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ROMANCE OF THE CUBAN WAR
Tribulations of a Nib'iska VolunUer attl
Ihoir Ohetry Eud,
A FALL 7HT LINKED TWO LIVES
The Sncft Krnorlln, (lie Oliitnrnlc
.irnnr, the Mml l-iircu.ll niul
Hie Siilmciiiirnt Reunion
Tenderly Sketched.
"You don't look one bit happy, what's the 1
matter with you Hal, arc you torry we nro i
going homo?" asked Tom Potter of Company ,
E, Third Nebraska volunteers, of his friend, I
Hal Barton, of Company V of the same resi
dent, "I am not feeling Just right," lepllcJ Hal,
as he save an cxtia tug at the strap placed
around hit. roll of blankcln.
"Vou look to mc like a, fellow In love.-
eatd Tom. "Say, Hal. you're not leaving '
your heart down hern in v.hUh. nr.. Mi,n I
"That's Just whnt Is the matter with him,"
raid Will Johneon, another toy of the same
company. "I havo been saying to the boys
I thought Hal must bo In love, becnuso ho
never wants a quiet llttlo game of 'draw'
with tho rest oi tho gang any more."
"Oh, let up, won't you?" said Hal. "I
guess It's tho malaria getting Into my bones,
and besides I havo nover felt Just tho samo
since I took that tumblo from tho horse
down on Obispo Btrcct."
"Say, that Is too bad, old man," said Tom,
pushing asldo the box onto which ho was
nailing tho cover, and ho throw his arm
around Hal's shoulders. "I had forcotten
about that; never mind my Joking, I didn't
mean it thing."
"That's all right, Tom, I guess I am get
ting cranky."
The Third Nebraska volunteers had re
ceived orders to leavo Cuba In a day or two,
and tho boys wcro packing up to go home.
Kvory ono was delighted with tho prospects
of going, for they were to be mustered out
on their arrival In tho United States.
Tho regiment had been in Havana, at
Camp Columbia, for about two months, and
as thcro had been no fighting, simply garri
son duty, they wore all glad when tho order
camo for tho regiment to return to tho
United States.
I say they wcro all glad; all but Hal Bar
ton, his heart had a sinking feeling, and a
big Jump camo Into his throat when ho
heard they wcro to leavo Havana In a few
days.
Hal nnrton was only n private, but ho was
ft handsome, manly fellow, six feet tail and
straight as an arrow; light, curly hair, hon
est bluo eyes and a drooping brown mus
tacho that caught nil tho girls at first Bight.
Hal belonged to a good family In tho town
of M , and when tho call camo for more
troops ho was ono of tho first to respond.
Of courso his parents disliked to havo him
go, especially his mother, for ho was nn
only child, but Sir. IJarlon said, "Let htm
go. mother, ho'll get through all right; ho
Is a chip off tho old block. I got through
in '63, and ho will do tho samo now and bo
an honor to his country."
S. Uar,on Put 011 smiling faco and
Hal did not know how badly sho felt when
tho train left Omaha bearing tho Third. .Mr.
and Mrs. llarton had como to umaha to see
their boy start on his Journey and with n,
mother's lovo .Mrs. llarton had flxod a lunch
basket containing all tho llttlo dainties oho
know Hal liked. .Mr. llarton, knowing how
something warm" was about tho thing a
soldier needed when ho was wet, cold nnd
tired, had slipped Into tho basket unbeknown
to Mrs. Barton a good, big bottlo of "Cnna
dlan Club," and Hal found it was tho right
thing in tho right placo several times.
And now ho was going home, to bo with
his father and mother
Hut why Isn't ho us happy over tho pros
pect as tho rest of tho boys? Becauso ho Is
doing Just what Will Johnson said when
they wcro Joking with him. .Ho is leaving
his heart In Havana, and this is how It hnn
pencd; A Winning Full.
When tho regiment had been only a few
days in Havana, stationed at Camp Colum
bia, a lovely f,pot about eight miles from the
city, Hal had hired a horso ono morning,
thinking ho could get over tho ground
quicker nnd see moro of tho city in that way
Ho was riding leisurely along Obispo street!
ono of tho principal streets of Havana, but
only about thlrty-flvo feet wide, and was
gazing at tho houses with. the funny grated
windows, letting tho bridle rrlns hang
loosely on tho hoihc's neck, when, down
thn street, running nt full speed, camo t.
milkman's home. Tho milkman had gone
into a houso to deliver somo milk and left
tho horso standing In tho street. Tho niCk
cans wcro placed In panniers on either side
of tho horso nnd as It camo running down
thn street tho milk cans flow out of the
panniers In every direction. Talk about
tho Milky Way, Obispo stroM, for a short
distance, was surely tho .Milky Way that
morning, for when tho milk canj struck
the ground th$ covers would como off and
tho milk would go running down the street.
Just as tho milkman's horso rnssed HjI ono
of tho cans flow out of tho pannier and hit
Hal'a horse, causing him to Jump to onu
fide. It. all happened so quickly that Hal
had not tlmo to save himself and fell from
his horse, striking on his head nnd hnul
ders. Ho was unconscious wh.n iho
picked him up.
Two women, one young and tho other
Mdcrly. weio walking along tho street
t tho time of tho accident and with
he rent of tho people pasiltig by had st p ed
to see who tho man was and how bidly he
as hurt.
When tho young woman e,iw Hal's whlfj
faro she bald to her companion, "Auntlo, I
belle vo ho Is dead," but as thov dr.w
nearer they saw ho was only badly hurt.
The girl said ho should be Inkcn to her
home, which was near, on tho Prado; bnd
carriage called and as a do.-tir bal
ilrrndy been found, Hal was s-ou c.nvcycd
!o the house of Sonnr t'ordcro.
The doctor had him taken Into the bousj'
ind Senorltn Cordcro showed them to tho
room sho thought would ho brat for an lu
ralld. a largo, airy room, facing tin s'rcM
md tunning back to a court. It was beaut!
fully furnished tn white nnd cn rl
Senoittn Cordero tald n the !o'tor they
nnuiu retire, meaning the elderly woman
and herself, while ho looked after tho
loldler: she would tend a servant n aalst
Jim and to call hqr U anything was needed,
t'upld ApixmrN.
In a, short tlmo the doctor ennm inm ih
room whero Senorlta Cordero and her nun:
scro waiting and said, "Scnorla Coid ro.
'.ho young soldier has Just recovered con
icloufncfs; I think ho Is irt sorlou-ly In
lured; there aro no fconei broko.i, but oro
ihouldrr la badly .bruised; ha must cava
truck on his head pretty hard, but he will
be all right In a week or ten days. Wh.it
sill your fntrcr siy o your uklcg a Ucl el
State,! soldier Into the houso? Had yo.i
jot better havo him bfcnt nway beforo your
lather comes home"
"I shall do nothing of tho kind," said
'enorlta Cordero, "I Intend to havo htm
aken care of light hero; I know mumma
nill bo willing. Sho Is not at homo now or
( Mould havo her como In and speak to you
herself. Sho has gono for a drive. What
bull J do for tho poor fellow?"
"Ho needs nothing for thn projent, except
rlcep tin I quiet. 1 will bond a nurse, and
thnt will bo all until evening, when I will
call and see how he Is getting ulong."
Tho doctor left, and at last Aunt Anita
(for that was the elderl:' woman's name)
bad an opportunity to speak,
"I hardly know what your papa will tay,
Carmallte. I ho?e he will not blame me.
iuu never gave me an opportunity to say
n word.''
".Vow, do not begin to worry, Aunt Anlte.
I will arrange it ail with papa, nnd now I
want to take n peep at the soldier. You
stay here; 1 will only bo gone a moment."
Senor Cordcto was a wealthy broker, born
In Havana, his father having come fiom
Spain when a young man, bringing with him
his brido of a few months. He died when
Diego Cordero was a young man, capable
of managing his father's large business.
Soon after his father's death DIcko Cor
dero married n lady of Spanish descent
whose parents had omc from Spain at tho '
finmo tlmo his father and mother had come.
The families had been friends for years.
Soon nftor the birth of Carmallte Senor
Cordeio's mother died, nnd Aunt Anlte, who
wns his mother's sister, and who lived with I
his mother, came to live with his family. I
Senor Cordcro was almost an Invalid, and
so Aunt Anlte had always taken charge of .
tho houcc. and they all loved her, for she ;
was a kind, good woman, but unfortunately 1
or fortunately, she was quite deaf. '
Aunt Anlto fnlrly worshiped Carmallte
nnd would do almost anything she wished
her to do. So now, as usual, Carmallte had :
her own way and went to look at the tol
dlcr. 1
Hal eccmcd to be asleep when she cn- j
tercd the room, nnd a sweet-face I, black-.;
robed sister was moving quietly about the 1
room, arranging tho medicine bottles,
glasjcs, otc., on a stand. I
feho said to Carmallte, "When tho young
man awakes, he ought to have somothlng to
cat. If you will sit hero a few moments
1 will go to the kitchen and mako some
broth for him."
I.ovc'n Ciirlnnltj .
Carmallte was delighted to be left . In
chargo of tho patient. She kept quite still
for a few moments, but her curiosity was
too great for her to keep quiet long. She
tlp-tocd to tho side of tho bed, to havo
n hnttrr lnnl nt thn nnlHIni .1i,t am thn '
Btood beside him he opened his eyes.
Carmallte was m frightened sho scarcely
knew what to do. In the strict way of
tho Spanish people she had nover been al
lowed to bo alono with a man of her own
acquaintance; hero sho was alono with a
total stranger.
Her faco flushed, and In n choking little
volco sho sn ill :
"Yo, le pldo a Vd. perdon, tenor."
Hal looked at her In surprise. Ho knew
sho must bo tho daughter of tho gentle
men In whoso house he was. The Sister
had told him whore, ho was and how ho hap
pened to bo there; that the family con
sisted of Senor Cordcro, his wife, daushter
nnd maiden aunt.
Hal understood but a few words of Span
ish and could speak less, but ho managed
to say to Carmallte, "Comprende Ingles?"
"No, senor, no comprende. Habla Vd.
Espanol?"
"No," said Hal, and then to himself, "this
Is good; I must say. Hero I am In a
houso with about tho prcttlc3t little girl
I ever saw, and I can't say a word to I
Carmallto was thinking In about the same
strain. Hero wns a handsome young man,
with a blond mustache, bluo eyes and tho
fair complexion sho had always admired.
All tho descendants of the Latin races
admiro tho fair skins and light hair and
eyes of tho northern people.
Carmallto and Hal looked Into each other's
eyes In silence. Tho Sister appeared; she
was horrified. It was all her fault, she said,
sho should have called a servant. "I think,
senoiltn, you had better leave the room,"
sho wld to Carmallte.
Carmallto was loathe to go, but there waB
nothing else for her to do.
But tho mischief was already done. She
had seen Hal nnd ho had seen her and It was
a case of love at first sight.
Hal thought ho had never Been any one
so charming as Cnrmallte. She was a pctlto
brunette, with tho clear ollvo skin and lan
guishing black eyes of a Cuban, and such
tiny hands and feet, they made ono think
of a fairy.
Hal did not see anything moro of Car
mallte for several days. He did not re
cover an rapidly as tho doctor had hoped.
Tho surgeou from tho regiment came to see
him, but did not think It advisable to move
him, especially as Senor Cordcro had rso
generously offered his houso and servants
for tho use of the young soldier and seemed
to feel hurt by tho suggestion of the surgeon
of moving him, until he bad fully recovered.
AVork (lit" I'niiiiI AVny.
Senor Cordoro could speak a llttlo Eng
lish and he would sit with Hal and talk to
him tho bebt he could.
At last Hal wns able to go out on thij
porch. Ho would sit with Senor Cordcro
and watch the peoplo driving on tho Prado.
It Is a beautiful, wldo street, with a park
through tho center, filled with tropical
plants nnd fine palm trees.
At other times ho would go out Into the
court nnd would Ho In a hammcck and listen
to Carmnllte's soft twanging on a guitar.
Sometimes she would sing sweet llttlo Span
ish bongs to him.
Uvcry ono had decided that It was per
fectly proper for Carmallto to fit with Hal,
as they could not talk to each other.
But lovers do not havo to be able to)
speak tho same language to understand each
other.
There's never n trial In life bo hard,
Hut love will And the way;
Thcrn'a nover a pilson so tightly barred,
But lovo will find tho way.
Hal would say, "Carmallte, I lovo you and
I want to take you home with mc. Do you
lovo me, llttlo ono?"
And sho would only look nt him In her
wondering way and answer, "No, cntlendo."
Hal wanted to take her In his nrms and
kiss her red lips, but hn knew that would
not bo honorable. So ho waited nnd said
and did nothing he thought would be wrong.
When ho was ahlo to go to Camp Co
lumbia ho said good-byo to all the family
of Senor Cordero. nnd if bo hold Carina
llto's hand a llttlo longer than ho did any
one else's It was not noticed.
Now the order had como to go home and
he must leave his little Cuban gltl.
He had seen Senor Cordero, hnd told him
ho loved his daughter and had asked If he
could not have her for his wife. Ho would
not ask to take tor with him now, but
would Senor Cordero let him como back for
Carmallte In n year.
Sonor Cordero was very sorrr. but he
coul. not think of giving his daughter to an
American.
"Why, Senor Barton, you could not com
prende each othrr. Caimnlllc would bo sad
soon far from tho homo of her father."
And 1. was no use for Hal to plead that
he would learn to speak Spanish, and that
Carmallto would soon learn Iho Knsllsh.
That ho would love her ro much that sho
would bo happy. Ho oven offered to live In
Havana. But Senor Cordero would not glvo
his consent.
It was a sad parting when Hal went to
seo Carmallto for tho last time. She could
not rct'.rain her tears, and Hal was very
pale. Senor Cordero nearly relentod hav
ing refused his consent. But ho thought It
was all for tho best, and that thoy would
both boon forget.
So you ran understand why Hal. of all
tho Third Nebraska, was tho one that was
nad became he was going biek to tha
United S'r.tcs.
Tllf ItlMllllllll,
It waa u "big day" at the Greater Amer
ica Kxpc3ltlon at Omaha, Neb. It was
"Foldlern' day." Peoplo had come from
all over tho stato to arc the boys In bluo
The Midway Is dclng a good burluors.
Hal Barton. Will Johnson and Tom Potter
had met and wcro taking In tho sights to
gkthcr. They had beard tbo Hawallans
sing "My Honolulu Lady," had seen the
"Persian dancers" In the "Streets of Cairo,"
had sono up In the "Olant See-Saw" and
down Into "Darknen and Dawn," had trie!
to talk Spanish to the natives la the "Fili
pino Village," In fact, they had done about
everything, and now it was 0 o'clock In the
evening and Tom Potter said. "Say, boys,
let s go In and tee our friends from Havana,
what do you say, Hal?"
"Oh. I don't care. We won t see any
thing now, but we can 'Habla Espanol' to
some of the llttlo Cuban glrta."
They went Into the "Cuban Vlllago" nnd as
the "speller" in front of tho teatro an
nounced that the performance was Just go
ing to begin they bought tickets and en
tered the teatro, The mutla made Hal
think of Carmallte and he wished he had
stayed out of the place.
After the performance they sauntered
through tho village. They came to a group
of Cubans, talking all at once, as the Span-lh-Amerlcars
alwajs do, In front of one of
tho palm-thatched cottages.
Hal started when he saw Carmallto and
Senor Cordero. Carmallte saw him nt
about the tame time; there wns an exclama
tion of surprise. "Ml querido," said Car
mallte. "My darling," said Hal, and they
were clasped In each other's arms.
Hal's companions looked surprised and
Senor Cordero a llttlo annoyed. Then he
laughed and said, "All right, mis nlnos, l
say no more, Vaya V. con DIos."
Carmallte made a very pretty bride and
the wedding waa the nine da)s' wonder of
tho Creator America Exposition.
Hal has dccldsd to go to Havana to live.
Ho thinks It will be Just the place for an
American to mako money. Mr. and Mrs.
Barton aro to spend the winter with Hat
and Carmallte In Cuba.
ALICE MAYNABD WOODS.
SOt TU C.WIOM.VV'S C.iriTOL,
Completion of n Struct lire IIcriiii He
fore tho Civil Wnr.
South Carolina Is about to complete b pub
lic building begun two generations ago. Tho
change In architecture nnd In tho wealth of
tho country, says the New York Tribune. Is
demonstrated by the fact that when this
building was designed by John R. Nlcrnsee
of Baltimore It was to bo tho handsome-st
and most ccotly cnpltol in the union. On
the western end tho great granite structure
carries the marks of war that will never
be effaced and It Is probably the only state
bouso in tho country bearing the marks of
cannon balls. Theso will also show to future
generations the kind of popguns used In that
bloody conlllct.
When General Sherman's artillery reached
tho hills of Lexington, on the opposite sldo
of tho Congareo river from Columbia, and
two miles from the state house, that great
wiiite structure presented a tempting target
and several guns wero brought to bear on it
and tho firing wno accurate. The building
was hit ten times, four of the shot Dnsslnz
through tho windows and striking In the In
terior, while six hit on the outside. But the
wans are from four to six feet thick, of
granlto almost too hard to work, and, ex
cept for smashing somo stonework at one
end of tho windows, no damage was done.
The shot dug out nbout an Inch of the gran
ite ana must have left particles of Iron
Imbedded, us the marks are made promi
nent by the appearance of Iron rust on the
white surface.
Stored In the stato hoiife yard was a great
quantity of sculptured Italian nnd Tennes
see marble and South Cnrollna granite blocks
In tho rough. These blocks are still In tho
yard, and will be used In tho completion of
tho structure. How they were hauled three
miles from Oranby quarry, on the Congaree.
Is puzzling to engineers now. It Is said that
sixty oxen furnished tho motive power, but
there Is no description of the kind of ve
hicle that boro tho weight. All the finer
material for decorutlon waa destroyed In tho
war. Including statues and base reliefs of
Hayne and McDuflle, and tho latest and best
bust of Cnlhoun. The architect In 18G5 put
the loss by fire nnd vandalism nt JSOO.OOO.
Fourteen years ngo work was started for
the completion of the stato house, which had
been made temporarily habitable after tho
close of the civil war. About a quarter of a
million dollars waB then spent, but' tho "re
forinerf," stopped the work, as It was
deemed extravagant. It has now been deter
mined to push It to completion. Deelcn.i
have been accepted and work will begin In n
fow weeks. Much of tho material In granite
and marble that has been lying on the ground
for nearly llfty years will be used as It was
originally Intended. Nothing Is to bo done
on the west side, so the marks will not be
removed.
In his report In 1863 the architect said of
the famous St. Michael's bells: "Tho bcl!u
of St. Mlchncl's church of Charleston, sent
up here some tlmo ago nnd deposited In one
cf tho hoiiFes In the yard, were also cracked
by the flro and aro consequently uselefs. ex
cept for recasting. Some of theso bells, I
understand, wore previous to the fire re
moved by military authority to Augusta,
fla., thero to be cast Into cannon. At an)
rate, thcro aro only five bells now to be
found in tho yard."
Until tho finding of this old report In tho
state houso nothing was known about St.
Michael's bells having been used for guns
to help carry on tho strife.
All who suffer from piles will be Klad to
learn that DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo will
slvo them Instant and permanent relief. It
will euro eczema and all skin diseases. Bo
ware of counterfeits.
hi; iti:si:iiu,i;n wi:iihti;m.
Colored Itnrlipr Cull Dimtii n Con
KrooKimin Who Tl ppli-il.
As a back-handed Map at a well known
member of congress who Is too foni of
looking upon the wine when It U anlllncd
Senntor Dcr-ow tells th's anecdote:
"Tho member of congress was being
shaved by an nged colored barber In Wash
ington. Tho shop was a favorlto ono with
the prominent men of tho capital and tho
old darkey who presided over It often
boasted that ho had shaved every great
statesman since the Madlscn administration,
which may or may not have hecn true. The
member of congress referred to wns being
shaved by the veteran one day, when ho
said to the latter:
" Uncle, you must have shaved many
famous men?"
" 'Oh, yes, sah; I has Indeed.'
" 'And a great many of those famous per
sonages must havo sat in this very ci-a'.r
whero I am pitting, eh?'
" 'Dhat's right, sah. Dcy's sot Jcs' whir
yo' Is a cttln' d's moment, Bah. Yes. sab.
An' I'to Jes' been a mtlcln' a mighty cur us
similarity between yo' and Dan'el Webster,
rah.'
" 'You don't say!' exclaimed the highly
delighted lawmaker. 'Is the similarity in
the shapo of my head, uncle'''
" 'Oh, no, sah. 'Taln't dat.'
" "Is It my manuer?'
" 'No, boss, 'taln't yoro manner nuddcr;
hit's yore breff.' "
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FAMOUS FATHER OF PRINTING
fitting Obmvatce of thn Fifth Oentennirl
of the Birth of Gutenberg.
WHERE THE GREAT INV.HTOR WAS BORN
Knlnt Cllniinr of III IJnrtj- I. Hp
Voiu'IikiiIpiI l.v HUfnrinii tlrlRln
of tlp lilrn of Motnlilc
Mrtnl T pen.
Germany bus Just celebrated In a most
fitting way the five hundredth anniversary
of tho birth cf Johann Gutenberg, the In
ventor of printing, one of the most notable
and characteristics of her sons. In the beau
tiful old Ilhenlsh city of Mnyence, tho birth
placo of the Inventor, relates the Berlin
correspondent of the Independent, there was
an exhibition of tho best and most curious
which the printer's art has producej dur
ing the past five hundred years. Thero was
an historical vroccsslon through the old
streets In which the ctstumes of Gutenberg's
time were reproduce). Hundreds of seholnis
and speelnllcts In printing came from all
parts of Europe to do honor to the great
man's memory. There were festal excur
sions on the historic river and illuminations
In the evening altogether a worthy and
dlgnllled colcbratlon. No one can accuse
the Germans of neglecting the memory of
their great men.
It Is Impossible to state with accuracy the
exact year of Gutenberg's birth, but there Is
strong reascn for bollcMng that he first saw
tho light some time near the close of the
fourteenth century. His real name wns
Gensdcisch, Gutenberg being only his cogno
men, probably the name of the place whence
the family came. Ho belonged to n patrician
family of Mayence and his father seems to
have been a man of political Importance, for
wo bear of him as Involved In the turmoils
which at that time were chronic between
the bishop elector of Mayence and the guilds
nnd burghers. With his family ho was
obliged to fly to Strasshurg and It was In the
Alsatian city that Gutenberg learned the art
which ho was afterward to turn to such
good account. Ho devoted himself to gold
smith's work, to the manufacture of mir
rors and to experiments In Iron, copper and
lead. During Gutenberg's residence In
Strassburg we get ono or two curious
glimpses of him, but nothing that Is suf
ficient. Ho had a legal dispute with some
cltlzera as to a certain plant In which he
was Interested, but of more human Interest
Is a complaint made against him to the
bishop by n certain Anna of the Iron Gates
,for refuting to fulfil a pledge ho had made to
marry her.
OHkIii f Jlovnlilp Ties.
This Is all wo know of Gutenberg until
we again hear of him In Mayence, a man of
matured middle age. probably fifty years old.
Mayence at that time was. a great ecclesias
tical center nnd likely enough Gutenberg
had returned to his paternal city to manu
facture goldsmith's work for the bishop
elector nnd his clergy. But he must have
had other views as well. While In Strass
burg ho hnd his attention turned to the
tedious processes Involved In the printing of
tho Donatl, ns the elementary Latin gram-
imars cf thn time wero called. The letters
j wero engraved on a large bloak of wood,
I much as our wood cutn nre at the present
time. We do not know Gutenberg's proc
ecfrs of thotiRht, hut the Idea had evidently
struck him that this cumbrour method of
production would be vastly simplified If
movable metal letters wcro employed Instead
of engraved blocks of wood. In Strnraburg
he had set himself the task of molding these
letter? rf various degree? cf hardness nnd
It Is evident that when! lie returned to
Mayrnce he brought wihm a conslde able
supply of lhc.se movable types.
Gutenberg was always- a poor man and
evidently thriftless. So on his arrival In
Mayence he made the acquaintance of a cer
tain Johann Fust, a fifteenth century cap
italist, who for a consldcratlcn was willing
to ret up the Inventor as a printer In a
properly equipped printing odlce. Guten
berg, anxious to get to work, ncceptel Fust 'a
offer. But the business assoclitlon of the
two men wan a failure. Gutenberg c-uld
pay neither capital nor Interest and Fust
was compelled to cast about for a more busl
ncMlIko partner, whom he found In the cele
brated Peter Schoffer. Pcor Gutenberg was
deprived of much of his best typo ond had It
not been for tho merciful Interposition of n
wealthy burgher, who believed In him. he
would have suffered complete commercial
shipwreck. He never, however, wns able
to ret his head above water and after two
or three years of painful struggle h gavr
up -the contest against the powerful firm of
Fust nnd Schoffer.
Winter nf III I, Hp.
Toward the. clcse of his life, prnbihly bro
ken down by care3 and disappointments, he
seems to have Joined the confraternity of lay
brothers of St. Victor nnd to havo led an
ascotlc, prayerful life. His friends managed
to procure for him n porltlon as one of tho
elector's servitors, a nomination which se
cured for him a new emit of clothes every
year and n sufllclcnry of corn and wine for
his necessities. Onco a year he went to the
elector's castle at Eltvllle to obtain his suit
of elothcu. He was over sixty when he died
I an unnoticed man and few of his townsmen
inijowcu mm to nis numoio grave in tno
cloisters of the Dominican monastery.
It Is to Gutenberg's association with Fust
that we owo tho celebrated Gutenberg
Bibles. There wero two of these, the first
(HS.I-liriG) with forty-two lines to tho page,
tho second with thlrty-slx lines. Only
thirty-one copies of tho forty-two lino Blblo
are known tn exist, some of thorn imperfect,
and of the thlrty-slx-llne only nine, more
or lees completo copies. It is not probable
that the forty-two-line Bible was printed In
a larger edition than ono hundred copies. A
short time after Its appearance In 1 ir6 a
forty-two-llne Bible was sold In Mayence for
forty gold guldens, equal to ubout J70, and
a few years ago In London a gOod copy
reached the enormous price of $1,300. It Is
pleasant to remember that this old citizen
of Muycnce had felt thn need of printing
the Bible. It was this that spurred him on
to his work and we are grateful to him for
tho large shnre bo has taken In enabling us
now, ttvo hundred years after his birth, to
circulate this most glorious of all books In
millions of copies In all the languages of the
earth
Advance In Sueur.
NEW YORK. June 26.-A1I erodes of re
fined sucars were advanced l-10c a pound
toda.-
50
YEARS
THE BLOOD
I'Yom Omaha via tlie
the 1'nlon I'Hcllle, tbo
Overland Houte, to
Halt Lake City. This '
trip through the heart
of NchniMltn Is an ed
ucation In Ititrl.f,
teaching the resources
of Nebraska and giv
ing n view of the most
thriving towns of our
state. Tho altitude
gradually Increases
lllltll lit (Mipvnnim rnn
41
Li C.
Is G.CM feet above the ocean, toon plunging
Into the ltocKy mountains, through the
grandest scenery of all the continent.
This Includes ten days nt the Hotel Kuuts
ford at Hull Lako Cll, the reputation of
which extends In cither direction across
the continent as ono of the linen hn.utel
rles of the country. When one goes to
Salt Lake the Ktiutsford U the placo nt
which everybody stops. Halt Lake always
has more than ordinary attractions on ac
count of the great salt lnke Salt Lake Is
within easy reach of Saltulr Beach, f.imous
for Its splendid ba thins facilities
and handsome pavllllon. The return
trip will he via Dervcr. with threo
days nt the Brown 1'alaep hotel,
tho Just pride of Denver. It li well
named, for It Is u veritable palace. A
day's excursion around the famous George
town Loop and then return homo via the!
fnlon Pacific (rinRs A.)
This trip will bo
over the Great Hock
Hock Island Route to
I) e n v e r. Colorado
Springs and Manitou
There Is onl une
Ilork Island K.'iito
and evcrybniK prali-os
u s spicnuiu equip
ment nnd reliable service. A nlht x
Journey and then one Is in Denver, with
three dajs at tho ilrown Palace hotel A
day's excursion on the "Colorado Itoad''
throiiKh the (ifnr Creek Canon, up to
Geodsetown. around the famous Loop and
then bark again to Denver before evening.
Krom Denver to Manitou, over the C. It. I.
it P.. with three daya nt tho
Altn Vista, tho best hotel nt Colorado
Spring, with another view of thn grandeur
of the Hockles and within easy reach of tho
wonders ot the Garden of the Gods nnd all
that Is famous In Colorado, A day will
bo spent in climbing Pike's Peak on that
wonderful rullrond, tho Pike's Peak rail
way, "Tho Cogwheel Route." Krom
Manitou over the D. A: R. O. thro' tho fa-
inous Royal Gorge, with Its three thou
sand feet of towering rock. Into the Grand
Cmon, and nt last reaching Glenwood
Springs and Hotel Colorado, for ten days'
pleasure there, lncludln;r bath nrlvUeco
nt the tlnest baths In America. No moro
beautiful situation foi a hotel will bo
found than In this romantic snot, with Its
pure mountain air nnd magnificent "' ;iury.
tcinsH u )
This trip will be on tho nuwest
road from Omaha to Chicago.
The Illinois Central combines
the newest road with tho most
up-to-date, highest priced equip
ment the only road entering
CIiIiiiko at a lako front stutlon.
A day's stop In Chicago at
the famous Grand Paclllo
lintel, and then to thn northward
over tho Pcic-Jlarquottc railroad
toward the nrettlcht snot in nil
tl-e htatn of MU hlzan- well named "Charlevoix, tho
Ileautlful " The Uelvldere hotel has been chosen for h
two weeks' breath of lake air It Is not onlv bruu
tlfoll. situated on n point of hind 'between
Round and Pine lakes, but Is such a homellkn
hotel that tho pleasure Is doubled. There !s every
thing every ono can wish for In tho way of amusement
sailing, rowing, bicycling, tennis, bathing, howling, golf
ing and fishing, together with numerous excursions on
the many llttlo launches and steamers mi Pine and
Round lakes or out on Lako Michigan, with ail tho
chances In the world to delight tho eye and enjoy tho
pure ulr, which nets us u tonic to shattered nerves.
The return trip will be by water on the stcamshln Mnn
tou to Chicago, and homo again over tho Illinois Con
tral. (Class A )
This trill Is over the
fc Missouri Valley Railroad to tho Illack I
Hills and Hot Springs and return. The
r.iKnorn carries you through ono or
tho most beautiful farming countrlea In
the world the Klkhorn Valley, with Its
fertile fields and well. built bores.
Thence to tho Rluck Hills, both picturesque and Inter
esting, with Its gold mines and typical western towns.
Tho chief attraction there will bo a two weeks' stay nt
tho Hotel Uvans, tho llnest appointed hotel In the west,
at Hot Springs, which boasts of the largest and tlnest
plunge bath In America. This will Include all of tho
erlvneires of thn baths, without expense nnd also tho
-free uso ot the Kvans golf links, which aro treats to
be envied. Pleasant paths and drives, wonder
ful caves, cascades, canons, (lowers and waterfalls go to
make, up thn beauties which nature has abundantly fur
nUlied. (Class A.)
RULES OF THE CONTEST
CLASS A The young lady receiving tho highest number of votes will have flrt choice of Clara A trips, the next hlshwt reeond
choice, and to on. Nn votos will bo counted for any joung lady who dots not earn her own living. No votrs will be rounted
for Omaha Bee employes. Tbo votes will bo published each day In Tbo Omaha Uco. Thn contest will close t S o'elo-k n
July 21st. 1900.. p' m'
CLASS B The thrccJ trips desisnatcd as Clfsi B, "Will bo nwarded to tho most popular young lady without restriction as follows
One to the most ropular young lady llv.ns In Nebraska south of tho Platte river. Ono to the most popular young lady Urine
In Nebraska north of tho I'latto river, outside of Omahn and South Omaha. One to the most popular young lady llvlna In
western Iowa, net Including Council Bluffs. Tho young lady of the throa winners who receives the meat votes, will hava
first cholco of threo trlra, and the ono leeching tho next greateu number, second choice. All votes must be made on cou
pons cut from Tho Bee. Prepayment i for subscriptions may be mado either direct to Tho Beo Publishing Company or to
an authorUed agent nf The Bee. Tba votrn will be published each day r. The Omaba Bee. The contwi til clone at S
o'clock p. m. July 21st, 1000.
VOTES will be counted when made on a couon cut from The Omaha Bee and deposited at The Bee business offlco or mallad ad.
Urwied "Vacation Contest Uept.," The Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb. .
THE MOST POPULAR
Every One May Help Select Them
in (he Second
ANNUAL VACATION CONTESTS
The Bee Gives 10 Trips
Who Will Take Them ?
The seven most popular girls in
Omaha, Council Bluffs, South Omaha
(one to be from Council Bluffs), who
earn their living, will be sent
on the seven best vacation trips
that money could plan, with all ex
penses paid and Iree transportation for
an escort, To these The Bee
From Omaha to Chlcaco
nnd return over the M.I
wnukeo road, the only elec
tric lighted train between
the two cities, through the
fertile farming districts of
Iowa nnd Illinois. At Chi
cago there will be a two days' stay at the
Grand Puclllc hotel, with nn opportunity
tn f.ee ?omcthiiiK of Chicago, with hend
quarters at this most conveniently located
hostelry. Krom Chicago the Lako Shore
it New York Con' ml run the swiftest
Iralnsi to New York. 10 days spent In New
"ik City at Hotel Gerard will give an op
portunity to see tho great motropollH nnd
everything of Interest. The Hotel Gerard
Is located on 44th street just off nf Itroad
way, and Is a most convenient ns well as a
mot delightful plnce to stay. While Now
York itself Is not 11 summer resort It has
onie other attractions which some young
lady will enjoy because of no opportunity
nt a better season and It is within a stone's
throw almost ot a few days excursion to the
seashore and othpr summer resorts,
iciass A.J
Nn traveler between
Omaha and Chicago
really appreciates tho
trip unless they take a
daylight train over tbo
Uurllngton Route, which
affords fast service over
n Ktnnntl, c.n.l n 11
'as tho opportunity to sco this ' splendid
western country. Two iliivu m u, n-,.,.1
Pacific nt Chicago, which has been entirely
rebuilt during tho last year or so, mnktng
It second to no hostelry In Chicago, From
Chicago to Laco Geneva, with 2 weeks nt
tho Kayo's Park hotel Is a prospect not
only for a cool nnd beautiful vacation trip,
but the pleasure of btaylng at so well nil
equipped hotel makes the trip doubly do
slrablc. Tho lake Is n most beautiful sheot
of wntr. twentv-foiir mllesi in ,.lr,.
i ference, and an almost Infinite variety of
I'liariuing scenes. its snores nre lined for
miles with summer residences, club houses
and hotel', which leavo no doubt of Its
popularity. Klshlug, boating, driving and
tho kindled summer pleasures aro at any
nno's I'ommunt! within reach of the hotel
in.- iuuiii mi, win uv via i.nicago anal
again over tho Uurllngton Route, with a
i huni o to compare tho nlsht service with i
tho daylight trip. (Class H.j
M!im"w
ffpRnllifiif most P't'"'ill"t one in tluso days of
rcfOlUisWTir rallroud luxury. A double track span
XPjy between Omuha and Chicago makes It
a saio as well as a pleasant Journey.
A day's stop at the Grand Pacific
Hotel, centrally located, will glvo an opportunity for a
hasty glimpse ot Chicago, and then a one-hun Ired-and-seventy-tlve-mlle
ride will bring ono to Green Lake, Wis
cousin, which Is ten miles long and from two to four
miles wldo. With Its richly wooded shores, udder to Hi
commodious summer hotels ond cottages, It would be a
pleasure to think of what "ninety In tho shade" would be
In tho store, otllro or factory. Two weeka at tho Oak
wood, which Is tho best hotel nt Green Lake, Is certain
ly a delightful prospect. No pleaBanter placo could b
found to spend tho summer, floats, and all kinds of
shady drives, and Bplcndld tlshlng, make It one of thn
most attractive Bpotn In Wisconsin. The weekly yacht
races and hop add to tho gaiety which can he expected.
(Class A )
Krpmnnt Klkhnrn
astern Girls
has added three trips, and will
also send the most popular
young lady living South of the
Platte River in Nebraska, the
most popular young lady
North of the Platte River in
Nebraska outside of Omaha,
and the most popular young
lady in Western Iowa, outride
(ounoil BlulTs, on similar vacation out
ings and also with free transportation
L'or an escort.
In All the World
No Trips Like These.
Krom Omaha to Ksts
park. Colorndo. over tn
Uurllngton brings ono
to what Is not a
"fashionable resort."
but one of tho best
Places for real sport
nnd an Ideal summer
vacation In the west. Biding, driving,
fishing, bicycling, mountain climbing or
a book in a shady corner of thn
hotel veranda, breathing the mountain
air. will bo a tonic for any one. Tho
snow-capped peaks on every side, num
berless little streams ond the green val
ley arc surroundlngu which aro truly In
spiring. On Willow Creek, neur the en
trance nnd commanding n Una view of the
park, Is Kstes Turk hotel. It's table It
alwaja adequate to satisfy the appetite,
stimulated by the mountain atmosphere,
and everything Is thoroughly comfortable
and comonidlous. The return trip will
be via Denver, with three days at the
Ilrown Palace hotel. Denver Itself
nlwnyn Interesting to the slchtseer nnd
the nrov.-n Palace affords a mot excellent
headquarters In every way. Without a
trip up to GeorKotown nnd Silver Plums
throush Clear Creek eanon no vlMt to
Colorado would bo complete. It will nc
eupy n day before the return to Omaha
by tho Burlington Ilouto. (Class A.)
From Omaha to St. Louis
over tho Omahn. St. Louis
n. R. nnd Wnli.inh, with
three dnyn at the Southern
hotel, with Its broad eorrl
don, n( lt IJeil servlce
Mi.i3.i mere is something nbout
a ythlng'n," tW "l11 makes It unlike
fact thnt it lho i',lml' whether It Is thn
nliern ni ii;. J . ",B '"'"e-iiKo aimos
hostelrJ nr'.VT of tho old southern
I, left ni , 2 "r 11 " no Mono
fortnble l . maUo lU" quests com-
tn n ls ?rtl to,"ay- Krom St. Louis
jo loledo, with a dny to rest froni tlm
edlnJhn?Mnt V,,0.nO(i' h"ue,f Toledo'I
cn ti rVb??,it1, i 11 ,s .ho conveniently lo-
ho el 'ervW fJy'njf thn Bplnndld
noiei service of the Boody house. From
Zn,Ma l. l? I tYS hourH' r'de over thS
in rw ,f ,jake ?rp fronl Toledo to Vi t-n-Ray
on ono of the Detroit and Clave
and coast line steumers, which eo com
HnZuiW af-5'. comfort and spo?d
anu which nfford comfort and luxury to
a KTkn'iHn h"r ,,,e Pn'tunUy to ?nJo?
nt Put inP;.,rwM,we,:1s nt "ol Victory
?ii. ut: . J.1 wln Bvo 11 thorough on
r?.yJnclt of Lnl,Pu,, n'r and the lur. .
fcf W,K'l0 Vn."r? ,,,l;rs,C,an0"enV,?
eH?VC,rtJ.0,,A.lWh,rh h!'8 bCC"
From Omaha to Chicago over thn
Northwestern Is but a night's ride, and
l rom Omaha to Kansas City over thn
Missouri Pacific, with three days at thn
biggest and best hold In tho west thn
Coates House. Tho Coates Houso Is emi
nently tho leading hotel of Kansas City,
nnd tho traveler naturally says Tho
Coates Houso" In the ?amo breath with
"Kansas City." From Kunsn r-u
Warri'iisburg, Missouri, Is but a comparatively short
trip. Just outside of WarrenHburg Is Pertlo Springs,
nnd the Hotel Mlnncwnwa, whero everything Is as de
lightfully refreshing as tho name. It Is decidedly rest
tul there, but still thero Is plenty to do If ono has th
Inclination boating, tlshlng. driving and other season
able pleasures never allow tlmo to hang heavy Two
weeks thero will convince tho fortunate voung lady that
tho tlmo Is altogether too short. (Class li)