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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1896)
THE AMERICAN A WORD TO THE BYS. Um "Dw'W" Whtrk May Safely rltew4. Iler U one that sounds very much like Robert J. Burdette, although thai U only a guess: "Remember, ton, that the world ia older than yon are by sev eral years; that for thousands of years It has been so full of smarter and younger men than yourself, that their feet stuck out of the dormer windows, but when they died, the old globe went Jogging along, and not one person In ten millions went to the funeral, or even heard of their death. Be as smart as you can, of course. Know as much as you can without blowing the pack ing out of your cylinder heads. She 1 the light of your w isdom abroad, but don't dazzle people with it And don't Imagine a thing ts so, simply because you say It Is so. Don't be too sorry for your father, because he knows so much less than you do. The world has great need of young men, but no greater need than the young men have of It Your clothes fit you better than your father's fit him they cost more money, they are more stylish; your mustache Is neater, the cut of your hair Is better and you are prettier, oh, far prettier than 'pa.' But stop a moment, young man, and reflect. The old gentleman gets the biggest salary and his homily, scrambling signature on the bubiuees end of a check will drain more money out of the bank In five minutes than perhaps your handsome autograph can do during the balance of your mortal life. Young men are useful and they are also ornamental, and we all like them but they are no novelties, son, oh, no, nothing of the kind, they have been here before. Don't be so modest as to rhut yourself clear out, but don't be so fresh that you will have to be put away In a cooler to keep from spoiling. Don't be afraid that your merit will not be discovered. People all over the world are looking for you, and If you are worth finding they will find you." Philadelphia Times. DIES IN CAPTIVITY. A Scarlet Tanitg-er Kept In a Cage for Several Months From the Chicago Tribune: Little Billy, the scarlet tanager which for several months had been a willing captive In W. F. Monroe's cigar store, In the Tribune block, died yesterday after noon. The bird came the night of April 14 last. It was a stormy Sunday even ing, and the Tanager, very wet and scarcely able to fly, sought shelter in the brightly llfited store. It was thought remarkable that so shy a bird as the scarlet tanager should have strayed into the heart of a great city, and still more remarkable that Little Billy stayed so long. For, though the doors of the store were open all sum mer, he never tried to regain his liber ty. A large bird cage was placed In the store, and In this the tanager ate and slept. Its door was left open and Little Billy preferred to pass most of his time hopping and flying about the store. After he had been in the store several weeks he became comparatively tame, and permitted the clerks to feed him. It Is said there is no record of any other scarlet tanager living In captivity so long. The Peaaant and Hli Son. One day a Peasant caried a Basket of Potatoes to the Field and dug holes in the ' Soil and planted them. His young Son watched Operations for a Time and then Inquired: "Pop, why do you put those 'Taters in the Ground?" . "By so doing each One will bring me back Ten," replied the Father. The boy went away, and when his Father came up to Dinner he found him digging In the yard and asked: "Sonny, what are you Seeking for?" "Why, Pop, I have planted the Clock, the Boot-Jack, two Umbrellas, the Tea pot, your Sunday hat, Ma's shoes, and a Tablecloth, and each One will bring me back Ten!" "You Young Idiot, come out and be paralyzed!" shouted the Father, and he tanned the boy up and down, and cross wise and sidewise, until the supply of Peach-tree limbs gave out. "Pop planted 'Taters to get back Ten?" mused the boy as he sat down under the Cow Shed to think, "but I planted Clocks and Hats and Shoes to get a Licking. It must be the differ ence in the Soil!" Moral: And the next Fall, when the Father cut down his Corn-Stalks to save them, and the Son cut down the Currant Bushes for the same object, he got licked again! lie l-'elt I'nmanned. "It's more'n self-respeck kin bear," said Meandering Mike. "I've got ei mighty good notion ter quit de busi ness." . "An' work?" "Dere's no tellin' what human na ter'll do w'en it's desp'rit. I feel e'z ii de las' stror hed been piled on do camel's back." "Hev ye ben refused cold vittlei agin?" "Right erlong. An' de women dal rides bicycles is offerin' me deir cast-on clothes." She Ha Ohjertlons. Mildred So you are going to be mar ried In a week? Blanche Yes. "Will you be married with the ring ceremony?" "No, indeed. I betleve in reformed government, and I object to coming under the domination of a husband ly ring rule." Why, Oh, Why? Cholly I have given heh up. Hot fathaw dislikes me. Friend Tut! H . Is probably only bluffing, so as to malr,. you keener to win her. Cholly If lit wath only bluffing why did he weah hi heaviest boots the lawst time I ollcdl Truth. MILITARY PUNISHMENTS. Taay War Terrible Ter tare la Olaea Tlanea. The military punishments of that day were terrible, says Chamber's Journal. The duke of Cumberland's general orders contain on three con secutive days sentences of boo, J00 and 800 lashes for thieving, "mutinous ex pressions," and "Insolent behavior." Three days afterward a at-uieuce of 1,000 lashes" is recorded; it is fair to say the man deserved to die; but death would have been a merciful punish ment A martinet of tbat day might be and was a terrible tyrant to his men. Strange, out-of-the-way punishments were inflicted for trifling offenses, with out adding one iota to the efficiency of the army. The soldier might either be "picketed" or made to ride the "wooden horse." In "picketing," the culprit's naked heel rested on a sharpened stake driven into the ground, his right wrist and right leg being drawn up as high as they could be to a hook fixed in an adjoining post. The whole weight of the body rested on the sharpened stake, which though it did not break the skin. Inflicted exquisite torture; the only al leviation was to rent the weight on the wrist, the pain of which soon became unendurable. Soldlerf were frequently sentenced to stand on the "picket" for a quarter of an hour, and in the cavalry it was often inflicted by order of the colonel without authority of court-mar tial. The back of the "horse" was formed of planks so arranged as to form a sharp ridge eight or nine feet long. The legs (six or seven feet in length) rested on a stand moving upon wheels; to complete the resemblance a rough wooden head and tall were added. The offender was placed on the back with his hands tied behind htm, and to Increase the punishment, a heavy musket was not Infrequently tied to his legs. This punishment, which might be inflicted by sentence of court-martial, or by order of the colonel of a regiment, wrought so much injury to those sub jected to its discipline, that it had to lie discontinued. Francis Grose tells us that, so late as 1760, the remains of a wooden horse were standing on the parade at Portsmouth. STORY OF "BILL" HERNDON- How I.lnroln'1 Law l'artoer lout 111 Fortune and Dietl a Pauper. Washington Star: 1 was talking to a lawyer from Springfield. 111., the other day, and he told me that the grave of "Bill" Herndon was to be appropriately marked with a neat stone, presented by the bar. The story of Bill Herndon Is a pathet ic one. He was a law partner of Abra ham Lincoln, and did not suffer very greatly when compared with his Illus trious associate, bo far as legal attain ments were concerned. As a result of his practice he acquired a competency, althongh not a large fortune, and, pur-' chasing a farm, retired from the pro fession and devoted himself to fancy farming. His attempts at this were ludicrous. There was no crop about which he did not possess some pet the ory, which he would argue out to his friends as being the only philosophi cal way. , While as a rural philosopher he was very able, as a farmer for profit he waa so complete a failure that In a few years he was without a dollar. Then he tried to practice law again, but his mind was not what it once was, and he drank to excess. Then the once gifted jurist went to the county alms house, where he died. Members of the bar gave him a respectable burial, but his grave has been neglected. Now, I am Informed, his memory will be per petuated with a suitable tablet, for Herndon did much for the Jurisprudence of Illinois, and was so closely associated with Abraham Lincoln for many years that the misfortunes and mistakes of his latter years are obliterated and only hla successes remembered . horning of a l'lper. The amount which a champion piper and dancer can earn during the sum mer months in Scotland is illustrated In the case of Mr. Angus McRae, Cal lender, who has just concluded the most successful season he has ever had. He has won forty-two first, twenty-two second and eight third prizes, along with three gold medals, representing in all a value of about 135. Mr. McRae won laurels In Montreal circles while piper to the late Mr. Dun can Mclntyre. Before going to Canada his fame as a piper was such that he was Induced by friends to return, In or der that he might enter the competi tion for the service of the Prince of Wales. The choice of this coveted dis tinction was made by the time he en tered the field. Mr. McRae Is a native of Harris, Invernesshire, though now residing in the town of Callender. How to Build a Koad. Seeing the necessity for a good road between Florence and their beautiful little city of Fiesole, the authorities of the latter place issued titles of nobility which were inscribed In a "book of gold," and for which titles good round sums were asked from three hundred dollars up, according to the dignity of the title. Counts, barons and mar quises were created by the score; a man who taught dancing in England became a baron, and a young clerk In a banking house bought the right to be called duke. The road Is a fine one, and as the carriage rolls along It the visitor tries to fancy what It must have been like to go bumping along in the great sort of wicker basket, without wheels, that used to be drawn by two oxen. Boston Commonwealth. Caenar'a Mistake. Julius Caesar was a thin man, tall and with a very wrinkled, seamy counter nance. His forehead was broad and full of small wrinkles, his eyes were not large but described as exceedingly bright and quick. His nose was of more than usual size and his chin full and prominent St. Louis Globe-Democrat CAUGHT TRAIN ON HORSEBACK. Maaawajr ImrsII Had Maay Bleep las TaMeagen la Taw. Karly on a rect-nt morning the en gineer and fireman of the Santa Fe overland train, bound east, when near Cajon puss. Imagined they saw some thing on the track right ahead, says the San Francisco Examiner. Think tug the train was about to be wrecked they both jumped. The engineer was rather badly hurt, but w hen the fireman picked himself up out of the dust he found that the engine had made Wind ing wood of a wagon to which two horses had been attached. Their driver had Kevu the headlight of tie engine and had Jumped in time to save him self, and the animals themselves were cropping the dried grass aloug the road side, which showed that they had not been greatly disturbed by tho accident. But the train, with nobody at the en gine's throttle, was plunging away through the darkness, the passengers asleep in their berths, utterly uncon scious that they were being drawn by a wild locomotive. The fireman, who had been left behind, thought he would try to overtake the flying train on foot. Then he changed his mind and, Jump ing astride one of the horses, he set out after the run-away train. He knew it must stop shortly, as it had to climb a very sleep grade, and If the fire under the borers was not kept up the supply of steam would not furnish sufficient pressure to keep the wheels going around. The vagrant train did stop a mile and a half from where the acci dent occurred. There did not seem to be any reasan for an interruption of the Journey just at that point, and so the conductor and brakeman hurried ahead with their lanterns to ask the engineer what had given out. When they found the cab empty, of course the train hands were very much mystified. They asked each other a good many questions und were engaged In looking up theories to account for the strange disappear ance of the engine crew, w hen tho flre man came loping along on tho horse he had borrowed. After explanation hud been made, he turned his horse toward this city and brought the first tidings the railroad people had of the missing train. A hack was sent out to the scene with another engineer, and as soon as steam was raised th,e over land went on over the hill through Cajon pass. The same carriage brought the Injured engineer to the city. Another New Woman. "I don't take much stock In these new woman Ideas," remarked a man from south Georgia yesterday, "but I saw one to-day I would like to have In my corn field In fodder season to pull fodder. Say, that woman was a James D. She saw a street car about a block and a half away and made up her mind to catch It, and she did, begosh. She made a plunge for It and whistled for the conductor to siop the concern. The conductor didn't think she would ever reach the car and consequently did not stop. But that woman was one of the up-to-daters and she had different no tions from those of the conductor. She ran like a rabbit and it wasn't long be fore Bhe had planted her tiny foot upon the step of retreating car. "I felt disposed to applaud her for this feat, but about that time she reached up and pulled the bell-cord and stopped the car herself. "The conductor and motorman looked up In astonishment. 'I simply want to wait for my dog to catch up,' she re plied, to their Inquisitive glances. "Now, all I have to say is this that if that woman Is a new woman we need more of them to run this country. We need them particularly In the corn fields." Atlanta Constitution. Thought She Waa Watched. There was a correspondence in the, papers some time ago about the cruelty f leaving servants alone In town houses while the family is away at the sea. A curious commentary on the matter has lust been supplied by Evelyn's cook, lays girl's gossip In Truth. Evelyn left her In town for a fortnight, quite alone, but told her she could have a friend to tea when she liked, and added: "My mother's cook is a very nice, superior woman, and I will ask her to come 'ound and have a cup of tea with you." after the fortnight the woman was very disagreeable and huffy so much so that Evelyn told hT that she could not Veep her unless she could manage to be ather pleasanter. "What has upset rou?" she asked. Whereupon, among ither grievances, the cook said, "You isked your mother's servant to come tere fcr no other reason than to keep vatch on me." So the very thing that vas kindly meant was converted Into an nsult. It only goes to prove that we ihall never understand servants, try as e may. The Baptist In India. The American Baptist Telugu mis sion in India records 881 baptisms dur ing the past year. There is now a mem bership of 53,502, with 8,048 Christian pupils In the schools, and 64,056 in the Sunday schools; 3,204 patients were treated through the medical depart ment in one year. Buns Her Life Son;. "Didn't you think that the soprano sung 'The Mistakes of My Life Have Been Many' with a good deal of feeling -.his morning?" "There is no reason why she shouldn't; she's been married three times." Truth. Losses by Fire. The loss by fires In the whole United States during October is computed at (13,431,500, o rabout $5,000,000 more Mian last year, while the total loss for en months I- "bout $4,000,000 more han for the same time last year. Cuba has twelve varieties of mosqul ;os and 300 varieties of butterflies. MISSIONS. The excellent practical Christ lao work of the Salvation Army Is to In clude an institution to be known as a prison-gate home a temporary shel ter for discharged convicts. It Is said that there are now ninety entire versions of the Scripture and 230 partial versions, while the circula tion during the century reached 3:0,. 000,000 copies, thiw putting It in reach of 600.000,000 who were unconscious ol such a book at the opening of the year. St. Bartholomew's Episcopal church, New York city, maintains a mission among the Chinese of the city, who Sunday School numbers 273. There Ir a Y. M. C. A. of thlrty-flve members, and a guild whose work It is to aid Chinese In securing legal rights undei the American laws. There were 4,8'.H such caws last year. The Pacific Garden Mission has Just completed Its nineteenth year of conse crated, pre-eminently successful work among the habitues of darkest Chicago, A wonderful praise service was held on the anniversary conducted by Harry Monroe, assistant superintendent. Short addresses were delivered by the presi dent, M;, Sarah D. Clarke, widow of Colonel George H. Clarke, the founder of the mission, and also by the mem bers of the board of trustees and oth ers. The absolute need of larger ac commodations was commented oil by J! the uiic-iltero Florence & Cripple Creek Railway. LUIO UKANDK.1 SOUTH BOI! Nil. MOHTII BOPND Hi"d Down. ReiKl Dp. bo. 8 No, 10 December W, 18l. No, 7 No. I ::) p H.JO a V:40 (,,!:; a V-M p'M:47 a 10:110 :U:nk Lv....Crlpple O....Ar ....... AnaronUa Klkton Victor Ar. Florence... l,v KAKl'. Lv...t loretice. ..Ar Ar I'tiehlo Ii" Colo Springs -Denver w KST. Lv . Florence.... Ar I.eadvllln 7:30 a fl:0o p 4:M p 4:fl L 4::i) p i:W p 1:20a 2 Mm 4.117 a 7:lfta No. 1 f.:l( a 1 : a ::- p 7:3ip 7 Ma 7: W a 111:40m .V0S ) Il2:fl0p 12 - 2."n ,- : .tn p !.1:i0p iNo. 4 4:27p IIL':;1Uh H:.lr,il jSi.iOa !7:4ilp j:a5p IlliMlp Uliia 7:43 p No. 3 H::J No. I ft 1) itl :(." :fiA D (ilea wood Apn .Hull, Lake. , Oxdeu ; 10:11511 10. Kip ft a lll:45p 12:4.'m 1:4311) J : W p Train No. 10, R:; a. m. direct for Pueblo, Colorado Hprltuis and Denver, connoctlng wlthlhrouKh fast train for all point east and south. At Florence with through train on the Klo Urnndo for Leadvllle, Apen Olenwood, Grand Junction, Halt Lake, Oicdcn. California and northwestern point without change of car. Pullman Palace Buffet and Tourist sleepers. Train No. 8. V:H0 p. in., thn handsome! train in the mountain. Pullman (deeper and Parlor cars, seat free, without change to Pueblo, Colorado Kprlnits and Denver, con necting with through fast trains for all point east. At Florence with Klo Grande Transcontinental limited and Han Juan and all southern Colorado points. Tickets through to all foreign points at lowest rate. Agent for the best teainhlp line. Ticket f urnbthed by telegraph with out extra charge from any part of the world. Lowest freight rates named to all point. Prompt handling of ore a specialty. Dally refrigerator aervlce between Denver and In termediate points to Cripple Creek and Victor. Suburban train for Victor leave at 7-45 a. m., 11 a. m.and 3 p. in. B. F. Krueobr, W. E. J on k sow. Gen'l Agt. Preat. and Mgr. Cripple Creek, Colo. Denver, Colo. THE POPULAR UNC TO LEADV1LLE, GLENWOOD SPRINGS ASPEN, GRAND JUNCTION CRIPPLE CREEK Reaches all the principal towns and min ing oampa In Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. PASSES THROUGH SALT LAKE CITY EN ROUTE TO AND FROM PACIFIC COAST. THE TOURIST'S FAVORITE LINE TO ALL MOUNTAIN RESORTS. All through traliiseipilpped with Tollman Palace and Tourist Sleeping Car. For elegantly Illustrated descriptive books free of cost, address E.T.JEFFERY, A.S.HUGHES. S. K. HOOPER, rra lud Gen'l Mgr. Traffic Muupr. GeVl P. A T. gl DENVER, COLORADO. Go to California in a Tourist Sleeper. It is the RIGHT way. Pay more aid you are ex travagant. Pay less and you are uncomfortable. -Jhe newest, brightest, cleanest and easiest rid ing Tourist Sleepers are used for our Personally Conducted Excursions to California, which leave Omaha every Thursday morning reach ing San Francisco Sunday evening, and Los Angeles Monday noon You can jon them at any intermedial point. Ask nearest tet agent for full information, or write to J. Francis, G. P. A Omaha, Neb. "Scenic Lirieci ip,c vioiif IslippiC lLUV nuvu UOClUCllld. riAKJKlo bKOS., 224 Bennett Avenue WE WANT our "Frientls" anJ are com polled to remove sell our Entire Stock of Clothing, ACTUAL COST! As we have always kept faith with this statement. We will sell the best bargains ever offered in this city. Do not fail to give us a call. OFFICIAL -OF Midland Terminal i:m tlve March Ixt, 1MMI. AUK1VK DAILY. UKAIMIl". I li at o i Suburban 17 IS 13 I'. M 1 10 1 Itt 12 Dtl I 7 P. H 10 10 10 It! i u l. M P. M A. M Ar. X 45 a m 3 JU 12 20 1 00 ft 52 0 40 Or. Ciwk. . Aniicoiidn . ...r.lktou.... 27 0 U 2 II S 56 12 05 A. M II 4H H7 9 2 S7 0 11 6 m 5 M 5 53 3 30 10 8 0ft i 110 2 M 47 2 M 3 24 t M 1 55 13 40 12 ID 12 M 12 U It IS2 0 as 0 2S 0 till 0 1; 0 00 0 00 li Ml 8 2ft 6 (HI 4 4A ... Victor ....i'ortlnwl . ln(l'M'nlu!ic, ... Hull Hill.. .. ilrnsHV.... , ... Hylvanlle (JIIIkU. . .. TuniHill.'... ....Midland., . Murphy. ,. , II 42 i ;i7 1 M II 2N II 20 II 00 10 W io ;w 10 JO Ir. 10 20 4 80 , Dlrlde. P. u. 8 00 II 80 .Ool. PpK., ,.lnver.,, ..Pueblo... 8 40 A. .H Ar. Lt. ...DlYlde..., Lt. Ar. .Lcadrllle., t 10 P. M. t 66 10 . ...Aapn... Olenwood.. 62S P. M 7 40 as .Grand v .Bait Lake.. ...OKden.... leave;daily. Through Pullman Can and da coachea rado Burlnea, and Denvor, on Train. 7 ana 8. PamenKr can occupy berth. In Oolorado BprlngH Hleeper until 7:00 a. ni. Connection I. made at Ulrlde with Colorado Midland Kail land Railroad for all point In the Went, and atCo.orado Hprluga, Denver and Pueblo, wltb all line for the Rant, went, Norlb and Houlh. The Midland Terminal Is the only broad-KH.re railroad Into the Cripple Oreek district, and lslxtT-tlve(6ft) tuilua the nbortent, ana aeveral bourn the qulckeat time to all polnU Kant ana went. U. COLL B HAN, President. AMERICAN GOLD MINING ZHpMILLING COMPANY 1615 Howard Street, Omaha Neb. Capital Stock $2,000,000 CLAIMS LOCATED ON NIPPLE MOUNTAIN .... AND IN HIGH PARK IN THE GREAT Cr-ipiole Creek Mitrair-igj District 0 ? claims are surrounded by some of the richest BtHkea of recent years, arid are undoubtedly as rich as any In the whole district. They were located by a practical miner, one In whom the Denver mint people had so muob-confidence tbat they Hi red mm to. locate several been taken. Surface Rock on our Nipple M6untaln and High Park CrrTil atsavs $2 00 per ton; down eight feet it advances in value to more thanfoo per ton and tho indications are that these claims will be as rich as tbf5 richest claims in tho Cripple (Jreek district. Here is an opportunity seldom met a mining enterprise near at home, where and see lor themselves just what is being 200 feet of a railroad. If you want to MAKE MONEY buyyftock in thiscompanv. ft l a safe and sure investment, and WILL PAyjr DIVIDENDS TO EVERY STOCK HOLDER, if the mines pan out as rlctf M present indications warrant us in believing them to be. We court the fullest invo&'tlg tlon. Full Information will bo sent by mail upon application from those who cannot call at offic. Fill out the coupon found below, giving the number of shares you desire to purchase, and Inclose it with a P. O. money order, or an express order, or with money ia registered letter, and mail it to us, making all money order payable to JOHN C. THOHPSON, President. 0O44)4)4)) Enclosed phase for shares of stock in the American i Gold Mining and Milling Co., at 5c per share. i: I ' 9 NAME TO Now is the Time to Subscribe for tho 1'ullic to know lhut we from our old 6tund. We shall Shoes and Famishing Goods the people, you can rely upon JOHN HARRIS. Manager. TIME-CARD THF Railway Company. DISPART DAILY. UKAI) DOWN. u w 3 a Huliurban C-e 2 12 6 14 P. M P. M IO 8 Lv. A. M A. M P. H P. M. m H 12 8 lit II 40 II H II M 9 40 2 4.1 2 W ft 00 ft IM 6 14 8 :n N XII 8 4T 11 80 11 Ift a si P. M A. H 8 2A 8 .17 M 42 8 47 0 IS2 V 00 9 10 9 22 m 9 47 12 04 12 12 8 10 a im a 24 8 20 a :i4 8 42 8 rut 4 04 4 10 4 U8 5 24 ft m 6 UN 6 U 8 ftft 11 0.1 ot 9 12 18 Oft 12 14 12 20 12 2 12 81 12 40 12 60 1 06 I 20 l aa 2 17 12 20 Ar. A. M 10 00 4 40 160 P. M 12 01 6 8ft V 10 8 07 4 16 TOO 6 1ft 6 ao 1 20 IN 0 06 7 06 AO 62 A. M 12 48 10 41 Jet.. P. M 12 CO 1 16 ARRIVE DAILY. are run between (Jrlpule Oreek, Victor, Colo J. li. WAitito, ouoeriDienuouv Par Value of Shares SI aoh claims lor them, from whlcVrlub ore hai with for investment of miiiy la any ' boose may visit tie mines done. The jr mines are locatod within find to pay JTN. STATE.. t 4)4)4)404 Thel
