THE DAILY BEE OMAHA , FRIDAY , DECEMBER 28 , 1883.
The Doctor's Mlstaicc.
One of the old mistakes of tlie
profession was to think that there
were no other ways of curing dis
ease except those which had been
handed down from former times.
It is not to be denied that the
Doctors have done great things for
( the world. But when it comes right
down to the real curincj of disease ,
it must be admitted that Brown's
Iron Bitters has done enough to
oifn the generous gratitude of this
whole present generation , including
.the medical profession. There arc
'no mysteries or secrets about the
'compounding ' of Brown's Iron Bit
ters. i This preparation of iron is the
only preparation which will not in
jure teeth or stomach. In this it is
beyond comparison better than the
other preparations , which arc mis
chievous and injurious.
r You need not fear a mistake in
trying Brown's Iron Bitters. Yous
druggist has it. It gives vigor to
thcTccblc , and new hie to the dys
peptic. Children take it , not only
with safety , but with great advan
tage. 0
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unbetlUtloglj-ciuloraeltaiarcmcdy of true merit
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for5.JOBcntbymiiU ( prcpnidou receipt of jirico.
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ARCHITECTS
' 10 OMAHA NATIONAL 11ANK
IIGKGHRK ON THIS TA1UKF.
Tlio Orcnt llrooklj-n Preacher Tnlks
Abnul tlioInl < | tiltlcH oniiol'ro-
tcctlvcSjRtom [ The Trll -
ute Wrung from I/a-
linrlng Men.
n- York Ilertld ,
After an old-fashioned noonday dinner ,
rcalordny , Hov , Henry Ward Bccchor
brow himself into nn nrm-chnir in Jiis
) lcAw\nt little study nnd talked right
ihotid to a Herald reporter upon the
ikolihooJ , in hia opinion , that tariff
ofornt would bo the great question in
ho approaching presidential campaign.
"I stood by the cradle when the ropub
lean party waaborn"began Mr.Bccchor.
' 1 have worked for its existence for
years and years and years ; I have been
n all \icisaitudcB , and I feel a profound
ntcrcst in it a historical interest in it.
3ut it has always gone wrong on this
subject ; and now that all other questions
arc laid aside -for I think that it is im
pertinence to open the southern questions
igain I fool as if the republican party ,
I it expects n longer lease of power , has
-ot to moot the demand which has only
just been made , but which is going to
swell louder and louder. In the first
place , I don't think that the manufactur
ing states the workingmen are going
Lo bo , a they have been , in favcr of
high protection. I think they are beginning -
ning to sco the illusion and the deception
that is practiced upon them , which is n
doublofold ono. The stimulation of any
form of manufacturing by an excessive
tarill'instantly carries an amount of cap
ital into that very direction , which pro
duces n rivalry hero nt homo. There are
more iron furnaces than are necessary to
supply the homo demand for iron ; there
are moro woolen factories than are neces
sary to supply the demand nt homo for
woolen goods. * It is the same with cot
ton , nnd it is coming to bo the uatno with
all the products of the farm. Wo are
manufacturing mete butter , moro chocso ,
wo are raising moro beef and moro hoga ,
than this country can consume or begin
to consume , and it is therefore indispens
ably necessary that in some way or other
wo should got a larger market for them.
"But the wall that keeps men out on
the ono side keeps them out on the other.
The tariff may primarily prevent the im
portation of goods manufactured abroad ,
but directly and indirectly it also prevents
our carrying our surplus goods into the
markets of the worm. In manufacturing
the raw material , the staple elements , the
interest on fixed capital , and so on , are
incompressible they remain about sta
tionary and when this glut cornea there is
but ono way in which they can contract ,
and that is by first knocking down the
wages of their men , and if that creates a
row , then the next thing is to shut up
shut the foundry , shut the manufactory
and in that way , if you take the receipts
of the laboring men with all these deduc
tions , 1 don't think that , on an average ,
they got any moro than they do in
Europe. And then you must add that
the things for which ho spends his money
in thin country have boon stimulated in
price , carried up for the sake of the mer
chant and the farmer ( for they have an
interest ) ; so that when ho comes to spend
tins money ho buys loss with it than ho
could by with the same sum in Europe ,
and I think the workingmen arc getting
this idea moro and moro thoroughly into
their minds. I have hold from the very
beginning siiico I wont into an aotivo
campaign on the subject of free trade ,
that while it is important that men in
colleges and educated men should have
right views on that subject , in BO far as
campaign policy is concerned wo have got
to porsudao the voters. All theories in
the world are of no use if the laboring
men who have got votes in their hands
can not bo raado to BOO that it is their in
terest to have n low tariff. I think wo
are getting that beaten in moro and moro
to the public comprehension ; and whpn
you como to bring out the silent vote in
the next campaign I should not bo sur
prised at all if there wore a change that
would overwhelm politicians with sur
prise. If I could hare my way , there
fore , my policy would bo to lot the demo
crats who control congress frame a judici
ous bill , not overdoing the reductions ,
and lot the republican sonata accept it
and yoto it , and that , BO as far as the
question of party is concerned , would , I
think , bo as conservative a atop as the
republican party could very well take. "
"Whoro would that place the party ? "
"What matter it ? Wo all ogroo upon
ono thing , that as a practical measure the
first atop to bo taken is to admit now
material free , and the second is to have
a sliding scale , year by year , until vro
liavo reduced the tariff to an absolute
revenue basis. The moment you say
'with incidental protection , ' you are
dead ; you are gone ; every sing ln drop
of protection in the tariff is dead
poison. I wouldn't protect anything. 1
would make the tariff exclusively for re
venue.
"Do you imagine the republican party
ll take the matter up in the way that
you siiggeuU"
"No , I'm afraid they won't ; but
BO far as I can possibly bring any influ-
jiico to boar 1 would urge the repub
licans to advocate n revenue reform , and
save themselves in the near future by do
ing ir , "
"And if they don't do that wet ? "
"Well , if they won't do that iind go
overboard I shall bo very sorry ; out I
ain't going overboard with them. "
"You mean that you will become n
democrat ? "
"I certainly shall not help any candi
date in tlu republican party by an advo-
caoy or a seeming advocacy of protection.
You know exactly how that would be. If
I had any influence at all it vrould neces
sarily bo advorao to those who uphold
protection. "
"But would you go over to the demo
cracy ? "
"If the democrats should come out for
raw materials free and a sliding scale
from year to year of reduction of the
whole tariff an oven cut if they should
do that , the democratic p rty would como
to my ground , " responded Mr , Bcechor ,
with a Biuilo , "But with mo it is not a
question of party , although I have my
affiliations. I am not a politician and my
thought is purely and simply what is beat
for the country. I have pot no ofllco to
keep and none to solicit ; ' I have got no
political influence that I am afraid of
damaging. I ataud as a spocUtor and
look on. "
"Do you think the election of Carlisle -
lisle has defined the democratic posi
tion and improved the prospccU of the
party ? "
"The election of Carlisle has had a de
cided intluonco , and a beneficial ono.
But the democratic party ia n peculiar
institution , Because it did a thing laat
year ia no reason why it should do the
KUDO thing this year , It has over boon
willing to take the government , but haa
never uoen willing to sacrifice a single
thing to ahow that it had conviction on
any ono point. "
"There are thousands of republicans ,
Mr. Beuchor.who think us you fo on thii
question , What do you expect they
do if the democracy stands squarely on
the issue of tariff reform ? "
"I think there are a vast number of
men who have heretofore been republic-
xns and would prefer to vote with repub
licans , but who will certainly vote the
democratic ticket _ in that ovcntt The
silent voters , I think , are increasing in
number. I think the publication of this
discussion in ThoIIorald is an oyo-oponor.
It is a peed thing to agitate the question.
The IIoralcl is Joint ; a great work just
now , and J hone it won't get wearied in
well-doing. 1 liavrt heard a great many
men speak of that interview with Mr.
Low , for instance and such a thing as
that is very persuasive to men who arc
not committed to any party affiliations.
Mr. llowilt'a speech last year in the
liouso was a fine thing. Being himself a
very heavy iron man , there could bo no
imputation ih.it ho was making a special
plea in his own intoront. The speech
was statesmanlike for the main part , and
good many things of that kind have
apponed and are happening. The ox-
: cssivo amount of revenue wo are getting
in and don't know what to do with is
attracting attention moro and more. As
a remedy came that proposition which is
more like the proposition of a. drunken
man than of a man in his senses , that wo
should take off the internal tax on whisky
and tobacco in order to save the import
at our ports. Consider how vaat a number
of temperance voters there are in this
country , and how such a thing as that
would strike them. For Mr. Kelley to
propose that waH political insanity. "
Tlio Handwriting of Kmlnont ; Men ,
NEW YOIIK. The Spirit of The Times
says : Dan Mace , the champion driver ,
who during the past twenty-five years
piloted millions of dollars worth of liorao-
llesh to victory , and now holds forth at
the Excelsior Stables , West 20th street ,
writes that ho regards St. Jacobs Oil the
greatest pain-cure in existence. "For
man and beast nothing equals it , " says
the proprietor of the N. Y. Club Stablca ,
Mr. 0. M. Priest as good a judge of
liorsoflcsh as over atood in shoo leather.
MUSIC IN TUB AlK.
"Queen EHtlicr" lu Denver I'rof.
Scfrar IB Snmlcc lOut by the
Denver Papers.
Dcntcr News.
In a musical sense , the execution of
"Esther , the Beautiful Queen , " at the
Academy last evening was n miserable
failure ; in a comedy sense it waa a shining
success ; financially it did not pay ex
penses.
False pretenses killed the show. It
was advertised as an opera , but it is not
an opera ; the public was assured that it
had boon'newly revised and dramatized , "
but it is the name old'oratorio of Esther"
which has boon worn threadbare by ama
teur Sunday-school choirs in all parts of
the country ; a number of good singers ,
including Miss Bowitt , Miss Mathowa
and Prof. Winter , were advertised to take
leading parts , but they withdrew for ono
cause and another.
Before the curtain was rung up , Mr.
Segar , the projector of the perpetration ,
clad in a cheap rod night gown and a
tinsel crown , came to the footlights and
announced that Prof. Winter had de
manded his pay 835 , in advance. Prof.
Winter was to take the part of King
Ahashuorns , and Mr. Segar said that ho
would have to assume that character him
self.
self.Wo
Wo are willing to exorcise that charity
which was m.ido a mask for the per
formance in criticising the manner in
which the oratorio was rendered. , The
instrumental * musio was furnished by
ono piano. The young lady who pounded
the instrument did her level beat to
keep -within hailing distance of the vocal
, amotuors , and if she failed moat of the
time it was not her fault.
Mr. Segar , as King Ahashuerus , looked
likn the king ef clubs , and his singing and
acting reminded the audioncp of the rela
tive unimportance of the nine spot in a
game of "seven up. "
Mr. Castle , who essayed the role of
High Priest , is a fine singer and ho did
his bosUto do justice to his part. But
the ample cotton velvet robe in which ho
waa lost made all efforts seem ridiculous.
It swept about him like a fog around a
libotry polo , and ho reminded ono pain
fully of a section of barbed wire fence
covered by a horao blanket in mourning.
The funniest part of the show was the
fifth act. The semi-chorus of Jewish
boys and Persian maidens came on in
this act to sing the praises of the king and
queen , 'who are supposed to occupy seats
on the throne. The pianist started in to
play Old Hundred or some equally solemn
music when a lively march was required.
Mr. Sogar King Ahshuorus with all
hia kingly robes of rod flannel and tin
foil became nervous at this massacre of
inuaio and called Hainan to the throne
while ho picked his way , all crowned aa
ho was , thiough the chorus down the
stops into the orchestra to the piano stool.
Once there ho supplanted the pianist and
thrummed out a march suitable to the
occasion.
At the end of the aixt.h act ho again
went before the curtain and made a
speech denouncing the press for throwing
cold water on his enterprise and assuring
the audience that if the show was kept
up for a week the public wouid regard it
as great outrage. Everybody present
aaompd to coincide with this view.
_ lt is threatened that the performance
will bo repeated to-night. It is possible
that the people who took part in last
evening's fiasco may bo willing to face an
audience again , but few of those who saw
the first performance will believe it. The
singers deserve a better fate than to
make a laughing stock of themselves.
They have been given no sufficient oppor
tunity for rehearsal , and under existing
circumstances they cannot do themselves
justice.
As for the Homo of the Friendless it
does not stand the shadow of a chance of
getting a cent out of the proceeds. The
total receipts laat uight would not pay
for lighting up the house , and it ia quite
certain that the attondonco will bo much
lighter to-ni ht ,
Angostura Bittern do not only dletln-
gulih themselves by their flavor and nroiimtlo
ixlor aim e all othcru geiierally ucoil , but they
art ) olio a Buro preventive for all tllsoagea orig
inating from the dlgostlto organ * . Bowuroof
counterfeit * . Ask your grocer or drugfriat for
the gemilnu article , manufactured by lr , J.
U , 15. Slegcrt & Sou * .
Gulteuu'B Bones.
WANIUNOTOK Special Guitoau'sskolo-
ton has at laat boon articulated and hid
den in a private room of the army medical
museum , but it has boon doomed beat to
deny public admission to the room , at
least for the present. An improved
French method waa adopted for putting
the bones in place , the vertebra ) being
hold in position by throe largo brass
sciows attached to a perpendicular brass
pad , about an inch in diameter. Ono of
the most skillful anatomists ia .this coun
try superintended the operation , and
great care woo taken to tee that none of
the bones wore carried off. When Out-
toau's body was first brought to the
museum , a daring employe succeeded in
eluding the watchman and cut off n small
piece of flesh , which ho has since exhibit-
3d in alcohol. Repeated polishing and
bleaching haa given the skeleton the
ippoaranco of an ivory figure , and the
Tow who have been allowed access to the
room in which it is stored pronounce it a
: rodtablo ! piece of anatomical work ,
Upon the occasion of Sergeant Mason's
recent visit to Washington no was invited
to call at the museum and inspect the
bones of the assassin who had caused him
so much trouble. The visitor eyed the
skeleton curiously , and could not refrain
irom shaking his fiat and muttering
"Your bones caused a hea'p of trouble in
this land. " Other relics of the assassin
which are preserved in the museum wore
ihown the eorgoant , and ho expressed
himself much gratified at finding his in
tended victim had been BO safely accurod.
[ t will bo useless for visitors to attempt
to BCO _ the skeleton , as the museum
authorities have boon compelled to adopt ,
stringent rules against allowing strangers
in the private room where it is kept. Ono
of the first inquiries of the tourist , after
climbing the stops leading into the
museum properia for Ouitcau'a skeleton ,
or anything that belonged to him , and
hundreds are daily disappointed by the
watchman's stereotyped answer. "Thoro
is nothing of the sort on exhibition , sir. "
It is likely , however , that in the course
of n few years the skeleton will bo ex
hibited , after a propoily secured case has
boon prepared for it.
Do not lie deceived ; ask ( or and Uko only n. 11
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o\cry Drop.
THE WHITE : BXONU HILI FIGHT.
Ono ot Gen. Sullj's Stair OlUccrs
Gives an Account of the Affair
\Vhloh Ho Claims tel > o
tlioOnly True unc.
Pioneer Proas.
Permit mo to correct some of the Mun-
chauscn statements inado by ono W. E.
Truax , who pretends to furnish you with
a "fow facts regarding Gen. Sully's fight
with the Indians at White Stone Hills on
September 3 , 1800. The only troops in
Gen. Sully's command were the Sixth
Iowa cavalry , Col. Wilson commanding ;
the Second Nebraska cavalry , Col. Fur-
naa commanding ; a battery of four
twelve-pounder mountain howitzers , and
I have forgotten whether there were two
companies of Seventh Iowa cavalry or
not. 1 think not , however. There wcro
no infantry along at any time with the
expedition. The troops who guarded the
camp and the wagon train wore composed
of ono company of the Sixth Iowa and
ono company of the Second Nebraska
cavalry , under command of Major
Tonbrock. General Bully's instruc
tions were to proceed up the
Missouri river to a point whore it had
been determined that Gen. Sibloy's com
mand would strike the river , so as to cooperate -
operate with Gen. Sibloy's command , and
at the same time head off any Indians it
was expected would fall back in this
direction , and thus have the hostiles be
tween the two commands. On Gen. Sul
ly's arrival at Sioux City to take com
mand of this expedition , ho found that
there were neither mules , wagons nor
forage on hand , und consequently the
movement of the expedition was delayed
full three weeks , as all these articles had
to bo obtained from St. Louis. When
the mules arrived they were a wild , un
broken lot of young animals , not fit for
the work to bo accomplished , and in con
sequence before , reaching | Fort Randall
one-half of thonrhad broken down and
were rendered totally unserviceable.
Gen. Sully , nothing daunted by the vari
ous mishaps ho had to oncotmtor , took
cattle out of the beef herd and yoked
them to the wagons , and hastened as fast
as oxen could travel to reach the point
on the upper Missouri before Sibloy's
forces could got thoro. But delays al
ready mentioned prevented , and wo did
not moot or hear of Gen. Sibloy. Upon
the arrival of the command at old Fort
Pierre it became necessary to reorganize
the expedition. This was done by leav
ing all the lame , sick and la/.y ; all ani
mals that had broken down , etc. , and es
tablishing a depot at this point until the
command would return. The general
selected all the able-bodied men and
horses , and with light loads in the wagons
again started. Wo were all sick of the
trip and sorely disgusted with the persons
whoao business it was to have everything
in readiness at Sioux. City upon the gen-
oral's arrival at that point ; and fully be
lieving that the expedition would bo a
failure , our spirits were anything but
pleasant. At a point near whpro the
Apple creek enters the Missouri river ,
Gen. Sully concluded it was useless to
proceed further north , so ho changed the
direction of the expedition to the east ,
intending to raovo out towards the James
river , about forty or fifty miles , then cir
cle around to the 'right and return to the
depot at old Fort Pierre. On our first
day's march to the cast , early in the
morning , the scouts found an old Indian
hid in some tall crass , who had
boon abandoned Whan Gen. Sib
loy 'a troops chased them across
the Missouri river. From him wo
learned all the particulars of Gen. Sib
loy's skirmishes , and tlio movement and
whereabouts of the Indians. Ho told
us that Gen. Sibloy encamped at tlio
mouth of Apple creek a few days before ,
but had started back for Minnesota ; that
a war party were sent to follow Sibloy
until ho crossed the James river , when
they returned to the main Indium camp ,
and all rocroasod the river and went east
over Gen. Sibley'a trail , and were en
camped about three day's march out ,
killing there winter supply of buffalo
moat , etc. Gen. Sully sent me with two
companies of cavahy to visit the mouth
of Apple creek , and BOO if I could find
any signs of Gon. Sibloy's command hav
ing been there , so as to verify the atato-
monts raado by an old Indian. I found
Gon. Sibley'a old camp , about five miles
distant , and followed east on hia
trail ton or twelve miles , when I
turned south and reported the facts to
Gen. Sully. On our second day's march
wo encountered hundreds of fresh carcas
ses of buffalo that tlio Indians had killed
within twenty-four hours. On the third
day the numerous fresh carcasses of buf
falo plainly indicated that wo were in the
immediate vicinity of tlio hostile camp ,
Before leaving camp on the third day
Gon. Sully directed Maj. House to take
ono battalion of the Sixth Iowa civalry ,
and to proceed duo north about four miles
then to turn and travel the rest of the
day in the direction the expedition would
march , with instructions that if ho struck
any small parties of Indians to pitch in
and clean them out ; but should ho meet
with n camp or party that ho thought ho
could not successfully copq with , to send
ono of hit half-breed runners down to the
main column , and wo would hurriedly
more to his assistance.
To bo brief , wo went into camp about
1 o'clock ; touts were pitched and tue
men had their dinner. About 3 o'clock
the half-breed runner was seen approach
ing our camp at a very rapid pace. At
once boots and saddles sounded , and be
fore twenty minutes had elapsed the en
tire command , excepting two companies
of cavalry the camp guard wore gal
loping toward the Indian camp. As wo
ncarcd the hostile camp , Gon. Sully di
rected mo to toll Col. Wilson , command
ing the Sixth Iowa cavalry , to direct the
head of his column to the loft and join
Major House's battalion , which could bo
icon in the distance , and who were on
the opposite side of the camp ; and that
as soon as ho got there , dismount his
command and open fire on the camp
Col. Furnas , ( commanding [ the Second
Nebraska cavalry , received the same in
structions , only ho was to move to the
right of the hostile camp. Tlio battery
of howitzers closed up the gap , and thus
wo had entirely surrounded the camp be
fore the Indians realized their situation ,
so suddenly were all our movements exe
cuted. Fire was opened at once , but BO
close were our own men that wo could
not use the battery for fear of shooting
them. The fire waa tremendous for
a small fight , and lasted lor about half or
three-fourths of an hour , when darkness
settled on the fight and virtually ended
it , although wo had about 1,800 Indians
corralled. The troops were in a most
trying and comploxod * position.
Wo had surrounded 1,800 Indians ; it
was perfectly dark ; you could not see
your hand at arm's length ; the whole
command had to stand with their left
hand holding their horses and a six
shooter in tlio right hand , and eyes
strained to got a shot at the Indians ,
who wcro slipping through our lines all
during the night. In this pordicament
wo were forced to remain all night , ex
pecting every moment to have an arrow
shot into us. When daylight came not a
single live Indian was to bo scon , they
all making their escape during the dark
ness of.tlio night , and it was during
this time that our poor follows met their
death. Wo captured their entire camp ,
with all their ponies , dogs , toopcs , and
all the buffalo meat they had dried and
prepared for their winter supply. Wo
captured 1,100 Indian ponies. Wo went
into camp on the battle field , and for two
days wo effectually destroyed every arti
cle that was of the least value or use to
an Indian. Twonty-threo enlisted men
and ono officer were killed ; the number
wounded I do not remember , but they
were all mostly of a trifling character.
Your correspondent states among his
"facts" that Gon. Sully had a council
with the head men , etc. This is absolute
ly false. There was nothing of the kind.
Ho also says : "Tho troops were driven
nearly eleven miles , " etc. This is posi
tively false. His remarks about Capt.
Bain , of the Second Nebraska cavalry , is
is false is every particular , and his de
scription of the fight proves on its face
that the fellow did not know what he was
talking about.
He speaks of the Indians driving the
troops nearly eleven miles , and in the
same breath states that "Gen. Sully , with
his bodyguard , had surrounded the chiefs
in council and taken them all prisoners. "
I am fully satisfied from his statements
that your correspondent , instead of be
ing in this fight , was left at Fort Pierre
among the "sick , lame and lazy ; " for had
ho been with the command ho must have
known bettor , and that Col. Wilson was
in command of the Sixth Iowa cavalry ,
and that Maj. House only had the bat
talion for a special purpose on the day of
the fight The fact that we captured
their entire camp , with all its plunder ,
and the 1,100 ponies , clearly proves your
correspondent's statements all false.
During the fight , just before it became
very dark , Seventy-six Indians , men ,
women and children , came toward the
battery , there being no fire at this point ,
surrendered themselves as prisoners , and
Bat down on the ground between the how
itzers in the battery and their caissons in
the rears and these are the chiefs your
correspondent states were surrounded by
Sully's body guard. A word about sky
rockets. On the next morning after the
fight , ono of the surgeons with four men
started back for tlio wagon train to got
an ambulance and some stores. On their
return they went astray , and not report
ing at dark , Gen. Sully instructed me to
send up three rockets , signals for the
doctor and his party with the'ambulanco.
These were all the rockets fired during
the entire expedition , BO the statement
that sky rockets were fired every night
for two weeks is false like all the rest of
his statements.
Ilorsfortl'n Acid pliosphato.
Unanimous Approval of Medical staff.
Dr. T. G. COMSTOCK , Physician at
Good Samaritan HospitalSt. Louis , Mo. ,
says : "For years wo have uaod it in this
hospital , in dyspepsia and nervous dis
eases , and as a drink during the decline
and in the convalescence of lingering
fevers. It has the unanimous approval
of our medical staff. "
TWO HAPPV WTXIjE TODDLEUS
They Cross the Ocean Together Sepa
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New York Journal Dec. 17.
'Tako good care of these little ones , "
said Inspector Eichler , of Castle Garden ,
yesterday , to a railway conductor , indi
cating as ho spoke to two very pretty
little Gorman girla. Turning to a Jour
nal reporter who was standing near by ,
Mr. Eichlor continued : "Thatis the first
time that such a case as this lias happen
ed. These little girls are named Meiha
and Janno Kniesler , and are aged re
spectively five and aix years. They ar
rived on the steamer Ilhoin to day. It
appears that their mother died some time
ago , and their father shortly after deter
mined to como to this country. Ho
secured through passage for himself and
children to Nanticoke , Penn. , where hia
aged mother rcsidea. When about em
barking on board the Ilhein lip suddenly
remembered that ho had left his watch to
bo repaired and started off for it , leaving
the little ones on board. In the mean
while the ship tailed and the father was
loft behind. Wo have received a cable
dispatch from him , however , telling us to
aend the children on to their destination
and stating that ho will arrive by the next
steamer.
The little girls laughed and sang and
did not appear to feel the absence of
their father in the slightest degree.
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Chicago Now * .
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otherwise this notion may again assort
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to every one except the Waahingtoni&na.
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