T IS THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNPATfr I.APKIL 0 , 1800.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES , THE WORKSHOPS OF COXCRES ! TTbere the Real Lcgialativo Business of th Session is Done , TONS UPON TONS OF MEASURE ! Nearly Twenty Tliousnml Ullls Intrc cluciMl TIilH H < > HHOII | liiiuirloiiH Qitiifters Cor tlio Coitiiulttccs Tlio AVorlfcrs. [ < "mirlvlit , tV ) , InI'rnnk n W.VIIIINOTON , April I ) . [ Special to Tn I5ri-Tho : ] ways and meant coininUtco c the hotiic mo now holding dally seislons an ix'presentatives ot nil the manufaetuilnjjim other Intfu'sLs of the the United Suites ar having hearings before It. The fifteen men : bcis of the commlttco on appropriation nr woikiiiff nightly trying to Jltniro out Just ho\ many dollars and cents each p.ut of the ov cmmcnt otiKht to cost , and they will brini liibIlKvvhii.li will tuko from the trcasur. somfwhcn- .ir $100,000,000 , l > cfore the scs Blon Is i liisi-il The commitloo on pension lus bills involving $100,000,000 upon Its table ami the jiidn-iiiiy lommittee is prep.irini meisui"s wliuh involve tlm eouits of th whole United Hl.ites and whlih nlTcc't over , 'i nml client In the countiy. The vc.i "f biith houses of rou icss does not up jie.ir in tin * nfwsp.ipcrs We now liavo : couuifts of business men rnthor than n bed ; of sophnmnio st.itesmen , and the llowcr ; davH nf Henry Clay mid Tom Coivvin al jrnnr fotc-vci Vear by ye.ir stump KpeaUIni is ih in'- out Priv.ito convt i-satinn mid qule talltn liav-f tnkPii the place of long-wmdct harmtiics. and some of the baldest vvoikor of Iwith linuses never m.dccn speech Tour lifths of the spocrluM which are made an uovir lisliwd to. nml H ) percenter tlie mei vvh'MK niiines appear so often in the Con Kii'ssloiuil Ilrcord uio unlnlluentiul blow hards The committee rooms aio the workshops o the c.ipltol In them is brewed the noun nn OK LI OIMATIOV. The frotli nlone appc.irs on the lloor and tin members who stir the f'liif.s and rouse tin fo.im have little to do with in.iking the valua bio liquid over which they spout for bun combi' At thi ) beginning of our Iilstory I wus iiosslblo to consider nil bills which C.UIH befoie COII KSS in open session. Nmvsuch i thiiiff would be pieposteions and the immins it > of the woik which isunloided upon con Kress Inciciisus every je.ir 1'aeh session ha * fullj tvventj percent more bills than the out that Just ptucded it and the piescnt con res1 is up to the uverase. Uiiimgtho foity-eightl one less about eleven thousand bills wen presented in both houses In the foity-nintl this number had craw led up to llftcen thou hand .md dining the lust vongress.inoi'o tli.ir hoventeen thousand bills and joint icsolutioii' Mei < introduced into the house and .senate All of these bills h.H'o to be considered it committee and ic.ul in tlio house mid pissoi 01 rejet tc'd Most ot them me accompanied by voluminous repoits and some li.ivo vol uniet of imminent and testimony which mtisl be nonr * tluougli vvith befoio ftheir meiit' iwi be dci ided L.ess than one-sixth of then bei ome laws mid dining the last congiess oul of tlie 17XX ) bills only 1.HX1 weie passed and signed by tlio president. The division ol tin m among the committees is the only meanr bj width tnej could be considered at all anil Home cm ions instances of the ignoianeo ol congressmen as to their work occuis in ic- g.ird to them. When Senator Mnndeibon lirst .ittemled the committee of which ho vv.i" a member .it his opening session ho vv.is given n bill to nipuit njion mid ho told the clei ) < s U send the p ipers m this bill to his room ut tin J'oitland lints o.s ho intended to do his woili ut homo The next day ho recciv ed a full bariel of iiumi&ciint consisting of muslj papers nml enough doboly written sheets il pisted together to have c.upotcd the whole llistuct of Columbia. It took tvv o mail bags to e.nrj them .md they took up us much loon ns a dining table This is the case will thoutmnds of these bills and such bills m those gotten up by the appioptiation and the wa > s and me.ms icpiesent the woik of him dieds of men and of jeais of time if the hours consumed upon them inuld bo added together Therenra in nil in committees in boll houses of congicbs , mid in addition to tliesi every tl.ij or t won select or special commit tee is appointed Kcaeh committee has fion. tlueo to sixteen members mid its clmiinuii ivpix-sents it on the lloor of the house 01 Hon.ito The moio impoitimt committee" have committee looms and niesscngcid to take c.ue ol them These i-ooms mo I I10VNTI.V lUllMSIIfn Thev nro carpeted with Brussels and theii cpilmgs .no hescoed with nppiopiinto paint ings The ngiicultunil eonmiitteo has a pic- tuie of C'linimintus leaving the plow to go tc the war over its door , and tlio w.ii s anil means lias ceilings covered with paintings. These lommitteo rooms mo furnished in mahogimv fmnituie , costly wood lires blaze nwav in theU- open iiiepliices , mid In not n few of them beautiful clocks , bion/es and objects of vlitu stand on thur mantels undei the Imujeiibo miiioi'sin gilt fiames. Not 11 few of these places me loailng places us vv ell us woikshopb , mid in some of the committee rooms of the senate piivato lunches me served lion Cameion has one of the best senatoilal eomimtteo i-ooms and ho fiequentlj gives a little spiend hero to those ho loves , Senator Plumb's committee loom is head- < iuuitcrs for Kansas politicians anil oveiy ono has ho.ud of the line old linuors vvliieh Edmunds keeps in ids cupboard at the capltol. " Sen. atorllnwlcy , who Is head of the military ntliili ! . of the bcnato , has a loom in which you iv ill fii'quentl.v see oltl soldiers pleading tfielr claims , anil Senator Ing.dls has jiei haps the llnest innin In the vvliolu c.ipilol building lie is chnlimanof tlio DlsUittot Columbia com mittee untl his loom is as big us u eliuich It has an i Ii gnnt Tiukish nig on its lloor and the guidts tiling in visitors and show them tlio itoin 'I beso visitors were so Inquisitive that Ingidls had to qu.uter hiiii i Lf in the fuither coiner of the loom neat tlio window and In- bus put in u blue baUo cnrtxiin with n bras- * railing mound his desk to keep the touust.H FI'.OM Sl'KlVO TIIK IMTEIW he vvilles to his constituents. Senatoi Quav H i-onunltUu room is alwaj.s Hllert witli h's frUmls who aio waiting to see him. lit dois nut of tin appear anil no has n wateluloo in tin-sbapeof Dick Sluiphj , his cleik , tc keep tin m olt. The wavs ami means commltteo of the house , in which the tariff agitators are belnp dullheanl , is the llnest on that side of the capltol. It ought to be , foi it is the most imixntnnt committee ol tlu huiiso It Is walled with tariff documents ami thi > long table whlcli lllls its center ia BUI rounded at almost any hour In the day With notul mm The bill which It has Jus ! prepared embraces every business In the him ! ami its. piovislons afteit.s thopoiket for bet * ter or w erse of every Individual in tlio conn- try The reconciling of the dlv erse interests vvliiih must be done in such u measure re- ( p.iiics an euoimouH amount , of work nml woi i v and the liost men In tlio house nro put on \\u\smul meiuis. Its clmiinian is the leailir of the majotitv mid McKinley baa taken the place of MUH McICinloy over- woiKed himself and got sick through Its busi ness some weeks ago and Roger ij Alills tells me that tlio posllion of chaiiman of the , \\uvs and means Is n canier whiih gnaws nt tiic v Ital.H of the man who holds it. He savs he has not recovered from the w oik that ho dlil upon 1) ) : and Mcltinloy , with the pivsldential bee Im/zlng in his bonnet , is ptohahly mou annoyed at the fear of a mistake than Mills was John O Caillslo spends u gieat deal ol time In this committee room and Hosw ell 1' . Flower does considerable work within it The chilli man of the wajs mid means has for j caw IHVII n man of gieut reputation on one hide < > v the other of the tuilil question , and the cluili men ot the various committees of both house and ncmito nro especially lltteil for their respective positions The commit' tees are by no memvs made up by chance , mid the greatest caution is used to get the PII > IH < I men for the piopcr places , Speaker GUI lisle ite.nl > bioku his health In laying out the vvoili for the various members of tlio house , and big Tom Uecd lost many wlcepleas nights in the HUUHI way last lctcml > or. The head o | the committed on appropriations Is Joseph U , Cannon of Illinois. He has beoti In the house for nearly u score of years.imd ho Is supposed to know vvliero every dollar tf the eJTiO.OOO.OOC goes. ( Jenci-al Gaulcld said ho would rathct bo on tlio committee on appropriations than any oilier because It made him thoroughly no- u.uulntcd w Ith the gov ernmeiit , It U A > Fin IMl'OHTAXT COMMITTKli , and enl old congressmen nro give n places upon it , The commltlce on Judiciary has 11 f- teen mcmlxirs All of them nro lawyers ntu most of them are Judges Al sorts of legal questions como IKJ fore them nml they swallow up cvcrythlni relating lot hn law. Judge 12. K Taylor , tin successor of Onrllelil , Is Its chairman and In has been in the house tor years The head o the commltteo on patents is Dcnjamln Hut teruotth , who was once commissioner of pat cuts , mid the chairman of tlio committee 01 jKjstofth es U an ov-postnmtor , Harry Ulng Imm of Philadelphia It Is the same with th other committees tmd tlio leading tlgurcs am iK-st workers are put in tlio most Impottnn places. The senate elects Its committees by yea am iiay vote , the majority deciding upon theii constitution In caucus. Tlio same wisdom Ic cxcrdscd in the composition of the commit tees mid the chairman have their siwclaltles Senator Dnwes , the head of the Indian affairs has made it bobby of Indian matters for llilrtj .venrs and ho knows more about theiutliiinnnj other man In the country. There Is no hot ter lasted lawjer In thu country than Kd mumls and as head of the Judicialy ho know more by intuition than nny other senator cm leal n by mison Allison Is ptvillatlj llttei to bo chairman of the committee on appro priatlons , and his diplomatic talents etiabh him to reconcile the diverse interests w hid come befoie him. It Was in lefei-cncc to hi- actions upon tlio committee that Ingalls miidt that famous lem.irk about him. He was dis pos.ng of noine objector In his oleiiginoir manner when ono of the western senator udmitingly said to Ingalla"Ain't he slick ! ' "Yes , " said Ingalls , "he's the si.irurvr MAX iv TUB si VVTF. You could put his L'OO pounds Into hob milled wooden clogs and diivo him at ut ten mile pare over a corduroy load -uid he wouldn't make ns much noNeasa rom-cal slipping acitHj iiTuikish carpet after a ua nary bitd. " Alllson'u talent ns n statesman , his thorougli hnqvvlcdgo of tlie government and his diplo maliu tendeniy maUo him here ono of the most valuable men In congress , Senatoi Plumb luiou'i all about the public lands nml as chaiiman lie is very valuable His tin same vv ith Lewis Pav ton of Illinois , in the house Uoth men aio haidwoikeis and have studied these questions lor joars. Senatoi HInirhiisn wondeitul knowledge of educa tion and if lie would learn the virtues of con densation ho might bo n gic.it man , Ho is the head of the committees of education and labor , a committee , by the way , to which cveij conce-iv able thing Is sent. IJlair called It tlio other day the "I o lislativo slop bucket" and the senatois now dignify this committee by that name. One of the most Impoitunt commit ties of the scnulc is that of pi luting and Senator Mandorson at the head of this has one of the tlncstcommitteo rooms of the capltol. Under him the Congressional Hccoid is gotten out and tln { rev eminent pi luting olllro with its ! l,000 employes is controlled. All tlte govern ment documents nro piinted through this commuted and its expenditures amount to S.t.000,000 u jcar All of Mamlerson's com mittees me hard ones and ho is ono of the workers of congress. Ho is woitli his salary and if congressmen weio paid in proportion to the work they did theio would be a wide dilTcience in compensations A man's values to the KOV eminent tmd to the jieople rapidly Increases with his term of of- lice A congresjimin duimg his lirst two j ears is noiiTii rnvcrirviLv NOTIIIVO and we-could better nffoid to pay such men us Hobnail nml Payson fJO,000 a } car than the new membeis $5,000. One Of the most valuable inembeis of the senate is Cockroll , and this Is not fiom any extraordinary ability but hard woik. Ho Ms a sort of senatorial hack , and his brother senators relv upon him. They Know that ho will watch every piivatc bill , and he sits nt his desk with his llngeisoii tlnskejs ready to object to any thing ho does not understand. Ho works twelve hours out of eveiy twenty-four , and ho is mi invaluable man on the committees. Holrnan has made the subject of appropria tions so much of a study during a fiioioand more of years that ho knows to u cent just how much the old negro women in the treas ury get for the towels they wash , mid ho can toll jou I am suio as to whether the government Imnishes the soap or not. He knows the cost of every briik in every public building and ho saves the government a gieat deal of money bj the fear which ho inspiics in contractors. Ed munds' knowledge of the law is worth $25,000 n j ear to the KOV eminent arid Don Cnmei oil's business ability comes out frequently in com mittees Cameron never speaks on the floor and lie doesn't woik very haul on committees He understands how to use other1 men to help him , however , and docs it. Aldiich of Khodo Island is a good w orker on llmmcial questions nml Bate of Tennessee is n valuable commlt tee woiker. Senator Bliiekbuin is another regular woikeranel Ueclc takes the place of Allison on the dcmoci.itie side on the impoit- nnt committees of liiianco and appiopiiations. Hois by no means well this session mid has not been doing his usual amount of woik. The southern senators are as a iulo not as Rood business men as those from the noith. Thev hav o not had the business training mid their woik docs not amount to iis much. They lack the I.IUSP or TUT NOUIIII us JIPV and 11 takes them tlueo times as long to get nt the nub of a case. The wcstein se-nators mo the luudest worked. Their couespond- c'lico is ten times as Lugo as th.it of the east ern men. Their people are great letter-wi it- crs and they have moro interests before cong ress. Tlio average senator fiom the west gets fiom OHO hundred to two hundred letters u day while an eastern man"can dictate Jins- w era to his mail In an hour. They have moio questions to deal with on committees in which their constituents nro inteiested , and they nro as a rule hard w01 kers Davis of Minnesota ' and habits bungs a lawyer's insight its into his committee work and Ingalls Is ono of tlio hard Avoikers of congress. Paddock , the chairman of the committee on agriculture , has plenty to do since Ilia fanner has become such a political quantity , but us for Puyno of. Oliio ho has done nothing since ho came to the senate mid is doing nothing now. Sena tor Stanford is n woiKor notwithstanding his millions and ho wauls to bo on the committee on I'ommeuo and will piobably get theio bjo mid bje beimtor Dolph devotes himself cs- peeiallj to the Paclllo slope nml ono ot his hobbies is the improvement of the Columbia river. " Helms been nicknamed by his brother senators "Tho Sportive Dolphin of the Columbia. " Ho is u haul-woiking man and he approaches CocUrell In ids hack- like Inbois. Run oil never nukes tiny sinwhcs , but his business ability comes out in his eonmiitteo vv oik. mid ho may bo called a silent foico Wade Hampton tues to woik , but ho has no business ablliU , and Hiscock is both oinamenlal and useful Senator Hoar is one of the hardest commltteo workers of the senate Ho is THE sciic > cn , MAsrr.u OF Tin : BODY and criticizes his brothers' language upon many occasions He never uses n.singular for a plural , and ho would die rather than "them thingor "I done it , " ns some of the men who hit near him do He is a potent force on the Judiciary committee and is the best posted on Ameiican history of any man in the bodj. Senator Sherman has had thiity-llvo yen is' expeiicnco in making laws and he has not wasted n day in his whole thiity live > cars. Ho Is moio than woith his s.ihnj mid ns the head of the for eign relations committee. Ho has one of the best rooms lu the senate w ing. bt'imtor Hansom is ehuliman of the commit tee on prlvato land claims \\heu IJajnid was at the head of this committee it did con siderable woik Dining the last two con gresses it has done nothing and It now hardly holds n meeting. Still , beloro It aio the titles of a gtcat many of the lauds of thusouthwest. Now Mexico and Arizona are crying aloud tor a bill to settle their titles but the mutter * lies dormant , nml Hansom ditto. Senator Chand ler Is as actlvo as a cricket wherever ho is. He can't keep still a minute and ho does a good deal of work as chairman of tlio commit ted on Immigration. Citllom Is a hard woi ker mid his commltteo room Is so situated that ho has to go through another room to get to It. Mori ill wus until lately the hardest woiker of the committee on tinanco ot which ho is tboclwhnuin Up to lustear ho hnd , not missed a meeting , and Morgan knows moro on nnj subject by instuut Umn any other man In the senate Senator Hviuts is chaiiman of the committee on llbruiy Ho Is not doing much Just now for his eyes aio troubling him veiy greatly All of his reading has to bo done through some om > else but hU experience is such thuthh opinions are very valuable , ( .jormnn H u sham ; force on the committee on appropriations. lie is a line business man and ho learned vvhllo he was a page that ho COULDN'T CATCH FLIKS WITH V1SUQAU and ho uses diplomacy lu his work. Gray la a good law ) er mid a good worker. Harm of Tennessee is a crank on niloa. Ho Is the par liamentary watcdog of tlio senate and u a worker mid a lighter. Platt of Connecticut Is a good all round man Phllctus Sawyer has oilier men to do his woik for him. He has gotten through moro Indi vidual pension bills than any other senator , urn ) Uu has a number of Impo ) taut committees Spooner is n good worker nn Vance makes n nice llguro for the brad of tli women's 'stiff rag committee , blew art r Nevada does a great deal of work Ixith onth lloor ami In committee , Ho Is nt the head e the commltteo on mines and mining and Ls crank tuxm silver. Vest Is a hard workci Wulthall Is the best typo of u southern get ttemnii statesman , and like Ilutlcr he gel through w Ith u great deal of work In a vor easy way. The new senators have not bee hoiu long enough lo show their mettle , bti the millions which McMillan has made I making cars ought to make him a good chnli miiti for manufactures , mid .Moody ought t know'something nlxmt Indian depredation over which he Is chairman. TltAMv O. CUU'KNTEll. . 3. - BPKIXG POin'UY. Homo Poetical Onus lUwur-d 1'romtli Yiuvnltitr ; Waste IlaKket. Tlio spring poet has como to bo a neccsslt , of modem civlll/utlon. At this season ho 1 ns Inevitable as the April shower and quit us numoi oits Tlio masculine pronoun Is used in n generi Bonso us the gentle muse of the violets am the daffodils probably numbers the mnjoilt ; of her votaries among the fair sev. One contributor has immortall/ed a lad ; whom posterity will know as "Sister Lou" I a sonnet of three verses beginning : I/on , you have asked mo lo miiki * a rbymu ; And as I. till * evening , have tin * lime. Shall tic-vote tnv leisure cntlicly to JOU. hhall the lines lie nuinv or only a few ? With a Judgment rarelv displayed by poet of the vernal tj pe. the author ot these line decided that brevity is tlio soul of sonnet mid concludes her tribute to "Sister Lou' with the third verse. It has been found 1m possible to dt let-mine in what meter this pro diK tlon is written and the question is respect fully referred to the Omaha gas company. Another effusion In the same strain con tains these lines : Thy trenth1 hand led me. when I vvasjoung I ncvei Itiunv fc'.n when thou \ erl ne-ii ; Tliyptaho can mct too hMld.v hosting ; U hurt : Is none to mo can bo moio deal. A lady who dates her communication Troy Pa , and who shows symptoms of Swine buineism , sends ml outburst of poetic feivor from which the following lines are extracted Undoi the waters still It cloth ulo mi , Hell Is mole iliuk for Us ru-imi : > die un. Kansaa has the honor to bo the icsiilcneo o a poetess of great promise. "Ifer feet reference once is made , of course , to her poetic reet bett.i3consideniblo incongi ulty , that is U say thov nre not mates , but she shows an ap preciation of the good , the beautiful and tin true which can not fail tostukothe niosl casual leader , ,1'iom u set of gems on various subjects the following verses are selected : Oh , bthiR a gi/od in spaiier to me , Hilns me none but Tin. OMAHA lift , ; It Is JH luted right here , > on can , see It in > dum , If ion will only step In and see. It's tlie most * uacfnl piper I over It IM * lead , It , : l\es account of the living , account of the dead : It cannot he beat , oh. send It to mo Tls' printed In Omaha Tin , OMAHA HEE. . sioxou.v i irj AVALMJ. A Ghnrautwistiu Act of Hencllt'once JJy tlio Original of-Kaiinina. " Los AMIKM'S Cnl. , April i ! . [ Special to Tin : Uni : ] Tlio Camulos ranch with its 1-100 ncics of fields , its lovely orchards ol olive , orange mid nlniond , its low w bite adobe liouse , its vv ido verandas cov ered w ith per fume-laden vines , its extensive \ ineyauls , its garden ever lllled with blooming llowers , and Its quiet and oft frequented chapel has be come familiar to all readers of Helen Hunt Tackson's "Knmona. " Of the lives mid deeds of the Spanish family who lived theio when the stoiy was conceived , little has found its way into print The Senora Del Valle , proprietress of the Samulos ranch , bears n striking lesemblaneo in personal iippenrvnco to Senora Moienoof iiainonn , though it is know n th it H. II did not sco or know her for she was absent when the talented novelist made the v isit of a little more than two horns at the ranch from which she so graphically describes it , even to the minutest details Senoia Del Vullo'a deeds of charity , though iinheralded by herself , sometimes became Icnovvn. A friend of tlio family i elated a touching incident which illusttates UIQ bo- neliconeo of her character. One di'j returning from a visit Senoia Del Valle saw by the roadside a eoveied wagon ind near it three fair haired ehildien Tuni ng toward the emigrants and driving close to their camp she accosted the i hildren with a cheerful salute , when the face of the pile , tiled mother attracted her attention. With consummate tact the senor.r diew fiom the .imid little w oman the stoiy of their jouniey- ings ; how tlii-v had stalled from one of the western states fairly well equipped for their ouuiey , forced to leave trlemls mid homo on iccount of her hush mil's failing Jiealth While crossing the mountains thejr CQW died which lobbed them of one means ol susto- mnce on which they had depended Then one of the horses became lame and as the poor- nan was giowlii/ daily moie feeble they woio obliged to move along slowly , but hoped to soon reach Los Angeles , there "to secure woik "or herself and the needed rest for her bus- jand. The scnora listened to the recital and as soon us it was finished said : "This is no lace for your sick husband nor * for j ou. 1 mvo n homo largo enough to afford you shel- , er and you will not refuse to como along with mo for tonight. I will take the ehildien in my carnage and you may follow us You can catch sight ot the ranch house's among the trees but n mile up the vallov " Night found tlio consumptive in a comfoita- jje bed , the faithful wife resting sweetly by iis side , mid the tlueo little ones , after u thorough bath , diearning that they were still on the road , in tlio covciod wagon , only to ivake iu tholnoinmg to find themselves be tween spotless sheets , with the song of biuls greeting their cars and the fragrance of [ lowers beguiling them to seek the garden. For days the loud wife and gentle senora jestowed every attention and ministered o every want of the man whoso amp of life limned so feebly , but the poor man was too far gone to bo estored even by their assiduous c.ue , and .ho watch Was ended Just as the dawn of the sixth day was casting its Jlrst faint ia\s upon : ho hospitable roof of his Spanish benelac- tress His remains were laid to ret in tliu verdant vullej in the shadow of tlie high hills on which may still bo seen the white crosses The moining after the oadfuneral the onely mother guthcied her httlo ones to her and thanking the Sonant Del Vullo for her 'rcut kindness declined longer to accept a lospitallty forvvhiihsho could render no le- : um. Tlio senora raged her to remain , tell ing her she vv as welcome to the homo they would give tmd finally prevailed upon her to stay iifc-wdajs After tlueo dajs she bade > hemgood bjo mid- went to Los Angeles Ono letter was received telling of hoi safe arrival , but no fnither vvoid came. Some months passed and the Scnoiltns Del Vullo went to Los Angeles to visit their brother. They did not forget the stranger * and her little ones , but could not lind any ; rac > of her for HOIIIO time. Ono day lu .valuing down the stie'et they came face to fine with the widow. With the foivor so be coming and so eh IIIH toristic of true C.intil- ans the } ginspetl her bj the hand , exclaim ing "What Is the matter ? Where have you been' " The tnlo was short mid soon told. In n strange cit > with no friends and three chil- Irentoiaro for , enough money to provldo but for ono week's necessities , and that the gift of her cluultiiblu friends ut CamuliM : anih , no woik to bo Umml , the mother stints herself to provldo for the children. Want md discouragement make her sh k. "With .ears sti earning from her o on she said , 'I foic-ed m.vself out of bed tosuoif there was notsonu'thing something-1 might Hud to do , for my baby Is dj Ing from hunger , anil my other children aio without food " The scnoiltus accompanied tier to icr humble apartment , a single room in a cheap tenement and round tlio children Just as the mother had said. Medical aid was innnedlntelv sum moned and nourishing food provided , nut the ioor baby , never strong , sui vlvod only n few murs. The mother , already Kick , expired ifter a week's illness , the good ofllees of icr Spanish friends nml tlio best of nursing and medical attendance being of no avail The senorltas , acting on instructiohs 10- celveJ from tht'ir mother , tool ; the ) two ro- malnlng chtldron back with them to the ranch where they have since received the tenderest care , under tlu > roof made famous In Helen Hunt Jackson s Kamonuboth made illustrious in heaven because of Him vyhosnid. "Inas much as yo have done It unto one of the least of these mbiethrcn , je liuvo demo It unto me. " Si-is i . 13c.iCKui.KX THE STORYQF : STANDING BEA Judge Dundy'a Decision Declaring' Ii diaa ! a Person , NEBRASKA POflCAS RETURN SOUTr Their Timber Almost Kxlinimteil Nt lri'iarecl | iv v the Ties of Clvllzn- lloii Gin < ipint ; ijnml Sharks Tilokn. NioniiAiu , Neb , April 4. [ Special to Tit ni.J : Ten years ujjo .Stnmlitig Hear , th 1'onai ehlc'f , u helms led his people to th liull.ui tcnltory duihiff the past \\celc , wu made famous ] jy Judge Duiuly. In li'ii , by n tlisiu-.iceful Job put up by th missionary Itilltietico then In power in India affairs , u bill was smuggled tluouili byhle the 1'oui-tis weie ii-iiloved to the Indiiin terri tory by for e of arms. These lands , sltu.rte < nt the mouth of ihe Nlobnmi river , opposlt this plaeecra "ended and relinquished" tt them by the go\ eminent In u snpplomentei treaty evci-uted in 1SD3 , the eomideratinn o this treutj lic-lnt ? tlio rcllnqiihhment of otho lands and their "old burrylng grouudj am com Holds ' Tlio years of friendly intercourse betwoei the \\hltes tmd Indians liad existed since th lirst e.uly displi-twnies had settled them selves ; mid the I'oncas on the west- , with tli lemnant of the Minnesota Ktoiw on the east K.IVO the \\hites u protection that wus hi hl.\ pri/ed during the darlc dajs of Indian wu and pdlaco i-onsiMiucnt to the settlement o theyiiUiIills. ; . It is tine tinI'oneas plowed mid hoed tlicl corn-Holds \ \ ith uns i lose ut hand , in hourly e\i > ect.itioii of their old-time enemy , tin Slonv , liKhttnj , ' upon their pea < cful vilLuje : and slu.illng from their herds ol plenty And while these Indians numbered not less thai sin en hundred .soulu , the men noru huge boned , strapping fellows , tind the womei u-cll-trafnuil in the use of tlio ugly butehei knife. So what pillage w.is clone luid to bi done quicKly. and it was in those clujs u com mon suying that' it would take tlneo Siou > to scale one I'onc.i " As the sottleinpiit of whites grew , however over , it was hi Moved best to place a small do taihment of leitulais from Kent Hundiill.il I'onca iiifeiny as a safe Kitiud. Ono mom inr , I think in the full of ' " * , lion Sol Dm per had some business at tiiaiigc.iievuuducu1 up on u pony. Ho iv.rdicd the asoncv just be fore dinner , .unl thought it everv stiiiiiBi that cvorj thing w.us quiet and without life Keaehint ; the bloiU-liousohovv.us pullidin ex citedly by tlie ouletlj in command , who tolil him that ho was the Hist man who had poked his ndse out of doois since daj light. Tin Sioux had come down eaily that inoiniiif ? and the militarj had filled the mounli d piece tbov had with old stoic lion anil seiaps , cauMiij.i grand < ( Mtloi ing These "Indian ' * - smprlscs'- had somewhat womed tlicPoiK.is , and becoiliiiis tiled ol war , their missionary friends told them then onlv safety v , as to go to the Indian tei i Itorj. A petition was sijrnfd by a poitiou ot them , but old htjuilmg Buar'b Inctum stood out against the remoid.md ( when the tune mine for their depattnrcvduiin ; , ' tlte incoming of LhoHajes atliinfifsfi.itiuii , at a time vshen beciUaiy Selling wii * . "turning the laseah out , " they wcie loath to no A delegation in thij meanwhile v ibited In- dum tenitory iinfl tiild their stones on then letuin.tup Notnntil it luid dawned upon them that tho.v wno forever leaving tlie Imnnts of their fitUKHs and their childhood , Lh.it thi old burying giquuds wcie to be iiampled upon \ > y theireii'-mies ' , the Sioux , that they should no longer liblif aim the muddv waters ot the iMissoitri or bathe in the- clear , rapid wak-i" ) oC-tluir nppiopimt ly-n.iined Niobi.mi ( the wulel- that inns , or lunning water ) , than tliu iitiinent of "Home , Sweet Homo , " c'.iused tfiyit he.uK logo outv\ith u bitterness that \\li | < . bejonil contiol Standing Beai-'btlmd out iigaiiist ipoving mill the last At'tlnipany of icvrulurs w.is nought fluid Ifurt IffiirfljJKj ) effoit tin u u- moval , but'the Iiullairi/squatted upon the ; iound and re fused toanovo at the point of tlie jajonet There thev nat as stoical tus nummies , resisting the miMtnij by tic-ate and would-be maitjrdom. Uefuslug either .o moo or tight , < onvo.v unccs weie obtained imlthoyvero piled in them , but , no sooner md they got them nicelj in than thej lolled ) ut. A week of this sort ot woik fin illy got .hem over the east side of the Niobrara uver , vvhcji they weio finally'persuaded to tiy the icwcomitiy. The story of Standing Bear now stands out as a bold stioko ot ieadeiship. In Isri ) standing Hear led about tlmU ot his people otho Omaha icseiuition , wheie thej set- led The old chief wus anestcd bj the m- eiioi di'piitmcnt to bo ictiuned to the In- llnri ti > uitoivI'opulur bentinient was iroused , mass meetings were held in the east lenouniing this pioieedmg mid api > ealmg lor ustKOto tkcso Indians , Standing Ue.uap - illetl for n wilt ot habeas coipus to the Jnited Stales distm t ton it at Omaha for re- easefioin thismstody ol thonuhtaiy and the iuteiior department , having been tir- ested and being about to be can icd back to .ho Indian temtoij. The writ was issued by Judge Dundy , mid ho letuin of it was heard at Onmli.i AprilJiO , Sill. The inteuor depittment and the United btatea appealed by the United Stales llstiict nttoinoy , who made nn aigu- ncnt live and a half hours long to prove that in Indian was not a man , or a poison , n Ameueaii law Standing Beui appealed by : ion John LS'eb ter and Hon A J. Pop- iletou. The old Indian testified in his own johalf and addiessed the couit , claiming that 10 was n man , although Cod ! had made his skin of a daikhue. The audiimeof distin guished speclatois was moused to u ptteli ot excltenuntbi his eloquuue , wliiih lesiilted n cheer after c heer w lien he sat dow n The following is .ludgo Dundj > decision sustaining the vxilt : 1 t'lrit an Indlin Is u IUMSOII ullliln tlio iH'.uiln ul'Ilic I.IHS df the ( 'tilled Mails mil ias tlii'ii fiiui tlin il 'lil. to siio mil a\iliuf i.ilieas em pus In a federal enurtoi In all east i \\lit le he ma } lie coiitiuud 01 In euslodj midi i oloi of ailtoiltv 0(1)111 ) [ julli d sl.il ( > , 01 wliete 10 Is ii > sti.iln < d of llheitIn violation of the constitution of Hit ) I'nltul SI lies. U' . Thill demiat ( itor o Crtuilt , Hie n spoinl- ont , biliui oiiiniiunlt i of tilt ) mllll u > ( It 11 nl- uent of the I'l.ille. his tlio eiislmiN or Hie elatois nnilei coliu uf uuilioilt\ oft lie I tilled btntes , and In violation uf the Inu * theienf. ,1 , ThuL no lUlitful uutlioill ) exists I'm le- iiovtiiK by foico ail ) of the leUloi- llio In- Ihiii tt'i illinj , .is the icsiioiidcnl has IIOCMI dl- eeti'il to ilo. I That the Tiullans possess the Inheiint rlslit of e\p itrhillon nsuellas tlm iinnnfoi- uniitelillii man. and IIIIM * the liiiilleiinlilo Uht to life , llbeity mill liupplni'st , " MI hiiu ; is lln > ) obey the In us ami do not tinpass on foihlddin Kiouml cte. TTio tour lln'oiwhout the east with "Bright Ejcs" lesultid In v llmd bittlement ot tlm natter , nml all tho. I'oneas jeieived pay for heir lands , the intciest of whiili Is paid hem anmudlv . , 'illiObt ) Indians have been lissatislletl for someflme , tluir tlmlior lioing dmost eximstetlj 'lprovisiiin was made for .liesc Indians , biu tfiy ivfusc to U'maut.nnd , hough Agent Hilt tins iluno nil In Ills power o hold them , thew.tiv titiong in their disli-u o go among theltf'people , whom the comll- ions havu ihaifgc'il in their favor. But 'ew ai-o prop rrtfor nllotmi nts , whiih Standing Bear wUl-ilnder&tamls means moio voik than ho travi-s The .ih.u Us of suitaw men have endi'.iv- orcd to Ktep theuS ilfn-o with a view of 'iov- cimg" thousand'fiirj'iiiies ' nf hiinl for eattlo -anches , but thoytUKJfe faileil in this thus tar v l'i A I'm at. Passage to andlrom ( Ireat Drllnln anil an parts ot Europe Montreal-Liverpool route , by tha | ) UI I * VI bUU IU Ftl UnilCIH'klWI I'UUI watertolSt. Lawrence , thcrtcitulnll. ulunsow to lloaton , lo 1'lillmlulplila , 1 Ucruool to iiii'l from llsltlmoro. 'Ililrty Utonmori Unna eict-l lor. Accomiiiotiatlniiii uniuruninctl Weekly salllngi. AMAX A. : o.itnVe t. As'ts. C. J. Sundell. uuu r , 1U La Hallo Ut , Clika o , IU. CHICHCSTCn'O ENQLIBH .PENNYROYAL PILLS. \ RtO CH088 DIAMOND DRANO. . i - . , - w.TJ Hufttiircftot klvtrirUaT T.mllfHi n t * . /K Iiti , t ! il < 4 it 4 tioj r * n 4 uLo nt * utjtep , " * ' ' " " ' " " " Mr"J 0 & I " I" $ , f , LAREDO , TEXAS The Gateway To anc From Mexico , If You arc Coming to Texas o Mexico thisYear.Stop at Laredo. First. Because wo Imvo just coin plotcd nn elegant hotel , with all mod crn conveniences , nnd can take gooi care of you. Kfcond. Because you will SPO a olty o " 12.000 souls , that has quadrupled "it population in the last three yours ant promises oven inor.o rapid growth it the future. 'n > inl. IJecauso you will see the com morclal , railroad and inanufaclurint center of Southwest To\-as and North oru Mexico , n vast territory of unlimit ed rcsourcoH. Fouith. Beeauso the Laredo route tc the City of Mexico presents the grandest - est scenery , p.issos through the inoal ! fertile country , la the most populous has the best accommodations , and is the shortest by many hutuiieda of miloa bo- twocn the trade centers of the United States and Mexico. Filth. Because you will see a proai commercial and manufacturing city springing up on the ruins of an old town founded by the Spanish govern ment in 1707 see a strange blending ol the old and new , airoruing interest not only to the land-bu > or and the specula tor , but also to the tourist and general traveler. Sixth. Because fiom the "Heights , " the beautiful residence portion of Lare do , may 1 > o seen for hundreds of miles the sinuous course of the historic Hio Grande , the broad and silvery line of domtircation between two great repub lics : and from wliich are aiso brought within the scope of the vision , 100 miles distant in Mexico , the rugged penUs of the majestie Sicrr.i M.idro Mountains. ! -cifiillt. Beeauoou \\ill be ( > 00 foot above the level ot the sea. and lo Juntos from the Gulf of Mexico. who = o balmy and continuous brce/os temper our * win ters and cool our summers. Jliijhth. Because you will see the two Laredos , an American cit of l,0l)0 ) and a Mexican city of 8,00(1 ( people , upon op posite shores of the Hio Grande , lighted by electricitv , connected by two magni ficent now steel bridges and an electric motor line , the latter being one of the finot equipped , moat popular and only .International Clectrie Hallway in the world. A'inth. Because you will bo in a sec tion of country noted for its healthfulness - ness , whore malaria and fevers are un known , and in tlio midst of a hospitable and _ pi ogre-hive people. Tmtli. Because you w ill be in a city whore law and order prevail , \\huro\ou will find churches of all denominations , and bulendid public ancl private educa tional institutions. Lleienth. Because you will find no place offering batter onpoitunities for the investment of mono.\ , either in real estate , business or manufacturing enter- Tucllth. Because Laredo is in the middle of the largest , vvool-prodacing section in the United States ; nosoeosos the largest and best veins of coal mined in the State of Texas , and is adjacent to the great mineral deposits of Mexico , containing the bestquaht } of lead , sil ver , iron and copper ores , which are shipped to Larado for treatment , ami which lind in this city the bi'it m.ulcct in tl.e United btates. 'Jtwtceiith. Because Lonulo is in the center , and is the natural metropolis of youthwest Texas , which was awarded the lirst premium by the Committee of the Department of Agriculture , tit the National Exposition , held at Kansas City , Mo. , in October , IfcSS , for tlio best State exhibit , embracing products of the soil and other resources Illustrative of the wealth of tlio State of To.xab. Fum In nth. Because the Laredo m-iclc kilns manufacture at a minimum cost a class of brick that has no superior and few equals. The "Liuodo Brick" is celebrated for Us durability anil iminy , other excellent properties ; is specified' in all rontrac'ts for government build ings in the State of Toxnj , and is shipped in largo quantities to all pai ts of the country where iirnt-classouilding material is required. Thus have the fortunate oiti/ons of Liredo at theii * vor.\ doors ono of the greatest es- hontials for the building up of a sub stantial and ornamotaln city. Fillfinth. Boe.mso the city of Lnrodo owns hundreds of acres of valuable lands which she oilers ns honuscj to individ- uilsor companies establishing desirir- lilo manufacturing onterpri-ios within its corporate limits , and is blessed with an ovorllowing treasury , making tlio late of taxation and the taxable valua tion of property merely notniim . buhnitli. Because in Laredo you will bee more and better buildings in course of construction than in any other city of ithi.o in the United States , among them being alargc iron foundry , a tan nery , a boot and shoo factory , plan ing mil ) , a grist mill , a woolen mill , tin elegant Masonic temple and many line and commodious business blocks and beautiful residences. { nentrcnth. Hoeaiibo the cost of living in Laredo is as cheap as elsewhere in the United States , Jftyhttcnth. Because every product of the soil that can bo profitably raised in the United Stales can also , with equal nrollt , ho raised in Texas ; and whatever * can bo grown prolitablv in Toxiib can bo grown with greater profit in "South west Toxes , ' ' of which Laredo is the unrivaled commercial and manufactur ing center , and is located in us good and as ferlilo an agricultural , fruit uruwlng mid gnulng country as the sun over shown ( in whore , on an average , the boll produces t\vo crops each joar , in a climate that makes moro existence a , pleabiu-o. Como to Texas ! Come to " .louthwoht Texas ! " Como to Laredo the gateway to and from Mexico. .Miles Dlritnnon from St. IouN lo Oily ofMcvluo via 131 I'tim . 1B.S I DlHliuton ( mm St. IjoitH to Oily nl Me.xlixi via Im-iulii . 1 , ( ) . ' ( > lu I'u vor of linvi'ito route . Oil I rOl'UhIION. . IHKO . IhKU . 1HHH . ( I.OIKI I HMD . Iti.OIW 1HOO ( KNIIlUllK'tl ) . 10OUO l.'Ml'OHJ'S AM ) UXI'UUIS , IHHO . $ inn.ooo IHHil . 780,000 IHHK . 'J.OOO.OOO iHht ) . lo.ni.-i.ooo I HIM ) ( KMllnillli'll ) . -JO , 000. 000 .laiiuury , IHHt > . UTn.OOO .JaiHicuj , IHtH ) . I.JJOO.OOO IP irmip * bail eyovlnw iiiiiiiiUluti anil rumble nl MiiuK n iuhlii < 1IIU l.Aill.llo IMl U ' \ i : MKM LU LvrcJv lt.xa > "TIME IS MONEY. " Wo must sell out the renvUndor of our retail utoclt without further delay , ns our wholesale buslnosi dcmnnds our ontlro time , attention and capital , For the next few days wo invlto you to a feast of bargains * such as you will never again onjoy. Wo'aro liable to rent store and soil our fixtures now any day , so come at once before it IB too la to. All our r.cnulno Diamonds now go at Importer's prlcoi and the inonutlngs thrown lu. $00,000 worth of Diamonds to select from , prices rauclng IVom $2.CO up to $3,000 , for nines , Plus , Ear-rings , & ? . Solid Gold Watehos from $1G upward. Solid Silver "Watches fVom $0 up. Nickel Watches from $2.00 up. Solid Gold Chains from $7.00. Boat Hollod Plato Chains from $2. Charms and Lockets , $1 and upward. Solid Gold UliiEs , $1 nml $1 ! ; worth $ to $0. A lot of Solid Sterling Silver Collar Buttons and Scarf Pins at 20o and 60o onch ; vo th $1. Heavy Solid M.Itarat Gold Collar Uuttous , woi th $2.60 ro $ fi oaoh , now , choice for only $1. Ono lot assorted Cull Buttons nt OOo pair ; worth $1 to $2. Solid Gold Spiral Baclc Studs , GOc and $1 oich ; worth four times the money. 1,000 flno Broaches and Lnco Pins from OOo up. Flno French style M.mtol Clocks , 8-day , half-hour Btrlko , cathedral Bongs , at $5 , $0.00 , $8 and $10 ; worth $10 to $20. Elegant Silver Lamps , with silk umbrolli shades , from $5 up Hundreds of other equally good bargains. Open Saturday ovoniuj until 0 o'clock. Store for rent and fixtures ior aale. MAX MEXYRR & BRO. , Cornci * Sixteenth nnd Farnnin Sti'ccls , - - Omnhn , Nob. Etchings. Emerson. Engravings. Hnllot& Davis. Artists' Supplies. Kimbnll. Wfouldmgs. \J Pianos ci * Organs. \ Frames. Sheet Mu Ic. 1013 Douglas Street , Omnhn , Nebraska. Tlie Well Known Specialist Is unsiupascd in thcTicatmcntol all forms of Private Diseases , Stricture , Lost Manhood and Am bition. 1 he doctor h ts ono of tlio tunst cotuplctn stitcni' fortrr itlnjf Irlvato Dl oa os fmiivl tlirotuilinut tin \\ust aii < l ) i 11 iniito tlitso ( list * I CH hN NpulU stuil ) for moio than llfteun > eirs Ills tiiutinont CANNOT FAIL nml i euro ti Kti inntocil lit c\cry ciso 'llioso who Ii ivo been umlci liU tmituicnt for STRICTURE pronniinco It n most wtiiulcrful success Stricture or piln MiiittllllUll > Iniirliiatliii ; IHTIII ini'nth nnoil 111 a lew tl lya without pilii , cutting ; ( ti lus til llnio Lost Manhood and Ambition In Us wor t forniH uul mo-U drcidful ronults nro nb- Holutcl > .iiiil poriiiiuiL'nth curt'il litho ) > > otnr mid tlio putlont K puun ( utnplttul > restored to hU usual vf ur. ntnbitlun nml energy BARRIiNXHSS and all Fl-MALI- DISIiASHS rosUlvcl > CHIP 1 without Instrument' " or piln Catarrh , Skin Diseases find all Diseases of the Blood , Heart , Liver , Kidneys tind Blfiddor absolutely ouied. The Doctor's Success lint been tliiipl > mirvoloiis Slnoo Incillnu Innmnli i litliitrcMti'il iivci I li'llllllMI : lATIIXs | llc'ls tri'illni. 11 ilk nts li > rnrren i uli'iiti * liiulnii I'M o Hlulu from tlu * Atluntlc t < tint larllt ) ototn Am < m tliu tloctor i pntiontd mo fouiKl in ui > tf tlio It ! idliik 111111 of Diiriiiutiiry bcnittirs binki'r * miii- l-tcr' . 1 iHvt'm ami men In the vniloiHothi'r OK up i- tloni which ( , ( > In imiki ) up Ihu ! iinn f * < cif llio poopln rl ht * > < mluiHi , him untl riioinmu.nl him In IhoHtroit - i t p iixllilu in iniit'i si nil 10 ct'iit' * ( lnniii | ) fur the Doctor s book , 1 ho I.I f Hoertt for Man or 'U | > mnn " 'luitmint In coric'spomlonio blimp for icply. Cimsultutloii frc'o OFFICE ; SOUTHliAST CORNER 13th and Jackson Sts. Omnlin. , NGD. Chicago Electric Light ENLARGING CO. ii ! ! ( ) * 5j ยง I ' II nf' fir entatnyuc | ' ! : ' } i " fe " * ' ' " Bi f , 'JI5.25'.J K. llandolpli St. tiutago * CALIFORNIA TUP I.AMI or DISCO VLhMES. . . . . | /iflir.TINE.MCQtCoVQflqVii / Santa Abie and Cit R Cure < utin "To cultivate sympathy you , must be among living creatures - , tures ancl thinking about them ; ancl to cultivate admir ation you must bo among beautiful things ancl lookina at them" . The last clause of the above is the one to which we would i particularly call youratten- , tion. Probably Huskin did not have wearing apparel in I mind when he wrote it,1 nevertheless what there ib' ' beautiful in that line we can i certainly show you. NEGKWBRR For Easter has come to be a feature ancl we have spared no pains in making our line complete. We have all the novelties of both foreign ancl domestic manufactuie. Hosiery , Gloves Etc , From all the best makers. II you will afford us the op portunity we will also be glad to show you our * well selected i stocl&of ! Men's spring suits. Men's spring overcoats. Boys' and children's suits ancl overcoats. k\ X Get n fresh ribbon for your Type-writer. Any color ior any machine. .v. nnnv , AM ) STATIONHIS ! , ICAViniS AM ) rKI.NTIIKS , iit.soutii IC.HI siifft. in ; Sl'liXtliR UI'IS Dlltl llIM " -t , Mtihiinli il I.MKlnot * ! nml Dniftnimin ( tnnplt'tti IlKinliikM spt tint ail nit nml MIIIMIIII'MI | | | un l < r lit'\ it n Mill * 1 m I irh'H or sprclnl Machlnury , ' 1 inclntami lllut * I'rlntH haul-lit < l I'AIIM OH H I. WOlllk A s'l | riAI/I"i Mumlicr Anivrlciii Sui h t > it MVLI | mil tl l.iiKlnccT-t Tnf "liU sift" i > ' "l I s n i tli nl of I'T- II , I' I II ' t I III . I I I I I n ! V I ' I II ( I nf IN" I t ii , _ ' Ii i t | , \ \ Hli'iul | . iti 111 an In , ; i Ii l.M and ( hi ! il l DR. HAUGHAWOUT , 1 W lloiiKllis t-t , Unilliu DR. McGREW , Tlici Wcill Kno\vn Bpor.lnlKt , IH iinsiirpti 8t'il In Hi" In ntmrnt of nil formi uf I'm \ M > Hist vsis iiml Mrlilnii'i in inn nuiininli'i I Impiili'nt Y I.IIHK or Miiiiliniiil anil ainhltlrm Cli'rlllly in Him nut is almolnli ly ciirnl bunt lor hook * Ihu MfuMcrol , for .Man or Uiimim riiih IDitinti ( iilninpii Nt r > i'M I iiinnlo UI'fJxi.H iiiii-tl ipilikly uml i L i. inciilly Troaliiirnt by corri' ' lioiiii'iui | * titmiK lor n pl > ( oiiHiiltiitlon frui ) Oltlctl b 1. Cui Mtli uml JacLion tri uKr Oimihu , Nub , LADDERS , 111T ASfci ItTMr.NT OK b' Ticbtlcs , lixtunsiun LaJilers and v. I'ole and Step Ladders. Wm. Lylc Dtckoy & Co 14O3 Doulas Street , Orntthu.