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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1899)
THE OX ATI A DATLT BEE : SI 'DAT , MATtCTT 12 , 1800 , 1 7 f f LAST LINE OF STAGE COACHES. CKACK OP DOOM FOR ' 1 HIJ IMONmt MKTIIOD OF TRANSPORTATION IX CALIFORNIA. The last ditch la which staging Is to die In In southern California. The line now conelstt of a. double dally service of sir- horse coechw , running between Surf , at the southern terminus of the coast line division of tlie Southern 1'aolflc railway , and Santa Barbara , Cal. , which I now the northern terminus of the Southern Pacific railway. The filling ; of the gar , now only seventy miles vMu , will complete another trunk line between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A day's ride through the most entrancing scenery 1 saw In California Drought me from B n Tranclsco to Ixjmpoc , ready fop the stage ride on the well equipped line that piles acrocs the niouninlni to Santa Ilarbara. Promptly at G o'clock In the morning the Singe , drawn by nix spirited horse * , swung In A graceful curve to the porch of the hotel , its great body tossing on Ha Irathorn springs like a ship In a billowy sea. The Wells- Tarso express treasure box was stowed In the boot bpneath the driver's seat , the United States mall sacks piled up on top of It , and 1 climbed to the high teat bosldo the driver , Charley Jennings. " " the swish Sharp "crack-cracks" punctuated of the long lash through the mountain nlr Twenty-four Iron-shod hoofs smote the hard , smooth road and wo wore off In good old- fashioned stage conch stylo. "Which way lies this city of Santa Barbara ? " I askrd the driver as I looked up for the funeral decoration of the young , while violet Is for adults. The invitation ha * not only the name * of the parents of the child , but the grandpar ent * , uncles , aunta and couslrK I was sup- poted to bring a wreath or other emblem of artificial now era ( real ones are seldot i used ) , and drive to the mourner's house. There 1 was met by an usher , who took the wreath and led me into the "chamber of death , " where the mourners and priests were praylns ; for the de-parted soul. Every articles of furniture , pictures , knlcKnacks. etc , had btcn removed from the room and the comn was placed In the center upon a bier draped with scarlet cloth , around which the wreaths , etc. , were put- Most Brazilian coffins are poorly made of the thlnnwt pine , perfectly oblong In shape and covered with ( according to jour means ) velvet , cloth , cotton or paper. The coffin was of scarlet velvet , having Its edges bor dered with gold-figured paper. The child wa < t dressed In gorgeous red silk and lace and literally covered with artificial flowers of every hue. The reason for such a dis play of color , I was told , v < as that a child has no etn and was going happily to heaven. Lighted candles were placed around the coffin , with a crucifix at the head on 1 another In the hand of the child. When the masses bad been eald the father nnd brother carried , the coffin to the hearse. The hearse was also scarlet and gold , but oh. so shabb > , and so wcro the two men on TRAVELING ON THE LAST OF THE STGE CO\.ri ! LINES f ti long valley , that seemed completely walled In by towering trres nnd manzanlto shrub- covered mountains "Up the 'Santa Yncz'valley , " he said , "and over the mountain right where you see that white cloud up there that has set down on the top of the mountain to rest. " "How Is the railroad to get over these high , steep mountains'1" I asked the driver. "Tbey don't go over ; they go around them. The railroad will follow the beach of the ocean most of the way , but they have Borne pretty stiff work In one canjou. It's ( Jeep and steep and mighty rocky. When Fremont c. ne In here from the south with his army In the 40' * the Mexicans fortified that canyon. They thought ho would have to go through it. and they were prepared to give him a battle there. Rut he was too cute for 'em ; he came over the mountains on a trail that this wagon road -no are on follows very closely. " Dinner at "Cold Spring Ranch , " perched near the mountain top fried trout , fresh- caught ; hot biscuit , honey , golden butter nnd hot coffee , with an appetite whettel by the light air of a latitude half a mile above the ocean , was not to be despised. A dash down the steep and rocky seaward W > . * L = a3r < * r M "i fliSj as.few. 'tt-t & $5 Zess : * 4zmS&i&S ! ' - t- * * ? - ' . _ fS ? . . * - . _ JZ .S. ti " " * . " r i i * * Vf J * "J-.1 * j i " " * f * * i j 'T . .TT''t * ? * * _ H * fe s2 t'--x 5 4 % | S THE OLD \ND THE NEW \LF-WAY H \XCII HOL'SE OF ST\OE LJN'E. face of the "Santa Ynez" on a road that clung to the giddy sides of yawning preci pices , down , down , the six horses on a ( sweeping gallop , down on to the foothills , clothed In yellow mustard bloom. Down Into the valley , onto a broad country road , sixty feet wide , and then wo came to Santa Barbara. rr > nitAis. ron-liiiiulcil Iiiillt liliiiili Who ArriniKc 4for Tln-lr I.iiHt l'H nidi- . One of the first things that strike the cya of the stranger In Ulo are some od'J ' looking carriages You think there must l > e a circus In town , but on Inquiring are told "Huso arehearses" Owing to the clim.uo a corpse can not ibKept ever twenty-four hours , nor will the law allow U , and so many have their clotbes made- and funeral Invitations printed before they are ready to die. They do not regard death as seriously In JUo aawo do In North America , but lay gri-'at stress on the outward show , liven In fants nro put Into mourning for their forty- eecond cousin , poor and rich alike. I received an Invitation to the funeral of a child of a friend It was printed on white paper having a scarlet border. Scarlet Is the color used by the liraztllatis Mrs S M Idol , Winston , N. 0. , writes : "Cancer is hereditary in our family , my father , sister , and nunt having died from this dreadful disease Iv us thoroughly nlanned , therefore , when a malignant Can cer appeared on my side , and at cnco sought the treatment of the best physician * . They were unable to do any good , however , aa the Onnqer continued to grow worse and spread I then tried S S. S , Tvhicli forced the disease out , and cured me permanently " ( Swift's Specific i is the only hope foi Cnncor ; it cures the. most malignant cases Our treatise on Caneer be'it free by the Swift Specific Co. , Atlanta , Ga. the seat who were dressed from head to foot in the same bright colors , and looked more HKe organ monkejs than men A. cli ed cab led the procession , in which sat the priest in all his bright robcn , then fol lowed the hearse , after which , in open car riages , the male relatives and friends ( no women attend funerals ) TIMBhT I.OCOMOTIVB CVHIl HTTILT. 1'rrOct In n\ery Part ami Run * on n riio-niiil-n-anart T-Iii 'li Track. The smallest locomotive ever built has been constructed by an Ohio man. That is , it is the smallest locomotive which lays claim to being absolutely complete and pet- fect , capable of behaving on a track as cred itably and efficiently as the big threatening- looking engine which draws the heavy trains on a great railroad. Smaller engines have been toys. This one. far from being a toy. Is as perfect as any locomotive ever turned 1 out to draw- trains , although It runs on a rack the gauge ot which Is only five an2 a quarter Inches Thn builder is a machinist , Richard H. Kiddle , who resides in Kinsman. O. Partly to test his own knowledge and ingenuity and partly to amuse his 3-year-old sea he constructed the locomotive. The length of ' engine and tank is sixty Inches. The tank holds twelve quarts of water and the steam pressure is as great as 123 pounds. The driving wheels are six and a half lnchp In diameter and the fire box measures six Inches The weight of the engine and tank , without the coal and water , is 126 > 4 pounds A tiny toolbox is on the tank and contains little tools Inside the cab are steam gause , Injector , throttle valve , gauge , cocks , whis tle , lever , reverse lever and the other neces sary bars and handles There are even cushions on the seats Intended for the en gineer and fireman. The engine runs on olld brass tracks , v\hlch rest on ties one- half by threo- < fourths of an Inch. The engine has attracted persons from far andi near to Mr Kiddle's shop , and It has been pronounced the most perfect thing of Its kind over constructed. There Is not a single feature of an up-to-date locomotive that is lacking , and could an engineer sufll- oipntly diminutive be found and the tracks pxtended , there would bo nothing to prevent - vent the said diminutive engineer from turn > ing the throttle and rushing off In the loco i- motive wherever the tracks should lead , at a rate which would not bo despised by the biggest engine on any railroad. AWAY TIIKY WOP Wan TliIn Heroine of a Mlnnc- Niitn Pnrin. It was up In Minnesota on a farm , and the time vvas the month of July. A family of , city folks were quartered In the rambling old farmhouse father , mother and three ' children. The latter were all less than S years old , and soon to bo orphaned , for their mother vvas dying with consumption. The stay In the country on the farm. It vvas thought , would prolong her llfo a little while longer. On ono of the warmest Sunday afternoons In tbo month the poor woman whose lift ; was wastlns away lay on a stretcher In a grove , tinder the pines , breathing their balmy , healing odor. Tor a while the children played about the couch , until she fell into a gentle slumber. Then the father motioned them away and bade them .play In another part of the grounds , where their chlldlbh noises would not disturb the slum- berer. Away they skipped , frolicsome and unhcedful of the death angel that was even then hovering near. As Is often the case In the farm region in Minnesota , the stables of the pigs and cowa and sheep were attached to the house , and from them all sorts of overhead areawaya and stairs led to every part of the domicile of the guests , the family and the help on the place. The youngsters had wandered from shed to shed , finally landing on the third floor of the house , where the sleeping rooms of the farm workers were located. Being Sun day afternoon , they were all away at picnics and dances , and there waa nothing to stop the exploring expedition of the venture some Kids. Suddenly they came to a stair way , which they felt sure they had not here tofore discovered. It was a narrow , almost dark flight of stairs , which received 1U light from an overhead window in the gable of the house To know whither that stairway leads was the eldest child' * ambition , and it was promptly communicated toher little fol lower * . Down teha went until she came it a plae * where a board waa entirely mUslns from the tair Being an old-fashioned * tair ay it was rather steep , and the a [ b t ve ? n foothold and foothold was great Hut < hat was lust the Kind of adventure tht girl was KoKing for , and she de- fir'aivi'h ' that she would jum [ TOSS The leap wa male and wa * ' There was a second leap and a disap pearing figure. N'o , not quite ! As the lit tle f-ot clipped from the step below and the btrly * hot down Into the abyss the boy little arms were thrown out as If for support to the Bister who had led him Into this peril. Miraculously enough they were caught by the step from which the eot had slipped , and with his little head still above them the baby brother clung to he narrow support. With a faint shriek .ho smaller girl rushed back the way they ud como to secure help In the house be- ow. The elder girl had the presence of mind to pull her brother from the hole 'rom ' which she now observed foul odora were rising. Straining every nerve Bhe res cued him , and together they quietly but quickly rushed downstair * and Into the Jtrhen , where tie smallest child was try- ng mlrtKt broken sobs to tell the farm wife what had occurred. The good womans lale , anxious face told plainer than words ' : hp danger through which they had passed. | The stairway led from the stable loft to ' th sleeping rooms of the farm hands and was built over a marshy pool ot foul water With rare good sense the farmer's wife said not a word of the perilous Journey of the three children , who now sat huddled together in the kitchen , all their playfulness gone. An hour later they were called to their mother's bedsldo to receive her last farewell. That nlg-ht she died , little dreamIng - Ing how near one of them came to being snatched away even before she was. The elder fllster 1 < now ft white-haired woman living in St. Lout * , but she still remembers with a shudder the terrible danger into which she had led her baby brother. PIIATTI.U OP Till ! YOUXGSTKHS. Boy on the Back Porch Our thermometer was five degrees lower'n yours was. Boy on the Other Back'Porch I don't care If it was. My maw's got colder feet than your'n has. "Well , Geordte. " said the caller , "what do you think ot your new little baby sister ? " "O , I don't know , " replied the Prairie avenue 6-year-old , with a yawn. "She's all right , I suppose. She relieves the monet ony. " "This really pains me , Willie , " eald the old gentleman as he picked the boy up and laid him across his knee. "Well , " replied the boy resignedly , "at least I've never been fool enough to delib erately hurt myself. " "Yes , my eon , I want you to make your self ambidextrous. I want you to be able to use one band just as skillfully as you do the other " "That's me , dad. I can lick any boy In my class with either hand. " Jimmy went with his parents to take a meal with friends who observe the old form ot asking a silent blessing. When all heads were bowed Jimmy endured the agony about three seconds , and then whispered shrilly : "Wake up , mamma ! Hain't you 'shamed of yourself to go to sleep over such a jolly dinner as this ? " A prominent professional man was aston Ished the other day bj a telephone call from his 4tarold daughter. "Hello , papa ! " "Why , hello , hello ! IB that you , baby ? "Es. Is oo tummln home to lunch ? " "Yes. " "Well , bring me home some dum , an' some taffy. " "Is that aI17" "Es. 'Cept I love oo. Deed oyo. " "Goo3b > e. " "My chlldten , " writes a fondi mother t the New York Mall and Express , "take great Interest nightly v/a chlng fo- the man who ' lights the lamp at our street corner. Thej are also In the habit of watching the stars and one night my boy , Horace , said to me : " 'Mammawhat are the stars ? ' " 'Me tell 'oo , brover , ' iai-ky ! answerei baby Mabel , 'me know all bout it. Evvy night Dod sends anjjels w v ladders all rounii i and lights up Dod's street lamps , that s so \ "Then she folded ber tin , hands and Horace - ace looked satisfied " _ Dlncovcrcil by a Voiiiiin. . Another great discovery has been made and that , too , by a lady In this country I "Disease fastened its clutches upon her and j for seven years she withstood its severes tests , but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent For three months she coughed Incessantly and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery , by purchasing of us a bottle ot Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption , and | was so much relieved on taking trst dose i that she slept all night , and with two I bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs Luther Lutz" Thus writes W C Hamnick & Co of Shelby , N. C. Trial bottles free at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store. Regular size 50c and Jl.OO. Every bottle guaranteed. ' Rev. Dr Isaac M. Wise , who Is probably the best known Jewish clergyman In the United States and one of the founders ot the reform movement in American Judaism , | will celebrate his SOth birthday this month , iArchbishop , Maclagan of York ( England ) entered the Madras division of the Indian army In 1847 as a lieutenant. He studied the native language , became an interpreter and retired on a pension , which he still draws. Sister .Mary Helen Ellis , one of the few survivors of the band of Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy who , under Miss Nightin gale , went to attend the English soldiers In | the Crimean war , died lately at Waltham- , stow , England , in her 82d year Foreign missions have taught the Chinese many lessons in human philanthropy The i mission hospitals have been an object lesson , which the Chinese have not been slow In learning , and today there are a number of native hospitals and free dispensaries throughout China. Rev. John W. Shanahan of Philadelphia , whom the pope has just designated bishop of Harrisburg , to succeed his brother , has for a long time been superintendent of the parochial school system of the archdiocese. Bishop Peter Bourgade of Tucson , Ariz , has been appointed archbishop of Santa Fe The official directory of the Roman Catholic church gives the Catholic statistics for this country and Canada Those for this country are as follows Twelve archbishops , 80 bishops , 2,750 religious clergy , S.3S3 secular or pariah clerfij , churches and chapcla. 11.571 entire population , 9.907,412 , 43,173 members 11 universities and 191 colleges for boys The total number of children in Catholic Institutions is 93C.7S4 A Chicago church baa adopted an electrical system of taking up collections. At a cer tain crisla lu the service the preacher touches the button and the parishioner .sometimes falls to do the rest , no circulating and ob servant deacon being at hand to take note of his tribute. Little baskets run on wires past each pew in the tabernacle , the col lections converging to a central treahury under the Immediate eye of the officiating divine. Word has been received from Rome that the supreme congregation of the holy office of the Vatican has published the recanta tion of Joseph Rene Vilatto of Wisconsin , who has been known as the only bishop of the Old Catholic church In America. The Old Catholic church Is a schismatic branch of the Roman church , which split off In 1S70 over the question of the pope's infallibility. Its members are very few In America , but In gome parts of Europe they are quite numer- The declaration of Rev. Dr Lyraan Abbott of Xew York in favor of spiritualism , wh.Ha naturally bringing forth a great deal of f comment , does not appear to have caused graat surprise nor to have been unexpected Indeed , the declaration does not go ab fur as many people had thought It would ' 1 do not believe " says the doctor , "that the dead have gone far away from u * They have passed beyond our ken but we are not be yond theirs But the more this faith comes to me the less I am satisfied with what men call spiritualism the less I believe In rap- f Ings and physical demonstrations , " A WANDERER AND HIS BOORS Stranga True Stories of a Boy Who Would Not Ba a Parron. ROVING ADVENTURES OF PHELPS WHITMARSH llcforr- the Mnst , In Mi trnllim Wllil * On llornoo' i Co rut Hprf < i , nnit re ItoiiRhlmr If How HP \ \ rlte < i llooUn , There U a charm about a retired sea dip- tain. Any man who has lived a roving llfo and stored hla memory with strange ad ventures on land and sen Is easily a. hero. And If a man has crowded Into a few short years more experiences than usually occur In : n lifetime , and , in his sturdy young man hood j he caa tell about them In a frauU , modest , manly fashion , ho Is easily an au thor. When a man has done this , as H I'hclps Whltmarsh has done it in his pic turesque book "The World's Hough Hand , " which has recently been making so much talk , and left the public with an appetite for more , then the fragments of experience which he drops In informal talk , sitting with pipe and slippers before the evening fire , are worth having. " 1 never had much training for writing , " said Mr. Whltmarsh , rather doom1 ! ? , after ho had been persuaded to talk about hlm- lelf. "You see , 1 was too busy to go to chool , and have read very little , \ few short stories as a boy and a few othurs on II. PHELPS WHITMARSH ( From Recent Photograph. ) hlpboard. My father is an Englisn clergyman - f man , and as I was his only son , It was arranged - | ranged that I should become a parson. My | ather Kept me studying the bible and the rajer book , but , boy-like. I preferred to , read the Waverly novels , which were all I had until I was thought to be old enough to j read one of Captain Marryat's sea stories. | : was delighted with Captain Marrjat , but he quaint , direct phrases of the bible , probably - | ably more than anjthing ebe , helped me tea a means of expression. \ot Cat Out for n Pnmon. Of course I had no serious notion of be coming a parson. There had been several J sea captains in my f imlly , and a roving ( dispcsition came to me by Inheritance. Then there were many things that encouraged in me a longing for the sea I happened to be , > orn in Canada , where my father -was doin j his first work as a missionary. When I vvas > ears old my parents took me back to England , and that first voyage made a great mpresslon on me. I still have a vague rec ollection of It. "I was a troublesome lad from the very first , and the fact that I was the only son j and the eldest of the family did not help | matters. After I had reached my teens I j took matters Into my own hands and told my father that I was going to t > ea. As he saw that I was determined to go , one way or another , he put me on board the training ship Conway at Liverpool. On the Conway we divided our time between navigation and practical seamanship. We learned the use of the sextant and the theory of solar and lunar observations , and also were exercised In manning the boats and yards and doing the actual work of sailore " Itvvasslgniftcant that Mr Whltmarshcould recall with great distinctness the ship's punishments. He also recalled bow as a petty officer he took his turn making love to the captain's daughter. He would lower himself over the side during prayers and clasp hands with her through the window of her stateroom. But In spite of his nonsense , ho proved an apt pupil and won prizes for special work In navigation. After his two years on the training ship he had no dif ficulty in shipping as an apprentice on a southward bound merchantman. There were three other apprentices on the ship , and although they did the work of ordinary seamen , they had their own mess and a part of the deckhouse to themselves. The ship's first destination was Australia , and after putting In at Adelaide it 'sailed across to the west coast of South America and came around the Horn to England , so that the lad's first voyage took him around the world. I'pll Tlirouuli ( hiM.jHuht , "On the first voyags , " said Mr Whltmarsh , "we got plenty to eat , but often longed for delicacies that wo bad no means of getting. I agreed with the other apprentices , who were on the same voyage , that there should be no such lack on the second trip. We filled our quarters with such a stock of tinned goods , marmalades , hams and other luxuries , that there was barely room to get In ourselves As the ifilp stood out the barber with a lively breeze I was sent aloft to clear the fore-gaffsail In the tack. I WPS standing upon the masthead and with my foot tried to push the sail clear of the stay. While I bad my weight upon It the sail suddenly came dear , and , losing my balance , I felt myself falling through the air and wondered where I would strike. When my tenses returned I found mjself lying In the cabin Much to my surprise , the captain was | having bis head fixed up with strips of court plaster , and the cabin was Uttered with bits i of glass They told me that I had fallen upon the shlight , breaking the heavy glasa i and bringing It down upon the head of the captain , who was working on come papers at the table underneath His scalp had , been i cut open from his crown to his forehead , * while I bad a lot of bones broken 'A small steamer was bailed and I was sent ashore to spend months in n bo pltal , but 1 was note t'oublPd by my injuries as 1 was b > the thought of leaving all th < > good things to eat that we had laid in for the ap prentices' mess TprrlllirUhl Wllli n 1ln U. "It was nine months before I WM able to go to sen asaln , and then I shipped on a vessel bound for the west coMt. In the channel a hawk which had been driven off shorn by the wind alighted on the tip of a jardarm. At that time 1 made a tail of taxidermy , and that hawk presented an op portunity too good to b ? lost. 1 went aloft just as I was , with \valstcoat on , but without a coat , and it was not until I w , s out on the footropes that It occurred to me the hawk might put up a fight. To save my hands 1 took off my watetcoat an I threw It over the bird , which was too ex hausted to bo frightened from its perch Then thcfe was a struggle , during which the hawk got partly out of an nrmhole of the waistcoat and sunk Us claws Into the back of my hand. With my other hand I tried to choke my prisoner Into releasing me. and meantime forgot that I was standIng - Ing balanced upon the footropo and merely leaning against the yard. The ship ga\e a little courtesy that tent mo over back wards , falling helplessly toward the * deck After dropping some distance I caught one Ifg over a footropo ot a jard and hung head downward , with the hawk in one hanl and my unreliable waistcoat In the > other I easily reached the deck without further Injury , and In due time that hawk was properly stuffed and mounted. " The llrnkiMt llnoUnliiy. Another adventure aloft Is recalled Mr Whltmarsh by a very dhtlnct car on the third finger of his right hand. He vvas sliding down a wire backstay , and when about halt way to the deck found himself stopped iby the strain upon his right hand A broken and unwound strand of wire had gone through hU finger close to the bone His finger had slipped down a foot or moreover over the broken strand With his feet and his one free hand he did his best to raise himself so as to get clear of the wire. It seemed impossible. He was losing strength , and as he did not relish the idea of falling and tearing away his finger he got out his sheath knife and cut himself loose. Mr. Whltmarsh was five years at sea be- fcro he reached his majority. It was in such a school as this that he got his trainIng - Ing for the more uncertain and adventurous life in Australia. Three times he encircled the globe before he decided that the game was not -worth the candle. It Is at this point in his life that he takes up the narrative In his book , "The World's Rough Hand " He knew the sea and was in the way teen to get the command of a ship , but the life had proved unsatisfying. He had opportunities to become either a clergy man or a physician , but after studying with his doctor-uncle for a few months he de I cided he did not care to become a profes | sional man. Hri'oini'i . siiiitlowiier. Thence the book takes him to Adelaide In a sailing vessel and up to Sllverton as a "sundowner. " A "sundowner" Is a man who travels on foot through the country and at sundown applies at a ranch or station for food and a place to sleep. The "sundowner Is supposed to be traveling with some definite object in view , but In many cases he Is a tramp , traveling aimlessly over the country and living on the bounty of the people. Yet it was the only way of getting into the interior fifteen years ago , unless a man had ample wealth to spend upon horses The three jeans that followed young Whltmarah's arrival In Australia were Jammed with exciting Incidents , which h" has crowded still more compactly In his book. When he had money he risked i * freely In scmo ambitious adventure , and when It vvas gone ho worked for more at anything he could find to do. The ups and extreme downs of the life followed one an other rapidly from the time he started out as a prospector till be wound up as a pearl diver. It Is difficult even to outline the story , but all through It runs the picture of an intelligent young adventurer , who bore hunger and destitution with a stout heart and persistently took an active part in the control of his fate. "U is a true story as true as I could make U , " taid the author. "H Is my history , but It is hardly typical. I had an advantage because I was a sailor You bee , I knew that If I could get to the coast I wad always sure of a chance to ship , anl that helped to give mo confidence in the most trying times. Yes , It Is true I was shipwrecked , but many people are ship wrecked , and it all comes In the day's work , as the saying Is " I'tMirl DttliiK .Near Borneo. "The pearl diving Is about the only part of it really out of the common , and that experience is a vary Interesting memory Some men are naturally unfit for diving , even though they have the opportunity , and I was fortunate in getting on to the thing very easily. Pearl diving was the firatthing _ I ever wrote about , and that wad In an emergency to get money to go on a vacation I was much surprised when my brief sket h was accepted , and I determined to cultivate my power of expression I have a great pile of stories which were begun but never ended as a reminder of that attempt "My 'Work on "The World's Rough Hand ' was really commenced several years before Wjkoffs articles and other tramp iiko c * l perun PS had begun to appear but e en then I probably was affected t > y the rrevail- UNEQUALLED SPRING TONIC THE joNia COMBATS MALARIA , WASTING DISEASES t&"Sentl for book 'if endorsement * uuu portrait- Kmprtor . Hrapres * , Princes Cardinals , Archbishops and other . .mingiushod pcrsonatros. U is free to a i who write for it. It Mil VM .t ( O. , > 2V. . IT.tli St. , MMV \ nrU. S OUR SPUING STYLUS BRASS - Ih BEDSTEADS are now open for inspection S2.25" $85- Wo arc the nnlv exclusive fnrnlturo house in the city , nnd show a larger stock tnan all others combined. Dewey & Stone Furniture Company 1115 and 1117 farnam Street. Ccclarinc Furniture Polish is the licit . 25e ng spirit ami tendency. Mv Idea was that nterest in the story would depend upon the personal tinge given It. That's why I told ho true story about myself. It was not quite as long os I expected to make It , but stopped , writing simply because thrro eemed to bo nothing more to tell. The same thing has happened , moro than once. N'ot long ago I got an Idea and thought hat I could build a now ! upon , It. After ome deliberation I arranged to publish It as a serial In a magazine , and finally sur prised myself > by condensing it into com- > aratlvely few pages for one number. " \Vliltiniirili an lie Nn I * . When ono Knows that Mr. Whltmarsh has ' icon In Boston several jeara dealing in essential oils , that he has graduated from n eafarlng life , from the mines of Australia , rom the pearl fisheries and from various other occupations , it Is astonishing to mee ; he well Knit , well dressed , active young man of 33 , who looks even younger. He appears - ( pears and talks more like an American ban an Englishman , and has a business i man's incisive way of using the typical e\- t presslons of the day. Perhaps the most I comprehensive term that ran be used Is 'clear cut" He lives with his wife and young daughter in a charming vine-covered cottage in one of the pleasante t suburbs of Boston. The world's rough hand has apparently aught Mr. Whltmarsh to take comfort in the Scst and simplest "good things" of the world. It all seems to show a strange fore- iight in the lad of 20 who decided that there must be something more satisfactory in life than going to sea But perhaps even then he did not decide unaided. PEREMPTORY AUCTION SALE AT CHICAGO , ILL. On Wednesday , Thursday and Friday , MARCH 15 , 16 and 17 , We will sell at I'nlillciiiMloii by order of Fln > Un lerwntPM , at finreJ > l-Joo-.2uo and 210 Monroe Htre t , Chl < igo , the Entire Wholesale DRY GOODS STOCK Of GREEK. JOYCE & CO , Columbus , O. , Inventoried Value Over Ccnyistlns of Prints , Dreas G todSilki -ind Velvets , White Goods and I iru M < * J > uns , Cottonades and Cri tm * res N it'on ' Flan nels and Blanket" L'nd rwir uul Un it ry , Domestics Carpet * XI UUIIKS , on Cloths Ivaces Hlbhon" and Kmbr-vM rlos All In Original I'm'knK' " * . < IIIM-H anil Ilnlrn In ( "oiiiiilrti mill I u- IirokOll l.IllCN. The entlro stock Is fre from tire or smoke dam ige. there being : no dro in the building whatsoever. Thf stoik Is belnu carefully exnmin-d nnd assorted and OOp'r cent is In absolutely perfect condition , and will be so jruaranteHj , the remainder , or 10 ptr cent. -ilightlv dnmae-d b > vitor enl > and will b > > s-old < vp.tratt.lv Sto < ken onhlhitljn with c italocruf thrp.davi lie- torn sale Sale mailf nnd airitisfd l > > SAMUEL CANS , Manager. \Vontirii huliUKi'rpcltiiiK Act'iicj. OTHKTtS PVII , COIYSUI.T Searles & Searles SPECIALISTS. We uorr ifully treat all inn V Ol S , CI1IIOMC AM ) riUVA'li : illneuarn of me 11 Mini it omen. WSflK SYPHILIS SEXUALLY curad tor life , . Nicht EmUtlortr Lost Manhood , lly- drocele Verlroce.e , Qonorrhta Gleet Syph. ilia Strlctum , Pitts Futula and Recta ] Ulcers Dlabetei , Brlsht's O'suaae ' cured. I-RRB , by n w method without pain or cuttlnjr. Call on or uddreis with itamp Tr atm nt by mall. DR.SEARLES & SLABLES tf FOR MEN ONLY. DR. FOOTE & STAFF Kit Adams St. , Chicago. Mm requiring' un < Miri > a'Pd trr.itm. nt should consult p < r on.ill > or by letter "nco with the plnnttr ud only cxtluslvn m n * specialists In t'nlt d Suites Dlstasid ut tr.cn m ide thud \ of u life time I i- fortunates ever > vvlur" should Immpdl.i' y ( .oinmunk.ito with Dr. l-'oote ot C'likaw Kverythlng ronlldentlal lletn-dlr * - > uvtr > where in seuieil p.ickages and li'tt > -ia in plain envelopes. Correspondence sill it d Latest Surgical. Medlcul und Elei.trir 1 methods adopted. Deluging the stem i * \ vUth drugs abandoned Avoid drugs reonm mended by the unauthorized and self-stxl I specialists In vvesttrn towns , fovv R numo specialists locate outside , of Mow Y i k m- Chicago. In thf e titles your private at fairs uro safe. Un qualed treatment for a I diseases and vveaKnesaes of the O < n t Urlniry , Sexual , Reproductive and Xu\ n S > sterna. Impediments to marring1 rr. tnov d. "SypnaU1 positively purltu s ho blood , curesvpliillls and removes all whri uUors In throat or mouth , copperol - I spots on bed > atui truptlons on skin > catirrh and rlu um.itlim ' Vlgoral i nt onlv perm in nt -ton'r nnd InvlK i i gives vl-Mr in vltil oiranand in i M inev'nts uul itiii- , trlp Jl per bolt 6 tnr Jo Trial buttlo , tuner remedj , ha t price DR. CHARCOT'S TONIC TABLETS y mnranteert remedy lur the Drink Habit , v n uineuaiul ilelaiuhulycauied by strung drink ivr. ; i iit\TK rorii IIOXKS tocureinyc.i' * ) wltn i p. salve n i Illi-n cuar- uiit ' * or refund th money nnil to ( le truj tlic appetite tor IncoiU a.ine ! K HIM THE T nLFTS CAN HI CilV'EN WITHOUT kVOVUEDfiE OF THR \TIENT. . ITDfiilC / ' ' " " ' " " ' " ' ' . ' ' l'o Tty ollcUrlo UltlnlX null Dralli. I'poti rccolpt ittlOfflwe 111 mall ) ouimr [ 4J boisa and poll- tltu urlttrn siiitfuiiK-- cure or Mj or- * , Dillon liriiK < < > . . hole . \Kcnt , lltth nnil Pariiain. Omaha , .Ni-li. r' rrtlI J > iJlamond Drsnd. NNYRQYAL Original n4 Onlr Cf nulne. * < ! r Ttttttrt f * * f xcv oti Hi irf i Hf rl * ad * . U mem Lv ty rctar * . t t'apir. ' " , Umtl ! < mf acnre , W'l ' bj iU'Lo-ii"D7Jzil3Ur I'lllLALlA. , i'A. use Use Woodbury's Woodbury's Facial Soap Facial Cream * * * * kv < kw u * * * XV * \ ! VI > < ltlA Vrlnkl. . i in I It . i Ini ; , \ . 'I ' N > \ > t , i m - ion of th - m i Jill lips lm , > rfn tlnn- f the n - i -h.i , ' d n J Hi' " in ling r < panl'S-1' itmov-i or jrr. i d lv JdllX H Uimnl'HV l-i. S'.ltth' ' . C hii at , ) , , ml MS i hmi < al HI Itr St If ni. . ieves Kidney & . Bladder t ublcs at en tc Cures in 48 Hours M URINARY DISCHARGES IIAUIT. A new gunranteedi niln.ets and cats homo -urn. \Vuolly dltrer-'ut froii all IWtlvely no Interferenro with worker or builn j ( ana fur free s'aniplo and tooli. Dr Purdy , O. Illiu Oldg. , Houston. Tcxai. PalfohizT" Home Industries Hy I'urrliiixlnu .i i il JIuilo nt Ue Fol. lovlne NcliritnUu rnutnrlril FLOUR MILLS. - . . r. < ; M.MA.\ . Flour. Meal. Peed. Bran , 101I-15-17 North 17th street. Omaha , Neo. C. E. BlacX Manager Telephone 692. IKON WORKS fttt MWI.II.I. . IIIO > WOlllvS. Iron nnil llriiuM Pounder * . i turera and J'/fcbera - > f Machinery. General repairing a specialty. 1501 , 1503 and 1 0" > Jutkeon 8'reet , Omaha. Nrb LINSEED OIL. \\nomt t > i.i\'iii : ) on , AVOUKS. Manufacturers old process raw linseed ! < 11 Kettle tolled linseed oil. old pro ess ground liasf on cakes , ground ana recced " Or drugclB's ? < CO BREWERIES. OMtut IIMKWIM ; AIMH i VTIO.N. Carload shipments made in our own ra frlgerator earn Blue Rllibon , Elite Export , Vienna Export and Family Export deliv ered tD all part * ot the city. BOILERS O.MAIIA IIOII.KK VVOH US. JOHN 1C. : , ( > miKY. I'rop , Boiler * . Tanka and Sheet iron Work ,