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r.-j ; r , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , : . TUESDAY , MARCH 8. 1887. JMAUUIRI ) IN JOMMT. JllluolV Htnto I'rlson the Socno of n JtninnrknlilnVotldliiK. . Omrv < io. Mirch 7. The Inter Ocean's special from.loliut. 111. , sivs : An InterestIng - Ing inarrlngu ceremony look placo. In tlio > Islt- ors1 reception room at lliu.lollet prison Hit" ? nflcrnoon. The contracting paiUcs worn Udgnr Swnln , n Chicago bigamist sent to tlio penitentiary In April hist for bigamy , sen tenced for a j ear his term expiring this after noon anil the lady was AlKs Kmma Orel- chen , of Clilea o. It apneats that Swain was first married to Mi'-s ( Irutrlien nt Chicago lour yean ago , when she was but litteen , yearn old. Jlo lived with her three yeais it nnd then , meeting with a now love , he do er berted his eh.ld wile and ran away with nnd f ( mauled the other woman. For tills crime IP hwaln was convicted anil sent to the peniten- I1 * tlaiy. Wlfo number two then married an other man , ami Knumi , Ilio lirldu of to-day's \\uddliiK , who had nuver been dlvoiced from Hwaln , tesolved to reclaim her recreant liushand. Shu walled until the ( lav of Swaim's release from dnranen and came here this afternoon , imule herself known to the Mlson chaplain , who accompanied her to the county cleik'.s office and procured a licence. Tney then wont to the prison nnd Swain was iirmifrtit Ixifore the llttlooman whom ho lind deserted. After n few minutes conversa tion with her Swain acreed to bo forgiven and IM married attain , The chaplain nt ouce tied the knot In tlio piesenco of a party of visitors who were waiting to bo shown through the prignn. Two young ladle. * In thn patty of visitors acted as bridesmaids. Swain Is'a gooit-lookln fellowof thlrty-threo nnd wn.s ono ot the most ox pert inachlnltits eror confined at Jollet , Thu couple were provided with n wedding supper by the iirlson stowaid and lett for Chicago together on the evening train. K/VTE8. / Managers and Agents Agreeing on the New IlntoH. CmcAon , March 7. The general managers of all the lines Interested In transcontinental traffic met to-day to consider the reports of thecenoral pass-incur and freight agents. The lirat named w s adopted without divi sion. It embraces the same principles as that ncrcod to by the western association abolish ing special r.itcs , throwing opnn mileage tickets to all , and allowing the payment of commissions to regular ticket aeents. The doubly tar Ills arranged were referred for con sideration to a committee composed of T. ,1. Potter , J. G. Stnhbs , 1 , . Morrell and J. M. llanntfonl. A dlsacreement having arisen between the Atchison , Topekn & Santa Fe and Southern I'acilic on the adjiistmc.nt of differential rates Iwtween Kl I'aso and the Missouri river , the question was referred for settlement to a , committed consisting of .1. C. McMullln. it. K. C.ibln , T. L. Kimball.V. . II. Newman and J. T. Uoddard. The meeting then adjourned until to-moirow. Northwestern Junction Tariff * . C n ic A no , .March 7. The freight agents of the Iowa , Minnesota and Dakota lines to-day completed the work of arranging rates at junction points throughout their territory to conform with through rates to Council .Bluffs. Sioux City and St. Paul , excepting flour and grain rates. These latter cannot Deregulated until the Northwestern roads reach a compromise on through Hour rates from 8k Paul and Minneapolis. The Northern Snow Blockade. ST. PAUL , March 7. The Pioneer-Press peclals from various points in Dakota and Minnesota show that the blockade from the storm of a week ago has not yet been raised. Gary , Dak. , reports no train slnco February 12. A snow plow and a Rant ; of00 shovel- ens are within eleht miles of the town. AVin- doro , Minn. , has not had a train from St. Paul for eluht days , but exoected ono to night. Huron , Dak , , reports the Wlnona division of the Chicago A Northwestern cleared after a twelve days' blockade and the first through train from Chicago to-night Saturday the otticers of the road brought a train around from Tracy via Ilawarden to Huron with 200 mall bags and 100 delayed passengers , * Xlio Milwaukee * Printers' Strike. MILWAUKEE , March ? . Tlio pressmen who Joined the printers' strike Friday last returned to the several offices to-day. The back of the Typographical union l.s practically broken ana the old men are beginning to seek their former places. The proprietors of the news paper and job olllces have signed a compact not to recognize the union in any manner in the future. It was decided by the job printers who walked out a week ago to denlaro the strike olT and return to work. The proprietors de cided to receive their employes again , but not as union men. They pledged themselves never to recognize the union again. The newspaper printers took no action. The pro prietors will refuse to receive them bacK , as they are rapidly tilling the places of the strikers and have pledzed themselves to stand by the new men. Another Mexican Outrage. GALVKSTO.V , Mareli 7. A special to the News from Laredo , Tex. , says : Yesterday at a point a mile above this city a boy was crossing the Rio Grande in a skiff. When he wa within twenty feet of the Mexican shore a customs guard lired , killing him. The Hhooting was witnessed from the American side. The boy had about nix bits worth of contraband goods in the skiff. The Mexican officials promptly arrested the guard on the charge of murder. The Mexican Raiders. Los ANOBI.KS. Cal , , March 7. General Miles last night received a telegram from Captain Law ton that troops were encamped near Nogalcs , but anticipated no trouble. The Mexican authorities roeret the outrages and have arrested all offenders but one , and tinned them over to the American authori ties. The Two Dakotna. .ST. PADI , , March 7. A Bismarck special to the Pioneer-Press says : The Dakota house of representatives to-night 20 to 15 passed a joint resolution endorsing the Sioux Kails' constitution ! convention for South Dakota and declaring also North Dakota en titled to admission as a state. UeclPomliiK Trailo Dollar * . WASHINGTON , March 7. Acting Secretary Fatrchlld to-day made arrangements for the redemption of trade dollars at all sub-tions- nrles. This will include tlio treasury at Washington. A circular on this subject was Issued this afternoon , Hecloemlnc Trnilo Dollar * . NEW YOIIK , Maich 7. The redemption of trade dollars began here to-day. Over 3,000- 0)0 were offered , of which only 110.000 could bo accepted. Tnoy will bo mulled into burs and stored In the assay office. Forty Men Ijct Out , WASHINGTON' , March 7. The public printer on Saturday suspended about torty employes who were engaged for public work Incident to congress. TUT : noAiii ) OF KDUC.VTION. riumilni : for Additional School Room A Busy Session. All of tlio members of the board ol education , except Mr. Copeland , wore present at the mooting last night. The monthly report of Treasurer Buck , showing a balance of f,1,038.83 was read and placed on filo. The petitions of citi/cns in the vicinity of the Lake school , asking for the con Btrnution of it foiinocn-room school build jng , was read and referred to the com mittco on buIUlinfis and property. A proposition of the Ouiuha Toilol company to furnish the schools will towels , mirrors , etc. , was referred to the committee on lir.nncc. A number of applications for position : i\8 assistant teachers were received am referred totliocommittooon teachers uni tuxt bioks. Tno proposition of John Iiwyer to remodel - model the double tiusks luutl in tlio citj school * . nuUing thorn into siuglu desks was referred to the committee on build Inn anJ property , with power to net. tyg cjgigultM 9A olftUB * imported , billi amounting to $10,813.27 , which were al lowed. The report of tlio special committee , recommending tlio purchase of twcnt.v- live feut of ground adjoining the Leaven - en worth street school for 1,000 , was adoiitud. The committee on buiMings anil prop erty was instructed to purouasu tno old llrownull hall building and to liuvn It re moved to tlio situ of the Luavonwortli school and lilted up for school purposes. Thu building will cost $ (51) ( ) , with an ad ditional pxpunsu of ! ? ! : . " > for moving. Tlio committee on buildings and prop erty reported that Superintendent .lames liad made an estimate of the additional school rooms that will be needed at the opening of the .spring term as follow.s : Onu room each at Center , Izanl , Lake , I eaveinvortli , Umaha View , Hartman and 1'ueltio schools. Siipurintcudont ilamcs stated in explanation tliat the number of students in the schools are in creasing so rapidly that it is very probable that moro rooms than the ones reported will bo needed. Tlje committee on build ings and property wore instructed to rent Hitch buildings ns arc actually needed for school purposes as near ns possible to the schools that need relief. The committee on manual training re ported tliat no progress is being made in the construction of tlio boiler at the high school and asked the board to make a change of supervising architects. Tlio change was refused. Tlio committee on heating and ventila tion made a report presenting the result of the experiment made by 1'rof. N. II. Nicholson , protcssor of chemistry in the state university , in the schools of Omaha showing the advantage ofthoUuttan sys tem of Heating over the steam heating system. The report , after considerable discussion , was placed on file. A resolution submitting to the voters the question of expending$1W,000for ( ad ditional school buildings and sites was adopted. Tlio teachers of music m the schools were authorized to engage the Exposition building for one night for the purpose of giving a May musical festival by tiie pupils of the graded and High bcnools. A resolution was adopted instructing the special committee on plans to report n plan for an eight-room school building in Omaha Vio\v. The .secretary was instructed to adver tise for bids for the sale to the board of n school site near the corner of Twenty- fifth and Leaven worth streets. A resolution authorizing the committee on supplies to purchase 500 Companion First Headers , tor nso in the primary grades , was referred to the committee on teachers ami text books. A resolution was oll'ercd by Mr. Hlack- burn expressing tlio sense of the board that the proposed amendment to the school laws increasing the membership of tlio board to fifteen do not pass , anil that if the amendment does uass that the members should bo elected at large and not as ward representatives : also , that the secretary's salary bo fixed at a sum not less than $1 500 per year. The reso lution was withdrawn. The salary of Miss Whitmore , princi pal of the Lake school , was increased to $05 per month. Thn board adjourned till next Monday evening , when the report of the special committee on plans will be presented. HE WASN'T SAT1SPIKD. KIMott Edwards Wants to Moat Moth Again. Elliott Edwards , the colored wrestler of South Omaha , is very sore over bis de feat by Moth in their recent match. He thinks ho did not get a fair show , and wants another matcii. Ho has addressed the following letter to Moth : To Charles Moth. Umaha , Neb. : 1 will wrestle you at mixed style of wrestlln ? attain Tor $50 or 8100 a side , as I am not satisfied with the last match we had at South Umaha. 1 did not have a dog's show In the last match. The man that iofereed our match knew as much about wrestling as a hos knows about n rlolin , and I am sure you know 1 did not tet .ustice , and in order to satisfy myself we must wrestle azaln. I prefer the match to come off In Omaha , 1 am not satisfied , and will not be until you wrestle me again. All I ask is a talr de.il. The Herald said yon liandled mo like a child. Now all I wl h iso \o \ see whether you can handle mo like a child or not. If I am to cot a fair deal any responsible man can hold the stakes and a responsible man must referee the match , the match to come oil Inside of fifteen days from the date of signing the agreement Will wrestle you any mixed styles that will Rive me a square deal. My money Is as uood as any one's , and 1 don't think tlm people of Omaha who will witness the match will suffer me to be imposed upon as I was at the stock yards. E. T. EnWAims , Champion of Colorado. Moth and Mcljauclilln. Colonel McLaughlin , the Minneapolis wrestler , has telegraphed that ho will wrestle Moth in Omaha three falls , one Grrcco-Rouian , ono collar and elbow and ono catch-as-catch-oan. Moth will accept the challenge. Ho says the match will bean an even ono. He can throw McLaughlin in Gnecq-Koniau. while AIcLaiighlin is the better man at the collar and elbow hold. Tlio men are very evenly matched in catch-as-cKtch-can , McLaughlin hav ing the advantage in weight by about iifty pounds. _ People's Theater. Tlio Fioldings Comedy Ideals began their second week's engagement at this theater last night to a well filled house , presenting for the last time the laughable comedy " 3-15 , " which created the usual merriment. To-night they produce that well known play , "Josh Whitcomb. " This piece is a special ono with the Field- ings , John Fielding appearing in the title rolo. Incidental to , tlio play they intro duce various specialties , songs , etc. , which are performed by no other com pany. The excellent manner in whicli all their plays wore produced last week "Josh Whitcomb" is a guarantee that will bo played admirably , Brevities. The docket in the county court will bo called to day. Horn To Mr. and Mrs. ( loorsro L. Ba 7 ney , of this city , Saturday , March 0 , a son. I'ern'itto wed was granted yesterday to llonry Roll and Miss tiraee i'lobbo , both of Omaha. Hans Hiilleguard and Hugh B. Whittoll were admitted to citizenship by District Clerk I jams yesterday. The case of Miday ct al vs Maurer was given to the jury in Judge Wakoley's court yesterday afternoon. Mr. William M. Whitney , tlio boot and shoo merchant , is lying dangerously ill at his residence on Twenty-third street Dr. Hauchawaut , who was clmrget : with a folonlous assault on S. U. Chase , was discharged by Justice liurka yester day. day.Theo Theo W. McCullough , city editor of tin Rapid City Journal , was in tlio city yesterday torday en route for his home in Iowa on a vacation. The board of trade met last evening and appointed morjliprn on thu commit tee having the Urand Army nncvnumon in charge in place of those who resigned The notorious Taylor , the well knowi Omada crook , was brought in from Lin col'i yesterday , whore he was hold by the United States court to answer to the charge of counterfeiting. Clarissa Burke swore out a warran nsainst Richard Davis , charcing him witl breaking into hur house with intent to rob. Ho was yesterday lodged in jail. During the month of February Fret Hickstoin , city meat and milk inspector comdomncd 100 pounds of veal , 31. ' pounds of pork , 1.150 pounds of boot am 150 uouu& Q { chicked gig f jtuulea o \ \ milk were scut to R. S. 0. Paten , chemist of the Omaha Medical college. Manager Smith , of the central telephone - phone exchange , summit two men yester day to string wires jnto the Itiungo build- ingwliich the teloplioneuompimyoNnects to oceiim * . From now on to July tlio work of stringing the wires to the nt'w biilldintr will bo actively prosecuted. In tlut month the company expects to change its quarters. Hon. Robert W. Windham , of Plaits- mouth , is in the city. Mr. and Mrs. ICortvliave returned from a flying trip to Lincoln. Mrs. K. M Smith , of Creston , la. , lias come to Omaha and taken up her resi dence on Hurt street. Mrs. W. W. Murohy , widow of the late United States consul-general at Frank fort , is visiting at Bishop Worthington's. Miss Carr and Miss Robinson , who have long been guests of Mrs. Garncau , have returned to their home in Lexing ton , Ky. The Rev. Win. Amsberg , of North Plattc , is in Omaha visiting ais sister-in- law , Mrs. A. D. Peters , 522 South Seven teenth street. Miss May L. Potvin , a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music , is visiting Mrs. E. C. McSliano on Cali fornia street. Mr. Sherman D. Canfield will probably accompany Buffalo Bill on his huropean trip. ftlr. C. is now employed in the ofilce of General .Superintendent Smith , of the Union Pacific. New Incorporations. Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday of the Omaha , Granitic Roofing company. The object of the organiza tion Is to manufacture and sell granitic roofing material. The capital stock is $20,000. The incorporators are A. R. Souer , C. E. Maync , R. T. Wray , A. N. Meals and A. C. Huston. Articles of incorporation were also filed of the Irvington ccmetorv associa tion. Tlio incorporators are II. S. John son , J. G. Knight. It. P. Brewstcr , W. S. Barber , A. It. Knight , F. B. Hibbard , Simon Boris , J. K. MeCombs , S. C. Brewstcr , G. W. Knight and R. W. Twaddell. _ Building Permit * . Superintendent Whittock issued build ing permit * yesterday , as fo lows : P. F. Denlson , four one-storv tramn cottages en Twenty-llttli street and Patrick iivenue 50,200 Christ llasmussen , one-story frame cot- taue , on Twenty-lit : ! ! and Urant streets r > 00 Two permits assrcgatln * § 3,700 Taken to thu Federal Pen. Jacob Hunkle and C. Heppner , the two men who were arrested last May for counterfeiting and convicted at the last erm of the United States court , were aken by Deputy United States Marshal M Allen last evening to Yankton , D. T. , o serve out their term , two months yet , n the United States prison at that place. What a minister has to Say or the Cure. The Century for March lias two articles on faith-ourc ono pro and the other con. 'rom the latter , by the Rev. Dr. Buckley , we quote as follows : ' 'Families have been iroken up by the doctrine taught in some of the leading taith-homes that friends vho do not believe this truth are to bo cparatcd from because of thn weaken- ng effect of their disbelief upon faith , ma a most heartrending letter has reached me from a gentleman whose not her and sister are now residing in a aitli institution not far from this , city , ro using all intercourse with their- friends , uid neglecting the most obvious duties of ife. ife."Certain "Certain advocates of faith-healing and aith-homcs have Influenced women to eavn their husbands and parents and re side in the homes , and have persuaded hem to give thousands of dollars for heir purposes , on the ground that 'tho Lord had ncod of the money. ' "This system is connected , with every other superstition. The Bible 5s used as a book of magic. Many open it at random , expecting to bo guided by the first passage - sago that they see. as Peter was told to open the mouth of the fust lish that came up and ho would lind in it a piece of money. A missionary of high standing with whom 1 am acquainted was cured of this form of .superstition by consulting the Bible on an important matter of Christian duty , and the passage that mot his KII/.O was : 'Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming. ' Paganism can produce nothing more superstitious than this , though many oilier Christians , instead of 'searching the Scriptures , ' still try to use the Bible as n divining rod. "It foods upon impressions , makes great use of dream.s and signs and state ments foreign to truth and pernicious in thoiiinfluence. . A young lady long ill was visited by a minister who prayed with her. arid in great joy arose from his knees and said : 'Jennie , you are sure to recover. Dismiss all fear. The Lord has revealed it to me. ' Soon after , physi cians in consultation decided that she had cancer of the stomach , of wnich she subsequently died. The person who had received the impression that she would recover , when met by the pastor of the family , said , 'Jennie will certainly- got well. The Lord will raise her tip. He lias revealed it to me. ' 'Well,1 said the minister , ' .she has not the nervous disease she Jiad some years ago. The physicians have decided that she has cancer of the stomach. ' 'Oh well ' the ' , , was reply , 'if tliat is the case , she is sure to die. ' "A family living in the city of St. Louis had a daughter who was very ill. The members of this family were well ac quainted witli ono of the leading advo cates of faith-healing in the east , who made her case n sublet of prayer , and wrote her a letter declaring that she cer tainly would bo cured , andtho Lord had revealed it to him. The letter arrived in St. Louis ono day after her death. "These are cases taken not from the operations of recogni/.ed fanatics , but from those of leading lights in this ignis fatuus movement. "It is a moans of obtaining money under false pretenses. Some who pro mulgate these views are honest , but un derneath their proceeding * runs n subtle sophistry. They establish institutions which they call faith-homes , declaring that they are supported entirely by faith , and that trmy use no means to make their work known or to persuade per sons to contribute. Meanwhile they ad- verlisj their work and institutions in every po iblo way , publishing reports in which , though in many instances want iug in business accuracy , they exhibit the most cunning wisdom of tlio children ot tills world. * * * "The horrlbln mixture of superstition and blasphemy to which these view * fre qucntly feud is not known to all persons 1 ri'ioto ' from a paper published in Newark ark , N. J. , In the Interest of faith-healing " 'DKVTH Three of tfia richest men In Ocean Paik , Nii Jersey , have died. Faith- ! ie.illnjj lias been taueht In the place , but was relented by tbf > m , so death uaiiio.1 ' "CiiAiU.EvroN. S. C. \ tew years ago the Holy ( ihost sent mo to preach In tlu elty. But tl : y rtjacted tli poapol and me A wlckiul man shot at mo And tried to kll iiiO. but ( JoJnved mo so that I was no harmed. . . . But I had to leave Charles ton and do as UM yrent Head of the Cliurcl said : . . . "when ve depart out of tha house or cty ! , stiaku off the dust from you feet. " Kaithquake. September 1. lsrt : ono half the city in ruins. It has a population o about ttlty thoimadd people. Ve wlckm cltlt-s In the world. tak warning I GOXl livwl" ' SUPERSTITION OF THE SEA. Oltosts Wliluli Arp Said to llnvo Ap- 1 > nni4od on. Hlilnlxmril. Popular tr.idithih asserts tlirtt the host of a young man lo t at sea ap- leared to his mother in Cornwall , and hat of an ofilcor of , tlio navv appeared to da wife. At Mcirra , in Cornwall , the M\y \ Seylta sits on tlio rouks , looking eaward for wrecks. The apparition of i smuggling cro\\ % dripping wet , was itso .seen , portending the wreok that fol- owed. A pilot at St. Ive received a ; hostly warning in the vision of a man , tis mouth filled with seaweed and his hoes wltli sand. Jn a Cornish legend he spectre of a privateer captain goes oil' u a thunder cloud in a mysterious ship. n the same story the ghost of a ship- vreckcd sailor appears , in another tale i similar spectre appears ami carries oil' lis waiting bride. The ghosts of tlio hipwreeked mariners are seen , and heir cries heard from the waves in a cor- aln bay on a Cornish coast. Scotch Lshermen and sailors have many stories of these ghosts. The ghobt of a murdered lady appears to her lover at sea , in a tale by Grcgor , coming in tlio hape of a bright light , assuming tlio hunan - nan form ns it draws near. She finally calls him , and he springs into her arms and disappears in a Hash of tiro. In an other legend , an onlcer sees in a vision wo boatmen bringing in the body of a liird. Soon afterward this actually oc- jurred , the boat in whicli they were hnv- ng been capsi/ed. The spectre of a wo man who had died on the scallbhl is said o have appeared to her sailor lover , who lad promised to be faithful to her , living > r dead. It came in a gale accompanied > y a storm cloud , accompanied by a gi- tantic figure. The vessel was , mean- yhile , sorely stormboaton , but was do- ivcrcd , when these apparations obtained jossession of the sailor. On Solway 'Irlh the ghost of a murdered lady ap- tears in a blare of tire. On a small is- and near Windermore , Scotland , called . .edge's Helm , there is a quarry called 'The Crier of Claifo. " an old legend says u ferryman was hailed on a dark night uid wont over. Ho came back after a eng absence , having seen omn horrible ights , which lie ever afterward refused o relate , and soon after ho became a nonk. Afterward the same cry was icard , and the monk went ever and sue- eeded in laying the ghost in the quarry , vhere it .still is. A Mnn Brimful of Klcotrlcltjr. R. W. Shufeldt writes to Science from fort Wingate , New Mexico : "At ono time t was very hard for mo to believe , in- iced , that any person living possessed uch a power as being able to slmtlle across the carpet of a room and light lie gas as it issued from the jet of lie burner by simply touching it vith the the tip of the finger. I have it present , however , two friends , at least , imong my acquaintances wlio eecm o be capable of performing this feat at ill times and under any circumstances , low I find similar phenomena exhibited o a very treneral degree in my own per- on at rort Wingate.here. This point is ' jver 0,000 feet aoovo'sea level ; the only vatcr in the neighborhood is a small ) pnd a puddle , really and a few insig- lilicant surings. The air is usually clear and highly rarefied1 ; indeed , all the con- litions seem to bo'favorable to the cxhi- ntion of electrical appearances. "Only the other clay , while pacing my room , "passing , ns I did so , each time , > ver a lurire woolen Navujo blanket ihat ay spread out on the lloor , a circum stance arose which called upon me to ouch the cast-iron urn that ornamented ho top of small wood stove in the apart- nent , and which had a tire in it at the time. Jefore the tip of my index linger touched t , by a distance of fully n centimeter , here was displayed in tno intervening space a brilliant electric Hash , nccom- > amod by a report that could bo dis- inctively heard inflic adjoining room above ordinary convorsatlon. The ex- ) oriment was repeated three or four ime.-i , but the display became moro and moro feeble with each trial ; it regained ts original force , however , after I uacod icro.ss the blanket on the floor a few imos. Additional experimentation wont o show that this electrical discharge was considerable greater from the tip of the ndox linger than from any of the others of the hand , ami gradually diminished m regular order as we proceed to the little linger ; and , further , it seemed in my case moro evident in the left index rather than the right one. When all ten fingers were drawn together and then brought out to within a centimeter's distance of this stove-urn , the flash and report ap peared no greater than , it did from tlio index finger alone. "At times , apparently depending upon the mctorological condition , my entire svstem seems to become thoroughly charged with this animal electricity , and most small objects crackle aud snap as I handle them , leaving as night draws near , an uncomfortable , aching sensation in ray arm , and extend ing more or iessdown ray side. During the same time , should my wife take any small object from my hand ( as a draughting pen or the sponge glass upon which such a pen is cleansed ) an electri cal report follows the contact that ciu * be distinctly heard thioughotit a large room. On the other hand. I had an oc casion to examine an injury of the back in a young mulatto girl of about fifteen , a few ( lavs ago when with my right hand resting upon her shoulder , and my loft making the required examination , there instantly followed for mo a sense of the most profound relief , as if it were that all the electricity in my system had boon completely withdrawn by the act. Tlds girl during a stay ot nearly three years at Fort Wingato had never boon conscious of any eioctrical phenomena associated with norsclf , similar to those which I have experienced. Previous to coming here I had resided about a year in Washington , wlioro 1 hud never ob served such exhibitions , so fur as my own person was concerned , and they only gradually developed at this place. " The Chinese Theory of Medicine. Globe-Democrat : According to Kwong Shan , a Chinese doctor in St. Louis , by the celestial theory of medicine , whicli partakes much of the nature of their theology elegy and philosophy , man is closely as sociated with ana influenced by the ex ternal world. For , inst-ince , there arc five planets , Saturn , Jupiter , Mars , Venus and Mercury , wliien are supposed to have inlluenco ever the 'five viscera stomach , liver , heart , lungs and kidneys ; that there are five elements in man , earth , wood , tire , metal and water , corresponding with live colors , yellow , green , redwhite and black , and these related again to the live tastes sweet , ( sour , bitter , pungent and salt. The combination of the blood and the breath , they hold , conslitutj life , and the withdrawal of ono of these means death. With all , , this fanciful theory there is also \VOVQH into the system , in a manner utterly inexplicable , the belief in the androgynous nature of al things , that everything is part male and part fcmll : < v. Such a thinz as experimenting1 in medicine is un known. Dissecting they hold to bo in human , and vivisection they denounce in unmeasured terms. With this view o these things it is impossible that the Chinese should have any surcory beyond perhaps taking oil'si mushed limb or cut ting out a bullet. They have a sort o amusthotic , not so strong as chloroform b it it is seldom used. The heart is the center of thought ; the brain being , in the Chinese physiology , but an inferior part of the man There is no chemistry required in a Chinese neso doctor. Pretty near everything thu comes to hand is modicum ! in its nature and the Chinese pharmacopoeia is as extensive tensive as their dictionary would bo ) they had one , for no word will express moro than ono idea. The father of Chinese medicine wa ud ho lived about 8,000 , cars ago , being a sort of emperor , or iriilce , or dcmi-god. Shun Nong wits. not made like an ordinary mortal. Ho vas transparent , and could see right lirough him elf. Whenever anything vent wrong with him lie just looked into limself to see what was tin matter , and lien took hu medicine and marked how lie dose got to tlio .spot. \H , K I have seen thousands of people gath red at Hoeky Point day after day in the u miner , with dancing going on nil day ong. and never a word or an act that I liould be unwilling to have a young per- ion see , writes Colonel lligglnsoii in larpcr'.s Bazar ; and I have seen at onntry church gatherings wore aneing would iiave been thought n sin , romping and rudeness uch as no young girl ought to take art in it. Jn vl-jw of this there is some- hing very curious in the way in which evivallsts like the Rev. Sam Jones lavish heir Indignation on tlio fcsscr evil and gnorc tlio greater. "I have been hunt- ng for u dancing Christian for many years. " said Mr. Jones In a late address. 'and I have never found one , for I used o run witli that sort of cattle before 1 was onvcrted. I don't want any man to cut i ligure on n ball room lloor with his arm iround my wife or daughter , and I don't believe you do. Purity purity Is what vo want. " But if the contact of the arm s objectionable in the dance , where hero is no kissing , docs that contact become purer when it is the prelude to a culllo and a smack. Are n young girl's Ip.s less sacred than her gloved iiand or icr waist ? 1 confess to a surprise some- imcs at the composure with which moth- rs can sit in a ball room and see their daughters revolving in the arms of men rhom they know to bo coarse , if not vile ; nit the contact is , after all , comparatively light and temporary , whereas tlio bought of having received n kiss from uch a person would be , to n truly refined vomati , an ignominy which the waters of he Atlantic ocean could not easily wash xway. To those who believe it possible or do- irable for very young people to live vitliout social intercourse , or to live vholly by religious and intellectual com- Kinionship , I have nothing to say except o express disagreement with their bolief. f all that our youths and maidens can reasonably demand is a prayer-m cting > r a course of Sanscrit , be it so. But if hey are to have social amusements to gether wo must consider which are the nest innocent ; and if the choice lies > racticaly ! , in our country towns , be- ween kissing ami dancing can any per- on seriously doubt which is best ? mrmi.iTON IIOUTK Capital KxprcHS Dlscontlnned. After Saturday , March 5th , the Capital express train leaving Omaha at 8:80 : a. n. , will be discontinued. It should be ) orn in mind , however , that the Bur- ington Route is the shortest line to Lin coln ( . " ) , " > miles ) and still runs two trams daily to Lincoln , leaving Omaha at 10:00 : i. m. nnd 7:45 : p. m. P. S. KUSTIS , icnl. Pass , and Ticket Agrt , Omaha , Neb. Undo ERek'H Wlwdom. Uncle Ktck ( n Utt Century Magazine. We stand in our own sunshine of tenor han others do. It is the little things that are thn most vondcrful and ditlicult ; it is possible for mman enterprise to make a mountain nit impossible for it to make an oyster. There is nothing so necessary as neces sity ; without it , mankind would have ceased to exist ages ago. The heart gets weary , but never gets ) ld. ld.If If a man is right he can't be too radical ; f wrong , he can't bo too conservative. The silent man may bo overlooked low , but he will get n hearing by and by.Method Method and dispatch govern tlio world. You can outlive a slander in halt the imo you can ontargue it. OR INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM. tfAJlfr n lantc of 'years statement ! confirming the rfflmrir of w , Jacob * Oil and its permanent euret , are given lclo\n. From a Bheumatlc Sufferer-1880-Cured. Hamburg , Barks Co. , Ponnn. I FUfibred from mjvero luUammatnry rhcumtllMU for about 4 woeka ; physlcUtu care mo no relief. I won confined to the lioiiso , lltnbi very much swollen , and had tu crawl up and down stain. After a few applications tlio pain was gone , and a few moro entirely uureil inc. KOLAND T. LEONARD. From S m 6 Yeari Later Permanintly Curid. Hamburg , Berks Co. . PR. . Oct. 19,1B86. About six years ago f took lck with In flammatory rheumnlkm and by iiilng a few bottlmi of 8t. Jacob * OH I was entirely cured. I tlicerfully duplicate my testimo ny to the graud , great anil good efforts of tlio Oil. 110LAM ) T. LKONAHD. From a Deputy Sheriff Jun , 1881 Curid. Attleborough , Mass , Last May I was laid upltn acutu rheu matism nud confined to bed. I was told to try St. Jacobs OU. I did bo aud next day was well ai ever. KLIJAU CAPRON , Deputy Sheriff. From Samt 5 Years Later Permanently Cured. Attlcborougli. Mass. , Nov. 19.1888. I had a sovcru nttaok of acute rheuma tism 10 I could not take a step ; was con fined to bed. I tried everything to no pur pose and at last tried St. Jacobs Oil. It cured i.\e entirely and I cheerfully recom mend It. ELIJAH CAPRON , Deputy Sheriff. THE CHARLES A. VOGELEn CO , Blltlmort , Mi. * V All jxrsani USINO Kt. Jacobt Oil or Red Star OuA Cart , will ly tending a two cent $ ta if > and a tuttory of thtir cane , recene ADVicz f JIBK. BEX ! FROM OPIATES AM > POISON SAFE. SURE. PROMPT. AT DEUOQI3T8 AND VClLkR * . f U CR1BUS A. TOBItia CO. DIMWOU. I I CURE FJTSJ V hraITiT cure 1 do nui mo n niirolj to atop tfiimJw . aln , I m n ndleaUuri m and th.b h T then "torn I hart in J th dnc io or PiTO , Kt'll.BI'.IT or rALLIria ICKNE3S lift Ionic iDidr. Iwarrant mrrennHr tocora tit * worit CMM. Boc n.9 oih ri hare r < U d ! no rotten fur not now receiving f " S" " ' < " > M < " ' _ ! " f"11 JTHotll.ofiny li.falllbl rem.dr. Olv.IipreMMid K . tnr * trial , unj I wlUcnr * TUB. . rmila nalhlnc i .We * U jnu > AJd J HOOT , ill r arl St. H Tort BALI'S ' CQBSEIS BONED WITH KABO V t SATISFACTORY ? U.i dSa"e" e'rjwhoVe. noware jf i.rthle iml- . tationi. None genulna without Bull snitue on to * CHICAGO CORSET CO. , t02 FRANK I. IN STRUCT , CHICAGO. * roa4w ri New York. Beautiful Residence I Also Business Lots On the large map of Omaha and observe that the two and one-half mile bull from the Omaha poatoflice runs south of section 33 and through the north end of South Omaha. TAKE A STRING And pencil , then get one of J.M. Wolfe & Go's maps of Ouiaha and South Omaha combined , PUT YOUR FINGER On the string at 13th and Furnnm , Omaha's busincs center , and your pencil on the string at whom Dcllnvue street enters South Omaha from the north. THEN DRA A circle and note SOUTH OMAHA Is , and also that many "Additions , " "Places" and "Hills" arc far OUTSIDE This magic circle. THEN STOP And think a minute what will make outside property increase in value ? THE GROWTH OF OMAHA Is all that will enhance the value of real estate other than at South Omaha. At the latter point wo have three important factors to build up and make valuable the property : First The growth of Omaha , which has and always will follow the transportation lines. Second All the great railroads center there , thus making it the best manufacturing point of any in or near the city , Third THE IMMENSE STOCK YARDS INTERESTS Dressed Beef Business and Pork Packing Industry Will make a town of themselves. SEVERAL NEW PACKING HOUSES Going up this year. A Gigantic Beef Canning Establishment To be put into operation at once. Away your day of grace when you do not get an interest in South Omaha before a higher appraisement is made. The be.it locations arcboing taken Make your selections now : Loti that sold for ? 300 in 1834 cannel now be bought for $3,000. THIIE 'VI-A.IDTJOTS Over the railway trade will make safe and splendid thorough fures between this city and South Omaha. A STREET CAR LINE Will run to the Stock Yards thin year. The minute it does lots will double - ble in value , as this will alTord quick and cheap transportation either by Dummy , Cable or Horse Cars. For further information , maps , price lists , and de-jcripttvo circular.- * , address , C. E. MAYNE , Agent for the South Omalia Land Comparxv N.W. Cor. 15th and Harney.