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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1886)
Offers for sale the following bargains in Omaha property : The finest lots in HANSCOM J'l/ACK , originally rc orved by Mr. Hnnscom , and now first placed on the market as the choice residence property of Omaha. Klcganl cast front lots , splendid corner lots ; just on grade. Magnificent view , ncnr strati cais , park , anil surrounded by beautiful homes ami 11 splendid e1us of people. Over thirty- substantial houses coiling from $2,000 to $10,000 each , will bo built this season-In - the immediate vicinity. Will soil these lots at 1MUCKS AND THRMS THAT I'LACK THEM WITHIN THE UlUCH OI' ALL who desire "Hand- lomo Homes. " And for invcstmont , these lots cannot ; bo excelled , ns their location , natural advantages and the great number of costly homes to be erected will cause them to advance rapidly In price during the next sit months. Also otTer 3 bountiful east front lots in Marsh's Addition , near corner Seth and Lvuvonwortli , one block from Street oar ? , pavement , St. Mary's Avenue and church , covered with line shade trees ; each $2,800. Seven line cast front lots in Leavcnworlh Terrace ; two blocks from Hull Line railway depot on Leavomvorth street ; lots around are selling for | 700 lo $ WOi can ofler Iheso lots for n few days only nt $550 each. Two south front lots In Uliflon Place , Inrco blocks from slrcet cars , one block from Loarenworth slrcet , with its proposed grading , paving and Cable Line , covered with largo oak and maple trees a big bargain the two at$2,400. Klght lots in IJurr Oak , convenient to street can and railroad , at $900 to $900. Two lots fronting south on Loavonworth street , each 01 fent front , one a corner , will be valuable business property in one year , the two for ? 1,5DO. Two acres in West Omaha , \ \ \ \ \ make ton peed lots , high and sightly location , splendid neighborhood , lots beyond are selling for $1,000 and ? l,200i can sell tlie two acres if sold nt once for $7,000. Some nice lots in Hawthorne , near Thirty-third and Uaronpoit ; the nnarncss of these lots to center of town make them A cspocailly desirable investments at $9DO. Five lots , one a corner , on Lowe avenue , near Dodge street , high and healthy location , splendid place for a home , very easy terms , only $1,100 each. Six lots in Hartford Place , just this side of now M. P. ilepol and canning factory , cheapest property In the market , only $300 ; $10 down , ? 10 per month. Two lot ? , one a corner , in Shlnn's 2nd addition , if sold quick , the two only $1,030. A few choice lots in Ambler Place , Thornburg , Ka t Side , Clark's Place , Walnut Hill , Washington Hill , West Kinl , Orchard Hill and other favorite additions. AUo odor a largo list of improved residence property , ranging in price from $3,000 to 80,000. CAN OFFKU FOU THE NEXT TUN DAYS THE FINEST EIGHT-ROOM COTTAGE AND EAST FRONT LOT IN HANSC'OM PLACE , ON GEO1U.U AVENUE , ELKGANT NEIGIIHOKHOOD , CUT AND CISTERN WATER , A PERFECT GEM OF A HOME , ONLY $1,300 , IF SOLD QUICK. Aiso several six-room cott.iges with cistern and city water , slate mantels , good location , only $2,250j $350 cash , $25 per month. 44-foot front on Harney , between Fourteenth and Fiftoonh streets , at $3,000 ! first-class location for business. 00 feet on Howard , near Thirteenth street , only $18,000 , ; easy terms ; splendid silo for wholesale or waioliouso purposes. 103-foot front on Capitol avenue , next to Mtisonlo HlocK. is splendid business property and rapidly improving ; has eight briok stores all rented ; can make this the bigacst bargain in Omaha if sold soon. Also offer two suctions of oho'co ' farm land in Howard county , near good railroad station and St. Paul , the county seal , a lown of S.OOO inhabitants. No bettor soil in the state ; can plow every acres ; urroundcd by a good class of people and cultivated farms. Can offer this land for the next thirty days at a low figure and remarkably easy terms , The above are a few of the bargains I olVor for sale. Investors , and especially parties from outaltlo the city will do well to consult the list of property I oflor before buying elsewhere. CULTURED MIND AND MUSCLE Physical Training and Mental Discipline 8 3 Must Go Hand in Hand , Ancient mid Modern Kducntloual Theories JisoiiMscil fjpHHUim Iroin Olclor Nations Slroni : I'olutu in CollCRC Athletics. J'm/cssor Kitucnc /Ifc7wiiiJ nf yule College , in the iVijmldi Science SI nl/i//oi ( | July. TAUT I. Many old theories of education arc being mercilessly discussed. Many new theories claim the places of the old. The classical scholar still claims for the an cient languages the greatest educational power. The advocate of modern lan guages says life is too short lo study dead things , and that modern languages fur nish enough discipline , and are besides , useful. To the scientist , science is god of all , even of education. To him no man is properly educated unless his mind is stored with scientific ideas and trained by tlio scientific methods of the nineteenth century. Languages , ancient and mod ern , mathematics , scioncc , philosophy , all advance their claims to bo the best educators of the coming man. Mean while thn coming man is nothing l > t n. chlldi ; md ujt ; submit himself lo his ciders to bo experimented upon accordIng - Ing to the theories of teachers or parents. For mnn , women , and children alike , 1 wish to enter n plea for a part of them much neglected in most discussions on cdnoalion , and lee much left out of sight in most theories of education the body. In fact , for centuries past , many educa tors have seemed to regard the body as a rival of the brain , if not tin enemy of it. They liavo apparently been filled with the idea that htronglh and time given to Iho body nro strength and time taken from the mind. Unfortunately for the cause of good education , this erroneous idea is not hold by teachers alone , but is a very prevalent ono generally , the current dic tum being that , representing by unity a. person's force , whalovcr pare of this unit is taken for the body leaves necessarily just that much loss for the mind. To combat this idea , and to replace it by a much more reasonable idea , I had almost said by llio very opposite idea , shall bo the chief though not the only aim of these pages. To all races whicU have shown power in any direction the main source ot that power has been physical. This is ac knowledged to bo true with regard to the conquering races of the past. With re gard to the present , we nro too apt to Oiink that tliu progress of civilization has changed the conditions of power , so that races physically weak , if they arc only wisu. can successfully compote with and finally overcome the strong races. Take the Greeks. For a long time they were a conquering race masters of the world of their lime. But their inlluonco has extended lar beyond their day and beyond the limits of their little world. "It is no disgrace to a nineteenth-century American to go to school to the Greeks. They are still , in their own lines , the loaders of mankind. They are the mas- tors. " Atlica was about as largo as Rhode Island. Kliodo Island is a noble little commonwealth. Yet it has enjoyed political liberty longer than the domoo- racv of Athens lasted , and in the midst of ho blazing light of this much-lauded century. What now Is or will bo the in- Jluoiico of Kliodo Island on the world's history compared with the unmeasured and imperishable inllnenco of Athens ? fj Whence the diUorcnco ? The causes of the difference were manifold. Ono cause wa.s their physical education. Hand in baud with their mental discipline , which was simple but thorough , wont gym nastic exercise. "Until the limo"of Alexander , the main subjects of educa tion among llio ( ircoks were music nnd gymnastics , bodily training and mental culture. The first duty of a Greek boy was to learn Ills lotlors , a Iqat which was also coincident with learning to swim. My the fourteenth year the Greek boy would have begun to devote hlmsolf seriously to athletics. " Could such a careful nnd continuous training of Iho body fail to have its ctl'oct noon the min'd ? It gave tlio body power. It gave the brain force. Had this force not boon converted all the while into intellect and ii'slliollc sense , llio Greeks would have formed a race of fine animals only. But their mental discipline saved them. Un- forluimtely for llie permanence ot the Greek power , I hat power was not built upon a moral basis.Vhon , by moans of their conquests , wealth and luxury came to Ilium , Ihe Greeks mot the usual fatu of nations weak in the moral senso. Their discipline was relaxed , and they suc cumbed to the strong. The training nf the Romans was largely physical. They were trained tor war. But they , too. wore overcome by stronger races w'iieii they relaxed llioir own disci pline and gave tip their martial games anil athletic exercises hiring gladiators for their sport ami mercenaries ) for their bailies. What are the conquoiin < j races of to ilajr Arc tlau ! ' 'nf l"a natious ttrouc in body strong liy inheritance and keep ing their strength by exercise ? Germany keeps her mon strong in the army by compulsory gymnastic drill. Her schools teacn gymnastics. Many of her inhabi tants in the cities maintain their strength by the exercise which they have in their excellent Turner system. England has m the bodies of her chil dren the blood of those old rovers who were the terror of the coasts of Knropo in the early centuries of the Christian era , mixed with the blood of that vig orous native stock , to subdno which , even when furnished with only barbarian arms , was no ( iiisy task to Iho Roman legions with all tlicir military skill. In England , too , this physical force is still maintained by vigorous oxcrciso taken by all classes. The higher classes have their out-of-door sports , and some of them of the roughest kind , The lower olus es nlssj have their suorts. wherever the E'nglisii race goes it carries with It the love of exorcise and the practice of it. liven their women engage in it. Some of them follow the hounds. Thpy pull the bow. They lake walks , the length of which would shame many an American man. So the vigor of the stock uovor decays. The race increases and multi plies. The little island cannot hold It. Away it goes to conquer and colonixo the globe , and to'infuso its strength into all the races of the earth. What keeps us us a nation from de terioration ? Tlio bone and sinew of tlio land Iho cultivators of the soil the con querors of our new land the men who build our cities and tlio great highways between them , who dig our coal and labor willi hand and body in all our factories. It is trne'lhat brain directs all tiii.s activ ity , but muscle is tlio motive-power And the nuiscla of one generation is the source and support of tliu brain-iiowcr of the following generations. "What clso ac counts for the prodigal activily" of the descendants of tlio early faotllors of this country but the fact that obliged , when cast on a land like ours , to battle with the elements and conquer the forests bv their own bodily strcnglh , Ihoy lived an outdoor - door lifn in Ihe main , and slorcd up an immense "capital ol vitality" which they handed down to their posterity ? Sonio nf that posterity are not content to nso the interest of that capital , but nro spend ing the principal. What is the consequence quence ? Not only cnfcoblomcnt of body and mind , bulslorillly ; and Ihus many of the old New England families are dying out in the homos of their race , and are giving place to the strong new-comers. As to individuals , what kinds of men fight their way to the front ranks in all callings , and hold their places there , as mon eminent in their day and genera tion ? Men of strong body. Consider the premiers of England men like Biojiigliam , I'almerston and Gladstone- working at an ago when many a weaker man would either bo in his grave or bo preparing for it. Some exercise nor. > e- back riding or felling trees keeps up their strength long after threescore and ton. It is only necessary to mention Washington , Jackson , Webster and Lin coln to call attention to Iho fact that among eminent American public men vigor of mind and vigor of body go to gether. Notice the great pulpit orators of to-day such as Spurgcon , Bcechor , John Hall and Phillips Brooks. Among moneyed mun , did not Commodore Vnn- dorbilt owe something of his vast fortune to his strong body ? Could ho have en dured the strain of building that fortune , and would ho have had the vigor to extend - tend it , had it not been for the out-door life of his early manhood ? if you find a really successful mnn , who builds and keeps either a reputation or a fortune by honest hard work , ho is generally a man of vigorous body. "All ( irofossioual bloftrapliy teaches that to win lasting distinction in sedentary in-door ocoupa- lions , which task.Iho . brain and nervous system , extraordinary touciinc'ss of body must accompany extraordinary mental r.oxvor. " Again , " 'fo attain success and length of service in any of the Iq'nipit PrSaJS'sloirt , innjr.djjnn ; tliiu gj lc.plilng , i\ \ vigorous body is Weil-nigh essential.7' It would bo out of place to advise a farmer who is already tired of digging and plowing , or a mason who has had enough of urioklnying , to exercise his body. A little play to limber the slifl'cned muscles might bo a good thing. A little brain-work might bo bettor. But of real hard-working oxcrciso of bodty each workingman - ingman gets enough from his day's labor. If lie only got good food and enough of it , and have time for sufficient sloop , and get pure Air to breathe , and clean water to drink and to balho in , ho will do well nnough , as far as bodily hoaltu is con cerned. But to brain-workprs and lo all persons of sedentary habits it can be truly said that vigorous cxorciso of the entire body is not only advisable it they would enjoy health , but that it is abso lutely essential to that life. .The London Tlmps of Pocember ] Q , I S , records the physical and mental deterioration which has fallen on the civil servants of India , described by an Indian correspondent : "Since the institution of competitive ex aminations , out of n hundred-odd civil ians nine have died and two have been forced to retire on account of physical debility. Ten more were considered quito unfit for their work on account of bodily weakiies and eight have positively be come insane. " Hero is a record of twenty- nine out of a hundred persons physically deficient. The hundred belonged to one of the strongest races of the earth. Does not the fact testify to the great demands of civilization on the vitality of thopcoplo of modern times ? But it will bo replied that the climate of India had something to do with the facts Well , read what Dr. E. II. Clarke says of our country : "No race of human kind has yet obtained a permanent foothold upon tins continent. .Mounds at the west , vestiges inFloiida , aim traces elsewhere , proclaim at least two extinct races. " "Tho Indian whom our ancestors confronted was losing his hold on the continent when the May flower anchored in Plymouth Bay , and is now also rapidly disappearing. It re mains to be soon if the Anglo-Saxon race , which has ventured upon a continent that has proved the tomb of antecedent races , can bo more fortunate than they in maintaining a permanent grasp upon this western world. Ono thing , at least , is snro : it will fail , as previous races have failed-unless it can produce n physique and a brain capable of meeting success fully the demands that our climate and civilization mnko upon it. " Read the following facts with rog.ird to Chicago I'rom 18.VJ to 18US , population increased 6.1 times to what it was in the first period. The death rate increased ! 3,7 times. The deaths from nervous di orders - dors increased 20.4 times. Chicago is perhaps a fasl place , but the figures are significant of the wear of city life on Iho nervous svslem. Is not Ibis strain of the nervous system a peculiarly American dangu ? To bo snro , all brain-workers in all countries nto liable to it , but in our country climatic inlluciicos increase * the tendency. Under these influence ) we have developed na tional characteristics , showing in form and feature. Wo do tilings in a hurry. Wo are in haste to got rich. Wo are in haste 16 bo wiso. Wo have no time for exercise. Wo have no time for play. Both oxciciso mid play are by serious people oftenlooked upon us a waste of time lor adulls , however good they may be for cluldicn and young people. A boy must bo a man before Ills lime , and a girl must bo prim and staid , and must not romp like her more fortunate brothers , but must bo a sober woman after she lias entered her tdons. It seems as if Ihe battle of modern life ( at least of modern city lifo ) was a battle of the nerves. "From nursery to school , from school to college , or to work , the strain of brain goes on , and strain of noiVo scholar ships , dxauiiuutiinij , speculations , pro motions , excitements , sTiniulah6"llS , long hours of work , late hours of rest , jaded frames , weary .brains . , jarring nerves all intiii".Hsii bv-fi Mireneieio.f ourschool nna city life' . " 'i'ho woistof i'lio lu'iaCulcf is that thisi strain falls most of all upon those fronu nature and circumslnnces least abh ) tp hear it upon our women. Publjc opinion frowns upon their o\eicis- inglikn mc\ | . jet , with a nervous sys tem more sensitive than man's , they need the very exercises ( ont-of-doors ) which , by n mistaken public sentiment , they are otton forbidden to take. The healthy liouse-workis , often demited , to a servant , cither because too hard for our American girls or too muqh boncatli llicm. Of the live agents of health exorcise , food , air , sloop nd batliing oxoroiso , tea a certain extent , regulates the demand for the other agents. The muscles , when fwlly developed , constitute about a half of the full-grown body. The muscular contractions act upon the blood. The blood is the life-stream , carrying tho. atoms of nourishment to every part of the body , and receiving the waste par ticles which have already done tlicir work. This process of depositing build ing substance and receiving waste matter goes on according to a law. This law , called , from its discoverer , the law of Trovlranus , is : "E-.ich organ is , to every other , as an excreting organ. In otho'r \yords , to insure perfect health , every tissue , bono , nerve , tendon , or muscle , should take from the blood certain ma terials and return to it certain others. To do this , every organ must or ought to have its period of activity and rcsr , so as to keou the vital fluid in a proper state to nourish every other part. " So that , if wo give to the muscles their share of labor , as indicated by the ratio which they boar to the whole body , according to this law , wo ought to give a largo pro portion of our waking hours to their nso. 15nt there are certain involuntary muscles doing their work all the time , night and day. In our usual vocations , too , how ever confining they may bo , wo arc obliged to take a certain amount of mus cular exorcise. Consequently , in the really necessary work of any ordinarily busy person , the muscledo have a fair share of overciso. Still , there are a number of muscles which aio used almost exclu sively , so that other muscles , with their connecting tendons , bones and nerves , fail from sheer neglect to contribute to the health of the whole body. How many women exorcise fully the largo muscles of the back and loins , or the muscles of the abdomen ? Women who wash , or those who work in field or garden. Yet these important muscles , when used , con tribute much not only to the health of the body in general , but also to the vigor ot the organs lying underneath them. So , too , in walking , how lew us > o the muscles of the calf of the lcgv Most people merely stamp along the path or road. They do not use Iho foot from heel to too- They fail to rise pn the Iocs at the end of the step , find do not push them selves along with those important members bors of the foot. Thus they losto the best part of the leverage of that important muscle or sot of muscles ot the lower log. The fault Is frequently in the shoo of the walker. That has too high a heel , and pinches the toes , making any move ment of them painful , ovun if it does not prevent thorn from moving : at nil. By making regular daily use of the muscles of all the muscles , If that weio possible we should do ouo thing toward establishing perfect health of bony by allowing to ono very largo p.irt of it a fair chiiuco to appropriate Us proper oje- mcnls from the blood , and oppoitunil to give back its used-up tissus to bo elim inated from tlio system in natural and healthy v 'ays , Wo should bo doing more than simply repairing the muscles. We should bo also evolving heat a very/ im portant factor of lifo. We should bo assisting nil the other parts of our organ ization to do their work. Take the heart itself n very bundle of muscular libers. Wo know thai as long A"s we live , whether slsspina or waking , that wonderful organ keeps up ils regu lar contractions and expansions. But , when wo use our muscles , their contractile - tractilo force upon the blood-vowels helps the blood nlong its ! ' . ? ; i'j''ls. and tbus takes a little latfor rrom tTio nropciiiiij ; heart. It beats faster but with loss etl'ort. While helping the henit , muscular ex ercise helps the lungs also More exor cise moans for the lungs more breath ; that is , more air iusphcd and more car bonic-acid gas expired. By deeper breathings the involuntary muscles : ire strengthened. Moreover , wo are made to feel the need of greater lung-room. Even after the ago when full stature is supposed to be attained , that lung-room oftiin comes , nature furnishing the sup ply according to tlio demand. McLaren notes the case of ono man , in his thirty- sixth year , whoso chest , under systematic o.xcicise , increased in giith from thirty- two to thirtv-si and a half inches in two months. There was an addition of four and a half ijjchos to llio clrciihliuronooof fho chest. "An addition ot three inches to circumference of chest implies that the lungs , instead of containing 200 cubic inches of air before their functional ac tivity was exalted , are now capable of receiving 300 cubic inches into tlicir cells. " This great increase of four and n half inches meant not only increase of lung-room , but increase of .ting-power. Tnldnir the quantity of nlr Inspired In the reclining position IniiKlvon time us the unit . . . . . . . . . 1 In the sumo nuiloil or time tlio quantity ot nlr Inspired when stniiilliiirls l3 When vrnlkln-5 one inlln per hour , is . . 1.0 Wlion wulkliiR four inllos per hour , is . . . . 6 When tiding und netting , is 4.0r > Whim swlmmliw , Is 4.X ) [ TO HE CONCl.UDEU NKXT SATLMIBAY. ] DETECTED BY A DUEL. A Oaino of Cards AVIilch Led lo tlio Discovery of n Murderer. Itu I ) ' . A. Stmlilanl. A dozen men had gathered at tlio rail road station at C , Pcnn , and were gazing at a placard that had been tacked on tlio wall. The object of their attention was the following notice : ? 1,000 REWAltn. i The ntiovo lonnrd wl. bo pnlil for tin ) capture , item , omllvo , of the iifwissln of Mrs. Wlnslcw.w ho was miir- dirod at her limiKO on tlio nlKhtot Jmninry 1J , 18Jl. : o o The murder of the old lady was the talk of the village , and every means was being t\kon to capture the murderer. The reward offered was iv liberal ono and men wore scouring the country for miles around in the hope of catching the villain. A wcok had passotl and no clew had boon found. Oij the night of .lauuary 20 , two young mon wore standing on the platform at C awaiting the night train , which waste to carry tliom to S , tlio station ten miles below. Il wis a clear , cold night , and it wus a relief to the in when the tr.iin catno thundering In and they had taken their souls near Iho stove in ono end of the last car. The vounger of the two mnn was about twoiity-two years of age. Ho was tall nnd wore ti small mustache. His com panion was llirco years his senior , lie was shorter and a full beard hid the lower pait of his face. Ho was the first to speak " 1 tell you what , Fred , " ho said , "tho reward oll'ered for the old lady's ' ass.issin is u good ono and would keep us in style nt Saratoga llus summer. " "Yes , you're right , Molt ; but you don't catch mo going around looking fora cut throat. I'd rather stay in tlio one-horse place we're bound for. " "Woll , " said Motl , "wo won't quarrel on that point , but von can rest assured tln\t \ I'll bag the fellow if I gcta chance. " By this time the train had reached S , and { juttouiug Hinir coats tightly around them Fred Blake and his com panion , Mott Stevens , started for the hotel , which was situated a little way out of the town on the main road. It was about 10 o'clock when they readied the hotel , or , moio properly , the inn. Tlio liOiiSC % , y.UQsmall one ami could not accommodate more than a im c : : at it t'li'fii ' ] . But r t tlwt sm\soi ) of the year it was almost descried by guest | , u Blake and his friend felt sine of a"good room and bud. In onn corner of llio room which the young men entered a largo firo. was burning in an old-fashioned iireplaco. A bar running the full length of the room on ono side , behind which stood rows of bottles and decanters of various descrip tions , plainly showed that it was not a temperance place. At the further corner of the room stood three or four round tables. At ono of these sat three mon , deeply interested in a g.uuo of poker , and , Judging from the number of silver dollars scattered among the chips , the game was in good progress : Opposite tins tabio Blakb and Slovens sontud themsolvns , and alter partakingof the drinks they had ordered tltoy fumed their eyes toward the poker players. The man who sat nearest Blake seemed to have all the money nnd luck , lie was about forty years old , heavily built , and wore a largo mustache and goatoo. Both of his companions wore younger than he. The one seated opposite the man described , to judge by the number of winks and signs that wore passed between - tweon them , was a confederate. After Blake had watched thn came for awhile ho suddenly turned to his friend and whispered : "Did yon sno that. Molt ? " "What ? " asked Mott in surprise. "What ! I lull you that man is u fraud. If I'm nnt mistaken ho has got a pack of cards under the table and is using them lo fill his Hands. " Ono of tlio camblcrs dealt Iho cards. Blake's c.yos wore riveted on the sharper. Ho could sco tlio cards ho drew with per fect case. "Give mo three cards , " exclaimed he. Blake saw him throw down the three cards ho.hcld and pick up the ones dealt him. They were no good. With a quick movement the sharper drew thrco cards from under the table. They were two aces and a king. Ho now hold four acos. "I'll raise Iho blind fifty cents , "ho said. At this liis confederate dropped out , leaving one to fight for the pot , Blake was determined to see fair play , so under the pretense of going to the b.ir ho got near enough to whisper to tlio vic tim of the sharper , but quick as tha movement was it was seen. "D you ! Do you moan to toll my hand ? " exclaimed tlio gambler in a rago. s : a : a : .A. LJLJ LU A \v s : J C tS 'V v av : "f mean lo see fair piny , " answered Hlaki > , coolly. At this the sharper turned white with ! j | rage and made a rush foiward as if to stiiko his informer. Hut at a look from his confederate ho subdued his anger and quickly drew from his pocket a largo poeketbook and took out n card on which was written , "Robert J. St. Clair , " and handing it to Blake said : "Sir , I have been grossly insulted by you in the presence of these gentlemen ! 1 therefore demand your unqualified apology or you'll take the consequences. " "And the consequences ? " said Blake. "Is n. duel , provided you are not a coward. " Things wore gelling intorcslincr. Everyone ono looked al the two mon eagerly. "I m at your service. " said Blako. his eves Hashing , but his voice under conn ol. " 1'rav name the place nnd hour. I will bo there. " "The place is of little importance tome mo , " Iho gambler replied. "There is an open space in the woods half-way be tween hero and C . 1 think wo will be undisturbed I hero. The hour is B a. in. 1 believe I have the choice of weapons. I will ohoo e pistols. " "Very well , " answered Blake. "Illiink wo can settle this dispute in a very short time. " Then the sharper said something in a low voice to liis companion and strode fiom the room. * # * A month had passed. It Imd been a very sorry montli to young Blake. On the morning foljowing the night of Ilia ndventure at Ihe inn at .S , tlio gambler found Iijinfeu face to f \vilh his de . At llio M'oril 'Tirol'r nouncer. I wo re- pofts rang out. rt'hon liio sihoko lifted and left the duelists to view tlio sharper was scon lying on his face , shot through the cliost. Blake had bcon struck in the shoulder by the bullet of his victim , but with Iho assistance of his second ho reached his carriage and was driven to tlio village , where he gave himself into tlio hands of justice. As .soon as his wound was healed sullleioutly ho was placed on trial for murder. The evidence was against him. The last day of the Irjal jirnvml. The cosq was to. ( jo given to tlio jury who would f > enl ins fate. Blake had boon brought into the court room and was quietly awailing his sonlouco. The Judge called the court to order. Suddenly a bustle WHS heard in the back of the room , and a man rushed up lo tlio lawyer of the defendant and , whispering n few words , handed him a largo Foaled envelope. The lawyer quickly tnoko the seal and read aloud to the jury Ihe fol lowing : "I do hereby make fu confession on my deathbed of a crime for which no man must bo punished. On the night of January 18,1881 , a murder wa.s committed nt S , the victim n woman. Tlio mur derer has never boon found , nor will ho over be , for by the time this is read ho will bo dead killed by the hand of Fred- crick Blake in an honorable duel on the morning of January 21 , 1881. I had no accomplice in the crime of January 18 , therefore Jot no ono Miller. "J conloss this before God. , T J. Sr. Ci.Aiit. " As this name was pronounced a visible shudder was seen to run tluougli the court room. St. Clair was known as ono of the greatest villains of his tinm Blake was ncqultled of the chargo" against him and liberally congratulated on ridding the world of one of her meanest - est crimii als The day after the trial a messenger arrived at C , whither Blake had 150110 the night before. Ho inquired for Blake and delivered into his hands a paekuge. It contained a check for $1,000 , the amount of the reward , Blalcc did not see exactly how ho had earned tliu money , but it came in very nicely iii huilding up a constitution some what impoverished in the comity jail. 186 feet on 24lh si. , corner Douglas , $23,260 , , 44 feet on 24th , near Farnam , $6,000 , , Lot on Dodge , corner 26tn , 60x148 , $3,600 $ , , tot on Dbfg ) , 50-foet front , corner , $3,000 , 48 foot on ieth street , near Dodge , " ! $1,600 , , 6-acre lots In Farcam Park , $126 per acre. Easy term ? , Stock of clothing and furaisliiag - gcods in good location for sale or ex change for Omaha real estate. SchlesingcrBros , 1O18 FABNAM rll /