Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEpjFRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26 , 1886.
STRICTLY PURE.
rr COXTAUV.H so OPIUM iw Asr ron
CENTS
for
Croup
IN THIIEE SIZE BOTTLES.
FRIGE 25 CEHTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER DOTTLE
O CiCEN I BOTTLES nro P'U ' UP for the n
AKjeommoiliuion of nil wlio dcslro a goo
anil low priced
Cough. Cold and GroupRcrnedy
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CONSUMPTION
AWY
LUNG DISEASE.
BhoulU secure tlio low ) Jl bottles. Direction
ncconipntiyltiK each bottlo.
Bold by all Modlcino Dealers.
SWIFT'S SPECIFIC
IB nnluro'B own remedy , mndo from roots
Knthcrod from foirstsof Ocorjfln. The nbovo
cut represents the method of its mnnufncturo
iwriity ycnra HBO. Thoilrmnnil lins boon irnd-
ually IniiieasliiK until u SlOO.nuo Inlirntnry Is row
jipec' fnry to mipply the trade. This great Voff-
ftahlo Illood Piirillcr euros cnncor , cntnrrh ,
Fcinfulfi , trrrmn , ulcer , rliotimntlsin and blood
taint , liurudltnry or otlicrn Iso , without the use
N. Y. 1C7 W. U3d st. Drawer a , Atlanta , Ga
. DEBILITATED MEN.
i- You nro allowed a free Mai vflMrtu tJay * of tlio USD
[ of Dr. Uyo'a Olcliratnl Voltaic Belt with Electric Kus-
Ipcnnory Appllnncrs , for the ppccdr relief end per.
innnont euro of AVrtmis neMUty. low of Vitality and
Ljfnnfwxxt , and nil 1-lnilrrd troubles. Also for ninny
STllicr diseases. Complete restoration to Health , VI eor ,
anil tlnnlmwl cuarnnto-il. No rlik Is Incurred. Illus.
trotcil pfltniihlet In i-ralfil rntvlnpo tnnlleil fire , t > y acj.
dreeing VOLTAIC IJEM' CO. , IVIuriball.Qllcb *
617 Ht. ClmrIc.St-SMpn < s,5fo.
ArrgnlartruJniUoftwo Uedlonl Collftei , h ib nloneer
tucaged In the ipo1 * ! treatment o f GIIHOKIO. HIKTOBI , UKIN
mil ULOOD Duiiiii 'hnnnnr other I'hjikUn InSl. LoulJ ,
M eltr papcri tboir nii ell ou rc.tdenti inow.
Nervous Prostration , Debility. Mental and
Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Afloc-
lions ol Throat. Skin or Bones , Dlood Poisoning.
Old SordS anil Ulcers , r trcatrd wllu vnpinlleUd
Qeecii , en lateit lelenllfle principle ! . Hahlr. t'rlrkteljr.
Diseases Arising Iron Indiscretion , Excess ,
Exposure or Indulgence , uhlen produce some or th <
foUo lD | effect * iiuenouineii , debllllr. dlmncu or ilfQt
aotldererllreaeraurr , plmpleion tn nee , pbrileal dec j ,
trrrBlontotbe Hveletyof femalei , eoofuilo * or Ideal , cto. .
rendering Marrlngo Improper or unhappy , u <
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In eculcd eorelope , frceto > njnadrni. . Cocinttatlon ut of
fice or bj mall rree.lnrltctl and flrletty confidential.
A Positive Written Guarantee gitm in c
ratli cut. litJlcioo acnt cr r ; < rber t > j mall or tiproai
MARRIAGE GUIDE ,
300 TAOES , yiWE PLATES , clezant elotb and jilt
binding , naledrnrBOo. In | oenneor juirencj. Oter llfljr
wonderful pcnpletnrei , Iruo tolllai nruj.oj on the folloninz
ud.lcclit who mar marrnj jauwhrsmanbooj , oiiuu.
liood. nhrileal df > caT , offocla o I oellbae ; and oieevp , tb t
JolAgr orrrproduollon , and runny more. 'Ihotto uirrlel o
contemplating inarrlaio mould read It , I'-polai cdlllo , ,
l oo , pap.rc.cri' . 33o. Jlddrei s ' 'o " ' WMiM
modi-
Octo-
will euro
the most obtlnato cnso In four days or loss.
( Ulan'sSolubleWledicayBougies '
No nan ooii9 doaoi of ctibobs , copalbnorollof
enndalwood that are certain to produce dyspop-
Bla by destroying tlio coatlnirs of the stomach.
J'l Ice SI.CO. 6olil by nil ( IriiinrlstrJ or mailed on
reooiptofprlco. For further piutlenlars sent
Jorclic'ilar. I' . O. llox 1CT1. PTTDl ?
j" . c. . Xjij-A-Evr co. , li M firi '
63 John Bl. , Now Yorlc.
tuod-th-sntlvm&o
A FINE LINE O *
Pianos and Organs
-AT
WOODBRIDGE BROS'
MUSIC HOUSE
OMAHA NEBRASKA.
Or ( hu 1.11,1101 * JIabll , 1'uvllivoly
Cured by AilminlMtcrliiif Dr.
IlaliiCM1 Uolclcu NivciUc.
It on bo KlTPii la n cup ol coOVo or tea without
the KmmlodKO ol the peraon taking It , Is absolutely
liarmlctsnnd efloct a prrmunuiit and apcuily
cure , whether the patient U R tuoderato ill In tor or
AD alcohullo nrvclc. It bits been given In tliou-
ov.ida ot casea , and In every Inatancunpcrruct cure
bufollowcd. It nuror full * TJio aystcui oueo
trnpregunted wllh tbo HprclHc , It bccomea an ultei
Impossibility for the liquor opputtto to exist.
FOU 8AI.fi 11Y FOI.LOWINO DnUaQISTSl
It Ull N ifc CO. . Cor. 13lh nnil Danulnii. and
IStli iV Uumlu * Hi * , , Oinnbu , Ncb.l
A. I ) . I'OSTUK Ac 1IUO. .
Council III u ITU , lo va.
1 Callorwrlla for pampblvt contnlnliiff hundreds
ot tullmoulaU Ironithubcrt vtoiueu niul luvnfreui
It imrl of tli cuuntrv.
Ladies
Io ) you vant n jiuro , bloom-
fug Coinnloxioii I If so. a
few nniilfentious of Hagnn's
lIAGNOliIA. BALM will grat-
Jl'y you to your Iicart's cou
lout. It tloo.s nway with Sal-
lowucss , lloducss , riiuplos.
Ulolclios , nnd nil diseases and
inilicri'eetions of tlio skin. It
ovorcomcsthollushcilniiiicar-
nuco ol' heat , I'uti uo and ex
citement. It makes a lady of
THIIIT Y aiiponr but T WEH-
TY ; nud so uatural. gradual ,
nnd perfect are its olleets.
that it is impossible to detect
its
THE ENTERPRISING WIDOW ,
How tbo Late Mrs , Morgan Spent Millions
of Dollars.
Her Varied Purchase * ! of Paintings ,
KtiKt-nvlngN , Silverware , Itaro
Jewelry nml Works of Art ,
1'rovo n Good Invest
ment After All.
Croflultjtho well known correspondent ,
writing from Now York , says : On last
Fourth of July the dally papers of Now
York city , under the head of deaths , hail
this announcement :
In Saratoga. Now York , on the nd Inst. ,
Mary .Jane Morgan , widow of the late
Charles Morgan , nijeu slxtv-two ycats.
The average reader little guessed that
this little paragraph referred to ono of
the most remarkable women of this cen
tury ; one who , comparatively unknown
when she died , has , during the seven
montlis since interveuing , become famous
the world over , wherever art is studied
and cherished. She had lived for a life
time in an unpretending four-story
brown-stone house , in the very heart of
this metropolis , so quietly , so unos
tentatiously , that Ufa world that dashed
about her doorstep was unconscious of
her existence. And yet , while vigorous
efforts were being put fortli to establish
a museum of line arts in the city , and
now-made two-hundrcd-milliotiaircs were
building palaces and equipping picture
galleries , this plain , reverent , cultured
woman , endowed with great wealth
rare energy , increasing industry and
exquisite taste , was forming a
collection of paintings , etchings and en
gravings , ceiamies , silverware , jewels ,
carvings , bronzes , cut glass , porcelain ,
bric-a-brac and orchids , such as had
never before been soon in America , if , in
deed , in the world. The choicest that
money could buy she purchased with u
lavishncss of expenditure that is simply
nuzzling. Millions ran through her hands
like water , being transmuted into tlio
most beautiful and costly works of art
the cunning of man in this nineteenth
century is able to produce. Nor did she ,
as a rule , spend her wealth foolishly , or
without adequate knowledge and dis
crimination , as the result shows to all
familiar with works of art. To bo sure ,
when one walks through the great exhibi
tion rooms and looks at the peach-blow
vase , a little trinket in porcelain that
stands about a foot high anit weighs
about a couple of pounds , and is told
that the Cconiioisscur paid $10,000
lor it , and when ho walks
along a 'little further and
stumbles upon a more massive can
delabrum standing in tlio middle of the
hall , for which she expended $10,000 , ono
is inclined to take the reports of her sa
gacity with a peek of salt , and declare
that she paid too much. Hut this is only
the expression of the flippant ton < ruc , di
rected by the untutored eye. What do
you and I know about it ? Perhaps they
will sell for all she gave. As a rule ,
what she bought was of the best , and pos
sessed value perhaps sometimes intrin
sic , but none the less real. Charlatans
and quacks did not impose upon her. Tlio
only collections in Europe of which I
have any knowledge that are at all com
parable with the Morgan collection are
tlioso of the Bareness Itolhschild of
Franco , the I'rincc DcmidolV of Italy ,
and perhaps ( in some respects ) that of the
Hamilton palace of England.
ALONE SHE DID IT.
Usually it has been the province of men
to add to the jrlory of their homes by es
tablishing a museum or a picture gallery.
Most women , oven if they bad at their
disposal the means to execute such a
scheme on a tremendous scale , would
shrink from it. They would doubt their
ability to go out into the commercial
world , and , amid the domination of
men , judiciously spend millions of dollars
lars for things whoso prudent purchase
requires a minute and comprehensive
knowledge of a history of the world's
art , added to the most critical tn&to mid
accurate judgment. Hut this is exactly
what an American widow did a woman
who cared nothing for that ceremonious
humbug known associcty.who cultivated
few friends , lived alone , ami made her
intelligent servants almost her only com
panions. She'planted her hot-houses and
superintended their building , and then
she put into them $300,000 worth of or
chids. Considering that hundreds of
kinds of these eccentric sports of the
floral kingdom can be bought for a quar
ter of a dollar apiece , and that there are
not more than 3,000 , or 4,000 known
to naturalists , she must have paid
thousands of dollars for some of the rarer
kinds oi these pouting plants. Then she
made n , collection ot ceramics till she
scorns to have ransacked the factories of
the planet and exhausted the subject.
She dipped into delicate silverware with
all the enthusiasm that humbler collect
ors used to show for rare postage stamps ,
and made the American silversmiths wild
with her orders. She cxhibled a genius
for obtaining paintings of increasing
value , and caused the artists of Europe to
wonder if there was no bottom to the
American ipurso. She sought out a great
quantity of unique work in China and
Japan and stowed it away with the rest
of her trophiea in her Madison Square
houso. Hereafter the name of Mary Jane
Morgan will Jive in art works as the
queen patron and the most famous wom
an collector over known. Heforo her
death it was vaguely known that she was
making some sort of n largo collection
with which to endow some great art mu
seum as a present to the city ; but after
her death lu was ascertained that she had
died intestate , and in the absence of a
will , her collections are now being sold
for the bunelit of her heirs. The works
now on exhibition at the American art
galleries urn valued at two millions of
dollars , and this does not include the
galllory of etchings and proof engravings
nor the ? : ! 00,000 worth of orchids.
WHO MIIS , MOICGAN WAS.
Mrs. Morgan was born jn this city at
Day street in 181U. She was the daugh
ter of Francis Sexton , ono of the rich ,
East India merchants of that day , who ,
with his family , attended the old I'resby-
torian briok church whcro the times oflico
now is. They wore respectable , refined
ntul educated peoplo.and Miss Mary Jane
Sexton was trained at ono of the famous
private schools of the city. She proved
to bo studious and oven brilliant , and
aftorgraduntinn defined the convention
alities of her circle of acquaintances by
becoming assistant toaohei in the
academy. She was especially successful
in mathematics. In IBM , at the ago of
37 , she became the second wlfuof Charles
Morgan , since well known to the busi
ness world us a wealthy and energetic
steamship man. Thov lived very nap-
pily together for near thirty years , when
hu died in 1878. They wore very strongly
attached to each other , and he found in
her a constant companion and as > istant.
She kept nil of his accounts , and served
sis a superintendent in the execution of
Ids business schemes. Ho always
wanted her by his side , and took herwith
him wherever ho went. Many times they
visited Europe together , anil there studied
the beat collections and became intimate
ly acquainted with art. Whether at homo
or abroad , they ciowod : | general socie
ty , and spent most of their time with each
other and with books. They kept a box
at the opera mid occasionally occupied it.
but kept themselves outside of the whirl
and snarl of what is called "society. "
At his death , eight years ago , Mr. Mor
gan , having amply provided for the two
children loft by his lust wife , gave his
Widow his entire fortune unconditional
ly , amonnting.to several millions of del
lars. She found herself in > a IMS house ,
with no children and few warm attach
ments. She had faithful domestic * whom
she confided in and trtistcd. Thence
forth she gave up the years to making
the tremendous art collection which now
astonishes the world. Mrs. Morgan had
two married sisters , both living ill this ,
city , and ono of tii"n ! , fit least , upbraided
her for ' 'throwing away 50 much money
foolishlv and buyinc all sorts of things , "
as she phra cd it. "They did not agree
about this , and UIP result was an estrange
ment which ended in their dropping each
other's acquaintance. Then she went on
"throwing awaj her money" without
criticism. Mrs. Morgan was a sympa
thetic and warm-hearted woman , and
after she and her sister ceased to speak ,
she felt a craving for intelligent human
companionship. She had three dogs , two
canary birds and an intellectual and gar
rulous parrot who could speak two Ian-
guagc. , the Spanish and the profane , but
her soul was unsatisfied , In this frame
of mind she explained her troubles to her
minister telling him that even the de
lights of art and consolations of religion
diil not fill the void. Ho called on her ,
and in him she found an appreciative
sympathizer. He approved of all she had
done ; all she was doing ; all she was going
to do. Ho was the Rev. Mr. Conklln.
After a year or two she advised him to go
to Europe for his health , and Incidentally
presented him with f 000,000 in bank bills
in order that ho might make the trip
comfortably. This sum she increased tea
a round million , and the good man was
in Europe when she died. Mrs. Morgan
always looked after her own vast estates
and 'kept her own books. Her habits
were most methodical. Every morning
at 5 o'clock the hair-dresser came to at
tend to her wants. After breakfast she
ordered her carriage and started
to make the rounds ot the picture
galleries and jewelers. Many were tlio
traps skillfully sot to catch her. Almost
all of her vast collection was purchased
in New York. Much .of the silver vas
made after her designs , and to her
order , and is a credit to the American
artisan. In the spring of 1835 she had
begun extensive alterations in her house ,
and was much occupied with masons ,
carpenters , decorators , etc. The ceiling
had been torn down , and there was much
dust and racket. All this aggravated her
disease , diabetes , and when she loft for
Saratoga on July 2. she had to bo borne
to her carriage. The fatigue of the jour
ney was too much far her , and she died
next day. just as she reached her summer
home. The announcement of her death
attracted little notice , for the woman was
scarcely known. The exhibition of her
trophies is by far the richest display over
made in Now York. It was supposed
that the Vanderbilt gallery held the finest
collection of modern French art in this
country ; but even hero , in its own pecu
liar domain , it now seems to bo surpassed
by the Morgan collection , which is rich
in Koussoaus , Corots , Daubignys ,
Hougoiireaus , Honhours and Meissoniers.
Now York is reveling in the view this
week.
A NOVELTY IN SURGERY.
Putting nil Electric Light Inside of a
Man's Hip Itouc.
New York Times : An electric light in-
inside the hip bone of a man is an unusu
al spectacle , and yet it was wintcsscd re
cently at the Post-graduate Medical
school , in East Twentieth street. The
light was used in an operation to cnrohip
disease. A student , 23 years old , in the
college of Hurlington , VI. , slipped on the
pavement about two months ago and
strained his thigh. Ho soon lost the use
of his left leg and suffered oxcrutiating
pain. He came to New York , was placed
on a cot in the Post-graduate Hospital ,
and Dr. J. Milton Roberts , a professor in
the institution , performed on him a re
markable operation.
The young man was put under the in
fluence of ether and Dr. Roberts with a
scalpel laid bare a portion of the hip
bono about threb inches wide. Then he
called into play u bone-cutting machine ,
invented by himself and called the clec-
tro-ostcotomo. It is worked by an clee
trie battery and can revolve surgical in
struments 13,000 revolutions , if necessary ,
in a minute.
The doctor attached a small drill to the
instrument and cut out portions of the
hip bono up to its head , a Hisanco { of
four inches. These pieces of bono under
the microscope showed disease. The doc
tor then used still larger drills until there
was a space large enough to admit the
entrance of a man's linger. Ho now
wanted to see the exact condition of af
fairs inside of the hono. To do so he used
a novelty in this class of work a tiny in
candescent electric light , about as big as
a pea. This Dr. Itoborts introduced in
side of the passage in tlio bone , and the
several flashes ot light enabled him to see
iust where the diseased bone was. Then
he took up his drill again and cut out the
diseased bone wherever it was necessary
as easily as if the bono was open before
him on an operating table. Dr. Roberts
put in a drainage tube to take oil' diseased
matter that might form , sowed up the
wound , and applied antiseptic bandages.
A hypodermic- injection of morphine was
given to the patient and when ho recov
ered from the ollect of the other ho was
in a satisfactory condition , and it is con
jectured that ho will in a comparatively
short time bo able to use his disabled
limbs.
Trick of n Traveling Salesman.
Albany Journal : 1 fell in with two
veteran Fulton county glove men on a
Central Hudson train. One of the gen
tlemen was a manufacturer. The other
was a drummer. They joked and related
anecdotes about the glove trade , "You
remember Dwight Thomas ! ? " said the
manufacturer. "Yes , well ; 1 first mot
Dwight when I was clerking In.a country
grocery store forty-five years ago.
Dwight had the reputation at ono time
of selling more goods than anyone man
who wont out of Fulton county.
"Many years ago ho used to go around
the country with a wagon. When hu
found that some style of gloves or mit
tens were going slow ho would put thir
teen pair in a regular do/.en bo * under
his arm , He would put up the list price
of the goods from ? 'J to $ ! ) . 'It's the last
do/.en I have , ' ho would say. The over
cautious storekeeper would carefully
count over the thirteen p'lirs in the dozen
box , and thinking ho had a bargain ,
would tumble into Dwight's trap and
buy them. To the next customer
Dwight would say , in dispoilng of the
cloven pair at an increase of $1 on the
list pnno : 'Tho proprietor of such a
hotel bought a pair of tlioso gloves last
season. Ho was so pleased with the
good quality of the gloves that ho made
mo break this dozen when I stopped qvor
night. ' Dwight must have been 70 yours
old when ho died at Oloversvillo three or
four years ago. "
Give the UnrulIIod Debtor Hln Due.
Numerous anecdotes have been told of
the nonchalance with which bankrupts
have disported themselves after their
struggle was over. On the occasion of
ono of tlioso chance- encounters the solv
ent merchant received the accustomed
bow and salutation of "how are you , my
dear sir ? " with a leoliug of irritation ho
could not suppress , and ho exclaimed.
"Look here. Mr. , yo\\ \ \ owe me
? 0.000 ; if you'll never speak to mo again
I'll the debt. " "
forgive you "My dear
sir " the bland "I '
, was response , couldn't
think of such : i thing. I wouldn'.t deny
myself the pleasure of greeting you in a
friendly way for double the money. "
. IIOUSEKEKPEUs'that fail to ucmiam.
themselves with the value of JAMES
PVLE'S PEAHLINE in the kitchen and
laundry deprive themselves of tire moit
convenient and useful a'rtiely.of . the ago
THE COWBOYS IN WINTER ,
t a
Sports of the Snow-Bound Herders of the
8 IfrJitlmest ,
llllnrlons oA lifcrliiKs nt tlio Hntichcs
AinitRjiiucnts that ( Surprise
nwl Delight n Ten-
Icrfoot.
This Is the tlmo of year when tlio nvcr-
nco cowboy fe bking a thorough rust
nftor the fatigues of the past season's
work. To sco the cowbo.ya "at homo"
ono must come to Miles City , Montana ,
writes a correspondent from that plnco.
This town Is their headquarters nil the
year round. There are many knocking
around Miles City from day to day with
nothing to do except sit down , keep the
Hro warm and spin yarns. A portion of
them find plenty of work even in the
dead of the winter , in line riding to keep
the cattle back from the streams among
the lulls , whcro there is always good
grazing to bo found. When n blizzard
sweeps over the unprotected prairies the
animals run before it and seek the val
leys and river bottoms , whcro they are
likely to bunch ami freeze to death unless
kept in motion , ami they uro also likely
to starve to death unless hurried back
among the hills , whcro tlio grass is plen
tiful. Then it is that the cowboy finds
he has got business ! on his hands.
But hero in Miles City ono can run
against scores of cow-boys on the street
corners , in the saloons , on the roads , or
going to and coining from the ranches.
They are a race worth studying. They
delight in appearing rougher than they
nro , and find a particular pleasure in
startling a tenderfoot with blood-curdling
stories and impossible adventures , us if
Mich incidents were u part of their every
day life. Some of them arc pretty well oil ,
too , for funds ; in fael , some might be
counted wealthy. Hut "easy come , easy
gone" is their motto , and nobody is the
worse for it. As a class they are the
most reckless lellows on earth regarding
Iho handling of money. While in a
store hero the other day a cattle man had
occasion to handle a good deal of ready
money , and when ho had finished his
business and got up to leave he shoved a
largo roll of bills oft' the desk on to the
lloor , and went out perfectly oblivions of
the fact that he was minus about ? 3,000.
A stranger , entering the store , happened
to walk up to the deslc and saw the bills
lying scattered around. Of course , it
was immediately known to whom the
money belonged , and a search was insti
tuted for the owner , who was discovered
after some time unmindful of the fact
that he had left , behind him so largo an
amount of cajilva
Hut it was a desire of mine to see the
cowboys atUuiiiv winter homes , when
they are -flioM'anches and a way from
the towns. % > njday or two ago 1 walked
boldly ui > to i ) gentleman of that persua
sion , whom Esaw'standing idly in front of
one of the leading hotels , and said : "My
friend , what do you boys find to do with
yourselves diying cold weather ? How
do you manajre " Hero "my friend"
interrupted mo , with a broad grin , and
said :
"Wai , yon are a tenderfoot , snro
enough. Did "you over go alinc-ridin' ,
stranger ? " g jj
"No , " 1 answered politely ; "but I did
not mean the cowboys who were on duty ,
but those who Ucnrouml the ranches all
winter and wiqjnVo out of a job. Now ,
wliat do they ( fy'C
"Stranger , jist you go and saddle up
yer cayuse and coino with me. I'll take
you to a ranch close by where by whar
you'll enjoy yersolf till daylight. No need
of a six-shooter , jist come as you are , and
nobody'll touch yer beautiful hair. "
In half an hour wo wore jogging along
tlio river bank in about three feel of
snow. About an hour before dark wo
pulled up in front of n nile of snow , ji
sort of hummuck , so it looked to me , but
which proved to bo tlio outbuildings of a
regular frontier ranch. Soon afterward
wo arrived at the ranch itself , which
looked mighty cheerful and welcome
after our long , cold ride. Wo dismount
ed , put up onr horses ami entered the
shack. The building was characteristic
of the calling of the occupants. Over
the doorway were a pair of enormous
long horns , nailed , to the logs , that had
probably belonged to some Texas pil
grim who had been driven north to the
Montana , ranges during the early days.
The wliolu lower lloor ( there wore two
stories to the building ) was one room. In
one corner stood a rod-hot Dutch stove ,
with a big drum on top of it. Tlio drum
was made of > sheet-iron , and dou
bled the heat by retaining it a long
while. There wore heads of wild animals
hanging or nailed to the walls , among
which I observed the mounted head of a
very Inr o and line buffalo bull , 15y way
of additional decoration the walls were
lined with six-shooters and Wihohoslers.
so that on first entrance I was doubtful
as to whether I was not entering an
armory.
1 learned there was going to bo a dance
at this ranch on this particular night , and
that was tlio reason why my cow-punch
ing friend had brought mo out to too
what the boys did on winter ovcningH.
In surprise I inquired of another lariat-
swinger if they did not have horno-rauing
and card-playing at the ranches. "No , "
he replied ; ' 'card-playing at the ranehns
and horse-racing on the ranges have been
ruled out bv btock-gro.wers at various
meetings. Times have changed. They
won't allow us to play cards or see who
has got tlio fastuht horse In camp any
moru. llcckou the next convention will
give orders for familv prayer. It's about
time I was going to Texas or Missouri. "
The speaker was not a swaggering dcs-
pornilo or animated arsenal , anil yet ho
was a typical cowboy of the northwest.
Fond of cards , not as a gambler , but lor
the amusement there is in them , and also
because they nllijrd n pleasant way of
killing time. Fond of horse-racing ; but
who is not ? -That is a sport all true
Americans tntto nlJuliglit in , and there
fore the liking tali bo excused In a cow-
boy. | ,
Pretty soon jnoro visitors began to nr-
rive , among whom , strange as it may
seem , there wad a sprinldliur of tlio lair
sex. Some of thftfu had been traveling
all day on horseback and in hob-sleds ,
through deep snow and over unbroken
roads , to bu1 present at the dance. A
Btraiigur in the rountry , 1 wondered
where so many ladies cama from ; hut
It'nriu'd that ti r were in the minority at
tlioso mooting1 ! only because of the
enormous crowds of cowboys who are
nowenthiibiu Uo.ojvt > r the newly discov
ered racket orraiich-dancing on a win
ter's evening.
When all hail arrived I should juilgo
there were about fitly eowbovs present ,
and about nfteun ladies. Some Httlo
time was hpunt in thawing out , and then
the fun began. Lot no eastern tenderfoot
imagine that cowboy goes to a ball
with a bi.v&hootcr stuck in each boot-leg
and a butcher-knife , like an ice-saw , protruding -
truding from the back of his HOOK. While
there were lots of noiho and fun going
on , which at times drowned out the two
left-handed fiddlers , who were sawing
away for dear Ijfo. 1 did not hear a word
or see au act thut might not have boon
hoard or seen in an eastern ball-room ,
where only swallow-tailed coats and
white kid glows could outer. From all
I could see the programme of dances was
about t tin bonui as. that ndoptpd by the
TCNUS mid Arizona cowboys at their
.dances. A recent arrival .from ( ho south
had brought it up , : rtui it was ( acketl to.
the wall whcro everybody could see II , It
ran as follows !
1. ( Irnnrt Circle Hound-up March.
3. Iiorso Hunteis' Owumlla
a Catch Horse Waltz.
4. Saddle-up I.nnecrs.
G. llronciio Hnrket ,
a Captain's Oundrllla.
7. Circular ( Inlop.
8. Kouml-up Lancers.
6. Cut-out Scliottlsclie.
10. UramiliiR Quadrille.
11. Cow and Calf Hnek t.
13. Nhtht Horse Lancers.
14. First ( litanlVnltz ,
14. Second UuardQimthllle.
15 , Third Ounrd Newport.
1C . Kourth Ouaid Quadrille ,
17. D.-xy Herder's Waltz.
18. Maverick Polkn.
in. Hull Cnhes' .Medley.
20. Stampede All.
My friondj at whose invitation 1 was
present , seeing mo stand an idle specta
tor , touted as ho whirled by : "Cit ! a
partner and pitch inl" Hut 1 left them
to their innocent , happy enjoyment , and
remained n wall-llower throughout
the balance of the evening. When
the gay revelers had danced unre
mittingly until about 1 a. m. , n halt was
called and supper announced. The sup
per was spread in n largo tent at the back
of the main building , .and this canvas
house was made comtortablo and pleas
ant by the aid of a largo stove. There
were oysters , turkey , venison , all manner
of canned goods , coll'eo ami cigars in
abundance , but not one drop of whisky
or spirituous drinks of any kind. When
supper was finished the order came for
"On with the dance , " ami so it was kept
up until morning. It was a revelation tome
mo , this life at a cattle-ranch in tlio dead
of winter , ami 1 departed much pleased
with my visit and my fifty now-found
friends. In talking over the matter with
other cowboys I learned that dances at
the ranches are all the rage this winter.
They all take turns in giving them , and
thus in some measure is tlio bleak cold
sca&on of the northwest made more easily
bearable.
The advent of a stranger used to bo
looked ti | > on as a god-send ; but now , un
less ho is very entertaining , lie is not
inado very welcome. Yet the cowboys
tire of tlio long winter months , oven
though they have lines to ride and dances
nt least twieo a week. At lirsl these days
of rest seem to bo n delightful relief , but
as the months go on they get restless
and anxious to be m the saddle again and
out on the ranges. All the stories about
last .year's feats become exhausted , and
so they await with impatience the ap
pearance of that first blade of grass.
How a curtain Iiorso cut out an unpre
cedented number of cattle in remarkably
quick time ; how old Hlink Eye held that
2-year-old steer down unaided , or how
Curloy actually made that 100-mile ride
on ono pony between sun ip * and sun
down , have been discussed * over and
over again.
When the snow is gone and the grass
begins to sprout everybody is up and
stirring. Old saddles are brought out
and supplied with now buckles and
.straps. lie must sleep with one blanket
less , as the same has to be used under the
saddle now. Ho bids good-bye to the
building now , which has covered him
during cold weather , and with a glad
shout of freedom starts out to look up
the herd which has been rustling for
itself since the early days of December.
During the summer there is plenty for
the cowboys to do nineteen hours of
work n day , more or less therefore it is
fair to presume that they fairly earn and
richly deserve the few months of rest
which they get each year from December
to April. CAUL.
FOR WIVES.
A FowSuKKCStivo "Dotit's" that Wives
Should Ilcmcmbcr.
Chicago Herald : Don't disturb your
husband while he is reading the morning
or evening paper by asking foolish ques
tions. He may bo reading the latest
scandal or divorce suit , but he is just as
much interested as though it were for
eign news or market reports. He patient ,
and when ho.comes across anything ho
thinks j'ou can comprehend perhaps ho
will road it to you.
Don't communicate unpleasant news
or ask a favor before eating. The heart
is not easily touched when the stomach
is empty.
Don't over tell a man he is good-look
ing Some other woman will probably
some time , and in that ca o he won't
know that her opinion concurs with
yours. Ho carries a pocket hand-glass
now , and ho will shortly become ad
dicted to Pojama.
Don't ever toll a man ho has pretty
logs. Men who have been known to bear
nil under facial compliments fail com
pletely when they rouli/.o that their legs
are notably good.
Don't put the morning paper at the
bottom of the pile , and don't have more
than a dozen different places for the but
ton-hook.
Don't impost ) upon .your husband be
cause he is good enough to assist you a
little in your housework.
Don't ' leave the stove-handle on the red-
hot stove and don't ' ask him to empty the
ash-hod. Draw a line on the ash-hod ,
and don't run a free horse to death.
Don't ' gather up all his receipts and
notes that he has put earfully away on
the sitting-room table and tuck them in
tin ; tire the momnsit his buck is turned.
Don't monopolize ovnry hook in the
olo.sul. Graciously tender him one nail
for his very' own and then in mercy
Jiang your Mother Ilubbard , your paler-
ino , your shopping bag and bonnet in
some other plaeo.
Don't bo oNpheit in giving directions.
When you ask him to go upstairs for
your pocket-book tell him it is either on
tin ; table or in the further corner of the
left-hand side of the upper bureau
drawer , or in tlio pocket of your brown
dress in the closet. Ho will have no
trouble in finding it if you tell him just
where it is , especially the pocket.
Don't ask him whcro he has boon the
moment ho enters the house , or where ho
is going if lie starts out for a walk be
fore breakfast. It nettles him. and men
hate to have such pointed questions
sprung iipon them , lieside that , wo live
under a tree Hag ,
Don't ask him to walk the floor with
the baby half the night. A man who
tramps industriously around a billiard
lahlu three nights in a wcok , or buys an
admission ticket to the opera , can't bo
pccted to be on duty at homo the other
three nights. Have meroy on him and
give the man an opportunity to recup
erate.
Don't use your breath In useless vitup
eration against his chum. Cultivate the
chum yoiirsi'lf ostensibly when your
husband is not around , and matters will
assume a different aspect.
Don't put pins in your curl papers or
lot your crimiiing-pins dangle on your
forehead. Timy are abominations mid
feminine implements of warfare that
men despise.
Don't leave hair in the comb or your
nock curls where they will btick to his
hair brush.
Don't put a long hair on the soap or In
his tooth brush purposely.
Don't mund his hosiery with cotton ,
having knots in it bigger than u pea.
Don't scold him because ho leaves ashes
in his pipe. One of the privileges of a
married man is to leave tin old pipeful of
ashes in just the position to empty the
contents on the wimhw-sill or the man
tle the moment it is touched.
Don't indulge in llights of temper when
your hiiaband Miggcsts how hi > mother
did. If ho objects to having eggs boiled
in the tea kettle and prefers them Wiuhud
previous to cooking , endeavor to 'please
him by indulging him in his fiincics. In
tiio meantime bring your sons up" as
carefully as you oan , and whop they are
married you.jotiraVlt will doubtless bo
he-Id up as an . c-vattiplu of virtue and
U sweet. .
itr
CARNAGES. Etc.
IS
JK f BWATJ ! &
Elft \A/F" \J W fjay Y
One of the Bcsl ctml Liryost Stocks ii tJio
to Select from.
No Stairs to Climb. Elegant Passenger Elevator ,
M. BURKE & SONS ,
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS ,
GEO. 1IU11KK , MnniRor ,
UNION STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NEB.
REFEKENCKS : Merchants' and Fanners' Hank , Davlil City , Neb. ; Kcnrnoy National
JJ.ink , Keatncv , Neb. : Cohualms Stiilu Jinnk. Columbus , Noli. ; McDonald's Hank , North
I'latte. Neb. ; Omaha National Hank. Omaha , Xeb.
Will pay customers' dratt with bill of Irullnt ; attached for two-thirds value of stock.
Nebraska National Bant
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Pnld up Ctxpitnl $850,000
SuplusMay 1 , 1885 25,000
U. W. YATKS , President.
A. E. TOUKAI.IX , Vice President.
W. U. S. Iluaius : , Cashier.
DUtUCTOHR !
W. V. HOME , JOHN S. COLLINS ,
U. W. YAIUS , LEWIS S. Itiiuo ,
A. E. TOUZAUN ;
BANKING OFFICEi
THJE ERON BANK.
Cor. l ti | and Farrmtu Streets.
General Dnnkltur Business Tranaaotol.
IS CONDUCTED I V
Royal Havana Lottery
( AQOVrnNMEN'T INSTlTtTTION )
Drawn at Havana , Cuba , February 13-27 , 1886
( A OOVKHNMKNT INSTITUTION !
Tickets in 1'ifthsi Wholes $5j Frtictlona pro
rntn.
Subject to no mnnlpulntion , not controlled by
the parties In Intori'st. His the Inlrost thing in
the iiuturo ol chunco In nxlstuncu.
Tor tickets npply to SHIl'SV ACO. . , 1212Broad
way , M. V. City : M. OTTUNS & CD. , 019 Mulu
srcot , Kansas City , Mo. , or 1503 Fnrnnni Btroot
Omulio.
ESTABLISHED USED IN ALL
PAHISOFTHE
WORLD
Catnlogues and J'rlcen on Application. Bold by
alltha best Cnrrlnco linlliivr * and Dealers.
CINCINNATI , U. S. A.
Oiljli'Artilreaii. COO CIN.
Hallway Time Table.
OMAHA.
Tlio following Is the time of nrnval and de
parture ot trains by Central Standard tlmo at
tliu local depots. Trains of the C. , St. P. , M. &
O. nrrivo and depart from their dopot. corner
ot Hth and Webster streets ; trains on the II. &
M. , C. . 11. & Q. find K. C. , St. J. & C. IJ. from the
I ) . & M. depot : nil others from the Union 1'aolQo
dCPOt
*
UUIDQB TRAINS.
Ilrldso tralnp WIP leave U. I' , depot at 0J5 :
n7ri-SUO : : S:40-8EO-IllO:00-lluua. : : : : in. . 1:00 :
1MO lriu II n:00-3Oi-l:00-5lW-5.JO-OW5- : : : : :
0:10-7:00-11:10 : : p.m.
Leave transler for Omaha a 7:13 15 8:13-0:30
B'.l:13 ' : II 10n-10i7-ll'fT : ; : ; a. m. : l:3r-2:13- :
JSi7 : l:30-3:37-i:37 : : G : 5 flrjS 7:20-7:50- : :
11:52 : p. m.
CONNKCrJNO JJXKS.
Arilvnl and domiitmo of trains from the
transfer depot at Council Bluna :
UEl'AI'T. AUIIIVU.
cmcuio & r OHTinvisTiitN. : :
0:15A. : i Mull and Kxpress 7:00p. : ti
12:401' : . M Accommodation 4io p. M
6ajiM : Evpresss 0:15 : A. M
CIIICAK ) A. HOCK ISLAM ) .
0:15 : A. M JIall and ISxpross 7:00 : P. it
7:15 : A. M Accommodation fiilWi' . M
0:20 : r. M Express U:15AM :
CIIICAno. VIII..WAUKCC & ST. 1'AIII , .
0:10A. : .M Mail and Kxpro&i 7:00p. : u
5:1JP. : Ji Express 0:15 : A , u
CIUUAHO , imiir.iMiro.v i QUINCV.
O.XJA. M Mall and Kxprose 6:20p. : u
wAiiAsn , ST. I.OUIH & p.vcmo.
2:15p. : M.i/jcul.St. Louis Hxprosg lx > enl
BiOOi'.M.TransforSt.I/ouls Ux .Transfcr.aiSOp.M
KANSAS CITV. KT. JOB & COUNCIL , HDIIPFS.
SOUTIIWAHD. Arrlvo
A. M , I I' . M. jiibsouiii I'Adii'ic. A.M. P. M.
lOttOilHl5b .Day . Kxprcsi 6:25d :
Hl5b :
K.C.ST. J. cV C. II.
. . .Via I'lutthinoutb. . . 7:00d :
UppaijU NOHTHVAItl ) . Arrlvo.
A. U p. M. I O. BT. I' . . JI. At O. A. M. I * , ti.
6'MHouxClty \ | 15iiiosst. |
*
" '
DcpaTE 'KA S'l'VVAItl ) . Airlvo
A.M. IP. > I. | C. . II. & Q. I A.M. IP ,
V 0 I 0:00 : | . . . .Via riattinioulh..1 0UU ; | 7
STOCK YAUD3 TRAINS
Will leave U. 1' . dopot. Omaha , ut CtO-8:3V- : :
10:16 : I0rrm. : m. ; S:4O-.lCU-fi : : : iii. in.
J.eavo8tock Yards for Oimthu ut 7:55 10:2.50. :
12:01 : 1 : SJ < ; io 0:07 : fl:8U p. m.
NOTJ : A iralnadally ; Idully ) except Sunday
"i dally cixuopt Baturduy ; U , dally except Mnu
Notice to Contractors.
SKAI.KD lllds will bu i tech u.l . by the bulldlntr
comiiiltlfunf the Coriilntc Aeadeiny , until
MuichU'J ' , Ihtiu. lor the liirnlfi'iln ? iimturial and
bulldlnir acolfctfe bnlldliiK ut Cnrnlnir , Ailuma
Co. , Iowa. 1'laiiBcaii buseon at thoollluo ol the
Hocietury , or nt the oflico of C. II. Leoarchitect ,
DCS Mollies , lowu.
Tliu coininlttco reserves the right to rolcit
nny or nil bids.
AdtlroKs : II. JI. Tow.vun ,
foll-llot Secretary , Coinlnir , linva.
ESTABLISHED 1603.
CHANDLEPROINCO.
CHAIN AND PBOVISION
Commission
lYIerchants ,
O1TICKS :
Board of Tnide , Chamber of Comrcoroo ,
. Allhvuukcu.
H , C. MILLER , Western Business Solicitor.
Ijooal" Hifslnoss Bollultor , lUOi
lus'.St. Oiuuliu. Ncli.
Red Star Line
Cnrrylnu tlio Holffliira lloynl nml Unttod Btatoi
Jtall.sulIliiK ovury Sntimlny
Between Antwerp & New York ,
TO THE RHINE , GERMANY , ITALY , HOL
LAND AND FRANCE.
Snlon from $00 to $100. Excursion trip from
fllOto flBJ. Second Cnliiu ( fa , and tixourslon
$ PO. flteurnKO piif > tiifi > nt low rules. 1'otof
WilRhtSons , Uciiarut Affonts , 55 ItronJflrny ,
Now York.
Onmlm , NubriHkn , TrnnU 13. Mooros , W. , Bt , IJ ,
> tP. tlckut ugont.
ROSEWATER & CHRISTIE ,
Rooms 12 and 13 Granite Block ,
GrmloSj stems nmlSoworngo Plum for Cltlcg
nml Towns n spccinlly. Miui * . KMIinntci and
Sii'CllU'H1lons | for I'll hllo iinil other Knglnoorlnf ;
\\oiksliiriilslieil. ijimoys ami licpuit made
on Public Improvements.
Asmtr.w HoFBWATEn , Member Amurlonu SoO'o-
Gty Civil Ilniflnoern. City Kiwliioer of Oiimhu
1:0. II. CimiHTji : , Civil
' MACHINE-1
The Cnlljrrnph Is rapidly dl plnclnir tlio pen.
Kruson how j ou may you cannot ullord to do
without it.
No other labor BnvlnfC Invention 1ms so less
oned drudgery or bruin and Inuid , or fwivctl
such n IIIIKU pel contuse of dear labor.
Kitfuiothnt It turns oil but urlco as much
work in n ( riven tlmo ns does the pen ( It easily
doi-s tlirou tinioH iiHinuclOniid it ( ilvcs you sov
onil I roe hours daily ns and intoicdt on your-
invo-tmcnt. For circular * and spoclnunia np
ply to II. Q. STIUI'K , Omaha , Nob. ,
Oeiil. .Aprent for Nebraska imd Western Iowa
HIIHIUNS.IUnduruood'R boM ) for all kinds o
writing machines , on bund. 1'rlco $1 oaoh.
A STANDARD MEDICAL WORK
FORYOUHG AHD MIDDLE-AGED MEN
ONLY SI II y JtlAIlj , 1'O.STl'AIll.
ILLUiU'ltATlVK S 1'UUli TO AfcT ,
A Oront Hlocllcnl Work on Manhood.
J5jthnntr"lVltnlltr. Ncrroni nml Phjulcnl nnlilltr |
PromntiirnDeflinoln Mnn. Krrors of Youth , and tlio
untold rnl rlei rciultlnv from linll oreilon mid or-
CPR CS. A book for orory mnn , jromiir , mdlillo-naed
nncl old. Itcontnlns 123 preneriMlnni for nil nemo untl
elironlortlfOiuei.pntlionaorwIilPh II Inrnlivililc. HI >
found by tlio nnthor whoso oxnerlnneu for ii vn raji
iMirhusProhiiblir novcr uofon > full tothn lot of nnr
pliyslrlnniiinopiiBoi , linnnrt In bpnutlful Kronen mill-
lln. oniUoaaodcovor * . full irllt.cii'trrintonr1 ' In h < ja flnor
work In nvcry nennnmeelmnlenl. . literary and proffli *
Blonal than nnr other work In this country Tor fi-V ) ,
nr the money will l > orofanrt In nvcry Inatnnee , I'rla
only ffl by inrill * poiltmld. JMiifttnttnr ! nimnla. Oil.
Pcndnow. Oolil inoitiil iwiirrioil Iho iiuthorlir the ffv
tlonulMcilie.il A ocinllon. fi tli Hon. A. I * . ISlMplI ,
anil nundnte onicnra ot the board ti ! reiiderln re'
Bppctfnlly rofPiTM
Tlio Hclenpo at Ilf < > I * worth ninrololba rounxanil
mlilcllo-fttfod mon of this ccnerntlon than ll tliOKold
rnliiM of California tuid tlio allrar inlnoi of Noivrta
cointilned.-H. K.nhronlelo.
Tlio HcJciiPO of I.lfo point * put the rook. anil quick-
imnds on whleh thn eiinrtltutlon ondliopos of ninny
u round mnn Imro boon fatally wrecked. Jtunchonter
The sdcnoo of I.lfolsof re tr > r vnluo thnn nil tus
mortlciil Korku imbllslieil In lhl countrjr fortuopnst
Wrcnrn Atlimlii Conttltutlon ,
'Mia science of I.lfo li n nunurh iind inantorly treat-
Uo on nervous and physical debility. Dotrolt Kroj
Artdroi'slho Poiborty Mortle-il Instltuto. or l > r W. IL
1'nrker. No. 4 HullHncli etroot. lloiton , Miito. .who mar
bo conn ultcd on ull dlaoitica ruqulrlnz Bklll ami azparf-
. ( Mironlcitiiil obnlimlo thttt liuvo Uaf *
llctl tlio nklll of nil othnrpliy lelinii u npuclultr. Much
troiitoil micrimfnllr without an Inttunco of futluro
Mention Omnhii Una.
HAMBURG -AMERICAN
Faclcet
A DIHEOT MNIi FOH
England , France & Germany.
The Mfiiinsljlps of thin ell knowu line uni
built of lion , In wutur-tlKht ooiupurtiuoiita , and
uro f urnlBhod with uvory ro'iulhlio ' to inuku Iho
Iiutsairo both sufo and lurrueablo. They carry
the United Ktatc nnd Knroponn m > illHniid IOHVO
New Voik Thursdays and Saturdays for VI v.
mnuth , ( IXJNDUNJ.Cl.crboUif.a'AUIbnQd HAM-
Itntui'iilntr , the stcnmcra leave Ilumburtr ou
Wf > dimsdny8 mid HunduyH , via. Huvro , taklujf
pansuiiKeiiint Boiithumptun untl London.
Tirst cabin ( VI , fUJ mid (75 ; btnunwo fit.
Ilalliond tlcKfts from 1'lyinouth to llrlslol , Car-
dill. l/iiiUon , or to any plueo In tbo Houth of
I'.njrlniid , I'ltl'.l' . HtoeniKO from liuropo only
t 5. Bond for "Tourlm ( larctlr. "
C. II. UKJUAHD&CO. .
General I'ntsc'nt'or AKt'ntfl ,
61 Uiondnuy , Kow Ynrk ; Wu liliiit ii uod la ,
Bulluttn. Chlcutfo , 111.
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. A IUlintf yontii.
till luipruduuuo < mu > luir
1'niuatura Jitray , KerJ
- - - - - - - - - - - \uut . jrft ll ii.
lim.1 , .Vc , luring trlod In va'jJuvory kno it raiuody
luaillKrovc-reJ a ciinplniu'U-cu.c , \\lifchljuwllltcua
1 III' I' t bU Ullr > W4iiiaurer > . AddiosH
J. JI. lll.EVl.H. U ChMai i > ttcoi. Niw York Cltr.
"CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. "
The Original mid ) rly Uvmilnc.
ff re aoialva/i iu > llaMt. It wattor wortlilriu lalULtlonl.
lu4liii aVl < la LADIES. A k jour llrMKgUI la
"t'hlrlir tvr' runll-l'"a J U > e no MhT.ur liiluw U.
( itauil'i ) to u fjr | arllcutari in Itlltr tr riturn utilb
NAME PAPER , t liltliwltr VltriMlral tin. .
Sal u Aluillauii N'juurf , riilluda. , ! ' .
Bold by llru
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( fiTi'MO VITALITY Is failing Uialn UKAIM'p anrj
f'XJIAIJhTl.ll or 1'owri Jiilf > JAl I'JCl IY UA * > ' -
iticlt I'iiy
uiciii fily \ IttlrvdiK ( inl Lui l * > . All tvff.krti.lWlt . > * > OAA
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