TBIi DAILY JBEUi- THURSDAY DECEMBER 4 188 *
BOUND TO DIE ,
Hand Drainer's ' Sixth and Successful
. Attempt at Suicide ,
Her Death Resulting from a Dose
of Morphiuei
Tito Particulars Winch .I < oil m tlio
Art riml tinVortllrt of
the lury.
The coroner wns just nbout to begin
his inquest in the case of the unfortunate
JSottio Howard yesterday when n telephone
ophono message was received summoning
him to the Klklioru Valley house , where
another young woman bad just expired
pired from the cll'actof poison taken with
suicidal intent. The coroner was obliged
to wait some little time before ho could
send for the body , nnd when Tun Br.i :
reporter readied the homo the corpse n
found in charge of a gentleman who
boards at the hotel , and who was seeing
that no interference should bo made by
outside parties.
In room No. 1-t was found the body of
n young looking nnd well built woman ,
whoso taco were n peaceful expression
although the purple hue nbout the ryes
and lips and thu ghastly pallor that comes
"torn the use of opium nnd ether drugs
Vcro plainly discernible on the face of
the corpse. The room was small nnd very
plainly furnished , nnd for once no crowd
of morbidly curious people thronged
about the scene of the tragedy , only the
solitary watcher bointr present. Soon
after , however , a couple of oilicars ar
rived aud then the coroner's wagon came
and removed the body to the undertaker' ' ) *
rooms.
The facts as learned from these who
will bo witnesses nt the inquest were not
many but show how desperate n fallen
woman may become.
TUB HEAD WOMAN
has been in Omaha for some time and
her name is registered on the marshal's
books. She was known as Maud Bramor ,
but her real name is said to bo Esther L.
Singleton. She hadbaon married ,
and ono O'Noil , her hus
band , keeps n saloon in a South Flatto
city , but has not boon living with her.
Maud was only 18 , but &ho had seen
the world and lived out the short-lived
pleasures that come to women of her
class. Of late she has boon a resident of
Carrie Mullen's housaon Oapitol ayonno ,
but Miss Mullen dismissed her a night or
two ago and she was Tuesday seeking
new qoar'ers , when she got the blues
nnd resolved to rid herself of an exist
ence that had become Insupportable.
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon
SHI : MIT : A FKIEND ,
John Sanders , and after some conversa
tion , in which she told him that she had
no place to go , the two took a walk to
gether. The woman told her friend that
aho had made arrangements to room on
Jackson street nfter to-day , but had no
lodgings for the night , nnd asked him to
provide for her. The two came back
from their walk and the woman wont to
the drug store kept by Anton Cnjaro , on
Eleventh street , between Dodge and
Capitol avenue , where the fatal drug was
"Toured.
SIX ATTEMPTS TO DIE.
Maud Bramor had long before made
up her mind to kill herself and this was
her sixth and successful attempt. She
had always chosen the morphine route
and the scene of her previous draughts
of the drug varied frith her changes from
one house and street to another. Now
oho was at a restaurant and again it was
at "Starch Mary's , " "French Em's , " the
Mullen mansion or some other .liko
. All her efforts had failed and in
.pgust her friend Sandcro had gene to
the drugstore patronized by her and
WARNED THE DKUflGI.VI'
to sell her no moro morphine , as aho was
trying to suicido. A snort time ago she
ogain called on Cajorl and naked for a
small dose , telling him she was accust-
omoa to using the drug , and she obtained
throe grains. A few days later she came
and bought twice that amount , saying
that it was for herself and a friend.
Yesterday she asked for twelve grains
and told the doctor that it was for four of
the girls. She was given the poison and
loft it at the drug store to go out with
her friend who was with her. About 7
o'clock in the evening she called for the
stuff , went to r. saloon near by , stepped
alone into n roar room and
DCMIiEKATEr.Y TOOK THE DOSE
intended to stupefy four persons. A
half grain is an ordinary dose to ono not
accustomed to taking inorphtnu but when
the habit is once formed it ia not infra-
quent for a person to consume as high aa
i5 ! or 30 grains a dny. The woman know
the character of thu stuff nnd when she
had taken the iour ponders told her com
panion what she had done and that she
wanted to euro herself of the blues. As
the effects of the drug became percepti
ble she was taken to the drug store again
nnd the proprietor told of her act and
Asked by Iho young man to give her an
antidote and try to save her lifo. Cajorl
professed not to believe thu statement
and said
IT WAS IMl'OSSIllLE
that ono should do such a thing. This
was about 7 o'clock , and already the wo
man was in a serious condition , but in
spite of the repeated requests of Sanders
to help the woman , the druggist declined
to believe the story. At last Sanders
wont and put up his watch at the Elkhorn -
horn Valley house near by and got a
room for Miss Bramor and loft her to
sleep all * the drug's effects. During the
night It is said she was heard to roll and
toss about and groan , and about 7 this
morning when a man Trent to
call her she was found in
n stupefied condition. The druggist was
called in and tried to administer an anti
dote , but could not make the poor girl
swallow it. Dr. Roe , and afterward Dr.
Leisonriug , the city physician , were
called in , but
IT WAS TOO LATH ,
and at 8:30 : life was extinct , notwith
standing all expedients to save it.
Maud had the reputation of "hitting
the pipe" at an "opium joint" on
Twelfth street and frequently took laud-
num , and ether opiates , as ia common
with uniprtnnato women. While the
druggist in this case recorded tbo sale
and took what ho considered all precau
tions on the safe side , It seems that
when ho was told of the woman's con *
dltlon at 7 p. m. ho ought to have
given her the usual antidotes as at that
time her life could probably have been
saved. The parents of the dead girl will
be telegraphed and the inquest will
probably result In no new discoveries.
At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Coroner Maul ompannelled a jury to in
vestigate the cause of her death.
Dr. Roe who was called in shortly after
the girl was found , yesterday morning
testified that the girl had died from an
over dose of morphine.
John Sanders testified that tie girl
had told him Tuesday afternoon that she
had taken four doses of morphine. She
hnd no money and ho got her a place to
sleep. When ho wont into her room
yesterday morning she was lying ttncon-
sclovs on the bed and could ho.tr a r.ittlo
in her throat.
A. Cagori , the last witness , said the
girl hnd bought the morphine of him ,
lie had been directed by Sander a nuo
time ago not to give the girl ony poison ,
but lately she hvi como in nnd said alu
wanted it for ether girls nnd ho had sold
It to her.
The jury rendered the following ver
dict ;
ThntthofnUl Uortba Ii. InRnlsnn rv.mo to
her tlonth from the I'lTecta of morphine nJiniii
istorod liy her own haml , ami wo , the jury ,
further find that Anaon Cnjorl the lUuKRiitf
told the sahl Ucrtlm I , . Ingnlson tonio inor
lOiiuo nfter Imvlrv boon notified not to do to
knowing that Mia hail nt ( lifforeut times
attempted to ttko her own life.
KIIANK W. UAMMB , foreman.
The father of the dead girl itwas learn
ed lives at Atlantic , Iowa. Her mother ,
ic is said , is both blind and Insane and is
uow a patient in the asylum al Fort
Madison , Iowa. The father ii nn honest ,
hard-working man who lost an arm in the
rebellion nnd now drawa u pension frou
the government , lie was tolcgraphci
last night by Coroner M > iul but no rnply
hr.3 been received.
A Cnll tu
Beloved SiHors of the Local Unions : -
Those nro the time > that tiy women's
To bo tolerant tow int the Intolerant is a dif
ficult Rraco nii'i yut Its oxerclso is impeiiousl }
Jemnmlcil of us ,
A party loner accustomed to success U In
cloioat. Thousands or leading men see their
holies blighted , ambition * overthrown , ] ior-
Imps their occupation gene , 1'nrty journal1
denounce the prohibitionists ns having cnu-cil
all this and , and "fellows of the baser soil"
hniiR cx-Govcrnor St. John In elligy The
W. . lr. Is "a "
C. T. termed political party" nnd
subjected to the sharpest criticism by men
who found no fault \vitn our societies in lown ,
Kimtaa nnd ether states , wliero they "lent
their Influence" to the ropublicaurt T'rco
speech und "a free ballot" hn\q , within n
fortnight , cost many A voter dear , in the good
will ot business patronage of his neighbors ,
while obedience to thu moat profound convic
tions liaa called down bitter imprecations on
many an earnest woman' * hand. Our own
familiar friends in whom wo trusted , hnvo
uttered these words in public wiut and private
reprimand. Not from the ignorant or lu < o
but from cultured scholars nnd Christian gen
tlemen hnvo come these words nnd deed * .
Not in a generation has such n cross-tiro of
denunciation whistled through tbo alms that
now aimed nt thoao of ns who "lout our inllii1
enco" to the prohibition party.
All this yon know from thu things that you
hnvo fuiflciod.
lint what ia our duty iutho&trifoof tongues ?
lear sisters , wo stnud before the people ns
followers of Him "who when Ho was rowled
reviled not ugain , when He suffered Ho threat
otiod not , but committed Himself to Him that
judgeth righteously. " I.etns , therefore , pny
mightily to fiod that wo may bo replenished
with heavenly grnco according to our ncul , BO
that the law of kindness still shall dwell in
our hearts aud on our tongues , nnd charity ( or
love ) which "vnunteth not iteolf , ia not ensily
provoked , doth not behave iUt'lf unseemly " '
* liall control our every action. Is'ext to God's
spirit dwelling in our own , nothing\\ill eoholp
us to bo considerate nnd patient , as to prny
for and speak gently to these who , in our judg
ment , have done injustice to our motives , our
record nnd our character. Let. ns bo careful
not to do them n parallel injustice , but by re
calling their noblu qualities ami their kindness
in thu past , keep them hidden In the citadel of
our generous regard and confidence until this
storm bo overpast.
Lot U3 try also to put ourselves in their
places and to reall/o time they too are slncero ,
e\en aa wo are , and noting , the great majority
of them nt least , from patriotic motives. Wo
seek the same goal , but hayo chosen difTurtmt
roads , each ono ofis believing his way the
boat. In time wo shall agree to disaRroo nnd
go on' without bitterness. "A soft anawer
tnrncth away wrath but grievous words stir
up anger. " Slay God fill your nmutha with
soft answers in those wrathful days ! If wo
women c\nnot mitigate the asperities of
politics , woeful will bo the day of ourinfluenco
therein whether that inllucnco be indirect , an
now , or direct as in Homo future timo. IJut if
God bo with iw , wo can sa\o our country , aa
surely as Joan of Arc crowned her king.
That the influito spirit of Christ may lule
nnd reign in our hearts , making thorn tender ,
true and teachublo , I ask you to observe , ns a
day of fasting nnd prayer , the fourtli of De
cember , reading on that dny tlioo passages of
bcriptnro which relate to God'rt power in the
affairs of go\ eminent , nnd nleo such ax il.ns-
trato the svprcmo fact that "ho who IH alow to
anger ia better than the mighty , nnd hn who
ruluth his spirit ; than ho who tnketh n city. "
Let us exhort you moro earnestly than over
befoio to observe individually the noontide
hour &f prayer. Our prayer for you. beloved
frienda , tlmll nlso bo that "your fiiith fail not , "
but that you " -.land fast in the liberty wherewith -
with Christ hath made you free , " and "having
done nil , stand , "
Yours "with firmnona in the right ns God
gives IIH to see the right. "
FIIANCEH K. WIM.AHH ,
CAr.or INK 13. BLHI.L , Pramlout.
Cor. Secretary.
IV C. T. TJ. , Day of Prayer.
Responding to the above national call
wo mobt earnestly request the attendance
and prayers of every Christian in Omaha
at our all day meeting for prayer , to
day , December , from 10 a. m. , to
4 p. m. , at the Baptist church , Fifteenth
street.
The meeting will bo presided over each
hour by dilferent members of the union ,
nil tompuraucu workero , especially the
clergy , are warmly urged to unitu their
prayutu with ua.
Mns. C. S. SOUT.I : , President.
J. T. BULL , Secretary.
TinKinu ol' Hotm-Moiulcru ,
Daniel Freeman , ono of the sturdy
farmers of Gage county , came up to
Omaha from Beatrice yesterday. This
gentleman can say what was given only
ono man in the United States to say
that ho was the first ono to muko an
entry of a homestead under the nomo-
stead act. Mr. Freeman in 18GL'was living
at Brownvillu in this state and as 1 a. m.
of January 1 , ISlilt , ho appeared at the
land oflico there and entered a quarter
section of land. That same morning ho
left Nebraska for the south and entered
an * Illinois regiment , returning
homo in ' 115. Ills patent issued to
him four years later , is marked No. 1 ,
and his entry No. 1. Mr. Freeman has
been favored by fortune and to-day owns
850 acres of land in southwestern Ne
braska the garden spot of the world.
This morning at two o'clock the police
raided a negro bagnio on Fourteenth street
near Jackaoo , and arrested .four negroes and
ono white ,
WANTKIJ To exchange wild or improvy
od lands in Nebraska or Iowa for Hard
ware , or stock of general merchandise.
Address J. Lindorholm , Genoa , Nance
county , Ncbr. in-lm
Ii. II. Douglass and Sons' Capsicum
Cough Drops are manufactured by them
selves and are the result of over forty
years experience in compounding cotigh
mixtures , ' Ii
] ) . S. Connelly. Albion , Kdward IJlewelt ,
Fremont , Charle * H. Wim > bl | > , Columbian , I ) ,
I5eer , North Watte , J. 11. Webster , Hauling * ,
Joseph If , Conner , PlatUmouth , 0. J. Howl-
by , Crete , were at the 1'axton ywterday.
AM. THK SYMPTOMS.
to n n otnnlin Yontli um
a \VUtou.
"
IVclt'o Sun.
A young OimhMte only eighteen years
old writes ut that ho is so deep in love
that his heart feels as largo as ft prize
pumpkin and has crowded his liver out o
its natural orbit. A dnshing widow lif *
teen yira bin uniior , and the possessor
of thrco substantial rt'U'iiulois of the
dear-departed , U to blnmo for this sol
omni'hoily stnto of nlfttits , Ho is deal
Rene on her nnd knows that aho "rceip
rocatcs his p.iasion. "
Now , roalproMUw ii a qood word , bill
Urn disay young lun.ttio isn't half s line' '
oil'as ho thinks he Is , or ho could i over
muator breath enough to hnndlo it with
out breaking It into sections. When ho
gets n genuine attack , when his poor
Muttering heart crawla away from him
in dead pnrnc.it and wraps Itself firoum'
some bright eyed ninuloti llko n bulTulo
overcoat nrountl a clothing ntoro dum
my , ho will simply stand around llko a
young duck with Us bill full of dtied
mud nnd nigh iiiul sigh and mivko no in-
tolliglbla aound.
Ob , I know all the symptoms , and
don't you forgot It , my youthful Omaha
friend ! I've passed through alt the stages
Thofttntattcck came on at the loiuler
ago of ton ; the subject of my youthfu
admiration was sweet sixteen , nnd
although she promised to wait for mo
she married n Chicago drummer with a
peglcg before I had passed through the
fourth render and the moasleu. 1 tore
her falao imago from my heart , hit her
newly picked fraction of n husband with
n hunk of coal and resolved to bo a
bachelor.
The next chill came on whoii t had
reached the mature ago of fifteen sum
mers nnd about the aamo number of win
ters. Thia time it was the hired girl.
She had carroty hair , her off eye was cul
bias , she nto onions llko n Mexican , and
her snore sounded like a regiment ol
drunken Chinamen ripping up a plank
turnpike ; but alloo snmoo she squeezed
my hand under the table , called mo a
man , and aho was all the world nnd part
of Manitoba to mo. When she became
the blushing bride of the fish pcddlor
I thought nil the sunshlno hud
faded out of the world , and I lied
to the woods armed with n broadax ,
determined to blow out my brains.
As 1 was not quite certain whcro to find
them , 1 changed my plans and resolved
to pine nwny and die of a broken heart.
Fight o'clock that evening found mo in
the pantry in close communion with n
pumpkin pie nnd u plato of cold beans
and---I lived. It was n marrow escape ,
and for seven long years I remained per
fectly healthy , when suddenly , like a
hungry wolf making a descent upon an
unripe gosling , like n full-grown streak of
lightning toying with a youthful poplar ,
llko a ho-cyclono yanking the a lulling from
a boardlug-housa pillow and" dirty
ing it 'through a otono fence , like oh ,
hang it ! It hit mo where 1 lived , done
mo up before I could file n remonstrance ,
end when she said "yos , " I didn" know
whether 1 wan in heaven with my system
full of blias , or standing in front of a
drug store with nu attack of green apple
colic. 1 never got over this last attack.
It has hung to mo like & worthless dog era
a ho wadhorwouian with a bill. It never
loaves ino for a moment. IV.ko it away ,
young Omaha. You'll gut over it , and
in four or five years be rlpo to fall in
love with the charming widow's oldest
daughter.
OAST-IKON GKAVK9.
A St. luouts UmlertsJcor L'layn n Game
rl'Polvor nnd Discusses Colllnv ,
.St. Louis .Republican.
"Speaking of coflino"oaid nn under
taker addrooEing n party of friends with
whom ho chanced to bo playing n game
of poker in his back office , yesterday
afternoon , for the cigars. "Speaking of
: ollins , 1 must say that the patent burg
lar-proof burial cases Is not creating a
very profound sensation in the west.
Today a coflin drummer called on mo
und almost talked mo to death in trying
to convince mo that burglar-proof
graves were rapidly eurplanting the com-
monplacn graves of stone and clay. Ho
oven went so far in describing their ad
vantages as to declare that they were fire
proof , moaning by his remark , perhaps ,
that Ilia patent graves , boxes , or what
ever you chpoeo to call them , wore capa
ble of nmating Iho destructive elements
of nature. Of couroo I Imd to l.iugh
heartily ftt hla statement , ns a fire-proof
coilin was something now to mo. Such
luxuries might find a ready market in the
volcanic regions ol Mexico or South
America , whore graves fall through gaps
made by earthquakes , into the soothing
Qro that constitutes the bowls of the
earth , but in this unction they struck mo
as one-of the novelties wo can well dis
pense with. Besides , there is nothing to
so m do by investing in such a thing ns
a firo-proof grave , as tombs are never
covered by insurance.
"Tho young man grow somewhat im
patient when I laughed. With a frown
10 exclaimed : 'I sou very plainly you
: iavp construed what I hnvo said literally.
I will not amend rny remark na my buiial
cases are really firo-proof. This docs not
nako thomjuny inoro saleable , of course ;
jut it goes to show thuy are very dura-
nblo and Hubetimtial. Some superstitious
looplo who believe in literal tire beyond
: ho grave would perhaps fool n little moro
secure if they thought they were to bo
buried in firo-proof graves. Aside from
; hlj , however , allow mo to remark that
thocoilins or boxes are very valuable , as
they defy body-snatchers nnd keep out
water and insects. '
"Finally , finding I had no notion of
aying in a stock of iron graves , the
j'omiK man loft mo in disgust. "
"Is it really trup that there are burglarproof
glar-proof and ( iro-proof graves , " in-
juirod n young man on the other side of
the table , as ho marked up his points ,
and began to sbulllo the cards.
"Why bless your soul , of course there
are , " replied the good-humored under
taker as ho felt in his pocket for his
tobacco pouch. "Tho burglar-proof
? rave was patented some years oio after
the body of A. T. Stewart disappeared
[ rorn Now York. As that event was fol
lowed by aorao horrible graro robberies
In Cincinnati a Yankee conceived the
idea that it would bo an excellent thing
to invent a burglar proof gravu. After
experimenting sometime ho finally
produced an iron box with an
rnn lid , sufficiently largo to hold n
coflin. The lid of the box contained n
spring lock on the inside , so that the box
; ould not bo reopened after being closed.
Vor some time these graves found a
oady sale , but like many ether styles
they have caased to bu popular. Very
often after n cornao lias boon put under
ground , especially if insurance companies
> r benevolent societies are interested , it
s necessary to oxhurno It and have a
> oat-mortem examination held. This is
m extremely difficult task to perform , as
ho box with ita patent spring lock on
ho inaldo cannot bo opened in a quiet
manner. It must cither bo blown up
like a burglar-proof unfo or broken into
pieces with heavy sledge hammers. The
chances are Hint the corpse will bo badly
disfigured before it can bo extricated
from the box. "
llcro the game nnd narrative were
brought to a cioso.
KA.TS I1Y T1IK THOUSAND.
Ttio I'nplotioKiit K\pcvlcmo : > f tin
Fitrntrrri ol a I
Township ,
Several yours ago n farmer living in
llurhnglon township , Towandn county ,
l\v , received ns n present from n friend
in England n pair of peculiar rats. Tlu-y
wcro nbout one-third larger than the
common inounonnd their hnlr wns a tlnrk-
blue color. The farmer kept them In n
largo cage , where n. . largo litter of young
ones wns born. Thcao scattered nbout
Iho promises , nnd In a year not
only the farmer's place but the
whole noighborhoon was overrun
bv the rats. They bocnmo _ u great
nuisance and were very destructive. All
attempts to exterminate thorn failed until
n pair of pot Norway rata belonging to
another farmer escaped , with n largo
family of young , from their cage. These
rnl3 also increased rapidly , nnd began n
wnrfaro ngainst the iittlo blue English
posts. In n short time the latter wore
exterminated or driven awny. About n
year ego farmers in dllloront pnrU of Iho
township noticed now nnd then rats ol
nn enormous size nnd of n brood never
before soon in the county nbout their
promlnes. They iroro nearly as largo as
muskrnts and of a light gray color. They
exhibited very little fear , nnd nt
time boldly disputed possession of burns
aud outbuildings with their owners.
These rats nro now overrunning the
neighborhood in immense numbers , nud
have become a lourco of much terror to
the Inhabitant ? . They undermine collar
floors aiul walla nnd the foundations of
buildings , nnd destroyed ninny cisterns
nnd ruined milk-houses for the purposes
for which they were used. Mnuy farm
ers hnvo had to abandon their collars.
Grainarlos nnd barns swarm with them
day nnd night. Fnrmors say that dam
age to the amount of thousands of dollars
lars has boon done by thu peats this sea
son.
son.To
To illustrate their boldness nnd fero
city several instances of recent occurrence
are related. A farmer's boy entered n
corn crib in which ho had discovered a
number of rats , nnd attacked thorn.
They turned upon him and fought him
so fiercely that ho was compelled to re
treat and lonvo thorn masters of the situa
tion. 11 o wnn badly bitten on the legs
and hands. In their attack on the boy
they sprang upward as high ns his wnist
in their efforts to got nt his fnce nnd
throat. A cat , after stealthily watching
four of those largo rats working about n
house , finally sprang upon ono of
them. The ether throe nt once
attacked the cat and fought her eo aos-
porntoly that she retired hastily from the
conflict , bleeding from numerous wounds
they had inlllcted upon her with their
sharp tooth. Ono farmer tolls of a
neighbor whono wife wns awakened one
nicht by screams issuing from n room
where two of her small children were
sleeping. She ran to the room with a
light , nnd found that thrco of the 1m-
meiiso rats had attacked the children
while they were asleep , and who stood
their grounds when the mother came to
their rescue , followed by the father.
The Intter killed two of the rats
with a long hoo-lintullo , and the
third ono escaped. The children were
both bitten on the hands nnd in the face.
The inhabitants of the neighborhood arose
so much alarmed by the bold and destructive -
structivo incursions of these rats that
they intend to hold meetings to devise
some moans to rid the community of their
presence. Where the rats came from
originally Is a mystery. Some of the
farmers believe th&t they are a cross be
tween the Norway rat and the muskrnt ,
which are numorona in the vicinity.
A AVOMAN'S
lloxv Ic fins I < "oll < m'c < l a Gambler Over
I/nml and Uoccn Tor.Ton
Years.
jan Kiancisco A Ita.
"If you want to hoar n strange story , "
said a gentleman to a reporter of the
Alln , yesterday , in Golden Gate park ,
"engage that gray-haired man in conver
sation and get him to tell you his story.
It will repay you for your time , " and ho
indicated a prematurely aged man with n
sad face sitting In the sun on one of
thu benches of the park. The reporter
needed no second invitation , and was
soon seated by the man with the strange
listory.
"I am told , " said the soaker after
" icta , "that you have u lifo atory strange
u the extreme , and that yon are not
averse to relating it. "
The eyes of the man were turned on
the speaker n moment , nnd then folding
iis white hands in his lap , he said : "Yea ,
It is a story. 1 am n murderer and n re
formed gambler ; but you need not shrink
so from mo , for the murder was not In-
tontlonal. Ton years ago I owned the
largest and moat popular gambling par-
\ofSrt\ \ \ . the city of Chicago , aud on Sat-
uu'uy ' nights 1 dealt my own faro gamein
which business , of course , 1 made n great
deal of money , Many unpleasant inci
dents ( { row out of my business , but 1
always excused it on the ground that men
did not have to play my games anyfiinoro
than they were obliuod to drink poison.
L finally got to noticing and expecting
ono young man in particular , who always
: ame when it was my night to deal. At
: ! rst ho played boldly , and as a conso-
| uonco , lost heavily , but as ho grow more
mnillur with the game ho played care-
'ully , and acted as though lifo depended
on his winning , which in fact wns the
case , as It afterwards proved. I got no-
( uaintod with him , addressing him as
Lirown. but knowing that that was not
his true namo. I think ho folLwod the
; aino for months , winning n Iittlo some-
.imos , but generally losing heavily.
At lost ho came ono night , and
[ saw by his flushed face that ho had
3oen drinking , although ho looked np-
) arontly cool. Ho sat down to the table ,
Irow out n small roll of money , and , lay-
ng it down before him said. "Thoro is
n that Iittlo pile iny fortune , my honor
and my lifo , i either win all or lose all
this night. Begin your game ; I am
ready. " Others joined in at first and
) layed for nwhilo , but finally withdrew
rom the game and watched the strange
/oung / man nt my right. Ho played to
Tin , tut fate was ugainat him , for ho
est , won and lost again , and finally after
two hours of playing , evidently in the
most fearful suspunne , ho lost his last
dollar. Loaning back in his chair , with
compressed lips and face blanched to a
deathly whiteness , ho looked me in the
eye a moment , and , rising , said ; "My
nonoy , honor and happiness have gone
over that table , never to return , I s ld
my lifo would go with them , and it shall
Tell my wife , 1 had gene too far to re-
urn. " Before wo could prevent it ho
put n derringer to his brennt and shot
himself through the heart , falling upon
the table that had been his ruin and
death.
"His wife came , awful in the majesty
of her grief , nnd , after sntiBfyinit herself
that her husband WPS dead , she asked :
"Whore is the keeper of this dfondful
plncoT 1 was pointed out , nnd striding
up ID r.in BO that her finger almost
touched my pnllld face , she exclaimed In
tones that are ringing in my c-ars jot :
"Oh , you soulless n retch , with heart of
dtono ! You hnvo lured my hunbrti
from me , apnt him to perdition , widowed
mo nnd orphaned my children. You are
his murderer , nud may God's curse rist.
upon you eternally ) ' Ami , with n wild
Acrenm , 'Oh , my hualmiul ! my children : '
she fell fainting on the body of the
corpse.
" 1 lingered for weeks In n brain fever ,
that oursj seeming always to bo the bur
den of my mind. On my recovery 1
burned the fixtures of my don nnd closed
the place , nnd have devoted moat of my
time to travel , with the hope of oacaping
that woman's just curao , but 1 can't. 1
believe that it is on mo forever , and I
feel that 1 was that man's murderer. 1
am rich , nnd my first attempt wns to Rot
the dead nun's wife to accept nn
annuity from me , but she refused
nil nid , nnd tried to support
horeolf by her own labor. 1 relieved my
mind to aomo extent , however , by set
tling n certain sum on her and her child
ren , which patsos through her father's
hands nnd ostontlblv comes directly from
him. Her children nro receiving n ] line
education by this menus , nnd my will ,
safely locked in her father's ollico , bo-
( { uoatha to her nnd her children my entire -
tire wealth , some 8100,000. My lifo , "
concluded lie , "is devoted largely to vis
iting gambling denn , where 1 meet young
men who are oh their highway to hell ,
nnd wnrn them of their dnngor. Thanks
bo to God , 1 hnvo succeeded in ninny
cases in saving them ; nnd now , young
mnn , remember this story , nnd let it al-
wnys stand up ns n while specter between -
twoon you nnd the gaming table. See to
it that the poison docs not enter your
reins ; " und he pulled his lint over his
moistened eyes nnd strndo silently nwny.
ns to IjlKlilliiK VSnllroml
Tracks.
There is ono use to which electric
lighting might bo put which appears to
have escaped the observation of railroad
men. Why should not the telegraph
poles , ut least in the moro thickly pop
ulated states , bo utilized for n permanent
mcani of lighting the railroad tracks nnd
thb rendering of collisions practically
Impossible nt night ? Suppose n system of
lighting wires with n Inmp on
onch telegraph polo wore strung
up , the dynamo machines to bent
nt convenient distances in onch division ,
na BOOH ns dnrkncas cnmo'tho whole of
thn lamps could be sot going at once and
thus rendered as light asduy. The engi
neers would be enabled to BOO the small
est obstructions far nhend butter than
they do in the day time , nnd Hum thu
costly cumbrous nnd only partially effi
cient headlights could bo dispensed with.
Moreover , as the whole system of
lights for each particular section
would bo under the man at the dyna
mo , they could nil bo extinguished
nnd relighted nt will. Thus , if any
accident or irregularity in the running of
n train were to occur at nny given point ,
the lights could bo extinguished on that
section nnd the ollicers of nppronohing
trains effectually warned of danger abend.
The relighting of the lamps would bo the
signal that thu danger had been removed
and the interrupted trains could resume
their journey with the nsaiirnnco of
safety. In extreme COBOS , moreover ,
where n trnin mot with nccidonc between
dynamo stations , the conductor or on-
cinour might be umpoworod to apply n
temporary apparatus , which the trains
would carry nlong so us to intercept the
circuit , extinguish the lain ] ) and convey
immediate warning for miles in both
directions of the mishap which had bo-
fallcu them. This would oporatn so as
to stop instantaneously nil trnfllo over
the obstructed track , nnd succor could bent
nt once forwarded to the scene of danger.
The putting of such a system into opera
tion would undoubtedly bo very expen
sive nt first , , nnd It might bo somewhnt
costly , too , to maintain the service , bui
In _ the long run , if it only saved ono
serious nccident a year on each road , it
would bo found economical. At least it
would appear that thu suggestion iooks
reasonable enough to warrant the mak
ing of some experiments in this direc
tion.
Fuel.
Chicago NUWII. if >
lie entered the coal ollico with n nmnll
mnrkot-bashot on bin nrm. 'Givo mo n
ton of coal. " "Yes , sir , " replied the
coal metchnnt ; "where shiill T uond it ) ' ,
"Ob , just put it in this basket ; I'll carry
it homo myself. " "But wo have a
wngon right hero und can send it up at
onco. " "No ; 1 can carry the coal up
easy enough , but you might send the
bill up in a wagon. "
KKtrcn Hundred IMnn
SAN Ji'liANOidco , December ! t It I * report
ed the Central Pacific railroad company din-
clmrgod 1,100 men within thu In t tlneo
nionthu und 100 moro hnvo brcn iliijuhnrgad nt
Sacreinonto within the last three dayb.
( ienornl Mamigiir Towno , interviewee ! ,
Hnyx that the iiiujoilly of tlmco diifcharKed
have been employed on rcpairo anil iccon-
Btructloii serviciH , iitid no longer ni'co miry.
A wooding out has boon made in vnrioux do-
imrtiriontu , othcra have boon ilimniMii'iJ becaimo
but Iittlo frulght WUH moving ut present.
Thin IH mainly uuo to llio low pncu of wheat
nnd faniicrrf rofiiHod to Bell.
to Protection.
Doconibor ! ! , An nnti-protoctlui.lt > )
loagno him hcon formed in this city , ItHJoHpecinl
nlm borne the agitation of public opinion
ngainit the proponed dnlioH upon corn. Loon
Kuy IH proHideiit ,
A $70,000
lioiro.v. Documbor 3. A building occupied
liy Ki ko fc Coloinun , ngenU of the liouton
] 'Iro brick company anil ISoetoii Terra Gotta
company , burned to-night. Loan , ? 70 , < IOO ;
[ inrtittlly innnrod ,
Fatally Hialilrrd ,
liEU.Allu : , ( ) . , Dccoinhor H. To-night the
notorious liub liorain , with n hugo dirk , fatally
btabbod Hiiinuol Dny and badly wounded nu-
ithor gentleman named Archer , lioruin wan
lulled , MotUo unknown.
Ti-udi ; ItliilN on UioGoId Count.
J.OM'ON , December -Advices from the
< od ! count , A flics , ay ti ado riots had taken
[ ilaco ut Wlnnoluh , Twelve men wore killed
mid u number wounded ,
IMUHourl Jtlvcr Itnlc'B ItCHiorcd Q
Special dispatch to TllK liKK ,
CJIICAUO , December U. Thu ratu ? to Ml <
Hour ! river havejuut been lentored ,
Ladles' MufU and Seal Hats , at
Saxo's. nl'Jm.witf-tf
The demand for Haydon'H Patent Fire
Kindlora has doubled within the last ten
days , Kvoiybody uses them and all
Grocers sell them.
\ * : i ( > , < > ( ) ( > 1'Alluro
CHIOA. > . December .1. Inter Oeixn , Hock
ItUml , 111. : II. Diuticli.doilcrlndrygood' ,
fulled to tiny. Liabilities $30,00i > , nsacU un
known
Hon. S. 1' . DnUdson , TfctniHoli , nnd
Clufles n. Whcdon , Lincoln , nro ftt the
l'ton. .
Complete Treatment , with Inhaler
for every form of Catarrh S1.
-A.J3X5 : DF-OH.
Sanford's ' Radical Ouro ,
Hw il CoMsVtm It | < rh. trirrs from the ! >
KK , Illnirln/t / .Volsci In the limit , Ncrunit
rho ixiiil Keu-r InntAiitly rolle\ol ,
Cliolilnit mums ilitUxIgi'il , inciiilirMia clcamcil ml
hailed , lirrath lucrtcnrd , uncll , tanto ami hcnrlng
rcntorol , nnil ritftgriirhpckril.
dnilllis , llrnndilllc , DroppliiKs Into ( tin lliroivt ,
I'MtiMn thoChot , Dj iciwln , Wnstlng of StrciiRth
mill Kleuli , IA S iif Sleep , ntc. , riirtnl.
Ono Imttlo IUillo.il Cure , ono Imx CitnrrhM Sol
irnt nml "no Or Snnford'n tnlmlrr , In nno \rkftno i ,
of nil tlrvuTjUtd , for ijl. Auk loj SAxroRn' HADICAI
OUR , niniraillitllhtlon of Witch Hatol , Am. Tine ,
Ca. 1'lr , MaricuM , Clo\cr llliwuouu , clo. I'OTIIIB
DRI-II AMI CiiKMir.aCo. . lloston.
Now l.llo for Shuttered
Ni'tvn ) , I'.tlnlul Mii'cic < unit
\Vi" kf nril OrKftti1 * . IVIIIn'i
\nllnli3 MiTttlo I'lMtor In-
ntnntl.v nlli-cls the ncmnn
Mjltciii nml litnlilirg | mln ,
nrri inn ml ilohlllty A | > cr <
feet Klcctrn ( 'ahnula lint'
li'ry cotnlilnixl wltli ft lilglilv
nunlldim I'liutcrfor fic. All
TIMKEN SPRIMC VCHICLESl
ioii nwltlilwo * - * * . ' Th < i Hp.-lim
r milieu niuUliortrnnrrorilliiiilollinWDlalitlliri
mrrv. K < iuMlyoll nilniuuil to much ciiiiiittj
rii ilniinilllinilrlvi' nf eltli-ii. AlnliiirnrtlirpdMiiil
loliluv nlltlinlriiillnRnrrlnltnlliilldrr ! < iKiid lira'
lor . Jlrnry TlmUrii. I' lf nlcx. fit. Ixill ,
ABBOTT BUGGY CO ,
WMIi r , Sceer ,
Measure , Weigher ,
DredRer , R i c
Washer , Tomato ,
1'umpVin , Starch ,
Win * nJ Krint
Strainer. Trrelv *
articlet in out.
? ii Oriitoit Coall-
ntlcn ESTJ.
Mor * loM Ihin til
UiftSlpvci tnil MfttTf
cmtlntill ) llvrrylxxly
Ilkct them I W inaVi
Uif Slnert ind Mlirrt
for htnil tnil power *
Wllte for cttalocue.
Th > ltu KiSin > rM ( (
Co. , Cincinnati. O. , 40 *
CmlBI. . NiwYilL.
Arentl wantrrf for at
KlUnc Bpctltltlcl t
> ui
A Orotxt I'foliloiii.
Take all the Kidney and Liver
Mcll lncst
T.xko all the Jllood purifiers ,
Toke nil i\o ] Ji/icitinatto remedies ,
Take nil the JjjKj > cpiiia and indiges
tion omen ,
Take all the Ayue Fever , and bilhous
Take all the Jirain nnd Nerve force
. revivers ,
Take all the Great health restorers.
Jn short , take nil the best qualities
of all those , und the bent
Qualities of nil the best medicines in
thoworld , nnd you will find that Jloj )
JiiKcrs have the best curative < | unl-
itios and powers of nil concentrated
In thousand that they willouro when
any ornll of these , Bingloor combined
Fail. A thorough trial will give
positive proof of this
HnrilGiiad Liver.
Five years ego I broke down with kid
ney nnd liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then 1 hnvo boon unable to bo
about nt all. My liver bocanio hard like
wood ; my limbs wore pulled up nnd filled
with wntor.
All the beat physicians agreud that
nothing could cure mo. I resolved to try
Hop Hitters ; I hnvo used Raven bottler * ;
the hardness bus all gene from my liver ,
the ( mulling from my limbs , nnd it has
worked ( i miracle in my case ; otherwise
1 would have been now in nw grave. J.
W. Moitnv , Bnllalo , Oct. 1 , 1881.
1'ovcrly nnd Hiill'orliifr.
"I was dragged down with debt , pover
ty nnd HiiMuring for yonrn , caused by a
sick fnmily nnd Inr o bills for doctoring.
1 wns completely discouraged , until01111
year ugo , by the udvico of my pastor , 1
commenced using Hop Bittern , nnd in ono
month wo T/oro ull well , nnd none of us
have seen n sick dny ninco , nnd 1 want to
any to nil poor men , you can keep your
families well n year with Hop Hitters for
ICHS tnnn one doctor's visit will cost , I
know it. " A WOUKINOMAN.
Xi/N < mo geniiinn without n bunch of green
IIopN on the white Inbol. Kliun idl the vllo ,
with " " " "in their
poiuonoiiH utiill "Hop" or"JIoi >
iiaino ,
. ! ! . ! /r llulufltfor.fiovui ] 1iTfM
e. ! ! [ l lltlnrMvr *
vurld , ur.t llji iiA. l > luiWk , > . , rr 41.4 Alu. . i > 4 ll
III r < l. iriUMrritli Ui ( ni A ( titl * lw | ' * d.llclwbj Ulf 91
* fl lM.frf cl > 4 | .it > , ii4 U * tl tiviBi.r Jrhilt lr , II. ftnll
rvuuut. ' , dru l.l tut ILtgMJU
'til Ak four frwrtr vt
ii. ujMiuj.ji/Mi. / ci ii. mi.oi.Kr ft uova.
7. w. wcrmiiAim , oous ianrr ,
at ititOsiitH'jv. .v. r.
In eases of il }
, liver com
plaint , Inactivity of
the kUuet and
liUiIiler , ooiiitliiu-
tlou and otbor ut-
iranlo maladlet , Hoi
Itttcr's Btoniui'h
Jllttum U a tiltiil
_ runiB.lj , to wlilcli
i ; the medicalhrothop
houl liavo lout tbi-lr
emo
tion , and wlilcli ma
touli ; , alteiathu and
liou-oliolil j > eclllo
for dldordraof thu
lUmadi , liver anil
IwHiiU hav un un-
bounduil ( lopuJaritv ,
for Bale by drug-
Kl t and dualiM , to horn amilr ( or Heetctti'i' * Al
uiuoaofor UM5 , '
H , S. ATWOOD ,
Plattamouth , - ' - NobrnslcQ
itiioiaor ruOEOuammu AND man atlPi
HEREFORD AND JERSEY CAHLE
> HD DUIUX ) OK I1HW BID BWIN
OTTouug stock tar Coirovpoudgace tollolt
MUSIC GOODS.
SHEET MUSIC.
VIOLIN STRINGS.
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PLUSH CASES.
FINE ENGRAVINGS
CHRISTMAS CARDS
PIOTTJ&E FRAMES.