Nebraska Newspapers

    18 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , APRIL 24. 1892-TWENTY PAGES.
M. Quad's Corner.
"THE ARIZONA KICKER. "
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Tint AMKNDK HOXOKAIIMI In our
last ISBUO wo tinted that Tom Jordan ,
proprietor of the Bald Kagla aiiloonliad
to leave Montana for gouginj ; ono Bill
White's right eye out in n anloon row.
Mr. Jordon called nt the office next day
and brought abundance of proof that wo
were mlBlnkon. It was not with Bill
Wlllo , but with Jim Davis , that ho had
n row , nnd it wits not Davis' right eye ,
but his loft , which was loft sparkling
in the sawdust after the fight was over.
It has always boon the policy of The
Kicker to state facts and facts only.
Doltitf satisfied that wo did Mr. Jordon
an injustice in our statement , wo hereby
make the amende honorable , as the
Now York dailies call It. Mr Jordon
not only subscribed to The Kicker , pay
ing a year In advance , but his attractive
ad vortisornont will bo found under the
head of saloons on another page.
A lJiiriMonday niortiliig , while
his honor the mayor ( who Is oursolf ) was
transacting olllclal business in his room
at the city hall , a Clinch Valley cowboy
named Joe Scott sent In word that ho
was on the public square propnrcd to
take nnd hold the town. In just thirteen
seconds after receiving the message , his
honor had buckled two revolvers about
Ills waist and was at the foot of the
stairs. Ills prompt rnspo use to the doll
rattled Scolt , who put spurs to his mule
and clattered out of town without firing
a shot. Ills honor got two shots at the
tlylng coward , ono of which passed
through his hat. but ho got away un
hurt , and people who mot him seven
miles out say that ho was still on the
gallop.
The Clinch Valley chaps might as
well quit their blurting and knock under.
They could scare the former mayor out
of his boots with ono war whoop , but
things have changed. The present
mayor ( who is oursolf ) doesn't scaro.am !
ho Is bound to run this town on the law
nna order principle if it necessitates
adding ton more acres to the graveyard.
IT DIDN'T ' TAKII When Prof. Wentworth -
worth Foster ciuno to us as the owner of
the only hall in town nnd wanted to en
gage it'to deliver his world renowned
lecture on "Tho Past and Future of
Egypt , " wo frnnklv told him that our
people would bo disappointed. When
iio approached us as editor of The
Kicker wo told him the same thing.
When ho came to us aa mayor for his
license wo reiterated our former obser
vations , but ho was self willed nnd ob-
Blina o. lie got out his paper and wont
ahead. The boys crowded in the hall at
a quarter a head , anticipating an exhi
bition of mummies and a boxing match
to wind up. Some oven figured , just as
wo had informed him tlioy would , that
ho would miss around a bottle of budge
( ! ,000 or 7,000 years old something dug
out from under ono of the pyramids.
Wo do not know where the professor
is located at this date. After the boys
got through tossing him in a blanket ho
disappeared in the direction of Poke
mountain , nnd perhaps ho is still mov
ing. Wo would say to all others of his
ilk , however , that this is a plain town ,
full of plain peopleWo like
to hoar of almost anything con
nected with the United States , from the
discovery by Columbus to tno investiga
tion by the pension department , but wo
don't go a cent on anything ever 500
years old happening in a foreign coun
try. Wo haven't got any pyramids
around hero nnd don't ' want any , and wo
run to the mule instead of the camel.
CIIANUKD His MIND. Our contompo-
ry is out with a scare head article in
forming the public that Captain Bill
Henderson hud stopped his subscription
to the Kicker because it did not satisfy
him as u newspaper. Our contempora
ry is oft" his base as usual. Wo lieard
that the captain had said that ho should
do so , and wo spent half n day looking
him up. lie wasn't live minutes in de
ciding to continue ns a paying subscrib
er. Wo don't deny that any ono has a
legal right to stop his copy of the Kicker
or any time ho so elects , but in every in
stance wo shall look him up and demand
an explanation.
PASSING THE GATEHAM.
There were gates to prevent passen
gers from gaining access to the trains
until they had passed the tickqt inspec
tors , and at ono of thorn was a colored
man wbo evidently realized the full dig
nity of his position. A lot of colored
people were going down to Montgomery ,
and pretty soon an old darKoy made u
move for the gato.
"Stand back , sah stand back ! "
shouted the gatomnn.
"What I stand back fur ? " queried the
old man.
"Kaso yo'r train hain't dun ready to
go yltl"
"IJut I want to git frow. "
" \V can't do it. "
"Does yo' own dia railrodo ? "
"No , sah ; but IV.o put at dis yore gate
to bo 'sponsiblo. Nobody kin 'pass 'till
do train is dun ready. ' '
'
"Yo's a powerful 'nigger , hain't yo' ? "
sneered the old man. " 'Sposin do boss
pf do railrodo should dun como along ? I
reckon yo' wouldn't ' stop him. "
"If do president of dis line should dun
cum alone,1' replied the gatoman , as ho
drew himself up , "I should say :
" 'Train ' '
hain't in yit.
' " "But l'/.o do president. '
, " 'Show yo'r ticket. '
' "But ! doan'thovlo. '
" 'Don yo' must bo identified by sum-
bodvl'
" 'Why , Billy , donn't yo' know me !
I'zo de man who gin yo' dis yore job at
fo'ty dollars a month , an who am gwino
to inako yo' a conductor next falll'
" 'Oh , yes ! I dun recognize yo' now ,
Mars Peters ! Pass on , sail pass onbut
doan' lot dis happen agin ! '
"Dat's what I'd Bay , ole man , " con
tinued the gatoman , as ho waved his
hand to tie ) anclont relic , "and now jo'
kin BOO what a clus call yo' hov Jind in
bucking up agin mol I 'Beusesyo' dls
tlmo lease yo' is ole and pore , but doan'
provocato any furdor diatingulBhcd dis-
latlafactlons onlcss yo' wants hoiuig o'
trubblo ! "
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" ? 1 PETRIFIED PRICES.
Wo were silting on tlio tavern veranda
after supper for a amolco , when an old
darky witli a crooked log came along
mid took oil his hat and Bald :
. "Gom'lon , I should like to ax yo' a
few nuoshuns , ploaso. "
Being told to go ahead , lie oamu up
the stops , bowed and scraped , and ob.
served :
"I lost my ole woman doorin do wah ,
an she was buried on do gravel ridge
obor yore 'bout two miles. I dun went
an dug up do body last week to put it in
a now place , an it was all paralyzed to
itun. "
' 'You mean petrified. "
"Dat'a it , sail. Took fo' men to git it
Rut.of do grave. Jest dun turned into
rock and looked as natornl as life.
Sootnod like I was dun talkiu to do ole
lady ngin. "
"Yea. "
"Sho WUB lylu dur on do graas wlion a
/oiler driv up in a wagiu un ofTorod ino
dvo dollars furdo body. Doyo' reckon it
was right to sell it ? "
"Well , that's according to your own
feelings. "
"Jest so. She was dun dc.-.d. "
"Yes. "
"An all turned to stun. "
"Yes. "
"An so I reckoned it wouldn't hurt
miflln. I got do money nnd do mnn uriv
olT , An now Undo Jason tells tno dat I
got cheated. Ho says a paralyzed body
am wuth $80. Kin yo' toll mo if dat's
soV"
"You ought to hnvo cot nt least S23. "
"Hut Don I was cheated ? "
' It looks that way. "
"Jest boat right outer $20 ! IIu I Wall ,
doy doan play tlat trick on mo ngln. 1'zo
got do market price now , nn I knows
what liggor to ask. "
"But Is . "
tbo body already gone.
"Yes , dnt body , but I dun buried two
odder wives and thruo lihillon on do
same gravel ridge , an when I git 'om
dug out doy is gwino to foloh market ,
quotti'jhuns or I'll tumble ; otn right back
in ngln ! "
MR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
There were three or four things on
Mr. Bowser's mind as ho came homo to
dinner the other evening. Sumo ono
had stolen his umbrella , and some one
must be blamed for it. IIu had snapped
a button oil his vest , and of course that
was Mrs. Bowser's fault. Ills shirt
bunched up around the neck , and someone
ono must bo hold responsible. In jump
ing elf the car ho broke a suspender , but
would that suspender have given way in
that manner if Mrs. Bowser had been at
tending to her domestic duties ?
Mr. Bowser began on dinner itself ,
intending to gradually load up to tlio
things. The beef was overdone , the
potatoes not properly mashed and ho
found fault with tno butter and cocoa
and everything else. Ho expected to
hoar Mrs. Bowser make execuses and
t'-y to soothe to him , bnt she had no
thing to say. Even when ho declared
that hn would go out and discharge the
cook if she didn't , she simply louknd at
him in a queer sort of a way instead of
answering :
"Mr. Bowsor , please bo a little patient
I know she is a poor stick of a girl , but I
hope to change her for abettor ono soon.
I am ashamed that you must sit down
to such a dinner iu your own house , and
I promise it shall not happen again. "
Mr. Bowsor confessed to himself that
it was surprising , but ho hadn't the re
motest idea that thu worm was about to
turn. For three long years ho hud hold
Mrs. Bowsor under his thumb , and ho
had come to look upon hoi * ns the most
docile of wives. Ho loft the table won
dering if she hadn't a sick' headache or
hadn't received a letter Vith bnd news ,
but after a few minutes , as she mtido no
excuses , ho inquired :
"Mrs. Bowsor , do you know whether
this shirt belongs to mo or to a man
eleven feet high who wears a No. 17 col
lar ? "
"No , sir ! " she promptly replied , as sbo
looked him full in the oycs.
"You you don't ! "
. "No , sir ! I put your shirts in a
drawer , just ns they cotno from the
laundry , and you change whenever you
want to. What's the matter with'tho
' " '
ono you have on'i"
"Matter ! Matter ! Why the infernal
thing has all climbed up around my
neck ! "
"Well , go and change it ; you've got
half a dozen in tno drawer. "
Mr. Bowsor had grown pale , as ho
stood up to say :
" hadn't rod from the
"I got a liouso
this morning when a button flow oil my
vest ! I suppose I've got half a dozen
vests in a drawer somewhere , haven't I !
' Do you imngino that I married you
to watch your vest outtons ! " demanded
Mrs. Bow'sor.
"W-what ! What's that ! " ho asked ,
growing paler still , and his eyes hang
ing out in surprise. "Mrs. Bowsor , no
wife should ever talk back to her hus
band ! "
"And no husband should make a
crank and a nuisance of himself ! " she
retorted.
"Crank ! Nuisancol" ho repeated , ns
if ho mistrusted his heurintr , and his
Knees growing so weak that ho had to
sit down. Foj half a minute the room
seemed to whirl around with him. Then
ho nulled himself together and said :
"Mrs. Bowsor , I do not want the gos
sip of a divorce suit , but it seems to mo
that"
"If you are dissatisfied , you can file a
bill tomorrow ! " she interrupted , with
an independent toss of her bond.
Ho sat and looked at her with open
mouth. Ho rubbed his eyes and looked
again , and ho wondered to himself if it
was ail a dream. His voice sounded
strange to his own oars as ho finally
said :
"Mrs. Bowser , it has always pained
mo to bo obliged to speak of the way
this house is run , but 11mvo felt it to bo
my duty as a husband to do"
"This house has boon run well enough
to suit mo ! " eho interrupted in icy tones.
"If it hadn't been , I should have got out
of it long ago ! Don't you like my man
agement , Mr. Bowfior ? "
Ilia face was as white ns Hour , and his
hair was trylifg to stand up , and lie
could only stare at her.
"Thoro are Boveral little things I
want to speak to you about , " she con
tinued , as slio reeked to and fro. "You
have no business poking your nose into
the kitclu'ii , for Instance. When I can't
oversee the help down there I'll give
you duo notice and lot you try your
hand. And I don't want this Kicking
and fault finding about the meals. Wo
buy enough and it is cooked well
enough for any family in our clrcum-
stances. If you don't ' agree with mo ,
then you'd botttr go to some high toned
hotel ! "
Was that Mrs. Bowsor sitting before
him the wlfo who had sometimes
darca to assort her opinion , but had
always "knuckled" when ho reminded
her that man was the superior being ,
"And another thing" she wont on in
a cold , calm way which fro/.o his blood
"I want a certain sum sot aside for mo
ouch week as a salary. As the case now
Bttindsl have to bog for every dollar I
got. While you have plenty of pin
money , I have nono. Your cigars alone
cost you $3 per week. I want $5 every
Saturday afternoon , and It will bo none
of your business how 1 spend it"
Mr. Bowsor came back to conscious
ness. Ho realized that the cusu called
for Irurola treatment and he stood up to
say :
"Mrs. Bowser , do you know that there
are private insane asylums in this state ?
Do you know that when a wife exhibits
such proofs of mental derangement , as
you have this evening that her husband
is morally and legally justified in"
' I know all about 'em , siri I could
hnvo you sent to ono of them before noon
tomorrow ! Sit down , Mr. Bowsor ! Now ,
about your ahirU , collars , culls and
Books. You buy 'om to please yourself.
If they don't suit after you got them
homo don't attempt to hold mo responsi
ble. Tlio next time I RO upstairs and
find a stiirt under the bed , a couple of
collars on a chair and Books and culTs
kicking around the floor they will re-
niair. right there until you pick them
up. I've got Bomothiiijf to do besides
follow you around nnd pick up after
you ! "
"Mrs. Bowsor , tomorrow morning I
loavo"
"Sit down , Mr. Bowser ! Tomorrow
morning you will bo right hero , the
same its now , except that you will start
out on u different policy. You are not
looking well this evening , nnd I would
suggest that you go to bed early. I've
had a headache all the afternoon , nnd
I'm going to retire and don't want to bo
disturbed , Good night , Mr. Bowser ! "
She rose up and sailed away and dis
appeared on the stairs , Mr. Bowsor
pinehcd his r'ght log to see whether ho
hud turned to stone or not. There was
no feeling , Ho reached up and pulled
his hah * . It appeared loose at the roots
and ready to "alind. " Ho looked around
the room to see whether it was his back
parlor or the man's next door. Every
object had a familiar looic. but about
Mrs. Bowsor what was the matter with
her ? Ho crept olT to bed on tiptoe , won
dering If brain fever always started in
this fimhion , and presently the Bowsor
mansion was shrouded in dnrknoss nnd
the grnvollko sllencn was interrupted
only when Mr , Bowsor ropcatud his
whHpored exclamation :
"By George ! but I cant believe it I
can't possibly boliovu it ! "
THREE EAGLE FEATHERS.
Wo were strung out on the crest of the
Litllo Hocky mountains , between the
Missouri and Milk rivers In northern
Montana. There were twenty-three of
us , all prospectors , and though wo know
Indians to bo about , them had been no
cause for alarm for a couple of d tys. It
was 3 o'clock In the afternoon , nnd some
of the men were wandering about , while
others rusted , when a volley was sud
denly lired at our backs that is , from
the oist. ; Not a man was hit , though
two had holes shot through their hats.
In ton seconds wo were all down and
ctawling among the bowlders to Iho
west , and iho smoke from iivo or six
rilles lloated upward and drove away ,
and wo had scon no further sign of the
presence of the rod men. Like ser
pents , ono by ono wo crept quietly until
it was sufo to stand up , anil then "Old
Dave , " us wo called him , whispered to
the main body to proceed along the
route to a spot ho described and await
his coming. Wo sank down be
hind a great bowlder the two of us
and presently wo were n'.onu.
It , was a summer afternoon with no
breeze stirring. Tlio mountain cricket
generally chirps by day as well as by
night , but the heat soumed to have
worried him at tills hour. Not a bird
How about not a living thing was honrd
to move. But for tbo bright sunshine
wo would hnvo thought ourselves buried
six foot under ground.
"Keep your oyea opon. Tlio varmints
will follow ! " whispered the old man and
wo begun watching and waiting.
five minutes ton fifteen ! Wo were
facing the east. The old man peered
out from the north side of the bowlder ,
I from the south. I did uol realize how
the suspense was affecting mo until ho
pulled mo back behind thu rock and
whispered :
"Consnrn yo , yor tooth are plnyin' a
tune , and thorn reds" kin hoar yo
brcathin' 200 foot away ! "
I put down my gun , gripped the rnck
with both hands and thus forced myself
into something like calmness. Wo had
bcon there fully twenty minutes when I
suddenly caught a glimpse nf something
moving among the rocks and bushes. I
looked again and ag.iln before I made
out that the object or objects were three
eaylo feathers worn as a plume in the
headdress of nn I tut inn. His ho ml and
and body were hidden from sight as ho
crept forward , but a little of each
feather could be seen.
I touched the old man with my loft
hand. Ho turned his face toward mo
and uttered a long "S-s-s-h ! " Ho had
made out the feathers before 1 did. and
already had his rillo up. The redskin
was no't advancing upon us , but heading
to the northwest , diagonally away from
us. He must have suspected that dan
ger lurked behind some of tlio bowlders ,
but there were so many that ho had to
take chances. Ho moved so slowly that
I was presently prcspiring and trembling
uudor thu strain. I could sen no ono
following him. and that scorned to prove
that lie had either volunteered as a
scout or that his companions had given
up und ho was pursuini ; us alone , goaded
on by the hope that ho might secure a
scalp.
The feathers were almost opposite us
to the north , and not ever forty feet
away when the Indian raised his head
for a look beyond him. As ho did so the
old man's rillo cracked and the head dis
appeared. There wasn't tlio slightest
movement not n sound save the report
of the rillo.
"He got it jist for'd of the car , and
never know what hurt him , " whispered
the guide.
Wo waited a long five minutes to s o
what might follow and then crept ever
to the spot , The warrior lay fiat on his
stomach , with his chin on a rock and his
arms stretched out in front of him , just
as ho had used them to pull Himself
alone. Ho had clinched his lingers , but
death had como so swiftly that hu had
not even straightened his logs. Wo
plucked the feathcrd from the beaded
piece of buckskin forming hiB headdress ,
secured the rillo lyini ; beside him and
crept n way and left the fast HtilToning
body to those who might como after
companions or vultures.
M. QUAD.
Spectacles , Dr. Culliiuorc , Boo building.
FUIMHUH Wiillx ,
The thousands of Americans who have
visited the quaint , old city of Nurem
berg , Germany , will regret to learn
that the aldermen have decided to remove -
move largo portions of the famous walls
with the turrets and towers surrounding
the ( indent town. Nuremberg , like
ether cities of the fatherland , has
grown rapidly Binco the Franco-Prussian
war , and the picturesque walls , it is
said , interfere materially with the Btreot
tralllo , Yet many tradesmen and
wealthy inhabitants of the place strongly
oppose the nlans of the aldermen , and
have determined to prevent tholr ex
ecution , if possible- They rightly say
that the old wnlls have boon the chief
attraction to the hosts of visitors to
Nuremberg , nnd fonr that their re
moval , oven in part , will cause many
travelers to erase the city from the
Hats of placoa of interest in their itiner
aries. All Germans have nn interest in
the walls of Nuremberg , as in no ether
German city liavo those relies of bygone
days boon preserved in tholr entirety ,
and people of all countries will regret
their destruction.
Boyd county has Its alraro of neighborhood
quarrels. Friday Levl Baker , the pouuius-
ter at Baker uostoftlco , wont to the house of
Hllus Bower , a farmer living olcht miles
north of Spencer , with , it is said , tbo avowed
Intoutlon of scokintr a quarrel with Bower
over school mailers. Bower ordered the
pURilUtiu postmaster to got hence , and in a
molco which eniucd stabbua Baker with a
pocket knife. Bower was taken before a
Just ice of tbo peace and hold to district court
la bonas of ( SOU.
POOR. PERSECUTED POLAND
Brutal Hirelings of the Cnr Oppress the
Afflicted Oountryt
FIENDISH TREATMENT OF THE JEWS
Uinprulinblo Outrage * of Common Occur-
rpiu-o Clvlllnni , Spurned by lli UrLtlilt
.Solillory A I'rofinlon of Hpnrlnui
rahicca unil Murk Old Toivrra.
CIIACOW , Gnllcla , Murch HO. [ Special to
Tin : Unn.1 If orlo "could first npproaob
Crucow from the north , filled with iho son-
timanlnl romnnco of'i'ollsh heroic momorloi
nnd have In mind c'tho Poland nnd Cracow
of that tlmo , wtionliPacow was tlio rosldotico
of Polish sovereign' ! 'a ' vlow of the undent
city would bo ono1 of great impressive-
nOSS.
nOSS.At any iMslnnce , 'f'h ' > m this direction , Iho
structural Rooming la ono of unimpaired
splendor. Its innnf" church spires , quaint
and huge-peaked roms , sniolous palaces nnd
dark old towers nro clmtorcJ in proat. profusion -
fusion around the ' \Vavol Hoclc , on which
stands the oastlo ofVmo'r ' , the former royal
palace of Poland. A't Hi base the dragon of
the cave , which noUomo hole may still ba
acun , was klllud by ICralc , the Cadmus of
Poland , At iho city's southern sldo can bo
scon the gloaming waters of the blue Vistula ,
which almost encircles the oldun town. The
splendid Vistula vale strotohos fair and far
boyond. And Iho southern horizon Is n
seriated odfco of mlHy blue where , ever
against sunny Hungary , rise iho peaks of
wild Tutra nnd Iho grand Carpathian raniro.
Hut splendid as is this lir.st seeming the
anclont city of kings , cathedrals and mil-
vorsittoi is now simply a t'orgoous shell ol
stone , swarming with a population the men
mUorablo nnd seemingly hopeless human
eyes ever behold. Tdo city once hold Irani
80,000 to 100,000 souls and was the commer
cial as well as royal capital of Poland. Us
desertion uud degradation reached nn appar
ent lowest ebb n quarter of a century slnco.
Subsequently Austrian reforms , and thogeu-
eral Improvement of the condition of the
Gallclan Polish peasantry , and especially the
stimulating effect of excellent development ,
in nuricultural and too mineral and petrole
um fields of Gallcia , reawakened some of its
old time commercial activity.
But this fell away again ns L-emberg
gradually became tbo commercial capital
of Gnlicln. Then came another influx of
population , but of so dolorous n sort that
Cracow's present mcre.Hcd housing of hu
mans is certainly Iho most painfully and
pathetically abhorrent in all Europe. The
city is not mo ro ibtui ten KnulL-.li miles from
the Knsslan Ironlier , During nil the un-
spcakubly cruel persecutions of Russian
Polish Jews which have Indignantly ihrilled
iho civilized world during the past few yours ,
Cracow lias received and succored a greater
number of these hilpio-s ! relugoos than any
other single European city.
So near is Ihu city to thu Russian frontier
that every week , often nearly every day , wit
nesses processions of these outcast ) given
speed across the border by tbo imnetus ot
threatened Knout nnu lash , and thu oven
moro goading fear of'aclual murder , [ n ISiM
1 saw with bursting nnd mutinous heart the
God-forsaken folk of my own race as they
were driven from Atlanta , wUlo their homes
were burncJ behind them. Hut , revolting as
was tnat brutal sccuo of so-called "military
necessity , " it , could not bo compared with
what is of such common occurrence hero that
it attracts no further comment or attention.
Two great objects of interest will bo found
before you enter tbo city. To the uortb is
ono of the most gigitntic embattled fortresses ,
inEurope. . Au.ytrla.tma alwius. , ) a.'incdtlh.ii >
this was for usu as a frontier fortress in the
event of Russian hostilities. As nearly 1UOO
spies in citizen's clothing are said 10 bo still
in lisa in Cracow nnd the immediate vicinity ,
the Polish peasantry prefer to believe it was
built'and manned lor tbo purposes of awe
and effectual subjugation.
In any event it , forms a threatening answer
to a still greater monument to notional feel
ing which may bo found but thrco miles dis
tant upon the eminence of Brownislawa.
This is the colossal Kcseiusuo mound.
Over in Ireland , the humble peasantry ,
loyal in their memories for even legendary
hero or saint , when passing the spot where
the body fell or was , [ interred , cast pebbles
upon iho grave nnd jmurmer prayers for iho
repose of the soul. A "iniihir national
Polish adoration of , the bravo nnd tha good ,
has resulted in this most curious memorial
mound in Christendom. It is 150 feet high
and is principally formed of earth , brought
in sacks and barrow loads with InlinUo loll
from all the battle llelds famous In Polish
history. Grim nnd trairic Is Iho satire upon
this sacred heart-built memorial , on the part
of relentless power. When it was nicely
completed , the Austrian ? lound it nn ex
cellent pedestal for ono of the lingo detached
forts with which they proceeded to surround
Cracow in a live ratio circle.
The outer walls of tbo city itself are very
Inteiostmg nnd massive. They will ramlnd
you of the tremendous walls of old
r-Jouromberg , down in Uavuria , They nro
quite as hish and thick , but are varied at in
tervals with surmounting towers , both
square and round , of immense thickness -
ness and great height wilh most nlcturosquo
minarottod roofs. The gateways are qulto ns
remarkable as tbo.soju Malta , und nro given
great additional quafflt Rbarm by their curi
ous old shrines. Those are very ancient ; In
deed so old that tbo curving of the ( lorituro
nnd images uro almost wholly defaced , From
this fact ( done they scorn to attract tlio great
est number of worshipers ; and on many oc
casions I have buon scarcely able to pass be
neath these huge arches o'.vlng to the crowds
packed like panicky Mieep upon tholr knees
against the shrines.
Hound about and within the old city nl
this season of tbo year , Just as the follago is
beginning to uhow along iho banks of the
Vistula ami among the gigantic trees of the
itnclnnt promenades , a casual glance give ; *
the impression of serenity mid even bright
ness , One fools its though quiet and satutlud
content must reign within and without , Hut
oncu Insldo the mussivo gatownys , the heart
ulcltons at what the eyes continually behold ,
holdlors nro everywhere. Gay in their
rich trappings tlioy spurn their follow civil
ians ns though they were beasts.Voro 1
ono of those human animals beneath them I
would surely naswor their insults with dy-
nnmlto or moUnlto ; and ouo has only to move
about these streets nn hour to undorJtnnd
nnd Condone the awful revenges the goaded
humans of some of thcsu old-world hives nro
tnlclnir upon their oppressors. No Polish
lowly woman can walk the streets without
beastly Insult. No Jewish maiden U safe In
her own doorway from Uioso uniformed Jack
als , 1 have witnessed outrages by the Aus
trian military without number too unspeak
ably horrible to bo nut In print. They nro so
common , tholr victms | are so hululuis , the
slavlshness of their powerlessness U so hope
less for change , or attention , or Jusilce , that
tlu'lr tormentors have ovori ceased to amilo
nt their owu davilUh ingenuityof outrage.
Some of thaso things cannot bo repeated.
Hero nro u few Instances of simple brutality
out of scores I have mvsolf witnessed in
Cracow. A landlord , offended by the awk
wardness of a Polish servant , struck him In
the face with a carving steel , breaking all
bis front teolh. The guests laughed aloud
nnd the victim was * directed to wash the
blood from his mouth und continue serving
the tablo. At ono of the gateways n noble
man was being drlyon Into tbo city. The
kneeling crowd praying before the sbrluo not
moving rapidly enough to suit him , the driver
was ordered to ride pver them , which he did.
bruising anu Injuring many youths and
' ' '
women , ' ,
A detachment of 'Austrian cavalry leaving
the city for cfmngo of patrol at the
Hussion frontier , jbn arriving at the Cloth
hall on the mnrkqt place , w < somewhat an
noyed by the /roijzloJ movement of the
peasant ninrkotoipn in tholr efforts to
got out of the way..An ofllccr whoso horse
shied from cont4 < 5tSvilh ; o rustic carrying
some fowls slunrflpvor hU shoulder la wli'.ow '
cages , drew hurif&bro and with a bavago
overhead cut severed two fingers from iho
defenceless maiW head. Apparently it
would have boqn qulio iho sumo bad the
man's tioml followed his lingers.
As though this \vcro not sufllclont Infamy ,
n foot , soldier standing near , after an humbla
salute to Ihu brave ofUrcr , ptcUod the dls-
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PALSli WE ONLY glvo value for
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manship. Twenty-two years experience
in the business lias taught us that it
pays to do so.
Ladies
Yon wish assistance In se
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ns will always plonso you. Not an easy
taskV0 offer you the assistance. Our
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our goods moot every demand , our priV
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TIIH ONLY WALL PAPI3U HOUSE.
Henry Lehmann ,
16O8 Douglas St
Oilr Experience Oilr Interest.
Yoilr Experience Yoifr Interest
severed fingers from the street nnd tossed
thorn , as though they had uccn llnKs of sausage -
sago , to a bjvy of hnlf-fatnishad dogs s'nrink-
ing und snarling boncalh a Hungarian Gipsy
cart standing near , and tliObO animals de
voured thorn alter nearly devouring each
ether in battle over these unusual and de
licious morsels.
The treatment of the Polish Jews is in-
describablv dreadful. Truly a majority of
these here form u loathso'no lot. Hut they
are victims of misfortune. No .Tow Is by
nature slothful or vilo. All Jews are active ,
putiont , vigorous and brave in all till 111:3
tundine to self sustenance. Those of Cracow
are mainly helpless victims of Husslan per
secution , bo many have made their ways
into all nv9nues of business that by very
fnrco of number * and desperation of situa
tion they swarm like wolves around every
opportunity of the slightest gain. Hut thou
sands upon thousands oxlst in a condition of
such awful want , starvation and misery.thnt
it would seem la any place where a God was
owned , some touch of human consideration
und pity might lind expression. You can
not tind it in Cracow. They are beaten from
ucforo soldiers nnd officials with staves. Po-
licodisperse bogging crowds withswotds ,
striking rignt and loft and wounding pro-
imscously.
Those otgcritlo ( I ) blood loom to bavo ac
quired the right to avorige all Poland's
national wrongs on thcso luckless humans. I
bavo soon llttlo girls.not yet in their Icons
striuo them apparently ns more diversion.
The aristocracy from highest to lowest con
sider it no c.rimo to chastlso thorn openly and
unrescnlodly on any pretext of offenco. The
very next morning after my arrival hero , I
saw a half naked .lowlsh child buing'carrlud
along with a broken log daunting from its
body. It had umuspii some lordlmg or
olllcial in u carriage before which the llttlo
ono bad bogged , to ride ever it. 1 had .somo
respect for Polish character , gained , I will
admit , from Polish history , before 1 came to
Cracow.
Whatever the Polisb nrlstocracy have been
In the past , tlioy are brutes beyond the
limits of human languaso , to reveal In then-
treatment of inferiors nnd especially of these
Jewish wretches of inisfortuno nnd misery.
And for my part I can sco no altar , or shrine ,
or crucifix or vicar of God in this ancient
city without loathing emblem , place and
prlost where such inhuman hearts can worse
than murder nnd ndoro.
My guido through the ghastly shell of a
civilized city was" secured through incident
of infnultbus " brutality , trilling Indeea for
Carcow" . but still illustrative of its genial
and Kindly atmosphere. 1 had truly beenun-
bcarnblcly post red by a bordo of Jews irom
money changers down to the most repulsive
of beggars , ana finally conceived the plan of
arraying myself In the most Polish and least
expensive of attire.
It proved a successful device. In tills rai
ment I had visited the Talra mountains , and
had returned to Cracow so torn by brushwood
and bespattered by mud of tbo highways
that I was free to enjoy the city from the
no'.hor side of aspect , it was a rellof , too ,
from strain upon ooth temper and puise.
In this hubilamont and attitude f was
standing before n baker's window interested
In an odd lorm of bread which IK fashioned
and tmlietl In un excellent imitation of a
crown of thon.s. much used during the
Lenten period In Gnlida. Another slill more
dolorous object than myself stood buforo the
window. It was a Polish Jew , ragged ,
wasted , wnn and old. I hnvo scon longing
nnd hunger on as many fates us has any
other ouo who llv > 's ; but ! never before saw
both so pathetic and luriiblaas in this one
white faco.
At this moment a bevy of soUlors clanked
uv. liotli myself mm thn undent Jew stood
nt the edge of thn pavement , qulto out of
their lordly way. Hoiiiotlilng In the old innn'H
face attracted tha soldiers' attention us well
as my own. Some turned , glanced and
cursed. One said with nn oath :
"Ho will draw the leaves the window
through with that nose ! "
"If the loaf ( crown of thorns ) was his
belly therein , it should cut with blood tils
paunch ihrouvh , " sneered another.
"Ach , Gott ! " shoutvd the bravest of them
all , as ho sprang to the old man's slilo in a
soumlng froiigy of rnge. I foircd ! ui wuuld
atriKu bun down. Hu' ho did not. Ho only
spat in his face and called him a "Jow dog1"
"Knrtb-roti" and namoi beastlier Gtill.
Then they turned and wont merrily away.
And It is true that this poor old mun , for
fear of his life us ho afterwards told mo , dnro
not attempt to remove tha froth foulness
from his fnco until these Christum soldiery
had turneu into the marketplace. Hut I had
done it for him before that.
1 then led him into the baker's , and then
Into a cufn , und then Into a wino shop , unit
Christian mnnoy never dla quicker or more
direct missionary work than 011 that morning
when , God knows , for tbo first and only tlmo
In rnv Ufa I longou to bo a Itothschild.
This poor stranded old human had bcon a
Jowlsh toachcr In n not remote Russian
village , and had boon knouted out of his
homo by Cossacks , his fnoblo wlfo perishing
in tno Illght from fright and fatiguo. Ho
had got as for as Cracow. That , as with
thousands upon tbouunnds more , was to bo
bis living grave uudor conditions of misery
and outrage moro uwful than thoio which
once made Infamous the nntno of religion in
Madrid , Nouramborg or Balom--unless the
llttlo I spared him could got him to kinfolk
in Horllo.
Ho showed mo tbo appaling aconoj among
tne Jews m Caslmiorz , tha Jowlih quarter.
M hen. scholar that ho was , ho told mo ono by
ono the legends gray and dun of Iho crumb
ling Zamou ; pointed out iho solid silver
shrine of St. Stanislaus with its supporting
the Flemish brasses above the tomb
2Q OZS. FOR 2SG-
ABSOLUTELY PURE. JUST TRY IT.
PAXTON & GALLAGHER , OmahaNelb
of the cardinal-bishop , son of Casirnir , king
of Poland , and all the graven treasures and
wonders of the sixteen uhapols in the grout ,
cathedral ; led the way to the university
with its Btatuo of Corpofnicus , who was once
professor there , ana brought mo to the
scbaUkdmmer to view the Polish recalia and
the aa/zling m'iss ' robes of olJ. But , tbo
human grave yard stlilos mo. The white
face of this ono old man stnnds botwcon mo
and Poland's ancient nity of kings , shutting
out all else but , the unspeakable miseries of
his kino. And I leave Cracow with a sick
and heavy heart. UDCUH L. WAKKMAN.
Dlstlngnlcilied Hook CaimiHicrn.
_ Napoleon Bonaparte , when a poor
lieutenant , took the agency for n work
'
entitled "L'Historio do la 'Revolution. "
In the foyer of the great palace of the
Louvre can be seen today the Kl'cat em
peror's canvassing outfit with the long
list of subscribers ho secured.
George Washington , when youngcnn-
vutised around Alexandria , Va. , and sold
ever " 00 copies of a worlc entitled "fiy-
dcil's American Savngo. "
Mark Twain was a book agent.
Longfellow sold books by subscription.
.lay Gould , when starting In life , was
a canvasser.
Daniel Webster paid his second term's
tuition at Dartmouth by handling "Do
Toeqnovillo's America' ' in Morrimno
county , Now Hampshire.
General U. S. Grant canvassed for
' ' ' "
'Irving's Columbus.
lUithorford U. Ilayos canvassed for
"Baxter's Saints' Host. "
.lames G. Blnino began lifo as a can
vasser for a 'Mjifo of Henry Clay , "
Bismarck , when at Heidelberg , Bpent
a vacation canvassing for ono of Bluinon-
bach's handbooks.
Uov. Charles ! ' . Weston , who had Just
been called to the pustoruto of the Baptist
church at SprinntU'ld , died Monday. IIu
reached Springfield April U nnd was at oiio0
taken sick. Ho was nbout TO years of ugo
and unmarried , and had about $ ' .IUO in notes
and SIB In cash In his posoessioa when ho
died.
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