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rHEOMAl3A.DAILY : BEE.WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY .17 , 1880. STRICTLY PURE. IT coniAiws NO on CM iar AXI roiwt 25 CENTS Uor Cougl IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. FRIGE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE O KCEN I BOTTLES nro nut tip for tlio o < WJ c ( > mmodntlon of nil who dcslro a goo nnd low priced Cough. Cold andCroupRemedy Tlln.lt : UK3UIINU A IlKMKIir Kll CONSUMPTION ANT LUNG DISEASE , Should gcouro Iholnnto ? l Imttlcs. Direction txcconipiinylnir cnch hottlo. Bold Tryall Medicine Donlora. WHITTIER 617 A regular ( rraltnU of two Uedleal Collegei. U been loftttT enuntel ID the ipe'Ul treatment e f CMMOIUC , llRnvori. SKID and IILOOD DmeiiEj * han nr other rhyilclitt In BU Louie , MI city paperi ihow and all old re'ldtnti know. Nervous Prostration , Debility. Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial nnd other Affec tions ot Throat. Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning , Old SOreS and Ulcers , * t ireatrd with unparalleled eueeciiOD tfcteiticlQtifle principle ! , Haftl * . PrlT telj. Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , which prodoe * iom of the following effect i nenouincn , debility * dlmnem of lUht KD < ldfrecIlreta mury , plmpleaoqthe ree , phrilealdeeayi KTenlcn totbe oelityof fsiutlM , eoDfudoa of Ideti , l4. , rendering Morriaco improper or unhappy , an curtd. Ptrnphlet (36 ( pages ) oniheabore , * enl KnaaDmtiy * * , free to any addreti. ConiultttloaatoN Dec or by mull fren , Inrltod anditiletly ceafldentlal. A Positive Written Guarantee iiren in every e . table cue. Medicine icnt ef try where by taalt 01 expreii * CARRIAGE CU3DE , 3CO PAOE3. FINE PLATES , clssnnl ctolh and pllt ModtDfr. sealed forOOo. In | ' " * itaeoryurrenoy. Over fifty wonderful pn pictures , true I * life | artislaa on tbo fallowing " " t who nay marry , wli > iaitf why tmanbooJ , "HThoroVITAMTV Is ralllnB-.nndn IHtMNTllatid f\ll : AUTii > or Tower l > UKMA'lCUii4YVAbT : - . Ailoptcil - . . I . iy * . . alt . . . . . French . . . . . - Physicians . . - * " nnd l-clnff rapidly and lltft * cTvJATE"AGENCY7No."l74 iFuIton SlrofiL New Yor foblwvl Contagious. I mn n nntlvo of Knshind , nnd while T was In Hint country 1 contracted terrible blooil Jiolbon , nnd lor two j-enrs wiw under truntinunt its tin out-door patient at Nottingham Hospital , KiiKln.id , but was not ciiK'il. I suUorod tlie most nKonlzliiir pill us In my bones , nnil was cov ered with coirs nil over my body nnd limbs. 1'liinlly J completely lost nil hopu In Hint coun try , and Failed tor America , and was treated at IloiiBovplt In tills cjty , as well niby n prominent pliyslt'liiii la Isow York Imvhifr no connection \\ltb thohopplliiK ] saw the advcitlsemtnt oC Swift's Spccldc , nnd I determined to jrlvo It n trial. I took six bottles and I can Eay with Kreat Joy Hint they have cured mo entirely. 1 am as sou ml and n nil us 1 over wns In my life.li. li. FHKD IlAtrono. New York City , Juno 12th , 1885. In JInicliof hist yearlSSI ( ) , I contrncted blooil poison , mid liolngr tu Savannah , Ga. , at the tlnio , J vent Into the hospital thcro for treatment. 1 HilTcm ! very much troin rluMiniatUiii at the nuuu time. J did not K"t wi'il under the tront- iiiuni Hicro. nor was I cured by nny of the usual ineniifi. I have now taken seven bottles of Kwirt'u SpcclQc nnd am Found nnd woll. It ilovo the poison out tliiouBh bolU on tlioBkln. DAN LuAiir , Jersey City , N. J. , Aug. 7 , IBS. " , . nVeuilfo ou lllood mid Skin Dlscnscs uintlcd frcfi TUB SWIFT Srccino Co. , Drawer 3 , Atlanta , N. i' . . 157 W. SJd St. A JflNE LINE AT VVOOD3R9DGE BROS' OMAHA. NEBRASKA. Or Ilin l.lcjuor Jlutiil , l > ! iilluy .1 Cured l y Atlmtitlttcrliiy ; Dr. . lliiliicu' Gel < l < * n Hiiorlllc. It can bo Klven In ft cup of colfi-p or tea wltlmnt thu knowlcJge of the IHTSOII tnklni ; It , Isnlisolutely hiiriulwii , unit "ill etrect n pcrrnanent nml sjicoily curu , wliothvr tlio patloiit la .1 inuilcrutu Urlnkor erin , in itlcuhullo wrt'ck. It lm hovn gh en In Uiun. nv.idt of raii'9 , nnd In every Iii8t > ) iiccnpvrfcctciiro lia.i follnneil. It ncvnr IhllN. The syntCDi uuce liuprfenntad with the Hpcclllc , It becomes n uttci Imposillilllty for thu lliuor apju'tlto to eilst , FOR BALK 1JV rOLT.OWINn DHUHOISTO : ILUI1N iV CO. , Cor. l,1tli anil Oonclas. nnd JSth iV ( Jiimlui ; Ntii. , Omabo. Neb. ' A. I ) . VO-STJilt tV ; ItltU. . C'niiiirl ! Callnrnrltn for pnmphlot cnntnlnliiR ct < . tlmiiilnlt ) > fromtlit'bf-l wuuicn aim mciidom nil r . la ot thu cuuntrv. iiutui'iibuurnui j\cn\iut jmniiiv. iius ui iimmyaiHl JUunhowf , and nil kindred IrouMci. Also for many oilieriltti'asoa. Complete restorailon to llenllli , Vigor , nml Mnnhoocl pnarantcwl. Ka rlhk Ulni'iirrcil. Illun- tratpil i ) inihli > t In ntnlfit rmvtnpe mMcA froiby nd. Oraubitt VOIVTA1011UI/T CO. . lUoriibull , lUleb' 1 Do you want a pure , bloom ing Conniloxiou i If so , a a\r npiihcnlioiis of Kazan's JIAGNOJ JAIJALM will grat ify you to your heart's con tent. It does away with Sal- lowncss , Redness , Pimples , lilotchcs , and all diseases and imperfections of the skin. It overcomes the Unshod appear- mice of heat , futiguo and ox- citomont. 11 makes n lady of TJL1HTY appear but TWEN TY j and so natural , gradual , and perfect are its oll'ccts. that ft is impossible to detect its application , THE .EVILS OF SIBERIA , The Remarkable Experience of a Prussian Kovclist. A Curious nml Interesting Analysis of tlio Cnuscis of Crime Dcnth of n Convict- A correspondent of Urn Snn Francisco C'hroniclo , writing from London says : Thn lu .9inn government never Intend ed , ns was explained In my last lottur , to execute the novelist Doslojevsky and his conipunions. The wliolo afl'air tlio sentence , tlio scalTold , the firing party nnd thu referees had boon arranged , if not rehearsed , beforehand nnd was simply a farce. Hut how hideously crttell One of the victims , ja I have al ready mentioned , went mad and re mained mud all his life long. It is curi ous question whether it would bo more trying to n man's nerves and mental equilibrium to be told suddenly in tlio midst of his ordinary occupations and when ho was expecting nothing less that ho must die within an hour ; or , after being imprisoned , tried , sentenced and led to the place of execution and seen deatli staring him in the ftco : , to hear that he was to live. A curious miestioii , but unanswerable , save by somebody who has undergone both these ordeals , nnd I never heard of anybody who had. One man's experience , more over , would not suttlo tlio point. Much would depend on time , circumstances and character. OOOD OUT or r.viL. Dostoievsky was always of the opinion that his imprisonment , trial , almost ex ecution , and subsequent transportation to Siberia saved his reason. Owing to poverty , anxiely , composition under dilllculties. and probably want of sttfli- cieiit nourishing food , Ins nervous sys tem had become so thoroughly unstrung , ho was so much troubled with imaginary maladies and what ho called 'mystical fears , " that only the shock caused by his arrest and the events \yhich followed prevented him from sinking into a con dition of chronic insanity. At any rate Dostoievsky thought so. It must , how ever , be admitted that on most men the fctill'erings ho endured would have have a prcei.siily opposite ellect driven them utterly mad. And he did suffer horri bly. Penal servitude in Siberia at that time , was probably one of the severest punishments a man could undergo and live. Dostojevsky had four years of it. Yet hard as was the labor , cruel the dis cipline , and rude tlio climate , what troubled him most was never to bo alone. Ho was always under somebody's eye ; even when ho was in his cell at night ho could never be sure , from one moment to another , that the sentinel on duty or one of the wardens was not watching him through the peep-hole made in the door for tliat purpose. Another trouble almost as great , somoUmefl ho felt it even more keenly , was tbo denial of all facili ties for writing. He had things to say that he btirncu to put down , and the use of his pen would have been not a dis traction only , but an unspeakable solace a pleasure that would navi made him forget that lie was a prisoner in bonds. A Itr.UGlOUS MAN. It may interest some of our readers to know that Doslojov.sky was a man of btrong religious feeling. All his works , if they have not a distinctly religious pur posenro ardently written by a man whose sympathy with suffering and pity for the poor had a distinctly religious source. The only book he saw during his penal servitude was ; i copy of the Gospels. For four years it never left his njllow. Ho read it every night by the dim light of the dormitory lantern : ho taught others to read it , and while his comrades slept he found in its pages that which fortified his moral nature and gave him courage and strength to bear the heavy cross that was laid upon him. Ho put it all down afterward , told the story of his sufl'orings in a book to which ho gave the toriblo significant title of "Memories of a Dead Iloitse. " Vul ho could not write explic itly of himself or describe his own expe riences exactly as they occurred. That would not have been allowed. His book had to run the gauntlet of a severe cen- Rot ship , and at the period in rptc.stion the very fact of there bejng political prison ers wsis officially ignored. The more mention of such n thing in a book would have caused its proscription , and , not improbably , the punishment of its author. AN INCIKNIOUS DEVICE To evade this dilliculty and to bo ena bled to portray the sufferings of an edu cated man in a Siberian bagnio , Dosto ievsky Imngined n hero , a certain Alex ander Goriatchnikolf , noble and instruct ed , honest and respected , sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for killing his wife in a fit of jealousy justifiable jeal ousy for like the woman in the parable , she wsis taken in the very aet. _ By this expedient the author has attained his ob ject , which is to describe tlio punishment that may bo inflicted on a man who , ex cept one venal fault , had done wrong. Ho is put in irons , sent with a chain-gang to Siberia , thrust into a barrack , guarded by soldiers , and peopled with 'MO or100 malefactors from every part of the vast Empire of the Night Muscovites mainly but with n sprinkling of Tartars , Kerg- hix , Poles , Jews and clivers others. Dur ing ten years of weariness and hard labor ( jorintclinikoirs ( Dostoievsky's ) solo dis traction was to observe these poor devils and study their characters. From thu observations thus made have resulted a series of wonderful and incomparable psychologic studies , all necessarily on the darker side of human nature. Such a study could only bo successfully at tempted , by one who. like Dostoievsky , had been a deni/.cn ot the hell which he describes ; like him , gifted with both sym pathy nnd insight , and who. forgetting lor a moment tlio faults of his follow- sufl'orurH , could look for that divine spark which is never wholly absent from ti hu man soul , oven the most degraded. Some of the convicts told them their story , anil several of them , besides being exquisitely pathetic , are masterpieces of dramatic narration. ixtrur.srvn CKIMKS , lo lojcvsky found that more of the crimes committed by these unfortunates ( as ho always calls them ) were always due to that excess of impulse which seem to bo more common to the Russian char acter than to any oilier , and for which the Russian language has a special word , qtchuiniu. It signifies the morbid im pulse that most peophi do some desper ate and insensate deed to cast them selves down from a precipice , to throw themselves under the wheels of a loco motive , to commit murder or to take their own lives. It is an impulse which the emotional Slavs timl less easy to re sist than people of the Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic races. As an example of this tendency , Dostojovsky tells ns the fol lowing htory , which ho assures ns is a sober fact : Two peasants , men of ma ture ago , old friends and quite sober , ar rived one evening at an inn , took tea to gether , and asked for a room in which they might pass the night. One of them noticed that Ids companion had n new watch ami chain , the latter ornamented with glass pearls. Ho was a decent , honest fellow , nnd for his condition , in easy circumstances. But the watch and chain pleased him so much that ho felt that ho must have them at whatever cost. The Impulse- though ho know it was wicked , horrible , mad oven , lie found it impossible to'rusist. So hu took a knife , nnd when his friend's back was turned approached hinr stealthlv from behind , nnd raising his eyes to Hrnvou , while ho made the sign of the cross and mur mured , 'Lord , pardon mo for the merits of Christ , " garc his viethti the death- stroke nnd took thowntoh. A CONVICT'S HEATH. One of the most remarkable Incidents of Dostoievsky's prison life wns the death of a convict , told with wonderful power nnd realistic force. The man's name wns MikhalloiV. Ho died nt 2 o'clock in the afternoon , on a frosty , yet bright winter's day. "The sun , I icmcmbcr , was throw ing his oblique rays through the grimy little windows of onr hospital chamber , The luminous flood poured straight down on the dying man's nod. Ho died uncon scious nnd painfully. The agony wns long ; it lasted several hours without break. From the break of day he had been unable to recognize those who came near him. They tried to procure him some relief , for they saw that lie suffered much. Ho brrathud hardly , deeply and with a rattle. His chest labored ns if ho wanted air. Ho threw oil' the coverlet , then his clothes ; tried to tear oil * his shirt , as if ho could no longer bear Its weight. Those about him came to his help and took the garment away. It was a pitiful sight , that long , lean bod- , the k'gs and arms shrunken to the very bones , and thu ribs standing out in roller like those of a skeleton. On all this body there were but two things , a wooden cro s nnd iron chains. It looked as if the attenuated feel might now easily bo sllnped out of the fetters. For half nn .hour before his deatli there wns deep silence in otirroom ; wo spoke only in wlilspcrs Those who walked stepped sottly. The convicts spoke little , and about indifferent things , from lime to time stealing glances nt the dying mini , who rattled more and more. Toward the end his wandering and un certain hand felt for the little cross , as if that also was too heavy for him. They took it away , and ten minutes afterward he died. AN IMI'KKSStVK SCKNi : . "Then we knocked tit the door and in formed the sentinel. A warder cnmo in , looked stupidly at the body and went for tlio sanitjiry ollicor. lie comes , sees that the man is really dead , and alter f-oino other formalities the guard is summoned. In the meant line one of the convicts sug gests in n whisper that it would bo well to close the eyes of the defunct. This is done and the cross is put back in its place. The face hardened ; a ray of light played on it ; the mouth was half open ; two rows of young , white teeth shone between the thin lips , drawn back to the gums. At last appeared the under ollieer of the guard with helmet aiul arms , followed by two inspectors. Ho wentslowly forward , regarding doubtfully the convicts who crowded around him. When near the body ho stopped suddenly , as if lie were fastened to the floor. Ho seemed fright- cued. The sight of that dricd-up body , naked and lettered , overpowered him. The _ under olliccr undid his chest-strap , doffed his helmet and made the sign of the cross. Ho was a veteran , severe , gray , disciplined. A TOUCH OP NATUKi : . "I remember that at this moment the white head of old Tchekouuof was close to that of the under olliccr. Tchckounof watched the man with strange attention , looking into tlio whites of his eyes and regarding his every gesture. Their eyes met , and all at once Tchekounof's yor lip began to tremble , and the convict , pointing to the dead , murmured as lie turned away : " 'He had n mother he , too. ' "Tlic words pierced mo like an arrow. Why did ho sav them ? How came they to his mind ? * * * They raised tlio body ; the inspectors took up the camp- bed on which it lay. The bruised straw crackled , the chains clanked on the iloor. They lifted them up and carried away the corpse. Straightway tallc was resumed , became even noisy. Wo heard thu under oflicer , now outside in the corridor rider , bend somebody for the blacksmith. He was wanted to take the irons off the dead man. Terrible things used to happen in the southern slave "states , and Mrs. Stowc's "Uncle Tom's Cabin' ' thrilled the world with horror , but the horrors described in that book pale into insignificance when compared with the horrors which not very long ago were of daily occurrence in the dark empire of the c/.ar , and which , I greatly fear , come to pass even yet. A AV'iso Mfiu Palil in His Own Coin. Chicago Herald : " 1 tell you. sir , it is a fraud and an outrage , " exclaimed the wise passenger in tlio smoking car , with a self-satisfied look nt the crowd which had gathered to listen to him , "Itell you , gentlemen , " ho went on , "tho silver dollar lar is a cheat. It is worth only 80 cents to-day. And the government which tries to palm off on the people an untrust worthy , short dollar , is not worthy popu lar confidence. Our statesmen know that the silver dollar is worth only 80 cents , and yet they do not give us any relief. What kind of a government is it , gentle men , which upholds a false coinv Would wo ride on a railroad which would sell us 800-mile tickets for 1,000-milo tickets ? Would we buy cofl'ee of n grocer who gave us only thirteen ounces to the pound ? Certainly not. And this fact this 80-ccnt value of the silver dollar is known to all men. Then why not eradi cate the value at onee ? Hero , boy , give mo a morning paper. " And the wise man who loved the sound of his own voice hereupon hand out a silver dollar. The train boy ga\e him his paper and chance and started off. "Hero , boy , " unclaimed the-wisc party , engorly , "you haven't given me enough chaiigo. " "les I have , too , " retorted the youth ; "count it over and see if there isn't 70 cents there. Seventy-live and live make eighty , you know , en , boss ? " "Hut , you young scoundrel , I gave you a silver del a ah I run along , you young rascal. Gentlemen , the reform of our monetary is the crying evil of the day. If wo are freemen wo will not sub mit to those wrongs any longer. Wo must reuse and defend ourselves that's what we must do , eon-domn the blasted luck. " TIootlt'B Hud liivcHtmoiit. A Newport , R. I. , special says : "Booth- den , the biimmor residoiico of Kdwln Booth , the actor , is for sale , It is situ ated on Indian avenue and commands n fine view of the Atlantic , and has been made a most charming spot. Mr. Booth has expended between $10,000 and $50- UOO upon it. lie has had boat and bath ing-houses erected nnd a steam engine to pump water up into his house and it is provided with the most thoroughly complete modern arrangements , Ihero are about eleven aerosol' the ground. Mr. Booth's friends say that he has made pro fessional engagements which will take him away for several years. Ho is going to tlio Pacific slopo.nnd thence to London and Berlin , and finally will make a long professional visit to Australia. Mr. Booth offered to lend the place to Ids daughter , but she has nn'desire for it , and ho has determined to got rid of it. Ho will lot the place until ho can find a purchaser. Friends of Booth say ho has never been comfortable since ho came here , fooling the loss of society. An-Opcnlnc for the Hoy. Chicago Heraldi "Yes. that boy of mine is a smart lad , " said a proud pa on an east-bound train , pointing to his six- year-old heir ; "I'm taking him down to Boston , where I think ho will iind an opening. 1 believe there's a big chance for him there. " "What makes you think so ? " "Why , the other day I says to him. 'Johnny , who is the smartest man in the world1 I thought ho would say his papa , but ho didn't , Ho replied : ' 1 am , and don't you forget it.1 Now I'm taking him down to Boston , wharo lio'll have u chance to grow mi in the djrfction his talents indicate. That boy WHS designed by nature to bo Joph t'pok's successor , and .1 don't bi'lioye in Hying in the face of Providence. " TIGHTS TlK CORRECT THING , fi \r \ _ _ I * i Manager Jroncb. JTMnks It's the Natural D&ssIPor Wornon. Why H .7o t/io / ) ? - : In the Uoxen-MVIvos null Other " \Vlvcfl ( ) > nml9 Oosslp AI > ,6ut , the Unllct. "Tho stage jjidjt't make mo immoral , anyway , " sqfd Manager T. Henry French , of the Grand Opera house , when n New York Herald reporter asked him for his views on the topic that is at pre sent exciting much interest in theatrical circles , and quite as much general com ment. Ho said it with a blimdnoss that was very refreshing. Then ho prearranged his buttonhole bouquet , wiped his gold-rimmed eye glasses and looked somewhat interested ly toward a knot of pretty girls who were picking their way across Union square. "You sec , " ho continued , "I hnvo heard that the stage is very , very im moral , but I don't know about it person ally. It there is any wickedness thcro I want to keep out of it. It doesn't seem like wickedness to me , though. Perhaps that is because I was brought up in Paris and got used to it early. It seems like only a natural thing now for a woman to dress m tights. " "It never strikes you as immodest ? " "Why , no 1 .suppose that they do carry it a llttlo too tar when they dis pense with trunks , but it don't make mo blush and 1 don't believe it does most men. They all like it nnd npprccialo it ; must have It you know. The dear , good , solid old legitimate is all right and is duly appreciated , but the public want the sauce piquante as well as the roast beef in the drama A diet without spice is a very tiresome one. " WHY mm : THE iiKAimrui. ? "You don't think , then , that the spice is destroym" : the sense of eonvet taste ? " "Not at all. The public has become educated up lo tights. They arc regarded in an artistic light , admired the same way as a pretty picture is admired. No body experiences any immoral effects from a painting that shows women in tights ill the background , ana that's all a stage picture is. After all , what is it tint is shown ? One woman is iust like another , with a few trilling differences , perhaps. Wo all know what the _ female form is , and if it is a beautiful thing why cover it up ? There is a very little indi viduality associated in the exhibition of a lot of nude womoil. 1 have got a better opinion of the people of New York than to suppose that they go to the burlesques and comic operas to sue nakedness sim ply because it. is nakedness.11 nl : i.ikni ) IT , TOO. "What do J they go foi ? A literary feast ? " "Well , no. Thoygo to laugh. These things are vbry funny. Some of them , too. are verjiatupid and arc duly re deemed by tlyi pretty sights they show. I went to see 0 10 t vhilo ago and immedi ately wont to'.sleep. . When I woke up I found a lot ofpivlty girls in lights on the stage wavinglltlu'lr heels in the air. Ono of the girls sang 'I like it , I do. ' So did T. Then the girls won't off and I wont to sleep agairt. I didn't feel unusually wicked after it , cither. The sensation more resembled , being bored , sinned againsl-thah BiuJong , " said the blase Mr. Ironch , very much as though he thought there was nothing' in this world'ffnilc naughty enough to be entertaining. ' wiir TKJirrs'AiiK NOT SCANTIEIJ. "Do vou think the ballet raiment is likely to become any scantier than it is now ? " "No. Not in New York. It can't if clothes are worn at all. They can only go just so far in disrobing anil that point is reached now. Prudish minded people can console themselves with that fact. Over in Paris , though , they arc ahead of us. Isawsorno plays over there that would make New York howl if they were produced horo. Hank. Why , that is no name for them. They were absolute awful. But , " ami the callous manrger sighed despairingly , "they could not be put on in New York. The people wouldn't stand it. They are funny , though. Oh , awful funny. " "WHEN Mil. FItENCir GETS Ol1 ON THE rENG'E. "In your experience have ( he lighter attractions cut into the business of the legitimate much ? " "On that subject I am on the fence. You see in my theater we have both , ranging from Shakespearean tragedy down to what are popularly termed 'leg chorus. ' So I don't ' wnut to take up cud gels on ejlhor side. I think each class is holding its own all right , and the stage is in as healthy condition as I have ever known it. The people understand it and appreciate it better nml the entorlain- ments are of a higher order. Wo are turning out better actors than ever , and when you come to talk about its morality , understand I have no personal knowl edge on the subject. A great deal bigger field could bo found for that question than the greenroom offers , " IMMOKALU'Y l.N THE 1JOXES. "Where ? " "Jn the boxes , for instance. They are not as largo as the greenrooms , but 1 have known , on occasions , more solid , respect able immorality packed in one of them than you can possibly stow away behind the scenes. Kwry man about town and people who are accustomed to being in piihlio places will tell you that , hvcry night the audiences present tin awful showing of wives with other wives' hus bands. It is done opimly and regularly , Everybody understands it and winks at it , but though they are twice as bad themselves they oant about the loose lives of 'tho ' women over there behind the footlights. " NOT HtEDJUDIOE , HUT BUSINESS. "There- another topic that has boon brought up inytiji discussion , " continued Mr. 1-rcnch , as jtio changed his sermoniz ing tone to that of n financier ; "tho use of native and 5 qrolgn plays. That is a matter of biisljiosg'tliat any level headed man can see Uiu .reason . for. American managers product ) foreign plays because they can do itjuhi'Upor and with loss risk. Thovcan buy , tli/i'American / rights tea foreign play quite as cheap as they can purchase a new one from a playwright horo. Then U has been tried , got a repu tation to hawk if. and , consequently , there is not a hitfcn risk in producing it. Models can bi' | ' hud for the scenery , cos tumes , etc. , and , copied nt a very much less expense tnnn it would cost to origin ate them. Tlfnt'Js why American play wrights stand1'sq poor a show , purely from commorciarreaBons. " THE COSTLY DIAMOND. A I'rospcct That n Decaying Fashion Will o Hovivctl. National Republican : Alvin Pattoon , the Cincinnati diamond merchant , has been dnz/ling the eyes of WashingtoiiiaiiH for some time past with his rich wares. Mr. I'attoon showed the reporter the much discussed diamond necklace con taining forty-one diamonds , the largest seven carats , in the middle , the next two six carats each , and graduated down to ono carat and a half , being the last diamond mend on each side , 'jniey xro all line , white , old mino-stonos s'omo from India , but most trom Brazil , countries which gave us but few diamonds in our day. The iifcklaci } , therefore , weighed -100 carats , and the dealer estimated it at § 10,000. Mi' . Pattou always has more orders than he can fill for diamonds of a spec ial kind to match others. They can not bo bought in the market , but are only obtained by continual socking. "Washington is ono ot the greatest places 1 have over struck , " said Mr. ration , "especially this year. They have turned Washington into the universal winter resort , ami tlioso receptions nnd parties lead the ladies to concern thorn- selves greatly with ornament. Isold nn $11,000 diamond nml setting the other tiny to Mrs. Arnot , of Klmira. She has very line diamonds. She has an old pin with 100 diamonds in it. Her husband bought of mo n star with fifty diamonds mends a star in the center and the diamonds mends stretched along a bar. Arnot is a member of congress and a bright fellow. He win rather n stranger to meaml when 1 showed him the pin ho said : 'I will play you a game of cards for that. What is your favorite game ? ' 1 said to him : 'My only game of cards is euchre , and 1 accept your proposition. I will play you for tlio pin. ' He seemed to bo a little surprised that a man in trade would take thu same chance that he did as n gentle man , and ho said to the hotel man : 'That man is a very genteel fellow. Ho will take an oven chance with you. ' So ho ho bought the star pin of mo , Mrs. In land Stanford has tlio largest collection of diamonds on this side of the Atlantic , They are valued at $ ' . . ' 00,000. " Mr. Tnttoii estimates the diamonds in tlio United States at $1,000,000. The cost liest diamond is that owned by Mrs. K.I ) . Morgan , widow of Governor Morgan , of New York , It weighs twenty-two carats , and has been o lib red for sale at $30,000. "What is the great Held now for diamonds mends ? " "The African field back of Capo Natal. There , it is said , Humboldt pns od over , many a year ago , and left the sign up : 'Diamonds may bo found here. ' They are found in the bed of what was ouco a river , between clifls. There is no such word as diamond known in the 'trade for the article In nature. The word used for diamonds in the rough is bert It is a Dutch word. The rough diamond looks like a piece of alum with a little gin/Jug about it. It is harder on the outside than within , and seems to have a core like a knot in a picoo of very line wood , which is softer than the outer cir cles of thu wood. Sometimes it is impossible to otil n diamond of great promise beenuso Ihero is a hard place within it. The art of cutting tlio diamond mend is ono of long practice , nnd re quires the exercise of economy nnd taste as well as mechanism. It is nearly pure carbon. Its origin is wholly a matter of guess It is as ultimate a thing almost as gold , or any other metal or clement. It is the hardest thing in nature. " "Have any dinmands been found In the United States ? " "No ; nor any precious gems whatever. The best wo have Is the garnet , which is not strictly a gem , and even our garnets arc inferior. " Mr. latlqn | drew out of his pockets while talking , diamonds valued at § 70,000. A BOGUS BARON. Philadelphia People Swindled by n Titled Fraud. A Philadelphia special of Feb. 13 says : A slender , dark-complexioned youth , calling himself Baron Hermon yon Ubcll , who has been honix.ed by Philadelphia society for more than a year , and who was an associate of Allan Arthur when the ox-president's son was at Princeton college , has disappeared from Philadel phia owing money to nearly every ono with whom he had social relations. His largest creditors are the Avomen who were honored by the baron's attentions. On his arrival here some eighteen months ago , ho stayed for some weeks nt a fash ionable hotel and cultivated fcocicly. Then he removed to the fashionable residence of Mrs. Win. Tayjor , nt 1722 Walnut ssreet , where his distinguished appear ance and How of polite language with a blijiht German accent made him a gener al favorite. From that time until about three weeks ago the so-called baron lived at the Walnut street house. Mrs. Tay lor provided for his wants in the most sumptuous style , nnd nothing in the way of choire viands and rare wines was con sidered too good for him. lie said that he had come to America on account of a political scrape at home , and de.sired to live quietly here in Phila delphia. His story was thoroughly believed lieved bv the unsuspecting lady and her niece. They received ninny attentions from tlio German in the shape of boqucls and other presents , nor did the fact for eighteen months lie die1 not pay one cent on account of his board do anything more than raise a suspicion which he had little dilliculty in allaying. His flight , however , on the eve of a proposed visit to Europe with Mrs , Tay lor , and the charming niece , proved to them that he was not at all that he claimed to bo , and convinced them that they had boon coolly and unconscionably swindled. Ho left about I p. in. , taking overytning with him but an empty box , and an old trunk tilled with rubbish of no value whatever. His bill here amounted to Mmiothiii'j like $1,000 jr. addition to which Mrs. Taylor had paid for him sev eral largo bills , volunteering him bur pur > o pending the arrival u long looked for remittance from Berlin. Among other creditors whom ho left behind to mourn his departure are a tai lor of whom ho procured numerous costly suits of clothes , and whoso bill foots up between ! ? ! ! 00 and if 100 ; numerous hatters and shoemakers and gentlemen's furnish ers nnd two or three jewelers. His total indebtedness is estimated at something like $3,000 , and when all his creditors are heard from it may reach a fetill larger amount. There are several stories afloat as to the 3'outh'rj origin , the one most general ly believed being that ho was valet to the real Baron Von Ubel , who , on dying , left him some little monov , nnd that ho res urrected and adopted the title of his dead master. DescriplioiH of him will bo tel egraphed to the police of other cities and a detective has started west to find him , A POLITICAL REMINISCENCE. How Gnrllrtlil and Hayes Dcclliu-d the Ohio Snnntorship. Cleveland ( O. ) Letter to Now York Times : The talk going on in Columbus of Into about borne republican being elected United States senator by demo cratic votes with the aid of anti-Snerman republicans recall.an episode in the lives of Garlinhl and Hayes , when either might have been senator by similar means , but could never have been presi dent. It was in the close and heated contest of 187 , ' . Sherman wns seeking a re-election , but , from personal reasons , and because of some action of his on the money question , thorn wore cloven republican members of I ho gener al assembly who agreed that they would not vote for him , and would bo bound by no caucus decision in his favor. As th\ ( \ time for action approaehod throa of the eleven were won tiway , but the eight remained firm. They hold the balance ot power , and the democrats stood ready to elect any republican other than Sher man for whom the eight might cast their votes. The night preceding the election and after thu compact had been mndo , thu following dispatch was sent to'Gen Garliold , who was then u member of congress ; Yoiit'iiu baplejtod United States bcnator in to-inoirow's coufcnmro by onr votes , with the nld of the dyiuocnvts of the two houses , To this wore signed the names of tlio eight Gen. J. C. Casement of Lake. J. 11. Conrad of Portage , Kirtlaud of Ma- honing. Goorijo H Ford of Geaiiga , ( Sago of Ptiulding. Knltoti and lallis of Hamilton , and Chaiunan of Cuyahoga Almost instantly runm th uiiswor , show ing that Garfk'ld liu < lnot ho-.it.ited . nor considered it fur a moment * ( iuiitlumcii 1 thank you lor the offer so xir is DEWEY OtieoftfiG Best anil frtrffest Stoofcs it the U.S. to Select from. No Stairs to Climb , Elegant Passenger Elevator. M. BURKE & SONS , LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS , GEO. 11UUKB , Mnnnjfcr , UNION STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NEB. RRFEREXrKS : Merchants' and Farmers' Bank , Davl.l . ( Mty , Nob. ; K--arncy NiHonnl Bank , IC-ainev. Neb. : Colmnlms State Hank. Columbus , Neh. ; McDonald's Bank , North Platlo. Nub. ; Oinalw National Hank. Oiunhn. Neb. Will pay customers' draft wltli bill of l.idhu ; attached for two-thirds value of stock. kindly nindc , hut I can never consent to bo elected United States senator by democratic votes. J. A. ( l.viti'iKi.i ) . Gen. Hayes wns then near the close of his second term as governor. Search was immediately made tor him , but ho had retired. Ho consented to got up and meet the committee. Their oiler was firmly and respectfully declined. Ho said that his relations to Sherman were such that , while he would like to bo sena tor , ho could not for a moment think of accepting. An attempt was then made to unite ou Gen. J. Cox , whom the dcm- oernts favored. but some of the eight preferred Sherman to him. The following seven voted for Sherman , while the eighth Fallis of Cincinnati cast his vote for Cox. hi this reminiscence two tilings will bo noted that both Gnrlield nnd Hayes were willing to bo considered , in east ) there was a deadlock on Sherman , but that , had cither accepted , ho might have been senator , but never president. His attitude toward the majority of the re publicans of Ohio would have boon such that he wo dd have retired to private life on tlio expiration of his senatorial term A. W. Tompkins , M. D. , 177 Clinton Place , Now York , writes June 2 , 1881 ! : "In many of those insidious Diseases of Ihe Brain and Spinal Cord , where local stimulation must bo obtained , and where liniments , blisters and various applica tions fall , marked relief from pain can be obtained , and the patient greatly benefitlcd , by placing strips of Allcock's Porous Plasters over the spinal cord , from base of brain to end of spine. ' In all cases of spinal irritation , weakness or nervous prostration , I recommend All- cock's Porous Plasters. " Whore Knjjlish Is Spolce. Red Clill ( Colo. ) Sentinel : Tlio follow ing notice is no.-ted conspicuously in one ot Oroville's lending- hotels : "Warning Tiiis Is a United States house , and that is the only language spoken here. Any guest using the words tour for tower , root for route , sweet for suit , commercial tourist for drummer , will immediately be wailed upon by a committee from Bui te County's C01 and given two hours in which to leave Ihe county. " CAPITAL $150,000. "Wo rte hereby cnrtlly tnnt vo supervise tlio nrrniiffcinoiilslor nil the Monthly mill Ijiiurtoily im\viii'S ) of Tlio I.ouiblium " Stuto IjOttury Company , and In port-on iimiiuiro niicl control tholni\vlnt.4thuinsnlvi > 8 , nnd Unit tlmpinno nro conducted with lionfsty , fairness and In jood fnlth toward nil niirtlos ntul wo iiuthorUo tlio Company to usu lh.4cortllc.tt ! ! < ) , with liic-slnilius ofour Blznuturoj uttaobcJ In iu tulvortlsmou COMMISSIONIWS. _ Wo , the iiiKlcir.lsiiod IlimUs mid IlmikorH. will l > : iy ull I'ri/.i-s < lni n In Tlio Louisiana titnto Lotteries - terios wliluli tuny bo prcsunto 1 nt our counters ,1. ii. or.iisisv , Pres. Louisiana National Bank , foA.Mini , II. KMNNEIIV , Pres. State National Bank. A. ii.vi.mvi.v , Pres. New Orleans National Bank. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION. U OVKII HAI.I-A MILLION jitriiiiiiiiKD LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY , Incorporated In l&H for2."i ypnr.s by Ilio lojrls- Inturo lor truncation : ! ) mid Clinrimhlo purjisu.s | ( with u capital or SI.OiW.uijil-Ki which it rooorvo fund of ovur $ .ViOl > ) U Iniii hlnco IJUCM uddl'd. Ilyuiiovurwliuliiilnif popular vote Hi Inmchlso was mmUimmuot'tiHipruMtMt StiitoCon.ititutloii fuloptcd DncomliorUd. A. 1) . 1STU. 1 ta urand hlii lo uumlnir drawing trill tuko pluoo monthly It iiovfirBprtlosor postpones. Look ut thi > following ilUtillmtlon : 190th Grand Monthly .ANU1IIU [ XIRAOnDIHARY P'iltfiLY ' DWIHG ' In the Academy of Mu.ilc. New Oilcans , Tuesday , Huicli lilth , 189(5 ( Under the pei sonnlMipotvison ami inann e- llllMltof ( iK.V. C. T. liKAUIir.dAUD , Ot 1-OU- ihiiina , iiiul ( Jii.v , JUIIAI- . KAIILV , of Vir ginia , CAPITAL PRIZE $150,000. Notice-Tickets are SIO only , Halves , S5 Fifths , S2. Tenths , $ | . J.lBTOFl'lUZliS. i CAITT.U. rmzBov fiwooo. . . fiunooo 1 ( iiiA.sii I'm/nor wuoii. ) . . 5'i.ivrt ' 1 ( jllAM ) I'lll/KOr -MM. ( . . WIJUUI ) 4 IUKiU I'lll/.M Of S.IMU. . , UO.UXJ .1,000. . on . . , , inn ; mo. . . au.oo ) . . . i out ) " w. . . AITHOKIM ITIOX IMIIZKi. 100 Appioilimitlon pri/.eoo1' ? M\ \ . . . 100 " " JIM , . . Wi ) JIX , " " 73. . . 7VX JfTi'J J'rUc'S.ainountlinrto . tteiiMU Application tor rate * tu clubs should ! > n miidu only to the olllco of tlio company In Now Or Icung. l''or ' further information wnlo rlourlv , ( 'ivm ? fnllnddrcs3. I'OdTAd XOTJS : , Jixprufta Jlonuy Orders , or Now York livchantro in oidluai - lut- tt'r , currency bv oxinefn ( ull HUIIM or $5 unU UJH Or M. A.IMtn'lUN. 'i , U. O. JMtil.o Vf ( ) . Mopi-y Ordm ? pnj'nMo nnd lcrod.li-'tioi * tu NKW tntt.IUMS NATIONAL IJAN'K , Nutf Oi'luaus' Nebraska National Bank OMAHA. NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital $250,000 SuplusMayl , 1885 25,000 U. W. YATKS , President. A. E. Toii7.At.iir , Vice President W. II. S. IlymiKs , Cashier. ' " ' W. V. MOIISK , Jens S. COM-INS , U.V. . YATKS , LEWIS S. UKED , A. E. TOUZAMX , BANKING OFFICEi THE IRON BANK. Cor. 12th nnd Fnrnnm Streets. General llanklnir tiusliioss TnmsnotoJ. . MIMIII.m KJ/ir.JllI.KWS' UM-AY. AllfflCTpcrlroee. Jleinirkftble and quick earcw. Trill pack- ftgca. 8 utl Httinp rurkctleil trtlculir . JldJrpkf , Dr. WARD & . CO. , LOUISIANA , MO. O. P. DAVIS & CO. Nebraska Land Agency General dealers In llcal Kstnto nnd Koat Estate Mort iigos 15U5 Farmim ft. Oniulm , Nob. GOLD MEDAL , FARIQ , 1878. BAKER'S Wnrrnntcd absolutely pnro Cocoa , from which the excess of Oil him liccn removed. It ImatAtva ttmei the strtnglh ot Cocoa mixed with Stnrcli , Arrowroot or Sugar , and ii thcrvfura far moro economi cal , costing less tfian one cent a cup. It Is dollclouA , nourishing , BlrcnRthcnlng , c.inlly dlgcntcd , and admirably adapted for Imallda aa well ni for portions In health. Sold by Uroccru crcrynliere. W. BAKER & CO , , Dorchester , Mass , Railway Time Table OMAHA. Tno followinp Is tlio time of nrnvnl nnd do- partition ! ' trains by Central Standard llmo nt tlici lot-ill ilopoiH. Trains of the U. , SI. P. , .M. & O. nrrivo ami depart Iroiu thulrdonot. corner ot Hth \YobMcrfitroot4 ; trains on the 11. & M. , C. . II. & Q. and 1C. C. , St. J. & 0. II. from the II. &M. depot : nil others from the Union 1'uclllo dUP ° t' BIUDOE TllAINS. . . . . u * wn lo.u-o ( j. 1 * . depot at 0)5 ) I17i5-8Ui-a : : : ) : < fl 8W : ) II 10:09-11:00 : : a , m. , 1:00 ISM-l'liO II fl'OO - -3:00--4OJ-5:00-5W- : : : : : : - 0:10 : 7:00 11:10 : p. in. 1/cavo transfer for Omixlni a 7:1n : Blfi : 0:30 .l.i : 10:3-j-10iT : : : 11:17 : a. in. : I:3r-3l3- : 'JOT--3:30-3:37 : : 1:37-ni5 : : Ub'5-7iO-7DO : : 11:52 p. m. CONNECTNa , j.INIS Arrival nnd iloiitirtino of trains from the transfer depot at Council Jlluus : UKPAl'T. AIllllVE. cincAno u NOIITHWKSTKUK. 015A. ; M Mull and Hxpruss 7:00p. : M l :10i' : . ii Aceominoilatlon 4:30 : p. M , M Mxpresss U:15A.ii CIIICAUO & HOCK IHMNI ) . 0:1.1 : A.M Mail and I'.vpioas 7OOpM : 7:1" : > A. M Accommodation . . . . /ilOp.M / : ! 6iO : i * . M Kxpro.-a IJI5AM CHICAGO , MILWAUKK" Hi HT. PAUU SilOA.M Mull and Kvpicss 7:001. : ' . 5t & :4'jp. : Kxpref-3 U:15A.ll : CIIIO.U10 , Illllll.lMlrOK k QUINOV. ! ' .3.riA. M Mall and Hxpress OriOp. M STOCK YAHD ! ) Tit A INS Will lem-o u , 1' . iliuiot. Omaha , at 0:10-8:31 : : lu:15 : lo.Via. : . m. ; -3TO-nJ."ip. : : ; . in. j nvoStook 1'aiiU for Onnihu at 7M 10:25a. : m.j JSOI : ItfJ Is4i-n07- ( ; < : ! u. in. MJTK A trains dully : ll.ilaliy oxeopt Biindny ; C , dully cixcoiH buUinlay ; , dully except Man day. is coNouarni ) m * B/oynl Havana Lottery ( AnOVKIINUKNT INSTITUTION ! Drawn at Havana , Cuba , February 13-27 , 1006 ( A noVKHNUI'.NT INHTmmoNI 'Jlciicts iii rifths : Wliolos W : l-'ruetlons pro rum. Hubjeut to no inuulpulutloii , not controlled by Ihu purlieu In Intuii'bt. It Id the fullest thin ? la the niitiirool vhuiiou In nviatoncu. I'nr tU'kutt. upiily tu Kill I'd V & CO. , K\S \ 11 roadway - way , N. V. City : M. OITIINS i ; CO. , Ul'J Mulu frecil , KuiibiiaCitj' , ilQ. , or lljUl t'liriwin struct Umulm. " RESTORED.Ilrmrity I'rcis A uctuuof jiijitli. Tul lDiiruaon | < Kk caintiiir l'muatuio [ , Decay , NI Mu' 1(1 i < i ten known t'jiu' ly li'Udl-ii \i u'l i > "it , , < JIM. ill. Uli < ' > ! kfj.il 1 lll'.i 1 ] It t f-i i - . Ad't'CM. J..U..Lb\ . U tuUrj i trcct , .Now iU Ultr.