THE DAILY BEE SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 14 , 1885 \ "Yen know the Net Perce * . supple and slim Sluggish o ! soul and limber of limb ; Cruel of council ma nnd cald us KB A tight of one of em will sulGco. "Up In the Ycllowatono , illck and nrat , Near to the tieiers dwelt Paw me 1'eto. His dam ft tqtiaw and his sire a Yank Who passed in them | > rts for hall n crank. "Now , Pete was a chap of the f'arson typr , J.Utlp.detcrmiiifd , for tightltif ' , ripe , Who seldom traveled without hi * Run , And from white man or red could never run. "Ho had n hut In the Modoc p ss , A ledge of mica like colored glasp , And ho kept n rifle Ix-nido hif > bed , And a brace of pistols beneath hii head. "Hr skinned lack rabbits for food in spring : In summer , ho brought down game on the wing ; In autumn , Ret for thn moose his snare ! In winter , trapped for the gtinly boar. "You bet hat chap was n nat'ral rough , Whoso L-r i/1 / made h n n wmtern tough ; A 'brave. Jnrt ncont and part Injun buck , Well knd n to 'Kruco for craft and pluck. "Well , " Jito heard something' of Canby'o Of pale VJ3 trust nnd rul facr hate , And hn" t > re an oath that If o'er the hour Came fo wventjo , he'd try his powci. "Uncle tfiin't cavalry knows the wiles n' J < hostile ! in deep defiles , ahawk and the scalping knife , idly tricks of savage life , there drove through the Yellow- > Oho- . fthtp with its load nlonu 'UK ' Rlrli and a lad and man , tlioir ilrcond nt work btgan. " \V lido i IUK at Mipi > er a glittering eye Was fixi ipon ' ( in , and Invorodnign To see \ { , flrop in their wagon bed : Hut one.i . guard with a charge of lead "As clp' Ji the canyon crmichodnnd crept. The bu.wore there , when the settkrs slept To steal < lco snakes on the quiet rnmp And kll1 nd scalp by the firelly's lamp ; "But If it happened they never knew , A kettib ojn was watching the crew , And whr at midnight a wild wolf'd yell Awork ti echoes like Bhroiko of hull , "A rifle tckod , and n rcdman sank Downwi ru the blossoms his hot blood drank ; And m .nd boy from the startled van With t shooters out at the devils ran. "Anothc shot , nnd another yet , And an ier still , till the flowers were wet With tl crimson ( low of that Indian band , Cut off their prime by n vengeful hand , "Andf" hand Pete's , which ho next day * * To ono ft theglrli he helped to cave ; Then * umped a ranch down In Wyoming When Iw ttio v oiccs of children ring. "Whon'ver , stranger , you go that way You'll , r what the settlers have to say ; 'Nob.ror braver man is known That "wnoo Pota of the Yellowstone. ' " ( ' f , -The HapublU. V rMAlirON J. MEUIUVILE. "Ti * Jo days to think of it ! " mused Noll1 Jhymore , walking up and dowu thonttjrow strip of grasi that skirted the doctor a compact little dwelling. "Three days before the garden party , nnd then I shall have to decide whether I shall be mistress ot nil Oikloigh or the wife of i surgeon in ono of the poorest piactlces it : Now York. " Seeing her to charming in her browr hollaud dress and nmplo garden hat , will her golden hair rippling in the sunshine little caufe for wonder that the heir of hal the surrounding county bal lost hli heart to her so far as to entreat her to be come the lady of Oakloigh hall. The oiler wu a very flattering ani tempting ono to Nellie , and she was t3 ( much of n woman to refuse the cli'sr a once just because she did not love him So three days had oho taken to comido : his i posal , and in the library of Oak- leig ill ou his 21st bir.hday had agreet to giv bun her final answer , givT1 reo days ta think of what , Mit Clay i jie ? ' exclaimed n voice from thi Burg > iwindow , and looking up Nellii saw v , Ji tome embarrassment tint thi first , Hrt of her sentoace hid boon hem by f d studious young suigeou who wa tak v brief holiday noath the doctor j ro ? tn ovious to taking a practice in thi ute § 1 wards of New York. teli I face was n sid ono , too much so t < a , jmod hnnUome. but ho was inter- i ° t"/ , / , ' look inc. nistwi'wlcoJ , Mi. Veinoy , I had no idua .10 com leaking my thoughts , and .stilll Iffc .tiler tl oa were within hearing , " ropltei jliHl thr < coming to the caienunt abou "m. Son th.r . ° 8ea twined E0 lo\oin ly. took tiiu fly Jllio , " sud ho , "I was thlnkmghoi [ UlUng for shall bo to have this place for thi ibo put in ui change th's ' rose-covered cottag froiiiMr. . . , -apartment , in a dirty street , jou go yotl You have enl ere two months. " After noon past , or 1 shall not have a peen thu iUf8Uini | twith. Besides , I nmgettingevci n inclined to work. Pleasure ting ; it seems to sap all my energy , moved loud , Pa will miss you very mnch , nnd i out of order - Butyou wills ion be well known i to call him fig v\orld , and lhough you miMtwor vM * . " 1 ! ? ! . ( U poverty you mum not mind. 1 had > ou to tulk to mo I think L bu thu li'st in the country bufor rs , ar is out , ho said , with n Hush c nounting to his earnest face th the dailc Jaiheu droop over Nelllu OtTnuwlix whlloa decided iluttor nbout hi J'atil , Putin warned her that they were now n ] S. . natu ; A bing an interesting crisis , it ttiJ cha Nolllo , Nolllo , whci jarojou ? I hnv ft die i > a looking f > r you all dny , ' cried tl ' " . rather curious , fursy-bokir which nppaarod nt the U IHI vrii . papa' " answered Nellie , will ompanlou hast.ly wlthdran frjm tl nt. j uvo you written ont those f o si , yotl No ? Well , I cnunot get y ( n little thing to help mo , and yi [ , iall my patients atAIoornllo getili a ( her. Will you do them now , chil - Intend to at nil ? I must ba o Wt < I shall do when Mr. Yerney gotH il T , Know , although he Is general ttu King of something else when I a tir dug to him , " Dr. Clay more continue \lngdown to the ball , where Nell \ik waiting ta give him his hit. "Now got my stall" ho alsvawa csll It n stall'"and ran for my gloves , know those two Wigby girls will ba de by this time , " and ha stamped up ai down tbo ball in a fever nf luipatlenc "Therelgood'by , and don'c bother n with your kissot ; I have never t ma f anything but work. It you dent g thoio done by the time 1 return you whi not go to the fo'.o. " Iftcr that throat I'll do It. Good-b and b ) homo ai teen as you can , ered Nellie , attending him to t P f ' , r flood by. Ttll Mr. Vcrney that mall expect him to como this efterno fjr a low hours' lishlug up-jli-dsm. Ai il ho wants somotbiog to do bo may 9t.ll get my tackle in order for it pwiliv ; y frlqhteru me to see It ia the condif it ii. " And with this parting injuoc'.i tie fusiy 'hough really gto lnaturtJ do tor walked down the road on hit omnde of mercy , leaving Nolllo to natch hta broad form until it disappeared behind n clump of hedpe-ro * . * * * * * * * It is the day of the foto. All Oakloigh and Moorvillo are alho with flags and bunting , iind a splcndcd Irlumphal arch < 7cr the big gate inatki the onttanco to the h 11. Thismhisto to illuminated ia the evening , and the iLlubltants nf thonolgh. > oihcod are to bo liirthor dnightod by a grand display of hcc-woiks. All in hon- r of the young hair. There ho la , loin- K ngslnat the tcraco rails. Handsome , you think , don't you' Still , them Is tuh a decided lack of character in Ills face that it looks almost girlish , Ou a goat by the terrace stops ii n rnr- y of young girls , among whom is Nellie 1'aymoro. "Ara ycu invited to the ball to-night , Nellie' " aeked n brighl-cycd member of the group. "Yos do r , but 1 don'tthinkl shall go. cplied Ncllio. "Not go ! echoed round In astonish- nent. "Why , I would go If it vttra only toseo ho diaamads and plate. But y u pti- laps have seen them , haven't youl" "Yos ; tluyarocorlninly very beautiful. ' "I wonder who wll bo xho lucky wom an who will citch the heir to the diamonds mends ! " aald Lucy Derllng , ono of the Jils , u.th a quick laugh. "It's c'lUinly vorth trying tcr. ' Report stii at tin time tint she was r/ing vui > hard htrielf. "Seo ho v ho is Ihniog with Miss Mon roe. It M not likely to bo ono of us , do you think ? " "I dna't know about that ; her hair la BO ihort , nnd I can't think why it don't [ tow , " said Lucy , shaking out her own usurlant trcsics. "It Is sliT , but pretty and curly , nnd she is far ton good for that bop. " "jMollie'Ntl ' iol That sounds rather biter - or , and pats me In mind of the fox and , ho gripss. " A li'.ilu' Indignant laugh broke from ! ? ollio'd lips as sno look'.d over there by 'ho lake. Half a dozen girlc , in the inoit ongag- ng tuminor coatumet , hovering around ho recumbent form of the curly headed loir , who , with a sweet smile on his lies , \copt their subtle flatterierlillo each aln little heart Halters -witli delight at the thought of being the faxorod ono. Something-\\cok \ , almost contemptible nbout the group. AiNelllo turned away her eyes met ; hose of Wendell Votney , and by the ex pression in his face she knew tint some- -hing ot the tame thought had passed thrcugh his mind. It was then that ehe deidod that hei answer - swor to Fcrcy Oakloigh ahou'd bo a nega tive ; for , comp.vlng the tvo ( men , tbo viuopor lo tea much that not alltho lords jf OaKloIgh could tarn the balance in his Faor. . A \cry stately loom was the library of ; ho hal ) , and Nellie was very glad when [ ha Interview was over with Percy , al though mortified that ho did not take her refusal in the tragic way that aha had road about in novel1. # * * * * A bcautifol night , the soft eouth wind rutAling the loivea In the chestnut giovo , tha firmament abliza with heav en's joweh , nnd beneath , where all ia ( juiet and still , Wendell Vernoy Is tall ing his love to Nellie Claymore. "Acd you will ba my wife , darling , and help me win a name and fortune ? " "Yes. Wendell"she said , shyly. "But when will you bo tack from New York ? ' 'In a week , I hope. What can I dote to prove my pntltudo to you for casting your lot in life with a poor mm' ' ' Why , promise to never love mo less than you do now , " she siid , laughingly , drawing her hand from his clasp. "But I hoar the carriage coming to take you away. " "Away , oh , yes but a week and I shall return never to part from yon again , " and he stooped and kissed hoi asjlonntely ; and the stars looked softly lown , blinking kindly In the vault ol icavon , the solo wiliietH of this victory ; alned by hearts over diamonds. YOUNOMKN ! KE11) THIS. THE VOLTAIO BELT Co. , of Marahall , Mich. , Her to send their celebrated 1'LEcrito-VoL- AID BKLT nnd other EI.ECTBIO ArruANCKS on rial for thirty days , to men ( young or old ] afllictcd with nervous debility , loss of vitality , nd manhood , and all kindred troubles. Alsc or rheumatism , neuralgia , par.Uyeie , and many other diseases. Complete reetoration tn icaltli , vigor and manhood guaranteed. No ink is Incurred ns thirty days trial is allowed , Vrito them nt once for Illustrated pamphlet reo. Ilia Clmmiiion l-iur 1'ioin Katihis Cllj Throws I p tlic SIIOIIKI * joui.svillu Courier Journal. "Cold in Jvansas ? " interrogated the cd-shirlcd gentleman , who nai iudus rlously occup'ed ' in holding a cracker- > 'X down , just to the right of the stove , "Well , I should lo't'y ' ' snar/.e. Tell yei wet ; why , when lluywjutpr mike ici cionn out thai , a'l taey hav' trr clu is t < [ tut a htt'o ' luuon p-el im' sugar inter thi bucket an' go ter milkin , ' an1 In the tinu their dun milkin1 lltey hav' a bucket ful o\ thou werij' beat ice cream " The stillntRS was , as .1 bfstamlci re maikcd , "so ttick yer could cut it wit ! an old chco'o knife. "That's puny good as for ns It goos. " "Da toll , ' murmured a long slapsidoi specimen of humanity , ai ho draw him self ont of n nail keg and glaivd arouni upon tbo motley nsmnbly with an inter rogation point In his loft eye and a clas of stnlo beer in his left hand , "tha1. ' putty good as far ez it goer , bat up into Mishygan it air snmmat kold , too , lorn mo toll yer. Why , when I was up t Mishygan on a wieit tor my brother 11111 nn'ono mornln' In , l > nnawerry we wen ont to milk old brlndloau' itwas to koli that wo bad ter hi d a fire under Iho eli kow ter thaw her out , so oz she could giy down her milk , ' Thona silence like a wet blanket fol over the little knot of listeners that wa just broken by tha champion liar froi Ivanrns , who in n tone of disgust re nisikod : "He tikes the sasaago. " Then the crowd arose as ono man , an filed out as silent as a funeral prccesiioc HKIN UIBE/YNKS / GUIIEI ) . lly Dr , Frazier'i Marie Ointmect , Cure If by magic : Pimples , Black Ileadi or Grub Blotches and Eruptions on the fase , leavio the skin clear and beautiful. Also cures Itcl Salt Hhouin. Sore Nipples , Sore I ps and ok Obstlnato Ulcers Sold by druggist * , c mailed on receipt price. 60 cena. Sold b Kuhn & Co. and 0 , F. Goodman. A lidy whose husband had contracte a club favor hit upon a brilliant sclisni recently. She procured a partly-won 10 gentleman's glove and left It upon tb parlor sofa when the retired , after eittin np until after twelva for her nbjont lord lie does not go out In the evenings now DUUKDE'S SALID DUISSINO & Cot MEAT SAUCE , The ( moil nuynnauo fc meat , tish , and vcgotibb E.il.tds , and supuib table sauce , Itfir SU-IIOMOS nn ; home-mado drc&sbig , I'vorjbwly likes it HOW CONGRESSMAN DHHSS. Tlio Senatorial I'conllnrtlcs of Sonic of Our Stntcumcn. Washington Irtter to Cleveland Leader. Luke P. Poland is the only relic of the old statesmen of the dajs nf Clay , Calhoun - houn and Webster. IIo still clings to the wallow-tall foal , with the bright grid buttons which woto used by nil of the fashionable men of tint time. It is dinner and prettier thin the Prlnco Al bert or the cutaway of the present. In fact thu dress of mon has been guwlng similar during the past century. Wash ington , who died in 170 ; ) , wi.ro rollljs on his sleeves , and half nf the men who signed the Declaration nf Itulependonca were powdoicd wigs. Jofi'otsan aportad knee-breeches and Madison was proud ot having worn a suit of clothes of Amcu- n msko nt his Inauguration. Daniel Webitar.usually were n suit of snull-brown color , with n Intgo soft neck tie. Martin Van Buron was very fns- tidiona nbout his clothes , nud always ap peared during the summer In the whitest of white duck linen. Ills clothes were cut in the la'cst ttylcs , and ho were very high stock neckties , out of whi h pcopod his standing co lar , making his head look like th&t of John the Baptist on n charger. Andrew Jackson nho dresud well , though ho did not make his clothes n great mutter Ileury Clay were n swallow tall , nud n standing collar ex travagantly high , James Buchtniu was nlwaya very precise in his clothes , always appealing In full dress. lie had a great trouble as to how ho should aopoar when ho wai our minister to Eogliml , nnd the dlscnts'on Involve ! oven the queen of England herself. To-day half of our public mon go about In suiti as basincst-llko as those of a bnnk cashier. William Walter Phelps , with nil his millions , wonrs clothes which cost nbout § 25 n suit , nnd ho sports n nd neoktlo. Tom llccd dresses in dark twcad business clothe ? . Ly ra an , of Massachusetts , wears a corf , Orlando Potter's gray clothes would not soil for $50 to second hand clothosman , and the Week onus of Col. Woolford , of Kentucky , nro shiny with ngc. Cbnilca Ncal , of Philadelphia , is natty in his drees , and his red neckties are always now and his collars clean. Jim Belford , on the other hand , sometimes wears clothes that nro positively ditty , and they hang on his eqnaro , angular form like the old ones of a farmer who hai framed thorn on n cross to scare tha crows. Both Carlisle and Randall wenr little inch wide black nocktlos , nnd Vioth nro generally dressed in black. Both stoop a little , nnd neither Is very careful as to his appearance Jiulgo Kenyan , of Texas' , wears a black diagonal Priuco Al bert coat nnd n turnover collar , nnd Perry Belmont's little frame , every ounce ot which can bo fed with its Income of many thousands a year , ia clothed in closely buttoned black broadcloth. Governor Long , who is to rend the address at the dedication of thu monument , has a good tailor , and his wide blue seersucker paiita of List yenr made him the envy of all iho Wash ngton dudes , but bluff Oscar Tnrncr , of Kentucky , tha Outlaw of the Purchase , of cell comes into iho house without a vest , and buttons his lantaloons with a belt strap Dowhefincr : loihcs his six-feet form nnd his three lundrod pounds in blick d a onol. Sam Cox always appcars on the floor In b'ack , and Heir , of Michigan , has on a suit ot justness cat , and n peeper nnd silt ma- crlal. Calamity Waller's clothes BIO ns rough and crazy na his bruin His Guitenn- ika face looks as though it needed a razor , and his luir alwnjB stands on end. Phil Thompson , that little fellow with , ho plen'ant faca and the mild airdresses , very neatly , nnd hi ) clothes fit him. Ho las no lo ik about him which will indi cate his history ni the killer of several mon , and bii manners are ns gen ie as tliofo of a woman. Ho IP , n fact , as mild a mannered man as over cut a throat. Phil Thompson has a .win brother who dresses just like him , ind who is his very Imago in face and form. The doorkeeper can not tell them npart , and Phil's bro'her , who is not a member of congress nnd has no right to the ilcor , can move In nnd out of the louao at will , the officers of the hcuso making him for his brother. At ono tima it 13 said that Phil was a prosecuting attorney in Kentucky , and not feeling well ono day .ho asked his brother to go and try a case for him. Ho did so and .ho court did not know thu difference. I'vpsrlcnco \ It ia a matter of regret that in Intro - luclng Hood's Saraapa rills , ito proprio : ors are obliged to overcome n certain distruv. by EOIUO people who have nnfor- : unntely bocght worthless compiunds mixed by poreona Ignorant of pharmacy , ierj. 0 , I. Hood & Co. nro reliable pharmacists of lonu experience and they make no claims for Hcoi's Sirsaparilla which cinnot bo substantiated by the strongest proof. And wo say to those who lack confidence , read the nniolicitjc tostiiiKiiiaia in favor of Hood's Sarsapa nils , anil then provo iti merits by astua pornonol test. Wo are coolicont 1 hit you will not be ditappolotcd , but will find it a medicine of grrat value , wlrch cnn be implicitly rellea upon 100 Dtscs $1. Tm-Foot Shark. Santa Barbara ( Cil. ; ) In ' , andont : Thcsa who wuro forttmata enough to be present at the whaif yestordny morn ing hml the pleasure of witnessing a etricgd and novel spectacle , n sight tt.i was out of the usual routine of ovejj daj happening ) . Lirco ( every porjou whc his resided joy length of time in Snnti Barbara knows him ) , the fisherman , ha n 14-year old ton that manages a ( iehing smack with BS much dexterity a * an oa lar that had fol'otrcd ' the eeas all tbodavi of his life ; and last summer a year ago when his father owned the sloop Ocean King , would always accompany him or sea voyages to Huonemo for cargoes o oil and grain , and take h s turn at the wheel regularly with his father , by sc doing filling the pUce of an iiblo sea man , Ho can reef and furl sail am manage a boat In a way that woulc do credit to old hands at the bnsi HUBS. Yesterday morning the boy jumpec into ono of hta father t boa's bent on t Cubing tour and before he got outsldo o the kelp ho hooked on to n ten footsharl that brought bis boat to a standstill With the nerve of a hero he wont imme- dutely to work to lucuro Mr. Fish , anc it was plain ta bo seen that the lad had i task of no little magnitude. To nsa him self advantageously ha had to let the boi dii't ' &t the mercy of Iho waves , and a once commenced polling on the line ti which the liah nai attached. Fora wlilli It was a question In the minds cf roan ; who were prcsintaa to wLo was iiuste of tha situation , the boy or the fish. Thi shark would frequently come to the sur face , nad , with n sudden lash of its tai that made the wiUn wild with coraun tion , would go down into the depth 'if the cc an with lightning rap Uity. evidently realizing hi predicament from tha fuss h i made ia lighting tifrro himself , am while the line grew ( hotter the tharl RTOW correspondingly larger in his np- poirancs. In the course of a few minutes utos the fish showed signs of becoming wo&ry and tired , and the work of getting him to the boat WAS not us creat as fir t anticipated. The boy's exertions were finally crowned with success , for when the hugo monstct was finally within reach of the lad ho struck him a severe blow with n larga knife , crimsoning the water for yards , proviDg that ho was hit n good ono After receiving the firtt cut ho fought all the fiercer for n short liui ? , but owing to the lojs of Mood ho soon succumbed. On opening the shark ho was found to contain nine good sired fish. Ho was aftsrward thrown overboard , as their moat is not good for eating pur poses. They are very dlswtrous to fishing - ing nets , once becoming ontinglod fre quently teailng them into thrcds. List of letters remaining in the Omaha postollico February 13th , 1885. ( .EMLKKAN'SIIST , Milling L i : Keini L A Anderson It KillettVI , \llen U W LiiRhton C Mho Mr Lindsloy L B V Jams B K Lindqulst 1) Vincco T S Lodor II U htnda II Mlchol M 5iay J i : JIc LiiiRhlin T Jrown L T Murray 1) Jruner W McDonald L Jenitlick W 11 Ale Dermott J C Jestanlo W iMcKranu J BurntttWH J Incite II Boulher C F Mlllt-r C ioon C h McCisson O I1 itdard .1 MehliR C iomo J Mnstuy Mr ! eyJ ! Mitchell C Jookei 1' Winery T Javelhim V Milhouien .T A Jrapahaw 1) McDonald 1' Vurns J II lead 1' J Jay G II McGinn 1' Jurtoltou N Miller 'ursih O ManlnaG loudin M McNnhl W Jyars J 0 Niltson G itasou ] ) Koiono A Benton C C Newman K JockV Newman F tenter 6 Ohrt U 2 iuatonO Price F 3orey J 1'araloy L Boston It I'lnllspapa F OautwelW 1'eterscn Mr Cain O .1 Tearl O 1'aul W n It 1'lumf r SIi Cnrlon J 2 Powell LC lamp W 3 1'otter A , Son ybriftensoii C 1'leasant Ll > Quay SO } arpennor 11 W ItassmiHon C Cai tor D Richards G L 'orvjfll J llothlll. Jeni'nn 1' Hook J ) onan ! J . ) KIchardson C A hincan & Co Jluhir ) at J i ) llu er G W 2 ) I , It Snilian I' ) \ is 1) A Seefery II niiott .r Seonett N llwood 1' Sack B . Jly A Sehney W S Fotd n ; Snenet L i-ord J Slach K Uilorz A S Sterling STt FeoU Spencer GW Garven K Suite * .T "Jnlf J Stone W larnty J Sandti P Uoddntd A H Slavan F B JrinellCH Sloano U Gehok W C Thompson J look ] ' Thomas U licks F C Thompson J lasou J G Tucker G I.macn J G Tireny F larum A Vierse J Jutchison C Voight A Inrley H It Wash F latisV H Weather hoiri I lackeou M Watson ( f fohanson 1C Weblier A C foil meson JJ J Wilbur W Ton son W Woods VW Tncobson H ( i Woodbuin S lokon 1C Wells L II Kelley Jt J Weacott N Uiotle .1 S ivtanhofinan J Kler.- Kuhl C B iisr. Anderson Miss M 2 l.ouery Allen W LaftdtMissM Allen I1 Midler Mrs L Bovvn T Ii Maher Mra K Burin Mrs M Mel'hail A D Ulakely M McDonald .T Burtlett Mrs A Mcl'eroti Miss M M uller G Jionner S Mnino Mrs J Brady P Manchcater It ISrown Mrs J ] MayD Copts M Miller Misa .1 I'.iirloy A Merrick ] ] Carlson .T Mullen Mrs U C'ouk MIH II Nietach Misa AI Carpenter L Pi.-ch K Cotin.ird AI Nickles Mrs W Cams A Nelson El Dlckoat-on M C Perry It U.ininvsld 1' Penerson Misa It Dovine AT Hicli M Dewein I ) IJandson Mrs CJ Baton P TalniRron M Finney JI N Kocliu 1' Geeusberf , ' L Uussoll B lireon Mi sPj Ghan Miss L Sigy Misa .T Hofman N 2 Swanson Mrs L Huston L Sullivan ( ! Hutir C Spencer Miss JI Hall Mrs O Htaiut Mra J Hunter Jt Shafer Misa A HawkL Tnnquin A HogiuvvathCj Wiieht It Hcdind , r Whitn A L Ilnuburo 1 < Walt M Hoaity Mid M War Mrs X a .IcDsen II L ithop F Ith ci ASS MATTnt. N Bryan WFftterfidd Mra I ! H Iteed 4 M Hoove' ( , ' . JC. 1'ostinaiter Did Vou Ever Jleur This : Sie haieen mlch Buttercup enay glaene But tercup , Uud ich v\aisa gaw net warrum ; Doch bin ich die Buttercup orum glay But tercup , Xu ouer Buttercup , kum ! Well , that's the way they sing a cortalr rather well-known opera , now In dangei of i-ivival down nt Allentown , 1'n. Go down thcra and the best young men of the villiago will give yon the whole thing In Pemuylvanla Dutch , beginning witft the opening chorus : " .Mir fahren aut dor mecr , Uiiser hchlff is shay und shteody ; M'r drinker nix o s beer , Und m'r eind aw iminer ready. " A C RD. To all ho are suffering from efc or ami ludliLotlons or jouth , nertoui uealintM tatlj decay , loaa of manhood , etc. lulllicnil u rttcelpl th t will euro vou fRKK OK CUAHOK. Tills ttreul rcmid > uaa ( UscovtriU b ) * missionary ta hotiU America. Senil fell nJdrisntd cintloix ) to Hn , Jo rill T INMA.N hUtlon "I ) . " New York IOWA HEMS. The meeting of the Northwestern Dairymen's association lias been post poncd to March 10. Cedar Rapids is not much on the brag , bat it "points with pride" to "one of the finest" pol ce forces on the continent , Their pantaloons bag at tli9 kueo. The city marshal of Hampton , by vir tue of a search warrant , discovered and couQaostid one hundred and fifty gallons of whisky , besides a quantity of betr and Mine , in the drug store of H P. Gull. A disease Jus broken out among the c ttle In Van Bareti coanty. The dls- oaio begins with aatlffaning of the limbs , the animal raluios food and dies In from twelve to fifteen bonri. The majority that have died thus far have been young oitt'o , A prcapcc ho Rrndtitto of nn Illinois rchci'l hni wrltti n a Mni-shalltown i 1 ra- HUttiim the loan of her vnlcdictoty hd- dress , nnd ebe ssj s she wants to Holivrr a ; eocene and hi-r's WAS the Kst ( ho J id icon. The explorftticn for rock foutida'ian ror n bridge over the MUsiurl river at Sicut Oily resulted u striking n strata of reck ot ono point nt a depth of 7feot. . The strata will bo dulled to determine i s thick noes. The annual convention nnd tournament of the low A State Fireman's nssocUlnn : nkcs place the second week in , luno , at Divooport , end Trill doubtless lo the nest successful of any meeting of the kind lurotoforo hold la iho state. The loaders of the Audobon mob whi > villod the Jctlornon murderers arc sild ; o bj very uneasy as to wlut the frloutls of the lynched ni ° u may do iti the wny ) f retribution , nuittotlrgi cf retaliation Dolnpfrequently heard in the land , A Dtibuquo tailor , on Snturd y bocrin ng suddenly violant nud Insane , seized n lugo pair of ahoara nnd cxrresied the dotcunlnation to make n few ronibblo clippings from the aiutomy of n fellow workman. The nasnultod rann stood the raanlnc rll with nn ircning board fur a ° o\v minutes , when ha boonmo ritlonil nnd resuniul his w > rk. Pure blood is nbsolutoly nocosaiiry In irdcr to enjoy perfect health. Hood's ' Snrsnparilla purifies the blood nnd strengthens the system Snm Houston's Duel. A correspondent of the Bowling Green ( Ky. ) Jnfe/Zij/eHcer / unearthed nn old mnn of the vicinity w ho remembered nil nbout "tho sensation of the year 1820 , " the old man being ouo of the participants in the duel that caused the sensation. To settle n spat that cnmo of hot blood Gen. Snm Houston , then n member of Oongrees from Tennessee , ami Qcn. White , of Nashville , ngroed that ou "Sept. 23 , 1820 , " they would "fight a duel on the Tennessee Hue ; time , sunrise ; distance , fifteen feet ; weapons , holster pistols. " Houston got out of bed nt 3 :40 : a. m. ou the 2d ! ! , anil , sitting in his night clothes , molded two bullets. As the first fell from the weld a dog named " Qon. Jackson" raised n triumphant howl under the window. When the second bullet dropped a game cock crowed long nud loud from a neighboring tree. Houston , who was superstitious , cut the figure of a dog on ouo bullet , nud that of n cock on the other. The principals stood nt their posts on the second and to the inch. White's lead cut a whistle through the sharp air , but Houston stood unhurt. At the same instant the bullet with the dog mark passed clean through White's body , so that a silk handkerchief was drawn from ono side to the other. After the duel Houston select ed its his coat-of-arms the famonf chicken cock and doc. " Hoi-sllml's acid If IMl'jMllED NEIIVE FUNCTION. Dr. C. A , FEUNALD , Bcston , Mais , says : "I have used it in catcs of Im paired nerve function , with beneficial re sults , especially in cases whore the sys tem is affected by the toxic action of to bacco. Sonic ComiMt , Uct'ral Trims. Medicine , like every L notice , has it ? peculiar terms which seem barbuiouo to tLo public. They secure brevity nnd exactness. Some of them ? how ever , have become more or less fnmilinr to the people : it large , anil it may bo well , from time to time , to uxplniq few of them. An ejiidemic is a disease due to romc wide-spread cauno nud pjevaii ur through n largo extent of territory Tims the influcnj'n a kind of fever 01 short run IIOT repeatedly swept througl whole nations , sometimes fiorn one end of the earth to the other , uhvajs from east to west. Au endemic disease is duo to locn1 causes , nml is generally rcstiictinl 1 < the localities in which they originate Fe\er and ague is un onilcmic disease Sometimes an endemic disease becomct epidemic. Cholera , eiulomic in Indi.i. occasionally sweeps through the world r.nd yellow fever , endemic iu the Wi1. Inilidh , is conveyed to our Southen [ States , where it becomes n dcsolutin , epidemic. Sometimes nn imported epidemic rany leave behind it geimij from which tbo disease mny in tinu ' tinder favoring circumstances 'burst out anew. A ilisoaso is said to bo sporadic when cases of it occur here and there without nny connection between them An epizootic pronounced opi-aa ot-ic , not epi-70ot iois uu epidcmi among tlomestio animals. The ono which spread among our hones a few years ago , making uur cities through the week stiller than an onlinnrv Sal- bath , was of the nuturo of an iiitluonza , Shoiigh it largely alTcctod UTJ auinal onl. Iron Vermin Alcohol , In doctoring siok people with alcoholic mixtures , the first mischief Is that the liery Bluff burns i's way through in llamcd , delicate t sines which oaght to bo soothed and strengthened. Then the most sensitive part gives vny , langi , brain or stomach , as the case mty be. What the weak nnd debilitated need la ' Iron for enriching Brown'a Iron Bitters. ing the blood ; tonics for the genorn strengthening of the system. Mr. Thos 0. Daniels , Wad ley , Ga , siys , "I have used Brown's Iron Bitters , nnd ndvlso ai dyspeptic , nervous , low-spirited parsons to do the same. " Twenty Parisian duelists nro orpanlz ing n club under the name of La Flam- borgo , whoio members must have ntleail fought one duel. The headquarters o the club ii tbo Cafe Riche , nnd consider ing the Urge number of combattanta in the field of private honor , no doubt the association will not want for recruits. STOP THAT OOUG H By nslni ; Dr. Frazier'a Throat and Lung Bal Bain the only sure cure for Coughs , Colds Hoarseness and Sore Throat , and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Do not neglect n cough. It may prove fatal , Scores nnt hundreds of irrateful people owe their lives to Dr , Frazier t Throat and Lunp Balsam , ant no family will ever be without It after once using It , and discovering Its marvelous power. It is put up in largo family bottles and sold for the small price of 75 cents per bottle. Sold Kubp & Co. and 0 , F. Goodman. A Cambridge , Mais , lady fss'cns ' her sealskin sacque withnstiver clasp that her grandfather picked Dp with no ollicer's cloak on the battle held a1. Waterloo. Tha finder was a yonng subaltern who afterward became a general in the Kng- liah army and fought in the Crimean war , Tir's clisp ID ornamented by the Prussian eagle , and , though It bui been In constant use all these yoais , still re mains. In good condition , THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN OMAHA TO BUY i IT One of the Best and Largest Stocks in the United States to Select From : STAIRS TO CLIMB , ELEGANT PASSENGER ELEVATOR UPHOLSTERY AND DRAPERIES , I'ASSENQnn ELEVATOR TO ALL FLOCKS. I 12M. 1203 nj 1S10 Ftrnkin St. , Om hi , No FACTORY 1409 and 1411 DotteeSt CkUlougcs ou application Furnished } Omaha Ne R. LUCK Ami Don't Lose Whis C7iuiice. tlxlfs " "STeewr The best opportunity over offereJ _ to try your luck in these hard timles. In order to clvo the p.iblic in general the advantico ; with a sm.vll sum of money , to par ticipate in a real German Money Lottery , guaranteed nnd sanctioned by thu Gorman govern ment , we offer five whole orignal tickets which wo have made Into It ! different numbers of the 287 , Hamburg Loticry , in club plays nnd sell came for thu small sum of $5 ns tang ns wo have some on hand. The'o tickets are good for the last three principal drawings which com- in 'nco March 11,1885 , nnd terminate on Mny 13,1B83. This Lottery has been for over 143 years in uxietence ; has onu hundred thousand tickets and fifty thousand 500 winning numbers which is over one half the actual amount of tickets. 1'ach holder of tickets receives , after thn drawings , the Original Lists , also the amount of the pri/n if won. We hope , ns wo give 10 different number * , that every ticket holder , on receipt of the winning lints , will ba patlsfied wilh the result. 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