Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 10, 1893, Page 3

THE DAILY BEE! COUNCIL BLUFTY OFFICE: NO. 12 PEARL STREET Telivered ty earrier to any part ot the city 1. W. TILTON, - MANAGER TELEPHONES | Riaines MINoR W N. ¥. Plumbing Co Boston Store for sun umbrellns Judson, pasturage, 120 Sixth avenue, Miltonberger is the hatter, 502 Broadway The Mayne Real Bstate Co,, 621 Broad way. A collection was taken at the Presbyterian church vesterday morning for the aid of the cyclone suffere: This is the last®ay for the discount on the water tax. Water works office open until 8:30 this evening. The Red Men will entertain their brothers of Omaha and South Omaha tomorrow even- ing at their hall. A fine program has been prepared for the occasion. The fine weather of yesterday brought the people out of doors in throngs both Manawa and Fairmount park were well patronized all day. There were no especial forms of entertainment provided at either place, but the leafy shade of the park and the fishing, boating and bathing at the luke served to keep tho crowds in_good humor at both places. Both motor lines did a big business. A man glving his namo as John Kelly is occupying u cell in the county jail, having been arrested in Omaha on_ suspicion of be- ang the tellow who robbea Mrs. C. Watts of her pocketbook a few days ago. e was ar- rested while trying to dispose of some rings, ust s he was when calling on Mrs. Watts, o answers the description perfectly, and Mrs. Watts picked him out yesterday morn- ing from among all the prisoners without a moment's hesitation, George Williamson, Don Beno, W, D. Car- rothers, R. H. Nichols, H. E. Grimm, Ed Duquette, C. E. Parsons, Richard Belt, R. W. Bixby and H. E. Tagger of the Gan medes went to Omala yesterday and joined the Qmuba Wheel club in a joint run to Cal houni. Some of the party also took a trip to Blair, among them Grimm, who was unfor- tunate enough to break his wheel and had to come back by the railroad, Complaints have been coming in frequently during the past twoor three days of depreda- tions committed by tramps on the outskirts of town. The police are making strenuous efforts toward cleaning them up, and nearly twenty-five traiaps are now in the city jail as tho result. Muny of them aro tough- looking characters, and the citizens in the outlying districts will do well to keep their eyes in good working order, while th around. Railroad men on southbound trains say that they have to stop their trains after passing the Wabash crossing every trip and clean off the fellows who get on board to steal rides. There was some fear expressed Saturday night by the workmen at the new interstate bridge lest the trestle work should go out again during the night. An immense log, fifty feet or more long and with big bushy roots, came floati own stream and collided with the piling which supported the trestle. It hung there for several hours before it could be dislodged. The structure is not in- tended- for very hard usawe, and having already gone out twice during the last six months the feurs were well grounded. The men who expected another disuster of the samo kind, however, were disappointed, as the trestle was still in place last evening and was apparently us strong as ever, BOSTON STORE. Monday Evening from 7 to 10. 75 pieces beautiful pattern challies 20c, & dress pattern of 10 yards, 100 dozen, extra quality, summer cor- gets, worth 75¢. Monday evening from 7 t0 10 for 25¢ a pair. 75 dozen 50¢ towels for 25¢ each Mon- day evening. 100 pieces figured Swiss mull goods, worth 25 cents, for Monday evening, 124 cents a yard, Tho last chance at ging- hams Monday evening; 124 cent ginghams cents a yard. Don't miss the above chances. Be on hand and secure your share of bargains, only to be found at the Boston store. Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Co., leaders of low prices, The Grand Hotel, Councit, Bluffs. The most eclegant in Towa. ining room on seventh floor. %){ute, $3.00 and $5.00 a day. 1. I, Clark, rop. Carbon Coal Co., wholesale and retail coal. Removed from 10 Pearl to 34 Pearl street, Grand Hotel building. PERSO. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Keller leave today for a visit to Chicago. Claude Dyo and his brother Will Dye of Macedonia have gone to Chicago. Rev. (. L. Zorbaugh preached yesterday at St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mandel expect to move this month to Cleveland, O., where they will make their home. Ed Rohr, formerly in the abatracting busi- ness in this city, now of Sioux City, is_ visit- ing his friends here. Mrs. . 8. Stelling arrived in the city from Chicago yesterday to spend three weeks visitiog her motheér, Mrs. J. M. Palmer, on Fourth a Mrs. Wy matron of the Women's Christian association hospital, has gone to assist in caring for the cyclone sufferers in the northern part of the state. H. B. Shillington left a_couple of months ago for the west in search of health, He had been a victim of consumption and hoped that a change of climate would benefit him. He has returned home without meeting with the hopea-for improvement and his physi- cian gives him but little encouragement to look for recovery. AL PARAGRAPHS, Manuwa, Picnic trains, until further notice, will leave for that L{\'l'llt fishing resort, Ray's Landing and Manawa park, Min- eral Springs, German shooting grounds, Manhattan beach and Manawa opera house (where two performances will be iven during the season daily at 4 and 130 o'clock p. m.) as follows: Nine and 1la.m and land2 p. m., and every thirty minutes thereafter until 12:30 at night. Last train will leave Manawa for Council Bluffs at 1 Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap Ask your grocer for Domestic soap. Another improvement to_the popuiar Schubert piano. Swanson Musio Co Will Hold an luquest. An inquest over the remains of Frank Baunders will be held this afternoon at Estep's undertaking rooms. The father, brother and brottier-in-law of the dead man arrived in the eity yesterday from Manills, and in company with C. G. Saunders of this city, and W. C. Estep, left for home last evening with tho body in charge. All the memb®s of the family of the deceased arc razed with grief, us he was & favor- ite with them all. ~The sympathy of their friends here go out to them in this hour of great bereavement. There is nothing in this country like the fruit kept in Wheeler, llm?chl& Co.’s cold storage. No matter what the weather is it veaches the customer in ferlm:'. condition, Another car load of * lemons was put in Saturday. Greenshiclds, Nicholson & Co., real estate and rentals, 600 Broadway. Tel.151, Stop at the Ogden, Council Bluffs, t test $2.00 house in lowa. AN Williamson & Co.. 106 Main street, largest and best bicyele stock in city. Cook you » meals this summer on a gas range. At cost at tho Gas company. Use Domestic soap, NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFES | Evidence of a Desire to Let the Five-Oent | " Fare Go by Defanlt, WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE DOING Some Members of the Councll 8ald to e Opposed to the Reduction—Some of the Features of the Case. A meeting of the committees appointed by the city councils of Council Bluffs and Omaha, with the ropresentatives of the motor company was announced for last Fri- day at the council chamber in this city. Friday came und went and no mee! held, ‘and considerable curiosity pressed as to the n for the get together. Inqul Ma rence develops the fuct that the matter i the hands of the chajrman of the Omaha committee. When last Monday's meetiug in Omaha adjourned, it was with the unaer- standing that the next meeting would be held in tnis city on Fri The motor offi- cials had agreed to bo preseat on Monday, but failed to siow. up, so that there was no other alternative but to adjourn until such time as they would be likely to be on hand. After tho adjournment a day or two the chairman of the commitiee called on the members of the committee from this city and stated that it had been thought best that a little more time shoula be given the motor ofticials, and that he would uotify the representatives of Council Bluffs of the time that should be selected for holding the adjourned meeting, Nothing has been heard from him since and the members of the committee are as much in the dark as any one concerning the future movements of the managers of the 5-cent fare project. “The suggestion has been made, and itseems to bo rather warranted by th ‘recent dovel- opments, that 1t is the intention of some one who stands i the light of godfather to the scheme, to let it die a-boruin’. The members of the O howed the enthusiasm 1n dealing with it that the peo- ple ou this side of the river looked for. It has also looked to a man who climbed into a tree to watch thefr movements that the aldermen of Council Bluffs would have to be prodded frequently if there was any expec- tation of getting them to do anything. It is reported on good authority that two of the three members of the Omaha committee are opposed to a bcent fare, and will vote aguinst it whenever it comes before them, With the Council Bluffs council in u state of indifference the outlook for any reduction of fare does not seem to bo at all flatteving. There is now an orainance before the Council Bluffs city council, vroviding for a reduction of motor fare in the city limits to Scents. It was introduced by Alderman White, referred at ouce to a committee, which has so far failed to make any report. Inreply toa question as to what was the reason for this delay, Mayor Lawrence states that there are some very Intricate law questions involved, and the city attorney wants plenty of time to study up on them before he muki v suggestions, The Omaha council h 1 its power to bring matters to u speedy focus by forbiddi the motor company to operate on the strects f that city, as it has no righ there ound_ the loup merely by suffrunce, but there seems 0 be no inclination to take advantage of this power. George F. Wright, one of the stockholders of the motor comany, has said several times in the course of published interviews that all that the motor company was waiting for was for some one who had the proper authority to come to the divectors ana_tell them just what was wanted, when their requests would receive immediate uttention, The directors have had the formal notice that thoy desire, but have utterly failed to corroborate Mr. Wright's statement, and have even failed to keep the engagements they made to meet the committees in conference. Domestic soap is the best. S ST o THE AMERICAN CONSUL. What 1s Expected of This and Useful Functis A consul is cted to learn the Jan- guage, laws, customs and commerce of the country in which he resides. Hav- ing spent pernaps years in doing this, why should he be required on a change of administration o give way to a new officer who, after learning the cons duties and accomplishments will } Dbe put out by another new be The rotation system may be democratic, but it is injurious to our foreign service. The dutiesof a consul are often impor- tant, requiring training and experience, says Youth's Companion. 1f Americans die abroad and away from their familics he must look after theiv property and estates, accounting for the same to the representative of the deceased person or to the United States treasury. It is his duty to be present at and cer- tify to the department the legality of marriages of United States citizens, though the marriage ceremony itself must be solemnized by a civil or church official of the land where it occurs. Passports are vised or certified to by the consul, and itis his duty to settle the disputes, which are endless, between American shipmasters and seamen. 1o must protect and advise eitizens of his country who have been wrongfully ar- rested, or whose business rights or in- terests undor, any treaty have beo nin- terfered with, If he is zealous and patriot aid his countrymen in United States manufactures into other lands. It is a part of his duties to make frequent reports to the department on all subjects, e: {lt politics, tifat he thinks may be of special valueor in- terest to our people. These communications are usually published by the state department, for distribution, in monthly pamphlets, un- der the title *Consular Reports.” They frequently contain information of great value, The United States imports every year more than $800.000,000 worth of "goods from abroad. The duty collected on them, in spite of the fact that many are on the free list, amounts to nearly £300,- 000,000, All invoices of these immense ship- ments of goods must, first of all, be pre- sented to the consul for examination as to their cost and value. Without the consul’s official declaration that the fucts have heen stated in the invoice, not one dollar’s worth ' of the goods is permitted to enter at the American custom houses, In this examination and legalization of the invoices, the consul becomes u close agent and aid of the custom houses and the department of the treasury, with both of which he is in constant communication. Unfitness for his duty, from neglect or lack of training, may cost the treasury and the people large sums of wmoney. I'l\‘ul',y invoice legalized costs the ship- per §2.50, and the fees so collected more than support the whole consular system. The United States have altogether some 250 consular Nsts scattered over the world. Many ol these, however, are but subordinate consulates or agencies under the control of the nearest consul. Some of them, even as consulships, are, owing to want of commerce, unimportant and not self-sustaining. Usually at the capital of each foreign state a consulate general is established, whose chief officer, in aedition to the duties at that post, has a certain limited control of the other consulatesin his dis- triet, The line between the duties of diplo matic officers and consuls is not pre cisely defined, but in general the diplo- rterosting and ary. he will introducing mats are politiean, $ 16 consuls commer- clal agents of heir country, The diplo- matic posts are usually filled by minis- ters and envoys, who look especially after the political interests and treaties between nations, In some instances, as at Cairo, Athens, Lisbon, Teheran and elsewhere, the offices of United States minister resident and consul general are combined —————— GAME COCK AND RATTLER. Tho Reptile no Mateh for the Sharp-Spurred Bird, One day last week, writes the Scran- ton correspondent of the New York Sun, a tom turkey belonging to N Arnold S, Ormsby, a Krinkle Root Ridge, Pa., farmer, gobbled so long and noisily in the dooryard just before dinner time that Mrs, Ormsby hastily wiped her hands on her apron and ran out to see what the gobbler meant by making such a racket. She soon discovered that the turkey’s noise was caused by a rattle- snake that lay coiled on the grass, and that the gobbler was dancing around the snake in a state of anger that made his wattles look flery red. The snake was as cool as a cucumber, Mrs, Ormsby said, but as the maddened fowl strutted and gobbled around it the rep- tilp wagged the tip of its tail as though it was getting mad also, blinked devil- ishly at the noisy bird, and repeatedly ran out its tongue as if it was ti say to the turkey, “Don't you come an inch nearer, old fellow!” Mrs, Ormsby grabbed the gobbler by the tail and flung him ov the fence. The rattlesnake bowed its thanks to her, drew in its tongue, stopped wagging its tail, and tried to look as innocent and harmless as an angle worm; but its mod- est manners did not deceive Mrs. Ormshy a particle, and she immediatoly trotted into the house and got a kettle of boiling water, intending to give the intruding reptile a hot shower bath. ust as she veached the doorstep the tom turkey and one of Mr. Ormsby's game cocks flew over the dooryard fence and fluttered toward the rattlesnake. The, turkey gobbled angrily, and the silent rooster stretched out his neck and glared at the coiled reptile pugna- clously, acting as if he was about to give battle to a creature of his own race. Mis. Ormsby put down the kettle, got a broom, and undertook to shoo the rooster away, but she wasn't quick enough, for the snake instantly struck at the rooster, and the alert game cock evaded the deadly fangs by jumping up and rapping the rattler on each side of its head with both spurs. The snake recoiled and struck again with a vengeance, and the agile rooster flew over its head, wheeled like a flash, and jabbed his spurs deep into the back of the rattler’s neck just as the snake had coiled for the third time, following it up with another sayv age thrust, before the astonished reptile had a chance to act. The wounded rat- tler wus unable to coil itself again- It began to writhe so violently that the plucky game cock failed to reach its neck, although he jumped at it three or four times, and it finally jammed its fangs into its own sides repeatedly, and tore about so_fiercely that the rooster backed off and eyed it fora moment. The tom turkey continued to gobble threat- eningly, and the game that ho had completely disabled the.rat- tler, flew upon an oleander bush and crowed lustily. Then Mrs. Ormsby marched out with her kettle, but she didn't waste the hot water, for the snake had stretched out and was lifeless. Rt i, FACILE MULTIPLICATION, Noteworthy Instances of Obedience of a Scriptural Injunction. In searching the annals of the world for material that will attest the appro- priateness and peculiar fitness of the above title, .says & writer in the St. Louis Republic, I find that Mme. de la Riva of Klorence, Italy. gave birth to eight children on September 9, 1507, Mme. Frescobaldi, another Florentine lady, who died in 1570, was the mother of fifty-swo children, no fower than three being born at any one time, four and five at a single birth being nothing unusual with the madame, and at one time six. In Aubrey’s “Natural History of Wilt- shire” (England) we find an account of the Bonham family, Thomas and Edith. Edith had twins and triplets ton numer- ous occasions, and finally astonished all ‘Wiltshire by giving birth to seven chil- dren at one time. “There is a tradition” (I quote frcm Aubrey), “which is recorded in the Ym‘ish register, that all the seven children were brought to- gether to the font of the church and there baptized.” The Gentleman’s Magazine for March 17, 1798, is authority for the staatement that the wife of Pierre Duisian of Ver- choq. Depurtment Pas-de-Calais, France, was the mother ot six children, three boys and three girls, all of whom were born at a single birth, A lady” (name not given—sce ‘‘Statistician,” for 1889, page 505), at Penia, O., in the year 1850, gave birth to five children at ‘one time, Mrs. James McElmore, who lived at Texarkana, Avk., in the year 1888 had become the mother of a family of nine children, all within the short space of three years, the last arvival being a trio of girls, Pheebe Lynch, who was living at Seymour, Ind., in the same year (1888), hod seven children at two births, cighteen months apart, The last four, two boys and two girls, were born on April 30, 1888, 3 But the palm for multiple child-bear- roperly belongs to Mvs, Ellsworth Mil- r of Cold Springs, N. Y., who has been ed less than ten y , but who within that short space of time has be- come the mother of seventeen children, The last addition to this family so re- markable in the line of fecundity was a set of triplets born on Mareh 12 of this year. Mus, Miller was marvied on Oc- tober 10, 1883, and since that time has given birth to this numerous family, which is divided as follows: Three sets of triplets (9), three sets of twins (6) and two singles (2). Mrs. Miller is not yet 31 years of age, e Signals by Mirrors. As long ago as 333 years before Christ Alexander the Great employed mirrors 1o convey signals by the light of the sun. Since the time of the great warrior the idea has been reduced to a science and called “heliography.” The heliostat, an instrument invented in Hollane early in the eighteenth century, and the heli- ograph, invented by Manse in 1875, have both been used by the British army in their eastern campaigns, The instru- ments mentioned ditffer somewhat in construction, but the results are the same nomatter which instrdment is used. In both signals are produced by causing a reflected ray of the sun to appear and disappear alternately at a distant point, the intervals of appearance and obscura- tion being carried in lengths so as to produce the combination of long and short signals known as the Morse alph= abet. 1n these instruments the reflec in ody is a glass mirror, which varies in rize according to the distance to which it is desived to signal. A five-inch mi ror has given under favorable atmos- pheric conditions distant signals that could be read sixty miles away. The heliograph has also been found 'to be of great service in defining distant points of large surveys, and was used to @ fine advantage for verifying the are of the meridian by the astronomers at the Cape of Good Hope & few years ago. ) ——— For that “out o' sorts” feeling Take Bromo-Seltzer—Lirial bottle 10¢ THE OMAHA DAILY BERi MOND T00GH 0N and Beantifully Less, o —— DOMAIN DIMINISHING OF Contracted by the Rigid Rules of Civil Service—Incrense of Offices in the Pubile Service. the army and nav, 43 public service throughout the United States, writes the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Herald, 63,865 are postmasters, 40,- 518 serve in other capacities in the postal service and 21,788 are laborers or workmen, combined. Of the 17 ment., bureaus, judges, attorneys and marshals, clerks of and the federal entiro officials service generally. one-fourth in ance are classified under the service act and rules. Their tenuro of office is reasonably permanent. A congressman may be retired at the end of two years, the president and his cabinet may last only the obscure and unobtrusive government clerk or other employe under the protection of the civil service law and rules may re natural life provided ho attends strictly to his business. Comparatively lorical places may now be ob cal in- fluence. An examina the civil service is necessary, and then the candidate may have to submit to a long period of waiting on the “eligivle list,” with 4 chance that his services muy never be re- quired at all, How the Service Has Grown. In 1817 the whole number of employ the public service was 5,608, including 3, deputy postmasters and istants or clerks. In 1850 there were of the government. In 18 register contained over 60,000 names, In 1877 the number had increased to 85,85 and two years later it was 96,140. In the last four- teen years the number has nearly doubled. In the departments in Washington there were only 832 persovs in 1818 an 1853 it had increased to only there were 12,717 government cmployes at the capital; in 1880 the number was 16,20 it was 23,144 in 1891, and it 15 now estimated ‘at not less than 25,000, According to statistics in possession of the civil service commission the percentage of persons in the public service cnumerated in the register for 1581 to population under the census of 1850 is .24 or about one employo 0 402 of population and for 1801, under the census of 1500, it was about one employe t6 341 of poplation. The percentage of increase of the servi from 1881 to 1801 was 47.21. The percentage of increase of poputitagn from 1880 to 1800 was ouly 24.86. Thus the percentage of in- crease of the civil service in the ten years has been nearly dovble that of the popula- i 'he civil service law went into effect about 14,000 empioyes or 10 per cent of the entire civil service being included within its provisions. Tn 1801 the classified service embraced about 34,000 places, a little more than 18 per cent of the edtite public service. The classitled scrvice is now prob- ably moro than 21 per.centof the entire pub- lic service. The growth of the entire public servico during tho-last ten years has been a little more, than 50 per cent, white for the same period the growth of tho classified service has been 200 per cent. If ce solety upon political iufluence. Classification of Employes. divided into five branches: service, the postal service, the railway mail ce and the Indian service. Certain of he places within the classified service are e ice rules and may be filled, in the discretion tion. competitive examination, the appointing ofti- cer selecting the person to be examined and the cisil service commission passing upon the candidate's fitucss for the office. Most of the places, however, are filled by competi- tive examination. The classified departmental service inclydes the eight executive ua{mrtmenls, the Civil Service commission, the Department of Labor and the United States Fish commission, and em es nearly ali their officers’ clerks and other emuloyes except those appointed by the president and those cmployed merely as messengers, watchmen, workmen or labor- ers. A few places are filled by the depart- ment heads or bureau chiefs, The places within this service are all at Washington except that the classification of the War de- ment embraces the offices of the several depot quartermasters; that of the Postoftice department, postofiice inspectors and the agents and employes of postal note, postage stump, postal card and envelope agencies; that of the Interior department, pension examiners; tnat of the Department of Agriculture, the observers in the weather service; that of the Navy de- partment, the assistants at branch hydro- graphic oftices, and that of the Labor de- vartment, special agents, The classiied customs service embraces the following customs districts, in each of which the number of employes exceods fifty: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Fran- cisco, Baltimore, New Orleans, Chicago, Burlington, Vt., Portland, Me., Detroit and Port Huron, Mich. All the officers, clerks and employes in these districts, not ap- pointed directly by the president, or not employed merely as workmen or laborers, whose pay is §000 or more a year, are sub- ject to the civil service law and rules, The classifiod postal service includes all employes below postmaster, including postal clerks, money order clerks, substitute clerks, regular and substitute carriers at all oftices where the free delivery system hus been es- tablished. The classified railway mail service em- braces superintendents, their assistants, chief clerks, railway postal clerks, route agents, local agents, route messengers and all other employes exgept the general super- intendent, his assistant, porters enguged in handling pouches, elerks on steamboats and transfer clerks at junction points. ‘The classified Indian service includes all lxh; siciaus, superintendents, assistunt super- ntendeuts, teachers and matrons, Detalls of the Mall Service, Of the 63,865 postpasters 6,285 are women, ‘The president appoints postmasters at all ofiices the saluries of which are 81,000 or more a year, The yest are appointed by tho postmaster general u the recommenda- tion of his fourth assistant. Besides the postmasters there are in the general postal service of the cenntry 12,720 postoftice clerks, 6,910 wail messéngers, 11,941 letter carriers, 118 inspecjors, 1,640’ special mail employes, 6,042 rallway service employes, turty-nine clerks 1o ~inspectors, and on ocean steamers Lyyenty en employes at stamp, envelope aud postal agencies, and 474 employes of the sixth auditor's oftice, making a total of 104,803. In the gov- crnment service outside of the general postal branch there are employed in Wash- inton 17,080 men and 6,105 women, and outside of Wasbington 45,524 men and 2,104 women, makiug a total 'of 71,072 All but a comparatively few of them are ap- pointed uuder the civil service rules. and iheir pay ranges from 8600 to §1,800 o year. The women in the classified servicé are aid just us high salaries as the men. The appointments in the classified service are made according 1o states aud territories, each being allowed a quota based upon its population as compared with the popula- tion of the whole country. Under the cen- s of 1800 the populaticn of the United States is 02.622,250. This number is_divided by 2,000, tuken as & couvenient basis of representation for future appointments. The average number of appolntments made each year Is about ll)ll & Dbasis of 2,000 A TORCH BEARERS Phat of the Land Bfinflfly Growing Smaller SPOILS That Which Belongs to the Victor Steadily The civil service of the United States is now five times as great as the whole force of officers and employes within the civil or The rvemainder are employed in a great diversity of duties in the legislative, execu- tive and judicial departments of the govern- These inolude the president and vico president, cabinet oficers and heads of representatives and senators, department point of numbers and more than onc- half in peint of saliries and in import- civil four and a senator may hold on for six, but main in office for the entire period of his this inorease keeps up there will soon be little left for the offico secker, who depends ‘What is known as the classified service is The depart- mental service at Washington, the customs cepted from examination by the civil sery- of the appointing officers, without examina- A few other places are filled by non- appointments JULY 10, 1893, appointment. 'This ratio is applied in sue- cession to the population of each state. The difference between the aggrogate of the whole number thus obtained and the ratio of representation Is made up by assigning to the | states having the largest fractions addi- tional numbers, the assigument ceasing when the total number of 2,000 is taken up, For a long tine the District of Columbia had more than its share of places, but 1o exam- ination, have been held here for resident ap- plicants for nearly four years, and the vroper ratio has about been reached, ’ ——— AFTER FORTY YEARS, Reunlon of Brothors Separated by Cholera Plague In 1852, Here is one of the strange stories of the reuniting ot familios after long sep) aration, which are read of many times between the covers of a novel, but which are not often brought to light in real life, which actually happened. It i story of long separation related by the Rochester (N. Y.) Herald, and final union of two Brothers of a family of nine who lived in Rochester over forty years ago and who have supposed each other and all other kith and kin dead. In the year 1845 John Driscoll was born in the city of Rochester. ur years later James Driscoll was born. To their pavents five other children were born in the old homestead on Trowbridge street. The dreaded cholera in 1852 caused the death of the father of these seven children. He died on September 1852, he mother died on September 11—two days later—and the oldest sister died on Sep- tember 14, Thus the six remaining children were left almost without friends. The youngest was 6 months old and the oldest of the children only 16 _years old. John and Timothy Dris- coll were sent first to Lancaster ana then to Limestone Hill Orphan asylum on the outskirts of Buffalo. The two girls were sent to St. Patrick’s Orphan usylum in Rochester, while James and Dennis, being old cnough, were left to paddle their own canoe in Rochester. John Driscoll stayed at Limestone HiM about vhree years and then was bound out, as was the custom in those days, toa farmer who liy near Buffalo. After staying with the farmer five years he deserted, s the farmer was a hard man to work under, and went to Penusylvania, where he lived for three years, working on a farm. Timothy Driscoll remained at the asylum some years and then died. John entered the army after living in Pennsylvania and stayed until the end of the war and then enlisted in the regular army and his company, the Sixty-fourth cuvulr{. Company G was stationed in New Mexico. After staying in the southwest for over five years he removed to Nebraska and has since engaged in the market business and real estate. Five years ago he established a bank in Craig. Neb. James Driscoll, after the death of his parents, supported himsell by selli papers, and at the age of 17 enl the army in the Fourth United States artillery. The other brother, Dennis, also entered the army and was killed in a charge against a block house in Gum swamp in North Carolina. John and James had not heard of each othe the death of their parents, and neither had the slightest idea that the other was in the army. During the summer John received a letter from the colonel commanding James' regi- ment, saying that his brother had had his leg shot off :n a battle and had bled to death. John received a wound also and was sent home. He had u suspicion that there was no founda tion to the letter t the colonel o James’ regiment had written him an. advertised in the papers for his brother After advertising for a long time and receiving no information he gave up and went west, where he has lived ever since. ° 3 James was not dead, however, though he had never seen any of his brother’s advertisements for him. After serving out his time in his regiment he went to Rochester and hus been engaged for many years in getting a very comfort- able competence from a cigar store at No. 186 Plymouth avenue. 3 John, who ‘wanted to hear something from his long-lost brother, wrote to one of the Sisters of Charity at the orphan asylum at Buffalo, who found that there was & James Driscoll in Rochester. Letters were exchanged and John came east and the brothers met for the first time in forty years. John is now vi ing his brother on Plymouth avenue. — - HOUSERKELrING AIDS. the Modern Appltance Which Our mothers Had to Do Without. There is something so marvelous in the way life is made agreeabie to us in household matters, in_comparison with the way our grandmothers had to take their duties, that one feels as if it were really intended to help out great ends, suys i‘{nrpcl"s Bazar, not to speak of the obsolete arts of spinning and weaving at home, of the cheese making and sausage makirg, the trying out of the lard, the running of tallow candles, the stringing of applos to dry, the preparation of savory herbs, and all that followed in such train and mude the housewife's life a long labor, which have been taken from the house- hold and given into the hands of associ- ated labor outside the gates—not - to speak of these, in yet other things has the way been made smooth for us in -almost miraculous manner, things of which ,we never dreamed of complain- ing. 'here are the various grains, for instance, that used to require so many hours' boiling, and then were not espe- cially palatable. Now they are pre- pared in most appetizing fashion and already more than two-thirds cooked, so that a tew minutes over the five finds a breakfast dish ready that is fit—not, let us say, for gods, but for men. Then who dees not know the conster- nation of the housekeeper of old, yith a heart set on some elegance, who saw company at the door and knew she had no soup for dinner? Now a dozen firms stand ready to obviate any such calamity with their soups of every description, needing only two or three minutes on the range. While as for the other canned preparations, fruit and meats and vegetables and jellies, they are only limited to the number of things to be canned, and they give one a mid- summer's dinner in midwinter, save the housckeeper, anxious vary her table, from a world of 'anxiety. The housekécper in the south, t0o, has reason to be gratefnl for the way in which she can now pro- cure that once unprocurable luxury of ice, and she, more than any otber, can thank the inventor of the gas stove, of the oil and spirt arrangement for cook- ery, where nothing is heated but the food, not even the cook’s temper, and where all the gasses and odors of cook- ery that once filled the house and sur- rounded it with a mephitic odor that mfght warn off strangers, like the black atmosphere surrounding enchanted castles in fableland, are burned with the gus or oil. Perhaps, after all, this is the greatest applicution of science to comfort that has been made. Grand- m—— A ¥roblem Solved, Harper's Wee:ly. Pray, what Is the use of this striving for good, 14l ends in woe and distress? Wiy work In vain Lope, when s well under- st n There's no such thing as success? The auswer is sliuple when 1 am culy'ernad-— 'V died the case through aid through, The lesson I've found to be enslly learnc The “if" and the “when' are not true, a avery 81,90 of population fs entitled to one | 1 l | Experience of Ofcers Two Policemen Attempt Arrest with Rather Bloody Results, STABBED AND SLUGGED WITHOUT MERCY Wintt and Trafts Near Courtland Bench—Hottles Were Flying Through the Alr—Kscape of the Rowdies © OMcers Wiatt and Trafts of the Council Bluffs police force, who are on duty at Courtland beach and in that vicinity, were badly beaten about 10 o'clock last night by a gang of toughs whom they attempted to arrest The officers were called upon to arrest a small coterie of rowdies who had gone out to one of the prohibition joints near the cast end of the Ames Avenue bridgo and were creating a disturbance. These toughs scemed bent on creating disturbance and picking quarrels with every one who was un- fortunate cnough to come in contact with them, Assoon as the officers approached they were assaulted and so overwhelmed that they could not use their guns or clubs, The tones, bottles, clubs and knives. Offcer Trafts is wounded severely about the head. He thinks he was hit with a beer bottle. Wiatt was stabbed twice in the back and was clubbed and kicked until he became unconscious. After rendering the ofticers helpless the roughs mado their escape. OMcers were searching for the miscreants last night, but at a late hour had recorded no arrests, The fellows took the guns and clubs belonging to the ofticers. Wiatt Has Not Reported. Oficer Trafts reported .ne affair to the chief in Council Bluffs, out Wiatt did not turn up and it is not known how badly ho is injured. Trafts is of tho opinion that the leaders of the toughs had a grudge against W gou ro0d 1 months. 8 1 rowdies out the ognized one or two of them in the crowd which as- saulted him. An oficer was sent out to look for Wiatt, 1t is thought that the latter wenttoa nel boring house to have his wounds dress is too badly hurt to report at headquarters. claim they recognized se! ants and their arrest will shortly are known in police circles. a police wero. telophonad tho de from watching for some of st night, they took no action, as the case is out of their jurisdiction Trafts will soon recover, but he will have soveral scars as mementoes of his expe- rience : Since th oceur, as th The Oma facts, bug [ BOTHERED BY KANGAROOS, Australlan Squatters Gradually Extermi- nating the Pest. The kangaroo plague has always been a great nuisance to the Australian squatters, for on an_average these ani- mals consume as much g a sheep. Tt is stated by Science Gossip that on a sheep run of 60,000 to 80,000 acres 10,000 Fangaroos were killed unnually for six years, and yet their numbers remained very formidable in the locality. In the colony of South Australia hundreds of thousands of kangaroos ave slaughtered annually for their skins, and the bonus offered by the authorities. The num- ber of these marsupials in New South ‘Wales in 1889 was estimated to be over 4,000,000, and yet about 500,000 kanga- roos and 650,000 wallables were de- stroyed in tho colony «n that year. A bonus of 16 cents for each kangaroo killed is offered in Australia, hence the colonists are gradually exterminating these native animals. Over half a million kins are gradually shipped to England and a large number to North America, to be converted into leather. The macropide include seueral kinds ot kangaroos and wallables. The progress of settlement in Australia has driven these animals from the more densely populated parts of the Austraiian conti- nent, but in the country and unsettled distriets they are still numerous enough to cause considerable damage to the natural grasses. So serious has been the injury thus wrought that the colon- ial governments and runholders pay a small sum per head for the destruction of the kangaroos. e Whero Horses V The oddest things to be seen in the streets of Colorado Springs are horses decked with veils, suys the National Issue. We have grown accustomed to the jaunty little hats worn by many horses in our towns to protect them from the heat of the sun. 'Wo can even sce an umbrella fastened over their heads without surprise, but a veil gives to the noble beast a dandyish look that is very droll. Some of these veils, belonging to fine saddles, are mere fringes of fino strips of leather that hang before the es; others are pieces of Mosquito net- ting drawn tightly back and fastened like a woman’s nose veil: but the most stylish and altogether effcctive are of nétting drawn over & hoop which holds it away from tho yet completely protects them Thase exaggerated gog- i.vlela; gives the gravest horse a waggish ook, The veils are not worn for fashion's sake. They are, indeed, a stern neces- sity, and the comfort, if not even the life, of the horse demands it. Colorado, with all its great antractions, has one plague—the plague of flies. Flies of all sizes, from the least up to the enormous blue-bottle, are everywhere. Most parts RIME IN HIGH PLACES! It is uot strange that some people do wrong through ignorance, others from a failure to investigate as to the right or wrong of & matter. But it is strange, that f’ndivhluula and firms, who are fuily uware of the rights of others, will per- sist in perpetrating frauds upon them, High-toned, wealthy manufrcturing firms will offer and sell to retail mer- chants, articles which they know to be Infringements on the rights of propric- tors, and imitations of well known goods, We want to sound a note of warning to the retailers to beware of such imita- tions aud simulations of “CARTER’S LiT- TLE LAIVER PILLS.” When they are of- fered to you, refuse them: you do not want to do wrong, and you don’t want to lay yourself lisble to a lawsuit. Ben Franklin said ‘*Honesty is the best poli- (‘i\;"‘. it is just as true that **Honesly is the best principle.” of his body the horse can himself proe tect if not deprived of his tail, but his eyes ho cannot, and those delocatd organs are special objects of attack by the fly tribe. Itisthe least a man cat Alnlnrl'n\'inl(‘h protecting veil for his most faithful servant. D Senntor Stanford and 1is Horses. In employing men to” work at Palo Alto, the late sonator gave them st-iot ordors, says the San Francisco Bxaminer, They were told nover to strike, kick, or whip a horse, and his insteuetions to his men were: “Always do a thing a little botter than anybody clso, and you will succeed When you handle a horse, treat him a littlo ‘botter than any one else. When you breed a horse, breed him_ to alittle botter stock each time." It s in this way that Stanford revolutionized the horse-breoding of the countr He never allowed one of his men to ill-use a horse, and they know it. There are never woise or blows around the Palo Alto stables, and the horses are never frightened. o show his feeling toward hix horses, the late Henry Vvooman once told of an occurs rence when he was dining with Senator Stanford. Just after the dinner one of the drivers. fnsisted that he must sce the senator. He was ushered in, with blood over his face, which was badly cut, “John knocked me down,” ex- plained the man, referring to one of the trainers, “What did you do?" asked the senator, “Nothing,” replied the man. “But yow must have done something; I want the truth,” persisted the senator, “I kicked a horse, and John knocked me down,” said the man. “Those were John's instructions, and I think he did just right,” said the senator, A Epldemic of Polsonlag. The beginning of the cighteenth cen- tury witnessed an epidemic of poisioning in France as well as [taly. The business was begun in France by two Ita'ion poi- soners named BExili and Glaser. The poisoners wero discovercd by the aid of the clergy liand Glascr wore sent to the Bastile, where they both died. The latter living long enough, however, to communicate the secrets of his busi- ness to the infamous St. Cr . who be- came the teacher of the equaldy infa- mous Mme. Brinvilliers. St. Croix was instrumental in the death of alarge number of persons, and finally was him- self found dead in his labaratory, where ho had been overcome by the noxious vapors of the poisyns he was distilling. 1t Cures Golds, Coughs, Sars Thro enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchif A cortaia oure for Consumption and a sure relief in advanced stages. You will sce the exoellent effect after t doso. Sold by daalers everywhers. s 50 cents and $1.00. , Oroup, Influ sthma, g the £ Large bo HYNSTER SPRINGS WATER €0 BOTTLERS OF Mynster Springs MINERA_}. _WATER Improved Hira’'s Root Beer. Private familles furnisned with Pure Drink. inz Water, fresh every: morning, *ut $1.30 pei month, Patronize Home Industry and got puky water and who'esome sumner drinks, Mynster Springs Water Co., E. E. WAKD, 12 AVENUE U, Council Bluffs, la. The best paying Investment for a housewife 18 AGENTS WANTED. CHARLES SCHULTHEISS, Council Bluffs, Towa. 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