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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1889)
I 0 THE OMAHA DAILY BHE'HflUKSDAY , DECEMBER 1 ! ) , 1889. I BEE PFS thiut ftho CUy , = ANAOKH ' ids l. 1 Co , lUlearl which the I rest was I , on Now j party in . yesterday lack , both iorliam nt t to f'J,0)0 ( ) , vostcr for an young tico lien I judgment riii argued > wortli 111 ioou i , O. K. S. , etliifc' . All resent , ns Uy order llnncapolls lay 'I'hoy iclflo reid , lolldays nt out about 1 u lire lu lOftli Slain at chemicals Armour silay even furnished Suppernnd urea ut the il on Tues rstod nl pes urts of the louded , but vero 'I ho (1 harvest th a severe roliiR down ho slipped earolossly is , mid was uent Ho d a Bcvcro y a motion ilntiff'9 po- , • VB U. II to nnswer IIRfl Uoss a horse by I is unl.nv- ilnlstrator uiciUc , has spltul Hu moon , und • o tryiiijj to io told the Lo bIocu , us ho lloor all leal , as the i % but it Is jr i nlono for s of the or- Tor the up- mco It con * i the olty nine : in the i tend , ladies i the organl- i that tlma , for every i real estate i io ofllcu of irdtiy morn I r was In jeeupied by , dwuy , near turs for the 1 3n for uusi coinmlttco 1 tt Saturday rlnted 1,000 1 I distribute ' ra liouso tc and dos t. kept intact It riiituro C. nnny goods ire cutting rltoy & Gay liUK tables , lding beds , is of fiinoy ioso Roods nish Dent , A clean i for your i Uowmuns liavo telo- J for mos ago ns , ota U. Uobln- i street , led and ro il Jjmesou udway ihIi ho now sln- \g \ else Ho io roglstor i insulted a lis and says ' ho luiow In question , 1 on-yonr-old ' rents and a ys tha t it Is . . or saw the 1 followed 1 i irnoon , a nd I i nroadwoy , ] oornor of store Cap ' police saw up to Jones iduct Jones rnv Iloob- aud invltod The lat i making all du the stnol- i his back the ousscd- lundlng htiu Jones is a Frits Uorn- seuarged been tnado ud several hint to piny i and sweet ones begged itor was In- usiicr went Isterlng for nell muffs t , liava the goods to bo o buy your uko ( I go ns s fur as $3 lostou store Is its uotlon of Us case about . iofooso had uesses uu- ' mt'd in the afternoon ; As previously stated the evlIn denco npalnst the accused > s all clrcum- stantlal ! , but the state madoontn very strong cnte , snowing that the dofentunt was not only with the deceased on the night when the j murder Is supposed to have boon comi mittnd , but Hrown was In Ins company when Inst scon alive and wns at that thno urainj- him nlonK toward the fatal spot , bolng last scon about two blocks from where Spears body was found nenrly forty-eight hours afterward nn "lliodorensonttomptcd to provo „ nn nllbl mid the accused und his two sisters sword that ho was eating supper at his homo bo- tween 8 and 0 o'clock , the tlino when the murder is supposed to liavo been per pctrntcd J ; County Attorney Organ mndo the oponlnp ; nrgnment to the Jury nnd It was a clear , concise nnd powerful effort Ho carefully rovlowcd the ovldonco and presented his enso . In a manner that won him many com pliments Ho wn- followed bv Mr Tlnloy , who opened for the defense His position was that no malieo hail been shown nnd that no motlvo existed for the eoinmisslon of the murder on the part of Brown Ho talked niound tljo evldctico rather than rovlowcd It I but ho worked bard for his client aud mnde ! nn earnest appeal for acuulttal Bargains In ottomans and foojrests this week nt the Council Uluffs Carpet company . Wo have some of the Uncst novelties In this line you oversaw Kor bargains In books Just visit the Boston store Council Bluffs , 'ihey can snvoyou S3 to 51) per cent on nil books , in some ensos 100 per cent , Boston store , Council Uluffs * Gold pens nnd pencils regardless of cost ' Uurhorns ] Oak mugs nnd creamers 15c , Lund Broth ers , 2U Mnin street A irrand holiday display In diamonds , watchns , clocks and Jewelry Uvurybody should i see the elegant array of Christmas irifts i , and as our long established reputation il for l honest dealing removes all doubt of high prices 1 wo can suit thow all utC B. . .Incquo1 mlo i & Co , ' 27 Main street o ICelley & Younkei mini do not try to palm off shoddy Xmns goods on their customers , hut their ] stocK Is strictly llrst chiss , und It nl- ways pays to buy the best 'I lnvhw tollmen's Annual The fourth annual ball given at Masonlo temple Tuesdny evening , by Council Bluffs lodge , No 31 , Switchmen's Mutual Aid nsso ciatlon of North America , was the most sue cessful nfTair of the klna ever given by thorn The ' halt was handsomely and appropriately decorated i , the national colors being hung at ono ( end , and a lighted headlight , on which appeared the monogram of the order , at the other , Dolightfut music was furnished oy Dalho.v's oichoslri The ladles served n bountiful suiiper at Woodmen'B hall The tables were arranged very tastefully , and piciioiited a most inviting appearance The ladles In charge were Mesdames C. I ) . Ilonny George Gates , li J. Itoarty , C. C. Coekrnn , Amos Wilson undV. . A. HighI smith , and to tholr untiring efforts is due much of the success of the occasion A largo delegation | of railroad men was present fiom Omaha and enjoyed the festivities E P. nno's complete works , 20 volumes , for SIS , at the Boston store , Council Bluffs m Lund Brothers glvo the largest dinner ser vlco for $ Vi over sold In the west Blank books , nil kinds , ledgers and Jour nals , 1 to 12 quires , at less than cost Scud for prices Masnnlo book store , Council Bluffs Mixed candy 10 per pound ; a full line of handmade creams , put up in 1 to 3-pouiut boxes , cheap Palmers , 13 South Main Neuineycrhotel , illstclassrcasonablorates , Fine stock of watches and Jewelry for the holidays at Wotluiau's , 53j Broauwuy The Koss Investment and Trust company Pprxoitnl Inrnuraplis P. McAdam of the Chicago paving firm of MeAdam Ss Amberg arrived In tno city yes tcruay to look after financial business con nected with the paving douo in the Bluffs bv this linn lastyca"- . J. II Brown of Wayne , Neb , a former rosldont of Glonwood , In , was in the olty yesterday looking for soinu ono with capital aad faith enough to sturt a wcoklv demo ' cratic paper at the county seat of Wayne I county Ho was unsuccessful Miss Alary E. Gray loft Tuesday evening : for her home at Waukcgan , III , aftara visit ; with bar brothers , J. L. aad L. A. Gray , in tills city Louis Henderson of Colorado is visitim . bis mother , Mrs Issac Wooley of this city The condition of Hon Joseph Lyman was very much Improved yesterday : See the 75 candle power calcium lamp at ; Lund Urotuot'3. It Is a perfect lamp and a i perfect light This mnrblo is stainless cant bo injured by spotting , " Is the legend tacked to a duo | monument in front of Kelly's marble yard , ' on Upper Broadway Some vandals liavo ' dollied it by spitting tobacco Juice upon it The filth has boon washed off , showing the \ beauty of the splendid Gcoiglu marble , from , which it is cut The marble cannot bo de nied , but is Imperishable in its beauty A hnndsomo lamp makes u beautiful i Christmas piesont You can find Just what you want at Lund Brothers , 23 Main street Tlio Now Union Depot , The matter of nil absorbing interest to the citizens oi the Bluffs nt the pruscnt time is the union depot project , and it transpires 1 that there are sovcral matters that bingo 1 upon it , cither directly or Indirectly At the meeting of the union depot commlttco with the railway managers In Chicago two weeks r > ro the question was fully discussed , pro and l con , nnd it then developed that the Burling ton , Wabash , Northwestern and Union Pu- clUe were in favor of it , while the Milwaukee - keo and Hook Island hold aloof , foarlug Hint t they were to get thu worst of the deal , and refused to make a dcllnlto unswar \ The Milwaukee Is to cross the river on the i < now Nobrnskn Central bridge , and could not ; say Just what action it would toke regarding thu union depot until cortuin other matters 1 were considered , nnd another meeting was * accordingly nrrangod , to bo hold In this city on tha last dny of this month The Rock Island is also llgurlng on getting across tha river on a now bridge that may bo built t below the pi csont Union Paolllu bridge , und I they wanted time to consider the matter This is what is to bo llnnlly settled at the mooting to bu bold lu the Bluffs two weeks hence It is claimed that four of the roads are ready to en tor into the scucmo , and that it will bo decided at the coming meeting whether the railroads will purchase the grounds already secured by the depot com mlttoo , or whether they will allow the sue scriucrs to hold stock in the new depot , The umttor of condemning approaches to the union depot Bite will also be considered , The allegation of the depot committee is that tl.e Union Paclilo company , which has been fur a long time understood as being the only draw back to.tlio scheme , is ut last willing to enter into it It now develops that the Union Pacific Is willing to como in on certain conditions It has already boon stated In tbesa columns that the company was preparing to abandon Its dummy service between this city aud Omaha , and it has been n matter of conjoct- uro whit would become of their right of way on Union avenue which their charter allows them to hold as long as they maintain the dummy service The company now Bteps Into tbo ring to solve this question and tnukos a proposition to the effect thut If their cllartor is so amended as to allow them to retain this rigl t of way and certain oilier concessions are granted , they will go m for a ucw union depot A committee meeting of tuo wholooftho city council was held last evening for the purnoso of considering tha company's propo i- sition Representatives of the company were presout aud stated the tetms desired by that corKratlon | Just what war demanded was not ascertained , but it la understood that the company is willing to sacrlUco the $25,000 annual reutal that it is receiving from the eastern roads now running into tha truns- fer , and do it * suure toward build lug the now union depot , provided the ' city will nllow them lo retain a right-of-way on Union avenue It , is stated that the company has by no means abandoned Its Intention of extending Its line eastward , nnd wants this street nnd ft right of way up Indian crook to got out of the J city The mntter was fully presented to the committee nniVtho council will act on the matter inter It was rumored yesterday that the Union Pacific { . desired to transfer its franchise nn Unlpu nvenuo to the Northwestern company , but the report lacks confirmation us yet Several . of the nldcrmen hnvo cxprossed themselves ns favoring the demands or the J company ; , provided they nro doomed ronson- nblu , as It is n well settled opinion that a union depot Is needed , nnd nccdoa very badly _ Christmas tree decorations , costume tnot- tos , etc , nt Palmers , 13 South Mniu The finest display of liandkorchiofs over seen In Iowa is nt the Boston store , Council Bluffs Handkerchiefs from lo to M.50 , from ] 35 to 50 per cent below regular prices Boston store , Council Bluffs Fountain cigar , a strictly lOo cigar for 6o at the Fountain Try one Irs Woodbury nave romovid their dental oftlco to 101 Pearl street up stairs Probslla's harness shop , 5j3 opera homo block , headquarters for robes and blankets Finocandv fruits , nuts , Christmas baskets , etc , at Palmers , U South Main . ' WHEnENICKEL cOMES FROM four | Tlimmnnd Toiih I'or Xrnr tlio Product oT n Slniilo Mini . In the Copper CHIT inino near Suil- bury , Cutiiulii , it tesuid inoro nickel ia boiiifr produced tintu tlio cntiro nmrkct of tlio world culls for nt current jiricos , pays . tlio Youths ' Companion A little brunch railway off tlio mnin line of tlio CiuuuliiUi J Pacific railway , four inlloi in lontjth 1 , lends out to tlio initio , which opens into tlio faeo ot tlio erne of the brown l , oxidiyod r-miroiitimi rock chnr- ncterihtioof this region Tlio minors . uro . now at work at a depth of about ! 500 feet below the surface As fast as the uickol and copper bearing rook is hoisted ' out it is broken up and piled upon ! lonff beds or ricks ot plno wood to bo calcined , or roasted , for the purpose of . drivitiK out thu sulphur which it con tains The rousting process is of the nnturo ( of lime-kilning or charcoal burning ] Kiich great bed of ere requires - quires from ono to two months to roast When roasted the rook goes to the priii- cipnl smelter , a powerful blnst furnace , jacketed in mining plimso with running , water to annul a it to sustain the j great heat requisite to reduce the crude , obdurate mineral to fluidity The dross of the tnoutton mass is llrst allowed ' to How off , and afterward the nearly i pure nickel and copper , blended togothcr I in an alloy called the " mat , " or i matte is drawn off at the base of the furiiuco j vat into burrow pots aud wheel cd away , still liquid aud fiery hot , to cool in the yard of the Binoltor The matt conliiinsaboutTOporccntof uickol , the remaining ! ! 0 per cent being mainly of ( copper When cool the conical pos loaves of mat can easily bo cracked in pieces by means of heavy hammers The fragments are then packed in barrels - rols and shipped to Swaiiboa in Wales and Germany , whort the twoconstituon.t metals nro separated and roflued by secret processes which uro very jealous ly guarded by the manufacturers So jealously is the sccrot-kopt that no ono in America has yet been able to learn the process , although ono young metallurgist spent throe years at Swan sea , working as n. common laborer in factories , in order to procure it At present there are produced daily at the Copper ClilT mine about niuoty pot leaves of mat , each weighing ucar 450 an output which yields an nggrogato of more than -1,000 tons per year Money loaned at L. B. Craft & Co 's loan ofllco on furniture , pianos , horses wagons , porsnnal property of nil kinds , and all othur articles of value , without removal All bus iness strictly conildontint Thu Manhattan sporting heudq'rs 41S B-way. o Saddle Rock restaurant , 103 Broadway , open day and night First class J. K. Yuucy , prop Miss Mary Gtcason has removed her dressmaking - making parlors to the rooms lately used by the puDlio library No/14 Pearl street , where she will bo glad to bco bor old friends * Frisky Olrls With Ticil-Up PottIco its Wo pass a tlircshing floor where the cnttlo uro ttcatling out the grain , says a St Miuhnol's , A/.oros , letter On tuo level , sun baked floor three or four yoke of oxen were dragging flat boards , on which stood groups of tuorry btiro- looted girls ' , who guided the cattle round and about the lloor by touching their horns with a polo , whilst ethers I turned over the straw to expose fresh portions to the woiglit The lloor was plucod on high ground , so as to catch the brooso for the subsequent operation of winnowing , which is hero done as in the cast , by throwing up the grain into the air Half tlio village scorned to bo" engaged in tlio work or ih contributing to the ceaseless talk and mcrriinont which accompanied it The frisking girls with their tiod-up petticoats and many colored hnndkor- clilcfb ; the swarthy lads in tattered llnon garments and in all manner of wondorfiil head gear ; the fussy farmer , who seemed to bo everywhere , and gave twenty orders at once ; the impur- turbablo oxou ; old women and nuked little - tlo urchins nnd nursing mothers conceive - coivo nil this buthod in bright sunshlno , and baokod by black cliffs with never fuiling while frlngo at their base , and beyond the great ocean strotohing into i the far distance until it suumod to ioso itself In the blue unclouded sky , ard you liavo n picture worthy of the poncll of Rosa Oonhciir m Shofs Icrry fllioes Will sell gents fine shoes at less than cost until January 1 , Corner Broadway and Main , under the bank Solid gold rings at Wollmun's ' , 538 D'way ' , J. G. Tipton , real estate , 5iT Broadway • Bush & Gort's pianos , 533 Broadway , • Hereafter the dining room of the Now Pa- clflu will bo run on Beiul-Buropoan plan All meals served at 25 cents each m Fine perfumes , sachet powders ana toilet bottles for the holidays at Doll G. Morgan & Co 's , " 43 Broadway A Fresno , Cal , woman throw a cellu loid cuff into the stoyo Her husband will liavo to pay $150 to repair tlio dam ago to the kitchen and got a new 8tO\0. 1 * Alwuyi on Tlni" . If you wish to purchase a good and reliable watch 25 per cent less than club rates , and on easy terms , then call at onca and make your owu selection at C. II Jacqucmln & Co , ' 27 Main street Holiday goods and books us low as tlio lowest at Bell G. Morgan's , 741 Broadway l'rnpr > nlH for Holioot liouso Hlte The undorslgned will receive proposals for lots in the western part of the city of Couu- cil Bluffs , noartho Cochran tract , on which to erect school buildings Said grounds shall consist of not less than ono-balf block , To rccclvo attention proposals should bo Mod at once , iM. . Hunteii , Gee Bbixsiu , Commlttoo ou grouuds aud bulldlui < of the i 1board of education MAURER'S i | CHINASHOR 340 Broadway Ooiaxxoil Blnjiffs j Visitors and purchasers equally welcome , Our Block is thn lnrgoit and finest in the west , comprising some Of the ohoisost In the following goods : ' ' Rich Cut Glass in choicest patterns Gems in Royal Worcester ami Doulton , Hungarian , Carsbad , Bccdapcsht ' Latest in Hronxcs , Sterling Silver , Onyx , Tabbs , Piano , Banquet and Table Lamps Woodard's ind other makes of Choice China in Game sets , Fish sets , Desert sets , Soup sets , Dinner and Tea Ware and an elegant assortment of Dainty Pieces forahe table of every description Medium priced goods in all lines that can not be duplicated in price "Vs7" . . .A.JSIL AUEBE3 340 Exoad.w 37- - COUNCtL BLUFFS , IOWA Take Electric Motor at Millard or Paxton It will land you at our store in twenty minutes . ' NATIVE } BELLES OF AFRICA All of Tholr Co9tumoa tire Out Very Daoolloto ALL LOADED DOWN WITH BEADS , Some orthcSnsioty Iiailles Carry Half n Hundred Wolulit or thn Orni- : inocitH , Hut Oun't Wear AIuoli iise Ilio ninidonn or StTotln As wo had supplied our inon lihorally with \ cloth to tt'itdo for food , and were , remaining : a day for purposes of traffic , . the ! Wit-Toitii celebrated the occasion by ' turning out iu their most gorgeous costumes Gorgeous is hardly the word to t npply to the getup of the ordinary African savage , but it may well bo al lowed i to stand in regard to tlio gala costumes J of the plump and oily-skinned Wa-Toita hellos , who fairly took pos session of our camp on this occasion , wrlte3 , Thomas Sterns to the Now York World < , The ladies of the tribe believe . in thu titno-honorod idea of enhancing their ' charms instead ot concealing them I To carry out this happy fonil- nine i coneoit thoyiirray themsolvcs al most , exclusively inm costume of beads , of which oriutnionbj they maniigo to wear ' a most astonishing quantity Young women caiuo strutting proudly into J our camp with certainly not less than j thirty or forty pounds of bends of various bright colors disposed about tlioU ( * persons As the ladies of western Asia carry nbout in the form of jewels and i gold coins their husbands surplus wealth , so the bolljis of Tcita burden and , at the sumo time decorate them solvcs with their little all in beads The weight of odds they carry and the manner in which they uro worn must , bo exceedingly tiucotnfortablo But they euro no moro for comfort where fashion is concerned than do the ladio * of Paris or New York The sav age hello iB , in fuct , ulwtiys a greater votary of fashion than her civilized sister If ' Miss Pushionplato of America converts herself into a wasp and the Colon Lily of China discards her foot at the dictates of fashion , rest assured that the dark daughters of the savage continent act woli up to their lights in the saino dlroction But tlio M'Toita hello does nothing very ab surd There are no holes bored in her lips , nor is hot * woll-oilcd body disfig ured by tattooing as are tlio women of many savage peoples She illos her front tooth to a sharp pointwhich leads you to draw irrcvoront comparisons between - tweon her knowing smile and the jaws of a rattrap Her chin is elevated like the British soldiers by the enormous collar of beads she wears , and various ether little peculiarities reveal themselves - solves to our eyes or our nostrils as she noses before our tent to bo admired ; hut with nil this , I say , she is neither a human wasp nor a person who lui3 to bo carried pick-aback from having do- stroyod her foot But lot us endeavor to draw a plcturo of her , ns near aa ono may in moro words , and for the rest a photograph , snapped oil before she becomes aware of our intentions by means of the World ollico dotcctivo camera In the first placoyou see nothing of 'a fashionable M'Toita woman's neck The whole contour from chin to collarbone - bono is llllod out with a bulky roll of hundreds of strings of many-colorod beads that olovatcs the chin und im pedes the movements of the head Forty or fifty ether and longer strings , suspended from-cacli shoulder , cross be tween the breasts , forming a bandolier that Booms to us as much of a burden us an ornnmont Another hugo coil encircles - circles tlio waist.or in some instances , instead of innumerable ) strings , n bend bolt of curious pat torn and neat design One would think this were beads ouoiigh to satisfy oven the most bead loviug African damsel But even those masslvo accumulations fall sliort of per fection in tlio eye of tlio M'Toita belle Wliorovor there is room about her per son to bestow a head , there , rest as sured , will the bead bo found , if she has onougli to go round The head Is shaved so ns to loaypa circular patch of wool ou the crown , about throe incites in diampter A brjidd band , or coronet , ol bunds QiieirelusKiind covers thiw si i a von part , and tha hair of the crown is gathered and twjstod into hundreds of tiny strings , ou'onoh side of which is threaded a red , Whlto , blue or greou bond , Hoops of bonds threaded on wire adorn the ears ; ntfrit cull-liko bands of the 6aino bright neticlos on circle arms and logs ; and , indeeil , the very llg-lonf , with which her elihpo [ soul satlslios the roqulromonts of decency , ha tiny apron of beads , fringed aid { oinbollishcd by a border of tiny iron chains of Cliaga workmunshlp o But tlio most cnriolfs object about the Mount Toita ludics' costume , and which was soon by us on the women of no ether trlbo , is observed from a back view Suspended from the beads around her wnlst is a ploco of goatskin , put torncd after nn oxiiggerntod swallow tail , the pointed oxtrometlos of which descend to the calves and Hup jauntily about her legs as she walks It is need loaa lo add that this strange gnrmoiit also is tidornod with bauds Picture to youi'bon a hundred or so chocolalo-huod women ot all sizes and ngos , ono-half of tliolp porsoiiB glistou- ing like patent-loather in the bright suu with every motion of the sup plo bodies , by icason of the liberal dressing ot castor oil they liavo pi us to red on , und tlio ether hulf broght and barbarous of color inassos of beads ; and you liavo with us seen a truly Kast African speo- taclo , But take my advlco and clnpyour handkerchief to your nose in deference " to that particularly dashing voting lady who isnppro.tchiud the tunl She litis boon making her toilet afresh for the conquests ot the afternoon among the porters In other words , she has juat como from her hut , utter aiinointltig from head lo foot with it pint or so ot ox- tronioly odoriferous oil How she I shines and glistens and whut a hou § j And how proud and self-conscious she is of those added charms ! She can not holn smiling as she notes our looks of admiration and approval Or very likely she smiles to lot us see to what duo points her tooth liavo boon filed Wo uoto the tooth and also it curious sharp and lively twinkling of the bright , buudy blade oyes.which betrays the fact that every lash , which in ether lauds are coveted by the fair sox for the softened expression tiicy impart , litis been removed Having seen all this and boon pro foundly impressed thereby , I issued forth with the Ilawkoyo enuiora to ob tain , if posslblo , correct representations of the same for the benodt of eyes at homo With pardonable deception , I summon what wo consider tlio Mower of tlio Hock , ou the plnusiblo pretext ot Inspecting the bunch of banauos she has brought to sell , aud us she approaches preaches , all unconscious of our wiles , " click goes the camera , and Have I got her ? Most likely , and yet , possibly not to any great oxtcnt , for it is a day of sunshine and shadow , and a trouble some cloud went scudding ncross the sun at the very moment I checked , throw our intorestinc "suhjoct" in the shade Moreover , she lliuched awfully from fo'ir as I leveled the mysterious "sanditky" ut her and touched the spring I shall have to try again But suspicious as to my intentions had in a very short time circulated through the camp Already my first victim had told with superstitions awe of the bright and baleful gleam of the Ions that had for nn instant glared upon her from the white mans sauduay and of the ominous click she heard Word went around these superstitious dames and damsels that the mzunira was , by means of a mysterious little box , with eyes in it , bov itching , them , and the ladies bc- came keenly alert to avoid coming any where near me , or letting mo como anywhere near thorn Many of the moro timid Hod the camp " entirely , ethers hovering warily on the outskirts , fluctuated between a ueslro to sell tholr produce to the porters and their fear of the dark designs of your humble sorvnnt Seeing the mischief I was creating I bocrotly retired into the camp to abide my time The contest between their commercial designs and their super stitious awe of ray foil intentions was mi amusing spectacle But , seeing that I remained in the tent , the ladies gradually returned into camp I then tried it with'tho Kodack , as their sus picious were particularly directed toward tlio larger camcru I wished particularly to obtain the queer , swal low tailed uppondngo above described , in addition to a full portrait Lo , bring ing a critical eye to boar on our sur roundings , I observed one ot the choice buds of the assembly , standing with her back beautifully presented to the sun Sauntering care lessly towards her , priming the Kodack ns I wont Ol now ; splcndidi but no , it is not to bo ; just nt the supreme mo ment the dumscl Is warned of my up- preach , turns round , aud in a twinkling the coveted swallow tails are flagging against her shnpoly limbs as she di rectly ileos the field Growing desperate I resolved to ob tain a picture ot this uniqno garment or porlsh In the nltoinnt But I didn't perish , nor do I know nt this presout moment whether any of these coveted designs will como out properly as a result of my patient manouvcrings Not the loabt amusing of the scones in our camp at Matato were tlio llirtatious between the caravan per tors and the nntlvo women Flirtation advances in Africa are not to bo judged by the American standard The Toita ladies often had occasion to Bhow tholr temper by way of rebuke Curious enough , tholr mode of oxproasing anger waB to bite their thumbs , Tlio Wa-Toita men nro not entitled to the same amount of space as their moro interesting wives aud els turs Like thorn they lilo the tooth , but they are , on > , ho whole , a rather inforlor tribe of mon for East Africa , where fine typos prevail As before stated , they liiclino to bo spindlo-shunkodund ill-favored in comparison They uro a thoroughly bad lot , as may bo supposed from their stubborn rOsistunco to the good inton- tlons of the Bov Mr Wray for the space of Bovon yours They are armed with bows und arrows , and long si mos , or swords , which they obtain in ttado with the blacksmiths ofChugoortho roast tribes They poison their arrows with poison obtained from Homo tree in Girlmu The warriors are not defic ient in courugo of the African sort Lilto nil other tribes round about , how ever , they four the Masai , though they liavo sometimes hud the luck to best thorn in buttle Whoiiovor they kill a Masai they inlnco his heart und spriuklo it about tholr mountain to glvo them courage They are full ot absurd su porstitions Tlio only thing they eeom to regard witli venurntion Is that venerable mon strosity of tlio African wlldornoss , the boabab Why they venornto it the Rev Mr Wray couldn't toll , But ono day o. lion invaded tholr mountain and killed severul cows The sages of tlio tribe assembled , us usual , to talk the matter ever and try and discover why the lion visited thorn rather than their neighbors ' bor's , Mr Wi'uy's Hock They docldod , , uftor much expenditure of wisdom , that , it was because they had , a week or so before , cut down a bonbab , and so , by way of propitiation , they with much 1 cororaony , sot matters right by plant ing 6ovorul young trees of the same va , riety , The Wn-Toita nro not crovornod by ohlofs , but In every village are elders , i whoso authority is , In some degree , i recognized and respected by the youug ' . " " -r : , . . . . . ; ' : ' , - - = > PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY HRI Rk'l N Rl M IT Hydraulic and Sanitary Knginoer Plans , Intimates i DIIIIMmDIIXL Specifications Supervision of Public Work Browu Building , Conci ! Bluffs , Iowa NCpLI I I P7 .Tustico of tlio Pence Ollico over American Uxpross , Xo.11 . OUn U IlL IJrondwny , Council Bluffs , Iowa QTHMC Ri QlrVIQ Attornoys-at Law Prnctico in the State nnd Fed O I VJIlL QL OIIVIO oral Courts Rooms 7 nnd 8 Shugtirt-Bono Block , i Council BlulTs , Iown f P I MnMTPnMCDV Surgeon and Iloimupith Room fl , drown | . J. IVIUIN I UUIVItni builltng 115 Pearl St Ollico hours , 'J to 12. ' n. in , 12 to (1 ( and 7 to H p. m. men , The only hold these worthy an cients have ever the rising gouorntion , however , are the reigns of superstition Thn young pcoplo are brought tin to bolicvo their elders capable of working mnglc , producing rain , otc , and they fonr and respect them accordingly Tlio olTorts of the elders in these matters always fall , but they mauauo to hoodwink the risintr gen eration until tlio latter arrlvo at a certain ago , when they in turn begin to po o as medicine inon aud eld ers and so the strange cycle of youthful credulity on the ono baud and crafty old ugo on the other gees round and round among these strange people nnd some somblunco of government is main tained Marrying among tlio Wo-Toita , as with most African tribes , is simply a question of purchasing the brldo from her parents The price of one ot these oleaginous nnd bcad-bojowoled damsels ( presumably beads and all ) is three to four cows Bovlnesaro scarce in Teita , however , thanks to their evil gonll , the belicoso El-Morau ( Masai warrior ) , and so , because ho cannot atl'ord to pay for n bride , the M-Toitiv warrior bomotimes marries hi3 near relative If ho gets an unrelated bride , the coy damsel , in accordance with nn ancient - ciont custom of the tribe , affecting to flee from the consummation of her own happiness , runs nwuy and hides in the hut of some distant relative Collecting his friends nnd nrmod with tlio search warrant of time-honored custom , the groom then enters and searches house after house where ho fancies his bride may bo concealed At length the shrinking tnaidon is discov ered amid much boisterous merriment and is hauled triumphantly from her hiding place Four of the grooms as 1 sistants , seizing thoin each an arm or eg , now carry her olt to her now homo Fun With SenciillR Sea birds are always an interesting object to voyagers , says the maritime mtiguzino , Ocean They follow a vessel - sol sometimes all the way across , ever restless and untiring The gulls par ticularly , with their long , swift wings , roulizo the highest powers of ondur- nnco , and ily with ease nguinst tlio sovcrost storms Some say that these birds never visit the earth except to donosit their eggs ; otherwise they live constantly between the sea and the sky In fine weather they lly high in- the nir , descending with great rnpidity to solzo tlio fishes on the surfneo of the water The symmetry and strongtn of the gulls are romurka- blo , showing how nature has ndnpted them in every particular for the pur pose of long liiglit Their pectoral , or breast muscles , are ono solid mass of linn , hard muscle , und their bones are hollow , having no marrow in thorn Sloop is not necessary to them , or rather , they rest upon their wings and allow themselves to bo cradled by tlio breezes , whoso violence neither worries nor frightens thorn On the ether hand , they seem to take a fierce delight in the fury ot tlio storm which , convuls ing the waves , brings up the dead fishes and mollusks Sailors are very fond of playing off a joke upon tlio gulls , which uro always hovering about the ships They take tliroo or four pieces of sail-twine , about six foot in length , tlicso are tied together - gethor in the middle , nnd to the end of cneli a small pleco of blubber ov fat is attached tightly nnd tlion thrown into the son A gull comes along nnd swnl- lows ono piece ; another then sees there is plenty to spare and swallows the next ; perhaps a third bird takes posses sion of nnotlior ; but ns they nro all at tached to the sail-yarns , whoiiovor they try to fly nway one or tlio ether is com pelled to disgorge his share , und this is coutlnuod'to the tantalizing sugpoiisoot the poor gulls and the great fun of the pussongors and sailors Madison , On , claims to hnvo a horse that took part in the Indian wars in 1830. Ilririilii'H OotivlotH A notable aocrcaso has taken plnco in the British convict population In July Inst the total number in custody under saiitonco of penal Bervitudoliad d > 'oppod to 15,105 , ns compared with 11,000 twenty yours ugo The numboi * of women sentenced lo poiuil servitude 1ms fallen very much below ovou recout years , the number in 18bS being 57 , and in 1883 , 180. The whole number of women in England and Wales now under sentuueo of pwiul servitude Is only 402 , or loss than , a third of the daily average female convict population of ten yoara ago SPECIAL NOTICES , COUNOIL BLTJFFS HOR 8ALE AND rIh tT' TltAVlID or Stolen A i\filto dehorned cow , tip of em8 red : Imil Htrnp on uockwltli largo ring attuUied Flndur will let inn to Mock jrardx Council UiuUg , uud rccelvo reward , Mra M. Stemirt Ij01liXCIIANOK- : jtoclca of general mcicliaiidlso to axohuuge for good farm landaaud caalit Invoke from eel to tlO00 , Address Kerr & dray Council llllilla , Ih ntultNlSliniTrooms for rent , JI6 Vint T . WANTIII ) At once , a stock of groceries or general iiidno tlmt will Involco about J ( . ( * > i. lu exenanue for J.WX ) lu fc'oocl Improved property near tuis place : l L la cash Address Kerr * Uray , Council llluHs Onniili IIHOS & CO lonn money Tin most iH llbural toruu olroro 1. W ) 1'on.rl st { M nAfj KSTATH-ltoiwlit aad nolt ant ox- ' H changed Special attontlou civon to exam * M lnntlun or tltloi WC. . JfuuQi .Vi IJ I'oul sc M I am auout to eniratto In other bustrivu and M until c losed on ! you \vllltsa\e mom } ' by ox | M nmlnliiRbeCora riurclinshiffolsew here , mystoci : H of furniture mid sto\oi Von will llnd ninny art H telct Uiat will niuKo Miltaolo nnd sprxtceablo , H holiday prosonta A. J. M ami el , 3 l and Xi H llroiulwny H ANTEO-To trnds for a lot two roo.1 3 and | 11-ycar-olil horses Imiulro attho 1'ountaln B clgnrBtore Council Hluira ' M ITIOH THA OH for stock , good lot lu Hastings , fl . Nub , Inquire Its West llroadway M 1/iOltBAIiKorltent ( lanlon land with houses , | ! by J. It lltce 1U Main st Council Uluirs M NOW Wollavolt-Oneofthohritstock farms B In Western Iown , Uti acres ( mllex from i H live railroad station Improvements uosi auouO H halt we ask for It Only a short ride froin H Council llluirs nud Omaha maikets W , Ai 1 Wood , V Co , -OJIalnst. . H 10 AL'ltM lot ? for snlo 3i { miles from court | hoil'-e , JTU per acre \V. A. Wood & Co H XilOH fl7i r.K A liolei ilouiniihed tliniUKliou | In Gunnison , Col . luc a bis Imsl nes B cIo > ie to depot , will sell or exchange for clt m or rami nrouerty near Council llluils Add rea H Keltic Gray , Couucll lllulH H ITIOR i\'CIIANOi : : A rooiI new(1 ( room house H . to excliange for an Improved tlO aeiu farm | In western or central long ICoa1 A Gray H WE have n Itargrdn In nera propsityon H Madison fitreot Ko better land for H Iilattinc noartho city.V. . A. Wood & Co H ITIOH It HNT One sev en-room house on J ourtU | . avo'iuo ; one eight-room house on Second - H end avenue , aud ono eight-room house on Tenth H stieet ; all nttnn up with all modern convene H lCLCOi W. W. IlURor , I'oarl street H NI' .W Improved raatostitte to trade for unlra _ . H proven Omaha or Council llluirs property H C. H. Judd CPU llroadway H WANTED A fthl for general housework : . | Qood wiitjes iiill be paid to ouo who la H competent and rollabla None other need ap- H ply Mis Lucius Wells , Oakland avenue , Coun- H ell I Hull a. B "VTOITCE If you liavo real estate or en a tt els VJ Jjou want to dispose of quick , list them with Kerrli Uray , Council Ulutt'rt , la , ( T > 2,3ao will hnv ftvo good lots lu McMnlion H ( p Cooper S. JoITerls It sold soon W.A , Wood JcO . M ITIOH RKNT Kvrnlslioil rooms wltliorwitl > M . outboard 601 I'omtli street H WANTED Bltuatlon hy a young man of 2Ji H goou education , good penman Arty H hnnoraole position ; Lot afraid o ( worlc Ad- H dress II , ] lice ollico , Council lllulTs H WANTED At once good , llrht claua H draughtsman Aiiply ollico 8. E. Maxon H architect , loom -31 Mcrrlam block , Council H Hlulfs H IOST On Main street or Tlrondway , pah' of H -i goldrlmmed oyeglassex In small caeu , Suit M able rownril , fctewnrt llios3 Main B S. E. MAXON , Architect and Superintendsnt . I Room 2B1 , Merriam Block , M COUNCIL BLUFFS , - IOWA H BELL & BERLINGHOF , I ARCHITECTS I AM ) SUrRltlNXlCNDKNlH H Room S , Opera House Block , Council Uluffs , M CHANCE FOR A PRIZE I Until Hid lGth of January we will give a ticket B to every t rash purchaser ot gooils utour H store The ticket will entitle the holder to a , H chiinco In ( ho following pi l es ; H 1st 1 beautiful Ool.l . Coin Heater , pi ice tlO H nd 1 : t-sliHr ] llower stand with arches and H llauglng basket , till H .Inl 1'alr of ladles club skates , ! - ' . " " ) . H 4lh 1'nlr of t > o\ti club skiites Tic H These prl7.es 111 be distributed Immediately H after the date given HIIUGAKT VCO , M 11 Main St B aiios OrriCEii W. II M , I'uskt M OFFICER S , PUSEY , BANKERS I Corner Main and Ilroanway M CO UNCI Li UMIIeKS , IOWA Dealers In forolim um ) doiuestlo exi'hangs H Collottloiisnitule aud interest paid on time de- M posits H THE FAMOUS I 8l'KI'l.\I.TIiS ; , Apple nud Plum llultei' . Mines Mear fin feet and hour l'Irklcs , Olives In Hulk Hauer Kruilt 1'ura H Muple Hyrup aud Honey , lliiekwlieut I'lour and H Hominy , Oranges , Cianberrles , California , l Grapes , Lemons Nuts , HnlMns anil Celery , I M llest Con nt ly liuttvr , UJo pr lh Our prices al- I B wn > H the lowest No , M ) llroadway , opposite il H Oudvn House , 1 1 J. D. huuusnsnv , K. U , HmmtiiT , H lres vice 1'rts , Clue It IIannan , Cashier CITIZENS ' STATE BANK , I ofcouscii nrurKs ' H Pnltf up Capital siso.ooo.oo M surplus 33.O0O.OO Liability to Dopoaltore..335,000.00 llii.nx ( iirt-I , A. Miller , P. O. ( liaison 11. T * I Hhugart , K. K. Hurt , J , 1) . IMuiulson , ( lias It ' llannan Transact general banking bublucs * I H largest capital aud Hiirplus of any bank It ) I M NoUhweslern Iowa , lutereiit on time deposits ; I H l > itlIC'e&KEVVULI , > .S II Fashionable Confectioners I The very latest novelties for bano.nots.and I U private parties Choice fruits , bou-tonf , chooo- I lutes , buttercups , and old fHshioned inolaKscii , candy a specialty Orders for parties and moll I orila jiroinptly BlUd , BRl llroadway , touncll I Ifl