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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. ArG-TrST ii. TRAGEDY OF SERViA'S THRONE Boj King is a Oomp'cte ' Mental Wr k at , \ Iwcntj-Thtea. SOON TO END IN A MISERABLE D'ATH I , nut Snil Art In > otr HetnK l'ln > e < I In n I2nroienn I'millnl ICInx's llnln > ntnrnl Srittienne of Illn ' K < lnrn lion. The tragedy of a throne and Its deadly temptations Is being played to a last sad , dark itct at Belgrade , In Servla , says the Chicago cage Journal. The young King Alexander Ii rapidly ( all- Ing Into ft state ot mental nnd physical de cay that must teen end In a miserable death. Ills destruction has been promoted by his father , ex-Kins Milan , and tbo other cren- iures who surround him They are satlsflcl to BCO him sink Into debauchery nnd help lessness In order that they may have com plete control over him nnd the country. Alexander Is but 23 years old. Ho had for n father the vvlckedcot king In Europe and ( or a mother the most beautiful queen. Ills falhcr now rulci him and hla molhcr Is banished from Servla nnd not even allowed to eco him. No king In Europe In modern times has been one-halt an disgraceful ns Milan. Ho has displayed nil shame publlely wllhout a shadow of regard for public decency. He has fallen drunk In the gutter nnd done worse ihlngs than that The fate that gave. King Alexander such a father Is largely responsible for his present plight. His ruin has been completed by his enforced separallon from his molhcr , who loved him nnd would nol have permitted him to fall ns low us he has done This youth of 23 haw gray hair nnd bent shoulders. Ho Is n muss of unwholesome fat and bis limbs arc bloated , shapeless and loitering. HI * lime Is spent almost entirely In drink ing nnd In the society of degraded men nnd women. Young King Alexander wns In childhood a pretty boy , very tall , plump , rosy-cheeked , dark-haired , wllh a good-nnturcd expression Ho developed with extraordinary rapidity. At 15 he hnd n email , dnrk beard and mous tache nnd was as big and strong as an or dinary man. At 17 ho wns a prodigy of strength nnd could throw two men with case. His physical precocity has aided In his downfall. Recent repot IB from Holgrade Indicale that the young king Is approaching collapse. In the last few weeks ho has lost the power of coherent speech , he Is almost blind , und unable to pronounce many words. Ap parently his symptoms nro those of advanced paresis. Two weeks ngo there was n parade of the garrison of Uclgiado. Colonel Pantllch , Ihe governor of Ihe forlress , did his utmost to make It n brilliant success , and ofllcers nnd men phoned commendable assiduity also , ccnsldcrlng that they had not seen a cent of pay for many months. King Alexander nnd his falher drove to the review grounds In a carriage. Horses nwnltcd Ihom under canvas wllhlu sight of Ihe soldiers. The tent was closed while the King wns placed on his mount with the aid of u ladder nnd a half-dozen Stalwart lackcyi. When the king appeared again he was riding BO closely between two officers that it was Impossible for him to fall off. The king's face hung down on his breast. His 1 eyes were hidden by enormous black , spec tacles. For ten minutes ho offered n pite ous exhibition of himself to the public and then ho was carried off to the royal pa vilion. The crowd waiting to sco him come out again saw his helmet roll down the- steps ' nnfl , ho himself was only saved from falling by two of his aides-de-camp. The Official Gazelle explained that the accident wns duo to his mnjest > 's short- Blghledncss. Public opinion surmised that ho wns drunk. There was tomcthlng In thnt , but Ihe Irulh has already been lold ho Is a menial nnd physical wreck. On May 2 , at Ihe celcbrallon of his molhcr's birthday , the king made his last speech If a scrlce of disconnected exclama tions can bo called * n speech. In the courto of fifteen minutes ho began twenty-live dif ferent sentences nnd never flnlshoJ ono of them. Then ho bellowed"Zlvlo ! Zlvlol Zl " and fell Into n chair. Kx-KIng Milan Ihcn rose as If lo cover Tils son'a failure and made n very nrlful speech , proclaiming his love for Servla. Ho Is plolllng lo regain the throne from which ho was driven by -well-deserved revolu tion. His eon's death or Insanity will nld Ills plans. it was about six yenrs ngo last April that tj I } oung Alexander nslonlshcd the world by causing the arrest of "his political wet muses' nnd took the lelns of government Into his own hands. He Invited the regents and ministers lo n banquet In his palace. While they were nt table soldiers occupied 1 tbelr houses nnd surrounded Iho palace. The .king abruptly announced to his re gents nnd ministers that ho would thank them to resign , The olllcera In Ma confi dence shouted : "Long live the king ! " and Informed the distinguished guests thnt they would mecl death outsldo unless they re signed , which they did. After thnt Alexander abolished the con- stllutlon and performed many ncls of nn nutocrntlo character. Ho restored torture OH a judicial Instrument. At the tlmo of the coup d'etat ho was still a bright , Impetuous boy , adored by his sub jects. Ho loved nthlctlu sports and the wide gardens of Iho Konak afforded him op portunities for foot ball , lawn tennis , run ning , rotvlng , mvtmmlng nnd fo forth. Within a twelvemonth rcpoits wore heard ot orglet ) In which Iho boy of IS sought tn rival hla wicked falher. This chief evil genius woe Colonel Clrlc , nn nldo-do-camp , who encouraged him to drink wllhout limit and to consort with low persons , H Is gen erally belldvrd lhat Milan abetted Clrlc. As Alexander plunge < l Into debauchery he gave up bodily exercise and wns neon no moro In the open. He lost his good looks and robustness anil took on sickly obeslt ) . At ono time ho was much in the society of nn Italian muslo hull singer named Dcnedotll. For her use he "borrowed" his mother's jewels. When pressure was brought on the woman lo rclurn thorn , ex-Queen Nathalie hud to pay n large sum of money in order to sot them back. It Is not necessary to go Into Iho details of Alexander's downfall , He succumbed lo all Iho cheap temptations his position placed In his way. He wont the pace'that kills , but tie did It In n most cross and unro- mantlc fashion. Any visitor to Delgrade may see the young king at table guzzling : bottle after bottle of liurgundy , champagne and brandy. He eaM but little , for even hU courtiers are' afraid that the publk should hear of hi * table manners The rcccnl hlslory of Servla might be re garded as a prolonged opera bouffe per formance If 11 were not for the Inrge ele ment of tragedy that enters Into U The family to which King Alexander and his father .Milan belong wai founded by Miles Obrcnovlch , a swine herder , who be came prince of Servla In 1829. He was a successful leader In the war against Tur- key. which had been carried on by the Servians since 1150. King Mllin was a grandson of the gwlne- herd Mllo'halfbrolher III * uncle. Prince Michael , was assassinated In 1S6S. and Milan , then n. child , was taken from his nurse In the Luxembourg gardens In Paris and made n prince. In 187S ho married Nathalie , daughter of Colonel Kechko , of the Ilusslnn army , and ot Ihe Roumanian Princess Slourdza. Colonel Kechko wns Immensely rich. Ho gave n dowry of $5,000,000 to hla daughter , Nathalie , but 'bo secured two-thirds of it to hct. Nathalie wan ft great beauty. Her only rival ninonf ? the royal women of Europe wns the late empress of Austria The Ilus- dun girl hnd wonderful black hair , black eyes , a brilliant complexion , nnd a superb figure. In 1882 Prince Milan wan proclaimed king ot Servla nnd Inaugurated n liberal consti tution. Nathalie , of course , became queen. Almost from the Hist Milan believed wllh an oriental disregard of his beautiful wife's rlghli nnd feelings. Every year , every month , found him more outrageous. He brought favorite after favorite Into the palace and nctcd without the least rogaid to the queen's dignity. Ho bi ought nn entire company of chorus girls from Vienna to hln palace and cntcr- Inlned Uicm for a week under Iho cjos ot his wife. She Invoked Iho help of ihc Austrian rep- uicntatlvo nnd Ihereby cmblllored the sltu- ullon. In 1888 Milan divorced her and ex pelled her from Ihe counlry. Then ho kidnaped her son , Alexander , nt Wiesbaden , and carried him off by force to Belgrade. The next yenr he wns forced to abdicate , because Iho counlry was on the eve ot nn insurrection. His debts Ihen amounted lo $2,000,000 , nnd ho raised money by sell ing decorations right and left. Young Alexander was made king under n regency. For a time Milan lived In Paris , where his conduct was ns disgraceful BB at home. Ho , wns expelled from n club for cheating at cnids nnd was constantly seen drunk In public. Eventually he returned to Servla and bad himself made commander-ln-chlof of the nimy , a position which ho still holds , and which gives him Iho supreme power In the country. His crowning infamy has been to prevent his son from seeing hla mother. The ruin of young Alexander Is a natural siqucnce lo the cducalion and example fur nished by such a father. A * OLD SLAV1T.S CiHUAT I.OVK. hho Ieft All Her Money io "Olc Mnrn- terV DniiKhter When She llleil. There Is a cullured and refined young mnlron somewhere In Ihls counlry who may Inherit a llltlo fortune of $3,000 left by Mattie - tie Adams , an old negro woman who died In this city some months ngo , relates the At lanta Journal. The link which bound the oM negress to the young white woman was the fact thnt .Mottle Adams had been a slave In Iho young woman's family In Virginia when the taller was but a tiny babe. Matt Adams wns a native ot old Virginia , where she wns born a slave , but beneath the dark colored skin beat a heart both warm nnd true , a heart that Is filled with tender memories of the high-bred man in the Old Dominion who was known to her ns master ; a hearl Ihc like of which is seldom known in this degenerate age. She has worked for yenrs , not for her self alone , but for a joung while girl who belongs lo the old Virginia family In which Matt was a slave , the girl being a daughter of Ihe brolber of Malt's master. It Is a strange story of nn ex-slave's devotion to the family of the man to whom she belonged and was told me by the woman herself. With an Innate delicacy that would have been becoming In one far above her station In life , the woman refused to give the name of her old master , for the very good reason that will develop ns the story proceeds. She had a good , kind master , n gentleman ot the old school , In whose veins the blood ot the cavaliers flowed , and this master had a brother who was oflen at his house. The Iwo families were -very Intimate and the slaves of one loved the olhcr almost as well as ihey did Ihelr own master. When Matt wns a good-sized girl a baby came to the home of her master's brother a girl baby. Matt was very fond of the llttlo one and tcok grcnt pride In caring for her. When the war came on and the armies of the union and the confederacy swarmed over Iho fields nnd hills ot Virginia , the two families had to leave their homes , and when the war wan over , llko thousands of others who had been wealthy , they found themselves penni less. Their slaves were gone nnd everylhlng else of value they owned had been swept away by Iho red and resistless tide of war. After knocking about the country for some time , Matt came In Atlanta to live. She secured work at the Markham house as chambermnld , nnd by economizing she man aged to buy her a house and lot on Wheat street and have about $800 In the bank. Three or four years ago Ihe girl she had nursed ns a baby In Virginia came lo At- lanln. She came lo get < vvork , HA tbo family had been reduced to poverty. When Matt heard of the girl's arrival he hunted her up and carried her to the Markham - ham house , telling her that she should never go lo work while she lived. The woman made arrangements wllh the man nger of the houpo for the girl to remain there for a tlmo at her expense. 1 'You'so a lady , ' I told her , " said Matt In speaking ot her arrival , "You'so frum one cr do fust famblys In Ferglnny , an' > ou ain't gwlnc to work as long ns I'se got two hnnds , Ef you'll dcs behave yo-self an * be a lady , I'll bo yo servant. I'll pay all you' bills an' take rare er jou , 'cause I ain't Rwlne ter see my cr my ole mars- ler'a blood cr workln' oul like no 'count po' white fo'.ks. " The girl bad but little education nnd Matt stirred around until she found a boarding school which nulled her. She enlered Ihe girl there and for Iwo years she paid nil her expenses , oven giving her muslo lessons no that oho could occupy a place In society which the negress thought oieho had 'been entitled to from her birth , When the two years had expired the girl wanted to get married She bad met a young man who loved her and the feeling was reciprocated , She communicated her desires lo her dark-skinned benefactress and after diligent Inquiry Matt gave her con sent to the match , as she learned tbo young 3OOOOOOOOOOOOC Dyspepsia , Gout , Rheumatism , and all kindred ailments arc quickly overcome by the use of * > Nature's great remedy and general health producer. 3OOOOOC > OOOCXXXXXXXX3OXOO < XXXX > C > OCXKX > OCX5OOOOOOOOOOC Bold bv hlterwuu > L SloConucll Drug Co. , O 1'uxtou , Uullnuhcr < & Co , , Ulitrlbu ton , Omaha ' man , wns sober , enersellc aid InJtistrlom , nnd , above all , In tier cyf that he cnmo from ft good family nnd wns a man of gentle breeding. Matt drew on her little um In the 'bank and fitted out her protege with a trou 6oau , but no one but these two knew whrro the money that bought It came from. The good woman wng one of the chief l tendfltits at the marriage , although she kept her place In the background , her fare \\reathed In smiles , while she proudly al luded to the bride a "one er my whllo folk * . " After the marriage Matt returned to her 'tome ' on Wheat street , near the corner of Tort , a home worth about J3.000 , nnd after looking over the house and thinking nbout the bride Matt made up her mind vvhnt she would do The next morning she went out and cmplojed a Invvjer , his fee being $ , " > 0. HH ! work was the drawing up of a win , making the house and lot , the piano and parlor suit over to her protege at her death. Hissnn iMiuusoi.tj TO sn.mcn. lloiv the Colonel Oner Infnrlntnl it I'nllfli'nlnillciioi - In ClilciiK" * The sudden death of llobert 0. IngersolF recalls the prominent position he alvva > s oc cupied at republican national conventions and the eloquent speeches he made at those assemblages , sayi n Washington Fetter. In gersoll wns nhvnvs In demand to nnkc nom inating or polltl nl speeches , but on account of his agnostic views no party ever dared to nominate him for office. Only once did In ge rsol I c\cr face an audience that compelled Mm to stop his speech. It happened at the republican national convention nt Chicago In 1SSS. The convention was meeting In the Auditorium building , which wns not then completed , but had been fitted up for the occasion. The convention had been In session n day or so nnd the great contest for the nomina tion was on. Allison , Blalne , Harrison , Oreshnm and a dozen moro prominent re publicans were nil1 In the field. The balloting had continued through several sessions nnd finally on Saturday night It wns decided to take but ono ballot nnd ndjourn. This was done , but Instead of leaving the great con vention hall the delegates nnd audience re mained seated and resolved themselves Into a mass-meeting. It was understood before the speeches be gan that none of the speakers wns to mnko any reference to the candidates for nomina tion by the convention , and nil 'the early speakers kept to this understanding. Finally there \\ero calls for Ingersoll and the great orator , who was on the platform , was In troduced to the convention. "Cob" had a great speech ready nnd started In to raako It with his usual eloquence. Dut he had hardly got started before he began nn clabornto eulogy of ono man nnd then said : "This man Is Walter Q. Gresham. " Instantly a storm of hisses came from the crowd In the Audi torium , nnd although the Illinois people tried to drown them with applause , the shouts and hisses of dlsapprovnl Increased nnd Ingersoll stood dumfoundcd on the platform. My seat In the press section was within a few feet of the speaker nnd I never saw a manse so rattled and overcome. His big , round face nnd bald head grew red with indigna tion and as the hls es Increased the blood seemed to rush faster to his face until his head seemed almost purple. In vain did ho try to quell the nolso by raising his hand , but It only Increased. He stopped nnd looked around nt the gentlemen on the platform back of h\m \ nnd then started to speak again. This was only a signal for a renewed hiss- Ing. Ing.Ono Ono by one the delegations began to leave their seats on the floor of the convention , and this seemed to add to Ingereoll's embai1- rasslng position. Ho made the final attempt to continue his speech , but by this time the uproar wns so great that he was obliged to retire. The result was that there were no more speeches that night. It was afways claimed by Mr. Ingersoll that he never In tended to make his speech a eulogy of Mr. Gresham , but thnt ho Intended to speak of all the candidates , but unluckily mentioned Greaham's name first. It was not so much that Mr. Ingersoll had praised Mr. Oresham that angered the audience , but the fact that ho had violated the distinct understanding that the speakers on that occasion wcro not to mention any of tbo candidates or pralso them Individually. HAIL TO TUB 1'ENXV ICC MAX. He In n Welcome Vlnltor nt the Door of the Poor. Of all the men TV ho go to the poorer quar ters of the city probably no ono Is so wel come as the pttiny Ice man , says the Kan sas Cltv Star. So soon as his bell Is heard , everywhere one can see the children bcamp- erlng Into the houses. Before tbo ice wagon Is In sight they come piling out , each clutching a penny. The awarm of children from 3 jears old to half-grown boys and girls , Is followed about by older persons , oven old women. The youngsters climb on the wagon wheels In great numbers. Every body crowds and pushes and the good natured Iceman threatens to get after them with the pick. "I'm the first one , " ehouts a boy when lie Is only passing Ihls gate. The Iceman tells him ho may be the last ono If ho doesn't shut up , "Please , mister , give mo a penny's Tvorth of Ice. " "Horo gowi , mister. " ' 'Mister , mis ter , mo next. " "Mister" la overwhelmed with demands and tells the children to Btnnd back lest they crush him and ho can not como again. "I'd like to be the Ice man ! " Is the song that rings In the penny Iceman's ears. The Salvation Army started this year's penny Ice route Saturday. There mo two wagons , which moke two trips apleco dally , each wagon taking about 3,000 pounds of Ice a day. Ten pounds are Bold for a cent to the poorer people , but only 2 cents worth to ono person. This cheap Ice comes as a great relief to the poor of the squalid dis tricts. The first attempt In this city at penny Ice was last year. Tour wagons were employed and It Is expected that this jcar n third wagon v\Ill bo added to the two now run ning , Some of the people who llvo In the parts of tJio city where the Ice wagon Is hailed with great delight , fccorn the Idea of buyIng - Ing Ice where any charity Is Involved. One woman , because she wns told that every body who bought would bo named In the newspapers cnmo out to the Iceman yester day In a rage. "Take my name off your list , I can afford to buy Ice , " she said , " ! don't want my name iprlntod , " Nothing could con vlnce her that no names were bring taken. Very funTtho / can afford to buy Ice of the dealers take advantage of the penny Ice man. man.The The needy people hall the penny Ice as a boon. ni > tMii > Tii.iuit.\i > ii OI > IHATOH. : It Took ( InTo n nil Olllc-e Hey to Ux- lilulii CHntKTN to the NlKhl IMItor. The night editor was worried , anyway , relates the New York Sun. and when he got the "query" from one of his correspondents he didn't have time to puzzle it out for him self _ The query was as follows "duett poUoncd Ft. O'.Malne. How muili. "MONKS. " "Where's Port of Maine ? " the night edl. tor shouted over to the telegraph editor , "Never heard of It , " was the reply , "Then where' * Point of Maine } " snapped the night editor , "Never heard of that , either , " answered the telegraph editor. "Then what does this query mean ? " growled the nltht editor as lie carried It over to the telegraph desk Everybody puizlcd over It , Including some of the reporters , who alwaju want to know' verjtbln * that It lolng on In the offlci. ' ' They all gave It up Then up walked the office boy the fresh one. He gave It one look I and the query w translated. "Wot's der matter wit' youso ? " ho asked | In I his superiority. "Oat dere query says 'finest poisoned , ptomaine. " Oat should be I little 1 'p , ' dit'e nil dat's wrong" I "Confound that telegraph operator. " said the I night editor as he walked to his desk , nnd biislncos was resumed IinCADPAT MHIIMTV OP PM HOKUM Nohlen of 1MXI n "nil T on 'Ihrlr I'rnlcorxMir * of I7sj , The prince of Monaco , It appears , has icfuacd to accept the count of Castellnne'i challenge ( to n. duel ami declines even to notice him , the accusation being the Cai- jtcllano Is only A bogus count Castcllnno was ono of the leaders in the demonstration against President Loubet at the races a few weeks ago , relates the St. Louis Olobe- Democrat. He Is nn ardent enemy of Drey fus. The republic Is too Milgar to please him. Ho wants a revival of the monarchy or falling In this Ideal ho would accept a military dictatorship. Castcllanc figures In n semi-humorous and wholly contemptible way In the Paris gwwlp. Ho Is ono of a type which Is rather numerous In France nt the preocnt moment , "Aristocracy , " ircmarltcd Chateaubriand , "has three nges. Theic- are the > ages of force , from which It degenerates Into the nge of privilege nnd Is extinguished finally In the ago cfanlty. . " The Kronen no bility was In the first ago around the tlmo of Henry of Navarre , In 1B8 ! > It reached the eocond ago In L/ouls XVI's days , In 17R9. It came to the third age at the time of the overthrow of the Orleans monarchy In 1S4S. . The French nobility has still another nge , however , the age of contempt. This ago has boon touched In ISM. The French nobles assail nged nnd unarmed men In these days as they did President Loubet recently. They trample down women and children In their Insane rush for their lives , ns they did In the flro at the charity bazar In Paris two or thrco years ago. France's nobles In the days of the great revolution toad all the wickedness of their guild of any ago or nation , but they also had courage. Many of the emigres en listed In the armies of the coalition. They fought against their country , It Is true , but they fought men with arms In their hands. They did not assail aged nnd de fenceless men. They scorned to fight women nnd children. "Is there any favor I can do for you ? " asked the presiding olflccr of the court In the days of ftie revo lution who vsas about to pass sentence of death upon Philip Kgalltc , the duke of Orleans , father of Louis Philippe , long afterward king of the French. " 1 ask only ono favor from you , " said Philip , "and that Is that you guillotine me today Instead of tomorrow. " This spirit of gay heroism Is absent among the degenerates of Philip's order today. The bogus French nobility of 13DD have Inherited nothing from their predecessors of 1789 except their vlcee. 11AT ADOPTED BY A CAT. TliroiiRh Her Training He linn Ili-coino Ilent Monner In Stenhcn , Mo , Forbes Baker of Steuben , Mo. , has ono of the most remarkable mousers In the coun try In a trained rat. Having driven all the rate and mice from his own premises , the rat U now doing odd jobs for the neigh bors. bors.The The rat's odd propensities arc no doubt due to the Influence of his adopted mother , a big .maltose cat , owned by 'Mr. Baker , and rated the best mouscr In Steuben. Last winter she gave birth to kittens. One day she came upon a young rat and took him to her kittens. Mr. Baker supposed that she Intended to glvo her young ones their first lesson In the art of rat-killing ; but the old cat had no such Intention , for In stead of offering to injure the helpless creature , or allowing her kittens to do so , she adopted the rat and made him a useful factor In her household. The kittens , too , seemed to take to the rat , nnd as the rat grew apace with them , ate , slept and played wl'h them , they accepted him as a brother , and were contented. When later the mother cat began to teach her children to catrb mice and rats , as a means of livelihood , the rat entered with much spirit Into the game. Finally the old cat saw that her adopted child was about the most ardent rodent hunter of the lot , despite his an cestry , and she seemed satisfied and at once sent them all out to make their own way In the world. Mr. Baker disposed of the kittens , but kept the rat , now full grown. The rat has since waged a merciless war on the whole rat kingdom In Steuben. He still follows the old cat about the house , and the two aio as attached ns mother and child. GAVI : nniTii TO SIJVBN Six Ilojn niul One filrl Come Into the Worlil ToBether. Mia. George Hackctt , colored , of Brovvns- vlfle , Pa. , gave birth yesterday morning to seven children , six bojs and one girl , says a dispatch to the Philadelphia North Amer ican. The children were all alive when born , but two of the boys and the girl died In a few hours. The four boys are alive and healthy. The mother Is also doing well. The father , who Is a coal miner , -was noti fied nt once , and hastened to his homo , to bo confronted with a sight that has prob ably never been the lot of any other man. Drs , Lilly , Shoemaker and Worrel , who wore In attendance upon the mother , re ported the matter , and In a few minutes Misfits-Talk No , 46- I have been talking a good deal about the dangeis of doing -without glasses when they are needed hut I haven't said much about Ihe evils of wearing mlsnt glasses. The person with glasses that do not lit him perfectly is in just as bad condition as the ono who needs glasses and doesn't wear any nl all. If you aio already wearing glares , but find that your eyes tire easily , you need jour glumes changed. Hvon if they lilted you well when you bought them , you have outgrown them now. If you have a good pair of frames It lh only nec essary to take out ( lie old lent-es and put In new. Unless the fiamos aio an odd slxo or the lenses of rare focus I can make the. change while you wait. J. C. Htitesoti , Manufacturing Optician , Kodak * , Camera ! 1BBO DuiiHlni St. und hupiille * . Oinulm. Mr. Frederick Hatter- was telling the Filipinos ( lie other day that In Omaha his name stood for hat htylos-that the young men of this vicinity icalUcd this and they would boo more Kiederlck hats on the bticets than all others a beauty In a straw Is a young gents' tough stiavv that Is pi Iced nt . 1.J ( but then we have cheaper hats that are Just as stylish , hut not ns well made btraw hats at : Kir , 50c , 73c und $1. < K ) for boys youths and men all liats shaped to the head bj "ronforma- teur" bicycle caps , light weights and all colors. FREDERICK The Hatter , Tbe Leading lint Mnn or the West. 120 South 15th Street , after It was known the wlMtwt excitement prevailed. Hundreds of people rushed to the house nnd clamored to see the children. The babies were were pUrcd In n row. the four who were In good health taking some ap parent Interest In the proceedings , while the three others were held h > * friend ? , caring little about what was going on The seven children wcro nil well formed when born , and their combined weight was about thirty-two pounds. The father nnd mother have dielded to name the four chil dren nfter Dewey , Sampson , Sehlcj nnd Captain Coqhlnn The- happy father will write to the four gcntFemcn Informing them of the honor convejed upon them. PATH OP V 1 VliTMIIji : STVMP. t'rnicil h ) Cnllrctor * , II In llnriiril hj n CiireU'KK Domestic. In the > car 1S51 n 12-penny black Cana dian postage stamp wns printed by the gov ernment at Ottawa. The public did not re gard this somber Issue with favor , 13 few were Issued. One of these stamps was sent to the Ham- Ifton pcstofllco , where it was sold to an old gentleman , \vlio said It wns n shame to print the queen's picture on a stamp that might bo handled by profane hands. Tenderly the old gentleman put It on a parcel , sending It to a friend In the United States. Hero , In the waste basket , It la > for many a day , till an errand boy found It nnd quickly trans ferred It to his album. Despairing of get ting a good collection nnd his fever for stamps somewhat abating , he sold them to a dealer. The new owner , on looking at th catalogue , found that what ho had paid $3 for wns worth $23. " AtfCtdcntaUy this stamp was slipped Into n 23-cent packet nnd sent to ft dealer re siding In Hamilton. When the latter opened the packet he was astonished to find such a valuable lUamp , and , being honcet , wrote his friend to Inform him of what had hap pened , offering him $1,200 for It. The offer was accepted and the stamp again changed hands. Dy this time the stamp had In creased In value nnd not a few came from a distance to look nt the treasure. Ono day nn English nobleman , who , through a Cana dian friend , had heard of the stamp , offered $1,500 , which offer was accepted. The Eng lish lord , falling In love with nn American heiress and wishing to gain the favor of her brother , presented him with the stamp as a token of esteem. Here , In Its new and luxurious American home , It came to n sad end , for ono day the maid , by mistake , swept the stamp , which had accidentally faHcn out of the album , Into the fire. In an Instant the stamp which thousands had heard of nnd longed for went up In smoke to the broad , blue sky , leaving not a trace behind. WIIEV Tiinnn'M. nno DAKKMSS. Prediction thnt In 1DBO All Work Will 11 o Done nt MKht. "Within the next fifty jcars , " said a , New- Orleans architect to the Times-Democrat , "that people of this and every other largo southern city will do most of their sleep ing by day. The transformation will be ef fected by cheap lights. Insldo of the next half century lighting will be so Inexpensive eo excellent and so abundant that It will wipe out the demarkatlons of day nnd nlpht. Daikness Is ono of the forces of nature against which civilization wages war. H facilitates crime. It Impedes travel , It puts arbitrary limits on human exertion. The tlmo Is coming when diirkness will bn thor oughly conquered , nnd the great cities flooded from end to end with nn effulgence that will make every vocation of life aa easy and as practicable at ono hour as an other. In this latitude night Is undoubt edly the best tlmo to work especially dur ing our long summers. The temperature from sunset to sunrise is cool and equable , there Is almost always a refreshing breo/o and as soon as daiUnrts Is abolished the people will gradually arid natumlly rovcisc their hours of toll. I ventuio the predic tion thnt noon In IfloO will see the streets of New Orleans deserted , except for n few midday roisterers and policemen with sun shades. Respectable folds will be abed and asleep , enjoying that delightful repose which wo now associate with an afternoon eleatn , something , by the way , thnt should have long ago given us a tip that day was the piopcr time for rest. Then , when the won derful Incandescents of the future blaze forth nt dusk , everybody will arise Invigo rated and alert , and get ready to begin the night's work. It Is a beautiful vision Whenever - over I conjure It up I could weep for vexa tion to think that I was born a century too soon. " TUB MJWSPtPttn MI5\ ARK fil/AD. They Think SpenUt-r HenilerNOii AVIII Ho More Tit II to Them. The newspaper correspondents hero find something to rejoice about In the prospect of the election of General D. B. Hender son as speaker of the Fifty-sixth congress , says a Washington letter. They bcllevo that they will not bo ildden down by him with the Indifference manifested by Speaker Reed to a privilege which a former speaker had conferred upon the representatives of the press , but which Mr. Reed took from them and never really endeavored to restore. The speaker Is so completely monarch of the territory ho surveys that when the newspapers deslio admission to the gal leries , to report proceedings below , they get their permission from the speaker. Tl-e yearly permission has crept Into the rules of the house , and when Mr , Crisp wss speaker he consented to allow the rules to i bo amended to that , In addition to exercising the privilege * of admission to the galleries reserved for the use of the press , the news , paper men were permitted to have entrance to the corridor In the rear of the speaker's chair , under restrictions to be mnde bv the doorkeeper It was a verj greit oonven- lenco. Members of the house who declined to go out Into the public corridor. In an swer to newspaper cards , because of con cern lest they should be waylaid by office- seekers or duns , were ready to go out Inio their own lobby , where they could meet newspaper men without facing the mob In a public ball. Reed lopped off the privi lege thnt Crisp easily prevailed upon the homo to grant. Ho did not conceal Us ills- llko of having the privacy of the house In truded upon by the newspapers Over and over again newspaper men , repicsentlng the whole body , of correspondents , consulted with and urged Mr. Heed to restore th withdrawn privilege , In at least n modified form , with such severe restrictions upon the back-climbing reporter as he- saw fit to Atn- pose. He appeared to bo seeking n satis factory solution of the matter before him , and promised but never did anything Speaker Henderson will probably find a way to do whit Mr. Reed seemed determined never should be done. TII IT KIM. Witter Serpent * In llnlne nnil Their Kottilncaft for Plnh Dlnnem , The question as to whether n good , healthy water i nnlte can cope successfully In mortal combat with n pickerel has been decided bv a bottle In Lake Pcnnesseewasse , Maine , of which William Gary and Kenneth Ourney were witnesses , relates the Detroit Journal. The lake waters abound In targe sized pick erel , nnd there Is no other body of wnter In Maine where the wnter snakes nre so huge. They nre harmless , hut If forced to tight with man or flsh ran put up a good rciap. Their bite , while not poisonous , la exticmely painful , and everyone gives them a vide berth In hoi days they cruwl to the branches of the low bushes on the shore of the bogs nnd sun themselves In contentment. Mntiy of the reptiles will measure over ten feet , nnd few of them have ever been captured If n person npproachts them while they apparently arc sleeping on the bushes nnd attempts to hit them with sticks or stones they fall quickly Into the water and rscapo harm. Ono dny this summer , whllo the weather was extremely warm , Gary and Gurnuv v.ero on the lake trawling for salmon from a canoe. The boat had just passed the edge of the bog where the snakes have their headquarters , when there was n splash In the water and a churning that attracted the attention of the men In the boat. They backed water with the oars and floited up to see what was the trouble. They were rur- prlsed to see a huge black cell of shining skin writhing In the water , and went closer to Investigate. They found that a water snake nearly eight feet long had n pickerel In his rrceps The fish must have weighed In the \lclnlty of three pounds , nnd n light was on. The snake slowly uncoiled his body , when the pickerel darted out and quickly turned , making n swift lunge for the snake. The latter , however , grabbed the flsh by the head and held him fast In the course of inree or lour minuies ino Bnaxe again un coiled his body , nnd the pickerel , with a few- faint motions , came to the top of the water for air. The snake lay still , but as the liflh showed signs of returning life , he ngnln grabbed him by the head. Then the body of the flsh began to disappear slowly , and at Fast there was no moro pickerel In alght. The next day Gary and Gurney were - n the shore of the bog for frogs to be ujcd for bait , when they found the dead body of a big snake. They cut the reptile open nnd found , about half way down the throat , the body of the pickeicl. The snake , in swallowing - lowing the flsh. had tested for n breath of air , when the flsh again came to life , and , spreading his belly flns , hnd choked the i snake to death. However , the men declare j that the snake won the fight , but was too . anxious to celebrate his victory , and thereby | lost hla own life. I HOIIHIM ; TIIU Aiiouioi.Nns. HOTT the I ml I ii ii Women Ho ShopiiInK In the Sontlment. If you watch Indian women shopping > ou will sec feminine eagerness , caprice nnd love for flno nnd pretty things. They cnnnot shop ns other women do , poor things , for Instead of flitting gaily to any shop that , pFensos. they are , In most cases , obliged lo patronize one , and that la rarely the : best , says Alnslce's Magazine. The reason for this ' goes deep Into governmental appointments and Indian agents , and the question Is too delicate nnd reformatory to discuss. Women , of the Sarah Barton class cannot speak of It with patience. I "When the -woman of the reservation BOCK shopping she docs to only nt such times as the government gives H * words their allowance The Indian trades on credit , the ngent pays the store , nnd not the Indian , and the storekeeper sees that the bin of goods bought shall equal the amount of pension money due his customer , even though he Is reduced to selling hnVf n yard of velveteen for $2 , nnd common gift tape nt $1 a yard And > et the women find shop ping Infinitely amusing in nome of the larger towns shops reach n cheap Imitation of the department store , and the Indian women take varied nnd feminine delight in sauntering from one counter to another , feeling of dress goods , and gating ntinot - minnble ribbons and passementeries The shop's Interpreter goes wllh them , like a courier , nnd lightly directs their somewhat doubtfur fancy to unsalable goods They nro ( Imld nnd gay as children , nnd most tin- lovely to look upon , for there Is nn unhappy Incongruity about tenement hou o garb and Mlnnchaha phjslognomj They are very shy. nnd show none of the dignified Indifference of the men , which Is llko thnt of a lion In captivity. In the shop they cling to the Interpreter with a faith that would appeal to any ordinary eon- science but the. Indian and his monev nro considered fair game In the territories After the shop Is loft the women follow closcty on the heels of their lords until bundled Into the big box wagon to drlvo home. I have never seen ono alone on the streets of n town , so great Is their timidity In the face of thnt civilization townrd which they nro Inevitably advancing A \en Portrnlt of I.oril Kltotiener. London Graphic Lord Kitchener while In Knland has been having his portrait painted by ME. Cope. R A There was a great deal of dl.scuaslon at first with respect to the uniform In which he was to be painted Some of Lord Kitchener's friends suggested the full-dresa uniform of the sirdar of th Kgvptlan army. Mr Cope demurred , on the ground that khukl would bo more workman like and was the uniform In which the sirdar won the Iwttle of Omdurmnn. Finally this wns ngreed to nitd the slrdnr was painted In the stnlned nnd creased uniform which ho actually wore on tint day. The Oxolllomrter. An Italian firm lias recently brought out nn Instrument Known as the oiclllomoter , by means of which the oscillation of ships can boaccuintcly luentmied , sajs Klecjrlclty. This Instrument consists of a small electric motor mounted In gimbals , llko n ship's compass , with Its armature running In n vertical position nt u veo high rate of speed As the ship rolls the armature maintains Its original position , while the ftamo supporting the glmbal rings follows the motion of the ship. Suitable scales and pointers are pro vided , so that the amount of movement can bo accurately determined. llnril l.tu-K of nn Keillor. Jerry Simpson's B.ijoncf Hero ate poms of the terrible things vvhlili iiivordlnjr tea a country exiliangt" nre Ilkolv to befall n , delinquent. Last week a dd'nquont ' uj- ! Rcrlber"I'd he would pnj on Siturdny If ho lived. He's dead Another "I'll see jou to morrow. " Ho't hllml Still nnnthpr one ald : " 1 flioito to jxvv , vou thin week or KO to tlm devil. " He's gone There are hundreds wlio ought to take WiirnliiK l > y these procraBtl- nators nnd pay up their subscriptions. All weak places In > our system effectually closed r.galnst dlscnoo by DeWltt's Llttlo iSarly Risers. They cleanse the bowels , promptly cure chronic constipation , rogulnto the liver nnd llll JPU wllh new fife nnd vigor. Small , pleasant sure ; never crfpo. ( TRUSSES ELASTIC i STOCKINGS- CRUTCHES SUPPORTERS , etc , made to order by competent vvorkraun. Bond to us for meusmmont blanks and other informutlon. THE ALOE & PENfOLD CO. , Deformity Draco Manufacturer * . 1408 Farna 111 OMA1IA * Op. Paxton Hotel. Welcome the Boys Home By drosslng tlicir llttlo brothers up in now clothes nnd shoos a gront ninny shoos , that the boys get uevcr nt the foot hut It's not bo with our popular $1.50 shoes we take as much cnro In llttlut ; hoys' bhoos as wo do those for mon half tliowear and all the comfort Is In the fit these $1.50 blioos are in tan and nlnclt his enough and small enough to At all kinds and blzos of hoys. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omaba'a Up-to-date Shoe IIOBIS , 1410 FARNAM STREET. You May Not Be a Judge Of a piano hut that won't npod to niaUo any difference with your Dujlng hero we know n good pliiuo and wo will tell you all about Ihc one you se lect ho you will know as much as any of the great artists about Ihe particular onee never mlM-epref > ent and you aio nt liberty lo bring all your frlelnds wllh you you can't make a mistake in se lecting any one of the 20 slandard makes that are Included In this mid summer wile , v our choice of any of thofro high giade InMnimonts at $5.00 per mouth payments -the sume as rent -Ihe only difference the piano belongs to you. A. HOSPE , We celebrate oar 25th bnilnnM I * vcr nry Oct. 23rd , IHOfr. Moslc and Art 1513 Douglm. Don't ' You Ever Believe - That the Uttle HaiTlKloi- cigar IH a llvo cent i-lpiir aw live-cent clours RO for it Isn't hut It'H a len-cent Han Inter cut in two anil an tintoncent H/.O | IH the hot * at llh prlrp. HO IH the live edit one the IICM ever made anil hold for a nickel. Most all dealcis know thnt the. Little llanlsier IH the hpt-t live-cent clsur , and If .voti ItihlM upon potthiK H .von can we are the tllHtrlbiitltiK agents for Iho l.lttle anil HI ? Jtanlxter anil If your dealer doesn't have them loll him lo loir-phono l."ix and wo will f > end him at once. Win. F. Stoecker Cigar Co , TIJE DARHISTIJR AGENT , 1404 Doug Ian ,