THE DAILY BEE-O.MA.IlA , THURSDAY , FERttUARY > > i ,
I *
ron THE nnm OP ALL DISEASES OP
_ "
. . . . . . . . .i. . . . _ . . . . . - - mnmimj oivvfc *
Vllh perfect Biicvrt * . . , _ .
, ( > " TIN
llnmplirririrrlnnry.Mannii /
sent fn o by mall on rrcrlrt "f prlcr. fo crnl
fir-rnmplilclii iirnt Irco onnpllcntlon
IlU.IIPIIIinVHIIOMKOI'ATllIOSIKU.CO ,
109 I'ullon btrcct , New Yorli.
Vital w > kncM n.wt Fro *
HUMPHRY trillion from orcrworltot
Imllicrctlnn , U
andprompllrnuiiibwi n11
Jlwnln tun M year * , Cpt.PI
lmhomr t uoco - OlCUl
266TH EDITION , PRICE $1.00
BY MAIL POSTPAID.
KNOW THYSELF ,
A QIIBAT MEDlCATi WOUK
ON MANHOOD !
Kthiuited Vitality , NerrotiA Mid Phrttcal Debility
Premature Decline In linn , Hirers of Youth , and the
untold mlsorlon rcmltlng from Indiscretion * or ex
cotaci. A book for every man , young , middle aged ,
and old. It contains 155 prescription * for all acute
o.nd chronic dlicasoi each ono of which Is Iniatuablo
80 found by the Author , whoso experience for 2
yean l < such M probably norer before foil to the Io
of any physician 200 pagoa , bound In beautlfu
French tnunlln cm jessed covers , full KlIti
to bo ft finer worx n orory dense , mechanical , lit
erary and professional , than any other work told In
this country for (2.60 , or the money will Do refunded
In crcrr Instance. Prlcn only 81,00 by mall , post
paid. Illustrative inmploKocnta. Bend now. Gold
modal awarded the author by the National Medical
Association , to the officers of which ho refers.
Thl > book ghould bo read by tne young for Instruc
tion , and by the afflicted for relief. It will beuofll
all London Lancet.
There Is no member of ooclety to whom this bonk
will not bo useful , whether youth , parent , guardian ,
Instruct or or clerprman. Argonaut.
AddreuthoFeabody Medial Institute , or Dr. W.
n. I'arkor , No. 4 IlulDnch Street , Doston Mass. , who
may bo consulted on all dlsowM requiring "kill and
oxpoilence. Chrooandob tlnitodl o nucnthnt luvo
baffled the eklll of all other phyi-liril I clans
a tpcclalty * Such treated BUccajs-n CKI- fully
wltliout nn instana alluroi
Health is Wealth !
Dn 11 0. Wiwr'n NEBVK AND HIIAIX TIIEAT.
otnlcohol or tobacco , Wnkofulnosn , Mental lo-
Ijrossioii , Hot tonintt ot the Drain resulting in in-
winity nnd loading to tniBcry , doc-ny nnu death ,
1'romnturo Old Ago , Unrromioss , Loss ot power
in either BOX , Involuntary JJOSBOS nnd Bporrnnt-
orrhcca caused byovor-oxortion of thonrain , solf.
ubuttoor ovor-indulgonco. iJich box contain !
ono month's treatment. $ t.HU n box , or HX ! l > oxo
fur$5.00Bontbyiinil prepaid on receipt oJ price
1VK tiUAItAOTii2 HIX JiOXKS
To euro nny caao. With cnoh order received by qi
for nix boxes , accompanied with $5.00 , wo \ mend >
end the imrclittscr our written RUnmntoo to i round -
( und the money if the treatment clooa not effect
A euro. Gimrnntooa iusuod oulvby
C. F , GOODMAN Solo Afront , Omaha Neb.
DR. FELIX Lt BRUN'S
G PttEVENTIVE AND CURE.
FOR EITHER SEX.
The remedy being Injected directly tothoicat ol
the illsci3o , requires n't clutnao ol diet or nautooui ,
mercurial or poisonous modlclno * to bo taVen Inter'
rally. When mod aa a proven the by cither BOX , Ilia
Impossible tj contract ny private disease ; but In the
CMC ot the to already unfortunately alfllotod wo RUar >
anteo tin co boxca to euro , or wo will refund thoinon *
y. 1'rloa by mall , postage paid , $2. per box or tlireo
boxei lor $5.
WUITTEN QUAIIAKTEE3
au d by all authorized agent * .
Dr.EelixLeBnm&Co.
BOLK PROPUIETOnS.
If'G , Draught , Sole Agent , tor Omaha
Web , rn&e-wlr
CHICAGO SOALEfoa
itos muui MILS , io. i TUS , tso.
oii HllO , llriini IIux IllcluilrdL
40l "ANMER'S SCALE , 8.
Tritf : . DntectTvH. ' nz.to in Ib. W.
KXJOTIIKKSIZIS.
JELs , , POE&BS , TOOLS , &o.
? _ "Sn BEIT ruuiiK HADE n > n LIMIT Ytuu , tit
ft I 4Ulb./tiiviluuajUltorTa--
[ . - I ix. rurntt > i i . 3 = r = C ± 3l
u Vri v-s - -ic 9 4 othei
S. H. ATWOOD ,
Plattsinoutli , - . . . . Neb
BR1AD1R Or tUOBODQUBRBD AITO UlOn OUOI
letFORD AllD'JEBSEY CAHLE
Airo DUBOO OB JUUMY BID
CarYoung itook lor tato. Oorreipoudenoa solicited.
If'
Nebraska Cornice
-AND-
GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES
FINIALS , WINDOW CAPS ,
TIN , IROHAHD SLATE ROOF/NO ,
PATENT METAL10 BKYLIQHT ,
Iron Fencing !
OrMtlon , BaliutrodM , Verandas , Offloo and Btot
lUlflngi , Window and Cellar Quardt , Eta
COU. 0. ANDetb BTIlKr : ' ' , LINCOLN NCI ) .
* OXISUR , Uanaatr.
ALONO THE LINE OF THE )
Chicago. . Sti Paul , Minneapolis ant
OMAHA RAILWAY.
Tbo ne-r eitendon of thU line from Wokufleld uj
the
BEAUTIFUL VALLEY of the LOCI AS
through Concord and Coleridge
TO
ilMefaM the but portion of the State , Special x
cur lou ra' t for Itnil leekcrt over this Hue t
Waynj. Norfolk and Hartlngton , nud U IlUIr to al
on the
SfOUXOlTY & PACIFIC RAILHOAt
TrilM oter Wit 0. . bt. P. M. & O. iUllwav t" Cov
burton. Woux Uty , I'onca , Uoitlugtou ) ne an
Nortelk ,
ctt
far Frw8fll , Oikdalo , Nullfb , and through to V ! l
.
ttHuift VuUdtf L' , Cor. lOtu bud Faruam Htl ,
OfiuUa , Ifot
MM > ourd at depot , comer in
HEROES OF THE PLAINS ,
Meeting After a Fifteen Years' ' Sep
aration ,
UuITVilo Hill , AVIilto Itoavcr niul 1'ony
Hnl ) HcunllltiK Inelrtrnln of the
1'nflt How Tliulr Names
Originated ,
1'cbnmv 10.
Three mon ant in the rolunda of the
Leland hotel yesterday , nnd talked in n
jolly strain half of the nftornpon. They
tvoro drcsa suits , nnd , excepting the largo
lints worn by two of thu in , there wan
nothing about their appearance to attract
attention. It was the first time they had
mot for fifteen years. Their last mooting
was under circumstances which inado
their conversation yesterday particularly
pleasant to thoin. They were Buffalo
Kill , White Beaver , and Pony Bob.
They were rovio wing incidents of t their
lives on the plains , and accounting for
tlioir whereabouts since their separation
nt a camp in the rockv mountains when
Buffalo llill nnd White Beaver wont as
escorts of Gon. Custor against n band of
hostile Indians , and Pony Bob wont in
nn opposite direction , carrying on horse
back 800,000 of the trust money of the
American express company.
"Do you remember that little jaunt of
ours , Powell ? " said Buffalo Bill , as ho
looked nt White Bcavor nnd addressed
him by tlio nnmo which ho had known
since they were boys together in the
wagon trains that hauled freight ever the
mountains before th ro were nny rail
roads.
"Remember ill Yes , " 'replied While
Beaver , "it was the last time I wont with
Ouster. "
"Ono of my last , too , " said Buffalo
Bill , "and speaking of it recalls my first
trip with 'him. It waa soon nftor the
close of the rebellion. I was then a
scout in the department of the Platte ,
stationed at Port Hayes. Custor got
into camp late ono evening , nnd naked fern
n guide to lead him and his eight men to
Fort Larnod. Tlio commander told him
ho would have a roan iu soon who could
go. I had boon out skylarking
uround , and when I got into
camp nt 10 o'clock that night Custor
was in thu quartermaster's oflico waiting
for mo. The commander introduced us.
Custcr wasn't much oi a man for words ,
so , looking nt mo closely , ho said : 'I
must leave hero nt sun-rue for Fort
Larnod. The trip mnst bo made In quick
timo. Can you load mo ? 1 told him I
thought I could dauglo along behind at
lonst , and that I would bo ready to start
about day-break. 'Woarowoll mounted , '
ho said , 'nnd you must have n good horao.
Have you got ono you can trust for such
n trip ? ' I just sort o' smiled to myself
aa I thought of that big dun mule which
had como to bo known aa a part o' mo ,
and said : 'Yes , 1'vo got n good ono. '
The general said good night , and nt once
pulled in. I slipped out nnd gave my
mule n good food nnd bed and then hus
tled off to my my quarters. I waa euro
to go through with the general , for
know that mule was a stayer.
"Next morning at rovollo I pulled up
on my big dun mulo. Custor and his
men were ready ; they were on Kentucky
thoroughbreds. I saluted the general ,
and the mule pricked up his oars to listen
to the music. The mule always felt well
when ho pricked up ] his ears. 'You
ain't going to ride that thing , are you ? "
asked the general. 'Romombor , wo must
make this trip in a hurry.1 I told him I
thought I would got there , and without
another word wo raokot out. That horao
of his waa a dandy , and it hurried mo to
keep until we got out of the sand , about
twenty miles. 'This is timoky Hill fork , '
suys I , 'and the sand will make it bad
traveling. ' I put my spurs in the mule's
side and shot out ahead. 1 was in the
load about otio hundred yards for several
miles , and kept the apura on the akin all
the time , but would pretend to bo pull
ing back MII the mule when the general
was looking at mo. I saw his horse was
panting , und that ho was about
to draw up , to I slacked my
mule until ho came along. The
mon were trailing behind , and when
ho came up ho said 'we'd bettor halt
uwhilo and lot the horses blow. ' I said
'all ' right , ' and climbed down. When
the mon reached ua and rested wo started
again , and I took my place in the load.
Ouster's horao waa about played , but the
durn mule skitod along ever the Band
like a scared door. Along in the after
noon wp came to Pawnee fork , and I told
Ouster it was just fifteen miles to Fort
Larncd , nnd that the rest of the way was
co direct ho nud his mon could make it
without danger of getting lost. 'Well , '
Baid ho. 'if the road is clear go nn , and
fcr God's sake don't toll any of the boya
that Ouster ever kicked against that
mulo. The next time ono of you fellows
want to ride a buffalo or a boar I won't
say a word , ' Ho never mot mo after that
but what ho naked about 'that dun n\ulo. '
Ho waa ono of the boat mon in the sor-
vlco against the redskins. Bay , what n
pity ho got killodl"
"Yiis/ ' said White Beaver , "ho was a
good nmu. Ho had a great heart in
him. "
"By the way , wasn't ho up in your
part of tlio country when you got your
name ? " asked-Buffalo Bill.
"I ain't certain , " White Beaver ans-
ivorod.
"By tlio by , " said Pony Bob , "I've
hoard as many stories about how you got
that name as I have about how Buffalo
Bill and I got our . Oomo now ; out witli
the straight of it. "
"Woll.it was just this way , " replied
White Bcavor. "After I resigned my
place as Burgeon of tno regiment and got
to knocking around with Buffalo Bill , I
fell in with the Sioux when they had the
small-pox. You know they j uat rot away
with tlio duall-pox die oil like nhoop , na
the saying is. They had poised through
the disooio once botoroaud know what il
waa , They were scared about to death
when 1 got there. I happened to have i
good deal of'\aeoino virus with me , nnd I
told the chief that I could keep away the
small-pox if they would do n * I said ,
They agreed , and the next morning the
work began. I vaccinated 1,000 ,
and it was a funny job , too ,
They had never heard of sucli
a thing before , and it bored the
bucks lite thunder to have to go Uirout'li
the operation , and it was a great show
when the wounds began to got sore.
They cut all sorts of capers. But UK
small-pox didn't hurt thorn , and , just to
aoo whether it would or not , 1 waited
among them until it had passed , One
day , as I waa about to leave , the chiefs
asked me to be at a certain place that
night , oa they would have a present foi
mo. I wont to the place they lud meu <
tioned , and they gave mo an overcoat
m do of the ekin of the white beaver
the sacred animal of the Sioux. They did
not understand vaccination , aid thought
that some spiritual influence cf mine had
kept thorn all from dying. ? hey looked
upon me as the only per * u who woi
orthy to wear the trophy of their nation
the overcoat of white beaver. They
nd collected the skins and had the coat
nado while I was with them. 1 were it
few times ( have it at * homo now , ) nnd
10 boys gave mo the name 'White Boa-
or. ' The Indians have never since call-
d mo anything else- . "
"Well , now , that's a good story , Po-
veil. " said Buffalo Bill. "Of course it's
n old song with you that I got my name
y killing sixty-nine buffalo * on ono hunt ,
nd 4.280 in eighteen months for the con-
Lruction ferro of the Kamas Pacific rail-
oid. Suppono Pony Bob tolls us how ho
ot his namo. "
"Easy enough , and hard work at the
amo lime , " replied the little man. "For
ears , you know , 1 carried all the money
f the Wolls-Fargo company across the
iorras. I seldom had less than 250,000
long , and would have been good picking
or n broken miner. That waa long bo- '
ere there were railroads , and under the
rcumstanccs I had to have good horses ,
hero ttna ono run of ninety miles over
10 range that 1 had to make every day.
'no ' morning , just as I was starting ,
ranchman came along nnd said :
3ockoyo ( I waa known by that name
lenV I want to make this 'oro trip with
ou just to show you that your horsoain't '
ny good compared with my now mulo. '
raid , 'All right , ' nnd wo started. The
ills and thu sand wcro too much for his
nulo. It pegged out on the last fifteen
lilcs , nnd ho had to como in behind. It
the best mule I over saw , was as good
any two of my horses , but the old man
aid it was no ncconnt. You see , I had
liroo dapple grays that were exactly
like , nnd I changed on the old follow nt
lirco stntinns while ho was off after a
rink or something to cat. The boys
mdo so much fun of his great mule ,
omparing it with my little pony , that I
omo to bo called Pony Bob. "
HUMAN BLOOD. Un the purity and vi-
.ility of the blood depend the vigor and
calth o the whole system. Disease of
ariouH kinds is often only the sign that
aturo is trying to remove the disturbing
.auso. A remedy that gives lifo and
igor to the biped , eradicates scrofula
nd other impurities fr m it , na Hood's
arsapnrilla undoubtedly doca , must belie
lie meana of preventing many diseases
liat would occur without ita use. Sold
V dealers
TOBACCO AM ) CIGAKS.
Al'1'iilk Will n Flillnilclphln Manu
facturer.
iilladolphla Ledger.
Ono of Philadelphia's oldest cigar
nanufacturors a man of forty-two years'
ixporionco in the business chatted the
ithor day about domestic and imported
igars.
"You are making the same imatnko
hat so many Americans make , " said ho ,
when the superiority of Cuban [ .tobacco
was suggested. "It is a great error to
upposo that the best tobacco comes from
Cuba , " ho continued. ' 'There is just as
> oor tobacco raised in Cuba as in this
sountry. Wo have as good tobacco hero
as any in the world , only with this ditfer-
once as compared with Cuba : there they
aiso good tobacco in proportionately
arg r quantities. That is all. It is no
jotter , only there is moro of it. Take ,
or instance , the tobacco produced in
? ennalyvania , Oonnocticut and Wiscon
sin. Among these tobaccos you can pick
out aa fine n quality as thnro is in the
world , provided you are judge enough to
enow good tobacco when you see ir. Un-
brtunatoly , good judges of tobacco are
very few indeed. In a largo crop , say of
? ontiBylvnnia tobacco , I can pick
out fifty different kinda , ranging all the
wuy up from the vileat "cabbage loaf" to
ho iincat that Cuba or elsewhere pro
duces' If our people were as careful in
selection * and would manufacture cigars
ipou the Cuban principle , there would bo
ess talk of the superiority of the 'pure
lavana. ' The principle of the manu-
acturo of cigars is a peculiar thing. It
cquircamoro judgment and manipulation
0 produce a good cigar than nine tenths
of the people have any idea. The great
> oint in making a good cigar is good
ludgmont in selecting the tobacco , care
n preparation of the tobacco for the
workman , and proper treatment of the
attor after it gota into his handa. The
jest part of a cured loaf of tobacco ia its
mint , and its worst ia where the atom
inters the loaf , Between these two
) oiuta there is a regular gradation of ox-
iolloncc from the point of the leaf down
wards. Bearing this fact in mind , it ia
obvious that the careful workman will so
construct hia cigar , that the boat part of
; ho loaf will always point towards that
end of the cigar which ia lightedand this
: aat applies to fillers , binders and wrap
pers. This is the Cuban plan , and they
md for a long time the advantage of us
n this country , for hero the tobacco was
Jirown in indiscriminately. At the
uosont timohowever , the Cuban method
a adopted by many of our manufacturers ,
and the result is seen in much hotter
cigars.
"Tho trouble with the Americans ia the
idea current that a good cigar c < m not bo
abtainod unless a high price ia paid for
It. This is an error. I can make a aoloo-
tion of Pennsylvania tobaccoo and pro
duce a cigar that will deceive an export.
1 can make n domestic cigar and sell it
for leas than an imported cigar , and it
will at the same time bo superior to the
latter. An imported cigar that is usually
sold over the counter at 15 cents apiece ,
or two for 25 cents , will actually coat in
Havana about $35 per 1,000 ; and at the
latter rate , in Cuba , it can not bo Bold
cheaper iu thia country on account of the
heavy duty , coat of transportation , fac
tor's commiasiona , profits , etc. A cigar
that sells in Havana for $32 is really a
poor cigar , and aa it is sold hero two for
a quarter , falls far below the domestic at
the Batno prico. To got a good cigar in
Havana fiom $00 to $90 will have to bo
paid. What are considered the best
cigars in Cuba do not como io this coun
try , or they como in such small quantities
as to bo hardly worth noticing. They are
a heavy , strong cigar , have much more
nicotine in them , and burn with a dark
ash. Such a cigar is not relished by
Americam ; thuy _ prefer mild tobacco ,
When an American saya ho wants a
'utrong' cigar ho moans that ho wants a
'dark * dark but mild. If
cigir , , a manu
facturer should start hero and turn out a
cigar , such as a Cuban would pronounce
to bo the best , ho would soon find that t
thrfre would bo no market for such aa ar
ticle , and woula have to close up.
"What I call a 'good' domestic cigar
can be bought throe for a quarter. Such
cigars , if inado by reputable firms , are
superior to any 15 cent imported ones.
Most all of the domestic cigars contain
Havana tobacoo , not , as I told "you bo.
.fore , because that tobacco is superior to
the American , but because the latter ol
the name grade ia scarcer. The advantage
which Cuba has ia in the quantity of good
tobbacco not the quality. In all my ex.
porionco I never know the domes 111 cigai
to have as good a reputation as it has to. .
day , The majority of the five cent cl
gars made in Philadelphia are not only i
pretty Rood article , but a very good ar
ticlo for the price , nnd I think that Phil-
idclphia beats other parla of the country
in thia respect. Hero the manufacturers
pay attention to quality first nnd looks
afterwards , In Now York it is just the
reverse. There they nro nil for looks
Mid the quality can take care of itself.
The good five cent cig\rs are made of
domestic wrapper and binders and part
domestic and Havana fillers.
"Aa to the number of cigirs consumed
In this country annually I can only give
an approximate- figure , but I think that
2,000,000,000 would bo about near the
mark. As to what constitutes n good
judge of tobacco , I could no moro de
scribe than I could tell you _ what makes
\ good judge of music. A judge knows
by the "grain * of the tobacco whether it
is good or not , and that is all that can bo
said on the subject. It is nil n matter of
natural bent. "
The same gentleman then told briefly
the process of cigar manufacturing after
the case of tobacco leaves has reached the
factory. Ho xaid that nfter the case is
opened the tobacco is removed nnd dam
pened with water und allowed to remain
iu this condition for two or three days.
When it becomes soft nnd silky by the
creeping of the moisture to ovary part of
the leaf. It is then repacked in thu case
and "ro-swoatod" f r the purpose of re
moving the impurities and for obtaining
a darker color. The mo Jo adopted in re-
sweating ia to subject the tobacco to a
temperature of 100 dogroca Fahrenheit ,
and this takes from three to twenty days.
After thia the stem is taken out and the
leaves nro put in half pound packages
with the points of the loaves together.
These packages then go into the work *
men's hands and nro made up into cigars
and packrd in boxes. The packing , ho
Baid , is no small part of the business , for
upon the packer devolves the duty of se
lecting cigars of identical shade and color
n thing which requires very sharp eyca
and much experience.
HKOMMN'H UIIHCU.
Tlio Hiory oI'OiH'of tli l slMo- lnr.
liif ; ! < Viit9 on Itc'uoul A Kool-
liuuly Adventure.
Signer Natalie , the man who rode on
Blondin's back when ho performed the
most hazardous feat in history at Niagara
falls , is in the city. Mr. Natalia is now
n venerable looking man of G2 years , al
though his vigor is well preserved. Ho
speaks English imperfectly , but can bo
quito readily understood. Ho is prob
ably ono of the greatest travelers in the
country , most of his travels having
boon incident to the profession of
catering to the amusement loving public.
Io traveled with Strakopch for 1C years ,
rent ever 18,000 miles in the service of
lenry Ward Becchor , and was last year
ho advance agent of Salvini. ' 'I first mot
ilondin , " said ho this morning to aPost-
Dispatch reporter , "in the Bavoll troupe ,
> f which wo were both members , way
jack in the fifties. Ho was , I think ,
about my.agp , and was not quito so tall
is I , though very powerful. I think ho
vas about 5 foot 7 inches high. Wo
raveled all ever the country with the
roupo , and I remember -vfo
) layod hero , nt what I think was
called the old Bates thoater. Blo.n-
din's specialty was tight rope dancing
and ho was n wonderful performer. I
_ uess there are people hero who romoiu-
> or his performance. His most danger
ous feat was to walk up a tight rope
* rom the stage to the gallery of the
heater , the incline being very stoep.
Well , while wo were in Now York state
10 thought what a big thing it would bo
0 cross ever Niagara on a tight-rope , so
10 left the troupe and made an nrronga-
nent with the railroad companies loiul-
ug to the falls by which ho
was to t ivo a performance there ,
nnd waa to receive a certain amount on
ovary ticket sold by the railroads. That
was in the summer of 1861. A tremendous
deus crowd of people gathered that day
at the falls , and it waa a nice day for our
jurpoao. I was performer , but acted ,
, 'ou know , in the capacity of manager.
[ n this particular event , however , Blon-
lin had to carry something ever on his
jack , and as nobody else had enough in-
; orost in the affair to risk his life , br
enough faith in Blondin'a strength and
skill to take such desperate chances , I
lad to do the riding. "
"So that if there had been an accident
, ho whole troupe , manager and allwould
lave disappeared. " '
"Yos , of course , Blondin wore tights
; ho same as rope walkers usually do , ex
cept that ho had on n sort of harness , so
Lhat I could roach around his nock and
ot a good grip without choking him. and
o I could stick my legs through a pair of
things like swings , and cross , them in
front of him without interfering with his
arms or logs. "
"How much did you weigh J"
"Moro than * I do now about 163
pounds , I think. '
"Tid ho carry n balance polo ? "
"Oh , of courso. That was more neces
sary with mo on his back than if ho was
walking by himself. Ho carried an un
usually heavy polo had to , you know.
1 think it weighed cither 7& or 100
pounds. "
"Tho entire weight ho carried was-
about 250 pounds ? "
"About that The rope was stretched
across the river about whore the new
suspension bridge now stands much
closer to the falls than the old bridge.
Blondin was very confident and firm , but
of course wo both know it wan n despe
rate chnuco to tako. Ho walked at iirat
very slowly and regularly , but soou , fool
ing moro settled , ho made nn occasional
stop , stood on ono log , kissed his hand to
the crowd , and did n few other ouch
things as you have seen other ropo-
wnlkora do. I could see the water way
dowu under us , nnd the crowd on either
side , everybody watching ua with
faces that looked as though
they were Buffering. There
was no cheering or applause , while wo
wore out over the water , and the roar of
the falls , which seemed only n few yards
away , would have prevented us from
healing very plainly , oven if there had
been. It wan a terrible tow momenta tome
mo ; moro so to mo than to Blondin , be
cause he was used to that kind of danger
and I waa not. I did not move a muscle
for fear of tripping him , and , I can as
sure you , I felt mighty good when wo
reached solid ground again and the people
plo began to yell and shriek and wave
their handkerchiefs. You can form some
idea of how big the crowd was
when I toll you Blondin received $2,000
for the performance That gave ua a big
start , and not lon afterward wo went to
London. Just before wo started a young
mane had as our treasurer ran oil witli
$2,000 ot our money , and left us little
except our tickets to travel on , Wo kad
hardly reached London before wo were
offered 150 each for 12 performances at
the Crystal palaro. Our lint perform
ance drew 80,000 people , and on of the
members of the present Abey troupe
was in the crowd , and remembers it
ell. Wo did a good deal of
the tauto kind of work , Blondiu carried
no on the rnpo revci.il times , wheeled a
mrrow acrosi irhilo blindfolded , took a
cook-atovn nc/f , ' . stopping on the wny ,
nd the like.'e visited nil the counhiea
of Europe , and in Spain I was moro lion-
zed than Blondin himcolf , which waa
mtural. Tn a couple of years ho had
nado nearly 8100,000 , nnd when
left him after BIX years of business ho
was a very wealthy man. Ho suffered
once in n bankruptcy affair caused by a
corner in nines , but ho still has n line
uturo and liven in splendid style. I
dined with him whim in England last. "
[ fct. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Tlio ncnil Iilno. "
Mnny old soldiers remember the "iloadlino"
nt Amloifiomlllo. It wns amlRlitydangoroui
lelgbhurhood , DfRpepsIa , bllliiusnesn nnd
li r and VMnnv t'Noasc ' * nro full of perils for
lumick , ii .i tn , 'ill lUovl llittcri nro a tor-
alii loniody. Sold everywhere.
HATING 1'OISON IN OOUHT.
loloiit'l John Van Ariiirui's K
Defense ol'u Mm < lti ess.
Forty years ago Colonel John Van
Irman , the famous criminal lawyer of
Chicago , ate n poisoned biscuit before n
tliclngan jury , nnd by that act secured
, ho acquittal of a women charged with
ittompting to murder her husband ,
'roni that time until now the story of
ho poisoned biscuit has been , told
hroughout the northwest many hun
dreds of times by lawyers and others , but
t haa seldom been told correctly. So far
as known the true version has never ap-
icnred in print. Since the incorrect
itory of the matter has received such
wide circulation , a reliable narrative of
, ho incident will doubtlcea prove read
able to many.
Somewhere between the years of 1840
and 1845 , the wife of a farmer of Hillsdale -
dale county , Mich. , baked some biscuits
OHO Sunday morning , nnd then went to
church , leaving her husband to take din
ner alono. As ho oat down to his meal ,
liowovor , a young farm laborer came to
iho house and joined him at his repast.
Sach ate of the newly-baked biscuits , but
quickly found thorn unpalatable , and put
horn aside. Neither one had eaten moro
linn half a biscuit. Both were soon
akon violently ill and displayed strong
symptoms of arsenical poisoning. The
oung man recovered from his sickness
iftor some days of intense Buffering , but
; ho farmer lingered in a dying conditioner
or moro than a year , nnd finally expired.
Sixteen years before thia time the
'armor had married his wife for her
nonoy. She brought him § 3,000. Ho
lurchasod a farm with this amount , and
n a few years became quito foro-handed.
Elia greatest enjoyment , apparently , waste
to annoy His wito in every conceivable
manner. His favorite amusement was to
pull their little child out of bed in the
light and boat it cruelly. They finally
concluded to obtain a divorce irom each
other. The farmer agreed to give his
wife n lion on his property for $1,000 for
the support of heraolf and her child. The
; nortgaga was inado out and placed in n
lawyer's hands to await tbo divorce. The
wife , in consideration of the mortgage ,
signed a q'fiit claim deed to all her hus
band's property. On the eve of the
ranting of the divorce the farmer secur
ed the mortgage nnd destroyed it , in
tending to put the deed on record after
the divorce was granted. His wife dis
covered the cheat and stopped the divorce
proceedings. She then deliberately
planned to kill her husband. She sought
i reconciliation and went back to live
with him. One day she disguised herself
in male attire , went to Hillsdale , and
purchased a quantity of arsenic. This
jho mixed in a batcn of biscuits , and left
them for her husband to cat
In a short time she was arrested. By
law the woman could not bo tried , for
murder because her husband lived moro
tnan a year after ho waa poisoned. She
was indicted for poisoning , and put on
trial in Hillsdulo. , Mr. Van Annan , then
a young man , with a law oflico in Mar
shall , Mich. , defended her. A young
French , chemist from Detroit testified
against the accused. He was the only
chemist that Detroit af lorded , and' ' ho
waa a very incompetent one. This young
man swore before the jury that ho had
analyzed several of the biscuits which
the pribonor made for her husband's cat-
ing und had found they crntained arse
nic. From hia' quantitative analysia ho
aworo positively that the husband had
a wallowed less than a grain of. arsenic.
The chemist further swore that a grain
of arsenic was a deadly do o , and that
oven InBs might bo fatal.
Thorn were no railroads in.Michigan ut
that early day , and thcro waa not another
chemist nearer than Chicago. Mr. Van
Armau , who had studied _ chemistry in
his youth , and had oven delivered lectures
on the subject , plainly saw that the
Frenchman's testimony waa wofully in
correct. Mr. Van Annan contended before
fore the jury that a grain of arsenic waa
only a medicinal dose , and that the
defendant's huaband , therefore must
have become fatally ill through some
other agency than poison in the biscuits.
Ho could produce no expert testimony to
substantiate his theory , because no experts -
ports were within reach. Knowing that
- a grain of arsenic would not seriously
uiiect the human nystem , ho caused i
number of biscuits to bo baked by a phy.
ftician of the town , each of them contain
ing a grain of the deadly substance. Fortu |
natoly for hia client there were none 01
the oiiginal poisoned biscuitu to bo had ,
and the jury could not muriucr aguiual
tliH substitution of new ones.
Having proved by the physicians who
made them that the biscuits were pro
perly poisoned , Ms. Yan Airman , near the
beginning of his closing argument , grace
fully ate ono of thorn before the jury and
coiuinued to address them. Ho remained
in their sight for several houis , and took
pains to show them that he swallowed no
antidote. The grain of arsenic produced
no ill effect on him. The prosecuting
lawyer could not argue away thu plain ,
fact of the harmless , though poisoned ,
biscuit which the jury had seen eaten.
When the case was given to thorn they
very promptly acquitted the pris-nor.
The truth regarding the biscuits of
which the farmer partook was that they
contained four or five times as much ar
senic as the young chemist swore they
did.
did.The
The commonly accepted version of this
famous story has always be n that Mr.
Van Annan ate ono of the original poi
soned biscuits just as ho closed hia iinal
orgumeutaud that , after making his bow
to the jury , ho hastened out of the court
room and Bwallowcd a vaat quantity of
omitics as soon as the door closed behind
him , Thia incorrect story is anid to be
quito annoying to Mr. Van Arman , aa it
represents him resorting to a disgraceful
trick to secure the acquittal of hia client.
Hear Him.
' Iftd new. I waa allllctod with tick he d.
e and goucral debility , but Jlunlotk JHuOd
iltttert brought about an immediate iroi > roe-
meut in my general LnaltU. I consider thorn
the best Uuiily niedlclno In the markets.
Adol.UL | > lKUulI loNY.
Has the Lar ostlStook'jin Omaha andpIakesQfche
Lowest Moss.
Purchasers should avail themselves of. the opportunity iiovr offered . "
my nb Low Prices by taking advanlage of the great iuducomcnte set out
by
; s
1200 , 1208 ud 1210 FarnnmSf
To All Floora. OMAHA. NEB.
WIVE.
HANUKAOTUBKIl OF OF 8TKIcnYFinST.CLA.U3
il
JlilllQgUU.
AND TWO WHEEL CARTS.
1311) and 1S20 llamay Street and 403 S. ISth.Btreot. ) * TUT AW A
lluatratcd Catalogue furnished free upon application. f J" * H-OUti ,
103 BRADY ST. , DAVENPORT , IOWA , U. S. A. Established 167S-CatarrhB
Deafness , Lung and Nervous Diseases Speedily and Permanently Cured. Pjt.ioiittfi
[ Cured at Homo. Write for "THE MKDICAL-MI.SSIOKAIIY , " for the People , JVee.J
Consultation and Correspondence Gratis. P. 0. Box 202. Telephone No. 220.8
HON. ED WARD RUSSELL , Postmaster , Davenport , says : "Physician o < |
tvea .anility unu Marked Success. " CONGRESSMAN MURPHY , DavenporbJ
'ton ' : "Antn.-inorablo Man. jino Success. Wonderful Cures. " Hhnrn. ft tn 5 I
EAU CLA
1024 North' ' Eighteenth Street , Omaha , on Street Car Line-
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Luler , line , Lath , Doors , f i
Grades nnd prices as good aud low as any in the city. Please trv mo.
THE LEADING
U09 l'4' ' Dodge St. OMftHA. NEB
M. BELLMAN & CO. ,
1301 AND 1303 FARNAM STREE7 con. 13Th
OMAHA.
.IN
Heating and Baking
Tx only attained by unitig
CHARTER OAK
Stoves and Ranges ,
ITll WIRE GRU1E OVER BOOHS
Foi solo.by
HILTON BOGBRS & SONS
OMAHA
J. 0. PRESCOr'i' N. P OUUT10K. ,
J. 0 PRSSCOTT & CO. ,
PIANOS I
Music. Musical Instruments of all pescnptions.
EMPEST m IOST E1LKBL1 EQUSi ,
L . ' * T OUR STOOK Oil SEN PUTOR .
LOUIS BBADFOBD ,
JBTO.i LO\V PRICES AND GOOD GRADKS ,
aud Uet ray Prices before baviic elsewhorH , Yardsi airner