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    THE DAILY BEE-SATURDAY , JANUARY 31 , 1885.
The Mcctiftnlcn.1 Boy ,
A marvel indrod in the dillficnt bee
That dolli the licet moments oroPloy ;
Ynt itill ft phenomenon ercator than ho
Is the lively Mechanical Boy.
\Vith Jnckknifo * nd hammer from mornlnf ;
till bight
Ho faihlons each ijide httla toy.
And no other plfX uro give < equal delight
To the lively Mechanical Hoy.
"When school IIOUM are over he corner rush-
itift in ,
His counU > nanco lightened with jny ,
And goon will the kitchen resound with the
vim
Of the lUoly Mechanical Boy ,
\VIth bow and with arrow , with pop-gun
nnd kit ? .
His parents ho'll often annoy :
Yet every indu'ipncu ii clflimitl as a right
Uy the lively Mechanical Boy.
Utit ro him to lnb.r , though over so light
That Instant ho'ii stupid and coy ;
But when for the cupboard ha ( , oos for a
Jlo' a lively Mechanical Boy.
The sham battle rages with neighboring
boys ,
The sklnnidhcrs quickly deploys
That naught in creation CMI i-nual the noise
Uf tlioti\cly Mechanical Boy.
ThouRh oft you remind him that ten-penny
nnlls
Will doublo'lhiek pockulH destroy.
Tlin lilrcli is the fmnl rnsort that avails
To convince tlio Mcclnnicnl Boy.
JIM'S WIFE ,
i.
I never saw his face , nor hers. But I
sometimes tm\v his hands , long , thin nnd
white , with that pallor peculiar to plauta
grown In tlio dark and human beings shut
out from light and air.
It was midsummer , nnd the broad
street that ran down the open plaza
around which Comnncho la built , was
irhito with dual , nnd already reflected
back the hot glow of a scorching gun ,
although It waa yet early when I drew back
the curtain that draped my little window
and looked out , on the morning after my
arrival. The heavy ahadowo of oa 1m-
monao live-oak cooled all the front of the
low , Irregular built log-houso Into which
I had como as a summer guest , but the
big , Bquaro county jail , nearly opposite
stood naked and bare to the light , ab
Borbinx the hont Into its solid white atone
walla and casting it out again In quiver
Ing raycn that thrilled all the broathlosi
nlr.
Everything was so still just at that mo
mcnt ; she herself was so motionless stand
ing there in the middle of the street witt
the child lifted in her arms , hia little b.m
legs showing white against her rusty blacli
dress , and his head almost hidden bcncatl :
the faded yellow sunbonnet that coveted
her face ; the sky was of so deep ami
strange a blue and the shadow of the sin
gle scraggy incsquito beyond her lay sc
sharp and black upon the da/.zl'iig sand ,
that J had a curious Stimtion as if I wore
looking into a picture But only for si
moment. A clattering group of horse
men , booted and spurred , rode past ; she
moved n stup or two out of their may ,
stooped and placed the child upon the
ground , then stood erect and lifted hci
face again toward the dark , narrowr windows
dews of tha jail. And I , too , looking up ,
saw for the first time these long , pallitl
hands folded about the rusty iron bars 1
I drooped the curtain aud turned 1 (
bo smothered in morning kisses , as the
children , glowing , rosy , blight , canu
trooping in from their early bieakf.ist.
Toward naoa of the simoday 1'stoppod
out upan the vino-hunt ; gallery. A glad ,
life-giving wind was blowing down from
the great , purple , Hat topped mountains ,
just over beyond the bright awoop 01
open prairie sot about the little town ,
and the mosquito grovoa upon the hill
.sklo were tossing their feathery heads Ir
it joyously. The wonderful lapis lazuli
blue sky was flocked with white masses
of slow moving clouds ; ono of those laic
half the vlllago equaro in shade , In the
midst of which I could see the town well ,
with Its broad stone curbing , and the
knot of men and boys grouped about it
their hats oil' and foreheads bared to the
wind. A cowboy In picturesque costume
came riding across the sunlit half of the
plaza , and his gay laugh floated on to rm
as ho answered a mellow halloo from fai
oif In the distanco. It was a prottj
scone , nnd 1 stood reaching for the ilowei
that swung above my head , and letting ,
my gaze wander In delight from , purph
mountains to golden valley and bad
again , until it foil suddenly upon a blacl
spot In the street clo3 o by , nnd I ronlizec
with n shock that she was still there.
The child lay at her feet , apparontlj
asleep , a little white heap In the dust
the hands had disappeared from the win
dow bars above , but just where I hat
scon her first she stood , straight , slender
silent , motionless. The llower full fron
my hand and the heart seemed all a
once to go out of mo.
She was always there. When I liftoc
my curtain in the wan gray of earl ;
inornlng , I found her there , or I savr ho :
trudging down the sandy road , with thi
child in her arms , toward her droarj
post.
post.Day after day the pitiless August sur
beat down upon her as she kept liar sta
tlon before that gloomy facade. Some
times , but not often , she snt down prom
In the dust , but always In the same spot
the epot whence she boat could se <
thoao slinging hands. People wont uj
and down the street ; iho tide of labo
back and forth ; men redo in to the vari
oua courts and rode out again ; wogoni
creaked by , covered with white canvas ,
from beneath which the curious eyus o
sallow women and shock-headed children
peered down at her. But none of thosi
tilings seemed to enter Into her conscious
ness ; she looked neither to right no
left , and the weeks uearing away fount
her with face still turned upward to thi
long , narrow window , patient , quiet
fixed , and the child always boeldo her
mute and motionless as herself. Some
tlmca a second pair of hands grasped thi
bars , "That's Jim's younger brother,1
they told me , "It's nigh nbou
six years sense they dropped
pod tnor man an' twan't cool
blooded murder neither. They've tnlloc
about God knows how and Ho only know
when , koopln * out'n the shorllTs way
nnd wherever they've ' went she's ' wen
too , and lence they've been here sh
comes In every little while and stay
round like this yor. Jfm'a her bus
band , you knowAh , aa If I dldn'
know !
My heart ached for her and I used t
long , yet dread , to see her f ce. But
never did , though once she removed he
faded sudbouuet aa she passed me In th
dim twilight , going down to the camp Ii
the edge of the thicket , where eho am
the child slept at night under the darl
sky with Its solemn sUr , But it waa s
late that I could sae only a lonely pal
lor and sunken oyea that teemed not t
( too
tooOao morning , at last , I saw her oliml
Into a rickety open buggy , drawn by the
meager graw homo that had been staked
near her camp. I saw her settle tlu
child in her lap. grasp the roina and drive
jilowly up the long hill that leads out ol
town At the top of it aho paused and
stood up in the buggy , looking back , II01
alcndor form was sharply defined againal
the early morning sky for a moment ]
can ace it yet ! Then she sank back in hoi
seat , and presently she Daascd out ol
sight.
TrT
The mountains that had been wrapped
In purple mists when they had sent their
swout , fresh breezes into the heart of
midsummer , stood up blue and clear
against the cold , gray eky of November.
All day long n norther had been roaring
down from them , twisting the biro ,
thotny branchoiof the mosquito thickets ,
croaking the limbs of the great , isolated ,
ollvc-solorcd livooaks ; whistliug through
the dry grass of the little prairie , stt iking
like a solid thing upon the shivering sides
of the shelterless , gaunt , long-horned
cattle , nud swooping with a moan into
the otrcotj of the town. The little town
itself , all the warmth nnd color blown
out ot it , looked deserted , for It waa
Sunday , and every men was housed with
his own In the glow of his hearth iiro.
As night foil the wind grow keener ,
with a suggestion of elect upon It. The
old stages lumbered in , arousing the dogs
aa It passed , but presently these dropped
into stillness again. The lights behind
the windows began early to dlaappear ,
and ono ' by ono wont out , except in a
house far down _ in the hollow , where the
dlvlno hour of a woman was upproachlnp
there only twinkled all night the feeble
rays of a lamp.
There , and In the Equaro atone jail
where the guards watched and dozed al
ternately in the hall below , nud in the
cells above the prisoners shivered on thoii
scanty pallets.
Down the long hill , close upon mid
night , into the midst of this atillnoaa and
doom , rode two score and moro of men ,
jrltn , silent and pltilosss , with facet
voilud and belts bristling with weapons ,
and they came like phantoms from somt
unknown Dark.
The heavy thud of a ponderous bcatr
upon the door of the jallt The guard :
atart to their fott. The prisoners graaf
each other with a hush of expectation in
to which crootis the hope of deliverance.
Again and again the dull oound rninglei
with the over increasing roar of the wind
and dash of the rain. Then there la the
crash of splintering wood and a rush liki
that of doom , silent and mighty , up the
narrow starwny ] , with the white one
stricken guards driven on before. Deliverance
eranco ? The solid key groaua in the
lock ; the smoky lamp throws a ghastly
glare in the cold cell. * * * Ant
presently emerges Into the froos'iig nlghl
air a long , double file of men , whoso facei
.tro hidden , but whose clenched handi
betray too well a lack of merjy ; and it
the midst thereof walked two barefooted ,
shivering , half-naked creatures , with thu
ropea already knotted about their nocks.
And so silently hurries this ghostly
procession up tlio wind-swept hfll am
across tlio barren heath , that not oven the
watch-dogs are aroused ftom their slum
liors. Ono old hunter , indeed , _ lifts hii
liead from his pillow , with the instinct o
danger upon h in ; rises upon his elbov
and listens to tha sougliing of the wind
while the glow of thu dying fire redden :
the barrel of the rillo swung above thi
door , laughs contentedly as ho hcari
nothing else an drops back into elream
land.
land.Behind
Behind , the jail dooiB arc left wid' '
open , but [ the other prisoners , fro
zen with horror , crewel back into thci
cells and pray.
And out yonder the work is finished
finished remorselessly ami in silence. Oni
of the victims , indeed , bogs for the lifo o
liis young brother , and the other prayi
that ho may bo shot. But this is all , Bui
white and cold already , before death ha
liad time to freeze the blood in thoi
veins , they are left swinging to and fre
in the fran'ic gusts of wind ; -while : those
veiled phantoms of the night mount theii
horses and ride swiftly back into the un
known dark from whence they camo.
Tlio little town sleeps peacefully on
and midnight has not yet sounded.
It is still the Lord ilU Day.
III.
Ah , but over yonder , moro than fiftj
miles away , that Sunday morning , t
elendcr little wamrin had climbed into a )
old rlckoly , opan buggy. I have tolc
you that I never saw her feco , but J
make no doubt that at that moment bo ;
face beneath the faded sunbonnet wa
beautiful , a lovely light , as of first youtl
and first love , played over the lone ) ;
pallor of liar ohooks ; her sunken oyoa
shown and a bonny smllo parted her lip
as aho loaned forward and gathered uj
the reins and started the bony , slow
moving horse on the long nnd woarisomi
journey. For "tho boys" bond hat
boon signed. To-morrow they would b
sot free for a time at least and u re
spite meant everything. Ko need not
to look beyond the overwhelming glad
ness of the ono thought that to-morroi
they ho would bo tree , and she wouli
bo there to receivethem once moro Int
lifo nnd nlr and life I
i < 'ifty miles , why , that is nothing !
Across long and lonely reaches c
"rough" nhero the old homo ploughs hi
way painfully through heavy sand , stumb
ling every now and'thcn upon the shin
cak roots that twisted tbolr loose , ugl ;
knots over the road ; through bits o
browni , dreary prairie , where the uncer
tain wheels creak ever great clods of blacl
earth , ' lumpeel by the cold into shar
masses as hard as a rock ; d < n\n into r.i
vines deep-washed out , where the shad
ows lie heavily ami where wild things
with eyes that shine , creep stealthly frou
crevice to crevice ; over eoggy bottom
lands , strewn with wrecks of over-loadei
freighters , where the crows caw in the bi |
cnltonwoods and discuss angrily thu pal
passor-by.
Fifty miles , why , that is nothing !
It is cold and the wind stings her fac
like BO many needles ; her bare liands ar
blue and still' and her feet are numb. Bu
do you think she feels on her forcheai
the frozen air which presently melts int
a blinding rain , as she sits far forward 01
the scat nnd urges the old horso'along ,
A mule rabbit , with long , pointed oar
and glittering coat of fur , gathers hlmsol
up at the aide of the road prepared t <
speed away , but aware of her unseelni
eye , aottles himself cornforUbly In hi
bed of dry grass and stares out at her ; j
couple of doer , tawny and slock , lying ii
the shelter of the hollow , lift their head
and drop them again aa she goes by. Thi
few horsemen aho moots pass her by with
out the customary salutation , awed inti
silence by the remoteness of her gaze ; ye
turn to look afterward , remembering thi
joyous smile upon her lips.
And night falls and those awful phan
toms are somewhere veiling their faces
The next day Is well w oru when ahi
crosses the low ilat and ascends the hll
at the foot of which nnstlcs the town , I
is still cold , but the clouds have brokoi
and a sudden Hood of light bathes tbi
valley , and turne the windows to copper ;
gold. A bird somewhere in the dlslanco
u the j&dod old horse breaks into t
stumbling trot , throws out upon thi
frosty air n succession of joyous note
that are caught up nnd anawcrcd by an
other still further on. She pushes bad
her bonnet and draws a long , restfu
breath. Ah , there is the bij
stone school houao and the snuj
little cottages on either ftido of the street
and there ts the low log-house so full Int
mmnior of merry laughtorand music ant
light why , what n crowd about the jal
doorl Oh , yes , they are there to welcome
como the boys ; why , of course , and hon
kind I Only aho longed to bo the first tc
moot him.
The old horse slackens his pace nnc
cwops on ; aho leans out eagerly , loltlnc
ho lines fall , and clasping her hands ,
while the color comes nnd goes In hoi
lalo checks , She does not see them
jut then her oyoa are dimmed no doubl
> y the wind nnd rain nnd cold. Stand
aside there gontleinonl She has come
.0 moot them ; do you not understand ?
She la lifted gently down and her fnl-
.orlng stops nro supported na'sho move !
) liudly forwaro. The pitying crowd parts
.wo or three men rlso hurriedly from the
.hings that Ho white aud stark and tlglc
upon the ground.
\Voll ? Well , the meeting Is over. [ M ,
M. Davis , in the Current.
A BEIjATKl ) TKA.IN.
A Kcmnrlcnblc but True Story of the
Kail.
DCS Molnoa Loader.
The Hock Island train on the Keokul
division did not arrive in this city yesterday
day until 1:40. : The delay was occa
aioned by the onglno throwing n sldo roe :
east of Eldon. The train waa moving al
the usual rate of speed at the tlmo of tin
accident , but fortunately the rod waa or
the downward sweep , aud struck the
ground instead of coming up through the
cab nud interviewing the engineer. Tin
roda were disconnected and the trail
pulled to Eddyvlllo with the onglnt
working on "ono side. " AtEddyvllli
the east bound train waa mot , nnd nn exchange
change of engines made , the cripplct
ono being attached to the Keo
kuk train and sent bad
to the shops for ropalra. Semi
lively running was done between Prairii
City and DCS Moincs. Passing tbrougl
Altoona , the gait was of that characto
that gave the telegraph poles the apuar-
anco of the tcuth in n line comb. A kc ;
of nails antl a tub of butter sitting on tin
p at'orm were lifted from their mooring
by the suction of the train and followct
in its wako until near the next station
whuro the keg struck the ground witl
creat violence and the nails were drivel
iito the boards of the adjoining fence
with a force that clinched them on tin
tthcr side , while the butter was gradual ! ;
pulled under the rear coach , until i
icsted on the truck frame antl meltci
away on a hot box. When near
g Fail-mount , the engineer bciiij
on a long otr.otch of ' straight track , saw :
cow crossing within'tho corporate limits
four miles away. Io gave the stocl
whiatlo , called for brakes , "put her Ii
tlio back motion , " and attempted ti
avoid injuring the cow , but only sue
coedod partially , as the steam chos
nipped her tail oil close to the vertebra
and she was In a hurry , too. A lady 01
the platform at Altoona made som
pleaeant remark to Conductor Tom Rlley
and before that paato board puuche :
could replace his cap after bowing hi
found himself smiling at n colored lad ;
in east Des Hollies. The shadow of th
train foil to the roar four miles out am
did not arrive nntil five minutes after th
coaches stopped In Dos Moinos. It take
Keokuk engineers to got to the front.
EDUCATION IN HED AND BLAOI1
NcjroCH nnd Indians Tell of tli
Beauties of Christianity.
Now York Journal.
Black men and red Crow Indians an
colored brothrcn , Omalias and North Cai
o'inian ? , Sioux ami Virginians , sat aroun
the pulpit of the big Brooklyn tabernacl
yesterday. They were living witnesses c
the elforts of the Sunday school mission
ary society in behalf of Negro and India
etlucation , and they formed a plcasin
foreground to the numbers of pale-face
that stretched back te the doors.
A now policeman tried to break up tli
mcol ing because "iciigo ct noir" is a foi
bidden game , but nothing else marred il
success.
A ejuartotto of colored Hampton co
Irge students sang Bomo weird plantatio
ditties. Cold-day-whon-ho-gots-left ,
Sioux chief , scorned particularly please
with them , and explained that tlioy viv
idly recalled the war whoops ho was won
to utter before his conversion.
Mr. W. n. Daggs , a negro graduate o
Hampton college , told feelingly of hi
struggle for an education , how fc
months and months ho had denied him
eolf hoe cake and wntormelon so that h
could save his money to buy Ollendor' '
German reader.
Noah-La-Fleeche which is Omaha In
dlnn for Short Talk spoke for nn hon
and n half. IIo la n sturdy son of th
forest , erect as a primeval sycamore.
"I am married , " said Short Tnl
through an Interpreter signs of disif
polntment among the ladies "and I ai
a carpenter. I am glad I embrace
Christianity , for it teaches that ono wif
is enough for any man. I built a hous
for my wlfo and children before I loft in
reservation , and when I return I'm goln
to put a roof on it. "
Gcargo Bnshottor , a Sioux Indian
made an address In which ho announce
his intention of becoming n minister o
tbo gospel , and White Ghost , chief of th
Crow Creek Indians , declared that notli
Ing could iudncp him to leave his father-
as ho calls Major Glacsman , the Croi
Crook government agent that hia fol
lowers are tired of raising the deuce , am
were now raising wheat , and that hi
children were learning their A. B , 0.
"My brethren , " said White Ghost , Ii
the beautiful similes of his natlvo tongue
"a juicy beefsteak lays way over jorkei
buffalo moat and rod flannel nndorclothe
discount blanketi. I think your brotlie
knows when ho Is well off. Ugh ! "
Gononl S. 0. Armstrong complalne
of the small salaries that were paid t
Indian agents , and asserted that gooi
and honest men found difficulty in livln ,
on them. After the pow-wow the audl
once departed ,
Crocodile farming is rapidly becorain
a leading industry In certain localltiei
The lacgest animals are killed am
skinned , their flesh being mod to feei
their descendants. Ono dealer hat yea
supplied a St. Louis tanner with 5,00
skins.
Berlin contributes to Its local unlvoi
ally 811 of the 5,000 students who ar
registered for the winter term.
The Japanese have a new dictionary c
the Chinese language , comprising no lei
than forty volumes.
A. HAia/Kl/UJAU "WEDDING.
CftptMnn Hooper nd Leslie , of the
SnlviUlon Army , Married at
tlio Hnrracks ,
Philadelphia Time ? .
"It's ten cents to-night , " eald Captalt
Condit nt the door of the Salvation Armj
aarracka , on Germantown road , bolon
Borka street last evening. "Thoro'i
; olng to bo n wedding , a real hallclujali
wedding. Staff Captain lloopor , division
officer , is going to bo married to Captain
Leslie , of Bristol , England. She was ex
pected hero on the 8th of the month , bul
ier ship only arrived from London on
MontUy , Ho hasn't seen her in two
years , but thanks to General Booth , sho'a
como over to him nnd they're to be mar
ried to-nlt-ht. "
Salvation Hill was crowded with people
of all ages. There w cio not a few real
sealskin cloaks among the crewel and
thrco policemen wanned themselves at the
stove.A few minutes after eight o'clock
the still , chill air was all\o with the dis
cordant sounds of a key-bugle , several
; aniboutincs and some men's and wom
en's voices , decidedly untrained , Then
i procession of Salvation soldiers marched
n. shouting as they entered ; "God
Bless All llcro , " and took possession ol
: ho raised platform at the cud of the hill ,
In a few moments this jiKlform was oc
cupied by seven men in scarlet jerseys ,
mil an equal number of women in poke
jonuets , decemitcd with red libbons , the
proprietor of the key-bugle , the koy-buglc
itself , the tambontincs , about a dozen old
ladies also in pjko bonnets and n big bass
Irani.
On allonco being obtained , Captain
Faith Jcirry , "tho Plymouth Jailbird , "
ud the services with n hymn , between
each vono of which she requested her
kudlonco to bchavo themselves. Among
; ho performers were Lieutenant Lizzie
Foster and Captain "Dutch , * Abory , n
young woman who sang a hymn In Penn
sylvania Dutch and apologized for hoi
icccnt aa she had "only been In Heading
: hroo weeks , but so many speak Dutcb
there I had to learn it. " In the middle
of the prayer from Captain Thompson
the door of the hall was thrown open and
Captain Hooper and hla finance entered
and marched up the nlalo. Captain
Hooper did nil the blushing , the sea ah
and many a fight in England havlnp
taken all the blush out of Captain Leslie.
They were followed in a few moments bj
the minister , the Rev. Dr. Morris , of the
Jefferson street Methodist church.
The wedding ceremony was begun bj
Bugler Whetmoro , who announced thai
that ho had some questions to ask the
happy pair before they could bo joined It
wedlock. _ Was the captain , ho asked ,
undertaking this solemn atop with the
intention ot upholding and f urthorlng tin
Intornstn of the Salvation army ? To thif
the groom replied , with tears in bis eyes ,
that ho was. The lady said she was nlao
Then Dr , Morrla went through the usua
marriage norvlco of the Methodist church
hesitating every tlmo ho addressed them
whether to call them captain , Mr. anc
Miss , nnd concluding by saying , "Mrs
Hooper , I congratulate you. " The ovo-
nlug's entertainment was not considered
complete until the brldo and bridcgroon :
had mode ppocchea. These consisted ii
a shower of blessings on the spoctaton
and nn announcement from Captain Con
dit that a f rca lunch would bo distributee
to-day at ono o'clock.
SPEECH KESXOttED.
Strange Case of a bady "Who Rclnsce !
to Converse with Any One ,
Globe-Domocrat ,
BEAKTOWX , Lancaster county Pa. , Jan
uary 28. An account has already boei
published of the sudden death of Mrs
Goo. W. Sonsonlch , of this place. Ai
inquest was hold over the remains b ;
Deputy Coroner A. G. Seyfort , of Caorrl
arvon , it having been doomed necessary
siuco no opo was present to witness tlr
death but Mrs. Sonsoulch's daughter
who for twenty-five years haa refused t
talk to or with any ono but her mothe
and two sisters , snd upon this rests on
of the strangest and most romarkabl
wonders of the ago. George W. Senscn
fch was the proprietor of what I
known as Scnsonich's tannery , on tlio eli
Downlngton turnpick , between the town
ship line of East Earl ami Caernarvon
When quito young ho was married ti
Bliss Worst of Salisbury. She died ECV
eral years afterward , leaving as tlio enl ;
offspring an infant boy , who is now ] f
W. Sensenich , a well known veterinar ;
surgeon of the eastern end. Severn
years succeeding the death of his firs
wife , ho marrictl Miss Elizabeth Krutz
from which union there were thrco chil
dren , all daughters. Lydia , the eldest
is mar/ied to James Emery , of Salisbmy
tlariict is the wife of Lovau Wenger , o
Barpvillc ; Emma , the youngest , and th
subjccot f this sketch , lias lived with he
mother.
SPEECH 11ESTORED BY A SHOCK.
She ia about 30 years old , and durini
thlo tlmo never spoke to anyone but he :
mother and two slstora until her inotho
fell over dead in her presence , a few day
ago. She afterward related the clrcum
stances to several ladlca and haa sinci
spoken to many othera. When a chile
she went to school , but refused to recite
any lessons and Boomed as mute us It slu
wtiH unable to speak. Nevertheless shi
acquired a very fair education. She at
tended church regularly and was a con
slstont member at Bridge vlllo. She wen
into society , nnd seemingly enjoyed i
very much , but when spoken to the onlj
answer the speaker would receive waa i
smllo. She had a special abhorrence foi
men , Many a ono thought that she
must talk , and made vain efforts tc
get a reply. It is said that when quite
small her father tempted her with gok
pieces If she would speak ono word tc
him , but It was useless. Four years age
her father died , after a lingering illness
During that Illness she constantly at
tended him with the tendoreat care , bul
not ono word would she speak to him tc
console him , and In her presence he
dlod ono morning. As ono of the heirs ,
olio received considerable ! money. Some
of this she Invested In buying the real
deneo of A. G. Soyfort , which is now the
parsonage of the Bridgovillo church ,
During this legal transaction her mothoi
acted as the second person , but not ir
the presence of any ono. The awfu
shock of her mother's sudden death wai
a great blow to nor , and it waa foaroc
that aho would lose her reason , but the
effects arot passed and she now speaks te
any one. ' The caio ia most peculiar , ant
la the talk of the eastern end of thi
county.
A Washington Money-Ijoneler.
That Washington is infcatodlth i
class of money-lenders who grow rich ty
extorting outrageous rates of interes
from all they can got into their clutches
writes a correcpandent of the Now York
Times , la known to a good many govern
ment clerka and others who.havebuBt . _ ]
their victims. A ease'ln whTch'Secrotar ;
McOolloch'a ocBUtancV waa naked in ale
of tlio money-lender , and which has ju >
como to light , la an excellent example o
the methods of some of thoeo so-cullei
brokers. The _ widow of a naval ofllie :
who had lost hia Ufa during the war liai
bcni anpnorting n largo family for tovrrn
years on a salary of $900 ayoaraj n c'orl '
In the treasury department. In 1331 nm
of her yoimt ; sons dlod , She was with
out menus to glvo him a decent burial ,
und applied to a broker for n loan of § ( jO
The money-lender demanded intorcal
at the rate cf 11 per cent a month ,
and in her extremity the wlelon
agreed to the terms. She paid the SC.CC
regularly each month , and tried hard to
avro up onotnjh to pay the principal , but
another son , who was a pa go In the sen
ate , was taken sick. Lie was 111 for n
long time , and finally died. Ilia sick
ness r.nd burial exhausted hla mother's
mlniy , and the lonn remained unpaid. A
few months ago the widow made a calcu
lation which showed that aho lud paid
the broker $150 in Interest and sUllowcd
the $ GO principal. She told the money ,
lender that eho would pay no moro in
terest , but would repay the loan as BOOH
as she could save it out of her salary.
After annoying the wompn almost daily
in an effort to force her to continue py -
Ing the 11 per cent. Interest , the broker
recently wont to the secretary of the
treasury and tirpod him to compel the
widow to pay the debt at once , under
penalty of dlamiecnl from her position.
Secretary McOulloch , after Investigating
the matter , has written to the money
lender that the treasury department will
not lend itself to assist in recovering sucli
a claim.
STOP THAT COUGH
By usitift Dr. Frazicr'a Throat nml Lung Bal
sum the only sure cure for Coughs. Colds ,
UonrsoucHS nnd gore Throat , nud nil dUoasoi
of the throat ami Imigs. Do uot npglcct r
cough. It may prove fatal. Scores nm !
hundreds of grntoful people owe their lives tc
Dr. Krazier't Throat nud Lumr Balaam , and
no family will ever be without It nftor once
using it , and discovorincr its marvelous power ,
It is put up in l.irRO family bottles nnd BO ! < :
for the smnll price uf 75 cents per bottle. Sold
Kuhp & Co. and O. F. Goodman.
In some villages in Colorado , Kanait
and Now Mexico , where sand is eprbk
led over paper to dry the Ink , It Is sale
the nativon would not know what blot-
ling paper was were it not for the Insnr
anco agents.
* * * * Premature decline of power ii
cither sex , however induced , speedily am
permanently cured. Consultation Free
Book for three letter stamps. World'
Dispensary Medical Association. Buffalo
N. Y.
A Russian peasant , a member of :
Bible reading sect , has been sentencoi
to Imprisonment for throe years and nln
months by the Odessa criminal court fo
haying preached against the Imago woi
ship of the Rnstian church.
Hood'o Saraaparllla , acting through th
blood , roaches every part of the system
and in this way positively cures catarrh
\Vhllo during the entire month of Nt
vomber , 1790 , but 113 persona from th
outside entered through the twalvo gate
of the Prussian capital , the number c
strangers now arriving per month roachc
an average of upward of 150,000.
The Human Bellows.
The lunga furnish the air. They koe
blowing , blowing , blowing , all day am
night. Lungs must bo sound If healtl
Is expected , When lung fever comes
there In danger. The Rev. A. W.Vhll
ney , ofjHlngham , WIs. , had lung fove
and was laid aside from his pulpit an
pastoral duties. Ho writes that after
long sickness ho uecd Brown's Iron Bll
tors and gained strength and health.
There are in existence more than fort
Egyptian obelisks , the smallest of whic
is the Lep.'ius , In the Royal Museum n
Berlin , two feet ono and a half inches 1
height and weighing 200 pounds.
Mr. W. IT. Mathicson , Dee streol
Invcrcargill , Now Zeland , writes , "M
apprentice took very ill with ncuralgi
and became delirious. Several remedic
were tried without effect , then ho trie
St. Jacobs Oil , and after ono applicatio
got immediate relief. "
Eight men , all of whoso names ondo
with the same letter , recently men in
restaurant in Jacksonville , Fla , with 01
previous arrangement. Their name
were Wiltz , Fitz , Kotz , Fritz , Drit :
Uritz , Pcctz , and Schmldtz.
CAPITAIi PRIZE 975,000
Xlcketo only $5. Shares in Froportio :
Louisiana State Lottery Oompan ;
"We do htreby etrUrj * fit ufiupernite the t\ \
icngtpttntt for all thr Hcntl.lv and titv.i-Ar.nu ;
Dtnwngs of the Louisiana State latttrji Cornyuci ;
And inptrcon manage and control the Dravin ,
ihemuhes , and thai the eatne are conduatcil titt
icneity.faimeii.and in yood/aitk toward all vat
tin , ana tie authonie the company to uie thit ce ,
ttKctkte , taithfac-sitmtti cf cur tttniituret attatkt
In itt adtertucntnti. "
OominlBsloncrs ,
IneojpoitUd la 1833 lot it jrmi by the IvjItU
far education * ! and charlUblo pnipot with k u ]
Hal ol 11.003,000-to which a retervt fond of mi
15(0,000 baa olooe been added.
By an overwhelming popuUf Tot * III fitnohU
HIB made a pail of the present lUti eoajtltutlci
idopted Deoember Id. A. D , 167B.
The only lottery e\cr voted on and endorsed b ;
the people of any eUtc.
It never ecolea or postpone * .
IU grand single nnmbea drawlnge tat
place monthly.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOH
TUNK , 8KCOND OKAND DHMVINQ. CLASS I } , II
TUK AOADEMY OF MUS10 NKW OULKANfi
TUESDAY , rKUBUAKY. 10,1835. , 177th UOATIIL'
DHAWJNQ.
CAPITAL PRIZE , 875,000.
100 OCO Tickets at 85 each. Fractions , Ii
Fifths in oportlon ,
tl T OF PHIZES.
1 OAPITAV PE12K , . . . _ . . . . _ _ . . . . ! 76r
1 , do do 25C (
1 aa do 10 ,
2 FBlZEIOf 10,000 ll ,
6 do 2000 lO.Ot
10 do 10CO 10.0C
10 do 00 10.0C
ICO do 2DO 2J.CC
sjo do 100 si.oe
60S da M. . . . _ 25 00
ICW do ZJ 25,00
imoxnunOK ruins.
0 Approximationprizeof 1760 , 0.7G
0 do do 600 4b\
9 do to m 2,26
1W FtUei unoaotlOE to ISCfi.tC
Application tor ittot to elaU ihoald b nudi OB !
o the office of the Ooinpuy In New Or leant.
For farther latorraailon write clearly Klvlnr In
addrcM. 1'OSTAU NOTKS , ExrrcM Money Order * , o
Niw Yoik Exchange In ordinary letter , Uurrenc
by Liprwu ( MI iuma of 15 and npwaiw at our 01
l-onse ) addr i ed
U A , DAUPinH ,
or U. A. DAUPU1K , New Oiloitu Le ,
(07 Beveath Bt. Wiihlnjton D. U
Uale P. O. Money Orderi payabli ani addtel
rf
BetbUted I M r to
NKW 011LKAN3 NATIONAL BANK ,
UwOrl ani La ,
UPHOLSTERY AND DUAI'EIIIES ,
l-ASSKNOKU KIKVATOR TO ALL FLOOHa | 1200 , UM an.l 1710 Farn\m St. , Omaha ,
1409 and 1411 DoduSt. i } Omaha He
( SUCOESSUU TO FOSTER & GRAY ) .
LIME AJTD CEMENT.
RICHARDS & CLAKKB , W. A. CLARKK ,
Proprietors. Suiieruinnden
ff. P. RAILWAY , 7TH & 18TH
MANUFACTUEERS OF AND DEALERS INs
B
s WATER WHEELS. HOLLER MILLS ,
MDLL FORNISHINQS OF ALL KINDS , INCLUDING THE
Celebrated Anchor Brand Dufour Bolting Olotla
STEAM PUMPS STEAM WATER AND GAS PIPE.
ARCHITECTURAL AND BRIDGE
< 83j
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n.j
Wo nro prepared to furnish plans and estimates , nnd will ccntrncfc faff
the erection of Flouring Mills nnd Grain Elevators , or for chnnginfl
Flouring Mills , from Stona to the Roller System.
B39"Especial attention given to furnishing Powder Plants for any pur
posd , nndestimntes made for some General machinery repairs .attended
promptly. Address
RICEABD & CLARKE. Omaha.Neb
SANDER , HOWE & CO
OFFTCJES.
! 211 S , listTelephone , , Do , 563 ,
Clinton Stock Ws , Telephone Bo , 516. .
Omaha , Neb
Liberal Advances on Consignments ,
om Flour
WHOLESALE BY
L , A STEWAET CO ,
} j Aa { OMAHA NEB
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