Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1890, Page 6

6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: - ONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1890, TALES FROM JOVER THE SEA Queer Phases of Lifo Among the People o | the Old World, WEALTH FOUND INSIDE A STATUE. An Undertaker's Gruesome Error— Strange Story of an Old Pipe— Bbhared Her Bed with Cats ~Romeo and Juliet. Pygmalion, the ancient artist, could not be more overjoyed when his statue beeame transformed into alovely woman than the heirs of the late Mme. Artaud, who recently died in Paris, when they discovered o considerable fortuno care- fully hidden away in the interior of a common plaster-of-paris reproduction of the famous Venus of Milo, says a Paris dispatch to the London Telegraph, The history of the sudden find is curious and entertaining. Mme, Artaud died with- out without making a will, andjs she had no notary, her children and grand- children appealed toa financial adviser of the deceased who used occasionally to put her money out instock exchange speculution, That the old lady had left a fair share of lucre was certain, and as not a stiver nor a bank note could be found any- where in her rooms, the heirs came to the natural conclusion that the financial agent must have been intrusted by Mme. Artaud with her money before she made exit from this world. The agent de- clared in the most positive munner that he had received nothing for a long time from Mme. Artaud, who, fecling her end approaching, give up bourse specu- lations, T'his did not satisfy the heirs, who promptly accused the agent of liaving n{mro]wmh-d what did not belong to him, but as they had no proof against him they were unable to rin legal proceedings. They accordingly set to work to divide the furniture and general belongings of the decensed between them. The dining room and saloon chairs, tables, and trappings were in empire style and worth from £300 to £400, but as it would be impossible to obtain more than half their value, the discontent among the heirs increased A lottery of the effects having been organized; an old statute representing the goddess of love fell to oneof the daughters of the deceased, who was about to break it with vexation, when one of her relatives proposed to examine itto see if by any chance it werea rare work of art. The base of thestatue wus covered over underneath with oil cloth, and when the covering was removed out tumbled a choice collection of bunk notes, bonds, securitics and obligations, the whole amounting invalue to about £2,000, The plaster-of-paris Venus will be piously preserved by the family now as an emblom of luck and a happy heir- loom. A gruesomely humorous incident oc- curred at Potsdam recently. A certain widow by the name of Wachterpausen had a daughter Amelia who had gone to Nice for her health and there diu‘t’l. The mother telegraphed to the undertaker in that city to forward the body. This was apparently done, and in due time a box arrived inclosing an elaborate coffin which, in its turn, was supposed to contain the body of the maiden. Just 88 the ceremonies of the funeral were about to begin the mother insisted upon having the coffin opened, which was done forthwith, and in place of the young fi[rl there was found the body of an old ussian military officer dressed in a {nl(orm, decked out with medals and olding a drawn sword in his hand. Telegrams were immediately dis- tched to Nice and it was earned that the bodics had been mixed up; the maiden had gone to Smolensk instead of Potsdam. Then Bmolensk was wired and the Russian au- thoricies were interrogated in every di- rection. An answer came saying that the body of the young lady had been duly buried, with full military pomp and circumstance, and a general l\o‘iduy had been enjoyed in town to do reverence to what was supposed to be the officer’s nemory. What todo with the Russian s now puzzling the widow. The body of an unknown man was brought into the morgue on Sunday night about two months ago. His pock- ets hud been stripped of whatever they may have contained; his garments were worn threadbare, though they had evi- dently once been of fine material; a piece of cord was tiad tightly around his throat, and there was at first a suspicion of foul play. A protruding tongue, star- ing eyes and bloated features strongly suggested murder. The face was terri- bl% disfigured. he body had been in the water some time. It would probably have been buried or dissected among other un- known unclaimed bodies but for the chance visit of a well known boulevarder to the morgue. Heat first passed from one to the other of three bodies on their "?,‘ slubs and was about to pass the third when something attracted him, It was an old, blackened, nicotine- stained, burnt-out meerschaum pipe. He stopped, stared and tried to recall the features. Then with a sudden exclama- tion he made his way quickly to the km?er of the morgue toclaim the body of his once dearest friend, Victor Lesclides was ten years ago one of the brightest feuilletonists in all the brightest galaxy of writers for the Paris press of that day. A strangely morose man ut times, but a man, it is said, with a history, his long hair and unkempt beard, hisslouch hat and ill- fitting clothes were known all over Paris, Among his other eccentricities was his pipe. Without this ugly, blackened thing he was never seen; it was a part and parcel of his being. About a year ago he dis- appeared. He was getting old it is true, but he was so subject to occusional disappearances that at first no one thought anything of it. Then he was missed and ?nis absence was talked about, Then some one suggested he had gone to Algeria or America, and then he wus forgotten. Yesterday afternoon he was recognized in the morgue, and today he was buried and nearly a hundred of the oldest literateurs of Paris followed his body to the grave. A curious case of especial interest to elderly spinsters and lovers of house pets is shortly to come before the Berlin courts, A young woman was engaged as companion to an old lady at stuted wages, but ran away from her place two days after entering service. Her mistress procured her arrest under the law that a servant must give due notice before leaving her situation; but the police, after fiwnrlng the girl’s state- ment, told the lady that she could not compel the girl to return, and could only claim damages in the eivil court. For the girl stated, apd her state- ments have been proved true, that on entering the lady’s flat four immense dogs jumped at her, although they did not do her any harm, In the next room snother big dog with a litter of pups met her gaze, while the third room was g tonantod by at least three dozen differ- ent varieties of birds, The kitchen of the old lndy was given over to cats, and the girl's sleeping room was converted into a temporary hospital for invalid members of the ani- mal world, *“The old lady,” said the girl, “was very kind to me, but as my duties con- sisted in washing all the dogs dally, and 1 had to share my bed with half a'dozen dogs and cats, I was obliged to run away to avold sickness,” How the terrible fire which has de- sroyed the village of Moor, in Hun- gary, oviginated is thus told by our Vienna correspondent, says the London D"“f N A furmer’s wife was iron- ing in her kitchen, using a flatiron filled with charcoal, when a spark flew out and set fire to her muslin dress. In her fright she ran into the court yard, where her husband and his people were threshing barley. The burfny cuught fire from her, and was no sooner ablaze than the wind blew the sparks in all directions, setting fire to the thatched roofs of the houses which stood in two long rows forming the main street, All was g0 sudden and people were so dumb- founded that for a [iuln time they could not even cull for help, Most of the heads of families were in the vineyards and their help was not available until they had been recalled by the alarm bell, The old people and children in the iistises HRAHOL presence of mind enough to save themselves. In Hungary it has not rained for a long time and the wells contained no water, 50 that nothing could be done to save even o single house In all 109 homes were destroyed and 134 families are without a roof above their heads. The har was over and the corn in the barns wasconsumed in the general conflagration, which was a terrible spec- tacle as night came on. Tea bodies have been found and some children are missing. N everybody in the neighborhood is suffering from burns received in rescue work, Parisinn women, asin London, have an insatiable mania foe carrying or lead- ing by chain pug dogs of ail degrees of ugliness, says the London Telegraph, Duving 'a {shower of rain one was scen walking along the Quai Jemmapes, wheret number of workmen had just finished discharging a cargo of coal from a barge. The lady held in one hand an umbrella, with which she care- fully protected from the least drop of wet an “ugly little dog with a gorgeous blue ribbon round its neck. By her side trotted her daughter, a little girl about three years old, her shoes not so water- proof as they might have been, who, de- prived of the protection of the umbrella monopolized by the dog, was rapidly getting drenched. As sho was about to cross the bridge which spans the canal one of the coal heavers went up to her and said: ‘“*Allow me, madam, to re- lieve you of your dog, so that you ma; carry your girl to the other side.” The wowan accepted the offer, but when the party arrived at the other end of the bridge the coal heaver threw the pug into the canal, telling its mistress at the same time: *“That’s a les- son to younot to shelter a dog while your child is getting wet.” The woman screamed, un({sunn acrowd ‘collected to whom she pathetically narrated the as- sassination of her pet. Two policemen at her instigation took the conl-heaver to the station, but the superintendent declined to formulate any charge against him. All she could do, he told her, was to bring a civil action for the value of the dog. An extraordinary comedy of errors has just made itself public in connection with the workhouse administration in France. It starts from that familiar busis of a hundred plays and novels— two children who were changed in the nursery. Two girls, with names almost identical, were placed by their mothers about the same time in the institution called Enfants Assistes, Ten years ago one of them was taken home by her supposed mother, given a dowry and married. Of course she was the wrong one; and the other, having jnst come out on the attainment of hor majority, ciaims to have proved her substitute a changling. She demands the dowry, it seems, and may possibly put in a claim for the husbund, It may prove a nice point of law whether she is entitled to both; but it appears that every one all round has a claim for dam- ages against everybody else, the public authorities—the fairies who effected the change—coming off the worst. The poor girl who has just emerged from the worlkhouse no doubt looks upon the com- paratively comfortable and respectable circumstances to which her namesake has wrongfully succeeded much in the way as the claimant to an earldom re- gards that dizzy prospect of wealth and advancement. The situstion reminds one of Mr, Besant’s plot in *‘The Chil- dren of Gibeon,” and there are -great Gibertian possibilities about it. A panic occurred in a large public school in the Friedenstrasse in Berlin, Itseems that the children were pos- sessed by the idea that the school house was haunted by the spirit of a former teacher who had committed suicide many years ago, says Dunlap’s cable news service, At noon a girl of the first class became hysterical and ran into the main hall crying out that the ghost was choking her. All the pupils caught the nervous crisis and rushed from all the class rooms, catching frantically at their throats and yelling out that the ghost was attacking them. The teachers were powerless to restrain the terrified chil- ren and the staircases were soon strewn with them, toppling over each other, Fortunately the exits were ample and all gained the street with slight injur- ies. The school building is bein watehed by the police in order to fin out the cause of \10 fright. A curious case #bout doctors’ fees has {’ust been decided at Liverpool assizes bofore Mr. Justice Smith, says the Lon- don Daily News. Dr. Day sued Mr, Lamb, a tenant farmer for £365 6s. Mr, Lamh declared the charge excessive, and he paid £180 5s into court. Here is an “item” in Mr. Day’s bill: “Long conversation with Mrs. Sykes on behalf of Mrs. Lamb with regard to the use of some quack remedy which she recom- mended and I declined, 10s 6d.”” Half A guinea for gossiping with Mrs, Sykes about his patient. Mrs. Lamb! You needn’t have done it, observed cross examining coun- sel plaintively. here was also an entry of 7s. 6d, for ‘‘writing a letter ton specialist” about his patient, Mrs. Lamb, “Worse than an attorney; he would only charge 6s. 8.,” remarked Mr. Justice Smith amid loud laughter. Several medical witnesses said that Dr. Day's charges were, under the circumstances, too high. The jury found a verdict for Mr. Lamb. Dr, Dayis to receive only the bulance of the £180 5s. after the de- fendant’s costs have been taxed. At Assens, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, September 9 of the present year, while some grave diggers were re- moving the contents of a grave from a low, wet portion of a cemetery, a coffin, which contained the remains of a woman, was found to be full to overflow. ing with crisp, curly black hair. The coffin was of wood and lay the under- most of three, all in one grave, As 800U 88 the first two had been removed Y | covered with the long, curly halr. Ex- the workmen noticed that the clay on | the 1id of the under coffin, as woll o8 the cracks In the lid and sides, was matted with hair which seemed to be pushing outs through the cracks, On removing the lid amost remarkable gight met their gaze. There was the whole figure of the corpse, exhibiting he eyes, mouth, ears and every part, square inch of the body being posed to the air for a few minutes, the contents of the coffin bacame a shapeless mass of hair, one hand and the great toe of the right foot only retaining their shape, Another mysterious drama of love and death has occurred at Perign 4 France, Ohe other day, in the after- noon, a young man, seventeen years of age, the sonof a merchant in the place mentioned, and a young woman of twenty, daughter of a reputable citizen residing close by, left their homes about the same hour, and nothing more was seen of them until the evening, when their lifeless hodies were discovored lying side by side under a tree some dis- tance from the town. The two were in love, but despaired of receiving the as- sent of their relatives to marry. Neither he nor she desired to live ex- cept in honorable wedlock, and as this seemed to be beyond their power they resolved to die voluntarily, The cou- ple accordingly agreed to meet on Sunday afternoon in the fields under a tree. Each drank a small phial of mor- phine, and to make the result more cer- tain the man fired a pistol shot through the woman's head and then did the same to himself, The empty phials were found by their sides, and also a revol- ver. Reports have reached this city of a remarkable excitement prevailing at Luttenberg, says Dunlap’s cable from Vienna. A young girl in that town de- that she has witpessed a mani- ation of the Virgin Mary in a tree, and, exhorted by the excited people, has gone with her foster-mother to Marburg inorder to demand permission of the archbishop for the people to witness the miracle under the tree. Seven gend- armes have already been posted under the tree inorder to keep away the peo- ple, who are anxious to get close to it in the hope of being able to see the mani- festation. A sad story of the laying on and the rubbing in of affliction comes from Paris. Saild a fellow traveler to a ‘‘shootist” returning by train with a bag of partridges: “Let me carry your game in my big overcoat pockets;the octroi officials wont notice it and you will escape paying duty.” The friendiy accommodation was gladly accepted, but on arrival at Paris, alas! the kind friend had disappeared, logcthur with the feathered outcome of ‘‘le sport.” Out- raged in his sportsmanlike feelings, the victim laid a complaint before the police and as a result—is to be prosecuted for defrauding the octroil et e The originals of the certificates of cures effected by the useof Ayre's sarsaparilla are kept ou file at the office of the J. C. Aver company, Lowell, Mass. Probably no simi- lar establishment in the world can exhibit such a mass of valuable and convincing tes- timony. SR Marked Interest is now shown by eastern people. in the settlement of Oregon and Washington, articularly that region adjucent to ’uget Sound. The reason for this is the almost unlimited resources that have 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 palace sleepers, free reclining chaircars, elegant dining cars, 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, etc., call on your near- est ticket agentor address the under- signed. E LoMAX, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb. e 1602. Sixteenth and Farnam streets is the new Rock Island ticket office. Tick- ets to all points east at lowest rates. palaab ol The Empress of Japan. At excessive heights above all Japan- ese women, the invisible empress, till within recent years, was enthroned like a goddess, says a writer in Harpers’ Magazine. But she, the sovereign, has descended little by little from her em- pyrean; she shows herself at present, she receives, she speaks, and she even lunches—with the tips of her lips, it is true. She has abandoned her magnifi- cent camails strewn with strange bla- lons, her wide head-dress that looked like an idol’s, and her enormous fans; she sends, alas! to Paris or London for her corsets, her dresses, and her bon- nets. Five years have passed over the chrys- anthemums since, on one of these ver: rave solemnities, where a few privilege ones are admitted to her presence, I had the honor of seeing her in her gardens. She was ideally charming, passing like a fairy nmonf er parterres, flowered in profusion with vhe sad flowers of au- tumn; then coming to sit beneath her canopy of violent crepon (the imperial color) in the hieratic stiffness of her robes, tinted like the wings of a hum- ming bird. All the delicious quaint pa- geantry with which she the nsurrounded herself gave her the charm of an unreal creature. Upon her Ynimcd lips hov- ered a ceremonial smile, disdainful and vague., Beneath the powder her exquis- ite face preserved an impenetrable ex- pression, and notwithstanding the grace of her greeting, one felt her offended by our presence, which accoraing to the new customs she was forced to tolerate —she, the only empress, invisible of yore like a religious myth. B haenberger, Beaver Dam, Wis., ““‘We have used Dr. Thomas’' Elec- tric Onl in our family for coughs, cold, croup and rheumatisw. It cures every time.} — 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 been opened and the surprising growth of this region. Large agricultural areas; vast forests and immense deposits of precious metals ave 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 inyestment 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 free colonist uleewrs"rom the Missouri river, is conceded to be the favorite route for persons going to either Wash- ington or Oregon, for pamphlets fully descriptive 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 desirved. A. P. Deuel, city ticket agont, 1302 Far- naws treet, uaha, Neb e Dr.Birney. noseand thr oat. Beebidg AVENITIES GF-TIE TEA GOVY | When Prop:rly M-dfi ‘itis a Gorgeous Piece of Feminine Finery. HOW ROUGH MINERS RESPECT WOMEN, hivalry fs at a Prem'um, in Camp When Wives or Mothers are There—Gossip About the Faip Sex. People in general have curious ideas of a tea gown, and a peculinr and mis- taken habit of confusing this important and elegant bit of feminine finery with 11 manner of loose and flapping matinee gowns, dressing gowns and ill-shapen, ill-fitting wrappers, which a woman should allow herself to wear only in the sanctity of her own apartment, says the New York Sun. The tea gown proper is, in itsway, as elogantasadinner gown, rich in maferial, costly in decoration, carefully fitted, and exquisitely com- bined as to colors; it is supposed to be worn at the twilight hour in the fragrance of the steaming cup that cheers when parlors are bright with lady visitors; when men drop in inform- ally and are at their brightest and best, when the lights glow faintly through roseate shades over dainty service and delicate china, and fair woman is faire st and most irresistible. Stiff, rustling brocades and heavy velvets enter finto itsconstruction, but s0 arranged and fitted that it adapts itself readily to the pretty unconventional attitudes a wo- man drops into in the sleepy hollow chairs of the tea room, or the double rocker in the library, or may be on the luxurious divans, piled high with bright soft pillows. These new gowns seem to be more closely fitted and less suggestive of comfort and somnolence even than those seen last year,and while loose in frout are fitted smoothly in the back and at the side in Princess fashion. One gown in golden bronze bengaline, with a generous train, has afront of lemon surah,wrought with gold and bor- dered with bronze velvet ribbon, It hangs very straight and smooth in front, and has a train of considerable length. Full bengaline sleeves are puffed to the el- bow, and fall over deep gold cuffs, and a high colar faced with lemon color rolls back from agold neckband. Another gown, in an uncommon and beautiful shade of green, has a loose front of cream China silk, embroidered at the bottom and laced down witha Swiss girdle of black velvet, Point de Venise sleoves and deep collar finish, which is very stylish and pretty in every way. You can't go wrong if you duplicate it. Still more elaborate and less sug- gestive of its purpose is a tea gown of striped cream satin and crepe de chine. The sashencireling theslender waistis of pink and green satin ribbon, bound round andround, tobe tied atoneside iuthelate pretty device affected by slim women, and the yoke and armlets of beautiful silver embroidery. The sleeves arve of cream chiffon, and the atmosphere of the whole is decidedly of the Krench, Frenchy. Of the twotea jackets which follow and are worn by some ladies in grehsrence to the gowns, one is of pale lue nun’s veiling, with white Chinasilk let in front and back, overlaid with cas- cades of Valenciennes lace, and the other of violet bengaline, with a paler violet pouf in front and a gold decoration. Stories of Bernhardt. Bernhardt’s little scheme for &PP‘Y' ing a live snake to her bared breast ir® the death scene of “‘Cleopatra” excites a laugh in the city which has become quite used to being fooled by her on the groduclion of each fresh play, saye a aris letter to the Savannah News. ‘When Bernhardt puts her genius at the service ef her charlantry the result is such glorious and ~ unique hum- bugging as only the boulevard could appreciate, but for which they love her for Parisians will not soon forget how Bernhardt advertised one place by goin, to a horse fair, buying two splendi horses for her son, returning to Paris after midnight and stabling theanimals, for lack of other accommodations, inher magnificiently fitted studio. Next morning all Paris was agog. “How could you allow such wanton de- struction?”” *AAh,”said the Berhhardt, her eyes alight with maternal devotion, ‘“how could I deny Maurice anything?” Nor has Paris yet done talking of how she posed as an angel at Maurice’s wed- ding, a ray of light sifted through stained glass falling softly on herup- lifted face as she knelt at the altar wrapped in religious ecstacy. This was almost as good an advertisment as the news which not so very long ago startled all France—Bernhardt had become in- sans, No, said monsieurs, the journalists anddramaticceritics, you have deceived us too often; this time we positively refuse to beliove one syllable. M. —— of Figaro was especially firm in his posi- tion. By the great 5 he had sworn, and he would stand %ly his oath, that Bernhardt’s name should never again appear in type which he controlled. But private information came to him from sources deemed incorruptible, and he was brought to call on Bernhardt to see with his own eyes. In her boudoir, with lights turned down, she kept him wait- ing, and then bounced into the apart- ment like one of her own tiger cats and leaned against the man- tel, hair dishevelled, face haggard, feat- ures blank and unintelligent, fingers trembling. Her complexion wasghastly, her eyes wandering. Not o word did she answer to his questions, but mum- bled to herself in undertones. After a little she dropped to the floor and lay staring into tllo fire, babbling. M. — whs convinced. Nextday he came out with a lamentation; a great light had gone out; Bernhardt had had her faults; but it would be long ere they looked on her like again, This was the moment for which Bern- hardt had been waiting, In two hours a card from her was in every newspaper office in the city. She was not insane; she could not imagine how sucha cana.d started; her head had never been clearer, as she hoped to convince the public by production of — in which she should opda the week following. But none of hér recent perform- ances have equalled 8 somewhat earlier achievement. There are gossips who still laugh as they re- member how, after her marriage with Damala, the rumor got about Paris that, owing to domestic duties, nhardt would be unable to finish her season. Fashion writers who visited Worth dis- covered that in good truth Bernhardt had ordered a complete outfit of new stage dresses designed with the view of hiding her figure, It became the fashion to go and see the actress in those gowns. Bets were vp us 1o how many more nights she would play, when suddenly, without warning, as the interest reathed its climax, the special wardrobe was thrown aside. Berphardt laughed and Paris laug with her as it saw how well it had been fooled, There is only one Bernhardt, She is unique, unapproachable. But with all | her quackery Paris remembers to her cradit that she sincerely loved Damala. She pulled him out of the gutter, and, §I} #pite of much, at the end she mourned 1im, How Miners Respect Women, Mr. W. C. Tonkin of Silver City, N, M., & mining expert and engineer, wus at the Midland in Kansas City the other day. years in the western wilds and has met the American miner in almost all of many phases, says the Journal, course of a conversation with a friends day the question of the in- born gallantry of the Amorican citizen to the fair sex became the topic under discussion, One gentleman remarked that a lady could travel all over the United States alone and suffer jo_inconvenience or an- noyance so long ns her conduct did not render her liable to the approaches of the masher. He mentioned the play of **The Danites,” where a groupof miners are waiting the arrival of the new school teacher on the stage. They have bricks, broomsticks, baskets, tincans and other “weepins” to make lifo pleasant for him. The coach drives up anda neat, trim young lady gets down. The miners drop their weapons sheepishly, smooth their heads and, taking in their uncouth appearance, sneak away. “That reminds me,” remarked Mr, Tonkin, *‘of an instance in a mining camp that illustrates the veneration with which these rough men regard a woman, A few monthe after my mar- ringe I was sent through® Lin- coln county, N. M., to survey somo mineral lands for a railrond com any. My wife wanted to go with me, t was a camp-out expedition and a case of ‘roughing it’ and no mistake I finally consented to her going with me, and we set out with an ambulance, cook- ing outlit, etc., across the plains, 150 miles from any railroad andinto the heart of the wilderness. “One day a terrific rain set in and continued all night. In the storm I lost my bearings and wandered about until 8'0'clock at night, when I saw a light. Idrove towards it, and came up toasmall miner’s cabin, I got down, knocked at the door and was admitted, 1 stated my case and asked for shelter. ‘*Come right in, stranger, and wel- come,’ was my answer, “I glanced around the one room and saw four roughly dressed miners. The room hud 1o floor and only an open five- place, over which their frugal meals were cooked, A few necessary articles comffleted the entire furniture of the cabin. ‘My wife is with me,’ Isaid, ‘and is out in the wagon now.’. ‘Here, boys, bundle out o this and help the stranger in with his things, Be lively, now,’ said the spokesman, pulling off his hat and squaring things about. “They helped us in with our goods, ota roaring fire to going and then orming a line near the leader, said: “Yer kindly welcome, mum. .We ain't got much tooffer, but yer can take the ranch. Me an’ my mates'll roost out- eide. Jess make yerself at home an’ don’t mind us.” ‘They were standing uncovered all this time, and when the speech was ended filed out of their cabin and stayed out all night in the rain, in spite of the earnest protests of my wife and myself. Those great big-hearted, rough men vacated their home for a lady and would not let us re- munerate them in any way. ‘We don’t see no wimmen folks in these diggins™ group of Mr. “Tonkin has spent a number of | his | In the | OMAHA Namfacturers” and Jobbers” ¥ DIRECTORY.. BILLIARDS, | The Brunswiok-Balko Collendet O, Biltard merchand s, Saloon fixtires. 107 400 8. 10t stroet, Omabs. Omaha paper box factoty, 1817-1310 Douglas, Orders promptly Aillod. BOOK BINDERS & ST ATIONHRS. Omaha Republican Printing COo, Law briefs, bank supplies, and eversthilog in the printing line. 10th and Douglas stree Ackermann Bros, & Heintze, Printers, binders, clectrotypers, blank book manu- facturers, 1110 Howard str t, Omaha. BOOTS AND SHOES. Obarles A. Goe & 0o, | Kirkendall, Jones &Uo, Manufacturers and job- | Whoitsalo Manufuctar's bers, Agents for Boston Rub- Ber thae Cor, 102, 1104, 1109 Howard stroet and 1106 laFnoy ¢ “W. V. Morso & Co, Shoo Factory, Corner 1ith nd Williams, Van Aer- nam & Harte, 1212 Harney street, Onaha, Neb, 4 i ——————— e BUTOHERS' e ————————————————— 'OARRIAGES, BUGGIES, BIO, i W. T. Scaman, |Omann's Largest Varicty WAGONS AND CARRIAGES CLOTHING. m&ml, Manufacturers & Whole- sale Clothiers, 1109 Harney CIGARS. West & Fritscher, Manufacturers fine clgars Jobbers of leaftobaccos. lith Steast 1011 Farnam street. “Hello!” 169, —eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee OOAL, COKE, ETC. Omaha Ooal, loke and Lime Co. Hard and soft coal, B.E. Cor. h and Doug- Ins streets. Hulbort & Blum, Oblo lump, Rock Springs, Excelslor, Walnut block, screened nut, anthracite, smithing, steam. 414 8. 15th st Columbus Buggy Oo., Carrlages, carts sulkles, ete, G.D. Edwards, Manger. 5l South 16ith. CARPETS, Omaba Carpet Co., Carpets, 0! cloths, mat- tIngs, curtaingoods,ote. 1611 Douglas strent. Dean, Armstrong & Co., wN. Coutant & Squires, Hardand soft coal ship- pers, 1508 Farnam reet, O, Harmon & Weeth, 3 Acmelump, Eagle lump, Walnnt olock nod An- thracite conl. Oftice 119 N, 16th street. American Fuel Co. Shippers and dealers 1a anthracite and bitu- minous coal. 215 8. 16th streot. Nebraska Fuel (o, 2138, 13th street, P. H. Mahoney & Oo. Hard—Conl—Soft. Offices 13 N. 16th and cor. 10th and Douglas sts. Howell & Co., 27 8. 1ith street, Omaha, Neb. Omaha, Nob, the leader said—‘'an’ we feels proud to know yer been here. What we done ain’t nothin’s to talk about and we’d lick a mean skunk which wouldn't do like- wise for a lady.’ ” Attraction of the Foreign Suitor. One reason wh{ American girls wish to marry abroad is that foreigners have agarule, a certain enamel of manner which is very attractive to women,writes Mrs. John Sherwood in Harper's Bazaar, The hand kissing, the flattery, the def- erential manner, all these are the most agreeable be;z(nnin%n of an acquaint- ance. It is, to an idle girl. a great leasure to find a man who has all his ay to devote to her. The European man has made a study of ow to amuse himself all d ay long, and nodoubt he has picked up education and much that is very agreea- ble along with this effort to get rid of time. The American man hus had no such difficulty in disposingof the golden hours; he has worked hard to make his living; he has had a terrific struggle for it, and his love muking has been & thing apart, an interlude in the busy life. He has had no time to en- amel himself with foreign manners.and to an idle and a selfish girl he is far less agreeable than a man who can take her to picture galleries, toraces, tothe Bois, to dine, who knows all about dress: makers, their prices, their degree of style, and their costumes. A European man is a gazette, & newspaper amongst other things, and he is full of delightful anecdote. He knows all the gossip about the Prince of Wales, about Lady Agatha, and the Duchess of No- where; he s selish in every- thing else, but he is not selfish in this. Hedoes try to make himself amusing and agreeable, and to do him justice he generally succeeds. If he goes to theater or opera witha party of la- dies, he knows the history—and it is apt to be a piquant one—of every prima donna, every tenor, every basso. 6 re- members what happened at Nice two winters ago,and he has an amusing story about the Grand Duchess of Pim- pernickel. We all know that there is no more fascinating reading for the idle and cultivated than stories in which titles abound. We Believe That S. S. 8. is without an equal as a remedy for mala- rial poison. |t cleanses the system of all impurities. ISUFFERED FOR3 YEARS WITH MALARIAL POISON. MY APPETITE FAILED, AND 1 WAS GREATLY REDUCED IN FLESH. 1 TR'ED THE MERCURY AND POTAH TREATMENT, AND CONTINVED TO GET WORSE UNTIL LIFE HAD LOST ALL CHARMS 8.8. 8, MADE A COMPLETE AND PERMANENT CURE, AND MY HEALTH 18 BETTER NOW THAN IT EVER WAS. J. A. RICE, OTTAWA, KAN. Book on blood and Skin diseases® free. COUNTIES. S, N.W.HARRIS & COMPANY .Bankers, 163-165 D The Swift Spe:ifi - Co., At'anta, Ga. 8CH DISTRICTS, WATER COMPA rborn Sireet, CHICACGO, B u“ n WANTED PANIES, . Total Issues of CITH respondence solicited . 'IC (URE For LOST or F, MAGIC CURE Fifs:=Gond { VOUS DEBILITY. Weakness of Body una Mind; Effects of Errors or psses o Old or Young. Robust. Nobie MANHOGD fully und ¢ Sample cour L #1; full course, #5. Re -urely sei vatlon. Cook Kemedy Co, Omatia, Nab., St. Ulare Hotel, Ofiice Cor. 1ta kud Dodgo £ts J.J. Johnson & Co., 218 8. 13th street, Oumaha, Neb. Mount & Griffin, 2138, 14th streat, Omaha, Neb. Johnson Bros., 1 Farnam street, Omaha, Neb. 0.3, Hovens & Co, 142 Farnam stroet, Ouah. CORNIVE. Eagle Gornice Works, Manufacturersof Galvan- ized Iron Cornico. Window caps, motallosky- lights ete. 1110 and 1112 DodgoSt. F. Ruemping Galvanized Iron cornlces, Dormer windows, door capy, finiuls, eote. Tin ironand slate roofer. SI1 Farnam St. " DRY ( M. E. Smath & Co., Dry goods, furnishing &O0ds, motlons, Cor. 11th and Howard sts. oods Co, Dry ruml-, notlons, gents' urnishinz goos. Cornor 11th an1 1arney BLEOTRICAL SUPPLIES, Wolf Electrical Oo. llustrated Catalogue free. 1014 Capito Avenue. " FARM MACHINERY, BI0. Parlin, Orendorff &| T. G. Northwall, Martin Co., General western ngent Corner Jones and 9th sts. Skandia Plow Co., Omnha, Neb. 1849-1851 Sherman ave, SUR. Broken Bow Roller R. T. Davis Mill Co,, Milling Co.. C.G. Underwood, Ofice and warehouse, Manager at Omaha, 1012 N. 16thstreet | Cor. th and Jackso FUR, WOOL, HIDES, TALLOW @eo, Oberne &'Co,, | J. 8. Smith & 0, 813 8. 1th streot, WE-1412 Loaronworth ) | Omaha. IRON WORKS. Paxton & Vierling | Omaba Safe & Iron Iron Works, Works, Wrought and cast tron bullding vork, engines, | Manufies 8o and burgly vailts, 3 Brass. work found ! hutters and Omata Blnoks B | fire o 2N A by o ’ dreen 14t & Jackson ste i Acme Iron and Wire orks, Trom, wire and brass wks. 812 8. lith stroet W. Boehl, - Proprietor. i LITHOGRAPHING. Rees Printing Oo, Lithographing, Printing and 13iank Books 114h wnd 1o ward Sts LIQUORS. Williafn Darst, Wines, Liquors and Cle ars. 113 Farnam 8t.. Omaha R. R Grotte, _|Frank Dellone & Co, Importer and _y”x-brr";*"l’ Liquorsand Genuine Ne Y| vadn Cigars. | 1208 Dougla Wilson & Drake, Mg tabulat fiues, fite box bollers, tanks, ot | prerce ana 10th sirsots Tler & Co, Liguor Morchants, 1117 Hamey stro tur'rs Kennedy's Indin Bitters, L. Kirsoht & Co,, Whalesale LiguorDealors Wholesale LiquorDealers 407 and 00 8. 10th St 804 - 808 8. 10th St. 5 LUMBER. @ W. Douglass& Oo. | John A. Wnkrfinldz American, Porl Hardwood Lumber, v muk 1810 North! 6th Stroet. Charles R. L Hardwood I Wyatt - Bullard Lums ber Co 20th and Tzard Strcots, Louis Bradford, Lumbor, e, comont, ot 92 Douglas stroot. ———— __ MILLINERY AND NOTIONS. 0. A, Stonehill, 1. Oberfelder & Oo., Millinery, Notlony Importers and Jobvers 1a Cloaks, Bto 116-118 8. 16th St., Omaha 2 9th and Douglas, Fred W, Gray, Lime, Cement, Eto. Ko Cor.9th and Douglas Miliinery ,210and 212 South 11tk treet. —— g MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ETO. A, Hospe, Jr, Planos, Organs, Artistd Materlals, Ete, 1613 Douglas Streat. fi;ioyer & Bro. Go.| A, Hospo, Mg jewelors, dealers In musical Instruments, Furnad and 1ith, R A OS] “Cousolidated Tank Line Co, lubricating Rroase, A. L Bishop, Managor. ~ OYSTERS. A. Booth Packing o, | Phatt & Co, Oysters; fish and canned “Tger bran fresh oyse 1808 Leavenworth. 815 and 817 Howard. " PAPER. | PLATING. COarpenter Paper Oo,, | Western Plating W'ks carry a full stock of | printing, wrapping and writing paper, eard pa- per, cte. Omnha sliver and nickel ing on all_metals, inbleware, oto. ,replnte Polishing brass & chane dellerwork, 1114 Dodga, PRODUCE, COMMISSION. Ribbel & Smith, Schroeder & Co., Dealers in_country prod- | Cash buyers butter a nee, frults, vegotablos, | egks,an1 genoral co 5 misslon merchants, South 1ith streas. et 1207 Howard street. 2 E. B. Branch & Co, Produce, frults of alk kinds, oysters, 1211 Howard atroot. Robert Purvis,__ 1217 Howard aty@e ~ Write for prices on bute ter, oggs, poultry and gawe. Qlark & 0o, Butter, choose, ogay poltry and gamo, 009 South 13th street. “Williams & Or;ss, Produce and frults, 0. Rosso & (o., Forelgn, Californla and 4 tropical frults, Porter Bros, Oo,, Callfornla, . Florida and tropteal fruits. B01-811 Jones street. 0. W. Butts, - Munager. Kirschbramn & Sons, Butter eggs and poultry, 1200 Howard street. Bates & Co,, e, frults, grocers’ 1214 Harnoey stroet. ~ RUBBER GOODS, BTO. Omaba Rubber Co., Manufacturing and Job- bersall kinds rubbeér &o0ds. 1003 Farnam stroat. SAFES, A. L Deane & Co, General agents for Hall's b [0th St, . [ Emenon 801 0o, Seed growers, deilers ln Sulos wurdon, grass, grain and 423 So oy, ml 2} South_15th, 8. |, Gilnan, Clemens Oskamp, M'f'g of ready to ral 1014 N, 16th stroet. Slap Jack Meal, tinest cakes'in the world. C.E. Black, - Managor. | 1207- 5 8. 20th stroet. FURNITURE AND CARPETS. Dewey & Stone Fur- [Chas, Shiverick & Co. niture (o., Furniture and Carpets, Furniture and carpets, 115-1110 Farnam stroet, " GENTS FURNISHING GOODS, Schoeider & Loomis, |J. T, Robinson Notion Jobbers and Importers of notlons and furnishing 0003, 12001210 Farnam St, Gents' furnishing goods. m' (% celobrated brand Suck=kin’ o ver alls, paats, shirts, aLs, oL 1111 Howard street. | Cor. 12th and Howard sts. EEm———————e— GLASS, PAINT, OIL AND DRUGS. J. A Fuller & Go,, 1402 Dougias Steoat, Kennard Glass and Paint Co,, 1408-1412 Harney streot. Oumabis, N Omaha, Blake, Bruce & o, 900-008 1eavenworth st William Cummings, 617 and 019 South 16th St., Omaha, Neb. Omaha, Neb. Paxton & Gallagher, 06-711 8. 10th strect, Meyer & Raapke, 1403-1005 Hlarney stroel, Oul!lll\. K‘!Y{‘ M. Bteele & Oo,, 1201-1205 Jones stroet, Ouaha, Neb. 3 Allen Bros,, | MoCord, Brady & Oo, 1114 Harney street 15thand Lenvenworth, Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha, Neb. GUNFOWDER. Hugh G. Olark, Genl Western Agent | Rector & Wilhelmy Go| Les-0lar'- Androsssn Haru ware 0),, 1108-1110 Harney street, Oroahis Neb Cor. 10t and Jackson sts Gmals ~ SASH, DOORS, M. A Disbrow & Co,, ufcturers of sash, yors. blinds and ouldings. Branch of- Hee, 12th and Ezard sts, SYRUPS, | Farrell & Company, Wholesale manfacturers syrups, molasses and vinegars, 217-21980uth Sth street. BLINDS, B 0. Bohn Sash & Door Jo, Manu facturars of moulde ings, blinds, doors, ol 16th and Clark stroots, STOVES, Duffy Trowbridze 8tova Manufac'g Oa., Manufactur'g stovesand stove pips. 1213-1215 Leavenworth st. ———————— TEA, COFFEE, SPICES, OIGARS, Consolidated Coffoe Oompany, 1414 and 1410 Harnoy st Omabs, Neb, STEAM AND WATER SUPPLIES U. 8, Wind Engine & Pump Co,, Haliday wind mils, 05 and 120 Jones st 1c0ss, acting manugor, A, L. Strang & Sons, 1002-1000 Farnsm strooh, Omahu, Neb. " Orane Uompany, @ belting, packlag, eam pumps. plumbing ds. 02224 Farnum stroet. T POY8,” | | TYPE H. Hardy & Co., The Omaha Typa Toys, dolls, albums,fancy Foundry, Koods, house furnlshing | Printers’ Supplios goods, children's car (New and aecond-hand riages. 110 Farnamst. machinery. LIMITEDY COM MISSION, UNION STOCK YARDS s e LIVE STOCK Martin Bros,, 4400 Exchy Boyer & Truitt, -50 Exchange Bullding, o Bullding Chicago. §Exclungs Bullding Bouth Ommha. Bouth Owaha 8.d. Uofgnsn, Sumiley | “Huter & Green, 80 Ex change Bullaiag Bouth Omany ———— i Gluozl i}rothers, ‘% Exchange Bulldiog, Bouth Omabs