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12 TTI13 OMATTA DAILY , MAHCTI 12 , 180f ) . Bring Vour GRAHAM DRUG CO. , S. W , Corner 15th nnd rannnm. Peyton's Pharmacy , 21th and Lcavcnworth. King Pharmacy , 27th and Leavcmvorth. PEYTON , PH. 0. Prop. " \Vlirro tltpy will IIP coimiouniloil li > iinoisTnunn I IIAIIMACIST& oni > . There is Good Money And there is bad money There nre good rlgars and there are bad clgnrs One of the good clgnrs Is the FIVE CENT JERSEY In fnct UB the best has no equal for thnt price Many JOe cigars not ns good. Paxton Block Cigar Store , Jacob Jasknlck , Prop 16th , near Fnrnam. IN THE BACKWOODS OF BRAZIL Strange Features of Life in tbo Province of Matte Grosso. CITIES OF CORUMBA AND CUYABA Aunt I'orpNlN AHouHli \Vllel A ill nulls anil lllrilN How Cntllo TnUr ( he rinre of IlornoH Ciirliiiin Indian Trllicw. ( CopjrlKht , 1S09 , by Frank G. Carpenter ) ASUNCION , Paraguay , Jan 10 , 1809 ( Specl ii Correspondence ot Tlio Bee ) The wonders of the Parana sjstem grow upon me. I am now on the Paraguay , which Hews 2,000 inllc from Its source In iBraz.ll before it loses Itself In the Parana. The Paraguay lias a network of tributaries above AMIII- elon up which you can fciill for thousands of mill's. On some of these rivers you can go In canora bo close to the tributaries of thei Aimuon that you can carry your bunt ft short distance and go out to the Atlantic thrjiibh that mighty stream The Parana proper , which I left about 300 mllrs south , at the town ot Conlcntes , < > > ten Is moro than a thotiKaml miles further north , hounding south Paraguay and run ning on Into Brazil. It Is navigable fern n mill I steamers during a part of Us course , lint It has 400 miles of rocky rapids , and In the future It may be ono of the great pletuicsfjuei routes of the world. It has waterfalls which are said to surpass tho.su ot Niagara. These nro on the borders of 1'nniguay and Brazil , nnd nro known ns the Salto Gnayra. They nro , I nm told , far moro grand than the fnllo of Ygvazu , whk'tt are sometimes called the Niagara of South Ajnerlca , I hnvo already written how In coming to Asuncion I tnile l as far as from Now York City to Omaha on largo river steam ers I can go Just aa much further by ntenm Into the veiy heart ot this continent , or further than from Philadelphia to Salt Italic City. The limit of steam uivlgatlon IH now Cnynba , Brazil , thu capital of Mntto Orosso , and the > metropolis of a vast coun try of undeveloped resources. The first man to penetrate this region by r , tea in was nn American. Ills name was Captnln Thomas J Pago. Ho was com- innndor of the Btcam launch Alpha of our nnv } , anil upon this little ship In ISM ho jnihhed his way Inland " ,700 miles from the Atlantic. Today Brazilian mall eteamers go over the same route twice n ninnth , nnd tliero nro Bte > ame < rs leaving here weekly for Cuyoba. The Paraguay rlvor for half the Journey Is everywhere twenty feet deep , while Its average depth Is said to bo forty- Jho feet. In the llrnvt ( if llrncll. In going from Asuncion to Cuyaba you pats through a region which Is most pie- turc.jo.ue. Crossing the boundary of Para guay , jem enter the great province of Matte Grosse , which Js an empire In ftself. As you go north the l > araguay river narrows , the nconcry becomes wild , and jou steam in nnd out among mountains upon the bases ot whleli grow fcvn trees and giant palms. The banks are covered with a wooded mass of vegetation. Thetrrps are tall nnd bound together with vines and creepers You could not maKe jour way through ithera with an ax or a knife. Them are all kinds ot wild birds , and you get many HhMs from tlio steamer. There arn alligators everywhere , and If you rise early you ma ) now and -then BOO tigers ewlmmliiK across the river Further north. If j-ou throw n djnamlto cartridco into the water ttio dead llsU will SPE KKS' AQUft PURfl FILTER Removes all . germs. P r o- vides perfectly pure water for all domestic uses at a cost of loss than Ic per barrel , lias the capacity of a $100 iilter , Price § 10 put on. Sold only by Nebraska Plumbing ,1,1,1 , , 13KJ Douglas Heating Co j 'Phone 2070. Established In 1880. la tin Steam Heating Plumbing Telephone 1146 403 South 15th Street , OMAHA. WHEN O JI Insist upon having ours. They will grow in any soil and do not cost any more than poor seeds. THE NEBRASKA SEED CO , , 1305) FARNAM. Henry O Wlnd'nolm , Minagor soon rise on all sides of jou and > ou can within a few minutes pick up enough o and there > you halt nil your boat. Hero pass fnrm houses cut out ot the woods. At some ot these the boat stops for fresn meat , taking the beeves on board amd kill ing them there. There are frequent forests ot pal mi. scattered along the river. ' Asuncion , just About two das' ride from over the niazillan line , a forest-covered Island , 1,300 feet high , springs up ahead of > ou and seems to stop jour progress As rthat there Is a you approach It jou see channel at the wchtsldo wide enough for tlio IsHnd 1s known boat to go through This as the Mountain 0 ito The land about It Is said to bo so unhealthy that , ns ono of the authorities stntes , even the trees nro pot bellied and dropbical. Some of the tinman nelghboihood certainly areAs beings In the As jou proceed further the animal life In creases Deer nre frequently seen and white. The among them some almost pure birds are of the most gorgeous plumage , the toucans being resplendent In the brightest let's and blues The alligators now become more numerous nnd you nre frequently appioichcd by Indians who have tiger skins foi sale A good skin will bilng from $ r > to $10 In addition te > this there Is sometimes a bounty paid for nuch skins There Is ono man on the river who has made quite a little foituno b } killing tigers Ho has killed l' ' > 3 nnd has received In the neighbor hood of $1,000 for them Ho got $10 aplot.0 for the skins nnd the cattle owners paid him n bounty of $ " > per tiger Other things offered for sale are parrots nnd monkoH. The pi ices are low and you can have them almost for the nsklng. You can ulxo buy bows nud arrows , Indian baskotH and hammocks , The hammocka nro expensive. Some are made of the bill- llant feathers of tropical birds and cost aa high as $200 $ apiece. From ANiuiuloii ( o Mu o RFONNO. The province of Matte Grosse Is ono of the largest In Brazil It Is as largo as ono- slxth of the whnlo United States , not In cluding our outljlng possessions. It forms the southern cential half of the country , The greater part of It has never been ex plored and It Is as wild today as It was when Sebastian Cabot made his way up the Paraguay river oul } n few jcars after America was discovered Mntto Grosse is n land of gold nnd diamonds mends , of vast pastures , of Impenetrable forttUa , ot rubber nnd cacao , and , in fact , In Its possibilities , ono of the richest lands ot the globe. This territory Is to bo reached only by the Parana nnd Paraguay river sstems. U lias io railroads connecting It with the lest ot llrazir , and Its people relj for their sup plies upon the steamers of thu Parana s > n- tom Hvory bit of Imports Is hiought over 2,700 miles by river boats , and the otllclalu , who as a rule como from Hlo Janeiro , miibt ti.ivel a thousand inllc-a further. Leaving Asuncion on jour way to Matte Orosso , jou first pass Villa Conception , the biggest city of north Paraguay. Intro is a white cubtom house on the banks , and back of this the town Conception contains nbout 6 COO people H Is made up of stuc- copil buildings and tHatched huts. It is a business center , exporting laigo emnntltles of Mnto or Paragua ) an tea , nnd hides There uro moro Indians and negroes Uiero than In Asuncion , end von nnd that the Indians and negroes Increxisc as jou go north. At Colmbra , Hrnzll , J.SIO miles from Duenos Ajres , sou see- upon the wcsst bank of the Paraguay the first -Ullage of any Ue for a distance of 700 miles on that side ol the river. So far all the settlements have boon on the cast bank ot the river , the countrj to the west being almost entirety wild At Colmbra there Is n Iirazllmn fort Further on > ou como to the Jmlo Mllago Typewriter and Office Supplies COPYING BOOKS BLANK BOOKS niiiNo CASES PENCILSPENS PENS DUPLICATING MACHINES DIAPHRAGM NEOSTYLES KOTARV NEOSTYLES MIMEOGRAPHS Wo carry at all times n complete line of supplies for tlio above machines. Megeath Stationery Company , 1308 rarimmStrcct "Phone 234. ThoSCHLITZ HOTEL and RESTAURANT. Strictly First-Class Theater Parties a Specialty. The finest noonday lunch in the city for 2c. Kith u nil Hnrney Sts. J , E. HESf Proprietor , Plumbing T * YOU WANT the best plumbing steam hot water heaters gas fitting and fixtures call on Free & Black They are ready at all times to do it for you at reasonable prices. Plumbers and Gas Fitters , 1806 FARNAM STREET. Telephone IO49. of Albuquerque , TV 1th , low. wooded moun tains behind It , and about 175 miles further tlio steamer stops at Corumba. I hlef Port ill South Ilrurll. Corumba is over 2,200 miles from the At lantic. It Is almost as far Inland byRater .is Salt Lake City is from New York by rail. It Is the chief port of Matte Grosso. Here is located the only ctibtom house of the province , nud the officers corno on board und open your luggage. The steamer stops Ions enough for 5011 to get a good view of the tltj It is situated on a hill , commanding the cuimtry for miles. There are woods about the tlty , and the place is picturesque. It hits the usual Spanish buildings of .stucco and tiles , with palm trees growing hero and tliero In the garden. There Is a beautiful plaza in the center of Corumba , about uhlcli are some of the prin cipal stoics. There is a great deal of thrift to be observed among the merchants. The lit } dues a largo business , the most of which Is maniged by rrciich , Italians and Stras- buig Jews. Goodb are sent out from hero to different parts of the Interior. Tliero is a niulo route to Hollvla , the nearest town being San Jose de Chuqulto , which is 2SO miles away. The Journey takes fourteen days , und it Is very expensive. Mules are costly , and je > u can not got a good ono for less than $100 in gold You must lay In a coed supply of canned coeds , for those who try to live elf the country fare poorly. There nro few hoists. The } are subject to a peculiar dis ease , which affects their hind quarters , and their place 1ms been largely taken by con a and bulls. Bullocks are used for catts and also for riding , a good riding bullock tiring- Ing a cooel pi Ice. The bullock Is not n bid saddle animal. Its gait is a shambling trot or pace , and , Hftor jou become tibed to It , it is not at all unpleasant. The iinlnmla aio directed by reins which are tied to their horns They are often used to pack gooilti , and , indeed , take the places that horses have In our country. Ilrn/lliiin Tint it of Cuynlin. It la shortly after > ou leave Corumba that jou pnss out of the Paraguay river and enter the San Ixjrtn/o , The San Lorenzo Is not so big as the Paraguay In the Paragua ) proper steamers draw as much as n I mi feet , while these to which you change nt Corumba do not draw over five. It takes about twelve hours to reach the Sail Lorenzo river from Corumha , and jou tall n day and a half upon It before you enter the Cujaba ihor , up which jou bteam to the city. The steamers nro always crowded , 200 often being taken In ono little boat. The whole Journey from Cornmba to Cujaba re quires nix elnjs , and the fate Is $7 In gold It is ono of the cheapest steamship trips of the world. This price Includes jour nu Us coffee In the moinlng , bieakfast at 10 a. m and dinner in the evening. The s < enery of the San Lorenzo and Cuy- aba rivers is very tropical. There are many palms. There are cotton trees which have balls of cotton upon them as big as oranges Others have blossoms of a fclllty fiber which hang down In great cones of white. Tills stuff is used by the people for making pillow a Cu > aba has about 20,000 people It Is a sur prisingly good cltv for its location and very much up-to-date. It has newspapers , hospitals and schools. It has water works , a street car line and a cathedral. In its college - lego Trench , English and Portuguese are taught , and In Its orphan asjhiin there are 300 bo > s. The town was founded in 172J , being laid out In Portuguese t > tlo with a very pretty plaza and park It Is situated about two miles from the river and jou can rldo to It on one of the tame cows or you may go on a street car drawn b ) mules. The country surrounding Cujaba U rich ngilculturally , and I am told there Is much For Women Only It Is the value that makes folks buy the nr w No n tthopler & Wilson Sewing Mn- t hlne Cnst trillc" mor than nowpipc-r machine1 ! , but worth double No oilier ma chine can bo compared with II Hotatlng motion and bill bearing puts It In a rlnss by Itself It is the best possible machine to 1 > o hud and the. prlrp at vvhlth It Is sold makes It the most economical to buy. Bold HIGGINS& SHAFFER 1620 Capitol Ave. 1 If you do not pay your debts the I 608 Bee Building , Omaha , Neb will put your name on the BEDDING GIFTS GALORE. I The right variety and plenty of wedding rings too. By the way , who repairs your watch ? Do we ? THE BUSY JEWELERS , 1520 Douglas St. 21 and M St. S. Omaha gold In the hills about the city. The cathedral is said to stand over a gold lode , and on the edge of the town there are mines which are still worked by the Portu guese. I have mot several Americans who have been mining gold In this part of Ilrazll , but BO far none of them have struck It very ilch It does not need very sharp eyes to see that gold exists , for after a heavy tropical rain the bojs go out and search for grains ot gold in the street. It is said that they are often well paid for their trouble. There are also diamond mines not far off In the interior , but I am told that the best diamonds have so far been found much further north. TinCluiuo. . In going to Matte firosso jou skirt one of the least known parts of South America. This Is the vast region known ns the Cliaco , lying west of the Paraguay river and south of Hollvla. The noithorn part of It belongs to Paraguay and the rest to the Argentine Keptibllc. The part belonging to the Argen tine lies south of tha Pllcom.iyo river and comprises a tciritory bigger than California and Miibhachusotts combined , and enough to make three states as big aa Ohio. The only sottlpmontB in this vast region are along the raiagua } . They consist of hero and there an estancla or farm nnd a few scattering -villages The chief town in the Piirnguiian Chaeo ii Villa IIaes , which IB In sight from Asuncion and which has now about ninet-ono families of foreigners. Thny are chlelly Swiss , Kiench and Italians , who are engaged In raising sugar cane and sweet potatoes and In manu facturing brandy. There arc two largo rivers which run through the Cliaco. The Pllconmyo winds about like a corkscrew from the Dollvlan Andes to the Paraguay river. It Is full of rapids and can novcr bo navigable. Tlio Veimojo or the Vormllllon river enters the Paraguay further bouth It In at just about the bottom of the country. Its waters are no red that they discolor those of the Para guay for some miles. The Vormejo is about 1,200 mllrs long nnd Is navigable for only a short distance. Just what these countries contain In the wn } of resources is yet to bo discovered , I have mot mon who have traveled over parts of them. They tell mo that the forests have much line timber , nnd that thnro are good pastures scattered among them The land will hardly bo developed before railroads are built , nnd today there nro not. I venture , r.0,000 vvlillo people in the whole territory. llalrli-NH lliiiiiiuiN of ( Ine lini'ii , The Inhabitants of the Cliaco are thus almost altogether Indians. There nro said to bo more than 100,000 of thorn They are among the moat curious of the Indians of the world , and some tribes nro practically unknown to our ethnologists Some of the Cliaco Indiana go naked from one ) ear's end to thft other , unrt some are so opposed to any covering that they will not even allow their hair to grow. They pull out oveay hair on their bodies except these on their heads. Their faces , arms , bosoms , legs , nnd in fact nil parts of their bodies , nro keipt as linlili'ss ns they wore when they were beirn I have heard It often stated that the people of n certain tribe are naturally haliless It is tale ! they nro born so , nnd the hairs never grow except on the'lr heads. This has been often reported , but until I see nn Indian grown to order to te-st the matter I bhall continue to doubt whether the reports nro correct. Some of these Indians are fine looking Tnko the Tubas , for Jnbtance I have Been many of them during my travels on the Paraguay river , They are ns line looking ns any of the Indians of North America They are as straight na our pine trees nnd as proud in their bearing as " > ' Indian chief of the west They huvn high ohctk bonrs , copper-colored skins nnd straight , black hair. The ) Tobas commonly TV ear no clothes ex. * In ordering groceries don't Insist on overthing the cheapest but get the best nt the lowest price Wo Keep only tlio best known standard brands and you nro sure to be satisfied If we 1111 the order Glvo us n trial. Meat Fish Game 24th and Farnam Sts. IMionc 1511 Phone 16 < tt ) For Meats For Groceries. See the name' Yes , we're still In the same old stand , still striving for unequalled excellence In work- mnuslilp nnd stock , have just fin ished sorting a tremendous , bra ml now stock of this season's latest handsnmo and brilliant effects In Wall Papers. Is jour tnsto faulty , in jour opinion ? Our saleslady un- elerstanda harmony and color schemes thoroughly nnd will help you select. 109 South 14th Street. Phone 4:1. : What's for Breakfast ? This market is full of suggestions that help out the perplexed housewife. The finest home-cured bacon , cut In the thinnest of thin slices , without a bit of rind or waste , frying dellclously crisp and appe tizing. Then wo have the finest sausage made pork chops porterhouse steak , etc. Better como and look us over if you want the choicest meats In the city. EJWLTGH-ROOS GO. , Tii , . 71O. 1.T1 KC Street. CVSII MMIKIJT. ccpt when they como into the presence of white people or cross over to Paraguay to trnde. At such times the women wear white sheets draped nbout their bodies. At homo they have nothing except n blanket about the waist , that Is , when they are in full dress. The men are satisfied with a band tied nbout the head. 1 have many photognphs of them , but all are too nude for public ition. Tdo } oungcr women are very flne > looking , nnd the joting braves arc among the noblest ot tlielr race. Hoth se8 age early , nnd after 30 the -women look old. Among most of the tilbcs polygamy Is common , but I am told tlrat the women get along peaceably nnd thnt a new and young wlfo Is welcomed into the family. This maybe bo from the fact that the women do all tlio work , and 'the ' more women the Irts work. It Is the woman who plants the crops , tooks tlio meals , make's ( lie fishing nets and weaves the blankets. The men only hunt , fish nnd fight. They nio skllleU in , the use of the bow and aro. It Is said , vei } brave > in battle They do not senlp , but cut off the heads of tholr dead and cuio thorn In suth a wa } thnt they can use the skulls for drinking cups As a rule they kill tlio grownups of the tilbcs 1Cio } cemqueir , but save tlio children for braves and wives Tlio marilago customs of the Chnco In- diaiih are stiange Giovanni IVUaschl , an Italian , who haw traveled iimong them , nays that when ono of the * Tobns wants to mair } ho paints bib check bouts , UpB and the hollows of his COB red Ho then struts about the Unt of his sweetheart , and later on bilngs nil the tficep , chlckciiB , skins und ether property which ho pob8esse > to the } oung woman and onVrs them to her ns u present If fiho accepts them the marriage is on and he ean wimo in nml llvo with her family , shortly afterwnrd removing to a hut of his own. If she refiiBPB ho goet , else where. I am fold that sueii marriages nro happy , thatlho WOIIKII nro faithful nnd that they mnko good mothers. Three Indians nro not very Intelligent Tlioy cannot count moio than four. They hnvo no money nnd theilr trailing Is alto gether by barter. A community of Inter ests seems to prevail , and If one of the women ge-ts n piee of ilncry from a for- olgnor Hht- has to divide It with her HlHtere. her couhlns and her mints Tlif WlKunuiN "f I In * rinn'O. The wlgivnmrt of the Cliaco nro different from these of our savage * A village often has Us huts built together , so that one thateh can cover a number of dwellings. Ono ot the-bo common houses looks juucli like a gieit hay wagon , fiineral families liv ing In the different apartments under It Ono part of cadi hut is used for reeking and another for sleeping The people slce-p upon skins when thev have them , othei- wlso on the bare ground The huts are so will made that they do not leak. Tlie > } are built b > the women , nnd when completed ono of the braves craw In upon the roof and stamps about to bee If ho can make the ) thatch break through. Jf ho cannot , the hut Is all right , but If the roof gives , he tells his wlfo to get up nnd go to work again. The Indian women are gale ! to bo geol cooks They ute pots and spits for cook ing , and I am told they always wash their pots after using them. They use shells or gourds for spoons , forks are unknown and the man IH happy who has bis own knife. Some of thooo Indians have odd was of taking care of their dead. If a man is rich at the time of his death his corp o U put Into a clay jar. This is burled In the hut nnd a flro Is kept burning over It to consume - sumo the gases as the body decays Yyliiilirr the cuoking Is < lone on the tmmo 1 nro I do not know. The Indians like to keep their dead with The Pantorium has just added a now depart- inont devoted exclusively to the cleaning of port lores and silk draperies. Women's tail or made suits and evening dresses cleaned by our new French dry cleaning process. Pantoriuin Co. N. E. Corner 1'lth ami Furiinm Sts. Telopnonc 003. Work Galled For and Delivered , Now publication Now Idea. A full nnd complete monthly reporter or all now Amprli an bonks Publish ed at Omaha Neb Otlli e COS Bea Building Subsirlption pi lie 50 cents pel year. SPECIAL OFFER : The Amerlrin Hook Reporter will bo sent for ono jear postp ild to any one. ordering through it anv book or books , mentioned therein , the price of which is $1 00 or inoie. "U'rlto for free sample copy. To tlie tlieRed Red Cross Gentlemen I desire to thank } ou for the KrKit kindness shown to us In our late berea\ement We can truly say of the Hod Cross League that it is the greatest of blessings to all classes I desire to say that the service furnished was of strictly first-class character , the contract being In every way carried out ex actly as rppicsentcd. MRS. BEN W1TTIG , 1618 No. 32d St. 804 New York Life Bldg. Carrington & Karling , Managers , Telephone 2IKI1. them , and In the case of the poor the corpse is burled in the hut and the family live outsldo until the body has so far decom posed that it docs not cause a bad smell. rilANK (3. CARPENTER. GOSSIP AUDIT MM'ii > Although General AVade Hampton is more than SO jears old ho perfoimed a feat the other morning that proved him to bo still active and vigorous Discovering that thereof roof of his house in Columbia , S. C , was on flic , without pcimlttlng of the household to be awakened , ho hastened out and himself proceeded to .climb . to extinguish the llamcs It was not until the breakfast houi tint any of the household were aware of the flro or of the aged soldier's ribky but effective climb upon the roof Roibcrt II Hnlllgnn of Chicago , who Is snld to have made a Midden foituno In Womlng copper mines , has begun to talk and sas , among othei things "I'm so rich th.it I can't count my money , hut I have an offer of ? 20,000,000 foi mining propeity that I ktr-v is worth at least $40,000,000. I'll have John 1) . llotkefeller beaten to n standstill In a 5cat's time , and yet MX weeks ago I was woith only $2,000 , nnd had to pawn my watch ono Saturday night for $5. " Mr Ilalligan has ottered tlio University of Ken- tuck } $500,000 If It will change Its iiamo to tlio Mulligan university. "When tlio Ilov. Dr. Chailrs H. Park- hurst was In Amhribt , " bis the Springfield Union , "ho boarded In the homo of Mrs. Charles n. Admits In these das the college - lego boaiding houses were fat dlflerrnt from what they are now. When the 'bo } ' vvt'io a part of the family , anil If need were the 'landlady' then an unknown term pl.oed the role of mother III Pnrkhurst , Homy Ward Hoecher , General Thomas , and miiny another student who slnco tiecamo famous , roomed In the Adams homestead. Helen Hunt , when n } oung womun , unwittingly left a relic which sineo became noted In nn Idle moment slu > BClatched her name with a pin on the wall hrsldc a hack stairway. " "Senator-Meet I'onci .1 Mcfumbnr , " sajs n North Dnl.otn mm. 'is a hustler , for ho Unick Dakota In ISSO without a dollar to his name , but ( hotk full of law and deter mination lln dad nn olllce In a ehacK that hadn't moio than $10 worth of lumber in U , all told. Mcfiimhcr. however , buckled down to work In that Hhinty and guo the follow B with $5 cnscs Just nx good and Jimt ns much law na the $50 fellow s , und It didn't taKe long for hlH reputation as a worker to spread horn \Vahpcton nil over the state. Ho was just the toil nf mnn the Uakotans wanted , for ho worked for them day and night Just us hard as ho worked later when ho was after the 'blind pie' proprietors. " There wrro fourteen University of Michi gan men in the rift-lifth congrrss Ono of tliego In In the bonnto and the other thir teen were in the house of representatives. The ) are Senator Cushman K Davis of Minnesota and the following representa tives Samuel \V. Smith , Horace 0 Snover , Kredlnaml Ilrurlcor , Hoswoll I' . Dluhop , Wil- llum S Mcnlcli nnd John J Lentz represent ing Michigan districts , Winflrld S Kcjrr and Marriott UroshiB , representing Ohio dis tricts , Marlon Do Vries of the Second Cali fornia dlblrlct , Jo1m K Slmfroth , represent ing the I'irst Colorado district , David II Manor of the Second Nebraska dUtrlct : William H King , ropretontntlvo-at-largo from Ttah. and Thoobold Otjen , who repre sents the rourttonth Wisconsin dlntrlct. In the Klfty-slxth tongrcsB the UnlvcrBlty of Michigan will have two more of its gradu ates in the senate , Joseph V Quarlcs of Wisronain nnd I'ortcr J McCumbcr of Nortli Dakota. In the house will albo bo two [ { LOPP Lithographers , Printers , BlankBook Makers , Designing , Engraving , 1114-llIKFarnum St. Omnlin. Neb. One Mile and 742 Feet placed end to end would bo the rnevu > uro of the ROYAL HARDMAN PIANOS actually sold by us , And what is best of nilwo htv * made a friend with every salts and can point with prldo to the exlellent reputation wo have made trith the fine qualities of thh rojnl instru ment. MUELLER PIANO & ORGAN GO 214 South 18th Street , Ol'I' . CITY 1IAII _ Tel 109S. Omaha , Neb. But it needn't stop you from seeing us about repairing your buggy or j carriage or putting on "Rubber Tires" Driimmond Carriage Go. Tel. 635. 18th and Harney Sts Opposl'o Court House. others , Janus C. Nccdbam , representing the Seventh California district , and Abraham L > . IJrlck of the Thirteenth Indiana district. nii'iirrins. Ono ot the faculty of the General Thco logical Bomlnary , New York , tells a char acteristic story cf the late Bishop Williams. A brother bishop from the west asked tlm venerable Connecticut diocesan' "Bishop , will you tell mo what you consider the beat bit of work jou have done In Connecticut during jour long cplscopito tliero ? " Thu bishop replied "Well , perhaps the beat work I ill el for the diocese , and for tha church as well , was to keep a number of men out of the ininlstrj. " The crn o over heroic advertisement deems to have been run into the ground toy some ardent crank in Jnspei , liid. A notice of a icllgloiM revival nt that place jeads as follows. "Struck by lightning ! Jasper nil on lire' l"lio started In tha 'Amen corner' of the Tree Methodist chuich last Sunday , insisted by the Ilev Lubor- tcaux of Jasper , asglHtcd by the Hum's Horn band of Adi Ian anil othera The devil's IIro dopaitment from hell , assisted by linok nnd ladder compaii } , can't stop It. Glo rious di play ot light and heat every night ! All nre invited to e-omo nnd liivi ; the Icicles molted fiom their houlb. Mothers have spo- olal Invitation to como and bring their cryIng - Ing 'lu.blefi ' No terrestrial loafers allowed on the scene. " Perhons believing In moro practical Chris tianity 'may ' see a moral In the following : A tramp , who Raid ho wa out of work tem porarily , call IN ] nt the klUhi'ii door of a re-a- idonco in AVost 'Philadelphia. ' He was all nshtver with eold und face , hands nnd poorly clad feet wcio benumbed. It > o happened that the rook anil other servants being eiway the mistress of the house opened the door and heard JIH ! pica for .1 "bit to rat. " Being a good woman , and remembering the day nnd the greatest of the three Chrlfltlnn vir tues , she went to the lardeir and then re turned to the door with a half loaf of bread. "Hare1 , " uho paid to the tramp , "ttiko this , but , " nho added , "you nhould not forget I glvo it to you not only for jour own sake , but for Christ's , for tliln IH Ills da ) . " "Thank jou , ma'nm , " replied the tramp , ns ho extended Ills linnd und looked the good Samaritan In the eye , "but don't jou think thnt for His Kulio you might put some butter on It ? " SlllltlCtll-N. Detiolt Journal. IntrrcourHo with Christ mas had given the navaga it taMe not only for rum , but for dialectic suhtlctle > g no wetl I "I spare jour life' , " ho bald to the cap- tlvu "Thank joti , " the cnptlvo replied , not for getting his manneTs "Ho you owe mo your life , don't you ? " aske > d the cavngo. "Oh. JOB. " Bald thn captive. "Well. thon. If I take jour life I won't ho stealing , will I ? " exclaimed the sav age. age.It was rlear this benighted person took a truly civilized ek'llght in buncoing ) IH ! ethical senslbllHlcH for the 1 > encfH of his propensities' Tin' .Sinlllfii Detroit Journal The heathen who ID hpeaklng ns our story eipcns wenra n white I'edura nnd a skirt of palm leaves ; whether by accident or In thu full consciousness that n high hat newer goes with u business milt , wo know not. "Think of the millions , " he exclaims , "that nro Bpent to oend missionaries to us1" The other heathen U vUlbly affected. "It makes mo feel guilty ! " falters the latter "Ileally I suppose wei ought to net along with refrigerated beef during the hard Units , at least ! "