WISER THAN NATURALISTS. Kick; G'firicn Tell Win Mother a Zoo Uaffalo. Iloupo, our of the Mt; black buffaloes t tke .New York zoological park, hat Ina nuspt'ct'-d of lusanlly. He lial 1hh the most uerrous creature about tbe park. No sooner would he He down ki a uuny corner of Li Held to auooze than up he would leap, snorting, and with ahaklug head charge some invis ible creature across the pasture. A naturalist who visited the park watched the great brute through his spectacles for a time aud then gave it as his opinion that the process of shed ding the hair brought about a sort of mild insanity .and that, all aniuialg were likely to suffer from It In the spring. Micky O'Brien was an Interested wit ness of tbe wild buffalo's prankg the other afternoon. Micky Is not a naturalist-but he Is natural. He is only 13 years old and vowed that It was as good us tbe wild west show to see the occasional spurts of Kouieo, suys the New York World. The greut prairie lawn mower had been quietly compos ing himself for sleep In a shady corner for some time. Suddenly he leaped tip aud tore down the Hue toward the borne base as If there were three men on bases and It wag two strikes. Mickey watched the buffalo carefully. As noon as the creature got composed Rtfain-wblsk! he was off down the field. "I have It!" yelled Micky, enthusias tically. "I know what alls him. There'i a summer yallcr bird up in them bushes building a nest and he's trying to steal hair o-JT the buffalo's back. Watch him cow.1" And sure enough, as soon as the weary buffalo got nicely settled down for another snooze tbe little summei yellow bird, about as big as a canary, came fluttering down and tried to pull off a piece of the loose fur about the great bovlne's shoulders. The sharj claw or the tickle of the little feet on the almost bare skin aroused the buf falo and away he went. The yellow bird flew up to hi nest with a little sofi hair for nest lining. Ilomeo Is not crazy. lie simply ob Jects to being held up and robbed of hit clothes In broad daylight. The World Still Nerds the Workers 3 be world mill Deeds the workers, though it may sometimes forget ITiat it owes the weary laborers an ever lasting debt; Without the buy toilers gold would cean at ouce to buy The things that please the palate or arj grateful to the eye; I'he world still needs the people who must labor day by day, But the world keeps on forgetting, in iti easy-going way. The lady Id her satins, who U heauttf j, to see, Forgets that those who labor lend hei all her witchery; Without the busy toilers all the million) he commands Would not procure a piece of scentei soap to wash her hands; Without the busy people who must laboi all their days A.11 her money wouldn't even buy neti laces for her stays. rhe magnate who looks proudly on hU million dollar yacht Forgets to give the carpenter a singli kindly thought: Tie ceases to remember as he sip Lii splendid wine Dial without the ones who labor iliert would be no fruitful vine; fie forgets that all his money wouldn't clean the crumbs away ff there were no lucklewi people wh must labor day by day. A iir ours Wiive unifies are fuiOtiB, Wui are high and great and proud, Forget that pride would die without thi busy, weary crowd; Without the ones who labor none couli hope for greatness here, Without the busy tollers all we prut would dixappcar. Oh, the world still needs the people who must toil through all their ilu.vs, But the world Is so forgetful In its easy goiug ways. -Chieago Iteeord-IIerald. Hlrnple of Accomplishment. Tropnecy Is one of the almplesl trades lu tbe world. It Is said thai there are only thirty six original situa lions, or Independent and distinct se queue-en of occurrence, known to facl or fiction. Whether or not this is true It Is true that life Is vastly more slm pie than most people suppose. Th professional prophets, who thrive It greater numbers nowadays than they ever throve before, have only to keep tbe simple, elementary combinations ol circumstance In mind, aud assign them with a good regard to probability, tc gain a great reputation for ftecrship It Is very easy to Uc a prophet If oik Is never going to be called to account for all the things that never come true Weather Prophet. Herrings can went a storm and tin direction In which it Is eomliig. Tbcj ire not able to see the wind like o pig, but like a pig they can smell imstj weather. Hence tbe herrings ulway during a storm choose the safest spot (a which to swim. They either go out to sea or come In very close to laud On one occasion the residents round a certain bay saw a shoal of herring to close to the shore that they waded In and caught the flsb with thelt hands. Shortly afterward a most vlo lent atortn rnged over the sea and coast, but the Inner portion of the bay nffered tbe least "lt V All Tray!" fjlve us, Iird, ThU blessln' greater; Hard bos sense For human natur'l -Atlanta Constitution. An epitaph on a mon'a tombstone never indicate that be was a bore. EMILE ZOLA DEAD FRENCH NOVELIST ASPHYXIATED ATPARI8 HOME. FUMES FROM STOVE KILL WIFE OVERCOME AND IN SERIOUS CONDITION. UNABLE TO GIVE ALARM Theory That Hnakand Committed Sni. ri le Not Hum Out by Her Testimony Wa a Friend of Drryfua. Paris, Sep. 30. Emlle Zola, the novelist, wbo gained additional prominence la recent years because of big defence of the Jews and of Former Captain Drefyus, was found dead in bis Paris house Monday morning. Asphyxiation resulting from the fumes from a stove in his bedroom is given as the cause of death. M. Zola and his wife retired at 10 o'clock Sunday night. Mme. Zola was seriously ill when the room was broken into. At about oood she was removed to a private hospital, where the recovered consciousness for a short time and was able briefly to ex plain to a magistrate what had hap pened M. and Mme. Zola returned to Paris from their country house at Medan yesterday. Owing to a sudden spell of cola weather the heating stove in their bedroom was ordered to be lighted. The stove burned badly and the pipes are said to have been out of order. To the magistrate Mme. Zola ex p'alned that she woke early this morning with a splitting headache. She awakened her husband and listed him to opeD a window. She saw htm Use and attempt to move towards a window, but he staggered and fell to the floor unconscious. Mme. Zola fainted at the same moment and was, therefore, unable to give the alarm Mme. Zola does not yet know of her hubsand's death, and it is feaicd she may suffer a relapse when in formd of it. The death of M. Zola, which only became generally known late this af ternoon, has caused a great sensation in Paris, and this evening there was a constant stream of callers at tbe residence. Stage manager Kills Wife. New York, Sept. 30. Harry Rose, stage manager of tbo Garrick theatre shot and instantly killed bis wife Monday at their apartments in West Thirty-third street Immediately af terwards he surrendered himself at the nearest police station, where be handed the revolver to the seargent, saying "I have just shot my evife. " Jealousy was the cause of the trag edy, Rose, according to bis statement to the police having detected his wife in an intrigue and being mad dened by her admission of guilt. Mrs. Rose was formerly an actress and was known on tbe stage as Ilclle liergcr. The man charged by Rose with having alienated the anectlons of his wife Is Samuel Adams, a wealthy real estate dealer and a constant at tendant at first night performances, with whom Rose was on terms of friendly Intimacy and whom he says be introduced to his wile. Adams was greatly overcome on learning of Mrs. Rose's tragic death, but denied that there had been any Impropriety In his relations with her. Rose was held without ball by tbe coroner and committed to the tombs. The couple had been married four teen years. Mall Carrier a Suicide. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 30.-Je-rorne S. Davidson, mall carrier con nected with tbe Sioux Falls poatofllce, commlttted suicide by shooting, him self twice in the head with a levol ver. He was the son of -ounty Judge Davidson. Luverne, Minn Tl.e deed was committed In. the bath room of the government building. He and wife returned only last even ing from a visit with her relatives at Cleveland, Minn. Davidson, owing to III health, had been granted leave of absence until July 15. He leaves a wife, but no children. Nervous prostration doubtless caused the deed. Wife-Beater Shot Dead. Pcshtlgo, Wis., Sep. 30,-Gus Shcl feld, a Peshtigo farmer, was fatally shot today by his son. Hhelfeld, it Is said, was beating his wife and the boy shot the futhcr to protect Ills ni'ither. , He then carried his mother to bed and drove to town, giving hlnnclf up to the officers. Several fanners have volunteered to go on the boy's bail. The sympathy of the community, I la said, is with him. CLAIM8 TO FIND 8HORTAOE. Stat Senator Zeis or stay be Asked to fcx plain. nartlngton, Neb., Sept 30 Last April an investigation of tbe Cedar county treasurer's records was begun by Accountants Cannon and Valen tine. In July a report was submitted to tbe county board covering tbe four year term of ex-Treasurer II. B. Sing from 1894 to 1902, finding a shortage of 16,079, which Mr. Sing promptly settled. Notwithstanding the official report has not been made public yet, it is currently charged and quite well understood that the report when made public this week covering the two terms of ex-treasurer T. F. Zelgler, from 1894 to 1898 will declare a short age of considerably over t20,000. Of this amount the report will say no small amount belongs to tbe state and a very large sum to the county school funds. Mr. Zelgler's first term was secured by a personal bond and his second by a bond given by tbe Fidelity and De posit company of Maryland. It is as serted that practically all of the al leged shortage occurred during hissec oi.d term. Accountant Gilchrist of Omaha and was here last week in the Interest of tbe securities company and will return this week and make a thorough investigation of the second tersn of Mr. Zelgler's records In behalf of the bond company. T. Cannon being west on his summer vacation the Investigation of Mr. Zelgler's rec ord was made entirely by Valentine, wbo Is given credit for unearthing the matter, inasmuch as Zelgler's accounts were inspected and approved by the state examiner. The bond examiner settlement was made by him without the board of commissioners. Owing to Mr. Zelgler's prominence In political circles, he having repre sented the Eighth senatorial district in the last legislature, these dlclosures have startled the entire community and surprised his friends. Mr. Zelg ler's home at the present time is Iola, Kas. In response to the earnest ln treaties of hi friends he came to Hart lngton last Friday evening, returning to Omaha Saturday with Accountant Gilchrist Persons who are in a po sition to know bestaboutMr. Zeigler's financial condition claim that he has sufficient property interest in Kansas and elsewhere to make the alleged shortage good, and he will undoubtedly make an effort to do so. It is definitely stated that ex-Treasurer Peter Jenal, who held the office for the two year term immediately preceeding Mr. Zelgler has reques'ed the county commissioners to investi gate te records of his administra tion. Young Woman Courts Death. Tecumseh, Neb., Sept. 30. Mrs. Young, wife of Ellis Young, a pros perous farmer who resides five miles northeast of Tecumseh, made a futile attempt to commit suicide last Mon day night. When her husband re turned from his chores in the early evening he found her in bed in an unconscious condition with a partly empty strychnine bottle and a spoon nearby. He hastily summoned Dr. T. E. Falrall from this city and with foper antidotes the woman's life was saved. She had taken a gener ous dose of the poison. Mr. Young is a asao f Li" j seventy years old while she not over twenty Ave. They have been married but two yenrs, and he has grandchildren nearly as old as bis present wife. Mrs. Young would not give her mo tive for tbe attempt at self distruct ion. It is said that her husband Is kind to her and they apparently get along well. She Is quoted as saying that she is not entirely satisfied with her matial relations probably be n disappointed with her husband only by the re markable difference lu age. Of late she has been remorseful and sullen and at another time about a month ago she threatened to kill herself. In the dead of night it is said she took her husband's razor and stole out to the barn and when found she was crying and intimated she de sired to die. Doth Mr. and Mrs. Young are well known in this vicinity and enjoy good reputations and this rash act on the part of tbe woman is much re gretted by friends. Oullty of flanslaughter. Salt Lake City, Utah. Sept. 30. Roy Kalghn, tbe elghteen-ycar-old boy who last November shot and fatally wounded William S. Ilaynes, a Chicago traveling man, while the latter was setting in the rotun-la of the Knutsforcl hotel was today found guilty of voluntary man slaughter Sentence will be passed October 3 The defense alleged that Ilaynes had attempted to assault a woman relative of Kalghn'a and Jus tification was plo-idcd. Cracksmen Blow 5afe at Holbrook. Holbrook Neb,, Sept 30. Burg lars entered the large store of Miller & Cooper during Sunday night by forcing open the front door. They blew open the sufe but only obtained a small amount of money, probably '10. The principal damage was to the safe and building. An attempt whs niiido about six months ago to rob the si ore, but the thieves were frightened away after having the aaff door nil fii 'v to light the fuse. ."(ACE RAT POISON IMPORTANT CLUE IN OMAHA POISONING CASE.! SUGAR CANNOT BE FOUND IMPORTANT EVIDENCE LOST AND 8USPICION FALLS ON NO ONE- EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDES Navy Loea Another of Its Leading 00. cere Calls It Act of Charity. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 1. An unsoiled printed slip of directions for using "Ros1 rat poison" has been dis covered by detectives in one of the rooms of the Culhbertson residence. 1806 Chieago street, where Edward Cuthbertsou. a telegrapher, and tbe members of his family of four were poisoned at breakfast Sunday morn ing. The sugar which is supposed to have contained the bulk of the poison has disappeared. As a novelist would say, "the plot thickens." Mr. Cuthbertson, Interviewed at his home this morning said: "Yes, we are all recovering irom tbe attempt at our lives, and while the thing was unfortunate, yet we consider ourselves as very fortun ate in escaping. We are all stiff and sore and scarcely able to move, bu1; jail are out of bed. ' "We gave the suspected coffee and milk to the police for chemical analysis, but when I went to get tbe sugar for the same purpose it hid disappeared. We threw the stuff out at first, but later scraped up what we could for use of the police. I want this thing sifted down to the bottom. "There is a young man rooming here who is something of a chemist. Yesterday he remarked that he would take this sugar and closely examine It, but nothing more was said about it. The sugar was here after he left tbe room. And last night it had disappeared. This young man may have .taken it to analyze it, and I have not seen it this morning. "But we will do everything possi ble to discover tbe miscreants, and will punish them, if possible." Tbe milk and coffee is in the hands of Dr. Stores of the Omaha medical college, to whom It was sent for a chemical analysis. The examination is ex pected to be handed to the police de partment. The finding of the wrapper and directions of the rat poison is looked upon as an important item in the search for the poisoner. The mo tives of tbe poisouer arc as much a mystery as ever. An Epedemlc of Suicides, New York, Oct. 1. Lieutenant Commander William V. Ronaugh, of tbe United States navy, commit ted suicide today on tbe battleship Keasage at tbe navy yard by blowing out bis brains with a revolver. Friends of Commander Honaugh be lieve that he was very much worried over the manifold duties of his posi tion as executive officer, which are considered to be more arduous than those of any other position of rank In tbe navy. Captain Harrington of the Booklyn navy yard said: "There Is an epidemic of suicide in the navy, as surely as there was ever an epidemic of fever. Such a thing may occur and can bs explained. The man has probably been thinking of the other suicides, which are very lad affairs, and then In an unguard ed moment the desire to try it seized him and it was all over in a min ute. Commandor Bronuugh was born In Kentucky and entered the naval academy in 1873. Calls it Act of Charity. New York. Oct. 1. Henry Pbipps of tbe Carnegie Steel company, who gare 100.000 to the relief fund for destitute Boers, arrived on the Kais er Wllhelm Der Crosse today. Mr. 1'hlpps was reluctant to talk about bis gift, but said: "I sent Arthur White, the author, to see Mr. Chamberlain before 1 de cided what to do, and the answer came back that the girt would be all tight. If the situation had been changed and England had been the suffering country I would have given them the money." Tries to Kill a Sheriff. Des Moines, la., Oct. 1. Sheriff 0, C. Scott came near being tho vic tim of an assassin late last night, and Is now in a serious condition, as the result of a powerful blow on the head, dealt with a club In the hands of an unknown enemy, who lay In wait In a dark alley near his home In Osceola. He was found unconscious an hour later. It Is not believed the Injurj will prove fatal. ne,qenfind without h,,e Cares Little What the Future Has la Store. LJncoln, Nebr., Oct. 4. "No. I am not afraid to go back to Pierce county. They can't do more than bang me. I am a cripple for life anyway. I don't care much vba they do." These were the words of Gottieb Neige:innd as he lay no a cot in a cell lu the p dice station Tues day night, lie was suffering from wounds received wiicn be was cap tured, bu L lie li.'n recovered sufficient ly to bs t ik'-n back to the couoty where he killed Ills wife and her fath er to stand lii.il. Sheriff JoneS of I'leiee ui'i:nty culled fo.- him Wednes day. He was at- t.jc penitentiary and as the sheriff desired to leave on the early morning Eikborn train be bt uglit the prisoner to the police sti'Jun to be held over uighi. ;in any event he intends to protect him from any attumpt at mob vlo lnce. Neigenfind will be arraigned lor his preliminary on Monday next and a special term of court will be held on October 29. at which he may be tried. "I iccelved good care at the peni tentiary," he said. "There they washed my wounds every little while ; d 1 gave roe plenty to eat. It is a good place to stay." "The doctor at the penitentiary told me that I nev er would be able to do heavy work again. I have a bullet in my hip aud the wound In my arm is running all tbe time. I fear blood poisoning will set in. It might save me much pain if they would hang me." He was questioned about the mur ders and showed no disposition to avoid that subject. He said that be bad been working in Kansas wheat fields and later in Dodge county, t h is state, before going to Pierce county. He has two brothers in that county. He had a desire to see his boy, a little fellow born eight months after he and bis wife parted. She had sued him for a divorce. He went to bis father-in-law's farm and asked to see the baby. His wife and sister refused him. Then he told them he would come back when the "old man" was at home. He went there a little later and found Breyer there. He asked to see the boy and the old man took after him with a pitchfork. He forced Neigenfind in to a corner and struck at him. Then Neigenfind pulled the gun on Breyer and warned him not to advance. Breyer said "you won't shoot and struck at him again, running one of the points' of the fork into Neigen find's finger. Then Neignefind fired. The shot made Breyer pause but be made a lur.ge at Niegenfind and the gun was emptied, with Breyer less than a rod away from bis slayer. He walked away slowly but did not fall Just then. "I run around the end of tbe barn," said Neigenfind, "and was loading my gun when my wife came around with the pitchfork in her hand. She started for me and I told her to keep away. She never halted. I fired at her. She partly dropped but got up and ran after me again. I suppose I could have got away from her but I was excited and I shot at her again. That time tbe bullet struck her over the left eye and she fell. "I am sorry I killed my wife. 1 didn't mean to kill anybody when I went to the farm. I had a little gun that I bought when I was in Dodge county The old man crowded m: with tbe fork and had to shoot him to save my life. I would have taken a forty-five calibre gun if I had in tended to kill anybody. "No I never shot at my mother-in-law. The sheriff tells me that she was struck by a bullet but I never shot at her. She must have got in range while I was shooting at the others. "That story about me assaulting Lena, my wife's sister, was wrong. I never met her at all. She was on the other side of the fence as I went down the road and I heard her cry ing, but I dldn t touch her. I read about that in the papers. It's all a lie He showed much Interest in the questions put to him and answered them Unreservedly. There was noth ing he would not tell. He seemed to enjoy talking about it. When the conversation was ended he turned over on the rot with his face toward the w.ill and sighed. It was the ac tion of a man In pain but careless as to what the future held for him. He was sorry the murders had been com mitted but he said he was Justified in protecting himself. "Yes, it was a bad day for me," he said. "No, 1 was not crazy. I whs excited of course while the shoot ing was going on. but 1 was not in sane." Speaking of his capture he said they didn't give him much chance else he would have got away. "Before I knew what they wanted with me they began shooting. Woman at Edgar Badly Burned, Edgar, Neb., Oct. 2. -Mrs. W. L. Cutter was seriously burned Tuesday while blacking a stove with some kind of liquid blacking. The fire In the Steve had gone nearly out, but the stove was hot enough to Ignite the blacking which ca'ight I mmd late ly to her clothing and before the flames could be extingulshd she was badly burned on the right side of tho face, light shoulder and arm and the right side, especially about the waist, wbere she Is deeply burned. h4 J NEBRASKA I I Dykens A r kins of Seward, gradi 11, while playing with a sbetguf Saturday, sbot off betb bands. Ben Griebel a German farmer f Ing near West TJnirn, committed sol' ride by Jumping Into a clstero. Hf leaves a wife and seven children. John Muir, brother of the coronet ihot himself at Milford. It is not mown whether it was an accidental death or a case of suicide. John Hedges of Shelton, stole bit ten-year old son, Roland from bit divorced wife and drove toward tbs Kansas line with the child. Officer ire following him. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Buck of Fre nont were poisoned as the rseult ol sating ose liver sauasge for dinner, They had a narrow escape but will live. The preliminary hearing of BN Bpraggins, charged with shooting Thomas Butterfield at Daykin re cently, was held to tbe district court under bonds of $1,500. Butterfield will recover i C. F. Cain, of Falls City, has ac-i eepted a position as salesman for in Omaha bouse, and bas re ligned bis position as city treasurer, rhe council has appointed I. Bode (o fill out the unexpired term. Because of tbe big crop and gener prosperity of the county a new town bas sprung up. Tbe new town, Dan is located elgbt miles west of Lex lng ton and is no boom town, as two big elevators, a depot, lumber houses, and substantial dwellings are being fcrected. James Armstrong a Union Paeiflc rard switchman at Columbus fell be fore a train from which he was cut ting off cars and was knocked over, having two ribs broken and his right leg badly skinned, the pantaloons be ing torn from the leg. No internal Injuries have been discovered by tbe attending physicians. Olaf Plerson attempted to cross tbi track at Sidney between tne engini ind blind baggage of a Union Pa cific train No. 4. Tbe train started and caught him under tbe heels. His left foot was crushed and bis right one so badly mangled that It may bave to be amputated. It it Delieved that Pierson was intoxicat- J. H. Biel a German farmer wht bas resided near Calhoun for a num ber of years, and wbo was arrested ibout six weeks ago on a cbaige.or : lending letters containing obscent teeters and pictures through tbe mailt to Miss Overman.the eighteen yearol daughter of John Overman of Blah was given preliminary bearing at Dmaba and bound over in tbe sura Df $000. Tbe change of pastors of tbe Meth- ' Ddlst church at Schuyler, was a great surprise to tbe membership, therl having been scarcely a thought ot anything but that P.cv. J. P. Yost, who bad been there two years, would be returned. He is strongly in favoi In the congreagtion and among tht citizens, and the work In bis charge was in prime condition, tbe mem- oership having increased and tbe thureb prospered financially under his Incumbency. It bas just been made public thai Edward Evans, a young man wbo wat born and raised in Nebaska City, bat been elected to tbe presidency of the itilv constructed Cape Breton rail- way In Canada. Mr. Evans gradu ited from tbe High school about tea rears ago and went immediately to rrov. N. Y., where be entered tbt Polvthecnlc Institute and on gradu- itlng setteled in New York city, where he has risen rapidly until now he is nearlng the to rounds of hit profession. Dramatic circumstances surround ing the wedding Friday at nyann it Df William D. Clark and Miss MyrtU Shawbreg, The bridegroom seriously wounded lay on a cot at tbe bono of Justice Crawford and swooned once during the progress of th cer emony. Scarcely had the Judge con eluded the final, and pronounced them of wedlock when ex-Judge Shawberg the brides father, with a crowd ol friends stormed at the door for enter nee The angry parent and bis com panions were denied admission and gave up their efforts to wrest thi bride from ber husband. William Stover, son of George Sto ver, an old settler of Plne-BIdgi agency, died from the effects of t bl w dealt him by Proprietor Greet of tbe Green hotel. Stover wai drunk and abusive, and while eject. Ing him, Green struck blm wlhi single tree. Stover did not Mem U be seriously Injured at the time, and went home and to bed. Next1 morning be was found In a serlou condition, and medical aid was sum mooed, but be died before noon.