Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1890, Page 6

| i 1 OID JACK WATTS' CHRISTMAS. Chicago Times: It was during holiday woek, twenty-four years ago, that tho fll-fated steamship Atlantic was wrecked upon the reefs on *‘Devil’s Cradle,’ within forty feet of the lofty rock-bound west const of Nova Scotia. It wus one of the most disastrous of ocean horrors on record. The oldest resident of that vicinity is venerable, silver-haired Jac Watts, who has just turned his elghty- sccond year. rough, weather-beater brilliant record for bra “Do I remember that night? Do I? You wouldn't ask that question, my boy, if you had been here, for if you lived ever 5o many lives you would not forget that awful night through all eternity,” eaid he, and the sturdy old man’s v quivered as hepaused tocloar his throat, and his eyes glistened. “Well, sir,” he continued, ‘“‘you re- marked that this was a stormy night when you came in. Pshaw! this is noth- ing. Sure there is a bit of a storm brewing and a rather stiff breeze, but fisherman with a nothing worth noticing. Look out a bit.” And as he opened the door & gust of wind extinguished the lamp, leaving the room in darkness, ‘We walked out toward the bluff. The air was murky, raw and growing bitter cold, Eighty feet below the waves dashed against the rocks, pounding like some enormous sledge-hammer, with a noise like distant thunder, and causing the ledg e under our feet to vibrate wih each blow, The phosphorescent foam on thecrests of the breakers enabled me to dimly see the huge, angry billows tumultuously chasing each other shoreward and breaking upon the projecting edges of the rocky reef, Far away in the distance there was now and n visible a tiny pointof light —of some vessel; so far that it would vholly disappear for awhile, and then » into view. That light is about sixty miles away, steamer, likely one of the English French liners,” he said. We had reached near the very edge of the bluff —as far as it was safe to go—when my companion pressed my arm and paused. Stretehing out his m and pointing with his long, hony fingers, he ex- claimed: *“Down there, just beyond us it is only cighty feet from dry land— sec that dark streak in the sea? Th the ‘Devil’s Cradle,’ and is under water 2h tide, It is called t s the reef is like a set of big the sharp rocks hold a vessel that on them, and sometimes the sea has beaten and pounded and shook the wrecks, y much as a cradle is rocked, until they are torn to pieces, Nine have been lost there during my time, But that was not the luck of which was too firml be moved, and broke her in two, and after awhile tore her to pieces But that night set in hard, It cold—bitter cold---and the sun went down in a blinding snowstorm, and the wind blew every way with o forco that was awful; then came sleet and hail that cut your very cloth and drow blood wherever it stru our flesh. All the time the wind was raising and the air was getting more bitterly cold. the Atlantic, It was so cold that the seemed to sting you, and the wind would whirl you avound wlmost off your feet; it whistled and howled and screech- ed with a frightful noise. I says to my pious old woman: ‘Mary Ann, it does seem as though hell itself had been let loose tonight,” and says she to m my, [ believe it is—but—Jimmy and sheandI ran to the window and looked out and listened, “Well, with all that unearthly up- roar of the tempest, you could not hear much else, yet wo did hear a faint ‘boom,’ like the sound of a cannon; in a minute or two we saw a streak of fire shooting up through the hail and snow, and then we knew that the Devil's Cradle had, or would have, *another wreck. ‘God help the poor souls,’ I cried, and Mary Ann went down on her knees and prayed for them and the poor lad of ours—our boy Jamio—whom we thought was on an Fast Tudia merchant- man. But—he—wasn't, thougl » andthe old muan’s voice was choked into silence. “Well, sir,”” he umed, ‘‘the wife puton a boiler of water, and I put wood to the fire. We always do when we think we may have good use for it, if some are rescued. Then I ranout in thestorm. [ wasa good bit of astrong man then, sir, but [ could hardly stand up in that gale; it blew with awful foree, and one could not see ten feet away, yet I pushed on to just about where we are stunding. Another rocket shot up, and {ts track of five disclosed an aw ful sight. It was all in o minute, and 1 had to strain my eyes and look under the peak of my h % through the blinding storm. There was a great, big, splendid ocean steamship driven over the outer edge of the recfj the waves looked asthough the whole bottom of the ocean had vio- lently heaved them up, they were ac- tually like mountains, and they lifted that huge steamer up and let it down, bumping over those jagged points of flinty rock. “Phen all was pitchy darkness again, and although I could not see ything, I kept my cyes in the same direction. In a few minutes unother rocket shot up, and again I saw that noble vessel lifted up almost out of the water by a mighty wave; astern it seemed cnught and ivoted on one great point of rock; then t was wheeled aroundund as the waters receded the bare; rough rocks seemed like a huge jaw,down into which the steamer dropped with a crashing noise of broken iron, glass, tackling, and machinery. Loud above all, I could hear the smothered but unmistakable sound of women's shricks and the shouts of men. “Then all was inky-black darkness, and the waves and winds vied with eac other in transcending their fiendish purt. T had hard work to hold my 1 ance—keep my feet—and get to our lit- tle home, “We were up at daybreak, and as the storm abated f joined some neighbors and went down to the cliffs, There we saw the noble steamship hard fast on the rocks, split in the center, and strained all over, The waves were yet furiously breaking over her; ice had formed on various parts of the deck, bulwarks and rlgglng; bodies were frozen sturk and stiff. All was silent as the grave—not a living )lm‘mn insight on board. But few bodies were washed ashore until the next day, and one had been thrown up near where I stood. I leaned and reached forward and drew it in, It was the bod* of a man; his overcoat had been twisted over the face, and was stiff with a casing of ice. We turned the corpse over, loosened the garment, and drew it down, showing the face,. Mer- ciful God! it was our Jumiel As we were afterward informed by a shipmate of his, he had planned it to come home and surprise us Christmas day.” “Theold man sobbed a moment or two, and then exclaimed: *‘Yes, our Jamie did come home, and he did sur- prise us, but what a sad surprise it was, ou will not wonder now I remember so wall the night of the wreck of the At- lantie, when our Jamie came home."” He Is o stalwart, hardy, | | bes INGERSOLL ON CHREISTMAS, [Written for the 8t. Louls-Globe Democrat.] I belleve in holidays that isto say in holy days, and by holy I mean happy days—dnys when the tired may rest, when the workingman may have the company of his family: days in which to cultivate friendship and the amenities of civilizaed life. T belie in what is called Christmas, not be- caue of its suppose d_religious origin, 190 I think it well to have atime families can come together and dinary business of life may be sus- pended, and when we can_think sbout something besides trade and harter, As amatter of fact. the holiday knownas Christmas is farolder than Christianity, and far older, I presume, thar it ing religion. It was, in all probability, born of sun worship, the most natural of all religions. Just before Christmas is the shortest day of the year, and the day when our savage ancesters thought that the sun had been overpowered or conquered by the hosts of darkness, Then in spite of the power of the shadow, the days begin to lengthen and the sun is victorious over the Herod of the night, and this festival is asold at least as history. and probubly thousands of years older. When we think that our ancestors lived in d dens—orat least many of them—when we imagine the winters through which they passed the clouds and durkness and hunger, we can easi sco how they rejoiced when the days began to lengthen, and with what feel- ing of gladness they greeted the rising sun, How their oyes gleamed; how their hearts throbbed! Christmas was then associated with the return of life, It was the promise of another spring, of lenty of sunshine and joy. This day ins been nssociated for countless gene- rations with the best sentiments, with the best feeling. the human heart, and no matter whether it been ap: propriated by some peculiar form of superstition or not, there is the same reason in nature for its celobration that there was before man ever heard what is known as the scheme of salvation. believe in every day that brings families together; in" every day and in every institution that adds to the bevter feelings, to tho higher nature and to the ible instinets of the race. 1 be- <0, that the world can now keep v Christmas, or a Christmas with higher significance. Tho old Christmas was kept because the reign of darkness wasabout to ceage; because the light had again conquered.” Let us hope that in the history of the human mind the light is at last the victor, that the darkness of ignorance is passing away, and that the real friends of humanity, h al friends of freedom of thought, now, at the close of the nineteenth century, celebrate the victory of Intel- lectual Light. PEET e T M. Schaenberger, Beaver Dam, Wi Vi “We have used Dr. Thomas' Ele tric Oil in our family for coughs, cold, croup and rheumatism, It cures every time."” g i M The Shining Lights Of the old world, soldiers, statesmen and men of letters, all write in the % travagant prai of our facilit for travel in America And we are entitled to the praise. On every Engiish line there i dusty lunch coun- ter, kno; ts for these many ] years. Not nk of water, nor a crust of bread to be had on the trai No wonder our trans-A tlanticfriends e press amazement when they sit down toa lotel dinner on one of the palace dining cars on the Union and Southern Pacific railwiys—an arrangement which is the most perfect in the country today. ———— A M TTER OF PORCINE IDENTITY. Not the Porker, but the Importance of the Princible at Stake, Two or three lawyers were talking of old lawsuits the other day. when one of the oldest members of the lndianapolis bar remarked, in the hearing of a repor- ter for the Indianapolis Journal: “f: - member the Perry township pig case that took up a good partof one term of court, having come up through a jus- tice’s office. The case was tried, I be- lieve, by Governor Wallace, father of our postmaster, and there were at least two firms of lawyers on each side. Sims Colley and Thomas Walpole werein the case, and, so far as Mr. Colley was con- cerned, he was then in the full power of his renown. The case gave him full op- portunity for the display of his pictur- esque renius. and the drolleries he in- fused into it long furnished matter of lnughing for the bar, Mr. Colley, how- ever, no matter how absurdly droll he might become, never lost sight of the best interests of his client and certainly never lost sight of his own in the shape of as fat a fee as it was possible to ob- it ““The question was about the identity of a shoat,” continued the lawyer. “The witnesses on one sido swore it wasa pig in a barnyard, and bad never been out until it had been putintoa pen,from which it was taken to be slaughtered, The witnesses on the other side sworo that they had known it from the time it wasusuckling. But thegreat point was the proof of un ear-mark, One claim- ant, sustained by one of the wit- nesses, said he marked an ear of the shout with his pocket knife, and the cut was explained at great length to the jury. The other claimant said the mark ©on the ear of bis shout was torn by the tee hof adog. It was at this stage of the testimony that a sensationa 1 featuro was introduced. One witness, having brought the testimony to an exciting |minl. added a climax by pulling from his pocket a pickled big’s ear, which ho declared to be the ear of the shoat in question. This created a great uproar in the court room, as the effect of this pictorial testimony upon the jury could not, be measured, This wit- ness with the ear was, however, measurably diseredited, and the case wenton. Medical experts were callod in to testify as to what the diffevence in appearance would bo between a shoat's curcut with a knife and one torn by the teeth of a dog. The experts did not agree, and the jury disagreed, and an- other trinl was held, the second jury dis- agreeing as the first had done. Charges of perjury wus made on each side and a number of assaultand battery cases grew out of it, The cost of litigation were be- tween #100 and $500 on each side,” “What was the shoat worth?” About $1 but the litigants were fighting for principle.” e Dr.Birney, nose and throat. Bee bldg. e A Charming Memory. No improvement have beenso marked, so signally perfect in attainment, in the last few years, as the numerous luxuries which have been introduced in transcon- tinental travel. Instead of harrowing recollections the tourist now has left to him when his journey is completed, a charming memovy of perfect train ser- vice and palace dining cars, The ar- rangements this winter for dining cars on the Union and Southern Pacific roads is something far in advance of anything in that hitherto attempted, e Tickets at lowest rates and su perior accommodations via the groat Rock Island route Ticket office, 1602—Six~ teenth and Farnam streots Omaha s ombuian)s The Single Danger to France. Universal suffrage may be vitiated in two ways; through the money of candi- dates or by the influence of the govern- ment, writes Jules Simon in the Forum. Individuals are mentioned who have spent as much as 200,000 francs for o seat in the chamber of deput Hall o million francs came out of the coffers of Boulangism for three clections only. One cannot see, among such conditions, what becomes of equality. If we beginto buy votes, it will time to excl with La Menna lence. ye poor! — quality of Ayer's Hair Vigor Is s the natural growth, color and texture of the hair, It vitalizes the roots and follicles, removes dandruff, and neals itching humors in the scalp. In this respect, it sur- passes all similar preparations. Ly Winter of O Content is the title of o recent charming paper by that brillant writer Charles Dudley Warner, wherein the glories of the Pacific coast, a8 a winter resort, are most graphically described. The Amer- ican people are beginning to understand that the Puget Sound country is one of our most splendid _possessions and that the name of the **Melitetrancan of the is 0 happy title not misapplied. Inspenking of Mount Tacoma, Senator George F. Idmunds says: T would be willing "to_go 500 miles again to seo that scene, The continent is yet in ignorance of what will be one of “the grandest show es a8 well ns sanitariums, 1f is rightly called the of Europe, I am that around the base of Mount Rainier will become a prominent place of resort, not for America only, but for the world be- sides, with thousands of sites for build- ing purposes, that are nowhere excelled for the grandeur of the view that can be obtained from them, with topographical features that would make the most per- fect tem of drainage both possible and easy, and with a most agreeable and health giving climate. ” Thousands of delightea tourists over the Union Pasifiz tthe past year bear ample testimony to tthe béauty and majesty of this new empire of the Pacific northwest. gl Through conches—Pullman palace sleopers, dining cars, free reclining chair cars to Chicago and_intervening poiuts vin tho grent Rock Island route. Ticket office 1602, Sixteerith and Farnam. pEmtr e ety A NLW GAM OF CARDS, How the Novel Society Game *‘Wa- leedi” is Playeil. “Waleedi” is the name of a new game of cards that has caused o flutter in soci- ely, says the Chicago Herald, Erom the furore that has followed its introduction into the charmed circle it would seem that whist is to be pushed into the back- ground to give place to the new gs fair votarics of fashion, usually prone to shun card playing, huve yielded to its fascination and Waleedi has received a boom that will tend to make it one of the most popular of card gam At present oker, euchre and whist have lost ground in favor of the new game, Inits terms and the names of the points to be made Waleedi carries with ita Bret Harte suggestion. Remir conses of mining camps, wild romanti scenery, and of the rush for wealth dur- ing the gold fever flit through the mind as **vein,” “*pocket” and ‘*chimney’’ ave called during the game. Wuleedi itself is the name of o mine in silvery Colo- rado. A peculiar dispute in regard to this mine led to its invention. The mine was owned by two men, one of whom wanted to work orve whereverit was rich enough to pay and the other to develop a “chimney” he was confident would be found in the ledge some con- siderable distance on. A compromise was effected by an agreement by which they were to share ex penses oqually and to divide receipts from the ore taken from the tunnel. The former was to have the privilege to work all veins at his own expense and to have all receipts from them, but in case o **chimney’ was struck he was to grant_his partner the rivilege to work itand enjoy the profits. y playing this game it can be seen which man made his fortune fivst, The game is played similarly to whist. Thero are four players, those opposite being partners, The entire deck 1s dealt, one card ata time, and the lust card turned up for trump. The ace is the highest card of a suit, and every pluyer is compelled to follow suit if he can, The terms used are as follows: A gume 18 called a “fortune,” a count is a “strike,” a “large strike,” a ‘‘small strike” or ‘“struck 12.”7 In counting up one says, “struck 48 in veins,” “struck 80ina pocket,” ete, Thesix, knave, king queen and ace are called “*waste cards’; the two, three, fourand five * vein eards,’ and the seven, eight, nine and ten “}m('licl cards,” Tour ‘‘pocket cards’ of one suit make a_pocket. A ki of trumps is a h pocket.” Two pockets are called o **chimney.” When all the tricks are played the *‘strike” is made as follow: The “waste cards” do not count; each *‘vein card” “strikes”as wuch as its spots number, the four striking four, ete.; o “pocket” strikes fifty, a ‘“rich pocket” seventy-five, a “chimney” a fortune, which is 300, In the rapid changes, victories and defeats, Waleedi is a most exciting game, o S o B3 As Ayer's Srsaparillaoutstrips all other blood purifier in popular faver, so Ayer's Al- manac is the most uuiversally familiar publi- cation of the kind in the world. It is printed in ten languages and the annualissuccxceeds fourteen millions of copies, Ask your drug- gist for it. = Washington and Oregon, This new empire of the northwest is attracting universal attention and the reason for this is the almost unlimited resources that have recently beenopened and the surprising growth of thisregion. Large agricultural areas; vast forests and immense deposits of precious metals are to be found in Oregon and Washing- ton, and by reason of the varied natural resources of the country this section offers unequaled opportunities for the investment of capital and location of in- dustries that are not surpassed by the older sections of the United States. The Union Pacific on account of its fast time, through Pullman sleepers and din- ing cars, free reclining chair cars and Iree colonist sleepers from the Missouri river, is conceded to be the favorite route for persons going to either Wash- ington or Oregon. For pamphlots fully deseriptive of the above named states, or for rates, time of trains or any information pertaining to the Union Pacific, call on or address your nearest ticket agent or the under- Signed, who will most cheerfully furnish any information that may be desired. A. P, Deuel, city ticket agent, 1302 Far- nams treet, Owmaha, Neb e — ‘Will Make a Great City. All the different forces and interests essential to the building of the largest city on the gulf coast, after months of negotiations have combindd to make Aransas Harbor, Tex,, the largest city in the whole southwest. Great auction sale of lots January 7 and 8, Driven Insane by Tormentors, Radford Chapman, acolored man who was being treated ut the Baltimore uni- versity hospital for a lacorated hand, has become insane from fright, says a Baltimore special to the Chicago Trib- une. Ever since his arrival at thein- stitution the students have poked fun at him and confidentially formed him that Dr, Hunter, the physician in charge, would cut him up s Soon as he was fat enough. To keepup the joke they usually felt bim to sce whether he was getting ripe. Finally the darkey became alarmed | for his safety and dashed out of the hos- pital to the residétfve of a lady on the | opposite side and fnsisted that she should spare him, Word was sent to Dr, Hun- ter, who succeodeff fh inducing the man to return. But the mischief had been | done, for the man was already crazy Early the next mopning the doctor vis- ited ‘his patient, who lay wide awake. As it was unusuat’ for the physician to call at this unsefpily hour, Chupman took it for granted that he wasto bo cut up, and_with a yell made for the window. After o desperate strugglo the doctor prevented him from leaping out. anpl s Confirmed, The favorable impression produced on_ the first appearanceof the agreeable liguid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs a fow years ago h been more than confirmed by the vieasant o perience of all who have used it, and the su cess of the proprictors and manufacturers the California I'ig Sy rup company. - Marked Interest is now shown by eastern people in the settlement of Ovegon and Washington, rm-m-ulm-ly that region adjacent to ‘uget Sound, The reason for this is the almost unlimited resources that ha lately been opened up, and the surpris- ing growth of Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and other cities and towns along Puget Sound. The Union Pacific on account of its fast time, short line, through Pullman paluce sleepers, free reclining chair cars, clegant dining and free Pullman colonist sleepers, from the Missouri river, is the favoriterouteto this region, and tickets via this line should always be asked for, For complete information relative to this remarkable section, time of trains, rates, pamphlets, ete., call on your n est ticket agentor address the under- signed. E. L. LoMax, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb. The Zone Tariff in Hungary. The “Zone-Tariff,” as it is called, wi put in operation in’ Hungary on August 1, 1880. It has, therefore, but a brief experience fo justify its practibility; but the results thus far have been so re- wble that its success seems to be d, saysa writer in the Century. The method consists of a division of the tervitory of Hungary into four- teen concentric zor Budapest, the capital, being the center, The fi 20ne includes all stations within 25 kilometers-—164 miles ~from the center; the sccond, all more than 25 and less than 40: all the zones cept the firs the twelfth and the thirteeuth are 15 kilometers, or a little more than 9 miles in width; the three named are 25 kilometers in breadth, and the fourteenth includes all stations more than 225 kliometers from the capital, The fare is regulated by the number of zones which the celer enters or crossesduring his journcy, Reducing guldens to cents, the rate is cents per zone for fir cluss passengers re \ starts from Budapest and crosses three zones he travels, therefore, fifty-five kilometer bout thirty-four miless if he goes his fare will be 60 cents: i <&, 48 cents; if third- 20, 16 and 10 , second and third pectively one local traffic, when does not ¢ the boundury of any zone, there ave special rates; if he goes only to the nearest station the charges will be 12, 6 and 4 cents; if to the second station from his starting point, 16, 9 and 6 cents; if to the third station the foll rates of the zone are charge The greatest reduction, however, is in the long distance. * * * Theincrease the traveler in the passeng traffic has Dbeen very great.' Lot .the first eight months of the new system the number of pussengers cervied was 7,770,- 876; for the corresponding months of the previous year the numbor _carried s 2,801,332, It may be supposed thut this incrensc was mainly due to the great re- duction in the Jong-distance rates On the contrary the gain is the largest in the traflic between neighboring stations. or such passengers there were under the old system .000; under the new 4,367,586, This vast increase of business has also been accompanied by a substantial in- crease of revenue, : =i B S Dr. Birney, noso and the t. Beo bldg. —-—— Weather Probabilities. For December—Indications point to cold, frosty weather, That, however, will' make no difference to’ those who travel in the steam-heated and:ele lighted, limited vestibule train which is” run only by tho Chicago, Milvaukee & St. Paul Ry. betwen Omaha and Chicago. This elegant train leaves Omuaha at 6:10 p. m. arriving in Chicago at 9:30 a. m.,in time to make all eastern connections. For further information apply at city ticket office, 1501 Farnam sf., Omaha. . A, Nasm, J. E. PRESTON., General Agent. City Pa: enger Agent, ————— Change Cars? No. Among the many exigencies of modern travel there is one requirement which is always popular and alwaysin demand, and that is “a through ser . Life is 00 short to *‘chunge cars” every few hundred miles, and the travelling pub- lie have very properly rebelled against all such old-fashioned railronding. The through equipment of the Union Pacific, *‘the original overland route,” provides for a through car service for all points west from the Missouri river. il ki The Corrector Corrected. A young law student recently had oc- casion to consult the latest American dictionary, now coming from the press, and chanced to look at the word “‘mosey,” the common provincial word meaning **to move off slowly,” says the Chicago Mail. Underthe definition of the word he found a quotation from one of the poems of Colohel John Hay, in which the word octtirs, but the quota- tion was credited. to Bret Harte. The young man immediately wrote to Colonel Hay, setting forth the facts of his dis- He then entered upon ascorch- ing avraignment of *'the publishers who could be so carelegy or so i ant as not to recognize. the familiar lines from Colonel Hey's ‘Banty Jim,’ " The return mail™ brought ™ a letter from Colonel Hay thanking ° the young man for hif” kindness and his courtesy in calling attention tothe er ror, The poet themudded: ‘‘But, after all, Mr. Harte is the one who alone has cause for complaintsince heunwittingly is made to father a' waif which, it seems, has gone slightly astray, Permit me in all kindness to remind you, however, that publishers haye the same justifica- tion for making mistakes that other peo- ple have. You, yourself, are wrong in giving the title of my little offspring as ‘Banry Jim’ instead of ‘Banty Tim,’” e Dr.Birney. noseand throat. Bee bldg. e The new offices of the Great Rock Island route, 1602 Sixteenth and Farnam streets, Omaha, are the finest in the city. Call and see them. Tickets to all points east at lowest rates. American and Turkish Cities, About a year since I stood upon the wharves and in the streets of Constanti- nople, writes Andrew D, White in the Forum, I had passed from one end of Europe to the other; these were the worst I had seen since I left home, and there came over mea spasm of home- sickness. During all my resideace 1n foreign cities, never beforg had the re- membrance of New York, Philadelphia, | and other American centers been so | vividly brought back to me, There in | Constantinople, as the result of Turkish despotism, was the same hap-huzard, caveloss, dirty, corrupt system,which wo a know so well as the result of potism; the same tumble-down wharves, the same sowage in the docks, the same ‘pavernents fanged with mur. ous stones,” the same filth, the same obstacles to travel and to traflic, — Dr.Birney, noseand throat. Beebldg, ——————— O1d Folks at Home, They will bo there and expecting n visit from you at Christmas time, and | the Union cifle will sell tickets on De- cember 24, 25and 81, 1800, and January 1. 1801, to all Kansas and Nebraska points at one and one-third fare for the round trip, good returning until Janu ary 6, 1891, - Pin This in Your Hat, And you will then know that the largest auction sule of city lotsever held in the southwest, und the great oppor- tunity for investments takes place at Arvansas Hurbor, Texas, January 7 and 8, P - VICTIMS OF WAVE AND WHALE 1he Awful Fate of Ten Men in the Stormy Okho: sk Sea, The two most modest entries made ‘ehange a day ago were the arvivals of the whaling vessel Charles W. Morgan aud the steamer Norwhal, says the San Francisco Chronicle, Beyond the rout- ine fact of their catohes no reports were given by the office Yet the Morgan lost six of her crew in the Okhotsk s and the Norwhal lost four of her sailors, ¢ swept to eternity by the fatal bl on orwhal left here at the begin- ning of the season. Her cruise was with- out incident until she arvived in the vieinity of Cape Lisburne, o point noted for the furious gales which sweep in- shore. The Norwhal arrived off the cape s a blinding hurricane was blow- ing, accompanied by seas which rose over the vessel and doluged its deck with tons of water, Toward midnight the gale blew a_tor- rific hurricane. There were onthedeck chatthe timeJohn Campbell, Manuel Martin, N. Pete ik Pezoro and two other sailors, Without warning a huge sen gathered and boomed up through the darkness like a blac The next it dashed hal, carrying had no time to 110 the terrified sailor instant, witha mighty rc over the deck of the Norw with it six men. The realize their danger. By a singular but fortunate circumstance the huge wave recoiled from the shore and threw two of the swamped men on their vessel. They hud received no injuries beyond o few coneussions and 4 passing nervous prostration. But their four comrades, whose names have been mentioned,were never seen agnin, A considerable portion of the vessel's bulwarks was swept away and other serious damuge was sus- tained, Another fatality fully as thrilling as that of the Norwhal, which caused the death of six men instead of four, visited the whaler Chavles W. Morgan, She spent a considerable portion of her time in the Okhotsk sea. On September 1 a whale was espied a_stone’s throw away from the vessel, The Morgan wasabout one hundred miles off land. A heavy gule was lashing the sea into fury and some time elapsed beforo the whalers determined to give battle to the “bow- head” from a small boat, It was low- ered, with the following outfit: Second Mate Martin, Boatsteerer Griffiths, James Cook, B. F. Hargrave, T. Steven- son and John Peters. Two other boats were subsequently lowered, but the sec- ond mate was the first to reach the whale and administer a harpoon to him. Stung Dby the pain, the monster took a bee line from the vessel, carrying sev- eral hundred fathoms of lineand the sec- ond mate’s boat with him, His desperate rush was checked by a bomb lance which was fired into him from the boat, Scarcely had the shot been fired than the whale turned and dashed toward the small boat. One swish of his tail smashed the frail ft and threw the six doomed men into the gale-blown seca. The whale was lust seen scudding away, carrying the line and the remnants of the boat with him. Captain Layton of the Mor- an sailed straight for the spot where the desperate battie occurred, but not a trace could be tound of the hapless men who had fi uitlessly battled for life in the oceun. Their end was as mysterious as it was impressive and awful. and with a gloomy memory and a shortened crew the sailors on the Morgan left their dead comrades and steered north, It isn’t the usual way —it’s just the reverse—to pay a atient” when you can’t cure him. Nevertheless, that’s what’s done by the proprietors of Dr. Sage’s Ca- tarrh Remedy, They promise to pay you 500 if they can’t cure your catarrh, no matter how bad the case. It isn’t merc talk—it's business. You can satisfy yourself of it, if you’re interested. And you ought to be, if you have catarrh, It's faith in their medicine that's behind the offer. It has cured thousands of the worst cases, where everything else failed. You can be cured, too. If you can’t, you get the money. They're willing to take the risk—you ought to be glad to take the medicine, It's the cheapest medicine you can buy, because it’s guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is returned. You only pay for the good you get. Can you ask more? That’s the peculiar plan all Dr. Pierce’s medicines are gold on. WANT Total Tisies of CITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WATER COMPANIES, 8. R.R.COMPANIES,ctc. Corresponderice solicited, N.W.HARRIS & COMPANY.Bankers, 65 Dearborn Sireet, CHICAGO, 15 Wall Stroet, NEW YORK, 70 State 61, BOSTON. [ OMAHA Manifucturers” and Jobbars” DIRE CT ORY. _ BILLIARDS. | The Brauswick-Balke Oollender Oo, Billtard merchandiso, loon fitiiiros 409 8. 10th street, O “BOXES. John L. Wilkie Omaha paper box fastory, 1817-1810 Douglay Pty fllo A, o1, Orders p éOOK BINDERS & STATIONERS. Omaha Republican Printing 05, 10th ant Douglas streots. Ackermann Bros, & Heintao, binders, electrotypers, blank book manu- facturers, 118 Howar! strect, Omina » BOOTS AND SHOES, Charles A. Ooe & O, | Kirkendall,Jones &0o, Wholesalo Manu factur's | Agent. r Hoston Rub: 0 Co., 1102, 1104, Manufacturers and job- bers. 1100 Howard stroet a and 101 Harhoy 8t Williams, Van Aer-| W, V, Morse & Co., nan & Harte, | shoe 1212 arney stroet, | Omaha, Neb | BUTCHERS' SUPPLIES. Louis Heller, Butchers' and Packers’ i 1 & Supplies. Beef, hoz & showp ensings, 110-1118 Jnckson 8¢ wngR,H.Il".\'}ESS, BUGGIES, ETC. | W.T. Seaman, Jmaha's Largost Varlety WAGONS AND CARRI CLOTHING. Gilmore & Ruhl, Manufacturers & Whole. walo Clothiers, Columbus Buzey Oo, Carrlages, carts sulkioy, dwards, Man: 515 South 1t G. D Omaha OCarpet Co., Carpets, ol cloths, mat- 1611 Douglns stroot. 110 1arnoy St, CIGARS. West & Fritscher, |Dean, Armstrong & Manufacturers finecgars Jobbers of leaf tobaecos. 1011 Farnam stroet. 0,y 02 N. 10th Straot. “lello!” 1430, OOAL, COKE, ErC. Omaha Coal, Ooko and | Lime Co. Fard and soft coal. 8E. ith stroets " Hulbert & Blum, Ohlo lamp, Rock Sprin Excelslor, Walnut bl Coutant & Squires, Mardand soft coal ship- 1308 Farnan Jiatin Harmon & Weeth, | Acme lump, Eagte lump, . | Walnnt olock and An- thracite coul, Oftice 119 N. 16th stroet. reot, “American Fuel Oo. ;H Mnfiy & Qo Shippers ant deslers In S anthracito ana bit Tt ConE Bl minous coal. Offices £13 N. 1ith and eor. 2158, 1ath stre 10th and Douglas s Nebraska Fuel Go,, 2038, 13th strost, Howell & Qo,, 2178, 4th street, Omaha, Neb, Omahn, Nob, J.J. JO,J!:]EDI; & O, 2SS, 13th stroot, Johngon Bros, 14 Farnam streot, Omaha, Neb, Omaha, Neb, FUR,WOOL, HIDES, TALLOW Goo. Oborno & 0o, | J. 8 Smith & 0>, WES. 1680 irreey 4081012 Loavenworth sy Omaha. Omaha. IRON WORKS, l’uImfl d‘zv V‘l(urlmg Omaha 8afe & Iron Ton 0rKe, Wrognt and cadt fron Works, oataing work, engin A burgiay brass work, kanorni | Thlts, foundry, machine s o hutters and mcapes. . - An blneksmith work fir dreon, Lth & Jacksonsts Hy. and 17eh st | Wilson & Drake, Mg tabular fluos, fire | box bollers, tanks, ot o Acme Iron and Wire orks, Tron, wire andbrass w'ks, 2 8. 16th stre W.Boehl, = Propiiotor, | Plerce and 19th streets LITHOGRA PHIN 2 Rees Priuting Oo. Lithographing, Printing and Blank Books. 11th and Howardsts, "LIQUORS. Iler & 0o, ~ William Darst, Liquor Morchants. | Wines, Liquors and Cl 11142 Harney stroot o Manufactur'r K ¥ astIndin Bittors. R. R, Grotte, Tmporter and Jobbor ot Wities and Lignore 9th and Loavenworth Sts i tion 1813 Farnam St, Omaha | Frank Dellone & O Liquors Price lists on appi L. Kirscht & Co., A, Frick & Oo., Wholesale LiguorDenlors Wholesale LiquorDealers 107 and 4008, 10th St. #01 - 88, 100 5 LUMBER. @ W. Douglass & Co. | John A, Wakefield Hardwood fumber, | "Tawd Hyi Sment an 1910 North! 6th Stroet. | Quiney White Lime. Charles R, Leo, | Wyatt - Bullard Lum- Hardwood Tumbor, wool Carpots and parquot ber Qo, Hooring ath and Douklas. " Frol W. Gray, time, 20th and lzard Streets, Louis Bradford, Lumber, lime, coment,eta nent, Bte, Ko Cor. 9th and Douglas. 3 Donglas streot. MILLINERY AND NOTIONS. 0. A Stonebill, | T, Oberfelder & o, | 1raporters ina_Jovbors tn Cloaky, Bto Miliine: y. 110-118 8 16th 8t., Omaha outh 1ith 208,210 and 2l strcet MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ETO. Max Miger & Bro. Go| A. Hospe,Jr., M'f'g Jewelers, dealers In | Planos, Organs, Artisty’ musical insirumonts, ;| aterials, B 1313 Douglas Stroet. Farnam and 16th, OILS. " Oonsolidated Tank Line Co, Refined and ils, axle grons AL FL Bishop, M A Booth 'P;ckmg o, 1 canned Piatt & Oo., “Tiger brand,” fresh oys- tors, oyster® fish ranch, Howard. m nd 817 Lea: nworth. 815 PLATING. 6;;;:“ Paper Oo,, Westorn Plating W'ka Carry n full stock of|Gold, silver and nickel rinting, wrapping and| piting on_all metals, tableware, eto.replatod, writing paper, eard pa-| polishing hrass & chan- per, ete. PAPER. 0. B. Havens & Co., 1502 Farnam streot, Monuflt & i}xiflin, 2158, 14th stroot, Omaha, Neb, Omaha. ~ CORNICE. Eagle Cornice Works, F, Ruemping Manufacturers of Galvan- fzed Iron Cornlee, Window eaps, metalle sky- lights ete. 1110 and 1112 Dodge St Galvanized Iron cornices, Dormer windows, door caps, finfals, ete. Tin iron and slite roofer. 811 Farnam ~_ DRY GOODS. M. E 8muth & o, Kilpntrick-K&ch Dry o Dry goods, furnishing 00 g00ds, notions. Dry goods, notion: | nishng Ko Cor. 11th and Howard sts. | Corner I1th and ELEOTRICAL SUPPLIES, Wolf Electrical Co, Mustrated Catalogus o 1614 Capito Avenue, FARM MACHINERY, ETO. Parlin, Orendorff & | T. @ Northwall, Martin Co., General western agent Cornerdones and 9th sts. | Skandia Plow Co., Omahn, Neb. 40151 Sherman ave. FLOUR. Broken Bow Roller R, T. Davis Mill Co,, Milling Co.. €. G. Underwood, Office and warehonse, Munager at Omaha. 1012 N. 16th stroet. Cor. 8th and Jackson sts, 8 F. Gilman, Clemens Oskamp, Mg of resly to rals Elup Jack Meal, finost 1014 N. 16th stroat. cakes in t 207 FURNITURE AND CARPETS. Ohas. Shiverick & Oo, Furniture and Carpots. 1200 Dewey & Stons Fur- niture Co,, Furnituro and carpets® 1115-1119 Farnam street, " GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS Schneider & Loomis, |J. T. Boh(l}usou Notion 104y Gents' farnishing goods, m' g rated brand Flsutkekin’ o vorn Whirts, conts, oo cor T2t wnd Howard st 0 Farnam 8t. Jobbers und Importers of notlons and furnlshing #0013, 1111 Howard streot. GLASS, PAINT, OIL AND DRUGS, Kemard Glas ad | J, A, Fuller & Gou, Paint 0, 1402 Douging Strast, 1408-1412 Harney street Omialia, Neb. Omahin. Blaks. Bruce & Qo,, W6-903 Lasavensworth st William Cummings, 617 and 619 South 16h Bt., Omaha, Neb, Omaha, Paxton & Gallagher, | Meyer & Raapke, 705-711 8. 10th street, 1403-1405 Harney stroot, Omahs, 8loan, Johnson & Co, 9th and Leavenworth strects, Omalia, Neb, vad McCord, Brady & Oo,, 15th and Leavenworth, H.is'tyule &VOMJ-,, ; 12011205 Jones street, Omnha, Neb. Allen Bros.,' 1114 Harney street, Omaha, Neb. | Omaha. Nevraskn. GUNFOWDER. Hugh 6. Clark, Genl We !‘lh:(lel’ll ng caps aruey slroet. Y e 'LADIES ONLY MAGIG h5MakESESY SATOR et y mail 8. Secursly sealed from b sarvatios, COOK BEMEDY 0O, Omabs, Neb, Lee-Olark - Andreosen Hardware (Ob., 11081110 Harnoy streat, s Nob Reotor mfl;al lu;Gu Cor. 10th and Jackson sts | Umabs deller work. 1114 Dodge, " PRODUCE, COMMISSION. Ribbel & Smith, “Bchroeder & Co,, Denlersin country prod- | Cash buyers butter and uce, fruits, vegetablos, 7 Howard street. 0. Rosso & Oo,, Forelgn, Callfornta and tropleal fruits, 1213 Howard strect. EB. Branch m Produce, frults of all Kkindi, oystors, 1211 Howard stroe " Porter Bros. 0o, Californin, Florlda ana| 7 Howard street. tropie s Write for prices on but- ter, eggs, poultry and Kame. 1o 801-811 Jones st 0. W. Butts, - Man Kirschbraw & Suné, Butter eggs and poultry. Clark & Oo., Butter, cheese, eqgs, poultry and game, o South 13th street. " Williams & brou, Produco and fraits, 1209 Howard street. " Butes & o, Countrs_produc 1214 arney street. RUBBER GOODS, ETC. A L. Deano & Uo., Guueralagents for lails afos South 10th St., Seod growers, devlers In garden, urass, grainand o 5 South 15th BLINDS, BHIrO. Bohn Sash & Door Co. Manufacturers of mould- g, blin 14, doors, " SASH, DOORS, M. A. Disbrow & Co,, Manufacturers of snsh, doors. blinds and Mouldings. Branch of- and Lzard sty SYRUPS. Farrell & Company, Wholesale man facturers By rups, molasses and vinogars, 27-21980uth Sth streat 16t and Clark stroots STOVES. Duffy-Trowbridga Stove Mwufad'g 0o, Manufastur's stovesani Ktovo plp. 1215 Toayenw rth st PICES, CIGARS. TEA, COFFE Consolidated Coffee (Company, 1414 and 1416 Hurnoy st Omahn. B ] STEAM AND WATER SUPPLIES AL Strang & Sons, 10021004 Farnam streot b, 1, 8. Wind Engine & Pump Co., Halllday wind mills, 913 2 Jonos at. G 5, Roting Oumaha, Neb. Rt Inger. " Orane Company, packing, plumblog Hose belting, steam pui| Kooy, 92220 Farnam street. TOYS. TY PE. Hardy & Co., The Omaha Typs Toys, dolls, alburas, fancy | 'oundry, goods, house furnishing Lo plies. riages. 1319 Farnamat. | 1118 How " SOUTH OMAHA. r - LIMITED, IOOK C“(()}d!yyflb ION., WBuyur&Truin, | -50 Exchhnge Bullaing, UNION STO! Martin Bros., el Exe Chi 440, o Bullding, Omaba, Huuter & Green, 10 Exchango Bulldlug Bouth Omaha. is. J. Coffman, Smliu} & o, 2 Exchange Bulld)ng, Bouth Omaha. i Wood Brothers, 2 Bxoian go Bulldiog, Bouth Duanu. South Omata Rob:rt Purvw,;— % >