" 1 * j-t > THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY MAY 11 , 1805.
PIRATE TREASURE
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Captain Edward England and the Treasures
He Did Not Win ,
HOWARD PYUE.
' " ' " ( Copyrighted , 1S35. )
One of the most notable pirates of his
Cay was Captain Edward Knglaml. Ho nour
ished toward the close of the hey-day of
piracy , that Is , some tlmo along In 1722 nr
1723.
1723.Hy this tlmo the West Indie ! had ceased
to bo the great treasure house of the world.
The power of Spain was wanlng and pass
ing away. No longer did great treasure
ships laden with gold and silver plate sail
from the towns of Carthagena and Vera.Cruz
and Panama , carrying their precious freightage -
ago from the new world to the old. Spain
became too poor and too weak to hold fast
to the western world , which slipped little by
llttlo from her grasp. The mine" of Peru
and Colombia became abandoned , and the
forest paths along which treasure-laden
tnulo trains need to pass soon became over
run with denno tropical growths.
Hut as the West Indies became poorer nnd
poorer , the East Indies became richer and
richer. Now the stream of commerce passed
' from west to east and from east to west ,
around the Cape of Good Hope from Europe
to the East Indies and from the East Indies
to Europe.
For centuries and centuries the far distant
east India , Persia , China and all the nations
of the far orient hod been nations within
themselves. Whatever treasure had been
brought Into them had been accumulated ,
until certain rajahs , princes and nobles , bankers -
, ers and merchants In such cities as Calcutta
and Bombay held sometimes Inestimable
wealth , chiefly In Jewels and precious stones.
As this east began to open to the west ,
as Europe began sending her merchandise
her woolen and cotton goods and manu
factured wares to that far away land , bring
ing back those treasures which had there
been accumulated , all the tide of commerce
began to ebb away from the western world ,
flowing toward the far away East Indies.
Every ono who went there grew enormously
rich In a short lime , amassing In a few years
huge fortunes which would have taken them
generations to gather at home. Those for
tunes they brought back to their native
land to spend. Ships which went thither
laden with bales of goods and chests of mer
chandise , came back ladetf with other treas
ures of silver and gold and Jewels ; nil this
great stream of wealth coming and going ,
flowing from every point of the European
world , condensing along the eastern coast ol
Africa , passing up and down between Mada
gascar and the mainland and between the
Islands to the northeast Junana , Monllla , the
Mauritius and others. So It was now th <
Indian ocean nnd not the West Indies thai
warmed with pirates , their ships numberec
by hundreds and their men by thousands.
These prairies found Just such shelter In thi
Island of Madagascar , In the Mauritius , It
Junana and Monllla , as they had ono tlmi
found In the West Indies ; and In the om
place as In the other cunning merchants
Jews and evil men and women grew rlcl
upon the bloody spoils of their wickedness.
lint It Is a curious fact that those pirates
though they preyed upon tno commerce o
( ho East Indies , still continued to fit out ! i
the western world. The Island of Provldenc
In the West IndleJ was especially a resor
| or them. There they provisioned thel
Ihlps , enlisted the crews , armed Ihemsplve
with guns and cannons and sailed away t
. Africa.
( f.
! > Captain Edward England win , In thu be
ginning , an honest man , the master nf
( loop that , sailing out of Jamaica , was take
by a pirate named Winter. It was only ofte
this that ho really turned pirate perhaps h
thought that an the law had not taken car
of him It did not behoove him especially t
take care of the Inw. .
At any rate , utter the captnr ? of hh lit
Us vesbcl. ho drifted to the Island of Provl
dcnco ami thence , after a little while , taile
In commend of a plrato sloop of his uw
which went openly to cruise In 'ho Eae
Indies. lie sailed directly for the coast c
Africa , capturing between the \Vost Indie
nnd t'ie It-Und of Madagascar 1:0 loss tua
twelve prill- * ships , fiUllcys , brlgantlnci
ecows nnd sloops. Some of tlirss pr'/.t '
were vnry rich , and England m'ut ' hcv
gained a great booty even before he reache
his destinat on.
Ono of the largest and most powerful t
these vessels which he captured a ship-
he refitted Mid nrmed with canmn , callln
It after Blackboard's famous pirate shli
MAROONED.
"Queen Annc-'s Tlevcnge. " In this vessc
nnd with another ho cruised abvu the In
dlan ocean for over six months , coaitln
along the ihorcs of India , capiurlng peace
tul merchantmen , burning and dcstroyln
nnd cairylng devastation , everywherNoi
nnd apsln lit returned to Madagascar to red
his voitel and allow his men to upend thel
money as the pirates always did , In wll
debauchery. Then to sea he would go agalr
nnd again the smoke from burning ship
would rlsG to the sky.
Captain England himself seemed alway
to have looked forward to some tlmo end
Ing his pirate life , "after he had earned hi
fortune , " In comparative peace and qulctnet
at home , lie never did earn It how h
misted It shall bo told.
Hut first It must be told about the famou
fight between his two vessels and the Has
India company's bhlp Cassandra , In the hat
bor of Junana , In which after two or tbrc
hours' battle Captain England captured th
East Indlaman and her great and valuabl
r-irgj. For aftnr this one battle h { thowe
That one "ge&iir ! of * mercy , Ufa ! ofi'a spar !
of generosity by which , ho missed that rea
fortune which lib had always hoped to nl [ '
t un. "
I . The commander ot the Cassandra was one
Captain Mackra , who has preserved an ac
count of this battle In a letter written t
the linst India company In the year 1720.
"Captain Mackra , " says ho , "had put Int
tbo bay of Junana to refresh his men , find
Ing In the harbor two other vc els , the fhl
Greenwich , commanded by Captain Klrby-
n vessel ot some COO or 700 tons burden , an
well armed Ostender vessel , also largo an
powerful. "
"About 8 o'clock In the mojnlnc of th
17th of August Captain Mackra says that h
discovered two chip * standing Into the ba ;
of Junana , one , ho nays , ot thirty-four am
tbo other of thirty gutu. They were th
two plratu crafts under the command ol Cap
tain Knislnnd , There was no wind In tin
harbor nnd BO the pirates were able to xtani
la through the pas e and to come up to thi
VI
battloe In all the chronicle * of pirate war
a battle which the Cassandra had to fight
alone. For the Greenwich and Ostender ,
finding that the aim of the pirates was to
capture the richer Bait Indies , made haste
to escape , running away like the cowards that
they were and leaving the Cassandra to fight
and to sutler alone.
The battle between the two pirate vessels
and the Cassandra lasted , with varying suc
cess , until 4 o'clock In the afternoon , "when , "
as Captain Mackra cays In his letter , "most
of the officers and men posted on the quarter
deck being killed and wounded , the largest
ship making up to us with all diligence , beIng -
Ing still within a cable's length of ti. , and
often giving us a broadside. There being
now no hopes of Captain Klrby coming to
our assistance we ran the Cassandra ashore.
Here , " says he , "wo had a more violent en
gagement linn before. It lasted until 5
o'clock In the evening , by which time ,
many of the men being killed and wounded
and no one hoping of escaping being all mur
dered by enraged barbarous conquerors , I
ordered all that cculd to get Into the long boat
under cover of the smoke of our guns , so
that what eome did with boats and others with
swimming most of us were able to get ashore
by 7 o'clock. "
Such was the fierce and bloody battle In
which the Cassandra was lost. And now
comes Captain England's one gleam of gen
erosity that cost him so dearly.
The crow of the Cassandra had been unable -
able to escape to the king's town , which lay
Eome twenty-five miles away up the coast.
Thence Captain Mackra wrote a letter to
Captain England asking for a conference ,
and finally obtained from the pirate com
mander a permit to como aboard his vessel
and a promise that no harm should' ' be done
to him. Takng his life Into his own hands
Captain Mackra went boldly Into the nest
of the pirates ? and by dint of persuasion or
argument or threats he Induced Captain Eng
land not only to make him a present of the
plrato ship , that had been very much shat
tered in the late engagement , and also to
return to him 129 bales of the company's
cloth , "though , " as Captain Mackra adds ,
"they would not give me a rag of my own
clothes. " With the crippled vessel that
England had given him Captain Mackra
made the best of his way to Bombay with
his crow , his wounded passengers and the
goods that -England had returned to him.
Uut behind him he left dissension and tur
bulence among the pirates. Maybe they
might have1 forgiven Captain England for
sparing Captain Mackra's life but to return
all those bales of goods that was paying
too dearly for generosity !
Mutiny began to grow among them and at
last some of the ringleaders suggested that
the pirate -captain was currying favor with
the East InJla company in the hopes of gain
ing a pardon for himself. So the mutiny
fermented and fermented , until finally It
broke out' Into open violence and Captain
England waa marooned with three others
upon the island of Mauritius , "from which
place , " pirate history tells us , "he and his
companions , having made a little boat of old 1
staves and pieces of deal , left and went over
to Madagascar , where they subsist at pres
ent upon the charity of some of their breth
ren who had made better provision for them
selves than they had done. "
So Captain Edward England , by being
merciful and generous for Just once In his
life , lost even the fortune which he had
For even If he had been satisfied with whal
ho had already earned he would probablj
have been rich for a ship captain of thai
day , for there Is a story about his crew
after they had marooned him , that they , ai
they were about to leave a friendly port
where they were entertained , madi
the governor thereof a present of some 601
or 700 , gave him three cheers , a salute o
eleven guns each chip and threw ducatooni
Into his boat by the handsful for the men t <
scramble for. So that already the wealtl
of this lot of pirates must have been vcr ;
great.
Dut this was not the fortune that Captali
Eiward England missed ; It was a far greate
sum than any he had had the luck to taki
and which js yet to be told of.
Wtthjn la month or two after they hat
marooncU Captain England his late crew
coming * Into' the harbor of the Island o
Maccarlrte , found a Portuguese ehlp of sevent ;
tons at anchor. They Immediately came ui
to nnd attacked her In the open harbor , and
after a little resistance , bombarded her , drlv
Ing her crew down below , shooting , kllllni
and murdering right and left.
"And a glorious prize she was , " says th
historian , "having the Coude de Erlcclra
viceroy of Goa , and several others passenger
ot note on board and a treasure that , In th
single article of diamonds , was valued at be ,
twcen $3,000,000 end $4,000,000. "
Ths was the fortune that Captain El-wan
England'missed. . If ho had only not bee ;
so merciful and generous !
"When the pirates , " says the historian
"divided this treasure among themselves
each of the common sailors had for his shar
forty-two diamonds a man , or In less pro
portion , according to the magnitude of th
gems. jAn Ignorant or a merry fellow , " h
adds , "who had only one diamond In hi
dlvlslonr-thut a great big gem ot oxcesslv
value-Mvbht and broke It In a mortar , swear
Ing afterwards that ho had a better shar
than nny 'of the others , for ho had beat II
he said. Into , forty-lhree sparks. Having s
made their fortune' , " the historian continue *
"and , not choosing to run the hazard of thel
necks , these men , each with forty-two dla
mondii , beside other treasure In his posses
slon , knocked off , some staying with thel
old acquaintances In Madagascar , ( ho res
sailing away to the West Indies , where al
their priceless treasure which was EO hardl ;
come by WHS quickly spent In a few month
Of debauchery. "
As for Captain England , he existed along 1
a state Of poverty , and finally , It Is sale
died of yellow fever at New Orleans.
I have often wondered If ho wished that h
had not been so merciful to Captain Mackr
and th'at he had not been so generous as t
give him b.ick a part of his West India good
that ho , had captured In the Cassandra , fo
bccauso" of. 'that ono llttlo spark of mere ;
and generosity In all of his wlckcJ lite h
missed one ot the greatest prizes ever take :
by any pirate.
Didn't Mlnil the rim.
"Tho coolest man I ever saw , " said a vet
cran fireman to the New York Sun , "I me
nt a fire In a dwelling house. We found hlr
In nnipstalrs front room dressing to g
out. The lire by this lime was b'illn' u ]
through the house at a great rate.
" 'Hello , there ! ' we hollered to him whei
wo looked In at the door , 'the house 1
afire ! '
" 'Would It disturb you If I should remali
while you are putting It out ? ' he said , llftlni
the comb from his hair and looking arouni
at us , Ho had on a low waistcoat , and hi
dress cost lay across a chair.
"Seeing us staring at him , he dropped hi
comb Into his hair again and went on comb
Ing. But as a matter ot fact , ho was abou
ready. He put down the' comb , put on hi
3 coat and hat , and picked up his overcoat ,
I- " 'Now I'm ready , gentlemen , ' he said.
Is "Wo started , but the stairway had no\
been closed up by fire. We turned to th
windows. The boya had got a ladder up 01
the front ot the house.
" 'Now , then,1 wo tald to him , when w
came to the window.
" 'After you , gentlemen , ' ho said , standlni
back , and I'm darned It wo didn't have to g <
dov.'n the ladder first and let htm come las ( , '
d Another Tutiiiiirfr luVitilift } .
ft Chicago Tribune : "The growth of a fev
t tiny rootleta , " observed the teacher of th
' botany clasi. "has been known to lift >
heavy rock from Its place , and the root of i
tree growing nut under a stone sidewalk wll
somottmea push It up and break It. Othe
cases of a like nature showing the stroni
uplifting power of vegetable growth have oc
curred , I doubt not , within your own ob
serration. Is It tot so ? "
"Ves'm , " said the boy with the fadei
hair , "I've heard my paw eay his lai
year's corn crop lifted a mortgage oft hi
furra. "
. Prlnea Hlsmarck recelvnl a large delega
lion of teachers at Frledrelchsruh recently
representing the higher Prussian schools. Ii
hli speech he referred to the Influence o :
women on the national development , anc
called thin In ence an Important mark o
progress. Fifty ycari ago , he tald , such In
fiuinco was unknown. Now Germai
I mothers to er the national feeling amqnf
fit RE SlLrSll FALLACIES.
II.
This brings us to the question as to
whether a government , by coining a metal , ,
can give Its value. Those believing In the
free coinage ot silver cay bccauso silver was
demonetized In 1873 that by reason ot that
act silver began to go down. The most
that can be said In answer to the question ,
first , Is a dental that the act of 1873 de
monetized diver.
To demonetize a metal Is to refuse by act
ot law to stamp It and to make of It a cer-
tan standard for the uses of trade. This
was not done In 1873. By the act of that
year any owner of sliver bullion could have
the same coined Into trade dollars of 420
grains troy ( section 3520) ) . The coinage of
the standard silver dollar of 412 grains troy
was prohibited by this act ( section 3516) ) ,
and alt silver coins were a legal
tondcr In any amount not exceed
Ing $5 In any ono payment. Under
the Bland-Allison act ot 1878 , passed over
the president's veto , the government was
authorized to purchase not less than (2,000-
000 nor moro than $4,000,000 of silver bullion
per month at the market price and have the
same coined Into dollars of 412 grains troy
each and legal tender In any amount unless
otherwise stipulated.
The Sherman act of July 14 , 1890 , required
the secretary of the treasury to purcha.se
4,000,000 ounces of silver bullion per month
at the market price and pay therefor In treas
ury notes , which were reJeemablo on de
mand In coin , and reissued when redeemed ,
The holder of these notes would at once re
deem them In gold , Inasmuch as the govern
ment In the same act was pledged to main
tain the parity of our dollars. Any one
can see what a snap the silver bullion owner
had under the declining prices of silver
under tnls act. A limit was only placcJ on
the quantity \vhlch should be bought by the
government , and , as Is well known , until
the repeal of the Sherman act large quanti
ties of silver had to purchased by the
government every month , The "government ,
for the purpose of protecting Itself In not
coining a metal which was on the down
grade , and In order to save Itself from loss
by reason of Its yearly depreciation , found
Itself compelled , unless It desired to assume
a large deficit , to stop the purchasing of
such a metal for the rtason that after It had
once placed Its stamp upon the same It
pledged Its cr dlt to the ultimate redemption
of the dollar at a full 100 'cfcnts value. So
that the mlno owner'obtaljiq'd from the gov
ernment $1,000,000 In * colhbiotcs ) for $1,000-
000 In silver ( less the cost Of coining the
same ) , and after the government stampeJ It
a dollar each found Itself compelled , by
reason of Its promise or stamp , to make that
dollar good , when , In fact , It was depreciat
ing every year. But the free coinage ad
vocates say that the limitation Imposed upon
the free coinage of silver caused the price
of the same to depreciate , and In thus saying
they assume and have charged It repeatedly
that the government , by coining a commodity ,
can make value. Therein lies the whole
fallacy. A government can no more create
value than an Individual or a combination of
Individuals If the commodity has not In
trinsic value. Value Is created by a com
bination of three things. First , the cost
ot producing the thing ; secondly , Us relative
scarcity , and third , the human
family wanting the thing. Nc
government has ever coined platinum ,
yet , for a great number of years , platinum
has been more valuable1 than gold. No gov
ernment ever coined diamonds. What would
a person rather have , a cube filled with diamonds
mends or a cube filled with gold ? The facl
that governments coined gold has naver madi
Itmere valuable than diamonds or platinum
for the reason that diamonds and platlnun
are minerals that are of such relative scare
Ity and the cost of getting the same Is sue1 ! ani
the human family wanting these mineral !
that these three Ingredients have lmbue <
them with whatever value they possess. Ii
discussing what the value of an article li
many make the mistake to ascribe It enl ]
to the cost of labor. That Is only one of thi
o
Ingredients. All three must comb'ne ' to glvi
It a present market value. This Is well Illus
trated by certain articles which are ver ;
scarce , and It may be the cost produclni
them Is great , yet It has little value becansi
the human family does not demand or wan
the article or thing. We have , also , article
where the cost of labor , If figured up , wouli
be very great , yet , If the article Is not scare
and If there Is no demand for the same , 1
will bring very little value. We may Illus
trate this proposition In different ways. Fo
Instance , thereIs no doubt that Edison , tin
great Inventor , has In his laboratory certali
chemicals or certain bits of machinery which
to him , are of extraordinary value , yet , ther
being no demand for the same , peopl ? gener
ally would not give a dollar for It. There ar
articles carved out of pieces of wood by la
° borers In various parts of the world whlc ]
" have taken as high as twenty years work t
prrfect , yet such articles may be of no valu
If the human family don't want them. So 1
will be seen that It Is untrue for persons t
say that the value of a thing Is the cost o
producing It or that the value of a , thing 1
caused by Its scarcity. There are man ;
things that may bo very scarce , as object
of mere curiosity , yet , If the people do no
care for them , they can have no value. A de
mand for a thing and the need of a thing ar
moro likely to create a greater proportion o
Its value than the cost of labor or the rela
tlve scarcity of the thing. Generally speak
Ing , however , the three constituents whlc !
have been named above , to-wlt , the cost , rela
tlve scarcity and demand for the thing , g
to making value. We uow come to th
question as to what caused silver to deprecl
ate and to fluctuate as It has so often don ;
It has not gone down simply because of an
[ , one cause. It has gone down because , flrsl
" It was being produced ata greater role tha
gold ; secondly , because .It.was being found 1
greater and easier quantities than gold ; thlrc
the cost of producing ltjvas less than gold
When these facts occurred 'silver became uti
able to maintain an arbitrary ratio made b
law. The greater law of supply and deman
became operative the world over , and th
human family began not wanting silver as
money as much as gold , because It fluctuate
BO greatly and was going down grade EO fas
that the last person or government caugh
with the metal would have to bear the loss.
The author of Coin's Financial School , b :
a table which he says Is correct , and whlc ]
ought to be accepted as authority by th
free fillverltes , shows that silver was goln |
down every year up to 1873 , and It Is no
true that It began going down slowly sine
the alleged demonetization act of that yeai
It Is only true that It went down , maybe
more after the act of 1873 than it did prlo
to the passage ot that act , but nevertheles
its tendency prior to that time was down
ward , according to the tables cited by Coin
By Coin's tables It began going down fron
the year I860. In that year It was wort !
100.5 , In 1867 It was 99.7 , and from 186S t
1S70 It was 99.6 , In 1871 It was 99.7 , In 187 :
It had dropped to S9.2 , and In 1873 to 97.4
It did not take a very wlie man to see tha
the government , at this rate of decrease , wa
losing money ; on every $1,000,000 It lost $20 ,
000. It had stamped the silver dollar will
Its national emblem ot credit , and had pro
claimed to the world that the silver della
was worth ono dollar , and by reason ot tha
act the good faith , honor and Integrity o
the government must stand by the sllve
dollar , even If the difference ot loss had ti
be made up by taxing the people for It. Thi
government , did what any Individual woulc
have done having In his possession a meta
the value of which was depreciating ever :
year It unloqd ij 03 Uje market tjje de
predating JU ° .fc. 1 ! a. nai\ Were to pur
cnaEO SiCck of a railroad , paying $100 foi
each share , and thereafter ascertained tha
the stock was going down and would llkel ;
keep going down , It would be an absurc
financial proposition for him not to sell tin
same. Whatever caused fllver to go dowi
Is Immaterial. It could not be retained b :
the government without ultimately the gov
ernment making up the deficit. Those whi
believe In free silver say that the mor <
silver Is co'ntd the greater will be the ben ?
"
fit to the public generally. IIav <
they ever explained to the thought
fill laborer how lie was going to ge
any of this silver without giving his laboi
In return for It ? Have they ever explalnet
to the laborer why he should be paid In i
coin which Is ot a depreciated charade ;
when he has done a full day's work ? I
would seem Just and reasonable that thi
laborer who baa done $1.50 worth of worl
would want to be paid In a metal whlcl
wculd represent each and every cent maklnj
Up the $1.60 and which $1.50 would be ai
good In all the markets ot the world as I
la In the United States. It can well ba under
stood why the mine owners would wan
silver bought from them by the govarnmen
they could unload on the government this
depredated metal , getting 100 cents on the
dollar for the same at Its m&rket value , when
they sold to the government and relieve
themselves from all chances of a decline In
the market value of the metal In future
years. By such an operation the government
Is caught and the mlno owner escapes all
chances. When we say that the mine owner ,
under a free coinage act , rclls to the gov
ernment we mean , that what Is done Is
tantamount to a. sale. , H Is true that under
the guise of having his metal coined
the mine owner avails himself of a coinage
act and has his metal coined by the
government , but as a matter of fact this Is
not true. He is virtually paid by the ROV-
rnment for : -hls silver , by the Issuance to
ilin of treasnrji notes , which notes can bo
cdecmcd In fcnjfl , r.nd gold being the only
ictal which , by reason of the demand ot the
11 in a n family , IB always worth 100 cents on
he dollar , thel holder of the note always
omamls of the government that metal In
layment for 'hlisilver. . The government , as
as already be < ! n said , having stamped the
leces of silver with the dollar mark , has , by
hat act , pledged. Its faith that that silver
ollar shall aivfnya be worth 100 cents. But
ftcr that dollar has depreciated to CO or 50
ente on thctidollar somebody must bear the
oss. The inlna 'owner Is out of the wet nnd
ares very llttld nbout the government's loss ,
iut when the IMS has to bo made up some-
ody In the Ination must be taxed to make
p the deficit. 'Hence It Is that the laborer ,
mechanic , mrrchant nnd In fact all those
Ivlng within itlie country must bear the
iroportlon ofi the loss , for , after all , a gov-
rnment Is Nothing more nor lees than the
people concentrated. This loss Is not apparent
low because the deficit has not become
ufilclently large for the government to call
upon the people to make up the same , but It
such a system Is kept up It does not require
much wlsdnm to see how the matter will end
and who , ultimately , must bear the loss , The
ivlthdrawal of coinage of silver will , neces-
lar'ly , cause a contraction , but such a con-
ractlon Is based moro closely to the value
if the commodity than It was formerly. And
hough a sudden contraction should be
avoided , nevertheless it will place values
upon a more stable foundation than they
ave heretofore existed In this country , The
laboring man and citizens generally are In
no position to complain because If the pur
chasing power of n dollar Is moro today than
"t formerly was they can obtain more with
: helr dollar than they formerly could. What
difference does It make to you or me If with
$5 today you can purchase as much as you
could with $25 several years ago. You are
obtaining five times as much , and though
you may complain at the Inception thnt when
you were paid only $5 In former times you
could have obtained $25 for the same work ,
you must bear In mind that the $5 accom
plishes as much today as $25 did formerly.
The prices of commodities adapt themselves
to the law of supply and demand , and so It
s with the dollar. O. C.
POKER IN ALASKA.
An Kxperlcnco tliat Makes n Notv Yorker
AVttnt co Return to Juuoait.
"A select little poker party was on In
Juneau the night before I left , " said a man
who has just returned from Alaska , to a
Sun man , "and the game sweetened up In
good shape In a few rounds. Poker Is the
same In Alaska as It Is In New York or
Florida , only perhaps It's oftener. In the
course of thoigame a Jackpot assumed ample
proportions , and a noted local player opened
It with a bang. Ono after another laid down
and only one man stayed In to fight It out ,
He drew ono card to fill a straight flush
while the opener stood pat. The openei
pushed out a llttlo stack of chips after the
draw. His opponent threw down a bobtal !
flush exclaiming :
" 'If I had caught my man I would have
seen you and raised you clear to the cell-
Ing. '
" 'Well , here's your man , said the openei
handing him the desired ace ot spades , 'and
now go ahead with your bluffing. '
"The other player looked at the opener Ir
amazement. The straight flush man , for thai
was hts hand , bet a stack of reds. Thi
opener saw him and raised at the same tlmi
remarking :
" 'Take back , your chips , old man. I don'l
want to robyou. . ' i
' iRob me ! WelUiI guefss , not. . You can'l
do It without ta.-'gun. I've got a royal flusr
and nothing ) beats that but a six-shooter. '
"The openeri looked dazed , and then throwIng -
Ing down an ace full on kings he said :
" 'Dashyty-blank-blank. Of course yet
have. I'm the oyster and I've been openec
In shape. '
"My frlendi Mr. Goodplayer had to se
'era up fontho rest of the evening. Wasn'
that a soft target ? I'm going back to Juneai
some time. " *
V1 Story ot Ilnnica Greolcy.
Washington Post : "While I have thi
floor , " said/ Amos Cummlngs , "I might ai
well tell al story about Horace Greeley.
worked with Greeley for years. He alwayi
called mo 'Ala ; ' never could remembei
'Amos. ' One day I went out to see Greelej
at Chappaqua ; about the newspaper business
The old gentleman saw me coming as h
stood looking out the window and openei
the door hlmeelf.
" 'Come In here , Asa , ' ho said , In his high
mealy tones , as he led me Into a fashion o
parlor.
"I followed him. . Into the room , and as :
was only going to remain a moment , laid mj
hat , gloves and cane on a center table. Gree
ley and I had Just Immersed ourselves In i
talk when Mrs. Qreeley swept Into the room
Now Mrs. G. was what one might call i
spirited woman. The moment she enterec
the door her eyes fell Indignantly on m ;
trousseau as I'd piled It up hat , gloves am
stick on the tablo. Without a word , am
before I could speak to her , she swooped 01
the outfit like a fishhawk , and the next mo
ment threw them out of the window.
"Then she left the room without pausing
for speech , as one who had taught somebod ;
that the hall was the place for hats am
canes nnd similar bric-a-brac. I was Incllnei
to get a trifle hot ; a man naturally mlgh
who sees his hat pounced upon and cast Int
the shrubbery. But before I could get up o
say a word Greeley stretched out his ham
In a deprecatory way and cheered me will
the remark :
" 'Never mind , Asa ; she thought they wer
mine. '
"Afterward , however , " concluded Cum
mlngs , "when I recall what Greeley's ha
used to look like I had my doubts. "
WHR n furo Cure.
Women are Intolerant of their own weak
ness , however trifling or grave. Men levi
women for the very faults and foibles of thi
sex. The other evening an Immense crowi
got Jammed In a theater lobby and semi
women grow hysterical.
"Oh , I shall faint ! " exclaimed a stou
blonde , looking plteously at her escort.
Men on all sides glanced at her sympathet
Ically , and those nearest made a frantic effor
to glvo the stout blonde more room. He
escort looked down Into her face tenderly.
"I am going to faint ! " she cr'ed ' , and sin
got ready to fall gracefully Into his armc.
"Well , faint ! " shouted a robust lady a
her elbow. "For heaven's sake , faint and b <
done with It , for the rest of us wai.t to gei
out ! "
Some people glanced at her Indignantly
and others tittered ; but the stout blundi
who was about to faint braced up suddcnl ]
and concluded she wouldn't. No sniff o :
salts could have < ] gne the business quicker 01
more satisfactorily , -
Offered by ( he Chicago , Milwaukee & St
Paul railway , the short line to Chicago. /
clean train , made up and started from Omaha
Baggage checked from residence to destina
tion. Elegant' train lervlce and courteous
employes. Entire train lighted by electrlcltj
and heated by steam , with electric light Ir
every berth. Finest dining car service It
the west , vlth meals served "a la carte. '
The Flyer leaves at 6 p. m. dally from Untot
Depot.
City Ticket Office , 150J Farnam street. C
S. Carrier , city ticket agent.
TiiA rinanulul llelnttr.
Cleveland IFUIn Dealer : Mr. Goldbug M )
dear sir , you .have made a frightful mistake
In my financial communication ,
Managing Editor ( bluntly ) What ?
Mr. Goldbus I started out by saying m )
highest ambition was to be a "thinker" Ir
financial mattar
Managing Editor Well ?
Mr. Goldbug * Your compoillcr left the "h"
out of "thlnkir ! "
Managing Editor W ll ?
Mr , OoWbug What cm I do to correct It1
PICTURESQUE AS A MEMORY
An Interesting Phase of Western Lifo that
is No More.
THE REAL COWBOY AND HIS IMITATOR
C'lmrnctcrUttci of the Vnnlitioit Klnga ot
Trulln niul Itouml-Uim Contrnftlctl wllh
Their Successor * Chungcs Wrought
by btcum and Iron ,
There Is llttlo In the life of the cowboy of
today to recall the heyday of his predeces
sors. He Is a reminiscence , a melancholy
reminder of what was. He Is a rello of
former greatness who plods wearily over
the diminished prairie , awaiting the sum
mons of early doom.
Comparatively brief was the career of
the picturesque cowboy of bygone days.
Twenty years spans his existence as a fac
tor In western development. Ho sprang Into
' 'ting with the freedom and abandon ot his
surroundings , played his role with charac
teristic dash and recklessness and vanished
Into history as a unique and unequalled
phase of plains life.
Memories of that life are awakened by n
dainty brochure published by the Cudnhy
company , which too briefly sketches the
vanished heroes of the ranch and trail ,
"From the Uanch to the Table" Is the title
and from Its dainty cover In blue and gold to
the concluding chapter It Is chockful of meaty
facts , attractive Illustrations and charming
sketches. Its production was no small task ,
calling for the highest grade of the "art
preservative , " and was turned out from the
press of the Burkley brothers of Omaha
after competition with Now York houses.
The pages are adorned with drawings of
familiar scenes the range camp , the schack ,
the roundup , the bucking broncho and the
cutting out process.
The brochure traces the development of
the cattle Industry In the west , the hardships
nnd privations endured , the fortunes realized ,
and the gradual , Irreslstlbo movement of
eastern packers to the. source of supply.
"Tho great cattle barons own ranches as
large as a New England state ; thousands of
smaller ranchers have occupied the fertile
valleys and 'parks' of the mountains , and
the live stock Interests of Colorado , Wy
oming , .Montana and Now Mexico are of
.greatervalue than their mining wealth , pro-
.dljjjoiis . as the latter Is. Perhaps 200 miles
of wire fence mark the limits within which
thousands of cattle bearing ono owner's
brand may freely roam. Fences and cattle
alike have enemies , from which the range-
rider must protect them by constant watch
fulness. The enclosure of great tracts of
land Is bitterly opposed by all but the great
cattle owners , and a wire fence Is apt to
suffer from the exasperation of a defiant
plainsman , who must ride forty miles
around It or else cut It. Ho usually cuts It ;
and as every man In the cattle country Is
prepared to defend his actions with his over-
ready revolver , the controversies between
fence-cutters and range-riders are frequently
exciting.
"A more serious and more dangerous duty
of the range-rider Is guarding the herds
against 'rustlers' or cattle thieves. An
annoyance to the owners of large herds , and
a constant menace to small ranchers , these
desperadoes frequently cause losses to the
former and complete ruin to the latter , with
occasional murder nnd general terrorism as
an accompaniment. Rulllans and despera
does drawn from the worst elements ol
frontier life , reckless of danger , mocking at
laws , they hesitate at no crime , and love the
excitement of violence. Occasionally they
gather In gangs in some part of the cattle
country where Inhabitants are so few and
so widely separated as to bo helpless against
the ready Winchesters of a dozen despera
does. Their progress resembles a Highland
raid , and they sweep before them every
'bunch' of cattle not safely corralled anil
guarded by a rifle barrel. Many a rancher
has seen his whole wealth of forty or fifty
steers 'rustled' before his eyes by men who
claimed them as stolen from some distant
ranch ; his rlflo has cracked to defend his
property ; deadly shots have replied and the
robbers passing on , have left behind them a
dead man with his face to the sky nnd a
bullet In his heart. In his encounters with
'rustlers' the range-rider frequently risks
his life , and ho risks It bravely and readily ,
for the wild Justice of the plains does not
wait on the slow and uncertain processes ol
the law , but punishes the evil-doers on
sight. "
The roundup now , as In former times , Is
the great event In the life of the cowboy.
It means days and weeks In the saddle , a
clash of excitement and ever present possi
bilities of danger. If a thunder storm comes
up there Is trouble ahead. A stampede Is
certain should the storm come at night. Then
must the cowboy follow the frightened herd.
If ho knows the country thoroughly he Is
reasonably safe. Otherwise , he Is In danger
of death with every plunge of the broncho.
These night stampedes are dreaded most of
all , because the darkness Is made more Im
penetrable by fitful lightning flashes. The
rider tightens his hold and trusts his horse.
Up nnd down hill , over rocks , prairie dog
holes nnd cooleys. Thus for hours the run
Is kept up unless the storm nbates quickly ,
or the animals are turned and run In a cir
cle.
cle.A
A genuine winter blizzard was much
dreaded In former times because of the re
moteness of habitations. Now that danger Is
modified with regard to human life , but the
loss of stock Is considerable , notwithstanding
the precautions taken.
As a. picturesque phase of western life , the
real cowboy has passed away. It Is twelve
years since the last great drive of cattle from
Texas to Nebraska. Steam and Iron have
revolutionized the business , banished the cat-
tie trail and Its attendant hardship ; , ant
'transformed Into peaceful plodding villages
tlie old shipping towns where the cowboys
exchanged lead for whisky and ran the gov
ernment while the Jag held out.
Stnge Tno Small to He Elevutecl.
Chicago Herald : "Ther staygo Is too
small for mo act , " said the lady with the
blondlned curls to the inan with a black
mustache , as they rode homo on the grip of
a North Clark street car after the perfor
mance. "I told ther manager so ternlght
when he kicked. I says , says I , 'The stayge
Is too small , an' I can't do me steps without
a-bumpln' agin ther scenery. That's the
way with them museum stayges dey don'i
glvo a serlo comic no chance at all. An
one week's all you're good for In 'em. I toll
Mamie she'd be a frost If she stayed another
week. 'Tney'ro ontcr yer , ' I says to Mamie
'an' they'll give yer the ha-ha nex' week. '
I'm glad It's Saturday and me last night
done. What's ther use of tryln" on a stayge
no blgger'n this car ? Art ain't In It , Is
what I says ; an' nox' season I'm goln' out
wld Jim. He's goln' ter boss a comp'ny
hlsself , he Is. "
Ail Unfortunate I'raacnt.
New York World ; ' 'No , I never see any
thing of him now , " sighed the girl In blue ,
stirring her chocolate mournfully. "He hasn'l
been to see mo since Christmas , and I don't
understand It , for I sent him a lovely pres
ent. "
"What was It ? " asked the girl In gray.
"I'll tell you all about It , " said the first
girl , with the air of one eager to Impart con
fidents. "You know he writes poetry ; he
sends the girls he know ? sonnets and things.
Veil , f wanted io give him something liter
ary , you know , as a sort of tribute to his
talent. Out I didn't want to eend him a
volume of poetry. It would have seemed to
suggest a comparison , you know. I thought
a long time and finally sent him "
"What ? " demanded the girl In green , as
her friend hesitated ,
"A rhyming dictionary ! Now can you see
why ho hasn't called ? What are you laughIng -
Ing about ? "
TO YOUFJGe
e Offer n Remedy
Whlchlnsurcs Safety -
ty to LI foot Mother
and Child.
DOBS CONFINEMENT OF ITS PAIN ,
HORROR AND RIOK.
"My wife used only two bottlea. She was
easily and quickly relieved ; Is now doing
splendidly.
J. S. MOIITON , Harlow , N. 0.
Bent by ezpreii ot mall , on receipt of price.
HI.00 | > cr'buttle. Botfc "TO MOTUK1U1'1
mailed free ,
BUAimKLD BEODLATOU CO. ATLANTA. QA.
fMORSE II MORSE
Jf laSeoOD36IBPJ l TCOODSe
A week of
Triumph
The wort ! success Is mild the word
crowds Is tame with which to describe
this week's record of n
Week of
Bargains
We're ttrowliiK folwer every tiny
every department lllllnn up but nil be-
iiitf saerllicod for the sake of making a.
inline for ourselves. If you're wise
if you're of a money saving turn you'll
take home some of those bargain lots.
First of all
Line of ladles' underwear nnd hosiery ,
probably the largest and certainly the
best purchase ever made. These sam
ples were shown n few weeks ago In
New York had never been on the road
and sold ( o us at n discount of about
BO per cent. Among them are the bi > st
and llnest goods made in Europe. We
don't hesitate to predict that Satur
day's sale of this underwear and hosiery
will be the greatest ever conducted In
this" western world.
Ladles' Jersey Vests ,
Indies' Illcljelleu ribbed
Jersey vest , goods that sell 5c
for 15c , our price 5c
Bnlbrlmran Underwear.
Ladles' Hue French bal-
brlggnn underwear , slimmer
weight , sold from $1.00 to
$150 , In ono lot tomorrow ,
your choice , 60c
Lisle Thread Tights.
'
Ladles' lisle thread tights ,
Jl.GO goods for OOc
Children's Pantalettes.
An odd lot of children's
pnntclettes , worth from 25o
to 35c , choice 15c
Bnlbrlggatt Drapers.
Ladles' line French balbrlg-
Kiin drawers , $1.25 goods ,
75c
Sleeveless Vests.
Ladles' hlgli neck , sleeve
less vest , EOc quality for
25c .ft
Ladies' Underwear.
Ladles' line Illchellou ribbed
low neck , crochet neck nml
sleeve , with fancy taped
front , regular 25c goods for 12c
Ladies' Striped Vests-
Ladles' fancy colored lllch-
clleu striped vest , low neck ,
sleeveless , these are 33c
20o Koods , you , have them for 20c
V Shnped Vests.
A line of ladles' vests , In
cluding low , square neck ,
nnd V shaped both back
nnd front , silk finished
neck , COo goods for half
price 25c
Ladles' Black Hose.
Ladles' absolutely fnat
black hose , the kind that
Omahnn's pay 20c for , go
tomorrow at 7' , c
Children's Hose.
Children's Hermsdorff dye
hos > e , fine ribbed , spliced
t heels nnd toes , double
knees , worth nil of 25c , to
morrow , lie
Misses' Tati Hose.
i r Misses' tan hose In every
shade , regular 25c quality ,
t for 15o ,
Ladles' Lisle Hose.
Ladles' lisle hose in fancy
colors , nearly all of them
60c stockings , nt 15c ,
Ladies' Black Hose.
Ladles' extra fine quality
fast black hose , worth 35o
a pair ; we sell tomorrow
two pairs for 35o
Ladies' Russet Hose.
All the lute things In fast
russet shades of hosiery ,
worth 35c , ( jo ut 25c
Cloak and Suit Dept-
\Vo have bargains that cannot bo du
plicated iinywhoro.
Are You Interested ?
$3.45
Silk Waists niailo of either
Kai-Kai or TalTetta Silk ,
12 colors to cheese from ,
latest style , larpo alcoves ,
tulltcd bolt and collar ,
ropular vnluo $3.50 ; for
Saturday wo offer thodtQ 4.K
choice of these waists for. IpO
Special barga'ns in Duck Suits and
Lawn Wrappers at
98c and $1.68.
LllieilS Special Sale
We make this special for tomorrow
to convince the people thnt ours Is the
stock thnt will reveni to you the most
for your money nnd the best
Tomorrow we cut the price
of our 63-Inch heavy
bleached damask table
linen , sold all over the 50c
United States at Gifoa ,
A 53-Inch extra heavy
cream damask , regular , COequality 35c
GO-lnch cream damask , 55c
worth "Co for. . .
61-Inch satin finish bleached 70c
damask , $1,00 goods for
Napkins at We , COc , $1.00.
Towels at greatly reduced
prices. Larice damask and
huclc 2oc towel for.
Hemstitched huclc towels. . .2 IO1 * 25C
Extra nine Turkish towel ,
worth 25c for
Pure linen toweling , worth
Be for
Good crash for , . , . , 3C
Kid Gloves
6-hook glace , tans , browns
Klove and blacks , a regular $1.25 69c
.adlos . I * silk gloves In blacks
and all colon ) , that you 25c
often , pay COa for , . , ,
AH our ladles' SSc and COo
silk mitts In black en to 25c
morrow ut ,
Ladles' 7-hook tan , brown
always
