* 2 THE OlVtAHA DAILY BEE : . MONDAY. JULY 18. 1887. HIT WlTtl A hKCIt GI'ASS. A Matt Namott IMIko Courtney IJiully IIcnttMi. At 10 o'clock last nljjht n man wa found lying on the sidownlk in front of tlio Windsor hotel. Ho was sonil-con- Eciousiind the blood wus running from his badly cut face Into his hair mid thence upon the sldownlit. lie was taken to tlio central station. The man , it seems , drop ped into the Windsor bar with a companion und eauh ordered a glass of beer. They wore not known to the attendant. As the men raised the clufttos to drink , one suddenly set upon tfio other and slugged Jilrn with the glass. At the station an efl'ort was made to stop the How of blood. The man was made as comfortable as possible until the arrival of Uity Physi cian Ralph , who dressed his wounds. The right nostril was laid open by a cut which extended across Km right oyo. A deep gash extended along the 16ft cheek. Ulood hud rim down the man's body and covered him until ho presented a sickening awpotiraiico. lie revived somewhat and jravo his name us Michael Courtney. Ho hsd boon em ployed in unloading telegraph poles and knew his assailant by sight only. He could not imagine what occa ionod the savage attack unless the man had been drinking too freely and was viciously in clined therefrom. Courtney Is pretty badly hurt. A MTTLI2 KSOAl'ADE. Ulck Harris/ and Mrs. Emma Oltlion Arrested Toijotliur. A man named Joe Uithon rushed frantically up to Oiliccr Pulaski last night and wanted his wife removed from the cheap lodging house on the south side of Farnam street near Ivlovcath. Gltheu said ho had watched her and she had re tired with another man. Tlio olUcor went to the room indicated and found Mrs. EmmaGithon and a man who gave the name of Dick Harris occupying the same couch. They were taken to central station and Hams was booked for adultery while apposite the woman's name was placed the charge of "family trouble. " Harris Is an employe at llor's distillery. Mrs. Glthen lias borne tlio name of an indus trious , respectable woman. Gitboii is given a somewhat unsavory reputation. Jlo lias been employed a > < a cook at King's place on Douglas street. Ho would not support his wife , who worked and took care of herself and has hounded and caused great trouble to the woman ( or the last six or eight mouths. Ilio Weather. Yesterday was a pleasant variation from the sweltering days which have prevailed for a week or more. There' was a delightful bree/o which refreshed Omahans as it toyed with the whiskers of the male portion of the com munity. While the unfortunate residents of 1'ittsbnrg , Chicago , Now York and other eastern cities were all but suffocating , the people of Omaha were regaled with a most invigorating breeze. In nearly every city in the coun try yesterday it was exceedingly hot in Omaha it was as pleasant as any day over experienced at the seaside resorts. Arrested For Gambling. Yesterday afternoon Captain Cormick and Oflicor llarrigan visited Van Or- man's place at Cut-On" lake and found a full-Hedged gambling game in progress. The operator , an man named Charle Ly ons , and John Dailoy , William Barton , Ed Donovan and R Hardy were urrestod and slated for gambling. Lyon's phara- phanalia was acizcd also. Lyons is also a shell man and n strong case will bo made against him. A Neighborhood Row. There was trouble in the neighborhood of Mr. Uwen Connolly last night. Mr. Connolly is bettor known as "Whisky Jack. " Paddy Ward hurled a rook through the window of Mr. Jack's domi cile and hit Mrs. .lack on the side of the head. The the trio had boon drinking. When the police went down Ward was out of sight. The woman was not very much hurt , They QuarrnleA Andy Ruby and L. Kenney wore ar rested by Ollicor O'Jloylo yesterday afternoon for disturbing the peace. They had been to a Sunday picnic , absorbed too much beer and were preparing to fight when the oflicer interfered. Probably Htolun Tools. John McCarthy was arrested yesterday by Ofllccr Foley and slated as a suspic ious character. McCarthy was trying to dispose of Rome carpenters' tools for a dollar , and when observed by the police man ran into an alloy and dropped the Articles behind an empty box. Postmasters' Salaries. WASHINGTON , July 17. [ Special Telegram to the DBF.I The sixth auditor has pre pared at the request of Postmaster General Vllos a table showlne the numbar of post- offices In the several states whose postmasters receive a compensation of less than 8350 per quarter , or less than 31 , 01 per annum. Tills table Is arranged so as to show the number of postmasters In each state and territory where compensation does not exceed 510 per quar- er , a column bain g addea for each 310 addi tional up to 5250. The total num ber of postmasters receiving less than 5100 per annum Is 00,533 , ind of these 23,200 receive less than $200 , Ihero tire 2T.,544 In the two trades paying less than S'JO per quarter. Of these two trades there nro In New York 056 , I'onnsyl- ranla 1,72.1 , Ohio 1,170 , In Indiana IMS , In Illi nois 703. In Kentucky 11,441. In North Care lina 1,578 , In Tennessee 1.374. Of the hvo [ ratios Included between 310 and $50 pnr luartur Now York has 1WV > . New Jersey 445 , Vmisylvanla 2,874 , Ohio 1.033. Indiana 1,403 , lllnols 1.3SO , Missouri 1,542. Of 50.M3 oflices hat are Included In the table 58,00. ) pay be- ftccn $40 and 8230 per anuumaiid more than Mie half of those pav less that SJIOO per year. IN THE ANCIENT STYLE. fll Novel Idea to Ho Carried Out In the White House. Washington Correspondent Ualthnoro American : A number of ladies In Wy oming county , Now York , are preparing , It is said , to establish an era of "Jctler- Bonlnn simplicity" in the white house which will prove ample for the very worst croakers against the alleged ex travagances of the present generation. Every ouo knows that Mrs. Frances Cleveland land formerly lived in Folsormlalo , N. Y. Tlio village Is located in Wyoming county , and would probably uc-ver have boon hoard of outside the state but for the fact that it was at one time tlio rosi- dcmco of the first lady of the land. Now the hamlet is stirred from centru to cir- cuuiforouco , and the whole country wil shortly know that Folsomdalo exists , ant thar it is filled with patriotic people. In all country places there is a system of co-operation among the inhabitants , by whlon a uroat deal of work is accom- plbhcd at a very small outlay. When a farmer wants a now barn , no prepares his timber and calls his neighbors to- pother to raise thu frame work into posi tion. This gathering is called a "bee. " Bometlmns the women of the household will call their female friends together to R "quilting boo ; " and again , in the oorn- Jiusklug eoason , a "husking bco" will at tract scoresof young pcoplo to a day's nmusoirmnt and an oviinlng's dance. Just now Folsomdalo is indulging in one long- "bee. " But it barn- drawn-out . i ? not - raising , corn-husking , or quilting which the puoyle busy. There is a certain amount of secrecy about the affair which elves it a greater charm. All the ladips n tlio vicinity are engaged in tearing nto strips , coloring , sowing , and weav ing all sorts of textile fabric * , and the eMilt will bo one of the handsomest and best rfif carpets over produced iu this countty. The rag carpet will be of the design Known among the initiated as "hit-or- ml.W It is pronounced "hitcrmlss" in Folsomdnle. It is being made to adorn one of the rooms of the white house , and will bo limshcd some time this fall. Mrs. Jlovolnnd's old neighbors and friends liavo determined to lit up one room in Llio executive mansion in country stylo. They will first lay a rag carpet. Then they will furnish a pair of old brass and irons , several "rockers" of the variety used by our grandmothers , a spinning wheel , and all the other paraphernalia which go to make up the furnishine1) ) of "best . " The effect an old-fashioned room. , when compared with the elaborate dec orations of some of the other rooms , in the mansion , will bo striking. The novel idea originated with ono of the oldrst friends of tlio Folsom family , and , as it will establish a distinctively "Ameri can" room in the white house , it will doubtless prove greatly attractive to visitors , I'speelallv to those who are accus tomed to "Louis Qnlnzo , " "Queen Anne , " "Eastlako , " and other styles of modern Interior decoration. Few of the fashion able people of tlio present day have any idea of the manner of "parlor life" of their grandmothers. The efforts of the ladies of Folsomdalo will give them a chance to see a reproduction of the rooms in which their ancestors entertained "company. " A WESTERN NOVELTY. Newspapers Delivered by n Horse A. StrniiKC Story IfTrno. Indianapolis Correspondence Now York Journal : In this city , where as a rule , everything that goes can be seen or had , there is ono novelty ot which few other cities can boast. It is a horse that delivers daily to regular subscribers the Cincinnati Eiirmiror. This horse , the property of William Amyst , has been trained to do this work by his owner , and .so thoroughly has he learned his daily route that at no time in the past six months has ho forgotten one sub scriber or patron. The owner himself has boon the horse's instructor , and taught thu .sagacious an imal to know the streets , alloys and lanes of Indianapolis and the houses of sub scribers. The horse became famous for his fast trotting , stopping promptly and in good time at every place Ho knows liis business so well that when in the middle of any block whore there should bo the last subscriber , ho will turn around , taking through an alloy for a short cut to the next patron. The novelty of this delivery of a great newspaper has made subscribers for it , by people who buy it because they like to see the horse couio once a day regularly and perform hia remarkable feat of leaving his master oil'at thu right house. Indianapolis , like other cities of any size , has all the com petition that is wanted in the newspaper business , but when the Enquirer adopted the now system of delivery something ot an original and different idea alto gether from what has over been In vogue before it knocked out small rivals , leav ing an exclusive lield for itself. It is a common thing to see a dog come to the trout gate for his master's paper ; but when a horse comes along to give it to the dog that act supplies the missing link in the circulation of metropolitan dailies , and much doubt is expressed whether or not some other and more genial device will over bo heard of that in all respects will supersede this mode of delivery. Tlio horse's ability may bo readily estimated when I say that ho de livers to no less than 420 subscribers , scattered all over Indianapolis and the suburbs , taking over live hours to coin- piste the task. The memory of this noolo animal is certainly v > ndorful. Gentle as a lamb , lie trots in 2.65 when necessary to have the first package at the prominent news stand of the Bates house ahead of all other dalics. So accurate is this animal in his daily course that the largo sum of $ < WO has been offered by an admirer , but was refused , the horse costing three years ago only ? 75. - J. . . . Cigar Ends Utilized. "Fullv 75 per cent of my customers , " said a down-town cigar dealer to a re porter for the Now York Mail and Ex press , "cut off the end of the cigar with the clipping machine. Many appear to have forgotten the old plan of lilting it off. Hero is a box full of such ends. They are of all sorts of cigars , cheap and costly , domestic and imported. I should estimate that in this box there are the ends of nearly a million cigars. What do wo do with them ? Nothing in particular. I have given away a largo number recently to a customer who loves ilowors. Ho soaks them in water and uses the solution on his plants to kill insects. Are the ends used in making cigarettes ? No. It would not i > ay to do so at the present price of to bacco in the wholesale market. Good uni form tobacco can thus be had at fie or Gen n pound. Now , the cigar ends are of all Kort-s of tobacco , mixed with paste , for all the pointed ends are held together with paste before being twisted. To sort out the different kinds of tobacco and separate the paste would not pay for the trouble at the above quoted rate for the raw tobacco. Bould the ends be smoked in a pipe ? Well , 1 think it would bo a hard kind ot smoke and make an ordinary man sick. Good smoking tobacco is too cheap to take such risks. I kuow of no other use to which the ends could bo applied , except for the killing of garden insects. In Germany , it is said , the cigar ends are ground up into snuff. 1 do not think it would pay tlio snuff man ufacturers hero to collect the cigar ends and reduce them for this purpose. Be sides which there is so little .snuff used to-day , compared with what was con sumed fifty years ago. " An Old Tramp's Wealth. The following romantic story comes from Turner's tails , Mass. : "Homo time ago it was reported that documents worth about f 150.000 had been unearthed in the Wheeling ( . Va. , ) court house , which were known to have belonged to Level Gore , an old tramp who had been mys teriously Killed in West Virginia live years ago. The report also contained ar it ccouut of how the old man was fount : almost dead in the morning from an assault during the night , and his clothing and wagon were searched by some one having knowledge of valuables in his possession. Sewed in his coal wcro found papers and several letters which wore subjected to a careless ex amination lit the time , but when they wore found in a pigeon-hole of a desk in the court house recently , proved to con sist of promlssoiy notes , bonds , deeds to Vermont land and other evidences ol \vo.\lth. It now turns out tha > the mur dered man was a son of Daniel Goro. o Charlemont , Mass , It Is reported thai Lovell Gore wont west twenty or more years ago with about $3,000 , which he begged from his grandmother. His grandfather disinherited him. Gore sot tied in Wisconsin , and it is suppose ! that sumo of the papers found in Wheel ing are deeds for land there , as well as in Vermont. The relatives know but little of his wealth , supposing at first that ho died comparatively poor. They wil take measures to investigate the matter.1 . * Keep cool and buy your summer clothing at Polack's slaughter sale .Men's ' ami boy's coats1 ' Be. 1'JIO Far nam .st. , Pants way down iu prices at i'olack's , 13W Furnam si. " \ MONTANA HAXUl.NO. A Quiet. ( Jntnumsalrincrt Wiiy omenl- Inu Popular .Illation. ( Compiled from Hubert Howe Bpncrofs 'opular Tribunals , Vol. 1) ) : The citizens of Helena , Mont. , had long boon accus- omed to deal out justice to criminals. They found this popular way far more peody and olllciont than the ordinary aw courts. Time gave them much expo- iciico in handling criminals , and their aim , unlmpassioncd methodical way is veil illustrated in their treatment of the villains who had attacked George Lon- lart. lart.Lcuhart Lcuhart was a kind-hearted old man vho was well known aud widely ro- pectcd. Ho was found ono morning ying senseless by the roadsldo anil covered with blood. On regaining con- ciousnoss , ho said that while ho was Iding homeward on the previous night , to hart boon overtaken by two horsemen. Ono of thorn shot him in the thigh , and vlton ho had fallen from his horse they tad beaten him to insensibility. Ho de scribed the men and they were soon ar- ostod aud lodged iu jail. On the following evening the citi/.cns not to talk the matter over. A general lihcu. sloii was hold , and then they piiotly adjourned to meet on tlio follow- ng day. An hour before the appointed time a thousand men had gathered at the ilaco ot meeting. A chairman was ap pointed , and he .stated the general pur- lose for which they had come together , flicro was not the slightest excltmont vis ible anywhere ; evcryihing wus quiet and orderly as a camp mooting. A well known merchant of the town removed his hat uid moved that a jury of twenty citl/.ons bo appointed to obtain evidence , to listen o the arguments for the prosecution and ; he defense , and to declare to the assem bly the innocence or guilt of tlio persons iccused. Tlio motion was seconded , and then carried. The jury was selected and retired at once to a room to begin its in vestigations. Up to this time tlio prisoners had re mained in tuu jail unmolested. But the committee had use for them now , and sent its marshall to bring them. The marshall with a number of men waitoil upon the sheriff , but that officer declined to surrender his prisoners. The marshall thereupon increased his force , seized tlio sheriff and his deputies and searched for thu keys. When these wore found the ollicors of tlio law were locked in a room together and a. guard placed over them that they might not make themselves troublesome. Ouo of the prisoners was then taken from the prison ; and between a double line of citizens was led to the committee room. Ho made a full con fession and his accomplice did the same. The committee , therefore , wont out be fore the assembly and reported that the cuilt of the prisoners was fully estab lished. At this juncture the district judge ap peared and asked to be hoard. Per mission was granted ; ho entered a strong protest agairist this interference with the 3ivil authorities. The judge was listened to patiently and respectfully. lie was a good enough man , but they had licard similar argument s lifty times bo- foro. They had grown tired of sitting quietly by awaiting the law's dolay.while men wcro shot down and robbed day after day. Finally the vote was put by tlio chair man : "What shall bo done with the prisoners ? " "Hans'them ! " was the re sponse. Again and moro carcftillv the " question was put : "Is it your decree"that the prisoners , Joseph Wilson and A. L. Compton , shall be taken to Pine Tree , in Dry Gulch , and there hanged by the neck until they are dead ? " "It is ; that's the vordiotP'camo from almost every person present. It was then half-past 2. A motion prevailed - vailed that the prisoners be given till 4 o'clock to prepare for death. Through out the entire proceedings the utmost de corum and even solemnity prevailed among the crowd , which had gradually swelled to 3,000 souls. At no time during the day had there been any loud talking or boisterous demonstration. At the appointed hour the gulch pre sented the appearance of a vast amphi theater. It was lined with a dense mass of human beings , who covered the ad jacent hills also. The town was deserted. At 4:80 : the men were taken from the room where they had been confined. They were placed in a wagon and each appeared intent on the words of the priest that was by his side. The wagon halted under the branches of the fatal tree. The rope was thrown over the limb ; prayers were said ; the horses were started , and all was quickly over. Old Ships. There was very recently , says the Lon don Telegraph , and there may bo still atloat , a ship aged ninety-live years , named the Cognac packet , commanded by ono Captain Bulton. She was built in Bursleden , Hants , in 1792 , and took her name from the circumstance of having been engaged in carrying brandy from Franco. Sue was rigged as a brig , and is described as being very nearly as square as a box. The last port to which she belonged was Harwich , and , if she has not foundered within a few months , the good pcoplo of that town are still amused with a sight of ono of the oldest ships in the country yet engaged in earning money for her owner. The fate of vessels is very much like the fate of human beings. The average life of a ship , wo behove , is about twelve years. Some perish very soon after they are born , some struggle through a few years and then vanish , some go on living their allotted span pretty defiantly , though very unhappy in the gales of wind they encounter , and the misfortunes which overtake them in respect of the shifting of cargo , the losing of spars , failures in the engine room , oto. Some , but they arc few , survive into a venerable ago , float hoarily upon the blue , and with much creaking and rheumatic straining of their ancient bones , go on sailing out of living memory , and arrive among a new generation , who survey them as bits of fossilized history , and talk of the monarchs who have died , the bat tles which have boon lost and won , the marvelous changes which have been wrought since the old ships first dipped down the ways of the sawiug of a fiddler and the huraas of n crowd. Unhappily , the life of a stout vessel which has done her work bravely does not always close with the honor and dignity ono could wish. The ocean sepulcher is denied her. Ilor inveterate trick of obstinate domina tion proves eventually her humiliation instead of her triumph. She shows vorv raggedly at last and is laid by and olfered to any one willing to pay a few pounds for the privilege of breaking hr up. Perhaps if she wore invariably knocked to pieces her dispersal would only bo less dignified than her decent interment by old Noptuno. The hammer would end her as a melancholy show. A wreck lying black and bare on the yellow sand of a shoal at low water is a dismal sight ; but a good old ship dismantled , lying alongside a ntiay , gray and with yawning seams , disdained by the maritime knock ers , and echoing nursery for the rude and boisterous sport of mudlarks , is a far sadder spectacle. An instance of the base uses to which brayo old ships may como at last Is to bo found in the La Iloguo , a vessel long famous as an Aus tralian liner. She is flow a coal-hulk anchored off Funchal , Madeira. This ship was for years ono of the bust known of the tluo fleet owned by the late Duncar Dunbar , and must to this hour be a name as familiar as a house hold word in many an Australian' as In manv an KoL'llsti homo. She was built ut Sunderland in 183 ! ) , and is therefore only thirty-four years old , a mere girl in comparison with that venerable dame the Coguac packet. Y.6ttn ; thirty-four years she has douo such great and useful work that it would bolilEetlH for anyone to view her in her preson't ' grimy and squalid state without an emotion of pity. Some ships havi proved noble relics in their day. Such wa jthe Centurion , the queer old tub In which Commodore Ali son cruised in thd' great South sea , and with winch lie captured tlio tall Spanish [ 'alleon. Such wan the Golden Hind , Sir Francis Drake's sJir/ ) / , which lay , a won der aud a show , fo'r many years off Dopt- ford , when she wasillnally broken up. A chair was made butiof her planks and presented to the university of Oxford , which gave rlso tn sCowley's epigram , "Drake and his 'ship could not have wished from fate an hap pier station or moro blest estate ; for lol n scat of endless rest Is given to her In Oxford aud to him in heaven. " The Golden Hind lias long since disappeared , but we have the noblest trophy of all the ages with us in the old Victory , slumbering dotingly off Portsmouth. What craft worthy to per petuate the traditions she servos to ex tend shall replace her when her time comes ? The chuntry ought to make sure , however , that that time shall bo as long in coming as it is possible for human effort to contrive. Some may venture to doubt if the Victory 13 as well cared for as so grand , so incomparable , so irreplaceable a relic merits. Familiarity has perhaps bred a curtain indifference and induced a lack of that pious care which it is thu first duty of the nation to bestow on the structure in which the famous admiral died. Such a ship as this out to bo as carefully tended as Westminister abbey. Even as"an impulse and an inspiration , she is of prodigious national value. No sailor can view her without a stirring of liis heart's bust blood in him , and ono feels that she ought to bo clicrishud with not loss devotion than is dedicated abroad to the relics and remains of saints. It is , of course , impossible - possible to conceive of any merchantman rivaling in interest the famous ships of war. lot tlie red en.sigii has its history , too , and there are vessels whoso sheer hulks posterity would have been glad to look at. There was the liidiaman , for instanc3 , in which old Nathaniel Dance beat oli'Linois' squadron ; she would have richly embellished any tract of waters. Another vessel the world would not willingly have lost was the Betsy Caids , as rare a fabric in her day as the "lirst folio Hhakspcaro" is rare as a book in the o times. She broucht over to Enir- land William , Prince of Orange , In 1038. and she went to pieces in a gale of wind off Tynemoutli , In February , 1827 , 139 years later. It is supposed that she was by no means a new ship when used by the prince , so that she might have been 150 or ICO years of ago when she perished , She had been ono of Queen Anne's royal yachts , and there is every reason to suppose that had she been sulferod to enjoy a tranquil old ace instead ol being put to trade between Shields and Hamburg she might still bo in existence , tlio oldest vessel in the world , and of its kit/d'tho greatest curi osity. If , however , ,4l\ips \ could speak we may take it they would choose rather to die an honorable dcati { at sea than lan guish on for a few y/ia'rs / in the miserable condition of a coal hulk. The many , iu Australia as hero , , wjio remember La Iloguo in her prime will think of her now with sorrow. Mistaken liotpltallty. I am not surprised'that California has such a line reputapbn for hospitality , says the San Fraiicisno-Chroiiicle. There is one man gone back to Cincinnati from San FrancNco fully persuaded that the Californians are the most kindly , generous - ous people under the son. A worthy gentleman of this city , while in England last year , was the recipient of very Kind ly attentions from am Australian whom he met there named , well , say Kaufman. He had been informed that Mr. Kauf man would pass through San Francisco on route to Australia , and a few days ago he read in the paper as guests at a prom inent hotel the names of "A. Kaufman and wife. " Ho proceeded with all due haste to pay his compliments to them. He went to the clerk. "Is Mr. Kaufman , of London , hero ? " " 730 " said the clerk without , , a mo ment's hesitation. "Mr. A. Kaufman , of London ? " " 730. Front. " And with that ineffable grandeur with which only a hotel clerk can da/.ilo you , lie waved the colored gentleman up to ward the roof with the gentleman's card. Somewhere about a week passed and the boy returned. " 730 not in. " My friend wont to a ilorist's and had a handsome basket of ilowcrs .sent to 730. He wont to the market ami luid the finest fruit he could buy carefully packed up to Mrs. Kaulfman , 730. Next day had gone and no note or message came from his friend. Ho went up to the hotel a ain. "Is Mr. Kaufman , of London , in ? " " 730. Frontl" again without a wink. The "front" took the card and disap peared. In about ton days the boy came down stairs again and said : " 730 not in/ ' My friend went on to hid store and iiad some fine wiue sent up to 730. Some body brought him in a wondertul rose , grown in a hothouse in Oakland de scription need not further go. Ho called a messenger and sent up this elegant rose to his friend's who. Next day went by and no note , no message. Ho waited another day and then wont up to the hotel. " Kaufman of London in " "Mr. , , ? " 730. 1-ront ! " And "front" disappeared again with another card. "Mr. Kaufman will be down pres ently , " was tlio answer this time. Presently a stout German gentleman whom my friend had not known came up to him. "You vas the gentleman as wanted to see moV" "I beg your pardon. " " Kaufman. " "My name vas "You Mr. Kaufman ? Ohl" "I vas from Cincinnati. My wife and myself wo vas very much obliged for the ilowors , and the fruit.and . thowmo. Most beautiful. " "Then vou got them all ? " "Yaas , and mv v\ifo ; , vas crazy about that big roso. I never see such a rose. You vas kind people in California. Joost for a lectio kindness to ( ho Knight Temp lars boys. " My friend had npt fho heart to disa buse lam , and ho does not dream to-day that the excessive Hospitality of Cali fornia arose from a ! mistake in " 730. Frontl" | The Dye Ran Out of His $ . " , Suit. F. H. Temple Bellow , connected with the editorial staff of Harper's Magazine , has complained to the Now York noaltli department that ho nurohascd a ? fi blue flannel suit from a Broadway dealer Fri day , and in half an hour the dye ran over his hands and faco. Ho was at tacked with nervous trembling and could not use his hands to write. HP was kept busy washing off his hands and face all day. Ho concluded his letter by saying : I am connected with the press aim I shall draw attention to the matter tluouch that medium , but 1 think the thine needs moro prompt and drastic treatment than the news papers can clve It. This ilye can scarcely bo healthy nnu may be dangerous , and I tulnk It should bo seen to. Dr. Edson was given charge of the complaint. Ho will investigate cheap blue flannel clothing and see if it is det rimental to public health. Mr. King , tlio dealer , said ho could conceive of no cuuso for Mr. Bellow's poisoning. It was true that the cheap clothing was not so good , nor in any sense as durable as suits which cost 135 or f59 , but they could bo worn for some time if the Wnarcr only showed proper care. Thu dye might bo poisonous , bo added , but men were not supposed to got the dye upon the llesh. Mr Bellow evidently perspired exces sively , aud so got the dye upon his body. Wholesale depot for Arcadian ginger ale and Waukesha water. Meyer & Haapko , H03-1105 Harncy street. Go and sco the now No. 14 Kmcr. on Upright piano at Hospo's , 1513 Douglas. The grandest and most beautiful piano ever yet placed on sale. Engineers' transits aud levels at Good man's. Spectacles nicely fitted by John Hudd , 113 N. 10th. Pensioning HrltlHli Wo have been in the habit of joorlug at the senseless extravagance of the Uus- sian and Turkish administrations , says Truth , but never , I should sav , either at St. Petersburg or at Constantinople1 , was there a worse scandal than was disclosed on Friday before Lord Randolph Church ill's committee on the army and navy estimates. It appears that the cost of the medical army stall' is 240,000 a year ; but in addition , there is an item of J&OO.OOO a year for pensions to retired doctor * and surgeons. It seems that the medical elli cors rctlro from the service at forty-live years of ago and receive pensions for the remainder of their days. Was there ever anything moro fatuous ? Everybody knows that a doctor or surgeon of forty- live is a man who has Juat thoroughly mastered his profession ; go that those officers are packed off at the prime of life. The idea of the country paying nearly as much in medical pensions as the whole medical stall' posts is simply monstrous , and such a state of affairs reflects the ut most discredit upon those who are re sponsible for it. Beware of Scrofula Scrofula Is probably moro general than any other disease. It Is Insidious In character , and manifests Itself In running pores , pustular eruption * , bolls , swelling ? , enlarged Joint' , abscesses , sere eyes , etc. Hood's Sarsaparllla expels all tiaco of scrofula from thu blood , leaving It pure , enriched , and healthy. "I was severely aflllcted with scrofula , ando oer a year had two running sores on my neck. Took f.vo bottles Hood's B.irsaparllla , uud am cured. " C. E. LOVEJOY , Lowell , Mass. C. A. Arnold , Ainold , Me. , lud scrofulous sores for seven years , spring and fall , liood'3 Sais.tparilla cured him. Salt Rheum Is ono of the most disagreeable diseases caused by Impui c blood. It Is icadlly cured by Hood's Sarsapai Ilia , the great blood purl II or. William Spies , Elyrla , O. , suffered greatly from erysipelas and salt ihcum , caused by handling tobacco. At times lits bands would crack open and bleed. Ho tried various prep arations without aldj finally took Hood's Sarsaparilla - saparilla , and now says : " I am entirely well. " "My son had salt rheum on his hands and on the calves ot his legs. Ho took Hood's Barsapai Ilia and Is entirely cured. " , J. B , Etanton , tit. Ycrnon , Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by Ml druggists. ? l ; lrforf5. Made only by C. I. HOOD A CO. , Apotliccarlci , Lowell , Mais , IOO Doses Ono Dollar The Best and Safes Vapor Stove Made , C. W. Sleeper , liead of St. Marys' Av enue. James & Smith South , Omaha. . L. DOUGLAS $3 The only 83 SEAMLESS Slum In the world , rinmt Culf , perfect lit. and warranted. Conpri'ssItuttoti * and I.ace , nil etjlcs tor. As * ctylisli and durable as * tliobo cost hip $ .1 or tC. . IV. T , . IX1I7OLAS S'J.flO SIIOEPxccIi I in' $ j Slioes adver- tlseil liy oilier firms. ag KSSSlI lt mp d n Wlum ef tub Sb ] Hoys all wear the W. L. DOUGLAS 83 SHOE. If vour ilcaliT ilots not trcp tliciu , ocnd > our name ua postal to W. L. I > OUUtAS , Brockton , M | . For sale by Kelley , Stiver & Co. , cor. UOdijo anil 15lli-sts. ; ilonry Sargent , cor. Sowird and Saundors-sts.j S. Jonason , 404 South 18th street. J. B. HAYNES OFFICIAL STENOGRAPHER TJIIHU JUDICIAL DISTRICT , 87 Chamber of Commerce. EVERY LADY Aft HOP1 wlioilc-lres n porfcct IS II U X f I * 1 * H fc I FORM AND FIT should wear ono. mil not c.Uok > k > i , btiif ora. BOUCL3ILB COKSEr CO218 mil 220 Market M. , CblcafO. Plesant to Taste , Prompt in Action Always Reliable It "oon'brlngilnto henlthr n'ay ' Tb Turpld l.iverdaj bir day. And IteKUluict tliuSrOoni ilirounn , Krum crownnf haul to lolaofthuo It eiireilliH IMIuj. It npuniportl , Lnit iippetlta It loonroitore * , \Vlio rnillloatlirmiehout the Innrt , Kee p T.UIHANI'S Sl'.LlV.h.H ntjur t hand J i ruM.oomblnttl , uuaraitt-dttje 'out } onu In the wortii inncratln continuoui Xt'ctria .Vujnrlw /rr it. Scl ntincl'ow rful. Uunblt. jforUNe > ud ( Hectlte. ArolcJ Irnudi. OTfr OOriour d. Heflrthlnmp' ALMI EI.F.UriUO UELTH Foil 1) . Di. HOHKL UVINIOB. IS i WAUIH AVL. \ FIRE-PROOF. is the perfected form of portnblo Roofing , innnufncturccl by ua 1 for tlio past twonty-sovon yours , mid in now in use upon roofs of Factories , Foundries , Cotton Gins , Ghomicnl Works , llailroad Bridges , Cars , Slenrnbont Decks , etc. , in nil pnrta of the world. Supplied rcudy for use , in rolls containing 200 square feet , find weighs \vith Asbestos Beef Continjf , nbonb 85 pounds to 100 square feet , Is ndnptod for nil climates emd can bo readily applied by unskilled \vorkiueii. Samples und Descriptive Price Lint free by mail. H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING CO. , H.W. John1 Fire and W tor-rroof Asbvatoi HIirnthtiiR , lltilldlnc 1'elt , Atbcttoi HUam Packing ! , Holler CatrrlnK * , Llcjultl 1'alutn , Tiro-Proof ] ' lutn , ote. VULOAOESTONi MoulJoari tou-Ilod Packing , King * , n k t ( , Shm > t Tacking , t . Fttahllshnd inSH. 175 RANDOLPH ST. . CHICAGO. For Sale by ChicnffO Lumber Co. , Omaha , Neb. , nntl Council Hluto , Iowa. Handsomest and Most Satisfactory for f3Those ! who have USED THEM will BUY NO * * * OTHER BRAND. TRY THEM I SOLE AGENTS FOR ALL IV1ARKETS : SAMUEL C. DAVI SAINT LOUIS * MO. The WEST FURNITURE COMPANY We sell new and second hand FURNITURE , STOVES AND House Furnishing Goods On Weekly and MOnthlf Payments. Nos.'IOSand HON. 14thstreet , Bet. Dodge and Capitol Avenue , i WEST FURNITURE COMPANY DON'T ' FAIL TO GET CATALOGUES AND PRICES ON Pianos , Organs , Violins , Guitars and Banjos - FROM - CRAP BROS. , 219 South 15th Street OPERA IIOUSU ISM > K. And don't buy a piano until you have examined the celebrated Sohmer , which has received first prize wherever exhibited , and in the east commands a higher price than those of any other make. For a short time only we will offer these celebrated pianos at less than others are asking for a second class instrument. It will pay you to call and see us , 1'ianot from $200 upwards. Organs frqm $20 upmards. Small instruments at correspondingly low prices. WELTY & GUY , 1412 Farnam Street , - Have the laigestand finest assortment of - Harness , Saddles , Whips and Turf Call and See Them at 1412 Farnam-st. EMERSON PIANOS Most Popular First Class Piano made. It stands on its merit * . Ballet & M Piano | ยง no Equal KIMBALL PIANOS AND ORGANS. At WholesalandBetaU. AGENTS WANTED , . , Art and Music , 1513 Douglas St. RILEY & McMAHON , Real Estate and Loan Brokers , 310 South Fifteenth Street. 1C lotf In rnlncli' aild , fiom f l,9i)0 ) ; t < 00 cash Homo dcslrntilo trnrLnco lots. down , balance . tu Milt 6 noii-H good trackage , oliriip. . , CiUirnrnlu. IK'xiriO ' Coiner .Will nd Sc01 al clipun loin In Siiutli Oiniilm , ( lootl burxuinsln nil [ manor tlic rlty. 4 nlcu nuica In lluuUolUcheap. A line iicru \VinIim lou illll HOLMAN ADJUSTABLE BABY CARMAN COSTS NO MORE THAN THE OLD STYLE , AND CAN DB READILY AUJUHTJ3D. Latest Styles , Finest Goods , Lowest Prices , BABYCRADLE7 HOUSE CARRIAGE. The UluitrMtonvi'boT M0 " " " 14 from pholovrnpbi Thij nrtjust blo part * rte sit . C > . .inicnt > udoil not at the plonsurc. ofihour BpTienrimce when used us a Kreot cnrrlaifu ; Ifcey cim bu ur ohoBur , Tbo HOLMAN OABRIAaES urn wttrroutol for two ycaro , IJyuty part la absclutuiy iar- feet. Over IOOO Bold In Chicago lnco March 1st. Btflt to oil 'p rti of the JJnltoiJ . Htnun . und ettf delivery guaranteed , Hend for qatulouuo qrntolplnsf Ute stylea , obeupeit M rj.o t. , HOLMAN ADJUSTABLE CARRIAGE CO. , 275 Wabash Avc. , Chlcauo , Uhh