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g H m THE DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY , MAY6,1885/ 7 HK COUHCiyillFFS , ADDITIONAL LOOAL. FINE , PINE AET , A IMcafilng ShowlnR ofVht Skill nnd Tiuto Council BlnfTrf II s. The nrt exhibition , which opens to < dny , la the building noit to Officer & Pusoy's bank , presanta ' Tory Interesting and creditable allowing of what Council Bluffs can prodnco in thla lino. The three young ladies , Ml&s S. D , Rehsa , Mies M. V , Ctaig and Mies Belle Hatcher , who have provided this treat for the BO who delight in the beautiful , nro themselves artists of no tncam ability , and the show * Ing of their own work would form a very fine exhibition of itself. Miss Rehse has a number cf excellent charcoal ukotchcs , and a pleasing variety of oil work , including landscapes , floral pieces , and panels. She has two small etchings , which are rare and very fine. She has also a copy of Gnldo Renl'a mater dele > rosn , painted by Mlaa Rohso when she was only thirteen years of ago. A land scape , in which a chcstnnt tree la the prominent feature , nnd which was ex hibited by her In Cincinnati , and won praise from critics there , la among the Jbcjt pictures In the room. The display of Miss Craig's work shows that she Is an artist of fine ability and cultivation. Some of her plecca wonld compare favorably with those of artists who have a national reputation. She has some fine charcoal heads , and two largo portraits , ono being of hnr mother. She has two very fine paintings in water colors also , which merit special attention. Ono of her bes * . paintings and pno which will please the viiltora greatly , is a picturing of a naval battle. Miss Hatoher'a skill In crayon is shown in a number of fine pieces. A picture of the three Pharaoh's horaea la one of her best , and has boon favorably commented upon at previous exhibitions. Oao pleas ing oil palntlnp shows an old straw hat , filled with roses , and thrown negligently down on the greensward , the roses being very natural , and the design well exe cuted in every way. There are a largo number of other pic tures , too many to enumerate. Among thorn is a free hand crayon , ropreiontlng a forester with a dead stag , and surround ed by his hounds. It is the work of Miss Clara Evans , tgod eleven , the daughter of T. J. Evans. For so youthful an artist the work Is indeed remarkable. H. A. Collins , the portrait artist , has a number of line tpoclmens in both oil and crayon. There Is a very well painted matino view , the work of Miss Jessie Walker , who has a number of her pieces on exhibition. Among them , and ono of the best bits of orb in the ronra , is a study in still life , and ono of her landscapes la worthy of special notica. Mlas Maggie Britton has her first work there , a painting roprcsantlng the castle of Spitzeudorf , very good for'an amateur. Mrs. 0. Laczandorfcr has several ex- collout pictures , ono of which is a winter cceno. She has a'so ' a largo landscape , and a beautiful floral pioco. Mus Mary Key has some of her handi work , which shows rare skill for ono so young , ono bolng an especially fine land scape , Mrs. Gates has shown her skill in painting from life some crab-apples and some water lilliei , being very natural. Among the pleating studies from still life is the picturing elf an old candle and book , thn work of Miss Clara Teal , and very finely done. Mrs. J. 0. Mitchell hai several land scapes , and other paintings , reflecting ctedlt upon her skill aud taste. Aplacque of lilllca Is especially fine , and one of horaea drinking is ono of the most worthy of notice In the room. Mrs. M. . Rohrcr has a very well painted paslural scene , a wooden bowl taking the place of the canvas. She has Also a very handsome mirror , adorned with flowers. Miss Bella Gilbert has a pleasing land scape , and a rery good picturing of birds. Mrs. Champ has a very pretty paint ing of water lllllos which show very naturally. Miss Fleming adds to the interest of the display by loaning two old oil paint ings , owned by her , the work of some unknown artist , but both very fino. Miss Beeslo Stewart has n beautiful lloral piece in water colors. Miss May Forman has a fine painting , landscape , showing very skillfully the approaching storm. Mrs. Bliss , who has already gained much prjisa by her paintings , has aovera of her best productions there. Ono ol the most novel of those ii the picture ol a hut , framed in rough fence boards ailvarcd over. A summer scone is ex cellently done , as is also a picturing ol rough , rugged rocks , Mrs. Broadbook has also a numbar o fine pieces , noticeable amonq which is a panel of roaos and a fish piece. She has iu crayon pictured Pharaoh's horses heads so that tboy seem to bo chiseled out of.marble , the lines standing out In bold relief. Mrs. 0. F. Adams has several paintings. Ono is a large and well painted marine scene , and ono of her landscapes Is also o : merit. Mrs. D. M. Connell'haa show a espec ially her skill In floral pieces. Some geraniums are particularly well done. Miss Elle Smith has a fine floral panel. Mrs. Fred Warner displays a painting ol A dog's dead , which cannot but excite the praise of those who visit the exhibition Mrs. Torwllllcer add * to the beauty ol iho exhibit by some excellent flora pieces , painted on tin , very well done. Capt. flight has Joined to the ladle three paintings by Vernot , which will be enjoyed by all. One of thorn , a marine * cena , a storm at sea , Ii grand. Tbero were a large number of otbei pictures being pat la place when the BEZ muiN rialted the room yesterday , and today - day It Is expected that all will be In readi ness for tbo public to Inspect at leisure 01'IJlta.TION. Ktucle From > Dog' * IICR Grafted on on * Laundresa' Arm , The New York Herald says : The Bellevue HoapiUl physicians are juit now exchanging congratulations over the suc cessful result of a remarkabla operation in "muscle-grafting , " the first ot the kind ever attempted in this country. The operation consists In transferring a bunch of muscular tissue troni a dog or othei animal to any member of the human frame that may be Incapacitated through the want of each ttcsue. At Bollevae Hospital the dog was a mongrel and the patient a Unndreta. The litter ee rlouily injured her right arm while at work iu the laundry , and five weeis § go went to tbo hospital tc bo cured. A largo icotion of tb < rauicular tubeUneo between the elbon nd the wrist was dead , and the infforor onld hardly ralso her arm , and could not mo her fingers at all. Dr. Halstod , visit- n ? surgeon of the hoipltal , saw that the , njury conld not bo cured except by the operation of muiclc-gr f ting , It was an nounced , therefore , that the operation would bo attempted , and at the appointed lour a crowd of students was present in ho amphitheater to witness it. * The dog was put under the Influence of ether. The skin of the wounded arm was laid open and dissected back. The ends of tie divided muscles wore then bund and cut off so as to freshen thorn , ilcanwhllo ono of the dog'a hind legs isd been shaven , and as soon as ho arm wis ready a section of muscular tissue about four inches eng and two inches wldo was cut from ho do's ; ; ' leg , transferred to her arm and fitted to the divided ends of the muscle , The skin of the arm was then replaced ana sown to olhor. The opera tion lasted about half an hour. Three weeks after It was performed the patient bund herself able to use her fingers with Ittlo difficulty. Since then she has im proved so ranch that the doctors say she will leave the hospital in a few days quite cured. Dr. llnzelton , the house lurgcon at the hospital was very rotlcont ast evening in regard to the case , and wonld only s y that the girl's recovery was complete. The Now York Times Indulges in the ollowlng comment upon this piece of nudacioDB surgery ; The operation ot taking muscle from a dog's leg and placing It in a girl's arm was lately successfully performed. It is a rare operationand naturally It attracted a great deal of attention. The assertion hat no such operation had over provi- insly been pot formed is , however , a inis- ako , as can bo easily ascertained by ref- ronco to the third volume of "Braid- wood's Surgical Cases , ' page 271. Braid wood reports that in the year 184 ? i young woman employed In a corset fac- ory had the misfortune to stumble gainst a machine for splitting whalebones and before she conld recover herself her lose was completely removed from her aco. This misfortune threatened the ; itl with the loss of her beauty , and she was so much annoyed by it that she re potted that the machine did not kill ler. Soon after the accident Dr. Parsons , a surgeon of much local celebrity , whose son is still a practising physician in the village , asked the girl's permission to restore her noco , promising that ho wonld make no charge for his services , and remarking that oven if his proposed ; rcatment should bo a failure she conld not well bo made loss attractive than ibo was. The girl , whoso nsmo is 'or obvious reasons suppressed , gladly accepted the doctor's proposal , and at the appointed hour took her place on the operating tablo. The doctor had con ceived the idea of supplying the place ) f the lost nose with a strip of muscle to ) o taken from the tall of a large mastiff log. Ho selected the tail muscle because lis dog was a valuable ono , and ho did not want to deprive the auimal of any of ts really valuable muscles. Both the jirl and the dog were placed under the nfluenco of other the nso of which as an aniujthottc has just bocn discovered and he tail muscle having beau carefully cut nit was applied to the girl's 'aco ' , the latter having boon deprived of Its epidermis in ho locality to which the muscle was op- ilied. Great care was taken to bard the muscle into the shape of a largo Roman nose , and ss the muscle and the face initod by first intention and healed rap- dly thn girl found herself at the end cf i month with a rather large but really laodsomo noso. So far the operation waa a complete uccesr , but before very long the girl became - came dissatisfied. The nose , owing to ts early caudal associations , had a habit of wsgulng weenevor the girl was pleased or Interested in anything. This motion on the part of the nose was purely in voluntary and entirely beyond the girl's control. Whenever she heard the doc tor's voice the nose wagged violently , and whenever a young man said anything toherwhlch pleased her the nose at once betrayed the fact that she was pleased. The eitl was blessed with a good appetite and when she eat down to dinner her nose began to wag , and never ceased wagging until dinner was over. As was inevitable , BO remarkable a nose attracted a good deal of attention , and some un favorable criticism , The follow board ers of the girl Informed their landlady that either they or the girl must loaveaa they could not oat in comfort with a large nose constantly wagging in their presence. No young man dared to make love to the owner of the unfortunate no c , knowing that in case her affections should bo enlisted her nose would wag perpetually , and a stranger who on ono occasion filled the pulpit ol the Twenty-sixth Congregational society paused in his sermon and remarked thai Iho young lady who was expressing her hatred cf religion with her nose would bo sure of a very nncomfortabla place hereafter after , the fact being that the girl in question was so much interested in the sermon that she could not keep her nose still. Finally the unhappy girl went to the doctor and begged him to amputate her nous and roatoro her face to its prev ious level stato. The doctor yielded to her entreaties and was so disgusted a' ' the practical failure of bis brilliant opera tion that ho never afterward mentlonoc it. it.Wo Wo thus see that the operation per formed the other day waa not a new one. It will , however , bo thought more sue cessful than was the original operation sinso the transplanted muscle was taker from a dog's leg and not from his tall. I was certainly a most Interesting opera tion , but it was surpassed in dlfncnltyam importance by Dr. Schwarc's celebrated transference of a dog'a liver to the body of a human patient. As will be remembered berod , the latter lived for many yeira nd , with the exception of betraying a tendency to swillow bones , gave no evl dance that any canine habits bad ob tslned a lodgment with him In company with the canine liver. Ireland * nd tiio Prince * , L'n > T&ienco Journtl. The proposition to establish a reii- denco in Ireland for the -eldest son of the Prince of Wales is la the line of a wise policy , It will give the Irish people an opportunity to boeotao acquainted with a young mm who , In the ordinary course of events , will be the sovereign of the British empire. Porhapa It inlght also bo wise to follow the example of the first Edward In giving the title of Prince of Wales to a member of the ceisnlng family of England , and call young Victo the Prince of Ireland. But , after all neither will bo of much consequence The Irish don't want royal visitors or the empty compliments of titles. They AT in the land and self-government. Miles City FartUUjr Destroyed. MILKS CITY , Mont. , May 6.-The fire to night de > troyed the whole of the btuinei portion of tbo town , at a Ion of 9100,000 , RUSSIA. IN OKNTUAIi ASIA , Her Progress Across the Deserts nnd Over tlio Great Oasis ot TnrkcRtnn. Jew York Snn , A little east of Iho narrow tract now In llsputo between Russia and Afghanistan s that extensive protuberance called by ha natives "Tho Pamir , or the Roof of ho World. " This wondotful plateau , 'nrrowod by deep valleys , through which low the head streams cf great rivers , Is ho loftiest in the world , and stretches away for some hundreds of miles from 0,000 to 15,000 foot nbovo the soa. It s an elevated Isthmus connecting thcso almost impassible mountain systems of Asia , the Thlan Shan and Altai on the north , with the HindooKoosh and Hlma- ayas on the south. Hero his- ory places the cradle of the European races. Hero lived our Lryan forefathers , who , leaving the ? mir slopes , followed great rivets west ward , and finally pastured their herds in Saropo. Hlthor are returning now heir descendants , the Slavs and Anglo- Saxons , sooner or liter to contend for ho supremacy of Asia upon the historic ground from which their primitive pro- ; onitora are believed to have migrated. The Pamir sent its waters west to for- Illzo the Turkestan desert , gave the na- lens n passage way through mountain > arrlor * , along its streams that poured eastward into the Tarirn and southward nto the Ganges and the Indus , nurtured ho civilization that Genghis Khan and ? amorhno founded In Turke&tin , and nido possible the advance of the Rus- ians into Central Atia. Though Peter the Great dreamed of ixtonding Russia's power far beyond the Caspian , It waa not greed of conqncst or ommerco , but the need of defending iorself against barbarous neighbors across the Ural that first turned Russia oward Central Asia. Ivan 111. put an ind to the terrible Tartar invasions that or centuries wasted half of Russia and aid its chief cities iu ashes. But his uccossors did not free Russia from the lost of pillaging Kirghiz and Turkoman rlbes nntll they established the Musco vite power In the largo territory between the Ural river and tbo Aral sea. They ank wells in the Uat Urt plateau to 'acilitato ' the operations of their army , marched against the turbulent Kirghiz , and after several hard campaigns they subdued these 2,000,000 nomadf , who 'or over twenty years have paid their conquerors without a murmur their an nual tax of three roubles a tent. Beyond the Kirghiz steppes that bord- > red Russia stretched far eastward across ; ho desert two belts of vondure , through which flows two great rivers , the ancient Jxas and the Jaxattae , now known as : ho Ama-Darla nnd the Syr-Darin. The ono rising on the southern and the ether on the northern slopes of the Pamir , had : or ages distributed ever their b.inkj al luvium berne on rapid tldos from their aeadwatciB , creating long and continu ous oasis in the most doeolato desert of ; ho world. Hero were rich lands and populous and half-clvlll/.od nations. Hera were the routes ta inner Asia , caravan roads that led to China , the highways > vcr wnich great camel trains from Kok- lara had for many years berne to Oron- inrg and Astrakhan their loads of cotton , eilk , ek'ns ' and chagreen leather to ex change for Russian hardware , chintz and ; tma. Hero was a chance fcr vast ex pansion of Muscovite power and com nerco. Russia's motive was no longer self-protection , but the subjugation of iho khanates of Turkestan and the ex- ; enson of trade. Her expedition against Khiva in 1839 was disastrous. Tbe bitter cold of the 1st Urt plateau ruined Peroweki's army Russia , repulsed in her attempt to acquir- ho Oxus , turned to the Syr-Darla ° After she planted her foot npon tha- river , her forward march was slowstead t and persistent. Her line of forts alony ho left bank of the river , lengthened year by year. She mode the river hod .lly in her warfare upon the khanatesr Twelve years after the first Russian gun. was lovelltid at the walls of the first town n Khokand , this rich khanate including Is metropolis , Tashkond , became the Russian province of Ferghana. Then Bokhara , after a bitter struggle , lost Its ndependenco , Two of the three khana tes of Turkestan were now gained , the Syr-Dnria , from its mouth to Its sources , was a Russian stream , and the Musco vite arms were once rooro turned toward thoOxns. Gen. Kaufmann's attack upon Khiva was crowned with success The khanate was added to the Russian conquests In Turkestan and the Oxus passed into Rassfa's control. What are tbo countries and the people whom Russia has conquered , at terrible cost and after many years or. ' bitter war fare ? The three khanates are estimated to contain from 5,000,000 to 0.000,000 people. Yambory says tbat in tbo rich ness of Uiulr soil and In the variety ol their productions it would be difficult to find in Europa a territory that would sur pass the oasts countries of Turkestan. Bokhara , ancient seat of Mohamiriedan learning , still attracts thousand * of stu dents from India , Afghanistan , Cashmere and China. The town has 175 mosques , and when Yambory visited It 5,000 stu dents were studying theology , logic and philosophy in Its eighty colleges. The chief cities of the Khokond oasis , Tash kond. Tchemkont , Khodjcnd and others , are scattered along the rich valley of the Syr-Darla. Several thousand Russian and Cossack peasants have , with govern mental assistance , become tillers of the soil near Tashkend and Samarcand. Tash kond hai 100.COO population , thirteen Inns , sixteen colleges and many raotques , and ita exports and Imports in 1878 amounted to $24,000,000. The Knlvan oasis , though kept within Its narrow limits by the surrounding detortls large and rich enough to support a populace of 1,000.- 000 people. Since Russia conquered Khokand she has placed up the Syr- Darla a fleet of steamers that ply up the river for a distance of 1,300 miles from the Arl sea. Sand bars In the lower Oxus impede navigation , but Russian boats have ascended the greater part ol Its course as far as Choja Saleh , now well known on the river as the point where , tho'Afghans assert , their frontier joint that ot Russia. Both these great riven are valuable arteries of trade , hot the Oxas , through the fer tile lands along Its banks arj not so extensive nor so populous as those along the Byr-Darls , is now destined tc be commercially the most important stream. While the Byr-Daria leads onlj toward the comparatively barbaroui countries of East Turkestan and Thibet , the Oxus will carry the freightage ol Russia almost to the gates of India. Itii evident to ill students cf her progress in Central Asia that Rusiia's commercial alms I n dado not only a vast augment a tiou of her overland trade with China ! but Iho opening of India to her producti as the reward of her long and , as yet , illj requited lacrificoi in Turkestan. Tin re-venues from her new pcsieislons a < yel cover hardly a third of the annual expon dltures. Tbe khanato of Khoksnd has beet 0 completely absorbed by the Russian military government that its name has disappeared from recent map * . Bokhara and Khiva are still nominally ruled by heir old sovereigns , bat they are merely dependences of Russia , and pay a heavy .rlbuto for the privilege ot retaining a jomblanco of autonomy. The Khan of Khiva is not permitted to have an army , and his subjects have been stripped of heir weapons. Ho Is so far a more com- itctely subjected prlnca than the ameer of Bokhara , who is permitted to main- , ain an army of 20,000 men , which ho us pledged himself to place at the dls- xjsal of the Russian commander , and which , according to Mr. Boulgor , will irovo a serviceable auxiliary corps. When Russia had cotquord the khan ates , there waa still hard work for her armies south of the Oxus , where large tribes of wild Turkomans constantly monancod her enterprises , and blocked the way to Herat Some years itter Khiva fell. Skoboleff , and his Cos- acks scattered the Toko-Turkomans , the greatest slave hunters rnd most lawlcts lomads who roamed the desert , of Kara Turn. Last year the last stronghold of his trlbo was occupied by Russian troops. t was the earth fort they were building n a bond of the Murghab river , at Mcrv , when O'Donovan visited them four years ago. Its ramparts , forty feet high and Ixty feet wldo at the base , were speedily mocked to pieces , and Merv now forms a ) art of the Russian Transcasplan prov- nee. Years before Sir Henry Rawlin * on , the greatest authority on Central Asia , had told the British government hat "Herat is at the mercy of the gonor- 1 who occupies Morv. " But public pinion in England did not keep pace with the march of events in Asia , and it van not till the Russian forces had left Merv oasis and received the submis- ilon cf the Turkomans south of Sarachs hat Great Britain awoke to the belief hat the czar was threatening Herat and menacing India , Train Talk. Ibtcago Herald. "Yes , " remarked an old engineer , "I used to run on the Now York Central , but I quit 'em voluntarily. " "Didn't you like the road ? " "Yes , all but the double tracks. It was a two-track road then. I don't want ny double-track running ia mine. It sn'ttafe. Give mo n single { rack road every tlmo. You think it funny , don't ; ou1 'TIs queer , for a fact , but I know what 1 am talking about. Did yon over ride on a locomotive ? On the cowcatcher er ? Well , then , you must have noticed , hat whenever she strikes a bridge she saoms to drop down a little. It's the Drldgo settling under the terrific pressure. As you first strike it feels as if you were ; oing down , sure enough. Perhaps you jover thought of the tremendous blow a .ocomctivo strikes on a bridge. It's not alone the weight of her , but when she'd making forty or fifty mile an hour and comes down on a bridge it's enough to make it settle. Right hero comes in my objections to double-track roads. The bridges on these roads are unsually built continuous ono bridge for both tracks. [ was running along one day and was just aporoachlng a bridge , when I saw anoth er train coming toward mo All of a sudden the thought ran through my brain what if both locomotives should strike the bridge at the same instant- , ono at either end ? The very thought of it startled ma so that I shut oft' steam and 3ut on the brakes , I ain't a coward , but [ don't want any of that in mine. I wouldn't risk CO per cent of the railroad jrldgca ia the country to stand a blow from both ends at the same Instant. Of oaurso , a road may go along a year and ; wo trains may never happen to moat just ; hat way and even then the bridge might stand it but I thought so much about the thing that I lost confidence In nyself on the Central and resigned. I'ro seen a single-track engineer over since. " A Seal Caught in a Not. A party of fishermen engaged in drawIng - Ing a seine for shad in the Houstonlc river at Stratford wondered when they commenced to draw npon the ropes what made the seine to heavy. The flounder ing of a dark object In the center con vinced them that they had scoopad in something moro bulky and vigorous than flio blcgost shad or talmou that ever roamed the waters of the Houstonlc As the aolno was drawn in the ilounderlngs of the unaccustomed prey and the ten sion on the ropes made them fearful that something would give way. But the solno was a now ono and the ropes were strong , and everything in the net was eafely landed. Before the seine was hauled ashore the shaddors know what the unusual object they had ought that time was. It was a seal. When ho had been released from the folds of the eelno on being hauled ashore he dipplayed un expected pugnacity. Instead of showing a disposition to got back to the water In all haste , ho reared up and began strik ing vigorously at the men around him. Ho seemed to want to knock out all of his recent tormentors. The fishermen attacked him with clubs and ether wcapors ss were handy , and soon dis patched the animal. The seal Is about four and a half feet long and weighs about 150 pounds. Ita hair is of a light color. Last spring some of the Stratford ahad fisherman entan gled a seal In tliolr seine , but the animal broke through his environment and es caped. Jiridgcport News , IOWA IN PIECES. Oreston's public library contains 2,5000 volumes. Dubaquo Is hopeful of getting the Da- baqae & Dakota railway built Into that town at an early date. Thomas MoCllntock , a nowly-marriod Cedar Rapids man , had his pockets picked of $5,000 In Chicago. Oscoola farmers report long oontlnuod bad weather for getting In crops and are uneasy as to the future ontlook. The seventh annual tournament of the Iowa State Firemen's association will be held at Davenport , June 9,10 , 11 and 12. 12.At At the miners' mass mooting In Dec Moines on Friday It was decided to ac cept the reduction of three and a hall cents a bushel until September , after which time they will demand an advance. The Storm Lake Tiibune claims a pop ulation for that town of 2,183 , while the Pilot is satisfied with about 1,000 to 1.70C souls as bolng all that dwell within the corporate limits of the city by the lake , A prairie fire on the West Fork , In Monona oounty , about f oven miles from Whiting , caught a herd of cattle between the river and a wire fence. Before the cattle broke through the fence a numboi of bead were burned to death and more ao seriously injured as to necessitate theli killing. Bentley F. Osborne , an old soldier , suicided at Altocnt on Thursday , by cot ting his throat with a razor. Long con tinued 111 health had exhausted the lira Ited means of the Invalid soldier , andtbi itlngs of poverty had nnsettled his mind , Ho was burled by hla comrades of th < Grand Army. TllR IIOMANUE OP A DANE. Ho Vflnn A Prlzo in tlio Stnto Imttcry ntl \Vlfo at the BamoTlinc , In the prlvato otllco nt The Louisiana Stnto 'xittory Company's fine building on St Charlea street , a representative of the 1'icny- me met , on Thursday , Mr , Blilsttup , n planter of Atceneton parish , Mr , F , Speml- upnnd Mr. B. W , Lashley , also from the ino pivrish. Theio visitors scorned to bo In the hspplpBt ottmnods , On b < ln { ? accosted , Mr. Spomlnip snld ho had come duwn from Donaidionvllle , nccomannled by his friends , to collect the amount of $15,000 , which he bad won in the lioulslann Lottery drawing of April 14 , ns holder of n fifth part of ticket No. M.O'ii which secured tlio tint capitac priza of SiT > , roo. Continuing , Mr. Spondrnp nlcl : * " You BOO I have been an assistant overseer on Mr , UidBtrnp'i 'Gem' plantation , In As- cansion , where I have been working stnco last Atienst. I learned Hi7ar-rrmkinp In the West [ ndlod , nnd lived in that part of the world until something over ft joar ago , when I cnmo .o this country , thinking there wna n better chnnco of making money hero. For nearly ; wo years I had been taking tickets In The Lioulslnna Stnto Lottery , but Bomehow my uck was bad , and I won nothing. My frlontl .here . , Mr. Liuhley , about two weeks before .ho last drawing got site tickets from ho company's iwontiu DoiuldsouviUo. Mr. D , liyblskl anil I bought four from him. Ono was tor mo and three for my brother any my self on shares , These were all fifths. I nailed these to my brother , who lives in irooklvn , N. Y , After the drawing came ell I was told I had won something , but was riot sure , ( o I telegraphed for the tickets. which my brother nont mo. They arrived overnl days ago , and then I saw there could )0 no more doubt nbout It. " Mr , Spondrup m n handsome , fair-haired , well nindoyounc Dane , with the npneasnnco of excellent health and posseseed or nil tlio qualifications to enjoy lito , "Aro you a married mau1 asked the reporter , "No. but I expect to bo very eoon , " lie ro- illtd , laughing , ' 'I'm going to tuko the tirst vessel that sails for the \Vott Indies. Seine ono in waiting for mo in Santa Cruz , the Dan- ah if IP. Wo have been engaged for two years. : have been looking for Rood uck to oomo , pnd now I am eady to got married. For years I worked mri ) , but put money in my pocket very slowly. S'ow I have made my fortune in n day. At thla moment a clerk of the Lottery Company appeared and handed Mr. Spend * up a check on tha New Orleans National itank for $15,000 , which ho received with on air of complete satlefaction that indicated ho was perfectly happy , The reporter wished the young Dane ban voyogq to Santa Cruz nnd n joyous union with his swenthoart , from whom ho had so eng been asperated. A Windfall for AVImHall-Imcky Men from a Lucky Town , On the day following the visit ol the Dane [ that IB to-day ) , there entered this pnme : harmcd office three Indiaianp , nturdy men of the western country , Messrs. W. C. Parker and K. Perry , of the town of Windfall , nnd Mr. H , 15. Beauchamp , of Tipton , all of Tipton county , Indiana , some fifty miles from the capital , Indianapolis. It wai ROOD revealed that these gentlemen had left their distant homes in the Land of Grnin to reap a rich harvest iu Louinlnun a hanent not of gram but of gold , Ono dollar bad grown in a few days to fifteen thousand , un der the fructifying touch of Good Fortune , Bonn Dea. " \Vo had five chances in the last drawing of The Louisiana Lottery , " remarked Mr , 1'arkor to the writer ; "they were all fifths. Perry got them , and wo agreed to share the profits. " "Yos8aid Mr. Perry , "Parker had the faith nud 1 had the luck. This combination wan bound to win. Mr. Pnrkerstated that ho had not expanded In all moro than $10 in lottery tickets during the tlmo he bad made investments of this character. Ho was very agreeably surprised when informed by Mr. Perry that $15,000 had fallen to their lot , ono of the tittlm bain ? numbered 59,075 , which won the first prize of 870,000 They Immedi ately but out for New Orleans , but will shortly return to their homos. Both nro man of family , nnd in the prime of life , eo that the money goes into good hands. They were presented with a check for $10,000 on the New Orleans National Bank , and withdrew Irom the parlor as happy as the many favorites who preceded them. Now Orleans ( Ln. ) Picayune , April 20 , NotM rrylnK The Family , Pnlladelphia Coll. Jinks "Got a week oil and run down to the seashore with me. " Minks "I can't afford it. " "Oh , pshaw 1 Your Income Is bigger than mint ? , and you have no children. " "True ; but it takes all I can make to keep things going. My wife's relations all Insist on boarding with me about half the time. " "Now , BOO here , Minke , I told you lonp ago just how It wonld be ; yet you refused to listen , bat kept saying that yon were not going to marry the whole family. " "Well , i didn't , either ; but the whole Family seems to havn married me. " A Brooklyn man said to bis Presbyterian pastor : "I am going to tha Methodist church ifter this. " "Ah , nnd why BO ? " asked the minister. "Well if you don't got your ehpes mndo at my shop , I won't get my preaching done nt yours " tSLOAPITAL PIUXB , 76,000. TICKETS ONLY 55. SHAKES IN PnoronnoN Louisiana State Lottery Company "We do hereby certify that we supervise Me ar ranyementi for all the Monthly ana mitiinua Dratcinyi of the Louisiana State Lutttry Company and in person manage and control the Drawtnyi themielvfs , and that the some are conducted with Honetty/airncil and in good /ailA toward all par- tiei , and ue authorize the company to uie th\t cer tificate , tnthfac-nmila of our tiynaturtl attached in ill adtcrtiseinente. ' COMMISSIONERS. Inoorponted In 1803 for ! 5 yeira by the legislature ( or educational and charitable purposed wllh a caplUI ol $1,000OCO to which a reserro fond of OT I 1660 000 baa ilnoe been added. Dy ar ortrwhelmlnr popular vote Its franchise was made ft part of the preient state oonitltatlon adopted December Sd. A. 1) . 1879. Tbe only lottery eier voted on and endorsed by the people of any itate It Bevtr aoalea or poatronM. Its Brand single number drawings take pUoe monthly. A srtllf DID OrrOKTUKITT TO WCT A rOKTOTII , Fimi OlAXD DiUWlMJ , CXlM K. Uf TUB AOlDftMT OF MUIIO , NEW OKUUM , XUMDIT , UAT IS , 18S4 , 180th Moarun Imwixa. CAPITAL PRIZE , $75,000 100,000 Tickets at $6 each , Fractions , in Fifths , in proportion , LIST or rauui 1 Capital Pilie $ 7E.OK I do do v 4,000 1 do do 10,000 tPrltetof (0COO 12,000 61'rUo.of 2,000 10,000 lOilrlieiof l.OCO 10,000 SOl'rlinof 600 , 10,000 lOOPrliMOf 200 0/00 SOOPrlzeaot 100 0,000 ( OOPrluiof W S5.0CC lOOOi'lUeioi 26 26,000 irruoiTwiTiox rsuia. 9 Approximation 1'jlioe ol (760 0,7(0 9 do do 600 4,603 9 do do 160 , . . , . . . . S,2 0 1897 I'rlios , amounting to . - (335,600 Application for ratea to cluba thoald be made only to tbeotBce of the Company In New Orleans. for further Information write clearly giving to uldrosa. POSTAL NOTES , EipreM Money OrJori , 01 New York Kxcbange In ordinary letter , Oimenoj by Kipreu ( all auma of f 6 and upward * at our ex penM ) tddreteed , M. A. DAUPHIN , Or H. A. 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