Nebraska Newspapers

    12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY , FEBRUARY H , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES
NEBRASKA CITY FACTORIES
Causes That Lead to a Rapid Growth in
Population ,
THE CONSUMERS OF NEBRASKA GRAIN
A Itoxlcwof tlio MnitiifnrliirliiK Industrie *
of Nrliriiftku CHlrei t Incrrnno In
Wealth nnd lltnlnr rriw | or.
HyTlio Stock Yardl.
"To manufacturers looking for n location to
atari In business wo bold out this Induce
ment , " said n prominent citizen of Nebraska
City. "Our city is located within easy roach
of the cost western markets for manu
factured goods. It-has Omaha on the north ,
Lincoln on the west , nnd St. Joseph and
Kansas City to the south , and railroad con
nections nnd rates are such ns to enable the
Nebraska City manufacturer to place his
goods In thcso markets with very llttlo
trouble or expose. "
How well this and other Inducements have
boon received by manufacturers Is shown by
the number nnd extent ot Nebraska City's
manufacturing industries.
Nebraska City claims to rank next to
Omaha as n manufacturing point , nnd they
have figures to provo that they uro consum
ing from ton to twelve tons of steam coal per
day moro than any other city In Nebraska ,
excepting Omaha.
The object of this article , however , Is not
to draw comparisons between the differ
ent cities of Nebraska , but rather
to call the attention of the people
ple to the different Industries located
within the state , and In this way encourage
the purchase of Nebraska goods in preference -
once to others. At the same time it Is essen
tial that thu pcoplo should keep in mind the
fact that the growth and prosperity of any
city In Nebraska is a direct bonollt to every
other cltv In the state nnd to the farming
communities as well , for reasons that have
already been pointedout ut length in these
columns' The people of Omaha can loam a
good lesson from Nebraska City In one par
ticular at least. Business at that point was
dull , buildings were slow to rent , the popula
tion did not increase and the town was far
from prosperous until the people turned their
attention to manufacturing. As the factories
increased In number und size business im
proved and the city grew rapidly In both
wealth and population.
In 1880 Nebraska City's population was
4,183 , without any manufacturing industries
to spook of. In Its'JO the growth of the manu
facturing industries brought the population
upto 11-IUI. The development of these in
dustries have not only Increased the popula
tion but have Increased the value of real es
tate and have placed business of all kinds on
n solid basis.
Thn Corral 31IIU.
One of the Industries which have contrib
uted much to the commercial Importance of
the city and of which the pcoplo are espe
cially proud Is the Nebraska City Cereal
Mills. It is n difficult matter to convey in
words an accurate Idea of the extent of this
establishment , but a few figures as to the
Bizooftho building * may bo of asslstanco.
There Is nn elevator with n capacity of 125- ,
' 000 bushels of grain ; the mill Is 70x90 feet
and the feed mill 40\-0 ! , both four stories in
height ; wnrohouso 00x100 foot , two stories.
All the buildings aru of brick except the ele
vator , which is Ironclad. The power is fur
nlshed by throe engines of 1110 horse-power
combined. The mill has a capacity for band-
ling 0.000 bushels of grain per day , Including
corn , barley and oats , and ranks with the
three largest establishments of tbo kind in
the United States. About seventy pcoolo
are given employment on an average.
The product1" of the mill are rolled grits ,
pearl meal , cream meal , hominy , pearl barley
and crocked wheat. They are mailing a spe
cialty of what they denominate qualod rolled
pats , which are put up by n special process
nnd which , though only recently placed on
the market , have already mot with heavy
Bales. Omaha is a largo consumer ot tlio
products of this mill , especially of the rolled
oats.
oats.Tho grain is transferred from the elevator
to tbo mill by moans of spouts and passing
through the different courses ot machinery ,
frcm lloorto floor , comes out a finished pro
duct and is loaded Into the cars or stored into
the warehouse awaiting shipment. Pneu
matic tubes collect the waste from all parts
of the mill nnd convoy It to the feed mill ,
whore it Is worked up into feed. By such
moans labor Is reduced to the minimum.
NeliruHkii Dlxtlllery Co.
Another Institution which has added ma
terially to Nebraska City's wealth and pros
perity in the distillery. They uro consuming
about 2,000 bushels of corn per day and have
an output of 150 barrels of spirits and alco
hol. The government tax amounts to nearly
(3,000 per day. The waste from tbo distillery
"feeds 1950 head of cattle which arc kept in
long sheds , the food being run in trenches
botoro them. These cattle are known on the
mirket as still fed and always command a
good price.
The distillery employs about 100 people and
hus a weekly pay roll of $780. In addition to
this there are nine government men drawing
$5 per day each. The daily consumption of
coal amounts to thirty-eight tons.
The product of this distillery is shipped to
ill parts of tbo country , both east and wost.
The SturrliVorhs. .
The Nebraska City Starch company Is the
latest Institution to clultn the publlu atten
tion. They have only Just completed their
plant but ex nee t to turn out tholr first lot of
starch about March 1. The building is one
nf tbo finest factory buildings In thu state.
It is of brick GOxlSH foot , four stories , with
an ell 110x50 foot , lb.rco' sto'ries. Connected
with the factory Is an elevator ItOxliO foot ar
ranged for receiving tbo grain from farm
wagons or from cars. The warehouse Is not
yet built but will bo 2uxliO ! feet , one story.
The cattle sheds are close at hand In which
tbcro are already -150 head of oattlo with
room for 500.
The factory is said to have a capacity of
1,700 bushels of corn per day. It ts esti
mated that'll cannot bo operated with less
than forty or fifty people to commence with
which number will have to bo increased as
lho business grows.
Tbo method of manufacturing starch
briefly told Is as follows : The corn Is first
placed in huge tanks , holding t00 ! bushels
each , nnd thoroughly wet with water. From
the tanks the corn is convoyed to the burrs ,
whom it Is ground , and being wet comes out
In a pasty moss. In that form it Is passed
over the shakers , made of very fine silk
cloth. The motion of the shakers and the
spray of water playing on to It washes tbo
itarch particles out of the mass and carries
them through the silk Into the vats under
neath. After the btarch has bean wusncd
out the residue Is pressed to remove the
itarahy water remaining und then goes back
Into largo tanks , where It Is mixed up for
. cattle feed.
The water In the vats underneath the
shakers which contains the starch in solu
lion , U then allowed the How slowly along
71110 lined trenches , which extend almost the
whole length of the building. During this
prcoji.s the starch settles to the bottom nnd
the water Hews oft ut the lower und ot the
trenches.
At this stage of manufacture tha starch is
about the consistency of mud , but it is hur
ried off to tbo drying rooms and as tbo mois-
lure evaporates the starch crystallzos and
breaks into the peculiar forms familiar to
every consumer of tbo article. It is than
ready to DO boxed and placed upou tbo mar
UoU
VluurMIIU.
Paul Schmlnke operates a flouring mill
having a capacity of 150.000 bushels of wheat
per year but. which is Doing operated to only
about one-half of Its capacity. In connection
with this mill Mr. Sohmlnklu operates an el
evator at Union nnd another nt Uurr , Neb ,
The product of the mill Is shipped Into Iowa
is well as to Omaha und other Nebraska
joints. Fight men Unit employment in the
mill.
The Mutlrs llrenrlnxr Co.
Employs ten men and consumes about 13-
XXJ bushel * of malt per year. They have a
good plant of the kind and it U the only brew
nry located between Omaha and Falls City.
The product is sold very largely at home ant
in tbe surroundluc towns In the county.
.If theru U any farmer In the mate who
thinly that tha development of the manufac
turing Industries will not bo of any special
benefit to the farming intercuts , ba
) ugut to count up tha number of
Uusueli ol grain cor.suuied bjr the four
'aclonos Just mentioned and then think of
ho mp.nv advantages of a homo marKet for
rrnln. Very llttlo has been said to tbo
armcrsontho subject of patronizing No-
miska manufacturers , but nt the came llmo
t Is plnlnlv evident that the farmers , who
ralso much of the raw material Unit Is man
ufactured In the state , have as much or moro
o gain from the development of these In-
luMrlos thin nny other class ,
The farmers nro largo consumers of many
Inos of goods that are made In the state and
by giving the preference to the Nebraska
articio they will bo furthering their own
ntorosts.
Workd.
The Nobraika City Cooperage works , L
W. Qulnn manager , employs from twenty.
Ivo to thirty men with a pay roll nvcinglng
ight around WOO weekly. They do the
cooperage work for the distillery and In the
packing season turn out forty to fifty thous
and apple barrels.
> o\vlty Sliinufnctiirrriif
The McKlhlnoy Manufacturing company
ire turning out n line ot specialties which
tavo mot with very fnvornblo reception from
consumers , nnd they nro enlarging their
> lnnt. Their leading s'poclnlty is the reservoir
lower pot , made of tin with a perforated
jottora which allows the water to escape
nto the reservoir. The pots nro finished in n
ilghty artistic manner with metallic paint
which Is suld to prevent rusting. These
jots nro warranted good for Ilvo years.
Among tholr specialties nro glass casters for
choirs or other furniture. They will com
mence the manufacture of cob
os In the spring. This company
) mploys during the busy season twenty
lands , n good many of thorn boys and girls ,
nnd distributes In wages about $120 n week.
Ono Omaha house handles tholr goods In
'
'nrgo amounts.
Tin ; llutter.Mitkers.
The Otoo Creamery company Is a compara
tively now Institution , having boon In ex
istence only seine eighteen months. They
liavo a good plant for its size and could take
euro of about 20,000 pounds of milk per day.
The farmers , however , hnvo not supplied
anywhere near that amount. It was such
hard work to educate the farmers into send
ing their milk to n creamery that the cream
ery wus forced to adopt the plan of sending
out wagons to collect the milk nnd bring It
in. Whllo the farmer , as n , rule , does not
receive to exceed 15 cents pur pound for but
ter made at home , It Is clalmad that by soil-
inn his milk to the creamery ho gets ns high
as Bl cents per pound. There nro two other
creameries in the county , which are located
at Talma go nnd Syracuse.
The Otoo Creamery company operates their
plant on the separator system , which Is said
to turn out u tirst class article. The milk ,
after being weighed Is placed into n Inrpu vat
capabta of holding 5,000 pounds. From
the vat It goes Into the separators ,
which nro largo round bowls nnd
which revolve at the rate of 8,500
revolutions per minute separating the cream
from the milk by moans of the centrifugal
force. The cream coos into vats nnd after
standing twenty-four hours Is churned and
worked Into batter.
Ulenrmuker * .
Tbo list of cigar manufacturers includes
J. H. Pipport , J. H. Peters. J. H. Pfeifor ,
Lew Anderson and Richard Hone , who cm-
ploy about ton men on an average. It Is es
timated that there are enough cigars smoked
In Nobrntxn City to keep fifty men employed
but the croat majority of smoker consume
the product of eastern factories.
Other Industrie * .
The Nebraska City Canning company has
a capacity of about 20.000 cans per day ana
employs forty to fifty people during the busy
season. They pay out in the course of the
'
season $1,500 to',000 for lubor nnd consume
the product of between 200 and 800 acres of
land. They put up corn and tomatoes , their
specialty being the Otoo Chief solid packed
tomato/
The .Nebraska City foundry , Wale & Ec-
closton , proprietors , Is doing a good business
in the south Plutto conntry. They are turn
ing out architectural iron work and machine
work. They employ from eight to ton mon.
The NebrnsKa City planing mill , J. F.
Welsh proprietor , employs five mon and as
the nnmo would indicate does a general mill
business including the manufacture of sash ,
doors , blinds , otc.
C. H. Kressen manufactures what are
known as banner plovvs. harrows , etc. , which
have quite a sale in Nebraska. During the
busy season ho employs eight to fifteen men
and expects to increase the number to fifteen
or twenty mou the coming siiason.
J. O. Koos is manufacturing a. very com
plete line of traveling bugs and satchels ,
ranging from the cheapest oil cloth up to the
finest leather covered baGS.
M. Seltzer employs two to three mon in his
bottling works.
George F. Krogol manufactures wind mills ,
water tanks , otc. Ho has bean turning out
an iron mill but expects to chance over to a
stool mill this spring. During the busy
season ho gives employment to five or six
mon.
mon.Tho
The Nebraska City Vitrified Paving Brick
company has a plant costing $40,000 and
expects to employ a largo force of men the
coming season. They have the latest
improved machinery and have succeeded In
turning out first'class paving bricic.
At the Stock YuriU.
The Ilvo stock Interests of Nebraslta City
have contributed In no small degruo to the
prosperity of the cltv. The stock yards ars ,
for their size , as well built and ns complete
us any in the country nnd are kept up In
good shape. Care was taken in building the
yards co provide for good uraimige , and the
result Is that the company is nblo to keen the
yards in a much cleaner nnd bettor condition
than some larger yards. As * to size they
huvo a capacity of about-4,000 hogs per day.
From November 1 to February 3 there were
rccnlved nt the yards 68,450 hogs.
There are two packing houses at the yard' ,
the Nebraska City Packing company nnd the
Chicago Packing nnd Provision company.
Tbo former is shut down for tbo present and
is used only for storage purposes , but the
Inttor Is running at full capacity. They have
recently built on extensive additions to the
'
house 'and are now putting in a second
ice machine und also a plant for making lea
to bo used in the refrigerator cars. Tbo plant
occupies about five acres , with ample truck
facilities. About 250 men are steadily em
ployed oy tlio Chicago Packing and Provision
company. They are buying and packing all
the bogs received at tbo yards. It Is a grow
ing business and promises much for Nebras
ka City. It Is expeoted to have the other
bouso running before long.
Buy Xobruttku Goods.
Oinnhs Is already a largo consumer of goods
made In Nebraska City , but she might buy
more If tbo people will Insist on being sup
plied with Nebraska goods ; Omaha money
sent to Nebraska City will find Its way back
in exchange for Omaha goods much sooner
than money that Is sent a thousand miles
cast.
cast.The same thing Is true on the otl-or side.
Nebraska City , by purchasing goods In Urnulm
which she does riot make nt homo , will bn
contributing just so much to the prosperity of
Omaha and will bo placing this city In a posi
tion to consume still more ot her goods.
Omaha manufactures soap , boilers , boxes
nnd packing cases , colored labels for fanoy
packages , nnd many'othor Hues of goods not
made in Nebraska City. Nebraska City
makes oatmeal , starch and other lines of mer
chandise. An exchange of thcso goods will
benefit both cities.
JtKIt HO.
Written far the Simtl.iillet. .
In vours gone by wo loved bur so ,
Ere ago had dimmed her sight ,
Wmm bur face wus fair with uotracoof care ,
And her sinllo had o sunny light ;
When her hair was brown , ana her gentle
voice
In cadence soft and low.
Spoke words of wUdom and counsel , too ,
Wo loved , oh , wo loved her so.
Wo loved her BO ! When tha winter's frost
Had silvered the tresses brown ,
When we saw old ago creep on auaeo ,
Like a mautlo o'er her thrown.
But the sunny llgutof love was thoro.
And her heart was true , wo know ;
Tbo' furrowed the choelc and illvorod tbe
balr.
Yet still wo loved her so.
\Velovod borsol when wo stood beside
Tbo still form cold in death ,
For the busy bauds were quiet now ,
With the pulseless heart beneath
Wo dropped a tnar on tlio marolo brow ,
Ou tut ) balr like drifted snow ,
And lookfcd our last , an the sad tears fool ,
And murmured , wu levi > a her to.
AlllHE Hllll ) U1C1U11D9.
THE WICKED LURED TO DEATH
Perilous Hnnt of the Eoguo Elephant in
India.
A TREACHEROUS FOE TRAPPED
Thrilling Picture of Mm dune null tlio Am-
luiili'-A Night of IVnro Amlil Wnr'it
lr < iiliilliii In the Shrnnniloiih Vul-
h-y M. yimil's' Stories.
ICoiw/wMttJ / , IBS ! , l > u 0. It. Iewfe.1
I hail road anil hoard n grant donl of tbo
famous "roguo" elephant of tlio district or
Mysore , province of Midra , before I over
got within 200 miles of bis stamping ground.
Ho made his first appoaronco In 1803 , and for
yours was n vcritnblo terror to nn area of
country fifty tmlo long by thirty broad.
A "rdguo" elephant , us has often boon ex
plained , Is a raalo wbo has cither voluntarily
loft the bonl because of defeat or has bcon
driven Into exile by hU companions for rea
sons not Unown to man. Ho no sooner takes
up bis solitary llfo than ho bocomoj vlndtc-
ttvo and reckless , nnd It goes without dis
pute that one of these "rogues" especially If
past the age of GO , Is morn dangerous than a
herd of a dozen ordinary elephants ,
This follow was called "Tho Wlcko-1" by
all the natives in that territory , anil some of
the Modes told of his doings ware really
wonderful , as well as strictly true. His ter
ritory was along the Suddar valloy. On the
eastern edge of this valley , which Is from
ono to live miles wide , ts a dense Jungle fifty
mlles long , nnd this place was his retreat.
Ho was probably hunted after more than any
oilier "roguo" over hoard of In India , After
a year or two the government offered u re
ward of JKIOO for his death , and before ho
was finally disposed of this reward had been
Increased to JK100. He was hunted on soy-
oral occasions by bauds numbering 400 men ,
and at least lUty different white hunters
Journeyed into ttiu district and had n try at
him.
It was wonderful how "Tho Wicked"
managed to escape aeath so long , but It used
to bo assorted that ho was an elephant only
In form. The natives fully believed that bo
was the evil one In disguise , and more than
1,000 people mpvcd out of that productive
valley on his account. The official records of
his doincs would make a big book. Ho began
killing as soon as ho appeared. One night
about midnight ho entered a native village
containing about seventy huts , ponotroted to
the center and Itilled five people sleeping In
a hut. Even the dogs Know nothing of his
presence until ho got to work. Ho put his
tusks under the foundation poles of the hut
and tipped the vholo thing over , and then ho
trampled on the family sleeping In the middle
of the mud floor.
Only three or four peopl caught sight of
him as ho moved away. A grand nunt was
organized , but he was not ovou discovered.
It was hoped that ho had neon frightened out
of the dUtrict , but two or threu days later , as
a native was driving a bullock cart ulong a
road at tbo edge of the forest , the elephant ,
who was in hklini : behind a clump of bushes ,
picked the man off with his trunk and flung
him twenty feet into the air. In the same
minute ho drove his tusks through the bul
lock and then disappeared. The native was
so badly hurt that he Oled three davs later.
This was on a Thursday , aboat o'clock . in
the morninc. Atito'clocktn the afternoon
the elephant appeared at a peint up the valley
loy , exactly thirty-two miles awoy , and
killed a ryot , or natlvo farmer , wbo was at
work In a field.
In three years , according to official returns
made , "Tho WicKed" killed upwards of 100
people , destroyed thousands of dollars' worth
of crops and caused the death of hundreds of
domestic animals. His aim wus to kill and
destroy , and ho wont about his work In such
n auoor nnd mysterious manner as
to " keep all 'tho people afraid
of him. Wild elephants never leave
cover during dnylieht. This follow stalked
abroad bv day as well as by night. Ho moved
as silently and swiftly as u tiger. On one
occasion 'live natives who haa been stacking
some gruin sal down to eat their luncheon.
It was high noon , and they wore half a inilo
from the edge of thu junulo. The clophant
curno upon them over hard and stonv ground ,
where the footstep of a man would certainly
have bcon heard , and the flrat known of his
presence was when he struck two of the ilvo
down. The others escaped him by leaping
Into a ravine.
Whou 1 reached the valley it was Half de
populated , and all these remaining were in
a state of continual terror. Not rt day passed
that the elephant did not kill or attempt to
kill some ono. As ono ot the precautions
against his visits after dark the villages hud
been surrounded by walls of dry brush. Tuo
Idoi was that in breaking a way through or
over , the animal would make nol&o enough to
betray his presence. On two occasions ho
had removed enough brush to makean
opening , nnd done It so carefully that people
sleeping ten feet away bad heard no noise.
When discovered and shouted t "Tho
Wicltod" always made off for the Jungle
without attempting further mischief , but ho
generally managed to kill sotnp ono before an
alarm was raised. At tno time I reached his
stamping ground there were two British
armv oftlcors bunting him ut the other end of
the Jungle , but no ono had seen the elephant
for about a week. lie hadn't loft the district ,
however , and neither bad Ho been killed.
UK TfHSHn IT SKV 111011.
I took possosslon of an oliaudonod village
at the lower end of the valley. Hero the elephant -
phant had Ilrst appeared , and hero he had
Idlluu over a dozen people. Tbo villaaon *
bud nt length lienotno so terror stricken that
they bad abandoned the fertile spot and
movea tnlrly miles away. There were about
forty huts stilt standing , but Instead of occu
pying any ono of them , I took up my position
for the night in a ravlno nt the northern
edce of tbo town. I had two natlvo hunters
witb mo , and to luad the elephant to ballovo
that the vlllacers bad returned , wo tied live
or six dogs to us many doorposts. It was
looked upon as doubtful If "The Wicltod"
would show up , and after watching until
midnight , I turned In for a nap. icavlnp
both natives on guard. It appeared that tboy
dozed off after an hour or so. but an hour DO-
fore daylight one of them awoke and found
tbo eleubunt standlni ; on tbo bank and look-
ink' down upou us.
This bank was fwelvo feet high nnd very
steep. The man plucked at my sleeve , but
tbo instant i moved ttio elephant vanished.
I would not bellovo that bo had been there ,
but daylight proved to tlio contrary. It was
aoft urouud , und tha prints of bis feet were
so deep that botb natives declared he bud
stood in ono spot for many minutes perhaps
ual'anhour. Wo further found that "Tno
Wicked" had traversed a good part of luo
village , and that so quietly that not a do
had Klven the alarm.
Tbo natives of this valley had long bo-
fora resorted to pitfall twps and pther prac
tice * In VOKUP , but all in nn purpose. The
white hunters hud set spring Kims and even
potboued some of the pools ivhero ho was
supposed to drink , but "Tho Wicked" had
outwitted ovi'ry move. I determined to tuko
up his track rnd follo\y \ It until ho wa <
found. Quo of the natives refused to outer
the Jungla&fr any prlco I could pay , but Iho
other had rrrornwuck nnd agreed to stay with
mo.Voronnd , the elephant had gene
straight /lUilo the Junplo from tha
rnvtno , n.ndi n the soil wru rno'H from
a recent thWrm the tracker haa no dlfll-
culty in following him for about Ilvo mllci.
Then all dvittdncos of the trull were lost , nn
rooky ground. A. wild elephant moving
through u'jungld } generally leaves a plain
patii by bp yii lng and trampling. If In re-
trcnt lUoa'k'i .us if n troop of cavalry Imd
forced Its way along. TtiU fellow had moved
as cautiously us a deer , nnd no wlilto man
could ImvoV fpjlowcd him half n mile.
At the sjioVrWhoro the trail was lost tlicro
Witt nn Imtqonso outcrop of rock , and after
looking around for three hnurs without find
ing trace of footprints , 1 became heated nnd
exhnu .todnud sat down fora pull nt the
water bottle and n blto to cat. Tl.n trnckor
nlso rofrarkqd himself , and then , whilti I had
a smoKO , ho started off to search nuow on his
own account. Ho bad not been out of sight
moro than tlvo minutes when I hoard him
shriek. After running a dlstanco of 400 feet
I cnmo to a small dell or glade In ttio Jungle.
About the 'center of this lay the dead
body of my tracker. It could hard
ly ba called a b'ody It
tnthor n mass of pulp. There was no living
rhing In sight , but there were footprints to
provo thut the elephant hud been thcro.
"Tho Wicked" had bcon in ambush behind n
largo mass of rock. He had only fifteen feet
to ro to seize the unfortunate trac.kor , and ho
had made short work of him by trampling on
him. I ran through Iho foroit in several
directions , perfectly reckless of the probabil
ity thut the elephant was in ambush again ,
but I got no track or trace of him. Ha had
vanished as silently and swiftly as a startled
wolf.
I returned to my quarters fairly beaten and
to learn , two days later , that the elephant
had killed ono ot the British ofllcars the day
after killing my trnckor. Ho had ambushed
him in the same fashion and torn him limb
from limb. It had now become ut
terly impossible to hire native assist-
unco. At least no ono would consent
to bent up the Jungle with mo and I saw that
I must depend entirely upon my own re
sources or leave the Hold. In this emergency
I determined to moot "Tho Wicked" with
his own weapon trickery. For several
nights bo had not molestea any of the vil
lages , but during each diw ho had committed
some depredations. His last victim was a
woman und she was killed within two miles
of where I was stopping , She was working-
in a Held with a heavy fringe of bushes along
the north sldo. The clophant rushed out of
cover nnd killed tier with a blow of his trunk
and was gene before the husband , who was
working a)0 ) foot awayi got tno alarm.
Tnut nignt was dnrk and rainy and I hired
snmo of tbo natives to go with mo and prepare -
pare tbo plot. Wo dressed up n lay llguro to
represent a ryot's wife In the net of reaping
grain. Wo ulacod this about forty foot from
tho.bushes. . . Then nt tno oUgo of the bushes
and thirty feet away from a straight line to
the "dummy" wo dug u rifle pit deep enough
to hide me. Every care was taken to leave
nothing by which the elephant's suspicions
might bo aroused , and us soon as the natives
retired I wont to sleep , t neither hoped nor
looked for "Tho Wicked" to appear during
the night. If ho did then I should miss hav
ing a shot , and ho might Lwen flud mo as I
Mont and pull mo oat of tbo hole.
The night passed , without an alarm , and I
was awake when daylight came. I had an
English olopnant gun carrying a two ouuca
explosive ball , and I icnow that olopuaut was
my meat if ho appeared. I was well covered
In with busncd and , branches , but had peepholes -
holes tbrougbj which I could clearly survey
the Held. Itowus 9 o'clocK In tno morning
before anything , moved , and had I not been
watching "T | ojjVlckod" would bavo played
mo a sharp trjok , Ho came out of the edge
of the jungjo.ojusti whore I had hoped bo
would , but soquletly that but for seeing him
I could not ha.vQcredited ; his presence. Ho
covered the ground between the jungle nnd
Lhe lay ilitura uta swift puce , ana it was not
until lie seized tfio dummy that ho suspected
anything. Ho , tossed it sky high and wheeloa
, o go back , autul ) stood up and gave Him n
jail behind ttu ) tinulder. As bo received It
10 wheeled .aut ) started across the * grain
Hold , but I rollpa him over before ho had
gone ton yards < ( j
Tbo tricky qld beast was flood at last , and
10 had been , lu.ycd to destruction by one of
the simplest uplols over put in
against hiuut7Xchiid to walk around him
.lirco orour , tunes before I could realize ' .hat
jo fmu > fl.ctuajlyipoii ( downed.Indeed , until <
, hu mitivos began to gather and rejoice over
lis death I was afrajd that I had missed the
roguo" aud trapped some boast from iv
loar-by berd. Ho. wus soon fully identified ,
lowovl-r , as ho carried several marks by
which he was well known. For Instance , ho
lau a deep scar across his foruheuU whore
bullet hua furrowed tha tilde ; there was
another on tho'trunk , where u native had
once slushed him with a bie knife ; ho hud a
iccullar spot on his slue , aud , in brief , thora
vas no possibility of mistake. Tba gnvern-
mont. paid tbo reward without hesitation ,
ana it no sooner became known that the
ireadod scourge of the valley had mot his
ate than thu people began to return to
hpir homos , and the anniversary of the event
las for yrars bueu celebrated iu tbo district
as u holiday.
The Nl l t of 1'c.iro.
It was a bright moonlight night In Octo
ber , The pot'aim'mon trpe ulong the roadside
were heavy with fruit , just being touched by
the first frosts , and now and then we caugtit
the nattering footstoos of coon or 'possum on
the dry loaves under tbe forest trees.
There was war.in.tfin bountiful Sonunuoah
valley bitter war , with rough riders scout
ing the country to burn and plllago and add
still further burdens to the old men nnd
the women loft at homo.Vo knew this , und
yet as we rode softly ulontr Iho hiuhwny
growing up'to grass , and hoard the songs of
tbo crickets and the crius of the whippoor-
wlll , there was no bitterness in any man's
heart. It was n night so calm nnd gentle
that ono forgot his enemies and remembered
only his friends.
There was only a corporal's guonl of us
ane scort for the mail rider. As wo ciuno to
tha east nnd west road und halted u moment
to listen to thu barking of a watch dog afar
off , there sudacnly came to our ears the clut
ter ol a noise's feet coming west nt n gallop.
We drew bank into the shadow , dressed our
line and every man unslung bis carbine.
"Fire nt his horse if he refuses to halt , "
whispered the corporal , and tlio next minute
bo hud cried ' -Haiti" to tbo stranger.
The unknown pulled up so suddenly that
bis horse retired , whoulud about aud fell
down. Three ot us were off our horses In n
trice , and wbliu two advanced upon the
stranger tbo third caught bis steed as it
strtifgloJ up.
'It's u woman ! " exclaimed ono ot the mon ,
who had placed his hand upon her shoulder
before bo detected her sex.
So it was. She moved out of the shadow
cast by the branches of a roadside trno and
stood full In tbo moonlight. Wo drew nearer
and looked upon bar with wonder and ad
miration. bhc wus riot a wornun , but a girl
of 'M , handsome of face and trim of liguro ,
arid shu looked from man to man and uttered
never u word.Shu had been within our lines ;
she wns riding t'dtvaru those of Fitzhugii
Leo. A courier unjfbow a spy , almost with
out doubt. * &
Ami for \vliu t'sooineii five long minutes no
ono spoke , ThaKofV , white moonlight boomua
to compel siloneti ; ntie soncs of the crickets
weio songs of pciKfe'iiu thathlckols the whip.
poowill swelled "llUr'breustandlovitigly called
nor mate. At Uttlttth the corporal slowly
swung himself oil fit hU saddle. Ho was n
bronzed faced olUI > tK'hlcr of many battles.
Ho motioned ttvltuo man holding her horse
and the unlinal was led nearer. Then ho
knelt and held out'liU ' big , sunburned hand
for her dainty fritttb Shu placed It there and
vaulted to bor'Ueui we drew back and un
covered our houd | and with n nod of her
beau shn w'as olTCto atio west to find a clear
road to the enemy's linos.
"What mndo you'do ' it , corporal ! " I whis
pered , as wo rode on In silonco.
'Twus the wiltiot heaven ! " ho replied , as
ho uncovered hU&eud. "Todny wo had wur ;
tonight Ooa send 'UK peace 1"M.
M. Qirio.
Sioij | > omlyko' Troulilim.
Have I got a cough ( Do you think I'm an
omnibus und cuu't cougnl Well , of all too
oodgasted women I over a\v here I've *
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know If I'vo got a couuh. Now Mr * . Spoop-
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dealers handle their goods.
Girls need all tholr chnrrns to make mar
riage ) a success and should preserve them ,
The wedding of Miss Catherwood of San
Francisco nnd Ernest C. Montague of Now
York , February 4 , was tbo fashionable social
event ot the Golden Gato.
After they are married a man's idea of
comfort seems to bo the privilege of sitting
arouna in his shirt sleeves , und a woman's
is going without her corset.
"Typewriters' stub flngor" Is the latest
ailment on thu market , a'id tbo prettier the
girl who is the victim of it the greater prob
ability that an engagement ring will bs the
only cure.
Cora What ! you going to marry Fred
Hippie i Madge Yes. Cora \Vhynotlong
ago you said you would not marry "him if ho
were the last man in the world. Madge
Well , I'vo kept ray word. Ho isn't.
Five applications for licensor by Chinamen
who want to marry white women were
made to county clerks in California since
January I. None of tlio licenses were
granted , but two couples were married by
contract.
James Johnson , colored , who , it is said , is
10" years old. and his wife , Mrs. Sarah John-
bon , only nluo years younger than her hus
band , celebrated tbo soventy-lifth anniver
sary of their weddlug day In Richmond , Vu. ,
February 1.
Miss IeatiMngolow says she does not ap
prove of the women's rights theory und adds :
"Wo cannot ha\ro rigbts ana privileges , and
I prefer privileges. " Tbis is a very modest
nnd franlt conclusion , nnd If married ludius
could only bo persuaded to endorse It It
would rub a great many thorns from tbo rose
of matrimony.
No marrmgo contracted between an Ameri
can girl und a foreigner , says the Chicago
News , is likely to DO happier tlian a marriage
with one ot her countryman would bo. In
most cases s > uch ' 'international marriages"
nro , on tno contrary , decidedly less success-
fill than would bo the marital relations sbo
might form with an American ,
Old Goldbags So you want to marry mv
daughter ! Dodbroue That's what 1 said.
Old Goldbags "Wnll , of nil the impuduuco ]
She is rich , and you are poor ; she is young-
nnd haniHomo , nmi you are neither. Dod-
broke 1 admit that In money nnd ago and
loolisKlia bn the advantage of mo ; but Just
think what her people are !
Tin' engaxoinent U announced of Count
von Ktorstortt and Miss May Knowlton , the
pretty Brooklyn girl who won so much success
at Newport lust summer. It is said that tbo
young couple have been engaged for a year
past. The engagement is also announced of
Dr. Thomas L. Kane , a nophuw of EIHIm
Kent ICano , the arctic explorer , and Miss
Virginia Wright of Loko City , Mich , ; also of
Edward M. Townsend , Jr. , brother of Mrs ,
lAuzusto Montnnt , and Miss AliroGrconnugtl
of New York City , and of T. W. I'loruull.jr. ,
and Miss ft. D. Uotmison , both of New
York.
Miss Mattlo , daughter of Senator Mitchell
of Oregon , was married in Paris last Thurs
day to Duke do la Kochofoucauld. The bridal
dross was of Ivory satin , usrfeutly plain ,
edged with ornngo blossoms around the bottom
tom of the Hklrt. The corsage was made of
narrow pleats with ui empire sash of white
orange blossoms ; iho sleeves close lilting to
the olbowj. The neck was covered with old
point d'Alcncon lace , which Is nn heirloom
In thoLu Hovhofoucauld family , and which
fell over luo-ooisago jo the waist. Along
fnilio veil covered the enliro dross , belnir
fastened at iho top of thu head by a Henry
IV , coronet of orungo blossom * . The wed
ding pt'oaeiits Included a Una sable fur from
Itaron Hirdch , on ivory card caiu from Miss
McLano , u gold-handled pnrusol rnarkml
with ducal coronet and " .Multie11 from Count
fciulu , ulaco fan from Admiral Groor , u largo
stiver-mounted toilet mirror with iho Lu
Hofhofoucanld arms from iho countess do
Holinn , and n Ibvor'u knot In diamonds with
u spray of diamonds for tbe hair from the
countess dt > la Horhofcucauld , sister-in-law
of the duke.
t uuK floruit troaiKif.
About 30,000 women in Great- Britain nnd _ _
Ireland earn their living as hospital nurses ,
Max O'Hell's wife la an English woman
and was a very pretty spocliuon of the Dov-
cnstiiro dumpling.
Mrs , Potter Palmer is considered by mony
of her ndnilrors to ba tbo handsomest woman
iu tbe United Status.
Atitiio Bnsunt dovoiei her spare time to
coHcullng p > rccl * of warm clothing for the
working women's clubs ,
Typo-ivaUcr plrls are complaining that the
constant hammering of the keys gives them
stub ( Incurs. I < et them taper off from the
orcuputlpn.
Sir. Morell Mackenzie's daughter , Ethel
Mackenzie McICenna , hai raido on Interest-
tap nnmo lor hcrsell In newspaper work us
a writer of co respomlonce Ironi London.
Florence Niuhttngulo , tbo vencrablo here
inu of the C rununn war , Is BO exhausted by
an utuclt of tbe grippe that her condition is
reported as extremely crltio 1. She is about
72 years old.
There is a girl in Buffalo with a mania for
killing cats , who has slaughtered as many as
200 felines in three days. At least so the
Buffalo papers say , but it sounds like a clover
device for attracting settlers to too town.
Buffalo is blessed with a "lady under
taker , " who takes chars o of every detail of a
funeral , embalming th ? bodv , drapmir tbo
funeral apartments , furnishing the shroud
ana casket , chuirs aim oatviiiK'us , arranging
the ilowcrs , und purchasing the mourning
outllt for the entire family.
Tbo ladles' annex of the l.oa An coles cham
ber of commerce has applied for 40,000 square
feet of out door snaco at ttin Chicago fair and
proposes to erect"tboroon an ndooo biiiliHnnr.
The Notv York Society of Di'corativo Arts
has also made application for spitua for an ex
hibit of embroideries in the woman's dopnrt-
uient.
Mojeska is ono of the most scholarly
women of thostage. Besides being a tireless
student of Shakespeare , she is a constant
reader of his great contemporaries , und she
bos made und is still making a largo collec
tion of Elizabethan works. Besides all tbis
she speaks balf a dozen languages , including
some of the difficult tongues of Eastern
Europe.
Mrs. U. S. Orant. Mrs. Jefferson Davis ,
Mrs. ( jarficld , Mrs. Dornluif , Mrs. Eaton ,
Mrs. Edward Itaby , Mrs. Margaret Itottomo ,
Mrs. A. Roman Salus , Mrs. Jeremiah H.
Black and Mrs. John H. King are the ilrst
ten vlco proslrtouts elected by the United
States Daughters of 1612. Each lady has ac
cepted in a patriotic letter.
Last May n Philadelphia woman was so
badly burned that the process of skin-graft
ing became necessary. Since then her phy
sicians bavo successfully grafted 1,000 piece's
of skin on her , taken from other patients in
tbo hosmtul , ono of the physicians and her
husband. She is now discharged cured , a liv
ing illustration of the patriotic motto , "B
Pluribus Unum. "
Mrs. Low Wallace says that Plorenco
Nightingale wus n slender woman of graceful
llguro and grout dignity of mnuncr. She ox-
hibltod rumurkablu fortitude at all times , and
especially when present at surgical opera
tions. Once when the agonies ot a patient in
the hands of the surgeons put to Illght his
attendants Miss Niihtingnlo turned and ro-
oukea thorn , saying : " ( Jonio buck I Sunmo
on you as Chnstlunsl Shame on you us
women 1"
K'lto Isold's Washington : "Tlio Woman's
Ohrlstlnn Toniper.iiicu union are making
clitlnij of larro gains alt through Now Yoru
st-ito. "
"How so ? "
"Thoy siiy that none of the sheriffs liave
touched a 'drop' slucu tlio electrocution law
went liitogcner.il otVoct. "
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