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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1899)
TTTTC fVArATTA DATT/V nTCTC : SriSTDAV. MAT" 21 , 1899. 17 Special This PER Sale of nin Furniture Week CENT Discount from tlio regular price of all A complete Dining Room Set , consisting Dining Koom Furni- of this Sideboard and Table and six For this Dining Room outfit - tnro this wook. A of these chairs , all solid fit sideboard , 8-foot cxton- line assortment , in all oak sion table and six chairs and well made , the dill'oront woods for all quartered oak and finely polished. to select from , patterns Jf " SIDEBOARDSUp T13I&1 fir fm &s & bM . = - - ' * - ! * * d um styles $150 , , , /5 * " " ' " > in v - ir * "Z ? 2f > * r/t > Wi - * ' \9 fe- Extension Tables \ designs c in Dining Chairs up 32 Tf $ ° ° * > u ideas in This sideboard solid oak , This Extension Table This Dining Chair , This Dining Chair This Dining Table- This Sideboard solid qunr BlfFETS UP golden antique -fF8 solid oak golden antique solid oak solid quartered ( J2 /-v solid , oak finish golden antique tered oak flnlsh polished top R / $ | ( )5 oak jjolden ? | > 6 U , gold China 24x48 Indies G7x30 finish polished top cane seat , H - polished antique Ilnlwh line cnne ' ish polished top 48x48 inches en polished antique , top mumi 24\i , > 0 bevel 42x42 inches ' - boxed frame Inches , glass embos'd scat fine quartered oak French glnss bevel Closets DiiiiiiJI Room Furniture consists of a full assortment of Sideboards , Chairs , China Closets. Buffets , Extension Tables , Plato Our present stock Hacks , Side Tables , etc. , and they are shown in antique , golden , English or Flemish oak and solid mahogany. We have just is the most complete received four carloads of these goods and on account of our late spring we find ourselves overstocked , and are willing to give our ever assembled. Wo customers the benefit of some low prices in order to quickly reduce our stock. have a number of sample pieces in each line which wo offer at about one-half the regular price. Five mahogany Sideboards will be sold without regards to cost. Hundreds of new pieces just received in Golden Oak , and This Sideboard , solid oak , This extension Table , solid oak , golden This Extension Table , solid quartered oak , everything pertaining antique finish , antique finish , polished top This Table This Sideboard , solid oak , Dining , solid polished top 50x50 inches , ing to the dining 12x20 top 19x42 , Frouch , glnss 45x45 inches , all quarter quarter sawed oak , polished an extra heavy table antique top 19x-l2 jlnss finish , room is included in bevel sawed oak top 48x48 inches throughout , 8-inch legs 10x2 < 5-Frenoh this sale. bevel Cash Must Accompany All Mail Orders. 1115-1117 Faruam Street. ( Copyrlcht , 1S9J , by Joel Chandler Harris. ) VII. Tnllc Aliont n Fox Hunt , nnil What it I , < ( ! To. If the children wore not willing to say that Mr. Hobs was a smarter man than Aaron , they were , at any rate , willing to admit that ho hail Riven thorn something to talk about. Drusllla , however , refused to admit that thcro wan ar.y merit In that. " dat ol * white ' ' ' "Bf man'll gl' mo surnpln' dnt'll wlpo all dat out'n my mill' an * make mo fcrglt 'ibout lilm an' his ibutrblc , 'II say nnywhar dat ho do smartest man In do worl' , but wlmr Is dey any smartness In Kkcerln' chlllun ont'n dnr growth ? Kz I Is now , .tics BO you'll see mo when I'm 70 year ol' . Kt glttln' skcer'd will stunt folks , den I'm dun Blunted , an' stunted bad. " "iMaybo wo wore drcan.lng. " Sweetest Susan remarked when Drusllla made this remark. "Dream nuthln' , " Drusllla retorted. "How Icln folks stan' ( lut-footcd In do broad open daylight , nn' have 'zactly do mine dream. Nobody ain't never see no crcctur like dat , In no dream , knzo ef doy did , folks 'ud set up an' hire somebody for to keep um 'wake. You nil do mighty funny. Wuz you too fikeored tor look at do crcotur ? Hero's what 'uz des skcor'd 'nougli tcr look at It good. You call dat dreaniln" . docs you ? " The truth 1 . the whnlo affair had been so unusual , no unexpected nnd unique that It took lit ) place In Sweetest Susan's mind , as well as In Duster John's ' , as n sort of waking dream. Hut Drusllla had seen what BIO ! hud seen and to use tier own oxpres slon she had looked at It mighty hard- Duster John nnd Sweetest Susan were very shy In tolling their experiences In the bub ble , to their elders. They had been laughed at on other occasions when giving hints ns to what they had seen In the country next door the world , nnd that fact made them somewhat doubtful nnd timid. As for Dru ellln , ttio had In the negroes nn nudlenco ready to welcome any statement , no matter how wonderful. Words were unable to coir voy to their mind * n real comprehension of what Drustlla had seen , but they knew It wastsomething nwfnl , and from that tlnib forward they nnd all the negroes for miles around regarded Mr. Debs nnd his sister as conjurers In active practice. In a way this Rheumatism Cured liy n Simple Item * cily Trlnl Package Free ! Anyone who has rheumatic pains , no matter how severe , bhould at once got n f rco trial package - ago of Gloria Tonic at our drug store. 1'ooplo never grow i > o old , that they can get accustomed to the torture of rheumatism. An . . old gentleman from I.yon , Mo. , 83 years of ago , , A went through years of constant suffering until ( hotrled the now remedy Gloria Tonic. It cured . him so completely that ho Is uow ouo of iho happiest men of Missouri , Gloria Tonic cured Hon. Jacob Sexauer of Fountain City , WIs. , a highly respected and well knonn cltl/en , of a case of rheumatism of ai years btaiullui ; . Seven physicians had tried their skill In vain and Mr , Soxauer was naturally dis couraged. It was his church paper that Ilrst told him of Gloria Tonic , hu ut > cd It aud was perinau- 1 ' cntly cured. W Gloria Tonic Is for t > ale at $1.00 a box or 6 one. ' dollar packages for $3.50 , 1'osltlvcly no samples will bo given to children or uuyouu else that U not un actual sufferer from rheumatism , Call at our drug btoro. Kuhn & Co. . 15th and Douglas Street * . notoriety helped Mr. Debs , for no negro reed - ed to work for him when requested. But. no negro would remain near his house at night. This , however , did not grieve hliu to any great extent. In the south December Is usually mar lie a by very fair weather , the mornings cool and crisp nnd the afternoons warm nnd balmy enough to invite the mocking birds to alng. The December following Sherman's marcti to the sea was no exception , nnd as the holi day seasons drew near Buster John nnd Sweetest Susan heard hints to the effect that NO NKGHO WOULD REMAIN NBAU HIS HOUSK , some of their grandfather's kinsmen and friends Intended to assemble at the Aber- cromblo place and Indulge In an old-fasn- loned fox hunt. It might bo thought that alt the able-bodied men of the region were fighting , but war Is never so exacting that It sweeps everybody Into the ranks nnd there were runny men exempted from conscription cither by their occupation or by their age. The news of the fox hunt wus not particu larly Interesting to Sweetest Susan , but Duster John was stirred by It , Ho wondered why It 'was ' that ho should bo too young to go fox hunting , anil the more ho thought about It the stronger grew the conviction that youth Is a hardship invented to punish children. Ills views In that respect under went a great change some years later , but at that particular time he was qullo sure that youth was something that had to be endured , only because there was no help for It. Ills mind was full of fox hunt and ho sought Information on the matter when ever Itwas to be found. Old Fountain was an authority on the subject , so Duster John was told , and the youngster lost no time In questioning the negro. "Uncle Fountain , " ho said on the first occasion that presented Itself ; "they say there's going to bo a b\c \ tex hunt' here Chrislmas eek , " "I hear ura sesao , " replied Fountain. "Well , let um hunt ef dey will ; I done had my day at dat , I speck. loy use ter bunt fuua here a right amort ; au' when dey got In do .notion , nobody couldn't do nothln" fer um but Fountain. 'Twuz' 'Fountain' hero and 'Fountain' dar , twel some ore do quality , now ter do place , would up an' ax ef all < ' , e niggers on do plantation Is name Fountain. Yes yes , suh I see myso'f now bavin' do mommoek made for de flogs , corn meal stewed thick , wld a han'ful er cracklin's flung in ; an * den do nex' mornln' , To1 de day , do cry would bo fer Fountain ; an' nothin' mus' do , , but Fountain mils' straddle a mule ol' PUHS , do pacln' mule an' go 'long wld um. I had Urn's In dem days , nn' lungs , ef you'll believe me. Yes yes , suh I wuz sooplo fum do word go work all day , an * frolic nil night. " "Dat's so , " said Dig Sal. lifting her sad face and looking at the children. "I 'member one time , " Fountain contin ued , "dat I went 'long fer tor look alter do little Marster " ho paused and began to pick at a patched place on his knee , and Big Sol drew a long breath. "Now , dar wuz a chap for you ! " ho exclaimed en thusiastically. "Dey say ho died Irnzo ho wuz puny ; but don't you b'lovo It ; he died kazo his heart an * his head wuz too big. Doy tuck In all dat ho yovcr seed , er heard , er dro'mpt 'bout. No human beln' could go thee llfo wld kinder head an' heart ; It's again' natur' . " "Dat's do I ord'e truf ! " cried Dig Sal. The children know , of course , that the reference was to little Crochet , dead long ago , and so they sat silent and thoughtful. "Yes yes , suh I 'member do time des ez well es ef 'twuz ylstlddy , maybe better. We put out , wo did , 'bout light ; an1 fo' we wont a mile up Jumped a gray do reds hadn't come In den an' hero doy had It 'roun' an' 'roun' same ez chasln' a rabbit. I wuz ter take keer er do llttlu Marster , but "bless " yo' soul ! ho ain't gl' mo time ter do dat. I allers shlll b'llcvo dat him an' dat gray pony had somu deep parduershlp wid one nnmlder , bekozo ef It hadn't been for dat , do little Marster would 'a' been drus out do saddle whilst doy runnln' thro do scrub pines an' do black Jacks. Dey went Bkeetln' hero nn' dar , an' when da dogs ketched , dar wuz do little Marster , an' do pony , right In 'mougst um. lilts so , ez she oz I'm n-settln' here. " Fountain paused and sighed , then ho went on : "I speck my blood'll bo hot up of I hear do horn a-blowln' nnd do dogs n-yclpln' , but I'm lots too old fer clem kinder doln's. Lot um call on Johnny Dapter. Ho may not 'be ' so mighty knowln' , but he's young and soople. Dut In times now gone , mo1 spesh- ually when do reds come In an' drlv * do out I know'd do feedln' ' ' grays , groun' , an' do promenade of all do foxes fum here tcr do rlvor fivo'v ono un um. An * nin * dnn dat , I know \vhar ono ol' red stays right now. He's ez big ez a cur dog. Folks tried do'r level bes' fer tcr ketch dut ol' fox 'fo' do war. Doy brung dogs hero frum away off yan' , but ho des played wld um. He Uln tell a houn' fum a house dog by de bark , an' time ho hear one alter midnight , ho done gone he done up au' gone ! Ho got a white patch 'twlxt his eyes , on' on 'count cr dat dey call 'Ira Scour-Fnco , " "Scar-Face , " Jlnster John corrected , "Why , bo's 'Ihe ' fox they nro going to catch ! " Fountain laughed softly. "Oh , dey er gwlno ter ketch ' 1m ? Well , nttor he's catch I hope dey'll show Mm ter me. Scour-Face , cr Scyar-Fuce , I wanter see what dat white mark Is 'twlxt his eyes , " "They are going to bring Blrdsong dogs , " explained Buster John , "Well , oey'lf hatter sing , bird song er some yuther kinder song 'fore dey ketch dat fox. " "Besides nil the other dogs , Joe Maxwell Is to bring Hodo , " remarked Buster John. "I hear tell er dat dog , " replied Fountain. "Dey say ho she Is n. mover. But , shucks ! you kin hear dat kinder talk 'bout mos' any dog. But dish yor Hoodo got ter have brains cz well ez legs of ho ketch ol' Scour-Face. I'm n-talkln * now , Bho. " "Where does old Scar-Face stay , Uncle Fountain ? " asked Duster John. "You know dat ar broom-sago flel' , right up yan , cross do road fum do gin house ? Well , he stay right dar. Bf you wuz ter go out er door dar an' holler right loud , he'd hear you , less'n he's promcnadln' some'rs else. Ho been dar dls long tlmo. Dey don't a week pass but what I sees him sllppin' an' j I slldln' 'long. Ho moves des like a shadder ; I once an' awhile he'll stop an' look at you , I but mos' cr do tlmo Its fwlff ! an' he done | i gone. Ho got sense same as folks. " i Duster John asked Fountain a great many I questions about Scar-Face , with the result that ho made up his mind to see the fox himself. His curiosity affected Sweetest 1 Susan and she expressed a desire to see old , Scar-Face. As for Drusllla , she didn't care | ono way or the other. So long as there was no bubble and no live nightmares around who was satisfied at least , she was not con tentious ; though she predicted now , as she had been doing all day Ipng , that the chil dren would "keep on foolin' 'roun' an' gwino whar dey got no business tell some kind er creotur would snap um up , an' walk off wld um. " I It was an easy matter for Buster John and Sweetest Susan to say they would like to see old Scar-Face , the led fox , but how to see him was a very different matter. They might walk through the "broom-sago" every day for a week , or a month , or n year , and never see him ; they might sit In the fence corner and peep Between the rallfl from sunup till sundown , and never catch a glimpse of him. Old Sear-iFaco would see them. O , yets ! no doubt about that. It was his business to see without being seen. Ho began to learn that trade when HE DOCTORED THE TORN HEAD. he wasn't blggei * than Buster John's two fists , and by constant practice he had developed It Into a line art. Ttio shyest ami wariest birds could light within an inch of his nose and never see him ; could light there , .but . they never flew away any more. Old Molly Cottontail , all eyes nnd ears , could lt In her cozy home nnd never know that old Scar-Face was In the neigh- barhood until ( iho felt his true ! teeth. And oven the wood rat , whoso keen eyes fairly ; glistened with cunning , hardly dared to J I shake a straw In all that Odd for fear of being pounced upon. Well , then , how could the children hope to catch a glimpse of this wild and cun ning creature ? Aaron vas the ono to ealvo the problem for them , and to Aaron they went. Ho tamed the White Pig for them , and had made them familiar with the Block Stallion that fierce creature whoso neigh was sufficient to stampede the whole plantation. If Aaron could do these things , ho could also bring them to old Scar-Face , the red fox. So to Aaron they went , with many explanations nnd pleadings. Mention of the old fox caused Aaron to reflect a llttlo ever the past. Ho had known old Scar-Face when a "puppy , " a statement that caused the children to laugh. There Is war between the reds and grays , as the son of Ben All explained , a war that began many years ago over some family matter. Fox to fox , the reds can whip the grays , and this fact has become so well es tablished that' the grays always get out of the way when they can. It happened ono day when Scar-Face was a "puppy , " as Aaron said , with big legs and a very wobbly body , ho met a big gray In the woods. Some Instinct or other caused the red to rush at the gray , and that was the cause of the red's scar. The gray would have run away If ho icould , but Scar-Face caught him by the flank nnd held on llko a bull-terrier , whllo Iho gray , frightened nnd hurt , gnawed away on Scar-Face's head until the top of It was bare of hide and hair. It was then that the son of Ben All chanced to pass , and the gray with a scream of fear tore away , leaving some of his pelt between Scar-Face's teeth. After some trouble Aaron explained to the red that ho was no enemy , having himself been a hunted animal nt ono time. Ho "doctored" the torn head the best ho could , but the wound left a mark , a bare place fringed with white hair. Aaron was very much Interested In the proposed fox hunt , and asked many questions about It. Finally ho promised the children thai , It they would remind him of It the next afternoon , ho would go with them to the sedge field and try to find.old Scar-Face. Ho counted on ihls lingers , and made out the ago of the red to bo nearly eight years , and concluded that If the dogs were good nnd ewlft they ought to bo able to run him down In about eight htfurs. "If 'twas mo , " remarked the Son of Ben All , "I'd find out the day the doge come , nnd then I'd pack my wallet and take my walking slick , and move Inlo the middle of Iho big swamp. But ho won't do It , Ho don't like the swamp ; too much water , maybe , or maybe too much coon. I'll give him fair warning. " The next afternoon being clear nnd pleas ant the children were trolling to Aaron'B heels a full hour before 'Ho ' was ready to go. If ho had to go to the horse lot , they trotted after him ; If to th& carriage house , It was the same thing. Occupied with so many duties , he Homctlmes forgot his half- playful promises , nnd t > o , when the young sters wcro In earnest about anything , they had a habit of trolling at his heels until , In sheer self-defense , ho wss compelled to carry out their wInhrH as far as ho could. Toward the middle of the afternoon ho an nounced himself ready , and , with Buster John and Sweetest Susan Jumping and skip ping at his side , nnd Drusllla more soberly bringing up the rear , he went to the field where old Scar-Face was said la have his home , Dcforo the broom aedge took It the field had < bcen ueed an a pasture for the cows , hut It was now pastured only In the early spring , when the tender shoots of the sedge are putting out. Tills was why bars took the place of a gate. Two of the bars wcro already down , and It was nn easy matter for the Son of Den All to ntoop and pass under the topmost bar. The children fol lowed promptly , and he paused to arrange the entrance so that no slray cnltlo from neigh- j I boring plantations might wander In. Aaron'a I caution was simply the rcault of the force of habit. The federal army had spared j i | the stock on the Atcrcromblo place , as wo have seen , but there were few caltlo left In nil that region to str&y through open gates or fallen 'barn. 1 "Wo are hunting foxes on n new plan , " said Buster somewhat boastfully. But Aaron warned him la bo quiet. They went through the sedge , which was as high as Aaron's waist , and higher than Sweetest Susan's head until they came to a pine thicket. In a desert this small plno orchard would bo called an oasis. In the sedge-field It woa known as the pine thicket. The pines were not large ; they had sprung up slnco the Meld had been abandoned , but they were large enough and thick enough to afford shelter from the sun In hot weather , and to form a sort of play ground or meeting place for the wild crea tures at night. On the elde toward the high road the sedge shut this playground In from observation , nnd on the opposite sldo thcro was n wall of brambles and wild briars and blackberry bushes. This wall had a door , too. When the rains fell the lay of the land caused hundreds of llttlo rivu lets to trickle through the' sedge toward the thicket. On the other side these tiny rivulets , coming together , gathered force and strength , and the force thus collected dug Its way through the brlary wall. By some this door would bo called a drain or "drccn , " by others a gully. Anyhow , there It was , nnd In good weather It formed n neat entrance for the wild creatures com ing from the forest side. It was to this play , ground that Aaron led the youngsters. By a motion ot Ills hand the Son of Ben All j U / / , ! "DAU WUZ DK LITTLE MAUSTRIl AND DI3 PONY UIOHT IN MONOST UM. " Indicated that they woio to sit on the carpet of pine necdlcH , thickly spread over the ground. Ho had no need to ask them to refrain from talking. His expectant at titude was sufficient of Itself to command their silence , nnd there ) was something In the situation that kept the children quiet. They felt now , OB they sometimes did whei. playing hide nnd neck In the big , dark barn , when those who played the part of It were afraid that ono of the hidden ones or some thing else would Jump out of the gloom ana seize them , Aaron remained standing , ono hand rest ing on the trunk of u pine. The hlleiico wns so profound that the wind softly blow ing through the dry sedge sounded like the ( light of frightened creatures. How long they remained tlum the children could never guess , but It seemed a very long tlmo In deed. Suddenly the Son of Den All , using his hand as a sort of trumpet , gave a peculiar cry , which was thrice repeated. The chil dren , having been "touched , " understood this at onco. Almost Instantly this was answered by n series of short , sharp yelps , which , to the ordinary ear , would have Bounded like the cry of welcome or of pain mode 1 > y a very small dog. But to Aaron and the children It meant this : "Cunning ono ! Where are you ? Where are you ? " At the same Instant the head of old Bear- Face appeared In the opening of the tunnel made .by the gully and the overhanging briars. "I am here , Son of Den All ; hero and waiting. But Hhat Is ( his you have brought ? " CIIIMMIKN FH'M ' ) IX A ClII'ItCH. Mvi-d Snlltnry nnil Ilimurr I" ! > < - M < * rfilnl.nil YllliiKf. 'About forty trained women nurses ac companied the army of ocvupatlon to Cuba last autumn , nnd remained on duty them at the division hcnpltals nil winter. The work was light , nnd so thoroughly system atized that three or four nt a tlmo wcro often granted a day off. Ono day Iho Stli of February they drove to n village named Red Eye , eighteen mllea from Havana. The plnco had ibecn almost entirely destroyed , but from the nature ot the ruins It was evident that they were the remnants of substantial houses , In which , well-to-do people had lived. A crumbling parish church atood in the midst , and thin the party had the curiosity to enter. They found It entirely dismantled and the wnlla fast falling- away , but In ouo corner of this desolate place two llttlo waits Had taken refuge. They , llko rcJURces of old , had Bought sanctuary In the church and found It. A girl of 12 , with her Unees drawn up , sat on the floor l > y nn empty can and an old Iron kettle. She had n mop of black hair and lumlnoun dark eyt-s , which allowed , no lack of Intelligence , and shone with un usual brilliancy out of h r pinched face. Huddled close to her was n iboy of 15 , with the eamo dark features , and the same look : of patient , hopeless endurance. A email bundle of rasa on which they sat and slept completed the Hot of their poteosHloiiB. A few questions drew out their story. Their mother nnd father had died of the fever , they had no relatives , no friends , no where to go , no ono to succor them. They had lived In the church flvo months. Thcro wore thrno of them at Ilrst , but one , a sister , had died ; God only knows how she was burled. They had subsisted on what the llttlo boy could beg or find from day to day. He , taking nt that early ago the mascullnn part of breadwinner , had gone forth to glean scraps of food , no matter what , so long as they could cat It. She the woman had keen true to the fomlnlno role , the role of self-sacrince , for , while the boy waa still plump , her features nnd limbs were emaciated , and starvation looked from her eyes. eyes.Her Her feet wore drawn up nnd won * stif fened from silting forever In that ono posl- tlon , and she was unable to stretch them out. jThoIr names wcro Sabrlna nnd Olullcrmo Hernandez. They made no complaint ; they regarded It HH ontlrrlv nntnr.nl. Tlmv illil not expect anything else , and had llvoij an day after day , kept nllvo by their Instinct of Belf-prcsorvatlon , their keen IntclIIgcncea dead to the possibilities of Ufa. | 'The klnd-liearted nurses melted ever tha | t pathetic story , and they determined to carry ! the child : en back tn camp. There was no body to raise any objection , nnd to the children It was llko being transplanted to paradise. A llttlo tent was pitched back oC the nurses' row at the division hospital , ami the children wore washed and clothed nnd fed , nnd were given , besides sclcnllllc care , the love and tenderness which Is oven mom of n blessing to orphaned childhood , niullormo soon became strong , and , clothed In a beautiful now sailor suit , presented a wonderful contrast to the ragged , hungry llttlo being of a short tlmo since. But Sabrlna , though she rewarded the kindness lavished upon her with gratitude , had go no ono step too far on that long , painful way which leads to death by starvation. All they could do was to lessen her sufferings as they watched her uasto away. She showed the utmost Intelligence of mind ana an Inexhaustible patience , for she had been well drilled In all the grades of physical suffering. She retained her brightness until she breathed her last tortured breath , and the wasted body wau still. A post-mortem examination proved that Bho had starved to death. niullcrmo came north with the nurses. Ho Is to spend his summer In Virginia. People who have onc& taken DoWltt'a Llttlo Early Risers will never have anything else. They are the "famous llttlo pills" for torpid liver and all Irregularities of the sys tem. Try them and you will always usa them. Colonel Daniel F. Hltt of Ottawa , III. , whcno death at the age ot M ) Is announced , was a famous pioneer of LaSallo county , Illinois , mid was vldcly known throughout the stale. Ho was the father of Andrew J , Hltt. superintendent of the Chicago , Koch Island & I'aclllu railroad , and an uncle ol Congressman Robert R. Hltt. Ho served with distinction In tbu Black Hawk and civil