Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1893, Page 24

SECRET NEW YEAR'S HISTORY Seward's Private Secrstary Now Reveals Events Behind the Scenes, HOW WAR WITH JOHN BULL WAS AVERTED President Lincoln Silently Gave Way toSccre tary Seward—A Distinguished Nebraskan Now Tells ¥ He Secretly Sur- rendered Mason and Slidell, w hw umday after propositio the impending ¢ py from his he accepted s roserve, sink self and pr tion and changed American history There was a historic moment And that's how near Un having a third war with Wross the way The next di and Slidell to ¢ v stor his insular co fer M nlty was to surre 1t Britain wit ind oy The ca o do that nged to affair rai of ine the peoy that i When it it dut of th Seward si Among was su { naturally navy he said the he peopl insistod that it | shouid, January 1, Year's da, 1f the p. But stor, Now Y event 1862, was not a happy in these dis-United States, sple had only know there, that's gotting ahead of the r's day s the anni an which marked the happy conclus of he most fateful acts in the shift ing, momentous drama of the American rc bellion, On this da ago, the curt f . finale to th known as the gerously rsary of one of just thirty-one years ht fell on the pea diplomatie complication famon Irent affair, which came dan volving Uncle in ohin Bull at ba s ler Boston harvor, with a pitifully boat near San cussion with onet Its scene insignificant t lows of an was dar upon the which threaten the wis ing ry e mentarily and to 8] wdacions @ pas 1 mysterious young man divected the movements of the boat with commanding | assurance, but with no intimation of his pur- por destination The sirange voyager was B, D. Webster, now a distinguished Nebraskan. He wasona | the delivery of Mason an agent of Great Britain wntion was taken to prevent the surrender from reaching the ublic until the follow as the private Willinm H. Seward, Linco L and he has ag ¥ that has neve he is not ! swallow 8 crel mission of state and Slidell to every pr news of and the | t seeretary tstore of sec been published, Only en 1o lightly airing his procic caught in a1 - the Trent affair, howe sting talo of incidents gnarded from the mood ov he tells an in which were sacredly public. But first a bit of history to make the story clear to the younger generation In 1861 Jiames M. Mason of Virginia and John Slidell of Louisiana, who had left the United States senate to cast their fortunes with th federacy were appointed commis sioners to solicit the aid of Great Britain and France in behalf of the south dismal, rainy night in October they ¢ from Charleston on a blockade runne; left Havina for England on the British mail steamer Trent. Captain Charles Wilkes of the United States man-of-war San Jacinto veturing from an unsuceessful chase ‘ cer Sumter, learned these ntercepted the Trent, took off the tw missioners and their secretaries and e them as prisoners of war at Fort Warren in Boston harbor, Of course John Bull nant, howling rage. lease of the prisoners To show that he meant troops to Canada and & war. In addition to his sent u little personal no Washington directing ed States just se This note was not for evidence of good faith Equally of course the northern states were filled with exultation over the pture made by Wilkes. Boston banquetted him, the sec- the navy hailed him as a hero and gave him a vote of thanks. But Unele Sum, the mythical embodiment of the overning power, was troubled. He saw the earful danger of a war with Groat Britain that fifty years previously took to “thrash’ John Bull for in- assumed right o els. He thought it pr and consistent to surrender Mason | Slidell, but in the influmed condition of the | publ nd at that time that was a danger- | ous thing to do. hn Bull's’ ultimatum reached ton on Thursday, December Uncle Sam was in a dilemma. What was he 0 do? wut history records what he did do, And now Colonel Webster veveals how he did it Friday and Saturday passed without a tion, Sunday was distinctly quicter about the big building devoted to affaivs of state The swarm of clerks had melted into astrag gling individual here and there, the hum of a noisy ing public had died away juto the hollow echo an occasional footfail in 3 halls. of quict On a ed went into an_ind He demanded the and an apol business | i preparations for formal demand ho » to his minister at him_ to allow the en days to comply publication, but at Washing- and freedom ward called 'k, thes Wenste men brought books | i Trunted up wees while | med the reco sighed the argu- | nd jotted down a draft of his pro- | ply | in the afte mceluding h ne into the of lis se the pr affair and the of state expl 1 what he had b . Lincoln expressed a desire to know the ¢ of the pro. posed reply. and young Webster was directed to read it to hin. dent listened attentively, and at conclusion of the reading siid “Read it g at the en tence As the sc ading progressed the pres adent’s face axed and plainly indicated fecling of relief. As the secretary neared the end Lincoln drew a document” from an inside pocket, quictly sauntered to the five place aud threw it into the flames without o word of comment or explanation, The p dent then notified Seward of a cabinet meet ing and asked him to bring a copy of the dis pateh just read Seward, with ussis d a nd their ments posed s Mr. Seward | lent Lincoln | ied by John usual the please, pausing every second or | moment third sen fecling of resentn; clearly shown by his voice and man asked if the president intended to submnt the dispateh to the cabinet for vatification or rejvction Lincoln replied that ho s conelusions ns o nt A accepted Sew reet and they would d into effect, but he gently e 1 that he ought, as a matter of oftic courtesy, 1o anuounce his purpose to his cab inet and listen 1o suggestions as to details Seward's paper, cousidered one of the ablest and wost important in American state At the confederate com papers were contraband it Wilkes was right in capturing dmitted that he should have | 0 the ot into port as a prize for ad- | udication. As he had failed to do this, aud y 1emoving Mason and Sidell had constitut- od huwself 4 judge in the matter, to approve bis vould be to sunction the “right of " which had alw been denied by United States. Therefore the com: pissioners would be cheerfully delivered to 3 Britain and that power would be for- ver barred from reasserting the right of arch, This dispateh was discussed at cab. tings on Wednesday (Christmas) md Thursday and after much opposition eudorsed | nother day and the British cting on his orders, would have packed his things and left Washington for England s afterward, when Johu Hay was see- | retary of the legation at Paris and Colonel Webster was consul Bradford, i French ¢ L and of they fell into'a reminisc chat. Webster asked about the paper which Lincoln had so unostentatiously destroyed on that mem ble Sunday in Wushington, Hay explain that it was a dispatch Lincoln had prepared In answer to Great Britain’s demand, and | that it was directly opposed to the proposi tions of ward's dispateh. An experi- meutal draft of this document, in his own Aandwriting, W found by Hay | Among Lincoln's after his death. Its chief was o ar- bitrate the matters at issue, or in the alternative to carefully discuss the ques. tons involved and formulite & rule binding upou both nations for similar cases i the future. arand th but w | its larder Webstor | brought forth the four prisoners | but he proposed to tet th | receive the prisoners, | maldo | Buffalo, N, Y., | sequently started an anti-siavery | surveyor of | went to | gestures are so suggestive of Lincoln’s dispatch was never subwitted to As cabluet. At the lustant of drawing the | “If vou think you can do it perhap: had bettor try it,” retorted the he navy in o mo »f rritatio Mr. Seward ¢ wecepted aind the cabir was The seeretary o m frie nal terms witl British minister 10 latter readily agreed to have red off the const of Cape € the commission When had be Mr. Seward calle 1o hi 1 how Abou young i You will ¢ next t order Webster recoived s cantioned above ct of his mis He went to Now Y ipped over Lo wtion he conely and slip Jut exciting A letter to town 1 and at hi th vin for his 1l things t from pub vk, lingered down nandantof bt him ¢ the his every il ored them to five, w Year's morning dawne The little tug took on its i an vod 4 quantity of r Cha mari et L squad of were s turkey, wines and ot} “The boat puffed ou then the captain lo for Fort Warren, A letter to the ried that he was to of the Wel they were t commandant simply informed them thit ed from the fort. He ders to see that they s of the fortifications or o records that might be of use to the ene iv b rched if they would assure wor that they haa no contraband pa in their possession All but Slidell readily gave the desi surance. That obstinate gentleman's Ton had to be searched, but without sult. The prisoncrs were then marched tween the marines to the boat landing During the proceedi in t wind had risen to o gale. and the and tipped ava frightful rate. Here imother exhibition of himsel in profane and abt aboa He insisted th to make him ship in a c storm. Webster 1 was a loyal citizenof the United States w life was quite as precious as that of a and that he had to take as many chance lidell. Colonel Webster admits that he Kkieshell in sue 1 that ho hin | serious doubts about pulling through a sea, but he had a duty that could not abour such led despite were orde i by the fed vefused” t ers, and two mar rry himon. One 1d another by the arm were Yankees, and le of their war the expense of this confede hey ignored the plank which led from wround to the landing and boldly waded the water, The body of the man_han between them was dipped into the i atevery step. The day was bitt and by th Slidell ¢ ors and the little cabin his clot was almost frozen stiff. His ren Slidell rks tin but i he was forgiven tug turned its nose toward T ‘upe Cod, where a British 1 d b stutione W Yed Then th incetown, of-war, the Rina o, I n ing. duri ing. ¢ allof which the boat immi 1rer of bel - received the southe hip, in obedicnce to ly weighed anche n spite The tug put into rovincetown unable to leave for four days. Webster, on landing, telegraphed S ary Seward: “The mission on which seut me has been accomplished,” and he the first train for w York. The world had no suspicion of this stir W Year's event until it read its mor paper the next day Aud John Bull kept his hands off, Colonel Wel time of that 1 but he has had then. He spe and 1S 4 young man at Hora bl New Y a distinguished t his boyhood on a learned the printer’s t in the ofice of the Buif: Iixpress, and pape Springville, N, Y When the republicans of Nebraska a. Thurlow Weed to send them a man to lish an ovgan of the new party he re mended Wel ‘oung man_lande Omaha in 1859, founded the Rtepublican, second paper of that faith in the ter and then called a ma to orgu i party in Nebraska He repaid Weed by securing two brasia's dele and in 186 latter's pr till the close of 3 I was then v lucrative When salaric of to position_he 4 s faithful ser arded by appointment Iship at Bradford, I ess le the position, cutt down th Y0 to one-tenth that In 1867 he was appe port of New <ht or nine other names had be The follow ar hie wiis b 1 o for the Wall street incy m, he ed dej ork @ s Sam came to oon it without hesita 0 of 1sin 1s0n ing tion net se that the nes 1t shooting to kill i 1 in onst rer good things of carth into Boston harbor, & 1 fort ister th my, he ro. b 1self hose had in ines ped pits. they ac ate the into ring ped his torment: hing ) twa s rov- nan- d to | After hours of buffc seemed four imperative cand put was you took rin ning the rade sub- v at sked pub- on d in the oy, wnize Ne- ident, the held viee the consulship a huty dis- b fight aganst the compellin 1 the or s a0 polit then apital o or He ran for congress in Brooklyn and the Wall street broiers | I up his meetings. He had an app ,100, but was counted out to his furm near Buffalo, b in red tough 1 to iployed il writer on 1870, s to 1t it in superiatendent of immigration en by Governor Dix 5 on account of rask He poor health to rough it on a ranch in 1887 quest of General ( President Hayes appointed him inspect Al vevenue. At various times he ) ro- and but d, | or of had 1t Omaha, Chicago, New York ns. When President Cleveland 1884 he promptly resigned and retived i Nebraska vanch. He narrowly escaped b sent Lo congress three years ago t expived term. Ho was the fivst dele by Nebraska to a national republ convention, that of 1860, and he was & gate-ut-large to the last convention, | now giving his whole attention to stock ing, and he has o roumin acres of Nebry airic Fikd Beszixg was electe Jups a the cold w o in ) hi il fill out an I i {eis rai; R, ups at work on the World's fair building spend most of their time clus about wi manufucture. on a8 they war bowled metal pipe is pr a rich-flavored. offect of the 1 uy eulinn s stroug-cdored obacco. 1 shoy. stures of the iu swapping yarns. Every o them is an excellent pantomimist, and t the te their talk that a_stranger can almost at they @ king their native tongue. 8, cont Y 0 the g anding the cold w other kmen if the weat hiw he looks pityi at the shivering inquirer, shukes the fol his baggy trousers for reply and veturn ically to his work. Iurther inquiry of foreman in charge developed the fact each workman had ou thyee suits of clot & Wilson is the de that wi The “No. 9" Wheele lock-stitch machi wain 4 copper stove of mall- tuced und tilled with T'h itself in th moke heir of tell talking about, even though ugly 5 8L the | that hes, only tain an even and perfect stitch at different speeds. Sold by Geo. W. Laucaster & Co., 514 » strech. . 10th THE 40 ‘Divwrxifiurl Terrors of a Sail Aocross the | | English Ohannel. MIDNIGHT RIDE FROM DOVER TO CALAIS A Chapt 1 the Something About R om of “Tipping" Nearest Living Wake- the tive of Robert Burns man's Wanderings. Loxnox. Bre Aftor Dec. 10.—[Special to Tur I pray all of you who are to foll European ja channel be 1a o in nts n 58 the ish Cals 1 my W * to make the passage b, ght Ver to « u Dover and by fou in wvays be e easant 28 the 1 L the evening gl the lovely shire of Kent; bu s, the sur from the time our 1 leay grim London lousetops, a way in through L s always loude il st rht mail ' town, pon s than the din of our fast » 1 Doy quay as we rush in upon quaint ol A 1o v P ale 1l mail st d, half lighted cells and then we alongside th wnd driven like un n the slipper, and which ngwa with desperate suggestion are final Laboard the likke the faint-honrted land Fivst class aft! se danger rockin ibbers v md class for'd ! 1t last hud appropriate d ) us like she vd the “Foam’ for even here at the s0 mild that its spume is the luggage and continenta how taken on: and while @ gr which the ibbed thou, she aft only hurled vio in anotiier steamer fairly began its the channel Behind us, nestl charming ravines in and is ancient Dover town, with its lights winding away to the westward and blinking from the sides of tho cliff; while the great Dover lighthouse flames out upon the channel and brings into | weird outlines the stupendous castellated fortifications upon mighty Do ights You are instantly plunged into the old fashioned miscry of You do not go indoors, those nice people who must be quite 1 a channel boat as a ferry would notice you wer On the her hand, all the terrors of thedeep and of wpproaching - physical helplessuess ar sultant from your enforced acrobati upon deck Between humiliation and reer desperation i hand is upon the palsied. No, cabin, “for'd.’ ther D, we are most name, h diminutive recovers to be direction. our ricocheting acr one of the most possible death, you choose di abin door e will seek the s They will in but secius loss into the strange triangular cabin below. Ugh!—the odor of the place, its subtle dread and subtler qualms will YS oS 3 you whenever your crossing of the 1in #lish channel returns as a hateful blot upon your memory Under the stairway, from behind a cres. m Thumb like tiny old boys, attired like men-of-wa dispensing liquors and ales at a Every male in the cabin the sume time munchi lunch table, wheve the with n gr vessel. Thro i far aw food at the slopy dishes click and slip . and as in amphithe: ious bunks., s provided with 1sed cushion, sage-covered pi > bunks are occupied by men’ and women in every imazinable attitude of hu- man suffering, or of preparation against tor- turing expericn Over there i Uy an entive famil thing ¢ of Americans evi- They i outside of America, and s with each other as théir pl convulsions in ond are seve friars in brown ps from of the French cloisters beyond sober and grave in their rough habit and cowls, be: vy with wonderful fortitude stolid commercial evs, silent Jews and Frenchmen full of s in Uheir torture, with Frenchwomen, ful and pretty even in this mos leveling of all human ills, an Euglish cliannel sea-sickness, 2 horrible air and s nes of this c you with ot the the steamer's catehe its banging tting embrace of the othe | no pe. All bravery, re supreme will power a all in an cestacy of annel steamer ith this thought “lief is abandoned. For a good hour ever aspivation and ambition of life is sw away. You grovel and slide and slop as limp as a_strand of cold macconi upon the night mail steamer’s deck; for utter exhaus tion has come, Butat last the bracing storm which has whipped the chanuel into foam pounds new life into you. The salt spray dashes into your face and revives you. You crawl where ithe four grim wheelmen are, for i thie cutting wind there is a faint odor of the land. The chief wheelman comforts you with “Doan’t mind it, mon, The best there be doan’t be able to 'stand on their legs he about ™ me Amiens, where you in ip to hur iron n e is and that no Lost all possibility of 1 the light at > of Griz Nez. Soon your rting the ¢ e 3 rs and steamer begins sk there are glinti | from the coastwise vill revel or vigil is being kept, The p | Tight at Calais grows and glows, looming_quay, where the havoe, is a continuous wreathing of flash ing phosphorescence, Speedily now your steaner literally gallops into port, Hero at one side are the fantastic fishing- crafvand the bellying “lighters,” At the other, as the beduy s crowd to the gangway opening, rows of Iy porters, bowing and seraping and chat glibly. The weird sots flare ove picture strangely; and a flavor of de salty things, of half-digested penetrating garlic is all over, And what a din is theve! With a swash and a bump the foam is finally made fast. Then the perilous mid- night ascent to the docks, the keen-eyed customs officers, the skirmishes and mon serious engagements with porters, the cries of the guards, the miserable entanglements and wild-cye and, finally, the mad i 10 th et traing for Paris, | for Vienna for Berlin. In half un hour everything has come to \ts 5 you have with an hundred “par- dous!" and “remercies ! been hustled into one carriage only to be hustied out of this | into another; and at last you are locked tightly withiu one which has got you safely for a little time. “Then, certain of still being all wrong, the train moves away from the docks—weayi and swaying past where redshirted ¥ bogs play through long summer golden sands: past frowning battle past quaint old roc of the seaport | town; underneath the shadows of the great Calais lighthouse ; past out-jutting roofs and underneath overrcach! tlconies and hood- like arches; until at last. with o bump that briugs you' to your feet, you are within another raging din where traius are made up for all parts of the continent Here porters with blue blouses and red rimmed caps, guards with gold lace and itching palms, and gens A’ armes with boyw | legs and Quixotic stateliness again hustle you; tear your tickets from you; throw your baggage after you; commiserate you; wheedle you; take your pourboire and hurl you,as | from o catapult, iuto a carrviage apartment, where sick in body and demented in mind | you sink exhausted into perturbed sieop, as | the hour of 1is tolled from the ghostly | towers of the Calais churches, haunted by | dreams of Brobdignagian, gaudily dressed guards continuing infinite tortures through compartment windows, supplementod by invisible choruses’ of “Je vous | remercie! Pardonnez woi! r-head Over th plays mad the sy grind with the lurching of the | You | | the | ment | profound | a Kafriv | memoinr: | Auld R sunken cuspidore; and nearly all | fitted | manent relief in Hood's | ous news of what was’ expected of them | “Burns c | recognize | Burns. mor home than for W the staccato of the wheels upon OMAHA _DAILY REE 0DD INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL rails; ever after some infornal Walpurgis night. e “Tip, the Porter, is A greats distinction botweo tipping” at¥ ‘Americnn “tipping it Britain, Your true Briton “tips omething Ifke {m@onscions kindliness 1 in e bestow gratuities largefy, loosely. loudly, as we were eitlibe defying criticism or digze. s striking a diffe will be found i ion oftmd) British serving peo ceptanoe of *tips” from Briton They often seem b I manner agguses their or cupidity, or both. But they lambs to' their own folk, and the man, who is the greatest of travel own_ country, will leave a shi gratitude and good will behind him by the judicious use of copper only, w forco follow in - pe tion an thougl we spangle our way with Lhave seen the English’ sid illustrat - countless ¢ asions. Only re cently while waiting for a_London train at the great Rugby station, a handsome, portly snerable gentleman alighted from the c cof o train from Coventry, A porter hastened to his assistance and conducted him to a comfortable seat next the door where 1 stood. Then 1 od with the Tugy Ihere were sixteen parcels. Four were hug handbags, each of the size and weight of a marketable Limerick pis > all finally tidily piled aloneside the lished traveler. The latter's hand went into his pocket, wher there was apparently much coin, and ‘surely, I thought, it will reappear with at loast o shilling, possibly with a half crown. 1 could not he it was only a ha'penny But bland and perfoct grace with it was_ bestowed, and . half-conscious look attention and sympathy which accom panied it, woere what filled me with nd admiration. The porter, inge from exertion, touched his « sort of humility, a tone of positiv my own “thripe T4 in the memory like lizattn of a witch-wailed Ther because o s in_his of this fact p seeing the which mome D withaglad sie!™ in 150 to *and an inquiry who “tipped with half pen- answered hoartily: 1 of —— An' 4 S fine man e 3 an_excellent courier 1 could not help saying Joan't know as to that, sir porter he would ' replied the a werr ) s people.’ Descendants of Robert Burns, One of the sweetest lasses in all Scotland, one of thoe 1 s and one of the sturdiest of fu v friends of mine at Dumfrie: e lassio is Jean Armour Buriis Brown. Her mother the daughiter of the oldest and best-beloy of Robert Burns' sons, Robert Burns, jr. who was himself a truc poet and a man_of intellectual — attainwent, i mother and daughter ave the imme bard’s neavest living relatives. The home is modest and plain but rich in love, sentiment and the most priceless of human sympathics ; and 1 have long since come to love this truly lovable Scottish home for the manhood. womanhood and purity that dwell within it They are not rich people these: not even folk of moderate means: but there is a true nobility in_their everjfine and lofty inde- lence which lonoes: the memor v whose fame bestowed no litte upon them. Some ' gue conceived idea of constructing duplicate the “Burns cottage’” at Ayr, the poet as born. hibition at the World's fair. This was L. Then some fertile mind de 55 or sentiment further little fainily must be corr lassoocd and herded i, the “Burns cotta to be catalogued, labeléd band, a two-he wild Australian_ ehild World's fairvisitors, consul in Seotland has just of honor a of in oid con or' willions of ted State: ke the hilars to these reputable descendants of Robert Bur in Dumfries; and the ‘gentle but dignif reply he ha ived, f5ill undoubtedly omitted from hi forthcoming consul; to be entitled1Rifts in the Mists of d be While on the subjec descendants, it is also an inter that the Ellisland farm nome of Robert Burns has just been thrown open ‘to the public. T house on the banks of the songful M . about six miles north of Dum- is standing as sturdily today as when ng walls were completed by Robert ds. If there is to be t the World's fair, this is the one which should be copied, or 4t least those having the matter in charge should he truth that its representat litely more emphatically memorize Sfuir la's” bard” than a prototype of the Ayer cottage wherein he born. Nith-side cottage is hallowed by o cred memories of Burns. He built while si many a lusty song to his e and wife. When done it was to his honest cyes faiver than any place in Britai To it he bronght his adored Jeaa g sed by a peasant-girl o ng the e and a bowl of salt T'he most children were born within its walls s the one Eden of labor, love and song the poet and his wife ever knew. » are hundreds of visible relics still at Ellisland_cottage of the poet's own handiwor He w he » the immortal for his life _within this humble all else of earthly accomplish- or hiere were produced, dmong scores of minor poems, his most ecstati ment, * o' Shante and denominated by Alexander > fought Bannockburn, the work of Burns and his sting fac would i 1 in a da) nith “since best single done in_Scotland,” his 1 i- i “The Song of Deatt {1 Kirk's Alarn mubial affection; “0, BI Y *$8 to the Nith," Hare," that grand Thomson,” “Of a’ an Blaw,"” wonde itchless embodiment of ohn Anderson, My Jo tlin’ Winds," his “Add “On Seeing a - Wounded t ss 1o the Shade of the Airis the Winds divinest of all hi Heaven, A Pittsbury summer in England tells an sadly disturbed the rel L Penzance, who spent o part of last incident which ious peace of u the Pittsburg A maiden lady which somehow acquired th habit of observing at frequent i T wish the old lady would dic “This annoyed the bird's owner, who spoke to her curate about it 1 think we can rectify plied the good man and he is a righteous brought up in the way he should go. 1 will ou my parrot apd I trust his influ- ill reform thit depraved bird of i that town own the matte 0 have a par bird, having been yours The curate's parrot \Y‘{;. placed in the same room with the wicked"dfio and as soon a8 the two hadbecome aceusia to cach other the bad bird remarkeq !’ 1 wish the old lad Whereupon the elergyman's bird rolled up his eyes and in solemraecents added “We beseech Thee @glwar us, good Lord 1" The story got out in the parish and for several Sundays i rcessury Lo omit the litany at the chury “Mr. Ferguson,” std’the minister, “you vour death bed* " assented thé aick man bout to face the great hereafter. ou not afraid to die? You haveswasted your lif What deéd™f yours can your children look back on when you are g and contemplate with satisfaction " *You forget,” said the sick man, with as much indignation as he could muster, “‘that once colored a wmeerschuum pipe without burning it.” e A country minister in New York s finding the fire in the parlor had gou asked his wife to bring in something dry with which to religt it. The good wowan went to the barn and puiled from a barrel an armful of her husband’s old sermons. te uL » [ ds to Perdition from Ogdens. burg,” (N. Y.) Is the title of a series of se mons under course of delivery in that town | Nobody is talking of the opposition line in the saie way wgood singer other girl in the choir se Is Miss Hinot, must be. Eve to dislike her.” . Do you approve of church bells? “yes, if they dou't Hirt in the church itself.” Dyspepsia’s Vietims tnd prompt aud per- arsaparilla, which toues the stomach and creates an appetite, ing trail of | | En, the | the | ELECTRIC SPARKS. A signal passes through the Atlantic cable 1-100 of & socond , n attempt with electric omnibuses is to be made in London. The cost is estimated at3 pence a mile, as agaiast 5 pence for in | horse power. A drying Touse for lumber has been rted at Ot in which electricity is the heating poy This is the first estab lishment of the kind in the world Wl approach The ap smien and g where ur pheric influences, travels at the 000 miles a second. Along a win vastly slower: a perceptible period of time upied by the ectric urrent in sending telegrams over long distances, Probably the smallest electric light stallation in the world is to be found in little vill of Bremen, near Dormbach, i Thuringia. 1t compriscs a installod in the church, the lamp being oper wted when roquired by n small dynamo vranged in th » will and driven by the mill wheel, A discussion is being carrie to the telophone cable conne and France as to whother mor \ 1to carry on convorsati or the line in ish orin French, The toll is about for three minutes’ use, and consequently th relative rapidity of the two languages enters as an_important factor At prosent the Frenchmen seem to have the better of the itroversy At recent meeting Street Railway ass ented froma” comm appointed to ascert operation of horse, railways with a same av the passing of trains to supplant f in on in relation ting England of the American fntion a roport was pro. tee which had t n the relative cost b A comparison of typical cleetric lines, of pacity and located in th o intere thoug wholly conclusive, fiy Comparing of construction with returns, it appeared that cach dollar iny in the clectrie road carried more dollar invested in the cable in the ratio of 4 to B It appe furthermore that 80 per cent of the electric roads report- ing had earned dividends of fron per cnt—certainly a very encouraging showing. l!nlia the Dutch Process No Alkalies —or— Other Chemicals o | are used in tho preparation of W. BAKER & €08 \BreakfastCocoa swhich is absolutely pure and soluble, Ithas moretha reetimey § the strength of Cocon mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or S r, and s more eco- nomical, costing 1255 than one cent a cup, Iv is_delicious, nourishing, and EASILY DIGRSTED. IR Sold by Grocers everywhere. W.BAKER & C0.. Do:chester, Mass, same city perhaps not v 00K GLOVES ARE STAMPED FOSTER'SD ,I:’ATENTS, LICENSED UNDER FOSTER'S PATENTS, BEWARE OF IMITATIONS! PRETTY FACES 10 ALL Wid0 USE LY FRECKLA Homely Faces Softened Into Great Beauty by I.a Freckla. OLD FACES Made young bgain by LA FREKLA. La Freckla is the greatest, the most wonder- ful and the only cure 1n existence for freckies LA FRECKLA {5 the Iatest sensation among physicians sud chemists. dhiscovercd by Mue. \'uln and use by her until her beanty Hecame 50 wonderful that those who kuew lior beforo becumo atraid of her great and bowitehing beauty. Mue. Yale at the nge of forty looked aighiteen. Her complexion 1550 beautiful one bas Lo go closo 1o seo she is 1iving belng Mme. Yale bus placed La Freokla tn the mar- ot The women of the world muy have the benefitof hor secrot and_ becoue is beautiful us this loyely Queen of Boauty. Send §conts instamps and hme Yale will send you free of chargs her tamous Bewuty Book sho his writ- tentolnstruct women how to become beautiful. LA FRECKLA will be shipped you upon re- coipt of price, oF you may get [L from your drugmst. Mme, Y ale's book instructs youny girls how to win u husband, and marr'ed la- dies how to retain their husbunds' affections, and women of ull ages how Lo be beautitul Price of La Freckla, $1.00 PER BOTTLE. JRIDE A COCKHORSE, TO CHICAGO OF COURSE.TAJ GET, SOME OF C SOA tz'ce; |slaos£ ITS MERITS FORCLEANING AND WASHING THE CLOTHES, /. ASSURE IT A WELCOME -~ WHEREVER IT GOES. FAIRBANKS SANTA CLAUS SOAP IS THE BEST FOR EVERY HOUSEMOLD USE, ALL GROCERS KEEPIT, MAPE. ONLY BY N.K.FAIRBANK & CO. CHICAGO. typical cable | about the | cost | A Fine 4-Bladed €= For sale by ali first-clags Druggists. ‘Address all orders and lotters, MAME. YALE, Beauty an¢ Complexicn Speolalist, MME. M. YALES TEMPLE OF BEAUTY, 146 STATE ST., CHICAGO, ILL., OR 37 WEST I4TH 8T, N, Y. POINTERS i oes i R M. SAVEYOUR TAGS. TO THE CHEWERS OF PAL AND BLUE GRASS PLUG TOBACCOS, WE OFFER FREE An Elegant 300. Gold Watch Tags This watch is stem wind and stam setter, 18 siz2 open fa American movement, with patent dust proof safaty pini A Handsome 50 Tags. Silk Umbrella This Umbrella is gents' size, 23 wood and attractive silver trimmings. 2 5 Pocket Knife Tags. This knife has beautitul white or stag handle, 3 or 4 blades, solid patent back, and is made of the very best steal, combininy nigass quality and durability. These brands are well known and give wherever sold, as we only manufacture fine them, Any of the above offers number of tag This offer will continue after January 1st, 139¢ Write your name and addraes plainly and mail to PERKINS & ERNST, Covington; Ky. NOTICE—What some of the dealers of Omaha [who are handling PALM LEAR TOB ACCO] say OMAHA, Oct. 28, 1892, To whom it may concern—We the undersigned dealers of Omaha, are hxuldlins PALM LEAF TOBACCO, and will say, wo find it in quality equal to any poun lump wo have ever hand When sold to a customer ho will call for it agajn. The deal connected with it is o square one, and the bost we have ever seen. Fur- ther, we cheerfully recommend it to any dealer who will take an interest in showe ing it. J. P, Tarpley, 1320 Douglus St. R N. 16th S . 13th St. 223 N. 13th St Johnson Bros , Park Ave. Fred Armbrurst, 1907 Vinton & lwards & Co., 36th & Farnam 16th St. FOR a fine-- 1, anbhlys FFOR FOR perfect satisfaction plug tobacco. Tryt sent promptly on reczipt of the required V. W. Pennell, 1505, S, 13th St. Fon Kroge & Pahl, J.J. Ribalk, 1€ J. P, Jerpe. 1 A Black, 1006 N, Rudolph Beal, 1006 N, 24th St. Chas. Hin Hth St. S. Omaha, | Henry Leisge, 2812Leavenworth St And any others. Withont money andwithout prica, To the SICK You are not wotl, and I money or thino 1o 506 a do Citout the numo printed hors. TRIPANS CHEMICAL CO., NEW YOI n tha ard; put it ln and by ro ot i lotter Ino that will do y 5 it and ol y tilends. For Thirty Days only w Christmas Jowelry will offor our entira stock of Diamonds and nd Silverwaro at less than manvfacturer’s cost, Fourteenth and Farnam Streets. Will move Jan. 1, to N. W. Cor. 16th and Farnam, SAFES FOR SALE. 1316 Douglas Strect, Omaha, Nob. minent specialist 1n nle, privato. blaod, skin and urinary disoases. wistered kraduace (0 modicine, as dl piomas wid certicatos show. ia st LreAting with Lo 55 caturrh, 108t manhood 101 ad w1 forms of private disoa wes ry used. Now trestment for s unable to vish correspondence, Mediolne OF 0 Xress 86 contents or sender. Ono pereonul it W proferrod. Consultation tra Book (Mysteries of Lifo sent fres, OBica hoursd m.u, 109 p o Sundunys 10 A regular ana oaLOSL Ai(0 - ri Lstamp LOF raply CHICHESTER'S ENGLI /1, RED CROSS PrENNYROVAL THE ORIGINAL AN Ladiea, ask Drageist for Uoses semied wih Dl £ 0 DIAMOND BRAND (8 \hh® jold recat g rmus sounterfyite At ir.geia o ot Vsiluioulale, aud VLLEHeF Tor Tadleed’ (s eler, bf cetucn M CHICHESTER CnEmichy Col Ml T ) > PIRCENT '?Auf’ osJ Mq“(fi/\vmcs BANK DEPOSITS N nrir AL 4160868 B3 s brntth Soume