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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 13 , 1887. TWELYE PAGES. n
PARMELE'S
SAFE AND SURE
Because it is Strictly inside Property !
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; All in Corporate limits of City and within less than 2 Miles of Postoffice ,
Every lot a beautiful residence site. Overlooks tlie entire city and surrounded on all sides by well
improved property. You need only to know where this addition is located to be convinced that it
is the cheapest inside property on the market ; It lies between 34-th and 36th sts. , and adjoins
Lowe's addition on the north , Omaha View on the south , and corners with Orchard Hill. Only 100
lots , all choice , in this addition will be sold at from $500 to $1,000 for TWO DAYS ONLY , aftei
which prices will be advanced 25 per cent. Terms , % cash , balance in 4 semi-annual payments ,
Will be placed on the market on Monday morning , February 14th , exclusively by
HARTMAN & GIBSON PARMELE
1 /-\1 H1V1 JLw l-w JL-
1412 Farnam street. 1509 Farnam street.
DON'T GIVE HIS NAME.
Wrtttt II far Hie Omaha SwtiliJU Her.
" ( loot ! heavens ! don't give Ills name iu tlio
itaper. "
A eltl/iMi whispered to me ,
As I noted tlio fict ; of a. joimg " 131ood"
.hist lined because of a spree.
Tlio boastfnlness of the fellow
Tempted me to give Mini nn ad ,
A free one but about ns thorough
As ever n person lnUI.
It would serve him rlulit for Ills boldness
And It might cause him tn pause , rellect
Thti spoiled iind pampcicd ilclivoi Idling
With his conscience n moral wreck' .
"For the snko of his hcait-broken mother ,
Whose handily , jet comely lace
Is worn mid nged with grieving ,
Save him from such a disgrace.
"For his father , the honest old banker ,
Who Is suddenly growin r old
Nor I nun the- worry of business ,
if the story bo rightly told.
"For the sake of their anguish , lleportcr ,
( Such sorrow ought sacred to be )
And beeaiisn of thutnuiporlor station
lo not give It publicity. "
itiroiiTiit. : :
"A erred. Hut what of this other fellow ,
ills title , shall 1 snrprcss that ? "
C1TI7.KX.
"What ho ? O. ho'n only a woiklng man ,
With hands calloused hard at that. "
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He Is one of the army of tellers ,
Ills only glimpses of wealth
Are gained on a Saturday ovonlnz ,
When he drinks a companion's health.
Thou for a brief moment of riches
He forgets his work's dally round :
Forgets all thu worry of poverty ,
Tlio horror to which ho Is bound.
His short houis of hilnilty vanish.
1C re. long comes Ilio throbbing head ;
Comes iemor.se and lieieu ropentaiice.
And thu struggle lenuwed for bread ,
It Is onlv n laborer's history.
Tlmt Is bum ; : so coarsely told ;
A man ulin lias many temptations
To dinwii heavy euro in the bowl.
Yet at homo nro his v > lfo and babies ,
Who love him lully as well ,
AH the old tolks up nt the mansion
l.o\o their erring , line-coated swell.
Hut what matters 1 1 ttio household submits ! ve ,
With Its burden of hlmiuo and teats ,
lie ex nosed to slieptlenl public ;
liu an oblcct of laughter and jeers.
1 can put his name In the paper
Tlio man with care wrinkled faro-
Show thu warm lieailed husband nnd father
AH the one so deeply disgraced ,
lint ho who causes tlio silver
In dark hair too early to thread :
He who hiRcorntrs parental directions
Anilcaieluss , weights hearts as with lead ;
He who has what makes lift ) woith living ,
With u proud uaiue nnd love fully shared ,
This depraved agent ot humiliation ;
Tills social assassin Is snared ,
WKIIH LAVCIINI ! .
Douglas , Wyoming.
TWO OALIFORNIA YARNS.
ir/oni the Xtie YoiKTInui. ]
Scene-nMliilnr * ' Me * * nt l\rt Howie , A Hz.
T Iwc-A iriiifcr Xluht. Tlie. Ocnenil. n
\\tcninitftln' \ t'lrll I I'm1 , nml tot Old
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Yes , there are nimiy , a great many ,
peed stories told by pioneers , seine nioro
excellent thun true. Now , Lieutenant
1) , down there nt tlio other end of the
table , hus n father who tells very many
CNuulliml stories , niul lui tolls them so
often at tlio Pioneer society's dinners that
1 imagine ho is beginning to bcliovotliem
himself. 1 liavo never told this storv before -
fore , It will explain why a common
stovepipe , like the one coming out of that
Btovo in the corner , is always a grim re
minder , in my eyes , of early California
Inys. A few yuars after our orupation
of the state , I was stationed In souffjurn
Jalifornia. near Los Angeles , and ott
ifternoon I .strolled out to the scene of thu
jis ( Aiiucles massacre , in which n friend
f mine , u young olllcer , and some
Bfeiife
enlisted men had boon killed by
the Mexicans some time before. While
endeavoring to get a good idea of the
Dositlon occupied ly our troops , 1 acci-
dently stirred m > the earth with my shoo ,
and looking down I saw something :
glisten like gold in the sun. I picked it
up and found it to bo a human linger
bone , and still on it tlio West Point class
ring of my dead friend , marked with his
name and the date of Ills graduation. I
had visited his family in Now England
so 1 wrote them , inclosing the boy's ring
and explaining how it had come into my
possession. In the course of time I re
ceived a vcrv " grateful answer , request
ing mo , if I" could identify the young
man's remains , to have them disinterred
and sent homo. 1 found tlio remains
and shipped them , nicely boxed , to the
depot quartermaster , then in San Fran
cisco , requesting him to hold thorn , as I
would como along in a month myself and
re-ship them. In duo time I received an
other kind letter announcing the arrival
of the remains , and the tamily seemed
not able to thank mo enough for what
hail been no trouble to mo at all. Later
on , having been granted a leave of ab
sence , which I was spending in tlio east ,
1 found myself in Now York City
and I received an invitation to
visit the family again. So ono Satur
day morning I started and reached
the lovely old homestead , which was
beautifully situated in a Now England
town. 1 wan hospitably received. On tlio
following mornimr , Sunday , I was taken
to tlm little cemetery and shown my
friend's grave over which had been
erected a beautiful monument , inscribed
with his name , military history ami the
date and manner of his death. After a
delightful visit 1 loft , and , my leave
being up , 1 icceivod orders to proceed to
San Francisco to report for duty as depot
quartermaster. In those days quarter
masters , whim relieving each otlmr , were
very careful to see Hint nil public property -
orty receipted for , oven to the last bolt ,
was there in the storehouse , before
touching a pen to the receipts relieving
thu other from responsibility. The
amount of property was great , and it
took mo four days to verify it according
to the Invoices. On the invoices were
some original boxes ot stovupipos , that is
to say , Mima which had never been
opened. While going around with the
quartermaster sergeant , on the afternoon
of thu fourth day wo eamo to the
boxes of stovepipes. Hoing original pack
ages I did not order them to bo
opened , but satislicd myself by moving
them slightly in order to see if they
were of the proper weight. I had moved
sixteen or seventeen of them , when ono
seemed to bo unusually light , and I di
rected the sergeant to open it. Ho
raised the lid of tlio box slightly , and
looked in , I noticed him quickly drop
the lid and start back with a frightened
loot ; on his face , and I said : "What's the
matter , sergeant , isn't it all right ? " ' 'No ,
sir , there's no stovepipes in there , " ho
half grasped out. I said. "What is there
in the box * " Ho said ; "There's bones ,
human bones , sir. I raw a skull. " The
truth then Hashed acroas my mind I had
madn a mistake and had shipped the
wrong slovoplno boto the old homestead
in Now England , 1 mild thu government
the prieo of ono box of stovepipes ,
gave the old quartermaster a full receipt
and had the remains nicely buried in San
Francisco , and until this moment 1 have
never breathed it. Hut a lovely white
marble monument in that pretty little
Now England town marxs the last rest
ing place of my box of stovepipes.
Some o/ /il / $ firmer * / * diOKVI.C ( / / , th
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I have not , o far , given Lieutenant
D.'s father a reputation for veracity !
his stories. Thu mention of the vigilance -
lance committee a few moments agr > re
minds me of ono on him which will il
lustrate his character LA c > icilicr ? spect.
In 18.V ) ho was in CsuiotTria ; t a mining
( vrjp , ttiun caJleU Htngtown , but now
known as I'lacoryille , Ilangtown was
well named , for it was the headquarters
of the vigilance committee in that portion
tion of the stale , ami more hangings of
lawless chantoters wore going on there
per hour than any other village or town
or uity on earth. Tlio little community
had long suffered from horse and mule
thieves , but the scoundrels were so
adroit and knew the country so well that
they were seldom captured. Once in a
while fouling secure , one would become
indiscreet or unwary and would bo cap
tured and then tried before a court of
vigilantes. The leader of this gang of
thieves had never been caught , and
tilings got so bad that dually a deter
mined effort was made , and ho was cap
tured while riding away on another
man's mule , llo was brought to camp ,
pleaded not guilty , but was sentenced to
bo hanged on the following morning. U. ,
who was a member of tlio vigilance com
mittee , was detailed to guard the fellow
dnrinir the night.
Ono by ono the tired miners went to
sloop. Night settled down and I ) , was
loft silting on a box , his riilo across his
knees , while the outlaw was bound se
curely with ropes and tied with his back
to a tree only a few feet away. Thn over
land mail 11 ad arrived that day and
aong toward midnight 1) . lighted a can
dle and began reading a Cincinnati news
paper in an endeavor to make the long
hours pass quickly. The camp was in a
tall pine forest the tree tops so close
together that thoyshutoul any light from
the stars. 1-1 ere and there could be seen
minors , rolled up in tiieir blankets , fast
asleep on the ground. A few smoldering
tires still gave n little light ; now and then
a momentary Maine would .shoot up from
ono of them , brightening thu dark night
but little , anil then through the gloom
could bo seen 1) . guarding the prisoner.
All was quiet. 1) . was reading homo news ,
when the prisoner , who had seen the
mime of thu paper , printed in I a r ire typo
at the top of the page , broke thu silence
by saying in alow voice :
"Stranger , will you lot mo say a few
words to you ? I've got only a fows hours
and I want to speak to you a little. "
"Yes , " answered 1) ) . in a surly tone ,
' go on. "
"Uo you hail from Cincinnati , my
friend. 1 see you aru reading a Cincin
nati newspaper , and that was my homo ,
and 1 would like to ask you , if you over
go back that way , to tell a little lie for
mo , anil say that I had been killed light
ing Indians , for it would break my poor
old father's heart if Jio hoard the truth. "
"I'll do it , " answered D. , "but don't
call mo your friend. "
Something familiar in the prisoner's
voice struck U. , however , and as the man
talked 1) . wondered wlwo ho had heard
that voice before , and finally settled on
the man as Hill S. , who hail boon a big
boy ami in a higher class at St. Francis
Xavior's college when ho himself was a
little boy there. And in the tall , broad-
shouldered , brawny-looking outlaw , his
face hardened by exposure and dissipa
tion , coulu Mil ! bo seen the Jikonoss of
the schoolboy who had run away from
homo ro California.
"E/oiiso mo , " said the prisoner , "for
calling you my friendbut you were reading -
ing a jMpor from my homo , ami it
seem I to mo I had been you before. Did
you go * o the Jesuits' school in Cinein-
JIP.M wliou you wore n little boy , for your
face reminds mo of a youngster I k'new
there , hose name was 1) . ; Frank I ) . , I
think ? I remember him very well , bo-
eau = o ono tlay ho way being bullied by a
bigger boy no was delicate and couldn't
defend himself , and 1 turned in and laid
thu bully out. "
"Yes , Hill , " said D , "I was the boy and
I remember it all. Hut I am sorry to see
you where you are. I didn't think you
had gone so low , And now , Hill , you
I'tivo got to die in the morning , and if
you have any messages that you want to
wild homo you had better give them tome
mo , for your time is short. 1 will tell the
ho you asked mo to tell , and if necessary
1 will cover it up with a thousand more. "
After remaining in silence for some
time , and evidently in deep thought , I ) .
continued : "Dill , do you think after this
experience , if you wore" _ frco ajrainthat
you would leail a decnflifc and become
n decent citizen ? " "Yes , " said Hill , "I
would ; but there's no show for me now. "
"Well , Hill , if you will promise mo
faithfully tlwt you will never steal again ,
that you will always try to do right , 1
will lot you go , in remembrance of the
time when you licked that bully to save
me , tor I thins a boy who would do that
would grow to bu a man too good to
hang. "
"Hut Frank. " said Hill , "can you do it
and save yonrsolf ? for they might hang
you in my place , and I would rather stay
and take my medicine than do that. "
"Never mind about that. Hill , talk
low and wo will arrange thu plan. I
will cut your ropes and give you my
knife. In the morning I will bu found
asleep , my knife taken , and you gone
When you go down the canyon take my
mule. He sure about it , for my life may
depend on that. Ho is the dun colored
ono near the stream ; heoars a horse
hair halter. You can't miss him. Hill ,
sell the mule , and deposit the money to
my credit in San Francisco. " The ropes
were cut and Hill was free , and , while
thanking 1) . . and nearly crushing his
hand saying good-bye. 1) . said to him :
"Hill , I want to ask you ono question
more did you steal that mule ? " "Yes ,
1 did , Frank. Good-byo , God bless you
for this. " llo made his way stealthily
down the canyon and was oil' .
As morning dawned on the camp nnd
the miners began stirring , tluiv naturally
looked to sec their prisoner. There was
D. ta.st asleep on the ground , his knife
taken , tlio ropes cut , and lying at the
foot of tlio tree , and the prisoner gono.
There was great excitement. Two or
three run to 1) . , roughly shook him , and ,
with miich profanity asked him if hn
knew tliu prisoner had escaped. 1) .
rubbed his eyes in a sleepy sort of way ,
jumped to his foot excitedly and told the
miners that tlio prisoner must have seen
him fall to sleep , then had carefully
taken his knife without waking him , cut
his ropes and gono. The men were very
much enraged. 1) . was made a prisoner.
Some wents-o tar as to say that 1J. ought
to swing in the outlaw's ' place , and from
being thu best liked man in camp ho ho-
came an object of contempt. He
seemed to feel very badly ; ho looked
mortilied , ami heartbroken over his
trouble. A pursuing party had been
sent out , but Hill had thrcu hours' start ,
and It soon came back unsuccessful , but
with the agreeable news that the outlaw
hail stoled IVs mule , and they all said ;
"Hy ( ; , it served him right. " The loss
of Ills own mulu allayed all suspicion
against 1) , , if any hnd existed , and ho
was soon released with a severe repri
mand for his carelessness. Hut ns 1) ,
told mo afterward , once or twice ho was
pretty anxious , for he did not know what
ills enraged comrades would do ,
A month ago I saw J ) . in New York ,
where ho now resides ; itntl in the course
of our conversation I said to him : "As a
matter of curiosity , D , , did you over get
your money for your mule ? " "Yes , "
said D. , "about six months later the sum
of fi'.IO was deposited to my credit in San
Francisco by a person unknown to the
bank , and five years later , " continued 1) . ,
going to' the safe ami handing mu a
letter , " 1 received this letter , which I
have always kept as proof that Hill was
too good a man to hang- "
MAvon's OFPICK , .Inn. 4,1850.
ilvDr.Aii FiiiK.viJ FHANK : i made my
escape as you know , and 1 sold your mule
for feisa. It was tlie best I could do , Frank.
1 was ihunted and could not wait for
higher prices. I cot the money and scraped
together Si5 ! more , and lett It at San Fran
cisco lor you. The $25 was for tlio use of
the mule ho was a peed one , I then came
hero and have staid. I am well oil'nnd
am respected as a good citizen , as shown by
my election as mayor last j ear. You saved
my live , my dear friend , when i deserved to
die , so don't bo ottended , Frank , when 1 tell
you if you or yours arc In want of a homo or
need a dollar , you can always have mine ,
and always count on every cent I have In the
\\orlj. Your grateful friend.
WII.I.IAM S.
I finished the letter and looked at 1) . ,
whoso eyes were . .moist' ho said ; "lre ,
and that man is ono of the most promi
nent , respected , nnd inllucntial citizens
in the northwest to-day. "
BILL NYE'S FIRST WILL.
After Death Ho Wishes All Ills Debts
Palil OfT.
My dear Henry : This is a dictated let
ter. The thoughts are mine , but the pen
manship is that of a man named Huaslcy ,
who is doing the chores lor us this win
ter. Aly reason for hiring a private sec
retary is that last Tuesday the straw
berry Uloiulo shoat slumped through n
hole in the ice , and in trying to rescue
him from a watery grave I toll and broke
one of my legs , jut above the fetlock ,
While spread out hero with nothing to
do my mind has been quite active , nnd I
have had drawn oil'for me the following
outlines of a will :
"First I hereby appoint my beloved
wife llunriotto to bo my solu executrix ,
assignee and receiver of my entire es
tate.
tate."Secgfid I hereby request that thu
red horse Napoleon bo sold and the pro
ceeds thereof used toward defraymcr my
funeral expenses , provided that the sum
of5 therefrom be set aside for the pur
pose of maintaining a large , aggressive
bulldog , whoso duty it shall be to monkey
o'er my Jowly grnvo until mydustKhnll
bo of no lisa to scientists. It is my special
desire that no part of my anatomy shall
contribute in any way to science or to
the amusement of a class of soro-ovcd
goslings , who cannot get near enough tea
a live man to operate on him.
"I request also that at my funeral the
free list bo suspended and that those
only who have a personal interest
n the proceedings bo permitted to take
part.
"To said beloved son Henry i bequeath
all my wardrobe. I have worn out his
old lawn-tennis and polo clothes while ho
was attending college , using his boating
and base ball suits for under clothing
during the winter , nnd now 1 leave my
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own clothing to him as a slight testimon
ial of my appreciation of his kindness tome
mo when I had no polo suit of my own. I
also direct that an obituary , consisting of
forty lines , relative to mo bo printed in
my son's paper , eodflt , nt ton cents nor
line , to follow pure rending matter'for
which the sum of $31 will bo found In nn
old sock in my cscritolro in thu barn. 1
do not care for the obituary , but desire
to aid n panting , struggling enterprise.
"It Is also my dcslro that all my debts
contracted during life bo paid up after
my death. My object in dying is not in
any way to evade the payment of my
debts.
"I may add to this will , from time to
time , ns anything good suggests itself. In
the meantime lot me hear from you ever
and anon. Tell us how you come on
with your now pnpor ami whothur you
have contributed any more of your
thumbs to your new job press or not.
Kespcctfully , your father ,
"Hll.1. NYB "
A DETECTIVE'S ' HRST CASE.
It is less than twenty years , said Philip
Nourso , that I entered Lebanon , N. H. ,
ono autumn Afternoon , with a dollar nnd
n half In my pocket , and with two blist
ered foot , having walked from Nowbury ,
Vt. i wasn't a tramp , and yet 1 had no
trade , I had been working around a
hvory stable in Nowbury for a foxv weeks
and had reached that place from Mont-
pclicr. I had been recommended to u
hotel-keeper nt Lebanon as a good man
for porter , but when I arrived ho had
just engaged a man , and my cake was
dough , I hung about the place for three ;
or four days , sawing a couple of cords of
wood for n merchant , and then started
for Hanover , I left L ebanon just
at daybreak , haying slept in a barn with
out the knowledge of anyone , and having
bad some Crackers itud cheese for break
fast. "While I walked boldly out of town ,
having no reason to fear anybody , I
couldn't ' afterward remember seeing any
body astir.
I was a happy-go-lucky chap , having
no family or relatives to worry about mo
or depend on my earnings , and , though
I was hard up and without ambition , 1
was not n criminal. 1 had never been ar
rested in my life and 1 had no reason
whatever to tear ijio law. At 10 o'clock
that forenoon , vhilo I sat on a log by thu
roadside taking a bit of luncheon , I was
overtaken by a gang of fix persons , ono
of whom was a constable and the others
farmers. They were In a wagon and as
the vehicle came opposite mo they all
leaped out , and I was sci/ed and hand-
culled with much ado , while the gang
congratulated themselves on having
speedily secured me. When I asked who
they were ami the cause of my arrest , I
was overwhelmed with curses and
threats , and Hung into the wagon. Wo
headed to the south from which direction
I had como , but after going two miles
turned into an east nnd west road , nnd
going cast three miles wo stopped at n
farmhouse , where about a score of people -
plo hnd assembled. Threats and curses
greeted my appearance , and several iteo-
plo crjcd out that 1 ought to bo lynched.
Here is what had happened , although u
was several days before I secured thu
particulars :
Tlio owner of a farm was a man
named Huchard. Ho was in his barnyard -
yard aflcr breakfast when a tramp came
along and stopped at the house ami asked
for breakfast. The wifu sent him to the
barn , and half an hour later her husband
staggered up to the kitchen door , said the
tramp had knifed him , and fell down nnd
died. The alarm was given , nnd in an
hour parties were out in search. The
wife was positive that slio could Identify
the tramp , and no sooner did she set eyes
on mo than she cried out that I was the
man , nnd but for the determined front of
two or three olliccrs of the law 1 should
have boon lynched.
What did I do ? Nothing. If I opened
my mouth I was cursed and threatened.
Tliero was no moro doubt in their minds
that 1 was guilty than that It was day
light. After the Inquest 1 was taken to
the county jail. At this inquest I wan
asked my name , ago , residence , occupa
tion , etc. 1 gave them all the information
I could , but unfortunately it was not in
my favor. If I could provo that I had
worked hero and there , that was not
proof that 1 did not commit tlio murder.
1 was a wanderer , penniless nnd friend
less , and just thu man to do murder , nnd
who rould doubt my guilt after the wifu
had so clearly identified me ? I weighed
all thcsu chances and realised that fate
w.xs against mo. They could not under-
filnnd now the murder hnd como about ,
The farmer had not buon robbed , al
though his coat had been torn and there
were evidences of a ( struggle , llo had
been stabbed with his own jack-knife ,
and the knito had bcon lett on thu
ground. Ho had been slabbed three
times hi the region of the heart , nnd his
lingers were also cut up. After being
placed In jail I was advised to mnku a
clean breast of it , and because I denied
my guilt I was denounced as a hardened
wretch. Thu preliminary examination
was a farce , and I was returned to jail to
await my trial and loaded down with
irons ns n desperate character.
Ono day a slouchy young follow , not
over twenty years old , named linkerpuid
mo n visit in jail. He was tlio son of a
farmer living about boven miles from tiio
scene of the murder. It appeared that lie
had bcon investigating the ease on his
own hook , having a grontnmbitiOu to be
come a detective , llo opened the Conver
sation by saying to .mo :
"Nourso , they lulvo made idiots , of
themselves in this case. 1. havo'found
two persons in Lebanon who saw you
leave that plac'o at the hour yi'/u iinmo. 1
can further show that you could 'pot have
turned aside , committed thu ' 'erliue , and
got to the point where Vou were ; irresteit
even had you .been on Horseback. Newt
then , if the stubbing' was -douu With
liurchard's own knife , what inference {
you draw ? "
"Hi ; hnd the knife open and in his ow {
hands ? "
"Exactly. "
"Thu murderer took it away fron
him ? "
"Certainly. "
"There was a struggle for the weapon
and Hurchard's lingers were cut ? "
"You have it. "
"And you naturally conclude that tin
murderer did not escape scot free ? "
"That's the very thing , and if 1 don'j
have him in custody insiiio ot a wcuk I'll
ask thorn to hang me in your stead. "
Ho put a chattel mortgage on a horso.
telegraphed to fifty dillerunt placcs.nnuU
two or three short trips and on the after
noon of the fourth day returned from
Franklin with a prisoner who had been
nabbed on ono of his telegrams. The
man , n tough looking customer , with his
left hand wrapped in a very dirty cloth
nnd a fresh cut about two inches long on
his chin. When the rag was taken from
his hand two pretty bad cuts wore
found , and , though ho strenuously de
nied over having been in tlio locality before -
fore , Haker wns in high fcuther. Ho had
moved quietly but vigorously , and hit
prisoner entered the piil without oven
sherifl suspecting what ho was charged
with. Hnkor confided the ease to Ilia
pro.socutingattonioy , nnd it was arranged
that Airs. Hurt-hard should visit thu jail.
Slio had twice identified mo ns thu tramp
nnd murderer , and they told her I had a
confession to make. Shu came to thu
jail with the prosecutor , coroner , and a
brother , nnd thu man arrested by Hakcr
was alone in onu ot Iho corridors ntt they
were ushered in. Thu woman looked at
him for a moment , throw up her liuiula
with u scream , nnd the next instant had
fuinted dead away.
"Ayo ! her ! but the jig is up ! " ex
claimed tlio man , and he at once eoti-
fcsod to the murder and gave all the de
tails , llo said that ho entered thu barn-
jard nnd ofl'ured to work for hi brenk-
fast , but Hurchard roughly ordered him
oil' the premises. He replied hotly , nnd
the farmer drew his unifo nnd menaced
him. Ho then became aroused , nnd , se
curing tlio wcanon after a struggle ho
committed the deed , lie was concealed
in a barn a mile away-all the day , and
after my arrest of course all the search
ing parties were called in.
That's my case , sir. While 1 was dis
charged , he was tried , convicted nnd sen
tenced for llfu , and the green farmer's
boy who worked the case up is to-day
one of the keene.it and sharpest of de
tectives.
ISOUOATIOXAI. ) .
One hundred and litty of the ! ! 05 colleges
In this country publish papers.
The lirst public lihiniy In America win
founded In New Yoik in 1700.
Tlio Jatu Daniel W. Lymnn , of Providence ,
U. L , willed llrown university gso.noo.
There has been $ ' ! : tMH subseilbud towaid , ,
the library lor thu Divinity school of llai- '
vard ,
There has bcon established in Cincinnatia , .
college for the exclusive education of worn n
In mo Heine.
Tim Ireshmnii class of Cornell Is so larna
that It has been divided Into tun sections ,
Thwo are ! 500.
The Into W. II , Iltickus.of fJeori ; townPn ,
bequeathed fcdo.ooo lor a tree library Jti
Hucknell university ,
There Is to bu founded In London nn Ini- '
perlal Institute tocommeiuointu the queen's
jubilee. ,11 U to bo built by popular siibscilp- '
tlons. '
A fund ot not loss than § 100,000 and prob
ably J.iOO.OOO mint bo collected to mtahllsli bo-
yoml doubt tlio istilulncs | of the 'classical
scliutil at A.thiiiH. ;
The most licatily endowed educational In
stitutions In lhe-1'nlted ' Mates ilroCliard
eollOL'O , 810,000,000 ; Columbia , gft.OOO.OOO ;
John HopMiib , S4OOQOt0 * : llarvanJ.-S-.OJ. ) , - .
000 ; I'rhiiM-Ujii , SV-00,000. ! : Lehlgh , Sl.bOJ.OOO ;
Cornell , SMOO.OOO.
Follpwliu s'wift on a iccont bequest to
Harvard university 'by a miserly iNoW En-
. lander romes a U'lrncy or § 100.000 from iliu
Jatu John ( ) . A. Wiilmnii- Hostoii..Tim
Is to up applied to aiding Indigent students
\\lio BIO to accept tn.e help ua debts of lumor. |