Nebraska Newspapers

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WHOLE NUMBER 1,270.
VOLUME XXV. NUMBER 22.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1894.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
A reunion of northwestern Nebraska
veterans will be held at Valentine Sep
tember 13 and 11.
W. A. Hemleben, night clerk at the
I'aciiic hotel in Norfolk, killed a mink
in the rear of the hotel.
Bert Clayton was dragged into a
barb wire fence by a runnaway team
and died from his injuries.
Young Walter Warrington, arrested
for housebreaking in Hastings, will do
a term in the jeforin school at Kear
ney. Arabella Uritton, an Omaha servant
girl, attempted to end her life with
morphine, because of disappointment
in an affair of the heart.
The dwelling of Charles Roman of
Fairbury was destroyed by fire. The
breaking of a kerosene lamp caused it.
Loss, S100; no insurance.
Tlie exact cost of ihe recent encamp
ment of the Nebraska National guard
has not been ascertained. The esti
mated total cost is between S1S.O0O and
Si:t,(X):.
1'ev. U. Spencer of the Auburn Epis
copal church preached his farewell ser
mon and lias left for California, having
accepted the pastorate of a cnurch near
Los Angeles.
IJcv. .1. W. Stewart of York has ar
ranged and had printed and neatly
loiiiid in llcxible leather and paper a
little volume entitled "The Recorded
Words of .Icsus."
l'ire destroyed a large hay barn be
longing to .John Novotnj at Schuyler,
and also the oflice of Levi I'ainter.
lloth buildings were a total loss. They
were fully insured.
Mrs. O'Kourkc, of Plattsmouth, died
suddenly last week from heart disease.
She was a sister of I'atrick (nllmore,
the former famous leader of the New
York band of that name.
The barn and sheds of ex-State Sen
ator W. W. N il.son, five miles south of
C'hadron, burned last week. Origin of
the tire is unknown. Loss, SI, 000; in
surance, $:)), Omaha Fire.
The second annual session of the
northwest Nebraska conference of the
Methodist, Episcopal church will con
vene at (.'hadroii September 111 to 10.
Itisliop Foster of ltoxbury, Mass., will
preside.
Two insurance agents who struck
Fremont about two months ago have
disappeared and their landlady mourns
the loss of their hoardbill. Two girls,
whom they promised to marry Septem
ber 1.1, are also mourning their depart
ure. While Charles Woods of IJoonc coun
ty was helping to run a steam thresher
across a bridge the bridge gave way
ami the engine went through. Woods
mi tiered a broken leg ami was scalded
in the face and several places on the
I oily.
lesse Roberts was arrested at Ash
land on a warrant sworn out by Miss
.Louie Core, charging him with rape.
Deputy Sheriff Whitlock served the
warrant Koberts states that he is in
nocent and will light the case to a
finish.
A vigilance committee was formed
outside of Neligh recently and the men
who were suspected of stealing hogs
from Uev. Mr. Crilliths were notified
thai six. days would be given them to
j:et out of the county. Two days were
Mltlh'lCIlt
The Farmers' and Merchants' bank
of led Cloud caught tire anil was dam
aged to the euteut of SI, 000. Insur
ance S",,oo i. The Chief newspaper
plant in the basement sustained a loss
estimated at Ss0(, caused by water;
covered by insurance.
Anton Stumin, a farmer of Otoe
county, fell from a load of poles he was
hauling. The hind wheel of the wagon
passed over his body, lie got up with
out assistance, apparently uninjured,
but died about thioe hours later as a
icsuli of internal injuries.
The Omaha Weekly 15ee. (twelve
pages), the leading weekly of the west.
js making a special offer of 10 cents
fiom now to November l."ith. Send 10
cents in .silver or stamps to The Omaha
Ree, Omaha, Neb , and receive the Ree
during the entire campaign.
Plans and specifications have been
drawn and submitted for a new three
story brick hotel for Oakland with all
the modern conveniences. It is un
nerstood Omaha capital will build it.
provided Oakland citizens donate the
site, which has been agreed to.
Walter Hand was taken to Fremont
from Crawford, as a prisoner by Sheriff
Milliheu and placed behind the bars in
the county jail Hand is charged with
having mortgaged a team a few months
ago and then traded for another team,
with which he left the country.
Quite a sensation was created at
Rlair when a dog having all the ap
pearances of hydrophobia ran into Dr.
It. F. Monroe's yard, trying to bite
everything in sight The doctor hat! a
gun handy and succeeded in killing the
annual before it bit any person.
.lohn Novotny's large barn at Schnv
lcr was burned. C. 11. Painter's stock
yard office near the barn was also burn
ed, but all other stock yard property
was saved. Novotny's loss is 51,200, in
sured for SS00. Painters loss, S.100; in
sm ance. S100. Cause of lire unknown.
In a light at Tecumseh resulting
from a drunken brawl, .lohn Flavin
severely cut Rollie Curtis, the 10-year-old
son of Amos Curtis. Young Curtis
had Flavin down when the latter drew
a kntfc from his pocket and cut Curtis
in the stomach, side and thigh, inflict
ing three ugly gashes. The cut in the
stomach in all probability will prove
fatal.
.lohn Sonnenfield, a blacksmith at
Rromheld, has been arrested for rape,
on a warrant sworn out by one Lizzie
Smith, a domestic
Cy Dunn, the Desoto murderer of
William Taylor, was taken from Hast
ings to Rlair by Sheriff Mencke of
Washington county.
Frank M. Cattoin (or Cratten) of Lin
coln, attempted to commit suicide at
the t'rand Palace hotel in Chicago by
taking a dose of morphine. Cattoin
would give no reason for his attempt.
He gave his age as 40 years and his oc
cupation as an electrician. At last ac
counts he was in a precarious condi
tion. An elcven-months-old child of .Geo.
Gerald, near J'.utte, while plaj-ing with
some watermcllon seeds, got one lodged
in it-; windpipe. It was immediately
taken to Ruttc, and the doctor suc
ceeded in safely removing it by an in
cision in the neck, known as tracheoto
my. The child is doing welL
Gordon Journal: An item in the
State Journal last Tuesday said that
Mcrvin Herbert, of Gordon, lost a
pocketbook containing S200 while ram
bling in the sand hills. It was a fact
Merv. did lose S270 from his trouser's
pocket, but he returned to the place
where he bunked and found it again.
It was a lucky find.
The old settlers' reunion in Dakota
county was attended by 8,000 people,
and old and young entered into the
occasion with much spirit.
Miss Edith Wehn, the 17-year-old
daughter of E. II. Wehn of Wilber, was
fatally burned by her clothing' catch
ing fire at a gasoline store.
Elmer Lewis, an exconvict, was sen
tenced to ten da's' imprisonment on a
breai and water diet for assaulting his
uncle. Prosper Sparks, at Saint PauL
Lewis had been living with Mr. Sparks
for several months without paying any
board, and was told that he would have
to hunt a new boarding place. He
grew angry, knocking Sparks down,
bruising him considerably, and lied.
The Tecumseh canning factory has
been operating with a full force of
hands for the past two weeks working
on tomatoes. Another week will be
spent on this vegetable, as the man
agement of the factor hopes to can
several carloads. Apples will then
command the attention of the force.
The tomato yield is good in Johnson
county notwithstanding the drouth and
apple crop is fair.
At Omaha Mrs. Otto Wilson, while
laboring under a temporary fit of in
sanity attempted to drown her two
children in the cistern. She was over
heard by a neighbor telling her little
girl and boy to undress as she was
going to give them a bath in the cis
tern. The children protested and the
mother returned to the house and pro
cured a butcher knife, which she was
brandishing about when taken in
charge.
Pursuant to call of the county com
missioners of Howard county a mass
meeting of the citizens of the county
was held iu the court house for the
purpose of forming some plan to assist
the inanj' who will need help the
coming year. It was the largest gath
ering ever assembled in the court
house. After considerable discussion a
committee of thirteen one from each
precinct was selected to formulate a
plan for relief.
At Chadron after a two days' and an
all night session the coroner's jury
brought in a verdict to the effect that
Matt McNearncy came to his death by
a blow infiictcd by party or parties un
known. Charles O'Connor, John A.
Miannon and a young boy who were
under suspicion were at once released.
Francis Henry, the boy, whom many
think knew something about the Mc
Nearncy murder, was rearrested later
on the charge of perjury.
A very peculiar and somewhat suspi
cious looking article was picked up in
the road some four miles southeast of
Exeter by a couple of young men. It
is a piece of inch gas pipe, about eight
inches long. One end seemed packed
with gunwads, the other end, the edge
of which has been hammered to form a
rim, is packed with something un
known to those who have examined it
The suspicious resemblance to a rude
dynamite bomb prohibits anyone from
examining it very closely.
About a month ago a young farmer
by the name of France, residing near
Geneva, tied his horse, attached to a
neat top buggy, at the public square
and went to church. After church ho
found the horse where he left it, but
the buggy had been stolen. The dis
appearance of the vehicle continued to
be a nrysterj' until last week when it
was found in the possession of a stran
ger who gave his name as Perry, and
claimed to be driving from Clarks to
Chester. He was arrested and charged
with stealing the buggy.
Washington dispatch: Senator Man
dcrson, w ith several beet sugar manufacturer.-
of his state, called on Secre
tary Carlisle this morning and discuss
ed w ith him the intent of the new tariff
as to paying a bounty on sugar. He
contended that the section relating to
the payment of bounty meant that no
bounty was to be paid after the bill be
came a law. August 27, but that all
.sugar manufactured prior to that date
was entitled to a bounty under the Mc
Kinley law. Senator Manderson said
he only appeared for the beet sugar
manufacturers of his state who were
entitled to .?r.o,ooo bounty. Secretary
Carlisle said he would give the matter
consideration and render an opinion as
soon as possible.
No Kxtr.i Srttftifin.
The governor on being asked whether
he had fully decided not to convene an
extra session of the legislature said
that after much correspondence and
consult ition such was his decision.
To call one, he said, would be excep
tional among the states similarly
alllicted and would give Nebraska an
advertisement which should be avoided
if possible. What an extra session
would cost the state he could not say.
The last regular session cost the state
over S11",0(K). The state could hardly
alTord to take upon itself the expense
of an extra session at this time, ami if
in the end the state should decide to
grant any aid, it would be better to
save this money for that purpose. The
condition of the state finances is not
such as to give much promise of aid.
The constitution fixes the limit of state
indebtednes-s at S100.000; which limit
was reached by the issue of that
amount of bonds to relieve distress
in ls'.M. There is no monev in the gen
eral fund with which to meet any ap
propriation for relief. In fact, that
fund is many months behind iu meet
ing current demands, and a large state
indebtedness is growing upon us, bear
ing 7 per cent interest, because of the
inability to pay warrants as presented.
'1 he governor further said that but a
few months would elapse before a reg
ular convention of the legislature, com
posed of men fresh from the people,
well prepared to consider the wants of
the several sections, and what would
be best to do under the circumstances.
He said he was well aware of the ex
tent and degree of distress, both pres
ent and anticipated, on account of the
unprecedented drouth, but thinks it
the duty of the several counties and
precincts, with the aid of the charit
able organizations and the kindly dis
posed, to undertake to provide for the
distress till the next legislature shall
convene at length.
A hile cutting corn near Springfield.
Ira N hite accidentally severed a blood
vessel in his shin with the point of a
knife, and the How of blood could not
be stopped for a considerable time.
C. R. Gaussen, assistant passenger
anil ticket ajrent of the Iron Mountain
route, with headquarters at Memphis,
will ou September 1 become the travel
ing passenger agent of the Union Pa
cific, with headquarters in Omaha. Mr.
Gaussen is an old friend of Assistant
General Passenger Agent 15. II. Payne
of the Fniou Pacific, and is regarded
as one of the best men who could be
appointed to the position made vacant
by the removal of F. N. Prophet
G. W. Strong has sold his creamery
at Falls City to M. GianninL Mr.
Strong will return to New York.
Cy Dunn, accused of the murder of
William Taylor at Desoto, was arrested
just inside the limits of Adams county
by Sheriff Harris of Hastings. Sheriff
Harris boarded a train and arrested
Dunn as soon as Adams county was
reached. Dunn gave his name as Seig
lcr, and claimed to live south of Juni
ata, but when some Silver Lake town
ship people called at the jail and iden
tified him as Dunn he threw off his
alias and acknowledged that he was
the slayer of Taylor, saying that he
committed the deed in self defense.
TWQDOftES
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OSINEMICnAUD
oi&-- -3'M& was l,ie aaugn
&tt&g3u sfcS tiered widower.
with whom she
lived in the pret
ty town of Don
tan, She was a live
ly girl, and un
der engagement
in lo mnrriml to
F -i i Yl a deserving and
promising yuuiijj
lawyer, named
Theodore Mans
field, the son of
u physician.
Every thing
was in fine trim for the wedding, the
bridal trousseau almost completed,
and even the ring bought, when an
awful thing took place.
Mr. Michaud and Doctor Mansfield,
the father of his prospective son-in-law,
while playing a game of domin
oes, fell into U quarrel. At first,
really a polite one, then an angry,
then a furious one.
Doctor Mansfield called Mr. Mich
aud a cheat, and Mr. Michaud called
the doctor a liar.
The doctor gathered the dominoes
in his hands, and was about to hurl
them at the head of Mr. Michaud. He
thought better of it, however, caught
up his hat, stuck it ou his head side
ways, crammed his fists into his pock
ctsand, without an "adieu," marched
out of the house, calling his son to
follow him.
The end of the affair was a dissolu
tion of the matrimonial engagement
between Theodore and Rosine.
In vain Theodore remonstrated. In
vain Rosinc wept The- old gentle
men were not to ba moved by the
unhnppiucss of the young folks. All
the deeds that had been drawn up
were canceled. The little house which
had been furnished for the bride and
groom was let to a family temporarily
sojourning in the placc.and the lovers
were forbidden to speak another word
to each other as long as they lived.
At last, having bribed Rosine's
maid to keep his secret, he confided to
the hands of the irirl a letter to her
mistress, in which he begged her to
steal from the house that night and
wait under the pear trees beside the
garden wall, until he should come to
her.
Rosinc, who had never disobeyed
her parent in her life, felt as guilty
as though she were about to commit
a murder, when she stole out of the
side door to keep the rendezvous; but,
nevertheless, her heart beat high with
hope at the thought of meeting Theo
dore once more, and when at last she
saw through the darkness a form
gradually riso above the wall, and
proceed to ascend by means of a rope
which was fastened on the other side,
she with difficulty refrained from
screaming aloud.
"Theodore!" she whispered; "oh,
Theodore! my Theodora! That it
should be wrong for me to meet thee!
that we, who were once betrothed
lovers, should come to this!"
Rut the next moment he had caught
her hands and kissed them, and she
forgot all but that they were together.
This was the first meeting, but it
was not the last. Night after night,
when the old gentleman was asleep,
snoring peacefully, Theodore and
Rosinc sat side by side, more familiar
ly than they ever had done before, in
the garden under the psar trees,
while Nanncttc, the maid, kept watch
outside the little side door.
All this had been going on for some
time, when one night Rosinc took her
usual place to wait for Theo.lore. She
heard the stealthy steps as usual.
She saw the lithe form mount the
rwall and stand in full relief against
the golden moon, just at that moment
rising. Then a faint cry of horror
fell upon lrcr car, and he vanished
FELL PRONE ON Till FLOOIl.
from her sight There was a start
ling and ominous thud upon the earth
without, a groan and silence.
Theodore had slipped and fallen to
the ground. For some moments he
remained insensible: Rosine, nearly
mad with terror, stood wringing her
hands within the garden.
Her maid, who had seen all. hur
ried down the path. Neither of the
girls knew what was best to do. At
last Nannette, a stout young girl,
clambered up into the largest pear
tree, and managel to get her chin on
a level with the wall. She could not
see anything below, but she heard a
movement
"Mr. Mansfield," she whispered,
"speak if you possibly can. My mis
tress is nearly frightened to death."
A faint voice replied:
"Give my love to your mistress, I
am not much hurt, but it will be best
for me to go home now. I think there
has been noise enough to attract at
tention. Then the two girls ran indoors,
Rosinc in a terrible state of agitation.
She knew that Theodore had been
more injured than he would confess.
And this indeed was true. He had
broken his arm, and felt a deathby
faintness creeping over him. His one
hope was to get far enough from the
house of old Michaud, to prevent any
suspicion of the manner in which he
had met with the accident; and at the
first turning, he left the street and
hurried on, hoping to procure some
assistance before he lost the power of
speech and motion.
At last, amid the darkened win
dows, he saw one in which a light
burned. Drawing nearer, he saw
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that the door stood open, and heard
some noise within. His strength was
nearly gone. He made use of what
remained to stagger under tho doo1
way, and fell prono in the hall, at
the foot of the stairs, just as an old
man in a night-gown, with a lamp in
one hand, and a poker in the other,
rushed down them, shouting at the
top of his voice:
"Thieves! Murder! Help! Police!"
This old man was Hector Gritnme,
a reputed miser, who" had just beford
wakened to find two masked men ill
the room, one of whom held him
while the other plundered his cash
box. After much struggling he had
succeeded in dealing one of the ras
cals a heavy blow with a cudgel,
which he always kept within reach,
and had been knocked senseless in
return. When he came to himself ho
was in perfect darkness, and it had
taken him some time to strike a light;
but, to his great joy, When ha had
done so he found, as he supposed,'
one of the robbers lying wounded in
his hall-way.
The old man's shouts soon brought
assistance, and he told his story as
people usualty do, in a manner which
reflected the most credit upon him
self. "Rut this is Theodore Mansfield,
the son of old Dr. Mansfield," cried
one of the assembled group. "Ho is
no robber, sir."
"Nevertheless, it is all as I said,"
declared Hector Grimme.
And on his word, the poor wounded
Theodore was carried to prison.
It was some time before ho under
stood the charge that had been made
against him, but when he did, he at
once formed a noble resolution. Suf
for what he might, shame, im
prisonment, whatever it might
be, he would guard Rosine's
honor. No one should ever know that
it was iu endeavoring to meet her
nlonc at midnight, iu the garden of
her father's house that he had met
with this accident
The day of the trial came nt last.
The court was crowded. Hector
Grimme was ready to swear to his
story. The policemen and neighbors,
were witnesses to the fact that Theo
dore had been found lying insensible
at the foot of the miser s staircase on
the night of the robbery.
The prisoner himself had only his
position and good character in his fa
vor. Not a word would he utter in
his own behalf, save a simple asser
tion of his innocence. Dr. Mansfield
was weeping like a child. Mr. Mich
nud, who had always liked the young
fellow,and whose heart even softened
to his old friend in his affliction, was
very much moved. The prisoner
only was calm
All was over. Nothing more could
be said. The final proceedings were
about to be taken, and none believed
that the prisoner could possibly es
cape the sentence of the law, when
suddenly there was a stir near the
door, and the crowd parted to admit
two persons, who forced their way
toward the bench on which the judga
sat.
At the sight of the pair, Michaud
started to his feet Refore she threw
her veil back, he recognized his
daughter, Rosine.
The prisoner also uttered a low cry.
Disregarding them both, the girl ad
vanced toward the judge, whom she
knew by sight Ignorant of all forms
of law, she only thought of saving
Theodore, whose motive for silence
she quite understood; and, fearful
lest she should be too late, she spoke
at once.
"Sir," she said, "I have come as a
witness for Theodore Mansfield. I
know how he met with his accident,
and I know the motive for his silence.
It is for my unworthy sake that he
allows himself to be misjudged. It
was to meet me in my father's gar
den that he climbed the stone wall
from which he fell. I saw him fall
I and my maid Nannette and we arc
ready with our testimony."
Mr. Michaud gave a cry and started
forward. Doctor Mansfield also ut
tered an exclamation as he sprang to
Michaud's side.
'We might have known," ho said
"We were young once."
The miser, re-examined, owned to
the fact of having been insensible for
some time, and confessed th it he did
not see the faces of the robbers, and
Theodore Mansfield was soon set free.
Rut now that he was free, an 1 now
that she had done her duty, the con
sequences of her disobedience awaited
Rosine. She stood trembling at her
father's side, but he did not look un
kindly at her.
"Sir," he said to Doctor Mansfield,
"whatever we may think of each
other your son is a brave fellow,
worthy of the best lady iu the land."
"Sir," said Doctor. Mansfield, "I
cannot but esteem the father of so
brave and charming a young lady."
"There is but one thing for us to
do," said Michaud.
"Rut one," said Doctor Mansfield,
extending his arms.
Thereupon the two men warmly
shook hands, and all went home to
gether to Michaud's house, where the
marriage engagement was once more
formally announced, and an early
date set for the wedding of Rosine
and Theodore.
A f eper in Buffalo.
Ruffalo feels uneasy because c
leper named Shcehan has boon visit
ing the town. Tho poor man, who
is a nativo of County Kerry, began
working on railroads at Pittsburg in
1SG0, and a few years ago hal charge
of a gan of Poles and Huns. A
round spot appeared on his torchcad
some time ago and has since de
veloped rapidly into tubercular lep
rosy. He has been treated by many
ignorant doctors, and is now doomed
to end his days in the lazaretto at
Tracedie.
.V Fog Creator.
Smokeless powder has Iften fol
lowed by a chemical combination
called a "fog creator." A German
named Kcihm is the inventor. It is
a shell which when it explodes en
shrouds in darkness tho troops at
whom it is aimed. It also causes
soldiers to cough.
. mail I'ronts.
Imrglar Bill Got any children?
Slippery Sam. moodily I had a
son onct. I traincl him up to snatch
pocket-books from ladies out shop
ping? Wot became of 'im?"
"He starved to death."
RECONCILED BY THE DEAd.
A Family Breach Which Hal Existed
feir .Many Year. Healed.
Nearly eighteen" year's ago Mr.
Hartfcldt, a wealthy country mef
chant in tho wostern part of Michi
gan, died, leaving his estate to bo
dividod botwacii His two daughters
and the children of ft sou Who was
dead, says a writer in tho Phila
delphia Times. The husband of ono
of the daughters, Mr. Leach, was ap
pointed executor of tho cstato and
served in this capacity, but whon
the properly was divided tho othef
daughter declared that she had been
defrauded of her rightful portion.
Sho could furnish no proof, however,
and having art aversion fo carrying
tho thing into court dropped tho
matter, but never forgavo her sister
and her sister's husband. Sho
moved to Corunna and for years had
beard nothing from her relatives
and married a Mr. Franklin without
announcing her intention to them.
30 that they woro ignorant of her
new name, and her children have
known nothing of her former
home or friends. Mrs. Franklin was
therefore amazed when a week or
two sinco hor eldest daughter Mil
dred camo in about dusk and asked
her what had become of tho strango
gentleman who had just entered tho
house. Mrs. Franklin had seen
nothing of any visitor, but, on hor
daughter insisting that a man had
gone in at tho street door just before
sho herself had como in sho made in
quiries among tho servants. No ono
had seen anyone except members of
the household, but the girl still in
sisted that she had soon tho man dis
tinctly, though sho had not been
able to catch a sight of his face.
I'lio subject remained a mystery and
had nearly passed from the minds of
tho household, when a few days
after tho girl camo to her mother
saying sho had again seen tho man
who had spoken to her on the pave
ment before the house. He had given
her this message: Tell my sister
Kate that Mary is going to die and
that it is her parents1 will anl mine
that they be reconciled." Ho men
tioned tho girl's aunt by name, a
name sho had never heard before.
Mrs. Franklin, after her daughter
had described tho man and she had
recognized certain chara -tcristics of
her long dead brother, was much
agitated by tho occurrence, but be
ing fckoptieal in regard to all spirit
ual matters made no movo to com
municate with her family, fearing
that sho would bo laughed at for be
lieving so strango a message, and,
deterred by pride, several days
passed before sho heard anything
further in regard to it, but different
persons, members of hor household
and visitors, reported to her that
sorao unknown man was always
about tho house. Some saw him
walking in tho twilight in tho street
beforo tho house, tho servants met
him gliding softly through tho halls,
and passing into this room or that,
only to have vanished com
pletely when tho apartment wa
searched. At last tho youngest
child, a little boy of G or 7, came
running to hor ono morning
with tho story that ho had
been awakened tho night before by
a man who was standing by his bed,
and who had told him to tell his
mother that "Aunt Mary was dying
and wanted to see her." Mrs. Frank
lin yielded then and took tho first
train for her old home, whore alio
found that her sister was indeed dy
ing. A reconciliation followed
which both sisters bolicvcjl had been
brought about by a brother dead over
twenty years. Tho sick woman said
that all during her illness sho had
been thinking how grieved tho'r par
ents and brothers would bo even in
heaven to know that sho died unrec
onciled to her only sister, and had
had a dream in which her brother
had said to hor to leave it to him
and ho would bring Kato homo again
to ice her once more.
I"ol!ovln Direction i.
It was raining pretty hard when
the old man camo into the parlor.
In fact, tho rain was rattling on tho
tin roof of tho porch so loudly that
there could bo no doubt about tho
weather.
Er how is tho weather out?"
asked the young man who was call
ing on tho daughter of tho house
Ho asked in trepidation, because ho
knew he was none too welcome.
Tho old man looked at him for a
moment and said: "Clear."
And the young man cleared.
Faith aul Works.
"There will bo a mooting in this
church to-morrow evening, breth
ren," said tho Nebraska pastor,
for tho purpose of praying for
rain. At the same time and placo
we shall tako up a collection to do
fray the expenses of bringing to this
neighborhood the rainmakers who
have been so remarkably successful
in other portions of tho state. It is
hoped there will be a very large at
tendance. Wo will now cloac by
singing tho doxology." Chicago
Tribune.
The Hoy Wa i:iSht.
The good, kind, old gentleman
looked down benignantly on tho
small urchin blacking his shoes.
"Now, my boy." he said after ho
had finished blac'cing his shoes,
"what would you think if 1 gave you
a nico new'-rl bill?"
Tho boy, down on all fours, cocked
his head up at his prospective bene
factor. 'I guess I'd think you wanted 95
cents change," ho replied, and tho
suoscqucnt proceedings prrved his
guess to be correct.
Camblin in train.
Gambling on the next rain and its
duration has become so great a vice
in Calcutta that the government has
been callod on to suppress it Clerks
on the way to their oflices stop at
commission houses to place bets,
and the women have been seized
with the mania so that they not
only pawn their own and borrowed
jewels, but go further to procure
money to gamble with. The book
makers risk no money of their own
and charge a small commission for
handling the bets.
Antl He is night!
If I were to formulate my theory of success,
it would tw soracthin j Hlse thU:
A little ail in a little paper no good!
A little ad In a bi;j paper some good!
Abl:j ad in a little paper some ooJI
A bU ad in a sood paper best of alii
FraaU II Stcvcas, in the Fourth Estate.
HE COULD NOT BREATHE
A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE IN
EIGHTY FEET OF WATER,
A New York biter TelU How It Fools to
Suffocate The Air Homo Attached to
Ills Olvins Suit Hroko anil Shut Off
His Supply of llrcath.
Hero is tho autobiography of suf
focation from tho New York l'rcA
Tho victim is William Ulsson, who
was eighty feet under water in a
diving suit when tho air hoso broke
and shut oiT his supply of broath.
Ho was trying to attach a hawser to
tho anchor which tho bisr steamer
La Tourainc, lost oil Quarantine) a
few weeks ago. Olsscn was hur
riedly brought to tho surfaco and
soon after taken to tho Long Island
eoliego hospital in Brooklyn. Ho
was well enough to lcavo tho placo
a few days ago, and just before going
away ho related his amazing experi
ence to a reporter. His story is as
follows:
"About 2 o'clock in tho afternoon
I had found tho anchor and had
made fast ono line. It was not
strong enough, I thought, for a 700
pound anchor, and I was about to
make fast another line.
1 had been working rathor hard,
and found myself short of breath. I
straightened up and signaled for a
little more air. I noticed Irom tho
sound that the wheels abovo woro
going around very fast, as though
the men abovo had difticulty in send
ing me what little air was then com
iug. Then I got tho signal to make
ready to como up. At tho samo in
stant I was jerked oT m feet by tho
tightening of the life line. Quick as
a tlash.it seemed, all the air stopped.
Oh, such u feeling!
"I seemed to bo hours going up.
It was really but a few m'nutes not
over two, 1 am told.
My lirst sensation was a terriblo
smothering feeling in my chest I
couldn't breathe. My breast felt as
if it were being squeezed in an enor
mous trip hammer, which was grind
ing my bones into my lungs. Then
all tho bleod in my body seemed to
rush to my head, ray eyes seemed to
Htart straight out of my head, until
I could soo them about two feet
away.although everything was really
black around inc. Tho top of my
head felt as if it were about to blow
oil and let out a tido of something
which seemed to come from my feet,
my hands aud my inside.
My neck felt as if a big, thick
rope thicker than it was wide
was being drawn tight, tighter, oh.
so very tight around it. Tho back
of my neck stiffened so that I felt
that I could not movo my head. It
seemed to me that I tried to movo
my head and my neck struck a knifo
which, sharp us a razor, seemed to
go clear through my neck and circle
round my collar bona
"My collar bouo then seemed to
be pressed way down into my lungs,
aud it felt as if that big bone was a
double-edged curved sword reaching
from one shoulder to tho other over
ray chest, then circling round over
my back. It seemed to scoop out i
my heart, lungs and oth r organs.
I did not feel any pain in thoc or
gans, though I realized that I was
losing them.
My throat grow dry and hot. so
hot that it scorned us if I had a rag
ing lire in there, and it seemed as
if tho heat from this lire rapidly
went clear through my head and
out through my cars and nose.
"Then tho darkness began to bo
lit by many stars.
I never saw so many stars bo
forc. 1 could sec millions and mil
lions and millions of thoni. and each
one of them seemed to shoot each of
its livo points clear through my
head.
"I could feel that I was moving
up. As I ncared the surfaco tho
fearful pressure on my ehost and
head cased a little. I felt relief,
though tho darkness was just as
black and the stars just as dickering.
"When I reached tho surfaco I was
dazed, but I was conscious. I know
what was going on ail the time. I
could feel that the men above who
woro turning tho wheel were making
desperate efforts to get me out of tho
water.
"When I reached the surfaco and
the face glass was removed, I took a
long, deep breath. Nothing 1 ever
had in ray life seemed as sweet and
as nice us that lirst breath, it
seemed as if I could not get enough
of it
"By that time the stars had dis
appeared. I could get a faint gleam
of light, though I could not see any
thing. The smothering scn-ation was
gone. My eyes no longer seemed to
be outside of my head, but instead
seemed to have been shovca away
in. I could not open them. Tho
flesh around them seemed pu "cd out
to where the eyes were when I was
under the water. It was broad day
light, but the sky seemed to be very
cloudy, a, ir a big storm w,i3 coming
on. My face was stiff and sore. The
pain then was in my neck and shoul
ders My eyes smarted dreadfully
and I could feel that blood was
dripping from them. In a short time
1 could see a little daylight, but it
hurt 1 knew my mouth was full of
blool, but I could not taste it I
co ghed up a lot of it
The men worked over me awhile
and then took me to tho hospital.
It was a frightful experience. I'd
rather die right oIT than go through
it again. It would be easier, I think.
Mr. Olsscn was a strange-looking
specimen of humanity. His face was
black in spots and blue in patches.
Deep black circles surrounded tho
livid, blood-red eyes, wh'ch seemed
to project in dcmon-liko licrcencss.
The skin on his neck, chest and
shoulders, especially at tho back ol
his head, was terribly discolored.
The whites of his eyes were fearfully
bloodshot It will probably bo
weeks before they become white
I again. J ho e.elids, a'tuough a
deep, dark blue, are slowly regain
ing their natural color.
Altogether, his was a remarkable
experience and ono from which only
a man of extraordinary vitality could
recover.
". hs I ropr 1 I.iri.
Whcro are you going?" asked
the lightning bug of the mosquito.
"Up to the mosquito bar for re
freshments," was the reply.
A MODERN SIR WALTER.
How a Laborlncr Man Saved a TVoraaa
Skirt From the Mud. s.
She was a fair South-sider who
was on a shopping tour, says tho
Chicago Times. She carried threo
bundles too procious to bo left for
delivery wagon and a mackintosh
and two boxes of candy also balanced
in uncertain equilibrium about her.
Ho was a big, plain, everyday, work
ingman and his weapon was a pick,
with which he waged successful war
upon tho cobblestones and tho dirt
of a badly mutilated street Threo
littlo strips of wood were supposed
to bo enough at tho point whoro sho
dismounted tho car to cnablo foot
passengers to cross tho muddy thor
oughfare, but just as she camo op
posite tho man a littlo tilt of the
llitnsy pontoon bridgo sont ono of hor
daintily shod feet up to tho anklo
into a lino mud hole, and whon sho
drew It out it was a sight to mako
ono weci. Sho could not go on
without hopelessly soiling tho edge
of her skirt. Sho could not stop
for bundles. Sho stood in potrified
perplexity.
'I hen ttc upirit of Sir Walter Ra
leigh showed itself. Tho pick was
dropped and tho man grabbed a lit
tle stick and said: "Wait. miss, an'
I'll clean yor shoo otT." Thoro
seemed to bo nothing else to do. so
sho waited. Tho rest of the gang
leaned on their picks and shovolsaud
watched out of tho corners of their
eyes. When ho had done all Jho
execution ho could with tho slick
and quito a respectable pilo of clay
had been scraped from tho small
shoo he whisked out a red bandana
handkerchief a sort of substituto
for Raleigh's cloak and. still kneol
ing beforo her notwithstanding her
protest that ho would get it dirty,
proceeded to clean tho shoe with
that Sho thanked him and walked
down tho street with a little blush
on her check. He touched his well
worn hat and gazed after her for a
lew moments, then stutTcd tho ban
dana in his overalls pocket, saying.
"It wasn't very clean, anyhow." and
was again a common laboring man.
GOOD FORM IN THE WEST.
Instance In VUlich l-uthcr Cnrrccto 1
tho Manner f Hid Snn.
"You may say what you plcaso
about tho wild and woolly West,"
quoth the drummer to an Eastern
swell salesman, "but I know some of
tho people thcro have very good
ideas of tho usages of tho best so
ciety." "Well, they don't observe them
very closely," argued tho Fasternor.
"I think they do." responded tho
drummer; "at least they do in tho
Southwest An instanco cllno under
my notico some time ago in a wild
part of Texas. I was at a tavern
table whcro all tho other guests
wcro of a rough typo, and as most
of them had been drinking pretty
freely it did not requiro much dif
ference of opinion to precipitate a
row. An old fellow and his son were
sitting together and somebody called
ti.o son a liar. By hotel regulations
nobody at tablo had a gun, tho rulo
being that all weapons bo loft in tho
safe until after meals, and, of course
tho young man didn't shoot his in
sulter on tho spot. He was on his
feet, though, as soon as tho objec
tionable epithet reached him. and
ho grabbed tho knifo from his plato
and started for the offender. His
father, however, caught him.
'Bill,' he said, as cool as a cu
cumber, 'what air you goin' to do?'
Ho called mo a liar" shouted
Bill, waving tho knifo aloft
Well,' oxclairacd tho old man in
an angry tone, 'ain't you got no
table manners at all? Put down that
knifo and take a fork.'
"Could an Easterner do better
than that?" concluded tho drummer,
and, says tho Detroit Frco Press, the
Eastern man conceded the point
All!tli Collins' Mint I'opulnr Work.
When, aftor moro than thirty
years, a book is still sullicicntly pop
ular to mako a reappearance in a
sixpenny edition, with a first print
ing of 100,0 JO copies, it may well bo
considered to have passed the high
water mark of success Such fortuno
i- just attending Mr. Wilkio Collins
admirable story, "The Woman in
White." "The Woman in White"
has sold better than any of Wilkie
Collins' other novels, "The Moon
stone" being a good second and
"Man and Wife" third The Critic.
Not Always a lrnwl.oI.
"Isn't it a nuisanco to have a
treacherous memory?"
Not always. Some days ago my
wife told mo not to forget to call a
veterinary physician for her poodlo
or it would die. I forgot" Chicago
Record.
Arnir.t 'ntcrnally.
A Cincinnati man cut his hand and
his physician recommended arnica.
The sufferer took the medicine in
ternally and is now sore all ovor,
his wounded hand causing him the
least pain.
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Truth is never afraid to wait.
A long facj is not a passport to
heaven.
Th2 troubles wa mot fear never
happen.
There is nothing more contagious
than example.
Go I never gave any bo ly the right
to b disagreeable.
Hurry and worry ar: both great
enemies to health.
No prayers except those the heart
speaks are heard in heaven.
People who are not to b ; trusted in
triiles are not to be trusted anywhere.
A reformer is often a man whoso
naighbors wish he would begin on
himself.
We are all the time making charac
ter, whether we arc doing anything
else or not
Statues arc moulded by littlo
touches. Characters arc formed in
the same way.
The world is not suffering so much
for want of more preaching as it is for
more practice.
You can't tell much about man's re
ligion by what he docs when he knows
he is watched.
One of the hardest lessons to learn
is that we arc made out of the samo
kind of clay as other folks.
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Loans ami Discount I 241.407 5?
Real I-state Furniture und FIx-
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