Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 9, 1894, Page 6

THE OMAHA DATLY BE E: 1891, THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS DFFICE - - NO.12 PEARL 8TRE Delivered by carrier to any part of the city. H. W. TILTON, Lessce. PHONES No. 43; night 0. 2, Business office, MINOR MENTION, Mayrs Real Bstate Ageney, 539 Broadway. The unkncwn infant found on the Crescent Dity road has been adopted by C. Buschin feld and wife. jcense to wed was George Shivers and Ama of Mills county. Most «f the liquor cases pending before the county board have gne over until the 21st, to which time the board has adjourned The gencral executlve committee of t Army of the Tennessee will meet in the federal court room Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The Congregational church resumes its usual services today, the pastr, Rev. Dr Askin, preaching for the first time since his vacaifon, The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W Davis died of cholera infantum yesterday af granted both yesterday ia Hammon, ternoon at & ock, at the realdence, 238 Green stre:t, The case of Willlam Lake, charged with embezzlement, has been continued untll next Friday, when Lake says he will be able to disprove the charge. The Biseman residence, 134 Park avenue Is not the cne recently rented by General Weaver. It will continue to be occupled by Dr. Carter’s family while he is in Europe. A little probate business was transacted by Judge Macy yesterday, and adjournment then taken till Monday afternoon, when th assignment of law cases will be made, Stella, 6-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Harris, died of cholera in fantum Friday. The funcral will take plac this morning at 10 o'clock from the residence in East Omaha. Groneweg & Schoentgen yesterday com- menced a replevin action to secure posses- gion of the ledger of the grocery firm of Taylor & Vaughn, claiming it under a chat- tel mortgage, The sheriff had seized it with the goods under a writ of attachment, issued by the district court at the instance of other creditors, The county board of supervisors heard fur- ther arguments yesterday on the question of giving the new Manawa railway company the right of way over the country road. Mr. Shea appeared in behalf of the company and Mr. Finley in behalf of the opposition. The board declded to postpone further considera- tion until the 21st. A wagon belonging to a vegetable man named Gross was standing on Willow avenue yesterday morning, when the horses at- tached to it became frightened and started. They kept on until they reached the top of the High scho'l hill, scaitering cucumbers beets and tematoes broadcast at every jump. They finally became entangled in a barb wire fence and had to stop. Money to loan on improved farms at low rates. Bargains in real estste. Fuses for rent. Fire and tornado insurarce written Money loaned for lccal investors, Lougee & Towle, 235 Pear! street. ry Good Store Will carry a full line of domestic and im- perted yerne. 142 Broadway. laundry, 724 Broadway, 157, Eagle tor good work. Tel. Domestic soap breaks hard water. FPERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Smith McPherson of Red Oak was in the city yesterday. A. E. Rishel of the Rock Island is suftering fram a sprained ankle. Mrs. F. E. Dobbins is visitiag her h band's parents in Creston, F. C. Clarke, editor of the Red Oak Sun, visited the Bliffs yesterday. W. H. James of Sioux City Sunday with his family here. Mason P. Mills, a attorney of Cedar Rap- 1ds, was in the city yesterday. 8. A. Teal of Missourl Valley is visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. E. Haverstock. Thomas Bvans, jr., left last evening for Lima, Ind., to attend Howe college. Miss Nettle Wallace leaves next Tuesday for Tabor, where she will resume her college work. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lamb of Lacone, Ia are guests of the latter's patents, Mr. and Mrs, Friend C vait Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Adams have just re- turned from a four wecks' trip ‘to Hot Springs, S. D. Mrs. Adams is very much improved in health, Master and Miss Eiseman, the elder chil- dren of Simon Elseman, now of Salt Lake wero in the city yesterday enroute for New York on a visit to friends there. The aged father of Rev. C. N. Armstrong I8 lying at the point of death in Omaha. He 1s only 71 years old, but has been practicing medicine for Afty years, and arduous work has brolken his constitution. Misses Nellie Gattrell of Jonesville, Miss Luella Hage of Cambridge, 0., and Miss Loulse Brown of Duluth, Minn., who have been visiting Captain O. M. Brown on South Seventh street, left last evening for Miss Brown's home in Duluth. Lawrence Holst was able to be out yester- day, having nearly recovered from the terrible injuries received in a runaway accident about a week ago. His escape from death ‘was almost miraculous, and his strides to- ward recovery have been hardly less re- markable. 1ry a of Sulpho-Saline or Soterlan mireral ers from the famous Excelslor springs at George Davis', Paul Schnelder's and O. H. Brown's drug stores. John Ul der, general agent. No delay in closing farm lands at low rates, Abstracts of title prepared and real estate for sale. Pusey & Thomas, 201 Pear] street, Council Bluffs, is spending 0., loans on Improved First class_table board for $3.50 per week at 38 North Seventh street. Also furnished rooms. M M. M. Sackett. Womun's Hospltal Work. During August there were thirteen pa- tieats adibitted, eleven discharged and one died, leaving ten patients at the beginning of this month. Liberal donations were re- ceived during the month from Mrs. H. W. Rothert, Mrs. Blimm, Mrs. Prior, Miss Lyons, Mrs. A. W. Phelps, Rev. Mr. Allen, Miss H. Blood, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. S. Rice, Mr. Badollet, Mr. E. Gilliland, Mrs. Lucas, Mr. H. H. Fleld. During the Grand Army encampment elghteen families were he with provisions. One family was assis from hospital supplies, and five needy with clothing. The value of the basket do- nations was $39.40. Mrs. J. L. Smith and Mrs. E. Jefteries were solicitors. The amoéunt of cash receivid was $220.91, and this was all expended but 28 cents, The cause of the present boom in real estate is due somewhat to ‘the successful sale of fruit and garden lands by M:ssr Day & Hess in the Klein tract. They huve 200 acres in amounts to sult, suituble tor fruit and gardens. Also bearing fruit farms for sale. Don't Buy Millinery Until you se» the fall styles at Vayra's Dry Goods Store. 142 Broadw Domestis acap outlasts cheap soap. Tocrewse ln & (rollment. The first week of the fall term of the city schools shows an fncrease in the mumber of pupils enrolled which is very gratifyng to the superintendent and teachers and speaks well of the steady growth of the belief in the value of education. During the week there have been 3,661 pupils registered, an inerease of 160 cver the corresponding period of last year. During the last three years there has been an average increase of 200 per year in the total enrollment. The largest growth this fall is in the Pierce street, ashington avenue, Twentieth avenue, See- aid avenue and Eighth avenue bulldings. - Laundry Company. 620 Pearl street. Telephone, 290, Best paints fn the world. Davis, druggist. Washerwomen use Domestic soaps e s e T 0 20 NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Lose'y 8tiip of Broadway Where Hi thv men Aro Frequantly Found, iDEAL PLACE FOR FOOTPAJS TO W.RK w an Owaha Cltizen Was Rescued fron Three Men Who Were Determ! o to Take His Money and Per- haps His Life. The little strip of roadway between the tern approach of the Broadway bridge and the piling bridge over the old water works reservior s an ex tremely lonely place. It I8 narrow, wide enough only for loaded teams to pass, aud bordered on both sid:s by dense clumps of willow and cottonwood trees. When the gloom of a starless night is added it is a place where almost any uncanny thing might be expected to happen. It is an Ideal place for a holdup, and the facts are incidentally leaking out that a holdup oecurs there about as often as the moon forgets to shine. It is | the highway of traffic between Council Bluffs and Omaha, and alm:st every night belat:d citizen of one or the other cities me gty strand:d on the wrong side of the river, and the only remedy Is to walk across the big bridge. And it very frequently occurs that these unfortunate citizens encounter foot- pads of varying degrees of civility anda bru- tality, and are relieved of anything they happen to possess. Generalty, rather be called upon to explain what they were doing in that faraway and lonely locality at unseemly Liours of the night, they say noth ing about the affair. Thus many of them would never be heard of at all were it not for a blo d-curdling yeil or the sound of hurrying feet that is often borne to e of”) he night man at the east toll house (& Te bridge. Gecrge Stevens, the night man, is not very imaginative, and if all the sounds that he has heard coming from this lonely spot indicate surprise or protest to the com- mission of a crime many people could tell storles if they chose that would be intere ing. And if dumb and inanimate witncsses o-uld speak the near waters of the river might tell something about strange disap pearances of men. Stevens thinks there not been a week this summer when some ne was not robbed or given a lively chase A few nights ago Clarence Scharf, the young man who presides over the destinies of the four-lorse wagon load of Morning Bies that come to the ‘Council Bluffs office every m rning in the year, rescued an Omaha citizen who was sprinting ahead of three highwaymen and emitting ye'ls at each Jump that made the night air shudder. Clar- ence was on h's way for his load of papers shortly after 3 o'clock, and met the fleeing citizen a few seconds after the footpads had started him. When commanded to halt the man_turned and ran back toward Council Bluffs until he mes Scharf. him up and opened fire on who quickly disappeared in They evidently thought the nev er wagon was the p lice patrol vehicle, filled with po- lic:men, and when it had pa:sed under the light of an electric lamp and they saw what it was they returned and chased it to the foot of the bridge, Stevens saw them coming and also opened fire with a b'g six-sho ter on the footpads. It =0on became tox hot for thim and they disappeared in the willows. An hour later three men who lo ked sus- pleiously like them crossed the bridge into Omala. The Omaha man forgot to give his name when thanking The Bee driver for his timely assistance. The driver picked the footpads, the willows. INNISON BROS. An Enormous Parchase, Tie big sale begins Monday morning at 9 o'clock. 200 cases of new fall merchan- dise arrived last week, all bought since the great reduction of the new tariff bill, at a soving of 25 {o 50 per cent less than early prices. STORE OPEN AT 9 0'CLOCK. More than 1,000 pieces of black and col- ored woolen goods. Ten pleces of 40-inch all wool silk finish black Henrietta, worth 60c, at 39¢ a yard. 40-inch black all wool serge, worth™ 6dc, at 46c a yard. Fiftcen pieces of the finest quality 46-inch black serge at 7dc a yard, worth $1.25. 50-inch black gloria silk, worth $1.25, now 69c a yard. Ten pleces of neat figure novelty black dress goods, worth $1, now 50c a yard. Buy your dress goods during this sale. IU's a big saving to you, 5,000 yards of fine worth 15¢, 20c and 2Gc, at 9c a yard. They will | surpris you i | | mbroideries. #e, 40c and 50c fine wide embroideries at 26¢ a yard. 1,000 yards standard dress prints at 3igc a yard | Good bed tick'ng at bc a yard, worth 10c. Fifty pieces cuting flannel at se a yard. 400 pairs Nottingham la curtains at 7! $1, $1.48 and $1.98 a worth fully double. Come in Monday and see the goods. Thou- sands of other bargains not mentioned in this ad. S:le begins promptly at 9 o'clock Monday morning. pai BENNISON BROS., Council Bluffs. AS SEI BY OTHERS, @inancial Condition Seen by Ewstern Capitalists, { A correspondent of the United States In- vestor of New York thus writes concerning il Bluffs: | he shortage of the corn crop in western . though nothing like as sevious as in central Nebraska, is already telling visibly on various branches of business in such cities as Councll Bluffs. To a large extent this section has been one of the never-failing | sources of corn supply, and consequently one of the Meccis of cattle and hog feeders. The feeding of cattle has always been a profitable business, and the feeder in good standing could always borrow as much money as was necessary to buy feed and run a drove of steers through from September till the spring marketing tinfe. In fact, the greater port of the banking surplus of Council Blufts | has for a long time been employed In the channel above Indicated. The banks now have a heavy surplus of money, which they weuld be glad to loan out to feeders as in provious years, but the demand from this source has been greatly curtailed. The ex ceptionally dry sezson” which has cut short the corn crp, has llkew se very much re- duced the hay crop and dried up the late pastures. A3 a consequence, feeders have generally refrained from making their usual purchases of cattle, not caring to stock in the face of a shortage of feed, which could only be cbtained at high prices. They gured that the price of beef prospec- vas not high enough to warrant the f fattening cattle on 50 and 60-cent corn, and bay in proportion. “What is the result? It leaves an un- usually large amount of surplus cash on hund in the biaks of Council Bluffs, which naturally will seek other lines of investment. of Council Bluffs us | A further result of the whole situation is that farmers who have for several years fallen in with the general tendency to liquidate indebtedness, will this fall be con- fronted with a shortage of money to carry torward thelr plans. As the majority of them have good security to offer, they will become borrowers 1o @& larger extent than usual. There are even now strong ind ca- tions that such will be the case, and In the business to follow the part which local capi- tal will play will be imp-rtant and unusual. A few of the local loan men assert that not @ few of thelr applications for farm loans aro beiug filled by local eapital. “At present farm loan money costs the horrower only from 6% to 7 per cent, which is considered @ low rate, which nothing but the merits of the securities offered could bring cbout. Insurance companies have been @ factor in the competition for good loans in the western counties of fowa. Those com- panies, us a rule, have not looked for high rates 80 much as safe securities, and cons quently their low rates have commanded some of the best loans, “The crop shortage and partial failure in this scetion of lowa, though a serious thing, especlally In a year of general depression is not 4 matter which need give any uneasi: ness 1o investors who own her securities for such a shortage does mot come once In Ofteen years. The etability and resources | city. of western Towa are such (hat even an abso- lute failu of erops would make no appre- clable difference us to the meeting of obli- gations, for the paying of interest and paying off & mortgage docs not depend upon any one p or kind of crop The growth of Council Bluffs has been conservative, substantial and has not out- stripped the surrcunding country, and the caxinces of financial conditions to attest the wisdom of such comparative here goes far growth.” OPEN OR INSPECTION. Telegrami from Our New Yirk O fle . We will place on sale this week the greater part of our fall goods. in various lines, the most_important and complete at present in our dress goods department, comprising the very mnewest wea from the English, French and German looms, and call sp:clal atention to our exclusive line of dress pat- terns, no two alike, and positively no dupli- cates. Notwithstanding the news from our New York office of the strong market and prices advancing generally in staple merchandise, we ar: glad to say we were secured previous to thie arrival of buyers, which were more numerous than any previous season, and ac- counts for the sudden advance in the cotton market, This season’s wool goods have not been affect:d by the tariff bill, and our import or- der on fine dress goods is owned at the low- est possible figure for this season,the new tariff not taking effect until January 1st, ' BOSTON STORE, Council Bluffs, la. Where to Worship. First Presbyterian—Preaching by the pas- tor, Stephen Phelps, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. St. John's English Lutheran—Services in James hall, 17 Pearl street, at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Rev. G. W. Snyder, pastor. Second Presbyterfan—Rev. C. N. Arm- strong, tor. Morning service, 10:30. No evening service. irst Congregational—Preaching by pastor morning and evening. Morning toplc: Man in a Cave.” Evening: “Paul's of Worldly Wisdom." Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—Services In Huntington hall, 104 Broadway, at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. Liberty Hall—Rev. George Muller will con- duct the usual people's religious service this evening. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day-Saints—Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. T. W. Williams, minister. Young Men's Christian Assoclation—Regu- lar meeting at 4 o'clock in the Baptist urch. Secretary Wright will lead, hristian Tabernacle—Rev. J. G. Lemen will occupy the pulpit in the morning. 1In the evening the pastor will preach.. Subject, “A New Life." Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, Cor- ner Twenty-fifth street and Avenue B-—Rev. Jacob Sims, pastor. No preaching morning or evening. Sunday school at 12 m. Ep- worth league at 6:30 p. m. Vavra's Dry Goods Store Is getting ready for the fall millinery sea- son of 1894, 142 Broadw: Cheeky Thieves, A scheme which has been tried in other cities recently and found very effective is being put in operation by thie light fingered gentry of this city, although without any very serious results so far. A prospective thief walks into a house in such a business like way as to disarm suspicion among the neighbors. 1f he finds any one at home he excuses himself glibly and goes out again. If not, he at once proceeds to go through the house systematically and steal whatever is not red hot or nailed down. Yesterday morning a mun entered the back door of the residence of W. W. Wallace, on BIuff street, but was soon confronted by one of the mem- bers of the family who heard him, On being asked what he wanted he apologized for intruding by saying that he thought it was the Ogden house, and left precipitately. There is but little doubt that his intention of robbing the house was frustrated in this way. People will do well to look out care- fully for crooked jobs of this sort. Instruction on the piano will be given to a limited number of puplls by Mrs. J. A. Rof, 1022 Fifth avenue. The laundries uce Domestic soap, Hess Finds Nis Horse. The fine horse and phaeton stolen from J. P. Hess, jr., from the street in front of Davis' drug store, Wednesday evening, were recovered yesterday. The horse was found yesterday morning tied to the fence near the | residence of a farmer named Bebbancy, nine miles east of town. The animal was greatly fatigued and almost famished for food and water. Thursday afternoon the rig was seen in Carson, driven by a young man accom- panied by two girls. Whether the intention was to steal the outfit and the thief became trightened and abandoned it or whether it was taken by some reckless young people bent on a lark 1s not known, and will not be | fnquired into by the owner, since he has recovered it with little expense and with slight damage. For rent, furnished rooms, Bath, steam heat, ete. with board. 98 Fourth street, Fcr cobs go to Cox, 10 Main street. Tele- phone 48. New Factory Located. The Merchants and Manufacturing associa- tion of Council Bluffs has been in corre- spondence with a number of important manu- facturing establishments contemplating a re- location of their plants, and has been quietly | doing a good deal of cfficient work for the One very useful and profitable enter- prise has been located and will commence | operations next weck. It is the Clover Air Mat Manafacturing company, and will com- mence business at the corner of Broadway and Fifteenth street. They will employ at e start sixty-five people, manufacturing a new air mattress, The company has ample means and will push the business. It has contracts with the Pullman company for furnishing air mattresses and pillows to the Pullman coaches. ! Gas cooking stov Co."s office. €. L. Waller Hurt. telegram received last evening by B. in Chicago an- for rent and for sale at A N. Waller from his uncle nounced the shooting and serious wounding of his brother, C. L. Waller. Mr. Waller was formerly a member of the well known insurance firm of Waller Bros., but for the past two years he has been practicing law in Chicago. The telegram contained no particulars as to how the shooting oceurred, only stating that the wound was in the ab- domen and that an operation had been per- “ormed and the ball extracted, and that the vound was considered to be dangerous. e PRATTLE OF THE YOU. “There's only one thing I hope,” was the bitterly spoken remark of the boy who had been subjected to parental discipline. “What?" asked the neighbor's boy. “That when my grandfather licked father fur goin' in_ewimmin’ he done it good.” Small boy—Papa, may I ask you a ques- tion? Papa—Certainly, my boy. Small boy —If umbrella menders bring the umbrellas back, what's the reazon nobody ever saw an umbrella mender carrylng an umbrella that isn't broken? Tescher—What is the meaning of the phrase, “Adding insult to injury?” Tommy —Why, it's like sending me into the garden to cut a switch for you to whip me with, A 6-year-old was seated in a barber's ehair. “Well, my little man,” said the barber, “how would you like to have your ha'r cut?’ “Oh, like papa’s, with a little round h:le at the top.” One of Plerc GNTERS. ‘s bright boys, aged § years, saw a funeral passing his lome, says the Pierce (Neb.) Cell. Being of an inquisitive turn of mind he aston’shed his mother by asking: “Say, mamma, are there any sand- burs in heaven?' The mother of course told the “‘young hopeful that there was no such thing as sandburs in heaven. ‘“Then,” said the youngster, "I would like to go fo heiven so I could go barefooted!" This did net happen to be the same boy that, when a neighbor was trotting him on ber knee, re- monstrated quite strongly. The nelgh- bor thought the boy's pants were too tight across the seat, but on investigation the detestable sand- bur was found micely ensconced inside the seat of the trousers and jabbing wickedly into the youngster's hide every time the good woman tossed him up and down, CREATEST GAME The Fanther's Awful Blocd- Thirstiness and Trco fet.ble Power, MONARCY ' oF HUNTERS ROYAL THE JUNG.E General Charseteristics of Afeien's U tnma- Beast—Mis Absolate Fearlessn —¥Feraciuis, subtle, Swife sinlster, (Translated teom the French by M. Tombonnel.) The great African panther, or leopard (these two mames are given him indiscriminately), inhabits the sea coast by preference, or the vielnity of a water course, regions where the winter Is less rigorous. He 18 rarely encoun- tered in the snow-covered mountains, The full-grown panther is a heavy beast The largest one 1 ever saw exceeded 400 pounds in welght, and measured ten feet, five Inches from the end of his nose to the tip of his tall. The tail always represents third of the total length of the animal. The male Is much larger than the female, His head is stronger and rounder than hers. one He fs blacker on the back, with less white on the belly. In both the ears are on the back of the head, very small and set wide apart. They are black against the head and ashen gray at the tips. The neck is thick and extremely short. The body of the pan ther is long and his legs very short. He is able to selze his prey only by ruse and surprise and by leaping upon it. You will rarely a full-grown leopard run When that happens, however, his paws move with such rapidity that he seems to slide as it launched flat on his belly over the Ic When he hunts or is hunted he makes leaps of prodiglous length and with a quickness of which words can give no idea. You have seen a cat make a spring of some seven to ten feet without extraordinary effort, and I have seen panthers leap forty feet, scarcely seeming to touch when they alight with wonderful flexibility and grace. Their great length of body uses their forequarters and hindquarters to move in opposite directions when they walk. They appear to have broken backs. There is as much difference between the physiognomies of a young panther and of an old one as between the countenance of a boy and a man. 1In an old beast the whiskers ere longer, the ayes sad, (h: chops are pen- dant, the fur {s darker, the demeanor very grave. The young leopard’s face is full and without wrinkles, the expression gayer and the robe of a lighter color. HIS WONDERFUL EYES. The panther's eye is full, round and glow- ing. The pupil follows the progress of the sun; it turns In the circle of the iris, as the hands turn on the face of a clock. Its rotary movement lasts twenty-four hours. At noon the pupil {s long, as thin as a knife blade and stands vertically In the manner of the hands of a clock making 6 o'clock. At noon the panther is at rest, being too blind to see his way. He remains hidden, and if he should be taken by surprise the pupils of his see eyes would dilate a little, but never com- pletely. The pupil widens gradually during its rotation. At ncon it is a vertical line; at 6 in the afterncon it is an oval, extending horizontally, like the clock hands marking a quarter before 3 o'clock; at midnight it is a perfect circle. This is the hour when the animal sees most clearly. From midnight until noon the pupil follows the same prog- ress, but diminishing in width, and at 6§ o'clock in the morning it occuples the same position as at 6 of the evening. After the animal’s death the pupil dilates slightly, but preserves the same position as it had at the moment of death. These obser- vations I have had the opportunity of making on panthers I have kilied at differeit hours in the day. The fact is the same In the case of the cat, with the exception of the rotary movement, which does not occur in the lai- ter; but by studylng the cat carefully, with- out’ annoying him, one can always tell, ap- proximately, what o'clock it Is by examining his eyes. The reason is now clear why the panther rarely makes an attack between 9 o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock at night. If you meet him by chance within this interval of time, since he is not sure of his sight, he turns tail at the slightest sound and runs to hide in the thickest part of the jungle; but he seldom goes very far. Believing him- self well concealed, he crouches behind a thicket, with his lead on his forepaws, in the position of a cat on the watch. Woe to you if you pass within the range of one of his bounds! You will have him on your back! On foot, on horseback or in a carriage, you will not escape him. HIS REAL HABITS An unwounded panther uses his teeth only on cattle. But when he is hunted or crosses a man on his path he easily inflicts blows with his claws sufficiently powerful to completely destroy the face and usually cause death. When he is wounded he uses both claws and teeth, and falls upon man with a fury that is terrible. We have in Africa seven or eight kinds of spotted wild beasts! This fact has caused travelers in that country to believe they have seen panthers, and set down observa- tions of the animal which are foreign to the leopard and should be assigned to other beasts. 1 myself have hiard Arabs, who, to tell the truth, are utterly ignorant of natural history, give to both ounce and tiger cat the name of little panther. A widely prevailing notion is that the panther climbs trces. Here again he has certainly been confounded with the ounce, the lynx the tiger cat and other smali animals, which not only climb, but live upon birds and hares. They rarely attack dcmestic animals, Wwith the exciption of chickens, among which they make great havee, to the despair of the farmers’ wives. 1t chance has caused a panther to ascend to a low and drooping tree it is because he was able to leap into it at one bound. Such an occurrence Is the exception and not the rule. The panther stretches himself against the tree trunks to sharpen his claws and extend his limbs; but his hind feet never leave the ground. We have in Africa many vultures of an endrmous size/ which settla ,down upon dcad animals, but cannot eat qui:tly because of the hyenas and jackals which gather to share in the feast. As soon as they can tear off a member of the carcass they carry it away to a tall tree to pick it to pleces at their lelsure. 1 have been able to verify this fdct Several times and the Arabs themselves haye called my attention to it. From this priginated the story that panthers have a habit of hiding the e nts of lhflr.\'lr‘thn; in the tree tops, Neither does He fetire into caves and crevices In rocks, according to a generally accepted opinion. 4 sometimes happens that ‘he crawly yader o rock for shelter from wind and rain, but only rarely; com- monly he lies all day, in the bushes. ALL ONK FAMILY. The jaw of the lgopard is armed with twerty-eight teeth, of which six in the lower Jaw and six in thé WPp:r are molars, twelve are incisors and four ‘are canines. The two upper canines ate ‘often two Inches long He has four clgws jon each of his hind paws, and five on each fore paw. Th latter are formidable, as sharp as lance broad, flat and of the ‘shape of a sickle. All along the' #pipal column, from the head to the middlg bf the tail, every spot in the fur is black, elongated and full; at the extremity of the tail the spots lie in the opposite direction Wnd form rings. 1 have panther skins on which the spots on the spinal column form roses, like those on the body, while the tail spots down to the viry tip are long and black. In this vari tion is simply an eccentricity of nature own shown, or shall we infer a difference of species, and say this is the skin of a panther and that & the skin of a leopard? This is a_question I will not venture fo deeld 5 and in this coanection I will tell the following anecdote I had brought in quite a fine the hunt. Two mcn who professed to be, or were regarded as, versed in the study of natural history had come to look at him. They walked around the carcass, came nei to look at it closely, lifted the beast's paws, examined bis teeth, measured his tail and gave cach his opinfon. “It is a panther,” said one. “I recognize it by this and by that. ‘But look,” remarked the other, “and you nimal from will see that it 1s clearly a leopard, the true leopard, the pardus of the Latins. Besid 8. he added. drawing a book from his pocket, “hear the law and the prophets. Hie advereary went to* the same lengtt in defense of his views, and the savants, each with his text in hand, g sticulated, grew hot and hegan to dispute, or rather to scream at one another, Happily the sub- ject of the discussion w yond taking any part in it, or the argument would never have last.d so long At length, tired of quarreling, they made concessions and agrced that If “the animal had eighteen vertebrae in the tall it was a panther; but If it had twenty-two it was a lsopard. Just thin came in the person whomn | had en- ed (o dress my game, 1 begged him to gin where he usually left off. We wwaited the result in solemn silence, When tho tail had been skinned we counted the vertebrae slowly and scrupulonsly; there were twenty! From all” that precedes 1 conclude there is really no distinction to set up betwe.n the Algerian panther and leopard. If in the past there existed distinguishing traits by which two species of these animals could be characterized these (raits have disappeared, having been effaced by fold crossings of the two species. 1 <hall then give only the name of panther to the animal which 1 hunt; the natives know him undcr the appellation of nemcur. HE GROWS FIERCE WITH AGE. According to the Arabs the panther lives from twenty to twenty-five rs. From birth to the age of ten months or a year, when the mother abandons them kittens live only upon animals that been captured by their mother; (he never made an attack the selves, but have receiv.d valuable lessons, aving looked on at more than one scene of rnage. 1 once saw two little ones of the size of a dog watching celmly while their moth:r strangled a heifer. At the age of a year the young ones sepa- rate and go to live each by himself. Game being very abundant, they catch quantities of partridges and hares, which they swallow like cggs, and occasionally they mike away with Kids and lambs which have ventured too far into the jungle. At four years the panther has very nearly attained his full measure of agility and cun- ning, but not all of his sirength and audacity. He then wages bloody war against the wild boar, beginning with the little pigs, which he loves as a dainty morsel. These animals grunt continually while rooting in the earth for their food; this grunting is greatly in the panther's favor, since he has not the scent of the canine race, and hunts under the guidance of sight and hearing When the panther has reached the age of 8 or 10 years he has reached his full size and strength. No longer content with catch- mant the time th Ing the wild boar, he attacks cows, horses, oxen and camels. No creature can resist him. Unless hunted, he seldom attacks a man beyond the range of his leap, but within that limit he falls upon every moving thing, indiscriminately, without foresight or ex- amination. It a locomotive should pass within this limit of distance I am absolutely certaln that it would be attacked by an old panther. He Is very dainty in regard to his food, cares only for warm and bleeding flesh, and refuses to touch a creature found dead. Only young, very feeble ones do it, who lack strength and cunning to attack big game. An adult beast almost never eats the rem- nants of his vietim. He often keeps them, hoping they will be good next day, but find- ing the meat cold, turns away without touch- ing it. Sometimes he makes use of these fragments as a sort of bait, that he may have the pleasure of falling on other ar- rivals which approach, attracied by the odor. All the panthers 1 saw in Africa, whether killed by me or others, at all seasons, and even when suckling cubs, were very fat. If the panther is hunting and wishes to take a victim by surprise, he crawls like a erpent; agility and cunning render him formidable. .After satisfying his appe- tite, he continues taking life for pleasure. The Arabs and L have often observed that he was unable to eat a tenth part of the domestic animals he killed. It is impos- sible to form a just idea of the loss he causes to the tribes whose territory he ex- ploits. When the panther is wounded he Is ex- tremely dangerous. And, at the same time, it is very difficult to kill him at the first onslaught, because his vital organs are much less bulky than in other animals. I have been astonished when cleaning this beast to find his heart and lungs small and utterly disproportioned with the size of his body. His brain is also more diminutive than that of other animals as large as he. It is situ- ated i the back of his head in an egg shaped ball. This ball is thick, hard and of a form which protects it from the bullet. PANTHERS LANGUISH IN MENT, The panther does not thrive in ment. Those who have seen him only in menageries can form no id.a of his great size, his powerful strength and his agility in a natural wild state. Imagine a mon of 30 years, who from his childhood had been imprisoned in a narrow cell, fed on food un- CONFINE- confine- satistying in both quantity and quality; compare him with a country bred man whose conditions have been favorable; you will observe such a difference between these two that it will be difficult to believe they are of th: same species. The same is true of a panther brought up in a cage and a panther in the savage state, and this Is perfectly natural. While the one, in free- dom, pounces on a cow or a colt, feasts on warm and palpitating flesh, to the point of pufiing hims.If up like a balloon, quenchcs his thirst in the living water of a neighbor- ing stream and takes his siesta in the open sunshine; your prisoner lacks air and space for his ‘proper development and receives dafly at a glven hour the same ration of meat, which is calculated only to "wep him from' dying of starvation rather than to cause him to grow and prosper. SUBTLE, SWIFT AND SINISTER. M. Jacques Arago, a scholar and traveler of European celebrity, thus draws the portrait of the panther of India: “Is that a tiger, a lizard, a serpsnt or a lion which 80 devoured space? Is it a flame whose movement flashes with the rapidity of thought? It is the panther in quest of his prey; it is the nimblest, the most agile of the quidrupeds that th hunter pursues, one which in an hour leaves an immense plain between the hunter and himself. Your ball must fly swiftly If it means to overtake him; the arrow is not so swift as he, and how is it possible to strike that elastic body, which stretches out, curves, bends about, shortens and becomes rarified, it T may use the expression. How seize on the moving being to which all quiet s im- possible, which is refreshed by every mo- tion, enervated by calm and sleep? You aim at the earth; the panther you thought to strike with an infallible missile draws your eyes above your head to see him. He does not go on feet; he fiies. “It is to the panther rather than (o the lion or the tiger who should be known as the king of beasts, and %0 great is the rapidity of his leaps that hunters separated from each other have been known to refuse to fire on him, being sure, though skillful marksmen, to fail to hit their mark. The leopard is a brother to the panther by reason of his agility; they are brothers also in form, in action, in elegance and in the boldness of their attacks. Above all, they are allied in their rapacity, by the terrible devastations they cause, and by their thirst for human blood. Armed, you may safely go in pursuit of the ounce; to vanquish his betters, I advise you to have recourse to snares, to ruse or to ambuscades. - If the panther should have a mind to hurt you in turn, your daggers, your stilettos, your swords and your pistols will be nome too many for safety, The pantber will engage in close combat, and unless you avoid his contact when he spricgs upon you, you will be dragged away, mangled and left to lie far from where you fell. Do not think to rise and contend him; a fearful pair of jaws is waiting to crush your skull and tear your heart opei Want Pay for Full Time. CEICAGO, Sept. §.—Deputy sheriffs who worked for the county during the strike of the A. R. U. and the troublo that followed have presented a novel claim to the couniy board for their services. They have gxked for pay at the rate of §6 per day, on the ground that the law provides that the pay of special deputies shall be §2 per day of eight hours, and that while (hey were in the field they were constantly under orders of the sheriff, and practically worked twenty- four hours every calendar day. The mem- bership of the American Justice elub num- bers fifteen, and thelr claim alone arjoynts to over $10,000, R Mre. Wm, Council Blufvs. T well of my whole 1 was avenue, ber trouble fourteen affected the very stariing paint 1t was in Dlinots, years old, The intens my head, that s 1 bad cold. It setted in my left with all the loval signs atarrh, it worked back my @ and FIRES SET BY LUMBERMEN & Great Calamity of the North Woods Charged to the Accouut of Timb:r Thieves, STARTED TO COVER THZIR STEALINGS Had Cut Timber on Lunds and Wanted to Burn Up the Stumps to Prevent Their Belug Mensured. Sehool ST. CLOUD, Minn., Sept. §.—‘Are timber pirates responsible for the flery calamity which has befallen the Minnesota timber lands? There are intimations that the state seratorial committee, which has for months been investigating the frauds against the state in the cutting of pine from school lands, will be able to show astonishing evi- derce, not only that the “timb.r pirates’ have appropriated niillions of dollars worth of timber belonging to the state, but that in trying to cover up their stealings they have started fires which have resulted in the terrible loss of life and properly in ‘ine, Kanabec, Carlcton and other counties in_the pine belt. Members of the committee have already declared that they have discovered large uds against the state and now it is suid t they will probe into the causes of the fires which have swept the whole pine country. The charge is thut th> lumber- men have fired the lands which they improperly clearcd to render surement of stumpage impossible and thercby shut off any sults that the commission might attempt to bring against the In one of the chief hotels in St. scout, employed by the commission to ferret out cases of timber thieving, has dectar.d b3 had sccured swern evidence that millions of feet of lumber had been stolen and (hat as soon as it had been cut the lumb.rmen had instructed their employes to burn the ground over and “muke a good, clean job of it.” This s a possible explanation of the fires that have swept this region. lumbirmen in cutting their timber great piles of “toppings’ all through (he woods. A torch thrust here and there in the toppings in such a dry season as this starts an enormous fire that eats the stumps from the lumber cut down to lumps of charcoal, and when the gaugers of the commission como to measure the stumpage on the ravaged school lands they are left with absolutely no basis for calculating the mount of lumber stolen, ’ This Is exaclly what the crooked lumber- men want, but In starting th fires they have mads “too clean a job.” The fires have spread over 1,000 square miles of country. They have destroyed nobody knows bow many hundreds of lives; they have devoured 310,000,000 worth of property. Whether or not it can b> proved that these fires grew out of the little ones kindled by “‘timber pirates” there is loud demand through all the pine country that the manner of cutting timebr be s verely regulated. Cloud a most_of The leave LIGHTNING'S Ti Several Hlinols Towns Padly Damaged by the Electric Current. DE KALB, 111, Sept. 8.—Lightning played havoe among the various small towns of this section last night. As a result the business portion of Malta, a village of 600 inhabi- tants, is In ashes, with a loss aggregating $60,000. The little hamlet of Henrietta was also visited by lightning and completely wiped out. The losses will not prove very extensive, however, as but fi were there, At Caledonia four buildings were struck at different times, and each of those struc- tures vas destroyed. At Elmhurst a big barn was struck and totally destroyed Rockford came and in that town lightning. At_Belvidere & physician's struck and consumed, together horses and a carriage. Huntley suffered the loss of three build Ings, one of which was a stable. In the lat- ter instance four horses were cremated. The Northwestern rallway track for a length of 300 feet at Trout Park Is washed out by the rain flood. At Gene also & washout occurred on the air line, carrying away a large sectlon of track. BLGIN, 11, Sept. 8 urred n this vicinity ness houses were flooded in buildings were struck by lighiiing and much damage done. Near the village of Huntley houses ware unroof d and outbuildings were wrecked by the high winds. Whole felds of corn were leveled, the Northwes 0 rail- road tracks were wash:d out in places, and many farmers suffered heavily from destruc- tion of crops and bulldings. GREENSBURG!, Pa., Sept. 8§ heavy thunderstorm last might lightning struck the porch of a bhouse at Jeanette, fa- tally injurivg Mrs. Mahone, ber daughter Maggic and Mrs, Krept, a vis The wemen are still alive, are completely parclyzed. six houses or in for its share of flames, tiree fires were caused by stable with was wo A disastrous storm last night, Busi his city, seviral During & but Yot Fighting Fire. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Sept. L. C. zgerald of Brule has sent n au appeal foF . (R | g — — — ] ‘ 1 K ' ! ] NOW I8 THE TIME TO FORT FY A3AINIT COLD WEATHER | The Approaching Winter Wikl Surdy Affect People Wh> Huwe Throat and Brow Traubles—Treat and Cuve Them White They Ave Curable, and Durving Tiis Facovable Scason—Tegin Now, Here |t |e September. The favorable ) head, T could feel its progress plain! season for the treniment of eatareh nod all | then’ wend to the e, which sneid” and chi ses of a similar nature, which 1 fivally gave me tertible paln. | My fa 50 ofte wit from neglected colds, is | would swell und get tender, with burning | fast passiog away. Drs. Copeland i 0 around the eyes nps formed | Shepard Wil treat all patients during this | my throat and 1 could havdly look out o fuvorable season at o low fee per month | doors without taking cold. My whole head and furnish all the medicine free wus diseased and | have had headaches { Do not trifle with your hewlth for over 20 years; that is ever since my | Catarth s vous and obsinate | ¢ began | disense. Now Proper time fo get Dr first saw me 1 wns | relief, ‘build “up, elrengtihen the afected | aimost dead ace had gone down | parts’ and be better prevored for the cold | futo my - stom digestion waus | #6d the Changes of weath. Dis. Capelund | wretehedly — poor A o and She envakh to enab'e | seemed 1o stendiiy we until 1 was the & 1 to obtain relief. By | miseceble with pain and a haif sick feeling 1aking a this offer now time and | uli the time 0 glad to say (hat he money can be saved his given me a cew lease of life. My = present condition Is one of comfort, with ne HOW IT STARTED. particle of my old misery left. Hundred of dolia would not mewsure the value o - Di. Shepard’s work in my case, and my . T T s | Juikment is “that other women' sufferin A Lndy Traces the Cawe cf Her Trou'les | {Nik™hioie Wlotnse can ot b an from Its Beginning bt Mre. William Murdo: k, 2000 Fifth - R, A COUNTRY PEOPLE. of Her b Through the mafls and express Drs. Copy employe. Mra. Murdock gives | 1and aud Shepara et splonTi oot Fhes experience in this way: their fame Home Treatment.” Distant patients are successfully treated for ale Mokt every form of chronic di-ease, It you will write for a question blavk it will’ be maled vd @ careful opinion of your cate Will be given frce of chutge, 5 My W, R KINMONT, Ord, Neb, an veteran and well known cltlze have heen taking the Cupeland and Shepard mail treitment for chiarth and Stomach trouble of twenty-seven years' stund'rg, the result being, | am happy to say, ' complete cute. Head, stomach, bewels und nerves were all poisoned by this powerful malady. After filling out and relurning the symptom question list Which they sent at my tequest, the medis cines, with letters of (nstiuction, came regulanly by mall and express, And the results ‘were apparently just as good as though 1 had gone to Omaha for office treatment. The expense was but a_{rifle per month, all the medicines included,” ROOMS 311 A DRS. COPELAND & SHEPARD, ND 312 NEW YORK LIF! BUILDING, OMAHA, NEB, 1 Office Hours—9 to 11 a. m.; 2 to & p. m. Bvenings—Wednesdays and Saturdays only, 6:30 to 8: 30. Sunday, 10 to 12 m. Steam and Hol Watar Heating for Residences and Bulldings. J. C. BIXBY, 202 Main, 203 Pearl Streets, Council Blufts, Iowa. ==Special Notices: )R RENT, LARGE, Fifth averiue and Pe office. GALBAGE REMOV, Ed Burke, at W, S ), VAULTS CI. Homer's, FOR SALE, 15 HEAD HORSES AND MULI draft and aeiviog, Cunnmgham hack and coape, 2 busses, 4 cxpress and baggage wagons, 2 truck and scencry wage 10 scts double and single harness, 2 1 Wagons, Wi Lewis, Main str neil Blufts. )R SALE, TIE FURNITURE AND LBAS| @ i hotel h m 60 to 60 at of a first-class K o first-clags rey & meal; lo ¥ ut the junction all the best sand in th Address J, Bes office, DA T OF ALL VAC LOT creage for wale i ¢ Diufts. “No ncy prices consideied. P, J. Bruig, 6 Pearl FOR NT FOLDIL AN ELL i TED; §ood as néw; will sell for half i's value. 3% Heventh avenue. A FEW TLOTE 0N paved fine Vi water, fest fio and loc Foom 9, assistance for settlers in that vicinity. says they are starving as a result or for.st Ha fives which have destroyed their crops. The town of Brule is surrounded by fires and the plucky homesteaders are making a fight to save their houses. Peck Will Look After the Sufferers. MADISON, Wis., Sept. 8.—Governor Peck learned today that the mayor of Superior had made an app.al to Acting Mayor Mo Clellan of New York for aid to fire suf- ferers. Governor Peck thereupon sent the following message MADISON t. 8.—Mayor McClellan, New York: [ learn an appeal has boen made to you from Wisconsin for aid to fire sufferers. The people of Wisconsin do not ask for aid outside of this state at present, 1 will care for all sufferers in this state, Please do not issue ury appeal at this time. “GEORGI PECK, Governor.” Sever 1 Families Burned to Death, ST. PAUL, Sept. K—A Duluth carrier from the Rainy river brings news that the fires on the Canadian border last week caused death of several familes, nearly tw persons alt:gether. The mall carriers be- tween Tower and had several narrow escapes, Four Persons (farned to De th, KAMAROUSKA, Que., Sept. §.—Four lives were 1:st in a fire that broke out in the house of David St. Plerre. The violence of the wind carried the fiamcs to the adjoining houses, three of which were consumed, Rainy river Some Rain on the Forest Fires CUMBERLAND, Wis., Sept. 8.—The fir rain for many weeks f 1 here last night, eheeking the progress of the forest fires and rel'eving present apprehensi ns. Pullmunites Looking fora Location. HIAWATHA, Kan, Sept. 8.-—President Meyers and Secretary Allen of the Pullmaw gmployes Co-operative association have beew in this city for the past three days examin ing sites for their manufucturiog plant. Tos night they met a large number of citizens and submitted & proposition looking to the erection of a plant cople here are ens thusiastic and the neceswsary stock can be raised without any difficulty. A committed of seven citizens was appointed at last night's meeting o look after the matter. Presiden) Meyers and Mr. Allen leave Mounday foy Topeka to meet the board of railroad coms misisoners and will go from there to Laws rence. It seems to be rettlod that this coms pany will come to Kansas and that eithe Hiawatha or Lawrence will be the plaol selected. It will be an experiment in co operation that will be watched wib laterest %