Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY , NOVEMBER 17. 1890.
IN THE HARTS OF COMMERCE
Subjects That Concern the Producer and
Consumer In the World of Trade.
DECLINE IN AMERICAN WHEAT EXPORTS ,
Our Rtport Figured Must Ilo Sus
tained Manufactures ) Tnx lo
with Central America Ilo-
Intlotifl with Mexico.
The Imports of flour from the United States
nt a slnglo Brnrllian port ( Sno Pedro ) de
clined la a recent twelve months 3,300,000 ,
pounds , says the New York Hardware.
The people there have begun to import
wheat nnd make their own flour , and the next
Btcp will doubtless bo the growth of onougli
native wheat to supply nil demands. Indeed ,
nothing Is more probable than thatj South
America will , nt no distant day , cease to
draw'jpon the otitslilo world for brcadstuffs.
Meanwhile Ilussla and India ore threatening
to displace American wheat in the market ! of
western Europe. All thH need not
alarm our farmcra , however. It long has
been thq fashion to discuss our exportation
of wheat as If upon that depended the pros-
polity of the American farmer , whcroiu , in
comparison with the hnmcnso aggregate of
farm products , it really cuts a small figure.
There nro oven now well-informed author
ities who expect to sco every bushel of wheat
grown In this country needed for homo con
sumption , just ns the great statoof Illinois ,
which once boasted of being "tho granary of
the nation , " now falls short of supplying all
her own population with breadstuff's. The
faimers should welcome the change which
increases on American soil tlie number of
possible consumers of tliclr surplus wheat ,
fortho same classes will also consume nnd
make piofltnblo the growing of many minor
farm products which cannot bo exported.
It Is n vain hope thnt "reciprocity" or any
oilier legislation can make a market for "a
single bushel of wheat" abroad. No country
Which can grow its own wheat will ever want
ours , except to makeup a deficiency now and
tncn. Forty-five years ago Robert J. Walker ,
then our secretary of the treasury , did much
to Rot the policy adopted of trying to make a
market abroad for American wheat. The re
sult was to stop the building of furnaces and
rolling mills nnd to close hundreds of these
already existing , while the exportation of
brcailstufTs declined , during five years , moro
than two-thlnls. It Is plain that our country
has been more successful in ranking homo
markets than foreign markets for grain.
The problem of the period is what shall bo
exported instead of wheat. Moro than half
the world 1 Just becoming fully awakened to
the need of other manufactured -wares than
knives nnd cotton goods , and many new lidds
nro fresh for the development of trndo. This
Is understood by the manufacturers of Gieat
Britain , who , as soon us a new Industry is es
tablished in the United Suites , begin at once
to loolt about for n now market for their dis
placed surplus products. For Instance , the
Iron and Coal Trades Kovicw ( London ) Is of
the opinion that within a year this "valuable
market" will have boon lost to the British
tin plate manufacturer , but It counsels tlicrn
to l < cup up courage , because it rnny bo possi
ble to create now demands for tin pluto in
China und India. The use of till for tea chests
has been biipgcstcd already.
The American manufacturer may rest as
C sured thnt long after South America and
Australia , and even Africa , have become in
dependent of the rest of the world on tbo
food question , they will remain buyers or
foreign factory products. The contest of the
future for export trade'will not lie between
the farm laborers of the Daltotns and the
peasantry of Russia , but between our metal
workers and textile manufacturers and their
competitors la the old wor'd. The makers of
hardware n term wonderfully fnr-rcnching
In Its scope hnvo moro reason than any other
class to bo Interested In this contest. It will
depend upon them to no small extent
whether , when American wheat is no longer
needed abroad , the columns of American expert -
port- figures will continue to show an Increase
Instead of falling off.
Our Central , American Trmle.
ScnorFcdorlco Mora of Costa Rica , -who
was nt tbo Sherman house in Chicago the
other day , Is in this country making arrange
ments for the starting of a newspaper for
the Spanish-American republics , touching
the agricultural Interests of these countries ,
says the Chicago Tribune.
' 'One reason why American goods nro not
rnoro largely sold down there , " ho saiil , "is
that ttio people don't know what they aro.
They have never seen nny of your reapers
> nnd mowers and Inbor saving devices. They
would buy If they had samples. The Ameri
cans easily lead the world In agricultural Im
plements , and what Is necessary to develop a
trade with Central America is to
have tbo goods known. If it
could bo arranged so that atten
tion might bo paid to the careful crating and
cool storage of fruits the trade with the
tales would bo immense. Now It Is con
fined almost exclusively to bananas. You
people up hero don'tItnow what bananas aro.
The bannnos shipped hero are cut before th'oy
uro rlpo nnd the proper flavor la never had
Lcro. Tbo oranges grown In Central America
nro as good as nny Sicilian oranges and far
Buponor to the Florida oraiiROs. The plno
npplcs you got hero are from Cuba nnd are
tour anil woody , I have never bad a good pine
npplohoro. Down in any of thoSoutu Atnorl-
cau countries they grow , only for local use ,
tbo sugar-loaf plno npplo. which Is white
mill has a most delicious flavor and
plenty of Juice. The sapodlllo Is a
fruit rnrely seen except In New York or Now
Orleans. It Is perhaps , the ilnest fruit lover
nto. As for pineapples , they do not require
ccol storage. They should bo crated nurt given
n frco circulation of air. They would then
keep for a long tlmo , If anybody wc.ro to
oflor 3 cents uplceo for pineapples at".any
port of the Central American states ho could
got millions of tliotn. Ho would make an lm-
incnsQ profit on them at 25 cents apicco In
this market , "
"What do you think about reciprocity 1"
" 1 am afraid you haven't ' got the founda
tions laid for It. Codec and sugar are the
staple exports of the states of Guatemala ,
Nicaragua , Honduras anil Costa Rica. Costa
Uica produces 3CO,000 bngs of coffee per an
num , with a totnl population of IMO.OOO. I
suppose the whole production of coffco In
Central America amounts to $30,000,000 n
year. Sugar is grown with oven moro ease
tlian in Jamaica , nnd the sugar of the world
could easily como from Central America. But
sugar and coffee are on thofreollst , nnd If you
trudo with Central America tliclr staple goods
already como In free , while you ask them to
toke oft tliclr duties on your products. You
have thrown away your sugar duties by which
you could have made the irndo. By the way ,
the best coffco never comes to the United
States. It all goes to England. A small
amount of No. 13 comes hero nnd nrarlv all of
No. 3 grade , the Inferior , blackenedshriveled
berr.v. Tlio reason of it Is that most of your
dealers soil the coffee already roasted , and as
the people can't tell the difference they glvo
thorn the cheapest grades. The Americans
won't buy our best coffees , "
C'oniinorclal Hclatloiis With Mexico.
Mr. A. Parrcs of the City of Mexico spoke
hopefully of the prospect of closer commer
cial relations between Mexico mid the United
States to a reporter to the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. "Tho railroads , " said Mr. Parrcs ,
"solvo the problem. With their advent ae
mantle of oxduslvencss falls. There ro
hundreds of Americans doing business and
ids
pushing manufactures in nil portions of Mexico
ice , and the day Is certainly not far distant
when the bulk of Mexico's business will como
to the United States Instead of Rolng across
the ocean. Scarcely a trace remains today of
the old-time prejudice ugulnst the American
people , nnd the Idea that they are our
conquerors had boon relegated to ancient his
tory. Under President Diaz , who , by sUe
way. will be ro-clocted to another term of
four years , the entire country lias nourished ,
nnd Insurrections nnd revolutions are becom
ing n thing of the past. Diaz is essentially
a man of pcice , and as n result of his policy
tlio views of our people huvo widened , so that
wo look ; upon our near neighbors in tlio
United States In the light of friends nntl
brothers. Tticro Is n steady railway ilovolop- *
mcnt , which Is constantly opsnlnp up now
Holds for the cixnltnllst. From what I hnvo
seen of St. I.ouii during my brlof visit I
must sny that n most favorable Impression
hit * been made. Mexico has about ttio same
population , probably 4'5,000 , nlthough n half
million Is claimed , and the result of the ccn-
sus which 13 being taken Is awaited with
Interest.
I2nrly Ncccnilty nf Importing Pood.
\Vltb n population of 01,000,000 nnd with an
nrca In cerenls , bay , potatoes and tobacco es
timated at 3.01 acres per capita exclusive of
the nrcn In cotton-and , oxcludhiff 0 per cent
ns the proportion of such product exported
wo flnd that domestic consumption equal *
the product of 2.84 ncrcs per capita , and that
the aren devoted to the growth of such nrtl-
clcj for export would furnish subslstcnco for
4,100.000 people. In other words , an addition
of-1,100,000 to the population would , aside
from the cotton ex ported , absorb the entire
product of our fnrms , writes G. Wood Davis
In the Forum. The product of the
Holds of .America will , In 1805 , bo no
moro than suflldcnt to maintain the
72,000,000 who will then Inhabit the
laud. Granting that our estimate' } of the
urea now under cultivation , nnd of the pro
portion of products exported are correct , the
probabilities are that American agriculture ,
with acreage yields Increasing slowly , will
continue for years to supply the world wltb
two-fifths of its cotton1 , but that it cannot ,
nftrr lh'J5. provide for homo ncads and fur
nish nuKht out cotton for export. The cessa
tion of the exportation of food will bo Im
mediately followed by Imports of breadstuff ,
nnd In the very improbable event that tticro
shall then exist supplies of grain sutllclont to
moot the urgent demands of Europe , of
America , nnd of the tropics , such Imports will
nupment , 1 rom year to year , in nearly the
ratio of the increase of population ,
The Diamond Market.
The world's stock of diamonds has increased
enormously In the last fifteen yea rs , says th
Jeweler's Weekly. In 1870 the output of the
African mtnos was about 1,500,000carats , last
year it was nearly 4,000,000 carats , and the
syndicate which controls nil the principal
mines assorts thnt It has 10,000,000 carats In
sight. Meantime the demand for diamonds
bns greatly increased , and they uio higher In
prlco than they \vero n year HBO.
In one respect the diamond industry Is diff
erent from almost nil others. Its product Is
never consumed. Of gold nnd silvern much
larger amount than most people would believe
is literally consumed in ttio nits past roovery ,
but a diamond once cut goes Into the world's
great stock nnd is liable to corno upon the
market at any time. The world's annual pur
chase of diamonds , which appears to bosteadi-
ly Increasing , oven at advanced prices , Is an
index to the amount of its surplus earnings it
can afford to expend in luxury.
Liirul and Kino in Missouri.
Mr. John P. Connor of Cross TlmborHlck-
ory county , Missouri , Is in the city , the guest
of Dr. G. W. Pitzpatrlck , says the Kansas
City Times. Mr. Connor Is the superinten
dent of the Pommo do Tcrro mining com
pany. Speaking- the development of the
mineral lands 100 miles from'Knnsas City and
twenty miles south of Warsaw , Mr. Conner
said : "Wo have just discovered a. bonanza
in lead nnd zinc. The vein of lead Is eight
Inches across and It has come to stay. Prof.
Edmund Walters of this city suvs that the
mines are the richest In the west. Dr. Stino
of Kansas City , the chemist , says that the
veins will producn In this vicinity 1,380
pounds of lead to tUo ton and 1,200 pounds of
zinc to the ton. Wo export tht our mines
on this bank of the Pommo do Terre will produce -
duce more nnd better ziue nnd lead than any
other in the state. "
IN THE I11SAKT Ol > " THE JSEAND.
Picturesque Railroading 15,000 Feet
Above the Sea.
From Luke. Titicnca to the sea is a
railroad journey of 825 miles , nil In
Peru , over the Andes and across n
desert , says a Peru letter in the Phila
delphia Record. Starting at an eleva
tion of 12,500 foot , the road rises by
gradual ascent to the extraordinary
altitude of 14,006 foot , the highest that
wheels turned by steam have over at-
tair.od. This is n point called Crucoro
Alto , about midway between Puno and
Aroquipa.
A few miles from. Crucoro Alto Is Vln-
cocaya , the vary loftiest village in all
the world , unless it may to some of those
in central Asia , 14,300 feet above the sea :
It is higher than the celebrated mines
of Corro del Pasco , higher oven than
famous Potosi ; higher than cltherQuito ,
Ecuador , Leadvlllo , Colo. ; nearly twice
as high1 as the Alpine Hospice of St.
Bernard , and if one wore to put another
Mount Washington on top of the prepont
one its summit would' still bo almost
2,000 foot lower down than Vincocap.
The Andean village Is purely a creation
of the railroad and boasts of all the ad
juncts nnd n relay repairing station , ns
well as of n so-called American inn , El
Hotel Emprosa. "Why "American" I
do no know , as the landlord and his wlfo
are rosy-cheeked , hardy-looking Ger
mans ; and hardy indeed one needs to bo
to live so near the stars. Prof. Orton of
Vnssar college was obliged to pass a
night here , and accustomed sis ho was to
the mountain air from his lifo in Quito
wrote that ho could not sleep at all' , hut
spent the time panting for breath ,
It is always bitterly cold on the moun
tain tops , and at Vincocnya , wo pick our
wny from the car to the Hotel Emprosa
for luncheon , in a driving storm of slcot
and snow , wo console ourselves with the
knowledge thnt a few hours moro will
bring us down into a region of perpetual
summer time , to the over-blooming
roses nnd soft , warm sunshine of old
Avoquipa , the Inca "Place of Rest. "
Par as the eye can reach the soil of the
higher altitudes looks like a vast hog
covered with patches of snow and short ,
coarse gnus growing in bunches. As
ho storm increases to a raging blizzard ,
whitening the landscape in iv fuw mo
ments , the domesticated llamas and al
pacas run to their corrals for protection ,
while guanacos , vicunas , and other wild
creatures huddle together to keep
warm or skurry away to sheltered
gorges known only to themselves. "Un
doubtedly those "four sheep of the
Andes" belong1 to the same family , the
alpaca being a cross between the llama
and the sheep , and the guanaeos be
tween the vicuna and the llama. '
As wo slowly descended to lessor
the mountain "Mlstl "
heights great , ,
which stands behind the Arcquipn ,
seems to come hospitably forth to meat
us. Though only 18,050 foot high , this
inactive volcano is one of the most beau
tiful in nil Southern America , being a
cone of per/cot / regularity , crowned with
snow during most of the voar , while
eternal summer reigns at its foot. Close
byMistl , apparently , but in reality sep
arated from it about seventy miles by
the plains 9f La Joya , Is another snow-
topped sentinel called Coropunn , nearly
23,000 feet high. Then there is Cai-
cliani , a little north of Mlstl , about 10-
000 feet high ; Pichplcha , to the south
ward , j i f * j\j\r feet , and El Ubinas. only
16,000 feet , whoso latest eruption oc
curred Into In the sixteenth century.
Tlio Iinnco ns n C/'nvnlry Ann.
In treating of the proat advances In
the military armaments of. Europe It is
customary to devote all attention to the
increase in the different military estab )
lishments of the great powers , the or
ganization and numerical strtngth of the
various branches of the service and
the measures adopted for the speedy
mobilization of vast troopssays the Now
Orleans Picayune. The naval equip
ment of tbo different countries haa also
absorbed n largo share of attention , and
it must bo admitted that the details of
iiuvnl advancement , oven down to the
improvement In the minor matters of
armament , have attracted more atten l-
tion than the equipment of the armies l3f
the powers.
Nevertheless , the details of the land
service are calllnp for moro nnd moro
attention nt the hands of the general
public , r.iul the Improvement in small
arms nnd the equipment of the individual
soldier are being moro minutely dis
cussed. One of the rccentimprovcmcnts
has boon tlio arming of the Gorman
cavalry with the lance. This lias boon
done presumably to moot the exigencies
of n possible war with Uusala , where the
Gorman cavalry would bo compelled to
contend ngnlnst the Cossacks. The
Innco Is looked upon ns a very formida
ble cavalry weapon , nnd Its adoption by
Germany will doubtless bo soon followed
by Franco and Austria.
The British army will also adopt It ,
ns recent reports claim that arrange
ments' are being made to change the ar
mament of cavalry regiments in the
British service by giving 'to the front
rank men of every squadron a lance in
addition to the saber and carbine already
carried. And thus the advancement of
military science goes atoadlly on in Ku-
rope , while with us things remain on n
dead level. The limco would bo useless
in a thickly wooded country llko that
cast of the Mississippi river. On the
plains of the west it could bo mudo
available.
XT PtiKASi ; ! ) SULLIVAN.
How John Rvpresseil Ills Admira
tion of "llavy Crockett. "
" 1 saw John L. Sullivan in his piny at
the Haymarkot last week , " aald Edwin
Corbin , the syndicate lawyer , to a re
porter for the Chicago Times , "and that
reminds mo of something funny I saw
John LJ. do in Pittsburg once.
"I happened to drop Into a perform
ance of 'Dnvy Crocket' ' ono evening nt a
Pittsburg theater while on a visit to that
town. Sullivan at that tlmo was the
'star' ' of a traveling theatrical comblna-
tian , half variety and half athletic , and
was on the bills to appear at another
house in n sparring act after the piny.
"To advertise his presence all the
morj thoroughly John L. sat In a pros
cenium box , dressed in evening clothes.
Beside him sat his then wife. I saw by
his fiico that Sullivan was completely
disgusted with the play on the singe.
These scenes in which young Davy
Crockett makes love to Eleanor seemed
to bo especially obnoxious to the big
pugilist. At each tender passage ho
would turn to his wife and make certain
motions with his head , which alwayH ac
company expressions of weariness when
made by gentlemen of Sullivan's temper
ament and characteristics. Finally ho
became so heartily sick of the whole
business that ho turned his broad back
squarely on the stage and gazed up at
the galleries.
"But a change came over John in the
act where Davy and Eleanor Have taken
shelter in the log hut in the woods nnd
are besieged by the wolves. The simu
lated howling of the savage animals
first recalled Sullivan's attention to the
stage nnd the play. The supreme dan
ger and the heroic courage that must
meet it as depleted in the scone touched
the most susceptible chords of the fight
er's nature. The wolves howled outside
and thrust their blood-red fangs through
the chinks of the hut. The bar that had
secured the door was gone. In some
way must Crockett light the boasts.
The prospective combat interested Sulli
van. Ho leaned forward and peered
into Prank Mayo's face as keenly as ho
would have watched the features of an
opponent in the prize ring. At inter
vals as the action progrc&sod ho would
turn to his wlfo and make remarks , at
the same time nodding his head ap
provingly.
"When Crocket bared his right arm
and heroically thrust it Into the iron
brackets which should have hold the lost
wooden bar Sullivan joined in the an
plauso with all his mighty strength
And when , In the next scone , Crocket
took his arm , torn , bleeding , and frozen ,
from the door where it had boon a 'liv
ing barrier' and held it up , Sullivan
leaned forward , and , in a voice that
reached the highest gallery god. said :
" 'Now dat's what I call actin'so I do.
SoeV
Expressive It * Not Gratnmallcnl ,
The lifo of a South Water street com
mission merchant contains moro prose
than poetry , says the Chicago Tribune.
There is no particular inspiration about
butter and eggs , cheese or potatoes.
Dressed chickens and long-necked ,
scrawny turkeys , dangling from iron
hook ? in a dingy back room , do not.np-
peal to one's artistic sonso. These things
are the "familiars" of the Water street
man , and it is not surprising that ho is
inclined to take an eminently practical
view of life.
Once in a while , however , a ray of
humor shoots across the dreary tenor of
the commission man's existence nnd relieves
lievos the hard , dry prose of the btrcot
Once in a while , too , the South Water
street dealers receive some-'humorous
letters from country customers. Hero
nro a few specimens :
Mccstcr : Plees send Mo yurojiris
list of pordus slch as Butter , CCRCS , Pourtry ,
an obllje.
Another letter road as follows :
Gents : They Is n largo amount of Honny
In This country , i tmv 60 Colencys of bes.
tlio balluns of my uabcrs Is about tbo snme.
A postscript is added to the olloct that
"Chicago will have to Pay well this
Winter for Honny , to Spred on Pan
cakes. "
Hero's a man who evidently knows
more about geese than grammar. Ho
says :
Deer Gents : I hav sum Rood Gees , do yo
want these Gcos. what will you Rlv for gees.
of you want thes Gees 1 will Send them by
frnto rlto Away.
N. B. let mo Itnow about these Gees rlto
away ,
Other equally humorous specimens are
by no means rare. Life on the street
may bo on the whole prosy and monoto
nous , but it cannot bo said that it is to
tally devoid df humor.
A Fliyalulnii on Fasting.
A physician who spends most of his
imo in his olllco In Central Music hall
t building , In speaking to a select
class which ho is instructing , said to i
reporter for the Chicago Tribune :
"If you gormandize ono day and fasi
the next ; if you sit up a whole nigh' '
stay in bed the next day if you can ; i
you dissipate in any manner lot ns many
hours of rest and quiet follow aa you give
to the dissipation , I do not claim any
thing original for this. I believe Napoleon
leon I. was the first man to proclaim iti
olllcaoy and to practice it. It was wluv
ho called restoring nature's equllib
rium. "
Spealdnp of tbo fast which the Italian
has just begun In Now York , the physi
cian lecturer related this :
"I have recently had my attention
called to a statement made by a celebrated
od doctor about fasting men. Ho sayi
that the human machine can consume it
coif when It gets no fresh fuel , and tha
this process may last until there i
nothing loft to consume. Then doatl
ensues as tiio result of either exhaustion
or to loss of heat. "
Success on the Stngo.
In her pleasant "Fow Words About
Art" in "Treasure Trove" .Miss Ellen
Terry says she has often wished she had
learned unnclnpr that Is , stage dancing.
Her original trouble was nor hands ,
though fiho can manage thorn better
now. Once on a time she was rehearsing
a part with a very clover actorwho used
his hands exceedingly well ; but ho had
Ills "dlflleulty. " They were discussing
the best way in which ho should glvo
I
< ffo lhtr ItVM/y / Paftr gitn to great a I'arirly ef Entiriaining and Inttructiti Htadinf at to low a prxe. "
tf
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her a flowor. "Why not do it like
this ? " said the lady. "Yes , that is very
well , " ho replied , "but , you see , I shall
act hero pointing to a spot about llvo
[ cot olT on the static ami how shall I
got to where you are ? " "Tako a hun-
joru , " hln instructress jocosely replied ,
thinking ho was in fun. "It was a long
time , " eho adds , "before I cnmo to realize -
alizo that it was a serious matter to him
to stir five foot on tlio stage unless ho
laid planned out his movements before
hand. " As to gifts , the first , wo are
told , is a good heart , ' 'without ' which no
man or woman can act well. " Beauty ,
it is admitted , may greatly aid ; but , like
a favorable criticism , though it can at
tract people , it "cannot mnko them
stay. " In brief , an actress may got on
without bonuty ; but she Is warned that
it will bo impossible to achieve dis
tinction without the three great rcqui-
siots : "Imagination , individuality and
industry. "
THE riCIU'OCKUT'S ART.
A. Devotee of It Dilates upon the Boun
ties Uo Hoes In It.
"Thoro is no class of artists , " said a
renowned thief to a reporter for the
Kansas City Star , "who in thoiv calling-
are as dexterous ns pickpockets. This
is duo to a double incentive. Not only
does your pickpocket lind a bait for
oITort and exertion in success , but has
the added spur of a fear of failure. Suc
cess moans as much to a pickpocket as
to any man , nnd failure moans a great
deal more. A vocation in which the
slightest slip moans loss of liberty and
perhaps of life , will ever bo apt to have
a degree of oxpcrtnc&s in its followers
not present in moro joyutablo ; and safer
avenues of trade.
"Pickpockets , like' ' pools , nro horn ,
not mn.de. Their rioryos must bo iron ,
nnd yet as sensitive As instinct Their
hands must bo as complete in make-up
and accompUshmont''a ' Hermann's nnd
as strong as stool , while light as down.
Out of the vast nrmyof humanity who
are soldiers of the shadows only one-
fourth of 1 per cent can or do become
pickpockets. These 'form the nobility
of thieves , and are , rcyoronced by the
burglar , footpad , tlio , sneak , and the
'con' mitn ns of higher class than thoy.
The practice of a picjtpocket while not
really at work la ns constant as that of
some famed professor of the viol dr
harp. Ho keeps prtco with the proces
sion. No Boonor dqd | some jeweler In
vent a now fastening for diamond pins or
studs than these mon of finest touch devise -
vise tbo motion which oveados its pur
pose.
"A pickpocket consults his own nervous -
vous condition constantly. No fine lady
over has such a tlmo with her nerves as
tbis aristocrat of the outlaws. If ho does
not fool right ho won't 'work. ' When
ho does , I'vo known ono on the impluso
to take a car on some well dressed nnd
wealthy street , nnd , seating himself side
to the window , survey the shirt front of
every would-be passenger na the car
cnmo up. Tlio moment one showed a
diamond In his linen or cravat the
thief would hurry to the platform
to got off. Ho would time his
rmnouvcrs so as to meet the man
on the stop of the car , They would
collide. The thief's hat a stiff bilk or
Derby is in Ills loft himJl and covers his
dexterous right , which is put forward to
protect its owner in the collision. It
touches the newcomer right where the
dlambnd sp'arklcs , and is still covered by
the hat in tlio other hand.Vith an
apology the thief btops out of tho'way. .
The whole alTair is the tenth part of a
second , but as ho bows his regrets ho
has the diamond in that mysterious hand
of his , and , as I have said , ho could no
detail the moves by which bo attained it
oven if ho should try. "
feyrup ol" Fl } ? ,
Produced from the laxative and nutritious
Juicoof California fiss , combined with the
medicinal virtues of plants known to ho most
beneficial to the buman systo-n , acts gently
on the Uidnoys , liver and bowels , effectually.
cleansiiiR tlio system , dispolllnR colds nnd
headaches , nnd curing habitual constipation
JTOUNO IIKIl IJFEU5SS.
A Husband After IJOIIR Search Discov
ers Ills Wife hi the Mors e.
The remains of a young woman who
"
committed suicide "by drowning the
other night in the Allegheny river ,
Pittsburg , wore identified by her hus
band as being these of Mrs. Louisa
Schon , wife of Hubert Sehon , of No. GO
Second street , Allegheny , , and daughter
of Adam Troy , a well-to-do farmer of
Butler county. She was demented and
has boon mlfcslng from her homo since
August 31 , 1889.
Tlio story of her disappearance and
the manner in which she avoided her
friends who have been searching forhor _
over Binco is remarkable says a Pitts-
burg dispatch to the Now York Morn-
inp Journal.
Ills story was this : "I am thirty years
of ago and the dead woman was my wlfo.
I have not seen her for fourteen months.
I was married to the deceased some
three years ago and wo resided in Alle
gheny up to the time of her disappear
ance. Shortly after our mnrringo her
straugo actions indicated that she was
demented , ami I made arrangements to.
have her committed to the Allegheny
City insane asylum. The neighbors in
sisted that she wasn't crazy and advised
Louisa not to go to the asylum.
"In spite of this opposition I sccurpd
the necessary papers from the court and
took them homo. On the day wo were
to take her to the asylum I found that
the papers wore missing. Louisa laughed
when I told her of my loss , and then in
formed mo that she had got hold of the
commitment papers and destroyed them.
"Tliis was on August 31 and wo wore
at the railroad station on our way to
Allegheny City hqrao. After tolling mo
this she loft the depot and disappeared
and I have never laid eyes on her until
this moment. I blame the neighbors ( or
this whole trouble , ns they ndvisod
Louisa not to go to the homo , ns she
wasn't crazy.
"I have searched ovorwhoro over
since and failed to flnd nny trace of my
wife. No , I do not think she committed
suioluo , an she wasn't ' that kind of a
woman. She was twenty-seven years
of ago nnd is a native of Germany.
There was no doubt that her mind was
unbalanced , as her brother \\i\s willing
that she should bo sent to the asylum. ' '
Cleric Miller of the morgue then
asked Schon why ho was so anxious to
lonvo the room wltjiout disclosing his
identity after ho had recognized Ills
wife's remains , lie refused to explain
his reasons , but suld it was hlu intention
I o return again in the morning and claim
the I body.
Schon did not advance any theory ns
to i how it was possible for a woman so
badly 1 demented as ho claimed his wlfo
was to have wandered about for ever a
year ; without attracting the attention of
the 1 police authorities. At the tlmo of
her 1 death 'she was neatly attired and
had 1 vldently earned her living previ
ous to that unfortunate event. „
A wcalc hack , with a weary nchincr lame
ness over tbo hips , is a sign of diseased kid
neys , U c the best Itidnoy curative known1
which Is Burdock blood bitters.
but He Can Shoot.
William T. Busohick , totally blind ,
runs a cigar store and is a wonder , says
the Chicago Tribune. Ho makes change ,
shows his goods , can hand out any brand
of cigar , nnd even goes down town alone
to replenish Ins block. Ho can hand
out any particular kind of chewing gum
from his case , and Hus some reputation
ns a fine candy maker. His sense of
hearing is remarkable nnd his ability to
locate objects by sound is wonderful.
This was demonstrated one night re
cently when a burglar broke into his
storo. The robber loft hastily with a
leaden bullet In his anatomy , ns spots on
the door proved next ' morning. The
blind man handles' revolver cleverly
nnd shoots accurately for one so heavily
handicapped , , locating the object to bo
shot nt by sound.
A LilKlit i ISvory north.
To the Chicag-o , Mil waukeo & St. Paul
railway belongs the credit of balng the
first In the count ry to reduce the matter
of electric lighting of trains to scientific
perfection. Ono of the novel features
introduced in the sleeping cars is a
patent electric reading lamp In each sec
tion. . With this luxurious provision ,
reading at night before and after retir
ing becomes as comfortable as by day ,
and when retiring the toilet may bo
made in comfort and seclusion. The
berth reading lamp in the Pullman
sleeping cars run on the Chicago , Mil
waukee & St. Paul railway , between
Omaha and Chicago , is patented and
cannot bo used by any other railway
company. It Is the greatest improve
ment of the ago. Try it and bo con
vinced.
Sleeping cars leave the Union Pacific
depot , Omaha , at 010 ; p. in. daily , arriv
ing nt Chicago at 0:30 : n. m. Secure
tickets nnd sleeping car berths nt Union
Ticket ollico , 1601 i'arnain fatroot ( Barker
block ) , Omaha.
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Pass. Agont. Gon'l ' Agent
The ttrccls cifPnrls.
The total length of the streets , avenues ,
boulevards , bridges , quays and
thoroughfares of Paris Is sot down at
COO miles , of which nearly two hundred
are planted with trees.
If you suffer from nny affection caused by
Impure blood , such as scrofula , salt rheum ,
sores , boils , pimples , totter , ringworm , talto
Or. J , II. McLean's Sarsnparilln.
A Terrapin Kami.
A torrnpin farm Is described by the
l ornaudlna ( Fhu ) Nows. It Is an
incloauro about twenty feet squnro , ono-
hulf of it filled with loose Bund und a
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GOLD MEDAL , PARIS EXPOSITION , 1889.
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VOUS DEIIIHTV. Wotiknods of llody autl
MlnUl Kiroctsol Krrnrs or oxc'ossoslu Old oi
Younir. Itobust. Noble JIANUOUJ ) Jully ro-
ilnrod Wo Kmriintco every case or inoiioy
refunded , Sample course , llvo days' treat
ment , ? lj full course(5. Securely Biiiilod from
bscrvntlon. Cook lioinoily Co. . Omulm , Neb
St.Clalr Ufllce. Hotel , Cor. llith and
tame occupying the rest of the BJHICO ,
The tank iu below the tldo level , and at
high tide the salt water runs In from
the mardh to a depth of four foot , The
tank in all perforated with holes , nnd
tlio owner , digging down with hlq
fincors , uneiu'thod some baby terrapin
an inch or two lonjj. .
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Tickets at lowest rntoa and su porior
accommodations via the great Roclt
lalnnd route Ticket ofllco , 1G02 Sixi
tconth and Furrmra streota Omaha ,
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A. French Bohoino.
A French engineer proposes to pan up
the tldo water at Havre , und by runnlnrf
turbines from this sixteen foot HBO and
fall of tlio water level , to create and
transmit to Purls 42,000 electrical horso-
power. Tlio Hay of Fundy may yet be
harnessed down to the wooden nuttnog
of Now England.
The new ofilcos of the Great Roclt
Island route , 1C02 Sixteenth andFnrnam
streets , Omalm , are the finest in the city.
Cull and BOO them. Tickets to nil pointy
east at lowest rates.
A MnKiulluoiit Fnviidc ,
The wood nnd iron inodol of the archl *
toct Brontano'a dc&iRn'for the fncado of
the Milan cathedral is nearly completed.
The inodol will cost 20,000 frances , and
will bo ono twentieth of the nizo of the
contemplated facade , BO that critics will
bo ( 'lvon every opportunity ol