Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 2, 1893, Page 3

e a2y FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS | THIE DALLY COUNCIL BLUNFS NO. 12 PEARL STREET Deitcersd Uiy carricr to any purt of the H W. TILTON - v it TELEPHONES | § BEE O11iCE Ty city Manager No. 43 No 23 MINOK MENTION, N. Y Plumbing Co, Foston store, cloaks. The Mayne Real Estate Co.. 621 Broadway H. 1 imm 18 making preparations to build a #2,500 residence in Morningside, Johin Gant, charged with passing counter- feit money in Audubon, nas veen found not guil Charles G, Custer and Miss Sue Carter, both of this city, were united in_matrimon yesterday by Rov. John Askin, D. D., at the Cougregational varsonago. The Union Veteran le tended church At St Jobn's English Lutheran church lnst evening. Rev. G. W, Snyder preached an cloquent and insteuctive sermon. amuel Johnson, who was found guilty of passing counterfeit money, was sentenced to 8 term of six months in the penitentiary and fincd £500 and costs just before court ad- Journed Saturday evening Engene V. Debs of Chicage the city tomorrow ning f of organizing a lodge of t neri way union, of which he is president meeting for organization will be at 8 p. m. in Dancho hatl Mrs. 1. M. Treynor entertained a plensant party last Thursday afteruoon at her home on First avenue in honor of Miss Bartlett of Hoosac Falls, N, Y., Miss Guitar of Colum b “Miss Smith of Joseh Hizh five played, Miss Stella Bullard being awarded the fivst prize ‘'he Women's Christian associa fon will meet at the hospital this afiernoon at 2 o'clock. Tt is recommiended by the Interna tiona ation that there be a prayer service on that day so the ladies will micet one hour earlier than usug Mrs. Mont RO ill preside during that hour, ufter which important business will ve tr. ted Anothe Presbyterian church last evening union mweeting, conducted by the ev The story on was illustrated by stere night there will be a ally for children and young pe t which s from Un 18 expe the espec erally om's vel-stained, sunburned st, enroute from San 5c0 to New York' City, was in town Saturday He left the Pacific coust for! one d 4 ng fifty miles a I'd sln}w eft via the Rock sl and h‘ul k for Chicago with the de! ination of i in five d; T'he trip 1s made in the interest of Illinois cycle factory. turday was the last da; nt of taxes, nd County un the pay- veasurer IR re busy all day takin over” the counter issuing re Although Saturd really the last_aay according to I books will probably be kept open a day or 4wo for the accommodation of those who have not been able to pay their vaxes before this. The Patriotic Sons and Daughters of America and the American Pro’ective as so- ciation riet lust evening and attended the services of the Christian chureh in the sonic temple. The room was filled 1 most capucity. Rev. . W. Allen special eforts to vive his audience informa tlon which Tt demved, und'a’ startiing of facts and figures was presented wis listencd to with the closest attention. “The “World's Carnival” was given at the opera house Suturday evening under the direction of Prof W. mbers, 1t is a spectaculur performance, modeled in many respects on “America,” whi been having so pher il 4 run in Chic About 800 young people of Council Bluffs and Omaha took part, the dancing and spe v work with which it abounded being done. The house was well filled and the performance was hizhly appreciated. The menibers of tho ymede Wheel club got togethir ycsicrdiy morning at the club rooms in the Grand annex for the pur pose of letting C. A, Kiley take o photograph of the club mug. The picture will contain the photos of twenty-five or more of the members, and ns a work of art and as an aggrogation of mas- culine beauty will bo hard to beat. After the photo was taken the wheehnen ook short spin to Hanscom park in Omaha and return, He i Miss Helen Sprink, 19 Main street, de- sires to call the atiention of the ladies of Council Bluffs and surrounding countr to the finest display of millinery ever seen in this city, All are invited to at- tend. Tuexday and Wednesday, October 8and 4. Beautiful etching dozen eabinet photc den's for twenty kiuds to order, with ever ley & Sherra- nes of all given Fruit land icholson & Greenshic wdway. Tel. Jarvis Wine Co., Council Bluffs, Ta. Atk your for PERSON AL l' !)nmA stic soap. 11, Perry Badollet is bucks 1o the fair, R. B. Peregoy left lust night for a trip to the World's fuir. Mr. and Mrs. Maris Fleming have returned from their wedding trip. John Naughton is homef rom a trip to his old home in Columbus, O. Mus. L. Zurmuehlen and L Jr., have returned from a Chi Mrs, Laura iKirby has return extended trip 1o the east, sence she visited the f: Zurmuehlen, 0 trip. ad from an During her ab- If you want to buy the best improved b-room vesidence in the city, call and see wine, inside and out. I want to build a large house, and must sell this one first. Forrest Smith, 736 Madison Jook your meals th summer on a gas range. At o 1S company. W. W. Chapman, 101 Fourth str half block south Boston store, Stop at the Ogden, Council Blufts, t e test 1‘2 00 house in Towa. » bmoku T. D, King & Co's Partagas. Pount Thomas Capel, who has o garden in western part of the city, has been considerably with sweet potato late, Almost every night for a week a raid haus been made on his votato pateh. Mo de termined to see if he could not but a stop to such work, and Saturday night with a nelghbor concealed humself in the pate About 10 0'clocis the two watchers were re warded by secing a couple of fellows climb stealthily over the fenco and go to diggin. They sneaked around until they got a drop on the thioves, and then dropped fellows had a large sack which they wero filling as fast as they could. At the city jail they gave their names as W, Fredricikson and Sam Dean. They will have a hearug ir police court this morning, the troubled thieves of The ladies of Epworth M, E. will give an oyster supper at way Monday evening, October are cordially invited. church hlulrllnzm Licen The following mar 1i sued Saturday by the county Name and Address, *Allen MeDonald, Counctl Blufrs, Margaret E. McLaughlan, Council Blufrs {J‘\nh Still, Pottawattanile Elizabeth Morley, Pottawaitawle couity {(hrlll(‘ll‘lb\ll Pottawattamio couuty Lena Ogerson, Pottawattumle couuty { Garlen L Mastield. Pottawattumie Co Helena McGiuy, Pottawattinie county { rauk B. Taylor, Beaver O uy Nob.. varl L. Allén, Omaba, nty Domestic soap is the best NENS - | overshadowing the | that they The twWo | Japrgest and best bieye le stock in city. | Rav. J. H. Davis Defends His Oourse in De- nouncing Wine Rooms, THEY ARE AS BAD AS HE REPRESENTED Faets acd Figares Indieating that the Min- Inter's Alarm Over the Situation s Not the Kesuit of 1mags ation, Rev. J. H. Davis took sermon at the First Bapti day morning, to continue his attack upon the wine rooms of the city, and to reply to some of the criticiems and strictures that had been hurled papers, He occasion, in his church yester- at him by some used u good deal of vigor and spirit in his remarks, and made a strong de- fense of his course in calling public atten tion to the evil that lurks in the wine rooms of cities, Council Bluffs especially. *Set the Trumpet to Thy Lips,” was his subje He believed that as Christians we are trumpeters, and that we should set trumpet to our lips and send forth peals of warning to the people of the dunger that is young and innocent of our city. He appealed to the mothers and futhers to look after theiremildren and see are not led into the snares aud pitfalls tha being laid at their feet and at their very doors. The time haa como when, s Chiristians, we should take steps to uard th from these hell-holes into which they ng drawn “I knew,” said he, “when I introdu olution’ in the ministers' mecting when 1t passed thas T would be assailed assailed violently, but I was hardly propa for the vituperation, misrepresentation abuse that was showered upon me by some of the city papers. One of the paper out and calls me a villuin, a liar slanac That attack we 1y author of it did not come to me to learn what my facts wore, as he could have done, or to learn whether the statements be attributed to me and criticised were as I made them, He made the error of attributing to mc some misstatements about the boys and girls of the High school, misstatements b o they lacked the qualification 1 had given them. Stated Nothing but Fuets. “1 have stated nothing but facts which can be proven. Yesterday a prominent citizen came tome und told me that last year thre young girl pupils of the High school visit these wine rooms afternoons after school and that he had taken pains to invest and had learned on other afternoons when he was told they were visitiug the wine rooms that the roll book showed abset marks ponding with those d “This same citizen told me that all thr these girls are now A ““I'hc one-horse newspapers that upbraided me and misrepresented me could have nad possession of the facts if they had desired them, Theyclaim that it was a slur cast upon the teachers, and that I had no vight to make the assertions 1 did I did_ not wish to cast any slur upon Prof. Sawyer or the High' school wchers, nor did 1. 1 believe they are t to tuke any offense at said. ause 1 referred to some of the pupils of the High school who were in the habit of visiting these places of iniquity is son why it should r apon the in- ors. 1f any of the members of my ould be reported to we as usiug uage it_docs not follow that 1 aum culpableund guilty of the same offense, or that it is a fault of ‘mine that they do not all conform strictly to tae doctrines of the church, “But let me illustrate the source of this hueand cry. If Tthrow a acrowd of dogs quarreling on the neces- to inquire whioh dog he dog s the dog that tion upon Prof. 't or the city schools, but the ction is rather upon parents, who pught to know where their and gitls are every hour in the day and night. d the and and elps Traps for Boys and Girls, “The wine rooms are the trapsset to catch your boys and girls. Oh, let me warn the Darents that within a stone’s throw of your lomes is ily pit dug for the feet of your d, 5. These w all ov > city, The mayor's attention v led to them a few days ago, and ou ay. 1 am informed, that hie ordered of the hell-holes on Broadway to be closed. Let mo tell you where this evil starts. Tn the eard s av home. The step from the card party is to the danc hall, ind the next step is to the saloon and 1 Wwine room. Two young girls started la frequent ese wine rooms, Toda; ruined. The vine rooms are curscd things we have fu the city. The su- loons themselves are not so bad as these wine room record is an unbroken o and shame, monuments st aud last steps in ord in Omaha und Ka the source of a large s the cities.” Recurring again to the personal attacks that had been made upon him, the mimster aid: T knew full well when' T began this crusade that T must suffer for it. 1 am will- ing to suffer that kind of persceution.” Con- tinuing the discussion of his subject, he closed with an eloquent appeal” to' the mothers, *Let me given word of warning to the mothers. Know—kuow duughters and your sors ar 4 them and for thém, —Warn them of My mother’s were my salvation sinco I was 15 y Let us not alone be trumpeters of tho g but trumveters of the dangers that threaten and surround our darlings.” pring to they uro e most u ¢ of the crimes of Underwear Announcoment. New goods at new prices ave always to be found at our store, but more especially in this line for the present season. Never were such values offered by us as we are showing at present in our under- wear department, Ladies’ underwear, natural vests and pants, 33c, 45 White vests and pants, Zbe, $1.00, in plain and ribbed. Gent's underwear gray and camel hair at H0e, Toe, $1.00, $1.50, Theabove is four of our' leading numbers, Children’s underweal ts and pants from y mixed ve all wool, red, > up, ts and pants from All wool camel hair and natural from ¢ up, See new line of children’s bbed vests und pants in natural wool. FornerINGHAM, WHITELAW & CO,, Couneil Bluffs, [a. P, tore closed every evening at 6 p. m., except Monday and Saturday. BOSTON STORE. You can't afford to burn high pric fuel in old, worn-ovt stoves, They waste the price of & good stove every year. Cole & Cole sell the Radiant Homé and Round Oak stoves, the great fuel savers. Williamson™ & Co., “Main [T street, George S, Davis, ]vlmulpnnn druggist. Bennison Bros. were almost the victims of a robbery yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock, and the only thing that preve their (osing a lot of valuable stufl was fact that thoy were both in the store at the time the attempt was made. They w talking over business matters in the oftic when they thought they heard sowme ono tampering with the transom. Frank Ben- nison proceeded to make an investization, and when he opened the door leading Lo the socond floor he found bimsell fuce to face with a tough looking chavacter, The half. open trunsom showed how he had gained uccess to the sto It was hard to gell which of the two was the most thoroughly surprised, the werchant or the would-be thiet, out the lat ter was the first to recover his presence of wind. Leapiug upon a pile of cloaks h made u dive throush the trausom und fell in & large heap on the floor outside. Benui- wou celled w bis brothor W intercept the the of the local | | the church was tak | opened | exerted by Mr. too | what 1§ There is | e rooms abound | | and social swell e pit- | THE OMAHA DAILY thief, but as tho ren' door was locked with a heavy fron shutter it was ne m t to run out of the front door. By the time he had done so and got to the bac door the thicf had disappeared up the s in the rear of the Bennison gave a description of the feliow to the police, and within a few minutes the fellow who, in all probaoility, caused the commotion was in custody. My, Bennison refused to file any inform sainst him, however, and he was discharged, Moore's Air-Tight Heat triumph in stove makin burns hard or soft coali kept 24 hours with corncobs: cheaper than any other and superior to all others, Come and see them. P, C. Devol. store. late wtiful Jarvis 1877 brandy, purest, safest, best Domestic soap is t Memoriat tor J. ¢ I meeting was the Presbyterian . Rose. held yesterday church A memc afternoon at honor of the tar, merly scere istian sas ution. Nearly every y seat i 1 when the Rov. Stephen an impressive eloquently to the Phelps, D. D., madc tress, in which he alludod influence which had been Rose in his work here and to the sterling character which was ev ry where exhibited in his dealings with younz men and the public generally. ‘I'he bible of the deceased was exhibited and the ginu ments and underscoring marks in the handwriting of the owner were pointed to as an indication that it had been used as a constant guide to life, Numerovs inci dents were nur 1 in connection with the life of Mr. Rose, and particularly with tis last few weeks of life, The audience followed the s e with earnest attention, showing the respect and affection in which he had been held while on earth, State Magee was present and made a fow remarks. Among the city pastors who took part w the service were: Rev. John Askin, Rev. . W. Allenand Rev. H. H. Barton, celient music com posed an_important part of the program, 1rs. J. G. Wadsworth singing “One Sweetly Solemu Thought" with fine effect, A quar- tet, composed of Messes, Frank Westeott, C. H. Ogden, 1. S. Allen and J, H. Simms ulso rendered Hot air fu in with piping and grates for nine rooin: also, two gas stoves, lot small tables with tablecloths, 40 dozen triple plated Rodgers knives, forks and spoons, 1ot of dishes, all kinds to se plates: five sets hotel or restaurant silverware, 30 picces, used in Masonic temple dance hall, for sale at a bareain. W. J Jameson, Masonic temple, Council Bluffs. W. E. Chamtes w duncing classes in Wednesday, October 4. Boiled linseed oil oil at wallon. raw oil, 43 a gallon. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap commence his Masonic temple o' 48¢ per strip. . J. Cook returned home yesterduy morning at 5 o'clock from a land hunting e edition to the CherokeeStrip. He left here just befove the time set for the commence- ment of the grand rush and arrived at the boundary of the Strip injtime to see the other land hunters start at the drop of the han kerchief. He did not take part in the r himself, he says, but tinds himself. noves theless, the posscssor of 160 acres of land in the Strip., I watched the racers sta vesterduy in conversation on the subject “but made no effort to get in, as I had d i my plan_ should be. 1 took my timo looking™ round and finally found “sooner’” who was siclk and destitute and ready to sell out. Of course 1 could have filedon top of him and beaten him. but rather than go to that trouble 1 paid him $25 for his improvements und he quit volun- y. All this talkk about the land iu_the D being worthless is foolishness, It is a8 good land as can be found anywhere claim, I am told, is worth 4,000 * he remarked today. Miss Ragsdale’s millinery opening,the first of the season, was thoroughly ap- preciated by the ladies, who greatly admired the many new and handsom pattern hats and bonuets, Miss. Rags dale is now ready for business and has | ample force to fill all orders promptly. It has long been conceded a fact that if you want anything veliable in the drug or puint line you can get it at Davis', and at prices that Jdefy competi- tion. Unit Thursday, Gaild b suoper and party Oclober Musmic temple W. S. Baird, Law, ett block. STOLE OVER A MILL'ON, Glgantie Swindiing Operations of 8 Gotham romoter. M —la financier in New York circles was run down in Cuba recently and re- turned to his native heath to answer to the charge of having embezzled over £1,000,000. His was one of - the most shameless thefts in the eriminal history of the town. Men have wrecked bank misappropriated funds to which had access, ruined railways and right and left before, but Weeks, trad- ing upon an honored name ahd unim- wehable business and social associate deliberately chosé the vietims posed to pluck {rom among his velatives and such other defe women as seomed least likely to any questions and most_likely to him the g they stolen ask give atest latitude to make away with their money undetected for the longest time. It appewrs that he has got to the end of his rope, and that now the rope is beginning to tighten and draw him Dback toan American prison, Many curious features appeav in the record of the career of Weeks, whoso business life as a lawyer began in New York in 1868, Asa luwyer he won him- self a reputation and a good income, but his tulents lay always in the way of doing unusual things and tngincering lavgo enterprises. He came to be known as a “hustlor” and a *‘promoter,” and he has “hustled” his own good name out of all the clubs of which he was a membor, and “promoted” into a hole in the ground the large total of the funds with which he was intrusted, His genius was for large operations, and his downfall has been correspondingly weighty and disastron He was a brilliant figure went, and he went t) mbor of the , Union, |I|nn\ s, Dem: eratlo of the Bar assoclation and the Down- Town ass-ciation, of the awanhaka, w York und Oyster B \m‘mum.\, of the Alumni association of Williams colloge and a divector in the American muzeum of Natural History and the Met- vopolitan Museam of Art. H d especially 10 pose #s a man_ seen und known everywhere in the social world. A land company called the West & perlor Land and River Improvement company was the theater of Weels' first big “operations,” When Robert Lenox Helknap retived from the presidency of this company to devote all "his time to the management of the Northern Pa- eifle railrcad, of which he was treasurer, Weeks bad sufficient influence to get himself el 1 president of the land company. This company, on 8 cupital of #700,000, was developing rapidly and last April its value was estimated at £14,000.000, having paid dividends of from 20 to 60 per cent, Then Wecks became the treasurer of the cowpany @lso, and he spent its money as he chose. wherever he many places. Ho stropoliten, Cen- evsity, St. An- and Players clubs sary for the | seting was | _BE \IU\ DAY, THAT \\A\T.\'_h_.\lH) NERVE Held Up by Road Agents'and a Oentipede Without Win LOOKING DEATH STRAIGHT ng IN THE EYE The Slightest Motion Meaht Enough Poison to Kill a Horse, Wiile'n Stood Ready to Fill s Care cuss With Lends Deapers . The qu \n.nun whe r rk po s nerve to el ay of ea moment New York takes the ud, and il Chic ) has anythir hing the article herein d be trotted out. The mere f Now York nerve is lauded by the York Sun does not militate against it It tends rather to give it that color ¢ truth which tho Gotham Oracle keeps constantly on hand. “I have been held up twice agent New Yorker who a wide in the ficld of westerrn perience, 10 a Sun reporter, “and wl- though hundreds of other men have had to look into the muzzle of a Henvy or a Winchester rifle in the hands of a des- perado under similar cirenmstances, [ don't believe uny one ever had his nerves put to anything aporoaching the strain mine were subjected to durving one of the seances [ was a party to. “The first time I had to hold up my hands, with the request that [ keep them up until further notice under pen- alty of & bullet through my heart if [ lot ceven one hand fall below my head, was down in New Mexico, It was just after the war, and a party of us were on our way to Pueblo. | had $500 ia good, hard- carned government money onmy person, with which I believed I was going to muke my everlasting fortune by invest- ing it in a gold mine that one of our party hud found, he said, not many wiles from Puebl Were After the Mail. I'he United States mail rying us to that plac cral” impression in those days was that the overland mail was gencrally well loaded with valuable matter. Thi seemed to have been the opinion of three enterprising citizens of New Mexico about that time, as we learned when the stage came to a sudden stop in one of the wildest spots in all that country, and the muzzies of three rifles appearcd at the stage windows, with a rough and tough looking man at tho butt end of each vrifle. One of the men ordered us to tumble out on the double quick. We did not trespass even a little bit on the time of these gentle- men, who scemed to be in u hurry, bat tumbled out at the word. Then we were ordered to stand in a line, front face and close d , and to hold our hands above our heads, all of which was done with military promptness. One of the three bustling cit 1S was t to guard us, and to whom tue leadsr of the gang re- marke ‘Blow a hole stovepipe in stir sod that m the r the hy road had ex- coach was and the gen- that you can shove a Coming of a Horror. “Then the other two went to open the mail bags and rifling them. | couldn’t tell how the pouches were pan- ning out, forthe rifling operation was out of the range of my vision, under orders,as L was, to preserve arigid 'y front I guness we had stood there five minutes, and the strained position was beginning to tell on me, when I saw something as [ rolled my eyes toward the ground that drove all thought of heavy and painful upheld arms out of my bead. Moving directly toward me and not more than a yard away, was one of those terrors of that region, a centipede. This one was hideous looking fellow, at least eight inches long. He kept straight toward me. and I never moved my eyes from him. He drew nearer and nearver, until he was the very tip of my shoe. I didn’t dare move, for I knew the mu of sreinger was only arod awa to drive a bullet through my The centipede stopped for a sec- ond or two when he came to my shoe, id then turned and passed on by, | aised my eyes and breathed casier. The robber guard didn't seem to be aware of the existence of anything else on carth except us and himself, and he seemed to have us all under his eyo at onve. “I didn't dare turn my head, of course, to see what divection the centi- pede bad taken, and I didn’t need to, for suddenly I felt a sensation, { at’ my ankle and then gradually vassing up my leg that made my blood turn cold. —The centipede had erept up my shoe at the instep and was even then climbinz my log under my trousers. Ther s no mistaking the pricking of the long rows of sharp claws as the contipede worked his way along my flesh. [ knew that tho least movement [ made would disturb the venomous climber and he would instantly sink every one of hisnumerous claws into my flésh and squirt from each one its quota of deadly poison into my blood. Pecutinrl los of the Critter, “There is nothing so quick or 80 sen- sitive to disturbance as a contipede. They are harmless if their temper isn't roused, and the falling of a shadow on them is frequently enough to do that. If you ever go into a centipede country, and some morning wake up and find one of these ugly feilows crawling over your leg, just let him crawl, Don’t breathe, if you can help it. His sharp claws will prick you unpleasantly and probably leave ‘two red stresks on your flesh, which will itch and burn for bhalfan bour, but let him take his time. If you make the slightest movemert 1t will jar on his nerves, and hevwill squat right down, 50 t speak, and' force every one of bis toes into you its full length, Then you will have poison enough in you to kill a horse. You can't possibly be quick enough to throw = a tipede off before he sinks his poison claws into you. I'll tell you how sudden w cen.ipeds is. Two Mexico minersoncs were camping together, und one day one of them saw a centipede nearly & foot lony lying tly on the baré arm of his sleeping nér. Fearing that the man might awaken before the centipede moved off his arm, and make's movement that would prove fatal to him, the min teok his revoiver, crept up stealthily nesr that he could hold the weapon within two inches of the centipe fived. The bullet scraped down slong the sleeping man’s arm and swept the venomous intruder away like chaff be- fore the wind., But the bullet wasn't sudaen enough, Although the centipede was torn into a hundred picces, it had d time t) siok its claws into its vie- tim's arm before it swept it off, and the well-meaning miner had only precipita- ted his partner’s fate. The centipede is as much like lightning as that. With Baied e “Well, there I stood, doubly held up a8 it were. If I moved a hand the watching desperado would fill e with lead. If 1 wmoved a leg the contipede would fill me with polson. Slowly the tervible creature crept np my leg, stop- cutting i, of Course, OCTOBER 2, the denizens of | solution. | through the first man that | 1893, ping now and then as if pond his next movement, on again, all ring over and then climbing e time leaving his itch- | ing, burning track along my leg—some thing in it most intolerable. 1 did not know how soon the irrascible, creep- ing devil would take umbrage at some- | thing in b urse and vent his spite at it by socking his long rows of stingers into my flesh: and then the thought that the robbers would soon be through with their work at the sta, and begin their scarch for our personal bo- longings, came with added terror. In going through my clothe would, of course, disturb the centipede, ang that meant only one thing AlL T eonld in the outlook for me was certain rath, whichever way [ turned it over. Yet T kept on hoy that the living in- fornal machine in m take it into its heac and come down to the fore anything happened to disturb it | The c de showed no disposition of | that kind, but suddenly c¢h d its baso by moving from my leg to my trous | below the hip. One whack of my fist would have smashed the contipede, with his back against my hip bone, and t would have ended him. And it would have ended mo at the same time, for there isn't any doubt but that the man with the gun would have obeyed orders. S0 1 was about to tell him, quickly and without the waste of words, the unpleas- ant situation [ wa in, and beg him to let me give the le its quictus while 1 had the chance, when the devil- ish thing moved back to my leg again, and vesumed its march. “It pt turning reached my waist, and moving accoss my back the other side. The ‘rvous tension was terrible —a deadly ature, liable at any moment to bury its venomous claws in my flesh, the muz- zle of a pistol warning me that instant death awaited my slightost move. The centipede, althongh most deliverate in its movements, reached my other hip by and by and, to my joy, ted down that leg. Slowly hé 1dt hiisalt: down, and so inte was my suspense, in hope that he was on his way out by that voute, that 1 did not feel the burning track that he had now put pretty much all around me. He took his time, and at last got down to my knee. There he stopped. when it Cotd Conso tilon, ‘med throbbing in my almost suffocared me. A moment later it scemed ty quit beat- ing altogether, and it was only by the most strenuons assertion of my will thut 1 saved myself from falling limp to the ground. The centipede had turned and as going up my leg again! 1 was al- most on the point of dropping my hands that a bullev might relieve me from the misery of t frightful situation. when the capricious centipedo turncd and started down again, moving with more srity than ho had used since he be, that appalling trip. T don’t know what started him, but he kept up his run all thervest of the way down my leg, and presently droppec to the ground and curvied” away. T just shut my cyes, e one long” breath, and was on the point of velieving my pent up feelings with a vesounding yell, regardless of consequences, when the tough and watehful castomer with the dervingers exclaimed: 11l be good and demned, pardner, it you hain’t got more nerve than that stage could hold! But say,” said he, | consolingly, “if the plisen cuss had o dipped yar, [ wouldn't a let yar sufter. I'd a run a ball into yar and let yar out of it from the go in!” hat bloodthirsty wretch had seen the centipede go up into my trousers’ leg, had known all the time what [ suffering, and had been cooly watching to sce what the outcome would be. For a year after that [ lived in the hope that [ might run a s that villian, and L did. It was under different circum- stances than I had longed for. though, 1d besides I didn’t know it until it was too late to use the bullet on him that I had made a vow to use if ever I had the chane My heart se throat and When Ho Got Even. “It was only the next spring after that little affair of the Pueblostage that I, together with six others, were taken out of a stage five mi from Nevada City by three masked robbers. The stage carriecd We! argo & O« rong box between North San Juan and Nevada, and on this trip there was #8,- 000 in the box. Two of the robbers blew the box open with powder, while the thir@®™held the seven of us up. They got the money, tcok ours and started us on to Nevad. The stage got there as soon as it could be driven—tive miles— and in less than an hour the sheriff had a posse and was out on the track of the robbers. I only remember the name of 6ne. of “that and thai was Stev Ve He struck the trail of the men along the South Yubg river and followed it to a deep ravive that came into the river ther This was a_wild, rough place. but Steve plu into is. He was armed with a Henry rviflo. Ina narvow alley between high rocks in the middle of the ravine Steve came suddenly al- most face to face with one of the Steve got the drop on the despe but as he did so he saw another on to his feet on the top of a rock and cove him with his revolver. But Steve never let ro his advantage over the man and ient fle bali through heart. At the same time a pistol ball whizzed from the rock, passing through Steve's hat and cutting r from the top of his head. The man who flred that shot dropped down instantly out of sight, but left the muzzle of his revolver ex- posed Lo Steve view, This exposure was fatal to the hiding vobber, for Steue instantly covered the spot with his rifle, and as the robber cautiously raised his Liead, by and by, to see how'the lard lay, u ball went erashing through it. Steve had hardly killed these two when he discovered the third one of the party trying to escape by sneaking up the vine, but he was brought down by 5 unerring rifle, The thre killed inside of four minutes. Intering the rocky alley Steve found all the booty that had been stolen. The robbers had evidently beer. connting the mon when they were surprised. Steve went back and found the sheriff and his party. They returned und se cured the recovered plunder, and brought the bodies of the three dead desperadoes into Nevada. The leader of the gaug wus recognized by the sheriff as George Shanks, who had been a ter- ror in that k ity for a ye And | rejoiced when I récognized him as the villain who had stood guard over me snd the centipede near Pleblo o year befor The express company paid Steve Venard §3,000 for that duy's work, and Governor Low made him a” membetr of his staff, with the rank of colonel. It may sound bloodthivsty, but I envied Steve Venard cne thing., It was the shot he fired that laid low that fiend George Shanks.” - - M Freak. la is the home of A Bou The Malayan penin an extraordinavy botanical curiosity in the shape of a flo which is simply a blossom without leaves, vine oe stém, and which grows us a parasite on decay- ing wocd, ete. It is known to the na- tives by a name oquivalent to a “‘wonder- wond This “extraordinary flowe like growth is sometimes as much as three feet in diameter, with a globular central cup having a capacity of about kmnni \mG l’rr\mplx 4\(umv on e Iie.\sat‘)n.\bk Priceg. \.lntnum Dresses, \l)(\\vls, Lln‘h 1ins, Hlankdfl ‘I\u Furs, Feat hers, Cleaned # Dyed. THE SDUTHWIBK 2-Tons-a-Day BALING PRESS. Machine at a 10-Tonsa-Day Price, Our Warranty Goes with Each Machine, ThSouthwick Bating Pressis a2-harse, full-circlomachine, 15 L Iy os tight; dratt i apacity; Constructiof Now isthe time to buy a hay press forc you buy lurgest fead opening of Continuous aling, Durability—all the BEST. It will pay you to see our machines be SANDWICH MANF'G. CO., COUNCIL BLUFF3 This cup distils a | i 1n1u SERvitHia baBEREtA Lt 10 that de g Botanists believe | .nh- |1m..x to attract | HE WAS A CAPITALIST. Nurrowly Escuped a Stuffed Club. “There is plenty of money in the country,” he said, pouring out about four fingers of rye. **What we need most just now is the restoration of public confid! 1 have just come from the street Another gentleman nodded his head approvingly and the bark Listened to him, says the New York Herald. “Ninety-five ver cent of the public business is done on credit. Did you ey think of that? Only 5 per cent is actually based on cash.™ The barkeeper glanced nervously up and down the bar and cautiously res moved the bottle. “As long as my neighbor has dence in me things go on all right. long as | have confidence in my bor his word is as cash. Now all this cur \ was evidently r thinking slowly pushed a check toward the speak 1t is locked up,” continued the man, answering bis own question. “ft is hoarded by the scarved banks and worse scared small Investors. Money is got- ting tighter and tighter overy day. is as much as a man can do to ser cnough together to buy a drink.’ The bavkeeper winked significantly to the other man and began to pluy with hind the bar obody trusts anybody else. Public confidence is completely indermined At asign from the hl\lkll‘[ 2 the boy who was polishing the brasswork softly lm ked the door. “Now, for example,” continued the financier, intent on his ideas, *if I had a certified check in my pocket at this moment for $1,000 and had no currency wherewith to liguidate the price of an- other drink”. “You pay for that drink you've had said the burkeeper, sa ly, “and we' talk about another. And what's more, we dont want no more guff_about eredit and ¢ nfidence he See?” At the sume time the smart servitor brought out a stuffed club about as big asa bologna sausage and brought it down on the bar with a whack., This startled the financler so that he knocked the empty glass off the bar as he steppe out of range. The barkeeper was evi- dently aceustomed to the Bowery and had noappreciation for finance or finan- ciul conversation unaccompanied by club, W-w-what the —— do mean, stammered . He 'd ved and pale and then red again, *This is an insult; 4 gross insult and I'll report you to the proprietor.” He took out & big wallet full of and ch. hand to pay the score, tlemen in the room looked at the barkeeper and the unlocked the doov. The barkeeper apologized to the crowd and very humbly to the offended gentleman and then opened a bottle of wine on the sol- emn promise that nobody would say any- thing about it. [ tought he wuz a-goin’ to do me, sur ! And Buarkeeper's confi- As neigh- Whero 1s bar- he cents what the about, for for 15 you bills indignantly boy quietly READY MAue msoinne vl EHS Wo w the first menufacturers on (hl! 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