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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY JULY 8 , THE DAILY BEE , OMAHA PUDLI8HINQ CO. , PROPRIETORS. DID harnham , tot. Oth and I Oth 8tre U. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTIONS 1 year , In advance ( postpaid ) . flOOO . . . . - , . 600 months . . . . . . .0o RAILWAY TIME TABLE. LIUVIIO OMAHA HUT OK BOCII1 VOVICV. C. , 1) . & Q. 6 a. m. 3-10 p. ra. C. A N. W. . 6 . in. 3 40 p. m. C. , R. I. & I' . , 0 a. m. 3:40 : p. in. K. C. , St. J. i C. U , 8 n. m.-t3JO : p. m. Arrl c U St. Loul * at 6.25 a. m. and 7:45 : n. in. n. & M. In Neb , , Through F-ipress , 8 36"a. . ra. I ) . & MJ Lincoln Freight. 7.00 p , m. V , P Ejprcss , 12.16 p. In. , O. & R. V' , for Lincoln , 10.20 a. m. O. & R. V , ( or Otccoh , 6:40 : a. m U. P. freight No. B , B.SO a. m. U. 1' . freight No. 0 , 8 > 15 a. m. U. P. freight No. 7 , 0.10 iv m. emigrant. U. P. frcltrht No. 11 8.25 o. tn. nisi AXB SOUTH. ' C. n. & 0 , S.-OO a. m. 7:26 : p. m. C. & N. W.t.45 a. m. 7:2 p. m. C. II. 1 , A P. , 0.45 a. m. 9-05 p. ra. K. C. , St. Joe A C. B. , 7:40 : . ra.:45 : p. . W. , St L. ti P. , 10.65 a. m. 435 p. m. AiRivrso r os tin wrar AID socruwm. O. ft R. V. from Lincoln 12.111 p. m. U. P. Eprc s 3:25 : jv m. II ti M. In Neb , Through Rxprei9-4l6 ! p. m It. & II. Lincoln Freight 8 35 a. m. U. P. Freldht No. 10-1:40 p. m. No. 6 4,25 p. tn. Emigrant. No. 8 10 M ) p. m. No 12 11:35 : n. m. O. & 1C V , mixed , r. 4:35 : p. m. ttORTIl. Nebraska Dh Won ol the St. Paul & Sioux City Rood. No. 2 leaxni Omhha 8 a. m , No. t Iraroa Otiuluk 1:60 : p. m. No. 1 arrhcs at Onuha at 4:30 : p. m No. 3 rrlc * at Omaha at 10.45 a. m. DtrUMT TRAI18 BHTWM1 OMARA AMD COIKCIL nUrrs. Lo&\c Omaha at 8.00 , 0.00 and 11:00 : a. m. ; 1:00 : , 2 00 , 3 00 , 4 00 , 6.00 and 0 00 p. m. Uato Council Bluffs nt 8.25 , 0.26 , 11:24 : a. m. ; J.-26 , 2:25 , 3.25 , 4:25 : 5:25 : and 0.25 p. m. Sunilnjn The dummy l u Omaha at 0-00 and 11:00 : a. m. ; 2 00 , 4:00 : and 6 00 p. m. Lcax * Council Bluffs at 9.25 and 11:25 : a. tn. ; 2,26 , 4S5 ; ami 6:25 : p. m. _ _ Opening and Closing of Malls. ROLTZ. oriui. ci.os * . n. ra. p. m. a. m. p. m. Chlcago&N. W . 11.00 9.30 4:30 : S:40 : Chicago , R. I. & 1'aclflc. 11:00 : 9.00 4:30 : 2:40 : Chicago , B. & C > . 11:00 : 9:00 : 4:30 : 2:40 Wabanh. . . . . . . . . 12:80 : 4:30 : 2:40 : Sioux City and I'aciQc. . 11:00 : 4.30 Union Pacific . 600 11140 Omaha&lUV . 4:00 : 11:40 : B.&M. InNeb . 4:00 : 8:40 : G:30 Omaha & Northwestern. 4:30 7:30 Local mails for State of Iowa leave but once a day , tiz : 4:30. : A Lincoln Mall Is also opened at 10:30 a. m. Office open Sundajs from 12 , Hi. to 1 p. m. THOS. V. HALL P.M. Business Birectoy. Art hmporlum. J. 0. ROSE'S Art Empoilum , 1616 Dodgn Street , Bteel Eograxlngti , Oil Painting * , Chrornou , Fancy Fnuncs. Krnmlnp Bpecialtr. Low PricM. . J. CONNER 1300 DouoUs Street. Good Styles. Abttrnct and Real E Ut . JOHN L. McCAQUE , opposite Post Offlcs. W. R , BAnTLKTT SIT South 18th Street. Architects. & MENDELSSOHN , ABCinTECTS , Room li. Crelghton Block. A. T. LARGE Jr. . Room 2 , Cictehton Block. Boot * and Bhoe * . JAMES DxVINK & CO. , Fine Boots and Shoos. A good asaormenl of home work on bond , corner l th and : Hartley. T1I03. ERICKSON , S E. cor. ICth and Douglas. JOHN FOriTUNATUS , 60S 10th street , manufactures to order good work at fair prices. Repairing done. Bed Springs. J. F. LARRIMER Manufacturer. 1517 Doudagst. Books , News and Stationery. J. I. FRUEIIAUF 1016 Famham Street. Butter and Eggs. McSHANE & SCIIRQEDER , the oldest B. and E. bousa In Nebraxka eatalillHhod 1875 Omaha. RESTAURANT , MU3. A. eouthwcst corner lOthamt Dodge. Beat Board for the Money. SUIsfattion Guaranteed. Meals at all Hours. Board by the Day , Week or Month. Good Terms for Cash. Furnished Rooms Supplied. Carriages and oaa Wacons. WM. SNYDER , No. 131h 14th and Harncy Streets' Civil Enelneen nnd Surveyors. ANDREW ROSEWATEtl , Crclghlon Block , Town Bunt)9 , Grade and aewcrajro Sstems a Specialty. Commission Merchants. JOHN G. WIL LI3.U14 Dodge Street D B BEEMER. Fordcttlls sco large adx crtlse- rocnt in Dally and Weekly. Clears and Tobacco. WEST & FRITSCHER , manufacturers of Cigars , and Wholesale Dealers in Tonaccos. 1305 Dotiiflif. W. K. LORE.VZEN manufacturer 514 10th street. Cornices Works. Western Cornice Works , Manufacturers Iron Cornice , Tin , Iron and Blato Kooning. Orders from any locality promptly executed in the bust mannir. Factor ) and Office 1310 Dodge Street , " Calionlzed Iron Cornices. Window Caps , etc. , manufactured and put up In any part ol the country. T. B1NH01.1) . 416 Thirteenth street. Crockery. J. BONXER 1309 Douglas street. Good line. Clothing and Furnishing Goods. GEO. II. PETERSON. Also Hate , Caps , Boots , Shoes , Notions and Cutlery , 804 S. 10th street. Clothing Bought. C. SHAW will i > ay highest Cash price ( or second hand clothing. Corner 10th and Yarnham. Dei tlsts. DR. PAUL , Williams' Flock , Cor. 16th & , Dodge. Drugs , Pa'nts and Oils. KUIIIi & CO. , Pharmacists , Fine * Roods , Cor. Uth and Poutlis ttrceU. ' W.J.WIUTEHOUJ' . v wnlci. Retail , 16th st. C. FIELD , 2022 W fib Side Cumin ? Street. PARK , Dnnofkt , 10th and Houard Streets. Dry Good Notions , Etc. JOHN II. P , LXJIMANN k CO. , New York Drjr Goods R/ore , 1810 and 131C Farn. bam t treet , . , . L. C. Knew old also boot * and'jthocs , 7th ii P clflc. rurunure , t VJ % A F/GUOSS. New anj 3c'cond Hahd , Furnljure and States , 1114 botuiM. llljrhett'cash price paid for second hana iroo > ( . r J. BONNER 1300 Dougls ut. Flno coeds , &c. Fence Works. OMAHA FENCE CO. GUST , FRIES & CO. , 1213 Harncy St. , Improve- ed Ice Boxes , Iron and Wood Fences , Office lUlllntcs , Counters of 1'lne anil Walnut. 'Florist. A. Donaghue , plants , cut flow era , seeds , boqucta etc. N , W , cor , Itith ani Douglas greets. Foundry. | JOHN WEARNE&SONS , cor.ljthfe Jacksor tU . GHAHA CITY UICI38th and Furntam 'SU. ' , Welshans Bios. , .roprjetgrs.- . ' - , ' < Grocer * . Z. STEVENS , 2Iit between pinning .jtrfd 'liard. T. A. McSHANE1 , Corn J3d.nd Cumlng Strett * . 130 A. UOLME8 B. WHBT WlMhBt. , bft P rnBiner , t nd Bonnet Bleacher * . Ladle * jrtt ycnii Mtrnw , Chip and fflt lUta dent up at norUiMul corner $ eT ntr Dth and Capitol Aienu * . WM.DOVK Proprietor. Hitel . CANFlELDnoUSKa XCanflfldWh& Farnham DORAN HOUSE , r. 11. Carj , SIS FamhAm St. SLAVEJTS HOTEL , T. SlaVen , 10th Slmt Southern Hotel Oiu. Iior/icl , 9th & Lcartnworth , ran r-ertcme. The Wrttcro Cornice Works , Afrcntu lor lh Cluimplon Iron Fence &c. . bat e on hand all klndi of Faixy Iron Fence * , Crating * , Fincals , lulling * . eto. 1310 Dodge ttree. aplj Intelligence Office , MRS. L1XZIE DKNT S17 l6th Street. Jewellart. JOHN BAUMKR 1314 Farnham Street. Junk , K. nF.RTllOU ) , IU and Mttal. Lumber , Lime and Cement. FOBTKR k GRAY corner 8th and Doughs BUi. Lampi and Ulanwore. J. noNNER 1309 Doutlaa St Good Variety Merchant Tailor * . 0. A. LtNDQUEST , Ono of our most popular Merchant Tailor * It re- echini ; the latcot dreliriis for Spring and Hummer O < xx ] for ffintlcmon i wear , btjliih , durable , and vrlcM law M ever 16 18th bet. DOUIT. & Farn. Millinery. MRS. C. A. RINOF.Rholcmlo and Retail , Fanll ry ( loo'ii In great \arlcty , Zrphjrs , Card lloanls , lloflery , Qlo\ui , Corsets , ke. Cheapest Homo In the West * Purchawra mro $0 per cent. Order br Mall , lit Fifteenth Htrett. Phyilclani on J Burgeon * , W. S. OinilS. M. D. , com No. 4 , Creighton Ulock , 15th Street. A. 8. LE1SBNR1NO , H. D. Moaonle Block. G. L. HART , M. D. , Kjt and F/vr , opp. postofflco DR. 1 B ORADDV , Oculist and Anrist , 8. AV 16th and Farcham Btf. otographer * . OKO. HF.YN. PROP. , Orand Central Uallorr , . 212 Sixteenth Street , near Masonic Hall. Fim-cUM Work and Prompt- Plumblnc , Oat and Steam Fitting. P. W. TARPV & CO. . 2lO 12th 8t , bet Farnham nnd DougUs.iora promptly attended to. D. FITZPATIUCK , 1400 Dou la3 Street. Painting ; and Paper Hanging. HENRY A. "nsTKRS. 1412 Dodge Street Planing Mill. A. MOTER , manufacturer of sash , doora , blinds , moldings , newels , luatcr > , hand rolls , furnlnhlng Bcroll fiavtlng , &c. , cor. DoO c and Oth etrccU. Pawnbrokers. J. ROSKNFKLD , 322 10th St. , bet For. &Har. Refrigerator * , Oanfleld' * Patent. C. F. OOODHAk llth St. bet. Farn , & Ilarney. Show Caia Manufactory. ! 0. J. WILDE , Manufacturer and Dealer in all klndi of Show C&M8 , Upright Caecl. A' . . 1317 C&88 Bt FRANK L. OERHAKD , proprietor1 Omaha Show Cose manufactory , 818 South 10th street , between Lcarenworth and Marcjr. All goods warranted first clan. Stove * ana Tinware. A. BURME8TER , Dealer In Store * and Tinware , and Manufacturer of Tin Roofs and all kinds of Building Work , Odtl FellowiUlock. . J , BONNEB. 1809 Douglas St Good and Cheap. Seed * : J. EVANS , Wholesale and Retail Seed Drills abd CulUiators , Odd Fellows' ilall. ,8hpo8tore . Phillip tang , 1820 Farnham t. , hot 13 h & Ifth. Second Hand , Store , PERKINS &JLEAB. 1410 DougloiiBt. . New and Second Hand Furniture. House KurnlshinK Goods , 4.c. , bought and sold on narrow margins J8aloon.1 HENRY KAUFUANN , In the new brick block on Douglas Etroet , has Just opened a roost elegant Bee * Hall. Hot Lunch from 10 to 12 every day. FLAriNERY , f On Famham , next to the B. & M. headquarters i , has re-opened a neat arid complete cetabllxlimcnt whichbarring FIRK.and MotherShipton'n Proph ecy , will be opened lor the bo ) B with Hot Lunch on and after present date. " Caledonia " J. FALCONER. 879 ICth Street _ ' ' Undertaker * . CHAB. RIEWE ! lOlx'rarntiain bet 10th & lltd. P. PEMNER , 303J Tenth street , l t cen Farn- ham and Harncj. Uoca K ° od and cheap work. 08 Uent Store * . HENRY POULMAH. tors , notions , plctuics Jewelry , &c. , 613 14th bet. Farnham and Douglas P. 0. BACKUS. 1205 Famham fir. Fancy floodn BOCCS & HILL , REAL ESTATE BROKERS. No. 1508 Farnliam Street , Owen North Bide. ODD. Oronil Ontral Hotel. B\RON KKKDi U1WIH KKltt ) . BYRON REED & 'CO. lOLDSrr KSTABLISIII'D Real Estate Agency IN KEDRASKA. Keep a complete abstract o ( tlllo to all Heal Estate In Oinaha and UouvloH vountw ma\ Geo. P. Bemis REAL ESTATE AGENCY , 15th and Dodge Sts. , Omah * , N b Tills agency tloca BTWCTLTH brokerage business. , Doei not ( peculate , and therefore any bargain * on IU boolcs nro insured to Ita patrons , I intend ol belnjf gobbled up by the spoilt. DexterLThomas&Bro , WJU. BUY AND AID ALL TRANSACTION COKVXCTED TltERX nll , Pay Taxes , Rent HOUBOB , Etc. If 1 OU ANT TO DC ) OR BULL Call at Oniic , Itoom 8 , Crelghton BlOLk'Oinaba. apS-d MraskaLand Agency DAVIS & SHYDER , IGOG Farnham Bt. , . . . Omaha , Nebrmka. 400,000 k.OXUE3S' Carefully lolected land In Rattem Nebraska ( or tale , urcnt Haralna ) In Improtcd farms , and Omaha city property 0. F. DAVIS. WKBbTEU SNYDEH. UtalAodCom'rU.IMl H 4p ( bt John G. Jacobs , ( Formerly ol Ulih t Jacobi , ) UNDERTAKER. No. 1417r rnhjunSt. , Old Bland of Jacob Oil. ' ' TOrden by Telenraph Solicited. au27-ly Business College , THE GREAT WESTERN OEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal. Creighton Block , 0)U1U , ' . . . MBIUtAfiKA. MTSaut for Circular. n U PEDDLING LIGHTNING RODS , TnlosTolil by v Veteran Agent antl Mivnnfhotnrer. N. T. Sun , "I've been n lightning-rod inah for ft peed mntiy years , " lie said , with n little chuckle. "To tell the truth. Iho majority of [ htiilng-rod men soiling through the dolnilry linvo nil aorta of tricks niul dodges. Ono season they mndo n general - oral thing of Selling 'by the sot. ' A 'set' WAS understood io bo forty feel , by them ; but the buyer vrns led to believe - liovo that it meant n whole rod. That Imllucitmtion nlwaj'8 vanished when the bill came in. As for the prices , well I've gotui contsjier foot migh ty particular about the half , for \vo nantto giro them just the boat possi ble bargain , and fi8 would bo too much while wo'd lese money al 5 ? for n galvanized rod worlh 25 cenbj and $5 for points worth , saylorluss. There's a peed deal ill knowing Low" to take a man. Ono tinio I went to BCD a ninii named Dulamctor , near Scdatia , Mo. Just ns ooon nal told him my business ho Raid , 'Got away from hero. 1 will jiayo nothing to do with any lightning-rod man under any crcum- Btancea. ' I said to him , 'Afy friend , what have I done to you that you should speak so to mo ? ' Have 1 not addressed you in n gentlemanly way ? Wull , that sort of shamed him for a moment , and before ho got his second wind and cAnio back at mo I wont on. 'Novor mind about lightning rods ; 1 don't care to talk about thorn myself. I'm ' siok of the busincsn , for I'm not the sort of man to play tricks that Bcom to bo expected of lightning-rod men , and I'm eick of the reputation that acorns to attach to the business. I'm going back to farming. Do you know what I'd like to do ? I'd just like to plow around this land two or tlircu times. ' You eooho was ploughing when I tackled liinii Ho gave up the plough handles to mo anil walked along. On the second round of the 'land' ho introduced the lightning-rod business himself , and before I loft his place I had roddod his house and two big barna. And I haven't ttono back to farming yet. "The lightning rod agents are not nil Yankees ; h good many Dutchmen are selling-rods now. The agent is generally expected to sell about l COO foot a week. The lightning rod gang generally consists of fo.uk mon ; two of them nro salesmen ono gone1 rally'tho manager and two men with the wagoii ) ono of them the foreman , who collects the bills , and the other the ladder man or light weight , na wo call him , who docs the climbing and puts up the rod. The salesmen go ahead in a tbuggy and get the orders. The others do the work and explode the bombs wo have loaded , or , in other wbrdscollect the bills. TlioBoasonruns from tho,1st , of < April io thtflst of Oc tober. There is ng6oddcalof money .mado in it. The biggest-firm of light ning rod manufacturers in this coun try Ipcatad jn Philadelphia began business by .peddling . , lightning ( rods about the country , t When a person settled down as a manufacturer or works from , an established place in a city liq has io giveup the sharp prac tices from which the largest profits faro doriyablo in the country. But there' are risk's in putting up the rods. I rodded the stccplo of an Episcopal church in Topeka , Kns. , myself , be cause I couldn't get a lightweight ; to do it. The steeple waaJ190 foot high. Although I weigh 256 pounds , T went up and'did ' it myself. But I charged them for it enough to pay mo. " "Yea , " chimed in the manufacturer of lightning-rods who sat by , "it is risky sometimes. The worst job I over had done was the redding of the Central Presbyterian churqh in Fifty- seven th street , near Eighth avanuo. They wouldn't have it done when the Htoeplo was put up , when it woud have been easy , but after the lightning had given them ono light touch , then they wanted it fixed up immediately. It would have cost $100 to put up scaffolding to do the work safely then , but they would not pay that added sum , or anything like it. The bust they would do was $25 , nnd it was n puizlo to know how wo could do it for that. J. JJ. Turner , the most daring and expert climber in the business , probably , took the job.Ho wont up the inside of the steeple as far na ho could , 40 foot from the roof , nnd there pokoct out through two holes , couple of scantlings , on which ho fastened n board. On that board ho act up n couple of scantlings with cleats nailed across them like n ladder , nailed them on as ho ascended up , and nailing other Bcantlings on to the ends of these when ho got to the top. There was no possibility of fastening that ladder to the steeple until ho got up where the ntcoplo was BO slim that he could throw a rope around it pud tie it. It was simply loaned against the smooth-Muted side of the eteoplo. A puff of wind or n careless movement out of balance would have hurried him down. In that way ho wonted his way up sixty feet from the point where ho started his ladder nbout 100 feet from thereof roof nnd say 150 feet from the ground , It makes mv blood run cold Jo think of iti I wouldn't have attempted it for anything in the world , But ho did it safely/ / fixed the led , took down his ladder again , nnd instoiiod the slates ingeniously from the inside over the holes made for hia scantlings , leaving all as good -before. . This was in September , 1878. "Another time Turner had to go up to put n lightning rod pn n chimney s nck uptown. It was necessary to do the work on Bundny , BO as not to in- terftro with the firing up of the works. When ho got there on Sunday morn ing the chimney was full pf L'ases and sinpko from the fire still bedded down below , and almost red hot. They throw water on the fire and waited Boreral hours , but still the heat was intense and the gasca stilling. To got up ho would have to ascend inside the stack by iron bars , like staples , fastened in the wall all the way up , after the fashion of a ladder. He wrapped rags around his hands , so that the bars should not burn them , and started , Half way to the top ho felt his forces giving way. The gases and heat were stifling him , He fust managed to descend without falling. After a long rest ho tried it again. The walls were still so hot that the ragi on hia hands' ' crumbled. When ho Rotto the top , 160 feet from the ground , ho had barely strength enoligh loft to throw himself on the edge , with hit head and anna hanging over in the fresh nir outside , and hi * logs dangling insido. There ho hung for ail hotlr bcfo'ro no could move. Then ho hauled up tackle , made it fast , hauled up the rod , attached it , lowered the tackle , descended inside the stack again , nnd Iho job as done. But it was at the risk of his life. "Then there are instances happily raroj In which the inevitable dangers of the business nro increased by the malice of unprincipled rivals. In the middle of April last , ono of my men wont to rod the twelfth-story building on the corner of Hudson nnd Dtmno streets. To do it ho had t bo letdown down by n tncklo from the top Alter apparatus had been put up , it was loft alone for a liltlo time unguarded. Fortunately , before Iho man wont to put his weight on the rope , he chanced to examine it and found that the strap of the block had boon cleanly cut on Iho under side nhonj there \vaa o\cry chance of the mischief passing uuob- ervcd , Had the man trusted his eight to it ho would have fallen to : io street nnd been dashed to pieces. t could not bo positively known who id the cutting , but I have a strong elief on the subject myself. " "Aro not the practices of the light ing rod puddlcrn having some ellect ii dotornng people through fear of oin victimirod from such increase of IBO of rods as might otherwise bo ox- iccted from the grow thof the country ) " ho reporter nsked. "Well , no ; I think not"replied the , ianufacturer. "Tho use of lightning * rods has increased steadily e\er since Franklin discovered their usefulness , There are now three largo factories in PhiladolphiaGhicago and St , Louis which niako all sorts of rods , nnd hero nro an almost indefinite number if smaller cont'erns. Wo manufacture great deal for Mexico , South Amor- ca and the West Indies. In the later - , or country they want the beat. I mvo had to furnish for these special- ly constructed points or tips , heavily dated with platinum , which cost $50 iach. All the tips are supposed to bo with platinum or gold plated , ut very dften they ore simply brass ; ir covered with n yellow ash hat is , the sort which the icddlers very often sell. Good ) rdinary tips are worth , manu- ractnrors' prices , 91 or ? 2 each ; iron rods nbout 8 cents per foot , copper * ods from 2 to 20 cents , insulators or .rimmings at the rate of from 11-2 > r 2 cents up to 15 cents per foot on ; ho length of rod employed. We do not send anylightniiiR-rods to Europe. The best protcctqd building in New York , I think , is the now Union League club house. The churches of St. Leo and St. Bernard are also well rodded. The Cooper institute is well supplied with lightning < rode , which were intelligently provided for in the original construction of the building by the making of n small well hole om the roof to the ground , inside > f the edifice near where the cleva- i or is through which they run down. The host rodded/private residence I kifow of is that of Mr. Moses Taylor , at Elboron , near Long Branch. It was a good thing for both the public and the lightning rod men when the discovery was made that lightning always wonl for nnglos'and sharp pro jections of buildings , so that rods wore required at each corner to make the house really safe. What with cir cuits , four ground connections , added tips , etc. , the bill for redding a house ought to bo satisfactory to the man that makes it out , nnd the results oulit ( to satisfy the man who pays it. "A lightning rod man came down to Undo Dan'l Drew once , with a note from some professor at the theo logical college that ho was interested in , suggesting that the college should bo rodded. 'What will it cost/'asked / Undo Dan'l. 'I cannot say positive ly , ' said the man , 'until I have meas ured it , but it may bo as much ni § 400 , or possibly oven $500. ' 'Oh ! that's nil right ; go nhpad' said Undo Dan'l , nnd no gave him a written or der. The work was done and the bill sent in for 81,1)00. ) Undo Dan'l declared that ho wouldn't puy it ; that the man who took the order said it would bo only $400 or $500. 'Ah ! ' replied the bland gentleman who came to collect , 'wo cannot bo re- nponsiblo for the mistakes and bad judgment of our employes. ' Undo Dan'l had us send n man to the college to BCO if they had actually put up ns many feet of rod ns they , claimed. Ho found the building overlaid with rods until it looked ns if it wns in u big cage. That professor would not lot him dig to ascertain what the ground connections wore , but lie did pull up ono ground rod On the sly , and found at th'o bottom of a ( loop hole eighteen " feet of rod rolled up. Undo" Dan'l eventually paid the bill , but I never heard of his buying any moro light ning rods. "It will not do to bo too econom ical in ground connections , however , as that Egyptian oiiicial was who put n lightning rod upon his .powder mag azine but deemed it nonsense to carry it down to the ground , the result of which waa that on the occasion of the first thunder storm that inaga/jno was spread over about forty acres of ground more or less , and his faith in lightning rods was foiover blasted. "I never hoard of u lightning redman man getting the worst of a job ex cept in ono case nnd I don't vouch for the truth of that. It is said that ono of the craft drove up in front .of n line , now and largo houuo out west and told n man who was reading nt the door that ho ought to have light ning rods on his house. The junn said ho hadn't thought about it. Then the potMder said : 'Jinvo ( you any ob jection to my putting up a rod on this corner ? ' 'No , ' the man said , 'I havu not. ' And , as the peddlcr'K waj on was right behind him , the expert climber had the rod up in a few minutes. 'Now , ' said lie ; 'that corner is wife , ' addressing the man who was still reading ; 'but thu light tk ning might como ulon and knock : blank's delights out of ono of the other corners , Have you any objec tion to my putting up n rod on each ; of them ? And the quiet reader looked up from his paper und said that ho hadn't any objection. When the fob was done the peddler presented > his bil | . 'What's this ) ' said the man , yawning and folding up his paper. 'Bill for the rods , ' explained the pou- dler. 'Rods ! I didn't order any rods. ' 'Why , certainly you did. ' 'Not at all. I only said I had no objection to your putting them up. And I hadn't. Thbns , the pounty courthouse. I don't even live in thu county. a.f cotit-ee I had no objections , ' " The Bloody Brotherhood- PtJroU rrro * I There were five of them all small boys. In the stable loft In Bunny corners of the garden fence , where aged Solomon's glorious rays dispelled the dark shadows In thu back kitchen , by the dim , rolidoua " light of a tallow candle , and"- Around the gable end of the village school < hnuao they had road They had devoured They had gloated over the superbly illustrated 10-cont edition of nt'CKSKIN Illtl. The Bloody Butcher of the Bad Land llnngol Until their youthful hearts burned like a tnr barrel at n precinct caucus1 And the blood coursed through their veins ns courscth the fiery \n\n \ adown Vesuvius' rugged fnco And then their smothered ambition burst forth , nnd their future path has spread before them Bathed in the crimson go-o-o-r-ro of thu red man ! They formed the "brotherhood ! " The bloody Brotherhood ! ! ! To arms ! Then fled they to their sovornl homos , with the speed of the ntl'rightod lien na she sails over the garden fence in her mad endeavors to escape the gloaming talons of the carnivorous hawk ( Or other bird of prey of equal car- nivcrousness ! ) They turned their backs upon the hated school , never to ROD it more ! The finger of destiny pointed them them to the west ! To the rugged mountains The dark , gloomy canyons The arid valleys of the bo-oundloss west ! Each icckloss nintjcr hied him to his ' homo , nnd wrested from its peaceful 1 resting place the family hatchet ! The hntchot so often wielded by paternal lirvmls in fierce onslaught up on the inpltonsivo kindling wood ! 'And tried its gleaming edge ! And muttered : "Hn ! 'tis well ! " In n deserted stable the Brotherhood - hood again , nsseinbliMl ! ftlAiul took the oath ! Tlio fearful oath of the Bloody Brotherhood ! And sealed it with five passionate kisses upon five gleaming hatchet blades ! And then they sallied forth upon their career of Blood ! AE ! BE-LOODM ! Adown the village street they moved , with cautious tread-and bated breath. With eagle oyoa they peered into the crocks between the dry goods boxes , in search of thu hated foeman ! The loader halts ! "Hist ! " "Sh-h-h-h-h " - - - - ! The fee ! ! ! "Forward , Brothers , to the com bat ! " # # * * * In front of the cigar store stood the Indian chieftain , holding inonohund a bunch of wooden Havnnas. In the other a buss wood Thomas- hawk ! Ho stood gazing w ilk fixed eye to- ward the west ! ho reflecting of hi nadvo vil- logo away out toward the setting sun ? Wo give it up ! Little rocked ho of the fearful fate which , liken storm cloud , hovered o'er his chiefly head ! Or rather was getting ready for him around the next coiner above ! Little dreamed ho that the avenger Was about to swoop down upon him , as swoopeth the famished cur upon the unsuspecting satisaga at the butcher's door ! They como with steady trbad ! And yet ho reflects ! Will ho aoo thorn in time to escape ? Nearer they como ! Nearer and nearer. And some more nearer ! ! Will ho get on the racket in time to floe ? Their suppressed breathing can al most bo heard ! And their avenging eyes gleam like the buttons on a railway mail clerk's Sunday coat I Yet ho rcflcctoth ! Will ho never tumble ! Oh , Heavens ! Too late ! ! Too late ! ! ! The leader springs forward ! His hatchet whistles through'tho air with lightning speed 1 , and the noble chief- tain's larboard ear is cleaved from the head ! And as ho strikes ho screams : "Thus am I avenged ! " "At theo , vile catilT ? " yells Callison's hopeful lioir , as with one fell swoop1 of the deadly hntchot the bundle of cigars is shivered and sent showering upon the sidewalk in tooth-picknblo shape ! "Ah-h-h ha-lm-ha-ha-ha-a-a-a-a-rt-a ? R-r-r-r-evengoat last ! " Jussos Murray's third boy , by his second wife , as the aboriginal nose flow off and fell at the mocasincd foot , n shapeless mass. "Mine bo the hand tliat smites thco to death , proud chieftain ) " squawked the widow Miinson's Jasper , aa ho nank his hatchet to the oyo'in the plumed , imperial head , "Ami mine bo the foot that will Hinito every dash blamed mother's son of you 'under the coat tails ! " howled the infuriated cigar dealer as ho sprang into their midst and kicked ! And kicked ! And sworn ! And kicked acain ! And resworo. And kicked ; and kicked , und kicked ! And then there was skedaddling in hot haste ! And cries of anguish ! And rubbintf of the kicker's objec tive point ! As the Woody Brotherhood disap peared adown the allov they were lost to night ! Loavihg their weapons upon the field of carnage ! Nor halted they in their mad flight Until they reached the school house ! And entered in. And told tno teacher they didn't , hoar the belli And got licked ! 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