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    CANADA IN THE KLONDIKE
Drarmtio Incident IllnUratln * the Vigor
of the Dominion Government
THE OUTLAWS OF DOU3US LAKE
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A great d > al has been written as to how
tha Canadian government would govern the
Klondike. Of courao , the Kane , patriotic , llb-
crly-lovlng citizen of every country will con
cede their right to run the show If the tents
are pitched In dominion territory. Wo fun
Dakota.
I have gbscrved that the Canadian has a
Krcat dojl of recpcct for the law of the land
and for the rights of the Individual. That Is
distinctly English. The following story ,
which was told to the wrltur by one who
was an cyc-wltncss to eomo of It , will show
how the Canadians have behaved when there
was gojd exctiRo for hanging norne one :
Twenty-flvo men and five women were liv
ing at Douglas lake , 1) ) . C. Some had fer
ried It round the Horn and up the sclvago of
the 1'aclflc. Othcrc had hauled themselves
across the country behind a bull team. They
ucro cattle men , sheep men and farmers.
They wtie alt working hard to build up a
home In n promising country. It wna n dem
ocratic community. The village blackmnlth
was mcror of the town.
A Frenchman , who appears to have had
money , had gene In ahead of the Canadian
colony , roped a squaw and reared a family.
After firewater , French blood Is the worst
thing that can bo mixed up with Indians.
So the Canadian said , uml I hcllevo h'story
will bear him out. Uctwvcn the Frenchman
mid the squaw four boys were born , and
they appear to lnvt > been bad bojs from the
beginning. When the joungcst wan only 14
they stole a snddlo from one of the cowboys ,
and they might aa well have taken a herd
of cattle , for that would not make n cow
boy moro angry.
A warrant \\as Issued for th ? arrest of the
four boys two other half breeds and a squaw ,
nnd the gang began to hide out. They evi
dently concluded that they ought to do Rome-
thing desperate , for , with no apparent provo
cation , they killed an InoITcnslvo shepherd
and put themselves on the defensive. The
constable at Douglas Lake , who had Just
brought a young wife to th's wild country ,
went after the murderers of the shepherd ,
hrtbll of thinking aloud without being aware
of It and It Is said that It got him Into a orl-
ous situation on one occasion. At the mar-
rlago of "Tils SUfcr to the duke of Teck , when
the latter solemnly promised to endow the
bride with all of his worldly good * , Cam
bridge exclaimed , "Wclll. Dy Jovcl And
Wales gave him his glilrtal"
When Joseph Jefferson was walking down
School street , Doston , cnc morning with R
friend , they met Judge Charles Lev I Woodbury -
bury , who said : "I am glad to meet you ,
Mr. Jefferson. You arc not so tall a man as
your futher was. " Whereupon Mr. Jefferson
expressed" his pleasure at meeting a friend
otid contemporary of his father.
"And you "arc not fo largo a man as your
gmndfather , whoso acquaintance I also en
joyed , " continued Judge Woodbury.
"Well , well. " kald Mr. Jefferson , "I'm
something of a kid , after all. "
"One day several years ago , " says the Lon
don News , "Lord Tennyson wag walking In
meditation nbout the grounds at Aldvsorth ,
when a tourist rushed toward him , leaving
behind A forty of > frlcnds to follow more at
leisure. Arrived within speaking distance ,
the stranger"Baldr 'Can-you tell mo where
I can find the poet Tennyson ? ' Taken by
surprise , the great laureate was not ready
with any evasion and answered : 'I am he. '
Whereupon the stranger turned to his friends
and , pointing to the poet with no more rever
ence than If he was an Immediate curiosity ,
I bawled out : 'Say , this Is the man , this Is
the maul' The friends hastened their pace
and stared with all their eyes , while the only
thing the poet could do was to beat a hasty
rctruit. The visitors were Americans. "
Djornstjerno BJornson and hla daughter ,
Mine. Uorgllch Ibsen , recently gave In
Copenhagen an evening of music and road-
Ing. The Norwegian poet disclosed , not
withstanding his 66 years , a remarkably
powerful and resonant voice , and his read
ing of several poems of Victor Hugo that
he had translated Into Norwegian prose was
much applauded. Mme. Ibsen , the wife of
Dr. Sigurd Ibpcn , Hcnrlk Ibsen's son , sang
seveial French and Norwegian songs. She
has a small , but very agreeable voice ,
which she Is said to use with very much
nklll.
"Lovers of Defoe , " rays the London
Chronicle , "will regret to hear that James
William Defoe the last of the family i.nd
the great-great-grandson of the renowned
author Is still an outdoor pauper of the
ChelniRford union , In receipt of the modest
pittance of 3 shillings a week. The old
man , who Is now In his 77th year , feels
deeply the loss of his only son , Daniel , who
died last year at San Frunclsco , at the
early ago of 22. The ! ad was originally
placed at the Uluecoai acnool , but when his
term had expired he choose a maritime
life. One would have thought that i mons
hose who In childhood's happy hours have
TOSSED THEIR REVOLVERS ! IN A HEAP u.-J THE GROUND AND HELD OP THEIR
HANJS.
and when ho had found them showed more
earnl than sense by attempting , single-handed
nnd alone , to stand the seven up. Of course ,
they killed the constable , a brave. Indiscreet ,
but useful citizen.
HUNTING THE OUTLAWS.
Now the whole community wrs up In arms
and after thu outlaws. It Is related of the
real Indians that they took their guns and I
went out to help the people to punish the |
murderoiu. They had profited by the presence i
of the pale-faced people , for they had given !
the Indians work , but they had no '
uao for the half-biecds. The desperadoes '
atarted to leave the country. They called ,
upon ono of the farmers , bound him fast In
his chair and then helped themselves to what
ever they wanted , Including horaca. In front
of the door they flourished their firearms
and said , "These thlne ( their pistols ) will
put all the pale-faces at the left hand of
Christ. " Hie leader , one of the sons of the
Frenchman , eald that and then they galloped
away.
nut the people of Douglas Lake , and tiiclr
Indian allies , galloped after them. The out
laws camped that night In an old cabin and in
the morning woke to find the placa surrounded
by desperate men white and led. Occasion
ally a head would appear at the open win
dow nnd Instantly a bullet would peck at the
chinking. If ono of the besiegers showed
himself carelessly the outlawa would take
a shot at him to show that they were armed.
. Nobody cared to Interview the Inhabitants
of the cabin , and the people determined to
fitarvo the criminals out. A leader , or com
mander , was elected and men were detailed
to guard the cabin day and night. Uncom
plainingly now the red men of the commu
nity stood watch with the whites. On the
third day an Indian left the besiegers and
walked deliberately , unarmed , up to the
cabin , Ho did not enter , but called upon
the gang to surrender. The half-breeds
seemed much surprised that the Indians
should help to hunt them out. They doubt-
Ices reasoned that If a half-breed could hold
o much cussed HOES , that a whole Indian
ought to bo be > end redemption.
STARVED OUT.
"O ! " said the leader. "Here's my old
friend , Jim , come with the rest to help hang
me. " lint Jim was not HO good a friend r.a
the half-breeds bad thought him. Far , and
In consideration of $100 to him In hand paid ,
this same Jim kid revealed to the pcoplo of
Douglas Like trie piano of the half-breeds ,
which Included the killing off of the entire
white population. This conclusion had been
reached Immediately after thu killing of the
shepherd. *
It was not until the afternoon of the sixth
day that the gang came out , emptied their
revolvers , tensed them In a heap upon the
ground , and held up their hands. Hunger
and thirst had made even death preferable
to such torture , and so the gang surrendered.
Hero was material and opportunity for an
Interesting lynching. The provocation had
been great , but , according to our Informant ,
such a thing was not even suggested. Hav
ing fed and watered the gang , a deputation
of citizens the constable having been killed
started across the country , fifty miles , to
New Westmliibtcr , where a whole week was
wasted In the trial of the murdcrera. Two of
the four brothers and another half-
breed were hanged. The other three
being younger , were Imprisoned , and
the squaw set free. Having spent a consider
able. part of his fortune In a bootless effort
to save the necks of his moro or less unlaw
ful children , the old Frenchman went back to
Franco to try to forget It.
And that's the way the Canadians will do
In the Klondike , Thu dashing desperado will
not have the honor of being shot. Even thu
famous reformer , RIel , was hanged llko a
hcrso thief at tlio end of a rope. Voila ,
CV WARMAN.
GOSSIP AIIOUT XOTKI ) I'KOI'l.i : .
Mozart had a memory for music and for
nothing else. On attending the papal mats
at the Slstlne chapel he was greatly Im
pressed with the musical services and asked
for a copy , but was told none could bo given
out. Ho went to Ihn next service , listened
ettcntlvcly , went away and wrote down the
whole from memory ,
The well known stinginess of the 1-a'o
Alexander Dumas has given rise to a variety
of anecdotes. We are told that ha was once
asked whether ho ever ga\o anything to the
poor and ho answered ; "Oh , yes ) When I
conio across a bad piece of money I always
give It away to a blind man , "
duke ot Cambridge hai n unfortunttt
reveled In the pages of 'Robinson Crusoe1
there might have been , some who would
have come forward'to'free the closing years
of this old. man's life from the shadow of
the union. "
Dr. William II. Ford of Philadelphia , who
has just died , was for more than a quarter
of a century a member of the Philadelphia
Heard of Health , and was distinguished In
the world of letters and science. He was
the author of a thesis on "Gunshot Wounds
of the Chest , " founded on his experience in
military hospital wards and Illustrated by
cases treated. Ho wus also the author of
"Statistics of Uirths , Marriages and Dtaths
in the City of Philadelphia , " published In
1S74 , and of "Notes of Clinical Lectures , "
which appeared in The Medical and Surgical
Reporter 1n 1801 and 18C3. For several
K irs he acted as one of the associate edi
tors of The Philadelphia Medical Times.
His treatise on "Soil and Water , " Including
the subjects of drainage , sewerage , etc. ,
was Incorporated In Buck's Hygiene and
Health.
Gottlieb Klrchner , who recently died at
North Woodslde , In Scuth Australia , 00
jcars old. was u personal friend of the great
Napoleon. When the emperor was returnIng -
Ing from the dlbastrous Russian Invasion
ho passed through Klrchner'B native village.
Ills coach had been seriously damaged , so
that It hi.d to bo repaired. The work was
Intrusted to Klrchner's father , the village
blacksmith. The son , then a lad of 0
years , was BO frightened at the soldiery
that ho fled crying to his mother. Na
poleon , who had seen him , took him up in
his arms to quiet him , and pet him on his
shoulder and let him play with the cockade
In his chapcuu. When ho departed ho
tok the cockade off and gave it to little
Klrchner , In whoso , family It was long
cherished as a relic. Till his last years
Klrchner often declared that ho remem
bered the whole scene vividly.
You can't afford to risk your life by al-
lowlu ga cold to develop Into pneumonia or
consumption. Instant relief and a certain
cure i ro afforded bv One Minute Cough Cure
1 > 1MK\SIO\S OF Tllia 1M..V.M2TS ,
XIMV DftrriiiliintloiiH Miult * wllli the
IIrk TeleHi'oif.
During the years 1691-95 Prof. E. E. Har-
ncnl , then at the Lick observatory , made a
series of mtcrometlcal measurements to de
termine the diameters ot the planets awl
their satellites , the results of which are
published together for the first time In the
current number of Popular Astronomy. The
moro Important of these now determinations
are as follows :
PLANETS.
MlleH.
Mercury 2705
Venus 7S.M
Mars , Equatorial 4,333
Mnrs , Polar 4312
> : . . : . : %
IMllaH 301
! Ju ? US
1 Vesta '
21' !
I Jupiter , Equatorial noiUJ
IJupl'cr , Polur M 570
'H.ituiM ' , Equatorial . . . - „ . 70.470
Satu-n , Polar C'J.TW
IllngH , outer diameter 172.010
Kings , Inner diameter 110.070
Casalni's Division , width 2.2.W
UruiuiH 31,900
Ntiptuno , . , v , 32,600
SATELLITES.
Jupiter's I , 240 °
Jupiter's II 20-lj
Jupiter's III a'oos
Jupiter's IV , 3343
Jupiter's V ( estimated ) wo
Saturn's TJtun , . „ . , 2,720
Those Observations , as Prof , liarnard re
marks , make Uranus larger than Neptune ,
which Is contrary to the generally accepted
results. It Is also to be notei that liarnard
; makes the diameter of LMara about 100 miles
i greater than the determinations by tMr.
Pcrclval Ixawpll4,815 miles.
Hun tn I'rc'x-nt Croup ,
"There U nothing In the market that equals
ClymberUln's Cough Remedy as a preventive
of croup. " saja Mrs. S. Falrall , Newcastle ,
Natal. "Once my baby nan suddenly at
tacked with croup and It took only a few
doses to completely relieve her. I have also
Ubed It In very severe cases of bad colds
and Inflammttlon of the lungs , and the
effect was really wonderful , I keep It con-
Btantly In my house and cannot praite It too
much for the good It lisa done my Unilly In
many Instances , "
NEW YORK'S ' SEACOASF FORTS
An Assortment of Disappearing Eiflea
Yfhoro They Will Do the Most Good.
SHORTAGE OF MEN TO MAN THEM
Incrcnuf of Arinnmcnt Him HrciUKlit
No Iitcrt'iiNC In 1'erxonncl to Mnkc
Modern DcfiMiNvn iKfU'ctlVc
( he New SI Kim In.
Uncle Sam's military officers are constantly
studying the very 'Important vroblom of how ,
to most successfully defend the thousands
of miles of our ocean ctoasts open to the at
tacks of any oneniy who may send ships of
war to bombard our cities.
Ono of the most Important details of this
ptoblcm Is the qliPstloh'of directing- the flrC
of the great modern scacoast defence batter
ies which are now 'being established. Under
the conditions of latter day military science
this must be done by signaling , either visual
or electrical , and to determine the best sjo-
tern of doing thla , relates the New York
Herald , tests are soon to bo made at Fort
Wadsworth.
'How ' shall the guns be fought so the tar
get may be hit ?
Here Is the question In a nutshell ; ( hero Is
the problem vexing the minds of many
trained men afloat and ashore. On ship
board , In the old days of cutlasses and boardIng -
Ing pikes , the guns were fought yardurm to
yardarm , muzzle to ruuzzlo almost. The sail
ors' Instinct was to close , and tradition tells
how at times the grimy tars combed the
Innocuous queue powders out of their pig
tails and hurled them against the enemy.
Ashore guns were tired over parapets or
through yawning embrasures , and the smoke
enshrouded battlements gave but scant op
portunity for anything more than a lucky hit
rnd in IKS at the advancing ships. Mortars
thlew their shells high In the nlr , and widely
distributed zones of misses testified to the
Impotcncy ot the "shut your eyes , fire and
trust to luck" theories of the ungulded para
bola. It was war making In merry , simple
fashion , and whether ships were driven offer
or aunk a deal of villainous saltpetre and
shot was wasted.
Not that all this was without Its danger ,
for the life of the gunner was largely devoted
to the dodging of things coming his way , and
many a gallant artilleryman has been swept
from his unprotected parapet by the storm
of grape and canister , by the bursting of
blazing , disrupting bombs. Nowadaja science
b eliminating many of these spectacular as
pects of the game ; many of the perils that
hovered around the gunner and his gun. And
science , too , la In a fair way to minimize
others , which a decade since seemed beyond
control.
DIRECTING THE FIRE.
Quietly , and with a prudence demanded by
the Interests involved , the War department
has been at work utilizing such means as are
at hand and getting suns ready for men to
man them. 11 has In addition considered
many plans for defence and tried many ex
periments looking to the betterment of our
chances In event of collision with a hostile
nation.
Interesting as any of these le an Important
test which is to bo made at Fort Wadsworth
a" an early date , the outcome of which Is to
determine the best means of directing the
flro o { a sea coast battery In lime of war.
So far as may bo learned , the various units
oi the chain iof artillery fire command are
necessarily so situated that direct communi
cation by messenger between ! them ! a out of
the question , except as a last resorc , and the
distances are , as rule , BO great that speak
ing tubes or other mechanical means of
transmission of sound cannot be used. They
will therefore depend upon some system of
signaling , either visual or electrical in char
acter , and 1U Is for the purpo.se of determin
ing the best system that these experiment ! ,
are to bo made.
Three methods ore to be tried , and the
adoption of any ono.ofthese will bring about
a revolution In sea coast defence tLat will
sharply accentuate the change from the old-
time blood and thunder way of fighting big
guns to the newer , cleaner cut and more
scientific fashion. One gave us visions of
smoke-begrimed gunners sighting along the
length of their cumbrous pieces and groping
for the target through the fog of battle ,
shells bursting around and cascades of ma
sonry tumbling all about. Tae other reveals
to the enemy nothing but the quick uprising
of a piece of monster ordnance , a moment of
expectant doubt and then the rumble and
roar which speed a inUslle , sighted/ a pit
and laid by hidden operatives , whose guld-
anco Jias been directed by unseen oHlcers
through agencies that are certain In locating
tlio action ot stationary or elowly moving
targets.
A WELL-KEPT SECRET.
How Is all this done ? Therein lies the
well kept secret one so unrevcalcd that were
it not for absolute proofs of Ita existence
Its truth might well be doubted.
Such a congeries of battleworka may bristle
today from the hills about Fort Wadsworth ,
batteries unknown eave to the Initiated ,
Hero , in Jealously guarded locations , will
bo built the stations where the commanding
olllcers of these groups of guns will keep
wary watch and ward. Just where these
posts ore to bo placed will bo decided by the
army officers who are considering the "regu
lations for artillery flro , " when the projected
test of the various methods of signalling has
been completed. Jt will bo on some nearby
hill and between a quarter and a half mile
distant from the guns. It-will be behind
an embankment , and will carry a five-inch
armor shield.
Do content with that Information about
location , for the officers will not tell you
more. And It Is well that they are secretive.
It would not do , you see , for an enemy to
know just where thcso spots are sprinkled
about our batteries , for an attacking force
could then turn a rapid fire gun or two on
them to the disadvantage of the occupants
and the defending batteries , for these clots
tered statior.a are not established solely for
the mere preservation of thofao who will re
pair to them when the red battle draws nigh.
The Idea which led to -establishment
at all was the development of the disap
pearing gun. A gun mounted on a disappear
ing carriage Is loaded and trained before be
ing elevated to the firing poaltlon , otherwise
the advantage of that system , which lies In
the briefest possible exposure to the fire of
an enemy , would bo lost.
Hut to hit a target some one must see It ,
and In the ceoo of a mobile target , such > is
a ship of war , ono must not only ascertain
the exact range , but must also determine
the position of the ship and calculate to a
nicety the exact spot where shn will be at
the moment when the gun arises from behind
the parapet to fling its mlealle at the foe.
So the range finder found Its way Into use ,
and then was evolved the idea that It would
bu well to put the man who handles that
Instrument apart from the guns and where
his vision could not bo obscured by smoke.
Tha ! Involved the problem of maintaining a
line of communication between the battery
and ( ho ofllcer directing Ita fire ,
The first of the three methods which are to
be tested will bo a telephonic communica
tion , and several Instruments csoecla''iy ' de
vised by the Hell Telephone company have
been iT pared for tnls trial ,
The next Is a dial telegraph , Invented by
Lieutenant Lewis , resembling an annuncia
tor , and the third Is the Sheeny teletype , an
Instrument modelled BohiewlMt like a stock
ticker. Ono advantage of thlj Is that Its
record Is a permanent one and ehowu just
what orders were ccavcycd and how they
wore executed.
After all IB said dnd done the necessities
of shore defence demand certain definite
ersentlaJs , such as suitably de ! gced em
placements , correct and ois'.ly ' managed
sights and blghtlng appliances , adequate
loading , traversing end elevating gear , well
protected communicating stations , ample
ammunition supply , accurate appliances foi
determining the location of the 19recta , and
wen properly trained In firing at quickly
moving targets cad thoroughly Instructed on.
the practical side In the capabl'ltlrs of ships.
As yet no definite plan of organization has
been adopted , though many are suggested
and some have been tried. On general lines
the charge of a fort will be Intrusted to a
brigade commander , who will have command
not only ot the district and Ita water approaches
preaches , but of the five commands Into
which this last mutt bo subdivided. These
commands will consist of three battery
sroupe , ouo or two quick firing batteries and
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the general direction of a fire commander , j
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Each flro director will have subordinate to
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channels and the shorter waters are
sprinkled. Then come the beet and muscle
which make up the gun crews.
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uud with deft fingers and hardened muscles
are ehovlng homo the mammoth shell and
cartridge bags that soon will be burling
death and destruction oa the grim but gal-
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"Queen Hep" Specialties.
Cigars , \VIm and Hrr.ndlcs ,
Corner 10th and Hurney Street ! .
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
WHOLESALE AND HUTAIL
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
ISM Farnam St.
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
ranch & © 5
WHOLESALE
Commission Merchants.
S. W. Corner Uth nnd Howard Sts.
mDers of the Nntjcii.il IXJOBUP of Commis
sion Merchants of the United States.
Straight & Howes ,
JOBHEU3
Fruit and Vegetables
SrnCIALTIKS Strawberries , Apples , Orani
Lemons , Cranberries. Potatoes. 1017 Howard St
FURNITURE
\VHOLESALE
Furniture Draperies
1115-1117 Farnam Street.
TYPE FOUNDRIES.
Type
Superior Copper Mixed Tjpe Is the beit on
th mrrket.
ELECTKOTYI'K FOUNDIIT.
1114 Howard Street ,
lant array of chips belching their missiles
from tlic < domes of steel and guided on their
way by the mystic agenucs alertly eager
within conning towcra and armor belts. The
protablo place of the target at a llxcd moment
Is signaled , thu gun Is trained , lifted , laid
and tiled , and as the shot speeds across tlio
water the gun , smoke enveloped , sinks slowly
Into Its cradle , the tons of metal working
with tlio case and precision of a chronometer ,
the strain of the enormous energy developed
contiollcd by the movement of a lever so
ollght , so slmplo tl.at Us agency seems mar
velous.
IIO\V \ MCCItll COOKS A 'I'OSSl/'U ,
Told l ) > - One of ( InMOM I Skillful
OIIOXNIIIII f'lirfM In | li < * U'oi-ld.
A negro'a Juicy appreciation of 'possum
meat , relates the Philadelphia Times , uas
well 'Illustrated upon u recent occasion uiicn
a lady , with whom the narrator Is acquainted ,
paid a visit to New Orleans. She
told him the story. She was walkIng -
Ing down Caartrcn street early ono iiv.rnliiK ,
Intending to visit tbu celebrated French
maiket of tha Crescent City , and en her way
nho met a very old coloroj man coming from
( he opposite direction , evidently from the
market , as ho was carrying In ono band a
'possum and In the other a envill split
wooden basket of sweet potatoes. The old
maVs face was beaming with gojd nature
and wreathed In smiles of anticipatory pleas
ure. Hii Jpoked so Joyously Into the face of
the lady that the , too , could not help but
smile at him , \vberoupon he held the 'possum
up uloft and raid : "Goo.l eatln' , mlssey , good
eatln' . " She stopped for a moment , looked
at the childlike , happy face of the old negro
and said : "So you like 'possum , do you ? "
"LIUo 'potisum , masey | ! I loves 'possum ,
Dare ain't no eatin' llko 'possum. De 'pos
sum am good , bue de grave/ with sweet po
tatoes la better. Did you never eat 'pos
sum , mUseyT Den you didn't know what
GROCERIES.
- Brady Go-
waasr
13th nml Letvycmvorth St
Staple and Fancy Groceries
IEA AND COrrtt RCHSUR5 , Etc.
M eyer & Raapke ,
FINE GROCERIES
I Teas , Spleen , Tdbacco nnd Cigar * ,
i 1403-1407 Ilnrntr 8irei ( >
I.MPOUTICUS.
GAS COFPKn KOASTKKS
A.\U jomuxa anooEiis.
Telephone JSJ.
HARNESS-SADDLERY
JX'/'fJ
1 , N.IDDT.IN . .I.VCOJ.LAItH
JbMicr.i of I.cathrf , Aarfilfrrjllantwuif , Rtr *
Wo solicit your orders 1315 Howard Et ,
HARDWARE.
' ester & Wilhelmy Ge
- - m
i --i -
Wholesale Hardware ,
Omaha.
Wholesale Hardware.
nicycloa and Sportliiz Goods. lU10-'Jl-23 liar-
nuy street.
LIQUORS.
LIQUORS.
Proprietors or AMERICAN CIGAIl AND QLASS
WAIU : co.
214-210 South 14th St.
East India. Bitters
Golden Sheaf Pure Rye and Bourbon Whiskey.
Willow- Springs Distillery , Her & Co. , 1115
Harney Street-
Wholesale
Liquor Merchants ,
1001 Kurnain StreoU
ey
Wholesale
Liquors and Cigars ,
1118 Parnum Street.
WHOLESALE
Wines , Liquors and Cigars.
13-415 8. 15th Street.
LU/iBER
Eilsago LMte 0o
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . . .
814 South 14th Bt.
good eatln' was. Hut mebbe you all wouldn't
Itnowliow to rook Mr. ' 1'ceaum , fur clars
cbberytliig InIP know how. "
"Well , then , tell me ( jjvv you cook It , " she
said ,
The old man snt the 'possum and potatoes
il wn on tlio pavement , or , ad they call It In
Now Orleans , thu "banquet , " and with a
look of earnest concentration bcRan with :
" .Vow , don't you never forget Jest what I'he
gwlno to tell you about how to cook do 'pos
sum. Well , do fust 't'intf > ou UotH Is to got
you 'possum. Oat may bo easy fur you'lns ,
but taln't fur mo ; dat Is , aluaya. Well , den ,
when you's dun got you's 'possum you skins
him fUBt. Den jou puts him Into de poi
with cold water , and put do pot o\er a hot
( Ire an' den you. parpCj | ) ( lijin nta too much
fur you don't wun to Jose any of his nice ,
sweet fat. Men you takes him out of de
pot an1 you dries him In a clean towel. Den
you puts him Into a big frylii' pan ; den you
scrapes de skin off you sweet potatoes an'
you puts dem Into 'o same ran wld Miner
'Possum , Den jou has jou ut/Jvo red , an'
den you puts de pan an' 'paxum and pota
toes Into de oven ami den go away for a little
while , hut not too long. Hen when you
comes back you puts lit a llttlu h6t Valor , an'
don you begins am ) haste.a do 'possum an'
do sweet potatoes an1 you keeps on a-bast-
lnj { and a-baUIng till do 'possum Is a good
brown Jest like my color an' do sweet po
tatoes Is soft and Juicy an' do gravy Is al
most black an1 plenty of It. Den you takes
It out ob de oven an * den } u sots do table ,
and den well , dcf ) jpi | bars rtfl doors , fo'
do smell of cooked 'possum goes a long
ways , an' when you have only one 'possum
you doesn't want much company besldca
yoursulf. "
Now , there , Is your recipe for cooking
possum , and given by probably ono of Die
best chefs for that dlih In the world ,
Subscribe for The Sunday 11 eo ted read
Anthony Hopc'i great "tory "Simon Dale. "
LUMBER.
C
\VItOLESALU AND RBTAtU
LUMBER
Offlc * and Tard . . . 13th and California Kit.
Geo. fl. Hoagland
Wholesale Lumber
Lime , Etc.
9th and Douglas Sts.
OYSTERS.
id Cole & Go ,
PAClCRns.
KING COLE OYSTERS ,
AND
101S llownril Rt.
OILS-PAINTS
M Co ,
Ait' Floated M nml Paint
And Point * of Ml Klml Putty , Kto.
1015 and 1017 Jonci St.
.7. A. MolTet. let Vice 1'res. L. J. Drake , Gen Mcr
OIL V
CinFO.Inc1 , Turiiontlne Axle Oreasp. file
Omaha llraneh nnd Acenclcn. John II Until Mar ,
PAPEK- WOODEN WARE.
Printing Paper ,
Wrapping P.iper , Stationery
Corner Utli and Howard itretti.
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
Woodenware.
1107 Harncy Street-
SCHOOL SUPI'LILS.
Publishers , Manufacturers and Jobbers.
The lixrBC t Supply House In the West.
Corner Iltli nnil Harncy Streets.
* > ' '
SASH DO JRS BLINDS.
.V.annfncttirers of
Sash , Doors , Blinds , Etc ,
12th n ml7. u-d Sts.
STEAM-WATER bUPrLIES.
Go.
lOM-IOlfi Dauulat Street.
Manufacturers nnd Jobbers of Steam , das an !
Water Supplies of All Kinds.
.nitsd . States
i i a
iioS-nio Uarnev St.
Steam Pumps , Knglneo and Hollers. Tip ? ,
Wind Mills , Steam and Plumbing
Material , Jleltlne , Hose , Etc.
TOYJ AN1J FANCY GOODS.
4.Ji dy ' p'
\ * = = *
'Joys , Dolls , Albums and
FANCY GOODS.
flouno KurnlrhlnEs , ChliJrcn's Carrlngte , Eta.
1J19 Pnrnam Street
- ti AKIIN UP 0 VVD SR
' " Yi-ast"
Maniifnctureis' celebrated "On Time
ind German Haklnf Powder. Satisfaction
suarantecd ,
< /jof to 4321 North
2wenlycight Street. I
KI\MDV.S : MAD I.IICK.
.MlNforliiiii-x Hull llnti- . \rrl\i-d I'nni
( null ) ( in Krlil ! > MiiruliiKN.
\\'hen a person In Webster , Mo. , has u run
of Ill-fortune that gets after him and follow a
him up persistently , the neighbors say he is
having "Kennedy's luck. "
Tom Kennedy teiiioved tbero from Danger
twenty years ago , relates the New York Sun ,
bringing his wife and six small children
along. Though ho bail no tr-ide , he K I a
good living working about the saw mills and
wneii I'otcr , his oldest bcj , was big enough !
to go to work , the faliicr owned his houtoj
and had money In the bank.
At 8,30 one Friday morning fifteen yiar/jj
ago I'atsey , the yciingest Kennedy ili.id.j
walked on some Ice while gc/lng to nl :
and , the Ice giving way , the uu >
drownel.
.After that the Kennedys were pr bi" '
for ten year * . The father built a big
hoiibo aiuf was getting rich by taking t < "
era. Thu children were all at work ear *
money , Then a big pile of edgings >
top of H'oter , cruising him to death Tl >
cldcnt which kllle.- " , 1'cter took place a <
a Friday morning ,
At 8:30 : ono Friday morning fifteen i "i " ' J
later the house , full of bedding and fun. r
caught lire and the Kennedys were wi'lnut
home ,
The father : mt up a new house ami < i
about to move In , when It caught fir" '
burned down. The llro department re < l
show that the alarm was turned in a' JO
on a Friday morning ,
Ueforv anotber new homo could bo put up
Miss Sadlo Kennedy , a grown-up daughter ,
became Insane and was sent to tlio asylum ,
al Auguata , Last week she died , cryuitf :
"Friday 1 Friday , at half past 81" The at-
tondaut who was with her at that time i
she died at 8:30 : on Friday