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r I THE DAILY-HERALD : IM.t riSMuTii, wdiiKASKA, MONDAY, DEOEMKEK 17. TIIK GERMAN SOLDIERY. HOW THE ARMY OF TWIS MILITARY COUNTRY 13 CONSTITUTED. IJablo to fw-rrlc at (ha Ag of 17 Hall Bllllloa Arnixl Men Always Brad) for Bcrrlre Kery Man a Soldier Hon Ilia I'eople Tk It. The German loy who reaches the a of 17 Lccotnoa liablo to service in the army, and this liability continues until he L 42. If ho la not (It for activeservic ho 1 relegated to a reserve force not called out unless there is danger of in vasion. For nearly his whole active life, therefore, the German lives in a species of military servitude that hampers him fchouM ho desire to emigrate, ana may be f ulf of petty annoyances to him ix he does not. Under ordinary circumstances the German lad steps into the ranks at the aa of 20. For tlireo years lie serves with the colors, the next four years he i.s iil the reserve, and the following five years ho lH.-longs to tho Landwehr, another reserve more remote than the ilrst. Of those twelve years tho first three are occupied entirely In severe military work. Tho most stupid peasant under "a eystcm so thorough as Ger many s must ix.' stupid beyonu recovery ir ho does not turn out an alert, obedient and well trained soldier. From tho time ho takes his oath of allegiance to his military suierior, the kaiser, he renoun ces Hie civil responsibilities and rights of a citizen. With the loss of his vote he is taught that the sooner he forgets politi cal matters tho better for him as a sol dier. His life is completely engrossed with barrack routine and military ideas. His only law Ls tho law of court martial; hU only duty is to obey without ques tion, and the interpreter of his duty is the captain of his company. With the putting on of his uniform he lecome9 ono of an army which in times of peacenumbers4G,40U men, thoroughly rquinpeu, acimiraoiy trained ana reaay to follow their officers anywhere, from the storming of a Russian redoubt to chart'inir a mob of workingmcn on striko. - The soldier of tho German em pire ceases to bo a Bavarian.Ja Wurteni Lereer or a Saxon when ho steps into the ranks. His military service is personal to tho emjHror, from whom he receives Jus orders, to toe exclusion or all oilier authority. Everything that he sees and hears in tho army is calculated to iin lres3 upon his mind that his particular state and its particular public men are of very little consequence compared with an einieror who lias alsolute power over an aruv such ns ho belongs to. He also learns that fidelity to hw duties as a soldier ia ono of tho few as well as sure tuentiJ of securing later in life a position in thiit great class of men whose salaries come from the taxes or tho people and whix.o up(oiiitiiients hang upon the fa vor of the government. Every soldier dreams of the day when he shrill ir.-Uilv Ixs promoted as non- ro:nc:iosio:ied oiiicer, and at tho end of his term be given a Ijerth in tho railway, telegraph or istoliice service, possibly on Him police fcrce. The i?aeo footing of the Cerman army. 4Sy.lOUt lieeoincs in time of war a light ing force of nearly 1,500,000, commanded liv a."i.-l J7 ofliccrs. A careful estimate tfimlo bv Hugo Ilinze $n Tho JJerhn Nation of Jan. 14. 1008, shows that Ger many has today 8,254,000 men trained to arms lietween the ages of 17 and 45. The experience of the Franco-German war iia taught that to every 1,000 men there ehofJd lo at least 24.5 othcers in tne activo armv and reserve, and from 20 to 21.7 to "the 1,000 in the less responsible reserves called Landsturrn and rsatz truppen troops designed to provide home defense only. On this scale the German lighting force calls for at least 77,2-Vi ollioers, making a grand total fighting force of 3,341,253 an army greater in numbers than the population of all tho United States when it became an independent jwwer a century ago. To this must bo added 27,000 more who "aro surgeons, paymasters, veterinaries, armorers, saddlers, officials of various kinds and 312,000 horses. To raise the peace footing of the army, to treble its size in twenty-four hours, the most careful system is observed. Offi cials in every nook and corner of the em pire know exactly where they can find every able bodied man who has served Ids lirst three years and is now therefore ia the reserve. Then they know just how many uniforms and accouterments are needed and where "they can put tfjeir iingers on them at a moment s notice Theso well drilled officials besides know every horse in their district, what he can do, and what he can be impressed for; they have a record of all the farm wagons that may bo needed on the march; they have minute information as to the whereabouts of every truss of hay or bag of oats, ns well aa every pig. cow. or calf that might be needed. To illustrate: Not long ngo(lS8S)at a certain email town on tho main lino be tween Ikrlin and Metz tho station mas ter, who Is nL- the head of the mobiliz in t!i; trkt. received an order to prepare corfee for C.fc'OO men ct 4 o'clock in the afternoon nnl dinner for op equal num lier r.t C:"J o'clock of the same day, This cruVr he received exactly three hours before the troops were to arrive and luil no ether warning. The 2.800 men came, had their coffee, and were oil. At G-J20 came another de tacttfpnt of 2.800 men. These were eerved with a dinner, consisting of boiled muttonT broth and vegetables, all boiled in fourteen huge pots.kept for the purpose close to tho station. Each of these pots cooks enough for 200 men at one time, so that with fourteen such the dinner for 2.800 can bo served up in a short time after the materials are produced. When, therefore, the order comes from the emperor that tho troops are to be ready for the frontier, every able bodied man in the country between the age of 1 7 and 43 knows exactly what is expected of liini; the provision trains with extra horses spring up as if by magic; uniform, weapons and fonigo appear from conve nient places of oacealment bo rapidly and effectively tliat ono almost suspects that the part has been rehearsed many times. " people respond to the demands made upon them by their kaiser. In spito of all this, however, there is much in this huge military organ ization that fosters cruelty or other unnatural feeling. The fact that 16 Kr cent, of the suicides tabulated Uie government are in the ormj is in itself very extraordinary. Do we ever hear of suicides at West Point or Woolwich, or any other well nian aged training Institution? Why should the German army furnish any apprecia ble cuoU to the general rszzSJ It l --Xr- f' " f"' A Cuptlva for ThLrtafn Team. Miss Jessie Lacombcr, who is making a short visit to this city, says The San Francisco Call, has a romantic history. She is the stepdaughter of Gen. Lagreato, a retired Mexican officer, who becamo a citizen of the United States many years ago. Miss Josto was stolen from her parents in 1871 by the Oanitto tribe of Indians of northern Idaho. For thirteen years her parents were unaware of her where abouts, and many times had given her up for 4ead. The matter was brought to tle attention of the United States gov ernment and a search begun. Gen. Sheridan was the man selected to look up the case, and after a protracted in vestigation, in which the department at Washington expended many thousands of dollars, and during which many lives were lost, she was rescued Aug. 7, 1884. Tho guide whom Gen. . Sheridan em ployed during his search was the famous Dohii Kensington, a great Indian scout ana frontiersman. Miss Lacomber is a woman perhaps 2G years of age. and although giving no evi dence of careful education, is quite intel ligent, and is not in any wise reticent about relating the history or ner cap tivity. When she arrived at the age of 13 one of tho chiefs of the Banittos decided that ho would make her his wife. She indig nantly refused, declaring that she wished to go back to her parents. In order to force her to marry the copper colored captain tho Indians re sorted to easy methods or torture, out, finding it impossible, gradually increased the dose. As evidence of the ordeal which she suffered Miss Lacomber now exhibits sixteen wounds, the result of knife gashes, on her person. Finding they could not prevail upon her to comply, the barbarians forsook tneir brutal metnous, and for tho remainder of her 6tay con tented themselves with keeping a strict watch upon lier movements. After being rescued Miss Lacomber went to her home only to find that her father had been killed by Mexicans along the liioGrando for participating in clear ing some renegades iroin lex as. American Song Writers. The most successful of all living popu lar song writers tliat is, those who have made the greatest number of pronounced hits are unquestionably Will S. Haya and Dave Braham. The former is a journalist, having been the river editor of The Louisville Courier-Journal for several years past. He has probably written a greater number of songs which have become universally popular than any other composer, exeept Stephen C. Foster. He first became generally known through his "Write Me a Letter From Home," which was 6img from one end of tho United States to the other. This he followed up in rapid succession with "Wo Parted by the River Side," "Beautiful Dreamer," "Nora O'Neil," "Mollie Darling" . and "Driven From Home." Of every one of theso 6ongs more than 100,000 copies were 6old, while "Mollie Darling ' had a sale of more than 300.000, making a fortune for its publisher, J. L. Peters. Of minor successes, any one of which would have been a glorious triumph for a less for tunate composer, Mr. Hays has made a host. Prominent among these are "I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers," "Tho Moon Is Out To-night, Love," and "Genevieve." The last named must not be confounded with "Sweet Genevieve," an entirely different song, written by S. C. Tsicker. Q. V. Christine in Chicago Journal. Divorced Women. What becomes of divorced women? A vast field of unexplored territory is opened by the question. Just as mules are supposed to seek for their death somo spot where no eye can behold them, so divorced women, once divorced, are believed to withdraw to some myste rious limbo in which the rest of their lives is 6pent unobserved. "But The Tribune has been at the pains of collect ing statistics about them, and it finds that they can accurately be divided into the four following classes: Remarried within a year, 75 per cent.; waiting for an offer, 10 per cent.; fallen into evil ways, 10 per cent. ; devoted to celibacy, 5 per cent. Theso figures have been compiled from a comparison of the divorce lists with the marriage registers; from the state ments of judges, justices of the peace, clergymen, lawyers and court officials, and from personal inquiry among those who have been divorced. They can be accepted as fairly and substantially cor rect. Chicago Tribune. . Too Mucli for th Indian, These military anecdotes remind me of a story I heard Gen. Sheridan tell once, and which I do not remember having seen in print before. The general at the timo was in command of some western trooi)s fighting the Indians. A band of the latter had made a sudden attack on a detachment of lus men, but fortunately they liad a mountain howitzer mounted on a mule. Not having time to take it olT and put it in position, they backed up and blazed away at the Indians. The load was so heavy that the mule and all went tumbling down the hill toward the savjjes, who, not understanding that kind of fighting, ook to (heir heels. Afterward one of them wa3 captured, and when asked by Sheridan why he ran, replied: "Me big Injun, not afraid of little or big guns, but when white man fires whole jackass at Injun, he don't know what to do." New York Tribune. A Frencl BUI Syltea, A most dangerous species of Bill Sykes has been arrested, together with a fero cious mastiff which he owned, by the Paris police. The malefactor was the terror of the Ternes district, and his pnot jalty in crime was to prowl around tne neighborhood at night and set his do;; at the throats of belated wayfarers. TJu' mastiff only knew and obeyed his master, and at a word from that worthy would fly at the throat of a passer by, and never relax his hold until the pockets of his victim had been completely rifled. The latest victim was a government em ploye, who has almost succumbed to the injuries which he received from the dog. Sykes, who was known by the appropri ate name of "The Butcher," has been rufcly lodged in the depot, and his enor mous dog will be shot after the condem nation of its master. Paris Cor. London Telegram. Get Married. . The married are longer lived than the single, and, above all, those who observe i sober and industrious conduct. Tall ioen live longer than short ones. Wo men have more chances pf life in their fiver rr?r'"y V f) ye "5 rj rtv-a AN AXGItY ELEPHANT. A STOnY TOLD BY JAMES INGLIS IN "TENT LIFE IN TIGER LAND." Ilrrakins; a Victim' fekull on HU Knee. Ilurlrtl Into a Uiver with Stew Pan in IIiumI Iluiiliiug Into the J uncle Sensa tion of Suffocation. "Tent Life in Tiger Land," by Use Hon. James Inglis, is the lest !ook of hunting adventure we have seen for many a long lay. Iraagino Allan Quatermain in real life, and you have Mr. Inglis. His stories of what he and his friends actu ally did in the iunglesof an Indian fron tier district outdo in graphic power and exciting adventure auytlung that Mr. Kider Haggard lias imagined. Mr. in glis is a trillo prolix, but his pages will Kimnlv le devoured bv bovs. and read with eager interest by children of a larger growth. Tho story of the hunter impaled on the horns of a buualo mill and carried about for days until the rot ting llesh dropped maggot eaten irom tho bull's horns is one of tho most grew Bome horrors ever printed in the English language. Hero is a sample of one of Mr. Inglis' stories describing the escape of one of the author's friends from tho attack of a must elephant: "Run. ran. 6ahibs the tusker has gone 'must,' or mad. Ho has broken Ioosg." Wo all started to our feet. George had just gone down to tho bank of tho river to where the cooking was going on, which lay nearer the mad elephant's picket. By this tune the terror stricken servants were dying in an directions. The huge brute, with infinite cunning, had all along been making mighty efforts to wrench up tho stake to wliicn lie was i t . i . .1 .1 oomid. lins at last ne succeeaeu in doing. With the first desperate bound, or lurch forward, the heavy ankle chains, frayed and worn in ono link, had snapped asunder; and with tho huge stako trailing belnnd mm ne cnarged down on tho camp with a shrill trumpet ing scream of maddened excitement and savago fury. Tho men with the spears waited not for the onset. THE PESTROYER AT WORK. One poor fellow, bending over his pot of rice trying to blow tho smoldering embers of his fire into a flame, was seized by the long flexible trunk of the lnfun ated brute, and had but time to utter the terrible death scream which had startled us ero his head was smashed like an egg shell on the powerful knee of the mad dened monster. lie next mado a rush at tho horses, that, excited and fright ened by the clamor around them, were straining at their ropes, and buried his long blunt tusks in the quivering flanks of one jioor Caboolee horse that had struggled in vain to get free. AH this was the work of a moment. Poor George, who was bending over some stewpan, wherein was simmering some delicacy of his own concoction, was not awaro of the suddenly altered aspect of affairs till tho huge towering bulk of the elephant was almost over him. Another instant, and he would have shared the fate of the hapless mahout had he not, with admirable presence of mind, deliv ered the hissing hot stew, with quick dexterity and precision, full in the gap ing mouth of the furious brute. His next sensation, however, was that of fly ing through the air, a3 the brute with one swing of its mighty trunk, propelled him on his aerial flight, and he Ml souse in tho middle of tho stream, with the saucepan still tightly clutched in his hand. Over tho river wo could see the infer nal brute who had thus scattered us in a perfect frenzy of rage, kneeling on the shapeless heap of cloth, furniture, polos and ropes, and digging his tusks with savage fury into the hangings and can vas in the abandonment of mad, uncon trollable rage. We had little doubt but that poor Mac lay crushed to death, smothered beneath the weight of the ponderous animal, or mangled out of all likeness to humanity by the terrible tusks that we could see flashing in the clear moonlight. It seemed an age, this agony of suspense. We held our breaths, and dared not look into each other's face. Everything showed as clear as if it had been day. We 6aw the elephant tossing the strong canvas canopy aoout as a dog would worry a door mat. Tlirust after thurst was made by the tusks into the fold3 pf cloth. Raising his huge frunk, the brute would scream in the frenzy of his wrath, and at last, after what seemed an age to us, but which in reality was but a few minutes, he staggered to his feet and rushed into the jungle. IN A VERY TIGHT PLACE. Just then a smothered groan struck like the peal of joy bells on pur anxious ears and a munled voice from beneath tho folds of the shamiana in Mac's well known tones groaned out: "Look alive, vou fellows, and get me pi) pf this or 111 be smothered!'' In trying to get out of the way of the first rush of tho elephant his foot had caught in one of the tent ropes, and the whole falling canopy had then come bodily upon him, hurling the camp table and a few cane chairs over him. Under these he had lain, able to breathe, but not daring to 6tir, while the savage beast had behaved as has been described. His escape had been miraculous. The cloth had several times been pressed so close over his face as nearly to stifle him. The brute in one of its savage, purposeless thrusts had pierced the ground between his arms and his ribs, pinning his Afghan phogapr dressing gown deep into the earth; and he said lie felt himself Bink ing into unconsciousness, what with ten sion of nerve and brain and semi-suffocation together, when the brute had hap pily got up and rushed off. "How did you feel?" I asked. "Well, I can hardly tell you." "It must have grazed your ribs." "It did. Alter th&t I seemed to turn quite unconcerned All sorts of funny ideas came trooping Across my brain. I couldn't for the life of me help feeling cautiously about for my pipe, which had dropped somewhere near when I tripped, on the rones. I seemed, too, to have a quick review of all the actions I had ever done, and was just dropping off into a dreamy unconsciousness, after pulling a desperate race against Oxford with my old crew, when your voices roused me to sensation once more,"-'-PaU MaU Ga zette. Never to Go Affala. A fact in relation to the death of Vv ocliin rri rr frDYlArolW TY1 n XT be stated. The day after las death the J ciock. in wio juasumu ougu iu .Alexan dria, of which he was a member, was set at tre hour and minute of his demise. Then (he clock was stopped, and it has I-evcr ben prir,'1 f" rv- r- A SINGULAR HEAT HEN. HU Appearance Blade Him the Victim mt the Bcrrars Who Saw film. A distinguished looking man, who called himself a heathen, was an ob- 1'ect of considerable interest at the fifth Avenue hotel. As he stood at tho hotel entrance chatting on the sub ject of humanity and its shortcomings a ragged, shivering sot staggered alousr the street "If that drunken wreteh sees me," ho said, "he will ask mo for money. I am a victim. 1 look good naturcd. prosperous and, they tell me. generous. Beggars are wonderfully acute in their knowledge of human nature. They flatter mo by making me a victim. I had not been here an hour before ono singled mo out I matlo him give mo his entiro his tory, and learned that he came of an excellent family in Tennessee. I tele graphed to his people, informing them of his condition, and obtained un or der to commit hhn to tho inebriate asylum at Fort Hamilton, lie had been in the hands of tho Christian as sociation, but ihey had lost patience with him. The truth is, they were trying to ram Christianity down his throat with a crowbar, lour Chris tians having lost patience, I deter mined to Siiow them what a heathen could !. The man gavo me the slip. but 1 havo put a detective on his tractc, and when found ho goes un for six months, which, I think, will cure him. lie hud scarcely mushed speak ing when tho shivering sot, passing a dozen well dressed, well red, prosper ous looking men, appi"oached the heathen and asked for money to get a night's lodging. "Ah, ha,M laughed the latter, "what did I tell you?" I am a victim. I was porn thus. My father's weak ness was his liberalitv. "Why do you psk mo for money r he added, address, jug tho tramp. " 'Cause-er I sces-er. I soes-er-cr-hic-'scuse mo-'cause I kin see that you are a-a gen'leman 'n er scholar, n you look-er-like 's if you wanted to ginimo sump-zump'n." He departed happy in search of another drink. Two minutes later a white haired cripple was knocking at the uoor. And Ihe door was opened, -These fellows must become bur densome, remarked a bystander. "Never," tho heathen replied. "1 have plenty to eat, drink and wear, a good home for my wife unq (laughter, My religion is the brotherhood of man I am opposed to the laying up of great fortunes. I prefer to distribute my surplus with my own hand rather than leave it for somebody to squabble over." New York Tribune. A Cute Corripp"l0it. "When Agnes Booth, was in Chicago as Mrs. ochocuel, her husband was on the door up staii-s at McVicker's one night, when a young man pi-esonted himself, and asked that tho nri yilows of tho house bo o' tended byYca-son of tuo young man s position as correspon dent of some eastern newspaper. Mr, Schoetfel said he could not recognize tho young man to that extent. "I de sire to know whw you are, sir," said tho correspondent; ''I'll attend to vou in my paper." "Jly name is SchoeU'el, sir; John 13. Schoelfe, Ycu can havo my name-, and bo to you, sir." "I didn't hear the name aright," said the Joung man. "Schoetiel, sir; J-o-h-n, ohn Schoeffel." "Write it for me; I want to get it right," thundered the correspondent, mr. bchoetrel wrote the name on a card and almost flung it in the correspondent's face. That night, when the "count up" was going on, Mr. Schoeli'el found his autograph among tho tickets, and over it was written "pass two." The correspon dent had utilized tho autograph at the bos office. San Francisco Argonaut, Fine LooUijig Dakota Indians. Tho Dakotas furnish fine specimens of Indian manhood. The older ones of both sexes ai-e of a dark copper color; the younger ones aro much lighter, and the young women are quite, comely, or clear complexion and good color, but often niuch overlaid with red and yellow ccher. The young buck's dress consists of beaded mocca sins and breeches fringed with buck skin, a government snirt, coat and hat, though many go bareheaded. The hair is coarse end black and is, generally worn by both sexes in two long braids down the back, each braid usually decorated with beads and wampum. They are naturally at home on their horses, tho women rid ing straddle as do the men. Detroit journal. With Va It IS Different. How a state has to deal with corpor ations is an art which we must learn to understand from Europe. In Lon don they have a system by which the reduction of tho price of gas is a pay ing matter to the company. They have a law which permits these com panies to raise the dividend for every reduction of price to the consumers. In order to nav a dividend of 13 ner cent, one of the largest gas companies has announced that tho price of gas will be reduced from Jan. 1 to 61 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. With us it is dif ferent ; the higher the dividend which a company wishes to pay the more the consumers have to bleed. Cincinnati Volksblatt. Female education. Brilliant talents, erraces of person and a continual habit of displaving these advantages, is all that is aimed, at in the education of girls. The ir tue3 that make domestic life happy. the sober and useful qualities that make a moderate fortune and a retired situation comfortable, are never incul cated. One would be left to imagine. by the common modes, of female edu cation, that life consisted of one un' versa! holiday, and that the only con test was, who shall be best enabled U' excel in tho sports and thai were to be celebrated on it. Eeligioua Henna. The five neaviest hammers in the Vl-- TTA0. Vvti 1 1 in 4ViA f rO 1 y-vrr--I - Aw)k Krupp, at Essen, 1S67, 40 tons; Terni Works. Italy. 50 tons: CreusoL France, 1877, 8Ctons; Cocke rill, Bel- TO P ill JCJ OM'T you luiow it ? Of course you do and you will want warm Underwear, Blankets, etc. e QUR Line is Unsurpassed by any other line in thy- v. A h an dsont ARIETY of Seasonable Dress Goods, Broad cloths, Henrietta. Clot lis, Trecots, etc- in Blankets, Flannels, Bed Comforts, Hosierv, Ballings, that you will want- 0U will not regret looking our dijfcrenl De partments over before purchasing It will pay you. MYJiJVA BUGS and a Handsome Line of Car pets, Malts, Floor Oil Cloths, and Linoleum at Low Prices. C -DEALER IN- STOVE -AND ALL FUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS. -LATEST WINDOW KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 3?ICTTTB.B FHAX.IEB SIXTH STREET, BET. MAIN AND it Will Be $15 in Yonr Inside PocSg IF YOC WILL CALL AXI SSAiONDS AND JEWELRY Tliat Frank Carruth & Son lias before purchasing Christina?. Presents. Prices are such tliat it would not pay to cross the street, let alone going to Omaha, this year. All they ask is To show yon the Fine Goods and Give Yon Trices on every thing you eouhl ask tor in the line, which will he sold if they have an opportunity. a little: cash Will go farther this year than call and see the Display of fine FBATJ'K' CA?.$UTtt & BOW Doy Blocls, J. H. EMMONS, M. D. HOMOEOPATHIC Physician I Surgeon Office over W!coU store. Main street. Iteeidence in Or. Bchildknecbt's property. Chronic Disaws and Dl-v. mes of Wo.nen and Children a specialty. Office boar. 9 to 11 a. m. 2to547to9p iu. ir M UuVM e aa- ZkT, IMITURE. KINDS OF- STYLES OF- OX7RTA2NS MADE TO OZ VISE. ruvnf jxnn, yrv. SEE THE LA ROE STOCK OF ever before. Don?t Fait to goods. Flattsmoutli. B.&. Nt. TlmelTable. GOINO COINO KAS'. No. 1. 5 :10 a. TO. S-o. 2. 4 A3 p. ni. No, 3", -6 :40 p, m. No. 4. 10 :30 a. In. No. 4. 10 :30 a. in. No.;6. 7 :13 p. m. f No.jlO. 9 :ii a. in, I No. 5. 0:47 a. in. D. 6. 7 No. 7.-7 -JM p. m. Ni No. 9.-6 :17 p. m. No. 116 :27 m. All trains run daily by way of Omaha, txeepf r way of Omaha, pxeepf . 7 ana 8 wmcii run to ana irom ecnujiei into ana irom ecnujiei 'aetfle Junction at a Soa daily xcept Sunday. No. 30 is aattib to Paetfle . No. 13 is a atnb front G WATCHES,