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2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , WEDNESDAY , MATIOH 24 , 1830.
AN ELECTRICAL QUARREL ,
The Bperry and Northwestern Electric Light
Oompanies Have a Disagreement.
AN AGED DARKEY'S TROUBLES.
IJo Onlns n Ijltllo Experience In Buy-
lug Keal ICfitntc A J'nsBcnfjcr
Trnln'Wreckcd The Missouri
1'aclllc Foiled Other News
Ulcctrlc flight Troubles.
The Northwestern Electric Light com
pany obtained a temporary injunction
in Iho district court yesterday re
straining the Sperry Clootrie Light com
pany from Interfering with their wires.
In their petition they claim that the
ngcnts of the latter company have In
dulged In the habit of cutting their wires
nnd purloining their globes and carbon
sticks. Not content with this , the peti
tion alleges that Iho company have placed
globes upon their lights ma/.ing forth the
assertion that the Sperry Kleotric Light
company were the owners of the wires.
The case will probably come up in court
In tv few days.
Last night n portion of the city was loft
in darkness , in consequence of the run-
lure between the two companies , which ,
for some time past , have been doing n
partnership business. The provisions of
this partnership were , however , peculiar ,
nnd in February the new president of the
Sperry company ordered the Northwest
ern company to remove their plant from
the building. This order was not com
plied with , the Northwestern people
claiming that the Sperry company had
usurpedtho rights and property belong
ing to the Northwestern. It is said that
the latter company is in financial dis
tress , and thu outcome of the matter is
awaited with interest.
Didn't Fool the Old Dnrkoy.
Samuel Oston is an old colored man re-
elding in Omaha who has an ambition to
tccomo the owner of real estate. Some
time ago lie took the necessary stops , ns
ho supposed , to gratify his desires by en
tering into a contract with ono Martin
Quick to purchase two city lots. Samuel
wont BO far tut to pay Martin $05 on the
contract , and was about to make another
payment when the latter informed him
that it was not necessary , as an irregu
larity had been discovered in the title to
thu land which made Iho ownership un
certain. O.sten then demanded thn re
turn of the $05 already paid , but Quick
refused to comply with the demand. Suit
was thereupon commenced in the county
court to compel Quick to refund the
money , and Oaten wus given a judgment
for $ ui . This , however , did not relieve
the old man's difficulties , for Quick re
fused to pay the judgment. After inef
fectual efforts to collect his rightful dues ,
Oslcn yesterday made a complaint in the
tiounty court charging Quick with selling
property to which ho had no title. A war
rant was accordingly issued for Quick's
nrrest and will bo served to-day. The
crime with which ho is charged is a peni
tentiary ofl'enso , and matters begin to us-
sumo a.serious look for the accused.
Wrecked Near Oninhn.
A collision occurred yesterday aflcr-
noon about 2 o'clock on the B. & M. south
(
of Boyd's packing liouso. The Union Pa
cific passenger train from Lincoln was
coming in over the B. &M. and a B. & M ,
engine going down to the round house
met it on the curve at that poiijt. Both
engines were moving at a fair rate of
speed , and the shock of the collision was
Boverc , throwing them both from the
' track and wrecking them badly. The
mail ear was aluo ditched , and tlio pas
sengers received a lively shaking up but
110110 of them wcro injured. Kngmecr
Jackson of the Union Pacific passenger
train , was hurt somewhat about the head ,
lint not seriously , it is thought. Con
siderable delay was occasioned by Iho
wreck , but the track \yas cleared nnd
trains wore running again last night.
It Did Not Go.
The local Miisouri Pacific representa
tive made a dosporalo attempt yesterday
afternoon to send out a freight train.
Ivnights of Labor on the Union Pacific
discovered the plot , captured tljo train
before it had gone 100 yards , and "killed"
the engine. This is the third futile at
tempt the Missouri Pacilie has made to
pass tfiu Knights , and it will probably bo
the hist.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Send In Your Applications.
City Clerk Southard yesterday informed
ti Br.i : man that there was evidently a
misapprehension among liquor men as to
the tiniu for filing applications for license
for the coming year. "The applications
, and bonds , " said he , "must bo filed in my
ollico on or before March 20 , accompan
ied by S250 , the lin-t quarterly installment
of thu license money. Only a very few
have boon Hied so fur , while last year at
this time nearly all of them wcro'in and
ready to bo acted on. In order to secure
their licenses the saloon men must hurry
up or they will bo too late. "
KnterprlNo Ainont ; the Ijadiea.
One day last week the ladies living on
Convent street hold nil indignation meetIng -
Ing over a long stretch of mud , where , if
over there had been a sidewalk , every
vestige of it had completely disuppeaiod.
Kaeh concluded to contribute n part of
her pin money , anil now a now plunk
walk greets thu pedestrian where heretofore -
fore only old , half buried rubber shoes
wore visible.
JllH Jll > erty Was Short.
John T. Brady , thu tough ox-bartender
Who was sentenced to eonlinement in the
county jail borne time ago for tin assault
on Mollie Gibson , was tclcasedyesterday ,
Jils erm having expired. Ho immedi
ately hied himself to thu scene of his for
mer difficulty , and again 1 ognn to raise
n disturbance. Before ho could do any
damage hu was arrested and taken to the
central police station and locked up ,
A Small Fire.
A lire alarm fromThlrtconth and Doug ,
las streets called thu lire department out
nbout 0:30 : o'clock last evening. The
cause was an Incipient blax.o in Iho rear
of Iltmry llornlmrgor's saloon , which ic-
suited from thn careless bundling of kisr <
osoiio in lilling a Jump. Thu lire was UK-
tingulshcd witli a few pails of water
without any material damage.
Gone to Mncoln ,
Justice Lenlloliloy , formerly eity editor
of tlm Republican has gone to Lincoln to
testify before United States Commission
er Billingsloy concerning the confession
made by the convict Pearson , of tiio mur
der of Watson B. Smith. The United
States authorities tire inclined to regard
the confession asdecidedlv"moonshiny , "
but will nevoithoJyss investigate it fully.
AJKWS-FraiiPli It. Mews , Match II , IbSO ,
med 81 jcais , at Cnltuu , Cat ,
Thu iviualiib were brought by his fattier ,
Francis .Mews , of Pacific Junction. lu\\alo
Ulen oed , and there burk-d.
* Bon Ilogan left for California last eve
ning. On thu way he will stop a'lLariunio ,
Keuo anil Vii'i ; imuCity auO hold rcuval
meetings' . J
AMUSEMENTS.
Mary Anderson's Slatucnqno Rosalind
Draws a Lnrjio Audience.
As the people filed out of the opera
house last night the consensus of their
opinions was that Mary Anderson was tin
Irreproachable Rosalind. With every
Mcp toward their homes , however , their
high opinion of the beautiful actress be
gan to lessen. A beautiful woman Is
always an object of admiration , and is
able without genius to obtain a hold upon
nn audience which an unlovely woman
with the greatest genius could never do.
It is to Miss Anderson's personal charms
that she owes the best part of her suc
cess. As ( lalntea her cold , statuesque
beauty was sulllcient ; there is no need of
acting the character does not call for it.
The part of Rosalind , how
ever , needs something moro than
mere comeliness and cold posing.
Rosalind was a woman , composed of
llesh and blood. She was not an idyllic
crentkn of u fanciful brain , but u woman
of a strong mind and marked character
istics of womanhood. No one. seeing
"As You Lkc ! It" for the lirsttimo last
night , would make a pronounced , definite
distinction between the typo of Galatea
and the lovable maiden of the iorest.
Rosalind and it does not detract from
her lovablonoss should bo warm-licnrted ,
almost dill'usive in her demeanor. This ,
however , docs not seem to bo Miss Ander
son's conception of the part. She places
woman upon n cold , idealistic plane ,
and depicts her as an utterly intamjiblu
and an unapproachable creature. It may
bo right to place woman upon an icy
pedestal of tills character , but it cer
tainly is not the idea of the present
century. Divesting the mind of the ef
fects of her great beauty and the person
al charms of her character , and regarding -
ing her in the cold light of dispassionate
criticism one is forced to ask why , being
as great as she isshe docs not surpass all
criticism and become a marvelous ac
tress. There may be several reasons why
her success is not greater. She is young ,
almost passionless , and always buoyed
up by popular deification has never ex
perienced the "sweet uses of adversity. "
To depict passion one must feel it. For
tins reason many a poorer actress than
Miss Anderson makes a stronger appeal
to the heart. Her Galatea is superior to
her Rosalind because thu former
calls for the exercise of superficial
qualities and the latter for soulfulness
nnd insight. In each she commanded
the admiration of her audience , but in
neither dues she thrill and overcome her
auditors. The greatest actress is the one
who can make the crowil forgetful of the
garish footlights nnd the superficiality
of _ the stage who makes her listeners ob
livious of everything but the character
which they see delineated. Miss Ander
son goes just to this point and then stops.
In everything under this sue is almost
perfect. She has not , however , touched
a point above this line of demnrkation.
Notwithstanding all this , her imper
sonations of Galatea and Rosalind at the
Boyd deserve great commendation.
Every detail of the art has been
thoroughly mastered by her and
if her audience had intellect without
heart the performance would have been
called uerfect. Her support , was excel
lent , the company appearing to much
greater advantage than upon the previous
evening. Miss Anderson loaves to-day
for Denver , on route for San Francisco.
JOHN T. RAYMOND.
The well-known comedian , John T ,
Raymond , will appear at Boyd's Opera
house next Friday and Saturday. "Tho
Magistrate , " one of the greatest comedy
comedy successes of the year , will bo
presented on Friday evening and Satur
day matinee , nnd on Saturday night Mr.
Raymond will bo seen in his "Col.
Mulberry Sellers. " The sale of scats
begins Thursday morning at the box
oihco.
MEXICAN MUSIC ,
The Mexican orchestra will open their
engagement in Omaha with a sacred
concert next Sunday evening at Boyd's
Opera house.
O'Donahoo & Sherry.
Call attention to their stock of
LISLE THREAD , SILK and KID
GLOVES , which is now complete.
REGULAR MADE , REAL LISLE
GLOVES , all colors , C-button length , 25c.
Extra Fine TAFFETA SILK , 0-button
length , till colors , at10c. .
4-button KID GLOVES , all colors , at
COo per pair.
These are only a few of the leading
prices. We invite a careful comparison
of these goods. They are the best value
wo have ever olVored. Wo are also show
ing a complete stock of Toilet Soaps , Per
fumes , Hosiery , etc. , etc.
Call and see our goods and save money.
O'DONAIIOE & SHKRFV ,
Fifteenth St. , next to the Postoflico.
Promenade concert , Exposition Build
ing , Tuesday evening , March 30 ; 25 cents.
For i m ported main and female canaries
go to Wm. Gentleman's.
New neckwear , Hudson's , Millard block.
While in New York 1 had an opportun
ity to close out a Mock of Laces
at a price that will enable us
to sell them at less than half
price. Goods worth § 1 will bo told
lor COc or less , and OOc goods at i5c ! and
so on. The goods will be here in a day
or two and will bo at once placed on sale.
They comprise all kinds of Wool Laecs ,
all kinds ot Cotton Luces , all kinds of
Linen Laces and a splendid Jot of Chantilly -
tilly and Spanish. Laces. This will bo
the greatest bargain wo have yet offered
in these goods. N. B. FAI.CONKK.
Immlicr Ollico Kciuovcd.
For the convenience of my customers
nnd the public 1 have moved my ollico to
the corner of Ninth nnd Douglas streets.
1 have considerably enlarged my yard
and am now better prepared than over to
handle lumber on .small m\rgins. : \ Come
anil sco me when you want to build.
FRK1MV. GRAY.
"U.S. M. WluiTislt ? "
For Sale Elegant bar-room furniture ,
black walnut counter , ice chest , big mir
ror , shelving , etc. , at ti bargain.
I'KTKII Gees , 1510 Farnaui ,
UltUUNWOOD.
Bcnutiful location ; quarter aero lots
$ ' , ' 00 per lot on easy terms ; twenty min
utes' wulk from Hanscom Park.
AJII.S , 1007 FAUNAM ,
SULK AOKNIS ,
Ktirnlturo.
W ion you buy furniture got prices nt
llowo it Kcrr , 1010 Douglas street , oppo-
t > lte Fiilcoiicr's.
Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific R'y.
freight and ticket ollico removed to 1305
FBI man otrcct. Telephone No. 78'J ,
Promenade concert , Exposition Build
ing , Tuesday evening , Match 80SI cunts
"U S.M. What is itt"
Traction * ' 13xmnl nation.
Notice is hereby given that I will ex
amine nil persons who may desire 10 of
fer themselves as candidates for teachers
of the primary or common schools of this
county at Omaha on the ! ith day of
MU'h : > l&Stf , JAMEb B. BitUNKit ,
Co. Supt.
Plenty f Salt Luke and native pota
toes , fresh butter and eggs dt Win. iGcu-
tlcmau's , 10th and Cass.
' Proiurnuli > concert , Exposition Build-
hig Tut'adaj evening , March SO,30cents ,
TIIE GAME OF DRAW-POKER ,
It is Played with Great Success at the Na
tional Oapital.
lnnlnKs by n Western CotiRfcss-
iiinu Hcnvy Bcttlnj * All
Hound ,
New York Mail nnd Express : "Thero
is ' 'said well known
a man , n congres
sional attache , pointing to a western
member , "who has won $ 10,000 , at poker
since the present session began. If ho
keeps on In good luck ho will have over
8100,000 before the session ends , and
Avhcn ho goes homo his constituents will
say ho has been bribed. Ho came hero
worth nothing , and , of course , when hd
gets back , buys a line house and begins
to drive fast horses , it will look sus
picious. But I happen to know he won
his money tit poker , 1 was present at a
gnmo In a senator's house ono night and
saw him win 50,000 on ono hand. What
is the dead man's hand ? Why , it is thrco
jacks and n pair of tens. It is called the
dead man's hand because * about forty
years ago. in a town in Illinois a cele
brated judge bet his house and lot on
thrco jacks and a pair of tens. It was
the last piece of property lie had in the
world When Ids opponent showed up
ho had thrco queens and a pair of tens.
Upon seeing the queens the judge fell
back , dead , clutching the jacks and tens
in his hand , and that's why a jack full on
tuns is called a dead man's hand. Well ,
I saw the member wo are talking nbout
now win § 0,000 on this hand. There
were six gentlemen playing , and all were
in and all had big hands.
"Ono had a nine full another a four
full , another thrco aces , another thrco
kings and another a , seven full. It was
a $10 ante and $20 to come in ; but the
first man straddled the blind , making it
$40 to come in. As all took cards there
was $ J10 in the pot to begin with. The
first man bet $200. The man to his left
simply called it , but the next man raised
it $ oOO. This put the bet to ? oOO , and the
next man called it. When it got to the
Western member , who dealt , ho raised it
to a $1,000. This scared everybody out
except a western man , a distinguished
railroad lawyer. The lawyer saw the
congressman's $1,000 nnd went 51,000
better , stopping to take a check book
from his coat pocket and draw a sight
check for the amount. The congressman
saw this and went 82,500 better. The
lawyer then began to think. He looked
nt the congressman sharply and long
to study his countenance , to sec if ho
could form an idea of the hand ho sat
upon. Then he fell to studying his own
hand and rubbing his forehead in a medi
tative way. Then ho laid his cards down ,
coolly took out his cheek book , wrote a
check for 52,500 , and called the congress
man. The congressman held the dead
man's hand and the lawyer three nines
and a pair of sixes. Substracting the
S40 ho had put into the blind and the bets
he had made himself , there was exactly
50,100 , in the pot , which represented the
congressman's winnings on that hand.
Did the game go on ? Oh , yes , but the
railroad Jtiwyer had a very dry cough the
remaining part of the evening , nnd his
apparent melancholy had a depressing
eflect on the balance of the com
pany. So , after an hour or there
abouts , the game broke up. This railroad
lawyer who is exceedingly well known
west and east , went to New York the
next day , and I afterward learned that ho
lost $20,000 ono ni ht at poker in a room
in the ItoH'man house. A southern con
gressman was credited last winter with
winning enough money at poker to pay
off a § 20,000 mortgage , with interest , on
his plantation , and to replace his old
mules , plows , wagons and farm imple
ments generally with new ones. Ho
would not play except at unlimited
games , and ho played with a dash and
boldness that dismayed his opponents.
Luck attended him until the very shank
end of the session. Finally it turned , but
lee late for the losers to got much of
their money back. The southeucr went
home $ .10.000 bettor ofl * than ho came.
This session it has boon the other way.
The southencr hunted up the same old
set , and for a few days played with his
magical luck. Then unkind fortune be
gan to vouchsafe to him only small pairs ,
whicli ho could never strengthen by u
draw , or exasperating Dutch fulls , or
tantali/.ing bobtail flushes. Then the
southerner look to blulling and in time
ran up against n successive series of
three aces , king fulls , fpur-of-a-kinds ,
straights , flushes and the like witli ( lisas-
aslorous results. To save his life ho
couldn't make a small pair evolute into
threes , and to _ four hearts ho invariably
drew an ofl'-suit , like a deceptive diamond
mend or an ominous nnd gruesome
spado. So he continued to blulV and to
get caught. .Now there is another
mortgage on his plantation. In the old
slavery days when a southern congress
man wanted to raise a poker stake ho
would 'sell a nigger , ' but now ho must
poll a few mules or mortgage his planta
tion , and , of course , the latter is much
the simplest plan. "
The Dancer of False Teeth.
Xcnia ( O. ) Dispatch : A singular acci
dent , which resulted in the death of
David Strong , nged 08 years , occurred at
Mcdway , a small village near the Clarke
and Oreon county line , yesterday at noon.
Mr. Strong was engaged in eating his
dinner , when ho suddenly commenced to
choke nnd grow black in the face. The
members of his family at once
went to his rescue and tried to
relieve him , but were unable
to" do so , and n messenger
was dispatched for a physician. Before
medical assistance arrived Strong was a
corpse , death having restilteil from
strangulation. An examination by the
physician showed that ho had partially
swallowed the upper row of his false
teeth while engaged in eating his dinner ,
and that they had lodged in Ids throat in
Mich a manner that ho was unable to
dislodge them or make the members of
the family understand what was the
matter.
Children cannot bo injured by too
much Star Cough Cure. It has no opiates.
A liittlo Ijiuno nnd Started Kurly.
They wore standing on the front stops
and ho " 1 could die "
was saying , lor you ,
when the door opened and her father
and a pair of No , 12 boots came out. The
joung man daitcd for a deep shadow.
"I thought that thing said ho could dlo
for you , " said the parent ; "whore's ho
gonn nowK"
"Well , pa , judging from the sixo of
lliPMi boots , 1 guess ho's gone to arrange
for the funeral. "
Severe.
Texas Siftlngs : The barkeeper of the
Gently Drcamiiigsaloon remarked to ( jus
du Smith that his , the bai keeper's , son
was a student at the University of Texas
"What is your son studying ? " usUcd
Gus.
"Chemistry. "
"So you are going to make a barkeeper
out of him , are you ? "
At u paper mill in Lewiston , Mo. , the
following letter dated Brunswick , Nov
ember 11 , 16(10 ( , recently was found !
"Ilirani , . your actions nt the husking bee
hist evening left mo no lojigcr doubtful
us to what course I should take. I thought
I cared for you , but I was a fool , and now
am punlshecj for my folly. Inclosed are
tho/ / lock of Imlr. the picture and the ring
you gave mo Perhaps the ring will lit
boincbody'else's linger just as well.
June. "
BVEUV MAA'.FOIl IHMSntil-\
OMAHA , Mflrfh Oj-To the Editor :
Permit mo through'tlib columns of j-our
paper to prcscn\ the views of a workingman -
man upon the conflict between labor nnd
capital which Is now assuming such
gigantic proportion's as to threaten not
only the established order of things but
for n tune the wcll'boing of the
"bread-winner' ] a Svcll.
Let ovcry ono whu thinks the lot of the
average worklngninn a pleasant ono , go
try it on , and there will bo a radical
change of opinion , thorough and com
plete , in a short time. He will find that
his labor is n dommodlty bought by the
capitalist as ho buys his food and other
supplied necessary for the carrying out
of his business , i. c. , making money ; that
his well-being as a man with a soul and
body to care for , and perhaps a family of
little ones to provide for , is not consid
ered that is not the employer's business.
Should he bp foolish enough to complain ,
hu will bo given to understand that the
employer Is not running a charitable in
stitution nnd if ho don't like it he can
quit. But oan ho quit ? In most hi'
stances ho can not. lie must eat , have
clothing and shelter , as nature requires
it. Men do not cat simply because they
like to , but because they have to , there
fore ho dare not quit , so ho struggles on ,
sees his family reared , in poverty , their
education hampered by want of proper
clothing to enable them to attend school
regularly , nnd finally are compelled to
turn out to work at an oatly ago in order
to help maintain themselves.
Workinemen see all this and try to
remedy Hey combinations called "trade
unions , " thinking that by combining they
can compel a recognition of their wants
and command respect. Wo all admit that
"in union there is strength , " and while
something has been accomplished , much
moro remains to be done , and I fear trade
unionism as at present constituted will
not be the instrument for that purpose.
Conceding that capital is grasping and
selfish , is not a trade union nearly as bad !
How many members of labor organiza
tions are such tor the purpose of benefit-
ting their fellow-workmen ? Is it not a
selhsh reason that animates some when
joining such organizations ? To better
self by combining with his neighbor is
the idea , and whenever the union ceases
to be a means to that end , his interest
therein grows cold and probably dies al-
logelher.
Did the striking moulders at Chicago
take a thought as to the ofl'ecl of their ac
tion upon the laborers and helpers thrown
out of work thereby ? 1 guess not. Does
the Omaha bricklayer , when satisfied that
he can got through ou nine hours per day
tit forty-five cents per hour , bother him
self because his hod-carrier's pittance is
reduced by that arrangement , or will lie
when winter comes again and compels
him to "knock off" ( ho claims a high rate
of wages because ofjtlns season of idle
ness ) , hesitate to dojlaboring when many
laborers are idlfc ? * JJb. [ Should you ask
him why , ho 'probably would say , "be
cause I don't have tp ; " in other words ,
"because I am Uio strongest aud looking
out for myself. "
The unenviable position of tlio workingman -
ingman of to-jflay" cannot , I think , bo
charged whollyto'tljo , oppression of cap
ital. The peruiciqijis teachings of the
present day nrqilurgely responsible. The
inborn selfishness of uumauity has been
strengthened tind > Intensified by them.
"Every man for himself , " make your
own way in thq'world ' , and kindred catch
while labor unions are a "means to the
end , " aud are therefore valuable , they
will not bo the instrument that will
eventually bettor 'the condition of the
masses. Having served their purpose
they ( the unions ) will pass away to make
place for other forces that in the fullness
of time and the goodness of God will com
pel a recognition and the practice of the
divine command , "love thy neighbor as
thyself. " S.
p
NOTICE !
Proposals for rtoal Estate.
Bids will be received by the Trustees ot
South Omaha up to Thursday , March 25 ,
for the purchase of the N. half of the N.
W. quarter and the N. W. quarter of the
N. E. quarter of section five (5) ( ) township
fourteen (14) ( ) Ilnngo thirteen (18) ( ) Douglas
county 120 acres more or loss. This is
what is known as the "Orchard tract" of
the Syndicate lands. It is only a little
over a mile from Hanscom Park and
about one-half mile northwest of the stock
yards. It lies beautiful and will make
elegant property to subdivide. Will bo
sold in10. . 80 , or 120 aero tracts. Terms ,
one-fourth cash , balance 1 , 2 , and 8 years
at ? percent. The rightto reject any or all
bids reserved. Address M. A. Upton ,
Manager , 310 S. 13th St.
Promenade concert , Exposition Build
ing , Tuesday evening , MarchJ023 { ; cents.
For Snlo.
Livery stable of thirty 3'cars standing ;
doing a line business , only reason lor
selling , a desire to retire from business.
Will lease the building for a term of
years. Gio. : W. HOMAS ,
13th and Hartley Sts.
Low prices , good grades and a square
deal. CoiitrarLumbor Yard , 13th & Cala
Frederick's lint Store moved toCroigh-
ton Block , 15th St. , near Postolllco.
Lawton & Mole , Printers , ICth and
Dodge.
WANTED : To purchase ono or two lots
for cash , cast ot Thirtieth street. Address -
dross , giving location nnd lowest cash
price , 1) . 7 , BUR oilico.
Frederick's Hat Store moved to Creigh-
ton Block , 15th St' , , near Postolllco ,
At 1001 S. IStluSti" is the place to buy
building paper , .carpet felt , mouldings ,
doors , windows , 'blinds , oto. , at very row
prices. " ' f G. F. LVMAN.
"U.S. M. WflatlsiU"
Newport hasi'nrd ' ed most popular of
Aero Lot Additions ; ! 120 acres were pur
chased Octobei astrJ
Til 13 HOUOHKSTJIl'AUT OK WHICH
wo have sold ilii40iioro tracts to several
purchasers , \YTT now oflcr for the first
time ,3 , *
THE HKSTj'Anr or NKWTOUT.
Come and hce the ground.
AMIS , tf > 07 FAKNAM ST. ,
Solo Agent.
Fine line Surgical Instruments at
Cheney & Oleson's Prescription Drug
store 1307 I'arnain.
Deforo buying get prices at the Central
Lumber Yard , lth ! ! and California.
Wo will Uiko a low moro Omaha city
loans at low rate ? .
J.V , &K.-L. SQUIKE ,
Council UlullS , Iowa.
If you buy lumber anywhere without
first getting Hoaglatid's prices you will
lose money ,
A IHiantirnl Store.
The fine t and ; nioit complete Art Store
west of Chicago to Uospo' , 151U Douglas.
Dr. Hamilton \ \ arrcn , hclectio .Physi
cian and Surgeon , 703 N. Wth street ,
near Webster. Day aud night calls
promptly attended to.
LETTER - WRITING CRANKS ,
Queer Polks who Ask Questions nnd Make
Suggestions ,
Perpetual Motion , the Tin Mine De
lusion , and the Bent oh Tor
Hidden Treasures.
Washington Star : t At the time that
President Gnrfiold was shot a now species
of people scorned suddenly to have
sprung into existence , and under the on-
phoncous name of "cranks" acquired a
notoriety that was almost as widespread
as that of their head nnd chief Guitcan ,
This city socmcd all at oncooverrun wilh
this odd variety of the human r.ico , and
finally the public mind got in such n con
dition on this subject that it was not safe
to make an odd remark in the hearing of
a stranger without being at once sot down
as a crank. After six months or so of
cranks and orankisin there was not so
much said on the subject , and gradually
the mutter disappeared from public at
tention , except the name of crank , which
is still retained , and which people In the
playfulness of their friendship are fond
of applying to each other. In view of
this it may sound strange to say that the
cranks are still as numerous as over , and
that crankism manifests itself in a great
variety of forms. The government letter-
bag is where this phenomenon is found in
the highest and best stage of develop
ment , and it may bo of Interest
to those fond of statistics to
know tlfat the ratio of these letters to the
rest of the mail shows a steady increase
year after year. Of couso they can bo all
classed under the general head of cranky
letters , but it would do the writers an In
justice to allow them to rest under the im
putation which this word conveys. For
some of those letters are without doubt
from the inmates of insane asylums , and
arc simply n collection of words and sen
tences without any intelligent meaning.
One of the most voluminous correspon
dents of this class is a man , who some
years a o got the idea that he was at the
head of the treasury department. From
nis room in a remote insane nsylum ho
has for years managed the fiscal afl'airsof
tho. government , and in the execution of
his lunctions he finds it necessary now to
sharply rap the president over the
knuckles and then sternly threaten not tote
to nllowO the payment of any drafts.
lie also keeps in communication with
the heads of all the departments , so
that if they commit the err of acting con
trary to his financial policy the fault will
bo theirs , not his. Outside of this
class of cranks comes another ,
ranking next in point of numbers and per
sistency. That is that numerous class of
persons who believe in perpetual motion.
There is hardly a day passes but that
one or moro applications for a patent for
n'porpotual motion machine is received
at the patent office. For years and years
these applications have come pouring in ,
and there seems to bo no discouragement
on the part of those who are struggling
with this problem. When n man gets
the idea once he generally sticks to it un
til ho dies , and if ho does not manage to
inoculate someone else , the idea spreads
of its own accord and the ranks of the
experimenters are kept full.
After the perpetual motion cranks have
reached a certain stage in their experi
ments they generally make a visit to the
patent ofiice to sco about getting out a
patent. They arc not told that their la
bors are in vain , but they are simply
asked to furnish a working model. Of
course they haven't a working model.
They expect to have one soon , when they
have attended to ; one little point which
needs some slight chances. In the
meantime , lest some one else comes in
nnd gets a patent for the sarno , they will
iile a caveat or notice of the kind of in
vention they propose to got a. patent on.
It is a sad commentary on thu hopes of
such inventors that the majority of the
applications for patents of this sort are
in the form of caveats and never reach
the next step in the process.
A very great number of people are
under the jmpression that the govern
ment had offered a reward or premium
for the invention of a perpetual nmtion
machine ; , and such requests as this are
very common :
"Please tell me what the premium of
fered for the invention of perpetual mo
tion is : also , whether it is to bo used as a
propeller to drive other machinery. An
answer at your earliest convenience
would much oblige. "
The patent oUlce has prepared n circu
lar reply to just such requests , because
they hail become so numerous that it was
impossible to answer them all.
The ncrpolual motion people have
been familiar to the president and the
heads of departments for years.and . they
would probably feel lonesome without
them , but just now n now cra/.e , so to
speak , is enlivening the monotony of olli-
cial correspondence. This is expressed
in such letters as this :
" 1 have been informed that the govern
ment has offered n reward of $5,000 , for
the discovery of a tin mine in this coun
try. I should like to know if it is correct
and what the conditions are ? "
Where such information came from ,
who first started it , may bo put down as
one of the iny tories of the human mind.
While its origin is a mystery there is no
doubt but that it has a wide circulation ,
lor just now the letters come In cue after
the other , all making inquiries about tills
tin-mine premium. The perpetual-mo
tion people , the tin-mine people , and the
people with all sorts of notions and ideas
contribute a very large portion of the
contents of tiio government letter-bag.
Then there are the requests that come
from mothers , sisters and wives for lost
fathers , husbands and sons , whoso disap
pearance so sudden and unexpected has
lillcd them with ahum , and , after ex
hausting every other means , they at last
appeal to the government to help them.
The confidence and faith which some of
the writers manifest in the power of the
government is sometimes very touching ,
and it isdllllcultto frame a reply that
will be convincing.
The appeals for help fcro not always for
lost relatives , and there is rarely a re
quest made so unique us the following :
"While 1 was a soldier in the Mexican
war I tound out near where the Mexicans
had deposited several thousand dollars ,
nnd I have spent thu best of my time
since then to find out its exact location.
Thus far I have not succeeded , and I had
come to the conclusion that there was no
way to get at it. I want you to write to
me whether there is such n thing
as a mineral rod , and whether it
will work to money ; what the chance
will bo for mo to get one , and if you will
assist mo. I nm an old man and a poor
man and have not much money to spend.
I will bo well oll'if 1 can get something
that will work to this place , and am wil
ling to divide with any one who will fur
nish mo with the proper magnetism. "
The writer might well bo clashed with
thu searchers for the fountain of perpet
ual youth , in the taith and confidence
which hu has manifested in tiie search
for hidden treasure.
Atkinson's ( the Icmliny Milliner/ and
Hair Ooods Emporium ) have moved to
their spacious rooms in Masonic temple.
10th fit. and Capitol avo. , where they will
In future bo pleasoo to greet the.'r ' many
patrons and friends.
You can buy furniture cheaper of A.
L. Fitch & Co. , 12th St. . bet Furnuni and
Dou glnp , than any other place in the city
i'ronienade concert , Exposition Build
ing , Tuesday evening , March 30 ; S3 cents.
INDIAN JUGGLEHS.
Their Tnmo Cobrns Not Always De
prived of Thrlr 1'olsoii Teeth.
It is a mistake , writes George Augustus
Snla , to think that the snakes are always
harmless which are brought around to
houco doors nnd hotels in India by the
jugglers nnd samp-wattahs. An almost
universal opinion exists that those men
extract the poison-fangs from the scr-
ponts kept in their baskets , and that any
body nmy approach and play with them
as trecly as their exhibitors. This is bv
no menus the case , nnd
many of the reptiles which hiss
nnd cell nbout in the Indian
verandahs are as deadly : is any to be found
in the jungle. These people tame and
familiarize their snakes , especially the
cobras , which nro then disinclined to
strike , nnd become quite playful and
friendly , so that , unless maidenly fright
ened or irritnlod , they dart nt the hand
of the snake charmer without erecting
the poison fangs or even opening their
mouths. It would , however , bo ( Mile-r
ent and very dangerous if n stranger
trilled witli some of these basketed stir-
ponts.und the samp wallahs themselves oc
casionally fall victims to the recklessness
orconlidencu with Which they handle their
captures. The nm'.mrujah ot Benares was
kind enough to send the entire company
of his palace jugglers for our entertain
ment. They performed with much
adroitness the usual scries of Hindoo
tricks. They mndo the mango tree bear
ripe fruit from a seed , swallowed lire and
swords , disentangled inextricable knots.
nnd , having mixed together in water ami
drunk up three powders , red , green and
yellow , ono of them brought what scorned
the same powders forth from his mouth
in a dry state again. Then they produced
a largo selection of snakes , of which
three were cobras , and ono ot these was
made to dance to the gourd and ban-
sula , striking again and again mean
while nt the hand of the per
former. A doubt being expressed by
somebod } ' as to the lethal powers of this
creature , the chief juggler declared it
was truly n dnnt-wnlliih. nnd had his
poison teeth. "If the sakcolog would sup.
ply a sheep or goat , they might quickly
see whether ho spoke a true word.1 '
Eventually a white chicken was pro
duced , and seizing his cobra by the neck ,
the juggler pinched its _ tail and made it
bite the poor fowl , which uttered a little
cry when the Mmrp tooth punctured its
thigh. Butbeingplaccdonthoground , the
chicken began to pick np rice
with unconcern , apparently unin
jured. In about four minutes.
nowovcr , it ceased moving hither and
thither , and began to look sick. In two
minutes more it had dropped its beak
upon the ground , and was evidently para-
ly/cd , and unable to breathe freely. In
another minute it fell over upon its side ,
nnd was dead with convulsions within
ten minutes after the bite. At Pahlnn-
pur , the snnko charmer , for whom wo
scut to catch a serpent , said to bo infest
ing the compound , had just died by a
bite from ono of his own captive snakes.
Progress.
English Illustrated Magazine : Egypt is
not nt a standstill at present ; it is moving
faster , for better or for worse , than it over
moved before. And this is true ot its an
tiquities as well as of other things ; the an
cient cities are being in the present day
dug away and their earth sprea'd
on the ground as 11 fertilizer ; nnd
this is going on at such n rate that
some have almost entirely disappear
ed already , and fields of corn nave
taken their places ; others are dismissed to
half the size they wore a generation or
two back , and are still diminishing every
day. And the time does not heem very
far distant when scarcely a site of a city
will be able to be identified. Certainly
Egypt will have exhausted its antiquity
fields before England exhausts its coal
fields. And up the Nile tombs are
opened every year , and fewer left to bo
discovered. In ono sense wo are only
just beginning to explore Egypt , and the
treasure seems to bo inexhaustible , but
that is only because of the uuny scale of
our attack from the scientific side ; in
another and terrible true sense , Egypt is
exhausting itself , the natives are cease
lessly digging , and unless wo look to it
pretty quickly , the history of the country
will have perished before our eyes by the
destructive activity of its inhab
itants. Never before has that land
of monuments been so fiercely
worked on ; daily and hourly
the spoils of ngcs past arc ransacked , and
if of marketable value tire carried oil' ;
but whether preserved or not is a small
matter compared with the loss of their
connection and history which always re
sults in this way. If we arc not to incur
the. curse of posterity for our vandalism
and inertness , we most be up and doing
In the right way.
Ilcal Kstato Transfers.
The following transfers wore filed
March 22 , with the county clerk , and
reported for the 13 KE by Ames' ' Real
Estate Agency
Gco. P. Stcbhlns ( single ) to Win. W. Key-
ser , It 10 , blk 7 , Hanscom Place , Omaha ; w.
d.-SSOO.
11. A. Nolle and \\lfo to Heinhard C. Hen-
rides , It 2 , blk : ) , town of Kikhorn , .Douglas
county ; w. if. , S'.KX ) .
A. E. Tou/alln ( slnclo ) to Kianklin K.
Guild , It 11 , blkl , Hillside add. No..Omaha ;
WilKht , south 1J ! feet of Us ! . 2 * , 2 $ , 2.1 , KO
and : il , ClaiK I'J.ieo , Omaha ; w. d. , WJJOt )
Itielmid Auisb.uy anil wife to John It.
Smith , oKol so'l , seed. 10 , lil ; w. il. , 5000.
Ada P. li.ike ( single ) and others lo.lolm
Chi istianscn , It B , bile S , li aim's add. , Omaha ;
w. d. . SUM ) .
( ioorKO It. Cluistlo to Liz/Jo Cockc , It ! , blk
3 , Jlaiibcoiii PJ.ice , Oiuah.i ; w. d. , S 1,1.10.
John Siiiimoiuls and otheis to the public ,
dedication.
Bristol stiect extension thioiich n\v } { of
mi 14 of see. I' ' , IP , 1.1. Douglas county.
Chillies . Lyiiinn and \vito to Clmiles . / .
Baunmn , It 1 , blk 11 , Ihvijjht A : Lymun'dadU. ,
Omaha ; -w. d. , S5W. .
Lai moil P. J'riiyn and ulfo to Lva L. llai-
ris , IN , blk 0 , Ambler Place , Unmlui ; w. U. ,
81,550.
( ico. N , Jllcksnnd wife to ( Jco. II. Christie ,
It 4 , blk 2 , llunscom Place , Omahu ; w , d. ,
5750.
p
"U.S. M. What is US' ' "
Frederick's HntStoro moved to Crclgh-
ton Block , 15th St. , near FostolUco.
Clioup GIIB.
Use ulbo carbon with city gas andsnvo
80 per cent of cost. For sale by Welsh-
nms & McEwan , HID S. 15th St.
Frederick's beautiful hat store in
Crcighton block , full ol the new spring
style hats. Laigcst stock , lowest prices ,
Duulap hats. _
Purify Vour ISIood.
Among spring preparations , do not
neglect flint which is most important ol
till your own body. During the winter
the blood absorbs many impurities , which ,
if not expelled , are litihlo to break out in
scrofula or other disease. The best
spring medicine is Hood's Sarsaparilla.
It expels every impurity Jrom thu blood ,
and gives strength to ovcry function of
the body. Sold by nil druggists.
Krory Woman KIIOWH Thorn.
The human body is much like a good
clock or watch in its movements ; it one
goes too slow or too fust , so follow all
the others , and bad time results ; if ono
organ or sot of organs works imperfectly ,
perversion of functional cflbtt of all the
organs is sure to follow. Hence it is that
the numerous ailments uhlch make
woman's life miserable are the direct is
sue of the abnormal action of the uterine
syatem. .For nil that numerous class of
symptoms and every woman knows
them there is one unfailing remedy , Dr.
Piercc's "Favorite Prescription , " the
favorite of the sex.
MAY WHEAT SELLS AT EIGHTY
A Kenction Sots In nud It Hangs All Day
Around Eighty-OnOi
TRADING ON A LARGE SCALE-
The Heaviest Dny'n nnslncss For th
Vast Thrco Months Other
Speculative Alnrkcts
Firmer.
CHICAGO QUAIX MAHUKT.
CIICAOO ; , March 23.-fSCclal | ) Telegram. ]
WIHAT : Nine out ot o\cry ton room
tioiloiscamo on 'ClmiiRo fully Imbued with
the notion that wheat \\ns gobiR lower.
They had thirty icnsonsly \ It should soil
down toTT > e , and none why It should soil fie
blither. Accordingno.uly everybody had u
Jnirol stuff to dispose of to the highest bid-
dor. Buyers worn saiico , and the pi Ice
stuick bOc , aos \ from yesterday's chislnc of
IJse. That piovcd to on the bottom. The
outside began to bo heaul fiom. Oidersto
bayn little poiucd In on the commlMlon
houses and the market turned. Consider
able wheat elmnced hands at SOo , but more
was boiiBht at NHf ( < tRt ) < c „ „ to | , hndc trnck.
There was a steady buying by brokers ns well
as commission houses , and the bears grow
more ner\ous oveiy minute. A rcpoit gained
cuirency that Cuihihy was buying In the
wheat ho had sold yesterday and that ho was
clearing up the last of his loup standing
trades , many of which stood him a profit
on the decline In price of Co a
bushel. It was said , too , that Uenm was cov
ering ; and another rumor was afloat to the of'
leet that Aiinour was In the mailtet with *
largo buying oideis. HllUhiny's untno wus
also handled about as a bujcr. When M ) > o
was reached on the reaction , a large number
of loom tradeis , who had sold ncai the bet
tom , came Into camp , carrying the prlco tip'.o
81&r , where U stuck for n IOUR time. At ono
lime , along about 11 o'clock , May touched
bo'jfe , bat Sic seemed to bo the price about
which the Imulest lighting was done , ami the
mice did not get tar a\\ay irom there dtirluc
the last two hours and a half of the morning
session. News Irom the scat of the strike
was cageib looked for. and the dcpicssion in
the stock market was used as a weanon to
hammer wheat , but with less cflcet than on
piovlousdays. Tians.ictlons In the wheat
pit weiu piobably larger In thonegregato
than on any single piovious day for
tluco months. During the last hour business
was compaiativcly dull , and the active
traders who had been in the crowd all morn
ing took a breathing spell. They ngiecd that
an onoimous amount of short wheat had
hccn bought in on eastern and local accounts ,
and that foielgueis had ocen the best buyers
ot long wheat. Uepoits also reached hero
that the exporting houses were the freest
buyers In New York. Thcio was a general
disposition displayed todlsciedlt the lepoits
ofpuichaslngot long wheat by local and
noithwcstern capitalists , and the belief was
picvalent that the bullc of the buying was to
cover lines ot shorts. Where the millions
upon millions of bushels of wheat came from
to enable the bears to close their trades with
out "kiting" pi Ices was a mystery that
nobody seemed ublo to solve. "It must bo
conntiy wheat , " said several. Jtolimlng
( imitations at 1 o'clock were bl@31Vc for
May , nnd 82 e for J uuc.
COIIN Coin was stiong and active.
Llchtcr receipts at primary points , couuled
with the fear that the stiiko might seriously
atlcct the great corn canylng Hues , served to
hrnce up thomaiket and stimulate buying.
May advanced from 8S ; ' c to Site , where it
closed. Trade was lively until noon , when
It slacked up.
OATS Oats were quiet and firm , and an
advance of j c Is noted.
PnovisiONS-ProvIsions wrie fnm mid
rather bettor prices were obtained. Light
leeelpts of hogs and Ineieased local and outside -
side inquliy stiffened the maikct consldoia-
bly. Pork scoied an advance from yostciday
ot lOc , laid 2 0 , nnd ribs 7J < Jc. No luldliiK
was attempted during the day , noi was any
effort made to boom prices.
AFTIIINOON ItoAun May wheat xold
down to EO a'e on the afternoon board and
closed at 80 @ ' : o c , with Juno at ts2o , the
weakness in stocks and on Wall street ap
parently the cause. Corn was a shade off.
Provisions woio lower and closed weaker
than at any time duiliii : the day.
2:40 p. m.-Puts on May wheat , 70V@7nurc ;
calls , SlVc
Clinmllar-Brown Co.'s Roport.
Thn following report of. Chicago's specula-
tlvo markets Is furnished the BRK byV. \ . P.
Peck , Omaha representative of Chandler-
Brown Co. , ot Chlcaeoand Milwaukee :
{ Weak cahles and thosmall decrease of 810,000
bushels in the \islbie supply of wheat caused
a yeak opening this moinlnz. The starting
point was % Qle below last night's closing.
Thociowd weio heavy scllcis at the start ,
but not much long wheat came out , and the
maikct soon boi-amo Cum , though the con
tinued spiead of the labor troubles caused a
veiy uneasy feeling , and was a ding against
linpioieincnt. Kxpoiters repotted a good
demand for May wheat horn the otiiersldo ,
and some long buying for continental uc-
count. Sawyer bought'M ; loads , and Nljrhtln- !
gale had some buying oiders. NcwVoikrc-
poited fl loads taken lor cxrort. '
Coin Firm and higher ; May bold at SCc ,
PioUsioiib Firm.
2 : ? ; < Jp. in. Wheat weak. The labor troi
bles have weakened the nimkot. Cun-
F.tisy ; iidfiiontt. J'uilc 7 o lower.
01 1 1 OA G 0 ilV 13 STOCK.
I
CitifAoo , Slaich 23. | Special Telegram
OAni.i ; Ah icecljits wete very light
the day and for the week thus fur , balebuien
weio demanding coiibldenibly hluher pilccw.
Theinniket was Mow to open because of the
dllfeienco In the \Ie\\sof bujtrs andEelleia ,
and when business was commenced it was
done atery une\un intes , Duilng the morn-
Ingaiiiaiorlty of fho buiers considered the
linnlet no more than Miong , but homo sales
men bald prices weio lO&lfa higher , and one
or i\\o weie more pionouuced in their \lc\\b.
Opinions dinered i-itatly , and inanydcaleis
conslduied that prices were not quutabjy
hlKlier. Snipping sleew , 1,850 to l.&OO ILs ,
SJ.-l S.CO ; J.'JOOto 1,850 Ibs , 1.00 ( < J5.0 ! } ; VU
tol.SOOlbs , Sa.T iil.Tfl.
Hefts The market was actlv6 and pilec.s
fully lOc higher than on Monday * and 12-V < )
: e higher than a w eek ago. The best assoi ted -
ed heavy and | irhno butcher pigs sold to-day
, and good to choice mixed aud