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WITH the close of the year wo hope to
sco the closing of the dives and dons.
Du. MKIICEH'S electric motor line
will bo in operation about the time the
Union Pacific opens its wagon bridge to
public travel.
HONKST GKOIIQB TIMMK will retire to
private life next week and dcvoto him
self to the cultivation of four-leaved
clover and Irish shamrock.
Too many cooks spoil the broth , and
experimenting with professors of
cookery nnd ether now fnnglod notions
Will spoil our public schools.
, SHKUMAN throw something
of n damp sheet Over the enthusiasm of
the Forefathers' day festival in Now
York recently by demonstrating that
the West is the living embodiment of
the principles of the pilgrims. He had
the-figures at hand to back up his state
ments and thus marched through the
delusions of the East respecting its rel
ative importance as ho marched throng
Georgia.
PRESIDENT CKEVKLAND has sent a
present to the pope. If Mr. Cleveland
were a Catholic his action would bo em
inently proper. As ho professes to be a
Presbyterian , his gift looks like a bid
for votes. It is related in the "Potiphar
Papers" that a wealthy but ignorant
man , anxious to appear to understand
French , saluted another man of his own
typo on a fashionably crowded hotel
verandah in Saratoga with the remark :
"Well , I suppose wo shall soon have to
start for Newport. I hear uU the par-
venues are going. " Perhaps Mr. Cleveland -
land had an idea that as all the sovereigns
eigns were going to send presents to the
pope , ho must try to keep up with the
royal procession. But , shades of Gen
eral Jackson I what kind of JolToraonian
simplicity is that ?
IT is proposed that there shall bo a
committee of the house of representa
tives on the alcoholic liquor traffic. It
might bo advisable to wait for informa
tion as to just what purpose this com *
niittco will bo expected to serve , but at
first glauco It scorns to be an entirely
uncalled for innovation. What has
congress to do with the liquor traffic
except as n source of revenue ? If it
docs not need a standing committee to
ndviso as to the traffic with reference to
revenue , the inference must bo that
such a committee would bo called upon
to take into consideration the moral
aspects of the traffic and would have
referred to it all the communications
and petitions that may from time to time
find their way to the house , and
which the .appointment of such
n committee would greatly encourage.
Wo are disposed to think that this is n
kind of business that congress has no
legitimate ) concern with , and that if the
proposed committee is created fdr this
purpose it will bo speedily discovered to
bo a great mistake.
Mil AUDEIISON , of Kansas , is gener
ally denounced In Washington as a very
dangerous man. His proposed amend
ment to the rules , which it is not nec
essary to say was not adopted , sent a
cold chill down the back of the lobby ,
The mere suggestion of * refusing ox-
members the use of the floor except dur
ing thrco days of the session was such n
revolutionary ono that all * the colonel ;
and majors could not find words
strong enough to express their disapproval -
approval of the bclunno. Mr. Ran
dall could not bring himself to seriously
riously consider the matter , ant
the rule was not found in the list re
ported back to the houso. The demo
oratle leader represents Interests on tin
floor of the house which will ut
tract as usual during the scs
sion a regiment of cx-Pcnnsylvanh
congressmen who are deeply interostoi
\l \ iu the protection of their own bank nc
counts. The iron and coal and stoe
men , the wire and shipping and woolov
syndicates will all bo represented ii
lobbies and cloak rooms working tootl
nnd nail for America's industrial mil
\ llounlrot ) and the sucooss of Sam Han
dall's wing of the democracy. Mr. An
dowon's plan to decrease the value of i
congressional seat was promptl ;
squelched. It was too western and toi
radical. It might have found cpnfaidor
ation among the ignorant farmers .0
' Kansas , but it would not.do for the eul
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lobbyists'of Washington.
Governor Tlinycr on I/ninnr. '
. Shortly after . the npp'oiiitmont of
Mr. . Lnmrtr. to bo n jubilee of the supreme
court of. the United States , and whi6 !
his nomination wn.s.before the judiciary
committee ot the ncnate , Governor
Thayer of Nebraska addressed a com
munication to the senators of this state
protesting ngninst the confirmation of
Lnmar nnd giving his reasons therefor.
Thcso were that "ho was In heart nnd
principle just as much n traitor as Jeff
Davis , " that ' "ho was a bold and do-
flant advocate of the dissolution of the
union in 1800-OJ , " nnd that "ho hiw
never recalled his treasonable senti
ments. " This vigorous protest of
Nebraska's governor has boon frcoly
commented on by the democratic
press as nn unwarrantable "pro
ceeding and characterized as a
piece of cheap demagogy. Wo hnvo
not observed , however , that any of these
newspapers has had the hardihood to
question the voracity of the reasons
given by Governor Thayer in justifica
tion of his protest.
The BEE has occupied no doubtful
position regarding the appointment of
Mr. Lamar to the supreme bench , nnd it
fully approves the notion of the governor
of Nebraska in communicating to the
senators of this state his own nnd the
nearly unanimous sontlmont of the re
publicans of Nebraska in this issue. Wo
believe he had an unquestionable right
to do this on his own behalf ns n citizen ,
while as the executive of a state , the
great majority of whoso people accept
the constitution in its entirety and desire -
sire that no part of it shall bo put in
peril , ho would have been unfaithful tea
a high duty if ho had failed to voice the
sentiment of this majority in the effort
to avert what ho and they earnestly believe -
liovo to bo a threatened danger to the
integrity of the supreme tribunal and
the security of the constitution. We
hnvo not a doubt that the action of Gov-
ernorThayer in this matter was inspired
solely b'ya profound sense of its grave
importance. It is only natural that as
an old soldier , and ns a republican who
shared in the work of reconstruc
tion , ho should vigorously resent the
attempt to elevate to the highest judi
cial position a man who was among the
most influential supporters of the con
federacy , and whoso record since docs
not show that ho has over recanted or
relinquished any of the politic * ! here-
bics by which ho justified himself in
orswcaring allegiance to the federal
constitution nnd booking to destroy the
union. It is most natural that Governor
Chayor should have a deep-seated
listrust of Mr. Lamar when every vote
that ho over gave alTocting the intog-
ity of the constitution , and every ut-
cranco ho has over made respecting
lie "lost cause , " are evidence
hat ho is not in sympathy
vith the war amendments of the former
and does not believe that the
ict of secession was a political crimo.
A.nd entertaining these sentiments
ovornor Thaycr is not the man to con
ceal them.
The issue which the appointment of
tlr. Lamar to the supreme bench has
made is not receiving any moro serious
attention and discussion .than it merits ,
[ t is a question of profound concern to
; ho whole people whether the highest
[ udicial tribunal shall bo invaded by
political heresies tthich it cost the
nation such a vast sum in lifo and treas
ure to defeat. There is no opposition
to Mr. Lamar on sectional grounds. It
was expected that a southern
man would bo appointed to the
vacant judgeshlp. Neither is
the opposition to him solely
on the fact , as certain papers maintain ,
that ho is 'an ox-confederate. Every
reasonable man understands that it
would bo very difficult , if not impossi
ble , to find an eligible southern demo
crat for this position who was not iden
tified with the confederacy. The opposi
tion to Lamar is on the ground that in
accepting the results of the war ho has
not in goo.d faith relinquished these
heresies that led to the war , that ho
does not believe now any moro than ho
did in 1SCO that secession was a crime ,
nnd that these who engaged in it were
traitors , and that ho is still ,
as he has on every pas )
occasion shown mmsolf to bo ,
hostile to these constitutional amend
ments which are necessary to preserve
the fruits of the struggle for the lifo ol
the union. The force of these objec
tions to Mr. Lamar , ns a candidate foi
the supreme bonchcan not bo destroyed
by .idle talk about sectional prejudice
or any of the plausible facts that any ol
his advocates bring forward to show
that republican presidents have ap
pointed ex-confodoratcs to judicial nni ]
ether positions. The present case is
wholly exceptional in its character , and
Mr.Lamar must bo tried solely upon his
own record. Wo regard that ns of a
nature fully justifying the wide
spread opposition to his con
firmation that has boon manifested ,
The Innubcr lords' Protest.
A Washington dispatch to aSanFran
cisco paper states that the manufacturers
turors of lumber on the Pacific coas
have sent to the members of the Cali
fornia delegation an appeal against thi
reduction of the tariff on lumber , will
a statement of what effect such a rcduc
tlon would have upon the lumber inter
cst of the coast. It would of coursi
prove , in the view of these manufacturers
turors , disastrous , while at the sann
tlmo it would result in greatly promot
ing the prosperity of British Columbia
Among the instructive facts pro
scnted is the statement that "then
nro in California , Washington nnd Oregon
gen 100 saw-mills , employing eve
three hundred and fifty thousand men
without counting the crows of over twt
hundred vessels engaged in freighting
lumber. " The trustworthiness of r
part of those facts appears somowha
questionable , but there is nothing sur
prising in that. The appeal of thcsi
lumber lords is accompanied with tin
startling menace that * 'if the tariff i
taken ot ! of lumber all citizens in th
trade on the Pacific coast and their em
ployes will demand In justice that th
duty on iron , cordage , sugar and otho
things which go to make up tin
cost of manufacturing lumber b
nlso repealed. " The delegation ir
congress whoso privileges it is _ t
have these constituents will undcrstniu
that there , will-bo no toleration , of .halt-
wnymcasurcs. If PaclilO coast Jijmbcr
.dannot colitin'uc.tbjiavo protection'vory
little else will bo'nHowcil to enjoytlmt
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ailvahtngc. .
It is interesting to pined in juxtajwsl-
tlou to this demand of the Pacific coast
lumber lords the views of two of the re
publican congrcscmcn of Minnesota , n
state whoso lumber interest will com
pare favorably with that of California.
These representatives , Mr. Nelson and
Mr. Lind the Inttcr , by the way , nomi
nated ns n high tariff man have both
recently declared in favor of taking so v-
oral leading articles from the tariff
schedule and placing them on the frco
list , and among these Is lumber. It would
seem obvious from this Dint the con
stituents of thcso gentlemen arc either
very blind to their interests or they
nrounnblo to discover tiny scrlousdnnger
to the prosperity of Minnesota from a
reduction or abandonment of the lum
ber tariff. It is very evident thnt they
do not share in the alarm that possesses
the lumber manufacturers of the Pacific
coast , or before this the Minnesota con
gressmen would have had a petition
thrust under their noses qulto as for
midable in its facts , fancies nnd fustion
as the one sent to the California dele
gation.
There are several cogent reasons why
the tariff on lumber should bo reduced ,
if not wholly wiped out , nnd if nny ro-
ision of the tariff is effected nt the
iiresout session of congress lumber is
one of the nrticlcs thnt the people will
demand shall bo included. The duty
in lumber is ono of the least ju&ti-
: inblo in the whole list. The revenue de
rived from it by the government is in
significant , but it has enabled the lum-
Licr lords to grow enormously rich by
mulcting the people as directly as have
the coal barons and the salt syndicates.
The revenue of the government from
wood nnd lumber for the last fiscal year
amounted to but n fraction over ono mil-
ion dollars , yet by reason of the duty
the consumers paid tens of millions of
dollars , the greater plfrt or all of which
went into the coffers of the men who
demand that this exaction shall be con
tinued. Note a local example. The
umber dealers of Omaha have , during
the past year , sold 300,000,000 foot of all
varieties of lumber , the bulk of which
was used in Nebraska. At the tax of $2
per 1,000 feet this would yield
$600,000 , and not less than five
sixths of this , or fully half a million dollars
lars , was taken from the pockets of our
people and transferred to the plethoric
bank accounts of half a dozen lumber
syndicates , and this estimate docs not
tell the whole story of the robbery
> vhich the people of Nebraska , were sub
jected to during the past year in this
simple particular , for Omaha did no *
supply all the lumber that was used in
the stato. Labor got no benefit from
this tax , which was taken from every
farmer and workingman who built n
house , barn , woodshed or hencoop. If
there is any moro unjustifiable tax than
this maintained by any government on
earth wo are ignorant of it.
A by no moans unimportant
argument in favor of reducing
or abandoning this "tax is that
it may have the effect of retarding
the destruction of our forests , which
has boon going on at a rate thnt if
maintained will in a few years compel
us to seek a supply elsewhere. The
demands of the country are steadily
growing and as steadily the sources of
supply in our own territory are dimin
ishing. Every consideration affecting
the general welfare requires that this
state of affairs shall not bo permitted to
go on until all our _ forests are swept
away , and it is not too soon to apply the
remedy. Wo have no doubt that whenever -
over a revision of the tariff s made
lumber will not bo ignored , notwith
standing the appeals and threats of. the
Pacific coast lumber lords.
The New Hotel.
The now hotel project is , wo arc
pleased to announce , taking practical
shape. Mr. Hitchcock is in dead earn
est , and will , wo nro assured , present s
definite proposition for erecting a greal
fire proof hotel on upper Fnrnumwithin
a few days. If the bonus ho demands h
reasonable , wo confidently believe ii
will bo raised in thirty days.
There is no argument , and nom
should bo Attempted , against the propo
sition that Omaha needs a llrst-clusi
fire proof hotel. The building of sucl :
a hotel is nn enterprise which no capi
talist will undertake out of local pride
nnd municipal patriotism.
There must bo n reasonable assurance
that the investment will return a fail
income.
That a SGOOCOO hotel will bo built ir
Omaha , without the gift of a bonus o
15 or 20 per cent of the cost , is not prob
able. In fact it is almost certain that i
will not bo.
For our part wo should rather pay thi
bonus to a responsible citizen , like Mr
Hitchcock , who has a reputation a
stake in carrying out the objects of tin
promoters of the hotel project , tlian ti
pay it io any non-resident capitalist o :
syndicate. Wo shall cheerfully accon
to Mr. Hitchcock all the credit am
glory to which the builder of a grca
hotel shall bo entitled nt the hands o
our citizens.
TUKEB Is no royal road' to. success
This applies to cities as well'as men
Omaha's marvelous growth during th <
past five ycare is chiolly duo to individ
mil enterprise nnd concerted effort c
publio spirited mon. Organized nn
well directed enterprise is essential t
her future prosperity.
THK Minnesota co-operative fnrrnin ;
scheme hns failed nnd the colony i
broken up. Co-oporation is successfu
once in a while , but will not bo univei
sally so until human beings are change
into angels.
RAIUIOAD statistics show that li
18S7 there wore 3,51)1 miles of road bull
in thu northwest , and about five hundred
drod miles of road-bed are ready to receive
ceivo the iron in the spring.
Tin : trouble in the Ohorokoo natio
is over. Mr. S. B. Maycs hns boon d <
clnrcd principal chief. The bitter quai
rel of nearly eight weeks has thus com
to u peaceful close. , . ' . '
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op viffliis."OF-.MAINS ;
Brilliant FnblM Mon Driven to .Death
ingo Fancies.
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SOME STRANGE CASES IN POINT.
Senator JoncU- Fate Uocalls Similar
Cnscs HlorTes of AVell Known
Senators' , iHl Congressmen ,
Mingling of Crime ami
Hallucination.
St. Paul Globe : The sad stories ro-
ently wired from Detroit relating to ox-
United States Senator Charles W.
ones , of Florida , have excited mingled
jlty and comment. Thrco years ago
Senator Jones was n conspicuous figure
n national affairs in Washington , Phy-
Ically ho was a giant ; intellect-
tally ho towered above many of his son-
Uorinl colleagcs. Ho was a typo of dig-
lily. His ability as a lawyer was con-
cdcd , nnd ns nn orntorho had few peers
n the senate. Moreover , ho was popu-
ar with his colleagues and the pot of
ho Irish-American clement throughout
ho country.
Senator Jones has boon the builder of
lis own fortune and his misfortune ns
veil. Ho was born in Ireland in 1834
ind came to this country when a boy of
en. He learned the trndo of carpentry ,
vhich ho followed for years , meanwhile
studying law in Pensacola , Pla. Ho
vas admitted to the bar in 1857. Ho be
came a successful lawyer. In 1875 ho
vas elected a United States senator and
o-elcctcd In 1881.
Two years ago ho went to Detroit ,
ivhoro ho mot Miss Palms , a beautiful
loircss , with whom ho became infatu-
ited. He is a widower. His unsuccess
ful suit for her hand , his eccentricities
nnd his financial difficulties are of too
ccent date to call for moro than a pass-
_ ng reference. Ho has never returned
to Washington since , and ho left his
state only partly represented in the
senate up to March 4 lastwhen his term
expired ,
The senator's infatuation for Miss
Palms wns so great that ho refused to
cave Detroit and return to Florida
oven when begged to do so by political
idmirers who desired his ro-olcction to
-he United States senate , says the New
York Journal. He is a changed man ;
poor , homeless , and practically depend-
jnt on charity. Ho imagines himself
ihc victim of a conpiracy of politicians
His friends hope to be able to take him
back to Florida , whore , under proper
care and familiar surroundings , ho may
become himself again.
The senator's present unhappy condi
tion recalls the fate of many well known
congressmen and senators whoso closing
years were blighted and who ended
brilliant careers in a violent manner.
James W. Wilson , of Now Jersey , wns
successively clerk of the * legislature ,
editorstato adjutant general and United
States sonator. | His mind became un
balanced , and one night , imagining his
liouso wns on fljjo , ho jumped out of the
window nnd was badly injured. Ho
died two years later July , 1824.
CongrcssmatriRobort Potter , of North
Carolina , was the husband of a beauti
ful woman of whom he wns intensely
jealous. His jealousy developed into
insanity , and he nearly murdered two of
liis wife's cousins , who had called to pay
a friendly visit , on August 28 , 1881. Ho
wns sent to prison and fined $1,000. " Ho
afterward wont to Texas , where ho was
killed in a brawl.
William S. Ramsey , of Carlisle , Pa. ,
was elected to congress when only
twenty-eight years old. Ho served in
the Twenty-sixth congress , and was reelected -
elected to the succeeding ono. The day
after his re-election he received alettor ,
the contents of which he never re
vealed. Ho became a changed man ,
nnd ended his bright career with n bullet -
lot in a hotel in Baltimore , in October ,
1840. Ho was only thirty years old.
In a fit of mental aberration John
White , of Kentucky , killed himself at
Richmond , Ky. , in September , 1845. Ho
was a congressman for ten years and
speaker of tjie Twenty-seventh con-
gross.
Congressman Felix G. McConnell
represented Alabama from December
4 , 1843 to September 10 , 1840 , when ho
cut his throat in a Washington hotel.
The death of n devoted friend had
driven him to drink and insanity with
the result noted.
Jesse Thomas , of Illinois , was a west
ern pioneer , a congressman and United
States senator for ten years. The secret
persecutions of a political enemy un
settled his reason , and ho cut his throat
at Mount Vernon , O. , on February 3 ,
1850.
United States Senator Thomas J.
Rusk , of Texas , committed suicide at
Nacogdochos , Tex. , in July. 1850. Ho
had been a successful lawyer , a bravo
soldier , had fought for Texan indcpon-
dense , served as chief justice of the
state , and was a United States senator
for ton years. Mental Infirmity drove
him to the deed which ended his event
ful career.
Edward Curtis was a noted politician
in his timo. Ho represented Now York
city in congress from i827 to 1841 , when
President Harrison appointed him col
lector of the nort. The treachery of
some political friends turned his brain ,
and ho dioa in Now York , after a linger
ing illness , in August , 1850.
In his time few public mon were bet
tor known than Edward a Hanncgan , of
Indiana. Ho served in the state legis
lature , in congress , and was a United
States senator for six years. Ho was
afterward minister to Prussia. Ono
night , in 1852 , during a drunken brawl ,
ho killed his brother-in-law , a Captain
Duncan. Politico. ! influence saved him ,
but he removed 1o ! Missouri. Ho was a
changed man , nuxljho brooded over the
tragedy until hismind was affected. Ho
died in St. LouisFebruary , 25 , 1859.
Alfred P. .S&0 | ? wno had served
Ohio in congress , was appointed inter
nal revenue collector for Columbus dis
trict. Ho was aftflrwards found to bo u
defaulter. Maddoiied by his disgrace ,
and fearing the penalty of his crime , he
disappeared on August 1.1805. Ho was
found dead next-day on the grave of his
two children. Ho- had poisoned him
self. Twenty-two years ago Preston
Cing weighted himself down with iron
and stones and-jumped from a tarry
boat into the' North river. lie
was drowned.t" IIo hiula fcorved
four years in congress nnd rep
resented Now York in the
United States senate. . Thrco months
before ho ended his lifo President John
son appointed him collector of tho.port ,
Senator King , it is said , was insane at
the time ho committed suicide. James
H. Lane was another unfortunate ,
Fortune had been kind to him and he
was lieutenant governor of Indiana
congressman and United States sonatoi
from Kansas. While laboring under i
fit of insanity ho shot himself at Forl
Lonvonworth , Knn. , July 11,1800. lit
wns senator at the tlmo.
Financial troubles nnd ill henltl
preyed upon the mind of John D. Ash
more , a well known South Carolina pol
itician ( Who represented his state in th
Thirty-sixth congress ) , until ho bec'aim
irresponsible- ended his misery u
Dardls. Miss. , December , 1871 , bv shoot-
Ing-himsolf. . 'Obodlah J3owno , of Staten
Island , n Princeton' graduate , was font
to coilgress when only twenty-eight
years old , In 183U. Ho was afterward
quarantine commissioner and a Lln-
coht presidential elector. Family
troubles drove htm to drink , lln
squandered his fortune nnd became di > s-
tiluto. Trouble , drink and want turned
his'head nnd ho poisoned himself with
opium on April 27,1874 , at Bomo place
on Staten Island. There are many men
in this city whoromotnber Congressman
David U. Mollish. Ho worked as a
proof-render nnd reporter for years. Ho
was stenographer to the police board
for ten years , and then appraiser of the
port. Ho was elected to the Forty-third
congress , but served only a few months.
He hnd become insane , and died Mny
215,1874 , in the government hospital for
the insane.
.Tamos W. Nye , a noted politician
who was district attorney of Madison
county , state police commissioner , gov
ernor of Nevada nnd United Stoles son-
nlof from that state when it was ad
mitted into the union , lost his montnl
balance after leaving the semite , and
died on Christmas day , 1870 , nt White
Plains , N. Y.
Ross Sobicskl , of Pennsylvania , served
his state in congress 1878 to 1877. The
loss of health and his retirement from
public lifo preyed so much upon his
mind that ho shot himself in a barn on
hss farm at Coudersporl , Pa. , October
25 , 1877.
It is hoped by many that fate will
deal gently with Senator Jones and
that ho may again serve the state of
which ho was an ornament.
WHY JOE AND GUS FELL OUT.
The ThrinitiK llotnnivco of nn Unfin
ished Well Away Down in lORypt.
Chicago News : Thorois an unfinished
well in the north end of Pulaski county ,
111. There is a breach in the friendly
relations heretofore existing between
two of our best citizens. Mr. Joseph
Gaunt and Mr. Gus Bnrtlcson have
ceased to loan each other tobacco or to
speak as they pass by on their mules.
Mr. Bartlebon is not angry at Mr. Gaunt
but Mr. Gaunt is very angry at Mr. Br.r-
tlcson. lie is in such a frame of mind
that a branch otlico of the Hardin county
vendetta could bo easily opened hero.
There is an intimate connection be
tween the unfinished well and the
strained relations of the two gentlemen.
Ever since their fathers moved hero
from Tennessee and made the canebrake
blossom with corn and long-nosed hogs ,
Mr. Bnrtloson and Mr. Gaunt have boon
friends and neighbors. In their boy
hood they swam together in the Cache
rivor. In their youth they hunted door
and turkeys side by side. In their man
hood their clearings joined , they killed
hogs and made sausngo in partnership ,
borrowed each other's pitchforks , and
stole each other's wntcrmollons They
worq the best of friends and neighbors.
Mr. Bartleson is a wit , and his wit is
given vent in the perpetration of practi
cal jokes. For the purposes of freeing
his premises of rats ho harbors in his
stable several largo rattle snakes , which
have become quite tame. Ono day Joe
was in Gus' stable , making a friendly
call. Gtm asked him if ho would go to the
crib and get a sack of corn for the hogs.
.Too said ho would. Gus appronched
him from behind , saying , "Hero's your
sack , " and laid ovc ' Joo's shoulder a
black snake about six foot long. .Too felt
the weight on his shoulder , and for an
instant supposed it was the sack. Ho
took a step , glanced nroundand met the
glittering eyes of the snake. It might
bo well toadd hero that Joe is prejudiced
ngainst snakes. When ho saw the shako
under the described circumstances ho
wns surprised. In fact there followed a
chaos of language and an anarchy of
motion , and it was with some difficulty
that ho was rccussitated after the per
formance. In view of the fact that a
black snake will not bite , his manner on
this occasion was unduly violent. This
strained but did not break his friend
ship for Gus.
The dry weather of the last season
nearly exhausted the water supply hero ,
and along in September Gus and Joe de
cided to dig a well to bo used jointly in
watering their stock. The site of the
well was located in Joo's pasture , nnd
the digging was begun. Joe would
dig awhile -and Gus would haul
up the clay with a bucket nnd a wind
lass , and then Gus would dig and Joe
would wind. When the well was about
twelve feet deep , and while Joe was dig-
ding , the windlass broke , and Gus
loaded it on the wagon and started for
his barn to mend it. .Too awaited his
return in tho" well , setting on his spade ,
chewing tobacco , and congratulating
himself that ho was digging when the
windlass broke.
Now , Joe is the owner of an old blind
horbo named Frank , who , by virtue of a
boll hung around his neck , is chaperon
for the rest of the horses in the pasture ,
which follow him and his bell. Frank
and his followers were grazing in the
vicinity of the well when Gus started
for his barn with the broken windlass.
At Bight of old Frank and his boll o
devilish idea struck Gus. Ho stopped
his team , caught old Frank , took the
boll from his neck , and with it in his
hand approached the well , jingling the
boll at snort intervals , as an animal will
in grazing. When the sound of old
Frank's boll struck Joo's car , as he sat
on liis spade in the bottom of the well ,
ho sprung to his foot in alarm. The
opening of the well was unprotected.
The old horse was blind and liable to
fall into the well. Joe was at the bottom
tom of the narrow shaft and escape was
impossible. It meant sure death to him
if the horbo fell in. All this flashed
across Joo's mind in a thought. Ho
leaned against the wall , his heart
thumping every sense straining * Nearer
came the sound of the bell clank-el ,
clank-el , clank-el. "Ho must be within
six feet , " thought Joe in agony. ' 'O-o-
o-o , Gus , " ho yelled.
No answer but the nearer clanging ol
the bell.
Joe's hair seemed to rise , ns his scalp
contracted with the agony of his mind.
Cold prosplration started on his face ,
and his knees trembled.
"Gus ! O-o-o-o , Gus ! " ho yelled , with
nil the strength of his lungs.
No answer. The bound of the boll
wnsjuhtnttho brink of the well. A
liltlo clod of clny foil on Joe's upturned
face. It stnrtlcd him like a clop ol
thunder. Ho shuddered nnd gronnoil
aloud. In an instant the crushing
weight of the horsci would bo upon him.
"WhoaFrank ! ; bark up thorel" ho
shouted , "Gus , O-o-o-o , Gus ! Whoa !
Frank , you d d old fool ! Who-buck ,
there ! "
Another clank of the boll and several
clods.
Joe sunk upon his knees. Hope wns
gone. Ho must die. Ho moaned aloud.
Ho thought of his wife and children.
Ho thought of his friend Gus. so able
and willing to save his lifo if ho only
know. It was hard to dlo withsolittlo
time for preparation. Ho know his un-
worthiness. Ho must pray. IIo clasped
his hands. "Now I lay mo down
to sleep. " ( A clod hii
his hat. ) "Wlum-back , Frank
Our Father which art in heaven
OoGus ! hallowed bo Thy name
Back up ! Whoa-bnck Frank ! Thy
kingdom ! a great shower of dirt and a
wild clanging of the boll just nbovo his
head in the opening of the well. With
a wild t > crcam Job fell on his.faco um
fainted.
The bell hit him oil the back and
irourrht Jihn to con'scioustrrss. . .Jleut -
oreil a last howl Hko an expiring fiend.
turned his whlto face to Heaven and
not the grinning couulonanco of Gus ,
vim inquired : "Is there anything
nlHu' yo , JooV
It would bo foreign to the purpose and
n violation of the copyright laws to ro-
nto what then wns said. When Joe
i-id unburdened his mind , Gus brought
> aok the broken windlass , lowered the
opo Into the well , made it fast above ,
iml them ran for homo , while Joe
climbed out.
And this li the reason whv there Is
nn unfinished well hi the north end of
Pulaski county. _
A SOUTHERN AMAZON.
Dcsnernto Klnlit With Olllcprs Who
Tried to Arrest Her Final Kscnpc.
A Daniolsvillo ( Gn. ) special to the
NTow York World says : Mrs. Hulda
Moore has outwitted the officers at last ,
mil is now hidden among friends. At
last Soptombor's term of the superior
court judgment was obtained ngainst
Tohn Moot'a , husband of the famous
Mrs. Hulda Moore , for attorney fees. A
motion for a now trial was defeated , but
served to postpone collection till
Lho Janlinry sale. Sheriff Scar
borough proceeded to levy , but
desisted in the face of Mrs. Mooro's
fair promises. On Monday she came up ,
ostensibly to settle , bringing certifi
cates of deposit from the National Bank
of Athens. She requested Mr. Strick
land , plaintiff in the case , to write a re
ceipt in full , which ho did. She then
requested to see both receipt and writ.
After scrtinizing them she placed thorn
in her pocket and departed. .The shorlfi"
took out a _ possessory warrant and fol
lowed. Failing to moot her engagement
again , the sheriff went to arrest Mrs.
Moorobut found herarmed and defiant ,
threatening murder if ho attempted to
enter the house. The sheriff returned
without a prisoner.
On Saturday the sheriff. Deputy
Sheriff Henry McEwon and Messrs.
Hugh Hardomnn , Lloyd Brooks and
James S. McCurdy went down to arrest
her under a possess warrant. MnCurdy
went into the kitchen , whcro Mrs.
Moore and her cook were , to see if ho
could not perform the mbsion peace
ably. The woman was furious and kept
the tables bctwe.ou her and McCurdy ,
levelling her cocked pistol , with finger
on the trigger , nt him. Jim g'avo the
posse the alarm , whereupon Mrs.
Moore jumped out ran through
the orchard. As the mon pursued her
she dro'w two pistols , n British bulldog ,
38-calibro , centretire , double-acting ,
and a marquis of Lome , 32-calibro , and
with ono in each hand levelled thorn at
Scarborough , Brooks and McCurdy.
Brooks and McCurdy rushed toward her
from opposite directions and captured
her , she firing the bulldog through
Brooks' hand , doing but little damage
save burning. Upon this the others
rushed up and in the soufllo she drew
the other pistol on Deputy Sheriff Wash
White ana snapped it , but it failed to
go off.
When brought to town she refused
to go into any house , and men
crowded about her as she stubbornly
stood and walked back and -forth bare
headed on Iho square , with the cool
wind \vh isthng about her. Finally she was
seized by two strong men nnd carried to
the fire in Brooks' store. While by the
fire she spied a hatchet on the
mantle and waited until McCurdy
averted his oycs , when she sprang for
the hatchet. Bcli Russell snatched the
hatchet in time to save McCurdy from
death. Upon the arrival of Justice J.
E. Sanders she objected to his trying
the case. Justice J. N. Boggs was sent
for , when she struck that court also.
She was committed to jail until she
should turn over the papers to the
arresting officer or have thorn forth
coming , or bo dealt with ns the law di
rected.
She snld she would die before she
would give up the papers. She was car
ried to the hou&ooi JJr. Sorrell awaiting
the return of her son , who wont homo
to got the papers. Her husband , In the
night , brought the papers , but she for
bade him giving thorn to the arresting
party , and bade him hand them to her.
She put thorn in her pocket and said
she would dlo before she would
give them up. She became
sick , wont into another room
at Dr. Sorroll's and wontto bed. While
some of the guards wont away , and some
slept and some didn't guard vor.y closely ,
bhe made a leap for liberty , jumping
from a window in the sleeping-room
about daybreak , and was tracked across
some ploughed ground whcro she ran
barefooted. Another posse wont for her
yesterday afternoon , but she was not to
bo found. She is still at largo and
holds the papers. _
The Origin of Itcer.
Cornhill Magazine : Ale was the solo
title of malt liquor until the reign of
Henry VIII , up to which time the em
ployment of hops as an iiigradient in
the beverage wns unknown in England.
In the year 1524 , or thereabouts , the use
of hops wns introduced from Germany ,
nnd to distinguish the now kind of mult
liquor from the old , the Ger
man name , bier , wns adopted , and ,
with an infinitesimal change of spell
ing , became part of our language. Gor-
'many ' , in truth' , is the native land of
beer , and nowhere in the world is it
treated with such special honor. In
Germany the drinking of boor is not , us
with us , a mere means of carnal refresh
ment , but , particularly , among the stu
dents of the universities , is elevated to
the dignity of a cult , familiarity with
whoso ritual is deemed nn essential
branch of a liberal education.
Wo remember to have scon , appended
to a recipe of M. Francatclli's for some
specially seductive bovcrtigo , the rccom-
mondutioo , "Stir , and drink devoutly. "
It is precisely the mental attitude of the
Gorman student in relation to beer. Ho
drinks "devoutly ; " indeed , it might bo
almost said , parodying the familiar ori
ental phrase , that in Germany "thoro is
no God but beer , and the student is the
prophet. "
Koynl Deceivers.
Chicngo News : Herrmann , the
magician , says ho has been around the
world three times looking for a ghost.
Hodoesn't belie vo in any supernatural
manifestation of any kind. IIo says the
best sleight-of-hand tricks or inind-
rcading exhibitions Uro accomplished by
the aid of accomplices. It is surprising
how it pleases most people to bo asked
confidentially to co-operato with a per
former of note. The late Alfonso
of Spain nnd Louis Napoleon both
assisted Hormnnn on moro than onoocca-
eion to dupe an audience , and they al
ways kept the bccrot. The king of Spain
was his accomplice in this. Alfonso
wrote on a piece of paper and scaled it
in an on volopo ; Hermann tore the envel
ope in two.burned one-half publicly and
sent the other to the other end of the
salon in a hat. A scaled double slnlo
was then given him in which ho repro
duced the writing on the paper , which ,
when removed from the hat , was found
to bo intact.
Personal I'nrnsraphs.
n. J. Malloy , of Hamilton. In. , Is nt the
l"ESchae.fer ? , of Kimball , Neb. , Is nt the
V. N. Smith , of Lincoln , Nob. , Is at the
P. A. bonncll , of Lincoln , Nol > , , Is at the
mHo.
K. K. StiiliVand wife , of Hed Oak , la.r are
at the Windsor. . . .
AT THE U ; P. SHOPS.
.
A JLtnter McflHttite Jnfcrvttwctl by
n 1'cncil .TiH/icr.
iMr. tin in os Wltlttt llolntrn ( ha Horrl-
lilo Kxiiorlntioo Ho Kmlurod for Nine
Ijoni : Xcnr.t-llo KtUoloca Tlmt Ho
Knnml a IlonofAOlnr.
" \Vlmt men say nnd whnt mon do nro the
thliiKi of p.inuuouut Interest. Tlio personal
( lunllty must miter largely Into an nrtklo to
mnka It ilcMrnulo. "
It was an old joiirnnllst nliowpotllloiiKnvo
ncilKtitto Mlmt lin snlit that wnstiilklUK , uiul
the scribe listened with both oars open.
"Yes" he. continued to u irletid Hitting near
him In the street ear. "Iliut iiccount-tto u urent
ovtont for the niodorn Interview , n tiling , by the
w. v , of compar.UI\oly recent date. Itlicliihuml
that It had lit origin at no curlier limn than thn
mlmlnlstuitlon or Andruw Johnson. 1'huVanh -
liiKtoncorreiuomlcntot an eastern dally , who
lx now ono of the ( mint editors of tha south
west , was on Intlmatn terms with the president ,
and adopted In his loiters the form known as
the modern Interview to sot forth Johnson's
peculiar vlo s and feelings. That Is claimed to
bo the 01 twin of It. "
Just hero the writer had to leave the car.
Hound ns ho was on an IntcrvltmliiK tilphlm-
Milf , ho was greiitly luteiovted In the Inforiun-
tlon that the journull.it n as Imparting , and nv
gretted thai ho had to mlns the rest of It.
At the blacksmith simps of the Union I'aelllo
llatlroad cntnnnny Iho scrlbo met Mr. James
\Vhllo. one of these hardy handed sons of toll
who'Vurn their bread by the sweat of their
brow. " during the com BO of the intorvlow Mr.
Whltemud :
"Aiinatlmn about nlno years ago I took whnt
I thought was n slight cold , but It did not ( jet
wull us soon us previous colds. I would
pet better nnd then , taking a ftesh cold , would
pet much worse than I was before. This con
tinued for Homo tlmo , when my head begun to
arhomonndl had scvi'rn pains over tnyojos
and , at time * , sharp shooting pains through my
shoulders nnd In my chest , nlso around my
hoart. If I was Hitting down and would rise up
quickly my hcuitvtonld beat very much faster
and hnrder than usnul , my uo o ixt times would
be completely Ktopuod up , o Itvis utterly Im
possible for mo to breathe through It , nt other
times I would HOI ! two or three handkerchiefs
d.iy. 1 would take colds on the
least exposure , and hence had colds continually.
I hud u continual dropping of mucus Into my
throat , which was always more or less tnllamed
nnd sore. At night \ > hllo lying In bed tlili
mucus would Rather In my thrrnt , and It was of
frequent occurrence that in endeavoring to clear
It away I would Rig : and sometimes vomit.
MV KYKS WKIIK ltd ) AND NWOI.I.Ktf ,
my appetlto WHS poor ; o. < pcclally was this the
case for breakfast , which I could scarcely look
at ; I was tumbled ut times with a hacking
cough , and all day long I would hawk uud spit
lu a vain endea\or to clean my throat. lv < un
always more or less constipated , and my food
did not M'om to digest moportv , and caused mete
to have a disturbed feeling In the htomuch after
rating ; 1 could not sleep soundly nt night , as I
had horrible drenuiH wfilch would wakn mo and
cause a miserable feeling nnd n dread to go to
sleep HKixlti. 1 hail nlso during tint day n roar
ing nnd buz/ing noise In my head and oars ,
which was very annoying to me.
"I hlugs went on netting wom < , 1 tried differ
ent doctors nntl various kinds of patent medi
cine , but derived no perceptible bent-lit from
anything I took , I was losing tlesh and was be
coming
LOW SI'WtTKl > ANIl IIKSI'ONIIKNT ,
and felt as though life was not worth living for ,
as 1 WHS In constant mNery and was Inclined to
glvo up In despair wliuii my attention was called
to the advertisement of Irs. ) McCoy & Henry'
wonderful treatment I mndn np my mind to
visit their office and see If they could do nny-
thlng fur mo. Although my faith In either duo
tors or mcdlcluo was away below pur , I took
thalr ndvlco and began to use their treatment.
I began to Improve nnd hnvo gained sixteen
pounds slnco 1 begun treatment. Hut as it Is I
am thankful I visited their otllco for they
In ought me safely through an attack of typhoid
fever and cured me entirely of my catarrh , and
to day I feel as well as I ever did , nnd am ublo
to do day's woik with as much ensoHsever.
1 forgot to say tlmt ut times I became HO nerv
ous and Irritable I scarcely know what to do
with myself ; but tlmt bus all loft me. and to-day
I consider myself a strong nnd healthy man , "
JAMKH WIIITK.
Mr. Jnmns White , as above stated. Is well nnd
favorably known In Omaha , where he has re
sided for n number of years , and can bo found
ut his home , vuo North Fourteenth structor nt
the shops of the Union 1'aclllo and willfully
corroborate the above statement to uuy ouo who
Will take the tlmo to call on him.
Some Dancer * Which Arn Made
Known Before Consumption
Apponrfl.
When catarrh has existed In the head nnd
upper part of the throiU for any length of tlmo
the patient living In the district whernpeoplo
are subject to catitrrhul affection nnd the dis
ease hus been left uncured , the catarrh Invari
ably , sometimes slowly , extends down the wind
pipe ami Into the bronchial tubes , which tubc.-i
convey the air Into the different parts of the
lungs. The tubes become affected from Iho
swelling and mucus nrlstug from catarrh , nnd
In some Instances become plugged up so" that
Iho nil' cannot get In as fieely as It should.
Shortness of breath follows and the p.itlent
breathes with labor nnd difficulty.
In other casi-s there Is a sound of cracking
and wheezing Inslilo the chest. At this stage of
the dlsoubo thn brealhlii' ? Is uHinlly more rapid
than when lu health , 'Jho patient also has hot
Hashes over his body.
The pain which accompanies this condition Is
of a dull character , foil In the chest , behind the
bro ist bone or undnr the shoulder blade. The
pain may come nnd co last a few duy.s mid
then bo absent for several others. The cough
that occurs In the first Manon of bronchial ca
tarrh Is dry , comes at Intervals , Is hacking In
character and usually most troublesome In tha
morning on arising or going to bed ut night ,
and It mny be the first evldunco of the disease
extending In the lunus.
At first there may bo nothing brought up by
the cough ; then tiieio Is n llttlo tough , tena
cious muciiH , which the patient Ilndu grcnt dlfll-
culty In bringing np.
Hometlmes there arc fits of coughing Induced
by tough mucus so violent as to cause vomit
ing. UUer on mucus Unit Is raised Is found to
contain small particles of yellow mutter , \ \ hlch
Indicates that tha small tubes In thn lungs nro
now effected. With this them uro often streaks
of blo.id mixed with the mucus. Jn some cases
the patlenfbecomes very pile : , has fever and ex
pectorates before any cough appears.
Insomocnsoi small musses of chceseysub-
Htuuce are spit up , \ \ hlch , when pressed between
the lingers , emit a bud odor. In oter CUEOS par
ticles of n hard , chalky nature an' hplt up. The
ralxlng of cheesoy or chalky lumps Indicates
serious mischief at work Into the IIIUKS.
In homo cases cntarrh will extend Into the
IniiK1 * In a fmv weeks ; In other cases It mny bo
months and even years before thn dlsensii at
tacks thi ! liiuirHHUlllclently to causa serious In-
terfoicmowith thogcnorulhealth. When the
rifscnsnhasdevi'lopul to such a point the pa
tient Is Hiild to huvo cntarruhal consumption.
With hromhlul catarrh there Is moro or less
fuver which differs with the dlireicut parts of
thu day-slight In the morning , higher In the
afternoon and evening.
Sometimes during the day the patient 1ms a
creeping , chilly sc'ii.tatlon , which may last from
half an hour to an hour , the surface ( * the body
feeling dry and hot. During the night , near thn
morning , thorn may be an eats. Bncli hweuti
nro known ns night sw enta.
BTho pulse Is usually morn rapid than normal ,
and the patient loses llesh and stronglh. A
fresh cold Is nil that Is needed at this point to
develop rapid consumption. In Homo Instances
the patient IOSOH strength nnd llesh slowly. The
muscles gradually waste aw ay. Then the pa-
tleiitgiadtmlly regains some of his strength ,
only to lese It again.
DOCTOR
J , GRESAP McCOY ,
Late of Bolleyne Hospital , New Yorfc ,
AND
Dr. Columbus Henry
( Late of University of Pennsylvania )
' '
No. :110 : and illl IN'u.\MGK'illJIU > TNO.
Corner nfteenth aud llarneysts. , Oinuhu. Nob. ,
where all curable cases ave treutuu
with NUCCOHS.
Medical dUeajcs treated skillfully. Consump
tion. Ilrlght's dlsensp , Dysjx'pHlu , Hhoumatlsm ,
nnd fill NKitVOlIH DISKAHKS. All dlHriuieH po-
cullur to the BCXCI a specialty. UATAltltll
CO.N.SPM'ATION' at office or by mall , II.
Office hours U to 11 a. in.-'to 4 p.m.,7 to 8 p.
m. . Huiidsys Included.
Correspondence receives prompt attention.
Many diseases uru treated successfully by
Prn. > lcCoy and Henry through the malls , and
It Is tUus possible for these unnblo to mate a
journey to obtain successful hospital treatment
ut their homes.
No letters answered unless accompanied by
4c In tumps.
Address \ \ letter ! ! to Drs. McCoy and -Henry ,
ItoomaJlU and Ull Itumgo bulldUif , OmuUa.
Neb.
