THE DAILY BEE THURSDAY DECEMBER 18 1884
OMAHA'S FUTURE.
II is Dcsiinci In V. lie Distributing
Point ol tte I Hi ,
A T uk AVIIliMr. IV. 1' . Jenny In Stc.
Kuril to Mining luminous.
Yesterday morning Mr.W P. Jenny of
llnilny , Idaho , arrived in this city nud
regiatcrod nt the Paxton hotnl. It will
bo romomberorj. that Mr. Jenny , who
U nminlng export , waa sent out to the
Clack Hilla ojnntry in 1875bythoUnitod
States authorities to ascertain what there
was in the mining craze at that time , and
ho reported that the Black Dills country
waa no good , or something to that effect.
Mr. Jenny waa mot by a BEE reporter
yesterday and was asked for hia opinion
regard to the mining interests of the
woat.
woat.Mr.
Mr. Jenny saya that the mining Inter-
osta of Idaho are iu line shape and money
ia being made in the territory. Of Utah
ho said that moat of the inlnos
are closed and no work is being
done n them. In speaking of the min
ing Interests of Idaho ho spoke partlcu
larly of the Parker mine and said that it
ia paying big money. Tire of his friends
bought aharoi in the Parker mine some-
tlmo ago and have realiaad upon them
nandsomcly. Ono ot them invested $100
and _ the other ? 500 aud over since their
investment they ha ro received dividends
of not leas than $500 per month , and
Bomotimos they have recolved as high as
$2,000 in a single month.
Ho said that living was never
as cheap In Idaho as at the present
time. Flour can bo bought for $3 a hun
dred pounds , Bomothlng which was never
before known in the territory. Board ,
however , continues nt § 8 per wcok and
the minors are paid ? 4 per day for their
labor.
labor.Mr.
Mr. Jenny 8ald that the only thing
needed to make that portion ol the western
orn country first class in every particular
ia the reduction in freight rates. At the
present high rates Mr. Jenny enys that it
la impossible for a large number of the
mines to be worked at all as the price of
labor is BO high and freight rates nro BO
exorbitant that the ere cannot be placed
upon the market unless it is glltodgod.
A reduction in freight ratep would place
provisions , tools and supplies of all kinds
upon the western markets at reasonable
figures and this would have n tendency to
reduce thn price of labor and many more
mlnca would bo opened and worked.
Mr. Jenny thinkn that tbo only way to
successfully lower the freight tariff ii foi
congreca to pass a law , fixing a maximum
ratu for freights of ull kinds , appoint a
government inspector to inspect the cars
and decide what amount of freight each
car is capable of hauling BO that cars can
bo loaded with any kind of freight at any
point and the railway companies will bo
compelled to haul it at the maximum rate
fixed by law. *
. . Mr. Jenny expressed himself as greatly
pleased with the aUnd taken by the BBS
upon all railroad questions and especially
the question of low freight tariffs and
ventured to remark that it would bo the
newspapers that would bring about the
change if it was over brought about and
sincerely < hoped that the light would be
kept up until congress is compelled to
take oomo action in the matter.
OMAIIA AS A , DISTUIBUTINO POINT.
Mr. Jenny then spoke of the future
prospects of Omaha and aald that ho had
every confidence in th a tsity'a ' growth
and prosperity. He aaid ho waa confident
that in a few years Omaha would be the
great distributing point for the entire
western country. Especially is this true
of Utah , Idah'o and southern and western
Montana. All that is now required Is
the reduction of freight rates and the
trade of Omaha will extend into that
country like a whirlwind. To bo sure
Omaha wholesale merchants are now
ehipping some goods Into those places ,
but what they are now doing would not
bu a drop in the bucket to what might ba
done were it not for the extortions of the
railroad companies.
A few years ainoo nearly all the sup
plies for those places were ohippod from
Sin Francisco and a bjat loaded with
goods loft that city every day for Port ,
land , Oregon , from which-point the goods
ware delivered. To show how the San
Francisco trade Is falling off , the boat
now leaves that city once in every five
days.Mr.
Mr. Jenny aaid that Omaha was partic
ularly interested in getting lower freight
rates west na it would bo the means of
[ jivlnc ; to this city a trade such 03 she has
never had.
B. II. Douglass and Sons' Capsicum
OJtigh Drops ore manufactured by them-
golvoa and are the result of over forty
years experience in compounding cough ;
mixtures. 6
I'oliuo Court.
In the police court yesterday seven
prostitutes for the non-payment of their ;
monthly flues were assessed 85 each and
costs. All paid and took their departure ,
Wm. Harris was charged with disturbance
ance of the peace , but upon proving him
self innocent was discharged.
Peter Peterson was fined $5 and coats
for disturbance of the pence. He paid
the fine out of $20 which he had loft at hoer
United Stateshotol.
W. H. Taylor , a colored man , wan found
guilty ot ateallnga watch of a ; er
named Stone , on Tenth street , and as
sentMicod to ton days in the county jail on
broad and water.
A I'lcnsnut Nurprlso ,
Tuesday uightabout forty of the friends
of Mi&aca Annie and Maggie Long called
up'on hem at the residence of their fath
er , Mr. E. K. Long , on Park Wilde roho
nuo. It was a complete surprise to the
younp ladlco , but they were equal to the
occasion and entertained their unoxpect-
cd guests in an elegant manner. The '
evening waa most ploasant'y ' spent In so -
cial intercourse and all were sorry when
the hands of the dock warned them that
\ it waa time for them to take their Jo-
parture.
The KaiiHM I'roliibltlonistH.
TOPKKA , Ka ) . , December 17-The prohibl.
tionlats o ! Kan as In state convention - lay
adopted a declaration of principles ing
tha psrty to the support of political candi.
dates who will endeavor to further state and
national prohibition and opposing resubmission -
mission of the prohibitory amendment in
Kuuas and demanding ; tha- the law
b m de more effective by further
Initiation ; nao ! enters protest
' t the national government recemun
tingle penny of rmcrnifl from tlio Hquir
traffic , nnd demands that the strvto legislature
submit to A tote of the | > onp1a an nmvndmpnt
providing for feruMo enflr RO. A state central -
tral committee wan nppnlnud with power to
select n dittilct comrtiittto nnd the convention
Adjourned. About one hundred docgaUn
were present. Tim convenllim was pieMdtd
otcr by Dele Walker t f Anderson county.
The address wan by Kx Governor tit. John.
WHAT .1A\"UOOUM ) SAYS.
I1IR TKATl 1880 WILL HE A MONEY-11 AK1.NO OS'K
OtAD THE DKMOCBATH WOM.
New York Sun.
Jny Gould wni naked by a reporter nt his
residence to-night to express his views as to
the present condition of buiinesj and the out
look ior the future.
' , Why Is the busincta world so dcpresied ? "
he was asked.
' 'Foi various reasons , Ono is that wo past
through just such periodical depressions at
least every ten years. I think the Indication *
are that wo are now down to hard pan , The
railroads are not making n good showing , because -
cause the war has been the moans of reducing
the rates to such n figure ( hat the competing
lines are compelled to do bmloess at lees than
the cost of operation , Again , the season
about the period of n presidential election
Is nlwtys ono of despondency. The pros
pects of achango of administration ciuio a
great many enterprises to hesitate. Business
men nro uncertain as to thn policy of any In *
comiLg administration , and they fear to nulco
ventures. Tnli feeling of apprehension , I ba-
Hove , however , la pMfiinir away , The fears of
a clnngo In the tariff dystem also seems to hu
growing lees marked , becaueo labor U eettlhig
down toKuropean prices. Again the begin
niugof a now year Is upon us , At such ntlmo
husmes ) men closlro to call n halt nnd tnko an
inventory of tholr stock nnd start in afresh"
" 15o you beiinvo that the outlook for buei-
ness is nn encouraging one ? "
"Aloat certainly I do. 1 think the jear 1SS3
will bo the mon'y-mnklng 3car. The balance
of trndo Is now In our favor. "
"Do you not think that the advent of n now
ndmimatrnt on will furnish further encourage-
mint to the business world ? "
" 1 ballovo that the administration of Presi
dent Cleveland will bocirolu1 , round and con-
serTfttive. I did not eel that the lopublican
party should be continued in power , because
I recognized the fact that Ita platform was
pronounced upon the subject of n protective ,
tail If. Now that labor ia settling down to n
lower b-i i3 I do not know but time it Is just
as well that the democrat * were victorious. "
What , iu your opinion , will bo the issue of
thu light ntween the Now York Central and
the West Shore1' ?
"Kventually the West Shore must RIVO In.
If Mr VanderLilt decides tint it U ntcoisary
for hitn to own it he wi/1 / purcha o it nt his
own price "
"What is your opinion of the last report of
the Central road1 ?
"I do not baliovo that the Now York Cen-
tral company ha * paid any dividends which it
hai not fairly earned. The isiuo of bonds
( which was made public by the statement ) ,
I happin to know , wai made bccaune of the
need of money for the purpose of carriing
vaft improvements. Don't labor under the
delusion that the Now York Central rallrotd
H poor , Ic is probably the most magnificent
pltco : of railroad pioperty in the country. "
FAIR , OK NEVADA.
THE BKNATOR'd VIBW3 OX VAUIOCS PODUO
QUESTIONS ,
Chicago News. Docou.bjr 17.
Senator James G. Fair , of Nevada , is at the
Grand Pacific on his way to Washington
The senator said to n Daily News reporter
that ho did not think congress would succeed
during the present session In clearing the
calendar , most of the measures on which
were left over last summer. Fur this reason
he did not think that any new measures
could bo carried through , Personally ho had
nonn to submit.
"What do you think the senate will do with
the Nicaragua canal treaty ? " Senator Pair was
asVed.
11 think thessnate will ratify it , " ie re
plied , "and the government will go to work
nnd construct the canal , I am certainly pp <
poaed to Captain 1'vm'a plan for joint action
on the port of the United States nnd Kogland
each to guarantee an cquai amount toward
raising the necessary sum. We can subscriba
whatever is requisite without appealing to
John Bull. I dare say If Kngland went into
the enterprise it would , with its customary
greediness , demand more than a fair shore of
the tolls. We thould bo in hot water all the
time , nnd the prospect would bo good for
trouble in the ond. "
"What is your opinion of the effect of the
uncertainty us to the policy of the Incoming
administration on business ? "
"I don't see why the industries of the coun
try rhould bo nfleoted by the change in the iin Bi
ministration. I am told that the dullness in
inef
trade now complained of is due to the belief
that the success of the democrats will bring efI
change In tbo tariff. I don't believe it. I
feel that tin democrats nro too much divided
against themselves to make any Immediate
change. The tariff question was really set
tled last summer. If the senate waa itI't
poied of a majority of democrats I don't
believe that it would favor a reduction
of the UXOP , because they know it Is id
to our commercial prosperity. As far as le
tariff question is a cmso of. lack ] of buslnooa
cnnhdenco I think that ; people should no * , con -
tluua to ao regard It. The protection demo -
crnts in the bouso nnd a republican senate ore
sufficient safeguards agaiuct any immediate .
anil sudden change. "
' -Therrt will be no friction between the In-
coming executive and the senate in tbo mat
ter of appointments , will thereV
"I eo no reason why there should ba. I
believe that tha republicans have settlol
down to thn roalizatl m that Cleveland is able >
aud snfo. I don't think ho will moke any
sweeping changes or auy appointment ! which
the Bouata will coniider itself c lied upon to
reject. "
MnttorH ,
ST. Louis , Deoomber 17. President Ijiicas ,
of the Union line Ball association , arrived
homo from the east this mornirg , Ton
Journal correspondent ho said to-night that
bo Unew but little about the rumor tlut the
St. Louis Unions would join the Imguo nuxt
season. Ho admitted that ho had , through
friondo , been knocking nt the league gate for
admittance. A representative sent by Lncas
to tbo lenguo folk , arrived this evening , and
the two were hoUHuB n couferencs when
tha reporter found them. Mr. LUCM said ! enm
had not yet learned enoufih irom hln man l rlho
dny to say whether or not he would leave the
Union association. The fact of the matter is
the league clubs ut Detroit and Cleveland ira
on their last legs , and the chances are they
will never live to play n garuo in 18S7. l.ucai :
u rich nnd has n good plant hero , conseciupnt-
ly the league would ba glad to [ ret him. The '
indications are that ho will make tbo change. ;
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON , December 17. The special
committee appointed to investigate the charges ?
against Marshal J.ot Wright , of tha Cincin '
nati dhtrlct met this morning nnd began In
vestigation.
Oacar Hamtnersladt , editor of the U. S.
Tobacco Journal , had an interview lay
with Minister Foster and Senator er ,
chairman of the foreign relations committee ,
in regard to the Spanith treaty , in wblch bo
stated ( hat the objections of tha toba co trade
to the treaty would be removed If it were pro-
filled that the duty nn tobacco fillen ) . etc. , bathe
wholly abolUhcd and the cresei-t duty en ci-
enrs reduced one-halt , B < nator Miller and
Minister Fester assured him that uny author- !
tath u statement from tuo tobacco uud cigar
tr d.i would have great weight with the
senate.
Tlio rtiKlliMtH "Not Guilty.11
NEW YORK , December 18 , John I * Sulli !
van and Alfred Greenfield were In the court
of general ses < 13ns to-day with a gre t num
ber of aseociatos and a crowd of spectators.
Sullivan and Greenfield were on trial on a
at
charge preferred by the police tnat their meet ?
ing In MatHsou Square Garden w in viola-
of the law. Owen field deposed that he h indha
not struck Sullivan uy harder blows than he
had Riven pupils , and with nnt MM slightest
feeling. Sullivan testified that he neither
- - . out
* , , „
guilty.
CAUGHT A BURGLAR.th
Louis Retail Dais a Bnrglar
Daylight ,
' An Unhealthy Pnrt of tlio City for
the Houacbrcnkcra to Visit ,
Mr. Louis Uoimrod , the grocer at the
corner of Thirteenth Mid Jackaon atreot * ,
covered himself all over with glory yes
terday by capturing n real live bur
glar.
glar.Mrs.
Mrs. F. Inng lives over Mr. Holm-
rod's atoro nnd this morning she was
dressing to go out and wanting something
In an adjoining room , pujhod npon the
door and there flaw a man bually engaged
in looking over her wardrobe and select
ing Bucb articles as ouitod his fancy.
Me * . Lang was , of course , badly fright
ened nnd resorted to the only means of
routing the follow , viz. , screaming. Mra.
Phil Andres lives in rooms across the
hull from M . Lang's apartments nnd ,
hearing her eurcnrne , suspected that n
burghr was in the house. She ran down
stalls Into Mr. Uclmrod'o otoro aud told
that gentleman to husteti up stairs. Mr.
Ueimrod started out the front door and
mot thu fellow jaat coming out of the
hallway.
JUo told him to stop nnd that ho wan
going to keep him until a policeman ar
rived. The follow told him to get out of
his way or ho would blow his brains out ,
athr the same tirao making n move with his
hand toward his hip pocket. Instead of
running Mr. Hoimroo : quickly lot out
from the ehoulder nnd got in n good ouo
between the fellow's eyes which brought
him to tbo sidewalk.
Ho then jumped on top of him and
putting his hand in his hip pocket found ,
instead of n revolver , Urge eorew
driver. Mr. Uoimrod did not lot him
up but held him until Ollicer Duff Green
arrived , when ho turned the prisoner over
to him and ho was lodged in jail. After
being placed under nrrcat , ho feigned
drunkenness and upon being placed behind -
hind the bars in the city juil sang and
yelled nt the top of his volca. Mr.
( Icimrod's bartender saya that the man
was not drunk as ho was in the saloon
with another party only a few moments
before his arrest and ho was perfectly
sober.
Upon oraminatlon it wns found that
ho had tied up in a bundle , Mra , Ling's
son ! skin saqun , a muff , a fur collar , two
pairs of fine blankets , a quilt and come
other stufl. At the jail a fur collar was
found under his coat.
The bartender sayo that shortly after
the fellow's arrest ho saw his partner
moko off with n bundle bat could not tell
what was in it. Mrs. Inng had not
looked over her wardrobe cuefully.
hence could not tell whether she had lost
anything or not.
Mr. llsitnrod nays that It is time that
the gang of thievca who have boon work
ing thia city is broken up and he propose
to do all in his power to bring about thl
und. Ho deserves much credit for hi-
coulneea and courage in handling the folo
low and it is now to bo hoped that justice
bo meted out to the thief iu good , big
doses.
"Let's Talfc About the Wcntlicr "
CHICAGO December 17. Weather bulletin
coverintr points throughout tbo northwest
shows uniformly cold weather. In this city ,
at C o'clock , the thermometer registered five
degrees below zero , St. Paul ten below , Dubuque -
buquo three below. Fargo fifteen below ,
Omaha two above , Keokuk zero.
SAN FRANCISCO , December 17. The r ln so
badly needed commenced falling last evening
and continued all night. lUpurts from the
iutoriir show it has been general throughout
thn state.
PORTLAND , Oregon , December _ 17. A ter
rific snawntuim Is racing in the Willametta
valley. lUilroad traffic is suspended. Hoses
Solomon , a commercial traveler for liiesloger
& Co. , this city , wai found dead in the snow
near Albany , lie perished from exposure.
A PnjmigedJL'ntfion ,
KANSAS CITY , Mo , , December 17. Her. H.
D. Jnrdino , pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal
church of this city , filed n damage suit for
825,000 against Iho Times charging defamation
of character. For some time there has been a
disuusaion between tha pastor and a portion
of the congregation on account of the for
mer' . ! high church tendencies The suit has
grown out of the published interview witha _
vtotrjinan , who is qnotoJ as making certain
charges of immoral and uupaatorul conduct
against Father Jardlne ,
Shooting Affray ami ilnrfilary in
Iowa ,
DEB MOINES , lown , December 17. The
dtata Register's special from Tama City toys :
Tco jewelry store of 0 , B. Wright waa bur-
irds
glatlzed Jait night and StOO worth of goods
taktm. No clue to the thieves
The Stats Kegiatsr'g special from What
ata
Cheer POJB : Jo Davy slut ono Southern , ath
.nloon keeper , two shots taking effect. Southern -
ern . ia nottxpectod to livo. LUvy is still at
larB ° '
Tlio Frccilmnii'd Bniilc ,
'
WABHINOTOM , December 17. The comp'
who Is ex-olficio coinmis-
trailer of currency , - -
tinner of the Freedman's Saving nnd Trust
company , made his annual report to congress
of Iho affairs of that company. The total
payments made to depositor ! since the failure
of thu institution are $1,715,414 , or CJ per
cent of the total deposits. Tha comptroller
recommends congress to make provielon for
the paymentpf KS per cent ou tha balance duo
dcpobitors , which is estimated at § 950,000.
A Bill to I'ay lirouley'n Men.
WASHINGTON , December 1C. Senator Slier-
man to-day intruducsd a bill to "pay $703 to
each of the non-couimleslonod ollicera and pri
vates of the Greeloy oxparJition , or their rep
resentatives , This sum is to bo in lieu of the
commutation of fuel and quarters and extra
duty pay.
DcmlliunillnK il o Militia.
17. The Penn-
ryivanla national gunrj nio going to the in'
auninitlon of Cleveland , Arrangements are
made to Lurry tba entire militia to and .from
the capital without coitto the 'members ,
Colored Ponnlo's Wurltl a Imposition.
CHIOAUO , 111 , , December 17. The financa
committee of the colored people's world's
exposition , to be held in thii city in Septem
ber next , met hero to-day and Imuid an ap
peal tj the country for financial aid ,
Ito
Decembar 1C. Th house
committee on Inalan alTairs decided to report
adversely on the joint resolution providing
for the improvement of Indians by _ giving
citizuuehtp , _
Strike of Coal SlInrrH.
CHAITASOOOA , Tenn , , December 17. All
laborers in the Soddv coal mines struck
ufainst 10 t > er cent , reduction. Three huu *
died are idle.
The IJowjiite Letter ,
WASHISOTOK , December 19. The Ittpubll *
I c n baa Information that Sergt , Otto Holt-
Ciotworth { of the ign lo5rps i 0 e person who
Lieut. Gretly'J desk and copied .
the Uovrpato letter to Greely , made pabhe
SiuuUy ! la-t. lloltwi rth , it U snid , * ti | ni.ts
Grecly of cjmphcUy in the llowgato frauils ,
and by IhU tuvaus lioptd to obtain evijeuco
infls ' him.
Tr.o IrUh OtitrnncB.
DunMN : , December 10. The Freeman's
Journal says thnt no party suffers sn much by
thi attempted dynainlto outrages ns the Par-
nellliee. Such outrages , It observes , do not
strike terror into Kngland. bat produces con
tempt for their authois ,
Conferpiico of Tannnrs.
CINCINNATI , December 17. A. conforencoof
tanners hero to-day determined to effect a
permanent national organization. It was de
cided to hold a national convention in this
city Maach 17 next.
Bob MorrlH n "I'ott Ijaurcnto "
NEW YonK , December 17. Hubert Morris ,
formerly of Kentucky , waa this evening
crowned the "Poet liuroote" of Free Mn-
sonry.
Gambling UOHSL-H Holloonscd.
MEXICO , via. Galrcston , Decfmber 17.
The gambling hau es in tliH city chut by the
authorities ou the entrance of tha new ad
ministration have been rollceused ,
Weather To-Day ,
WASHINGTON , December 17. For the upper
Mi kisslppt valley : Fair weather : northerly
winds ; uenily stationery temperature.
For the Missouri valley : Generally fair
weather ; northerly winds ; nearly stationary
teuiparftture.
Heavy OluthliiK 1'nmiro.
BurrALO , December 17. Kogalaud A. Rob
inson , clothierB , suslgnod this morning to Gco.
Kotcnborger , of Kuchester. Liabilities SkO-
000 ; assets , SlOO.tOO.
Boatiiu Ull li'irm Assign.
BOSTON. December 17. Tha well-known
Crmo ! John Millikon it Co. , oil dealers , ai-
signed.
K lluro.
CHIOAOO , Dacsrnber 17. Ferris & Avery ,
dealers in putita and oil , failed to-day ; us-
lots , ? 23,000 ; liabilities , 535,000.
ItOBINSON OUUsiOK OUTDOrtE.
Thi Komixntlo Yarn or o Bblp
wrecked Mariner Now In
Now York.
YORK , December 12 A few
dajB ago a man about sixty years of age ,
with the appearance of an old farmer ,
and very taciturn , registered at the Sinan
ckir house , comer of Broadway aud
Eighth street , tinder the name of Ezra
W. Formah , Nomorn , Pleiades group ,
Pacific ocean. Conversation shows him
to bo n very intelligent man. Do tolls a
wonderful tale , which : has every appearhe
auco of truth. He oaya in substance
that In the year 1847 the ship
Ocmnlgco , of "Waroham , was homeward
bound with full load , tryworks over
board , and 'riahs and kegs of oil stowed
in every top. After leaving Lihainn , S.
I. , October 7 , with 350 bbls , 8perm,3,250
bbls. whale oil , and 41.0CO bbls. bone ,
she was never hoard from. Forman was
boat-steoror. Ho claims ho is the solo
Burvivor , and states that the ship was
was wrecked on Nomora , an island in the
Pleiades group , and gives the following
story of the wreck :
"Tho Ocmulgoe went ashore on Nom-
era in December , 1817 , and all hands
were drowned except myself , Martin , the
cook , and an Hawaiian sailor named
SValhoe. All the oil casks were Btovo ,
and the ship gradually hove over the
reef , until finally the survivors could
walk around her at low water.
t
"Through the Hawaiian I was'enabled
to talk with the chief of the island. I
explained the uses that might be made of
the various articles , and , assisted by na
tives , got everything out of the ship , in
cluding the bone , and then broke up the
ship , saving planks , nails , anchors ,
chains , and whaling gear.
"Wo were given houses , lands and
wives , accepted our position , and deter
mined to make the best of it , and , except
that we were exiles from homo and
friends , were content and happy. I
taught the natives many of the ruder
arts , and they prospered greatly. But the
natives feared to lose us , and when a ahlp
came in sight hurried ua away into the
interior until the foreign vecsela had
passed on.
' Liter my two companions died and I
wan loft alone. Surrounded my my chil
dren and grandchildren I was finally ac
knowledged to bo their ruler , and my
word was their lav , I told them I must
go to my friends , but had to asroar by
their gods that I would return. Finally
a aandal wood trader touched there. I
embarked in her , was landed at Sidney ,
and made my way hero after muon
trouble and time. "
Such isFonnan'a ctory. Now comes
another remarkable tale. Ho says that
the whalebone is in prime condition , and
from the time of ita wreck to the present
day a native has always boon on guard
over it , and that regularly once a wcok
ita position has been shifted to save it
from rats and moll. Formun enys that
his two companions loft a number of
children , who ate now all big and healthy ,
and ; that ho [ has twenty-nine aonsaud
daughters and sixty nine grandchildren.
Some Philadelphia merchants have taken
stock in Forman's ' fltory , have advanced
him § 5,000 worth of ( jooda , chartered a
steamer , and she will Boon leave Now
York for the Pleiades , to carry out this
modern Alexander Selkirk and bring
back tbo bone , estimated to bo worth
now fr * > m 8150,000 to 8175,000.
The story is a romantic ono , and the
appearance of Forman carries truth with
it ; but a Nantucket gentleman , to
whom the tale has boon submitted , who
is conversant on whaling matters , doubts
it from first to last1 and advises the merchants -
chants responsible ones , by the way , rjto
examine Forman and hia history very
carefully before accepting its truth. The
gentleman who hai advised on the matter
says there never WAS a ship Ocmulgeo , of
Warhain , in the whaling ( business that
was lost. The only whaler of that name
was owned in Holmes Hole and sailed )
repeatedly from that port rrom 1814 un
til , in 1805 , she was burned by the con
federate cruiser Alabama. ( There are also
othorserious discrepancies in Forman's
statement among which is the proportion
of whalebone to the proportion ol oil >
taken , and , although his yarn is Ingeni iid
ously twisted , yet jt la full of ihws and
apt to strand on examination , and the in
ference is , unltss he can reconstruct fills
story with a new name for the ship that
is acceptable , ho is a crank or a cheat of
the worst sort.
logWONDEKFDrj IjAMP WIOKS ,
a. AVIfis Gives Hop nuHtmn < 1 < v fur-
prise anil Then TalcosOne Herself ,
St. Louis llopublican.
Ono of these little dodges resorted 5
for "railing the wind" by members of
that great and increasing class who hang
upon the edpra of trampdom and re
spectfully but firmly decline to work roor
pursue any honest calling , U illustrated
In the following incident which actually ,
occurred In a suburb of thia city within
a fortnight : A husband , returning liorno
at evening , wna mot nt the dnor by his
wife , who , after the usual ( ulututlons ,
said :
"Oh , Ooorgo , 1 have something to
show you. "
"What ia 11 ? "
"Never mind , but como end ceo it. "
Shu preceded him into the cosy little
parlor nnd pointed triumphantly to a
white , wovoii strip , about six inches in
length , Ijinft in the phca of houor on
thu center table.
"Look " she ald "what do
, , yon sup
pose that ia Goorgc , dear1 ? nnd her volco
Rtsumsd the gentle tones of ono about to
communicate n pleasant surprise.
"That , " rejoined George , approicniog
the table to inspect the article , "that , tome
mo , Suaan , looks fearfully and wondtr-
fnlly like a common piece of lamp wich-
ing. "
"Ha , ha ; I know you'd soy that , You
men are to stupid. It is n lamp wick ,
true ; but not a common ouo. It is ono
of geatest inventions ot the ate , It is an
oloctrio lamp wick , Goorgo. 1 know from
tin man from whom 1 bought it ; nnd ho
was a very u'co ' looking man , too well
dresood , nnd auch n talker ; told mo cbout
how it came to bo Invented , and how
Professor Somebody or something spent
years ; of his llfo experimenting nud died
just as ho got It perfected. All you
have to do ia to fill your lamp with oil ,
put in th'o wick and light It. After a
few days an incruation forma oil tV > o out
side , crystalized electricity , ho called It ,
and the lamp will burn six months with
out refilling. There's ono in Iho lamp
now. Don't you eco it gives a brighter
light ? "
Guorgo etood stupefied. Ho looked at
the wick reposing iu quiet dignity on the
table as if It was fully conscious it was
master ot the situation ; at the burning
lamp , which gave forth a brilliant , steady
HE , and at Susan herself , iu nhoaoovca
re the unmistakable neaurnnco of .Ic-
tory ; and involuntarily "
, ejaculated : "May-
beef thoru'a something in it. How many
of them did you buy ? "
ofTl "Only three , dear , nt a quarter apiece.
Think of the caving , Ueorgo. Why 1
could buy a now cloak next winter from
th money that would have been wasted
in coal oil. "
George waited and hia wife waited to
BOO ( | what would cnmo of the investment ,
wi the electrical crut had formed ou
th wick. The next night , sure enough ,
there w&a the lamp as tull as over , ana
shedding as good a light. On the third
and fourth evenings it was the same
The wick was examined , but ohowod no
signs of the process of incrustation
having begun. The wife explained that
it might bo o wcok or ton doya beforu
this happened. George scratched his
head and wns on the point of eurreudor
ing , when n bright idea occurred to him.
Ho called the servant. "Betty , do you
always fill thn parlor lamp ? "
"Yes , air. "
. "Did you fill ik Monday ? " "Yes , air. '
. . Tuesday ? " "Yes , sir. " ( Wife , fran
tically , ) "Wednesday and Thursday ? "
" eo , mam. "
There was a moment * > f agonizing sus
pense , and then the economical little
lady , sat down In a chair in ono corner of
the , room and began crying softly to her
self. It wasn't so much the exponsn. It
waa plain to her now that ono couldn't
believe in the horrid , deceitful men.
When the enterprising agent calls on her
now , eho unchains the dog and oenda for
tbo nearest policeman. Thus do the
innocent Buffer for the guilty.
PILLS
25 YEARS IN USE.
The Greatest Medical Triumph of tlxo Ago I
TORPmLlVER.
Iot ofappctltc , lloweU co tl ve , Pain In
tbo head , wUb a dull leniatlon In the
back part , 1'nln nrjder the hoBlder-
blade , FulldoiB after eating , wlthadU.
Inclination to exertion of body or mind ,
Irrltubllity of temper , JLovr plrlt , with
a feeling of havlnir neglected lomBdatr ,
Wearlnen , Mlzzlnoaa , Flutterlns at the
Iloart , Dot before the oya * , Ileadacho
over the right eye , Heitlo snoi , with
fltful dreams , Hlebly colored Urine , nnd
CONSTIPATION.
TTITT'8 VllitA are especially naapteiJ
to such cases , ono dose effects such a
: hanBnoffeollnpnstonstonJ ; htnoBUireror.
Tl oy IncreaseTtho Appetlte.nnd cause the
body to TaUe on Flc hthui tbe ystera H
n0oaArlsl.el.
OUAT HAin or WJHSKEiiB cbanacfl to a
GLOSSV JJLACK by ft slnRlo iippllcation ot
this PTE. It imparts n imtnrul color , nets
Instnntancouslyl Sold by UruBgUts , or
entby osnresHon jccolptor 91.
Jffico , 44 Murray St. . Now Yorlt.
JAB , H , PEABODY , M , D ,
Physic > an Surgesn
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j m street. OlHoe boure,12 m tl 1 p. m. uuil Iipm
lo 8 p m TelepBone , fir olIlco97r Wenpa 1S6.
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Chemical
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lAillea' lrt ) > ases Ciean il and Dyed , without Kipping ,
Plutnou Cltaned or Colored any ehado , to mmple ,
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Hulrit rldlat V clilrlo mult.
ftldet u eftir " wltb oaapvr-
ion u with two Tha Kptlati
ruillxn ftDd hortenerordlBf lolbeweightIhef
nrry. Enu ! lr well ndaptea to ruucti countri
oad > nd Hue drivel of olllci. Maniiritclared at
old by olllhelriiJInf C' rrl CB > lulldcr and lr
art. Ilrnry Tliakrn. 1'KtrnUte. At. JfiO l .
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Gi'lLisiiraiiGeAgent '
[ 'hcenli Inauraace Co. , Londou , Catb
At eU . . J5,83lfO'
Ht tche erN. Y , , Capital . Iuro,0t0
Tl ellcroiuaU ol Newark N. J. , Cii.tul 1 , 7&COG
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Weffi n i Fund , Isi'lUl ' . l. J.OOC
"I Ilnvo BnfTorctll"
Wi'h every t'ijcnjo ' Imaginable for the
last tlirco yo rn. t > rtr
Druggist , T. J. Aivlersou ,
"Hop Bitters" < o me- ,
1 utod twobntletl
Am entirely curoJ , nnd heartily rocom-
in > 'nd ' Uoji ISi'ttHS touvoiyono. J. D.
\V.\lker , fluckucr , Mo.
I wrlto thia ns n
Token of the croat appreciation 1 have
of your Hop
" * Hitters. I was t-fllictcd
With Inflammatory rheumatism 111
For nearly
Seven years , aud no medicine coonicd
to do mo nny
Good ! ! !
Until 1 tried two bottlco of your Ilop
Bitters , nnd in my eurpriso 1 ntn an well
to-day ns ever I waa. 1 hope
"You may hive abundant SUCCESS"
"In this ureat and"
Valuable medicine :
Anyone ! * * wishing to know moro
about my euro ?
Can loam by adilroBslnt ; mo , K. M.
Willlams,1102 10 th street , Washington ,
D. 0. -
I consider your
Jlcmedy the best remedy in existcnco
For Indigestion , kijnoy
"And nervous debility. I have just"
Returned
"From the south in n fruitlois nonrch
for her.lt > > , nud lind that your Bitters no
doing mo moro
Good !
Than anything else ;
A month ago 1 was oxtreiuly
"EmaciatedM,1 !
And scarcely nblo to walk. Now 1 am
Gaining strongthl aud
"Flesh "
!
Aud hardly a day passes but what 1 am
* * * * * * # *
complimented on my improved appcar-
auco , nnd it IB all dto to Hop
} jBittors ! J. WicklifTa Jackson ,
Wilmington , Jd.
XVKone ccnulno without a bunch ot grcon Hope
on the Khlto Ihbil , Shun nil the % llu , poleouous
Dtuff with "Ilop" or "Hop * " In thtir name.
i , JM / 0 iTSirOKnTA&ONA .
si/rANU , COLB AGKIWC
' ' < r + jv r.
o ( ills-
dob'IHy ' ,
rheumatism fovcr
and ague , Il\or coin-
I hint Inactivity of
tbo kldncjs > nd
bladder , constipa
tion aud rtbor or
ganic mainline , lira-
tcttcr'a Slotnach
Elttcrs la a tiled
romuJy , ti which
the nitdlcallirollier-
hood hn\a lent their
profess OD 1 suc
tion n1 wlilch t a
tonic , altttatlvo and
lious-lioM epeclllc
for disorders of the
stomach liver ind
bouoli has an un
bounded | iopul&rltv.
J.OOC"I Kor sale by drug-
1st and dealers , to whom apply for IIoetctter'oJAl-
manftp fnr 1'SS.
IIESONLY ! LISIIKI ) ,
art HBI.V
OF TU1S FliMAtn nUaT. " colortj n tomlc l
pl.t. , full eipltutllon , mJk l plnlonittc. Shovlthit
uiiiIerBlopidor iliiuiiken comllllon li almormil nd no-
.
Ii ltli7 1 bow lo nUrc to loll nd prop r proportion !
Bit. , tln'ple , lt < iliililr ccrtiln. ( Olfc r porlloni tni m m-
Ixn < S felo | J Ir timlltr proc i. ) A copr of thU T lO-
alJe book milled In letl.d tiTelopa for SO ctl. Addrell/
P. O. Pravrer 11O. BUFFALO. R. V .
WEAKUNDEVELOPEDiPARTS ,
OK THIS HUMAN ISOOY KINLAKHKU. livri :
( > l'ii : > SrHICMi'i'HKNKI ) . " Ktc . iftftn i
nt JiiTigrun innnrpap r. in rejil
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im. tint 1m cuntritry.j
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A'o , : * , DoniR.'tic and llhuit
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n St.
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THE ONI/7 EXOLUbXVK
TV OVA ITA NKH.
p EVERY 3RSON ,
[ > SICK OR WELL ,
J Ia Invited to rend the It
address to Tim Swirr Srrcirio Co. , Wrswir H
Atlauta , ( la. , for a copy ot thrlr trcutlco on Wood
jud iSlda Ubcafice , which Mill bu mulltd free.
Ganoor for Many Yearn
A f tnlly nennnt tua 'beea alllctul for many jean
wltli a o > cc r on her nnn , ami wts treated iiy nuiri
jt-tio Uet | > hslilani , and the ol < l iimodlia u u >
Ithout hrntllt Hrmlly wo Catcher Hmft'b Uj > i
oulc uid ibu has been couipletu'y ' cnrpi' ' ,
JOHN Iln.t. i riKi'l ( ,
Thomiou , Ua. , AUfUet 10 , Ittl
NOSE EATJ3N OFF.
John NUVCH , & yoii"tr mm ntar liorv , Jaj a ranro- -
onlili Uco , h'crs had u U.n w j bis uosu and put
ol ItUcbcek , and w s rxtfiidln * up toliliejca. At
k U-t rtaort lie wm ] > ac on d llt'i 8jieclnc , and ii
tun entirely turcdhlrn. HUUceU nil h ulud eve
Ith n v r jh , and Ulii irtmril Imlth U vxcolleul.
lll-fcooriiy wu wonderful ,
it. F. CRCHLBY , If. V. ,
, AUKUit 10 , 13 ji
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