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THE DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY , MAY6,1885/ 7
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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
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