Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 24, 1891, Page 5

: DATLY BEIMTMONDAY e e e e e i et e e o e o e Didactioal Dircourse on the Ethical Rela- tions of These Pleasant Avocations, OPINION OF A CONFESSED EXPERT, Hle Writes of the Beanties of the One and the Necossity of the Other—Why It 18 8o, Sruscovser, Nantuckot Tsland, Mass., Aug 20, ~[spocial Correspondance of Tie Ber. | It is nore that fish do abound. At this s son thoy are of the blue persuasion and all are birthright members. They hoid pro- tracted mootings in front of the village They gambol on the *'rips.”” [ can't find it in my beart to disturb them in their inno- cont pleasure of carrying destruction into the seried ranks of the mossbunkers and other small fry. Tho mossbunkers don't onjoy the experience, Tbey are not built that way. The gifts of providenco aro dispensed dif forentl ome men have the genius for catching fish; others tho talont for eating them. Let others cateh, The blue fish can't say it is [ who ruthlessly break up their home circles, All L do s toeat them when caught by other men with less ten- der sympathies, I neither fisn nor cut bait. To tnis I attribute a fair roputation for truth and voracity in circlos whore [am not too well known, 'Lhere is an occult relation betweon going a tishing and Ly ing about it aftorwards. Writers on ethis have not given the subjoct tho consideration it dose; 1 can't account for 1t oxcept on tho supposition that tho writers are fishermen themselves and do not wish to write in self-condennation, ws Every Liar is Not a Fisherman, The fow fishermon who do tell tho truth prove the general rule to bo the other way. 1 used to belleve that fishermen did expo ienco pleasure in tho sport. It vasa gen- erous illusion, It has been dispelled by closo observation. I now know that the ouly inducement for mo to go a fisning is for the pleasure of lying about it afterwards. This statoment applies to amatours, Mea who gain their subsistence as tollers on _ tho waters do it as @ business. It is pell, not pleasure, they seok. Tne average amateur fisherman say ho loves the sport. Ho travels off ten milc to whipa trout stream. He sits on a bank and bolds a rod and lino with one hand and fignts mosquitoes and black flics with the othor until nightfall. He anchors himsell on a rock or a bridge with a drop line; at briof intervals he mournfully hauls in’and spits on his bait and throws it out again. Ho sits in a small boat in waters where striped bass or sheepshead sport in sweet com- munion and eat their neighbors, In solemn silence he awaits the coming of an Enclluq fish which he hopes will be tempted y the balt he has thrown to ailuro his hankering maw. He does all these thinges even in a drenching rain or a pinching cold. Ho does it with a forcknowledge that his friends will wonder when thoy next see him whether he is rccovering from the cbickenpox or has been apolying a blanket blister plaster o ms face for a toothache involving the entive forco of His Teeth on the Letired List He may como home without a scale of his own raising. That makes no differenco. Heo will speak in raprurous praises of tho delights felt in the silent communion with nature. He will descaut on the poetic emotions in- spired by gaziniz upon tho laudscape orlisten- ing to the cadences of the rippling waters. He will tell of the healthful effects on mind and body that come from rest to the brain, and breathing in the air frea from the noi- some exhalations of urban surroundi But the climax_vomes when he tells of the wild ecstasy he feels when the fish strikes the hook and_the struggles that ensue when drawing him from his native element. How mortals do deceivo thems 3. Quiet and sentiment don’t pay for the lone- Iiness, the annoyance and the fatigues insep- arable from going a-fishing. Blso why fishermen never raid the waters without a pocket filled with highly concentrated fluid consolation? A man who onjoys the exper- fence, per se, doesn’t need to reinforce the pleasure by pulling tho cork from the busi- ness ond of i bottle. [t is when his spirits droop that he invokes the spirits from the wvasty shoals of that pocket companion. They bring him solace and give him courage. They repare him for feats of romantic narrative, fhe catches no fish he buys them at the market and exhibits the stock as the re- 1t of his skill. If he brings in a pitiful string of lightwoights he smuggles it into the house. Then he goes outside. He triples the number and quadruples the weight of the catch. That is bad enough. Nobody Believes It. But no fisherman’s story is belioved with- out confirmatory proof. In nine cases out of ten he drags wife, daugnter, son, cook and ohambermaid into the abyss of mendacity to sustain his story. Tho chiof of the doepart- medt of othics in tho consus burcau writes me that ho was astounded himself at the dis- closures by the statistics of tho number of wives and mothers whose home life had been beautiful and characters without reproach who begun downward careors in roluctant afirmation of their husbands’ ~exploits as tishormon, In each case, the initial stop taken, her conscience became s and her courso was down, down, until the point of abject dopravity was roached. 'hen,” the supcrintendent writes me, **with- out a blush she would pass hours and hours in building crazy quilts and writing spring pogtry." As o oltof Is notu fisherman, 1 eliovo what ho says. 1f by chanco a fish Moo hauls in o fish of fare proportion he will rogalo his companions for a half hour in describing tho efforts tho captive maae to escave, and the dexterous skill he had to use to land him. Then ho will tell about another fish twico as big and four times as gamey that got away just as he got him close to tho gunwale or the shore, The Lone Fisherman, A story is told of a fisherman who for fif- toen years sat on an abutment of Loudon bridge day aftor day, vain or shino, uolding his rod and line. He was never soen to raise afish. Oneday a mau asked him if he had caught anythiog that day. He answered no, but tuat three years ago ho had a splendid nibole. This was told to illustrato vhe pa- tience supposed to be the chavacteristic vir- tuoe of the ideal fishermun. [ don’t believa it. Noman would sit, dav in and duy out, so many years to experience the perpstuul Joy of catching no fish. He could drop u lino ioto his cistern, go off and read tho “Pan- deots of Justinian” or Haxter's “Call to tho Unconverted,” or some other equally exeiting work, and find just as many fish waiting ‘when he should return home and pull in the line. If for argumont I admit thers was such & man I know what his answer would have been. Ho would bave told the marvelous num- ber ho had caught the previous day or weok, followed by a bill of particulars of the num* berand wolght of the fish ho had landed. 1t further proof of the absurdity of the story were needed, its author fails to chroniclo thatthe mun Wwas seou to tako u drini during the whole fifteen years. That is conclusive. A Truthful Tale. I think I have snown that hshing and tell- 1ng incredible stories about it are intimately connected, I am convinced, too, that tho paucity of the catch and the stories told avout It are always in adverse ratio one to the other. The smaller the cateh the bigger the story, until zero is reached. Then lying, ipso facto, touches the boiling point. 1 didn't cipher this out uutil 1 came to Siascon- set. Hero aud elsowhere on the island o man can nearly always catch enough to sutis(y moderate wishes and somotimes the wildest ambition. I bave seen a fisherman pull into his dory a fow hundred feet from the beach, from thirty Lo sixty fine blue fish in a single afternoon ~ When cod “'strike on’ in the spring and fall be can_go out in a dory snd sometimes bring in from fifty to one hundred off a single tide. From Sesachacha poud a boy or girl will often average a porch & minute until tired, to say nothing of an oc- casional eel that will seak tho favor of boing caught to vary the entertainment. A man has scarce ever a chance to Le in telling fish stories bere. Hence his enthusiasm for the His spirits are depressed Joort s chtied. 2. nverting the bottle will not dispel the gloom. | the | on | for a time, | but it was on t Ho loaves for other wators whero thoro Is some margin left for oxtrava. | gant story teiling. Ho naver thinks of Siasconset except in the privacy of self-com- munion, { How to Land a Shark, | Thero is ono anpparent exception to the | broad statement I have made. It is apparent | only. Those who go sharking wrestle with a gamo_they aro not familiar with oither in theory or ‘in practice. They neither know | the sharking grounds nor how to cateh th fish whon tho ground s roached. They rely upon the practical man who furnisnes boat | and tackle and bait. He it Is who baits the fisherman’'s hook; throws out the lino: tells | him when a snark has struck; when and how to haul in; does nearly all the work: overcomes the scruples of ihe shurk ngainst | gotting into the boat by hammering him on with o club; pulls. him and finally’ launds him beach, Mattors are lively The fisherman may porhaps do one-teuth of the work; but for the cor.tributary aid ho does render he focls that he is a hero. ‘Then comes the temptation to lie. When the time comos he will tell his friends that he did it That is to be expoeted. Perhaps he did, principle of qui facit per alium facit per se. On the question of weight, however, he st tako ndvice, “There s no scala on the > the car- cass 18 to bo buried. The owner of tho boat comes to his roscue, He has an oyo to busi- ness, He knows tho weakness of his patron and wants furthee employmont. If ho shall say that a consumpt Ik that might lift the beam at 200 pounds weighs 800, tho fish- corman is more than satisfied. On_that au- thority he will tell his frionds that he zht | and landed a_snark that weighed nearly analfaton. As tho statement is not above the average of a_fisherman’s stories it will probably not be found recorded against him on the day of judzment. “The season hias not s prosporous Siasconset as in othor years. Business not Justified the usual umbers to seck at either seashore, lake or mountain. Now, however, the hotels ave full, but probabiy one-fourth of the cottages usially rented avo witbiout tenants, Fiveu the pictiresguoe little fishermen’s houses are no exception' to the rule. Epwarn F. USDERUILL, e WYOMING'S MINERAL EXUIBIT, on the at has rost on Sietch of the State Board of Mines and Its Plan for Work. Cuevesye, Wyo., Aug. 20.—To the Editor of Tur Ber: During the summer of 1500 the press of Wyoming protty generally advocated the holding of a stato mining convention. Lato in the fall the mattor toole shape and a was made for a couvention to be beld at Cheyenne on Decombor 30 and 31 ard Jan- uary Land 2. This call was signod by per- s0n3 in every county in thostate. At the samo time there was o request mado that specimens of miueral be brought to the con vention from as many points as possible. Winter was upon us, but our miners and others interested in_thie deveiopment of tho mineral rosources of the state, took the mat- ter in hand, and there appeared at the con- vention a coilection of mineral that would do cdit to our best developed mining states. I'remont county alone made a showing worthy of un ompire. Carbon county, in which Geld Hill is located, mado a finu show- inz aud won a reputation’ for rich mineral, Other localities followed closo afer, and taken altogother the display was in overy way creditable to the persons who had taken tha trouble to make the collection. There was iron from the celebratod Hartville daposit, also from Rawlins, and numerous specimens of oil taken from a half a dozeu oil districts, wold, silver and copper ore from all over the state, and a large number of fine specimens of coal tnken from tho numerous mines: was marble and building stone in great uvention was made up of delegates representing the various counties and camps was gziven an_opportunicy Ik for its self. T'iore wore papers read and speeches made on all subjects connectod with mining and mineral. The convention was numerously attended and was pro- nounced: to bo grand success. ‘At this conveutiou the State Board of Minos was born. A committee appointed for the Pirpose mado tho plan of a state organiza- tion and the convention elected thirteon dele- gates, ono from each county in tha state, who in turn elected a president, Colonel Stephen W. Downey of Laramie City, a gon tloman largely intorested In mining opora- tions in tho state. Jos. DeBartho of the Buf- falo Bulletin was elected treasurer; C. G. Coutunt, editor of the Commonwealth at Cheyentie, was made sccrotary. Beforo the convention adjourned it was determined to holl another this fall and to make it tho ane great ovent in the history of thostato during the vear 1S9l With this end in view the board of trustees went to work to securo specimens for the display aud papers from individuals who could give reliablo information in rogard to the various mineral deposits. The ono aim has beon to sccure reliablo data in regard toall kinds of m cral, its quality and quantity wherever found. The convention will be hold in the hall of tho house of representatives and the mineral dis- play will be made in tho same building, in rooms set apart for the useof the State Board of Mines by tho legislature last winter. The coilection of minerais will be retained in tho rooms of the State Board of Mines for o permanent display that will be accessiblo ab ail timos to visitors to the capital city of Wyoming. The railway companics have united in making a one fare round trip rate from all points in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah and South Dakota; rates will also bé wado for parties at Omaha. Erom all these states large delegations are expected. Wyoming is rapidly devoloplug and this minig convention will prove to all who attend the valuo of its mineral. Tho gath ing will be alike beneficial to the people of Wyomring and thoso of surrounding sta Some people are constantly troubled with boils—no sooner does one heal than another makes its appearance. A thorough course of s Sarsaparilla, tho best of blood puri- fiers, effectually puts an end to this aunoy We recommond a trial. Doctors' Dissensions, Owans, Aug. 23.—~To the Editor of Tus Bre: There isnodoubt that the respecta- bloaad educated members of the medical profession were heartily giad when the late law regulating the practice of medicine in tho state of Nebraska was passed by our last legislaturo, Ana the great mass of the peoplo were rejoiced at the prospoct of, at least, eetting rid of impostors that have done a turifly business at_the expense of both money aud health among tho unwary and unsuspocting sick. Under the law a State Board of Health was constituted, with four qualified physicians appointed by the proper legal authorities to act asa board of inquiry, and to examine sdentials of all applicants for a license to practice in Nebraska., Aud to examine tae diplomas to see if the wero issued by respectablo and accredited medical colleges, logally authorized to confer the degree of and if the applicant was lawfully ia pos: ession of such credentials. ''heu it was lawful, proper and the voard of sec 'S 10 50 report and reg ommend said AUS name as a propo person for the State Bourd of Health to grant a cortificate and legally qualifying said grad- uate of mediciue to practice in Nobraska. But a self-constitutad body of malcontents, organized as a socioty under the awful namo of Medico-Logal soclety, ostensibly to assist the Stato Board of Health, but as'a matier of fact (a3 [ see it) to dictate to the boavd who stould bo allowed to practice in their field. 1 ask, is it not an insult to the State Board of - Health, ufter having its secretarios to examine tho diplomas of applicauts, to have thoso meddlesome confusion makers come in, in_thew self- constituted importance, and dictato and point out to the board such members of tho profes sion as dou't just suit their whimsical fancy ! Orone who “scems to be a little more skill- | ful, or more successful in securing the conti- | dence and respect of un intellizent publict | Lusk in all “honesty of purpose, would it not bo well for those meddiesome, cheaky creatures to let the Stato Board of Health, assisted by its logal secretaries, decide who may, or muy not. practice medicine! It {s not pleasant or profitablo for a physi- cian to leave his patients, spond 01s time and mouoy and even perchance secure tho ser- vices of a lawyer ana appear ut Lincoln to auswer to the' meddlesomo whims of such | malconteuts or their sorvile help. seem as if Owaha is peculiarly supplied with professional adventurers and arrogants, It seoms as though they can't be content with tho amount of business their skill merits, but are inclined to make thewselyvos par: ticularly noisy and obnoxious among pro- fesstonal geutlemen A Docroi, right for HOW T0 CLIVB PIKES' PEAK, Dosstiption of the Glories ofa Rids by Rail to the Summit, BEAUTIFUL VISTA IT OPENS UP. What the Latest Trinmph of Daring Engineering Offers the Visitors Maniton—A Trip to the Clouds, to M Correspondenco Colorado without rrov Sprixas, Colo., Au pectal of Tue Bee|—To visit golng to tho top of Pike's peak is like going to Romy without visiting the vatican. Not that Pike's peak is the tailest of the range in Colorado, for there are thirteon peaks in the state which ara higher, but that it is tho easlost of it. To sy that you hiave boen to the top of Pike's peuk does not mean what it did a year ago. Then it meant a long, rough ride, winding in and out around the mountain, or a ay's hard climb up the trial. Today it simply means that you have settled yourself comfortably in an observation car of the cog-whoel railrosd and spent a hulf day in ascending and descending the mountain, Thers are three trains a Muniton at fntervals of th protty little depot just above Ute Iron springs, A spucious observation car with a capacity of about sixty stands on the track with the engine behind it, ready to be pustied up the mountain The engine is of peculiar construction, built expressly for the work it has to do. It is somowhut shortor than the ordinary onggine, ana built so as to stand level on an averago grade. ‘They aro furnished with six separate cog wheels, which it into the cor. responding tecth of the track, and it is by this means they climb the steepest grades with perfect safety, Tho locomotives, each of two hundred horse power, weich about twonty-oight tons and average cight milos an hour up grade, The track is the standard broad gauge and 1 built upon a voadbed varying from fifteen to twenty feet wide, Phis roadbed of solid rock biasted from the side of the monntain and there s not u trestle crossed on the line. In the middle of tho track are two Bussomer steel rack rails set an inch and fivo-cighths apart, upon which the cogs of the locomotive opor- ate. ‘These aro set so that tha tecth of two ils alternate, giving the coz bearing on'the track. Tho z st caro consteuciion, and the contract for these rails stipulated that they should be within a fiftieth of af inch of tho specified size. Allo vanco also hud to be made for contraction and expansion, and each rail, which is but cighty inches loug, is tirmly bolted to a die-forzed steol chain, which in turn is boited to tho e, Every possivle precaution is usad in r to brakes. I3ach coach 1s provided with two very substantiul pioion brakes and as one is sullicient to stop the tran, this 15 cuough to satisfy the most timid, On the engine, ex- tonded from the sides of the cog-wheels, are six corrugated surfaces upon which' tho brakes act. The cylindersof the engines arcalso used on the downward jou as air comprossors, and by theiv use the speed of the train is regulate The train starts and journey up the mountain up it ctimbs and about there is @& magnificent view of the ever changing panorama. Great boulders, piled one upon the other, tho pinc trees and the mountain stream hem in the road on either side, Above are Goz and and Magog, the two geeat rocks looking down upon you. Through Grand pass, by Ieho falls, Hanging rock and wo have roached oué of tho prettiest spots on the road, Artist glen. The grade becomes ascend. As the summit is "appr rise is twenty-eight feet in one hundred, almostone foot in three. Gradually the neizhboring mountains sink before us and we look down upon their summits. The pine trees and mountain shvubs become thinnor and baro, dead pines, more nuincrous. At timber line 12,000 fest above tho sea, the last trees are passca and the flowers which below wera plentiful have disappeared. Al save one, for above timoer line the blue forsot-me- not peeps from uuder the rocks and lodgos. By this time you have noticed the daiffer- ence in the atmosphere. The air is rare and breathing harder. The engine now mukes frequent stops to get up steam. Tho air, too, is cooler and here and there are the remuants of the last snow. A heavy overcoat is not av all uncomfortable. At last the summit is reuched and the magmficent view 15 well worth a climb of 14,000 feet nbove the sea. At your feet lies Pike's peak 1tsell in all its wild grandeur—Manitou ut its base and the Garden of the Gods stretching out towards the cast; tothe northeast the buffalo plains of Colorado sweep away to the horizon. Deu- ver, soventy-five miles away, is plainly vis- ible. To "the south and west are mountain upon mountain, and range upon range, piled up against the s Far off, dimly outlined agaiust_the horizon, are the Spanish peaks in New Mexico, almost 200 wmiles away. 1t is only now that you appreci- ate the size and distance of the mountain, which on account of the vare atmosphere to the inexperienced eyo seems to be bat a fow hours’ walk from Donver. A few minutes' stay nt tho top and the train begins to descend. The dowiward trip is made 1 half an hour less time than the ascent. Heve the engine proceeds the car, which is uot coupled to the locomotive, sothe car could bo let down independent of the engine. 'Two hours briog you back to Man- 1tou, and thus is ended a journey ou the high- est railroad in the world. lor’s Magic Headacne Wafers, Cures al headzches in 20 minutes. At all druggists 0. — asc ay which leave rae hours, from a gard begins its winding lowly but surely it winds visibly steeper as we wched tho B y Wedded, Ancors, T, Aug. ~[Special to Tur Bre.]—The residence of Farmer Owen, sit- uated about five miles from here, was the sceno of a brilliant event last Wednesday ovening. Tue occasion was the marviage of Miss Eva S, the beantiful and accomplished duughter of Mr. Owen, to Mr. Charles I, Comp of Ouiaba. Guests were present from Chieago, St. Louis, Alton and elsewhero, ho- sides a host from the immediate neighbor- hood, whore the family has resided for many vears, The ceremony was performed ac- rding to the rites of the Episcopal church, in the sign language, by Rev. J. F. Cloud of St. Thomas' Mission for the Deaf, Chiist Chureh cathodral, St. Louis. Afier the core- mony tho guests sat down to & bounteous wedding supper. ‘Tho happy couplo were the recipients of vumerous and costly pres- ents and letters and telegrams from friends who were unaole to_be present. The future ome of Mr. and Comp will be in Omaha, where he urgo of the Nobraska Deaf Mutes' Jourual, published by the stuto school for the deaf there. Miss Owon was for several years a teacher i the Kansas school for tho deaf at Olathe, resigning ber position there last June, Both were educated at tho Iilioois institution at Jucsouville, and ave leading memobrs ot tho alumut association of that school, the hride beiug the present vice president of the same, Mr. and Mrs. Comp's “numorous friends rywhere join n wishing them a long and bappy marriod lifo. e o Parents Read This, July and August are anxious moantns for mothers who carefully watch over their littlo oucs, Hov days and froquent changes of temperature are liable to_produce cholora morbus. How satisfactory it should be for parents to kuow that Haller's Pain Paralyzer is both a pleasant and effective remedy for all summer complaints, 1t soothes and ra- lioves all pain and griping and always offocts a complete cure. Irorts, ‘Thomas J. Bouton, editor of the Buffalo, W5o., Echo, bas been doing much of late to direot the attentioa of South Omaha packers to tho cattle flelds of Wyoming. The last issue of the Kcho contains & detailed desorip- tion of tne packing interasts of the Magic City aud is tilled with roasons for Wyoming shippers patronizing the Omaha market, sixth Warders Pionicing. The aunual picaie given by the Sixth Ward baod at Prios' lake yesterday was & anicooss und nottod '¥ho boys a noat | woney. At nino o'elaek yesterday morning | the mombors of the hand and a laree pumber of their frionds mot at Twenty-fourth and | Cuming straot and at'once started on thoir | excursion, gotog inamery-alls and carriages, AU the [ake tho day.was spont in a4 most en. joyable mauner. The band boys favored their guests with sevagal musical selactions, after which ull partieipated in disposing of & wholesome tunch. LD Dr. Birney, hay févar aad catareh, B bldg - NEWS OF Trs NORTHWEST, Nibraska, Callaway farmers talk of building a mill. Congressman Kot will deliver an address Blair on Lavor day. T'hero is a good opening at Gochner for a store and haraess shop, b Micak's baru at Stanton was_ struck by lizhtning aud burned to the zround. T'he Stato Fish commission will bezin die- | teibuting black Dass about Ssptomber 20 Germans onjoyed a pienfe in Baker's grove near Iaitbury and everything passod off with the utmost good cheer. A Hastings inventor thinks he bas a for- tune in a corn cutting machine which ho b patented and intoads to manufacture, fho York Athlstic club will have a duy of sport Septembor 3. An intere and vavied programme has beon preparod. Rev. I P. Baker, pastor of the Wayno Prosbyterian church Tor four years, hus loft for Girand Rapids, Mich., where ho- hus accopted u call. Petitions asking the boards of the two counties to ullow & Voto on the proposition to annex a portion of Custor county to Loup county are being cire w cloj nsation tho Mahaffey, agea 13, and of ago, cluded ‘thoir Urovo across tho lino into Deuel county, where an umodating justice ot the pedace made them man aud wife, Lizhtning played havoo with the residence of Charlos Conarro ut Brainard, striking the building fairly in the conter, defolisting the | chimneys and tearing out o' partition. Mrs, Conarro, who was standing near the house, | was badly shocked and now under a phy- sivian’s care. While mowit bury William Hellmau -yéar-old girl who ing in the weeds ; the'ehild was horribly cut. Her arm | was cut off_at the elbow joint, five toes cut | o and several flesh wounds. Medical aid was cailed, but the case is critical. At Douglas while the workinen on the new Methodist seminary were engaged in rais the tower to its pl of the timbers used as @ support letting the ver full to the ground. In its fall the staff jounting the tower strucie a worknia youny the name of Reynolds, bruised him severely, L was @ narrow escape trom fnstant death, Herman Wallace, B, M. tyatt and [ Thownas were tuken beforo Justice Bohmai at Schuyler, charged with having stolon forty cuickens valuod at #6 from Mes, Rrown. Thoy pleaded not guil placed under 100 ouds each, in defuult of which thoy were locked up. 'The men have been assisting to put up hay 1n the vicinit “’hoy had a team aud wagon which were taken iuto custody by the ofticials, Jim ana Jack Galiagher were arrosted a week ago at Springview charged with_steal- 1ug lumber from one merchaut and solling it to another. The case was set for Wednesday, but the day before Jim made b escape by citting threo bars from a window in the jail, he without doubt having outsido help. Juck remained in jail, stating to tho deputy sheriff that he tad dono notbing to vun from. Jack bns just completed a four term at Lincoln for forgery committed t Omaha several years ago. Theoflicers i in hot pursuit after Jim and it1s thought tha he will be captured before long, Ior the last three years Miss Itta Wiltso of Nortolk has been o suffering invalid with a violent stomach trouble. Physicians have been called ou to prescribe, but to no avail. Gradually she became worse, and at times her doath bas been cxpected. The othor evening, auring a violent coughing spell, a substance resembling o good sized polliwos was thrown off and scomod to'give Miss Wiltse instant retiof.- ‘Tno polliwog, if such it is, is now on exnibition at Owan Carr bine's place, presecved in aleohol. It hus a piump, round body aud tapering tail, while in place of eyesthere are two small light colored spots. . The doctors disagree, somo pronouncing it a polliwog and others scouting the idea. Certain it is, however, that tho girl has improved to a marked dozree sinco the intruder was thrown off. She now has no trouble w retaining food upon har stomach and eats with a velish uot known during her sickess. sum of nts and weeds in his yard at Fair- uto his little lowa. Ligntning rod swindlers are operating n Howard county. Webster county coal mines produced 130,- 600 tons last year. The anuual reunion of the Fourteenth Lowa will bo held at Anamosa Septomber 16 end 17, Wednesday, September 2, witl be woman's day at the state fui.r Hog cholera is devastating the hords of Tawa county farmers. The Lee vounty poorhouse is full and ap- plicants are refused admission. school teachers, New York is the only stato in the union that has more. H. G. Tseminger, Des Moines, has a bible which was_possessed by his groat grand- father in 1763, A $1,500 horse belonging to Miles Moe of Sioux Rapids ran away into tho river and was drowned. 12, 8. Hicks has sued the town of Duulap 000 damages for injuries reccived by ing through o sidewali. A Humbolt county justice of tho peaco receutly bound a prisoilor over to the circuit court, uot kuowing that that court has beeu abolished for several yenvs, Hivam Collins of Keokuk died at the Mt Pleasant insano asylum, Not long ugo bo was bitten by & dos. and he worried over the bite until he went crazy. Bonney Garretson, a t-yoar-old Keoiuk lad, was 50 overcome by hoat that his tonguo and mouth became partially paralyzed so be could not speak, but he may recover. Ho dipped his hoad into cold water. William Hoxio of Marcus, was sued for £100 by Houry C. Beaedsloy for giving plain- tiff’s boy liquor. It was demonstrated at tho trial that the boy belved himself, and tho §27 costs wero taxed up Lo the plainti. A 3-weels-old infant wys given to a Chi- cago & Northwestern conductor at Nevada tho other day and taken to Missouri Valley, It was provably the voungost passenger thist ever traveled on a railroad train without a mother. Pavmers in the vicmity of Aurelia are marketing the remaing of their lust yea corn crop and the Sentmel says thoy ‘are 1 from 50 1 % cents a bushol for the ving thoir loss of Gi cents an atly." an old rosident of Do Witt, o temporarily insane Wednosday seis a razor und gashed Mis throat twico, lay open the windpipe and severing the jugu vein. Ho then ran some nfty yards into & cornfield and dropped dead A nuked, bruised Al bleeding Swedo was found in a'box car b Marengo Wednesduy night. He said whilelcoming from lowa City three tramps had steipped bim of bis cloth 1ng and stolo his watch und 4 in money. His cars had beeu bitten through, and parts of his head and body wa¥ bruised and bleeding where the tramps hutl ‘beaton him with the butt of a revolvor. ! A farmer namea Raskia, in Newell town- ship, in Buona Vista-county, has filed a claim for damages for fifty head of chickens killed by dogs and asks fora portion of the domestic animal fund. At the April meet- {ng & claim for a goat was presented but tho board refused to ullow damages, claiming it Wits 00t 8 domestio animal under the mean- ing of the law, as 1t was not taxed and was not therefora entitled to protection, As poultry is not taxed the board will no doubt take the same gronnd in the chicken claim. e I, Sarah, what have yon been doing to wake you look so young! Oh, nothing much, ouly been usiug ‘Hall's Hair'Reaewer to vo- store the color of my hale, T Butler will bo at the Omaha fair and races and will givo daily exhibitions of chariot, hurdle and umbrella races, which cannot fail to pleaso those who attend. Do not fail to witness Butler’s porios 0 during the fair, comman ing August 81 and coatinuing tive days. fl Wi | vrices of commodities used by the m AUGUNT [WHAT DOES IT COST T0 LIVE? 24, 1891 Goverument Agents Engaged in Compiling Figures on the Cost of Existence, EFFECT OF TARIFF ON NECCESSITIES. Exhaustive Investigation Into t Cost of Manufacturing Articles and Their Cost to the Eeing Made. Con- suni ‘The exact effect of the much taliked of Mo- Kinley viil upon the pricos of many of the more non and necessary articles of won- eral consumption und upon the wages of ! skilled and common laborers all over the country will soon have be urately ascer- tained. Colonel C. D. Wright, commissioner of tho departmont of labor, began about two weeks g0 to preparo for an exhaustive and soarch- into the conditions of labor and tho ing inquir sses bo- ginning with June 1, 1850, and extending up to Septewber 1, 1801, This work was u at the request of thoseaate committes, whose shoulders the senate had placed the task, but having no means by which the work bo accomplished the committes turned the matter over to Colonel \Wright of artment o f labor, A largo number of specinl agents are now at work all over the United States collecting i o information. Mr. Frank J. Sheri- duu arrived in Om; sterday to take up the wo Mr. Stieridan said lust night o ar for Tie Brr_that ho was col- lecting figures upon about 950 articles, em- vracing articles of food, clothing, furniture, butlding material, fuel and articles in com- mon ana general use by all classes of peopl 1 it to the merchants,” said Mr. Sheridan, “and through their kindness and courtesy 1 simply their pricos on the articles wo Liave on our list s they were sold on the first day of each month, beginuing Juno 1, 188 nd continuing up to und including’ Angust of this year. Wo also report the wages paid all siilled and common_ labor covering the samo period enabled 10 ascertain tho exact prices aud s prior to the wnd passazo of the MeKinloy 1aneos that nave taken pla became n law. This investization is abso- lutoly non-partisan and must result in fu nishing a vast amount of reliable information regurding this voxed question and will bo of wreat benofit to the entire countr “Prior to the present investization wo wi engazed in collecting axaet statistics pertain- it to tho cost of manufacturiug atl sorts of ticlos and goods, i nding ouv the wages paid factory and machine simp laborers ana the charactor of the living those laborers were enabled to provide for themselves and and their families, Wo also ascertained tho prices at which the jobbers sold all sorts of goods, especially the woods aud wares from ' the factories we had vreviously investizated, Now we are collecting tho wal fizures from Lhe vetailers. When this has been dono vhe history of a very long list of articles from the time they en o fae- tory ach the consumers’ hands wiil have beon seearsd. “Special ag were countries to muke a sin there, touching the cost. of different articles, the cost of livin, condition of the liboring classes. these statisties are’ comvleted they will form ne of tho most complete and remaricable volumes of 1 forma- tion that has ever been compiled upon the subject of labor and cost of living.” “How long will you be engaged in collect- ing the facts and figures wanted in Owaha ! Tt will take me several weeks to completo the work bere, This is a very important point for investigation and 1 shall b obliged to do the work carefully and thoroughly. [ have to shape my work to_suit the conveni- ence of the merchant, from whom I obtain tho figures desived, but as a rulo I have found the merchants in the eities where I have worked very courteous und obliging.” e Children Cry for it The pleasant flavor, gontle action and sootning effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need f n laxativo andif the father or mother be costive or bilious the most gratifying re- sults follow ils use, so that itis the best family remedy kuown and every family should have a bottle, si condition of introduction bil and the sinco the bill ts sent to Furopean invostization manufacturing and the When Park Concert. Probably 2,000 peopte surrounded the grand stand at Hanscom park yesterday afternoon to listen to the concert by the band of the Second infantry. Tho programme was one of tho best of the long series that has been given at the park this summer. The most notavle numbers were the first and second in Part JI of the programme—*‘The Bridal Chorus,” from Lohongrin, and Rossini's “Stabat} Mater.” Both were rendered in a masterly manucr, and both elicited well do- served rounds of applause. Asido from these classical selections, thero were a_number of lighter character, the one entitled “Night Scoues in Berlin being especially enjoy- able. The Latest Conundrum. Why is Haller's Sarsaparilla and Burdock like the most, popular 02p of the day. Because they both cleanse the skin and teave it both soft and velvoty. Broke Hix W unlk. L. S. Hassett of (20 North Seventeenth street, had a little family row vesterday aflternoon. He 1ok a hatehet and broke his wife's trunk all to picces. Hassott was ar- vestod and charged with malicious destruc- tion of property. o's Sl DoWity's Littlo Barly ttsers; onty pil) to cure sick headacho and rezuiate the bo.vels PERSONAL PARIGRAP IS, B. J. Tierney of Ansioy is at the Casey. K. H. Gilcrest of Kearnoy is at the Paxton, 2. Hallara of Seward is at the Paxton, J. W, Goodbard of Elkhorn 1s at ths Del- lone. M. R. Wiley of Grand Island is at the Mil- lard. J. 1% McGovern of North Platte Casey. 1. C. Baoae of Nebraska City Dellone. ‘Thomas Murtey of Weeping Water tho Millard, Georggo 13, fardin of Hot Springs, Arkan- sas, is av the Murray Lk B = Few children can be induced to take physio without a struggle, and no wonder—most drugs ave extremely nauseating. Aver's Pills, on the contrary, beine sugar-conted, are easi- 1y swallowed by the little ones, and are, thore- fore, the favorite family meaicine. - — For booth privileges call on or ad- dress A. H. Briggs, N. E. cor. 14th and urnam streets, Omaba, Neb, is at tho is at tho is at DELICIOUS Flavoring EXtracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Of pertect purity. Of great strength, Economy In their uso Vanilla - Lemon Orange - Almond - Rose etc;y) Flavor as delicately @nd deliclously as the fresh fruits In this manner we shall bo | @ES ) THE GREAT LIV Cur ness, Fever, Pile , Ete. RADWAY'S ealthy action. rostore ‘st Prico 250 a box. Sold by York, on receipt of price, PILLS are cure for this compla neth 1o tho stomaeh Ldruggists, or muilod A GREAT TONG m’.\'nmsns: | | | | | TURNED AWAY. The Chas. Drew, Jessie]enkins, J. B. Poland, Mis ER and s all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, . seases, Loss of Appotite, Healdache, Constipation, Costivensss, Inligestim, Bilous- and rencers the system loss liable to contract disoase. IDNUS RN RASH /AN AMUSEMENTS. Garrow AS FAR AS YOU COULD GO, A BETTER S0AP THaNSANTA CLAUS YOUD NEVER GET TO KNOW. iy Y STOMACH REMEDY Bowels, Kilenys, Bladdsr, Nervous tnt. Thoy tons up the internal sserotions to and on ibli it th perform 1ts tantioos RADWAY & CO., &2 Warron Stroot. New —— by GRAND - OPERA - HOUS SUCCESS. HilE AT 8it; Opera Co. HE— emian Git THE CAST: John.E. Brand, Miss Laura Clement, Miss Clara Cheesman, Henry Hallem, Lillian Swain, New Scenery, New Costumes and a Strong Chorus of 40 Voices. avoid the rush. Reserved seats, 25c, 35¢ and soc. General admission, soc. Come early to Thursday, October 27, THE M IKADO. buildinge, bot are, Art, Music, by specialists. TiAN COLLEGE: SMENTS, FARNAM ST THREATER. Ono wook, commenclng August 2. The Famous Goldens. And thetr Superior Dramatic Company, Superb Sil- Ver Band and Orchest Sunday matineo and nlght, the laughuble comody, OUR BAGCHELORS. Change of play nihtly. Ma v day and Snturday. Popular prices. ihe Lady of the House. It wis summer; he was & bool-ngent* the front door bell rang; the kitchen girl answered tho peal. *Good morning, ma SHamph.” “[5 the ludy of the Louse in?” Sho is.” Cun [ se her?” “You cun.” Both stand in motionless silence, ex- ntly. “*You houso? 1 did.” “Well, why don’t I seo the lady of tha house, then?” “You seo her, Girl looks down frigldly, Awvent looks up paralyzed. Then [ would like to see the person- age who owns the property.” “In Chicago.” “Then [ want (o seo the man, woman or child, lndy, gentloman, dowager, old muid, bachelor, or heir-at-law who rents this property from the Chicago owner,” 0, you wanl to see the woman that assists me with the work! Why didn’t you siy 50 in the fiest place? This vul- frar ear s in the use of the word Hlady’ i earavating!” " Xpect so—is she in?” m.” d I could soe the lady of tho ‘When will she be in?” *Won’t be in,” “Why not? Where is sho? S1rave hern week’s vaeation to spend with her husbana at Old Poiat Comfort, 80's she could rest up ready for tho fall house-cleaning. You didn’t think I was going 1o do it all myself, did you?” cidadid Small in sizo, groat i results: DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Best pill for.constipa- tion, bost ~ for 1ol s ilazha, bast for sour stomach. T There’s o brilliant young physician in Detroit who should have been a great American humorist, says the Freo Press, During the recent hot wenther a patient who hadn’t been sleeping well appliad to him for advice. “Which side should tor?”’ ho inquired. “In winter or summer?” askod doetor, rubbing his chin thoughtfully “What's that got to do with it?" ex- claimed the patient, half angrily “A groat deal,” responded the doctor, mysteriousiy “1 don't see it.” “Of course you don’t,” said the doctor I sleep on, doc- the in Existence a1 Years. :DUCATION OF acros. T rooms, water closeta. Moral tone Adress SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. M HICAGO FEMALE GOLLEG MorganParl(nearChicago). Boarding Sclioo for Girls and Young Ludies. For| cntilogue nddress G, THAYRL, L, ., “organ Purk, 11L,oF 216 State Stroct, Clilcago, FEMALE JACKSORVILLE i Miussie il Fine Art atalogie N EW YORK MILITARY ACAD! e CoL O WrIGHT, B.S, A, Cornwall, N. \’; SCHOOLS OFF 1 MO, T BAM}ST”PEMALE COLLEGE, Ao, 3 O Vel For cat SWILEON, AN e cENTRAL‘ (';l.'JLLEL"E-.x ‘ Ay I ¢ SEMINARY, i Musi e appoin ne School for No public. exhibiti Compicte Preparation \ HREORs e o s d L o I WY Seoos ANs: S DI DEETMITARY S0 imperturbably, “if you did you wouidn't be here asking me about it.” “Go ahead, then,” and the pati tled back resignedly. *Well,” tinued the doctor, “‘in winter, when it is cold, you should sleep on the inside; but in sich weather ns this, you should sleep on the outsido in a hammock with a dreaft around it and a pieca of ice for a pillow. Two dollurs, plons ; The doctor luughed, but the patient didn’t, nt sot- ——— Big As bank failed the other d: with linbilities amounting to %75,000 and assets of $176. Presumably tho assets consisted of the bank’s furniture, which was too heavy to carry. - DeWitt's Littlo Eariy - wouien_ deputy factory jn- appointed to look after the interests of the working women, repory many violations and evasions of the tory laws by the manufucturers, parents and lahot organizations. In oue cigarette factory 104 girls under 16 years of age were found. In a numbver of factorics, when the children wera asked their ages thoy saia 12 or 13, whilo they had eortificates trom their parents th L thoy were 14, In & candy store fifty chilaren under the age of 16 were found who could not speak Buglish, aud the inspector compelled theiv discharge. In somo of the *sweating' shops work 1s bogun at 4 in the morning and continued until late at night Children are worked seventy hours aud wore a woeek, I'no law limits the hours Lo sixty e weok, while the ‘Tailors’ union allows its fe male members to work sixty-six bours. b DoWitt's Little karly (ise pills for dyspepsia, sour stoiasoh, bad br A Florida taserd for the liver, ow York spectors, who were bost little atl,