets became cranes, and wild cats became tigers, The praying mantis was by degrees transformed into an ape, und some of the apes became hairless, A hairless ape made a fire b, striking crystal upon a rock, and, with the spark struck out, igniting the dry grass, With the fire they cooked food, and by eating warm vituals they grow large, strong and knowing, and were changed into men. Lord Churchill as an Angler, Tord Randolph Churchill has been staying av Floors castle, Roxburghshire, during the last fow days, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh,and on Tuesday, fishing on the Floors Upper Water, on the Tweed, he killed five splended salmon, and his sister, the duchess, landed two, one of which weighed tweunty-five pounds, BEE: SATURDAY, J NEW ZEALAND'S MAORIS, Very Stubborn and Very Zealous In Their Retivious Beliefs, The Rev. James F. laylor attended the meetings of the American board of missions held recently, says the Now York Star. He is an” Englishman who has seen service in most parts of the world, and though not too old to engnge in active work, he takes a keen interest in every movement ing for its ob- ject the conver In a chat a reporter had with him provi- ous 1o his departure for home he said that of all the natives he has come in contact with those of New Zealand in- terest him most, “'The Maoris, as the aborigines of New Zealand are called,” said Mr. Tay- lor, “are a noble ra and offer a startling contrast to the now extinct aborigines of the neighboring island of Tasmania, physically and intellectually. The Tasmanians, f indeed any of them, are yet alive, cannot be taught to count beyond twenty, the number of their fingers and toes, whoreas the Muaoris are capable of a classic educa- tion. Indeed, many of them are in the New Zealand parliament, and one of them at least—Wiremu Otaki—is an accomplished speaker. As warriors, fighting man to mav, they are equal in every respect to the British, upon whom they have often inflicted disastrous de- feats. Unfortunately the white man’s rum and the white man’s vices aro driv- ing them out of existence, and_though a dash of their blood will show itself in the future Australian, ns n race they are bound to go. The most erudite ethnol- t cannot tell how the . The islands composing Zealand are 800 miles from the ne continent and the largest boat the na- tives have is no bigger than an Indian canoe. Then they resemble neither the South American Indian nor the native of the Australinn con- tinent. Their own theory is that the Great Spirit was fishing ‘one time, and threw his line down_from the sky to hook n whale. The hook stuck in the ground, and he pulled and puffed until he drew a mountain up to the skies, which is now called Rangarirvi. He flew along the clouds in a rage, and tried his luck 600 miles away with no better success, for this time he brought up Mount Egmont, a peak 10,000 feet above the sea level. Hoth these snow- clapped peaks may be seen to this day by mariners far out at sea as a proof of the correctness of the tradition. ‘It is not easy to convert the Maori, but once couverted he is a pious and in- telligent Christian. They all ride on horseback and are very Tt A bright-colored clothing and jewelry. It is nothing uncommon to meet a Maor lady coming into town in complete rid- ing nabit astride of a fine horse, puffing away at a short cluy pipe under her veil.” - - THE MAGIC The Cook Remedy Nebraskn. A close examination of any of the hundred relinble works on medicine veul the fuct, that, in spite of the ful advance made in medicine irgery in the last century, there has never been a cure or specific, d coverced for that most terrible of dis- eases, Syphillis, until the **Magic Rem- as introduced by the Coolkk Rem= edy company, of Omaha, Neb. is no dis that “flesh is heir to,” older than Syphillis, cases of it being megtioned in many portions of the bible, but in spite of this fact it has always. bafiled the best efforts of the most eminent pysicians of the United States. By the introduct- of their specific the benefit confered upon hum: by the Cook Remedy company is inestimable. For years the physicians of nearly every school have treated Sypbillis upon almost the same principle, using various combinations of sarsaprialla, iodide potassium, mercury. ete. The result being to drive it into the system, when the case i3 pronounced cured the physician pockets alarge fee, and the putient lives on, only to suffer the same experience time and time again, the inevitable result, sooner or later, heing death, in its most horrible f Even worse are the thousands of ad vertising **quacks” that infest every city, as, in most cases they know but little about the practice of medicine, and aftor bleeding their victim of the Inst possi- ble cent, leave him in a vhousand times worse condition tan when they began to treat (?) him. Knowing the above to be true, having seon the effects of their pernicious prac- tices in hundreds of cases, those af- flicted should 1nvestigate a remedy that promises not only relief but a complete and undeniable cure in ov case. A few words as to the reputation and financial standing of the Cook Remedy company. The company is composed of men’ of the very higlest standing in bhusiness, professional and social life and have a financial bucking exceeding $300,000. Those who doubt the truth of this statement can satisfy themselves by add ing any of the following coucerns: R. G. Dun & Co., Bradstreet’s Commercial ageney, Mer- chants’ Union Credit compuny, or the Woestern Newspaper union. Nothing could be fairer than this. Nowas to the remedy, The Cook Remedy com- pany claim and are willing to back that claim with proof, that there is not a e of syphillis on earth, no matter how severe or of how long standing that their remedy will not cure, hundreds of cases have been_treated during the past five years,and not a single failure has been recorded. They do not cure it for the time being, but eliminate all syphilliti rulsml from the system and effect a complete and lusting cure. T'hey solicit cases that bave been given up as incurable, having cured scores of patients that were in the last stage and who had been given up to die, Competent physicinns attend all patients visiting “Omaha, but where a personal visit 1s impossible or inconven- ient, the patient can be cured as well ond quickly at home, provided he acts strictly according to direct Hundveds of letters, testifying to al- most miraculous cures, are on file at the office of the company, but for rensons pluin to all, cannot be published in this article. Partigs suffering from this most horrible of all diseases should con- sult this compagy. Cure for Inflaenza, C. Sander of Chicago writes: ““Tt sur- prises me that in no public report refer- enco is made to the pure volatile euca- lyptus as a cure of the influenza, which has become epidemic in Europe and, recently, in a good many parts of the Uunited States, Thisdrug was employed by Prot. Dr. Mostler, director of the medical clinic of the university at Griefswald, DPrussia, with the best re- sults in influenza, hay fever, diph- theritis, catarrhal affections of the nasal mucous membrane and the deeper lying mucous membranes of the trachea and. bronchi. Prof. Dr. Schulg, lecturer on pharmacology at the university of Bounn, Prussia, speaks likewise in the highest terms of the virtues of thay drug in the complaints named. During my stay in Australia, where the use of pure volatile eucalyp- tus extract (the volatile oil of ihe leaves) has become quite familiar, I took particular interest in 1ts manu- fucture, The article there universally .tupied separate apartmeonts, ANUARY in favor 1s manufactured at Sandhurst, Victoria, ond exported to all paris of the globe. It must not be confounded with the common terebinthinous eucalyptus o1l or wood oil, Russian Influenza, Almost every one is now interested in knowing the proper treatment for this di According to the best author- requires procisely tho ment &8s a severe cold, and 1t is nerally known that thore is nothing better for a severo cold than Chamber- ain’s Cough Remedy taken as dirccted. Iixtreme care should be taken to keep the foct dry and warm, the body well clothed and to avold exposure, especi- ally when recovering from disease, and to keep up the vitality. Persons phys- ically weak should take tonics to keep up their strength. It is also important that the bowels be kept regular. No ordinary case 18 likely 1o require any further treatment than this to insure a complete Fou sale by all druggists, THREE LEPER BROTH:IRS. 8ad €c ne at the *an Pesthouse. Prisoners for life, yot thoy hav mitted no crime! Forced to'r fined within narrow limits, yet eager toenjoy all the pleasures of nature, Doomed forever to live apart from their fellowmen, yot yearning for friendly in- torcourse und taking a deep interest in all thatis going on around them. This is the dreadful fate or three young white men who for more than two yeurshave lived in the leper ward of the San I'rancisco pesthouse. They nry brothers. Frank, d and John a they ure known bv at the pe Their other names the San Ixaminer vofrains from pub- lishing, because the boys asked that the feelings of their father and mother be spared. Our father lives in and our mother in the same Franclsco com- main con- ward being eighteen and John six “*Both our parents are perfectly healthy and never showed a trace of this disease, and we avoid any notoriety that might attract attention to them, and let strang kunow that they have three leper sons in the pesthouse, It is hard enough to bear our own troubles without making trouble for others.” And the young man’s mild blue eyes moistened as he looked wistfully over the fence of the pesthouse and away out across the waters of the bay to avoid showing the emotion that the thought of his parents and his dreadful separa- tion from them caused him. It was a moment that gave an excellent oppor- tunity to study the unfortunate young man. His face is as mild, gentle and tender as that of & woman who seeks consola- tion for her own troubles in sharingthe troubies of others. Nothing more pa- thetic than the soft look he bent upon the reporter who questioued him could be imagined. Bearing his own and a share of his brother’s burdens with resignation; meekly hoping for that re- lief which the experience of a life spent among the islands, where leprosy is regarded as ineurable, told him was not likely to come; busying himself about the curative measures that they had been induced to try, had brought to his face the look of gentle heroism that mar- tyrs show; the most touching expres- sion thut ever marked a human counte- nance. “We are all getting better and hope to get well some time,” he continued, but the hopeful words were too evi- dently the result of constant efforts to be hopeful to carry conviction that he really felt what he said. It was hard to get the young men to tell their pathetic story. Their sensi- tive natures shrank from any parade of their sufferings, and it was only by means of a long conversation that put them somewhat at their ease that the reporter who called to sec them could gain any information, They were born of pure, white pa- rents in the Sandwich islands and lived there until a couple of years ago, when their father, no doubt fearing he would be sent to the leper settlement, brought them to this city. They lived as most white lads live down there, mingling with the Hawai- ans on the streets, but having no fur- ther companionship with them. [t was the cldest that first showed symptoms of the disease, the others following in the order of their birth, The three boys had always lived together, but oc- They ail thought that their infection came from distinct causes, and all ate equally at a loss to understand how they were in- fected. They had mever been to the leper settlement, nor had they to their knowledge associated with leprous na- tives. The perfect health of their parents procluded the possibility of the disease being inherited. That ‘was all of their history they could be induced to tell, ——— Durno's Catarrh Snuff. When suffering with catarrh, cold n the head, nervous headache, etc., use Durno’s Snuff, it will rehieve you at once. Price 25¢ At druggists, —— Curous Foreign Currency. New York Morning Jours way even now uses corn for coin, In India cakes of tea pass as currency, and in China pieces of silk, Oxen form the circulating medium among the Zulus and Kaflirs. Tin today forms the standard of value at the great fairs of Nishni Novgorod, In the retived districts of New Guinea female slaves form the standard of value. Among some of the native Australians greenstone (jude) and red ochre form the currency. Chocolate 18 used in interior of South America for a currency, as are cocoa~ nuts and eggs. Iron spikes, six being a drachm or handful, are employed in a certain parts of Central Africa, Whales’ teeth are used by the Fijians, red feathers by some of the South™ Sea Islanders and salt in Abyssinia, The small, hard shell known as the cowrie is used in India, the Indian islands and Africa in the place of sub- sidiary coiu. In the British West Indies pins, a slice of bread or a pinch of snuff haveall a purchasing power, while on the Afri- can coast axes are the accepted cur- rency. Nor- Are you troubled with chronie diarrhaat A glass of Cook’s extra dry chumpague three or four times a day will cure it. e Queer Cuban Houses in Havana, The Cuban houses in Havana are one or two stories high, as arule, and are of various shapes —long, square and ob- long. They are mostly built around an open Fnrduu or court yard, the frout and side portions being divided up into parlor, dining and bedrooms, and the rearinto servants’ quarters and kitchen. The rooms ure simply immense. The tiled ceilings are lofty in extreme, the windows, which reach midway from floor to ceiling, averaging twelve feet in height, The latter are barved on the outside with iron and closed within by heavy wooden shutters, which open in- ward, When it rains, which it does frequently and abundantly, the sill being on the outside, the water often half floods the rooms, PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. H. BIRKINBINE Hydraulic and Sanitary Specifieations. gineor. Plans, Estimates Supervision of Public Work. Brown Building, Coucil Blufls, Towa. N. SCHURZ ~Attorneys-at Law. A PRETTY GIRL'S INFLUENCE, How Feminine Beauty fs Utilized n the Pulling of Tecth, “When a man's afraid, A beautifal maid Is a charming sight to seo." is what you heard tho maiden sing in *“The Mikado,” snys a New York letter in the Boston I ild, She was telling about a capi punishment which she had witnessed and her dec- laration that the doomed man just be- fore losing his hend gazed upon her pretty fuce for cou was alwaye takon as a Gilbert fu But the idea is actually put into practical use in the largest New York establishments where teeth are extracted under luugh- ing-gas. 1 have been there two or threo times and have watehed this feature of the business with amused interest. Now you may readily know, laughing-gas s the patient oblivious but not ble, He fecls all that is done to him and often makes o lot of fuss about it, but upon awakening nhe recall nothing that has happe It s when the “‘man’s afraid” that the ‘beautiful maid” was placed before him as *‘a charmii sight to see.” In other word while strong-armed dentist stands at one sido of the victim’s chair with the gas-bag ready for him to breathe out of a girl with'an amiable, y face take position close to the opposite arv thetically yveot smilingly She isn't coquettish about It may be deseribed ns n sort of cousinly smile—that is, somewhere be- tween a si grin and an ogle, with no tie of c nguinity in it. As the man breathes in the gas and loses his vision is that of face. The prac- lies in the fact —and T have thison the authority of the boss of the place—that o goodly portion of the patients would become obstreperous and violent while under the influence of the gas but for the ef- fect of the girl’s presence. That may seem like nonsense, but in practice it proves to be good scuse. Whnen the man awakens he finds his guardian angel is still there, und he departs feeling, I suppose, that she has taken a deep and poignuat interest in his par- ticular case. ro 18 e There are persons in this vieinity who might be benefitod by knowing the experience of Mr. J. H. Helms, an en- gineer on the Atchison, Topeka & Sunta Pe rail Wo therefore pub- lish it below fc benefit of the pub- lic. Mr. Helms ‘My wife had been trouble for two yi much good until 1 tr Cough Remedy. Six 50-cent bottles of that medicine cured her sound and well, She is now entircly well and as sound as | ever knew her to be.” Mr. J. H. Salmon, a prominent druggist at ort Madison, Iowa, vouches for the truth of the above statement and says Mr, Helms told him e had tried several physicians in Chicago, with but little benelit, be- fore using this remedy. For sale by all druggists. cery bad lung Nothing did her od Chamberlain’s ——— Scotch Dinners Costing a Cent. They manage dinuers for poor children a trifle more economically in Bdinburgh than elsewhere, says the Liverpool Courier. In Edinburgh it 8 found pos- possible to supply for u half-penny n a wholesome meal of vegetable broth and bread. Scotch children thrive on the various savory thick soups of many ingredients for which the cuisine of the country is celebrated, and unfortunate- ly, soup of any kind, clear or thick, is rarely prepared in the home of the En- glish poor. Solid meat, bread and pota- toes form the staple died. 1In too many cases in England bones are only re- garded as useful to the rag and tone man; in Scotland such waste is rare even among the poorer. SR e How Long Should We Sleep? Up to the fifteenth year most young people require ten hours, and unfil the twentieth year nine hours, After that nge every one finds out how much he or she requires, though, us a general rule, at Jeast six to eight Nours is necessary, Eight hours’ slecp will prevent move nervous derangements in women than any medicine can cure. During growth there must be ample sleep if the brain is to develop v its full extent; and the more nervous, excitable or precocious a child is, the longer sloep shoula,it get, if its inteliectual progress is not to come to a premature standstill or its life cut short at an eurly age. CALIFORNIA THE LAND OF DISCOVE RIES. GITASTE - uen s OCOU GG TR IHAN C'OL HS SANTA : A3IE; AND: CAT: R: CURE ‘For sale by Goodmaan Drug Ce HE BEST "A';} E ‘LI PRICES TATE (s J-CHAYNES € (© the | —~Justice of the Peace. Broadway, Council Bluffs, lowa. A ————————— STONE & SIMS ures Council Bluffs, Towa. | | 202 Avenue ¢ OfMco ov an Express, No. 41 Practice in the State and Ied- Rooms 7 and 8 Shugart-Beno Block, SPECIAL NOTICES, COUNCIL BLUFFS. — - 4 FOR SALE AND RiNT. -3 OR TRADE-100 acres of clear Kansas land, partly fmproved; will trade for a $1,000 8tocK of dry 0018 and groceries, or wiil trade &) ncres for 4011 8tock of groceries. Address ‘Council Bluffs, 1a. VW ANTED A first-class cooky also chambore mald; o ) per week. None but corm - etent noed apply. 151 Broadway, Council Blufts, QOR SALE OR TRADE involce about &,0X, Lamb, Masonic temple, Councal Bluffsy VW ANIED - Compotent girl, family of (wo, nighest wages paid. Mrd, J, F.Kimbally 01 4th & ock of atationery one-third cash. J, H VYW ANEED-A good giri for general holse work in small fawmily; 222 South Rixth st, OTICE~If you have re GALALO Or chattels yOu Want to dispose of quick, hist them with Kerr & Gray, Conncil Bluifs, La {OR EXCHANG KA good new f-room hoiss %0 exchange for an tmproved 80 in western or central lowa, Keir & FPHE WEST SIDE BUILDING 800 Council BluiTs uvites the attentio WOrking on suiaeies and othor ALO MERDS T LNBIF CO-0Arativ homes in this eity. 1t 15 ball ters of purchase and credit otfectod under this plan than by fndividual action, and that a better site. netghborhood and sureoumd inws can be secured thun by purchusing and - Proving fudependentiy wod h separato districts n the city. The underaizied wlil*furuish in- formution and show the property Otlice open from 7 C. M roor plan for ecuring od - that he 0 all inguir cek duy even 03 Merriam block. ho business honse lately ocois T. McAtee. Apply at b37 Fifth venue. }-(WI\H 4] iE-%ord stocks of gencral merchandiso to exchange for good fari lands and cash: invoice from .00 't 812,000, Address Korr & Gray, Couuctl Bluffs, Tn. e and Greenwood Houses and lots on " L. Doble, cor. Crossani OTS for sale n Oak Gro! 4 dition monthly Havzel st VW ANTED— At nonco, stock general mdse, that will 4,00, in exchange for £,50) 1n_good improved operty noar thls place: baL in cash, Addrasy uncil Blufs. Oit Excanie ~Th Jeaso of a 63 roomn Lotel dolng & big business in enstern Neb, Price, #8005 81,600 caso bal. on easy terms, or will take % in good real estate. Address Korr & Gray, Council Blufs, ot grocer; tuvolce Nn\vapmvml Toal estat to trado for unim provea Omaha or Councll Blulls property TREAL KSTATEfougnt and woli and ex- changed.~Bpecial attontion given to exam- 3. Judd, 606 Broadway, ination of titles. W. C. James, No 10 Pearl at, QR SALE or Rent—Gurden land with housss, by J. R. Rice 102 Main st., Council Biuifs, Oheaper Than Ever. ything in the hardware line ot Shugart Hoye, the prices in skates haye been cut vo, ond the finest wnd largest line in the city to’ solect from, ‘While the skating is so £000 come in and get & bargain, Rocollect that y #2 purchase entitlos the person-t chatice in the grand drawing to take place January 15, BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENIS. Room 2, Opera House Block, Council Bluffs, Towa. THOS. OFFICER. W.H. M. Pusky OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Corner Main and Broaaway, COUNCIL BLUFKS, I0WA. s in forelyn and domestic excha, ons made aud interest paid on time d 3 L. Snuaant, Pros. Vice Pren. Cuas. R, HANNAN, Cashier, \| NI, CITIZENS' STATE B OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Pald up Capital. 35,000.00 .335,000.00 Surplus . . Liability to Depositora. Dinecrons—T. A, Miller, F. 0. Glezson, 1. L. Shugart, K. K. Hart, J aundson, Chias, It Hannan, ‘ransact’ gencral banking busiiic:s Largest capital and surplus of any bank in Northwestern fowa, Interest on time deposits ~F. M. ELLIS & CO., ARCHITECTS AND BUILDING SUPERINTENDENTS, Rooms 430 and Jee Bullding, Omana Neb, und Rooms 244 and 246 Merriam Block, Council Blutrs, lowa, rresponden 1eited, S. E. MAXON, Archite t and Superintend:nt, Room 281, Merriam Block, COUNCIL BLUFFS, - 3D, Bonusy CHAMBER EYE, EAR AND THROAT SURGEON, Defective Vislon and Refra L ABRES ACCUIAT! Special &ttention given headuches, nn 3 whi y curs thmp ppli (i Catnrrh treated with suceess by mail after first con J; A Murphy Manufacturing Co, 1st Avenue and 21st Street. SASH DOORS AND BLINDS. Band and Neroll Sawing. Re-Sawing and Planing. Sswing o allKinds, Porcn Brackets, Kindling wood £2.5 por load delivered. —Cloai wawdust by the barrel Zic. All work to be first-class, ~ Telephone 24, 7 ATARRH! et nRAYILE P iElmrln Trusses, Belts, Chest Pro- fectors, Etg, Agents wanteq, ’®, C. B, JUDD, 006 Browad; v Councit Blutrs, l-,_ DRUCE & REVNOLDS Bashionable ~ Confectioners.- ‘Lhe very latest noveltles for Danquets an rnvnn partios, Cholce fruits, bon- tons, choce ntea, lmucrcurn aud old fushio lasses candy & speclalty. Orders for partios and mail Ghders promptly lied, 54 Boadway, Council us, 1a. /