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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1886)
murATTA "nATrrv .TTTNTR 9.3 IAND FRAUDS IN NEBRASKA , Wholesale feobtoery of the Pnblfo Domain by Dishonest Speculators. THE AGENTS INVESTIGATING. I3afly Tim OH Per Ofllclnlent the Uncoln Ijantl Olflcc The School Child ren of tlip State Up. Irnov TUB nrK'fl MVCOI.N mntcin.l The sH'clnl ) agents of tlio general land office , whoso tlntli'S nro In the line of In * vcstipatlon , nrc not sullicicnt In number to corer the vast territory of government Iniul In tlio west that Is honestly and fraudulently being converted from the public domain to private and Individual property. Of the twenty-four agents in tins line two arc stationed In Nebraska , niul while at best they can examine but a email part of tlio state wlieie lands nro covered with homestead , prn-omption nri'l limber culture claims , still if an in- nido view could be obtained of their result.1) In investigations tboro would bo a great many people who now unwittingly howl at Commissioner Sparks' rulings who would have their eyes open to some of the wholesale rob- bury exorcised in western lands. A upccial agent of the government recently wont up and , down iv water course in Western Nebraska , not far removed from tlio aromatic banks of the fraud-haunted Stinking Water , und found for thirty mllns up the water course not a house or n homo or n visible improvement. And yet all this land had been plastered over with entries. A fair sample of tlio aflldavits filed with the local land ollloe , upon which the pre-emption wus paid out , rocked that the "Millers" had resided continu ously on bis claim for six months , that lie was engaged in farming and stock raising , that ho had built himself a frame liouso 18x22 , on : \ good foundation , and that at the time of making proof he had live acres of root crop in cultivation. It ] s needless to add that the settler could not tic found , neither could the hired parties who swore to his continuous resi dence , and the tract of land Iiiul never M'L'ii a board for a building nor its virgin soil ooon tiukled with a plow. Such cases as this return at once to the govern ment , and of the cases investigated nnd reported to this land ollico by the olHcial agents , and upon which a. trial is ordered , fully GO per cent are not con tested and no appearance whatever is inado against their return to the govern ment domain , from which they had been taken by speculator * without a shadow of right anil entirely without the utmost limits of the law. Hccontly United Stales District Attorny Lambortson took iM-foro Iho United States commissioners one Frank McAully , of Chappol , Choy- iMino county , charged with maintaining illegal fences , and J. Y. Winnings , of JieiiKolman , charged with twice using the homestead act. These cases will , or ought , to furnish some warning examples. TIIK UNCOI.N LAND OIT1CE for the Lincoln land districl dozes away these summer days with very little work to do. Uocoivor Root is a good republi can , who lias as yet escaped removal from the ollensivo hand of the partisan administration , or the partisan hand of the oHensive administration , which ever it may be , and Register Davis Is a good democrat who has received his premium and who is fairly located in his stall in the third-story of the government build- in" after running the gauntlet of prize winners. There remains in the district some thrco to live thousand homestead entries upon which final proof remains to bo made , but as these final proofs como in only at the rate of about ton a mouth , tlio ofllco would seem to have many years of existence yet before work is closed un , unless it is consolidated with some ad jacent land ollice. There are also in the district 1,000 timber culture claims , and final proof has been marto upon only 280 of thorn. There nro yet n few , but only a very few , pieces of vacant land in the district , and which In part , if not wholly , nro valueless. Nevertheless thcro nro occasionally entries made upon those lands and commutations and contests further furnish some work for the oill- cials and help to while the hours away. THE CO1IINO CICNKUATION. State Superintendent W. W. W. Joiies is patiently waiting for two counties , Lincoln and Koyn. 1'alia , to send in their enumeration of children of snliool ago , when the annual apportionment of school funds for the year will bo made. The Mate superintendent has experienced tlio sumo vexatious delay that has occurred in former years by county suporinton- (1 nuts failing to send iu their returns , and nf tor ropoatcd writings all have responded except the two counties mentioned. Ex clusive of thuso , the grand total of chil dren of school ago in Nebraska foots up the creditable sum of 251-1)1 ! ) , which will btand comparison with the increase in former years in n way credible to the growth of the state. The popula tion of children of school ago is distributed by counties as follows : Dnwns _ _ _ _ _ _ " ' ' ' ' ' " OlIiJiierTtiiuY" . . . . . . GbO In connection with the school populu- tion by counties , thr ; following school population of the principal cities of the Htato outeldo of Omaha nnd Lincoln la plvttn , so that the census war between the places may go un with n now basis from ' ' ' which to figure. The population hi - 'S school children in these places foots up from the returns in the following order : I'lMttSinoutll , 1,7 0 Hustings - 1,080 .Nobrasun City l.OoC tiraim Island 1,01'J llentileo , l.ftyj Kromont , , 1,231 All of tlitwo places show n very credita ble Increase in school population over the your proviou.1. CITY 1TKMS. Memborj of the Nebraska commnudory of tlio military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States , go to Lcavonworth , Kan. , to-morrow to orgnnizo the com- juanuory of the itato of Kansas. The Lincoln delegation will not bo as largo , numerically , as the ono from Omaha , nnd up to datn the following have signl- their iutcntions of matlug the trjp : * Lieutenant Dudley , Major Franklin , Gen eral .1 C. Mcllrldo , Judge O. P. Mason nnd Major C. IL I'iorco , The delegation will tfo Tla the Atchlson & Nrbrrwlca branch of the 1) ) . & M , leaving this city at noon to-day. The reception of the nipmbors irdm Nebraska nt Loavcnworth will bo ono long to re member and Iho commanding olllcer at Fort Leavonworth has arranged a pro gramme of military exorcises for the en tertainment of the now jommandcry and its cnrsls. On Saturday next the city of Lincoln votes upon Iho Question of Issuing $80,000 in seworag i bonds and at the last meet ing of the city council judges and clerks were duly appointed for the election. It is the intention of the city government if the bonds carry to put in from twenty to twenty-live miles of sewerage as a commencement in the street improve- ucrt lino. The sentiment for or against lie bonds seems to bo in n chaotic state it the present writing. The Kitchen , Hro's , proprietors of the old established and well known Com- .noroial hotel , yesterday changed the name of that popular resort to the Capitol hotel , by which name it will bo known In future Workmen nrc en gaged at changing the signs to that cuVct ami the stationery is changed in like olleet. Major Franklin has closed a lease with a St. Louis house for 800 louts for nso at lie Grand Army reunion at Grand Island This will bo an opening weilgo in the way of accommodations for the old vets when they meet at their annual reunion Councilman liillingsley has .shown his fatherly faith in the city by laying out and platting a twenty-acre addition to the city , the ground in question being located on tlio western outskirts of the place. Yesterday the Lincoln base hall tenin journeyed to Topeka , where they meet that club in a four-game contest , both clubs returning to this cily next week for i four-game tournament on the Lincoln grounds. The J3t. Joseph club has gone to Denver. Kent llaydcn has purchased the Wil liams property on ( t struct , nnd has a house of his own which ho will occupy at an early day. Police court was entertained yesterday by four Kimplo cases of intoxication and the polieo ollicials wore ciitcrtainingoacli other by recitals of oxploils of olhor days lo remove the ennui of the present. Several now cases of scarlet fever and one death were reported yesterday and a number of people are taking precaution ary steps by the USD of disinfectants to prevent the spread of the disease. Recent heavy rains have made dubious times for parties located in low places in the city nnd many collars have been emptied only lo be lilled again with the Hoods that liud them convenient of access. The Ross-MeGuiro broadsword contest that was stopped by the authorilies on Sunday , came elF yesterday according to programme. HO1Tr , PATItONS yesterday from different Nebraska points were : J. R. McKco , Palmyra ; It. S. Stew art , Hastings ; L. K.Skinnor.Plattsmouth ; Walter A. Loose , Seward ; M. D. Polk , Plattsmouth ; Dr. D. T. Martyn , Colum bus ; II. N. Carpenter , Syracuse ; 1. M. Under , Crete ; D. Wait , Palmyra ; II. C. Colson , Omaha ; John J. Cagnoy , Plaits mouth. Tact. San Francisco Chronicle : "You talk of tacl't1 said the shorthand re porter. "I remember a case of tact that was as pretty as anything I can imagine. It was ut tlio liouso of n governor of a western state. His wife was ono of the most refined and charming women I ever know , nnd she was just 'chock full' of tact. The governor hadto give recep tions to influential men in the stale , and you can f.incy that some of them were very uncouth and uneducated. Ono eve ning there was a largo dinner party , nnd a rather rough old cove , | i wealthy and important man , was the chief guestT The dinner wont along very nicely. Beyond making a few rather gauche remarks , the old western fellow behaved pretty well. But when the finger-bowls were put on the table he was rather knocked over , and like many other heroes of such stories ho took his up and drank out of it. Nobody happened to see him except the hostess , and quick as u wink she signaled to the servants. They removed every finger-bowl before anybody could touch thorn , and the old follow doesn't know to-day , if he's living , what a mistake ho made. Now , that's Uiotl" "That you call tact ! " said an Irishman , sitting opposite the stenograplior. "I can beat that myself. got out of a scrape the other night at the Baldwin theatre. I had n se.nt in the middle of a row , and there was a mighty pretty woman 1 had to pass to get there. I was sqnoo/.ing my way along , nnd I couldn't hoi ) ) casting a squint at her ns I wont. While I was doing that I trod on her too and she gave a little scream. The follow with her looted as if ho was going to lick mo. " 'I beg your pardon , madame , ' I said , politely.rl could not , judging by your liaiid , imagine your feet were so largo. ' What are yon laughing at ? " ' Oh , nothing. " The President's Money. Washington Capital- : The president of the United States always uses now money Ho never gets any old notes , except in change , wlion making purchases. His salary is paid him in monthly installments monts1,1 GO.CO on the last day of cad : month and the treasurer always makes it H point to send him notes of tlio latest Issue. Mr. Cleveland , as his predecessors have done , keeps a private bunk account with Riggs & Co. , and makes a deposit the hrst of every month , reserving enough from his salary to pixy current ex penses , nnd setting a good example by putting the rest asldo for n rainy day. I am told that his account has shown a balance anco as largo as $35,000. as he has an'in ' come aside Iron ) his otllctal salary. While ho has never boon n money-getter , and has earned in his profession till ho tins over made , Mr , Cleveland has an economical disposition , and no luxurious tastes , like Ids Immediatepredecessor. . Before he entered public life , when ho wai making from 910,000 to if 1(5,000 ( u year by his practice , and could have lived liku a lord , his expenses , I am told , wcro never more than $2GOO a year , and no en joyed life as much us most men do. Hit irugal hablta were acquired in youth , foi ho was not born with n golden , or oven a silver spoon iu his muutli , and ho ha found his pleasure in hard work. The Population of Paris. The census which Is about to bo taker in Paris will settle the much disputed question about the alleged decrease o population there. If there is a docroasi U will be for the- first time binee the con ails of 1803. The following figures sliov that with tiio single exception of a stn tionary period between IBID and 1851 tin ratio of increase has boon well main tamed : I'oriu- Popu Year. latfon. Increase Year , laticin. Incrcas OW,0K ( ) IBM. . 1,174,000 121,000 1817. . 71J1.000 41,000Ibfll , . 1,077,003 4tHOOC 1W7. . 800,000 177.000.lbCO..1,709.000 133.00C 18.-SO. . 1XW.OOO 10,000 1871..1,851,000 KJ OOC 1841. . 012.000 8,000 1870. . 1000000 10000C 1840.1OM,000 141,000.1631..2,809,000 300.8SC Ib5l. . 1,053,000 | ClilIUron'8 Dresses , E. F , McCurtno &Co. , 1BUO DOURas ! , Are showing this week thu largest am Imost assortment of children's dresso from ono to sixteen years in si/o eve shown In Omaha. 1'rlcoa to suit UK most ononornioal buyer. Cull early be fore tha assortment is broken , E. F. MCCARTNEY & Co. 1630 Douglas. Manhattan. Easy payments. A RACING SKETCH. The Story Toltl to Colonel Barter by tlio Inventor of Ilnwklns' Moclmnlcnl Sulky. St Louis Globe-Democrat , Colonel Norman L. Baxter of Lexington , ICy. , had wilhrawn a little from the crowd about the pool boxes at Iho Southern hotel last night and taken n quiet seat near the cigar sUnd when n seedy old man approached him : "Excuse me , Colonel Baxter , " said the stranger , "I believe yon take an Interest in horse racing. My name is Hawkins I am Iho inventor of Hawkins' mechanical sulky. I used lo bo n horseman myself , and had as line n stud of sportier ; * as there wcro in Kentucky. Everybody knows that as u usual Ihfng the third quarter of a race is Iho slowest. It Is then that the weight of the driver and sulky combine with the fatigue of the horse ami retard or pull It back. The finish is faster , bo- oauso the whip Is applied. U hen the grand inspiration flashed upon mo. A mechanical sulky ! One that would go of Itself , nnd instead of being n dead pull would push the noble animal to victory. "After months of study I perfected my plans. 1 went into interior Ken tucky , nnd in secrecy and nlono built the sulky. In amicarntico the machine exactly resembled nn ordinary road sulkv , but it was made entirely ot metal and was hollow. The shafts wcro large tubes , the spokes llltlo metal pipes , und all the bearings , and , in short , every thing about it , constructed on the same plan. The entire interior was connected , ono piceo opening into another , and rep resented a hollow space of ovcrX'GO cubic inches. By means of n screw cap on ono of the hubs , 1 could till the whole ma chine with com pressed air , which , under a force of several atmospheres , operated on a simple system of cogs , and some thing like a turbine , and moved the wheels. The tiling was put into opera- lion by pressing a vnlvo on ono of the shafts , where the driver would naturally rest Ilia foot. " 1 hitched the machine to an old road ster I owned , that had once made fair time on the eastern courses. Never shall I forget the moment I pressed the valvo. There was a buz/ and a sudden forward leap of the sulky. Tlio horse laid back his cars , and for an instant showed a dis position to rear ; then ho bottled down into a long , swinging gait that spun the road out behind us like the receding track behind a lightning express train. For nearly half a mile ( I had in a light charge of air ) wo dashed along over the old dirt road at what 1 reali/.etl in a vague way to be the fastest time a horse had ever made since creation. "Then I wont up to a bip race mooting nnd entered my horse in the highest class his record would admit. I shipped my .sulky with the greatest care and placed it in an old sjnll on the grounds. The air-pump I hid in the manger and sot n nigger lo watch them both. Meanwhile I had raked and scraped together every dollar I could , and the day of the race backed my horse at the pool-boxes. A little mare named lolanthc sold favorite , and my horse wasn't considered in the raeo at all by experts. I had just time before tlio race was called to rush over to the sulky and make the attachment to the air pump. Then my darky worked at her until his eyes stuck out like door-knobs. You see. I was fearful of failure at the last minute , and put in a tremendous charge. When I screwed on the cap the machine was si/.zing all over like meat frying , from the escaping air , and quivered and groaned uiiuor the frightful tension. There wcro seven slurlors besides my self. We had some liltlo dilliculty in getting oil' , but finally passed under the wire well bunched. A moment later , however , wo strung out Into a proces sion , lolantho leading and mo last , away in the rear. I had intended to turn on the sulky nt the lialf-mllo post , but I feared that I could not overcome the cap if I lot it widen much more , nnd at the end of the first quarter 1 touched the valvo. In an instant , so it seemed , I had caught up with the others and passed them. The driver of lolantho heard mo coming and turned in his scac to look. I will never forget his face. 1 learned afterward that he slopped the horse , climbed down , nnd ran out of the grounds under the impres sion time ho had delirium tromous. With the roar of 10,000 excited voices ringing in my oars , I dashed under the wire and realized that I had broken the record all to pieces. Then a hideous fact dawned upon mo. I had made no provision for checking the machine , and the power was not exhausted by half. I kept on going faster than , before. I reali/ed , of course , that If the trick was discovered my chance of leaving the grounds alive was slender. As 1 shot toward the half-milo post I saw my darky loaning against a gate. I waved my arms nnd ho Jlung it open. Wo turned , dashed through it , up at short road nnd out of the grounds. Outside was n turnpike loading down to the river. Along that road wo Hew like n runaway tornado. The next thing I know I was trying to keep atloat in the middle of the stream. The horse and sulky were both at the bottom , and a few big bubbles rifeing to tlio hurfaco was all that marked where they lay. I reached the other side somehow , and walked to the next station. I never went after my stakes , but I road in the country papers how a vigilance committee was formed nnd wont after mo. My fortune was disappointed , my hopes were shattered , 1 was un outcast and a fugitive , and , I will bo frank with you , my trouble drove mo to drink. My path from tnon to now has boon a downward ono. Col. Baxter , If von could " ' Don't mention it , " said the Colon 'l. us a half-dollar was transferred. Hnlford Siiuoo Is delicious. Kept by Al Kroeers. WANTED HIS PRESENTS BACK. lint tlio Jurigo Informed tlio Young Ijaily Slio Could If cop Tlioin. New York Mercury : Arthur Schupigor , a young man about twenty-five years ol ago , fell in love with Miss Martha Rogon- sheimor , a domestic , several years ago , and gave her many presents , among oth ers a gold chain and loakot of the value of ? M. Martha is about twonty-foin years of ago nnd has boon in this oountry only four years. She thought no much o ! the locket and chain that her lever had presented to nor that she were thorn to n photogvnphor'H and hud her picture taken , faomo time later another young man won Martha's nfl'ectlons , much to tin discomfort of Arthur , who determined that ho would make the young lady sorry for giving him up , Accordingly ho sued her In the Fourth district court to recover the chain and lockot. The case was tried yesterday before Judge Alfred Stccklor. The young man stated that ho had only given her Hio ciiiun and locket so that she might woat It when she had her uicturo taken. "What did you want with a lady's chain nnd locket , " inquired the judge , "oxcopl to make thorn a present to some youn womant" " 1 have no hutlcs to makt $ ! W presents to , " was Iho reply. MtSi KKUKXslIKlStr.ll , IN TAKING THF ClIAIIt , drew from her pocket the presents nnd gave them to the Judge , She said thai they hnd been given to her ns present two years ago. "What forroankcd Judge Sleekier , "lid gave thorn to me for a present , that Is. all I know"fihoropli < 5d. "What did ho give them to you for1 "I kept company with him ami ho gave them to mo , ' ' said the young woman , blushing , "Did ho over ask you to return thorn1 "He did not ask me personally. Ho asked n young man acquaintance of mine to got them.1 "What it " "A young man was young friend of nuno1 > she aid. "The young man with whom ybii arc now keeping ctompanj' " ask.ed the Itidgo ' , "Yes , sir , " she answered , sinil- ing ' 'That i the rc.ispu ho is angry and wants the pre on(3 ( ? ' "Yea , sir. I believe so. " [ LanchterJ ,1LTt ) ( K STKl'Kt.KI ! IXVOIIMKH the young woman that she couU keep the present * , as ho was entitled to them. She left tlio cour | . room without looking at her old lover nnd ho quietly took a back scat without saying n word , the judge having told him that ho ought to liavii been ashamed to sue a young woman with whom ho had kept company l > ecnuso she did not longer desire his society. llorrlliln Occurrence. La Situation nowspapcr.of Montevideo , the metropolis of the republic Urnguay. tjives the following account of a frightful occurrence in that cily Ajirll 13 : A sad ami horrible affair took itlnco to- iv in this beautiful and tranquil city of Montevideo , of which the following ac count is given by one of our reporters : I was directing my steps toward tlio Plaxa Cngancha to admire the now quarters of the escort , when , upon arriv ing near the street Rlo-Ncgro , 1 hoard frightful outcries and saw many women , men , and children running in great ter ror. ror.My first movement was to conceal my self ; but. yielding lo curiosity , I entered the court of a house whoso occupants I did not know , ran up the stairs , and gained n balcony already occupied by several persons in a state of the greatest consternation. In the street below the cries were fright ful. Looking down * * * even yet my hairs put themselves on end to think of the .spectacle I wltncsseill A crowd of persons , cra/.y with terror , ran headlomr , looking back every instant with fright. Some persons fell and were instantly trodden under foot by these that ran behind thorn. Some ladies carried children in their arms ns if imploring tlio divine goodness ; others hnd fainted and lay in adjacent door ways. Behind this terrified multitude , near the entrance of the street Queguay , an enormous animal , that was none other than Bosco the elephant of the San Martin circus , and two of the lions pertaining to the same establishment were making a horrible slaughter. At that moniejtt Bosco had caught with his trunk a child six or seven years , nnd thrust one of his tusks in tlio creature's body. One of the lions was tparmg the breast of an unfor tunate fruit-vonder , and the other had sprung upon ono of the horses of a pass ing tram-way car. The street was splashed with bloodand bore and there lay mangled victims of the ferocious brutes some dead , others screaming in agony or terror. The seono was of brief duration , for the keepers of the savage beasts , mani festing m no degree the terror of Iho multitude , soon succeeded in forcing them back to the cages from.which they had escaped by donsequonco of a stupid imprudence of the1 guardians and of fright caused by tlio' ' thunder and the de luge , i i Two men , two ( children , and one woman wcro killed ; , five men nnd three children were wountjcd , and twenty-nine others , men , women nnd children , re ceived more or less contusions. The persons having cha'rgo of the animals and divers employes of the menagerie have been arrested. Trow She , Flattened Him. Detroit Free Press : It was the noon- diiy cur up Michigan avcnuo. It was hot. It was boiling , roasting hot. The driver had rivujcls of perspiration run ning down his face i\a the sun hit him plumb-center , and the conductor mopped nnd prowled and fingered the nickels with wet lingers in the shade of the rear plntform. Opposite oaoh other , on the last scats bacic , wcro a middle-aged woman who sat up as stiff as a poker and looked as cool as ice , nud a corpulent , red-faced man , who unbuttoned coat and vest and collar nnd pulled away like a porpoise. "Ever sec the like ? " ho quarried , as ho loosed across at the woman and fanned himself with his hat. She regarded him with a look of dis dain. "Novor saw anything like it , even in the tropics ! " ho gasped. Her glanoo this time was live dogrcos below zero. "Awful itist positively awful ! An other such day as this will use up a thou sand people. You must bo sufl'ering , too. " She gave him n look hung all around with icicles , and then beckoned to tlio conductor. ' 'Sir , " she said , as that odicial entered , "when did they remove tlio steve from this car ? " "Several weeks ago , madam. " "How reckless ! Plcaso close the win dow behind mo , and do for morcy'a sake keep that door shut. I'm just shivering with the cold and have no shawl with mo. " Then she looked a whole icoburg at the man opposite , shivered her shoulders two or thrco times , and cuddled down in the corner to keep warm. Ho looked at her for a minute in ti dubious way , and then buttoned up his coat and vest , jammed on his hat and softly sneaked and boosted himself upon the railing to finish his ride hi deepest silouco. The Veto Don't Work. Washington Grille : "Daniel , " said the president , sternly , as ho looked up from an olllcial paper ho had found ou his desk. "Yes , fllro , " responded the secretary , with homo trepidation. "What is this ? " "It is a bill , sire , for sotno article Mrs. C. has been purchasing. " "Uin-uni. hesitated the president ; "Is it ? Well , it is the first thing of the kind that has e\or como before my notice , " "Yes , Hire , " said Daniel , because ho had nothing else to Hay just then. Then the hard look came into the pres ident's face again.'and his voice was cold. ' "Daniol , " ho saiuylavlng the bill down in front of him , "Yes biro. " " . "Whore is my veto ? " "Your wife liiwlt , Biro. " "Uni-uni. Daniolii will you bo kind enough to lillupa'clieckfortho ' amount1' And Daniel took the bill. & V/ n > * 3' Tfhen Babj wan rtcjc w pave her CMtorU , When he iru a OhlVl , tftq cried for Cutoria , When aho beciina Hiss , tiho clang to Cattorla , When ih * had Cldldtoii , she gave thorn Castor ! * - t Ptibllo Kulldin H us Dormitories. Washington Republican : In answer to n circular letter culling the attention of the custodians of various public build ings to the increased consumption of gas in the building * under their charge , Iho Collector nt Austin , Texas , explains that government officials thcro haw been In the habit of sleeping in the public buildings nt night , thus fonsuminir gas. Acting Secretary Faircliild addressed him a letter yesterday saying that hereafter - after the public buildings should not bo occupied for sleeping purposes , and will send the sumo instructions to other custodians where such customos prevail. Analysed and found frco from poison , Rod Star Coubh Curo. Health boards endorse it. "TORNADO TOMMY. " The Wolf Who Win Blown Into n Homo Then lllown Out to Sen. " 1 live in Harris county , the homr-of the cyclone , " snid : v Oeorgian lo nn At lanta Constitution reporter. "About thrco years ago , ono afternoon in Mar. t was down at the spring , when suddenly I heard a sound like the running of n height train. Looking up , 1 saw a fun- nol'SliRpcil cloud coming over the top of ( he hill on the other side of my house and loading in my direction. As black na midnight with eleelric sparks emanating from it in showers , it was a fearful look ing Hung , and my hair stood on end a. < I looked at it. The spring was in a little hollow under a huge rock , and ns the place was the only shelter within reach. 1 throw mvsolfdown. hugging tlio ground like a good fellow. It seemed to me that it was over in a minute. 1 hoard nn awful roar. The ground .shook under mo Lurid streaks y.igxngged in every direc tion , and then came n pattering of pelt ing liail. * 'I rose to my feet and looked about me. 1 hardly know the scrim. Abso lutely nothing was left of inv little cot- tniro except the lloor and underpinning. Even the chimneys were gone. 1 thought I heard a fceblo cry in the shrubbery near wiioro my front gate had stood. The shrubbery hail been beaten down and lay perfectly fiat in a tangled mass. Approaching preaching the spot 1 wits almost para lyzed to see half hidden in tlio bu.slic * a little child not more than two years old. "UringliiE up my Iriends with n shout , wo picked up the little follow. To our surprise , ho was alive and without a scratch. Ho laughed merrily , but spoke indistinctly. Wo asked Ida name ro- ponlodly anil his reply sounded some thing HKO 'Tommy. ' Of course wu sup posed that ho was the child of some neighbor. After putting the child lo bed at a neighbor's honso my friend's wife came to mo nnd said that the boy could not possibly be ono of our Harris county folks. His little frock was made of a po ctilinr material not used in those parts. There were no marks on his clothing. His dark face nnd bright eyes had a for eign look und his baby jargon was not English. "Woll , sir , 1 sent out runners nnd then advertised , and cvorvboily oamo to see ( ho boy. It was useless.Vo never got the slightest clue to him. "Tho following summer I wont to Mississippi. I took Tornado Tommy along for company. Ourdostmation was a Ittllo village on the gulf. After our arrival I was very busy and allowed the boy to run about on the beach ns much as ho pleased. Late ono afternoon a tornado came along , just barely missing the village. It twisted UP big trees and carried them out of sight. Its course was straight to the gulf , nnd the last seen of it was as it whirled away over the waters. As it had missed us , I was happy , but thinking the child might bo frightened , 1 hurried to the house whcro wo were stopping Ho was not thcro , and 1 was told that ho had gene alone to the beach a couple of hours before. Then I was alarmed. I rushed down to the water nnd searched and shouted like a mad man. The poor little fellow was gono. The villagers all joined mo. but wore soon forced to give up all no no. There was no doubt about it. The tornado had caught up the boy like a feather and carried him out to sea. " AlilttloScliemo AVItli Itl Possibilities Chicago Herald : "If Wizard Edison wants to get somelhing worth his while , " said an official of the Western Union Tel egraph company , "why doesn't ho turn his attention to the printing telegraphy ? Tlio belief is qnito general in tclegrahic circles that the next great revolution in our business will bo a printing telegraph. by which messages may bo transmitted by cheap help , and printed in lines like typo-writer copy at the other end of the wire. Several attempts have been made to got out a practical printing telegraph , and not long ago it was announced in Now York , that a young Ohioan named KsPick , a protcgo of n brother of Con gressman MqKinloy , had succeeded , but 1 hear that it has not boon a success in practical working. The trouble witli these printing telegraphs , as with a good many electrical inventions , is that while they work all right in a room , experi mentally , they balk when tested on n line across the country. For instance , n man called on Colonel Clowry a year erse so sigo , and claimed to have discovered a new insulating material , something nlthogothor perfect and wonderful. The colonel asked him if it had been tested , and he said it hadn't , but to secure n test was tlio object of his visit. 'Go nnd throw a piece of your insulating material in o. puddle of water , ' replied Clowry , 'and lot it stay there six months without tak ing it out. If it is all right coino and see me. ' The man bus not been heard from since. "A few weeks ago a young man came to Chicago with an Idea , but with no 11101103' . Ho believed ho could make a printing telegraph , and Superintendent Tubbs thought there was something in him. So did Barrett , of tlio city nail , and other experts. The Western Union company refused to put up any money for experiments , and then Tiibbs and others got to work and organized the 1-rinting Telegraph company of Illinois. They sold enough shares among board of trade people to raise $1,750 , and with this money elaborate experiments are now going on in a room over on Fifth avenue. The prospects are encouraging , and if success comes every man who has a dollar iu the concern will bo able to pull out n thousand for it. By this printing telegraph messages could bo transmitted by ono operator workinc n key-board like that of a typo-writor , the messages appearing neatly printed nt the other end of the wire. Key-board writers can bo hnd for half the money an expert telegraph writer costs , and the borviecs of only one-half as many pcoplo would bo required. HuslnosH Knitted By alMnlo. Carson Appeal : Many years ago down In Idaho during the gold excitement n good many men went into the country to make money ouUldo the gold-hunting industry. Their idea was to make the other tolloWH Uolvo for the gold , while they appropriated it afterward. Rollin Dtiggott , afterward Nevada's congress man , established a ferryboat on a small ficalo , and named the placa "Death's i'onl " nt the time , sumo inventing a musty legend to the ofleot that U was thus named beonuso so many lives had been lost in an attempt to cross it. The stream was not moro than a dozen yards wide , and the water nowhere more than two foot deep ; but ho rigged up n flat- boatand , pulled back nnd forth by n rope contrivance. Whenever the prospectors crossed ho regaled them with horrible talus of tlio treachery of thu stream , nnd the remorseless quicksands which had drawn t > o many men and mules to terrible doaths. In the night when ho f err I art pcoplo over ho would caution tlicm not lo got too near the edge of the bout , ILS a fall overboard was certain death. By letting the dim old lantern go out nnd making slow time , ho frequently impressed the passengers with the idea that tlio stream was half a mile wide. For night trips ho charged $5 > but when tlio wind was hi 'h and tlio weather bad he struck san guine prospectors for much larger sums. In the day time if Iwns Ma modest chargo. He wont along in this way for several moiihts , the men who rtishra to the hills looking upon him us a sort of benefactor to his race by this conquering of so formidable an obstacle ( o travel as "Death's Ford. " One day Charley Stoddard , the promo ter , appeared on the bank with n niiilo , and boaidcd the ilutboat to cvoss. In the middle of thu stream , ust when the ferryman was tolling how dangerous the place was , the mulograw roitivo und fell overboard. Ono loc caught on a rope , and ho got his head minor water , and , unable to extricate himselfwas drowned. \ \ hen ho was cut loose ho lay there i'.i the middle of "Death's " Ford , half out of theater , so that all u ho came along saw what n miserable sham the ferry wn , and that nny four-footed nntmal could walk across. Daggott tried lo got the mttlo away , but ho was lee heavy to budge , and .so he lay thcro in plain sight for weeks , until Djiggett's business as a ferryman was mined. A RUSSIAN PRINCESS. AVondeiTnlly Ilciuitlful , Imt With the Icinperorn l''ieml She Hums up $ ! M)0,000. Kmollno Bauer tell.s the story of the Piinccss Natalie Kurnkin. Shu was .111 imposing and captivating beauty , with the temper of n fiend , and became the mot ndmlrcd nnd feared woman nt the court of the Emperor Alexander. Her husband idolized tier , nnd unfortunately allowed her complete control over him self. To indulge her love for plcasmc and luxury he wont beyond Ids means , and then sold ono cMato after another. Once , when ho handed tier n little packet of bank notes ho had won , as n sort of ucaco olVenng , Natalie seized them and threw them into the lire , to euro the general , as she said , of club gaming ami late hours. Another night , when she wus : adorned in full splendor for n court ball , the general kept her waiting. At last ho oamo , greatly excited - cited , with a red face and Hashing eyes. She supposed the excitement was paused by tvlnc , and told him so in vehement words. "No , dear , darling , " ho pro tested , " 1 hail the most important busi ness to attend to , concerning myself and our Alexander. Look at these ruble notes yon will not throw them In tlio fire. " " 1 will , though ! " fho exclaimed. And ns she spoka she .snatched the notes from his hands nnd threw them into the ( lames. He shrieked in despair and rushed forward to save them lee lalol There was seen a bright blaze , nnd "Natalie , " ho said In a hollow voice , "you have just destroyed our whole fortune i'00,000. I hope if I should not return alive from the Caucasus that you may never have a bitter - tor repentance. To-day I received orders from Iho emperor's own lips lo join the army in tlio Caucasus to-morrow. In order to secure your and our child's future 1 to-day sold our last estate to the Crown , and everything now is ashes , ashes ! " ( ion. Knrakin was killed in ono of his first engagements in the Caucasus , and Natalia became tlio most heartless of widows. OtiHtor nnd Ilia Hotline" ! nt Chicago Herald : "Talking about Fort Lcavenworth , that reminds mo of the time when Custcr and his Seventh regi ment of cavalry were thoro. Oh , but they were devils , and how Sitting Bull managed lo got away with so many of 'cm as ho did , oven with his superior force , I don't seo. Ono night u lot of soldiers came down from the tort to the city to have a time. Whenever nny of Custor's men came down town to cool off the city ( minorities doubled ( ho police force and gave out extra ammunition to the police officers. Well , a crowd ot troopers wont to n sort of variety thea tre then running on Shawnee street. They wanted to go in , but admission was refused - fused except on payment of the regular fee. When they went oway they swore they would return and burn the house , nnd they did. Those wcro stirring times in Lcavenworth. The police wcro pow erless , nnd so Custcr sent down n squad to corral the rioters and bring them back to the post , and after some difficulty the recalcitrants wcro placed under arrest and started for the fort. They were full of fight , but so were the men Custer had sent down to take them in , and no trouble was experienced until the northern limit ot the city had been reached. Then ono of _ the prisoners broke awny , with a policeman hot nftor him. Near tlio cathedral the officer ordered the trooper to stop or ho would shoot him , Tlio soldier told him to shoot and bo - . Well , most of Custor's men wcro profane cusses. Just as the soldier was climbing a fence the policeman , who , wan at the other end of the lot , about twenty-five foot away , firod. The bullet struck the soldier in the back of the head , passed through and came out at the fore head , and lie dropped from that fence like a log. Everybody thought ho would die , of course , and the ordinary , every day man would have died , but tills fellow didn't. He got well , und when the regi ment wont to the northwest ho wont along , too , as well as anybody. Tjmt's what makes mp astonished that Sitting Bull got awaySwith ( ho men Custer had with him that Juno day in the valley of the Little Big Horn. The officer who shot the trooper is still on the Leaven- worth police force , or was when I last heard of him. They call him "BigMiko. " An Overcrowded Profession. Philadelphia Press : "What proportion of the young in on who register as stu dents are eventually admitted to the bar ? " was asked n well known lawyer the other day. "It would bo impossible to give figures , " ho answered , "but it is safe to say that the proportion is a very small one. The great trouble for many yours past has boon that boys uro brought unto look upon a trade as n dogrcdution. If they show any considerable amount of smartness at school , fond and doting par ents insist upon it that they must study n profession. Now. in most cases they are doing their children u grievous wrong , especially when it Is necessary for them to earn a living at an early ngo. A boy graduating from the high school senior class most always wants to bo a lawyer. it is , he thinks , the most gentlemanly of the professions and the easiest to loarn. Some friend will probably got him a po sition In a lawyer's ollico , whcro ho will earn $8 or $1 n week with the privilege of studying. If ho has any talent for it and his parents have any money ho Is all right , but If either of these conditions is wanting his whole life runs a chance of being spoiled. By the time ho has studied for two or thrco years ho often finds out that ho can not live on the pal try sum ho is drawing and oven should ho pass his examination und become a full- Hedged lawyer , unless lie has some money to live on till ho goto ii practice , his case is not nt all buttered. "I have known at least a dozen young men who commenced to study law when they were about sixteen yenr.i old ami who. by the time they arrive ut the ago of nineteen , found they had wasted a val uable portion of their liven nnd had really nothing to show for It. Nothing wus luft but to light out life's ' battle on another piano , Ono. voting man 1 know became an attorney und then committed suicide. A fowaro fortunate enough to gut places with men who will take an interest In nnd really help them , but these cases me us one to live hundred. A HOHS Town. Wall Street NcWHj "i think I'll go to Peoria , 111 , , " ho remarked to a friend as they took a seal in thu cur lo crosa the bridge. "Chance for n spec out there ? " "hooks that way to mo. When a bank out there permits iu cashlor to got. away witli $100 000 , uod for two long weeks sticks to it and oellovcs that thu bank really owes the cashier $ : ) : > , there must bo a delightful business looseness In that town , which will enable the right sort of u man to soon own a homo and keep pigs and chicken * . " Change of cllmuto nnd wutor often ftft'oot the notion ot the bowels. One or two UrAiidrerh's Pills taken every night uro a perfect rumedy'in 'such cases , they also prevent malaria und are u piotuc- tion against typhus fevur , or arii > iu front bud tuwc-ra'ro. tie Stayed. "Lamblo , dear. " "Yes , dovey darling. " "Js yo going down to the horrid out * to-ni ht , xlueMo ? " " ownlo. " "Yes , ownicst "Not " to-nightlo. "Yossicr" ' ' ' "No , sweotlo. " "Yes , dcarlo. " "Hot him a dollar , Ihvey. " "Why ain't I , blrdld , " "Because , sugar plmtli fi.i you go out Into the front hall you'll SCO mnlWntt , HIT own dear nutnima , who dole * Oil YO'li trunk Jtiet ( irrfvctl. sitting on n ; ghdjs Won't j on Plcaso stay nt home , swcotio ? " lAnd l\ \ He stayed. . Snmo VrofHB. . * Wall Street News : "How is bupInoM In Cincinnati , now ? " ho asked , as the other gave the Queen City as his residing . plaee. "Vhcll , I can'tcomplain. " "What is your line ; clollihigJ11 " 1 vhas a shcnoral dealer. " . "AhI Aren't the profits pretty olo99r nowadays ? " "Not nny closer dnn ton years ago. It , goes by city license , you know. " "That's curious. Never heard of th k before. " . . "I like you to como In If you vhas In Cincinnati. Hero vhas my card. " The other look it , gave it it glance , and carefully placed it on a box. It hnd a out of thrco balls on it. fflOST PERFECT MADE Propnrcd with tpeclM roKnrd lo hcahh. No Atnnimilft , LliaO nr Alum. PRICE BAK/NO POWDER CO. . tir rr > T. uoum CAPITAL PRIZE , $75,000 Tickets only $5. Slmros iu Proportion. LOD1SI&HA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. f Wo do Iioroby certify tlmt ro sunomso the nrrniiKomoiilti for nil tlio Moiuhlj ana Qunrtorly Drawing or Tlio Iioulslmm State Lottery Company niul la porsou innnnffo nnd control tlio Drawings tliomRulvog , niul that thosntno nro conducted with honesty , fairness nnd la sxiod fultli lownnl nil intrtlos , mid tra authorize tlio Company to UBO this corttnonto , with fno-elmhos ofuur slcnnturos nttaalioJ in Its advnrtlatncut COMMISSIONERS. We , the undersigned Itnnks nnd Ilnnlcora. will liny nil Prlrca drawn In The Louisiana Btato Lot teries vrhloti 11107 ho pro ontod at our oouators j. it. oai.Bsnr , Fres. Louisiana National Bank J. \ \ . KlI.HItr.TU. Fres. State National Bank. A. IIAMMVIN. Pres. New OrleansNational Banfc _ Incorporated In 18GS for 25 yoart by the logla- Inturo lor Kilucntfannl ntnl Ctmrltablo purposes with u capital of 51,000.000 to irhfoh a , rosarvo fund of over $ ! > 50ouo him slnoo boon added , v IlynnovorwhalmlngpopuJarvotoJtafranohljo was made n pnrt of the present State Cotulltutlou udnptodDecomDoriM , A. D. 187V. The only lottery over voted on and endorsed by the pcoplo of any Btnto. It never sonlos or postpones. Itaarnnil Rlnglo number drawing * take plaoo monthly , nnd the oxtraonlluurdrawlngs rotfU- larly every three months Inatoud of stnl-nnuu ally iu norototoro , ucKlnnlnB Mnroh. 1B8Q. A SPLENDID Oi-roRTUNirr TO WIN x FOBTUNE. 7th Qrtincl Di-nwliur , CIURH G , In the Academy of Music. Now Orleans , Tuesday , July luth , 183J lOHh Monthly Drnwmtr , CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000. 100,000Tlcfcots nt Klvo Dollnra Knoh. Fraction ? In Filths , In Proportion. UHT or rnr/.r.s : 1CAPITAL PHlZli $ WOM 1 do do 25,000 1 do do 10,000 EPUIZKS 01' (8,000 12,000 C do L'.OOO 10,000 10 ilo 1,000 10,000 M ilo 600 10,000 100 do 200 20,000 800 do 100 80,000 rxw do ua JK.OOO 1000 do IB 20,000 APPnOXtMATION PI1I7ES. 0 Approximation Prizes of $7W . 8,750 0 do do 5(10 ( . 4,800 _ do do WO . 8.250 18fi7 Prizes , amounting to . $205.500 Application for rates to clubs should bo made only to the ollico of the company Iu Now Or leans. For further Information write olasrly. trlnn full addros * . POSTAL NOTUS , Uxproa * Honey Orders , or Now York Kxohnnito in ordinary loV tor. currency by ozprcss ut our expense ad dre830d > M. A. DAUPHIN , , Mo OrM.A.DAUPHIN. Washington , I > . 0. Haka P. O. Money Order * payable and da&M' RANK , Naif Orleans , La. PENNYROYAL PILLS "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. " The Original and Only Gcnnlae. > 1 HolUbln. IoOliDi t > t u LADIES. Ail. royr IirunUt to "tMolit.lcr'.ro ll.l , * > n..l Ul > Domt > irarlu < MMi . ( lurapo to HI for ttU iiUrf ( n littir ttj return MMb WAME PAPER. Cklehc.Ur Obrmlol C . * n IB Vfflb M..II.UU Hyunro , l'klla < U.7T . Bald bj ItnuiUU ercrrwhrr * . Atk for "Chl he ' KimllJ. " ' ' . . . ter'i I'mnrruTal I'lll * TU M i.tli t. llGOLN BUSJHESS PrRECfORY Hecontlr Hullt. Nowlr Xunililictf The Tremont , J. 0. mv.OiitAhD : i HON , Proprietor * , Cor. ( tli and I1 tilt. , Lincoln , Nob. UiUcill.M purdny , fllitot carl frumbouiu to * IIT pirtut the cUr. _ J. H. W. HAWIUNS , Architect , nnicc 3J. : nnd 43 , ItloluinU lllook , Uuouln , Nub , Eluvntor onlltli blioi't , ISrueilorul Ilr ic < ler of V. M WOODS. * Live Stock Auctioneer made In nil pnrtu of llie U K. nt fnlr ratos. ( loom 8iilm Illot'k , Lincoln , Nelv : Oollnwny uudShort Horn built fur ( ale. l Farm Loans and Insurance , Correspondence In regard to lotni kutl lloom 4 , HlclmrJs lllook , I.liiuoln , NoU. Public Sale , Denver , Oil. , .runu HUH , 1880. < 0 hond of Hhow Hhort Horiil. Jlatv * iCriilclt KliiinU , zyunrolilstoililnf ! 1'tiu ; bulii nml hdlfrr . Addroi * Weld mill Kurni. for culiilo ? ' u l , Dtnvor , C'ol. C , M. Iliuiiton , Uncohl , NuU. Col. I' . M , U'ooJj , AiimlomKir , In Lincoln ilqp n | National Hotel , And KUI a tiuuj uinuer forUu ,